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GaRy Javitch onathan Adelman specializes in security studies, foreign policy, and revolutions. And that is why the Columbia University PhD (1976) is no stranger at the White House and a frequent visitor to the State Department. Because of his expertise on Russia and China, the government has summoned him to Washington DC on many occasions to provide insight and perspective. Indeed, his words carry a great deal of weight. In the 20 years between 1988 and 2008, he journeyed to China 17 times on lecture tours and engaged in 15 international speaking tours to 13 countries for the State Department. With all that travel, it is hard to imagine that the professor at the renowned Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver found time to author or edit 12 books on Russia and China. Besides the books, he also penned 92 op-ed pieces on China, Russia, and Israel published in Forbes magazine, the Jerusalem Post, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, and CNN to name only a few of many outlets. He has a lot to say and he says it really well. His strong credentials led UNO’s Natan & Hannah Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies to invite the scholar to speak at their annual Ruth and Phil Sokolof Lecture. The University of Nebraska at Omaha houses the See UNO annual lecture page 3
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ElizabEth REmbERt The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Hillel Club hoped to bypass division and disconnect when it hosted “Huskers Unplug” on March 3.
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Credit: Elizabeth Rembert The event began with sunset yoga on the Nebraska Union greenspace, then bingo, coloring and conversation in the Union Centennial Room and ended with a ballroom dance party in the Union Ballroom. The event was a part of the National Day of Unplugging, an annual project of Reboot. Reboot is a Jewish organization that affirms Jewish traditions, and with the National Day of Unplugging, Reboot hoped to uphold the Jewish value of using the Sabbath to “unwind, unplug, relax, reflect, get outdoors and connect with loved ones,” the See huskers unplugged page 3
KaREN GUStafSON JFS Executive Director A portion of my job in the last year was to join a coalition of community mental health professionals, school representatives, police departments, clergy and city professionals all of whom are invested in
minimizing the number of suicides in the Omaha Metropolitan area. The Metro Area Suicide Prevention Coalition was started by the Kim Foundation, the philanthropic arm of C & A Industries. The Kim Foundation was started by C & A owners, Larry See talking about suicide page 2