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Volunteers to receive awards at annual meeting
Hmy PMkowHs By Jo Cwroil Tba Jewish Federation of Omaha agencies have named the peraons who will raoaive the Fedsatioa Volunteer of the Year awards at the anaaal meetiBg which win be held Sunday, June 9 at 7:30 at the Jewish Community Ceoter. Marda Upaman, nominated by the Jewish Com* munity Center, is the chairman of the Performing Arts department She was chairman <rf the Project Amram program that won a spwU awatd far ax~Blfl«nceAom tha Jandsh Oommnai^ Ccotara AaeoMrs. Tipaman said the moat outstanding achieve-
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ment for her the past year was, "the production of "The Immigrants.' I was very pnai. Everyone did a woodoful job." The Bureau for the Aging OUar Adult Program nominated Hany Paskowitz. Mr. Paskowits says he eqjoys everything he did tUs past year. He devotes three d^rs a week to hdping expand the Older Adult programs. He is tressurer of the Old Timers and vice president of Young Energetic Seniors. He sbo devotes time to visiting with members who.aie homdxHisdi Hie Bureau of Jewish Education pkked Michad Linn as its Vohmteer of the Year. Mr. Linn is
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chairman of the Bureau's Spedsl Needs committee. HB has made a excBpdnnsl effort to obtain the beat Jewish education far chUdten with special needs. Mr. Linn said he^ang to secure staff with an equitable pay scale for the special needs program and the Et-Gar program are part the past year. The E^Oar program is for children who are not yet main straamed. They meet in a self coBtaiaad daas room. Bert Lewis, choaeo by Jewish Family Service fv her work with the Sqv^ RttteftVMtMHt eamiuttte«, is both a board member and a vofamtaer. She taUca about the beat part of being the oo«halnnan of the
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JillKuhMr Jerome MOdtar Janry Sfaisky Bdmoat Reeettlement committee, Library, has cataloged the Year is Jerry Slusky. "When you aee a newiy ar nearly 1600 books on the Mr. Shisfcy haa soocassrived funnily in the apart- library cdlection of the fully inqilemeated a study ment we have prepared for Holocaust. He has also of tiw Omaha Jawiah comthenv whnt they realize conquled an 18-page anno- munity to evahiate k»al this is being given to tated biUiogrqihy on the needs. He also chaired the them... this is what it's subject. In addition. Dr. Livhig WiU sendnar. all about This is the whole Wotf has helped con^iuter Mr. Sfaisky says his debottom line." Mrs. Lewis ize many of the library's sirs to get involvad in the is slso known for her abO- operations. Omaha Jewish conmimlty ity to recruit volunteers. Ilw Bureau for the Ag- stems from a fiva-yaar abJill Kushner Belmont ing has sdected Jerome sence, during which he was nominated by the Milder as its Vdunteer of lived hi Florida. When he Anti-Oefamation League/ the Year. Mr. Milder has and his family retuned in Community Relations served on the board for 11 1988 he realised what Committee. She has been years. He is shrays avidl- stroog Jewish ties psople involved with the commit- able for counsel on every- hiOmahahad."I(bcid8d tee since 1986. She is on day operati(»i8. His ad- it ^nw time to give back tha.board and worics oa vice, consultation and sonwthing that waa given the medi|i nlatioBa and guklanoe was ftwtiietilarty to ma," hs aaki, rateiteg dvil nghi« Ciomai^teaa. haipftai iteHtdTewBrat to his v^iodMraetMtiss. She is cunently woridng UoBbftheiMtwaddttidiito |1|I WllwllliriillllUllMIH the Rooe BhrniUn Home. wfll raoaiva thsir awards at on an area newaletter. The Federation's own the June 9 meeting, which OTJMartinWolf, choaeo by tl^ Jewish Federation candidate for Volunteer of is open to the public.
U.N. secretary-general criticizes Zionism resolution ByAlisal UNITED NA-nONS (JTA)—Secrstary-Oeneral Javitf Peres de Ciiallar strongly criticised the 1976 U.N. Geaeral Aaaembly reaolutioa deaigratiBg Zionism ss a form of racism but said the United Natioos still haa to play a
role in the Middle East peace process. ^leaUng to reporters ss he entered the U.N. buiMing, Perez de Cudlar said his positioa had always been that the resohition "was a wrong and unfahinterpretation of what Zi(miam is."
Offidsb St the Isradi Mission to the United Nations sdd thsy beUoved it was the first time the secretaiy-genn'sl had publicly ooodsmned the reeolution, which Israel is trying to have reednded.
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Wins Merit Michael D. SOvarman. son of Jsmes and Snssn Savermsa, hss bssn awarded a National Merit Scholarship and will attend Bradky University hi the Pall. Ha 4lso has been awardad a Presideotial aeholarship and a Dean'a scholarship at Bradley.
Two earn Eagle Scout Stavao Tompo, son of Sheila and Ray Tompa, and avid ChriatenMBi am of ^tby aadBill Chrlsteni/ta, tavvsaebiatUi^d, the rank or Xagle Scout •'h StktlUoa to the WiaMt bajgia nquind for BiWie, Steven, who received his Bagk Scout in DeOMBbar, eemed (iva asore badgae for a bronie palm. for his Eagle Sarvioa Project, Steven did a beautifioatjoapniject-landscaplngat theCamakitCommunity Center for ths City of Omaha with a grant from the Women's Chamber of CommtrM. ."CU* mt accomplished with tlie help of five scouts from Troop 42. Ha is in the ninth grade at Lewis and Clark JunierHljrii. David will noaive Ua Bagk Soout badgs at a Court of Honor on June 9 at Tanpla larasL A msmber of Tlraop 6U and Baplorar Poet 444, David haa also attaiasd the Order tt the Airvw.
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More than amiUkm Ugh school students took the PSAT test and al^thla number 16,000 *M«^«h«»lIsU and fl.OOO finalists wers announced. Tboae daelgnatad National Merit Scholare rapraaent about oiM4ialf of ooa pareaat of Ugh aehool aeatea. MichaeTla • aeaior at HlghSdwoL