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Celebrating More Than 75 Years of Service VoLLXXV
No. 26
22 Adar, 5758
March 20,1998
Tom Osborne to speak at Sports Banquet Dr. Tom Osborne, legendary football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, will be the honoree and guest speaker at the B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Banquet on Wednesday evening, May 13, at AkSar-Ben. Master of Ceremonies will be Omaha sports personality, WOWT's Dave Webber, according to Rich Juro, Chairman of the Banquet. "This year's event will honor Tom Osborne on his 25th anniversary as head of the Nebraska football program," said Juro; "We are looking forward to a fantastic night of celebration. This marks the 44th Annual Sports Banquet sponsored by Henry Monsky Lodge B'nai B'rith.
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Rachel Katskee enjoy the Megillah reading at Beth El. r < Tcm Osborne,
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The "Blues Brothers" make an appearance at Temple Israel in the form of Joel, Jeff and Aaron Passer.
Jennifer Afeyerson (left), Rita Paskowitz and Edythe Wolf perform a traditional Purim schplel at the JCC. (More photos on page 8)
Dave Webber The Lodge annually honors the Metro-area high school male and female student-athletes of the year with the Bert Render and Earl Siegel Memorial Awards. There will also be a silent auction which will be held from 6-7 p.m. during the social hour. The auction will include one-of-a-kind Cornhusker memorabilia. . ;'••. . . Charities benefiting from the Banquet include various B'nai B'rith programs and'Pacific Pals, Dr. Osborne and Dave Webber's honorariums have ' been designated' by them to'be given to the Teammates Youth Program in care of the Lincoln, Public Schools Foundation. Tickets are $90 and are available by calling the B'nai B'rith office at 3346443.
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building by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
(compiled from information froni the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society) The campaign to raise funds for improvements to the Jewish Community Center is another link in a long chain of community members coming together to enhance the life of Omaha Jews. Community leaders Patty and Steve Nogg, and Marcia and Steve Pitlor have come to the forefront to lead the way so that our members, their children and their grandchildren will have a "Jewish neighborhood" well into the 21st Century. • Howard Kooper, Federation President, who, along with past Federation President Tom Felhnan, has spearheaded the major gifts campaign said, "We are creating a campus to ensure that Jewish continuity in Omaha survived just as our grandparents and great-grandparents did when they built the first Omaha JCC." In 1925, a dream was realized when the first Jewish Community Center of Omaha opened on 20th and Dodge St. Then, as now, Omaha Jews visualized a place where young and old would come together to learn and play in a Jewish environment.
The following passages are taken from the dedication book published to commemorate the opening of the first "J" 73 years ago.
establishment of the institution which we behold today, in all its magnificence and splendor. A symbol of the virile and vital Jewish spirit that pervades our community; the embodiment of the dreams and ambitions of Omaha Jewry; a physical arid tangible manifestation of community spirit and group cooperation and solidarity; all this and even more, is the Jewish Community Center. More than brick and mortar; more than a monument to architect's skill and builder's craft; more than a testimonial to unselfish and self sacrificing effort on the part of those who labored soenthusiastically and gave so generously that it might bebuilt-yea, more than a building—it is an institution with a soul. It^represents, and is.jhe physical manifesto; tionof the soul of'.our•community.
Our JCC still holds the same ideals for Omaha Jewry. Although we live in different times and the needs of the generations have, in many ways, For well nigh a quarter, of a century the Jewish changed, the Jewish Community Center remains people of Omaha have looked forward to this real- the "physical manifestation of the sou] of our comization of their hopes and aspirations, for twenty munity." _ ,' years or more we Jiavo planned and worked for the