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Started early in life By Morris MaUne Dr. Jerry Schenken's connections with Judaism started early in life—as early as kindergarten. In an interview with the Jelriah Press, the Republican candidate for Congress said that his first major experience with Judaism came as early aa kfaidergarten. '•'Ws were living in New Orleans wlnre my father was a imifessar of pathology at Louisiana State University, and he wanted to send me to the best school in the area so he selected the Isadore Newman School for Jewish Orphan*." Dr. Schenken explained that the K-6 school was founded under Jewish auapices for Jewish orphans, but in practice was non-sectarian and contained few, if any orphans at the time he attended. "But, it was a very progressive school... we started to learn French in kindwg*rten< *)>d the Jewish helidayii <*iiw.~«bDr. Schenken said that Us ralatkxiali^ and friendship with Jawish studento continued when his family moved to Omaha and he at-
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"At Central, Jerry Brodkey was my debate partner and we traveled and worked together extensively on the ddbate team." He said that Jewish voters should be comfortable in knowing that be is aligned with m«inatream Jewish thought on issues iuch as sHwrtttion of chBrcii •ad state Iks poadble duf gw of a Coostitational Convantian (akhnwh. he added, sooie legal sdnlars believe the csJl can be limited) aid to Israel, Holocaust educatkao.
and the necessity to speak out on anti-Semitism. "I have tried to c<Hrvey these thoughts during talks bef(H« Jewish organizations, and my thoughts on Israel have been detailed in a paper I prepared for AlPAC." In his paper on Middle East Policy, Dr. Schenken said that freedom, democracy and geopolitical stability should be the fundamental goals of American Middle Eastern policy. The piq>er paints to Israel as a loyal, dqiendaUe ally, and comes out against supplying weapmis to unstable countries in the region. Also, Israel mast be able to maintain and defend safe and secure borders, said Dr. Schenken. Dr. and Mrs. Schenkm have three children: John, a computer engineer with Price Waterhouse cmnpany in Kansas City; Eliu^th (Busy) a Princeton graduate now taking graduate courses at the Univtcaity of Colorado in prepaMQ9B~Ibr a carser in nMiMMKand Parker, who attends Loyola of Los Angeles where he is goalie on the soccer team and preparing for a career in dvfl enginewing.
Cabinet sets target for Women's CamDaian By Joanie Jacobson Federation pobUc relationa director "It's already hiqipening," Bobbie Epstein told members of the 1989 Womep's Cabinet of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Campaign. "This Jewish community will have to begin to settle for less, based on available dollars raised by the annual Federation Campaign. "We need to increase our level of giving across the board," she continued. "We need to set a goal, and we need to sAurpass it." Mrs. Epstein, chairman'of the Women's Division, addressed the first meeting of the Cabinet held on Sept.29, in her home. In the 1968 Campaign, the Women's Division raised $428,027. The goal set by the Cabinet for 1989 is $440,000, accounting for an increase of almost $12,000. "It's what this community needs to at least sustain itself," said Mrs. Ep-
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they'll respond with their dollars." Ann Gddstein, chairelect, discussed the responaibilitiee of each Cabinet member. "The Jewish community is looking to us to lead," she toM Uie group. "We're taking a huge step fornrd. and the w«y to do it is to take the tioM to talk with sanecne dirwetfy. Our job ia to ahare our good, positive and excited ieeiinga about the 1989 Campaign with evwy Jewish woman we contact"
Jan Schnsiderman, special event chairman uid past Federation board member, added, "If we want what we've had, all of us have to reach out and do more than we've been doing. It's as simple as that." Plans ar* Hwfarway for a woman'* cnmmiinity event to b« hfltd fa Mardi. and ail Omaha Wanen's Missicn to Israel, ach«dwi»d to dquut in January of next year. Haniet Slusky is mission
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