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Million dollar plan marks Livingston Foundation's 50th
Milton S. Livingston "We plan to give away a million dollars in 1998." With these words, Bob Kully, President of the Livingston Foundation, disclosed how the Foundation proposes to observe its 50th anniversary. "The Foundation, founded in 1948 by Milton S. ' and Corinne Livingston, has donated millions of dollars during its 50-year existence, principally to Jewish causes in the Omaha area, but never has it given as much as a million dollars in one year," saidKnlly. Grants already awarded in this anniversary year include the Livingston Scholarships, which are administered by Jewish Educational Services, the Young Jewish..Omaha Mission' tojsrael, Israeli 50th Anniversary Mission, the Yale Ricfiards Professional Education Endowment Fund administered by the Jewish Federation Foundation, and the Jewish Federation Campaign. Jewish Senior Services received funds to conduct a feasibility study for an assisted living facility. Grants have also been made to Yachad, the group for developmental^ disabled Jewish Omahans, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, the Omaha Schools Foundation for Belvedere School and Planned Parenthood. '. Additional grants will be made at the Dec. 1 meeting of the Livingston Foundation. Non-profit .organizations are invited to submit grant requests for the trustees' consideration. Mr. Livingston, a civic leader and philanthropist who died in 1969, left the bulk of his estate, approximately four million dollars, to the Foundation. Through sound management and prudent investment, the Foundation trustees have parlayed the Income from Livingston's bequest into contribu-
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Jewish Family Service to open satellite off ice
Last week, Jewish Family Service opened its first satellite office. In an effort to provide the Jewish community a discreet place for counseling services, the second ; office is located at 13057 West Center Road, Suite 10, announced JFS Director Todd Ephraim. The satellite location will be used to relieve the stress of going to a familiar place to receive counseling, noted its president Gloria Kaslow. "While the services provided by JFS are already confidential, we discovered that many members of the Jewish community may be reluctant to come to so public a place as the Jewish community campus," Kaslow said. Corinne Livingston "This satellite location will provide the same contions of over nine million dollars since 1970, the fidential services, but away from the activity of the earliest year for which records are available. JCC and other Federation Centers of Excellence," "The Livingston Foundation has been a catalyst she added. . .'.. ...--...'.• to the 'study-formation' of new programs and in the JFS has three highly qualified individuals tb'pn*initiation of community campaigns to raise funds vide a wide range of counseling services.; Dr.' for specific projects," according to Murray Newman, a trustee since 1984. "The trustees are Ephraim received his Ph.D in marriage and family extremely proud of the role they have played in ini- therapy. His areas of expertise include families tiating studies with seed money, in funding com- with adolescents, couples' issues and suicide. .' pensation packages, for Jewish professionals, and Nancy Rampey-Biniambw, LMHP, recently in providing, matching funds as incentives for joined the staff at JFS as a therapist and program major capital projects within the Jewish communi- director. She specializes in Attention Deficit ty. This approach is* completely consistent with Hyperactive Disorder or ADD/ADHD and issues of M i l t o n a n d C o r i n n e L i v i n g s t o n ' s p h i l a n t h r o p i c p h i - depression. Rampey-Biniamow comes to JFS after l o s o p h y . " '.' •• ' ',•'•• •• ••• -;u-;'.i •M_i- '' • .... . six'yeaxB'in»a«8uccesaful private practice. '" ;The principal recipients of the Foundation grants Jennifer Meyersdn, MSW, CSW, has been with have been the Omaha Jewish Federation and its agencies. According to Yale Richards, legal counsel the agency for approximately two years and is and Executive Director of the Foundation, experienced in the areas of grief counseling, par$3,790,000 has been given to the Federation's . enting and relationship issues. Meyerson also is in charge of JFS's Adoption Connection,, which hanannual campaign just since 1970. More than $200,000 was given for the resettle- dles all adoption and pregnancy related issues. Dr. Ephraim noted that "this is a great opportument of Russian and Ethiopian Jews and $250,000 has been presented to college students through the nity to really make significant improvement in serLivingston Scholarships. Missions to Israel have vice delivery." He feels the agency will become ; more "safe, yet visible" for the Jewish community. been supported with grants totaling $195,000. "Our primary motivation was to provide a, place In addition, the Livingston Foundation has given $1,638,000 for the development of Omaha's Jewish for individuals and families that would be consid.; community campus! This includes $317,000 to pur- ered both safe and private," Ephraim added.;, chase the site more than 25 yeprs ago, and a 25 The new office will be used by all of the staff to percent matching grant, which amounted to schedule appointments for people who do not wish $795,467, for the construction of the JCC building. to come to the JCC for counseling. Each therapist The Foundation also gave $525,000 for the plan- will schedule his or her own use of the office. . ning and construction of The Rose Blumkin Jewish To schedule an appointment to see one of the JFS Home and the Livingston Plaza apartments. therapists, please call 330-2024. (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 12)
SWiiton Livingston creates a lasting Segacy by Suzanne R. Singer A testimonial dinner on Sept. 20,1951, honored when he first found it. . Milton Iivingston on the occasion of his 60th birthday. "Throughout my life, I have tried to emulate • After words of praise by close friends, Mr those hardypioneers.In my activities, whether of a business nature, a social engagement, or a civic | Livingston responded with the following story: : ; 'Many years ago, I read about the Klondike gold obligation, I, too, have tried to build the wood pile rush'and the many hard-shelled prospectors that just a little higher than it was when I found it. If were subjected to the ravages of nature in the form in that I have succeeded, if you, my friends and of biting cold and blinding snowstorms as they associates, feel that the wood pile is a little higher, trekked through Alaska in search of the elusive I shall be content and very happy;" . \ yellow dust. To provide protection against these That story was related byti/fr.-Livingston's dose hardships, cabins were built at strategic points friend, Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, at his funeral, throughout the wilderness so that any prospector June 9,1969. All knew that Milton Livingston had could find a haven of refuge. Outside these cabin tended his wood pile well, for it grew to great ' doors was a wood pile, the logs from which were . heights during.his 78 years. He ensured that it used to keep the cabin warm for as long as the continue to grow by establishing the Milton and ' . weary traveler cared to stay. For the use of this Corinne Livingston Foundation 50 years ago. • \ cabin and the firewood, there was but one obliga- ' ' ' A lifelong Omaha resident, he graduated from .-' tion, and that an unwritten one. Every man was Omaha High School (now Central High) in 1909. expected to replace the logs that he had used and After serving with the Army in World War I, he to build the wood pile a little higher than it was returned to Omaha and started the Auto
Equipment Company. In 1931, he reorganized it into the Major Appliance Company, an electrical appliance distributor. Through the years, Mr. Livingston became .one of the most devoted, committed, tireless leaders in Omaha. He served as President of the Jewish Federation, Temple Israel and Highland Country Club. He was chairman of the Federation's Annual Campaign and of the Israel Bond Drive. His activities were not limited to the Jewish community, as he was President of the Board of Regents of Creighton University and served on the boards of Children's Hospital, the Advisory Board of Lutheran Hospital, and the budget committee of United Community Services. He was a member of the Omaha Planning Board, the Omaha Library Board and the Center Bank. His devotion to his volunteer commitments wasY legendary. According to Rabbi Brooks, he never! \ (Continued on page 12) '
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Rereading Hillel Halkin's brilliant essay on Jewish history and the essence of Judaism, that serves as his introduction to Sholom Aleichem's' Tevye, I absorbed again his judgment that Jewry is inured against the vicissitudes of history. Jews are accustomed, if we may put it that way, to contumely and its sometimes fatal consequences. They continue to live their lives and pursue their religious practices without interruption. The wonder is (see Job) that as a group, they never cursed God in order to die. Surveying their history, we wonder what prevented their seeking relief in idolatry or atheism, or conversion to some more comfortable religion or cult. "How odd of God to choose the Jews," a wit had it. And how odd of Jews to remain "chosen." Turning to our Sidrah, note the curiosity that Balak, King of Moab, wins fame and a place in history by wanting to kill Jews! No Sidrah in our Torah is named for Moses or Abraham or Isaac or Jacob or Joseph. But Balak, by placing his name in the long line of the infamous, from Pharaoh to contemporary skinheads, gets a whole Sidrah named for him! Balaam,the prophet-soothsayer, is another story. He also wanted to kill Jews by a venomous curse, but the Lord obliged him to bless Israel. He must have thought, "I can't believe what juBt now came out of my mouth!" Would his curses have had any effect? Did his blessings? At the end of the Sidrah, Balaam is implicated in practical attack (as distinguished from an attack by words) on Israel, a seduction to idolatry and sexual immorality in tandem. Here Israel stumbled and temporarily Balaam triumphed. Israel was punished. And Balaam too. Returning to Halkin and Tevye, the disintegration of Tevye's family serves as a paradigm of the tragic disintegration of the great East European Jewish community. Forces that destroyed this community were above and bfiyond any possible Jewish defense. The only defense was within, internal, spiritual and cerebral. The community largely dispersed, creating Jewish communities in the Americas, Australia, Israel, and elsewhere. Those who remained waited only for Hitler. The Jewish community in the United States is composed largely of this dispersion. The question is whether or not we have the defenses that our grandfathers had. The attack here is not suppression or oppression, but, curiously, the opposite. Can we withstand the benefits~and the allurement~of democracy, freedom, prosperity, and enlightenment? Can the child, with coins jingling in his pocket, refrain from ruining his stomach? Will Balaam's blessingsand democracy's-be only a pitfall? Or can we create here a vibrant, solid Judaism?,
Adam Kohn Michael Fineman Ediar Beau MZ Yoshanah Beau On Saturday, May 16, Ediar BBG #710 and MZ Yoshanah BBG #2053 held their Annual Beau Dance. The theme was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Adam Kohn and Michael Fineman were named BBG Beaus for 1998-99. Adam, son of Mark and Sherry Kohn, is a senior at Burke and a member of Mother Chapter AZA #1. Michael, son of Glen and Hollie Fineman, is a junior at Millard North and a member of Chaim Weizmann #1510. The candidacy for Beau, however, began long before the dance. Every year, the ladies of Ediar and MZ Yoshanah get together for Caucus (a night unannounced to the young men of AZA #1 and Chaim Weizmann) and discuss possible Beau candidates. The girls discuss the individual's involvement in BBYO, special traits of the individual, and anything else they feel would make that individual an asset to their chapter as Beau. Once the girls vote and.the decisions are made, the candidates and honoraries are treated to an early morning breakfast, and their candidacy begins. Candidates spend approximately three months prior to the dance selling advertisements to local businesses, friends and family that will be placed into the "Ad Book." They also attend as many BBG functions and chapter meetings in order to get to know all the members of the BBG Chapter who have honored him by making him a candidate. Sometime in the week prior to Beau Dance, the ladies of each chapter reconvene their meeting and vote to determine which candidate will be the new Beau. The resigning Beaus of each chapter then announce the new ones the night of the dance during "procession." As Beau, the young man becomes an honorary member of the BBG Chapter for the entire year, and is always regarded in the highest esteem by members. Although all candidates and honoraries cannot all be "Beau," they too are held in high regards, for it is . . . "an honor to even be 'put yip.'" Other candidates for Ediar were Andy Finkle and David Pitlor, with Honorary Todd Robinson. MZ Yoshanah's Beau candidates were Mark Javitch and Andy Novak, with Honoraries Jeremy Ivers and Alan Joaephson. Schollman's Beautiful Decorative Cabinet, Door & Bath Hardware Supply
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CANDLELIGHTING: 8:42 p.m. TEMPLE ISRAEL Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 7023 Cast* Stivjd, Qinana, NE 88132
8ETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish CongrogutionH of America 1S02 No. 02nd St., Omaha, NE 68MM 655-S2BS
FRIDAY: Shabbut evening service, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Stiel and Dr. Michael Walts will officiate. We will continue discussing the summer Torah portions. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, lftSOaan. Simcha B'Shabbat-An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. ADULT EDUCATION THURSDAY, July 16: "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
SATURDAY: Shabbat services, 9 aan. Kiddush following services.
FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Field trip to the Bes Moines Historical Museum to see the exhibit "Unpacking on the Prairie.'' Meet for a picnic lunch at noon, view the exhibit at 1 pjn. FRIDAY, July 17: Tot Shabbat, 7 p.m. Summer Book Club selection: Stalking Elijah by Rodger Kamenetz.
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN SOUTH STREET TWXPLE Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2091S. 20th St., Lincoln, NK GSG02-2797 43&8G04
Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. TUESDAY: No Adult Education classes during June and July. , . • THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 pan. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study, 10 a-m.
QFFUTA1R FORCE BASE 25th and Capeh&rt, Omaha, NE 294-6051 Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
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FRTOAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., followed by an Qneg Shabbat. Discussion topic is "What has Happened to Jewish Tradition and is it Still Applicable to the Modern, Mobile Jew." Friday, July 24: Marcel Kahn will speak about his family's escape from Nazi Germany during services, 7:30 p.m. In honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Sonny Bleicher, in Israel, Dr. Jerome and Freda Bleicher will sponsor the Oneg Shabbat. Sonny is the son of Dan and line Bleicher of Jerusalem and is a sabra (a native-born Israeli), along with IU'B brothers, Jonas, who is in the Israeli Army, and Pavid, who will enter the Israeli Air Force this fall.
Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 pan. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; little People service, 10:15 tun.; Jr. Congregation, 10&0 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood; Class with Rabbi Kutner, 8:05 p.m., followed by Mincha, Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdallah, 8^J5 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Beis Midrash, 9:4510:30 a.m.—study Mishnah Sanhedrin; evening services, 8:45 p.m. MONDAY: Talmud class, using Tractate Brachos, with Rabbi Kutner, 7:30 p.m. - WEEKDAYS Services at 7 aan. and 8:45 pan. Wednesday and Friday: Beis Midrash, 7:458:30 a.m.-study Mishnah Brachos. Tuesday and Thursday*. Beis Midrash, 9:1510 pan.--Study the Parsha of the week.
BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Mfcsaber of tJmitcd 8yftag6Kw.«i of Conservative Judaism 14508 California, Omaho, NE G1U54 492-S550 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazeu and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services, 6 pan. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddussh fo\lowing services; The Devar Torah given by Larry Raful; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time, first and third Saturday, 11 an>4 JCtantan, second and fourth Saturday, 11 a-ntj-Minha-Ma'ariv and a Havdalah, 8:50 p.m. ',' \ SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. ' WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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CHABAD HOUSE An Affiliate of the Worldwide Chabad-Lubaviteh Movement 1800 Bo, 120th St., Omaha, NE 68144 PhOHK 580-1800 E-MAlL-chabiul@at>Leoni SATURDAY: Services, 9-.30 aan. Kiddush following services.. SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Mitzvah Munchkins class, 10a.m.-noon THURSDAY: Talmud Class, noon.
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From left: Bobby and Emily Newman, participants in Summer Hebrew Fun Daysi" with' their mother, Patricia, and Allison Lastenser Pachman. Temple is also offering Hebrew lessons for adults. Ann Kibel Schwartz, Director of Education at Temple Israel, will offer three Hebrew lessons for adults on Thursdays, July 23 and 30, and Aug. 6. All classes will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The lessons are designed to help beginners or those who have forgotten most of the Hebrew they once learned. The goals of this series are: to help students unlock the mysteries of the Hebrew alphabet, which will lead to mastery of basic^ letters and vowels; to empower parents to help their children excel in Hebrew studies; and to begin to ease levels of comfort with Hebrew blessings and prayers. ... ., .. . ; , ,i".%\ For more information or .to enroll, call;Templeat 556-6536. . 1.
DEDICATION; A memorial for Ruth Levine will be dedicated on Sunday, July 12,10:30 a.m., at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Cantor Emil Berkovits will officiate.
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What the UJA/CJF merger means for us Some national leaders have shared a vision of merged resources by combining two large organizations: the United Jewish Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations. Their vision is finally becoming a reality. UJA is the agency to which our overseas allocations for the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Joint Distribution Committee is sent. In return for acting as a global transfer of funds for Jews in Israel and places like the former Soviet Union, UJA trains our annual campaign leaders, sponsors annual meetings for the Midwest Region and others, sends us speakers at very little cost to us and' also assists our community professionally by hosting conferences and training for Federation staff; •• UJA has also established" Partnership 2000, a 'person-to!?
person' program which distributes funds in sister regions. Omaha's Bobbie Epstein chairs the Midwest Consortium and just returned from a P2K meeting with Jan Perelman and ADLCRC Director Bob Wolfson. CJF also sponsors conferences for professional staff and plans the annual General Assembly for the more than 200 Federations around the country. The result of the merger for us in Omaha will be less duplication and more resources available for our community with just one phone call. Our UJA National and Midwest Region volunteers: Joel Alperson, Anne Broder Shackman, Bobbie Epstein and Bobbi Leibowitz will join CJF volunteer Bob Kully in making an impact on the national scene. Common sense seems to be prevailing; may it continue to be so.
UJA, CJF move in together by Lisa Hostein
3 NEW YORK (JTA) -They Have barely finished moving in together, and already they are making plans to stand underthechuppah (wedding canopy). ?The United Jewish1 Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations, which together make up American Jewry's central fund-raising establishment, physically combined forces this week in a Manhattan office complex, cementing a partnership that began to take shape several months ago. ; The move to the trendy Chelsea neighborhood marks a significant step in the consolidation of resources at a time of change in the Jewish world and when Jewish needs - locally, nationally and abroad - surpass available Jewish communal funds. 'The partnership was not created for neatness, but to do things better," said Martin Kraar, executive vice president of CJF and a driving force behind the consolidation. "We need to do more with less." -But the real culmination of what has often been a contentious process, pitting local federations against national agencies, is expected to occur in less than a year, when the UJA and CJF move from partnership to a full merger. For 50 years, the United Jewish Appeal has been a well-known institution that, in concert with local federations, raises money for Israel and other overseas needs. The CJF serves as an umbrella organization for some 200 local federations, providing services and guidance for fund raising and leadership development. The cultures of the two organizations were so different that there was a time not so long ago when leaders of the institutions balked at the public use of the term "merger." Now, in a sign of how quickly the process has moved - driven in part by large-city local federations that are demanding a more efficient and responsive national system - these same organizational officials prepared for a key meeting thie week in Chicago, which is being billed as "The Road to Merger." More than 100 individuals from around the country, representing the partnership, national agencies and local federations, came together July 7-8 to hammer out a wide array of issues - including the mission of the hew entity, how it will be funded and how it will be run. CJF and UJA have agreed in principle to a complete merger. The organizations announced plans to complete the technical
*the creation of a 29-member partnership operating committee to oversee the process; of six strategic subcommitThe purpose of the new tees•the—establishment from needs assessment to budget and national organizational finance - to work out operational details; structure is, according to •the consolidation of regional UJA and CJF ' offices to create five joint regional offices aimed at documents, "to create a providing effective and comprehensive sernational environment for vices to localmore federations. The five regions are: raising greater financial * the Northeast, based in Bergen County, a resources, to satisfy needs, at , region of 3 million Jews; home and abroad* and for ! * the Southeast, based in Atlanta, a region of Jews; serving communities better, 250,000 * Southeast Florida, based in Deerfield Beach, and in a seamless manner," Fla., a region of 650,000 Jews; * the Midwest, based in Chicago, with a satellite Many details still need to be worked out. The new entity has neither a name nor an executive to office in Cleveland, an area of 800,000 Jews; and head it. Questions of governance and direction * sthe West, based in Los Angeles, a region of 1.3 have yet to be resolved. And some in the communi- million Jews. ty worry that more attention is being paid to the As the partnership moves toward the merger, a details than to overall vision and goals. host of thorny issues has yet to be resolved. Richard Pearlstone, the immediate past presiMuch of that discussion has focused on support dent of UJA, summed up a commonly voiced vision for the Jewish Agency for Israel, the primary recipfor the future by focusing on two key issues: ient in Israel of funds raised by U.S. Jews. The Jewish continuity and Jewish responsibility. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee "We are still talking about tikkun olam and Jews also receives funds raised for overseas needs for its helping Jews," said Pearlstone, using the Hebrew work in Israel and countries around the world. expression for making the world a better place. The Jewish Agency, whose main task is the resPearlstone will co-chair a committee charged with cue and resettlement of Jews, has undergone a finding a new chief executive for the new entity. major restructuring of its own during the past Said former Midwest Region Chairman Dr. year, drastically cutting its budget and streamlinConrad Giles, now president of CJF and the other ing services. co-chair of the joint partnership: "If all we end up The federation system provides about $200 milwith is a refined, new efficient bureaucracy, with- lion annually to the Jewish Agency. Responding to out a sense of mission and clearly articulated pur- a cash emergency, federations committed close to pose, we will have failed." an additional $60 million in emergency funds this It is clear that raising more money is a central year. goal of the partnership. But there is debate in the community over The central system raises an annual $1.4 billion whether the Jewish Agency should be the sole each year, including $750 million in the annual recipient of American Jewish funds raised through campaign conducted by UJA and local federations. local campaigns and whether it should be guaranThe rest comes from endowments and capital cam- teed a certain minimal amount. paigns. But there are an estimated $1.8 billion Several local federations, such as San Francisco, worth of needs, according to Kraar, from raising have opted to direct a portion of their funds for educated and committed American Jews to feeding Israel to specific programs there. Federations that hungry Jews in the former Soviet Union. take this approach argue that it gives them greater Over the past year, the partnership has begun to control over allocation of funds and makes individtake shape in several ways, including: ual donors feel more connected. of the merger by the end of 1998 and to finalize all other issues no later than the end of March 1999.
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July 10,1998 Jewish Press, Omaha, NE Page 5 Shortage of high-tech specialists affecting Israel's economic growth byAviMachlis
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israeli engineers and computer programmers are not worried when they see dramatic headlines warning of rising unemployment. All they have to do is turn to the help-wanted pages,'which are filled with ads from companies seeking high-tech specialists. The ads demonstrate what many in the field already know: Electronics and software companies in Israel face a drastic shortage of skilled workers. Israeli economic leaders believe that alleviating this shortage is one of the biggest challenges facing the economy as it moves into the 21st century.Part of the problem is attributed to the shift away from traditional industries such as textiles and agriculture toward high-tech, leaving many unskilled workers unemployed. Meanwhile, burgeoning companies throughout Israel's booming hightech sector are desperately seeking skilled engineers, computer programmers and technicians. <*We need about 4,000 new workers a year," said Zohar Zisapel, chairman of Rad, a group of data communications companies, and head of Israel Electronics Industries, an industry organization. "Due to the shortage, the electronics industry is growing at a much slower rate than its potential — about 11% a year instead of 20% a year." Not only are high-tech companies prevented from reaching peak levels of developing and manufacturing, but the manpower shortage also pushes up wages for these highly demanded workers, eroding the profitability of technology companies. According to one Tel Aviv recruitment firm, some specialists are so badly needed that a discharged soldier with the right training can begin working without a college degree for about $35,000 a year - double the average income in Israel. The under-performance of the technology sector is a particular problem
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Livingston Foundation Trustees Five members of the Jewish community serve as trustees of the Livingston Foundation. Robert Kully, Stanley Slosburg, Murray Newman, Suzanne Singer and Gerald Hoberman have the enviable job of being the community's proactive catalyst and initiator of worthy endeavors in the name of "Livingston". The original Foundation Trustees were members of the Livingston family, along with Paul Veret, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation, and David E. Beber, the Livingstons' attorney. Yale Richards became Executive Director of the Foundation and legal counsel following Mr. Beber's death in 1974. Since 1991, Kully has served as president, succeeding Jule M. Newman who had become President following Mr. Livingston's death in 1969. Newman is vice-president; Slosburg, treasurer, and Singer, secretary. ' Those serving as trustees and their years of service are: Milton S. Livingston, 1948-69; Corinne N. Livingston, 1948-61; Marian Sally Belmont, 1948-57; Joseph Belmont, 1948-57; Paul Veret, 1948-62; David E. Beber, 1948-74; Morris E. Jacobs, 1962-83; Dr. Abe Greenberg, 196272; Jule M. Newman, 1962-91; Morton A. ^JBtfhards; 1972-93; Stanley J. Slosburg, 1974-presenti;5Libuis Somberg, 1983-84; RobieVt-I. Kully, 1983-pre^ent;Murray H. Newman, 1984-present; Suzanne R. Singer, 1989-jiresent; Gerald A. Hoberman, 1991-present. ' " ; According tovSt/anley "Bud" Slosburg, who lived next door to Mr. Livingston on 53rd and Davenport, "It has been .both rewarding and fun serving almost 25 years on this foundation. As one would expect, the foundation is inundated with requests for monetary help. In making my decisions, I constantly ask myself, "What would Milt do if he were here today and had to make the choice?*"
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Million dollar plan (Continued from page 1) Of special significance because of the resulting impact on the community was the $25,000 in seed money given in 1979 for the planning for what was then called the "Center for the Aged," as well as the $75,000 given in 1983 and in subsequent years as seed money for the development of the Jewish Federation Foundation. Another major beneficiary of the Foundation has been Temple Israel. During Mr. Livingston's lifetime, the Foundation provided $75,000 to spur the 1962 addition of the religious school wing; and then, in 1966, it completely funded the building and furnishing of the Livingston Chapel. Since then, grants of more than $1.5 million have been made to Temple for special projects and programming: to repair the building following the 1975 tornado, to make improvements to the Temple cemetery, to match gifts to the Endowment Fund and for the recent addition and renovations to the Temple building. ' • • ' • ' The Anti-Defamation League, Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership, Arfcza teen trips to Israel, Beth El Synagogue, Israel Education Fund, Council Bluffs Bikur Cholim Cemetery Association, U.S. Holocaust Memorial, Israel Cancer Research Fund, United Negro College Fund, ' Mount Sinai Cemetery, and the Jewish Fund for Justice are just a few of the many organizations that have received support from the Livingston : Foundation through the years. \ Grants have also been made to local organizations and institutions such as Creighton University, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska AIDS Project, United Way, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Girls, Inc., Girls' and Boys' Club, and health and arts groups. . As Howard Kooper, Federation President, said, "The Livingston Foundation has been a key player in every endeavor that the Jewish Federation has undertaken. The trustees have provided the funds and much of their own time in helping our community grow." Non-profit groups may send grant requests to: The Livingston Foundation, c/o Yale Richards, Executive Director, 11605 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 300, Omaha, NE, 68154. Proposals should be received'by Nov. 2 to be considered at the December meeting.
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Child Development Center Committee plans interior of new facility by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
The Child Development Centercommittee has been meeting monthly for almost a year to plan and develop the very best child care and preschool environment and program in the country. A national search for a consultant has lead the CDC committee to Anita Olds of Woodacre, CA, whose credentials include conducting workshops at Harvard and Tufts Universities about architecture and children's environments. Olds looked at the current CDC design and gave her input on such details as the interior walls, flooring and children's work display areas. Her specialty is indoor play, which includes climbing structures and reading lofts. Wendy Goldberg, committee chairperson, said, "Children spend so much time away from home now that it's bound to change our culture. We need to make their day care and preschool environments as homelike as possible." , Other members of the CDC committee are Nancy Carlson, Carole Greenberg, Carol Hahn, Sharon Kirshenbaum, Kimberly Robinson, Mark;Sanford, Terri Schrager and Louri Sullivan. Staffing the committee are JCC Executive Director Jeffrey Aizenberg, JCC
Assistant Director Cory Kirshenbaum, and Linda Novak, CDC Director. The committee wanted to create spaces that reflect the home environment. A great room where the children can eat at tables that they set themselves, where they can help in preparing the meal or snack, and can be served family style is one of the focal points of • the new CDC design.
Camp Shalom day campers Elka Bresler (left), Mallorie Moore, Chet Wallace, Jacob Cohn and Maura Flynn tidy up' the kitchen in the CDC preschool. !
The committee is now looking for "expert" help with designing the best possible playgrounds. In the new facility, infants, toddlers and older children will each have their own age-appropriate playground, which also gives the younger children something to look forward to as they grow.
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"This design has really been a collaborative effort on everyone's part," said Goldberg. "This new facility will-be one that people come to look at as a model from all over the country." Contributions to the Building Fund are. still needed and are being accepted by calling co-chairmen Patty and Steve Nogg at 4933479, Mareia and Steve Pitlor at 496-4632, Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper at 392-1800, or the Federation office at 334-8200.
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If* tliffe-. Dr. Steve Bennett of Kearney was elected Chairman of the Nebraska Democratic State Convention last week in Lincoln. Elected Vicechairman was former Lt. Governor Maxine Moul. Speakers included Senators Bob Kerrey and J.J. Exon, Lt. Gov. Kim Robak and Gov. Frank Morrison. Dr. Bennett was also elected Second Associate Chairman of the State Democratic Party; Ann Boyle was elected State Chairman. A former national chess-coach of Russia will teach at Brownell-Talbot's 1998 Chess Camp, Aug. 10-14. Miron Sher, an .international grandmaster, holds graduate degrees in mathematics and in chess coaching. He currently teaches at Trinity and at the Browning Private School in New York. The camp is open to students in grades K-12, from beginners to advanced players. Enrollment is limited. For information, contact Karen Bowley at Brownell-Talbot, 556-3772. Allison Nettie Boehm, daughter of Claudia Boehm of Omaha and Joel T. Boehm of Big Bear Lake, CA, is a recipient of the Dean's Award for academic excellence, during the spring semester at Colgate University. She is a 1998 graduate who majored in Art and Art History. Jeff Katzman, a recent graduate of Weatside High School, was awarded a $1000 Fuller Scholarship at the recent NCSY National Convention where he was also admitted to the Ben Zakkai Society. He is the son of Michael and Carol Katzman.
A World of Difference Institute of the AntiRoza Zincov was featured in Sunday's Omaha Defamation League conducted a "Train-the- World-Herald in a story about freedom. In it, she Trainers" workshop this week at Chalco Hills said, "After six months, we knew it was time for us Recreation Center and the Jewish Community to come to America, too. Somehow, we got visas for Center. Mark and me and for our sons and their families. Project coordinators Don Dickerson, Fh.D, and "The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society found a desCONTINUING A TRADITION... Eileen Durgin-Clinchard, Ph.D, facilitated the tination for us: Qmaha. We had no idea what kind Selling One of a Kind, One at a Time. diversity education program utilized by schools, of living conditions we would find. We arrived to Over 31 years of Our Combined Experience. universities, corporations and community and law find an apartment filled with furniture, food, toys Over 1700 Families Relocated. enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. and and books donated by the people of the Jewish LET OUR PROVEN abroad. community. We were completely overwhelmed. Our • NETWORK andSUCCESS "Our programs provide practical, experiential, dreams had come true." nf*AL ntrrmru co. WORK FOR YOU hands-on training with skills to challenge preju690-1591 • 677-2524 dice and discrimination," said Debbi Brown, Assistant Director of the ADL/CRC and A World of by Difference Institute facilitator. Oldtimers/Y.E.S. Art Grossman Since 1985, the Institute has trained more than Review 300,000 elementary and secondary school teachers in public, private and parochial school settings The June 22 meeting developed into one of the is now fully indexed and through its program, A Classroom of Difference. largest turnouts, other than special holiday affairs. available for research and reference in electronic format More than 135 colleges and universities have The magnet for increased attendance was the proon CD-ROM in Ethnic NewsWatch, a full text general hosted 'A Campus of Difference' to help foster cohe- gram by opera singer Lisa Senal, whose range of reference database of the publications of the ethnic, siveness on their campuses. minority and native press, dating back to 1985? high notes reverberated to the point of raising the A Workplace of Difference has been conducted for ceiling of the 'J" by a few inches. For the first time... more than 100,000 adult workers employed in Senal has performed with opera groups in Ethnic NewsWatch gives more than 100 corporations, government agencies Michigan as well as with Opera Omaha. She was you fast and easy electronic or small businesses in the public and-grivate sec- accompanied at the piano by Esther Wax. access to nearly 400,000 complete articles, editorials, tors in which participants learned how diversity It was a day of increased participation. The Early columns, book, movie and enhances the bottom line. Law enforcement diver- Bird discussion moved through subjects of intense theater reviews (and more) sity and hate crimes training programs have been interest. The previous day being Father's Day, we reflecting the ethnic diversity developed and are currently being implemented by examined the speculation that the rash behavior by of America. the FBI and police departments across the U;S. some youngsters is due to the absence of fathers in and Germany. Askfor... their lives. The Anti-Defamation League created the proThe Jewish Press and Ethnic NewsWatch on CDThanks to Program Chairman Dr. Milton grams to directly confront and overcome tensions Margolin, and Older Adult Services Director ROM at your public library as well as local, high school a n d college libraries. '• • ' •'• •" • • . associated with an increasingly diverse community Maggie Conti, Oldtimers and Young.Energetic For more information, contact: and nation. Seniors can continue to expect diversified enterSoftline Information, Inc. tainment following lunch. . 1-800-524-7922 For example, at the last meeting in June, country singer Carl Winkler and Sintha Essex turned the audience into country folk. Cowboy hats and copies of nostalgic western songs were parceled out. It didn't take long for the mood to take hold. At the Early Bird discussion, the dominant topic Free Estimates was President Clinton's visit to China. We touched on three main areas - trade, human rights and • Professional Installation weapons. Despite toasts and warm rhetoric, the U.S. and China eye each other as potential enemies .-,. ..Quality Selection of - ; . . Carpet, Vinyl, Laminates, and military threats. Ceramics, Marble and We welcomed new member Mary Jane Heyne. •' ' Hardwood. These folks are in sick bay: Ben Blatt and Dr. Dan Miller at Clarkson; Ajon Farber and Dorothy Hours: M-T-W-F 9-5, Thur, 9-8, Sat. 9-3, Closed Sundays Residential and Commercial Heyman at MethodiBt; Lorraine Mellick at Bergan. Shalom.
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YJS.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. English Class starts at 10 a.m.; exercise and bingo at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome to join the "YES Talk* discussion group at 11 a.m. in the adult lounge. Following a hot kosher lunch, enjoy musical entertainment by Cantor Berkovitz. For transportation, call 330-4272. Deadline is July 23 for the WinnaVegas trip on July 303. Call Maggie at 334-6521. Deadline is July 9 for transportation to Jazz on the Green at Joslyn on July 16. Call Lenora at 3346511.
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WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. English Class starts at 10 a.m., exercise at 10:15 a.m. and bingo at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30 a.m. The movie Wings of the Dove will be shown in the Blunikin Home auditorium at noon. Popcorn will be served. For transportation, call 332-4272.
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Blumkin 'alums' talk about quality care by Shane Kotok Director of Community Outreach-Jewish Senior Services
Trying to find Dorothy Strauss at home these days is a difficult task. On Mondays, she attends YES (Young Energetic Seniors); the middle of the week is filled with grocery shopping, errands, cleaning and visiting friends. Every Friday is her volunteer day at the Veterans Hospital. She traveled this spring to Texas to be with her daughter and son-in-law, It's hard to imagine that one year ago Strauss said that she was too weak to walk. "I came to the Blumkin Home after heart surgery. I was unable to care for myself but I was determined to get back on my feet. I knew that if there was anyone who could straighten me out it would be the Blumkin staff. "They were terrific!" she added. "After two weeks, I went home to my apartment with new strength and independence." Strauss is part of an ever-growing group of Rose Blumkin Jewish Home "Alumni" living throughout the community. The unique blend of care and atmosphere has gained RBJH a reputation as Nebraska's outstanding long-term care facility. Now it is attracting Jewish seniors seeking the region's best short-term assistance. During the last two years, more than 40 older adults have benefited from the short-term care provided by RBJH. Many have come to the facility for rehabilitative and recuperative care to help them make the transition from hospital back home. Some have come to RBJH for respite care when a senior needs a place to stay when his or her care giver is unavailable for a brief period. Dr. Thomas B. Cotton, medical director at the Blumkin Home, said, "We take great pride in the full range of rehabilitation services offered by this facility. "Most individuals who are admitted to the Blumkin Home for short stays return to their homes and resume their life styles." Barbara Gottlieb, executive director of Jewish Senior Services, added, "When someone comes to the Blumkin Home, we are able to combine the best in clinical management with a warm, loving Jewish environment." Strauss and several of her fellow RBJH alums agreed with Gottlieb about the quality and caring atmosphere. An automobile accident caused major injuries for Helen Iipp. She chose the Blumkin Home for rehabilitative therapy following her long hospital stay. "If you need it, it is the place to be," Lipp noted. "The care is great and the therapy is exceptionally good. One of the best things is the way they keep you busy with activities BO you don't get bored or depressed." A hip fracture landed Babe Aronoffin the hospital for surgery. The need for therapy and a placetorecuperate brought her to the Blumkin Home for a month. "Being a resident at the Blumkin Home was an absolutely positive experience," Aronoff said. "The therapy twice a day was rewarding. They worked me hard but the payoff at the end was worth it." Long after she returned to her own home, Aronoff continued to be an active presence at Blumkin. "After my stay, I wanted to give back to the home what it had given me." During the week, Aronoff can be found volunteering at bingo and has recently been recruited to work in the gift shop. "The attention, service, food and staffs concern
Dorothy S t r a u s s ( s t a n d i n g ) , a n d Maggie Conti, Older Adult Services Director. were beyond the call of duty," said Norman Whitman, another RBJH alum. The companionship Mr. Whitman found WBB an unexpected bonus. "I dined with people I really enjoyed being with," he added. In a letter to the staff at the RBJH, Mollie Delman wrote, "You know my reputation as a kidder and balebusta, but my recent illness and hospitalization were no laughing matter and left me unable to care for myself in my own home. "So my kids and I decided that a stay at the Rose Blumkin Home would give me the assistance I needed to get back on my feet." Having worked with seniors for so many years as the Older Adult Director, Delman knew the services that the Home provided. "But now I was going to see their care as a resident myself and came away with an even deeper appreciation for just how great the Blumkin Home is," she added. "I don't know where I'll spend the ten cents I won playing bingo, but Fd be willing to bet it and a whole lot more that few communities are fortunate to have such a caring place for their elderly as we do." Rabbi Myer Kripke speaks from a unique vantage point as a former Blumkin rehab resident and the husband of Dorothy Kripke, a resident at the home. Rabbi Kripke recalled a recent conversation with a nurse during a visit to his wife. He said he was pleased when she identified the components that make the Blumkin home superior to other places where she has worked. "I confess I was especially pleased when she identified one of the components in this way: This is a Jewish home and Jews do things and look at things in special ways," Rabbi Kripke said. "All that is, by way of introduction, my saying that this is a wonderful place for rehabilitation and regaining strength after an accident, an illness or a hospitalization. It was for me." Rabbi Kripke came to the Blumkin home following a serious illness and stayed six months. "The doctors* orders are carefully followed and the nursing care is gentle, compassionate and skillful," Rabbi Kripke said. "There is no pressure on a temporary resident to stay longer than he or she wants to or needs to.. .Anyone who needs rest and care and restoration ought to look at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home as a precious resource in our Jewish community." "For more information about the short-term care services provided at RBJH, call 334-6529.
Gwen and Eric Goldfarb of .Carmel, IN, Janet and Harry Klein of Omaha announce the announce the May 2 birth of a son, David Michael. June 12 birth of their son, Jacob Aaron. They also have two daughters, Sara Alyse and Laura Diane, They also have a son, Adam Benjamin, 5. Grandparents are Robert and Myra Oberman of and two sons, Daniel Adam and Andrew David. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Omaha and Russell and Clare Goldfarb of Schwartz of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kalamazoo, MI. . Great-grandparents are Sidney Cohen of Las Klein of Hollis Hills, N.Y. Great-grandparents are Abe Hopper of Omaha Vegas and Flora Goldfarb of Kalamazoo. and Hilda Schwartz of Clearwater, PL.
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Myra Oberman completes term as chairman of Newman Grants Committee by Claudia Sherman, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator
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Twice a year for the past five years, Myra al educator who will help develop the curriculum, Oberman has convened the Esther K. train teachers, and record it to be shared with Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman Funds Grants other congregations. Committee. Members of the committee have delibTaking the MTV Challenge, submitted by the erated over applications and then disbursed the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, examines the valincome of the two Newman Funds to fulfill nearly ues portrayed in commercials, music videos, sit60 agency and program requests totaling approxi- coms and cartoons. mately $47,000 during Oberman's tenure. The Union for Traditional Judaism has develOn May 19, Oberman presided over, the Grants oped the program which utilizes 13 video "trigger" Committee meeting for the last time. Her term on tapes that examine issues of self-esteem, relationthe Federation Foundation Board of Trustees com- ships, sexuality, racism, drug and alcohol abuse, pleted, Oberman described her experience as chair- depression, and suicide among others. Teens will man of the Newman Grants Committee as "the discuss the issues in a safe and controlled environmost enjoyable committee on which I've ever ment under the guidance of experienced professionals by analyzing propaganda and comparing served." She added, "If s been my privilege to assist in the messages of the media to Jewish ethics and values. As hosts of the Spring Regional Convention in determination of financial awards to worthy causes that advance Jewish culture and education in April, 1999, when BBYO will celebrate its 75th anniversary, Omaha will present: the program to Omaha." At the May meeting, four projects were granted heighten teenagers' awareness of the messages put forth by television, magazines, and newspapers. distributions totaling $4,506. Israeli Dancing -- Start Young! was submitted by The grant comes from the Esther K. Newman the Jewish Community Center's Child Fund. Development Center (CDC). Grants from both the Esther K. Newman and the In her application for funds, Dinah Raful, then Carolyn Kully Newman Funds were made to CDC Director, pointed out that it is important for Friedel Jewish Academy for a Jewish Audio Center children "to be exposed to the Jewish culture in Library to serve as a resource of Jewish identity many different ways. Our children love music, and and values through educational, cultural, religious, and social means. movement is crucial in their development." The library will "be used to enhance the educaShe added that teaching children Israeli dances will "enhance their musicality through learning tional curriculum of the Friedel Academy kindergarten and first grade program," according to about an important part of Judaism." Funds for the program were allocated by the Rabbi Gavriel Herzig, then headmaster of Friedel, who submitted the proposal. Carolyn Kully Newman Fund Housed in the children's section of the Jewish Temple Israel will receive a grant for a new program for seventh graders that combines God talk, Federation Library, the audio library will be available to synagogue schools' in the community with mitzvot, and community spirit. "The overall goal is to provide a gesher (bridge) curriculum ideas and guidelines to incorporate into between what seventh graders learn in Religious existing programs. Parents and children will also School and what they do in the world," explained be able to borrow the tapes. The Esther K Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman ''Ann Kibel Schwartz, director of education at Temple Israel. The curriculum will focus on issues Funds are administered by The Foundation of the of personal identity, social skills, relationships Jewish Federation. Members of the Grants Committee who attended the meeting in addition with God, and community responsibility. The grant from the Esther K. Newman Fund will to Oberman were Dani Shrago, Pam DePorte, underwrite a one-time honorarium to a profession- Roxanne Kahn, Jill Belmont, and Gloria Kaslow.
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Milton Livingston creates a lasting legacy
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(Continued from page 1) came to a meeting without being totally prepared. committee for the new synagogue. He brought his time, energy and talent to every When it became apparent that the synagogue undertaking. The depth of his mind, the sharpness needed a new religious school wing, he spearheadof his perceptions and the distance of his vision was ed the fund drive with a $75,000 gift from his founalways apparent. dation. He felt that it was wiser to initiate a project The Omaha Chapter of the National Conference with a matching gift than to totally fund it, because of Christians and Jews honored him for his human- that manner of giving gave the community the itarian efforts with their Brotherhood Award in incentive to participate and created a sense of own1962. This was a most fitting tribute for a man who ership of a project. Rabbi Brooks eulogized by saying "...there-was The Milton and Corinne Livingston Chapel at never a priority in his mind of one human need Temple Israel was one exception. He chose to build over another by virtue of religion, race or class. and furnish the chapel totally with his foundation People were his concern and he served them all funds as a lasting memorial to his beloved wife with devotion." • Corinne, who had died in 1961. Only after much As Omaha grew west; he saw the need for the persuasion by Rabbi Brooks did he acquiesce to Jewish Community Center to move from its home allowing the chapel to be dedicated in his name as at 20th and Dodge to,a _ Bite,in the western part of well as that of his wife. the city. His vision, determination, and" generosity And now, 29 years after his death, the Livingston helped make the new Jewish' ConMiih'ity Center a Foundation continues to build the wood pile to reality. He was chairman of the JCC Building greater heights-always keeping in mind the princiCommittee at the time of his death. ples by which Milton Livingston led his life and by His devotion to Temple Israel was rooted in his the legacy that he left. youth, for Temple was where he attended Sunday School and where he became confirmed and was (This article was prepared with material married. He served Temple as President in 1954- found in the archives of the Nebraska Jewish 56 and, prior to that, was chairman of the building Historical Society.)
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