Board meeting agenda, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, December 11, 1980

1030 East Twain Avenue ? Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 ? (702) 732-0556 ANNUAL BOARD MEETING December 11, 1980 AGENDA Welcome ? Dorothy Eisenberg Introduction of Jeff Bernstein ? new Hillel Director Awards Sara Saltzman Barbara Eisenberg Gene Greenberg Campaign Report to Date Report on the General Assembly ? Howard Levy Request for Assistance for Italian Relief Report on American Friends of Hebrew University Dinner Honoring Meshulam Riklis Request by B'nai B'rith for Approval of Man-of-the-Vear Dinner, February 22, 1981 Nomination of Board and Officers ? Eli Welt Adjournment Re-convention of New Board Appointment of Budget and Allocations Committee Other Business Adjournment Annual Report Attached PREAMBLE TO THE ANNUAL REPORT Memorandum To: Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board From: Jerry Countess The life of a Federation cannot be read solely by the minutes of its Board meetings. The real pace of its life, the intensity of its feelings, the extent of its involvement with the larger community is difficult to gauge because most people know only those aspects of Federation that pertain to their specific activities. As a result, even Board members of the Federation don't know the broad range of our activities. Too often, it means that the contributions of the volunteers who provide the lifeblood of this organization are not adequately recognized. Another consequence is that our own Board members may fail to appreciate the role ? or the goals ? of the Federation itself. This Federation has become an important tool in the development of a close, harmonious Jewish community, one that is concerned with all of its members and one that will provide, within the means available, the services necessary to care for them. The Federation has an informed Board, an enlightened Board. It has been open to growth, change and involvement with all things Jewish, and that has made our development possible. We, the staff, are proud to serve this Board. We feel we have as good a Board ? or better ? than any other community in the United States, regardless of size. For our side, you have a good staff to support you. It's better than good. Every member is skilled, dedicated, committed far beyond the normal requirements of any job. We work together well as a team, and everyone in the office can be counted on to fulfill assignments without supervision and with individual initiative. So, for all our sakes, please read the attached report. We spent a lot of time to put this together because we feel it's important. Find out what we do, as a staff, as a Federation. We need your support. We need your input. It isn't enough to be good. We can be better. We can't be better without you. ANNUAL REPORT Campaign Summary Division Number of Gifts Total 3 9 '80 '79 '80 Women's 268 342 $ 160,732 $ 133,935 General 355 337 $ 930,028 $ 906,021 Total 613 679 $1,090,760 $1,040,136 (plus Project Renewal, '79 and '80 118,550 Campaign Analysis* The 1980 Campaign raised about $50,000 less than the 1979 Campaign (41/2%). A very small number of major contributors in both Women's Division and General Division were not able to sustain in 1980 the extraordinary increases they had made in 1979. In spite of that, the community can look with some pride on this year's Campaign. For the first time in this community, there was a Student Campaign, chaired by two stu-dents from Hillel who went to Israel on a UJA Mission in December 1979 (see Hi Mel report). Thirty-two students pledged $847. There is reason to believe the Student Campaign will be even more successful this coming year. Women's Division was outstandingly successful in its drive to increase the number of mem-bers in the Division. There were 268 gifts in 1979; in 1980, they brought that up to 342 gifts. Their drive to reach a larger segment of the women in the community continues unabated. The year 1980 promises to be a watershed year in both the development of the Jewish community and the Federation fund-raising Campaign. There has been a period of transition over the last half-decade that has seen a change in the nature of Campaign leadership and support. The last few years have seen the emergence of a cadre of people seeking active roles in Federation's leadership structure. The members, for the most part, are relatively new to the community, somewhat younger, still developing in the professions and in business, but highly motivated in their concern to make this a Jewish community in which they can be comfortable bringing up their children and a community of which they can feel proud. Many of them recognize the need to provide the financial assistance necessary to strengthen Jewish community resources. They work in Jewish community organizations and on Federa-tion committees. They are now also joining the Campaign Cabinet to help create the kind of Jewish environment they desire. (*see Campaign breakdown, Exhibit I, attached) Campaign Projection In addition, the transition period has been marked by a significant change in the source of Campaign funds. Not too many years ago, the bulk of the funds raised came from hotel sources ? the ownership, hotel executives and hotel personnel. In 1980, corporate gifts from the hotels accounted for less than eight percent of the Campaign. In the last five years, the Campaign has nearly doubled in size. This has taken place at the same time that the hotel contributions to the Campaign has diminished markedly. It indi-cates that new contributors from the professions and from business have come forth to support the needs of the growing Jewish community. Not only has the loss of hotel revenue been made up, but the Campaign has advanced considerably beyond the old marks. Several factors point toward a definitive step forward in the coming year: The Campaign Cabinet has expanded considerably. There is new leadership in the Medical Division. It holds promise for significant growth. Two events scheduled for that Division can have a major impact on the Campaign. The Retail Trades and Services Division, which has doubled in size and total over the last three years, has dynamic leadership and many new prospects. More important, perhaps, than all of these, the Federation now has the services of a full-time Campaign Director. Mark Edell comes to us with 10 years of experience in the field. He will have an opportunity to develop and build on the resources that are pre-sently available, as well as to seek out new potentials for the Campaign. There is an air of poise in the community, of expectancy, of waiting to leap forward in a dramatic advance on many levels. Fund-raising is always the final denominator, the bottom line that declares in deeds the real level of the aspirations voiced in the community. We believe that, this year, the community is prepared to demonstrate serious concern about the Jewish future in Las Vegas. COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE There is, perhaps, no group, committee or organization in this community so important to the preservation of our Jewish security in this city. For several years now, the Community Relations Committee and the Federation have acted, rather more informally than not, often on an ad hoc basis, to deal with attacks on values we hold dear. Under the leadership of Lynn Rosencrantz, with the assistance of Dennis Sabbath and others, the public has been marshalled to write, phone or wire our Congressional repre-sentatives when issues of concern to Jews and Israel have been made known. We fought against "Release Time" and the "30-Second Meditation" period last year. Many of our people worked with other groups in support of ERA. Our Holocaust Committee under Edythe Katz' direction, described elsewhere in this report, has been an outstanding arm of this Committee. We have responded to national organizations' pleas for help on Soviet Jewry, the Falashas and other oppressed Jews. We participated in the international appeal for Raoul Wallenberg. We've conducted educational programs in cooperation with the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the University Center for Religion and Life. We've supported programs for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, for Israeli Schlichim, for the Israeli Counsel General, for the World Zionist Federation and other Jewish organizations. Now we are faced with a set of circumstances that presage serious difficulties for the Jewish community in the future: In the past week, the Jewish Kosher Butcher was robbed again ? for the fourth time. Be-tween robberies, he has reported repeated incidents of Swastika daubings on his premises. Last week, the Chanukah exhibit at the Boulevard Mall had filth daubed on the manne-quins on display. Last week, there was a serious disagreement with the management of the Meadows Mall over the nature of the Chanukah exhibit they displayed. This office has been the recipient of calls from people purporting to be members of the Ku Klux Klan. Police officials in the community have reported that there is a small but growing Klan unit in Las Vegas. On a somewhat different scale, perhaps, is the trend in the country made glaringly evident by the triumph of the far right in the last election. There is clear apprehension across the country that the next few years will be marked by major contests against a renewal of efforts to get prayer into schools and to try to overcome the separation of church and state in public institutions. With that background in mind, the Federation has recently appointed Senator Bill Hernstadt as Chairman of a formal Community Relations Committee. The Committee has already met and apportioned responsibility for different areas to several subcommittes. Interested mem-bers from the community, particularly from representatives of other organizations, are urged to participate in the work of this Committee. Only through the united efforts of all the Jewish organizations will we be able to defend successfully against any violations to our beliefs or any attack on our rights. Members of the Committee Sen. Bill Hernstadt, Chairman Paul Aizley Rabbi Kalman Appel Allison Berman David Canter Renee Diamond Dorothy Eisenberg Arthur Fink Judy Frank Harvey Ginsberg Jackie Glass Sidney Greene Gene Greenberg Charles Hecht Chic Hecht Rabbi Mel Hecht Edythe Katz George Katz David Katzman Dr. Steven Kollins Barbara Larschan Estelle Levine Al Levy Howard B. Levy Earl Monsey Polly Morger Sari Phillips Richard Pyes Sharon Rosenberg Robert Schwedel Irving Steinberg Dan Weinberg Myrna Williams COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS The Las Vegas Council of Presidents, made up of the Presidents of Jewish women's organi-zations, has been meeting on a monthly basis for three years. The meetings enable the Presidents to discuss common problems, share information on organizational events and, by working together, strengthen the Las Vegas Jewish community. An important function of the Council has been a joint venture in the annual celebration of Israel Independence Day. Many members from each of the Jewish organizations work cooperatively over a period of months to present an anniversary tribute to the State of Israel. This event has proved, year after year, to be an important contribution to the soli-darity of the Jewish community. For many years, Jewish people in Las Vegas have discussed the possibility of having a Jewish nursing home in the community. While the potential value of such a facility has been recog-nized, community leadership and support have been lacking. Now, under the initiative of Ruth Goldfarb with support from Harvey Riceberg, the com-munity is moving a step closer toward realizing that objective. Ruth set up a meeting with Harvey, David Katzman, Jerry Countess (Federation Director), Alan Morger (Jewish Family Service Agency Director) and Jim Toomey (owner and operator of the El-Jen Nursing Home). Under discussion is the possibility of including a Kosher kitchen in the new facility that El Jen will be building during the coming year. Discussions are underway regarding a commitment for a number of beds that will be reserved for the Jewish community. Financial data regarding costs will be made available to this group by Mr. Toomey in the near future. In the interim, Ruth Goldfarb is building a committee to develop community support for the project. David Katzman will gather data on the number of people presently in other nursing homes and the likelihood of their using the El Jen facility, should the project bear fruit. This arrangement is seen as an interim step toward the eventual construction of a facility by the Las Vegas Jewish community. In the meantime, the Federation will explore the possibility of grants and other Federal funds that might be available for such a project. The Federation has already embarked on a demographic survey of the entire Jewish com-munity. This will provide valuable data on the size and kind of facility that will best serve the entire Jewish community. 1980-81 Membership Gerri Cramer Marie David Phyllis Feinberg Carolyn Goodman Joyce Korngold Davida Lewin Molly Loewy Phyllis Mark Eunice Merkin Helen Perlmutter Janice Siegal Lue Smith Eva Weissman Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary National Council of Jewish Women Women's Division Board, Federation Chairman, Israel Independence Day ORT, Business/Career Chapter-at-Large ORT, Las Vegas Chapter-at-Large Congregation Ner Tamid Sisterhood ORT, Oasis Chapter-at-Large Temple Beth Sholom Senior Citzens Hadassah BBW, Silver Meadows Chapter BBW, Las Vegas Chapter RETIREMENT HOME DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE Las Vegas is situated in a desert environment similar, in many ways, to the area of the Negev, in Israel. The University system of this state is made up of three entities: the University of Nevada, Reno; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the heart of this desert city; and the Desert Research Insititute of the University, with branches on both campuses. There is also a world-famous Desert Research Institute that is part of Ben Gurion University at its Sde Boker Campus in the Negev. It seemed possible that some mutual benefit might be derived from an exploration of the kinds of projects being conducted by these two Desert Research Institutes, one in Israel and one in Nevada. On that assumption, the Federation listed the cooperation of Israeli Consul General Benyamin Navon in Los Angeles. Mr. Navon put us in touch with Prof. Baruch Givoni, an Israeli recognized as an interna-tionally renowned expert on desert environment. Prof. Givoni teaches at the University of California one semester every year. On May 28, Prof. Givoni visited with Jerry Countess and several members of the Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas ? Dr. Peter A. Krenkel, Director of the Water Resources Center of the DRI, Nevada System; Christo Stoyanoff, Director of the Energy Systems Center of DRI, Boulder City; and other professors associated with the DRI and the UNLV biology department. As a result of Prof. Givoni's meeting with the professors and his visit to the Solar Energy Research Facility in Boulder City, it was concluded that an exchange of information be-tween the two Institutes would be very useful. A real possibility existed that parallel experi-ments might be undertaken. A formal proposal for an international conference involving the two systems and universities has been made to Ben Gurion University. Their initial response has been favorable. At the present time, the Director of the American Friends of Ben Gurion University is in Israel, discussing this proposal for us with the head of the University. He will bring back a formal proposal outlining the details for a cooperative endeavor between Ben Gurion University, the University of Nevada and the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. Such a conference could bring great prestige to the Jewish community of this city. More importantly, the scientific exchange between these two entities could add considerably to Israel's urgent need to master its desert environment and increase its knowledge of the management of its scarce water resources. ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE Through the good offices of the Council of Jewish Federations, the Las Vegas Federation has been made aware of the enormous financial potential inherent in the broadly-defined field of endowment funds. Through the assistance of a group of attorneys and accountants, and with the special assis-tance of Mark Segal of the firm of Goodman, Oshins, Brown and Singer, the Federation has taken all the steps necessary to create a legal entity called the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Endowment Fund, administered under the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. Under the direction of Paul Eisenberg, serving as ad hoc Chairman, the Endowment Commit-tee was organized earlier this year. It will function as the overall body responsible for the operation of several subcommittees, particularly the Legal and Tax Committee, the Invest-ment Committee, the Grant Committee and the Development Committee. Jerry Mack, Vice Chairman of the Board of Valley Bank, has accepted the Chairmanship of the Committee and will guide its operation. He will also help recruit other leading figures in the banking, investment, legal and accounting professions for service on this important development tool. The Endowment Fund already has its first philanthropic fund ? the Gertrude Sperling Resource Library for Holocaust Studies ? and will be the recipient of an unrestricted. Board-directed fund in the spring of next year. At the annual Board meeting of the Federation on December 11th, the Endowment Com-mittee will inaugurate its official operation with a Letter of Intent program to be directed to members of the Boards of all the Jewish organizations in the community. Members of the Committee Jerry Mack, Chairman Kenn Brinkman Paul Eisenberg Phil Engel David Funk Harvey Ginsberg Brian Greenspun Sen. William Hernstadt George Katz Herb Kaufman Howard Levy Arthur Marshall Earl Monsey Richard Oshins Alan Roselinsky Milton Schwartz Mark Segal Morris Shenker JEWISH PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST GROUP In the interest of enhancing cooperation between the men and women employed as com-munal workers in the various Jewish organizations of this community, an informal breakfast meeting on a monthly basis has been organized. The meeting provides the group with an opportunity to spend an hour or so together once a month in an informal setting. In addition to the cameraderie and understanding it fosters, it also provides those working in a Jewish communal setting with a forum in which to ex-change ideas, share common problems, discuss mutual programs and explore the areas in which both the individuals and the organizations can work together more productively. The meeting, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas in its offices, has already proved its value many times over. Certainly, to professionals new to this city, it can provide a support system to help overcome the sense of isolation and a broad experience to help minimize unworkable ideas. Rabbi Kalman Appel Cantor Sy Bergman Jeff Bernstein Dr. Michael Chen Jerry Countess Members Mark Edell Rabbi Mel Hecht Jerry Katz Mimi Katz Cantor Joseph Kohn Shirley Kravitz Dr. Tamar Lubin-Saposhnik Alan Morger Anne Parnell Leo Wilner HILLEL In a joint effort by B'nai B'rith and the Federation, Hillel has existed on the campus of UNLV for nearly four years. Membership in the group has fluctuated between 15 and 40 students. Programs have included joint efforts with the University Center for Religion and Life for events such as Chanukah-Christmas gatherings in which the basic elements of both religious groups have been examined and interpreted, monthly Shabbat services, observances of holidays and festivals, and ad hoc meetings with visiting Jewish scholars and others active in the Jewish world. In June, Dan Pomerantz' tenure as Director of Hillel was ended. During the months that ensued, Barbara Eisenberg assumed the role of temporary coordinator for Hillel until a new Director could be found. For the first time, this year Hillel mounted a Student Campaign. In December 1979, B'nai B'rith and Federation, in cooperation with the United Jewish Appeal, helped send two stu-dents to Israel on a UJA Student Mission. The students, Tom Foskaris and Sonia Nadalinski, chaired the fund-raising drive on their return. Thirty-two students pledged a total of $847. With the involvement of Barbara Eisenberg, Hillel suddenly began to emerge as a serious organization. New students were recruited, students who had worked in the campaign were more visible and a growing relationship to Federation took place. During this period, a national effort to find a Hillel Director was underway. The problem in finding a suitable candidate stemmed from the fact that the position of Hillel Director was only part-time and obviously could not provide enough income, as it existed at that time, to fund a professional Director with experience. At that point, an imaginative plan was developed involving the sharing of resources between BBYO, B'nai B'rith, the Federation and the University Center for Religion and Life. There is no precedent anywhere in the United States for such a shared arrangement, but it has already produced fine dividends. A first-rate candidate, Jeff Bernstein from Minneapolis, was approved by the Boards of each of the four organizations. The arrangement allows Bernstein to fulfill all the requirements of the Center and Hillel during the first half of the day, and has him function as BBYO Advisor and Consultant during the latter part of the day. Between the four organizations, enough funding has been provided to enable Bernstein to live modestly in the community. There has been, obviously, a good deal of trust and cooperation displayed by all the organi-zations. Bernstein's start has been auspicious. If the relationship continues to work out as well as it seems, this may be a model for beleaguered Hillels around the country to emulate. As of now, the Hillel group is thriving, the calibre of students involved is high and their interest level is appreciably greater than it has been in the past. Two more students ? Lee Drizen and Andy Katz ? have been approved for the next UJA Mission in December, other students are interested in going in the future, the students have offered to be helpful in the community Super Sunday in January and the students will cooperate with the Council of Presidents in the May Israeli Independence Day. The community is fortunate to have the commitment of Barbara Eisenberg and, now, the services of a fine young man like Jeff Bernstein to help guide our youth. We are doubly fortunate to have the support of men like Mort Kirsch and Barry Eisen in BBYO and B'nai B'rith, men with the foresight to understand the needs of Jewish youth today ? and the Jewish community in the future. HOLOCAUST COMMITTEE In April 1980, 20 educators from Nevada accompanied Edythe Katz to Los Angeles to attend a two-day Conference regarding the Holocaust. The Conference was sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith with the cooperation of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. The group consisted of people from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, members of the State Board of Education, the assistant principal of Carson High School in Reno, history and social studies chairmen from the Department of Secondary Education and administrators in the Clark County School District. For many in the group, the Conference was the first opportunity they had had to explore the full dimensions of the Holocaust, meet with Holocaust survivors and discuss the prob-lems related to teaching the subject in school. Without exception, they felt it had been a most rewarding experience. As a result of what they had learned, they made a decision to have a similar Conference here in Las Vegas in the spring. On April 1 and 2, 1981, there will be a two-day program entitled "Nevada Conference on Teaching the Holocaust" to take place at the Frontier Hotel. The expected attendance is 250 people. Summa Corporation has graciously agreed to host the Conference. In addition, the Conference has the full support of the Nevada State Board of Education, the Clark County School District and the Nevada Humanities Committee. Other sponsors and generous individuals are providing additional support. The Holocaust Committee also has been instrumental in getting an Endowment Fund to perpetuate Holocaust studies in this community. Inaugurated by a grant from Gertrude Sperling, the Fund will enable the Federation to set up a Library and Resource Center at the Federation offices to provide educational material on the Holocaust to teachers, stu-dents, clergy and organizations, as well as to interested individuals. The generosity of others in the community will augment the funds from this grant to assure the continuation of this important learning center. The Holocaust Committee is also recreating the award-winning exhibit "Children of the Holocaust," reducing it in size to make it readily transportable from school to school. The Committee is beginning to collect materials for the library and is establishing a Speakers Bureau of Holocaust survivors. Members of the Committee Edythe Katz, Chairman Sister Klaryta Antoszeuska Rabbi Kalman Appeal Dorothy Bokelman Dr. Michael Chen Naomi Cherry Shendell Doty Audrey Funk Jackie Glass Naomi Goldsmith Sidney Greene Gene Greenberg Rev. Ruth Hanusa Rabbi Mel Hecht George Katz Cantor Joseph Kohn Eileen Kollins Lillian Kronberg Dwayne Lawrence David London Sister Rosemary Lynch Marsha Miller Earl Monsey Polly Morger Aleda Nelson Dr. Ruth Pitts Fran Sanoff Robert Schwedel Sasha Semenoff Maria Simpson Blanche Stein Elaine Steinberg Myrna Williams JEWISH BUSINESSMEN'S LUNCHEON GROUP Two members of the Young Leadership Development Committee, Gene Greenberg of KNBC-TV and Dan Weinberg of Wagon Masters, formed the Jewish Businessmen's Luncheon Group in May 1980. Responding to a perceived need for greater contact between Jewish members of the Las Vegas business community, they organized a monthly luncheon gathering. Participating members meet in a relaxed, social atmosphere at a local restaurant. They get to know each other better and identify the other Jewish members of the community with similar interests. After lunch, they have an opportunity to listen to a visiting guest, some authority on Jewish culture, politics, Judaica or other aspect of modern life that might interest Jewish business-men and community leaders. The format has been so successful that monthly luncheons now are attended by 40 to 60 men. The program is expected to continue through the coming year. Dan Mokady, Israeli Consulate, Los Angeles Senator Paul Laxalt (R.Nevada) Rabbi Jacob M. Ott, Los Angeles, speaking on Islam Congressman James Santini (D.Nevada) Mary Gojack, Senatorial Candidate (D.Nevada) Rick Bugdanowitz, Federation leader, Denver Dr. Steve Bryen, Executive Director, JINSA Joseph Yablonsky, FBI Chief, Las Vegas This monthly newspaper published by the Federation has won accolades from Jewish organizations across the country for the quality of its reportage. The clear, crisp format with its emphasis on news has helped to make this Jewish community one of the best informed in the United States. The newspaper Board is entirely volunteer. Its members read every article prior to publica-tion, write columns and do occasional reporting. The only paid employee is Barbara Blythin, managing editor, who works part-time. 1980 Speakers JEWISH REPORTER Editorial Staff Contributing Columnists Joan Brooks Jerry Countess Audrey Funk Naomi Goldsmith Edythe Katz Mimi Katz David Katzman Eileen Kollins Myrna Williams Jeff Bernstein Lillian Hilde Gertrude Katzman Babe Lieb Anne Pink Sophie Pi sets ky Susan Segal Sam Stein Elizabeth J. Whillis LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE The entire Las Vegas community is expanding at a rapid rate. Within the overall growth of the community as a whole, we are experiencing a concomitant growth in the Jewish population. City and county government predictions are for continued growth over the next two decades. The following statistics have had considerable impact on the thinking of the Federation Board: In the next five years, the general population is expected to increase by almost 35 percent; in that same period, the population of people 65 or older is expected to increase by 48 percent. Until three years ago, there were no Jewish service agencies in the community. The only Jewish institutions were Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Ner Tamid and the Federation (at that time, a non-Federated structure called the Combined Jewish Appeal). At that time, the CJA created the Jewish Family Service Agency. JFSA has been enormously successful and has grown rapidly. In spite of tripling its staff size, it has a constant, long list of applicants waiting for service. (Emergency cases, of course, receive priority treatment.) The need for the Agency is amply documented. Since that time. Federation Board members and staff have been receiving numerous and fre-quent requests to create new agencies and facilities. Subjective and emotional data, however, are inadequate criteria on which to base significant investments of scarce financial resources. It became clear to the Board that the time had come for the Jewish community to plan for an orderly development of services within some considered order of priorities. No developing community can sustain simultaneous capital fund drives seeking support from the same membership. / To assure that support and the creation of those services as needed, the Federation created the Long Range Planning Committee. Dr. Judith Eaton, President of Clark County Com-munity College, was appointed chairman of community leaders from the Federation, from other Jewish organizations and from the community at large. Serious planning, however, cannot occur in a vacuum. Decisions that will involve the dis-bursement of community resources require the most trustworthy data available. To that end, the Federation has allocated funds for a demographic survey of the Jewish community to provide a reliable basis for planning decisions. Under Dr. Eaton's direction, a highly-qualified planner and demographer from Los Angeles' Federation has been retained to conduct the survey. It is anticipated that the survey will be completed in late 1981. The information from that survey will be made available to other interested Jewish organizations in Las Vegas to help them in planning for their special needs. Members of the Committee Dr. Judith Eaton, Chairman Dr. Paul Aizley Rabbi Kalman Appel Renee Diamond Dr. Fred Ehrlich Barbara Eisenberg Dorothy Eisenberg Edith Fink David Funk Neil Galatz Dan Goldfarb Rabbi Mel Hecht Senator Bill Hernstadt Edythe Katz Lloyd Katz Sheryl Kogan Joyce Korngold Charles Levinson Arthur Marshall Flora Mason Herbert Miller Alan Morger Sari Phillips Janis Riceberg Leonard Rosen George Rudiak Dennis Sabbath Fran Sanoff Alice Schwartz Milton Schwartz Joyce Straus Dr. David Wasserman Eli Welt SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM In February of 1980, the Federation was host to a noted Israeli scholar for a week-long Scholar-in-Residence program. Jointly sponsored by the Federation and the American Zionist Foundation, Dr. Dan Ronen ? Director of the Department of the Arts, Ministry of Education and Culture, for the State of Israel ? spent a week in Las Vegas speaking to a multitude of audiences on Israeli art, culture, politics and education. The program required the cooperation of a great many individuals and involved numerous organizations. Dr. Ronen proved to be a remarkably effective ambassador of understanding and goodwill. People Who Contributed Dorothy Eisenberg Mira and Michael Chen Roberta and Dennis Sabbath Alice Schwartz Shendell Doty Melanie and Gene Greenberg Polly and Alan Morger Audrey and David Funk Mr. and Mrs. Jack Solomon Aleda Nelson Steven Lake Mike Edwards Dr. Bert Lewis Rev. Ruth Hanusa Dan Pomerantz the Program's Success Rabbi Kalman Appeal Susan and Howard Levy Ge