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By Congressman Tom Lantos Editor's Note: Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) is the ranking majority member of the Europe and Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the author of H.E. 4877, the Jerusalem Bill to move the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The United States maintains diplomatic relations with 13G nations. In 135 of these countries, our embassy is located in the capital city. As a routine matter, when a capital is moved, we move our embassy. When the government of Brazil decided to move its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia, the United State moved its embassy to the new capital. When the government of Saudi Arabia, which until recently declined to have embassies located in its capital, indicated that it would like to have embassies in Riyadh, the United States government followed traditional diplomatic practice and began construction of an embassy building in Riyadh. This is as it should be. An embassy should be in the same city as the government to which it is accredited. ' In one case, however, our embassy is not located in the capital city — despite the expressed desire of the host country that this be done. Although Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, our embassy is located in Tel Aviv. The State Department — in a futile attempt to curry •favor with Arab state — has refused to move the embassy to Jerusalem and is vigorously opposing efforts in the Congress to do away with this particular form of appeasement. Refusal to move the embassy to Jerusalem has not accomplished this purpose, however. Prostituting our principles only backfires. The argument that the United State should not move our embassy to Jerusalem because the United Nations adopted a resolution calling upon member states to remove their embassies from that city is a farce. When the United Nations condemned the U.S. and called upon us to remove our troops from Grenada, the State Department ignored

By Suri Wieselman Jacknis Lincoln Federation volunteer The Lincoln Federation is , hosting its annual dinner and meeting at the Cornhusker Hotel on Sunday night, April 1. Cocktails will be served at 6p.m:and dinner will follow at' 6:30. The meeting will be chaired by President Harry Allen and will include end of the year reports by committees as well as a current evaluation of this year's campaign. The guest of honor will be Allan Greene, executive vice president of the Omaha Federation. Mr. Greene will lead UB in a discussion about the possibility of an OmahaLincoln Federation cooper-

ation in expanding services to Lincoln.' The meeting will also feature reports on agencies funded by the Federation, including the Nursery School, Young at Heart, and the Community Relations Advisory Committee. This last committee will elicij;. community comments and feelings.on the issue of prayer in the Lincoln schools in order to clarify where our community stands. "We hope that, like our Shabbaton, which was wellattended, informative, and spirited, this event will-also be a very positive communal experience," said Mr. Allen. • The Lincoln Federation Women's Division held a special coffee at the home of

and denounced the resolution. Why then should we observe a U.N. resolution that requires us to violate a universal principle of diplomatic practice and affront our only democratic ally in the Middle East? Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel since 1949. Even Harold Saunders, the Carter Administration's top Middle East official and an avowed opponent of moving the embassy to Jerusalem, recently stated, "Two Presidents of the United States, five Secretaries of State, and each American Ambassador have.done4>usiness with the Government of Israel at the seat of that government in west Jerusalem." No less a figure than President Sadat of Egypt addressed the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem during his historic visit in 1977. Moving the U.S. Embassy to west Jerusalem does not affect any of the issues surrounding peaceful resolution, of the Arab-Israeli conflict. West Jerusalem has been an integral part of Israel since 1949 and this has been recognized by all nations with whom Israel maintains diplomatic relations. • ' " • The analogy with East Germany and the status of Berlin is particularly appropriate. East Germany claims East Berlin as an integral part of its territory. The United States, however, does not recognize this claim and maintains that East Berlin and West Berlin have a unique status guaranteed by the four occupying powers — the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, and France. Nevertheless, when the U.S. established diplomatic relations with East Germany, we located our embassy in East Berlin. At that time the State Department affirmed: "The United States Government proceeds on the basis that the locations and functions of an American Embassy in East Berlin, where it will be convenient to the government offices with which it will deal, will not affect the special legal status of the Berlin area." If we are broadminded enought to enunciate and observe this rational principle for dealing with a communist dictatorship, should we not follow that same rational principle in dealing with a democratic ally? ' The special status of Jerusalem as a holy city for. many

Mrs'. Dorothy Grant recently. The coffee was attended by members of the "Century Plus" Club of women who have been substantial contributors and vital supporters of the Lincoln Federation. -.. An open discussion about the participants' experiences of Israel engaged the group in a lively interchange which helped everyone present renew their commitments to Israel and the Federation, said chairman Marsha Plotkin. .. "We are pleased with the progress of the Women's Campaign and looking forward to an equally successful last few weeks of the Campaign," said Ms. Plotkin.

Rabbi Michael R. Zedek, rabbi of Con- Brooks, "and we will take a look at the fungregation B'nai Jehudah, Kansas City, Mo., damental theological and social hallmarks will he the guest ~~ ~ ~~~ of Judaism and Christianity. Let us talk to" getfierabout our theological and ritual praclecturer at the 44th ticesj their origins and effects on the current Annual Institute thinking of church and synagogue." on Judaism for the Christian Clergy at Rabbi Zedek will address the group in the Temple Israel on morning with his topic being "Back, to March 30, beginbasics . . . a study in Jewish-Christian rening at 10 a.m. ligious thought." This will set the tone for the afternoon study and discussion semiIn extending in' nars when Rabbi Zedek will lead one group vitations to cleron Ritual topics, and Rabbi Brooks will lead gypersons in this the other group on Theological topics. community and adDuring the Sabbath evening services at jacent areas Rabbi 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Zedek will oocupy the pulpit Sidney H. Brooks — ._ —_ at Temple Israel and bring a Shabbatmesstated that "it is Rabbi Zedels the 32nd. year it has been my challenge to sage to the congregation. The service is direct this Institute". "I would title it "Back open to the community. A special reception to basics . . . the real ones!", said Rabbi will be held following services. 1

different groups should likewise not be an issue. The Israeli government — unlike the Jordanian government during its stewardship — welcomes people of all religions to Jerusalem. As President Sadat found during his visit to Jerusalem, Moslems are free to pray at al Aqsa and any otViei Mostero religious site in Jerusalem. In contrast, during 19 years of Jordanian rule, Jews were denied access to the Western Wall, their holiest of shrines. The area atout\d \\. NN&S a\lowed to deteriorate into a slum. Even Christian and Moslem citizens of Israel were not allowed to visit any of their holy places while Jordan controlled east Jerusalem. No w\e stands in the way of the Saudi king's expressed desire to pray at the al Aqsa Mosque. It is strange, however, that the Saudi rulers, who now seem so anxious to pray in Jerusalem, did not bother to go there to pray during the 19 years that the city was under Jordanian control. The Administration has sought to avoid discussing the merits of this question by arguing that Congress is exceeding its constitutional authority in expressing itself on the location of the U.S. embassy. While it is true that the Executive Branch is .charged with the "conduct" of United States foreign policy, Congress has a long-standing and universally acknowledge responsibility to share in the formulation of foreign policy. The Administration's consistent refusal to follow established diplomatic practice by locating of our embassy to Israel in a city other than the capital is a matter of policy — not conduct. Support for my legisjation (H.R. 4877) to move the embassy to Jerusalem has been totally bipartisan. My colleague Senator Pat Moynihan's bill in the Senate (S. 2031) enjoys the same bipartisan support. House Democratic leaders Jim Wright and Tom Foley and House Republican leaders Trent Lott and Jack Kemp are among the 180 current cosponsors of the Jerusalem Bill. The original Republican coauthor is Congressman Ben Gilman of New York. My colleagues Tony Coelho and Guy Vander Jagt, the chairmen respectively of the Democratic and Republican Congressional Campaign Committees, are also cosponsor• ' (.continued on page 5)

Happier times? The signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt brought together the Carters, the Sadats and the Begins five years ago — a milestone in Israel's history.

There was not a sustained unified effort on By Yitzhak Rabi 1 NEW YORK (JTA) — A report to the the part of the Jewish organizations to save American Jewish Commission on the Hol- the Jews of Europe." Finger, and Rabbi Moshe Sherer, presiocaust, to be released at the beginning of April, concludes that American Jewish or- dent of Agudah Israel of America and a ganizations were faulty in their efforts to niember of the Holocaust Commission, also save-the victims of'-the Holocaust because told the JTA that a story in the New York they were not united. Times on the report was "incorrect," rfiainly The author of the report, Prof. Seymour because it failed to point out that the report Finger of the Graduate School of the City is not the Commission's report but a report University of New York and the Commis- submitted to it by FingerAccording to Finger, the main points of sion's director of research, said in-a telephone interview^ with the Jewish ' the report are that "Hitler was the arch Telegraphic Agency that "the American criminal who was responsible for the HolJewish organizations, fed, relatively little ocaust and that the Allied governments had power (during the HolocaUsJjtfEurope) but the power to do something to rescue the tbe$ did" try -to'^£^&§g||fe£hey I tried, Jews of Europe but were unwilling to divert (continued on page 5) but they were h a m p e r e U ! 1 S ^ J ^

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By Henry Stern Next meeting April 3, two weeks before the Seder. Today's gathering, March 20, first day of spring, and we are digging out of a snowstorm.'Mollie left with the lucky 40 this morning for New Orleans. Charlie Fellman chaired the earlybirds, spoke of oiir ties with Israel and how we are bound up with them. Israel is America'6 most important ally in the MidEast, but unfortunately the news media seldom puts Israel in a favorable light. This writer has pointed out in the Public Pulse that when the Syrian and PLO terrorists massacred 100,000 Christian Lebanese on their march through Lebanon, neither the press nor the Christian world made known what should have been their feeling of horror. Charlie presented Vice President Norm Wohlner, who gave us a beautiful resume of his recent six weeks tour of Israel, his thoughts and his feelings, which tied in with Charlie's discourse on Israel, all of which was followed by discussion. In Mollie's absence, Toby Kagan supervised a luscious luncheon, and reminded us of the April 1 party at the J; six bucks a head, food,

•dancing, and theater. Motzi by Morris Epstein, Benschen by Rube Marcus, in his good Irish manner. Duke announced the following: Papa Lauger hospitalized; Sid Cahan home now; Dr. Murray Simon recuping at Vets; Shorty Gimple at Vets; Ralph Nogg at Clarkson; Ben Abrhamson at Eppley Care; Al Altman at Immanuel; Ici Kahn at Montclair. President Al Bergman announced a gift to the Mitzvah Box by Sam and Rosalie Epstein honoring your correspondent's 39th birthday, and greeted Carl Rosenberg, guest of your writer. Carl is noted for his excellent tailoring and has served the general officers atOffutt. Norm Wohlner presented guest speaker Cantor Fettman of Beth Israel, whom we all know. The Cantor proceeded to please us with his good humor, and discussed his trip to Washington for the Holocaust gathering. He was accompanied by Carl Rosenberg on the trip, and they met with 15,000 survivors in a heartwarming and heartrendering get together. The warmth of reunions, the tales of experiences, the search for relatives and friends (by computers, no less, at the gathering) touched us deeply. We shall not forget. We shall live.

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again When King Hussein of Jordan met with President Reagan in. Washington recently, the monarch was welcomed and treated as a friend of the United States. This is not unusual because we have been told over a long period of time that Huw.ein is a moderate Arab, that he is an ally of the United States, and that he would welcome peace with Israel when the timing was right. King Hussein's expressions of friendship undoubtedly had motivated this administration to encourage arms sales of sophisticated weapons to the kingdom. The expectation was that Jordan — once militarily secure — would then enter into negotiations with Israel. Soon after his appearance in Washington, King Hussein re-established his parliament and Israeli leaders considered that rriove an important step toward negotiations. Then, just a short time ago, King Hussein dealt a severe blow to the American-sponsored peace process in the Middle East. ' He ruled out direct negotiations with Israel and criticized the United States for its relationship with Israel. The United States was surprised by his outburst. But, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, King Hussein's actions should not be surprising. "In reality, King Hussein is the one who has refused to live up to the basic principles of peace and reconciliation," AJPAC states. A bit of recent history backs up AIPAC's statement: • In June-1967, King Hussein joined Egypt arid Syria in making war on Israel. • In September 1967, King Hussein endorsed the Arab World's declaration of "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel." • In 1978, King Hussein rejected the Camp David Accords — negotiated by Egypt, Israel and the United States — which provided the framework for peace in the Middle East; • In 1979, when Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel, King Hussein joined the Arab rejectionists at Baghdad, helped expel Egypt from the Arab League, and accepted Arab subsidies of $1.2 billion annually to continue the confrontation with .Israel. • In 1983, although King Hussein did praise.the Reagan Plan, he still refused to enter negotiations with Israel. The fact that the Reagan Plan had purposely prejudged those negotiations in his favor by stating that territories under Israeli control should be handed over to Jordan made no difference. • And now, King -Hussein has renounced the peace process and blamed the United States, despite Reagan Administration efforts to encourage him by providing Jordan with generous amounts of military and economic aid as well as a variety of sophisticated weapons. Coming in the wake of Lebanon's abrogation of the Israel-Lebanon Agreement and Egypt's distancing it-, sejffrom the peace treaty with Israel, King Hussein's renewed rejectionism raises serious questions about Arab "moderation" and willingness to live in peace with Israel. *

HAIFA — We have been askc-d if there is any truth to the assertion that Christian missionary activity in Israel is becoming a serious threat, a claim which is causing near panic among some-American Jews. * It is true that there is missionary work in Israel. Proselytizing among the Jews is nothing new. British evangelical societies have operated among the Jews of Palestine for more than 150 years. The work of the missionary groups in the United States and other countries is well known. We are on the mailing list of several of them. We do not see indications of any unusual increase in this ongoing missionary activity in Israel. What has increased is the anti-missionary publicity. New organizations and P.R. activity of certain individuals give the impression that there has been a sudden spurt in proselytizing, The spurt has been in the counter-missionary work, leading to the impression that terrible things have been happening. The various missionary groups here carry on their activity against very great odds. The occasional and rare conversions to Christianity are exaggerated so that the impression is given of a great wave of receptivpness among the Jews. That encourages the financial sources back in the U.S. to send more money, to save more souls. We wonder to what extent the alarmist exaggerations of the anti-missionaries have the same purpose? ' Has anyone thought of pointing out that, on the other hand, the number of Christians who convert to Judaism in Israel runs to several hundreds each year? This would be only natural, since the environment here is Jewish, and there are sound cultural, intellectual and social reasons for such change of faith. It can not be denieof that there will always be people who may decide to abandon Judaism1, whether out of conviction, or because they are weakminded, gullible or crackpots seeking easy solutions, reli-" gious or other, to some of their own psychological problems. To cite these as indication of a great and menacing wave of missionary activity is to render a terrible disservice in

that it also condemns every warm-hearted Christian who may express an honest "love" for the Jewish people. For many that is part of their religion, and we would be guilty of the worst kind of prejudice if we were to bar them from Israel, as some zealots request. Our own extremists feel that the most effective way to combat proselytizing is to prevent any contact between Jews and Christians. Missionary activity is not illegal in Israel. This is a democratic country and Christians are free to propagandize for their faith just as Jews.are free (with much greater success) to propagandize for their faith. What is illegal is to offer money or other tangible inducement to change one's religion. Some of the Christian evangelical groups operate srriall hotels or hostels to which they bring ever increasing numbers of Christian pilgrims. This is their Holy Land, too, and Israel has been tryingto encourage this kind of tourism. Such hotels create a religious atmosphere for their guests, both in decorative symbolism and in public prayer services. Panic-stricken foes of the missionaries have demanded that Jews be banned from entering such places'. How ironic it would be if, iii the state of Israel, a law compelled these hotels to put up signs reading: "No Jews allowed!" Much more serious in Israel is the trend toward cults among the youth. The young Jews who have fallen victim to these number in the hundreds. A few leave the country. Some crack up (one committed suicide not long ago); the .remainder come to their senses after a while. American Jews have a similar problem. In summary: There is-missionary work here; it is occasionally successful, but the only real upsurge is in the renewed public relations program of the •Jewish religious groups which combat the missionaries. There" are specific functions and tasks for anti-missionary activity, especially in promoting Jewish education: So Icing as^the activists do • not succumb to hysteria, their educational efforts merit support. . ".'••-

Editor's note: Robert Yaffe is a member of Omaha's Young Leadership Group, He joined with other members of the group recently in attending the United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Conference in Washington, D/C. President Reagan utilized this event to deliver a major election-year address and Mr. Yaffe accepted an invitation from the Jewish Press to prepare a report on the event. By Robert Yaffe The Fourth National UJA Young Leadership Conference, held in Washington, D.C., was highlighted by an address by President Reagan to 2,000 conference attendees. Reagan received a standing ovation'when he said that if Israel were ejected from the United Nations the United States.would march out with her. He was strongly applauded again when he said the United States would refuse to negotiate with the PLO until it recognizes Israel's right to exist. "Anti-Zionism is ajnask for vicious anti-Semitism," the Young Jewish leaders from Omaha met with ConPresident' said adding that U.S. — Israeli relations are gressman Hal Daub in Washington recently to disU.S./Israeli relations. Pictured (1-r) are: Debbie "closer today than ever before, and I intend to keep it that cuss Hostyk, Congressman Daub, and Sue and Robert way." He further stated that the Administration is seeking Yaffe. a large economic aid package to Israel which includes 1.4 billion in military grants. " • It appeared that the main purpose of Reagan's speech Reagan expressed support and sympathy for the plight was to appeal to American Jews.to support increased milof Soviet Jews and indicated that the United States.will itary aid to Jordan which he said "was in the best strategic continue to support efforts, on their behalf. • (continued on page 5)

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The Council of'Jewish Federations, the national organization representing 400 Federations in North America, including our own, recently completed some population studies of the characteristics of American Jews. The last time such a study was undertaken was 1971. The results of the current studies seem to indicate that the characteristics of American Jews are beginning to change and are coming closer to those of the general population. The birthrate remains low indicating zero population growth with the average household size 2.6 persons (it was 2.8 in 1971), with single adults comprising 15 percent of the American Jewish community (it was 6 percent in 1971). The elderly, those 65~and over comprise the fastest growing population category representing 14-16 percent of the population (it was 11 percent in 1971). 30 percent of marriages are listed as mixed marriages (one spouse non-Jewish). Recent local population studies indicate significant growing numbers of the following: 1. One parent households > 2. Working mothers with children under age 13 3. Unemployed, underemployed low income s: 4. Unaffiliated (with Synagogues or Jewish agencies/Organizations) , • •••

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha Jewish mobility has been on the increase in recent years affecting community stability, personal and social ties and relationships. The recent Denver and San Diego studies revealed that one half the Jewish population had been.there less than 10 years. - It-seems clear that as a people we are getting older, intermarrying more, marrying later, having smaller families, and moving more frequently which frequently results in a loss of Jewish identification. • While I am of the opinion that such trends will in all likelihood occur more slowly in a stable Jewish community like our own it is apparent to me-that* our Planning and Evaluation Committee needs to begin tracking our own local Jewish community so that our own local Jewish insti; tutions cani respond to future changes.. ,

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(continued from page 1) ing the bill. Support for the1 Jerusalem Bill covers the entire political spectrum. • U.S. foreign policy has been most successful when it was rooted in reality. Failure has followed when our policy was founded in ffction. For years, the U.S. maintained the fiction that the People's Republic of China did not exist. The only beneficiary of that policy was the Soviet Union. One of the great bipartisan achievements of recent foreign policy was the opening of a U.S. embassy in Beijing, Abandoning the fiction that the People's Republic of China did not exist strengthened the American position in Asia and throughout the world. "Standing tall" — a phrase our President likes to use — has many meanings. In fact, its only real meaning is standing for principle. We will only be respected abroad if we adhere to our principles. Policies based on appeasement cannot succeed. We should abandon the hypocrisy of keeping our embassy out of Israel's capital. It is time to stand tall — in Jerusalem.

The' W. Dale Clark Library exhibit gallery at 14th and Douglas Streets will show the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society exhibit which has been available for viewing since January at the Jewish Community Center. The exhibit of "100 Years of Jewish Organizational Life in Omaha, Nebraska, 1850-1950" will be located in the library's fourth floor gallery from April 1 to April 26, according to Mary Fellman, president of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. On Monday, April 2, the

Society will host a reception from noon to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the leadership of businesses and civic organizations in the downtown area. Sharon Greene is chairman of the reception arrangements. Members of the Omaha Jewish community who were unable to see the exhibit while it was on display at the JCC may visit the Library gallery. Plans are also being made to hang the exhibit in the halls of the Jewish Community Center following the close of the showing at the W. Dale Clark Library.

The Jewish community of there has already been an Lincoln is planning ticket enthusiastic response to sales and transportation for this project. She also stated Lincoln residents for the "We are happy that the Linupcoming Israel Ballet. coln Jewish community can Anyone wishing to purchase help support this exciting tickets and take advantage and worthwhile event." of group transportation may The Israel Ballet will apcontact Blanore Neiden at pear in Omaha at the Or488-6131. pheum Theatre on April 30, According to Mrs. Neiden at 8 p.m. New York (JTA) - Modern Judaism, edited by Prof. Steven Katz, and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, has been named the outstanding

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Popcorn Playhouse will (eontinued from page 1) feature a petformance by resources from the war in order to rescue the Nebraska Wind Sym- Jews." phony on April 8, 2:30-4 Finger said that the Jewish organizations p.m. at the 'Jewish Com"had more faith in the willingness of Presmunity Center. Admission •will be $1.50 for JCC mem- ident Roosevelt and Churchill ti> give priorbers; $2.25 for non-mem- ity to saving the .lews than was justified by the events." bers. He said that, in addition,'the Jewish orIncluded in the program will be renditions of "Eye of ganizations in America at that time were the Tiger", "E.T." and "Re- "too patriotic" and were not willing "to turn of the Jedi". The Ne- break the law" in order to save the Jcvro. braska Wind Symphony is "An exception to that was the Orthodox composed entirely of vol- .Jewish organizations, who gave top priority unteer musicians and exists to saving the Jews," Finger pointed out. as a public service organiFinger said that members of the Comzation. mission have seen the report but were not asked "to approve it or disapprove it." Los Angeles (JTA) — Dr. Sherer said that the report "is purely the Otto Schirn has been elected to another term as view of the professional staff of the Compresident of the American mission and not of the Commission memCongress of Jews from Po- bers themselves." land and Survivors of ConSherer noted that in the report Finger centration Camps. praises the Orthodox Jewish organizations

for "having saved significant numbers of Jews." But Sherer added that he does not agree with the overall conclusions of the report because Finger "engages in a seasaw effort to be painstakingly candid and at the same time protective about the secular American Jewish leadership whose poor performance during the Holocaust years is J'accuse against the most prominent Jewish leaders of that time." The Commission, an unofficial group of 35 prominent American Jewa, was established in September, 1981, to study what the organized Jewish community did or failed to do to save European'Jewry during the years 1939-1945. It was disbanded in August, 1982, in a flurry of controversy over an interim report on the role of the Jewish community. One Commission member, Samuel Merlin, resigned. Jack Eisner, a New York businessman who had survived the Holocaust and who was the Commission's principal financial supporter, withdrew his support.

(continued from page 4) interests of the Untied States and Israel." (The Administration is currently proposing or at least was proposing sale of portable Stinger Anti-aircraft missiles to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Some experts believe that these missiles are perfect weapons for terrorists and could be used against Israel.) Reagan told the delegates that Jordan was "crucial to the Middle East peace process". This call for military aid to Jordan was met with silence and some scattered hisses and boos which contrasted greatly to the applause he had received earlier. Reagan reinforced the Administration's policy by stating that it was in Israel's and the United States' interests to help meet Jordan's needs for defense against Syria's growing power in that area..

officials addressed these very issues; moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and opposing the Stinger sales to Jordan. Would that Reagan Administration officials also had been present to hear some of the strong arguments on these and other issues. All of this does however, clearly demonstrate the complexities confronting our leaders in trying to maintain peace in this vital area.

Within a day of Reagan's speech to the UJA, and perhaps in response to that speech, King Hussein said that the United States, through one-sided support for Israel, had lost its credibility as a Mideast Mediator. He further ruled out direct negotiations between Jordan and Israel any time in the near future. "You obviously have made your choice, and your choice is Israel. Therefore, there is no hope of achieving anything."

Not only did the conference include addresses by major decision makers in this country but it also afforded the opportunity for delegates to have private discussions with their elected representatives, in our case Exon, Zorinsky, and Daub.

The Kansas City Times quoted an administration official "as saying, "If a committee had set out to devise the worst possible timing for such a statement, it could not have done better." The Administration acted with embarrassment and some indignation, and within days White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes reported that the President had decided to drop his plan to sell the Stingers to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, but was still hanging on to proposals for a U.S. armed and equipped Jordanian strike force. Ironically, one of the reasons the Reagan Administration has opposed moving the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is to avoid offending Jordan and other Arab neighbors. Throughout the Leadership Conference, many high level

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The President stated that U.S. goals in the region after the withdrawal of U.S. Marines would be threefold; deterrence of "the Soviet threat", restricting the armed conflict between Iran and Iraq because of the danger to western oil supplies and promoting peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Omahans attending the conference were Stan Baumblatt, Debbie" Hostyk, and my wife, Sue. Our thanks to the Jewish' Federation of Omaha for subsidizing the trip.

To the Editor: I'd like to take this opportunity to commend you on your March 16,1984 editorial regarding the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which appeared in The Jewish Press. : As ah early House cosponsor of this important measure (H.R. 4877), I concur with the points you raised in your article. Israel is the only country in the world in which our embassy is located in other than the capital. Hal Daub Member of Congress

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Beth El SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen, Cantor Emil Berkovits and the Beth El Choir will conduct the services. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services 9:30 a.m. ' A Kiddush will follow services. 1 Youth Services 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. TORAII FUND LUNCHEON The Torah Fund Luncheon will be held on April 3, at Beth El, 12:30 p.m. Everyone is invited, you do not have to be a contributor to attend. B'NAI MITZVAH Jonathan Silver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Silver, will becbme a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, March 30 and Saturday morning, March 31. Lori Kooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kooper, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, April 6 and Saturday morning, April 7. PASSOVEK PREPARATIONS Information has been sent to members and they are encouraged to return the forms for the sale of hametz as soon as possible. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Board of Trustees meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. in the Youth Lounge. LUNCH AND LEARN The weekly series, Lunch and Learn with the Rabbi, will continue on Thursday, April 5, noon at the Conant , Hotel. New members to the . group are always welcome. Discussion centers on the book: The F a t h e r s Acc o r d i n g to Rabbi Nathan. CORRECTION The Jewish Press inadvertently omitted the item on B.E.E.P. in last week's column and regrets any inconvenience involved.

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SERVICES: Fridry: 8:15 p.m. Rvl ;i Sidney H. Brooks, Rabi..1. Stephan F. Baraclt and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. The gueat speaker will be the Rabbi Michael R. Zedek of Congregation B'nai Jehudah, Kaneas City, Mo. The Oneg Shabbat following services will be given by Rabbi Stephan and Renee Barack in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Deborah Elise. Saturday: Morning Services 11 a.m. CLASSES Religious School — Saturday, March 31 — 9 a.m., Sunday, April 1 — 10 a.m. Hebrew School — Aleph, Monday, April 2 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Gimmel, Monday, April 2 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Bet, Wednesday, April 4 — 4 and 5 p.m.; Daled, Thursday, April 5 — 4 and 5 p.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Deborah Elise Barack, daughter of Rabbi Stephen and Renee Barack, will become a Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. David H o w a r d Leibowitz, son of Dr t and Mrs. J. Michael Leibowitz, will become a Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7.

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EetOi DCPCGB SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat services 6:30 p.m. Late Friday Night Family service 8:15 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat following the service is sponsored by Sisterhood, 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. Mincha is followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: • Morning Minyanaire services 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. 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. Reservations may be made by calling the synagogue office, 556-6288. Chairmen are Georgeanne and Seymour Steinberg. The cost of the dinner is $12.50 for adults, $6 for children 13 and under.

SERVICES: First end third Friday of the month: 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. Everyone is welcome. BRUNCH The first annual brunch will be held at B'nai Israel on Sunday, April 8, 11 a.m.2 p.m. The brunch is open to all members of the Council Bluffs and Omaha Jewish communities. The brunch will cost $6.50 per person. Call 323-8885 for reservations. 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.

Dimont on TV A Cookie Hoberman interview with historian Max Dimont will be aired Sunday at 11:30 a.m. by Channel 6, WOW-TV. The half-hour program was prepared by the Media Committee of ADL/CRC during Mr. Dimont's recent appearance in Omaha.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Halperin announce the birth of a son, Adam Daniel, on March 17. The Halperins also have a son, Andrew David. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Yale Halperin, Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Off aafiS Mff OBsis© Don Morrison, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Great-grandSERVICES: Services are conducted in parents are Mr. and Mrs. the Capehart Chapel every Sam Epstein, Omaha, and Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shabbat follows the service. Maddox, Mason City, Iowa.

Paraehat Tazria — Parashat Hsllodesh By Rabbi Myer S. Kriphe The special reeding for this Shabbat, and the ritual blessing of the new month, herald the approach of the month of Nisan and the Passover shortly after. There is a rising expectancy of the great Holy Day, as the special Parashiyot before Pasoover continue in sequence. There is a firm grasp in all of this of the psychology of the worshipper, as his interest in Passover and the idea of redemption is piqued and thus intensified in the succession of reminders of the Holy Day. Our own — present — Parashiyah calls the month of Nisan the "first of the months." It is no great surprise that fiscal years and school years and synagogue years, for example, do not need to begin on January 1. It should be no surprise to us, therefore, that although our New Year Holy Day is in the fall, our months are counted from the watershed time of the Exodus, in the spring. The name of the month, Nisan, should alert us to something basic in Jewish life: we are an international people who have been able to adopt and adapt with remarkable skill. It is apparent that there was a more ancient name for this first month — "Aviv," "spring." Yet we call it Nisan. The truth is, of course, that all of our month-names came to Israel as part of the spiritual baggage brought by those who returned from the Babylonian exile, after 538 B.C.E. Just as we have called the Exodus from Egypt a watermed time, so to the Babylonian exile was a watershed time in Jewish history. Indeed the Bible refers to it in striking language that makes it a new "exodus." Those who returned to Israel from Babylonia with the permission of Cyrus of Persia, indeed with his encouragement, carried with

them the seeds of a new Judaism, broader, deeper, more time-tested than the Hebrew religion of pre-exilic days. One of the pieces of baggage was the list of the" month-names, of which one was Nisan. These are apparently of Babylonian origin. And we should not even be surprised that they included the names of Babylonian gods! So too, for example, do our civil monthnames and the civil names of the days of the week include the names of pagan gods. But there were more ser rious "impedimenta" — pieces of baggage — in the burdens of the returning exiles. In sharp contrast to the month-names, the returning exiles would have to wrestle seriously with the overarching idea of monotheism. Never again could they afford the luxury of flirtation with pagan gods of hill and stream, sun and rain, soil and orchard and flocks and herds. The attractive allurements of Canaanite rites were banished forever and the pagan gods along With their rites. Moreover, the returning exiles were now "People of the Book." In exile, away from the destroyed Temple, they had had only Scripture and its interpretation for their religious inspiration. And even with the Temple rebuilt in the land again, Scripture — Bible — retained its central position. And perhaps of greatest moment was the Synagogue. In only an elementary form in exile, the Synagogue in the new Israel burgeoned into an institution of worship and study of Scripture that soon rivaled, in time surpassed, and eventually replaced the Temple. Nisan, indeed? The very name means that the festival of the exodus and re•• demption is at hand. .But the name carries with it as well all of the ideas and institutions that became part of Judaism in the new "Exodus," the return from Babylonia.

Susan and Steve Silver cordially invite you to attend the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jonathan Robert on Friday, March 30th, and Saturday, March 31st. Beth El Synagogue.

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HADASSAH EVENING GROUP The Evening Group of Hadassah will meet on April 2, 7:30 p.m., at the home of Vivian Lindsay, 3318 Albert Rains Avenue. All members, prospective members and newcomers are invited. Please phone Vivian Lindsay (291-9457) or Claire Blass (291-3390) for further information. HADASSAH STUDY GROUP After studying ancient and medieval approaches to Judaism and ita tenets, the Hadassah Study Group, led by Rabbi Myer S. Kriplce, turns in its next session to the perplexing problems of the modern world. The next session is called "The Modern World Examines the Old." It will be held on Wednesday, April 4, at 9:30 a.m. at Livingston Plaza. It took the "emancipation" if the Jews of Europe to turn the attention of Jewish scholars not only to theclassics of Jewish inspiralion, but to their meaning, their authenticity, and their relevance as well. Ancient ideas were held up to'the light of new ideas, new sciences of language and history and anthropology and

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By Estelle Rosenberg Mrs. Charlotte Orloff and sister Mrs. Gertrude Dann of Kansas City, recently returned from a vacation trip to Australia, New Zealand, and. Tahiti.

On Monday evening, April 30, the Israel Ballet will perform at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha. Since the 1981 Israel Ballet comparative religion. All of this brought about .Company tour, they have lively discussions of Jewish been awarded first prize for peoplehood and the fundamentals of Jewish religion. What is the content of faith? What in Judaism is premanent arid unchangeable? Can anything be discarded as obsolete, anything at all? Is Judaism viable in the atmosphere of modern science? All of these questions rose to the surface in the wake of emancipation. Hadassah invites all who are interested to attend this study group (where each session, though joined to . previous discussions stands as a unit on its own). A number of men have been attending regularly, and we irivite other men to join us. Coffee is served at 9;30, and the lecture-discussion begins shortly after. HATIKVAH CHAPTER David Leibowitz AMIT WOMEN Hatikvah Chapter of David Leibowitz, son of Amit Women (formerly Dr. and Mrs. J. Michael LeiMizrachi Women) will hold bowitz, will become a bar a dinner meeting on April 8, mitzvah April 7 at Temple 6 p.m., at Beth Israel Syn- Israel. ag6gue recreation room. His paternal great grandThe dinner will be.$4.50 per mother is Fannie Samuels, person. Make reservations of Brooklyn, N.Y.; maternal with Gert Levey 397-6488, grandmother is Norma Charlotte Kaplan 551-5658, Spector of Delray Beach, Marion Strauss 558-2646. FL, and his paternal grandRabbi Isaac Nadoff and parents are Henry and Cantor Leo Fettman will' Gladys Leibowitz, of Lake present a program on Pass-' Worth, FL. over, "Everything you alA student at Beveridge ways wanted to know about Junior High School; David Pesach but were afraid to is interested in the guitar ask." and rock music.

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atrice Iron alnd Metal Co., died March 20. She was a graduate of the University of Nebraska, 1927 Charter member of Sigma Delta Tau. Survivors: husband, Joseph; daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Radene) Stump, Beatrice; Mrs. Richard (Audrey) Sachs, Dayton Ohio; brother, Samuel Zolot, Lincoln. Services were held at the South Street Temple. Interment at Wyuka Cemetery. Rabbi Kenneth White officiated. Memorials in care of Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice.

The Lincoln Jewish Federation will sponsor a gala Yom Ha-atzmaut celebration on May 5 and 6. The celebration will include the The Tifereth Israel Sis- showing of a popular Israeli terhood luncheon and meet- film and an Israeli cafe eveing will be held April 3, ning. Those who attend the 12:15 p;in. in the synagogue Israeli cafe evening will enjoy a light Israeli dinner and social hall. Following a business be treated to the musical meeting led by president, performance of Avram GroJluth Burke, there will be bard. cards,-Man Jongg and Mr. Grobard, the former Bingo. owner of E) Avram nightLuncheon chairman is club in New York City, is Betty Polsky with the April known as a true artist-percircle assisting. former. His Israeli nightclub was acclaimed as Rae Rosenberg, 84, died America's number one MedMarch 20. She was a mem- iterranean nightspot. His ber of Tifereth Israel Syn- performance in Lincoln is being arranged through the agogue. Survivors: husband, Ja- JWB Lecture Bureau. The cob; sons, Norman, Lincoln Lincoln International Folkand Milton, Chicago; three dancers will also be on hand that evening for a festive grandchildren. Graveside services were display of Israeli dancing. held at Mt. Carmel CemeIn addition, a "Walk for tery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis Israel" is being planned for officiating. the morning of May 6. It is hoped that all religious Walter Weill, 77, died school children, their famiMarch 20. He was a member lies, and other supportive of Tifereth Israel Syn- members of the Lincoln Jewish community will walk agogue. ., Survivors: wife, Irma; together in honor of Israel's sons, Richard, Omaha and thirty-sixth birthday. Norman, New York; sister, A brochure will be sent to Selma Holz, Denver; two all members of the Lincoin grandchildren. Interment Jewish Federation detailing was at Mt. Carmel Ceme- the events. Meanwhile, Lintery with Rabbi Jacknis of- colnites should mark their ficiating. calendars, now so they are free to participate in all the Ruth F. (Zolot) Goldberg, events of this gala weekend wife of the president of Be- celebration.

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The residents Polish. cookbook also includes played Tons the HainnnEnjoying the Ailey Dance hints on preparing for Pass- tashen, Ring Toss, Knock Theatre on March 10 were over together with interest- the Hat, and the most pop- Ricklie Hoyt, Sylvnn Block, ing facts and information ular (jaine of all wus Dunk Ruthie Polish, Anita Winabout the holiday. Hainan. troub, Fayc, Abrahams, LiStaff people Seth Levy, bie Barron and Elizabeth If you are unable to attend the Taste-In, the cook- Karin and Gene Brandt vol- Hart. On a snowy March 18, book can be purchased at unteered to have wet the JCC and also copies of sponges thrown at them. Purim deliveries were made Manning Mordecai's 60 sec- to other nursing homes. Daniel Lawrence Fox and a children's Haggadah. ond photo service were Going alone to help with the Judith Lyn Wenner were Georgia and Jay Ostrow bundles were Sylvan Block, married March 3 at Temple having a blast taking pic- Ruthie Polish, Lew Ellis, Beth Israel in Phoenix, Artures of residents and their Benny Meyerson and izona. The 6:30 p.m. ceremony, performed by Rabbi Registration for the Jew- families in costume hats. Frances Goldberg. Welcome to new resident Albert Plotkin, in the pres- ish Community Center's Helping out at Vashti's ence of the immediate fam- Kindergarten — fourth Game Gallery was Manny Marshall Katz. The LOVE sponsored waily, was followed by dinner grade summer day camp, Connors, and Shawn Madat The Pointe. Camp Chaverim, opens for den and George Shapiro tercolor classes are in full Parents of the couple are JCC members on April 1. were volunteers par excel- swing with volunteers Helen Rifkin, Barbara Cook Frances R. Fox of Omaha Non-members may register lence. The dining room was and Georgia Oatrow helping and the late Jack Fox and after May 1. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Wenner "Camp Chaverim is a transformed into Esther's Sylvan Block, Ida Pearlof Phoenix. Dora Sherman wonderful blend of laughter, Kosher Sweet Shoppe. man, Elizabeth Hart, Rosenblatt of Omaha is the finger paints, 'chai' and Many thanks to Helen Shu- Chuma Weinroth, Millie groom's grandmother. love. Your child's Jewish kert and Julia Shapiro who Fogel and Ricklie Hoyt turn Mrs. Wenner served as awareness will be enhanced did a marvelous job co-or- out masterpieces. We are her daughter's matron of through the Jewish camping dinating the food and still looking for a volunteer honor. Best man was Dr. experience and the general drinks. Lou Wolfson, alias for the upcoming ceramic Jonathan R. Fox, brother of feeling of togetherness that Major Dots and his two class. , the groom. is Camp Chaverim," a JCC clown partners'Barbara Kanka and Michelle BalTwins After a honeymoon in Las spokesman said. TEL AVIV (JTA) - IsVegas, the couple is residing Space for the camp is lim- lard, entertained the resiin Phoenix where the bride ited and the JCC spokes- dents with magic, songs, rael's first test tube twins is studying to be a radiology man suggests early registra- balloons and general clown- were born at the'Sheba govtechnician and the groom is tion. One week and two ing around. Danny Gins- ernment hospital. The two project manager for Reese- " week sessions are available. berg, volunteer and magi- girls were delivered by CaeCarr Incorporated, a project Discounts are available for cian, also entertained the sarian section to a 30-yeardevelopment firm, and is families with children reg- crowd. King Abe Pradel was old woman who had been also a partner of R.C.F. istered in both Camp Chav- heard muttering "Only in implanted with a fertilized America could a Polish boy egg after having been barren Investors Group.' erim and Camp Shalom. be King", and Queen Eliz- for 14 years. ByDoreen Lerner The Jewish Cultural Arts Council's College of Jewish Family Learning invites you 'to our annual Passover program. This year a Passover Taste-In is planned in the gallery of the JCC on April 4, 10 a.m. to noon. Plan to stop by and have a taste of our Passover dishes and take home anew Passover cookbook available for sale. The foods selected froin the cookbook for the Taste-In include: Spinach Mina, Passover

ELLAGASPAR Services and interment were held in Los Angeles, Calif, on March 25 for former Omahan Ella (Mrs. George) Gaspar. Survivors include daughter, Thelma Hanau of Los Angeles; sister, Diana Arkin of Sioux City, Iowa and brother, Gary Gross of Omaha, as well as several nieces and nephews. MRS. MORRIS BURNS Mrs. Morris Burns (Bluma Neveless) of Los Angeles, died March 14. A former Omahan, she was the daughter of the late Sophie Neveless. Mrs. Burns is survived by husband, Morris, and son, Jonathan Goodson, both of Los Angeles; and daughter, Jill Bishop, of Denver; five grandchildren, and brother, Herb Nevell, of Encino, CA. BERNARD E. GREENBERG Former Omahan Bernard

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"How to street-proof your child" By Claudia Sherman JCC volunteer Pamela McDonnell and Flora Colao, from the Safety and Fitness Exchange (SAFE) of New York City, will conduct a program heginning April 9 at the Jewish Community Center on "How to Street-Proof Your Child." The program, consisting of five workshops for parents,! therapists, educators, and children, will examine the myths and facts ahout childhood assault and identify adults' discomfort with the subject. Participants in the workshops, which will be on Monday, April 9, and Tuesday, April 10, will be taught how to enlighten children without frightening them, and how to ket'p children safe without becoming overprotective. Through role-playing, parents, mental health professionals, and educators will be shown how to discuss and develop safety strategies with youngsters in a non-i)larmist manner. Colao and McDonnell will explain how to introduce the topics of crime prevention to children of different ages (from toddler to adolescent) and how to handle children's questions, fears, and concerns. Co-founder of SAFE, McDonnell has 12 years experience in the fields of education and psychology. After earning a master's degree from New York University in Urban Education, she taught in many innovative schools around the city and founded and di-

rected two day-care centers in Brooklyn, N.Y. Trained in karate and self-defense, for the past eight years, she has become a leading lecturer on crime prevention. She is currently chair of the ,Publicity Committee of the New York City Advisory Task Force on Rape and has appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio shows. She piloted the award-winning Girl Scouts' Personal Safety Program and is currently developing methods of teaching self-defense to the disabled. Flora Colao, CSW, is codirector and counselor-onstaff for SAFE'i Children's Creative Safety Programs. As founder of the St. Vincent's Hospital Rape Crisis Center, her groundbreaking work in rape crisis intervention has received national acclaim. She is on the faculty of the Sex Crimes Seminars of the NYC Police Department, and has coordinated several national conferences on sexual assault. She chairs the Professional Education Committee of the City Coalition on Child Sexual Abuse and is co-author of Your Children Should Know. In addition, she maintains a limited private practice. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. This two-day program, which is open to the public, is being sponsored by the Elementary and Junior High School Committee of the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Family

Life Education Committee of Jewish Family Service, and the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. For more information or lo register for workshops,

call the Jewish Community Center at 334-8200. There will be a $5 charge per family to attend any or all of the workshops. The session for children on Wednesday will be free.

Cantorial concert Cantor Leo Fettman, of Beth Israel Synagogue, and Cantor Emil Berkovits, of Beth El Synagogue, will be in Des Moines, June 11, to participate in a cantorial concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.

According to the announcement, the cantorial concert is being planned as a fund raiser for the Cantors Assembly. Plans call for arranging bus transportation from Omaha to Des Moines for the event and those interested may contact either of the cantors for information.

The Adult Department of the JCC has received notice that summer jobs are available in many camps affiliated with the UAHC Youth Division. UAHC camps are located around" the United States and offer opportunities for talented and committed college students in â€˘ general counseling, specialists and professional positions. Jewish education and personal growth are the basics of UAHC camp life. Opportunities may be available at camps in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Indiana and California. Applications are available by writing to Rabbi Allan Smith, UAHC Youth Division, 838 Fifth Avenue/New York, New York 10021.

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