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at corsvei Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan CONY) and Julius Berinan, president of iho Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America have announced that for the first time in the hiotory of Democratic Presidential Conventions, kosher food'will be available to meet the dietary needs of the Jewish delegates and guests attending the Convention. "Kosher food is not a convenience, but a matter of religious conviction," Senator Moynihan said. "We in the Democratic Party believe in reaching out and meeting the needs of all cegments of society." The 38th Demo'c'ratic Convention will be held this year in San Francisco, on July 1619. Arrangements have been made through Wilton Caterers for the San Francisco Hyatt Regency to cerve kosher meals produced under Orthodox Union supervision. Mr. Berman, in praise-of .this'gesture, said, "I applaud the efforts of Senator Moynihan and the Hyatt Regency for. this en1 deavor. Thio is indeed a welcome atop and one that I hope will become standard procedure in both political parties." To guarantee ample arrangements, anyone wishing kosher meals at the Convention should contact the Orthodox Union office at (212) 563-4000 before July 12.

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — The foreign minister of this Latin American nation today pledged that Uruguay will continue to support Israel. In a far-ranging discussion with Dr. Daniel Thurez, the executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International, Foreign Minister Carlos Maeo spoke of the unique relationship between Uruguay and Israel and noted that both countries are devoted to the same ideals. Maeo told Thursz that his. country has always championed the cause of freedom for Jews and declared that the Jewish community in Uruguay is a "cherished and important segment of Uruguayan society." In pledging future support of Israel, the foreign minister pointed out that Uruguay has long been a friend of that Middle Eastern democracy. Maeo also cited his country's opposition to anti-Semitic attacks in the United Nations and said Uruguay recognized the need to request that the Soviety Union allow Jews and Refusniks to . emigrate. Thursz received from other Uruguayan officials a request that B.'nai B'rith in the United States intercede with the Federal government in Washington in an attempt to prod the U.S. to lower "the protectionist tariffs that make it impossible for Uruguay to compete in the American market."

By Morris Maline One of the men in a crowd of onlookers placed his ear to the wall, of a building and said, "They are ecreaming as

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Mitchel (Mitch) Orlik, director of Planning and Budgeting for the Jewish Federation of Omaha the past two years, has been appointed to a top position in the Jewish Federation of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Orlik ad- , vised the Omaha , Federation's board of directors ^hat he will become director of Planning and Development for the Columbus Federation in September.

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they are sub-human," is the type of response that would have been forthcoming, he said. Dr. Goldhagen explained that the Nazis rejected the 10 i n . a synagogue^".:',/.;,••>.'•.j^..— .„," •-•.c- ,../ ,..-.,': :.] r . v . . , :Cptnr0.andrnsi}tB.;J3tid',vyore.-.engagc4 in reordering the-world : The. man wasi.a.'pro^sbrTof 'me.dlclno'an'd' biology'St a* fri accordance with their own moral law, a law of absolute German university, and the screaming people were Jews in radicalism. : . a gas chamber. •• . "Thou shalt kill life that is unworthy of living," was their There was something wrong with the piping in the gas new moral code,.a belief that opened wide the flood gate chamber, and the professor walked over to help with the to mass destruction. repairs*... Professor Goldhagen gave some illustrations of Nazi beHow could such a well-educated and cultured man mathavior from his own experience as a child in Germany. ter-of-factly listen to the screams of human beings and "A truckload of soldiers got out of their vehicle and came calmly aid in the repair of equipment designed to kill them? This is a question that Professor Erich Goldhagen, a his- over to look at a group of Jews (including my mother) work- . torian affiliated with Harvard University, is dealing with ing in the streets.... they looked upon us as strange creatures, I was seen as an insect, fit for extermination. in his new book, The Gonocidal Mind. "I was almost killed by a firing squad, the leader was an Professor Goldhagen related some his thoughts during a lecture last weok at the Jewish Community Center. He also officer named Shubert, a descendant of the famous comspoke in Lincoln and conducted a course in the Holocaust poser . . . I saw him years later before a judge in Munich where he trembled and said that he had only been killing for graduate students at UNO and UNL. < Professor Goldhagen pointed out that historically Jews Jews to save Western civilization." The Nazis, Professor Goldhagen explained had a great have not understood the nature of their enemies and have tried to dismiss their adversaries as either wicked or crazed. capacity to distort reality, and the vast majority of the Ger-. If you had been able to ask the Nazis at Auschwitz why man people accepted the new maxim of their culture: "The they were killing Jews, you would have been startled by ' Jews are evil." The source of this madness, he said, was that during their answer, Professor Goldhagen asserted. "Jews are being killed in self-defense, they are trying to times of extreme stress reason loses its moorings and the annihilate the German people, we are not killing humans, mind becomes susceptible to distortions. • _

By Simon Griver YITZHAK SHAMIR Yitzhak. Shamir has been renowned^ as a tenacious fighter since the days when he headed Lehi, a splinter group of underground militants who broke away from Menachem Begin's Irgun Zvai Leumi in the 1940's. Yet Shamir did not fight for high political office. Historical cir. cuimtances destined him to be in the right place at the right time. So it came about that in Likud leaden- and lo; September 1983, reel'o Prinsao-MniDithe Herut party ter Yitzlidli Shamir 'elected him as its • WZPS photo •leader following Menachem Begin's surprise resignation. Now former foreign min•Jiflter Yitzhak Shamir goes to the Israeli people to seek a mandate to serve a full term ; aa prime minister. Though small physically, Shamir's image is one of maturity, self-con-

fidence and reliability. It was no coincidence that Shamir rather than any of his colleagues and rivals such as Arens, Levy and Sharon was chosen by Herut to be the man in charge. Shamir was born Yitzhak Jezrenicki in Poland 69 years ago. His parents had supported the Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution and were also committed Zionists. Shamir was educated at the Hebrew high school in Bialystock and when he was 14 he joined the Betar youth movement which followed the Revisionist teachings of Ze'ev Jabotinsky. . The young Shamir began studying law at Warsaw University but broke off these studies in 1935 to leave for Palestine. His father took a bank loan to pay for his son's passage to the Middle East. In Palestine Shamir worked on construction sites and later in an accountancy' office. in order to support himself. • At the same time he joined the Irguh Zvai Leumi, leaving in 1940 for Lehi, the Stern group, an organization considered even more militant than .Begin's IZL (Etzel). Menachem Begin, whose own 'fighting fam(continued on page 5)

as a staff associate nearly four years ago, succeeding Conrad Roller who left to join the Jewish Federation in Dallas.

Mr. Orlik told the Jewish Pres3 that the Columbus Federation has been reorganized to benefit from a team approach. He pointed out that part of his new responsibilities will be to assist the executive director with the general operations of the Federation as well as the supervision of the eight professionals on staff. He said that the Columbus Campus serves a Jewish population of approximately 16,000 and has an annual campaign of almost $4.5 million. "Leaving Omaha is something I do with very mixed emotions. Omaha has given me a great deal during these past four years both in tcrm3 of professional opportunities as well as a wonderful 'home' in which Barbara and I have watched our family grow. I regret that it is my choice that now adds to the staffing transitions now faced by the Federation. It is my sincere hope that the Federation will find candidates who are able to see the tremendous strengths, opportunities and potential that Omaha has to offer."

The professor gave descriptions of two models of Nazis: In one, they claimed to act under duress and therefore ought to be acquitted, and in the other, they killed to do a ^ob.

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The professor said that his own belief is that very few would have chosen to kill, but that once the order had been given, they became zealous and no longer needed orders. "They became automatic killers working under their own steam, they discovered how much they liked to kill, and they became unhappy when Jews were not available for killing." While all of this killing was going on, what was the reaction of the bystanders? "Some collaborated, some watched with pleasure, some were indifferent, some gave passive approval, some disapproved, and a small minority tried to help. It wasn't too long before the killing of Jews became a spectacle and Professor Goldhagen said the Warsaw Ghetto was a good example, "It was a hellish scene, but vendors outside were selling ice cream to onlookers and bystanders were going about their normal business as if nothing unusual were happening. . ' . . ' " Professor Goldhagen warned that throughout history the Jews were the first and chosen victims and one thing that should be-learned is that stable conditions protecting Jews can break down rapidly.

SHIMON PERES However nobody can or would deny that It will be third time lucky for Labor party Peres' extraordinary talents and perseverchairman Shimon Peres if he is able to form ance have played an outstanding part in a government after Israel's elections to the . building the Jewish state. Knesset on 23 July Born in Poland in 1923 Peres came to 1984. Having failed Palestine as a small child and grew up in to lead the Labor Tel Aviv. He joined the Labor youth movealignment to vicment and at age 16 he enrolled at the Ben tory in the two preShemen Agricultural School near Lod. vious elections of After pioneer training at Kibbutz Geva, he 1977 and 1981, he helped found Kibbutz Alumot in the Lower has nevertheless Galilee. His leadership talents were already managed to retain evident and in 1943 he became Secretary of the leadership of \ the Labor Youth Movement. In 1947 he left the kibbutz at the request of David Benthe opposition LaV Gurion to work in Haganah headquarters in bor party and it , Tel Aviv where he took charge of important looks as if this time tasks relating to arms and manpower. it is 'now or never' for Shimon Peres. Leader of the Labor On the establishment of the state in May Peres' supporters party Shimon Peres 1948 he was sworn into the Israel Defense v/zpa view his achieve. t>"l° Forces. He was appointed head of Naval ment in remaining at the helm of the Labor Services and after the. War of Independence party, despite the failure to win in succes- was posted to the United States as head of sive elections as demonstrating his courage the Defense Ministry delegation there. Rein the face of adversity and his tenacious turning to Israel in 1952 he was made depdetermination to rebuild the battered party uty director-general of the Defense since 1977. His opponents interpret his sur- Ministry and shortly afterwards at the age (continued on page 5) vival in terms of an appetite for power.

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Israel-South Africa relations based on pragmatic self-interest Israel was cool and even distant, no doubt due to the fact By Sheldon Kirehner • Sheldon Kir&litier was in South Africa for three 'that Israel had substantial political interests in Black Afweeks on assignment for the Canadian J e w k h News. rica, and was content to play its "African cord." This is the first of a two-part report on Israel's reAt the United Nations, Israeli representatives angered lations with that country.) South Africa by joining the anti-npartheid crusade. South TORONTO (JTA) — South Africa and Israel, two of the' Africa, home to the biggest Jewish community in Africa, world's most isolated and condemned states, are developing struck back by prohibiting Jews to send charitable dona' close ties on the basis of pragmatic self-interest. tions to Israel. In the lexicon of international relations, South Africa The 1970's ushered in a new era in South African-Israeli and Israel are pariah countries. South Africa, probably the richest nation on the African continent, is excoriated for relations. In 1971, South Africa established a conoulatepracticing apartheid, or a policy of racial separate devel- generol in Tel Aviv,^ which signallpd a dramatic improveopment. Israel, the pre-eminent military power in the Mid- ment in the two nations' ties', Observers believe that the dle East, is attacked for merely existing, or because its move was prompted by South Africa's respect for Israel's policies vis-a-vis the Palestinians or the occupied territories smashing victory in the Six Day War, and by Israel's gradual realization that South Africa was an important factor are found to be objectionable. . '• . in the African equation. i t As late as 13 years ago. South Africa's relationship with Analysts unanimously agree that 1972 and 1973 were crucial years for the entente cordiale that was to develop between Israel and South Africa — which voted for the 1947 UN Palestine partition plan. In two short years, Black African states, succumbing to Arab pressure and the promise of bountiful aid and cheap oil, broke relations with Israel.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A climatic debate between Premier Yitzhak Shamir and Labor Party chairman Shimon Peres who hopes to replace him, will be televised on or about July 10, when the Knesset election campaign is at is peak. The voters to to the polls July 23.

Only Malawai, Swaziland and Lesotho refused to join the African exodus from Israel.

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An agreement was reached between Ronni Milo and Gideon Gadot of Likud and the Labor Alignment's Yossi Sarid and Yisrael Peleg on the ground rules of the half hour confrontation.

The African betrayal, which occurred prior to and in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, came as a shock to an Israeli government which could not always see the handwriting on the wall. Only two years earlier, the Organization of African Unity's liberation committee rebuffed a symbolic cash donation from Israel. . . ' ••'...'

Each of the candidates for Prime Minister will be asked the same five questions and each will have 15 minutes for their answers. A moderator, acceptable to both parties, has not yet been selected nor has the subject, matter of the questions been decided.

Under the premiership of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel consolidated relations with South Africa. In 1976, Johannes Balthazar Vorster, the South African leader, visited Israel in a "private" capacity. Daniel Malan, one of hia predecessors, had gone to Israel in 1952 on a pilgrimage, thereby becoming the first foreign head of state to visit Israel. .

The debate will be the first such encounter between Peres and Shamir, although both appeared separately on French television earlier this month to discuss election issues. Peres debated former Premier Menachem Begin before the 1981 elections.

By 1976, Israel and South Africa had established diplomatic relations on the ambassadorial level. By 1977, just before the United INations arms embargo ujjainst South Africa was universally imposed, Israel had sold Pretoria military equipment, particularly patrol boats supplied with Gabriel sea-to-sea missiles. Simcha Ehrlich, Israel's Finance Minister, went to South Africa in 1979 and signed a series of economic protocols that provides for the creation of joint ministerial committees that would meet every two years. Owen Horwood, Ehrlich's South African counterpart, headed a high-powered delegation to Israel in 1980. In the paut four years, the South African-Israeli connection, has grown, nurtured by the community of nations' unrelenting hostility to Jerusalem and Pretoria. As a South African foreign ministry official put it: "Israel and South Africa are struggling against the world and that puts us on the defensive." Louis Pienaar, a Cape Town lawyer who served as South Africa's ambassador to France, was equally forthright. "We have common interests," he said, "and we'll develop them, sometimes openly, and sometimes discreetly." Considering the flak that each draws, South Africa and Israel do not exactly advertise the relationship — the object of much criticism at the United Nations and in progressive Jewish circles in Israel and the diaspora. A South African diplomat, in reply to a direct question, conceded that Pretoria does indeed play down its relations with Israel. "Yes, to save Israel embarrassment," he said. Ronald Miller, a representative of the moderate Now Republic Party in parliament, is blunter. "Israel has no great love for South Africa," he said, referring.to the ruling National Party's policy of apartheid. "But the existence of a large Jewish community here determines Israel's- attitude to South Africa."

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Interview on WOW TV A Cookie Hoberman interview with Harvard Professor Erich Goldhagen will be broadcast July 15 at noon on WOW TV. Professor Goldhagen, the author of books and articles on the Holocaust, spoke in Omaha and Lincoln recently under the sponsorship of the University of Nebraska Foundation and the Nebraska Committee for the'Humanities; Ms. Hoberman's interviews are produced by the ADL/CRC committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha.

old "BEE NFWS", George htr husband She is a naSchapiro's guest, Gerald tionally known handwriting Cohn, arid then announced expert, and « specialist in a new proud grandparent, nutrition, and hos expertise Bill Poster, who made a nice in solving family problems. donation to the Mitevah Her wide range of fields alBOJ: for this honor. lows her to coordinate her Al then asked Dave Dvor- efforts. kin for a financial report, She distributed samples and Dave also asked not to of handwriting to us and be rushed while making asked us for our own handcollections. writing samples. This was a Art Grossman, informed treat. Handwriting is a scius of the June 29 issue of the ence, and accepted in courtPrecs memories of No. 24th rooms. Don't underestimate St., and also asked for pic- it. tures of early Omaha Jewry for the Jewish Historical Book banned Society. Art followed this LONDON (JTA) — A with his "Salami" presen- Belgrade court hos banned tation, preceded by a funny, a book that contains referbut which was, in reality, a ences to "The Protocols of donation by Doc Klein of the Elders of Zion," a noCris Rexall Drug, and said torious forgery that origiSalami was auctioned off, nated in Czarist Russia. The and guest Sammy Giller ban was ordered after probought it and donated the tests by the Federation of money to the Mitzvah Box. Jewish Communities in YuAl asked for a memoriam for goslavia, the Institute of Max Frank, Morrie Frank- Jewish Affaire, the World lin, and Sid Cahan's wife, Jewish Congress' research Dora. We've been saddened branch, reported here. terribly, lately. The book, by the MaceNorm Wohlner presented donian writer Mihailo Poguest speaker, Sylvia Kes- povski, is titled "The Secret sler, and her able assistant, World of the Freemasons."

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HAIFA — The more than 400 overseas businessmen and industrialists who attended the Jerusalem Economic Conference in May were afforded opportunities to visit key technological developments in Israel, and were also subjected to endless speeches, reports and oral reviews. But most of ell, they were burdened down with an enormous quantity of printed matter describing and detailing almost every aspect of the country's economic growth and future potential. Literally hundreds of tons of paper must have gone into the production of all this material, and it is doubtful if any of the participants in the Conference were physically able to wade through it all, even if they had the inclination. The information provided was undoubtedly valuable, even vital to anyone who may consider doing business with Israel. For our part, we preferred to look for items that were not only significant, but interesting as well. We went through the 72 pages of the special edition produced for the Conference by The Israel Economist and came up with a fistful of tidbits that are worth sharing with our readers. What do you think of the following? Coal Vs. Oil. This year, for the first time, Israel will use more coal than oil to generate electricity, thus saving about $150,000,000. Education. In 1983, over 161,000 Israelis (11% of the work force), held academic degrees. Another 253,000 workers (17% of the work force), were highly skilled, and the number is growing by over 3% a year. All of which helps explain Israel's dramatic successes in the new technology. Energy. Last year Israel spent $2 billion on import of oil, one tenth of the national budget. Now one can understand why it is so important for this country to strike oil at home, or develop alternate sources of energy. Emigration. Those concerned with the problem of yeridah may find some small consolation in the fact that the

ovdrage emigration rate of 4.5% is not very high by international standards. In Australia it was 7% between 1950 and 1974; in Germany it was 9% during the eame period; in Canada it was 3% between 1951 and 1971. Telephones. The biggest reorganization ever carried out in Israel was the transfer this year of the country's telephone system from a department of the Ministry of Communications, manned by civil servants, to a new company, named Bezek. Though Bezek is wholly owned by the government, it can be conducted like a business, without the labor and financing shackles which hamper the operations of government departments. Egypt. Trade with Egypt has been disappointing, but the figures are of interest. Last year we sold $12.5 million of our goods to Egypt and bought $5 million. Since 93% of the Egyptian economy is government controlled, there is little doubt that political factors have kept the figures from rising considerably. Cotton. Israel's cotton producers had a banner season this past year, with yields of over 650 kilograms per acre, 5% over last year. Yield per acre-was the highest in the , world, 50% above the average in California. Hypochondria? Israelis may break yet another world record when it comes to the utilization of health services. The average Israeli male visits a doctor for out-patient services 11-13 times a year. The rate is even higher among women. Hypochondria, or the result of socialized medicine? Markets. The Kuwaiti newspaper, El Anba,. reports that Israel goods are flooding the country's markets, and the Arab League is called upon to investigate how these products reach Kuwait. One theory is that they are transshipped by European firms; another, that West Bank Arab merchants make the sales through Jordan. It seems that good products always find a market.

By M.J; Rosenberg port for Israel' during and after the 1982 war. President Near East. Report Assad himeelf told Jennings that all he wants is evenOn June 14, ABC News presented a one-hour special on handedness — "an objective political plan which is not Syria. The program, anchored by Peter Jennings, was titled biased toward Israel." Jennings concluded the program with Your Fund is administered by the Foundation and pru"War and Power — The Rise.of. Syria." Its,purpose, ac- a call for the United States to work "with all the parties." dently invested with other endowment contributions for cording.to:a blurb piitout.by AIJG,;iwiijsjitp.-fjppjnnpnjr^^hfl: .; He said that there "isjinot the slightest hint that Syria is maximum, but safe, return. All endowments are carefully radical and profound shift in the balance of power" in the "'"•prepfer'lo miiffi'peW'jjustr&^^aeTs'termB? invested by professional managers and monitored by the Middle East — away from Israel and the United States, Investment Committee of the Board of the Foundation. There is. so much wrong with the Jennings view that it and toward Syria and the Soviet Union. is hard to know where to begin. However, one point should The Jewish Federation Foundation was created as a reThe shift in power was clearly demonstrated, and is a suffice. The United States has not sought to be evenhanded serve for the future, an insurance policy, to protect our disturbing spectacle. Two years ago the Israel Defense between Israel and those nations whose goal is to destroy Jewish community during unforeseen .economic crises. It Forces destroyed Syria's anti-aircraft defenses in Lebanon Israel. Nor should the United States seek to portray itself gives our future generations a cushion to fall back on. One and left millions of dollars in Soviet hardware in ruins. as an "honest broker" between its ally, democratic prosatisfaction you can get from a Philanthropic Fund is seeing Today Syria is more powerful than ever. It has more than Western Israel, and the Soviet-allied police state that is the use of your, donation during your lifetime, and also 300,000 troops; 4000 tanks including 900 Soviet T-72's (the Syria. knowing that it will remain there for the future. top of the line); 400 combat MIGS; and a dense — and It is, of course, true that Syrian strength iB growing. seemingly impenetrable — anti-aircraft system which inQuestions on specific tax or legal matters should be di- cludes 80 SAM batteries. Backed by the Soviets and utilizing terrorism as a tool, the . rected to your personal counselors. For general information Syrians are clearly a regional power today as they have ABC's cameras showed as much as they were allowed to never been before. However, Syrian might does not make or questions, call Allan Greene, Federation executive vice of the Syrian build-up. Hidden cameras even photographed president at 334-8200. right. Peter Jennings fails to understand that the Syrian Soviet-manned bases inside Syria'. An efficient police state, triumph in Lebanon does not mean that the United States Next time: More ways to participate in our Federation Syria appears ready to go to war whenever its leader decides backed the wrong horse. It only means that the U.S.-Israel Foundation. that the time is right. combination was unable to pursue its strategic goals with War, of course, holds small terror for the Syrian govern- the ruthlessness so easily employed by the Syrians and the ment. Unlike the Israelis who are restrained by the fear of Soviets. The lesson in that is not that the United States casualties, the Syrians attach little significance to the hu- should surrender to the Syrians but rather that it should . man tragedy produced by war. As ABC's pictures demon- show more steadfastness. Jennings prescription would only strated, the Syrian government had no qualms about going lead to a Soviet-Syrian hegemony in the Middle East — a into the city of Hama in February 1982 and slaughtering set-back from which the United States would be unable to 20,000 Syrian "dissidents." One survivor of the slaughter recover. Morris Maline is on vacation. described how Syrian children, women, and men were lined up against walls and shot to death. Their crime: living in a town where the Moslem Brotherhood — an Islamic group which opposes Hafez Assad -—exerted influence. To the Editor: (Founded In 1920) ABC's cameras also showed the heavily militarized SyrPublished weekly on Friday Two years is a very short time to know a person and come ian capital, Damascus. There, troops loyal to President By the Jewish Federation of Omaha to think of them as a friend. Friendship to me is very special Hafez Assad's brother, Rifdat, parade through the streets — reserved for people who touch me and with whom I feel Don Klein intimidating the populace and plotting Rifaat's takeover comfortable. Press Committee Presidont should Hafez Assad die in office. Muriel Herzog was my friend. Committee members: Robert Oberman, vice president; Bert Lewis, treasurer, Jean Ann Krupinsky, secretary; Susan Budwig; Bettie She died of cancer just a few weeks ago. I shall always It is not a pretty picture. A police state allied with the Denny, Penny Endleman, Bonnie Horwich, Aaron Hostyk, Marshall Kushner. Suzanne Singer, Phill Spizman, Harold Zabln. Soviet Union, it is no wonder that Syria is a constant ad- miss her, but also shall always be happy that I came to versary of the United States. United States policymakers know this woman of remarkable talent, energy and intellect. Morris Maline Thank you Muriel, for being part of my life. Editor-in-Chief have to consider how best to counter this growing threat Dorothy Kaplan Judith Marburg Louise Graham to the United States and to Israel. Managing Editor Advertising Coordinator To the Editor: Sales Representatives I'm doing research on the following towns in Russia That, however, is not the conclusion reached by Peter Marilyn Warren Barbara Frankel Jan Wayne Jennings and the ABC team which produced this "close- . where my ancestors lived: The agencies of the Federation are: Jewish Press Semenovka & Konotop in Chernigov Province; Sheper up" report. 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precisely what Herut needed in order to suc(continued from page 1) ceed the legendary leader. The irreplaceable of only 29 he was promoted^ to directorcan't be replaced. general. Daring this period he was a close aide to Shamir maintains the impersonal lowprofiie of the efficient business-executive. prime minister David Ben-Gurion and in He lacks Bogin'B flair but is respected for the coming: decade he remained a loyal ally his quick, intelligent grasp of difficult prob- end confidant of Israel's first prime minlems and his coo! nerve when under ister. As head of the Defense Ministry Perc-E played an important role in planning the premure. Ironically, Shamir's more unassuming successful Sinai Campaign of 1956, and he style of government has given him a repu- oversaw the development of Israel's nascent tation of being more moderate than Begin. armed forces into t modern military But in term3 of policy, Shamir has often machine. In 1959 Peres was elected to the Knesset maintained a harder line than his predecessor, both historically (in the under- and became deputy defense minister. He reground) and in modern times (Shamir signed this post in 19G5, leaving the Labor didn't support the Camp David accords with party along with Ben-Gurion to form the Egypt and abstained in the Knesset vote on breakaway Rafi party. After Ben-Gurion rethe issue). Shamir, of course, stands signed from politics it was Peres who nesquarely behind the Herut principle of an gotiated a reconciliation with the individed Eretz Yisrael (what others call a mainstream Labor faction, helping to bring 'greater Israel') rather than territorial com- a unified party under the leadership of promise as promised by the Labor opposi- Golda Meir. He became a member of the cabinet from tion. Begin backs Shamir completely within Herut as leader and prime minister. Sham- 1969 onwards, heading the Ministries of Abir's inability to galvanize large crowds with sorption, Transport and Information. In rousing oratory may or may not have weak- 1974, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, ened his position within Herut. Only the he was appointed minister of defense, July 23 results will tell how Herut's second charged with the responsibility of rebuilding morale in the IDF. During his term of PM has fared. office the Entebbe Operation was successThe more flamboyant former Defense fully accomplished. Minister Ariel Sharon arouses both great When Yitzhak Rabin resigned as prime enthusiasm and great fears in Herut circles minister in 1977, Peres became acting prime as well as in the country as a whole. David minister in the several months leading to Levy might well have defeated Shamir in a the election. It was he, therefore, who was leadership contest but (like Navon in the destined to lead the Labor party to its first, Labor party), he stepped down. and outright defeat in 29 years at the hands The more moderate style of Shamir, Levy of Menachem Begin's Likud: Despite a deand Arens looks to many Herut-niks as termined and often acrimonious challenge preferable to a Sharon-iBh image. Begin was from former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, big enough to go it alone: now a collective Peres once more headed the party when it leadership under Shamir's firm but careful was defeated, this time very narrowly, for a hand seemed electorally advisable. second time in the 1981 elections. A victory for the^ Likud in the upcoming Peres did not face a challenge to his leadelection would enable Shamir to consolidate ership before the upcoming election when his leadership in his party and in the coun- former President Yitzhak Navon (who actry. His political enemies believe that defeat cording to the opinion polls would make a for the Likud at the .polls could mean that much more popular leader than Peres) Shamir might enter history as the short agreed to stand down in the interest of party lived caretaker leader of Herut after Men- unity. Navon's gesture of compromise took achem Begin took his final exit from the the wind out of Rabin's sails and he too felt 1 l(Sts'th^m'Betonvvith' ^^politItal'Bta|e:Shaihit p | B ' compelled to' forego a divisive leadership never aloof in his relations with his col- the talk while he goes on with the job of battle. So Peres has the solid support of the Laleagues. Shamir is a blatant contrast in being prime minister. For him, the stage is bor alignment (the Labor party, Mapam style from his predecessor, perhaps this is set for a 'happy end'.

(continued from page 1) ; ily' conducted many bombings and assassinations, once urged moderation on the firebrand Shamir, "Do you think you'll get the British' to go by waving a few pistols about?" he asked him. Shamir went his own way: imprisoned twice by the Britich, he escaped from Mizra the first time disguised as a Polish soldier and continued keeping the English at bay by posing an a rabbi. Captured ugain he was sent to Eritrea in Africa. Once more h& escaped, surfacing in France via Djibouti. Here he was reunited with his wife Shulamit, whom he had met and married during his time with Lehi. In his early career, Shamir emerged above ell aa a man of conviction and of action. His supporters of today — from within the 'fighting family' and from the broader political spectrum — Bee him as a leader loyal to himself, his beliefs and to his people. Returning to Israel after its establishment in May 1948, Shamir was officially a wanted man. The authorities chose not to prosecute him for what were considered by opponents as 'criminal excesses' committed by Lehi. Instead, his ability in the under- . ground was harnessed for the national good and he was recruited by Israel's 'Mossad' (secret intelligence service) in 1955. In 1966 he retired from the Mossad and following a reconciliation with his former rival Menachem Begin, joined Herut in 1967. He headed Heart's department for Soviet Jewry and later their Organization Department before being elected to the Knesset in 1973. Subsequently he became party chairman. Uncharismatic yet thoughtful and above all 'credible' — Shamir was moving towards the top, Following the Likud's election victory in 1977 (the Likud is an amalgamation of the Herut and Liberal parties), he was appointed Speaker of the Knesset and after Moshe Dayan'o death in 1981 succeeded him as Foreign Minister. In September 1983 — almost effortlessly when the public looks back — Israelis saw Begin resigning and Shamir stepping into his place as the 'natural' heir to the prime minister's office. Shamir is a^nan whom f^w know perspn-..

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and other smaller groupings), and he could nowadays be called a 'concensus leader' within his party, taking up a centrist position perhaps in spite of his own 'right-ofcenter' record. On foreign policy, his main difference with the Likud is that he is prepared to consider territorial compromise over the West Bank end Gaza with Jordan in return for guarantees of security. On domestic affairs •— and Peres is equally at home here, unlike M. Begin — the Labor leader h what the Western Europeans call a 'Socia' Democrat' with a clear and very reasoned vision of the sort of Israeli Eociety he wants to see. His vision is poles apart from Begin's . . . On the other hand, Peres has become a focal point for discontent (and even come hatred) by a significant sector of Israel's oriental community who sec him as an "Ashkenazi", unsympathetic and even hostile to their non-European culture and traditions. In part Peres has borne the burden of the entire 29 years in power of the Labor movement, during which the country's oriental communities have felt, rightly or wrongly, that they received a raw deal from a largely 'Ashkenazi establishment'. While Peres can be a deft debater and a witty after-dinner speaker, (he is in fact a genuine 'intellectual' and an avid reader) — his inability to make electrifying speeches to mass audiences, or to come over on television as an exciting personality, have been a handicap in his attempt to win the people's confidence. Now, with the economy in crisis and the Lebanese War as problematic as ever — Peres believes his Labor alignment is on the way back into power. Peres himself has written four books about Israeli politics. Married with three children, he has always kept his happy family, life with his wife, children and grandchildren but of the limelight. Ironically, Peres might take heart from the fact that his former arch-rival Menachem Begin, spent 29 years in opposition before becoming prime minister. But in the event that the opposition leader is defeated in July there is no lack of attractive and able candidates to lead the Labor party in the second part of the 1980's. They may be able to win more votes than Shimon Peres but friend and foe alike would agree there is no certainty that they may, or will, make better prime ministers.

Older adults SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Setting aside a ruling made last year which denied Supplementary Security Income (SSI) to a disabled Holocaust victim because she receives reparations from the West~German government, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal has granted a petition by Bet

Tzedek Legal Services, a local Jewish legal aid society, for a rehearing of the case, Terry Friedman, the agency's legal director, reported today. According to an order filed here June 12 and signed by Chief Judge James Browning, a majority of the 23 judges on the

Ninth Circuit voted to re- • consider the appeal of Felicia Grunfeder, a 45-year-old who is psychologically disabled from wartime childhood injuries suffered in the Warsaw Ghetto and in a Nazi'concentration camp. No date has been set for the rehearing. The rehearing decision

came almost exactly one year after a panel made up of three judges of the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously in support of a lower federal court ruling denying Grunfeder's claim for SSI against the Social Security Administration, which treats German reparations payments

as "countable income" in determining eligibility for SSI, a federal aid program for the needy disabled, blind and elderly persons. Jana Zimmer, a Bet Tzedek attorney, said there are about 50,000 recipients of German reparations living in the United States.

Senator James Exon will speak to the Older Adults on July 9 at the noon meeting. Steve Rod, who was to have been the speaker, will speak at a future date. Members of the Tuesday Old Timers group are invited to attend the Monday meeting to hear Senator Exon.

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Tempi© le^esi SERVICES: Fi iday: 7:30 p.m. ,Habbi Sidney H. Brooks, R :bbi Stephan F. Barack aj Jeffrey Taxman will offk ate. 'laturday: I lorning Services 11 a.m. BOARD MEETING Temple Israel Board of r Vusteea will meet at 7:30 I .m., July 11 in the Milder Conference Center of Temp le. The Executive Committ je will meet at 6 p.m., I i-eceding the Board meetiig.

l e t Si Ei SERVICES: 1 riday: 6 p.m. Cantor Emil Berkovits v ' conduct the services.

Bstts B SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. The Kiddush following the service will be sponsored by the children and grandchildren of Harry Noodell in honor of his 80th birthday. Class with rabbi 7:45 p.m. Mincha 8:30 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire services 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The Board of Commissioners, of Beth Israel Synagogue will meet on July 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall of the synagogue.

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Dr. and Mrs. Robert Guss of Palm Springs, Calif., announce the June 3 birth of a daughter, Carly Elizabeth. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guss of Omaha and Mrs. Carl Garland of Highland Park, 111. Great grandmother, Mrs. Rose Rosenbaum of Omaha, and Mrs. Lena Garland of Highland Park.

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. Farbar/Reim Mr. and Mrs. Ajon F. FarGordon and Devra Foster, ber have announced the enannounce the June 22 birth gagement of their daughter, of their first child, a daugh- Jocelyn Leonie, to Eric Steven Rein, son of Mr. and ter, Kathry Elizabeth. Paternal grandparents Mrs. Huntley Rein of Glen• .'' • are Jini and Anita Fautley coe, 111. A November wedding is of Petaluma, Calif. Maternal grandparents are David planned. A graduate of Washingand Shirley Goodman of Omaha. Great-grandpar- ton University in St.Louis, ents are Eve Goodman of the future bride is an asOmaha, Jerry and Lois sistant media buyer at Duffy of Lincoln, NE, Eldon Needham, Harper & Steers and Juanita Poe of Mt. Advertising Company in Chicago. She; ia the grandShasta, Calif. . . daughter of Mrf. :iJohn A: Marilyn and James Nu- Farber of Omaha and Mr. ber of Hawthorne, NJ an- and Mrs. Maurie Lipsey of nounced the June 22 birth Chicago. Her fiance is a graduate of of a daughter, Erica Rachel. Grandparents are Mrs. Washington University in Bettie Nuber of Ridgewood, St. Louis where he was a NJ and Mrs. Ruth Lasser of member of Zeta Beta Tau Larchmont, NY. Great- fraternity and received his grandparents are Mrs. Mil- law degree from the Univerton Lasser of Larchmont sity of Miami School of Law. and Aaron Levine of Larch- He is a practicing, attorney mont, formerly of Omaha, with the firm of Berger, and the late Mrs. Minnie Newmark, and Fenchel. He is the grandson of Mrs. Faier Levine. : Louis Frankel and the late Howard Mesirow of Chicago. The father of the brideelect is chairman of Service Life Insurance Company of Omaha. The groom's father represents Lakeshore Steel Company of Chicago.

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PIONEER WOMEN A donor-installation tea was held June 24 in the home of Pioneer Women/ Na'amat's president, Mrs, fiteven (Marilyn) Tipp. Mrs. Glen (Hollie) Fineman, former president, inBtalled the following officers and board members to serve for the 1984-1985 year:

Mro. J e r r y Lebowitz groom, acted as best man; Paul Giventer, brother of the bride, served as groomsman. Following the ceremony a dinner-dance was held at the Highland Country Club. After a honeymoon to Europe and Israel, the couple will live in Los Angeles.

Correction Craig Allen Lewis served as best man for his brother; other attendants were another brother, Robert Ira Lewis; William Kulesh. David Heuck, Jeffrey Knowles and Anthony Unhock. The bride's cousin, Roberta Greenberg, was among the bridesmaids.

President, Mrs. Steven (Marilyn) Tipp; fund raising V.P., Mrs. Ed (Ann) Joseph; membership V.P., Mis. Roger (Edith) Rogert; 1 programming V.P., Mrs. Tom (Roz) Ulmer; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles (Lil) Guss; recording secretaries, Mrs. Norman (Maureen) Strain and Mrs. Walter (Mildred) Feidman; treasurer, Mrs. Jerry (Sindie) Katskee; financial secretary, Mrs. Perry

(Sonya) Ratner; sergeantat-arras, Mrs. Allen (Eden) Ostravich. Other members serving on the board iare Edith Rogert and Helen Schwartz as historians; Mrs. Irving (Ina) Levich, phone committee chairman; Mrs. Phil (Helen) Schwartz, publicity and bpard members at large are Mrs. Sam (Magda)-Fried and Mrs. Glen (Hollie) Fineman. In tribute to Israel's heroic founders, especially its female pioneers, Pioneer Women/Na'amat established a special fund called The Century Club. Mrs. Lillian Crandell and Jennie Richman responded to the call marking 100 years of settlement in the Jewish homeland. Their names have been added to "The Distinguished Book of Honor" and both will receive a handsome Israeli bronze medal that was minted in Jerusalem by Israel's Government Coins and Medals Corporation. .

CORNHUSKER B'NAI B'RITH On Thursday, July 12 Cornhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith will take a group of patients from the^Veter'ans Administration Medical Center to see the Omaha Royals play baseball with the Wichita Aeros. The is an' annual event sponsored by the Veterans Committee of the lodge. .

The lineup for the 1984'first JCC summer basketball camp front row (1 to r): Mike Silverman, Jason Itkin, Justin Livonius, David Kricsfeld and Jenny Sayre. Middle row (1 to r): Steve Levich, Charles Morrill, Jenny Slattery, Eric Hochstein, DannyKully, and Bob Thorns. Back row (1 to r): Tim Vogolsberg, David Holcomb, Jon Sbirck, Coach, Dave Felici, Eric Sayre and Kevin Riley. - MotDB-Qophara -

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J<adimah-NCSY members attend convention Midwest NCSY had its Summer Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. June 14-18. Kedimah Chapter attended and at the annual Final Banquet was held and the Omaha chapter received several high honors. At the Regional Elections Julie Weincr was elected vice president of programming for the coming year. At the Banquet Omaha Kadimah received the Chapter Excellence Award. Tracy Bernstein received the Distinguished Leadership Award. Julie VVeiner received the Ner Emunah Torah Citation. Charlotte Ross and Tracy Bernstein were nominated for membership in the Reuvcn Fishman Honor Society. Wendy Weiner was inducted as a member due to her continuing commitment to Torah and mitzvot. Three major contests were hole among the chapters; song, Bcrapbook, and banner. Kadimah received first place fof song and second place for scrapbook. The trophies were given out at the Banquet.

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By Estelle Rosenberg Richard E. Pocras.49, died June 25. Coowner,Lincoln News Agency. Past president, Central States Distributors Association Member, board of directors, Americian Periodicals Distributors AssoTracy ciation, Sigma Alpha Mu, Julie Bernstein Alpha Kappa Psi, Beta Weiuer Gamma Sigma fraternity, Past president of the South Street Temple, past board member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Member Board of Lincoln Jewish Welfare Association, Sesostris Shrine, Scottish Rite, Masonic Lodge AF & AM. Charlotte Wendy Survivors, wife, Barbara; * Rosa Weiner son, Jordon, Lincoln; daughters, Rachel, MinneA new chapter, Wichita, apolis, Katherin, Ann, Linhas just joined the region. coln; father, Oliver; brother Omaha and Wichita drove Kenneth all of of Lincoln. up in two vans to Summer Interment at Mt. Carmel Convention. Cemetery, with Rabbi Ian The group extends con- JackniB, officiating. Memogratulations to Wendy Wei- rials to Richard E. Pocras ner for just being elected Scholarship Fund Univerpresident of Touro College's sity of Nebraska-Lincoln Womens' Division, and wel- College of Administration comes Mindy Weiner, who or preferred charity. is home after a year of studying in Israel at Bnot Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chayil. Beam of Livingston, Montana announce th(f birth of daughter, Megan Elizabeth, June 5: Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shamberg, Lincoln and Judge and Mrs.

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Aden Beam of Omaha. Mrs. Second District Demo- the ultimate resolution of Beam is the former Debbie cratic Congressional candi- our conflicts. Shamberg of Lincoln. date Tom Cavanaugh has "An end to fighting will be culled on Louis Farrakhan The Tifereth Israel Sis- to apologize for having char- achieved only when various factions begin to work to-' terhood's Cookbook has gone to press. Each member acterized the k-raeli govern- gether to end common ment as Q "criminal consources of bigotry and prejbuying or selling 10 books will receive a gift, according spiracy" and Judaism as a udice," Mr. Cavanaugh said. to Barb Seglin, cookbook "gutter religion." "If Mr. Farrakhan earchairperson, 7900 NorthMr. Cavanaugh referred side Dr., Lincoln, Neb. to comments made by Far- nestly desires to be part of 68516. Orders before July 15 rakhan after Farrakhan met that process, it would be in" his interest to explore a baare $8. with Libyan leader Moam- sis for communicating with mar Khadafy. those whose cooperation is The Tifereth Israel Sis"Such bigoted character- necessary for a lasting terhood is currently preparpeace. We must all work ing to print its calendar for izations work against the together." process of bringing peace to the coming year (1984-85). Once again Sisterhood the Middle East and are an members may place a greet- insult to American princi"hteto Jerusalem" ing for the new year in the ples," Mr. Cavanaugh said. "Hello Jerusalem," Iscalendar. The cost for each "Intolerance and hatred rael's weekly television greeting (which includes a work to shut down the commagazine, on Cox Cable copy of the calendar will be munication so necessary to channel 29, will continue $6. For those not wishing to during the summer with place a greeting, calendars repeat programs of the may be purchased at a cost past year. A new weekly of $3.50 each. schedule is being used for Send forms to greeting the summer: Sundays at chairman, Sylvia Singer, On July 11 the Jewish 4 p.m.; Wednesdays at 4631 Claire Ave., Apt. 20, Community Center will 2:30 p.m.; and Thursdays Lincoln, Neb. 68516. The sponsor a papermaking at 9 p.m. The fall season deadline is July 10. workshop conducted by will resume about the Barbara Kendrick. There middle of September. will be two sessions; Session LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JTA) one is for children ages nine — Allan Solomon has been - 13 and will begin at 9:30. Addition elected president of the JewSessions two is an adult Ruth Mitchell was not }n ish Community Federation workshop including a slide/ the Ramah Israel Pilgraof Louisville, succeeding lecture; papermaking and mage photo in last week's isMrs. Toni Goldman. casting demonstration; sue because she departed hands-on-papermaking ex- from Boston rather than perience beginning at 1:30 Omaha. This information p.m. The cost will be $5 a was provided to the Press child for the first session after the June 29 issue was ^ SpesioiflSco (limit 10) and $15 for the • printed. Best Croissants in Town adult session (limit 12). All Using our homemade fresh fruit fillings materials will be supplied, if & almond paste there is something special 5B.G0 you tvould like to. majfp jnfp paper bring it Along. For more information call \ h e J.C.C. 334r8200 232.

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