Vol. U 0 0 ( 1
No. 34
Omaha, NE
22 lyar, 5762
May 3,2002
SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY ISSUE
Jewish Interest in Political Omce 'HighestSince '76
Am Yisrael Char.' I
by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor
Imrael live, m o r e t h a n 400 0 m a h k ; a n d LhoInifer r8llied at the Jewish Community Center in a d b p b of d d a r i t y with the people of the State of Iarael. Abooe, L o u r i Sullivrn and t w o of her children, Jomh and
t h e rabbir, Congrerrman Lee Terry, former
NCJW National R w i d e n t Jan SohneidS u p e r Sunday co-chairman Mark Schwa* and Fedention Prwidenteleot Sbve Pittor. Story onpqgs8; mompirodor on16.
Omaha has had its share of Jewish politicians. We've got a federal building and a county park named after the late Edward Zorinsky, who served ae a United States Senator and mayor of the City of Omaha. And, of course, every College World Series ie played in Roeenblatt Stadium, named for the late Johnny Rosenblatt, another beloved mayor. Add to that list, Dick Fellman and Ally Milder, who ran for the Second Congressional seat, Fellman a s a Democrat and Milder a s a Republican. ' We've had a Crounse and a Simon in the Unicameral, an Abramson on the county board, and a Rosenberg currently sits on the city council in Hastinge, NE,just to name a few. But in the May 14 primary election, four memb e r ~of thir Jewish community are hoping to get elected. Three are competing in school board elmtione: Penny Sophir and Nancy Jacobaon running in different districts for the Omaha Public Schools, and Tom Baker id Westaide's District 66. A win for Jim Simon in the Democratic primary will pit him against incumbent Lee Terry next November for the Houm of Representatives. While it's not a recod (in 1976, %aha had 12 Jewieh candidates running for office, everything from Educational Service Unit No. 3 to U.S. Senate), it's the first time since then that more than three Jews have sought political office. (Continued on page 18)
Jewish Press Wins Awards at Nebraska Convention
Council Bluffs t:-dassah Disbands by XIAN K. MARCUS
Itirwitha~tdsald~dnerrthat,aRer72 yearr, Prerident Sally Prierman Telpner annound the Cotrndl Bluib Chapter of Hadawah WilldirbandafteIritaMay~. According to Telpnar, 'Our w o n d d , crsative, older members taught ur younger women well. However, the la& f m preridemta have setved for many yearr to keep the chapter alive. We will alway~be happy that we have mmd our very getnerour community and that we have been able to Bharel our ~ e N d l i f with e them!" ~ Current o f b r a in addition to Telpner, include: ~-9Edythe m e , Programs; Lee hreloff, Trea~urer, Flora Telpner, Recording Secretary; and Ida Perlis, Edythe Knune, Lef, and Velm Tepperman celTreer and Medical Center Donationr. ebrate Eaddarah'r 86th birthday i n Council The original chapter was organized in the spring Blum i n 198a of 1930 by Rore Katelman, Betty Sternhill and Jennie Marowitz. Early meetinge were held a t the program wae preeented a t each meeting, along Chieftain Hotel and later a t B'nai Irrael with the d o u r bueinew meeting. Synagogue. In later yeam, meetingo were held in Bebre the chapter war offidally formed, Clara Kraane collected money for what war them known the Coundl Bluff' J d h Community Center. Edythe Bubb Kraene, heroelf a member rince u a "Milk Fund." Every JewiBh family in the com1949, remombere epecial Shabbat rervicer and munity w a contacted ~ and the money war given to intar-faith program. Special proqramr were held the national Had0 5 c e to be sent to h l . 8Kafelmaa S i l kwasn't emn born whem her a t the Phjlip 8her Jewirh Home and Veteranr Horpital. During W d d War 11, a vital prqiect w a ~ mother, Rore, began the Hadasrah chapter. However, ahe ir a life member and has attended the minpnpvup h a d yeuuly for Youth Aliyah. @We would like to keep goiag but the m e m h medng~inrecentysarr. keptdybgandtheyoungpwplemovadaway,"ahe It'r rad, but thingo change,and Council Blufb emplhed. Them, it became a bunch d older mo- doean't ham the Jewish mmmunify that I remember from my childhood," rhe added. 'It war a vibrant Jewbh communitg once." S i l k recalla that all of the Jewr in Council Bluib had many activitier in addition to H a d d . T h e thinm that I remember the mcmt wewe activ-
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by JEWISH PRESS News Senrice
A etory by free-lance writer Leo Adam Biqa took k t place in the category of Single Feature Story a t the recent annual meeting of the Nebraska Prerr Aerrociation. The annual New Yeax% issue, 'L'Chaim: Health Profesdonalr in the Jewirh Community", won third place for Special Iseuee or Editionr. Judger said the iarue was "well writt e n . . . ~well as providing a pereonal glimpse into the livee of those who make a difference through their career choice." This is the second year in a row in which the Jewish h 8 8 has won awards in Nebraska's Better ' Newspaper Contest, according to Editor Carol Katzman. We're very p l e a d to be recognized by our peers. In addition to the NPA awards, we've just learned that the Press has won a Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association," she said, adding that those awards will be announced a t the annual ATPA convention in Evanston, IL, in early June. Biga's etory, "F5ecingTogether a k t Past!', ran in the April 20, 2001, ieeue of the Jewish h. In it, he dercribed the orphaned childhood of Omaha physician Dr. Fred Kader, who war hidden dwing World War II. AB an adult, Kader-and fellow hidden child, Dr. Tom Jaeger-uncovered miesing piecer of their paat. The NPA judger noted that B i i ' r r t a y %ol& the reader &om the lead to the last paragraph it war a privilege to read it."
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