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Israel Prize winner will speak May 9
Blumkin Home selects director from Virginia
Profeisor Shlomo Avineri will speak on Itraeli Electiont, The Peace Proceai and the Future of Iirael on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Dr. Avineri is the recipient of the Israel Prize for 1996 and is the Herbert Samuel professor of political sciShlomo Avinleri ence at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, He served as director general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in rthe government of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin from 1975 - 1977. A graduate of Hebrew University and the London School of Economics, he also held visiting appointments at Yale, Cornell, University of California, Oxford and Queens College. He was a Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. as well as at the Brookings Institute and the Russian Academy of Sciences. At Hebrew University, he served as chairman of the Department of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Professor Avineri's books on political theory have been translated into many languages, and he is known as one of the leading experts on the thoughts of Hegel and Marx. He is a member of the International Institute of Philosophy and has served on the editorial boards of The American Political Science Ravieu, Political Theory, The Review ofPotitici and Social Praxia. His articles have appeared in numerous journals in Israel and abroad and he contributes regularly to the Israeli press and in the United States his oped pieces have appeared The New York Time», Washington Pott, and Lot Angeles Times. Professor Avineri's appearance is underwritten ; by a grant from the Philip and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton ^University. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, call Gloriann Levy, Jewish Cultural Arts Council director, at 334-6403.
Barbara Gottlieb has been named executive director of the Bureau for the Aging (BFA) and will assume her position July 1. Eugene Brandt is retiring in June after 15 years as executive director of this agency which administers the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and the Older Adult Community Services programs. Ms. Gottlieb l;as been chief operating officer for the Beth Sholom Home of Central Virginia, a facility of Beth Sholom Geriatric Services of Virginia, since 1986. She was graduated magna cum laude with a. Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Care Administration from lona College and has a Masters degree in PubUc Health with an emphasis on Health Services Administration/Long Term Care from Yale University School of Medicine. Bob Lepp, BFA president, said, 'Barbara brings a solid working knowledge of the changing patterns of care for the elderly and will guide both the Bureau board and the community as we confront a variety of critical issues." Jerry Dann, chairman of the search committee, noted that "We were very pleased with the credentials and the qualifications of applicants. And, we are confident that Barbara's skills and ideas will help assure the continuing excellent care our Jewish community provides its aging, both the well and the infirm elderly." Ms. Gottlieb said she is "excited about coming— and working with everyone in the community." The BPA is an agency of the Jewish Federation of Omaha.
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Hebron itatu«tS urge Pf i«8 to delay redeploymeni By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Residents of Hebron's Jewish community have launched a campaign calling on the government of Prime MinisMr Shimon Peres to delay or cancel the planned Israeli troop redeployment within the West Bank town. The campaign was launched Monday, one day after Health Minister Ephraim Sneh said the redeployment could take place before Israel's May 29 national elections.
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Sheldon, Nancy Rips to chair Federation's annual meeting
Nancy and Sheldon Rips By Morris Maline Sheldon and Nancy Rips will chair the June 12 annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. This meeting is the time the community will gather to elect Federation and agfency officers for 1996-97. In addition, winners of various awards and honors will be announced. These include: the Community Service Award, the Humanitarian of the Year, Volunteers of the Year, Young Leadership Awards and Teen Leadership Awards. ' • In accepting the chairmanship, Mr. Ripii said, "My feelings for the Omaha Jewish community go back to my childhood. My mother was nn active business person, but she always made time for community work. Names that people don't remember anymore, like Paul Veret and Kayla Franklin, are part of my earliest memories. Nancy and 1 are happy to do anything we can to keep Omaha a cohesive, vital, Jewish city. Continuing traditions is how the Jewish people will survive." Mrs. Rips added, "This is an important annual event, and I'm proud to be co-chairing it with Sheldon. Plus, I'll go any place where I get to introduce my favorite Federation president." (Editor's note: Federation president Tom Fellman is Nancy Rips' brother.)
ADL seeks model statute on "Common Law Courts" Carol KatEinan Cheryl The National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha •Action, will hold its annual installation and .award* luncheon, "A Celebration of 100 Yean," on Thurtday, May 16 at 11:30 a.m. at LaStrada. for Information, call Laurie Reraer-Phifer at 496^891. In connection with the annual luncheon, NCJW has announced that Carol Katcman, Cheryl Lemer and Pam Friedlander have been honored with miOor awardi. Ma. Katanuui is the recipient of the Hannah O. Solomon award, given to a woman who has changed the Uvai of othen through her leadenhip •flbrts and lervice; who haa helped to change and •xpaod the role of other women iii^tal areas of
Lemer Pam FViedlander community life; and whose leadership has resulted in progress in the community. Ma. Lemer has been given the Emerging Leader award for her potential in assuming future Section leadership, her understanding and support of the NCJW purpose and proferams and for her demonstrated commitment to the Section. Ms. Friedlander has been selected for the Distinguished Service award which is presented to a member in recognition of outstanding years of service to and/ or impact on NCJW Omaha Section. For luncheon reservations, send )10 to Cindy Kaufman, 2032 N. 64 St., Omaha, NE 68104. i-Ml"*'.^ ^,1 i?L!'^yi^-'.^t"^
By Morris Malino The Anti-Oefamation League has announced plans to seek a model statute in Nebraska to deal with the Common Law Court "phenomena," I. Robert Wolfson, AOL regional director and director of the Jewish Federation's Community Relations Council, told a press conference on Friday that the model statute seeks to control the common law inovement's bogus legal filings and quasi legal notices. He announced the plan in connection with the release of an ADL fact-finding report on the Freemen Setwork: An Assault on the Rule of Law. He said Freemen activity is taking place in at least 18 states including Nebraska. j-i";•MLBiKr^Bsr-rs v:-''\ .-.••»-J,^"j-.f'=j,r..' , ;"".:u?