SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. Lxirr No. 5:
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Museum committee details dinner plans Those attending the Sept. 27 Nebraska Dinner of State to benefit the United States Holocaust MemcHial Museum which will be built in Washington, D.C., will see the first permanent display planned for the Museum. The display consists of the flags of the United States Army divisions that took part in the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps more than 40 years ago. The flag ceremony will be conducted by the Army's (Md Guard, members of t(ie 3rd United States Infantry, who will be flown to Nebraska by the Nebraska Air National Guard. Many other unusual features will make the evening of tribute a spectacular one for the hundreds attending, said Eugene Conley, steering committee co-chairman at a
meeting of the over-all conunittee Monday. Special "liberators" awards of honor and appreciation will be presented to Nebraskans Hollis Limprecht and Norman Smith by Governor Robert Kerrey in recognition of their efforts on bdialf of the concentration camp Tictims.
See related story and photos on page 2 and editorial page Secretary of the Interior Donald Hodel will be the principal speaker in keeping with his position as the head of the agency which gave the land for the Museum and his own personal feelings about the need to speak out and work on helping to remember the tragedy of the Holocaust. Special emphasis was made at the meet-
ing on the educational aspects of the Museum which is destined to become the center of learning, research and technological opportunities for tiling and displaying the story of the millions who died in the 1941-45 Holocaust period. "Hitler had a dream of a museum to an extinct race," said Sam Fried, a member of the committee and survivor of the Holocaust. "We now are blessed with the opportunity to build a museum to a living people, a far cry from what Hitle^ thoug;ht would happen." Other participants in the evening's program will be Jan Stoney, member of the dinner coAunittee; Father Robert Hupp of Boys Town, Rabbi Stephan Barack of Tem-. pie Israel, Mr. Fried, Chief Justice Norman Krivosha who will introduce Secretary
Hodel, Mickey Sturm, volunteer director of the Nebraska campaign to raise $1,000,000 toward the hundred million nation-wide goal, and the Rev. Elizabeth Beam. Reservations for the dinner are now being accepted at the "Campaign to Remember' ' office and can be made by clipping the ad in today's Jewish Press. Reservations should be accompanied by checks for a minimum of $100 pet person. Persons pledging $5,000 or more will be guests at a special cocktail party in the ^vf room preceding the dinner. Special arrangements are being made for those desiring fish dinners which should be noted on the reservations. Entrance to AkSar-Ben Saturday night is suggested through the 63rd ^d Shirley entrance.
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Ghai/Grand Gifts division captains announced
"We are fortimate that in Omaha we have concerned women who, each year, iw^ accept the responsibiUty for raising funds fcr iim Annual Campaign," said Elloa Gordman, chairman for the Chai/Grand Gifts Di-
viaion of the 1987 Women's Fedtt«tion Qtaapugu.' ^'—^ -• -• •..-..-.;•-;-; In announcing the appointment of this yearls Chai/Grand Gifts Captains, Mrs. Gordman added, "Each of these women has
Kutlers call Istanbul By Morris Maline When Omaha dentist Sol Kutler and his miib, Cherie, heard about the synagogue massacre in Istanbul, they placed a telephone call to Turkey. "We were particularly concerned about a family we had met there, a family who had befriended us," the Kutlers told the Jewish Press in an interview this week. Dr. and Mrs. Kutler visited Turkey in 1979 during one of his Rotary-sponsored trq)s to undevel(q>ed countries. For the past 16 years or so, Dr. Kutler has volunteered to serve in many parts of the world as part of a medical team from Omaha. "On this trip as we do on most of our trips, we look for Jewish institutions and try to meet with Jewish families." Dr. Kutler said they decided to visit the Istanbul synagogue to see how the congregation celebrated Simchas Torah. The synagogue was not too far from the downtown Hilton hotel and from the outside it looked lUce a closed-up storefi'ont, he said, adding that only the Mogen David
sijju ui front indicated that it was a Jewish building. "We walked in and two shammus' (caretakers) dressed in black uniforms with miUtary-type caps and gold braids welcomed us." According to Or. Kutler, the shammus' indicated that his wife should go upstairs and that he was welcome to sit downstairs. (Continued on Page S)
ADL honors Kenefick John C. Kenefick, vice chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Corporation, will receive the American Heritage Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith at a dinner in his honor at Peony Park on ^Dec. 2, 1966. The dinner is co-chaired by Thomas Madison, president, Northwestern . Bell and by Walter Scott, Jr., chairman of ' the Board, Peter Kiewit Sons. Ths Amn^can Heritage Award is ADL's ' most prestigious awara and is roserved > for citing extraordinary individuals whose ' buainess career and personal commitments embody the ADL's ideals and aspirations. Previous recipients of this award include Heniy Ford, Jr., chairman of the Board of the Ford Motor Company; Coy G. Eklund, chaitinan of the Board of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States; Howard P. James, chair- { man of the Board, president and) chief executive officer of Sheraton Corporation; Ralph Lazarus, chairman emeii'; tus of Federatisd | Department Stores; and I Edward G.Jeffer son, chairman of ' _ , the board of E.L ^'^* du Pont de Nemours & Company. (CoatiinNd on Page 2)'
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tee a successful campaign." The diviaion Captains are Margie Alperoul^ JetHsbTConunnnity here and abroad are son, Phyllis Aronson, Anne Broder, Deeoie fulfilled. I am confident their leadovh^) will Meyerson, Gigi Osten, Miriam Simon, provide the impetus necessary to guaraii- Eleanor Slosburg.
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College of Jewish Learning opens 1986 season Sept. 21 Dr. David S. Wyman will be the keynote speaker for the 1986 College of Jewish Learning on Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center. Dr. Wyman is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is a special advisor to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Simon Weisenthal Center. A devout Christian, the grandson of two Protestant ministo?. Dr. Wyman has spent his entire academic careo- investigating the fate of Europe's Jews during World War II. He is the author of the award-winning book, "The Abandonment of the Jews: America 1941-45." An "old-fashioned sort of American who
loves baseball and dislikes Communism intensely," he tells of the failure of this country's most cherished institutions and influential leaders to take actions during the war that might have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews. According to Dr. Wyman, even President Roosevelt, the humanitarian, failed to act. The State Department, the Congress, the military, the Christian churches, various political organizations, the media—none responded as they could have, he asserts. This is an opportunity for the Omaha community to meet and visit with a scholar and author of Dr. Wyman's stature. The public may attend and there is no charge. For further information, contact Helen Rifkin. 334-8200, ext. 232.
Newman Grants fund five new programs By Jerold I. Rooen Endowment Director The Esther K. Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman Grants Committee, at the Sept. 3 meeting, approved funding for five new programs. Chairman Marvin Polikov explained they were chosen because they met Committee guidelines for being innovative and seeking to enhance thfi Jewish identity of youth in the greater Omaha area. Project Look (Let Others Out There Know) is a combined effort of Ozzie Nogg and the staff and students of the Omaha Jewish Day School. It plans, over the next several months, to write and produce a se' ries of television commercials that promote "things Jewish"—Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, etc. These commercials will use the tdents of the Day School children—their art
work, their singing, their spoken words. Project David Amram—Preschooler (Concert, sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arte Council, has as its objectives to expose Jewish children and their non-Jewish classmates to a nationally recognized Jewish artist who is proud of his heritage and draws upon it as a theme for his art. The Boston Globe has described David Amram as "the Renaissance man of American Music." He has composed over 100 orchestral and chamber works, written two operas and, early in his career, written numerous scores for the theater and films. A Tapestry of Tales, submitted by the Jewish Day School, will bring Annette Harrison, a master storyteller, to Omaha. She will share cherished Jewish stories, both old and new, with children. They will partid(CoatiBMd OB Fog* 8)