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Howard Kaslow, president of the Jcwrh Federation, has appointed Mich^J Katzinan to chair the Nominating Committee for assembling the slate of officers and directorships for 1005. Serving with Mr. Katzman from the Fedoration Board will be Mary Fellman, Sandy Friedmun and Barbara Goldstein. The three non-board members of the Federation serving on the committee will be Alan Hackel, Robert Oberman and Ellie Penner. The Nominating Committee is charged with selecting a slate of officers and 10 directors to. present to the membership at the annual meeting in January of 1985. According'to Mr. Katzmhn "we would welcome the recommendations of members of the Federation for potential qualified nominees to serve on the Federation Board." ' •

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L Th« icquiiL.iiciit'; for n mination include b^m^ a member of the Federation (having made a financial contribution in the past 12 months) and residing within 40 miles of Omaha. In addition, according to Mr. Katzman "we will be seeking individuals who have served on committees or boards of our agencies, organizations or synagogues." Nominees must bo willing to serve on at least one standing committee of the Federation and attend monthly meetings. Terms on the board are generally three year commitments. Outgoing board members who cannot be renominated until they have been off the board for at least one year include: Harvey Cooper, Howard Ep3tein, Frank Goldberg, David Goldstein, Art Grossman, Sherman Neff, Steven Riekes, Suzanne Singer arid Terri Zacharia.

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Pioifeer Women/Na'amat has announced a new program for young mothers and their small children, open to all in the commuThe Jewish Welfare Federation of Coun- nity. This new pilot project named "moms cil Bluffs will hold its annual United Jewish and tots" is designed to open new lines of Appeal dinner meeting Sunday, July 8 at 6 communication between young Jewish p.m. in B'nai Israel Synagogue, 614 Mynster mothers, helping to make formative years productive and successful. Street, Council Bluffs. A social play group will be provided for Sam Saltzman, a long-time worker in be- the children while the young mothers will half of the Jewish community, will be hon- discuss subjects and problems that concern ored during the dinner on the occasion of them. his 90th birthday, David Gallner, president, If any mother of young children would ifas'announceil;' * '•:-' - • •••••.like to attend with their offspring, or would like to find out more, they may call Edith Sam a n d Magda Fried, of Omaha, will Rogert at 571-3017 or Lisa Senal at 334speak and Ed and Ve'ra Tepperman will be

Announcement of n gift of $5,000 by Herbert Goldsten and the. showing of the documentary "West of Hester Street" highlighted the second annual meeting of the Nebraska Jewish' Historical Society June 20 at the Jewish Community Center. Approximately 300 persons were prese"nt to also elect new officers and board members for the 1984-85 term and pay tribute to outgoing board members. Shown above, from left to right, are re-elected officers Dr. Oliver Pollak, first vice-president, Mary Fellman, president, Goldsten and Lois Friedman, treasurer. The gift of Mr. Goldsten, a member of a pioneer Omaha family and still active resident and businessman in this community, will make possible the research and preparation of an exhibit of photographs of Jewislx lanclmiif !;o in.Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The.-exhibit will be shown in the Gallery of the Jewish-Community Ceiiter in January, 1985. Officers not shown are Joie Simoa and Silvia Hoffman, vice-presidents and Robert Goodman, secretary. Newly elected board members also include Phyllis Bittner, Audrey Cohen, Jerry Freeman, Saranne Gitnick, Bonnie Horwich, Richard Juro, Neal Malashock, Sol Mann, Suzanne Singer, Dr. Joe Soshnik, Marilyn Warren and Dr. Lewis Yager. Allan Greene served as chairman of the Nominating Committee and installing officer.

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T h e first meeting will be held at t h e home of Mrs. Mark (Lisa) Senal, 13606 Cedar, on Wednesday, July 11, from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Reservations are a must. '•<,

T h e communal life of a lost city and its refugee people are described in the exhibition, "Danzig 1939: Treasures of a Destroyed Community," opening at t h e Joslyn Art Museum on Tuesday, Sept. 11,to t h e . public.

to finance the emigration of those Jews still permitted to leave. The religious objects were purchased by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee which made arrangements for their shipment to the United States for safekeeping.

(On Sunday, Sept. 9, there will be a special preview opening to members of Joslyn Art Museum and the Jewish community of Omaha.)

Ten crates filled with the community's, precious legacy arrived at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America — the parent institution of the Jewish Museum — on July 26, 1939.

: A collection of over 300 ceremonial objects, books, scrolls, tapestries and memorabilia" from the Jewish community of t h e Free City of Danzig was saved from destruction during the Nazi-era and will be on display at Joslyn through Nov. 18.

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> , 1 -i\ Organized by t h e Jewish Museum in New York City, the exhibition is being supported ••*• • ' 1 by t h e ' s p o n s o r s h i p of O m a h a ' s Mickey jj ' Sturm, Donald S t u r m and their children, ! '' Bob a n d Melanie, Omaha is one of t h e major museums in t h e United States t h a t will . take t h e collection on its second leg of tour ••5 throughout the country. It has previously been exhibited in institutions in Frankfurt i -—r am Main, Braunschweig, and Bonn, Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Washington, D.C., .Los Angeles, Chicago, Eugene, Ato i lanta, Cambridge, Berkeley and. Wichita, in the United States. Interior of the Great Synagogue of Danzig. This photo was made about 1933. !

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T h e collection of ceremonial a r t includes ' including examples of baroque, rococo and creasingly unbearable for Jews by Nazisneoclassical art. . . . . ; controlling the "F^ee City", the elders neobjects from the historic Danzig Synagogue ' The foresight of Danzig's Jewish1 elders' gotiated the sale of the Jewish communal and t h e city's Jewish cemetery. Exhibition objects from the 18th-19th centuries reveal ensured the.collection's preservation in the property with the government, prevailing artistic styles of/these periods, face of Nazi atrocities.. As life became in- . The proceeds of these sales were intended

The collection was delivered to this country in the hope that its contents, could be -returned to Danzig if the Jewish community were ever reestablished. But the German army marched into the city just one month later to begin a Nazi occupation that lasted until Germany's defeat in 1945. The city's once thriving Jewish community was destroyed, never to revive. And the collection became a permanent holding of the Jewish Museum — a testament to a community that is no more. In conjunction with Danzig 1939, the Joslyn will be sponsoring a variety of educational events and activities related to Jewish culture and history. The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The exhibition may be viewed for free with regular Museum memberships; $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12 and senior citizens (over 62). To arrange for group tours of 10 or more, contact the Joslyn Education Department at. least two weeks in advance. For more information, please call the Joslyn at 3423300.

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Wins national award The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Nancy Weintraub has been named a 1984 United States National Award winner in Journalism. Nancy, who attends Oak Middle School, was nominated for this National Award by Hobart F. Cress, journalism teacher at the

returned On May 6, as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of AZA, balloons were released from(the JCC. Each cluster of balloons had attached to it a postcard explaining the occasion of the releasing of the balloons and asking the person who finds the balloons to return the card to the JCC. Cards have been returned from as far away as Salix, Iowa; Walthill, Nebraska; and Elk City, Nebraska. AZA still flies high in Omaha and around the world.

school. Her name will ap-' pear in the United States Achievement Academy Official Yearbook, published nationally. The, Academy selects USAA winners upon the exclusive recommendation of teachers, coaches, counselors, or other school sponsors and upon the Standards of Selection set forth by the Academy. The criteria for selection are a student's academic performance, interest and aptitude, leadership qualities, responsibility, enthusiasm, motivation to learn and improve, citizenship, attitude and cooperative spirit, dependability, and recommendation from a teacher or director. Nancy is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Weintraub, former Omaha residents.

'Jewish Views on Divorce' by AJC NEW YORK - in en effort to stern the rising tide of divorce among Jews, the American Jewish Committee's William Petschek National Jewish Family Center has published J e w i s h Views on Divorce to help Jews "deal with the problem from a Jewish perspective." According to AJC, there have been significantly increasing rates of divorce among American Jews, with even the Orthodox rabbinate reporting a notable rise in recent years. In the introduction to the 33-page pamphlet, written by Elliot B. Gertel, Rabbi of Beth El Keser Israel in New Haven, Conn., Yehuda Rosenman, Director of AJC's

Jewish Communal Affairs Department end of the Petschek Center, Bays: "The unprecedented rise in the American divprce rate over the last two decedes is of great concern to the Jewish community. In e sense, divorce lies become a socially contagious 'disease' affecting married coup!e3 of till aces, and disrupting marriages of short duration as well as those that have lasted a long time." In Jewish Views on Divorce, Rabbi Gertel states that while the Jewish tradition was "liberal" with regard to granting divorce, its spirit stresses the sanctity of marriage and the importance of keeping families

"Hello Jerusalem" "Hello Jerusalem" helps America celebrate July 4'by paying a visit to the Marines on this Sunday's program on Cox Cable 29. America will be saluted during that portion of the program at 4 p.m. "Hello Jerusalem" repeats July 4 at: 2:30 p.m.; and July 5 at 9 p.m.

Arson By Edwin Eytan PARIS, (JTA) — Police and fire-fighters have described ,as "a clear case of arson" a blaze that severely damaged a synagogue in the Paris suburb of Drancy. Cans of petrol were set on fire and thrown against the building which also serves as a community center in the heavily Jewish populated suburb. >

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Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal (left) and Rabbi Marvin Hier (center), Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, congratulate Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-N.Y.) following announcement of passage of his bill in the House of Representatives. The legislation links future granting of U.S. military aid to Paraguay to that country's efforts to locate and extradite to West Germany Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, 73. The trio met in New York, along with Holocaust survivor Marc Berkowitz, a twin who survived Mengele's infamous experiments, at a New York press conference convened by the Los Angeles'-based Simon Wiesenthal Center. Participants all urged that renewed pressure be brought to bear on Paraguay to extradite the Nazi doctor responsible for the deaths of an estimated 4000,000 people during World War II.

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In his discussion, Rabbi Gertel quotes Rabbi Shlomo D. Levine who recently wrote TLe Singular ProbIemuof the Single Jewish Parent for the United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education: "The Jewish Bill of Divorcement does not stipulate fault. Rather, it recognizes a reality and frees the partners from the bond of marriage. Ours ia a religion committed to the worth and dignity of people . . . Even when relationships are at a low ebb, Judaism requires that we examine some moral guidelines which have additional practical consequences, and can assist us in determining how one human being should relate to another human being, even under very trying circumstances." Adds Rabbi Gertel: "Both divorcing spouses, as well as the Jewish community in which they participate, must understand the ethical values involved. Divorce is always sad, and often a tragedy, but it is also a mitzvah, a ceremony sanctioned by biblical tradition and even sanctified if it is carried out according to the laws through which a Jew feels the presence and guidance of the God of Israel." The study underscores the need for greater protection of the rights of women who have been denied their formal "Get" (bill of di-, vorcement) by recalcitrant husbands. Such women, known as "Agunot," are deprived of the right to remarry in the absence of the religious divorce. Among the traditional Jewish teachings regarding marriage and divorce, Rabbi Gertel lists the following: • Judaism has regarded sex as a natural aspect of human experience, which can be sanctified by marriage and which merits sanctification by human beings. . • Among the husband's obligations to his wife is that of securing his wife's per-

mission if he wishes to change] his occupation to one that demands longer absences from home. • One must take every opportunity to make peace between husband and wife. • Jewish law grants the woman the right to petition for divorce on grounds of abuse or nonsupport. • Jewish luw sets the standard for the least complicated form of divorce — by mutual consent. "Rabbinic efforts to extricate the woman from her special vulnerabilities in a divorce proceeding show that the Jewish laws of divorce are a major and constant test of religious and ethical sensibilities," Rabbi Gertel writes. "From ancient times, the Rabbis regarded simple incompatibility as a valid reason for divorce. Indeed, in the twelfth century, Maimonides said it was the husband's ethical duty to release a wife who simply could not live with him." Jewish tradition, Rabbi Gertel concludes, "has consistently sought to expand the ethical scope of its divorce laws, so the modern Jew can and should seek it out for guidance in bringing dignity and, one hopes, compassion to the ordeal of dissolving a marriage. Stressing the significance of Rabbi Gertel's work, Mr. Rosenman adds that "the high rate of divorce, like late marriage, childlessness by choice or one-child families, are the result of an increasingly unbridled individualism and hedonism which are antithetical to marriage and make it' difficult to sustain family life." Jewish VievVo on Divorce includes extensive notes, a bibliography and a glossary. Single copies are available for $1.50 from the . American Jewish Committee, 165 East 56th Street, New York, 10022.

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Hungarian Jewry reunites in Jerusalem JERUSALEM — World famous physicist Edward Teller will be among more than a thousand Hungarian-speaking Jews who are to meet in Jerusalem at the World Conference of Hungarian-speaking Jews, July 9 to 12, 1984. The Conference has attracted hundreds of Hungarian Jews who survived the destruction of their community in the closing months of World War II — among them many prominent figures. The meet 40 years after the attempt of Nazi Germany to annihilate Hungarian Jewry. The gathering aims to reunite the shattered community; to highlight the contribution of Hungarian Jews to Jewish life in and outside Israel; and to transmit to future generations the ancient heritage of the Jews of Hungary.

President Chaira Herzog is to address the Conference's festive opening at Binyanei HaOoma in Jerusalem. The three-day Conference program includes reunions of Hungarian-Jewish youth movements and lundsmannrichuften; visits to kibbutzim and nio:;havitn (bunded by Hungarians in Israel; entertainment by the Budapest Theater Ensemble; and a memorial service at Yad Vasiiem, dedicated to the 800,000 Hungarian Jews who perished during the Holocaust.

the Jewish Underground;" Hungarian literary treasures are on display at the Hebrew University's National Library; works by Hungarian-born Israeli painters will be hung in Jerusalem; the Israel Museum plans a special exhibition of "Treasures of Hungarian Jewry;" and Heichal Shlomo is displaying Jewish religious art.

The Conference has sparked exhibitions and events all over Israel, which will run concurrently with this international gathering of Hungarian-speaking Jews.

At the conclusion of the Conference on July 13, delegates will elect officers, a board and an executive committee to oversee a newly established international or-, ganization of Hungarianspeaking Jews, which will function as a roof organization for the World Federation of Hungarian Jews and the Union of Hungarian Jews in Israel.

Yad Vashem is organizing an exhibit entitled "The Holocaust in Hungary and

. For further information, please contact: Eliezer Even 02-243984/5.

'.h. By Div Murray Frost What Jewish artist whose work has been used on stamps was born in July? If you said Modigliani, you are correct. If you said Chagall, you are correct. If you said Pissarro, you are correct. In fact, you could name at least four other Jewish artists born in July whose works are on stamps. (And if you wanted to make a Jewish artists in July exhibit', you could add three more who died in July). The most important of these birthdays is ;Mpdigliani'B because it is his '100th. He was born in Leghorn on July 12, 1884. So far this year his native Italy, Djibouti, and Mali, have issued a stamp for his centenary. Earlier his works appeared on stamps from France and Monaco (in full color) and Costa Rica; some of his famous angular nudes also appeared on stamps issued for several countries that treat stamps as an export to raise revenue rather than a way to pay postage (Manana and Fujeira now within the United Arab Emirates and Equatorial Guinea issued his nudes on stamps; a selfportrait appears on a stamp from Umm-Al-Qiwan, another Emirate. Marc Chagall's works have appeared on stamps issued by Israel (his magnificent Twelve Tribes win.dows at the Hadassah Medical Center synagogue and a painting featuring King David), France ("The Married Couple of the Eiffel Tower" features a portrait of his wife, Bela, and himself floating through air), Senegal, and the United Na : tions. He was born on July 7, 1887 and is still painting in France. Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830 in St.

Thomas in the West Indies of a Jewish father of Marrano descent and a Creole mother. Although he was not an observant Jew. and married a Gentile woman, he was deeply affected by the Dreyfus trial. He died in Paris in 1903. His Impressionist works have appeared on stamps from Israel, France, Liberia, Monaco, Ro'm&nia, and Togo. Chana Orloff was a friend of Modigliani. She was born four years later to the day than he was (July 12, 1888). She came to study art in Paris in 1910 from Palestine where her parents had moved from Ukraine in 1905. Her works include several monuments and the latest philatelic use of her work was on an Israel stamp released in March; an earlier work appeared on a 1974 Israel stamp. She died in 1968. Max Liebermann's art included p o r t r a i t s and Impressionist landscapes. His self-portrait appears on a July 1972 issue from Berlin while a landscape appeared on an April 1972 stamp from there. He was born on July 20, 1847 and died in 1935 after the Nazis banned his paintings. Ossip Zadkine was born in Smolensk on July 14, 1890. His sculptures include a monument to the bombing of Rotterdam which was featured on a 1965 Netherlands stamp. Another of his modernistic sculptures appeared on a 1980 French stamp. He died in 1967. The final July Jewish artist is Mordechai Ardon who was born on July 13,1896 in Poland. He studied in Germany, but settled in Palestine in 1933. One of his Impressionist landscapes of Jerusalem was part of a three-stamp set of paintings

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issued by Israel in 1981. These seven artists (and the three who died in July — Marc Antokolski, Maurcycy Gottlieb, and Constantin Rosenthal) are. only some of the Jewish artists whose paintings or sculptures appear on stamps. Other Jews have created their artworks as stamp designers (e.g. the State birds and flowers set issued by the U.S. was designed by a Jewish father and son team). (The Judaica Philatelic Journal recently published a three-part checklisfof;; more than 3600 non-Israel stamps designed by 70 Jews.) You can start your own "art collection" very inexpensively by collecting Judaica stamps.

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Theodore R. Mann, a Philadelphia attorney, has been elected president of the American Jewish Congress at the organization's national biennial convention. He succeeds Howard M.. Squadron of Riverdale, ,New York, who served three two-year terms.

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Rabbi AlcxuiuKr M Schindlir, piesidmt ol the I'moii of American I k l m u (<>nyu put ions ipole rccmtlv in marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. His sermon at this memorial service follows: ' "We are gathered in this sanctuary to offer a tribute in memory of three young civil rights workers who were murdered 20 years ago this day on a dusty highway some 15 miles northeast of that Mississippi city whose name means brotherly love. "Two of the young men were Jews; Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. The third, their companion and coworker, James Chaney, was a black. "They were young men of different color, but they were bound together by the bonds of a common conscience. They were of differing and divergent creeds, but they shared the same fierce determination to resist repression and to extend the range of freedom. This is why the killers drew no distinction between them and murdered them all. "Mrs. Julia Chaney Moss, Jim's Bister, is with us today as is Mrs. Carolyn Goodman Eisner, the mother of Andy Goodman. We welcome them to our midst and offer them our hands and hearts. Their loss and pain is the most grievous. Our words will bring them but scant comfort. Hope* fully, they will be able to feel our care and gain that half measure of consolation which comes with knowing there are many others who share their sorrow and who continue to remember. "We also promise them that we will do everything we humanly can to make certain that though Mickey and Andy and Jim died in pain and in terror, they will not have died in vain. "Indeed, their immediate purpose was fulfilled. Their companions were not frightened away. They were bestirred to an even greater effort and a shocked nation responded. Tens of thousands of black registrants were added to the voting lists during those months. One year later, a comprehensive Voting Rights Act was adopted. And the political landscape of the South was altered for all time to come. "But'the intermingling of black and Jewish blood in the Mississippi delta has become a symbol of a relationship — the black-Jewish nexus on the American scene — which is not as strong as it once was. It came to its flowering during that Mississippi summer but it has been strained for some time and was exacerbated during the present Presidential campaign. "But it has not been served arid it must not be served if this occasion and that martyrdom which we remember is to have ultimate meaning. "It is far too early to print the obituary of our relationship. Look and see:It endures even through the stresses and strains of the moment. Black and Jews continue to support each other. "They vote for one another. Southern blacks helped to send a Jew from Birmingham, Alabama to Congress, even as the Jews of that other Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, gave Mayor Goode twice the proportion of their votes than did any other white ethnic group. ; "Even more to the point, once in office; blacks and Jews invariably vote alike on most domestic issues as well as such foreign policy concerns as nuclear disarmament and aid to Israel. "They do so despite the traumas of the hour. They do so because they share the vision of what America ought to be. ;They do so because our commonality far exceeds our differences. And our agendas are felicitously congruous. "There is no earthly reason, therefore, why we should allow ourselves to be torn apart. Only our common enemies will win were we to permit it: Those who delight in confrontation, who thrive on antagonisms, who have their eyes fixed on the narrow view of private gain rather than on the (broader vision of the common good. "For the sake of those whose memory we honor and for our sake, too, we who stood together for equality must continue to stand together.

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HAIFA — When Israelis go to the polls on July 23 they will be asked to cast just one vote, not for candidates, but for the political party of their choice. They will have 27 parties to choose from. The end result will be the selection of the 120 members of the Knesset, representing the parties in proportion to the popular vote which each party received. With so many parties in the running, no election in Israel's history has ever given one party a clear majority, enabling it to control the Knesset and set up the Government and Cabinet without the need for a coalition with one or more smaller parties. This is being written many weeks before the election, but the principal trends to watch for are fairly clear. The two principal contenders, of course, are Likud, nationalist and right wing, and the Labor Alignment, a Socialist Party. In 1977 the Likud received 45 seats and in 1981, 48. Labor took 32 seats in 1977 and 47 in 1981. How much closer can either of these groups get to the figure of 61, which would give it a clear majority? The prospects are very, very slim. Young people may not know, but Labor ruled the roost from the establishment of the State until 1977. During the past seven years the Likud has been in power. In every case coalitions were set up with other parties. The policies and composition of the next Government will be shaped to a large extent by the relative strength of the smaller parties, which will hold the balance of power. How will they do? One group to watch is the National Religious Party. In 1977 the NRP had 12 places in the Knesset. In 1981 it received only half that number, and as a result of further internal bickering and political fragmentization, the odds are that it will lose even more ground this year. On the other hand, this is not true of the religiously more extreme Agudat Yisrael, which seems to be able to bank on 4 seats in every election, based on its unwavering constituency. A big question mark this year is the Yahad (Together) party, just founded by Ezer Weizmann. Seven years ago the new Yadin-led party placed 15 members in the Knesset and then, in agreement with Begin, helped put the Likud Bolidly in power. Almost immediately thereafter Yadin's group disintegrated and disappeared. Will Weizmann, who is staging a vigorous campaign, be strong enough to help one of the big parties edge closer to the 61 or more figure? And if so, is he prepared to join either side? A unique characteristic

To the Editor: Appreciating your interest in such matters, I want to inform you t h a t I have cosponsored a resolution, H.Con.Res. 294, to alleviate the problem of Soviet interception of international mail; . Specifically, this bill requests the President to officially protect mail originating in the U.S. to its citizenry. Furthermore, it requests the Universal Postal Union to conduct an investigation of such alleged violations and consider possible sanctions against the Soviet Union for those actions. Simply put, this non-delivery of mail has served to cut off a vital lifeline between Soviet citizens, particularly Soviet Jews, and their friends and relatives in other parts of the world. It is a deplorable situation that we must not allow to continue. You can be sure I will do everything possible to see that H.Con.Res. 294 receives the prompt and favorable consideration it deserves.

of Yahad is that its list does not contain the name of anyone who has previously been active in either Likud or Labor. The personalities are prominent, but they are for tHe most part new to politics. An Arab, lawyer is sixth on the list. • In 1981 the creation of the all-Sephardi Tami Party sharply accentuated ethnic issues, and though Tami received only three seats, it was responsible for much unpleasant stirring up of communal antagonisms. This year, in addition to a still aggressive Tami (despite the prison term served by its leader, Aharon Abuhatzeira), there are also parties of Georgian Jews, Indian Jews, and one called Sephardi Torah Guardians. Watch what happens to the 20 or more tiny parties. A group must get at least 1 percent of the total vote cast or it is disqualified and disappears from the scene, at least until the next election. Among these are: Kach, the party of Rabbi Meir Kahana. He has run for the Knesset several times at the head of his own list but has never reached the cut-off point. In 1981 he got only 5,128 votes in the entire country. Will he do better this time? Another colorful character is Samuel Flatto-Sharon, the former French financier, who found a haven in Israel as a refugee from the French authorities who sought, in vain, to have him extradited. To everyone's surprise he got himself elected to the Knesset in 1977 but was defeated in 1981, though he got twice as many votes as Kahana. The Rakah Communist group, with both Jews and Arabs on its list, got four seats last time, drawing most of its support from the Arab sector. Will it do as well this time? Despite the publicity which the press, both in Israel and abroad, give to the highly vociferous spokesmen of the various peace movements, there is small likelihood that any of their parties will make much of an impact. One is called "Lova Eliav for the Knesset", a one-man attempt to obtain a forum for his very p lerous views on how to conciliate the Arabs. Another, ^d the Progressive List for Peace, is headed by a previously unknown Arab. His name is followed by Uri Avnery and Matti Peled, two veteran Israeli pacifists who favor a PLO state. If the Israeli electorate rejects the small parties, of both right and left, and concentrates its vote on one or another of the two large parties, it will be displaying a much-needed sense of maturity, and will be contributing ultimately to greater governmental stability.

Perhaps Mondale and Hart don't know and understand anti-Semitism when they see it. That is a great disappointment and a cause of great concern. However, it would be tragic, indeed, for American and world Jewry to let their empathy with liberal domestic policy blind us as well. Jesse Jackson stands as an anathema not because of his color, but because his words and actions demonstrate an inability to recognize a persecution even longer, and in many ways more severe, than his own people have suffered. Thanks Irving, but I'll take Mr. Reagan with all his imperfections if the choice is Jesse Jackson or those who cannot understand how grieviously he has strayed. Robert Goldstein former Omaha

To the Editor: The recent arrests of Israeli Jews suspected of.carrying Mario Biaggi, out retaliatory attacks against Arabs has stirred much deMember of Congress bate within the Jewish community. There are those who 19th District, New York support the actions of the Jewish Underground, and there are those who oppose them, but one thing is clear: the susTo the Editor: pects cannot be compared to Arab terrorists. Irving Greenberg's June 8 column on Jesse Jackson and the Jews demonstrates the "ostrich-like" reaction of libThe fact that the Jewish suspects attacked (in some erals faced with a choice between a fundamentally flawed cases) Arab civilians is hardly sufficient to draw an analogy "progressive" and the apparently unpalatable alternative with Arabs who attack Jewish civilians — any more than of more conservative solutions. Jesse Jackson has estabthe American attacks on German civilian centers (such as lished himself over many years as a supporter of Israel's Dresden) in World War II can be equated with the German sworn enemies, of a Third World agenda which is both antimassacres of Jewish civilians. American and brands Zionism as racism, and more recently, One fact, then, should be beyond dispute: Arabs use terror as harboring Anti-Semitic feelings, or at the very least, a in order to destroy Israel; those Jews who have used total insensitivity to the subject. counter-terror have done so in order to defend the Jewish Greenberg writes, "The weak criticism of Jackson by State. This crucial moral distinction dare not be ignored. Mondale and Hart already shows this effect (the DemoOn July 22, three American Jewish immigrants accused cratic leaders dilemma between keeping the Jewish versus of participating in the Underground will be sentenced by alienating the black vote) and raises the possibility of more an Israeli court. Yehuda Richter, Yekutiel Guzofsky and Jews switching to neo-conservative and pro-Reagan, Matt Lebowitz face many years in prison on various charges positions" (emphasis added).The message is clear: it is a involving attacks on Arab property. far worse thing to vote for Reagan or conservative candi- '•• We ask all concerned-Jews to please write or telegram dates than to continue to embrace liberal leadership which Prime. Minister: Yitzhak Shamir (address: Jerusalem, Is•cannot separate "right from wrong" in the case of Jackson> rael) and urge tnatRichteri Guzofsky and Lebowitz be dealt statements. . with leniently. .•:/•• ,., , " - . Greenberg proposes we solve this problem by sending a If they were yopr sons, would you notrtake the time to : delegation from the Reform Movement to.approach Jack write a letter and urge your friends to do'1 likewise? son and try to make '.'peace." The lessons of Jewish history ,.• '••;.-. D. Borac say otherwise. Jackson has demonstrated his leanings arid . Justice Committee for Jewish Settler only a long period in which he demonstrates a fundamental P.O.Box 543 change could possibly warrant rapprochement. Elmsford, N.Y.

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Philanthropic funds may save taxes By Barbara Simon, Foundation consultant 0n» of the goala of our new Federation Foundation is to attract new permanent gifts to the Foundation to benefit the Federation and its agencies, now end in the future. What kinds of gifts would the Fouiidation like to receive? A donor may give almost anything of value: Cash, securities, insurance policies end many kinds of deferred gifts such as bequests, various trus;t end annuities. The list is endless. Cuch is e fevorite because it is available immediately, negotiable at once and can be used right away to generate additional income. Our Federation Foundation and others around the country encourage donors to Bet up Philanthropic Funds. This is one of several estate planning vehicles that can satisfy a donor's generosity, religious ideals and personal philanthropy atid provide significant tax savings. For example: A gift of appreciated property is not subject to capital gains tax. As many donors know, tax consequences are as important a consideration in making a gift oo iiny other reason. The Philanthropic Fund concept was developed for Jewish Federations, in part, in response to the 1969 Tux Reform Act. Federal tax laws give incentives to donors to make life-time gifts into funds, as distinguished from traditional bequests. Since life-time gifts to such funds provide income tax Bavings as well as estate tax savings, the tax laws have encouraged donors to create or add to, such funds while alive. Usually, Philanthropic Funds-are established by an irrevocable contribution to a public charity such as the Federation Foundation by a life-time gift of money or property, frequently supplemented by additional donations in a will. The Council of Jewish Federations reports that of the

year-end totals in Federation endowments of $716 million in 1981-82, Philanthropic Funds comprised $313 million. Thus, thdse funds have become a major vehicle for the development of Jewish endowment funds. In a Philanthropic Fund, the donor has the privilege of making recommendations to the Foundation trustees for the distribution of the income or principal of the Fund, although tuch recommendations are purely advisory and can be rejected. In addition, the Philanthropic Fund can bs named for the donor or other pereon designated by the donor. For example: "The Joe Cohen Philanthropic Fund." The privileges to make recommendations and to name the fund distinguish this kind of contribution from other permanent gifts which are normally absorbed into the general endowment. Some advantages to the donor of a Philanthropic Fund follow: The donor is granted the maximum tax deduction for charitable contributions: A deduction of 50% of adjusted gross income for contribution in cosh; A deduction of 30% of adjusted grofia income for the fair market value of contributions of appreciated, long-term capital gains property. In addition, tax lawa allow a five-year carry-over with a Philanthropic Fund for the excess of the deduction over the 50% or 30% limit. All comments in these articles about taxes and estate planning are by necessity very brief and general. For specifics, donors should talk to their own private legal and tax counselors. , For more information, call Allan Greene, Federation Vice President, 334-8200.

Several months ago in this column I offered to help organize an informal Association on behalf of Omahan Olim. Discouragingly, only two persons expressed any interest in this idea and being practical, I suppose it's fair to say that this is not an idea who's time has come.

Anything we can do to assist American Jews to resettle in Israel makes the utmost sense. Anything we can do to help the families of American Olim similarly makes utmost sense.

Supporting my own personal philosophy that we can all learn things even from our bad experiences and failures, I am pleased to inform you that I have discovered a new organization which I never had heard of before as a result of that article. • . »

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So, if you now have children in Israel, or if you think you might in the near future, may I suggest you contact Miriam Simon as a potential candidate for membership in APAI. The annual dues are $15.

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Allan Greene Executive vice president, , Jewish Federation of Omaha The name of that organization is Association of Parents of American Israelis (APAI) and I am grateful to Miriam Simon for sharing it with me, and in turn, all of you. The organization has a membership goal of 5000 members and was begun in 1976. Aside,from the built-in support group it provides in locales such as an Omaha, the benefits of APAI are significant for those parents of children living in Israel. The group is considering special charters to save money visiting children and already has an arrangement with El Al permitting parents an extra suitcase free of charge when visiting their children in Israel. Israelis welcome, desire and truly need aliya of American Jews. We bring a high quality of culture and education, as well as the financial resources which do not drain the Israeli economy as does aliya from less advantaged societies.

Pressing Israel By M. J. Rosenberg , Near East Report Israel's parliamentary election will not be held until July 23, some weeks from now. But that doesn't daunt Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, a vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and a distinguished author. Writing in the New York Times on Sunday, May 27, Hertzberg advises the Reagan Administration that the only way to reach a Middle East peace settlement is by pressuring Israel. Only "Washington can press Israeli leaders to pay the political price of dealing with this [the Palestinian} question," lie writes. There is not much that is unique about Hertzberg's piece. After all, dozens — if not hundreds — of writers and pundits have called for U.S. pressure on Israel. The unique element in Hertzberg's proposal is that he assumes that the next government of Israel will be a Labor government. In other words, Hertzberg is calling for U.S. pressure on an Israeli government that has not yet taken power and which may not do so. (Most observers believe that the election will be a close one.) Hertzberg's call for U.S. pressure on a hypothetical Labor government indicates that the prescription for pressure is not limited to those times when Likud is in power. This will come as a surprise to those within Likud who believe that it is partisan (i.e. anti-Likud) considerations which have produced calls for pressure on Israel in the years since the 1977 election of Menachem Begin. For many in Israel is is almost an article of faith that the opposition to Menachem Begin (and now Yitzhak Shamir) i3 unprecedented and that no Prime Minister of Israel — from Ben-Gurion through Rabin—had faced the kind of criticism (particularly from Jews abroad) endured by Begin. They also assumed that the return of Labor would mean the cessation of much of that criticism. Labor-leaning critics would not, it was thought, criticize a Labor Prime Minister. Hertzberg-has proven that theory wrong — and with a vengeance. In his Times article, Hertzberg writes that a victorious Labor party "would undertake no radical initiatives on the West Bank: The problems of the Palestinians and the occupied territories would not rank very high in its immediate agenda." He says that Labor's priorities would be "the immediate, bread-and'butter discontents of • the constituencies that elected it — issues such as skyrocketing inflation and a fall in real wages." In the face of that supposed'short-sightedness, Hertzberg would have the Reagan Administration crack the whip. He writes that "the fundamental truth about the Palestinian question and the continuing war between Jews and Arabs is that it can be settled only by American leadership. America cannot impose a settlement, but it can cajole the parties...." Hertzberg's thesis is dead wrong. The one peace treaty which exists between Israel and any Arab state is the EgyptIsrael treaty. That peace was not produced by American cajolery or pressure. It was produced when President Sadat of Egypt responded positively to Prime Minister Begin's invitation to visit Israel and negotiate with him there. It is true that the United States (and specifically President Jimmy Carter) played an important broker's role during the later stages of the negotiations. However, the initial breakthrough — the move that made peace attainable — was Sadat's decision to break with three decades of nonrecognition and visit Israel. The United States was no more than a bystander during the Sadat visit. Moreover, the initial reaction in Washington to the Sadat initiative was that the Egyptian was ruining any chance for peace by moving without the United States and without President Carter's planned Geneva conference. So much for Hertzberg's idea that only American pressure can bring peace. ' But there is more wrong with his suggestion than that. Hertzberg seems unwilling to accept the simple fact that Israel is a democracy: its electorate chooses Israel's leaders. If Labor wins and decides to focus on Israel's'economy first, that decision should not be challenged here in the United States. The same should apply if Likud is returned to power.

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But the same phrase, turned against the innocent, is the mark of the celfish, the diabolic, the evil, dredged up from the lowest reaches of the human soul.

Arab countries still (I don't know about Egypt) will not give weather information or anything of that kind to civilian planes bound to or from Israel. Even in emergencies.

The king of Edom simply refused. He threatened to send out his army againbt the Israelites, and they had no choice bat to take an even more circuitous route, still farther to the east, bypassing Edom.

The incident had to do with Jewish children, Miller pointed out that plucked from the fires of "Our aim is to ensure that Nazi Europe, and brought each Torah in the United by roundabout routes to ,. States, Canada, Israel and Teheran, in Iran, on the way around the world has a to Israel. But here there was unique code and 'a corre- a snag. It would have been sponding Certificate of Re- relatively simple to move gistry." them by air to Israel. But The UTR was created in the intervening Arab counconsultation with syn- tries refused to have their agogue, rabbinic, communal airspace contaminated by and law enforcement groups Jewish children and refused coordinated by the Jewish permission to overfly Iraq, Community Relations Syria, and Jordan on the Council (JCRC) of New way to Israel. Look now a"t York, in response to a rash . a map of Asia and Africa of thefts across the U.S. and and see how these children around the world. The sys- had to go halfway round the tem is expected to be imple- world to get to Israel! mented in Israel, Europe If only Jesse Jackson had and other parts of the world. been available to plead for them to the Arab countries, on humanitarian grounds!

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North 24th - "Street of Memories" Editor's note: "North 24th-Street of Memories" was the first place winner in the adult division of the Morris C. Fellman Memorial Photo-Essay Competition for 1383. Art Grossman, author, was awarded a prize of $100, and the essay was printed in the April, 1984, issue of'the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society newsletter. It is being reprinted with permission of the NJHS in the Jewish Press as the first of a series of essay entrants on "Midwest People and Places." By Art Grossman It stretched out unwaveringly straight, no hills, no serpentine windings, it flowed on continuously. It was at times tumultuous and at other times serenely quiet. It was literally the arterial lifeline connecting homes, shops and sundry suppliers of products and services necessary for the maintenance of Jewish life in the area during the early 1900s. It was North Art Grossman 24th, street of long-to-be-cherished memories. The street still exists, but Jewish presence and influence are now virtually nonexistent. Yet, there was a time Omaha's Jewish Miracle Mile — North 24th — extending from Cuming, on the south to Lake, on the north, housed and supported a thriving, compact body of Jewish farhilies and Jewish merchants. This clustering on North 24th came naturally: Jews' strong kinship for each other plus years of being forced to live in ghettos or shte.tlach, in Eastern Europe, compelled Jews to band together. In union there was not only strength but a sense of comfort. Yiddish was a common means of communication although many foreign born struggled to cope with English. A high priority in settling where one desired to live in Omaha was the proximity to a synagogue. B'nai Jacob Anshe Sholom, the Kapulier Shule, located at 24th and Nicholas, attracted many to Omaha's north side. The Shule was purchased in 1909 and converted from'its previous /appellation as The Second Presbyterian Church. A poignant recollection of the Kapulier Shule: During the High Holy Days enormous numbers of Yahrzeit candles, lighted in memory of beloved departed ones, were inserted in assorted tin containers filled with sand then lined up on benches, tables and window sills in the basement. The heat, smoke and vapors seeped into the sanctuary yet no one appeared unduly disturbed. The basement was unattended and the wonder is how fires were averted. Many a present senior Omahan became a Bar Mitzvah at the Kapulier Shule. The Shule was eventually moved to 31st and Cuming where it now reposes in the twilight of its existence. Along its lengthy stretch North 24th contained a melange of Jewish businesses such as grocery, bakery, clothing, drug, hardware and shoe stores as well as kosher meat, poultry and fish markets to classify just a few. There were feed stores for the needs of horses, cows and goats. Some Jewish families did indeed keep a cow or goat tethered in their back yards or barns and sold milk. Goat's milk was especially prized as it was considered highly nourishing and mothers wanted it for their children. America's blissful love affair with automobiles was barely in its infancy in those early days. Horse drawn wagons plied up and down 24th as they formed one of the main means of transportation. A fire wagon . was stationed at 24th and Cuming and one of the thrilling experiences was watching the spirited horses thundering down 24th pulling a perilously swaying fire engine in response to a fire call. Jewish grocers dominated that phase of North 24th business. Among, store-keepers were Fruma London, Sam Flax, Mendel Hertzberg, Joe Adler, Morris Rimerman, Morris Turner, Morris Fogel, Ben Grossman, Sam Babior, Sam Feldman, and Herman Friedlander. Some also sold kosher meat, poultry, delicatessen and fresh-fish. Regarding fish: Opposite the Kapulier Shule was Yansie Finkelsfeih's Alaska Fish Market with the quaint slogan "If It Swims, We Have It." A huge tank stocked with carp and buffalo fish swimming about was the centerpiece of the market. A customer se. lected a fish and it was executed, scaled and eviscerated in a gory scenario right on the spot. Similar activity could be witnessed at Abraham Stoller!s Fish Market a few doors away.

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The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is looking for more pictures of early businesses on 24th street. Anyone having pictures or memorabilia is asked to call 334-8200, ext. 274 or bring items to the NJHS office at the Jewish Community Center.

Kosher meat and poultry markets featured live chickens Confined in coops either outdoors on ihe, walk or inside. Housewives would impulsively 'reach in the coop and "kvoich" the chicken to confirm if it had "schmaltz" before-making a decision to buy. After selection the chicken was taken to a shochet Home 6ewing was an ongoing function and providwho performed the ritual slaughter; it was then strung up by the legs and hand picked by a "chicken flicker." ing materials were Joe Himelstein, at Charles and After the fowl was plucked, an cleanly as possible, it Vict6r Zucker at Seward. Clothing stores ran the gawas suspended over an open gas flame to singe any mut from selling used articles to sparkling new merchandise. Popular ones were Rosenblatt's, at remaining fuzz end phi feathers. Caldwell; Mayper's, near Hamilton; Schwartz's, adThe day preceding Yom Kippur there was bustling jacent to Charles; Colton's, at Clark; Belmont's, near activity in the meat and poultry markets as it was Decatur and at 24th and Parker, the star of the street, customary, after selecting a chicken, to perform the The Star Store — a mini-department store — opceremony of "shlogen kapores." This involved waving erated by diminutive, vivacious Charlie Levinson. a chicken over the head of an adult or child three Pharmacy needs were tended to by Ike Levy, at times while intoning a special prayer three times thus presumably passing on one's sins to the chicken. Ap- 24th and Decatur and Bernard Robinson, at 24th and prehension was understandable on the part of those Parker. Not only could one get a fill of a prescription, participating in the ritual not knowing what the but also a fill of a sweet sarsaparilla drink or refreshchicken might do suspended as it was immediately ing ice cream soda. over the person's head. Sundays youngsters were given 10<t to attend the Franklin Street Theater operated by the Melcher Jewish bakers of the period were insensitive to diets family. Admission was 5$ leaving a nickle for a gen— besides who thought about dieting. Fresh baked erous bag of popcorn. It was the era of silent movies, bread'fragrances wafted from the doors of Schultz's, for that reason a steely-fingered piano player was loBlend's, Abrams' Chicago Bakery, Adler & Forbes cated to the side of the screen where he hammered and Himelbloom's boggling the mind as well as the away with gusto when robust chords were required sense of smell. Caraway rye, pumpernickel, challa, such as a cowboy chase scene or played softly and bagels, sweet rolls and a variety of goodies were all tenderly when the hero and heroine finally embraced. hand fashioned. It was fascination watching bakers dramatize their act. A chunk was wacked off a huge Some other Jewish enterprises of the early 1900s dough mixture then twisted and molded by hand into located on North 24th included Alschuler's Mattress a thing of art which was then shoved into a cavernous Manufacturing; Spiegal's Junk Yard; Wolk The Taioven by means of an elongated wooden paddle. Rarely lor; Wolk The Barber; Hans Dansky's Garage; Siref's was anything scorched; the baker knew precisely, by Harness Shop; Soref's Upholstery; Goldstein's Convirtue of an instinctive inner time mechanism, when fectionary; Micklin Lumber Yard; Wolsky Watch Reto extricate whatever was being baked. pair; Sol Lewis Record Shop; Hurwitz the Photographer; Gilinsky Furniture; Levine Furniture. Jewish north side residents were among the origAlthough several Jewish families lived on 24th beinal do-it-yourself folks mainly because they couldn't affort to hire professionals when something went yond Lake there were relatively few Jewish stores in . - • awry in the house. Hence, there were Jewish hardware that direction. merchants to come to their aid. Katz Hardware, loFollowing World War II Jewish families began cated between Hamilton and Charles; Kaplan's, two moving to Omaha's western environs. Jewish busidoors south of Katz's; Rosenstein's, on Franklin and nesses began folding on North 24th partly because Dolgoff's on Parker stocked lines of hardware, fash- young people did not want to continue family enterioned keys and performed minor repairs onhousehold prises, but mainly because it was time to strike out items. for more modern residential neighborhoods. As Jew»* ish families moved out Jewish businesses on North' Just prior to Rosh Hashanah families would march 24th declined. ' their youngsters into Jewish-owned shoe stores for By mid-century for North 24th the Jewish throng the annual rite of getting fitted for new footwear. Friedman Brothers Shoes was located at Charles; was over, but for those who were a vital part of that captivating era the memories linger on. . Crounse's Shoes, two doors north, Our Founder Papa A forris Ad/er said. •.

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Times' change By M. J . Rosenberg Near East David Shipler, the New York Times correspondent in 31) on Soviet Jews who bypassed Israel and chose New York Israel is being reassigned to the paper's Washington bureau. instead. Like their counterparts in Israel, they have lanShipler, a talented writer, has done a good deal of fine work guage, cultural, and job problems. But, unlike the new Isover the years. Occasionally criticized (sometimes in this raelis, they also have to deal with a terrifying and filthy column) for stories which put Israel in a bad light, overall subway system (a dramatic contrast to the!immaculate ...Moscow subway), crime, and exorbitantly priced medical he did an honest, competent job in a difficult situation. During the Lebanon war — when other reporters were care. Writer Amity Shlaes cites one man who has been resorting to misrepresentation and distortion in covering robbed three times since coming to New York. Another had the campaign against the PLO — it was Shipler who wrote three television sets stolen from her apartment. The Rusa long piece describing the kind of hell Lebanon was under sians — used to a society that is repressive yet free of violent crime — have a hard time dealing with a system in the thumb of the terrorists. which criminals are rarely apprehended and then rarely Shipler is not Jewish but nevertheless applied a very Jew- imprisoned. As for medical care (free in both the Soviet ish "light unto the nations" standard to Israel and its pol- Union and Israel), one Russian says: "In Leningrad health icies. Sometimes his expectations may have been too high. care was free. Now we just don't get sick." This can be seen in one of his last stories from Israel. Still there is one thing that Soviet Jews in Israel and in Appearing on May 27, the story described the difficult proc- New York agree on. They are glad to be out of the prison ess of resettling Soviet Jewish emigres in Israel. The piece that is the Soviet Union. Shipler quotes a Mr. Vygodsky is, by no means, an attack on Israel. However it is one long who finds Israel to be "a little parochial" for his taste. But description of the hurdles Soviet Jews have to clear if they he adds, "I'm not sorry I came,here. When I left the Soviet are to make it in the Jewish state. "Not only have the Soviet Union I sprouted wings." The Journal's Shlaes quotes a Jews had to learn a new language. Hebrew, and often accept Soviet woman, Luda, who is enraged at any criticism of the less rewarding jobs than they had in the Soviet Union, they United States. "Even when I write how high the standard have also had to cope with an entirely different structure of living is in my letters, I cannot describe it. It is so high." between the individual and government." Shipler, quite corFriedman Series rectly, notes that many of the problems faced by Soviet Shipler's replacement in Israel, Tom Friedman, is anJews are "burdens that weigh on immigrants anywhere." other fine journalist. Only 29, he has already won a Pulitzer That being the case, Shipler's article seems somewhat ov- prize (for his coverage from Beirut of the Lebanon war). erdone. Immigrants everywhere have problems. Soviet Jews Jerusalem Post correspondent in Washington, Wolf in Israel may even have less than most. Blitzer, points out that Friedman's move to Israel marks They Chose Brooklyn the first time that a Jewish journalist has been assigned to This can be seen in a Wall Street Journal article (May Jerusalem. Friedman is a Brandeis graduate, well-versed in Jewish and Israeli matters. But his reporting from Israel is unlikely to reflect his personal views but rather the situation as seen by a top journalist. Friedman didn't win a Pulitzer by printing his biases on page one of the New York Times. Last week the Times published a four part Friedman series on Lebanon today. Friedman portrayed a society that On Thursday, June 14, the Omaha World Herald has essentially disintegrated. There is no Lebanon anymore carried a story announcing the engagement of a young — rather there are yarious ethnic enclaves. Moslems, lady identified as "Sherry Lynn Richards, the daughter Druze, and Christians have little contact with each other. of Mr. and Mrs. Yale Richards." Once-secular west Beirut is becoming a fundamentalist According to a World-Herald retraction, the story was Shiite sector with the Ayatullah's image staring out from a complete hoax, based upon false information from a shop windows and walls. Friedman paints a depressing woman who represented herself as the bride's sister. picture. There is no Sherry Lynn Richards, no engagement and However, he lays the blame for the tragedy on no one in no wedding. Yale and Ida Richards are the parents of particular. Unlike many other journalists, Friedman makes two sons, but have no daughters. clear that Lebanon's travails did not begin when Israel inOn Saturday, June 23, the World Herald carried the vaded in 1982. In fact,,that invasion (which rempved.the retraction. We publish this announcement to help clear PLO~frbhiiBoiMta1hd:.EQuth£6Banon)/couU up any confusion this may have created among the RichLebanon's rebirth. Instead, bungling in Washington arid in ards' friends and acquaintances. Lebanon itself returned the situation to nothing better than the status quo ante. And maybe a little worse.

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Students testify By Ben Kayfetz TORONTO (JTA) Former students of James GOULASH Keegstra testified in a S largo tomatoes, peeled packed courthouse, that , By NorEsa Baracli their high school teacher and cut up Jewish Tele^replsis Age^fy, lac. . Eckville, Alberta had taught i; Hungarian beef goulash 5 mediums (*rcen them that Jews were guilty pepjiert:, cut into thin served on a bed of noodles of the most heinous crimes strips is an economical dish to serve at a dinner party. calt end peppet to taste . in history and must be (eradicated. Serve it with a 'A melon gar- Vi 1b. fresh mushrooms nished with lime wedge, a 2'lbs. wide e£g noodles Keegstra, a former mayor carrot salad, fresh broccoli In a dutch oven heat the of Eckville who was ousted and a pareve ice-cream pie oil. Saute onions, and pa— an ideal menu for a work- prika in oil. Add beef and from the Alberta school sysing woman — all that can brown. Add remaining in- tem for preaching anti-Sembe prepared ahead. gredients, except noodles. itism, went on trial in Red 4 tblsp. oil Cover pan. Simmer on a low Deer, Alberta Monday for heat for 2 hour§. Shake pan violating Canadian laws 4 large onions, chopped occasionally to stir. Serve against promoting racial 6 tblsps. sweet paprika and religious hatred. 5'/j lbs. chuck cut into 1 over hot noodles. Great reheated. Serves 10-12. One of his pupils, Lorene inch cubes

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Departing from Omaha this week on the annual Ramah Israel Pilgrimage are from left, Steve Berman, Dana Wayne, Dan Mirvish, Michelle Abramson, Dana Twersky. First stop on the tour is Jerusalem.

Baxter, who took the stand, read from her 12th grade notes, dictated by Keegstra, that the Jacobin reign of terror after the French Revolution was instigated by Jews and included cannibalism. Napoleon was described as "shepherd of the Jews" and Sigmund Freud aa a "Marxist Jew" who participated in drug end s>ei: orgies. 19-year-old Richard Denis read an essay he wrote in the 12th grade two years ago to the effect that Jews instigated the French and Russian revolutions and the two world wars and "we must get rid of every Jew in existence in order to live in peace and freedom." Denis maintained under cross examination by defense counsel that he wrote that essay to please Keegstra in the hope of getting higher marks. Fifteen-year-old Paul Maddox, the first of 25 prosecution witnesses, testified in tears that Keegstra taught that Jews were "crooks", thieves and communists who were'trying to enslave the world. The youth's mother, Susan Maddox, 37, who was one of the parents of Eckville high school students who first complained two years ago that' Keegstra was using his classroom to present his anti-Semitic theories, also testified. .

iiHSilliii! My sincere thanks to all friends and relatives who expressed good wishes, visits, flowers and gifts during my recent hospitalization. Bettha Botr I would like to thank my friends for the cards, and donations given in remembrance of my brother Irving. Sylvan Block

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Many thanks to my family and friends for the good wishes and kind thoughts during my stay in the hospital. A special Todah Rabah to Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman. Dave Riclitman

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Mark Danh, son of Jerry and Janey' Dann, received a bachelor of science degree from Southwest Texas State University with a niajor! in • marketing management. Mark resides in Dallas, Tex.

graduated from Dartmquth College, receiving a bachelor of arts degree with a major in computer science.' He graduated cum laude with high honors in his major field and has accepted a po-. sition with, the computer consulting firm of Casher Associates, of Boston.

Immediately following graduation, Mark, with his sister Wendy of Cincinnati, Ohio, left on a tour to EuJay Dandy, son of Don rope. They are the grandchildren of Iz Weiner, Nate and Marlene Dandy, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from and Allie Dann. Northwestern University on June 16, with a major in Michael Budwig, son of communications and art Susan and Ron Budwig, history.

Mitch and Barbara Orlik announce the birth of a daughter, Kachael' Elaine, June 10. They also have u son, David. Grandparents arc Lee Herman of Iteseda, California and Gilbert end Phyllis Oiiik of San Francisco, California. Greatgrandmother is Ann Curmel of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kaplun of Columbus, Ne. an nounce the May 'M birth of a daughter, Latt-ina Lynn. Paternal Grandparents are Mrs. Louis (Lt-rta) Kaplan, and the Sate Louis Kaplan of Columbus.

John and Natha Waldbaum announce the birth of Bill and Susan Itifkin of their first child, Adam NaBrooklyn Heights, N.Y. an- thaniel, June 10. Paternal grandparents nounce the May 30 birth of are Dr. and Mrs. Milton G. a son, Brian Kahan. Grandparents are Paul Waldbaum, of Omaha. Maand Phyllis Rifkin of Pitts- ternal grandparents are Mr. burgh, Pa. and Herbert and and Mrs. Lloyd Mitchell of Lillian Kahan of Spring- Mana. Great grandparents are field, Ma. Great-grandmother is Dora Kirshen- Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Simpson of Miami, Oklahoma. bauin of Omaha.

They've done it again, those innovative Israelis! Not only can they take desert and make oranges, but they can experiment and actually develop a new animal. . According to a news release from The Hebrew University, a hybrid has been obtained "by cross-breeding a male ibex with a female goat". I always thought an ibex was only found in my crossword puzzles, but I learned such a creature does exist. In Hebrew it is called a "yael" and the goat is "ez" . . . thus the new animal is known in Hebrew as a "Yaez". " . The big news is not so much the scientific feat as the addition of a high quality meat to the food needs of Israel. So far, taste testing has given yaez meat high marks. • I wonder why some of our hot-shot scientists don't get on the band wagon in this country, and work on.a new animal to be used for food. I'm not so much interested in a beef-type creature as poultry, since we don't each much red meat at my house. But we DO eat so much poultry that I worry about growing feathers! And I can safely say I cook chicken in dozens of different ways, but when I'm done, it's still chicken! Or it's turkey, but you can be sure that's what we eat lots of at Chez Lewis! For that reason alone I'd love to see somebody come up with another such low cholesterol, low-calorie main course food. Maybe they could cross a duck with a goose for people who prefer dark meat — it could be called "a doose". And why wouldn't it be kosher? Perhaps, for \vhite'meat lovers a buxom turkey might be matched with a chicken. We could call it a "chirkey". I don't know how different it would taste, but it might afford just a little variety to those of us who buy all that poultry. While they're at it, maybe some genius scientist could figure out how to produce a potato with fewer carbohydrates, thus making it less fattening. How does that grab all you dieters? Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy a potato without feeling the guilty pangs of conscience? Alright American scientists, let's hear from you. This country's reputation for inventive know-how is on the line. Get busy in that lab, for the sake of all of us chubettes out here! • Full Time Manicurist

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