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Texas commemoration — with Jewish roots An estimated 80 visually-handicapped children from across Nebraska participated Sunday in what has (become known as the annual Ruth Sokolof Christmas • shopping spree. The youngsters, each with a volunteer escort, started the day at Westroads with a complimentary breakfast provided by Alan and Bemice Wolfson at the Revolving Do<4r Lounge and with $35
Resettlement numbers show successes How many Soviet Jews have been resettled In Omaha In the past three monltis? 371 6 more will arrive on January 11 3 lamlUes who arrived In the last two years are moving Into their own homes I (2 are buying, 11s bulkllng.) 56 Soviet Jews'resettled In Omaha in between October 1.1990 and September 30,1991. Ot those, 35 were employable (aged 18 to 59). To dale, 23 of those people are employed. 17 work tuii time and 5 work part time. 11 of those people are working In their chosen career field. Natalie C. Rubin, resettlement coordinator lor Jewish Fanlily Service, said, "Thanks to your Operation Exodus dollars, Jewish Family Service is abiA to give these famlHes, who have risked everything for freedom, a start in thelrnew country. JFS secures and furnishes apartments lor each family, fills their refrigerators, arranges English classes, tadltates hoilth screeningt and assists In th«lrjot>ft«rchM.'
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in shopping money donated by Phil Sokolof. Following Mrs. Sokolof's death about 10 years ago, her daughter, Karen Javitch, carried on with the family tradition and currently serves as a board member of the Nebraska Foundation for the Visually Handicapped. This year, the 30th anniversary of the shopping spree program, Jenny Javitch, Ruth Sokolof's granddaughter, joined the program as an escort. In these photos, Jenny, 13, escorts, 10-year-old Shanna Stickler up the escalator to a wide iarray of stores. First stop was the.Uocktor Pet Center where Charity Fluk lets Shanna hold a Cocker Spaniel puppy. In lower photos, Mrs. Javitch talks with Dr. Ben Kutler, a fellow board member, and Alan Wolfson extends a hand of friendship to Mr. Sokolof (right). This itory began 33 years ago with a telephone call from Pauline Gusa to Bemice Wolfson suggesting the beginning of« Braille program at Beth VA Synagogue. This activity evolved into a pre-school at Beth V.l for the visually handicapped and the late Mrs. .Sokolof took up the challenge and made helping the youngnUn a life-long effort. The Omaha public achool sys tem become attracted to the pre-schwil program and later brought it into the public school system.
AUSTIN. Texas (JTA) —Galveston, Texas, may not be in the same league as New York's EUls Island as an immigrant gateway. But from 1907 through 1914,'some 10,000 immigrants from Eastern Europe were brought- in through this port city 50 miles south of Houston and, as part of the "Galveston Plan," resettled in jobs and cities throughout the United States. The Austin-based Texas Jewish Historical Society is now planning to commemorate that wave of immigration. The Galveston Plan was implemented by an organization jcreated by Jewi.sh philanthropist Jacob .Si'hiff, writer Israel Zoiigwill and others. Rabbi Henry Cohen organized the resettlement of the new Americans.
Historical records at the library of the American Jewish Historical Society contain the names of many of the immigrants and their destinations but little else. During the annual gathering of the Texas Jewish Historical Society in Galveston, scheduled for March 6-9, 1992, festivities will include addresses by immigrants and their descendants, oral histories and tours of historic Jewish Gf>'>"'°''>p The.siHieiy i.sencouraging Galveston Plan immigrants and their descen-. dants to send any relevant'] historical information they j might have to the Texas Jewish Historical Society, c/c Donald Teter, Archivist, 5013 Glenhaven, Bay town, Texas 77621,
And more new arrivals At left, 13 member* of the Gregory and Gail Kogan famiUee ore reunited with family in Omaha while at right, Klir and Eugene Gorbatav, twin*, ore reunited with their falber, Gregory. Reunification of famlllee I* a top priority of the reecttlement program now iwdar way with the help of the Operation Eiodue fund-raioing campaign being conducted by the J«wiak Fadonlkw of Omaha.
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