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Yhe Jewish Fytyre As Jews we have mystified the world and perhaps even ourselves in our ability to survive as a people through a turbulent history dating back thousands of years. Judaism has flowed from one generation to the next; and part of this reason, we suspect, is the life cycle of the Jew and the participation of family in major events as well as day-to-day observance. • In this special issue, we look at some of these life cycle events, some of our ritual, the activities of our rabbis, and events on national and international levels. We do this because we are concerned that Judaism faces a troubled future, ss cur tead article on "The Time Bomb" points out. ' , We are hopeful that future generations of Jews follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before. ' Thus, symbolically, we offer a fourgeneration Omaha Jewish family - hs men on the front page and its women on this page. The women are: Mrs. Lottie Kaplan, Mrs; Pearl Kaplan, Mrs. Phyllis Brown,'and . Elisabeth Brown! The men: Ike Kaplan, Nathan Kaplan, Elliot Brown, and Michael D. Brown. <."
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Lighting candles every Friday night always brought such a glow . to your face. How I loved even as a child standing beside you watching you strike the match '•'.• knowing you to be ushering in The Sabbath Queen. And each time • __ when the candles were lit and the prayer was completed You would stand (with ypur hands covering your eyesl In peaceful silence lost for a moment or two in your owttprivate thoughts When I was very small" I would peek through my fingers (to see if you were yet done with your prayer) But, as I grew older, if I had finished with my own thoughts, I would drop my hands ...... and stand silently watchingjou always wondering what you were thinking (yet Inever asked) . And now, my Mother Nowthat you are gone.,.. flight the candles alone. And each time I do I feel the love flowing from me to you, and back again And when I finish the prayer I stand _ (with my hands covering my eyes, In peaceful silence lost for a moment or two in my own private thoughts. ByAbbiSoshnik
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The Jewish Future: A Time Bomb! By Gerald B.Bubls EDITOR'S NOTE: Professor Gerald B. Bubis is Dlrec- , tor of the School of Jewish Communal Service, at Hebrew Unkm College in Los Angeles. This article is adapted from a speech be delivered to Young leaders participating in the 1977 UJA West Coast Regional Conference in PalmSprings in January, 1977. We are a people who climbed faster and farther than any other immigrant group in America. That is very important for young Jews to know and remember, because many of our kids don't know it and don't understand it and the non-Jewish community doesn't appreciate it. Our bubbas and zeydahs came to America very poor, with less than SO dollars a family in their pockets. On the average, they were among the poorest of the immigrant groups that ever came to America. They were also among the youngest. The Jews came with families more Often than other immigrant groups, where there was more of a tendency for the man to come first, alone. But among Jews, the family constellation was much more of a pattern and this led to the community'8 continuity. We were urban compared to other groups. We came from little towns, which meant we didn't like the idea of going to (arms and we stayed in big towns when we came to America. And we were different in one other way. We were the only immigrant group that didn't go back to our country of origin in large numbers. A third of all other immigrants went back home; only about eight percent of us left America. Now let us jump forward in Jewish history and talk about some of the "time bombs" of changing values and social perceptions that confront our community today. We are now affluent. But it must be remembered that we do have a large group of poor Jews — most of them over the age of 65, forty percent of whom live on less than M.OOOayear. We have stopped having children in significant number and, from the youngest immigrant group in America 60
years ago, we are now the oldest group. We have more people over the age of 60 than anybody else. We are at the point now of zero population growth among younger Jews. There are almost no little children. Go to the centers and the synagogues and look at the trendlines on education and enrollment. You will see that there is no large group of youngsters — the future Jews. There is another group that has crept up on us in the last few years — the single parent. It is now an epidemic, between divorce among the middle-aged and divorce among the young and the death rate. Studies have shown that it is * the widow and the single parent who need communal services the most — and yet they are often the least present in our synagogues and federations . . . too.frequently because they cannot afford to be there. About 40 percent of all young people are eligible to go to college. They go to work in Industries where there aren't young Jewish men and for the first time in.modern history, we have the phenomenon of a'significant number of Jewish women marrying non-Jewish men. It is true that, according to Jewish law, the children of these marriages are Jewish. But If nay mother's name were Molly Goldberg and she married Sean O'Brien and my name is Kenin O'Brien, although 1 am legally Jewish, what am I psychologically and sociologically? These are all time bombs within our community. Here is another. Your younger brothers and sisters aren't getting -married. They like living together. What-do you do about this, when you are a minority ethnic group shrinking more and. more In numbers and seeing this numerical drift coupled with postponed marriage and highly individualistic expectations which run counter to traditional Jewish values? . ,. Here is another time bomb. If there was anything typical of the young Jewish adult in the 1940s and 1950s, It. was affiliation. Scratch a Jew and you'd find a member of five organizations. Today, a young Jewish adult doesn't' believe In affiliation; he Is an individual. We are no longer dealing with people who perceive a single, organized Jewish community.
This is further complicated because children of affluent Jews don't want to be affluent Jewish producers. They want to be affluent Jewish consumers. The sons and daughters of Jewish businessmen are engaged in the service professions and, while they make good livings, they do not generate capital. And they can't give their money away to the same degree as their parents if they are not regenerating it. This means that the way fundraislng is done must be different 20 years from now than it is today. There is going to be a redistribution of Jewish wealth and unless we find ways to spread the base and deal with fundraislng differently, we are going to encounter serious problems. • • American Jews are very mobile; we move more than anyone else. This mobility contributes to physical discontinuity and means that, if there aren't psychic ways of building a sense of community, there is a great problem about how to develop it. ' ' . Finally, there is the issue of the middle-age role-change: Today, we have a discernible number of people who, after • 20 to 25 years of predictable, so-called responsible behavior, have the need to completely disrupt their lives and lifestyles and move into entirely different ways of living. Their search for a new identity has yet unknown implications for the community. This is the wave of the future. It provides the framework for new ways of Unking at Jewish life, new styles of building Jewish life and new techniques for approaching Jewish life. I believe that when people today look for sustenance and direction and fulfillment, they too rarely look at Jewish sources.
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There is sadness as parents realize that their children', have left the nest forever. There is happiness as relatives and friends gather together to help nwlw Uns wedding an event to remember. There Is excitement and anticipation as the newlyweds begin their married life. Todd and Wendy Manvitz were married on August 7, 1977, at B e t h I s r a e l Synagogue. Their parents are Marilyn and Justin Manvitz, and Doris and Harry Alloy. Wendy makes last minute adjustments to her veil.
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Betty and William Lemer came from Rock Island, Illinois, to help celebrate the marriage of their grandson, Todd. Pictured above are lisa Manvitz, WUliam Lemer, Marilyn Manvitz, Betty Letner, and Justin Manvitz.
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A Jewish Wedding — With A Twist Patricia Umbower and David Alloy looked like any otter Jewish couple as they stood before Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg while repeating
their marriage Vows. They stood under the "Chupah" and listened as the traditional Jewish ceremony united them as man and wife.
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The groom stepped on the glass to break it, symbolizing - even at this happy moment, the strife which has befallen the Jewish people over many thousands of years. The wedding guests shouted "Mazel Tov," but, somehow this Jewish wedding was different. Not the ceremony, but the events leading up to it. Pat Alloy was raised in the traditional Southern manner.' Her parents belonged to a P r e s b y t e r i a n Church. However, she never became a member of the church. She went to Sunday School, but was never baptized. She felt that she was not a Christian and would never be one. Pat always felt a certain sympathy for the Jewish people and she believed In the basic principles of the religion. She read many books in high school pertaining to Jewish subjects but never had much contact With Jewish people. Marriage and her first husband's career brought the family to Omaha. After an unhappy divorce, Pat and her three children, Roxanne, George and Tyler, remained in Omaha. Her meeting with David Alloy was anything but romantic. They were both recently divorced and were not thinking of any type of "romance." So, their relationship did not
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proceed in the usual "boygirl" manner. They were just two lonely people who enjoyed talking. They both seemed to believe in the same basic things—responsibilities—the family—all of these things adding up to—a Jewish home! Pat began studying with R a b b i B r o m b e r g In December. She considers him to be a most superior human
being. Her conversion studies included much Jewish tradition. Her favorite times were when s h e and Rabbi Bromberg "Just talked." She and her family even joined the Brombergs for the Passover Seder. Pat and her children became Jewish three days before the wedding, which was on June 19. Pat. considers this
to be the most Important event other life. And so they stood beneath the "Chupah"—the archway made of branches—symbolizing Jewish family unity. After the honeymoon, they put up the Mezuzzah on the doorposts of their home. And so it was! A Jewish wedding!
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Sher Residents Await High Holidays A visit to the Dr. Sher Home for the Aged proved to be a most delightful experience. The residents were warm and receptive and anxious to tell of their holiday plans. Keva Hornstein, who, brags of being "almost 86", came to Omaha in 1913. He remembers celebrating "yountif" in Russia with his eight brothers and Sisters. Mr. Hornstein looks forward to the holidays every year — especially to the building of the Succah. He says that life at the Sher Home is wonderful. "It is fine to be with younger people, but
Story by Joan K. Marcus and Photo* by Howard K. Marcus they live differently. I would rather celebrate the Sher Home. here with my friends!" Hilda Hoffman goes to her daughter's home A glimmer came into Mr. Homsteln's eye to celebrate the holidays. She is very proud of the fact that she will fast on Yom Kippur. as he said, -I like a little of everything — food, work, play — especially young women Mrs.- Hoffman is pleased with the nonand old whiskey!" Jewish staff at the Home. She feels that the - Edith Schneider is very pleased with life in staff understands the residents. the Home. She was a member of Beth Israel Sarah Epstein spends the holidays with her Synagogue, but mostly remembers her son and daughter-in-law. She has lived in the childhood in Russia. '' Sher Home for five years. Site is especially She spoke of watching her mother prepare proud of her grandson Rabbi Joel Epstein. for the holidays as a child. Mrs. Schneider Elizabeth Neveleff will go to services with likes the "Jewishness" of the celebration in her brother, Omaha attorney Ephralm
Marks, She has always celebated the holidays by attending services at Beth El Synagogue, In general, the residents are looking for-' ward to celebrating at the Home and with, their families. They feel that the non-Jewish staff members are sympathetic to the needs and wishes of older Jewlp people. Keva Hornstein summed up his feelings about Rosh Has^anah and Yom Kippur. "Life is just a dream. We are here today and we don't know about tomorrow. If you have your health, you have everything, so you should celebrate whenever you can!"
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The people at the party were all, obviously, having a r good time. They were of all ages. Some were housewives, businessmen, architects, salesmen — from all walks of life.. The guests at the party all had one thing in common. They were all members of the Beth El Synagogue choir. They made ice cream sundaes and talked with great enthusiasm about things which the/ would sing for Rosh Hflfihanflh and Yom Kippur. Arnold "Tuffy" Epstein will, for the first time, be choir director for the holidays this year. Epstein, 42, is a longtime Omaha musician and a member of Local 70-558. Tuffy says that he takes this position with great humility as a total musician. He holds bachelor's and master's ' degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Sally Rosen, who has been a choir member for many years, says that she has "lost track" of how long. Singing in the choir is a way of life for her. She considers it an emotional experience as well as a religious one. Mrs. Boscn spoke of the choir's last concert. - ' Beth El's choir was one of 10 commissioned to do a special work. Mrs. Rosen feels that the interest generated by the members is due largely to the warmth brought to Omaha by. Cantor ChalmNajman. Jerry Washerman, 45, has been a member of the choir since he was 16. He and his wife, Phyllis, who is also a choir member, feel a closeness within the group. Wasserman brags that no two services are ever alike. He is in- deed deservedly proud of "his" choir! Stan Wldman, 40, sang in the choir as a boy In high ' school. Family and business commitments prevented ouigiifg, utit, liuw^ lie ia a iucntucr agmii. etc feels Uplifted because he enjoys singing from a religious point of view. . . Julie Shrier, 28, Is the only other professional musician besides Epstein. She received training at Bnston Conservatory and her degree from UNO. She is a vocal music teacher. Epstein commented that choir members receive only token remuneration for singing. They held 13 or more rehearsals for the holiday services — in addition, to practlcing at home. Members will have to be away from their families at holiday time — missing gatherings of - relatives. Why are these people so anxious to sing in the Beth El Choir? Some' — because they love to sing. Some — because they are deeply religious. Or, to quote TuffyEpsteln—"When we sing, we hope we make people tingle I".
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or Mitzvot, through the variety of terms which distinguish between different Mitzvot. There Is Blkur Chollm, the Mltzvah of visiting the tick, Maasim Tovim, which refers to any act in the service of God; and perhaps giving the greatest clue as far as the significance of Mitzvot, is Shalom Bayit, the peace attained by everyday acts of Editor's Note: Beth Victor, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Mar- kindness. It should be emphasized that the principles of Mitzvot and tin Victor, formerly of Offutt, looked Into her own feelings of Judaism as a result of continuing conversations on religion with social responsibility apply not only to the Jew, but to all people. However, they tie in with the Jewish view of goodness, divine a non-Jewish boy. She prepared the following report and Judgment and salvation in a very special way. The idea of Hell presented it recently during serivces at Temple Israel. or eternal punishment is totally beyond the understanding of the Jew. Although we do believe in immortality of the spirit, we also By Beth Victor believe God forgives and bases His Judgment upon the good in a "If I am not for myself, who will be, but if I am only for person's life. myself, what am I?" Hiltel wrote that many centuries ago and it Thus Judaism is traditionally concerned with life here on brings out a basic belief of Judaism. earth, rather than life after death. This means that anything Since before Rebecca gave Eliezer water for his camels, the which can be done in this existence to Improve this existence Jew has been expected to be responsible for as much of mankind achieves the greatest importance. . as possible. . These deeds, here on earth, carry far more weight than that The Talmud, that body of learning which builds upon and - anyone claims to believe. It Is written In the Torah that clarifies the inner meaning of the Bible, shows the reasoning whether one be a Jew, or an adherent of another faith, man or behind this commitment to people with a story. woman, upon each, according to his deeds will the Divine Spirit There are four men in a rowboat. Suddenly one of the men rest. starts boring a hole under his seat. The other men ask him why The righteous or worthy person cannot separate himself from be is making the hole. He replies: "It is my business if I choose his community. "The Kingdom of God, the ancient Rabbis held, to bore a hole here. After all, I'm boring it under my seat Is Inconsistent with the state of social misery. They were not alone!" The other men answer: "But the water will come in, the content to merely feed the poor. Their great ideal was to prevent boat will sink and we, as well as you, wijl drown." poverty. They said, 'Try toprevent It by teaching a man a trade. Likewise, the Jew can never isolate himself from the pro- Try all methods before you permit him to become an object of blems of the world because, like the bole in the boat, they are, In human charity." (Solomon Schechter) . a very real sense, his problems. We are (if you'll excuse the Man was created in the image of God. Since God is good, it pun) all In the same boat. follows that man was created good. Through Maasim Tovim; Throughout the Torah and the Mishna, there are countless acts of goodness, man can preserve his God-given goodness. commandments concerning compassion for one's fellow perIn Judaism, the challenge to mankind Is not, "WHAT DO YOU sons. Among the characteristics of a woman of valor is: "She BELIEVE?" It is "What do you understand as your primary streteheth forth her hand to the needy. Yea, she reacheth out her obligation to society?" The answer does not lie hi philosophishands . . . " And in Deuteronomy 15-10; "Do not harden your ing, but in preserving a world In God's image of goodness and heart and shut your hand against the needy kinsman. Give to compassion. nun readily and have no regrets when you do so for in return the Consequently, a large proportion of Jews do act and become Lord, your God, will bless you in all your efforts and all your doctors, teachers, social workers, or go into any one of a number undertakings." of helping professions. In this way, they fulfill the ancient comSocial responsibility does not mean just giving money to the mandment to love thy neighbor, to reach out; to help. needy. It means being willing to offer your heart; in sympathy, In addition, Jews get very Involved politically. We don't view in prayer, and in deeds which have no monetary value. Further- ourselves as puppets of God, but as individuals, created In His more. Judaism, teaches that the person who benefits me most image. Thus, as independent representatives of God, what we do from an act of goodness is the giver. The Jew learns to feel that can and does have a positive affect on society. God is a loving Father, only by acting as a loving child. ; It Is the constant'striving of the Jew to improve his world, for The Hebrew language imparts the Importance of these acts of all the reasons I've given.. .and one more.
Beth Victor Studies Her Jewish Heritage
Beth Victor (left) and her mother, Sarah Jane, prepare to light Sbabbat candles. The Victors, former lay leaders at Offutt Air Force Base, are now stationed in California. Since the afterlife Is secondary to the present, It is vital to the Jew that be makes a difference in this world. It is tremendously Important for the Jew to feel that bis existence has been Justified, in that he has left an imprint in the hearts and minds of all who knew him. '•The Jew can never be satisfied with drifting through this life, sustained only by the hope of another world. Each day we live, here on earth, is a gift from God and should be treated as such. We should all live so that at the close of every day, we can repeat, "I have not wasted my day. I nave made a difference."
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Although their goals are common ones, their reasons for doing things do differ. "I like tradition for the sake of tradition... because it gives me a good feeling living a Jewish life." explained Sibby. And how is it keeping a kosher home? "I like It. Everytlme I reach for a dish or a piece of silverware, I am reminded of my Jewishness." Bob, on the other hand, is more analytic, "My life as a Jew Is broader than just my own life experiences. , The Maccabees and Uje Holocaust, for example, are as much a part of me as my dally activities. Our wedding included many age-old traditions such as the Bedeken, the Chupah and the breaking of the glass... it all gave me a sense of history." Bob and Sibby are in total agreement on many of their desires. They both value the importance of a strong family unit, feel that burdens and decisions In their'marriage should be equally
shared, and want to stay Intellectually active. However, they explain that their motivations stem from different sources. Sibby elucidated, "These values are ones which I learned from the example that my parents set rather than specifically from Judaism." ":"''":''Bob relates the goals directly to being Jewish, "Judaism it so much a part of me that I can't Isolate It. It's like trying to separate what I do from what I am." Though they may credit different origins for their feelings, the end result is that both Bob and Sibby find that their Uvea, both in everyday activities and In long-term goals and decisions, are easily defined and explained within the framework of their \Jewish heritage. Bob summed it up well, "There's no final answer In being a Jew. There are always more things to understand and to reconcile, but that's a fair price to pay for the joy of being a Jew."
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A Baby Is Named Story By Gloria Wagner Dennis Paley held his brand-new baby daughter with his wife Susan standing
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female citizen of our Jewish community. This unique ceremony which Reform Jews participate in is a baby naming ceremony. Rabbi Weinstein said, "While I recognize that ancient tradition provides no ceremony for girl babies, we, as Reform Jews; think that this naming ceremony is equally as important as a brls." Susan Paley had a bris for her son Phillip, two; and when little Nicole was born she and Dennis were as delighted with . her as they had been with Phillip. Susan says, "Why should our daughter be named at Temple in absentia? I wanted my friends and family around us at this joyful time. A relative had said to me, 'If it's a boy, we'll come for the bris. If it's a girl we'll send a pink dress.'" Susan feels that Judaism Is male oriented: "When a,girl is born she Is already a second class citizen," . Susan and Dennis invited all their close friends and family to share with them their happiness. They had an Oneg Shabbat in the warmth of their home with baby Nicole crying throughout. After the Klddush; Rabbi Weinstein gave the baby a few drops of wine and she contentedly settled down to enjoy her own party!,
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Rabbi Sidney Brooks:
... Teach A Student Rather Than A Subject... ByAbbiSoshnik In an age when people are often denied an identity other than their social security number, Rabbi Sidney Brooks of Temple Israel is concerned for the individual. "Everything I do Is to try to help people be recognized as people. The most serious threat to the de-sanctification of life to the deperaonalfzatlon that is going on in our time."
have suffered and to'laugh with their people's Joy" In performing a marriage, Rabbi Brooks tries to impart a message which Is brief and yet meaningful to the couple. "In Jewish life marriage Is very sacred. A wedding should be like a poem . . . a memory which the couple can took back on and treasure."
Rabbi Brooks tries to combat this problem by spending as much time as be can in one-onone, interactions. "People, can call me any time day or night. My door Is always open and I encourage people to come through it." Rabbi Brooks said emphatically.
Even the decor of the Rabbi's study caters to the comfort of the individual. Two walls are lined with books and some photographs. The ' colors of the room are warm and cheerful. Of the several different conversation groupings in the room, the loveseat in the center catches theeye. * Y
Because be wants to be able to give skilled personal attention, Rabbi Brooks has always continued studying. "I believe in expertise. When I was first ordained, I realized that there still were too many areas with which I was unfamiliar. I returned to different fields of studies and I've never stopped."
Compliments on the study elicit a sparkle and a warm smile from Rabbi Brooks.: "Everything in this room was done intentionally. When I first decorated, I insisted on a loveseat, rather than a couch. If a couple ' comes to talk about problems in their marriage, I have them sit there. ,.
Rabbi Brooks' feeling for the individual is displaced In many different areas. In education, for example, Rabbi Brooks maintains that his interest lies in teaching a student rather than a subject. "My associate, Rabbi Weinstein and I work every day on programs for the school year at,the Temple. Our con-, cern is that each student is able to internalize as much as possible from his heritage: Rather than just memorizing facts and dates from a history book, students should be taught to relate*.their Jewish past to their own individual Hves — to cry with their people who
In that way, through the physical contact,. they are forced into an awareness of each , other. Then, too if a young couple about to be married sib there, their inter-personal awareness is enhanced as well." Leaving the study of Rabbi Brooks, one is left with the feeling that this is a man who leaves nothing to chance. His goals and actions are realized through his studies and his actions. Perhaps after all there Is still hope for the state of the Individual In our society today. . ' ••- . . .•• ., .-•" • ::;:iRabbi Wemsteln (left) and Rabbi Brooks, of Temple Israel.
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Josi Farber is a Bat Mitzvah at Seventeen A Photo Story By Ellen Gordman At the age of 13 most Jewish girls celebrate their Bat Mitzvah, the ceremony that.of-' ficially marks their acceptance into Judaism as an adult. . —There are hours of preparation, learning her Torah and Haftorah portions. There is pressure-for her to'perform well for family and friends. , : As the. special weekend approaches, there Is the excitement of opening presents. And there is a growing anticipation and nervousness. ' . When Josi'Farber was 13, having a Bat Mitzvah had not seemed that important or . meaningful to her. But at the age of17, Josi, daughter of
Carol and AJon Farber, chose to become a Bat Mitzvab because of a desire to go back and recapture something she had missed. "1 was Just putting a piece In my puzzle," explained Josi. "Life is so exciting because you can always add a piece." From the start of her Bat Mitzvah planning Josi wanted the day to be something extra special.-She worked closely with Rabbis Sidney Brooks and Barry Weinslein in the selection of prayers for thet service. She practiced for hours learning to chant her Haftorah j n d Torah portions. And she even spent 17 hours baking her own two-and-a-half foot Challah for the luncheon.
Josi begins the Torah service during her Bat Mitzvah.
Josi recites the Kiddush during the Saturday morning service.
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Become A 'Prophet of the Commandment' and honored privileges, in his spiritually maturing life? By David Lazarus . How many of our young men and young women bring with The older I get, t h e more I find myself drawing more and them, into marriages, the Jewish knowledge and viewpoints and more upon the great storehouses o l Jewish knowledge and ex- awarenesses of what comprises steadfastness and purity in perience, the heaped-up cornucopia of wisdom of m y People, marriage? • • and I continue to discover growing and wonderful pleasures in How many of these people know that it was the Jewish concept adult study of our Faith, of our Torah, and of the related books which was the first to raise this relationship from that of master which flow from it. • and chattel, to that of man and wife? Labels are less important than contents, at least for material '"* How many of them know the concept of Kiddushin, of sancthings. Though w e might label milk a s "poison", and poison Uficatlon of self and spouse, to and for each other? as"milk", w e would not alter nor affect the contents, but the contents so mislabelled might conceivably c a u s e tragedy at the - Thus I suggest that this young person, at his age 26, after havworst, and aggravation at the best, to anyone who acted in un- ' ing completed a prescribed course of study, and having shown proper proficiency in It, have conferred upon h|m the degree of questioning reliance upon the accuracy of such labelling.
With humans, on the other hand, something else occurs. A label becomes quite significant, and exercises a persuasive effect, containing a subtle pressure of suggestion. The human content responds, and attempts to conform to its label. „ At present, the formal Jewish education ends for perhaps 90 per cent or more of our youth, at the Bar Mitzvah level. Thus, •the preponderant number of today's J e w s accept an education level— and label—of the "bar," the son, the child.
Chattan Mitzvah,' 'Bridegroom of the Commandment". Still another 13 years, and at age 39 our young man has now ripened. He feels and knows his powers. He is established in his business or profession. Confidence /lows through him. He Is a father—he sees his children growing up. His viewpoints toward some of the laws and statutes of our Faith, which earlier he may have questioned or challenged intellectually, have altered.
His emotional acceptance and logical understanding have
What then must be our subconscious awareness of our own in- deepened. Sufeiy this is the time for his next meaningful step, to dividual knowledge, and position, in Jewishness, other than that a higher spiritual plateau, combined with the formal recognition of childishness and immaturity? ' — of his "arrival", through the conferring upon him, publicly, of At a g e 13, most Bar Mitzvah conferees have achieved the level the title of Av Mitzvah, "Father of the Commandment". of a tape-recorder. They are able to repeat, more or less acImagine the impact this will have upon his own children still curately, a train of words and thoughts which are only parroted, at work on their own Bar Mitzvah 1 Education by emulation. a memorized and fuzzily photographed system of sounds. Each Bar Mitzvah dazedly walks through a function which he ' At the next level, at age $2, stands a man still in full tide of has practiced and drilled until he behaves like a n automaton strength, in serene control of knowledges smelted In the fires of experience. He has burned out the dross of error and rashness. with a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit His pockets stuffed with enveloped checks, and fountain pens, His considerations and opinions are now not lightly arrived at. and cuff links, his cheeks smudged with the lipstick Imprints of His counsel is reliable. He guards hi* thoughts and language and deeds. As an elder of his community, his attitudes and actions doting aunts, he stolidly endures his ordeal. It is for him an ordeal, because his understanding of what he now are the example for that community. has done, and why he has done it, is submerged by the opinions Let us now confer upon the continuing student of Judaism the of those around him, of "how much was the take". title of Z'kan Mitzvah — "Elder of the Commandment". Instead of a sense of exhilaration, instead of an awareness of From this point on, his life and its meaning form and direct, being a t the threshhold of a great and beautiful discovery, our the courses to be taken by those who follow after him. He Is now Bar Mitzvah has a sense of relief at being excused henceforth the machine-tool able to shape the lives and opinions of others. from future Hebrew school classes, and at the moment is buoyed • Now we see the bearing of fruit, the bountiful harvest, as up by the expectation of jexamining and counting his spoils. heretofore we had watched the growth and blossoming of his To what m a y this be compared? Isn't it a s though the bulk of life. At his age 65, his shadow across the approaching generathe Jewish people, of our time, seldom get past the training level tions casts a brightness. of the Cub-Scout? He te more than an Elder, let him now be given the next title How many g o on to become "First-Class" Scouts, and bow many continue t o the rank of "Eagle" Scout? How many are following the acknowledgment of his continuing proficiency and practice. ••' then left to become the Scout leaders of future troops of boys? And since there must be someone chosen to lead, we are forc- . We shall call him Zaddik Mitzvah. The word Zaddlk does not ed to select such leaders from a pitifully shrinking number of lend Itself easily to translation. It has an integrity and unileadertpiallfied men, spreading their talents and time too thinly queness in the Hebrew language that partakes of the integrity in the community, and w e must augment their number by selec- and uniqueness of Judaism. ItlSwhatitlS. I suggest that we do not attempt to translate it, rather only to ; ting from men who had only lower levels of'Scouting" educaunderstand it, and that we retain and render this title only as it tion. ':.; •••• i. • is in Hebrew. He shall be called Zaddik Mitzvah. Thus, the blind lead the lame. Our greatest erosion and loss of interested Jews, substantive ' Three score years and ten, and by reason of strength, fourJews, s e e m s to occur from the late teens and on through the col- score years! His life has been a glory to people, his own help lege years, when,_ these young people a r e exposed to to others in his practice and in his application of the precepts of philosophical studies, the best of which are heavy borrowers Judaism have enriched and strengthened the endless chain of from the cream of Jewish thought, and the worst of which are our generations. antagonistic to the ethics of Judaism. . As his spiritual devotion and intellectual learning have It Is Iraglc that It i s during these important formative years outstripped his physical tenacity, we shall anticipate this that some of t h e best young minds of our People become fourscore by two years. His spiritual age is more important than estranged and alienated from Judaism. The fault lies more with his physical age. " At his age 78, In the presence of the Congregation, all stand in us, their elders, rather than with them. Their questing, spongelike minds are hungry and thirsty for new ideas, sensitive to new respect and admiration of this man who is so blessed.'and whose presence graces the Congregation, • . concepts, in their pursuit of truth and knowledge. As God has granted him years of life, we call forth his name at Their minds now wish to explore in depth, where before they only had skimmed in breadth. They are eager and able to learn, his Aliy'ah to the Torah", and we honor this man with the splendor not only because they must, but because they now recognize the of titles - N'vi Mitzvah, "Prophet of the Commandment", and importance and worth of their learning. ;>• '; -;•-;•.' .-• we bless him and the work of his hands. They are prompted by the joy of learning, they actively seek ?v. The foregoing six levels would afford a lifetime continuation and devour learning. The fault is ours, in our not making* of study of our Law. Each one of the age levels finds a man truly available to them continuing education in Judaism, In a form at varying physiological stages, as well as at rising levels of his and of a content, and so interesiingiy and vividiy and attractive- spiritual and phiibsopnicaiiindersianding^"-* Furthermore, these milestones continue at the 13-year Inly presented, a stobe competiUvely palatable with their general secular studies. • I gay. M a body of men who are wise in the wisdoms of Judaism, aided by the skills and knowledge of highly trained psychologists and educators, create a continuing, more adult and meaningful courseof training for the Jewish layman, which wlirappeal to, and attract our post-Bar Mi tivah youth. Complete with more Imaginative and dynamic text books, let its form and content and manner of presentation be something, which will inspire the post-Bar Mitzvah to WANT to delve and ,'• seek farther, rather than to be forced to, by parental and/or professorial pressures. '•••'••'•. 'At age 26, men have seriously thought of, and perhaps acted upon, the Idea of marriage — a wife, a home and children. 'Our young man now enters into the duties and responsibilities, as well as privileges, of adult life. Isn't this a proper time to remind our young Jewish man that h" similarly has duties and responsibilities, as well as advanced
crements accepted In the folkways of our People. By departing from a rounded, decimal system of milestone ages, and using a 13-year calculating unit, these positions achieve a uniqueness and individuality peculiar to themselves alone, and which have no parallel in other reckonings. Speaking yet of labels - I believe (hat the labels I have suggested speak for themselves. Call a man an Elder, and he tends to behave like one. Refer to him as a Prophet, and he perforce adopts the frame of mind of one, and If he is not truly gifted with phophetic vision, he at least strives and leans In that direction. The label on the human content urges the content to conform; the human content strives ever for the higher label. In a living, pulsing, vital religion like Judaism, the verb has always been held more important than the noun. The Journal record showing ACTION, direction, Is more Important than the balance sheet showing only POSITION". Position is important only if It Is a better position than the one held previously.
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Groups of parents and grandparents waited impatiently at Eppley Air Terminal for tbe huge jet to bring 28 teenagers borne from a sevenweek stay In Israel. Comments among the parents ranged from "I wonder if he has lost weight?" to "Do you suppose he has any moneyleft?" Tears of joy flowed freely as the youngsters tumbled off the plane. Michelle Kaiman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kaiman, spoke of being glad
to be Jewish. Her parents had sent her on the trip to learn of her Jewish heritage. Ted Feidman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Feidman said that it was impossible to describe the feeling he had when he visited the Western Wall. David Wiesman and Stuart Shkolnlck, both 17, were still discussing the trip among themselves. They were both amazed at the "closeness" of tbe small country. The boys were mostly Interested in the
way in which the army fights of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Brodkey, for the country. War seemed wants to go back "for sure!" to be of very little concern to In a tearful reunion with her tbe teenagers. parents, Sharon spoke of David and Stuart noted that friends she had made who had Israeli people do not drive been active in the Entebbe around in big cars. They Operation. either walk, take the buses, or Alan Potash feels that he drive small cars. The boys felt , will be more religious during comfortable praying because, his observation of the High "In Israel, everyone Is alike. Holidays this year. He mostly Everyone prays together." enjoyed the hospitable people. The boys had very little exMike Kapel, son of Dr. posure to non-Jews during Marilyn and Dr. David Kapel their trip. was mostly Impressed with Sharon Brodkey, daughter Jerusalem. Kapel spoke of the
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A Photo Story Story By Joan K. Marcus Photos By Howard K. Marcus "special mystique" he felt, He was especially impressed with the physical beauty of Israel. Words flowed freely as the teenager told us of the Golan Heights. Mike enjoyed the stay at Moshav Tirosh, although the group did very little work during the stay. Most of the heavy work is done by Arabs. Marcia and Ronna Cooper
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'It's Easy to Adjust To Something Good'
ByAbbiSoshnlk
Stories of Jews emigrating from Russia to the United States can be found In newspapers with some amount of regularity. Yet what happens to these people after they arrive? When the initial interviews are over and the first (lurry of excitement has passed, what impressions are left; what adjustments must be made? • It was with these and many more questions in mind that I arrived at the Chausofsky apartment.-The Chausofsky family, I learned, has been living in Omaha for almost six months. My knock on the door was answered by a friendly "Come in" • and as I entered, 1 was greeted by Galina and her older daughter, Marina. A moment later, Galina's husband Mark came into the living room, explaining that he had just arrived home from work. • ' He graciously insistedthat I join them at the table and a mo- . ment later, we all sat down. Not wanting to interrupt their dinner with questions, we sat exchanging small talk. Galina described their dinner of salad, fish and boiled potatoes as typically Russian. "These may be American ingredients, but it is still Russian cooking," she laughingly told me. With that I inquired how she found grocery shopping here. She smiled and replied, "It's fine. It's never hard getting used to new things when they're good!" A few moments later, when dinner was finished and the dishes were cleared, we all gathered in the living room and settled Masha, above, is right at home. Below, the family poses down to talk. They started by filling me in on the individual activities of the family. Mark told me first of his job at Vess together. Beverage. "It's very good.. It is possible to get started on life here, now that I have a job." He also spends:time studying English. He credits Belja Eisenberg for the progress he has made with the language and describes her as a "wonderful Jewish lady." The discussion at that point was off and running as Mark, Galina and Marina all told me of some of the other people who have been so wonderful to them. Galina began, "The Jewish Family Service foresaw every trifle. When we arrived at this apartment there was furniture; the closets and the shelves had all been filled. Bob Ldyett would come every week and'take time to talk to us, to help us with our English " • Mark went on, "Leonard and Shirley Goldstein have been real friends to us." (His quiet understatement reflected his feelings.) Galina added, "Shirley has been like a mother to me. She calls me every day and she always remembers everything." Marina then told me about Miriam Simon, "She helps us so much. If there is a problem, .she doesn't-care how small it is. She's always there to try to help us." Mark summed it up, "These people all have Jewish hearts. They understand that it Isnot enough to take u&out of Russia and bring us here. They have
Galina and Mark talk about life in Omaha. helped us with all of the little things. Only freedom can produce such people." Although the Chausofskys are concerned with their abilities to communicate In English, the intensity of their feelings was quite visible. Equally well communicated, however, are their bright senses of humor to which they characteristically returned. Galina told me of her studies to be a hairdresser at,a beauty school. "Whatever field I work in, the most important thUg Is that I am able to be creative." she explained. Marina has been working at the Jewish Community Center for the summer and plans to study English at UNO this fall. And Masha, the seven year old pride of the family, will soon be entering a Montessori School. Mark declared, "I never had the chance to study Judaism; I'm so glad that Masha wllj be brought up. as a real Jewish girl." Indeed the whole family derives great pleasure front her opportunity. .••-.•'.'.. \ • Moving Into another, vein, we launched into a discussion of Jewish identity. Galina began, "Russia is not a secure place to be as a Jew. We were not free to travel and*we could be fired from our jobs if we went to a synagogue. -'-. "I always wore a Star of David around my neck, but I used to try to keep it hidden. Here I am proud to wear it openly." Mark continued, "When we first arrived in Omaha we were so pleased to see the Jewish Community Center sign in plain view. We took a picture of It and sent it to Russia for our friends to see. I don't have a religious background, hut now that we're in America, I'm really happy to be a Jew." The Chausofsky family is a wonderful addition to our Jewish community in Omaha and can help to remind us how lucky we are to be Jews in a free country.
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Yom Kipput - Holiest Day of the Year : EDITOR'S NOTE: Zeph Telpner, 420 Oakland Ave., is a certified puJffle accountant and naUve of CouncU Bluffs. He U a member of B"nal B'ritb and offers his confession In commemoratlooofYomKippur. (Day of Atonement) ByZephTelpner It is almost Yom Klppur and the urge to confess wells up once more in my Jewish soul. So I confess — but each year I find it more difficult to join the community confessional of the Jewish people. What is left to confess? "You turned on the light on the sabbath t" "You thought mean thoughts about your neighbor! "You drove to the Synagogue on'Friday night! "You were tough in business!
A break in the usual crowds depicts a serene moment at the Western Wall, focus of Jewish pilgrimage for almost two thousand years. Thousands of Jews gathered at the Wall to pray on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, regarded as the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish religion.
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By Sam Freed I got up on Yom Kippur morning that day, And to the synagogue I went right away, (Of course I did not have a thing to eat) I hurried on to get my regular seat. Our services began with only the few who werethere. 4^ Did not take long before a single seat was not to be found anywhere. . . It was remarkable to see each one with a book in hand. With prayer and song, all the same like grains of sand. And when the ark opened on their feet all stood up one-hundred per cent. With prayer on their lips to repent. Asking the Almighty to forgive While the gates of heaven were open to receive. Our prayers were well composed by the great men of ours To worship to the one who has all the . powers. il ^' z .V V • » We must leans to keep in touch with Him everyday To be recognized by Him all the way. '• Our investment with Him is safe and sound, And we can caii on Him ail year round. '.._. He can be as close as our next door neighbor. ; - You must invest more and show that fle is in youriavor. I He is willing to help all Not just on an emergency call. : We prayed all day until pitch dark. It ended with the shofar blowing, And the closing of the ark. \
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To atone for the sins of all Jews on earth is meaningless when murdered the seven children of Hernia — when they did all of in comparison to the great despots of our history, our sins this, who cried out; lay not thy hand upon the lad? When Tomas' de Torquemada wrenched Judaism from the wouldn't cover the point of a pin. To atone when our astounding accomplishments and contributions to the world are out of pro- heart of the Jew — when he flayed us, burned us, murdered us— portion to our physical numbers in this huge world population, when he did all of this, who cried out: lay not thy hand upon the lad? Where is Torquemada now? isn't reality. { Where are the Crusaders, who watched as the Jews of Xanten I feel insignificant confessing trivia, especially, after terrorists hijacked and held airplane passengers at the Entebbe died, but still affirmed that You are One? Where is Haman? For Airport in Uganda. All hostages except the Jewish passengers many dusty centuries, they have lain silent and untroubled. When Adolph Hitler washed his hands With our fat, lined his and the French crew were released by the terrorists. Once more at Entebbe, our children were taken to the land of boots with our hair and fertilized his garden with our ashes — Morlah. No longer does the angel of the Lord call from heaven: when he did all of this who cried out: lay not thy hand upon the "Abraham, Abraham, lay not thy hand upon the lad." Why not. lad? Where is HiUer now? For many dusty years, he has lain Lord? Abraham has not withheld his son; his only son, from , silent and untroubled. But the Jew — the maligned and tortured, and murdered Jew You. — the children of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob; we who have What are we to You? What are we to the world? Abraham loved You. Has it been almost 4,000 years from that never forgotten Your unity; Your mercy, Your Justice and Your shadowy, ancient dawn of our recorded history when Abraham covenant — we continue on the journey to Moriah. IT IS TIME once more for You to remember Your covenant. and Sarah led a tribe of wandering Hebrews to a first meeting It is time to listen once more to the eloquence of Your servant with You. Moses who pleaded for Israel at Sinai. ABRAHAM RECOGNIZED Your unity. In his old age, he was "Whereforeshould the Egyptians speak, saying: 'For evil did circumcized to announce his love for "You — his belief hi You — He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to conhis agreement to serve You. In return he asked only, that You be sume them from the face of the earth?' > his God. "Turn from Thy fierce wrath,'and repent of this evil against Do You remember when he argued with You about Sodom and Thy people. Gomorrah? Was not Abraham convinced of Your mercy and "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants to perfect justice? He was willing to ask Your mercy for the evil whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto' ones of Sodom in order to obtain Your justice for the righteous them: ones. 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this At the Munich Olympics our children were taken to the land of land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they Morlah — and at Maalot — and at Kiryat Shemona - and at Lod shall Inherit it forever'." — and at Dachau—and at Buchenwald — and at Auschwitz... On July 4,1976 of the American Bicentennial year, the Israelis When in justice we seek retribution; when in mercy we completed the rescue of over 100 hostogesi from the/Entebbe destroy only houses and planes; when in final desperation to sur- Airport in Uganda. vive, we destroy people, the world — the whole world is quick to THEY USED American equipment, American moral support, condemn us. They hear not the cry of our blood from the ground. and the same type of courage and daring that made the United Where Is Moses to argue with You? . . . to plead for us? Has States the most humane, moral and superb nation in the history < Moses been gone for 3,000 years? Moses the lawgiver, who freed of the world. slaves and created men — will be return no more? Moses, who Once more the angel of the Lord called from heaven: believed in the rule of law and justice and gave law to a pagan "Abraham, Abraham, lay not thy hand upon the lad." world — will he return no more? Moses, who argued with You, This year, as an American and as a Jew, I can sincerely Join but performed his obligations to You and to the world - will he the community confessional of the Jewish people. I am a citizen return no more? of the United States of America. All citizens can stand tall and To the world, Moses gave the vision of law and morality, of proud to be an American who celebrated the 200th birthday of justice and retribution. Does his vision no longer live? the country where all citizens are free and have equal opportuniWHERE ARE THE Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Romans? ty For many dusty centuries, they have lain silent and untroubled. Lord! Unbind and support and protect the United States But Jerusalem; when they destroyed Your temple; when they forever. Cry out always: lay not thy Hand upon the lad!
TELTAV1V — A Yemen Jew blows the Shofar (horn of a ram) In Tel Aviv, Israel. In biblical times it was blown (Teldah, mean; u«blowjng)mconnect4onwithraany Important occasions: for slgnalsof alarm in time of war; for the purpose of proclaiming
important national events; and for announcing and ushering in the Sabbath and festivals. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atone-' ment, the Sbofar is blown jmce at the dosing service,
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From left to right Charlotte Kaplan, Shirley Sorkin, and Herriam Friedman comprise the office staff at Beth Israel.
ByAbbiSoshnlk "Jewish life today is like a baseball game.; Organizations such as B'nai B'ritb and; Philanthropies comprise the bases, but the Synagogue, the preserver of Judaism, is the home plate." This statement came from Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, of Beth Israel Synagogue, speaking of : the role or the synagogue in a recent Interview ; with the Jewish Press. This writer had an opportunity to spend part of a day with Rabbi Nadoff as he went about his normal activities. We were en route to Clarkson Hospital, the first of five such stops which Rabbi Nadoff -had on his agenda that Monday morning. It was9:30 and already the Rabbi had beep busy for several hours. "If you want to observe a day in the life of a Rabbi, you'll have to come early." Rabbi Nadoff had told me on the phone. And by the time I had arrived at Beth Israel at 7:30 a.m., the morning minyan was already'drawing to a close. After introducing me to some of the men who were folding up their Utilises and putting away their t'fillin, Rabbi Nadoff ushered me into the main office of the synagogue, for a welcome cup of coffee. , .'• ' < His office staff was already busy at work with smiles and cheerful faces belying the early hour. The Rabbi then led me into his study in order to meet with his first appointments" of the day. The next hour and a half was a flurry of activity, including conferences and phone calls. And then, with his desk cleared for the meantime, Rabbi Nadoff was on his way to visit members of his congregation who were hospitalized. The list included some 20 patients
"Visiting people in hospitals takes a great deal of time," explained Rabbi Nadoff, "but I try to go at least twice a week. Stopping In even for a few minutes can mean a great deal to a person who is sick. Just the fact that someone remembers and cares enough to come see them, can be very comforting. "Personal counseling is another timeconsuming aspect of my Job. A Rabbi is not like a doctor who allots a specific amount of time for an appointment. If someone comes to talk with me, I am going to spend whatever time with him that he needs. And of course, I will refer people to more professional counseling if it is called for." By one o'clock, with the hospital list completed for that day, we made our way back to the Synagogue. "There really is no such thing as a typical day," Rabbi Nadoff told me, adding, "What you have witnessed today Is the pastoral role. Yesterday I performed three stone settings, a bris and a wedding. First and foremost, however, a Rabbi is a teacher of religious values." And how are these values imparted? "My sermons always contain religious messages; every Sunday morning we hold an informal class after services; the Sisterhood holds adult classes every week except fqr the summer months. All these different situations provide additional opportunities to educate people." We arrived back at the Synagogue where Rabbi Nadoff invited me to Join him for lunch. After gathering his messages and discussing any Important items with bis staff, he resumed talking. "We are living in a secular country and it is difficult to be religious. But even in Israel we still need a Jewish commitment.-Our rituals serve as forms of expression. Why does a husband tell his wife that he loves her? InteUec-
Rabbi Nadoff - spiritual leader of Beth Israel Synagogue tually she knows it, yet she still needs an active demonstration of that love. So it is with our Jewish traditions and laws. They are language in action." In concluding the interview, I asked Rabbi Nadoff the most frustrating and the most satisfying aspects of being a Rabbi. "The
most frustrating thing about being a Rabbi lies in preaching and. not seeing any results. ' The most satisfying aspect is in having a yqjce in the direction of people's lives.". My day with Rabbi Nadoff proved to me that if the Synagogue is indeed the home plate. Rabbis are truly home run hitters.
le Boy By Sam Freed ": Little tiny boy of mine, 'From the first moment I saw him. My heart was filled with joy. My dreams, and hope came through With sweaty hot tears, • Running down my face." . While the nurse held my hand to embrace. i
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Reverend Arthur Gender, at the conclusion of morning minyan.
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Vajman works with NealAbramson, as he prepares for hisBarMltzvah. The Jewish people — as a nation we have been dispersed, as a religion we have been persecuted, and as a race there have" been many attempts' at our annihilation. How then has Judaism been kept successfully alive for so many generations? This question was posed to Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg of Beth El Synagogue in a recent interview. "Jews have always been, able to adapt our beliefs'to whatever civilization we've been in without losing our own dignity. The key to Jewish survival has always been adaptation. For example, the Temple in Jerusalem.was our central religious shrine. Other people, upon losing that shrine might have felt that they lost their God. Wesald we had sinned, invented the concept of the synagogue and then said, later, we'll rebuild our Temple, . "Another example o'f adaptation Is our holidays. Originally they were all based*around agriculture. When we lost our land and were forced into Diaspora, we took all our holidays and related them to historical events. In this way we were able to preserve them (our holidays)." , , : Rabbi Bromberg also observed that our ability to adapt has been Joined with several additional factors which have helped to assure Jewish survival. : "In the Bible, the story of the Jews begins with the story of
Cantor Najman and Rabbi Bromberg "Most people today have, little patience to study, therefore Abraham and Ms family. Many of the first stories in that portion of the Bible relate to various familial relationships. Our history much of the education must be transmitted informally. There begins with family, therefore that orientation is intrinsic in our aresUll.however.opportunltlesfortraditlonaleducatlon." lives." Included in these opportunities, Rabbi Bromberg mentioned Rabbi Bromberg cited education as another Important fac- teaching At the Omaha High School of Jewish Studies, adult tor. "Our Torah has been our portable homeland. The whole pro- . classes at the Jewish Community Center and classes with the cess of learning has secured the continuing success of the Synagogue Sisterhood. Jewish people." Of the Sisterhood group, Rabbi Bromberg commented, "This Rabbi Bromberg also credits the rituals attending life-cycle group Is involved in very Intensive studies. They have both the events with helping in successfully transferring Judaism from . patience and the desire to delve deeply into different Jewish ' toplCS.", V . • "-. ..'• .... \ .•;-• • / • : ' • > • one generation to another. "The life-cycle events are particularly important In America as they are almost all we have left of our traditions. ' Each life-cycle event marks a transition in life whiclfian be scary. Each ritual, as well as involving the community, helps to interpret these phases for us." On a more personal level, the Rabblspoke of some of his own responsibilities toward the continuation of Judaism. "The heart of the rabbinic function is education, Rabbis started out as teachers interpreting the Torah and Rabbis should still (each Judaism today.
Rabbi Bromberg listed the sermon as another important opportunity to educate. "A good sermon should instruct as well as ' inspire. I always try. to leave people with some new piece of knowledge, something they will take with them when they leave." Rabbi Bromberg said, "Otir traditions have all emerged out of life. Although adaptation has been an Important factor In Jewish survival, It Is Important to give tradition the benefit of the doubt. Only after tradition has been given the credence and the honor which it deserves, is it possible to sanction Innovation."
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Promises to Keep ByBenLaub Aa we gather again in our respective synagogues to solemnly celebrate the passage of yet another year and to welcome the arrival of the New Year, we need to pause,' and reflect, and be grateful for the* strength and blessings that have brought us to this point in life! As we participate in the Rosh Hashanah and Vom Kippur services, it matters little whether we are Orthodox, Conservative or Reform. What matters is that we are Jews, Jews in a common heritage, a united cause, and the promise of a destiny. In our midst - these High Holy Days — we have our heritage, our cause, and our destiny — they are our aging. It has been said that the nine saddest words in the English language are: "I am old, and poor, and sick, and lonely". I submit that these sad Indict' ments need not be allowed to be true or to persist. Our Jewish heritage has taught us that as individuals we have reciprocal relationships of society's obligations
BenLaub and responsibilities, n u t is, that the aging are not lesser citizens then we are, and that the care of the aging is not an act of charity but rather a supreme privilege. Our expectations are to continue to meet the needs of the elderly as respectful' Individuals, not as nameless, faceless, recipients. Our elderly need the security of ac<xssibllity and contact with
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the world around them to help them maintain their- emotional and physical health, not as a privilege but as a right. What is most important to the elderly is that they have a choice; that no computer, or point system, or bureaucratic official makes the decisions for them or us. Hie aging want to live life as well as they can, as long as they can, as happily as they can. As individuals, not as wards, not as statistics, and not as recipients. There is no substitute for dignity. In this age, when to be young is divine, being old is no tragedy; but rather it can be . the attainment and reward of a full life. That the aging are poorer may not be their fault, but rather the result of an economy that has robbed them of some degree of purchasirig power. That the aging are sick, there is help forthcoming: that the elderly can receive treatment and care. And that the aging are 111 or topoor health is not unexpected. It means that they will need more services or services* which they did not need when younger. That the elderly are lonely is not unusual, for the older companions of a lifetime are gone. That all these conditions can be relieved or improved by love, Involvement, fulfillment, and enrichment Is within the ability of our community. The true standard by which to guage a culture is the extent to which one can find reverence, compassion, and justice toward elderly. This Yom Tov we are fortunate to be challenged by and to share the challenge of quality care with those aging who are In our midst. They are our heritage, our cause, and our destiny — for "we have promises to keep — to them and to ourselves as Jews".
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Jacob Adler, venerated actor of the Yiddish theatre, U shown, left, as he played Shylock in 1905 Broadway production of "Tbe Merchant of Venice," and 1904 photograph, right, show* Mr. Adler's Grand Theatre, on New York's lower East Side, during the height of his career. The story of Jacob Adter's stormy life is told in a recent book published by tbe Thos. Y. d w e l l Co. —
"Bright Star of Exile . . . Jacob Adler and the Yiddish Theatre," by Lulla Rosenfeld. It encompasses all the complex and colorful personalities and events that shaped the whole history of the Yiddish Theatre, t b e book is available In the Jewish Federation Library. <RNS Photo)
Mendelson Reports on the Yiddish Theatre Jacob Adler: Bright Star of the Exile By Harry G. Mendelson tbe U.S. which soon became the major center As one of the oldest surviving Yiddishere In of the Yiddish theatre. Jacob P. Adler, this area with Yiddish my "Mame Loschen," Mogulescu, Tho'mashefsky, and Jacob Gordin my mother tongue, an integral part of my life became the by-words of Jewish cultural life in America. ' for close to half century, I was fascinated and literally enthralled by Lulla Rosenfeld's Counterbalancing the "Shund," the smut ^"Bright Star of Exile," the Odyssey of her and the vulgarities, the indiscriminate famous grandfather in the Yiddish Theatre. popular entertainment offered by Thomashefsky, and his like, was Jacob P. Adler, sire of Jacob Adler, rightfully referred to as the tbe"royal family" of the Yiddish theatre. "Eagle" by dramatic critics, Jewish and nonJewish. His metier was the really original Yiddish drama of a serious nature. He stood for This grand-daughter did a magnificent Job realism, for the direct expression of the life of ~ of capturing the hundred years of ups-andthe people. downs, the trials and triumphs of tbe theatre ••' He was dissatisfied with the repertoire that ~ In which her grandfather played such a then prevailed in the Yiddish theatre. He creative and stellar role. could find no plays which seriously portrayed In "Bright Star of Exile," the story x>f Jacob the life of the people or contained any serious Adler's stormy life is seen as the central point ideas. ' from which the whole history of the Yiddish Only the translated plays from the world theatre is told, encompasing all the complex stage were satisfactory for him to some exand colorful personalities and events that tent. Wishing for something original In Yidshaped it. dish heJooked about for a playwright; and * : This panoramic history follows the migrahappily, be was introduced to Jacob Gordin tions of Adler and the theatre from Odessa a who afterward wrote the only serious original hundred years ago, during the reign of Alexp!ay in Yiddish prior to !S00. ander•IIpThRStigh the Russian pogroms, The stage presentations which resulted through'the years of .exile in England, and from the combination of Gordin and Adler finally to New York's Lower East Side, where were permeated with the spirit of realism. Inthe Yiddish theatre grew, thrived, and evenstead of the prevalent outdated historical and tually became part of America's cultural life. Biblical plays, or comic opera with vaudeville Most famous of all its actors was Jacob . speclalltes throughout, Gordin gave Adler Adier, who created a gallery of immortal perplays portraying the customs and problems of formances and whose portrayal of Shylock in the Jewish community. a; production of The Merchant of Venice The ambitions of these two men to-give betbecame a legend of the American stage. • - n v fl .-••••-• li'KS a startlingir.ter.stiy ^itfcisSSyssx -, .-is^ihcstrSf. i£ys.££ co£t£!Hpor3r iif ; d/Mie • in a realistic, manner for an audience after its birth in Rumania in 1876 — the Yidcharacteristically prepared to face the facts dish theatre reached unparalleled heights of of life and not to Indulge In self-delusions, activity in America. • found an audience more inclined toward In New York within one generation the Yidamusement, and ill-prepared for better dish theatre had two golden periods, reached - t h e a t r e ; - - - -•.'•-:• . • ; ;.,. .>...-.-.--..' ' ""its peak, and thereafter languished as the. imThe beginning of this century found Adler migrant generation diminished in numbers. connected with the People's Theatre' where, This dramatic movement refused to remain all sorts of shows from Gordln's plays to fana culture within a culture in its new home. By tastic history, frivolous comic opera, and concross-fertilization it became an integral part ventlonal melodrama were.presented with and changed the very nature of the native . Adler acting only in the belter sort. American theatre. In addition to his being at least partly By 1830, Cracow had a Yiddish theatre givresponsible for setting the Yiddish theatre on ing nightly performances to large audiences. (he road to better theatre, which eventually In the middle of the lSth century,, a profesbecame an art theatre, Adler was the father sional troupe was headed by Abraham of a group of actors, some of whom were acGoldfaden. tive In the Yiddish art theatre movement as From Eastern Europe, Yiddish companies shown in the activity of Oelia, Stella, Jack, followed the waves of Jewish, immigration to
Luther and Frances Adler. From theexperlence acquired In the Yiddish Art Theatre, Stella and Luther went on to use their experience and their inherited talents in an outstanding American troupe of the 1930's, The Group Theatre. Adler was considered to be among the best actors in New York. He was the first Yiddish actor to be introduced to the English stage In New York. Adler was the only one, for the first few years of Gordln's career, to produce the playwright's dramas in New York City. Adler's theatre became the center for the Jewish intelligentsia. . In the late twenties, Yiddish theatre was going strong. There were 12 companies in New York, 2 more houses showing Yiddish vaudeville, and 14 theatres on the road.' But the wheel was turning now on its own momentum. The immigration quota passed by Congress in 1922 had stopped' all but a trickle of incoming Jewish refugees. Young American boys and girls were flocking to the movie palaces on Broadway. They. did not care for Yiddish plays or Yiddish actors. The Ipngiiano Itcflif u,ac riylng. What . Adler had once sighed over as a "theatre oi youth" was becoming a theatre of the'older generation. ^ -^, Yiddish theatre is still played here and there about the world and in Israel. I believe it Is having a sort of mild revival. But looking backward upon my own journey from my shtetl in Lithuania on the threshold of the 20th century to the present time, I cannot but nunta f hA wards of Lulla Roficnfeld in the last chapter of her book, "The Theatre of the Heart: a Heritage": . . "A hundred years have gone by since. •A vrorn Goldfaden took the first actors out into the provinces of Rumania. Since that time the world has changed past recognition. We have a stage today that probes without a tremor into the most fearful crevices of the hiiman soul, and we are so Intent on Truth that we have gone a long way toward enthroning ugliness. Now (hat we have had our theatre of the Absurd, or Theatre of Cruelty, our theatre of Violence, we may want to remember the actors who, against all the opposing forces, built together a theatre of feeling, a theatre of theheart." So thoroughly has Rosenfeld covered the lives of Jews of the last hundred years and the stellar role the Yiddish theatre and her grand-,
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Israeli Bar Mitzvah Happens Like A Dream
Many children celebrate Bat and Bar Mitzvahs in moving ceremonies at the Western Wall.
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT From left, Mike, Larry, Dr. David, Dr. Marilyn and Amy Kapel. Photo by HowardK. Marcus
By Joan Marcus Dave and Marilyn Kapel have always believed that, the Bar Mitzvah should be a religious occasion rather than a social one. • • " Dr. David Kapel, Associate Dean of the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has always taken his committment to Reform Judaism seriously. , His wife, Dr. Marilyn Kapel, a reading consultant for - t Southwest Iowa, has definitely Joined him in a dedication to Judaism. And so it was' decided before the Bar Mitzvah of the Kapel's oldest son, Mike, 16, that the family would travel to Israel between the Bar Mitzvahs of Mike and his younger brother, Larry. This Aliyah would take the place of ceremonies, parties or receptions! As it is with most families, money did not allow them to take the Israeli trip at the appointed time. The excursion plans were "tabled" for the future. Larry Kapel and his sister Amy, 11, -attended a Jewish Day School in Cherry Hill, N.J. before the family movedto Omaha. ' :.: Attending this type of school made the Idea of the ^Israeli trip even more alluring to the Kapel children. Amy, who speaks Hebrew as well as English, could not forget her parents' "Bar Mitzvah trip promise!" The family finally decided that the summer of 1977 would be the Vright" time for the -journey. Strangely enough, itwas now time for Larry's Bar Mitzvah! With the help of Rabbi Barry Weinstein of Temple Israel, arrangements were made for Larry to observe his Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. ^A The Bar Mitzvah was probably the same ceremony which Larry would have recited here in Omaha, but he felt it was "different" because of the many years of history surrounding the Wailing Wall. ' Larry, a mature 13-year-old, spoke of his Bar Mitz.-ivah with great emotion. He said that the ceremony was like a dream. He was surrounded by his family, people _ fmm n»ituvrwhtoh the family was on, Jews from many Inations—all caring abouthis Bar Mitzvah! ~}f
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They Didn't Want to be Farmers By Joan Borsten No one wanted to be a farmer . . . or even dreamed he would have to be a farmer . . . when Azour Peres packed up his family in Casablanca in 1952 — wife, Sarah, five Children and a father who still wore a cassock and turban and spoke only Judeo-Berber—to bring them to Israel. Azour was a small tradesman in the Jewish ghetto of.Casablanca, the mellah, and he assumed he'd find similar work in Jerusalem, David's City, where — of course — the family planned is live. ,_ •At the transit camp near Safed, where the family was assigned a one-room, tarpaper shack with a tin. roof, Azour talked to the Jewish Agency official — an Asbkenazi-who • spoke good Arabic — about moving to Jerusalem. . And be filled in time with odd jobs on neighboring farms, picking olives and hoeing tomatoes. Finally, one day he was called to the local Jewish Agency office and told that a place had been found for his family: in the Galilee. Azour refused/ What about Jerusalem? The Agency put it to him frankly. He wasn't needed in Jerusalem. There was no work or place for him to live. But he was needed — and thousands like him — in the Galilee. In Jersualem, he would be on his own. On a kibbutz or a moshav, there would be help. Reluctantly, the Peres family agreed to go to Moshav Dovev. The Jewish Agency, using funds transmitted from UJA/Federation "campaigns, provided them with a strip of t -Jand, an advance of 100 chickens and chicken 'coops, seedlings for the orchards and the help and guidance of professional advisors. . : Azour thought he would stay in the moshav long enough to make a little money and take his family to the city, where they belonged: Fanning was for Arabs and peasants. But it wasn't so easy to make a go of things
-at Dovev. The land was desolate.and isolated, the life spartan. The winters were cold. The moshav was right on the Lebanese border and the farmers lived with the constant threat of terrorist attack. . Every year, Aaour told himself that "next year" he would pick up and take his family to Jerusalem. The family was still just "passing through." It's hard to say when "passing through" became "standing firm." One by one the reluctant fanners became dedicated moshavniks.. The first to "turn" was Sarah, Azour's wife, who decided it was best to live on a. moshav. Azour was beginning to make some profit on his chickens, even more on his apples. - There was a community center, a medical center, a synagogue, a nursery school and an elementary school. Sarah's sister, who had taken her family to Haifa, didn't have it as well. And, perhaps most important of all, Sarah's children were "golden" — tail, healthy, happy, almost sabras. Then it was Berbert, Azour's oldest son, who discouraged his father from abandoning the moshav. True, he said, the land was rocky and not suited for agricultural ttiitlvatlon, but a lot could be clone... if someone studed farming. — Berbert was going, to be that someone. When he finished eighth grade he was going to agricultural school and- come back to help Azour. Finally, Azour himself started to come around. The turning point came after the Six Day War, when the Jewish Agency lent each moshav family money, repayable on easy terms, to enlarge their tiny homes. Today, Azour lives in a large four-bedroom house, recently redecorated. He is not rich, but he lacks little, except central heating for the winter months. Even that isn't beyond reach, if the apple crops are good this year.
Now the family of Azour Peres (upper left) is developing a second generation of settlers on Moshav Dovev, established in the Galilee by the Jewish Agency with United Jewish Appeal funds. Oldest son, a trained agriculturist, is experimenting with new farming methods adaptable to rocky soil conditions; his wife and mother, Sarah, are shown (lower left) awaiting his return from army reserve duty. A second son (upper right) will work landonnew moshave provided by Jewish Agency; youngest son (lower right) says he, too, will stay on the land. Family was guided and aided over quarter of a century by Agency..; a prime example of three decades of partnership between people of Israel and American Jewish community, as expressed through UJA-funded programs. Of Azour's five sons, Berbert is already a . member of the moshav, constantly experimenting with new crops and new farming methods. He is married to a local girl and is a father. Another son, Elizer, is In the army and another, in agricultural school; The younger two are In school; if they follow the current trend in Dovev, they will go into agriculture, t o o . . .
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Son Recalls Tender Moments With Ben Telpner Ben Telpner, Zepb Tetpner's father, founded the Madison Grocery on Madison Avenue, in Council Bluffs In 1927. He was •way from the business at other Jobs until 1948 when he returned and continued to run Use store until 1863. He was born in Baltimore, Md., was raised in Omaha. He came to Council Bluffs as a young man. He reared his four children. Gene, Audrey, Maynard and Zeph in the Bluffs. Telpner died In 1965.
By Zeph Telpner My father always laid his car keys on the reddish-brown maple hutch in the dining room before be went to bed. « Now, whenever I lay my keys there, I think of Dad and the day 1 had to tell him that he couldn't drive anymore. He died almost 12 years ago. After my oldest son, Joel, enrolled at Iowa University, I began to think of father more often and of all the fun we had enjoyed. Sometimes it is uncomfortable to recall him, 1 measure myself against him. Can I be the father that he was? Because I was the youngest of four children and the last one to - leave home, I often think of Dad as mine alone. When I grew up by his side, we had the usual disputes that parents-and adolescents have; but he always amazed me—and I always loved him. Fondly I remember our trips to the YMCA. For five cents we. could take a shower. Then, we would step cautiously into the yellow-green, chilly tray of foot disinfectant and afterwards, plunge naked into the freshly painted, chlorine-laden pool. When he couldn't afford to buy games or toys, be would round up orange crates and inner tubes to make fast rolling push carts or rubber guns with inner tube ammunition. ' - - Dad was a sixth grade dropout. At age five he sold newspapers on the streets of downtown Omaha to help support his mother
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day's models. As I stood with a group of friends to admire this monster of steel and rubber, my father strode toward It. He held the keys to It and smiled as he stretched his leg over the huge black leather seat. Once more, I stood amazed and watched. He kicked the peddle, and the chrome beast roared Intolife. . With a wave of his hand, a loud laugh and an enormous smile, Dad opened the throttle and sped up Madison Avenue. His face expressed the excitement of a Depression-era kid with his own Erector set, or a Flexible Flyer sled, or a genuine Schwlnn bike.. Dad roared back but Just before he reached the store, he stood up on the seat and waved to' me and my friends. He was an instant hero. Later, he showed me his ankle to hip scar, a gift from an old wooden race track when be had professionally raced motorcycles years before. I hadn't noticed it at the YMCA. Five years before his death, his illness began with a tingle in his thumbs. Later the tingle became numbness that reached to hit chest, throat and arms. After this, his personality changed. His approaching helplessness dulled this one cheerful person. His long love affair with life was ending and he became depressed. Those who met him during that time will never know how kind and gentle and loving and leather-tough he had been.. His main contact with life as the illness progressed, was his automobile. He loved to drive it after he couldn't work any ldnger. Inexorably, his Illness (commonly called Lou Gehrlg's disease after that great Yankee baseball star) marched on. It became difficult for him to breath. He was losing control of his muscles and his speech. His driving became worse, and Just before Mother phoned roe, he had run a stop sign and almost hit a pedestrian. ' I sat with him at the kitchen table. "You can't drive any more, Dad." A tear ran down his cheek. He knew be would soon die. His face showed hopelessness and sorrow. He tried to tell me "no," but his vocal cords no longer worked. Sadly — slowly, he shook hn?head,"no." "The keys, Dad — I must have them." I wanted to explain to him that his driving was dangerous to others —.that be might kill someone. How do you explain this to your father? V It took all my strength and courage to hold my hand out for his keys. As I waited, I didn't like myself. I felt ashamed when I took my father's last connection with hope and happiness. -jf I bad no other choice. When a parent becomes terminally in, often the role of the child and the parent are reversed. I was able to do what was right because of the love and courage my father had given to me. Someday, my own children may face the natural phenomenon of changing roles with me. If I have given them the right dlrect l l h t 5 5 The sport coat my Dad left to me has been gone for yean. Recently, I gave his gold pocket watch to my oldest son so he could wear it while I'm alive. I don't need watches orcoats any longer to think of my father. Everywhere, I see symbols of his life In motorcycles and music, in stores — in cattails and pussy willows that he loved to pick. I tee him wherever there is life and love.
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Phyllis Glazer's Shabbat Dinner By Gloria Wagner If you were to enter the Richard Glazer home on a late Friday afternoon you would see a festive dining room table set with 'sparkling china and crystal, with an appetizing cbaUah on a silver tray. In the Glazer household there usually is a special Friday night Shabbat dinner. Phyllis lights the candles, and Jim, 15, says the Kiddush over the wine. "My family (John, 12, Jim and husband Dick) look forward to our Friday dinner." Phyllis, as a child, always gathered with her entire family of aunts, uncles and cousins at her grandparents (Jake and Ida Bernstein). • Phyllis remembers those Shabbat dinners as times, of warmth, intimacy, love, and security. "I can't recreate the scene, but I can create the feeling. And then I feel like I'm almost back there. And no one c & take that away from me, because now I am doing it tool" Phyllis says, "Being Jewish doesn't stop at the synagogue doors. We show our children that it is part of'our home." She added, "Friday night dinner is like inviting your family to a party. There is no rush. It's a whole different feeling. ' . "The children, as well as Dick and I, consider this to be a respite from the week. It is a festive feeling for us all."
Mrs. Richard Glazer prepares ttae Sabbath meal while her son, John, waits with anticipation. Photos by Howard K. Marcus.
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As the sun begins to set on Fridays, and Phyllis prepares her special Shabbat meal, her thoughts go back to her childhood and to those members of her family who are gone. "I try to keep the continuity of Jewish life as I knew it. I'll never forget because I am keeping my memories alive; and hopefully, my children will perpetuate this tradition when they are grown and have their own families."
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Death is Part of the Cycle . By Anonymous funeral. They all chose to go to The life cycle comes In three pay their own formal respects •tages. You are born, truly a to a woman they had loved. happy time, you live, and what , One of my strongest impresyou make of that life is up to sions of the funeral itself was you. The third is death. There the pace and route the are very few of us'who have limousines took from the been untouched by this final funeral home. It all went so stage. slowly, and the route passed Many bocks and articles each home my parents had livhave been written on how to ed in. I know that it was a coinprepare for the death of a lov- cidence, but I can't help but ed one. Particularly difficult mark it. The route home from Is the death of a parent. You the cemetery was direct and know that death is coming, quick. Something was over, I you psych yourself—you pray guess. , , — don't let room or dad suffer We went to my mother's — sUll, the death occurs, the apartment for the traditional Inevitability is the reality. No mourning meal. The house matter what mental prepara- was full of family. They tions are made, the fact re- stayed all day. The next day mains, "1 didn't expect it so started at 6:30 a.m. with a minyan, as did the next four. soon." . But death occurred for my After minyans, we children mother, and I had to accept were left alone with each other the fact for I had* ho choice. and our thoughts. We talked, Immediately there were reminisced, looked through -things to do, arrangements to old pictures. We laughed and make, people to call.-1 didn't cried. believe it was all happening; People came to Visit that we I'm not sure I really believe it hadn't seen. in years. We yet, but 1 managed to do what wondered why, when on all the needed to be done anyway. other days, our mother would, "The first thing I did was to have appreciated their visit, tell my children that their they waited for this day when bubie had died. They had all she couldn't know they had been so close. My own tears come and their presence flowed with theirs, but I wasn't really Important to us. remember thinking how much Mom and her beliefs were more honestly I was dealing more Important to us than we with their first experience had realized. As we prepared with death than had been true the house and ourselves (or for my generation. shlva, we reverted to the very The choice was given to orthodox way that, we had them about attending the been taught. It wasright-(or
us, and we hoped appropriately respectful to her. There are things I think of now that are the sad/funny kinds of things we remember as we look back on a loved one's life and how it affected our own. Mom knew I couldn't stand the smell of schmaltz being made, so she made it for me. / B I thought I'd never have to make kreplach or gefilte fish in my life because my mom would always make It for me. Now, I don't know how to make those things and. probably will never learn. We don't eat homemade gefilte fish or kreplach anymore,-I'll never taste a strudel end without thinking of my mother w h o made "goodie" packages for,all her out-of-town children leaving in-town me with the ends. They weren't the pretty part, Just the best. Memory plays tricks, I know; but my memories are warm and sure, and I know that my mother has gone on living In the minds and hearts of her children and grandchildren. It la so hard to accept the death of someone so well loved, and, in some ways, I probably .never will; but like all cliches, the one about "time healing" is at least somewhat true. My mother is no longer lonely. <My parents are together once again and I can be happy with thfit thought.
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A Synagogue is the Sanctuary. Story by Gloria Wagner Abe Katelman opened the prayer book and read "A synagogue Is the sanctuary of Israel..." And to Abe and Lucille Katelman, Friday night services at Temple Israel are part of their Jewish life. "We attend just about every Friday night. It makes me feel better In every way. I believe In the survival of Judaism, and to me that requires going to the Temple. It isn't the same feeling at home." He added, "Repeating the prayers is so meaningful. Each time they are reread I getmoreoutofthem." Abe attended morning services in Council Bluffs for 40 y e a r s at B'nai I s r a e l Synagogue. Abe was an Orthodox Jew until his marriage to Lucille 22 years ago. Lucille says, "I was raised at the Temple. I was educated and Involved in social activities there, although I never attended services on a regular basis." Abe didn't find it difficult to switch to Reform Judaism. He said. "I developed a real In- Abe and Lucille Katelman ' terest in.Temple. It is more flexible, and you are given was easy to see how much this more choices in both belief Is a part of their lives, and that and in voluntary observances. they care so very much. Temple seems to be evolving Abe summed it all' up, into more traditional func- "Prayers make you learn, and tions, I believe." a synagogue is a house of As Abe and Lucille sat there study." And anyone attending FriIn the warm afternoon sun speaking of their Shabbat, it day evening or Saturday mor-
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Usually, when we think of the synagogue as a place of study, a Bet Mldrash, we think of children. We know well our responsibility to educate the future generation of Jews. We arei however, not as mindful of our own adult responsibility to study, too. The future of the American synagogue depends upon its ability to transform Itself into a center of Jewish learning for adults. Even were our goal to remain solely the education of another generation of Jews, it would be incumbent upon adult Jews to let the next generation know that Jewish r learning is important to adults. ' Most American Jews have 'not yet recognized the confusing signals they send to the young Jews from whom they ' '• expect so much. Very few Jewish adults publicly demonstrate how they treasure their Jewish' heritage. The message received is, "grow up and forget the Jewish heritage; it's a waste of an adult's time". It is up to the adult Jewish community, not just parents, to model the behavior It expects from its young. If Jewish learning Is important for children, It must be Important primarily because of its continuing importance to adults. But Jewish learning has much to" offer adults of all ages. Most Jewish adults keep themselves so busy that they have no time to study their Jewish heritage. These same Jews may be very conscious of preparing financially for the future. Like it or not, Jewish , adults of today will live longer and someday have more time on their hands than they know what to do with. Jewish learning Is uniquely appropriate for keeping the mind alert and for teaching us how to appreciate and sanctify time no matter how little or bow much we have.
There are at least three ways that synagogues can and do work at transforming themselves into centers for adult Jewish learning. First, we c a n b r i n g to t h e synagogue, periodically, the most exciting Jewish scholars available for mass gatherings of adult Jewish learning. Second, we can make use of the weekly study opportunities provided by the weekly reading of the Torah. And third we can engage In campaigns of Hebrew literacy to make every Jew feel just a little bit more comfortable with his Jewish heritage. Large gatherings are really the "icing on the cake" for those who make time for more regular, continuous Jewish study. Almost everyday someone new Is coming to recognize the importance of dally exercise to physical health. The Jewish, tradition felt the same way about study: not so much to overwhelm you but a little bit, regularly, everyday. One of the reasons for saying the Shema twice daily Isto engage in study everyday. Later generations added to the prayerbook, a small paragraph from the rabbinic literature to Insure that the person who recited the tefilot (the prayers) each day would also study at least the minimum daily requirement. And one of the reasons the Jewish tradition places so much emphasis on the Shabbat morning, service Is
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because it is traditionally built around the study.of Torah. Were each of us simply to read, in English, the weekly Torah portion, how much more enjoyment would we get; how many questions would we have; how much more adult learning would occur In our synagogues. As one mitzvah (good deed)leads to another, so a little bit of study leads to another little bit of study. Reading through the weekly Torah portion at Shabbat morning services is a nice habit to develop. Ask some people you know who do. Finally, there is the need for us to consider a campaign for literacy of the most basic kind of Hebrew and synagogue skills. What we expect of Bar/Bat Mitzvah students Is not impossible for adults to achieve. What is required is desire and the dedication of some of our leisure time.' But more basic is the ability of as many Jews as possible to read the Hebrew text of the Sldur. This year consider helping your synagogue become a center for Jewish learning by setting aside some of your leisure time for adult Jewish study. Where there are periodic large gatherings with guest lectures, consider attending: Regular attendance at Shabbat morning services offers the regularity of the weekly Torah reading. And formal classes provide the posslbllty of an even deeper appreciation of our Jewish ' heritage. No matter what you
choose, no matter bow little or how much, do something. Study something Jewish and you will make a major contribution toward making your synagogue a House of Study, a Bet Mldrash, for adults, as well as for children. L'shanah Tovah Tikatevu
Kappler Located BONN, (JTA) - Herbert Kappler, the 70-year-old former Rome gestapo chief who was serving a life sentence for ordering the shooting of 33S Italians and Jews Is now In West Germany following his escape from a Rome Military Hospital. ' This was confirmed by the State Prosecutor for the North German district of Lueneburg where Kappler is now hiding. The prosecutor said that although Kappler had served 30 years — the maximum sentence in Germany for any crime — it would still be necessary for the German state to charge htm for the murder of 335 Italians. But the central agency for dealing with Nazi war crimes said that since Kappler had been Jailed for 30 years, he could not be rejaUed.' Most observers see this as a technicality, since Kappler, who Is reportedly suffering from Intestinal cancer and weighs jess than 100: pounds, would be able to delay a new trial indefinitely on grounds of 111 health.
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Sweets for a Sweet Year Pineapple Beef Balls WA pounds ground chuck V« cup grated onion Vi cup fine bread crumbs 1 egg, beaten 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons salt ttteaspoon pepper •; 2 tablespoons peanut oil ,."'. ~ l can (8-% ounce) pineapple tidbits, undralned ^4 cup vinegar Vi cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarcb Vt cup diced green papper Combine meat, onion, bread crumbs, beaten egg, water, salt and pepper. Mix well and form into about 30 balls. Brown in oil. Meanwhile, to prepare the sauce, combine undrained pineapple tidbits, vinegar, sugar and cornstarch In small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and begins to boll. Add pineapple mixture to the meatballs along with diced green pepper. Cook another 5 minutes. Serves six.
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Nancy Mo*ow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mosow of Lincoln, who recently spend several weeks in Israel. By Nancy Mosow The first week and a half -was typical sightseeing in J e r u s a l e m , Haifa, and Tiberias, but we did a few untypical things. First of all, we stayed in an International youth center in Jerusalem for about 5 days. There were high school students from all over, mostly iheU.S. Two activities in Jerusalem really stick out In my mind — a scavenger hunt and the Chamber of Destruction at the Diaspora. The scavenger hunt was walking through the streets of Jerusalem. Our group ended
up in the Hasidic section of town. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed in because we were In shorts and sleeveless shirts and blouses. But we talked to people as we walked, and they're so willing to t e l l about the neighborhoods, national affairs, their personal opinions and gossip. Pretty much like going to Shabbat services! The Chamber of Destruction is a memorial to the six million Jews killed In the Holocaust. There were plaques dedicated to the communities affected by the Holocaust, and in one room was a model of the ovens used In concentration camps. I cried so hard, my Israeli, madrlchim (counselors) made me leave. It was so dark inside, there were so many plaques, that when I saw that model, I couldn't hold back. My connection with my peple is mach too strong to be Insensitive, How anyone else could just look without feeling is beyond me. On the way back I stopped at the Western Wall, left a message, and cried again. After Jerusalem we stayed in Haifa one night on the way to Tiberias. In Tiberias we went to the Golan Heights. On the way there we saw all the army strategy points and .destroyed tanks and stuff.
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Louis Solomon and "gut issues" for the 70's The Rosh Hashanah Issue of the Jewish Press offers me an opportunity to take a pause
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from my "hectic" daily routine to analyze some of the critical Jewish issues that are of major concern to me in my position as Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. ,, Tbe !970's are a crucial1' decade in the history of the American Jewish community. The quality of Jewish life (and, according to some, its very existence) is in question. There are a multiplicity of "gut issues" that are tearing out the "kishkes" of the lay and professional leadership of the American Jewish community. Some of the most obvious are intermarriage, the make-up and break-up of the Jewish family, erosion of synagogue life, apathy and self perpetuation of leadership within Jewish agencies, organizations and institutions,: alienation of our Jewish youth
and the manner in which we live our lives as Jews. What 1 have actually identified is the agenda that the leadership of the Jewish Federation of'bmaha (and all Federations) must address themselves to, If they are truly concerned about Jewish survival. I am somewhat anxious, but optimistic, in regard to the future of the Jewish community In Omaha. There is a growing acceptance of the concept that the Federation is the "central address" of the organized Omaha Jewish -community in regard to providing a wide range of social services and recreational, educational and cultural programs. Even though the Federation has gained this recognition, It is not so secure that we can afford to relax. Our Federa-
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tion's position and prestige 'will become solidified in this decade only if it deals with the most important Jewish issues and problems of our times. To accomplish this, our lay and professional leadership must be prepared to: 1) Make decisions and changes through our proposed year round integrated planning and budgeting process; 2) Involve and attract a broader base of the ablest, most c o m m i t t e d and knowledgeable people in the Omaha Jewish community in the decision-making process; 3) Keep itself open to all shades of opinion, with full and fair consideration given to all points of view; 4) Continue to maintain the highest quality of professional staff. And all of this within a com-
munity that understands our Federation as more than a fund-raising mechanism, or an association of agencies, but rather as an instrument In helping to overcome the pathologies of our society that builds and enriches Jewish life Di Omaha. I want to thank the Federation Board of Directors and Executive Committee for their support and participation during my first two years In Omaha. On behalf of all the Federation staff, our best wishes to. the community for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and that lasting peace1 will come to Israel on her 30th birthday. Louis B. Solomon Executive Director. Jewish Federation of Omaha.
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As the holiday season approaches, it is time to reflect on the activities this past year. For the first time in the past few years we have a full complement of competent staff, and our programming continues to go forward. Though your Federation still remains a functional one, the comprehensive study indicated that changes should be made to make the various departments more responsible to their respective boards and give these departments more autonomy in their general operations; and this we
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Board Members Alvln Abramson. Paul Alpersan, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Jane Brooks, Raddi Sidney Brooks, Al Crounse, Ruth Erhian, Mary Fellman, Snnford Friednian, Ann Goldstein, Caryl Greenberg, Nancy Grecnberg, Richard HUler, Howard Kaslow, Martin Lehr, Joe Lipton, Dr. Irving Margolis, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Lee Jane Parsow, Steven Rltkes, Silvia Roffman, Dr. Paul Shy ken, Miriam Simon, Ramon Somberg, Joseph Soshnlk, Isadore Tretiak, Dr. James Wax, Leon Wintroub, Dr. Martin Wolf, Richard Zacharia, Eli Zalkln, Morris Hoffman, Steve Luttbeg,JackSafersteln.
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Department Chairman and Committee Members ' Jewish Community Center Chairman, Jane Brooks, Vice-Chairman, Allan Noddle. Board Members: Efrem Bromberg, Esther Canar, Beanie Conn, Bella Elsenberg, Saranne GItnIck, Frank Goldberg, Toby Kagan, Cal Klrshen, Bill Kully, Marshall Kusliner, Jay Lerner, Marshall Lewis, Steve Lustgarten, Linda Mann, Leo Meyerson, Marv Polikov, Bernle Raskin, Bud Slosburg, Miriam Soshnlk, Gloria Wagner, Or. James Wax, Terry Zacharia, Dr. Eugene Zwelback. (Continued on Page64) _
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We are undergoing an extensive study on the aged to determine our needs in the foreseeable future. The results - of this study will determine the direction this community will take toward a geriatric center. The Jewish pommunlty Center continues to be the hub of activities. Hardly a day goes by without some event going on, and it is truly heartwarming to see. • The plight of our Jewish brothers overseas continues to be a precarious one. Soviet Jews are still being harassed by the Soviet Government. There continues to be a decrease in exit visas as the Soviet government does not care to abide by the provisions of the Helsinki Agreement regarding human right. • There has been a change of leadership In Israel's government this past May, as the people of Israel expressed a desire for a change using the democratic process, However, the road to peace Is a tenuous one, as the demands that Israel return to its 19C7 borders will not give them the secure boundaries that it needs for its survival., We can only hope and pray that some accommodations can be made to Insure some progress in Uiat direction.
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Leonard Goldstein Inflation and the energy crisis is one of our main concerns as It affects the operational cost of all of our facilities. Our philanthropy campaign, though successful, failed to keep up with these inflatlonery factors: Your , Federation Board of Directors; along with the staff; are mindful of these problems and will attempt to meet the challenge; as we do not wish to cut back on services if it canbeavolded. Best wishes for a Healthy and Happy New Year. . Leonard Goldstein, President - ._ . Jewish Federation of Omaha
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Jewish Federation Officers 1977 (Continued from Page 63) Dr. Sher Home Chairman, Isador Tretiak, Vice-Chairman, Joseph Kirshenbaum. Board Members: Lou Blumkin, Harold Brodkey, Lou Canar, Audrey Cohen, Jack Cohen, Michael Feldman, Mary Fellman, Esther Fox, Art Gould, Bennett Hornstein, Maurice Katzman, Stan Kreiger, Dr. Milton Margolis, Dr. Haskell Mor.. ris, Nathan Nogfl. Carol Parsow. Lee Jane Parsow, Joe Rice, Dr. Norman Sheldon, Miriam Simon, Maurice Udes, Eli Zalkln. Department of Jewish Education Chairman, Steve Riekes. Board Members: Dave Blelcher, Beth Brodkey, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Phyllis Brown, "Helen Epstein, Beverly Fellman, Cantor Leo Fettman, Dr. Arthur Fishkin, Shirley Goodman, Jack M. Green, Caryl Greenberg, Barton Greenberg, Joseph Kirshenbaum, David Lastman, Dr. lrv Margolis, Stanley Mitchell, Uabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor Chaim Najman, Syndey Osten, Hannah Schwalb, Dr. James Wax, Rabbi Barry Weinstetn, Edythe Wolf, Dr. Martin Wolf, Dr. J. Lewis Yager, Lucille Zelinsky. Jewish Family Service Chairman, Jack Saferstein. Board Members: Evelyn Alperin, Sally Appel, Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Habbi Sidney Brooks, Dr. Barbara Buchalter, Mollie Cassman, Judge Samuel Cooper, Dr. .Ronald Feldman, Marlen Frost, Natalie Gendler, Belle Givot, Ann( Goldstein, Nancy Greenberg, Dr. Thomas Jaeger, Edyth Kass, Stanley Kreiger, Rabbi Myer Krlpke, Anne Levinson, Marshall Lewis, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Karl -Leufschuetz, Earl Si«gel, Connie Slutzky, Lucille Zelinsky, Ex-Officio Members: Leonard Goldstein, Louis B. Soloman and Robert Lovett. Community Relations Chairman, Steven Luttbeg. Board Members: Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Dora Cahan, Jane.Cohen, Sanford Friedman, Shirley Goldstein, Gary Kinstlinger, Robert Kully, Bobbie Liebowitz, Leo Meyerson, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff,' Murray Newman, Susan Paley, Bea Pappenhelmer, Bernard Raskin, Yale Richards, Steven Riekes, Ed Rosen, Neil Simon, Mimi Waldbaum, Ernest Wintroub.' Jewish Press Chairmen, Paul Alperson, Stanford Llpsey. Board Members: Penny Endelman, Dan Gordman, Avrum Greenberg, Marshall Kushner, Lisa Lewis, Lynda Mirvish, Allan Noddle, Debi Jo Platt, Silvia Roffman, Gene Rich, Suzie Somberg, Mary
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This is the Time, Say Ducky and Cookie Can you describe Jewish feelings? "Not really!"Ducky Milder and Cookie Hoberman both agreed. "Words can't describe 'what' you feel," said Cookie. "Feelings are experienced." "Feeling Jewish," added Ducky, "Is a unique experience."
the Nazi occupation touched both of. them. "Listening to her stimulated our feelings about the Jewish- cause," Cookie said. They remembered exchanging personal thoughts about • "feeling Jewish," Their ideas were similar. ; "Feeling Jewish," said Both Cookie and Ducky are Cookie, "Is based on a variety convinced their strong Jewish of experiences (intellectual feelings motivated them to acand emotional). Our except the challenge of chairing periences may be unique, yet the 1977-78 Women's Federawe all share an intangible tion Campaign. bond." "I alvyays knew I would do Both women came . from this," said Ducky-. Last year's Jewish oriented homes — "low-key" approach prompKosher, homes. Ducky ted many conversations bet remembered the Jewish ween Cookie and herself. ','We Holidays with very special Lois Milder Leslie Hoberman work well as a team," Ducky feelings. Both described their Gerta Klein's quiet descripcontinued. "We both felt the assumed we would 'take it on' homes during the holidays as time was right. We just together." tion of her experiences during having great warmth and joy. A t i m e to e x c h a n g e philosophies. They hoped their" children would experience similar memories. . ' Jewish identity, they believe, is an "on-going" pro-. cess. Ducky said she has a strong Jewish Identity. She takes great pride in the accomplishments of the Jewish people. "Part of our identity is to n e v e r f o r g e t t h e Holocaust," she said. Cookie also feels a strong Jewish Identity. She says she can't explain why — "I guess knowing WHY you feel a certain way is not as important as EXPERIENCING the feeling Itself. Both women are en' thusiastic about this year's campaign. They said many women are already involved. "And the campaign is just Extend to you the very best for the New Year! starting!" This year's campaign is directed toward two major goals: fund raising and bringing the women together for a "Happening In Jewish Awareness," These women will succeed. Member F.D.i.C. Their minds and hearts are In the right places.
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65 Years of Jewish Family Service Bob, I found one dating back of transition for Jewish Famito 1912, That's a new record!" ly Service. Our previous direc"1912," I answered, "Wow, tor, Pearl Yager, gave years that's something." Last night .of devoted service to the I thought about this. 65 years Jewish Community. Her work of service to the Jewish com- with the aging, with adoptions, munity. 65 years of providing with the Soviet families was financial aid, emotional sup- outstanding. Others picked up port.'helplng the aged, aiding the task during the interim, a in adoptions, counseling col- social work student, a profeslege bound students, settling sional from the Federation atrefugees. tempted to fill the gap to meet Emma L a z a r u s ' words the ever growing needs, but come flooding to the mind, still, there was so much more "Give me your tired, your to be done. poor, your huddled masses Family Service President yearning to breath free . . V I Jack Saferstein has laid out an" ,11ft my lamp beside the golden ambitious plan for the future; door." The depression and goals that seem insurmounBobLovett war years come past as do the tably high, and yet we are g6post war refugee years and ing in that direction — we are now a new era. A time of beginning to meet some of ByBobLovett economic pressures, a rising those needs. Director, Jewish divorce rate (yes, evcn,among Services have expanded Family Service us Jews), Russian oppression, over the last few months to Toby Forbes, Jewish Fami- we Jews'), Russian oppres- those who are having marital ly gervice Secretary, was go- sion. problems; to those who are Ing through the old files. "Hey, This past year has been one having problems In growing
up, that is our children; ser- not know, is full — it has a vices are being given to waiting list and those who are parents to help them in raising awaiting services also need children — those persons who help to continue living. are transient through OUr Last year, we brought In two community also have been families who had left the served, as are those who have Soviet Union to settle in our some financial needs on an c o m m u n i t y . This y e a r , emergency basis. already we have brought in But, let us not dwell upon the one family and another three past but look to the future. Our are soon to come. Educational programs have Board wisely planned for an been provided in.the past in additional professional. In July Carolyn Novlcoff the areas of family living, joined the staff, specializing preparing for retirement, sex for the most part in working education for our young peowith the aged; doing outreach ple, and new ones are In the in the community, seeking out works in the areas of comthose who do not know of our munications in marriage for existence, or are too'fearful to the young couples and older couples who wish to'better ask, or unable to ask. We need to aid in the search their relationship and crisis for alternative housing for services for the adolescent. We are again becoming inthose who can no longer maintain themselves in an apart- volved in the area of adoption ment, and yet, who are not to place children in need with families who can give them ready for the Sher Home. The Sher Home, as you may safe, warm homes. Statistics
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Let's Study a Little Bible By Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg ••?=••, L = -.: Beth El Synagogue Psalm 27, which we add twice daily to our worship from the beginning of Ellul through . Sukkot, Includes the following (verses 7,8): • Hear, 0 Lord, when I cry aloud; Have mercy on me, answer me. In Your behalf my heart says: "SeekMy face!" 0 Lord, I seek Your face. Tills is an interesting verse and a difficult one. Whatever the precise meaning of the original He.brew—and it is uncertaln-the verse with its references to the human heart seeking the "face" of God is clearly speaking of religious inwardness as distinguished from the externals of religion. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are, as we know,-the Jewish holidays of inwardness—of "facing up'1 to our Inner selves even as we seek the "face", I.e. the inner essence, of God. Yet, when it comes to worship on the High Holy Days, we find many Jews unduly preoccupied with the outer face of the servlce-tlie "performance" of the service (the service is too long, or too short; there is too much music, or too little; there is too much Hebrew, or not enough, etc. rather than with the inner essence of the service which is the words themselves of the prayers, and our interaction with them. It may well be that you are selling yourself short by underestimating your religious capabilities. j An emphasis in Hasitlic thought that I have always found especially attractive is' this:
Every Jew, believe the Hasidirn, no matter how far presently from the fullest realization of their Jowishness possesses hidden, undiscovered reserves of .religiosity—untapped resources of Yiddishkeit—unreleased powers of one's Jewish neshamah (soul)—unrealized potential for total commitment to a complete Jewish life. Overstated? Perhaps. But not essentially incorrect. The Hasidim are known for the enthusiasm of their faith In God and in their fellow Jews. Put on tefillin just once, insist the Hasidim'; and you have already begun to release your hidden Jewish resources. Come Just once to a Sukkah, take a lulau and esrog in hand, recite the appropriate blessing, and you have Initiated the process which releases the latent. power of your Jewish soul. Come to the synagogue on Itosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and concentrate on the religious poetry of the service and you begin to Eense what the psalmist meant by "Seek My face!" in relation to the Holy One. Greater human and Jewish potential is there within you and within me. Do not sell yourself short religiously. Do not underestimate your moral and religious capabilities. Along with Isaiah "Seek the Lord while He may be found; call to Him while He Is near." The officers, Board of Trustees, k'ley kodesh, and members of Beth El Synagogue extend warmest New Year greetings to the. community. May each of us be all that we can be during the year to come.
President '•••'• Dr. Benton Kutler Vice President........ Donald Nogg; Harold Novak; Judy Tully Treasurer ,... Dean Frankel Secretary,,,, • Robert Zuber Past President Barton Greenberg Board Members Efrem Bromberg, Sam Cooper, Jean Duitch, Beverly Follman, Mary Fellman, Abe Gendler,. Dr. John Goldkrand, Jerome Gordman, Toby Kagan, Gloria Kaslow, Stanley Kaplan Seymour Katz, Hene Klein, Jeanne Llpsey, Dr. Irving Margolis, Alan Parsow, Lou Rich, Steven Rlekes, Phil Ringle, Phil Wayne,. Benjamin Wiesman, Anna Wiesman. '^ Beth El Sisterhood President — Mrs. Benjamin (Anna) Wiesman Vice Presidents - Mrs. Rodney (Louis) Shkolnik; Mrs. Max (Shirley) Kirsheubaum; Mrs. Alan (Gloria) Goodman; Mrs. Beth El Holiday Robert (Sylvia) Wagner . .,•• Secretaries — Mrs. John (Shela) Anderson; Mrs. Richard " Schedule (Jo) Martin; Mrs; Marshall (Joan) Zalkln; Mrs. Stanley (Carole) Widman • Sunday, September 11 Treasurer - Mrs. Stewart (Marlene) Kahn ._ Memorial service at Beth El Directors - Mrs. Stanley (Evelyn) Mitchell; Mrs. Arnold Cemetery 11 a.m. (Rocky) Stern; Mrs. Insldor (Anne) Levinson; Mrs. Arnold " ROSH HASHANAH (Helen) Epstein; Mrs..Norman (Marilyn) Pred; Mrs. Hubert Monday, September 12 • (Dorothey) Rosenblum . Evening serviccO: 15 p.m. Past President — Mrs. Donald (Ilene) Klein Tuesday, September 13 Morning service 9 a.m. Alternate service 10 a.m.Council Bluffs B'nai Jacob* 12:30p,m. Tashlich 4 p.m. B'nai Israel AdasYeshuron Mlncha-Maariv7p.m. Wednesday, September 14 Holiday Holiday^ Morning service 9 a.m.-12:3O p.m. " Schedule Schedule Alternate service. 10 a.m;ROSHHASHANAtt 12:30p.m. ROSH HASHANAH Monday, September 12 Mincha-Maariv7p.ni, Monday,September 12 EvenlngservIcc7:30p.m. . YOM KIPPUR MIncha-ma'ariv 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 13 : Wednesday, September 21 Tuesday, September 13 Mornlngscrvlce8:«a.m.':,' KolNidre7p.m. Morning Service 8:30 a.m., Eveningservice7:30p.m. • Alternate service 7 p.m. Torah reading, Sermon and Wednesday, September 14 Thursday, September 22 Shofar 10 a.m. Evening ScrMomingservlcea^a.m. ; Morning service9a.m. Vlco7:30p.m. .. " SHABBATSHUVA ( Alternate service 10-a.m. Sunday, September26 Saturday, September 17, Ylskorlla.m. Morning Service 8:30 a.m. Morn ingservlcc8:45a.m. \"n Musaf 11:30 a.m. Torah reading, Sermon and Sunday, September 15 Mincha-Neilah 5:30 p.m. Shofar 10 a.m., Evening Ser- M o r n | n g S e r v |ce8a.m. Study session with Rabbi' vice 7:30 p.m. YOMKIPPUR .,; JulesHarlow3p.rn. YOMKIPPUR Wednesday, September 2 j ' Reccss3:3O-5:30pTm. Wednedsay,Septcniber21 Ko!Nid«j7:15p.m. KolNldre7:15p.m. Thursday, September 22" Thursday, September 22 Services commence at 9 a.m. Morning Service 8:30 a,.ra., B'nai Jacob ;, Torah reading, Sermon, . New Year Greetings Yiskor 11 a.m., Musaf 12 noon, ' Best wishes for a happy and Mincha 3:30 p.m., Neilah 5:30 prosperous New Year to nil p.m. The (inal sounding of the the members and officers of ROSH HASHANAH Shofar will be at the conclu- B'nai Jacob Adan Yeshuron Monday, September 12 slon of the Neilah Service. Synagogue and to, the entire Evening service 7:15 p.m. JewUh communlt .Tuesday, September 13_._ . trvimo nvmsKi?nvirc?<{ yMorning service 8:30 a.m. __ During the holiday season, It A p Eisensjjjn Evening service 6:30p.m. Is a rellglpuffobllgation to visit • '. _, Wednesday, September 14 Kever Ovos, the burial place CoUQCll Bluffs Mcrr.ing scrv£ssS:25 a s s , ; Evening service 6:30p.m. to offer prayers and supplica• O D3I ISrSBI •' • • • YOMKIPPUR tlons. The community Kever New YearMeSSaQe Wednesday, September 21 Ovos Services will be held ° KolNidreTp.m. Sunday, September 18, at 11 The Officers and the Board Thursday, September 22 a.m. at the Blkur Chollm of Trustees of the B'nai Israel . Morning service 8:30 a.m. Cemetery In Council Bluffs Synagogue extend best wishes Yiskor 10:30 a.m. .and will be conducted, by for a happy, healthy, and pro-. Larry Elsberg, our guest Rob- sperous New Year Id all thV The servjee will be con- bl. friends of our congregation! ductedby Dr. J. Lewis Yager. Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg
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Deadlines Due to the Rosh Hashanah and Succot holidays, news and advertising deadlines for the Sept. 16 and 30 issues of the Jewish Press will be noon on JERUSALEM — An Ashkenazy Cantor In Jerusalem sings the prayere of Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, Sept. 8 and familiar to Jews all over the world. The Hebrew name for Cantor Is "Hazzan," toe official In the Friday,-,Sept. 23, F - • synagogue wito leads tne •^ers. !!ppers sn prayer, larger congregauons engageft"Hawaii- wr me.,-. respei Rh entire venr, whjig In smaller conjgegatlons he Is usually engaged only for the services on Rosh^
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And Rabbis' Messages Life: Explorafion and Discovery •-*•'••-'
By Rabbi I s a a c Nadoff
-! Beth Israel Synagogue From beginning to end, lite is an endless search. All our lives are spent In exploration and discovery. There is no greater thrill or sense of fulfillment than a successful end to a search. The deep sea diver searches the depths of the oceans to uncover their hidden secrets. The scientist sends rockets Into space to explore an unknown vastness that reaches out into infinity. The archeologisl digs deep into the soil to reveal the story of ages past. The doctor probes within the human body to better understand Its marvelous workings. Rosh Hashanah, too, is a time (orjprobing and searching. The search Is directed Inward, Into the depths of our own hearts, This is the most Important and the most difficult search of all. It Is an attempt to discover who we are, why we are, and where we are going. This Is, Iri essence, what flosh Hashanah is all about.
Rosh Hashanah asks us to concentrate on the self. Unlike any of our other holidays, it is not event-oriented, but person-oriented. All other holidays are based on the historical experience of our people and commemorate a particular historical happening. Rosh Hashanah addresses itself to the individual without reference to any particluar event In the history of his people. We have succeeded beyond all expectations In our scientific explorations. Our findings have marvelously enriched our lives. We have failed miserably, however, in our selfexploration. We have not grown and we have not advanced In our human conduct, over the centuries. Our religion reminds us, and Rosh Hashanah urges us, to continue the search into the self, Into our deepest thoughts and feelings, to discard what is morally wrong and humanly offensive and to strive to become that which we are potentially capable of becoming, a "little lower than the angels."
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Board Members Mrs. Sam Berman, Irving Epstein, Dr. Arthur Fishkin, Dr. Irving Shapiro, Sidney Rosenblatt, Dave Wine, Robert Oberman, Aron Zelderman .Norman Zevitz. Committee Chairmen Nursery School — Mrs. Harold Franklin; Board of Education - Dr. Arthur F. Fishkin; Youth Commission — Dr. Irving Shapiro; Plaques — HaroldSiegel; Conservation —.Henry Ap;pel; Choir — Jack Levey; Ushering and Friday Night — Jtfor'man Zevitz; Good and Welfare — Mrs. Harry Sldman; Alumni Commission —Mrs. Sam Berman; Cemeteries-Harry Sidman i and Joe Sokolof; Chevra Chedesba — Aron Zelderman; Social , Activities — Dr. Bennett Fishbain; Library — Mrs. Jack Cohen; Breakfast Minyan — Sam Freed; Insurance — Leon Wlntroub; Legal — Irving Epstein; House Chairmen — Jack Wine and Myron Marko. '
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ROSH HASHANAH Monday, September 12 Mincha Ma'arlv 7:15 p.m. • Tuesday, September 13 and , Beth Israel Sisterhood Wednesday, September 14 President — Mrs. Seymour (Georgia Ann) Steinberg Shachrls7a.m. Vice Presidents — Mrs. James (Esther), Wax; Mrs. Jack Torah Reading 8:45 a.m. (Jane) Cohen; Mrs. Marvin (Sharon) Wax; Mrs Sidney (HarSounding of Shofar 9:15 a.m. riet) Klopper Rabbi's Sermon 9:30 a.m. ; R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y — Ms. .Marion S t r a u s s The rapidity of change in MusaflOa.m. Financial Secretaries — Mrs. Morris (Eve) Boguchwal; Mrs. our world's mores and morals,' Youth service 10 a.m. Milton (Doris) Parker the political and sociological Tashllch (Tuesday only) 4:30 ; Treasurer—Mrs. Lou (Marlene) Solomon structures demands even p.m. Corresponding Secretaries — Mrs. Maurice (Phyllis) SHABBATSHUVA more of our own ability to Schwartz; Mrs. Leon (Sally) Wintroub Sabbath of Repentance change. This is why I find Directors — Mrs. Paul (Bernice) Crounse; Mrs. D. H. (Ida) Saturday, September 17 repetition dangerous and often Lewis; Mrs. Harold (Beverly) Franklin fruitless. For my taste, only In Services 8:45 a.m. . Constitution—Mrs. Isadore (Frieda) Elewitz YOMKIPPUR openness, liberalism,and Wednesday, September 2 1 honest confrontation of each President !'.-.. . 1 . . , - v . , , . . . . Joan Lehr day of life can we hope to find KolNidre7:15p.m. Vice P r e s i d e n t . . - . . . . . , ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . ; Theodore Seldln the sacredness, that lies in- Rabbi's sermon 7:45 p.m. Thursday, September 22 Secretary ;....:..HarlariNoddle herent in the mystic gift of life SachrisOa.m. Itself. T r e a s u r e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . Michael Erman Past President ,............:..• . . . . S t a n l e y E. Perimeter ,. It's a new life being Youth service 10 a.m. . Past P r e s i d e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . . . . , S y d n e y S.Osten b celebrated on Rosh Hashanah. Torah reading 11:30 a.m. H o n o r a r y Officer ; ... Abe Katelmam But so is It or> every day as we Rabbi's Sermon 12:15 p.m. Yizkor Memorial service l2;40 Honorary Officer Stanley J. Slosburg rise to live. Board Members .. ; Life is not a circle. It Is a p.m. Musaflp.m. /Jack Baker, Mrs. M. Ronald Brodkey, Frederick Cassman, path. Marvin - Brookstein, Mrs. Jay Cherniack, Carl Conn, Steven May the path we tread in the Mincha 5 p.m. DIoogoff, Richard Glazer, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Glick, Bennett coming year be one of Nellah6:30p,m. Due to daylight savings Hornstein,.Joseph Kirshenbaum, Jarold L. Kohll.Mrs. Stanley. ... smoothness and beauty, health and assurance that it time, the Shofar will be sound- Perimeter, Rosalie Saltzman, Phillip Schrager, Richard; will lead to goodness, kindness ed and the Yom Kippur fast Slosburg, Phill Spizman, Marvin. Taxman, Marilyn Warrerij will end at7:50 p.m. Hcrmene Zweiback. ' '•'• and peace. Temple Israel Sisterhood ' , President Mrs. Martin (Marilyn) Warren Executive Vice President. .Mrs. Eugene (Hermeme) Zweiback YOMKIPPUR Vice Presidents: ROSH HASHANAH - Wednesday, September 21 Ways and Means Mrs. Murray (Marlen) Frost "First service 6:30 p.m., SeSisterhood Services.' Mrs. Karl (Fritzl) Luefschuetz Monday, September 12 cond service 8:30p.m. Membership Mrs. Bennett (Gloria) Wagner - - p;»2» ««»v!ee S:3Q p.ra.. SeThursday .September 22 KccordingSecreiary..". Mrs. A. David (Judl) Goldstein cond service 8:30 p.m. Service begins 10 a.m., Corresponding Secretary .,. Mrs. Sydney (Gigl) Osten Youth service 1:30 p.m., Treasurer Mrs. Alan (Wanda) Blotcky Tuesday, September 13 Afternoon service 3 p.m. Dues Secretaries Mrs. Milton (Arlene) Moskovitz morning service 1C a.m., MEMORIAL SERVICE Mrs. Debbie Toys Youth service 3 p.m. Sunday, September 26 Parliamentarian Mrs. David (Rachel) Bleicher Service 2 p.m. at'Temple Policy and By-Laws Mrs. Avrum (Shirley) Greenberg Israel Cemetery Advisors .'.77. Mrs. Sidney (Jane) Brooks Mrs. Barry (Linda) Welnsteln B'NAI MITZVAH Mrs. Stanley (Jan) Perimeter Michael Joseph Merritt, son of Mrs. Hannah Mcrrltt and Temple Israel Men's Club Dr. Jack nieifiitfSviii beconie- President:',.; .r."..r.\. r.~. r.r..~. .". •. r. Steve Dioogoft 1977-5738 a Bar Mitzvah Friday night Vice President Phill Spizman and Saturday morning, Sept. 9 Treasurer •. Jeff Perimeter and 10. Secretary '. NormanSheldon .} Mark Walter Peebler, son of • FurnifursaRs! Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Appllanco Co. Peebler,- Jr., will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday night and 149. W. Broadway Saturday morning, Sept. 16" Council Bluffs, Iowa and 17.
The Circle or the Path? By Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks Temple Israel • V h e Prayer Book for the High Holidays Is called a Machzqr. The Hebrew root has several' meanings, but among them, Is the idea of coming around again, returnIng, finding one's self back at the beginning again. That. Is to say,. It's a New Year and, while what is past Is past, v have a fresh start, a new beginning, the chance to reassess the directions and values of our lives,_ BJit there is no direction on a merry-go-round. It is my hope and my personal desire to get off 'the "mcrry-gp-round". One year should not be just like, another with endless problems and patterns of living
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Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks changed only by the passage of time and the Inevitable arithmetic of growing older. That Is not enough. Jewish tradition says it is not enough. Jewish tradition through the messages of return, repentance and the new opportunity suggests not that we go round and round repealing our errors but that we find new - directions,1 go straight, as it were, toward new goals and" more rewarding living.
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This would be true in Omaha, for example, where the religious needs of servicemen can be attended to without difficulty. "Because Omaha has a vibrant Jewish community, we do not plan to establish a full blown program on base . . . We will en* courage our people to participate in and with the community of Omaha," Rabbi Hoffman said. "The real challenge," he pointed out, "will be in places like Mlnot, N.D. and similar locations where Jewish communities are nonexistent. In such remote areas, lay leaders will be utilized to conduct services regularly. In larger communities, it may be possible to contract with a nearby Itabbi to help out on a regular basis. "My priority in visiting bases will be where the need is greatest. I hope to visit all of them every six months," the Rabbi said. Meanwhile, Rabbi Hoffman, his wife, Dlanne.and their children, Larry, 19, Daniel, 18, Sally, 16, Judi, 15, and Sanford, 12, have not only established residence in Omaha, but also have set about to involve themselves in the community. Rabbi Hoffman, a graduate of Hebrew Union College in Cincinatti, had been stationed previously In Chanute AFB, Chapaign, 111. Before that: Okinawa, Wichita Palls, Texas, Germany, Japan, and Oklahoma. , Rabbi and Mrs. Sydney L. Hoffman
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Is the Jewish life-cycle for our people in the military really different? ' Not really, though circumstances are often more Involved than usually Is the case in civilian life, Since Jews in the Service represent the full spectrum of Jewish life from liberal Reform to strict Orthodox, the needs and requirements at life-cycle times vary considerably. For example, whereas a large number of couples opt for a doctor to do a circumcision with the father and Jewish chaplain or civilian rabbi conducting the rituals,-an equally large group is insistent upon obtaining the services of a mohel. •That Is not much of a problem most places In the States, but overseas it can be a real challenge. Europe was not so difficult with a very fine mohel available in Strassbourg, France, and another good one on call In Basel, Switzerland. These men would travel hundreds of miles, to perform a bris. The Orient p*bsed a greater problem, as, tor a long time, there was not a single mohel available in any of these countries. It then became.a matter of bringing in a mohel from a much greater distance. One of the miracles of Jewish life hi the military is that, in my recollection at least, we never failed to obtain the services of a mohel when one was needed. The closest I can recall that we cametobeing unable to fulfill a Jewish life cycle requirement was in Europe. While the bris for a certain Orthodox couple attached to the Army In Kalserelautern, Germany, was arranged for easily, the pldyoh haben became a problem when the new father received a letter from his rabbi in Brooklyn affirming that the kohen would have to be Shomer Shabbat, a strict observer of the Sabbath laws. We hardly had a kohen let alone one who was Shomer Shabbat. This time, my husband was worried. Would we at last fail to provide for a rellg'ou's need of some of our people? Time was going by fast. It was now only a few days before the proper time. Then, one evening, my husband rushed in all aglow. "It's uncanny", he said. "I just learned that a Jewish reserve chaplain front Israel will be here tomorrow for two weeks active duty." "That's Interesting", I replied. "What's his name?" "Cohen", he answered, "Nahum Cohen". I could not help believe that this was anything but another miracle. Bar-and Bat Mitzvah arrangements have been less challenging, though overseas—and we have spent seven years across the waters—my husband would make dozens upon dozens of cassette tapes, which he would mail to his students at far-flung bases to help them with their preparations until his next mon-
thly or quarterly circuit-riding visit. Also worthy of note is the fact that my husband has prepared a ' number of young servicemen for Bar .Mitzvah who did not have that training in their youth. . Most recently, on July 9, at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, we celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of a young married .Jewish airman from Chicago. Strange as it may seem, the sense of Jewish identity of many of our young service people is heightened when they leave populous centers of Jewish, life and find themselves Jewishly more Isolated in the military. , One might think that there .would be a lot of Jewish weddings hi the service, considering the lft-23 age level of so many of the young people. ' - • • • . However, just the reverse Is true. My husband's philosophy is that often it is better for our young people to be married at home In a family setting than on a military installation far removed from loved ones. Many have written later expressing appreciation for this counsel and advise.One of the most unusual marriages in which we have been involved took place in 1957 in Japan. A Jewish serviceman at Misawa Air Base was married In a civil ceremony by proxy to a Jewish girl in Washington, D.C. with a three-way telephone hook-up between Japan, Washington, and Florida. Immediately upon her arrival in Tokyo, a caravan of cars escorted the bride and groom to the Johnson Air Base chapel where, under the chuppah, my husband performed the Jewish 'ceremonies. * . Two years ago, my husband received a letter from the groom, who is now practicing dentist In Forida. They did not have their ' k'tuvah, and they wondered whether my husband could prepare another one. The only problem was that none of us knew the whereabouts of the people who had witnessed the ceremony. In fact, the only persons that we could fhid who certainly had been there and who without a doubt remembered the occasion were my husband and myself. • . We wrote' to the couple, who responded that they would be delighted to have me sign the k'tuvah along with my husband as one of the witnesses.' I had the feeling as I signed that not only was this an act for women's rights bu^ more importantly that I was participating in a Mitzvah from which Jewish women have been excluded for ! so many centuries. • . • Lastly, there have been many life-cycle crises Including death and mourning. My husband tells me that even at remote stations with just a few Jewish people it has always been possible to muster the required number of people for kaddlsh and yahrzelt. This remains to me both a mystery and a miracle. -
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Thoughts on Jerusalem, Zion, Zionism. . . By Harry G. Mendelson ' The celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of - a Unified Jerusalem virtually released a flood of memories of portions of life going back more than 7 decades. It threw wide open ray memory chest and sent me back reeling to my early childhood and back to the present with its countless associations of words, ideas, dreams, hopes and .personal connections with Jerusalem, Zton, Zionism, Palestine, Israel. Memories, memories, happy and sad, all powerfully and profoundly linked with Zion all the way back to my early childhood in a littie Shtetl in Lithuania on the threshold of the 20th century to the present celebration of a Unified Jerusalem. Memories popping out of the past and from ' the depths can as profoundly stir the spirit as when they were fresh; and recalling them, can embellish them with sublime and pleasing thoughts that became overgrown with the moss of time and life's ups-and-downs. In such a mood of reflecting upon my past, I was tempted to look up what others had observed about the years gone by: Mary'Antin: "It is not that I belong to the past, but the past belongs to me." And Israel Zangwill noted: "The past is our cradle, not our prison,and there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past Is for Inspiration, not imitation, for continuation not repetition." . Stekel, in 1953, was quoted in the American Zionist: "When mankind desires to create something new, it must reach down deep into , the reservoir of its past." Looking back from the summit of-77 years plus, I could no more a void hearing the words, Zion, Jerusalem, Zionism, Eretz Yisrael Messiach Ben Dovid even before.I knew all the letters in the Hebrew alphabet than I could avoid breathing, for I was born and reared in a home that was permeated with them as the air or the heavenly aroma of the. ' F r i d a y cooking for the Sabbath or the festivals. My father was not only an ordained rabbi from the famous Slabodker Yeshivah in Kov• na, but he was already one of the first and enflamed Zionists in Lithuania. . In fact, I still have in my possession and in one of the top drawers close at hand the very share father bought in 1900, a share of The ' Jewish Colonial Trust (for the purpose of set- . * tling Jews in the Holy Land), printed in five '.• languages, In Hebrew, English, Russian, German and French on both sides of the share. This share is actually a distant forerunner of the present-day Bonds of Israel — definitely rare and absolutely a collector's item. With such a Zion-intoxicated father, such a . pious mother and In such a home I could not but Imbibe Zksi, ZSsslaa and Eretz Yisrani with my mother!s milk and on my father's_-
years and years?: "If 1 forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand lose its cunning and let my tongue cleave to my gums... "Out of Zion shall come forth the Law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." All these rang in my ears foryears. I could comprehend them fully. With the passing of years and the maturing of the mind the highly passionate and stirring love song for Zion of Yehudah Halevi, that master trbubedour of Zion in the Middle ages, imprinted Zion even more deeply upon my mind: "My heart is in the East, though in the West' Hive, / No joy in Sunny Spain mine eyes can ever s e e ,
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"It is the unending task of the Jewish people," Zion and Youth, 1918. So spoke a Jewish mystic! When we followed father to Omaha a couple of years later he was already a "shames" and assistant rabbi of the Lithuanian synagogue, Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel. Many decades later there was a slogan, "Advertising, you can't escape it," put out by the Advertising Council of America. Llhavdal, I could no more avoid or escape from thoughts about Zion and Jerusalem, even if I tried very hard. Jerusalem, Zion, Eretz Yisrael permeated every-cranny of my A giant Meoorah, symbol of the State of Israel, stands In front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament life In the home, the synagogue, in public halls of renascent Hebrew culture generated by the where special Jewish celebrations took place. having been a voracious reader of Yiddish, latest Aliyahs and the vigorous temper of the Our home became a sort of place of refuge English and Hebrew books, translated into chaluti movement and return to the States over the years' for maggldlm (circuit Yiddish or English that dealt with the after a few months, without the vaguest idea preachers) - and chazonlm (cantors), the odysseyes and chronicles of the Jewish people ofwhattodoafterreturning. r former sermonizing and the latter chanting from antiquity to my time. So that even though I was deeply Immersed As I toured the country the feeling of being on Sabbaths and holidays. • In the Land of Our Forefathers and the inspirAnd as if that weren't enough, not Infre- in chemical engineering and later.in the ing spirit in the air everywhere I went quently, meshoolochim (collectors for social sciences and in education and held penetrated Into the marrow of my bones to American or Eretz Yisrael yeshivahs, old various jobs in my spare time to defray exsuch an extent that I decided to stay In Tel people's or orphan homes) would find lodging penses, I still look time out to belong to the Menorah Society in which Jewish, Zionist Aviv to absorb more of the Hebrew life and and meals under our roof. culture fantastically flourishing In the land "And of course, thoughts about and words . issues and problems and cultural matters and at the same time give private English about Zion and Jerusalem were rarely miss- were discussed and pondered upon. Little did I imagine then that I would be lessons U> young and old. ing from some portion of their conversations, Thus I remained In Tel Aviv about six mondiscussions, hairsplitting disputations on Jated!tojpend almost five years In Palatine as """tourist, "'student of the new-etnergeht ths and had the grandest of times with the " some portion of the Torah or the Talmud. support of my devoted father. ' In the course of years, before and during Hebrew culture, farmer and teacher of '/ N>' , ' • • • • " " ' • On learning about the formal opening and World War 1, every once in a while would English.. .that I would meet in Balfouria a Months and years before my childish mind .dedication of the Hebrew University in • corns to Omaha such-brilliant prop5gand!s!s ynijng lady from the same town in which my could grasp even the slightest meanings and Jerusalem I left Tel Aviv for good and spent or apostles of the Zionist cause as still stand father was born through a letter which she • significance of those words and places they . brought me from my grandfather and that In some time In the Holy City. out In my mind to this very day: impinged upon my ears in home and in I was one of the few Mldwesterners to have Shmaryahu Levin, Nahurn Sokolow, Rabbi the course of time I would marry her and cheder. become the father of (he first American child had the rare pleasure of being present at the, Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi Nahum The broches the prayers, • the Sidur • historically-significant dedication of the Goldmann. Their stirring speeches only • bornintheEmckYizracl! Mmchrtr, the festivals, the Zionist songs, the : Upon graduating as a teacher from the Hebrew University In the spring of 1925 and enflamed my devotion to the cause, of Kmires, the Friday night and sabbath songs, also to have attended some of the first lec' Zionism, • which gained more and more University in the summer of 1924 and failing the ceremonial objects such, as the puskes, tures delivered, if i rccmi j^i'iecuyviby aanerenis with the issuing of the Baifmir to get n job as a teacher in ihc midwest, haru (collection boxes on the kitchen wall) were * • Balfour, Welzmann, Magnes, Achad Haam Declaration, thanks at least in part, to the as I tried with close to a hundred applications, tinged and drenched/ with Zion and the I became utterly defeated, j • and others of that caliber. energetic efforts of Dr. Chalm Welzmann. . dreams and hopes for it. My whole world seamed to have completely As a teenager I belonged to the Knights of These heady and highly , thrilling ex'• Some of them still keep coming back t o , Zion sponsored and. guided by my intensely fallen apart. So depressed did I become that periences at the University along with the forralrtd ever after many decades such as: active Zionist father. Our group metraiderhis faffior, perceptive oi my shattered siate Of "iiiai dedication of Baifouria by Lord Baifour "Zion, Zion, the city of our Lord .."."• mind, suggested'that I tour the Holy Land for supervision in the synagogue. himself at which I was present were the over. . . Hatikvah ("Our hope is not lost ; So overwhelmed was he by the historic- a couple of months at his expense. whelming factors that drove me to the defiyet)..."... making Balfour Declaration in favor of a nite decision to setUe on the land In Balfouria Years later I kind of"suspected that he must Jewish Palestine, then under the British Man- have had the hope then that once his first-born and become a toiler of the soil although I had "Messiach Ben" Dovld (Messiah the Son of date, that a year or two later he was one of the decided to settle on the land in Balfouria, he no concept or what It takes to farm in that' David, the builder of the Citadel of Zion). first In the area to buy land In the newly- himself would eventually follow him to, the semi-dry area of the land, no more than I Apparently my father's father was not only r , founded colony of Balfouria in the heart of the landofhislifelongpasslons. knew of forming anywhere. ". . , a very pious Jew, but also a sort of primitive Holy Land, named in honor of Lord Balfour, Strange and mysterious, fantastic and' So intoxicated was I with the thoughts and • Zionist or he would not have named my father from the American Zion Commonwealth of frightening, euphoric and disappointing a r e ' feelings of toiling the holy soil of Eretz ' Cbemach Dovld, the Seed of David... 'To New York, with the'thoughtlhat eventually he ' the workings of life. And my life for the next yisraej that I felt like those returning f«?m Zion shall come a redeemer.. ."Zion, Zion, would retire in the land of the forefathers, five years was like that. But as the now exile who sang "When we returned to Zion we 'how' great is your destruction 'and although then he was only middle-aged. "• populareonggoes,^'That'slife..." were like dreamers." Now (hat I look back despair..." ' "• _ By "the time 1 got to the University of So In the fall of 1924 I landed in Jaffa as a after more than a half century, I must have -AJKS Jwvy^sBcnc with sash a background Nebraska in the^ early. Twenties. I was been literally a sleep-walker to have bectirhe ever erase fn>nrhtonjemoryJtee|?mal cpm:_ " mMmi^impregnated wiuYffirjewliH'ifast : as possible of'the'spirit or the'New paiestihe, tn Zinn radiated into the mind for :
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of Memories (Continued from Previous Page) a dirt farmer on land that had not been plowed for decades and in a region that gets rain only In the winter months and suffers no little from the hot winds that come from the desert to the East. And no less was my Zlon-lntoxtcated father, for his offspring never had any fascination for the splendors of nature nor had he ever had any training for agriculture of any kind or any aptitude for mechanical things. Yet in our Intoxication with the glory, the sacredness and the rare privilege of tolling the soil In the Holy Land bewitched me to Balfouria and him to spend, what at that time may be considered, a small fortune on building a home, barn, farm animals and . equipment. To condense that hopeful enthusiastic and yet that unsuccessful attempt at becoming a toiler of the soil: I operated the farm more like a drunken sailor, with little rhyme or reason or the slightest capacity for acquiring the necessary love of nature or the love for the ways of a fanner. In fact, in all my life 1 never was fascinated by the splendors of Nature, but rather by ideas, books, people, events — the social sciences and the humanities; JSuch a fascination did these have for me that;over the decades I have written much awjut the Human Panorama and the Passing PMade of People to the very present day. ~ Tor some years during the Thirties I actually Wrote a column,-The Human Panorama, periodically and gratuitously for the local Jewish Press. Yet these three years of • the fanning episode were not all a series of failures and flops. For in Balfouria I met the girl that became my life long companion for close to a half century and the mother of our one and only daughter who passed away In 1962. -
With no heart or the slightest aptitude for the life of farmer by the end of 19281 picked up my family, including my, mother-in-law who had lived with us for two years since coming over from Lithuania, and went to Haifa where I found a job as a teacher of English at the Haifa Technical High School on the Hada Hacarmel where I taught for more than a half year. With my five-year passport soon running out in the fall of 19291 packed up my family and returned to the States. My mother-in-law remained with another daughter in Rehovoth. Though my father was, of course, very much disappointed to find his lifelong dreams, labors and financial investments come to such a sad end; yet he seemed to have no shattering regrets — so passionate and enduring was his devotion to Eretz Ylsrael, so proud that his first-born had spent almost five years in the Holy Land, so proud that he married a Chalutzah that stemmed from his town and the daughter of the cantor and the mobel of Sidlowa, proud of a Palestinian-born granddaughter. The Jewish Press In its interview of me shortly after we arrived in Omaha read in part: "In relating his experience, the former Chalutz's face brightened up perceptibly and thrilling notes crept into his voice as he told of how the feeling came into his consciousness that out of those gigantic struggles and efforts of the Jewish people to re-establish themselves In their ancestral home there would emerge a New Message that would create a new epoch In the history of man's development. "With animation he described how the Jew, originally a son of the East, was to bring to the slumbering and neglected land of the forefathers the scientific exactness and the energy of Western civilization... That America, as he finds it now, impresses him as a bombastic, happy-go-lucky and wealthy young man, wasting his health and wealth.
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After World War II. I returned to full-time selling; but that did not end my unending and passionate interest in Jewish matters, which I feel must have been a great source of "naches," consolation, and pride to my devoted father although I had drifted from traditional orthodox Judaism before graduating from the university. Cut of sheer love of writing I have continued contributing items, articles, letters to the editor on Jewish Issues and subjects to present time, and often Inadvertantly the subject
of Jerusalem would creep into them. And I just reminded myself that in 19351 marked the 10th Anniversary of the Hebrew University with an article in the B'nai B'rlth Journal, and In 1965 with an article on the 40th Anniversary in the National Jewish Monthly. Just in the last two weeks, by sheer chance, I came across an Item mentioning that the University in Jerusalem Is planning this summer to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Baruch Spinoza and soon after knocked out an article on the philosopher of Amsterdam, which I sent onto the NJM. In 1964, two years after the passing of our daughter, my wife and I spent a month In Israel visiting relatives and friends, and naturally spent some days in Jerusalem and were amazed at the fantastic development and growth of the city since I first came there and since we came there for our honeymoon. In 19731 had the pleasure of receiving an invitation to attend the 50th anniversary and even had gotten a visa ready a number of months before, but physical conditions did not permit me to enjoy such a celebration of such historic significance. • However, this year I had the grand pleasure of giving my land in Balfouria to my one and only cousin on my mother's side. She is the only survivor of three families on my mother's side exterminated by the Nazis, whose mother and two uncles I still recall vaguely out of my distant past In the little Shtetl of Vorna. Paraphrasing the now popular song, "What a difference a day makes," what a difference a name, a name of a city, what a fantastic difference celebration of the 10th Anniversary of a Unified Jerusalem can make In one man's life — turning back decades, throwing wideopen my huge chest of memories and pouring cut to the surface and the light of day chapters, episodes, trials and triumphs of long ago, and savouring them as never before at the age of three score ten plus.
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By Rabbi Irving A. Welngart cantoral composition did I rehearse in jnpr In conversation but hesitated not knowing are evident in assimilation and intersynagogue with your choir and choir direcwhat to anticipate. Suffice to say, that Lon- marriage on an ever increasing scale. Emotor." Our embrace was warm and our doners, Jews as well as Gentiles, are none too tional attachment to the State of Israel exhappy with the ubiquitous Arabs, but as the pressed almost entirely in fund raising camreminiscences of a span of 30 years were ever Jewish saying goes "when you need the thief paigns which tend to be the sole expression of so sweet. you even cut him of f the gallows." Jewish loyalty for many Jews has been We also had the Joy of meeting with Joseph On one of our tours we encountered a tour- powerless to stop the process, so decries the Union (a first cousin to my wife, Hilda, and to ing group from Israel and we were attracted writer In his article "Anglo Jewry in Rabbi David Graubart) who was an aide to by a guide speaking to them in Hebrew. Ob- Crisis"-which could well be titled "World Chaim Welzmann.and with Jewish statehood viously we were overjoyed to see and to ex- Jewry in Crisis". in 1948, was appointed as Israel's ambassador change greetings with our people from Israel. The Jews of London, and for that matter to Japan. His was a most fascinating visit, And in our brief encounter, one middle aged Jews of Great Britain, are ardent Zionists. sharing with us ever so many experiences and man volunteered' 'you know we save and save Twenty-six thousand Jews of Great Britain historic personalities that transpired during our money for many years and we also bor- have taken up permanent residence In Israel the turbulent Welzmann years prior to row from the bank to pay back over a period since the establishment of the Jewish state in Jewish statehood. He Is shortly taking up of four or five years in order to make this 1948, one in 10 having visited Israel last year. permanent residence in Israel and is pres,trip." The munificent sum of 26 million dollars was enlty engaged in writing his memories. We wondered what prompted this un- contributed to UJA in 19, a $70 capita giving. He shared with us this very charming story. solicited statement. Was it a guilt feeling, an Jews play a very significant role in governThe Chief Rabbi and his wife were invited to a apology for taking so expensive a trip — to en- ment, with 46 out of 630 being members of RabbllrvingA. Welngart Silver Jubilee garden party in Buckingham joy so costly a luxury that necessitated an ex- Parliament and 4 out of 21 members of the Palce, tendered by Queen Elizabeth and cabinet. planation to Americans, who support Israel Prince Philip for highest dignitaries. Rabbi One is impressed with the high dignity that and who hear constantly how difficult jand Mrs. Jakobovlts were among the Invited, economic life is for our people in Israel? prevails in the synagogue. The rabbi is titled When the Chief Rabbi drew up in the receivThe festive decorations, the bunting, banWhatever the explanation we were somewhat' "minister" and he, the cantor and the ing line and was greeted by the Queen;and ners and larger than life size portraits of shamash (sexton) all wear robes and tall depressed at the stark contrast of Arabs with Prince, the Prince said to the rabbi, "When Queen Elizabeth in her crown and Jewels still money'ever so plentiful, traveling and pur- kipot (caps). The officers wear formal attire, we passed in our carriage on the way):to adorn the streets and store windows chasing all their heart's desires, and Israeli high hats, striped trousers and are seated Westminster for our Silver Jubilee annivercelebrating the Silver Jubilee of her reign, 'Jews having to justify a limited frugal vaca- centrally in enclosed boxes for officers. sary service, we noticed Jews in their,fur lending a spirit of holiday joy and festivity tion. I would share with you this fascinating extrimmed hats and gabardines, (Chasldic both to the citizens of London and above all to London is home to 280,000 Jews of a total perience. On a Shabbat morning I attended Jews) standing In their pre-arranged places, tourists from the world over. London is. not 400,000 who reside in Great Britain. It has the services at the prestigious Marble Arch the women gathered on one side of the street the same serene, quiet, dignified place I usual synagogues and temples and all other Synagogue in West End. At the entrance 1 was and the men on the other side as they revisited some 15 years ago. Today it Is a teemphilanthropic, social, fraternal agencies: and greeted, and being a guest rabbi, I was quested, (men and women not to be grouped ing, hustling, bustling noisy city of eight institutions necessary to maintain Jewish life. escorted to a reserved seat. I then noticed together) we noticed that there was - no million natives, two million tourists and a It is unique in that the spiritual head of British that the cantor—distinguished looking with a shouting or flag waving as among other conglomerate of peoples. Jewry is the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Immanuel well groomed patriarchal white beard, kept groups, rather we beheld the Jews swaying London can be said to be the crossroads of Jakobovits.'who is the head of the United staring at me from the pulpit. When he passed and murmering as in prayer. Rabbi what was the world with an influx of peoples of varying me in the Torab procession, he nodded and Synagogue, the Orthodox congregations, this?" To which the rabbi explained, the Jews skin color, dress and language; prominent serves as the titular head, vis-a-vis the nonr gave me a warm smile. I thought nothing of were reciting the traditional prescribed among the great invasion of ethnic groups are Jewish community, and Is recongnlzed ap these gestures. prayer when beholding royalty — Boruch the Arabs in their national garb; a kaffiyah (a such, even by the Reform (American ConserAt the conclusion of the service, as is A t o h . . . hanosenmlchvodol'bosor v'dom'*— special head covering) and abayah(white or vative) and Liberal (American Reform) rab- customary, the congregation and I among Blessed Art Thou . . . Who Imparts from His grey kimono like garment) for men and. bis and congregations. At the special Silver them went to the pulpit to greet and to be glory to mortal man of flesh and blood. This v (milayah) dresses for women. Jubilee Service for the Queen and Prince con- greeted by the rabbi and cantor. It was then found great favor in the eyes of the Queen and They are ubiquitous — visible In the streets, ducted at Westminster, the Chief Rabbi was that the cantor asked in Yiddish, "aren't you P r i n c e . "./" . / ; ' ;,••• • • « J 1 shops,, stores, in the large hotels, and invited among the very select group of Rabbi Welngart of Des Moines?" to which I especially in the elegant Dorchester Hotel, dignitaries to represent the Jewish communi- answered, "yes", formerly of Des Moines. This and ever so much more could be which is Arab-owned. The only place it seems ty. The office of the Chief Rabbi lends dignity "Do you not recognize me," and I responded, . discussed about the great city of London that they are not seen is in the famous and stability to the Jewish community, even "no." Then he said, "you didn't recognize me where Jews and native Britishers and a conBloom's kosher restaurant, and that is prothough ideologically and halachically there with my beard. I am Cantor Skaleteky, I was glomerate of ethnic peoples live and lovifbably not due to Arab boycott as much as are sharp differences between the three the cantor In the Orthodox synagogue for hope and dream — a Jewel city crowned tfljtn their refusal to stand in the very long lines groups. three years in Des Moines, until 1947. Many a a Queen and blessed with a Chief Rabbi. __ \ queued up to get in — but then they could, and I had a very interesting and informative inperchance they did offer, to buy the place, as terview with Moshe Davis, the executive they are buying up everything everywhere. . director of the office of the Chief Rabbi. The Visiting one evening at the posh Grosvenor \/ast majority of Jews he stated consider Hotel, in walked a tall elegant Arab in his- ' tKer^selves Orthodox (not necessarily in Despite persona] inclina- scales being selected for the balance, and that It is .pur native garb with jeweled rings on all his practice and observance) with 60 to 70 per tions on the part of some of our month of Tishri, but there can responsibility to cause the fingers and a large medallion gracing his cent affiliated with some synagogue or tem- congregants, astrology is not a hardly be a more appropriate scale to be weighted in our chest, traipsing behind, as is the custom, two ple. The rabbinic statement "that the earth's particularly Jewish endeavor. symbol, merit, and in the merit of our very beautiful women, wife and daughter it surface is one" can be said to be true in That Is not to say that Jews The High Holy Days are a people. seemed. They were greeted with embrace by evaluating Jewish life. have never been Involved in time for taking account of It is my hope that vthe other Arabs and from their opulent apThe same problems that confront us Jews of H; Indeed the Rabbis of ourselves, as Individuals, as a balance will be tipped !o?your pearance it seemed that he was a sheik and America confront them also. They are con- Talmudlc days believed in the people, and as a nation. It is a favor, and that the year ahead -• they "sheiksies". Hilda, (my wife) relates cerned with the rate of intermarriage which horoscope. Moreover, rem- time for recalling that our will be one marked by mazzal, that when she was in a dress boutique on the is 20 per cent lower than ours, that Is nants of that belief remain in future results from our past, by good fortune, by much joy famous Regent Street, an Arab came in, estimated somewhere at 30 per cent, bui yet Yiddish and Hebrew expres- that our days ahead will be and by abundant peace for us casually glanced at some dresses In the no rabbi, no matter how liberal, will officiate sions. An unfortunate person, shaped by our actions of all. designer's clothes section, and then said to at a mixed marriage. Conversion Is a man- for example, is still called a yesterday and today. The imthe saleslady that she box up six dresses. He datory requisite for a marriage ceremony. «hiima7Tjii — one who has no posing liturgy of those daysRabbi Barry D. Cytron took out a wad of traveller's checks and paid a They too are plagued by the post bar mltzvah mazzal, upon whom a good serves to remind us that our Tif eretb Israel Synagogue huge sum, drop-outs from Hebrew school and the ter- star has not smiled. But very existences hang in the Des Moines, Iowa despite these instances, the You do not see Arabs shopping in Petticoat mination of Jewish education. Lane, which is equivalent to Maxwell Street In a publication, the I.'Eylah. published by auWjorHal've -Jew!«h-Codes in Chicago in its hey-day. It would be beneath the office of the Chief Rabbi, a high ranking discouraged, or in some cases them to mill about on a crowded Sunday; they officer of the British United Synagogue wrote forbade the people:.from , shop only in the largest department stores on an article entitled "Anglo-Jewry in Crisis,'! in believing that their fate was Regent and Oxford Streets. One would almost which he laments "in our community the governed by thestars. come to believe-that one was not in London weakening of religious faith, the erosion of While all this may be true, High Holy Day Services for members and friends of Children but on the West iBank: It is a usual sight to family life, the loosening of moral aid sexual there are insights to be found, of Israel Orthodox Synagogue will be conducted by Dr, Burton see Arabs in their white kimonos, behind the discipline, the prevailing climate" of per- hi the signs and symbols of M. Leiser, assisted by Louis Wlnlck and Dr. Leiser's son, David. wheel of a shining half-block long Rolls missiveness in home, school and university astrology. One of those I This will be the first time that father and son will lead services Royce, to be gazed at by tourists, but not even and the fragmentation of the community into discovered quite by accident together, which will be a spiritual experience for the Congregaan indirect glance from Londoners. small scattered units have added to our pro- when I came across the zodiac tion. . blems. The Londoners gripe about being over-run signs for the Hebrew months. Rabbi Jay'B. Goldburg of Temple B'nal Jeshurun will give the ,by Arabs but yet they welcome the pctro The most acute problem of ail is presented The designation for Tishri — • address on Wednesday, Sept. 14. - ' dollars so urgently needed to bolster their . by the teenagers, the vast majority of whom the month during which we ROSH HASHANAH ,.',,. ' faltering economy. During the height of the leave synagogue classes of Jewish schools at mark both Rosh Hashanah Monday, Sept. 12,7:30p.m. empire, England was a power in the Middle 12 or 13 years of age and arc not willing to con-; and Yom Kippur — is a set of Tuesday, Sept. 13,8 a j n . ,' '•'„" East and it still hopes and dreams somehow tinue their Jewish learning in any formal scales (this corresponds, so I Wednesday, Sept. 14,8 a.m. of becoming the power again in the Arab am told, to. the Libra of the way. Only a relative handful are at schools YOM KIPPUR world. Thus they grudgingly welcome Arabs where they continue to receive Jewish educa- zodiac familiar to newspapers . Wednesday, Sept, 21,7 p.m. T •.; jylththeir petrodollars.. « **«>'.» f . . „ -,,'. Uttn,and,this situation is not likely to' change readers). I do hot know the , . , , - . . Thursday, Sept.,22, ? a.m... _ t . ^ „ . lU .1 for history 'whicii jn>uitorin',(hc' imtfijtjijijitnij many a year?Ami uiclesijty Aiijcoi)egesjudenjsarecQfd!flIlylny«e4to l atl£pd., i , , , ; ' ,,
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Children of IsraeL Orthodox Synagogue Holiday Schedule
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Dj&MFriead: _ . . _ . . , . . . . . ;•; .:..;•.; : ^s the holiday season nears, you are once again asked to remember your brothers and sisters in 5738 will be a .year of the $ovlet Union, their New Year, unlike ours, is filled with apprehension, anxiety, and fear. challenge and creativity for ^ On Rosh Hashanah day, YOU will be greeted by your friends and relatives at the door of the our Jewish Community. As we Synagogue. . • / • usher .in these High Holy ; Days, we have the opportunity .—In Russia, Jewswill be greeted by the KGB. .' .':•,for reflecting on our past —.YOU will be the recipient of wishes for health, happiness, and prosperity for the coming year. - In Russia, Soviet Jews will be the recipients of harrassment, Insults, and will be held in con- deeds and accomplishments,1 and the luxury of contempt and mocked. ' " • ' ' . ' : ' . . - •• templatlng our goals for the What can YOU do on this New Year's eve to bring some Joy, promise, and hope into the lives of a coming years. Soviet Jewish family? .. _ It's simple and only takes a few minutes — mall them the attractive New Year Cards provided The Des Molnes Jewish by1 the Des Molnes Committee of Concern (or World Jewry and the Community Relations CommlsCommunity has developed a sidhr• • • • . - : ,. •, ... •.. sophisticated and positive pro'Sty signing your name and adding a personal message, If you wish, Jewish families in Russia gram to help meet the diverse will know that you deeply care and are thinking of them as we approach a new year. needs of all segments of our After addressing these cards with your name and message, place them in the enclosed envelopes and affix a 31 cent foreign air mail stamp. If you prefer not to pay postage yourself, then, community. Our many varied we will do It for you. Be sure to put your return address on it. • ' - agencies and organizations have provided an outlet (or the At each Synagogue in Des Molnes we have placed collection receptacles in prominent places. Please bring your cards to your Synagogue between now and the deadline date of September 12th. expression of our Jewishness on all levels and interests. We This way we can keep track of how many cards will be mailed. * • can justifiably be proud of all It's this simple to convey Dew Year blessings and wishes across the ocean 1 Please bring your cards to your Synagogue at your earliest convenience so that they may reach Russia in time for that has been accomplished. title holidays. . - • - . : , . '• ' ••. "• We must, however, look to' May you be blessed with a happy and healthy New Year. the world around us as it will Community Relations Commission be, and not only as It has been. As a dynamic and caring peo,The Des Molnes Committee of Concern for World Jewry ple, we will build on our acPastor Paul Anderson Marty Rosensteln PaulKagln complishments so that our Sol Davidson David Kamlnsky Marvin Silk continued vitality and growth Ann Balentlne HuthKamlrisky Ruth Silk, will be assured. Jacob BanAlanKou'fer Roman Simon James Bassman Charles Kramer Rosa Simon ..1 Wai Ylsrael — our strong inJayeBassman yenku KsenlaStaroselsky • terrelationship with the James Christiansen John Lambert NaumStaroselsky , Jewish people Is our paraSamuel Copelarid Pastor Ron Matter Mark Stern mount priority. We must conJune Daniels .•.,.. BernardMiller Marty Swartz t i n u a l l y interpret and Ron Daniels Peggy Patrick LevVald demonstrate our strong and Emily Halsband WiUtam Rosenberg Father John Zeitler everlasting tie with our ArtKagln brethren worldwide, especially with the people of Israel. Our strong financial, political, and moral support must continue to be firm, dear, and demonstrated at every opportunity. This task will require a great deal of fortitude and commitment. . _. . We have learned from our history that we must prove and demonstrate our determination and strength; thereby, gaining the respect and understanding of the entire community. We must con. tinually sharpen our- interpretative procedures and method^ so that all segments .of the community will be cognizant of the needs and the true issues. nl
The Shrine of the Book In Jerusalem, the Shrine of the Book is the repository for the priceless Dead Sea Scrolls. Photo courtesy of Isrsel Government Tourist Office.
,, Jay Yoskowitz, Executive Director, Des Molnes Jewish Welfare Federation
4demonstrate for our local Institutions and services serves to compliment our relations h i p with our p e o p l e worldwide. We must build and strengthen our Jewish identification through continued education and study. Our services to our senior citizens must be broadened and, intensified in order to serve the needs of this everincreasing, segment of our population. Social, recreational, nutritional, and educational programming must be implemented and expanded. This effort must become a priority item as we reevaluate our local programming efforts. As the "central address11 of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Welfare Federation enthusiastically accepts the challenges that confront us as we approach 5738. the leadership of the Federation encourages and welcomes all members of our community who want to help shape our destiny In a positive and creative fashion. A great deal of thought and cooperation is needed for us to develop and Implement the multiplexlty of projects now being contemplated. The Community has elected and chosen
A commitment to our an-—nual All-in-One Campaign is a positive demonstration of our wholehearted supportforthe strengthening of the quality of MO mom t tsecutiw'ulln • alor TV Jewish lifeforall pur people. ft hi-fi radio • dlract dill phaats • I b « s u p p o r t t h a t v?e ii i i i ta l fret bifoon coffN • free pwHnf
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a leadership that is responsive to Its needs and concerns. The leadership wants and needs the input of its constituency . . . the entire Jewish Com: munity. < "We Are One," both by choice and necessity. Let us all resolve that 5738 will be a year for Increased involvement in all aspects of the Jewish Community. We are, as Jews, responsible for a deeper and more understanding relationship and commitmenttothe totality of our people, for as it was written: "All Israel Is Responsible One for the Other." In the short time we have been amongst the members of the Des Molnes Jewish Community, we have experienced a unique and genuine feeling of warmth and concern that has been a true comforttous. The nationwide reputation that Des Molnes possesses is fitting and proper. • The staff of the Jewish Welfare Federation joins the Board of Governors and Commissions In hopes for a year of accomplishments and true peace for the Jewish People and all mankind. Shalom ul'hltraot, Jay Yoskowitz
GREETINGS:
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•BONN, ( J T A ) - T h e parliament later this month. against Inmates of Nazi con- burg Senate representing dif«. " U s Vegas" CONVENTION CITY — 5 lUKurlbui mMVng room*' Nuremberg City Council bann-, Deputy Klaus Iraraer, centration camps as well alii ferent political parties have with accommodAUont for 79 to. ed an ''Auschwitz Congress" representing Bonn's major "dangerous" attempts to por- requested official information • 3 5 0 . . .••;•• ,' • planned by the neo-Nazi government party, the Social tray the tyranny of the SS in on the extent of anti-Semitic . • atVtTAI/TKC MNIN0 ROOM — ' rationally known for cbolw, com "Kampfbund Deutscher Democrats, has submitted t h e T h i r d R e i c h a s activity in Hamburg this year.. fed Ntbmkt Prtim Rlbt1 SUikj, plui chtotm A t— foodt. Soldaten" In that city recent- questions to the government. "harmless.";Noting that "desecration of . • FMNTKII COFFEE SHOP — ly. About 800 participants Inimer asks whether the • Opwi 6 3 0 «.m. to 1.D0 i.m. dtlry. Inimer also asks how the., graves, painting of slogans on were planning to attend the government is "able and willD»llclou« mull & irncki. pin, gathering, whose main object, ing" to take legal steps government views the In- walls, and disruption of , a i m » mil tram our Biki Shop. m e e t i n g s " are causing security police spokesmen against the publisher of a creasing frequency of SS reu• I!' say, was to attempt to portray.> pamphlet distributed at a re-' nions at which the Third Reich "concern" among the populathe deaths of millions of cent South German reunion of is glorified while "democracy, tion, the Senators asked for prisoners In Auschwitz as a members of a former SS divi- parllamentarlanlsm and con-, details of the motives and "legend." • sion, Accordlng'to Immer; the stltutional rights are^ por- ringleaders behind such acThe Issue of increasing neo- ' - p a m p h l e t - c o n t a i n e d trayed as morbid and weak." tivities, and what can be done j sccusstions Three members-ef the Ham- to counteract them*. Nazi activity is toix?TaSsesrln:
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Des Moines Calendar of Events - Dates listed are subject to change. Use calendar as a general reference. Always consult most recent calendar listings or announcements to be sure of exact date, time, and place.
OCTOBER 17-MONDAY 9:30 a.m.—Hadassah Study Group Chapter "Our Jewish Roots" with Passages 12:30 p.m.—ORT Day Chapter Board Meeting
SEPTEMBER 10-SATURDAY 7:30p.m.—ORT Evening Chapter Social Fund Raising
OCOBER18-TUESDAY 9:30 a.m.—Temple B'nal Jeshurun. Sisterhood Board Meeting 12:30 p.m.—Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Regular Meeting (Luncheon) w 7: SO p.m.—ORT Evening Chapter Regular Meeting
_ SEPTEMBER 12-MONDAY Rash Hashanah starts at Sundown SEPTEMBER 13—TUESDAY First day of Rosh Hashanah-Year 5738
OCTOBER 20-THURSDAY 9:45 a.m.—Brandeis Board Meeting 7^30 p.m.—Iowa Jewish Home Board Meeting
* SEPTEMBER 14-WEDNESDAY Second day of Rosh Hashanah '
: OCTOBER 22-SATURDAY 5:30 p.m.—Bat Mitzvah-Karen Fingerman-Temple B'nal Jeshurun
SEPTEMBER 15-THURSDAY 9:45 a.m.—Brandeis Board Meeting 7:30 p.m.—Iowa Jewish Home Board Meeting —
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OCTOBER 24-M0NDAY 9; 30 a.m.—Hadassah Chapter Board Meeting 7:80p.m.—Jewish Family Service Board Meeting
SEPTEMBER 20-TUESDAX12:30-First meeting of Beth El Jacob Sisterhood (Luncheon) <.,- . • • . . . ' •-•..7:30 p.m.-ORT Evening Chapter regular meeting
OCTbBER25^-fOESDAY 7:30 p.m.—Temple B'nal Jeshurun Sisterhood General Meeting - '" '• '\
• . SEPTEMBER 21-WEDNESDAY YomKippur starts at Sundown ./ SEPTEMBER 22—THURSDAY * First day of Yom Kippur Office Closed
OCTOBER 26-WEDNESDAY 9:30a.m.—Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Board Meeting . „ OCTOBER27-THURSDAY ' 7:30 p.m.—Jewish Welfare Federation Board of Governors Meeting ,
SEPTEMBER 28-MONDAY 12:30 p.m.—ORT Day Chapter General Meeting Sukkot starts at Sundown
OCTOBER 30-SUNDAY # 7:30—Beth El Jacob Synagogue^Presenls ^'Brothers *
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• SEPTEMBER 28-WEDNESDAY Second day of Sukkot 7i3Op'.m.—Henrietta Szold Membership Tea 8 p.m.—Jewish Family Service Board Meeting
\ NOVEMBER 1-TUESDAY 9:30 a.m.-Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Board Meeting 7:30 p.m.-ORT Evening Chapter Board Meeting
NOVEMBER 1*-WEDNESDAY 10a.ra.-9p.m.—Art Exhibit .
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NOVEMBER 30-WEDNESDAY ,t 9:30 a.m.—Hadassah- Eleanor Roosevelt Group Board , Meeting • DECEMBER 4-SUNDAY . "" .1 6 p.m.—Jifereth Israel Synagogue Hanukkah Dinner _ DECEMBERS-MONDAY First day of Hanukkah t 9:15 a.m.—Tifereth Israel Women's League Board Meeting l p.m.—Brandeis Study Group DECEMBER 6-TUESDAY 9:30 a.m.—Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Board Meeting 12:30 p.m.-Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Group Luncheon—Scholarship Day—HIES % 7:30 p.m.—ORT Evening Chapter Board Meeting
— - - S E P T E M B E R 29-THURSDAY ~ 6:30 p.m.—Jewish Welfare Federation Newcomer's, Party , .
~ NOVEMBER 3-THVRSDAY ' ,4-8 p.m.—Community Relations Commission — Social' Studies Teachers Institute
OCTOBER 1-SATURDAY ' 7 p.m.—ORT Day Chapter Art Auction at Temple B'oai Jeshurun ^
NOVEMBERS-SUNDAY 7 p.m.-B'nai B'rlth Bingo Nile at Beth El Jacob Synagogue
! DECEMBER 10-SATURDAY [\ Bar Mitzvah - David Seldenfeld - Tifereth' Israel'. /Synagogue ~ '','
NOVEMBER 7-MONDAY ~9:15 a.m.—Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting .• 1 p.m. — Brandeis Study Group
" DECEMBER 12-MONDAY ", Last day of Hanukkah 9:15 a.m.—Tifereth Israel Women's League Board Meeting
.OCTOBER3-M0NDAV 9:15 a.m.~Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Board Meeting 1 p.m.—Brandeis Study Group Shemini Atzeret starts at Sundown
NOVEMBER 9-TUEDSAY 12:30 p.m.—Chapter Hadassah Meeting skit (luncheon) -Woman of Year _
OCTOBER4-TUESDAY Shemini Atzeret OCTOBER 5-WEDNESDAY SimchatTorah .
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NOVEMBER9-WEDNESDAY ' 11:30 a.m.—2 p.m.—ORT Day Chapter—Salad Bazar • Council Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds General Assembly Meeting In Dallas, Texas through • November 13th NOVEMBER 10-THURSDAY 12:45 p.m.—Open Board Meeting of the Iowa Jewish Home Guild , NOVEMBER 12-SATURDAY 7:30—12 p.m.—Des Moines Jewish Academy — Pucker SaifralGalleryArtExhlbit— Reception NOVEMBER 13-SUNDAY 10 a.m.—9 p . m . — D e s M o i n e s 'Jewish Academy—Pucker Saf fral Gallery Art Exhibit 1:30 p.m.—Business and Professional Hadassah Group i NOVEMBER 14-MONDAY 10 a.m.—9 p.m.-Art Exhibit 12:30 p.m.—Tifereth Israel Women's League—Torah Fund Luncheon ,
NOVEMBER 15—TUESDAY 10 a.m.—Sp.rn.-Art Exhibit . v 9:30 a.m.-Temple B'nal Jeshurun Sisterhood Board OCTOBER 16-SUNDAY Meeting ' 1-5 p.m.—Food Fair—Women's Federation participa12:30 p.m.-Beth El Jacob Sisterhood Luncheon tion ' 2 p.m.—Business and Professional Hadassah Group - . Meeting' 7:30 p.m.—ORT Evening Chapter Regular Meeting Meeting—"Israel Returns" ,
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DECEMBER 13-TUESDAY 9:30 a.n».—Iowa Jewish Home Guild Board Meeting 12:30 p.m.—Henrietta Szold Hadassah Meeting . DECEMBER 15-t-THURSDAY 9:45 a.m.—Brandeis Board Meeting 7:30 p.m.—Iowa Jewish Home Board Meeting.
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DECEMBER 18-SUNDAY ] 1:30 p.m,—Hadassah Business and Professional Group Hanukkah Party. DECEMBER 19-MONDAY 9:30 a.m.—Hadassah Chapter Board Meeting 12:45 p.m.—ORT Day Chapter Board Meeting DECEMBER 20-TUESDAY 'I 9:30 a.m.—Temple B'nai Jeshurun Sisterhood Board' Meeting 12:30 p.m.—Temple B'nal Jeshurun Sisterhood Luncheon Meeting 12:30 p.m.—Beth El Jacob Synagogue Sisterhood L*uncheon Meeting 7:30p.m.>ORT Evening Chapter Regular Meeting DECEMBER 22—Thursday 7:30p.m.-Jewlsh Welfare Federation Board of Governors Meeting ' DECEMBER26-MONDAY 7:30 p.m.—Jewish Family Service Board Meeting DECEMBER31-SATURDAY Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah New Year's Eve Dance. ,
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DesMoines Births 5737 1976-77 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Blank Mr. and Mrs. Paul Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kirsner Mr. and Mrs. Jon Levin Mr. and Mrs. Tim Vann Mr. and Mrs. David Brodsky
Rabbi and Mrs. Barry Cytron Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Felntech Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kessler Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lampl Mr. and Mrs. Tim Quinn
Des Moines In Memoriam Ben Brown MoseCaplan Mary Cohen Ida Holland Rebecca Romanoff Frank Sanders Edith Beckerman Gloria Booth
Harold Brady Harry Davidson David Karp Jack Kline Norma Elaine Lappen Sarah Levitt
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will help In directing the As we approach Rpsh destinies of pur college youjii. Hashanab, we pause to review Rabbi' Moshe and Shterna our past, to take cognizance of Kassowitz have already /our present situation and to befriended a number of our pray and work for a better children. This year at Beth El Jacob future. For years we dreamed of a we shall be working with a Day School In Des Moines. Confirmation Class for the - Now, it has become a reality. first time.in several years. We are fortunate in having an 'This will be an opportunity for excellent administrator, Rab- personal instructions from bi David Montrose, and the your rabbi. New horizons stretch before finest teachers for our children. School began August us. There is a yearning and a 29, and we wish success in all hunger to learn. A, new attitude is heard: "Rabbi, teach its endeavors. This past year has also me". We look forward to a witnessed a struggle to get a new year of increased acfull-time Kosher Market In complishments. God give us the strength to Des Moines. We hope to annmounce the opening of such a face the coming year. May it be a year of Blessing and market In the near future. L'SHANATOVAH On the college campus, we Peace. have brought in a Lubavitch T1K0SEVU VSECHOSEMU Rabbi and Shirley Berg couple, beautiful people who
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Des Moines Beth El Jacob Holiday Schedule ROSHHASHANAH Monday, September 12 7:15 p.m.—Mincha, 7:30 p.m.—Maarlv and sermonette Tuesday, September 13 7:30, a . m . —Morning, 9 "a.m. — T o r a h , 9 : 4 5 a . m . — S h o f a r , 10 a.m. —Sermon, 10:30 a . m . —M u s a f , 7 : 1 5 p.m.—Mincha. Wednesday, September 14 7:30 a . m . —Morning, 9 a . m . — To r a h , 9 : 4 5 a . m , —S h o f a r , ~ l o a . m . — S e r m o n , 10:30 a . m . —Musaf, 7:15 p.m.—Mincha.
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•Slight Tremor The epicenter was reported 5 JERUSALEM (JTA) - The to have been some 30 miles Seismologies! Institute of northeast of Jerusalem. The Israel's Institute of Geology, shock was felt in some highreported that a minor earth rise buildings In Jerusalem. tremor measuring four points Furniture was shaken but oh the Rlctiter scale was felt In there was no damage, acthe Jordan valley Aug. 18. cording to the report. The Jordan valley, part of the Syro-African rift, Is known for seismic activity which caused a great deal of destruction in past. The last severe quake was in 1927, during which there was iossof iite and iieuvy damage,
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ROSHHASHANAH Monday, September 12 ' Erev Rosh Hashanah—7 p.m., 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 13 Rosh Hashanah—10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. Children's Service YOMKIPPUR Wednesday, September 21 Kol Nldre — 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Thursday, September 22 Morning service—10 a.m., Children's, service—2 p.m., Afternoon service—3:30 p.m., Memorial service—4:30 p.m., jjeilah service—5 p.m., Break the Fast—5:30 p.m.
Thursday, September is FASTOFGEDALIAH SHABBASSHUVAH (Sabbath of Repentance) Friday, September 16 Evening service—8:15 p.m. Saturday, September 17 Morning service, 9 a.m., 7 p.m.—Mincha. YOMKIPPUR Wednesday, September 21 K0LNIDRE-7.p.m. Thursday, September 22 9 a.m.—Morning Services, 11 a.m.—Torah Reading, 11:30 .a.m.— Sermon, 12 n o o n —Y i z k o r , 1 p . m . —Musaf, 4-4:45 p.m.—Recess after Musaf, 4:45p,m.—Discussion, 5:15 pjn.-MiacJUL, 6 : 3 i ) p . m . - N e i l a h , 7:45 p.m. — M a a r i v , 7:55 p . m . — C o n c l u s i o n of Maarlv and Break the Fast
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Des Moines Tifereth Israel Holiday Schedule President Barry Pidgeon 1st Vice President ....AlanZucka* 2nd Vice President David Bear Secretary Harry Boekef Treasurer Barbara Winicfc v Honorary President.....-.,-...;..„...". Marvlii Winick Board of Trustees Nate Bernstein, David Brodsky, Stephen Brown, Elliot Brodjr. > Harlan Feintech, Judy Flapan, James Galinsky, Harlan Hockenberg, Stanley Isaacson, Richard Levitt, James Marcovis, Evelyn Mtntzer, Kay Myers, Milton Ohringer, Louis Pomerantz, Marvin Pomerantz, Louis Risken, Renee Robinowt, Conrad Zlngerman.
Des Moines Tifereth Israel Holiday Schedule MEMORIAL SERVICE GLENDALE CEMETERY Sunday-September 11 Service 2 p.m. ROSHHASHANAH Monday, September 12 8 p.m. Families are Invited Jo come together to this Service. (The message will be directed to the children.) Tuesday, September 13,8:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 13,6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 14, 8:30 a.m.
KOLNIDRE Wednesday, September 21 First Service 6 p.m. Second Service, 8:30p.m. YOMKUPPUR Thursday, September 22,9:00 a.m. Children's Services for the* through 8 year olds will be held in the Youth Center from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Youth Services for the 9 through 12 year olds will be held in the Bookey Chapel from 10:15 to 11:80 a.m. Baby sitter service wffl be available from 10 to noon.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES •.... Milton J. Brown '. JiUKneeter (Mrs. Don) Anita Mandelbaum (Mrs.) James D. Wieder
BOARD MEMBERS Steven "Blank-, Audrey—Hlrsch—(- -Mrs. -MiehaeD,- -Melva Bucksbaum (Mrs. Martin), Dr. Louis Noun, Florence Purnefl (Mrs. Glen), Steve Schoenebaum, Ben Swartz, Marvin Made, SteveGold, Kay Levitt (Mrs. Allan), Matthew Bucksbaum.
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SOL AND IDA MANN wish all = their relatives and friends health, happiness and MR. AND MRS. MORTON PLOTKIN wish all their peace in the New Year. relatives and friends JUDY, JERRY AND DAN health, happi.iess and , peace in the New Year; MARBURG extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, MR. A N D M R S . A B E peaceful New Year. P0LIK0V and family extend the blessings of peace, happiness and good health May the blessings of peace, to all our relatives and contentment and _ good health be shared by all our "friends. family and friends in the New Year, DR. AND MRS. J. MILTON MARGOLIN AND FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. BENNETT RADUZINER and family May the blessings of peace, extend warm greetings and contentment and good good wishes to all for a haphealth be shared by all my py, healthy, prosperous family and-friends in the New Year. New Year. MRS. JOSEF TSUEHMAYER. MR. AND MRS. IRVING REINGLAS and family exMR. AND MRS. BOB MEYER tend warm greetings and and family extend warm good wishes to all for a hapgreetings and good wishes py,—healthy, prosperous.. — ufall for a happy, healthy, New Year. prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. MILES May the New Year bring REMER and family extend health, happiness, peace warm greetings and good and prosperity to all our wishes to all for a happy, relatives and friends. healthy, prosperous New OWEN AND KATHLEEN Year. MEYERSON, AMY JO AND BOB. MRS. MILTON RESNICK (SADIE) formerly of May the New Year bring Omaha, now of Oak Park, health, happiness, peace Minn.,' extends warm and prosperity to all our greetings and good wishes relatives and friends. to all for a happy, healthy JACK MIRMELSTEIN. and prosperous New Year. THE STANLEY MITCHELL FAMILY extends its greetings and good wishes to all for a New Year filled with health, napplness, and peace. MR. ED MORRIS and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.
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Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Life Cycle Books from Jewish Federation Library , The Family's Role in Soviet Education, by Ludwig Liegle. N.Y. Springer Pub. Co., 1970.185 pp. Description of the family • andtaoclal structure in the European part of the USSR. To Raise a Jewish Child, by Rabbi Hayitn H. Donln. N.Y, Basic Books, Inc., 1977. '230 pp. Rabbi Donln has written for parents seeking practical guidance In helping their children (bid meaning and satisfaction in their Jewish identity. Provides help in finding a Hebrew school, in dealing with secular peer group pressures and in planning family observances. Studies in Marriage Customs, by Issacher Ben-Ami ai>4 Dov Noy. Folklore Research Center Studles,_V,_A.. Jerusalem, "Maghes Press/Hebrew University, 1974.400 p. Nineteen articles dealing with marriage customs throughout Jewish history. Honor Thy Father and Mother, by Gerald Blidstein. N.Y. KTAV, 1975. 234 p. This book describes. and analyses the > teaching of filial responsibility and respect in Judaism.'-' '"'[. The Holy Letter: A Study in Medieval Jewish Sexual Morality; by Seymour J. Cohen, editor and translator. N.Y. Ktav, 1976.155 p. A translation of a classical study of Jewish sexual morality. Where is Daddy? by Beth Gofl. Boston. Beacon Press, 1969.27 p. A unique read-aloud for children of divorcing parents which can help a child to understand and accept the events and changes that initially appear as insurmountable obstacles and ! threats to security. ' . •.••. Living When a Loved One Has Died, by Earl Grollman. Boston. Beacon Press, 1977.115 p. Prose-poetry, complemented with photographs to provide Inspiration for clergy counselors and the bereaved.
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