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New play opens Saturday at JCC B y Carol Kntzman "It's a pleasure working with Theater Director Marty Skomal," said Margie Gutnik, one of the actors featured in the Jewish Community Center product inn of Lovers and Other Strangers, which opens tomorrow night. "I haven't acted nince high school, but Marly has concbrd me ami 1 feel very good to be on titagv again." Mnrty Skomnl i» the Theater Department'ft Artist-in-Hesidence from the Nebraska Arts Cuuncit. He ha* worked in community thrntcr here and in St. Louis and is also production manager for Chanticleer Community Theater. This is hia first production at the Center. For the first timeftinccaudiliomi, the cost tmd crew rehearsed together lam week. The sets were in place, but unpaintcd; in one ncene, chairs were used as bedside tallies. The overall effect wot stilt impressive. At the end of each ecene, Mnrty gave new instructions and inspiration to the acton. For Mime, like Rnndi Katelmnn, it was the firat time the hod »c*n the other actor* perform. "I really liked what I taw," said Rondi, who has appeared in the last two JCC production*. "The »how U very, very funny. Now, if I can jutt gtt Mr. Newman to learn his linen, we'll be set for opening night!" Thi» i» .ICC Program Director Tom Neuman'* fir»t acting role in five year* and first in Omaha. Before entering the Jewish Community Center field, Tom wo* a professional actor and the recipient of a Rockefeller Grant forsnuluntc theater, work at the University of Cincinnati. There are several other professionals in tho *how: Joe Grojsnn, who in familiar to Omaha television audience* for hit* many
commercials, and Linn Friedman, i'hil I'fenninger and Kyle Smith, who nil have appeared in local dinner and community thenlers, including the Omaha I'layhouHC. Most people just know Paul Cohen us the president of the Jewish Federation of Omohfi. But Paul has appeared in the last two JCC ploys nndj* also a night owl disc jockey on KOIL radio. His role m opposite thut of Margie Gutnik, vice-president of the •ICC, which makes the saying "politics makes strange bedfellows" utmost a reality! The JCC Theater welcomed back Mark Trustin, who firnt np|>earcd two year* ago in D r i g a d o o n . He plays u scene with Yvonne (irant, a newcomer making her Omaha acting debut in Lovers and Other Strangers. Another newcomer to the .ICC Theater is Myra Goldman, who tried out for the play as a lark. She has the longest scene in the show, but *aid that "working with Marty has mode it seem easy." Working behind stage are Joyce Shcchnn and Vernon Push. Joyce hns designed lighting for Chanticleer and Crcighton University. She is Marty's "right-hand woman" an stage manoger end assistant director. Regular patrons of Chanticleer and the (Jputaira Dinner Theater will recognize the mark of Vernon Push as set designer for this thow. Lovers and Other Strangers in o series of acenes about love and marriage for mature audience*, and in mado possible by an ArtUt-in-Schoolti/Communitics grant from the Nebraska Art* Council. The show run» for three consecutive weekends, turning .Saturday night, May 14. Ticket prices range from S2 to $5. Cnll the JCC, 334-8200, to make reservations.
Paul Cohen and Margie Gutnib rehearse for Lovers and Other Strangers, opening at the JCC theater Saturday night.
Yom Ha'Atzmaut celebration
Among those participating in Israel's 35th birthday party at the JCC last week are from loft Center director Steven Rod, Federation President Paul Cohen, La Vista Mayor Harold Leathers, Mayor Mike Boyle, co-chairman Pam Cohn, Cantor Leo Fcttmon and Rabbi Isaac? Nadoff. Pom's son, Michael, greets Sam Friedman, grand marshal of the parade. See photos on Pages 67.
Rabbi: unveiling ceremony not required in tradition By Ben Gal lob 1, J n U Trlrroqiluf Awxy. Inc I
A Conicrvative rabbi, noting that unveiling rites at tombstones often evoke as much pain as burials, has asserted flatly th»l.un>'«iUns ceremonies arc not required by .Jewish religious law, despite a wide-' spread impression that "such a HCrvice is ordained by Jewish law and tradition." Thut insertion was made by Rabbi Harry Epstein of Atlunta, C!o. His statement wns published by Rnhhi Arthur Olcisky in the bulletin of Oleinky's congregation, Anshei Israel in Tucson, Arizona. Epstein declared that, very often, members of ii fumily in which a death has occurred will n.ik him whether there must he (i fornuil unveiling ceremony of the tombstone. Me added thnt "to my knowledge, there (ire many'families who would prefer not to have such an unveiling HCrvice, but they are under the impression thnt such a service is ordained by Jewish law and Iradition." He added thnt such fflmilicH, not wanting to violate what they believed to be an ordnincd rite, "will forego their own reluctnnce and force thcmRelvcH to schedule a public ceremony." "An unveiling service is not mentioned in any book of Jewish codes," Epstein added. "It is a custom that hns arisen in American
Israeli arms to Central America Protect Israel's friends B y Daniel S. Mariaschln (JSPS) — Over the past three yearn, unrent in Central America ha been front page news. The Sandiniata revolution in Nicaragua and guerilla activity in El Salvador and Guatemala have commanded the daily attention of the White House, the State Department, the Congress, and foreign policy oliscrvern across the political spectrum. Against this complicated setting, Israel's relations to the countries of Central America has been highlighted by some in
Driveway closed The north driveway to tho Jewish Community Campus at 333 South 132nd .Street has been closed. According to Steven J. Rod, executive director, JCC, UTCM, to all three buildings in the Campus will be via the main driveway only.
the media. During the waning wcckn of 1982, with the problems of l^bnnon still foremost in our mind*, a number of stories appeared focusing on sale* of Israeli weapon* and matcrinl to Honduras, Costn Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador. The visits to Central and South America by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and then Defense Minister Ariel Sharon were covered in depth iiy major American now* organizatiortH in n more than critical tone. With the Reagan Administration encountering difficulties in Congress over funding for increased weapons usuistancc and training to Central American governments, the arrival of the Israelis was depicted as a sinister American cat's paw. Critics Bliggested that the easy way to circumvent the restrictions on military nid to tliene countries was to utilize the Israelis, wb<> in their view were eager for new weapons markets. (continued on page 5)
.Jewish life," and, he asserted, the practice should not go unchallenged. He declared that it was meaningful "for a family to visit the grave of the departed at tho time of the Yahrzcit, the anniversary day of the dentil, and recite a memorial prayer. But it is not necessary for anyone else to lie there, not even a rabbi," Kpstcin described as a "time-honored custom" the practice of setting up a tombstone ut the grave "os an act of reverence and respect for the deceased, HO that they will nut lie forgotten and their final resting place will not he desecrated." UP asserted that the proper time for setling up n tomhstone is any time after 30 days of liuriul "but the 'unveiling service' has mi Im.Mis at nil in our ritual law. No family need feel religiously compelled to hold a formal unveiling service. Setting up an appropriate tombstone and a private visit to the grave site is sufficient." Epstein commented that "in too many cases, people have been making the tombstone setting almost like a second funeral. Such an occasion re-opens the wound and causes needless anguish. It would be a good thing to return to the simple, private family grave visitation." Oleisky noted that if a family, after (continued on page 5)
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Not in Israel's interest By Mcir Pa'll (JSPS) — Tho large influx of arms to Central America today does not come only from Cuba or the Soviet Union, as president Reagan often charges. Nor does the United States' own substantial contribution complete the picture there. Israel too, must unfortunately sharo the shame of being one of the main arms merchants to that unstable region. Steve Goose, of Washington's Center for Defence Information, putB it "among the top three suppliers to Central America." Israel's main customers there arc El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Kicii. Before the revolution in Nicaragua overthrew it, the Somoxa dictatonthlp was a customer too. All hut one of the current customers — Costa Kica —. are run directly or in effect by extreme right-wing oligarchies whow vicious large-scale murders and human rights.abuses are cited by non-par-
tisan agencies »uch an Amnesty International, and acknowledged as problems by the U.S. State Department. Offices established by the Catholic Archdiocese in El Salvador's capital estimate that more than 3!i,O0O civilian murders have been committed in that country alone in the lust three and a half years. Most arc attributed to right-wing death squads acting on behalf of the government or local land owners. The reactionary social and economic policies of these countries are reflected in their populations' low jitcracy rates, lack of access to decent health enre, widespread rural landlessness and urban joblessness. The ar*nn Israel sells to these regimes are mainly personal weapons, though more sophisticated kinds arc possibly involved as well. About three months ago, then Defense Minister Atiel Sharon traveled lo Honduras (whose pilots Israel reportedly helped . (continued on page S) /
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ADL-CRC post now full-time
The position of assistant to the director of the ADL/ CRC has been changed from a part-time to a full-time potition, announced Syd Osten, chairman. "The increased demand for ADL's services, both in Omaha and throughout the Plains States Region covered by the ADL office has
and law committees of the ADL/CRC, as well as serving as staff liaison in these areas to the community at large. Mr». Krupinsky'» activities include the development of a workshop at the Nebraska State Education Association Convention, liaison to the ADL/CRC — required a larger time com- Creighton University Diamitment," Mr. Osten said. logue, and serving as a The position will con- member of the Cox Cable tinue to be filled by Jean Committee for Religious Ann Krupinsky, who has Programming. In addition served as assistant fur the to her speaking engagepast 10 month*. Mrs. Kru- ments, Mrs. Krupinsky has pineky will continue to work written for the Jewish with the education, media Press.
Women study New York (JTA) - A slightly larger number of women than men are studying this academic year for the Reconstructionist rabbinate and nearly twice as many men as women ere studying for the Reform rabbinate, according to a survey by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The patterns repeat those of the 1981-62 academic year when 19 women and 18 men were studying for the rabbinate at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) and a total of 120 men and 69 women were studying for the rabbinate at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUCJ1RK
Rotary honors Scott Meyerson Scott Mcyerson (left) iharcs bead table honors with Cornbiukcr football star Dave Itimington during the 56tb annual honor roll luncheon sponsored by Rotary Club of Omaha. Scott, of Arbor Height* Junior High School, was selected to provide the response for (he Honor Roll Boys. He Is the- son of Larry and Ardccn Mcyerson.
ADL leader dies
NEW YORK (JTA) Benjamin Kp*tein, from 1948 to 1!)78 national di
rector of the Anti-Defamation league of H'nni R'rith and for the past five year* executive vice president of the ADL Foundation, died The amount «f money nt hi» home in Manhattan. raised for the lurnel Special He was 70.*"A memorial Fund during the IDA'J Fed- MTvice wot lu-ld in the main eration Campaign wa» in- tinncUiury o f T e m p l e correctly reported in last Emnnu-KI.
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ADL/CRC Dialogue More than 300 persons attended the Elie Wicsel lecture recently nt Crelfihton University in connection with the ADL/CRC Creishton University Dialogue program. Participating in the program were from left, Carl Grecnberg, Mr. Wicsel, Eileen Licben, Kcv. John Daly, S.J. and Debra Holey.
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Finally, deciding to make human relation* hit* fulltime career, Epstein joined ADL in 1939 a» director of what Wii* then called it» "Fortripn l^iriRiin(;e DepartA Icddinn fijjure in Jewish ment." He worked with <(imiimn.)I work. Kpstein't> unti-NWi (icrmnn Arncri concern nnd involvement cniih .inii o t h e r . e t h n i c will! problem), of prejudice i;rour>» in thiii countr>' firnnd (lifccriminiilion dnled r.ui^inc public meeting und back t« 19.H, when he wn* iinii-Nn/i (Jermnn AmeriII iiiMory Mudent nt the Unirjuio /iii'i o t h e r ' e t l i n i c versity (if lierlin on a Fel- cr>Mi|)K in thiH country nrlowship cr/int- fr»m the In riitv^int: iiiililic meetings and nliiutc of Interiiiitionnl iiitii N11?i (leinofiNtriilionx F/llHVttlOt). in make tlie point thnt whnt wuc hiipiieniiii; in Kumpe nai. not only of coiuern to Kpstein joined the faculty .leu's liui it li^bt for nl! (if the University of I'ennAimrif;JII»- to iindertakihylv.iniii hut (fnve every hPiire minute to lecturing
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The giving of the law Shavuot By Dvora Wayaman
Before giving (be Torah to Israel, Ilnhtunic legend U-ltn u* that Cod offered it to the other nations of ihc world. They nil refuted it. The Kdomiten rejected its principal commandment: "Thou nholt not kill". Other peoples could not accept the prohibitions agiiiiiRt immorality or thievery. "We have no desire fur the knowledge of Thy way*", they exclaimed. Then God offered it to Israel, and the reply was: "All that the Ixird hath spoken, we will do and we will obey!" On Oth Sivan, wo celebrate this momentouii event with the festival of Shavuot. According to tradition, Ihnt in when God revealed Himself directly to hin people, and we all Mood at Sinai nod received the Decalogue — the Ten Commandment*. No religious document has excrcincd n greater influence on the morn) and social (ifo of mnn than thin divine proclamation. Theae few brief commands — only 120 Hebrew word* — cnv«-r the whole upherc of conduct not only or human action, but also lite secret thought* of the heart. They Iny down fundamental rules for nil time and for all men. The llahhix tell us thnl the tablet* of Mono on which the Ten Commandments were written were prepared at the eve of Creation - pro, dot ing humnnily and independent uf (itm? or place or racial culture; nnd they were hewn from the napphire Throne of Glory. The revelation wmt given nt Sinai — the drwrt, whirl) then Iwlongcd to no one nation exclusively; and it wnx not only heard liy likriiel, l>ut liy nil the inhabitants of the wurhl. We arr t»Ul thnt the Divine Voice divided jiM-lf into theVUftpokcn tongue*, no thnt all mankind could understand it* message of redemption. A* the Divine commandment* rang out from Sinai, no bird sang; no ox lowed: the ocenn muicd its roar nnd no creature utirred. The Decalogue ho* find a profound impact even on rrligiorutoutxiile Judaism. Lu-
ther wrote: "Never will there be found a precept comparable or preferable to these commands, for they are M> sublime that no man could attain to them by his own power". Despite the low ethical standards of the world at present, it i» certain that they would be even lower hut for the influence of (he Ten Commandments. The l!>th century labelled it«elf: "The Age of Science". Science equips man, but doe* not guide him. It heralded the dittcovery that mnn came from the beast, which iiorne philo.topheni see as possibly justifying on assault pgainRt morality. Sometimes this leads to qucftlioning the sacredness of human life and the mocking of moral purity. Thing* arc tolerated, even encouraged, in our Micial, npiritunl and cultural life that only a generation ago would have Ivecn condemned. Amid thin moral chno». •ludaisrn remairiH unmoved. It continues to proclaim that there in an evrrhmtini; di»linction l>etween right und wrong; Iwtween "Thou shalt" nnd "Thou Hhalt not". • If we accept the universe as the creation of a Supreme Mind, it follow* that communicutiim Iwtwi-on God nnd mnn in Ixith logical nnd ethically ncccssnry. Not everyone will accept the Biblical account of the Kcvrlntion nt Sinai liternlly; but no interpretation m valid in Judaism which nt(rihulcH human reason n» thu stnin-c, MnimonidcD compared rcvpfation to il luminntion by lightning on a dark night. Some prophctx were granted only one mirh lightning (IAHII; but Moses wan accorded continuoiiH light 'face to face'. In hin mind, the Kahl>i» nay, the Divine Mcsiuige WHS reflected in <• clear mirror. The supreme revelation wn» the (Covenant at Mount Sinai, which tic nltarcd with the wholu of Inrocl, filling their Minis with reverence nnd light. And this hn» lx.>cn Judiii»m'n gieatcU gift to the whole of mankind — the Ten Commandment*, a way of life for now and for all time.
Mount Mooca, approximately 0,720 feet high, in southern Sinai which is reputed to be Mount Sinai, where Moses received the 10 Commandments. There is a monastery on the top of the mountain. The area was returned to Egypt as part ot the Camp David Accords. WZPS photo.
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Gr/m fa/Ay tale Aa we celebrate Israel's 35th birthday, the threat of yet another Middle East conflict casts gloom upon our happiness. Now that Israel, Lebanon and the United States negotiators have reached an accord, the spotlight of world attention turns to Syria. Instead of agreeing to pull its troops out of Lebanon, the Syrians have done what any casual obs server of the Middle East would have expected them to do. They have rejected the agreement. .Not only has Syria — the puppet of the Soviet Union — rejected the agreement, but in recent weeks has helped the PLO return in force to the region. Now, the situation is entirely different. There is a new threat of war. The big lie, as expressed by Syria and the Soviet Union, is that Israel is planning to attack. We are used to such nonsense, but too many people arc ready to believe the big lie. The truth of the matter is that Syria never had any intention to leave Lebanon. The truth is that the PLO — regardless of any signed agreement — never had any intention to stay out of Lebanon. And the ultimate truth is that the Soviet Union has quickly and ezpeditiously filled a vacuum of inept diplomacy in the region by re-arming its puppet state with sophisticated weapons and well-trained troops. The Soviet presence has encouraged Syria and the PLO to take more forceful action against the Israel Defense Force. Just a few short months ago, at great cost in human misery, Israel crushed the PLO and eliminated the military threat of Syria. There were high hopes — hopes of peace with Lebanon and the disappearance of the PLO terrorists. Instead of using its great prestige and power to effect such a peace, the United States stumbled and took every wrong step that could possibly be taken. Pressure was applied to Israel every minute of the day, every hour on the hour, month after month. The re-arming of Syria — modern missiles, new • tanks, sophisticated aircraft, Soviet technicians, satellite intelligence — all were of no concern to U.S. diplomats. It wasn't until the American Embassy itself was bombed that the Diplomatic Corps awakened from its slumber and recognized the realities of what its policies had accomplished. After 35 years of precarious existence Israel — not the United States — is the expert witness in dealing with the Arab nations. United States interests would be better served if our diplomats were able to learn from Israel's bitter experiences. Our diplomats have had 35 years to understand the modern Middle East. They have flunked. P.S. Two months ago, a Jewish Press editorial said, . . . 'The most serious mistake — in a wide range of diplomatic errors — is to assume that Syria and the PLO will leave Lebanon simultaneously with the Israeli Defense Forces." Study hard State Department...
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What a line! HAIFA — A terse press dispatch which appeared many weeks ago, during the period when Washington was urging King Huwsein to join the pence talks with Israel, caught my eye. ft announced that ('resident Reagan had telephoned King Hussein as part of the "normal discourse" between the two government*. No further information was given. Telephone lines are unpredictable in this part of the world Many of us still recall that on the outbreak of the Six-Day War Egypt's Nasser telephoned Hussein, reassured him that the battle was going just fine, and urged that the time was ripe for him to come in, too. The King agreed, with consequence* that arc now a matter of history. The telephone line in Amman was apparently none too secure, and the full conversation was recorded in Israel and subsequently broadcast for the whole country, and the whole world to hear. Well, it seems that Hu&sein must have been speaking with Kenyan on that same ornery line. My tape recorder was turned on by accident, and when I switched on that Uipe it sounded like this: Reagan:... next time . . . California. -in: I appreciate your interest. R: What's in my Interest is in your Interest too. H: What can I do for you? II: Join the peace talks. Put the Israelis on the spot and
tell them you're willing to negotiate. It looks o» if you're being stubborn. 11: What will Arafat say? He claims to represent the Palestinians. R: So what? Most of your citizens are Palestinians and Jordan is Palestine anyhow. H: Shhh. Don't say that. H: You've got to appear reasonable. * H: Every time I get involved in \hi» business 1 burn my fingers. Don't forget, that's how 1 lost Jerusalem and the West Bank to begin with. - I t Hussy, old boy, you've got to do me a favor. My prestige is on the line. The big mistake was in calling it the Reagan Plan to begin with. If it had been called the Scltultz Plan, or the Weinberger Plan, we could have dropped ft when wo saw that everyone was against it and it was a flop. But no, they had to attach ray name to it, and now I'm stuck with it. I can't afford to let it fail. Hussy, old friend... H. Frankly. I don't went to talk to the Israelis. Look what happened to my grandfather, Abdullah, when ho did just that It: Times have changed since then. H: Not for the better. Even one of Arafat'* mtn, Sartawi, ha* been meeting with Israeli leftists, and they tell me the Palestinian hotheads are out to get him. II: Don't worry, we'll protect him. H: Well, what do you offer us? R: Palestinian wlf-iuto in Judea and 8.... I mean the West Hank. H: And what else? II: We've got come F-16 and F-20 fighter planet that would look good flying over Amman with Jordan insignia on them. H: TIIM'B a Rood beginning — keep talking. It: I'll freeze Israeli setiismrnls on the West Dank. Frct'ie'em cold. H: What if the Israelis won't agree? R: Don't worry. We'll put the pressure on. What do you say* H:.... (indistinguishable...) R: What did you *ay? II:.... my grandfather. R: Hello, hello, your Majesty? Are you there. (Aside) Belter check to see if he's all right... (Click!) I'm having the tape a* a curiosity. It kind of perconali7.es nil the things we rend about in the newspapers.
To the Editor: In her column. HOW IT WAS, circa 1925. Bert Lewis reminisced about the mortgage burning ceremony at the Lilvisher Shul on 19th & Hurt. The physical act of burning the mortgage paper was an honor accorded to my grandmother, Hrana Boloban Coren. Of course, in those days, honors went to the highest bidder. In this case, Uncle Sam (Sreenberg, former Omaha grocer, honored his Mothcr-inLaw with a generous donation. Henry Stern To Ihc Editor: Camp CJiaverim — what docs it offer our children ihot cannot be found at any other day camp, In one word "Jewishness". Our children have the opportunity of enjoying various outdoor activities well su|>crvised by the-counselors and, at the game lime, learning vnliies and ruMoms inherent in their religion. The flag rmsinc the Shubbut services, the fihlichim are all directed •it establishing a sense of "JcwishntKii" in our children. Jackie Libn .JC'C Camp Committee To the Kditor: Wurds cannot express the gratitude iind warm fcelingx lur everyone lliul mude Israel's, ;)5tb Jiirllidny Celebration the wonderful HUCCCRK it WOK. It *u» truly touching for me In experience people of nil »geu from all over thv community working together to create tlu- wonderful comradeship that e*iM<*ci mi Sunday. The members of the JCC hti/ff'aiul iii'iinifnanci* were rcninrk'ilily nx'perative and helpful be>ond the call of duty The Staff of Israel would IKJ duly _ iiii|>res.ii*<t' and prmid to know Omnhn'H Jewish community < ir<-<! MI much. A s|n'<iu| tlninks K"es to all the meml>efs of our wonderful committee without who's diligent 6up|«>rt mid help made Sunday the huge Huccess it wns. it is my
hope that the magnitude of this year's celebration can be continued on an annual basis. Again from the bottom of my heart, I am proud to be a member of a Jewish community who cart'8 to much. It was a pleasure and a fantastic learning experience for me to cochair this committee. .Shalom and L'Chaim, P o m Cobn, Co-Chairperson Yom Ho'atzmaut Committee 1 0 8 3 T o the Editor; I would like to call attention to a timely article in the May 9 "Time" magazine. I quote from the education section: "Our nation is at risk. The educational foundation* of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity. If «n unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impo&c on America, the mediocre educational performance that tuists today, we might well had viewed it as an act of war. We have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking unilateral educational disarmament," — The Notional Commission of Excellence in Education. 1 would also like to point out that an official delegation • Irtiin the Nebraska State Department of Education said, and I quote, ".. .The Jewish Pay School of Omaha in here: In lore recognized a" a fully approved echool . . . you are commended for the fine effort that ha» been made to establish n rich and Htitnulat ing; learning: environment for the children enrolled. The school offer* opporionitie* to children which in imwl iniitancctt far exceed the requirement* of Rule 14 (minimum MM* regulations for approval)." I urge every Jewish parent of an elementary school age— child t<» ttiforigly 'consider the Jewish Day School n» an iilteriniiive educational option to (be public school system. Susan H. Palcy Prcnident, J e w i s h Day School
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Protect Israel's friends (continued from page 1) ' Too, otun, Israel has been categorized as an International pariah state, willing to deal whert it can regardleiu of the composition of national government* and their policies. This has been part of a decode-long process of subjecting Israel to an international double standard. Israel is by no means the lamest arms source for Centra! America. The United State*. Prance. Britain and others have been in the South American market for many yearn. , Beyond that, though, there are those who ask why Israel should sell weapons to nations that restrict and violate human rights. Of the four Central American countries where Israel has made weapons available, three — Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador — have democratic electoral systems. Thi» in not for a minute to suggest that there are not hitman rights abuses in that region. Hut the experience of Iran has taught us that some successor regimes that cume to power decrying human right* violations can often be much worse than the governments they replace. It would he difficult to classify the Sornoza regime in Nicaragua as anything other than corrupt. But the successor regime there in proving to he not only restrictive in terms of human right*, but also one that is expanding Soviet and Cuban influence into this hemisphere at the expense — ultimately — of American interests. Since coming to power, the Sandinistas have continually put off free elections, curbed the press, slowly but surely throttled free enterprise, and engaged in massacring Miskito Indian-son the Honduran border. They have invited van numiwr* of Cubans, Bulgarian*. Katt German* nnrl other to build the infrastructure of a Marxist society. A
Cuban-Nicaraguan noo*e around Central America has as its ultimate target oil-rich Mexico, in America's own backyard. In terms of Israel, there is another important dimension to he noted. One of the first foreign visitors to Nicaragua after the Snndinint takeover wan Yasir Arafat. The I'LQ has been even reported to have trained Nicaraguan military personnel. PLO influence in a region which has traditionally I Hen. with some exception)), friendly toward Israel is rightly a matter of concern to the •Jerusalem Government. In the case of Costa Rica, its courageous decision to move its emlmssy back from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem linn lieen properly recognized by Israel's offer to assist in the training of that country's national police force (it has no army). As the media has made a rumpus about Israel's relationship to Central America, it in rarely mentioned that through good times and hod since the founding of the state, the Cent ral American nations have been among those very few in the world that have consistently voted with Israel at the United Nations and in other international forums. Were the world community to accept larnel in a normal fashion, perhaps the Jewish State could be much more selective in its friends. In Israel's case, the line "you take your friends where you con get them," i» not a flippant throw-away. In a world where MI many forces from no many quartern have seen fit to isolate Israel and to totally distort the meaning of Zionism it would lie wrong to point a finger at the current Israeli efforts in Centra) America. Israel is not a cat's paw for the United States. Unlike those who fail to see the threats ondimplications of ThirdWorld oppression in a clear-cut manner, Israel has decided to work against it in order to preserve its own best intercut.
Not in Israel's interest (continued from page 1) Also, though Israel is accepted internatrain), where he met with generals there on tionally us o normal Male in virtually all of military matters. The dt>tnil* of those talks the- Western world and much of the rest of were not revealed. Bui one enn deduce that iht world — especially in terms of trade — lurael'* role as an arm* source for these gov- it does hove its troubles with diplomatic reernments in neither shrink) ni; with time nor lations, enpecinlly in the Third World. If remaining static. Ittraelis want their country to be more reIsrael plays this rule prirrmnly because it ."IK'Cled in the international community, it needs tu support the costly domestic arms must not send arms to these understandproduction so crucial to i t« own defense, and nlily despised regimes. States such as to find sources of export strength for its France and Great Britain, from their secure very hard pressed economy. These eco- lioliiical positions, can brazen out pracnomic realities provide compelling incen- ticing such nn unpopular policy more suctive* for selling arm* abroad. (The deals are cessfully than Israel, which should avoid it. in the form of »ale.«, not nid.) This is not a question of double standards, Other cnuntric* have not been shy about but of more nophintication; there is no doing the same. Thu Inracli urmn merchants reason to give your enemies needless amin Central America and i-lmwhere face stiff munition with which to moke their case to competition from the French, the Belgians, others. the Hritith and private wjurcen as well, Let there be no double standard, thereAnd these arms deals arc needless. Isfore, in opposing those arms deals. As o so- rael's own defense industry could be subcialist and humanist, I don't think my state sidized by means other than exporting arms should sell arms to thus* illegitimate re- to the right-wing dictatorships of this regimes. Nor should any other countries, it gion. Much of the expertise °nd production would be the same if I were French or capability in our military manufacturing German. Israel ought not to be expected to could be u»ed as a springboard for devellie more pious than other countries. There oping non-military oriented industries arc reasons, however, why Israol needs to whose products would be equally valuable consider it* actions in broader terms than for export. The production of small aircraft, other countries following the model of Germany's sucFor one, there are .Jews in this region, as cessful Fokkcr Friendship or France's . in many other part* of the world. This pre- Airbus is one example. Even now, Israel is sents a factor not confronted by many other considered one of the best countries in the states. Israel's actions and policies must be world at reconstructing large aircraft, such taken so as not to cause troubles for those as the Boeing 7Q7. This too can bo develcommunitie*. oped.
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Ceremony not required in tradition (continued from page 1) having been informed that Jewish custom does not require the unveiling, nevertheless insists on an "unveiling service," any rabbi will "gladly" serve the wishesof that family. In reprinting Epstein's statement, Oleinky reported thnt, on a recent occasion, a member of his family naked, "Rabbi, was it necessary for us to hold this unveiling and stir up so many feelings?" Oleisky declared that "Often, I will observe the members of a family so tense and so upset that one haa
the feeling that a second funeral i» taking place." Declaring that he agreed fully with EpKlein, Oleinky reported that he had prepared a pamphlet that families might wish to use at a private unveiling service, available at the synagogue office. Reporting that about it third of the families in his congregation bold unveiling services, Oleiaky declared that those families should know they have "the option" of either a private or public service on such an occasion.
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Botha Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen, Cantor Emtl Berkoviu and the Beth El Choir will conduct the service*. The Talmud Torsh graduates will participate in the services. Art Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Morning services 9:30 n.ra. Kkfchish wilt follow. Minha-maariv 8:15 p.m. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. . Weekdays; 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ANNUAL DINNER Beth El's Annual Dinner will be held May 15 at 6 p.m. SHABDAT IN THE HOME There will be no late services on Friday evening, May 20, an Shabbat In The Home will be observed. There will be a service at 6 p.m. at which time yahrztits will be read. ~ SISTERHOOD GENERATION DINNER Sisterhood will have an "In Celebration of the Family Tree" dinner and program on Tuesday evening, May 24. Reservations can - be made by calling the*syn• agogue. SHAVUOT SERVICES The Shavuot schedule 'will be: services at 6 p.m. on "Tuesday and Wednesday e v e n i n g ; 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. May 17 and 18 - and 19. Dedication of mem-' orial plaques and Yizkor will be held on Thursday morning.
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SHAVUOT Weekday*: 7 a.m. and 8:15 Wednesday, May 18. p.m. 8:45 a.m. SHAVUOT , Thursday, May 19, Tuesday, May 17 8:45 a.m. Candle-Lighting. ..8:19 p.m. CLASSES Evening Service ...8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14,9 a.m. SERVICES: Wednesday, May 18 Sunday, May 15, 10 a.m. Services are conducted in Morning Service...8:45 a.m. the Capehart Chapel every Jr. Congregation...... 10 a.tn. B'NAl MITZVAH Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Kevin Andrew Gilln- Candle-Lighting ...B:20 p.m. Shabbat follows the service. sky, son of Mr, and Mrs, Evening Service ...8:15 p.m. Services are conducted by Lawrence E. Gllitssky, Thursday, May 10 Major Theodore Stainman. will celebrate his Bar MiU- Morning Servi«...8:45 a.m. vah during Sabbath Serv- Jr. Congregation. 10 a.m. ices Friday and Saturday, Y i z k o r M e m o r i a l Service .11 o.m. May 13 and 14. Evening Service ...8:15 p.m. Mark H a r d i n g E p HARRY WEINBERG On Tuesday evening, A memorial service for stein, son of Qr. and Mrs. May 17, following the holiI warn to than* en my friends Gary Epstein, will become Harry Weinberg, 75, was and relatives for their gifts, day service, a Torathon will conducted May 6 at Beth El a Bar Milzvah during Sab- be held from 9:30 p.m. to 11 cards and donations during bath Services Friday and Synagogue. Provisions for my recent tvospitattzaiion p.m. A Torathon is a period and also thanks to Raw* Nahisfoodywere made with the Saturday, May 20 and 21. of lime net aside for study doff for his visits. Fayo Nebraska Medical School. COUPLES CLUB and discussion of Torah Brooksjejn He is survived by his wife, Temple Israel Couples mutters. It is traditional Thanks to my relatives an) Ess; a son, Gerald, of Lin- Club will be having a picnic that on Shavuot which celfriends for your kind and coln; daughters, Cheryl supper at Camp Wnkonda ebrates the pivingof the Togenerous expressions of Plum of Ithaca, N.Y., and — Forest Dr. in Bellevuc — rah, that Jewish people concern for my NSno Uves Charlotte Ciporyn, of Ev- on May 21. congregate for the study of during my recent hosprtattanston, IL; und seven For reservations and di- Torah. zation. Moorio Katt grandchildren. rections to the Camp phone The subject to be studied Jacque Sacks 551-S063 or and discussed U "A ReasKaren Delgadillo 5530579. sessment of Jewish Life: DiPleaso |oln us as our son fSAark Harding Reservations should he rections for the Future", made by May 14. becomss a Bar ftittzveh Saturday, May Leaders of the discussion 21, 11 a.m.. Temple Israel, luncheon will lie Rabbi Allan Comber CONFIRMATION following services. Confirmation Services who will speak on "comGary & Nancy Epstein will be held on the Festive! municating Jewish values". of Shavuot, Tuesday, May "The view from the next generation will be the sub17, at 8 p.m. Confirmands ore: Andrew ject of presentation of three Bernstein, Robin Dann, Ro- high school students. Harry byn Epstein, Paula Fried- Berman, Gwen Obcrman land, Andrea Gordman, and Wendy Weiner. Sisterhood will provide Mark Hoffman, Jill Hornstcin, Amy Kavicb, Dovid light snacks. BAT MITZVAH Kutly, Daniel Marburg, Su- 1215 South iiCit) S t Aroy Helfcld, daughter tan Noddle, Dona Nogg, 334-2744 Lisa Platt, Barb Roinish, of S i m m y and W a y n e Julie Roffman, Joanna Si- Siege!, will be held Friday mon, Eric Tatelman, Na- evening, May 20. . talie Weinstein and Marc Weinstine. Following the Service the. parents of the Conflrmanda Under tre supervision of tho Vsad Hakashrut of Omaha will host a reception for the congregation in honor of Mon. 7-noon; Tues-Sat 7-5; Sim 7-2 their children. SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Rabbi Barry L. Weinstein and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. The Hebrew School Graduation will take place st Sabbath services. Class members who have completed the four-year course of Hebrew Study will receive Certificates. The graduates ere: Jonas Ban, Ann Buchalter, Mark Epstein, Randi Epstein, Lisa Fried, Kevin Gilinsky, Deborah Malashock, Kevin Martin, Edye Roffman, Terri Sadofsky, Angel Schrager, Beth Seiner, JaRon Sherman, Robert Simons and Susan Stern. Following the service parents of the graduates wilt sponsor a reception in the Temple Social Hall. Saturday: Morning services; 11 a.m.
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Announcement has been made of the engagement and forthcoming .marriage of Terri Sue Grider and John Howard Bernstein. The bridi-elcct is the daughter of Mrs. J. William The couple will be mar- Kiefer of San Francisco, ried in Kansas City on June Calif, and Clctis M. Grider 19. of Independence, Mo. Mr, Bernstein in the w>n or Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Bernttein of Ornsho. He is Rebbi Kenneth N. White an attorney with the law will lead Friday night serv- firm of Higgins, Okun and Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein ices beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday morning serv- received a BA in history si ices and (study begin at 10:30 Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. and his a.m. Occasional children's juris doctor from Creighwn services begin at 7:30 pjn. University. I'lease call the Temple Mis* Grider earned her Office at 435-800'! for inforBA in psychology at the mation. University of MisMuri in Oneg Shabbat follows Columbia and her muster'* each Friday night service. degree in hospital administration from Washington University in St. Louis. Usts®in Mi.« Grider i» associate edminifttratnr for the medical SERVICES: staff services division of Friday: 8 p.m. BUhop Clarkwin Memorial There will be an Oneg Hospital. Shabbat. The couple plans a June Saturday: 9 a.m. 19 wedding tit Temple IsKiddush hosted by Ann and Eli Modcnstcin in honor of rael. Eti's C5th birthday. Monday and Thursday: IIADASSAil 7:15 o.m. Hadasunh will hold its SHAVUOT f,9tli national convention in Tuesday, May 17 the Washington Hilton Maariv Service Hotel in the nation's capital Special Erev Shavuot August 14-17, Frieda 8 . Uwis, national president, program Story Hour and Family has announced. Service 7 p.m. "Not A Chirp Was Heard" Presented by Religious School Student* Refreshments 7:45 p.m. Adult Ercv Shavuot Service 8; 15 p.m. Tikkun Ley! Shavuot 8:45 p.m. Open ended tstudy first and last chapter of each book of the Bible. Stay as long as you wish. Wednesday, May 18 Shacharit 9 n.m. Reading of The Ten Commandments Mincha 8 p.m. Maariv Service Tuesday, May 10 Shacharit 9 o.m, Yizkor 9 a.m.
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Older Adults install new officers Tbe Bureau for the Aging's Older Adult group Installed new offlcers lest week at the Jewish Community Center. From left, they are: Leah Siegel, Millie Zavitch, Oick Gummera, Reva and Al Orueh, Morris Epstein, Connie Mehtrens, Fannie Legman, Ann Margolin, Ethel Miller, Sadie Kohn, Fay Sekor and president Myer Green. . .,
PIONEER WOMEN An Oneg Shabbat honoring Mrs. Phil (Rosalie) Grad, n a t i o n a l board m e m b e r of P i o n e e r W o m e n / N a ' n m a t and former resident of Omaha, will be held at the home of Mrs. Harry (Sarah) Shrago on May 21 at 12:30 p.m. The membership is invited, but reservation* are needed. Mrs. Grad will be the speaker at Pioneer's annual Spiritual Adoption Dinner whose theme this year is to "than in a child's future", to be held on May 22 at Beth El Synagogue. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 0:30 p.m. sharp. Mm. Lisa Scnal, member of the local chapter and an operatic soprano will entertain accompanied by Jay Alwood at the piano. The Omaha community in invited to attend Pioneer Women's .Spiritual Adoption Dinner. Reservations may be made with lulyth Roger! 571-3017. TASTE AND TELL June 26 tut he date for thin year's annual Taste and Tell Luncheon for Womcn'n American OUT. Recipes for tbe cookbook were collected al the May 12 general meeting. Anyone who was unable to attend the general meeting can send her recipes to Marilyn Colick, this year's chairman for the event nt 2505 S. 124th Street, Recipes are due in by May .11. Appetizers, main dish salads, and desserts will he featured in the cookbook. NCJW LUNCHEON Guest speaker at the National Council of Jewish Women Luncheon on May 24 will be the, newly elected National President, Barbara Mandel. The luncheon at the Highland Country Club begins at 11:45 a.m. and will be followed by a fashion show, courtesy of
The first annual meeting of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will be held Kalelman's end J.D. Pot- Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 at the JCC, following a 7 ton"n. Cost is $7.60. p.m. dessert social. Narrators Bobbi Lei-, At the meeting Dr. Oliver bowiu and Paul Cohen will Pollak will speak, in condescribe on NCJVV tour of junction with the Jewish Israel during the modeling. Cultural Arts Council, on Mrs. Mandel will talk "Episodes in Nebraska about the NCJW Research Institute in Israel This is an oction-rtRcarch center, designed to develop and evalute new educational methods, materials, pracThe Bat Mitzvah of Amy tices, and services for the Helfeld, daughter of Wayne educationally disadvan- and Simmy Sicgel and the toRcd in order to speed their late Victor Helfeld, will be integration into Israel's held Friday evening, May 20, at Beth Israel Synmodern society. agogue, Barbara Mendel's knowledge of the Research InstiAmy is a seventh grade tute is first-hand, having student at Beveridge Junior been on its Board of Direc- High School. Amy enjoys tors since 1977. She will just volleyball, tennis, Softball be returning from Israel and bowling. after attending the May Amy is the granddaughter board meeting of the Reof Mr. and Mrs. Morris Dusearch Institute. of New York City Mrs. Mandel has been an NCJW member for 34 yearn. She via* president of Cleveland Section and has represented NCJW on many national and international boards. Former Omahan Sbnri Hitter service will be Ellen Asplund, daughter of available at the Jewish Morrie and Hernice Adler, Community Center at a re- him joined the Instrumenduced rate, payable at the tation Section at tho Jet luncheon. Reservations for Propulsion Laboratory in lunch and sitter service Pasadena, California, as a should lie nude before May technical editor. She is re20, by calling: Linda Dunn sponsible for program deat 3:54-2311. Rocky Lewis at velopment and technology 3:13-1736, or Jody Ma- transfer in the fossil energy lashock at 333-7440. instrumentation and control program. Prior to accepting this position, film Patents was'publications editor in tho geology division at tho The Parent Involvement Committee of the United Talmud To rah of Omaha has announced the need for ATWESTW0ODPUZA more parental participation 123RD&WEST in planning. CENTER ROAD According to the announcement, those interested may call Lloyd Roitstein, 7.14-2785 or Linda Dunn, 334-2311.
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1943 — now that was a year to look back on. Mostly, it's . depressing to read the Jewish Press of that time in our recent history. Stories were mostly about the military, race equality, veterans and such things as the "Dimes Drive to, fight Infantile Paralysis". •; And that was the year the Federation elected Sam Beber '. as president, succeeding' Henry Monsky. That was also ! when a full page ad about the '43 Ford models displayed a ' Tank, a bomber plane, an airplane engine, a Jeep.and a j glider .. . n o autos that year. ,_.:.„. The UOC honored Rabbi Isaiah Rackovsky with a fare- y well dinner before he left to become an Army Chaplain, and the 1943 Philanthropies campaign opened with special tmphnsig on the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, over- : seas needs and Palestine. •. Service Life Insurance offered a group life policy insuring the entire family (from 1-70) for as little as $1.00 per month • and Natclsons had beautiful wool suits with matching coats fur $25 each. Silver I.D. bracelets were popular and at I'urim shalachmoncs packages were sent to servicemen stationed in and around Omaha. The Street and Railway company had traffic checkers doing a survey of streetcar and bus traffic to see what changes might be needed (presumably peopio were using public transportation more than BEFORE gas rationing). I suppose Bar and lias Mitzvah celebrations were a little low key at that somber time, but a few of the 13-year-olds were Barbara Truntin, Donald Nogg, Jerry Rosinsky, Edwin Gorclick and Jerome Washermen.
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One more mention of the tragic events of that time . . . a story told of a special gathering of all Omaha congregations to "mourn the loss of TWO. million European Jews executed by Hitter", They couldn't have known that the final number would be six million when it was all over.
To end on a lighter note, the Press told of 100 Jewish High School graduates that year. They were honored at Gary and Harriet Soiref Beth El and Rabbi Arthur Lelyvcld addressed the students. of Marblchead, Moss, an- Arlcne Dansky and Erwin Witkin responded. And I want nounce the May 2 birth of a you to know all of the names of the graduates were listed — every single one of us! daughter, Carly Blair. Grandparents are Mort And that's the way it was . . . 40 years ago. and Helen Soiref of Omaha and J a c k and l o n e Schotzmnn of Passnic, New Jersey, The Jewish Community Center Theatre
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'Chorus line'at Beth El celebration Betb El Sisterhood will present In Celebration of the Family Tree May 21 et Betb El Synagogue. The program begins with tbe opeotag of booths end tbe gift atop at 5:15 p.m. followed by dinner et 6:15 p.m. A musical production directed by Joanio Jmcobma will feature those in the accomjjatsyiBg photo, from left, Melissa Epstein, Asher Stoller, David Skid, Andrea Goodman, Lisa Goodman, Andee Friedlaeder, Andy Epstein, Andy Rubsck, Michael Huback, Danny Cobs. Jason Cinsburg, and Shaaa Novak. The program also will feature songs frota Free to he You and Me along with poetry, prow;, daacts tsnd gymnastics, Specialties include a duet by Ozzie Nogg and Kunio Denezjberg, tbe older adult choral group and the following: Bob Epstein, Sandy Friedman, Stan IVldman, Susie Drazen, Betb Giasburg and Sibby Wolfeon. Cheryl Lee will accompany. Tickets are 85 for adults and $3 for pre liar Mitzvali with DO charge for children under three. Reservations and information, call chairman Linda Novak at 392-2327.
Golda Meir Remembered — on her 85th birthday By Trade B. Peldman One of the men she dealt with during a crucial period in White House Correspondent the Middle East history was Henry Kissinger, former NaWashington, D.C. "My birthday is not important, Israel's tional Security Adviser to President Ninon and former Seeanniversary is what counts, for Israel will live many more rctary of-Stati*. Dr. Kissinger regards Golda as "on year* than I will..." extraordinary woman who led her \msp\e with wi«k»m and These were Golda Meir's sentiments during an interview cflurago in their hour of need." prior to her 80th birthday — five yearn ago ~ and eleven "llor life wan testimony not only of the history of en days before Israel's 30th anniversary. She died seven individual but of the destiny of a people," Dr. Ki*»inger months biter. told me. "It was marked by a faith that made idealists of The remarks were typical of Golda Meir, one of the pi- ordinary men and women and drove them to a wasteland oneers who helped turn a dream of Zionism into statehood to fulfill an historic vision. and then served the nation as prime minister during the "In n world M» obsessed with pr&ctkel problems, Israel mow trying days of its history — the Yoru Kipjwr War of U a spiritual wxtrmty, and Golda Meir epitomizes the spirit 1973, which brought Israel to the brink of destruction. trust created the State of Israel." No wonder that Israel's A no-nonsense, blunt-«peaking woman, the had few il- first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, once eaid that lusions about herself. She wasn't afraid to admit her po- Golda was America's nicest gift to Israel. litical mistakes. She even said she would never forgive Horn Golda Mabovitch on May 3,1838, in Kiev. Russia, herself for failing to call up Israeli reserves early enough she came, as an 8-year-old, to the U.S. with her family, to repulse the surprise attack that touched off the Yom wliich settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There, her father Kippur War. earned his living a»a railroad carpenter and cabinet-maker. She cared little for fashion and ber idea of a smart frock Her mother operated a email grocery behind their apartwan a simple black or blue dress. During one of our con- ment. Golda helped in the grocery store, and with other versations in Washington, I told her about hair designer household chores. She was valedictorian of her graduating Laurae Comeau who offered to come from her salon ot the class at 'P.S. One' in Milwaukee, and went to high echool Washington Hilton to Blair House (U.S. Government guest where the year book of her graduating class said, Those house) to style her hair for a White House State dinner in about her from her shall read the perfect ways of honor'. her honor. "If I thought going to a beauty shop would moke At ttge 23, Golda left the security of the VJS., sailed to me beautiful, maybe 1 would no." she quipped. "But one Palestine and settled in a kibbutz. "1 couldn't reconcile has to be realistic." wanting a Jewish state, yet living in Milwaukee," she said. Mrs. Meir was always realistic — about her colleagues "It wasn't that the VS. wasn't good to us, but 1 had that as well as herself. Most of her life she had worked among particular streak in me that if you believe in something, men and with men. "I've enjoyed working with mere," she you should at least try to accomplish it..." told me once, "and I was fortunate in working with men Eleven days after Golda's 50th birthday, in IMS, Israel strong enough to accept my opinion if it had merit. If a was proclaimed a state and she was one of tbe signers of man's ideas were better than mine, I would accept them. I the Declaration of Independence. That same year, she was didn't ask for special treatment' because I am a woman. If assigned as the country's first ambassador to the Soviet the majority was against me, I gave in, even if I knew it Union. Her arrival in Moscow as the first Israeli envoy to was a man's idea." the USSR caused an emotional outburst among tens of thousands of Russian Jcwa who came to greet her, an incident she said she would never forget, Subsequently, she Mature, Healthy also served as Israel's Minister of Labor, Secretary General Woman to share home of the Labor Party and Foreign Minister. Near Shopping & Bus At age 71, on March 17,19G9, she succeeded the late Levi Eshkol as Israel's fourth prime minister, tbe first woman Routes. N.W. Me. Call Ms, Salmon at 571- to hold the position. To that job, she brought a strength of character, a power and simplicity of expression end a fun9758. damental dignity that gave her a bind of mother-earth. Stic was o ferocious negotiator and a woman of powerful convictions. When she eavc her word, it could be counted J.F. BLOOfyt & COMPANY on; and once she mode up her mind to do something, even 4431 M. 20» 2701H. » if it was difficult and painful, she followed through — with 451-CC83 333-G222 Cmais, Ketrssia course and ability. ' A fierce opponent in debate, tough-minded and deterOH* 100 years' cipcnava mined in negotiations, Golda Meir was unafraid of the cut and thrust of politics ot the highest level. She cms also unafraid to cry. She wept openly at the funeral for Israeli victims of Arab terrorism at the Munich Olympics. 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"I feel sorry for anyone who i» afraid to cry when he feels_ like it," she *aid. "Iwcauae if he can't feel strong tnough to" cry, then be doesn't feel anything eimagh to laugh either...." Golda Meir wa* Isr&d'a prime minister when Hichartl Nixon won in the While HOUM\ Once when I asked Presiek'nt Nixon how negotiation* were going with Mr». Meir, he responded: "She makes quite a case for her country. The Milwaukee Brnvf-s emild uise her as a pinch-hitter when they need to win." And when 1 asked Golds Meir what the U.S. should do to help Kettle some of the problems in the Mideast, she told roe: "A great country must pay a price for that greatness and carry the kind of responsibility which greatness demands. This u particularly true of America, which sees its obligation to keep tbe peace by helping freedom-loving countries to protect ihem&elve* against aggression." Hut from Golda Meir's countless quotes and remarks, my favorite is one she uttered in 19C9: "When peace finally comes, we will pethapa in time he able to forgive tbe Arabs for killing our eom, but it will be harder for u» to forgive them for having forced us to bill tbeir Rons...."
AZA # 1 Freshman Weekend By Corey Kaplan and Brad Goldalrom In keeping with tbe AZA f 1 tradition a Freshman Weekend was held on April 29, at the home of the newly elected freshman president, Corey Kaplan, at 12922 Pacific. A cultural event was planned by members of the AZA #1 Freshman Board. This year's event involved the use of Physical Therapy and how to improve your mental wellbeing. Saturday night social event, Date Party, was held at Omaha's El Hombre's. (Just a note to our advisor, Bruce Meyers, who spent the evening at Grandmother's looking for the AZA party, we're sorry.) After dinner, the group
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Protest Jerusalem (JTA) - Israel lodged a stiff protest with the British government Tuesday over Deputy Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd's meeting with a Palestine Liberation Organization official in Tunis and Foreign Secretary Francis Pym's recent remarks which were viewed here as hostile to Israel.
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On April I? eight youth groupers from the South Street Temple visited Lancaster Manor and played Bingo with the residents. They had a wonderful time and ere looking forward to more programming like this in the future.
T h e Omaha Temple The Hadassah Board will meet May 17th, 10:30 a.m. Youth Group visited the in the Tifereth Israel Syn- Lincoln group on April 23 for a day of programming agogue Lounge, and fun. The topics for the The unveiling of a mon- day were "Arabs in Israel" ument in loving memory of and "Arab Israeli RelaRebecca Ginitburg will be tion*." held at Mt. Carmel CemeThe Youth Group is tery May 22 ot 1:30 p.m. with itabbi Mark Hifimmi moving ahead with its exciting program. The group is officiating. sending five delegates* to Peoria, III. for the 1983 The 18M-19M Centen- MOVTV Spring lietegolea nial Committee, co-chaired Conclnve. There will be by Regina Simon nnd Oor- electing regional officcrn othy Shapiro has presented end some of the Temple plans for the upcoming Cen- group will be running for oftennial Celebration at the fice. South Street Temple. At the lost Board of Trustees meeting, plans were di«cuis«d including a dinner Not silenced dance, a ribbon cutting cerWashington (JTA) - The emony at Hogh Hashsnah virtual halt to Jewish emitime, and several other proj- gration from the Soviet ects. This year wiU be o very Union hits not silenced the exciting one for everyone Soviet Jewry movement, involved in Temple life. Gerald Kraft, president of B'nai B'rtth International, The South Street Temple told the Annual Leadership Confirmation Service will Conference of the National be held May 15,2 p.m. Conference on Soviet Confirmand» nre Rebecca .Jewry. Bigga Brasch, Anne ElisaInstead, he said, the beth Sartori and Debra Kay movement his "regained Schreiher. Ail congregant* and momentum," pointing to the recent World Conferfriend* mny attend. It has became a tradition ence on Soviet Jewry and to the South Street Temple the B'nai B'rith "Day of that Hyman ami Zella .Bo> Solidarity" on a "turning senberg present JPS Torahs point in the'eurrerit history to the Confimiartds. This of the Soviet Jewry Moveyenr i* no exception. This i» ment. If the Kremlin the tradition'that help* thought three yearn of moke Judaism live in the hcjehlencd repression of livw of the young people. Soviet Jctva could snuff us out it now- known better."
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The month of May, when most students are busy cranking out term papers and cramming for finals, may seem like a strange time to begin a college career. But in Sigmund Romberg's T h e S t u d e n t Prince, now playing at the Norton Theater, that is when Prince Karl Franz of Karlfibcrg arrives at the University of Heidelberg, as much to salute the Spring as to become a student. But the year is 1840, and in addition to a few assorted «chola»tics and monks, most of the college crowd are a gang of playboys who hove apparently proficiencied out of things like books, classes and work, and given themselves over full-time to getting drunk and seducing scrvant-girl». Sp the young Prince has on excuse for being no different. Indeed, the plan is for him to attend Heidelberg for only one year, and we con just see him returning home after that length.of time and announcing to his subjects his decision thnt college "just wasn't for him." In the meantime he learns how to salute his comrades without spilling a drop from his stein, and rather unconvineingly falls in love at first sight with a plain barmaid named Kathie. The Prince's college career is cut even shorter
when word comes from home that his grandfather the King Ue» dying. The old man would like to see Karl Franz married before he dies. A bride, the Prince&s Margaret, has been selected for the Prince, which means that he must say farewell forever to Kathie. Trie Princess is actually more of a looker than Kathie, but the farewell scene between the Prince and Kathie is still poignant. (D.B.)
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iztd, Rich Gordon of the Bluffs is home again, and Rubin Marcus and Mooney Isaacson are back with us. Dave Katskee offered a new name for us, "Maturians." Vice President Sam Ban, acting president, read off the lint of May birthday boys, and we offered our operatic voices in congratulations, following which he introduced our guest speaker. Rabbi Brooks, who needed no formal introduction. The Rabbi's discourse was on "Who is .Jewish?" We have for years taken for grunted that a child of a Jewish mother was declared to be Jewish. Hut what if the father was Jewish and the mother was not? What the Rabbi pointed out was, that he attended a conference <>f 140O Rabbis nt the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the point that was stressed was that a child Iwrn of n mixed marriage was "presumed" to be Jewish. Rabbi Brooks frit that of prime importance was a Jewish upbringing of the c h i l d . " T i m e s have changed", he said "and equality of the sexes is of prime importance in today's world." Of equal importance, in my mind, is how he referred to Ms. Wagner's statement. "Use our privilege to vole," See you May 17, after visiting my son, the Cantor, in LA.
Nuclear freeze Washington (JTA) - A nationwide campaign to mobilise support for ending the nuclear arms race was launched by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), representing 7f,0 Reform synagogues in the United States and Canada, with publication of a 307-page manual titled, "Preventing the Nuclear Holocaust - A Jewish Response."
Lebanon war New York fJTA) - Christians should follow the enample of the Israelis, who todny are searching their consciences and asking themselves if they "did the right thing" in I^ebanon, a Dutch theologian stated. Speaking at a press luncheon at the American Jewish Committee's headquarters Dr. Simon Schoon, former pastor at Ncs Ammin, the only Christian agricultural cooperative in Israel, said that Christians should not forget that it was Christians who did the killings in the Palestinian camps. "Then," Schoon added, "out of collective responsibility we can really discuss the matter."
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Former nun enjoys teaching at Omaha Jewish Day School By Lynda Frank Lucille Saunders is not your ordinary elementary school teacher. Neither her background nor her wiling is ordinary. The former nun is one of two itccular teacher* at the Jewish Day School in Omnha. Although this does not seem out of the ordinary to her, nnd she is a bit reluctant to talk about her years as a nun. Referring to that period in her life as "o carter choice", she said after 23 years she "wished to pursue another career, dedicate my life to something else." That something el&e was teaching. While in "the community" (o» she refers to her years as a nun), she taught first grade, some fourth grade and religion classes to both youths and adulu. But she taught under tight restraints with no choice of location or schools. She left the order "for more freedom." Leaving the order was difficult, she said, comparing it to leaving any other position or like getting a divorce because of the insecurity she felt at having to learn to fend for herself. "Surviving on my own wa§ a big change. I've had to worry about food and rent. In the community, everything was provided for me and moist things were owned communally." After leaving the community. Ms. Sounder* firet went into day care and pre-school work but found it was not quite the name. Ms. Saunders was teaching at a private alternative tchool when the board of the Jewish Day School visited there last year. Obviously impressed with her methods, they offered her the opportunity to set up the secular studies at the Jewish Day School which had been connected with the Montcssori School until this year. The board approached her because of her experience in implementing and teaching in an open environment odiiptt-d from the British Primary Concept. This is nn unstructured concept where children work on their own with encouragement nnd guidance provided by teachers. Mh. Snunder* does not consider her pouition at the
Tokyo y Jewsj join B ' ' h B'naiB'rith TOKYO - For the first time in B'nai 'Vrith Inter-
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Jewish Day School to be different from her previous teaching experience*. "I'm used to teaching <H private or Catholic schools. The difference here is that they tench language," The language, she admits, has been thp only transition she has not completely adjusted to yet but she has learned several rote words, can understand some of the »p«kcn words and is planning to learn Hebrew MI «hc will lx> able to converse more with the children. The other big change in teaching hn* come from incorporating holidays into le**on». 'The things I'd do for other schools, like for Christmas, Valentine'* Day or Halloween, I can't do here. And I'm not « j nbte to incorporate Jtwith holiday* yet." But «he is learning more and marc, She has attended Passover xeder* and Shnbbat meals with the families of some of her student*. As far n» a big difference in religion, she say* there really isn't one. 'The Toroh and religious le&sons are nil part of my background," the said. "My knowledge of the Old Testament w oa good as mast Hebrew school teachers becsuM 1 wo* brought up on it. It's just that their (Jews') religion stops there and mine continue*." She also fwUi she has gotten a greater knowledge of her roots teaching ot the Day .School, explaining thnt we (Christians) have the name roots as Jewish people. As the end of the nchool year ncarn, Ms. Saunders feels she has accomplished much in her first year and that the 21 children in the school have worked well into the system. And although she said there i« still more to do, she feels it has been a good experience and she's hod'fun doing it. The only obvioun difference in watching her work with the students is that she prefers to be called "Lucille" while t he rest of the Uachcm, both Kccular and religious, are called by the Hebrew words for teacher and their names. Does she hove ony regrets about her career change? "No n-grtts," she said, "ever." And from the enthusiasm shown by the students when she is working with them, it is n mutual feeling — a teacher who loves teaching and students who love being taught by "Lucille."
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