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SPECIAL TAX AND FINANCIAL PLANNING ISSUE Vol. LXXVK
No. 22
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Omaha, NE
Archbishop Curtiss calls on Catholics Tax and financial planning techniques "to reflect upon pain inflicted on Jews" by Carol Katzman available More than 300 Jews, and _M_H_^_H_H_H_H_M_H_M__9_H_H_| and Jewish organizaby Marty Ricks, Director, Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha
Thoughtful tax and financial planning today can yield a rich harvest of benefits. But the world of financial planning is as complex as it is rewarding. What follows are some suggestions to discuss with your accountant, your attorney and your financial planning adviser. INCOME TAX PLANNING Income taxes are like the weather-everyone talks about it but very few people do anything. Yet Congress has provided many taxpayers with convenient techniques for minimizing income tax liability. Savings can be obtained in a variety of ways. Consider some of these areas: • Divert your income to a low tax bracket relative. One way to minimize income taxes is by diverting some of your income to a family member who is in a low income tax bracket. If you transfer ownership of some of your taxable securities to your children, the income will be taxed at their lower tax bracket, if they are 14 years old or older. * Defer part of your income to minimize taxes. Another method to minimize your income taxes is to defer a part of your income until a year when you are in a lower tax bracket That may happen at • retirement. ' •*...• (Continued on page 9) '
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Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, senior rabbi at Temple "asraer ^>e' s er based on a simi' a r l ntta written by C ^' ' O'Connor to nobel l a u r e a t e Elie Wiesel apologizing to the Jews on behalf of the Catholics,
parishioners)," he stated. Archbishop Curtiss announced Ash The panel, moderated "Pope John Paul II, mindful Wednesday as a day of repentance to the Jews. j , y j Robert Wolfson, of the need for repentance and renewal, has declared Executive Director of the Anti-Defamation LeagueCommunity Relations Committee, also included Rabbi this date as a a day of special penance and fasting. "In the Jubilee year, we will use this day to reflect Debbie Stiel of Temple Israel, Holocaust survivor Bea upon the pain inflicted on the Jewish people by many Karp, Dr. Ben Nachman (interviewer for Steven of our members over the last millennium. The epitome Speilberg's Shoah Foundation), and Dr. Bryan LeBeau, of this pain occurred in this century in the Holocaust a history professor from Creighton University. when millions of Jewish people suffered and died at Moving from theological and historical discusthe" hands of the Nazi regime, and when too many sions to the practical questions of "What can we Christians were silent in the face of this atrocity." do?" panelists offered concrete suggestions for ways Archbishop Curtiss called on Catholics and Jews in which the relationship between Catholics and to "build the bonds of respect, friendship and mutu- Jews could be strengthened. al support" so that this would "expand into new ,"We hope today will reflect that healing," Wolfson "cooperation and joint ventures between Catholic (Continued on page 2TJ
World renowned glass artist comes to Omaha by Amy Krobot
Continuing through October of 2000, it is the are illuminated. The extraordinary glass work of international artist Dale Chihuly opens at the Joslyn Art largest exhibition Chihuly has ever mounted and Born in Tacoma, WA, he holds a bachelor's degree Museum Feb. 12 and runs through Juno 4. In this includes Chihuly by Night, when the installations in interior design from the University of special exhibition, Dale Washington, with a masChihuly: Inside and Out, ter's in sculpture from his signature sculptures the University of will be massed on floors, Wisconsin. While in walls and windows graduate school, Chihuly throughout the entire began creating largemuseum, both inside and scale environmental out of the UBual gallery works using neon, argon setting. and blown glass. He was Known mainly for his awarded a Louis Comfort blown-glass objects, Tiffany Foundation Chihuly actively explores Grant for work in glass other media, including j as well as a Fulbright ice, plastic and paint. Fellowship, both of which Through production and ' enabled him to work in experimentation, he ' Venice, Italy. arguably has produced Chihuly established the most influential body : the Glass Department at of contemporary glass art the Rhode Island School in the world. . of Design and was coColorful, lively and founder of the Pilchuck - beautiful, his organic and Glass School on a remote jewel-like pieces range in , tree farm in Washington. size from mere inches to A black-tie dinner will more than 30 feet tall. be held on Saturday His most recent exhibit 3 evening, Feb. 12, to dediis at the Tower of David ; jcate the glass sculpture • in Jerusalem, Chihuly in permanently installed in the Light of Jerusalem' the atrium. Tickets are 2000. It features 16 large J$150 per person. The installations in the court- __ i event has been sold out, yard, a glass ceiling that &e/fc During the recent Family Mission, par- one of Dale Chihuly's glass sculptures. Right: but a waiting list has leads down to the ticipants visited the Tower of David in the Old This large-scale Chihuly glass sculpture is been established. Crusader Hall and an City of Jerusalem to view the Chihuly instal- located in the courtyard of the Tower of For more information, exhibition of smaller lations. Rachel taonsky, left, Stands with David. Smaller items were displayed inside call the museum, 342Photo* by Pom Momky 3300. items. V Israeli adviser Noga BubenBtein in front of the museum.