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Rabbi Paul Drazen (left) and Merle Potash, executive secretary of Beth El Synagogue, simulate how the homebound and hospitalized members of the congregation can follow Shabbat cerviceo by listening to the telephone. According, to Synagogue Preoident Howard Ruback hao announced that modernization of the synagogue's telephone system has added 10 lines that can be utilized to listen to services. Arrangements must be made in advance by contacting the synagogue office. Another aspect of the modernization includes the availability of special equipment at the synagogue for those with hearing problems.

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By Mitchell Orlik designed to interpret Israeli security needs Budget and Planning. in a hostileworld. director "Our committee is charged with repreBob Gordman, chairman of the Federa- senting the interests of.the campaign contion's Budget and Allocations Committee, tributors and the community at large. We has announced that the annual budgetary must find some effective way to make many process has been revised to enable agencies difficult funding decisions." and the Federation to focus funding on He explained that beginning with the those areas which provide the highest prior- 1985 budget, the Jewish Federation will ity of service to the community. adopt a modified process which will allow Mr. Gordman noted that Jewish Feder- the community to weight a wide range of ations around the country are faced with factors in determining its priorities. The finding some method of weighing the mul- process is designed to encourage a rigorous, titude of variables necessary to determine thoughtful process on the part of the opwhich needs are most serious and which erating agencies so that they too can carefully weigh their own priorities and measure services are most effective. the effectiveness of their existing and proj"Through the budget process we are faced ' ected services. Key to the system is estabwith determining whether teaching a Jew- lishing a listing of community priorities. ish child to live as a Jew is a higher priority Within the next few weeks a group of key than helping.a Jewish family preserve their community leaders will be assembled to enmarriage. gage in a process of establishing these prior"Or, whether providing an adequate rec- ities. The resulting list will provide the reation program for senior adults is a higher benchmark against which agency needs will priority than a community relations effort be judged.

The Jewish Day School, a private elementary level institution, announces its first graduation ceremony on May 23 at 1:15 p.m. at the school, 12604 Pacific street. The Bchpol, as an independent entity, was organized and formed two years ago. The sole sixth grader, Mordy Schwartz, will be graduating. . "We are very proud of all our students' accomplishments in general, and of Mordy's in- particular," Marcia Barnestein, educational director of the school said. "His achievement of high honors on national examinations reflect the quality of education that we at the Day School strive for. The school aims at blending an integration of general studies and Judaic studies. The students take pride in their identity as Jew.s and as Americans." Mordy Schwartz Mordy is the son of Donald Ray and Ann Kibel Schwartz of Omaha; the grandson of Schwartz of Louisville, Kentucky, who will Isaac and Jeanette Kibel of Memphis, Ten- be present for the event. nessee; and the grandson of Mrs. Selma , The community may attend.

Editor's Note: ' Mitchell Warren, president of NFTY, was one of 80 Jewish youth.leaders to participate in a week-long trip to Poland (April 25-May 1). The participants were from the U.S., Israel, Austria, South Africa, England, France, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. The trip was sponsored by the World Zionist Organization so that " . . . we, who are so removed from the Holocaust would learn and never forget." His report follows: By Mitchell Warren . Over the past three years I have wanted to travel to Europe — London, Paris, Rome — all of the wonderful places of European history and culture. One count.y that plays a vital role in the history of Europe and the world was repeatedly excluded from my list. I had never had a great desire to travel to Poland, but when the chance presented itself, I jumped at it. The idea of traveling to Poland and studying the events of the Holocaust intrigued me; what better place to study than the actual site of the horrifying events that took place betveen 1939 and 1945. I must admit, however, that I had reservations about traveling to Poland. I was not sure that I wanted to see the concentration camps, the gas chambers, the crematoria — the remains of the Nazi's plan for total extermination of the Jews in Europe. I had my doubts and fears, yet I also knew that I must go and iearn. I must learn so that I will, never forget — if we forget the past, we are doomed to repeat it! My reservations aside, I traveled to Warsaw with 80 other Jewish youth leaders from all over the world. We-all came .from different backgrounds and had different reasons for coming to Poland; yet the group became very close, I think that this closeness was due to the'experiences we would be sharing together. Reflecting on the trip, I would never want to have the same experiences with only one or two other

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Monument to the resistance fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto. The granite was shipped from Sweden by Hitler for use as a victory monument. Instead, the Polish government had this memorial made in 1948.

people. On a trip such as ours,, we needed with group support. Our trip began in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Before World War II, Warsaw was the center of European Jewry — 3,800,000 Jews lived in and around Warsaw. Today, Warsaw is home to only 6,000 Jews. Until August, 1939, Warsaw served as the intellectual, cultural, and religious.capital of the Jewish world. To see Warsaw today is unbelievable. The Jewish cemetery is being overrun by trees and weathering. Within the next decade, the cemetery will be a forest. It is a crime to see the Jewish life in Warsaw non-existent. Furthermore, it is frightening to think that such a center of religion could.be destroyed, in such a short period of time. Poland was to 1930 Jewish life what America is to presentday Judaism. In light of this fact, the thought of another Holocaust lingers in the back of the mind. We spent an entire afternoon investigating the Warsaw Ghetto and the Uprising of 1943. The Germans put such a strangle-hold on the Jews in the Ghetto that even before the resistance began, thousands of people were dying of starvation. Next to the cemetery, we walked over a soccer field that, in 1942, served as a mass grave for dying people in the Ghetto. To walk on this field sends a numb feeling up the spine. I stood there frozen, speechless. I had the same experience as we explored the sewers in the Ghetto. It was in these sewers that young children would hide from the Germans and smuggle food to the fighters. Our guide, now from Israel, was 10 years old during the" uprising. With an eerie vividness, he related stories of being in the sewer. He remembered the exact days in November, 1942, when he remained in the sewer for three days. In the center of the Ghetto stands a giant granite memorial to the fighters who lost their lives in the uprising. The granite was supposed to be used by Hitler for a victory monument. In 1948, however, the Polish government com(continued on page 3)

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manent project in association with the CCAR, David variety of programs are Beliri of Des Moines, named being put in place in a "move- commission chairman, said ment which Reform leaders that "Outreach co-ordinaj/ claim is the first formal pro- tors" would be assigned to gram by a major Jewish re- all 13 regional UAHC offices ligious group to encourage "to assure that this program non-Jews to choose Judaism becomes a part of every Reas their "permanent faith." form congregation." At the request of the JewApproval of such a project was given at the closing ses- ish Telegraphic Agency, the sion-of the biennial assem- director of the project, Lybly of the Union of Ameri- dia Kukoff of Los Angeles, can Hebrew Congregations herself a convert, provided (UAHC), the association of details on how the plans Reform synagogues, held in were being carried out as of this spring. Houston last November. Delegates voted to create She reported that "we a permanent Commissipn have provided a congregaon Reform Jewish Outreach tional Outreach kit to every which Reform leaders said congregational rabbi and was designed to encourage Outreach chairperson which non-Jewish partners in tells them in detail how to mixed marriages, and their form their own congregachildren, as well as "un- tional program. churched" Americans, to She said this was in adconvert o Judaism. The del- dition to the help the rabbi egates acted in response to and the congregational Outinformation that about a reach chairperson receive third of all American Jews from the regional Outreach currently marry non-JewB. coordinators, explaing that For the past four years, a an Outreach coordinator joint task force of the had been assigned to each of UAHC and the Central the UAHC regional offices. Conference of American Kukoff also reported that Rabbis (CCAR), the organization of Reform rabbis, the commission had develhas tested books, study oped a video-tape on guides, films, introduction- "Choosing Judaism" and to-Judaism courses, week- "we are creating a whole vaend discussions and other riety of resources and ma-, methods of helping non- terials" to speak "specifiJews to convert to Judaism. cally" to the needs of the The convention delegates program. Another development was acted to expand that program and to make it a per- creation of "a rich and ex-

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citing basic Judaism curriculum which is very relevant to the needs of those considering conversion andinterfaith couples." She commented that many Reform' congregations have "large numbers of Jews by choice and significant numbers of inter-faith couples." A model for a program has been developed "for unaffiliated interfaith couples" those in which "one partner is Jewish and one partner is not and who are totally unaffiliated with the Jewish community at present," Kukoff said. "We are developing a model for a discussion group for parents of children who have intermarried," she added, declaring that the project's "Introduction to Judaism" classes which serve those who would like to learn more about Judaism not only "arc in place throughout the country" but "are growing in size and number."

Temple Israel Men's Club president Hal Seiner presents the Club's Brotherhood Leadership Award to Mitchell Warren, son of Martin and Marilyn Warren. At loft is Congressman Hal Daub, guest speaker.

Congressman Hal Daub told Temple Israel's Men's Club Sunday that one can envision a more moderate scenario for the Middle One of the groups for East. which the Outreach effort is He described this scenadesigned is the general pub- rio as one in which Saudi lic, Belin had declared. He Arabia, Jordan and Egypt said this group would be ap- would act responsibly as the proached with programs to PLO continues to diminish convey the message that Ju- in importance to the region. daism "is a living, meaning"This will take time . . . ful, spiritual religion that welcomes all who wish to and certainly nothing posiembrace it." He added no ef- tive can be expected before forts would be aimed at ad- the November election, but there are some good sigherents of other faiths. nals," he said. The Congressman made his comment in response to a question, and added: ~ "When it comes to world leaders, watch what they do, not what they say." In his prepared remarks, the Congressman outlined his support for H.R. 5119, the Foreign Assistance Authorization Legislation which provides $2.5 billion

in grant aid for Israel. He said the legislation represents a $250 million increase over the administration's $850 million request in economic support for Israel. He pointed out that $65 million of the increase is to be matched by Israel and used to endow four United States/Israel bi-national foundations dealing with industrial research and development, science, agriculture research and education. Other provisions of the bill reaffirmed U.S. policy of prohibiting U.S. officials from negotiating with the PLO, expressed Congressional concern over the lack of progress on normalization of Israeli-Egyptian relations and said aid to Egypt will be provided with the expectation that Egypt will fulfill the provision of the Camp' David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.

The Congressman also explained his forthcoming yes vote on the Equal Access Bill, his concept of the MX as a "modernizing system", and discussed a range of economic issues.

Washington (JTA) — B'nai B'rith International, which has been "adopting" individual Soviet Jewish refusenika over the lost several years, announced that it will take that concept a giant step further by "adopting" entire Soviet Jewish communities. In lettera to B'nai B'rith leaders around the world, B'nai B'rith president Gerald Kraft and executive vice president Dr. Daniel Thursz said that the Jewish Service organization's local councils will be paired, beginning today, with cities in the Soviet Union in an ongoing program.

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JCC adults try r»0w social moves The Adult Services'Department of th(e JCC is continuing to move in new directions, according to Bernie Altsuler, chairman of the Adult Committee. "With the advent of the JCC pool party las;t summer and the upcoming anniversary dance, the committee is looking at ways to increase the social aspect of the JCC. "Adults in Omaha typically see the Jewish Community Center as a place to attend classes, meetings, cultural and Jewish-oriented events. However, around the country, particularly in smaller Jewish communities like Omaha, adults are finding out that the JCC can provide a place for social interaction between adults and families.

The upcoming dance on June 9 will be just that — a fun evening where you can nee your fritnd and have a good time in a social betting." Members and nonmembers of the JCC may attend. The Anniversary Ball will begin with a champagne reception at 8 p.m. in the gallery of (he JCC. Hors d'ocuvres will be served prior to dinner which begins at 9 p.m. Wine will be served At the base of the Birkenau memorial lies a row of with dinner. The evening's 18 plaques in 18 languages. . cost is $1G per person and reservations may be made for a table of eight. Reservation forms are available in this Jewish Prec3 or at the (continued from page 1) JCC Registrar's office. For missioned an Israeli sculptor to erect the memorial. The information regarding the dance, contact Debra Pol- bigger-than-life statute Bymbolizes the heroic attempt of the fighters. All of the fighters knew they would die. They sky at the JCC, Ext. 235. decided, however, they would rather die fighting heroically. This heroism is one of the few rays of hope that can be found in the remains of Poland. Our introduction to the horrors of the Holocaust was the Umschlagplatz. It was here that the Jews were herded off to concentration camps. Behind the present-day monument stood the old Jewish Hospital and the train tracks leading Do you ever have the feeling something or somebody is to the Treblinka death camp. Today, the memorial of the plotting to see how to mess up your day? I mean by causing Umschlagplatz loses its significance, as it is located next to a ga3 station. inconveniences. Let me illuatrate: Picture yourself in a busy store, tending to all the little Seeing this insignificance was only a beginning in our items you needed. You finish, go to the checkout, watch BB first-hand look at the Holocaust. From Warsaw we travelled the clerk totals them and decide to pay by check. Then you to Auschwitz and Birkenau. It was at these two camps that discover you used the last check and forgot to replace them! the Nazis gassed, shot, tortured, and starved to death Or maybe it was something that happened in a grocery 4,000,000 people, of whom 3,000,000 were Jews, between store, when you dashed in for one item. Fifteen minutes 1940 and 1945. The camps remain desolate, gray, and barren later you return to the car with an entire bag full, and on so that people who visit can get some understanding of the the way home you realize you forgot the one thing you went cruelty that took place there. It did not take long until I in there for to begin with! received this feeling. The inhumanity toward people that Another irritation gets me at the gas station. I can count the Nazis displayed is unbelievable. At the gate of Auschon the attendant using a greasy rag on my windshield at witz still stands the Nazi sign that reads "Work makes one least six out of 10 times. He should be with me when it free." rains, and the wipers reopond to the grease. ' One of the most difficult things about studying the HolEveryone has seen those trash bag commercials on tv. Let me tell you there is absolutely nothing funny about the ocaust is trying to comprehend a number like 12,000,000. bottom of a sack of trash suddenly opening and creating a At Auschwitz, however, the number begins to materialize. One of the old barracks has glass-enclosed showcases of disgusting mess to be cleaned up . . . again. Can ypu relate to this one ladies? You've been thinking death — of human hair, shoes, gold teeth, eye glasses — about that coffee cake recipe everybody likes and on the the possessions of former inmates. While it is here that the spur of the moment go into the kitchen to bake it. As soon numbers begin to materialize, it is in the gas chambers that as you have it nearly mixed and the counter is a mess and the horrors are brought right to the heart. To walk through^1 the oven is heated, you discover there isn't a spoonful of the rooms where millions of people were killed is horrifying' flour in the cannister. That's when you need either the I found myself numb — unable to talk or cry.— I was disposition of a saint,, a neighbor who is also a friend or a literally frozen trying to comprehend how irrational people wonderful room-mate who will bundle up and shlep out to were. How coulef anyone reason out the killing of 12,000,000 th.e 7-11 for the flour. And you can bet the weather will be people? Again, questions of how and why invade the mind, simply horrendous as he says "you want me to go out and and nothing seems to make sense. get you WHAT?" Bless him, him usually does it, no matter A mile from the main camp of Auschwitz lies Birkenau. what! To enter the camp, you must go through the "Gate of Somebody once said "these are the times that try men's Death." In 1940, when you crossed through this gate, you souls". As far as, I'm concerned, they don't do anything for rarely returned. An eerie, scary feeling overtook everything. women either! As I walked along the main path of the camp, I could not help but cry — I was walking on a road that was the last road walked on by millions of people. At the end of the Initiative NEW YORK (JTA) - a total California Presidential pri- road, there are crematoria on both sides. Again, the inof 40 volunteers made door- mary, which calls for cuts in humanity that is displayed here is unbearable. A stench to-door canvasses last Sun- United States aid to Israel seemed to permeate the air, as did sounds of barking dogs. day in Berkeley, California, equal to Israeli expenditures You just aren't sure what smells and sounds are real and in what was described as for settlements in the oc- which ones are figments of your imagination. At this point, part of an organized effort cupied territories, an official nothing seems to make sense — there don't seem to be any to defeat an initiative now opposed to the initiative answers. on the ballot for the June 5 said. At times during the visits to the camps, part of me wanted

The Treblinka memorial has et its base this inscription carried away by all visitors —"Never Again."

to forget the Holocaust, to move on and leave the past behind. But I had to always remember, by forgetting the past, you are doomed to repeat it. I shall never forget what I felt and what I saw. A feeling of sheer anger built when I read one of the signs at the entrance to Auschwitz. The sign says that'here 4,000,000 people from Poland and other nations died. No reference is made to the Jews. In a film produced by the Polish government and shown at the camp, there is only one reference to Jew3 being exterminated by Hitler. The propaganda excludes the Jews; the Polish government has made Auschwitz into a place of Polish martyrdom, not a place of Jewish suffering. At Maydanek, the second largest camp in Poland, however, there is quite a lot of reference to the Jewish losses — 250,000 Jews from Warsaw and Lublin. Here, too, we walked through the gas chambers. I found myself hesitating as I made each step. At times, I froze altogether. To see the shower heads that were used for gas, not water; to see the scratches on the walls made by victims as they gasped for their last breath; I could only wonder how anyone could possibly say that the Holocaust was a hoax. I always became angered at the thought of someone denying the Holocaust. Now, my anger will be intensified. Like Auschwitz, displays were set up in old barracks that brought the large number into comprehension. Two barracks were filled entirely with shoes. One had millions of pairs of adult shoes. While this display was horrifying, it did not compare to the feeling I had in the adjacent barracks which was filled with children's shoes. Millions of children between four and 14 were slaughtered for no reason. I looked at the shoes in utter disbelief. I shall never forget. As we walked through camp I turned, and over the barracks, through the barbed wire, atop the gas chambers, I saw a beautifully setting sun. The sun set the same way 40 years ago. How could such inhumanity take place and nature remain the same? At Treblinka, 800,000 Jews were killed in a 13-month time period. The drive to Treblinka takes you on the outskirts of forests that surround the camp. The Nazis would take people into the forest and shoot them. To see the forests and the camps today, peacefully, is so terribly ironic; Only 40 years ago, millions of people perished at the hands of Hitler and his Nazis. I went hoping to have my questions answered. I returned with the same questions and many more. Even after experiencing Poland, I do not believe these questions will ever be answered. We will never really know how or why. We will never be able to see into Hitler's1 mind, into the doctors' minds — doctors who traditionally save lives, but, in 1940, designed new ways to more effectively kill Jews. We will know, however, that we can never forget the horrors in Eastern Europe in 1940. We do know that a prejudice can lead to the death of 12,000,000 innocent people. We know. We must learn. We must never forget.-We must never repeat.

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The Associated Press has reported that Walter Rauff, the former Nazi SS officer who was pereonally responsible for the murder of over 250,000 men, women and children, is doad. Rauff 'B death at the ajje of 77 make3 mute the recently-launched international campaign for his expulsion from Chile. Through death, this Nazi war criminal has escaped trial. Interestingly, though, his death came at a time when the respected Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles has released an investigative report on Rauff's "Church Connection". Officials of the Wiesenthal Center convened a press conference in New York last week to make public their findings. Their report is based, in part, on heretofore undisclosed United States Government documents, recently released, The comprehensive report links Rauff to important agencies and key figures in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. The Center's Report discloses evidence of the ongoing relationship between Rauff and high officials of the Catholic Church during World War II, and how this connection may have enabled him to secure shelter and ultimately escape to South America. The documents also disclose heretofore unknown information about the mass gassing program under Rauff's supervision in 1942. In a May, 1942, memo to Rauff, he was warned that the true purposes of camouflaged "Death Vans" would eventually leak out: " . . . we shall not be able to keep this camouflage secret a very long time." . A modification of the masskilling procedure was suggested in the same memo: "The gassing is not done in the right manner. In order to get the work over as quickly as possible, the driver gives full gas. Through these measures the people to be executed die from suffocation and not as foreseen by being put to sleep. My method has proved that by releasing pressure on the lever at the right time death comes more quickly.,. distorted faces and excretions which have been previously seen, are not more to be observed . . . " In light of the many new disclosures and Rauff's personal testimony given in a Chilean court in December, 1962, (that he received help from a "priest" to escape from authorities in Northern Italy, and was "housed in convents of the Holy See for more or less a year and a half" starting in 1947, and later, "with help of the Catholic Church my family was able to come from the Russian Zone in Germany to Rome;"), the Simon Wiesenthal Center has renewed its call on Pope John Paul II to launch an immediate and full investigation of the Rauff issue. Previous assertions by Vatican historians that Rauff was treated as just another refugee simply defy the growing body of evidence. Rauff is dead, but his crimes against humanity compel civilized people to pursue the truth. It is now up to the Vatican to set the record straight.

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HAIFA — From time to time the local press reports thet the result of up to 13 soccer matches. In addition to the police' 6wooped down on some private caid-ploying party top prizes, swords are made to those v/ho guess the results where illegal gambling was going on. Stecks of cash and • of 10, 11 or 12 gemea, end this can average about 10,000 chips were confifsticated and the unheppy coupler who were winners a week. Still, after the prize money is distributed, spending a social evening, with states, were treated like there remains about $20,000,000 a year which is used to advance the cauce of sports in Israel. Since 1988 Sportoto criminals. It would eppear that their crime was not the net of gam- has helped construct over 4400 sports installations, includbling, but the feet that it was conducted on cuch a puny ing public stadiums, tennis courts, gyianesiums, swimming scale. In order to be legal, gambling has to be on a high pools, etc. Almost daily commercials on television emphascale — and we are not sarcastically referring to tho Tel size that one v;ho takes part in tho Sportoto is in effect Aviv Stock Exchange. In Israel gambling can ba end is big contributing to the development of eports in the country. business. The gross annual take is estimated to bs come- It is very convincing. Some gamblers have developed complicated "systems" where around $100,000,000 — that is dollars, not shekels for figuring out how to win. On the other hand, one big though the games are played in the local currency. A broad survey of Israel's gambling fever appears in the winner revealed that he simply took the system he used latest issue of The Israel Economist, which would appear last year, and reversed all his figures, bringing him the top to be the proper journal to report on big business of this prize this year. The players are a cross-section of the population. Lascope. There's nothing secretive or underworld about it. Tickets borers, professional people, religious citizens, students, all are on sale at almost every street corner. Each project is are to be found among the customers. Many tourists buy known by its own name, and though these are all games of tickets as a lark. The total of the profits channelled into worthy causes is chance, the word "gambling", which has negative connotations, never appears. To the contrary, citizens are made over $50,000,000 a year. Does this justify the legal approval to feel that they are fulfilling an important civic duty by given to the games? The government, which provides for buying a ticket. The government seems to have come to the the official supervision, seems to think so, and so does the conclusion that since gambling is an inevitable part of hu- public. About 20 percent of Israelis buy a ticket each week, man nature, it might as well be organized under proper which on a per capita basis makes Israel Number One among the nations of the world. Furthermore, our experiauspices, and its profits diverted to useful purposes. There are four national lotteries, all subject to State con- ence has-been so successful that our experts have been trol. The oldest and best known is Mifal Hapayis, which called upon by other nations to help them set up their own has been in operation for over 30 years. The "investor" national lottery systems. buys a ticket with a six-digit number, and every Thursday With it all, every attempt to establish gambling casinos evening, at Hapayis headquarters in Tel Aviv, the winning in Israel has been turned down by the authorities. number is drawn. First prize can be the equivalent of about $80,000, with hundreds of lesser prizes as well. The winners Mayor responds often received lavish publicity, thus whetting the appetite of the less lucky. New York, NY - Ken- tor of the Anti-Defamation Many of the gamblers repeat their own favorite number neth A. Gibson, Mayor of League of B'nai B'rith, and reserve it, week after week. Arrangements can be made Newark, NJ, and head of Mayor Gibson said he "emwhereby a standing order is placed through a bank, and the Jesse Jackson's Presidential phatically deplore[s] the campaign in that state, has Jesse Jackson insulting refweekly order is automatic. After the prize money is paid out and the administrative repudiated Rev. Jackson's erences to the Jewish peoexpenses covered, the net profits are distributed to public defamatory remarks about ple" and that he finds it Jews and the comments "very, very frustrating... as causes, largely in the fields of health and education. Mifal Hapayis also sponsors a weekly lotto game, played made by the Rev. Louis Far- a supporter of Jesse Jacklike bingo, and based on guessing lumbers which are drawn rakhan, a Jackson lieuten- son's campaign to • have to ant. read and hear of his insenby lot. Another competitor for the Israeli's shekel is the SporIn a letter to Nathan sitivities, ignorance or postoto, in which about 300,000 people a week seek to guess Perlmutter, national direc- sibly worse."

T V^fj^y?^''^'' l^k*"':*"'"^ To the Editor: Yom Hasoah, a day of remembrance of the Holocaust and its victims, was observed this year in our community in a most dignified and appropriate manner. The survivors and members of the* Society of Survivors wish to thank Marty Schukert, Ann Kibel Schwartz, Alan Potash and their committee for the event and hard work they put into this event. Both John Lajba and Annette Fettman shared their expressive sculptures with us and we thank them also. Cantor Leo Fettman, president The Society of Survivors 'To the Editor: The highest Of accolades should be given for the recent Israel Independence Day celebration. The Jewish Cultural Arts Council, its Yom Ha'atzmaut Committee, community organizations, and staff of the Jewish Community Center, and scores of talented and giving individuals, deserve great honor. : It was a warm, wonderful and memorable event. We live in a society that too often pays professionals to entertain, to educate, to inform and to inspire. However, nothing quite equals the tremendous satisfaction and achievement, when we discover our own capacity for doing these things ourselves. As the magnificent talent and slide show about Israel drew to a close, and our own local singers led a crowded auditorium in singing of Hatikva, I was overcome by an overpowering sense of happiness. With our little ones and our seniors, all of us together, were celebrating who we are and the blessings that God has given us. Nothing could surpass that. Steven J. Riekes To the Editor: Hadassah would like to thank the Omaha Community for supporting the Israel Ballet. It was a success. Hadassah was able to send $11,500 to Youth Aliyah from the support of the Jewish Community which comprised 40% of the(audience of 2000. We were pleased with the support "of our community for oiir people realized this was the ISRAEL ballet and that we should support this cultural endeavor from Israel. I would like to thank Litzie Trustin, Chairman and the 200 Hadassah, members who worked on this show. I also would like to thank the Jewish Press without which^ we would not,have been able td get. our message across. Hadassah is bringing the HIES Style Show; fls a thank you to bur community. These 33 fashions.designed and

made by the Alice Seligsberg High School will be the last full show. The State of Israel will be soon taking over the school. As is Hadassah practice, they start a project and let the state of Israel take it over when they can afford it. This show is being presented to the community at Hadassah's cost and we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity for an enjoyable and entertaining afternoon. Sandra Kohll acting president, Hadassah To the Editor: At B'nai Israel Synagogue.we offer a place of worship for people who have not attended services in quite a while as well as for those who participate regularly. We try to bring relevance into our services which are held on the first and third Friday evening (7:30) of each month and are led by members of the congregation. In addition we often have theme Shabbots, responsive readings we can relate to> and guitar accompaniments to our Sabbath and holiday Zmirot (songs). The congregation has had guest speakers from Omaha in the past and hopes to continue to do so. However, we cannot continue without Jewish community support. Children as well as adults are always welcome. If you have drifted away from Judaism and miss it or if you think you may enjoy helping a small, intimate congregation, B'nai Israel, may be the opportunity for more involvement that you have been looking for. We invite you to attend B'nai Israel Synagogue, 618 Mynster St. in Council Bluffs. Persons interested in additional information, or in making contributions can call Dave Gallner at his office 342-1800 or home 393-6775, Scott Kotzen 553-3334, or Bob Eisenberg 556-8663. Scott Kotzen To the Editor: As chairman of the Jewish Community Center's Dance Committee, I wish, to publicly applaud our dance director Liz Doherty and our artist-in-residence Mary Martin Fehrenbach for their ^excellence in producing the Young Dancers Workshop performance May 13th. The choreography was truly of/professional caliber and our dancers performed flawlessley. These dancers could perform their program with pride on any. stage in Omaha. The superior quality of our Jewish Community Center's Dance Program was quite evidence Sunday afternoon. '^-""" ' ~ Susie Silverman, ' .,'••' ""-•'': • Dance Chairman

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The Federation Foundation may insure Jewish values Israel and South Africa By Barbara Simon, Foundation consultant Last time, the article in this series about the Federation Foundation began to discuss the purposes of the Foundation. In addition to those mentioned, the Foundation strives to bring under one organized, administrative "roof," to to speak, all of the various bequests made to the Federation, and to seek more. The purpose of this organization is very long-term: To create a financially secure Jewish future for Omch&'s Jews — one of quality and v&!ue. The group of hard-working volunteers who are petting policy for the Foundation and " defining its strategies are taking actions that will affect Jewish life 10, 20, 50 years from now, and beyond. They are working on enlarging the pool of funds in the permanent endowment, finding out ways to tell you about them, educating accountants and attorneys so they can properly advise you. And, above all, they are educating themselves so they can suggest the most attractive kinds of permanent bequests to concerned and philanthropic members of the Omaha Jewish community. The education process is careful and time-consuming, because there are so many ways to make bequests which both satisfy a donor's desire to leave a permanent gift and provide the donor with substantial tax savingB. The Foundation's job for now is to persuade people who

are in a position to consider a permanent gift (separate from their annual Federation Campaign giving) of the importance of permanent funds — funds which ere invested so the principal remains intact and only the income is epent. Ths Foundation wants to reach anyone who is moved by the idea of perpetuating Jewish life; anyone who is looking for a significant way to memorialize a lovt-d one or a family. name; anyone who gets satisfaction from the idea that a permanent fund is a means to support Jewish values forever. Many of these goals can be realized by a gift to the Federation Foundation ond at the same time may increase the donor's cash flow or reduce current taxes. The present income and estate tax laws are designed to encourage you to give to charities during your lifetime. To open discussion about such gifts that can benefit you, the Foundation and the Jewish community, the Federation has prepared a non-binding letter-of-intent. It merely is an expression of your interest in the idea of a permanent gift, and invites the Foundation to have further discussions with you. If you would like a copy of the letter-of-intent and an information booklet about the permanent endowment programs, call Allan Greene, Federation Vice President, 3348200. "

By M.J. Konenberg Near East Report • ^ If there is one fundamental — and disquieting — misconception surrounding the establishment of the State of Israel, it is this: that Jewish immigrants, primarily from Europe, achieved majority status and statehood in Palestine only by displacing tho native Arab population. That idea is literally the bane of Israel's existence. It implies that Israel is illegitimate, that it was created at the cost of perpetrating a massive injustice: the Arab refugee problem. Of course, that idea is predominantly myth. Jews have always lived in Eretz Visrael (Palestine) and are the only people to have ever achieved independent sovereignty there. The land was desolate and barely populated when the Jew,ish immigrants began arriving in large numbers a century ago. Moreover, the Jews did not drive anyone away. Arabs • left Israel under the coercion of their own leaders who urged them to clear the way for invading Arab armies. Still the question remains: did Jewish immigrants supplant an Arab majority that had lived in Palestine from time immemorial? Did Jewish Israel replace Arab Palestine? An important new book, exhaustively researched and documented, proves that the answers to both questions are resounding "noes." According to From Time Immemorial by Joan Peters (Harper & Row, 1984), Jews did not displace native Palestinian Arabs. In fact, she demonstrates that in the half-century prior to 1948 Arabs migrated into Jewish-developed areas of western Palestine. They came in pur- suit of a higher living standard and they came from eastern Palestine (Jordan), Syria,' Lebanon, Egypt, and from other parts of the Arab world as well. After the British issued the Balfour Declaration and established their mandate over. Palestine, Arabs came into the country illegally and took the places of Jews who were supposed to be permitted in . to establish the Jewish National Home. The British closed their eyes to this illegal immigration while rigorously enforcing controls on the number of Jews allowed into the country. This is a revolutionary thesis which, in historian Barbara Tuchman's words, "could well change the course of events in the Middle East." Carried to its logical conclusion, it would mean that many Palestinian Arab refugees were themselves newcomers to Jewish areaB of Palestine. In the wake of Jewish independence and the pan-Arab attack on Israel, they merely returned to the areas' from where they came or moved on to other nearby territory. For most readers, the Peters' book will be a first exposure to the idea of Arab migration to Palestine. But it is not a

new one. President Franklin D. Roosevelt privately opposed the British policy of restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine while allowing Arabs to come in at will. He said in 1939 (as the British slammed the door on Jewish immigration with the infamous White Paper) that "Arab immigration into Palestine since 1921 has vastly exceeded the total Jewish immigration during the same period." The main reason that there has been little mention of the Arab migration is that British officials chose to to keep records of it. However, they did, inadvertently, leave enough evidence behind for Peters to use in buttressing her thesis. Take a look at the case of the Haurani Syrians (the Hauran plateau is in southwest Syria, adjoining Israel). According to a League of Nations report issued in 1934; "In the last few months from 30,000-34,000 Hauranese had entered Palestine and csttled there." Peters notes that "no official account of that important wave of Arabs who entered illegally appears in British records." Official records show that only 1,784 "non-Jews" entered the country that year, although the Haurani influx was well-known. The British ignored Arab immigration because they were determined to appease Arab extremists like the so-called "Mufti" of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Huaseini. It was their view that Arabs — whether Syrian, Egyptian, or Palestinian — were in Palestine by right. In those days, before a specifically Palestinian Arab identity was proclaimed, Arabists believed that' the Middle East simply belonged to the Arab nation as a whole. Later, partly for propaganda reasons and partly because a new identity had evolved, it was argued that Palestine was meant for the Palestinian Arabs. (Interestingly enough, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency, UNRWA, defined as a Palestinian anyone who had lived in the country for only two years prior to leaving in 1948.) Jewish immigration, on the other hand, was tightly restricted. As the need for refuge in Palestine grew greater, the British progressively shut the door tighter and tighter. Again President Roosevelt questioned "how the British government reads into the original Mandate . . . any policy that would limit Jewish immigration." But British policy had, from the beginning, been based on expediency rather than international law or agreements. It severed Transjordan from the rest of Palestine in 1922 and issued White Paper after White Paper which would have limited Jewish Palestine to a tiny corner of the country. Expediency also dictated that Arab immigration be ignored. (To be continued next week)

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha Critics of Israel have exploited the fact that Israel is a trading partner with South Africa. In fact a U.N. AntiApartheid committee to discuss the Israel/South African relationship held in Vienna in 1983 was boycotted by all Western governments because there was nothing exceptional about the relationship. The trade between Israel and South Africa is only a fraction of that which occurs between most Western and indeed most black African countries. The USA and V/est Germany import 40 times more, Britain 30 times more, and Black African nations 5 times more from South Africa than does Israel. Exports from Black African countries to South Africa exceed Israel's by six times. Black leaders in this country who criticize Israel's relationship with South Africa as being Anti-Black ought to look instead at the many Arab countries who continue to sanction Black slavery within their borders. Israel can not be blamed for the Apartheid policy of South Africa. The fact that South Africa is a trading partner at all is more an economic necessity as a result of Arab boycott measures than support of the South African policy. Jews know better than most peoples how repugnant slavery and unfair treatment can be. Israel's critics in these matters are unjustified in their criticism.

Stuart • Oborman An Omaha boy will be twinned with a Russian youngster in a Bar Mitzvah ceremony this Shabbat at Beth Israel Synagogue. The Omaha Bar Mitzvah is Stuart Oberman, son of Myra and Robert Oberman, and the Russian youth is Joseph Essas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Uya Essas, of Moscow, USSR. Twinning is the custom of

sharing one's Bar Mitzvah observance with a Russian who does not have such an opportunity because he resides in the Soviet Union. When Stuart will is called to the reading of the Torah on May 19, he will be reciting the blessing not only for himself, but for Joseph, a 13-year-old boy who is not permitted to celebrate a Bar Mitzvah in his native land.

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Beth Israel SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat services 7 p.m. The Kabbalat Shabbat service will be at 7 p.m. throughout the summer months. Late Friday Night Family service 8:15 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat reception following the service is sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows the service in the social hall. Class with the rabbi 7:15 p.m. Mincha 8:30 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot, Maariv 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 8:30 p.m. B'NAI MITZVAH The Bar Mitzvah of Stuart Oberman, son of Myru and Robert Oberman, will be observed at the Friday evening service, May 18 and at the Saturday morning service, May 19. Grandparents of the Bar Mitzvah celebrant are Mrs. Lillian Oberman and Dr. Sidney Cohen. A kiddush-luncheon will follow Saturday morning services in honor of Stuart Oberman. The Bat Mitzvah of Michelle Jaeger, daughter of Ellen and Dr. Tom Jaeger, will be held on Friday evening, May 25. ANNUAL ELECTION DINNER The Beth Israel Annual meeting and Election of the Board of Commissioners will be held on Sunday, May 20 beginning at 5 p.m. RABBINIC CONVENTION Rabbi Isaac Nadoff will be attending the Convention of the Rabbinic Council of America on the week of May 28.

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SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney II. Brooks, Itabbi Stephan F. Bnraclt and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate.. A program of popular music by Jewish composers will be presented by Cantor and Madeleine Firestone. The Oneg Shabbat following services will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Hal Seiner in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Trudi Seiner. Saturday: Morning Services 11 a.m. CLASSES Religious School — Saturday, May 19 — 9 a.m., Sunday, May 20 — 10 a.m. Hebrew School — Daled, Thursday, May 24 — 4 and 6 p.m. Confirmation Class — Wednesday, May 23, 4 p.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Trudi Seiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Seiner, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19. Craig Andrew Hoffman, son of Dr. and Mrs. David L. Hoffman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Sha'bbat Services Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26.

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But the gnawing quesParashat B'hukotai tion: Why lias the nonBy Rabbi Myer Kripke As one reads the Tokhaha Jewish community been (the "Warning") in our Sid- entirely absent? rah, he becomes aware of lighting for Friday, F/.ay 18, 8:20 p.m My question is predicated the possibilities of human suffering at its farthest out- on my personal belief that • reaches. No average writer the fake image of "the Jew" with an average imagination in Christianity from early SERVICES: could produce the bone- centuries to our own led diF r i d a y : Early Shabbat SERVICES: chilling pictures of this pas- rectly to the Holocaust. prayers at 6 p.m. No late First end third Friday of sage — and even more so, There is no other way to exservices. the month: 7:30 p.m. An the similar passage in plain how it could have hapSaturday: pened in the first place; how Oneg Shabbat follows the Deuteronomy. ' Services 9:30 a.m. Christian Europe accepted service. Kiddush following servModern scholars have it; how the world commuEveryone is welcome. ices. Members of Men's suggested that only the ac- nity accepted it — without LAG B'OMER Club will participate in the There will be a Lag tual experience of the mili- pain, without surprise, service. b'Omer picnic at the Syn- tary defeat by the Babylon- without moral revulsion; Minha, and Maariv 8:25 agogue for members and ians, and the devastation without any sense of p.m. guests on May 20. Call 323- and massacres that accom- responsibility. Sunday: 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m. panied it, could have pro8884 for information. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30. There is the slowest posduced the experience necp.m. essary to write these sible growth of a senBe of passages — and they are horror about the Holocaust read back to the time of the in Christian theological cirANNUAL MEETING near-entrance to the land of cles. And at this rate it will The Annual Meeting will be generations till it will Israel. be held May 20, starting SERVICES: trickle down to the pews — with a brunch at 12:30 p.m. Friday: 7 p.m. And yet these passages for few ministers or priests followed by a business meet- Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of seem pale in comparison have considered it, and ing. Election of board members will be held during the the Rose Blumkin Home in- with the experiences of the fewer still will dare to say vite the families, volunteers Holocaust — which we in anything from the pulpit. business meeting. and friends of the residents Omaha commemorated on There is-an iron curtain of to attend services in the Yom haShoah, as did Jews silence. BAT MITZVAH Herbert Goldsten SynSuzanne Joffe, daugh- agogue. Kiddush following in other cities, and other It strikes me that this lands. ter of Mr. and Mro. Ar- services on Shabbat. throws a terrible duty on us nold Joffe, will become a Everything seems pale be- — to do moral teaching ourBat Mitzvah on Friday evefore the bestiality of the Na- selves to the Christian comning, May 25 and Saturday zis. The Nazis became munity. Frankly I do it mymorning, May 26. professional torturers and self when I am invited to murderers. No one else in teach Christian groups or to history comes close. speak to them. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES SERVICES: I am happy to report that Services on Memorial Saturday: 8:45 a.m. And with all of this one Day, May 28, will begin at 9 Sunday: 8 a.m. question keeps gnawing at without exception Christian groups — at least in the a.m. Evening services at me. United States — are ready 5:30 p.m. Part of the question is •for this kind of teaching and confessional. In the early that they respond to it readyears of the commemora- ily and without resentment. tion of the Yom haShoah in So long as the purpose is not Mr. and Mrs. Eric John Omaha, the Synagogues and to throw a burden of guilt on. Friday: 8 p.m. Lehtonen announce the the rabbis did so poorly in them, but only to point out Otto Schultz, chaplain of birth of a daughter, Ashley explaining and inviting and. that the image of the Jew the Adult Independence Lynne, on April 26. They commanding attendance that has come down to them Center of Bryan Hospital, also have a son Kristopher that only survivors of the in classic Christianity must will discuss dependency, Jon. Grandparents are Mr. murder camps appeared at be challenged, they are addiction and the Bryan and Mrs. Stanley Katelman the city-wide service. Jews ready to hear from Jews. Hospital program. Dr. and and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Leh- who were so bright that they Mrs. Michael Steinman will tonen of Boca Raton, Flor- chose to be born in the I suggest tftat the Yom host the Oneg Shabbat in ida. Great-grandparents are United States did not haShoah committee, which honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Mrs. Louis Kulakofsky, Mr. bother to come. did so beautifully the last and Mrs. S. H. Katelman, their son, Jon. few years, ought to engage Council Bluffs, Iowa and Saturday: 10 a.m. More recently we have in a full-scale effort next Jon Steinman Bar Mitz- Mrs. Lynelle Lehman of done much better. The join- year to solicit non-Jewish Greenville, Michigan. vah, Kiddush will follow. ing of forces of the Syn- attendance. It may seem unagogues, the Federation, the usual — indeed it is! — but survivors and all organiza- we are at a point where if we tions has brought respecta- have friends, as we think we ble, if not large, numbers of have, we can issue an Torch of ©mate our people to these annual invitation: CLASS SCHEDULE 1984-85 services. Come mourn with me. The U.T.T.O. Board has approved the fall schedule: Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades meet on Sundays. The second day of the 2nd grade program will be oooooooooooooo oooo determined after meeting with parents. 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ARTHUR WEINER Arthur Weiner, a native of Omaha, died May 4 in San Antonio where he had resided 39 years. Burial took place in San Antonio.

Dear Fran: I'm t. (-ingle motl.er rti-ing a t e n \.ho experienced a lot of hurt and difficulty during long uind bitter divorce prottidinf,; Hi-, only outlet sccnib to be his friends, but school activities (Iil.o sports i.nd (LIKU) rk \.ell as friends' parties always fall on Friday nights. That's when we attend services for Shabbat. Because I work on Saturdays, we cannot attend cervices together then. He has never resented going to synagogue with me and his father in the past. Should I encourage my eon to be with his friends on Friday nights instead of with his family (me) at our synagogue? —N.N.

Mr. Weiner had attended the University of Nebraska and had served in a chemical warfare division in England during World War II. He met his wife, a native of Manchester, while he was stationed there.

Dear N. N.: Your letter fails to indicate how your son now feels about attending services with you. Has he asked to be excused from Friday services, or are you anticipating a problem? It could be that encouraging him to "do his own Survivors, in addition to thing" while you attend synagogue without him will make his wife, Sheila, include a him feel guilty and uncomfortable for "deserting" you. sister, Sarah E. Meyer, of If attending synagogue was a gratifying family tradition Omaha; sons, Barry of . before your divorce, continuing the practice might be a fac- From left, Beverly Franklin, Martha Lerner, Sherry Taxman and Sherry Kohn Houston and Robert of tor for maintaining a degree of stability in what has become Washington, D.C; brothers, a changed family environment. It may be that you will want David of San Antonio and to include other families and friends in your Sabbath dinner Albert of Highland Park, 111. plans in order to enhance those evenings. and sister, Rose Sherre of You do not mention whether other youngsters in your Skokie, 111. congregation attend Friday evening services. Is there an active youth group in your temple? Has your son joined its activities? Mr. Weiner was a member I suggest that you discuss Friday synagogue attendance By Julea Katzman Etta Epstein, Margie Alper- man, photography; and Es- of Alamo Heights Lodge of openly and fully with your son, explaining your concern for Reservations are in for son, Margo Rosen, Caryl ther Wax, pianist. B'nai B'rith and Agvidas his happiness and your recognition of his need for peer the 1984 Hadassah H.I.E.S. Greenberg, Joyce Cohen, The H.I.E.S. Fashion Achim Brotherhood. acceptance and support. Such discussion and a willingness Champagne Luncheon and Sydney Rubin, Bonnie Show and Luncheon is to share decision-making will give your son some feeling of Fashion Show to be held on Trustin, Tiffiny Franklin, being presented to the exercising control over his life. This feeling of control is May 23, at noon at Highland Suzie Singer, Judy Farber, Omaha community as a often absent when children are affected by their parents' Country Club. The event is and Mickey Sturm. ' "thank you" for the tremendecision to divorce. open to the public. The afternoon will also dous and loyal support Should your son feel that he would prefer to spend more offer entertainment by An- shown for the Hadassah "Landscapes of Israel", dee Friedlander, lead of the benefit performance of the time participating in Friday night activities with his friends, the theme of this years it doesn't have to. be an "either/or" decision. Compromise Upstairs Dinner Theatre Israel Ballet for Youth Aliis possible. Perhaps you can go to synagogue together on show, will be depicted production of "Annie", jew- yah, according to Sandy through original creations elry from Borshiems, and Kohll, Hadassah president. alternate Friday evenings. Questions for Fran Helfman should be sent to The Jew- from the Fashion Design art work from Geri's Art Anyone needing transDepartment of the Hadas- and Sculpture Gallery. portation to the event may ish Press, 333 S. 132 street, Omaha, NE 68154. sah Seligsberg-Brandeis Committee members in- contact Ina Levich at 334Comprehensive High clude: Ellen Albin and Mar- 7031. SPECIAL School in Israel. The show, sha Frank, co-chairwomen; which is currently touring Bev Franklin and Martha the United States, will be Lerner, reservations; Sherry narrated locally by. Mrs. Taxman, decorations: Cor• F-jecd brotien QQBIO By Leslie Wolfson as well as witnessing a major Sherry Kohn. inne Levin, invitations, • Pcrcanal call art Federation foreign policy address by The 33 fashions, which Cheryl Kirke, luncheon arstaff associate president Ronald Reagan. 11412 Davenport, rangements; Claudia Sher, Leadership Development "We now have a solid core range from swim wear to ••Ho Omaha, NE 68154 chairman Howard Epstein of dedicated people in the evening and bridal creations (402)334-0727 • Oca oaSl or ell will be modeled by:" Litzie announces the final Lead- program this year," said Mr. ership Development pro- Epstein. "Our sessions have Trustin, Carrie Albin, DebSWANSON • GJffS cco-UBCScaHeo Mary Kay Newitt gram for 1984 which will been successful and inform- bie Feldman, Connie TOWERS CONDO Ann Maxwell take place on Thursday, ative, and. I hope that as a Slutzky, Patty Nogg, Carole Terry Merrick May 24, 7:30 p.m. at the result some or all of these Seldon, Sandy Nogg, Crys. ESTATE SALE Jewish Community Center. people will go on to become tal Seldon, Hermene ZweiMakers of fine quality The final session will be a leaders in the Omaha com- back, Sherry Taxman, Franbaked goods. Must sell! 60's. workshop entitled: Lead- munity, or elsewhere. I par- cis Robinson, Margo Riekes, Sherry Fletcher, 1 BR, Kit., DR, LR Specializing in ership Styles and the De- ticipated several years ago cision Making Process, in a Leadership Develop- Madeline Katzman, Jody croissants by appointment Malashock, Faye Ruback, led by Omahan Jan Schnei- ment program and perhaps Call DEE and French bread. 388^033 G?S97-5!2S derman. Mrs. Schneider- the enthusiasm and knowl334-19616 or man has been a member of edge that I gained from that 1233% South 119 St 334-9200 the National Council of experience will be passed on Jewish Women for 25 years. to others." The workshop is the last He said the purpose of session of an ongoing Lead- Leadership Development is ership Development pro- to expose and orient Jewish Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Diagram which has included men and women under1 the such topics as Jews Be- age of 40 to become actively mond of Houston, Tex. will hind the Iron Curtain, involved in Jewish affairs in be in Omaha May 23 to visit Dual Loyalties: Israel or their own community, or family and friends. They America, and J e w i s h even nationally. Leadership will spend a few days at the Formerly Hovland Swanson History and Our Jewish Development programs ex- Old Mill Holiday Inn before going on to New York and Shoe Department Roots. Guest speakers have ist in many other Jewish included Supreme Court communities throughout Washington. Justice Norman Krivosha the country, he added. and poet/author Danny Siegel. 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The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is putting together a photographic exhibit of Jewish Landmarks in Nebraska and Western Iowa. (Buildings, Cemeteries, Synagogues and historic monuments dealing with Jewish individuals.) Jews, have been in Nebraska since the 1800's living in almost every area of the State. Please help us in locating these landmarks. Please call or send information to The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society attn: Alan E. Potash 333 South 132nd Street Omaha, NE 68154, (402) 334-8200.

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He has been accepted to the graduate program at MIT where he received a fellowship and a stipend in the field of molecular biology. Mrs. Herman earned a degree in social work and she plans to continue working toward a MSW degree. Laurie plans to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in the fall with a major in business.

Beth Israel Synagogue will conduct its annual election dinner, Sunday, May 20, with dinner at 6 p.m. preceded by cocktails at 5 p.m, Reservations'at $8.50 may be made through the Synagogue office. The appointment of Julee Katzman and Maxine Kirshenbaum as co-chairmen of the dinner was announced by Robert Oberman, president. A feature of the meeting will be the dedication of the Tree of Life with the pro-

gram being planned by chairman Mort Glass and Jack E. Cohen. The Tree of Life is a project of the Beth Israel Endowment Fund Committee and will have the names of specific contributors inscribed. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldstein, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Goldstein gave the Tree of Life through their contribution to the Beth Israel Endowment Fund.

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Jean Gordon^ widow of Herbert E., died May 2, a resident of Lincoln for 74 yearB. She was a retired sales clerk from Ben Simon's, a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Hadassah and The Young At Heart Senior Group. Survivors: son, Max M. Miller; deters, Fannie Wolf, Mrs. George (Rose) Novicoff ell of Lincoln, Mrs. Robert (Sally) Hassel, Von Nuya, Cal. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. Memorials to the Lincoln Area Mobile Heart Team. The Youth Aliyah Hadassah meeting and luncheon will be held May 22, 12:30 p.m. at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue social hall. Youth Aliyah will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Mrs. Reba Kuklin, president will preside. Dana Sheffer, national speaker, will,talk on "A Sabra Growing Up In Israel" relating to Youth Aliyah. Bring your Minyan Money. Mrs. Bernice Katskee and Mrs. Maxine Frosh of Sacramento, Cal. attended the University of Nebraska class reunion of 1924 held May 12, at the Sheldon Arts Gallery. Mrs. Frosh is the house guest of Mrs. Katskee. On the same evening the class of 1934 reunion was attended by Leo Hill.

. i l l . '(hr.>t< 1.. I' rM.'z vah, May 19, 10 a.m. at the South Street Temple. The family has invited the Congregation and friends attend. A Kiddueh will follow The Annual South Street Temple Congregational Board meeting will bs held May 20, at 7:30 p.m. The nominating committea proposed a slate for election to the Board of Trustees. The South Street Temple Congregation Religious school picnic will be held May 20, 11 a.m. at Homes Lake Park. There v/ill be games for the whole family. Bring your food, drink and sports equipment. The Tifereth Israel Synagogue Friday evening services will be held May 18, at 8 p.m. This will be a special service in honor of the religious school teachers. An Oneg Shabbat will follow services.

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Lag B'Omer will be featured on this week's "Hello Jerusalem" on Cox Cable 29 Sunday. Culinary expert Haim will trek to the woods to rustle up an Israeli barbeque. For those busy Sunday there are three other showings during the week: Tuesday, May 22, 8 p.m.; Wednesday, May 23, 2:30 Jon Steinman, son of Dr. p.m., and Friday, May 25, 8 and Mrs. Sheldon Steinman. p.m.

By Union of Councils for Soviet Jews . Washington, D.C. Alexander Cherniak of Kiev, was arrested and charged with Article 83 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code ("swindling") and Arca ticle 194 ("forging worksheets"). Cherniak was sentenced to four years in prison and confiscation of all property. He is married District 565, Rotary In- to Lina, who lives at Vasilternational presented" its bovokoya St. 4, Apt. 24, Cadwallader Award, May Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, 12, at the Cornhusker Hotel USSR. in Lincoln to Dr. Sol Kutler, Cherniak, who was a an Omaha dentist. member of a group of young Established in 1963 by men — junior engineers — Charles N. and Ruth Cad- worked in provincial cities wallader of Lincoln, the for "on site" projects. These Cadwallader award goes to cities have very little food Rotarians who have distin- available. guished themselves through Cherniak was accused of service in their business or forging his work timesheets profession, and via com- "in order that he could leave munity and international the sites early" and return service. The.late Mr. Cad- home to Kiev. Cherniak was wallader, a Lincoln Rotar- • the only one from the group ian, served as governor of of young engineers who was the District. arrested and given a fourA practicing dentist in year sentence. Omaha since 1951, Dr. KuIt is not a coincidence tler was recognized for hu- that Cherniak is a friend of manitarian work in Asia, Jewish Prisoner of ConsciCentral America and Africa ence Lev Elbert, of Kiev,both as a volunteer dentist who is due to be released in and teacher, and (in Amer- June. ica) as a coordinator for The Union of Councils other health care For Soviet Jews is urging volunteers. that telegrams be sent to: Located in southwest . A.M. Rekunkov, Procurator Iowa and central and east- General of the USSR, 15 a ern Nebraska, Rotary" Dis- Pushkinskaya Street, trict 565 is composed of 40 Moscow. Rotary Clubs in 32 Jewish Refusenik Mark communities. j Ocheretyansky of Kiev was

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Dr. Ronald W. Roskens, president of the University of Nebraska, will speak at the annual Brotherhood Awards Dinner sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews on Thursday, May 24, at Peony Park. The announcement was made by Sam F. Segnar, president and chief executive officer, InterNorth, Inc., and general chairman of the event. Each year the National Conference presents the Brotherhood Award to individuals who have made outstanding contributions +o improve human relations within the community. This year the Conference will

Or. Ronald Rosltens honor Robert B. Daugherty, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Valmont Industries, and Lloyd E. Skinner, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, The James Skinner Company. Dr. Roskens, an Iowa native, has served as President for The University of Nebraska since 1977. Tickets and/or additional information regarding this event can be obtained by calling the NCCJ office, 346-3357.

By Reva Oruch Thursday April 26 was a special day. Esther Wax and Marian Strauss presented a program Dolls for Democracy. The dolls presented were Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, Henrietta Szold, Father Assissi, Hyam Solomon, Judge Brandeis, Emily Lazarus, Philip Klutznick, and Chaim Weizmann. A delicious chicken lunch was served. We welcomed Molly Rhodes as a new member. Monday, April 30, a movie was shown on the care of medications. Walter Calinger, Democrat candidate for Congress, spoke. The pro-

gram ended with the Generation Gap choral group. Blanche Mosher from Alexandria, Virginia was the guest of Bess Becker. Nellie Kadis also had guests from New Jersey. Al Swartz was welcomed as a new member. There were two musical programs on Thursday, May 3. The 8th gradera of Morton Jr. High, and the Bryan High School Choirlettes entertained us. Thanks to Morrie Epstein and Dr. Milton Margolin for these programs. The installation of officers took place on Monday May 7. We have the same slate at last year. Toby Kn-

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Amit' Women will honor Charlotte and Sam Kaplan at a dinner, June 3 at Beth Israel Synagogue in connection with their dedication to the work of Hatikvah Chapter.

• Volunteer Meyer Children's Rehabilitation Institute and Hattie B. Monroe are offering volunteer opportunities for teens. Their program, Camp Munroe, ia located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. . Camp Munroe will offer two typsa of volunteer experiences this summer. The Volunteer Extension Program assists the community in integrating mildly handicapped children into a variety of local camps. Volunteers are trained-to be a companion and aide for a handicapped child at such camps. Volunteers at Camp Munroe will work with professional staff and have opportunities to help coordinate, plan, initiate, and assist campers in a variety of camp activities. Volunteers will be interviewed and should apply early. Training for volunteers in June 25-29. Camp Munroe starts July 2 and runs for six weeks. Application forms may be obtained from Debra Polsky in the BBYO office.

demo Students from the J.C.C. Danca program will perform in the J.C.C. Theatre Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. The dancers will demonstrate CJIerciees and dance sequences loomed in clacsso. All J.C.C. ballet, modern, jazz and tap otudents are participating. Ticket!) are free and available by contacting Liz Doherty, JCC dance director, 334-8200, ext. 261.

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feather: Central High School held its annual "Purple Feather Day" recently for Central's Honor Society. Each student must achieve a cumulative grade point of 3.5 or higher to be eligible. Among the students receiving the honor this year were Senior, Tracy Bernstein, Juniors, Arthur Kosowsky, Dan Mirvish, Dana Wayne, and Gwen Oberman and Sophomore, Wendy Novicoff.

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Lag b'Omer — a folk festival By Dvora Waysman The golden sheaves of wheat ripple as a breeze passes over them. Soon it will be harvest time in Israel's kibbutzim and moshavim. But first there is the period known as "Sephira" — counting; the seven weeks from the second day of Passover until Shavuot. This is a waiting time. During this Omer period it is not permitted (except on Lag b'Omer — the 33rd day) to cut the hair, wear new clothes, attend ? i public entertainment, or to solemnize marriage. Just as before the harvest, the life of the farming community is almost r i in suspended animation — part of the year drawing to a close, and the next not yet assured — so it is paralleled by the ban on marriage — until Lag b'Omer, when the restrictions are relaxed. It is a minor holiday, not even mentioned in the Bible. It falls on 18th Iyar, and is sometimes known as "Scholar's Day", because of a legend that a terrible epidemic occurred claiming the lives of thousands of young men, students of the great teacher, Rabbi Akiva. On Lag b'Omer, the epidemic suddenly stopped. i 7 '. Another legend links the observance to a contemporary i of Rabbi Akiva, and to the miraculous survival of Judaism . » ^ at a time of terrible persecution. Two thousand years ago, after the Roman conquest and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, the teaching of Torah was forbidden, with the death penalty the punishment for anyone breaking the prohibition. Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai refused to obey this edict. He took his son, Elazar, and they hid in a cave in ' Galilee, where he continued to teach for thirteen years. They survived only on spring water and the fruit of the humble carob tree. c When students came to visit their teacher, they dressed as hunters carrying bows and arrows to allay the Roman soldiers' suspicions. Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, believed to be the author of the Zohar and the father of Jewish mysWZPS pi.,*. c«,<w n.vid n.r,i. ticism, died on Lag b'Omer in the middle of the second century, after first revealing to his disciples the secrets of his mystic visions. He asked them not to mourn his death Chassidim dancing around the Lag b'Omer bonfire at Meron in 1972. but rather to make the anniversary a day of rejoicing.

In Meron, near Safed in Israel's beautiful Galilee, Lag b'Omer is still observed with a pilgrimage to Rabbi Simeon's grave. It is there, on Lag b'Omer, that three year old boys receive their first haircuts. The curls are tossed into the flames of the bonfire, with singing, dancing and rejoicing. Bonfires are a feature of Lag b'Omer in Israel — every town and settlement has its "Kumzitz" ~- potatoes and onions are roasted in the embers and there is singing and. danc'ing until dawn. In Temple times, Jews celebrated the start of the grain harvest by bringing an Omer (measure or sheaf) of barley on the second day of Passover as an offering of thanksgiving. Barley is an early maturing crop. New produce was never eaten in Palestine until after the barley rite! .Judaism has set is stamp on the three turns of the calendar — Pesach in the Spring; Shavuot in the Summer and Sukkot in Autumn. Even the long Jewish exile from Eretz Israel never erased these tokens of life on the soil, nor the prayers for favorable weather in the Holy Land. It was the seasons in the land of Israel, and not in their countries of abode, that Diaspora Jews celebrated in their festivals, because of the indivisible historical connection between the Land and the people. Today, the State of Israel is again an agricultural land with the Jewish people working the soil. Thus Judaism's prayers for rain and dew and a good harvest are again meaningful:

prohibited and festive celebrations are severely limited. On the thirty-third day of the Omer, however, nearly everything goes. Music is played, bride and groom are united, and it is customary, within the ultra-orthodox community, to give a three year old boy his first haircut. Although shrouded in mystery, a number of explanations exist as to the festive origins of this one-day's joyous respite. Some commentators maintain that it was on this day, over 1800 years ago, that the forces of Bar Kochba, rebelling against a tyrranical Roman regime, pushed back Hadrian's oppressive forces, fortified Jewish towns, and — for but a fleeting moment — re-captured Jerusalem. Others, including the Talmud, attribute Lag b'Omer's festive nature to the belief that on this day there was a brief cessation of a devastating plague which decimated, the ranks of Rabbi Akiva's disciples.

In Israel, however, Lag b'Omer celebrations center around the life and.times of yet another great Mishnaic personality: Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai. Tradition maintains that on Lag b'Omer Rav Simeon, a central figure in mystical Jewish literature died. Though not customary to celebrate, on the anniversary of a "tzadik's" death, legend has it that a great light and joy surrounded Rav Simeon's deathbed because on this day he revealed to his disciples the hidden and mystical meaning of the Torah. The tomb of Rav Simeon, situated on Mt. Meron, has been the focal point of Lag b'Omer pilgrimages since the late 14th century. With increasing joy and fervor, the tradition of a festive celebration on the slopes of this Upper Galilee mountain has continued, almost unabated, to the present day. Meron on Lag b'Omer is incredible. It's a "yiddisha" Mardi Gras; a massive Jewish carnival. Thousands of people — Ashkenazi and Sephardi, religious and secular, young and old — gather at this usually calm hillside for a night and day of continuous celebration, from the lighting of the first huge bonfire in the late afternoon, to the setting of the sun amidst a brilliant splash of color the following day.

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