April 3, 1959

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Vol. XXXVII No. SO

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Foremost I s r e ^ ^ J e r To Address Two Top Philanthropies Audiences April 8 Communities Reveal Substantial Jump in Fund Raising Over 1959 Iwlla*. %\ percent; San Diego, 6G percent; Hridgepurt, 23 poirent; Camdcn, 40 percent; Columbus, 27.5 percent, Winnipeg, 21 percent. (•aiiis Huhllng I'p Indicating lint in many commtmilifs early advance in percentage gams are holdin,; up veil into the middle of Hi- diivos. and in some cases art* actually being inci cased, Wolf said that "the Ainerican Jewish community i.s responding extremely well to the tremendous mid uigenl needs of 1!).*>H local, national and overseas " He attributed the strong showing lo generally impioved ecoii'imic- conditions; deep feelings icgruding the ciillcal needs locally, nationally and overseas, the Iremendom backlog of unmet needs arising from previous immigration to Israel, and the special piobA mature and experienced group I Ifins created by the spurt In imdf counselor me now IH-UIK signi d iniffialion Urn j e n lo si iff the I'lVl Irwish CoinmunO n i a h u K e p o r l N i - v t \S'i-i-k llv (intfi Inv C imp ( nun ilois \ l e p n i l (if I lie O n i ill i ( nil

Increases averaging between 20 nml .'!0 percent over last year's gifts liou1 been recorded In many Jewish Community Cinip.ilgns n« (he 19.39 drives gather in.iiivnlinii and such yams1 appear lo In- holdIng well into I lie middle of fund laiaing, Samuel N. Wolf, Philanthropies Gencitil Cliairmiin. s.il'l id reviewing Hie nalii:n:il si-ciie. Survey Mudt< At latest report, (lie coinin>inlties with campaigns f'"' enough along to be indicative, showed the following increases: Toronto. Xi percent; Detroit, UK per cent; Los Angeles, .'!.'! pcrfenl; Miami, 29 perecent; PilUbuiKli. 20 p>rrenl;

Center Organizing Day Camp Staff

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Minimum it indaids of the ( imp a n ' the standards of the Anlen can Camping Assocntion for Day

('.impi All staff memheis are pnvatel> interviewed at length bv the cinip dueotoi The pre scliool division will lie supervised by ti,lined and c\pci fenced teaelieis The cntne staff is under the MIJ|KM \Ision of the piofesiion il Cenlei Staff A few opening on the Caitel D i y Camp staff aie still av nlablc fru persons skilled In arts and ciafl or trained in v\alcr safety Applicants who can quilify Tire asked to call the Day Camp office at JA 1366 immedmelj Day Camp will he held tins jeai from June 15-July 10 Fees ar» S)> for each two week period or $60 for the cntue foul weeks These rates aie all Inclusive Theie aie no e\tiu charges Registrations vwll lie accepted in the older they aie received Lrnolfnient Is limited For ['nlhei in' fnim ition or an interview with the Cimp Director rill JA 1%6

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J, Shapiro as guest speaker, Y)v. Juilnh J.'.Shapiro Is the National Director of tho B'nai B'rllh IHIIe! Foundation and former director of Jewish Claims against Germany. Ills topic will be "What Is Happening To American Jews?" A special reception will ]>a held following the presentation, by the South West Regional Council of B'nai B'rllh In cooperation with tho hospitality commltte* of tha Sisterhood of Beth El Synagogue. Admission Is free.

Women's Meeting At Beth Israel Wednesday Noon N<irn« 700 women lire expected to Kiillier nt Hie Ilctli InriicI SynaKuKiie, UVdiii-gday, April R at i?.'M p. in. to lifinr Keuvnn Dafnl, Mm. Morris (iroHtiniun, Cliairinun of the ('lillniitlrroplcft Women's l>l-

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Tlio third and final program in the .19.")!) JeWsh Culture Council, will feature an Israeli movie program, Sunday, April 12 at 8 p . m . at the Jen'liih Cnmmunity Center. Tho films will nialte their first appeuriuicc In tha Omaha area, Joe Rudlnowsltl, ehnlrman announced. Admission Is by soason ticket or single admission of fifty cenU. Tlcketi me on BOIO at the Jewish Community Center.

The Initial (lifts dinner will 1)9 held at Highland Country Club Wednesday, April 8 at 6:30 p. m., Calvin M. Newman, Initial Cifla Chairman, reported. "Ict'iiven Dafnl, our guest speaker, i» mi Israeli with an mialile liafkgroiirid, anil Ills evaluation of the immigration problems In Ills state, wll be of utmost interest tu OriKihani," Mr. Newman declared. "He is nn orator of note and audliiiMt throughout Hut nation Inn9 I In in rmmd In 111* lirllllinl anil

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and at the B & I' Division meeting during the past week Under the direction of Mrs. Norman IJenenberg this musical thiough its clevei piesentatioti reveals the woik of the agencies bpnefittlng fiom the Tinted Jewish Appeal Paiticipants aie Mrs Denenbeig Mis Morley Zipuiskv Mis Donald Nogrj Mis Robert Silveiman and Mrs Rolieit Baltei Decorations foi this mretnif; is well as those fur Hie recent woik(Contimied on Page 2.)

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s the dynamic Isiaeli lo Omaha wete announced by Samuel N Wolf, Plulanthtoptes Genet al Chairman "We considei it most fortunate to welcome Reuven Dafni to our Community to help us initiate the crucial Philanthiopies and U n i t e d Appeals Campaigns," Robert H Koopci, Jewish Fedeiation pi evident, commented. "The community is looking forward lo heanng him discuss many if the Immigration problems, a field in which ho is an acknowledged authonty"

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\uik imi I os Angeles and Directui of tin Isi ul Office of Information in IMW Yurk Mr Dafnl his also siiv(d .is Director of tha Isiatl ofliee of the United Jewish Appe il Mr D ifru was bom in Yugoslavia educrted in Vienna and emigrated to Palestine in 1933 wheic he joined a coopeiative settlement and wdb cine of the cofoundeis of Lm Gev, the first lewish settlement on the eastern side of Lake Galilee In 1UI0 lio volunteered for tha ISrltish Ami), ultli w h i c h lio served for over five jears in tlio Westi rn Desert, (.rei'fe, Crete iind Svrtn In 1!)1S, Mr Dufnl uni leader of a group of Jeulsh jmr.itroojiers who dropped behind tlio German lines In Yugoslavia with tlio task of Kiiv Ing allied pilots and prisoners of war, us well ns Jovt* wherever the) might he found. In IDH ho was discharged from tlio British Ami} with the rank of Lieutenant, and returned home to IIIH settlement.

Norman Batt, Isadore Chapman To Head Federation Committees

In 1948 he was senl to the United States as fnst Isiacl Consul In I-os Angeles In 1931 he returned to Israel where he served 111 the Israel Foreign Office in a double capacity; as Press Offrcer and as spokesman for the Foreign Office lip vvai also the Foreign Office's representative on the Mixed IsraelArab Aimlbtice Commission In July I')i3 he was appointed Consul of Israel in New Yoik and Dilectoi of the Isi ul Office of Inform ition

Chairmen of the Camp Jay-C C and Jewish Pr(si Committees of the Jewish Federation of Omahu, wen- announced this week by Robert H Koopei t'edei ition President Norman Hall.'a member of the Camp Commit In* for four ye i n md the litter tuo veils m cochairman, Will head this unit winch supervises the oper ition of (amp Jay C C now piipnnm; fur its summei sessions tu lie held fiom Inly W to Atigiut 10 C imp Jaj C (

Israeli Movie to Be Featured,

Rt'uven Dafni, whose career is symbolic of the Rreat personalities dedicated to building Israel today, will be the guest speaker at two campaign e v e n t s , Wednesday, April 8. A r r a n g e m e n t s to

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n|icnhii; pnivcr i\ 111 In- offered l».y .Mrs. Sam Kat/niaii, :iniitlii-r Co ('hiilrmiiu. Ill a d d i t i o n to the eagerlyI Cipf mis in Hie \ n u t h Councils i« ntid address hj Mi Dnlni thf Philanthropies Cimpaign have Women si cllj-wide meeting will bom iiniioiinred by Alvin N e w - have the privilege of sueing- the Iii-IK and Kthtl Stilus, Co ( liair- musical review of the "Jewish men and Justin Cieenbeig ind Philanthropies C a m p a i g n MinPhjllis Ahiahiims, Cinnd Mar- lstiels' whi(h VMIS an inslanlanesh ds OUs hit at the '.workers meeting

'Ihcy l iie J t n y Goldstiom AZA N o 1, Bill h a t / m j n AZA N o HX), Hob n,i>lin, Douglas Plall Ilomi AZA Peggy Rubensleln Debs, l i e n s Wiener, I l e i nor R(xisevelt HBG, SUSIB Spcir, I (II ir, and Lnul V'cngcr Rohunue Al Lpstein and P i c i d i Cohen will le id the dri\o for the Unafflhates 'Hie Y C drive had its official kick o f f al I captains' meeting, Match 25 at the home of Alvin New berg 'Die gioup listened to a tape recording of a speech given bv Rabbi Ilerbei t Ti ledman in Miami n , i , describing the gieat uigency and Iniportance of this j e a i ' s drive Plans were made for a full-scale publicity nnd hifoimatlon.il campuign aimed nt making each teeniiKor in the Youth Council flwaie of the cuiTcnt silutttion and need nnd encouraging everyone to make Ins pledge and c m y bis si a i e The entire campaign will be climaxed on Sunday M ly 3 with a big I hi IIK il H i m U n t i l k i d g o , HXLLY it the Hotel Hlickstone mid eli iplc i > u ill i o IINM the finil | b illi oom 1 Pio[ i mi of iho Muntli presrnti i Mmv w o i l c d s a i e ier|iiued to 1 fin \ itli !!( th I 1 Svn igo;ue 1 ml In Ip tho Youth Council In Its ef. S i i i 11

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