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SERVING NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS Vol.LXXVI
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No. 34 Omaha, NE
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Kim Noddle and Tim Zweiback earn Federation Young Leadership awards '
by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
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Kim Noddle and Tim Zweiback have been select- Child Care Fair from 1990-92. ed for the Lois J e a n n e Schrager and J u s t i n Within the Jewish community, Noddle is a memGreenberg Memprial Young Leadership Awards. ber of Temple Israel Sisterhood and has served on These prestigious honors are given to individuals the Caring Committee. She has also volunteered who have demonstrated leadership qualities above as room parent for Temple's religious school. Her and beyond the role of a dedicated volunteer. other community activities include Campaign Nominations were submitted by the community Chair for Future Board Elections for Westside and voted upon by past recipients of the award. School District, Community Club Board at The awards will be presented at the Federation's Oakdale Elementary School and a member of the Annual Meeting on J u n e 7,.7:30 p.m, at the Pacific Pals Board of Directors. Jewish Community Center Theater. Noddle and her husband, Jay, have three chilNoddle was nominated bythe National Council of dren; Rebecca, Sam and Aaron. She is the daughJewish Women for her ]" ter of Mike and Barb Platt. spirit of dedication, Tim Zweiback was nominated by the Jewish enthusiasm and profesFederation of Omaha for sionalism in which she his passion and initiative tackles her tasks. Her . in pioneering the Omaha background as an educaJewish community's new tor has had a tremenera of giving. dous impact on her volFor the 1999UJA/ ' unteer endeavors. She Federation Campaign, has adopted an attitude Zweiback was instruof community trustee-! mental in implementing j (Ship and works to help Kim Noddle the "Jr. Pacesetter" diviwherever she can to improve our community. Noddle has worked on the Federation's Annual sion, which allows doWomen's-Campaign for the past several years, and nors to Men's Campaign has co-chaired the Young Women's Retreat for the who are under 40 to past two^years. Within NCJW, Noddle is currently become a Pacesetter at a . Tim Zweiback (Community Service Vice-president~tjn31)erVed 'as" lower giyingleVel, with a chiairperson for "Kits for Kids," a new project which commitment to move up to the regular Pacesetter supplies materials and ideas for art activities for level within a prescribed amount of time. He has children in low income childcare. committed to continue his upgrade work on the She has also worked on "If s a Wrap" from 1989 2000. Campaign. to 1997, and served on NCJWs committee for the ; (Continued on page 2)
Hose Blum kinJewishHome again given 'superior rating' by. Lenora Lancaster, JSS Administrative Assistant
The. residents, board of directors and staff of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home are pleased to announce that the Home received a "deficiency free report" from its annual unannounced licensure survey by the State Health Department. The survey was conducted over five working days last week. This is the second year in a row that the Home has received this rating. Candice Stevens and Beverly Harper, examiners, stated the Home was an excellent facility and noticed the warm and caring interactions between residents and staff. They added that they were very impressed with the assessments done by the nursing staff and the personal histories maintained by the social services department. These two pieces of information give the professionals a benchmark by which to judge general health changes. Jarold Kohll, President of Jewish Senior Services, remarked, "With nursing homes receiving so much bad press it is rewarding that our Home be recognized as being a leader in the industry. Our community demands the highest quality of care and. therefore, it is our obligation to provide it." "These high ratings are obtained by the staff working diligently throughout the entire year," added Barbara Gottlieb, Executive Director. "1 am delighted that the State recognizes all of the hard -work"
Epstein Cemetery Dedication Beth El Synagogue will dedicate its new Harold and Etta Epstein Chapel at the cemetery, 84th and L Street, on Sunday, May 16, at 1:30 p.m.
May 14,1999
Gala Purim dinner to receive Community Service Award by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Beth Cohen and Harry Herman chaired the Community Purim Dinner. The Community Purim Dinner, held in March, has been selected to receive the Community Service Award at the Federation's Annual Meeting on June 7. The Purim Dinner was broadly endorsed by Jewish organizations and synagogues and was open to the entire Omaha Jewish community. Chaired by Beth Cohen and Harry Berman, the committee was made up of representatives from Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue, Temple Israel, Chabad, Beyt Shalom, JCAC, YJO, the Jewish Federation of Omaha and the Rabbinic Council. ; The idea for'the dinner stemmed from discussions at the Rabbinic Council meetings, and evolved into an event that included a Megilla reading, a kosher dinner, music, costume contests, children's art activities lead by BBYO, NCSY and OTYG, clowns and mimes, and a rabbinic Purim spiel. (Continued on page 6) ;
Hadassah honors past presidents
Cantors Three to mix music, humor
by Mary Fellman
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Corinne Levin and Helen Brodkey, two past presidents of the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah, will be honored for a lifetime of service and devotion at the organization's HIES luncheon on Tuesday, ; May 25,11:30 a.m., at Happy Hollow Country Club, 105th Street, south of Pacific. Both women have given years of service in a variety of medical programs in Hadassah's work in Israel and in leadership in the Omaha chapter. Corinne Levin The "Happy Hadassah Israel Education Services Happening" will also celebrate the 80th birthday of the founding of Hadassah in Omaha by honoring 18 living past presidents of the local chapter. The HIES program of national Hadassah uses the latest theories of secondary and community college career oriented schooling in the expansion of Hadassah's model education system in Israel. Sybil Katz, regional Hadassah president, will install the 1999-2000 officers. The program will also feature a style show of Hadassah mothers and children, with fashions from She-La and LiF Prince and Princess of Countryside Village. Reservations for the luncheon meeting may be ' made by sending a check for. $13 to: Dory Mawyer, 15651 California St., Omaha, NE, 68118.
by Diane Axler Baum
The third annual Cantors Three Concert will combine classic and contemporary Jewish music with a sprinkling of Jewish humor on Sunday, May 23, 7 pan., at Beth El Synagogue. The program will feature solos and duets by Beth El's Cantor Emil Berkovits and Temple Israel's Cantor Jennifer Blum, plus songs and stories by Beth Israel Synagogue's Cantor Leo Fettman. Also performing will be a choir comprised of members from three area congregations. .•'••... Flutist Tuffy Epstein and pianist Julie Sandene will provide instrumental accompaniment. The three principals expressed their excitement about the program. "Each cantor has favorite compositions and an individual style. Workingtogether in developing a concert makes it so much more interesting," said Berkovits. He favors traditional pieces that are "moving with a lot of meaning." Fettman, who also "likes the old favorites;" promised to interject hrfmor into the program by interweaving songs with comical stories. He especially looks forward to presenting "Chazzan of Shabbos." : Blum particularly enjoys Israeli art music, sung in Yiddish and Hebrew. This is "a rare chance for the community to hear the voices of its cantors in celebration of Jewish music," she said, and "a wonderful ppportunity for me to sing with my colleagues and friends." < (Continued on page 8)