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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. LXV No. 21 Omaha, Nebr.
BJE announces scholarships available for 1988-89 [ [ [ ) [ r i \ i f f. i I [ [ ! I ^ I I [ l i
The Bureau of Jewish education of the Jewish Federation of Omaha announces the availability of scholarships and loans through funds administered by the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation, Incoming and present college students may apply for financial assistance for the 1988-89 academic year. Applications are avdlable by writing the Bureau of Jewish Education, 333 South 132 Street, Omaha, NE, 68154 or calling the Bureau, 334-8200, Ext. 246 or 210. Applications for college scholarships must be subnutted no later than March 7, 1988. In 1987, approximately $50,000 was awarded to local Jewish youth to attend universities, to participate in Jewish camping experiences, trips to Israel, Jewish preschool and day school programs. Due to the rising costs of education, the need for additional scholarship and loan funding is constantly increasing, said Susan Drazen, director of the Bureau. Twelve endowment funds provide financial aid through scholarships and loans for students from preschool through graduate
school, Mrs. Drazen added. Income from the Nancy and Don Greenberg Scholarship Fund is awarded each year to a Jewish resident of Omaha entering the freshman year of college with preference given to candidates who have been employed during their high school years and have demonstt-ated academic promise. Funds are available to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in physical education, health and recreational science, or in a related field through the Burton L. Robinson Student Athletic Scholarship Fund. The Lois Jean Schrager Memorial Fund provides annual grants to college students who demonstrate superior academic perform-ance, extracurricular involvement and financial need. The Beatrice and Nate H. Sherman Scholarship Fund, the Omaha Jewish Community College Scholarship Fund and the Livingston Scholarships provide grants and scholarships to Jewish undergraduates from the Omaha area. The David E. Beber Scholarship Fund makes
available need-based loans to qualified Omaha Jewish youth. The B'nai B'rith Dr. Abe Greenberg/Henry Monsky Lodge Endowment Fund provides interest-free loans to undergraduates whose immediate relatives are members in good standing in Omaha metropolitan area B'nai B'rith Lodges and women's chapters. Students pursuing careers in the rabbinate, the cantorate, Jewish education and Jewish social or communal service are eligible for scholarship aid through the David E.Beber Scholarship Fund. Grants to pursue graduate education are available through the Sandra L. Feldman Scholarship Fund, the Beatrice and Nate H. Sherman Scholarship Fund, the Livingston Scholarships and the Omaha Jewish Community Scholarship Fund. Throuj^ the Ruth Sokolof Special Education Scholarship Fund, scholarships to pursue graduate studies in special education (i.e. education, physically or mentally handicapped children or adults} are available. The Carolyn KuUy Newman Fund supplies scbolar(Continned on Page 3)
17 Shavat, 5748 Friday, Fabruary 5, 1988
Steven J. Rod joins JWB in New Yorl( City new position will enable him to develop programs and activities aimed at solving some of these problems. Mr. Rod said that if it weren't for the "challenge and opportunity" offered in the new JWB position, there would be no reason for the Rod family to leave Omaha.
Steven J. Rod, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, has been appointed director of training and retention for JWB, the national association of Jewish Community Centers in New York City. He will assume his new post about April 1, and a search has started for his successor at the Federation. In an interview, Mr. Rod told the Jewish Press that he will be a member of a three-man team being organized to "stop the erosion" of qualified professionals in the Jewish commufial field. His responsibility, described as a long-term project, involves training and retention and is aimed at more than 2,200 full-time professionals in the field. The other members of the JWB team will direct themselves toward recruitment and placement. Mr. Rod said the JWB effort is the Jewish-Community Center response to "The crisis in Jewish communal workers," and is being set up at the same time that the Council of Jewish Federations is attacking the same problem in the Federation field.
Steven J. Rod
"We fell in love with this town, found it a great place to raise our children, and all of us enjoyed the quality of life here." Mr. Rod pointed out that he was pleased that the annual Feideration Campaign is off to a good start and expressed optimism about the willingness of the Jewish community to provide the necessary funds for all the priorities that exist here and in Israel,
According to Mr. Rod, a sizable number of JCC personnel has resigned in recent years because of "bumout" and increasing frustration with the lay process. "The work for a professional at a JCC is enormous, and one must realize that Center workers work when Mr. Rod w"as appointed the rest of the community plays, so there is a high level executive • director of the of frustration in Center Jewish Community Center in December, 1980, and was work." Mr. Rod added that the promoted to Federation frustration also exists be- director in February, 1986. cause of the involvement of He came to Omaha from the lay people in professional Minneapolis JCC and prior to that assignment had decisions. "We must get our profes- served JWB as a national sionals and lay people to program development conwork together in a more co- sultant and as the seminar hesive atmosphere," said leader for the JWB profesMr. Rod, explaining that his sional seminar in Israel.
Presidential candidates' views coliected by AJCommittee By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — Presidential candidates from both major parties all support a continued strong U.S.-Israel alliance but differ on how to advance the Arab-Israel peace process as well as on church-state issues, accordmg to their responses to a questionnaire distributed by the American Jewish Committee. Their short essay answers to 14 questions on their positions on the Middle East, U.S.-Soviet relations and domestic issues traditionally considered important to the Jewish community are compiled in the booklet "Presidential Elections '88: The Candidates on the Issues." The questionnaire was sent in September to all announced candidates for the presidential nominations of Democratic and Repubhcan parties, and was answered by all of them: Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, former Gov. Pierre du Pont of Delaware, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York and former evangelist Pat Robertson, all Republicans, former Gov, Bruce Babbitt of Arizona, Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, R«p, Richard Gephardt of Missouri, Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Paul Simcm of Illinois. Former Sen, Gary Hart (D-Colo,) was not then a candidate. The results were scheduled to be released at a news conference Feb, 3, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency received an advance copy. Two broad trends emerged from the candidates' responses: * In addition to their agreement on the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel, candidates are most jn accord when supporting the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate. They difSer, however, on the extent to which arms pact? and econcmiic agreements between the United States and Soviet Union should be linked to Soviet human rights policies. • Opinion divides essentially along party lines on churchsUte, dvil ri^ts and economic issues. Democrats support
enactment of the Civil Rights Restoraticm Act, which would prohibit discrimination in federally funded programs, and the Equal Rights Amendment for women. The Democrats also oppose constitutional amendments that would allow prayer in public schools, and call for increased economic and political pressure to be brought against South Africa to end apartheid. Republicans, on the other hand, either support voluntary prayer in public schools or a moment of silence and oppose further economic sanctions against South Africa, They also support changing tax laws to stimulate energy exploration. Dole is alone among Republicans in supporting the Civil Rights Restoration Act, the ERA, strengthened federal fair housing legislation and an oil import fee. All of the candidates agree that supporting the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel is in the best interest of both countries, although Jackson notes that "the events of the past seven years have put unnecessary strains on the relationship, endangering our mutual gods of peace and security." Babbitt, du Pont and Goc« call for expanded trade between the United States and Israel du PoAt, Gephardt and Kemp support increased military cooperation, and du Pont advocates allowing the U.S. military to buy Israeliproduced weapons, Kemp repeats his call for a bilateral defense treaty. In supporting an international peace conference, Jackson says he agrees with the initiative outUned by Shimon Peres, Israel's foreign minister. Kemp, however, says a . peace conference is not the answer. Babbitt, Bush, Gephardt, Kemp and Simon all support an expanded Camp Da^d peace process, and Babbitt, Bush, Gephardt and Robertsm say the United SUtes should act as an "honest broker" in the region. Bush, du Pont and G^hardt say they would not recognize or negotiate with any group that refuses to accept United Nations Security Council Resohitions 242 and 338, recognizing Israel's ri^t to exist within secure borders.
Dole and Dukakis say that arms sales in the Middle East should not compromise Israel's security. All of the candidates offer support for the free emigraUon of Soviet Jewry, although only Babbitt, Dole, Dukakis, du Pont and Haig say specifically that they would link arms negotiations with Soviet human righte progress. Kemp says he would support legislation to link trade and economic cooperation to advances in human rights. Dole, Dukakis, Gephardt, Gore and Simon say the United States should "pressure," "stress" or "emphasize" human rights concerns when negotiating with the Soviet Union, None of the Democratic candidates express support either for prayei; in public schools or for tuition tax credits to families with children enrolled in parochial schools. On the Repubhcan side. Bush, Dole and Robertson speak up for voluntary prayer, while Kemp and Haig support a moment of silence. Only Haig supports tuition tax credits, Robertson says that while he strongly defends the rights of those who would choose not to participate in voluntary prayer, he does not "favor dismantling our entire tradition of public affirmation in God held by the majority in order to accommodate the views of the minority, who remain free to disagree." All of the Republicans except Haig, and only Gore among the Democrats, support a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. Babbitt, Dukakis, Gephardt, Gore, Jackson and Simon all oppose a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Bush, Dole and Kemp oupport such an amendment, du Pont says he would rather turn the issue back to the state legislatures, "where it belongs." Haig says he opposes ebortion and federal funding of abortion except when the mother's life is endangered, but that he opposes attempts to ''legislate morality," According to Marlene Provizer, deputy director of national affairs and supervisor of AJCommittee's election progranuning, "Presidential Election '88" will be widely distributed to the press, the Jewish community and individuals and organizations.
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