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The theme ofthis New Year's issue Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the Liv- the event with balloons, cake and a — the 10th anniversary of the new ingston Plaza Apartments, and the banner. We thank Lisa and Andrea Jewish Community Center building agencies of the Jewish Federation be- Goodman, Jennifer Silver, Adam came a major part of the process — Kirshenbaum, Josh Rosenbaum, — started as a simple exercise. There were interviews with past "you can't have one without the other Rihki Epstein, Elana Rod, Sheri Zucker, Josh Cooper, and Daniel JCC presidents and staff, some hisFeUmanfor their help. torical notes, additional stories inThe truth of the matter is that the The aerial photo on page 36 dravolving the planners of the building, Omaha Jewish community now has a matically out the extent of conand current information. of Jewish community serv- struction points and indicates a startling Soon, however, it became apparent complex ices at the 132nd street campus — a growth in activity at the campus site. that although the new building was marvelous thought to begin the New Much has been accomplished in the the focal point for the theme, other past decade. We can't wait to see this considerations would have to be taken Year with. into account. In the coverphoto, 10 youngsters place 10 years from now! Morris Maline fhe^impact of the JCC upon the — all 10 years of age — help celebrate ft

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Happy Birthday To Us! We are 10 years young this year . . . and what a ten years it has been! The Jewish Community Center of Omaha expresses its sincere appreciation to the Jewish Press for this Bosh Hashanah 5744 edition to tell the story of our past, present, and exciting future! Thank you to all who worked so diligently on putting this edition "to bed"! The interviews contained herein tell stories from many points of view. Omaha Jewry has expressed great pride and support of the Center, and we hope that this edition of the Press will give you some insight into the diversity of the JCC. For those of you who know us well — (our members!) — let us know what you think. For the rest of the Jewish community — (our future members!) — c'mon by — we'd be happy to greet you personally, and show you the result of ten years of growth and development. We wish each reader of the Jewish Press New Year's edition a very happy, healthful and successful New Year! Shana Tova! Steven J. Rod Saranne Gitnick Executive Director President The Omaha Jewish Community Center

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Supervising the building of a Jewish Community Center is like having a baby. The first one i» very special. That is why the Omaha Jewish Community Center will always have a special place in the heart of Hy Tabachnick, the first director of the new Jewish Community Center. A l t h o u g h Mr. Tabachnick, now the director of the Akron JCC, left Omaha seven years ago, he remembers fondly the four years he spent heading the JCC. "1 came to Omaha because the community was in the process of planning a new facility. I wanted to be part of the building of a new Jewish Community Center," Mr. Tabachnick said during a telephone interview. "I also came to Omaha because of the quality of the leadership, like Nick Newman, Morley Zipureky, Chuck Monasee, Norman Batt and Dan Katzman." "I wa» overwhelmed by the dedication of the lay leader*. Whenever frustration came up, it wat a shared thing. I would My 'I have a problem' and whoever i was talking to always had time to listen. "A major factor in the decision to move to Omaha was my prior friendship with my colleague, Mort Greenberg. I felt that this would be a good team with his special ability in community planning and fund-raising. Fortunately, time proved that to I* an accurate statement. Given .Mort's background and our ability to work together, the support from an active, dedicated group of lay leader* and n community that was wi very excited alwul a new building, the experience could only In- positive. "Looking back, I would nay the job frustration was very low and there wan .me pleasure after another. However, it didn't always wsm that way at the time." Of course, Mr. Tabachnick'* year* in Omaha were not without problems. One major problem confronting him arose in the first few weeks after the building opened. Mr. Tabachnick had planned a series of gathering* so people could meet him and we the building. One meeting wa» held on a hot summer night before the air-conditioning was working. "The idea was to have an opportunity for people to meet informally wit h me and and auk questions about the J. Well, this night the discussion centered on a dance to which both Jewish and non-Jewish teenagers had been invited," said Mr. Tabachnick. "What had happened was the teenagers had met with the youth worker to plan this activity without thinking about the ramification*. There was no policy at that time about mixed high school social activities. "The discussion was very heated but the people who were there were right. There should be no mixed social programs for teens. They wanted me to cancel the dance, but I wouldn't. I agreed to have the youth worker and the teens ;', meet again to consider the problem since they had done the planning."

with decisions made about a new building is not unusual. "Although over 200 people were involved in the initial planning process, a small group of people were actively involved with day-to-day decisions on the building. Many things were wrong with the building, but they were far outweighed by what was right. I don't think a community center has been built that people didn't complain about. The Omaha JCC U one of the most functional building* in the United States. As it became evident that a major staff reorganization would be needed in order to serve the new building, several staff people had to be hired within the nine month period proceeding the move into the new building. Larry KaU, who ia now the executive director of the Jewish Community Center in Chattanooga, was hired as the youth worker, his first position in a Jewish Community Center. Mark Zalkin, the only new staff member who was bom in Omaha, became the cultural art* director. This was also his first experience in Center work. After four yearn, he went to Denver, got hU matter's degree in social work and is now a branch director at one of the Lo* Angeles Centers. "Bob Litvak was hired a* the director of Camp Esther K, Newman and the preschool and children'* program. He also later left to go lo Indianapolis as the program director and is now the executive director of the JCC in Nashville, where he is supervising the building of a new building," Mr. Taliarhnick said. "Kdyt1 Wolf was named (he librarian. It was Kdye's chore to take fl magnificent asset that the community owned and put it in order so that it could 1* u*ed- This was a monumental chore and I am sure that Edye is probably still working at cataloguing book*, records and other awcts of the library." "And finally, my boyhood friend. Gary Javitch. cam* to Omaha from Boston to be our aquatic* director. When he decided to leave, it wan to get married and stay in Omaha where he in now raking his family and i* an active member in the toy community." These five people joined Mollie Delroan and Chuck Arnold who had been working with the only two active JCC program*. "Mollie Delman worked with the senior adult*. We knew the program would grow due to her love for the program which enabled her to continue the outstanding job that she was already doing," explained Mr. Tabachnick. The Oldtimer*, a group of retired men who meet twice a month,

started out with 15 participant*. Now, I understand there are over 250 member*. "Chuck Arnold had already been at the Center for 15 years. He continued to serve ably as physical education director." Other memories came to mind a* Mr. Tabachnick talked about hi* year* in Omaha. When he first arrived in Omaha in June, 1972, the planning for the new building was just being finished with bid* going out in August In March, 1974, the JCC staff moved to the new building, although it was not completely finished. The old JCC building had been sold to Northwestern Bell and the sooner the company took possession, the sooner they would pay for the building. "We really needed the money to pay our construction bills." said Mr. Tabachnick. "So, we moved our administrative office* A month early. The carpet wo* still being laid in my office on moving day." Moving early created some interesting problems, one of which revolved around the library. A bid had been received from a moving company to box the book* for storage. The company would not guarantee the book* would be packed in order. "When I presented the problem to the staff, they decided to do the packing. We had been in the building about three weeks when the Jtw'uh Prrn requested a book that had art work they needed for the Passover edition. We went into the preschool area where the boxes were stored and opened just four boxc* to find the books," # Another interesting story involved the indoor running track. A surface had been *uggesled for the track by the architect* at a cost of 826,000. "The wnod floor was installed on the track and a decision needed to I* made almui the covering. Norman Unit suggested using carpeting which would co*t about 20 percent of the recommended surface. He told us that the carpel would last about five year*." said Mr. Tnhachnick. "I think the original carpet is still up (here. We were one of the first JCC* to use carpet on our (rack and now about eight other Center* have used carpet." The telephone interview WAS drawing to a close. Mr. Tobachnirk had lo return to the everyday task* confronting the director of a JCC. He tent hi* bent regards lo all his friends in Omaha and ended the conversation with a parting line, "Omaha will always be o special place for me." (E.G.)

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According to Mr. Tabachnick, the question was decided by an act of God. Omaha was experiencing a heat wave that taxed the ability of the Omaha Public Power District to provide electricity for air conditioners. OPPD asked that over the weekend, only essential public buildings, such as hospitals, run their air-conditioners; "We cancelled the dance because the building would have been unbearable without air-conditioning." Mr. Tabachnick said. "Later, the subject of teenage mixed social functions was addressed by the Board of Directors of the JCC, A decision was made that any dances and high school social activities would lie sponsored by BBYO and open only to Jewish teens. "That was a pivotal meeting in the history of the Jewish ,Community Center. If the decision alwut mixed functions had not been made when the building first opened, you would still be wrestling with the problem in Omaha." Although the building opened with a rush of initial enthusiasm, the continued program growth in the first yean was not without problems. The opening play in the theater was "Cabaret" which drew sell-out crowds. But according to Mr. Tabachnick, "we lost our shirts." The second play "The Tenth Man" opened with 40 people in the audience. Again, Mr. Tabachnick compared a new Jewish Community Center to a new baby. "Once a baby is horn, there are growing pains, and there are growing pains with a new Jewish Community Center. One of the problems wan the lack of a functioning JCC in Omaha during the previous yearn. "In Akron, the old building was used heavily until the day we moved into our new building. In Omaha, for over .15 years, very little activity had occurred at the JCC. People grew up with other recreational choices and it was not easy to get them involved with the Center." Added to thflt were the people who were upset with the building. Some people said it was over-built, Rome said it wan under-built. But according to Mr. Tabachnick, discord

Troy Meyeraon renlly attend* Hebrew school there. He particularly remember* baking matwth in the JCC matzolh factory and having fun on "theme" days at nurnmcr camp, including one based on Purim. "Mordechai is my Hebrew name, so (hat's who I went dressed n»." said Troy. Troy expressed an early interest in philanthropic^, explaining that he thinks '"helping people i» very important". He also expressed a keen interest in Israel, and said he wished he were taught more about ihe Jewish Mate in religious school. "Mostly they just teach us alwut Israel in ancient times," he said. Troy is already making plans for his first trip to Israel. He want* lo see the Western Wall, and he wants to Me where hi* karen ami money has gone. With a wisdom beyond his years, Troy knows he will not lie able (o look ; new surrounding*. - Hy the time the building had been dedicated and was up hit own trees when he gets to Israel, but he underalready in/use, the Meyeraon* had noticed a simitar wa- stands that it is possible to we ihe forest* where they tershed in Troy's development. "He'd done everything were planted, and he looks forward to that. "I'd also like M> quickly find easily," said Mrs. Meyerson. "You to plant some trees myself when I'm there," he said. couldn't put n time limit on anything. It all happened Troy is also impressed by the Blumkin Home and Livmi fojit!" ingston Apartments, where four great-iiunUnml uncles There were also the inevitable growing pains. While of his live, On a visit there with hi» parents, he was Tr»y had his tonsil* out and nrwfce his shoulder playing pleiiHed to see how "heppy" the |ieople seemed, but de"keep away," the JCC pool' failed to function properly nied being able to look fur enough into the future lo mitl there were headache* with the building's heating imagine himself there Mime day. nml air conditioning systems. "Kijiht now I have a hard enough lime imagining myOf the JCC in it* infancy imd his own early years, self in high school." said Troy. Troy is Ixiuml to carry around some laMjng memories. Truy is presently a fifth-grade pupil at Swnhson He has plnved huhketbnll and soccer at the JCC and School, when- he nuyit la- enjoys all hi»' subject*, hut learned lo swim und ride liorn'hnck there; loo. He also especially math und wiener. "I want to be a doctor when wen! to pn-schwil and day rump at the JCC and cur- I grow iii)," wiid Troy. (D.U.) Ten-year-old Troy Meyer*on and the JCC hove grown up together, paralleling each other's developmental milestone* in the most uncanny fashion. Troy, »on of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Meyerson, was 12 days old when the JCC cornerstone was laid on May 13, 197.1. Five months later, an Troy's mother said he was ambling »n nil lours and already "pulling together" words, the JCC construcliun site was crawling with workmen IIUMI)- pulling together bricks and mortar. In March, 1974, after another five months had gone by and Troy took his first uncertain steps around the house, JCC staffers set foot for the first time in their o I licet, at 132nd street and began lo get used to their

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The earliest history of Omaha's original Jewish Community Center represent* the determination of a small group of deeply dedicated men —/men who cared greatly whether or not Jewish people had a place to feather — a centra] location for recreation and education. They were 14 in number, and all highly respected, well known business and professional people. They first met in the winter of 1906 at the home of Dr. Philip Sher. The purpose of the meeting wan to formulate plan* for a building, a Jewish Community Center. In addition to Dr. Sher, the group included Morris Levy, Carl Brandeis, Samuel Kou, Rabbi Frederick Cohn, Sol Hrodkey, Harry A. Wolf, A. B. Alpirn, Harry Zimman, A. J. Miller, S. Raviti, Nathan Bernstein, Isidor Ziegler and J. Katclman. The group waa obviously enthusiastic, because records show they met a second time and planned a mass meeting at a public building known as Germania Hall. The turnout was good and the excitement con-

tagious.-A total of $3,500 was pledged for the Center. Unfortunately, less than a third of that sum was collected and at that point the project was defeated. Four years later, the original 14 again tried to stimulate interest in a JCC. They rented space in the Talmud Torah quarter* of the time, but only used that location for MX months before moving to the Wellington Inn. This Utter site became the- center for perhaps two years. In 1912 some new young people became involved with the founding group. They were Henry Monsky, Harry Ijipiduj, Isidore Kec*c, William Holrman, Martin Sugnrman and Louis Simon. A new campaign raiwd $18,000 and the project WAS back in operation. Fate interfered again, in the form of the 1913 tornado, and they were back to oquare one. Still another attempt wot made in 1917, and by now five more valuable supporters were added to the original band: Ed Simon, Sam Been, Morris Rosenblatt, LaoRosen-

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thai and Herman Auerback. Again, they were off and running. This time they purchased ground at 18th and Dodge streets and raised more than ever before, but World War I called a hall to the plans. From existing records it appears that 1922 was the year that made the difference. Morris Levy, who wa* president of the Jewish Welfare Federation at the time, announced he would give $50,000 toward a community center if the sum of $150,000 would tie raised by the people. This was the deciding factor, and from then on the work wa* under way. It i* interesting to note from a Jewith I'mi story in January of 1922, there was a place to gather and a concept of a Jewish Community O n l e r at that time. The Pnu ran a story about the JCC rooms on the third floor of the Lyric building. The public was invited to see the rooms for ladies to use, the gyro, U}e parlors, the lodge and club rooms. EveryorU was urged to "come in any

time you are downtown." Nevertheless, the movement for a real building, was still very much alive. By March of 1923 the public was completely involved and in total support. A mass meeting generated enough enthusiasm to appoint, by acclamation, Harry Lapidus to lead the campaign. The rest is history. The following two and one half year* represented countless hours of work by countless numbers of people. The usual committee* and decisions, the plans, the campaigns, the thousands of details of such a project became the responsibilities of those enthusiastic, loyal Omaha Jews. They had a dream, and fortunately they had perseverance. The Omaha Jewish Community Center building on the corner of Dodge Street at 20th opened in the spring of 1920. It served this community well. Any other building to carry this name has a proud heritage to continue. (B.L.)

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A big change for the community Chuck Mona&ee'n presidential office at the Riekes Company reflects success. The thick, royal blue carpeting softly bend* to the touch of one's foot. A mahogany desk majestically controls one end of the room. At the other end is a sitting area furnished with a royal blue couch, two comfortable chairs and a glass coffee table. All of thin would tugge*t peace and quiet, an ideal setting for an interview with a former president of the Jewish Community Center, Not MJ on this particular day! Telephones ringing — one after the other ... water damage all over the place a* a result of a sudden storm . , . computers were down, and Mr. Monowe was involved with travel arrangement* to leave the country for a month with his family. Despite the commotion and office problems, Mr. Monasee not only agreed to the interview, but arranged time so that we could proceed without difficulty. As the room apeak* success, so doe* the man. A navy pin stripe suit of fine material, Marched white drets shirt and a navy tie with red accent* reflect* achievement. His term a» the fir»t president of the new Jewish Community Center started in 1972. And it. too, achieved. Mr. Monasee said. "We brought the community from a 1920 JCC to a 1972 JCC. We actually skipped over the post-war period when it was time for a new Center. We made a huge transition of a 52-year period to keep up with the needs of the community." There were many issues to deal with that had never been dealt with before. According to Mr. Monasee, "We had operating problem* such ax making the kitchen kosher, tetting the hours of operation and organizing the depart menu." Other policies which were set during this time were the hiring of staff, many of whom an still with the Center today, and making the distinction and guideline* between a family membership and an individual membership. "Of course," said Mr. Monasee, "there were financial issues, too. Our community.

Charles A. Monasee I truly believe, works best under pressure. It happens each year with philanthropies a* well as it did 10 year* ago in raining money for the Center. We had it all paid for before the actual Imitding started. We never had a mortgage or anything." Another a»pect of the financial side of things according to Mr. Monasee were the contributions from Omaha businesses. "I don't believe that much of the community knows that roughly 10 per cent of all money waa from buiincsse* in Omaha such as Omaha National Bank, Mutual of Omaha, Union Pacific and Bell Telephone. They were not only helping the Jewish community to grow but the entire community." There are tome thing* that will always stay in Mr. Monasee'a mind. "It was a Sunday, there was supposed to be a cornerstone dedicated to the Newman family who contributed much time and money to the JCC. it was on the day of the dedication that we heard of Nick Newman'* death. It was a real emotional thing. Nick bad contributed so much and he wasn't there to see it," Monasee recalled. "There is another roan who was a great leader and inspiration to me, a one man JCC. Paul Veret." He.deacribed Mr. Vent

a* a true scholar who built and made our Federation library what it is today. "Paul would send away for rare documents to make our library really a scholar's library. He got us first ilat* material to make the library top rate," Mr. Monnsee said. According to Mr. Monanec, people have to get involved in order to assure a JCC in the future. "Our JCC has become the common meeting ground for the Jewish community. There are excellent athletic facilities, preschool programs, room for Hebrew schools to meet and much more. It i« a center for culture and a place where many specialized program* are held." Mr. Monnwe was adamant that to assure a JCC in the future people hud to he tuppuitive with membership.

Mr, Monasee has been supportive in tti community by being involved. He ha served in various offices such as presider of Temple Israel, chairman of the Jewit Press, chairman of the planning JCC con' mil tee and other activities. He has alt served the community as past chairman the Joslyn Art Museum, vice president the Omaha Symphony and by being aetiv in the United Way of the Midland*. In too short a lime, Mr, Monaeee's net appointment was «» hand, but befor paiiing company, he delivered a sharp m«« *age to those concerned with the future o the JCC. "Today, the JCC has many of the *am concern* that it hod 10 yean «go. The hi difference is that today there is a lot mor opportunity for the public to »peak out, am they should." (G.H,

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The Healttj Club — His and Hers racquetbajl, tennis, volleyball, basketball, baseball and all an editorial by Bert Lewis The assignment sounded simple: write an article about manner of game*. We also have women who enjoy using the Health Club at the JCC. Explore the background, find the whirlpool and relaxing with a maisage.'Many tiki to out what it'* like and how it got that way. And oh yes, the •• play hard, enjoy competition and then headfor tb* sHowers. time, allotment for usage U heavily tipped in favor of the But wait . . . if that occur* any time except * weekday morning or during the day on Tuesday, she can't take a males. See what that's about. showtr. The other days and the weekends • » for men only. The logical place to begin seemed to be with someone Now how exactly did thi* happen? Who decided on the who'* been around the H&PE department a long time. That meant find Irv Y&ffe, a man who "grew up in the gyro on schedule for the women and men? What are the argument*? 20th and Dodge". His interest has been constant, and in- There are more men members? I don't know. When I asked cludes 30 years as chairman of the H&PE Committee. for numbers, the information was refuted And wait'a During his tenure, he implemented the Athlete'* Hall of minute. If there are more nudes than females, U it because .Fame, now a time honored tradition. Surely when people of the inequities of the arrangement? Maybe we have a were being chosen in 1971 to head up planning committees Catch 22 here. Maybe if the women were able to use the for the new JCC, Irv Yaffe was the natural choice as facilities more often, they would feel it was worthwhile to spend the money to belong. chairman of the H&PE. When decisions were being made regarding facilities and equipment, Irv and his committee were exploring all the positives and negatives. They worked diligently to make the Health and Physical Education department in the new building a fantastic place. Compared with the "primitive" environment of the old building, they tried to develop a place where the accoutrements were second to none. They knew instinctively, that just a* PB was of the greatest importance to the old 'J\ so would it be in the new CenterThere were, according to old records, women on both the committee and the sub-committee charged with the responsibility of creating this dream. There was an obvious effort to provide proper facilities for everybody — both male and female. In fact, one woman who served recalled that the late Eli Zalkin campaigned hard for EQUAL space, time and equipment for the ladies. After the powers-lhat-be presented the cost of double health clubs, the idea was instantly dropped. In all fairness, it must be remembered that in 1971 and '72, when everything was being carefully considered, (here weren't nearly so many women "into" sports activities. It's true, t here were swimmers, and some volleyball players, and there existed some exercise classes for the distaff side, but the statistics were nowhere near the percentages they reach today. In any event, between saving a good deal of money, and the eparcity of active women, the ladies didn't get a Health Club of their own. Understood That was 12 yean ago. The picture is very different today regarding the female interest in the world of sports. We have women who play

And that's another interesting area to'explore . . . the fee*. A junior woman'* HC membership is $150. A junior male membership is $155. Only 15 difference? The cost for senior memberships u more because they include manages. Ok. For a mate that charge U $255 per year. For a female $200. Something doesn't seem quite right here. 1 should like to put this whole businessInto the proper perspective. To begin, I have no personal ax to grind. I happen to believe that if God had meant for me to be a jock I'd be six feet tall and have muscle* where I keep my flab. But I am philosophically opposed to it alL I hate injustice. I cringe over second class citizen examples. I believe we should all have the tame opportunities — nothing special for you and you but not for her. And I believe if a woman Health Club member of the Omaha Jewish Community Center wants to slam around a racquctball court until she's wringing wet and ready to drop, she should have a chance to do to as often as her male counterpart. And if she wants a massage during the evening hours because she (like so many women today) works during the day, then by golly she ought to be able to get it. We're talking about equality here folks. We people who have* suffered injustices for centuries ought to stand head and shoulders above such unfair conditions. We ought not to condone this imbalance. Since the beautiful Jewish Community Center is now embarking on its eleventh year, isn't it time to make things right? Nobody expects the board to suddenly vote on the addition of a second health club just for the women. But certainly some better distribution of usage time Is possible, Wouldn't that be a great way to begin the second decade?

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"JCC space wtfl run out A goal- of Jewish Community Center President Saranne Gitnkk i* to program i with increased Jewish content and partki'pattonl.. " . f . • . The JGCi» notreachingall of tb« Jewish community, according to Mrs, Gitnick. The ' membership nsarkrt U "saturated" due to a "major campaign" last year. JCC Jewish membership stand* around 60 percent with 30 percent falling to family units, and Mrs. Gitnick attributes the tow Jewish numbership to older adults with no children. Despite the growth of the Center's "outdoor campus," Mrs. Gitnick projects that space will run out As it ia, she said, the JCC was not built with storage space. "When the JCC was built 10 years ago, some of the facilities were not adequate. For example, the pipes in the outdoor pool are not properly connected," she said. Mrs. Gitnick did not expect to have difficulty hiring department heads, but the board had problems finding members of the Jewish community who carry master's degrees in social work. Originally, the board operated in "crisis management but it has turned to business management," she explained. During her term, she has seen a growth in programs in the committees of college and adult services, children's programming and cultural arts as well as a step toward inclusion of BBYO with the CenterMrs. Gitnick said that not only has she worked with the Federation, but the and her board have also combined "very well" with lay members. Mrs. Gitnick said the lay

members are "committed to Uw Jewish Community Center. They work hud, long hours to achieve th« goals and to see things fay.p»n while watching the dollars." The Federation handles the financial aspects of raising funds and subventing money while the JCC provides the programming. "I look at the Federation as one with the JCC because we have a small Jewish community and ore all working toward the same goal,** Mrs. Gitnick commented. Mrs. Gitnick is not here on a dairy basis. The executive director and the staff carry cut the day to day business. Tbe job of the president, she said, is to inform and train the board and the lay committees. Tbe president serves as a representative to other agency boards as well as tbe Federation and the community at large. In addition, she aaid, knowledge about the building andjbeing able to interpret the needs sad activities of the Center to the community helps. Prior to her presidency, Mrs. Gilukk served as programming vice president and administrative vice president in charge of membership and house rules. Mrs. Gitnick "believes in the democratic process" and running "tight meetings." Thirty individuals, representative of the Jewish community with an equal number of men and women of all eges, serve on the board. Criteria for becoming a board member include experience on a Center committee for a period of time and membership in the Federation end the JCC. Board members serve as chairman of one

SfttMBBeGltaick ofthelSprogn nUtees or administrative committees. The ideas come from the committees, and when a chairman deems it necessary, the idea or problem ia brought to tbe board at Us monthly meeting. In addition to the resources of the board members, a Past Presidents Council began meeting once or twice a year about one and a half yean ago. "Originally, tbe group was formed for us to get a depth of understanding. Each ia bis own area has been helpful in giving us information from their own time," she said. ins intormauon gathered "will culminate in long range planning.*' Currently, Mrs. Gitnick and the board a n working on the question of "where the Center needs to be in five years" from the community perspective. In the future, she hopes the outdoor compos, called the "North 40," with tbe Rose Blumkin Home and the Livingston Apartments on tbe grounds, becomes "a marvelous facility and a meeting place for all Jews.

"Jewish institutions are critical. Both synagogues and the JCC must develop Jew*, in addition to sending money to Israel. If these were gone and only Israel remained, I don't think Israel would survive," ate sakL Growing up in Northern California; Mrs. Gitnick describes her mother as a "committed Jew" aod says her grandparents were involved in community affairs. lit fact,. her paternal grandfather once ran the Jewish Prtu. Since marrying her husband, Jerry, in Omaha, Mrs. Gitnick has been Involved in several organizations. She wes tbe chairman of Seven Can Help, an information, and teferor service of the National, Coundlof Jewish Women. At the JCC, she. served pri the preschool and athletic committees and was chairman of the children's , committee, the auction and the ad hoc commons committee of the Federation. She enjoys reading and swimming, but she said she does not have time while balancing the presidency, housework and caring for her two children, Nann, 14, and Andi. 12. (N.M.)

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in that area. For example, those people who had a hand in the planning of the theater have retained their interest in it after the theater was completed. A major goal of the planning committees, according to Mr. Kaslow, watt to provide a diverse activity level. "The different program* were designed to keep preschoolers busy and to keep thi* attraction going with such activities as Club* 56 and 78. Although, at the time no specific name* were given for the clubs, we certainly had something like them in mind. After these programs, young people became involved with BBVO or synagogue groups and their Jewishness still continued in an organized setting." fiecauac this diverse planning of activities was aimed at keeping youngster's interest, Mr. Kaslow said, T h e s e

young people wilt be fine leaders because of the exposure which they have received." Another i*»ue that Mr. Kaslow noted waa how the Center created adult participation. "Before the new Center was built there were no special boards of any kind. The need foT adults to get involved in organizations was created; and the organizations need that involvement in order to survive," he said. "The Center created many boards: the Cultural and performing arts committee, pre-school committee, dance committee and many others." Mr. Kaslow looked into the future of the JCC by saying, "It may not be doing these specific things 10 years from now but I hope that it will still be serving our community as well as it is now." (G.H.)

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'Wonderful things are beginning to happen* "Iain thrilled every time I drive up to th^grountb of our campus and see what this community has accomplished." said JCC planner Mary Fellman, past president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. "It is a wonderful thing to see a full parking lot and to watch the generations arriving at the Jewish Community Center, from those who have just learned to walk to those who can hardly walk." Mrs, Fellman admitted there have been some rough spota for the JCC over the past 10 years in the new building, but said she expects time to smooth out any of the remaining problems and that Omaha Jewry is well on ita way to achieving ita dream of a strong and flourishing JCC Mrs. Fellman particularly disagreed with the idea that too many peoples'"wishes*1 were granted by t i » JCC planning committee and that the result is on oversiied JCC that doe* not enjoy the support of the entire community.

on its way toward becoming what "it was meant to be." "It has taken time to staff that committee and to develop a variety of activities," said. Mrs. Fellman. "But the staff and committees are developing excellent programs in art, culture, dance, music with a Jewish theme. The left side of the building is becoming/a very popular piece with many meetings and discussion groups gathering in the Adult lounge. The library is being used much more, and we also have great hope* for the theater and other cultural facilities." Along with increasing use of the physical health facilities of the JCC. Mrs. Fellman said t h e n hat been a parallel growth in the development of "working JCC committees and board." "It hss taken time to build boards who could iron out UM esriy kinks and begin to understand th* needs of tin community," the said, "ft must be understood that the old JCC did not function the same way as the new building. TbeoIdJCC was looked on more a« a building when various activities took place. The new JCC is an active major agency of the Federation which plans and present* programs under the direction of its board and committees."

"A lot of thought went into planning the JCC," Mrs. Fellman said. "We brought in experienced people from the National Jewish Welfare Board and from the Council or Jewish Federations to help us determine what our needs "All this growth and development has taken time. It can w e n and bow the building should be designed. We also met with more than 200 members of this community to discuss be compared to the youngster who achieves hi* full physical growth and then has to wait many more yean to grow into our needs." his body and nUo mature mentally." "Sure, there might have been mistakes taadt and things Mrs. Fellman urged increased support by the Jewish comthat the planners would have done differently had they the opportunity to do it all over again. That's true of many munity for the JCC, by families, by couples and by singles. things in life and certainly of many buildings. That does "Many people have refrained from joining the Center and not mean, though, that this particular building is not a yet they are among those who are welcomed to the many wonderful center for this Jewish community or that there free and community cultural programs and speakers preare not many great expectations for the future." sented in the theater and auditorium. Just recently more "If the JCC building has seemed too large." said Mr*. than 50 family and single units have joined the JCC and Fellman, "this is only because it takes time for a building that is very encouraging." to come into its own." As for the future, Mrs. Fellman said she sees "wonderful "We went from a very small JCC on 20th St. to a very things beginning to happen." large building," she said. "For many people there was an "1 see the fact that th- campus has been built as an emotional attachment to the old JCC, and it ban taken these opportunity for even further growth for all ages," *he said. 10 years almost for the new building to become a part of "People are finding that it isn't so far to drive to the Center, their lives. Now a whole new generation and a. whole new especially when something good is happening that they neighborhood are developing with a great number of young want to enjoy. The staff is also developing into a much more Jewish families using the building for many purposes." Jewmhly-oriented utaff planning more Jewushly-oriented "Indeed," continued Mm. Fellman, who currently serves programs. The direction Steve Rod, his staff and board are as chairman of the Calendar Committee of the Federation, taking us in can only lead to good things." "we are now booking so many meetings and activities for the coming 198.1-84 season that there is a crunch for space in all parts of the building." Mrs. Fellman said the Cultural Arts wing of the JCC is

Larry WMou "I like to twins up hat* because it is close to tfao Btankta Bom* so it make* it rally cos> vmleat for ne to ran In oftea and see a y fr*ndp«renU." Mark 8icgel and Jeff dayman "It's groat for na to coma op to U» pool after work and take • jump hi to relax and cool off. There is also time to get a cold drink outside at the mack bar; It's all very relaxing."

"The tremendous growth we've «een over 10 years at the new JCC should teach us not to be impatient," the concluded. "Much good is ahead for this whole community with a JCC of which we can be proud." (D.B.)

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as bingo on Monday mornings followed by lunch and other programs. They also use the Center's physical education facility. "The pool is just great but they should hsve the indoor pool open in the summertime for the older adults, like us who can't take the day-time heat," said Mr. Neneroff.

The couple spoke of other advantages o f being so close to the Center. "The library is easily accessible for us and has so merry This is a scene at the Livingston Plaza books. There is also the Adult lounge with Apartment lobby. It resembles an atmos- a big screen television. When we want to watch a special program we just go in there," phere of a college dormitory lobby with Mrs. Neneroff said. people laughing and joking. People help one another with small tasks such as putting eye Activities in the Livingston Plata also drops in or opening a door. They abo give keep the residents busy. For example, on the moral support; they act as a substitute fourth of July there was a picnic barbecue family. for this "family," Mrs. Neneroff said, "It was so much fun. There was everything for For many of the residents it is the closest a picnic. The biggest hot dogs and Bomeone thing they-have to family. made a huge carrot cake, and of course the Sam and Minnie Neneroff moved here fireworks." from Philadelphia to be closer to their daughter in Lincoln. "When our daughter called and told us about this new complei whkh was connected to the Jewish Community Center we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into," recounted the Neneroffs. Mrs. Neneroff told about her first week at the Plaza. "I cried and cried I was so tad to be in a strange place. But soon enough we made friends." "Everything takes adjustment" said Mr. Neneroff. "We like it here but wouldn't have stayed if the apartments hadn't been connected to the Center." The Neneroffs are active in Center programs. Mrs. Neneroff said, "There are so many activities right next door through the walkway." The couple participate* in Older Adult activities planned at the Center such

Resident Lillian Brown said, "I love living here! I don't have to irony about transportation to any activities when living this close to the Center. They really do their best and plan to keep us busy."

Buth Davis, left, and ABB Davlea prepare to play Mago ia the lounge at the Livingston Plaza oa a Tuesday evening. Tata ia a regular weekly activity at the Plaza.

The only problem which residents experience is transportation elsewhere. There is a bus which takes residents to the grocery store and other shops but to get anywhere else a often a difficult task according to many residents.

there is always someone around to help you." She told of an incident wtajn eh* had to get help in the middle of the night. "All I had to do was to pull a string, people were alerted and got me to the hospital. There is nowhere else that that would be possible."

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Another important asset of living here according to many of the residents u moral support. Mrs. Hart said, "It's important just to be happy and to laugh. And in doing this you spread cheer to others." "We don't let people get discouraged Many of us don't have family here and it's important to be supportive when things aren't going well," said Lillian Brown.

This "family" sticks together. You can find many people in the lobby just visiting or in a lounge watching television and doing needlework. On days when there are activities in the Center you will see a lot of people crossing the walkway which connects the two buildings; not having to wait for a bus or for people to pick them up, and take them there. Just a short walk and they have access to a totally different environment and a variety of opportunities. "Someone sure was thinking when they bought up all this (and. First they built the Center and they then added to it for us. It's wonderful!" summed up Lillian Brown. (G.H.)

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" . .unto thy children an inheritance everlasting" "And it •ball be from thee unto thy children ' an inheritance everlasting" That quote from the fundraising brochure for the Jewish Community Center expresses the feeling of Norman Batt, one of the leaders who aided in the development and creation of the "new" Jewish Community Center. Mr. Batt speaks of the JCC almost as if he has watched a child maturing. Maturing into a separate entity that will have heir* in the future to accept and appreciate the work he has done. Starting with iu inception in 1969, Mr. Batt has helped to guide his "child" to a self-sufficient adulthood. He is still involved, but now, like any parent, having only to occasionally Btep in to lend a helping Norman Batt hand and advice. In 1969, Mr. Batt was asked to nit in on a short meeting concerning the idea for a new Jewish Community Center. That short meeting led to an extremely active nine-year involvement, including a term as president of the JCC Board in the Center's second year. "1 got so deeply involved because 1 gave them an entrance and they didn't give me an exit," Mr. Batt said. With the exception of the site committee, Mr. Batt served on every JCC committee involved in the creation of the "J". As const ruction committee chairman, Mr. Batt and Mi committee were charged with erecting and decorating the building. This included, he said, choosing materials and substitute materials. Mr. Batt said construction ideas came from Minneapolis and Houston, and the Jewish Welfare Board "bad a lot of imput into the athletic facilities." His committee did a superb job as they were able to come in on budget and actually saved money on interest and the contingency fund. Mr. Bait's own input included a suggestion for a central entrance into the building. "The architects wen going to have the main entrance on the north side of U» building. I thought a middle entrance would be better." He said be is pleased with the outcome of that idea. Another major contribution Mr. Batt made was regarding the outdoor swimming pool. Originally, the outdoor pool was to be a future addition. Mr. Batt said hii committee had the pool designed and bid but it was not part of the original construction plans. However, enough money was raised through fundraising to make funds available to have the pool built. It was lucky that the pool wan to be built during the original construction because Mr. Batt noticed in looking at the building plans that there was no direct access to the pool. The only entrance would have been through the door now used to get to the tennis courts; a long way to go for a swim. Mr. Batt then worked with the architects and devised the passageway that now exists. To do this, Batt said, the women's locker room had to be redesigned but it was the perfect area for pool access since the construction materials of the locker room were ideal for the dampness created by pool-goers. "Another example of them giving me an entrance but no exit," Mr. Batt chuckled. Mr. Batt's "child" was not without its growing pains and discipline had to be instituted. The community was asked for input and the planning committee (of which he was a member) was forced to condense the community's ideas into the present building. "It would have had to have been 170,000-180,000 square feet to accommodate every idea presented by the community," Mr. Batt said. Even when it was built, he added, some thought it was still too big, but he'thinks it is neither too small nor too large as it is. There were problems after construction was completed, too. In the health club, the steam room leaked; the sauna was not hot enough and the original whirlpool made of plastic and fiberglas had to be replaced with tile. Mr. linn's committee handled these problems as well as having to put in a drainage By stem in the football and soft hall fields which became swamps after a rainfall. There were also problems with the plumbing and ground for the outdoor pool, Mr. Batt said, "but I don't know of a building built that didn't have some problems." Mr. Batt did note that the architects were sued for design errors in the health club and fields, and the matter was eventually settled for around $100,000. In retrospect, Mr. Batt has only one regret about the construction and design of the "J". "It was built using 1972 p!«i>a, then the '74 energy crisis and ewrgy conservation came. It would be a horrible project now to go to double glaze glass, although innulntion in a possibility. I just don't think it's feasible to solve the whole (energy) problem." Mr. Batt said. He did mention one innovative step recently taken was that the Center has signed up with a computer center which controls and monitors the energy. Utilization of the "J" ban also pleaxed Mr. Batt. The racquetball court* and gym are air-conditioned, which was unusual, so they can be used comfortably all year round.

The pools are constantly in me for families and for lesions, too, he noted. The theater has had its financial problems, he said, but he would still have put it into the plans. It has been an addition to the cultural arts and it lias the ideal atmosphere for lectures, of which several have been held in the theater already. Although some have considered the auditorium too small, Mr. Batt defends the siie by reminding people that it was designed for community functions "not as a hotel ballroom." The meeting rooms have been utilized to the ertcnt that Beth El use* them for Hebrew School. Originally, Mr. Batt said, there was a proposal for a separate building that all three synagogues could use. The closest thing we have come to that, he said, is that Beth Israel and Beth El are in the process of combining schools. Mr. Batt said presently they (the committee) are just finishing work on the grounds for the day camp and for beautifying the area.

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going to appear on a plaque in • building, it's easier to stimulate them. Of course there were also some pleasant surprises from people who were not motivated that way." Mr. Newman said the drive may have been a little hard to set in motion, especially in terms of getting people to make their solicitation calls, but that once the motion started, the pledges started rolling in. ' Within nine months, he said, the money had been raised, and all pledges were met within

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Mr. Newman u i d a fundroising drive in the genera) community was alto successful in raising enough money to pay for a big chunk of tlio JCC. He said pledges were made at a lunch meeting at the Kiewit Club attended by the beads of all major corporations and firms in town, including InlerNorth, Northwestern Bell, Mutual of Omaha, and city banks. That the JCC may have been "overbuilt" U the main fault that Mr. Newman and hit family might find in the JCC. "We anticipated that the physical education facilities would be widely u t i l i z e d , " said Mr. N e w m a n , "but I think everybody's 'druthers' — things like dance and ceramic studies — were put into the building, so that often when you walk in the front entrance and look to the left you don't see too much going on. "I think perhaps that more time and attention should have been spent looking at Jewish Community Center* in other cities the SIM of Omaha and studying the way their facilities were utilized," Mr. Newman continued. "I just hope we have not created a situation where future generations will find it hard to keep the building up." Mr. Newman also said that he would not have guessed such a high proportion of the oCC's membership would be non-Jewish. "We knew that since the YMCA facilities w e n located downtown and there were no such farilitm anywhere in west Omaha, many non-Jews would want to join the Center," said Mr. Newman, "but we would not b«v» gunued that the total non-Jewish membrnhip would hove been over 10 or 15 per cent." "But in retrotpect," said Mr. Newman, "though you can find faults and poke holes in it, the Center has been a marvelous thing for the Jewish community as a place during an age of auimilation where Jews can be active and keep together. It has been the Newman family's great pride to have supported it financially a* well at with our time." (D.B)

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Demographic survey might have prevented "bugs" The Center is "extremely Jewish" and obviously enjoy» the support of most in the community, said JCC planner Frank Goldberg, but it still ha» a few bug* that doing a "proper demoicraphic survey" might have prevented. According to Mr. Goldberg, who served a* one of B'nni B'rith's representatives to the planning committee in the late 1960s, the Center has only two-thirds the Jewush membership it was meant to and U "overbuilt." "As it wa» originally planned," said Mr. Goldberg, "the Center was int e n d e d to have a membership of 1200 families, of which 900 would be Jewish and 300 non-Jewish. But after we got 650 Jewish members, it became a real struggle to find any more. "In fact," he continued, "crhen the number of nonJewa joining the Center began to be alarming, we tried to ignore the trend by ceasing to keep statistics!" Frank Goldberg Fortunately, »aid Mr. Goldberg, most non-Jewish member* of the Center only use the athletic facilities and pose no threat to the Jewish nature of the Center since they ait on none of the agencies' boards where policy-making is done. Mr. Goldberg attributed the "oversitedsess" of the Center to the fact that committees of the various JCC agencies all submitted long "wish-lista" to the planning committee which were not evaluated carefully enough end were too readily implemented. "Had a proper demographic survey been done before everyone's withes were granted," said Mr, Goldberg, "the committee would have seen that the JCC was being built bigger than it probably should have been. There are ettll people in the community today who refuse to belong to the Center because they think it was overbuilt" Mr. Goldberg also recalled two controversies which rocked the planning committee and to this day have not been resolved to the complete satisfaction of everyone. The first of these issues concerned Sabbath observance. "We went to the rabbinical committee of Omaha about what type of Sabbath programming the Center should have," laid Mr. Goldberg. "The rabbis said the building should not be open on Shabbat The issue ended up going to the Federation Board, where the present policy was concluded." Another issue, said Mr. Goldberg, concerned negotiations

about youth programs at the Center. "There wao a great Blumkin Home." deal of disagreement over whether BBYO should lie the The thing that perhaps makes Mr. Goldberg happiest is JCC'n youth group per «*," he said, "or whether the Center that the youth of the Jewish community appear to l>e "very' should formulate i u own program for youth and let BBYO comfortable" in the new Center. function on its own. The ultimate decision t<. house BBYO "From the standpoint of our young people, the new JCC in the Center had to do with various youth directors we is a different type of Center," he Raid. "lt"» at ill a place far have had." them to congregate, the way they did at the old Center Mr. Goldberg remembered a bitterly controversial youth across the street from Central High, but now it's more, with issue from the Center'* early days which he said was mer- programs for them all the way up from nursery school to cifully resolved by an "act of God." He said the JCC, during BBYO. iu first summer, had planned a teen dance and felt it had "And let's face it, the children of the community are our to make the dance open to the entire JCC membership — future." not just teenage members of Jewish families. Jewish parents "That the JCC will continue to expand i u programs for and BBYOers were up in arms, aaid Mr. Goldberg. youth is his main hope for the future," said Mr. Goldberg. The dance was officially cancelled, he said, in accordance 'The JCC must not only continue to expand its services to with the way Center policy was finally interpreted, but the 'older adult*," he said, "but must provide a way to continaffair would have had to be cancelled anyway because of a ually involve young people at they grow up in the compower failure that hit the area for two days. munity." (D.B.) "I tat in a very wans JCC, while people screamed and yelled about policy," aaid Mr. Goldberg, "w the JCC has been very careful since then about getting into such con- , troversial programming." But some of his original expectations of the JCC have been met or even surpassed, aaid Mr. Goldberg, including a "profound change in the Jewish Federation and i u contiguous agencies." "In the old JCC the Federation operated all the various agencies," said Mr. Goldberg. "It wa* made up mostly of middle-aged businessmen and was only mildly attractive to everyone in the community. Most of the young people shied away from i t "If you look today at the Federation and iU agencies," Mr. Goldberg continued, "you will find that the agencies have much greater independence from the Federation. Now they are full-structured entities with their own seta of books and their own by-laws." 4012 S. 24th SL. Omaha, Nebr. 68107 "We also have n tremendous amount of young people involved This reslly represents a renaissance or rt&irth of < KONEYMAN the Jewish community, and 1 think the JCC is responsible for it" Mr. Goldberg also thinks the agencies are functioning far more efficiently than they used to because in their new i home they an? being operated in a "much more fiscally -TWO LOCATIONS-1 responsible manner." CfNdUU. WMTM rowCompJW* tKt MWW W.ACC "Fiscal problems that were among the main point* of 331-6913 «•"«*""«" 333*2882 discussion at almost every Center board meeting and every Msi * ii«»ciwrc« Federation board meeting in the 1970s have been straightened out now," be said. "And with their resolution, the 4423 So. 84 11226 Wright Federation has been able to get on with the business of Omaha, HE 68144 Pat improving the community, such as with the advent of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society and the building of the

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A time of transition On a rainy, ssultry Omaha summer morning I h«d the opportunity to meet with •toy Lerner in lib officr at Noddle Development Company Mr. l/errter's offic e reflects his <-••!»>• going alt it licit*. Decorated in earthy colors of brown* and beige, plenties of his wife, Yolundfl, scattctfd around in frames nml a Mereo softly pitying in the background, he spoke of Ilia term as Jewish Community Center president at a time of transition. The two major issues which kept the Board in a transitional mode were related. First, the March for a new executive director for the JCC. Second, because of an absence in thin executive position, the Board had to OMume many daily responsibilities which made the need for specific distinction between staff and volunteers. In 1980, after the resignation of former director Phil Cofman, the search for a new director was on for the JCC Board. Lerner •aid, "Finding an executive director wa* tough became the business world today is so highly specialized. Everyone i» trained in a certain degree and a director had to be well rounded and understand fiscal matters as well as service matters." The search ended by the hiring of the Center's current director, Steven Rod. Transition still plagued the Board by having to reorganize and restructure the board itself. Mr. Lerner said, "Because everything was in such limbo as board member* became involved on a day to day basts with the agencies then had to be an understanding of what individual role* were. We had to differentiate the responsibilities of hired staff and lay people." A "major frustration" was overcome when the Board showed that there was a place for both parties in organizing the goals of the agencies and the budgeting. Another problem with which the Board had to deal still exists and always will, according to Mr. Lemer - is the relationship between the Center and the Federation. "The Center is a department of the Federation and this relationship creates turmoil between the agency and the Federation," said Mr. Lerner. Currently Mr. Lerner is not active a* a Jewish Community Center leader. After six year* of serving the Board in some way as a member, vice president and president, Lerner wiid, "I'm pretty burped out but feel confident that mmcdny ! will Ixjcome involved again. The Jewish community need* a* many people as possible to work." Mr. turner showed w>nw irritation when he *puke of people who Uike "pot shot*," thoH- who eomplnin about a certain agency but don't do anything to help improve it. He recounted a slory almut a lime when a, man tuiid u> him, "Ix-rner, what ore you doinK to YOUK JCC?" Mr. Urntr replit-d. "Wait a minute, buddy, it's not MY JCC. It Ix-lniit'" to everybody in this community and pverytmc mould get involved in *omc way " Mr turner M'ci involvement us just being

Jay Lerner a member. There are 2,500 households in the Jewish community. Of these, 60 per cent are not current Center members. Mr. Lerner said, "When today's adulta were kids they had a place to go. We adults may not use it anymore but we should give other young people the chance we had by supporting it." A major problem that Mr. Lemer foresees for the JCC is budgeting. Mr, Lerner said, "If costs continue to rise the Center will either have to increase membership or dispense with programs. This will affect young people who will not be able to take full advantage of what the JCC has to offer." Did Mr. Lerncr'i administration accomplish all it set out to do? Mr. Lemer said, "No, you never get everything done that you set out to do. However, then is one thing specifically which was left undone that I would change for sure. That is spreading P.R. and getting our message of involvement to the public." According to Mr. Lerner, the entire Jewish Community has a complacent attitude, "Not just toward the Center but every • thing including synagogue participation. A little Jewish nesa u lost from generation to generation. My grandparents, when they came over from Russia were very religious, my parent* less than them and me even less than my parents. Are my kids even going to know that they're Jewish?" "The Center is so much improved today from where we were ten years ago or even from my term, both from a service standpoint and a fiscal standpoint," said Mr. IvCrncr. However, he cautioned that there is "always room for improvement and nothing is perfect." What can we do to nsMirc a JCC future year* from now? Mr. J/ernw wiid, "Yourig jieople must be (supportive and involved. Especially now because the population in static and fewer people will be around to support our Jewish community. Mr. turner served us president in 1980 thru '81. He didn't exactly run for the office but fell into it by wiying, "If you can't find anyone else to run get back lo me." Baaed on his experience <m the liourd they did ptt back to him, nominated turn and elected him. (G.H.)

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20 yeairs with theJCC He's the institution'! oldest institution, this fine athletic fipue of a man who has headed the JCC Physical Education Department since 1963. His name is Chuck (Charles Zachary) Arnold, and in his 20 yearn at two JCC building!, be has seen and been responsible for a great many changes in the JCC P.E. Dept, "I remember the threestory building across from Central High," Chuck reminisces about the old JCC et 20th and Dodge Streets. "Every day all of the teens would come over after school to socialize and wait for their parents to pick them up. In those days team sports were very important, and the AZA youth dubs Chuck Arnold were very strong and competitive. We had Olympic sports year-round." But even though the place "hummed with activity" and makes good material for a stroll down memory lane. Chuck also recalls a building which was woefully inadequate for the community's P.E. needs. "To give you some idea of the gym's proportions," said Chuck, "it was so small that during a basketball game you didn't have to go more than half-court because that was considered a jump ihot! And the running track above the gym was 32 laps to the mile. The gym at the new JCC is big enough to hold two regulation-size basketball courts, and the track is 14 laps to the mile." "The swimming pool that almost every Jewish adult in

Omaha learned to swim in was barely 25 yards long," said Chuck. "Because of our location and inadequate facilities, we had to lease other facilities and make use of city parks to serve oar members." When the new Center tint opened its doors 10 years ago, it was a real "high point" for everyone, said Chuck. "The new building meant increased participation in P.E. activities," be said. "The facilities available there began to bring our members to the Center year-round for swimming, running, volleyball, basketball, handball and many other activities." What about all this is Jewish? Chuck refers those who esk that question to the Talmud, which says the mind cannot survive without a healthy body. Ho said further that the strenuous P.E. activities et the Center may have helped to dispel a popular image of the Jew ss a "sedentary, inactive" person, end gave the JCC Blue-Star basketball team as an example of how Jewish identity is "woven into the P.E. program. We involve our Jewish teens end committees in the planning to participate in the Jewish Welfare Board national mid-west region teenage basketball program," be. said. "As much time is spent in programming for social and Jewish cultural events." Jewish holidays such as Hanukkah, Lag B'Omer and Yom HaaUmaut lend themselves well to sports programs, too/ *aid Chuck, and recalled that soon after the new JCC opened in 1973, an Olympic-style torch run was held in memory of the Israeli athletes itlain at the Munich Olympic*. Besides all of this, Raid Chuck, athletic programs in which Jews participate always do much to "foster Jewish friendship and association." Chuck Kflid hi* past 10 years et the new JCC have been "exciting and rewarding" for him, especially after o few

initial "bugs" in the new building wen ironed out "There were some mechanical problems with the facilities and equipment at first," Mid Chuck "For instance, the front walls of the handball courts were not installed according to epecificatiortli; our fiberglass whirlpool leaked into the locker rooms; the outdoor pool lost approximately 6,000 gallons of water each summer; and there was no heating or air-conditioning in the locker roams at first." "But 99 per cent of those problems have been remedied," said Chuck, "and now we can bo proud of the feet that we have obtained a good reputation both locally end on the national level for many cif the excellent programs we have developed." Chuck staid his department was instrumental in developing the first pre-school physics! education program in the midwest. Called T o t Gym," it has served, he said, es a model for educators' in the entire region. The JCC has held training workshops for pre-echool teachers and the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children, and the program was the subject of a feature story in the Magazine of the Midlands, he said. Chuck said his department was also responsible for starting a rehabilitation program for people with coronary heart disease. The program has had a "profound effect" on the Omaha medical community, he said, and has been supported by the Nebraska Heart Association end the leading cardiologists of (he city. The medical community has also Ittncfitcd from some other JCC programs, including an Educational and Pool oxcrcitte program for persons with rheumatoid nrtbritiii, Htress management workshops, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation classes. Two ectutiona of "SweathogD," an exercise clflss for heart patients, ore held four evenings a week. A "very special" Center program, naid Chuck, is one designed for "Early Risers," a group of men and women who meet «t 0 a.m. five mornings n week to jog, ploy racquethall, fiwim, or work out. Such a "closcneiw and 'ruach'" hn» developed among tin' Rally Risers, «aid Chuck, that they hold ftpecint social programs, nucli an a Hanukknhbreakfast, several times n year. Chuck said the P.E. Department wait the find luxial•scrviw agency in the Omaha nrca to sponsor n communitywide health fair filrc&sinfl preventive medicine, with help from the Cancer Society, Use Heart Association, the lAing A-Mocintion, the American Diabetes Association, and the American lied Crow, Chuck say* lit- looks forward to wlwt the future holds in store. "I think we will M» more intercity programming between the Omaha JCC and the JCC« of other cities like Kansas City, Den Moincs, and Denver," he said, "tw well w an adult wjflhatl tournament week-ends, ond more volleyball. "I can O1M> tee us developing many special programs that will become annual events: Marcabiah Festivals, parentchild field days, and spt-cial «wim parties for center groups," he continued, "Finally," he said, "with our executive director, Steve Rod, and program director, Tom Neuman, I nee a complete change for better planning, better involvement by lay leaders and a mutt- positive working relationship with commit tee mcml>cr8. Wo art* ulready M-cing a continuity in program development, better xtaff'training, joint programs, and a full staff of iirufcsskmnl Jewish communal worker*." (D.B.)

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In 1973, the year we're involved with in this issue, many item* in.the pages of the Jewish Press had to do with the excitement of the new JCC. Early in the year there were many photos depicting various program highlights, showing some of the groups which would be enjoying the future facility. There were college parties and senior citizen gathering* a* well as young children's get-togethers. That year there was much emphasis on Jewish education with lengthy articles by then-editor Mickey Gerelkk, and the sports stories and pictures were many. In fact, a cute bunch of little boys active in Junior Basketball were given attention: they included Brent Wine, Jim GltBer, Bruce Tully, David Kohl), David Cohen, Lance Meyemon, Jim Belgrade, Hrcnt Passer, Hubert Ban, Tim Schragcr, Danny Kochman and Joe Goldstein. Young people shown celebrating Israel's 2$th armivereary were Kathy Sperling. Jim Cr&/rjs*j, I'afq itteh&teP&tiS Jeff Parker, and the older people 'were" af^'jri'ulenewsTThe Sher Home had a newly nppointed dlreitiir namwl Daniel Sarobol, and there was a picture 'of KeVa Hor'nstein and Benny Meyerson involved in some activity. That winter the JCC announced its first annual ski trip and the Press headline one week read World Jewry Mourns President Lyndon B. Johnson. There was also et least one JF is*ue that advertised the availability of kosher ground beef el 70* per pound, on special of court*. The Friday, May 4, headline proclaimed JCC Cornerstone Dedication May 13, and by golly that's just what the cornerstone nays . . . May 13, 1073. About that time a story appeared about Jonnthon Duitch, ago 11, who had a part in a Junior Theater production. And Beth Klkon was named to a women's honorary organization at the University of Arizona, for high academic rank and campus activities. In June the Press reported the name* of all the Jewish high school graduates. The majority at that time were still at Central, with WesUide a close second and only seven at Burke. The statistics hove changed drastically on that subject in the lost decade. Also in June, the announcement came that the Omaha Federation campaign had topped the million dollar mark. The photo with the story was of Mrs. Ervin Simon, Women's Division chairman, Morlcy Zipursky, Federation president and Millard Rosenberg, Men's chairman. That was the summer Mary Rich joined the staff at the Dr. Sher Home, as new nursing director, and in August the I'rest ran an item about work beginning on the outdoor pool of the new JCC. Many, many social notes. The Tom Kirshenbatun's welcomed the arrival of Adam, and Robin Martin was named AZA 1510 Sweetheart. Merrylec Crnndcll married Charles D. Katzman and Aveva Hahn and Martin Shukcrt were also wed, oa were lota more of you out there . . . hope you all hod (or have) wonderful 10th anniversaries and may you celebrate many many more. Omaha welcomed the famous Richard Tucker, who cams here for our Israel Bond Rally, and the world was greatly saddened by the death of Ben fiurion at the age of 87. Ten yean . . . really a short time ago, but no much has happened. With the celebration of the first decade of the present JCC many of us hove nostalgically recalled the old building on 20th and Dodge. If you fall into the right age category, you'll remember it was the place of many "Units". Maybe your first club meeting, or your first date, or your first forbidden cigarette, or your destination after your first skip from class across the street, or your first real involvement with Jewish kids from other area* of the city. Whatever the memories, many of us have them. We fervently hope that the present generation of youngsters growing up will take many wonderful memories with them that arc connected with our lovely JCC on 132nd street This magnificent facility hardly seems related to the old building, but it truly is. The foundations for the need of such a community center were formed in that modest first 'J'. Long may this one nerve our community. (B.L.)

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Speaking of how it was, just for fun let's compare with how it is. For example, remember the auditorium at the old Center? Lots of crowds were packed into that room in iU time. Many a performance was given on that stage, by people who are now grandparent*). liy contrast, we have almost an cmbarassment of riches here on 132nd street. Not only a huge auditorium which can accommodate heaven only knows how many, but an authentic theatre, complete with all the accoutrements needed for a real theatrical production. And how about the first Federation library on 20th street? Though it was modest, that second floor room held an already excellent collection of ixxjks. They became the nucleus for one of the finest libraries of Judaic* anywhere in the country. Our present library boasts not only of books, but record^ tapes and microfilm. , How ilpc* Anybody compare the old physical education facilities wilq tbo present set-up? That'would be lite comparing the first model T Ford with perhaps ft 1983 Cadillac Seville. Of course it's true the old building had a swimming pool of which it was very prpud, but we certainly can point with pride at our indoor AND outdoor pools, in addition to tennis courts and running tracks and all the other goodies. Meeting rooms? The original JCC took great pride in the available space for community gatherings. Again, it was modest, but organizations could convene for groups of significant sizes. Youth groups, senior groups, middle aged groups, classes for all manner of instruction, including Hebrew school at one time, all met at the old J. Today, the staff at the new building works diligently to arrange space for the same kind of use, by the name variety

of people. Furthermore, there are special places such as dance studios and arts/crafts rooms, preschool areas, nursery and babysitting rooms. Perhaps one of the greatest changes can be seen in the kitchen department. The old kitchen in the basement of the original JCC was archaic next to the new arrangement. There were work tables and sinks and the mid-twenties version of stoves and ovens, and there was a lot of wood. The large bank of many wood doors to the ice-boxes made a handsome wall, but one wonders about the cooling qualities, i must confess, I don't know if they were iceboxes or early refrigerators. Either is possible. Today's sparkling stainless steel kitchens, both milchig and fleshig, were planned to efficiently operate with cooks, helpers, michgiach and whoever else needs to be there. There are freezers, refrigerators, dishwashers, warming otens, electric everything a, person could want or need to prepare food for JOOw 500. So strict is the Health Department that ntf tlpyl$iife.r<' may work or even enter the area. Truly, the old and the new are separated by all the technical advancements of years. Yes, the Omaha Jewish Community Center at 333 South 1.12nd street is very different from the old JCC. But some things arc tho same, and we hope they never change. The JCC is still the place for organizations to meet, for kida to congregate, for classes to \ie held, for community celebrations, for ploys to bo performed, for funds to be raised, for a speaker to be heard, for Jewish Book Week to be observed... for our children to perhaps acquire the first feelings of community yiddiBhkcit. So. This Center is ten years old. Well happy birthday, biz hundcrt und tzvnntzik. (B.L.)

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practices and techniques have turned the in the country. Most Center* receive from building into one of "immaculate" cleanli- 22 to 23 cents," he «ud. ness and that the rate of cancellations ha* He explained that one of the reason* for fallen to record low levels. such a tow allocation may be because "One frustration that we can't seem to Omaha has Center endowment of $700,000, overcome is that people tend to connect all perhaps the largest such endowment of professionals in the Center building with Centers in the country and that the $115,000 interest from the endowment prothe Jewish Community Center. "They don't realize that the building- vides substantial operating funds to the houses seven different Federation agencies agency. and that many of the activities and much "However, with declining interest rates, of the staff are associated with the separate we cannot look forward to the high earnings and distinct agencies." we have enjoyed in the past." Mr. Rod said that the emerging campus Mr. Rod said that the Center board has tried many avenues to build Jewish mem- of Jewish community jervices has had an bership and iha| Site best approach to <^le "•,impacf on tlie.ICC, but that it is really too is the current ar.t-On-onn Kolicitctioif en-' . i t ^p the various advantages and dertaken by individual board members with g their friends and acquaintances. 'While many of the advantages are ob"We are optimistic about the future of vious, the transition has not been without Jewish membership end our goal of 75 per- difficulties. cent Jewish membership by 1935 appears to T h e Center works closely with the Fedbe within reach." eration and the other agencies in the manHe explained that along with the trend agement of the complex and overall the toward more Jewish membership, come progress has been smooth." changes may become necessary in funding He aaid that hooking up the Rose the agency. Blumkin Home utilities have caused some The first step is to secure a new demo- unanticipated problems and come hardgraphic study and this is one of the objec- ships for Center member*, but that these tives that will be brought to the attention are being addressed and solved. of the Federation board, he said. The major th rus t for the future, eccording Currently, the Omaha JCC receives an to Mr. Rod, is for the community to enallocation of twelve cents from every dollar courage movement of Jewish families to pledged to the Federation Campaign. Omaha and to encouraga Omaha Jewish "This is one of the lowest allocation rates families to have more children. "There chould be an active recruiting campaign to tell Omaha's secret, and there should be Rome financial incentives for those Jewish families with three or more children. "The growth pattern in the Jewish community must be reversed. There is room at the Center for substantially more Jewish member* and we should continue and expand our effort* for growth." In addition, there to hope that closer ties will be established between the Omaha Jewish Center and similar fjtrilitie* in Israel. "Israel is very important to the life of the Center and perhaps one day the Center board will make it possible to hold one of its monthly board meetings in Israel." The link with Israel, the growing awareness of a Jewish orientation, and the hope for increase in Omaha's Jewuh population are mainstream thoughts emerging at this time. "When this issue of the Jewish Preu is published, my won Adam will be about to celebrate his bar mitzvah. Hopefully, when the new Center building is 13, there wilt be" Mr. Rod ebows some of tbe Omahq «JCC references in Use new building guide more good things to talk about," said Mr. offered by JWB. • Rod. (M.M.) Dec. 7,1980 and it wasn't too long after that he came up with the realisation that "Omaha Is the beat kept secret in the American Jewish community." His efforts while managing the facilities were directed toward teaching staff and carrying out the policies and direction established by the directors. He said that the practice of having a D'var Torah at every board and staff meeting ha* met with wide acceptance. "Recently, o signup sheet was passed around the board table and 17 volunteers vied for 12 D'var Torah »Iot«. "This wholehearted acceptance gave ms much naches (pleasure) and believe me there U very little naches available to a Center director normally." He explained that in addition to dealing with problems of finance and coping with major problems associated with the development of the Campus concept, he has had to expend much time and effort in combating "old tapes". Many potential Jewish members kept coming up with old reasons for not belonging, he said. : "They would ploy these old tapes over and over." There were complaints that the building itself was "filthy", that there were too many staff people, and that programs were constantly being cancelled before they even got started. He pointed out that new management

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Singles wary of JCC linkage M». Polsky that moat «ngle* are "contented with their life-style." There 1 * a lot of toneiirwM out then," she said. "People don't know how to meet other people and end up sitting borne." If JCC single* group* encourage single* to participate in organizational activities, Mr. Wolkemtein and Ms. Denenberg say they don't see why thi* should be a turnoff to single*. "There may very well be some single* in the community who have no Jewish commitment and are afraid of becoming involved," said Ms. Denenberg. "But the JCC cannot bend over backwards to suit timid, even paranoid people who are afraid to be joiners. That way they lose good, active, vital Jews. The JCC cannot be too luke warm, or they will alienate committed Jews." Said Mr. Wolkenstein, "If people let But two other Omaha singles, interviewed separately, are all for Jewish single* parties themselves be recruited for organizational and believe Debra Polsky and her com- - work without really wanting to, that's their mitt** actually may not give enough credit problem. They can always say no." Mr. to many person* in the single* community. ' Wolkenttein said that one of the first things Steve Wolkenstein.'a CPA with Touche, he did after becoming settled into life in Ross and Co., and Debby Denenberg, a Omaha was to call the JCC and volunteer graduate student who recently earned a de- to serve a* a youth group advisor. gree in tntfine** from Harvard, think it is Also on the subject of youth groups, Mr. possible that M*. Polsky and her advisor* Wolkenstein termed as "ridiculous" the may underestimate the willingness of many idea that single* are likely to make a negtingles to participate in JCC activities de- ative association between JCC singles signed for them. group* and the JCC youth groups of their • If matchmaking, for instance, is to any younger days. "In Milwaukee I belonged to extent a goal of a Jewish singles' group, that groups that met at the JCC from the age of isn't ne-ccusnrily a turn-off to the recently nine on," he said. "I went through Kadimah, engaged Mr. Wolkenstein. He and hi* fiance USY and AZA there. People who belong to The "gossip" that goes on nt ninglcs par- met at a Jewish single*' party, h* said. "At a JCC single* group have different interest*, ties arranged by the JCC is one of the things a .Jewish party, you don't have to spend a goals and value* than they had in high about JCC single*'-parties that turn off a- lot of time trying to determine who is and school. Thete form a whole new basis for young woman who prefers to be known a* who isn't Jewish," said Mr. Wolketutein. activities at the JCC." "You can just relax and enjoy yourself. It "Ms. x." • • . ; ; . . Mi. Denenberg commented that she But matchmaking is something ail singles certainly beat* taking out an ad in the news' thought Jewish community leadership was groups have a' reputation for, she.taid, and - paper." Mr. Wolkenstetn said he and his fi- a lot like Jewish education. "You build towent on to state some other faults that she ance, Wendy Borg, still attend singles' ward both over a long period of time," she said. "Just a* your Jewish education should thinks JCC tingles parties have in common function* to "meet new face*." M*. Denenberg describes herself a* a firm never stop, neither should activity in the with the functions of other singles group*. First of oil, she said, the JCC parties are believer in matchmaking and says that al- Jewish community. People who do not work not predictable enough in terms of what though single* group* may have a reputa- up to position* of leadership on JCC and kinds pf people Vill attend them. "An affair t i o n for c o n t a i n i n g some " s p a r e , Federation committees are like people who •' JiU Kiubner, .a recent graduate of the ' where everybody turns out to be younger or uninteresting" persons, they all were "de- stop going to religious school in third or .University of Colorado and a reporter for older than 1 am makes me feel out of place," signed to dissolve." She also disagree* with fourth grade." (D.B.)

Omaha Jewuh single* enjoy a good party a« much as anyone else, says JCC Adult Services Director Dehra Polsky, bat she thinks they may need some nudging to put one foot in. front of the other and go — especkUyu they know the JCC is behind tl ' _ , Polsky said that she worked during her'13-month tenure at the JCC In conjunction with a single* advisory committee to plan activities for singles that won't "frighten them away." Ms. Polsky cited several reasons why she think* singles historically have not attended activities planned for them by the JCC. ' First of all, she said, the sponsorship of these parties by middle-aged persons on the Adulf Services lay committee smacks of matchmaking to many singles. "That turns ' off many singles who lead a normal, average : life and are as contented with their life-style as most married people are with theirs," she said. * ' - "Other singlet," she continued, "regard the JCC as the place where they grew up 'and went through children's clubs and youth groups and want to put such 'kid stuff behind them." Finally, said Ma. Polsky, some singles see the JCC and the Federation as a giant "Big Daddy".who is eager to get their names and put them on a philanthropies lint. "It's been very difficult even with people I've dealt with personally to explain that I work for the Center — not the Federation," »be said. • If she is not a shadkhan, a youth group advisor, or a fundraiser, what ere. her aims in planning singles' functions? • • ' ' • What she is principally interested in doing — and what she thinks will attract most singles, said Ms. Polsky — is "net-, working," helping singles make connections in the Jewish community. These connec' tions may be for the purpose of making new friends — "a basic-need we all have," she " said — or for helping singles become inte.grated into the Jewish community.

the PapUlion Timtt, is • member of Debra PoUky s singles advisory committee. Ma. Kushner identified some other problems in getting Jewish singles together under JCC auspices. Not only are tome single* wary of fundraising motives on the part of "Big Daddy," she said, but they fear they may be the target* of persons who want to recruit them for organizational activities. "They don't wast to have to tell anybody 'no,'" she said, "so they stay completely away from the whole situation. They hide." - "Beside* that," she continued, "Omaha is a close Jewish community where everybody knows who's dating whom. Some people like to avoid being near the grapevine." According to Ms. Kushner, it takes sensitive planning and publicity to turn out successful parties such as ones in March and June which drew large numbers of single*. "You have to try to put yourself into the psyche of the non-active Jewish single," she said. "If you don't send him the right kind of flyer, hell probably just throw it away. We have to make the party look as appealing as possible to him and also manage to minimize the fact that it is a JCC function. Otherwise well just scare him away." , Indeed, she added,< flyers announcing parties make no mention of their sponsorship by the JCC and do not even.bear the men-' orah emblem of the JCC next'to the return address. '. •

she said, "and I end up exchanging stares and frown smiles with everyone'el** and wishing the evening would end." Not only that, she said, but toe format of the functions i* often "boring." She said she would like JCC singles' functions better if they featured tptrial programs. Finally, said "Ma. X," she finds it hard to make the transition from the gang of young unmarrieds (he knew in her younger days to the "kind of people" that compos* the JCC and other single*' groups. Often, she said, she get* the feeling at singi** partie* that the ha* now been included in a category of "reject*." In order to avoid unconvivial, uninteresting, and demoralizing parties, said "Ms. X," she finds excuse* to stay home.

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them for school by giving them a positive altitude." To provide early education for Jewish children was • goal of the first pre-school, Mid Phyllis Washerman, who, along with Mrs. Epstein, began as an assistant and is now a full-time teacher. Jane Brooks, the first Pre-schoo) Children's Program chairman, said the department has "always done a good job, but it need* to grow to meet the needs of the children involved." When the planning for the Center began, the community meeting for the department involved 250-300 concerned people who "made a wish list of what they wanted to cee, and we produced what was financially < feasible," Mrs. Brooks said. According to Mrs. Brooks, the preschool program was Uw primary goal ana the other programming followed Mrs, Wastermaa said that since then, the pre-school has become more academic but the emphasis remains on social. Also, the' preschool has grown by striving for more Jewish content Mrs. Wasserman said the children are taught holiday observances, keeping kosher and every Friday a Shabbat "ceremony" including the blessings is performed by the children. ' "The non-Jewitb child does not'feel misplaced It's an excellent beginning to understanding neighbors and eliminating antiSemitism. Non-Jewish parrots are educated plus the children a* they grow older," Mrs. Wasserman said She aces a "growing" future for the preschool as it is becoming more popular with all denominations. "It's a well-rounded school, not only Jewish. We don't dictate what you must believe (what we teach), only learn." she said IN.M.)

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Will the JCC become the West Omaha Mort Trachtenbarg is convinced that with proper support from Omaha Jewry, the Jewish Community Center will continue to function with Jewish orientation. His conviction is based upon his experience as JCC vice president of finance, a member of the Federation Board of Directora, and his experience as a professional accountant. "The question from a financial viewpoint is whether the Jewish Community Center will someday in the future become the West Omaha Community Center," Mr. Trachtenbarg stated. His answer is that the Center flv&^eara ago was in sound financial shape, that finprovements hove been mads since, and that with proper support from the Jewish community the Center's financial future should not be in doubt. "Today's budget is much more exact than five years ago and this makes for sound, precise and accurate spending." According to Mr. Trachtcnbarg, the money to run the Center comes in a variety of ways. Among them are membership, the Federation, United Way, organizations which pay to use the facilities and. other

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ance of Jewish members and non-Jewish members. Without watching this balance we could easily become the West Omaha Community Center rather than the Jewish Community Center. For the Center to stay as strong and as active as it is today we muAt have the support of Jewish people who are willing to give time, effort and financial support." • The Federation also financially supports the Center. "However, Mr. Trachtenbarg' explained, "the Center houses many different agencies and Federation money goes Mort Trachtenbarg to these egencies, too." Mr. TWhtenbarg views the Federation m a parent and the sources. Membership is the moat vital source of JCC and other agencies as children; the income according to Mr. Trachtenbarg. "It's Federation is in charge just as a parent has an on-going effort to get people to support charge over the child. the JCC," he eaid. Another issue which he Gifts and donations, according to Mr. brought up concerning membership is the Trachtenbarg, are given to the Federation distinction between a family unit and an and the Federation uses them as they see individual unit. fit. "We can't go solicit money or donations, Mr. Trachtenbarg questions counting an adult child living outside the home as part we must depend on the Jewish people in the of a family membership. Should he be con- community. It's up to them to support the sidered an individual member? "It's very Center with membership." hard to make distinctions." One other source of income is the money Another aspect of membership i* a bal- which organisations pay to use our facilities. • % * * * • • , . -

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An example of this, said Mr. Trachtenbarg, is the Westside Swim Club. They pay the Center to use our pool five days a week during the summer months. The major challenge that Mr. Trachtenbarg had to deal with was staying within the budget, "This i» something ewry organization and business must do. We had to put priorities in order and tee which department* really need the money." According to Mr. Trachtenbarg, oil of the accounting is done by hired professionals who work right in the JCC itself. Mr. Trachtenbarg was brought in by Allan Noddle. He explained that Mr. NoddUb recruited him when he started reorganizing the Center's finances during his term es president of the JCC in 1976. Mr. Trachtenbarg stayed active in a volunteer position, working with the Center's finance* until December of 1981. "I have a sense of satisfaction that I've done my part in the community. Now it's up to the Jewish people in Omaha to give their time, effort and money to assure our JewUh Community Center of the future." (G.H.)

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The J's first aquatics director "started from scratch" "I started from scratch," s*id former aquatics director G u y Javitch about the Jewish Community Center'* Tint aquatic* department. Mr. Javitch began ma program director at Esther K. Newman in June 1973 end joined the Center staff in September. During hi* three year* a* director, he was responsible for developing all the swimming program*, hiring and training a staff, publicizing and promoting the activities with the help of the b y committee and writing a column in the Jvwlaii P r e s s . The lay committee was put together by Bucky Greenberg who waa "an important aaaet in helping the initial program. He waa a tiretest worker and gave good advice," he added. Together they developed programs in all phases of swimming including lifesaving and water safety instruction. Community oriented classes were given for the handicapped, and a competitive swimming and diving program wa» initiated. According to Mr. Jovitch, the JCC was the first place in the city to offer a full-fledged Cardio-Pultninary Resuscitation (CI'R) class which offered lectures with doctors and nurse* a» well a* certification. These programs were offered in conjunction with the Nebraska Heart Association and the Itod Crow. Another program Marled by Mr. .Javitch wrui a volunteer program "to develop a core of Jewixh teachers and to develop leadenthip. In return for helping out, the volunteer* received water safety inntruction. The volunteers helped reduce f<wher-»tu<lcnt ration." Since then, competitive swimming has become "broader and better because »»thing* grow op, they get better," he Miid. "TIIP outdoor JKM>! deck has expanded and more chairs hove lx*« mklrri while the snack bnr efficiency ha« improved." Not nil fttudentn. hmvevor, were willing to swim. One mother who descrilxil her ton as "unnuccesvful in mvimmine" agreed to lak«- Mr. Jovilch out to dinner if he could teach her ton to nwjrn. Mr. Jnvitch wa* Micctwmful but never collected on hi* "tut", "It wa* my approach to kids, cxpccially a method for tcared kids, that helped them learn to swim. I pretended that the per*on hail never hnd n problem with the water. I UMMI c<mfidrnre building and encouragement by convincing them they had the nliility ju»t by holding their breath underwater — generally it was successful."

Getting children to awim was not the only problem he encountered. Mr. Javitch commented that the staff prepared a swimming schedule but the pool did not open in time. "I had an unpleasant encounter when we published the schedule. A vicious woman accused me of misrepresentative advertising because overwhelming enrollment made it necessary to limit students to only one course. This woman wanted to sign her child up for the same course twice — not a sequence — but the same course, assuming he would fail. This went against my philosophy and she was angry," hesakL The Center was still under construction when the department moved in during the spring of 1974. Due to a union strike, the indoor pool was not ready for classes so "Boy* Town lent us their pool for summer activities and classes," he explained. In addition, all the equipment could not be ordered at once. For example, the swim team went without a time clock and wave cpiilkrs in their first season. Also, the staff had

to learn to operate the equipment. 'The pool often overflowed and sometimes the drains would not work. To us, safety was the most important factor. 'There wag excitement because it was brand new," he continued. "People had early concern that the Center waa too big. Some complained that it wouldn't run efficiently and it would cost too much to maintain the facilities." Mr. Javitch considers Hy Tabachnick "his mentor". Mr. Javitch worked for Mr. Tabachnick when be lived in Cleveland. Mr. Tabachnick moved to Atlanta and Mr. Javitch followed, working at the JCC camps. Mr. Tabachnick moved to Boston and so did Mr. Javitch but he djd not work for Mr. Tabachnick. When Mr. Tabachnick mfrved to Omaha, Mr. Javitch joked that ha was not going Wtollow. Eventually, Mr. Tabachnick offered the job of aquatics director to him and he accepted. Despite the original problems surrounding the incomplete pool, Mr. Javitch described the Omaha community when he first arrived as "warm and friendly." (N.M.)

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Bay care services: a growing concern Aa more women cuter the workforce in the 'flOa, combining o buHincs* world and n family life is often difficult. The need* of the career-oriented women muni be met, included in these needs i<t proper day care for their children. A recent Jewi»h I'reu survey di&cl<wwd that H(ldiii<mtl day care services at the JCC or« needed. However, opinions vary OK to co»t, time and fncilitiex. Elementary school teacher SindicKaUkceBflid, "VVunnri in the working field ore an upcoming trend. It is diltim!'. for a single parent who works to DM; the facilities the I '<: it i.- r offew." To explain her position «ho noted that moot rliiMrvn'.< programs) are not held at night, and it is hard for v,nri:ui,' parents to bring children to daytime, activities. The original Prc-itchool Cliildren'n Program cli^mimn, Jone It rooks, said, "There is a need for a day care > t'nu-r for working mothers." Mrs. Brooks' solution to enter u> thi« up and coming women'* working class ia an outreach ttnter In another part of town to make it more convenient. The initial plant in 1973, according to Mrs. Brook;,!, v.irr: for the Center to provide «omo day care. Ten year;. Inter, prevent JCC members say the need* of tho 1080s will wnrrant extra day care service. Nnncy Matron, a two year Center member, hnn taken advantage of programs geared toward mothers and their children. For example, she and her «on* particiunt-tit in Mom and ToW gym and swimming classes. Mrs.'Marion has alao taken an nerobic» clnns li'it was concernedwiththeexpcnscofcaringforherchildrcii."The * day enre service need* Improvement. It's eipenaive to ii uvc your children, with the wervlco while taking a flu ,' until Mr». Marron. She m of the opinion that if it WCR< / •; < i-n(or no for the habynitting ncrvicc, there would be i>ott«-> ndiiii enrollment in Center program*. Five year memlwr Jo Ann Weiler explained thni i iv i ,(• . should l>o extended. "If there in a demand, I think <• . <i'y care service should run until 2 or 3 p.m. when ftchooi <;K out." Currently, the dny core service is only ovailnt>i> in \W morning. . A former Early Childhood Department chairrmir;. l«r!";if (Soodman, agree* with Mr», Msrran. She »aid, "II :!i<:fi- )•• need and a demand CI'IMH, the service should b* (ij-il |i'i We need to conduct a current ourvey." Tho final decision, according to Marlcn Frost, pr< <• • director, will lw left up to the prcnchool committi i " 1 ... last survey was conducted four years ago to MO liov > .n\:,' working parcntH would we the uittcr service," w ••' Mt'.. Frosl. She added-that when tho committee sect* 0 . ' • ' they will take a new survey. (N.M.)

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Another facet of Jewish life Jane Brooks, president of the JCC from 1976-77, called the Center "another facet of Jewish life." "It U not competing with the synagogue* nor does it attempt to replace them. The JCC is arecreationalinstitution." • Bated on her experience as president, Mrs. Brooks •aid that the Center shouldn't be all thingstoall members "but a place for synagogue and other Jewish organisations to gather in the community." Hie problem with membership exists today as it did during her term. Mrs. Brooks cited a main problem today and for the future as "maintaining the Jewishnes* of the JCC while at the same time recogJane Brooks nizing it as a secular institution." To promote Judaism at the JCC, Mr*. Brooks continued, a biblical arts and archaeology exhibit was planned. The planning spanned her tenure and the actual exhibit was held Oct. 29 - Nov. 21,1978. Supervised by Dr. Joe Seger, a form' NO archaeology professor, and his assistant Patty C jnor, the exhibit occupied the cultural arta wing including the hallway, social hall, auditorium and the theater area. "It was a wonderful accomplishment," Mrs. Brooks said. "It took over two years to plan." Over the course of three weeks, she estimated that 60,000 people from Omaha, outstate Nebraska end Iowa visited the exhibits. Hundreds of volunteers were on hand to lead tours from public schools, churches and Sunday Schools. "We couldn't have done it without him (Or. Seger). People trusted him with artifacts that would never have been given to anyone else," she commented. Many of the artifacts were brought in from private collectors. Mrs. Brooks, with her co-chairman Nancy Noddle, also organized workshops on ancient writing, pottery, ancient weaving, mctalwork and stone tools. Speakers were brought in to lecture on the various displays and subjects concerning the exhibit, The exhibit was oriiy one highlight of her term. The Yiddish live theater was brought in from New York to perform, and the Older Adults started the outreach program at Beth El "which worked".

Another item was put on display when Paul Lewi* of Dallas donated a Holocaust memorial to the JCC Mr. Lewis has given gifts to many Jewish institutions as part of his dedication to raemoraliiing the Holocaust. On an administrative level, the staff expanded with the addition of a program director. The executive director at the time, Hy Tahachnik, resigned to accept a position in Ohio. A search committee gathered to review names suggested by the Jewish Welfare Board and eventually Phil Cofman, who now resides in Florida, was hired. Mrs. Brooks attributes her "active" presidency to her earlier family life in Pittsburgh. "My family has always been involved in the synagogue and the Jewish community. I am a fourth generation Reform Jew, and as far back as we go, we have all been active and contributing," she said. Mrs. Brooks has maintained interest in the JCC through a post presidents council. The group has met twice this year. Each past president receives minutes of the current board's meetingstokeep them updated. The past presidents serve as a resource for the present board by helping to solve today's problems with "advice from what has happened in the past" "As a past president, I enjoy getting the minutes because often people in my congregation ask me questions about what's going on. This way I am able to answer them," she explained. Mrs. Brooks is a member of Temple Israel's outreach program which welcomes new members and integrate* converts. She describes herself as a "willing volunteer". In Sisterhood, she has served on the National Board of the National Federation of Sisterhoods, the Board of Councils and will be the next president of District 20 where she is now administrative vice president She bat aided both the Jewish and the Omaha community as secretary of the Federation, chairman of the Volunteer Bureau, a founder of the Mental Health Association «ad as a member of the city charter review commission. In her spare time, she reads, docs needlepoint and rides horseback. Mrs. Brooks is the wife of Rabbi Sidney Brooks of Temple Israel. ' They have two children. Miriam is an assistant to the Political Science Department Administration in Boston at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Son Joel is involved with child guidance in S t Petersburg, Florida. (N.M.)

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Tasting the fruits of involvement Arthur Goldstein and his wife, Ruth, have been involved in the Omaha Jewish community for over 40 years. .Mr. Goldstein said, "Once you taste the fruit of involvement you can't divest yourself at the feeling of improvement (if its welfare." Mr, Goldstein ws» then- in the very' beginning when the .J«-wish Community Center was jutt a vision. He also was there to plan and i» here now to experience the requite. "Everytime I'm at the Center and i «e« all of the activity - kid* all over, classes being held and special programs — I get a feeling of pride," said Mr. (>old»tein. Mr. Goldstein served as art hitectual site committee chairman for the new building. "The old Cenfifr on JflKh and Dodge »a* n natural place for students to congregate \wcaunc- it ««« across from Central High School. It wo*, really a great social thing. ._ "However, us the population moved west and southwest, kids moved away," said Mr. Goldstein. He eiplained that Arthur Goldstein tliere was a definite need to move with the times. "Our people have been subjected to this kind of ducrtmMr. Goldstein served mi the site committee with Mih Livingston. "1/ivingt.ton wanted to furnish the site for the itialion for generations and generation!. It'* not always seen (wilding, although at the time this wasn't announced pubbut it i* « fact of life." Raid Mr. GoldMfin, ' licly." Mr. Ctildsiein and his wife have traveled to many place*. In doing m they have mtt many, many .lewi*h p«oplt from According to Mr. Goldstein, the committee decided that it was necessary to have at leant ten and a half acres. The all.over the world. committee initinily looked at the present site on 132 street "People are amazed when they hear what Omaha has for (nit thought that the *m»l!, nearby cemeteo' w«* o d e - a community of our (.!?»•" Among the things Mr. Goldutein traction. cited were three Byn«goj?ues. a home for the Jewish aged, The mimimum of ten and a half acres we* t« give the « Jewish ftenator. n Mate *tipreme court justice who U community leeway in-case of need* which might ariiC in Jc-wiih. two pact Jewish tna^iirn. and always a Jewith city :\w future, "It wns in the hack of our mind* that the Dr. cOTincilrnrtn or woman. -Sher Home might hove to Iw replaced. We needed to have Mr. Goldstein »*r)iaine<l. "They hear about our city but Jots of gcMmd to d<i a lot of lhin(jt>." wtid Mr. <>old*tein. when they come here they are Mill in awe of our Jewi*b In trying to find land to suit she ne«l*. the committee Community Center and of our entire Jewish community. fciic«>untere<! n»tj»M physical bnrrier* hut a very unpleasant It's fcoinethinjj u» »how people with pride." wxrial harrier — discrimination. The Kite committee e*>t«blit.lieil several pre-re«|u'witeii in Th»j wmmittt-e was ready to purchase a nite just north the early planning Ktagts for the Center, A primary con«1 the West road* Shopping Center, "an area" Mr. Goldstein kideration wn* to have .ill money commit menu. Mr. GoldMIKI. "which is populated ~«ilh a largge number of MKiety stein Kfiid, "We hod to have that even before «v enp{(td people. It was menticmed that the people of this area didn't mi architect,"' Secondly, it wa* *|K-cifically noted that tHe wnnt a .lewinh Community Center in their neighborhood money from the *alt- of the old "J" must Itc put into a twcnuM! it would deprcfiate the value of their land." foundation to carry the deficit)> of the Dr. Sher Home. Mr. (ioldttein went on to explain that this residential As Mr. Goldstein took an active role in the planning of area hired a lawyer to represent them to protest the Center the >1CC he envisioned hi* three children and hb grandprocuring a oite in their neighborhood. . children using the facilities "It *oon became apparent that thin wasn't the whole "We mipportrd the project for our children, grandchilrenwin: it was becaut* we were a Jewish Community dren and for all future generation*." Center." During hii -40 years a* a volunteer in the community, Mr. According to Mr. tJoldstein. "Whatever we built would Goldttein Ha* served M Federation president, chairman of not only be a credit to the Jewish community but for Omaha initial gift*, president of B'nai B'rith and haa been active a* well, but they did not we it that way." in many other communal activities. (G.H.I

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ByGloria Wagser "You want to start a what — an art galWry — here at the JCC?" I was facing a room full of women staring at me with incredulity, dismay, and perhaps a few with pity "that poor Gloria hat gone off th» deep end". Yet, as I talked, I began' to see nods of agreement, glimmers in matronly eye* Perhaps we could pull this off! We started with a tour of the walls in the main lobby — agreement was total that <h* wall* and skylight were made for a galkry.' T h e n was precedent for art exhibit*; Ruth Katzman, my predecessor, bed hueg several exhibits but never on a permanent gallery • bask. • t Our committee pulled together. Letters had been set to women active in art in Omaha. We had serious artist*, Sunday painter* and above all, art lovera. We selected a chairman, Hedy Gershman, and with the guidance of a staff person, Jan Perelman, IS volunteera established an art gallery, named it Omaha Gallery Went and punned ahead ~ almost as if we knew what we were really doing. Incidentally the name of the gallery did not come easily — governing by committee, while thoroughly

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democratic, can be frustrating also. Put 20 Jewish women in a room and a consensus can be an elusive commodity. Our nest order of business was a great big what or who? Who should exhibit, what should be the criteria for exhibitors, was anyone or anything taboo? Should our gallery be strictly of Jewish content? It took months to set the gallery in motion. We drew up by-laws by which to govern our gallery. Above all other considerations we decided to stress quality. We formed a jury within oar committee to judge which potential exhibitors would be accepted for the " j " . To that end, we felt our first show roust be very special. After much deliberation, we invited Frances Kraft to open our gallery. She followed most of our criteria — she was from Omaha, and she was a woman, no •mall item on our all female committee. We held a formal opening with the nrtUt-inresidence and launched Omaha Gallery West in 1976. Not all exhibits have been the quality of Mra. Kraft's, but a good many are equally good and sometimes better.

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People would know that the Jewish Day School is alive and well in Omaha." At the present time the Day School is the only occupant in the old Ileth Israel Went building on 120th and Pacific street. "People just don't walk into this building. If we were on Center grounds, people would be more apt to come in and tee where their Federation dollars go." She explained that it would be an asset to general communication within our community if everyone could see "what The Jewish Day School in about." Being near to the Center makes it possible for the students to enjoy an occasional Shabbat lunch with the residents of the Rose Blumkin Home or an Older Adult lunch followed by some entertainment performed by the youngsters. "Intcrgenerational contact is great for everyone!" Mrs. Paley said. Both students and teacher* use the Federation Library for pleasure reading and research for school programs and activities. If they were closer these resources would be more readily available. The students also visit the Hut children's lounge after P.E. or swimming, "These activities are held near the end of the day so that children often stay in the lounge after school hours," said Mrs. Paley.

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Mr. Clare, who ultimately became a good swimnwr and pasted an advanced life-saving test at the ok) JCC, admits that he still uses the new JCC wosily fot athletic purpo**» and does not participate in many of the cultural activities available there. "It's not that I'm not interested," he explained "It's just that my spare time u very limited, and I use most of it to exercise to keep fit. But I get the Jcuish Prtts and that keeps me up to date on trends in Jewish affairs and news about Israel." On the same day that the Jcwith Prt&t arrives at his home, said Mr. Clare, he also gets the Catholic Voice, which enable* him to compare viewpoints on the Mid-east and other political issues, "t enjoy reading the editorials in the Jewith Preu and comparing them with what the Voice has to say," he said. On the subject of religion, Mr. Clare says his Catholicism is "absolutely not compromised" by his JCC membership. "I am a devout Catholic," aaid Mr. Clare. "I go to mass every Sunday. Naturally there are difference* in the beliefs of out two religions, but Jutt because you don't agtca on things doesn't mean you can't be friends. And I don't Gnd that anyone around the JCC make* light of my beliefs." Mr. Clare is also understanding of some small inconveniences that arise from being a Gentile member of the JCC, such as not being able to use the JCC facilities on Jewish holidays when the Center is closed. "I understand that you observe the rules of whatever religion you are dealing with," he said "Besides, in my mind all holidays of all religions in this country are things to be respected."

"Many of my friends and clients were Jewish," Mid Mr. If there is anything about the JCC that Mr. Clare does Clare. "I'd always known a lot of Jewish people, and I'd not tike, his criticisms only reflect concern for it* continued always felt at home with them. I actually learned so many well-being. Yiddish words and expressions from them that I can get along with my tailor in a mixture of his English and my For one thing, Mr. Clare wonders how the JCC can he Yiddish!" successfully administered by so many persons from liberal

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art* background* who, he thinks, a n "not necessarily the most adept at busin*** methods.'' Another concern of Mr. Clare's is that the JCC make strenuous efforts to keep the JCC a Jewish organisation. Mr. Clare, who says he would be "Um than honest" if he •aid that some of his non-Jewish acquaintance* do not criticize him for associating with the JCC, warns that there are also anti-Semitic tendencies among some turn-Jewish members of the JCC and that some "dissidents" could "cause the JCC grief by working from the inside to affect the Jewish character of the JCC. "It must be understood by non-Jewish members that the Jewish community of Omaha built the JCC and that all others ttmsi be subject to its roles end regulations," h» aatd. But Mr. Clare is happiest when engaged in such positive pursuits as selling Israel Bonds. "I've worked on the campaign foT years," Mud Mr. Clara. "1 started after the chairman of the drive approached me one year and asked me to raise funds for Israel in the non-Jewish community.'* Mt. Clan said be is looking forward to going to Israel in August for the International Israel Bond Conference. Mr. Clare said he is proud to be associated with en or* ganiifltion like the JCC that accomplishes so much for the whole community, including programs to help persons with heart disease and other kinds of handicaps. "The Omaha JCC should be commended for the many services it offers to the whole community which are far out of proportion to it* small numbers," said Mr. Clare. (D.B,)

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JDBS explodes "myth of JCC "motherh •IIII The JCC hs* been a "good landlord" to Jewish Family Service*. *ay JFS staffers and lay «munitt£« members, but any idea that the Center has been helpful in more than 8 number of other incidental ways is a "myth." 'The JCC i* nol, as some people term to think, a mother organization to nil the agenciwTm the JCC iHjtMiftg," said Rabbi Alan Gonsher. "JFS along wifh the other agencies housed in the building simply rent BJMSCC from the Center." "As a landlord, the JCC has cooperated with w very well." »aid Dr. Brow Outnik. "Because we are here, we were able to tell ll«m we needed another 150 square fe«t of apace and get it very «ju41y. But we have our own Rvmh and philosophies, and the .ICC doesn't have any effect on that," Rabbi Gonsher, Dr. Cutnik and Denise Grcenbcrg denied also that the JCC had any effect on JFS'B rectnt addition of three new staff members or on the funding that JFS gets from the United Way. "For trie first time we have a viable mental health and family service agency in the community," mud Mm. Greenberg. T h i s is due to thrr? main things, none of which has anything U> do wilh the JCC: a competent JFS president, n radically improved JFS board, and a good, creative JFS staff. Without (he president and the board, we would have never been able to get our new therapist*, Alice WctM and Toni PftRtory, and secretary, Carol Hutchison." "The reason we get United Way funds is that we use a Hliding scale," said I)r. Gutnik. "Thxst into Bay, persons who cannot afford our Mrrvicw are not turned away. The United Way helps ageneim that offer help on this basis by picking up the clock. This is another matter in which the JCC does not figure." Mr*. Greenlwrg pointed out some ways in whkh JFS has indirectly profited from its physical link with the JCC. "Having our office here \& an asset because we have easy s e e m to other agencies housed in the building," «he said. "We don't have to make forms) appointments if m want to talk to someone, and we don't hove to drive miles to talk about some matter that wouldn't take more than five minute* to discuss. In short, being here makes it easier to "pick brains'." Financially, too, said Mrs. Greenberu, it has been advantageous for JFS to be located in the JCC. "If we had our own office tUewherc wt> would need our own maintenance staff and workroom complete with Xerox machine. As it u, we pay money for these services out of thfl budget we a n allocated by the Federation, but the cost would be rxrudi greater if we were on our own somewhere else." White JFS'a own secretary handles private affairs, Mrs. Greenbcrg added, JFS often uses the JCC secretarial pool for nonconfidential material such as agendas and presa releases. In only one way is there a alight disadvantage to being located in the JCC, said Dr. Gulnik, and that is that H I M people in need of help may hesitate to com* to tbe JFS office for fear of being seen. "But having a private entrance in the rear of th» building helps minimiie the likelihood of that happening," be said, "end the possibility that two

From left. Denise Grcenberg. Dr. Bruce Gutnik and Rabbi Alan Gonshcr. client* who know each other could meet here in wimething thai could happen ol the office of ony private therapist," To the'extent that there i» n reciprocal relationship between the two oi;r?nciri). naitl Itabbi Gonshcr, the JCC also iitamls to(profit from having JFS clow at hand, "Suppose someone w planning a program for fifth grader*," he said, "wiy, comething like teaching children (uutcrtivcnc&* or how to handle their emotion*. They can drop in on us and get our reaction to it. I might add that if someone on the staff is having a tough time of it and needs someone to talk to, they can casually avail thcmstHw of our wrvicfa." The JCC also gains in stature bccsu&t of JFS cervices that many people may have come to associate it with, said llobbi Gonshcr. "In addition to therapy, we offer programs for both the professional and lay, Jewish and non-Jewish communities," be said. "We brought in Saul Gordon to •peak on teaching children about sex, and Earl GioUman to speak on explaining divorce and death to children. Another guest of ours was Ilruno Bcttlehcim. It was JFS that sponsored the program on cults last spring." For the benefit of tbe Jewish poor, said Rabbi Consher, JFS operates a "tsedakah bin" et holiday time in the JCC, which is very good for the JCC'* image. Rabbi Gonsher, Dr. Gutnik and Mrs. Greenberg praised the boards and presidents of the JCC for making possible the good "landlord" relationship that JFS enjoys with the JCC. "If there were different, unfavorable personalities fiJling those positions," said Mrs. Greenberg, "we weald be battling them all the time and never would be able to get any work done. Thank goodness they are all sympathetic to our needs and have lent us the support we have asked them for." (D.B.)

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99 The Jewish Federation Library and the Jewish Community Center serve well to complement each other, according to library director IJdie Wolf and library committee chairman Dr. Murray Frost. . While the library exista to serve the entire Jewish community and not just JCC members, said Dr. Frost, the JCC building is responsible for generating a "good chunk" of the traffic that goes through the library. The library and the JCC also enhance each other in that they bring different sorts of people to the building, said Mrs. Wolf. "The gym facilities and the library attract two different kinds of clienUUe" she said. "In providing"services to both kind* of people, the library end phys-ed facilities thus complement each other." She added thet the library also attracts members of the non-Jewish community, especially academics and Christian clergy who use i t as a source of information on Judaica, Recent developments on the JCC campus have crested more business for the library, said Mrs. Wolf and Dr. Frost. "When the United Talmud Torah of Omaha opens for its first year at the JCC," said Dr. Frost, "we expect to cee a greatly increased use of books and other materials by pupils and teachers. Previously only Beth El and not Beth Israel held Hebrew classes in the facility." Mrs. Wolf added that the merger also means the library, as well as the synagogues, will no longer be obliged to duplicate many materials.

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The library has nlso gained some steady clients among the residents of the Dlumkin Home and the Livingston Apartments, said Mrs. Wolf. "Since some of the Livingston residents are Russians," she said, "we have obtained about 50 books in Russian, including many novels and surprisingly few books on Judaism." Mrs. Wolf and Dr. Frost commented on problems that face the library as it continues to increase its present collection of 20,000 volumes by a thousand new books annually. "Within the next few yean," said Dr. Frost, "we are going to need more space. We still have eoroe shelving space, but we are running out of floor space. We may have to expand into the music room or the adult lounge, where we already keep our video equipment and display out-of-town newspapers." "Not only &» we get an annual increase in books," said Mm. Wolf, "but also every year new records, filmstrips, video-tapes, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets and clippings for our vertical flies." There is also a possibility, said Mm. Wolf, thai a teachers' resource center may be started in conjunction with the United Talmud Torah.'"If we are going to serve as dispensers of the teaching materials, we may need additional space," she said. Surprisingly, something that has not yet become a

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For the future. Mrs. Wolf end Dr. Frost wry they dare to dream of a new JCC "education wing" which would house the library, the J e w i s h Prc*», the United Talmud Torah, and the office of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. They also hope, in cooperation with the Jewish Librarians Association and the National Institute for Computer* in Jewish Life, to explore the possibility of establishing a National Jewish Data Base, which would give them eccena to bibliographic data on a micro-computer. Meanwhile, they intend to continue to sponsor programs like Jewish Book Month which bring to town such eminent personalities as Chaim Potok, who wilt speak at the JCC under library auspices in November. "We ore confident the community will continue to support the library in the future," said Mrs. Wolf. "It is to their great credit that wo can maintain a collection the size and quality of ours in a town the size of Omaha." (D.B.)

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' G r a n t IIS tOHlOITOW' By Rabbi Isaac Nadoff At thi* Holy Day season, what b your moM fervanl wish? An Israeli Koidkr, in responding to this question. Kaid: "grant roe tomorrow". Another day of life, another tomorrow, is the m»t fervent wish of ail of us.

A well-known comir strip CEMETERY character. Charlie Brown, MEMORIAL SERVICE Two Pre-High Holiday was asked what his favorite Memorial service* will be day wan. He pondered a held on .Sunday, Sept. 4. while nnd replied, "well, I've The first will be held at always bct-n kind of fond of Golden Hill Cemetery tomorrow." (5025 North 42nd St.) at II Indeed, tomorrow is the a.m. The second service most favorite day of our life. will be held at the Betb HaWe eagerly await its coming. medroah Hagadol CemeAll our plans and expectatery (8700 South 41'nd St.) tions center around it. Our at 2 p.m. The Memorial 'attention, especially, at thii» .Service will be conducted by High Holiday season, i« foRabbi Isaac Nodoff and cused on tomorrow. The Cantor Leo Fettman. word* of the Holiday prayer I look will he pronounced with much fervor: "Zo ROSH HASHANAH rhrenu l,'('hayim — reWednesday evening, member us into life. () Thursday and Friday Ixird." September 7, 8 , and 9 Mirurha . , . Ma'sriv (Evening Service).7:30 p.m. Shachris (Morning Service) Torah Rtading

7 a.m.

8:30 d.m.

Sounding of the Shofar

9:15 a.m.

Muitsf Service

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Youth Services 10 a.m. Rabbi1* Sermon.. IVM p.m. Tashlich Service I p.m. SHABBAT SHUVA Sabbath of Repentance September 10 Saturday Morning 8;45a.m. YOM KIPPUR Friday Evening and Saturday September 16 and 17 Kol Nidre 7 p.m. Rabbi't Sermon....7:30 p.m. Shachris (Morning Service) 8:30 a.m.

If our prayer* are answered and tomorrow it, granted in us, how will we use it? What quality will it aMume? This i* perhaps the most important qut-clion we van a.»k ourselves as we prepare to usher in the High Holiday*. Our tomorrows must not be squandered. They are u « few and too precious to IK* wanted away ami rareki>*ly •spent. Our tomorrow* ar* the very essence of life. They'muM. l>e packed with full and productive living. Perhaps the following lines will heip us plan a meaningful tomorrow: Tomorrow we muki put an end to biiterneui. and animosity and strife. We mutt uprcd love and companion and understanding in our midst. We must bring harmony and good will to prevail among us. We must oil become instruments of peace in our society.

Itabbi Nadoff dards of honesty and integrity in all our human relations. There is no room in our tomorrow for *hatn or hypocrisy or pretense. Tomorrow we must attempt to recognize nnd overcome our own fault* and weakopfse*. and to correct our deficient:!?* «nd shortcoming*- Self-betterment must be <»ur eonMnnl Kofll. Koch day must find us letter limn yesterday. Tomorrow w muM face up to the community refpon«ibilitii*» that re»t upon c-ach of u». We cannot live in isolation. Wi- are interdependent. We must work (or the welfare of all. Our neighbor*' well-being must :ilwa>> tw our personal concern. Our communal rci>poni>ihilitie* are not geographically limited. They extend to all people in all land*. Of special concern lo us must be the Welfare of the people of the State of Israel, They have been rejected by and i«ilnted from the community of nations. Their enemies ore many and their friends are few. Tomorrow let us be found laboring most inienwly and devotedly on their behalf, recognizing that our destiny and theirs arc linked together. We ond they arc* one.

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T o m o r r o w we must draw closer to our loved ones, devoting time to ease their cores, share their concerns, and encourage, their effort*. Our families are our greatest Miurce of blessing nnd fulfillment. I*-! our uclions toward them reflect our recognition of this truth.

And finally, let t o morrow find u» more committed lo the religious precepts and practices of our faith. They are the source of our Jewish being. In the words of the prayer book: "They are our life and the length of our day* nnd in them we will meditate day nnd night." Let tomorrow find us enriched in Jewish living and strengthened by re1 'ious commitment.

The Shofnr will be sounded and the Yom Kippur fast will end at S p.m.

Tomorrow we mutt deal fairly and squarely with our neighbor. We must be guided by the highest stan-

ioon we will pray tog< then "Lord, grant me tomorrow." May our proven IK? answered.

Youth Services

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Candlelightifig Schedule

Wednesday Thursday

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Wednesday Thursday .

SUKKOT (final days) September 28 * ' September 29

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Beth El Synagogue SEMHOT Saturday, September 3 Coffee Hour 10:30 p.m. Service 11:45 p.m. ROSH HASHANAII Wednesday, September 7 Evening Service.m8;l5 p.m. Thursday. September 8 . Morning Service 9 o,rn. Alternate Service.... 10 n.m. Tashlith Service 4 p.m. Minha-Ma'ariv .....7:30 p.m. Friday. September 9 Morning Service 9 n.m. Alternate Service.... 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv (i p,m. YOM KIPPUR Friday, September 16 Kol Nidre ..." p.m. Alternate Service 7 p.m. Saturday, September 17 Morning Service including Yixkor and Muwif D a.m. Alternate Service.... 10 a.m. Study WJwion with Rabbi Jules I forlow Approximately 2 p.m. Recess .3 p.m. Minha-N'iloh ...5:30 p.m.

The goodlife By R«M>! Sidney II. Brook* f don't know where the words "High Holidays" came from! Sound* nonJewish to roe. If we were going to choose a word lo describe our hope* during the celebration of a New Year I like one of the suggestion* for the Nebraska license plates (it won rejected'.}: Th* Good Life. Our Hebrew title is Yom in Noraim, Awe*ome D»y». Thai** the right mood in my view. We lend to be diverted from the reality thai life is awesome. Every moment is iivvcwme. Time and event are awesome. There i» wonder and my»tery at the heart of existence1. That'* why the name we cive to <»od Himself wigKCMS thc-cmiM- of eti&tence. At the season of Rosh Hanhanah and Yom Kippur which ought never to be «*pnrated one from the other, we ought to think nlwui the nwewiroenpsj, of our livw. That meanii that we Jew* ought take nothing for granied and bold every ort and thought to be awesome in its effect. True, we cannot predict the future. Rut we most certainly con help to »hape it. That is an nwcMime ta«k and challenge. Think oi it! In Judsium »* are partner* with the Almighty Himrtlf in changing the world for the heller. Anything and everything run be ««ed for that purpoM? if we ttmild like to enjny the Gotxi IMt. We In-Kin with We reach oul to other*. We approach a New Year nnd on awesome season that can alter our lives within our souls, our fnmilit-5, our community. We pray first that we understand the blessing of life,

Rabbi Brooks every moment of it, and that it be pxxl find healthy and humane for all of w.

Temple Israel Friday, S e p t . 2 , 7 : 3 0 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brook* and Cantor Harold, I. Firestone will officiate. The Oneg Shebbat following services will be ejwnwred by Temple It reel Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning services:' II am. BAR MITZVAH Arthur Jay Passer will celebrate his Bar MiUvnh during Shebbat Service* Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2 and 3. ROSH HASHANAH Wednesday, September 7 First Service 6:.TO p.m. Second Service 8:30 p.m. Thursday. September 8 Mornint! Service 10 a.m. Youth Hervice ,3 p.m. YOM KIPPUR Friday, September 16 Fins! Service .........6:30 p.m. Second Service 8:.10 p.m. Saturday, September 17 Service beginn 10 a.m. Youth Service, 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Service.....^ p.m. Yiitkor 4 p.m. CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICE Sunday, September 11 Temple brae) Cemelery 2 p.m.

The quality of life By Rabbi Paul Drazen Another year turn paie-ed; the cycle of Jewish holiday* and celebration* for 5743 is nearly complete. A year's time is wondrous. It is a long period, yet it is nleo quite short. A» w go through the year, the days fcetm to pass olowly. Each minute might ?eem to take nn hour to pa&<$; between the hours and the <ln>« POM months and years. In the scope, of Jewish hislory, one year, even a deende, is an extremely short period, to be likened to o blink of on eye. Even for UB whose personal historic* are shorter than centuries, a year h a short period Of time. Yet we know that ax nhort OK that time might be, it can Mill hove a great impact on uit and other*. A year is enough time for a life to begin or end, both physically or spiritually. The results of a twelve month f.pnn of time, in terms of the way we live our lives, con have a great effect on us and those around us. Each year, each day, we decide bow we will live. As we begin a day we choose how we will use that time, if we are going to use the time to the best advantage or if we will squander it on activities of no benefit. It is a

Rabbi Paul Drazen part of human'nature that we do not spend the appropriate time each day to make a truly conscious decision about the use of our time. Recognizing this, our tradition has given us this period of the year for us to review the quality of the life-choices that we made in the past year. We take this time as well, to determine what we will do to improve the way that we will live during the new year. As we make those decision*, the process of evaluation, review and planning begins anew. The quality of our actions can be' determined only after another year has passed. Although this time of the year is set aside specifically for personal review and evaluation, it is appropriate

for inMilutionn to go through the same process. Ten year* ago, the Omaha community decided to try and meet the present and future needs of the Jewish community with the construction of a new Jewish Community Center building.. Much ha» happened in (he deende since. A* the celebration* begin, let us pauxe, as well, for a review of the results of this aspect of the decode gone by. We con we that the "J" has become an important part of the life of our community; it has. grown and helped us lo crow. We can be proud of what the Center has done, serving as the anchor for the Jewish community campus. We should pause to consider how we can preserve that which is good and how we can use that as a basis to build for a better tomorrow. May the "J" continue to be a force for the health and vi • tolity of the Jewish community. May we take this year of celebration to see how we fit into the community. Let us think about the way that we have been involved both in community and synagogue activities. Let us see if we have made full use of what the community and its institutions offer.

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Recording Secretary . ,.„„„„..„ Peggy Katch*n Etected Board of Coajostelonsra Sheldon Cohen, Harvey Cocpcr, Manny Goldberg, Ben Ksiman, Dr. Barry KrtaWd, Jack Umy. Aron Zdd*nnfln. Herman Zevitz.

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Temple Israel Piwkkmt .-._.„„„„..—.„. Di. Btaiw Y. Roffnuu Vk«Pte^l«ita. Isidore MTVetiak, Murray H. Newman, Phyllis B, Glwer, Judi Goldstein Treasurer... ._......~»~.... Carol Anne Farber Secretary «... „ «...™ Gary Kaplan Past Pre*Sdeiit..~ - Mkhwl M. Ennan Board Bfes8^®r» Atlem Bcbcr, Karen Dtlgsditict, Msnuel Dclgadillo, Steven Dloogofr. Metvtn EpsUia, Mian J. GerfinkW, Ellen Gordmin, Don Grecnberg, Paul Gtwmtmn, Gerald A. Hobennan, M M. Krupteky, Seth D. Lrvy, Sandy N t « , Marvin Poiifcov, Hal Seiner. Nonl Seller, R«^ U. Simon, Su&an Simon, Sherman C Sperling. Sisterhood Pretideut „.., ^. ...„ „ Noni Seiner Vks Prtsidsnfd Executive .„....„..„,.. „....„ Sandy No®| . Wey» end M«ana, , „,... Wanda Blettky Sisterhood Senktt...... „ Pat Tetelman Membership.........— Joyce Schmidman Recording Secretary.............. Claudia Sherman Corresponding Secretary..................... Judi Goldstein Treasurer _.„ „. Loi» Epstein Due*Secretary .„ Gall KoWl Parliamentarian .......................... ... Rosalie Saltasan Policy and By Lswi... Silvia Hoffman Immediate Post President................—.... Joia Simon Mcn'aClub President „„ Hal Seiner Vies President „....._~...,....m...,.,... Mri Epsiein Trea»urer^-,«—...» ....^.....,.,.,.:.... Ernie Saltxroan Secretary.™...—^~..~~.,...^~.—— Milea Lihn Board Mcts&etti David Bleicher, Sherman Brodkey, Ajon Fotbtr, Howard Kaitnan, Bill Wesscrkrug. Past President, Temple Youth Group Pre«dent™^™^.,m,.™..mw.w,» Susan StB»n Fiwt Vice President. ............. „... Beth Spianan Second Vice President „„ Mark Garber TVeaturer.. „.,— David .Spizroan Secretary .„. Wendy Novicoff Chaplain „ _ „.... ... Paul Hoffman Sergeanu-at-Arms.., . Joanna Simon, Barb RaJnUh Rush CoChairmen.... Jackie London, BradGoldctrom Winter Conclave Co-Chairn»n« , Ttficty Simon, : • Barb Baintth

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Individual responsibility By Rabbi Kenneth N . White For the third time in a row George Lucas has brought his simplified version of the war between good and evil to the screen in this summer's blockbuster movie "Return of the Jedi." 5 For many centuries major religions have proclaimed that there were fortft* for the good and forces for the had and that God could be manipulated through magic and the black arts. Even biblical man lielieved in the dark spirit*. \ Fortunately Judaism has come a long way toward dispelling these primitive beliefs. We recognize that man does have inclinations for both positive (Yetzef' Tov) and for negative (Yetzftr Ra) activities. Yet our tabbis wen careful to show that even the negative side was necessary for the normal living out of one's life. Zoroastrian and GnoMfe beliefs aside, our God is neither dual in nature nor is God limited in power. I If we could blame the

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BIRTHS dark aide of the force for the plishing that m i u i o t i . . . to Mr. and Mr*. Kirk Bower. „..„ Daughter trouble* which plague man, bring man and God closer Mr. and M M . John Bretlow Daughter how convenient it would be together. A truly repentant Mr. and Mrs. Robyn Robaon » Dsughtw for us. We would no longer man can feel secure that he BAB-BAT MITZVAH have to lake responsibility has done all be can to retain Andrew Edward Cberrfck Ann Elizabeth Kushner for our actions and our his relationship with God Judy Ann Crabte Oorinn* N. Sallwh morals. "It was the fault of after the completion of the Michelle Davidson Rania Karen Shlein sin", could be our response High Holy Day*. Michael Neil Delicti Kimberiy Ann Smith as to why we committed this Eric Adam Hoffman The "dark forces of the crime or that. MARRIAGES universe" re*ide within ourBut Judaism clearly, Mkbael Keller selves as part of our human Sandra Aren*on..~ places moral and ethical re..Adam Hauwr nature. We do not have to Rhonda Krivosha sponsibility on the individDEATHS he afraid of them. We must, ual's shoulders. God-gave . Clara Winhnow however, control them and David Davidson man free w i l l . . . It U man David Zolot use them for good. We do Gerald Kushner who commits the sin. not need high technology, Evelyn Sinton We have a contract with cull master*, or medication OFFICERS-CONGREGATION God made long SRO at Sinai. to help us in our task ofcon- President Everett Kvnen God wilt be our God and we troling human nature. We * Vice President , .Steven Segtin will IJC His people. However, need strong belief in God, Secretary Steven Schwurtzbach there were gome other con- the long experiences of our Treasurer Hcnny Feld dition* inherent in the con- people, and the motivation tract. We were to approach to continue to approach the Trustee*...Juliu« Misle, Steve Davidson, Charles Coren SISTERHOOD holiness through our ac- ideal of human behavior „. Jluth Burke tion^ Thus, we would be ap- which God expects from us. President „ Barbara Seglin proaching God. A measure All of us have that force 1st Vice President Nancy Coren of our devotion would be within ourselves... all of us 2nd Vice President Treasurer i.Gerry Schuchman how we used our "free will". can tap into it. Recording Secretary Naomi Cherrkk Since it in our responsiFinancial Secretary „ Elayne Chist bility if we sin it also must May this year be the year Corresponding Secretary '. Eve Hoffman lie our responsibility to seek that all of us fulfill our full PatUamenlarian Phyllis Dolich our God's forgiveness in potential* an Jew* and order to ameliorate our re- human beings: may we all lie lation to our creator. The "inscribed" for a year of High Holy Day ritual and peace, health, and happiliturgy is aimed at accom- ness. Rabbi Ian 8 . Jacknis will Thursday. September 8 conduct services. Morning Service...8:.TA a.m. Daniel Nelden will serve Mincha, Maariv...,7:4ft p.m. as cantor. Friday, September 0 SL1CHOT Morning Service...»:30 a.m. Saturday, September 3 Mincha, Maariv....7:45 p.m. Services at '. I|j.TO p.m. Sunday, September 4 Memorial .Service will be YOM KIPPUR held at Ml. Carroe! CemeFriday, September 16 tery. Kol Nidre 6:30 p.m. Unveiling, David DavidSaturday, September 17 son 10:30 a.t£ Morning Service...8:30 a.ro. Esther Weil Memorial Service Ytakor "I like the Federation library here because it 10:45 a.m. Mincha,: j» p.m. bat a lot to offer. I also enjoy attending ROSI1 HASHANAH Neilah ™. 7p.ro. lectures, meetings and exercising at the JCC." Wednesday, September 7 TeViah, Mnariv, Hovdalah Service* „. .8 p.m. 7:45 p;m.

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Although the agencies meet once a month on a formal in Omaha il its. basis to keep in touch officially, Dr. Rosenbaum said, "The Dr. Rotenbaum's enthusiasm is reflected in his descriprelationship between agencies i» more than just phone con- tion of Omaha "as an extraordinary city. It has intellectual tact. It's a knock on the door contact which promotes and cultural things for everyone." He went on to explain friendship." that in order to keep Omaha this way in the future "we If the agencies weren't all together in one building, this must bring people here and encourage young people to come extra touch of sociability wouldn't be there, he said. back." "Not only is (hat extra touch there" Mid Dr. Rosenbaum, One idea which Dr. Rosenbaum would like to see enacted "but the building was designed for it." Dr. Rosenbaum is a recruitment program to bring businessmen and other added that the facilities are good, and the clerical facilites professionals to Omaha. are efficient . "We have as much to offer them as they have to offer The expansion of clerical needs has been updated with us," said Dr. Rosenbaum. He added that Omaha is as nice the help of computers. "If we" were All housed at different _aj>lac«\JMJiveL^_BfljfJarg6"Cityt~eon»id*ring thc-Jewjih~ places the clerkol-necwsitier-would te^Trjrexp^nwvtT^ community. Everyone would have different systems." The other vital change affecting Omaha is the loss of it* Being housed in one place utilizes what the agencies have youth, "Vaung people go off to college to so many different end allows them to expand together. He summed up the place* and often don't come back to Omaha, We must enclerical organization of the Center by fraying, "It'a n cost courage them to come back and make it worth their white," effective system." , he said. Another area which gains full utilization by all agencies In order to bring young people back, Dr. Rownbaum is the food service. "Now if v.e want to hove a dinner urge* liter community to invest in the future, meeting our needs are taken care of by the Center's "We need to ensure a stronger community from generkitchen," Dr. RtMcnbsum said. ation to generation in terms of time and resources, so that Dr. Rotenbaum describes the campus concept as bene- we won't ever find this Center Campus bare or empty." ficial. He said, "It allows for an integration of agencies The department of Jewish Education has a variety of . which includes professionals and tht community." rwponjibililie*. Among these are the distribution of FedIt also bring* in the senior members of the community. eration funds to synagogue* and schools, scholarship* for According to Dr. Rofenbaum, the senior member* of our college and youth programs, the hiring of teacfor*. special community were sometime* forgotten. With the addition training for children with learning disabilities, Israel miniof the Livingston Plaza and the Blumkin Home there is a coune* and special temporary need* of the community. physical closeness, "People who couldn't just hop in a car According to,Dr. Rosenbauro, the agency mutt be first end go to the Center for activities now hsv* easy access to rate in ell respects. "It's vita' to keep building educational it." opportunities in our city to bring young people back," he "In addition." Dr. Rownboum said, "mixed programs said - This agency is just one of the many unique things about with the alder adults and the preschoolers give all parties involved a chance to discover different people and different the Omaha Jewish community. It is one of the few cities which sets out to hire Hebrew teachers with qualified backbackground*." The Center it a place filled with activities and oppor- grounds to insure the quality education of children. tunities for everyone. Dr. Rosenbaum cautioned that the Dr. Rotenbautn said, "National searches are conducted Center should not be seen to take the place of a synagogue. to bring teachers or administrator* to Omaha. They arc "The entire campus should only complement a syn- hired to work at the JewUh Day School and the synagogues. agogue; prayer and study should remain within the syn- This expertise creates a wonderful,learning environment ogogues." he said. for the child." By educating today's youth, the JewUh community will There is one thins, according to Dr. Rosenhaum which makes Omaha a unique and pleasant community. "The continue to serve the needs of Omaha- Dr. Rotenbaum said, Center is a communal area with no sectarian disagreement" "With education, those phones will never stop ringing." He explained that this is not always true in cities but here (G.H.)

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May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace and prosperity to everyone. Frltrie Malashock May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace and prosperity to everyone. Morria, Ruth, Robert and Alan Mallne Sol and Ida Mann wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness and peace in the New Year. Judy, Jerry and Dan Ma,rburg extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. Mr. and M r s . N a t o Marcus wish all their relatives and friend* health, happiness and peace in the New Year. Let's have a happy New Year with peace on earth among all countries. Our best wishes from ISRAEL to you in Omaha.

May the year you're starting Bring health and happiness to you. And may you be especially Blessed and prosper In Everything you do. Magda and Sam Fried Jim, Susan and Ed

May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace and prosperity to everyone. Mr. and Mra. Morton Plotkin

O Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oruch wish all their reinlives and friends health, happinciifi and peace in the New Year. May the hlewinKB of peace, contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friend* in the New Year. Warren and Lorraine Pockler Mr. Keith Peltz wishes ail hi* relatives and friends health, happiness and peace in the New Year.

Our Best Wishes fora Joyous Holiday Season

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Beat Wishes for a healthy and joyous New Year Steven M. Friedman Rodman & RensKaw, I nc

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Mr. and Mra. Bennett Raduzlner, Carol, Mark and Steve extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. Please accept my appreciation to all my dear family and good friends for making my 80th birthday so special. Your cards, contributions', gift* andflowersmade it exceptionally beautiful. Thank you all very much. Rose Roffman

May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace and prosperity to everyone. Mra. Charles Saltzman Dr. and Mra. Maurice B. Schwartz and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

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May the blessings of peace, contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friends in the New Year. Aveva, Marty and Rachel Shukcrt.

May the blessings of peace, contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friends in the New Year. Mr. and Mrs. Zecv, Hnva, Yofa and Oni Walter TJchaucr. Milatain, Ramat-Gan, Israel Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Tipp wish our relatives and Stanley, Evelyn, Naomi, friends a very happy and Ruth and Reneo Mitchell healthy New Year filled wish all of their friends a with love and peace. healthy, happy, peaceful New Year.

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Mr. and Mrs. Melvin P l o t k i n extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

May the blcssingR of peace, contentment and good health be shared by nil my family and friends in the New Year. Mrs. Sally Venger

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Rabbi Welnatein and family in Baton Rouge are remembering everyone in their prayers and wish everyone a Happy Now Year. May the blcsninKs of peace, contentment and good health he shared by all our family and friends in the New Ycnr. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wine Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wisnia wish all their relative* and friends health, happiness and pence in the New Year.

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