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Above: “Today I got to see a friend from Beth Israel’s Hebrew School/Talmud Torah whom I have not seen since the late 1970s: Dr. Lynn Polonski. Lynn, Jeff Kirshenbaum and I were in the same class and being together today after 45 years was incredible.” — TOBA COHEN-DUNNING Below: Friedel first- and second-graders welcomed Israeli women who were visiting Omaha as part of the Partnership2Gether program. They sang songs, played telephone (in Hebrew, Arabic, and English), and learned some Israeli and Bedouin dances.

Below: ELC students visited Friedel for their monthly innovation learning class. This month, they created salt-and-glue spiderwebs with traps and passageways and added color with watercolors.

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PHOTOS FROM RECENT JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS

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Top, above, right and below: Two weeks ago, the Jewish Federation hosted 16 women from Israel from the Women Leading a Dialogue program. These women are Jewish and Muslim and spent the year getting to know each other and promoting a shared society of cultures. Their program culminated with a trip to the United States. We packed a lot into the 2.5 days and made so many amazing memories!