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New kosher column Page 3
Israel Bonds will honor six women Page 8
Newman grants Page 8
AIPAC director in Omaha Page 9
Federation approves special campaign Page 10
Klutznick returns to Omaha
Shoshana Wees "abracadabra Page 2
Old Timers' Review I By Henry Stern arc Pauline and Dave Mark the change-Thc Hobcrman, Dorothy and next meeting will be on Keith I'eltt, &r*J Simon and Wednesday. Sept ,8 at Beth Minnie Green. Hose and Fcllman Israel. Election of officers C h a r l i e will take place and Doc honeymooned 52 years ago ol Margolin, Norm Korncy. or Markets. VS'e were grateful for the Joe Hicc will take your return of Herb Wmtroub. nominees. Following Sept. 8th meet, Keep coming, buddy. Sol introduced our guest the next one will be Tuesday the Hon. Oct.5, same place, after the speaker, High Holy Days. Doctor Congressman, Hal Daub. He Dave Plait, after doing gave us an insight into considerable research on Washington. He brought out Saudi Arabia, chaired the points of the new tax bill, discussion for a full house of some good and some not so good. The lax bill book he early birds. He reminded us that the showed us was several Saudis soft-pedal their in- hundred pages. ternational intrigue, especially since 1936 when oil came gushing out of the sand, and they spent billions arming terrorists and other Israel enemies, . and Fifteen individuals and spreading their propaganda, especially to Washington, an Omaha accounting lirm, where they have a Pit were among honored for committee second to none. their distinguished service to American l.ung They give the impression the that they are so friendly and Association of Nebraska moderate, that very little recently. deceiving Special Merit notice is taken of their Award plaques for their treachery. They keep spending work wit!) the Camp billions on armaments SUPEKKIDS program were reaching all the way to Frederick J. Simon of Central America. New Omaha and the firm of Frankcl. Zacharta, Nlssen. crates of MlS's that they purchased from us was Stampnnd Urban. Simon has captured by the Israelis in served a« the camp's fund raising chairman for the the PL/) arsenal Suffice that the Saudis arc keeping the past two years world's economy in bankruptcy, and stirring up trouble and wars all over. Note thai no PLO terrorists arc headed for Saudi Arabia. Next meet we may have as guest speaker State Legislator Dave Newell, according to Norm. Keith PelU did the MoUi, Mollic and crew served up a delicious chicken luncheon, and. Charlie Fcllman rendered the Bcnschen. Mollic invited us to the Fallstaff brewery tour, and Sadie Kohn had the SI tickets, (beer drinkers took notice.) A Ndw Concept of VI* Sol Mann reminded us Sc*lp Trettmsflts (of of the Nov. JWV latke party HAIR LOSS at the 'J' Birthday toys were Alfred Frank , S3, and Dave Slobodinsky (won't tell). Guest of the Plaits was Harold Margolin of K. C . and Joe I.ipp with George Grccnblatt. New life member from the East U Jack Dotgoff. Welcome aboard, Jack. The two Arts arc recuping at home, Messcrs Abrams and Grossman. Sec you soon, huh? Still spending week393-2030 ends together after SO years
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More than 150 newcomer* to Osuba w e n feted at a picnic party at UM JOC last Sunday by the Jewlih Federation of Omaha. Snosb&na Wees, the girl oa Ute froat page was laaghlng at the antic* of magidtn Bryaa Martin tad toddler Zadiary Comber.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Bridge Game, 6:30 p.m. Dance Committee Meeting, 9:30 a m . OldTimers, Beth Israel, 10 a.m. B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers, Ranch Bowl 12 noon Beth B Kindergarten Parents Meeting, 7:15 p j n . Temple Israel Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. ORT Budget Meeting, Karen Rifkin Home, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Art Committee Meeting, 730 p,m. Older Adults "Walk In-Drop In", Beth El, 10 a.m.
Newcomers party Beth and William Glniberg register newcomers at tfae JCC In the top photo. The family at the left Is William and Cathy Chrteteaiea and their children, Jeska and David. At right are Steve and Judy EpiUln. In Use center photo, Pfltn Jacobs (hows newcomer* Ram aad tynn Sesbadri a Day School shirt for potslble use by tbelr children, Patlabil and Ragbu. ID the bottom photo, children watched a magic show In an adjoining room.
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Kosher is... A Compiled and edited by the Vuad Hakashrut of Omaha
HU-year-otd Lanie Stuliky, daughter of nobert ami Connie Siuliky, helpt Tiedakeh Chairman Cheryl Cooper let up the dUplay at the JCC.
. liy Nancy Epitein Ro&h llashanah Is just around the corner. Much more kosher food Is needed to provide a holiday dinner for approximately 10 Omaha families in need. The collection of holiday foods in the Uedakah bin, located in the lobby of the Jewish Community Center until Monday Sept. 13, was organized by the Tzcdakah Committee of Jewish Family Service. Foods appropriate (o lite holiday include, apples, honey, vegetables, chicken, brisket, challah, soup, jello, eggs and wine Arrangements for pick up of perishable items can lie made by calling Cheryl Cooper, chairman of the project, at 39I-75M or Mollim- Cnssman at 339-3344. Because of the wide
variety of foods used on Itosh Hashanah, cosh donations will be appreciated and used to purchase appropriate foods. Checks should be made out to Jewish Family Service and mailed to the office at the; Jewish Community Center. Any questions about this project can be answered by calling Jewish Family Service at 330 2024.
Families on the receiving end of the holiday food distribution are appreciative and thank all whose spirit of sharing contributes so much to their holiday observance. Kabbi Allan fionshcr. director of Jewish Family Service, said the families especially appreciate the confidentiality and sen sitivlly shown in fulfilling this project.
Tliis new column is being introduced in an attempt to bring you, the readers of the Jewish Press, everything you have always wanted to know about kosher foods. It will be written and compiled on a monthly basis by members of the Vaad Hakashrut of Omaha and will include a variety of items alibut "kashrut" (the Hebrew word for kosher) including an update on new kosher products in this area, a few new kosher recipes, and even such other information as kosher vacation spots and good kosher restaurants around the world. To begin with, this column needs a name with "ta'am" (taste and appeal)! The person submitting the prize* winning name will receive one kosher salami, chub sire! Send your suggestions to "Kosher Column," Jewish Press, 333 So. 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68154 by Sept. 20. (Please send your questions about kosher foods to the above address also). At the outset you ought to know the kashrut inspection and supervision is presently being provided to Nebraska Kosher Meat Market, Sherman's Bakery, Friedman's Bakery, the Bagel Bin and Bagel Joe's Deli by a "mashgiach" - an overseer of kashrut. When the new kitchen at the Jewish Community Center is opened shortly to serve the new Blumkin Home and other organizations it will also be under the supervision of a mashgiach. These "overseers of kashrut" arc employed by the Vaad Hakashrut, the organization which is responsible for the maintenance of kashrut in Omaha's Jewish institutions and food establishments under their supervision. To our best knowledge, special sections for kosherpackaged foods are presently maintained by Ilinky Dinky at 72nd and Dodge, Baker's at 72nd and Blondo and 132nd and Center, Food City at 120th and Center and 00th and Maple, Louie's Market on Military Avenue and World of Food at 7Cth and Dodge. Other kosher foods are also available throughout these stores including the freezer sections. A newly appointed committee of 12 women will soon begin checking the above listed stores and other food markets to watch for new kosher products marked with the appropriate symbols indicating the product is kosher, VVe will convey this information to you as we learn it and next month will go into detail about the kosher symbols used on food products. Also we will publicize other stores carrying kosher food products as they arc brought to our attention. As you prepare for the High ifoly days, you'll be glad to know that Chocolate Greeetlng Cards, indivldaully giftboxed and bearing the OH, arc available through Oamar (334-2000 or 333-7116). A variety of kosher foods for parties and special events Is available through E.L. Nogg Fruit Company, Inc. Their booklet Includes a listing of kosherbaked delicacies as well as letters of certification guaranteeing the kashrut of the products.(339-4600). Goodrich Dairies carry Itaskas Kosher Cream Cheese, the same kind you enjoy during Passover. Duncan Hines packaged cake mixes carry an O-l) which certifies them as kosher. However, they arc not all "parev." Check the list of Ingredients to sec if "whey" or any other dairy product is used which makes the product "dairy." Some of the cake-mixes now carry a small "d" next to the O-U symbol indicating the cake is "dairy." W'atch for the markings on margarine also. Only those marked "parvc" arc made without o milk product. Did you know that kosher food is available upon request for patients in Omaha's hospitals? Check with the hospital dietician. Watch next weeks Issue of the Jewish Press for some new Rosh Hashanah recipes!
1940 .. .CJF membership now totals 144. .. .Kabbi Abba Ilillel Silver. National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal for Overseas Needs and Refugees, was the speaker at the annual meeting of the Federation for Jewish Services. Reports were given by the Federation constituents which included the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Family and Child Welfare Bureau, the Jewish Community Center, The Jewish Free Loan Society, the Social Service Department, the Jewish Old People's Home and the Jewish Philanthropies.
1941 .. .Federations decry dissolution of United Jewish Appeal caused by disagreements between United Palestine Appeal [UPA] and Joint Distribution Committee [JDC]. CJF leaders, led by Chairman of the Board William J. Shroder, succeed in forging reconciliation between UJA partners through intensive discussions during the 1941 GA, Feb. 1-3. .. .Henry Monsky, president of the Supreme Lodge of B'nal R'rlth, was elected president of the Omaha Federation for Jewish Services at the annual meeting. Other officers were Sam Beber, first vice president; Morris K. Jacobs, second vice president; Mrs. William Ijtttre, third vice president; Harry Silvcrman, secretary and Harry Malaschock, treasurer.
1S42 ...Federation Intensify fund raising efforts to support rising level of worldwide service needs, Including those at home caused by dislocation and hardships of war, and those abroad encompassing care of new immigrants in Palestine and desperate needs of European Jews. With support of Federations, JDC works to rescue Jews through escape networks in Vichy France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans • and to alleviate suffering of Jews trapped In ghettos and under German occupation. .. .A plaque provided by the Jewish Federation listing the names of all Omaha Jewish men serving in the armed force* was dedicated in the JCC lobby.
1944 .. .General Assembly Resolution makes urgent plea to U.S. Government to call for abrogation of British White Paper limiting Jewish Immigration to Palestine.
Bulletin Solidarity Day, originally planned for Sept 12, has been rescheduled, tentatively for earlv December.
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member of his coalition. Representatives of El Al had warned that the shutdown would cause the struggling airline to lose an estimated $40 million annually, a loss that could mean the end of Kl Al. As soon as Iht" Commiltec's decision wns made public. El Al workerrs Khoulrd abuse at Transport Minister Haim Corfu. Hundreds of Kl Al employes assembled al Kim (iurion declaring they Isfanl. -a . .conlinui-, . to, .campaign
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A great process The Jewish people have a reputation for appreciating advanced education, intellectual stimulation, and artistic entertainment. In Omaha, the Jewish community is well represented in academic circles and the arts. Beyond these avenues, where can one seek intellectual stimulation? This editorial writer recommends what many must consider the most unlikely of places — the meetings of the Federation's Board of Directors. The word unlikely is used because most often the board meetings are only attended by members of the board. This situation exists although the meetings are open and observers are welcome. To give the reader an idea of what happens at a board meeting, a description of the process and a single agenda item will be discussed. From 30 to 40 members of the board customarily seat themselves at four tables in the shape of a rectangle in Boom 10 of the Jewish Community Center. At one end of the room seats are available for observers. The president calls the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m., the treasurer gives his report, and agenda items are discussed one by one. Members of the board, in turn, ask questions and make statements to bring out the facts of a request so that they will be comfortable with the vote that follows. At the August board meeting, Dr. Martin Wolf, director, Department of Jewish Education, advised the members that an Iranian student at Creighton University had asked for a loan of $6,000 to assist in his graduate studies. Many board members asked questions, many made statements. There was a genuine feeling of wantingtohelp this fellow Jew, but in the final vote, his request was denied. The request was turned down on the grounds that the Federation was not able to take care of the needs of current scholarship and loan requests through its existing channels, thus to provide communal funds in this case would not be advisable. This was a difficult and heart-rendering decision but intellectually satisfying. The Democratic process works well and the next time the reader might wanttobe there to enjoy. Morris Maline
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iti Media opportunities By David Sllverberg Near East Report The end of the siege of Beirut brings new challenges to the American media. In the past the media have been covering a military convulsion, and upheaval caused by I'LO depredations. Now (he media must cover statesmanship and diplomacy, which will have a lasting impact on the region and the future course of Arab-Israeli relations. The major story which will emerge from the current conflict will be the reconstruction and reconslitution of Lebanon. The first step" will be Presidential elections. Lebanon must re-build institutions destroyed by years of Syrian occupation end PLO terror and that story will be an account of a climactic political drama. While it cannot be fitted into a single 90 second report, it will be of lasting impact. The only article remotely approaching this subject so far was David ShipJer's July 25 stray in The New York That* chronicling the return of Christian families to their PLOravaged homes in the south. Before the saga of Lebanon is over, the story now unfolding will need to transform war correspondents into students of diplomacy. While cameras and newspapers continue to focus on Beirut, diplomats arc looking ahead to (he withdrawal of Syria and Israel from Lebanon. Israel has repeatedly stated its Intention to withdraw. Syria, on the other hand.
To the Editor: We would like to chare with the Jewish community of Omaha some of our feelings of excitement which we experienced while attending a major Jewish educators' convention which concluded August Id. Held at Brantkis University near Boston, the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education attracted over 1,500 Jewish educators. We experienced the thrill of spending Shabbat on the Brandeis campus, sharing the camaraderie of approximately 230 fellow CAJEers who chose to arrive in lime to celebrate Shabbat together. The area of computers in Jewish education captured the interest of many in attendance. We were privileged to be among those who presented sessions on the topic of computers in Jewish education, including the exciting new field of computer assisted television instruction. Earlier this year the E.K. Newman Grant Committee awarded Beth Israel Synagogue the use of video equipment to pursue the computer assisted television project. With the assistance of Rabbi Allan Gonsher and Peggy Saks, we prepared an interactive video lesson on the subject of "How to Put on Tefillin" as a prototype to demonstrate at the CAJE convention. This is the first model of a computer assisted interactive television lessontoappear in the field of Jewish education and we are gratefultothe Newman Grant Committee which had the far-sighted vision to give us the support and encouragement to pursue this project, The response to the new concepts was extremely enthusiastic. Computers will soon be on integral part of the
has never recognteed Lebanon as a sovereign state. Even today — its forces badly mauled by the Israeli Defense Force — it refuses to relinquish occupation of the Bekaa Valley. The delicate diplomatic negotiation needed to get the Syrians out of Lebanon — to be followed by Israeli withdrawal — is an integral part of the Lebanon story. It will be difficult to cover, because much of the negotiating will be done behind closed doors. But theonly coverage of this aspect of the Lebandh story was that by Thomas L. Friedman in the August 15. New York Tiroes in an article entitled "What If the Battle for Lebanon lias Just Begun?" Friedman knows that there Is an agenda in the region beyond the next six o'clock news. Otter journalists will soon follow suit. A third story to come out of the ashes of Lebanon will be Jordan's future course. Freed from PLO threat, Jordan's King Hussein now had room to maneuver as never before. He contracted to buy Soviet air defense ml&silea but their worthlessncss was demonstrated by Israel's ability to destroy them in the Bckaa Valley. His Chief of Staff, Zatd bin Shakar recently visited Washington where he discussed the sale of arms to Jordan. There, according to reliable sources, he was told that Jordan must join Camp David. Will King Hussein do so? Can Hussein end 35 years of hostility and come to terms with the reality of Israel? These issues present the media with a major challenge and new opportunities to take a long view and ask penetrating questions.
lives of many persons, both at home and school. This growing influence will be felt in Jewish education as well. We are pleased to represent the Omaha Jewish community in performing research and development regarding ways in which Jewish education can be served by utilizing computer-video technology. Myra and BobOberman To the Editor: In the August 6 issue of the Jewlib Preii Bert Lewis included an item about the Sinai Club, which was on active organization In the Youth Club group. As one of the organization's charter members, I am Interested In obtaining some additional Information about Sinai. The Jewish Press of June J6 or 23, 1942, reported the election of officers: President, Sam Kaplan, and Vicepresident, Charlotte Flew* (now Mrs. Sam Kaplan). Docs anybody remember who the first officers were, and when exactly the club first met? I think it was in 1940, but I could not locate the Press issue reporting the first meetings. Any available information can be directed to my home address: 5«1 Lafayette, Omaha, GS132. Sam Kaplan To the Editor: ; To keep the record straight, I wantedtocorrect the date In my letter which appeared Aug. 20. The Touro Synagogue was dedicated in 17G3. The leltcr from George Washington to the Congregation of the Synagogue was written In 1790. Steven J. Rod
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JERUSALEM*7j<r'A>-Some 8,000 tents wiB be shipped this week from Pakistan to Lebanon by the United Nations Hclicf and Works Agency (UNHWA) to help solve the imm e diate housing problems of Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon, Yaacov Mcridor, minister in charge of . « « refugee problem in Lebanon, told reporters here. Mender, who is also Minister of Economics, said there a r e s o m c V)^ r e f u g c e s without adequate housing in the area under Israel control. They arc from refugee camps in sidon, Itashidiye and Tyre. The refugee camps, which Israel said contained armed Palestinian terrorists as well as refugw fa/nilies, were heavily damaged in the fighting. Most of thefamilies left as the fighting continued and the terrorists used the camps as sites' from which to attack
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Temple Isree! SERVICES: Friday: 7:39 p.m. In the Chapel Rabbi Sidney II. Brooks, Rabbi Barry L." Weinstdn and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Saturday at II a.m. BARMITZVAI1 Mark Jay Kwor, son of Mr. and Mr*. Loots E. Kaior, will become a Bar Mltivah during Sabbath Services at Temple Israel Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10 and II. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Board of Trustees w||| meet Sept. 8,7:30 p.m. in the Milder Conference Center of the Temple. The Executive Committee will hold a pre-Board supper-meeting at 6 p.m. at the Temple. SISTERHOOD BOARD Board members of the Temple Israel Sisterhood will meet at 9:% a.m. on Sept. 7 at Temple.
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SISTERHOOD "Sit back, relax, and leave the driving to us!" On Sept. 14, Temple Israel Sisterhood will open the year with a unique program, "Jewish Roots in Omaha". Rabbi and Mrs. Sidney Brooks will lead a bus tour that will stop at two places of interest. The major stops will be B'nal JacobAdas Yeshuron Synagogue, one of the oldest shuts In our area and St. John's Greek Orthodox Church, the previous location of Temple Israel Synagogue. A sack lunch will be available at Temple from 11:10 a.m. with the bus departing promptly at 12:15 p.m. The bus is scheduled to return to Temple by 2:30 p.m. The cost for lunch and the bus trip is 14. Sitter service Is available at Temple for fl per child. Reserve for sitter service when you reserve for the lunch and tour. Early reservations are essential and must be made by Sept. 10. Call the Temple office. SS6453S for reser-
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Lincoln B'nal Jeshurun. SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. fihabbst Morning S:M a.m.
Lincoln TH ereth Israel MEMORIAL SERVICES Memorial services will be held at Mount Sinai Cemetery. 78th and Crown Point, Sept. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum will be available to officiate.
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Beth El SERVICES: Friday: 8:11 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazcn and Cantor Emil Bcrkovits will conduct the services. Saturday: Morning services: 0:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow. Mlncharnaarlv 7:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. flAHMITZVAH .Timothy Jay Kuihner, son of Mr. and Mr*. Marshall Kushner, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, Sept. 3 and Saturday morning, Sept. 4. TALMUD TORAII CLASSES Talmud Torah classes for the coming year begin on Sept. 7 at the Jewish Community Center. Primary grade classes start on Sept. 12, at Beth El Synagogue.
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SERVICES: Services arc conducted in the Copchart Chapel every Friday at B p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. Services are conducted by Major Theodore Stain-
SERVICES: Friday: Minchn and Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows in the Social Hall. Class with the rabbi, 6:45 p.m. Mincha 7:30 p.m. Mincha is followed by Shalosh S'udot, Maariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyan 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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By Estelle Rosenberg The Adult Book Kim Smith, daughter of Discussion Group, which Is Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith, co-sponsored by Hadassah will celebrate her Bat and the Jewish Federation MiUvah, Friday, Sept. 3, at 8 Library, meets on the third p.m. at Tifereth Israel Thursday of each month. Up Synagogue. Following coming selections for services there will be an discussion are My Michael Oneg Shabbat in the social by Amos Oz (Oct. 21), Lewis hall. Saturday morning, Orde's Lion's Way is the Sept. 4, a Kiddush luncheon book chosen for Nov. IB, and will be given in her honor. All The Midwife by Gay Courter congregants and friends are will be the following month's invited to attend. Saturday choice. Newcomers are evening a cocktail and welcome—so if reading's dinner will be held at their your thing, reserve the third home, 901 Lamplighter Thursday and come to the Lane. Book Discussion Group. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Singer and Mrs. Irene Smith all of Lincoln. The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood meeting will be held, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. In the social hall. A social hour is planned for the evening.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Recently Mark and The monthly meeting of Edward Klein visited their the Board of Commissioners parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul will be held on Sept. 8, at 7:45 Grollman to celebrate their p.m. *at Beth Israel West anniversary. Edward is a 12804 Pacific St. .student at Johnson County Community College in YOUTH 8ERV1CES Unexa, Kans. and Mark is Youth Services for all an administrator at the St. students of our Religious Elizabeth Hospital in School are held every Beaumont, Tex. Saturday morning. Three separate Youth Services are Tom Segal has been held. Sunday School awarded a full tuition students, Pro-Kindergarten scholarship for the year 1982through second grade meet 3, from the dance departin the Kindergarten Room. ment of Alepha University in Talmud Torah students, Garden City, Long Island, Third through Eighth grade N. Y. He is the son of Mr. and meet in the Sanctuary. Post Mrs. Richard Segal. Bar and Bat Mitzvah meet in the Chapel. Youth Services are followed by a Shabbos lunch in the social hall, sponsored by Sisterhood. .BOARD OF EDUCATION The monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be held on Sept. 8, at 7:45 p.m. in the Social Hall. SAHBABTTORAH STUDIES An new educational activity is being implemented for the new school year. This is the Shabbat Torah Studies program which will begin on Sept. II, immediately after the Youth Services and Shabbat lunch. This will be an assembly-type class geared to all Talmud Torah students and will be led by (he Cantor. SISTERHOOD Beth Israel Sisterhood's first monthly luncheon meeting of the year will be held on Sept, 7 at 12:30 p.m.In the synagogue social hall. The program will feature a skit on the Jewish High Holidays featuring sisterhood members. Reservations arc a must and may be made with either Minnie Freeman, 550-6103 or Sally Ricks, 556-9578.
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To all my wonderful family & friends, thank you. For all the many acts of kindness & consideration, good wishes, visits, flowers and gifts sent to mo during my hospitalization. Den Greenfield. The family of Sarah Kahn wishes to express its gratefulness and thanks to all who so graciously gave of themselves in so many ways, to her toying memory, we especially express our gratitude and appreciation to Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg for his unique and loving eulogy to our beloved mother and grandmother. Allen & Esther Kahn & children. Stewart- & Morleno Kahn & children.
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Laurie Weidenbaum seeks Jewish role in Omaha By David Bittoer A local department store's new college recruits include the daughter of a Washington V.I.P. who recently resigned a top job with the Reagan Administration. Twenty-two-year-old Laurie Weidcnbaum, daughter of ex-Reagan advisor Murray Weidcnbaum, has been working in the management training program at Brandeis following her graduation this year from Drake University.
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"Brandeis came to 1 Laurlf Wridrnbaum campus," said Laurie, "and on various issues. I did my homework on the "My whole family and I company. I knew they were having a difficult time, but always felt obliged to know everybody told me they had all my father's views on a great reputation and were things," said Laurie. "It's going to make it, so I ap- embarrassing to have to say pJied,and now Laurie's in that you don't know. At least that doesn't happen here." Omaha!" . Asked to impart some Laurie said she finds she has an anonymity here that glimpses of the famous, described the she never had in Washington Laurie situation at home, where she or in St. Louis, where her father teaches economics at said the economy was Washington Univentiy when always the main topic of he is not busy advising discussion. "Dad's views on Israel weren't his job," she. Republican presidents. said, "so we were always "A lot of people here just very neutral about that. We don't connect the name always talked about Weidenbaum with me," said economics. Conversation at Laurie. "They may be meal time was always to talking about my father, educational and even talking against him, enlightening. I loved it. I and then I'll announce that learned a lea at the dinner he's my father. Then they're table." embarrassed and say they Laurie said she had vivid never thought we might be memories of her life in related." Washington during the Nixon Anonymity has its good years. points, too, though, said "We used to go to Laurie, since she always religious services at the used to be put on the spot White House." said Laurie. wherever she went in "They were really an exWashington or St. Louis by perience. The fact that they people who demanded to were Christian services know her father's positions didn't bother me. I like to
experiment and get a taste of everything That's why I was a liberal arts major." ! It was at a White House Christmas party (Laurie said she never got to roll Easter eggs on the White House lawn) that she met Nixon. She remembers well both the experience of shaking the President's hand and eating part of a giant gingerbread house. "I thought I mustn't ever wash that hand again!" she laughed. Laurie recalled a weekend during college when she went to Washington to attend the gala celebration of Bob Hope's 40lh anniversary with the VS.O. Laurie said she was pleased to meet Lola Falana, Marie Osmond, David Hartman, Tip O'N'eil. and the man she went to the Iowa caucus for, Sen. Howard Dakcr. Asked why her father had resigned his job with the Reagan Administration, Laurie said he simply missed teaching at Washington University, where he established a "business center" which Laurie said was "his baby." She said the resignation had nothing to do with any disapproval of Reagan's economic policies, Laurie said she hopes (o become more active in the Omaha Jewish community, partly for social reasons, and also because she is committed to Judaism. "I find I have more in common with Jewish people." she said, "and I'd like to meet some other young Jewish people. As far as religion goes. I went to Sunday school, learned some Hebrew, and was confirmed.
Three teenagers laud "incredible "Israel RyMorrbMatlne Three Omaha teenagers are excited about Israeldescribing their experiences there this summer as "incredible." The three are: Mitch Warren, son of Martin and Marilyn Warren; Amy Mann, daughter of Harold and Linda Mann, and Felicia Cooper, daughter of David and Sarita Cooper. Mitch visited Israel on a trip sponsored by North American Federation of Temple Youth, while the girls went on the Camp Itamah (rip. This was their first (rip to Israel and they made an extra effort to visit the Jewish Press to tell their story. Why? "We had heard a lot about trips to Israel from those who have gone before, hut' we wanted everybody to know how great (he trip really is," they said, "Our expectations were more than fulfilled....they were exceeded." Now that they have traveled to the Middle F.ast they are turning their attention lo encouraging all youth in Omaha to visit. Each kept a diary of his experiences and plans to use the information for speaking and writing opportunities. Milch said that he had planned to write just brief notes every night but that he was excited to the point where his comments took up pages and pages. Although on different trips, the three experienced similar reactions to lite people the) met and the places they saw. Overwhelming emotional impact hit them when they
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They also experienced life on a kihhuiz. walked lo (he (op of Masada, saw the stark NCRCV and floated in the Dead Sea "Never again, they agreed. K was fantastic to go through (he experience of floating in (lie salt water, but cleaning up afterwards was a chore." they said. Their biggest surprise while touring was to experience (he friendlines-s of (he people. "We gave rides to soldiers and talked with people who have moved there. it was juM one big family." They also experienced another hide: "We were criticized by some for carrying cameras on the!
Sabbath and others appeared not be to be intcrcslct in religion at all." To encourage (he Jewish youth of Omaha to travel lo Israel, the (hrce plan to help publicize through (ra-ir talks and articles and many opportunities thai are available. "We don't believe that our frirnrls knir*- alxml Ihe various (rips, no tin ihey know the extent of scholarship funds lhal are available from I lie .synagogues and the Federation." they <im<| "It's a shame (hal so few leoiugi-nt from Omaha fco This !•> an rxpfricncr.tlh'it all of our ago group :>huuld have and we're going Id do our best lo Mr that Israel travel is promoted," said Milch, Amy awl Felicia three Omaha teenagers who consider themselves permanent Israel booster*.
Genetic message directs Catcher's disease at Jews By Jill Murray Washington University The notorious Tay-Sachs disease, which each year reaps a tragic harvest of mental retardation, paralysis and infant death, is the best-known killer lurking in the genes of Eastern European Jews and their ancestors. But it is not the most common crippler. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are teaming with those at Washington University in St. Louis to unravel the deadly genetic message transmitted by yet another hereditary curse on the chosen people-a crippler and sometime killer called "Gaucher's disease." Discovered by a French medical student 100 years ago, the disease causes sore joints, weak and brittle bones and a large abdomen. However, the physical problems associated with the disease can very drastically. In certain individuals, ft can be agonisingly painful and
disabling, sometimes leading to death; in others, it is barely detectable. There is no cure. But rapid progress in treatment and in basic bone research is lending new hope (hat one day the disease will be understood and successfully treated. Although rare among UKgeneral population, as many as 1 in 12 Eastern European Jews arc thought lo carry the abnormal, recessive Gaucher gene. When paired with a normal gene, the disease is blocked. But when two carriers have children, about one in four of the siblings inherit a condition in which the body lacks an enzyme necessary for breaking down complex fats in the blood. "What we're trying to figure out," says Washington University's Arnold Kahn. "is how the accumulation of these fats results In bone disease. That's the major stumbling block." Kahn, Ph.D., professor of
biomedical science in lite Schoool of Dental Medicine, and Steven Tcitclbaum, M.D.. professor of pathology in the School of Medicine, are trying to determine the exact nature of bone lesions caused by the illness. Last year they teamed up with an NIH research group headed by John Barranger, M.D.f'h.D.lo mount a fullscale campaign aimed at defining the mechanisms underlying the bone abnormalities associated with Gaucher's disease. "This is the kind of investigation that tends to have the highest yield," explains Kahn. "It's like a marriage. We have the expertise here at Washington University to probe the skeletal aspects of the disease, while NIH has the expertise in the biochemistry and clinical study of Gauchcr's disease patients. In fact, it was Roscoe Hrady of the Mil who discovered the enzyme
deficiency in the disease " At Mil's clinical center in Bcthesda, Md. more than 400 Gaucher's patients have been seen in the past eight years. According lo Barranger. chief of the Clinical Investigation.') and Therapeutic Section of the Development and Metabolic Neurology Branch, there are an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people with (hedisease in the United States. Although symptoms can appear at any age. (he disease most commonly strikes in the middle to late teenage years. Infants born with it may suffer from severe mental retardation. But in its most common form, Type I, the greatest problem is with the skeleton. The victim's bones gradually become pitted and porous, and literally fall apart. Wheelchairs, crutches and surgery become necessary. Notes Barranger, "The pain alone can be disabling." At present, only ex-
perimental treatments are available. One is an enzyme replacement technique, but it lias met with only marginal clinical .success. Furthermore, nays, Barranger, supplies of Ihe enzyme are so limited that there is not enough for everyone. Another alternative is Ihe bone marrow transplant-a procedure which carries a significant risk of lifethreatening complications, "This is obviously something that should be reserved only for the most severely affected patients." says Barningcr. Moreover, he adds, "such transplants arc not always possible. If a patient's relatives ore not suitable' as donors, the chance of finding a person with matching tissues outside the family in one in a million. However, in severe cases, every effort should be made to examine the usefulness of this approach." The attempt (o treat
Gaudier'* disease with a bone marrow transplant evolved from Ihe recent succesh of such'transplants in a rarer Itom- illness called uMcopelrosis. It wan alier reading tin' paper* of Kahn and TVilelbaum on this illness that Harra tiger arranged In meet with them to discuss therapies am) research on Gauchcr's patients In osleupelrusis, explain* Teilelbaum. the'body lacks cells capable of breaking down worn-out bone and cartilage. Contrary lo popular belief. IK- adds, bone is not an inert tissue, bul is always growing and changing. Because new bone production continues at a normal rate in these victims, the natural balance of their skeletal systems is tent and the patients fail to develop normally functioning bone marrow. They die, usually by age 10, of complications related to Ihe failure of bone marrow development.
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Pianist influenced by Jewish heritage By Ina Aronow Daniel Pollack, internationally acclaimed pianist who will perform at the Omaha Symphony's opening concert an Sept. 16, says that his Jewish heritage has enriched his music. "There is a strong identification for me because of the soulfulncs and joy that li apparent in Jewish music," he told the Jewish Press. He said that Jewish culture has a strong emotional clement—the suffering, the heroic, the joyful—that has Influenced his music. His mother was raised in Israel and moved to Los Angeles after World I. Mr. Pollack grew up in Los Angeles with a traditional Jewish education and background that included belonging to Mixrachi and llabonim. Among his pwformances in many foreign countries was a tour of farad in the late 1960s He played with the Israel Symphony Ore IKS Ira and premiered Samuel liarbar's American Piano Concerto there. He is described in his biography as a "neo' romantic in the great tradition and the grand manner," Thf lo% Angelrt TJmr* has written that he "is a pianist of poetic
Daniel Pollack imagination and mesmerizing power, with a rare ability to find new layers of meaning in the familiar pieces," and Time magazine has called him "One of the most gifted talents around." Among the highlights of his career was an extended concert in the People's Republic of China in 15.10. He was the first American pianist in more than 30 years to be invited to mainland China. "More that 3,000 piano enthusiasts were captivated by the great performance of our guest from the other shore of the Pacific," a Chinese reviewer wrote of one of his performances. Mr. Pollack (intl came to international attention in IS58 when he placed second to Van Cliburn in the International Tnchaikowsky
NEW YOHK. (JTA) - Jewish people, and as a man Dr. Nahum Gctdmann, the bluntly honest and firm in fiery nnd often controversial his convictions. world Zionist leader, died in Goldmann was a a hospital in Had prominent member of virIteichenhall, West Germany, tually every international near the Austrian border. He Zionist and Jewish was 87 years old. He was organization since coming buried Thursday on Mount into prominence in 1027 when Herd among the founders of he was first elected a the State of Israel. member of the Zionist AcAccording to a hospital tions committee and served iipokeaman, Goldmann came as one of Ihc members of the to the small Bavarian village Political Commission which for a cure earlier this month. negotiated with the British , He was hospitalized a week government of Ramsey after the ago for a viral infection. The MacDonald ' 'immediate cause for his publication of the Passficld death reportedly was due to While Paper by Britain. pulmonary collapse. Ills He was co-founder of the •vifc. son and secretary "were . World Jewish Congress In wfth him at the time of his 1949 and its president until death. 1978 when he was succeeded In Paris, where Gold- by Philip Klutznick. Goldmann had a home, Lc mann was also president of World Zionist Monde, the country's leading the newspaper, announced Organization from 1950 to Goldmann'u death In o three- 19CS; the Memorial Founcolumn article on the front dation for Jewish Culture; page. Messages of tribute the Conference on Jewish were issued by leaders of Material Claims Against and Beth various French political Germany; parties and similar Hatrfutsoth in Tel Aviv, the messages were issued by Nahum Goldmann Museum Israeli officials and leaders of the Diaspora. of Zionist and Jewish Goldmann was frequently organizations around the at odds with Israel's leaders, v arid. Most of the messages both Labor and Likud. Some described Goldmann as 6 of his fiercest controversies world statesman who helped were with Premier David shape the destiny of the Ben Gurfon over the
Piano Competition in Moscow. He performed throughout the Soviet Union and became the first American to record in that country. Two albums-one of Hach, Ilethoven, Liszt and Chopin works, and one of Samuel Harbor's Sonata and Prokoficff Sonaloas—have sold in the millions in Ihc Soviet Union and were imported into this country and Europe under Melody and Artia labels. He bagon studying piano at the age of nine with the New York Philharmonic performing the Chopin I minor Concerto. On the program with the Omaha Symphony, Mr. Pollack will recreate his rendition of the Prokoficf Third Piano Concerto for the sound track of the I Ml movie "The Competition." His September 10 appearance will be his first visit to Omaha. The concert is scheduled at 8 pm at the Orpheum Theater. He will lecture at the University of Nebraska Omaha campus from noon to 2 pm on the 15lh and will appear on a local TV show on the 10th. Before becoming a professional musician, he was active in AZA 1510, nnd he taught gymnastics for the Omaha J.C.C. and atusummer camps,
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very nature of the Soviet relationship between the regime restricted their Jewish State and Die galut freedom to live and function and on the issue of who was a as Jews. Goldmann conZionist. tended that not all Jews want Ben Gurion insisted that to leave, and that for those only those who had made who opt to remain, the aliya could be considered as campaign of world Jewry "lovers of Zlon" or "friends of Israel," but not Zionists. ' should be to demand that the Soviet government allow Goldmann contended that those Jews to live as Jewa. one' need not make aliya to be a Zionist. Goldmann was an In one famous debate unyielding opponent of the with Hen Gurion in the government of Premier 1950's, Goldmann pointed out Mcnachcm Begin. He that not every Jew can recently accused Begin of adhere to the 013 mitzvot and fomenting anti-Semitism that observing only G12 did with the Israeli invasion of not diminish a person's Lebanon and described Jcwishncss. By the same Defense Minister Ariel token, he argued, many Sharon as a wild man who Jews could not make aliya, terrorized the Cabinet as but this did not diminish well as Beirut. Goldmann their Zionism if they fought ran into a storm of criticism for its basic principles when hc r Klutznick and outside Israel. Goldmann, former French Premier himself, divided his time in Pierre Mcndcs^Francc recent .years between issued a joint statement last France and Switzerland month calling on Israel and where he had homes. the PLO to mutually Goldmann was also in- recognize each other to volved In a sharp con- achieve peace in the Middle troversy with Louis Pincus East. wlien the latter was chairman of the World Zionist Organization. In the early 1970's, when many Soviet Jews began to seek exit visas, Pincus maintained that all Jews should leave • the Soviet Union because the
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Goldmann said the jury endorsed a controversial should include judges from British government proposal every country that the Nazis in 1937 that recommended had occupied. The idea was dividinkg Palestine into both not well received. Arab and Jewish states. He accused the govern- Although many Jewish leaders bitterly opposed ment of Levi Eshkol of failing to understand Arab such a partitioning of' psychology and charged it Biblical Palestine, Golda with major mistakes in mann argued that conducting m i l i t a r y sovereign state in even a reprisals and with in- small part of Palestine was competence in dealing with preferable to a situation in the Soviet Union whose which immigration — a government, Goldmann matter of life or death for always felt, could be swayed -thousands of refugeesJrom by rational arguments Germany and potential refugees from Eastern rather than by pressure. He also often warned that Europe — was increasingly Western governments would subject to restrictions by. one day grow tired of having Britain. to deal with Israel's security A number of historians problems and would give credit to Goldmann for abandon it in order to get on his intense lobbying of the with other world economic, Truman Administration for nnd political problems. Ho support of the so-called was also at odds with leaders Partition Plan to establish of Jewish communities in the an independent Jewish State diaspora for being more in Palestine. Final, strong concerned as he put it with support of the United States fund-raising than with for the plan helped lead to consciousness-raising. the establishment of Israel During World War II, in 1948. Goldmann was a prime force Perhaps just as conwithin the Zionist movement troversial as Goldmann's in the United States, advocacy of the British plan tirelessly arguing for to partition Palestine into America's help in the Arab and Jewish states I n " creation of a Jewish 1937 was his insistence homeland. following World War II that In fact, Goldmann had (Continued on Page 10)
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Israel Bonds honors Newman grants ready six Omaha women for Jewish programs Mrs. Norman Batt, Mrs. Herman Cohen, Mrs. Aaron Edgar, Mrs. Dan Gordman, Mrs. Sam Richman and Mrs. Jack Saferstein will recivc the Golda Mcir Award on Sept. I3.it was announed by Marcia Cohen, general chairman for the Greater Omaha Women's Division State of Isreal Bonds. -These six women have shown over the years the
spiritual and moral leadership of GoSda Mcir, and have helped carry forward the heritage of this extraordinary woman. Combined, these women's activities have touched all aspects of their community,_ nation and the State of Isreal, Mrs. Cohen told theJewbh Press. She added, "the awards will be presented by Mrs.
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Charles Thane following a personal tour of the Governor's Mansion in Lincoln." Buses will leave from Temple Israel parking lot promptly at 12:30 p.m. and should arrive back in Omaha by 4:30 p.m. For reservations call the Israel Bond office at 3411177. Admission Is by a minimum purchase of $1,500 Israel Bond.
Israeli |ets BUENOS AIRES, fJTA)-Argentina is negotiating the purchase of 22 Mirage Jets from Israel in order to rebuild its Air Force after losing the war with Britain over the Falkland Islands last June, it was reported by the English-Language daily, the Buenos Aires Herald During the recently concluded war, the Air Force was the only branch of the Argentine military that performed effectively, albeit with great losses. As Its tolJ of lost planes mounted, Argentine procured 10 Mirages from Peru which it incorporated into its air offensive along with the Israeli Kfir and the French
By Ellen Gordman Federation Staff Jewish organizations and institutions that sponsor programs to enhance the Jewish identity of youth and college students in the greater Omaha area may apply for funds from the Esther K. Newman Grants Committee. The committee can allocate approximately $10,000 in 1332 for programs which meet the guidelines established by the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund. According to Howard Kaslow, chairman of the Esther K. Newman Committee, emphasis la placed on new and innovative programs. Sponsoring groups are encouraged to participate financially or In kind. Organizations are encouraged to work together to provide programs that can meet the needs of a crosssection ot Jewish youth, he said. An example of a cooperative venture Is the Hebrew language lab at the Jewish Federation Library. Beginning In September, the
Beth Israel plans S'lichos program It is traditional on the Saturday night proceeding Rosa Hashananfor Jews to congregate in their Synagogues a U&B midnight hour for (be reel tatiim of S'Uchos.S'Ucbos are the special prayers intended to prepare ta emotionally and spiritually for the approaching High Holiday season. This year S'llchoa will be recited on Saturday), Sept. 11 at 11:30
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S'licl)03Services vfJJ be preccwfcdty a special program to begin at 9:50 p.m. in the Social Hall. The program, "Issues and AtSi^rV^anindcfQi panel discussion of the vital imieqcotdromhnglEeJewlih community in Omfha and the world over will include the following: Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, UNO Professor of Judiac Studies; Rabbi Allan Goraher. Director of Jewish Family Services; Canto Leo Fettman, Beth Israel Synagogue; Alan Kalchen, director. Plains States Regional Office. ADL. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, will serve as moderator. The pane] discussion willn be followed by questions from the audience. At II p.m. refreshments, courtesy of Sisterhood will be served. S'lichos services at 11:20 p.m., chanted by Canto and Choir will include comments and explanations. It is also the tradition to make cemetery visitations following S'lichos. Two communal cemetery services will be.held on Sunday, Sept. 12. Services at Golden Hill Cemetery will beheld at 11 a.m. and at Bill! (Fisher Farm) at 2 p.m.
lab, funded by the Esther K. Newman Grants Committee, will be used by the Beth El Hebrew School on a continuing basis and is available to other educational institutions as a teaching aide. Two programs funded in April 1032 will be held this fall. "Anti-Semitism and Youth," sponsored by the ADL CHC, will help Jewish youth learn to deal with antiSemitism in an informal education setting. "Get High on Chai," sponsored by the High School Department of the Jewish Community Center, will offer high school Jewish youth the opportunity to participate in a weekend Shabbaton retreat with workshops on various aspects of Judaism. Since the inception of the Esther K. Newman Grants Committee in 1K3O, many Innovative programs have been funded. They Include
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Mrs. Rosland Grossberg, both of St. Louis. Services were held In Memorials may be made Denver last week for Ber- to Nebraska Children's nard Epstein, CO, a former Home Society or the Pilot resident Program through Mr. Epstein is survived G.O.A.R.C. by his wife, Ann, and sons, I.M. LIBERMAN Gary and Steven, of Denver; mother, Mrs. Libby Epstein, Word has been received of Omaha; brother, Arthur of the death of I.M. "Cappy" Epstein, of Las Vegas. Ubcrman. C33 Kclton, Los Angeles 80021. Mr. LiberSARA R ACIIAEL DELMAN man, who died on Aug. 30, A private interment was was a longtime Omaha held for Sara Rachel businessman, before moving Delman. the infant daughter to California, seven years of Mr. and Airs. Marc ago. , Delman, granddaughter of Surviors include wife Mr. and Mrs. Louis Delman Minda, daughter Jann of Omaha end Mrs. Frank Meyers, sons Dr. Keith and Friedman of St. Louis, and Andrew, all of Los Angeles. great-granddaughter of Also sister, Bernlce Polikov Louis Longer of Omaha and of Omaha, and four grandMrs. Rose Friedman and children.
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By Ellen Gordman Federation Staff Tom Dine, executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, will address the Omaha Jewish comunity at the JCC on Monday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. Mr. Dine will speak on the current status of United States-Israel relations. The American Israel Public Affairs comittce (AIPAC) is the only Jewish organization registered to lobby on issues affecting brae) and world Jewry. The AIPAC sta(( works to ensure Israel's security and welfare with support from the United Slates government. AIPAC has a distinguished record of representing its positions credibly and effectively on Capitol Hill, to the Administration and through the media, to the American public. AIPAC works closely with other American Jewish organizations, all of whose top leaders serve on its executive committee. AIPAC receives no monetary assistance from those organizations, from Israel or any foreign group
Tom Dine The American Israel Public Affaire Committee has been called "(he most powerful, best-run and effective foreign policy Interest group in Washington, "by the New Vork Times. The Washington Post called AIPAC "a power to be reckoned with at the White House, State and Defense Departments, and on Capitol Hill." Mr. Dine, specialist on American foreign policy and defense policy, has been executive director of the American Public Affairs Committee since 1080. Washln|{tonlan magazine called him one of the 100
most influential people in Washington. Mr. Dine addressed the participants on the recent Omaha Men's Mission to Washington, D.C. All those who heard him speak said that he was dynamic, in(cresting, and knowledgeable about the current state of AmericanIsraeli relations. During a 10 year career on Capitol Hill, he was deputy foreign policy advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy; SALT advisor to Senator Edmund Muskle; director of the national security staff of the Senate Budget Committee and legislative assistant for foreign affairs to Senator frank Church. Before going to Capitol Hill, Mr. Dine served as personal assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles at the American Embassy in New Delhi, India; congressional llaslon of the U.S. Peace Corps; and a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines from 1902-1064. Mr. Dine was born in Cincinnati, lie has a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.A. from the University of California.
WASHINGTON (JTA) "1 think there does seem to be a hesitation in many countries to accept in their country a group of people who have a pattern of arming themselves and in effect forming a government within a government. It's not anything that a country that can help It will tolerate." This was the reply by Secretary of State George Shultz at his Senate confirmation hearing when he was aaked about the difficulty In finding an Arab country that would take in the some 6,000 Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists now in west Beirut. But Arab reluctance may have been based, on an even greater fear of the PLO than just an implied threat. An example is described by former Secretory of State Henry Kissinger in his wellwritten and interesting second volume of memoirs, "Years of Uphcavel." Kissinger reports on the PLO's willingness to accept Jordan as a Palestinian state in return for the overthrow of King Hussein. In mid-1973, Hichard Helms then U.S. Ambassodor to' Iran, wrote Kissinger that one of his aides had been approached by an associate of PLO chief
Yosir Arafat seeking a dialogue with the U.S. on the propositions that "Israel is here to stay" and Jordan should be the place for a Palestinian state.
"1 considered King Hussein a valued friend of the United States and a principal hope for diplomatic progress in the region," Kissinger* wrote in his memoirs. "Our aim should be to strengthen his position, not to encourage a group that avowed its determination to overthrow him in its first communication with us." Kissinger replied to Helms that the PLO should be told that while the U.S. was interested in hearing ideas from the Palestinians on how to promote a Middle East peace through negotiations, "the overthrow of existing governments in the Arab world was not acceptable; we are committed to the survival of the Kingdom of Jordan." Kissinger said that 10 days later the U.S. received a similar approach from the PLO through King Hassan of Morocco. Then on October 10, four days after the Yom Kippur War had started, Arafat in a message to the U.S. predicted that Israel would rout Syria and Egypt and said the PLO wanted to
participate in the subsequent negotiations. "The 'score' it had to settle was with Jordan, not Israel, "according to Kissinger.
Gen. Vernon Walters had a meeting with a PLO representative in Morocco on November 3, the first and only by the U.S., according to Kissinger. He was instructed by Kissinger to tell the PLO that the Palestinian problem was not an international concern but an Inter-Arab one. "It was up to the PLO to straighten out its relationships with other Arab states—with one proviso: We would participate in no maneuver aimed at Jordan; the PLO's real option was a reconciliation with the Hashcmite Kingdom not its o v e r t h r o w , " Kissinger wrote. "What applied to Jordan was even more true of Israel. Walters was to make clear that the United States would oppose any threat to the survival of Israel and any challenge to its Legitimacy." The only result of the Walters meeting with the representatives, according to Kissinger, was to achieve its original purpose of preventing radical assaults on the early stages of the post-Yom Kippur War peacemaking.
Day Sefiooi ciewelops The Jewish Day School of Omaha begins its academic year with a total elementary curriculum guide developed over the post six months by a curriculum committee chaired by Dr, Michael Kalz. "Our goal was to assemble a dymanic curriculum guide with the most professional group possible and it is one of the most exciting and innovative documents I have seen," said Dr. Katz. Thecommittce consists of the following: Dr. Katz, associate professor of Education at UNO.' Carolyn Novlcoff, who is pursuing! her doctorate in curriculum! tnd administration at UNL.; Lynn Sounders, an Omaha Public School elementary i teacher with over 12 years of) teaching experience; Gloria Kaslow, a Jewish educator
with experience at several levels of Jewish education; Jesse flasmusscn, former head of the Jewish Community Center prc-school and a master candidate at UNL; Liz Trcmbath, a special education specialist who recently completed her M.S. in counseling and who is a hospital administrator in counseling services at Midlands Hospital; Dr. Jonathan Roscnbaum, associate professor of Philosophy and Iteliglon at UNO and head of the Department of Education for the Jewish Federation of Omaha and Harris R, Goldstein, educational director of the Jewish Day School and a doctorate candidate at the Jewish
Theological Seminary. The curriculum guide draws upon the available curricular guidelines in the United States. It defines the sequential goals of the Jewish Day School curriculum from grades kindergarten through sixth. The document will be on file at the school in its final form. Anyone interested in examining it may contact Mr. Goldstein at 3344617 "We arc throughly delighted with the finished document," said Dr. Katz, "and what is even more exciting is to witness how It is being implemented through the creative instruction of our talented and well qualified teaching staff"
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Federation approves By Morrii Malice lite Federation's Board of Directors has approved a special campaign (or 1883, Joining a nationwide effort toward easing Israel's social service needs. In Omaha, the effort will show up as two lines on the pledge card This means that members of the Jewish Federation will be asked to provide two philanthropic gifts: a regular donation for local needs and the United Jewish Appeal, and a onetime special gift Federation President Paul Cohen told the Board that the extra need is to fund progams In Israel which were the responsibility of the Jewish Agency in past years. These programs were turned over to the Government of Israel because of
shortfalls in campaign income but that Israel cannot at this time maintain these programs, be said. Mr. Cohen pointed out that the cost of those programs, consisting of services in absorption, rural settlement, youth care and training, education, higher education and social programs Is $345. Of this amount, the share of the American Jewish community, through UJAcommunlty campaigns, is projected at (220 million. "We must stand behind our commmitment to Israel." Mr. Cohen said, adding that the Campaign Cabinet here will determine Omaha's goal for 1823 at a future date. In other action, the Board approved an allocation of up
to $100,000 for the land development program at the JCC. According to Joe Kirshenbaum, this involves drainage of the tract, preparation of soffball and soccer field), installation of a running track, a walkway and par course, seeding and watering system, sewer line and chain link fence. Also, the Board approved the real estate listing of the Dr. Philip Shcr Home property at $4&5,00Q. They were advised that the Rose Blumkin Home will open the lint w«k in November. Also, the Board approved the hiring of a third full time counselor-therapist by Jewish Family Service end rejected a loan application from an Iranian college student.
Nahum Goldmanh dies (Continued from Page 7) the German government pay reparations to both Israel and victims of the Holocaust. Gotdmann'i position oa this issue faced vehement, passionate opposition from many within the Jewish community who argued against any contact with a country whose policy Just a few years earlier was genocide. But Goldmann fdt it was the duty and the right of the Jewish people to make some claim for material restitution from Germany and, more Importantly, to establish the principle that states have a moral if not legal duty to make some FAMILY PICNIC The Margolin Friedman annual Family picnic will be held at 4 p.m. in Benson Park Pavilion.
restitution for crimes committed in their name against a weaker people. For months. Goldmann pursued secret preliminary contacts with German statesmen, including Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. These meetings eventually led to the formal negotiations that resulted in the historic Reparations Agreement of 1932. In that document, Germany promised to pay 3.45 billion German Marks to the State of Israel as partial compensation for the financialj burden of rehabilitating survivors of Nazi persecution who had settled there. Part of the indemnification — 450 million Marks — was to go to individual victims of the Nazis and for Jewish cultural and educational
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On a recent hot August day when the cooling system broke down, I was reminded \A Nebraska before the adve nt of air conditioning. Some of those memories made me question the term "good old days" I remember how hot summer could be, especially during some of the drought years in the 1930s. How the shades were drawn as soon as the sun hit the windows, to "keep out the heat." How children were encouraged to play in the basement, where it was cooler, I might add, ours didn't have a rcc room. It was simply a basement, with the usual amcnilies-a furnace, a hot water tank that was automatic only when a match was put to the gas ring, ond a monstrous looking electric contraption that washed the family clothes. Good old days? Yes and no. I don't know to this day how my mother managed to can bushels of fresh fruit, pickles, Jellies and juices In that kitchen where the temperature must have averaged 100 degrees all summer. My earliest memories of that kitchen conjure up a picture of a brand new refrigerator which occupied a place of honor. It was a big, while double door GE, with a round wahUls on top." I later learned that the whatsis was called a "monitor top." It didn't matter, because from that wonderful appliance came one meicbel alter another. Ice cubes, for instance. Neat, clean ice cubes that made a glass of water a big deal. Ice cream also came out of that mechanical miracle. The recipe came with the rcfrigentor, and it was my idea of ambrosia. It seems to me lha. we ate many cold, mllchctilk meals al dinnertime during those hoi summer days. For one thing, the kitchen could be kept cooler, and if we didn't cat meat, we could have that terrific homemade Icecream lor dessert! Ucc cream had always come from the drugstore, where it was hand-packed, or from the tittle Reed's bungalow. Were those five cent cones KEAIXY as (all a* I remember Ihenj?) We impovised a lot back then. If there was to be company for lunch, and maybe a bridge game, an electric fan was strategically placed lo blow directly across o coke of ice. Crude, perhaps, but an effective early coolant. Often, at the end of one of (hose sweltering days, we'd read in the paper that somebody had tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Generally, it was a World Herald reporter on the comer of IClh and Farnam, and to be honest, I can't ,. recall whether or not It worked. But I do remember it was a regular hot weather occurrence! Evenings, after dinner. Dad could sometimes be wheedled into taking the family out for a ride, "locool off." (Those were the days of cheap gasoline.I Sometimes stopped at what might well love been the earliest drive-in; they served root beer in icy mugs. I remember the tiny mugs given to liulckids, free. I also think it must nave been the most delicious stuff in the world, or so it seemed at the time. The ride usually took us west on Dodge, oil the way out to Elmwood Park, where many w W for a drink of cold sprint; • water. \That's what summer used to be like. Everybody K°l prickly heat, not just babies The first movie houses to air coo) were for special occasions, and a family with more than one electric fan wns lucky. Everything was in slow motion compared with now. It had to be. It was too hot to hurry!
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Several days after the outbreak of the Lebanese operation, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) announced an emergency allocation of $100,000 for relief activities in behalf of the local population of South
tabanon. It was also determined that JDC would serve as the official relief arm of the American Jewish community and thus, all contributions in aid of M'Uanon would be channelled through it. JDC receives its funds chiefly from American Jewry through the United Jewish Appeal. A quick initial survey of emergency needs indicated that food and medical supplies' were plentiful, however, families left bomclcM. due to the complete or partial destruction of their homes, were in need of a variety of supplies which would enable them to reconstitute their lives on a temporary basin until repairs or reconstruction could be made Figures provided by Government of Lebanon Ministry of tabor and voclal affair* officials in Tyre and Sidon bawd on preliminary assessments showed that approximately 4<M and RM families respectively were included in this category JDC purchased from Israeli suppliers the following: 3«>0 foam rubber mattresses, anl, Mncartons of i-miking and eating utensils, each vonlaininj! a kerosene cooking stove, two pots, one frying |un. tix plastic dishes, nix (urks, nix tablespoons, two tiharp knives, six cups, one can opener These were trucked to Tyre .nid Sidon in two shipment*. July I, and July 1 5. In addition. 500 woolen tilanktl.-.. (iunaled by "fern? des Homines." a Swiss welfare agency, were also trucked in by JIM.' during these shipments. The. supplies, were delivered to Lebanese government dircclors of local welfare offices m the two cities. Contact was made in Sidon with the Catholic Helief Agency Carilas. Its secretary general for- &nilh Lebanon, had identified low homeless families tonv poranly being housed in Sidon and nearby Khaizaran These families required mattrevscs. cooking utensils, and underclothes. After verification of the request by the J1H' representative, an additional 200 cartons of eooking and eating utensils were purchased nnd delivered to Caritas in Sidon. Another shipment • was • assembled a n d trucked,
arriving on July 26. This included the following: 500 mattresses donated by Kibbutz Zikim in Israel, 1000 blankets donated by "Terre des Homines," and 6000 sets of underclothes purchased in Israel by AJJDC. Altogether, 15 truckloads of relief supplies were sent to Tyre and Sidon over a fourwcek |>eriod. It has been verified that these supplies have been efficiently distributed to 900 homeless families in Tyre, Sidon and Nahaliye, Following the initial emergency phase, JDC has turned its attention to equally critical, but second order relief and rehabilitation activities. These are predominatly in the area of public health and basic reconstruction. In the area of public health the following projects have been launched: An emergency campaign to inoculate ail children in South IA'banon against polio became necessary, following the discover}' of three polio cases, two tn Nahatlye and one in Tyre, An inoculation program intended to reach some co.ooo children up to tlw age of y, months was launched on July 27, and was expected to lie completed within two weeks JDC has provided up to 110,000 for the purchase of supplies, rental of minibuses to reach remote villages, and engaging public health personnel. The serum is being provided by the Ministries of Health of Lebanon and Israel Five thousand packets of Oral Kehydrulion solution (OILS) were purchased by JDC from the Hir Zell Pharmaceutical Company for shipment to South lxbanon on AUK I- These are being required for immediate treatment ol dysenteries which have developed among young t/cbanese and Palestinian children, and will be dispensed through Lebanese government and UNVVKA outpatient clinics. The sum of $10,000 has been ullocated by JDC for the purchase of supplies needed by the eight outpatient clinics in South Lebanon i owned and operated by (he M'banese government and L'NWHA i so that they might resume normal activities in the service of local populations. The supplies to be purchased include lab equipment and dialysis units. In the area of prereconstruction activities, the JDC representative concluded a project with the mayor of Tyre in which two bulldozer* and eight heavy trucks contracted for by a local contractor will remove all debris from the 32 worst ttltcs identified by the mayor antl' members of the Tyre City Council.
Jewish leaders to aid Israeli By Boris Smolar (Editor-in-chief emeritus, J.T.A. Now that Israel has smashed the military machine of the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization and made the towns and villages In the Galilee safe from PLO terrorism and rocket fire, American Jewish leadership Is embarking energetically on an urgent project to raise an Emergency Fund of $200 million for Israel to enable the normal functioning there of humanitarian and cultural services which the government cannot support financially because of the, cost of the Lebanon campaign. Nobody can say exactly how much the operation In Lebanon — which sent Yaslr Arafat and his guerrillas into exile and dispersion In small groups to a number of Moslem countries — will cost Israel. It is estimated the cost has reached about 13 billion to date. This will affect the restoration of pre-war life in Israel. Significant cuts will, of necessity, be made in government support for social welfare, education and health programs. The people of Israel will pay, in additional taxes, about II .5 billion of the cost of the war. They cannot now bear the financial weight of the services for social welfare institutions, Including even services for the aged and handicapped. The government is also not in a position to contribute $73 million a year for the maintenance of the five universities in the country, and will be unable to subsidize other educational programs. The burden of sharing the cost of meeting humanitarian and cultural needs — of helping to maintain the quality of life in Israel — must therefore fall upon world Jewry, primarily upon American Jewry. If three million Jews in Israel will pay $1.5 billion in additional taxes to bring the country back to normal life, would it be too much to ask the six million Jews in the United States to participate with $200 million in maintaining the quality of life in the Jewish State and prevent the distortion of the very nature of Israel's society? This is the question posed by Jewish leadership in this country. The embarkation on a campaign for $200 million for an Emergency Fund — in addition to the regular contribution to Israel through the United Jewish Appeal and Jewish Federations — is the answer given to this question.
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Top leaders of the United Jewish Appeal, Council of Jewish Federations and the American Joint Distribution Committee are actively engaged in seeking to obtain successful results for the Emergency Fund campaign, and they ere optimistic. They made initial visits to a number of larger communities and established that these communities are determined to participate in the sharing of post-war restoration of normal life in Israel. Already, 16 large Jewish communities have adopted the Emergency Fund campaign. The New York Federation has approved a $50 million goal for the fund and has advanced $25 million in cash to Israel for humanitarian needs. The communities in Cleveland, Chicago and Los Angeles have each contributed $1 million to the campaign from their endowment funds which are used outside of regular allocations. Detroit, Baltimore and Pittsburgh have similarly followed with special large contributions to the Emergency Fund from their endowment funds. The president and executive vice-presidents of the U3K, and JDC, together with other top leaders, have made a special trip to Israel and also visited Lebanon to assess the situation. Upon their return to the United States they lost no time in initiating personal visits to communities in a number of cities to stimulate their participation In the Emergency Fund. In five days they visited six cities with good results. They established that the American Jewish community is firmly united — not divided — on the importance of aiding Israel to maintain the quality of its humanitarian and cultural programs. There has been confusion in the minds of some people in the communities during the military developments in Lebanon, due primarily to biased reports in the media based on information from Syrian and PLO sources. This confusion evaporated to a great extent when the PLO was defeated and its terrorists driven out of Beirut together with their leader Arafat, and dispersed In small groups in other Arab countries. More than 30 communities In the larger cities and 55 smaller communities are now sending missions to Israel to Etudy on the spot the consequences of the war. The UJA is seeing to it that missions to Israel should proceed every week.
B'nai Mitzvah llyBenGallob NEW YORK, (JTA) - A number of measures to strengthen legal safeguards In New York State for purchasers of kosher products — including what was described as a landmark requirement for registration of kosher delicatessens for the first time — have been signed into laws by Governor Hugh Carey. They are the first such kosher consumer projection laws in the United States, Rabbi Schulcm tlubin, chief supervisor of the kosher law enforcement division of New York State's Department of Agriculture and Markets, said today. The division, which has a staff of roving inspectors, is responsible for Implementation of the state's wide range of such protection measures.
The new laws also deal with meat and with poultry and parvc products. The latter refer to products which contain neither meat or milk Ingrrcdients and can be used with cither category. Rubin said there are more than 200 kosher delicatessens in new York State. Under a law signed July 21, which will take effect September l, operators and owners of the delicatessens will \ be required to register the name of the individual who provides the rabbinical supervision which assures that the delicatessen Is kosher. tic said a registry will he in place in his division'office by September 1 for. such registration. The law also will require registration of the name of the endorsing
rabbi at slaughterhouses. That registration requirement applies to supervision of nonprepackaged mbat and meat preparations. Each such piece of meat or carcass has a tag indicating the name of the ritual slughtcrer, as well as the stamp of the federal Department of Agriculture. He said that since every meat wholesaler handles both kosher and non-losher meat, the wholesalers must register with his division the name of the person assuring that his kosher meat is actually kosher. If there is no rabbinic supervisor in the plant of the wholesaler, the owner assumes the responsibility and must register accordingly. Rubin said another bill, which will become law December 1, requires the dating of kosher poultry which has not been cvisernted, soaked and salted Immediately after, ritual slaughter. The new measure, signed by Carey on May 20, provides that all such poultry — known in New York State as "New York' dressed i poultry" — must, offer, pecember .1,
Congregation Beth Ureal in Grcelcy, Colorado will be the setting for the B'nai Mitzvah of Jason Resnlck and Amy Reshick the weekend of Sept. i. Amy and Jason are the children of Drs. Norman and Dorothy Kesnick. They.are* the grandchildren of Isldar and Fco Harm of Omaha, and Sydney and Viola Resnick of Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Isldor moved to Omaha six years ago and were recently named, senior volunteers of the year. They are members of Beth El Synogoguc. . The Resnicks are also the parents of Lara. They have lived in Greeley 12 years.
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He pointed out that since Israel's birth as a state, the United Nations has changed dramatically from about 50 member states in 1943 to 1S7 at present. "Sixty to 60 of these new states were created out of the urgency for Identity and a good number arc ruled by former terrorists," he said. Mr. Klutznkk said that as a Jew he had a right and a duty to call for political discussion and that he would continue to do so. Mr. Klutznick was critical of the Israeli invasion into Lebanon. He had issued statements saying that the war must stop and that the scige of Beirut must be lifted. At the lecture, he said, "Where were the PLO... they were not in the upper floor of buildings, but 50 feet underground... check for the number of PLO killed in bunkers." The PLO are now dispersed, but the Palestinians remain. intact and a political ac-
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Mr. Kluttnlck chsis wltb panel member* before the ditctutlon. From left are Mr. Kluliolck. Alan Hacke), Murray Frost, lUbM MyerKripiue, and flabbl Jonithtn Hotrnbaum. commodation must be reached, he added. He asserted that those who are talking about Jordan os a Palestinian state — the Jordanian option — arc not being realistic. "There isn't any Jordanian option." Mr. Klulznick explained that he had talked with Jordan's King Hussein in 1974 and was told that the king was not interested in representing the Palestinian people. "They don't like us... they want their own homeland," the king reportedly told Mr. Klutznick. According to Mr. Klutznick, many of those critical of his much publicized statement regarding negotiations with the Palestinians never read the document. Ife read (he document aloud which follows, in part: "Peace need not be made between Mends, but between enemies who have struggled and suffered. "Our sense of Jewish history and the moral imperatives of this moment require as to insist that tfx? lime is urgent for mutual recognition between Israel 'and Palestinian people. "There must be a stop to sterile debate whereby the Arab world challenges the
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existence of Israel and Jews challenge the political legitimacy of the Palestinian fight. "The real issue is not whether the Palestinians ore entitled to their rights but how to bring this about while securing Israel's security and regional stability." Mr. Klulznick said that in order to Understand current events, it is necessary to read and study Jewish history. He went back in time (o about 70 At), when the Roman* were preparing their last attack against the Second Commonwealth. "There was an enormous Jewish Diaspora in Alexandria and fiomc but only Jews that came to the defense of Jerusalem were the accidental few hundred who were on vacation there." He said, "There's a lesson there" for one to understand that this Commonwealth had little or no support from the Diaspora. • In contrast, he described today's Third Commonwealth in which transportation and communication arc easily available "Israel is alive today because six million Jews in the United States ami five million elsewhere gave solid support from their centers of influence." The world lias changed drahtically since I'illi, he said, adding that were it not for Czech arms Israel would not have been able to win its War of Independence. "We forget," he said, that the United States did not supply arms directly to Israel until 1061. "I sat in on the first meeting of a leadership group with President Kennedy... We must do this Kennedy said, and the United States announced Hawk missiles to Israel" Mr. KJuUnlck said that
this was a historic moment In the relationship between the United States and Israel, but "lets not forget that it took the United Slates 13 years to commit arms to Israel." Mr. Klutznick emphasized Jewish morality and ethics in dealing with a settlement in the Middle East. "The Jews of the world want pence and security for Israel... we arc a people pf peace... we believe in the eternity of the human race and we arc a people who believe- that other people have a right to live." Mr. Klutznick'ii comments were directed in rebuttal to ({ueMioiu raised by panelists Dr. Jonathan Itosenbaum, director, Department of Jewish Education; llubbi Myor Kr|pk.ej;abbi emeritus, Ileih El Synagogue, and f)r. Murray Frost, si-nlor research associate, Center of Applied Urban Research, UNO. Mis opening statement described his 15 years in Omaha its one of the most exciting periods of his life Ik {minted to the Omaha of the :w* and 4'»s as one of the most vital Jewish communities in (lie Unltvil States, a community which led the nation in many respects. lie said also Hut lit: was iinidzvd tod'ty to sec that an active Jewish Day School is being operated in Omaha and referred later to the Torah and learning, as (he cornerstones of Jewish survival. On a sail note, Mr. Klutznick announced that he was leaving the next day fur fsracl (o attend the funerat his friend, Dr. Nahum Goldman. Before leaving, however, be was kept busy by old friends who locked him into conversation at a reception following the discussion.