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SERVING NEBRASKA AND lOWASMCE 1920 Vol. LXVU No. 43 OnMlM, Nobr.
37 TMimiK, 87(0 FHttay. July M. 1M0
Unprecedented 11% Increase
Federation campaign tops 1990 goal By Fed«atkn piriUic Nktkiu dfaraetor •nieigeS^UJA/FMfar atkin Camptifpi reported an 11% incr«M« in pledgee, to date, esoeediDg . the 10% goal aet by campaign leaderahip and totaling 42,485,000 raised. This announcement marks the unofficial doae of the major ftmdraiaing ; effort cooducted annually by tiM Jewish Federation of Omaha to benefit the Omaha Jewish community. Robert Gordman and Murray H. Newman were chairmen of the mea'a divinon; Cheryl Coopier and Ann Goldatein ted the women's division. "This unprecedented increaae ia a tribota to the hand»-<» dedication and leadership disidayad by thaae four chainMtt and tbilrrB<pactfv»<ninylgn cabinata," noted Howard Bloom, Fadoratiao aaacutive 4bf«Gtor. "I know that Bob, llomy, Cheryl and Ann were ptratniaOy in\ vohred in ewy detail of the rampaign from planning to aueatioo. Tfaia gave directioa and ioDowthroogh to both ataff and vohmteers.
sage, our goala and the ! deairee of our leademhip." "E^ctiva coamnmicatioa made the difference," said Mr. Gordman. "We [got the maaaage aeroas," 8aidMr.Newmaa"I>tople actually understood the needs." "We gave ownersh^ of the campaign to other women," said Mrs. Cooper. "It was deaigned to ha peraonal... a 'user friendly' campaign." "Our goal was to give nwaning to a pledge," added Mra. Goldatein. "We knew that discussiao was key toundvatanding it all and making a kwg-term commitmaBt to tlw sucoeaa of oar Jawiah oommunify thraogh the Federation campaign." Each of tiw four leaders Rtoke ipacifiq|dty about tM pWr^^'Mniw— and
iabig the IMO campaign. "The parcqition has bean that the fampaign haa ahraya bean auooaaaful when aometimaa it haan't," aakl Mr. Gordman. "Wa knew we had to gfst, at kaat. a 10% faicraaaa tUa y(B8r in order to juat kaap what wa'va got. "Weaaaataffnavaririt "Mnnay and I and mem'out OB a limb,'" be coat- bers of the Men'a Cabinet tinued. "We knew that mat directly with all what we were doing was ageooy diractora to hear, cooaiatent with our mea- firathiaid, tha needa of our
Murray H. Newman
Robert Gordaaan
I to really move fbrward." "This has been the most successful Federation campaign in 20 years," Mr. Newman conunented. "It'a the firat time in many years people really undaratood the budget crunch die Federatioa was in. It wMB't juat tha aame
had been successful in other communities, and we Mt it was time to introduce the concept in Omaha." > "Through effective training and the attempt to be as personal aa posaible, we enhanced our ability to feel comfortidila." McMdrMra. Goldstein.
spect one another. "It was very mqiortant to Cheryl and me to alwaya educate," she added. "It was a great feeling to be part of a truly o^ ganijBed effort with everyWM going in the same direction. This community can be very proud of itaalt','- '
Who?" ware 'aeiat to the ou^Muring of geoaroaity entire fliaiiiiiuiilty over an in tliia community." eight-week txriod; the FlyIn SoUdtatkm FMgram, "ThaWotaun'sDiviskm Mahnooides Sodaty and utilised aa many volnnUpgrade Diviaiao became taars as poaribia for worthfait^^ral parts of the men's wOe joba," eiplahwd Mrs. '-*T*'g": and apaakars Cooper. "POrsoD-toperson like Freda Koet were soUdtation waa a priori^. braught to Omaha to clar- We began the'SdtaSoliifynatioMd and faitama- dtatko.' faidividnal aoiki' tatioaa eondoetad hi a hotiooal iawiea. "Thia 11% increaae ia a tel suite by • UJA reprebeginning not the foal" sentative and geared to a haeoqilliaaiBed. "The real- group of woman from the ity is that we need two Lion of Judah and Chai/ more yaara o( thia kind of Grand Oifta diviaiona. It
vidon (women contiihutfaig 16,000 or mor^ hy jtwt calling them on {he jdiaBe. It cornea from commitment and diacussion, between two women. "Peraon-to-persoo soUcitatioB oontributad aignificantly to the auooaea of Operation Exodua, and our ahOity to talk to ooa another, face-to-faea, is one thing that cootinuae to make our onmnnmity atroog and doae knit. We are aUe to Uatan and ra-
HW ciKveatooes at Temple larad cemetery are back m place and there is no permanent damage to the markers. Laser Kaplan, oo<hairman of the Citnatery committee, aaid thia
Ana Goldatein community. Murray and I then took the meaaage to the individual boards of the Federation and its agendea, emphaaiting the importance tA uul addng for a leaderahqi gift "The Jewiah Press became actively involved in puUishing the realitiea of the aituatloB; dfrai^ mail
OMffyl Cooper
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Mr. Kalian pointed out also that new aacurity meaaorea are being taken to minimise the poaaibility of future vandalism at the eemeteiy.
Part OM of a tmhpart mrim:
Modem Orthodoxy facing traditionalist pressures Lamm axplataMd later that "anbtb praaaura"iaooiB> I Orthodox anymore," he sakL "We expect the afOiataa Ralorm and Contaig frtan all aidaa: the left, am to toe the Une. aarvathre Jndaiam, aa woU aa the tight, by which he But aooM modem Orthodox rat>bia think the trend to maana more traditkaut, Buropaan-a^ Orthodoxy, aa the right ia not as much an hMiigvnaaa force witUn mod- rapiaaantad by Agndath laraai of America. em Orthodoxy aa a ahow of force by a minority of funLamm admlta, however, that the "majority of the damentaliat rabbi* witUn the Orthodox Unke and the preeeure" he facee today at the umKraratty "ia ooofaig Rabhinieal CouaoH of Amarica. the movement's rabfaia- from the right." YOB WMtAnd a taan^ga daaoB at a Young laraal ayn- kal arm, who are buDyfaig the movement to take more The focua of the confUct ia epitomised by the univaragognathaaadaya. Infaict,yoBWOuhibahard-preaaed rii^wing postoraa. "Moderate vlewa have come under increaafaig attack dty'a alogan. "Torah U'Madda," amMaaoned on the to fbd mixed dendttg, miidi Isaa n^xad aaathag, at an from the aurging right of Orthodoxy." RabU Indng echool'a craet. It ia a phikieoohy that eepouaea the aynOrthodoB waddiac today. lUngs have chMged in the modem Orthodox move- (Yits) Greanbarg, fouodar of CLAL. the National Jew- theaia of a religkws and aacolar adocatioB, the atody of maBtinAnaarka^wUitliaamphaaiaahiftingfrommod- iah Center tor Laaniag end LaedaraWp, writea in the both Talmud and non-raligkwa texts. EkBMita witUn Agudath Israd have queetioaad the em to OrthodoK. And while aome rabbia queatiaa June ieaua o< CLAL Newa and ParapaetivaB. "CbuNic modem Orthodox viewa have bean rolled eMsctiveiMee and the prudaaice of auch an approach, whathar the rhai^iaa arefoing too far, others contend badt or eroded. Some modem Orthodox laadars have liiaid hiu tlist thn hiraa nf laniUTJam irffl ititirt itVintr tfaw are not folag far anoum. away fron > traditkmal Jewiah Ufaatyle. "There Is e new force in the Orthodox Jewish com- ahifted poaitioaa. They ebo qoastkm the aaeaaalty of having a akigan Others have become ailent." he writee. "NotUng lees munity," aakl Rabbi Pincbae Sto^, executive vke at all. than a atrwggia far the aottl of «aB*im Orthodoxy la BOW praaident of the Unkm of Orthodox Hebrew Coogroga"The modem OiAaiiwaiiBi te beetehiM out their tionaof Amarica,thecoogregatioQ|>lanaoftheOrtho- raging." dialler wardnga ware aoondad bi mid-Juae at the own territory," sahl Rabbi Niason Walpin, edkor of HW dox movement. Jewish Observer, an Agodath laraai publication. RCA't aaaaul oonventioo hi tba CatskiUs. "It'a a force that'a pulling the movanMSit not 00 nuch "It is appearing to kMk like another fkee-atandhig "The way of moderation ia open to attack by exto thi right aa. toward cooaiatawnr," ha |«id. "Public deviatkma from the very nature of the ayaagogue aa a tremlata," Rabbi Norman Lamm, preaidant of Yeehi va denomtoatioo, with Ita own Idaokigy: Torah U'Madda. Uoiverdty, aaid in a apeech to the oonvantion. "We That makee ua nervous and leads us to ssy tUngs that aaorad hiatitatioa can no kmgar be toianted. muat not oa intlmkiatad, nor mUat wa oompromiae on may aeem Uka preeeure," he said. "Toe the Una" "You can't malw your own rulaa and call youraall prindpla or policy."
NEW YORK (JTAHWhatevar happaoad to Saturdior Bight danosa at the oalghboritood Yoong laraai, where the giila wore pink tafbta and the hoya thafr beat bhie blaaara. whara young Orthodox Jews drattk punch and ; danctd the fox trot to the tonea of Frank Sfaiatra and ^ColaPofterT j < > i i I i I I , ^ l I [