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JFNA Women Philanthropists presents Gary Green JAY KATELMAN JFO Director of Community Development We invite you to join us on April 4, from 7:30-9 a.m. for the next Jewish Business Leaders event with guest speaker and Hall of Fame-inductee Gary Green. Gary is an American businessman and entrepreneur, and the former CEO of Alliance Building Services, one of the largest privately held building service providers in North America.
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ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor wo members of our Omaha Jewish community, Dana Erman Kaufman and Danielle Stark Gordman, were recently invited to join the Jewish Federation of North America National Women’s Philanthropy Board. Women philanthropists are the change-
makers and community-shapers of the world. No matter where we live, we are all part of a global family. We are sisters and daughters, mothers and friends, compassionate and committed women at every stage of life and career. The JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy Board engages Jewish women in the fulfilling work of making the world a better place. See JFNA Women Philanthopists page 2
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MARY SUE GROSSMAN for Beth Israel Synagogue Still have a few yummy hamantaschen tucked away in the freezer? Is there a bowl of leftover mishlonach manot goodies on the kitchen counter? How about those delicious Girl Scout cookies stored in the pantry? It’s now time to enjoy those goodies and move your house into a “No Chometz Zone,” for Passover. Passover begins Saturday evening, April 12 and concludes Sunday evening, April 20. Beth Israel’s Pesach events are listed below including special guests for the Passover holiday. Rabbi Ari Dembitzer’s weekly Character Development class that occurs Yoni and Shiran Dreyer
each Thursday at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom will offer a special session on April 3, with Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Passover but Were Afraid to Ask. This will be a great opportunity to ask those odd questions that you are wondering about while Rabbi Ari provides a review of the ins and outs of Passover. A link for the class is available at orthodoxomaha.org.
Be sure and complete a Sale of the Chometz form, available in the weekly Beth Israel email, found at or thodoxomaha.org, or in the synagogue office. Bedikat Chometz, the search for the chometz, should take place in everyone’s home after dark on Thursday, April 10. The following day, Friday, April 11, beginning at 11:30 a.m., Beth Israel will have a “burning of the chometz” session, in which community members are encouraged to participate. Beth Israel’s communal seder, open to the community, will take place on the second night, Sunday, April 13. Candle lighting and the commencement of the seder will be at 8:30 p.m. Special visitors Yoni and Shiran Dreyer and family will add extra excitement to this year’s event. Yoni, Beth Israel’s former Assistant Rabbi and Shiran, a teacher at Friedel Jewish Academy, along with their children, will make Beth Israel’s holiday extra special. “Our family is so excited to join our multitude of friends in Omaha for Passover,” shared Yoni. See Beth Israel Passover page 3
Gary Green
With over 25 years of real estate experience, Gary led Alliance to be one of the largest privately held building services companies in North America, with over 5,000 employees, and a portfolio that includes Citi Field, The Empire State Building and many others. In 2009, at the pinnacle of his building services career, Gary spun his business savvy and love for baseball into Cofounding Alliance Sports LLC with business partner Larry Botel. In June 2012, Green acquired the Omaha Stormchasers. He negotiated to buy the franchise from owners Warren Buffet, Walter Scott, Jr., and Bill Shae. Gary has recently sold the Omaha Storm Chasers to focus on Union Omaha. In 2019, Green took his experience in the sports industry and negotiated to buy an expansion franchise from the United Soccer League (USL). In 2020, Union Omaha became Nebraska’s only professional soccer team. In 2021 Union Omaha joined the USL League One Championship, and won the USL League See JBL presents page 2