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Rabbi Stephan F. Baraclc has been appointed associate rabbf at Temple Israel, according to Dr. Blaine Y. Roffman, president ' of the congregation. Dr.* Roffman made the announcement after four months of interviews of candidates by a Search Committee under the chairmanship of Isidore M. Tre\ tiak. The selection of Rabbi Barack was then ratified by the Temple Board Rabbi Barack of Trustees. Rabbi Barack was selected from a panel of rabbis submitted to the congregation by the National Rabbinic Placement Commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Rabbi Barack is a graduate of Washington University with a BA degree in philosophy. He received his bachelor of Hebrew letters and master of arts in Hebrew letters degrees from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was ordained a rabbi in 1970. In addition to student pulpits, Rabbi Barack held positions as director of education and programming and director of religious Hebrew schools in Madison, Wise, while serving there'as assistant rabbi. From 1973 to 1982 Rabbi Barack-^vas associate.rabbi, at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minn. His most recent pulpit was that of rabbi of Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was visiting professor of religion at Augsburg College in Minneapolis for seven years. Rabbi Barack has also had wide experience in Jewish and community organizations.

By Allan Greene Federation e x c stive vice prep'" .it The Jewish, . jderation has implemented a new policy. 'Whenever a Jewish child is born in Omaha, the Federation will acknowledge and honor that birth by planting a tree in Israel in the Jewish National Fund Children's Forest. The daughter of Steffie and Edward Shrago will be the first child so honored. This new policy is more than just wishing a Mazel Tov to the parents. Hopefully, it will provide a link with each Jewiifjcnlld born in Omaha with their people in Israel. The idea was suggested to the representatives of the 52nd General

Rabbi Barack is a member of the National Commission on Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He has had a continuing interest in youth education and has developed programs for the National Federation of Temple Youth for which he was designated an Honorary Life Member. Rabbi Barack has served as a youth advisor, Hebrew teacher and high school department supervisor in congregations while as a student as well as following his ordination. He is the author of published articles in the fields of educational activities, teachers' resources and innovative programming for adults and families in congregational and community activities. While in Minneapolis, Rabbi Barack was centrally involved in Synagogue-Federation relationships. Commenting on the selection of Rabbi Barack for his new post with the Temple, Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, senior rabbi, said: "I have known Rabbi Barack for many years, both through our direct relationships with each other and through his reputation among the rabbis and the congregations. He has'my highest regard personally and professionally. I am delighted to welcome him as a colleague and partner in the rabbinate of Temple Israel and to our community. I feel certain we will"all benefit from his presence among us." . ...Rabbi Barack's wife, Renee, is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia where she majored in education and English. Rabbi and Mrs. Barack are the parents of two daughters: Jennifer, age 14 and Deborah, age 13. Rabbi Barack will assume his duties at Temple Israel in mid-January.

Assembly in Atlanta by the scholar in residence, Reuvan Kimelman of Brandeis University. Since we wish to honor all newborn Jewish children

$50,000 bequests have been made to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the Jewish Federation Foundation, and the State of Israel by the estate of Gertrude'and Sam Wolfson. Announcement of the bequests was made by Mort Trachtenbarg, chairman of the Jewish Federation Foundation; Mr, Trachtenbarg said the bequests were made according to the provisions of the Will of the lateT Gertrude Wolfson, and her deceased husbands-Sam Wblfsph. • Both Sam and Gertrude Wolfson were

• By Morris Maluie The new president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced major goals for the incoming administration. Howard Kaslow told more than 230 at the annual federation meeting last Sunday that three major efforts will be pursued in the coming years. He identified the goals as reaching out to seek active involvement in the Jewish community by those who have not yet come forth to serve. Another goaJJs to build a year-round Campaign organization with a commitment of time and energy to the program by Federation professional and lay leadership. A third major goal, he said, is to strengthen and support the newly-organized Federation Foundation which provides an op,portunity for fulfillment beyond the annual Cam-

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Rabbi Sidney Brooks makes the announcement: Older adult worker Mollie Delman is the recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year award. See page 9 for additional pictures from the Federation's annual meeting last Sunday. . •. paign. Mr. Kaslow's address capped an early afternoon program of lunch, enter-

tainment, award presentations, and installation of officers. (continued on page 8)

Visitors maywalk Many of the more than 200 attending the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Omaha last Sunday had an opportunity to 'walk back into the past'. The occasion was the official opening of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society exhibit of 100 Years of Jewish Organizational Life in Omaha, 1850-1950. The exhibit at the Jewish Community Center honors the 80th anniversary of the Jewish Federation and will be available for public viewing until Feb. 12. The materials will then be prepared for permanent display, A grant from Mort A. Richards and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture made the research and exhibit nossible. Special features of the exhibit include "Historical Moments" which set the timeframe for each featured organization! These <• start- with 1860 with the election of Abra-

ham Lincoln and continue through the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. The walking tour, for which a printed guide has been made available, begins with the founding of the first congregation in Omaha, Temple Israel, and continues, decade by decade, through the organization of _the_Epstein-Morgan Post of the Jewish War Veterans in the 1940s. Also on display is the menorah received by the Jewish Federation of Omaha in honor of its 75th anniversary, two pieces of. sculpture from the old JCC on 20th and Dodge, a bust of International President of B'nai B'rith Henry Monsky, and the bronze plaque of early Federation president Morris Levy which hung formerly in the lobby of the old Jewish Community Center. Schools and groups wishing conducted tours may call^ary Fellman, 551-7257.

from Omaha it will be necessary for friends and relatives to inform us of births. Please contact Lois Wine at 334-8200 extension 271 with details.

born in Russia at the turn of the century^ During his adult life, Mr. Wolfson was one of the principal owners and operator of the Independent Fruit Company, a wholesale produce company located in the old City Market. Although Mrs.'Wolfson's health in her late yearstiid not permit active involvement in the Jewish community, she always identitled closely with her synagogue, Jewish.organizations, and ^ was deeply concerned about the welfare of the State of. Israel. . Mrs. Wolfson is surviyed by a sister, Miss. Libbye Rubenstein, of Sioux City, Iowa.

Residents of the. Boss. Blumkin Jewish Home for the Aged signed a birthday card honoring Hose Blumkin on her 90th birthday. Several of the residents visited the Nebraska Furniture Mart last week to present the card in person. From left/ are Ruth Potish, Dora Astor, Sylvan Block, Mrs. Blumkin, Faye Abrahams, Lou Ellio, Ann Ellis, Millie Fogel and Dave Bernstein.

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United Way allocates $121,1 By Mitchel Orlik Planning and budgeting director It has been announced that^Jewish Community Services has received from United Way an allocation of $121,838 for 1984. United Way provides funding for specific programs which are conducted by Jewish Family Service, the Jewish Community Center and the Bureau for the Aging. Paul Epstein, a member of the Jewish Federation Board and the Federation's liaison to United Way commented that he was disappointed with the United Way allocation. "It is important for people to realize that in many cases, Jewish Community Services is the only provider of service west of 90th Street. The 1984 allocation represents a 5 percent increase over the $116,000.00 we received for 1983. In a year when the United Way achieved over a 10 percent increase in their campaign, it was disappointing to learn that Jewish Community Services will

receive only 5 percent". Mr. Epstein added that "the United Way By Morris Maline allocation is essential for us to maintain the Editor-in-Chief quality of the case work, educational and When former Omahan Dorothy Brandt social/recreational services we provide not looks out of her Jerusalem apartment she only to the Jewish community but to the. can see the Judean Hills, the Knesset and larger community in which we live". many of the hisThe funding received by Jewish Family toric site's of the Service will enable them to increase their world's oldest reli- • V •' case work services, further development of gions. ' family and play therapy programs, as well "I feel as if I'm as adding to community resources for family home and that my life education. whole life was j The Bureau for the Aging plans to expand spent preparing for their meal service, initiate new programs as this," Mrs. Brandt part of their community service effort, and told the J e w i s h to offer dental and medical screening. Press recently. In the upcoming year, the Jewish ComMrs. Brandt munity Center will focus on programs de- made a special trip ' • ' signed to accommodate more adults, to Omaha in De; increasing the ballet and theater programs cember to visit with ^ and expanding services to teenagers. friends arid to parDorothy Brandt

Israel Pilgrimage organizational session o center (including field Local Jewish high school trips to the Haifa students who are considerarea, the Golan, Safed, ing participation in the 1984 etc.) Ramah Community Pil4 days in the Negev grimage to Israel will meet . Desert at the JCC on Jan. 22 at 7 4 days of a weekend visit p.m. fo7a short preliminary with relatives, friends orientation..The Israel Pilof the family, or grimage, sponsored by the another Israeli family Bureau of Jewish Education Scholarships ranging and the Jewish Federation of Omaha, includes.six from $800-$1800 are availweeks in Israel. The basic able and further informaitinerary is tentatively as tion concerning both the program and financial aid follows: 23 days at the Jerusalem ' will be disseminated at the^ meeting. All interested high base (including field school students and their trips to the Tel Aviv parents are invited to atarea, the Dead Sea tend. Those wishing addiarea, etc.) tional details before the , 11 days at a Galilee

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 Miller Film Series, "Angel Levine" UTTO Havdalah Program for class 7 - 7:30 p.m. at the Muskin's Home Julie Tucker, Bat Mitzvah, Temple Israel SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 Men's Campaign Worker's Training, 9 a.m. Resident Camp Day, 2 p.m. Pioneer Women Na Amat Chapter Gen. Mtg., 1 p.m. Auditions for Spring Play, 7 p.m. MONDAY, JANUARY 16 Mah Jongg Class, 9:30 a.m. YES, 10 a.m. Elem. French, 7 p.m. "CPR Class, 7 p.m. . Mary Kay Cosmetics, 6:30 p.m. Beth El Bd. of Trustees Mtg., 7:30 p.m. at Beth El Israeli Dance, 7 p.m. Auditions for Spring Play. 7 p.m.

meeting may contact Mrs. Sarita Cooper, 333-6740, or "the Bureau of Jewish "Education, 334-8200.

Apartments for mid-years BAT YAM (ZINS) - A 12 story 177-unit apartment house specially designed for middle age people, is going up in Bat Yam. According to the sponsor — Mishkenot Clal Company — efforts will be made to offer about half of the flats to non-Israeli. The project, will include besides the main apartment house, several smaller buildings that will contain clubs, laundries, a mini-food market and a swimming pool. Available either furnished or unfurnished, .the oneand-a-half and two-room apartments. A Mishkenot Clal spokesman explained that the apartments will not be sold outright. Rather, "buyers" will be able to rent on a monthly basis, buy occupancy privileges for a month or more every year under the time-sharing arrangement, or pay a sum ranging between $28,000 and $112,000 — depending upon the size of the apartment — for "residential privileges." .

ticipate in an informal meeting in behalf of Israel Bonds. She had returned to the United States to attend the Jan. 8 wedding of her daughter, Sara Malka in Chicago. Sara Malka married Joseph Gold, son of a rabbi, and the couple's long-term plan is •to make aliyah to Israel. When Sara Malka relocates to Israel, she will be the third of Mrs. Brandt's five daughters to settle there. Leah resides in Migdal Haemek near Nazareth and recently gave birth to Abraham, Mrs. Brandt's first grandchild. Bracha, the eldest daughter, operates a gift shop in Dallas, and Esther attends Northeastern University in Chicago wherei she is majoring in psychology. Esther plans to serve as a volunteer tour guide in Israel. . The youngest daughter, Nechamah, resides with Mrs. Brandt and attends a secular religious school which emphasizes Torah studies. In this age of intermarriage and assimilation, the fact that all five daughters are in tune with Judaism and Israel doesn't surprise Mrs. Brandt. She resides in a Shomer Shabbas apartment building where the elevator is closed on Saturday; auto and truck traffic halts. Mrs. Brandt has two sinks in her kitchen, uses separate dish towels and pot holders for meat and dairy, and buys glatt kosher meat and chicken. While her life as an Orthodox Jew is not unusual for an Orthodox Jew, particularly one residing in Israel, her experience is

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"He was absolutely correct," she added. "I took to being a Jew quite easily . . . It was as if my true destiny were being fulfilled,"..explained Mrs. Brandt. As a Jewish woman, Mrs. Brandt plunged into organization work in behalf of B'nai B'rith Women which she served as president for seven years, and Beth Israel Sisterhood. "I dearly loved B'nai B'rith Women and perhaps the event that thrilled methe most was when I sold a $5 ad to Norm.Roffrhan at the House of Delicacies.-My knees were knocking when I approached him on the phone and the successful sale gave me the confidence I needed." y,s ' Mrs. Brandt also worked as a volunteer in behalf of Hadassah, American Mizrachi Women, and Russian resettlement. Her long-time interest in Israel'translated into action for Israel by becoming a regular purchaser of Israel Bonds. After the death of Maurice, she married Nick Brandt, a former star athlete at Central High School and found that her desire to settle in Israel.was intensifying. The death of her second husband convinced her and her daughters that aliyah had come to the forefront of the Dorothy Brandt agenda. "After arrangements had been made, my girls" literally packed me up and drove me to the plane." She said that everything had worked out beautifully and that one must remember to pack two things for a successful transfer to Israel: patience and a sense of humor. "These are the first things you put into your suitcase and these are the first things to come out once you arrive . . . this will spell happiness and contentment in Israel."

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"He had assured me that if I followed his instructions and completed the conversion process in the prescribed manner, I would have no difficulty in living a Jewish life in Israel, Mrs. Brandt said.

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After a period of study, she was converted to the Jewish religion by Rabbi fsaac Nadoff of Beth Israel Synagogue.

Liz Doherty, dance director at the JCC, has announced new adult classes in jazz and ballet starting Jan. 16 for eight weeks.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 Women's Health Club Super Spa Day, 8 a.m. Men's Campaign Old Timer's Planners Mtg., 10 a.m, Elem. French, 7 p.m. Lamaze Class, 7 p.m. ADL/CRC - Omaha-Law Comm. Mtg., Noon NCJW Mtg., 7:30 p.m. Club 78 Program, 6:30 p.m. Chess Club, 6:30 p.m. UTTO Bd. Mtg., 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel

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By Riphard..Cohen . Union of American HebrewiCongregations Biblical and rabbinic sources support the position recently adopted by the Reform movement that permits the religious status of a child to be determined equally by either mother or father, according to an article by two religious scholars writing in the Winter 1983 issue of The Journal of Reform Judaism.. Last March the Central Conference of American Rabbis, rabbinic arm of Reform Judaism, voted to confer Jewish standing on the child of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother provided the child is raised Jewishly. The CCAR acted after Rabbi Alexander M. Scrrindler, president of the, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, proposed that patrilineal descent be given equality with the matrilineal tradition in determining'the Jewish status of children of interfaith mar-. riage. In their article, Rabbi Phillip Hiat, assistant to the president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Rabbi Bernard M. Zlotowitz, director of the New York Federation of Reform Synagogues, argue that the Jewish law of determining the status of the child on the basis of the mother's religion ffi~ a rabbinic innovation and does

not follow biblical practice or observance. They cite a variety of biblical sources to validate their thesis that, from earliest times, the status of the child was determined by the religion of the father rather than the mother. Thus, in citing the lineage of the matriarchs Rebekah and Rachel, the Bible refers to them as the daughters of their father, omitting any reference to their mother. The authors also quote the biblical passages describing the marriages of Joseph and Moses to the daughters of pagans, and trje subsequent acceptance of their sons as full-fledged Jews, as further evidence that patrilineal descent was the operative mode from ancient times. Descent 'and status in the Jewish religion, Rabbis Hiat and Zlotowitz point out, were determined throughthe male line until the time of Ezra and Nehemiah in the 6th century,-B.C.E. Then, in the face of a rising tide of intermarriage, a series of decrees was issued resulting in the banishment of foreign wives and their children and defining the Jewishness of a child on the basis of the mother's status. The Mishna and the Geraara subsequently reinforced the matrilineal interpretation of Ezra, according to the article in The Journal of Reform Judaism.

But there, was one proviso: to validate the Jewishness of the children of such biblical heroes as Joseph, Moses and Solomon, who married non-Jewish wives, the Talmud, did not apply its ruling retroactively. Rabbis Hiat and Zlotowitz assert in concluding their article that (1) "patrilineal descent was a legitimate basis for lineage in the Bible, (2) the rabbinic shift to exclusive reliance on matrilineal descent "was originally intended to preserve the kehuna (priestly status) and was later expanded to include the total people of Israel." For these reasons, "we are on. very legitimate grounds in accepting as Jewish the child of either a Jewish father or a Jewish mother," the article concludes.

The family of Warren Denenberg has established a fund in his memory at Beth Israel Synagogue. • The Warren Denenberg Memorial Fund, will be used to • purchase library books and records. Mr. Denenberg, who died last Dec. 31 at 51, was an honor student at Central High School, a musician, and a leader in Jewish youth and community activities. He also attended the University of Omaha and Creighton University.

The College of Jewish Family Learning has two new instructors leading courses this semester, which begins Monday, Jan. 30. Seth Levy, assistant administrator of the Bureau of the Aging, will be teaching a course entitled, "Agmg Parents: Whose Responsibility?"; on Monday evenings from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Mr. Levy lias been associated with the Bureau of the Aging for four years prior to which he received a MSW (master of social work) from the University' of Syracuse. He also holds a degree in gerontology. The. course is designed to give those with parents some insight and understanding of the aging process. The area of parental relationships will be explained. At present, 33 percent of the Jewish population in Omaha is over the age of 60 which is double the national average of Jews age 65+. Thus, in the Omaha community particularly there is a need to understand the aging process and how one deals with a parent. Mr. Levy, will present the course with six discussions and lecture (presentations. Discussions will be based on personal experiences and there will be ample opportunity to express individual questions and viewpoints. Included in the discussions will be: 1) Determining the extent of your responsibility to your parent. 2) Filial maturity: understanding the dynamics of the parent-child relationship and to evaluate the potential for change. 3) How to be a successful adult child to your parent. 4) The .aging process: physical and emotional aspects. 5) When is it time to consider a change in your parents' living arrangements or

life styles? — Availability of community resources. (i) To acquaint the group with a Jewish nursing home. Dr. Bette Evans will teach a course entitled, ''The American Constitution and Religious Liberties", on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. in which a review of cases brought to court due to religious differences will he discussed. Since 1975 Dr. Evans has been an assistant professor of political science at Creighton University. She received her •

Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of numerous honors, academic fellowships and grants (National Endowment for the Humanities — for support and research and participation in professional conferences on Ethical Issues in Political Life, at Stanford in 1976 and in Washington, D.C. in 1980). In May, 1982, she was a finalist for the Robert F, Kennedy award for teaching achievement at Creighton University.

Law school NEW YORK (JTA) — will meet the academic reThe Touro College School of quirement to take the bar Law has been granted pro- examination in almost any visional accreditation by the state and they will be able American Bar Association to practice law in any com(ABA) at its recent annual mon law jurisdiction." convention, according to Dr. The Touro Law School Bernard Lander, Touro Col- was opened in Manhattan, lege president. as a unit of Touro College, John Bainbridge, dean of in 1980 and was moved in the law school, said provi- the fall of 1982 to Huntingsional accreditation by the ton, Long Island, in reABA gives graduates of the sponse to an expressed need law school the same rights for a law school in fastand privileges which grad- growing Suffolk County, uation from a fully ac- which had none, Lander credited law school would said. provide. A spokesperson Touro college purchased a said the Touro Law School junior high school, no longer would apply at an appropri- needed by the Huntington ate future date for full ac- school district, for use as its creditation. law school. The building has Bainbridge said the ABA many classrooms, offices action~meant that "the . and seminar rooms, a cafegraduates of our charter teria and a 1,000-seat audiclass of 89 men and women torium. THE JEWISH CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL'S COLLEGE OF JEWISH FAMILY LEARNING presents MURRAY HORWITZ in

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HAIFA — The great public controversy in Europe with regard to the stationing of nuclear missiles in NATO countries has not been duplicated in Israel. fit the moment there is no suggestion that American arms which might be prepositioned here would be nuclear in nature. To the contrary, the original suggestions that American supplies etock-piled in tanel would largely be medical materiel hed led to scornful comments that this country has no need of American band-aids. The quiet discussion of nuclear option in general has long been current here and wherever the question of Israel's defence arises. On lecture trips in the United Stpte3 we have frequently been asked by audiences, in BQHO vace queries, if it is true that Israel "has the bomb". We would reply that we really did not know, but whether we have the bomb or not is unimportant; more important is that our enemies think we do, and that should be sufficient. That glib answer is no longer acceptable in certain circles in Israel. Suspicion that Israel may have nuclear weapons is not enough. The true deterrent can be effective only if Israel makes it unmistakably and patently clear that it does indeed have nuclear striking power. This is the contention of Dr. Shai Feldman, Senior Researcher in the Institute for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, as spelled out not long ago in Israel's army magazine, Bamahaneli. His is a completely new approach to a matter which has heretofore been almost taboo for public discussion. Even if the enemy has his own nuclear weapons, he will think long and hard before unleashing that weapon on Israel if he knows for a certainty that Israel's reaction would be a deadly counter blow on vulnerable targets of the attacker. Even a country as small in area as Israel, Feldman says, can so disperse its nuclear striking power as to prevent any possible enemy elimination of all our launching pads. In even the worst of surprise attacks, enough would survive to deliver a smashing counter blow. This is the true deterrent, but it is important that the enemy know it. The deterrence is mutual, he adds, and would serve to prevent Israel from launching the first strike itself for the same reason. Some significant points of his strategic policy: 1. He refers not to small tactical employment of nuclear

trrns on the battle field, but (o uuc oi the atomic bomb as a major strategic weapon. ' 2. Israel's military nuclear potential should be made clear and public in specific detail. 3. Israel should make clear exactly what it would regard as a red line which, crossed by the Arabs, would automatically lead to nuclear retaliation. 4. To reduce any temptation Arab leaders might have to attack, Israel should withdraw from much of Judea and Samaria and Guza. Our threat to defend ourselves .with nuclear weapons .would be much more convincing to the enemy if it were clear that our reaction is based on defense of the essence of our survival. Thus, Israel would have found it difficult to justify its uce of nuclear weapons even irnrach an event as the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. A battle along the Suez Canal, at the extremity of the Siriai Peninsula and far from Israel proper, could hardly be called a struggle for national survival. The Arab3, realizing this, would not believe Israel's threats, and the deterrent effect would be lost, and with it Israel's credibility. On the other hand, an attack at or near our major centers of population would be recognized as a challenge which Israel could not fail to react to. This latter thesis is perhaps debatable, and there are many who would question its logic. 5. Israel need not take such a step now. It should be preceded by reliable information that a Moslem state has already reached the military nuclear stage — and he sees Pakistan approaching that point. ' 6. Israel's open warning would, Dr. Feldman believes, bo followed also by a marked reduction in terrorist Activity. Even hostile Arab states would not be willing to suffer the danger of a nuclear assault brought on by. the undisciplined actions of terrorists operating frorn within their borders. There would be a definite control of such activities. '. 7. The aim is not to win this or another battle or war, but to prevent an all-out war from breaking out. The goal is not the ability to Win, but the ability to prevent a war. And if deterrence is the object, the nuclear threat is t h e ' most effective. . So speaks Dr. Shai Feldman. There has been no indication of what Israel's military or political leaders think of this challenging thesis. ... - .

By Don McEvoy The area is probably familiar to most American from the television coverage every four years when the presidential candidates make their ritual visits to promise better days ahead. If not from that, then you may know the South Bronx as the locale of the Paul Newman film, Fort Apache. What has probably never been shown on the screen, big or small, are the tumbling remnants of the Intervale Jewish Center on Kelly Street where a handfull of the faithful continue to read the Torah, and to pray, whenever the necessary ten are on hand to assemble a minyan. The Torah scrolls, long since stripped of their silver adornments by vandals, are covered by plastic garbage bags to protect them from the rain which pours through the roof. Bare, broken plaster marks the spot on the wall where there used to be a bronze plaque bearing the names of the community's dead. Thieves ripped it from the wall several years ago. When the Center was founded 60 years ago, the South Bronx was home to a quarter of a million Jews. Now they have a problem raising a minyan. Moishe Sacks, a baker by trade, is the prime mover that holds it together. On more than one occasion, when only nine appear for Sabbath services, he has turned in a false burglar alarm in hopes that a Jewish cop will answer the

call. Pragmatic, as well as pious, he once invoked the practice of the Internal Revenue Service of considering the joint' filing of husband and wife as one return, by declaring that the assembled five were really ten. I certainly am not qualified to comment on Talmudic law, but I suspect G-d smiled that day. Sacks, who acts as unofficial rabbi, president, social director, and almost everything else, declares." "The Messiah can come from anywhere, even from Hunt's Point.". Then he smiles as he adds: "The only thing is that if he does come here you might have difficulty recognizing him because he'll have to travel around in a squad car." But this tiny company of the faithful will not give up. It is an act of faith. It is anact of defiance. Come what may, they will remain. In what, has come to be known as "The Miracle of Intervale Avenue," whenever someone dies or is forced to move away, someone else shows up to fill the place. Jack Kugelmass, a writer, photographer, and professor of anthropology at the Yivo Institute, has been' that personification of the miracle the past three years. He came to study and explore the past, and he has remained. "Not showing up at Intervale," he explains, "would be like letting go of a drowning man." Unrealistic to try to hang on? Of course it is. But, isn't it beautiful to behold.

By M.J. Rosenberg Near East Report A year ago, after speaking to a Jewish group in Los Angeles, I was asked if I considered the media to be "on the whole anti-Sernitic and anti-Israel." I said that I did not. : I conceded that"frequently news coverage of Israel was based on ignorance — and all too often on bias — but that, in general, I thought that Reporters were tryingto do a fair job in a difficult situation. I didn't believe — and I still don't — that name-calling and charges of anti-Semitism do much good. ' My Interrogator was not satisfied by my response. She cited three televised news reports, in that week alone, which she considered to be anti-Israel and unfair. I agreed with her assessment but asked her if she had also seen a madefor-television movie that had been presented by NBC television that same week. ' — r It was called Remembrance of Love and it starred Kirk Douglas and Pam Dawber. Set in (and filmed in) Israel, it . was the story of two Holocaust survivors, lovero from prewar days, who found'each other at the gathering of Holocaust survivors that took place in Israel in 1981. The film was a rather conventional love story. It differed from hundreds of others in its setting. (Israel) and its background (the Holocaust). Those two factors made the film unique and also made it on effective pro-Israel vehicle. No one who

saw the film could miss the connection that its producers were making between the existence of Israel and the Holocaust. No one who saw it could fail to be impressed by the beauty and excitement of modern Israel. I do not claim that a television drama can completely ' neutralize the hafm done to Israel's image by a hundred biased news broadcasts. But I do believe that one good popular drama can make a significance contribution toward upgrading Israel'simage, especially when that show attracts an audience of tens of millions (as. Remembrance of Love did) — a far larger audience than the CBS, ABC, and NBC • nightly news shows put together. In short, a popular film like Remembrance of Love — not to mention a blockbuster like the novel and film versions, of Leon Uris!s Exodus — should not be overlooked or underestimated by those who are concerned that the pro-Israel argument is not being carried by the mass media. L Barbra Streisand's Yentl is another kind of blockbuster. It is that rare Hollywood product — a film about Jews which treats Jewish traditions positively, and even with love. There have been, dozens of American films with Jewish characters and themes but most of them have'used Jews as objects of humor. The Jewish mother, the Jewish "princess," the New York Jewish neurotic, are all stock characters in movie3 about Jews, most of which have also been -•••.. (continued on page 5) . .••

Other than in Jewish newspapers, the coverage of the hashish connection has been scant, if present at all" Why? In the Anglo-Jewiah newspaper, Israel Today-, correspondent Robert Rosenberg writes: "The Lebanese civil war is fueled by payments from the hashish trade. Lebanon's politics only make sense if they are understood as a trade war. Profits from hashish (our emphasis) flow even into the Presidential Palace. •

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made by Jews. • • yentl is something else. Streisand, who basically staked her reputation on the success of the film, clearly feels proud of her Jewish background and identification. She portrays the shtptlach of eastern Europe as repositories of Jewish culture and learning. Her shtetl Jews are not anachronistic or ignorantly superstitious. They are intelligent men and women who choose to preserve a culture which, despite its limitations, is worth preserving. Her Yentl is a woman who rejects any ban on the participation of women in Jewish study and observance. For Yentl (and for Streisand) Jewish learning and Jewish traditions have value. Yentl demands her rights as a Jew — she does not seek an escape from Jewish life. Accordingly, there is not one moment in the film in which Streisand, mocks tradition-bound European Jews, who have proven easy targets for other Jewish film makers. Barbra Streisand deserves credit for making this film. The millions of non-Jews who will see it will walk out of the theater more respectfuUof and knowledgeable about Jewish culture. Many Jews as well will learn that there was more beauty and intelligence in the lives of their forbears than they had previously thought.

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Vishniac, Roman, A Vanished World, with a foreword by Elie Wiegel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 15*83 By Rabbi Mycr S. Kripke , From 1937-1939, for, two years at the beginning of my rabbinate, I kept a daily log of what was happening to.East European Jewry. Poland especially, but Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Hungary, and Greece, in the south, and Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in the north, and other countries, including Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, were the subject of my "study." My study was trivial. During the same years, and earlier, Roman Vishniac was engaged in a study of infinite"value. He was on the scene. On the scene with his camera and his expertise. He took more than 16,000 pictures. Almost all were confiscated, probably destroyed. But 2000 were smuggled out, and relatively early on some were published, beautifully reproduced, in Vishniac's Polish Jewry.

There are no terrible pictures here. Not yet. The holo-( cauEt was still in the future. These are the Jews who asked for visas to — anywhere. But the world would not have them — anywhere — and leftthem to the Nazis. And the Nazis, shrewdly assessing the endemic age-old anti-Semitism of Poland and similar lands, the University "ghettobenches," the economic boycott of petty Jewish businesses, the all-pervading religious hatred of Jews — assigned most of the murder camps to places in Poland. There were, to be sure, a few wealthy Jews, merchants, dealers in timber, distributors of sugar and other commod' ities, land-owners, estate managers, some of whom walk the pages of the novels of the freres Singer. Vishniac does not show them. He shows us the poor and the "middle class," before the great fires of the holocaust. It is good to see them, for they were our brothers. Only a smallportion of them escaped. But this is their world before the great terror exploded on them. It is, as Vishniac says, A Vanished World.

Today, with many more photographs than in the earlier He also says, it is not "vanquished world." edition, making the volume virtually a new photographic But that depends on us, and whether we continue to essay, Vishniac has published A Vanished World. cherish the memory and the values of the vanished. The black- and white photographs, street scenes, and candid shots, are reproduced superbly. Superbly. The volume is extremely handsome, and extraordinary example of the bookmaker's art. But that is not the point. It is beyond understanding how Vishniac could have reached into the souls of his subjects, the Jews of the Vanished World, with the unsophisticated NEW YORK — (JTA) — in according the Jewish cameras of the 1930s. Nonetheless, he showed the world of the Jews of shtetl and metropolis, the hopes and humor of Two Jewish organizations community full civil rights these Jews, and their aspirations and affirmations, as well called on the Syrian govern- "now bears a special oblias their poverty and their despair. Looking at the pictures, ment to investigate and to gation." Lillian Abadi, 25, a pregwe know that as they walked the scenes of their history, in bring to justice those guilty the wings waited a horrible death at the hands of base and of the murder of a Jewish nant mother, her six-yearmother and her two children old son and her three-andcruel men. in. Aleppo last week. a-half year old daughter In my "study" I rejoiced at the stalwart Jewish students The Anti-Defamation were shot and hacked to, in Poland who refused to sit on the benches relegated to death in their home in the them, to Jews, and stood during university lectures, writing League of B'nai B'rith said Aleppo Jewish quarter. that to do otherwise "would their notes on precariously balanced notebooks. be to leave lingering doubts There was no indication Vishniac shows little cheder boys, older Talmudic stu- about the Syrian govern- that a robbery had been dents, rabbis and peddlers and beggars, merchants selling ment's ability to protect the committed. a few rags of used clothing or a broken chair, here a family country's 4,500 Jews." The murders were preat its evening meal of stale bread arid dried out herring ceded by a number of tele(which he shared with them), here a grandfather and grandAbraham Foxman, ADL's phone calls to several memdaughter, here a young girl waiting while a policeman writes national associate director bers of the Aleppo Jewish a summons for her unlicensed bicycle, there a group of .and head of the agency's In- community who were Jewish girls at the day-workers' office, waiting the hours ternational Affairs Divi- warnedthat they were next, away till all the non-Jewish women were given jobs, so that sion, added in a statement according to a report earlier Jews could get the half- or quarter-day remaining, here a that the Syrian government this week by the American whole family selling bagels. which has long been derelict Jewish Committee.

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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Brooks will deliver a Shabbat message. t h e Oneg Shabbat following services will be given by Ellen and Stuart Tucker in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Julie. Saturday: Morning Services 11 a.m. CLASSES R e l i g i o u s School — Saturday, Jan. 14 — 9 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 15 — 10 a.m. Hebrew* School — Aleph, Monday, Jan. 16 — 4 and 5 pirn'.; Gimmel, Monday, Jan. 16 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Bet, Wednesday, Jan. 18 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Daled, Thursday, Jan. 19 — 4 and 5 p.m. Confirmation claGS — Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. BAT MITZVAH J u l i e Molly Tucker, daughter of Ellen a n d Stuart Tucker, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14. COUPLES CLUB Couples Club will hold its annual Bowling and Pizza Party on Jan. 28. Bowling will begin at 9 p.m. at Skylane, fifth floor; Center Mall, 42nd and Center. After bowling, couples will meet at Valentino's Pizza at 8429 W. Center Road where they will order from the menu. Cost for the evening will be $4 per couple for member couples and $6 for nonmember couples. In addi-: tion, each couple will pay for bowling shoe rental if necessary and items they order at Valentino's. Call Roberta Wisnosky, 334-5986 or Karen Delgadillo; 553-0579, for reservations by Jan. 25.

THANK YOU The board, parents and staff of the Jewish Day School of Omaha would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the many contributors for their generous community support of the school during our recent Hanukkah campaign.

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p.m. Slides will be shown of SERVICES: camp facilities. Scholarship Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat opportunities for summer camp will be discussed at Shabbat services 5 p.m. Late Friday Night Family this meeting. services 8:15 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL The Oneg Shabbat following services will be sponDINNER sored by Sisterhood. The next Congregational Saturday: Shabbat Dinner will be held : Morning service 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 20, 6:15 p.m. ReserJr. Congregation 10 a.m. vations may be made UIF-RUF through the synagogue ofThe forthcoming mar- fice at $7 for adults and $3 riage of Dr. 'Allen Morris, for children under 13 years son of Dr. Haskell and Bev- of age. Reva Oruch and Elerly Morris to Cindy day- len Albin are co-chairman, daughter of Sally and women of the dinner ' the late Albert dayman, New members, who have will be recognized at the joined Beth Israel in recent Uif-ruf at the Saturday months, will be guests of the morning service. congregation at this dinner. A Kiddush-Luncheon in The new members are: honor of the Uif-ruf occa- Louise and Norman Abrasion, will be sponsored by hamson, Ellene and Stanley Dr. and Mrs. Haskell Mor- Edelstein, Joan and Bud ris. Bernstein, Julie and Jay Class with the rabbi 4:15 ' Durmaskin, Barbara and p.m. Arnold Leon, Susan and Mincha 5 p.m. Dennis Paley, Linda and Mincha is followed by Barton Levich, Gladys Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Thomas, Steven Suvalsky, Sarah Berenstein, Paula Havdalah. and Melvin Katskee, Allen Sunday: Morning Minyanaire serv- Morris, Lori Stan, Elayne Stoller, Judith and Bruce ices 9 a.m. Breakfast and "Exploring Teichman, Joel Block, Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi Linda and Mark Abrahamson, Candee Bresel, .Ruth follows the service. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5 and Julian Klein, Debra and Aaron Hos(,yk and Sharon p.m. and Thomas King. CAMP DAY On Jan. 15, representatives from various Jewishcamps in the Midwest area SERVICES: will be present at the JCC Friday: 7 p.m. from 2-4:30 p.m. to discuss Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of their camps and to answer questions from interested the Rose Blumkin Home, invite the families, volunteers parents. Rabbi Mosne Kushner of and friends of the residents Camp Moshava in Wildrose, to attend services in the Wise, will have an addi- Herbert.Goldsten Syntional meeting with all" in- agogue. Kiddush following terested Beth Israel parents services on Shabbat. and their children, at 3:30 Want To Bo •Companion For Older Person And/or Light Housekeeping M-F 40 Hours Call 330-2475

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religious, moral, realistic, Parashat B'sh&Ilah By Rabbi Myer S. Krip^e perceptive, and political, The World Council of. sensitive. Here is how t^iey Churches (WCC) has been viewed things: The Biblical text says sharply criticized for some time now, and in all the me- that the route of the Exodus dia, for a political policy did not follow what would that is both stupid and im- have been normal, to take the well-traveled caravan moral. Christians whom we all ; route from Egypt to Caknow ure no less unhappy naan, at the side of the Medwith the WCC than most of iterranean. The Romans, us. They freely say that the centuries later, improved higher echelons of power in that route and called it Via the WCC do not represent Maris, they Way of the Sea. We know now that that them nor epeak for them. What this is all about ia route would have been disthe naive eagerness of the astrous for a people escapWCC to accept at face value ing from Egypt, for it was to demand for freedom of punctuated by a eeries of every rag-tog ethnic group .w.Qll-armed . tind'- wellanywhere who are smart ' manned Egyptian fortificaenough to .-stick ther word, ...tions.^he. Bible puts it that "liberation" in their organ- -the Israelites,: unprepared, would have paled at the ization title. Once having shrieked thought of military corjiron"liberation!" they are free to tat'ioh, arid .would',have continue with, murders, turned away from it, iurned ' bombings, hi-jacking, and back, indeed, to Egypt, to terrorism of all kinds. The slavery, to ignominy. more people they kill and In the midrash the rabbis the more revolting'their add significant reason: it crimes, th,e more they would take a whole generaarouse the tender' sympa- tion for a slave people to thies of the WCC.. The learn to live in a system of WCC wrings its hands in mitzvot, so that they might sympathy: "How desperate undertake independent life. those poor people are and Are you listening, WCC? how downtrodden!" The The rabbis were talking WCC is quick to give moral, political, and economic sup- about their own people, the beloved House of Israel. Yet port Thus a special darling of they saw them unready for the WCC is the PLO. Does independent life without not the "L" stand for "Lib- moral instruction first. eration" Ipso facto, they Therefore the Israelites are poor, oppressed people. were led many years And do they not have the through the wilderness, to bloodiest record of interna- give time to learn how to tional outrages on the live as free people. Unless a people is ready scene? They must therefore 'be the most oppressed peo- to live responsibly (that's ple on the scene. What fur- what a life of mitzvot is!), it is not ready for independther proof do you need? WCC does not condemn ence. Shrieking for liberaPLO atrocities or even men- tion and shooting up a tion them. But it is quick to school-bus for emphasis are condemn Israel's responses. not signs of maturity and reIt has been suggested that sponsibility. For that matIsrael has no greater enemy ter, supporting every "libmovement, in the world, next to the e r a t i o n " politically and economiPLO, than the WCC. The ancient rabbis of the cally, is not a sign of mamidrash, could have taught turity and responsibility, the WCC leaders a thing or either. Nor a sign of decency two. Unlike the WCC lead- and morality. ers, they didn't know anIt's a good thing that thropology, or science in American Christians know general, or history. But — this, even though .their-inagain unlike the WCC lead- ternational leaders don't. ers — they were genuinely Are you listening, WCC?

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Mr. and Mrs. David Bursztyn of HtUlandale, Fla., formerly of Omaha, announce, the marriage of their daughter, Mary, to Dr. Steve Haskinsof Atlanta, Ga._ The wedding took place on, Nov. 27, at Beth Jacob Synagogue. Rabbi Emanuel Feldman officiated. A reception and dinner at Colony Square Hotel followed. The bride vva3 given in marriage by her father. The bridegroom's sisters, Mr. Chester Rosenberg and

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men were Richard Slutzky, Overland Park, Kans., cousin of the groom and his best man, Rick Hulteng, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tim Coker, Walnut Creek, Calif., Steven Rosen, Loa Angeles and Jay Parsow of Omaha. A cocktail hour, dinner and dance at Chasen's followed the ceremony. The couple will take a delayed honeymoon in the spring, and are residing in Los Angeles where Mr. Cohen is completing his senior year through the University of Nebraska Medical School.

Poster heralds celebration '.• NEW YORK, N.Y. — A joyous Jewish Music Season poster inauj»uratea thio year's 11-week celebration of Jewish music, oponoored by JV/B'o Jewiph Music Council. Jewiah Music Scecon lasts from Jan. 14 to May 7. These are the dates from Shobbat Shirah (Sabbath of Song) to Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day).

Ccrap^ ccirtdl On Jan. 15, the JCC will hold it's annual Resident Camp Day from 2-4:30 p.m. Representatives from many camps will be there including Camp Herzl, Bober, Schwader, Olin-Sang-Ruby, Interlaken, Chi and Moshava. They will have slides and pictures of the past summers with the representatives having information for next summer. All of the summer camps are in the upper midwest. Come prepared with questions on Jan. 15 at the "J".

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By Mark Horwich Alan Widman and David After five years of trying, Kaslow each had 12 points. Mother Chapter AZA # l's Other scorers were Lynn A team defeated Chaim Polanski, 4; Randy GreenWeizmann 1510's A team berg and Mike Block, 2; 53-37. Steve Goldberg, who Kevin Saltzman, 1. The two led the AZA //I team in scor- teams will play again this ing with 20 points, said, "I "Sunday at 9:30. knew this would be a great In addition to playing year." Chapter president basketball, AZA #1 held a successful pancake breakfast. Six members recently M.Z. YOSHANAH helped at Methodist HosMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Grandparents are Mr. By Wendi Rosenblatt Spiegal announce the "Dec. and Mrs. Irving W. Moss of Six M.Z. members at- pital: Alan Widman, Rich 16, 1983 birth of a son, An- Margate, Fla. and Mr. and tended Winter Regional Rosenblatt, Steve Goldberg, drew Nathan. They have Mrs. Abe Shrago of Omaha. Convention held at the Hol- Randy Greenberg, Lynn Potwo other sons, Justin Alan Great-grandmother is Mrs. iday Inn, Dec. 25-29. Dan- lanski and Corey Kaplan. and Joseph Martin. Celia Barnett of Johannes- ielle Epstein was named FeMaternal grandparents burg, South Africa. male Rookie of the are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur convention; Dawn Snyder Salkin and paternal grandMark and Beth Gordon of was named Female Most parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tustin Calif, announce the Likely to Become a Barbie Harry Spiegal, all from birth of a daughter, Rebecca Doll; Deb Cohen was named Omaha. Diane. • the Most Spirited ConvenGrandmother is Phyllis tionite; Jennifer Katleman Dr. and Mrs. Greg Wad- Gordon; great-grandmother was named Female with the leigh of Madison, Wise, an- is Shirley Meyerson. Best Figure; and Wendi Ronounce the Jan. 1 birth of a senblatt was named well... daughter, Lindsay Beth. When B'nai B'rith was uh . . . that one is unprintThe Wadleighs have two established 140 years ago, able. Ask me for more deother children, Jason and its 12 founders contributed tails. Besides reminiscing Valerie. ' a total of $60 to begin the about a GDFA convention, Maternal grandparents . organization's first service M.Z. is ready for a busy Janare Mr. and Mrs. Seymour • project, a widows and or- uary. A cultural with Ediar Zoob. Paternal grandpar- phans fund. This year, B'nai and a social with AZA #100 ents are'Mr. and Mrs. Wel- B'rith will spend more than are in the- making. A final don Wadleigh. $25 million on youth, edu- thought, "It is the ability to cation, social service, career take a joke, not make one , Edward and Steffie and counseling, veterans, that proves you have a sense ShragO''announce the Dec. hurrjan rights, Soviet Jewry, of humor." And to Lynn Po19 birth of a daughter, Lay- senior citizen housing and lonski, our great Beau, we nitf Beth, They also have a dozens of other projects and would like to wish him well in 1984. activities. ' > • daughter, Jamie Michelle.^

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• here on Rabbi Moshe Kushner of Chicago, director of Camp Moshava, will visit Omaha on Sunday, to meet and discuss with interested parents about Camp Moshava. The camp is located in Wild Rose, Wisconsin on 240 acres surrounded by five lakes. The camp, which observes Kashruth, has sports, and arts and crafts programs, as well as an outdoor

heated swimming pool. New programs at the camp include computercourses, a radio station, video station, and indoor roller skating. ;. Incorporated into this program are studies about Israel and traditional Jewish heritage. For more information, Rabbi Kushner can be reached through Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth Israel, at 556-6288.

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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Brooks will deliver a Shabbat message. The Oneg'Shabbat. following services will be given by Ellen and Stuart Tucker in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Julie. Saturday: Morning Services 11 a.m. , . CLASSES R e l i g i o u s School — Saturday, Jan. 14 — 9 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 15 — 10 a.m. H e b r e w School — Aleph, Monday, Jan. 16 — 4 and 5, p.m.; Gimmel, Monday, Jan. 16 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Bet, Wednesday, Jan. 18 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Daled, Thursday, Jan. 19 — 4 and 5 p.m. Confirmation class — Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. BAT MITZVAH Julie Molly Tucker, daughter of Ellen and Stuart Tucker, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14. COUPLES CLUB Couples Club will hold its annual Bowling and Pizza Party on Jan. 28. Bowling will begin at 9 p.m. at Skylane, fifth floor, Center Mall, 42nd and Center. After bowling, couples will meet at Valentino's Pizza at 8429 W. Center Road where they will order from the menu. Cost for the evening will be $4 per couple for member couples and $6 for nonmember couples. In addition, each couple will pay for bowling shoe rental if necessary and items they order at Valentino's. Call Roberta Wisnosky, 334-5986 or Karen Delgadillo, 553-0579, for reservations by Jan. 25.

THANK YOU The board, parents and staff of the Jewish Day School of Omaha would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the many contributors for their generous community support of the school during our recent Hanukkah campaign.

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p.m. Slides will be shown of SERVICES: SERVICES: camp facilities. Scholarship Friday: 8:15 p.m. Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat opportunities fqr summer . Rabbi Paul Drazen, Cancamp will be discussed at tor Emil Berkovits and the Shabbat services 5 p.m. Late Friday Night Family this meeting. Beth El Choir will conduct services 8:15 p.m. the services. An Oneg ShabCONGREGATIONAL The Oneg Shabbat folbat will follow services. lowing services will be sponDINNER Saturday: sored by Sisterhood. The next Congregational Services at 9:30 a.m. Saturday: Shabbat Dinner will be held Kiddush following serv'.Morning service 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 20, 6:15 p.m. Reser- ices. Jr. Congregation 10 a.m. vations may be made • Youth services 11 a.m.. UIF-RUF / through the synagogue of- Minha, Se'udah Shlishit The forthcoming mar- fice at $7 for adults and $3 4:10 p.m. riage of Dr. 'Allen Morris, for children under 13 years " Sunday: son of Dr. Haskell and Bev- of age. Reva Oruch and El- Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 erly Morris to Cindy day- len Albin are co-chair- p.m. man, daughter of Sally and women of the dinner., " Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 the late Albert dayman, New members, who have p.m. will be recognized at the jiSined Beth Israel in recent MEN'S CLUB Uif-ruf at the Saturday months, will be guests of the Following the Sunday morning service. congregation at this dinner. morning Jan. 15 minyan, A Kiddush-Luncheon in The new members are: Men's Club will sponsor a honor of the Uif-ruf occa- Louise and Norman Abra- breakfast and a viewing of sion, will be sponsored by hamson, Ellene and Stanley Armies of the Right, a Dr. and Mrs. Haskell Mor- Edelstein, Joan and Bud documentary program ris. Bernstein, Julie and Jay about the Ultra-ConservaClass with the rabbi 4:15 Durmaskin, Barbara and tive Religious Political Arnold Leon, Susan and Groups. After the program, p.m. Dennis Paley, Linda and there will be a discussion Mincha 5 p.m. Mincha is followed by Barton Levich, Gladys about these groups and the Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariy and i«Thomas, Steven Suvalsky, threat they pose to AmeriSarah Berenstein, Paula can Jews. Havdalah. and Melvin Katskee, Allen Sunday: EARLY SERVICES Morning Minyanaire serv- Morris! Lori Stan, Elayne There will be Early ServStoller, Judith and Bruce ices on Shabbat Eve on Friices 9 a.m. Breakfast and "Exploring Teichman, Joel Block, day, Jan. 20. Services will Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi Linda and Mark Abraham- begin at 6 p.m. son, Candee Bresel, Ruth follows the service. LUNCH AND LEARN Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5 and Julian Klein, Debra and WITH THE RABBI Aaron Hos^yk and Sharon p.m. The Lunch and Learn seand Thomas King. CAMP DAY ries will continue on ThursOn Jan. 15, representaday, Jan. 19, noon, at the tives from various Jewish Conant Hotel. camps in the Midwest area SERVICES: BEEP will be present at the JCC Friday: 7 p.m. BEEP is having a "Fun from 2-4:30 p.m. to 'dis'Aiss Daily and Saturday: Night at the JCC" on Jan. The residents and staff of ' 2 1 . The gym, swimming their camps and to answer the Rose Blumkin Home inquestions from interested pool, Health Club and a vite the families, volunteers room for games will be availparents. Rabbi Moshe Kushner of and friencjs of the residents able. Bring the board games Camp Moshava in Wildrose, to attend services in the or cards you want to play. Wise, will have an, addi- Herbert.Goldsten Syn- Time is from 8-10 p.m. with tional meeting with all" in- agogue. Kiddush following a light nosh afterwards. Reterested Beth Israel parents services on Shabbat. servations are a must by and their children, at 3:30 Jan. 25. Cost is $3 per person. Mail checks, payable to Beth El BEEP, to: Pam Went To Be SERVICES: ' Friedlander, 1376 So. 137 •Compsnlon For Older Friday: 7:30 p.m. Ave., Omaha, NE 68144. Person And/or Light Saturday: 9 a.m. Housekeeping Sunday: 9 a.m. M-F 40 Hours Call 330-2475

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religious, moral, realistic, Parashat B'shallah By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke perceptive, and political, The World Council of sensitive. Here is how ^hey Churches (WCC) has been viewed things: The Biblical text says sharply criticized for some time now, and in all the me- that the route of the Exoclus dia, for a political policy did not follow what would that is both stupid and im- have been normal, to take the well-traveled caravan moral. Christians whom we all route from Egypt to Caknow are no less unhappy naan, nt the side of the Medwith the WCC than most of iterranean. The Romans, us. They freely say that the centuries later, improved higher echelons of power in that route and called it Via the WCC do not represent Maris, they Way of the Sea. We know now that that them nor speak for them. What this is all about is route would have been disthe naive eagerneos of the astrous for a people escapWCC to accept at face value ing from Egypt, for it was to demand for freedom of punctuated by a eeries of every ra,g-tag ethnic croup r ^wqlL-atrned find•' wellanywhere who are smart ' Sanned Egyptian fortificaenough to .-stick the^vvoyd • ;iions.(T,h(3 Bihje puts it that "liberation" in their o^garr- ":• the Israelites,; unprepared, would have paled at the ization title. Once having shrieked thought'of military confron"liberation!" they are free to tation, and would,have continue with, murders, turned away from it',' iturned bombings, hi-jacking, and back, indeed, to Egypt, to terrorism of all kinds. The slavery, to ignominy. more people they kill and In the midrash the rabbis the more revolting" their add significant reason: it crimes, th.e more they would take a whole generaarouse the tender sympa- tion for a slave people to thies of the WCC. The learn to live in a system of WCC wrings its hands in mitzvot, so that they might sympathy: "How desperate undertake independent life. those poor people are and Are you listening, WCC? how downtrodden!" The The rabbis were talking WCC is quick to give moral, political, and economic sup- about their own people, the beloved House of Israel. Yet port. Thus a special darling of they saw them unready for the WCC is the PLO. Does independent life without not the "L" stand for "Lib- moral instruction first. eration" Ipso facto, they Therefore the Israelites are poor, oppressed people.. were led many years And do they not have the through the wilderness, to bloodiest record of interna- give time to learn how to tional outrages on the live as free people. Unless a people is ready scene? They must therefore be the most oppressed peo- to live responsibly (that's ple on the scene. What fur- what a life of mitzvot is!), it is not ready for independther proof do you need? WCC does not condemn ence. Shrieking for liberaPLO atrocities or even men- tion and shooting up a tion them. But it is quick to school-bus for emphasis are condemn Israel's responses. not signs of maturity and reIt has been suggested that sponsibility. For that matIsrael has ho greater enemy ter, supporting every "libmovement, in the worlds next to the e r a t i o n " politically and economiPLO, than the WCC. The ancient rabbis of the cally, is not a sign of mamidrash, could have taught turity and responsibility," the WCC leaders a thing or either, jtfor a sign of decency two. Unlike the WCC lead- and morality. ers, they didn't know anIt's a good thing that thropology, or science in American Christians know general, or history. But — this; even though their-inagain unlike the WCC lead- ternational leaders don't. ers — they were genuinely Are you listening, WCC? Scanners PARIS (JTA) - An Israeli company specializing in the development and manufacture of highly sophisticated medical "equipment'will- start marketing its products in France. The

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Bursztyrr-Haskiris vows exchanged' Mr. and Mrs. David Bursztyn of Hollandale, Fla., formerly of Omaha, announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary, to Dr. Steve Haskins of Atlanta, Ga.^ The wedding took place on, Nov. 27, at Beth Jacob Synagogue. Rabbi Emanuel Feldrnan officiated. A reception and dinner at Colony Square Hotel followed. The bride was given in marriage by her father The bridegroom's sisters, Mr. Chester Rosenberg and

Movies of Camp Nebagamon in Northern Wisconsin will be shown Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the residence of , Tom Fellman, 9906 Broadmoor. Mr. Fellman also announced that Nardie Stein, camp director, will be present to discuss camping plans for 1984.

Mrs. David Bock, were the matrons of honor. The bridegroom's best man was his father. Mrs. Haskins is the granddaughter of Mrs. Bracha Shabati of Jerusalem and Mr. and Mrf>. Issac Rajchenback of Hollandale. The couple is living Houston, Tex. where Dr. Haskins is completing a fellowship in neonatology at the University of Texas Medical,Center.

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NEW YORK, N.Y. — A joyous Jewioh Music Season ponter inaugurates tfaio year's 11-week celebration of Jewish music, sponsored by JWB'o Jewish Music Council. Jewish Music Season lasts from Jan. 14 to May 7. Thcce are the dates from Shabbat Shirah (Sabbath of Song) to Yom Ha'Atzmaut (lorael Independence Day). • ' . •

p On Jan. 15, the JCC will hold its annual Resident Camp Day from 2-4:30 p.m. Representatives from many campa will be there including Camp Herzl, Beber, Schwader, Olin-Sang-Ruby, Interlaken, Chi and Moshava. They will have slides and pictures of the past summers with.the representatives having information for next summer. All of the summer camps are in the upper midwest. Como prepared with questions on Jan. 15 at the "J".

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By Mark Horwich Alan Widman and David After five years of trying, Kaslow each had 12 points. Mother Chapter AZA // l's Other scorers were Lynn A team defeated Chaim Polanski, 4; Randy GreenWeizmann i510's A team berg and Mike Block, 2; 53-37. Steve Goldberg, who Kevin Saltzman, 1. The two led the AZA #1 team in scor- teams will play again this ing with 20 points, said, "I Sunday at 9:30. knew this would be a great In addition to playing year." Chapter president basketball, AZA //I held a successful pancake breakfast. Six members recently M.Z. YOSHANAH helped at Methodist HosGrandparents are Mr. By Wendi Rosenblatt Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Spiegal announce the Dec. and Mrs. Irving W. Moss of Six M.Z. members at- pital: Alan Widman, Rich 16, 1983 birth of a son, An- Margate, Fla. and Mr. and tended Winter Regional Rosenblatt, Steve Goldberg, drew Nathan. They have Mrs, Abe Shrago of Omaha. Convention held at the Hol- Randy Greenberg, Lynn Potwo other sons, Justin Alan Great-grandmother is Mrs. iday Inn, Dec. 25-29. Dan- lanski and Corey Kaplan. Celia Barnett of Johannes- ielle Epstein was named Feand Joseph Martin. male Rookie of the Maternal grandparents burg, South Africa. convention; Dawn Snyder are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Salkin and paternal grandMark and Beth Gordon of was named Female Most parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tustin Calif, announce the Likely to Become a Barbie Harry Spiegal, all from birth of a daughter, Rebecca Doll; Deb Cohen was named the Most Spirited ConvenOmaha. Diane. Grandmother is Phyllis tionite; Jennifer Katleman Dr, and Mrs. Greg Wad- Gordon; great-grandmother was named Female with the Best Figure; and Wendi Roleigh of Madison, Wise, an- is Shirley Meyerson. senblatt was named well... nounce the Jan. 1 birth of a daughter, Lindsay Beth. When • B'nai B'rith was uh . . . that one is unprintThe Wadleighs have two established 140 years ago, able. Ask me for more deother children, Jason and its 12 founders contributed tails. Besides reminiscing Valerie. a total of $60-to begin the about a GDFA convention, Maternal grandparents organization's first service M.Z. is ready for a busy Janare Mr. and Mrs. Seymour project, a widows and or- uary. A cultural with Ediar Zoob. Paternal grandpar- phans fund. This year, B'nai and a social with AZA #100 ents are "Mr. and Mrs. Wel- B'rith will spend more than are in the making. A final $25 million on youth, edu- thought, "It is the ability to don Wadleigh. cation, social service, career take a joke, not make one , Edward and Steffie and counseling, veterans, that proves you have a sense Shrago•announce the Dec. human rights, Soviet Jewry, of humor." And to Lynn Po19 birth of a daughter, Lay-, senior citizen housing and lonski, our great Beau, we nie Beth, They also have a dozens of other projects and would like to wish him well in 1984. activities. • daughter, Jamie Michelle.

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Rabbi Moshe Kushner of Chicago, director of Camp Moshava, will visit Omaha on Sunday, to meet and discuss with interested parents about Camp Moshava. The camp is located in Wild Rose, Wisconsin on 240 acres surrounded by five lakes. The camp, which observes Kashruth, has sports, and arts and crafts programs, as well as an outdoor

heated swimming pool. New programs at the camp include computercourses, a radio station, video station, and indoor roller skating: Incorporated into this program are studies about Israel arid traditional Jewish heritage. For more information, Rabbi Kushner can be reached through Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth Israel, at '556-6288.

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ADL/CRG On May 2, 1983, Elie Wiesel spoke at the "2nd Annual • ADL-Creighton University Catholic-Jewish Dialogue arid reminded Omahans that "anti-Semitism is once more on the rise." "Will it never end?", he asked. "Is it conceivable that Nazis are marching today on the streets of America — that in our time there ere people who deny the Holocauct occurred?" Responding to this increase in anti-Semitism, extremism and terrorism, and challenges to democratic principles, remains a central concern of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith/Community Relations Committee (ADL/CRC) — and is reflected in the continuity of this annual report with those of the recent past. In purpose and program we are committed to defending Jewish interests and human rights as well as presenting positive images of Jews and Judaism to the general community. EXTHEMISM ON THE BIGHT The resurgence of extremist groups in the region, particularlythe rise of Posse Comitatus activists and sympathizers, has been the subject of much public discussion — with the agency called frequently for information and consultation by the law enforcement authorities, the media, and the schools. Nebraskans were stunned to learn during April that an anonymous letter, sent to their State Legislators and other public officials, stated: "We need thousands of Gordon Kahls acting independently for the cause of freedom. Don't waste yourself on sheriff deputies and local police, make it count, judges, lawyers, politicians, radical school people . . . Be sure that your death is not in vain!!! It's better to let the enemy die." One response was the introduction of AD^s "model" paramilitary training statute into the Nebraska Unicameral. Although LB42, sponsored by State Senator Peter Hoagland of Omaha, died in committee, we are planning to reintroduce the measure during the longer 89th session of the legislature. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ADL's Education and Media Committees developed several innovative programs to prepare our children and their teachers to combat prejudice and to foster an appreciation of America's pluralistic heritage. /As noted above, the ADL/CRC — Creighton University Catholic-Jewish Dialogue brought noted author Elie Wiesel to the Omaha school's campus. He delivered an evening public lecture on Hasidism to an audience of over 300 people. He also participated in a Creighton seminar on his writings with a group of faculty and graduate students. The 1983 program was funded in part by the Nebraska Committee for the Humanities. ADL/CRC completed the preparation of an innovative project entitled "Anti-Semitism and Youth", the work of our Education and Media Committees. Its objective is to enable Jewish youth to develop coping skills when they encounter anti-Semitism. The project included the pro-

I would like to thank all my friends and relatives for their cards, flowers, gifts, donations, visits and calls during my recent hospitalization. A special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff. Ellie Schloff The Rosenberg family wishes to acknowledge all the kind expressions of sympathy in memory of-their beloved wife, mother and grandmother. Pearl S. Rosenberg Mrs. Charles Fisher (Betty) would like to. thank all her many friends and relatives for the numerous notes and calls of condolences following the death of her sister. I would like to thank my friends and relatives for their c a r d s , d o n a t i o n s and expressions of sympathy irr the loss of my wife Zelda Buch .Fishberg. Special thanks to the Beth Israel congregation, Rabbi and Mrs. Isaac Nadoff, Cantor and Mrs. Fettman and my •friends at Livingston Plaza. Frank Fishberg

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duction of a video-cassette of a series of simulated antiSemitic incidents. The actors were BBYO youth. Accom-panying the cassette is a facilitator's guide. "Anti'Semitisrn fcnd Youth" was funded in part by a grant from the Esther K. Newman Foundation, with the assistance of KMTV. •Several groups from throughout the country have already requested permission to utilize this project. At their annual Fall Conference, 70 librarians participated in a session on "ADL — Purposo and Program". We emphasized our rich resources available to the libraries and the total school program. Each participant received a list of ADL human relations materials and catalogues. We expect to continue that important institutional contact in the future. At the annual Nebraska State Education Association convention, ADL/CRC again sponsored a workshop on prejudice reduction. It was conducted by the Director of Social Studies, Chicago Public Schools, that the agency brought to Omaha for this event. An ADL/CRC-organized Holocaust commemoration cerpmony in the offices of Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey was a beautiful event attended by leading government officials and representatives of public, private and interfaith organizations. Governor Kerrey presided and read a proclamation, declaring April 10-17 the week of commemoration in Nebraska for victims of the Holocaust. The event was given wide coverage by the media. Through these and other programs, including statements prepared for the media, addressed delivered to community groups, and the presentation of the "Jewish Community" television programs by Media Chairperson, Cookie Hoberman, ADL/CRC interpreted the Jewish issues and trends of 1983. The Law Committee interceded with public agencies when the constitutional principle of separation of church and state was endangered. COALITIONS In response to the increased challenges confronting the Jewish community, this agency intensified its outreach to diverse Midlands community groups during 1983. These achievements included: continuing to develop close relationships with Nebraska's agricultural sector. Working with the "LEAD" program (Leadership Education/Action Development), an intensive continuing education program for young agriculturalists sponsored by the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council, we have arranged meetings with important Jewish human rights activists in Argentina and Mexico during the group's upcoming study seminar in Latin America. During 1984 ADL/CRC will co-sponsor and, through the Jerusalem office of ADL will plan, a two-week "LEAD" study mission to Israel. This is a major project with long-term implications for positively projecting Is'reel's image in this region.

Major goals set (continued from page T) portion included the presentation of the Justin Greonberg Memorial Young . Leadership! Award to Dr. Norman Sheldon. The Lois Jeanne Schrager Memorial Young Leadership awards were presented to Carol Katzman and Margo Riekes. Mrs. Katzman's husband, Mike, received the award in her absence. Community Service awards were presented to ADL/CRC for a television production on anti-Semitism and the annual Creighton/ADL dialogue. As previously announced by the Jewioh Preps, Mollie Delman earned the Humanitarian of the Year Award, Kevin Saltzman and Wendi Rosenblatt, the Jew-

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The tree: source and symbol

By Simon Griver The tree provides many practical benefits like food, shel ter, wood and enrichment of the soil in which it grows. The tree has also captured man's imagination and it is therefore ever-present as a symbol; either religious, national, literary or artistic. For example, the image of the family tree represents fertility and continuity, and in the Jewish tradition there is no need to look pat Genesis Chapter III, where the Tree of i Knowledge dispells innocence, to appreciate the centrality of the tree in mankind's symbolical consciousness. So revered is the tree in Judaism, that it even has its own new year, Tu B'Shevt (meaning the 15th of Shevat), falling usually in late January or February. Vital though the tree undoubtedly is, its ubiguitousness means that it is often taken for granted. But a movie set designer, in trying to evoke a distinctive atmosphere, uses the tree as a staple prop. Palm trees go a long way towards creating an exotic paradise. Indeed trees frequently seem to denote, not only a specific place but even more profound characteristics. The giant redwoods of California tend to reflect the American aspiration to reach for the skies, while the sturdy oak stresses British stability. And what Hollywood Biblical epic would , be the same without the.classic backdrop of olive groves? In fact some olive trees in Israel have been around for nearly 3,000 years and their gnarled barks and thunderstruck appearance seem genuinely to suggest that they have borne witness to many a divine event. The early Zionist architects faced the task of afforesting a region that had been denuded by centuries of imperialism by the Ottoman Turks, who chopped down trees for timber and neglected to replant. The Jewish National Fund, (Keren Kayemeth le Yisrael), which became the principal agency for the afforestation of the Jewish homeland before 1948 and in the State, was first influenced by the Holy Land image of the olive tree. The first fund it established in 1909 was called 'The Olive Tree Fund'. However, it soon became clear that the area already had its fair share of olive trees. Few of the 150 million trees that the JNF have since planted in Israel have been olive trees. Pine trees were the order of the day as a green revolution transformed the hills of Galilee, the Carmel region and the Judean hills around Jerusalem. All are natural forests except the recently completed Yatir Forest near Beersheba where redirected underground sewage has added an extra bit of required moisture to the soil. The JNF admits that it overplanted the pine and many are being chopped down for timber. At the same time newly planted saplings are taken from more diverse species including carobs, tamarisks, blue acacias and cypresses. The eucalyptus has been successfully imported from Australia and is most conspicuous along highways, where lines of them shade traffic from the oppressive summer sun. And the exotic palm is prevalent along all of Israel's golden beaches. ' The JNF has often used the tree as a symbol. The six million trees in the Holocaust and-Martyrs' Memorial Forest in the hills below Jerusalem recall those Jewish lives , that the Nazis took. O'ther projects, such as American InCHAIN SAWS & SNOW DLOWERS Sales - Service - Parts TORO-LAWNBOY-BOLENS

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By Dvora Waysman While the Jews were yet wanderers in the desert, they were commanded: "And when ye shall come into the Land, ye shall plant all manner of trees". The Psalms tell us: "Happy is the wise and righteous man. He shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf shall not wither". When a city is conquered, the Bible states: "Ye shall not destroy its trees . . ." and .we arej taught in the Midrash that man's life depends on the tree, even forbidding our living in a city without trees and gardens. Our Torah is described as "a tree of life". With such an all-abiding love and respect for trees as part of God's creation, it is not surprising that one day a year — the 15th of Shevat — has been set aside as Rosh Hashana le-Ilanot — New Year of the Trees, when it is said the trees are judged — which to flourish and grow tall, and which to wither and shrink; which to suffer from lightning, winds and insects, and which to withstand all danger. . Even before the State of Israel was proclaimed, an arboretum was established at Ilanot, near Netanya. Old photographs of Ilanot taken in 1947 show it as a sandy waste of land, arid and desolate, the only vegetation being sparse clumps of grass. Today, this beautiful tree-filled Institute covering 500 dunams (125 acres) is like the Garden of Eden. The head of the Forestry Division, Dr. R. Karschon, notes that afforestation in pre-State Israel has always been of prime importance, because of soil conservation

Israeli youngster planting tree on Tu B'Shevat. and reclamation work. Israel's independence accelerated the work. Tree crowns prevent heavy rains from washing away the soil, and fallen leaves form a topsoil which absorbs the water. The roots hold the loose" soil and prevent it being swept away. Trees also help to create soil . . . the thickening roots crack rocks and the side shoots grind the stone into rock meal. Land which has no soil for ploughing often becomes arable after a few generations of trees have grown there. Dozens of projects in forestry and wood products research are carried out every year at Ilanot. One project is research on Aleppo pine with a study made of the effect of the slope ascent on an Aleppo pine plantation in'the southern Judeam mountains. The results have enabled the best sites to be selected for planting' these trees, with a view to timber production. Another tree being exten-

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whether you're at the nursery where tree saplings are being propagated, or in the . shade of tall and fragrant eucalyptus forests. The trees of Israel are often a surprise to tourists, who expect to see only pines and broad-leaved trees that lose their leaves in winter, like the oaks and maples of Europe and North America. Instead, at all season of the year, there are evergreens to soften the landscape in most parts of the country, to add an unexpected green beauty even in desolate wintry landscapes. New species of trees are-fostered, further raising our ecological standards and quality of life. As the month of Shevat is ushered in, nature in Israel begins to don its spring garb. Blood red poppies and anemones sprout in meadows and on hill-sides. Cyclamens peep shyly from rock crevices. The almond tree — 'Shaked' — is the first tree to open its buds and bedeck itself with rosewhile blossoms. Birds begin to arrive — some to stay in Israel, others on their way to more northern countries. '; The Jews were once an agricultural people living . close to nature, and — with the State of Israel — this is again true. On Tu B'Shevat we are told that the sap begins to rise in the trees of Israel. It is not a meaning-;; less or archaic holiday" here.

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LIFE MEMBER By J«lee Katzman A Hadassah Life Membership is a meaningful way to remember that special child. Here are a few suggestions for Child Life Member: SILVER SPOON: Our new, beautiful gift will be sent to-all our Child Life Members up to one year of age. This silverplated Infant Feeding Spoon is a Hadassah exclusive . . . .designed for us by Reed and Barton. CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATE: Inscribed in electric blue on ivory parchment, our newest certificate honors a Confirmand with a Life Membership. BAT MITZVAH CERTIFICATE: A Life Membership ivory parchment certificate inscribed in cranberry. Many chapters have urged members to contribute to a fund for a more meaningful gift to the young girl.

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Leo Fettman Bookkeeper, Ruth Platt; Advertising, Gail Silverstein, Sibby Wolfson, HolUe Fineman, and Candy Rafsky. Anyone who did not receive a yearbook should call Susie Shyken at 393-5816 and any corrections for the publication may be given to Esther Graetz at 558-2283.

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A recent conversation (hat might have been titled "How Things Used To Be" brought out one memory of the way a new winter coat was once purchased for a child. It had to be plenty big enough to fit next year, and sturdy enough to be passed down to the younger kids. Today, the eightyear old.usually is fitted with a size 8. If it happens to fit next year, fine. If not, buy a new one. Another memory was of an elderly uncle who told of being raised to "never ask for more at the table". He grew up simply knowing his portion had boen doled out and there wasn't any extra. Here's another example of old ways, but this is different. Papa was a grocer, and when a particular food was in season, such as corn on the cob, that was the entire meal. There was plenty, but that's all there was . .. corn. And it didn't seem strange at the time. I'm told my own Zada didn't bring home just a bunch of "bananas for the kinder". When at the market, if a stalk was a bargain, he bought the stalk. Why was it cheap? Let's say the fruit had passed peak ripeness. I can only guess how the house must have reeked with the unmistakable presence of over-ripe bananas after a few days! So there were frugal practices, of necessity in those days when keeping the family clothed and fed was often up to a papa who hardly spoke English. On the other hand, when there was a stroke of good fortune, how they reveled in stuffing to the groaning point. , Maybe that's where some of today's Jewish mothers' instincts were born — the urging to "have some more; go ahead, take another helping". When, thank God, the table is laden with plenty, does the Mama press the diners to "eat, eat" because she can't help herself? Because generations back, her ancestral counterparts couldn't pile a mountain of food before the family? It simply wasn't available. Of course I'm speculating. I can't prove a theory that says we over-compensate now for past times when one "didn't ask for more". But what the heck, who's to say I'm wrong? Wait. What about the dieters? Those overweight citizens in this land of plenty who must revert back to the measured portions. Will they take us full circle? Heaven forbid! Maybe we should just try for moderation and leave it at that!

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services will be held at 6 held in the sanctuary at 8 p.m. followed by the dinner p.m. at 6:45 p.m. The cost is $6.50 for Kenneth and Robin Wafd adults and $3 for children, of Gainesville, Fla. an12 and under. ' nounce the Dec. 19 birth of Reservations must be in_ ,vS daughter, Jaina. They also by Jan. 16. Mail your checks have a daughter, Dara. to Dorothy Goodman, chair- Grandparents are Mr. and man, 2200 Prescott, Lin- Mrs. Henry Wald and Mr. coln, Neb. 68502. and Mrs. Virgil West, both of Lincoln. The South Street Temple welcomes Michael and SuThe Tifereth Israel Sissan Jaskolka, Eric and Jen- terhood monthly meej-jnjjij nifer who have joined the was held Jan. 10. Nancy congregation. Coren, program chairman, presented speaker Harriet The South Street Temple Kohn. Extention Division Congregation congratulates ' of the Economics Dept. of Rich and Cindy Kohn on the University of Nebraska the birth of their son, Ben- and a member of Tifereth jamin Harris. Benjamin is Israel Sisterhood. The the fifth generation of the topic: "Cooking Slim For Kohns in the congregation. • Life." Irene Gotsdiner, lunchThe South Street Temple eon chairman, and her comShabbat Dinner will be Jan. mittee were in charge. 20, 6 p.m. This is an invitation to a pot-luck dinner. Oh Jan. 14 at Tifereth IsEveryone brings the main rael Synagogue there will be dish and following last a special Family Shabbat name initial brings: A-H Service with participation salad, J-R vegetable, S-Z of the Junior Congregation dessert. and honoring "graduating" A $1 contribution from Torah Reading Class. Shabeach person is requested to bat Shirah is also the 25th cover the drinks and paper anniversary of the Bar goods. Make reservations Mitzvah of Andrew Goodwith Gail Axinn, '488-4420 man and he will recite the by Jan. 13. Services will be Haftorah during the services. The Kiddush for the day will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Grossman in honor of Mr. Grossman's Monument Co. 90th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Grossman would be deSeb (Subby) Pulverente lighted to have you come to . Frank L. Ciciulla Jr. the services and share the morning with them. 60 Years Experience With Jewish ' Senator Christopher J. Lettering and Memorials Dodd, D-Connecticut, will speak at the American ORT Federation National Con2211 So. 8th 1 ference Jan. 28 at the Sher\341-2452 aton Centre New York. " ,