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Volunteers build house for low-income family. See Page 15.
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AIPAC leader to speak at Federation event
Thomas A. Dine, longtime executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, will apeak at the Jewish Federation of Omaha's Pacesetter Recognition Dinner on May 11 at Highland Country Club. The dinner is open to members of the Pacesetter Division and their adult children. Mr. Dine, who joined AIPAC in 1980, fprmerly worked on tb« staffs of U.S. senators (the late) Frank Church, Edmund Muskie and Edward Kennedy.
Russians arrive in Lincoln The Jewish community of Lincoln haa •pon»or«d iU first Russian family, a young couple and their baby who arrived last week from St. Petersburg. Marli Kapengut, Ooniella Pliss and six-month-oid Dina (above) found themselves immediately In the public eye; they appeared on the evening news and on the front page of the Lincoln newspaper. "U's very exciting," said Mr. Kapengut, 23, who holds a university degree In applied mathematics and computer science. Ms. Plias, wko had previously visited New York as a university student, hopes to finish a degree In economics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
RQsenthal to lead workshop at JCC Former Omahan Saul Rosenthal, director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith's Mountain States region, will lead a workshop on fighting prejudice in Omaha next month. Sponsored by Jewish Family Service and ADIVCRG, the workshop will be held May 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Jew Ish Community Ctinter. The event is free, but advance registration is re quired. Before Joining ADL, Ui
Roaenthal taught sociology at Creighton University. He was also involved with utiter university programs such as the health sciences. The workshop will use videotaped dramatizations, small group discus^ sions, and participants' own experiences in offering positive approaches to confronting anl " tism. Dr. Rosenthul ultio serves on the faculty of unter for Judaic • • .1 at the University
Saul Kosei^tluU of Denvar where he teaches the sociology of the American Jewish Community.
He has also served as an assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles in New Delhi, India, and as congressional liaison to the U.S. Peace Corps. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines from 1962 to 1964. Mr. Dine, whose name has appeared on lists of influential people in U.S. News and World Report, USA Today and The Washingtonlan, will speak to members of the Federation's Young Leadership in an informal cocktail hour at 5 p.m., also at Highland.
Thomas A. Dine Chairmen of the Pace setter Division are Howard Koopejr and Harley Shrager.
ADL defends action, claims no laws broken By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League, which is being in-' vestigated for possibly ille- gal surveillance activities, tuts struck back at its accusers, contending ^biy are trying to deflect attention away from misconduct in their own ranks. ADL haa now started to counter the accusations, maintaining it has not broken any laws and that if confidential material reached its hands, then violations within the law enforcement intelligence community itself shuujd be the real focus of police concern. 'Vhe autltoritles say they suspect illegal acts were carried out in connection with an alleged national intelligence network that kept tabs on more than 960 organizations and as many as 12,000 individu-
als, many of them involved in right-wing, white supremacist or Arab-American activities. No formal charges have been issued in the case, although a police affidavit released in connection with the searches outlined the suspected violations. "There has been an orchestrated effort to paint us as villains in an affair in which ADL is a bit player," Barbara Wahl, a Washington bused ADL attorney said in an interview here. The real issue is what has been going on in the (San Francisco) intelligence community, who is keeping track and have they been following their own guidelines?" she said. ADL involvement LH the highly publicized case goes back to an investigation last Call of Tom (Gerard,, then a San Francispo
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police inspector, who has been accused of giving confidential police intelligence files to Roy BuUock, a private investigator. In transcripts released by San Francisco District Attorney Arlo Smith, BulkKk describes himself as a spy master" who had been working for the ADL since 1954.
Singles mission The UJA Hutikvah Summt;r Singles Mission to Israel will take place July 4-15. l^is is a national mission for young Jewish adults from 25-35, Oniuhan Joel Alperson, a member of the national Young Leadership Cabi net, will take a leadership role in this mission. For information, con-, tact UJA Missions Ds^ partment in New York a^ (212) 818-9100