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Vol. LXIII No. 40 Omaha, Neb.
Jewish dating service planned for Midwest a social worker with expertise in family By Morrla M«U»e If you're Jewish and you want to date and counseling. The geographic area to be served by Midpoasibly marry, two Jewiah grandmothers west jMvish Singles Network, Inc. includes may have the answer. ' Mary Arbitman Fellman of Omaha, and Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, Des Moines, Annie Arbitman Allen of Lincoln have ee- Miimeapolis, St Paul. Kansas City, St tablisbed Midwest Jewish Sin(les Network. Louis, Denver, Chicago, and smaller comInc., to help Jewish singles in the Midwest munitisa with Jewish populations. Mrs. Allen pointed out that lower travel I Both admit to having played "matchmaker" many times during their yeais of and telephone costs will make it feasible for service in a variety of Jewish community participants to select dates tram a variety of cities and towns. leadership roles. If sufficient numbers req>ond to the iniMis. FUbnan is a past president of the Jewish Fbdaration of Omaha as well aa co- tial publicity and advertiaing, it may be posfounder of the Nebraska Jewish Historical sible to have a regional get-together in the Society. Htr sister is a past president of Ha- spring, Mrs. Fsllmsn added. The first issue of the personal message daasah and a former social service worker exchuige pid>lication, titled, THE CONemployed by the State of N^radut Now, motivfted by a deaire to make Jew- NECTOR", is planned for September. In addition to being mailed to all particish dating and Jewiah marriages easier, they pkn to network available singles through- q>ants, the publication will be available in out the Midwest The aim ia to reach thoae synagogues, Jewish Community Centers who have not married as well as those who and other locations in the Midwest A special section in THE CONNECTOR are divorced or widowed, regardleaa of age. will inform singles of existing Jewish mn|^ Initially, two services are bmng offered: The first is a personal message exchange programs ahd of contact persons in the varpublication to identify participants.. Each ious cities. Informatipn may be obtained by writing message will be coded and contacts will have to be qjproved before identifications are re- Midwest Jewiah Singles Network, Inc., P.O. Box 24331. Omaha, NE, 68124. A stamped, leased. The second service will be a profession- self-addreesed envelope should be enclosed ally adndnistered dating service headed by with the request
Community 'Bond aware By Patricia Newmaa Womra's Diviafcm Publicity chalnnaii State of larael Boada Community leaders Alan Parsow and Rick Kataman will present an evening of "Bond Awarensas" (ot tha 1986 Israel Bond Drive the evening of June 30. This evening of infor* mation sharing, discussion and refreshments is being hosted by Marcie aiMl Jack Cohen in their home. ., «.___ Mr. Parsow wiU ^"^ Panow preaent a financial perqiective of investments in Israel Bonds. Mr. Parsow, currently the chairman of the investment committee at Beth El Synagogue, is a previous Beth El board member, division leader for the Jewish Federation of Omaha Cam-
paign and ADL advisory board member. Mr. Katxman will discuss the need of Israel for continued Bond support from the. Omaha Jewish community. Mr.' Katsman, presently a vice-president at Beth Israel Synagogue has been active with' UTTO and the Jewiah- Federation of Omaha Campaign. RfekKatsmaa The evening is intended to provide memhars of the Omaha Jewish community sn educational eqierience in which to further their knowledge about and commitment to Israel Bonds. No solicitation will be made at this gathering. Participants will be presentad a B.A. (Bond Awareness) Degree for their attendance. For more information call the Israel Bonds Office at 341-1177.
Rose Fine to speak at dinner Manny Goldberg and Sol Moses, c6chaimaa, anwranoed that the guest q>eaker at the New Life Dinner will be Rose Fine. Mrs. Fine was bom in Poland and is the sole survivor of a family of 12 whose members perished during the Holocaust The daughter of a prominent scholar, she, along with the rest of her family, moved from ghetto to ghetto and from one concentration camp to another. After Mrs. Fine was liberated from Murdhausser, she moved to the United States in 1949. She and her husband live in Phillelphia, Pennsylvania where she speaks to I in. the Philadelphia area on the Hol^oeaust. Mr. Goldberg said, "we are privileged t» ,lunre a person of Mrs. Fine's stature in IS for this New Life Dinner". Mr. .a eOliUmwd, "we shmild all iittand the ar just to hear Mrs. Fine tell her stoiy, r w* must not forget"
Invitations hove been mailed, and if you did not receive one, reservations can be made by calling the Israel Bond office at 341-1177.
JFS reaches out to troubled farmers uals and families, handling Hotline calls By Tharaae M. Korth and networking with other mental health Jewiah Family Serrlee profeesionals in rural Nebraska. This article inelndM opialoa. Carl is is former. He, like his father and In the past two months, msny farmers grandfather before him, Isrms 246 acres in hove taken time to share their stories. From Northeast Nsbraska. For him farming is not WaiMoa to Snydsr, from Bloomfield to Tskjust a job — it's an idatatity, a way of lift. amah. fknasrs have aatandsd a warm wsl- . In the paat several years it's been a difficult come. A deep appaaciation has been way of life at beat The farm operation is expreaied both by InteiCfaurch Ministries barely producing enou^ income to make of Nrivaska and individual farmers for the the loan paymenta. concern and invohwmant of the Omdba His wife worics in town to make enough Jewiah Community. money to buy groceries. Sometimes Carl visThe Farm Crisis Program of Jewish FamiU the country food pantry when the inoney runs out Cari lealiies be may lose his farm ily Service is a product of the concern and in tha next several years. Hs fiteis powerless interest of the Jewish Community of Omaha. The ADL/CRC played an integral snd the prsaslire is building. role in dev^opiiig the initial proposal for It is out of this dMperation that Carl calla the program. Private donations from our the Farm Crisis Hotline iM^ing to receive community were obtained by the Federation some svqnMrt in resolving the numerous fi^ Endowment Office in the amount of $4,500 n«^«i, legal and emotional problems he is to fund this program for one year. Casing. Through this support, Jewish Family SerSince April, 1966, Jewish Fsmily Service has provided the services of a part-time vice has baen able to offer farmers iieeded therapiat to the Nebraska Farm Crisia Net- services to effectively ihanage the emotional work. The Network, sponsored by the stress encountered when dealing with the InterChurch Ministries of Nebraska ia financial strain and foreclosure process. With this emotional sivport, farmers not based in Wahhill (approximately 80 miles north of Omaha). Legid, financial and emo^ only receive aid,in handling the preesures tional cotwerns are expressed by callers to but also come to realise the concern of the the Hotline, which is qMnaored by the Farm Jewish comoiunity. It ia through this type of mutual sharing aad concsm that the Criais Networic. Jewiah Family Service assists in assessing growth of anti-Semitie beUefs and extremist and rsaplvin^ emotional issues. Other aress groups nay be stunted. The upcoming year oif involwiamt iBrhiKa aatabtiahimimrt A- pnamites to brine o^ anjaxciting and prociBtltittf 1l4>p«»t |(raa|is.'training of the duetiva ifrtaractioii batmen the Jewiah field staff who woric directly with farmers Community and farmers. It wOl certainly be in need 6f'distance, counseling to individ- a time of learning and growth for both.
Fami crisis specialist to combat anti-Semitism KANSAS CITY, Mo. (JTA) - In a ftirther effort to ease the plight of Midwest farmers and to counter the activities of extremist gtmipt in the region, the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Kansas City, together with a grant from Women's American ORT recently hired a specialist to work foil time on addreesing the farm crisis and rural anti-Semitiam. In hiring Ciarol Smith, a 36-year-old native of Hi^land, Kansas, the JCRB of Kansas City becomes the only Jewish agency in the country with an employee working fall time on the farm issue, according to David Goldstein, JCRB executive director. Focusing initially on Kansas and Western Missouri, ORT and JCRB hope to work with locid farm organizations, Christian clergy, rural media, educators and elected public officials to determine bow the Jewish community con best help alleviate the effect of the farm crisis, according to a report in the Kanaaa City jewiah Chronicle. Ms Smith, in a telephone interview with the Jewish Ttlegraphic Agency, said she does not anticipate any abort term solutions to the pli^t of America's farming community. In fact, she noted that her family recently lost their family farm, held since 1010. But she stressed that it is imperative that the Jewish community remain alerted to the needs of the farmers, and said that Jewish community activism can sarve as one method to olfaet efibrts by extremist organizations active in the Midwest who asek to recruit dsq>erate {srmsrs.
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In order to have the Jewiah Preas dslivered prior to the July 4 holiday, the paper will be published on July 3. Deadlines for both advertising and editorial copy for tUs issue will be Wednasday, June 26.
According to JCRB statistics, an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 "hard core" anti-Semites thrive in the plains statee and Midwest aitd another eeven to 10 sympathixers exist for thoes "hard-core" activists. An estimated 14,000 to 60,000 people are claimed to subecribe to' some degree to the theory that an organized Jewiah conspiracy is responsible for the problems of the farmers and other rural people. Mr. (3oldstein told the Chronicle, "the agricutoral crisis baa produced a pervasive despair which in turn bos meant a rapidly increaaing rat* of suicide, alcoholism, mental iUness, child abuse, and spouse abuse. These are the classic conditions that spawn anti-Semitiam." According to Goldstein, projects being considarsd range from direfrt financial aid for emergency food assiatance to developing expanded mental health services to deal with family problema, to a crisia hotlins, legal advice and voo^ional guidance. The JCRB also will try to worii with otbsr Jewish agenciee to make their servicee available tofannera. In turn, the Jewish community will be able to voice its concerns and sfaars infbrmation about anti-Semitic extremist groupa with responsible community laadara and with the fsrmers themselves, Mr. Goldstein said. Goldstein said ORT was a nataiat partner for the JCRB in its farm crisis progins. A mentbar of the National Jawiah Cnaamimily Relations Advisory Council for aMaqr^aaiv; ORT has ita own community ttii»kKitpto*L gram and ons of its priorities is anti-&Maitism, he said.
Class project As a dv* project, atiidanta at Ttmple Israel pnjpared their own newspaper account of various Jewish atsndas bi.Nabraska. Their report appears on page la.