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nra LJ LO, CHILDREN ARE A HERITAGE OF THE LORD . . . HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO HAS HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM. ; Psatmsw** I don't know what we ever did that you should reward us in this way. W e gave you a nice home and all the love and respect a child needs . . . we sent you to the best schools -and gave you the best money could b u y . . . . you have broken your parents' hearts and you should know that. This is some thank you for all we have given you. Philip Roth Goodbye, Columbus

CHILDREN'S CHILDREN ARE THE CROWN OF OLD MEN; AND THE GLORY OF CHILDREN ARE THEIR FATHERS . . . . The image of my father comes before my eyes everytime 1 am in distress, in need of guidance. Anytime I am in doubt,, not knowing which is right or wrong, I need, only call from the sea of. my memories his lake blue eyes . . . when I see his f a c e . . . I know there is a justice and a logic in pur doing, and a sheltering Hand over my head.

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Just had another big bust up with Mummy for the umpteenth time; we simply don't get on together these days. This comes about particularly because I have in my mind's eye an image of what a perfect mother and wife should be; and In her whom I must call "Mother" i find no trace of that image.: .1 want to see only the good side of her. .".'butit doesn't work. Don't condemn me; remember rather that sometimes I too can reach the bursting point. . The Diary of Anne Frank

Indeed, , . in that shtetl home \yere men and women, fathers and mothers, offspring, grandparents, grandchildren and siblings; there were tears and laughter; there was tenderness and pathos, courage and cowardice, humility and arrogance, serenity and discipline and the sheer, simple beauty and magic which cpmes from genuine love and family devotion. Benjamin Kaplan The Jew and His Family

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A Glimpse into Families The Jewish Family—what has happened to us? Who are we today? How are we different from the families of our parents and grandparents? How are we in. the Omaha area similar to or dissimilar from the other Jewish families around the country? How are we dealing with the pressures and problems, joys and sorrows of contemporary life* ' These questions and many others concerning how Omaha'Jewish families are living today are examined in this special Rosh Hashanah edition of the Jewish Press. More than 1C writers and contributors, several - photographers, most of the Omaha rabbis, many educators, lay leaders and scholars came forth with articles, interviews and ideas for this issue. Recent sociological research was consulted to present an overview of. Jewish family life across the 'Country. ; The demographic survey conducted by the Jewish Federation last spring has •given us a composite picture of ourselves that many of these interviews support. The survey and the interviews show us

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financially comfortable, well-educated, relatively stable people and families. We appear to be more wholesome and secure as a group than our counterparts in larger cities, as comparison with national data shows. We seem to be pleased with our lives and content with what the future holds. Radical dissenters from traditional Jewish values concerning reverence for children and family did not present themselves. Children and family life continue to be as Important as ever. Omaha's Jewish women express their liberation within fairly traditional limits. One Press staffer commented, however, that more and more couples are calling themselves "Joan and Jack Stein" ratherthan "Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stein." Last year's Rosh Hashanah edition of the Press showed Jewish" Omahans who have made a name for themselves outside of Omaha. The Passover edition delved into the memories of our oldest Jewish members who told us "the way it was." This year tells how our Jewish families are living in the here and now—

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The cover is a sampler of ideas, a patchwork of - thoughts threaded together by the common theme of the Jewish family. It resulted from reading and thinking about the ways families have been talked about through time. The words come from different worlds and different times—from people who have had meaningful things to say about the Jewish family.

those of us who have chosen to stay and make our lives in Omaha. Both the people interviewed and those doing the interviewing expressed great pleasure and satisfaction participating in this -issue. Many people- discovered reelings about themselves and memories about their past lives that moved them deeply (see one Interviewer's comments, p. 28). People seem eager to talk about the soul-searching feelings that these interviews stimulated. .. We have consciously sought people to interview who are not always in the public eye, so we can observe how the Jess vocal members of our community respondtollfe. Here then, through intimate glimpses into some of our Omaha families— newlyweds, young, middle-aged and older-adult, traditional, single-parent, stable, mobile, long-term resident, newcomer—through talking with as many different kinds of families as we could find—we present a picture of how Omaha area Jewish families are living today—what they are doing, thinking and feeling about their 11 ves.

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A Nice Jewish Family Riding Motorcycles? ByEUenGordman OMAHA — What's a nice Jewish family do-; TngTwitn ihree^ motorcycles in their garagef" The answer Is: riding around Omaha as a (amity and having fun! Marlene and Stewart Kahn think it is important to have activities with their three sons, David, Bob and Tom. So when David, 18, wanted a motorcycle last year, Stewart thought It would be a great activity for the entire family to take up. "I wanted a motorcycle about four years ago, but Stewart told me they were too dangerous." said Marlene. "Then last summer when David graduated from high school he wanted a motorcycle. Stewart thought 6ur younger sons would enjoy riding so. we now have three motorcycles." David, a sophomore at UNO, owns a 40Occ Kawasaki. Marlene and Stewart each ride a 360cc Honda. Usually they can be seen riding

TheKahns ride about seven months a year around town with Bob, 14, and Tom, 12, sitting behind them. The Kahns do most of their riding In the city, but last year they did travel to Nebraska football games by motorcycle. They have taken two family vacations on their motorcycles one to Worlds of Fun In Kansas City and a longer trip to Colorado This past summer David and two friends drove their motorcycles to Colorado while another friend accompanied them by car. The Kahns even ride their motorcycles to Beth El Synagogue. "When I had Yahrzeit for

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The Kahns ride (heir motorcycles about seven months a year, from April to October. They are careful to follow all the safety rules and always wear helmets. "We give the car the right-of-way," said Stewart. "In the beginning I was scared out of my mind," stated Marlene. "Motorcyles are all stick shifts. The first time 1 put the motorcycle Into gear it almost got away from me. You need a separate motorcycle operator's license in addition to a regular driver's license. To pass the test you have to climb straight up this dirt hill behind Rockbrook Shopping Center." The Kahns do other activities with their boys. They own a boat and go water skiing frequently. They like to play racquelball as a family. The younger boys, Bob, a freshmen at Horace The Kahn family gets ready to leave for a trip. Son Tom sits behind Marlene, left, while Mann Junior High, and Tom, a sixth grader at CrestrWge Elementary School, take turns play- Bob rides with Stewart, right. Another son, ing with their parents. The Kahns have two We also fast for Yom Kippur," she said. season Hckets to the Nebraska football games, "I think It's important for the kids to have a and they try to get tickets as of (en as they can Jewish background," continued Marlene. "The so the boys can go with them. And the family boys go to Hebrew School and both David and takes vacations together as much as possible. Bob have been Bar Mitzah. We're looking forStewart remembers his father taking him ward to Tom's Bar Mitzvah, too." and his two brothers to watch Legion baseball every Sunday. On the Jewish holidays the family used to walk together from their home in Minne Lusa to the synagogue on 19th andBurt. Marlene comes from a very traditional home where her mother observed Kashruth and Shabbat. "My grandfather was very religious "I value my kids," said Stewart. "I like to do I remember .when he lived with us that he . would heat his soup over the pilot light on Shab- things as a family I love to see my kids having a good time waterskiing and doing things with bat so he wouldn't have to turn on. the burner." . "In our house we light Shabbat candles every us" "The kids are at ease being ^Jewish" * Friday night and have a Seder for Passover.

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Career Couple Has Unique Ideas: By Lisa Lewis "I wanted to take some time OMAHA — Lindsey Lerman off, and it seemed like fun," insists her family's story Steve said. Lindsey had just would be just like any other taken the New York Bar story of a working mother and Exam before Hannah was father. Only it's ]ust a'little born in September, and two different. months after her child's birth Lindsay aim "Stephen ~Ler-~ ^lic "mia CicriCIHg ~iGr 3 fcuvi *»» man are both working profes- judge in New York City. After sionals, and they're still suc- graduating from Columbia ceeding j n raising two Law School, she wanted to do children in"a home life and at- something with her training, mosphere as satisfying to all and Steve still had time to be as possible. instructor of pediatrics at Lindsey Miller Lerman, 29, Albert Einstein College of Is a part-time attorney with Medicine. Kutak, Rock, Cohen, damp"It made me understand a bell, Garflnkle and Woodward lot of 'housewife' things, like of Omaha. Steve, 37, Is direc- the need to coffee klasch," he tor of the Pediatric Infectious said. Disease Unit and assistant "Small kids are frustrating professor of pediatrics and to me; there seems to be a medical microbiology at the limit to how much positive University of Nebraksa time you can spend with Medical Center. them," Lindsey said. -> Other than that, the two are • On the other hand, Steve typical parents, coping with would like to be able to spend day-to-day family problems, . more time with his children and finding satisfaction with, and away from work, but he added that because of what he work outside the home. "Evenings are spent mainly wants to accomplish profes- The Lermans clown outside their home: Steve, Hannah, with the kids. We stay home a sionally. It's either full-time Jeremy, 10 months, and Lindsey. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) lot, but most of the social work or full-time with kids. events we gotoare related "My best memory of this relationship in the home, "do- living in Omaha brings, but largely with my work," said past year was when Hannah Ing stuff together and with the Lindsey noted that "family, Lindsey. and I went to Jamaica kids." life is changing slowly, and "Home" for the Lermans is - together for a vacation. I . Both Lermans are from fair- probably slower here than 715 J. E. George Blvd., a uni- wanted to take the time off, ly t r a d i t i o n a l J e w i s h elsewhere. I don't necessarily que old house designed to look and Lindsey didn't want to at backgrounds. Steve's father Is think it's for the better. From like a French country home. that point," Steve said. a doctor in Boston, his mother the feelings about women's Another advantage the Ler- Lindsey quickly added, doesn't work and he has two issues I notice a lack of immans have in making their "That's not my idea of a vaca- brothers. Llndsey's father is a agination and opportunity for household run smoothly Is a tion; I would have gcrtie retired manufacturer In Los women. I feel that you're young woman who lives with alone!" Angeles who now works volun- responsible for your own hapthem full time and helps with "Steve and I have a dif- tarily for the Israeli Military piness, and a lot of young marthe children and household ferent view of our relationship Industries. Her mother also ried women here are dependuties. with each other. My view is does not work, and Lindsey dent and not satisfied. A lot of women approach all this Still, the Lermans have a that you can do things and has two sisters. close relationship with their then come together, but not be "My mother Instilled in us (work and having a family) as children, Hannah, 2'i, and that dependent on each other. the Idea to do something a dream." She added that unJeremy, 10 months, and Steve My parents are very depen- useful and have families, too, til a woman assumes the fact probably has an even more dent on each other — and very but she never told us how," that she's Individually Involved in her own well being, it will unique relationship with his happy," Lindsey said. Lindsey laughed. daughter than most fathers On the other hand, Steve "The Lermans moved to be a dream. do, because be took the first sees an Ideal situation as one Omaha last fall, and find they Other than some of the outtwo years of her life off from In which the couple leads in- like it here. As Lindsey puts it, door sports they used to work to be a, pardon the ex- dependent lives outside the there's "one of everything you engage in in New England, the pression, "house-husband." home and has a very close need." They like the isolation Lermans miss most of all the closeness of relatives.

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She continued: "I hope they Into the religion," Lindsey (the children) will see more . options In the future so that said. -J&dssy iisesn't -fee! that Hannah won't feel guilty If she. Sunday School is done "with works and has kids, too. I'll much Imagination or con-always feel guilty, but I know viction," and the two aren't that I'd go bananas if I didn't sure they'll "impose it on the work. The way I avoid the guilt Is by working part-time, children." and so I feel I'm no different The Lermans have In the from other people who are dopast considered themselves ing volunteer work. relatively strong Zionists, and although, as Steve says, he "I spent a good number of has criticisms, "we do have a years considering whether or strong feeling for Israel." not to have a family, and I still In fact, Lindsey, a swim- hold the view that you can be mer, won two gold medals and within the range of normal one silver medal in the 1961 and still not have children," Maccabeean Games, the Lindsey Mid. "But the work Jewish Olympics. In 1965 she and the sacrifices' are worth was invited back to Israel to the companionship, although coach the Israeli national the work outweighs the comswim team. panionship when they're this As for the future In this New young. 1 relate when they're Year and others to come, older and verbal better. A Lindsey would like to see her family is a can of worms, but children become relatively in- it's better than being lonely." dependent, "and I'd like to try not to be obsessively Involved Says Steve as he plays with In their lives. I'd like to main- his son and daughter. "My ontain the good things about be- ly regret is that I didn't marry ing a Jewish mother. I'd also ' a blonde." An obvious tease at like to have more time alone, ; his wife's long black hair.

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what many, will call "such a rash Judgment?" I have just finished reading, Because It started me thinkfor the first time, the more than two dozen stories which ing. will constitute the bulk of this It started me really thinking year's Rosh Hashanah issue of about what it means to be a the Jewish Press, Jew; What It means to live as a The monumental task of Jew. putting this Issue together fell We each practice our to Barbara Simon, staff writer Judaism to varying degrees. for the Jewish Press — and There are few among us who Published weekly on Friday by now. New Year Editor. can afford not to stop and Jewish Federation of Omaha. My task hss simply been to think - Aril I iivlnq as Stanford Lipsey Paul Alperson offer suggestions, technical Jewishly as I really want to? Press Committee Co ChSl/men advice and; my limited Am I giving my children a •atjBfyinq J e w i s h exBarbara Simon ' "' "editorial expertise." New Year Editor p e r i e n c e ? And sadly In my opinion, this will be sometimes — Did I do all I Judith Marturg the best special edition that could to imbue my -Children Atslttont Editor the Jewish Press has publish- with the sense, the responed In the five plus years I have sibility, of being a Jew? Suzanne R.Somberg' lived In Omaha, "••' DebiJoAbramsPlatt These are awesome and Advtrtiiing This Is, you might say, a sometimes frightening reflecSecond O n * Postag* paid rather prejudicial statement, tions. • ' at Omaha, Nibr. coming as it docs from a It is my sincere hope that Annual Subscription $8.50 member of the Press staff; each member of every family Advertising Rates on Application But It is not necessarily the will take the time to read the : I t * Jnrisk f n u i Is H t nipuikU for its lasfcnrtk i f sty *& quality of the writing or even Rosh Hashanah issue, carerulthe uniqueness of the subjects iy and thoughtfully. And mat PuWcol.onOffiM.3USo IMndSt. Oanlw.Htfa-.6eiH Ft3344 that causes me to form that they will then pausetoreflect, ih

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They're a When the weather is nice Harry, rides a threeBy Lisa Lewis " OMAHA - If Harry and Elizabeth Kubens- wheeled bike around the neighborhood, and teln bad it to do all over again, they'd do it all he's been known to play It holes of golf at Highland Country Club (where he was one of over again. • After 60 years of marriage, two daughters the original members) in a blistering heat that and seven grandchildren, they're still obvious- would send younger,nien to an air-cbndilloned ly In love with each other, enjoying their last house. "Most of my buddies have passed away, unyears together as much as their first. They're a family, just the two of them; and fortunately," Harry said. "We're really lucky, Elizabeth can't hide the sparkle in her pale when we look at.all our friends who are gone. blue eyes as her husband praises her cooking, . We had daily contact and companionship, and nor can Harry resist a loving jab at his wife's now there are many widows left," Elizabeth added. control of the checkbook. Harry continued: "The most unfortunate And to hear them talk, you would think Harry and Elizabeth Rubenstcin were children of the thing Is that the men die and leave these darl60's rather than of" the turn of the century. ing women, and people forget to pay attention to them. We go to visit some of these people in Harry is 84; Elizabeth Is 82. "Our parents were liberal: they taught us to the nursing homes. Some are so senile they use our own judgment," Elizabeth said. Her don't recognize us, but I'm getting something parents, the Castlcmans, came from Russia out of it and I know they are, loo." with five children, and Elizabeth was the s c He continued: "People forget about these cond child born in America. There were three souls In nursing homes,' and they should go to more to come. .-.-•.•" see them, If some of these women played cards "My mother told her daughters not to have so less and called on old people more, It would do : many cnudrenr'Sne' always 3ai<r"airc'i"imj One - everyones lOi-Otgoou. < so *ome vn«ir»icrs meetings at the Jewish Community Center, not here (pointing to her stomach), one here (pointing to her cradled arms) and one at her for the lunch and the speakers, but to meet with skirts," Elizabeth laughed. But Harry proudly some of these lonesome people; great people. explains that although Elizabeth's father died, Someareso lonesome they want todie." when she'was a young girl, her mother managHarry feels the community is doing the most ed to raise all the children and secure an educa- it can, and probably more than most communities, for its older people. "If we could only get a few-more Mcilie Delrnsns. She ' s s doll. How.she works as hard as she does, I don't" know." ~ X The Rubensteins do a iot of thinking about thc>: young, too, and the changes in families and

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the Two of Them marriage. After all, look at the divorce rate," Elizabeth said. Harry added, "I would rather have my granddaughter live with a man than jump into a marriage." ' The Rubensteins don'^likc to sec young people leaving Omaha. Although they realize that through going uway to college and meeting someone from another cily, Omaha loses its young, Harry said the city has to make a concerted effort to keep its young people. "We can't overlook the fact that they don't want to stay here and look at the boob tube. Pretty soon they go to California." The Rubensteins, however, find Omaha ,"the most beautiful place in the world." The Rubensteins appreciate the nearness of relatives. Although Harry is the only one in his family left, he misses most his brother Morris

marry out of the Jewlshlaith. I don't think the pressure frpm their parents is good; they have to want to do It. Otherwise, as soon as they're away on their own, they, meet a nice, nonJewish boy and get married. And not al) nonJewish marriages are' bad. I wouldn't be broken hearted if a fine, non-Jew married one of my grandchildren." Elizabeth added: "The Rabbis have a hard Job. I'm not happy, about Inter-marrlage, but I would accept It and wouldn't disinherit a child because of it." Harry added that he thinks "each Jewish family should be affiliated with Jewish organizations: They will get a lot out of that. It's good to go to a synagogue*— belter than watching the boob box." The Rubensteins, who have belonged to Temple Israel for almost GO years, have.nevcr considered themselves "pious," but feel a strong alliance to their faith. And they have strong feelings In.favor of permitting non-Jews to Join' the Jewish Community Center.

young people today "It doesn't bother me one bit. They're nice about 80% wonderful - pymla Why .Tim harftt-nnn-lcwlsh man who ;

worked forme for years who's like a son to me. Who died two years ago. He's done more for me than my children. We, Jews have rebelled all our lives. We rebelled The Rubensteins belle the stereotype of what . when we weren't accepted at the Omaha Coun-'_ older people think about women's rights as try Club and other clubs. Are we going to be the well. same kind of people'? " Harry asked, his voice rising. "So many women are becoming what they It's probably, the <iro in thn Rubensteins' should have bct-ome long ago. and that's good. I spirits that imvc kept them alive and well for so think women should fight like hell against men long. r _who^ think they rule the world. We're not 'agalnsters' and we're not belligerent." The Rubensteins realize the "road Is in back of us and not in front of us," and on a recent trip •-•• l i f e s t y l e s t h e y ' v e s e e n . •*:; " • - •-•• - •-•- ; Elizabeth added Shat "woiiiOR arc into New York they called their .children telligent: I think some are smarter than men. together. lion for them by running a restaurant ori the -"It's a totally different world now. We find corner of lOUi and Jackson streets and selling young people today to be about 90 per cent In our time women got married and had "Four years, ago Elizabeth got myaslhcnla families, but since our first child wasn't born meals for 15-25 cents. • wonderful, not what many older people saygravls (a muscle disease). It's under control, until after we were married seven years, I Harry Rubenstein was also one of a large they arc. And don't think there weren't any bad but we don't kid ourselves, we havcit'l got family, his parents coming from Poland in things before," Harry laughed. "We had no worked in Harry's business and joved it. But I 1863. Harry was also born and raised in Omaha, T.V., and we weren't exposed to all .the things was a nut of a mother and had to be home when. many years left. We do some things purposely and began operating A grocery store at the age that children are exposed to today. Maybe they the children came home from school. I would anticipating death, and when we called our children together, we wanted them to undersof 16. This was expanded into the H. Rubenstein can't read and write, but if that's so, how come probably he the same today." Food Specialties, a wholesale food business, we get so many wonderful doctors and lawyers ~ Thesecret of "keeping the love affair going" tand our years are short. Wetold them. 'You've been wonderful children, and we've tried to be : wnicnhe didn't retire from uniii he was 74 and business people.;»- y - ; - .—.-••--—--:r=-— : ' d i J y i t l ! ' itie "right kind of parents,Tbui when our time yearsold. "Well, maybe their morals aren't the same band to confide in and consult with his wife comes, and we want you to know this is going to The two met at a party and have been'with as ours," Elizabeth pipes In. '••- • happen, we want-you not to get too overrather than leaving her to be a housewife. each other over CO years.^Elizabcth took her Harry continued: 'Our grandchildren don't wrought. We want you to go on living and lovmother's advice and had'only two children: " know the value of money, but they have more "Don't let anyone tell you that work hurts. If ing, and we don't want that to be a dlsluib.nicf Mrs. Frances Burton orpetrolt, and Mrs: Jean- than wehad. Maybe we woiildhave dohemorev 1 liad my life to live over,-V4 work just s s bard. to yb^u.' They ^vere beautiful-"they dldriV' Wells of Millwood, N.Y. ' ' too, if we had more money. But I don't think I worked hard, but I always got away for a become emotional," Harry said, and Elizabeth L U F ««*n rtnlvtn in nAt of nil " week or two or three. Then I came back and TheRubensteinsare no! whalyou call sedenwith the pale blue eyes smiled. , • worked like hell again," Harry said. tarjr^When they're not living in their spacious it's been said ~ihai grandparents scr tilings "ajartffilp^^lKl^iHcy^ney're^winienng in tnu RuuC-nalciicvfiie ctjuullj nOrt-iiSuitionfii Arizona dr-visiting ilielr''"daughters at, their more in tine with their grandchildren than in Uieir vierfo of Jewishness > . four nights-a week, but we're the most, forhomes. Harry explained that they traveled all parents do, and the Rubensteins are'ho exceptunate pair of people in the world. To, be "What bothers me,"'Harry said, "is to sec over theJJhi^States, : a!idjthe world before tion together 60 years. We thank the Lord." boys and girls forced to go to Hebrew school theyTretireai so iney'noTongef'ycarn for that "Maybe Hvrig together is a good wing Derore and have tneir Bar ana Bat Mitzvunsrsna then " "We're very, very blessed," siriii Eli™U-tif.- ='-

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By D. David DeLand BELLEVUE—Senior Master Sergeant Gary Friedman, his wife, Timmie, and their three children are military Jews who are not affiliated with any temple or synagogue. The Friedmans live in the Capehart Military Facility. They have three children, Lisa, 10, a senior at JJellevue High School, Mike, 9, and Jonathan, 4. Friedman, 39, has spent 22 of those years in the military, four with the U'S. Navy, and the next 18 with the U.S. Air Force. Both he and Timmie grew up in the Bronx, and neither has a desire to return to that life. A bad experience in their early married life may have soured the Friedman's need to affiliate with a Jewish institution. "When we were first married and I was going to have Lisa, we were stationed at Orlando, Fla,," Timmie said. "We tried to join a temple in Orlando and they asked us for a flat amount of money to join. We were just married, we had hardly any money,and we certainly didn't have a bankroll behind us. We were more or less refused entrance into the only temple in town. I figured if I had to have money to join their temple the heck with them." Friedman said that many of the religious traditions his family observed when he was a_youngster were done for his grandparents. "Everything was done because it was expected by the grandparents. It's awfully hard when you are a youngster to do things because they are expected he said. "I'm a Jew," Friedman said, "because basically my father and mother were Jews. I wasn't hit over the head by my parents and told 'don't forget you are a Jew'. What I think is right in maintaining my Jewlshness today may not have been right yesterday and may not be right tomorrow." The Friedmans are a close-knit family. "About the worst

Mike Friedman and his father, Master Sergeant Gary Friedman, left, sit on their lawn in Bellevue with mother, Timmie,

younger son, Jonathon, and daughter, Lisa. (JP photo by D. David DeLand)

of it," Timmie added. "I've always felt Jewish," Lisa said. "I feel I'm just as Jewish as I would be if I went to temple every week." Friedman noted that when he was Lisa's age, he lived aniong a large Jewish population, and yet was still made to feel uneasy about being Jewish. i '. "A lot of young kids including myself, were ashamed of being Jewish," Friedman said. "While you didn't necessarily hide the fact that you were Jewish, you never came and volunteered the Friedman claims he Is becoming more conservative as he information cither. Now I'd volunteer that Information in a grows older. "I don't want to rock the boat.. I came'to like the minute... in a minute." "I would think that Lisa and Michael and eventually Jonny status quo and I'm not as liberal minded as I was before," he said. • would feel the same way. I'm Jewish, period. That's It. As The Friedmans grew up somewhat differently. Timmie recall- evidence of that. Lisa wears a Star of David," he said. Friedman cited the creation of the state of Israel as much of ed many happy occasions with her family as a youngster. "I had some close, happy memories. My family and grandparents all the reason why he Is able to say with pride that he Is a Jew. "I don't think of myself as a Zionist," he said. "But Just the lived together," Timmie said. . .. . ' Friedman said he was pretty much on his own for "as long as I fact that I know that there Is a place in this world where I am ac- • can remember. "I only wish I would have taken advantage of . ccpted as a person for one reason and one reason o n l y . . . that I the educational opportunities that have come my way," Fried- am a Jew, gives me a lot of peace of mind," Friedman said. man said. "I'm slowly but surely doing It now. It's not that Uiese "True, It could lead to other comments when an anti-Semite thing that happened to us since we've been married was during 22 years in the service have been wasted, but I could have done might say, "Well, you've got a place to go, so g o ' . . . I Just shrug 1972 when I had to go to Thailand for a year. Timmie and the an awful lot more towards getting an education," he said. The that off." kids remained here. We're family-oriented, everything revolves four years he spent in the Navy, he explained, from age 17 until "Right now I tend to think of being Jewish as more ethnic than around the family as a unit," Friedman said. "It was terrible 21, were just an extension of what he had been doing in the religious," he said. • being separated." streetsof New York. "I was just getting away* from home." Lisa, who may have lacked a Jewish education, is still fiercely The Friedmans do not take part in any Jewish activities, on or Timmie Friedman, with an eye toward the future, wondered Jewish. • •. off the base. "That is one of the sadder parts of living away from what the family's life will be like when Gary retires from the "I remember when I had a run-in with two 'Jesus-freaks.'One a Jewish community. Unless you make it a point to read the military. of them saw my Star of David, and they started badgering me. I calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are upon you and "They tend to call us 'the gypsies'. We stay here two years and don't know a lot about my religion, but I kept sticking up for maybe pass by beforeyou're aware of it." move," she said. "I'm wondering what it will be like when we do Judaism," she said. "I told them that I'm Jewish, I wanttobe "I generally make it a point not to work on Yom Kippur," finally settle down irl one place. Our relatives think that it's ter- Jewish, so Just drop It." Friedman said. "I make it a point to offer my service at the base rible we're not going to go back to New York to retire. It's Just "I want to know more about my faith," Lisa said. on Christmas, so that some gentiles can have that day off." our lives have become so different now that we couldn't go back For the Gary Friedmans, Jewish feeling and identification, Lisa, an attractive brunette, knows she is Jewish, but dates to living like that." has rubbed off, even though all the odds are against them. geniuVbeys."There aren't any Jewish boys arcsjad here," she t h e Friedmans maintain few Jewish customs. "In jny ease," -says. Friedman said, "it's a slight bit of rebellion. My parents were The Friedmans now face the situation of whether or not to have Mike, their older son, be a Bar Mitzvah. "We want him to Orthodox, and I felt it very stifling." "I remember when I was small going with my father to visit receive some formal religious Instruction," Friedman said. my grandfather," Friedman said. "My grandfather derided "But it's a helluva chore to get him from here to Omaha. True, It's his lime, but it still involves other people's time too. The op- him in Yiddish because he had gotten a shoeshlne on the Sabme,".... ..'..'. portunity for Mike to receive any formal religious instruction bath. That shook "Basically1, I'm Jewish because my father was Jewish," g y Friedmari^pntmued; "ihad a BarMiizvqji . .-ruceaase it was Despite^ these inconveniences, Friedman uora not want to custom." v return to the "good old days.'-'•/ "It wouldn't bother me if my daughter married a gentile," he • ""People talk to me about the 'good olef days'," he said. "The insisted. "Thats how asslmilajlM I've become. If she feit that good old days for me are now. I had a very, very poor situation she was enough of a Jew, then who she married would not bother as a child. I hod to. eat dry cereal three times a dny. I've never had it so good as I havenright now." - - •• ••=• ----- Friedman contended that it is difficult for his family to maintain their Jewish religion because of their location. "Transpor- . tation is a problem. It's a stilepp. There are laymen's services on the bases, but the majority of the time we just do without." Both Gary and Timmie have an interest in sports. Timmie has ; me whatsoever. But, if she married a gentile and adhered to his a reputation as a top bowler, with many trophies in the Fried- faith, then I would be upset." man front room. Friedman, who in his late teens played mlnor__ "But as long as she maintains her individuality as a Jew, I league baseball in Muskdgee. Okla., is now softbatl umpire-in- don'tcarewhoshemarries/'Friedmansald. . .;..-.. chief for the city of Bellevue) "Times have changed, though," Timmie said. "I know when I Bo'h the. Friedmans.thoroughly.enjoy their modest jnlddler . was younger, W I'd daredio bring home.a gentile bqy, .they'd class home in the Capehart Military Facility. probably have cut my throat. I had to swear to God that Gary "Compared to what Timmie and I grew up in, this is super,'' was a Jew In order to bring him to the house." Friedman said. "We grew up In tenement buildings, where our. piayarea wasineiBtfcet^saTiever saw grass unlessyatsrest- —Ttut-BrinHmana. orItnnwlcrigcri thnt they_mfly be taking the ^ **casy way out" with tfieir children about religious observances. to {he p a r t A s a matterofJacL weinlencl.toretirehere.^ iw<r or; "I'm not afraid to let my kids outside here," Timmie said. "1 "We "^t^S^^^M^S^V^'^i&mM'W wouid be in New Yerk.Hr.-Ihs-knvcr EastBran^where we grew friends getting presents, having a tree, and they are denied that. -Tiiey 'uegin "tp think- that they are something different, : sprojetbtogto b^shujmed. It^as^cj^ce^aj^^giiultyo^ftat^; Friedman said. "I want to know that my family is taken care tag tteeasy choice," F r i e d i n ^ "We have our Hanukkah hush and we Just make a big Joke out - Timmie Friedman said that her family and being free to live her life as she wants were the most Important things in her life. Lisa, 16, admitted that she didn't have the same priorities as her parents. "When I think of what I want to do, right now, the most important thing to me Is getting a scholarship," she said. Both the Friedmans said that they would want their children to have a chance to take their own direction. "They have everything that we didn't have as youngsters," Timmie laugh-

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Rosses Move Toward Traditions

Al says: "1 couldn't have felt any stronger, By Barbara Simon when wereiurned from Israel, that this feeling OMAHA — "We're conscious of ourselves," about living more Jewishly was what I wanted. says Willis Ann (Willie) Ross, 38, describing We joined Beth Israel. We've found out that by harcolf her hnchanrt Alvin 44 and thf ir Ihrpg doing some of the more traditional religious acdaughters, Sara, 15, Jenny, 13, and Charlotte, tivities that we are more bound together as a 10. "We think about our lives, and what we family." want to happen," she continues. "Sometimes "I'm going to more classes at synagogue it's hard, because even though we've talked now," says Charlotte, 10. "It's just neat to be about doing certain things, we don't do them — able to read Hebrew well. At the Seder table I like throwing away the television set or not could read so much more. On Friday aftereating junk!" ' noons I love to help Mom set the table, bake For the Rosses, becoming conscious of how • and cook for Shabbat." they wanted to improve the quality of their Another experience helped the Rosses family life began on their trip to Israel in 1974. solidify their desire to live'as more traditional "Jt was like an explosion!" says Jenny, Jews. They spent three months last summer In "They walked in the door from their trip and Germany while Al taught an insurance course said, 'O.K. guys, let's doit!' " for UNO at NATO headquarters on Ramstein "It" meant at the start, let's observe ShabAir Force Base. bat the way the Israelis at the Orthodox KibOn their earlier trip to Israel, they had butz'Lavi do. "We saw a real Shabbat for the visited Yad Vashcm, the memorial to first time," says Alvin, a busy, life-insurance the victims of the Holocaust. Now they had consultant in his own firm. "We watched the their first contact with Germans. It gave them Israelis' internal switch turned off — they a profound sense of the reality of the threw their motors into neutral, literally turnHolocaust. ed everthlng off which was usually on during "We met many 50 and CO year-old people who The Ross family begins tbelr Shabbat meal. Charlottle places the candles in their holders. the work-week. They turned off the troubles inyou just know hated the Jews 30 years ago," Jennie, left, Willis and Alvin, look on while Sara is at right. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) side their heads as well as their lights and says Willie. "It made me feel I had a responmachines. phrase which describes what Al and I did Jewishness from dying out in that little city." sibility to those dead Jews to be the best Jew I "And then I saw these powerful, bronze, agregarding our Jewishness—'Judaism is a Alvlh's interests and values are wide- can be—knowledgable, committed, obvious — gressive men — farmers and builders and beautiful package just waiting for you to open ranging, from passionate Involvement In old since I realized there's no way we can hide fighters—" he adds, "standing with tallsim It up and find out what is inside.' We walked cars, to much fathering of his three daughters. anyway. If there will ever be a time in the draped around their shoulders, chanting the around this beautiful package for years, Al ("I fix their lunch and drive them to school), to future when I might again be killed for being a words and language from centuries ago — with his Sunday school teaching and Torah doing life-insurance consulting and teaching Jew, I don't want to die and not know what forl 'from my heritage! It was an incredible exstudies, the children and I with our occa- part-time at U.N.O. I insist upon getting all the benefits as well as perience." sional synagogue attendance and home obserHe has always enjoyed teaching, both for the the dangers." • . Both Al and Willie pass a glance and knowing vances. Now we have finally opened the experience and for the new knowledge It gaves She adds, emphatically, "Another pull - smile back and forth. "'I was sure," continues package." . him. He Is learning about Judaism continuous- toward more Jewish observance at this time In Al, "that I had a right to feel some of that exThe Rosses ere in a new phase of their family my life is that I'm attracted toward the good perience with my own family. We were all so life. They feel very defined as a family and things that Judaism has for the family to do—I busy — everyone was going their separate strong and secure about what they want for think for the first time I like the sense of knowways. We wanted our family more together each other and for themselves Individually. Ing what to do. I've studied a little and have a within the special feeling of being Jewish." * Willie is a musician, a flutist, who gives little understanding of what basic goodness is, WUJie adds, "At the Kibbutz we rested before private lessons and plays In the Omaha Symwhat my responsibilities are, what makes, for Shabbat, changed clothes, went to the meal phony. Music is as centra] to her life as her the good life, according to Judaism. I'm so imand afterwards walked to synagogue. We spent family. She is at rehearsals three or four nights Iy, reading, studying and teaching. pressed with the day to day good sense of It all the evening quietly. We talked and took a a week, plays for the Pops, the regular season, Al taught at Temple Israel Saturday school — many of the practices are so reasonable and . walk—and all " day Saturday we did the does chamber music concerts and plays for and at the High School of Jewish Studies. He In- sensible!" same—rested, talked, visited, read and weddings and other occasions. She practices herits his interest in Judaism from his family, As for their family's future, both Willie and studied, slept a little. It was so beautiful. You two to three hours every day. Al has given her as Willie does. Israel Bernstein, his great- Al want most of all for their children to have know, it took awhile for me to let go—we're so great support over the years, from driving car- grandfather, settled in Omaha around 1900 and the maximum exposure and awareness of what used to so many props and so much external pools to staying at home with the children at was one of the founders of the Utvashe shul. - Judaism has to" offer. "Then they can" really stimulation. night. His father's sisters bought land in Israel choose how they want to live," says Willie. "At first I was so bored, I just want to run out Willie's talent tor music and her strong feel- while still in Poland in the 20's and they later "We owe them the best we can.glve them — I of there!" she said. "But after a few hours, I ings about Judaism come from her parents. emigrated to Israel where they are today, on hope they'll read and speak Hebrew, know gave in to the lovely feeling of not having to do Her father, Abe Rosenthal, lived his boyhood in their original land, Al's grandfather, Jake Torah, the laws, and that they'll study Judaism anything. Now, at home, we try to do the same Tanaiin whorp hff wpnt against his parents', ... Bernstein, was otm of the organizers pi Beth E l .nr-."i(ifimtc.illy. top. It's a liUleliko giving music thing. We spetni ail uny1 Sfittifuay relaxing, wishes and secretly practiced the violin in his Synagogue where Al attended Talmud Torah lessons to a kid. Rarely does a parent expect reading—not going anywhere, except perhaps garage. He was a famous bandleader, touring and studied with Rabbi Katz through his high that a child will become a concert peformer, to synagogue or to walk over to visit a friend. with a jazz orchestra on the vaudeville circuit, school years, an unusual fact for those days. , but the music lessons build a richness, and a "We spend time with each other," she conbacking such stars as Eddie Cantor. Secularly, too, Al has sought different ways sensitivity that will be 'with that child tinued. "Now that I'm observing a real ShabHe met Willie's mother, a native of Sedalia, to express his unending search for better quali- throughout life. I sec our chiidrens' Jewish bat, I don't know how I ever lived without it Mo., in Canada where she was a reporter for ty relationships between people. For years he studleslikethat." before. Like most other people, I was living my Pathe News, she also booked performers ^ndi..put his energies intn school reform. Harnn for ....... "I want to he clou* — close to my family and ' life -wiujoui thinking aboui ii very much; Kuv- lilg aoBV tO tiiiiik filiu fee! is realty 5 ucautiiiu •• speakers into the - Chatauqua which were the school board in the hone of being able to In- friends. If Ihave that plus health. I'll have it popular then. They married and returned to fluence the ways teachers treat students in the . all! "she adds. "I have one fear. That we won't gift I give myself." Sedalia to become one of the few Jewish ' classroom. He even motivated a group of find enough good quality activities or enough ' Al and Willie explain that a certain degree of families in that small town of 20,000 people. parents to start their own school, the New people to be with who are working in the same Jewish observance for each of their family Rosenthal, one of the few Jewish men who . School, where up to 45 kindergarten through direction we are. We need a lot of support and members is left up to that individual to decide. Sara, for instance, 'chooses to be Shoraer 'could .read Hebrew, conducted services and sixth grade children have been learning In an reinforcement to keep going the way we are." - bfiCESIBfi tha In vXastdor. T9 Ojjc {lay ^J}« COfMiilCtS:-- -sltersative seiting-v/hieh stresses iadlvidtia! Jenny, aged 13, echoes her mother's feelings. instruction and humane relationships between "I'd love to live in a neighborhood of people services every Friday night and all holidays. - H e started tee- Civic Orchestra ol Sedaiis, tcSCircra and children.' " - - "- ~ •-----------y • who had similar interests — I want my lire to which he is presently directing and conducting, Willie and Al's present Jewish'involvement be special and good. I want to be a violinist and and has been doing so for more than 45 years. is with Jewish Marriage Encounter. They have do a lot of things. I'm worried my life will be orWillie says: "I always had from my parents become one of the presenting couples for the dinary." a feeling of being special..Mother was a real encounter, weekends for which they prepare Alvin seems excited and pleased about the revolutionary for her day — not many women talks and materials. In between encounter way his life is going for him. "I have a good were traveling around, the country as news weekends they often conduct meetings for feeling about the numbers of committed young Shabbat-adhering to the most strict tenets—she does not light a lamp or turn on the reporters — certainly not Jewish women/And couples. It is time-consuming and very satisfy- people I sec. Sara and her high school friends in Sedalia she passed on to us a feeling of ing, they say. "This work forces us' td.be are a joy, Sara has picked up the thread of my stove. Her wishes are respected, although '_ Willie herself cooks and even accepts rehear- specialness about being Jewish.'By the time I together," smiles Willie. "I love to be with Al family, she's the link between my Zionist was a teenager, there were 12 Jewish families at home, but my rehearsal-schedule and his great-grandparents, who came here in 1900 and : sal dates and performances for theilute, when ...; she has the opportunity to play flute in the left. We stood for all the Jews that the gentile teaching don't allow much of that. This way, bought land In Israel, and the present generacommunity would neverjneet — so^we^had to_ wehayetobetoBetherl" ^ __'_ Omaha Opera jirpducUons or other scheduled tion, .jenny's friends, too,,arc., serious.about. nbetnSdei Jews.""" .——--- - - - - - , - - . - - - - Being fbgether in aTewislilaimospliere.with ' "Judaism, and my hicces arid nepfiewsln the" Willie remembers that there were many their children has become their highest value, • East are actively continuing the traditions, I'm Jenny and Charlotte treat the weekly holiday less strictly than Sara, but enjoy staying near times when her date waited for her outside the "When we were younger," says Willie, "we optimistic about the future for our kids, so long syhagc-! ^aVftefiTTBT thiscore: of commlltcdjk[ds, this " TWW- of anything? NOW we'haWareai feciirijr" ~UireaaT)fcbntfriuiiy." ~ ^ ~": --- -;= ™--•• =^uissru3s^years are. passlug cjirickiy,~lnai ilje •^ Tnen'wiihTa wink and apigBmiie, At says, "If"~ Willie. "We have committed this day to each ' Mother singing In the choir, arid all of us know- kids arc in their middle years and will soon be I could really doit, I'd move to Kibbutz Lavl!"

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B'nai B'rith Has By Judith Marburg John became active in B'nai B'rith CorOMAHA — "Working within the framework nhusker Lodge shortly af ler he and Sheila were of B'nai B'rith has given me a sense of Iden- married and' worked diligently for the tification and involvement with "the Jewish organization in a variety of capacities, incommunity," said John Anderson. "It helps to cluding the-presidency in 1970-71. He now make me feel a part of something I consider serves as a trustee of Cornhusker Lodge, workimportant, to give me goals with which I can ing with other past presidents to give advice and guidance and maintain continuity. identify." Both John and Sheila have consciously The statement is not one with which one can easily argue, nor would one want to. But it is limited themselves to working for Beth El especially gratifying to hear such sentiments and B'nai B'rith so that they could better coming from one who did not grow up with devote themselves to these organizations. Judaism. • John's position as director of employee relaThe only son of an only son, John was born tions services o f Northern Natural Gas inand raised in Lincoln, Neb. His parents, Vi and volves a certain amount of traveling and has Bemie Anderson, belonged to the Congrega- provided an additional limiting factor hi his tional church in Lincoln, although John's greater involvement in the affairs of the mother had been brought up in a strict Omaha Jewish community. Lutheran home.' Sheila was recently elected president of the After attending Lincoln High School and newly combined chapter which forms B'nai receiving his bachelor's degree hi business ad- B'rith Women of Omaha. "I. view this as a great challenge and honor," Sheila said, noting that the new chapter numbers over 300 women, ~ "In order to devote myself to this job I have had to decrease some of my other activities."

Sheila Anderson prepares hors d'oevres for Beth El Synagogue social event (JP photo)

the rest stop at U4tli and Burke where I was the home," Sheila noted. • helping," John said. Another new program with which the AnderCindy also bowls on the B'nai B'rjlh junior sons arc most happy Is that of "Bar Mltzvah bowling league and has a number of trophies to B'chovod" which Cindy, who will become Bat show for her efforts. She will soon be able to Mltzvah in May, 1077, has Joined. This "Bar join BBYO and the Beth El youth group and Is Mltzvah with honor" program is entirely' looking forward to that time. She will be follow- voluntary, John pointed out. He and Sheila are ing in her mother's footsteps. Sheila's youth very proud that Cindy has decided to par- ; was filled with those groups. ticlpateinit David and John are also avid bowlers and "It Involves a lot of extra work and Cindy has have added their trophies to Cindy's on UK In the past Sheila has worked with the pro- fireplace mantle. John and the children are devoted two or three hours, two or three days a ministration at the University of Nebraska at grams for the elderly which are under the strongly sports-oriented and include bike week, during the summer preparing for this Lincoln, John eventually found himself, in the aegis of the Jewish Family Service. She has riding, swimming and tennis In their increas- honors program. It Is more than an intense fall of 1959, as personnel director of the been chairman of the task force for the elderly ing range of activities. "I don't join them too Jewish education. She will have to prepare a Blackstone'Hotel at 36th and Famum in and also secretary of the Jewish Family ser- much in sports'," Sheila said," but both thesis which will be approved by Rabbi. Omaha. It was here that he and his wife, vice committee. Sheila also served for two children and I like to do needlepoint and other '- Bromberg, Cantor Najman or Stan Mitchell, and she will also have to give service to the Sheila, first met -. ' '*-. years on the Beth El School board and, when handiwork." "I needed a reservations clerk and Sheila ap- she resigned that position, John took her place. "If Rosle Greer can do needlepoint (here's no community and synagogue," John explained. One Job which Sheila has held foe the past reason I can't," David said firmly, and his plied for the job. We had to share a very small The Anderson children are growing up to office and so we had ample opportunity to three years is that of social and catering vice work Is something of which he can be proud. follow in their parents footsteps, and they are president or "kitchen chairman" of Beth El. become acquainted" John said. "Through One thing all the Andersons like to do Is read. worthy footsteps to follow. As their children Sheila I learned a great deal about Judaism Sisterhood. "I've become the resident "You will frequently find all four of us relaxing grow, John and Sheila see themselves becom* and found it to be most sympathetic to my own 'kashruth maven'," she laughed. in the family room with books,1' Sheila com- ing more Involved with the synagogue and beliefs. Congregatinalists are rather liberal The 'Anderson family does not consist mented. "I guess It may be one of the few times B'nai B'rith, especially In their youth pro- ' Christians who feel that a person can shape his solely of John and Sheila. They are also very we can do something all together." Both the grams. ' own beliefs." Anderson children joined the summer Jewish devoted parents of Cindy, 12 and David, 9. John emphasized, "We feel that the most ImSheila Is the daughter of Omahans Rose and book dub at the JCC library the past two years. ~ "Our activities are really very family portant thing which we can give to our children Max Novak. She has lived In Omaha all her life oriented," John said. "We like to do things as a One other very Important thing that the is a sense of their Jewish Identity, We are raisand, after graduating from Central High • f a m i l y . " : ' ; - : ; ~ : ~r/r :::. '' :: :. -.. - •. .-• -. •.•.. Andersons regularly do together is celebrate ing them as Jews and would want them to : ; School, attended the University of Nebraska at the Shabbat: "Friday evening has become a Doing things as a family includes activities family'evening. We have a special meal, light marry Jews. Hopefully they will achoive that Omaha. ' • sense of Identity. Our Job is to guide them to "Mine was a traditional J e w i s h such as participating in the recent clean-up the candles, and say tlie blessings over the lhatpotat." campaign at Beth El. "While I was in the kitbackground," Sheila noted. "My family bread and wine as a family. We rarely, go out.' ; Both feel that the community is becoming chen helping pr^are sandwiches for every one, belonged to Beth El Synagpgue.and L hn«r*~; socially en a Friday evening, and we especially strong Jewish education Uwro,, -it had. naygf— i-^njoy-Sic^OTiftj; ro5» ihe family'incn," said: really occured to me (hat I might marry so- picking up litter." "In addition to performing a Sheila. service for the synagogue," John commented, - Sheila and John went on to talk about someof meone who was not Jewish"." "We both felt strongly that religion plays an "we all had a good time. When we were done, the innovations which are coming from Beth El important role in the home," Sheila continued. everyone had a feeling of service -and • and its ritual committee. One of the things v t "This feeling led us to the conclusion that ft cameraderle." which they particularly enjoy is the concept of Both children joined in the walk for Israel "Shabbat in the home" as put forth by the less organization and volunteer-oriented,' was vital for both parents to be of the same which has put a strain on the organizations and last May. "Cindy walked Uie whole route from resulted h> an increased need for, dedicated 7 With John's feeling of sympathetic apprecia- Temple Israel to the JCC. and David wanted to recipes, rituals, .assgs . . , everything one -~ workers. John feels that the make-up of the tion for Judaism, it seemed only natural for too but we discouraged him. So he walked from would need to know to have a proper ShabBat In community Is changing. The people with roots. ,nim to seek to convert to Judaism. "When'I In Omaha are leaving and new people are comdecided to take that step, over 14 years ago," ing In.- Women are getting Jobs and do not feel John observed, "the rabbis were /very they have the time to devote themselves to discouraging. Rabbi Myer Kripke, who was orPflnlrflHon work, -r ~r^-"-±r. .:'".~r-~-r JB^El' than once before he was convinced that I was "B'nai B'riUTwomen are renewing their em'sincerenfiiiyeiesire "foconvcrirFniink it may phasls on purely social functions hi addition to - be made somewhat easier for converts now, the service work we do," Sheila commented. but I really had to prove myself to Rabbi "It Is necessary to bring people together so Kripke then." that they can know each other." Sheila said shefeels the change in the community herself. And so, in 1962, Rabbi Kripke married Sheila '.'Almost all the kids I grew up with and went to Novak and John Anderson In a traditional school with have moved out. of town. Our Jewish ceremony at Beth El. ' ' friends are not generally native Omahans. • ••• . "Our parents had some reservations and -Everyone needs to seek friends and w e met : J scepticism, but both families backed us 100 most of our friends through the synagogue afid percent They Have been great both as parents B'nai B'rith." and in-laws," John andSheil3 agreed. John added that his parents visit them on holidays such _ _ Why have John and Sheila Anderson devoted as Passover and "some of Judaism has rubbed I" EO much of their time end energy to the work of Beth El and B'nai B'rith They were In total become good friends, the Andersons noted. agreement as they said, "It gives a feeling of Now John and Sheila Anderson are much like - accompusnment, of a Job 'well done, that z ' nraungwje"c"ari match. 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"I'm much more aware and interested in the Sandy was born and raised in Omaha, and he's a hard worker.- He Is involved with a attitudes and opinions of the people outside the number of civic activities. He's on the board of Jewish community, toward the Jews," he said. directors of the Girls' Club, on the steering "That is why I am so deeply involved with the committee for the Jewish Community Rela- Community Relations Committee because I tions Committee and on the athletic committee feel that I can help clear up some of the stigmas towards Jews which have remained through at the Jewish Community center. Sandy notes that a lot of his time is spent with the years." According to Sandy Friedman, the latitude athletics. "I play a lot of tennis and golf" he said. And he does date. The most important which is offered by the Jewish religion is quite large. "The Jewish religion is based on selfeducation. With this latitude one is able to worship in the way that one feels best," Sandy said. "I'm a traditional Jew and I live by the traditions of my religion." Many of the traditions of the Jewish religions are events which involve some of Sandy Friedthing in Sandy Friedman's life, in his own man's most happy memories. "One of my fonder memories is going to synagogue on Simwords, is just "to be happy": Sandy had a mature outlook on life even chat Torah," he said. "I'm sure that most when quite young. "A lot of my friends were every family had a Passover seder. I getting married when they were quite young," remember celebrating Hanukkah with the be said "I didn't feel that it was a good idea to members of my family and other relatives." "The seriousness of the two High Holidays is get married that young because I didn't feel that my directions and values had completely one of my earliest memories," he said. "I can matured. When the right time and right person remember going to synagogue with my family . . . as I still do today. When my father was liv> comes along, I'll get married." Sandy remains close to his widowed mother. ing, he was a very religious man," Sandy said. He has two older brothers. Sandy feels that his values were formed while he was still quite young. "Your values become more obvious to you," he said. "What I 've done is to solidify my values and use them as a direction and goal to achieve." Sandy claims he had as good a childhood as any "red-blooded Jewish boy in Omaha could "I respected him very much for his strong conhave had. I like some things better than others. victions in the Jewish religion." I had fun going to synagogue and to Sunday Sandy said he felt that the Jewish religion did school'. .and I had a lot of fun as a youngster a good job of taking care of the older members playing baseball too," he said. ' • of its society. "The Jewish people do a very Sandy's one big regret in life was that es a good job of taking care of their older people," student at Omaha University he had the op- he Baid. The Jewish faith seems to give older portunity to go to Greece to live with a family people something to hold onto, and their' as part of the Experiment in International Liv- religion helps them through the tough times. ing. He wanted to accept the honor, but he also The traditional closeness of family groups wanted to stay dose to his family here and con- which the Jewish people have developed, helps tinue helping out as he had been doing since his me fee! secure as I grow older." fathers death. Sandy ieii strong!? Cwiumtttcu to his family. So Greece waited for another Sandy Is an optimist And while he is not looktrip. ing towards growing old, he realizes that it Is "I'm very satisfied with what I've done," be inevitable. But he has set certain goals for said. "I feel that whatever I've achieved, I've himself which he Intends to reach through the done by myself. I've lived a, very self-satisfying years. "I want to make myself happy and I want to make the people I'm with happy. By the Ufesofar." Sandy said that being Jewish is one Oi U*B Uttie I'm, say, 55, I want to be in a position most important facts in his life. "I'm proud of economically and all other ways to Insure that my Jewish heritage . . . the traditions of both my family and myself are healthy and .:.._...'• Judaism arc what I live by. I'm sotthe most hanny;"hesaid. religious person in the world, but the traditions Sandy Is the type of person who will work of Judaism are an instrumental force in my doggedly to achieve his goals. He enjoys his

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"I really like Omaha, but I would have preferred to have gone away, maybe just traveled with no responsibilities for say, she months. I really enjoy traveling," Sandy said. "I've traveled fairly-extensively, but in the sense of a prolonged period of time," he said. "It is almost an impossibility right now." With his goals and drive, Sandy Is apt to go far, both In the business world and across the globe. And with his looks and personality, the journeys won't be lonely, either.

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'Being Jewish Has Responsibilities' By Lori Feldman . ' OMAHA — "If I had the chance to do it all over again," Hinky Dinky Supermarkets Executive Vice Chairman Allan Noddle quipped, "I'd probably be a barber!" But in a more serioiis tone Noddle says he enjoys what he's

always easy. Its not a smooth interstate highway — it has Its bumps. People who make master plans for themselves are snortslghtlng themselves. Being flexible, able to adjust is essential." AHau admits he is net a confirmed bachelor. He likes going

very competitive." As an accomplished young businessman, Allan spends nearly 70 hours per week in his comfortable, wellappointed office. He considers his career his most Important "hobby", and plans to remain in Omaha indefinitely, where his business is centered. "I like Omaha — geographically and physically — it's the right size and has a lot to offer," he said, adding hesitantly, "ex J cept single Jewish girls." Allan continued, "But you can't beat : the Midwestern friendliness and hospitality.". 'Allan has family in Omaha and is grateful they are here so he has "things we can share." "My family is very close," he said. "Our getting together always centers around a meal. It could be a Shabbat dinner, a picnic, or a holiday, but the focal point is what there will be to eat," he insisted. Allan believes it is important to have family nearby. "Life is more Interesting and richer when a total family can be together," he said. Being Jewish definitely plays a part in Allan's life. "My mother keeps a kosher home — I haven't forgotten the tradition," he said. He is an active participant In the Jewish community who works on, the Junior Executive Division of the Philanthropies campaign and serves as vice-chairman of the board for the Jewish Community Center. Allan sees himself as fitting into the conservative mold "I am quiet and rather introverted," he said. "My brothers are the more out-going types But maybe that's because they have families of their own." bt his spare time Allan enjoys jogging, playing softball, basketball and tennis. He -advises students in Junior Achievement, a nationwide program which promotes the free enterprise system through students' formation of a mock business and product. Allan also serves as board chairman for the YMCA in North Omaha. "There are not many qualified people who are willing to devote time to planning good programs for children in the north area of Omaha," he said. "There is a serious need for programs which will give underprivileged children the opportunities to participate.'" "1 have no masterplan for my life," he said "I like to live with the surprises and let them come. I let it flow. Life isn't

with marriage. _ "I don't stay up nights worrying about It," he said. His philosophy is that "if it is meant to happen, it will happen. For anyone, the thought of going through life alone Is n o t ^ l e a s a n t one," he said. Allan added that he would like to raise kids someday. He feels the function of the family as a unifying entity has weakened, in the last few years, since lifestyles have been moving so rapidly. "I see family traditions and concepts breaking down," herald. "Jewish people rarely got divorced. But the stigma of divorce has been removed from society. Kids don't enter marriage with Die same commitment. Even the family dinner doesn't happen much anymore. Some of the family things

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Long Range Plans Not Amy Cassman ByLorlFeldman AMAH A "Tf's not» crime to be single," KETV newsperson Amy Cassman said. ' "I don't feel like I'm in a state of limbo waiting for marriage. People think that's what I should be gearing myself for, especially after college and graduate school," Amy said, but shrugged as if unconcerned. "The most Important thing tome is to see what I want to

be the same. In Omaha I have friends who-graduated with more of a sense of belonging, me tire married. Most of them My family Is interested and went into teaching, but after excited about what I'm doing. ,two years they've stopped It's nice to have roots," Amy teaching. Either they've had babies or are thinking about it. said. Amy does not want her I can have all of It—marriage career to be the dominating In- and children—but I just don't fluence in her life. "I would want it right now. I have to be like to just take it as a job and on the right road to my do other things," she said. Her career," she said. diverse interests include - "In a way, it's selfish to be boating, painting, horseback single because you only have riding, reading and traveling to be concerned about but added that until her job yourself," Amy said. But after Into ..some kind of reflecting a moment, the 23Things always seetn "settles routine," she won't have much year-old asked, "Why Amy Cassman gathers her materials before 'setting out to cover a news story for KETV. ibwork out for her time to dovote to her hobbies. shouldn't I be single? " (JP photo by Stuart Scott) She is much more independo on my own,'' she continued. "I would like to do as much as dent than she was five years I can with my own career. ago. "I learned to develop Right now I uon'tiiave any more confidence in myself, plane to get married." But and now I feel that I could surAmy does not make long vive anywhere on my own," range plans for the future. She she said. is not thinking beyond a year She is not involved v:' v from now. Jewish-related organiza' > "I just kind of fall into as 6he doesn't like orgaiu . J things. The best decisions you groups. "Hike to meet people make are when you fall into on my own," Amy said, "and I things," Amy said. "My feel that it you meet someone friends'who had definite goals who happens to be Jewish, you are not doing what they plann- have that much more in comed. But things always work mon." out—one job has led to another "Friends arc very imporfor me," she said reassuringtant to me," said Amy. "We Afteir graduating early from remain in contact. I try to Northwestern University's "You have to give School of Speech, Amy worked as a substitute teacher in Omaha a chance" Chicago for a semester, She then went to Boston Universi- keep all the ties that I've had, ty to earn her master's de'gree even from Northwestern so in broadcast journalism. As,a that I don't feel like I'm reporter and weather an- isolated..I don't want to shut nouncer for KETV, Amy is• myself off from those people fulfilling t h e final re- I've been close to." quirements for her degree. She is enjoying her job and When Amy entertained will be staying with KETV for friends" from out of town, she at least another year. Amy discovered .variety of. acf«wJg Inrliinglo eha 11)38 flhlfl to tivities available Ja Omaha obtain the opportunity for "You have to give Omaha a practical experience in chance. If you look for it, it's Omaha and said, "In this there," she'said, noting the business it's hard to get a parks, museums and symphony but Amy said, "Ideally Job." Amy admitted she wasI would like to live in a larger which ' 'soared'' when she came back city, such as Chicago, p ts Ossaha because. "I-didn't has everything to of f r Then I _ l wouldn't be too far away from family either/' • I prefer to meet

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Barbara Buchalter: Struggling Alone with Mothsfhood By Barbara Simon OMAHA — "What I want most for my children," says Barbara Buchalter, "is what I got from my parents — a very secure feeling, self-confidence, a stable, happy home and a sense of identity with Judaism — really the ability to feel at ease in any mileau." Unfortunately, the facts of Barbara Buchalter's life seem to be conspiring against her deepest desires. At 47 she is struggling to continue her successful career as math professor and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Omaha while raising two children, Dan and Ann, alone. She is both a widow and a divorcee. Her youngest child Ann, is 6. She was adopted in 1970 and was just 2 months old when Leonard Buchalter died at age 46 of a heart attack. He had been teaching pharmaceutical chemistry at Crclghton University. "My whole family — 5 sisters and 1 brother — came to Omaha when Leonard died. And my brother came from Memphis every two weeks for awhile to help with Dan, my 15 year-old." says ' Barbara. "We were such a close family — and in a pinch I can count on them to come through." The strength of that family closeness and their care for one another has probably sustained Barbara through her recent '' hard times. She describes her grpwlng-up in the small town of Greensburg. Pa., with sparkling eyes and enthusiasm in her voice. • . "We were 7 kids," she says. "We were noisy and talkative, all very good students, very supported and encouraged by our mother and father. They came to everything we participated in. Mother particularly was a terrific person. She had a way with us and with all children. She was able to love us and make sure we had what we needed, without spoiling us. We were good kids, not brats. I wish she were around now to help me out." The conversation turns wistful, Dan, 15, joins the Interview on the living room couch. "I knew her," says Dan. "She made great chicken soup. When we moved to Omaha from Tucson when I was eight, we left our big family behind—I've missed all my cousins and aunts and uncles there." That move, plus 4 moves within Omaha, his father's death, and his mother's remarriage and divorce have been hard on Dan. Me knows himself well and has definite ideas about his life. "I love my family," he says, "even though they get on my nerves. I have obligations to them, and I want to be in a place where I get strong directions and discipline. That's why I've asked Mom to send me to military school. I'm too much for her to handle right now — she has to do her work so we can live nicely, and without a father it's too hard to keep me Ln line. I'll do really good at school."

Barbara nods at her son's self-assessment. "He has a lot of care for others — he's always befriending kids who need befriending, fyid his desire to be a policeman is not so far fetched — my father was warden at the Greensberg jail for a time, and held several minor political appointments in that small town." The Buchallers are consciously Jewish, aitnougn not as ooser-" vant as Barbara would like. "In Greensberg there were 200 Jewish families and one synagogue which was Orthodox," she says. "Mother kept kosher until I was about 12, then we joined the new Reform congregation. She created her own Jewish style, let go of some traditions, and held on to others. What she really showed us was how to be actively Jewish and that we could choose our observances. Mother really set the tone—Daddy followed her lead. She pushed him Into Jewish activities. All my sisters and my brother have a sense of Jewish service and obligation." Barbara continues: "In our house in Greensberg, you knew It was Shabbat on Friday afternoon. I find it much harder to create that same feeling with my small family, even when Leonard was alive. Partly because I work, it's difficult, and just because I miss the bustle of a big group around the table. Now it's especially hard. Without a man to give the incentive to sit down to a nice family meal, Sbabbat just doesn't happen very often. It's really very depressing to try to be a family with me and the two children." Yet the Jewishness survives. Dan became Bar Mltzvah two years ago at the Temple Israel where they are members. He attended Saturday school, participated in Sunshine Day Camp and wenttoCampEstherK.Newman, ' Dan says, "I'm glad I'm a Jew. I want my kids to be Jewish — if I get married. If I married a non-Jewish girl I'd have to have the agreement to bring the kids up Jewish. I like to go to Temple on all the holidays. It makes me feel good to go to services with my family. I want people to know our family is there and that we belong. I feel obligated to follow Jewish beliefs, to observe the traditions that are meaningful to me. It would hurt me to let something like Passover slip by without remembering my traditions." Barbara has fond memories of Passover, too. "The next year after I was married (1950)," she says, "my father died in Greensberg, and my mother moved the remaining family, which then consisted of mother and my three youngest sisters and my brother, to Tucson. Then my oldest married sister moved there, and Leonard and I moved there too. We both worked on our Phd's at the University of Arizona. My mothers' sisters and their husbands and children were already living there, so eventually the 'clan' numbered more than 35 people. It was so festive at holidays. We were so surrounded by family—that's another reason it's hard for me to make my little celebrations meaningful and to generate the atmosphere I remember so well."

Even though Barbara has lived in Omaha since 19C8, when they moved fiere from Tucson so Leonard could teach at Crclghton and she at UNO, and she has been active In B'nal B'rith Women, In Council projects, and on Federation coramlt»««, she still feels s great nostalgia for Use sense of place ard belonging she remembers In the small town of Greensberg. School for Dan will be Wentworth Military Academy near "Coming into Omaha as a newcomer," she says, "would make It Kansas City where he'll be in 11th grade "After high school," he difficult in itself to get to know, a lot of people, but my Job continues, "I want to join the Marines, take their courses in isolates me even more, and our recent upheavals have left me criminal justice, and then go to a police academy. I'll make a with little more than just the energy to cope from day to day. It's depressing when I go to Temple to see hundreds of Jewish peoreal good street cop." ple and to realize that I know only a few of them."

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Assistant Dean Barbara Buchalter works in her borne office preparing for classes and doing administrative chores. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) About friends, she adds, "I have terrific friends at the University. And I love to have nqn-Jewlsh friends. In Greensberg, my parents encouraged us to have gentile friends. I feel that the only way to combat anti-Semitism Is to take port in the larger society and present ourselves as the good people we are — and yet, not assimilate. The desire to remain uniquely Jewish has to come from a strong, positive Jewish feeling. My parents gave that to us; I hope I can give that feeling to my children." Barbara's second marriage two years ago was to a non-' Jewish man, Art Hancock. She continued her Jewish practices, which he enjoyed, but he was somewhat older, not In good health, and the conflicts and tensions of being part of a family of young children did not make their relationship compatible. Barbara also sees something else now. "I can be sure now that I would need a mate who shared my Jewish background," she says. She and Art were divorced after one year of marriage, and ; Art has died within the last year, "I suppose I feel the greatest pain In relationship to my children," Barbara adds. "Ann has been growing up without a "father all of her life. In addition I have the constant problem of who will take care of her while I am teaching. Our lives have been one constant disaster with babysitters and housekeepers."

Barbara Buchalter expresses one very critical need, of contemporary families separated from relatives and raising children without a spouse. "I really need a man to take an Interest in my children," she says. "We need a "Big Brother" organization in the Jewish community — a way for my children to be with men who are friends of theirs and who can give them a male perspective. They've had nobody like this, and I con see no way to get this for them." . \. '•;•••••She continues: "The only way to even come close to that kind of relationship would bs through Individual counseling for the children, and I can't begin to pay for the kind of Intensive counseling I think they could use." Barbara"emphasizes that even though she has good friends, is active and busy, she still feels that she Is on the outside of most Je<vish-soc!sl and cultural activities. "People are very friendly and very pleasant, but the Jewish community — and the larger community—Is couple oriented. Even at the Temple there is no real way to get into Temple^activltcs as a single person. Our community should face up to the special needs of fatherless and single people." , Ann Buchalter tries to get the The New Year will bring some changes to the Buchalter's attention of her older brother, lives. Dan will start a new'school. Ann will begin 1st grade. BarDan. (JP. photo by Stuart bara has new responsibllitcs as Assistant Dean and in addition Scott) will teach one course in differential equations this fall. Barbara's wishes for the New Year are for Dan to get on the right track, for herself to be able to spend more time making a quality home environment and for her to have more of a social and personal life. ,, "I love my work and I love being a professional/' Barbara "says. "Of c^Urs^tiur menejri eanr aiiows'iiB^ta iiver bar"wir~ have more pressures on us than most people; and keeping -our lives in balance Is very hard. My everyday realities are here In the present; but mjrioriging i s l o r • " t h a t ' ' t i i r t t i ^ V 'simpler,injiretraditionalHfeWM^ast.1'

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Desire for Jewish Life Brings Them to Omaha By 0 . David De Land OMAHA-Leonld Prostakov, 38, of LenOctober 15, 1975. On Ua»t date Prostakov applied to the Russian authorities for permission. to leave the Soviet Union and emigrate to the United States. Prostakov's application included not only • 'himself but his wife Valerya^ 36; their son, IIlya, 9; and Valerya's mother, Rebecca Kolonitskaya. "I had two reasons for wanting to leave Russia," Prostakov said. "I wanted to get away from the anti-Semitism and I wanted my family to live in a free country."^ , Prostakov, although a Jew, held a good job as a civil engineer in one of the state's prin: clpal offices in Leningrad. He worked as chief engineer in a concrete plant and was highly respected by Jew and gentile alike. Much of this was to change alter he applied for permission to. leave the Soviet Union. ."I applied October 15 for permission to leave; I received permission to leave December 15, exactly two months to the day," he said. • Prostakov noted that he and his family left Russia, January "< 1376. an«* w c n t t 0 5 t a S v ;whcre they spent four months awaiting permission to enter the United Slates. The Prostakov family has been in the' United States five months and in Omaha since May 21,1976. Prostakov speaks English well for a person who has been In this country only a few months. His wife, Valerya, speaks a more halting English. Both studied English in secondary school in Russia. From secondary school, Prostakov went to a civil engineering institute in Leningrad.

Leonid Prostakov at work at bis office in Leningrad, about 1970. He left a very sick father and a younger brother who is employed as a mechanical engineer in Russia. Valerya, an only child, fcwgut her mother wiih her. -.•-•••• --•• Leonid and Valerya both decided at the same time to make a move which could change the outcome of their lives forever. Valerya stopped Work at her job shortly before Leonid applied for permission for tfie family to leave. .. Leonid did not quit his job and he was not /fired (for applying for -a visa to the United ' States), but in the eyes of his fellow workers he became a "non-person". . - "My superiors and former colleagues ig- • nbred me," Prostakov said. "No one consulted " me'.. .they acted as if I wasn't there. I went to my job, but they didn't give me work." Prostakov said that in the time between the date he applied for permission to leave and when the actual permission came through, he ' felt no. actual oppnession. But despite the fact that his work athis job was exemplary-he had earlier received a gold medal from the state for architectural engineering—the'plant officers at »

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Seeing that Prostakov could not be swayed in hisdecision to leave Russia, the Communist officials then tried a new tactic. They demanded that he return the gold medal which he received for architectural engineering. "I refused to return it," Prostakov said. "I told them it was a professional award and it had no bearing on my application to leave the country." Prostakov said he heard that representatives of the Soviet authorities in Leningrad had tried to obtain information. from his colleagues. "They wanted to know what I had received the prize for," he.said. Toward the end of the waiting period, the Prostakov family began to feel oppression. "The entire family was 'invited' to talk to the The Prostakovs enjoy the fountain outside police chief," Proslakov said. "It was an ugly their apartment in Omaha. Mrs. Kolonltscene.. .he tried to shame us for wanting to Bkaya, Valerya's mother, looks on, while leave Russia. He tried to scare us." Leonid Prostakov's decision to leave Russia what they don't do. "They isolate you.. .make was not an over-night decision. "I felt isolated - you feel like a stranger. You and your entire and a stranger from an early age," he said. family feel that you have no future In your "My son came back from school and asked me, native country." he'said. 'What does it mean when the children call me Jud(Jew)t'" "I started seconary school In 1953. I heard "I got my decision gradually," he said. "My , about the 'Doctors Plot' (against Stalin). The grandfather, taught cheder. He gave me my Jews of Russia were blamed for it. This was a basic general knowledge of people and the Bi- traditional insult. When I worked, I heard the ble. He told me what the life of the Jews in same Insults from different people," ProRussia really was. I saw many facts which con- • stakovsald. firmed what my grandfather told me." Prostakov said that although he was Prostakov admitted that he himself had suf- respected in his Job ("I UUnk they needed fered some'dficrimlnation. "At first I couldn't me".. i) he .received both sympathy and get a job In thg different offices where I ap- criticism from his colleagues when he applied plied. I tried*to shrink from the problem by los- for permission to leave the country. *' ing myself in my work. . .1 tried to lose the feeling." . , •, \ Protakov's mother-in-law, Rebecca Kolonlt"I worked very hard and much." Prostakov skaya, can not speak English, she spoke in Yidsaid. "Gradually, however, I realized dish. According to Mrs. Kolonitskaya, her discrimination in the moral and material daughter, Valerya was an only child and sides." wherever she went, she would go along also. "My Jewish friends were discriminated against and gradually I understood that I could Mrs. Kolonitskaya studied Dutch in school, not shrink from the problem and live with myself," he said, "I also had fear for the fate of but had no English before she came: to the jny son..Even my good position didn't save me United States. "1 like Omaha, I have not seen from different forms of discrimination," he anything bad here," she said. "Everyone isv nice people, Jew and gentile are treated alike." said. Leonid Prostakov brought his family to According to Prostakov, the discrimination is not so much in overt acts of hatred, it Is more Omaha because he had relatives, here, the

Valerya, .Leonid and son IUya look for fish. (JP photo by D. David DeLand) '

Dave Itkln family. "I'm a civil engineer.. .It's the one thing I can do," Prostakov said. "I hope I can find a job here in my specialty." Prostakov said he was not sure yet about his son's education. "He will go to public school and also to Hebrew school." IUya, a rather shy nine-year-old had ma'ny friends in Russia, according to his father. But he is adjusting rapidly to American life. "I asked him his Impressions of day camp," Prostakov said. "He very often used the words 'best* and 'most' when speaking of It." Valerya Prostakov said with a broad grin that IUya has already'adopted one American tradition. . .soft drinks. "He likes Coca-Cola," she said. . . Prostakov took a realistic approach to his son's future. "He will know Hebrew.. .he will . feel proud to be a Jew." Asked if he had it all to do over again, would •he move his family from" Russia. Prostakov answered, "Without a doubt. The most Important thing in Russia is that Jews prove to other Jewish families that man can overcome his obstacles. Other families that arc hesitating to leave Russia might benefit from my experiences," he said. "It is their choice, but It takes time."

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The Saltzman family at home and at play: at left, Rosalie and daughter, Keri; center, son Kevin, Rosalie, Keri and Ernest; right, Ernest and Kevin. (JP photos by Fred Veleba)

Shared Responsibility Permeates Their Lifestyle ByLoriFeldman OMAHA — For Ernest and Rosalie Saltzman,' "sharing responsibility" has been a way of life for 15 years. Rosalie, 39, an English professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, bat been working continuously since their marriage, and Ernest, 42, a buyer with Rlchman Gordman, has been supportive and enthusiastic about his wife's career from the beginning. How do they manage so well, with bath of them working full time, to raise two children and to devote time to the community too? Ernest described the family's typical morning schedule. "It's a regular madhouse. Rosalie starts breakfast and I make the beds while the kids get ready for school." Kevin, 10, and Keri, S, are proud of their "liberated" mother and "domesticated" father. "My dad makes great scratch pancakes every Sunday morning!" Kevin announced proudly. "People don't think I'm as crazy now asJ was ten years ago," said Rosalie. "It was strange for a Jewish woman to work ten years ago, and now I guess it Is the'in'thing to do," she said. She teaches four courses every semester—a full load. She serves on the board of Temple Israel* the Sisterhood board, and has taught religious school at both Beth El and Temple Israel. Ernest has been a Cubmaster for two years, planning and coordinating programs for Cub Scouts. He plays golf and swims with Kevin, but the times the family enjoys most are when they goon vacations or celebrate holidays together. Kevin and Keri

agreed that Chanukah was their favorite holiday to celebrate with the family, and one in which they enjoyed seeing grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cohen, and Mrs. Sara Saltzman. "Celebrating holidays together is a way of passing on traditions," said Rosalie. "To be able to Identify with Judaism Is important," she added. . i. The Saltzmans are happy living in Omaha. ''It's a good-sized town in which to live," Ernest said. "It has culture, the arts, and an active, closely-knit Jewish community," added Rosalie. "You can make your own lifestyle here." The Saltzmans believe their Interests have changed over the past ten years. "Ernest and I have become more aware of the Jewish community," Rosalie said. "We weren't' as interested in community aff airs before we had the children." The Saltzmans feel the values of society have changed since the fifties, when they were growing up. "No one thought about conservation of energy then. I think there has been a regeneration of values — a whole new outlook in recent years," said Rosalie. . • "During the fifties people looked down on the trades. It used to be that a college degree was the. almighty thing," Ernest said. "Today people are more willing to accept you for what you are. Material success was far more important to the older generation." . "Education for kids is a lot better ioday than when we were growing up," said Rosalie. "It has to be channeled, though," she

said. "Children are allowed much more freedom. They canvolce their opinions. This freedom has become a pattern of the times. Though the number of four-year college students is decreasing, life-long adult education Is increasing because of more leisure time In our society," Rosalie addedi One of the sad points they mcntlned was that older citizens have too much leisure time with BO tew tnlersts. "They (It around not doing anything,'' Ernest said. "But gradually better programs are being geared to older people," he added. His theory is that we should be able to start from age 90 and go backwards. "That way we could enjoy our youth!" Ernest said. Besides golf and swimming, tennis and bicycling are popular recreational activities with the Saltzman family, Kevin has Inherited a stamp collection from his father end is supplementing It, while Keri enjoys frolicking with Bridges, their 14-year-old dog. Rosalie's hopes for the New Year ana the future include a "life of health, peace, and harmony and to see that our children get the best education, and grow up to be sensible, independent and well-meaning adults." . Both Ernest and Rosalie are satisfied with their lifestyles. "Time has expanded to meet our needs," said Rosalie. "We've both kept far more active by our working. I believe one can have a home, a family, a career and community involvement. Nothing is impossible. Necessity is the best of all teachers,',' she said.

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Lincolnites Honor the Sabbath By Muriel Herzog LINCOLN — I walked across a broad, perfectly manicured lawn, fresh cut, leaving clear footprints as I approached the Krivosha house ("we'll vacuum it in the morning, Norm said). ' He had Just gotten home from a meeting. Helene, his wife, and their daughters, Terri, 17, and Rhonda, 14, and I sat down In the ~ TiyTngTfooiri: ~ — Rhonda is dark, with precise features, favoring her father. Terri's voice is soft like Helene's. Both were pleasantly selfpossessed, quiet-spoken, and serious, though like their parents they laugh easily and readily. At times, Norm indicated that he and Terri (a sophomore at Lincoln Southeast High) were closer in their views on Judaism than Helene and Rhonda. Terri, a student in the Joint Program at Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia, is planning to make Aliyah to Israel, and Norm said he would like to someday, also. In terms of Jewish practice, Terri is the most observant, "ultra kosher", and Shomer Shabbat in observance of the Sabbath. She will only eat cold salad out; Rhonda will eat only fish (the only concession to junk food is a Macdonald's Fishwich), and Helene and Norm will eat meat out, although when they ski, they bring along their own kosher food. Terri observes the Sabbath strictly; the others observe it closely with only small allowances for emergencies, work, and weather. Helene insists she has always been conservative and has not become either more or less so, politically or religiously, as she grows older. Norm admits that Ideally everyone should be "a socialist until they're 26; a Democrat until they're 42; and a Republican thereafter. Norm Is 42. In terms of their religion, the entire family as a single unit 1 has a strong commitment to the observance of not only the letter but also the spirit of Judaism. The Sabbath is a time of deep enjoyment for all of them. ••-.'• "Friday night is a family time^. .we don't accept Invitations," says Helene. Dinner time, generally, Is a sacred time to , the Krlvoshas. An answering service handles their dinner time calls,; and not only at Shabbat dinner. "All meals we have together are special for us — not just Shabbat. We talk and discuss things and iron out problems that the kids have and problems that we have and we enjoy that time." Unlike Helene, who grew up in Lincoln, looking after her brother and sister while her parents ran the family grocery store. Norm grew up In a Jewish ghetto in Detroit. It was "a bad time in my life," he says. "I didn't know then it was a bad time. It was a very crowded existence. We lived in tenement houses in an area where in the alley the telephone pole was first base and the sewer was second. I don't suppose that as a child I went more than seven or eight blocks away from where I lived.... God must have been very angry the day He made Detroit." There was no need for him to establish his identity as a Jew there; it was taken for granted. "Lincoln requires more affirmation . . . otherwise we'd get lost as Jews," he says. An essential affirmation is the observance of Shabbat. For Norm, "all week is a very harrowing lime. It starts very early in the morning and ends very late at night. Phone calls, people... and I look forward to the Shabbat because on that day the problems of the world are left behind. y' "It's a day to do my own thinking and studying and, really, J4'a vereftfirapeutic-Tm convinced thai God's notion that man should rest one day a week was with complete understanding of what it does for a human being. One.day a week I let it all go and think about things I don't have time for ordinarily," he adds. Rhonda and Terri were brought up to observe the Sabbath, but as they grew older they both made more deliberate choices to keep the day special. Both have had conflicts as teenagers growing up in Lincoln when there were games, social events and -ether pressures Crom non-Jewish friends to break the Sahbath, Both girls miss a larger Jewish peer group "so that on thex Sabbath I am not the only one observing. It's just a time I enjoy going to synagogue. For me it became, in the midst of studying, when I had finals, a time when I didn't think about these things and it's just nice to be able to put that out of your mind," says

for me, I'm doing it for the family.' I'm really doing it because that Is the nature of me. "You have to program yourself into family commitment. As a result, we started having greater activity together," he added. 'During business trips, Helene and Norm often travel together, leaving extra time to be together. When the children were younger, Norm took them along, to bi^vit^ tiem individuaJUy. "We think nothing of taking them out of school to travel. '• But always within this context of the "general world," the non-Jewish world in which the Krivoslias move with generosity and intensity, there is their own Identity as Jews. They keep "a distinct Identity" through their observances, and they remain distinctly apart from Lincoln gentile society as Jews. ... • They hold to the tradition of intellectual examination and questioning of their religion. One of Terri's reasons for wanting to become more involved in a total Jewish way of life is her "search for more answers to certain questions . . . the more you know, the more you question," she says. Norm says, "It's not a matter of some kind of blind belief or acceptance. It's very much part of the teaching of Judaism to say, 'I don't believe that. Why..' And talk about It and question it and wonder about it and seek answers." All agree there is a Supreme Being. (Although Terri and Rhonda stopped Norm on this until he added, "You have to have some belief in a Supreme Being but then you don't have to believe or accept what it is.") His very practical humor intrudes. "After all, the image of God is man's image of Him and He may not look like Charlton Heston. We've just seen so much of Heston we think that is God. Beyond that, it's really a very intellectual religion." Golf is a recreation that both Norm and Helene Krivosha share. We got onto the subject of dating, a critical aspect of the adults to read. She Is past president of the PTA and plans to secular world for a teenage girl; The girls must date Jewish return to school to finish her BA. She belongs to Hadassah, the boys. Helene, who often lets Norm speak first, spoke up strongly on this: "That has been one rule in our house." Synagogue Sisterhood and is USY advisor. Norm sees that as part of the discipline of being a Jew. The Norm has been involved in the Community Chest Drive, Chamber of Commerce, has been past City Attorney, past presi- girls can go out in"groups with gentiles but not on a one-to-one dent of the synagogue, has headed the Federation of Jewish basis. "That's the very point," he insists. "K you don't meet soPhilanthropies, and is now State Chairman for Israel Bonds. To meone on a one-to-one basis, then you'never have to cope with which Helene interjects forcefully, "That's a lie. Not Just our the agony of a relationship. You never start one. If you don't do state. They send him all over the country to speak." They both It, then you don't have the problem of undoing It. It's a difficult enjoy their busy lives. Rhonda and Terri find the busyness ex- process, but it's just a question of whether you're stopping the problem before it starts, rather than trying to cope with it after citing and stimulating. . Their home is open, and while we talked, the phone rang there's a person and an emotion involved." Terri and Rhonda see marriage as something they want but repeatedly. "Anytime anybody Jewish comes to town we get called to entertain them or have them stay with us." Currently a something in the future. Both want to work while married and pointedly remark that their husbands will know "how to make Jewish college girl who wants to keep kosher lives with them. The table in the dining room was set for a brit which coffee and toast and butter English muffins." Norm Is dependent on the women in his family to maketiis Helene was giving for a couple newly arrived from Israel. Yossl Sarid, one of the youngest members of the Israeli Knesset, was coffee but admits that it comes from never having lived alone. their housegucsl In Lincoln, and when they all traveled this sum- The girls say he would die of malnutrition or a surfeit of cold mer In Israel with Governor Exon, his wife, and daughter, they cereal If left on his own. were Sarid's guests at the Knesset and in his home. A high point The overwhelming sense one gets from the Krlvoshas is that on one trip' was a meeting with David Ben Gurion with their relationship to each other as a family Is solid because it Is whom Norm had a 30-minute visit at the King David Hotel In reasonable, thoughtful and interesting. • Jerusalem. "We started out caring about each other and you can't; Despite the hectic life they lead, each appears to enjoy their dislike something you take an interest in," he says. "We're i Involvements. Perhaps Norm's awareness of having chosen in- always a family whether we're together or apart." They Insist they have not suffered directly from antivolvement as a way of life has influenced the others. "Fortunately for me, at an early enough time In my married life, I Semitism In Lincoln, but they acknowledge that there are bigots faced up to the fact that I did what I did because I liked doing it: everywhere, "even Jewish bigots," says norm. "I don't think practicing law, being involved," he said. "Up to that point I used we are relegated to a fixed social place," Norm says. "We can the standard excuse of 'who am I doing it for.. I'm not doing it (Continued on Page29)

Interviewer Discovers New Self

By Muriel Henog My answers ere vastly difterms, as Nerm In the course of Interferent than theirs; the facts is. Nor can I explain the ' viewing families In Linof my life are vastly difmysteries of my life as Rae coln, indeed, in the course ferent. .•'•-, Gaba does In terms of a of determining who to inI am divorced, with no single deity. ', ! terview, I had wanted to husband standing warmly With no particular Terri. .. . • .• • .•:.-. -take a cross-section (even at my side. I am raising reasons In mind, I find Helene and Norm have sent Rhonda and Terri to Jewish with such a small sample) three children, who though myself nevertheless excamps each summer so that they could associate more closely of families and ways of livbright and inquiring, have tremely happy, not bitter on a dally basis with other Jewish children. During the reing Jewishly. not defined themselves at the difficulties of life, not mainder of the year, the girls keep up their relationships with precisely as Jews. I am in . envious of safety and I am aware that both the friends by making frequent trips to Minneapolis, Kansas City between careers, in early families I talked to were security In the lives of and Chicago. Now Terri experiences great pleasure in living in a middle age, with great batvery successful financially, others, yet .feeling tremenJewish dormitory hi New York, and looks forward to emigrating tles behind and before me moved easily between both dous connection and symto Israel permanently In order to fully affirm her Jewlshness. on a path toward* the kind of Jewish and gentile worlds, pathy with the people I Norm talks of the Jewish ethic as integral to being a Jew. "luck" and "good fortune" and made few radical have spoken to. Claudia, 12, and Muriel "Jewish ethics are about morality, honesty, observance of the and "happiness" that .choices in their lives. At the Herzog.M. . I had wished to find other laws of Judaism," he says. "Jews aren't hunters because we Helene Krivosha describes. end of each interview, too, Jews (perhaps Jewesses, aren't supposed to enjoy killing." Terri interjects the Biblical As secure as these each family interviewed to be more precise) like and Krfvosnas, as they sources for proof that originally, before Noah, God decreed that families are, my way has me, never having seen me myself. It was not easy to have strongly identified man be a vegetarian and as a concession, after the Flood, he been tenuous and uncertain . at t h e i r t e t n p l e or find poor Jews. It was not themselves as Jews In the permitted "maiTtb eat meat if It was property slaughtered: A ~ syngagogue, "wondering "irilts"g6als~ahdrrewards, I easy" to find single Jews. prlinariiy gentile wbrlcfof Jew's relationship to his fellow man constitutes part of this how I came to ask these have continued to ask ques-; Lincoln seems about the Nebraska. My thanks to ethic. . questions of Jewlshness of tloDs, which I understand is most unlikely place to them and to the Jewish "We llye.jn two worlds," says Norm, "the world of our faml. them. ._ .essential to being a Jew. I associate, with things that Press for discovering and " h/ahd Jiidafsni, and then wellVe hirafvery genera! wdrid, a As they answered my" "am hot oh familiar" terms areJewIshT" Idenliryihg new Jplikesoi"7 1 world in which we're all fairly active and involved in non-Jewish questions, I began to ask with a Supreme Being, not myself. This will be a fine Yet I have made associafl rnatters.'LJ&orth_Hj|lene and Norman are busy in community - . myself the same questions:, •_ •~-ft.vs.n~ on .wisecracking tions,., through ; the.Gabas .-W y to begin a New Year! w . work. Shi teaches at South East Community College, leaching "

The Jewish Press

September 24.1976

Gabas' Home in Father's House

'•<'..••• By Muriel Herzog ' dreadfully lgnorant.of these facts since there are no Jews in so "non-Jewish camp did more to make him Jewish... David feels .,;:. Lincoln — Not surprisingly, education and' travel arc two of many of their towns," he says. he is a member of the race and has Jewish blood," they comthe most Important elements in the lives of Rachel and Herb Herb's early Jewish education was the standard Reform ment. ' r Gaba and (heir children, Judith, 14, and David, 17. Herb comes education at that time. He had no Bar Mitzvah and received no When he was small Rae reports he said, "I don't believe the from a Spanish-Jewish family which came to Charleston, South instruction In Hebrew. Sunday school was short and sketchy world will ever end, The world never began. It's always been Carolina In 1723, and which married into families of German about many of the traditions of Orthodox Judaism. Never- here." Rae says, "If a kid of four can ask these questions I don't , _ Jews In New York state later In the 19th century. thcless. Herb always went to services and always believed ha have to worry." '.-..._ ' R a c h e l ' s family is from Australia, "one of its oldest Jewish one God. When discussing her commitment to education and travel Rae families—they went into business In Sidney in 1847." The Gabas Son David had a Bar Mitzvah, and Herb sees this observance recalled an anecdote involving David. "We've travelled with our spent 12 years of their married life in Aruba, a tropical Island In as a part of a Jewish tradition,' 'one of the things that should be children since the time they were babies. One day a friend of the Dutch West Indies where Herb was an electrical engineer for part of every Jewish boy's training, to teach him about the David's said, 'Your mothers eats funny.' And he said, 'You a major oil company there. basics of his religion." The knowledge of Hebrew is something know, there are millions who eat like her.' He understood even Although she trained and worked as a microblologlst In Herb misses. "I feel inadequate not being able.to read or unders- then that there's more than one way of being right." Australia, Rachel says, "Now I am a mother, the most Im- tand it," he says. "It's one of the(thlngs that brings Jews of all David Is currently interested in such things as the effects of portant job a woman can do. I really do think the influence a nationalities together. It's the international language of Jews snowmobiles on the Tundra and other environmental matters, parent has on a child, a mother especially, makes a difference." continuing to ask questions about his world although not Herb's father, for years the only Jewish member of the faculty specif ically Jewish ones. at the University of Nebraska, was a distinguished professor of The Gabas are aware that their identity is not within the social mathematics, "fourth In the world in geometries,"- an : mainstream in Lincoln. Their neighborhood is near the Country astronomer, who' 'believed in the Bible as the way to.good living' Club. "David considers it a status symbol not to belong to the and financial success," says Herb. Country Club," Rae says. They are aware that they-are one of • Herb's father taught at Cornell and Dartmouth and got his , that makes them feel at home, the language Jews pray in." . only a few Jewish families living there. They know they are exPh.D from the University of Chicago. The library where we sat Herb attends the South Street Temple regularly, but both he this brilliant August morning was lined with books, some very and Rae maintain an identity that permits them to move freely cluded from neighborhood social occaions. They are aware that old and belonging to the elder Gaba. Rae brought coffee on a in both Jewish and gentile society. Of their children they say: there Is anti-Semitism in Lincoln among the prosperous families ' heavy silver tray. She sat In an old leather rocker with the faces "They have to live and compete In a primarily gentile world. I theyllvenear. "When the children collect forUNICEF and people ask who of lions carved Into its mahogany arms. want my kids to learn to take It." they're collecting for and they say for UNICEF .through t|ie The large colonial house on Eathbonc- Road hacLbeen built by -Within their own home, however, It's another matter. »'I get Temple, the people slam doors in their faces and say, 'We don't Gaba pere and Is the house Herb was raised in: elegant; solid, more kosher as I get older," Herb says. "In my home, I put up a give money to Jews.' " Herb sees this attitude as stemming filled with treasuresin brass, fine wood and rich leather. mezzuza. I don't advertise; I sell It to myself. I sit down Jo eat as from the well-propagated myth that "the Jews IdJled Christ." • The Jewlshness of the Gaba family is not expressed In obvious a Jewish person. I enjoy the the discipline of having some visual The Gabas find their identity mainly in their community of . external signs. None of the traditional artifacts of Judaism stuff around to remind me about being a Jew and keeping the Jewish friends and within their home. They belong to a Jewish ' grace their walls. Rac, a petite woman wlih auburn hair and Ten Commandments." • . • - ' • • " translucent skin, wore e gold ring with a Mogcn David on It, but ' When Judy joined us briefly in the library — lovely, tan and book club, studying mainly, but not exclusively, Jewish authors. beyond that sign, the atmosphere of the Gabas and their house tall, with her mother's brilliant smile, her own lean beauty — AH the members of the club, however, are Jewish.They attend was not specifically Jewish. tar Intelligence and poise were evident even at 14. Rae claims the Temple regularly, and David belongs to the Temple Youth Theirs Is rather an intellectual and spiritual connection, for that Judy doesn't want to advertise being Jewish/and moves Group. Their life is very comfortable. They continually refer to education as primarily Important to them and their children. both Herb and Rachel arc connected to a belief in a Supreme Besocially among gentile friends. •. • ing, one God. Rachel sees Judaism as a way to answer Herb notices that sometimes Judy wears a Mogen David, The Gabas have been financially prosperous for generations, * unanswerable questions, mysteries she has experienced but sometimes not. Though she goes to Sunday School regularly (at ,having the; time and leisure to pursue successful study. Herb's cannot explain. < times Inviting gentile friends to join her), she claims, "Nobody, really gets Into religion at my age." One being Jewish she says, "I've had enough experiences to know that there has to be "We have a different culture; and different holidays. About 'something," she says. "There's no way of explaining them Israel, I feel like I should do something because I feel I have a tie , otherwise. If there's not something more than just what we have to these people. I have the same background." - right here, then there's no way of explaining it. We don't have all the pieces of the puzzle to workwlth." She goes to Sunday School to be with friends. "We goof around As a child she was III and hospitalized for four years: "You alot, we talk a l o t . . . I don't know If we learn that much," she father, used the Bible as a guide to investment and became. Can't lie in a hospital for four years without thinking about admits. "I like it. There's more of a peacefulness there, pro- Wealthy./ : • something," she says. bably because we fed more natural. Most people are not putting' Herb retired from the oil business at the age of 40. He claims on an act and trying to be something they're not." ' When her sister died, she asked the doctor how he knew she to be "basically lazy'1 and attributes his ability to retire to havwas dead, He handed Rae a light and asked her to look Into her A 9th grader, Judy is at the top of her class at Irving Junior ing "avoided spending money (in Aruba) on alcoholicsister's eyes. "It was like looking Into an empty house," Rae exHigh School, although at this point in her life, she doesn't find beverages and gambling, except on the New York Stock Explains. "I could almost see right through her. She'd gone brains to be much of an asset in relation to her peers. "If you're change where I was fairly successful. I came to the point where somewhere else." „ talking about popularity, it doesn't help to be smart. It's better I had a fairly good Income in addition to my salary," he said.. to be sort of mediocre. Don't stand out." Because she's tall, Part of being Jewish for both Rac and Herb Involves the ethic His ambition to retire at 40 was long-standing. "When we marbecause she's bright, she stands out. of being a good person, willing to give rather than to make ried, he told me he was going to retire at 40, and I thought this „ bargains with God in Order to receive. "We don't go to Temple to Says Rae of Judy, "She makes friends easily. She sends out was a lot of hot air,'.' says Rae. "While I was In the hospital havget something but to give (hanks for all we've got," they say. about as .many Christmas cards as I do, plus.her Hanukkah ing a baby, he turned 40 and quit. He just did it, and he didn't During her illness as a child, Itac studied the Bible and lcarn- cards. She keeps these friendships going. She has learned to even tell me he was going to do if." '.'.•' i h i b i i i ! " ' ' cd ail religions, iiiOUgii Tiui ucC655Sfi!y Vritiiifi her Siufne. "In Herb Is still retired — handsome, dignified, and tic. He is fact, I think I learned my Bible stories on Sunday afternoons at David was not heard from during this chat, but Rae brought dark, has a well-shaped head with fine eyes and mouth and the local park from the,Salvation Army," she smiled. out his Bar Mitzvah speech In which he talks of his commitment the same tallness and long-leggedness as Judith. He is socially to Judaism. "He has not decided If there is a Supreme Being or active and Involved. He's past president of the South Street At tlmes'the rabbi has asked the Gabas to substitute for him ' from the pulpit. Groups and delegations come in from small whether evolution reigns," says Rae. "He says, 'Right now, 1 Temple, president of the-Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation, haven't got time.'" . • ,•,:'• ' :• towns all over Nebraska and Rae talks to them on Judaism. member of B'nai B'rilh, financial secretary- to the local lodge, Rae and Herb have mado a point to send him to predominantly and vice president of the Missouri Valley region of the Union of Herb points-out that non-Jews from out-state need someone to talk to them about Judaism and to visit a synagogue. "They are non-Jewish camps during the summer and have noticed that American Hebrew Congregations,amongpther work.;.:. .-„; Of Herb's retirement, Rae comments, "We believe in earning the right to take up space. He employs rather than'takes; He has inventions that are being used worldwide. Even though he's retired he's contributed to the fund of knowledge.". Beyond the immediate Jewish community of Lincoln, the * (Continued from Page 28) Helcne's role had been largely that of a conventional _ live anywhere we want to: \vex:an be whatever we want lobe." housewife until about five or six years ago,;when Norm claims Gabas have no family ties in Nebraska. Their blood relations They were among the first Jews to join the University Club he began to earn enough to allow her to have her own life. Her are far-flung. Herb Is an only child, with few cousins. Rae's and the Elks. Norm joined "so that other Jews can join." He view on the matter Is slightly different. "I have had a create a family is in Australia. When asked if they missed the warmth of * 'subsequently was elected to the board of directors of the Univer- life of-my own because he Is gone so much, and now I am back at a larger family around them, they both agreed, "How can you . sityCiub"andthenIpasscdonaI)thememDerships." school and I'm teaching," she says. "It took me a while to come miss something you never had..". Although Lincoln's Jewish community is not as extensive as The foundations of the family arc Helene and Norman. Terri to this. I was not happy just sitting around, waiting, and so now I those in larger cities. It js a great contrast from the Gaba'? and Rhonda hooted and hollered as Norm told the story of how don't wait anymore." experiences in Aruba where they could not openly share and he and Helene met. "The only way I could see her was to go to As for.the future, Rhondawlll finish high school In Lincoln. enjoy their Jewish Identity and where the quality of life was the library," he says. "She studied all the time. So I'd go to the Terri will work In New York through the Theological Seminary inhospitable to their broadly intellectual and social ideals. library to bother her. She wouldn't be bothered. She just kept and some day will move to Israel. Helene wants to continue in studying. I finally brought a book." Rae describes the American colony in Aruba as being a walled the ways she is already going. Norm has ambitions for more community, reflected in its Insular and inbred values. They One book led to another; (he books led to a course. They time for himself, "to read^ to paint, ta.study and someday to moved to Lincoln to give their children the same richness of life. Married fit the end of her junior year, and he became a lawyer. teach law. I don't ever want to retire, Everybody wants young that Rae and Herb had experienced. They moved Into a tiny basement apartment where "M you doctors and old lawyers. You just get wiser as you get older," he "Herb wanted the children to feel they belonged someplace, walked up 27 steps you could see the air." -; ,... and wanted to give-them something of the same background-h«i-= • — - r Heicnentirimiies some of their happiness' to-the fact that ; jokes. ~ ,.- , - _ v J ; ^ ^ ^ ; , _ ^ l = ^.^.-^:,^..... And behind them. Norm and Helene feel strong Influences came from," she said; Vwe started from scratch. BQtlvof us." She and Norm agree that from their parenb, Heleiie's mother In particular, who taught " they are very happy with one another. Helene: "Sometimes I Somewhcrcin another room a deep-toned clock told tSe Siow, her how to be an observant Jew and create a Jewish home for ending the interview. We had not. discussed the future, the think the bubble's going to break. We are so lucky." She is proud Gsba's anticipated ftopes'cr csp """""nJiiJeT daugntersf "I couldn't have uokcii -mCnrinHiFtinrwijF; The Krivoshas live as they believe: as observant Jews, as a university soon. The richness of family traditions will no doubt,-. •v they're growing up. They have very-good moral values and they ' ^always tell the truth. I trust them implicitly, They confide In loving and caring family. 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nor did her mother keep kosher. However, they did observe all Jewish holidays and Vera's concept of Judaism is a belief in the Jewish people and Jewish traditions, but most of all in the Jewish concept of ethics and morality. Eddie was brought up in a strictly Orthodox home and came to America from Bessarabia at 14. He was taught never to forget he is Jewish, to be liberal, and to respect all religions. He feels he has passed these concepts on to his children. They do not approve of Interdating and are strongly against intermarriage. They are fortunate that their own tiiree children married within the Jewish faith, especially since they live In a small town with few Jews. In fact their youngest son, David, his wife Margot, and their two small children are moving to Israel to live'and work for three years. David and Margot- both specialize in psychiatric social work and mental health. They feel that by living in Israel, they will broaden their, concept of Judaism, and their children will -learn what it means to be : Jewish, but not as a minority. Eddie and Vera feel they are fortunate to have enjoyed over SO years together, to have seen their children grow to maturity, marry within the faith and carry on their concept of Judaism to their grandchildren and great-grandchild.

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Young, Dedicated, Orthodox By Barbara Simon of the world. We will not allow an intellectual and emotional OMAHA — Cindy and David Levin answered "yes" very enposition that says, 'whatever his problem, It Is his problem and thusiastically when invited to do this interview. They love to not mine.' The uniquely Jewish position is that what is his protalk, and both of them are educators. blem, is my problem." Rabbi David Levin, 30, is the director of education at Beth Even though the Levins live a much more ritualistic Israel Synagogue. His wife, Cindy, 28, received her master's Judaism than many young couples of their same age, they are ; degree In the history and philosophy of religion with an c m warm, open andresponsive to anyone who dt-slres their friend_ phasisjn Jewish studies and will be the new teacher-director at ship and to whom they respond personally. Cindy says "We have the Omaha Jewish Day Scnboi this year. They are young, eh-~ inehaships wiinFiiafiy^pt-upit: Wiiu do fiGrobscTVirthc Sauic y?$j ~ thusiastic, committed, and almost zealous in their dedication to that we do." influence children and adults toward an active practice of "I have only one fear for the future," says Cindy, "and that Judaism. ' Is that we may become afraid as we get older to be Innovative, 1 Cindy says, "My family is a unit that is nurturing and sup and we will stop questioning the status quo. Right now we have a portive. Hopefully we are people who learn and grow and teach lot of energy and enthusiasm to try to promote, change, and I • each other values. My children teach me, too." hope we won't lose that as we get older." Her lamily consists at the moment of herscl f and David, and One Important innovation that both Cindy and David would two children, Vechiel, age four, and Batya, age 14 months. like to sec in a community such as Omaha is a full time High ( Another child is on the way. Cindy's life is really full of family, School-Day School. They both feel it Is very Important for a com', Jewish observances, and now ah almost full time job. How do munity to offer to its Jewish students true alternatives in Jewish people with such a full life do the day-to-day routines that the education. For those who wish a less serious Jewish education, restofusdo? * the schools that exist are adequate. But they feel that for those David laughs and says, "I have only one regret at this time David and Cindy Levin talk and play with their children, Batya students who wish to be truly serious students of Jewish learnin my life. I don't have enough time to spend with my family. and Yechiel, in their living room. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) ing, there Is no full time, adult-level Jewish education offered. The worst thing in my life right now js that I have a meeting "Students who want to study seriously have to go all the way every night. Cindy and I have very little time to be just by ween paragraphs of conversation. They are used to the at- to Chicago OD St. Louis," says David "and then it is hard to keep ourselves, especially \vith young children, and so we end up mosphere of intense, adult voices and they thrive on it. them in the community. It's unfortunate when our most commitstaying up too late at night just so we can talk to each other." Yechiel's beautiful, embroidered yarmulke Is carefully atted and studious young Jewish scholars leave Omaha to pursue , Cindy and David put a tremendous emphasis on religious tached to his brown curls, Batya insists upon snatching it off his their studies in another city because there Is no place to study observance. It is this religious observance — structured Or- *' head at every opportunity and trying to put It on her own, The • here. Then we hear the older generation complaining that our thodox practices — that gives them the (.rue value for their lives. squeals from Yechiel are quietly soothed by Cindy and the conbest and brightest have moved on to ottjer cities." As observant Jews, they both have made the commitment to versation continues. Another way that Cindy and David see themselves being in- . observe the Halacha — the Law — with the full desire and Cindy explains the two separate principles involved In the novative is when they counsel young people who wish to.be more realization that it is their obligation to follow the traditional covering of their heads. For David and Yechiel, wearing the observant than their parents, and then have problems at home > practices as fully as possible. Some of these practices are: yarmulke signifies that they are constantly aware of God's because their parents won't support their new religiosity. : *"; David'and Yechiel wear yarmulke and taiit koton, a fringed presence. It is also a symbol to the outside world that they are David looks forward to more personal"growth in the New vest, at all times'; Cindy covers her hair; they strictly observe observant Jews. Yechiel began wearing his yarmulke when he Year and to a better ability to get his Ideas across to people, to. •the dietary laws; they observe the family purity laws, which was about 3, after he could walk to shul and begin to say bless- continue to help the youth he counsels and to promote the growth' ' means that Cindy goes to the mikvah and they abstain from sexings at the table. of the Beth Israel Synagogue School, ' ual relations during the menstrual cycle and for the prescribed For her, covering her hair has to do with the laws of modesCindy continues, "I hope In my position at the Day School. period following it. They observe the daily cycle of rituals: ty. Younger orthodox couples are returning to the observance ol that I can communicate to the children and to their families the • David davens and lays t'fillin every morning except Shabbat; this law, which was largely Ignored for several generations fact that Jewish studies has a real connection to their lives, that Yechiel says morning prayers with Cindy while getting dressed; after Immigration to America. Hair, she explains, is related to a there is a real rclevencc to Jewish learning. To be able to comthey say blessings with meals and do ritual hand washing; woman's sexual attractiveness, and therefore Its viewing should municate that would be a great accomplishment, because my D^vid davens again in the late afternoon and again in the evenbe reserved for her husband alone, according to one Talmudic. feeling is that up until now.most poeple conceive of Jewish ing or before bed. They all repeat the Sh'ma before sleep. If Cin- Interpretation. Since Cindy observes this law, she docs not go . education as something called 'cultural studies.' Of course, we' dy bakes challa or bread, she says a special prayer. And, of out or spend time with company in her home without wearing a know that Jewish learning Is not just'cultural studies.'" course, they engage in Sh'mtrat Shabbat — sabbath observance scarf over her hair. "I hope to continue my work with young people," David says. — which involves in addition to Sabbath preparation and enjoyWhen asked what is most important in his life,*, David I love counseling Individual students and working with the youth ment, abstaining from creative work, the details of which are answers: "Study of Judaism and living it; my children; groups, in addition to directing the formal schooling. My work specified In the 39 categories of forbidden work found in the teaching my children Jewish practices and law." with young people fits In a very real way with my large goal for Talmud and the Code of Jewish Law. The most important part of Cindy's life Is her family and her the future which Is to influence people of all ages, young and old, Both Cindy and David came from traditional Orthodox / ability to teach her children to appreciate Jewish learning. She to continue to study and to live the good Jewish life." families, David from New Orleans, Cindy from St. Louis. They would like to be able to combine mothering and teaching her Cindy adds, "We work together in our home with individual met at Washington University in St. Louis and were delighted to ' children with her own pursuit of Jewish studies. "When I was in people, with young married couples and with couples who are find their backgrounds so compatible. When their parents met in college," she says, "my studies were academic concerning the about to be married. We love to have people over to our house for the middle of their courtship, they were especially pleased that philosophy of religion. Now I would like to pursue some study for Shabbat and for informal discussions and In this way, we work the two sets of parents took to each other as if they'were old its own sake. I have the chance now to do It from the Inside. As together as educators. For us,- education Is a leading outward friends. That fine relationship continues. the years go by and I have more time for myself, I'll continue to toward more awareness of what the potential is within a Jewish David says, "I feel pretty secure in the ability to continue study and learn.'! • • • • • ' life." my family and the family feeling with my children, even though Talking with the Levins in their living room, one is impressU»y live long distances from their grandparenis. l a m resigned • cd with ihc tremendous amouni of inicilcctua! snuczmnSvfiaj exto being separated from my brothers and sisters, aunt,'uncles citement that surrounds them. They love how they live. and cousins even though I feel it as a loss." , "We observe many of the laws, but we don't conceive of "Being away from our larger family is simply a fact of our ourselves as "holier than thou' ", says Cindy. David adds, "We lives. We telephone a lot, and the children have a sincere love for are doing confidently what we feel is right, but we don't deny their grandparents, but something is definitely missing — not that we are also hoping for the potential of other Jews we come only because the children don't see their grandparents, but also In contact with. We are very conscious of being a model of what because of lost contact between the generations. We go out of we feel Is the right way to live." our way to travel ho—.c, cither to St. Louis or New Orleans to be "•• "Ctady continues, "Vishsps ihat eur-Jc'.visk-ssinmunUy, together especially for Pesach, and we try to make up the lost whichever one we happen to be living in at the time, will weigh family feelings with deep feelings among friends. We share the Jewish values they sec us practicing against values of the holidays and we seek out very close relationships with friends. general society." - We make our friends our extended family,"he says. • "I believe that the values that are recognized as Important The traditional religious observances that take place at for ethical living by the world-at-large come from Judaism," - twine have special meaning for the LevinsrTheirfavoritc fanil- '••she says, "and that as Jews, v.-c must always be counteracting ly activity is the preparation for Shabbat which can begin for the unethical influences from the larger population. 1 think Cindy as early as Wednesday afternoon of each week when she David and I are always conscious of not only living our lives in a goes to the grocery store. On Thursday Cindy bakes her challa satisfying way for ourselves, but also of projecting ourselves '— Yechiel helps, and even Batya participates in the activities in publicly in our commitment to daily living practices. We are the kitchen by playing with the dough. Raisin challa is one of the obvious Jews, and we feel very good about that." family's favorites. David agrees, "You know, as satisfying as it is to fee] good The whole-family participates in preparation of the Shababout being a Jew, It is equally sobering to realize the sense of bat. On Friday, David cleans the chickens, Yechial peels the obligation that Is present throughout Jewish teaching. Jews, carrots, and Cindy makes the soup. Cindy bathes the children |n have a responsibility to be a righteous people, to follow the laws the early afternoon, and when they wake up from their naps, and standards.". ..•*...'. ' : they change into special clothes. David attends synagogue early "For myself, I wouldn't give up that responsibility for on Friday evening and when he comes home they sit down to a anything," he says, "but I point out to my students that observShabbat meal. ing the Jewish rituals is not always a thrill. Everything about ...._ __ Is not always mindblowing. We are not free from David especially enjoys reading to the children, andTfiey ail~^^redontaMh'aWWrk; Nowhere"in JewishiraMidffis It p«F"~j make music together. They sing, Cindy plays the guitar, and mlsed that everything that we do In our lives will be an emoDavld plays the clarinet proficiently. . tionalhigh." ' rVrhiei fiBtrfifitys pi^i^^^V^^-^^l^^hisr-Asxti^^s.^—^ - m^llnA jroat nnnamat gatlgfaMInn In hnimr ^ Imy " he fOn^-J place. They have a peacefulness about them; they rarely inter- Unties, "I am thrilled that the position of Judaism is such that "" rupt or nag at David and Cindy. 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4n!s By Ellen Gordman OMAHA — Staunch Zionists, active communal workers and aware Jews are three phrases that aptly describe Jean and Jack -Duitch. Living lives based on the tenets of Judaism, they have given of themselves to further causes that they believe' in. And yet, over the years, the over-riding cause has been the effort to instill in their three children, - David, Debby and Jonathan, the same sense of . devotion to Judaism and Zionism that has been a guiding force in their lives. "We are staunch Zionists and always wanted our kids to be," said Jean. So the Duitches made their home a Jewish home filled with Jewish books, magazines and art. They exposed their children to Jewish camping. And they started a family tradition of sending each child at the age of fifteen on a trip to Israel. "I'm really turned on by Judaism. I haven't found anything better yet," stated Jean. "Jack and I wanted to give the kids the best which we feel Judaism is. We wanted them to be prepared for life and there is so much in Judaism which can carry you through. We have really been blessed by three capable children who have been receptive to our ideas." Exposing the children to different Jewish activities included sending them to Jewish camps. Both Jack and Jean are sold on the idea of Jewish camping. The children have attended.

It's nothing short of miraculous both Herd Camp and Camp Raman. "We both feel Jewish camping is absolutely essential. It's worth any sacrifice to send children to Jewish camps; Ramah is an explosive atmosphere with its young rabbis," said Jean. Debby, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, spent this past summer as a counselor at Camp Herd. Explaining why she chose to be a counselor she said, "I'd been a camper there and gotten a lot out of it. I wanted to work there and put something in." The family tradition of touring Israel at the age of fifteen started -when David, 20, was a member of the first Omaha Israel Youth Pilgrimage in 1971. Jonathan, the last member of (Be family to visit Israel, spent six weeks this summer as a member of the Omaha Israel Youth Pilgrimage 76. Before the tour left there were weekly classroom sessions. In Israel there were speakers twice a week who talked to teens about various aspects of the country. The* group also toured the country.

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"I thought the tour was very good," said Jonathan. "We had a lot of good people on the tour and the leaders were very good. It was a new experience for me to be in a country where all the people were Jews. It was a good feeling." • • Jonathan was impressed with the signs at the airport which were written first in Hebrew and then In English. During his trip he spent time on a moshav where he lived with a family from India who didn't speak any English. Debby returned to Israel this last spring to participate in the Ulpan Ramah. She lived on a kibbutz for four months spending tour hours a day working and another four hours learning Hebrew. "I did my first trip to Israel as a tourist. I wanted to go back and work the land, meet the people and learn the language," Debby explained as the reason for her second trip. David spent a year studying at the Hebrew University during 1974-75. Whetf the 1973 war broke out he was a senior in high school and he. wanted to return to Israel. His parents advised him to graduate before he returned. "I fell it wasn't proper of me to sit in the States and send. money. It was better to send myself," said David. . He would like to make Israel his home in the near future. "The older one gets the less likely is the possibility of your making Aliyah, If you want to go you can do i t," he said. "Once you've made the trip to Israel your life changes. It's an exhilarating experience that touches you in so many ways," slated Jack, who made a trip to Israel with Jean in 1971. "It becomes a real thrill when you meet anybody who has Just been to Israel. You want to share their experiences with them." "One can get very prejudicial about what the country has done. What the people have done is nothing short of miraculous," continued Jack. "Not only have they reclaimed peoples' lives from the Holocaust, but they have reclaimed the land. And they have made their knowledge available to everyone." \ x , According to Jack, by the mid 193O's when Israel had begun to stabilize internally, various technicians werealready being sent to African countries to help them develop. Israel is progressing in the use of solar energy. During the Duitches' trip to Israel they saw many solar energy packs on the roof tops.

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rapprochement that must come. We have to "I married into my feelings of Jewlshness learn to live with one another," commented and Zionism," said Jack Duitch laughingly. Jack. Jack, a native of Spokane, Washington, had Not only do the Duitches have deep feelings been Bar Mitzvah, but then entered a hiatus in for Israel they also have family and friends Jewish learning until he entered college.. There,. that tie them to the country. Jean's mother, he became active in Hulel and served as the Ethel Edgar and her husband, Cantor Edgar, student director of the Indiana Hillel. spend four months a year in their apartment in "When I got to college I had.a great desire to Jerusalem. The Duitches maintain a friendship be associated with Jewish intellectuals," he with Robert and Norman Milgram, former said. "I think In terms of discovering my Omahans who made Aliyah to Israel. Jewish identity through reading' Milton "It's good for our kids to have a touchbase in Steinberg, Mordecal Kaplan, and Howard Israel. When David was in Israel he toured with Sachar." • ' • _ - . Jonathan Milgram. And Debby spent some The Duitch children have always partime with the family," said Jean. "When Jack ticipated in Jewish activities. David organized and I were hi Israel the M llgrams were our host the first Soviet Jewry Protest in Omaha. Debby and hostess." . * participated in Leadership Training The Duitches celebrate the year's cycle of Fellowship, a youth group that met on Shabbat' holidays, Including Passover Seders, a brcak- afternoons to discuss Jewish topics. Jonathan, the-fast dinner and a Chanukah party. Since a sophomore at Westslde, is a member of AZA both Jean and Jack's siblings live out of town No. l and US. He also is a Torah reader at Beth there is only a small number of relatives who El Synagogue. gather together for the holidays. So they Invite Jean is quick to point out that her children their friends to join them. are well rounded and participate in other acJonathan remembers the Seder a few years tivities. David, a junior at Boston University ago when over twenty people sat down to eat In participated in high school sports. Debby was a the Duitches' large living room. Jack Molad led member of the Mime Troup and Jonathan acts the Seder, and the entire family agrees that it in Junior Theater plays. __ was a celebration to remember. Jack and Jean are very involved in Jewish But the highlight of the family celebrations communal life. Jack has served on the Federacomes every week with the observance of the tion Camp Committee and is currently serving Shabbat. Jean fixes a special meal and the family spends a longer time around the table. It is the one night of the week when the entire family is always together. The Duitch house is filled with Jewish magazines and books, "Our home Is a library," on the Federation Library Committee. Jean "Even though Israel may be a country that Is commented Jack. "We take many Jewish was secretary of Befh El. Synagogue and this prepared to defend itself militarily, they just magazines including the Hadassah Magazine, year Is vice president. She also' was cowant to create," said Jack." the Torch and The National Jewish Monthly. chairman of the' last Omaha Israel Youth Both Jean and Jack hope for an improvement They're here. They are part of our house." Pilgrimage. In addition, she works full time In in the Mid-East situation. "I think the State is Jean comes from a very active family. Her the family business. doing ail it can at this point. I think something mother, Ethel Levenson Edgar, was very ac"1 wish I knew where this all started from," has to be done to build the bridges to bring the tive in the Jewish community. According to commented Jean. "Sometimes it's very hard Jack Duitch, Mrs. Edgar is a dynamo. And when you get started not to get involved. At . since her marriage to Cantor Aaron Edgar a times I wonder why I am doing this. Why. I new dimension has been added to the family. work so hard. I wish sometimes that I could be It is-Mrs. Edgar who has had_ the most In- . one of those who sits on the sidelines. But we all fluence on the direction the Duitch family has have to pay our dues to society. I think that is - why JacK"nna Idoisomuch." mother was the main Influence in her life. All "I could never do all the things I do if Jack three of. the children said that their grand- didn't approve and help out," she continued. In mother was a tremendous influence In their a family where you find either the husband or lives. the wife active and the other spouse resents it, Jean's involvement in Zionism and Jewish the active partner can't stay active very long. life started as a young girl with her participa- In a really super-Involved family like ours I tion in Young Judea and her attendance at couldn't do it without Jack's approval.1' Jewish camps. In 1951 she made her first trip to "I don't think we have a right to ask for Israel after college graduation. good," said Jean. "If we are going to ask for "My grandparents had moved to Israel to die anything let us ask for the power to accept because they were so religious. After a while whatever comes to as, I don't think we have the the letters from them became farther and far- chutzpah to ask for only good." But like a good ther apart. My mother was concerned, so she Jewish mother, Jean does hope that her sent me to Israel to find out what was happen- .childrenfindlheirplace.inlife, .... _ ing. WhefjgliTFficrellound that they were too "I hope, God wilfing, to continue to live a full life,!' slated Jack. "I just wish thst I had a fewHer grandparents were living oh a very Or- extra hours in a day to pursue the quality of thodox kibbutz, B'nal Beraq. Jean found that life, The pressure of Jiving is a persistant ofte." setting was hot for her, "so she'jafned the first "I think at this particular time in life one Anglo-Saxon Ulpan. She stayed on a kibbutz for reaches that intellectual period when one that Jonathan learned in Israel this summer. _ nlnf mnnths nnriJolnjiling In Jhn iforl *ea!hes just Use joy of living," a s said, "the" ' tremendous fesSlngcfwhisllifsJiasiooffer." "

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idea carries through in his modern world by escaping to a lesson in self-suffiency. their rustic cabin in the un- Brad and Marilyn are truly desire for old homes and trampled woods north of child-oriented. They consider natural things. The Bermans Omaha, which they built their childrens' upbringing to (eel that people in Omaha are, themselves. Their cabin has be the singular goal of their for the most part, not .transient, people who observe and become the teaching ground lives; their first priority. for their minute exploration Part of their life plan is the respect traditional family life. Brad also considered his with their sons, Harry, 11, area of Omaha where, they Steve, 10, and Phillip, 8, of the reside near 46th and Boyd. r o l e a s a p r a c t i c i n g flora and fauna around them. The Bermans choose to live In ncurosurgeon at the UniversiHere the children are given an integrated community. ty of Nebraska Medical a working knowlege of the Marilyn grew up in such a Center. He didn't want to live everyday commodities that world "in Philadelphia' with in a community where he we take for granted — from parents who believed that an would have to spend precious making candles to weaving Inner city life where all races hours commuting back and cloth. mixed was the only solution to forth between his family and Brad and Marilyn are the ills of racial strife in our his career. earnestly teaching their time. Marilyn and Brad are • The Bermans have laid children to have a healthy committed to the same sort of roots in Omaha. Brad is a respect for -the everyday world. By the same token, teacher and guide to his sons.. Steve and Brad Berman play chess, while Phillip and Marilyn watch. Tbe family spend* much time together at games and camping. <JP photo by Stuart Scott) world that we all take for.' they felt the need to be a part' And Marilyn gives to her boys granted. The cabin symbolizes of the Omaha Jewish Com- the warmth and the love that a simpler" life, a basic life, munity. "Life in Omaha is easy in — feeling good about being she took from her family when families In one form or where they read to the boys by The Bermans chose Omaha she was growing up. another, and we lose Identity lots of ways," the .Bermans Jewish, having strong feelings say. There are rewards about helping others, and givg t the Uves of ex- as their home. Both are from - Marilyn describes her with other generations.'.' In the past year the Ber- available in Brad's medical ing to charity — these are the plorers and faraway worlds the East. Brad is from young life as a colorful unit of Their desire is to keep a loving Washington, D.C. They grandmothers, aunts and mans experienced Jewish profession. They find there Is values (hat she provides her (amity going. By -creating carefully thought out and uncles and cousins who lived Marriage Encounter, which no pressure in "keeping up." sons. What's ahead for the Bertoeir own products, and balan- decided upon' Omaha as a close-to one another and has deepened their feelings for Omaha has been good to them shared a tumultuous life that one another, as well as ex- and good for them. They find mans? They are both young Marilyn thrived on. It con- panded their relationships that It Is easy to be enough and busy enough that themselves. It is a more plea- they can't be bothered with cerns her that her own with other couples. children do not have the sense . While Marilyn has been ac- sant Ufe than in' cities in the worries and fears. Nor do they of family that meant so much tive In several Jewish East. have "any concrete plans for, to her. Her desire is to have a organizations In the past, she The .Bermans participate In the future. lov|ng family and to raise finds that this time in her life the culture that Omaha has to They both know where they their sons as healthy human her other interests come first. offer. They attend opera, sym- are right now, and where they beings who will contribute to , "There Is so little time" is a phony concerts, and other pro- are going. The immediate society, and understand their constant theme that echoes ductions that come to the city. future is occupied with raising responsibility to it. , throughout the Bermans' con- They find that the cultural life the boys and giving them and ~ The Bermans attend Beth versation. "There is so much Is more accessible in a each other a life filled with tbe Israel Synagogue. Marilyn to do, and so little time to do it smaller community such as qualities that they feel are imand the children attend ser- all." Brad's medical practice Omaha. It Is simpler to get portant. Whether it be a walk vices every Saturday mom- Is not just time-consuming—it tickets, less expensive and the . In (he woods or an evening at Ing, and have done so ever is all-consuming. His hours quality of the arts is gratify- the symphony, the chopping of wood or a visit to an art. since the children were are long and exhausting. He is ing. babies. They find it a warm often in surgery both day and S o m e t i m e s M a r i l y n museum, they will be fulfilling experience, and think of the night And bis refuge becomes wonders whether she Is too the role they have adopted In his wife and family. Priorities self-satisfied. She Is resigned Omaha. congregation as their family. Brad says that life Is Marilyn takes the boys to can become confused — to the fact that she can only be the Dr. Philip Sher Home for surgery, patients, wife, a bystander to the problems of somewhat tenuous; be- can the Aged often. They have children all whirl around in bis the world, because of her own visualize a different life style involvement with her family. for the two of them when their been "adopted" by ? grand- world. . motherly senior citizen. And Each summer they head She wonders if she has too family Is grown and gone. one of the elderly men has West to Colorado to the beauty much "togetherness"'wilh Uie They both feel they call then shared his garden at the Home and magnificence of the boys. It concerns her that her do other things. They say they with them. Again, this is a liv- mountains, Here the Bennans children have.no every-day are capable of change. "There ing experience for the boys gain a new perspective on family ties with uncles, aunts Is excitement In change — In where,they have learned to themselves and their relation- and cousins. And because she charting a course for a prorespect the elderly. ship to the universe. "The is a questioning person, she mising future," says Brad. 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Joan, Marty Feel Friends, Home, Life Is Here __ ByBarbaraSimon . r OMAHA-Marty and Join Lehr live their lives busy. Marty, at 45, and Joan, at 37, are at that stage in their persona! and family lives when much is stable and at the mid-point. They both grew up in Omaha, have parents and old friends here, and have a deep satisfaction and contentment with their roots, their town and their lives. Their three children — John, 15, Susie, 13 and Cindy, 11 - are young enough to still be in the family fold, yet Just old enough to have many of their own activities which disrupt the more "together" feeling of a few years ago. "~ Joan says, "Now our family dinners are quicker. Our Shabbat meals are faster. I'm either arriving home in a rush from pickbig them up from the "J" or Hebrew school or a tennis lesson, or they're dashing off right away to a game, a movie or a party. I find myself torn between wanting the kids to have fun being out John Lehr is learning to drive. The family is patient while Marty Lehr explains some driving techniques. <JP pboto by and busy and wishing that our lives were not so rushed and full." StuartScott) Marty is a certified public accountant and a successful insurance agent In the firm of Grace-Mayer Insurance, where he And often we include friends or neighbors — sometimes we have is vice-president. He says, "Things came about for me Just at 28 people! I do it because I find it invigorating. I feel like the the right time in my life. If the G.I. bill hadn't come along after epitome of a Jewish mother — very fulfilled that I made this the Korean War, I may not have gone back to school, gotten a gathering happen. I love to.open our home to family and master's degree in accounting. I just sort of drifted into the CPA friends." because it seemed logical at the time. I'm happy and content Joan combines day-to-day care of her family, the carpoolihg, where I am, but I didn't arrive here because of any grand plan!" home management and child management with a part time job The discussion turns to how the Lehrs view the quality of life as an administrative assistant hi a chiropractor's office and around them. Marty says, "I sense a lot of confusion among peo- much community work. This year she Is president of the Swanple generally. I think in the past people used to know more what son Community Club and vice president of the Temple Israel to do, what they wanted, and kids knew what they had to do. Board of Trustees, the first woman to hold that position. "My Jewish involvement is satisfying to me," she says. "I grew up with Temple, and Rabbi Brooks was important to my life. I remember going to his house for milk and cookies after I delivered the invocation he helped me write for 8th grade graduation at Dundee School. Knowing him made me more comWe're as caught up in that feeling as anybody. It's time for me to fortable in being more Jewish. We've always been good friends, engage in a serious self-critique about where I want to be when I love to be with him. I liked Sunday school, and helped there in I'm 65.1 figure I've got about 20 years left—if I'm smart, I'll do the 6th and 7th grades." "I've always felt comfortable being Jewish," she continues. this soon." Joan adds that she feels "a feverishness, a restlessness "I've lived in Omaha all my life, among good friends and family among people — as if they are searching for certainties. I'd like in a protected Jewish atmosphere. It's given me a lot, and I Just to be able to introduce into my children and myself more hope that I'll give my children as much as I got." Marty speaks of his wishes for his children: "I happen to enself-assurance and contentment—more of a feeling of ease, so joy my family, in addition to loving them, and best of all, I like we can stop pushing and feel satisfied about where we are." "I feel very strongly about my family," says Marty. "We owe just sitting around home all together. I hope they'll soon be our children the best we have — after all, we brought tbton here. mature, responsible adults, have a goood feeling for Judaism, I think 1 have that strong feeling because my parents didn't have and feel they want to contribute to their community. I'm looking much when they came to Omaha in the'early 20's. They lived ahead to enjoying my children in their homes as adults." through World War I and the pogroms 1m Russia, and they • Work and meetings, lessons and golf, family outings and wanted a whole lot better life for me than they had. I want life to delivering children to activities — and the usual eating, sleeping be better for my kids, too, I hope they can live in a world with no and shopping—these are the events that make up the Lehrs' discrimination, with cancer cured, wllh war ended — and most family life. They spend a lot of time together going to football games, basketball games, hockey games and other spectator of all—with less stress than we have had." Joan talks about her feelings of family. "I love any bit of fami- sports. Marty adds: "I'm pretty happy to be where I am right now, ly I can find. I was an only child, and someting has Just always appealed to me about large groups and celebrations, especially but there is a lot of Improvement I could make in spending more Jewish observances. I am much more observant than my tlme,pne to one with my children and wife, and in finding a parents are or than we were when I was growing up. The whole deeper inner peace. When Marty is not at home or at work, he is playing tennis or family comes together at my house for Passover, for instance. working on Philanthropies, the JCC board, the UCS drive, or Heart Fund activities. "I participate in community work," he says, "because partly I fee) it's my obligation, partly because I like the esteem and the ego-satisfying aspects, and partly because each new task is a new challenge. My life is full all the way around. I think my values are pretty well set, and ten years from now, I'll probably be right where I am now, ten years older!". He laughs. "I hope I'll be able to say I've grown some,.;, especially in flexibility and mellowness. And I'll be looking at

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Music. Child Filled Their Lives morning," she said. "Although I'm employed at Temple Israel, I spend the second day of Rosh Hashanah at Beth El every year," she said. "We have always kept all holidays." , The Du3offs are now in their twilight years. Harry js 80, Esther Is approaching 75LThelr biggest TegreTTs "that they "are not geographically closer to their son, Gene, "We get out to Denver three or four times a _ year," Esther said. "Gene was born on Mother's Day, so we try to get together with him on that day." "We wouldn't uproot ourselves from Omaha," Esther said. "All of our friends are here. It would be difficult to pick up and start a new life somewhere else."

By D. David DeLand OMAHA — Music has played a fundamental role in the lives of Harry and Esther DuBoff of 4919 Hamilton. "I took a job as organist for a year at Temple Israel," Esther said. "I'm still at it, now for the thirtieth year," Harry, who was bom in New York, was on York Philharmonic. Esther was the organist for a number of years at Joslyn Museum, until Joslyn Museum decided the operation of the organ was too costly. A quirk of fate prevented Harry DuBoff from becoming another Heifetz. "I had been the top violinist andWas ready to go to Europe to study with Eugene Yseye," DuBoff said. "I'd seen him in Lincoln, and he beard me play the violin. He took a look at my hands and said that both of us should ha vc been truck drivers, but he invited me to study with him at Prague, Czechoslovakia."

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Esther and Harry DuBoff enjoy quiet Scott) py," Esther said. , We, more or less, had to do the thing that would enable us to make a living. But they should strive for mental contentment." The DuBoffs noted that retired people are finding it even more difficult than others to maintain a comfortable existence. "The inflation is terrible," Esther said. "We're not millionaires." Shevtfdded that they were unable to do many of the things they would have liked because of the rising costs. "We visited Germany when our son was stationed there (both of the DuBoff grandchildren were born in Germany), and we visited. Israel," Esther said. "For our 50th wedding anniversary, we had our names printed on napkins. It was going to be a gala event'; then the grandchildren came down with chlckenpox and that put a damper on the occasion." she said.

Strangely enough, It was Harry's being unable to find a successful muslcaf~career which brought them back to Omaha. He went to work for the Nebraska Sales Book Company, .selling order and sales books. This brought Ujem back to Esther's hometown, Omaha, In 1&2. Harry was with the company until the mid sixties. moments in their yard. (JP photo by Stuart Harry; who received Ms first violin at the age of seven and was On the concert stage with the \ New York Philharmonic at an early age, can no father was so sure that music was important he longer hold his beloved violin. would rap me on the knuckles to get me to "I broke my left shoulder four years ago," he practice. My younger sister, Ann, was a natural • . . she didn't have to be coached. I had said "It never did heal'properly and I can't clutch my violin to play it. My most important to be constantly coerced into practicing." pleasures came from music," Harry said. "My husband's drive enabled me to play the "When my shoulder was broken, that sidelined .. * organ," Esther said. "We have some wonder- my music entirely." ful memories as the results of our sharing our But the shoulder fracture has not stopped music," him from driving an automobile, "t Just hope -Esther is still Involved at Temple. "I hear a that we can stay well," Esther said, "and consermon every Friday evening and Saturday tinue to get around and enjoy life."

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"We celebrated our 55th anniversary at Magic Castle In Los Angeles. My brother Maurice entertained there as a magician," she said. Maurice Leaf was known throughout the country as the dean of amateur magicians. He recently passed away.

"We were married 17 years before our only . child, Gene, was born," Esther said. "Our The DuBoffs both consider their association child and his wife are the most important with others as one of the most Important thing things in our life . . . we had a terrible scare in their lives. last month with that horrible flood In Col"My sister, Ann Leaf, now in her-?0s« still orado." gives organ concerts. She played with the ColGene, a Denver psychiatrist, and his family umbia Broadcasting System and at the Rainwere on vacation at the time of the flood, but bow Room," Esther said. were in a different area. 0 "Our most important pleasures have been - "I just want my children to be mentally Hap- associated with music," Esther said. "My

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One Parent Can Be Successful "Even without a fattier, it never occurred to me we weren't a family" By Ellen Gordman . OMAHA-In June 1964, my father, Harold Zelinsky. died. leaving my motlier. Lucille, a - widow with three children. My mother decided thet as much as possible life would go on la a normal way for my brother, Edward, my sister, Linda, and for me. For the forseeable future, despite the fact she would be a single parent, we would be a family. Twelve years later when interviewing my mother and sister for this article, we all found out how well my mother had succeeded, , "Everything went on," said Linda. "It never occurred to me that since we didn't have a father we weren't a family." And more important, we continued to be a family with a Jewish identity. The celebrations of the holidays in our home continued. We had Seders, Rosh Hashanah dinners, break-the-fast dinners and Chanukah celebrations. Whenever possible, we traveled to other cities to help relatives celebrate happy occasions such as Bar Mitzvahs and weddings. - "Even though we were a one-parent family, I • always felt that we were a family. Too many people think that a family unit stops existing when there is no father present," explained Mother. "I think a child can get good parenting if the house they live in is a home. Sometimes there can be a lack of good parenting even if there are two parents." * Because of adequate financial planning by my parents, after my father's death we had enough income to maintain our standard of living without having to make drastic changes in our life. My mother was lucky enough to begin* teaching social work part time at Omaha University. Over the years this turned into a full time position. "I attempted to carry on the Jewish traditions of an intact family," she said. "But'as each child left it became more difficult to continue the same pattern. We continued' to celebrate the holidays in our home. We've

. A birthday party celebration at grandma's house; Lucille Zelinsky shares the day with grandson Jay Gordman, granddaughter Andi

Gordman, and her daughters Linda Zelinsky and Ellen Gordmair! ( J P photo by Stuart Scott) . , - „• ."

was as close as a telephone call. She could always call her parents or sister and brotherin-law to help her with problems: There were also an aunt 'and uncle and cousins of my father's in Omaha who formed part of our extended family. For a time my father's mother' remained in Omaha before moving to California. And there were all the helpful neighbors whd lived With us on Hamilton Street; they were also part of our surrogate extended fami-. ly. "Hamilton-Street was unique in that most of the families were Jewish," molher said. "I had Jewish neighbors with whom I had a close relationship. 1 could always call on them." Mother continued her pattern'of visiting relatives by taking us to Itock Island and Chicago at least once a year. I remember being dragged all over Chicago to visit numerous cousins. As I got older I resented being put In situations where I .was supposed 1b have feelings for people I only saw once a year. On the other hand, Linda didn't mind being taken on many trips. "It w a s fun going to visit all the relatives. I sure went to lots of Bar Mitzvahs and weddings. But I think as I get older I will loose contact with the cousins and not be a s d o s e , " she said. . "I took the kids all over to visit relatives to whom I have an emotional attachment. I w a s fulfilling m y own needs," said m y mother.

"But changes occur because of mobility. It's a change of life-style. These are changes that go on whether there are two parents or one. I sometmes think we mis-label children's behavior. It's behavior that Is similiar for all children in a certain developmental stage no matter how many parents there are." 1 was 17 at the time of m y father's death. Although I was affected by the loss, Linda, a g e eight, and Ed, a g e 13, felt more directly the lack of a father in the home. But there were some substitutes to fill the loss. "As a single parent, I had to provide surrogate relationships for m y children," explained, my mother, "Fortunately I had friends who 1 could call on." One year, when Linda's BBG chapter had a fatherdaughter function, one of her friend's fathers escorted her. When Ed was In AZA he got support from some of the young men in the community. And, when I was married, m y grandfather walked down the aisle with mother and

Synagogue, served on the Federation Board, was chairman of the Jewish-Family Service nnrl was a Philanthropies worker. She is also a member of the Jewish Community Center. Since there are now more women alone through jdlvorce or widowhood,.Mother thinks that married couple.s are going to have to make an adjustment in their relationships with single women. She would like to see women on an equal basis with married couples. "When I go out with my professional colleagues I am perfectly capable of paying my own check. When I go out with married couples, I would prefer to pick up my share of the check, which can be discreetly done," she said. Questioned about the services available to help single parents, Mother replied that Jewish Family Service can provide services to the Jewish community. She thinks that people turn ' to an agency or Institution when they don't have support available either from the extended family or from a circle of friends. "Fortunately. I didn't have to go beyond that; first line of defense even though the servjees were available," she stated. "But the resources are there and it is up to the person or family to use them." And what of my sister, Linda? She said, "When I was in high school all my friends were Jewish. Now I go to Washington University which has a large Jewish population. But I don't feel a need to go to Hillel to maintain my Jewishness. I don't think there are, any problems In losing my Jewish identity. I still feel Jewish. I'm not rejecting my religion." Like many of her peers, Linda docs not see marriage and a family in the immediate future. She isn't quite sure why people have children but thinks there must be something about a relationship, between people. "Right now I can't visualize having my own family," she added. "The idea Is totally foreign."

But ILshe ever has her own family she will raise her children In a more liberal Jewish atmosphere. Although she was exposed to Orthodox ritual during her years of Hebrew school, she does not have an affinity for the Oralways been.a holiday oriented Jewish famithodox viewpoint. She feels she missed a lot by ly." •, having to put so much time into her Jewish Growing up in a community without grandeducation, much of which is not applicable In parents, aunts, uncles and cousins is not unique her life-style. "I missed the entire Monkees in our mobile society. But living in Omaha was fad," joked Linda, referring to a popular TV a different life-style for my mother, who had show of her youth. grown up in Hock Island, 111., surrounded by The new year is time of rcflcciions and reclose relatives. Her parents had taken her to evaluation. For me, this interview with my '.'Of course, I felt I was different," said Lin- mother and sister was a good reminder of the Chicago often to visit other family members. da. "I was missing something but I carried on. life we have had together. We have good family, Althdugh our nuclear family consisted of Just I didn't let not having a father stop me." the'four of us, mother knew that family support memories. Mother, a teacher of social work at UNO, has strong views about single Jewish parenthood. I wrote this article after the interview with -But when she speaks she isn't sure if her views my mother and sister, and I became curious are professional or personal. It is hard to about some of my. brother, Ed's current feel= separate the two ings about our family life. Ed Is living in New "On the emotional level, I think that a family Haven, Conn., but he was as close as a, Is composed of those people who provide the telephone call and shared our Interlew by nurturing that children need,", she said. "A phone. -. - • • ;•-•--. family contains those people from whom you ^et your emotional gratification." Right now "it never occurred to me that we weren't a her immediate family consists of her three family," he said. In high school he didn't have children; Ed's wife, Doris; my husband. Bob; the feeling that he was missing anything by not and her grandchildren, Andi and Jay. having a father. "I became more acutely "Being a single parent when children are aware after I went away, to college that I Was small is a tremendous responsibility," she con- missing something. This was the time when tinued. "You feel their dependency upon you as friends were cementing relationships with a very weighty problem. But as the children their fathers." grow up and develop their own lives you have Ed and Doris are waiting for the birth of their to make an adjustment to alonencss." first child. They will raise their child in the Or- thodox manner Including a Jewish Day School Mother was very adamant about differen- education. : . . . r ... ': tiating between using aiutie and being lonely. "You need not be lonely just because you are For the future, my mother wants for all of usalone If you maintain your social contacts and the traditional wishes of health and happiness,aciivo iifc in-inc~ comrmnfiryr'^sne'cm- : Tt want the cliche," shesald.'TWanTmy loved , phaslzed. For Mother this meant keeping her ones to be healthy, happy and to have the ; own seiive affiliation :n the c07r.1nur.it>-.-^gfee' ~ Wnerewittiaii to enjoyffpuiriifC'"anu XoHive ma continued to set a pattern for us as Jews. world of peace. And I hope that my children Through the years Mother has continued to somehow have developed feelings and conmsmmmsmmBHBBF m __ >w™mm t take part in the Jewish communal affairs of cerns for cachulher even though they may.nol _ . _ tucflieZe4hMlry^jeodJ^eaJ^yaMeJevening a t b u n e . w l t b daughter Linda. ( J P photo by ittartScott) - ' - - ' - * « ' - -" --— * •'" - * - . - i . ^ r — - - - i . - , - — - - - Omaha: -She was active-

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ing room for dinner..We go to services; not all the time, but we that would mean I'd have to give up my citizenship, and I don't do go. My parents have always encouraged me to continue with think I'd want to do that," Stephi said. "I would like to see all the my Jewish studies," Stephi said. "I didn't have a Bat Mitzvah U.S., and Europe some day. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't like because I felt others were going through that for the presents, college, because my parents said to try it for a year, and If I but I think my parents were pleased that I went on to Hebrew, don't like it I can take the next year off and use the money for High School when I didn't have to. I also joined USY and that in-' travel. I would almost like to do that." But somehow, also, you well as Stephl. Probably the most unique thing about Stephi Klein is her rela- creased my sense of Judaism. Judaism becomes something know Stephi will like college. , tionship with her family — it's a close one and she's proudof it — when you're singing and doing the dances with other kids." and that's why she's hesitant to let go. As for the quality of family, Stephi feels it's "gone down from Stephi continued: "There was never a point where I didn't a long time ago. Families are different from when my mother "I never thought my family was that strange, but I've seen so many of my friends have problems with their families. I guess want to associate with Jews, but I've doubted a lot of things. was a girl. I do have some friends with good relationships with we're unique because we respect each other's individuality. If I There were times when I talked to my friends during services, their parents, but people aren't willing to spend time at home. want to do something my parents don't approve of, they'll say, and I wouldn't know what I was praying. Even now I often don't', There's so much else to do, and it seems that It's such a horrible 'I'd rather you not do that, but the decision Is yours,' " Stephi but I will stlU go to services. I will try to keep things going, and if something goes wrong, I'll still turn to God." . , • said. ' The family Stephi refers to arc her parents, Donald and Ilene Klein, and her sister Vlckl, 13. Stephi, 17, and her family live at . Stephi has never been to Israel, but she'd like to go. "A year 904 Fawn Parkway. Although at this stage, she and her sister ago when I had the chance I didn't have the desire. Now I'm. Vickl are "more or less tolerating each other," Stephi still calls starting to wonder if there still will be an Israel.". She feels a kinship to Israel—much like that to her Immediate -Vidcl "my second mother; she's more conservative than I am." thing to stay home on a Friday or Saturday night." ' Her grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Sachs, she calls "ter- family — and. after Israel's raid on Entebbe Airport she felt As for Stephi's future, she laughs when she recalls that her rific." Hardly what many adults would expect from a "typical ."such a pride, like a brother had been there on the raid," l But probably something that has made Stephi's Jewlshness all father tells her it's a good thing she's an optimist "because he'd teenager." the more important to her is her relationship with her grand- hate to see me if I were a pessimist. I wprijy that I won't like my "I feel we're on top of other families. The parents of some roommate and that I woi£t know how to study. Burke was easy' , other kids are always yelling, and they say they can't wait to get parents, Maurice and Libby Sachs. for me, but therejs also excitement in going away." "Last year I realized I was taking them for granted. They'd away and go to college," Stephi said. "Some of my friends even call my parents 'mom' and 'dad.' We're not angelic — I scream bug me, or I'd be short with them, or my grandmother would She'contlnued: "I went to Wisconsin for summer orientation want to touch me all the time. Then I realized, 'they're getting and socially, Madison will be a good time. I think I'm ready to and yell, too — but not to an extreme." The beautiful thing about Stepni's family is that "we have a older; they won't be around forever.' Now, I remember that, go. I've been away from home for a couple of weeks at a time, good time together. I enjoy being with them and feel com- and I enjoy being with thorn so much. I'll invite them to lunch, but never from Aug. 29 until Thanksgiving. That sort of scares fortable with them. One Saturday night I really wanted to go to a and, well, my grandmother will pay, but they're so much fun to me. My room is the symbol. I'll look around and say, 'This will • • • _ ' ' • never be my room again; I'll never be the same person.'" basketball game, but I didn't have a date. So my dad, Vlckl and I talk to." went, and I really got some stares, but I didn't care." It is now that Stephi appreciates the tradition and beauty that Unspoken, but In Stephi's mind is the thought, "you can't go She's going to find it sad to leave "the people I've lived with having grandparents around can bring. home again." It's a feeling most young women on a threshold for 17 years" when she begins college at the University of "When I was little, I'd spend the night with them, and not be- have—they're saddened by the feeling and yet they welcome It. Wisconsin at Madison. , Stephi plans to come back to work in Omaha during the sum, "I've noticed some changes in my family," Stephi said. ing ope to sleep late then, I'd get up early and find my grand"We've always been even tempered, but I think we've mellowed father davening by the window. He'd sway, and I'd sway with, mers, and she said she'll probably make on effort to get a fullhim. I'd play with his tails, and be'd pat me on the head," she time job in Omaha when she graduates with what she presently said. "It's nice, and I don't want something like that to die, but it thinks will be a major in social psychology.

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out. Vlckl is out cultivating her friends elsewhere, Mom is big In the synagogue (Beth El) and Dad is loosening up in the store. We've all grown up, and In ways we've gone our separate ways, but we always come back together at the dinner table." Stephi finds her thoughts of her immediate future confusing— it's hard to imagine a dinner not with the family, but in a dormitory cafeteria. "I really don't know where I fit in. The little girl in me wants " to hold onto my"parents', but I'm also more mature. Both are not me. I'm trying to find where I am and how I feel toward people. I . 'see different relationships that I've had through high school slipping; I want to hang on to them, but I know I can't," Stephi cxnlnlnprf

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Suffering and Fleeing Are Behind Them Now BySamLauber OMAHA — What does freedom mean to you.. What does freedom of expression mean to you.. What is the significance of the Holocaust and the lesson to be gained from it,, Do you recall the human suffering and punishment and loss of loved cries during the world's most trying episode.. Have you seen O.R.T.'s recent film, "L-Chaira-To Life".. These questions were the basis for a stimulating and interesting discussion that took place between this writer and a family that emigrated from Eastern Europe after the Holocaust to settle and start again in Omaha. ' ~"Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fried emigrated to the States in 1949, bringing with them little except hope for the opportunity to live a decent and prosperous life. Much of what the Frieds recall has been documented in books, journals and periodicals that have become part of our

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Each family member has his own story to tell. Each suffered greatly and survived by sheer luck and miracles. Sam recalls facing the enemy many times, often panicking, yet escaping the most devastating Incidences one could imagine. Mrs. Fried, too, has her own story of survival and escape, and she promises to write her story, for publication when she feels ready. "We all recall the human suffering, and we recite Yiskor so that we will never forget We sflso pass this memory on to future generations so that they will learn to remember the tragedy of the Holocaust," says Fried The Frieds are proud of their Jewish

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heritage and Jewish Identity even though they lived through suffering and pain. Sam describes members of his family who attempted to pass as gentiles in front of the enemy, but who were regretfully caught because the Nazis were suspicious of anyone who looked Jewish or who was related to Jews. He recalls himself being faced by a gun and managing with luck and "chutzpah" to escape. He also remembers the countless others who were left to die and promising to himself, "Never again!" He and his wife traveled through many countries includying Hungary, the Ukraine, Poland and Czechoslovakia to reach freedom. They met during the worst circumstances, but they shared their hopes and wishes to carry on their heritage and start anew. Sam recalls writing letters to two uncles In the Stales, with no known addresses except the name of the state where they lived. He described his circumstances to them and his wishes to emigrate. He later learned that these letters reached one uncle who contacted the other to help the Frieds leave Europe. ' Today, life has new meaning for the Frieds. Sam now operates a successful business in Omaha and helped his two sons and daughter get through college. The Frieds are a closelyknit family, and they frequently get together Family has great meaning to them, as does participation In community affairs. Their sons and daughter are working their way through college and careers, all feeling proud of being Jewish. Survival and freedom are not terms tdken lightly by the Frieds. They are willing to express their views on American life* and respect others with these same feelings Israel plays an important role in their lives. Israel serves as a model of freedom, but also as an illustra-

Ed Fried, 17, spends time with his parents. Sam and Magda Fried hi the family room of their home. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) tion that the need still exists to protect and fight for freedom. All of the Frieds' children have visited Israel, and now Sam and his wife .will visit for the first time In 1976.' Sam has been active in the Omaha Jewish community. He is a member of the Beth El Synagogue board and participates In its planning and development. He assisted the Jewish Federation's Philanthropies Campaign. He called on others to recognize the need to support local and national Jewish organizations and the State of Israel. "Being Jewish means more than identification—it means Involvement and participation in community affairs," he says. Sam explained: "My obligation is to help others - talk about these issues and the Holocaust, not to lecture. Jews mustlnteracl with fellow Jews and realize their association and Interests. Realizing our bonds helps to strengthen human dignity and sincerity."

Sam was invited to speak to the Jewish Federation's Voung Leadership group recently to share many of these Intimate feelings with the group. They heard first-hand what one survivor of the Hotocaust went through. After many years of silence, the Frieds now feel It is important for them to share their experiences with people, and more important, that people ask them questions. "It Is difficult to forecast the future, but our goal, of course, is that our children live a much happer life in freedom," he added. "As Jews," he concluded, "we have the opportunity at High Holy Days and In the retelling of our history at Passover, to re-live and remember and plan for a better life." This writer, too, shares these thoughts remembering his own experiences; during World War II. As we move closer to Yiskor.. remember.

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Is a memory that she will not forget. "You gct.to experience things that other children do not experience," she said.Mark, 24, tall, a pacifist and a vegetarian remembers other things. "Whenever I speak to people I meet about my childhood they always a s k . . . 'well, wasn't it awfully hard on you growing up and being in these different countries?' It really was wonderful, moving so much. My childhood was a very, very happy one. The transitions which I encountered were a lot easier because of our family love and the background we had," he said. "The military was the most positive part of my whole life," Mawrence said. "It prepared me for what I'm engaged in right

now. It gave me a very good background for living and l i f e . . . and security, I might add," * . "The Jewlshness in our lives was a lot closer elsewhere than in Omaha," he said. "I served as lay-leader In various congregations all over the world, where there were no organized Jewish religious activities. I was supervisor for the Jewish Sunday School in Ashland, Kentucky .inOmaha, we belong to Temple Israel, we have a very warm association with Rabbi Brooks, and did have a tremendous association with Cantor whom we miss very much," he said. _.

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Kids (Continued from Page 48) "We like to Identify with the group in Omaha." he said. "We are very complimented by the fact that we have a son-in-law like Tom Gill, who as a devout Catholic saw fit in his own mind to =r ~ OTiivefi"i5vuual5iTrana"wa5 marncin<njur~daghfer Jiinn tne~ Temple.11 Beth said she was always aware that she comes from a Jewish family. VThere is a certain thing related to being a Jew In America. I haven't had any affiliation with any Temple for a number of years. I feel that my mother and father always provided us with a Jewish way of life. When we were living in Italy, there was a young man who was teaching my brother and me Hebrew. We were very much into that." JU1 noted that being In the Air Force, you were the only Jewish

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The Mawrences have no kin living near them. "My mother lives in-Fremont," Nell said, "Outside of that we have no relatives near us." This caused Beth to say that she regretted the factthat she never nad a grandfather to be close to. Beth noted that when you meet another Jewish person any where in the world you can immediately relate to them. "It's sort of an immediate camaraderie between y o u . . .-you can immediately relate with them on some basis," she said.

"Let's face It, we were in the military, there are not many ways people could do anything for us or to us . . . except share their Jewishness with us," he said. "We finally turned to the little Jewish^community at the_base. But there were no children there," he said. Mrs. Mawrence noted that the Temple now has a "Couples Club" which is operating in an attempt to rectify these attitudes. • . •

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Mawrence's only regret, perhaps, was that because he was in the military, the family did not ever put down-roots anywhere, But obviously It didn't hurt his children's spiritual development. They are more Intensely Jewish than many young Jews who have lived in one spot for years and whose parents put down roots in the community. They are also members of the JCC where Mawrence likes to workout "with the guys." Mawrence did level an Indictment against the Jewish community of Omaha. "The Jews of Omaha, the ones who have roots here, are so came back and our house In Bellevue was open. It seemed that clannish and so c r u e l . . . not deliberately but in their own way fate decreed we stay in the Omaha area." . . . . to an outsider," he said. "We have lived here now six years, Reflecting back, Mawrence noted that, "A lot of times we and my wife and I have our circle of friends, mostly J e w i s h . . . didn't have two nickels to rub together but we were happy. We but we are outsiders. It was cruel to my children when they at- enjoyed life even if the money wasn't always there."' .' tended Sunday school . . . the children completely froze .them Beth paid her parents one of the finest tributes parents could out. Of course, we lived in Bellevue,. we weren't part of the Omaha Jewish community, but Omaha has been one of the col- ever hope to receive. " I have to say that I was never really dest communities of any place we've lived. It wasn't hard on us,* aware of a lack of money," Beth said. Looking with love at her but it was very hard on diir children." Neil noted that each one of parents she added, "You guys must have been Incredible... it the children had just one good Jewish friend wh'lle attending seemed like we always had everything we ever .Wanted. Mom is ' Sunday school in Omaha. Beth feels that it was the parents who a fantastic cook, she makes us clothes. We spent all of our time together on trips, everything." ; did not show their children how to extend warmth.

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kid, and you were aware that you were different from the other youngsters around you. "I'm most intent on starting a family and raising them under the Jewish ways, and I'm learning more how, everyday, about the Jewish religion," she said. Mark, who left August 23 for a year's study at the University of. Stockholm, Sweden, observed that his Bar Mitzvah was very important to him. "I can think back on that as a point In my life whereltruly felt I was Introduced to manhood," he said. "It was something I had to study for, to prepare for, and was a very important part of my life." "During the past few years, while going to the University of Massachusetts, I've been active In Jewish groups, going to Frl. day night services. Last year I studied with a Hassidlc Rabbi . . . it was a very wonderful thing. We did some Talmud readings. I really have felt very strong about the Jewish conception of God," he said.

Nell noted that Rabbi Brooks did everything in his power to make them feel welcome in the Jewish community. "When we first came in 1964-65, Rabbi Brooks and his wife.invited us to thejr home for Passover. They did everything they could to make us feel a t h o m e . . . they are beautiful people," she said.

Beth is a student on the West Coast. She also is involved with a paper known as The Los Angeles Vanguard .which started as ah. underground paper. "The community's coldness isn't peculiar to Omaha, but it is Jill is an administrative secretary with be Omaha Children's mort evident here than anywhere we've lived," Mawrence said. Hospital. She and her husband, Tom, live in Elkhorn. "They Mark noted that the Jewish people In Massachusetts, where he have trouble getting a mlnyan in Elkhorn," her father quipped attends college, are "much more receptive and much more willTom is co-owner and director of the Omaha Art School. ing to share a lot of things."

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OMAHA—Maurice Steinberg and his wife Mur(el are both busy physicians. Because of the demands made by their busy professional lives they are~not active in Omaha Jewish communal affiars. And yet, they both have a sense of affinity for Judaism and deep feelings about their Jewishness. • "Time is definitely the limiting factor," explained^ Mrs. L.aeJ3r_ ~

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"We are not all that active, but we support everything we can." ' " When queried on how being Jewish plays a part in her iite, Mrs. Steinberg replied, "I don't know how you can separate Jewishness from what you are. We are Jewish through and "through. When you are Jewish it's your whole being. There are basic tenets you follow like matters of Integrity and duty. To me that is what Judaism is all about," Dr. Steinberg agreed. "The family is important too. That's part of Jewishness." *' Both Stelnbcrgs,,who are Omaha natives, were raised in tradi- tional Jewish homes. During reflections, they both revealed delightful memories of growing up in a Jewish atmosphere which is gone today. "I thought those days were beautiful," said Dr. Steinberg. "We looked forward to the holidays. My mother had a sister who lived way out in North Omaha — too far to walk to the synagogue. So their whole family moved in with our family, and we would walk to the synagogue together/" Mrs. Steinberg's grandmother was very religious. "She was so religious she took Grandpa to Israel so she could die there. We ; used to celebrate the big holidays at Grandma's, and we went there for dinner every Friday night. Every Friday night a bell Maurice and Muriel Steinberg fill their home with prize roses would ling' just before the lights went out automatically. We "That Maurice raises as a hobby. (JP photo by Stuart Scott) would run out of the house so we wouldn't be caught in the dark,"' any question about attending Talmud Torah." Both Steinbergs agree that their children, Tom and Jim, were Both boys were Bar Mitzvah and were active In the synagogue raised in a different Jewish atmosphere from their own ex- up to high school..Tom participated In the Torah reading. The periences. And they think that it is more difficult to raise Steinbergs do not know where their children stand on their children today. "We had to stay close to home. You couldn't religious feelings right now. But they know that both boys have a leave. But it's different today. The close-knit family unit Is sense of family. changing," said Mrs. Steinberg. "When my father died all of the grandchildren came homo. It , But in the Steinberg household when the boys were growing up never occurcd to Tom and Jim not to come home," said Mrs. there was no problem getting them to attend Hebrew school. It was an obligation to go to Hebrew school just as it was to go to Steinberg. public school. , •Both Steinbergs are pleased with the quality of their lives. "We gave our boys a Jewish background because we felt we "Both of us have enjoyed our professions very much," stated owed it to them, so they could choose for themselves," explained Dr. Steinberg. Dr. Steinberg and Mrs. Steinberg both look . Mrs. Steinberg. "They had a broad exposure. There was never forward to many more years of active medical practice.

"I don't know how Muriel has done it all these years," said Dr. Steinberg. "She went right from her job to the delivery room with both children." _ Mrs. Steinberg thinks the support she got from her family was a big factor in her being a working wife and mother. "I never could have done it if it hadn't been for my husband. That's,the whole secret. He helped and encouraged me." rfritri out. The night of this interview for instance, Jim was the first one home, so he fixed dinner. Because both Steinbergs have, led such active professionallives in addition to raising two sons, they feel much pressure on their time. But Dr. Steinberg has managed to pursue his interest in raising prize roses. Two years ago he planted a rose garden at Bcrgan Mercy Hospital, which was later named the Steinberg Rose Garden in his honor. The Steinbergs both enjoyed the time spent reminiscing. They have so little time that "we rarely sit and talk about the past," said Mrs. Steinberg. -• . •

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Tradition Lives 8 In Courses. Bluffs By Sylvia Telpner COUNCIL BLUFFS—I visited with Sam and Lottie Collck the day after they returned from taking their daughter, Edie, to school in Columbia, Missouri. Sam said that a? a family they feel differently now, with Edle away at school. Now there are just the two of them, and they feel quite lonely. The Colicks are very proud to be Jewish. Now that the New Year is upon us, they would like to see peace in the Middle East for their brethren In Israel and a lasting peace all over the world. They wish much good health and happiness to all their friends and loved ones for the New Year. The Colicks feel very Jewish and don't feel the need to be more Jewish. They are satisfied with their Jewish way of life. Lottie remembers the wonderful family gatherings In Birmingham, England where she was bora. On the Sabbath, in her parents' home in England, all the relatives gathered. What a wonderful time they would have telling stories and talking about Ylddlshkeltl They never missed a Saturday in the synagogue. Lottie goes to synagogue because it Is very rewarding to her. She wants to keep the traditions she learned in her home in England. Lottie and Sam met at a Jewish club in Birmingham called "Young Israel." They keep all the dietary laws Just as strictly as they were kept in her parents' home. Lottie's father was a master tailor and designer, and had his own clothing factory where he made all the clothing for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sam misses lost loved ones. He has never

known the Joy of having grandparents, for they died many years ago in Russia. Lottie soothes her nostalgia by frequent visits to her brother and cousins and their family in Birmingham. ' The Colicks feel everyone has an obligation to help his fellow man and to contribute to Jewish causes. They are very active in Jewish affairs In Council Bluffs. Sam is busy In B'nai B'rith, the synagogue and other organizations, In past years he served as president for several Jewish organizations. Presently he is secretary of B'nal B'rith, secretary of the synagogue, and -treasurer of the Jewish Welfare Board. Sam and Lottie's wishes for their only child, Edle, are a good education, happiness in her endeavors and'faithfulness to her Judaism. When they were asked what they thought about her dating gentile men, they said this was a very touchy subject. They live in a gentile community with a small and older Jewish population. But they regret that there are many Jews in this small town who have completely forgotten about being Jewish. They will never come back. They observe that there Is a vast difference now In family life, compared to years gone by. The close family ties, the family gatherings do not seem as important today, as when the Colicks were younger. Family gatherings seemed so important then. To Sam and Lottie Colick, family ties will always remain a part of their lives. As Lottie tells it, she can always look back, and remember.

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Fellmans Share Active Retirement reading more medical jour- wouldn't be the need for so depends on his'attitude. There By Gloria Wagner " OMAHA — One of Omaha's nals than I ever had before, many psychiatrists." Abe is a limitation placed on us by .more beloved couples is Abe because I have the time, and says we are overly concerned advancing age. We must aca n d B e t t y F e l l m a n . I'm still greatly interested in about what the world thinks of cept the defects and the Throughout the years they the field of medicine." Abe our actions. The Fellmans disabilities of old age, and have been doing their share to says he is enjoying his retire- agree that their days of seek- compensate for the defects by provide a better life for all ment. He is now on the board ing mental stimulation utilizing other aspects of a who have come in contact with of ine Dr. Pniiip sfter Home "through heated discussions person." "For example." tie for the Aged. Betty is continu- have given way to more relax- says. "If one has the use of them' Until his retirement from ing her activities at a slower ed relationships with their strong legs, he can walk, and friends. "Maybe we're becom- perhaps run. But if one can no private medical practice a few pace. In this New Year the ing intellectually lazy," Abe longer use one's legs, then he years, ago. Or. Abe Fellman can compensate for this raised the profession of Fellmans want to be free to mused. They consider themselves disability by .doing tasks that general practitioner to a new travel, visit their children and level of compassion and get to know their grand- very lucky. "We have good . use the arms, or the mind. It is understanding of his fellow children really well. They kids, bright kids, who have all the challenge of old age to man. He ministered to the have not ruled out the become successful in their make use of those faculties community with love and possibility of seeking wanner fields." Both sons, Robert, that have not deteriorated." The Fellmans have led long, understanding of the ills and climates when the Nebraska (who Is married to the former troubles of his patients. He wind starts to chill. Betty Renee Rlmmerman and lives good, full lives. They feel that gave his patients the time and wants her life to continue pret- in Beaverton, Oregon with they would not have lived difthe care that is so often lack- ty much as it is without the their two sons), and Arnold ferently if they could have. ing in today's world of commitments that would (who lives with his wife Bun- "No life is perfect," Betty restrict the Fellmans' travel ny, nee Susan Bloch, and said, "but we are satisfied specialization. Betty has been a cor- time. She has resigned from children In West Bloomfield with what we have done so far. nerstone in the musical com- every board to be free to go Hills, Michigan), have follow- There is still so much to do." ed their father Into the world "The most important word in munity. As a marvelous with Abe. Betty says, /'Today'* of medicine. Their daughter the English language is pianist, she accompanied instrumentalists, soloists, all couples are different than we Alice is married to a doctor 'curious'. When you lose that, the cantors, and played for are. Now,a woman says 'I and lives with her husband, you are indeed lost. We have want to do what I want.' I have Mucry Ehrinpris, and their curiosity about food, thoughts, and the arts," Abe says. always arranged my life to child in Westchester, N.Y. suit Abe's schedule. His That questing for a good life, Obviously, the Fellman offcareer and life have always spring grew up respecting for an enriched world from come first." their father's profession. And which we can all benefit, There are times when Abe Alice continues her music makes the Fellmans an in- Abe and Betty Fellman relaxing at home (JP photo by Stuart Scott) worries whether the disciplin- studies and plays the piano teresting, vital couple. ed life that he led for all those well. Betty's love of music years will force him out of transferred to her children. retirement and back into the The Fellmans say, "Our. world of medicine. children always came first. There was a need to suc-We always took great pride in PAINT AND WALLCOVERINGS ceed. Abe spoke Yiddish com- them." pletely until he started grade The Fellmans are closely Visit us for the newest and finest selection of in stock school. It was the only identified with the Jewish and special order wallcoverings, paint and decorating language he spoke at home. community. The bulk of their supplies. He had no intention of going to friends are Jews, and they Dr. Abe FeUraan speaking on college, even though he was a h a v e a l w a y s p r i d e d ^ COMPARE OUR SERVICE - SELECTION - PRICES health care to the Senior good student. After working at themselves on being Jewish. Adults at the JCC. His wife, a menial job and realizing that They have always been a part Highly skilled salespeople give you the prompt courteous service Betty, in background, played he could do far better than of most Jewish-related acyou deserve. Or call us anytime . . . your business will be deeply the piano for the program. (JP that in life, Abe had minor tivities in Omaha. Neither surgery which made him Betty nor Abe had any difphoto) appreciated. decide to take up medicine. ficulty being accepted in the medical community because Both Betty and Abe's countless programs in the FROM US TO YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR • . • Jewish community. Music has parents came from Russia, In of being Jewish. been central and significant to fact, they were distant Marty Sophlr Jim Sophlr Dave Cooper Richard Sophlr her life. She has served on the relatives. Betty was next to boards of most of the musical the youngest in her family. 90th&HSfs. Retail-Wholesale 592-1111 organizations,. When her The older sisters helped to children were young Betty "Americaoize" the young Betwas active in Brownies, and ty. Betty says, "My mother Cub Scouts and PTA. She feels was a strong person. She that it was important that, wanted her kids educated". when the children were young, Betty's talent for music was she devoted much time to the .discovered when she was only activities that concerned four years of age. "My dad them. ran a grocery store, and when Betty always played an ac- the * neighborhood piano tive role in the Jewish teacher couldn't pay her bills, organizations, also. Among my father took it out In exother things she was president . change for piano lessons for of Beth El Sisterhood, presi- me". Betty's mother always dent of the Women's Federa- gave up persona! pessc'&iuiis Betty Fellman sits at the tion, chairman of the Israel in order to pay for Betty's piano, one of the passions of Bontf Drive, chairman of training. "It was a foregone her life. (JP photo by Stuart Philanthropies, and a vice conclusion that after high . president of Hadassah. This school I would attend school in Scott) energetic lady was always the East. And then my mother The Fellmans have been ready to give her time to help died." m e m b e r s of Beth E l Omaha, and always on the She attended Omaha Synagogue for many years. highest level. University and started her They spoke proudly of their Now Dr. Abe Is in complete career as a pianist. She three children, accompanied 'retirement arid their children became an accompanist by husband, wives and are: grown and jjone. The professionally. Betty was children who traveled here Felimans spend their days at talented enough to have her from all parts of the country to leisure playing golf, playing own radio program when she have a family reunion during Passover this past year. They jjjj5tge.v^readingl or yisiiing wasonly tweiveyearscf age. with friends. The Fellmans get impatient hope to repeat this. "It keeps with people who worry about us closer, together," Betty 7TS6 and Splays "exceUehT goir. The qualiljrorJirerAbe^ays,EXTENDING YOU THE VERY BEST FOR THE NEW YEARI Abe Fellman has many She Is also reputed to be an "People worry too much about life. There Istoomuch time definite thoughts on old age. 120ft a r t West fafer Road P t a * 333.9100 132nd and West Center Road „ / elegant cook. 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Where We're Going, Who We Are The Jewish Family and the Human Future ByMyerS.Krlpke toW EntMM. Mb a SjMlotiK

Nothing in the whole human enterprise Is mote effective in bolstering the human spirit than the history of the Jews. No one can read of Israel's struggle with the ultimate problems of the human soul without being Infected-for-good ' with Israel's.God-obsession. No one can read of Israel's courageous struggle for selfhood through the long, dark centuries without being Infected-for-good with Israel's loyalty to human rights. No one can wonder over Israel's devotion to tradition, people, land and faith, without being infected-for-good with Israel's sense of principle. No one can see before his eyes the renewal of Jewish life in the land of Israel in our day, with its drama, the flowering success that followed back-breaking labor, the bravery and audacity, the ardent expression of the sublimity of the human soul, without being Infected-for-good with Israel's quest for truth, peace, Justice and human love. " Jews and Judaism have given form, content, and meaning to my life.. .But I have recurring nightmares. What Might Have Been Hereis how high school history books might have read in 2026 — 50 years from now, if Hitler bad won the war. "One of the major accomplishments of our Glorious Leader was his resolute decision on the Jewish problem, which had 'plagued , mankind for 4000 years. The Jews, who had bamboozled mankind since the dawn of written history with their hateful boast of divine election, had poisoned the thinking of many nations, saddled men with the ethics of weaklings, polluted human blood purity, adulterated the art of nation after nation and dirtied their literature, and controlled international life through a highly organized network of undercover dictators of the governments of the world. "Hitler ended all of this by resolute, brave, and inspired action. He rooted out the problem at the very source." _ WhatMJgbtYetBe That is what could have been written in history books if Hitler had won. But how much different — in final effect - would it be if the history books in the high schools, 50. years hence, read like this: -•:•,' "One of the strangest and most lamentable of 20Ui century developments was the dlsappearancc of the world's Jewish community. Oppressed both in Christian and Moslem lands for centuries, subject to confiscation, exile, degradation, and massacre; the Jews had prouldly maintained a culture and a religion . dating .back to ancient times. Loyalty and perseverance.unmatched in human history kept this religio-ethnic entity alive despite the worst. Including unprecedented slaughter of 40 per cent of them by the unspeakable Nazis and Sse spiritual pulverizingcf another 28 per cent by the So viet steam-roller. "And then the unexpected: softened by the MUUKIICK afroraeu ijy ~AfiitrFiean Opportunity,"

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snowballing from one generation to the next, for Jews really to educate their children religiously. Although they were the single most educated identifiable group: fa the United

States, they disdained any but a skin-deep knowledge of their own faith and culture. And for a tiny minority group, only self-knowledge produces self-awareness and a will to group survival. "In a process so fast that sociologists and cultural historians were taken aback, defections from organized Jewish life, indifference to Jewish interests, mixed marriages, and a falling birth-rate combined to finish the work that murder by Hitler and spiritual murder by the Soviets had begun. Synagogues, schools, Jewish community activities declined at an accelerating rate, and each decline meant a more onerous task for those remaining. With the United States Jewish community reeling and failing, Jewish community life elsewhere (even in Israel, where a stalwart nation was dependent on American Jewish influence for the material for self-defense against savage enemies) also declined and disappeared. ' 'In bloody extermination and in the whimper of self-pitying excuses, a 4000-year-oldodysscy reached an end. It will remain for historians of our 21st century to assess the effect. If any." Truth and Fiction Those are two fictitious accounts.' They are my recurring nightmares. The first describes a world-wide program of extermination — like the account of a medical scientific victory against a long adhering disease-scourge. The second is an account of group suicide, where Jews finally ran out of the spiritual resources that had bubbled up"through the centuries from a seemingly inexhaustible well.' The well ran dry.. .because Jews eventually refused to tend It. What will historians really write In 2026.. , A Conversation And now I recall two conversations. The first was over-the back fence, about 1942, with my neighbor, commander of a submarine that plied the Atlantic waters out of New London, Connecticut. We had just been getting the first 'horrifying reports that reached the public of the actual, bestial murder of Jews, the mass production of death, in the Nazi extermination , centers of Germany and Poland. My neighbor, who, like many well-meaning Gentiles, knew little about Jews in the flesh (or on paper for that matter), was deeply disturbed and shaken. The reports had helped to define bis enemy a little more sharply. He asked me how many Jews there were la the world. I turned the question back to him. He thought for a minute and then ventured a good educated guess: "About 80,000,000.." I told • him he was about 500 per cent high. Reflecting en Jewish contributions to religion, medicine-, science, art, literature, -he was astounded to learn that we were so few, and that Germany had only about 600,000 Jews. How-easy it was for Hitler to capture Germany by exploiting the helpless Jew as the rallying hatred point for Nazi ascendancy! '(His guess of SO million was not so strange: Jewish kids i s as 8th grade class here, figured the number of American Jews, American Jews , only, as 60 million, since there are Jews,; =Catm>'ic3, and/ Protestants, ssd - the tets J= Ss^ about 200 million!) But he was not the only one wbothad little idea about Jews, in terms of numbers. Not many ye'arsago I made a simple statement to a r

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groups in the American populace, Jews as a versation had turned to Zero Population Growth. We were all members of the Religious group are especially a) urban: b) educatedsophisticated; c) upper middle-class. Each of' Advisory Committee to Planned Parenthood of Omaha. The subject was the religious dimen- those attributes by itself, and all three together sion In the work of Planned Parenthood. But with overwhelming effect, produce a communithe discussion soon veered intp the world-wide . ty that practices population control without adproblem of exploding populations and the real vice from ministers, sociologists, and and present danger to peace, the threat to economists — only from physicians. human life itself-. We spoke of Zero Population My colleagues left the meeting with some Growth. • new understanding. But I wonder whether After some suggestions had been made, and Jews understand — or care to understand — after I offered my own affirmation of the idea, I what is at stoke, how real is the possibility of casually remarked that I would never advocate group suicide. To all the sociological factors Zero Population Growth for Jews. My col- aiready adduced, we must now add the effect of the Women's Liberation movement, to which leagues were non-plussed, puzzled. Why not.. ' "Have you ever heard of Hitler or Stalin?" I Jews, as sophisticated liberals, adhere. And Now. asked. And then I launched into a thumb-nail Jewish life in America Is not to be written off;* sketch of Jewish history In Christian and Moslem lands, forced conversions, conversions Nor Jewish life in the world/ Jews are notorious and defections from the relentless hounding of for their ability to turn danger Into opportunity my people, massacre, pillage, and exile — all — But Jewish education and Jewish population resulting in the decimation of Jews, compound- do hot take care of themselves. Jewish family / living is not automatic, but rather the result of ed generation after generation. I hazarded the guess that the 16 million Jews conscious effort and attention. who lived in the world in 1940 might well have The New Year should lead to serious discusbeen 200 million if history — and humanity - sion at all levels of Jewish leadership, seasoned had been different. leadership and young leadership alike. Plann"But now," I said, "with two fifths of the ed Parenthood ought to mean something difpaltry, remnant of 16 million Jews of 1940 ferent for Jews than for others. The historical slaughtered by Hitler, and a third fifth strangl- imperatives are* different. And we owe it to ed culturally by Stalin and his successors, will America and to the race of man to survive hi you - morally! — urge the remaining two fif- strength. For the future of mankind is linked with our future in-very real ways — but that U ths to hold it rlghtthcre!.." I went on to another factor. Of oil identifiable another subject.

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OMAHA — Several of the prayers traditionally recited on Rosh Hashana are acrostics — I.e. the first letters o( each sentence combine to form a word. Given that mood, we can say that results of the demographic survey Indicate the Omaha Jewish community CARES — it is committed, affluent, rooted, educated and stable. The commitment can be seen in the response to the survey, In the membership In synagogues and other Jewish organizations, and the Jewish education given our children. Almost half of the households on the community list responded; the 1,105 responses represented approximately a 47 per cent return rate. Only 13 per cent of the households said they, were not members of a synagogue or temple. Lets than 5 per cent failed to belong to at least • some local Jewish organization or Institution.

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Omaha Jews The commitment of the community can also be seen In the (act that of those under 10 years old who are not already enrolled in a program of Jewish education, almost two-thirds will begin as soon as the child is eligible; only one-fourth Bay it will be at an age later than 5 or 6, and only 9 per cent do not plan to enroll the child. Similarly, ol those enrolled In a Jewish school, only 16 per cent will drop out after their Bar or Bat Mitzvsh, while the other 84 per cent will

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35 per cent say they will leave Omaha and another 20 per cent are unsure. In the 18-24 year old group, 42 per cent say they will leave Omaha by 1980, and an additional 26 per cent are unsure; only 32 per cent say they intend to stay In the Omaha area. An examination of the data In the questionnaire on those who left their household to reside outside of Omaha from 1971 to 1975, indicates 86 per cent were not expected to return by 1980. One result of this loss of youth in the childThe affluence of our community cannot be bearing ages is a prediction of a declining denied. Almost half of the households answerpopulation in Omaha by 1980, unless there is an ing the question reported their family income increase of immigration. This loss of populawas*$20,O0O or more (38 percent placed it in the tion is also a consequence of the reduced birthhighest category on the questionnaire — $25,000 rate that can be seen from several questions in or more). Even our elderly cannot be con>the survey. -sldered poor. Female heads and spouses reported ah Our median family Income of those 60 years average of 2.24 births, but "daughters" 15 or older was estimated to be more than $13,000. years old and over expected an average of only More than one-third have incomes of $20,000 or 1.94 children. While the median number of more. A question asked those over GO if they children expected is still two, the same as in the would like assistance in any of nine areas; the Whether as a consequence of this education, past, more daughters report they want no one most frequently indicated (transportation) or as an independent factor, it should be noted children (19 per cent compared to 13 per cent of had only 10 percent of those over 60 express a that 76 per cent of the respondents 20 years or households without any children 00171), and neea. - • v older read the Jewish Press regularly, and only fewer want three or more children (24 per cent Another measure of the affluence of our com- eight per cent do not read it at all. . compared to 36 per cent of the females repormunity is Its occupational structure. More than ting they had that many). This may represent a three-fourths of the households are headed by "continuing decrease In the birth rate. It Is InComparison to national someone who is or was in one of the higher teresting to note that women married In 1971-75 statistics on page 75 status occupations of self-employed expect an average of 2.11 children — which Is businessman, manager-administrator or proThe Omaha Jewish community is a stable less than the 2.24 reported by all female heads fessional; 3 percent are (orwere) in a "blue-., one. Only eight per cent of the household heads and spouses but more than the 1.94 expected by collar" occupation. , say they plan to move out of the Omaha area by' those classified as daughters. ' The declining birth rate — or at least the It Is interesting — and Important for our 1980; 15 per cent are unsure, and the rest will Federation planners — to note that there is a either not move at all or will change residences decline in births - is also indicated by the'Indefinite generational shift within the higher within the Omaha area. The data for the total verted age pyramid. There are fewer, children status occupations. Younger members of the sample Is only slightly less stable —12 per cent under five than aged five-nine, and still fewer' Jewish community are less likely to be self' say they will move out of Omaha by 1980, and than in the 10-14 age group. This trend is not a new development. The survey indicates there employed businessmen and are more likely to another 17 per cent are unsure. be professionals, in contrast to the older But the letters that form CARES can also be are more college students than high school generations in which the reverse Is true. For used to spell SCARE — the demographic students which in turn exceeds the number in Junior, high school which In turn Is greater than', example, 13 per cent of those aged 20-39 are survey Indicated several disturbing trends. self-employed businessmen and 47 per cent are The optimistic data on moving Intentions the number In the 4th-6Ut grades. professionals, compared to 35 per cent self- have a pessimistic aspect as well. While at These patterns and trends are just a portion employed businessmen and 21 per cent profes- least 75 per cent of those over age 30 do not plan of the information now available about the sionals among those 40 or older. The ratio of to move out of Omaha, only 45 per cent of those Omaha Jewish community as a result of the salaried employees to_ self-employed drops aged 20-29 say this. In the latter.age category, demographic survey.' from 7 to I among 20-29 year olds to .9 to 1 for those GO or older still in the civilian labor force. The Omaha Jewish community has deep roots. More than three-fourths of the household heads were either born in Omaha or have lived here 25 years or more. Almost three-fourths (72 per cent ) of the households'have a close relative (i.o. parent, child, or sibling) living in the Omaha area. An additional 8 per cent have, their nearest close relative in Nebraska or one of the bordering Biates. This is true even for the elderly (or at least for those aged GO or over who returned the questionnaire). Our Jewish community is a highly educated group. Almost half (48 per cent) of the heads of households are college graduates, and another 22 per cent have some college training. Only 11 per cent failed to complete high school. The spouses are well-educated, too; 35 per cent have college degrees, an additional 35 per cent have some college education, and only 5 per cent failed to complete high school.

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A Fundamental Difference

Jewish, Civil Laws Compared residency requirement, the blood test, and the license are very By Steven R!ek«s Aiecent.iiews,iternLreported that_a young woman, probably simple matters. From then on. one usually pavs no attention to the law, unless, of course, divorce becomes imminent. on LSD, bad slashed her wrists and forearms while a crowd of 300 cheered and screamed, "Do your thing, sister." Concerning the parenl-chtld relationship also, one has very This tragic story is, in a way, symbolic of our times. We little to do with the law, unless there is Juvenile delinquency, or, have overemphasized the individual self. Some advocates of the parental abuse or neglect. The law is simply something quite drug culture proclaim that one should be able to do with one's apart from ordinary concern. Those who visit a lawyer, should self, whatever one wants, even if it leads to one's own destruc- the need arise, usually ask, "What are my rights.."; rarely do. tion. Should Evil Knieval die in a fiery crash, no one may bat an they ask what their responsibilities might be. eye, be was simply doing his own thing. People are urged to Jewish law, however, is totally different. Jewish law Is "find" themselves, to seek their own happiness, whatever that religious law, and, religion is a total way of life, at least for the may be; to become "liberated"; to be left alone. traditional'Jew. Jewish law is very detailed and comprehensive However, as an attorney, a citizen, a Jew, an observer, I because its function is to provide a guide for dally living. Tradicannot help but be concerned that we are headed toward chaos. tional Jews want to know about the law, not to discover their While the individual is important, so are social institutions and rights, as much as to know their responsibilities. They want to social relationships. Yet, the social order has become eroded by know how to act in the daily affairs of life. This is true in family law also. • y • , our preoccupation with that which is self centered. The family, certainly our most Important social institution, Marriage, for example is not only one of the greatest Joys of lias been badly bruised by certain modern philosophies and life, but it is also a religious duty. One Jewish scholar said trends. Many choose not to marry at all. Among those who do "Whoever is not married abides without Joy, without blessing, marry, divorce is rampant, and other family relationships have without good." There is simply no legal equivalent in our become weakened. The extended family is almost gone. system; and, in our culture,'marriage is an ambivalent InstituYoung people, as soon as they are able, and sometimes tion. Think how many movies, books, and periodicals portray when they are not, want to leave not only the home, but even the the bachelor as the man Who really gets enjoyment from life. area In which their parents live. Old folks are packed off to in- The "swinging single", free from the obligations of ijpouse and stitutions to be out of sight, and, perhaps, out of rnlmi. And, as children, is a subtle, barely subrosa theme, which floats through Steven Rlekes . the family weakens, so does every other social institution much of what we see and hear. become fractured. relationship with some Idea of what they are supposed to do. Jewish marriage law also has the institution of the kctubah, Both legal systems emphasize the duty of support, in the Bearing all this in mind, I was asked to do a short com- or marriage contract, which spells out in detail a number of economic sense, and prohibit excessive physical abuse. But parison of Jewish family law with American civil law. I was im- duties and responsibilities between the husband and the wife. Jewish law goes far beyond that. A man Is required t o " . . .honor mediately struck by a fundamental difference between the two Such a contract Is relatively rare, particularly among first marhis wife more than his own self, and shall love her as he loves legal systems. It isn't that the particular details of family law riages, in our system. Some people are now using antenuptial differ, so much as that the role of law itself, and the attitude contracts, usually to protect property rights, where either parhimself,.." Spouses arc. to speak gently and cheerfully to one ty, or both, have had prior marriages and wish to protect the intowards law differ. another. A man owes his wife sexual attention, limited only by physical ability and the requirements of his particular occupaLaw, including the law of domestic relations, is not heritance of their children; but that usage is still minor. something which is part of the daily lives of most citizens. Their tion. No such analogues exist in either our American legal In other words, in our culture, after the marriage ceremony, contact with the law occurs only when certain matters have ut- the young couples expect that things will just work out. Jewish system or culture. Sex in our society, and In law, is regarded terly broken down. If one chooses to get married, then the law, however, presupposes, that both parties will enter Into the (Continued on Page 57)

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Marriage: Greatest Joy, Also Duty v ' (Continued from Page 56) business planning, a lawyer often encounters a son who simply ambivalently. There are some who regard it as merely a cannot wait to sit In his father's place, so to speak. necessary evil, whose sole funcllon is procreation. There are Divorce is another example of how the two systems conlrast others who regard sex as the very essence of self.fulflllment, . Under present Nebraska law, all that is needed to be shown Is and of life itself. Judaism rejects both views. Instead, It regards that the marriage is Irretrievably broken, and, hence, the law Is -sexjijHKJl-osiy-saiuralj -test sonieiiiitigTviiidi is importui^ariu' caiieano-fauTPdivorce.But the"risingikTe"ofdivorce is not the enjoyable, yet like everything else, it must be subject to result of the passage of this law a few years ago. The law simply discipline. Since both parties are responsible to one another sex followed the social trend, it did not create it. .becomes an important element in home building. Jewish law provides for divorce, even based upon mutual consent. In a sense. It anticipated current Nebraska law several thousands of years. Nevertheless, even though the Jewish law Is very liberal, divorce, until recently, was comparatively rare. This is because both parties, and Jewish society, In general looked to the law to find how to make a marriage work, and not merely to seek the law when failure occurred. Divorce was regarded as a tragedy, and it was said that even the altar shed . • . , Both legal systems demand that parents support their tears. children and not abuse them. However, the Jewish parent must Finally, Jewish law centers around the home. Countless do much more than that. While education is primarily a matter ceremonies, festivities, and other such matters take place in the for the state, under our syttem, under Jewish law It is the home. Under our system, it is sometimes said that a man's primary responsibility of the parent. The parent is daily com- house is his castle. But this reference Is to a man's right of manded to teach the words of the Torah, Ideas of ethics and privacy vis-a-vis the state, so that even the government cannot • morality, to his children, when he Is at home, and when he enter without his permission. However, in Jewish law, the home travels, when he lies down and when he rises up. It is his responis not so much a castle, but a temple, an exalted place. It is the sibility to see that the child becomes a responsible member of place where all of the responsibilities of each Individual the, community, providing him with useful occupational skJIIs, member converge to create the family as a unit, a holy thing. and useful living skills, even to the extent that fathers must Even the mundane act of eating, ijnder Jewish law, becomes a teach their children how to swim. f shared experience, a ritual. We have no such equivalent conChildren, in turn, under Jewish law, have obligations cepts in the general American culture. towards their parents. The Fifth Commandment requires that We could go on making comparisons of the kind outlined children honor their parents. Even adult children must provide above. But, essentially, what underlies them all is that the traditheir parents with food and drink, clothes and garments, and tional Jew is concerned about his obligations more than nil general assistance, should they be in need of it. They must have rights. He measures life not so much in terms of self actualizarespect for their parents, so that they should not stand or sit In tion, but in the establishment of good social relationships, partheirparents' place, or Insult them in public. . ticularly with those who are closest to him, and who are depenAgain, there are few analogues In our legal system, or our dent on him. ' culture, to such ideas. A few states have laws that allow the We tend to measure success In terms of a man's financial welfare department to seek reimbursement from relatives, worth, his creative achievement, his rank or position, or, should the aged be put upon public charity, but such laws are nowdays, whether he is able to do his own thing. But Judaism rarely, if ever, enforced. Moreover, under our current system, regards a man as a man in terms of his relationships to others, when a man passes the age of 65, almost, if not quite, by law, he as husband, as father, as son, as citizen, and as a member of the cease* to be a man in the full sense of the word. In tax and congregation of Israel. It is the fulfillment of the mltxvot, or

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commandments, that are the measure of the man; the practice and fulfillment of obligations that determine life's worth. Happiness Is also important In Judaism, but it is seen as the product of these social relationships, of mutual care and concern, and not as merely freedom _for; se|f_ expression. Cpnser._ I quently, one of the blessings of the marriage ceremony is as follows: "Blessed art thou, O Ldrd our God, King of the Universe, who hast created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride,' mirth and exultation, pleasure and delight, love,^ . fellowship, peace and companionship." Both legal systems, generally, recognize that, when It comes to the family, the law cannot actually force people to care for one another. For example, there are laws in some states that allow divorce only upon, the narrow grounds of adultery. But, despite such strict concepts, the law's purpose in attempting to keep families together has, nevertheless, been a failure. It is not the law, as such, that Is important, but rather, people's at- \. tltudes, the social norm, that will determine whether or not there is general family stability. ; Thus, the Jewish way of life requires the Individual to internalize a certain set of normsi a general sense of obligation to others, and provides a complete guide for daily living Our legal system has no such adjunct. It has a very difficult time controlling general social behavior. / Nevertheless, I think it imperative, If we are to have a functioning society, that we find some means to put our society back

Sex is regarded as natural yet disciplined into balance. If people ask only what are their rights, never their' responsibilities; if they want to only do their own thing, with no thought as to how that might affect someone else; then only chaos can result. ' How we might accomplish this objective, in a highly in'dlvldualistlc society, where law and government are wholly apart from religion, is a highly complex matter. Nevertheless, If 'we Jews will return to our own sources, then I think that we can rebuild the family as the social institution it ought to be, and, in doing so, we may set an example for others.

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Council Bluffs Jews Thankful By Sam Sacks Religious Chairman, B'nal Israel, Council Bluffs The Jewish Community In Council Bluffs continues to maintain a synagogue although a rabbi is not retain. _cd, due to (lie small number of members who financially support the synagogue Hopefully this situation will be remedied with the progress now underway in Council Bluffs. Our synagogue and Jewish activities are under the direction of the religious chairman with the assistance of the president, the officers and trustees. High Holy Day services will

be observed with Mr. Larry Elsberg of Indianapolis, Indiana as acting Rabbi. He will also participate in the Kevcr Ovos Services at our Blkur Cliolim Cemetery on Sunday, October 3 at Jl«' T> We, in Council Bluffs, arc very thankful for the devotion of our members so that we are able to conduct services m our synagogue every Saturday and Sunday morning. All High Holy Days are observed in our bynagogue and are fairly well attended. As rclglous chairman and spiritual leader of the synagogue, I wish to thank all of the, members of our community for their continued support and devotion. To the

area rabbis and cantors in the metropolitan area, many thanks for their cooperation and assistance at all times. We enjoy visitors. Many have been made to feel so welcome and have enjoyed our services so much that they continue to return To aii vi them and to you. we say "welcome".

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Reprinted from Israel Today The overwhelming emphasis on marriage in the Jewish community leads, to prejudice against the single adult. Though marriage as an Institution is for from "dead" still, its form, especially with Reverse Discrimination Decided by Court respect 16 traditional sexroles, has been modified; new NEW YORK, N.Y - The situated." Antl-Defamatlon League of The suit charged "reverse alternatives to the nuclear B'nal B'rith hailed the Aug 17 ' discrimination," sought ad- family have emerged. But U.S. District Co'irt decision mittance of Mr. Hupart and (marriage is still a very Imporfinding that the City College others to the program, ' tant goal for the vast majority of Jewish young adults. For Center for Biomcdical Educa- damages and counsel fees. most Jews, the single state Is tion "committed intentional Hupart and 11 others'were only temporary. Though racial discrimination in violation of the Constitution" in its offered admission to the American Jews between the Biom(klical Center program in ages of 20 and 34 have on of the admissions procedures. June of this year following LOWEST marriage rates of ADL had investigated the trial of the suit before Judge any ethnic group, by the time admissions procedures, filed a Frankcl but before issuance of they reach the ages of 35 to 49, complaint with the New York the decision. they h a v e one of the City Board of Higher Education in July, 1974, and paid the The Biomcdical Center, 'HIGHEST. Furthermore costs involved in a class action created by the Board of despite the high divorce rale brought by Kenneth Hupart, a Higher Education as. an in- and the heavy criticism of white applicant claiming re- tegral part of City College, of- • marriage as an institution 60 jection because of racial N fers o six-year curriculum percent of- all those divorced criteria, in behalf of himself leading to a combination B.S.- will remarry within five and o t h e r s " s i m i l a r l y M.D. degree. years.

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Leaving Home Scary, Fun JSyBeth Kaplan _ OMAHA — I am the daughter of Marilyn and Yalf Kaplan. i»A May graduate of Wes'side High Kchnn), I am entering the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania'campus this fall. I believe that the family is an integral part of Judaism. As I seriously consider this statement, it is very Interesting to note" how my family has influenced my thought patterns and actions. Whlle.in high school, I always knew what was expected of me as a Jewish teenager, and how I was expected to react when faced with various situations. • But now, as I gain a measure of Independence by preparing to leave home for school, I am frightened at the prospect of having my ethical values challenged without being able to fall back on the support of my family. I imagine that this apprehension is to be expected because I have never been away from home before, and I do not know how I will react in sensitive situations. It would be easy to categorically accept parental ethics: However 1 know that Twill not allow myself this easy way out; I must attempt to formulate my own values and then hope that they will be acceptable to my parents. In this sense the challenge ahead excites me. I realize that my values will reflect my family in many ways, yet some of my values are bound to be a product of my new environment — the new way of life I am to experience Independent of my Jewish home influence. I have witnessed the frustration of peers faced with the same struggle. I have observed the frustration of parents faced with, what appears to them to be, a rejection of their values, their way of life I guess this is a type of metamorphosis that every mature young adult must go through to complete the molding of her or his character. In retrospect, I appreciate my strong family bonds. These ties have given me something concrete on which to build. I fear that I would be totally confused and lost if my parents had not provided me with strong direction. Regarding my thoughts on Judaism today, the question of (Continued on Page Cl)

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Exceptional, Generous, Parents Shape Life By Rex Perimeter of Frances, nee Nogg, and OMAHA — Happy New Harry Perimeter). The rest of Year to my family, friends my Immediate family Is my -*n«!-8!Mjti!»^>mah£h Jewish - brsSnsr Jeffreyrtita wife Vieki Community! and their two daughters, and I am the son of Janet my brother Mike and his wife (daughter of Reglna, nee Robin. I graduated from SUverman, and Saul Shapiro, Westslde High School this sprof Chicago) and Stanley (son ing, and this fall I will be a

freshman at Princeton University. I am-seventeenyears old, and my hobbies are Music ana Htefaturer " , I suppose the place to start; about me is my family life. Trying to look objectively (which is nearly impossible), I feel I have been a very lucky child. I was given two exceptional, generous, and loving parents. As long as I can remember, my parents have tried, through their care and the opportunities they have given me, to help me become a person alt three of us can be proud of. I always had a natural Interest In academics, and my parents have done everything they could to further this interest. Sometimes, as happens with parents and children, I feel too pressured by them, but in general, I know that I could never have been nearly as successful In school as I was without their encouragement. i They have also done everything they could to further my growth and development as a human being. Most of this growth has taken place in the last six years, since my brother Mike left for college, and I was left the only child at home. I became even closer to my parents, and through various adjustments' (including many a quarrel) I learned to live with them and

Beth Wants Values to Last (Continued from Page 60) relevance is very important to me. I do not understand the relevance of many Jewish traditions; they often appear archaic. I do believe this probably stems from a lack of knowledge on the subject, yet ft troubles me not to be able to appreciate much of the traditional beauty of my religion. Without a basic understanding of tradition It is much easier to slip Into the role of an assimilated Jew. I do find Jewish law, pn the other hand, timeless and universal. One Is taught to seriously consider intangibles such as responsibility, sensitivity, and morality, It is comforting to know that I have access to a directory of the basic rights and wrongs in dealing with myself and fellow huma beings. In projecting my future, I foresee Judaism and Its accompanying values playing a dominant role. In the next few years I will be reviewing my values, revising some, maintaining others. In general, by remembering all my influences, I hope to create a philosophy of religion and life that Is acceptable to both me and my family, and one that Is in harmony with the world around me. I expect to base' my career In business around certain Jewish ethics to civilized society. In turn, I will want to give my children the values I find important. I will want relevant Jewish ethics and traditions to permeate the family life I provide for my children. Ultimately, they too will meet the challenge and seriously - consider and review their values. The cycle perpetuates Itself.

help them and vice versa. The main adjustment we made was learning to communicate with each other. Although, like most families, we sometimes have problems, in general, I. would say that when we are all in a calm, normal mood, I can talk to my p a r e n t s about almost anything. This communication is a wonderful feeling and has made my development much easier. We have traveled together, and my parents sent me to camp for nine summers, two of which were as a counselor. For some people this might not have been a good |dea, but It really helped me learn how to take care of myself and become a responsible person. I have also grown as a Jew. I grew up in a Reform household with an unusually strong religious feeling. I have always been interested in my religion, and my parents have encouraged me through contact with the synagogue, and ultimately, this summer, through a trip to Israel. This pilgrimage, perhaps more than anything, has shown me how much my parents have done for me. The greatest Influence on my development as a Jew was the late Cantor Manfred F. Kuttner of Temple Israel. He not only helped foster my in-

Beth Kaplan and Rex Perimeter take off for college I (JP photo) terest in Judaism, but also encouraged my love of music. When he died, his widow Use, took over as my guide, and she has been a wonderful friend. My two rabbis, Sidney Brooks and Barry Welnstein, have both been good teachers, counselors, and friends, and have helped me with personal problems as well as with my religion. Although as a youngster, I felt religious school was often a waste, I was happy to have a good historic background when I was In Israel this summer. I learned quite a bit about Judaism through my involvement with the Temple Youth Group, especially when I served on the board as president

last year, I was active in the region and sub-region, and the 'trip to Israel was sponsored by the National Federation of Temple Youth. These activities greatly increased my Jewish awareness. Most of my contact with other synagogues In Omaha has been through school and Youth Council work at the JCC. My Jewish friends from school and activities have convinced me that ours is a great Jewish community. Of course, among many of the kids, but there is a great amount of apathy toward Judaism, but those people who participated In our Walk For Israel, both adults and children, made me very proud of the spirit which I feel unites our community. I suppose my thoughts about the past and present would not be complete without a reflection on the future. At this time I have three professional Interests: the rabbinate, law, or teaching. If I do become a rabbi, I'll look for a congregation in the Midwest and hope to find a community comparable to Omaha. I will leave for college with warm feelings of friendship and brotherhood which I am sure will be helpful to me for the rest of my life. I value the help I've had growing up In Omatia, and my wish is for a beautiful and happy New Year for all of us.

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ByJoslFarber OMAHA - "Hey, Josi! Come here for a second, won't you.. Please tell me, are you Jewish? Yes. Will you explain?" asks my imaginary interviewer. "Let's see. I was born into a Jewish family and went to Sunday and Saturday School as almost every Jewish child does. 1 wasn't forced to take Hebrew because I just didn't want to waste my time with it. I wanted to play outside with all the other kids. So, therefore, the idea of a BatMitzvah was out totally, and that suited me fine. How am I doing?1' ,."••• "Keep going." "Well, .then there was the period in my life where Saturday School was just a big waste of time. I guess looking back, I suppose It did some good, but to tell the truth, I am Just now really learning what Judaism Is, I ant relating It to my lifestyle and learning bow Judaism fits. Then It was like being labeled, but now it's my ownheritage." "For years 1 watched my brother and sister find their Jewish identity. They, too, found theirs in NFTY, a Jewish youth group of which 1, today, am the president of Omaha's division (OTYG). I'm a junior at Westside High School. Now I want to reach

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learning my native Jewish language, Hebrew,- and many hours absorbing music, which Tvis one inaniT-eason lor niy~ going there. Song leaders anda specially trained staff of rabbis and teachers are brought to camp to teach young people how to become leaders for their home youth groups. "No sooner did I get home than 1 was asked to be songleader for Omaha. When I was little, not yet into NFTY, I once told a songleader whom I knew quite well that to be NFTY songleader was my goal. What fun to reach my goal! "Another goal, after Judaism started becoming a big part In my life, was to become a Bat-Mltzvah, a daughter of the commandments." "I am now continuing my studies in Omaha with our Temple Hebrew School teacher. I plan April 30,1977 to be one of the most rewarding days of my life, to be able to hold the honor of Bat Mltzvah.

out and receive the meaning of Judaism: I want to learn and really love the Ideals of Judaism. I knew I couldn't get It in a day. I have to work for It. To me, it isn't work in the sense you might think, but it's love and devotion. I wanted to reach out and grab Judaism and fit It into the puzzle of my life. It was a piece that had been mysteriously put aside by myself." "My parents gave my brother, sister and me a very warm, loving Jewish home. "My role has just begun, We attend services fpr the holidays, have Shabbat din- I am. loaded with ideas, I think one step at a time will ner, but I still wanted more." "One day not long ago my be best, I'll let the future not chance to learn about Judaism trail behind me, not lead in was only a hop; skip and jump front of me but be beside me away. I went to a UAHC Camp and just be my friend. I look forward to tomorrow, but toIn Warwick, New York. "There 1 spent many hours day, I feel, has just begun."

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Anita's Orthodoxy Deep Sometimes Very Lonely ;,.... By Anita Rosenfield thousands and thousands of ^ OMAHA- How do 1 see years old. • things as. a Jewish teen-ager I do sometimes feel un'•'• living in Omaha? what is my _ comfortable being in Omaha, ;; life like from the standpoint of and trying to be religious. I do :. being a teenage member of an what I do because! want to. I i Orthodox synagogue? What is don't need a kosher restaruant the relationship between In the city to keep kosher, or Judaism and myself? These an "eruv" around a city, with a are some of the points I found Shabbasdlc atmosphere to myself considering for this arkeep Shabbats. I would love to ticle. live where I would be surrounded by observant, Jews I see myself as a nol-qulleand a Jewish atmosphere, but average 17-year-old Omaha for now, I am doing my best to Jew. I feel very strongly about make do with what I have, and ' my Jewish heritage, and try to where I am living. observe as many of the Jewish Anita Rosenfield (JP photo) laws, traditions and customs As I am about, to start my as I can. I observe Kashruth, teens are like me. but it hurts last year of high school, the Sabbath, saying of Birkat me to have to'explain to a question, "Where will I go to i Hamazon after washing, say- Jewish friend' why I am college.." Is on my mind. My Ing hamotzl, and eating, fasting for a minor fast day, if first choice Is In Israel. As.of davaning, the fast days, and It is not Yom Kippur or now, especially haying just ' more, and often feel very something "big". returned from a six week tour much alone in doing so. I see Judaism as a religion of Israel, I feel strongly that I find the average Jewish that is beautiful, and a great my home and future will be In teenager is less observant source of pride and self- Israel. It will be a big step to than myself. I know that these satisfaction for those who are just pick up and move. are all things I choose to do, willing to put a little of I am determined to go to and I get a feeling of satisfac- themselves into it. I find it tion by observing the laws of very rewarding to have set Israel, and make it my home) Torah. Often, I find it difficult goals for myself of learning I consider myself lucky to be to explain to non-Jewish Torah, and observing the com- living in a time and place friends why I won't go out with mandments set for me and all, where I can choose what I them on a Friday night,.or Jews. want to do, and do It. 1 also am why I won't cat at a I would like to see more grateful that my family acrestaurant or a non-kosher Jews, especially young ones, cepts what I do. Omaha Is not house, but what Is harder for become and remain more the easiest place to be a me Is to explain these things to religious and keep alive the religious Jew, but I am trying a Jewish friend. beautiful, traditions of my best to make do with what I realize that not all Jewish Judaism that arc now it does offer while I am here.

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t r o u b l e s o m e n e p h e w s portents are not good. Such _ . _ROSH HASHANAJHL iAbrahanrt.utir irritating SinnKageTin "relativei ^Jewish Friday, September 24 brother-in-law (Jacob- population has political as Evening service 8:15p.m. Laban); strange relationships well a s cultural and Saturday, September 25 There are fierce sibling between father-in-law and -educational implications that Shaharit 8:45 a.m., Torah serrivalries (Ishmael-Isaac, daughter-in-law (Judah1 are disturbing. I . vice 9:30 a.m., Musaf, 10:50 Esau-Jacob, Joseph and his Tamar). Zero Population Growth is a.m. An alternate service for brothers); there are marital There is love requited not equally necessary, families with Talmud Torah •"". problems (Abraham-Sarah(Jacob-Rachel) and love unre- desirable, or applicable to all students will be conducted by Hagar, Jacob-Leah); quited (Joseph-Potiphar's g r o u p s . ZPG m a y be Stanley Mitchell in the social wife). There are ravaged necessary and desirable for hall at 10:30a.m. sisters and vengeful brothers India and Latin America; it is Evening service 7 p.m. (Dinah-Jacob's sons) — and not desirable for Jews. Jews • President Barton H. Greenberg we have not left the Book'of are an endangered species. Rabbi Bromberg . . Sunday, September 26 Vice presidents Yale Kaplan Genesis! A generation after the Shaharit 8:45 a.m., Torah ser. ' JeanDuitch The image of the traditional Holocaust, ZPG Is a luxury and future family forms as vice 9:30 a.m., Shofar 10:20 Harold Novak founder of our people and our that we can hardly afford. trial marriage, group mar- a.m., Musaf 11 a.m. A Junior Secretary...... ..llene Klein faith is not that of a single, Taking into account where in riage, childless marriage, Congregation service will be Treasurer DeanFrankel solitary figure abstratcdirom the world our people live single-parent families, in- held In the social hall at 11 Immediate past president... Arnold Stem the world about him. He is "another five or ten million timate networks, multiple- a.m. for school age children. Rabbi Emeritus... , MyerS.Kripke Father Abraham, pioneer Jews in the world will not spell adult households. Not all of Minna service 7p.m. •Rabbi , Kenneth Bromberg monotheist; but he 1$ also husthe difference between these forms ore presently pro•'Cantor. ., Chatm Najman band, parent, brother, unSHABBATSHUVAH ' sustenance and starvation of blematic for Jewish families; Executive Director ...-...". Merle Potash cle—absorbed as much in the mankind, but it will make the but they bear watching, given Friday, October 1 Education Director " . Stanley Mitchell petty crises of family life as he difference bwtween Jewish the penchant of- the modern Services, 8:15 p.m. Board Members is in fateful dialogues with survival and extinction." Jew to be like everyone else — Saturday, Octobers '-Bfrs. Nathan (Sally) Berg, Samuel V. Cooper. Mrs. Richard God. only more so. Shaharit 9:3o a'm., Mlnha 7 Jewish population needs to JBeverly) Fellman, Mrs. Morris (Mary) Fellman, Or. John. Subsequently, Abraham's p.m. , .,..;'... grow to the point where the Goldkrarid, Jerome Gordman, Gary Gross, Mrs. George (Toby) The synagogue has confamily becomes a clan, then a future of the Jewish people is tributed - unwittingly, I think Kagan, Stanley Kaplan, Mrs. Howard (Gloria) Kaslow) Dr. Benfederation of tribes, and, finalY O M K I P P U R •••',;•;':•'• reasonably assured. We are — to the instability of the ton Kutler, Mrs. Stanford (Jeanne) Lipsey, Dr. Irving ly, a people. To this day, we Sunday, October 3" not presently maintaining Jewish family. It has done so Margolis, Gerald Novak, Mrs. Norman (Marilyn) Pred, Lou Jews remain a small people KolNldre7p.ro. such growth. ' Rich, Steven Riekes, Mrs. Stewart (Judy) Tully, Mrs. Benjamin by establishing sisterhoods, and a large family. Monday, October 4 +••' (Anna) Welsman, Benjamin Weisman, Dr. Martin Wolf, Robert The fundamental fact about men's clubs, coupler's clubs, Shaharit 8:45 a.m., Torah serThe solidarity of the Jewish Zuber. Jewish life In America Is its youth groups — thus sending vice 9:30 a.m. Musaf 11:30 family has been a significant Beth El Sisterhood voluntary nature. American individual 'family ' members a.m. source of our strength and surPresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna Weisman Jewish voluntarism is a mixed scurrying off to their parv.ival — a remarkable Vice Presidents Thclma Lustgartcn blessing. Voluntary associa- ticularpeergroup, , achievement, considering our A Junior Congregation service Sheila Anderson history which has been one of tions are stronger than those The organization of the for school age children will be that are forced. LoisShkolnik almost constant migration. heldatlia.m. Voluntarism, however, also synagogue into affinity groups Sylvia Wagner Where does the Jewish means that there are no com- of various ages and stages Mlnha 4:45 p.m. Conducted by Secretary Betty Alloy Beth El High School students', family stand today? , munal controls over Jewish in- may have been supportable In Jo Martin Jewish population is dwindl- terests in matters of birth,' a time when the inner NllahOp.m." Financial secretary.... T :. Carole Widman Joan Zalkln ing relative to the general death, marriage, divorce. The coheslveness of the nuclear A baby, sitting service will ^•Treasurer ..: .?.......MarleneKahn population among which we individual Jew is autonomous. family was less challenged live. This Is true In the United He marries and divorces ac- than it is today by new depar- be available for young, Board of Directors: Helen Epstein, Marilyn Pred, Dorothy States and it is true in Israel. cording to Jewish law only if tures in family structure. The children during both days of Rosenblum, AnnLevinson, Rocky Stern, Evelyn Mitchell. synagogue remains the only Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip-' When coupled with an alarm- he wishes to. ' ^ • . •' Bethel Men's Club v ing rate of intermarriage In Moreover, the Jewish fami- Jewish Institution that em- pur. President... Gerald Novak the diaspora, the demographic ly today, no less than others, is braces the totality of Judaism Influenced by such concepts as — including Jewish religion. Presently, the synagogue Is the cool, casual, contemporary "pleasure bond" which not as vital an institution as It By Rabbi Abraham Eisensteln seems to say that the bond of has been in the past. The \ BaaljKx>t>A&u.res!Kin!O m a r r l a g e ( o r ' e v e n synagogue at this time is seen When David, the son of Jesse did not come (although he was "cohabiting") continues only - by many as only one of a ROSH HASHANAH invited) to the banquet given by King Saul on the first two days at the' "pleasure" of the part- number of available options Friday, September 24 ( of the month, Saul asked: "Wherefore cometh not the son of for leisure'time activity inners. Mincha-ma'ariv 7 p.m. Jesse neither yesterday nor today to the meal.:" (First Samuel cluding prayer. 20:27) If "pleasure" has gone out The synagogue CAN yet . Saturday, September 25. • of the relationship, then pro- regain a good part, of its According to the Hassidlc interpretation, the son of Jesse was Morning Service 8:30 a.m., fessional help is to be sought r former vitality by restructurhot David but the Messiah who was a descendent of Jesse. The Torah reading, Sermon, tens a physician or a clinic •*- ing its programs to meet contwo days are not the first two days of the month, but the two days 10 a . n v Evening Service 7.' of Rosh Hashanah. The quoted verse is not only a question, but or you dissolve the relation- temporary family needs. In P.m. • • . . ; . . , ' also an answer. -•..••• ship. The ubiquity of such meeting the challenge, the Sunday, September 26 books as "Creative Divorce" synagogue will revitalize itself, The question is: On Rosh Hasha'nah, when practically all Jews scarcely contributestoa sense and enter upon a"new era of M o r n i n g S e r v i c e 8<3O a . m . ••••:.*> • are in synagogu£s"\vorshlpping, and doing nothing sinful,.why of::/anil5y solidarity or per-: fresh usefulness to American then does the Messiah not conse.. The answer .is*: oil neither of YOM KIPPER - ^ 4 Rabbi Eisensteln manence. Israel. The officers, Board of • the first two days have they prayed for anything else but for a Sunday, October 3 , - Family configurations are Trustefs, and kiejrkodesh of -Ko!Nidre6:45p;m;"' ^ ~ " ; comfortable living. , changing. The nuclear family Beth El Synagogue extend That thjs interpretation is not what the writer had in mind is Monday, October 4 (Mom, Dad, the kids) which warmest wishes to the com- Morning Service 9 a.m., Torah beyond any doubt. The authors of the interpretation had an idea, • has been dominant for the past munity for a healthful, reading, Sermon, Yiskor 11 and they wanted it attached to a biblical verse. U i e flfty years, must now share peaceful, and achievement- a.m., Musaf 12 noon, Mlnhah 5 I challenge the idea. It is inconceivable that on Rosh the stage with such present filled New Year. p.m., NellahGp.m. ' ;•. Hasbanah most Jews are interested only in material gain. ROSH HASHANAH Our prayers on Rosh Hashanah arc primarily for help to be Friday, September 24 KEVER OVOS SERVICES '-. honest, kind and considerate. . Mlncha-Ma'ariv7p.m. During the holiday season; it Let us hope that God will listen lo our prayers and give us Saturday, September 25 Is a religious obligationtovisit health, prosperity, happiness and peace of mind. Sunday, September 26 CouncUBIuffs Kever Ovos, the burial place May God help 11$ have a healthy soul in a healthy body. May • ^^ , ; ! , • , ' . ; .!.->'i i^i.1^.^^1.1.. SaulSuvalsky --of our departed iGv-edonesBnrf'" :~. :Shachris7a.ra.,.._,, Ke strengthen our desire to eK-vate ourselves culturally! VioePresldent;;.;..7.:. '.~::'Z \7^i. '7,7.7-.^;:;. V. Sam EvelofV.tooffer prayers and supplica-• ShabbatShuva spiritually, morally and ethically. i _ _ _ . i _ i = = : 2 i . - _ = ^ = l = j _ . ^ The story of the Jewish peo- ple begins, significantly, with the story of a family. 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Modern technology has brought about many marvelous changes In our life styles. The un; '•*' precedented progress.of our 20th century has 7"' left its mark on every aspect of American life. Indeed, our modern age is an age of abundant . blessing. Great opportunities are within the reach of virtually every American. Material prosperity is no longer limited to the few. No •longer do we need fear the Insecurity that comes with old age, sickness, or unemploy, ment. Legal safeguards guarantee leisure and recreation to every working man and women. , What was orice only an American dream is today a living reality.

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that can be absorbed only through the home. It needs to be clearly repeated that the Jewish family has not been exempted from this violent disruption in the family structure. We have not escaped the dire consequences that have plagued the general society. Once upon a time we could honestly boast about the strength of the Jewish family and about Its role as the primary influence in character building and moral enrichment. Today this is no longer true. We are quickly

Committee Chairmen — William Cohen, .membership,; Beverly Franklin, nursery school; Dr. Arthur Fishkin, board of* education; Dr. Irving Shapiro, Manny Simon, youth commission; Harold Siegel, plaques; Henry Appel, conservation; Jack becoming a part of the general community, HoHddV SchSCJulB Levey, choir; Norman Zevitz, ushering and Friday night;. Pauline Sldman, good and welfare; Shirley Berman, alumni having lost much of our uniqueness and In^ BOSH HASHANAH commission; Bernlce Crounse, Sisterhood Ijoard represendlvlduality as a -people. Our distinguishing Friday, September 24 tative; Joe Sokolof, William Milder, Harry Sidnian, cemeteries' characteristics, as a people striving for the Mlncha Ma'ari v 7 p.m. and funeral home; Aaron Zeiderman, Chovra Chedesha; Dr. highest moral, ethical, and religious values, is Saturday, September 25 Bennett Flshbain, social; Jane Cohen, library; Sam Freed, a story of the past: We have become like all Sunday, September 26 breakfast mln'yan; Leon Wintroub, insurance; Miles Remer, But we have paid dearly for our rapid growth other peoples in whose midst we live, content and advancement, and we had better pause to with the least, instead of reaching out for the -Shachris 7 a.m. Torah budget; Dave Wine, Myron Marko, properties; Irving Epstein, Reading 8:45 a.m. Sounding . Dave Bursztyn, parlimentarianl examine our condition carefully. Our giant leap best. of Shofar (Sunday only) 9:15 forward has left casualties in its train. One of Beth Israel Sisterhood It is not an accident that the selections for the these casualties is the family. While enjoying a.m., Rabbi's Sermon 9:45 Mrs. Harold Franklin our great abundance, we are at the same time Rosh Hashanah Torah readings^on both days, ; a.m., Musaf 10:15 a.m., Youth President. w Mrs: Seymour Steinberg witnessing a disruption of family life and an deal with* the story of the first Jewish family. service 10:15 a.m., Tashlich 1st Vice President 2nd Vice P r e s i d e n t . . " . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M r s . Don Cohen '• erosion of its structure. The family is no longer While Rosh Hashanah speaks of a rebirth for (Sunday only) 4:30p.m. 3rd Vice P r e s i d e n t . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ; . • • • • ••Mrs, Jack Cohen SHABBATSHUVA the bedrock of society. It has ceased to be the humanity, such a rebirth Is Impossible to attain . 4th Vice P r e s i d e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Sidney Kiopper reservoir which nourishes a sense of high unless we begin with the family, In the Torah Sabbath of Repentance ' 5th Vice President,...... . > , . ; , . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Martin Kolnlck - moral values and which sets the standard for story of the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Saturday, October 2 , 6th Vice President.-<..,,,...............;..Mrs.Marvin Wax life's Important goals. Our standard of values Sarah we are reminded that the moral progress Services 8:45 a.m. .Treasurer....,.s...... Mrs. Arthur Ginsberg Sunday, October 3 har been reduced to a feverish search for a life of humanity begins with the child. "In the child Financial Secretaries.. ,. Mrs. Morris Boguchwal of ease and comfort and pleasure. Material God gives humanity a chance to make good its KolNidre 6:30 p.m. Rabbi's sermon 7 p.m. ; v .'.-. ••.•',.• \ Mrs. Milton Parker success and acquisition of things have become mistakes and fulfill its fondest dreams." : Monday, October 4 . Recording S e c r e t a r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v..-.". Miss Marion Strauss an end hi themselves. This Issue of the Jewish Press, which deals Mrs. Maurice Schwartz Shachris 9,a.m., Youth ser- Corresponding Secretaries Unpleasant consequences must inevitably with the story of the Jewish family, can be of In- vice 10:15 a.m., Torah reading , Mrs. Leon Wintroub follow from such a radical change in the family estimable value if it will cause us to stop and 11:30 a.m., Rabbi's Sermon ! Directors. Mrs. Paul Crounse structure. These consequences are "already evi- reflect about the Jewish family. And this High 12:15 p.m., Ylzkor Memorial Mrs. D.H. Lewis dent In the new drug culture among our youth, Holiday season, with Its grand message about a service 12:40 p.m., Musaf 1 Mrs. Nathan Ostrow in the disregard for parental authority,'in the re-born humanity, Is a most appropriate time p.m., Mlncha 4:30 p.m. Neilah Parliamentarian Mrs. Sidney Katleman low priority given to religious values, and in to re-evaluate the direction the Jewish family' 6p.m. Constitution '. Mrs. Isadora Elewltz numerous other manifestations.' A generation , is taking. There is much reason for concern, Due to daylight savings , of young people has grown up deprived of the but there Is also great reason for hope that we time, the Shofar will be sound1 moral guidance that can come only from the • can recapture for the Jewish family the place ed and the Yom Klppur fast family, and.devoid of the qualities of character of primacy it must once again hold in our lives. will end at7:30 p.m.

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Just Who Is Your Family? By Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks The New Year finds all of us thinking more of family and home. With greater intensity than at the time of most festivals, we think of our loved ones and the possibilities of being with them for the Yomlm Noralm. Sadly, there Is also the recollection of those whom we would: wish could join the family circle but have been taken from us in death. In all of this there-arc both conscious and psychoanalytic

Interactions: our expressed feelings and the unrecognized motivations for our feelings. I suggest that the quality of' human relationships Is determined primarily by our emotions. All of which makes it difficult to be passionately empathcJtlc with people from other cultures, living different : habit patterns from our own and speaking languages that make communication an even greater problem. The major point I would wish to make is that In

language there is often the key to psychological understand ding. For example: there Is a vast difference between the English word "family1.1 and theHcbrew "Mlshpacha." The latter Intimates an extension, an Incluslvcness and an outreach of dynamic growth thct Is not necessarily inherent in the English. So it is no accident that the "family" in the sense of "Mlshpacha" Is one of the major haljmnrks of Jewish•: thought. It Is no accident that we think of "God" as "Father11 in a warmly relational and personal sense and speak so easily of all humanity • as "children of One Father."

As deeply rooted as this conROSH HASHANAH cept is in Judaism, it is far ' Friday, September 24 from a reality. As interested, First service 6:30 p.m., Seas I am in all of the present cond service 8:30 p.m. 1 changes, problems and new Saturday, September 25 directions of family living in : - Morning service 10 tf.in.,-" our land, I am not unaware of Youth service 3 p.m. the necessity concurrently to YOMHPPUR think in broaderterms. .Sunday, Octobers If anything the New Year, Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks • First service 6:30 p.m., SeRosh Hashonah, ought to remind us of our common bond look for a world of peace in the cond servlce8;30p.m, ; Monday, October 4 with all men and lead us to coming year., But again Service begins. 10 a.m., counteract some of our un- "Peace" - "Shalom" — imnecessary chauvinism with a plies wholeness and com- Youth service i : 30 p.m.. real feeling of kinship with a pleteness. And' that means , Afternoon service 3 p.m. / • world of' human beings to" coming closer to genuine emo, MEMORIAL SERVICE whom we are bound in com- tional response to human • Sunday, September 26 mon destiny whether we like it needs in the sense of our exService 2 p.m. at Temple or not. t e n d e d • ' M l s h p a c h a 1 1 , Israel Cemetery It; Is so trite to say that we everywhere.

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Our Jewish Community Center is the hub of communal activity, and it is a beautiful sight. Though we still have some minor structural problems, we are slowly but surely getting them resolved. Our" demographic survey is now e, andjhls will provide us with essential information for future programming. Theseed of our Jewish brothers oyereeas is Etill greatSoviet Jews are still being harrassed by the Soviet government. There have been decreases in exit visas and increased restrictions. Israel's position continues to be a tenuous one. Though admired by freedom-loving countries for its daring rescue of the hostages in Uganda, Israel IS still sub- fleet to continued criticism by the Communist block and the Third World countries. While Lebanon burns and is torn by bloodshed between Christian and Moslem, there have been no international protests to stop this tragedy. The only debate in our so-called world forum was that of trying to condemn Israel. Our Philanthropies Campaign was completed in record time with positive results. There are still some contributors who have not made their 1976 commitment and should do so now. Without these monies it is impossible to provide funding for local, national and overseas needs. The need has not abated for the State of Israel, and they continue to urgently require all the help that we can give them. They are the most heavily taxed people in the world, and it is our obiligatlon to help them. Your Federation is not void of problems. There are ares in which we are unable to provide proper services. Your ' Board of Directors, along with qualified staffed with community involvement and understanding, will overcome these problems and go forward to better serve the community. Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year! Leonardo. (Buddy) Goldstein President, Jewish Federation

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of Omaha (Continued from P a g e 66) Jewish Family Service - Chairman, Jack Safersteln; Board Members — Evelyn Alperin, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Dr. Barbara Buchaller, Judge Samuel Cooper, Dr. Ron Feldman, Marlen Frost, Natalie Gendlcr, Ann Goldstein, Dr. Thomas Jaeger, Nancy Grecnberg, Madeline Katzman, Belle Kozlen, Marshall Lewis, Anne Levinson, Karl Luefshuetz, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Ernie Priesman, Susie Shykcn, Earl Siege!, Linda Weinsteln, Lucille Zelinsky. Either K. Newman Camp - Chairman, A. Richard Weiner; Board Members—Rsbbl Sidney Bttxiks, Jack Dullch, Cantor U-u Feltmeir, Don Fiedler, Lois Flnkel, Art Ginsburg, Sarannc Gitnlck, Barb Hurwllz, Al Kaninitz, Maxlne Klrshcnbaum, Rabbi Myer Krlpke, Dr. Bernard Magld, Linda Mann, Stanley Mitchell, Cantor Chaim Nalman, Esther' Rice,, Susan Sadofsky, Al Soslinlk, Dr. James Wax, Rabbi Barry Welnsteln. Dr. Martin Wolf, Richard Zacharla. Jewish Press — Co-Chairmen — Paul Aipcrson, Stanford Llpsey; Board Members — Penny Endelman, Mary Fellman, Avrum Greenberg, Dan Gordman, Marshall Kushncr, Lisa Lewis, Allan Noddle, Gene Rich, Silvia Roffman, Susie Somberg, Joodl Vlelzer, Dcbi Abroms Platt. Community Relations — Chairman, Steve Luttbeg; Board Members — Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Dora Cohan, Audrey Cohen, Lois Friedman, Sanford Friedman, Barbara Frohman, Shirley Goldstein, Gary Kinstlingcr, Robert Kully, Bobble Licbowilz, Leo Meyerson, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Murray Newman, Harlan Noddle, Bea Pappenhclmer, Betty Perelman, Bernard Raskin, Yale Richards, Steve Riekes, Ed Rosen, Hubert Rosenbaum, Mlmi Waldbaum, Alvln Ross, Barbara Simon, Ernest Wintroub, Nell Simon. '" U b r « y — Chairman, Morris Hoffman; Board Members — Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Joyce Cohen,' Leni Crounse, Jack Duitch, Ruth Erman, Richard Fellman, Rabbi MyerKripke, Rabbi David Levin, Evelyn Mitchell, Stanley Mitchell, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Steve Riekes, Marcia Rochman, Shirley Spltzer, Rabbi Barry Weinsteln, Elinor Whitman. ., ' 1978 Philanthropies Campaign - Women's Division: Jeanette Nadoff; Men's Division: Richard Hlller, Leo Meyerson. Department Directors Jewish federation Executive Director — Louis B. Solomon; Jewish Community Center Executive Director - Phil N. Coftnan; Dr. Philip Sber Home — Ben Laub; Community Relations — Howard Weinsteln; Camp Esther K. Newman - Robert Llvak; Library - Edythe Wolf; Jewish Education — Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum; Controller — Larry Mlchaud.

This High Holiday season has special significance for me as it coincides with my first anniversary as Executive Director of Die Jewish Federation of Omaha. It has been the- most challenging and demanding, yet exciting and rewarding, period in my professional career. Preparation of this message has given me the opportunity to take a pause from my hectic daily schedule ~ aWaTialyzesomedf thecfuciaTcoticernsthat lay and professional leadership of the Omaha Jewish Federation must evaluate in the coming year. I am pleased to report that we have completed our Demographic survey; however, it is important to note, that gathering the data is only the first step. The Federation must implement and activate a long-range planning committee which can use the results of the study as "tools" for evaluating existing programs and services and expanding those areas where voids now exist. This process will require a tremendous time commitment on the part of the lay and professional leadership In our community, as well as possible additional funding. This process will also require close cooperation between the various Federation departments as services often involve interdepartmental staffing. ' '/ '

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this year maintaining strong fiscal responsibility. The development of our Personnel Practices Code has provided a framework in which to treat staff in a fair and consistent manly assess the number of. professional, paraprofessional and support staff needed to make our Federation an effective and efficient fundraising, planning, budgeting, and service instrument and be willing to add or subtract Louis B.Solomon staff as needed to insure thlsgoal. None of these goals can be accomplished unless we band together and run a well-structured, aggressive campaign in 1977. We must continue the pattern we established this year of a concentrated campaign in a reasonable time period of no more than 3 months. It is important to note that the United Jewish Appeal does not want any community to neglect its local services in lieu of sending more .funds to Israel. It has been the experience of the U.J.A. that those Jewish communities that maintain strong local services, are those which consistently raise and sendx more money to Israel, and Omaha continues to be one of the "model communities". ' "* I want to thank the Federation Board of Directors and Executive Committee for their constant support during this year. On behalf of all the staff of the Federation, we wish the community a happy, healthy and prosperous . New Year, and may it be the year in which true peace comes to the State of Israel. ' • - ' Louis B. Solomon -ExecutiveDirector ,

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Ok. and Mm. Justin Ben . Mr and MM. Stephen Brown ' Mr. and Mrs. John Mandelbaum

Mr and Mr* Larry Mogolov Dr. Mr» Steven Phillips

DAUGHTERS Mr and Mrs. Steven Bassman Mr. arid Mrs. Bernard Grcenhlll Mr.andMn Larry Blumberg Mr. and Mr* Steven Mr'and Mrs. Arnold Engman Schoenebaum Mr, and Mrs. llarlan Fclntech

In Memoriam Des Mbines JtobertAllber Ruth M. Block Lester Bookey Mary Cohen Alice M. Davidson t Eleanor Mandelbaun Friedjnan Harry Friedman r4da Friedman Joseph Gottste In SolomojiGreenhlll

Bertha Grund JoAnneGrund JoanHaegen Harry Kneeter Sarah Levlne Sam Levitt TedSeldenfeld MelvinW.Shadur Herman Smith RuthSwarzman Rachel Younker

By Rabbi Marshall Berg Beth El Jacob Synagogue, Des Moines The motto of the Holy Days is: TESHBVAH, TEFILAH UTZEDAKAH . ' T e s h u v a h ' means to return. It signifies a change of direction. Each one of us can make changes In our life styles to return to Torah. Every person Is obligated to learn Torah, says Maimonides. Each day of our lives one should try to' learn a little more. "Tefflah" indicates purposeful prayer. It's not how much we say, but how we pray. Whether one prays much or little, it depends on the Intention and sincerity of the heart.. We find no shorter

prayer than that of Moses, when he prayed on behalf of his sister, Miriam! "God, please cure her." » Tsedakah refers to acts of -Jsving- kindness, unselfish: deeds, from the giving of money to noteworthy causes to visiting the sick and comforting the mourners. Each one of us can carry out this formula for living,'so God will grant us a good year, L ' S H A N A H TOVAH TIKOSEVU. Rabbi Marshall and Shirley Berg

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Marshall Berg Stephen'C, Lande James Christianson iGaiyEpstein '_ „ _ ._•'_'_• ^ _ _ : . - _ • / Marlon Rosenberg Secretary..... s,.. .....Ed ward Rosen Financial Secretary . . . . . . . . ' , . . , . . . : . . . . , . Norma J. Gould Treasurer.,.....:..,..,...•........... Charles Kramer Honorary President.........'..;..-.-.-..., Sam Wirilck Board of Directors: James Adelman, James Bassman, Jerome Bassman, Joe Booth, Shirley Gotsdiner, Irving HaSs, Fred Kardon, Jeffry Levitt, Charles Llpson, Libby Pruce, Ronald Rabinbvitz, Herbert Rosen, Marty Rosenstein, Charles' Shapiro, Sam Slegel, James Sofen^Jacob Szneler, Yale Vidls, Abe Wolf, Sisterhood President-Shirley Berg.

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Holiday Schedule ROSHHASHANAH Friday, Sept. 24 Mlncha 7 p.m., Ma'arlv and sermonette 7: IS p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 Morning- service 7:30 a.m., Torah 9 a.m., Sermon 10 a.m., Musaf 10:30 a.m., Mlncha 7 p.m. ; Sunday, Sept. 26 Morning service 7:30 a.m., Torah 9 a.m., Shofar 9:45 a.m., Sermon 10am., Musaf. 10:30 a.m., Mlncha 7 p.m. FASTOFGEDALJAH Monday, Sept. 27 SHABBAS SHUVAH (SABBATH OF REPENTANCE) Friday, Oct. l Service 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 Services 9 a.m., Mlncha 6:30 p : m . • : : ; - . _ • • V **

YOMKIPPUR " .Sunday, Oct. 3. KolNldre 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4 Morning services "8:30 a.m., Torah reading 10;30 a.m, Sermon 11 a.m., Yizkor 11:30 a.m., Musaf 12:30 pm. Recess 3:30-4:30 p.m., Discussion 4:30 p.m., Mlncha 5 p.m., Neila 6:15 p.m., Ma'ariv 7:30 p.m., Conclusion of Ma'ariv and Breaking of the Fast 7:40 p.m.

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. . • Novembers 8:15 a.m. — lovia Jcvsish Kams GuHd Scsrf Meeiing November 10 7:30 p.m. — Henrietta Szold Hadassah Study Group . : Nnvwnlwrll ; 1:30p.m. —Business and Professional Hadassah Group Meeting November 15 12:4S p.m. — Women's American ORT Board Meeting Noveinberl* -•• . 9:30 a.m. — Temple B'nal Jeshurun Sisterhood Meeting I2:45p.m. — Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Meeting -• ' Novemberl7 ' 9:30 a.m. — Eleanor Roosevelt HSdassah Board Meeting . November It Bureau of Jewish Education Retreat November*! 7 p.m. — Opening of Israeli Art Exhibit at the Jewish Community Center Bureau Retreat * NovemberM 10 am.'.— Israeli Art Exhibit at JCC through November » i '•".'. November t7 Kenneth Waltman Bar Mlltvah at TUereth Israel _ . •; Novembers ' 9:30a.m, — Brandels Gourmet Cooking Clan, 1p.m.—Brandeis Study Group ! ;- • . : ~ -" .* Nutember 30 t:30p.ni—TcmpJcSUtcrboodDlcoerMetUoj >;-.-. - - - . December* JewishCommunityCenterDramatlcProductloointheevenlng December! JCC Dramatic Production December! . '' 9:15 a.m.—Tifereth Israel Women's League Board Meeting JCC Play In the evening December? 9:30 a.m.—Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Board Meeting 12:45p.m. — Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Meeting December! 7:30p'm. - Henrietta Szold Hadassah Study Group December! 2 p m . — B'nal B'rith Women's Meeting December 10 • . 8 p.m.—Robert Purnell Bar Mitzvah at Temple B'nal Jeshutun J : December U , , 1 p.m. — Hadassah Business and Professional Group Party • December 13 9:30 a.m. — Brandeis Gourmet Cooking Class I p.m. — Brandeis Study Group Decembers " 9:15 a.m.r-Iowa Jewish Home Guild Board Meeting 12:30 p.m. — Henrietta Szold Group of Hadassah Board Meeting December 15 Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Board Meeting December 18 9:4S a.m. — Brandeis Board Heeling December 17 <: 15 p.m.. — Women's League Hanukkali Dinner _ -• December 20 12:45 p.m. - Board Meeting of the Des Moines chapter of Women'* American ORT 7:30 p.m. — Board of Governors Meeting December 21 . -12:45p.m.—Belb El Jacob Luncheon Meeting 9:30 ajn. — Hadassah Chapter Board Meeting Decembers** ' 8:30 a.m. — Temple B'nal Jeshurun Open Board Meeting

B'nai, B'not Mitzvah Des Moines Bar Mitzvah David Anollfc Steven Asher William M. Berk Aaron F.Biber SteveFlshman David J.Goldburg BrodGreenwald ' Benjamin Hammond ' Bruce Leflcow • Nell F. Levitt

William A. Mandelbaurn PatNewgaard David Pidgeon Larry Pidgeon Neal Raush Jeffrey Rovner * " • Michael Seldenfeld KurtTrimas JeffreywmicJt '

Bat Mitzvah VlcklAsher . , -Bonnie Bernstein Lisa Gall Cowle , Blair Galinsky Cindy Hockenberg

Jayne Ellen Ledermaa ^Margo Myers 7 -y. • JulieNeiman >' , ,',' Ellen Riskcn

The 1975-76 academic year was one of the most successful for the "All Jewish women and organizations work together to help make Bureau of Jewish Education. We reached m e of the highest enrollment Des Moines a better place forenriched JewlsbJJvlng." levels hi the nation. Dr. George Pollak of the American Association for The Jewiih Women's Federation serves as the umbrella organization Jewish Education said," your enrollment Is very Impressive and 83 per for every Jewish Women's Organization and all Jewish women in the cent of the potential is far above any similar statistics that I know of greater Des Moines area. Among its various functions, the Women's any wh^re."-A!tQg?4b'.>ri !hn Bureau served ixt tthlldren from ages three > I , Federation welcomes newcomers to our community and encourages their through 18 (in high school) and 21 adults In Archeology and Hebrew integration and participation in active community life. courses. ' , The Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal Is under the We again followed the concept of a combination of formal and InspUHZSUrsJlip VI WUUJtillt rcuerlpmm JUKJ la w i c VI lilt: liioalltif^JUiiaitt lormai cmrcatfon ana ccSiinuea~to^ve^iwntIdirioTheTiccas or ffiF" projects to which support is administered. dlviduals and Email groups. This undoubtedly Increased motivation and This past year the Women's Federation has been very active. Some of caused the Bureau to be a pleasant place for our youngsters. '•• the highlights being: The annual newcomer's affair, which hosted 100 There was a higher degree of cooperation between parents and out persons; participation in the International Food Fair with an Israeli staff which indicates a healthy educational process. This was shown booth and our educational programs; the telegram bank, which stands especially at times of holidays and special events. During the holiday of ready to be used when necessary; the telephone chain—a vehicle to alert Succot, one group celebrated by sharing in the building of a Succah at the the community lo action In tlmesjif crisis. student's home, while other groups visited the Gcndlcr Isaaeson Succah Of primary Importance was the support given by our Women's that has been traditional. Organizations to Sue Ruttcnberg, who headed the 1376 AlllnOne Hanukkali was a student-parent project. More than 50 parents parwomen's campaign. This committee, a vital challenge, to the women of ticipated in a special celebration which Included making decorations, a our community to develop understanding and compassion under Sue's play, a choral group, a sound and light performance and enjoyed the chairmanship and Shirley Fidgcon's Cc-chairmanshlp. did an excellent traditional HanukkahtreatssuchasSufganlyot. '; ' Job. The most outstanding luncheon was organized under campaign At Purim time, parents furnished transportation to deliver Misloach auspices at which time the ladies oj the community had an opportunity to Manot prepared by the sludents for the elderly and lonely membersol pur have Fayc Schenk, an outstanding leader and former resident of Des community. ' ,uy.Moines. " Three different model Seders were held in the school. Our gradi^it/ng In addition, another project which the women's Federation is studenlshelpedthcyoungeroncstoprcpareforthlsoccasion. .„,. vigorously pursuing Is the Community Calendar. Presidents and board There was continued cooperation between the Iowa Jewish Home and members of the women's organizations have recently met lo discuss and the Bureau. On Hanukkah and Purim our children visited the Home1 and calcndarizc the organization's activities in order to reduce conflict in decorated and prepared along with the elderly the programs for these two dates and avoid duplication pf some actlvillcs. All have been very holidays. The Home prepared the food for our two retreats. .:iii.v cooperative in this effort. One hundred twenty students participated in the retreats:-Sal One of the special highlights of this past year was the appearance of Hashavoua activity. The themes were "Life In the Traditional Kibbutz of the Jerusalem Philharmonic Symphony in our. city. This 'project, Goush gtzion In Isracl"~and "Zionism". This proved to be a successful sponsored by the Women's Federation and with the support of all method of education. / „.%;;•, " organizations brought a special dimension of the creativity of Israel to This year the high schoolers, along with two college students who had Des Moines. . : returned from a special training program In Israel, added a lot to.lhe I would like to thank all the members of the Women's Federation . success of the school. Their Jobs were maintaining the media confer, board lor their participation and deep concern in the Involvrment hi these tutoring, helping in the classrooms, supervising the lounge, assisting" in <(hd other projects pursued. / > our special occasions and operating^ a new program, Telecom••'•;• . • . . ,'DorotoyBueksbaum munications. . ••'•,..-' s 6 The study of Jerusalem in the sixth grade was one example of how we put In practice formal and informal education. While the students heard Jewish FamBy Service ' lectures about the city, they were divided Into groups where they worked During this fiscal year 1975-76 the services provided by Jewish on different assigned projects. Some did research and prepared papers Family Service to this community have grown hi quantity and quality, while others made "Jerusalem of Gold" out of copper; the walls of Jerusalem out of corrugated paper; painting the windows to Iook|llke Wehave great hopes lor the future.. Our immigration program has provided services to 21 Vietnamese stained glass, and all was put together into a "Jerusalem" exhibition! In May, three of our eighth grade students participated lit the and 14 Russian immigrants. With the cooperation of Catholic Social Services and volunteers from St. Ambrose, St. Augustin and our Jewish National Bible Contest in New York. All three of them placed In the U> 20 . . f community the three Vietnamese families are employed. None of the finalists In the nation. f 10,000 Jewish Welfare Federation allocation was spent for Vietnamese Twenty eight grade students and eight high school students reca red resettlement. Likewise, (lie resettlement costs for our four.Russian their certificate of graduation from our school. Most of them expressed Immigrant .families are basically terminated while ongoing casework their desire- to continue their Jewish studies. During that ceremonjutbe and administrative services continue. Bureau Board awarded our teachers certificates for their excellent ier. I A less public but most important service provided by Jewish Family formance. Forty-seven students will'participate In Jewish summer canps; " Service is counseling. Over" 350 interviews were conducted Jhis fiscal •year. Currently, over 18 people ore Involved hi persona], marital, family, summer pilgrimage to Israel, High School In Israel, Brandeis Clrap' or career counseling. / . Institute for college students and Ycshiva in Israel. Scholarships i ere given by the Jewish Identification Committee and the Jack Bixry j Not Including immigrants, 53 persons—families received financial Memorial Scholarship Fund. assistance from Jewish Family Service this year. Of this 55,39 persons Bar Mitzvah age and the year after (seventh and eighth gnu cs) were Jewish travelers and 16 were Des Moines community members. became trie top priority ogc In the consideration of our board. An excj ing Five new loans from the Free Loan Fund and three camporships from the program was planned to meet the moods and desires of those stud* nts Frdda Cohen Kaplan Fund were awarded. A scholarship from the Jewish and to eliminate the traditional drop-out which Is so common with |lus particular age group. The program Is designed so that students can dime Occupational Council has been awarded through Jewish Family service. to a school more than two days if they wish to spend more hours In a given T6!s-year, Jewish Family Service has provided services to the subject; can plan their own schedule to avoid conflicts with their other Bureau of Jewish Education through consultation with staff and extra-curricular activities; and to avoid frustration.for students who evaluation o f prospective exchange students to Israel. The Drake House cannot take courses which require heavy study. It also provides mom for • and various Jewish organizations have been provided by the Jewish students who like to do research on their own. The prc-reglstralloi inFamily Service with speakers of discussion leaders for varied topics. The dicates that we are headed In the right direction. Jewish Family Service has been utilized as a general source of InLast fall the past-president of our board, David Belin, was honor* In rormationaiidrefcrralforourJewlshCommunlty. -• New York by the American Association for Jewish Education, as an iutstandlngleaderlnlhcfleldofJewishEducatlon. . j As the demands for our serlvces increase geometrically, the Jewish Family Service with speakers or discussion leaden for varied topics. The evaluation of the services it provides In order to do even better In the ' future.' ••-''•

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civic religious oganlzations In the area of Israel. Soviet Jewry and groups and inler-rellgidus relations. The period since tno Yom Kipper War of 1973 has seen a progressive offensive mounted by the Arab This year's membership reached above 231 which Included 188 countries, and the increasingly serious pressure of the Arab boycott? which is not only attempting to undermine Israel's position, but that ojt . families. Our programs ranged from the athletic to the Friday afternoon the American Jewish Community as well. The November lOresolptlon discussion group that covered topics such as Talmud, Zionism and (he on Zionism awoke many of us from our apathy and demonstrated that the different points of view* of Judaism concerning tradition, etc. Many spirit of the Nuremberg laws has not been sillied. . . . .-••.'; .'•;'/ 2 courses were offered in crafts, cooking, dancing as well as work shops for - • In addition, tho Soviet Union has placed severe restrictions upoip f Iheholidays. ;, • - • • •• .•• .; - \ v v - ~ "•':/-;.\. ••:,'•• emigration with new taxes on funds and packages sent to Soviet Jews aisJ • Our. object was to offer a place for our Jewish Community to meet has Instituted a wave of new trials and Imprisonment in labor camps f o | and enjoy and this we feel happened for those who participated. . • " t, ' 'Jewish prisoners of Conscience. The Jews In Syria arid Iraq remain a s . .. • " Those of the community who attended our Israeli Independence Day virtual hostages of the Arab countrlra. . . . ^ . • The Community Relations Commission responded to these many /'celebration of pur "Don't Drink Jhc Water" production asked'for coritinuatlon of these types of programs. Needless to say we will do all that Issues by a varied program of activities. Our Speaker's Bureau Is sending -; time will allow to enlarge our programming and hopefully bring more of speakers on Israel, the Middle East,' Juds&ni arej'relatsd topics Into thf : schools, the churches and civic organizations. A number of articles ap* ustogelbcrtoleamandenJoyJcwlshly. . .: r miv€ci)Q-tittu-n f5 f -na~ firm" naarcd In logal ngwsnabgre on Jewish holidays on our local Co""niinlh«;y ;••• H^''* ••'••'•'". "''",-^W;'. session. The camp program Is larger" thin ever beffcreand longer (seven and on Israel. ;. >;-r V i . ; '^ weeks) so we are finishing our jyear and starting our next with the gralinrnlkin t^iflgwt^rr^e^rpa-lerKaforour Des Moines youngsters. ;

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Kefctok Utter** not*: Th» proctlo of Ifw mlkvah l» not cwwMtntd bindingfayItaform J»wj. Orthodox Jmn (•gars' lh* mikvth oa a mltavah or commondrwni, and thcralor* e mondttory rul*. Tt» local community mlfcnh U located on lh» •ramtoM of the Or. Philip $h»f Horn* at 4MI ~U. iJ™J •rrTanisiwan oppdinmwn tail MM. Ounn. S5J.J445.

the mlkveh is a natural poll used for a perfectly natural purification after a perfectly natural feminine function; menstruation. Immersion In the mlkveh is not for physical hygiene as such—one must be clean before entering Into the mikveh. The Immersion Is an act of purely spiritual meaning. And the first time a woman uses the mlkveb Is just before she becomes a bride. Thereafter, she uses the mlkveh at the end of each monthly period of niddah, the -lime of the actual menstrual flow plus seven clear days of physical and physiological recuperation. Sexual Intercourse during niddah Is, forbidden, according to Orthodox Jewish practice. Effectively, this means a period of about 12 days (for the average woman) 'of sexualabstinence. A certain restraint In sexual matters Is not In this context an inhibition of nature; it Is a d e m o n s t r a t i o n of h u m a n thoughtfulness, of caring. It Is a fight against the indifference that undisciplined over-familiarity or overindulgence breeds. By purification, reafflrmatlon and renewal within the framework of the mltzvah called mlkveh, marriage it • seen to be the blessing it should be.

By Leila Goldstein The word mlkveh means "a collection" or "a gathering" of natural Vater. Therefore, the mlkveh as we know It la a specially prepared pool of natural waters, constructed and maintained to definite requirements established by halacha (Jewish law). There Is nothing magical, mystical or unsavory about the mlkveh. In present times, the mlkeveh Is similar to an Indoor swimming-pool complex, comprising several small private pools to assure complete privacy. There are steps leading Into each pool, and handrails and tiled floors and towels and changing rooms — everything one would expect to find In a scrupulously clean place dedicated to purification. Some modern mikvot have their own halrdresslng salons and rest rooms. And there is absolutely no record of any women ever having drowned In a mlkveh. Joking aside,

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Other legal cases upheld the husband's promise to provide support for a child, and still others have upheld the promise of a partner to obtain a get, or traditional Jewish divorce document, in the event of the termination of a marriage. However, the ketubah is not regarded merely as a legal document. Rather, the ketubah is a symbol ot the Joy of matrimony.

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The document testifies to the obligations of the husband to his wife in their life together. AU tfce ijasbssd's property is chargeable for what has been ascribed to the wife In the provision of her ketubah, and in the case of divorce or death of the husband, the woman is entitled to. collect the monetary value of her property as stated in the ketubah. American courts of law have enforced provisions of ketubah documents as legally binding Instruments on a number of occasions. In the case of Goldstein vs. Goldstein, a wife, who bad brought to a marriage a dowry of $5,000, sued (or the return of the money after the marriage was terminated. Since this was one of the provisions In the ketubah, the court upheld her claim.

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Vice President ...,.; ........Leon Pollkov Vice P r e s i d e n t . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . John Katleman Recording S e c r e t a r y . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Epstein Financial Secretary Miles Remer Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marvin Kaplan Warden . . . . . . . , . . . . . „ . , ! . „ . . . . . . . . . Gary Gerelick Guardian ....;....,........ MaxGlvot Chaplain i.............. Joe Erman

President Lois Finite! Cornhuaker Lodge No. 1760 Education Vice President RuUiErman President Sheldon Cohen American Affairs Vice President Sherry Weinberg Vice President Mark Goldstrom Membership Vice President ... Jan Fischer Vice President......I....... Steve Kort Honor Roll Vice President Arlene Goodman Vice President i. . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Shefren Financial Secretary .RandiKatelman Vice President -. Stanley Krieger Recording Secretary Connie SluUky Corresponding secretary uaurneoman Financial Secretary Marvin Abramson Marvin Polikov, Ed A. Rosen, Marvin TreUer. Treasurer BobleLelbowltz Treasurer Alan Kulakofsky Past President "... Sheila Polikov Chaplain Gerald Novak Special Projects: Terry Zacharia, Sheila Polikov; Publicity: Warden Nathan Schwalb Claudia Sherman; Re-enrollment: Susie Silverman; Bulletin: Guardian ' Kalah Franklin Chapter Paul Altaian Susie Silver; MOT: Nancy Epstein; Epic: Susie Paley; Scholar- Trustees Mrs. Isaac Nadoff, Mrs. John Abraham, Paul Cohen Advisors ship: Donna Glvner; Social Assistance: Donna Hindi; School - Mrs.BenEIsenberg John Anderson, Dr. James Wax, Steven Riekes, Frank Goldberg Building: Ellen Lauber; Jewish Community Relations; Robyn Corresponding Secretary Mrs. David Potash, Mrs. Morris Michael Rlsslen Presidents-Presidium Gllck; Program: Sandy Kutler, Barbara Heln. Franklin, (membership chairman) Miss Dorothy Rubensteln B'naJ B'rith Women of Omaha (publicity chairman) President Mrs. John (Shelia) Anderson Vice President-Fund Raising Mrs. Mandel Landsman Mrs. Alvan (Marilyn) Senal Honorary President Mrs. J. Harry Kulakofsky Fund Raising Vice President (Israel Bonds) Program Vice President Mrs. Paul (Jeanne) Cohen President Mrs. Leon Alexander Treasurer Mrs. Sam Snyken Program Chairperson. Mrs. Arnold (Sharon) Welntraub Vice-Presidents: Secretaries—Recording '..... Mrs. Abe Klopper Ms. Marion Strauss Education , Mrs. Alan Crounse Special Interests Vice President Financial and Corresponding Miss Gayle Wezejman Mrs. Jack (Maxine) Noodell Fund-Raising Mrs. Ben Nachman Special Interests Chairperson Dues : Mrs. Frank §ekar Membership Vice President Mrs. Larry (Judy) Brookstein Program Mrs. Donald Sturm Life MembershipMrs. PhUlipgatt Membership Chairperson Mrs. Harvey (Pat) Sandal Membership Mrs. Marshall Becker Mother-In-Israel Mrs. Max Sacks Financial Secretary Mrs. Abe (Bernlce) Polikov Treasurer Mrs. Seymour Zoob Child Restoration Mre. Katie Lopcfyn Mrs. Sam (Ida) Kaiman Honorary President Mrs. Abe Bear (Program, Community 'and Financial Secretary . Mtt.TRamonPred Treasurer t Mrs. Harry (Ul)NoodeU V. A. Chairman) Corr. Secretaries Mrs. Alan Kulakofsky Dues Secretaries M; ' .Mrs. Ed (Gloria) Smith Mrs. NatanSchwalb Mrs. Michael (Debbie) Shukert Recording Secretary Mrs. Marshall Zalkln Epstein-Morgan Post No. 280 "f Mrs. Al (Gloria) Goodman Parliamentarian and Constitution Mrs. Sidney Cahan Commander '• Sol Mann Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Ron (Robyn) Glick Career Women Sol Ugman | Mrs. Sam (Elaine) Paper Sr. Vice-Commander President. Mrs. Josef (Sue) Mayer .BruceKlein Mrs. Norman (Susie) Sheldon Jr. Vice Commander 1st Vice President Mrs. Sara Datuky Recording Secretary Nate Marcus Mrs. Arnold (Nlta) Sterenberg Quartermaster 2nd Vice President Julia Zuker Adjutant Abe Miller. Secretary Mrs. Peter (Alice) Heeger Henry Monsky Lodge Service Officer l*1^?, Treasurer Mrs. Leonard (Ida) Skolnlk President Stanley Robbins Judge Advocate Sam Kaplan sneiaoni-erner Financial Secretary Mrs. Dave (Lillle) Becker Vice President Chaplain Robert Katleman

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Local Jewish Study Compared • '*BjrMurray Froit The data gathered In the •demographic wrvey o( the Omaha Jewiih community have" kome

parallels In (he recent National Jewish Population Study. But for some aspects Omaha outshines the national Jewish community.

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For Instance, congregation, per cent and 22 per cent respecmembership is far lower at the na-' lively). The difference is most tional level — only 50 per cent ol marked for women. The proporthe households In the nation report tion with college degrees or some college education is each approxmembership.' The National Study team had to imately twice as great In the Omaha community. conclude. "When it comes to a commitment regarding the Jewish education of children, it appears Some of the negative aspecVs In I " ! s u c n commltmentjs j substan' jhejoeal^pJcturejeflecLastlon8L_ (rends, for instance the Inverted ""' universal." m e bellc age pyramid (i.e. fewer younger ' at t h e J c w l s h chlld '!| chlldren) ' sa l s 0 p r e s d n t ' " ^ n a '

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. One expert condu<led, "From all we know. It would »eeni that the American Jelwin community la becoming IncreasingJg mobile . . . " He notes U>»t « « w » l l ) i more education and to the professions are more l^-to,inwe. ^ pmaha to ahead of the nation on both characteristics. He expreises wme concern for the future of the Jewish community to America because mobility can weaken participaUon in the Jewish communlty - and the later can play a itrong role in reinforcing Jewish identity. ;

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BARMtTZVAH CELEBRANTS Larry Bebcr uniuvo i

This month, with the aid and support of the Hartford Jewish community, they fulfilled a secret dream — to be remarried In a religious Jewish ceremony. Over 200 friends and well-wishers gathered at Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshah for the traditional ceremony-chuppah and all. Marina and Feliks were originally married in a civil service in 1973 in Kiev. They are the parents of two-year-old Marianna and six-weck-old Elizabeth, an American citizen. Rabbi Hans Bodenhcimer, who performed the ceremony, emphasized that Feliks and Marina will now have a "life of freedom, joy and happiness." : For several hours, the wedding hall was filled with the sound of spirited dancing and singing. ,. H1AS expects to resettle 6,000 Soviet Jewish refugees in the United States in 197$. Others will find new homes in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. UIAS, is a beneficiary of UJA and Jewish federations and welfare funds across the nation.

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Marina and FeUks dance the bora with daughter Marianna at theiraecondweddiiig. (UJAphoto).

Mark Bernstein Larry Bloch Brian Matthew Bogdanoff Michael David Brown Jeffrey Epstein Michael Fox. Michael Glnsburg David Allen Goldberg 1. Joseph Goldstein J. D. Gordman Michael Scott Kaminitz'' Maurice Karpman Corey Klrshenbaum David Kohll Alexander Miller Brent Jay Passer Jeffrey Platt Martin Rips Richard Ring Jay Rosen Martin Rosen DerrySeldln Mark Scott Siegel Marc Robert Simon Jeffrey Scott Singer,, Stephen Michael Stone

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Robert HUler Jacobs Raydelle Joscphson Irene Renee Kasner Milton Katz SaraKIaver Anna Klein Nathan Kort MauryLeaf Cella Lerman Nathan Lerman Samuel Lerner Sam Leshlnsky Morris Levin" HymanJ.Levlne Robert H.Levlne Craig Uberman Sophie Margolin William Marer Rose Rubin Marflsl Goodman Meyerson Doris S.Micklln Betty B. Milder Anna Miller

Libby Segal Jennie Miller Michael Morris DeRettaO.ShaRon Belle Nystrom Bertha Shamberg Isidore F, Obern\an Bertha Shapiro JadtH.Shwldelman MinmeuKun.. Lou Simon. . Bernard Orbow Jo Ann Slack IrmaOsheroff , Harry A. Smith EvaPachman Rosella Perils Smith BenPlattner TobieSonuner Edith PortU Lisa Stein RaeRaduziner Benjamin Stern Nancy Killer Rasmussan Julius Stern Morris Razrilck 'SamSwartz Samuel Richman RoseTolle RoseRelkes • Malcolm S. Trachtenbarg JeanRochman > RaeWaldbaum Harry Roseman Slma Kovnar Warren Walter Rosenberg MasI.Welner JoeRoufa Bernard White Louis Sacks . PhineasWlntroub Arthur Sampson Morton Whitebook Adele Sandier y DoraM.Yatfe Abe Schneider George Yampolsky Bernard Schwartz

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Debate Status Quo In Our Lives By Rabbi Mark Blsman in the life of our community. Congregation Tlferelh But are we willing to let a hard Israel, Lincoln objective look be taken at The traditional greeting for where our habits and personal the High Holidays, "May you priorities are taking us. How be inscribed for a good year," willing would wn he to change is based on the poetic imagery unless a crisis seemed immlnt

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New Year's resolutions are not quite enough. Truly to take stockj the stakes must be higher. For Gerald Ford, November 2nd means life or death. While the ultimate outcome of the election is beyond his control, what encouragement he gives the voters to trust him with the power of the presidency is his alone. When he considers a change in policy or personal style, he will, no doubt, do so with utter seriousness. It is the need for utter seriousness that stands behind the Midrash which teaches: God cannot ail in judgment of the Jewish people until they declare the exact date of the holiday. for that year, Rosh Hashanah Is not a bay of Judgment unless we declare it to be. Nothing happens on Rosh Hashanah unless .we approach Its potential as a da/of decision with utter seriousness: We must look tothose- acts,: habits, and priorities—our own and those that are ours by association — which, unless removed, mean : self-destruction for us, our family, and our community.

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MRS. LIBBY NEPOMNICK May the blessings of peace, extends warm .greetings contentment and good , and good wishes to all for a* happy, healthy, prosperous health be shared by ajl my' NewYear. family and friends in the New Y e a r . ABE • MAGZAMIN . * - ^MARVIN J. NEWMAN wishes everyone a very happy NewYear." May the New Year bring, health, happiness, peace ftnd prosperity to al! sur 5737-Qur wishes 'to all for a relatlvesand friends. MR. . year of health and hapAND MRS. ABE MALTZ piness. May the New'Year ANDJERRY bring peace for Israel qnd ' all mankind. CANTOR AND MRS, CHAIM-NASOL AND IDA MANN wish all JMAN, YEHUDA, HINDY, their relatives-and friends health,' happiness and " " DINA AND DANIEL. peace In the New Year.

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MR. AND MRS. GERALD . MARBURG wish all "their " relatives and friends health, .happiness and peace In the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. BOB PAPP E N H E I M E R AND FAMILY exjend'warm; greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

May, the blessings of peace, contentment and good " health be shared by all our ' family and friends In the May the New .Year bring New Year. DR. AND MRS. health, happiness, peace' J. MILTON, MARGOLIN and prosperity to all our AND FAMILY relatives and friends. 'SANDY. NEWT, JEFF AND DAVID PARKS. DR. AND MRS. IRVING B. MARGOLIS AND FAMILY . extend warm greetings and B E S S A N D F L O Y D PERLMETER wish all, good wishes to all for a haptheir relatives, friends and py, healthyi prosperous neighbors health, hapNew Year. "

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MR. AND MRS. MELV1N . PLOTKIN AND FAMILY wish all (heir relatives and friends health, happiness, and peace in the New Year.

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May the blessings of peace, contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friends In the New Y e a r . CARL ROSENBERG FAMILY

MB. A N D MRS. A B E POUKOV AND FAMILY wish all .their friends, May the blessings of peace, contentment and • good relatives and their families health be shared by all our health, happiness, peace family and friends In (he and prosperity In the New New Year. MAX AND IDA Year and more to follow. 8ACKS May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace GEORGE AND JACQUE SACKS wish all their and prosperity to all our relatives and friends relatives and friends. MR. health,' happiness and AND MRS. JOE P0L0Npeace in the New Year. SK1 AND FAMILY May the New Year bring health, .happiness, peace and prosperity to all our MR. AND MRS. BENNETT •. relatives and friends. RADUZINER AND MICKEY AND MONICA FAMILY extend warm SACKS AND CHILDREN. "greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, MR, AND MRS. SAM SACKS prosperous New Year. Council Bluffs, wish all their relatives and friends May the New Year bring health, happiness and , health, happiness, peace peace in the New Year. and prosperity to all o u r r e l a t i v e s a n d May the blessings of peace, f r i e n d s . MRT A N D contentment and good MRS. E L L I E M _ health by shared by all my RATNER AND GIRLS. family and friends in the New Year. MR. PAUL May the blessings of peace, SACKS contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friends In the May the blessings of peace, contentment and good New Year. MRS. BERT health be shared by all our . RENDER AND TINA family and friends in the May the blessings uf peace, New Year. MRS. contentment and good CHARLES SALTZMAN health be shared by all o\ir family and friends in the MR. AND MRS. ABE W. New Year. IRVING AND SCHLOFF AND MICKEY LOLA REINGLAS AND wish all their relatives and DAUGHTERS. friends-health, happiness and peace In the New Year. May the New Year bring health, happiness, peace M R . A N D M R S . S Y and prosperity to all our SCHNEIDER AND relatives and friends. MR. FAMILY extend warm, AND MRS. JOE M. RICE greetings and good wishes' to, all tor a happy, healthy, MRS. SAM RICHMAN wishes prosperous New.Year. all her relatives and friends health, happiness MR. AND MRS. JACK J. and peace in the New Year, SCHRAGER AND FAMILY extend warm MR. AND MRS. SAM RICE greetings and good wishes AND ALAN wish all their to all for q, happy, healthy, relatives' and friends prosperous New Year. health, happiness, peace and prosperity in the New May the New Year bring Year, health, Happiness, peace and prosperity to all my MR. AND MRS. LARRY M. relatives and friends, and ROCKLIN AND FAMILY peace in Jsrael and the extend warm greetings and world. SARAH SHRAGO good wishes to all (of a hap*py, healthy, prosperous DR. AND MRS. MAURICE B. New Year. SCHWARTZ AND MR. AND M R S . LEO FAMILY extend warn) ROPICK AND FAMILY greetings and good wishes extend warm greetings and-~ - - !o ail for a happy, .healthy 4 good wishes to all for a hap- .prosperous New Year.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! EVERY MEMBER OF OUR ORGANIZATION JOINS IN EXPRESSING THE WISH FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY IT BE A YEAR BRIGHT WITH HAPPINESS AND JOY FOR YOU.

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May the blessings of peace, contentment and good Best wishes for a New Year; may it bring good health, health be shared by all our happiness, and the joy of family and friends In the lasting friendships. MR. New Year. AVEVA AND AND MRS. MARTIN L. MARTYSHUKERT WARREN, MARC AND MITCHELL May the blessings of peace, contentment • and good health be shared by all our May the New Year bring health,' happiness, peace family and friends In the and prosperity to all. New Year,, D A V I D , MR. MORRIS WEINER HELEN .ANDJ A Y AND SARAH MEYER.SHUKERT May the blessings of peace, contentment, and good MR. AND MRS. ROBERT. health be shared by,all our SKLENAR AND FAMILY family and friends in the extend warm greetings and New Year. RABBI AND jgooA wishes to all for a hapMRS. BARRY L WEINSpy,' healthy, ' prosperous T E I N , AMYA N D New Year. HELAINE LOU, MARLENE, MINDY J O A N D A M Y J O MR. AND MRS. HOWARD WEINSTEIN, Aaron SOLOMON' extend warm Danylel, Renannah greetings and good wishes Elizabeth, Devorah Rebecto all for a happy, healthy, ca and Yonatan Raviv exprosperous New Year. tend warm greetings to friends.and relatives for May the Wsslngs of peace, peace In the New Year. contentment and good ' health t e shared by all in May the New year bring the New Year. RAY* health, happiness, peace, 8UZIE, KEN, DAN AND and prosperity to all our DEBBIE SOMBERO relatives and friends. MRS. NATHAN WEINSTEINMay the blessings of peace, AND SANDY. contentment and good health be shared by all our family and friends in the MR. AND MRS. HARRY WEISSMAN wish all their New Year. DR. ANT/MRS. relatives and friends MAURICE STEINBERG health, happiness and peace In the New Year. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM SUSMAN AND FAMILY extend warm greetings and May'the blessings of peace, contentment and good good wishes to all for a haphealth be shared by all our py, healthy, prosperous family and friends In the New Year. New Year. MR. AND MRS. May the New Year bring JAKE WINE health, happiness, peace and prosperity to all cur relatives and friends. MR. May the blessings of peace, contentment and good AND MRS. SELWIN health be shared by all our SUVALSKY AND FAMILY. - family and friends in the New Y e a r . HARRY. WINER AND FAMILY May the. New Year bring health, happiness, peace and prosperity to all our relatives and friends. MR. AND MRS. WALTER -=- -TICHAUER DR. AND MRS. STEVEN J. TIPP AND FAMILY ex' tend to all their family and. friends warm wishes for a healthy, happy,-and prosperous New Year.

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There is no greater expression of the spirit, the courage and the triumphant joy of the Twelve Tribes than the world-renowned Jerusalem Windows of Marc Chagall Each year millions view this masterwork of Jewish art that touches the very soul of a People The Israeli Commemorative Society has succeeded in making available to you "The Jerusalem Windows ", flawlessly transformed into magni-

ficient Medallic Art, in gold, in silver and in bronze. Express your own very personal commitment to the Jewish Heritage of struggle and enduring faith... by becoming an owner . /of the Jerusalem Windows Medallions. Whichever precic ~~x you choose, these triumphant works of art will be family's most treasured possf value of Chagall's work Is inia., ._ day, making your investment econorriS- i cally as well as aesthetically sound. The Medallions will be created in a strictly limited, numbered edition, and minted individually in Israel. The reverse side of each medallion bears the ancient Seal of the City of Jerusalem... the symbol of the City of David since the glorious dedication of the Templein Jerusalem's Golden Age. This will be the only opportunity you will ever have to own these medallic sculptures. After the striding of this Limited Edition, the dies will be placed on permanent display at the Jerusalem Museum. They will never be struck again. One year from now, on the 90th birthday of Marc Chagall, the Israeli Commemorative Society will dedicate with the proceeds from the medallions a cultural center to be designed and selected by the City of Jerusalem as a living memorial to the world's greatest living artist As an owner of these medallions your name will be inscribed for posterity on the Founders Scroll at the Center. i us in cejebriating this most outstandincjipttisUc achievement, minting of thisyStrictiy limited edition, ' â&#x20AC;˘><K\. >*

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In 1962, when the breathtaking Chagall windows were installed in-Jerusalem,, a signed and numbered Chaga(Jlithographwas offered for $200.00 , •. TodayJ it is yaluedjat $8,000.00 Imagine the cornparablelincrease; in value when Chagall's masterwork/isffaithfuMy transformed to medallic sculpture y ; . and minted in j bronze, silver and gold. i Reserve your Jerusalem Windows Medallions today and share in/Chagall's great v achievement! With yourlpurchase of the first six ofthejChagaM MedaHions you willjreceive, at no extra costi a beautiful handcraftedj presentatJoh-case;iTheiPresentation£Casejs :._ an engraved narneplate in Gold; Silver, or Bronze; as corresponds to y o u r selection/ In addition, you will become a member of the IsrielifCommemijrative" Society and receive a - card ent it Hng - you to f ull -Charter Member ; privileges. • ;

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REPURCHASE AGREEMENT The Israeli Commemorative Society is unreservedly < on vinced that your pleasure in owning the Chagal Jerusalem Windows Medallions will only increase with time We therelore guarantee that if lot any reason you should no longer wish to own the Chagall Medallions we will buy them back lor the full purchase pnce anytime within the next 5 years without question or hesitation

GUARANTEE Of EXCLUSIVITY This stnctry limited edition of fine medalhc art will never be

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PURCHASING PLAN AND GUARANTEE the medallions will be issued and you will be billed at the rate of one per month beginning approximately 30 days Irom receipt ol application and continuing one per month for the next eleven months Moreover, the favorable price will be guaranteed for the entire duration ol the offering, regardless ol future irv reases in the costs of gold, silver or bronze

This modest gift to the Jewish people—to that Jewish people which always dreamt of biblical love, of friendship and peace among all peoples I have concluded two years of labor creating these twelve stained-glass windows. My hope is that the synagogue will overflow with harmony even as I have prayed

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TH€ ISRfoO) COWeOORKTNG 9OOCTY 3891 Stirling Rd., Ft. Uuderdale, Florida 33312 Gentlemen: Please enter my subscription lot a serially numbered Limited Edition set of Chagall's "Jerusalem Windows," depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The complete set shall consist of twelve medallions 1-3/4" x 2-7/8" and weighing, 70 grams (in bronze), 80 grams (in silver), 100 grams (in gold); and shall include ihe display case at no extra cost. Please Note: Subscription is non-transferable and subject to approval by the Israeli Commemorative Society. Florida residents, add appropriate sales tax. Make checks payable

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