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Mwlik AflMMjr dMlrmaii, PwifiMOiinlil I, Let me taU you, I know from fa|)«ritMe> and obeervatlon we Mtd pMatt. But we alto need caih. A pledge Is like signing a mortgage contract. You muat (uKill your oMigatioa, be It alowly If teceaaary. But you muit pay From the leports we're Deceiving from friends In Israel, It Is now clear tliat inflation, the Impact of scarce resources and our obllgationt tor continued Soviet Im'riUgratlon will mean that '4hlle we atrug^ to sustain life, we must raise more for uie people ol Israel this year ,l)Mm we did during last year's Kamergency. I The people of larael are 'Acing economic catastrophe. Ibelr liiflatloa la doM to 40 ptroMt. What other people can connpare their rate of Inflation to that? Their curwBey wia devalued 4S fMrMOt In Tel Aviv people rioted because of high food -prices this winter. And now they have doubled their ttiKlget In foreign currency. ' ' larael is down to the red line on foreign reserves: only two months worth of imports could be covered In an emergency with existing t>uying power. Ite kMS o( 4,000 «atfcli« lUa katad or wouatei ta the war, I
The total Increase In Just these tour Items equals 13.7 billion. Eighty lour cents out of every tax dollar that the people of Israel pay Is going for the largest share of these new expenses ... the cost of aecurtly. The new budget lor the Israeli people for fiscal 1975-7( represents a 40 percent increaie over this year. Ibagr
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But aa prices have Increased 2S percent, most of the Inidget increase is being eaten up by Inflation and the costs of survival — buying food, fuel and resources abroad. Belt-tightening for the people of Israel means that UJA's responsibilities wUI Increase, because the Jewish Agency's burden will Increase. These are the human realities facing us: —Tbs Mrtansloa of compuloaty aducatka to ths lOth yado haa bawi ganliwiiid. -TWttai durita wm bs BDCvaaaKl loc wJBOottttttVKm and nunary sdMnL forlbqpaaapiMlc will ba cut. btfaigairtaaed.
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OMAHA - Mr. and Mrs. J. Leland Meyer of Omaha have announced the engagement of their daughter Susan Beth to Alan Joel Fredricks, son of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Fredricks, all of Omaha. Miss Meyer, a Junior at the University of NebraskaLincoln, Is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Her fiance, also a Junior at UNL, is president of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
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responsibility to help meet the human needs of the people of Israel? "The strength of the people of Israel lies in their quality o( life and moral fiber," Yit2hal( Rabin recently said. But a people have to be fiscally
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strong and have the ability to educate and grow if they are to provide a spiritual core to human existence. It's a formidable task. But together, the Jewish people have the power to shape the future
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By EatoOeRMCBberg . Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Schuchman announce the birth of a son, Seth Allen, bom April 29. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schuchman of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. Max Greenfield of Omaha. The South Street Temple SUterhood held IU monthly
Arabs Charged The Anti-Defamation League o( B'nai B'rith charged that Arab diplomats In the United SteaCiM Joined forces with known antiSemites and right-wing extremists in a hate-fest which attacked American Jews, accused Praldent Ford of treason, and proposed that the President and Vice President Rockefeller by "hung form the nearest tree." According to John Goldwater, chairman of ADL's fact finding committee, the diplomats were participants In a meeting at the ArmyNavy Club, Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by a group called "Citizens for American Survival," described by AOL as t>elng anti-Semitic, and the Holy Land State Committee, headed by Havir Schleber who has t>een the subject of deportation proceedings.
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meeting May 7, 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Irwin Dublnsky, at which time new officers were Installed. The South Street Temple Adult Education group met at home of Rabbi Robert Kaiser on April 30. Tlie group concluded its discussion of the Book of Exodus. A meetbig of the South Street Temple Youth Group was held Saturday night, April 12 at the home oi Rabbi Robert Kaiser. Amte Lawrence, saxopbonist for tte Claric Terry Quintet spoke. Memorial monument was unveiled for Herman GlnstHtrg May 11 at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Tifereth Israel Annual Meeting will be held Sunday May 18. There will be election of officers, election of one trustee, and the presentation of the budget of 197S-6.
Mrs. Herzog Wed LOS ANGELES - Mrs. Pearl Herzog, formerly of Omaha, was married to Irving Hochberg of Los Angeles, Cal. on May 4 at the Sportsman Lodge in Los Angeles. The couple will reside at 115 North Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, Cal
A late spring wedding In 1976 is planned.
GeriMr-R^iinWeddhg Ahead OMAHA - Planning a July 30 wedding at Beth Israel Synagogue are Judith Ayne Gerber and PhUlip Felgln. Their engagement has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Getber, parents of the bride-elect. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. WUIiam Felgln of Levlttown. NY. Miss Gert>er is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at
Madison where she was affiliated with Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and elected to Mortar Board Society. She wilt receive her master's degree In audlology this spring. The future bridegroom is a graduate of Wisconsin and Is currently attending Pepperdine University Law School at Anaheim, Calif.
I Bluffs Newi^ I BySyhriaTeiiiMr Tapalataky, recent arrivals at A luncheon meeting arid the Sacks home from Russia, installation of officers was witnessed a Joyous occasion held by Council Bluffs chapter when they were the Sacks' of Hadassah on May 14. Of- guests last Sunday night at the ilcers were Installed by ^nne Katzman In thie Synagpgue I They Social ball. • first VMK*t» •*"«fl1hgog especial^ being "ki a root The start of the 1975 Jewish filled wftlf Jewish people Philanthropy Drive In Council without traces of fear on their Bluffs, was held In the faces over the possibility of Synagogue Social Hall, on being arrested for gathering May 4 with a 7 p.m. dinner in a synagogue or being spied cooked by Eddie Tepperman. upon by the dreaded police. Sam Colick was given the In Russia Mrs. Tapalataky Ben Gershun Award for said they had to meet in the outstanding service In the homes of friends for religious community. Drive chariman activities but were always was Sam Sacks who watchful of being spied upon. enlightened his audience with They are very happy to be at memories of the start of the the home of their uncle Sam lu.J.A. Awards dinner In this and Mrs. Sacks. city. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of Beth Israel Synagogue In Befli»r*d by... Omaha, the principal speaker, RoocftM, Mfa^is spoke of the needy conditions Wtofarfcugs. Snak—f in Israel. Richard Gordon president of the Federation welcomed the guests. Edith Krasne chairman of the Women's division also thanked the dinner guests and talked of the needs at this time. Dave Gallner was Master of Ceremonies. Mr.
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