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Above: Tuesday, Feb. 22 of 2022 was, naturally, ‘Tu-tu Tuesday’ in the Staenberg JCC Dance department. Below: Michael Rips discusses his book, The Face of a Naked Lady, with the Kaplan Book Group and reminisces about growing up in Omaha.

Above, below and bottom: Community Shlicha Sivan Cohen hosted the Israeli Spirit Series, the Whiskey Edition, at Spirit World. Above: The Russian Cultural Club had its first gathering since the pandemic at the Jewish Community Center to watch a movie while visiting and catching up. A special thank you to Anna Mosenkis, who goes out of her way to call and invite the seniors to be together. Thank you to the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation for sponsoring this event.

Above: Helen Sweet is the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Resident Council president! She is still the Purim Queen until March 17! Mazel Tov, Helen. Right: Chana Tenenbaum knows that on Sunday morning at Chabad, after davening, you get to sit on the table and eat rugelach.

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Below and right: As part of Friedel’s focus on global connections, students learned about different cities in Israel and spoke to people who live in them. Above and left: Community Shlicha Sivan Cohen recently spoke to teens at Beth El about a gap year in Israel.