SERVINQ NEBRASKA AND IOWA SMCE1920 Vol. UVN No. 13, OiMlM, IM»r.
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Kushners celebrate a wish comes true BfoRisMaUm When Dorothy Kushner of Liiuxdii cd^ratM her 90th birthday this month, an estimated 80 family members will gather to rejoice with her. And because nine of the family members plunning to attend are recent emigrants from the Soviet Unkm, the celebration—in a Jway—also will be the fulDorathy Knahaer fiUment of a wish by Max Kushner, Mrs. Kushner's late husband. When liifr. Kushner died in 1964, he left some mon^ in his will for a sister in the Soviet Union. AlUwugfa there was JU) cmtact between the sister and her family in Lincoln, Mrs. Kushner visited the Soviet Union after the death (tf her husband and not only met the sister, but eataUlshed an ongoing rdationsfajp. For more than 30 years, Mrs. Kushner and her diHdren, Shirley Schaeffer and Sheldon Kushner of Lincob and Marshall Kuahner of Omaha, hoped that one day their relatives would be able to leave the Soviet Union and estaUish a new life of freedom in the United SUtes. Tb this end, Mrs. Schoeifer's husband, Goie, took on the chaHnnge of continuing communiratioBS with the famOy in the Soviet Union and eatabliafaing contact with Soviet Jewry fttivist Shiriey Ooidstein in
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Now. the funlly-induding 18 graoddifldreo, 18 matitrandchildrtn. and two great-graat-grandoiOdren—are ready to celebrate. Ftem Dec 21-23, there will be a serise of dinners, hmchee and faraadMa in Mrs. Kushner's honor, highlighted by a aneeU Shabbat service on Dec 22 at CoogragatioD TUsreth Israel when the entire temily will participate. The ooeaaian is a wish<ome-trae for the Kushner family and aa JiS Beimont Knafaner, one of the grandchildren, aaid, "She is the heart and soul of the family and this ia a chance to ahow her how much we love her."
Kosher meat market to open in January
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By Morris Maline Omaha will once again have a kosher meat market. The Kosher Pickle, a purveyor of fresh and fro200 maata and poultry, is scheduled to open at the Montdsir Shopping Center on or about the first weak in January. iVoprietors sre Masi(no and Jeanne Shechat. Mr; Shecbet, a proftodonal abochet (slaughterer), is tbelOthgeoeratianiiihia family to pursue a career in kosher slaughtiring. His son represents the 11th generation. According to the annoonoement, The Kosher Plckla win operate as a retail meat market and "soup-and-sandwlch" del* katessen. Specialty fiah and grocery items, the types not normally found in supsrmarkata, also will bestockad. Omaha has been without a koobar meajl; market since the Nebraska Kosbv meat laarkat ckModrsliMlb-
ly. However, kosher meat and poultry have been avail^le in the frozen food sections of many area supermarkets and the Nogg Fruit Company has set up a telephone ordering system with pickup at the Jewish Community Center. The Kosher Pickle will be supervised by the Vaad Hakashruth of Omaha. A native of Cuba, Mr. Sbechet left that country at the age of 14 to study at a Yeahiva in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has served as a shochet aince graduation, working moot recently in Sioux City, Iowa. JWVHANUKKAH GIFTS WASHINGTON (JTA) —Holiday packagea for Channkah are cnmntly on their way to U.S. Armed Forces in Saudi Arabia, aa part of "Operation Meccabee," a project of the Jewish War Veterans of Amer .km.'
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IMaimonides Society to initiate charter members By Jeoaie Jaeoboon Federation poUic relations dirsetar TliaMaiBMiiWwSoriety
trOieJiwSh Tedin^e of 0£aha will offidafly honor its charter members at an awards brunch oa Dec. 16 at 10 SJn. at the Jewish Community Center. Jay Lemer, president of the Federati^ will present the Society's Certificate of Membership to 22 Omaha area doctors and dentists who meet the quaUficatioos for national membersh^, that is, those who c(»tribute 11,000 or more to the aimual UJA/ Federation Campaign. Dr. Alia Zinkov and Dr. Emma Khoroshukhin, practicing physicians in the Soviet Union and recent immigrants to Omaha, will be the gueet speakers. The brunch and program is open to tiie community at a coet of $10 per person. There will be no solicitation of funds. Chairmen of the Omaha Chapter of the Maimonidss Society are physicians Dr. Ronald Cooper, Dr. Gerald Shaona and Dr. Eugene Zweiback, and dentiat Dr. Norman Sheldon. Honorees inchide the following doctors and dentiato: J.E. Bleicher, Joel BMcher, Ronakl Cooper, Steven Deneoberg, Robert Engel, David L. Hoffman, Harvey Konigsberg, Hugh Levin, Barnard Magid, Edward Malashock, J. Milton Margolin. Daniel M.MiIlir,Be^iamlnNadiman, Blaimt Roffman, Larry Roffman, Nonnan Sheldon, Paul Shyken, Gerald Stmona, Miltoo Sinxms, Maurice Stainborg,
Muriel Steinberg and Eugene Zweiback. "We're very proud of beingMiiijW»<iilliriif Mfd--
ganization established "to foster a sense of common purpoae and commitment iming haaltii cm nrofas-
tended each of them. Dr. Alexander Slepak from Moacow spoke on Sonet Jewry, hmmli rightaand
ha,''i«nuned Mr. Lirner, tenneot of Jaws evory"and we're very proud of whers." To date. ofBdal the four men who have membership in the Omaha servsd as chairmen since it chapter is open only to began hi 1989. Ron, Jerry, doctoi's and dentists. Ncnm and 'l^ieedy' have However, anyone in the kept us on trade and their community may attend time ond attention to this any Mainoonidas Society effort have made the program for the ooA of the difhrence between succees program. and failure." "The response has been Named for the great excellent," continued Mr. Jewish physician and Lemer. "Three programs scholar. Rabbi Moaes Ben have been presented in the Maimon, the Maimonidee last year and a half and Society is a national or- over 60 people have at-
Dr. Manadism Piriffiatter, 'the wixard of the Negev,' apoke on the greening of the desert and, most recently, Dr Haim Reuvani of Beer Sheva spoke on the medi cal community in Israel. "The intereet generated has been high and we look forward to more of our Jewish doctors and dentists coodng togethsr and becoming directly involved hi the nsads of our Jewish community."
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Bible Quiz winners Seated, tnwi left, first plaos wiaaer Alex Caopes, second plaee wiaasr David Krloi* faid aMi tUrd place wfauMr Oiris Tsabard. 8taadh«. tk«« left, BMdwator CHetta low, foartli place wineva Bobby Shapfeo and Sara Reauid, and Hauy Moaaky Lojige uteeldeBt Mike A Iwawsna, who eerved a« master of ceremaaAes. See story eo
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