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NA'AMAT hastens to add chairs to accommodate overflow crowd By MoRb Bfallse ^ Sundajr hiodwoo at thaMaRkMHotd started out vith aboiit 60 gueata, biit shortfy ll^on the prbgram started, laaUi. staff nqMuM to requesta for more an4 more chairs. Soon, an estimated ctxiifd of 100 filled the room 4rhere NA'AMAT USA^aacottbctingita "Lat'HMirFiaedkiialUiig" aiiMtaal adoption hmcheon in hoiMr of SUriey OoUstaJn and Miriam ffimob, co>diairmeD of the
Jewish Pedcratioa's S<y Viet Jlewiy Committee. IkliCh Bofirt, 0(Ndlai^ man of titrhndMn irith Mar^ya l!^*, 'said that tbi M|« bd JQoootly OMK-
pee^tamMtt reOsetsd the tiigbi mbtmaM which the two women are viawad by the Jenriah oanmnDity. M«y olthooe attendfaig the program ware Sbviat Jsw« w^ arrived in OmaOne of tham. Matiya BulcUaa, an oparatie fU' fonaarraanf two aooga io
Yiddish. Another recent acrivaL Anna Metrik. expresaed her.thanksJCpr the hdp that Mrs. Goldstein and lira. Simon provide f or aS of th««e in die naetdement program. ' In the major tallc, BIrs. Simon told U>e group that although Jews now are (toooring to escape from the Soviet Union, rearttle* mmt actually beput in Omaha seaw 16 ysara ago when 35 to 40 fam&iee were helped. fflM eq^laiaed that ahs
and Mrs. Goldstein activated the Omaha Soviet Jewry committee after ti# retonedfrom a 1974 tr^ to tibe Soviet Union. She pointed out that from their experience in reaettlemant, it is dear that a sizable v(dunteer committee is essential along with profeasional :8tlft' . " The stuff, of reaettlemant, ste said, ihvotyea piciyidiBg trtnaportakkm to afoite pnrriidtaf Social jSaegrilgr-'liBd lood stamp banafitt as well as medical and oth«'needs. "Eni^ is the k^y to thsir AmaricaniiatiQn and thsinUUty to find adequate tafHoyttimi." Among the neata were AOymdit, RapuUican (CoatbMd oa Page ^
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X Dorotlqp and Henry Rfekes
Mumahitstrim Award By Lynda Fnuk For Dorothy and Hepry Riakes. who wiB bo pnsoited the Jeii^ Fed^ tion's Humanitarian Award oi^Sanday, jtving ia just part of Uyktf. Both wecajaiaadjn aastowaphura of giving, whether it be time, foix' "•• "i"'"^" "We'ye^r anyoikairway, tpumrs. Riekes who grew 0^ in a poor family timtfave txsdakah althoot^ th^ hpd no quure mot)
Mr. Riekee, who grew up in a mixed neighborhood on 19th Street in (^aaha arhcitr Aa^ghbors helped e«!&othtr,reof|Ued,''&fy father had a tittle bottle bnsiiwss in a shad neat to our heuae. We ill wediMl that), POople woaJdoMtte f j^ nilhflrfirYjahiVa and '^ s^wpsarasy nseowi a {^ca toSat. They ahr^rg came to our house, some"' riUaued on Page 5)
Orthodox, ConHnmtive, Rtilbm join in tribute to the Nadoffs iJBy Morris MaUne The message (^goodwill oroqF congrega- from the community abQ bodi fai^ aad near, waajkiMeaed by Mayor morelM»700idbadtih P. JJOMlftiii who pro^ osthvittFBOQyfWtMo^ claiflw? J^une 4 as Rabbi ^ daynichfttopayasflNitatQ Isaac iadjeanette Nadoff ^ a rabU. a rabbitaaB. «ad <ky in Oaiaha and praf tfaa 26 yaasi ibay have sMtadakajrtothedtyto f davotad to tte Omaha thd rabbi. CongreSiman Peter It iMMWMMg of ac- Hoif^siid alao praiseiHhe digw Nadofb for their oonttibuand tioaa to the weUare of the ovt* mwiHiwity and prsesnted Also- a Cetgraasional ailver SiMbaeHa- bowl to the couple. wtfSrJaauatte. Other presentations Beth larael ware made by Tibe Stoler __^ nrganiied the and Shirinr Barman from tribdil Batii lonaiastarlHod and sassof the J^IBKriWUbainn for lahava^MiB:. igg the faolTy tribute Perhaps the greatest boomed throagbaut the outponrlng of affection rOom by Rabbi Nadoff's cane during the antortainheotherin-law. "-'•'•' 'mk mant pqitloii of the proLkvl. VMbwUe^thaBethls Rabbi UMI saia tnai al- rasi Bayers pacfonatd a though Rabbi liadoff ntuaiod prodoetiM of 16 comaathNnaMfiliaof •0001 apedaSy preparwl rabbis known thraoghoat to eapraaa the fselings of titt woHd, there is onq^ 00* the ooogngiition and the Nadoff in Omaha. comiT"'-""' '"' '^" Ns. AndthewordNadoflin ^^«w, Rabbi }^ said, ' BatU^ aoiMn, one of the ^Kns a dft and whtn one aaUion.Mdth»awtiaace. Hape the Habraw utaaBJng that the piayarspraatked in the other paita fli his HHvanigtataaweskf^lik nioM, aaa oomaa up Mth iaita to lekHi the aoifia "•divlaaflft"...adivhM) nf^TtUpii ^hi) crMiitad gtfttotbecommuDliy i>Wey
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Schwarts, Dik Weioer and Ittek Waiaer with providing the profeesiond sacpertiae that made the production worib Other perfotmaear !•dwMGwtoM^Csorattman. Efflil BsrkowltMBd IIa«A£tmtone;J«ek& OMttSkJay Dttmaakia, AMBtfeaFeMmanfrltaiaki Garbar, Maty Qroaanan, Ida Halperin, Julea Kataman. Dr. Allen Un^ris, Marvin Affifanan, Kaa/cy R|pa awd Susie Slvkaa OM of the Ut wnnbers in the show occurred wbsa 18 of the coagregatioa's past presidents performed a ddt on the staiia with i^ regular eoonSnatiM, but positive determinatiflfi Among the messages read to the audience was one i^om Rabbi Jonathjin Roeaahaum, fonneriy of Omi^ now of Hartford, Cotm. Rabbi BoaanbaMffi, for. mar director of Jewish Education for the Jewish Federation of Omaha, da> scribed hiaatudy aeasioea with Rabbi Nadoff and daaaribad ktaa aHaattafc aiely aa "my rev." Othara partidpntlnft!» tlwwfii^am w«^ KitapMd, AU» K Cattr Pett
Nadoff and Gary ParilDr. Pma 9hykei» and Bichai€ KaCtman saved atfifimar codiainmilk and odicrs on the committee included Bud and Joan Beraatein, Panl and Bttalba Crounae, Elaine Feldmaa, Bennett and Zana naUtain. Bevarfy Fraiiklin, DduJd Garbar. Julee Kataman, Bette Kodan, JMh«Ml G«t Levy, Oaiy Parihnan,IrvaodSl^ 9ehwart« Saaio St^te lad Norttan Zevitz.
extewl Ihalr gMd wiahea to Ra*W NiMT.
• Nahnalni fotrtbdi Jenar to lanadi