January 26, 1990

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Vol. LXVII Na It Omaha, Nabr.

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Joan and Maury Udes donate $200,000 to help resettle Soviet Jews in Omaha By Joaaia JaeofaaoD Fedmttaa pobKc idbtkwa dbactor A gift of 1200,000 has been mada to the PasMMje to FVeedon Fund hy Joan and Manry Udaa to aid in the lesettlaumt of Soviat familiee in the Omaha area. The annouaoment waa made by Shirley and Laooard Oddstein and IMUriam Sim(m, co-chainnen of the Pasaage to Freadam Campaign. Joan and llainy azpreased their ooanni "aboot the needidr RiliMan Jews to emigrate frain the Soviet Uoion and raaettle in oar coontry. We are also eaoovrnd that our coamani^ do ita part to aaaistinc in this nast"Wgrttkn has been farced i^en the Jewish people for thoqsnda of years dne to opprasakm and parsectttfta." the eoeph atated. "Foctanataty, tbm have at wajrs baai eeaamnnities who WM willing to aooept the rsspeiisibilitisa of waleoming tbeae refugeee aa lwoth(C8-of reaettUng, retrainins and ahaoiUng them into the coommnity. We are happy that we are able to mska a small contiibiitian to this eilart" "I hope that everyone to the Omaha Jawiaheomoah nity win assist tfwssliniiiiaisi^s to fadhgjobs, ftgnishing thiir spartaaHita, providtng dotUng and welooming thsm to«ir dty," Mr. U4ia added. lin. Oohtalein, who, ahmg with Mrs. Simon, has s«cMd,M co-^Mhnian of the Sovist Jawiy Conndttae abee Wl4, haa devoted all af bar ttms, energy and naooroas to this ato^ efbrt to frss Sorist Jews. "I'ni •vwwbatead." she rfjdjj, '^pdaa';gtft is the IdApciBtw-aMSS-UlyMitsoKMnHiiMwisBpiiaw wesh,.N«tttaaypeoplakMti*MilW<^«*ttWr»(Mi^ "Tiam have chaagid. Rsasftlwtiawt J|» much mo* coatly than it waa to te earty "708 when the first two Soviet famillH came to live to Omaha. While the Udse' gift Is aMrwordiiiary, fubdrajaing will have to oontiBue in ocda* to malt fcrture nssdi. "I sin't ba^ bat have a apedal feeling for Joan and Maory. I raoinlMr Manqr wooU ahraya aah na.'How are thingi golni^... What's h^ipsoiiig with tbs Soviet JawsT' He always seunsd tohaye a qiedal totarest to the pn^sat.'Psito^-rai very gratofoKor that totarest, and, of ebtant, toe his ov«irhilming gansrdaity." Mrs. Stooon was the foundv of L.O.V£. (LMgue Offwfag Volaotasrvfor the Eldarty). a grbiV formed to «nhaneathadvt»darUfeof i«|ldntoof theDr. Philip Sim Bone, now the Roee Bhinkto Jewiah Hone.

in different 'flavors' to those days, and being s rabbi to a small southern town was a tou^ job. "It waa oqr father who woold tdk aboatthe genod conditiona to Eaatern Europe... pogroma, constant oppreeaion, lack of ofvortunity. Oor people were denied educatknd opporbdiltiaa.There waa prejudice against them bsGsuse diqr were Jewi8h.-It waa BBver Goodiiered iilagd to beat a Jew. "My mothar'e mother came from Germany. Her turnily waa loot to the concentration campe. I have letters from my grandmother's sister during the time ahe waa impriaooeA..." It wsa at this pomt to the totarview that Mr. Udee left the room and retnraed witii a pile of old letters— com^MmdBKa between hie graadmothir, her ditv and Amaricaaaiillsslllae WlaiBof 1K^anda|qpnKf»ti^, (rf warty aad deapair. "I waa d Oadton aa aa Anarican awioeiDan," ha added. "I eaw crematoriaa aad the iadneratora. I saw where they hung them and where they shot them...

Joan and Maary Udee "I know Mary to be a very caringparson," she commaated. Tean ago, he hrm^ an aont frtn New York to the Or. Shar Hams. Haia«b aoi* sfak hiffllMiteet of esraand viitodhirregalarty. HiagifttothaPBaaage to FMedom Pimd ia absdutaly a ftft Ihni haovp and very miditoh*BpaigWlfl>hitfiaadfBdiaMjL Qua way.''

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NEW YORKtJTA) UMtoseltlisIMliiJawlA Appeal annooBoad that tlHy wonid ratoe Mao odlUdB to a apedal caagpaton lirtharaaattlMnantoflo^ viat Jewa to laraaL The fand-raiain| drive, titled Operatton Eiodoa, ' «|D be part ef SB VBI fiioadtBtad worldwide effit to provide ths thousands of Soviet Jewi talo IOTMI with _ and other laf

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Lsotire MM adUon to I over the first year cawpBlga. tiMMgh f the aonair willVpild out over a thTaa-vear pariod. ' "HN IIMHII ctauly at* aatitnomieal," said

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of Operation Eiodii^ end UJA national chahrmanalaet "Thay are greater than aoy onmbara we have ever attawptad to raiae to thia oooidrT. 'Botlthtokittodearta •my Jaw. both to tks Uaitsd Statae. woridwidb and to every laraall, that what we are earrently <» padandag is tantamooat (to BHipiUKia) to the ar taUUMBsnt of the State el Iwael." he aaid IgtMbrsridtMdoaanat beiia«« the United eucoBH of iMt yast's Paeeage to Frsadom oampaign. wliidi doaed on Deo. 81, rsfleela on the poittiUal of Ope(» tioB Exodus. nwPaas^gi to Freedom riiidipi waa dwlgairt ta raiaa laiiy fbr the raeat' UsBNBt ol Boviak Jews li both the United Ststaa

The Udee'gift wfll be mada to four annud paymtats of MCOOO each, the ftod of whkh wee made to DaMBtber «f 1989. Mooiea wfll be need to covar "ths basic

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''I si49oas!mt alght say I'm My||iiii«U Mit,'' for yoong iMdim whOe thair pindta ittsBd Ea^Ush

eiplatMd Mr. Udea to a recant totarrfaw. "My dad waa bora to Kaaaia. Ha waa aiz moaths old whan my grandpamta bnmigrated to the United Ststaa. S(»Qeone had to heb them get haia. Now I can hah>. I know this is somsutag nv fathar aad grandfather would have wanted me to do. "My graadparaota had rslativee who had abaady qaoe to Aanric* so^ St flratk all of tham Uvad to New York City, f^atar, anr frapdpinnta moved to Arkanaaa whai* my grauaatB^r owned a retail dry gooda Stars. We caBad it Ua hole to the WaD'bacMM it waa ao amalL I matmbsr my grandpamta ware ^my dedicated to their fanfly. "Iliara w«i only one Jewiah place of worah^ to our town—one Raform tample, that'a aB. We Ada't come.

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"It's important that we he^ bring people out of fioasia whils thers's stiB the opportunity to do 80," be ssid. "My grandmother tried many times to get hw sister out... to send her money... you have to do eoaetWag."

raia^lMB>ilttaB.alarge eom bat weD ekert of its god of 176 mOHon. Passage to Freedom waa difftreat from the new rampdgn. said Landir, to that it took plaoe "to an anviroameat that was, st beet, deeoribed as trawdaL"

The controverey. he tnnmaii tutu the toot that "tor the Brat tiM to the history of the UJA. we wwatad a ranydgn whHfMbH wai^ kft to the U^lsd SUtea. That craatad a bit of coatroveragr aa to what oar mSBctota le and waa to the UJA." HaaaidhebeUeveethat dMa aU ftaads raiead to Oparattoa Biadas will be far lansL the I VfllbCflMM

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goal Oparatkm Bxodna waa tiret formulated laat October by larasU and Diaapora Isadare, ea part of a ft bOHaa ddlar plan far Sovtot Jawtoh raaattlemeet. The ooatrlbutian from U.S. J«Ry aad the reet of the Dtaipora waa odginaUy sd to bs MOO miflioa over five yeara. The now caaMi0a>alnH to ratoa MOO miUon over three years, 1420 million to eoat ftwn UJA and ths rsaatada-to be rdesd oatdds the Udtad Statae br ffarm Hsywod. UJA «Mi Jewish AgBiey afOdato SM ths aaw giMlis twios as large aa the old one, ataee it win raise, oa average, MOO miQIan per year lor three yeara, rather then 1100 mOUen

clsides, job tratoiag and the managwwnt of day-today neceadtiea for a projected time period... after which, it ia hoped, that at leaat one member of each family will '•wiG^I give itr' he eaid. repaattog the quaation: "It'a difBcalt to anawer propariy. Piraanafly,aa I aaid, to npay aa old debt, hot gaasreBy, beomee ibedom is impartnt. aaeaaaary aad a hi|^ prlortty. I can teO you thia," hs oondndad," I have a wondarful anae of eadsfactiaa." t^ A graduate of PonhM Vkdvwdty, Mr. Udee waa transIwadtoOiaahasaai III \ihfl9mUaidVnimM. On April 1. |9Sm darted BuSdara'SBfjphr. IBC wttk the aaonw iMhad aavad Haenrrsatly awMat theodnaamr'e Chairaun of the Board. ^. Udaa to a maaibar of Tmvie lerad and the fethw of three daoghtare.

Bruce Fellman trust offers sctiolarstiips Four scholarahipe are avaBabIa lor the 1990^1 aehod year through the anioaM.Fdli—HB-hnlar 4iiptp«d,iihaabasaattThe Braes M. Fethnan Oharltabia Foundation Trust wiU award these orhdarahlpa on the bads tf fibwdd asad to aUow studente to furthv thdr pod aeoondaiy aducatioaa dthsoaOigBkbaBtoaaaor trade eahaai of thdr "The gsd d ths scholar ahipe ie to Msure that studaata do aat niaa out on an edncetinad dty beeaoaa of aaed," aaid Fouadatloo intstat Howard Keeper. Brae% eon of Tom and Oodyai FOOMOB, waa a

tivt to BBYO aad atrved aa pnddeat, vice preai* dant, aaeratary and toaaa!, urar of Chaltf Wataauudl AZA. Ha attended Geori Washtagton Udvardty la { Washtogton. P.O., wat;| University of Pltteburgh'4 flaoMder at Sea at tht| time of hie death. "The aaaad awarding dl hooedag cry," Mr. Koopar add. Applicattona ere evali** i ble hy odMig Mr. Koop',' er'aaWosltia-lfOO. ooaMHtad form mud reoelvad by March 5 st pm. Other truataee of Fowadatiea are FdisMB aad Tdtl I


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