Sioux City to Voteon Press The Board of the Sioux City Jewish Federation will t a k e formal action next week on the proposal to merge tho bi-weekly Sioux City News Letter with the weekly Jewish Press, The action will be taken- at a meeting Wednesday, November 19, at 8 p.m. at the Sioux City Jewish Community Center; Formerly serving the Jewish community of Omaha, the Jewish Press has (his year expa>ded to serve other Jewish communities In the area. Contractual arrangements h a v e been completed with the Des•. Moines and Lincoln Jewish communities, r Members of the Sioux City
Jewish community have been and as an influential force in receiving the Jewish Press on stimulating thought and coma trial basis so thatjhe reac- ment on modern Jewish life. tions of the community could Mr. Monasee p o i n t e d , out; serve as a guide for the deci- that the Jewish Press providsion of the board. ed local, national and internaAn open board meeting to tional news items and pic-, discuss the pros and cons of tures; editorial comment by the merger was held In Sioux leading writers; and a vehicle City November 6. Charles Mon- for the exchange of reader asee, chaiman of the Jewish views. He further noted the ! Press committee, and Mrs. Importance of the paper in' Robert Gerelick, editor of the stimulating Interest in the loJewish P r e s s , attended the cal philanthropies campaigns. meeting to discuss the pro- ; "There is no doubt in myi posal. mind," said: Mr. Monasee, Mr. Monasee noted the im- "that this weekly.paper in the! portance of a readable news- homes of all Jewish families, in j p a p e r dedicated to. keeping my community does the neces-; American J e w r y Informed, sary job of education to bring;
maximum results in our campaign. It can do the same job in Sioux City," he said. The proposal to include Sioux. City in the regional paper, was made on the same financial basis assumed by the Omaha Jewish Federation for m a n y years, and recently accepted by the' Des Moines and Lincoln Jewish communities—a yearly .subscription fee of ?5 pec family. The cost to Sioux City, if the merger is approved, will be $2,623 for 565 subscriptions. Including Uio additional expense of engraving charges for Sioujt: City pictures, the merger will: cost approximately $2,009 more
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of rabbinic training. We now. expect our rabbinic.students to gain that basic command in the Hebrew language environment of Israel." He observed that "one can-' not be a rabbi without being deeply immersed In the life and spirit of Israel. The year in Israel for our rabbinic students will insure that every Reform rabbi whom we will ordain will possess a close knowledge of Israel" and "will further enrich and deepen the strong ties between -American Reform Judaism and the land and Ideals of Israel." •
Dr. Carl V o s s , -prominent Protestant clergyman and one of the founders of the American Christian Palestine Committee,'jvill be the guest speaker at an informal gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius K a t z m a n , 2004 South Note Correct Address 2004 South 85th Avenue 85th Avenue, Omaha, Sunday, November 23, at 8 p.m. The get-together of friends
Des Mokes Campaign Heads Mamed ». H. Hockenh&rg Women's Chairman \ Des Moines—Gary Rubin, chairman of the 1970 Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Federation, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Harlan as chairman of the Women's Division of the Campaign. : Mrs. Hockenberg has visited Israel twice, including a study m i s s i o n spon> 6 r e d by ,the Young Leadership Division of the United,Jewish Appeal. ; She has served on the board of the Iowa Jewish H o m e and the Tlfereth Israel JKAJB e n ! s L e a g u e . Mrs. Hockenberg attended the Uni-.i -Versltj?; of ManMr». Harlan Hockenberg the parents of a daughter and two sons. "We are especially fortunate to have someone with the background, and experience of Mrs. Hockenberg to servo as Women's Division chairman," Mr. Rubin said, "Her knowledge of Israeli with its problems of integration and absorption,, together with her experience with Jewish organ•hip. Her personal commitment to the goals of
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per year than the" News Letter, The Sioux City Jewish community was assured by Mr. Monasee that every effort will be made to include all local Sioux City news in the weekly publication, as has been done during the trial period. The contract will be open to yearly renewal or'termination. The Jewish Press, with Sioux City news included, will continue to be mailed to Sioux City J e w r y on the trial arrangement through the November 21 Issue. Thereafter, continued circulation will depend upon the action taken by the Board at the November 19 meeting.
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and supporters of the State of Israel' economic independence will mark the second phase of the Bonds for Israel program in Omaha. The theme.of the drive will be the current observance of Israel's t w e n t y first anniversary of statehood, underscoring the present position of Israel in s e e k i n g to solve new economic problems created by continuing hostilities in the Middle East. ''We are particularly concerned with a good Israel Bond record in Omaha in line with what is being accomplished in other communities around the country," Mr, Katzman said. _l'The..American Jewish community is expressing a true solidarity with Israel and we, in Omaha, are no less aligned with Israel. Today, as Israel moves into Its third . decade, the attainment of its economic goals represents an indispensable factor in Israel's struggle for permanent peace. , Reverend Voss has been a frequent visitor to Israel, dating back to Israel's struggles for independence in 1947. He
Marvin Pomerantz has been appointed as Advance Gifts chairman of the 1970 Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Federation, it was announced by Gary Rubin,] Campaign chairman; I • Mr. P o m e rantz, chairman of the J e w i s h Social Service I Commission of I the Federation; has recently re-: turned from a I United J e w i s h A p p e a l Study New York (JTA) — New Mis s i on? to* IsYork's Jewish voters, the largr a e l . He has est ethnic group in the city, served for sev? split sharply in the voting beeral years on the! tween victorious Mayor John Board of Cover-1 V. Lindsay and defeated Demo-" cratic candidate M a r i o Pro, nors of the Fed: cacclno.' The election results ;; jratlon, and. is leffectiivelyldemolished the convice-president of Tlfereth Israel Synagogue. ; cept of a "Jewish vote" in the Mr. Pomerantz, president of Great Plains Bag metropolis; Company, is a member vof the board of the In- " The New York Times dedustrial Bureau'of the Des Moines Chamber of clared that the closeness of Commerce and of the board of directors of the the election "seemed to result Paper, Shipping Sack Association, a trade organ- from the fact that Jewish voters—the city's largest group ization. . A graduate of the University of Iowa, Mr. of voters — divided In unpredictable patterns, sometimes Pomerantz Is married and has four daughters. . ."Mr. Poraerantz's capabilities are well-known favoring Mr. L i n d s a y and in the community," Mr. Rubin said. "I feel that, sometimes favoring Mr. Prothe Advance Gifts Division, which is of prime im- 'caccino; The New York Post said that portance to the overall success of the Campaign, the; election - "completed the trend—which had emerged hi recent years—toward a comefantz possesses botb these qualities in abun- plete fragmentation of the Jewish vote along income lines dance/' '
Dr. Carl Voss recently returned from an extensive tour of the M i d d l e ' East, during which he met with the leaders and citizens of Israel and' surrounding Arab lands. He is the author df "Rabbi and Minister" a recently published dual biography, of the late Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Dr. "John Haynes Holmes.''
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in all the boroughs." According to a sample polling taken byf the .Co1u m b i a Broadcasting System of men and w o m e n after they had voted, New York Jews who went to the polls gave 44 percent support to Mr. Lindsay in his reelection bid, 44 percent to Mr. Procacclho and 12 percent to State Sen. John Marchl, the - Republican-Conseryattve candidate.,,,'.., A National B r o a d c a s t i n g Company analysis showed that Mr. Lindsay got 62 percent of the high income vote, only 32 percent of the middle-income, and 63 percent; of the low income vote. That the Jewish vote may have divided along these economic lines was indicated by the fact that In the generally upper and middle-class heavily Jewish, area Mr.' Lindsay received 56.3 percent of the vote.
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Berlin (ZINS)-For the WASHINGTON (JTA)-The the President's war policies price of 2,300 marks ($460) American Jewish community came from Bernard B. Direneveryone (excepting Zionappeared to be as deeply split feld, national commander of ists) is invited to purchase the Jewish War Veterans of the . a s the rest 6{ the nation over a lovely and convenient the Government's Vietnam pol- United States. burial plot in sunny Egypt, icies. The split was reflected But the American Jewish according to a brochure isin the capital where a massive Congress, bitterly opposed to sued by the Egyptian comanti-war moratorium demon- -the- Vietnam war, urged its mercial attache in Western stration in which many thou- members Friday to "join in efGermany. sands of Jewish youth are ex- fective and meaningful peaceThe- announcement, dipected to participate, wiill take related activities" on their lorected largely to doctors, place Nov. 13-15. Efforts by cal communities over the mor- tourist bureaus, and funeral Jewish students to find, hous- atorium weekend. establishments, invites Gering for the demonstrators' met Rabbi Roland B. Gittlesohn, many's elder citizens to with a cold reception from president of the Central Conspend their last years in many synagogues and temples ference of American Rabbis Egypt, and falling that, to in the Washington area. The (Reform) accused Mr. Nixon of arrange to be buried In the Washington, D.C. Board of fostering the same Vietnam shadow of the pyramids! Rabbis called on local Jews policies as pursued by the AdThe brochure offers the to "open their doors and their ministration of former Presifollowing price list: An orhearts" to the anti-war march- dent Lyndon B. Johnson. Referdinary grave: 2,300 marks; ers. ring to the President's Vietnam a roomier g r a v e dug in The board, whose member- television address, Rabbi Gitrocky earth: 5,000 marks. ship includes 50 Conservative, telsohn said it was an example Mausoleums are p r i c e d Orthodox-and Reform Rabbis, of "too little, too late and too from 10,000 to 25,000 marks. said it recognized the "demo- vague." cratic • right of all our fellow citizens who, through various non-violent means, are expressing the extreme urgency and priority for peace in Vietnam. LOCATION . . . • • • • On the Sabbath of Nov. 14-15 Israel, on the western edge of Asia, is a land-bridge between we propose4h«t our congrega- Europe and Africa. Israel shares frontiers with Lebanon in the tions offefeipfeciabprayers for north, Syria in {he'.northeast, Jordan in the east and Egypfih peac'e-^and engage in programs the southwest, determined at present by the cease-fire agreement and discussions; emphasizing of June 1967. " "itSTientrality to our lives; —.---THE P E O P L E . . But many Jews in the capiOf the 2,750,000 inhabitants, 2,380,000 are Jews. 275,000 Mostal and elsewhere expressed lems, 70,000 Christians and 30,000 Druzes. Since June 1967, 960,000 fear that Jewish support for more Moslems, 4,000 Christians and 5,000 Druzes have come the peace demonstrators would under Israel administration. ° irritate President Richard M. WHERE THEY LIVE Nixon, , . . - - • There are 26 cities and towns in Israel: six have mixed Arab Jacques Torczyner, president and Jewish populations, two are entirely Arab, There are 50 other of the Zionist Organization of urban centers, 700 Jewish villages, and 99 Arab and Druze vil. America, took sharp issue with lages. The major cities are: Jerusalem, the capital, with a populaJewish leaders who opposed Mr. Nixon's course. He claimed tion of 265,000; Tel Aviv-Yafo, the commercial center (392,000); that "the problems of Vietnam Haifa, the principal port and industrial center (207,500); Beerand the Middle East are con- sheba, capital of the Negev (65,000); Nazareth (30,000) and the nected and a Communist vic- new Mediterranean port town of Ashdod (27,000). RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES tory in Asia will encourage the There are Jews and Moslems, C h r i s t i a n a of different enemies jof Israel and the Arab terrorists in their a t t a c k s Churches, Druzes and Bahais, Karaites, Samaritans and others. All are free to worship in their own way, to maintain their own against fellow Jews." Jlir. Torctyner was especial- religious and charitable institutions and administer their domestic ; ly critical of the view expressed affairs. THE ECONOMY by Rabbi Maurice N. EisenIsrael's Is a frlee economy, with private and cooperative endrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congre- terprises operating side by side. Seventy per cent of the labor gations. The Reform leader • force is •employed in private undertakings, twelve per cent in called last month for a change State concerns and*the rest in cooperatively-owned plants. Over 80 per cent of mixed fanning Is done by cooperative villages. in Vietnam policy. SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Rabbi Eisendrath's remarks Israel is a republic and a parliamentary democracy, The drew a sharp attack from Orth. odox rabbis who denounced Knesset, a one-chamber 120-seat legislature, is elected every them as "irresponsible" and four years by secret ballot, according to the system of proporhastened to express their sup- tional representation, on a country-wide party basis. Every citizen port of Mr. Nixon. Rabbi Zev of 18 years and up has the franchise and, from the age of 21, the Segal, president of the Rabbi- right to be a candidate. Supreme legislative authority is vested nical Council of America, wrote in the Knesset. Executive power Is vested in the coalition Cabinet, which is to the President last w e e k claiming tbat;«;'-'silent majori- responsible to the Knesset/ The judicial' system, comprises civil courts and Religious ty" of American Jews supportCourts serving the different denominations-and empowered to ed him. Another pledge of support for rule on matters of personal status according to their respective religious law. The .complete independence of the courts is guaranteed by law. 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Stew Meat and Rice He lived outside of Pineville, N.C. He had lived there all his life. He ploughed a few acres of tobacco. Every year there were three adventures: one was the politician's fish fry, another was hunting season, and the third was going into Charlotte to: collect his subsidy from the soil bank. Despite these thrills, life was no picnic. He told her over and over, honestly if contentiously, "I don't want,no stew,meat and rice for dinner. I had stew meat and rice yesterday for breakfast, lunch and dinner." She reminded him that living in Pineville they just naturally got used to stew meat and rice as they naturally got used to red clay soil. Well, he'd had 50 years of getting used to it and stew meat and rice didn't taste any better now than when he had started. With that, he jammed on his tattered Stetson and walked to the Pineville courthouse to pay his kerosene and light bills. He went to the barber shop and watched haircuts. When he got back to the house, however, there was stew meat and rice bubbling on the wood stove. He said later, "I
told her I didn't want no stew meat and rice and by God.I meant what I said. No stew' meat and rice," ;. He walked to the corner of the house, picked up his shot* gun and when she came into < the kitchen, he shot her. No one could ever say he hadn't told her. •' : / Of course it Is also true that when.he gets stew meat and rice at the state prison farm he's going to eat stew meat and rice and like it. This fussy eater ain't ever going to git his stew meat and rice to home anymore. .'There is a message for all of us in this parable. Don't give him TV dinners night after night. TV dinners wear a man down as quickly as the diet of stew meat and rice. -!
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Tel Aviv (JTA)—Two Egyptian destroyers and several smaller craft shelled the Israeloccupied northern Sinai coast but were driven off by Israeli planes. Israeli jets attacked Egyptian positions and military targets in the northern section of the Suez Canal and returned safely to their bases, an Israeli Close to 2,000 Jews live in military spokesmen reported. New Brunswick, one of Can- -The Sinai shelling 25 miles ada's Maritime Provinces. The east of the Canal, was Egypt's earliest Jewish settlers came first naval action against Isto St. John, the c a p i t a l , in rael since Soviet Komar-typa 1858. From the 1890's the Jew- missile craft sank the Israeli, ish settlers came mainly from destroyer Eilat in International Russia and Poland. There are waters off Alexandria two synagogues in St. Johns, Monc- years ago. ton and Frederlcton. (JTA) . An Egyptian military; spokesman claimed in Cairo that tha naval attack inflicted "heavy MRS. JULIA JACOBS ex- losses in personnel, weapons tends her thanks for the many and equipment" and that'Ismessages of congratulations raeli Jets staging a retaliaory. offered on the occasion of her raid over the Canal were rebeing designated "Omaha's pulsed. The Egyptians claimed Outstanding Woman of 1969" that anti-aircraft guns aboard by the Omaha Business and then* ships scored bits on two Professional Women's Associa- pursuing Israeli planes. Israel tion. denied that any planes were lost.
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Major Political Motives tied To Banof Sabbath TV in Israel Jerusalem (JTA) — Minister of Justice Yaacov Shimshon Shapiro is considering steps against Supreme Court Justice Zvi Berinson "as provided by law" to discipline him for hold, ing court on the sabbath. Judge Berinson issued an 11th hour order Friday evening over-riding a Government b a n on Sabbath television broadcasts. Meanwhile the S e p h a r d i c Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim blasted Judge. Berinson for activating the court on the Sabbath. He called it "a destructive act against every soul of Jewry and our land's honor." Apart from injuring the sensibilities of Orthodox Jews, Judge Berinson's ruling seriously embarrassed Premier Golda Meir's efforts to negotiate a coalition Government with the National Religious Party. The latter has made a ban of Sabbath TV the main condition of its participation in a coalition wlih Mrs. Meir's Labor Party-Mapam Alignment. Mrs. Meir gave in to Or-
thodox demands Friday when she over-ruled a 13-9 vote by the Israel Broadcasting Authority .to institute Sabbath television 'despite a Cabinet recommendation to the contrary. Judge Berinson's order in effect over-ruled Mrs. Meir. Meir is mobilizing the best legal minds at her Government's disposal in an effort to black out the nation's television sets on the Sabbath. Her initial effort in that-direction failed when Justice Berinson Issued his order on the complaint of two private citizens. Following the ruling, Israeli TV sets lit up at S|:10 p.m. local time Friday for the nation's first Sabbath TV program. Mrs. Meir's reasons for seeking a ban were frankly political, without the 12 Knesset seats won by the religious bloc in the Oct. 28 election Mrs. Meir will not be able to form a coalition without the cooperation of Gahal which emerged as the nation's second strongest party and is demeaning Cabinet representation commensurate with its strength.
Klalznick Among Israel Hotel Investors Jerusalem (JTA) — A 16story 400-room Hilton Hotel will rise in Jerusalem in 30 months, Minister of Tourism and Development Moshe Kol announced here this week. Mr. Kol signed a contract with a group of American investors who will supply half of the $12.5 million needed to build the hotel. The balance will be supplied by an Israel Government loan. The lands authority of the Tourism Ministry has provided five-and-a-half acres in the heart of Jerusalm to the investors. The hotel will be located between the Knesset building and the Convention Center. . The Americans - who attended the contract signing were. Abraham Feinberg, Philip M. •Klutznick, Sol Kitay and Lester Crown. Hilton International will manage the hotel as it does the 20-slory Tel Aviv H11-. ton which opened in 19G5.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—An Egyptian nurse sentenced to three month's imprisonment for providing medical aid to an Arab terrorist in Gaza without informing Israeli authorities was freed after she expressed regret for her offense. • . The nurse, Fatma Najuli, was employed by .UNRWA, the United Nations Works and Relief Agency for Palestinian Arab refugees. She had appealed her sentence of the commander of Israeli armed forces hi Gaza who waived the remainder of her prison term. Miss Najuli returned to her UNRWA post. BONN (JTA)—A Roman Catholic priest who said be spent two years revising the text of the Oberammergau Passion Play in order to eliminate its grossly anti-Semitic passages has charged that most of his work was in vain. Father Stephan Schaller, of Eital moncstary, near Dusseldorf, said that the festival committee which will stage the play next year asked him to remove openly anti-Semitic passages from the century-old text which have been the cause of bitter Jewish complaints for years. However, after be adapted the text to modern
Nasser Voices War Threat LONDON (JTA>—President Nasser of Egypt told his nation this week that "war" and "bloodshed" are now the only solution to the Arab-Israel conflict because all political solutions bave failed. In what observers described as bis most belligerent speech since the June, 1967, Six-Day War, Col. Nasser said Egypt is now in a position to put 500,000 armed men in the field against Israel. ''What was taken by force, There is no alternative but to must be reclaimed by force," continue to fight against Ishe said in a radio and television rael." address at the opening of the President N a s s e r claimed Egyptiian Parliament. Presi- that Egypt had tried to impledent Nasser denounced the ment the United Nations SeUnited States for aiding Israel. curity Council's Nov. 22, J967 U.S. militarists are fighting Mideast resolution but said the against Egypt, he said, "from Big Powers failed to find a behind guns and from aircraft solution. "The definite concluthat carry the -Star of David." sion we must take from this is He said Russia was Egypt's that there is no longer a way friend—"the arms of the Soviet out of our present situation exUnion are in our hands and the cept by forging a road toward arms of the U.S-A. are in Is- our objective violently and by force, over a sea of blood and rael's hands." He described Egypt's situa- under horizons blazing with tion as "to be or not -to be. fire."
Varied Living Conditions For Jews in Arab Lands Washington (JTA)—The condition of Jews in the Arab world v a r i e s from outright persecution in Syria and Iraq to full freedom, equality and respect in Morocco and Lebanon, the Washington Post reported. A survey of the 3,000-mile Arab belt from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic by correspondent William Tuohy indicated h o w e v e r even where Jews are relatively well off, they are increasingly appre* henslve because of the ArabIsrael conflict. In those Arab countries that permit emigration, the Jewish commnnities have decreased markedly in size and Jews continue to leave in large numbers,, Mr. Tuohy said. Iraq He reported that the plight of Jews jfc worse In Iraq where at least]a d o z e n have been hanged d u r i n g the past 12 months on charges of spying for Israel and the U n i t e d States. "Iraq Jews are forbidden to travel. There are severe restrictions on J e w i s h businesses and bank loans. Jews may not enter the university. Mail and telephone calls are censored. Arrests are made without charges," Mr. Tuohy reported. He said the Iraqi
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Gerjnan and adopted a conciliatory tone toward the Jews, bis altered text was rejected by the committee except for some m i n o r changes, Father Schalier said, lie said he was disappointed by the "conservative attitude" of the people of Oberammergau. The Passion Play is performed every 10 years. London (JTA) — A sharp rise in the departures of Jews from Poland occurred this summer with 3,000 Jews leaving since the start,of the summer, it was reported this week, from Warsaw. • ,-The report said that the total of Jews who have left Poland since the 1967 War in the Middle East has now jumped to around 8,000. Jews were said to be presently leaving at the rate of 300 a week and presumably are thoso who obtained exit papers before the Sept. 1 deadline for such exits announced last summer by the Communist regime. BONN (JTA)—West Germany agreed to grant Israel $35 million for development proj-. ects this year. The same amount was granted in 1968 after the Bonn-Israel reparations agree* ment expired. -
Jewish community, which once numbered 130,000, the largest in the Middle East, is now down to about 3,500. But virtually all of the emigration occurred prior to 1951 when the . Iraqi authorities restricted the departure of Jews. Syria-Egypt "In Syria the situation - is similar because of restrictions placed on the 2.500 to 4.000 Jews remaining," Mr. .Tuohy wrote. He said d i p l o m a t i c sources in Damascus contradict claims by' Syrian authorities that there is no discrimination against Jews. In Egypt, only about 1,000 Jews remain out of 80,000 who lived there 20 years ago.- Male • heads of families were jailed after the June, 1967 Six-Day War and about 90 are still imprisoned, Mr, Tuohy said. "Yet life'for Jews in Egypt is better than in Iraq or Syria."
Lebanon-Morocco Among the M i d d l e East countries, conditions' are-best foor, 4,000 Jews remaining in L e b a n o n . "They have full rights- along with' the-other citizensj Christian/ and -Moslem," Mr. Tuohy wrote. Apart from L e b a n o n , the condition of Jews improves as the distance increases from the center of the "Arab-Israel conflict. In Morocco, the 45,000 Jews remaining out of what was once a community of over 225,000 "are' considered' loyal subjects and'they'cad—and do —hold p u b l i c office," Mr. Tuhoy said. According-to the correspondent, moderate Arab leaders deplore the wholesale departure of Jews which deprives their .. countries of their most valu- ; able citizens — .doctors^ law-, yers. technicians' '^ndV merchants. '•'.'', ' ;',.'.. .'
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VIETNAM RESPONSE Well, so it's soldier versus college s t u d e n t on the Viet Nam issue. In reply, and with due respect to Mr. R u s s e l l Kaplan's logic, our American purpose by keeping our troops in Viet Nam is to prevent communism from spreading to our own shores. The Vietnamese would be slaughtered like cattle without American helpjust as the Jews in Germany were, without America tg help, until it was too late. So Viet Nam could be turned into a tropical paradise? You mean tropical paradox^-there would be no South Viet Nam left, with our sudden dep'arlure, only.rotten communism to spread its filth. Renewed Viet Cong activity has already resulted from our gradual withdrawal. The war is far from over. Let's face it. Mrs. Ben Kaplan (Proud mother of Marc).
By HAROLD ADLER, Regional AOL Director It -would a p p e a r that the Radical Right in this country always is able to find a sub- 1969, The Nebraska MOTOR~ ject that will keep its support- EDE Committee is sponsoring ers happy and in turn keep the a talk by Father Francis E. cash register ringing both in Fenton, Catholic priest, memterms of membership dues and ber of the National Council of the sale of material. the John Birch Society. The, With the Presidential elec- members of the N e b r a s k a tion over, the Radical Right could now divert its attention MOTOREDE' C o mmittee acfrom George Wallace to more knowledge that they have "resubstantial issues. The r e a l ceived impetus and encourquestion they had to ask was agement from the John Birch "what can we do now that Society." This is only half true, Earl Warren is no longer on but then the JBS deals in half the Supreme Court and President Nixon appears to be com- truths. The John Birch S o c i e t y mitted to the 'Southern stratet h r o u g h its leader Robert gy'." V : , . . . ; ; ; ., • : Welch, declared that all Birch Billy- James Hargis of the Society Chapters will establish Christian Crusade came to the MOTOREDE Committees. Mr. rescue with the idea that sex Welch realized that by setting "education was a part of the up such a front group he could communist conspiracy. bring into the sphere Influence This idea was quickly ac- of the JBS individuals who are ' cepted and. adopted by most seriously concerned about sex Radical Right wing organiza- education, but who might not ' tions as the new gimmick for want to join a group openly the current-year. Most prom- Identified with the Birch Soinent is the John Birch Society ciety. Hence, the establishand their establishment of a ment of front groups. new "front group", MOTORIn October of 1963, Father Washington (JTA)—The SoEDE (Movement to Restore Fenton was reprimanded by Decency). the Rt. Rev. William F. Kear- viet Embassy released this In communities across the ney, Vicar-General of his dio- week what may be the most United States, those individu- cese for urging from the pul- comprehensive i compilation of purported data on Soviet Jewals^ who were previously "in- pit support of the Birch So- ry ever to come from the Sovolved'in; the-other Birch So- ciety's campaign to impeach v i e t propaganda apparatus. ciety •'"-'front groups" changed Earl Warren. Rev. .Kearney The study of Soviet Jewry was the initials-from TACT (Truth called Father Fenton's actions prepared by the Novosti Press About Civil T u r m o i l ) or "ill advised and uncalled for." Agency, Russia's external proFather Fenton has published TRAIN (To Restore American many articles in JBS publica- paganda organization. It is inIndependence Now> - MO- tions attacking FatherUroppJ,_ tended for publication In the TOREDE. United States and Western EuThey were able through wild sex education, on supporting rope. • the JBS. Here is a sampling of talcs, which have all been an: The study appeared to be an swered, to frighten parents Father Fenton's comments on- effort by Soviet authorities to various subjects: Into believing thai the children On (he extent of communism answer rising charges .of antiof this country are somehow Semitism. It detailed Czarist being, taught sex,by, a group of in the world today: Approxi- anti-Semitism, but omitted any mately twenty-five countries ill-trained and perverted peomention of Stalinist atrocities ple who are s o m e h o w con- are now completely under com- against Jews and more recent munist "domination, and every nected with the Communist- other country is under its in- anti-Jewish actions by the SoConspiracy. . fluence—many to a high de- viet Government. The study inThey, have s u c c e e d e d in gree.-^And-thatr^most-definite-- cluded a detailed Teport on the bringing into their organization ly includes the United States of current Jewish population of many well-meaning people who America." the USSR and indicated a toare-concerned about what their . On organized religions: " . . . " children tare being t a u g h t . . we have witnessed . v . over •However!, the frame of refer- the last several years numerence" %t rthe' 'John Birch So- ous examples of the clergy and ciety and others is always the other religions aiding and abetcommunists, their influence in ting the enemy . . ." Such Cleveland (JTA)—A series of this country, how many JBS Catholic publications as The televised Hebrew language inmemberships and books can Sign, Ave Maria, Common- structions, reportedly the first we sell. weal, and the National Catho- on television, will be presented T h e s e organizations (JBS, lic Reigster "are knowingly or three evenings a week over Christian Crusade, etc.) have unknowingly aiding the ad- station WVIZ here, in cooperBucceeded in creating fear and vance of communism." . , ation with the C l e v e l a n d hostlUty«in communities across On the communications me- Bureau of Jewish Community thls.'.eou'ntry because they are dia: "The communications Federation. Reuven Yalon, a well o r g a n i z e d and far too media of America are in great sabra, will be instructor. The many citizens wake up to what part controlled by the com- lessons will be presented to a Is going on after the damage m u n i s t s . " specifically, the studio class of A k i v a High has been done. School students and two adult New York Times. In Omaha on November 17, participants. The half-hour These fewquotes'give you an idea as to the thinking of this programs will be in color. Mr. priest. At the same time, I do Yalon said that the lessons for not want to imply that Father the telecasts will be geared Fenton Is representative of the "to those whose knowledge of Hebrew is zero." There will be Ankara (ZINS)—The Turkish Catholic community. In fact, 13 half-hour programs. press, relying on usually de- the American Bishops have set pendable sources, has dis- up a high Jevel national comclosed that Pakistan has de- mission to develop programs BENEFITS cided to send military units to of Family Life Education and Professional Control Service, Jordan in order to "fight Is- a similar committee is work- on a monthly Pest contract, means that ing with other religious groups the ecrvlce mnn raeli aggression." takes positive In the same report it was and community organizations steps to keep your bUMnesK or home tree from Invasion of rostated that Jordan's pilots are to develop well thought out dents and a variety of Insect pests. trained in Pakistan with Amer- programs. Tie performs courteously, nafely, In order to combat those who ..efficiently. A* close n« your phone. ican-made P-104 P-104 c o m b a t , planes. This is the same type would spread fear and dissenCall 341-0088 of aircraft ordered by Jordan sion in our ; community, we In the USA. The article con- /should support those respontinues by noting that there sible elements in our communiLEVENSONS were violent anti-Israel dem- ty who are working towards HOT Horsey Sloe* 1921 onstrations in Pakistan in the the development of an educawake of the Al Aksafire. Pak- tionally sound p r o g r a m of istan's President pledged to Family Life Education. Why the Yellow Pages? the demonstrators that PakisWrite, me at 537 Securities Try the tan would send help to the Building if you would like more Arab countries in order to .information about the,Radical "liberate Islam's holy places Right and Its' involvement jin • 2S5S town St.' from Zionist aggression." the area of sex 'education. '
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Mrs. Joseph Rodcnberg, chairman of the B'nai Jeshurnm Sisterhood Free Public Art Show and Sale, Is pictured with one of the works of art to be on display November 14 through November 16 at the Temple, 51st and Grand Avenue, in Deg Molnes. The free art show is open to the community, Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 6 to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. All paintings are for sale and priced at $5 .to $75, none higher. Members of the Art Show committee in addition to Mrs. Rodenberg are Mrs. Gary Friedman and Mrs. Harry Jacobson.
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Jews were said to attend Yiddish cultural programs every year. " • . ., ' Vocations Novosti said that "about 100 Surveying the v o c a 11 o n a 1 achievements of Jews, Novos- synagogues" are functioning in ti said that Jews made con- the Soviet Union and that 300 tributions to all branches of the minyans are known to. pray Soviet economy. Novosti em- regularly in various places. Nophasized that there was a dis- vosti also claimed that a yeproportionately large number shiva was attached to the main of Jews, per enpila, in scienti- synagogue in Moscow to train fic pursuits as compared with rabbis nnd ritual slaughterers.Hie general population. The la- It added however, "it should test figures available showed be remembered that most peoat least 58,952 Jews in scien- ple in the Soviet Union have long turned away from religion tific professions, it said. . . .Jews are no exception." Students Novosti said there was "no ofAccording to Novosti, there ficial registration of believers" are 315 Jewish college students in the USSR. . to every 10,000 Jews in the High honors^ bestowed" on -country. There are only 102 Jews, were listed as dispropornon-Jews in college for every tionately large. The highest -10,000 non-Jews,' the report , honor, the title of Hero of S6-^ said. Ndvosti also listed Jew- cialist Labor, was conferred on ish writers, artists, musicians 55 Jews, four of whom won the and others distinguished in So- ordqr twice, three winning itviet cultural life. three times. Of the 844 winners Culture-Religion of Lenin Prizes, 96 were Jews, Novosti went to some length Novosli said. It noted that the to try to refute charges that city of Sverdlocsk was named ' Jewish cultural and religious for a Jew and that there were life was suppressed in Russia. many streets In Soviet cities It said that many books were named for a Jew and that published in Yiddish in 1968 and many Soviet ships sailing the 1969 and listed the names of seas bear the names of distheir authors. At least 50,000 tinguished Jews. tal Jewish population of about three million.
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Robert M. Feinberg has been named Jewish Co-chairman of the Omaha Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, to succeed Harry B. Cohen who has been nominated1 for a position as National Trustee. % • . ' • • ' . Harry B. Cohen has. served as Jewish Co-chairman for sev^ eral years. As a National Trustee he will be a member of the highest policy-making body of this human relations organization. This board is composed of representatives of the seventy NCCJ regional operations throughout the United States. The board establishes the policy guidelines under which the NCCJ pursues its mandate to combat prejudice. • Dr. Abe Greenberg has served until his term expired as a . National Trustee. In recognition and appreciation of his years of leadership and service to the NCCJ in Omaha and nationally, Dr. Greenberg has been named "Co-chairman Emeritus."
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YOUTH COUNCIL LEAGUE Rayim made a comeback victory over Chaim Weizmann "A" team 57-48. Weizmann led at the half 25-17, with Larry ; J o s e p h s on contributing 13 • points before the halftime ini termlislon. Bob Cipinko of Ray. lm scored in the final seconds ' of the third quarter tying the i game 33-33. • Rayim o u t s c o r e d Chaim Weirmann In the final period • 24-13. Bob Cipinko led all scor' crs with 16 points. Bruce Jac; obson and Steve Epstein com• bined for.27 points. Dick Bern' stein scored 15 points for the Weizmann team. Riylm Cipinko Tfrifi
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Wrestling Program may sign up at this time. Boys will be taught skills and rules of wrestling in order to participate in city-wide tournaments.
Executive Membership—for $150.00 per year the Center member may enjoy unlimited use of all facilities, and 50 massages per year; this is a Center membership for all members of the immedaite family. FROSII LEAGUE In addition the member may The Bruins, led by Jay Par- use the inside running track, sow, defeated the Matzoh Balls swimming pool, gym, handball 50-32. Parsow scored 23 points and paddleball courts. for his team while his teamJunior Health Club Membermates hit for 27. In a closer game, the Chiefs ship—for ?100 per year the led by Ross and Marcus with member may use all Health 21 and 10 points respectively, Club facilities, a single adult won over the Eagles 43-33. Fish- membership to the Center and bain with 13 points and .Rosen a massage rate of $3 per maswith 10 were high scorers for sage. the Eagles. COME DOWN TO THE TEAM STANDINGS CENTER FOR A FREE W. L. MASSAGE Bruins 2 0 FILL OUT THE SPECIAL Matzoh Balls 2 0 COUPON AND BRING IT Chiefs 0 2 WITH YOU. Eagles 0 2 Name -Phone Schedule, Thursday, Nov. 20 4 p.m.—Bruins vs. Eagles Address 5 p.m.—Matzoh Balls vs Chiefs SCHEDULE, WEDNESDAY, VARSITY LEAGUE NOVEMBER 19 Teams have been chosen and 7:00 p.m.—Mastercraft Furnicaptains appointed for the Wedture vs Apartment Keepers nesday Nite IB and over of America League. The league Is now 8:00 p.m.—Vess Cola vs. Borplaying three weeks of pre-seasheim Jewelers son games. Following are the team assignments: , .^ Mastercraft Furniture: Capt. The Annual JCC-Kodokan —Alan Muskin: Harold Mann, Judo Class will begin Monday, Alan Noddle, Mark Rimmer- November 17 at 8 p.m..The sixman, Sandy Kasin, Marshall week course will be held on Becker, Lee Ross, Lynn Dierk- Monday and Thursday evenings ing, Rich Jacobson, Charles and the fee is ?10. There is no Scudder and Mickey Sax. charge for Center members. Vess Cola: Capt. — Frank Goldberg: Jerry Raznick, Rich- VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ard Zacharia, Dan Katskce, WANTED Bob Ginsberg, Sandy FriedPlayers are needed to form man, Bill Kully, Mike Sadof- a men's volleyball team which sky, "Phil Raznick, Jeff Swartz wiit participate in the AAU Reand David Sallach. gion8 Volleyball Tournaments. Apartment Keepers of Amer- Practice sessions will beMield ica: Capt.—Harley Schrager: on Tuesday evenings from\ Chet Stolcr, Bill Ginsberg, Bar- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish ry Zoob, Don Fiedler, Carl. Co- Community Center, beginning hen, Howie Halperin, Paul Kal- November 18. Those Interested man, Gary Rosenbaum and are asked to call Chuck Arnold, Fred Tichauer. 342-1366. Borshcim Jewelers: Capt.— Al Ross: Bruce Hoberman, Alan Bernstein, Tom Kirshenbaum, Bob Jacobson, David Jacobson,' Steve Lustgarten, Gary Segal, Randy Endelman ZETABETATAU UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA and Jerry Slusky, New officers for the 19691970 year areas follows: PresCENTER HEALTH CLUB Good health begins at the ident, Gary Katelman; Vice Health Club which features President Steve Simons; Secremassage, wet and dry steam, tary, Robert Goodman; Treasexercise equipment, sun-lamp, urer, Scott Friedman; and shaving bar, showers, lounge Parliamentarian, Rick Katelman. • " ' . ' . and slumber room.
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Des Moines Notes Fortnoy Discussion A panel discussion on the novel. "Porthoy's Complaint," by Philip Roth, will be presented, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November J9, at Temple B'nai Jeshuriin; Fifty-first Street and Grand Avenue. Panel members will be Rabbi Jay Goldburg of the Temple, Psychologist H e r b e r t Roth, and Literary Critic OgDES MOINES NEWS WANTED Arrangements have been made to include items of Des Moines, social and organizational news in the weekly editions of the Jewish Press. Items should be sent to: Mrs. Harold L. Brown 4121 Eighth Place Des Moinesi Iowa 50313 ^ Phone, 282-8239 den Dwight of the Des Moines Register. Moderator will be Mrs. JMilton Brown, president of the Des Moines Community Playhouse. Delegates Several members of the Des Moines community are attending the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in Boston, Mass. T h e y include Mr. and Mrs. Mose Waldinger, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rubin, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hockenberg, Mr. and Mrs. D a v i d Bear, Rabbi Irving Weingart, and Marvin Porherantz. ' Pioneer Woman Pioneer' Women presented several awards at their recent meeting. Shirley Friedman received a memorial certificate honoring her parents, the late Mr. and Mis. Ben Rosenfeld. Louis Williams, director of the Jewish Community Center, presented a certificate of merit to Mrs. Belle Rapaport for her work on behalf of the organization. Others honored for their service throughout the years included Eva Beckerman, Ida Smith, Rose Givajit and Sarah Greenblat.
Farber, Stan Engman, Arnold Golieb, Lou Williams, Sol Nagorner and Elliot Brody. Sam Norman is captain of Team No. 3. Members are Mel Givant, Lou Yazman, Jack Goodside, Al Stern, Howard Grossman, Al LefkoV and Allan Givant, ,: Ken Silverstein, captain of Team No. 4, has as members Dennis Barsky, Gary Zingerman, Conrad Zingerman, Fred Lorber, Ken Sandier, Bill Toran, and David Wieczner. Chess Instruction Instruction in beginning and advanced chess skills will be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays at the Jewish Community Center. Instructor is Lee Cranberg, winner of the De3 Moines city chess championship in 1967 and Iowa state junior champion In 1967-68. The class is open to elemen. tary and junioivhigh< students and other- interested).persons. Tournaments and guests will be a part of ~th& program.... Members of the Center may attend free. Fee for non-mem^ bers is $2.50.
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The' Adult Jewish Studies tional Board and was National . Program will hold its fifth ses- President of. Hadassah, will sion at the Tifereth Israel Sy- speak on functions of Hadasnagogue Monday, November 17, sah. 7:30 p.m. A class will be conHadassah members are reducted by Rabbi Morton Wald- quested- to bring finished boumanat 7:30. s tique items to the meeting. Following an 8:45 p.m. cof- Mrs. Hyman Bricker and her fee break, the lecture will be- circle are in charge of dessert' gin at 9 p.m. Professor Ezra arrangements. The Hadassah Donor commitItems for this column tee gave special thanks to Roy should be submitted to Mrs. Feltman of Capitol Liquors for Leo o (Estelle) Rosenberg, furnishing wine for the Donor 701 Mulder Drive, Lincoln, dinner, and to the ZBT FraNebraska. Phone, 489-5812. ternity for helping serve. •
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Des Moines—"Sarah and the Sax," by John Cariino, will be presented at 8 .p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. The play deals with an encounter at a park bench between a complacent Jewish matron and a maladjusted young Negro musician. . Portraying Sarah will be Sylvia Mann of the original Broadway cast of "Fiddler on the Hoof." Miss Mann also played with Gertrude Berg in "Dear Me The Sky Is Falling." Shd has had roles in "The World of Sholem Alelchem," "Sunset," "Come Blow Your Horn," "The Pocket Watch" and "Cindy." ' ' Bernard Ward will play the part of the musician who claims that all he needs from the world is his saxophone. Mr. Ward appeared with the London Company, of James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," and was recently seen in thd off-Broadway production, "Strong Breed—Trials of Brother Jethro." He has performed such.Shakespearean roles as Othello and King Lear. •
Jepsen-Hoberman Engagement Told Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Jepsen have announced the engagement of their daughter; Holly Victoria, to Bruce Lee Hoberman. Mr. Hoberman is the son of Mrs. Evelyn Hoberman and Barney Hoberman. Miss Jepsen was graduated in June from the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She is now an elementary school teacher in (Burnsville, Minnesota. Her fiance is a senior at the university. A December wedding Is planned at the home of the bride's parents.
Women Open Forum Katz-Neinchel To Present Dr. Ralph Conant Engagement Told
Sarah Mann and Bernard Ward In a scene from "Sarah and the Sax" to be presented In Des Moines, December 2, 1969.
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Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Katz Dr. Ralph W. Conant, proof Omaha, announce- the enfessor of Politics at Brandeis gagement of their daughter, University and also associate Nancy, of San Francisco, to director of the Lemberg CenNorman G. Nelnchcl of San ter-'for "the. Study of Violence, Jose, California. Mr. Nelnchel will be the... guest speaker at is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cathe Sufux City chapter of the mille Lavigne of Providence, 'Brandeis University National JRhode Island. . Women's Committee open for. Miss Katz is currently teachum" meeting Sunday, Noveming in San Francisco. She is a ber 16, 8 p.m., at the Jewish graduate of the University of Community Center. Arizona and received her Masters Degree in Specialized EduBecause of the timeliness of cation at the University of Nethe subject of dissent and viobraska. . lence* this year, the meeting Mr. Nelnchel is a graduate of has been planned by the Branthe University of Rhode Island , deis Women's Committee as a and is doing graduate work in Jewish Centennial Year pubelectrical engineering at Stanlic forum feature. The meetford University. ing will be open to the entire A December 14 wedding is community without charge. : planned. The Lemberg Center for the Dr. Ralpb Conant Study of Violence was organized to provide major research and training In this crucial MRS. CAROLA BLOCK exproblem in large universities, tends sincere thanks for the APAHTMBNT UUIU. OWNKHS cities, and in many other areas cards, flowers, contributions to DO VUD HAVE TROUKLE WITH IOUB BENTAI. PKOyEIBTrt at the civilized world today. charity and other expressions FOB PERSONAL SERVICE At the Sioux City meeting of good wishes offered during FOR EXPERIENCED Dr. Conant will be introduced her recent hospitalization. MANAGEMENT by Mrs. Albert A. Gordon. CALL HERU UINTBOUD 833-4922 or KS-SOJO Mrs. Sidney Kalin will preside:
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Omaha Hadassah Chapter Plans Pre-Donor Meeting The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will hold its annual , HMO pre-dorior meeting, Wednesday, November 19, at 12:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Mrs. Leon K. Burson of Memphis, Tennessee, will speak on "Israel—Past and Future." A^past national vice-presi• dent? Mrs. Burson is currently a member of the National Board of Hadassah. Mrs. Burson has been active in the leadership of many organizations, including the United Jewish Appeal, Israel Bonds and Various areas of the civic and political life of her community. The pre-donor meeting will feature a prize drawing for paid-up donors present at the meeting.- Winner will be the guest at the Four Queens Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada— "Three nights and two days, lor two person" including food, lodging and beverages. Cantor' Manfred Kuttner offer violin selections at the meeting, accompanied by Mrs, A.--C; Fellman. rtlrs. Sam Katzman, chair' man of the HMO Committee, Is being assisted by the following co-chairmen: Mmes. Edward Greta, Max Lashinsky, I. Osheroff/Phil Rosenblatt, Jack Saferstein, Charles Fellman, Sato Shyken, Benjamin Stern. Mrs. Jake Turek is serving as
Or gaiiiza t ioiB s NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN "Where It's At," a p a n e l , discussion by four Omaha men on "Drugs in Action" will be presented at the l u n c h e o n meeting Tuesday, November 18, at 12:30 p.m. at the Flamingo' Restaurant. Moderated by Mrs. Kenneth Weiner, panel members will be Juvenile Court Judge, Seward • Hart; Dr. Irving L. Blose of the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute and Dennis Jackson of Operation Bridge and Gary Schmitz, pharmacist. Mrs. Marvin Kohll is program chairman. Co-ordinators ' are Mmes. Milton Simon and J o s e p h Guss. Decorations chairmen are Mmes. Michael Solzman, Jarold Kohll, Charles Arnold and M e y e r Halprin. The Opening Prayer will be offered by Mrs. Edward Malashock. Reservations at $2.50 a plate may be made with Mrs. F. Ronald Conn, 391-5120; Mrs. Gerald Conn, 556-1541 or Mrs. Justin. Horwich, 393-5387. Baby ritte rservice will be available by advance reservation, CORNHUSKER CHAPTER B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN The regular meeting will be held November 17, 8:15 P.M. at the First Federal Savings and Loan Building, 111 North 84th. . ; B'nal B'rith Youth Organizations will be featured during the program. Jeanle Pappenheimer and Bennett Greenspan will tell of their trip to Israel last summer. Mike Sellz, Ricki Goodman and Julie Taren will speak on their experiences at a Leadership Training Course at Starlite, Pennsylvania. CORNHUSKER LODGE B'NAI B'RITH A panel discussion on Family Lite Education will be held on Thursday, November 20, 8:00 P.M. at the Holiday Inn;, 72nd and Graver. Among the . panelists discussing the sub•ject of Sex Education'will bo for. Dan Murphy, Creighton
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University Psychology professor and Dr. James Wax, an Omaha pediatrician. A question and N answer period will follow. Refreshments will be served.
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Sioux City . . . Mrs. Louis Belin, chairman of the Centennial Literary Committee, announced that the Significant Jewish Book display at the Jewish Community Center is part of a series of Jewish book and literary events and will be coordinated with the national Jewish Book M o n t h observance this month. The project has been planned and directed by Mrs. Belin, with the assistance of Mrs. Marvin Klass, Mrs. Bernard Shuman and Mrs. David Zisenwine. Art work has been done by Mrs. WiUard Fish.
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The, USY calendar -for November includes many events. On November 16, there will be a program at the Dr. Sher Home for- the Aged. On November 15, the group will hold a house party. N o v e m b e r 27-30, 1969, Thanksgiving w e e k e n d , the USY R e ' g i o n a l Convention (Kinnus) will take p l a c e in Minneapolis at the Pick-NicholHENRY MONSKY CHAPTER let Hotel. O m a h a Bilu USY will send forty delegates to B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN The regular Board Meeting Minneapolis — one of Bilu's will be held Thursday, Novem- largest delegations. ber 20 at 12:30 p.m. at the First Federal Savings and AZA'IOO The officers for the .current Loan Association Building, 84th year are President, Howard and Dodge. Hochster; F i r s t Vice President, Marc Delman; Freshman President, L e n n y Hochster; Mrs. Albert G. Rimmerman Treasurer, S p e n c e r Brookwill represent the Omaha Civic stein; Secretary, David BroOpera Society hi a panel dis- phy; Pledge Master, Ed Kulacussion on "The State of the kofsky. On December 16, there will Arts in Your City," Wednesday, November 19, 10 a.m. at be a film on Drug Abuse. The the Omaha Playhouse. . film is presented by the Blue Cross and will be open to the public. •
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Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Breslow, O m a h a i announce the birth of a son, ton A s h l e y , born October 21, 1969. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Aronson and Mr. and. Mrs. Max. Breslow are grandparents. Mrs. Nathan Simon is great-grandmother.
NERTAMID-BBG The MIT class is planning a slumber party-cultural November 15, at 7:30.p.m. at the home of Kathy Sperling, 6621. Cuming. There will be a discussion of interfaith dating and marriage.
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Gail Ruderman, Mark Shaw Wed Sunday at Beth Israel Jewish Book Display Miss'Gail Ruderman became grandsons.
FRIENDS OF THE , OMAHA HEBREW ACADEMY I A Bake Sale will be held to raise funds for the purpose of re-opening the Hebrew Academy. The sale will be held Thursday, November 20, from 9:30 a.m. until closing at the Crossroads..' • '•'.'••" Anyone interested in baking for the sale, or wishing to make a contribution, may call Mrs. Isaac Nadoff, 558-6973 or Mrs. Jake Friedman, 391-7407.
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Omaha . . . The third in the series of lectures in the AnThe Adult Jewish Education nual Institute of World Affairs will be given on Sunday, No- Committee of Beth El Synavember 16 at 8 p.m. in the au- gogue announces the next in its ditorium at the University of current lecture series will be held Monday, November 17, at Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Seymour Melman, Pro- 9 p.m. .The lectures are open fessor of Industrial and Man- to the community. Dr. Eugene H. Freund will agement Engineering at Columbia University will speak speak on "Adolescents — Do on "The Military-I n d u s t r 1 al Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate." Dr. Freund is a graduate of Complex: Can We Convert to Eastern Michigan University Civilian Economy?" Dr. Melman's concern about where he received his Master's the military-industrial align- Degree in Elementary Educament led Columbia's Institute tion. He received his Doctorate on War and,Peace Studies to of Education at Wayne State name him to head an "inspec- University in Detroit. He is tion research project." This currently teaching at the Uniculminated in the first compre- versity of Nebraska at Omaha. Adult Education classes at hensive report of the problem "Inspection for Disarmament." 8 p.m. will precede the lecture. Free tickets to the lecture series are available to mem- Omaha Nuptials bers of the Jewish community by calling the Jewish Commun-r ity Center, 342-1366.
Mrs. Leon Burson bookkeeper. The HMO Committee is under the general direction of Mrs. Maurice Feldman, Fund-Raising vice-president. Mrs. Robert Pcrelman" is luncheon chairman; Mrs. Joe Sokolof is in charge of arrangemerits. Free baby i sitter service will be available. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Philip Wayne, 333-1564; Mrs. Bennett Raduziner, 391-1521, or Mrs. Harry Sidman, 551-3560.
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the bride of Mark Shaw Sunday, November 9, 1969. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff and Cantor EIchonon Gelbert.i officiated at the 5 p.m. wedding at Beth Israel Synagogue. A reception and dinner followed in the synagogue social hall. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ruder-, man,. Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shaw of Prairie Village, Kansas are the parents of the.bridegroom. Miss Judy Ratner was maid of honor. Miss Genine Ruderman, sister of the bride, Miss Rosanne Shaw, sister of the groom, Miss Shari Mann and Miss Marilyn Mann were bridesmaids. Mike Kirsch was best*"m'an. Groomsmen were Greg DesMartau, Victor Hurst, Steven Hurst, and Paul Kaufman. Gregory Mann and Richard Mann ushered. ,
Death BENJAMIN WARREN Services were held in Broklyn, New York on Sunday, November 9 for Mr. Benjamin Warren, who died on November 8. Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, Lillian, son Martin Warren of O m a h a and two
Followih'g a wedding trip to Aspen, Colorado, 'the couple will make their home at 10802 West 75th Terrace, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. -
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TURKEY SCHNITZEL big flat slices of breast of turkey tsp. salt % k tsp. pepper 1-2 cloves fresh garlic 2 eggs 44 cup cold water Vz cup flour Vi cup bread crumbs oil for frying 1. The Slices should look like a medium-sized steak. Pound them on both sides to flatten them. Rub salt and pepper into the meat. Mash the fresh garlic and it will help you in the mashing. Rub 'the garlic into the meat, on both sides. 2. Beat the eggs together with V* cup cold wafer. 3. On two flat plates, put the flour and the bread crumbs —orle on each. 4. In a heavy big skillet, heat the oil. Dip the slices of meat in the flour, then in the eggs, and then in the bread crumbs. The slices should be perfectly covered on each side. 5. Fry the schnitzels on both sides until golden brown. You can cover the pan and let the schnitzel cook for 5 minutes. Serve warm with mashed potatoes or rice. Garnish each schnitzel with a lemon slice. 4 . 1
Old Fashioned Barley Soup 1 pound of chicken gibleti and wings 1 cup diced carrots ' : 1 cup diced celery , 1 Tbls. onion flakes : 1 Tbls. parsley flakes . 1 beef bouillon cube % cup barley % tsp. pepper 8 cups water 1. Clean the giblets (except the liver) and wings and put them In-the pot. (You could also use other parts of the chicken, but this soup is a good
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During the recent visit of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to the United Stales, a member of the official party SERVICES SERVICES was Marc Rosenstein, NationFriday: . -• • . Friday: 8:15 p.m. al President of the Council of , Traditional Friday evening Rabbi Myer S. Kripke will service (Kabolas S h a b b o s deliver the sermon". C a n t o r American Jewish Youth Or4:45 p.m. Aaron I. Edgar and the Choir ganization. Marc is the son of Late Friday, evening Family will conduct the musical serv- former Omahans Mr. and Mrs. service, 8:15 p.m., conducted ice. A coffee hour hosted by Harry Rosenstein who reside by Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor the Men's Club will follow the in Highland Park, Illinois. Elchonan G e l b e r g and the service. Mr. Rosenstein is a graduate Choir. . Saturday: of Harvard University, and is Saturday: Morning Service: 10 a.m. now studying for the rabbinate Morning' Service: 8:45 a.m. at Hebrew Union College in Mincha-Maariv: 4:45 p.m. conducted by Rabbi Nadoff New York. He has been invitSunday: and Cantor Gelberg. ed by the Executive Board of Morning Service: 9 a.m. Rabbi Nadoff will conduct the World Jewish Congress to Dally: the Talmud Class at 4:15 p.m. be one of its guest speakers at followed at 4:45 p.m. by Min- Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. the forthcoming meeting in • cha, Sholash Sudos and Maa• * * Jerusalem early in January. BAR MITZVAIIS He will speak on "The GeneraSunday: GREG FRIED, son of Mr. tion Gap between Jews." ^Morning Service: 9 a.m. fol- and Mrs. William Fried, will lowed by breakfast and Rab- b e c o m e Bar Mitzvah and bi's Class In "The T w e l v e GARY EPSTEIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Epstein, will Prophets." become a Bar Mitzvah on FriDally: The following contributions , Service! at 7 a.m. and 4:45 day evening, November 14 and were received this week in the Saturday morning, November ! " " annual call for Needlework 15. Guild contributors: » • * . ^ SABBATIL —Mfr and Mrs. Stanford U p - — Mmes: Max Canar, Sol CranNew members will be hon- sey announce the Bar Mitzvah dell, Maurine Feldman, Frank ored Friday, November 14 at of their son DANIEL on Fri- Fishberg, Dave Frank, Isadora 8:15 p.m. at the."New Mem- day evening, November 21 and Friedman, Hymie G e n d l e r , ber Sabbath." Dr. Charles Saturday morning, November David Goldman, Gerald Gross, Green will speak on behalf of 22. Charles Guss, Irving Hoberthe new members. Steven man, H. Janger, Jack Kay, • » • Dloogoff, Membership ChairFreda Krizelman, Milton J. MEN'S CLUB man, will' respond for the conLehr, Irvin Levin, Leo Levy, Ephrain Marks, Men's Club gregation. ^ . '• H. Lowenstein, Frank Marks, Breakfast Chairman, has an^ew^ynagogiiehiembers in- nounced that the speaker for J. M. Newman, Ben Novak, clude: Messrs. and Mines. the November 16 meeting will t Julius Novak, Louis Paperny, Maurice H. Pessen, Sam RosTerrance B e r n s t e i n , Louis be Mayor Eugene Leahy. enstein, Emanuel Segel, EdBrown, Shmuel Bursztyn, Ben Services begin at 9 a.m. Finkelstein, Morris, Firestone, Breakfast will be served at ward Shafton, Ben Spector, Nathan Giventer, James Guss, 9:30. Reservations may be Meyer L. Stern, F. Wakschlag, Ben Kaiman, Burton Karainitz, made at the Synagogue office. Leo Weitz, Ira Whitebook. Nate' Kraft, Jack Kozlen, Ste. • • '• Misses: Evelyn Levy, Milphen Lintzman, Chester Midred Levy, Judy Szentivanyi. chads, 'Elmer R i m e r m a n , Jack Sadofsky, Isadpre Shafer, Julius Siref, and Stanley SherSERVICES man. Friday: 8:15 p.m. Dr. and Mrs. Bradley BerRabbi Sidney II. Brooks and man, Mmes. Rhoda Davis, Mrs. Esther Feidman,"' Mrs. Cantor Manfred F. Kutlner Belle Givant, Sharon Krizel- will officiate. Musical portions man, Dr. and Mrs. Gfiarles of the service will be provided Greene* uDh< and Mrs. Darrel by Cantor Kuttner and the Mandela Rev. and Mrs. Abra- Choir under the direction of ham > Maranc, Miss Merilee Miss Ida Gitlin. Immediately following the Rimerman, Dr. and Mrs. Alan Sarbin, Messers Keva Shyken worship service, a' panel disand M.i Robert Fromkin and cussion will be held on "Changing Patterns of the SynaGene Simbn. An Oneg Shabbat will follow gogue." Panel members are the delegates who attended the the service. recent UAHC Convention In Miami Beach. Moderated by ADULT. STUDIES Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, the •The fourth lecture in the cur- panel will include Morris Iipp, rent Institute of Adult Studies Millard Krasne, Stanley Perlwill be held Wednesday, No- meter, Stanley Slosburg and Robert E. Rosenberg vember 19, at 8 p.m. at the Dr. Robert Engel. Synagogue. Rabbi Isaac NaA Coffee Hour will be held. doff will speak on "Why Do the Good Suffer; Insights Into Saturday: 11 a.m. • • • toe Book of Job." Discussion BAR MITZVAH and Coffee Hour will follow. Robert E. Rosenberg, ExecD A V I D KIRSHENBAUM, utive Vice President of Frank* * f • son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris lin National Bank, has been KADIMAH, S.Y.O. Kadimah was represented Kirshenbaum, will become Bar named recipient of the 1969 last weekend at the Des M i l z v a h Saturday morning, American Jewish Committee Moines Shabbaton by the fol- November 15, at 11 a".m. Human Relations Award. Prelowing members: Jim Crounsc, sentation of the honor will take Miriam Frank, Ellen KaufDANIEL BRUCE POLLACK, place at a dinner November 18 man, and- Steve Feldman. son of Mr. and Airs. Lawrence at the New York Hilton Hotel. They were accompanied by Pollack will celebrate his Bar Newton Glekel, chairman of Rabbi-and. Mrs. Louis-New- Mitzvah. on Saturday morning, the testimonial, a n n o u n c e d mark. November 22, at 11 a.m. that Mr. Rosenberg will be cited as a "distinguished fiSISTERHOOD nancial executive who has proThe Sisterhood coffee will bo vided exemplary leadership in held November 19, 10:30 a.m. his community and in behalf of many humanitarian causes." at the Temple. SEBVK3ESV X Friday: . ; Evening Service: 4:45 p;m. Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m. PHOTOGRAPHER Mincha-Maariv:' 4:45 p.m. •
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The1 following excerpts are from a letter written by Netta Kripke to her parents, Rabbi and Mrs. Myer S. KTipke. Netta is spending a year in Israel, and is currently working at Kibbutz Shluchot in the Bet Shean Valley. The kibbutz is close to West Bank Arabs, the Jordan River and Jordanian gun emplacements. •
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I can't believe how exhausted I am at 9:45 tonight. I've been going to bed at 8:00 or 8:30, because we've been doing more strenuous work, and we have to start early in the morning besides. We're still sorting dates, but with manpower stretched thin and very few .boys around, I've b e e n pouring dates from the boxes onto the conveyor bells.' I handle manually about three ton a day—200 boxes weighing about 30 lbs each. I have ti> lift them from stacks 5'& feet high —over my head—work down to the bottom, then start another stack , . . It's one of the best jobs on the kibbutz — I don't find it boring—and it gives me lots of exercise; but it Is exhausting. We heard heavy mortar fire about half a hour ago, lasting
Israel Establishes Civilian Guard Units Jerusalem (JTA) — Voluri, tecr civil defense units are being established in Israeli cities to combat waves of terrorist activities against civilian cen; ters. The volunteers are persons who have passed the age limits for both active and reserve military duty. Civilian volunteer units were set up in Haifa- in the aftermath of a series of bombings that killed two persons and severely damaged five apartment buildings. In Jerusalem, •Mayor Teddy Kdllek announced the creation of a civil, defense guard in addition to about 120 Maganah veterans who have been serving in that capacjtylfor some time. The volunteers are assigned to patrol the streets and the approaches to their towns. They are selected from local residents because they are able to identify strangers entering their towns or neighborhoods.
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for about 15 minutes, which is all it usually lasts. It seemed a bit louder than usual, perhaps about 10 k i l o m e t r e s away. I've been told there's a new and .dangerous develop.ment—a timed katyusha. The usual katyusha (Russian artillery-type missile) isn't too . dangerous, because the high wail it makes before landing gives you time to calculate where it will land and whether or not you've got to get out. But the timed- katyusha land with a thud and don't go off for about 6-hours. If you've been in the .shelters and don't know w h e r e they've landed, they're dangerous. It's hard to find them. More worrisome is the increasing amount of machinegun fire we hear. Machine-gun fire usually indicates Fatah. We assume that the shooting 3s at—not by—Fatah, but we can't be sure. The situation seems " to '" b(T~~dete?for a ting slightly. • , There was a lull for a few weeks, till last week. The explanation I heard was that the Arabs had to move their guns to new sites because of the approaching rain . . . But life goes on here without much attention to the shooting. It's as though the kibbutzniks never heard of Jordanians, Iraqui, or Fatah, although there are special kibbutz guards in addition to the regular army positions -closer, to the border. 0 "I've been told that part of the subborncss of Israelis shows in that they regularly, use thell holes—perfect size— for planting trees. On a kibbutz we work, eat,' and sleep each day. away,JFJie.. 'only thing we worry about is how many boxes of fruit. we shipped out today. I guess it's life at one of its most basic levels.
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The Wcizmann Institute of Science celebrates its 25th birthday this month. On November 2, 1949, during Dr. Haim Wcizmann's tenure as its first President, and in honor of his.70th birthday, the Wcizman Institute of Science was formally dedicated. The Weizman Instlute was pro/ccted, as an extension of the Daniel Sicff Research Institute, which opened in 1934. The Institute today Includes 17 research units and the affiliated Fcinberg Graduate.SchoaI,^wjth^spme_390Jstudents,.More than 400 research projects are currently under way. Some 1,200 people work at the Institute, including approximately 350 scientists and 850 engineers, laboratory technicians, service and administrative personnel. In the picture: A general view at the 25th anniversary.celebrations.
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The By MILTON FRIEDMAN The Vietnam Issue is -continuing to Split young-American Jews and their elders. This latest polarization is the result of President Richard M., Nixon's Nov. 3 add r e s s defining U.S. policy. The Presidenhaised j a serious ques- j tion about the grave implica-! tions for Israel if t h e United States l e a v e s Vietnam. He did not mention Is-M. Friedman rael by name but the reference was obvious. The President said that "our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without question would promote recklessness in the councils of those Great Powers who have not yet abandoned their- goals of world conquest. This - would spark violence wherever our commitments help maintain the peace—In the Middle East, in Berlin, eventually even in the Western Hemisphere." He added that "this would cost more lives" and "would bring more war." Israel's supporters are, of course, eager to preserve-U.S. commitments to Israel. They are well aware of the intensification , of the Communistbacked Arab guerrilla warfare. They have carefully observed the take-over by pro-Communist Arabs of Libya, Somalia, and the Sudan, while Lebanon faces possible subversion. New Soviet arms shipments and Russian military personnel continue to arrive in Egypt and Syria.' Israel's surlval hangs in balance, Partisans of Israel have noted President Nixon's friendly reception of Israeli Premier Golda Meir and his" delivery of badly-needed Phantom jets pnd other arms. They are confident that the President would
deter Soviet i n t e r v e n t i o n against Israel. It is their conviction that chaotic U.S. withd r a w a l from commitments abroad would endanger Israel. The "peace movement" inc 1 u d e s a disproportionately large number of Jews, especially young people. Many tenij -to-support Israel and feel that (his support is entirely "consistent with unilateral U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. The "doves" feel that each situation, Israel or Vietnam, should be judged on its merits. A number of Jews identified wit the new Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam were interviewed by this reporter. They refused to ac-. cept any connection between Vietnam and Israel. American involvement In iVetnam was denounced as immoral. As for Israel, its people seem "strong enough to take care of themselves," they said. A tiny minority of Jews in the peace camp have fallen for the anti-Israel line of militant leftists. They accept the Communist stereotype of Israel as racist, imperialist, colonialist, and militarist. . • The great majority of dovish Jews retain strong sentimental ties to Israel. But many college' students deeply resent being told by elders that they should hot picket the White House because it might jeopardize Israel. Their response was that if the President's commitment to I s r a e l was so flimsy, it couldn't be worth much anyway. They did not care if Mr. Nixon was antagonized by Jew* isH involvement in demonstrations. A simple event illustrates the' polarization taking place iri the Jewish community. Youthful anti-war demonstrators from the non-radical Hillel Foundations asked the synagogues;and temples of Washington, D.C. for the same facilities provided
by many Christian churches to marchers. They wanted to use social haHs and'Sunday,:school rooms as dormitories. They cited the Jewish tradition of hospitality and sanctuary but some refused to permit use of their facilities. The "Jewish establishment" came in for denunciation. It was called bourgeois, conformist, and ghetto-minded. One young man snid that Jewish youth were "turned-off"'- and "radicalized" when they confronted the "hypocrisy" of rabbis. The rabbis were charged with "copping out" by conducting peace prayers but. turning away kids who needed a warm place to sack out in bed rolls. The Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington has... not taken a stand on Vietnam although it quietly plans to help accommodate young demonstrators from other cities; The apparent division here appeared to force many Jews into something of split between those concerned over Israel and the people pre-occupied with the Vietnam war.' ~ Doves insisted that an end to the Vietnam war .would mean universal progress, peace and freedom. Others said they, too, wanted an end. to the war but thought a dishonorable conclusion would do vastly more harm than good—in Israel and everywhere else.
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Can Jewish Problems Be Solved With Money? great sums and dispense them. and women, fat, balding men That demand renders them im- and dieting women, with only portant in Jewry. Otherwise an o c c a s i o n a l young face. Younger people appear in two they would hardly rate. settings, first, on the social Secondhand still more seri- page, second, as "the speaker" ous, are we so certain we can or fund-raiser of the day. But actually solve "the J e w i s h it is not the fault of the newsquestion" in all its forms?. Is paper which publishes news of I the Jewish community capable the community as it is, not as - - A few yearjr ago, I discussed of the kind of commitment to it ought to be. At the Hadassohllebrew University Medical Center at Eln Jewish philanthropic alloca- itself, to its own spirit and spirAge is unlikely to welcome Karem, Fuad Awawdl, an Arab from Irbid near Amman In tions policies, i. then argued itual resources, so that ways youth, except in the important Jordan, reads an Arab newspaper after having undergone that'substantial increases were of coping with today's realities programs, those which cannot successful open heart surgery. ' required to improve'the quality could even be explored? be allowed to petrify: the fundand range of Jewish education. I for one am far less san- raising side of things. ThereFor a while it seemed to me guine than I • once was about true "Jewish education" takes that the central problem was what calls itself "the Jewish place, for the true beliefs and money. practices of the senior generacommunity." I | only we paid teachers bettions are exemplified, not mereI doubt that it has the spirter,-we" could retain those now ly expounded, for the edificaitual strength, the inner reIn )he schools and attract wellsources, even the dignity and tion of the children of wealthy - "Voluntary" school prayers, have been prohibited in Massaqualified new ones. If only self-respect, required to face families. chusetts under an opinion by State Attorney General Robert H. Hitiel had "more money, the today's realities. Some indeed respond to that Quinn. . ' Jewish students on c a m p u s We can hardly be so certain, sort of education. That is why George Soil, chairman of AJCongress' Commission on Lai/ would T» better served. that we even com- the values of the "community" and Social Action, called the opinion "an encouraging reaffinnaIf only the National Founda- moreover, prehend what those realities are going to persist for a long tion of the principle that public education must not inculcate relition for Jewish Culture had consist of, or how we might time to come, for those "val- gious beliefs or sponsor religious ceremonies, sectarian or non'some money the Jewish schol- accept responsibility, but, will ues" are easy to define and sectarian." . '•"••. arly, scene would be enhanced. we had the "money". Jewish still easier to live up to: Give The Massachusetts official's opinion held that a "voluntary" If only—if only — and it all solve the problems they pose if a lot of money to " J e w i s h school prayer program in the village of Leyden was "unconstitucamfl down to money. communities are so deeply set causes", particularly the non- tional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.*' I now recognize the naivete in their ways that change, in sectarian ones. In hailing the Attorney-General's opinion, Mr. Soil noted that of thqsj jwjsunrotions^_ A any form-and for any purpose, Or, to put it jn terms of the voluntary prayer "leaves the child,with the fullJresponsibility^ "To~put it most concretely, I is probably impossible. Lakeville study: "Be proud to for the decision as to whether to violate his conscience orexpose" doubt that Jewish educational • « • he a Jew, help people, be. a himself to the penalties of nonconformity. No child of any faith structure will be twice as good good man." A single check will should be placed in that position." That does not mean the comin ten years as it is today, only munities cannot persist in pret- meet the demands of that tfin- ' twice as expensive. . When I. saw the educational ty much their present form for ity. • » • .'• establishment up close, I recog- many decades. The Z i o n i s t I do not therefore believe movements prove the contrary. nized mere institutional patriots So long as there are plaques money will solve the "Jewish > and managerial- heroes, trying question", but I cannot hide to aggrandize their programs, and medals to hand out, offi- the fact that those who do think, with little vision of the whole cers to be elected, headlines so, who run and even define By DAVID SCHWARTZ ple diet. Some onions, a bit of educational problem, and no to be w r i t t e n , egos, to be the "Jewish community" of tiie patienCe at all for the claims stroked, that long will the budg- day, are probably both wise. Dr. Sachar. one of the found- bread and tea and maybe, once ets be raised and the employes ers and the first President of in a while, a bit of fish and of competing "agencies." and right in their conviction. Brandeis University, visited perhaps, on the Sabbath, a ' In other words, the education- ("professionals") be hired to They can keep things going Israel recently. There meeting piece of extra Challeh or even al establishment showed little keep things going just about as for "awhile and the losses of an old friend, he said, accord- bagel. awareness that Jews face seri- they are. Those who seek r e f o r m , Jews/"yourig and old, who find ing to a newspaper account: There were two classes rof '«us;>vproblenTS''"i-Which money change, even revolution will the whole enterprise repulsive, It has been seven years since Essen Teg. Those who had also alone cannot solve. vote with their feet. Indeed, the materialistic, irrelevant, even we met last, but I don't, meas- the privilege of sleeping over i It is still more simple-minded part of the Jewish people call- "UnJewish"—those losses will- ure time in years but in build- and those-who had only the to suppose that "if only we ing themselves "the Jewish probably strengthen "the Jew- ings. So it's been 26 buildings meals. The latter would have raised/spent more money", we community" will be glad to ish community" people want tq (on the Brandeis campus) since to sleep at the yeshivah. There maintain. were beds but the yeshivah could really solve all our prob- show them the door. we last met." This pattenris^alreadyTlllus^- "It~is easy to be a. Jew"— lems. It is false for two reaWe can understand Dr. Sa- bachur would stretch himself trated, week by week, in the just write out a check. jBOns...,. char's pride in" the growth of out nice and comfortable on •. Firs.t pf .,all, ^one pf. the most photographs in Jewish newspa"Let's be Jewish, but not too Brandeis. We can recall the the floor. Usually/ it was quiet .serious Jewish- problems has pers; pictures of smug men much so"—just continue the pride of Dr. Wcizmann in the at night and the only danger1 to'do with the stress in com-, past policy of deJudaization laying of the cornerstone of was that some other yeshivah bachur might"walk over him' raunity life on organizations, without assimiliation.. the Hebrew University building budgets, fund-r a i s i n g. That -These are the twin policies in Jerusalem. Today, the He- during the niglit. They had no mattresses and slept in their' stress leads to the sanctification of today, and if they are wrong, brew University has grown clothes. . of the rich man over the other it is not because they do not from several score students to . sorts of men and women in . It's not easy to sleep on the work. They dp work, for those over 10,000 and there are uniJewry. United Nations, N.Y. (JTA) who want them to. What about versities all over Israel—in Hai- floor, bin then, there is a kind We first define the problem —Secretary General U Thant the rest? fa, Tel Aviv and even in the of education of the spirit that one gets sleeping on the floor . In terms of money. We then lost his temper at a press re-' Negev. : that maybe some modern stu,, . rely' npbn the wealthy few to ception here' this week when a The Temple of Learning has dents lack. And anyway, a'yeraise and-spend it. And then free-lance r e p o r t e r asked become sacred over the world shivaft bachur attending ' a EARLY DEADLINE we complain about the mater- whether he might have'acted and this being the age of af- meeting could always say, "Mr; Because of the. Thanksialism of Jewish community incorrectly when he removed fluence, there has been a tre- Chairman, I have the floor." 1 giving holiday, all copy for life, ' the United Nations peace force mendous increase in the numthe November 28 issue, Those who would like to free from the Middle East in May, ber of colleges throughout the most be in the Jewish Press - Jews from excessive concern 1967 on the eVe of the SixDay world. It may be that soon, if office by noon Friday, NoWar. Mr. Thant's action was for pocket-book Judaism had you want someone who hasn't vember 21. Copy.received believed by many diplomats to better start by reducing their been to college, you will have after that date will be held own demands on Jews with fat have precipitated the war, and . 5 Years Ago to advertise. Today, if you see for the following week. has been the subject of widepocket-books. a man with a book or with a' Moshe Dayan resigned his Not that the successful busi- spread criticism. gun, you figure he's a college post as Agriculture Minister nessman o b j e c t s . The sole student. He may be a protest- . .-.Edward Zelinsky was choObviously angered by the claim to communal importance question from a British reporting student or a non-protesting sen as President of AZA 109 available to many rich men is er, Edwin Both, Mr. Thant reDavid Frankfurter, a young student, but anyway, y o u . . . David B e r m a n , Gary their wealth and it is a service torted, "Only a nincompoop or Yugoslav Jew, maddened by know he's a student. Lewis and Joel Lewis became to rich people to define reality a malicious distortionist would Nazi Anti-Semitic propaganda, Bar. Mitzvah. In the days of old, there was' in terms most convenient to still maintain that I had other 10 Years Ago killed Swiss Nazi leader Wil- the Yeshiva Bachur. There them. - • alternatives to the actio n I helm Gustloff at Davos, Switz- were no scholarships then. So Robert Fox and Joe Reiss Since among businessmen took." He added that he had erland on Feb. 4, 1936. After a became Bar MitzvahrBetffEr wealth and the capacity to get "never made a more, correct sensational trial, he was sen- the Yeshiva Bachur lived by a Synagogue celebrated its 30th system known as "Essen Teg" and disperse it are interpreted decision" and that his remarks tenced to 18 years imprisonor "Eating Days." One day of anniversary. as signs of virtue, wisdom, were on the record* • v ment, but was released in 1946. the week, you ale at the Wein20 Years Ago learning,' almost charismatic The exchange between Mr. Now 60, he lives in Israel; steins, a second day at the Marcia Civin and Bob Leblessing from on high, they are Goldfarbs and so on. These vine were married . . . Miss glad for the. demand to raise Thant and Mr. Roth occurred <JTA). families took the yeshiva ba- Adele Goldstein and Nathan during ceremonies at the UN Correspondents A s s o c i a t i o n Jews have lived in Colum- chur in put of the goodness of Mandell became engaged . . . clubrooms just after the Sec- bus, the capital of Ohio, since their heart. They .received no Vera Epstein and Julius Bera> ~5tein were married. Published weekly on Friday by retary-General blew out the 1838. Its first congregation was compensation, Jewish Federation of Omaha. candles on a cake In observ- B'nai Jcshurin, now known as Let us admit it. It was no 25 Years Ago Second Class Postage Paid ance of bis eighth anniversary Temple Israel, and was found- ideal system. You didn't get Miss Betty Geifman became at Omaha. Nebr. In office. ed in 1852 by that city's Re- steal; dinners. The people -who engaged to Max Falk. Mr. and ' Annul! Subscription J5.00 Advertising Rafei on Application. J,,+ Publication Office; toi NoTSOth Street, Mr. Roth described himself form Jews. There are approx- fed the -yeshiva bachur were Mrs. Max Chasen celebrated Omaha, M r t r . w i o r as a free-lance newsman rep- imately 10,000 Jews in Colum- for the most part poor so the their 25th wedding anniversPhone 312-1346 orW-7MT student bad to expect a sim- ary. .-C-'-i '•: v. '. :•,• :. ..:.•..•. Mrs. Robert Gerelick, Editor resenting nobody but himself. bus. (JTA) By Rabbi Jacob Neusner Reprinted from Ihe Boston , r Jewish Advocate Editor'* Note: Dr. Neusner JnfiU a chair in Judaic Studies at: Brown University. 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By CAIIL ALPERT Haifa—If the Israel Labor Parly, headed by Premier Golda Meir, had captured a clear and commanding majority in the recent election, it could proceed with the setting up of the new Government, s u r e ' of its control in the K n e s s e t. L a c k i n g that! majority, Labor has no alterna- | live but to negotiate with the o t h e r parties, offer them Cabinet posts, or compromise on Carl Alpert certain policies, in order to ob, tain their adherence to a workIng coalition. That can be a long and wearying process. Now that the final results are in, we can take note of some of the interesting, significant or even bizarre aspects 01 the poll. In the first place, some 1,400,000 citizens cast their ballot*, constituting 80 per cent «f the eligible voters. Of the HJ.parties which com,peled, 3 failed to reach even ,the minimum necessary to elect 1 member of the Knesset, and therefore disappear from the- political scene. Two of these represented the extreme poles on the issue of the Arab territories occupied during the Six-Day War, ThePeace Party, which demanded immediate and unconditional return of these territories, received only 5,300 votes in the entire country. The
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Land of Israel party, which held the most extreme view favoring outright annexation of the territories, if not more, received only 4,900 votes. " In short, the Israel electorate rejected the extremes. On the whole, the results were fairly predictable. Ev*r since the creation of the State, and despite the great waves of immigration which have al^ most quadrupled the Jewish population in just over" 20 years, there has been a relative consistency in the national pattern. Once again this year there have been no radical shifts in support, beyond a few per cent one way or another lor various parties. . One of the big question marks was the reaction of Israel's Arabs. Since they vote for the most part in Arab population centers their leanings can be easily ascertained. They had an opportunity to express their dissatisfaction with the Israel Government and its general polices by the presence on the ballot of the New Community Party, which comes as close to open hostility as is legally possible. To everyone's surprise, only 30 per cent of the Arab vote went to this party, giving them the sarnie 3 Knesset seats they had last time. After an absence of 4 years from the Knesset, Moshe Sneh was returned to that body as the sole representative of his Maki (Communist) group. Uri Avneri, the maverick leader of the Ha-Olam Hazeh party,
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again made it, and pulled another colleague in with him. Both within and without the Labor party analysts are seeking to explain the reason for the disappointing drop in that, party from 63 Knesset members to only 56. I agree,with those who bebclieve that the Labor link with the' left wing Mnpam, Hashomer H a t z a I r, turned many of the uncommitted votes away from Labor. They could not bring themselves to support a party which, even though it included Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir and Abba Eban, had taken into partnership 1he Mnpam with Its questionable foreign policy, Its long-standing • endorsement of the Soviet Union, and its historic stand iii-favor of a bl-nntional state in Israel. The gentle handling of outrageous labor tie-ups a l s o alienated thousands of voters, Two final notes. Recognizing the justice of public clamor for new names and new faces almost all paries had injected fresh blood into their candidate lists. An unprecedented % of the 120-member Knesset will be new faces.' And finally, a bizaare phenomenon. In numerous Arab villages, the National Religious Party (Mlzrachl) polled more votes even than Labor! The reason Is that the orthodox Moslem finds much in common with the .orthodox Jew on such issues as morality, miniskirts, respect for organized religion, sancta, etc.
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Never was I more aware of the "communication gap" than I was this week, skimming through some of the answers Jo a questionnaire sent to local Jewish high school students. The questionnaire was sent by the JCC in an attempt to find out.how our youth feels about a number of specific aspects of life. The instructions were to complete each s'tatement with the most vivid comparison the individual found meaningful. 'No names were to be used, and the respondents were identified only by sex and age. The questions were provocative, and the answers even more so: I found it interesting that nearly twice as m a n y boys answered the questionnaire than did girls; that sincerity rang* true throughout; that even with the guarantee of anonymity,. there were no facetious replies. Perhaps because of the anonymity, our young people saw fit to tell us what really goes on beneath those heads of long hair we find so distasteful. What's It like to be a teenager In today's world? Think about it for a minute; formulate an answer; and see how closely it matches the answers ,, from the young people themselves. Here is a sampling of the answers.
answers follow. * » • Being an adult in today's world is like . . . "a bear eating s m a r t e r c u b s . " M a l e 16.
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that is familiar to students makes them more meaningful." Rabbi Joseph Levine at Rochester University holds that 'if something will motivate students to come to a service they otherwise.would not attend, it's legitimate to Judaism." But Rabbi Norman Frlmer, who serves as Hillel director at Brooklyn College, demurs, contending that prayer "should be neither entertainment nor therapy nor meditation with oneself, but an exercise In communication with God Transcendent and the spirit of God that is resident in man." He also feels that some kinds of experimental worship services tend to attract students who are unaware of the function of prayer and do not know why or to whom they are praying. He says that "unless they are taught beforehand the relevance of worship to God, they will ultimately find it inauthentic and throw it away." Dr. Alfred Jospe, Hillel's program and resources director, also has; reservations, declaring that tradition should not be used blindly "to justify our rejection of the symbols and images which young people relate to in their search for truth and enduring values" but also warning that "the worship of relevance" may ultimately destroy the "relevance of worship." He added he was "cautious" about services "in which participants speak only of themselves and describe their private emotions without relating {them to the search for an ultimate. I question whether the verbalization of private emotions can be defined necessarily as worship." Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, Hillel's national director, endorses the experimental services but only "as long as students seek them not as a substitute but as supplementary to traditional worship." He added that "the students' search for new ways to express their Jewishness is often a means of showing their dissatisfaction with aspects of its institutions—their bigness, wealth and impersonality. In many instances," he said, the students "borrow attitudes of worship from the tradition—study periods, prayers 'from the heart'—and.simply adopt them.in a new frame-
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Makes you kind of stop and wonder doesn't it? The tortft of the answers were all '<th4 same. I can't really identify with any of the youthful im» , pressions of adults; but neither can I simply dismiss <h« answers. A communications gap indeed. These were only 2 of 1Q statements the young people were asked to complete. It would be interesting to have A corresponding set of answers from adults. Those of you interested in bridging the gap, should send me your answers to the same questions. No names please, just sex ana age. The other questions were: Being a Jew in today's world is like . . . Being an American in today's world is like . . . Being a Negro in t o d a y ' s world is like . . . Being an Israeli in today's world is like . . . Being White ih today's world is like . . . •» Trying to decide what to do with your life is like . . . Trying to be genuine and yourself is like . . . Helping less fortunate Jews Is like . . .
Being a teenager In today's world Is like . . . "Being a single grain of sand on an entire beach." Female 16. "Being blamed for everything that is wrong." Male 14. "Running up a steep rocky road, barefoot, with a 100pound pack on your back." Male 17. "Being locked in a cage without a key to get out." Male 16. "Having an R or an X rating." Male 16. "Being trapped on a deserted island, all alone." Male 15. >
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Protest Songs and Incense Burning Highlight Jewish Worship on Campus By BEN GALLOB , The social protest songs of Bob Dylan, Indian ragas, Incense burning, recordings of the screams of. people under bombardment—these are some of the far-out elements being woven into experimental worship services by students at some HiUel Foundations in an on-going search for prayer experiences meaningful to them. . Students attending a Hillel' summer institute used outdoor bleachers for a" synagogue and sang "L'Cha Dodee,'' to the folk-rock rhythm of Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair." A Hillel official said the young Innovators were "straight Jewish kids"—from Orthodox to unaffiliated—"trying out a new form of religious expression." Hillel staff members have described them as young people with sincere religious concerns who, in the jargon of the "now" generation, "can't relate" to or are "turned off" by traditional prayer services. The student-innovated services are highly flexible in form and content. They may include poetry and literary readings, seminar-style discussions, readings and ritual adaptations from other religious philosophies, and periods of meditation. At the University of California at Los Angeles, prayers at some Friday night services have been Integrated with ragas and Dylan songs. At Princeton and Yale, Incense has been lit in place of Sabbath candles. Incense, Bald Rabbi Robert Samuelson, the Hillel director at Princeton, "has become a meaningful religious symbol to many young people." The screams of victims of bombing were incorporated in a tape-recorded Friday night service held at the Rochester University Hillel House. The main element of the recording was a tone poem on the themes of "the hope of man" and "despair over man's inhumanity to man," which also were dramatized by sounds of a newborn infant's heartbeat, stormtroopers marching and a couple making love. A proponent of such innovation's, Rabbi Richr ard Levy, UCLA• Hillel direcTof, argues that "the ts£»ession of religious ideas through a medium
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BECAUSE ; :\t The survival of the Peoj>le of Israel is our profound concern— BECAUSE yX[c understand the strain on the People of Israel of holding firm while seeking peace, of enduring guerilla attacks, barrages and urban terrorism— BECAUSE It has been and continues to be our solemn obligation to meet the burden of the humanitarian needs of our Israeli brethren: the care of new immigrants who will arrive in the tens of thousands in the year ahead; housing, teaching and rehabilitating those who came ra inyears past but are notyet fully self-sufficient— : .BECAUSE . The People of the State of Israel, completely overburdened in providing for theirown defense in the face of a relentless clamor by Arabs for their annihilation, can n o longer bear their share of the cost of UJA-sponsored humanitarian programs— BECAUSE
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