NE HIST SOCIETY 1500 R S T LINCOLN WE 68508-1651
Serving Nebraska and Eastern Iowa for more than 75 Years VoLLXXV
No. 49
6 Eliili'5758
Omaha, NE
- >' August 28,1998
Experienced! volunteers to lead 1999JJdA/Fedemtion Campaign
Jan Schneiderman ..
Maxine Kirshenbaum
by Claudia Sherman
Maxine Kirshenbaum and Jan Schneiderman hope the third time around as leaders of the 1999 Federation Women's Campaign will be as gratifying and even more successful than the first two. Both Kirshenbaum and Schneiderman have previously steered the Women's Campaign to goal breaking finales. Kirshenbaum was co-chairman of the Women's Campaign in 1983 and 1990. Schneiderman led the campaign in 1991 and 1992. "As Jews and Americans, we should all feel an obligation to maintain and improve our community for the benefit of those who will follow us in the years to come," said Bob Newman, who will co-chair the 1999 Federation Annual Campaign with Bob Eisenberg. "When I think back and recall the many benefits
Bob Newman Bob Eisenberg I have received from the Jewish Federation, I feel a debt of gratitude to those who have been builders of our Omaha Jewish community,"Newman added. Kirshenbaum has been involved in the campaign for some 33 years, in one capacity or another. She has chaired the lion of Judah Division and served on the Boards of the Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Federation. She is a past chairman of the Israel Bonds Campaign and has served in various positions with Beth Israel Synagogue Sisterhood. "I'm very concerned with services for youth, little children, and the elderly," Kirshenbaum said. Her compassion for young and old alike stretches from Omaha across the globe to Israel and countries where the Jewish population's survival depends on campaign funds raised by American Jewish communities.
JCC of Omaha captures silver a! national Maccabi Games The Boys' Basketball team, representing the Jewish Community Center of Omaha, finished in second place after a nail-biting playoff in the finals. The final score in the 15-16-yearold division was 62-61 in the game against the JCC Basketball team of Memphis, TN,-giving the Omaha delegation the silver medal for the annual Maccabi Games, this time held in Charlotte, North Carolina. • In addition to a silver in basketball, Adam Nichols also won a silver medal in raquetball, in the 15-16year-old division.
Sierra Gendelman, the only swimmer representing Omaha at the Games, won four ribbons in her meets. She placed fourth in the 50-yard freestyle, fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, sixth in the 200-yard freestyle and sixth in the 100-yard backstroke. Corey Kirshenbaum, JCC Assistant Director, accompanied the 12-member delegation to the Games in Charlotte, held from Aug. 9-12, along with JCC basketball coach Bob Franzese, and BBYO Director Lisa Shkolnick. (More photos on page 12)
Members of the Omaha Maccabi delegation included: Dusty Friedman, left, Adam Nichols, Aaron Aizenberg, Matt Kutler, David Pitlor, Sierra Gendelman, Ed Makarov, Cory Epstein, Alex Shektman, Vitaliy Tsyrlin, Slava Etus and Robbie Epstein. The child holding the banner was a volunteer from Charlotte, N.C.
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"Young people from Russia leave there to go to Israel without their parents," she mentioned. "We're not only supporting the JCC, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Senior Services, and the other programs provided locally, we're also serving humanitarian needs worldwide through the Campaign." Schneiderman, who has worked on the Federation campaign for ten or 12 years, also commented on the global aspects of the fund-raising effort. "We're helping Jews in Israel and in other parts of the world to exist," she said. Currently secretary of the Jewish Federation Board, Schneiderman has served on the Federation Board "off. arid, on" for a decade. Previously, she'wasiaivice president. She. also was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Federation arid is currently on the local Partnership 2000 Committee, a program that builds bridges between Israel and the Diaspora. In connection with the Partnership 2000 Committee, Schneiderman is a member of the steering committee for the Midwest Region Consortium. "Jews must help Jews," agreed both Schneiderman and Kirshenbaum. "We have to take care of ourselves," stressed Kirshenbaum. "The women's campaign gives us all - grandmothers, mothers, daughters - the opportunity to sup(Continued on page 2) ;
Cults, missionaries and teens by Gloriann Levy
To counter the effects of aggressive proselytizing, a group of synagogues and Jewish organizations are sponsoring a free lecture by the renowned expert on cults, Rabbi Tovia Singer. He will make an explosive presentation on Christian missionaries, cults and Jews for Jesus, especially geared for teens on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center Auditorium. A light kosher supper will be served. The program is free and open to all area Jewish teens. Rabbi Singer is the director of Outreach Judaism, a national organization dedicated to countering efforts of Christian groups and cults, who target Jews for conversion. He lectures on college campuses and in schools, camps and synagogues throughout the United States, and uses a unique program of role-play for teenB, which has been well received .by Jewish communities through North America. Rabbi Singer is a graduate of the St. Louis Rabbinical College. He is one of just a handful of qualified and successful exit counselors helping families reclaim their loved ones from the evangelical church. He is the author of the book, Lei's Get Biblical, and its accompanying tape series, and is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.
Rabbi Tovia Singer The program is sponsored by Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue, Beyt Shalom Reconstruc-tionist Synagogue, Chabad House, Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith, the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, Jewish Education and Library Services, Jewish Family. Service, Temple Israel and a special grant from the Mort Richards Fuiid;.; For more information or to make a reservation for the program,' call 3346403.
"To Bubbe and Zayde with L.O.V.E...a fun-filled family affair" This Sunday, members of the League Offering Volunteers for the Elderly will sponsor activities geared toward all ages, 1-4 p.m., including:
a puppet show, classic car exhibit, Mandelbread bake-off and more. At 1:30 and 3 p.m., The Magic of M/shpocha will be presented in the JCC Theater.