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2 Kialmr, 5748 Friday, Nov. 11, 1988
'American Jews must build coalitions'
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ISwdn lippy Mt) of Warren, Ohio, • liatioiial United Jewiah Appeal Womoi's Dividon board member, preeanta • Lion of Jndah gold and emerald pia to Roae Blaaldn in appTMiation (or her gift to the 1969 Women'* VJA/Federatkm Campaign. TUa preaeatatioB took place Monday at the Nebraaka Furniture Mart Mra. B'e daaghter, Fraacea Batt, (right) received • gold and diamond pin at the Chai/Grand Gifta appreciation lobebeon earlier in the day. Mra. Lippy wearo her Lion of Judidk pin as a neclilace. This is the first time that Lion of Jndah pins liave l>«en preaented in Omaha. By Morria MaUne A political scientist said that American Jews must start building political coalitions to launch a Jewish aganda on the national "Tha time for a Jawish aganda is now," Dr. Ellsn Cannon told 75 women attaadii« tba Grand Gifta luncheon Monday at the Cloud Room in Kiewit nasa. Dr. Cannon, a political oommentator and producer for National Public Radio, qaid that Jews must vote for what's beat for the Jews and that a Jewish sgenda is needed in both the Republicaiv and Democratic parties. She pointed out thst American demographics have cbangod to tba point where U p«r cant ol tba federal electorate is made up of Blacks; 3.8 per c«it of Hispanics and 4.3 per cant of Asian-Americans. "Jawa, «A tbe other hand, make up • aUver that is shrinking," aiplaining that tbe Jewiah abca is 2.3 per cant and that about one millia« younaer Jaws ara not
even registered to vote. She urged an all out campaign to register Jews even if it maana ii«f*-*"'t'g voter registration booths near synagogues. Dr. CaiAoon said that tbe 5.6 million Jews in Amerlaa we not producing enough childrai and that American Jewry ia e^Mriancing aero populaticm growth. "With growing assimilation, growing intennsiriage, and the graying of American Jewry, an unbelievable message has come home." flat message, she said, is the meaning of the Holocaust—"we have one of the moat rapidly graying popalationa of any group in America." According to Dr. Cannon, Jews have a rich hiatory in both political partisa and that eitorta have to be mad* to equip both pariiaa with a Jewish agenda. "This must be a call to bring people togetherbuild a ctmsMaoa—not eraaU (ut(Mr 4l*W«»a." She ai^Uiaad that tbe lor a Jewiah
agenda are : "never again, not to Bitberg, nor a notion of universalizing the Holocaust; eanunltmeat to Israel, American Jews must keep Israel strong and speak up regarding endangered commnnitiea whare' ver in ue world they may be; Npairteg the world, the Jewish Agenda must encompass hunger, the enviroament, the homeless, child abuse... She urged Jewish women to start getting involved at the State level and build coalitions with Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians and seek friends on every issue. A highlight of the Grand Gifta hucbeon was the presentatioQ of Lion of Jndah pins to Frances Batt aitd Mrs. BaU's mother, Raae Bhimldn. When Sandra Lippy, a national UJA Women's Diviaioa board member was advised that Mrs. Blumkin would not be at the Itmcheon, she visited Mrs. B later in the afternoon at the Nebraska Furniture Mart and completed tbe preeentation in the store.
Jewish Book Month events provide program variety By Hatk fichlMl ariaty of prqgranM, •pMtScattir to thf J«aWb coBUumity Uwdtwiabab^ Jearlib Community iaotisbratioBofN^ . Jawiab Book Month . 4i tba IMS Jawish Book Fair lillHiMchM) on Suaday, Novk 13. and conchtdaa on Swfacr. Dec U. , Edyth*WoltJla«)ikFailaration Library aaaouliiva dkactor, said (k^ tb*
and other unkiue Itans wiU be on display beginning at 11 a.m. OB Nov. 13, and throui^bfiiut tbe month's obOoe of iHraal'a leading autbora aad pim**fi| eonmJbtatoc*. Ze'av Chafata. wiB bfitt Gtaiaha on Nw. SO. and («r ika fiitl tiow in mm jr«Mt» • ooBMOMtity braakfast/lactur* wiU be haU aa part of tha Jewish Book yaatk ««Mnttaa. Mr. OMM* iriB dtoCM* tha
idlbaavaaakle far porchnaa at tba IMkiHinlBook Pik. Haadkads of boeka, toya. •'yway.'T T fai-t ,vi fi\^. . .••'•.•^sm^ iiTarrant
Jewry. There will be no charge for the program, which will begin promptly at 9:30 aja. From 1977 to 19«3. Mr. OtafsU asnrad aa diraetar o< laraal'a GiofvamaMnt Praaa Office and in that capacity hs waa Israel's chief liaiacn with tbt w«fU praaa. "Mr Chafets is an eloquent "aad VB an piaaaad to fadng; hta to Oaaaha bom IsiaaL'^^ Fttr Ite Ittkyaar la arew, the asDual woaBsn'* hachaonwabaiiiifMiinriilhy all to Jevirii wwbin*a or-
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Foundation names Kaslow for endowment award By Morris Maline Attorney Howard Kaslow, past president of Federation, has been selected to receive the 1988 Endowment Achievement Award. This award, nomination of which comes from the Foundation Board of Trustees, is preaented annually to an individual who through "leadership, vision and dedication, has been most instrumental in the successful growth of the Foundation's Endowment Fund." Formal announcement of the award will be made later this month at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and presentation will be made locally at the annual meeting of the Federation, According to the citation, Mr. Kaslow was instnmiental in the planning and building of tbe new Jewish
Howard Kaah>w Community Center and served as vice president and secretary of the Federation before being elected president. In 1383, he headed tbe Endowment Fund Study committee, whose recom-
mendations led to the creation of the Foundation of ' the Jewish Federation of Omaha, a division of the Federation established to administer endowed funds for the benefit of the entire Jewish community. An attorney almost 26 years and a practitioner of estate ptamdng, Mr. iCsslow explains the benefits of charitable giving to his '^dients, and his efforts have resulted in substantial gifts to the Federation. Recently, Mr. Kaslow spoke on benefits in the tax code which help charitable giving, during a seminar on money for women, sponsored by the Foundation and FirsTier. Mr. Kaslow also serves on the Foundation's Professiooal k&naary Committee. Last year's recipient was Jule N. Newntan, ti
Arafat says election won't stop intifada By It)itb E. Chvber R0ME(JTA)-PaIe8tiDe Liberation Organisation chief Yaair Arafat offered his analysis of the Israeli elections, and insisted that the results would have no bearing on the intifada—the Paleetiniaa uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "Tbe revolt will continue, wave after wave, until the end of the occupation," Arafat told reporters here after a 90-minute meeting with Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti Arafat was making a three-hour stopover after a flight from Ba|[hdad.
As for the ontcame of the election, which put tbe balance of political power in the hands of ultrarOrtbodox and extreme right-wing parties, the PLO chief said, "The results show the failure of the two main parties. "Tha growth of the small partiee shows the oonfuaion of the electorate," Arafat said, although according to him, there waa no diffaraice between Prime Miniatar Yitzhak Shamir's Likud bloc and the I>abor Party beaded by Foreign Minister Shimon Perea. "For the Paleetinians,
there is no differensci between Pares and Shanar. In recent years, we've bad to confront these two in the same government, and you've seen the results." Arafat said the elections will have no efiect on the intifada, which will continue in the occupied territoriee. "In this confusion, the intifada plays an important role," the PLO chief said. "It shows that there ia Bted for great efforts to develop a new msntality in Israel that will uaderataad the profound changes happsning on the international level"