Connect with the Jewish community at UNO! On Sunday, August 24 from 1:00-4:00 PM, catch JCRC at MavFest- stop by, get some free swag, and meet other Jewish students!
Henry Monsky was an Omaha-born attorney and prominent Jewish leader best known for serving as National President of B’nai B’rith from 1938 until his death. A dedicated civic activist, he helped found Omaha’s Community Chest, supported Boys Town, and led numerous local organizations.
Under his B’nai B’rith leadership, membership expanded globally, and he championed youth programs and humanitarian efforts, especially during World War II. Monsky also played a central role in creating and guiding the American Jewish Conference, working to unify Jewish advocacy in response to the Holocaust.
Read more about Henry here.
Shirley Goldstein was an Omaha-based activist who played a pivotal role in aiding Soviet Jewish refuseniks during the Cold War. Through her leadership of the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry, which she co-founded with Miriam Simon, Goldstein provided critical morale and financial support, helped refugees immigrate, and actively facilitated their resettlement in Omaha.
Known for her bravery, she traveled to the Soviet Union despite KGB scrutiny, delivering essential items like books, tape recorders, cameras, and jeans, that could be sold on the black market or used for Jewish cultural preservation.
Her advocacy extended to local and national politics—she effectively lobbied U.S. legislators like Senator Chuck Grassley and championed efforts such as the Jackson-Vanik Amendment.
Read more about Shirley here.
Saul Aaron Kripke was a groundbreaking American philosopher and logician renowned for revolutionizing modal logic, philosophy of language, and metaphysics.
Born in Omaha, his father was the leader of Beth El Synagogue, the only Conservative congregation in Omaha, and his mother wrote Jewish educational books for children. Saul and his two sisters, Madeline and Netta, attended Dundee Grade School and Omaha Central High School.
He developed what became known as Kripke semantics, a formal framework connecting modal logic to “possible worlds” structures, thus providing tools for analyzing necessity and possibility—an innovation that reshaped logical theory and its applications.
Kripke held academic posts at Princeton and the City University of New York (CUNY) and earned prestigious accolades, including the Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy in 2001. His work extended beyond modal logic to areas such as intuitionistic logic, truth theory, epistemology, and the interpretation of Wittgenstein. Today, Kripke is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century.
Read more about Saul here.
Founded in 1991, the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies promotes and supports scholarship in Jewish studies at Nebraska. The center administers an interdisciplinary minor in Jewish studies, support for undergraduate and graduate research, and a scholarly community for faculty working on topics related to Jewish studies, broadly conceived. We also offer a wide range of public lectures and conferences.
The Hillel's mission statement is “to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.” The local goal of UNL’s Hillel is to be a place for fellow Jewish students to interact and socialize. We strive to provide a positive Jewish learning experience in a friendly environment.
Established in 2009, the Natan and Hannah Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies’ mission is to create, coordinate, and promote interdisciplinary programming focused on teaching and scholarship in: Israel Studies, Jewish Studies, and the history, politics, cultures and societies of the Middle East.
Founded at the University of Minnesota in early 2012 by Ilan Sinelnikov and Valeria Chazin, Students Supporting Israel has multiple chapters across the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Australia, and New Zealand.
SSI’s mission is to be a clear and confident pro-Israel voice on college campuses and to support students in grassroots pro-Israel advocacy.
They are committed to promoting a better understanding of Israel worldwide a as a member of the family of nations, with a fundamental right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state, within secure borders.
Below are some facts & myths from Students Supporting Israel. You can learn more by visiting the SSI website.
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