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LinDa POLLarD community seniors will be Endowment Assistant, Jewish announced soon. Federation of Omaha Foundation Sally and Ed said that they are more aware now recent conof the ever growing need versation with in the senior community Sally and Ed for support, especially Malashock now that they are living was an engagwith older people. They ing trip through their past, have become more aware a look at the present, and a of various degrees of physview of the future. The ical and mental impairMalashocks are warm, hument. They also realize morous and welcoming, that not everyone in this leaving the writer to wish category is capable of supfor more. Having the opporting themselves. It was portunity to observe the apparent to them that light and loving banter bethere is a pressing and tween them, it is clear why unmet need for further their marriage has lasted funding for the senior 73 years. Dr. Edward and Sally Malashock Jewish community. The Recently, Dr. Edward and Sally Malashock made a very generous contribution to Malashocks said they feel fortunate to be able to support establish the Ed and Sally Malashock Jewish Senior Out- the community, so they looked for the right opportunity to reach Fund at the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation. help. Sally pointed out that the need is apparent when you The details of this new and expanded programming for our See Malashock Jewish Senior Outreach Fund page 3
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Friedel announces One Scott Littky will head IHE Million Dollar Campaign Danny COhn Secretary and Marketing Chairman, Friedel Jewish Academy There are close to one million reasons for the students and staff of Friedel to celebrate this upcoming school year. Thanks to dozens of donors, the Friedel Jewish Academy is on the verge of completing a one-million-dollar campaign; in fact, the school is 90 percent there. The year-long campaign kicked off last August and will conclude this August. Commitments now total $900,000, but Friedel needs
the whole community’s help more than ever. The campaign’s major donors have pledged matching funds as a challenge grant, meaning that the money will be received once the one millionth dollar has been committed. “We are hopeful and confident that members of the community will help us raise this last $100,000 so that the money already committed to the school through this challenge will be received,” said Ari Kohen, Friedel Board Co-President. “We have been blown away by the generosity of the current donors and hope the community will rally to make this dream a reality.” Over the last three years, the board and staff of Friedel have undertaken a major transformation of the school, evidenced by the large size of the 2018–19 kindergarten class. This class is made up of 15 children, which directly results from a targeted recruitment and development strategy. See Friedel Campaign page 2
annETTE van DE kaMP all formal and informal Youth ProgramEditor, Jewish Press ming, developed and implemented a proWe welcome a new but familiar face gram for Families with Young Children and to the Jewish Federation of Omaha as created and drafted a bi-weekly newsletScott Littky takes ter for families. over as the Executive Of particular interDirector of the Instiest is his work with tute for Holocaust Yad Vashem: Education. Scott has “I had the opportumany years of expenity while in Alexanrience in both formal dria, VA, to go study and informal Jewish in the education deeducation and skill partment of Yad development and Vashem with the top looks forward to scholars in Shoah edworking with a variucation,” Scott said. ety of community “While there, I began members. a relationship with Scott obtained his the head of the deBachelor of Arts, partment for HoloScott Littky History at Wayne caust education in State University in Detroit, MI, and com- the Jewish world outside of Israel. I first pleted 52 Hours of Graduate Coursework took materials created by Yad Vashem in Education and Judaic Studies. In addi- and wrote curriculum for them to be used tion, he is a certified Conservative Jewin supplementary religious schools and ish Educator. helped train teachers to use the material. Among his vast experience is his work Further, we developed a plan to help train as Education and Youth Director at the teachers in the philosophy of Shoah eduAgudas Achim Congregation in Alexancation created by Yad Vashem.” dria, VA. While there, he was responsible In addition, Scott has worked as the for managing the daily operations of a Program Director and Adult Education supplementary education program. He Coordinator at Temple Israel, Omaha, the created and implemented curriculum and Education Director for Beth Israel Relitraining and developed and executed all gious School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and fundraising initiatives. He also supervised See Littky to head ihE page 2