April 11, 1975

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1st Soviet Jewish Family Due in Omalia OMAHA - The RussluH ar* really coming-at long last. That wBf UM word fran the Omaha Committee (or Soviet Jewry, who announeed Uiat the flnt of the two Soviet Jewish (anlllw coming to live In Omaha were to arrive at Eppley Atrfldd at 2:37 p.m. today (April ID. The aecond family Is to arrive aometlme this coming week, according to Mrs. Leonard (Shirley) Goldstein and Mrs. Erv (Miriam) Simon, committee oixhalrmen. Hie first family was to be the young family of Leonid and Valantliu Portugheys and their 7-year-old son, Vladislav Laonid, who has a law degree from Odessa University but who haa never practiced that profession, is 31. Valentlna, 29, li a aeamatress. put Umaalf througb aifht adiool at Unhrentty t^ wortdnc at a tauaepabitar (feving tha day, a^ cordtng to InfOrmatta rtoehrad here tram Unltad HIA8

(Htbrew Immlgraot Aid and Sheltartag) Sarvtoe in New Yoffe. Portugheys had been unemployed In the Soviet Union since July, 1974, when he applied (of emigration papers. The family left the USSR by train Nov. 13,1974, arriving In Vienna the next day. They left Vienna Dec. 3 and arrived Dec. 4 In Rome, where they have been until this past week. Collectively, Leonid and Valentlna left behind ihetr parents, two sisters and a brother, all of whom have stated they have "no plans to leave." Their arrival In Omaha today was expected to climax months of preparation by the Soviet Jewry Committee here, which has obtained living quarters and furnishings and has coordinated the effort to prepare (or their arrival. The Committee Is a department of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. ' The co-chairmen said the second family Is that o( Julian and Roaa LItvlnsky of Kiev. LltvlnsKy la a civil engineer, his wife an economist.

SERVING DES MOINES,

In a letter to Pearl Yager of the Jewish Family Service of Omaha, which Is coordinating the effort to bring and settle Soviet Jews here, LItvlnsky, 36, wrote: "1 thank you for your very kind attantioa. Wltb great l» leraat I pMund tile Inlomatkn you atnt me about your dty. "I am looUag lonrAid to the happy fflonient when I will put my ieet on the Amertean toil, meet you and atari a new Ufa la our great and (rae oDunbry," The Soviet Jewry Committee said It still is looking for Omahans to offer hospitality-lunches, dinners, etc.—to the new Immigrants and also to provide them with transportation to shopping centers and wherever else they may need to go while they are getting settled In their new home. Also needed Is a sewing machine lor Mrs. Portugheys. Persons wishing to provide any of these necessities are asked to call Mrs. Yager at the Jewish Conununlty Center, 3341200.

jCOUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Nab., Fri.. April 11,1975

Vol.LIVNo.2B

YaacovBlorrla

Pianist Sedmara Rutshtein to Play Minister Benefit Concert for Soviet Jewry To Speak

Geula Gin In Des Moines DES MOINES - GauU GOl, taiaolad laraeU raoonli« Mar, win line at a mtal-luDebaan Wedoaaday, April M, tl:« a.m. at the Dai Moioaa G«lf and Oeuntiy Chib. Ifea mlni-hBiciMoa, wUcb coata UTS, to ipciiaBreil tqr tha Oaa Mitaaa JtwMi Womco'i Fadaratkm and ilia UTS Dai Motaaa Wooan'a Campalgi. For raaarva&M, call LO DUb««ky (I7MM), SUrtay Wittautata (S7i|-7n4) or Shlrlae M«roovta(»-»IO). Bafayitttinf and traoapaitalioa araavaliaUa.

Leadership Clinics Open on Monday OMAHA - Thote planning to participate In the twolesalon leaderthlp worluhop icheduled for Monday, April 14 and 21, were reminded by a ipofceaman ot Um iponaoring group that Uwy muat attend both aaiaioiia. The teaiiom will be from 7.30 to 10.30 p.m. both nlghU at the Jewish Community Center. Some 70 delegates from all of Omaha's Jewish i organiiations have been Invited to attend by the iponforing Omaha Federatloa of Jewish Women's Cluba. Leading the leialom, entitled "Motivating and Directing Participation in Organiutlons," will be Dr. R. Timothy Stein, aaslstant protaaor In the Department , of Paycbology at the , Univerilty of Nebraaka-

In Omaha

OMAHA - Sedmara Rutshtein, believed to be the first Russian Jewli>h perfomrigg artist allowed to emigrate directly to the United States rather than by way of Israel, will present a benefit piano concert (or Soviet Jewry at the Omaha Jewish Community Center Saturday, May 3 at 8:30 p.m. The New York Tlmea, in reviewing Mrs. Rutshteln's New York debut, Oct. 27.1974, said. "If talent Is any guideline, this New York debut will mark the start of a major American career.'' The benefit performance it tieing sponsored by the Committee for Soviet Jewry, which Is being assisted in Uie planning, organizing and coordinating of the concert by the Cultural and Performing Arts Department of the Center. Miriam Simoa and Shirley

SeihnaraRutihitein OoiditeiB, co^halrmen of tbe Sovtat Jewry Committae, and OaatrM. Sommer, eonotrt ticket oairman, have anDOUBced that tkkata, whkfa are tax deductable, are aviUabie at the JOC raceptkn (Mt. (adntta, IS,

JCC Board Elections To Be April 20

Omaha. Dr. Stein, 32, who holds degreai in chemistry, Uteoiogy and psychology, Is currently teaching a topical (Continued on Page 10)

OMAHA - A petition has been filed with the Center Board requesting that the name of H. Lee Gendler be placed In nomination for membership on the Jewish Community Center Board, according to Richard Robinson, chairman of the JCC board of directors nominating committee. Nominated to the board by the nominating committee for a two-year term are Jay

II.W), TtckeU can alao be obtained by lending a atamped, aelf-addreiied anvelope to the JOC with a check to the Committae lor Soviet Jewry. Mrs. Rutshtein, who Immigrated from the Soviet Union to Dei Moines with her family In April,' 1974, has joined the faculty of Grlnnell College In Iowa as artlst-lnresldence.

Lemer, Mort Glass, Maxine KIrthenbaum, James Wax and Allan Noddle. Nominated lor a one-year term are Saranne GItnick, Bea Pappenhelmer, William Kully, Sue Meyers and Millard Rosenberg. .

Before leaving Russia, she was a soloist wltb the Leningrad Philharmonic Society and a teacher at Leningrad Conservatory. These appointments .ended when she requested an immigration visa.

Elections will be held at the Center's annual meeting, Sunday, April 20,7:30 p,m. at the Jewish Community Center,

Her May 3 concert will Include Beethoven's Sonata In D Minor, Prokofieff's Sonata In D Minor and Chopin's Rondo In C Minor.

OMAHA - Yaacov Morris, a minster in the Israeli Foreign Ofdce, will be guest speaker at a q)ecial dinner (or workers in the 1975 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at the Community Center. Announcement of the dinner was made by Ell M. Zaikin, general chairman of the Campaign He said Morris will be a guest at the dinner In the Center Auditorium*and will then attend the Israel Independence Day celebration which will follow in the Center Theater. The dinner Is a combined Philanthropies-Israel support event, Zalkln said. "Our workers will be able to hear about the current happenings in the Middle East from Morris as well as enjoy a fine kosher dinner at the Center." Reservations must be made by calling the Center, 334-8200 Cost of the dinner Is fS.SO per Couple. Until recently, Morris waa praai oounaekir of Iirad'a Permanent Mlailoo to tha United Nations. He Is alao an author and has been a forel^i correspondent. Among hia more recent appohitments were service u head of the mission In Bombay, India and oonaelor In Stoddiolm and New York. In 1(61 bis best-seller, "Maaten of The Deaert-fl,000 Years In The Negev" was published in New York and received excellent notices by top archeologlsts and six (ContlnuedonPage4)


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