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Reports received by Milton It. Abrahams, Philanthropies Campaign General Chairman, show the drives of three major cities topped their 1959 figures. Boston's Combined Jewish Appeal raised $5,5:19,218, an increase over tha $5,475,00O of 1959. In Philadelphia, tho Allied Jewish Appeal hit $1,279,135, $50,000 mora than during the past year. Pittsburgh c o m p l e t e d its United Jewish Federation Drive with a record $1,620,295.
Hospital Wing Being Added To Dr. Philip Sher Home Above isjshown the almost com- six beds for tho care of residents pleted addition to the Hospital who need! nursing and medical atWins of tlie Dr. Pliillp Slier Jew- tention. ish Home for Aged, which will add The addition was made possible by a special gift given by Mr. and Mrs. Hymie Mlidnr, whici! was gratefully accepted by tlie Jewish Federation of Omaha. Israel wil llssiie ft 50 agorot , "This extension will relieve the stamp on July 0 featuring lier shortage of hospital and nursing beds at fho Home for Aged," NaAtomic Hescareh Reactor. than L. Nogg, Chnlrman, unil ArThe reactor located on the sand thur" Cohn, Co-chairmnn of tlie dunes near Illshon lc-Zion fulfils Home,A. commented, is in line a numl)er of .important functions. vvitli a Ion;; range "Jtdevelopment It acts n« n vital educational tool program of the Homo which will In teaching engineers and reactor enable it to serve the needs o£ presoperators atxmt its operation and ent unil future residents, nnd will control. It will produce special amplo provision for nursing radioactive Isotopes for use In In- malte dustry, medicine and research. The nnd medical care." radiations and neutrons produced
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Morris E. Jacobs, Omaha business and civic leader, a member of Crcigliton University's board of regents, nnd former president of tho Nebraska Board of Education, will receive tho N e b r a s k a Builder Award at tho University of Nebraska's 89th Annual.June commencement. Tho1. award is the highest nonacademio honor Morris Jacobs
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by. tha reactor will bo used In all fields of natural sclenca. Subscriptions for stamps may be ""placed at tho Jewish .'Community Center. They will bo sent directly from tho Philatelic Service* ot Israel to subscribers.
The 39-year-old Chief of Intelligence of tha Israel Army—the agency behind the capture of Adolf Eichmann, Nazi commander of tho program for tho systematic murder of six million Jews—will be the featured speaker at tha openIng, Civic Night of tho District No. 6 B'nal B'rlth convention, bora June 26-June 29, -Edward A. Rosen, convention chairman announced. Gen. HurknM Guest Speaker Ha Is Gen. Vehoshafat Harkqbi, Kdword Koson who for flvo years has headed Gen. IlnrKbl Israel's military Intelligence, the Morris Jacobs and Mrs. Abe organization, prominently mentioned In the press throughout the Greenberg aro chairman and coworJd after JJichmaiin'a arrest wa3 chairman of Clvlo Night which revealed in Israel's parliament, will bo held at tha Shcraton-Fonlast week. . r (Contlnued on Pagu 4.)
The Annual Dinner of the Initial Gifts Division of the Jewish Philanthropies Cumpaign will be held Monday, June C, at 6:30 p. m. at the Highland West Club, Milton II. Abrahams, Oneral Campaign Chairman and Morton A. Itlchards, Initial Gifts Chairman, announced. 'This dinner meeting murks n most important milestone in our campaign," they stated. "It brings tliB community closer to tlie completion of tlie drive which raises funds to support welfare, educational and health agencies in Omaha, United States, overseas and in Israel. We. look forward to a large turnout at this momentous dinner meeting."
Melvin S. Goldstein, National Vice-Chairman of the United Jew* ish Appeal, will bo guest speakejf at the meeting. Mr. Goldstein con» sldered among the nation's most gifted leaders and executives, wa4 a key figure in the drama of th$ Greatest Exodus in History. H<» played an important role in tha transfer of a half million Jew* from Europe* to Israel and th$ United Slates, where tlie victimj of concentration camps and persecution found safety. Helped Savo Jews While Adolf Eichmnnn, tlie Nazt Butcher, began to administer a program which resulted in the o*0f struction and murder of 6,000,000 Jews, under the slogan of "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem,1* Mr. Goldstein opened tho JDC of* flea hi Portugal, where Jews man* aged to escape from Germany an<J other war zones, and were given immediate cara and assistance. As Allied victories mounted, and more Jews began to escape front German concentration camps, MA Goldstein became the coordinator of the vast program of relief, re» habllitatlon and emigration. Sinc^ then, Mr, Goldstein has been Irk direct touch with communities throughout tha world, both as i member of tho UJA Study MisT sions to JJurope and Israel an<| through personal on the spot surveys.
tho University of Nebraska Board of Regents confers. Mr. Jacobs, who has been identified with Jewish Federation activities for ninny years, was its president In 1915-46 nnd headed tho Jewish Philanthropies Campaign in 3910. He was president of the United Community Services in 3916 and chairman of its 1951 drive. A native of Omaha, Mr. Jacobs, president of the Bozcll nnd Jacobs Advertising' and Public Relations Co., has been cited on the national and local scene on many occasions for his participation in civic, welfare, educational nnd religious ac- Moses F. Kagan was elected tivities, . '-. . president of Henry Monsky Lodgft No. 354 of B'nal B'rith at a recent meeting. Installation will be hold In August. Tlie C o m m u n i t y Cooperation Other officers chairmen of organizations affil- aro Sidney Tariated with-the Federation of Jow- en, first viceish Women's Clubs will meet for p r e s i d e n t ; Dr. a 9:30 a. m. coffee, Tuesday, June Benton Kutlor, 7 at tho Jewish Community Cen- second vice-prester, It was announced by Mrs. Al- ident; S t u a r t . bert Fox, overall chairman of the group and" Mrs. Harry Siilman, Gottlieb, t h i r d Women's Federation vice-presi- vlco - president; Sam Epstein, te- M F dent. cordlng s o c r o- - tary; Dean FranUel, financial setfFRATEItNlTY TIES WITH retary; Nathan Turner, treasurer/ NATIONAL SEVERED Isadora Bogdanoff, g u a r d l a n j Hartford (WNS)—Severance of Charles Morgenthau, warden ana tics'with tha national organization Louis Jess, chaplain. because of Its policy of discrimina- Edward A. Rosen and Earl Slegcl tion against Jewish and Negro stu- were re-elected to servo as trustdents was disclosed here by the ees with Marvin Treller, Dr. Leon Sigma Chapter of Delta Phia fra- Fellman, Sam Pollak, and Dr. A. ternity at Trinity College. Greenberg, honorary trustees; •
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Don't Day Camp Dcsf® Dates—First Porloti: Juno 13 to Juno 21. Second Period: Juno 27 to July 8. Full Session: Juno 13 to July 8. Slto—Peony Turk. Itato*—$35.00 for two weolcs; $00.00 for four weeks, Tttuwportntfon—Day. Campers will bo picked up and retained to ono of flvo convenient locations. Pick-tip 0 a. m. Ilotura , 4:30 p. m. Age*—Boy» and Girli, 0-1)5,
Day Camp for iPre-ScStooS Division Half Days, Monday through Friday," Datos and rates same as regular Day Camp. Transportation! Picked ap with regular Campers. Betataed to horns at noon.
Register Now Enrollment In both Jewish Federation camps—tho Day Camp, and Camp Jay-C-C Is proceeding at a rapid pace, Paul Vcret, Federation Executlvo Director, announced. Tho camps aro half filled already. Parents nra urged to register their children* without delay to avoid disappointments. Campora aro registered In the order in which applications are recolvod. Mr, and Mra. Yalo Trustln ars co-chalrmon. of the Day Camp. Norman Butt la chairman of Camn Jay-C-C
Dates—Pint Period, Juno 20 to July B -J^ Second Period, July 0 to July IS. , •'•>•*?$' Full Sosslon, Juno 20 to July 15. Slto—-Camp Sheldon ot Columbus, STobr. : Rates—Ono I'orlod, f 75.00 lor Omalmns; $R3.00 for non-residents. Full Sosslon, Juno 20 to July IS, $ 140.00 for Omulionsj $100.00 for non-rosldents. Ago—Boys and girls, 7 to 14. For further Information regarding tho Camps, contact Boris Stolman. Camp Director; or Mls3 Bess Blank, Camp Registrar, at tha Jewish Community Center, JA 136a. .
Full or partial scholarships for both Camps ara avallabla. For ad* dltlonol information on scholarships, contact Solomon Brawnstein, Federation Family Servico Director, at tha Center.