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14 SHEVAT. 5753 Friday. February 6,1993
Super Sunday is here! By Mark and Jill Belmont Super Sunday chairmen During the past six weeks, you've seen articles and advertisements promoting the Jewish Federation's Super Sunday phone-a-thon. You may have been asked to make calls or to participate as a co-sponsor of the event. Well, the build-up is over. The phone-a-thon is two days away and now we're asking members of the Super Sunday bivision to ANSWER THE CALL on Feb. 7. We're very pleased to report that the response to our pre^Super Sunday mail solicitation has been outstanding. To the several hundred of you who have already "answered the call" by pledging your support to the campaign, we send a very heartfelt THANK YOU" for your commitment to our Jewish community. Thanks also go to the many people who have joined in the community spirit of making this event a success: to our steering committee, to the dozens of volunteers who will man the phones on Sunday, to Sheri Idelman who will lead caller training sessions, and to Richman Gordman for allowing us to use their corporate offices. We are also gratefiil to our generous corporate sponsors: Richman Qordman, Idelman Telemarketing, Bags and Baggage, Baker's Supermarket, Cheers, Demma Fruit Company, Larry Herman, Julio's, KB Foods, MidContinent Bottlers, No.Frills Supermarket, Nobbies, Norman Sheldon, D.D.S., Omaha Compound, Pleasure Pak and Zio's Pizza. Finally, in advance, we'd like to express our appreciation to all those Super Sunday division members who are planning to answer the call in two days and support the 1993 UJA/Federation Campaign. You are an important part of our Jewish community. Your gift — no matter how large or small — is important to the continued strength of our community. Your dollars make a difference. YOU make a difference and w^itiVilLyou for your gMierous support.
1993 UJA/Federation Campaign:
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2,650,000 2,400^ 230(M>eO 2^00,000 2400,000
/foNTINUINcN i EXODUS I 700,d0tf 600,000 500,000 400,000 300.000 200.000 Souice: Jewiih Fwfcmim ol Omalu
Jewish ritual lield at Bergan iMlercy iMedicai Center ' By Morris Mallne Bergan Mercy Outpa.tient Surgery never looked like this: A rabbi, a mohel, were participating rn the ritual circumscision of six youngsters who are part of the gr.owing Russian/Jewish community in Omaha. "Thift most likeiy is the first time that Bergan Mercy has been Rabbi Katzman ^the site of such a religious ceremony," one of 'secured the cooperaIhe hurses commented. tion of . Dr. Erie I The narse said that Phillips, an orthopemany of her colleagues dist, who coordinated observed the cere- the event with the hosOr. Oarnon monries as th-ey took pital. place Jan. 28 from Longo,' a iirologist, served as the attending :iV46a.m. to 2:30 p.m. "This was 9 wondtir- physician and Rabbi ful axpcTience, the first Betsalel Marinovsky of opportunity for moat of Houston, was tlie US, to see what was mohel. Rabbi Katzman orga'involVe4 in a bris," she pointed out. < nised a similar ceremoThe boya are: Alex ny about a year ago at Immanuel Medical Rhkain, son of Leonid and irima; Boris Center for a group of Kuper^an, son of older Russian boys. After last week's Michael and Anna; Yuliy Tisetsky, son of surgery, t^e yourfg'Vladimir ..-1 M,.,..i,u
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