January 13, 1967

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DWISI •. Heading the newest special section in Ihc Women's Division of the* J e w i s h Philanthropies campaign for l!il>7 will be Mrs. Samuel N, \Val(, a lift-loiij; reindent ol Omaha .'Mid a lender in many areas of Jewish and civic life. Mr.'.. Wolf has been named cnairman of Ihc Women's Pacesetter division by Mrs. Morris C. Kc-Unuiii. Women's Division gencraj chairman. "What <i iortuiiale ll.in;; it in for the women in Omaha and for the entire campaign that a wonv nn of Beck's ability, devotion

and charm has so graciously assumed this ne.w position." said Mrs. Fellman. "'i'liis is the first time in almost twenty years that the Women's Division has bad a special Initial Gifts campaign, and we are certain that Mrs. Wall, and the line women she has chosen to work with her. will make it the success we hope for in !%7" Mrs. Fellman added. Mrs. Wolfs committee will be named previous to the Worker's meeting on March G. Mrs, WUf liar, served for two terms as president of Beth Kl Sisterhood and for three terms as president of the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah. She has also held the oflice of vice-president for 1 lirandeis University Women'; ! Division and lor the NationNew York (JTA> — The id Council of Jewish Women in World Union for Progressive addition to serving as a member Judaism, international body oi the ICxecntive Committee of of 750 Liberal or Hcform synthe Jewish Federation. .She is af"o{;uf\s in 2~> countries, en- also a member of Uikur Cholim dorsed the Viet Nam peace organization. proposals t:f United Nations In accepting th« chairmanship Secretory General V Than!. of the Pacesetter Division Mrs. In a .statement adopted this Wolf said ''1 leel certain Hint weekend by the poverninf; llu: devoted and concerned mabody of the World Union, the jority ol our women care deeply Jewish f.'roup 1 a u d e d the about the success oi the camsteps bring taken by U Thant jjaifjn. Since our primary job winch called for tin* United has always been to raise the Stales to slop the bombiisK fircntrst Jiiiiuimt of funds lo help in the North as :> ''first step our people and our project.1: both lov.'irds pence" and also relocally and abroad. I know .that tuiesU'd all those involved in this new Women's Division will the war to enter into immedipl.iv an i m p o r t :i n t part in ate negotiation*; nnd to scale realizing that coal." down military forces. The Mrs. Wolf, who mo;,' recently World .Union said that the* has been serving; on the board resolution would be sent to of the Association for Hctarded constituent members throughChildren and on th" O m a h a out the world so that the Parks and Recreation .CommitUatemcnt could be forwardtee, has twice served as chaired to their own Governments. man of the Bonds for Ir.rael

Reform Jews Back U Tiianf's Proposal

The Jewish Community Cenler'.-j program of Special Services for Students has been expanded to included more educational information as well as on enlarged vocational guidance program for i;tudent,s. Dr. James Wax will bead a new vocational guidance program in which key personnel from major local firms will di.icuss with students vocational opportunities available locally. Personnel from Mutual of Omaha. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and Northern Natural Gas are among those who will participate in the program. The educational information

service has also been expanded and now includes semi-monthly newsletters to high school juniors and seniors and their parents. Oilier special services for students provided by the Jewish Community Center include testing and interpretations of scores by a professional psychologist; counseling s e r v i c e ; tutoring, services and a college library service which consist.*; of n complete and current library of collefie catalogs and pamphlets. Arrangements for any of tho special services for students may be made by phomni; :142J.ifiii.

Award Winning Film to Be Shown at J.C.C This Sunday. T h e 400 .'."Blows," winner of Ihc Cannes Best Direction Award, the Brussels Best Film Award and the New York Times Best Film Award 6f the, Year, will bo shown this Sunday, January 15, at 8 p.m/nt the Jewish Community Center ns part of the J.C.C. Cinema 1 Series of exceptional International 'films. Tho first f i I tn of. Francois Truffflut, the picture presents HIP story of U-yen'r-old Antoine jloincl. Antoine's mother is a Bhallow, vain woman with a preoccupiition for her own nlenftWTs which loaves l i t t l e lime for lior son. His "lather" is a good-natured., not-too-bright

man who willingly married Antoine's mother when she found herself pregnant by another, man Antoine's homo in n tenement In Paris. From this bunts Truffaut has fashioned an intimate portrait of a boy, universal in concept, clinical in analysis, but devoid of .the usual sociological and psychological jar(jon that customarily preaches that "society is responsible." Admission to the film,presentation is $1,.Other films scheduled for the Cinema I series inrludi* "'A Taste, of Honey" on February 10. "Wild Strawberries1' on March 2G and '•Seduced and Abandoned" on April 23,

ei,;ht years, our recent visit only last spring," she said in mi interview, concerning her chairmanship. "Needless to say, the impact upon us was very great, 1'or it. was indeed a different and new Israel in so many ways. I must admit I felt I was in a state ol a const .-nit emotional explosion." "The third day of Passover as we started on one of our tours to a now settlement w came, upon n group of about 100 newly arrived rrfufees, many from Eastern ICurope, several from North Africa who had just deplaned. We noticed each family was handed a new set of cooking utensile, a chicken wrapped in a plastic bag. and a package of mat/.o;;." Mrs. Woll described the scene of the people standing and waiting in the courtyard for Mrs. Samm I N their turn, the many tense and Women*. Division Hri intip't frightened eyes lollowini; them in the life and problems of Is- as they alighted from their car. rael 'has been of many years "flow truly grateful Sam and I were lor our halting and broken duration. Yiddish, for it was an opportunIsrael Visit ity to communicate with these 'Mine was the *;ood fortune- lo peopl*' mid ;t;,'W' them they had have made two visits to Israel every right to be hopeful of with my husband within the past

.starting a new way of lilt- in Israel. We feel certain that VIA W.M'!.1 expressini; the (eeliu^s i>t evi.'ry American Jew in assuring' Jiese people'that we cared, and that we would help." The Wolfs also were able to visit with Mr, Venetzky, head of tho Jewish Agency in Israel, with representation of the Joint Distribution C o rn m i 11 e e in Athens, Home, A u s t r i a and Paris where, they were told lima after time that "if we have thtf money, VJK enn do the job," As chairman of the Pacesicder division Mrs, Wolf and her committee v/ill h; ve the opportunity to tell Ihc story of the increased needy lor both local activities and those of our people in Israel and Kurope. "These two visit'.; oi OHVS were instrumental in enforcing any sense of responsibility to help better th<» lot ol the thousands ol our people who still live in fear under inadequate conditions, w h e r a head;; of agencies are constantly baHling with .scanty resources, and where we must weigh tin) decision of an old man's pain aj'.ainsl a youug cluWs Uun;j,''i\"

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Tel Aviv (JTAr— Syrian tunic f.;unners mnrted ••.hclliMK a tractor cultivating' a hitherto undisputed field in the 'J'el Kut/.ir area near Lake • Tiberias this Week, It was the sixth attack by Syrians in the urea since January 1. No Israeli casualtie.1; were reported in the Infest •ihootin*;. 'Israeli tnnks returned the fire and destroyed two Syrian tanks tmd damaged another,., an Israeli spokesman reported, The return fire silenced the tanks, he said. In another soctor Syrians fired H number of automatic bursts in covering Syrian penetrations into Isaeli territory in the area. The tank battle began within two minutes niter the Syrian firm'; began Ht the tractor. Israeli tanks were moved into position and opened fire. One Syrian tank immediately caught lire. Other Syrian tanks joined the fray find the Israeli tank gunners trained fjre on . them. Heavy black smoke' erupted from the tank positions nnd lator it war; reported, than'another Syrian tank hncl been destroyed. Crews of two other.tanks'were seen riinninj; l'roin their tanks after hits were scored on them. Children of villages in the Tel Katzir a r e a remained in shelters during the attack. The second incident involved small arms and automatic fire in the Ashmora area in the. Hutch region. No casualties were 'reported from that area. Firing subsided niid both sides agreed to u United Nations request''for a cease-fire. (In Washington, State Department officials said that the United States was observing developments on the IsraeliSyrian frontier in connection with the shooting tpisodos oi recent days.)

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Jncidents on the Syrian border from December 28,1066, to January Q, 1967. The iaternatlonal boundary is marked by ermsm interspersed with dots; the De» militarized Zone by dashes.


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