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Israel Bonds plans Dan Gordman honor man at theMuefalbaeh Hotel in Kansas City to uk him to OQj||to Omaha.., 1 iiimilill Mr. Q«M^n alao apoke of other hooaraae an^ aa Eddie Caator, "a truly great phflanthrapiat," and Irene Dunn "who waa honored for her philanthropy to Catholic chariUee." Over the yeara, Mr. Gordman has been a consistent supporter of Ivad by visiting the country on severd occasions, by buying In'ael Bonds and by raiaing mon^ locally for Israel'a eoonomk dewalopmmt.
Bdlte'a Note; WIMB I WM odvisad that Iviid Boada planiied to hoaor Dm Qotdaoa—a BUB I have loMWB aad napaetad for BMaij yaate I aet vp •B appalrtiift to hava a rBBvaraatlaB with Uai •.. IkBawnvBipaataqwii enee that he ia aioat lilactaatte partie^ate fai pteaa latarriewa. Tha foikrwiag atocy ia a naoU then of that coavaraatioB plos aoMa aditotial UGMM oa Borpart: By MoRia Maliae •nie Middle East waa runUiB^fbr an eiploeion. After 19 centories, lerael was about to be reborn. Jews ware to have a home. ..a place to escape the ravages of the Holocauat. But, the rebirth of the State of Israel was not to be easy. Survival of "Medinat Yisrael" would de' ixaodaqth^ahiHteaf Jews to<!al«AfcMrB^and T knd trom the maasive atrmfth of the- Arab workL To aacore money for arms aad defenae, the fledgVac atate aant emissariaa iiirDacliaat the Diaspora to aak for faa^. One of the emia^arias came to Omaha aad wfatn he q>praaclied Dan Qardman, a yoimg retaOar, he - didn't have to aA. Mr. Oordman reached into his pocfcat and jiave, •and he's been giviqf ever • lainoe—not cn]y his Wney, but his time as inw->ia •what now has beoome a Gwdman family feraditioo. One can say tlut his star-studded career In retailing—to the pinnacle of a 30-8tora chain and 4,000 enqiloyeea—ran parallel to his saarefa for Jewish identitir and Us feaUng
Dana College to receive Community Service Award
TkTM and place The State of Israel Bond Organization wiU honor Dan Gordman June 27 at 6:45 p.m. during a dinner at Beth Israel Synagogue. Tom Fallman and Don Graenberg are cochairman.
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fbr JnHah causes. He plunged hito Jewish Hia eirty Ufe as a farm community life taldng on boy in upper New York all sorts of chaUenges in State afibrded him no the annual Federation opportunity at all for Jew- Campaign and in atrving ish adocation, a bar mitz- on agency boards (hxludvah, or the observing of higtheJewiahPNaa). Jewish holidaya. At the same time, he Hia only Jewish experi- pursued participation in ence came when other chil- synagogue life ultimately dren heaped insults upon batng elected praaidant of him by shouting "Jew, Beth Israel Synagogue. dirty Jew, or kike." "I may have made hisIt wasn't until Mr. tory at that time... I Gordman met and married meet likely was the only Esther Richman that he lay person who ever behad an opportunity to came preaident of an Orthbecome aecioaaly taivolVBd odox synagogue without hi finding hinueif as a having the afaffity to daven Jew. or even laad Hebrew." One of dw activitiee he waa invohrad in during thoae eariy yaara waa the holding of dinner programs at Beth Israel at which national flgurea ware honored for their hdp Three programs designed to hdp children and to Israel, to Jewiah and teenagara have received grants from the Murray H. non-Jewish philanthroand Sharae C. Newman Supporting Foundation, Inc. pies. Anfordhig to the announcaoMnt, the greatest con"I still remember the sideratk»iB allocating available funds waa given to Speech that former Presithe reoetUemojUof Soviet Jews in Omaha. dent Harry Trunun gave The major a|Kcation provided aid to Soviet famihere when he spoke about liee ao that iMr chlUren could attend Jewish day his action in recognizing care, pre-sctool and aumraar camp. Israel and how the Jews A aecood requeat teotiving funding was "Rainbows now would have a home to for Jawiah Children", a Tai^tle Israel program which go to." providee age-apprapriataanpport groupa for childm (One of the gems I found. having to deal with loss due to deaUi, divorce or sepain my Dan Gordman file ration. was the deecription of how The third recipient of fid waa the Prejudice Elimihe and Maurica Katiman nation Wofkriiop, mwiaopad by ADL/CBC for area faivited themadvae to have high achool students. lunch wMi Preaidant Tni-
Newman Foundation helps children
"I told Ron Matz (regicmal repreaentative for Israd Bonds) that the Bond organization didn't have to honor me, I already buy Bondf." In ntdliag tanai, one could say that Mr. Gordmm was a satiafiad customer and that ha didn't need a qwdal sales promotion to be raeoM. But, as Mr. Matz explained in his annooacement, "I finally convinced Mr. Gordman to accept the honor when I said thu hia time had come and that it is mly natural for him to accept in his conUnohigquaet to help laraeL" And ao the man whose history of hd|^ng Israel started more thiai 40 yeara afp, will do uo once ' -tUa time by offerFandhisphilanwpntHtion as a atfarJsiMtohalp Jews.
Miiic stops decay JERUSALElilJTA)Milk and milk products make teeth strong, even for aomsone addicted to soft drinks, a atttdy by the Hadaaaah-Hefatew University dental schaol has found. Raaearehara, headed by ProliMaor Itxhak Oedalia, beUave the caldum and phoaphorus found in milk and hard cheeae are the primary factora in correcting damage.
By Lynda Fraak Dana College hi Blair, Neb., is the 1990 recent of the Jewish Federatioa of Omaha's 1990 Community So-vice Award to be preaented at the Federation's Annual Meeting on June 10. The Lutheran-affiliated college is being honored for its sponaorahip of a two-day international symposium, "Rescue of the Danish Jews." HeU on Apifl n and 23, and coinddhig with Yom HaShoah, the event commemorated the rescue in 1943 of 90 percent of the Danish Jews from the chitchra of the Nazi occiipiera. U.S. Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, a Dana College alumnus, initiated the conference which featured the Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Rabbi Bent Melddor; Daniah Consul General Nids Lasaen of Chicago; Dr. Leo Gold-
berger. professor irf psychology at New York tJnt versity and author of a book on the rescue of Danish Jews; Copenhagen newspaper editor Herbert Pnndik; and joumaliat uid hiatorian Paul Hammerich gf Copenhagen. First-hand accounts were given by former membOTs of the Danish Reeistance and by some of thoaie reecued. "That a very small college in a very small town would undertake putting on a program commemorating this event, and at such a scale and expense, is nothing short of amazing," said Steven J. Ridua, chairman of the CoDege of Jewish Laeming which nominated Dana College. The award will be presented at the Federaticm's June 10 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Jeiriah Community Center theater.
Beth El to vote on finanomg A vote on approval of interim financing for the new building and electun of Board of l^ustee members are issues on the agenda for Beth El Synagogue's annual meeiting this Sunday, June 3, 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue. Raymond B. Goldstein, congregation prwddent, urged attendance at this "vitally important aaesion" uid aaUi that a quorum of 10 percent oi the membershqi or refaeoentation by 70 family unite is required. Other featurea of the meeting will be the preseatation c< three new awards
and honorary recognition of members who were amoBlf the original congreganta when Beth El was founded 60 yaars aga Joye Weee will receive the Eari Siegei Award for "dedkatkm and aarvioe by a boaid mamiier." Howard Koopcr, who chaira the Building Committee. wiU receive the Pnddent's Award for "dedkatikn and aarviee to the ooogregatkai."Fh^RaCfaianwiU Mceive the Satwyn Roffnan Manaaial Award recognising "Outatanding growth in peraonal religious observance."
Opera/Omaha plans premiere of Golem By Mania MaUna The Ooiana, a aaw opera «Uch apraag from a Jewiah lolktale, win have its Amaricaa premiers in Omaha. Opera/Omaha will present The Golem during ito Fall Festival on Sopt 16, 81 aad 23. The story of the coiem ia the baais from whkh the well-known Franknatefai atoriee are believed to have origbuted. In the Jewish faUe, a rabbi forms a warrior from clay and uses the power of the Kabbalah to bring him to Ufe. Although created to protect the eooBauBity, ^ villagers inirtaad mock aad reject tha chuaay outaider, and the rabbi loaee the power to control hia creation. The Golem, by British oompooer John Caakao, is the aeaaon's aacond praniare. Maria PatWla, an 1841 opera by Gaetrano Donizetti, which haa not previoualy been performed by a profeaaional open company in the United Statee, alao will be atai^ during the Fall FaaUvaL