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Annual meeting highlights ''Challenge for Leadership"
Geography competition winners A team of studenU from Buike High School was honored recently by American Express for an analysis of the migration of Soviet Jews to Omaha in a national competition. The students will split a $10,000 second-place prize in the category of cultural diversity. (See Between Teens column inside) From left: Burke teacher Michael Young, Andrea Friedlander, Bobby Shapiro, Rikld Epstein, and Julie Demidovitch.
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Dinitz predicts
1^ JERUSALEM (JTA)Israel will be the largest Jewish center in the world by the year 2000, Jewish Agency Chairman Simcha Dinitz has predicted. If that prediction holds true, about half the world's Jewish population would
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then.be living in Israel. For the first time, there would be more Jews in Israel than in the United States, Dinitz said. -According to the most recent statistics, there are about 12.8 million Jews in the world, of whom 4,176,000 reside in Israel
and 5,636,000 in the United States. Dinitz warned, however, that the number of Jews is decreasing rapidly because of intermarriage and a low birthrate. Israel's total population is 5,090,000.
Kavich, Peres share podium
By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director Q. Why go on a mission? A. For more than you can , _ ne. That was no understatent for members of OmaI'a Spiring Miaaion to la. TIM ten days of trav"tf, from May 3-13, were filled with the people, polios, laud, history, food, jid muaic of Israel, i AhaUouurkofUJAmiailsthairacceastogovnt kaders and this ino«ioeptian.Th«fint ' . w« joined 120 I pairticipants from .vado and California • briafing oo the upJig lum etectiona. Omaha's Larry Kavich j given the himor of introducing Shimon Psrea, jr Prime Ministarud Dtly a member of the
Omaha Mlsaloo partidpuU Larry and Andi Kavich at H««d'B aqiHMhiot In Ci On the issue of Middle Eait pence, Mr. Parse supports the view that peace luill Kit nrhiiivu^ thfOUgh
Highlighting Israata acOmpUahmnets over the at 44 yeari. Mr. Peres ."We had a war before I had a country. We bad I anoy b«fora we had a ovemment. In 44 years I built one of the best ar I in the world, found ways to culUvat« a rloro and rejecting land I became a worldiMdir I the tetei' '!ion Ichemit >«»."
By Sheila Garsombke, staff writer A report on the "Challenge for Leadership" program will be a highlight at the June 14 annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Omaha at the Jewish Community Center. Co-chairs Glen and Hollie Fineman will present a report on the program, which serves as a forum for individuals ages 25-40 to become involved in Jewish communal life and in the Jewish Federation of From left Hollie Fineman, Glen Fineman, and UJA Omaha. representative Gary Hill who addressed "Challenge Nineteen people were for Leadership" program at one of its meetings'. selected by the Jewish Federation Steering Com- of the Jewish Federation Glen and Hollie Finemittee or because of their of Omaha as well as those man have worked closely own interest, to become in- of the community. with Ms. Rabb to select volved in this two-tier pro"This program is the fo- participants, coordinate gram which will continue rum in which the Jewish the agenda; and line up through June 1993. • Federation of Omaha de- hosts for the various proJoan Cooper, Jodi and velops young leaders, grams within the leaderGary Epstein, Shelly and teaches leadership skills, ship development course. Rick Fox, Wendy and and develops a sense of "Hollie and Glen have David Goldberg, Helene commitment to the Jewish done an outstanding job of Goldstein, Sara and Sorin community," Ms. Rabb con- providing hands-on leaderJuster, Roxanne and Bob tinued. ship. They serve as examKahn, Robbi and Gary The program is com- ples of volunteer Ufe couKudyum, Joan Marshall, prised of Iwo tiers; In the pled with' professional Lou Pachman and Allison first nine months, the lead- skills. They are good role Latenser, and Jeanne and ers attend seminars and models for our future leadGerald Haznick took the discussions hosted by ers of Omaha," Ms. Rabb challenge to build the lea- former program gradu- said dership skills and learn ates, which introduce techniques necessary to them to professional and The final Challenge make a difference in the lay leaders of the Je\yish meeting before the parJewish community. Federation and its agen- ticipants begin Internships Lori Rabb, staff director cies. Past participants culminated in a picnic reof "Challenge for Leader- serve as mentors for the cently at the home of Mike ship", and assistant direc- future leaders thereby en- and Sheri Abramson, fornv tor of the Jewish Federa- couraging Involvement er graduates of the prolion, said "Challenge for over a mul.ti-year, multi- gram. Bob Wolfson, direcI .eadorship is designed to level period. tor of the Anti-Defamation lUow the participants to ,' In the second part of the I^ague/Conimunity Relaexplore the agencies of the program, participants serve tions Committee, spoke on Federation and the Jewish art internship on a board, "Making a DifferenceFwioration of Omaha itself or conuiutlee of the Jewish Coping with Anti Semiiiiui to develop a broud un- Federation or one of its tism in the American Jew> derstanding of the needs agencies. ish Community"..'
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"with a population of three million Arabs and four million Jewa, Israel is tt risk of becoming a binatlooal stats." Mr. Peree closed with a look at Isrsel's aconomk future, "To have s market econ<i must haves mait list ecunomiata, hcMud. "We need to develop an economic
market in the Middle East and Israel can play an important roTe in improving the standard of living in the region." Following the briefing, w« boarded a bus and set out to discover Isreeiour homeland. Evsry mile traveled increased our awarenees of our Jewish history and heritage, and over ths next aeveral weeks, Omaha's mission participants fill sbsre their impressions and experiences through their own artlclos.
swastikas stir ADL Ths AnU-Dsfanatioa Lsagus of B'ul B'rith baa exprsaeed coaosn ovsf ths sight!•! of asvsa swastikaa la th« Onsba araa this past wsdi, Tbia pictnre was taken at Farwun St. and Happy Holkiw Blvd. S«« dirsctor Bob WoUsoa's coiuma oa paga four.
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