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New Life: A Toast And A Shul Visit ByBldwrdPMvl OMAHA - A trip to a shul and a toast were antong the happenings for OmahaCouncil Blufli' new Soviet Jewish immigrants, who arrived Friday afternoon, April 25. Marie Talpalalsky, a nephew-ln-law of Sam and Sarah Sacks, went with Sam to B'nal Israel Synagogue Friday night "and was very excited and thrilled," according to Mrs. Sacks. "He had a couple of dollars with him and wanted to give It to the shul but Sam told him 'not on Shabbos," said Mn. Sacks. Mark, arrived with his wife
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' DBS MOINES - TAc lowa-4iMd Cities Region of the 'National Conference of ChrlaHaot and Jews honored three Oes Moines area residents at the 47th Anniversary Banquet April 28 in the Grand BaUroom o( the Hotel Port Des Moines.
In IIM, Rubin was president 'Ol AZA, B'nai Brilh Youth ijOrganlzatlon and played on ' Ihree national AZA basketball 4eams. He maintained his bilerest in youth and in later ^ears served In an advisory Tapacily with AZA groups. H« is a recent board member and fhoooree of Big Brothers of Das ^ Active In Jawlsb community
OMAHA - If you're the sort of person who knows what be wants Just by reading about It, you'll probably benefit from the new mail-in registration system which the Jewish Community Center will try for this summer's classes. The new system, announced this week by Hy Tabachnlck. JCC executive director, may be the key to cutting down those long registration lines. If
Ma/e Ratio Myth Dispelled AKHBAUDf (AJPA) Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics has exphided the myth of tiw single female. For several years now, II has been ramihonly believed that the reason behind the seemingly high proporiion of unmarried fenaalcs was the lack of males in the populatMm. The theory of a preponderance of females in the populatkm is borne out at social events where there Is almost Inevitably a scarcity of males.
affairs, Rubin has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Tifereth Israel Synagogue and was president of the board In 196(MQ. He served on the board of the Jewish Welfare Federation (or three terms and was vice prealdent In iW»-70-7t and president In 1971 He also served as a member of the Jewish Community Center Board and was cochairman and chairman for United Jewlsir Appeal from 1962-S4. He Is now serving his second term as a board member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and Big BroUiers of Des Moines, Rubin is a kmgllme member of B'nal Brith and In May of 1973 was honored by B'nai Brith as "Man of the Year." RuMn and hU wife, Ruth, are parents of Mrs. Bobbi Asarch and Gary RuMn and have five grandchildrsn.
Ratio estimatas as to the number of females to each male in the population have been as high as 7 to 1. Tba dtaaUon appearod to ba so cfudal, that maqy ISBtalas wloed a praisnnoa lor f^ Introductloa of polygamy (outlawed mors than a thwinrt yaars a(» by Rabbalou asrrtiaa) rather than lata a ma of iplnslartiood or to an axtatoBoa of Now, It seems, that at the end of October, 1974, Israel's total male population exceedad hsr female population by some thirteen and a hall thousand, and her Jewish populatkNi which numbered a total of S,sao,ooo, had an approximate four-and-a-half thousand surplus of inales. The only problem for marrlage-mlnded ladlas, according to the statistics reieasad, is that the male surplus in the Jewish populatkM falls into decline after the B-M age group, and 4oes not nu its baod again uotUUw (Mi i«a group.
A ConservativeReform IVIerger? By Boris Smolar The Conservative movement bi Judaism, bom sandwiched between the rooted Orthodox and Reform denominations in the United States, has come a long way the last 30 years. It has become a major force In Jewish religious life, claiming about 3S0,000 families affUlated with iU 800 congregations. There are some 290,000 families affiliated with the Reform movement, approximately 300.000 families in Orthodox. Underscoring this was the recent 7Sth anniversary convention ol the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis which drew over aoo members to the liuurious Grosslnger Hotel. 1 remember many years ago these conventkNis were to the htxtirious Oroasbiiin'. Hotel. I
the blessing was said. "First, that we are now in our beautiful new city among our new friends, and second, the birthday of our daughter." The Utvinskys are neighbors of the Leonid Poriugeis family, who arrived three weeks ago. Inga will be a schoolmate of Vladlk Portugeis at Adams School.
Registration-by-Mail Plan Is Announced by Center
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Leadership Plaque Honors Sid Rubin
Rubin, a successful bualnassman, eommonlty isMiir and gifted Individual. Is 'la native of Des Moines who graduated with honors from North High School. Entering ' business in 19W by opening a Kgrocery store, he is now a ;^8rtner and executive vice ' president of Hockenbergllubin Company, a food brokerage firm; president of National Housewares Company and secretary-treasurer ^ of HAR Investment Company.
The second Omaha f amUy to arrive, that of Julian Litvlnsky and his wife Rosa, arrived on the birthday of their daughter, Inga, which elicited a double toast from LltWnsky Friday afternoon in their new apartment. "I want to celebrate two things," said LItvlniky, holding a glass of wine after
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Stdosy Rubin, Mrs Daniel , F.'CnwIcy and John M. Estes : Jr., wtn awarded this sliver plaque for "Dtsttngulshed leadership in the fields of human relations and community service." Each recipient Is a representative of a major religious group — Jewish. Protestant or Catholic.
Leba—whose name is the same as Sam's mother's and wlx) is the daughter ol Sam's brother, who Is still In Russia—and their two children, Rea, 16, and Sam, 12. At Eppley Airfield. Talpalatsky said, through Air Force Col. Bill Schneider, who 'served as an interpreter, that he had waited many years to taste freedom again. Mark said he had lived in Hungary before the Soviet Union sent in lis troops in 1956. The Talpalatskys are attending English classes at both Thomas Jefferson High School and Iowa Western Community College. The Bluffs school board Is to meet concerning enrolling the children. Talpalatsky worked in a store selling wines and fruits and did television and radio repair in Russia. He said he wants to thank all the Jews In America lor their help in getting other Jews out of Russia.
remember many years ago these conventta>ns were small and largely concentrated around the Jewish Theological Seminary, the movement's alma mater. Paitiapa the socceaaaltha Oonawratlve inovamsnt Has In UM (act It Is not M aodrsme as Ilia OrtbodOK luownant and at the sane tiina more traditional than Raforat Judaiam. It tits Uw rsligioiis moods of many AmiileaB mlddto agwIJawa today. Conaervative Judaism got a great boost Just after World War II when many Jewish servicemen who never paid attention to rellgkM before became rellglous-minded after contacts with destruction and death. Moat of tbem chose the Conservative synagogue. Also, the post-war move toward the suburbs saw (OontinusdonPageZ)
it's successful, it will become standard at the J, he said. Simply suted, the mail-In registration system is designed to accommoaate those iCC members able to determine immediately from the Center brochure those activities In which they want to enroll. The system is in two parts — one for all JCC activities except elementary age Instructional swimming classes, the second for those registering their children hi those swim classes. It works like thU: — 1, Sign up any or all members of your family on the mail registration form which will come with the 197S summer brochure, scheduled to be mailed In mid-May. You can register this way for all but the atameinlary-ags in— 2, Mall the completed form, together witb all fees, to the Center. Only forms with the remittance are acceptable. — 3, The Center will process registrations the day they are received. You will be notified only if your classes are tUled or cancelled. — 4, II there's a cancellation, you will have the opportunity to either request a refund or apply your registration toward another class. The Center reserves the right to cancel classes due to insufficient registration, a spokesman said. He emphasized refunds will be made only If the class is cancelled for that reason — there will be no refunds made to those who withdraw from a class. Those wishing to register for the advanced beginners, intermediate and swimmers classes must have a special red swim registration permit. The regular white form Is for all other swim classes. A special elementary-age registration procedure will be used for all instructional swim classes: -TlioM avalM In wtnl<r-iprii« cJwiw iliaiild ncc<vc In IIM mall • •padal ptnnit wMcli muM be aOaelMd Is Uw KM* raglitrdlon Mrm iMd lor •lloUKrcluMt. -TboM nn •nrallad la «liil(r-«prtii( clKKf nd wkt ••« nol tm0auKt tumA be loud lor ^IMMMM Airiat Mgr •( Ih* loUovtag llmw: Nay Utu. 44:«p.n.; •tay It, l-Sp.n.: May IS2L4-t:llp.ni.: May«-]t.«-S:»pin BvUn rasMrallon pennlti will b* loond ImmoaSaMy alter tlH placamat laal. Tkapnriiilto mux b( •llackMlla Ik* ithNe r*(latrsUen lona la malMorbnMilMjL