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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. LXIX No. 31 Omaha, Nabr.
29 Adar 2, S7S2—Friday, April 3, 1992
Spanish program
Schiner at Boys Town Kent Schiner, pKsident of B'nai B'rith International, center, told Boys Town football players gathered for a press conference, it was important to "Put something back into society." Mr. Schiner became an honorary citizen of.Boys Town on liis recent visit to Omaha. Also present was Bill Walsh, left, head football coach at Stanford University. Mr. Walsh was the guest speaker at the B'nai B'rith Sports Banquet.
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Israel Bonds sets goal
NEW YORK (JTA)The State of Israel Bonds Organization has set a tl.5 billion goal for 1992 to help create jobs for new immigrants, its president and chief executive officer, Meir Rosenne, announced here. "While we are thrilled with, our $990 million achievement in 1991, we must surpass this record in 1992," Rosenne said, dtihg the urgent need to create jobs for tens of thousands of immigrants arriving from the former Soviet Union. If suooMsful, it would be the first time Israel Bonds
scaled the $1 billion mark. The Finance Ministry in Jerusalem recently announced its decision to allocate all of the 1992 Bonds proceeds to immigrant absorption., A large proportion of the newcomers are well edu-, cated and well trained in a variety of professions and vocations and possess numerous skills. But jobs have not kept pace with the influx. Israel absorbed 400,000 immigrants in the last two years and expects to take in another 600,000 by 1994. That calls for the crea-
tion of 600.000 jobs which will require an economic growth rate of 50 percent.
Campaign manager Gail Handleman, whq has served on Congressman Peter Hoagland's congressional staff in Washington and Omaha, has been named as his 1992 campaign manager; She also served as his deputy campaign manager in the 1990 election.
MADRID (JI'A)-Toledo; where Jewish culture flourished during the Golden Age in Spain, will once again be the center of Jewish events to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews. "By My Spirit" hopes to bring thousands of Jews to Toledo in May for the commemoration, which will include a communal prayer and cultural programs with exhibitions, films and guided tours. l^xcept for the Golden Threads travelling exhibit organized by the Smithsonian Institute, "By My Spirit" is the only major program for local and overseas Jews that is actually going ahead under the overall rubric of Sepharad '92. The organizers, Michelle Bokobza, David Silber and Richard Katz, say about 2,600 people will make the trip—which ends up in Jerusalem on the 44th anniversary of IsTAal's independence—and another 2,000 people are expected to come to the ceremonies from all over Spain. The project began three years ago as a labor of love. The partners, inexperienced in fundraising, discovered that promises are easily made but hard lo keep. Tunis-born Bokobza, who led the international. branch of the Israeli AKIM fpr handicapped children, had to sell her apartment in Tel Aviv, Katz suspended his law practice (n New Orleans for two years. Silber quit his job as deputy director of Beit Hatefutsot.
Names of Holocaust victims to be read worldwide By Steve Danon, co-chairman Yom HaShoah planning committee A week of Holocaust memorial activities will begin in Omaha on April 26, at noon, in the Jewish Community Center. B'fiai B'rith International has coordinated the program, "Unto Every Person There Is A Name." Omaha's commemorative will take place simultaneously with major cities throughout the world. B'nai B'rith has provided names of Holocaust victims to be read aloud, perpetuating the memory of the those who perished as individuals, rather than as numerical statistics. Each victim's name will be accompanied by the date of birth and death, if available. Governor Ben Nelson, U.S. Senators Bob Kerrey and Jim Exon, Congressman Peter Hoagland, Mayor P.J. Morgan, and other commuaity leaders have been invited to participate. Artists Deborah Pappenheimer and Lisa Lipkin will be in Omaha to provide a variety of activities throughout the community and at local synagogues. Ms. Lipkin, a storyteller and second-generation Holocaust survivor, will present "What Mother Never Told Me—Memories By a Child of a Holocaust Survivor," at the Friday evening Shabbat service at Temple Israel on April 24. This one-womfm show brings to life the struggle faced by many children raised by Holocaust survivors. Ms. Lipkin inte-
grates collected stories with oral tradition, bringing to the forefront the "second generation" phenomenon in a unique and powerful way, stated Mr. Danon. She will conduct presentations to Temple Israel religious school youth throughout the following week. On April 27, she will offer presentations to UTTO classes, and on April 29 to the Friedel Jewish Academy. Ms. Lipkin's programs in Omdia will end with a Yom HaShoah youth memorial service on April 29, which will take place in the chapel at Temple Israel at the same time as the community observance of Yom HaShoah in Temple Israel's main sanctuary. Ms. Pappenheimer, a painter, will also partici-' pate in the concluding service. Her program, "Out of the Fire—Images of the Holocaust," depicts images, feelings and dreams which were part of her mother's experiences in Nazi Germany, said Mr. Danon. She will display and discuss her work, the work of other contemporary artists whose subject is the Holocaust, as well as artists who were in concentration camps during the war. Funding for community programs is being provided by Temple Israel, th^ Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, United Talmud Torah of Omaha, Friedel Jewish Academy, the Frohm Foundation, and the Esther K.. Newman Endowmentr
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spohe of Cantor Fottamn's 18 yanra of aanrloe to Beth larwd and OoMha. and IB yean of s«rvk9a eiaowhert, snyiag that "Cantor Fettmnn mndo a diffar«««-both in hie role as a teocher of Judnlsn and in edacnting the pid>Uc as a survivor of the Holocaust, in the center photo. Rick KaUman, peat preeUent of Beth Iwraal leU Cantor Pcttnuu hold the Torah oovsr (hat wUI he used to protect the Torah that is being reotored in Vk honor.