Vol. XXXIII—No. 51.
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Omahal Community Onlaha will embark ^>n its first three-pronged Ked FeatluT and Itj'd Cross Drive Monday, Milton Abrahams, president (if ll»! United Community Services, told the exceutlvc board of the Federation fur Jewish Service nt their meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Jewish Community Center. For the first time in the nation, a city will try to raise operating and building funds for Ked Feather agencies and also meet the needs of -.the IU'd Cross In one. campaign, lie italed. In a Btatement by Lloyd 11. Mattson, chairman of the first United Red Feather-Tied Cross Campaign, he said: "We must meet all these needs in one drive this year, If Oinnhn in to prevent further spread of welfare problems!" . For thr past several years, he pointed out, we have suffered setbacks In our lied Feather and lied Cross campaigns. We have also had an Increase of multiple nppenls. "And we have paid tin- price of these failures," he explained, "because, ngencics have had insufficient funds to hire enough trained personnel to adequately meet the growing demand for services." 'Hie result, Mr. Matt.son eontln-" ucd, has been a breakdown In faml)y life which has bronchi on more juvenile delinquency and other family problem*. Omaha's first step in fighting back, he said, was tlir* agreement signed last June to join the city's two largest drives, the Community Client and It<d Cross. The agreement was signed by Mr. Abrahams, UCS president, nnd Aaron I/evltt, then chairman of
Saccoth Services Beth El Friday, Sept. 30 8:15 p.m. Sat., Oct. 1 9 a. m. Junior Cong ..10 a. m. Mlncha-Maariv . . . . . . . . 5 : 1 5 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 2 9 a. m.
Beth Israel Friday, Sept. 30 5:45 p. m. Sat.. Oct. 1 8:30 a. m. Junior Cong 10:30 a. m. Evening 5:45 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 2 8:30 a. m. Junior Cong 10:30 a. m. Evening ..5:H5 p. m. . Daily services will be held 7 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Temple Israel Friday, Sept. 30 7:15 p. m. -• Children of the Temple religious school will brine offerings of fruit Into the sanctuary. Kiddush will follow the services and will be held In the Succa In the Temple garden. Sat., Oct. 1 11 a. m.
the Douglas County Chapter, of American Itetl Cross. However, combining the two drives didn't solve the whole problem. Mi1. Mattson'nutcd. ".Something also had to ho done about our most serious welfare need -the deleriorallai' agency buildings." "Twenty-five years of neglect Is the reason for the rundown bulidIn:1 conditions," he explained. "First the depression, then World War II restrictions prevented any building programs. To avert a rash of building drives after the war, the United Community Services board attempted to provldo for huildim; requirements through a central fund built up gradually with allocations from the regular Chest drives. "Hut this plan failed as seven of nine post-war campaigns fell short of their goal." Mr. Mattson said a crisis developed the last year as many agencies—notably youth organizations -were forced to cut back services at a time the Increasing youth population brought a need for more agency programs. If we fall to moot the drive's r;o.il, Unviha will be faced with separate building needs for 17 agencies with capital funds problem1!, Mr. Mattson pointed out. The Jewish Community Center building is Included in the capital fund'! campaign for a tentative allocation of $22,995 for building renovation.
Bible in Action Over WOW Radio The- Bible In Action with Its motivating theme of the dynamic relationship between the Bible nnd contemporary living will be broadcast over WOW-Uadlo BtartIng this Sunday at 11:15 a. m., Mrs J H. Kulakofsky, president of the Omaha Zionist Council announced. The 13-wcck scries presented by WOW In cooperation with the American Zionist Council will be heard at the same time each Sunday morning. It departs from the usual format of religious program* by featuring outstanding guests who will point up the manner In which vital problems of the dny should and can be faced In terms of the ethical precepts of the Bible. Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman if the American Zionist Council, will serve as moderator. The first program which will be broadcast this Sunday during the festival of Succoth will have as guests Kzra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture; Abba Khan, Israel's Ambassador to the United States and head of the Israel Delegation to the United Nations, nnd ilaymond Massey.
Omaha Jewry Asked to Remit $80,000 by October 10 An emergency collection campaign to raise $80,000 In cash from campaign pledges was approved by the Federation Board, In response to an urgent plea from the United Jewish appeal, Jack W. Marer, Federation president, announced. The plea was contained in the following telegram which Mr. Marer received: "Situation In North Africa desperate. National cash campaign started to move ten thousand Jews by October fifteen to Israel. Cash needed toward transportation. We ask your community to raise $80,000 cash by October tenth as Omaha's share. Program depends upon your Immediate response. Please undertake Immediate cash effort to avert disaster." Sol Luckman, National Cash Chairman United Jewish Appeal. Subscribers arc urgently requested to make Immediate payents on their 1955 pledges so that the fund* may be rushed to Ilic United Jewish Appeal, Mr. Marer said.
Jewish men, women and children of strife-torn North Africa are finding new hope and a new life in southern Israel, Paul Verct, executive director of the Federation for Jewish Service, explained in his first public report on his recent mia. sion to Israel and Europe last Wednesday evening in the auditorium of the Jewish Community Center.
Paul Veret (left), executive director of tlio Federation for JmvL h Service, Hpokrftman of tlin United Jewish Apprnl Survey MIHHIOII, U filiovvn extending greeting* on hchnlf of the purvey group to Joftt'ph HprlnzaU, Speaker of the Knesset (parllitnient), at Mr. Sprlnzak'n offlee In Tel Aviv, Israel. (See story at right.)
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The Federation for Jewish Service will he honored on the IJrandels Salutes show this Sunday, Oct. 2. The program will be televised at about 3 p. m. over WOWTV. The starting time hinges on the conclusion of the World Series baseball game which will precede the Branded program. Taking part on the show will 1)0 Jack W. Marer, president of the Federation, who will tell of the Federation objectives, activities and plans for the future. Mrs. Morris Jabcnls, well-known local television personality, will narrate special films showing activities In the gym, swimming scenes, nursery school, the Golden Age Club and camp activities. Sherman Poska, director of the Jewish Youth Council, will discuss work done by the Federation which aids in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Art Novak,
Fed. Approves Education Survey A city-wide Jewish Education Survey for Omaha was nproved by the Jewish Federation Board ut Its meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 27, upon the recommendation of the Jewish Education Bureau. Dr. Morris Margolin, Bureau chairman, explained that the survey will be conducted by the American Association for Jewish Education, and will cover all phases of Jewish Education in Omaha. The Board also authorized the enlargement of the Camp Site Committee to study a camp site which wan inspected by Al Sophlr, Camp Site chairman. Endorsement was given to the forthcoming Bonds for Israel campaign. Robert Arden, Bond Director for Iowa nnd Nebraska, announced that Bond fuctloas were planned for November 6 and December 3. The following wero present: Milton II. Abrahams, Mrs. Edward Brodkey, Arthur A. Oohn, eo Eisenstatt, Leo Fox, Mrs. Mike Freeman, Dan Gordman, Dr. Abe Grcenberg, William Grodlnsky, Gerald Gross, Ben E. Kaslow, Louis Katz, Robert Kooper, Mrs. Harry Kulakofsky, Dr. Morris Margolin, Ralph Nogg, Joe M. Rice, and Alfred Sophir. Jack W. Marer presided nt the meeting.
."Several times a week,' Mr, Veret said, "boats stream into the harbor of Haifa; slowly winding their way into the bay, loaded witli Immigrants who hnvo embarked in Marseilles, France. The harbor of Haifa maker, a magnificent gateway to Israel. And nt Its entrance, like a statute of Liberty, lie the ruins of that brave ship' Patrin, two black masts, and some rusty superstructure protruding from the green waters of the bay; a memorial to those hundreds of refugees who chose to blow up> their ship and themselves In 1940, rather than face British interment in Miyirltlus."
Vision nnd I'limnlng The newcomers are going to settlements, as yet unpopulated, Mr. Veret pointed out, but plotted out president of the Youth Council; In udvance and planned out to rev Stan Kaiman, vice-president; and ceive the contingents of new imCarole Frank, secretary, will also, migrants. "What planning and vision it takes to prepare for these take part in the program. new people," he stressed. For Hay Clark, popular television while the; were still at the otag^ personality, will be moderator. ing area in Marseilles, France,' Each week I'randeis Store hon- awaiting thei" next move, plans ors an organization for its part had been developed for their par-' in making Omaha a finer city ticular resettlement," Mr, Veret in which to live. Tills is the sec- related. ond year of television salutes "But let's follow one group of sponsored by Brandeis. trucks which turned onto a road1 toward the fantastic Negcv, tho souyi of Israel. In the distance wo saw, almost in complete isolation, a cluster of buildings. To the right we saw outlines of tlic Gain strip. And before long we drove Into a settlement of empty wooden barTel Aviv (WNS)—The discovery racks, ready to receive their of oil in Israel In considerable guests and new settlers. Quickly, quantities wa.-i officially announced they jump off the trucks, and are last Friday by Development Min- directed Into specific homes. And ister Dov Joseph. He revealed that each one of these structures, dithe strike had been made at Helctz vided into two rooms, has provi(Hulelkat) in the Negev, 30 miles sions for two weeks, a kerosene, south of Tel Aviv, about six miles burner and stove, a water purrip from the border of the Egyptian- right outside the door. And they\ proceed to carry in such luggage held Gaza strip. The first strike was claimed to as they have, and for the first reveal oil In "commercial quanti- time in their lives, they need not" ties" anil there were indications cringe and bow. They arc in their • that other drillings in the area own land." would bring In more wells. Israel's Permanent Houses oil strike, which may mark a revo"We stand by, and before you lutionary turn in the economic sit- know it, engineers come in. And uation of the Jewish state, was as If by pre-arrangement the cemade by the Lapidoth Oil Com- ment crushers and machinery go pany, a joint venture of the Meko- into action. They are constructing roth Water Company — Itself an the first permanent house in the enterprise set up b ythe Histadrut, settlement. And patiently, they Inthe Israel Labor Federation—and volve the new Immigrants In tho of the American-Israel Petroleum building of House No. 1, construcCorporation. ed with Israeli clay and cement. "The same day, an agricultural unit moves in. They scatter among tho families and proceed breaking the ground for agriculture, and Instructing the new settlers A succa Is being constructed In on-how to plant vegetables, which the Jewish Community Center grow fast under the warmth and parking area for the Golden Age kindness of Israel sun. And thus a Succoth Party to be held at 8 new settlement was born In a p. m., Monday, Oct. 3 In the Cen- land where no one will force them ter. (the immigrants) off the sideReverend Allen S. Stearns will walks, or Imprison them In the present a program of Hebrew and dark labyrinths of the North AfriYiddish songs. A social hour will can mellah-ghetto." follow and refreshments will be "This operation, which is truly served. kaleidoscopic is the new method of Mrs. Nathan Simon Is chairman immigration, known as 'From Ship of tho Golden Age Club and Mrs. to Settlement.' It is the quickest J. A. Solomon and Mrs. J, Milton way of absorbing the Immigrant Margolin arc co-ordinators for tho into Israel. It was devised in th* Omaha Section, National Council anticipation of a normal Immigraof Jewish Women. Tho club la tion flow of perhaps 10,000 a yenr, sponsored jointly by the Council certainly not more than 20,000. and the Jewish Community Cen- For Israel, in seven years of In(Continued on Page 2.) ter. . . •
Oil Discovered Bn NegeY Area
Succoth Party for Golden Age Club