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create tenser By Boris Staolar Editor-in-chief emeritus, J . T. A. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. The ruling of the Supremo Court that cities may include a Nativity scene as part of their official celebration of Christmas — and that this is not a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution requiring separation of church and state — is opening a Pandora's box in interreligibus relations. It could.lead to the changing of the "Season of Good Will" to a season of tension and conflict. Leading Jewish organizations foresee significant ramifications in the ruling. The 5-4 Supreme Court decision will have important implications for the broad issue of government involvement in religious displays. Jewish leaders have long held that government involvement in the erection and placement of religious symbols constitutes, in effect, governmental support of religion in general, and even specific support of one sect or creed to the exclusion of others. This is a serious impairment of the church-state separation principle -r a wall established by the Founding Fathers and incorporated in the fundamental laws of the country. The Supreme Court ruling, issued in the case of Pawtucket, Rhode. Island, which for years put up a creche in its Christmas display in a public place, with tax funds used to purchase the life-size scene of the birth of Christ, will henceforth bo used in hundreds of cities for displaying creches and for other religious acts which are contrary to the First Amendment. It will create irritation and uneasiness among various sections of the population. It will necessitate increased

, alertness on the part of the Jewish organizations combating bigotry. Such alertness will of necessity become a top priority on the agenda of these organizations. Court cases arising out of municipal Christmas displays have been argued in recent years. The Pawtucket case was one of them. The cities involved have lost in the lower federal courts. This was the case also with Pawtucket where the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union protested to the court on behalf of a group of local residents. The Federal District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. It was the first time that the Supreme Court agreed to rule on the creche issue. In Providence, Rhode Island, a creche is mounted on the steps of City Hall each year by the Knights of Columbus, to which the mayor belongs. Jewish leaders there have never publicly joined in the emotional discussions of this issue because the Jews feared adverse reaction. Other cities in Rhode Island withdrew from displaying creches, awaiting the Supreme Court decision. National Jewish organizations joined with the National Council of Churches of Christ in a "friend-of-the-court" brief opposing gpvernmentally sponsored and funded sectarian displays. One of their arguments was that it was unconstitutional for tax-raised funds to be used to purchase such sectarian displays. The four Supreme Court Justices who dissented in the Pawtucket case termed as "unconstitutional" the inclusion of a Nativity scene by cities as part of their Christmas celebration. They also stressed that Pawtucket's action amounts to "impermissible governmental endorsement of a particular faith."

The 12th ..annual LOVE banquet honoring there'sWents of trie Rose Blumkin Jewish Home will take place April 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Reservations at $7.50 each may be made by mail to Nancy Pearlman, 11223 Pierce Circle, Omaha, NE 68144, Tel. No. 333-0130.

Singer and entertainer ..SeyrhpurRockoff. iscprepfir.:. ing an original composition for his April I' concert at Beth Israel Synagogue; the chairmen have announced. Proceeds will be used to subsidize camp scholarships. Tickets for adults are $6 and for children under 13 are $2.50. The Musical Caberet Night will include free re-

Members of the Steering committee are Perry and Sonia Ratner, Paui and Susie Shyken, Bob and Myra Oberman. According to the announcement, Mr. Rockoff has a ' national reputation for quality entertainment ' and family oriented programming.

Gary Bender, CBS sports play-by-play announcer, will speak at the B'nai B'rith charity sports stag, April 4 in Peony park Ballroom. According to Jeff Perlmeter, Mr. Bender will join

the group directly from Seattle where he is scheduled to broadcast the NCAA Basketball championship game. Mr. Perimeter also announced that Paul Parr, Daniel J. Gross High School

senior, will be honored at the stag as Metropolitan High School athlete of the year. Tickets are available from B'nai B'rith members or from Mr. Perimeter, 3914505.

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Carol Katzman, National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, speaks out about the plight of Soviet Jewry during Mayor Boyle's weekly press conference. The Mayor issued a proclamation calling for a week of awareness for Soviet Jews.

NEW YORK A series of proposals aimed at reversing declining Jewish population were released-as part of proceedings of the National Conference on Jewish Population Growth that met in November. '• ,. ,;

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Children from the Jov/iah Day School and the JCC Pro-ochool entertained reoidonta of the Rose Blumkin Jewioh Homo as part of their Purim colebrntion thin week. Other Jowioh youth activitieo included Purim carnivals at.Omaha oynagogueo and theso photoa will be presented in the Jewish Preao Passover icsue nest month.

Attempts to water down the First Amendment are now being made also in-both houses of Congress. A bill to this effect is presently being debated in the Senate. It proposes a constitutional amendment which would reverse a 22-yearold decision of the Supreme Court banning officially sponsored prayer in public schools. The bill proposing this amendment would allow "voluntary vocal prayers" in schools. It is strongly supported by President Reagan who urges its swift passage. There is strong opposition in the Senate to the amendment even among Republicans who otherwise always back Reagan. The Senate debate is therefore expected to last several weeks. Some Republican opponents predict that the debate may continue till June. The amendment needs twothirds of the vote in both houses of Congress. Two bills of the same nature have also been introduced in the House, but indications are that they will not be acted upon until after the Senate vote. Reagan would like the amendment in the Senate passed before the November election. He appeals openly for it in his re-election campaign speeches! He argues that while the amendment seeks to legalize prayer in public schools, it provides that no child shall be forced to participate in the prayer. Other bills now in the Senate would allow private religious groups to use public school facilities during non-instructional periods. One of. them would also bar federal funding for school districts that deny school access to religious groups. The measures have been reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and await Senate floor action, (continued on page 5)

The conference was co-sponsored by'the American Jewish Committee's William Petschek National Jewish Family Center, in conjunction with 30 national Jewish organizations, and was attended by some 125 leaders and professionals. • In its conclusions, the conference participants called on the Jewish community to reject zero population growth as incompatible with Jewish needs in light of the negative Jewish birth rate, and they, urged that a "pro-natalist" message be communicated to Jews through schools,-synagogues and.communal organizations. Specifically, the participants proposed that Jewish agen-. ciea give mortgage-assistance and allowances to large famr ilies, at the same time appealing to the Jewish.cornmunity to take a lead role in lobbying for restoration of government aid to families in need. . '.'.:':.•'. - The conference cited Jewish day-care centers, corporate fjex time,;, and; paternity leaves as significant support services needed for working paints. ••'• ' ' ' • The participants also recommended that a "morfr aggressive, approach be taken in providing childless couples, with adoptiprtsexyices.'Voiidth'at Jewish singled be educated toward a grtaterre'spQnsibility to the community, with "an aggressive"advocacy of marriage and family as communal

norms. Innovative approaches that might be experimented with, suggested conference members, are the establishment of a "National Jewish Family Week" and an annual award for an outstanding Jewish family of the year. Jewish periodicals, they said, should devote more attention to stories about Jewish families, their needs and achievements. Dr. Robert Gordis, chairman and initiator of the conference, while stating that he did not expect "a radical change in family growth to take place as a result of the conference," added that he did anticipate that some short-term proposals "would help remove economic and social roadblocks that make childbearing and childrearing so difficult in contemporary, society." "The long-term recommendations," he explained, "will hopefully affect a change in attitude about large families." Dr. Steven Bayme, conference coordinator who is assistant director of the AJC's Jewish Communal Affairs Department, noted that ".The conference proceedings set forth an agenda for incorporating the subject of population growth onto the program schedules of individual. Jewish organizations, with on extensive list of strategies and programs to be implemented by schools, synagogues, federations and community centers." Stated Dr. Gordis, "The Jewish family must break its pattern of having only two children if the present generation is to reproduce itself." • »• •

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By Karen Lincoln During the winter of 1972, Shirley Goldstein and her husband travelled to Eastern Europe in search of her heritage in Lithuania and in Poland. What she attained was an inspiration to learn more about the plight of Jews behind the Iron Curtain. After returning to Omaha, Shirley decided to enroll in courses at UNO in Russian, Communism, anything that would give her greater insight of what the Soviet Jews had to contend with in their struggle for freedom. Towards the end of 1973, Shirley enrolled in a seminar concerning the Soviet Union^culminating with a trip to Hussia.' She, along with her daughter, Gail, decided to take the trip. Prior to this time, however, Shirley talked to Glen Richter, from New York, who is head of "The Student Struggle.for Soviet Jewry". Mrs. Goldstein refers to Mr. Richter as her 'mentor', "for several Sundays before the trip, I talked to Glen — he gave me names of people familiar with the country in a Jewish way, he told rne what to expect and what to take." She told no one of her plans to talk to harassed Jews. Then she met Dr. Benjamin Levich. As one of the higher ranking scientists with the Academy of Sci-

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Unfortunately, many of senators and congressmen. Several members of Con- these people have never gress were instrumental practiced Judaism. Mrs. with the release of a young Goldstein reflects on one Rumanian man. Gita Cher- family that was taken to a kess had emigrated from seder, "they left in the midSiberia to Israel. While tak- dle of it. They had no idea ing a tour {;roup into Ru- what it was; they didn't unence, Dr. Levich had been mania, she met and fell in derstand the language nor completely ostracized by the love with a young man the service." scientific community after, there. He applied for a viBa The Jewish Federation of he, his wife Tanya, and two but was turned down. Gita's Omaha has funded 35 famsons applied to leave their brother informed the Com- ily relocations. Unfortumittee for Soviet Jewry of nately, however, due to the country. His name had been taken his sister's plight. Several political climate, no more off all of the articles that he congressmen were informed families are allowed to leave had written. His son, Eu- and personally met with the Russia. geny, who was only nineteen Rumanian ambassador. Her The Omaha Committee at the time, was picked up husband was subsequently for Soviet Jewry, through by the KGB and sent to a released. labor camp in Siberia. In 1975, two families were the financial assistance of "Before departing on a re- brought to Omaha through the Jewish Federation of turn trip to Russia, I re- the efforts of Mrs. Goldstein Omaha, provides a link bemember Glen telling me and Miriam Simon. They tween the Soviet Union and that what Eugeny needed first applied for these fam- the Omaha community. By most was powdered milk. I ilies through the Hebrew sending telegrams, packwent to the store and filled Immigration Aid Society. ages, remembering holidays, a shopping cart full and Three,thousand dollars for and keeping informed and took it over with me." each family to live on for in touch with our governFinally, in 1978, after six three months was supplied ment leaders, Mrs. Goldlong years, the Levichs were by the Jewish Federation of stein and many others like released. Dr. Levich now Omaha. Mrs. Goldstein and her continue to remain perspends half of the year in Mrs. Simon fdtind apart- sonally involved with the Tel Aviv and the other six ments at a reduced rate that plight of the Soviet Jews. months in New York teach- were furnished by local reThrough the Financial asing. tailers; they stocked the re- sistance of all those who Since Mrs. Goldstein's frigerator and found them support the Federation, the first trip to the Soviet jobs. Omaha Committee for SoUnion, the Committee for "A family is not allowed viet Jewry can continue to Soviet Jewry has been to bring anything out of the provide a very needed servfounded in Omaha. As an country — only two suit- ice to the community and activist, she works closely cases," said Mrs. Goldstein. throughout the world. with the Union of Councils Many extended families of Soviet Jews. She receives all State Department re- have been relocated here. It leases, sends telegrams and is generally much easier for writes letters constantly to young people to be assimilated into society than the Former Omahan David elderly, since it is more dif- Silver has been 'elected 1984 ficult for them to undergo Potentate of El Jebel Temthe intensive English ple Shrine in Denver where courses and to accept our he is retired but active in culture. •. •. . Masonry.

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Piano arc underway for this y e a r ' s Yom Ha'atzmaut-Israeli Independence Day celebration, May 6, sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. Pictured ia Edith Rogert, chairman of the Dinner Committee. Edith, along with Pioneer Women, has volunteered to plan and cerve the dinner. The Yom Ha'atzmaut Planning Committee lioo planned many fun, educational programs. Organization and individuals are needed to volunteer in order to make it all happen. Those interested ofaould call Ann Kibel Schwartz at 3348200.

elects new officers B'noi Israel Synagogue in Council Bluffs has announced the- election of of-' fleers:- Dr; Eugene Freund' and Marcia Gallner, copresidents; Robert Bisenberg, vice president; Dr. Jerome Bleicher, treasurer; Celia Hargleroad and Scott Kotzen, co-secretaries. Sam Saltzman and Ed Tepperman are ex-officio officers. Services are held on the first and third Friday of each month and are led by members of the congregation.'At present the congregation uses a special service written by its members. "We hope more members, of the Jewish community in Omaha and Council Bluffs

will join our small but growing congregation. We feel we 'have a place where people wto have not attended synagogue for a long time, as well.as those who participate regularly, will feel com.fortable," said Dr. Freund. Ms. Gallner said that the congregation has had guest speakers in the past and hopes to continue to do so. "We would like to hear from people who would be interested in speaking to the congregation," she added. Persons interested in ad-' ditional information, in joining the congregation or in making a contribution should call Dave Gallner at his office 342-1800 or his home 393-6775,

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By Murray Frost March is the birthday "of the only mohel to be quoted on a United States stamp. A mohel quoted on a stamp? What did lie say, "Oops"? No, Moses Seisas's words were more noble that that. He was the leader of the Newport, Rhode Island Jewish congregation (as well ea a mohel — a skill he learned by correspondence with the mohel in New York City) when President George Washington visited in 1790. His "address-to the President included appreciation for finally having "a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance." President Washington's response to this message repeated the phrase, "To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." Thess words were included on the United States stomp issued in 1S32 depicting the Touro Synagogue. Moses Seixos was born on March 28, 1744 and so it is appropriate to mention his accomplishment in this month's column. March 2 was the birthday of a man whose skill and accomplishments were so -great that even the Soviet Union couldn't ignore him nor deny his accomplishments as a Jew. In 1959 they issued a stamp honoring Sholom Aleichem, the famous Yiddish author. He was born as Sholom Rabinowitz in Pereyaslave, Ukraine in 1859. He was also featured on a stamp issued by JRomania in 1959, and, of course, he appeared , . on an Israel stamp issued on March 30, 1959. March, this year, marks the celebration of Purim. Since Israel has issued stamps for each of the Jewish holidays, it has honored Purim with a set. In 1976 they issued a set of three stamps (plus a souvenir sheet) with drawings summarizing key parts of the Purim raegillah. They showed the wild party King Ahaseuras threw which resulted in his Queen refusing to attend and the subsequent aim of the King to replace her. A second stamp showed Esther .being crowned. The third stamp in the set showed Haman leading Mordechai through the town. The latter scene is depicted oh a stamp issued by the Netherlands Antilles on

March 21,1975. The source of this rendition is a bit unusual. It is the gravestone of Mordechai Crasto, a prominent member of the Curacao Jewish community. Another unusual source for the artwork on a stamp related to Purim is a 14th century Danish church. It pictures Haman hanging, as well as depicting Esther and Mordechai. That set — which also includes a stamp depicting Adam and Eve and another stamplon which someone is wearing the Judenhut, or Jews' Hat, required by authorities in the Middle Ages to differentiate the Jew from others — was issued by Denmark in 1973. The characters in the Purim story have been the subjects of several famous paintings. Rembrandt, who lived among the Jews in Amsterdam, painted several versions of Esther together with Haman. Russia used one Of these paintings for a stamp design in 1976 when it honored Rembrandt's works in the Leningrad museum. Romania included a different one when it issued a set of famous paintings on March 30. 1987. Finally, Yankel Adler's portrayal of Purim players was featured in an Israel set of paintings related to Jewish holidays issued in 1975. March includes some famous birthdays of Jews honored on stamps. Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1854. His 125th birthday was marked in 1979 by 15 nations issuing stamps in his honor. A total of 67 stamps from 32 nations either picture him or his famous formula E=MC Z . These include two stamps from the United States, an 8t definitive issued in 1966 and a 150 commemorative issued on his birthday in 1979.

Denise C. Silverman and Dan Stoney were, married on March 18 at the Highland Country Club. Judge Samuel V. Cooper officiated at the noon ceremony which •was followed by a receptionY at the club. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Silverman. The bridegroom is the son of George Stoney.

Another American stamp honors a Jewish Marchbirthday-born. Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, wiss born on March 12, 1858, and was honored with p stamp in 1976. Maimonides — who has been pictured on a Spanish stamp, one from Grenada, and one from Israel — was born on March 30, 1135. March is also the anniversary of several issues related to Judaism. A set com-, memorating the Ten. Commandments was issued last year by Anguilla. A painting of Rebecca and Eliezer was reproduced on' a stamp issued by Spain on March 24, I960. A more dramatic scene, Delacroix's version of Jacob wrestling the angel, was depicted on a French stamp issued March 2,19S3. Finally, half of Chagall's TXvelve Tribe windows in the Hadassah synagogue were depicted by IsrasI on March 27, 1973 (the other half was issued in August 1973). Other births, deaths, and issues related to Judaica have appeared during March. But Judaica stamps continue to be issued. This month Lesotho will issue a set depicting the Ten Com- •' mandments. And later this month Israel will issue three sets of three stamps each. One set depicts Michael Halperin (a Zionist leader), Yigal Allon (a military planner), and poet Uri Zvi Grinberg. "Another pictures three famous monuments in Israel for Alexander Zald, the defenders of Tel Hay, and Dov Gruner; and the third set' continues to celebrate the founding anniversaries of Israel communities. JWhyjiot 8tart_your_owh_ Judaica stamp collection this month?

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There is great temptation on the part of an editorialist to dsvote space to the critical issues of the moment. ' Thus, in American Jewish newspapers one can expect to read about the negative behpvior of Arab states toward Israel, the continuing stupidity and hypocrisy of the United Nations end various other irritating news. Once every so often, however, news on a happier note becomes available and this information is passed along with the expectation that the "Jewish reader, at least, will have something to feel good about. This is one of those occasions. According to a dispatch from the Jewish Tblegraphic Agency, there 13 a move under way in Congress to urge the Postal Service to issue a stamp in 1935 to mark the 850th anniversary of the birth of the Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. It was initiated by Reps. Gary Ackerman and Robert '"Garcia (both D. N.Y.), Benjamin Gilman (R. N.Y.) and Tony Cpelho (D. Cal.), all of whom are members of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee. A spokesman for Ackerman said they acted at the suggestion of Malcolm Hoanlein, executive director of. the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. The four Congressmen have so far got the signatures of 53 of their colleagues on a letter to Behnont Faries, chairman of'the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, the body that decides who should be commemorated on postage stamps. A decision is expected this month. "1985 marlcs the 850th anniversary of the birth of Moses Maimonides, the distinguished Jewish philosopher, physician and spiritual leader whose humanitarian spirit, and scholarly influence are appreciated by. Jews and nonrJews alike," the letter said. "The many accomplishments of Maimonides in scientific research, medical practice, and the codification of Jewish law and practices, make him one of the most important spiritual and intellectual figures of the Middle Ages. His ability to transcend cultural differences and act as a bridge between East and We6t is also a worthy model for all of us in these critical times." • Hoenlein, in urging Jewish community support for the effort, said that "this would be a meaningful gesture not only for the Jewish community but for the com-. munity as a whole. Together with an educational campaign, it will help establish Maimonides as a role model, a hero to be emulated by young people." '

HAIFA — There's no place hi e home' And thu^'a r o place like Israel. If one keeps his eyes and tars open he will find that this is the land of the unusual and the unique, the unexpected and unconventional. For example: To Feed the Moslems Too. The only Middle Eastern states to contribute last year to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization were Iuruel and Libya. The FAO helps feed hungry nciiona. Among the beneficiaries this year were Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Preca;- Toilet, Wrapping, Letters or Computer? Of 149 countries surveyed, Israel ranked 18th in the world in its per capita use of paper. The USSR was in 19th place. Curce of the Pharaohs. A delegation of 12 mayors of Israel cities visited Egypt last year. Four of them entered the tomb of Tutankhamen. All four were defeated in the recent municipal elections. Delicate Instruments. David Ben Menahem, of Auhdod, issued a frantic appeal to the thief who Btole his car: At least return the bag of my work tools, without which I cannot continue my profession. They are of no value to you. Ben Menahem is a moliel. They Top Their Elders. Native-born sabra Israeli youth are on the average seven centimeters taller than the average height of European-born adults in Israel, according to a survey conducted by Dr. Meir Ben David of the Tel Aviv University Medical School. He ascribed the difference to climate and nutrition-changes. New Profession in Israel. For the first time this year high scKqol matriculation exams will include a section on the handling and training of homes. Six boys and one girl, all pupils at the Kanot School of Naamat near Yavne, will seek to earn their points in this field. The Travelling ICibbutznirfx. A survey of the General Meetings held by kibbutzim reveals that the single subject talked about the most was determination of privileges for kibbutz members to travel overseas. An Israeli Characteristic. With reference to all the political infighting which goes on here, Defense Minister Moshe Arena tells the story of a cannibal tribe which decided'to dine on all white strangers who came their way. They did this until an El Al plane arrived. The tribal chief held them back. "Not these," he said. "These are Israelis. They'll eat themselves up." Sweet Taste of Shabbat. Residents of the religious town of Emanuel in Samaria discovered to their consternation that the supply of Shabbat cliallot sent from Jerusalem disappeared from the shelves of the local market almost as soon as they arrived. They learned that the Arab

By M.J. Rosenberg ^__;_. Near East Report ~ ^MajmOTide^,__whose_graye is in,Tiberias,_is_.best_ Joseph Sobran, a young conservative columnist, is now known today for his "13 Principles of Faith," which is traditionally recited at Friday evening services, and his carried in 60 newspapers across the country. Syndicated by the Los Angeles Times service, Sobran appears in such work, "A Guide for the Perplexed." major outlets as the Dallas Times Herald, the Denver The legislators, in their letter, also stated: "As mem- Post, the-St. Louis Glove-Democrat, and the Detroit bers of Congress we believe that it would be most ap- Free Press., propriate for the United States to honor this great Unfortunately, Sobran is no supporter of U.S.-Israel figure by issuing a commemorative stamp next year. friendship or, in fact, of Israel itself. In a recent column, Both Spain, the place of Maimonides' birth, and Israel Sobran pointed to an "irony in our whole Mideast policy. . . . The United States, a pluralistic nation . . . finds itself where he is buried, are similarly, honoring his birth." permanently embroiled in the permanent religious war that The Congressional attention to Maimonides is a surrounds Israel.... Is it not somewhat odd for a pluralistic wonderful opportunity to educate ourselves and others .nation to_ guarantee the existence^ a specifically Jewish.. —as~to the outstanding contributions made by "Jews " nation?" throughout history. He then argues that American support "for Israel has Let's put our stamp of approval on the Moses Mai- cost us dearly. That support can be justified on religious grounds, or on humanitarian grounds, but the cold eye of monides stamp. the accountant will see no American profit in it." Sobran is wrong on so many counts that it is hard to know where to begin. First, his suggestion that America should not support a "specifically Jewish nation" is as offensive as it is amazing. America guarantees a specifically (Founded in 1920) Published weekly on Friday French nation, a specifically German nation, and a specifBy the Jewish Federation of Omaha ically British nation, among many others. Sobran suggests Jthot_a._J_eaiBhjnation_is-Bomehow_different simply because ______i__ DonKlein__ ~~~ ' PreM'ComrnittcafProsktont the Jewish national identity and the Jewish religious iden-

1J- 1. j \/or! in" o 1 local ccn'Uuctsois I'.ojicta had develuti-J a tuaU; U,t tho ^oft, fu»li L:~.d, uid had bought up the supplies. Tho market has now tripled and quadrupled its weekly order. Who Fiddled While Legation JitwucXl In a recent interview Aril; Sharon claimed to be thjjr^only member of the present cabinet who can play the violin. Siea of tho Tiiaes. After checking tho hrxliFiound of their employees, the managers of tho Delta 'itetilo firm decided that hereafter their house organ would }>3 published in both Hebrew and Arabic. Welcome Intruder. The Jerusalem police received a "complaint" from an elderly women thct during her isbsence from her flat an unknown pereon isad forced tlia door open. On her return she found the diclic-a bed beon washed, the stove cleaned and the floor scrubbed. Nothing was missing. . Unwelcome Foreign Trade. It has bean estimated that since the beginning of the war in Lebanon, more than 15 tons of hashish and over a thousand grams of heroin have been smuggled across the border into Israel. Affluent Society. Israel's first canine cemetery has been opened at Moshav Zofit, near Kfcr Sava. Tha funeral fee includes dignified transport of the body and interment in an avocado orchard. No services are held. Professional Training. A Tel Aviv bank clerk, accused of systematically stealing from customers' accounts, has been offered a new job — with the incomo tax office.

tification coincide. .Ofxourse, Sobranmay.be:one of those who is just plain out out at the thought that the Jews have returned to their ancient homeland to establish a modern political state. If he is, he is far from alone. Most of the Arab world rejects the existence of Jewish sovereignty on any segment of "Arab" land. Segments within Christianity (including the Vatican) are unable to reconcile themselves to Jewish statehood in the face of the Jewish refusal to accept Jesus as the Messiah. So-called "anti-Zionists" oppose a Jewish state on the ground that the Jews are not a nation; this, despite the fact that Jews have identified themselves as a nation for 6,000 years. . It is impossible to say what Sobran's specific problem with Israel is. But one thing is certain. He is either ignorant of or indifferent to the 2,000 years of Jewish suffering that resulted from the Jewish homeless he seems to endorse. But then, Sobran doesn't claim to be a humanitarian. He would rather apply that "cold eye of the accountant." Nevertheless, Sobran's accountant keeps strange books. Ignored are Israel's strategic value to America, its democratic nature, and its consistent support for U.S. policy goals around the world. Sobran would perhaps trade the U.S.Israel alliance in for one with the "millions of Arabs" who hate Israel. Lots of luck, Joe. But where are you going to find that Arab nation that is less "specificall" - - a n d exclusively rrrjvloslem.than.IsraeLia "specifically Jewish?" Or are specifically Moslem states inherently less offensive?

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Growing up I recall a game which was an offshoot of "Patty Cake" whereby two players held their hands out palm to palm with the objective of the person with their palms up to hit the backhand of their opponent. If you missed the roles were reversed. • I recall playing with some very serious players who delighted in hitting as hard as they could. After many painful experiences the game taught me quick reflexes to avoid being hit and to give "Tit for Tat". It also taught me character. As an adult that experience also taught me to understand Israeli tactics with her Arab neighbors. After haying been hit hard by her surrounding neighbors,- Israel has learned to retaliate quickly and forcefully. If they had not learned, this they would long ago have been annihilated by the Jor-;, danians, Syrians, Egyptians or PLO. Perhaps^alsa they've learned the importance of preemptive.strikes. Imagine if

.By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha you will with the reports of the Iran-Iraqi war if either side possessed nuclear arms. And think back to a few years ago when Israel took put the nuclear energy plant in Iraq that might have made the creation of such arms possible. Do you have any doubts that either side, if they possessed such capacity to use such weapons^,would have hesitated to do BO?

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Ancient rite and modern technology: the Jewish connection By Irving Greenberg ' President, National Jewish Resource Center Two times during the year, the Jewish people liturgically • celebrates the ultimate Jewish hope — that life will overcome death. Durin;; the High Holy Days, even as we accept the inescapability of death, we pray for the extension of life for the coming year. We appeal to God, "Ruler' who loves life": "Write us in the book of life for Your own sake, God whose essence is life." i The second celebration comes in the Spring. Here, through the archaic and mysterious purification rite of the Red Heifer, the ritual hints at eventual triumph over death. Since the destruction of the Temple, this rite can no longer be performed, but its memory ia preserved in the liturgy of Parshat Parnh, the Sabbath of the chapter of the IRed] Heifer, which is one of the four special Sabbaths which precede Passover. In 1984, it pccurs on March 24th. In ancient times, anyone who had contact with a dead body during the year had to undergo the Red Heifer ceremony in order to be permitted to enter the Temple. A cow (heifer) of totally red hue (even two black hairs on the animal's pelt disqualified her) was slaughtered and then cremated along with some cedar wood, hyssop plant and a piece of scarlet red wool. The ashes were mixed into a vessel full of "living water," i.e., spring or natural water. The mixture was sprinkled on the person in conjunction with a total immersion ceremony. The person was then considered to be pure, i.e., reborn and fully alive, fit to enter the Temple. The origins and meanings of the Red Heifer ceremony are lost in the mists of time. The rabbis of the Talmud list this rite as the classic model of an irrational ritual. Yet from the perspective of modern culture, the message seems clear. When humans come into contact with death, they experience an order of nature that decrees their own inescapable death. Death is the ultimate impurity because it destroys life and freedom. Yielding to the inevitability of death makes humans unfit to enter the Temple and stand before God the infinite source of life and freedom. Therefore, humans must undergo immersion, a rebirth ritual, before entering into the presence of God in the sanctuary. Humans must reassert the power of life by being born again. Two features of the Red Heifer were particularly striking. 1) The Red Heifer cannot have been harnessed or worked beforehand. 2) The Heifer had a contradictory effect; it purified the impure but the people who handled it became ritually impure themselves.

genetic faults, and to cure hitherto fatal diseases has ex: against ilis-.moral ifrssponsibility of slipshod construction ploded. Similarly, nuclear power offers the promise of un- without controls. The unchecked profit motive that led to limited energy to transform eurth and life. In both cases, passing unsafe welds and untried technology in nuclear rehowever, the effect is paradoxical. Power to turn humans actors; the ;;reed that led to building power plants on sinkinto guinea pigs, to deny care, to cheapen life itself has ing sands and dumping poisonous or radioactive materials grown side by sidy\yith improved medicine. And nuclear in unsafe locutions is the abuse of power that makes the power in the form of weapons stands on hair-trigger launch- pure, impure. i ing pads./capable of obliterating all life. Unsafe civilian The Shabbat ritual carries the same message. "Six days nuclear/reactors threaten surrounding communities with pollution, cancer, and permanent poisoning. Increasingly, a week shall you work and do your creative labor," says the liberals grow hostile to the use of nuclear power lest it commandment. Then, on the Sabbath, human beings rendestroy humanity while traditionalists fear the erosion of ounce creation and put limits on power. But the first act that ends Shabbat is the lighting of fire in the havdalah the sacredness of life by excessive medical intervention. The Red Heifer ritual, however, implies that the answer ceremony — an affirmation of human use of technology. does not lie in retreat. Humana should settle for nothing Judaism rejects both abdication of power and abdication less than the triumph of life over death. It is worth reaching to power. The Torah calls us to use and control power — for the energy of the stars because humans are called to to break the chains of death, for the ultimate triumph of transform life. But the Red Heifer ritual equally warns life and freedom.

(continued from page 1) Corresponding legislation has been introduced in the House. The most recent guise of introducing prayer in publicschools is "lyioments of Silence." Approximately half of the states now have statutes requiring or allowing some form of silent meditation in the schools. On the surface, "silent meditation" or "moments of silence" may not appear unconstitutional, but in practice they manifest themselves as forms of prayer barred by the Constitution. Some courts struck down silent meditation statutes as being unconstitutional. How do Jewish organizations react to the sudden barrage of bills in Congress seeking to dilute the First Amendment? All leading national Jewish organizations vigorously oppose religious practices in public schools, including the use of

By Karen Lincoln NCJW Volunteer In recognition of her many hours of service to the community, National Council of Jewish Women salutes The Red Heifer represents the uncontrolled power of na- Linda Novak as its Volunture which can be mastered by human action and put in teer of the Month. the service of life. The equivalent today is technology in Having taught for many the service of humanity. Says Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: years in social education, the human:mandate (from God) is-to.-achieve dignity Linda is'rtdw "dbing post through mastery of nature. By "triumph' over th'e'cosmic graduate work in addition to forces" by amassing power to create, the human fulfills the participating in numerous command to be like God (imitatio Dei). volunteer projects. Yet, technology has a contradictory effect. For those imAs a board member for Linda Novak poverished and chained to the struggle for existence, tech- NCJW, Linda is the career nology brings freedom from want and drudgery. But as. field trip coordinator for Girls Club. She is actively involved production grows dominant, too often technological society in the Children's Museum, Women's American ORT and enslaves humans to their work and generates death, pol- Beth El Sisterhood board. lution, and other unwelcome byproducts. The Red Heifer In addition, Linda donates her time to 7 Can Help, Phiritual teaches humans neither to yield to necessity nor to lanthropies, Junior LeJague, Henry Doorly Zoo and the Dereject technology. The road to freedom and life is through signer Showcase. mastery of nature — while checking the excesses of maIn 1983 Linda was named as one of the Outstanding terialism. Mastery through technology and mastery of tech- Young Women in America. nology must go hand in hand: Linda and her husband, Jerry, are the parents of two In this century, the ancient Jewish dream of defeating children. death has become steadily more credible. The power of medNCJW thanks Linda and all its volunteers for their time icine to understand fundamental life processes, to correct and help.

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legal subterfuge of "moments of silence" or "silent medi- • tation." Their position is" that the place of religion is in the home and in houses of worship. Many deeply regret the Supreme Court decision permitting the introduction of prayers in the public school system, They express "distress" over Reagan's energetic support of a constitutional amendment to sanction prayers in public schools. The same outspoken attitude is taken by the National Council 6f Churches and by the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs. They reject any constitutional amendment which would legalize any form of prayer in schools. The National Jewish Community Relations • Advisory Council (NJCRAC) has a record of repeatedly pointing out the following Jewish motivations for opposing constitutional amendments to sanction prayers in public schools: • Experience teaches that efforts to introduce religious practices into public schools generate the very interreligious tension and conflict that the First Amendment was designed to prevent. • The broad concepts of freedom of religion and separation of church and state prohibit government agencies such as public schools from fostering religious practices or belief. • It is impossible to devise a prayer that is acceptable to all groups; any effort to do so trivializes prayer by robbing it of depth and meaning; a prayer'which does contain depth and meaning for some, will, in our pluralistic society, inevitably be offensive to many others. In the opinion of NJCRAC, the argument by Reagan and others that the prayers will be "voluntary" is no answer to these considerations. "To a child in classroom, no part of ' school routine is voluntary," the NJCRAC points out. It terms as "cruel" the device of telling children that they are allowed to brand themselves as pariahs by leaving the classroom or by remaining conspicuously silent during the religious ceremony. "What actually happens when this unwise practice is followed is that at least some of the pupils depart from their parents' religious teachings," the NJCRAC stresses. This is also the attitude of the National Council of Churches of Christ, of the Baptist Church, and of organizations standing on guard for civil rights. They point out that religion does not need — and should not have — the sponsorship or support of government. Like the Jewish organizations, they insist that religious practice should never be made a matter of majority decision.

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Beth Israel SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat services 6:30 p.m. Late Fritjay Night Family . service 8:15 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat following the service is sponsored by Sisterhood.

CONGREGATIONAL SEDER Beth Israel's Congregational Passover Seder will be held on the first night of the holiday, Monday, April 16, at 7-p.m.

Parashat Sh mini Parashat Parah By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Our Sidrah gives us the Sabbath Candlelighting for Friday, March 23, 6:21 p.m. basic food laws of the Pentateuch, which animals, birds, and fish are ritually acceptable and which rituSERVICES: SERVICES: ally forbiddenforfood. Friday: 8:15 p.m. Friday: 8:15 p.m. Friday: A p.m. It is at once apparent that Rabbi Paul Drazen, CanRabbi Sidney H. Brooks, the criteria are arbitrary. tor Emil Berkovits and the Rabbi Stephen F. Barack And various interpretations Beth El Choir will conduct and Cantor Harold I. Firehave tried to find the printhe services. An Oneg Shab- < stone will officiate. ciples — assuming there are bat will follow. Rabbi Brooks will discuss principles! — behind the "Megatrends and religion SERVICES: prohibitions for food of this . . . a reviev; and the impli- Friday: 8 p.m. Saturday: and that type of animal life. cations for us". Services 9:30 a.m. Oneg Shabbat One of the favorite interA Kiddush will follow The'Oneg Shabbat fol- Saturday: pretations has been that the services. lowing services will be given Services 9 a.m. animal life permitted for Youth Services 11 a.m. by Sandy and Stuart Kutler food is likely to be more Minha, Se'udah Shlishit, in honor of the Bat Mitzvah healthful than animal life of their daughter Alison Maariv 5:40 p.m. prohibited. Leigh. In fact, the extension of Sunday: 9 a.m. kashrut laws to include inSaturday: SERVICES: • Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 Morning Services 11 a.m. sistence on eating meat only FirGt Q'nd third Friday of if it is fresh and on washing p.m. the month: 7:30 p.m. An hands before eating did inCLASSES Religious School — Sat- Oneg Shabbat follows the deed result in practices that SATURDAY, urday, March 24— 9 a.m., service. wre hygienic. Non-Jews MARCH 24 Everyone is welcome. who scorned Jews for reliJewish Family Service Sunday, March 25 — 10 gious eating habits at times staff will present a program did indeed endanger their addressing issues related to lives by unhygienic prac"Passages on Saturday; Hebrew School — Aleph, tices. March 24. Rabbi Allan Monday, March 26 — 4 and Gonsher will speak from the 5 p.m.; Gimmel, Monday, Ironically, kashrut helped pulpit and after Kiddush March 26 — 4 and 5 p.m.; to bring on massacres of the Jewish Family Service Bet, Wednesday, March 28 Jews in the 14th century. staff will present three si- — 4 and 5 p.m.; Daled, Christian Europe was in Thursday, March 29 — 4 multaneous sessions. panic when the Black Death and 5 p.m. struck — and responded with massacres, all but conLUNCH AND LEARN B'NOT MITZVAH tinent-wide, when it was noWITH THE RABBI Alison Leigh Kutler, ticed that the dread plaque The Lunch and Learn se- daughter of Sandy and did not affect Jewish comries with the rabbi will con- Stuart Kutler, will become munities with as devastattinue on Thursday, March. a Bat Mitzvah during Shabing a blow as it did non-Jew29, noon, at the Conant Ho- bat Services Friday and Satish communities. tel. urday, March 23 and 24. In general, however, excepting for matters of perDeborah Elise Barack, B.E.E.P. sonal hygiene and for,cerThe Torah Fund Lunch- daughter of Rabbi' Ste' tairi 'diseases associated eon will be held on April 3, phan and Renee Barack, with improper cooking of at Beth El, 12:30 p.m. will become a Bat Mitzvah some forbidden meats, there Everyone is invited, you do during Shabbat Services not have to be a contributor Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. to attend.

SERVICES: Services are conducted in . the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

BAR MITZVAH Jonathan Silver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Silver, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, March 30 and Saturday morning, March 31.

Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m.Jr. congregation 10 a.m. A Kiddush follows the services in the Social Hall. Class with the rabbi 5:45 p.m. Mincha 6:30 p.m. An Uffruff ceremony in honor of the forthcoming . marriage of Donald Gerber and Margaret O'Hanlon will take place at the Mincha service. Mincha is followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Shalosh S'udot will be sponsored by Jack Stiss in observance of the Yahrzeit of Sarah Stiss. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire servfces 9 a.m. Breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi follows the service. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. MUSICAL CABARET NIGHT Beth Israel Synagogue presents Seymour Rockoff, nationally known singer and leading entertainer, in a musical cabaret night, April 1, at 7 p.m. All proceeds will be used to subsidize student camp scholarships. Contact the synagogue office for tickets.

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SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.

SERVICES: Saturday: 8:45 a.m. Sunday: 8 a.m.

Alison Kutler Alison Kutler, daughter of Stuart and Sandy Kutler, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at Temple Israel on March 24. Alison is a seventh grade honor roll student at Arbor Heights Junior High. She is a member of the Omaha Westside Swim Club and the Jewish Community Center Club 78. Her hobbies are tennis and swimming. Alison is the granddaughter of Harriet and Lazier Singer and Marian Kutler; she is the great-granddaughter of Sarah Taub and . Rose Perlmutter.

Rosalie Jean Katzman and Jack Hatfield Jr. were married on March 11. Arlie Katzman and William Katzman are parents of the bride. The bridegroom is the son of Karolyh Peters and Jack Hatfield. Grandparents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Epstein and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Katzman. The bride is a former student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; her husband is in the army. They will live in Fort Stewart, Ga.

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is no evidence of the promotion of health through observance of kashrut. A famous Biblical commentator of the 15-16th centuries, who was financial advisor to the crown in Portugal, Spain, and Italy, and who moonlighted as a Biblical commentator of great ability, vigorously denied any health motivation for the dietary laws. If the Torah was promoting health by~thesevlaws, he argued, the Torah would be the least worthy and the least reliable of medical books. For look about you, he insisted, and see that non-Jewish individuals are as healthy as Jews and non-Jewish nations much more powerful than the Jewish people. (He knew at first hand. He was among the Jews banished from Spain in 1492. He offered his entire personal fortune to Ferdinand and Isabella if they would rescind the expulsion decree. They refused. They permitted him, their financial adviser, to stay. Now he refused. He went into exile.) No, we shall have to look for a different rationale for the dietary laws. Jewish tradition sees them simply as divine decrees, with ho reason given for them. We are to obey them simply because God has so directed us. That reason was sufficient for many centuries of Jewish life. The challenges of modernism, however, oblige most Jews to seek different answers. Mordecai M. KaplariJ for example, saw them as "Jewish folkways." That is sufficient for many in our generation. It is a view that permits some relaxation of some of the restrictions. But for those who think in terms of law rather than folkways, there is much thinking to be done. The Bible itself suggests that the purpose of the dietary laws is to render life holy. It is spiritual health that the dietary laws promote, not physical health. Many modern Jewish teachers continue this approach — that the dietary laws help us to sanctify life. Even the act of eating is consciously surrounded by regulations that . help us to sanctify the commonplace and to recognize the dimension of the sacred in life. LAWNMOWERS

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Continuing her explora- own ability levels. The tion into new ways to edapt , workshops are part of the yoga to individual needs, Center's Health and PhysiLilias Folan, star of the pub- cal Education programs. lic television yoga sories.re- Call Chuck Arnold, 334turns to Omaha's Jewish 8200, to register or for more Community Center for a se- information. ries of yoga workshops, WOEKSHOP April 3-5. She has just comSCHEDULE: pleted her new record alTuea., Apr. 3,9:30-11:30 bum, "Rest, Relax and a.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m. All Sleep." , abilities; Fee: $13 Center A result of years of yoga -members, $18 non-memThe JCC Bridge Club, held under the auspices of Adult teaching and practice and bers. Services Committee, announces the following schedule of recent work with a sleep disWed., Apr. 4, 9-1 p.m., events through June, 1984: order clinic in her native Yoga teachers and advanced March 28 - Wednesday - Open Team Game Cincinnati, Lilias' record is students. Fee: $18 Center April 11 - Wednesday - Charity Championship some of her yoga techniques members, $26 non-memOpen Pairs $4 Entry recorded to help sleep dis- bers, 7:30-9:3p p.m., all abil18 - Wednesday - No Open Game order sufferers relax and ities. Fee $13 Center memJCC Closed sleep restfullyi The record bers, $18 non-members. May 1 - Tuesday - First session of Duplicate will get national distribuT h u r . , Apr. 5, 9:30Techniques Class tion late this spring through 11:30, all abilities. Fee: $13 9 - Wednesday - Club Championship K-tel Records. Center members, $18 nonOpen Pairs One of the purposes of the members. 10-Thursday - Club Championship record, as in all of Lilias' Novice Pairs workshops, is to point the 30 - Wednesday - Open Team Game way to a healthy, easy sysJune 5 - Tuesday - No Duplicate Techniques tem to relieve stress, tone Class JCC Closed the body, reduce depression 6 - Wednesday - No Open Game and eradicate the need for Michael Perelman, son of JCC Closed tranquilizers, sleeping pills, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Per7 - Thursday - No Novice Game smoking and drinking. elman, will begin his general JCC Closed The Jewish Community surgery residency at the 14 - Thursday - Unless announcement Center's Lilias Yoga Work- University of Chicago on made to the contrary, shops are open to women July .1. Mr. Perelman will Novice Game will be and men of all ages from graduate from the Albert discontinued until senior high to. senior citi- Einstein School of Medicine September zens, beginners to advanced in May. He did his under27 - Wednesday - Open Team Game yoga students. Participants graduate work at Stanford For information on any of the above contact Lou stretch and move to their University. Geiler, Club Director, or Debra Polsky at the JCC. Molea*Qopheri " " " ^ " ™ ^

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Although v,n ixvievui 10G'. not i/s long u;,o, let's have another look today. Such items as the e cppLaitd in the Jewish Press two decades ago: Ed Shafton wes eleetefl president of t Tie Boys Clubs of Omaha and a new children's Theater Workshop was to start at the JCC. Omaha was to enjoy an evening of live Jewish theater with the performance of celebrities of the Yiddish, stage and radio. The kids were busy, as usual. Randy Endelman was new president of the Jewish Youth Council and the high school graduates were represented in these statistics: 110 from Central, nine from Westside, one from Bellevue and one from Papillion. Period. President of AZA 100 was Ed Zelinsky and Judi Pitlox was freshman president for Rohanue. USI preoident wm Karen Rice that year. Much smaller children were seen in a photo with uncle Chuck, working out during a JCC Tot Gym cession. Little Vicki Novak, Sharon Brodkey, Laurie Cohan, Andrew Wasserman and Marsha Krasne. The Center was a very busy place then, as now. Some <# the activities included First Aid, Ballroom Dancing, Modern Dance, and Stamp, Coin, Photo, Rifle, Magic andTrcrpical Fish Clubs. And, back in those days when women didn't have firet names (at least in newspapers!), Mrs. Marvin Gerber was elected to the Board of Directors of B'nai B'ritli Women, district 6. Other active ladies belonged to Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women who, that yem; began a new project of movie3 twice a month at the Dr. ; Sher Home. Local news was made by Creighton University when they purchased $10,000 in State of Israel Bonds; this was done in "a demonstration of friendship and confidence in the future of Israel". Avraham Harman, the Israel Ambassador to the U.S. was here for a bond dinner also.

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Rehearsals are in the final stages for the Spring production of You Can't Take It With You in the JCC Theater. This 1937 Pulitzer Prize winning comedy opens March 31 at a special Dinner Theater performance. The play is the story of the Sycamore family, a group of lovable eccentrics. Amid a ballet dancing

daughter, her xylophone The Man Who Came To playing husband, a snake D i n n e r and Once in a loving grandpa, and a father Lifetime. with a fireworks factory in To the audiences of 1936, the basement comes the stuffy and conservative the play's zaniness and its Kirby family. What ensues characters' naive existence is hysterical pandomonium. proved a gratifying escape The script is by the team from the surrounding drearof Jewish authors George S. iness of the depression, toKaufman and Moss Hart. day, the same gentle wisdom Their collaboration has and sentimental comedy given the American theater shine through, although in some of its most treasured better times. plays including, George For ticket information Washington Slept Here, call the JCC at 334-8200.

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ited the Lancaster Command Center for Civil Defense and learned about the organization. Lately the Youth Group has been spending considerable*/ time on the Annual Purim Carnaval. Julie Grossbart and Debbie Schreiber are chairpersons.

The South Street Temple Social Action Committee has invited Steve Sands to return to continue his very well received talk about the The Hadassah Supplies American Indians and the Luncheon was held Mar. 20, Indian Center. After his last at Tifereth Israel. discussion he suggested the The luncheon chairman topic "The Lodota Reliwas Shirley Grant and her gion". He will speak after committee assisting. Gretl the Oneg Shabbat on Friday Wald was in charge of sup- night, March 30. plies. Reba Kuklin, president The South Street Temple will preside over the meet- Adult Education Committee ing. presents an "Adults OnlyGuide To Passover or GetThe South Street Temple ting Ready For The SederYouth Group recently re- Work shop", April 1, 2:30turned from a intercity 4:30 p.m. meeting in Omaha. Among The fee is $3 per family those that participated were and limited to 30 persons. Debbi Schreiber, Julie Reservations must be made Grossbart, Holly Grossbart, by March 25. Send check Karen Levitov, Anne Sar- payable to Rabbi Ken tori, Jennie Sartori and White. If you have any quesPam and Jordan Kominsky. tions, please call Anne KenEveryone came back with nedy, 475-4831, Rabbi

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Friends By Aaron Pollak Cub Reporter My best friend, Alan Katz, moved to California. I am going to miss him, after all, he is my best friend. One day I will go and visit him. 1 have known Alun for six years. That is a long time, since I am nine years old.

did a lot of things together. I really liked him. I also really liked the rest of his family and will miss them a lot. See'you next week, folks, with more news.

Alan slept over at my Su2 LII'J D>. n Hushcon house the day before he left, Friday, March 2. And on announce tlia March 1 birth Saturday the 3rd of March, of a daughter, Elizabeth in the morning, he left from Michele. The Hughsons my house to go to Palo Alto, also have a daughter, Rachel, and a eon, Joshua. California. Maternal grandparents I was very sad that he had are Mimi and Milt Waldto move. He went to the baum of Omaha; paternal school that I went to. He grandmother is Patricia played in the basketball Hughson, Independence, league that I played in. We Mo. played soccer together. We

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