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Vol. LXVI No. 50 Omaha, Nabr.
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Rabbi Nadoff earns award
Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, ; spiritual leader of Beth Israel Synagogue, has been selected for the 1989 Rabbinic Award of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Saranne Gitnick, Federation president, and Howard Bloom, executive director, have announced. The honor brings with it the publication of Rabbi Nadoff's service to the community in a Council of Jewish Federations publication and recognition at the 58th General Assembly in Cincinnati. ] According to the announcement, Rabbi Nadoff was cited for his many years of service to the Omaha Jewish community, his dedication to all phases of Jewish life, bis participation in all types of educational programs for children and fldHlta, aadi hi^artivity-
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By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) — For 90 minutes, it seemed as if a dream came true—telephone lines to Jerusalem were overloaded with calls from Kuwait, Beirut, Cairo and other Arab cities. The occasion was a phone-in program organized by the Arabic program on the Voice of Israel. The guest in the studio was Foreign Minister Moshe Arena visibly enjoying direct conRabbi Nadoff tacts with the Arab as Rav Hamachshir of wprld that came with no the Vaad Hakashrut of international conference and with no precondiOmaha. Also, Rabbi Nadoff has tions. "Why don't you meet served the community as a director of the Jewish Arafat and resolve the Federation of Omaha and problem?" asked Moas a member of various hammad Salem from Kuwait. committees. He received the tradiRaised in Chicago, Rabbi Nadoff held pul*^ tional Israeli response— pits in Springfield, Mo., that Israel will talk only and Des Moines before to Arab countries and to settling in Omaha in representatives of the reaidsnta in the ad1965. ministered territories.
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Nogg. Helen Rifkin, JCC adult services director, is in charge of the evening's arrangements. "Mystery Express" will begin with the audience being introduced to the different characters, each of whom is a suspect in the murder. The audience will then be divided into groups, taken into separate rooms, and "will have the opportunity to hear, at some length, about each of the players' background and relationship with the munkr victim," Mr.Trustin explained Following each actor's monologue, the groups will reassemble in the theater and cast votes for the most likely killer. Mr.Trustin said the stocy line will be entertaining, thought-provoking, and will include "bizarre twist in the sod bearing upon the death itaelf and the victim." Qmahan Manya Nogg is the writar-director-producer of Theatre-to-Go, and is responsible for bringing this type of entartain^ant to the Omaha araa. Mr. Truatin said. The mystary to b« per formed is from a soipt which Ms. Nogg origi-
Library plans opening of children's facility
By Morris Maliae The Federation Library will conduct a grand opening of its new children's facility Aug. 31 at 2 p.m., Gloria Kaslow, president of the Linally wrote and submit- brary Board of Director, ted to the television se- has announced. The 400-square-foot ries, "The Equalizer." However, due to delays room, adjacent to the in the series' production, main library in the Jewthe script was never ish Community Center, has been made available used, he added. The expected turnout to the Library due to a for the "Special Event" reallocation of space is over 200 and seating within the JCC building. Decorated in bright will be limited, noting that "the story should primary colors and furappeal to most people over 20—it's very intelligible, adult entertainment." Cost is $12, which will include a dessert buffet foUowiog the program. By Andrew Silow Carroll Reservations can be NEW YORK (JTA) made by calling Ms. Rif- An unprecedented Soviet kin or Lois Wine at 334- invitation to the relatives 8200. of Raoul Wallenberg has left activists hopeful of uncovering the fate of the Swedish diplomat, NEW YORK <JTA)'- who disappeared behind The Australian govern- the Iron (Curtain soon ment has requested as- after rescuing some sistance from the World 100,000 Hungarian Jews Jewish Congress in the during World War IL investigatioa of suspects In Stockholm. Soviet involved in war crimes in Ambassador to Sweden Lithuania during World Boris Pankin invited War 11. Nina Lagergren and Dr. Individuals with infor- GUyvonDatdelWallsnmatk» should omtact berg's half-siater and Bessy Pupko, World half-brother, to come to Jewish Coograss, 501 Moscow in October for Madison Avaoue, N.Y., meeidiigs with high level N.Y. 10022, or call (212) Soviet govenunent offi76»-6770. cials.
Jewish Community Center offers ''Mystery Express"
n., lin Kushner v.. By Jill Belmont Special Events conunittee Are you a fan of "whodunnits," and have .a penchant for solving mysteries, ala Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes? If your answer is "yes," then the Jewish Community Center's first annual "Special Event" is for you! ; "Theatre-to-Go," a traveling theater company which performs at private parties, dinners ' and corpwate fiinctionH, will present "Mystery Expresa," a murder mystery which the audience will help solve at the JCC on Saturday, Sept.^ at 8:30 p.m., according to the event's chairman, Mark Truatia "It is to be a very lunique event, and we uope that future special bvent« will involve someRhing of a theatrical, ar iatic or musical nature bat's never been done >efoi« at the JCC," he laid. Th« conunittee plai^ling the event with vfr.Trustin includes: Jfody Malashock, Arlene :;oben, Sheila Polikov, [iU Kushner Belmont, Evelyn Katz, Marcia Jpsman and Patty
Michelle Rohrig, a member of the staff of the Jewish Community Center's ChUd Care department, uses the Federation's new Children's Library for story-telling time.
nished with child-size tables, chairs and bean bags, the room also offers a television monitor for viewing videos and listening stations for cassette recordings. Funds for the project were contributed by Pennie Davis, the Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation, Norman Whitman (in memory of Elinor) and the Phillip and Tern Schrager Foundatioa Mrs. Kaslow said the Library Board wants to do everything it can to
encourage the love oi reading, and in particular, the love of Jewish books. "If we can interest children at a young age to come into the library, they will develop favorable life-long habits," Mrs. Kaslow said. According to Edye Wolf, librarian, refreshments will be served and no reservations are needed She pointed out that the new Children's Library will serve youngsters from pre-school through junior high.
Moscow invites relatives of Raoul Wallenberg
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The move repreeents the first time since Wallenberg's' arrest by Russian secret police in January 1945 that the Sovi^s have acknowledged Wallenberg family members' requests for a meeting. "The main thing that we have is the opportunity to see and talk" with officials, said Lagergren and VQD DardeL in a communication with their supportsrs in the United States. "In our interviews in Sweden, we stressed the importance of the whole world's intereet in, and work for, Raout" "We don't know what the Soviet government is
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planning or prepared to do," said Rachel Oestreicher Haspel, president ot the New Yorkbased Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States. "The number one prayer for people all around t^e world is to find that Raoul Wallenberg is. alive and wail and in fact can be released. "We also hope that they open files on Mr. Wallenberg that have not yet been relea^sed," she said.
International effortal on behalf of Wallenberg, j a Lutheran, hava ' spurred by the of his rescue activities o^] behslf oi Jews during t Holocaust.
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