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By OfbUe Hoetyk YemHaahoeh Co-chebmaB During October aod November of 1948, ap* pnndmately 7200 Daaialt Jews {ot 96 percent of the Danish Jewish commur v^) were hidden by thdr ffBlloW Danes-and subaequently ferried acroea UM water to safety in oeni^ Sweden, ^t was a pec^0lul journey; the Jews faced rougfa weatfaoc misefidds,' German patrol boats and the thieft.of ^ture by the (imtMBit- /Aeir Rescuers faced the same perifa. Those Jeirs who unfor tunately were found by the G^sums, weie dsported .to tihe -TbffesfaiMtadt ooncctiitc«ti0n camp. . Tjie Dalies e^vejly protected the depiMftiooe 4ad aent food pwoefa throu^ the Dsoi^ Bed Cross te the iniutes. Tiiey afab sue(adelegaithiB*.
patodi*:the camp, white the iemelnft;g 413 returned hoaaf in 1945. Infect, th^ee who survive^ the camps end those who lived ifiA jthe shared the commitment to war in Sweden retumed to Jewish education and • find their bomee and busiphilanthropy. Tbgether they neesee fatact. eetaUiahed three preechoole in laraet some 15 yeers ago-, theee ecbods ccmtinue in OfMratkn Mlty. Mn. Katxman was bom Haaaah SchwarU in St. Joseph, Mo., snd later mored to Kansas City, By David Kaator whan aha waa ndeed in in BONN (JTAJ - A Orthodox family that in- former sfave fabocer at the cluded fow brt^hers and Ravensbrack conoaatrathree sisters. tioB camp fa suing the giIn addition to her hueband and son, Mrs. Kstx- ant SiaMia elqttiouiui man is survived by daugh- company for more thin ter, Sherry Xohn, and thrse $40,000 fa impeid wages enddamafse. grandchildren. The pfafatlff, a woman, Theee iatereeted fa adding to the ftmd may ooatact faefkinca Ifunich court Jody Qoldatefa, Academy to oRhr SfansM to pay diraetor, at SS4-0617. The PriedelJewfab Acad- 126,000 cWH)p<WttoB for emy wei estsbUahed in snffirint ead t8.000 fa Qmalu to provide a Und^ faetoootributiaes toftpeogarten through grade six afaa education integr^fag Jewish ftttdlse wlthneadaaai- from. ^ eeOyadonggaaeral studied cratic Party apd the ONSB The echool Is iooated et Puiy, bw opposition 13604 Psd4c Street. parties fa the Buodestac.
itzman Memorial Fund Established at Friedel Qjr DittM Banm The Ann "Jan" KatnuB jQiridi EducatioD M«iMciaI - Puad has bMD (MtAbUaliad : at tha Frladal Jawtsh Acadomjr by her buBband, JoBus. TlHifaiti<d8iftof>10,W0 wiB enabk tba acadcny to r undertake a variety of special projects that will eafaiq«e tlie Jeviah^udiee eurricuhnn, aoeordfag to the Katsmans' son, Rkhard. "HMT* ooold be no better way to honor Mother's ; memory," said Richard if-Katzman. "H«r own rich Jewish i backcround created her rbelterfiiiiMrishvaiuaend ^ tradiUoma. end aU her Ufa ^ she wa» an advocate <4 a r strong Jewiah eduyation. 1 i know if she ware afive todiy f .'abe would stmMrtrthe rob rof thie FrleM Jewish i Aeademy in oar ebminuaity/'beeeid. >' Eipnialnf hk sailafactioa at peiptitaating Mrs.
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Jan" Katman Katcman'f memory, Julius Katsman said, "My wife is remembered beet as a per eoBwIfvehied Wewifa» end who dedicated herself to chaiitahfa caaeee and the piifljit of the leee fortunate." Mrs. Ketaman served for many years •• a hospital volunteer and was in active loember of Bet^ Israel Synagogue and Ita aisterfaood u irall aa otbar localJew^ ish orgaaiMtfaaa. JttUiie and ian Katimaa
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and ovarfloved fatd alda' Offlofai. it waa the largest oowd astlmatae. Bat sfacstrseta^to bsar qtaefcsr puhHc gathering fa laraal's tore! reform fa a far leee after speaker ooodemn the hfatory, surpassing the pofarisfag iasue and seafas way the Kneeeet ie chosen Peace Now raUy dim to tnmiesBd party pidi-, and to propoee changes. against the Lsbanon war. tics. They enirled bamters adThat wis supposed to drfspad to Knesset faadsrs have brought eat 400,000, IV only hint of partlaan and Biembers rsadlng, a flguri aduitted later to (fissent wu the refative "We're Fed Up With You" have beiB exafgareted. abeenos ofldpot, todicatand "You're All Cornipt." The pdioe thaMOiw no .ing that the protesters AoeordfaR to one police longer issue "official" were roefaily secufar. ,^!lH>:«K^&«ll1iLHll•Biikl«il^!JM•Bi•lttieaBk ^'•MUMKl'^ li.lMA, M* .. V-
College on the rescue of the Danish Jews. Those wisUiig to attend the confaraooe can obtafa a regiatratfan form at the JCC. If there are sufBdsnt reservations, a bua wQl be arranged. Dcptttnie will be bim Beth Israel SynagogM an^ win cost $2.60 ape^gwo. Contact Beth liia.DDtan. 384-9200, by AprD 19.
Why did thposands of Danes hdp ^rescue'the Danish Jews at gree<f risk to their Own UvesT Ptr> htpa the chief rhbU of Denmark, B«Qt Mekchifa' will hftye seineduunms. RehMI at the Ye servance «t BeCh '^/pmi Synagoeue on Aoril 22 at ACQw mQKiinjr mis wcii
the cfafaf rabbi iface 1970. He succeeded his father. Chief Rabbi Marcus Helchior, who notified Duish Jewa fa 1943 before Roeh Hashanah servicte ttiat a warafag had been received of an impwndfag round-up of all Danish Jews. Rabbi Bent Mdchiorfa m Omaha fa conjunction with a two-day international confer snea at Dana
lUbbi Mekhior fa the author al'asveralbookf'ao Judaism, induding a textbqqk f« the univwaity favd. He has aerved as chairman of the Danfah CSbaptar of sudi internatkoal orsaqiaatfaip as the Conuditle for Sovfat Jewry, B'n^ B'rith and Kmen Hayesod. llw Omaha Jewish community can hear Rabbi MdcMbr speak at the Yom Hashoeh service on Afnil 00
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drees tba'ebngregation. Following the Yom Hashoeh commemoration, forms wfl] be aviilabfa for conununity members to order a padiafl»^of sfa ydlow tulip bulbs. These flowers planted fa the fall bfaom every qiring and it fa hoped they will serve as a nmfadar to all of the sfa mOlfan ioet fa the Holocaust.
Foundation hpnors Deenje Meyerson Deenie Meyerson of Omaha haa bean honored by the Nstfapal Arthritis Pbundatfan. Shs hae bean named for the nstfand awanl for dfa tinguI^Md aarvioe among a field of candidatee fhmi UsUtse. HM awsrd, presented I'eosntly at a confiwnue fa Indianapolis, waa announced by tlM Nebraafca Chapter thfa week. Bach year one vohuteer fmoi the Midwest is leoor njasd for acfafaveoMSita OB the ba^ of fq«r artfaita: cbaptar leedarohlp, vohmtoir roeniitmsnt, personal tfaaadal support, snd activity on a natloi^ level. Mrs. Mayereoo. the anatated* hn hraska < bar of ssvaral naMonal committees ae well as a member and officer of the Nebraaha Chapter.
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I(^. tfeyeraoB had I hooorod by the Nebroalal| ChailtarlaBtyteartrithi groep'a HamaBitarian award and by National I 1913. With the Dtotfa<| gufahed Sarvioa^taltoB. BfabRam. the Nehranka Chapterti aaid. .re Uhe help the i:omplfah find the. cauee,attreandi Iprevnnti of arthritfa, Shekel la(Uvidud and we'ro | Ifafad to work with I