Vol. LXXXVII No. 3 Omaha, NE
Celebrating 86 Years of Service to Nebraska and Western Iowa
16 Tishrei, 5768 September 28, 2007
Federation announces leadership for 2008 Campaign
For A.G. post, Bush taps Orthodox Jew best known for work on terrorism
by LISA LIEB First on the Pitlors’ toFederation Communications do list: to put together Director their campaign leadership When Marcia and Steve team. They chose John Pitlor were asked to serve Lehr to lead the Men’s as chairmen of the Jewish Campaign and Sandy Federation of Omaha’s Friedman as Chairman of 2008 Annual Leadership Pacesetters; Brett Atlas Campaign, two key facwas named Chairman of tors made them eager to Young Leadership. agree -- the chance to “This year in particular bring everybody together we have recruited people for a community event, who have been involved and the tremendous genin past campaigns but not erosity of the Omaha in the top leadership levJewish community. els,” Steve said. “We’ve “When you take on a seen some great enthusirole like this in Omaha asm and new ideas as a you know it’s not going result.” to be a hard job,” Marcia In the Women’s said. “We really walk the Campaign, Nancy Rips walk here and have a Marcia and Steve Pitlor, Chairmen of Omaha’s 2008 Federation has been named great history of giving Annual Campaign. Chairman for this year generously.” and Jan Schneiderman is Chairman of the Lion of Judah The Pitlors have been active volunteers throughout Division. Marcia expressed great confidence in Nancy the years, bringing a wealth of experience and knowl- and Jan. “These women bring a tremendous energy and edge to the table. Marcia has served as Federation ability to get things done,” she said. Women’s Campaign Co-Chairman and Co-Chairman of Pam and Bruce Friedlander and Andee and Anthony the Omaha Maccabi Games. Marcia and Steve were JCC Scioli have been named Co-Chairmen of the community Capital Campaign Co-Chairman (with Patty and Steve event. “Putting together a community event has been Nogg), and Steve is a past president of the Federation. one of our top priorities, and we are thrilled to have the “I’m thrilled to have Marcia and Steve as this year’s Friedlanders and Sciolis spearhead this effort,” Steve said. Campaign Chairmen,” said Federation President Norman “One of the most important things we can do as Sheldon. “Rarely do we have an opportunity to call upon Campaign Chairs is surround ourselves with wonderful people who not only exhibit strong leadership, but have people, and Steve and I couldn’t be more pleased with such an in-depth understanding of how Campaign money this year’s leadership team,” Marcia added. Continued on page 3 is raised and allocated in our community.”
by RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) -- In the aftermath of her son Ari's murder by an Arab gunman on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994, Devorah Halberstam was introduced to a federal judge for the Southern District of New York with a longstanding interest in terrorism-related issues. In the years since, Judge Michael Mukasey became a fixture in the life of Ari's family, keeping a photo of the slain teenager on the mantle in his chambers, meeting regularly with his mother and in March, receiving the memorial award established in Ari's memory. Mukasey even attended the weddings of Ari's siblings, one of which required him to endure torrential rainstorms during the outdoor ceremony. But he stayed until its conclusion, Halberstam said, even though he was drenched. Continued on page 2
President George W. Bush listens to remarks by Judge Michael Mukasey after announcing his nomination Sept. 17, in the White House Rose Garden, to be the 81st Attorney General of the United States. Credit: U.S. White House
Omaha native establishes endowment fund to benefit L.O.V.E. by PJ WIESNER Foundation Communications Coordinator You can take the girl out of Omaha, but you can’t take Omaha out of the girl. Miriam Simon, who lived in Dundee for nearly 80 years, still reads Omaha’s Jewish Press from her home in Palm Coast, Florida, although she admits that fewer and fewer of the names in the paper are familiar. For most of her adult life, Simon, 86, was an active member of both the Jewish and secular communities in Omaha, volunteering for multiple organizations. One of the organizations for which Simon might have initiated the most change was the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. In 1971, Simon was invited to join the board of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, which was then the Dr. Philip Sher Home. Once a month the board members met for lunch at the Sher Home, and Simon couldn’t help but notice how quiet the nursing home was. “When I went out there, it was so dead. There were no signs of life, really I felt bad for the people who had nothing to do except wait for their next meal -- or wait to die. So I said that something should be done,” Simon said. Taking matters into her own hands, Simon formed the League Offering Volunteers for the Elderly, or L.O.V.E.
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With the help of her volunteers, Simon entertained the residents with bingo, daily exercise classes, and weekly sing-alongs. Even her late husband, Ervin Simon, was one of her L.O.V.E volunteers. “He was very supportive of the volunteer things I did,” she recalled. “He started coming in the evening once a week. It was very rewarding.” Thirty-five years later, in October 2006, Simon met with Marty Ricks, executive director of the Jewish Federation Foundation, to establish an endowment fund in her name and her husband’s that would benefit the Home. “It was a great pleasure for me to meet Miriam last October. What a wonderful conversation we had!” said Ricks. “I knew about Miriam through Shirley Goldstein. They were basically partners in creating the Omaha Committee on Soviet Jewry, the organization that sponsored several hundred families to relocate from the former Soviet Union to Omaha.” Taking into account her and her husband’s love of music and the performing arts, Simon decided that the Ervin and Miriam Simon Endowment Fund would provide L.O.V.E. with funding to take the residents to plays, musical perform-
Miriam and Ervin Smon ances, and other shows at venues outside of the Blumkin Home. “Life is so much more enjoyable when you can go to some of these cultural events, so I wanted to enable L.O.V.E. to see that people could go,” said Simon. At the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Simon majored in music; the violin was her primary instrument. She had a certificate to teach high school music but decided against trying to get a
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job in a small, rural town. “In those days you just didn’t get a job in a big city like Omaha,” Simon explained. When she got married in 1945, none of the women Simon knew worked. “It was just a different time,” she said. “We stayed home and raised our kids.” She and Ervin Simon started their family in Dundee, the same neighborhood where she grew up. When her three children were young, Simon dedicated much of her time to volunteering. Being the president of the Dundee School PTA, Hadassah, and Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood, among other organizations, were “full-time jobs” to Simon. “These were all things I was interested in,” she explained. “If you’re interested in something, you’re usually willing to do something for that organization.” For fun, the Simons would go to concerts or to the theater. They had season tickets to the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, the Omaha Opera, and the Omaha Community Playhouse. In fact, Simon was a charter member of the Omaha Symphony Guild and on the board of the Omaha Opera Guild. Simon loved classical music, but her husband preferred jazz, which, she laughed, “I could take or leave!” Continued on page 2
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Continued from page 1 “That is the kind of a person he is,” Halberstam said. “He’s an immaculate human being. You don’t find people like that.” Halberstam and Mukasey would meet each year around Rosh Hashanah in his judge’s chambers in Lower Manhattan. This year’s meeting was scheduled for Monday, but the day before Mukasey called to say he had an urgent engagement in Washington: President Bush would be introducing him as the White House’s pick to be the next U.S. attorney general. Those who know the retired federal judge say Mukasey, an Orthodox Jew, is a political conservative who kept his politics and religion out of the courtroom. That’s in marked contrast to his predecessor, the scandal-plagued Alberto Gonzales, who resigned earlier this month despite Bush’s best efforts to retain him. Gonzales’ tenure was marked by his loyalty to Bush and oft-repeated only-in-America story as the child of Mexican immigrants. As a judge, Mukasey broke with the White House on a key anti-terrorism issue by ruling that a suspect must have access to a lawyer. And unlike some other judges, he has abjured involvement in Jewish advocacy. “Some judges have improperly remained active in Jewish organizational life while they were on the bench,” said Marc Stern, counsel to the American Jewish Congress. “It’s a testament to his probity that he was not among them.” That does not mean his Judaism is not deeply felt. Mukasey, 66, is a lifelong congregant at Kehillath Jeshurun on New York City’s Upper East Side. He was educated at its Ramaz school, and his wife for a time was the school’s headmistress. He is close friends with another congregant, Jay Lefkowitz, a top Washington lawyer and a veteran of the Soviet Jewry advocacy movement who is Bush’s special envoy for human rights in North Korea. Lefkowitz rushed to praise the selection, as did another top Jewish conservative, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol. Orthodox groups were not shy about claiming Mukasey. “He’s a man of impeccable character, and it’s nice to see someone from the community nominated to such an important position,” said Nathan Diament, the Orthodox Union’s Washington director. Mukasey would be the second Jewish attorney general. Ed Levi, who served under President Ford in the mid-1970s, also was known for his independent streak. Mukasey has close ties, dating back to his days as an assistant U.S. attorney in the 1960s, to Rudy Giuliani, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination. The former New York City mayor lost no time in endorsing the nomination, raising the possibility that Mukasey could straddle two administrations should Giuliani win the presidency in November 2008. A defendant in the first 1993 World Trade Center bombing tried to make Mukasey’s Kehillath Jeshurun membership an issue. He filed an appeal to remove Mukasey as a judge, arguing that his allegiances would prejudice him against Muslims. Appellate judges dismissed the concerns as “utterly irrelevant.” Similarly, in the appropriate forums, Mukasey is not uncomfortable about baring his conservative credentials. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece last month, Mukasey lent considerable intellectual weight to Bush administration arguments that applying conventional legal mores to terrorism suspects is counterproductive. “The rules that apply to routine criminals who pursue finite goals are skewed, and properly so, to assure that
only the highest level of proof will result in a conviction,” Mukasey wrote. “But those rules do not protect a society that must gather information about, and at least incapacitate, people who have cosmic goals that they are intent on achieving by cataclysmic means.” Yet in the courtroom, Mukasey strictly adhered to case law and precedent, according to those who worked with him. “In a criminal sphere I saw that he was very fair, and gave the defense a chance to try its case,” said Baruch Weiss, a criminal defense lawyer who during his stint as a federal prosecutor appeared before Mukasey. “He wasn’t afraid to rule on behalf of the government or the defense.” Weiss said the only sign he saw of Mukasey’s Judaism was that “he knew how to pronounce my name, unlike a lot of other judges.” Mukasey’s best-known dissent from Bush administration dogma came in a 2002 ruling in the case of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen detained as an enemy combatant. He allowed Padilla’s indefinite detention, but rejected the government’s request to sequester him from his lawyers. “Padilla’s statutorily granted right to present facts to the court in connection with this petition will be destroyed utterly if he is not allowed to consult with counsel,” Mukasey ruled. Mukasey’s extensive dealings with terrorism underscore how much that issue has become the Bush administration’s focus in its final days, Stern said. “What obviously propels the Mukasey nomination forward, because there are lots of people who hold his views on terrorism, is that he’s strong but credible and that shows how strong those issues have become to the administration,” he said. Bush made the background in terrorism central to his nomination. “Some of Judge Mukasey’s most important legal experience is in the area of national security,” Bush said, standing alongside Mukasey in the Rose Garden. “Judge Mukasey presided over the trial of the terrorist known as ‘the Blind Sheik,’ and his co-defendants in the conspiracy to destroy prominent New York City landmarks, including bombing the World Trade Center in 1993. Before the 9/11 attacks, this was one of the most important terrorism cases in our nation’s history, and the verdict in that case was affirmed on appeal. In affirming the convictions, the appeals court signaled out the judge for praise.” In accepting the nomination, Mukasey also focused on terrorism. Upon joining the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney 35 years ago, he said, “Our foreign adversaries saw widespread devastation as a deterrent; today our fanatical enemies see it as a divine fulfillment.” The focus concerned Stern, who noted that the Justice Department’s bailiwick is much broader than terrorism. “He’s a cipher on abortion, he’s a cipher on civil rights, he’s a cipher on all the hot-button issues that move the administration’s base,” Stern said. That led the AJCongress to call for a rigorous confirmation process. “President Bush has selected an individual who appears to be beyond ethical reproach and who is not narrowly partisan,” the group said in a statement. “Michael Mukasey also appears to be free of the thrall of social conservatives. But though on all three scores he would be a marked improvement over the incumbent, his confirmation should not be a formality.” U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), a key member of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, has already joined the committee’s chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), in promising an expansive confirmation.
Endowment fund to benefit L.O.V.E. Continued from page 1 In addition to music, Ervin Simon was also very interested in lapidary and used to cut and polish stones using machines he kept in their basement. “The two loves outside of his family were his rocks and jazz,” Simon remembered. Golf was another hobby of her husband’s, and Simon took up the sport so she could play with him. “I took up golf too late in life, and I was never very good. I’m a perfectionist by nature. If I can’t do it well, I don’t want to do it,” she said. Still, she tried for her husband’s sake, and on one of the days that the couple was playing together, he shot his first hole-in-one. Simon still has that ball. In 2001, the Simons left Omaha to live in Florida yearround. Tragically, one month after they moved, their only son died from multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow. Erv Simon passed away 10 months later in 2002. Since then, Simon has survived pancreatic cancer and congestive heart failure. “All my doctors tell me I’m a miracle,” she said proudly.
However, her health setbacks have hardly slowed her down. She has been the Chairman of the Jewish Federation Campaign for two counties in Florida for three consecutive years. Tuesday and Thursday mornings she attends water aerobics, and twice a week she works-out on the treadmill and the bike. Simon also has season tickets to the Daytona Beach Symphony Society. “There are probably more important things, but a life without culture to me sounds so drab. I look forward to going to these things. I enjoy them so much that I want to see people from the Blumkin Home enjoy them too,” explained Simon. Establishing the Ervin and Miriam Simon Endowment Fund was Simon’s way of leaving something permanent in Omaha from her husband and herself. “It is so nice of Miriam to remember her home city by establishing this endowment fund at the Foundation,” said Ricks. “I still care about Omaha,” Simon said. “I lived there for 80 years. My husband lived there for 83. That’s where our lives were.”
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Leadership for 2008 Campaign Continued from page 1 As long-time supporters of Israel, the Pitlors are pleased to bring in a speaker who is an authority on the diplomatic and military history of the Middle East. The community event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., at the downtown Hilton Hotel. The keynote speaker will be best-selling author Michael Oren, author of Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present. The Humanitarian Award and Spirit of Federation Awards also will be presented that evening. “It’s been a number of years since there’s been one. We have always enjoyed the feeling of togetherness at past community events and thought it was time for Omaha to experience that again,” Marcia said. “Once we made that decision we wanted to make sure to bring in an outstanding speaker, a real ‘wow factor.’” She acknowledged that, “everybody may not know the name Michael Oren, but the overwhelming feedback we’ve received is that he’s a leading expert, a tremendous speaker and a ‘wow’ kind of guy. Without a doubt, this is the place for Jews in Omaha to be that night.” “Over the years, these events have been highly successful and a wonderful experience,” added Steve. “The reason for this success -- beyond having a great keynote speaker -- is that the entire community can come together for a common cause. The time is right for us to celebrate being part of the Omaha Jewish community.” Both Marcia and Steve are passionate about the importance of giving generously to the Annual Campaign. “Locally, all you have to do is look around and see the tremendous number of programs and services that benefit from the Annual Campaign,” said Steve. “And our overseas commitment has never been more critical. With Iran and Syria, modern day terrorism is right on the steps of Israel and we need to help protect our homeland from future threats.” “The Annual Campaign is what runs our Jewish community, both here and abroad,” added Marcia. “I’m often reminded of a comment my dad once shared. He said that it doesn’t matter whether his money goes to our own community or overseas. Jews help Jews -throughout the world.”
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Israel’s leading environmentalist headlines Klutznick-Harris Sympopsium by LEONARD GREENSPOON Holder of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University Who better than Dr. Alon Tal -- widely recognized as Israel’s leading environmentalist -- to serve as keynote presenter for this fall’s Klutznick-Harris Symposium on Jews and the Environment? His presentation -“What Makes Jewish Environmentalism Jewish?” -- will take place on, Sunday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center, topping off the first of two days of activities associated with this 20th installment of the Symposium. Tal’s academic credentials are impressive: a B.A., with honors, in Dr. Alon Tal Political Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a law degree from the Hebrew University’s Law Faculty, and an M.S. and doctorate in Environmental Health Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health. His list of academic and public positions is equally prestigious, including academic posts in the United States, New Zealand, and Israel, before assuming his present teaching and research responsibilities at the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, at Ben Gurion University. Always active in the public sphere as well, Tal has been associated with the Israel Union of Environmental Defense, the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, and presently serves as chair of the International Board of Directors of the Land Development Committee for the Jewish National Fund, which has wide oversight of environmental issues and impact on development within Israel. He also represents Israel on a number of regional and international commissions and at the
United Nations. Tal is the author of numerous books -- including Israel: An Environmenta History, Speaking of Earth: Environmental Speeches that Moved the Earth, and Pollution in a Promised Land, as well as articles, and reports. Widely sought after as a speaker, Tal is the recipient of major awards, including the Charles Bronfman Humanitarian Prize in 2005. It was this award that attracted the attention of Steve Riekes, who initially recommended that Tal be invited to the Symposium. There is also a personal side to Tal. As he himself has written, “I probably became an environmentalist growing up between dinner table conversations with my father, who ran EPA analytical laboratories during the 1970s, and the cross-country running trails and white water canoeing streams of rural North Carolina. Like many active members of Young Judaea and its summer camps, I was inspired to make Aliyah on my 20th birthday. Thirty-three days later, I joined the IDF paratroopers.” Astonished by the proliferation of liter and general environmental conditions he saw across the country (and in Lebanon) during this military service, he decided to pursue a career in environmental studies. Moreover, Tal is no stranger to Nebraska. Much of his doctoral research was done with the nutrient control program in the Central Platte Natural Resource District, where he interviewed and met with many of the farmers there. Tal, like a number of other Symposium participants (and many Omaha residents), is an avid bike rider. He and his wife have three daughters. The Symposium, consisting of 13 presentations in addition to Tal’s, will begin at the JCC on Sunday, Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. Sessions will continue until 5 p.m. Tal’s keynote address will be followed by a dessert reception. Monday’s presentations, Oct. 29, 8:45 a.m. until 2 p.m., will take place at the Skutt Student Center on the Creighton University Campus. All events are free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Fran Minear at 280.2303 or fminear@creighton.edu.
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Rick Recht rocks the house on the prairie! Omaha concert marks opening of Temple religious school
Lincoln concert highlights Federation accomplishments goal is to “bring by JENNIFER ROSENBLATT Jewish Federation of Lincoln the Jewish comsecretary munity together What has the power to through Jewish attract four generations and arts, music, and more than 100 people to the educational prosame place at the same time? gramming, with a St. Louis singer and songfocus on family writer Rick Recht and his friendly events,” band, Dennis Stringfield explained Merliss. and Logan Detering, who Other events in recently performed a conthe works include cert at Tifereth Israel. a “blintz feed” Sponsored by the Jewish and Yom Ha’atzFederation of Lincoln, the maut celebraconcert was free to the tions for Israel’s Jewish community of 60th birthday. Lincoln and surrounding Children of areas. People came from all ages were near and far to be a part of Lincoln children and youth join Recht on stage at Tifereth Israel at a invited to share the Jewish music experience. concert sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Lincoln. the stage with One family even followed Recht from Omaha after see- Recht during the performance of several songs. ing him perform earlier that day at Temple Israel! Acoustic instrumentalists included Ben Merliss on string Recht is the top-touring musician in Jewish music, bass, Marina Kushner on violin, Zach Knecht on guitar, playing over 150 concerts a year in the United States and Avi Knecht on guitar. The audience members, rangand abroad. Recht is widely recognized for his appeal to ing in ages from two to 92, were on their feet for most youth and family audiences not only as an exceptional of the concert. musician, singer/songwriter, and entertainer, but also as Everyone wrapped arms around each other’s shoulders a role model for involvement in Jewish life. He has for Recht’s original settings of “Hatikvah” and “Hinei become an icon for Jewish youth in the United States, Ma Tov.” At the end of the concert, Recht spent time elevating the medium of Jewish music as a powerful and meeting each member of the audience and autographing effective tool for developing Jewish pride and identity merchandise. Everyone left with a smile on their face, a among the masses. song in their heart, and a CD under their arm. Jaine Evnen Merliss, Federation president, gave the For more information or to join the Jewish Federation opening remarks at the concert. In addition to intro- of Lincoln, contact Jaine Merliss at 402.327.2321 or ducing the band, Merliss gave brief highlights of the write to PO Box 67218, Lincoln, NE 68506. Federation’s recent activities. Fulfilling local needs were at the top of the Federation’s list of accomplishments. This year, 13 camp scholarships were given to youth who attended Jewish summer camps and six emergency needs grants had recently been given to local Jewish families and individuals with extenuating circumstances. “We are extremely pleased to help support our local Jewish Community School. In addition to support of local needs, the focus of the Jewish Federation of Lincoln is on supporting the needs of Jews nationally and internationally along with our support for Israel through the UJC,” remarked Merliss. The Federation’s
by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Jewish Rock Star Rick Recht had the house rocking on the first day of Religious School at Temple Israel. “It was really fun! The music was vibrating into us!” said second grader Mia Vinci. Recht's electric sound sparked the crowded sanctuary’s enthusiasm. Children and adults sang along to songs such as “The Hope” and Recht’s version of “Hinei Ma Tov.” “I thought he was really good, because he gets everyone really excited,” said Jacob Arnold, a sixth grader. “What a great beginning to the school year,” commented Tanya Seina, who came with her husband Craig and their children, Isabella and Armon. Benjamin Brodkey, a second grader, who attended with his sister, Julia, a kindergartner, and their parents, Marc and Stacie, said afterwards at the barbeque lunch provided by Temple’s Golf Committee, that he likes rock and roll music “and I listened to it at JCC camp.” Julia’s favorite part was the drums. Jill Idelman, who enjoyed the concert with her son Justin, summed it up: “I can't think of a better way to start Religious School!”
Above: Among the energized youngsters and parents, Jennifer Glazer, front row right, her daughter Jane, and third grade teacher Tereza Wigodsky, second row right, expressed their delight. Left: Rick Recht, center, and his band started Temple Israel’s Religious School year off with a burst of excitement in Omaha. Rabbi Eric Linder, left, joined in for a couple songs with his saxophone. Jeff Taxman (behind the rabbi) also played with the band.
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Three generations in work together and Company. “I was ‘the company!’” Al said. Also in 1956, he met Doris Rapoport. She was in by JOAN K. MARCUS Omaha on her way to California to visit a cousin. Omahan Mike Abramson isn’t the sec- She had dates with several young men -ond generation of his family to be a cer- including Al. They had four dates and tified public accountant. He is the third! then announced their engagement. As a matter of fact, he and his father, Al (They have been married 50 years!) Abramson, once worked at the firm of Later, Abramson, Bercovici and Frankel, Zacharia, Arnold, Nissen, Stamp Company turned into several different and Reinsch. firms. Ultimately, Al moved on to work at Al’s father, Isadore Abramson, came to Frankel, Zacharia in 1986. He retired in the United States from Russia in about 1993 when he became the director of 1909 when he was nine-years- old. He Motor Vehicles for Nebraska. He was graduated from Commerce High School appointed by then-Governor Ben Nelson and then opened up Abramson Auditing and remained in that position until 1999 in the Brandeis Theatre Building. when the administration changed. He serves on the board of directors of Ballantine, a manufacturer of motion picture projectors. And he still does consulting with former clients. He’s also a volunteer with B’nai Brith and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. “I also read books, magazines and I take naps in the afternoon,” he grinned. Mike Abramson, 48, graduated from Westside High School in 1977. He, like his father, went to UNL and admits he didn’t really know what he wanted to do. “I ended up going to the business school and getAl Abramson, right, and son Mike carry on the CPA traditions of ting a degree in finance. I Al’s father Isidore. took a number of According to Al, “It was more of a accounting classes. Even though my bookkeeping firm and my father’s clients father and grandfather were CPAs, I didwere primarily Jewish businessmen -- n’t think that was what I wanted to do,” grocers, furniture store owners, retailers. he added. Ultimately, he was accepted at In those days, Jews weren’t allowed to Creighton University Law School. work for big companies, so they started During college, Mike and another their own small businesses.” friend decided to travel to the University When income tax was instituted by the of Missouri for a football game. He federal government, that became a big ended up sitting next to Sheri Weissman, part of Isadore’s business. He had stud- a young woman from St. Louis. ied business in high school and later, so According to Mike, “She gave me a lot of he could pass the CPA exam. He joined trouble about being from Nebraska. We Moe Bercovici, also a CPA, to start the had a good time and I gave her a ride firm of Abramson and Bercovici. home. A couple of years later, I went to Al was born in Omaha in 1929 and visit my sister, Barbara, who was going to attended Central High. After his gradua- school there. On a whim, out of boretion in 1946, he entered the University of dom, I decided to call Sheri and visit. We Nebraska at Lincoln. “I really didn’t went to a movie and, after dating, we got know what I wanted to do so, I majored engaged in 1981.” in business administration and accountThey were married in 1982 and Mike ing. After college graduation in 1950, I began practicing law at the firm of Garber joined my father’s firm. A couple of years and Batt. “I was later courted by the later, I became a CPA. When I got my accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand certificate, I was CPA #429 and my dad to work in their tax department. I joined was #59.” (His son Mike holds #4136.) them with no inclination toward being a “My dad and Mr. Bercovici were great CPA. However, I took additional classes mentors,” Al added. “By that time, the and then became a third-generation business had changed; we still picked up accountant.” bank statements and cancelled checks and In 1987, Mike joined the firm of entered them into a ledger -- by hand! Frankel, Zacharia where his father was We performed quarterly payroll tax working at the time. Al interjected, “I returns and financial statements. In those saw my father every day from 1950 until days, there were no computers. In order 1979. It was a meaningful and respectful to do an income tax return, somebody relationship, and Mike and I have the had to do it by hand and then somebody same kind of union.” would type it -- with carbon paper!” Mike responded, “By becoming an Al never heard his father and his part- accountant, I had come full circle. I ner argue. “They both had different tal- remember playing on the adding machine ents and they respected each other. It was in my grandfather’s office and taking the before air conditioning, and we put paper elevator down to have lunch with my around our wrists so that the perspiration father, grandfather and grandmother, from our hands wouldn’t smear the ink Ann Green Abramson, in the tea room in on our documents,” he laughed. Brandeis. It was a wonderful treat to be In 1956, Al became a partner and the with those role models.” name changed to Abramson, Bercovici Continued on page 6
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by LINDA MOREL NEW YORK (JTA) -- Jewish cookbooks typically feature plenty of recipes for hearty soups and stews, tzimmes and brisket. “Sukkot is a time of celebration and rejoicing,” says Rabbi Sue Ann Wasserman, director of the Department of Worship, Music and Religious Living for the Union for Reform Judaism. “In a purely customary way, meat is seen as a bigger deal than dairy foods.” Many Jews will consume milk and cheese for breakfast and lunch during the holiday’s eight days, but there's no halacha, Jewish law, that says dairy is taboo for the main meal of the harvest festival. Unlike latkes at Hanukkah, charoset at Passover or hamantaschen at Purim, Sukkot never became associated with specific dishes, Wasserman says. This leaves options on what to prepare during Sukkot. Soups, stews and casseroles have become popular at Sukkot, particularly among those living in colder climates. These dishes are relatively easy to bring outdoors, and they’re more likely to retain their heat inside a chilly sukkah far longer than food presented on platters. “Our sukkah sits on a porch behind our house,” Wasserman says. “We ferry everything to the back. We eat a lot of soup during Sukkot. My husband is our family cook, and he’s a great soup maker.” In many parts of the country it’s beginning to get chilly outside, so soup is a warming way to start a meal. Stews make sense because they are portable and one can practically have an entire meal in one pot, she adds. “You don’t have to transport as many dishes of food outside,” Wasserman says. “All you need to do is add noodles or rice.” Drawing on the holiday’s culinary themes, Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup falls into the genre of thick soups, which symbolize the bounty of the harvest. Spinach and cheese casseroles, hailing from many Sephardic cultures, including Italy and Greece, are perennially popular at dairy meals throughout the year. Confections calling for the season’s sweetest apples have been a staple of Sukkot desserts. Over the centuries, Sephardim and Ashkenazim immigrated to Brazil and adapted local fish stews to the laws of kashrut, finding them filling yet lighter than meat stews. The Brazilian-style snapper recipe makes a colorful and piquant entree during Sukkot. Wasserman says her family doesn’t change its dining ways during Sukkot. “On some nights we eat meat for dinner, while on others we have noodle pudding and fish,” she says. “But I would guess we indulge in more desserts.” As Sukkot is a simcha, a joyous celebration, it is customary to eat meat, explains Menachem Genack, the rabbinic administrator of the Orthodox Union. “Meat must have been rare during biblical times, that’s why it was saved for special occasions,” Genack says. “There is joy in eating meat. The sacrifices were made with meat.” Genack says that because of the festive nature of simchas, the evening meal should be significant, meaning it should consist of several courses. “However, if eating fish is your joy, then it’s appropriate to do so during Sukkos, even at night,” Genack says. Wasserman says that because Sukkot is a harvest festi-
val, some may think it a vegetarian holiday. “Although many Jews eat the same fruits and vegetables hanging inside of their sukkahs, the holiday didn’t evolve in a vegetarian direction,” she says. During Sukkot, the ancient Israelites traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem carrying offerings of animals, grains, fruit, oil and wine. As the holiday marked the end of the growing season, thousands of people were able to journey to Jerusalem to offer thanks for the year’s plentiful crops. In biblical times, Sukkot was celebrated with great revelry, and people dwelled in temporary huts -- a precursor to today’s home-built sukkahs that are so creatively decorated with seasonal produce and artwork. Genack strongly urges drinking wine with dairy dinners during Sukkot, like one would with a celebratory meal featuring meat. “Wine represents joy and gladdens the heart,” he says. Since the early ’80s, kosher wines have become increasingly more pleasing to sophisticated palates. Complementing most fish entrees, including the following menu, several wine varietals would enhance the dairy dinner experience. In the red wine category, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel are excellent choices for mildly spiced stews. Among white wines, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio pair nicely with fish. Has Genack ever eaten fish for dinner at Sukkot? “Yes, of course,” he says. “Why not? If you’ve had enough meat during the days of Sukkos, then by all means partake in a dairy meal.” CREAMY CARROT GINGER SOUP Equipment: Blender and (optional) soup terrine Ingredients: 2 medium onions, chopped 4 tablespoons olive oil 5 cups canned or fresh vegetable broth, or more, if needed 16 medium sized carrots, peeled and cut into carrot sticks 4 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 4-inch knob of ginger, peeled and diced finely 3 cups homogenized milk Salt and white pepper to taste Preparation: In a medium-sized pot, saute and stir onions in olive oil until transparent, about 5 minutes. Add broth, carrots, potatoes and ginger. Cover pot and bring to a boil on a low flame. Simmer until solids are mushy, about 15 minutes. (Add more broth if mixture becomes dry.) Uncover pot and cool contents for handling. Ladle contents in 4 batches, one batch at a time, into a blender and puree. Pour pureed batches from blender into a large pot. Add milk to puree. Combine milk and puree with a spoon. Add salt and white pepper. Recipe can be prepared to this point 2 days in advance. Cover and refrigerate until ready to proceed. Warm soup on a low flame until simmering. Check seasonings and adjust. In the meantime, fill a soup terrine with hot water and cover. When ready to serve soup, discard water and dry terrine with a towel. Carefully ladle hot soup into terrine and carry to the sukkah. Yield: 8-10 servings. Continued on page 7
Three generations Continued from page 5 Mike added, “I ended up working with my dad and his clients and then I began developing my own clients.” When his father Al retired, Mike took over some of his clientele. To this day, he still has some of those clients and they, too, are third generation. “The highlight of my professional career was when I got to see my father everyday and we worked together. When he retired, Dean Frankel stepped in and helped me,” Mike said. “He made it his business to come in and talk to me every day. We talked about life and business; he was a great mentor.” Both men agree that accounting has changed over the years. Many people now do their own tax returns and use CPAs as consultants. They say, “When calculators came out, we thought that it was marvelous. Now, everything is done automatically. Now, it is highly regulated and it’s a tough profession. Congress has taken things over and you have to go through lots of hoops and questions. Ultimately, the accountant is responsible, and it hasn’t always been that way.” Mike uses his accounting skills in serving as the treas-
urer of the Jewish Federation Board of Directors. He also serves on the board of directors of Jewish Senior Services/the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, is a past president of Beth El Synagogue, chairs the Tri-County Development Workforce of the City of Omaha, and is a member of B’nai Brith Henry Monsky Lodge, where he serves on the sports banquet committee. “My grandfather was very unselfish when it came to his practice,” Mike said. “My dad helped to mentor me. They both wanted their children and grandchildren to do better than they did. That’s all I want for my son. There was never competition because they just wanted something good for the next generation.” Mike added, “Some of our clients marvel because they sat across the table from my grandfather, my father, and now me. It is unusual for anyone to have this wonderful opportunity.” Mike and Sheri Abramson have three children: Bradley, Erin and Jaime. “So far, nobody has any inclination toward becoming a CPA,” Mike smiled. “However, there are still some undeclared majors and nobody knows for sure.”
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Sukkot dinner menu Continued from page 6 FOUR CHEESE SPINACH SOUFFLE Equipment: 7-cup souffle dish or equivalent size round, deep casserole Ingredients: 3 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach 1 tablespoon butter 15-ounce container of ricotta cheese 1 egg 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded, or an 8-ounce package pre-shredded 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated 2 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt 11/2 cups Asiago cheese grated, or a 5-ounce container pre-shredded Preparation: Prepare spinach according to instructions on package; cool spinach enough to handle. Place spinach in a colander, press on it with your hand and drain as much excess water as possible. Reserve in colander. Preheat oven to 350Âş. Coat souffle dish with butter. In a large mixing bowl, beat ricotta and egg. Mix in mozzarella, Parmesan, flour, red pepper and salt. Add spinach and mix with a spoon until well combined. Spoon spinach mixture into souffle dish. Recipe can be made to this point a day in advance. Cover and refrigerate until continuing. Evenly sprinkle Asiago cheese on top of spinach mixture. Place souffle in oven and bake 20-30 minutes, or until it bubbles and the cheese forms a golden brown crust. Serve immediately. Yield: 8-10 servings. BRAZILIAN STYLE SNAPPER STEW Equipment: Enamel cast-iron pot in an attractive color is recommended, so stew can be prepared and served in the same pot that retains its heat outdoors. Ingredients: 5 red snapper fillets, skinned Juice of 1 lime 7 tablespoons olive oil, or more if needed Kosher salt to taste 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1 large onion, diced 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 green bell pepper, diced 12 Italian plum tomatoes, chopped coarsely 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 14-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk 1 cup cilantro, chopped 6 scallions, finely chopped
White rice, prepared according to package instructions Preparation: Rinse fillets under cold water. Pat dry with paper towels. Place in a non-metallic bowl. Drizzle with lime juice and 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and white pepper. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator while assembling remaining ingredients. (Fillets may whiten from acid in lime.) In a large pot, heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil on a medium flame and saute onion, garlic and green pepper for 5 minutes, stirring often to avoid burning. Add tomatoes, crushed red pepper and salt to taste. Cover pot and simmer for 15 minutes, until tomatoes start releasing sauce. Stir often and reduce flame, if necessary.
APPLE CUSTARD PIE Pastry dough: Equipment: Food processor; rolling pin; 9-inch, deep-dish pie pan Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour, plus more for dusting 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 pound sweet butter, plus more for coating pan 1/4 cup ice water Preparation: Use food processor’s metal cutting blade. Place dry ingredients inside of its bowl. With a knife, cut butter into 4 chunks and add. Cover machine. With machine running, slowly pour water through its feed tube. Within a couple of minutes, dough will form a distinct ball. Dust counter and rolling pin with flour. Place dough ball on counter and with rolling pin, gently roll ball into a 10-inch circle. Cover circle with aluminum foil and fold circle in half. Coat pie pan with butter. Drape folded dough to cover half the pan. Unfold dough and gently push into shape of pan. Discard foil. Cover pie pan with plastic wrap and reserve. Pie filling: 3 large egg yolks 3/4 cup homogenized milk 4 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 Cortland or Gala apples Preparation: Preheat oven to 350º. Cut apples into quarters. Dishes like Brazilian style snapper stew are easy to bring outdoors and likely to retain their Remove peel and core. Cut heat in a sukkah. Credit: Linda Morel each quarter into paper-thin Place a strainer over a bowl. Pour coconut milk through slices. Discard plastic wrap from pie crust and place apple the strainer and discard gloppy solids. Turn off flame. To slices inside of crust in concentric circles, starting from the the pot, add coconut milk, 1/2 cup cilantro, 3 scallions and outside and moving toward the center. Overlap apples fillets, including marinade. Submerge fillets in cooking slightly. liquid. Cover pot and simmer on a medium flame for 10 In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Add minutes or until fillets turn opaque and are cooked milk, sugar and cinnamon; blend well. Pour custard mixthrough. Recipe can be made to this point a day in ture from mixing bowl over apples. Gently rotate pie pan advance. Cover and refrigerate. Reheat on a low flame slightly to make sure custard seeps evenly between apple slices. before proceeding. Bake until custard sets and apples brown well, about 1 Sprinkle remaining cilantro and scallions on top of stew. hour. (Edges of apple slices may blacken.) Serve warm or at Serve with white rice. Yield: 10 servings. room temperature. Can be prepared a day ahead. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 8-10 slices.
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The significance of challah explored at Chabad
Record number of OPS students to get dictionaries from NCJW
by ESTIE KATZMAN the priest in the Temple. Every act of and ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT homemaking is consecrated toward a WOW auxiliary volunteers Kelly Kirk greater purpose. There is always an eleand Kim Novak organized the annual ment of spirituality and G-dliness,” she Challah-thon at Chabad earlier this added. month. Approximately 35 visitors came “The mitzvah of challah makes the dayto share in the process of baking challahs to-day more holy. We infuse our surfor Rosh Hashanah, as well as to purchase roundings with purpose, meaning and an some of the pre-baked goods. Several days of mixing, braiding, and baking filled the Chabad freezers up with the sweet, apple, and whole wheat challot. Kirk and Novak had quite a bit of help from, among others, JoAnne Andresen, Tippi Denenberg, Liza Eisenstock, Lynne Saltzman and Marty Tichauer. Help was also offered at the event by Artisan baker Robert Pezdirtz, whose proficiency in kneading was a great help to the crowd. He also explained many Myrna Grumer, right, and her daughter, Jori Kravitz details about what the dough show off their braided challah. should feel and look like before it is shaped and baked. awareness of G-d. That way, the munShani Katzman spoke to the group dane becomes spiritual. So much can be about the mitzvah of challah. learned and gleaned from life’s subtleties “We sanctify our dough by separating a and nuances of this Mitzvah,” she added piece with a blessing. In this way we and urged all women to experience both acknowledge G-d’s presence in our lives the learning and the baking. and elevate life’s ordinariness which we Challah, also known as hallah, chollah, thereby transform the physical into G-dly barches, or khale, may be the most quinand spiritual. Challah is no mere suste- tessential holiday food in today’s Jewish nance; the bread is brought to a spiritual kitchen. Entering the word “Challah” in level,” she explained. Google’s search engine results in Katzman went on to speak about the 989,000 hits. role of women in the Jewish home of Whatever our reasons are for liking it, a which the Mitzvah of Challah is symbol- traditional Yom Tov meal without challah ic. “The Jewish woman at home is like is simply unthinkable.
by MELISSA SHAPIRO NCJW Co Vice President of Publicity The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will be distributing dictionaries to local students on Dictionary Day, Monday, Oct. 8. Dictionary Day, created in 1997, has been spearheaded by NCJW member Sandy Epstein since the project’s inception. “A dictionary can be an important tool in fostering a love of language and reading,” said Sandy Epstein. “For the 1500+ fourth graders each year, this dictionary enriches their lives forever. Many of these students have had little or no contact with or exposure to a dictionary.” The women of NCJW’s Omaha Section have worked hard to address this dilemma by targeting lowincome students in 23 elementary schools in the Omaha Public Schools district (OPS). While few of the recipients are Jewish themselves, Dictionary Day helps foster respect and understanding and builds bridges among the Hispanic, African American and Sudanese populations and the Jewish community. In many cases, these students have never owned a book, let alone a dictionary they can use for the rest of their lives. Dictionary Day provides each student with a full color, hardbound dictionary that contains more than 30,000 entries and more than 1000 detailed photo-
graphs and drawings. The OPS teachers incorporate the dictionaries into the curriculum by first giving “how to use a dictionary” lessons and then assigning work that emphasizes the use of a dictionary. The students learn to spell, explore definitions, expand vocabulary and learn pronunciation through the use of their dictionary. Each child uses his or her dictionary in the classroom throughout the school year and then is able to take it home at the end of the year. Since 1997, dictionaries have been hand delivered by NCJW volunteers to OPS schools each year and then distributed. “Dictionary Day is such a wonderful project. I am proud to continue working on this worthwhile mission,” said Epstein. “As long as there is the need, NCJW will be here doing our part to meet that need.” NCJW is a volunteer organization, inspired by Jewish values, that works to improve the quality of life for women, children and families, and to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all through its network of 90,000 members, supporters and volunteers nationwide. Anyone interested in volunteering on Dictionary Day can contact Sandy Epstein at 397.2528, 871-8188 or e-mail her at slepstein@cox.net. If anyone wants to donate, the dictionaries are $10.77 per book.
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No appearance by Tim Gunn, but Beth Israel Sisterhood to show style at its donor by MARY BORT for Beth Israel Synagogue Fabulous food, the newest styles and the opportunity to go home with a gift certificate or other prize. Enjoy all of that and more when Beth Israel’s Sisterhood holds its Annual Donor event on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 11:30 a.m. The event will feature a luncheon, style show from Steinmart and silent auction. “We hope to see everyone in the community come to this exciting event,” said Bette Kozlen, chairman of the style show. “This year, our theme is ‘Project Runway.’ We’re so fortunate to have Steinmart involved with Donor. They are providing us with some beautiful fashions. And we plan to include fashions for men as well as women. You’ll even see our own Rabbi Gross model something for us.” Andreea Shnayder is chairman of decorations and Mary Sue Grossman is handling programs and invitations. “Sisterhood Donor is an annual event that’s always a great opportunity to invite friends and share in an enjoyable afternoon,” stated Grossman. “The fashion show is sure to be a hit and give everyone ideas
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on how to brighten their closets.” “People look forward to our catered luncheon because it’s always lovely and delicious,” noted Kozlen. “Maxine Kirshenbaum and Jan Glass are in charge of the luncheon this year, so it’s sure to be fantastic. And what better way to spend a fall afternoon than to enjoy good food with your friends.” Chairmen of the silent auction are Kelly Kirk and Sherry Taxman. “We’ve been receiving some wonderful items and gift certificates for the auction,” said Kirk. “If anyone or any business would like to donate something to our silent auction, please let me know and we’ll make the arrangements with you. All donors to the silent auction will be noted in our program.” Kirk can be contacted at 891.4234 or kkirk@cox.net. Everyone in the community is invited. “Both women and men are welcome,” said Kozlen. Attendees may select to be a Donor, choosing a Donor category that includes lunch, or just enjoy lunch for $15. Donor categories include $90, $72, $54 or $36. To make reservations, please call the office at 556.6288 by Oct. 15.
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by DEVRA BRAM Sukkot is said to be one of the most joyous Jewish holidays of the year. Emily Meyer, left, and Devra Bram prepare homemade noodles at the Chabad kitchen for the second annual WOW Auxiliary Soup in the Sukkah on Monday, Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m. As Nancy Wolf, co-chairman with Emily Meyer, noted, “Following the serious Days of Awe, I look forward to spending time with my women friends. What a great thing to visit over hot soup in the cozy atmosphere of the sukkah!” Open to all women in the community, this event will include entertainment by the engaging storyteller, Anna Cotton. Bring a kosher non-perishable food item for the Jewish Food Pantry. Cost is $4. Please call Carol at 330.1800 or email at chabadoffice@aol.com to make reservations.
by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Temple Israel’s Interfaith Couples Club is planning a casual evening of shuffle board, shooting pool, and ping pong at the Fox and Hound Pub and Grill, 510 No. 120 St., on Thursday, Oct. 4, 6:20 p.m. “We’ve reserved a room and we’ll be able to order off the menu,” said Nikki Kirshenbaum, who along with her husband Adam, has chaired the interfaith couples group for two years. For example, last year, the group, including Aron Boumstein, left, and Antoinette Boumstein and Michelle Kazor, met at Roja Mexican Grill for dinner. Please send an RSVP to the Kirshenbaums at 965.8935 or at nrkirshe@cox.net. The event is open to interfaith couples throughout the community.
Temple Israel kindergartners to celebrate consecration on Erev Simchat Torah by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Eighteen kindergartners will walk down the aisle of the sanctuary on Erev Simchat Torah at Temple Israel. Eighteen is a lucky number in Judaism, because the letters of the word chai, which means “living” and is related to the word for “life,” -- chaim -- add up to 18. What better time for these children to begin their formal Jewish education of learning Hebrew and Torah than on Simchat Torah when the first portion of Genesis, describing the creation of life, is read. “Consecration is the first step a family makes in its commitment to the Jewish education of a child,” said Elyce Azriel, director of religious education. “We have chosen this time of the year, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah, to open the Torah to these young families as they publicly accept the responsibility of teaching it to their children.” Tuffy Epstein and his Fabrangen Fiddlers will set the mood for the joyful service on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 6:45 p.m., followed by the holiday worship service at 7 p.m. The congregation will celebrate with the families of Temple’s kindergartners by parading the holy scrolls in the traditional seven hakafot (processions) around the sanctuary in one of the noisiest (with all due respect to Purim) and jubilant celebrations of the year. Kathy and John McGauvran’s son, Adam, is one of the
consecrants. “I realize that Consecration is the start of Jewish learning,” mentioned Kathy. “For our kids, it’s a natural progression from the (Jewish Community Center) Child Development Center. Now Adam can apply what he learned there on a little older level.” Kathy’s mother, Linda Mann, needlepointed a “surprise” cover for the miniature Torah that Adam will receive on Simchat Torah as she did for Adam’s older brother William. Adam is so excited for Consecration. “He can’t wait!” Kathy said. Emma Miller is the youngest of Lori and Michael Miller’s three daughters. But consecration is still a special occasion for the family. “We’re excited about encouraging Emma to share in the Jewish faith as we all learn together.” Lori is making a needlepoint cover for Emma’s little Torah. As for Emma, Michael added that his daughter “is looking forward” to consecration and her first year of religious school. After consecration, the singing, and the flag waving in the sanctuary, there will be an ice cream Oneg in the Friedman Social Hall and more of Tuffy’s music. Everyone who attends the service is requested to bring non-perishable food items to donate to Together Inc. On Thursday, Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m., the Simchat Torah morning service will include yizkor at Temple. Please call the office at 556.6536 by Tuesday, Oct. 2, to have loved ones names read at the morning service.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 Annual Soup in the Sukkah, 6:45 p.m. at Chabad House Zionism Then & Now, 7 p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Hebrew Crash Course, 7 p.m. at Beth El WOW Prayer Circle, 9 a.m. at Chabad Sisterhood Open Board Meeting & Breakfast, 10 a.m. at Beth Israel BBYO Night, 6 p.m. Parshah Roundup, 7 p.m. at Chabad Hebrew “Roots” of Prayer: We “Dig” Liturgy, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel The Wow of Judaism, 7:30 p.m. at Beth El WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 Consecration, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Shemini Azeret: JCC Open/Federation Offices Closed Simchat Torah Hakafot Services followed by dairy dinner, 7:45 p.m. at Beth Israel FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Simchat Torah: JCC Open/Federation Offices Parent/Toddler Class, 9:30 a.m. at Temple Israel SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Out of Sight Saturday Night/Overnight, 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Friedel Jewish Academy School Pictures, 9 a.m. Visions Board Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat and Dinner, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel Tot Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 The Living Torah, 9:30 a.m. at Chabad Reading the Rambam, 9:45 a.m. at Beth Israel Bible Study Group, 10 a.m. at Beth El Mishpach Morning, 10:15 a.m. at Chabad Four Bs, 10:30 a.m. at Temple Israel Minyan 101, 11:15 a.m. at Beth El Red Cross Babysitters Class, 12:30 p.m. Beyt Shalom Religious School, 1:30 p.m. Bellevue Artists Association Gallery Reception, 2 p.m. Let’s Talk About It Jewish Literature, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 The Living Torah, 9:30 a.m. at Chabad Reading the Rambam, 9:45 a.m. at Beth Israel Bible Study Group, 10 a.m. at Beth El Mishpach Morning, 10:15 a.m. at Chabad Minyan 101, 11:15 a.m. at Beth El Kohll’s Flu Shots, noon Red Cross Babysitters Class, 12:30 p.m. 39 Forever Program, 1 p.m. BESTT Chaverim, 2 p.m. at Beth El
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 Story Time, 10:30 a.m., in the Kripke Library JSS Senior Luncheon, noon Friedel Jewish Academy Executive Board, 5:30 p.m. Hebrew Crash Course, 7 p.m. at Beth El Zionism Then & Now, 7 p.m. Friedel Board Meeting, 7 p.m. Derech Torah: Judaism 101, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 WOW Prayer Circle, 9 a.m. at Chabad BBYO Night, 6 p.m. JFS Yachad Social Skills Class, 6 p.m. Parshah Roundup at Chabad, 7 p.m. Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel Hebrew Roots of Prayer, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel Sisterhood’s Spirits & Spirituality, 8 p.m., at Beth Israel
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 ADL Educator Training/Religious Diversity, 7 a.m. JFS Programming Committee, 10:30 a.m. Rabbis & Presidents Meeting, noon Board of Commissioners, 6:30 p.m. at Beth Israel Kabbalah Circle, 7 p.m. at Chabad JFS Love and Logic Parenting Class, 7 p.m. at Beth El
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 Kabbalah Circle, 7 p.m. at Chabad
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 Women of the Torah, 9:30 a.m. at Beth Israel Adult Study with the Clergy, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Yiddish Group, 1 p.m. Women’s Book Group, 1:15 p.m. at Beth El JFS Love & Logic, 6 p.m. Beth El Women’s Rosh Hodesh Group, 7 p.m. Class with Rabbi Gross, 7:30 p.m. at Beth Israel
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 The Living Torah, 9:30 a.m. at Chabad Reading the Rambam, 9:45 a.m. at Beth Israel Bible Study Group, 10 a.m. at Beth El Mishpach Morning, 10:15 a.m. at Chabad Minyan 101, 11:15 a.m. at Beth El JWI Mah Jongg Tournament, noon Scrapbooking with Elyce, 12:15 p.m., at Temple Israel Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Girl Thing, 1 p.m. Beyt Shalom Religious School, 1:30 p.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 JSS Senior Luncheon, noon Story Time, 10:30 a.m. in the Kripke Library Zionism Then & Now, 7 p.m. Hebrew Crash Course, 7 p.m. at Beth El Jewish Press Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Derech Torah, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 Kohll’s Flu Shot, 10 a.m. Jewish Book Club, 11 a.m. Hebrew Crash Course, 7 p.m. at Beth El CJE Committee Meeting, 7 p.m. Zionism Then & Now, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 WOW Prayer Circle, 9 a.m. at Chabad ADL/CRC Board Meeting, noon Shiputznick Program, 4:30 p.m. BBYO Night, 6 p.m. JFS Yachad Social Skills Class, 6 p.m. Parshah Roundup, 7 p.m. at Chabad Hebrew Roots of Prayer, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel The Wow of Judaism, 7:30 p.m. at Beth El
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 Women of the Torah, 9:30 a.m. at Beth Israel Adult Study with the Clergy, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Yiddish Group, 1 p.m. Kripke Library Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m. Women’s Book Group, 1:15 p.m. at Beth El JFS Love & Logic, 6 p.m. NCJW Board Meeting, 7 p.m. Class with Rabbi Gross, 7:30 p.m. at Beth Israel
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 WOW Prayer Circle, 9 a.m. at Chabad Sisterhood Lunch, 11 a.m. at Beth Israel Friedel Parent/Teacher Conferences, 5 p.m. BBYO Night, 6 p.m. JFS Yachad Social Skills Class, 6 p.m. Parshah Roundup, 7 p.m. at Chabad ADL Pejudice Elimination Facilitator Training, 7 p.m. CJE Eye on Israel Evening Edition, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Friedel Jewish Academy Scholastic Book Fair, all day Alexandra Robbins, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel Kabbalah Circle at Chabad, 7 p.m. “Aida and More” JSS Concert, 7 p.m.
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Beth El preschool offers little ones the joy of Jewish learning by JILL BELMONT Beth El Publicity Coordinator Beth El’s belief that ‘you’re never too young to learn,’ brings throngs of young families to the synagogue for preschool programs such as Tot Shabbat, Shabbat Tunes & Tales, and the “What’s Jewish About ... ?” series. And now, with its semiPatty Nogg monthly Sunday morning preschool class open to all unaffiliated Jewish families, the synagogue once again demonstrates its dedication to sharing the joy of Judaism with little ones throughout the community. Beth El Education Director Judy Rubin said she is pleased that this year’s class is being offered to all Jewish families who are interested in enriching their children’s Jewish experiences. “I’m delighted that the officers of Beth El have paved the way for more children to benefit from the high quality program that we offer in our Pre-K class and at BESTT,” she said. “By opening up the class, unaffiliated families have been given an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the wonderful programs at Beth El, meet other families and allow their children to make new friends.” This year’s class, part of Beth El Synagogue Talmud Torah (BESTT), will be held Sundays, Sept. 30, Oct. 14 and 28, Nov. 11, Dec. 2 and 16, Jan. 6 and 20, 2008, Feb. 10, March 2 and 16, and May 4 and 18, 10 a.m. to noon. Children who are four-years-old and will enter kindergarten in the fall of 2008 are eligible. Sessions will be led by Patty Nogg, Beth El’s own ‘Pied Piper,’ who has enthralled youngsters for years with her warmth and enthusiasm. Nogg, an early-childhood specialist, will introduce her students to Jewish values, holidays, and Jewish vocabulary, consisting of brachot and Hebrew terms used in the synagogue. The children will also have an opportunity to participate in
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Giuliani’s doubts on Palestinian talks part of ‘systematic’ policy, adviser says cautious and make sure that it's realistic. Make sure we’re getting help from Jordan, other places so the burden doesn't fall all on Israel, fall all on the United States.” Supporting Abbas and playing down talk of statehood are not inconsistent, Giuliani’s advisers say. by RON KAMPEAS “The main thing I would emphasize is that Mayor Giuliani believes that the Palestinians should have a state only if they earn it by fulfilling much the same set of conWASHINGTON (JTA) -- Rudolph Giuliani’s foreign policy is neither a blueprint nor a pre- ditions that are specified in the road map,” Norman scription, his top adviser on the matter says. It is an out- Podhoretz, the former Commentary editor and another line of how the former can-do New York City mayor does adviser to the candidate, told JTA in an e-mail. He was referring to an earlier plan for Israeli-Palestinian negotiabusiness. tions put forth by the Bush administration Charles Hill, a former top that has largely been overtaken by events in aide to Reagan-era Secretary the region. of State George Shultz, In campaign appearances, the thrust of spoke to JTA last month after Giuliani’s pitch is that he backs a foreign an article appeared in Foreign policy that puts the United States on the Affairs by Giuliani, the offensive. front-runner in the race for He keeps what he calls his 12 committhe Republican presidential ments on a card tucked into his pocket, and nomination. No. 1, he says as he pulls it out, is “Keep The article describes “a America on the offense.” comprehensive foreign policy In his recent article, Giuliani appeared approach, a comprehensive to criticize the Bush administration for vision,” said Hill, who is now stressing elections in the Middle East, affiliated with the conservainstead of focusing on building “sound tive Hudson Institute. “It’s legal, institutional, and cultural foundafundamental to his approach tions.” from New York to the world. “History demonstrates that democracy Everything works by a sysusually follows good governance, not the tem, whether it’s a city, a corCredit: Wikipedia reverse,” Giuliani wrote, citing the election poration, an international sit- Rudy Giuliani of Hamas in the Palestinian territories as evidence of the uation.” His Foreign Affairs article, entitled “Toward a Realistic need for the United States to be realistic about “how Peace,” raised eyebrows when it suggested that immedi- much we can accomplish alone and how long it will take ate negotiations for Palestinian-Israeli peace were not in to achieve lasting progress.” Giuliani also staked out a more open approach to diplothe interests of the United States. “The Palestinian people need decent governance first, macy than the Bush administration has. “In recent years, diplomacy has received a bad name, as a prerequisite for statehood,” Giuliani said in the article. “Too much emphasis has been placed on brokering because of two opposing perspectives,” he wrote. “One negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians -- side denigrates diplomacy because it believes that negotinegotiations that bring up the same issues again and ation is inseparable from accommodation and almost again. It is not in the interest of the United States, at a indistinguishable from surrender. The other seemingly time when it is being threatened by Islamist terrorists, to believes that diplomacy can solve nearly all problems, assist the creation of another state that will support ter- even those involving people dedicated to our destruction.” rorism.” Bush has rejected expansive diplomacy with Iran and Giuliani, with his moderate stance on abortion and other social issues, and his longtime friendship with Israeli Syria, confining contacts with both nations to mostly leaders, is seen as the GOP hopeful with the best chance low-level discussions on containing the insurgency in of siphoning off Jewish voters, the overwhelming major- Iraq. Giuliani said he would not rule out negotiations ity of whom historically have voted for Democrats in with Iran, as long as it was from a position of strength. “Those with whom we negotiate -- whether ally or presidential elections. Giuliani has been a staunch backer of President Bush’s adversary -- must know that America has other options,” decision to invade Iraq and has generally praised his he wrote. “The theocrats ruling Iran need to understand approach to the war on terrorism. But the article that we can wield the stick as well as the carrot, by underappeared to distance Giuliani from the administration, mining popular support for their regime, damaging the which is encouraging the Israelis and the Palestinians to Iranian economy, weakening Iran’s military, and, should undertake another round of negotiations that would all else fail, destroying its nuclear infrastructure.” Hill, the candidate’s adviser, said such a perspective address at least some of the final-status issues, including embraced all the tools in the box, from diplomacy to borders, refugees and Jerusalem. The article also could be read as a rebuke of the Bush force. “You look in front of you, see what there is to work administration's push for elections as a first step in bringing democracy to the Arab world and its general refusal with,” he said. Right now in the Middle East, “there’s a lot to work with but it needs to be put in good working to negotiate directly with key foreign adversaries. After the article appeared, the New York Sun described order.” Hill added: “Diplomacy is a very useful tool, but it has the former mayor’s argument as a “repudiation” of Bush’s current policy on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. to be employed with strength and leverage.” Critics of the article said Giuliani overreaches, calling Giuliani’s campaign appeared to seize on that characterization, redistributing the Sun article in a mass e-mail to for American hegemony rather than cooperation. Fred Kaplan, the military analyst for Slate, the online his supporters. But Hill played down such differences, saying that news publication, said in a critique that it is “one of the Giuliani’s Foreign Affairs article should be treated in gen- shallowest articles of its kind I’ve ever read.” Kaplan singled out Giuliani’s prescription for a eral terms and not as a critique of a particular policy. “It’s a matter of going to negotiations and not declar- makeover at the State Department, where the former ing things from the top down, but going from the bot- mayor said “the time has come to redefine the diplomats’ tom up,” he said. “To be realistic, the foundations have mission down to their core purpose: presenting U.S. polto be there before you can begin to declare peace. icy to the rest of the world.” U.S. ambassadors, Giuliani said, “must clearly underNegotiations come again and again in cycles; if you want stand and clearly advocate for U.S. policies and be judged to see production, it’s got to be well-grounded.” Giuliani does not count out maintaining relations with on the results.” That undercuts the ambassador’s role of explaining to a Mahmoud Abbas, the relatively moderate Palestinian Authority president. In an address to the greater U.S. administration why its policies are sometimes Washington Jewish Community Relations Council in unpopular, Kaplan said. Hill said Giuliani wanted U.S. diplomats to get back to Rockville, MD, earlier this summer, Giuliani mocked former President Jimmy Carter for equating Abbas with the what he said were the basics of American diplomacy. “It’s always been a problem in diplomacy of any counHamas terrorist group. Carter said both deserved considtry when the ambassadors sent abroad to represent their eration by the United States and Israel. You can’t see a difference?” said Giuliani, eliciting own country are the lawyers” for their host country, he laughter. “We should try to help Abbas, we should be real Continued on page 15
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students, Areyvut is committed to providing young men and women with innovative opportunities to enhance their Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration by actively participating in challenging, community-based projects. JVibe, a product of JFL Media, is a national magazine for Jewish teens, seeking to strengthen their Jewish identity by creating content that is relevant, enlightening and entertaining. The magazine is geared toward 12-18 year old teens and has more than 13,000 subscribers nationwide. For more information, visit www.areyvut.org/Ac-tion/bmec08.asp or contact Shiri Bernstein, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, at 201.244.6702 or shiri@areyvut.org.
The James Skinner Baking Companywill be releasing its brand new Dulce De Leche Roulade on Nov. 1. “This pastry represents a major breakthrough in pastries that are available to the consumer in a traditional supermarket format as it is the first Roulade by a commercial baker” says Andy Greenberg, Director of Marketing.’ “It is three years in the “baking” and is being marketed for business meetings, employee holiday parties, training meetings, as well as sales calls, weddings baby showers, Thanksgiving and all holiday meals.” In a very unique media and advertising campaign, the Dulce De Leche Roulade, will be aimed at reaching these newly created market segments. In addition to being kosher certified it also contains 0 gram trans fat for the health and food safety conscious consumer. As few consumers know what a Roulade is, the James Skinner Baking Company has established a web site called www.whatisaroulade.com, that will provide an opportunity to have a donation of $1,000 to be donated to favorite charities of and in the name of one winner. The web site will also have information as to the legacy and history of Roulades. “We plan on marketing the product nationwide during 2008 after evaluating the results of our two-month test market here in Omaha,” Greenberg continues. It will be the first of many products carrying the James Skinner Baking name. Currently the company bakes more than 47 different recipes of muffins, danishes and coffee cakes and is the countries sixth largest commercial bakers of these combined products all sold under a variety of different names.
Picking out an engagement ring and wedding ring set is a huge decision and that is why A. Jaffe, crafting bridal rings in New York since 1892, will be at Borsheim’s to unveil the secrets on how to pick and buy the right ring. A. Jaffe is one of the oldest bridal jewelry manufacturers in the country renowned for styling, quality and customer satisfaction. They continue to be one of Americas most sought after luxury bridal brands. A. Jaffe representives will be available on Friday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 642.4438.
Areyvut and JVibe, The Magazine for Jewish Teens, announce a joint collaboration to recognize the most creative B’nai Mitzvah service. Students in fifth-ninth grade are asked to write a 250-750 word essay, telling a panel of judges how and why they incorporated the Jewish values of chesed (kindness), tzedakah (charity), and tikkun olam (social justice) into their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration. The three top place winners will be recognized on Areyvut.org, JVibe.com and in JVIBE magazine. Winners will receive either an iPod or Digital camera. Winners and finalists will also receive gift subscriptions and other items from JVIBE, as well as gift certificates from Areyvut. Areyvut, located at: www.areyvut.org, reaches out to Jewish day schools and congregational schools, regardless of affiliation. Recognizing the potential significance of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration in the lives of Jewish
Two Jewish boys from Brooklyn have found an innovative way to ship kosher meats nationwide to arrive frozen at the customer’s door. Aptly named Glatt On Demand, the company was launched a few months ago. They offer Angus beef steaks and roasts, a variety of poultry products, and select deli items. The website offers the option of having a percentage of each order donated to the charity of the customer’s choosing and allows customers to register their synagogue on the site. According to founders Ayal Bar-Am and Michael Freedberg, with the advent of GlattonDemand.com, “Kosher meat is obtainable from coast to coast. You sit at your computer, place your order, and it arrives at your door within days. It’s the age of technology, and kosher meats have finally entered the market as a serious contender.” For more information, visit the company’s website at: www.GlattonDemand.com or call 866.66.GLATT.
ORGANIZATIONS B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS Breadbreakers will meet Wednesday, Oct. 3, noon, at Regency Lodge. Lunch is $12; beverage service only, $2. All men and women in the community are invited.
BIRTH Robyn and Adam Burck of Houston, Texas announce the Aug. 30 birth of their daughter, Riley Morgan. Grandparents are former Omahan Sally Silverberg of Dallas, TX, and Mark Silverberg of Dallas, and Esther and Jeff Burck of Houston, TX. Great-grandparents are former Omahans Ralph and Rita Cooper of Palm Springs, CA, Morris and Selma Silverberg of Dallas, Gene and Rae Sampson of Houston, and Eva Schifter of Florida.
Omaha-based Senior Market Sales, Inc. (SMS) is celebrating 25 years in the same location, marketing insurance products to agents and agencies to protect the assets of senior Americans. The company has grown to more than 60 employees and works with top insurance carriers. Please join SMS management, employees, carrier representatives, insurance agents, and dignitaries for cocktails and refreshments at SMS, Morgan Place, 8420 W. Dodge, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 4-7 p.m.
NCJW sends students back to school with new supplies by MELISSA SHAPIRO NCJW Co Vice President of Publicity Last month, the Omaha Section of National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) distributed school supplies to 260 students at Jackson Elementary School. New students to the school will also receive backpacks with the school logo on them and name tags, which returning students received from NCJW last year. “The students were very excited and appreciative to receive their new school supplies,” says Harriet Epstein, project chair. “Many of the students are not able to purchase their own school supplies each year.” For information about the Adopt-A-School project, call Epstein at 493.5152.
EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE The Jewish Press office will be closed for Sukkot, Sept. 27-28; and Shemini Azeret/Simchat Torah, Oct. 4-5. The deadline for the Oct. 12 issue is Tuesday, Oct. 2. Questions? Call 402.334.6448 for information on submitting articles, photos, ads, and announcements, as well as synagogue schedules. Photos from the Sept. 7 New Year’s issue may be picked up during regular business hours.
Fourteen NCJW volunteers were involved handing out the supplies to the students, including: Virginia Allan, left, Leslie Eades, Nikki Kirshenbaum, Kate Kirshenbaum, Cecily Golbitz, and the teacher. Supplies were donated by Hy-Vee, the Family Dollar Store, and NCJW members.
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A brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle will be raffled off for the small price of $100 on Thursday, Oct. 11. The motorcycle raffle drawing will be a part of the Millard Drywall Services second annual Texas Hold’em Fundraiser held at the Millard Legion to raise funds for Nebraska Children’s Home Society. In conjunction with the poker tournament and Harley Davidson Motorcycle Raffle, a wide variety of silent auction items and many other raffle prizes are available for a chance to bid and win during the fundraiser. Tickets for the motorcycle raffle are $100 each and only 300 will be sold. Raffle tickets are available now through the drawing or until they are sold out. Ticket holders do not need to be present to win. To purchase a ticket, contact Carrie Burns at Nebraska Children’s Home Society at 402.451.0787 or cburns@nchsfoundation.org. All proceeds from the event will support the programs of Nebraska Children’s Home Society, which include statewide adoption services for birth parents, adoptive couples and adoptees, unplanned pregnancy services, foster care for primarily medically fragile children and specialized child care services. More information is available online at www.nchs.org. In January 2008, Opera Omaha and The Rose will produce the children’s opera All the King’s Men by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. While both organizations offer education and outreach programs, this project provides a more in-depth and long-term project. Area elementary through high school students will not only be performers and musicians, but will also create the sets and costumes under the direction of the Opera and Rose education and artistic staff. The culmination of their efforts will be five performances at The Rose Theater from Jan. 24-27, 2008. As an extension of the production, Opera Omaha and
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Families light up the night on Sukkot at Chabad
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Orpheum Theater, free tickets to the performance offered to anyone born on the date of the Orpheum’s first performance--Oct. 9 (at the Holland Center box office with presentation of birth certificate). This year Omaha Performing Arts presents Riders in the Sky on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. Grounded in the rich American music traditions of legendary singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, the men of Riders In The Sky comprise a fun-loving, talented musical quartet. Part of the group’s 100th anniversary tribute to Gene Autry, this performance will include such Autry tunes such as “Cool Water,� “Back In the Saddle Again,� and “Tumbling Tumbleweeds.� For ticket information, visit www.omahaperformingarts.org.
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media sponsor, City Weekly, are accepting entries from area high school students for the All the King’s Men Art Contest. Participants should submit works of art that visually interprets the story or theme of the opera. All entries are due to the Opera Omaha administrative offices by Oct. 15. Full details about prize recognition and contest guidelines are available at the Opera Omaha website: www.operaomaha.org; just click on All The King’s Men Art Contest Opera Omaha also will be hosting two Artists Workshops that are free and open to the public. The first “Opera: More than the Music�, is this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2 p.m., led by Christina Narwicz, held at the Omaha Public Library, Millard Branch. The second, “Playing with Pages: Making Books into Art� is Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., led by Sue Kalicki, held at the Omaha Public Library, Benson Branch. The Strategic Air & Space Museum, in collaboration with NASA and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, has created their newest blockbuster exhibit, “Clayton Anderson: Heartland Astronaut.� This exhibit will open to the public starting Saturday, Sept. 29, and is on display in the traveling gallery until Jan. 6, 2008. The museum is located at 28210 West Park Highway in Ashland. For more information, call 402.827.3100, ext. 206; e-mail: slake@strategicairandspace.com, or visit www.strategicairandspace.com.
All the mess means progress
by ESTIE KATZMAN Sukkot under the stars! Who could ask for more? The Chabad Sukkot Festival this Sunday, Sept. 30, 4:30 p.m., has many fun activities for the entire family. “Sukkot is a festival of joy,� says Shani Katzman, educational director at the Chabad House. “Traditionally it is a great celebration due to the unity, which brings about brotherhood, camaraderie and happiness.� Numerous activities are being planned for children with the help of child educators Barb Giller, Pam Kutler and Shevi Katzman. The activities will include cookie decorating, lulav and etrog creations and a photo Sukkah. “Kids have a deep love for Jewish practices,� says Shevi Katzman, youth director at Chabad, “and we try to make the holidays hands-on for them, thereby giving it a reality to their lives.� Shevi encourages parents to give their kids the chance to explore Sukkot through these activities. “Parents will learn a lot, too,� she added. Adults and non-kids will play the interactive “High Holidays Jewpardy� trivia game developed by IMRC in New York. Sukkah diners will be treated to a meat dinner with pareve favorites for vegetarians. “My favorite part of every Sukkot celebration is the dancing,� says Shani Katzman. “It helps infuse the energy and excitement of the holiday into us everyday people. You don’t have to know any fancy moves,� she added. “Just move your feet!� Reservations can be made by calling 330.1800 or emailing rsvp@ochabad.com.
Giuliani doubt talks
The old reception area and staff offices of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home are currently off-limits to anyone except authorized personnel. The space will soon be incorporated into the new Special Care Unit, but for now the area is a mess. In spite of the upheaval, Mike Silverman, RBJH Executive Director, is a happy man. “My office is gone,� he said. “I’m working out of a closet right now. It’s fabulous to see the area demolished. It means progress.�
Continued from page 13 said. “It’s the ambassadors of the other countries that explain their country.� Hill dismissed concerns that Giuliani was beholden to neoconservative principles because of a team drawn from the movement's ranks. In addition to Hill and Podhoretz, Giuliani is also taking advice from Martin Kramer, the Israeli-American Middle East scholar. “No one locks the mayor into anything,� Hill said. "It's a misperception, it gives the wrong sense to put labels on. There are a very wide range of people who are signed on to the mayor.� JTA intern Melissa Apter contributed to this story. (Editor’s note: next week -- “Hillary Clinton gets boost from rabbi poll, calls for undivided Jerusalem,� part of the Jewish Press’ continuing series on political candidates throughout campaign season.)
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Speaking of Israel... ... next May, is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. While we’re still in the midst of the chaggim (this week celebrating Sukkot and concluding the holiday next week with Shemini Azeret and Simchat Torah), the board and staff at the Press are already thinking about Pesach! On April 18, 2008, the Jewish Press will publish “Israel@60” a tribute to Israel, its successes, its challenges, and our connection to it. To that end, the Press invites readers to submit articles and photos of their travels, adventures, learning experiences and the like. We’re interested in hearing from those who currently live in Israel, have lived there (or studied there as part of a year course, yeshiva, seminary, university semester abroad or other programs), as well as those who have visited on your own, as part of a mission, a teen trip or to celebrate a simcha. Tell us what you saw, learned, experienced. If you’re not comfortable writing thousandword pieces, then just send us a few photographs (either the real ones via “snail-mail” or e-mailed to us). Be sure to send identifying information, too, like who is in the photo, what they’re doing, and where it was taken. Readers want to know about what impressed you most: people, places, events. Whom did you meet? What concerns did you hear from Israelis (Arabs, Christians and Jews)? What lectures did you attend? Who spoke? And what was the subject? Did you attend religious services in Israel? Were they the same as the ones you’ve attended here? How were they different? Did you participate in any simchas in Israel? Bar Mitzvahs at the Western Wall? A wedding at a
kibbutz? Please tell us what you observed, how you felt, and what it meant to you. And if you studied in Israel, whether it was for a few weeks on a winter break or a semester at Hebrew University, we’d like to hear from you as well. What courses did you take? Was it for college or “life” credit? How have you used what you’ve learned? Would you go back? What subjects would you study now? This community has accomplished a true connection to Israel, not only with its successful missions through the Jewish Federation of Omaha, but also with its Partnership with Israel’s Western Galilee region. How many of you have been there? And what can you explain to readers about the region, its people, its challenges and its achievements? Synagogues and Jewish organizations are also doing their share in raising funds for their programs and projects in Israel and taking their members to see the results. And finally, as readers may recall from an article in December 2006, that Nebraska has its own contingent living in Israel.
While the Press will contact them directly to request articles and photos, if you know any former Nebraskans living in the Jewish State, please let them know about this special issue as well. We want to know about their aliyah, what their daily lives are like, and what they think the future has in store for Israel. All articles and photos are due to the Jewish Press no later than March 7, 2008. Send to: Passover issue, The Jewish Press, 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154, or e-mail (as Word attachment, with photos as either .jpg or .tif files) to ckatzman@jewishomaha.org. For more information, call the Press directly at 402.334.6450. Help us celebrate Israel at 60!
Five years of Campus Watch
BEHIND THE H EADLINES by DANIEL PIPES What has Campus Watch, a project to critique and improve Middle East studies in the United States and Canada, achieved since it opened its doors this week in 2002? Along with like-minded organizations -- the National Association of Scholars, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, National Review, and the Manhattan Institute -- it assesses what professors are saying and doing, thereby helping to challenge academia's status quo. Critiquing professors is more revolutionary than it may sound, for academics have long been spared public criticism such as that directed toward politicians, business leaders, actors, and athletes. Who would judge them? Students suppress their views to protect their careers; peers are reluctant to criticize each other, lest they in turn suffer attacks; and laymen lack the competence to judge arcane scholarship. As a result, academics have long enjoyed a unique lack of accountability. If Campus Watch, headed by Winfield Myers, has interrupted this charmed academic life by exposing what Martin Kramer of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy has termed the “failure of Middle Eastern studies in America,” it is because we consider the work of these specialists too important to be left uncritiqued. We hover over their shoulders and remind them that their egregious statements might well end up ridiculed as our “quote of the month,” or even cause them trouble when they try to win tenure or get a new job. Academics criticized by Campus Watch generally respond by calling it names, caricaturing its purpose, and presenting themselves as victims, hoping thereby to render our work ille-
gitimate. Remarkably, I recall not a this is a reality one must adapt to. single case when the meticulously That the anti-Americans do not have a documented and mildly presented monopoly on intelligence or skills, just a nearwork of Campus Watch has met with monopoly on power. The five percent figure a serious and substantive rebuttal. So does not mean that bright historians, political much for the marketplace of ideas. scientists, economists, sociologists, anthropolAs Middle East specialists themselves ogists, literature and language specialists, et acknowledge, this new accountability al., are 19 to 1 anti-American, but that this wrought by Campus Watch has overturned faction has, since the late 1960s, gained a neartheir once-insular world. Their backhanded stranglehold over their departments. endorsements in the form of testimonials of Just as a great ocean vessel requires time to living in abject fear of Campus Watch offer turn, so does the university, where careerone colorful example. tenured faculty rule. Tenure not only guaranAnother is the statement by Miriam Cooke tees them decades-long job security, but it also of Duke University that “Campus Watch is the inures professors to the demands of the market Trojan horse whose warriors are place or the wishes of stualready changing the rules of the dents, donors, and other game not only in Middle East studstakeholders. ies but also in the US University as It will take time, but a whole.” there are grounds for More positively, the Taskforce on optimism about Middle Middle East Anthropology pubEast studies, which lished a handbook on professional underwent a seismic shift responsibility in early 2007 that in the aftermath of the calls for the implementation of steps 9/11 atrocities. That long encouraged by Campus event led to a surge in Watch. enrollments and attracted That said, the field’s basic proba new sort of student to lems remain in place: analytical failthe field, one less marginures, the mixing of politics with al politically and more scholarship, intolerance of alternapublicly ambitious. As tive views, apologetics, and the this post-9/11 cohort abuse of power over students. wends its way through Campus Watch’s highest priority Ivory Towers on Sand by Martin the system, expect to see is to help stimulate a diversity of Kramer established the intellectu- significant improvements. opinion, so that pro-American al premises for Campus Watch. Campus Watch will be scholars -- who today make up perhaps five there to welcome them. With luck, its mission percent of Middle East specialists --reach pari- will be accomplished, and it can then close its ty with the anti-Americans. This goal has two doors. implications. That professors today can no longer be Daniel Pipes is the founder of Campus expected to engage in disinterested scholarship Watch and director of its parent organizaand instruction, but must be balanced by those tion, the Middle East Forum. More of his artiwho will promote an alternative viewpoint. It is cles can be found on his website: sad to see the ideal of objectivity crumble, but www.danielpipes.org.
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‘Lobby’ lies make a comeback New version of anti-Israel screed finds discredited authors gaining unlikely allies
BEHIND THE H EADLINES by JONATHAN S. TOBIN Back in the spring of 2006, two distinguished but otherwise largely unknown American political scientists managed to break out of the obscurity that is generally the fate of academicians. And the debate about Israel and its supporters hasn’t been quite the same ever since. The two, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, coauthored an essay titled “The Israel Lobby” that was published in the London Review of Books. The lengthy piece painted a scary picture of how a cabal of American supporters of Israel had gained control of U.S. foreign policy, and promoted policies good for the Jewish state but injurious to America’s own interests. Indefensible Theory It was -- as virtually every objective observer soon noted -- a complete crock. Though the academic pedigree of both would seem to inoculate them against attacks (or, at least, they must have thought), the essay was filled with errors of fact. The incendiary charges it promoted were also so broad that it was hard to take seriously. After all, how could Israel and its American fans work a conspiracy so massive as to ensure the control of Congress and the media? In the immediate wake of the publication of the piece, the two were roundly condemned by an array of academics, politicians and journalists who, whatever their opinions about the wisdom of Israeli policies, knew that U.S. backing for the Jewish state was not the work of a cabal. Moreover, at a time when anti-Semitism was on the rise around the world -- with Jew-haters using anti-Israel invective as the
cover for their base beliefs -the idea that these men should be promoting conspiracy theories of this sort was condemned as being, at best, irresponsible, and at worst, a shameful justification of hate. That the vast majority of non-Jewish Americans and their political representatives strongly support Israel in its struggle for survival is something that no “lobby” nor its conspirators could create. As Michael Oren’s indispensible history of American involvement in the Middle East, Power, Faith and Fantasy proved, backing for Israel has roots in American culture that go back 200 years before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee hit the halls of Congress. (Editor’s note: Oren will highlight the Federation’s community event on Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.) Later in the year, former President Jimmy Carter stepped into the controversy by issuing his own anti-Israel tract Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, which, along with many of his own original slurs (the scurrilous title comparison of Israel’s presence in the territories to South African apartheid being the most notorious), supported the Walt-Mearsheimer conspiracy thesis, and also alleged that such critics of Israel were being “silenced” by the all-power “Lobby.” And though the two men publicly complained that they were suffering for their beliefs, it was little surprise that they soon obtained a publisher for a book-length version of their screed that has just rolled off the presses and propelled them onto the talk-show circuit. Rather than Walt and Mearsheimer’s bloated book version of their “Lobby” canards being ignored by the mainstream press, their comeback has generated even more attention. And the more notice they’ve received, the more they cry that they are being silenced and falsely accused of anti-Semitism. Contrary to the claims
of victimhood on the part of Israel’s accusers, if anything, it’s the pro-Israel position that at times struggles to be heard in national forums. A case in point is a column authored by Michael Smerconish in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sept. 9. Smerconish, a rightof-center, Philadelphia-based radio talkshow host who has also appeared as a commentator and host on various national cable-news shows, has earned a reputation as a supporter of Israel. Yet his column, titled “ ‘Anti-Semitic’ label curbs talk of Israel,” took the position that Walt and Mearsheimer were right when they said anyone who criticized Israel “stands a good chance of being labeled anti-Semitic.” He thinks their conspiracy theory deserves a fair hearing. And though the same could be said of any group on any issue, Smerconish claims an instance in his own career, when a sentence he uttered in a report from Israel was taken out of context by some listeners, proves the pro-Israel crowd will hammer anyone who’s not in complete agreement with their position. In a conversation two days after his piece appeared, Smerconish professed astonishment that his call for more debate about an idea, which is both discredited and draws heavily on anti-Semitic stereotypes, generated a storm of criticism. He claims the massive negative reaction to his piece has led him to see that “there is some truth” in their thesis, even if he still says he doesn’t buy into it completely. Smerconish, who has justly earned plaudits for his willingness to take on both Carter and the Islamists at the Council of American Islamic Relations in the past, is not the problem. But his choice to use his loud voice to lend credibility to a pair of charlatans is significant. That he used former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, himself the author of Imperial Hubris, a book that, in part, put forward its own scurrilous version of “The Lobby” thesis, as a respected authority, is also profoundly troubling. As Anti-Defamation League national
director Abe Foxman has written in The Deadliest Lies, his own recently published book refuting Carter, as well as Walt and Mearsheimer, what this lugubrious trio are selling are nothing less than “bigoted canards of great antiquity.” What the ongoing kerfuffle about “The Lobby” has illustrated is the enduring appeal of anti-Semitic stereotypes. Foxman’s analysis is that by using “classic conspiratorial analysis invoking the canards of ‘Jewish power’ and ‘Jewish control,’ the duo are feeding and strengthening the false -- and deadly beliefs that foster anti-Semitism.” Debating Lies While they disavow any anti-Semitic intent and even disingenuously assert support for the right of Israel to exist, Foxman asserts that “by promoting these beliefs and giving them a veneer of academic respectability, Mearsheimer and Walt are playing into the hands of the David Dukes of the world. And it is not an accusation of guilt by association to say so.” True to his calling in talk radio, Smerconish’s position is that everything is fair game. Every topic, including pernicious 9/11 conspiracy theories, deserve a full airing, he says. But free speech does not obligate us to parse every stupid, vicious lie put about for clearly ill-intentioned purposes as if it were a fine point in Plato’s Republic. While no one disputes the right of Walt and Mearsheimer to speak, they have no intrinsc right to spread their distortions on the air waves or the pages of supposedly respectable newspapers. As history has shown, such lies can have murderous consequences. Agnosticism about “The Lobby” does Smerconish and anyone else who defends it no credit. When otherwise responsible persons profess neutrality about things that no decent person should be neutral about, something is very wrong. Jonathan S. Tobin is executive editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia. He can be reached at: jtobin@jewishexponent.com.
Displaced Jews from Arab lands ... forgotten no more
FOCUS ON ISSUES by EMILY L. BLANCK Director, JIMENA In a word association game, if people are given the words “Middle East refugees” -- overwhelmingly most will respond --“Palestinians.” Yet, there is another population that were made refugees from the Israeli-Arab conflict, a group usually not considered -- the Jews from Arab countries. The Bush Administration will be hosting a Middle East summit in mid-November. Invited guests are the Prime Minister of Israel and the President of the Palestinian National Authority. There will likely be three main issues on the table -- refugees, Jerusalem, and borders. JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) is concerned that the “Forgotten Refugees” of the Middle East conflict, the almost one million Jews forced or compelled to flee from nine Arab countries, will again be forgotten. This is why we are urging Congressman Tom Lantos, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to send House Resolution 185 to the full House of Representatives. This bill states in part that, “any resolutions relating to the issue of Middle East refugees, and which include a reference to the required resolution of the Palestinian refugee issue, must also include a similarly explicit reference to the resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees” from Arab countries. No just, comprehensive Middle East peace can be reached without recognition of, and redress for, the uprooting of centuries-old Jewish communities in the Middle East and North Africa by Arab governments hostile to the State of Israel.
The international response to Middle East refugees was differential and disproportionate. Since 1948, over 101 resolutions have been adopted by the United Nations on Palestinian refugees. Not one of these 101 UN resolutions specifically mentions the plight of Jews displaced from Arab countries. In all relevant international bilateral or multilateral agreements, (such as UN Resolution 242, the Road Map, the Madrid Conference, etc.), the reference to ‘refugees’ is generic, allowing for the recognition and inclusion of all Middle East refugees -- Jews and Palestinians. The call to secure rights and redress for Jews who were forced to flee Arab countries is not a campaign against Palestinian refugees; nor is it about initiating legal proceedings to seek compensation. It is a legitimate effort to ensure that the plight of all Middle Eastern refugees be placed on the international political agenda as a quest for truth and justice and that their rights be secured as a matter of law and equity. It would constitute an injustice were the United States to recognize rights for one population -- Palestinian refugees -- without recognizing equal rights for other refugees of that very same Middle East conflict -- Jews from Arab countries. The United States must ensure that all relevant bi-lateral and multi-lateral discussions, and documents, refer to the multiple refugee populations precipitated by the Arab-Israeli conflict and that any explicit reference to Palestinian refugees is balanced by a similar explicit reference to Jewish refugees from Arab countries. The U.S. brokered Middle East Summit in midNovember provides an historic opportunity to establish principles that should govern any negotiations. While it is unlikely that a substantive peace will come from the summit, it is important that discussions on all issues --
refugees, Jerusalem, borders -- be based on principles of law and equity. Congressman Lantos co-sponsored such a resolution during the last two sessions. His role now as Foreign Affairs Committee Chair is critical. He needs to now work for adoption by the committee, and passage by the House before the scheduled November Middle East summit. This would send an important message to the President that the principle of including Jewish refugees as part of the modern Middle East narrative is fair, equitable and indeed necessary for the integrity of any peace negotiations. In a February 2007 resolution the Israeli Cabinet, , underscored the continuing need to document the losses of the Jews from Arab countries and appointed a Minister of Restitution and Human Rights to oversee the work of an inter-ministerial committee -- including the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs -- that would coordinate governmental efforts to secure rights for Jewish refugees from Arab countries. We want to ensure that the resolution moves forward from the Foreign Affairs Committee to the full House. If adopted by November, it would send a strong statement to guide the U.S. approach to the issue of Middle East refugees. Please call Congressman Lantos at 202.225.5021 and let him know that this is an issue of urgency and importance to our entire community. Without the full and equal inclusion of all parties affected by the Arab-Israeli conflict there can be no lasting peace. JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, is funded through individual donations and grants through the JCRC of San Francisco. To read more about them, visit www.jimena.org.
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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Services conducted by Rabbi Mordechai Levin and Cantor Gastón Bogomolni. FRIDAY: Sukkot services, 6 p.m.; Tot Shabbat, 6 p.m., followed by dinner. Cost is $5 for adults, free for children ages six and younger. For information or to RSVP, contact Margie Gutnik at programming@bethelomaha. org, or call the office. SATURDAY: Morning services, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation (3-7), 10 a.m.; Minch/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. SUNDAY: Volunteers are invited to help build and weed at City Sprouts, 40th & Franklin for Sukkot Social Action Day. Carpools will leave Beth El at 1:30 p.m. To RSVP, contact the office. Sukkah Party Around the World for all Camp Herzl Alumni, hosted by Jason Epstein, 4:30-6 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAY, Bible Study Discussion Group, 10 a.m.; Minyan 101, 11:15 a.m. MONDAY: Hebrew Crash course, 7 p.m. TUESDAY: “The WOW of Judaism,” 7:30 p.m. SUKKOT SERVICES Sunday, 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 1-2, 6:40 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Oct. 3, 6:15 a.m. Hoshanna Rabbah, and 5:30 p.m. SHEMINI ATZERET/ SIMCHAT TORAH Wednesday, Oct. 3, Minha/ Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Thursday Oct. 4, morning services (Yizkor and dedication of plaques), 9:30 a.m.; Hakafot, 6:15 p.m. followed by ice cream social; Friday, Oct. 5, morning services (Hakafot), 9:30 a.m. Merle Potash and Frances Gottlieb will be honored as Hatan Torah and Kalla Bereshit. SHABBAT TUNES & TALES: Saturday, Oct. 6, 11:1511:45 a.m., led by Patty Nogg. LOVE AND LOGIC PARENTING: A monthly class led by Karen Gustafson, executive director of Jewish Family Service, will be held on Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 8, Feb. 13, March 12, April 9 and May 14, 7-8 p.m. To register or for more
information, contact Margie Gutnik at 492.8550, or programming@ bethel-omaha.org. PRESCHOOL CLASS: Led by Patty Nogg. (See article on page 12.) To register or for information, contact Education Director Judy Rubin at 498.0904, or eddir@ 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-Second Day of Sukkot: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored by Lynne and Errol Saltzman in honor of the visit of Evan, Rebekah and Nathan Saltzman; Minchah/ Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m. free babysitting, 9:30 a.m.; Children’s Classes, 9:45 a.m. with Torah Parade; Kiddush in the Sukkah sponsored by Sisterhood; Mincha, 6:30 p.m. followed by Suedat Shlishit; Havdalah, 7:50 p.m. SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; “Reading the Rambam”, 9:45 a.m.; “Pizza in the Hut” dinner, 6 p.m. at Rabbi Gross’ sukkah for fifth-12 graders; Ma’ariv, 8:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Ma’ariv, 8:30 p.m. TUESDAY: Sisterhood Open Board Meeting, 10 a.m. with a light breakfast. YU’s Torah Tours for Simchat Torah will offer classes and chavruta learning throughout the chag and Shabbat. WEDNESDAY-Erev Yom Tov: Shacharit, 6:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. SHEMINI AZERET/ SIMCHAT TORAH THURSDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Yizkor, 10:30 a.m.; Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood; Chavruta learning, 5 p.m.; Class with YU Torah Tours staff and Havah Oxman, 6 p.m.; Mincha, 7 p.m. Ma’ariv and Hakafot, 7:45 p.m., followed by a dairy dinner. FRIDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored Sisterhood; Chavruta learning, 5 p.m.; Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 p.m.
BEYT SHALOM FRIDAY: Shabbat in the home. SATURDAY: Sukkot, 5 p.m. at the Feber/Schlossman home. SUNDAY: Religious School, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the JCC.
CHABAD HOUSE Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Youth/Tot Minyan, 10:30 a.m. SATURDAY: Maamar class, 9 a.m.; Service, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush luncheon follows the service. SUNDAY: Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sukkot Family Festival, 4:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m. MONDAY: Maamar Kabbalistic Insights for Women, 12:15 p.m.; W.O.W. Soup in the Sukkah, 6:30 p.m.; Halacha, 7 p.m. TUESDAY: W.O.W. Tehillim & More, 9 a.m.; Parshah Roundup: Weekly Torah Portion, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Hoshana Rabba, 7 a.m.; Ma’ariv/Hakafot, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, Shemini Atzaret Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. youth/tot minyan, 11 a.m. Ma’ariv/Hakafot, dance with the Torah, followed by kiddush and dinner, 7:30 p.m. No charge. FRIDAY, Simchas Torah Shacharit, 9:30 a.m., youth/tot minyan, 10:30 a.m., children’s Torah March, 11 a.m. Hakafot & Torah Celebration, 11:15 a.m., followed by luncheon, l’Chaims and dancing. No charge for meal.
CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN Services conducted by Rabbi Ilan Emanuel. FRIDAY: Shabbat Evening Service, 7:45 p.m. led by Rabbi Emanuel, with oneg provided by Alan Frank. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. led by Rabbi Emanuel; Sukkot Service and Potluck dinner, 5 p.m. at the home of Ellin Seigel and John Mosow. SUNDAY: LJCS, 9:30 a.m. all students meet at Tifereth Israel; Parents-as-Teachers for grades 3-7, 10 a.m. join Nancy Coren for a Sukkot experience.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME FRIDAY: Sukkot Services with Yizkor, 9 a.m. led by Rabbi Maximo Shechet. SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m. led by Rabbi Elihu Milder.
TEMPLE ISRAEL FRIDAY: Parent/ Toddler class, 9:30–11 a.m.; Shabbat Comes to Blumkin, 2:30 p.m. led by Rabbi
Eric Linder; Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. led by Rabbi Linder. SATURDAY: Sparks Beneath the Surface, 9:15 a.m.; Morning Service, 10:30 a.m. Talia Simon, daughter of Stacy and Bruce Simon, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. SUNDAY: Teacher Learning Coffee, 9:30 a.m.; Religious School (K-6), 10 a.m.-noon; Book Club Open House, 10 a.m.; OTYG board meeting, noon. TUESDAY: Hebrew “Roots” of Prayer, 7 p.m. with native Hebrew speaker Naama Artzi. Contact Program Director Rosie Zweiback to register: $18 for Temple members; $25 for non-members. WEDNESDAY-Erev Simchat Torah: Grades 3-6, 4-6 p.m.; No Family and Middle/High School; Consecration, 7 p.m. THURSDAY-Simchat Torah: Morning Service with Yizkor, 10:30 a.m.
NEIGHBORHOOD MINYAN No services during the Yom Tovim; services resume Oct. 12.
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-Sukkot II: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Sukkot Minyan, 9 a.m. THURSDAY: Shemini Atzeret Shacharit with Yizkor, 9 a.m.; Simchat Torah Mincha/ Ma’ariv/Hakafot, 7:15 p.m.
TREE OF LIFE CENTER Services and activities led by Rabbi Michael Weisser; call for location of classes. SATURDAY: Morning Minyan and Torah study, 10 a.m.; drumming meditation and Jewish mystical chanting, followed by a meal and Havdalah, 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Jewish roots of Christianity, 8 and 9 a.m. MONDAY, 6:30 P.M.: Insight Meditation. TUESDAY: Torah, prophets and writings: 9:30-11 a.m. and 7-8:30 p.m.; Comparative Religion, noon, offsite location. WEDNESDAY, 6:30 p.m.: Adv. Mindfulness Meditation. THURSDAY, 7 p.m.: Int. Mindfulness Meditation.
B’NAI MITZVAH Talia Layne Simon, daughter of Stacy and Bruce Simon, will become Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Temple Israel. Talia is an eighth-grade student at BrownellTalbot School and is a Student Ambassador. Her interests include travel, ten-
nis, track, swimming, making new friends and spending time with family and friends. For her mitzvah project, Talia made biweekly visits to the Blumkin Home over the summer, where she assisted the Activities Department with social functions; she contin-
ues to volunteer at the Home. She has a sister, Ellie. Grandparents are Anne and Alan Simon, and Patricia and F.E. Smallwood of Phoenix, AZ. Yaniv Azriel, son of Rabbi Aryeh and Elyce Azriel, will become Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Temple Israel. Yaniv is an eighth-grade honor
roll student, received the M&M award and placed number one in Fiddling Frenzy at Beveridge Jr. High. His interests include basketball, footContinued on page 19
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Thanksgiving in September
SPARKS FROM THE WORD by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE Sukkot When I was a seminary student, I marveled at the sukka which the Jewish Theological Seminary built each year at its campus in New York City and which was large enough to seat 70 or 80 people (perhaps more) for dinner. I also remember with nostalgia the sukka that my late wife and I had on the porch of our home, built for me by someone who knew how to build (not by me!), with a large sign facing the busy avenue saying, “Happy Sukkot!” These have very little to do with the Sukkot which the Bible tells us that the Children of Israel dwelt in during their time in the Wilderness. Even those Sukkot challenge credulity: Are we to assume that refugees escaping Egypt carried with them building materials, quite aside from food and other necessitities, to build even primitive lean-tos in the wilderness? At best, would they not have had some kind of canvas tents to protect them from the hot sun and cold nights? So, we must understand that we are expected to take without question the exaggerations that the Text supplies for us.
B’NAI MITZVAH Continued from page 18 ball, lacrosse, violin and saxaphone, French club, and reading. For his mitzvah project, Yaniv volunteers at Quality Living and works with a resident there, helping with his e-mails, discussing sports, and spending quality time with him. He has a sister, Leora. Grandparents are Beatrice and Marvin Azriel of Buffalo Grove, IL, and Lydia and Marcel Azriel of Tel Aviv, Israel. Luke Benjamin Warren, son of Alice Kriz and Mitchell Warren, will become Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 6, in Nyack, NY. Luke is an eighth-grade student at Nyack Middle School. His interests include soccer, skate boarding, snow boarding, music, and travel. He has appeared in several productions of the children’s Shakespeare theater of Nyack. He has a sister, Sarah Elizabeth. Grandparents are former Omahans Marilyn and Marty Warren of Chesterfield, MO, John Kriz of Upper Grandview, NY, and Oriel Eaton of Piedmont, NY. Great-grandparents are David Dvorkin, and the late Jeanne Dvorkin, Lillian Warren, and Benjamin Warren.
Beth Israel Sisterhood keeps up busy pace this fall by MARY BORT for Beth Israel Synagogue An upcoming board meeting and the next “Spirits and Spirituality” are on the calendar for Beth Israel s busy Sisterhood. The next Sisterhood Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. The meeting will feature a light breakfast and is open to all Sisterhood members. “During the meeting we’ll finalize our plans for Sisterhood Donor,” explained Julee Katzman. “We’ll also work on the details for other Sisterhood-sponsored events to be held throughout the year.” Sisterhood’s next “Spirits and Spirituality” is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m. The group will meet at the home of Debbie Kricsfeld and will be facilitated by Liat Shyken. “Spirits and Spirituality” is a group for women of all ages. It offers an opportunity for women to connect with other women, while exploring Judaism from a feminine perspective. Attendees will enjoy wine and light refreshments. RSVPs should be made by contacting the office. For information or to RSVP, call 556.6288.
Indeed, we ought to understand that Sukkot is a grateful thanksgiving for having saved up enough grain and fruit to carry over the unforgiving winter. One should remember that the American colonists who had been supplied corn by friendly Indians and who had acquired enough food to carry them over the winter, preventing possible starvation, said that their fall festivities were directly in remembrance of how the Israelites had offered thanksgiving for having food supplies until the first crops of springtime. It is pleasant to remember these things as a direct influence of the Bible on the religious American colonists who faced their first winter on these blessed shores. We, of course, celebrate Sukkot without thinking about all these things. Indeed, celebration does not require cogitation. But we ought to turn these thoughts over in our minds that the abundance of food in these blessed United States should not make us forget that humanity in many different generations and many different countries faced famine. Sukkot, then, as “harvest home” reminds us to thank God as we do as a religious celebration that is so often neglected after Yom Kippur. To be sure, we have concluded the fast, but it is incumbent upon us to thank God for the abundance of food available to us and the variety that pleases every palate. And it is customary, even all the way through Sukkot, to say shana tova!
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DEATH RICHARD B. EPSTEIN Omaha attorney Richard B. Epstein died Sept. 20 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 62. Services were held Sept. 23 at Temple Israel. He is survived by his wife, Pamela Epstein; son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Michelle Epstein; son, James Epstein of Chicago; granddaughter, Ella Epstein; mother, Edith Epstein; sister and brother-in-law, Judi and Larry Yampolsky; and brother and sister-in-law, Buddy and Jill Epstein of Beverly Hills, CA. Memorials to the Richard J. Epstein Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of the University of NebraskaLincoln School of Law, PO Box 830902, Lincoln, NE 68583.
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Ahmadinejad sparks Jewish protests across from U.N., at Columbia by BEN HARRIS NEW YORK (JTA) -- Barely a year ago, Jewish groups were urging the White House to tone down rhetoric linking its Iran policy with pledges to protect Israel because they feared Jews would be blamed for any military action the United States might take. Any such qualms seem to have evaporated as Jewish groups and prominent Jewish figures took center stage this week in urging a tough line on Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was met with two major protests Monday in New York, the day before he was to deliver his annual address before the United Nations General Assembly. Across the street from the United Nations, thousands gathered at a rally organized by leading American Jewish organizations and attended by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and prominent members of New York’s congressional delegation. Uptown at Columbia University, another large crowd assembled Monday afternoon. “Make no mistake -- Iran is not only a threat to Israel, and not only a threat to its neighbors, but a threat to the entire world,” Livni told the crowd opposite the United Nations. “And today we ask, where is the world?” Speakers at the U.N. rally generally were long on rhetoric and short on specifics, vowing to stop the Iranian threat but offering few clues as to how that might be done. Ahmadinejad was compared repeatedly to Hiter and the world’s reaction to him likened to the global silence in the face of the Nazi rush to power before World War II. As Ahmadinejad landed in New York, members of the U.N. Security Council
ments in which he called for the destruction of Israel. He also challenged the Iranian president’s denial of the Holocaust and questioned his country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, which has brought U.N. sanctions against his people. “I doubt you will have the intellectual courage to answer these questions,” Bollinger said. Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs had invited Protesters demonstrate against the appearance by Iranian Ahmadinejad as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad across from the United the school’s World Nations in New York City on Sept. 24. Credit: Brian Hendler/JTA Leaders Forum. The continued to haggle over a third round of school received widespread criticism for sanctions against the Islamic Republic, proffering the invitation. His appearance with China and Russia resisting American drew 600 in an auditorium at the New calls for more intense economic pressure. York City school, as well as several thouAhmadinejad’s visit has vastly overshad- sand who watched on a screen in the cenowed the opening of the General ter of campus. The Iranian also addressed Assembly, the event for which more than questions from faculty and students. 100 foreign ministers and heads of state Ahmadinejad asserted that Bollinger and government are gathered here this had insulted the intelligence of his audiweek. As dignitaries roamed the halls of ence by offering a one-sided introduction U.N. headquarters Monday, crowds clus- “affected by the press and a political tered around television sets to watch monster,” a seeming allusion to the proAhmadinejad’s Columbia lecture tele- Israel lobby. While Iran welcomes its vised live on CNN. guests with honor, Ahmadinejad said, “I The Columbia event started off with an got a wave of insults” from Bollinger. introduction from Columbia’s president, He reiterated his past claim that the Lee Bollilnger, who chided Ahmadinejad. Palestinian people are unfairly paying the Bollinger said that the Iranian president price for the Holocaust. “Why should five possessed “all of the signs of a petty crim- million Palestinians pay for this, when inal and a cruel dictator.” they had nothing to do with it?” he Bollinger asked Ahmadinejad to defend asked. He later insinuated that Israel is his oppression of women, homosexuals the reason for all strife in the Middle East. and the Baha’i, as well as to explain state- In response to questions about his denial
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of the Holocaust and his hosting of a conference of deniers last year, the Iranian leader said that studying the issue is like any other scientific pursuit and that it should continue, regardless of how well the Nazi killings have been documented. “There are Europeans in jail because they attempted to write about it from a different perspective,” he said. One would not suggest that scientists stop studying chemistry simply because there has been an enormous amount of research already, he said. “Why should we not research an event that has been the cause of so many catastrophes in this region?” he asked. When asked whether he believes in the destruction of Israel, Ahmadinejad sidestepped the question, saying that he wants a free election in Palestine in which Muslims, Jews and Christians can vote on the nature of their state. But, he said, Iran is open to negotiations with all governments of the world aside from two -- “the apartheid regime in South Africa,” which no longer exists, and “the Zionist regime.” Speakers at the rally across from the U.N. had harsh words for Columbia, which has come under sustained criticism in recent days for extending an invitation to the Iranian leader. Columbia has stood by its decision, citing the school’s commitment to confronting difficult and even offensive ideas. U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said that like Ahmadinejad, Hitler told the world exactly what he planned to do -and the world stood idly by. “We know what happened,” Nadler said. “The socalled civilized world let it happen. When we say ‘Never Again,’ we should mean it.” JTA staff reporter Jacob Berkman in New York contributed to this report.
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