Report on Aged Favors Apartments and Care On Grounds of the Community Center A rfiwiri ,,.,.. . . .if)ing a ("•nil ,<-nl al U» •)• I >nl«T to wrvr ui«Jrf proplr has hrrn pmtnttd lo the Hoard o( Di rcrton of iht Jrwish Kedrr •Iton of Omaha The dFvclopmMl vould be mntirurird an Om grsunA of Ihr JCC and wouM cooslal of a
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Commillee The report was accepted for •tudy without any immediate action by the Board Dtacutalon was postponed to Uie nest Board meeting be cause of the lengUiy aaaakm on Camp Esther K Newman A summary ol Ihe report i< as follows
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Camp Kmlhrr K Newman may beromc a Neferaslia Kate part as a reiull of aclton taken Tuewlay niRhl by the Boardofi' 'ilteJew labradrr ,ha The Boara approved Irana (errlnf Iba Camp to Ibe alate at a conditional gift In ratuh) Mr «M.flM uti OUMT cmatd eratloiM Before the tranaactlon can be cnmplelpd approval musi be obtained from the Nebras ka Uame and Park Comml* (Mm, tlM Slate Lcglalalure. the Governor, and the Federal Govemmenl Arrordlng lo Bruce Sacketl, appralaer. Nebraaka Game and Parks, the cash payment lo the Federation would be
made by available Federal funds There would be no dl reel coat to the people of Nrt braaka. Mr Sackeli said \ In addition to the lump sum rash payment, the slate has agreed lo perpetuate the memory of the l<|tt IL<<tlier^ Newman by including her nanme in that of the state park The slate also will erect a monument marker deslgnal ing that the properly has been donated by the Jewish Federation of Omaha Also, the state will assume the life estate presently on the property, purchase Tamp equipment and miscellaneous Items, and arrange for rental of the iHilldings lo the Feder allon If desired
The Kxecullve Committee ol the Federation Board has recommended to the Board that proceeds from the trans action be used lo establish a permanent Ksther K New man KndowmenI wilhln the Federal Km Income generated from the FndowmenI *'»:'•' ••• t^ to strengthen Ji-u ,rt> gramming in • :;ins call for tlip Board tn review yearly re<|uests for new and Innovative programming The Camp wa.s riosed In 1978 because . ' . ni ri-gi!. Irstion X .ippoinl
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future campign needs deter mined there was no juslifica lion for re-openIng In I97»
Shalom Senator Mollle Delman. senior H point lo Senator J J I lunch at Beth Kl Synago^w
presents .Shalom In needle. hi.s visit to the older adult ursday
Jews Move to Sun Belt IMFW YORK iJTAi The Jewish population of the Unit ed States, whose total num hers have leveled off. Is begin nlng In mnv* B» ll^eHsiimg numlx I to IN the getw-i .IT p<>iniuiit'iii The reality ol Jewish zero population growth and Ihe trend of American Jews to mi grate to the .South and West are demonstrated Indemogra phic reports on Jew ish papula lion in the Iniled Slates, which appear In the IITTS edl lion of thr American Jewish Year Bonk Figures on the world Jewish population in the Year Book show an estimated increase of only 2«.47i over llf7R. a negll gihle proportion of the overall
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figure of 14 2II6.IIUI The Year Book is published Jointly by Ihe American Jew ish Committee and the Jewish fubllcatlon Society of Amerl ca Its rdilors are Morris Fine snd Milton llimmrlfarb, and the associate editor is David Singer Analyzing Ihe population figures in the new volum. Alvin I'henkin and .Maynard Miran research consultant and ass<Kiale. respectively, of the ('Dunril of Jewish Fe<ler alions. point out thai this ypiir s estimate of the Jewish population of Ihe l^niled .Slate> '> 781.(100, IS virtually the same as last year's. 5,77S.0«1 Jews comprise 2 7 percent of the total population
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Omaha Is an aging Com nity^ thai will be doublini the next 20 years Its broad program goals I-lo older peiiple ,<• ( onliuuni ol ( a. , ^ji This provides the necessary organization and facilities within the service system to adjust and respond to the needs and fli.tn^M-s txcurnng in IIM" fitder (HTviifi ,ind their fdiiiilies The Study shows strong sil port ' lyp.note I, ,,j,.,„, been placed on social rather than medical Also, that objection has t voiced relative lo llie use \ Ihe terms "aged' or "elderlij thus that shift in referen lo the campus concept rath than ( enter lor the Aged VXflir.r., ,. >, .1 ,1.., ..I....
lavdi bein^ • complex dlitl the reopectltl (unctions dispersed in .sep rate units i e Housing. Term Care. Commons. Kecw allon. Social Services etc The Campus should be such design as lo permit ea accessibility yet proper sep ration between units to mal^ lam adequate privacy control Location of the CommunK Center was investigate<l ai| though man* -• '••)> wel) visited and .is til Report indM ,, (oun thai the logical site for It (.'enter was at the Jewish Con munlty Center This site had many advan tages over any other and len Itself well to Ihe basic pr grammalic requirements the Center II was rated Ik first choice by the Report The major (acilities con I Continijed on Page 21
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'Our Gang" Starts Program for Singles The apartment of David Slosburg Will be the first eve ning event of the newly formed "Ol'R GANG " spon sored by Temple Israel Saturday evening. Feb 24. at H *i p m Temple Israel be t' --orship of the new h '-'I primarily, but !•.. • >i ju.'.jtrly. to socializa tion for singles^
prtigrMm 'OCR GANG'S" activities are b«Mng coordinated by a Steering Committee com prised ol coordinator l^m berto Viclorrica, assistant co ordlnalor .Sherry Barnes, publicity Bob Beber and Skip Rosenstock, refresh
The formation of "OCR • ANG" Is a response by ''• Israel to many re (or activities to meet :nt . I ils rif Miiijlcs both in the (•(piiKnii.t'u'd .iri'i (n the com munil>
It's Cold Outside — "Speedy" Dr Cuganc "Speedy" Zwelback gives himself a running prescription To see why. read page 11
A comprehensive calendar of exciting and Innovative pro grsms for ^Ingle^ single par • > lung adults t ind will be ig is Ihe opening i' part of this total
The coordinating committee for "Our Gang. " the new group planning activities for singles conducts a planning meeting at Temple Israel From left are. Faye Garfoer. Scott Frohm. Sher ry Barnes. Lamberto Viclorrica. and Bob Beber