September 14, 1973

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Dr. Leon Jick Will Address Open GAC Meeting Des Moines—Dr. Leon Jick will address an open meeting of the Community Action Committee! Monday, September 17 at 8 o'clock at the Club House. Dr. Jick will discuss the Community Action process in light of the Blue Sky reports, experiences of other communities, and a desire to enrich the quality of Jewish life in Des Moines and in America. " Dr. Jick has already been involved in this project through a consultation that he had with 10 members of the community in Chicago in June.. Dr. Jick is Director of the Institute for Jewish Life of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. He is on leave from his position as Director of the Lown Graduate Center for Contemporary Jewish Studies at Brandeis University where lie is also an Associate Professor of N e a r Eastern and Judaic Studies. A native of St. Louis, Professor Jick is a graduate of Washington University where ha was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ho holds Bachelors arid Masters degrees from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and -a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University. From 1954 to 1957 he was .Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel In BostJm; ho then served

President of the Boston Center for Adult Education. He was active in the civil rights movements and has been involved • in a variety of causes devoted to peace and social justice. Professor Jick is the author of "In Search of a Way" a collection of his lectures and essays and is editor of a volume on the Teaching of Judaica in American Universities.

Serving Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha Vol. LII—No. 54

OMAHA, NEB., FBI., SEPT. 14, 1973

The Inbai'Dance Theatre of Israel Will Perform in Omaha October28 Dr. Leon Jick untiI-1968 as Rabbi of the Free Synagogue of Westchester in Mt. Vernon, New-York. During these years, Professor Jick was active in many of communal endeavors. He served as prison chaplain at Norfolk State Prison Colony in Massachusetts, and as Vice-

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Omaha — The Inbal Dance Theatre of Israel, a unique company of 30 dancers and musicians, will perform for Omaha audiences, Sunday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harry A. Burke' High School auditorium. The "dance company is being brought to Omaha for their first appearance here by the Cultural Arts Committee of the Omaha J e w i s h Community Center. The project is jointly supported by a grant from the Nebraska Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D,C., a federal agency created by an act of Congress in 1965. Currently in its fourth tour of the United States, the Inbal Dance- Theatre has been acclaimed by numerous dance and music critics of leading stature,' including Walter .Terry of "The Saturday Review," Anna Kisselgoff of "The New York Times," Lee Silver of "The New York Daily News," and Kathleen Cannell of "The Christian Science Monitor." According to Mrs. D a n i e l

Members of the Inbal Dance Theatre. Katzman, chairman of the Cultural Arts Committee, "This is a rare opportunity for»the en-t tire Omaha community to enjoy the experience of'total theatre'." Mrs. Katzman said, "The Inbal Dance Company presents programs of pageantry, music, song and dance derived from the history and folklore af ancient Yemenite cul-

ture and' based on Yemenite and shepherd ceremonies and Bible stories,." . . ~ Tickets for the -Omaha performance of the Inbal Dance Theatre are available through Mark Zalkin, Director, of the Department of Cultural and Performing Arts of the Omaha ! J e w i s h Community Center, 342-1366.

Head 73 Israel Bond Drive in Omaha Omaha—B a r t o n Greenberg to purchase Bonds and is in has been named chairman of • the process of changing the the 1973 Greater Omaha Israel structure and s c o p e of the Bond Committee, it'. was an- Bond campaign in Greater nounced this week by Daniel Omaha. Details of his plans Katzman, Area Chairman and will be announced soon'. member of the National CamMr. Greenberg is Vice-Presipaign Cabinet for Israel Bonds. dent of the Greenberg InsurAccepting the chairmanship, ance Agency, and a member of Mr. Greenberg said, "I am , the Omaha Association of Life happy ; to : have been selected' Underwriters. He has been acchairman, and hope that this tive for many years with Beth year we can make a concen- , El Synagague, and Is currently Israel Women's League for trated effort to r e a c'h new a member of the Board. He is Conservative Judaism, , B'nai Bond purchasers." Mr. Green- past General Chairman of the B'rith Women, Brandeis Uni- berg has, studied the problem Jewish Philanthropies of Omaversity^ Women's Committee, of reaching more individuals ha as well as past Associate Des Moines Chapter Hadassah, Hadassah Business and ProfesBarton Greenberg sional Women, Eleanor RooseChairman of the Men's Division velt Group of Hadassah, Henof the Philanthropies. rietta Szold Group of;'Hadassah, Iowa Jewish Home Guild, Noting that the worldwide M i z r a c h i Women, Pioneer s l o g a n for Israel Bonds is Women and ORT. .> A few openings are still available for Israel Adventure "Jobs Mean Life," Mr. Green* * Members assisting in ; prepaII, the 22-day trip to Israel and London especially paced for berg said, "It costs I s r a e l • rations for the event are: Bess retired and semi-retired business men and women. The tour, $10,000 to create a job for a Waldlnger, Molly Sandier, Lois which leaves Omaha November 5 for Chicago and Israel, Russian immigrant. We must Copple, Estyre Hockenberg and will return to Omaha from London on November 25. "^""^eglstratioTu^ortneifiirsnijrald be made this week with- -weigh-our_respojisibiUty on how many jobs we will establish for Sullivan and Joyce Mecham, Mollie Delman, Senior Adult • Worker of the Jewish Comthe Jews who fought so bravely coordinators for Younkers. ; munity Center. Each registration must be accompanied by to get out of Russia. How many Des Moines women who have a check for $100 plus a medical certificate designating jobs we will create so that not < hot already done so, may make •Ilmttations." •.'-,•; > .,,-.:•,.;:/,;:,\-^r, .« .-.., ,. a single family that comes to reservations by telephoning the , . The trip has been' planned, t(^ wqlude! all .the1 jrfajd? highIsrael :<vlll lose'hope and faith ', Federation Office, 244-3144 or lights in Israel plus^nduglt'tl^O for leisurely touring, visit- ' —so that not a single Jew will, ". Estyre/ Hockenberg,^ 277-8087,; ing and shopping in each'of tho cities. The tour includes , be driven to despair and to the Sitter service is available— firstclasshotelsandthree'koshermrialsiiiday.'M'.x;' itr , i . \ "tragic step of seeking to return please telephone Sharon "Korea,, The deadline for registration is Friday, September'21. ' to the Soviet Union." , .' ' , 225-0278.;:; •7VV:,; •: :.-';'.

—Photo by Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry

Frail 24-year-old astrophysicist activist Evgeny Levich (right) was kidnapped from a Moscow street May 16 to a Siberian army post 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. A photo smuggled from the USSR and obtained by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (left) shows how he is subjected to heavy labor as woodchopplng. His health broken, Eygeny entered the army base hospital, but is denied needed care.

Fashion Show Will Open Youriker's 'Sialiite t© I s w l ' Des Moines—Members of the Women's Federation of Des Moines will meet Thursday/ September 20, at noon in the Tea Room at Xounkers to preview Israeli fashions. This gala event will inaugurate a month long feature during which time Younker "Brothers will salute Israel on its 25th Anniversary. The show will feature fashions by Israel's leading.high. fashion designer, Gideon OberBon, ladles wear from Ruth Dayan's renowned Maskit, plus a wide array of apparel froni Gabi Model Ltd., Elanit and_ Rikma. Ziva Rudolph, Vicepresident of Begged-Or, will present a selection of.leather ' and suede coats and jackets. , • ' • Participating I Des ,* Moines ;,'' Women'/(U Organizations are: '' Beth El Jacob SIsjterhood," B'nar 1 Jeshurun Sisterhood,' Children" • •> t>? 'Israel Sisterhood, Tlfereth <•

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