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SERVING.NEBRASKA AND IOWA SfWGE 1920
Vol. LXIII No. 11
Omaha, Neb., Fit,
By Beth El SyncgOEuo voluutG&r The Beth Bl Synacogua "Ties of Life" sculpture will be dedicated Wednesday, Dec. 19, during the Cantora" Concert which begins at 7:30 p.m., find features Cantor Emil Uerkovits nnd Cantor Alberto Mizrchi. The 1'Trca of Life" will ba prccontcd to Doth'ii'l by Pennie Z. Davis end Saul Z. and Rose M. Davis in 'loving snemory of Dora find Ifayid Z. DEVJS and Lorri Anno Davis. Tho cculisturo, designed by Sanford V/erfel of Avcnel, N.J., features a trunk of cant bronze. At its bass DIO 12 bronzo stones and 12 smaller clones representing the 12 tribes of Israel. Tho brunchcaof the tres hold 1000 i sparato bronko leaves. Each leaf and otone may bo inEcribod by families, individuals, and businesses.to
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commcmoiuk. LUJI joj.o UJ ba t.i^, v.eddings, Eiiniverearie3, graduatioas, or to otherwise honor or moworiciliss isanly or friends. All membsra E.iid friends of Bath El are encouru^cd to contnLuta to tho "Tree of Life" bactd upon the* followii!^ cchcdule: Large Ston'ti: $10,000, Smaller Stone: $5,000, Led: CSCO. (Leavta »isy ba purchepad in elustuio). All ifioaic^ contributed will to to the Beth El Eudovrtnont FUK'J, tlie procc-cda of which are used to cupport tha operations of the oyna{;o£U3. •
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Contributions.tp tho "TVea of Life" made now will permit tho loaf or otona to bs engraved in tirns for tha dedication. • For further information, contact the Beth El Synagogue office, 553-3221, or Merle PotC3h, executive director.
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/ NS'.V YORK, N.Y. - flLo-hr.na S. Cardin, burn in Tel Aviv, I^rsl, L..(2 C ".icntly the foremost volunteer kadsr of tho Baltimore Jewish com- ; munity, has ; become tho first , woman President ,' in the 62-year history of the Council , of Jewish Federations, the largest organization of Jewish community ! leaders in the ' United States and Canada. ' J Moro GA IISWD I
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on page 10. Shoshana Cardin She was unanimously elected to become the 16th-President of the Council at the recent CJF General Assembly in .Toronto, Canada. CJF is the national association of over 200 Federations serving nearly 800 communities which embrace a Jewish population of more than 5.7 million in the U.S. and Canada. Through joint planning,and action on common purposes dealing with local, regional, national and international needs, the Council strengthens the work and impact of all Jewish Federations in areas ouch as aid to the elderly, Jewish education, Soviet Jewish. resettlement and campaign
!';, asnon;; others. In addition to it" national headquarters in New York City, tho Council maintains offices in Washington, D.C., San Dic^o and Toronto, to help provide services to area communities. The CJF General Assembly, at which Mrs. Cardin wa3 elected, is the largest gathering of Jewish community representatives held each year. Over 2,500 Federation delegates attended the Toronto meetings. Mrs. Cardin was instrumental in the planning of the General Assembly serving as the Chairman of the Program Committee. In addition, she currently serves CJF as the Chairman of its Human Resources Development Committee. In her ov/n community of Baltimore, Mrs. Cardin is Chairman of the Board of her local Jewish Federation, the Associated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund. • In addition to her work in the Jewish community, she has served in numerous leadership positions in Baltimore and the State of Maryland as Past Chairman of the Maryland State Employment and Training Council; Trustee of the National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation,- United Way of Central Maryland Board member; Vice Chairman of the Governor's Volunteor Council, and Commissioner of both the Maryland Commission on' Human Relations and the Maryland Commission for Women.
By Cletsdia Skom,2n /in 1974, Lt. Col. Irvia J. Harris retired .from the_Untt75 fM- , Air lTo <"J effor nsarly 35 y^zsj oft > ,;„?, tl:r"j \ " u aiiJ eomo 22 duty otction cl-ignmonto. His career, which earned him mnny dscorationa including the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals, bogan in Octobsr, 1942, when he joined the United States Afrny Air Force. After his training and being commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Harris left his wife of two years for Europe arid World War II. He flew twin-engined troop carriers, dropping paratroopers and towing gliders into combat zones. In May, 1945, the war in Europe ended and the 23-year-old pilot began a new assignment which would keep him in Europe another, year. For some of World War H's concentration camp survivors, the end of the war was followed by the beginning of a repatriation process, which returned them to their homelands. "Part of the U.S. fleet of transport aircraft picked up camp survivors in Germany at airport collection points," Harris said. He was stationed in Paris and flew to Templehof Airport in Berlin as well as to airports in Munich, Germany; Pilsen, Czechoslovakia; Vienna, Austria, and others. "I was one of the first pilots into Templehof after it was captured. That first trip was to fly in American government personnel." He also later flew jurists to Nuremberg for the start of the historic trials. "Concentration camp survivors were delivered to us by truck, train or bus. They received medical attention from American military doctors," Harris explained. "We literally lifted these people'one at a time aboard our aircraft since they were too weak to climb the stairs.' A ore-foot tall man prob-
ably weighed no more than 100 pounds," Harrh ciid. "V/o v/ero ever so careful£n Hftin t«--i " H r-Hiir; t^,ia,dot*-n, bocfiuse th-y \ c;e ra £ic<-'ih. £ a n . still woro their prison camp i"itb, Tlioir^boncs were protruding. Thoy v/ero gaunt, etarry-cyed. Thoy (continued on page 3)
Forty to 50 percent of Jewish marriages . are now intermarriages, and in two thirds of those marriages, a Jewish-man will marry a non-Jewish woman. These statistics were cited by psychologist Dr. Matti Gershenfeld, speaking to the B'nai B'rithWomen National Executive Board meeting in Washington, D.C., as part of BBW'B new program "The Image of the Jewish Woman: Myth and Reality." "One in five Jewish couples today will not have any > children," she continued. "This, along with the fact that the Jewish birth
rate has long been the lowest in the world, that over 50 percent of American women are now in the work force, that divorce is on the rise, and that there is an ergsion of traditlonarj.ewish/values in this" country all add up to a dwindling American Jewish population." ' . - " Dr. Gershenfeld told the BBW Board that she's been working with Jewish groups across the country, "looking into the way Jewish men and women perceive each other and trying to change some of those ster(continued on page 3)
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Thio io the Tower of David Award' which will bo preoentod to Don Grconfeorc in bshalf of Israel Bonds, Dec. & at 6:45 p.m. in Beth lorael Synagogue. Tho oword In in recognition of notable participation in tho economic otrengtlsening of lorael no a tower of renewal and otrongth for the Jewioh people. Thio is the first time that tho award will be presented to an Omahan.
' . : : Calendar-'of Events-• Sunday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m;, Community Lecture Speaker: Stephen Birmingham Wednesday, Dec. 5, noon, Women's Community Luncheon , • •Speaker: Joel Gross Reservations required^. $4.75, limited sitter service available Sunday, Dec. 9, Family Fun with MiS3 Jackie • • Reservations required, $1 Lunch: 12:45 p.m. Program 1:45.-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, noon, Senior.Citizen^ Program Speaker: Murray Frost Topic: "Great Jews in Miniature" BOOK SALE: Dec. 2 thru Dec. 26 All programs are at the Jewish Community Center See Book Fair stories on page 2.