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Diverse Beijing Jewish community offers combination plate of choices

Omaha teens leave for JCC Maccabi Games in sunny San Diego

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Dror Poleg, an Israeli For more than 25 years, they have lived with their who has lived in families and practiced Judaism in China. The women Beijing for three years, hosted their first seder in 1980, with more than 25 says being Jewish is guests at a Beijing hotel and matzah brought over from “easier in China than Taiwan. Over the years they have organized regular in Israel.”

Shabbat and holiday services, adult classes and a He added, “In Israel Hebrew school. By 2000, Kehillat Beijing had a home, there is lots of politics, a Torah and a core group of congregants. The egalitarwhat school you go to, ian, lay-led community blends Reconstructionist, what yarmulke you Reform and Conservative beliefs and traditions. wear. Here you can just be you.”

So when Chabad Rabbi Shimon Freudlich came to Beijing has had an organized Jewish community since Beijing in 2001, he understood that Chabad wasn't the China’s open-door policy of the late 1970s. The city’s first outpost of Jewish life here. Still, he knew that Chabad-Lubavitch and liberal congregations cooperate Chabad could provide services that Kehillat did not.

Continued on page 12 well, notably on education.

And Jewish visitors coming to the Chinese capital for the Summer Olympics will find plenty of choices for davening on Friday night and Saturday morning.

While Judaism is not among the five world religions recognized by the Chinese government, foreigners are basically free to observe, as long as they are diligent about keeping in touch with authorities and registering any activities.

The lack of official recognition, however, does not put a damper on Jewish activities in Beijing.

Some 1,500 Jewish residents and a regular flow of Jewish tourists can pray at the liberal Kehillat Beijing and Chabad services at multiple locations.

Two New Yorkers established Kehillat. Roberta Lipson and Elyse Silverberg, both Long Islanders, met in Beijing in 1979 when a Chinese colleague told Silverberg there was “another Jewish girl just As early as Purim, Jewish residents of China were preparing for the like you” across town, and handed her Lipson’s Summer Olympics. The Israeli Embassy will also host an event Aug business card.

18 with the dual purpose of commemorating the 11 athletes killed Lipson and Silverberg became friends and in 1981 at the 1972 Munich Games. Israel is bringing its largest delegation founded Chindex International Inc., a successful ever to the Olympics, with 42 athletes.

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by RACHEL BLUM JCC Jewish Program Director This Sunday, 15 Jewish teens from Omaha and two from the Western Galilee (Omaha’s Partnership with Israel region) will travel to San Diego to compete in the 2008 JCC Maccabi Games.

At this J e w i s h Olympicstyle event, each athlete has the chance to participate in one of 14 sports in e v e n t s spanning the weeklong experience, creating memories that will last a lifetime.

The Games also promote community involvement, teamwork, and pride in being Jewish.

The largest Jewish teen event in the world with more than 6,000 Jewish teens participating each summer, 100,000 teens have benefited from the JCC Maccabi Games since 1982. The energy and excitement make it a unique and unforgettable experience for every participant -- from athletes to volunteers, from coaches to host families.

The Omaha JCC is once again participating in the Maccabi Sister City program established by the Jewish Agency for Israel. This opportunity to bring Israeli athletes to the communities, make them part of the team and travel with them to the Games creates a live bridge between Israeli and Jewish American teens.

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Down syndrome is no obstacle to prayer Documentary to be shown locally this month boy tells of how Lior’s

by REBECCA WOLFSON community successfully NEW YORK (JTA) -- Lior integrates him into comLiebling davens everywhere: munal life -- a challenge in the backyard, in school many Jewish communities and on the swing set. face with mentally and Some congregants at his physically disabled memPhiladelphia synagogue, bers.

Mishkan Shalom, call him Several Jewish instituthe “little rebbe.” tions, including the “The Zohar tells stories of Union for Reform miracle children who were Judaism, run programs to spiritual geniuses,” one synimprove service to the agogue member said. “Well, Jewish disabled, but that’s what Lior is.” experts say most Jewish Lior is the 13-year-old feainstitutions do not do tured in the documentary enough to meet their Praying with Lior, which physical, religious and highlights the bar mitzvah of social needs. a Jewish child living with Down Syndrome; it will be Lior Liebling, who is featured in the new film Praying with Lior, says he has “There are people sitCredit: First Run Features ting on the outside who shown on Monday, Aug. "Up" syndrome, not Down syndrome.

25, 7 p.m., in the Ruth Sokolof Theater, the showing. The panel will also feature desperately want to come in,” said Shelly Mary McHale, president of the Omaha Christensen, the co-chairwoman of a thanks to Film Streams.

Sponsored by the National Council of Down Syndrome Parents Network, and Reform task force that creates “inclusion Jewish Women-Omaha Section and the parents Sarah and Doug Wolfson. committees” for disabled Jews in synaOmaha Down Syndrome Parents Advance tickets are available, starting gogues, community centers and other Network, the film is free and open to the Aug. 6 and may be obtained at Film Jewish institutions.

While the Jewish community has made public. A discussion, led by Temple Streams, 1340 Webster St. The character study of this charming progress in recent years, Christensen said, Israel’s Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, will follow

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People of the Byte: Jews & Olympics -- glory and pain: Page 2

it still has a long way to go in providing disabled members with places to pray, learn and participate.

Down syndrome is of particular concern to Ashkenazim, who are predisposed to the disease; approximately one in 27 carries the gene for Down syndrome.

In “Praying with Lior,” producer and director Ilana Trachtman follows the teenager from his pre-bar mitzvah haircut to the bimah and beyond, checking back with him two years later.

Though he struggles with baseball and schoolwork, Lior is able to pray with sincerity, a feat encouraged by those close to him.

Like Lior’s Reconstructionist community, the children and teachers at Lior’s Orthodox day school admire and accept him.

“There is no such thing as a disabled soul,” Besie Katz, the principal of that school, the Politz Hebrew Academy, told JTA in an interview.

Katz said the students at Politz accepted Lior because while they understood that he had certain limitations, he also had strengths.

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Coming Next Week: Sports & Recreation

Presenters to “Tell Our Story” at day of learning: Page 3

Eye on Israel resumes with doctor from Western Galilee Hospital: Page 10

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Jews and the Olympics: glory and pain PEOPLE OF THE

BYTE

by MARK MIETKIEWICZ Thousands of athletes will be arriving in Beijing this week to compete in the 29th Summer Olympics, which begin Aug. 8. Although Jewish athletes have shared in Olympic glory, for Jews, the memory of the Olympics also includes racism, violence and death. Today, a look at that history.

The Jews in Sports website has created biographies for 99 Jewish athletes who have competed in the modern games. Everybody from Argentina’s Juan Alberto Espil (men’s basketball, Atlanta 1996) to Uzbekistan’s Oleg Veretelnikov (decathlon, Sydney 2000.) [http://tin yurl.com/6xmtn2] One of the stars of the first modern Games was Alfred Flatow of Germany who brought home three gold and a silver for excellence in gymnastics in 1896. Those four medals tied Flatow with the second most in Athens. The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame lists the medal count for every Jewish Olympian from Athens 1896 to Athens 2004. [http://tinyurl.com/3keu8h] Two of the best-known Jewish Olympians competed a half-century apart. Britain’s Harold Abrahams won gold in the 100-metre final at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Abrahams’ story is well-known thanks to the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. [http://tinyurl.com/5oag9] The United States’ Mark Spitz was the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games. [http://tinyurl.com/2cmvf2] You can watch a short documentary about Spitz’s Munich gold at the Olympic Games website. [http://tinyurl.com/6h4crg] Unfortunately, for Jews the memory of the Olympics is not always pleasant. One of the greatest blots on the history of the Games is the Nazi Germany’s hosting of the 1936 Summer Olympics. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a comprehensive site detailing the Games starting in 1931 with the International Olympic Committee’s awarding of the 11th Olympiad to Berlin.

Although Hitler was elated with the Games and Germany’s athletes captured the most medals overall, the site points out that 13 Jewish athletes and ten African-American competitors (including Jesse Owens) were medalists at the Games. [http://tinyurl.com/ 6jqstk]

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And of course, there was the tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics when Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation. The Olympics maintains a very large website however I couldn’t find a memorial to the slain athletes on it.

There is one paragraph titled “The Games Must Go On!” that mentions the murders, the temporary suspension of the Games and the resolve of IOC President Avery Brundage that the Olympics continue. [http://tinyurl. com/3jp98] Fortunately, the Olympic Committee of Israel maintains an online memorial. [http://tinyurl. com/43lxfh] To learn more about the massacre, I recommend a comprehensive section put together by Sports Illustrated to mark the 30th anniversary of the killings. [http://tinyurl.com/356mrs] Israel first sent a delegation to the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 but it wasn’t until Barcelona in 1992 when Yael Arad and Oren Samdja took home the country’s first medals -- both for judo. [http://tinyurl.com/4fl6zs] Israel’s medal count now stands at six with sailor Gal Fridman winning the country’s first gold in 2004.

Nothing beats the pride on Fridman’s face as the first notes of Hatikvah were played in Athens. [tinyurl.com/ 26te35] And in a lovely article, Time Magazine’s Jeff Chu called the gold medal win -- three decades after the Munich murders -- “Israel’s Olympic Healing.” [http:// tinyurl.com/5k772j] If you’re not a high performance sailor or cut out to compete in the 100-metre dash, maybe there still is a sport for you. A couple of sites have suggested events in which Jews could perform swifter, higher, stronger. Ohr Somayach proposes: Kipah Frisbee; the 18 Blessing LipSprint; the Clean and Jerk Torah Lift; and Underwater Shofar Blowing. [http://tinyurl. com/4rx62l] And if Stuart Spector had his way, Jewish events would include: [http://tinyurl.com/2cvrn]: • Balance Beam: The accountant or bookkeeper that balances my mother’s checkbook in the shortest amount of time will be declared winner.

• Oyga Vault (say it out loud): A sound-enhanced pole vault competition, in which the vaulter gains extra points for exclaiming, “Oy, such tsuris this is causing me!” And my favorite, what must be a truly grueling competition: • Naches Shlep: Proud bubbes and zaydehs have two minutes to boast about their grandchildren. Ha! Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-based Internet producer who writes, lectures and teaches about the Jewish Internet. He can be reached at highway@rogers.com.

Down syndrome is no obstacle Continued from page 1 “God makes every person with a different test in this world,” one of Lior’s classmates says in the film. “We don’t know what God’s doing. When God made it that Lior has Down syndrome, it also became a test to us -how we treat Lior, if we do things with Lior.”

Politz was able to accommodate Lior in part because of Orot, a special-education initiative that places children with disabilities in Philadelphia’s Jewish day schools.

Orot participants typically begin in a secluded learning environment, and in time they experiment with integrated classrooms.

“It is geared for the children to be successful in the mainstream environment,” Beverly Bernstein, the program’s educational director, told JTA. Orot is modeled on a program called Keshet started 26 years ago by a group of parents frustrated by the lack of Jewish opportunities for their disabled children.

Now those kids are adults, with some participating in Keshet’s transition program for 18- to 22-year-olds. It sets up participants with jobs if they are able to work, and provides recreational programming for young adults.

Orot and Keshet’s biggest challenge, like many Jewish organizations dedicated to inclusion, is funding, organizers say.

They have been helped somewhat by Americans’ growing awareness of people with disabilities, which in turn has raised the consciousness of the issue in the Jewish community.

Birthright israel and the National Jewish Council for the Disabled, which is part of the Orthodox Union, run a free trip to Israel for disabled Jews. The council also runs summer and work programs for special needs children and adults.

In the Reform movement, Christensen’s task force encourages synagogue leaders to include disabled mem-

bers. About half the synagogues in the Minneapolis area, where Christensen lives, now have inclusion committees, she said.

And Jewish communities in Toronto, Los Angeles, Houston and elsewhere are prioritizing the issue by designating staff members to make their institutions more welcoming for people with special needs.

Rabbi Dan Grossman, who spoke on a panel that followed a screening of the film in January at the New York Jewish Film Festival, said he has worked to make his Reconstructionist synagogue, Adath Israel of Lawrenceville, NJ, welcoming by offering seeing-eye dogs, a wheelchair-accessible bimah and half a dozen reserved wheelchair spots in the pews -- and not in the back.

Providing a welcoming physical environment is only half the battle, said Grossman, whose hearing impairment made it a struggle for him to become a rabbi.

“Whoever takes the lead role in the congregation needs to take the position that this is important to the identity of the community,” Grossman said of the need to accommodate special needs members.

“Moses stuttered, Isaac was blind, David was probably hyperactive,” he pointed out.

While the Jewish community has made progress accommodating special needs children, as Lior’s community did for his bar mitzvah, Lior’s father, Mordechai Liebling, who is a Reconstructionist rabbi, worries that his son will face a tougher environment as he becomes an adult.

Judaism places a high value on scholarliness and education, Rabbi Liebling said, but it’s equally important to value people with other abilities.

“I really have a lot of hope,” he said, “that the community will take responsibility and do the right thing.”

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Series of presenters will “Tell Our Story” at day of learning

by MARY BORT for the Center for Jewish Education The Hebrew word “limmud” means “learning.” What better way to celebrate the joy of learning than to devote a day to “limmud.” That’s what the Center for Jewish Education has planned for the “kick-off” event. The third annual “Limmud Omaha: A Day of Learning” will center on the theme “Telling Our Story” on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1- 5 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, free of charge to the community.

“Limmud Omaha” will feature a keynote speaker and a series of presenters.

According to Guy Matalon executive director of the CJE, “We’re fortunate to bring an amazing group of people together. Each offers a unique perspective and can give us insight about learning and its relationship to the theme.”

Keynote speaker is Joel Lurie Grishaver.

A well-known in the field of Jewish education, he is co-founder of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education.

His address, “It Only Takes Four Stories to Be Jewish”, begins at 1 p.m. Through sharing family stories, participants will learn to relive experiences of creation, exodus, Mt. Sinai and the final redemption.

Following the keynote address, there will be three breakout sessions.

Participants will choose between four presenters during each session. The 45minute sessions will begin at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. “Whether you’re interested in poetry or the Midrash or want to learn about the Holocaust or storytellers, we’ll have sessions that should match your interests,” explained Mary Sue Grossman, CJE director of programming and operations.

Susan Aizenberg’s presentation will be “Telling Your Story: An Informal Writing

Workshop.” Participants will learn about some of the ways in which writers generate imaginative literature and do one or two brief writing exercises to get started.

Aizenberg is Associate Professor of English and directs the creative writing program at Creighton University.

Beth Seldin Dotan’s session, “Holocaust Survivor Testimony -- A Gift for the Future,” will be an exploration of how personal survivor testimony affects all who hear stories of the Holocaust. She is the Director of the Institute for Holocaust Education at the Anti-Defamation League, and worked as an interviewer for Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

Currently the Martin Professor of History at the University of NebraskaOmaha, Dr. Moshe Gershovich earned his PhD from Harvard and taught at MIT and Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco.

His presentation will be “Metropolis on the Sand: Tel Aviv and the Zionist Dream, 1909-2009.” Gershovich will discuss how Tel Aviv is the largest, most vibrant city in the State of Israel, serving as its economic, financial and cultural hub.

Grishaver will present three different sessions. The first, “Stories We Pray,” will look at the Shema and its blessings. His second session is “The Day the Talmud was Created,” looking at the sociological, cultural, and religious context through which the Talmud was created and developed. The third session is “The Kabbalah of Self.” Through reading and unpacking primary mystical texts, participants will gain insight into how Kabbalah is both a process of coming close to God and a process of self-actualization.

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“Singer on the Roof: A Yiddish Writer and His Stories” is Gary Katz’s presentation, focusing on the life of great storyteller Isaac Bashevis Singer. Administrator at the Kripke Library, Katz previously was an adjunct professor at Creighton and Metropolitan Community College.

Dr. Joan Latchaw, an associate professor, is the graduate chair of the MA program in English at UNO. Her presentation “The Evolution of Immigration Stories From Yezierska to Katchor.”

Latchaw’s session will explore the genesis and continual fascination with Jewish ancestry portrayed in children’s literature, memoirs, novels, and graphic novels.

Dr. Tracy Leavelle’s presentation is “America as Promised Land: Mary Antin’s Immigrant Journey.” His session will examine Mary Antin’s The Promised Land, an autobiographical account of immigration and assimilation, published in 1912. Leavelle is Assistant Professor of History at Creighton. His interests include early American, Native American, and American religious history.

The title of Rabbi Eric Linder’s presentation is “If God Gave Us the Torah, Are We Allowed to Tell God What’s In It?” In this session, participants will look at two Talmudic texts to spark a conversation about the role we have in interpreting the Torah. Rabbi at Temple Israel, Linder graduated from the University of Florida and was ordained from Hebrew Union

College. His favorite topics to study and teach are theodicy (the theological problem of evil), life after death, and fate versus coincidence.

Rabbi Yitzchak Mizrahi is the new Associate Rabbi at Beth Israel and the grandson of Jeanette Nadoff and the late Rabbi Isaac Nadoff. Prior to completing his rabbinic training, Mizrahi served in the military as a sharpshooter. His presentation will be about “The First Search for God in the Far East” and will focus on the travails of Abraham in his struggle to live for what he believed, and the subsequent trials to maintain that belief.

Grishaver will be joined by Dr. Greenspoon for the brief wrap-up session to conclude the day by 5 p.m. “We wanted the event to end with some final thoughts that synthesize what the day is all about,” said Grossman. “Having our keynote presenter and event chair provide us with their insights will make for an informative final presentation.”

“The background of our presenters, and the topics they will discuss, offers the community with a learning opportunity that is unmatched,” said Matalon. “They are experts in their fields who are going to share their knowledge and their perspectives in order to create a meaningful day of learning. We’re grateful that all of these people have agreed to participate in this year’s ‘Limmud Omaha.’”

Refreshments will be provided throughout the day and babysitting will be available by reservation. “We’ll have teachers on hand to do activities and crafts with the kids,” noted Grossman.

For additional information, or to make babysitting reservations, please call 334.6445 or email mgrossman@jewishomaha.org.

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Ford Foundation still funding anti-Israel organizations

by MICHAEL J. JORDAN Editor’s note: The three-part series, “Durban's Descendants” explores funding of anti-Israel groups in the run-up to the 2009 U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Geneva. In an explosive investigation in 2003, JTA traced the extent of funding to anti-Israel Palestinian groups by the Ford Foundation. At the center of the controversy was the 2001 U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa, which devolved into an anti-Israel hatefest via an agenda manipulated by Ford-funded Palestinian NGO’s. That series received widespread mainstream coverage and resulted in government pressure on Ford to change the way it evaluates potential grantees. Five years later, with planning under way for the 2009 follow-up anti-racism conference in Geneva, JTA takes a new look at the Ford Foundation, probing the ramifications of its modified funding guidelines and the organizations it currently funds.

NEW YORK (JTA) -- In August 2001, Israel became a punching bag for several thousand human rights activists from throughout the world who were gathered for a U.N. anti-racism conference in Durban, South Africa.

But while the Jewish state may have been the target, the Ford Foundation also ultimately suffered a serious black eye after it emerged that many of the antiIsrael activists in Durban were egged on

by Ford-backed, pro-Palestinian groups.

Hoping to head off a similar debacle, Ford says it will not pay for any organization to participate in the first follow-up conference to Durban, slated for April in Geneva.

This announcement comes nearly five years after Ford, America’s second-largest philanthropic institution, adopted what experts describe as the most stringent guidelines on grantees.

Yet despite such steps and the foundation’s public criticisms of what transpired seven years ago, Ford today is funding several organizations that engage in the “Durban strategy” -- a two-pronged tac-

tic launched at the ‘01 conference to paint Israel as a “racist, apartheid” state and isolate the Jewish nation through boycotts, divestment and sanctions.

The Ford slice of funds to anti-Israel nongovernmental organizations may pale compared to that provided by Europe and its myriad governmental agencies.

But the Ford funding enables the groups to wage low-key, diplomatic and economic warfare against Israel, dragging the Palestinian conflict from the battlefield into international forums, media, the Internet and college campuses.

Credit: JTA Staff These revelations are the result of a months-long JTA investigation into Ford funding after the highly influential foundation revised its guidelines under pressure from the U.S. Congress.

The pressure followed an October 2003 JTA expose, “Funding Hate”, which found that no donor at the Durban antiracism forum was more responsible than Ford for financing the pro-Palestinian NGOs that rammed through the NGO Forum a document that is considered to be one of the most provocative ever produced under the umbrella of the UN. Despite its revised guidelines, Ford appears unable -- or unwilling -- to prevent some of its grantees from lending support to the movement that was launched in Durban.

The new JTA investigation, which examined a large cross-section of Ford grantees that speak out on the Middle East conflict, finds that several signed a

major 2005 boycott and divestment petition against “Apartheid Israel.”

As Ford was announcing its decision not to support the 2009 anti-racism forum, its Web site touted a 2008-09 grant for $305,000 to the Arab NGO Network for Development, which features a map on its Web site that fails to note the existence of Israel. One of the two Palestinian members on its coordination committee is the pro-boycott Palestinian NGO Network, or PNGO, a key organizer at Durban.

Although PNGO is no longer receiving grants from Ford, the network works closely with at least three Ford grantee organizations.

Ford, which has assets above $13 billion and gives away more than $500 million annually, was endowed with funds donated by Henry and Edsel Ford but no longer maintains any ties to the Ford Motor Co. The foundation does not support groups that solely advocate boycotts, but signing onto a boycott or divestment effort is not itself a deal breaker for funding, according to Ford’s vice president of communications, Marta Tellado.

Tellado said there are no concrete red lines.

“We don’t have a glossary of terms that are not allowed,” she said. “It’s not about the specific use of a word, but we look at the totality of that organization, if their activities as a whole still reflect our values and mission.”

Tellado said the foundation never supported the anti-apartheid movement against South Africa, but it recognizes that “historically, boycott is seen as a legitimate, nonviolent means of expression.”

“We don’t think the idea of a boycott can be generalized to mean it’s aimed at the destruction of a country,” Tellado said. “But we understand that it’s a flashpoint” in the conflict today.

With preparations under way for the follow-up U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Geneva, there are

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strong indications that Israel again will be singled out for opprobrium.

Tellado said the Ford Foundation wants no part of it.

“Experience totally informs our decision,” she said. “This reflects our concern for the meeting’s ability to be constructive.”

This and other steps -- like severing relations with several zealous NGOs -- garner Ford praise from even its toughest critics.

After JTA revealed the Ford-Durban link in 2003, Ford issued its new guidelines for grantees.

Experts say the revisions were the most extensive seen in philanthropic circles.

They elicited howls of free speech infringement from the American Civil Liberties Union and a slew of top U.S. universities.

Under the guidelines, Ford grantees must agree not to “carry on propaganda” or “promote or engage in violence, terrorism, bigotry or the destruction of any State, nor will it make subgrants to any entity that engages in these activities.”

Although no Ford grantee was linked to terrorism per se, some appeared to condone violence and terror. Ford has since stopped funding those groups.

Yet JTA has uncovered several grantees that engage in the twin “Israel is apartheid” and “boycott and divest” campaigns.

“That is the essence of the Durban strategy: demonize and delegitimize Israel to the degree that it gains no external support and eventually is unable to function,” said Gerald Steinberg, the executive director of the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor.

“I wouldn’t say this is a strong, consistent pattern, but it’s more than minor leakage. Ford should take a more proactive approach so its monies are not abused.”

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Continued from page 5 atin.org/); The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (www.pchrgaza.org/facts/fact3. htm); and Miftah: The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (www.miftah.org). All these groups signed onto boycott and divestment petitions against “Apartheid Israel.â€? • Al Haq: Law in the Service of Man.* The West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva in the “Goals and Objectivesâ€? section of its Web page (www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=51) cites “participation in civil society discourse and activities regarding divestment, boycott, and sanctions.â€? Last July it urged the U.N. General Assembly to recall the “political, economic, military and cultural isolation of South Africaâ€? as “such measures must be considered in relation to Israel.â€? • The Arab NGO Network for Development.* Its Web site (www.annd.org) prominently features a section called “Eye on Gazaâ€? with links to Poster on the Web site of the 10 related documents. Palestinian Center for Among them are an article Human Rights, a Ford titled “The Israeli Recipe for grantee, paints Israel as 2008: Genocide in Gazaâ€? and apartheid. a March news release of the Credit: Palestinian Center for Human Rights Euro-Mediterranean NGO Platform -- another Ford grantee -- accusing Israel of “massacres,â€? “war crimesâ€? and “genocide.â€?

Observers say that the activities of some Ford grantees point to the challenge that any huge, decentralized organization faces in monitoring its partners. Ford boasts 4,000 grantees around the world.

The issue may boil down to Ford’s interpretation of what terms such as “promote� or “bigotry� or “propaganda� mean, as stated in their guidelines. “We’re not in the business of censorship because that flies in the face of our values,� Tellado said. “Having said that, you really do need to monitor because words do matter. We realize there is a lot of hyperbole bandied about and not backed up by fact.�

For their part, the Ford-funded NGOs say branding Israel “apartheid� is one way to “raise awareness� globally.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights received a two-year, $370,000 Ford grant for 2005-07 “for a program of legal advocacy and defense of human rights and the rule of law and promotion of democratic processes in Gaza.�

Even Steinberg of NGO Monitor praises the rights group for being one of the rare Palestinian organizations to condemn various abuses committed by the Palestinian authorities and police.

But in November 2006, the center also issued an “action alert� in which it joined with the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign -- a network

devoted to the boycott movement -- in calling on the world to hold “Apartheid Israel� accountable for its “war crimes.�

Jaber Wishah, the Palestinian Center’s deputy director, told JTA that by employing the term apartheid, “we are trying to raise awareness of the illegal and brutal behavior of the Israeli occupying force and the very discriminatory policies that the Israeli judicial system provides cover for.� “The strategy of boycotts and divestment should be adopted to put an end to the Israeli policy of discrimination,� he said in a phone interview from Gaza City.

Joharah Baker, an editorial writer for Miftah, another Ford grantee, concedes that equating Israel with South Africa is not quite accurate, as “no two situations are exactly the same.� But many comparisons can be drawn, she said -- the separation between the two peoples, and also separating Palestinians from Palestinians.

The Ford-Durban link The Ford Foundation, with its mission to “strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement,� has provided through its Cairo office more than $200 million over the past half-century to some 350 NGOs in the Middle East.

So perhaps it was natural that Ford would support many groups attending the landmark Durban meeting.

Most of the media attention went to the accompanying NGO Forum in Durban, which attracted thousands of activists from around the world, aimed the harshest rhetoric at Israel and inspired several incidents of anti-Jewish epithets and the distribution of anti-Semitic literature.

The extremism sparked a walkout by the American and Israeli delegations.

But the real story, in retrospect, was the launch of the current “Israel is apartheid� movement.

In that Durban NGO document -- mostly rejected by U.N. member-states during their official conference that followed -- plotters unveiled a game plan: “Complete and total isolation of Israel as an apartheid state, as was done in the case of South Africa ‌ sanctions, embargoes, the full cessation of all links (diplomatic, economic, social, and military cooperation and training) between all states and Israel,â€? coupled with “condemnation of those states supporting, aiding, and abetting the Israeli apartheid state, and its perpetration of racist crimes against humanity, including ethnic cleansing and acts of genocide.â€?

Ford’s vital funding of the Durban ringleaders helped re-inject terms like “apartheid,� “boycott� and “divestment� into mainstream discourse about Israel.

The foundation’s then-president, Susan Berresford, apologized for its role in Durban in a Nov. 17, 2003 letter to U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on the heels of the four-part JTA investigation “Funding Hate.� “We now recognize that we did not have a clear picture of the activities, organizations and people involved,� Berresford wrote. “We deeply regret that Foundation grantees may have taken part in unacceptable behavior in Durban.�

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by MICHAEL J. JORDAN NEW YORK (JTA) -- Linking Israel to the former 1991. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan later apartheid state of South Africa can be traced back to the described the era as a “low point� in U.N. history.

Although “Zionism is racism� became passe, Israel’s late 1960s, when the Soviet anti-Zionist campaign found common cause with Arab world grievances at the United foes would revive essentially the same equation shortly after the second Palestinian uprising, or intifada, erupted Nations. in September 2000. They Diplomatic pressure on rebranded it, however, as Israel culminated in 1975 “Israel is apartheid.� when the U.N. General Certain pro-Palestinian Assembly passed the notoriadvocates found that by elidous “Zionism is racism� resing the context of terrorism, olution. At the same time, they could portray the severe the United Nations and restrictions on Palestinian other world bodies denounmovement that Israel said ced apartheid as a “crime.� were necessary to counter Israel was soon linked with suicide bombings, as racist, South Africa and its comparable to a onceapartheid system of racial despised white regime. segregation, in which a racial The ideal platform for this minority ruled over a racial Delegates from the U.N. committee that drafted the “Zionism charge was in the symbolic majority within one state.

In one instance, in 1977, is racism� resolution eye the voting board for results of the heart of apartheid, South the General Assembly, heavi- roll call vote on Oct. 17, 1975. The measure was adopted the Africa, at the 2001 Durban Credit: UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras World Conference Against ly influenced by its large Arab next month. and Muslim bloc, passed a resolution that singled out Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Israeli “collaboration� with apartheid South Africa, Intolerance. though South Africa at that time maintained relations Thus the “Durban strategy� was born: to paint Israel with dozens of other countries. The implication was clear. as a “racist, apartheid� state and to isolate the Jewish “Zionism is racism� remained on the U.N. books until nation through boycotts, divestment and sanctions.

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PNGO’s advice to participants at the conContinued from page 5 In 2003, Ford initially denied to JTA ference on how to publicly describe their that any anti-Israel agitation or anti- objectives is on its website: www.pngo.

Semitic activities took place in Durban. net/english/articles.asp?i=6.

It reads: “Emphasize that the BDS But as Nadler and 20 other U.S. lawmakers pressed for an investigation, and campaign does not only target Israel’s groups including the American Jewish economy, but challenges Israel’s legitimaCongress threatened a lawsuit, Ford cy, being a colonial and apartheid state, as part of the international community. reversed itself.

Berresford’s letter to Nadler said that Therefore, efforts are needed not only to Ford officials were “disgusted by the promote wide consumer boycotts, but vicious anti-Semitic activity seen at also boycotts in the fields of academia, Durban” and vowed, “If the Foundation culture and sports.”

PNGO is also linked to three current finds allegations of bigotry and incitement of hatred by particular grantees to Ford grantees. It is a coordinating committee member of the Arab NGO be true … we will cease funding.”

Ford’s revised guidelines, produced in Network for Development; an executive member of the EuroNovember 2003 with input from Nadler’s board office and Jewish groups, altered a long- Mediterranean NGO Platform (the Arab standing hands-off policy for its grantees NGO Network is also a member); and is associated with Muwatin, which it and annual allocations worldwide.

Nadler said Ford’s revised policy has become a “benchmark” for the philanthropic and human rights world.

“In the face of that substantial pressure, Ford had stood strong, re-articulated their values and forcefully asserted their rights to deny funding to those organizations that violate their essential principles,” Nadler told JTA. “They should be Thousands of activists from around the world who called Israel lauded for that.”

After Ford’s role in “racist” and “apartheid” demonstrate at the NGO Forum during the Durban conference the 2001 U.N. anti-racism conference in Durban.

Credit: Julian Voloj was highlighted and the foundation tightened its grantee thanked online for lending a hand with guidelines, it also doled out millions to the November strategy conference in assorted Jewish organizations. (See sidebar Ramallah.

Even if money is not given specifically on page 7.)

Ford also earned kudos for its decision to bash Israel, NGO workers often speak in February 2006 to withdraw support of “fungibility” -- money that is given for an American Association of University from one donor, for one specific purpose, Professors conference in Italy after The frees up money for NGOs to use for New York Sun revealed that some one- another purpose. third of expected participants had pubAlfred Ironside, a Ford spokesman, told licly supported boycotts of Israeli univer- JTA during a recent interview at the sities. foundation’s Manhattan offices that the Now comes the move to distance the lines were clear. foundation from the follow-up to “Ford grants are made for specific purDurban, which will be held in Geneva on poses, and we require a strict accounting U.N. grounds, where security and proto- of how funds are applied to grant-specific col can be more effectively controlled. work,” he said.

Yet a re-examination of that initial Monitoring grantees Berresford letter along with recent interTo monitor its grantees, Ford says it views with current Ford officials suggest conducts random Web site checks and that Ford’s rejection of groups that incite responds to specific complaints from terror and anti-Semitism does not extend peers in the field, lawmakers and other to the boycott and divestment movement. respected figures.

If Ford deems it necessary, Tellado said, The Palestinian NGO Network was one of the more notorious Durban ringlead- the foundation will sever, freeze or even ers and continues to circle within the recover funding.

But Ford officials declined to name Ford orbit. PNGO, according to JTA’s 2003 series, had received $1.4 million grantees they have punished this way, nor from Ford over the years. Though it no will the foundation say how many NGOs longer receives Ford funding, its relations the foundation has cut loose since reviswith several current Ford grantees raises ing its guidelines.

Ford moved quickly in late 2003 to jetquestions about whether some funds Ford gives to groups associated with the tison a major Durban instigator – the network might end up supporting PNGO Palestinian Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, in some way.

PNGO is heavily involved with two of also known as LAW. But that public the prime campaigns associated with the announcement was made easier when the boycott, divestment and sanctions move- group’s serious financial improprieties ments, known as BDS: the Palestinian also came to light.

With Berresford’s retirement last year, Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and the Grassroots some on the left expressed hope that Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Ford’s incoming president, Luis Ubinas, Campaign. The latter recently won U.N. would reverse the guidelines policy.

The new president, however, says accreditation to attend the 2009 antithere’s no chance. racism forum.

“Susan put a lot of thought into creatThese two groups, along with PNGO, headlined a Nov. 22 conference on boycott ing this policy,” Ubinas recently told JTA, and divestment strategy held in Ramallah. “and I have no intention of changing it.”

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JCC Maccabi Games

by MICHAEL J. JORDAN NEW YORK (JTA) -- In October 2003, the Ford Foundation announced a five-year, $20 million grant to the New Israel Fund, an organization that promotes civil liberties and human rights in Israel. The grant was announced on the eve of publication of a JTA series, “Funding Hate,” which documented Ford funding of pro-Palestinian groups that vilified Israel and Jews at the anti-racism conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Ford has promised NIF another $20 million grant, which it says will be delivered in the fall.

Continued from page 1 Regions involved with Partnership 2000 send a delegation of two to three athletes to their partnership city in North America in order to experience a mifgash, an encounter, and build friendships between Israeli and American teenagers. It is a two-week experience that begins with the teens arriving a week before the JCC Maccabi Games and spending the week in home hospitality in their Partnership community.

Omaha’s Sister City athletes arrived last week and have spent time with athletes practicing their sports, getting to know the members of Team Omaha as well as other Jewish teens in the community, and learning about Jewish Omaha by visiting the three local synagogues and meeting with the rabbis.

Dor Masica, a 14 year old boy from Kibbutz Evron in Matte Asher, will be playing on the boys’ basketball team. Mor Terry, a 14-year-old girl from Moshav Shave Zion, will play tennis at the Games for Team Omaha.

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They will be accompanied by their chaperone, Yaniv Gilboa, who works for the Matte Asher regional council as a safety and environmental quality manager.

This year, Team Omaha consists of a 13-14 boys’ basketball team and a variety of athletes competing in the individual sports of bowling, golf, swimming, and tennis, including: Cameron Davis, Dustin Ginsburg, David Glazer, Sam Kohll, Ben Lohman, Dor Masica, Oliver Rockman, Max Saferstein-Hansen, Justin Schrager, Lindsey Thomas, Arielle Pilley, Brenna Robinson, Sydney Robinson, Grant Glazer, Jessica Morris, Jacob Lehr, and Mor Terry.

The local Sister City Program is funded in part by the Special Donor advised Fund of the Foundation and the Jewish Federation. The JCC Maccabi Games are made possible with the help of many sponsors and volunteers, including continental sponsor The Coca-Cola Company.

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The Ford Foundation is providing a total of $600,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Tolerance Centers in New York and Los Angeles for 2007 to 2009.

Credit: Courtesy Simon Wiesenthal Center In the aftermath of the JTA series, Ford doled out millions more to other Jewish groups. Among the beneficiaries were: • The Anti-Defamation League: nearly $1.5 million from 2004 to 2007 for an “online platform for delivering the teacher education programs of the ADL’s A World of Difference Institute.”

• American Jewish Committee: $400,000 in 2006 and another $550,000 for 2008 for its Berlin office “to counter anti-Semitism and other forms of bias in Germany and throughout Europe.”

• The Simon Wiesenthal Center: $600,000 from 2007 to 2009 for its Tolerance Center “to conduct a tolerance and diversity training program for New York and New Jersey criminal justice personnel.”

• Jewish Funds for Justice: $2.85 million between 2004 and 2008 for youth initiatives and leadership programs “to strengthen the development of and networking among social justice organizations.”

• The Institute for Jewish Policy Research: $935,000 between 2004 and 2008 for programs to help combat anti-Semitism and “foster dialogue among various ethnic and religious groups in Europe.”

Kathryn Cook and Sarah Trainin, both of Lincoln, spent the week of July 13, participating in an intensive Institute for Educators, sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Archive.

Cook, a Sunday School teacher and Master’s Degree candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Trainin, an Adjunct Lecturer in English at Southeast Community College, were among the 25 educators from across the United States chosen to attend the Institute. Participants explored themes and resources in Jewish women’s history and learned creative techniques for incorporating untold women’s stories into their teaching. Among the highlights of the program was a session on using oral history in the classroom, a seminar on the 1902 kosher meat boycotts by Yale Professor Paula Hyman, a performance by storyteller Vered Hankin, and a screening of Making Trouble, the acclaimed film about three generations of funny Jewish women, produced by the Jewish Women’s Archive.

“The women (and men!) I met here are fabulous, and it was worth it just for that,” said Trainin of her experience at the Institute. Cook agreed.

“I feel so sad to leave today,” she said. “It feels like the last day of camp.”

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The most pressing problem today is: ... sexism, according to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

Gee, you’d think that the high cost of gas and increasing food prices, home foreclosures and the falling stock market, the War in Iraq and the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan might be ahead of “sexism” on the list of priorities for Americans.

We’re not exactly sure what the first woman to hold the post of Speaker of the House means by her statement. Keep in mind that were something to happen to President Bush and Vice President Cheney, she’s third in line for the presidency! She did say that though she is a “victim of sexism myself all the time,” that “it goes with the terrirtory.” But let’s give her the benefit of the doubt since she was asked the question in context of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid.

At the Chicago World’s Fair in 1983, a group of women (Jewish women, actually) were asked to “assist.” When the delegation, headed by the tiny (4’10”) Hannah Greenbaum Solomon requested specifics, she was told the women were needed to pour coffee. She -- and her group of women -- left immediately and went on to found the National Council of Jewish Women.

Since then, women rallied for and finally earned the right to vote. They’ve benefitted from affirmative action (in fact, those who have gained the most in this area are actually Jewish women). We had a woman vice presidential candidate way back in 1984 and a presidential candidate this year. There are currently 16 women in the Senate and 70 in the House; eight women are serving as governors.

Condoleeza Rice not only serves as Secretary of State (and she wasn’t the first women in that position -- President Bill Clinton appointed

Madeline Albright to that position in 1996) but Rice’s name has come up as a candidate for Sen. McCain’s vice presidential spot on the Republican ticket.

Among the richest people of the world, those women in the top 150 earned their money the old fashioned way -- they inherited it. But get past that group and you’ll find Lynn Schusterman (a very generous contributor to Jewish causes) who made her money in oil and gas with her late husband Charles, and Oprah Winfrey, television host, producer, and author. Women also are CEOs of companies like Wellpoint, Pepsico, Archer-Daniels-Midlands, and Kraft.

We’re glad that Pelosi doesn’t like to dwell on this issue, but we’d like to think we’ve moved beyond this.

There are those however who still insist that all women are oppressed.

We don’t know about you, but when you look in this community at least, we see a lot of women in very high places -- from editor of this newspaper (not the first women in that position either, there have been five so far!) to the executive director of the Jewish Federation; there have been three women Federation presidents -- Mary Fellman was the first in 1978.

There are now two women cantors in Omaha and they’re not the first either; Temple Israel had a female cantor 30 years ago.

So is sexism still at play? Who cares! Seriously -- if women have to rely on “fairness” in the workplace or anywhere else, a woman will

never capture the White House.

Today, even young women expect to earn positions in fields as diverse as health care and politics by merit. And while they may not be as cognizant of the history (and the battles fought) to win women’s rights, young women are looking to the future. They’re not as concerned with labels and they don’t want to hear how difficult the road has been.

So maybe it’s time to let this “ism” go; we say the women have earned it.

Kuntar later claimed to have passed out and not seen what had happened to the child, and later still denied killing her. He has never expressed remorse of any sort for killing her father and kidnapping the little girl, which he admits; and certainly not for what the witnesses and medical evidence say he did to her.

And, as we all know and had expected, he received a hero’s welcome in Beirut, where Lebanon’s President, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament all greeted him at the airport. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sent him greetings. For his part, Kuntar has vowed to continue to fight Israel in any way he can.

But the pain of the actual events was intensified, at least for this reader, by the first phrase of the second paragraph of a New York Times story short that day. After referencing Kuntar and the then-expected and later realized welcome awaiting him in Beirut, the paper of record duly noted that, 29 years earlier, he had floated ashore in Nahariya “to kidnap Israelis.”

But, the report explained, “That raid went horribly wrong.”

The item went on to tell of the witnesses’ accounts and medical report, but it never really got around to explaining what it was exactly that went “horribly wrong.” Did The Times mean to imply that Kuntar’s intentions were benign?

That he somehow accidentally shot a man at point blank and smashed a little girl’s head in?

That he is, for some unknown reason, a victim himself of some unidentified circumstances?

A campfire that wasn’t properly tended and caused a forest fire is something that “went horribly wrong.” A car trip that ends in a terrible accident is something that “went horribly wrong.” A fireworks display that misfires and hurts bystanders is something that “went horribly wrong.”

A vicious, murderous attack on innocents, however, is an example not of something gone horribly wrong but of someone horribly evil.

And to portray it as some disembodied event without a conscious cause is to rub salt into the emotional wounds of every human being who may ever have shed a tear over Daniel and Einat Haran’s too-short lives and terrible deaths.

If anything went terribly wrong, it was the judgment of some editors in midtown Manhattan.

Rabbi Shafran is director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America and can be reached at: Shafran@agudathisrael.org. This article is courtesy of Am Echad Resources.

Sometimes a word or set of words is just so jarring, so inappropriate or so cruel that it causes actual pain. Jewish religious law forbids such language to Jews as ono’at d’varim - pain-causing words. Newspapers don’t likely consider themselves similarly constricted by Jewish law, and a recent report in The New York Times offered a good example of that fact.

Pain was already well in place last month, when the terrorist militia known as Hezbollah and reviled by civilized people the world over fulfilled its part of a deal with the Israeli government to return two Israeli soldiers it had held since 2006. Cynically refusing to say whether or not the soldiers were alive, the terrorist group seemed to take a perverse pride in “revealing” with a flourish the coffins containing the bodies of the two young men.

In return for that demonstration of grace, Israel handed over the remains of nearly two hundred Palestinian fighters and five all-tooalive terrorists it had captured. One of them, of course, was Samir Kuntar, who in 1979 landed a rubber dinghy on the seashore of the coastal Israeli town of Nahariya on a mission to kidnap Israelis.

According to eyewitnesses, Kuntar invaded the apartment of an Israeli family, shot the father, Daniel Haran, in front of his four-yearold daughter Einat and then took the little girl outside where he smashed her skull against a rock with the butt of his rifle. A doctor testified that Haran’s daughter had died from “a blow from a blunt instrument, like a club or rifle butt.”

... the pain of the actual events was intensified, at least for this reader, by the first phrase of the second paragraph of a New York Times story (which) duly noted that, 29 years earlier, he had floated ashore in Nahariya “to kidnap Israelis.” But, the report explained, “That raid went horribly wrong.”

(The very day of the “prisoner swap” saw an Agudath Israel of America National Leadership Mission to Washington. The scores of participating delegates interacted with many Senators, Congressmen and Administration officials, several of whom remarked on the sadness born of the day’s events. One Administration official, though, took heart at the stark and telling contrast of values between the determination of one side to have fallen soldiers’ remains returned to their families and, on the other, the obscene celebration of murderers and murder.)

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Clinton administration to Obama: Iraq greater terror threat than Afghanistan

BEHIND THE H EADLINES

by DR. PAUL KENGOR

On July 15, Barack Obama gave an address on the Iraq War. It was a bizarre speech, as if it had been written two years ago -when it would have made more sense. Liberals ought to hate the speech. It will make their side vulnerable to the common conservative charge that they ignore crucial facts in favor of manufacturing their own reality.

The crucial facts in this case -- absent two years ago -and which have been emphasized repeatedly in recent months by bibles of the left, from the New York Times to the Washington Post, is that the reconstruction effort in Iraq has improved tremendously under General Petraeus, to the point where we are not only winning in Iraq but, some say, we may have already won.

Obama’s speech is a troubling example of ignoring everything that has happened for the better over the last 18 months, suggestive instead of a defeated nation that needs to immediately hop on the last helicopter out of Saigon.

Obama probably thinks this speech will win him points among the angry extremists that fortify his base (which it will), but it will hurt him among responsible, fairminded liberals and especially among the moderates that will decide this election. It is a giant softball for John McCain and for the GOP to turn into ad spots. It plays right into John McCain’s chief strength and against Obama’s chief liability: their divergent experience in foreign and security policy. It was a bad political move for a candidate who is ahead in the polls.

There was so much in this speech that merits a response, but I would like to draw attention to its most fatal flaw, which apparently stills persists among the far left, which is actually where Barack Obama -- ranked the

most liberal member of the Senate by the non-partisan National Journal -- sits on the ideological spectrum.

In this speech, Obama argued that the true battle against terror has always been, and remains, in Afghanistan, not Iraq. He framed the Iraq intervention as a total distraction from the real War on Terror, which resides in Afghanistan.

Yet again, this positively maddening assertion is being made by a leader of the American left. It is absolutely, unequivocally, a post-Iraq War invention. I plead with my liberal friends: If you don’t believe me, then remember what the Clinton administration stated repeatedly: Throughout the latter 1990s, President Clinton’s

... the fight against global Islamic terror is exactly that -- global. It must occur on many fronts. To judge that the fight was never in Iraq but always in Afghanistan is amazingly simplistic and obviously inaccurate ...

report here. Anyone interested can check it out on the web. But I warn liberals: you will not like what you see, because it will force you to reevaluate some sacred cows produced for convenience in the era of hating George W. Bush, including those that reared their heads in Obama’s speech on July 15.

The fact is that the fight against global Islamic terror is exactly that -- global. It must occur on many fronts. To judge that the fight was never in Iraq but always in Afghanistan is amazingly simplistic and obviously inaccurate, and would never be made by supposedly sophisticated people if not for their seething hatred of George W. Bush.

That hatred forces them into back-flips and contradictions in the ugly, purely emotional process of opposing everything he does. Bush’s identification of Iraq as a prime terror threat -- pursued only after the removal of the Taliban in Afghanistan -- is 100 percent consistent with what the Clinton administration stated throughout its eight years.

Surely, liberals know this.

If they do not -- and if Barack Obama, their standardbearer, does not -- then this speaks very poorly, and quite frighteningly, of their ability to run American foreign policy over the next four years. The explanation for their thinking is either ignorance or a blinding hatred of George W. Bush that obliterates their ability to assess reality and the world.

Whatever the answer, Obama’s speech was not a good moment for anyone who hopes this man can lead America in this historic battle facing the world.

State Department, headed by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, listed Iraq among the leading sponsors of terrorism. It did so officially in its Patterns of Global Terrorism report, which is the formal, annual assessment on global terrorism mandated by Congress beginning in 1979 with the passing of the Export Administration Act. The final such report by the Clinton administration, in 2000, highlighted the seven leading terrorist governments: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan. Afghanistan was not even on the list.

These were the same seven nations identified in previous years, with Iraq and Iran singled out as the worst offenders (1999 index). In fact, the 2000 report devoted more words (and terrorist crimes) to Iraq than any other nation.

From providing safe-haven to Abu Nidal to attacking U.N. personnel, I will not review the details of the 2000

Paul Kengor is professor of political science and executive director of the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. His recent books include The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan’s Top Hand (Ignatius Press, 2007) and The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism (HarperPerennial, 2007).

It was a direct slap at those in Britain who have been agitating for an academic boycott of Israel. And for those concerned about the lessening of Holocaust education in Britain (there is a similar decline in teaching about Winston Churchill), Brown made the point that, “each year and every year two teenagers from every secondary school travel to Auschwitz. And when they return home and share their experiences -- raw and direct and powerful -- I have seen the profound effect their message has on their classmates: that discrimination, persecution, anti-Semitism and racism should be banished forever.”

There is no reason, certainly, to question Brown, or Sarkozy or President Bush for that matter, when they call themselves friends of Israel. We are pleased when they put Israel in its rightful place in the democratic firmament, appreciate its struggles and successes, and offer solidarity against Iranian threats.

Where they fall short is in their common belief that Israel holds the key to the creation of a democratic state of Palestine that will live as a happy neighbor.

Western leaders believe that Israel should agree to the 1967 borders. Israel should “freeze -- and withdraw from” (Brown's words) settlements. Israel should “share” Jerusalem. Israel should make the Palestinians economically viable and politically moderate.

Brown added, “Without compromising your needs for security, we need your help in easing the obstacles to Palestinian economic growth -- including the reopening of the Chamber of Commerce in East Jerusalem. You -Israel -- drawing upon your deep wells of hope and aspiration to give hope and aspiration to others.”

It seems not to have occurred to him, or the others, that Israeli hopes and aspirations are precisely what drive certain Palestinians into murderous (literally) rages.

Israeli capabilities and successes and accomplishments do not inspire the Palestinian leadership -- otherwise the greenhouses would still be exporting vegetables.

Palestinian leadership, Hamas and Fatah both, consider the independence and continued existence of that State of Israel -- so much appreciated by Brown, Sarkozy and Bush -- to be a mistake perpetrated on the Palestinian people -- mainly by the British, the French and the Americans.

It is the Palestinian leadership, not Israel’s leadership, that has to make the great leap of understanding, and the world’s democratic leaders should start there, not in the Knesset.

Shoshana Bryen is the Senior Director for Security Policy for JINSA, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Read more at www.jinsa.org.

Gordon Brown’s turn

BEHIND THE H EADLINES

by SHOSHANA BRYEN

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown followed France's Nicolas Sarkozy to the Knesset to talk about love of and defense of Israel. They both followed President Bush.

Where Sarkozy quoted the Bible, Brown spoke of his father, a minister who served as Chairman of the Church of Scotland’s Israel Committee. “There was never a time as I was growing up that I did not hear about, read about or was not surrounded by stories of the struggles, sacrifices, tribulation and triumphs as the Israeli people built their new state. And I am proud to say that for the whole of my life, I have counted myself a friend of Israel.”

He even brought an interesting gift with him. The Guardian reported that Brown signed an academic exchange program, The Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange (BIRAX) to award scientific research grants to junior academics from postdoctoral students to mid-career researchers and lecturers.

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Synagogue Listings B’nai Israel Synagogue 618 Mynster St. Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 322.4705 email: CBsynagogue@hotmail.com

Beth El Synagogue Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Omaha, NE 68154-1980 492.8550 www.bethel-omaha.org

Beth Israel Synagogue Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific St. Omaha, NE. 68154 556.6288 BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org

Chabad House An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 S. 120th St. Omaha, NE 68144-1646 330.1800 www.OChabad.com email: chabad@aol.com

Congregation B’nai Jeshurun South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 S. 20th St. Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 435.8004 southstreettemple.org

Offutt Air Force Base SAC Memorial Chapel 301 Lincoln Highway Offutt AFB, NE 68113 294.6244

Rose Blumkin Jewish Home 323 S. 132 St. Omaha, NE 68154

Temple Israel Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 7023 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68132-2651 556.6536 templeisrael-ne.org

The Neighborhood Minyan 1317 No. 57 St. Omaha, NE 68132 551.6609

Tifereth Israel Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 423.8569 www.tiferethisraellincoln.org

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B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE FRIDAY: Services followed by Oneg, 7:30 p.m.

BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Services conducted by Rabbi Mordechai Levin and Cantor Beth Schlossberg.

Friday: Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6 p.m. Please join us as Cantor Schlossberg helps to lead her first Shabbat service at Beth El. SATURDAY: Morning services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Beth El; Minha/Ma’ariv, 8:35 p.m.

WEEKDAY SERVICES: Sundays, 9 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Bible Study SUNDAY: Discussion Group, 10 a.m.

HAZAK INSTALLATION Friday, Aug. 1, 6 p.m., during Shabbat services. At 5:30 p.m., the organization will sponsor a reception to honor incoming and outgoing officers.

WOMEN’S ROSH HODESH GROUP Monday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., at the home of Helen Epstein, 17017 Western Ave. The evening’s theme is “Examining Our Jewish Identity.” To RSVP, contact Epstein at 391.9187 or aepstein1@cox.net; or co-host Ruthie Potash at 571.5006, or rsvp55@cox.net.

PAINT-A-THON: On Aug. 3 and Aug. 10, Beth El USYers and 20s and 30s group are invited to participate in the annual Brush Up Nebraska Paint-a-thon.

Volunteers will meet at Beth El at 10 a.m. on both days, and will help prep and paint the homes of low-income elderly adults. For more information or to volunteer,

contact Robert Mosenkis in the synagogue office, or at youth dir@bethel-omaha.org.

HEBREW CRASH COURSE: Join teacher Susi Frydman-Levin for her six-week Hebrew Crash Course, beginning Sunday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to noon. This class is geared to beginners or those who would like a refresher course.

Cost: $18. To register, contact Margie Gutnik in the synagogue office, or at programming@ bethel-omaha.org.

BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Jonathan Gross.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m. free babysitting, 9:30 a.m.; Children’s Classes, 9:45 a.m. with Torah Parade; This week, join Beth Israel in celebrating “Sisterhood Shabbat,” as we recognize the work of the Sisterhood for Beth Israel. 2008-09 officers will be installed. A very special Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood; “Guard Your Tongue” and “Advanced Analysis of Midrash Rabbah” (classes begin on hour before Mincha each Shabbat afternoon); Mincha, 8:30 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:27 p.m.

SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; “Reading the Rambam” with Rabbi Oxman is off for the summer; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:30 p.m.

WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Women of the Torah class, 9:30 a.m.; Rabbi’s weekly class, 7:30 p.m.

CORRECTION University of Nebraska President James B Milliken e-mailed the Jewish Press to clarify some of the statements in last week’s article about his participation in the Project Interchange trip to Israel: While on the way to Sderot, he and the PI group learned that one rocket had fallen in Sderot; multiple rockets did not fall while they were visiting the city near Gaza, and no one was injured.

He noted that he would send NU students to AlQesami College in Israel, but in light of the State Department travel advisory discouraging Americans from visiting the West Bank, he was uncomfortable sending NU students to Al-Quds University. Also, Dr. Sari Nussibeah, president of Al-Quds, was unable to meet the group because he was out of the country.

As to the contrast between Israel and the Palestinian Territories 60 years after Israel became a state, Milliken added that, “It is so important -- to both Israelis and Palestinians -- that efforts to bring peace to the region are successful. The difference between what has been accomplished in parts of Israel in just 60 years and the condition of the West Bank and Gaza is sobering. Only with peace, will we see progress and prosperity throughout the Middle East.”

Prayerbooks Available for Visually Impaired The Jewish Heritage for the Blind announced the availability of the High Holiday Machzor in large print and in Braille free of charge for those who need them. A doctor’s note stating necessity is required. To receive a complimentary Machzor, contact our office at 718.338.4999; or fax 718.338.0653; or e-mail to Jewishheritage@gmail.com.

CHABAD HOUSE Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Services, 7 a.m.

SATURDAY: Maamar class, 9 a.m.; Service, 9:30 a.m.; Youth Minyan, 10:30 a.m.; Kiddush luncheon follows in honor of Shani and Estie Katzman’s birthdays.

SUNDAY: Service, 8:30 a.m.; Heading Somewhere, studying the book of Numbers, 9:30 a.m.; Parsha study, 10 a.m.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m.

MONDAY: Kabbalistic Insights for Women, 12:15 p.m.; Halacha, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY: W.O.W. Prayer, Prophets, and Prayer, 9 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: Kabbalah Circle, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY: Jewish Thought, 12:45 p.m.; Parsha for Kids, 3:15 p.m.

All events and programs are open to the community.

CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m. led by Andy Greenberg.

TEMPLE ISRAEL FRIDAY: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m., led by Rabbi Eric Linder and Tami Field; D’var Torah: Brandon Thomas -- “It’s not a Cliché -- There’s No Place Like Home.”

SATURDAY: Sparks Beneath the Surface, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m. open house shabbat service Open House Shabbat Service: Friday, Aug. 22, 6 p.m. We invite the community to spend Shabbat at Temple Israel. Join us for a savory Oneg Shabbat immediately following the service, meet our clergy, and discover the warmth of our congregation.

TEMPLE ISRAEL ANNUAL GOLF OUTING: Monday, Aug. 25 at Ironwood Country Club.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Ilan Emanuel.

FRIDAY: Snacks, 6 p.m.; Early Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 p.m. led by Rabbi Emanuel, with snacks provided by Christie Emler.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. all led by Rabbi Emanuel.

THURSDAY: Board of Trustees, 7 p.m.; Choir Rehersal, 7:30 p.m.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Minyan, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m.

TIFERETH ISRAEL Services conducted by Nancy Coren, Lay Leader. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

MONDAY and THURSDAY: Minyan, 9 a.m. Contact the office to arrange for a minyan.

FRIDAY: Services, 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush lunch and Talmud study.

WEDNESDAY: Men’s Lunch Group meets at the Knolls, 12:30 p.m. Call Yale Gotsdiner, 423.7066.

“Eye on Israel” resumes programming with physician from Western Galilee Hospital

by Mary Sue Grossman Director of Programming & Operations Center for Jewish Education Stay current on what is happening in Israel as “Eye on Israel” begins its 200809 programming year on Tuesday, Aug. 5, noon, in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. The session will feature Dr. Guy Matalon and Dr. Moshe Gershovich, talking about the current state of Israeli politics and other events in the Middle East. Matalon is executive director of the Center for Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation Professor of Judaic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of NebraskaOmaha (UNO). Gershovich is Professor of History at UNO. In August, “Eye” will meet each Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Kripke Library. The remainder of the year, sessions will be held each week in September, November, January, March and May. Additionally, a special evening edition of “Eye on Israel” will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m., in the Library with a guest, Dr. Nicola Makhoul. Makhoul, a Christian Arab, is head of the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at the Western Galilee Hospital (WGH) in Nahariya, Israel. He will talk

about the work of the hospital in the Western Galilee, Omaha's Partnership with Israel region.

Dr. Makhoul is visiting Creighton University Medical Center, hosted by Dr. Dan Schuller. Schuller and Makhoul met during Schuller’s participation in the Emergency Response Group (ERG) program at the WGH. ERG is a program focused on hospital emergency preparedness for medical professions from the United States and Europe.

“It is very exciting to welcome Dr. Makhoul to Omaha,” said Dr. Bonnie Bloch, the Omaha chairman for ERG. “Several Omaha physicians have participated in ERG and it is a pleasure to return the warm hospitality of the Western Galilee Hospital.”

She added, “The willingness of Dr. Schuller and the Creighton Medical Center to host this visit is so appreciated.

We hope this will be the first of many exchanges.”

Dr. Makhoul will also participate in two ERG recruitment events while in Omaha.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the CJE at 334.6445, or mgrossman@jewishomaha.org. Eye on Israel is sponsored in part by the Herman and Mary Meyerson Endowment Fund.

August 1, 2008

The ongoing Torah

SPARKS FROM THE WORD

by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE Parashat Masei Before us is the last Sidra of the Book of Bamidbar (Numbers). The AAA would have made this a much more interesting chapter, but the Text isn’t interested in that -- only in getting the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Holy Land. Thus we have been given a long list of places to which the Israelites are said to have traveled during their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.

We are reminded of the fact that murders, or killers by accident, were separated from one another and further, that the crime was considered not against the community, but against a family. Thus, the family was supposed to provide vengeance by itself. And therefore, cities were to be established where one who killed by accident could find shelter. The family seeking revenge or justice was not permitted to enter these cities of refuge.

All of this may seem primitive to us who are accustomed to different principles of justice. But this may have worked pretty well under the ancient circumstances of a not-quite-fully-organized society.

Since the land was to be divided among the various tribes, there were those who feared that the lot which should have gone to Zelofhad, and now was to be given to his daughters, might go to other tribes once the young women married. So the daughters were admonished to marry whom they pleased, but only those within the “right” tribe.

Suppose today, you’re told that you can marry anyone you please as long as he comes form Oshkosh? How do you like them apples? But we have to recognize that there is an attempt here at justice when there was as yet no established code of practice.

(I have noted earlier in these pages that this unHebraic name might more properly read as TzalePahad, and this would yield in rough translation, “under the protection of the Revered One.”) The book of Numbers closes with a reminder that all of this was included in the instructions that the Lord had given to Moses at Jerico on the Jordan. A novelist today would certainly want to have a more exciting ending to his book. But the Torah is not a novel, though it is a great work of literature.

It intends to be a book of instruction --which, indeed, the word Torah, exactly means. With this, the fourth Book of Torah comes to an end; before us is the rich, enlightening Book of Devarim. If one wants to get a quick glimpse of Torah ethics and morals, the fifth book is there for the asking. It is, in my opinion shared by many Bible readers, to be, by far, the greatest of the Five Books of Moses. If this is not true of the Book of Numbers, so be it. The contrast between the two books is reward enough to contemplate.

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DEATHS SCOTT M. GROSSMAN Scott M. Grossman died in a motorcycle accident on July 19 in Lincoln; he was 40 years old. Services were held July 23.

He earned an AA in auto and a/c technology at the Phoenix Institute of Technology, and worked at the United States Postal Service Motor Vehicle Department and O’Reilly Autoparts in Lincoln. According to his aunt, Sharon Behrend of Napa, CA, “Cars and motorcyles were his life.”

He is survived by his grandmother, Ethel Grossman of Omaha; parents, Bernie and Marge Grossman; wife, Michelle; daughter, Tiler Renee; son, Chase Michael; stepdaughter, Tara Dudycha; stepson, Nick Dudycha; brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Tena Grossman; sister and brother-in-law, Deb and Scott Stream, all of Lincoln; sister, Cindy Grossman of Colorado Springs; aunts, uncles and nephews.

Memorials to the Scott Grossman Memorial Fund, Spirit of America Credit Union, PO Box 5556, Lincoln, NE 68505.

MARTIN “MARTY” MEYERS Martin “Marty” Meyers died July 10 at the age of 66.

Services were held July 14.

He worked for Broadmoor Development for more than 30 years according to his uncle, Harry Wolfson, and at one time, owned a number of Godfathers’ franchises in California.

He is survived by his wife, Marcia L. Meyers; son and daughter-in-law, Marc and Ronnie Meyers of San Diego; daughter and son-in-law, Melanie and Jake Bramlett of Phoenix; grandsons, Merrick Meyers of San Diego and Austin Bramlett of Phoenix; and brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Kathy Meyers of Pinellas Park, FL. Memorials to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

PHILIP LUBMAN Philip Lubman died July 26 at the age of 86. A graveside service was held July 28 at Mount Sinai Cemetery.

He served in World War II and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He received a MS in Education from Creighton University.

Preceded in death by wife, Jean Greenfield Lubman; and siblings, Hy Lubman and Bess Levine.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Dori Lubman; daughter and son-in-law, Nicki and Ken Brueggemann; grandchildren, Jason and Illeana Lubman and Anneliese Lubman; two great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Charlotte Lubman; and sister-in-law, Esther Lubman.

Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

JUNE WALKER (JTA) -- The chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, June Walker, died in New York City July 29 at the age of 74. Services were held At beth Tikvah Synagogue in Summit, NJ, on July 31.

On July 21, she presided over a farewell reception for outgoing Israeli U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman. Two days later she led a meeting of the Conference of Presidents. Late in the week, however, tests revealed the cancer she had fought for seven years had advanced too far to allow for a new round of treatment.

Walker, a former president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, became only the second female to lead the conference last year when she replaced investment banker Harold Tanner. A respiratory therapist, former college professor and health-care administrator, Walker was a longtime community activist whose involvement with Hadassah began as a teenager. In June, Walker was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa in recognition of her years of work on behalf of Israel, and in particular her devotion to health care in the Jewish state.

Walker rose through a succession of positions at Hadassah before assuming the presidency in 2003, a post she held for four years. Under her leadership, the organization raised $75 million for a $210 million inpatient tower at its hospital at Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, and completed a $48 million emergency medicine facility in Jerusalem. She also grew the student body at the Hadassah College of Technology in Jerusalem from 600 to 2,000 students.

She is survived by her husband, Barrett; a son, David Walker; two daughters, Ellen Walker and Julie Richman; and six grandchildren.

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Jewish Press, Omaha, NE

August 1, 2008

Diverse Beijing Jewish community offers combination plate of choices

Continued from page 1 “I came to Beijing because it was my dream always to come to a place where the Jewish infrastructure was limited and expand it, where there was no Jewish day school or kosher restaurant, and no mikvah, and to build it,” Freudlich says.

Many Beijing Jews now rely on Chabad for their religious needs.

Chabad’s Mei Tovah mikvah opened in 2006 with spa facilities and a Chinese-inspired design. It is used about 15 to 20 times a month and is a welcome convenience for women who otherwise would fly to Hong Kong or use a lake to fulfill the practice of family purity, or taharat hamishpachah.

Its Ganeinu day school for preschoolers and elementary-age students makes Beijing an attractive relocation option for some Jewish expats.

French native Gilles Perez says that when he was offered a job in Beijing, “the first thing I did was open the Jewish travel guide to find if there was a day school.”

If not, Perez says, he would not have come. His son Raphael attends the Chabad school.

Kehillat’s Hebrew school, Ahavat Yitzhak, uses the Ganeinu building and even shares some teachers. Twentysix students and four recent bar/bat mitzvah teaching assistants attended Ahavat Yitzhak last school year.

As an expat Jewish community nestled in a region with few native Jews, many children in Beijing’s Jewish community are of Chinese and Jewish backgrounds. Chabad and Kehillah schools both have an open enrollment policy. Freudlich says the two schools will accept the same students.

“Anyone who considers themselves a member of the Jewish community can attend Ganeinu,” he says, “but they have to sign on the application a paragraph we write that states regardless of us accepting you to the school, it does not affirm your halachic Jewish status.”

Meanwhile, Chabad can teach prospective converts in China, but conversions cannot be performed in the country because of rules against proselytizing.

Chinese citizens, even those who come with a Jewish friend, may be turned away at the door from Chabad events. Chabad’s website states, “All foreign-passport holders are welcome to join.”

In contrast, Kehillat Beijing members frequently bring Chinese friends to services without concern. Some find the mere existence of such an active and diverse Jewish community in Beijing reason enough to participate regularly.

“The comfort I find in these weekly gatherings is astounding,” says Leo Lazar, 25, who is in Beijing on a six-month rotation for GE Healthcare. “Maybe it’s the sense of community, the sense of an adventurous -- as opposed to a painstaking -- Diaspora.”

How to do Jewish in Beijing Below are some tips on how to do Beijing “Jewish style” during the 2008 Olympic Games: •Chabad Beijing has two venues (www.chabadbeijing.com), both near many hotels. Its main location, at King’s Garden Villa, 18 Xiao Yun Rd Villa No. F1, will have daily services three times a day. After Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services, the community walks 10 minutes to the kosher restaurant for meals.

Contact: info@chabadbeijing.cn.

An additional location is at: Jian Guo Men Diplomatic

Building, Building 3, 2F, Room 23. This is a sub-branch that serves the Russian community and others staying in the Central Business District. Contact: Rabbi Mendy Raskin at rabbaimendy08@gmail.com or by calling 86.13366701744.

• The Egalitarian, lay-led, Reconstructionist Kehillat Beijing is located on the Third floor, Capital Club Athletic Center in the Capital Mansion. Go to the website at: www.sinogogue.org for a thorough explanation of the location and a pronunciation guide for getting your taxi there. This building is well known by most cabbies and hotels, and is centrally located.

Dini’s Kosher Restaurant is a glatt kosher, non-dairy restaurant serving Chinese, Israeli and Jewish foods. (www.kosherbeijing.com has the menu). Dini’s will be open 24 hours a day during the Games and can deliver to hotels across the city. It can also vacuum-pack your food to bring to other cities on a China tour.

Several completely vegetarian restaurants in Beijing are Buddhist or Buddhist-themed with serene decor. The Pure Lotus chain has lavish interiors, food served in conch shells or platters brimming with dry ice, and oversized glossy menus that dedicate half the pages to poetry and photos of blades of grass as opposed to food.

A favorite is Baihe-Lily, a simple courtyard restaurant down a poorly marked alley. Baihe-Lily also has a location near the tourist site the Summer Palace.

To find vegetarian restaurants and shops in Beijing, go to www.happycow.net/asia/china/beijing. The site provides a quick table of vegetarian traveler phrases.

Many supermarkets sell imported food that includes kosher-labeled items.

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