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Vol. LXIII No. 47 Omaha, Nebr.
Ak-Sar-Ben Grand Hall site of Holocaust dinner Completing the list of dinner committee iseum has been selected as the site of the members are Messrs. and Mmes. Sidney Sept. 27 State Dinner to culminate the Osten, Yale Richards, Henry Riekes, Harley Nebraska fund raising campaign for the Schrager, Howard Silber, Frederick Simon, United States Hdocaust Memorial Mu- Stanley Slosburg, Allen Tully, Jim Wolf, seum in Washington, D.C. According to Barry Zoob and Dr. and Mrs. Ronald W. members of the dinner committee, Ak-Sar- Roskens. Ben was selected because it is representaServing with the steering committee cotive of the people of the entire state of chairmen Eugene Conley and Harlan NodNebraska dle is Governor Robert Kerrey as honorary Serving with the dinner chairmen Drew chairman of "A Campaign to Remember." Lewis, Alan Lozier, Paul Schorr, Phil The national goal for the Museum is $100 Schrager and Jan Stoney is a committee of million and is being raised in campaigns more than 50 men and women also repre- throughout the United States. Nebraska's senting citizens of the state of Nebraska, in- goal is $1,000,000. chiding Senator and Mrs. Edward Zorinsky. Gifts of remembrance for the Holocaust These include Messrs. and Mmes. Milton Abrahams, Paul Alperson, Harvey Aron- Memorial Museum begin with the category son, Louia Blunddn, Edson L. Bric^es III, of Friends at $100; Supporters, $500; Ronald Brodkey, Harold Chemiack, Robert Builders, $1,000; Sponsors, $5,000 and Cunningham, Donald Dandy, Robert Donors at $10,000. Persons making gifts of Eisenberg, Robert Epstein, Michael Ertnan " $26,000 will be listed as Patrons. Those who contribute up to $50,000 will receive permaand Leon Evans. Also serving are Bella Eisenberg, Joanie nent recognition for their participation by Jacobson, Sam Fried and Messrs. and having their names inscribed in the special Mmes. Barney Fink, David Friedland, Mor- archives of the Museum. Those named Benefactors because of their ton Glass, Dmald Greenberg, Howard Hahn, Jerry Hargltt, Elliott Hechtman, gifts of $50,000 will have their names Mickey Kaplan, Joseph Kirshenbaum, engraved on a special wall in the Museum. Howard Kooper, Martin Lehr and Murray Contributors who wish may be billed over a five-year period. Newman.
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Cece Zorinsky writes from Washington
Mickey Sturm asked me to write an arti d^e concerning the Holocaust for The Jewish Press. Mickey contacted me when she came to Washington to meet people from throughout the country who are conmiitted to the building of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which will be erected here in our nation's capitol. Since that time she has taken tlie responsibility of coordinating Nebraska's fundraising campaign in behalf of the museum. She and her committee have been very effective. Plans are underway to make September 27'8 Night to Remember Dinner truly a "Night to Remember." Ed was a part of the 96th Congress which
unanimously passed the resolution in 1980 that will make the Holocaust Memorial Museum a reality. Although I was asked to write about the Holocaust, I am grateful that 1 am not able to write about it firsthand. Fortunately for me, my parents immigrated from Russia to the United States so that our family was living safely in Denver while the Jews of Europe were beitag i'ounded up and transported to the concentration camps and gas chambers. In 1976 while Ed was Mayor of Omaha, we were invited to visit Poland as guests of the Polish government along with a (Continued on Page 3)
Chapel receives design award The West Point Jewish Chapel received the United States Department of Defense's "1986 Award for Design Excellence." Shown is an exterior view of the Chapel's towering sanctuary. The Chapel is faced with rough hewn granitcf, providing a powerful monumental presence, while also in keeping with the traditional military Gothic architecture of West Point. The building also provides a clear religious presence. The Tablets, adorning the facade, are etched with the symbols of the Twelve Tribes. With more than threemillion visitors to West Point annually, the Jewish Chapel is becoming one of the moat visited Jewish sites in the nation. it>jsi£aii^as£Uib«''
Holocaust studies offered University of Nebraslo The two campuses of the University of Nebraska will offer a course on the Holocaust during the fall semester of 1986. Both courses will be conducted by Dr. Livia Rothkirschen, an internationally recognized scholar who is a senior researcher at Yad Vashem, international center for Holocaust studies in Jerusalem. Professor Rothkirschen will occupy a Visiting Professorship of Modem Judaism and Holocaust Studies and will also present a series of public lectures during her stay. Dr. Rothkirschen earned her Ph.D. at the University of Charles in Prague and has published a number of books on the Jews of Central Europe. She has served on the faculties of several American universities and recently completed a year at Oxford University as a senior fellow at its postgraduate tepter for Jewish studies. Professor Rothkirschen's public lectures will deal with four major subject areas: resistance to Nazism, the roles of Nazi appointed Jewish counsels, changing approaches and attitudes in Holocaust research, and teaching the Holocaust. The survey of the Holocaust which Professor Rothkirschen will teach in Lincoln (as History 397Y: Special Topics in History ("The Holocaust"]) and in Omaha (as Religion 350: The Holocaust) will cover such topics as the historical antecedents of the
Holocaust; the evolution of the Nazi policy concerning the Jews; the persecution of Gypsies, Slavs and other ethnic groups by the Nazis; the role of resistance and selfdefense; and the rescue and protection of Jews and others by European non-Jews. The courses will be available for credit or audit. 'Registration information at UNO is available through the Registrar's office at 554-2314 and UNL at 472-2025. Both courses meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays; the UNO section from 5:40 to 6:55 p.m. in Business Administration 703 and the UNL section from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Ferguson HI. Jonathan Rosenbaum, director of-the Bureau of Jewish Education, told the Jewish Press, "It is the goal of the University of Nebraska to seek endowment funds for a permanent chair in modern Judaism and Holocaust studies which would be a dual appointment for both campuses. Such an appointment would ultimately allow for the expansion of Jewish studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels throughout the state of Nebraska." Persons wishing to contribute or establish such a chair should contact Dr. Hans Brisch, associate executive vicepresident and Provost, University of Nebraska at 472-2111.
Lincoln Bond Dinner Patron-Hosts announced Hyman Polsky, general chairman State of Israel Bonds for the Lincoln community, announced that Jerry and Dorothy Grant will be the Patron-Host chairmen for the State of Israel Bonds Lincohi Dirmer of State. In accepting this chairmanship Mr. Grant said,"We take great pride in the role Lincohi has played over the years in assisting the State of Israel through our bond purchases." "This year's Patron-Host meeting will be different than most others in that we will preview some of Israel's accomplishments by viewing a recent video." Mrs. Grant added, "With this opportunity to see what Israel has done, we, as Patrori-Hosts, owe it to ourselves to attend this educational meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 13 at our home, 3024 Bonacum Drive. If you
Gerald and Dorothy Grant have not responded yet, please call us at 423-3024." This wiD be the only time the PatronHosts will meet for the upcoming Sept. 7 dinner in honor of Rachael and Herb Gaba.
Farm belt anti-Semitism discussed in Kansas City KANSAS CITY (JTA) - Some 600 persons, joined by representatives of state and local governments, various Jewish organizations and the Black community, gathered at KehUath Israel sanctuary here in late July for a forum on the farm crisis and rural anti-Semitism. According to a report in the Kansas City Jewish' Chronicle, David Goldstein, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Greater Kansas City, described the work Jewish communities throughout.the country are doing for the farmers. "We're committed to standing shouldelr to shoulder with our r\iral brothers and sisters to help alleviate the problems facing family farmers," said Goldstein. He told the forum of the policy resolution adopted recently by the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council which urged its 1^ naticmal and 113 community consti-
tuent agencies to aid in easing the plight of American fanners. The concern of anti-Semitism in the farm belt, where extremist groups have sought to use Jews and other minorities as sca{)egoats for the deteriorating farm situation, was addressed by Leonard Zeskind, research director of the Atlanta-based Center for Democratic Renewal. The Chronicle reported that Zeskind warned that extremists working throughout rural American are not like those with which the Jewish community is familiar. He said that instead of donning brown shirts, these groups dress their rhetoric in concern for family farmers. Zeskind added the Chronicle article reported that racist groups began their activities in the farm belt nearly five years ago. "So we're coming into this behind the 8-ball... and we've got a lot of catching up to do,". Zeskind decLared. va
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