Hancoff Named BBYO Regional Director THE Omaha - David Goldstein, chairman of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Cornbelt JEWISH Region Board, has announced the appointment of Steve Han- coff to serve as BBYO Regional Director, with headquarters in PRESS Omaha. A graduate of St. John's Col- lege in Baltimore, Maryland, Serving Council Bluffs, Mr. Hancoff has served on the staffs of Habonim summer Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha camps, and spent a year in Is- rael in a Habonim kibbutz pro- Vol. LII-No. 12 OMAHA, NEB., FRI., NOV. 24, 1972 gram. As BBYO Regional Director, Mr. Hancoff will be respon- sible for coordinating BBYO activities in the Cornbelt Re- Gov. Exon to Host gion which includes Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, Des Moines, Sioux Falls and Ot- Sleve Hancoff tumwa. young people, and the interest Israel Bond Dinner Plans are now being formu- and cooperation offered by the lated for the BBYO Winter adults in the region. The po- Lincoln-Governor J.J. Exon Convention which will be held tential is here to build an out- at the Omaha Hilton Hotel De- will host a dinner at the Execu- standing BBYO program," he cember 25-29. More than 200 tive Mansion in Lincoln on said. delegates are expected to at- Hancoff said that one of the Wednesday, November 29th at tend. primary goals of the Winter 7 p.m. The dinner will join the Mr. Hancoff said that the Convention is to involve as world-wide observance of Is- planning of the Winter Conven- many interested teens as pos- rael's 25th anniversary of state- tion has given him an opportu- sible. "Scholarships are avail- hood, and the part Nebraska is nity to meet and work with able for BBYO members where playing in marking this mile- many members of the com- necessary. Those interested stone in Jewish history. munity, both youths and adults. should contact me at the Jew- The Honorable Shaul Ramati, "I'm excited by the leadership ish Community Center," he Consul General of Israel and potential I'm finding in the said. guest speaker of the evening, will present an award to Gover- nor Exon on behalf of the State Pomerantz Will Head of Israel for the Governor's participation in the Israel Bond program commemorating Is- Governor Exon Shaul Ramati rael's 25th Anniversary. Des Moines Campaign Elmer Gross, Omaha Chair- man and Norman Krivosha. Lincoln Chairman, emphasized Des Moines-Harry Pome- that, in addition to saluting the Brodkey, Zalkin Named rantz has been appointed as people of Israel on the occas- general chairman of the 1973 ion of their nation's Silver An- All-In-On Campaign of the niversary, the dinner will also To Israel Bond Posts Jewish Welfare Federation. Am- commemorate the notable rec nouncement of his appointment ord of economic progress that Omaha-Elmer Gross, general chairman of the 1972 Greater was made by Sidney Rubin. Israel has achieved with the Federation president. aid of Israel Bonds. Omaha Israel Bond Campaign, has announced that Eli M. Zalkin will serve as associate chairman and Edwin E. Brodkey will Mr. Pomerantz is a past The Chairmen said that the president of the Jewish Com- Governor's guest list was limit- serve as Banking Division chairman during the 25th Anniversary munity Center and has served ed to current and prospective Israel Bond Campaign Year. on the Federation Board of Israel Bond pur of Mr. Gross said that both Zalkin and Brodkey are continuing Governors. $1,000 or more, throughout the their participation as leaders in the Israel Bond Program "be- state. He was appointed to the Na- cause they feel that the buying of Israel Bonds should be a regu- tional Defense Executive Re- lar practice and privilege felt as part of a sacred obligation for serve and still serves on its board. He has received the ci- Mills Says Nixon the upbuilding of the Holy Land. For them it is a constructive tation of merit from National 'Must Be Watched' link with Israel-a way of sharing in the development of the Temple Brotherhood for serv- Harry Pomeraniz country." ices to the Chautauqua/Society, and has been awarded a life Synagogue and Beth El Jacob New York (JTA)-Rep. Wil- Synagogue. bur Mills (D. Ark.) cautioned membership in the National Chautauqua Society. Mr. Pomerantz is president Jewish leaders here to keep a Israeli Arab Will of First Midwest Realty and close watch on President Nixon He is a past president of Development Corporation and to make sure he doesn't aban- Temple B'nai Jeshurun Broth- is general manager of Hoerner don support for Israel in or- erhood and has served on the Waldorf Corp., Bag Division. der to improve his working re- Speak in Omaha Temple board of directors. He and his wife, Peggy, have lationships with the Soviet Un- ion. Omaha Rustum Bastuni, Mr. Bastuni has been a He is a member of Temple three children, Robert, Jeffery former Arab member of the Is- B'nai Jeshurun, Tifereth Israel and Michele. teacher of oriental studies, di- "Failure by the President to rael parliament, will speak at recognize the importance of Is- rector and lecturer for youth a lecture sponsored by the rael in the Middle East could Omaha Jewish Cultural Com- leaders and social workers, an be disastrous to the future of mittee, Wednesday, Dec. 6, authority on Arab rural society that great democracy,' he said. 1972, 8 p.m. at Beth Israel in Israel, and is considered an He asserted Nixon must rec- Synagogue, 1502 N. 52nd St. expert on the economic and ognize that it was not a matter As a former member of the social structure patterns of the of which nation was more im- Israeli Knesset, Mr. Bastuni is Modern Middle East. portant-Israel or the USSR- in a unique position to discuss but simply that "we must main- Arab-Jewish co-existence in Is- tain our support of Israel." rael. He is on the board of the Mills said the "American peo- Arab-Jewish Friendship ple will not countenance such League and the executive a move by President Nixon and board of the Moslem Bequests I am calling on the President Fund. now to make his position Bastuni earned his masters clear." degree in architecture from the Asked what specifically Technion in Haifa and his most prompted him to raise a warn- recent position in Israel was as ing of a possible Presidential assistant chief town planner reversal of policy toward Is- of the Haifa municipality. He rael, Mills replied, "I am a lit- has his own architectural firm The menu is doughnuts traditional treat for Ha» tle suspicious because of the in that city. nukka in Israel. The not-to-delicate eaters are pre. background of Mr. Nixon." He His published works include school children who attend a Pioneer Women kinder. added that "Nixon should be research and studies of Be- garten in an absorption center in Haifa. Pioneer watched over the concessions douin Society in Israel and of Women, at the request of the Israel government, op- that have been made and those Arab National Movements. He erates all day-care services in new immigrant absorp» which will be reached in the fu- served as editor of the lead- tion centers throughout the country. The Hanukka ture between Washington and ing Israeli Arab literary and festival begins on the night of November 30th, Moscow." social studies magazine. Rustum Bastuni