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By Steve KHnc Assistant director, PuLSie Eek-iionu Creighton Usivercily A nationwide anti-Catholic campaign reportedly planning to open an office in Omaha is comparable to the Ku Klu:i Klan and is being directed by a "nutty" man, according to a former Creighton University instructor who wrote a history of the Catholic Church in Nebraska. A Creighton professor of law, meanwhile, questions whether the hate campaign should be sheltered, as it is, by the Internal Revenue Service under tax-exempt status. Fr. Henry Casper, S.J., who was at Creighton from 1946 until 1963, said he can't remember anything quite like the movement headed by fundamentalist Tony Alamo, head of the Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation based in Alma, Ark. "The only thing I can recall that was similar was the Ku Klux Klan, just after the end of the first World War and previous to the Depression," said Casper, who now works in the Milwaukee offices of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Casper's three-volume history traces the development of the church in Nebraska through the early part of this century. Casper said that while anti-Catholit; bigotry is common in the history of this country, a blatant hate campaign like the Alamo
movement I something new. And while it is a matter of concern, Casper said he doesn't get too worried about it. " . . . It's vulgar- and it's mean — it is all that, but I'm not overly concerned. I know that everyone doesn't think like me. Maybe I should be more concerned," Casper said in a telephone interview from his Milwaukee office. The league has been following Alamo's activities since February, according to Oren Love, the organization's director of publications. Alamo's followers pass out leaflets and flyers targeting Catholics and Catholic institutions. "We've been doing everything we can to get civic leaders and others to speak out against this kind of bigotry," Love said. The league's efforts have been successful, he added, pointing out that the Jewish AntiDefamation League has joined in condemning Alamo. Love said Alamo is attempting to rally followers of his late first wife, Susan, and the focal point is hate-mongering against Catholics. "Susan was the real spiritual leader in the foundation and Tony was more the business organizer," Love said. When she_ died in 1982, the fervor she inspired among her followers did not immediately shift to Alamo, (continued on page 2)
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By Doris Koainsky Maxine Kirshenbaum, 1933 chairman of the Greater Omaha V.V.nc it':i Division for Israel Bonds, has I:!.:-.-:I: - LJ t!::.t Cheryl Kricsfeld has accepted the position of general chairman for 1984. Mrs. Kricsfeld is currently vice president of membership at Beth Israel synagogue, a member of Junior League of Omahu, on the board of the Omaha Community Playhouse, and K ™sfeld on the boarjds of Medical Women at Clarkson, Methodist and Pottawattamie hospitals. She has also served as recording secretary for National Council of Jewish Women and chairman of Hadassah's HIES fashion show, and was a member of the 1983 Israel Bond's executive
committee. She is one of the youngest Omaha chairman to nerved — part of the new Leadership Division of the Israel Bond Organization who is actively seeking a commitment from the younger leadership this year to become involved in Israel's needs for investment dollars. "Our theme this year is 'The generations reach out and touch Israel,'" Mrs. Kricsfeld said, "and we have many new younger women on our staff and as workers. We plan on a lively, fun, entertaining day — not to be missed. We also stress Israel Bond dollars are used for peaceful purposes and are now desperately needed for the development of solar technology, nuclear medicine, computerized telephone systems and fibre optics, as well as for highways, pipelines and power stations. We hope more women in our community will make a commitment to buy a bond this year." The Israel Bonds Luncheon and fashion show will be held Sept. 19 at the Jewish Community Center.
By Doris Rosinsky Cheryl Kricsfeld, chairman of the Greater Omaha Women's Division, State of Israel Bonds, announced the Israel Bond workshop will be held Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. at the home of Susie Shyken, 601 Ridgewood Ave.
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Guest speaker will be Brig. General Yehuda Halevy, president and chief executive officer of the State of Israel Bond organi-
"The purpose of our workshop is to orient our workers for Bond solicitation," Mrs. Kricsfeld said. "We hope all of the women who received our invitations have responded, and to those we missed who would like to join our efforts, please call me at 3976611 by Aug. 6: Workers at that time will be asked to make their Bond commitments as well as receive the names and cards of women to be called."
According to Yale Gotsdiner, Lincoln general chairman for the State of Israel Bonds, that Joey Russell will be the guest entertainer at this year's State of Israel Bond community dinner on Aug. 22, at Tifereth Israel Synagogue honoring Betty and Hyman Polsky. Joey Russell, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, has played an active role in the Israel Bonds organJoey Russell
ization for many years. He is a founding member of the Ambassador's Society of Trustees (purchasers of $10,000 or more of Israel Bonds), and has participated in over a dozen Bond missions to Israel; As an entertainer, he has performed at the major night clubs and hotels throughout the country and is a favorite dais guest at the famous Friar Roasts. For the past 26 years he has had his own TV show in his home state of Connecticut. Mr. Gotsdiner said that, "This year's dinner should be one of the most successful ever, and if your reservations have not been made yet contact me at P.O. Box 81661, Lincoln, Ne. 68501 or call 476-1469."
gy. on equ< By Ben Gallob NEW YORK (JTA) -* The National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC), representing a wide range of national Jewish organizations and local Jewish Community Relations Councils, is arranging for seminars in eight cities to work out policy and strategy at the local level for dealing with the effects of the newly-enacted equal access law, Albert Chernin, NJCRAC executive vice chairman, reported. The proposal, approved by the Senate last May, and approved 337-77 by the House in a second vote on the measure, would permit religiouB groups to hold meetings in public schools but only before and after regular class hours. Since President Reagan, at his recent press conference, listed the measure as one of six he particularly wanted adopted by Congress before adjournment, his signature is assured. Chernin told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the. NJCRAC planned to hold a consultation in New Yorl: City on Sept. 9 with the American: (Jewish Congress, to coordinate the eight regional conferences. . ' The AJCongress, in a statement denouncing the House action, said it would "carry the fight to the courts to have this legislation invalidated." An AJCongress spokesman told 'the JTA it was too early to determine ho'w such a fight would be implemented. : '
Many Jewish officials questioned by the JTA noted that one of the problems involved was that the issue would not be joined until the 1984-85 school year begins, and planned monitoring started of such public access by church groups would indicate whether-fears of Jewish groups of proselytizing of Jewish school children materialized. Rabbi Henry Michaelman, executive vice president of the Synagogue Council of America, told the JTA that the SCA's six rabbinical and congregational organizations, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, "regretted" the new law and that the SCA planned to challenge its constitutionality. A commitment to "closely monitor" how this "controversial law" is implemented and readiness "to challenge unconstitutional practices that may grow out of its administration" was made in a statement for the American Jewish Committee by its president, Howard Friedman. ' He called the measure "a sharp departure from Congress's traditional caution and concern that religious liberty and separation of church and state not be tampered with." The Committee said the measure was "open to abuse by those who proselytize and seek to impose their religious preferences upon others. It would even allow extremist hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi party to gain access to the public schools." Chernin said the eight regional meetings would be held in Hartford on Sept. 13; Houston, Sept. 19; Atlanta, Sept.
20; Los Angeles, Oct. 2; Philadelphia, Oct. 3; Chicago, Oct. 8; Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9; and in Miami, Oct. 24. Chernin said the number of Jewish communities, through Jewish community relations councils and similar local organizations, to be represented were: 20 in Hartford; 19 in Houston; 10 in Atlanta; 20 in Los Angeles; 30 in Philadelphia; 18 in Los Angeles; 10 in Miami; and 15 in Columbus. Chernin said the equal access legislation would be one of several problems in church-state relations affecting Jewish to be discussed and analyzed at the eight regional consultations. He said that the equal access measure would be examined in terms of policy and strategy. Chernin added that the consultation gatherings were expected to produce guidelines for local community relations councils and similar groups to aid them in responding to any abuses of the new law in schools in their cities. Monitoring schools is one of the strategies the eight consultations, are expected to examine and arSprove for use at the local level to determine whether abuses occurred and how court action should be taken if that step was deemed necessary by the local Jewish community relations groups. Friedman also said, in the AJCommittee statement, that "the only bright spot in this rather disturbing picture of Congressional action is that, even as Congress was consid(continued on page 2)
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Jewish organizatiohs seek strategy (continued from page 1) ering such radical legislation, two federal courts of appeal, in Georgia and Pennsylvania, rendered decisions in two cases that struck down as unconstitutional public school religious activities that are very similar to tho.se authorized by the equal access legislation." However, an attorney specializing in constitutional law, who asked that his name not be used, said there were significant differences in the Georgia and Pennsylvania laws, compared to the new equal access law. Other Jewish organizations reacting to the House action included the Anti-Defanmtion League, of B'nai B'rith, In-, ternational B'nai H'rith, and Agudatb Israel. Seymour Reich, chairman of the ADL civil rights committee, said, in a statement, that "under the guise of free expression for students, the bill will open our public school doors to religious and cult groups, some of which use high pressure proselytizing techniques" and that the measure "could open to racist and extremist organizations the opportunity to operate in our public schools." Gerald Kraft, president of B'nai B'rith, denounced approval of the new measure and said it would turn the nation's schools ;"into religious battlegrounds where our children will be the only victims." He called the measure "a backdoor way of returning prayer to the public schools" and added that it took "a large chunk out of the constitutional wall separating church and state." David Zweibel, director of government affairs of Agudath Israel, called the measure "ill-conceived and dangerous." He, too, expressed fears of missionizing activities on public school premises. Zweibel made a special point of stressing the "distinction" between Agudath Israel opposition to the equal access measure and its support of legislatively-approved "school prayer initiatives where there are built:in and iron-clad guarantees that the prayer would indeed be non-denominational in form and character." -Jewish organizational opinion, outside the Orthodox agencies, continues to be one of strong opposition to any federal, or local law, permitting prayer in the public schools. Such a law, repeatedly debated but never approved despite Reagan's strong support, was introduced and approved in the House. A source told the JTA that the new version has no definition of what such prayers should contain or exclude, being "completely vague" on that critical point.
Historical Society adds Section II to contest In response to a number of requests from Jewish residents in the state of Nebraska and the city of Council ! Bluff's, Iowa, the Nebraska .Jewish Historical Society hns announced the creation of Section II of the Morris O. Fcllman Memo-
TISHA B'AV The .ICC outdoor swimming pool will be closed on Tuesday, August 7 for Tisha B'Av. There will he no lessons on Tisha B'Av. The saddest day on the Jewish calendar is Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av. On this day, it is said, both the First and Second Temples were destroyed, though the events happened hundreds of years apart. Many legends have grown up about Tisha B'Av. It is recorded that the greatest misfortunes of the Jewish people have taken place on this day. One major event we are certain about is the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, which occurred on the Ninth of Av in 1492. On that day, at least 150,000 Jews were crowded into ships to seek homes in distant lands. Tisha B'Av is still observed as a day of fasting and sorrow. Iff. the synagogue we read Lamentations, or chants of sadness, and end with hymns of hope for the restoration of Zion and happier days ahead.
rial Essay contest for 1984. Contest Section I is titled "Taking Stock: Early Jewish Businesses in Omaha". Section II will be entitled "Taking Slock: Early Jewish Businesses in Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa" and will he open to essay entrants about Jewish businesses out of the city of Omaha. Categories of the contest are for I: Grades 7 through 12: II: College and Graduate
Students: HI: Adults in the General Community. Category I need only be 500 to 1000 words. Categories II UMdIHmust.be 1000 to 1.000 words. The first prize in each category is $100. The second pri/,e in each category is $50. The deadline for the two sections^ is Dec. 1, 1984, with the announcement of winners being made during I he first part of January, 1985. in conjunction with the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society gallery
exhibit of "Jewish Landmarks in the State of Nebraska." Winning essays will be published by the Society and will be entered into its archives. Entries should be sent to the Morris C. Fellman Memorial Essay Competition, NJHS, 333 South 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68154. Those wishing assistance in planning their articles may contact Mary Fellman or Oliver PolInk.
amo movem (continued from page 1) Alamo met his wife while he was in California trying to make a career of singing and promoting musical acts in the 1950s and early 1960s, Love said. His wife converted him to her fundamentalist brand of religion, and the two were active in a "street ministry" that was recognized as helping drug addicts and down-and-outers during the 19G0s and early '70s. But their reputations were tarnished by allegations of cult-like activity, and they moved to Arkansas in the late 1970s. "Tony has recently remarried, and we believe he's trying to galvanize those followers of Susan and leave her in the past. I wouldn't be surprised if the name of that foundation changed pretty soon," Love said. Love said that while Alamo claims many followers (four million to six million) and has the power of money behind him (some published reports have estimated the cash assets of the foundation at more than $20 million), the movement has been contained within a certain element of the fundamentalist Christian community. "There's a certain strain of fundamentalist Christian that doesn't like Catholics. This is pretty fertile ground for Tony Alamo's hate-mongering," Love said. Love pointed out that Alamo's financial power comes from more than 50 business
interests scattered across the nation and owned by the foundation, The same point was raised by Ron Volkmer, professor of law at Creighton and a member of the Nebraska chapter of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Volkmer said the anti-Catholic campaign in itself "is as American as apple pie. It's been traditional in American politics for 150 years." Of greater concern, Volkmer said, is the tax-exempt status of Alamo's foundation. "The First Amendment protects the right of free speech. If the guy wants to stand on the street corner and criticize someone, that's fine. But there's a whole network of business interests connected with this foundation, and the tax-exempt status means the government is subsidizing this activity," Volkmer said. "Most people in the Catholic League recognize the First Amendment, but it doesn't give everybody a free ride. There's a serious question about whether public funds should be used to promote this hate-mongering," he said. "Just because somebody calls something a religion doesn't mean it should be supported by the government." Volkmer said the plan to open an Omaha office for Alamo's followers could be a "sad commentary" on conditions in the community.
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Yigael Yadin at 67 — soldier, scholar and politician By Simon Griver Yigael Yadin, who died aged 67 on J,une 28, was a native born Israeli whose versatile qUiilities typified the abilities and ideals of the nascent Jewish state. Yadin was a modern maceabee who combined an intellectual pursuit of history and peace with courage and prowess in defense of his people. Yadin's activities and interests spanned the past", present and future of his people. Indeed, at his funeral in the military cemetery on Mount HerzL Jerusalem, President Chaim Herzog's eulogy referred to Yadin as 'a living bridge between ancient and modern history'. The eulogy was indeed poignant, lor as one of the world's leading archaeologists, Yadin uncovered the richness of the Jewish heritage, while as Israel's second chief of staff, he was the architect of the defense forces that protected the presence of the Jewish people in its homeland. As deputy prime minister, Yadin demonstrated his passionate concern for social matters and the future of his people. Born in Jerusalem on March 21, 1917, he was the sort of archaeologist Eliezer Sukenik and educationalist Hassia (nee Fainsod). His father gained international acclaim for recognizing the authenticity of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and his mother was a renowned pioneer of early childhood educational methods. Yadin himself graduated from the Hebrew Gymnasium High School in 1934 and went straight on to the Hebrew University to study archaeology. By that time, he was already a member of the Hagana, the pre-state Jewish defense forces. It was in the Hagana that he began his rise to fame. He was appointed commander of the Jerusalem district, and afterwards head of the officers' training school, before leaving the academic life in 1947 to become the Hagana's chief of operations. Ir. this post Yadin was responsible for planning and executing Israeli army operations during the War of Independence in 1948. One year after Israel gained independence, Yadin became the Israel Defense Forces' second chief of staff. In the subsequent three years he laid the foundations for the fledgling army to become a well organized modern military machine. He introduced conscription and perhaps most significantly, he devised the system of long-term reserve ditty which truly made the IDF a citizens' army. Yadin, and then prime min-
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Jewish high school 'opens class Sept. 12 The Omaha High School of Jewish Studies will open its 1984-85 school year with registration and the first class scheduled lor 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12 at the Jewish Community Center. "It's going to be another creative educational experience that our high school has become noted for," chairman Phil Wayne said. Stanley Mitchell, director of the school, added, "Our courses not only develop a deep sense of Jewishness within our teenagers but, also.-focus on those issues 1 that are most relevant for today." This year's course of study begins with, "Your Grandparents, your Parents
and You". It will be taught by Seth D. Levy, assistant administrator of the Bureau for the Aging. Its thrust will be to sensitize the students to the experience of aging with emphasis on relating to the elderly in a positive, healthy way, "all presented with the Jewish outlook towards its elderly," Mr. Mitchell said. The OHSJS meets on Wednesday evenings, 7:30 to 9:15 at the Jewish Community Center. It is a cosponsored event between Beth El and Beth Israel synagogues and is open to all Jewish high school youth. For further information contact Stanley Mitchell 553-3221 or Phil Wayne, 333-1564.
University in 1963. In 1964 he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences, the first Israeli to be so honored. Although he formally never entered politics during this period. Yadin did take cm vital national responsibilities. He sat <m a commission that examined the country's intelligence and security services, and in 1907 became military advisor to prime minister Levi Ivshkol. Following the Yom Kippur War he was a member of the Agrunat Commission, appointed to investigate Israel's failure of a preparedness prior to the Egyptian-Syrian attacks. It was Yadin's involvement in post•I'M'V soul searching that probably propelled him to spearhead a new party, the Democratic Movement for Change. After 29 years of Lal>or rule, Yadin led the new party which was pledged to electoral reform of the Israeli political system, came from nowhere to take 15 seats in the 1977 election, and become the third largest Knesset party. In forming the party, Yadin had anticipated that he could become a purifying coalition partner of Labor. Instead, partly due to the DMC's success at the polls at the expense of Labor, Menachem Begin's Likud was able to form a coalition with the religious parties. After much discussion, the DMC decided to join the government and Yadin was appointed deputy prime minister. Yadin was outwardly unhappy about Begin's policies, which favored expanded settlement in Judea and Samaria, but his involvement with the Camp David peace process made him feel that his participation was justified. However, most of the DMC felt otherwise. The Shinui WZI'B pliolo faction, led by Amnon Rubinstein, broke away almost imProfessor Yigael Yadin leading Ben-Gurion to the mediately, and Yadin's party literally disintegrated as it was lower pavillion of King Herod's palace on Massada, unable to alter Begin's policies, nor implement the electoral 1963. Yadin, soldier, scholar, politician, as well as reform upon which is party platform was primarily based. one of the world's leading archaeologists, died on If Yadin did make an impact, it was in the field of social June 28, 1984, at the age of 67. affairs where his energetic endeavors contributed to closing ister David Ben Gurion, shared a mutual respect for each the social gap between Ashkenazim and Sephardim. He was other, but their strong wills led them to occasionally clash co-chairman of Project Renewal from the start and did over important policy matters. In 1952 Yadin resigned fol- much to get that program, which has achieved impressive lowing budget cuts in the army which he felt were unne- results, off theground. Following the 1981 elections, in which he did not particcessarily imposed by the government. Yadin then returned to his first love — archaeology. He ipate, Yadin returned to archaeology and seldom spoke was also a family man. He had married Carmella Ruppin, about his foray into politics. His wife's cousin Eitan Rupthe daughter of Zionist leader Arthur Ruppin, and they had pin, claims that Yadin felt that he had made a mistake two daughters (Carmella passed away in 1976). Ben Gurion entering politics, but was never bitter about his decision. Involved in archaeology once again, Yadin remained acand other leaders frequently tried to coax Yadirt back into public life, offering him senior cabinet portfolios. But he tive until the end, despite a worrying heart condition. On always asserted that he was not cut out for the rough and that fateful day in June he went to his vacation home in tumble life of politics. A sentiment that was to be proven Michmoret near Haifa. He complained of pains to his actor true when he finally entered the fray during the 1977 elec- brother Yossi Yadin and then collapsed lifeless to the ground. tion campaign. His funeral was attended by most of the nation's leaders. In the world of archaeology Yadin's fame spread worldwide. He analysed much of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other There were also hundreds of others who had known Yadin Second Commonwealth writings. Amongst his better in more humble circumstances, like Yonatan Sidel who had known finds were the Bar Kochbar letters, the excavations once been a student of his at the Hebrew University. "It of Hazor and their water systems, and most famous of all, was remarkable the way he could motivate us", said Sidel, "He could make history come alive". his organization of the 'dig' at Massada. For these achievements Yadin received an avalanche of awards. In 1956 he received the Israel Prize for Jewish StudPut your ies. In 1959 he was named professor of archaeology at Branad here deis University, gaining the same position at the Hebrew GnEisAww
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The weekend retrea The Hebrew University of Jerusalem bus an active public relations department which normally distributes regular batches of news releases to Jewish newspapers in tht United States. This week's mail brought one (hat caught our attention and the essence is In'ing passed along for the reader tocomtemplate. The core of the release asserts that American Jews seeking a sense of identity or roots return to their Jewishness as a sort of weekend retreat. The writer cautions that this separation of everyday life and Judaism leads to assimilation. Should you read furl her'.'
You may want to because the writer has academic credentials. He is Samuel Eisenstadt, Hose Isaacs Professor of Sociology at (he Hebrew UniversityProfessor Eisenstadt also slated that the solution comes in the form of a challenge facing Jewish education today. "Make Jewishness again a part of daily life," lie said. Then he explains: Many Americans, even I hose who consider themselves actively Jewish, ke.ep their Jewishness apart from the rest of their life. He said the songs, the holidays, the special foods — these serve as treats. But, when Americans come back to normal citi7.en existence, the Jewish dimension is no longer a strong part of their life. ,'•'•. Until relatively recent times, he said, a diaspora Jew wishing to participate,in his country's social, economic, or political activities had to consciously divorce himself from his heritage. He had to leave his friends, family, customs and even neighborhood behind. Bui, today, Professor Eisenstadt argues, especially in America, economic, political and social spheres are entirely open to Jews. It is even accepted that they can be active as Jews and participate. As there is no great pressure on Jews to not behave as Jews, they don't even realize that they are leaving the greater part of their Jewishness behind when they immerse themselves in worlds where Judaism plays no part, he continued. In the past, Jews entering this world made a deliberate choice to break their covenant. Today, it is such an easy choice, they don't always recognize 'they're making it, said the professor. Jews think they can fit completely into a non-Jewish world without losing their Jewishness. These Jews will attend synagogue on the high holidays, or enjoy a seder dinner, optimistically assuming that these ethnic experiences "keep them" Jewish. But in such families, said the professor, "the connection between general life and the Jewish dimension is relatively oblique," and ultimately these Jewish activities retreat from the quaint, to irrelevant, lo dispensable. This kind of disconnected Jewishness is too weak to survive for many generations, he stressed. When he was a boy growing up in Warsaw, Professor Eisenstadt said he attended a school where Jewish'subjects were taught in Hebrew alongside secular subjects taught in Polish," There, he said, Judaism was an integral part of his education and his life. The challenge for educators today, he said, is to bring Judaism back to daily life, to make it breathe. He recommended that one way to make Jewish studies more relevant would be to present the Jews themselves as a dynamic people, always responding to new challenges, even as they must today. Never hesitate to reveal dissent within the community, he said, because where there is dissent, there is creativity and life. • „ • Educators "must find ways to connect what is called -Jewish Education' to broader problems," he urged in order to keep Judaism from becoming a "weekend retreat" that is eventually abandoned because it is too far away and not worth the trouble.
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One of the important subjects in the curriculum, in addition to arithmetic, Hebrew, English, Arabic and other standard subjects, is Druze Consciousness. They learn of their history, culture and national identity and develop a sense of pride in their own group. Says Majeid: "I consider myself a Druze first, and then an Israeli. I am certainly not an Arab. Alongside the Israel Twenty minutes later the bell ranf; again. The children flag, the Druze flag is on display. It is composed of four lined up quickly and marched back into the school building. stripes, red yellow, blue and white, emanting from a green I surveyed the courtyard. There was not a single orange or triangle. banana peel, not a scrap of paper or bread —r nothing which In a 19G-1 world population survey, the minorities of Israel would indicate that a small army of semi-famished young- were listed as having the highest birth rate in the world. sters had just devoured a major picnic lunch here. On that list Dalyat-al-Carmel was at the top. That made This was my instruction to a school which I had been them first in the world, Majeid said with a proud smile, but told was worth visiting: Grammar School No. 2 in the Druze things were changing rapidly. He himself, born in Dalya, was one of ten children. His own family has now stopped village of Dalyat-al-Carmel. at five, and this was typical. ' There were more surprises in store. In contrast to what We visited a number of classrooms. This equipment was is often found in schools of the minorities here, this one contributed by the parents'committee. That furniture came was tastefully, even aesthetically decorated. Flowers, pic- from manufacturers elsewhere in Israel, to whom the printures, plants were everywhere. What a pleasant atmosphere cipal had simply written a letter. The children were bright, is lent to a schoolhouse whose walls and ceiling are over- clean and disciplined. The teachers, alert and diligent. hung with clambering green vines which had been encour- There was an obvious pride in "their" school. The school aged to "enter" from the outside, and proceeded to festoon janitor and caretaker was introduced in matter of fact manthe chamber. ner as the "house father". To be sure, any school with unlimited budget can afford Much of this may sound "normal" overseas, but for a to do nice things, but Public School No. 2 in Dalya has less minority school in Israel it is quite unusual. * money than most. The principal, Majeid Husseissi, exDalyat-al-Carmel, with a population approaching 10,000, plained how he got things done: volunteering and contributions. The muddy dirt road from the highway to the almost all of them Druze, has three grammar .schools. This school was impassable in winter? He induced local Druze one may be No. 2 on the records of the Education Departcontractors to contribute materials and equipment, then ment, but to us it is obviously No. 1. the teachers and some of the pupils pitched in to do the work — and a road was paved. Concrete play areas were provided in like manner. Fencing around the school was again the work of the teachers, in their spare time. HAIFA — The school bell rang and more than 400 children, aged 5-12, poured out into the school courtyard for the mid-morning break, in Israel this is EIKO time for mid> morning snack, and the youngsters lost no time in opening I heir liinclibags, and soon all were munching away on bnnun.'LK, oranges, stuffed pittot and assorted other.delicacies, wrapped and unwrapped, brought from home.
Ingenuity and imagination are not lacking in the educational program as well. Majeid told of the school's sponsorship of a special program on Ahdut Yisrael (the" unity of Israel). Not long ago they played host to some 200 pupils of like age from Jewish, Moslem and Christian schools, from city and kibbutz. The youngsters spent the day together at school, and then visited in the homes of the Druze families. What began as an experiment will now become an annual custom, with return visits also scheduled. Half the enrollment is female, and Majeid is convinced that the educated Druze girls will help change the stereotyped role of the woman in the Druze home. His mother is illiterate. His own daughter is about to enter Haifa University to major in English. Truly education is creating a revolution in the Druze world. At the moment school is in session only five days a week, but the parents are insisting that it be extended to six days. Shabbat will be a day of rest, not only because it is the Israel national Sabbath, but because that is the day when the parents are home from their own work, most of them in Haifa. The school is also closed on Sundays, but that is an anachronism dating back to the times when 60 percent of the teachers were Christians, who insisted on their own day of rest.
"My Zionist dream is fading" Editor's note: Omahan Sharon Brodkey visited the Jewish Press office before leaving for a stay in Israel to see if the newspaper would be interested in a series of articles about her life in Israel. The following editorial is her second contribution and represents her opinion:
A quarter page ad appeared in the June 8, 1984 edition of The Jerusalem Post to, " . . . appeal to the government of Israel to recognize that, if those recently imprisoned were retaliating against individuals directly or indirectly responsible for maiming or murdering Jews and the continued instigation of further terror against Jews, then the accused are guilty of no moral crime."
• By Sharon Brodkey I came to Israel because I believe that even if I don't live the rest of my life here, I want to deepen my understanding of Israel and where it fits into my life as an American Jew who affirms Zionism. My Zionist dream is fading fast. I have been here before for as long as a year. Israel is not an unfamiliar country to me. However, in the past five months I have been living here, I have seen an Israel I never knew existed. Amidst a twoyear war in Lebanon, and an economic crisis, from a country surrounded by enemies and plagued by terrorism has emerged the Machteret Yehudit — the Jewish Underground responsible for plotting the attempted assassination of some West Bank mayors and planting bombs under five civilian Arab buses in Jerusalem last April. No longer is Israel "a light among the nations". In fact, the more pressing issue is whether or not Israel is a light unto herself. It is true that Israel was founded upon violence on both sides. But, after the initial fight for a Jewish state,: it was hoped that Israel would maintain a policy of defense, not offense, that there would be no more Deir Yassins.and Operation Peace for Galilee would last only 48 hours. And, for years Israel and its supporters have been countering the PLO's claims of legitimacy by crying "Terrorism." We no longer have that luxury. Now we have to deal with the very real and serious threat of Jewish terrorism, that may be financed and is definitely supported by Jews outside of'Israel.
The ad was purchased by the Committee for the Sanctity of Human Life and the signators were, all rabbis of various congregations and institutions in the United States. I cannot describe how, as an American, this ad makes me feel. However, as a Jew I can say that it is appalling and deeply disturbing. The'very existence of the Machteret Yehudit is frightening. The fact that we do not yet know how many people are involved, how it is financed and how far they are willing to go is even more frightening. But, we do know that some Israel Defense Forces officers are involved and that American Jews have contributed at least $26,000 (with a target sum of $500,000) to the committee for the defendents of the Machteret Yehudit. Of course, like the Sabra and Shatilla cases, the guilty Israelis will be brought to justice.'but not without a fight and certainly not without, yet another unaffordable embarrassment in front of the international community of nations before whom she precariously danglea trying to legitimize her own existence. , _ I cannot remember where in my Jewish education at home, in, the community, at university or here in Israel it was ever taught, that violence and vengence are no moral crime. Nor do I believe that there is room for terrorism in the foundation of Zionism and the Jewish State that was meant to be "a light among the nations." At least Jewish terrorism was not a part of my Zionist dream. •
August 3,18M
Federation addresses future funding In the minds of many, the Jewish Federation and its agencies are viewed as social service providers: taking care of the aged, providing counseling to troubled individuals and families, running camps and activities for children, and sponsoring speakers and special programs for the Jewish community.
another 3 percent. From 1981 to the present, the budgets of the Federation and its agencies have increased over 40 percent, whereas
By Those involved at the operational end, both paid staff Allan Greene and volunteers, realize that the Jewish Federation and its Executive vice president, seven agencies is a sizable corporation. With assets of over $15,000,000 the Federation, through its agencies, will emJewish Federation of Omaha ploy over 200 people during the course of 1984. It has a permanent full-time stall' of 85 professionals responsible for accomplishing the aims of the hoards of directors. The the annual campaign has increased only 8 percent. It is fair facilities of the 2(i acre campus encompass approximately to say that the bulk of this increase has been passed on to 145,000 square feet of space. users through dues and program service fees. In 1984 alone, the programs and services emanating from There is a common phrase that goes "It takes money to the campus located on 132nd street are projected to cost make money." While making money is not a goal of the over $4,000,000. Approximately 70 percent of all costs will Federation and its agencies, specific goals to include: makhe met by membership dues and service fees. Whether it is ing Jewish families healthier, both physically and mentally; the JCC membership dues, the $15 charged for a particular educating our children, youth and adults; providing for our class, or the fee for an hour of counseling, the seven agencies elderly, building bridges and creating positive relationships are projecting to generate a combined income of over with our non-Jewish neighbors; and ensuring the general cohesiveness and prosperity of our community's future. It is not uncommon to hear someone say, "Each year I There is no question that it takes money to achieve these give to the campaign and it's a good gift. Why did I have goals. to pay a charge for classes and programs offered at the M'?" JanuaYy, 1985, marks the beginning of a significant budgIt is interesting to note that while the annual campaign is essential to the operation of the Jewish Federation, it pro- etary year. The Federation projects that the total dollars vides slightly less than 20 percent of the needed dollars. available for local allocations in 1985 will not differ signifThe Federation's endowment program provides 5 percent, icantly from those allocated a year ago. In fact, taking into the United Way 3 percent and other miscellaneous sources account costs associated with keeping the campus "open" (and this does not refer to salary costs), it appears likely that there may be fewer dollars available than one year ago.
Have you heard the one about the teen-ager who lost his . "bank-in-a-billfold" card and had no idea how he'd have access to his money again? This is not the punch line to a joke .. . this is the story a friend told me about her kid, a child of this electronic, automated space age. He was astounded when she told him he could go to the bank, see and speak to a REAL human, fill out a proper form, and accomplish the same miracle an inanimate object posted outdoors could!
The fastest growing areas of expense are those associated with maintaining the facilities located on the campus as well as the increasing costs of care in the nursing home. Costs in these two areas alone will more than consume any additional funds that may be available in 1985. The fact is that the Federation's operating agencies are already preparing for cutbacks in the 1985 annual allocations.
The Federation is currently involved in a three-pronged approach to address future funding. The first is a very serious evaluation and assessment of the annual campaign in an effort to reach the capacity of our community is capable of giving. The second is a revitalization of the Federation's endowment development program as can be seen by the formation of the Federation Foundation, (which you have been reading about over the past several months in the Jewish Press). The third area is that of long-range planIt made me think about all the things today's kids have ning whereby the Federation will seek to determine the never heard of, that only a few decades ago were so ordinary. futurejjrogram and service needs of the community as well For instance, I would guess that most youngsters have no as the capacity of the Federation to fund those needs. idea which way a piece of carbon paper faces for proper copying. After all, what kids haven't been taught about the • xerox machine? I would also suspect that today's youth can't remember • " By M. J . Rosenberg a time when a doctor (or anyone else "on call") had to be Near East Report sure to go to a phone and call in for any important message. Peter Grose's book Israel in the Mind of America A time before beepers were so commonly found in pocketB of everybody from real estate salespeople to brain surgeons. (Knopf, 1983) reveals a fascinating irony. He tells how the U.S. State Department "unwittingly provoked the first I once spent days of checking one store after another to • clear statement of Zionist aspirations in the United States." The year was 1815 and Mordecai Manuel "Noah, a Jewish find an item I call a clothes sprinkler. Nobody knew what I was talking about, and when I explained its use for damp- Democrat from New York City, had been serving as U.S. ening items to be ironed, I got a blank stare and such an- consul in Tunisia for two years. Noah believed that he was swers as "who irons?" I finally got help from an older clerk doing a good job in a difficult situation — pirates from who suggested a make-shift arrangement, because she North Africa were attacking American ships and Noah had to deal with the menace. But then, without warning, Noah hadn't seen one for years! was dismissed from his position by Secretary of State James There are some things to be missed, connected with our Monroe. automatic world. One is the fun it used to be to hold a Monroe explaihed why he was firing Noah in a letter toddler on your lap, let him listen to your watch and then carried to Tunis by courier. He went right to the point. "At make "tick-tock" among his first vocabulary words. A niece the time of your appointment as Consul at Tunis it was not of mine had the family in stitches about 15 years ago when known that the religion which you profess would form any she listened somberly to her grandpa's watch; when asked obstacle.... Recent information, however, on which entire what it said, her reply was "it says hmmmmmmm". And it reliance may be placed, proves that it would produce a very did. It hummed, because of course it had a teensy little unfavorable effect. . . . On the receipt of this letter, therebattery inside, and in addition to that, it never needed wind- fore, you will consider yourself no longer in the public ing. I know many kids who don't know about winding a service." watch or clock. Monroe's dismissal of Noah outraged the patriotic Noah. If you really think about all this, it's a little frightening. Writes Grose: "The circumstances of his recall, involving What do we have to look forward to in the years to come? a blatant slur on his heritage, touched off in him nothing So much automation, so many smart things the computer less than the ambition to lead a crusade. If being a Jew led can do . . . how much human contact will we have in the to humiliation, then a Jew he would be — and he would fight back." future? Noah fought back by becoming a Zionist. More than a Great numbers of people now have computers, and it's a half century before Theodor Herzl wrote Der Judenstaat, safe bet that in another decade or two they will be as com- Noah called for a Jewish state in Palestine. He appealed monly found as a television set. And they will do everything to Christian America to join in promoting the Jewish return from transfer money from one account to another, allow to Zion. . many to work from home and transmit information to a Noah was a famouB man in his time. In fact, he was one central office, make all shopping from home more likely of the more important Democratic figures during the Jackthan not, to heaven knows what! son era. But his most significant contribution was that he There will be hundredsj>| positive results; I'm a bit con- introduced Americans ta something very like modern Zioncerned about the negatives. If I don't walk around a store, ism. It was a first encounter in what would prove to be a I'll miss the people.When I work at home, I can concentrate long, involved relationship — one that would prove instru• better, but I miss the cameraderie of the office. The person mental in the establishment of Israel in 1948. Peter Grose's book tells the fascinating story of "Amerwho cashes my.check or writes up my purchase commisica's 150-year fascination with fhe idea of Jewish state" and erates with me about the weather, and I like that. he tells it well. Most of the book deals with the key events, I guess I'll be branded as old-fashioned, but I like many of the twentieth century: gaining American support for the things just the way they are. I hope some genius can figure 1917 Balfour Declaration and for the 1947 partition of Palout how to just computerize the boring stuff and leave the estine that meant Jewish independence. One of the more revealing parts of the book is Grose's rest as is!
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Gifts of life insurance appropriate for Foundation i
By Barbara Simon, Foundation consultant The tradition of honoring an event or a person, sharing good fortune or perpetuating a loving memory often stimulates gilts to our Foundation. Gifts may be given during your life or by bequest. One of the goals of our new Federation Foundation is to attract new, permanent gilts to benefit the Federation, its agencies and special projects now and for the future. One kind of gift that the Foundation would like to receive — in addition to cash, securities, various trust? nnd annuities — is the gift of life insurance policies. Most people don't think of life insurance as a way to make gifts to the Jewish community. However, once insurance has provided adequate family and estate protection, a much larger charitable gift can be made than you ever imagined. There are several ways you can give insurance to the Foundation that are also tax beneficial: — You can buy a policy and designate the Foundation as a beneficiary and/or owner. Or you can stipulate that (he Foundation receive only a percentage of the benefits. When the Foundation is the sole owner, you can deduct all premium payments. — You can transfer an existing policy and name the Foundation as owner. At the time of transfer, you can take a current deduction equal to the "interpolated terminal reserve," an amount slightly exceeding the net cash value of the policy. All future premium payments, if due, would be a current tax deduction. — You can set up a Charitable Remainder Trust with an insurance policy, with partially deductible premiums. Such a trust allows you to provide income for your family after death, with the principal ultimately paid to the Foundation. — You can donate a permanent policy so the loan value can be made available to benefit the Foundation during your lifetime. — A group term policy can also be used as a gift to the Foundation, thereby eliminating income taxes incurred when the policy has a value of over $50,000. Any questions on specific insurance, tax or legal matters should be directed to your personal counselors, because these articles are, by necessity, brief and general. Many people find life insurance a good way to make permanent endowment gifts because large donations can be created through small premium payments. Men and women with strong Jewish identities and involvement in our community find insurance a practical way to express their commitment to the future of our Jewish community. For more information about the Federation Foundation and its activities, call Allan Greene, Foundation executive vice president, 334-8200. ' . " .
description of the relationship of two Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, to the .Jewish independence movement. Most readers will turn to the sections on these two expecting to read what they already know — that Roosevelt was no friend of Zionism and that Truman was its strong backer. That is not the way Grose tells it. According to Grose, FDR believed not only in the Jewish right to Palestine but in the Jewish right to all of it. "Like the most extreme of Zionists, he thought that Palestine itself should be secure and exclusive for Jewish nationalism. Arab nationalism was to find its full expression in the newly independent Arab states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq." Even after he met with Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in 1945, FDR said that Arab opposition only meant that the Jewish state's establishment might take longer than he had previously thought. Statehood was inevitable. Sadly, however, FDR's best intentions were often thwarted by the State_ Department. And tragically, Roosevelt's pro-Zionist ardor did not motivate him to do anything much to save European Jewry from Hitler. Millions of the people who were to populate the Jewish state never lived to see it. Still, Grose concludes that FDR was caught up in the romance of the Jewish return. In fact, in 1945 on the way back from Yalta, he had his plane fTy low over Palestine so he could see the' country.' At the time of his death, he was planning to visit there with his wife, Eleanor. Truman Jacked FDR's romantic approach to Israel. For Truman, the Jews of Europe presented a refugee problem of terrible proportions. The Jews of Palestine wanted their brethern with them and, for Truman, logic was on their side. However, like Roosevelt, Truman had to deal with a bureaucracy which was pro-oil and anti-Jewish. Grose tells the story of how Truman was moved to the pro-Zionist position both by events and by the intervention of four men: Chaim Weizmartn; Truman's old friend Eddie Jacobson from Missouri; Jewish White House aide David Niles; and non-Jewish aide Clark Clifford. The contributions of each of these four were essential in the conversation of Truman to a pro-statehood position. Without FDR's pro-Zionist zeal, Truman was still the man who recognized Israel in 1948. No one knows what Roosevelt would have done but we do know what the man from Missouri did. Peter Grose is to be congratulated. He has taken history and made it as exciting and stirring as the best novel. Israel in the Mind of America is a book to be studied — and it is a book to take to the beach. That combination is rare indeed.
August 3,19M
About Deuteronomy
Beth Israel SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 7 p.m. Saturday; Morning service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows the service in the social hall. Class with rabbi 7:30 p.m. Mincha 8:15 p.m. Mincha will be follower! by Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdaluh. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire services 9 a.m. • Weekdays: 7 a.m. and H:15 p.m. T1SHA B'AV SERVICES Monday, Aug. 6: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7: 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Tempi© Israel SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Rabbi Stephan F. Barack and Jeffrey Taxman will officiate. Saturday: Morning Services 11 a.m. BOARD MEETING Temple Israel Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 8 in the Milder Conference Center of Temple. The Executive. Committee will meet at 0 p.m., preceding the Board Meeting. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (JTA). — Belle Rosen has been re-elected president of the Springfield Jewish Fed-' eration.
V Sabbath Candlehghting for Friday, August 3, 8 21 p m SERVICES: Friday: (J p.m. Rabbi I'aul brazen and Cantor fimil Berltovits will conduct the services.
GARAGE SALE Beth El's garage sale will be held Aug. VI. Donations of items as well as volunteers to help work the sale are welcome. Contact the office for information. Sale hours are 8-5 p.m. SE'UDAH SHLISHIT The program of Se'udah Shlishit will continue alternate Shabbat afternoons through the end of Daylight Savings Time. Watch the Synagogue listing weekly to find out the time of services and Se'udah Shlishit.'
Saturday: Services 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Minha-Ma'ariv 8:25 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. TISHA B'AV SERVICES Monday, August 6 — 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, August 7 — Minha - 1 p.m., Ma'ariv 5:30 p.m. Melanie and Bruce Poster HIGH HOLIDAY of Sante Fe, New Mexico YOUTH PROGRAM Plans are being developed announce the June 25 birth for the High Holiday Youth of a daughter, Katherine Program. Parents inter- Rachel. They also have a ested in helping should con- son, David Kenton. Grandparents are Ida and tact the Synagogue Office. Bill Poster of Omaha and BOOK OF Muriel and Bob Kenton of REMEMBRANCE Information has been Bayside, NY. sent to members about the Lawrence J. and M Lee Book of Remembrance for 5745. Return the informq- Hasslinger announce the tion by the date indicated in July 22 birth of a daughter, Jessica Lynn. The Hasslinthe letter. gers have another daughter, Sarah Marie. Mr. and Mrs. M. Mace Jabenis are the maternal grandparents. Sol Lagman is the maternal great grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hasslinger of Bloomington, Minn, are the paternal grandparents.
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Friday: 7:30 p.m.
Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Saturday: Services 9 a.m.
©©smsi ESOaafffc EB'rc&i Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday of the month: 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. ,, Everyone is welcome. SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.
SERVICES: Saturday: 8:45 a.m. Sunday: 8 a.m.
sis© SERVICES: Services are conducted in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
Carol and Eamsey Robinson cordially invite their friends to help celebrate the 40th Wedding anniversary of their parents Sam and Minnie Nemeroff, Sunday, August 12th, 2-4 p.m. Livingston Plaza Community Room.
Par ashat Pevarim By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke If, as we have been accustomed to accept, the Synagogue began as a place for informal folk study of Scripture, it is doubly irritating that summer doldrums, in the United States at least, sharply reduce Synagogue attendance when Deuteronomy is read. The irritation of this problem is somewhat soothed this summer of 1984 because of the "late fall" of our religious calendar in its sliding relationship with the civil calendar. For most of us, including many who are nominally Orthodox, summer i3 vacation time. And there is a moratorium on synagogue attendance. When? Just when Deuteronomy is read from the Torah and the electrifying readings from Jeremiah and Isaiah preceding and following Tisha B'Av are offe.red as the haftarot. It is widely accepted that Deuteronomy, or part of it, was the "Sefer haTorah" brought to King Josiah in 621 B.C.E. It led to the most thorough-going "reformation" in Biblical history. Deuteronomy, for many Bible readers, is the most moving and elevating of the. five books of Torah. There is relatively little narrative, except for reminiscence. But there is much religious admonition and much "theological" interpretation of history. And much more. The Ten Commandments are repeated in Deuteronomy, with slight but interesting changes from the version in Exodus. Two of the three Biblical passages that constitute our daily Sh'ma are lifted from the columns of Deuteronomy. These are (V'Ahavta) "You must love the Lord your God," and (V'Haya im shamoa), the classic statement of the doctrine of reward and punishment. This latter doctrine dominates the whole of the socalled "Deuteronomistic history," from Joshua through Kings. It is, as well,
the underlying theme of much of the vigorous prophetic literature, which calls for social righteousness as the core of true religion, and threatens national disaster if the social fabric displays unconcern for the disadvanI aged. This theme of reward and •punishment is not seriously challenged until books like Ecclesiastes and Job admit that that is the world that ought to be, but proclaim boldly that that is not the world that is. It is the largest section of Deuteronomy that give the book its name. The Hebrew simply has "Devarim," "Words." But the Greek, Deuteronomy, "a repetition of the law," makes clear that the book restates the law. Actually, of course it restates and expands the law. We • have discussion of many areas of law, law religious and law economic, law domestic and law on government, law civil and law criminal. From these pages arises a concept of humanity and humanitarianism otherwise unknown in the ancient world — criminal law, indeed, more humane that any other up till quite modern times. Some readers may remember James Michener's "The Source". Michener studied Judaism, Jewish history, the Bible, Palestine, Israel and Zionism in preparation for his book. At one point the Israeli archaeologist suggests to the American Catholic archaeologist who was in charge of the fruitful dig.at Makor, that if he wants to understand Judaism, indeed if he wants truly to understand religion at all, he ought to read and reread and reread Deuteronomy. The Jew who wants to know Judaism should do no less. Remembering always that rabbinic Judaism defined and refined Jewish religion, the Jewish student should do no less. More, of course, much more. But certainly no less. .
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Inquiring Photographer Claudia Sherman Interviews the cast from "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" Question: What impresses you about the show? '..?:**W .' • ;
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Denise RtcAlexander Marty Skomal — he's a wonderful director. Also, none of the songs are really known. They're really cute little songs. :
Stan Widman The underlying Jewishness of the show. I think there are some really talented young people in this show. They're a lot of fun to work with.
David Rosenberg The music. It's authenticity. The things that are portrayed in the show are a day-to-day thing in the garment cen* ter.
Susie Slominsky For one thing, I love to dance. This is my first show. I love the people — they really inspire me. I'm getting to do what I like best.
Dave Kenyon This time we have a lot of good actors, good directors, including the assistant director. They know what they're doing.
Ken King I think it's a very good show, but what impresses me is the organization of the staff here at the Jewish Community Center.
Linda Wiley This theater really impresses me. The professionalism of the directors — I'm very impressed.
Mark Bernstein The energy of the people I'm working with — every-minute-energy.
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Volunteers The. Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging would like to recruit volunteers for a Respite Care Program. Respite Care is the nucleus of a larger community services program intended to provide in-home services for impaired elderly and the primary caregiver's family.
mary caregiver is out. Impairment is defined as the inability of a person to maintain one's self independently in the community. An elder is anyone age sixty (60) or older. Entry into the system may be made by contacting the Advocacy Division of the Eastern Nebraska Office on AgThe concept of respite ing. service is founded on the theory that a break in !the . Any agency, family, or caregiving routine can re- support group may refer store the physical capacity families to the Advocacy Diand emotional strength to vision. The implementing of both the caregiver and the the program is planned for late September or early Ocperson receiving care. tober '84'. For information, contact Respite is relief provided by a volunteer who stays in Seth Levy, assistant adminthe home with a health-im- istrator, Rose Blumkin Jewpaired elder while the pri- ish Home.
Personal Crisis Service, a 24-hour suicide prevention and crisis intervention hotline, needs volunteers to man the phone lines. A four night training ses-
sion will be held Aug. 13,15, 20 & 22,7:30 P.M., at Countryside ^Community Church, 8787 Pacific Street. For more information, call 3311426.
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Omaha youth attend annual convention Eight Omaha teenagers will be delegates to BBYO's 1984 International Convention. The DBG delegation consists of Andie (jordman, Internationa] Hhlirha ami Cornbelt Ki'ijion N'.siah; Danielle Epstein, delegation leader; Jennifer Kallenian; Dawn Snyilen and Debbie Cohen, .all are members of M.Z. Yoshimah HUG //20f):i. Delegates for AZA are Eric Tatelman, delegation leader and Regional Aleph S'gun; Bruce Kaiman; and Jay Gordman, all members of Sam Beber AZA //100.
kick-off the two international programs thrusts in these areas. Through the implementations of BBADD (B'nai B'rith Against Drunk Driving), the teenagers hope to educate the public to the hazards of drunk driving and ultimately help to remove those offenders from the roads across the United States and Canada.
'I\vo programs unique to this year's convention will be a special memorial dedication to Rabbi Mofdechai Kaplan and the dedication Keynote speaker for the of a memorial plaque in tribanniversary activities will ute to all AZA and BBG be Philip M. Klutznick, members who died while honorary president of B'nai they were members of the B'rith International and the organization. Rabbi Kasecond international presi- plan, the founder of the Redent of AZA. Mr. Klutznick constructionist movement was also a member of sev- of Judaism, served on the eral .U.S. delegations to the leadership staff of BBYO United Nations and secre- during the early years of the tary of Commerce in the development of its new internationally recognized , Carter Administration. leadership training proThe convention, sched- grams. uled for Aug. 16-22 at the An additional plaque will B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp in Starlight, Pennsylvania be dedicated to the memory will draw more than 400 of Senator Henry Jackson youth from the United based on his significant conStates, Canada, Israel, tributions to the Jewish Great Britain, France, Bel- people. With this plaque, Jackson's name will join gium and West Germany. those of earlier memorial Major program highlights recognition, such as John include the presentation of and Robert Kennedy, Rabbi the Sam Beber AZA Distin- Morris Adler, and Martin guished Alumnus Award to Luther King. Aaron Grossman of YoungsThe convention will also town, Ohio and the Anita Perlman Distinguished Al- serve to introduce the orumna Award to judge Zita ganization's 1984-85 memLeeson Weinshienk of Den- bership plan and will feature the presentation of ver, Colorado. awards for contest and acDuring.the conference, complishments over the the youth will focus on such course of the past year. issues as teenagers against Election of international drunk driving and working AZA and BBG officers will with the elderly and will also take place.
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Class of the80s By Paul Roffman For those of you who don't know, there are many different activities a Jewish youth may participate in. Each synagogue has its own youth group, of the three OTYG (Omaha Temple Youth Group) is one of the 10 youth groups, which, when combined, make up MoVl'TY (Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth). It is one of many branches of the national group known as NiFTY (National Federation of Temple Youth). NiFTY also has groups overseas and in Canada. Mitch Warren, who was a senior at Burke High School last year now is president of the national federation. Isn't that nifty? Kadimah, the Beth Israel youth group, is structured much the same, only they are limited to just the United States, and are also divided into regions. Beth El's youth group, USY, is the same as the other two, only USY is international, and its regions range from Omaha's EMTZA to their region in Israel. The largest and most popular youth group in Omaha is the international group known as BBYO. (B'nai B'rith Youth Organization) which has regions in the United States, Canada, Israel, and many other places in the world, branching out to Europe, the Middle East, North America, and to some extent, Africa. This organization is run out of the Jewish Community Center and is part of the "Cornbelt" region. BBYO chapters in Omaha are, Mother Chapter AZA #1 (Aleph Zadik Aleph), the first chapter in the world, Sam Beber Century Chapter #100, and Chaim Weizmann #1510 for the male BBYOers. and for the females there are two chapters, Ediar BBG* #710, and M.Z. Yoshanah BBG* #205.'). ('BBC. stands for B'nai B'rith Girls). ,.. All the youth groups discussed in this column are made up and run by and for teenagers in grades 9-12. All the youth groups require advisors, who to my understanding, help the youth groups grow and prosper. '• The basic difference between the synagogue groups and BBYO is that the synagogue organizations are co-ed, while BBYO chapters are not. However, the BBYO chapters "put up" members of the chapters of the opposite sex, to become either a "sweetheart" for the AZA chapters or a "beau" for the girls' chapters. Each chapter puts up three or four candidates and an honorary sweetheart. The members of the chapter meet secretively six months later and vote for the candidate they believe will help their chapter the most, and, within that same month (usually) the group will then have its dance, each AZA dance is separate, and the Beau Dance is a combined effort of both BBG groups. AZA #1 will be hosting their dance Aug. 11. The neatest thing about these youth groups is that you may belong to both BBYO and all three synagogue groups. Next week I will actually interview various teenagers from different youth groups and ask them why they enjoy the groups with which they are involved.
Part-time positions The Early Childhood Department of the Jewish Community Center has announced the availability of part-time staff positions. These, include teachers, child care workers, substitutes and assistants. For information, contact Marlen Frost at 334-8200.
Jewish tradition views genetic engineering NEW YORK — How does Judaism view test-tube babies? What should an observant Jewish couple do if they are infertile? Or if they learn that their unborn child will be Iwrn with a handicap? Does Judaism approve of current scientific efforts to probe the mysteries of the genes, or does • it viciv all siiich attempts as unholy and dangerous tampering with nature? These are union;; the questions discussed in a booklet just published by the American Jewish Committee's William Petschek National Jewish Family Center. Titled "Gent-tic Engineering and the Family: Promise or Peril?", the booklet summarizes the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Center in April, l!}34. The aims of both the conference and the booklet, said Dr. Lawrence Grossman, program specialist in AJC's Jewish Communal Affairs Department and coordinator of the conference, were to bring the issue of genetic engineering to the attention of the Jewish community, to stimulate discussion of the subject, to seek Jewish perspectives on the issues, and to "lay the groundwork that would enable concerned Jews to take a stand on these issues if and when that seems warranted." One of the central conclusions of the conference, reports the booklet, was that Jewish tradition and ethics not only do not forbid genetic research but probably can be considered to encourage it. In the Jewish view, the booklet says, God has charged man "to 'conquer' the world, that is, to master nature [which] means that we should [try] to unlock
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By Julie Weiner It's that time of year again — Rush season for Jewish youth groups. Kadimah NCSY will be having its first rush of the season on Thursday.Aug. 9. We will all be meeting at Putt-Putt Golf at 7:30 p.m., (by the way, it's the one on 90th & Center), for an evening of golf and video games. We will be having a tournament, and prizes will be awarded to our top golfers. There's a house party afterwards at Julie Wax's — 118 South 88th Street — Sundaes, pop, and the works will be served. The cost for
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (JTA) — Stephen Lieberman has been elected president of the Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service, succeeding Reva Rosenbloom, who served for the past two years.
Tisha B'Av Program After the program, all those interested may remain afterwards as we read the book of Lamentations, the traditional reading for this solemn day. This program is open to the entire community, and both youth and adults may attend. If you have any questions, please contact either Julie Weiner aat 5514247 or Julie Wax at 3999741.
By Julie Weiner On Monday evening, Aug. 6, Kadimah NCSY will be holding a special T.isha B'Av program, at 8:30 p.m. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (JTA) in the youth lounge of Beth — Gerald Meyer has been Israel Synagogue. The program will be culelected president of the Syrturally and historically oriacuse Jewish Federation, ented. It will be based on the succeeding Alan Burstein. Holocaust and how it correlates to other tragedies " that occurred on Tisha B'Av throughout Jewish history.
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the secrets of genetics for the benefit of humanity . . : [and that] we are fulfilling God's will by uncovering the secrets of the building blocks of life." The conferees also agreed, the booklet says, that treatments to help couples overcome infertility were in consonance with Jewish law, both because Judaism commands that man "be fruitful and multiply" and because "there is an obligation to heal the sick, and enabling the infertile to conceive is u form of healing." Similarly, the report continues, once it becomes possible and reasonably safe to cure genetic diseases while the fetus is still, in the uterus, Jewish lav; would approve of such treatments and possibly even mandate them. "This is already the case with Rli disease," said one participant, a physician and authority on Jewish medical ethics, who added: "It is Jewish obligatory to have amniocentesis if the mother is Rli negative, since this is curable in the womb — and the same will apply to other diseases once we can cure them in the same way." Among the genetic issues that could be considered "grey areas" as far as Jewish law is concerned, the booklet says, are artificial insemination, laboratory fertilization, and abortion following a genetic screening indicating that a fetus was defective. All of these issues, the booklet says, raise serious ethical questions that concerned Jews will have to weigh and discuss at length before they can come to any conclusions as to what actions are in agreement with Jewish principles. For example: if a woman is inseminated with donor sperm other than her husband's, is the child legitimate — and whom shall the child look on as its father? If a fertilized ovum is placed in a "host mother," who is the mother? Is the risk involved in removing an ovum from a woman (either Mr "test-tube" fertilization or placement in another woman's womb) a warranted risk —. and does such a treatment cross the boundary of "healing" and enter the territory of "unwarranted tampering with nature"? As for abortion, the AJC publication notes, while Jewish law does not forbid abortion, and clearly permits it when the mother's life is in danger, it also holds that all life, including potential life, as sanctity. Moreover, the booklet asks, who is to decide what is a "defect," and might not decisions to abort "defective" fetuses be akin to plans to create a "master race"?
JENNIE EPSTEIN Jennie Epstein, 85, a resident of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, died July 26. Services were conducted July 30 at Fisher Farm Cemetery with Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of Beth Israel Synagogue officiating. In addition to her husband, Sam, she is survived by daughters, Mrs. Yale (Ida) Halperin and Mrs. Julius (Vera) Bernstein, both of Omaha; son, Danny, also of Omaha; sisters, Becky Beber, of Omaha and Ida Borison, of Los Angeles; and Ann Brick, of Birming-. ham, Alabama; seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to Beth -Israel Synagogue, the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or to a favorite charity. JAY J. FRIEDMAN Services for Jay Joshua
Friedman, infant son of Howard and Sandra Friedman, of 10508 Forest Drive, were held Sunday at Pleas^ ant Hill Cemetery. In addition to his parents, he is survived by grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Willard I. Friedman, and Mrs. and Mrs. Bernard F. Bogdanoff, all of Omaha. GEORGE GIVOT Word has been received in Omaha of the death in Palm Springs, Calif, of former Omahan George Givot. '. According to his cousin, Omahan Max Givot, Mr. Givot was known as "the Greek ambassador". He started his vaudeville career with Jan Peerce, was on the radio with Eddie Cantor for several years, and appeared as a character actor in several Hollywood movies. Mr. Givot also acted in numerous productions on Broadway.
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Liberia-Israel resume medical services Jerusalem . . . Liberian diplomat Angle Brooks, 24th President of UN General Assembly, and late Professor I.C. Michaelson, head of Opththalmology Department at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in 1970, after he treated her for eye problems. Hadassah doctors removed cataracts from eyes of late Liberian President Tubntan. Hadassah's African Eye Programs ended during Yom Kippur War in 1973. Now, Liberian Head of State Samuel Doe and Dr. Zauberman have announced resumption of the services which are sponsored by Division of International Cooperation of the Israel Foreign Ministry.
The upcoming Danzig exhibit at the Joslyn. museum will be the subject of an interview with Hollister Sturges, curator of European Art at the museum, and Mickey Sturm who was instrumental in funding the project. • The interview, conducted
ORLANDO, Fla. (JTA) — •Rabbi Harry Halpernhas been re-elected president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando.
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The people who would not die: a Tisha B'Av reflection By Irving Greenberg President, National Jewish Resource Center The Ninth of Av is the worst day in Jewish history. Over three millenia, some of the greatest disasters of Jewish history started or ended around this day. Yet the rabbis, reversing the plain meaning of a verse in Lamentations (I, 15), called the day a 'moed,' a festival-to-be. The question is: given the numerous tragedies that occurred on this dute, what could one ever celebrate on this day? The land of Israel is situated on the land bridge between Asia, Africa, and Europe, making it an inevitable target for expanding empires. In 721, the Northern Kingdom of Israel, comprising Ten Tribes, was conquered by Assyria; its pop-
By Estelle Rosenberg Recently returning home from a three week trip to Europe were Mr. and Mrs. Everett Evnen and Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Polsky. They visited in England and Austria and the Polskys spent five days in Majorca, Spain. Tzi Graetz, son of Rabbi and Mrs. Michael Graetz of " Omer, Israel is visiting with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marian Graetz of Lincoln. Mr. and' Mrs. Leo Hill, their son and daughter-in^ law, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hill, all of Lincoln and the latter Mrs. Hill's father, Abe Fishman of Kansas City, Mo., recently returned from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel, Cairo and Luxor, Egypt; and London,. England. On their way home they stopped in New York to visit the granddaughter of the Leo Hill, actress, Shayna Hill, and to see the shpw, "42nd Street." The Shefer family,' who have been members of Tifereth Israel Congregation while they were in Lincoln have returned to Israel. Many of you maybe interested in writing and calling them from time to time, so here is their address and phone number: Dr. Yigal and Dorthea Shefer, Dana, Ariel and Eitan, 51 Hebron Road, Abu Tor, Jerusalem, 93546. Israel phone: 02718119.
This summer the USY Leadership Training Institute will be held Aug. 16-26 at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wise. This is an excellent opportunity to meet other kids, in our area, gain some valuable USY leadership training and to have a fabulous time. The cost for this 10-day camp experience is $233. (not including transportation.) Scholarships may be available. There are people going from Omaha with whom transportation may be arranged, if interested, please contact Michael Keller at 488-3967. The Tifereth Israel Congregation: will host a Kiddush on Aug. 17, in honor of Ruth Keller completing 21 years of dedicated service to the Synagogue. The Kiddush will follow the morning Shabbat service.
ulation was exiled never to return. In 597 B.C.E., Babylonia, the destroyer of Assyria, captured the kingdom of Judah. Ignoring Jeremiah's prophetic advice to wait patiently for another day, egged on by Egypt, King Zedekiah revolted. Babylonian punishment was swift; the Temple was burned down mid the population exiled. The Debt ruction'and Exile caused a crisis of faith and politics — but the years from 721 to 5fi6 B.G.E. had been well used. The development of classical prophecy with its strong emphasis that spiritual and ethical relationship lo God WHS more important than cult or land made the Judeans more capable of surviving the experience of exile. Four days — the tenth of Tevet (the day the siege began), t he seventeent h of Tammuz (the day Jerusalem's walls were breached), the third of Tishri (the day the lqst Jewish governor of Judea was killed), and the day of destruction itself — were established as days of mourning and reflection. The people were taught that they were being punished for betraying the covenant but that God still cared deeply. Instead of yielding to despair and political force majeure, the surviving Jews became more religiously faithful than before. Community gatherings, Shabbat, prayer and study were strengthened in Babylonia. After the return, despite building a Second Temple during the Second Commonwealth, Jews continued to observe the fast days optionally. Memory of the tragedy was turned into a continuing spur to religious faithfulness. In the first century C.E., the Roman Empire established hegemony over the land of Israel. A full-scale revolt erupted in the year 66. After four years of unremitting warfare, weakened by siege, starvation and civil war, the Jews yielded Jerusalem. On the ninth of Av, the Romans set fire to the Temple mount. The Jews refused to quit. In the years 115-117, there were widespread rebellions by Diaspora Jewry which were bloodily suppressed. In 132 C.E., the remaining population of Judea revolted, led by Simon Bar Kochbava would-be messiah. Again, the overwhelming might of Rome was brought to bear. Bar Kochbar withdrew to the city of Bethar where he and his remaining troops were destroyed. Bethar fell on
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the ninth of Av. The remaining population of Judea was deported. Jews were prohibited from entering Jcrsualem. With this defeat, hopes for restoration of the Temple were set back indefinitely. The three weeks from 17 Tarn muz to 9 Av were turned into a period of grief — no mar riages, no haircuts, no celebrations. Some swore never to drink wine or cut meat again — others spoke of not having children — until the 'IVmple was restored. The rabbis insisted t hat mourning was proper but extreme sadness would be unlivablc. The fast days were made mandatory but celibacy was rejected. At every wedding, a glass was broken to remember the loss, every home was left u hit unfinished to spur on work for full restoration. The rabbis interpreted the catastrophe as a call to the Jewish people.'God had 'withdrawn' to draw the. Jewish people to greater participation in the covenunl. Learning, prayer, and observances were expanded until every aspect of life was turned into a religious experience. Later generations saw in the Destruction and Exile the symbol of ongoing Jewish suffering and oppression. Later tragedies (such as Crusades, pogroms, etc.) were incorporated into this day. Repeated destructions were goads to greater commemoration and increased observance. In 1492, Spanish Jewry was expelled from Spain — on the ninth day of Av. In the aftershock of this great disaster, a new form of mysticism, Lurianic Kabbalah, was developed and spread throughout Jewry. The expulsion and exile were interpreted as reflections of cosmic brokenness. The Tisha B'Av period became even more central a day in the calendar but the sorrow was channeled into raising the standard of religious and communal behavior. The Jewish people were called to reenacl the Divine exile and to perfect the world by faithfulness and religious practices. Every halachi gesture, every child born was an act of cosmic tikkun, perfection. When the Jewish people fully accomplished its mission, tikkun olarri, total repair of the world, would be achieved. Some Kabbalists went up to Israel and generated a great flowering of mysticism in the city of Safed. Around the world, a new wave of religious observances spread throughout the Jewish community. A practice of arising at midnight for special mourning rites for the Temple was established. Prayers were increased and infused with mystical intentions. Mysticism — heretofore an elitist; esoteric doctrine — became the possession of the masses and was applied to everyday behavior. Later, this popular mysticism paved the way for an explosive messianic movement (led by Shabbetai • Zevi) and, still later, for the extraordinary Hasidism. On July 22, 1942, during the Holocaust, the mass deportations from Warsaw to Trehlinka were begun. The date was the ninth of Av. (The Nazis had a policy of scheduling aktions, roundups, and mass killings for Jewish holidays.) The greatest catastrophe in history was inflicted on Jewry. But the Jewish response again was not to yield to death. The recreation of the State of Israel with the overwhelming participation of world Jewry, the renewal of Jewish life in various diaspora lands, testifies to the elemental force of life and faith in this people. . • • The fundamental Jewish teaching is that life will triumph in this world. In no other people's history is the devil's evidence — the power of death — so manifest. Therefore, faithfulness to the covenant has demanded an extraordinary increase of life and building in response to each catastrophe. By the.power of love and hope, disaster has repeatedly been harnessed as a force for increasing life. Tisha B'Av is a tribute to the inexhaustibility of life, When the full redemption is achieved, it will become a celebration of the people who would not die: HRS: 1-7 p.m. M W Thurs & Fri
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JCC swim team takes first By Randi Epstein Jn July 19, Division B fis v»ere held al the Itockiok sjA'iinining pool. Il s an exciting meet lieuse the .JOC team was i.id during the ent ire even|', and in the end, won by ,)pr()ximutely-70 points!!
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lipsman, and Mr. and Mrs. Irving Blank visited the San, Francisco area where they celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary of former Omahans Eve (Lipsman) and Phil Katz, in Palo Alto, Calif., and attended the wedding of Marian (Lipsman) Peskin of Denver, Colo., and Lou Gelfand, El Paso, Texas. The ceremony, performed by Rabbi Martin Weiner of Congregation Shearith Israel, was held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, followed, by a champagne brunch. These two f r e h l i c h e events were the basis of a family reunion for Esther Lipsman's children and their offspring. Besides the Blanks and Lipsmans and Sophie Katz of Omaha, others included William and Mamie Lipsman, Andrea Lipsman, Arnold Lipsman of Los Angeles, Ca.; Sam and Helen (Lipsman) Kovitz, Redwood City, Ca.; Julie Kovitz, Berkeley, Ca.; Molly Lipsman, New York, N.Y.; Dr. Rocky and Sue Lipsman, Salt Lake City, Utah; Sandy Lipsman, Davis, Ca.; Avrum and Cathy Katz, San Jose, Ca.; Roz Siporin and daughters Susan and Jill of Los Angeles, Ca.
This is the second year in a row that the "J" has won first place in the finals, and, as did last year, will once again move up into another division. On July 22, at a victory party, Mike Ryan and .Jennifer Schmitz were presented plaques as the JCC's most valuable swimmers. Also, eight JC(- swimmers received special awards for most improved swimmers: Katie VVier, Andy Kluver, Jill Manger, Beth Seiner, Robyn Epstein, Jessica Winkleman, Michelle Zipay and Adam Oittens. It was a good season, and everyone had a lot of fun.
J Dr. Sol Kutler, Omaha dentist for over 35 years, joined a team of Rotary International volunteers in June to provide dental care to Indo-Chinese refugees on Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. For several years Dr. Kutler has volunteered his dental services and given instruction to local dentists in British Honduras, Belize, Africa and Hong Kong. In 1982, Dr. Kutler was awarded the Rotary International Presidential Citation Award for his "contribution to world peace and understanding. Former Omahan Edward E. Milder, a resident of Los Angeles, was presented with the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity's President award at the national convention in Chicago recently. Upon his return to Los Angeles, Mr. Milder participated as an official host in the ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics.
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JCC Gallery features Jewish themes HERMELEE/HIFS The engagement of Not-lit Brooke Hermeleelto David Wolfe Rips has been announced by the bride elect's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Fediir of New York City, and Laurence Hermelee of Key Biscayne, Klo. She is a senior at The Whurton School of Finance /U The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her fiance is the son of Barbara Wolfe Rips of Palm Springs, Calif., and Sheldon Issac Rips of Omaha. He earned a bachelor of science degree from The University of Pennsylvania, and is now employed by Commercial Optical Co. in Omaha. A June 1985 wedding is planned in New York. PFLAUM/ROSENBERG Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pflaum of Minneapolis, Minn, announce the engagement of their daughter, Joan Elizabeth, to John Rosenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Rosenberg. Miss Pflaum attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn, and is a flight attendant with Republic Airlines. Mr. Rosenberg, a graduate of Purdue University, is a captain with Republic Airlines. The senior Mr. Rosenberg is president of Millard Rosenberg Advertising. An Oct.. 21 wedding is planned in Minneapolis.
By Ann Kibel Schwartz JCC Cultural Arts director linages of bearded scholars, kerchiefed women, and yesliiva boys fill the JCC Art Gallery. While they use diverse media, Sara Woskolf and Haynoeh, the artists, have much in common.
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Scratchboard by first extensive exhibition. Haynoch's story is similar: "After dabbling in art for years, I took my first art class al the Milwaukee JCC." His cast three-dimensional sculptures contrast and complement his copper repousse, a low relief proc-
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