NEBR HISTORICAL SOC 1500 R ST LINCOLN NE
SBIVING NEBRASKA AND tOWASMCE 1920
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Vol. LXVN No. 4S
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Mission '91 to Israel
B Airport quotes I^jr Cml KatwaoB. MiMtoa portidpart aad • dhw^ . tor of tha Jewfafc PtmB. \ QaoUafroai tha oiipoii, Friday •jB.,Jiuie 21, oa the tanaac at B«i Garioa Ahrport: ToBFaibBaK "Whoevar ia hare tooii^t will ramembwthto fcv the reat of thair Ihw...'I)wt«> not another , paopla in the worid who would mortgage their aoola to ) a|ry<a their brothers and aiatera." Sharon Kooper: "How do you come hwe and look at tfaia BCene and not be moved?" Lany KeObarg: "I waa overwhabned be[yQnd anything I ever eqiectedl" Bob Faaeiilwig. "Thousands of people coming into a tiny country threatened on all aides—it's a mhwdet" ,^|^Gnalk^"Iciied.' ''
Lnai Filtauni SriKvan: "I knew it was ginng to be great hacanaa nqr dad told me. It made me really proud •of Urn."
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Omaha/UJA Misoion partk^aata BUM Jab«da aad Gkn Ftaeaunt eaecotive director of Jewish Family Service, adz wHh Bthiopiaa Jewa at aa aaitpHaa ccatvr ia lerad a^ Toai FMfanaa, Bfiaaiea efcairmaa. hetote one of the youagstsrs oa his ahooldtn ftt a hMTs vkw of the Misaibe group.
Omahans cry upon greeting Soviet Jews
jAUMy Goldatciw "Now I w«Kt to go aQ »itoie {torn jAl^acawtoBuoharaat^^M-Aviy-withiham. I'dlik» By Carol Kata—a, Mission jporiidpaBt aad jtdirec>'toaair&a^ ifagrCMirhaBtlMrftu^ utivehomel" torof theJewUAaas. Partka^ianta in Omaha's recent Cnmmuwity Mission Bniea Goldbag; "It was very touching experience and very emotiflMl for me." to Israel witoeeaed the 4:56 sjn. artival of a planefead Zoe Uakea: "I'min awe... to see our plane, an ElAl of 400 Soviet olim on the tarmac at BCD Ourion Aiipott plane, filled with Sorviats... I'm in shocfc." on June 21. Showing ezpreesioos of apprahenskn, fear, exciteHeieMi Marianajri, an oleh who anivad from Leningrad witll Bar am Pavel, who dnoged Ua name to YoesL ment and joy, the Soviet olim were greeted penonaDy 'mmk yoo, Jewish people of the worid; thank you by'IVanFaUmaa, chairman of the CtoahaMJwJoa; and lamaL" aobUng manbars of the cootingnt of Omahana. "I viawodtiiBtapaa Ton and Jay Lamer pot together Ikr. NaftoH Bleydan. deputy director of 800 bed tkoapitdinllaarahiva: "WewpactowpopulatioB toinaense after their visit to Moacow and loraal 18 months ago," tin nnwrfiaia by 90 to 100%. Wts need 300 new bade sakl ndssioiaMMr Howard Kooper. "It'a just not the '^iounillllrttfar and are fiadfing many undetected cancers same aa being lAfjjaiu bara," The wnotioBalaaperiaaeB of greeting new oHmwaa the ^-MHBvttwSovleta and viral diaeaaee among tha Bthiopiana." hjghHgH of the ndasioa and one of several stops addnasing the iasue of abacrption. Only the day before, tha group nkt Soviet olim at an abaorptfam enter in Netanya and EtUopioa oUm at Kibbnti Aynlat Haahachar in the tqiper Galilee. "There's stiD a treneadoua amount of antirSaoaitism fai the Soviet Unkm." aoid Yoaai Natoni. director of missiOBe and viaitors dspaitDMnt for the Joint Diatribotion Coounittee. "We ahipped hi thowsaadi of pounds of PaaeovwsupplieeinHandsstinBOpei'a>i(aa.sothatnonRabU UrkowiU is > Tbe Boiwd of Comlahrionera of Beth Is- mflinber of the Babbfarael ^magogae haa an- kal Cooncfl of Anierka nouBOod tha appoint- and the ChfcagO Rabbiof RabU Marie nical CoundL
ieth Israel Synagogue appoints new rabbi
Jewisb aaighbors of Soviet Jews wouhln't ay 'wiiiy do
they bam food a«d w» dontr" The gnuvvlsitod with Hana Ofak. the municipal director ra^oodbleior abaorptkm ta the ooaatal dty of Netanya. That dfy aktta has taicreaaed ita populatkm from 120,000 to 146,e0jfiaiqat 22 montha. Twei^-four thousand ars new ollm fcoat the Soviet Union and 1600 from Ethiopia. Operating within a natjonalatnietnre of ulpaaa. Hebrew boiguagB learning oentara, Netoaya'a ulpana atart anew imma^ataty oftar gradaating a dass evary five months. The gnop Mt ia on nlpan daans at tha ahaorption center, some with oUa wbo onfyed taro weeks sgo ^ othirs about to gMhtata. StddlBt^ fai AIM daae coti0ratad from Moeeow, Moldavia, Odiaaa. Byahiruaeia. the Ukndne and even SBierial Former proisssionn ranged from orthodontist aad doctor to engineer end a farmer raapnadaagftiesrhioidag to traaslate scientific, artklae in the future. "In one month, we serve 1200 oUm." eaki Hana Ofek. "or about 100 a day. And we eoukb't do it without the help of you Amarkana. (Ceatiaated ea PH« 4)
Congregation Beth El prepares for moving day
q>iritlMl IWM Urkowita ia a gradnaU of tfc* Yeahiva Univeraity. and hoUs \t ordination (semlcha) from thfs RahU taaac RIchanan Theological Saodnaiy of Yeehiva Utttmaity. Ha praaaatiy aarvae u nbbf of an orthodox ooogiagatioa in Buffalo Grove, lU. f PHor to i^ prsaeot poaltkm, he has held pulpita at .eongregatloos in AnnapaUs; Md. EUenvine, N.Y.. Hobokm, N.J., and Minneapolis.
In a statenient to the mimhenUpofBethlaraal, Gary Parifanan, "Rabbi UriuwiU is very hlgfaly qariifiad to lead Bath iHMliato* new ana. Hia caoUaiahw orthodox badtgrouad, aswaDaahia paraonal coooem for congregants, make him an aioiQent choice for Beth Israel.'' Rabbi Urkowits and his wife. Devoid are the paiaate of three boya. The family is pisnning to move to Omitha io aid-August.
ByDiaael Over MO mambera of Beth El have already aigaed up to take OB activa row hi the ooagrantkm'a movhif di^ oa Sunday, July 7. In nuking the an-° nouBcemeBt, ABsoChandler, manli uid aattarcado coordinator, said that ha expacU an additkiaal 200 Beth El mambera to partidpata as observers. . Rabbi Paul Draien has extended an faiVltatioo to the enUra Omahi^ClpBncil Bluffs Jewiah niiiWMiiilty to join with Both Bl on thJ« Mtturic McsikMi. "It's not every year that
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opana. We are extremely plsMsd about our plans, aad we k>ok forwud to charing our 'Moving esp«riaBce."'RabUDrasaB The event will «Bt onder way at tha 49tit and Far turn buikling with norahlg ssrvlosa stsrtiag at 0 son. At the towJasiua of aervioae, Beth El'a Torab scrolls will be walked several timee around the synagogue ia a eeratnonial l»ocMaioB. Each of the T»> rah scrolls wiU baaaiTisd by one member of B«th El and esoortsd by two« serving as 'fiibbalmi' 1 ChandW explained. H* aaMrt«b»^anarah
acroDs will be transported by 8 motorcade of 30-3S cars to tha now boihfiiig at 146th sad Calttoniia. Tbere, a rapeat of the oaraaiOBial prooeeaioB win take place, followed br OBvailiog of the oonafatoaaa, the afte^ and an opportunity to tour tha now faoikling. Mr. Choadlar expects the motorcade to errive at the paridag lot of the new Beth Kl at 11:90 a.m. and tha dedication of the corasrstOBse to begin at approximately 11:40. He said the County Shwirt hoe strsssed the Importaoos of heaping Celifotaiaatrsat b«a of paibad
vahidae during the eatii* In recent discussions of plans for July 7, Rabbi Di aasB referred to a parat^ M between thee
li.fr" -^we will ga... "I have no doubt many membera of our ( gragatioB win ejtpei tance I noetolgia that wfll be quit4 pafaorfulatfirst. Butli eetoty bebeve Utat unU| aad praj^ help prepare I for a woBderfUI new I ning in the new Beth building," Rabbi ~ eald. <CeatkMisd aa Page 8)