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Vol. LXin No. sHOiMha, N«br.
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Michael Klopper
NaUll« Wejnateiii
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Todd Flnkk
Mwda GreoM
David Spiiman
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1986-87 scholarship recipients announced ^^ latarim adiiiiiiiatrator F' Biman of Jewish Edneatioii I AB Uie irwiwnif. yew begina, schnliinihips I from five endowment funds administered [ f(v the Jewish Federation of Omaha by the I Financial Aid Conunittee of the Bureau of Jewish Educatitm have been awarded to fourteen Omaha a^ea college students. Descripticms of the funds and the students who have received grants are as foDows: 1h» Loja Jeaniie Sehrager Memorial Sdidarship Fond was established by PUU^ O. Schrager in 1980 aa a lasting tribute to his late wife. Eligibility is based upon academic performance, invdvonent in eKtracurricular activities, participation in Jewish programs and financial need. Lois Jeanne Schrager was a devoted community volunteer before her imtimely death
in 1978.1^ was active in the Nebraska Ai^ thritia Foundatian and was president of the Omaha duster. She worited for VIDA, a social service organization HnagnoH to hdp juveniles in trouble. Mrs. Schrager, an active member of several Jewish women's organizations, also served as a volunteer at Children's Hoqiital and as a Grey Lady at Clarkson Hospital. The Schrager scholars for the 1986-87 yisar are: Deborah Cohen—Trinity University; Barbra Shkoinick—University of Nebraska-Lincoh; David ^lizman—University of Kansas; Natalie Weinstein—University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The family and friends of Nancy and Don Gneobcrg eetabliahed a schoiarsh^ in their name to recognize their active leacfarship in tbe Omaha Jewish community. Endowed in 1983, the fund benefits a Jewish resident of Omaha who is an undergraduate. This
NFTS Omaha convention first in twenty years By Claudia Sherman It's been about 20 years since ddegates from District No. 20 of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (NFTS) have gatho^ in Omaha. However, q)prozimately 400 Sisterhood members representing 21 Reform congregations in six states will be in Omaha Sept. 19-21 for the 36th Biennial Convention of District No. 20 at the Red Lion Inn. Judith Hertz, first vice-president of NFTS, will arrive from New York to oddress the delegates at Sbobbat services on Friday night, Sept. Judith Hortz 19, at Temple Israel She will also speak the fdlowing afternoon on "Community coalitions... and new ways to reach out," concerning critical
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issues that affect all our lives and how Sisterhood organizations relate to these issues and reach out into the OHnmunity to help solve them. Vice chairman of the Commission on Sodal Action of Reform Judaism, Mrs. Hertz also serves on the Critical Issues Task Force of NFTS. She was president of the Union Temple Sisterhood, vice president of the Central Synagogue Sisterhood, and a founder of the Central Synagogue lAbtfry. She is past president of NFTS District No. 3, one of the largest districts in NFTS. She is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the New York Federation of Reform Synagogues and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations Board of Trustees. Mrs. Hertz is also vice {uesidMit of the Commission on Synagogue Relations-Federation-UJA, New York. Active on behalf of women's tights, Mrs. Hertz has testified before the U.S. Judkaary Committee on extending the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
year's rec^juent of the Greenberg Sdiolar shq) is Midiael iOoiiiwr, a student at Southeast Community College. Founded to provide grants for graduate education to worthy students from the Jewish community of Omaha, this fund is dedicated to the memory of Sandra L FeUman. Ma. Feldman graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University aiki studied at the University of Vienna, Harvard and the Business School at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. To perpetuate her memoiy and her exceptional achievementa, the family has established this fund to allow oUiers to partake of the benefiits of graduate education. The 198647 Fd£nan scholars are: Diane Berger-Crngjiton University; Todd Finkle —University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Ruth Sokolof Special Education Scholarship Fond was created and funded
by Phil Sokolof to honor and ptrpetuate the memory of his wifs. Rath. Mrs. Sokolof, a votaiteer and tOMher at the i. P. Lord School, devoted herself to the handicai^Md for many years, lie fund. aHving memorial to her extraordinary efibrts tor the handic^iped, benefits graduate students in the field of qiedal education. Sok(dof sch(dar8hq>s for the 1986r87 academic j^ear have been awarded to: Marda Greene—University of Nebraaka at Omaha; Marcy Noodell—University of Nebraoka-Lincoln. Five young people have been designated Beatrice and Note R SiemaB scholars for 1986r87. The sehdarsh^ fund was founded by the Nate H. Sherman Foundation to provide annual schdarsh^ for qualified cdlege students. Named in memory of an Omaha couple whose geoSrodty to the com(ConUnuod on Pag« B)
Learning Center opens llw Janrttk CidtQnl Arts Couiidl announces that it wOl pnaeat as its kick-off speaker for tha 1986 College of Jewish Learning, Davkj S. Wynian, S^t. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. Mr. Wyman is the author of the best selling book. Abandonment of the Jews: America and the HohMMOst, 1941-1946. The book documents, for the first time, the American and British indifference and culpability with regard to Jewish victims of the Hdocaust. Professor Wyman asserts that the two governments never intended torsecue large numbers of Eun^tean Jews and that the State DepartDavid S. Wyman ment and British Foreign Office actually obstmcted numerous propoeed rescue plans.
I The book, which took 16 years to docniment and research, "ties «verytUng together bringing it up-to^late and making the best use of the State Departmerit and IWar Department material on the Second World War," says Rwwl Hillberg, noted authority on the Hdocaust. "We are honored to have Mr. Wyman as our speaker this year," said Susan Pdey, CJL chairman. "As a ntm-Jew, as well as a noted historian, Mr. Wyman brings a unique perspective of the Holocaust. Our goal is to provide the Jewish population of Omaha with « complete perspective of the Holocaust, beginning with eyewitness testimony of what happened in Europe through the film "SHOAH" and bnding with what did not happen in the free world during the war years. We encourage everyone to view the film and then attend Mr. Wyman's lecture on Sept. 21. It is incumbent iqxBt every Jew alive in the twentieth century to bear witnees to the events in the worid iriuch took place between the years 1939-1946. We must all know what (Continued on Page S)
"Voices and echoes of the Holocaust"
By Glen H. Fineman As you are probably . aware by now, "SHOAH" is being brought to Omaha and presented by a consortium of Omaha Community organizations, including Jewish Family Service. As a complement to this production, Jewish Family Service is sponsoring an evening Of poetry, music, and discussion focusing on the long term impact of the Holocaust on survivors and their families. "Voices and Echoes of the Holocaust" is a program which consists of poetry by Julie^Heifetz, read by Ms. (Continued on Page 7)
SHOAH
JuMe UdfeU and Bodney Stnoky.
Filip Muller, survivor of Anschwita, tells his ezperienceo to Claude Ijanzmann in the filndng at SHOAH. Mr. Mailer, a Jew, was farced by the Naila to work In the death camps processing hnman beings for the gas chambers and Qfvena. BIr. Mailer desoibes his own attempt to Join a group of women who ore going to thdr deaths in the gas chamber. The wtmwn enomuoged him to survive and become a witnees to the iujootice that was done to them. SHOAH will be.shown September 7-14 at the JCC and UNO. See editorial on page 4.