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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 14 Shavat, S749 Friday, January 20,1889
Vol. UVI No. 20 Omaha. Nobr.
Cpinmunity applauds volunteers at annual meetina
Bruce Fellman trust Offers scholarships Four acholarships are available for the 1988-89 school year through the Bruce M. Fellman scholarsh^ trust, it was annouBosd today. lite Bruce M. FaUman Charitable Foundation Truat will award these y>«|i^^ir*^t|»« hesed nn finsn I eial Mad to allow stadaito t« idurthar tbair poat•aeanutv sdHcaMonaat the eoHM. tmaJasM or trade Mk^ el thafr diaiea.
••Tte goal of Uia scholar^ dhl^ la t* aaaar* tut iteloppottanitybaaf fteMctal Mad," FoiadatiOB tniatao •w «l Ton Hid Dairlxan Mhaaa, was • iMSfradoHtalWaaMAB
Hlch School. He waa acUve in BBYO and served as secretac' and traaaurer of Chain Waismaan A£A. He aUaaded George Washington University in Washington. D.C.. and was participating in the Untver aity ol PitUburgh's Ssneat«r at Sea at UM ttna of his Tba annual awardiat of la the way of
'a I Mr. ABBintiana are avaflabie byjaUiylfr.KaoMr'aolAM at M9-1M0. lia eaat a oMiat ba npMad oaltradbgrUarekSatBpA OtiMr trastaaa of t^ PooMbtto* an Darlyon •adlWrlSchraMT.
By Morris MaUne More than SOD attanded the 85th annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Sunday night at the Jewish C<mimunity Center and a]qslauded the vdunteers salacted for a variety of honors. In the photos on this page from top left, some of the highlights of the meeting are depicted. Forrest Knitter and Patricia Newman are the recipients of the Lois Jeanne Schrager Memorial Young Leadership awards; Leonard and Bert Lewis, 1988 Campaign laadsn, are presented with a sculpture by Jay Lemer, Don KMn, (left) outgoing preaidant of the
Bureau fat the Aging, welcomee incoming president Steve Redkr. In the next row. from left, Jerry Hobennan, master of cersmoniaa, presents the Community Service award to Margo Riekea. Sara Jatfe, and SUriay Draien. for the ARTZA program; Mimi WaUbaum presents the Humanitarian of the Year award to Milton Abrahams , and Murray Newman (left) presents the Federation's Endowment Achievement awuti to Howard Kaslow. At left. Ken PoUkov (center) presents teen leadership awards to Scott Muddn and W»dy Sheldon. In Uisir campaign report, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
reported a $16,000 increase in the Women's effort to s total of $428,662, and an overall total of $2,172,386 for the 1988 campaign, r^reeenting an overall increase of about 11 per cent. In hia remarks, Howard BkMm, executive director of the Fedwation, said that "explosive" increaaea in programs reflect the needs of the community's constituent groups, but may be out of balance with the needs of campaign and administrative support. Mr. Bloom also said that the Federation which is relatively "invisible" in the community should carve out a specific visibility tsking into consideration the
desirability of adequate sup^ port staff. Saranne Gitnick,, Federation president, said that acconq^ishments of the Federation in her first year include reduction in the size of the Federation Board of Direi;tora, conducting a succaaafol campaign in 1988. graduating the first challenge to leadership class, and the conducting of two suooeasfid newcomer programa. She said that in 1989, a women's mission to Israel has been launched; that an educational facility will be studied and that the addition to the Rose Bhunkin Jewish Home will ' be started.
p^^^^^p Kjutznick to speak at B'nai B'rith dinner Al Abramaon and Stave Riekea, o»chairman of the B'nai B'rith centennial dinner, have announced a changain speakers. B'nai B'rith international preaklnt Saymour Rekh who was origlnaUy sc^jpduled to speak at the Fab. 6 dhuMT baa a eonHkt in his achadols and will not be able to attaa^ Takiag over a* k^aoU lyaakar will ba tanasr Omahaa Ph% M. Kktaaiok. A paat tattnadasal preaidaat of B'nai B'rith. Mr. lOmtrnkk hM bean ktvolvad wtth B'Hl B'rith atnoa hia yovtk wd oaea tald a laportar, "1 owaad a a^aikar tl^b B'nai B'riUi balm I owMdarasoir." Bora in Kanaaa City ia
1907, Mr. Khitinkk was reared ia a koaher,Ykkiish•pMking home, studi^ HeInw and, at a very early age, became active in antidefamation. While attending the Univeraity of KaMaa, ha WM a national organliar for the AnU-Dafamatlon League and held the title of Grand Alaph Oodol (iatanuttaal nrwidant) of the B'nai B'ritk Youth movao^ant
Aftari4(Mdi««tiw Univaraity ^ K««Ma. Mr. KJaiitk atwUad at the
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torney, built a reputation as a bouaing axpyt and became general counsel for the Omaha Houaing Authority. In 1943, Pteaidant Booaavelt appointed him'commisskuar of Federal Public Houaing and he was reappoiatad to the poaitkm by PraaUant Truman.
He WM appolatad by PraaidaBt Biaashowar to asrvf M a aaseabar ol the U.& 4lil«Btien to ttw UaMedNattonaandwMmwfat" ad Ity FkMidw» KWQM^to aarva M U.8. AmbaaaMor to tUUaMad Nattoaa' b» nootdc *IPA Sodal Oovacft, AltkNgh UfBvf auck o< hia tlBM to pnbUe i Mr.
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aptively involved in B'nai B'rith and other Jewish organisations. Among theee. he served fB internatkinal preaident of B'nai B'rith (1963-1969). was gsMral chairman ol the UJA, praaklent of T of Hebrew Unhmaity, vii onaUntolthaJaKliliWij laraBMrdaadi tte for JeMsh Cuitura.
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