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ehabad airlifts Soviet Jewish children from Chernobyl area and th^y wen ready to be flown to Tiondon, where a grrnqror m Jewish^cha- charttced El Al {dans was dnn from UM Cbecaobyl waifing to take them to area In the Soviet Unkm, Israel' wiio may be aufttring from Ilia.Tarom officials teradiation aickneM, landed questied' landing rights at Ben-Onrion Aiiport. from the Soviets for the The youngsters ire the- purpose of emigration, vanguard <rf 8,000 who are ratW tluMi for humanibeing brou^t to Israel by tarian or medical reasons. the Chabad Lttbavitch S(Met anthorities decfined movement on a hmnani- pOrmiaskn. Onoe that snag was untarian mission. Chabad, aided by its af- rayatad, the EV Al jet was filiate organiaation, Ush- no longer available. A kas Esraa Acfaim, woriced British Airways jet was six months on the pn^ect, substitated. bat had to b^ called "CMdran of Cher- sent to Kuwait touring nobyt" Hw ohildnn, same home British subjects afof whom are known to be ter the Iraqi invasion. The Tarom crew was ailing as a result of the 1986 nuclear disaster, will wil^ig to fly to Israel but be checked for medical was^aot allowed to fly the problems at a special clin- extra hours. At that point, British ic at Kfar Chabad. Currently unaccompa- press magnate Robert intervened, nied by parents, they will Maxwell live at Kfar Chabad, a re- providing his private plane ligious township about 16 whidi brought fresh Tarndles southeast Of Tel om crews to London. The Tarom planee flew E^r arrival was to Israel with Uie children, delayed hiitially because ol who hatd waited with their an «ri^ nudi^ by Tanam. fudjas 60 hoars at the thelUi&iaiilanainiae fron Mlnafcahyirt.^hBre'wsw wUch Chdbad eh«:t«nd jdboot 800 parents and ilaKtii1S&QilM> Mai^cUk, ehainaan of AgndaaChas~ two plane* to pick np UM ehfldrm all told. During that period, a sldei Chabad. Israel, cartlea a "Chernobyl ChikT' off a ehUdien at Minsk in Uie 18-year-dd girl became Chabad chartered carrier as a global hnmanitarian resSovtot Union. V All necessary authoriza- seriously 01 and was ad- ene miaalon brings Chernobyl diildren to Israd for medtions had been obtained vised to go to the hoqutaL ical evaluation and treatment. By SuHui Binbran NEWYORK(JTAJ-A
She refnaed, fearing she mlgfat miss the flight to Israd, and was treated by a medical team brought in by Chabad. Chabad also provided food, clothes and blankets at the airport The children, agee 6 to 15, are virtually all from secular homes in the Ukrainian cities of Oomd and Mozyr, within a 100mile radius of Chernobyl. (Poviet medical treatment #u rspmrtedly UlPited to pad^ Uviog within a SO-ndle radius of Chernobyl.) The children's parents were anxious to remove the childrw from the area where sdl and water was dangerously irradiated end the food too containinated to sslely eat. Of the initial group of 196, five children are known to be suffering bam leukemia. The medical condition of the others is unknown. The siling children will be treated by Dr. Ze'ev Washier, a fofi^ Soviet dtizm who is director of the rwUakigy dsiwit^ilMtt at Hadassah Univerrity Hospital in Jerusalem. Washier, sole survivar 9f a group of children who w«e together during the
Holoeaast, has dedicated himself to helping Jeynsh children. He set up the special dink at Kto Chabad. Psychoh)gical care will be part of the treatment regimen. A kqy figure in the airiift is Yitzhak Kogan, a longtime refusenik snd religious activist from' Leningrad who immigrsted to Israel in 1986. He has been visiting Minsk and other dties regulariy toco(KdinBte the
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Lifst week,, Kogan received a telephone call from the prime miniater of Bytdonimiia, giving him full authorization to complete the mission. Minsk, whose small, antiquated aiiport is surrounded by pastoral land and is an unlucd^ place fer intematicmal fliig^ts, has been a coordinating site for Jewish activists from < several countries who are intent on rescuing the dtildnn. This dty, the capital of
Byelprvssia, ttiU wSmt from the ejects of the Chernobyl acddent. Food grown in Byelonissia, a heavily agricultural area, is badly contaminated by (Continued on Page 9)
BJE announces awarding of annual scholarships
Sharansky's family visits Leonid Sharansky, brother of Natan Sbaranaky, the warld-canowned Sovlai Jewlafc refnaaalk who defied the Soiriet Ualoa. viaitMl Omaha laet wMkaod with Ua wile, aon. ami aMtthar, Ida Patrovaa MUgrooi. They were the hooao guests of ShIrUy and Leonard GoUatelai. Laoald and Ua wffe work for an engiasarlag oonpaiur hi Des Molaea, and Mrs. Ml||ppaai la viaitiag tnm her boms fa laraaL Mra. Qaidatitn. co-cfcairmaa e< tU Jewish Fidnntlon'agovlet Jewry Conunlttoa. waa aasong the first Soviet Jewry aetfvista to bring Nataa r'a pUght pubUe.
Susan Drazen, director of the Bureau of Jewish Education, has announced that ^scholarships from eight endowment funds have been awarded to 29 Omaha area college students. These funds are administered for the Foundation of the Jewish Fsderation of Omaha by the Finandal Aid Committee of the Bureau of Jewiah Education. The Livingston Scholarships wars created in 1987 through the generosity of the trustees of the Milton S. and Corinna N. Livingston Foundation to provide funds for college students to further their education. Chosen as Livingston Scholars for 1990-91 are Jori Berger. Bradley University; Joshua Pinkler, Reed College; Scott Forman, Northweetem Univarrity; Sendi McCrdght, Unlverdty of NafarailuAfeOnMha; SooU Muakin, Qrinnell College; Edye Hoffman, Bradley Univsraity; Beth Spisnan, Univenity of Nebraaka at Omaha; Todd Finkle, Univsraity of Nebraaka at Lincofat Phil Sokokif created and
funded the Ruth Sokolof Omaha; Pam Cohn, UniSpedal Education Scho- ver^ty of Nebraska at larship Fund to honor and Omaha; Randi Katelman, perpetuate the memory of University of Nebraska at his wife, Ruth. The fund Omaha and Jan Lund, benefits graduate students University at Omaha are in the fields of general and recipients of Sokolof special education. Cathy Schdarships for the comChristeosen, University <rf ing academic year. Phillip G. Schrager Nebrasks at Lincoln; Sharon Cipperley, Unive^ established the Lois sity of Nebrsska at (Continued on Page 9)
Celebrating 100 Roas BlnmUa HosM residMita Ida Saaesria. Isft, and EUaboth Pried are caMntlag iOOth birthdays tids BMnth.