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Omafo The Council of Jo.i h iVi^r.tioi.L v.ill hold its annual Gu.jrd A^n.bly in Toronto, Canada, Nov. 14-18. Celebrating its 53rd year, the CJF will be culling together more than 3000 professional end lay leaders from across North America and Israel to discuss the coming program and campaign year and to begin planning on behalf of the Jewish needs throughout the world. During the four doys of the General Assembly, workshop mid plenary sessions will focus on implications of tho US, Canadian, and Israel elections'in 1084; peace in the Middle East; looking into the Nineties for long-range planning; tho current status of Soviet Jewry, Ethiopian Jewry, and Jewish communities throughout tho world. In addition, there will b-9 major .plenary cessions that will bs addressed by Israeli and American elected officials highlighted by a Saturday banquet affair with Henry Kissinger
Marty Lohr, Pctrcji-ZIonit c'.inisTPnn for the State of fares! Bond dinner iu honor of Don Greenbsrg, cunc::. r r ' t'-chy th-t Dr.' Seymour Alpert ' 1 y/ill bo tha guoot speaker at tl.j Pr- j tron-Ko;t m=3i:n:: > on Nov. 15, 'i'nir; . will be tho only , ', planning meeting | j for the upcoming j i dinner in Dscem- i " ' I ber. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Lehr home, 9725 Nottingham Dr. on Nov, 15. Dr. Alpert recently retired aa Seymour Alpert chief of ariesthesiology at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. Alpert i3 on honorary vice president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, and serves as a member
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General Assembly including: Mary Fellman, Curl and Denny Greenbsrg, Allan Greene, Mike und Carol Katzman, Howard Kaslow, Jerry and Jean Ann Krupinsky, Steve and Margo Riekes, Steve Rod, Sondra Rosenblatt, Norman and Susie Sheldon, Mort and Shirley Trachtenbarg.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Jewish JPreon will observe an early deadline for the issue of Nov. 30. News and advertising deadline for Nov. 30 will ba Wednesday, Nov. 21 at noon. Your adherence to this schedule will be appreciated.
On Tuesday, Nov. 20, Et noon, the ADL will present its Civic Commitment Award to Northwestern Bell at a luncheon at the Red Lion Inn. Richard D. Me- , Cormick, chief executive officer of : Northwestern Bell, . will accept the award on behalf of the Company. The sward "recognizes Northwestern Bell's active participation in virtually every community betterment and minority development I.i?o"- arJ organization in the I^qCLruId: area it serves." Northwestern Bel! and its employees are major donors to area institutions involved.in human.'csrvices, education, health, community developments end .culture, tho amibunccnisnt stated.. • The luncheon r,t the Red Lion Inn mnvka
ADL's first corporate function in Omaha. Thomas J. SUutt, first vice chairman and chief executive of'ficer of Mutual of Omaha insurance company, is chairing the lunchcon committee. Many Omaha corporations have made reservations for the luncheon. Sheldon Filger, Plains States director, ADL, said, "This is ADL's first corporate function in Omaha and we hops that it will be well attended by membora of the Jewish community." The cost is $75 par person, or $750 per table of 10. "The luncheon will not only be honoring Northwestern Bell's outstanding contribution to cmr community, but also will aid in supporting the program of the AntiDefamation League in its efforts to counteract prejudice and discrimination in our cociety," he said;. . " James Hortun^, Nebraska's. Olympic Gold Medalist,, will ho tlso gusst speaker at tha luncheon. For information, or for ordering tickato, contact tho ADL office at 333-1303.
The Jewish Federation of Sioux City, Iov/n, has launched c Jewish recruitment projrrn. Sioux City is attempting to bolster its d2clining Jewish population by appealing to young Jewish familiesLwho might ba desirous of relocating, announced James Mark Rocklin, Jewish recruitment chairman. In his announcement, Mr. Rocklin said that the Sioux City Jewish Federation will: assist interested families in securing employment and will respond to the needs of individual family members. The Federation's publicity material points to the availability in Sioux City of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox synagogues, a Jewish Community Center, Hebrew and Sunday schools and a day camp for children.
Other inducements ircluds: "quality public cc-iools, rrrn. '• ',h h <~'ly housing, safe living onvironn'?;it, eu* •' "iding health care facilities, fcsrcatioi! end cultural activities." Information iti'iy bs o'Hained by v/riting: Jewish Federation, 525 Fourteenth street, Sioux City, Iowa 51105, or calling (712) 258-
Mr of tho Honorary Board of Governoro of the Hebrew University. lie is a consultant in anesthcsiology to Walter Racd Army, Hospital, and nerved as a visiting profeccor in ,aneothoEio!o£y to Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, Ct>lif. Dr. -Alpsri: h a nranbsr of Ih; Ec-rd of Governors oflcrrsl DOKUJ rr.d h:nd3 ib National Health Professions and Servicco Division, Mr. Lehr said, "with a man of such stature coming to Omaha, the members of the Corpa of Patron-Hosts should all attend to meet and discuss not. only the upcoming dinner but Israel and its needs as vvejl." .: -Mr. Lehr continued,"Dr.:Alpert not only has played q major role in Israel Bonds and the Hebrew University, but has been the recipient of numerous awards including Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., the United Jewish Appeal "and the State of Israel Bonds. -•; "If you have not yet responded for this informative social evening, please call the Israel Bond office at 341-1177."
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By Ben Gallob NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Jewish Committee has welcomed a report that the Vatican "favors the diplomatic recognition of Israel." The statement was issued by Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, director of international relations for the Committee, who said the agency's comment was based on an NBC news report from Rome that the Vatican now favors such a move.
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Tanenbaum, who until recently had been the AJCommittee's director of interreligious affairs and who is presently in charge of the Committee's relationship with the Vatican, also said "as we have informed Vatican authorities, during a number of conversations in recent years, the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the State of Israel would be a significant contribution to the cause of peace and reconciliation in the Middle East."
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He said "it would signal to the rejectionist Arab states that the Vatican supports the existence of the State of Israel as a permanent and sovereign reality and that Arab nations should do likewise by coming to the negotiating table to talk peace." "The American Jewish Committee will watch closely and welcomes concrete steps that the Holy See will take during the coming months to translate this report into reality," Tanenbaum said. .•.• , .
Jewish Book Month ia celebrated nationally Nov. , .iked about the probable effect of such a Vatican step 48 to Deci 18 under .the'sponsorship.of the JWB on its position in recent years as that of calling for, the Jewish Book Council. In Omaha, the Jewish Fed,-. .adoption of an international statute for the status of Jer- ; erationLibritfy will spphsor its tFewiSh Book V.i&K, usalem, Tanenbaum declared that "once diplomatic rela- . tions would be set between-the Vatican, and Israel, then.;' clearly a series of negotiations.would probably^/begin••/on',';
such issues as the respective approaches toward the status of Jerusalem, control of the Holy Places and any outstanding questions relating to Catholic communities in Israel."
NEW YORK (JTA) — President Ronald Reagan and National Aeronautics and Space Administration head James Beggs have been urged to strip a German-born scientist of the Distinguished Service Medal awarded to him in 1969. But the former number two man in the Central Intelligence Agency says his role in a Nazi slave labor should be overlooked. The scientist in question, Arthur Rudolph, was forced six. months ago to renounce his U.S. citizenship for concealing his Nazi activities during World War II. Rudolph', who now lives in West Germany, was given the Distinguished Service Medal for. his contributions to the Saturn rocket program, which paved the way for a U.S. landing on the moon. . In separate telegrams to Reagan and Beggs, Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzmnn said Rudolph "is a notorious Nazi war criminal who was {breed to leave the United States.-.. .because of the unspeakable crimes committed against thousands of slave laborers in his charge. "It is a disgrace for an American medal to remain in the . hands of a bestial killer. I believe it is critical that our government in no way honor such a man and thereby condone his unforgiveable crimes," said Holtzman, who, as a member of Congress,; was instrumental in forming the Qfifice of Special Investigation (OSI). '' ';.
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Legal actions "weakening" constitutional wall DENVER — Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions'and ! other federal court and legislative actions have seriously weakened the constitutional wall separating church and state, according to a report issued by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. "If the wall of separation is not crumbling, it has become transparent," the League declared in the jcport. Titled "Chureh-Stete Separation: Ik-cent Trends and De• velopments," the report tumjnurizc-s 33 cases in five areas: . Religious Practices in Public Schools, Government Aid to Parochial Schools, Display of Religious Symbols on Public Property, Religious Discrimination end Accommodation, and Public Sponsorship of Religion. Prepared by t" e ADL's Legal Affairs Department, it vves made public by Seymour D. Rc-ich, chairmen of the agency's national Civil Rights Committee, ut a sussfon of the agency's National Executive Committee meeting at the Fairmont Hotel here. ~ The Supreme Court's method of evaluating church-state separation cases, the League warned, is "undergoing pervasive changes that permit increasing erosion of-the prin-
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government aid to, and sponsorship of, religious activities." Mr. Reich, said that the conflict that has arisen over these issues endangers religious pluralism in trgis country. The Supreme Court, he said, recognized over 40 years ago that the First Amendment's separation of church and state "rested on the belief that a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion." Mr. Reich eitsgltd out nine significant cases, including five now. pending he fort- the Supreme Court, which illustrate the trend. Pointing out, that tome of t life cases'involve lower court decisions t h a uphold cLurch-utote separation, he sdd that "there in tvi-ic-j;> concern £3 to how they will faie whftt they reach the !Jii;;rcrr.y court, given its recent rulitiC"- ThcM ere the nine catu;;; V/fiHceo v. Jiufrco (1C84): The U.S. Supreme Court ufiirmtd e lower fed:r;J court decicion Etrilantfidown en Alabama statute permittinj; sstate-writton fidiaol preyer find will rule this term on the com;tituiiom;!ity of Ahib&rria's silent prayer, statute. ' Gchaal District of tt;e City of Grand Ittpids v. Ball (1084): Tv.'o state-financed educational cources offered in parochial schools in Grand Rapids, MI, were held unconstitutional by a U.S. circuit court. Felton v. Secretary of Education (1984): A U.S. circuit court ruled that New York City's use of federal funds for remedial education of low income students provided onsite in parochial schools violates the Establishment clause of the Constitution. The case is now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which may consolidate the Felton and Grand Rapids cases to decide the constitutionality of pub-, licly funded and remedial education courees held on parochial school premises. Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. (1984): The Connecticut Supreme court struck down the state's Sabbath observer law which exempts employees from work on their Sabbath. The court held that the law entangles government in religion. The case is now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. McCreary v. Stone (1984): The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a case involving the right of citizens in'Scarsdale.NY, to display a Nativity ccene in a public park. A federal circuit court ruled that the Village of Scarsdale may not prohibit the display. .'..'Lynch v.-Donnelly.(1984): The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the cbnotitutionality of a Nativity scene erected by the city of Pavvtucket, RI. The case marked the first time that the high court agreed to review a case involving a publicly-sponsored religious display. The distinction between the Pavvtucket and Scarsdale cases is that in the former, the High Court ruled that the Constitution does not prohibit Pav/tucket from displaying a creche; in Scarsdale, the issue is whether private groups have a First Amendment- right to display tbli^ioua "symbols. / Widmor v. Vincent' (1984): The'U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a otate university.'a regulation prohibiting the use of campus facilities for religious worship or teaching violated Gtudents' free speech rights to meet for prayer, andBible discussion. •: . v . - , Mueller v. Allen (iS83): The Supreme Court upheld a Minnesota statute which authorizes deductiona for'state income tax purposes for tuition, textbooks and transportation expenses involved in sending children to parochial schools. .Marohy/Ghamjbiers (1983): The Supreme Court upheld the Nebraska Legislature's 16-year-old practice of opening each legislative day with a prayer by a state-employed Christian chaplain. In a dissent, three justices criticized the . majority for "carving out an exception to the Establishment Clause." •
ciple.v It cited recent High Court decisions upholding publicly-sponsored Christmas religious displays in Rhode Island, prayers in the Nebraska legislature by a state-employed Christian minister, and tuition tax credits for parochial school attendance in Minnesota. Furthermore, accoiding to Mr. Reich, several other related' cases era pending before the Supreme Court that "could determine the i'utuie role of church-state separation in American society." He lifted the issues involved as silent: prayer in schools, Sabbath observer rights, state aid to parochial schools, student religion clubs on school property and another cc:.e involving a Cliristraf.3 religious display. The rcpoit also cited other federal and* ttate judiciallegislative actions thtt have jeopardized church-state reparation, including the recent ccnErc:'.sion;;l Ci.netiouir.!; of pit-yer and worship' meetings by utudent croups in public schools. The report noted ADL'a 1081 analysis of church-stete separation cases which concluded that a "disturbing trend" existed. "That trend," the League went on, "has accelerated in the last three years," underscoring "the proliferation of
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Apartheid opponent sees CHICAGO - Helen Suzman, a member of South Africa's Parliament and a long-time opponent oT apartheid in that country, stated that the key to peaceful change there rested in the expansion of its economy- for (he bsnsfit of 22 million Blacks, Accepting ths Anv.-rlcah Jewish Commituie'a American Libtrtks Medallion ct the anniuil diiintr of AJC's National Kj;:;futivfc CouncU .it the Hyatt l{c:j;t!icy Hotel, lura. Suzntan argued U'aiust "tliose who believe tlust total economic colkijisy would facilitate a Black revolution and Black minority
such means. South Africa is by'fio means the oniy country capable of violating human rights, Mrs. Suzman said, ''but her special and unenviable pie-elnintnce is of course duo to ths fcet that r.he claims to hi among the Western nutiont;, and it is as such thtl t.he is judged end found wanting, cud ak;o bcc.'-u:;--; K-ekJ discrimination h etittenchod in tSie hw,' in South Africa." Turning to her personal txperiencua, Mrs. Suzmr.n Rtuted: "When I entered Parliament in 1953, it was a strong dedre to do someCLairmca for L-tL El Oyi-t ^oc'uu'o Kcaukkcb Cantorisd Concert ou B^c. IS t i e thing about this issue that froisi'left, SItaron Epstein, Cheryl Cooper, and Jan Pcreltnan, rule." motivated me, although at Such a course, she said, ' that time the worst laws encould only' hs advocated by trenching apartheid and people sitting safely thou- eroding human rights were sands of miles away, for "a Omnha'j upcoming Han Also performing will ho Part of the evening's Black revolution would have not yet in the Statute Book. ukkah Cuntorial Concert the Beth El Choir, directed event will be the historic no chance of success, as I have been privileged to will by presented by Beth El by Arnold (Tuffy) Epstein. dedication of the syn- anyone who knows anything have had the opportunity to Synagogue on Dec. 19, 7:30 . Monies raised by the per- agogue's new Tree of Life about the strength, ferocity record my opposition to all those laws in the 32 years I p.m. at Beth El. formance will help support sculpture. and competence of the the Beth El Scholarship Tickets will go on sale at South African police will' have spent in Parliament/' She added: The community concert Fund for young people. a later date. agree." is co-chaired by Cheryl "I.have had a ringside seat Stating that the solution Cooper, Sharon Epstein and must be found in the oppo- watching the incredible jigJan Perelman. site direction — in the ex- saw puzzle Of apartheid The Jewish Prcca hns Mr. and Mrs. Ernest pansion of the economy, in being assembled piece by' "We are very excited received inquiries asking for Saltzman, Mr. and Mr3. the. increasing acquisition of piece, legally entrenching about the concert this year," the names of the parents of Stephen Lintzman, Mr. and skills among Blacks, in in- racial separation in every ,says Sharon • Epstein. the scholarship recipients Mrs.* Jack Kupfer, Zelick creasing consumer power facet of life — political, so"Through the' efforts of listed in last week's paper. Karpman, Mr. and Mrs. Jo- among Blacks, in develop- cial, educational and ecoCantor Berkovits, and with Names are needed, it was seph Kosinovsky, Mr. and ing economic muscle nmong nomic — separate but not our guest Canto); Alberto said, so that a mazel tov can Mrs. Boris Shwartsman, Blacks — .Mrs. Suzman equal. And, as was to be exMizzrahi, of La Jolla, Calif,, be extended to the parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ratner, urged Western nations that pected j laws eroding the rule the program should be a- of the children. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pe- press for reform to stay in of law and habeas corpus very special one. And what . . The 'parents' names, as setsky, Mr. and Mrs. Alan South Africa and use their were passed." nicer time to celebrate, tha,n provided by the Bureau of Goodman, Mr. and Mr3 influence to bring about soMrs. Suzman pointed put during the festive occasion ^Jewish Education, ,are as Murray Frost, and Sheila cial, and political change by that "if laws are passed of JWanukkah," , '_, . follow^:: Tomps.
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which are not acceptable to • the majority of people to whom they apply, the normal process of the law will not suffice to maintain law and order." In presenting the Araerir' can Liberties Medallion to, Mrs. Suzman, Philip E. Hoffman, Honorary President of t lie American Jewish Committee, hsiled her "as the :;ob voice for mo?*} than a dvci^ct in Kouthi Africa's, Parliament to oppose that country's upurtheid policy." She staked her life, he said, "on the Biblical and humanistic conviction t h a t ' every life is .sacred, and on the deeply Jo'^Bi;h teaching' that 'he who saves one life is regarded cs if he (or she) saved an entire world.' " Mrs. Suzman has also. lived tho basic philosophy of the American Jewish Committee, Mr. Hoffman added, "nr.rnely, that the security mid welfare of Jews is inextricably linked with the strength of democracy and the defense of human rights of all people." "I profoundly believe," Mr. Hoffman said, "that one day the name of Helen Suzman will be established in history among a handful of great women — that extraordinary company of righteous women who helped change the course of history — Mother Theresa, Helen Keller, Madame" Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, •-, and Golda Meir."
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The Jewish community of Sioux City, Iowa, is well over 100 years old. The history of this Jewish community is a proud one. Synagogues have "been built there to serve Reform, Orthodox end Conservative congregants. A Jewish Community Center is available to all. Children have an opportunity lto attend Hebrew and Sunday schools as well as a day camp. During its history, the SioUs City Jewish community has worked to provide national leadership, help for immigrants, end aid for Israel. But, all is not now rosy. The Jewish population of Sioux City is declining, and the Jewish Federation there is conducting a Jewish recruitment drive. Through advertising and varied other communications, Sioux City is trying to appeal to young Jewish families who might be desirous of relocating. The Federation will assist interested families in securing employment and otherwise will respond to the needs of individual family members. Whether such an approach will work i3 questionable, i This is not the first time Sioux City has tried a recruitment program. . In 1971, Sioux City advertised the advantages of settlement for Jews seeking a "smog-free, strife-free environment in which to raise families." It is apparent that the 1971 campaign did not attract sufficient numbers. The problem still exists. More Jewish families are needed in Sioux City. The interesting point is that Sioux City is not alone in its needs for additional Jewish residents. Both Lincoln and Omaha can benefit from additional Jewish residents. Possibly Des Moines too. This brings up an interesting possibility. Why not form a Mid-West task force made up of all concerned Middle West communities. ,-...The task; force, then could pool resources, conduct major advertising in heavily populated Jewish areas of the country,,.organize a substantial job bank, set • up tours of the area for interested parties and otherr wise join in a common, useful undertaking. Certain members of the Omaha Jewish community have discussed this proposal over the years, but no formal actions have been taken, nor have any formal • requests been made to the knowledge of this writer. Perhaps, now is the time for a good idea to get better, for one community's needs to help many communities and for all the Jews of this region to participate in a new challenge. Let's extend the good life which we all enjoy here to those who would benefit from the Mid-Western life style. • ' : '• There are plenty of Jewish families who would be interested in relocating, but it's difficult for one community to come up with all of the resources needed. . This is a regional problem and a regional solution may be the answer. •
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Ndjoy for the Arabs' in ftis book HAIFA — In March, 1S53, Leon Uris set on an easy chair because it is presented from tlie mouths of the Arab char, in our living room on Mount CattttsA, a glass in one hand, acters woo people tbia novel. and airily informed us and ths otheca'tn the room thst faa Ths' Raj is certainly not a great book from the classical had writtesi a book shout Israel which ivas declined to have- literary point of view. It is a swashbuckling melodrama, a greater influence on (lie St&ie of lixacl than cny other ~tf * is v~th e-y, <p£*-i*''"r<"nt and pstho=, interiaftfed ?pth_ book tince the Bible. V/a steal! tht.t t:t the titss v;e diatl t u r ' j t f ("tuol iu"toryui Palestine rniBacd his claim £3 to .much brcgnuacio, but ths months in >> po r _ ! i > 1 " I n tjl J E y, t d ilu. wither •and ytars that followed did confirm th-jt his Bsxtdaa had fto a l 2 1 s ' c tr it (. " 11 Lat t« w ^.tory he m Lt 1 1 t En enormous influence en public o;;-in;ois throughout the tLL f whereas h t K. k't( vV d t world, though in tarc-l itself thts Look v.'fis disffdessd eanieL B J eveni t > 1 wliot enibirraEoiii^iy, as.glorified hcic'cc, not entirely in : ! i keeping with Itraoli character. <"-» ,'t hay ti dt i Iy that in tit I I I ii L L V *> u ! c tbrir own Exodus was written from the Israeli point of vieiv, and th i id *• tf / 1 v.'ith Israeli "supermen" cs the principal diameters. Now . a truUiw U " Uris has produced a nsw book,.Tits Kaj, covering essenThe cjitica iaay carp ct the- unlovely picture that i3 pretially the same period in history, that preceding end fol- sented but tha truth is not always pterraat. When Uri3 lowing ths eutsbUshnisnt of tho State, but this book is rccorda how the Arabs becked tha Nazis, hs i3 drawing on written from the Arab point of view. With tha exception of feet. V/hsn ha details Modem policy and attitude toward one Jew, ail tho characters are Arabs. infidsls, which means Christians cs well cs Jews, he repeats TU& Hcj has become the Gubjcct of violent controversy, what Gcholora end Etotesmsn already know. There are more and excerpts from a few rcvieiva will indicate how far cpart paGsc-jes in which ho ccsms to enga^o in fanciful flights of the opinions are. Thus, S.T. Meravi, in Tito tleKicaisra distorted -iuisginction,. as v/kc-n hs tells of ths training Pest, calls the book "a raving diatribe against tha Arabs undsrgona by yousig PLO terroricto, who prove their man. . . By nature they lie, Eteal, cheat, connive, estort, black- hood by biting off the ksoib of live etiickena and snakes. mail, kill, rape, torture and cbove all, hate . . . " Yet escctly euch orgica hive been filmed end ohov/n in On .the other hand, David C. Gross in, New York'o Tks neworcsla from Syria — nswcreslo v/hich moat American ifevvioEs Wcsls, cees the book Q3 "one-sided on the dels of TV stations ware too squeamish to show to their viewers.' truth... Extreme fanaticism... vile leEdarship" liave built Uri3 ctrcssea the tendsney of the Arabs to live in a world "a houoe of hate whose foundations eoonar or Inter must of fantasy, which blind them to reality. Above oil, the Arab3 collapse." are consumed by hate, not only of tha infidels, bat of themA syndicated review by Diane Levenberg, distributed by selves, ca evidenced by the unending wars, revolts, aE3asithe J.T.A., calls it a "mound of prejudice and propaganda nationa, plot3 and intrigues within the Arab world. And one . . . irresponsible fiction . . . Una's intent hca been to solve of the characters thoughtfully observes: "Hato is our overthe problem of the Palestinians by getting his readers to . powering legacy, and we have regenerated ourselves by suspend and deaden feelings . . . " hatred from dscade to decade, generation to generation, Yet Prof. Arnold Ages, in Heritage, finds the book "ab- century to century. The return of the Jews has unleashed sorbing, masterful; brilliant and. captivating . . . The real that hatred, exploding wildly, aimlessly into a massive force Arab life, replete with warts and other ungracious features of eelf-destruction. In ten, twenty, thirty years the world of Islam will begin to consume itself in mednesa. We cannot live with ourselves..." Dozens of other reviews run to similar extreme's, and each The book makes: for entertaining reading, but it holda reader must judge the 568-page book for himself. This much is certain: the Arabs will find absolutely nothing in it to out bleak promioa for any possibility, of reaching an ungive them any satisfaction. It is.a,devastating attack on derstanding if Arabjeadsrg UUe'VeoEgr Arafat, Muammar Arab leadership, Arab policies with regard to Palestine, Qeddafi or the Ayatollah Khonjjini continue to est ths tpne Arab society and Moslem, philosophy, ell ths more telling in the Moslem world. ..
• The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for Bond claimed, as he h^d claimed before, that it .was not reasons of length or content. •; clear that Morris Abram had done much for civil rights in the South:" (V/all Sires* Journal, 7/29/83). To the Editor: With regard to Julian Bond's speech at the Jewish Com- • Mr. Abram was defended by, among others, Nathan PerlLeague, munity Center, and his build-up as o great civil rights mutter, National Director^ of the Anti-Defamation ; leader, the Omaha Jewish community should be aware of who pointed out in a letter tothe Wew YoF*x Times on a certain disturbing incident Involving Julian Bond end his JUne 5,1G83 that Morris Abram risked his life in the South in the 19503 to fight for civil rights. Mr. Perlmutter argued allies. •••'; -, - • • . : ':~' ;:' . '.. that civil rights requires rejection of quotas, not their sup: •• . ' ' .. '•'•• •';.: . • • : ' . • •; • When President Reagansought to replace three members • port;' '••••' of the U.S. Commission on CiviDBtights, he chose Morris Mr. Bond is certainly entitled to his opinions. The Abram as one of his appointees. Mr. Abrom has served as- Omaha'Jewish community should recognize, however, that president of the American Jewish Committee, president of neither impressive achievements, nor an outstanding repBrandeis University, and chairman of the United Negro utation, nor even-great personal sacrifice, Will shield any College Fund. He worked with Dr.. Martin Luther King, Jewish leader who dare3 to deviate from civil rights orthoand led the legal battle in the South for the principle of doxy from unfair treatment by people like Julian Bond. . one-man, one-vote. He was also a former U.S. represent-• , .' ... •;. '• •• A a r o n Bf. H o s t y k . : . •'. ." •'•' ative at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The civil rights-civil liberties lobby, appalled at the position of Mr. Abram and his fellow appointees against quotas and busing, sought to paint the president's move ca a betrayal of civil rights. The first line of attack of some of these people was to attempt to discredit the credentials of the Reagan appointees. • Suzanne Garment, a prestigious Washington columnist for the Wall Street Journal, described this unsavory process in a column entitled "Civil Rights Becomes a Field of Wrongs and Lies": "At first, when the nominations were announced, come civil rjghta leaders did try to attack \tli2 nominees* civil rights credentials. Atlanta Mayor Andrtw Youn^ called Morris Abram 'n lawyer who got Martin Lutl'sr Kins out; of jail on a traffic ticket'... Julian Bond ollov/cd ca how; Mr. Abram had defendsd civil rights workers frcinj tho' death penalty in Georgia, 'but he didn't do it alone*. Thin tactic soon stopped. Eh/en in a field of discourse like this one, there are limits to, the lying people will take." (V7all Street Journal, 7/15/83).
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Apparently, the tactic did not stop coon enough, becauc2 two weeks later Ms. Garment'reported the following on Mr.' Bond's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee: • "And there was Julian Bond before the committee, reasonable as ever, declaring,thatwhat was going on here was that Ronald Reagan was'waging'war ofi civil rights.-Mr.
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The '80s: a time for nuts andbolts
By Irving Greenberg. president National Resource Center
their Jewish content. Jewish identity became a central concern. In Jewish life, the decades of the '40s and '50s were domEqually significant: Jewish communities decided to back inated by the need to live through great historical events. up the need for power to defend Jewish existence by beIn the aftermath of the Holocaust, the fundamental ques- coming politically active for Jewish interests first. In effect, tion was whether Jews could live on. The will to live was diaspora Jewish communities decided to risk their standing centrally expressed in the creation of the state of Israel. in their host countries by becoming visibly pro-Jewish and Without changing their personal plans, the overwhelming pursuing pro-Jewish policies even in the face of governmajority of Jews became supporters of Israel. In the United States, suburbanization, increased wealth, and new geo- mental pressures and cultural coercion. By contrast, in the graphic mobility led to the creation of a large network of '40s and '50s, Jews feared to lose their precious; acceptance synagogue structures and/or Jewish centers to sustain the and hurd'Won integration and stood by, in relatively inviscommunity's functions. The basic decision to live war, being ible political impotence, unable to rescue European Jewry. In the decade of the '80s, Jewish life will be sett ling down pursued. Building infrastructure of Jewish life was an end to the challenges of putting the nuts and bolts together in itself. better. Taking power is now leading to normalization. The The key aspect of the decades of the 'GOs and "70s was basic decision having been made, then the focus shifts to an historic decision by the world Jewish community to turn handling the day to day challenges of power: how to build toward survivaHsm a.s the basic policy. Professor Charles up and maintain military strength on buc^.ts which come Liebman has argued that in modern culture Jews have been under financial pressure; how to exercise power while torn between a desire for maximum integration in the checking the inevitable corruption which follows in'its general culture and the will to Jewish survival. For most wake. of modern history, both needs have co-existed in uneasy The key to Israel's power will be social and economic as tension within the mainstream of the community, but tacwell as military. While attacking structural problems such tically, integration had the upper hand. , as Sephardi socioeconomic disablities and cultural depriIn the '60s, committed Jews turned their back on the vation or the need to shift 50-100,000 workers from the integration uber alles policy. The experience of almost bloated and low-efficiency public sector to the manufaclosing Israel in 19(59 and 1973 drove home the urgency of turing and high technology areas, the country must keep putting Jewish life first. The crisis gave millions of Jews the national consensus in the face of the deep-rooted frust he experience of being distinct, separated — even alienated trations and unresolved religious and value divisions. This — in the midst of the general society. For many Jews, the will test Israel's political leadership's ability to lead and stark, even primitive power of their Jewish feelings over- Israel's democracy's capacity to defuse tensions. whelmed the highly polished veneer of modernity. ConIn building economic power, there are no permanent sofrontation with the Holocaust, which was evaded by many lutions. The key to a solution will be found in a thousand Jews in earlier decades, now became a central experience daily improvements — higher productivity in individual of Jewish life. The outcome was that most Jews concluded enterprises, increased flexibility in work rules, shifts of that since Jewish fate could not be avoided then it should workers from public services to manufacturing industries, be lived out constructively. reductions in standards of living, more marketing abroad, As a result, Jewish philanthropy shifted its priorities to- better governmental leadership in shifting economic priorward Jewish survival, Jewish education became the watch- ities, combined with reduction in excessive governmental word and received growing ideological primacy as well as intervention1 in the business sector. The United States' more dollars. Day schools' student populations doubled and pressure for belt tightening and basic economic reform as increased yet again. Jewish studies spread rapidly on the part of the price of increased aid will be healthy for Israel. university campuses. Jewish institutions began to look to In.a democracy, outside pressures for performance help off-
By M.J. Rosenberg .--Near East Report It is well-known that Arab leaders tend to issue two kinds of statements. "The ones seen most often in this country are those which are composed for outside consumption. These are more tame in tone, more pro-Western and less anti-Israel. Then there are the pronouncements issued for perusal at home. These tend to be more strident and more anti-Americ&n. Sometimes the two lines are irreconcilable. The other day PLO leader Yasir Arafat made a statement about the Palestinian Arab cause that was remarkable indeed. Arafat told the London Arabic-language weekly AI Tadamun (Oct. 25) that he bears no grudge against the Syrian regime of Hafez Assad, which has organized a mutiny against him. Not only that, Arafat says he believes that Syria "is the northern part of Palestine and Palestine is the southern part of Syria" (emphasis ours). The amazing aspect of Arafat's statement is that for 20 years he has tried to convince the world that the land he calls Palestine was, before the Jewish return to it, a separate Arab entity. He has always claimed that its people thought of themselves as Palestinians and that they regarded Jerusalem as their unofficial capital. Most Israelis, on the other hand, will have none of that. They argue that there never was any separate Arab nation in Palestine and that the Arabs living there were no different in language, ethnicity, or culture from their Arab brethren in neighboring lands. The argument is of more than passing significance. Arafat's relegating of Palestine to nothing more than south Syria only emphasizes that the Jews are the only people who have ever thought of Palestine or Eretz Yisrael as a separate state. For Arafat and his cohorts, Palestine is just a.piece of Syria — just another slice of property in that vast area they think of as the Arab world. It is only for the Jews that the '*HoIy Land" has value in and of itself. Arafat's frank admission is the most recent evidence of that. Gemnyel'o Pilgrimage Arafat's statement is typical of the prevailing view inthe Arab world that national borders (except Israel's, of course) are insignificant and that ultimately the entire Arab world will be one state without boundaries. That view leads Arab leaders to play down the differences between them and to stress common goals — such as the eradication of Israel. Accordingly, it shouldn't be a surprise that even so unusual an Arab leader as Amin Gemayel (he is the Arab world's only Christien head of state) should visit Libya's Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, as he did recently, and proclaim his affinity for him. "It is natural," Gemayel said, "that we visit dear brothers with whom we face challengers." President Mubarak of Egypt also goes to great lengths to demonstrate his pan-Arab loyalties. In an interview with AI Sliarq al Awsat (Oct. 24), he said that he never will" condemn Syria because "Egypt and Syria will inevitably meet." As for Israel, Mubarak repeated his three conditions for the return of Egypt's ambassador: withdrawal from Lebanon, movement toward a "comprehensive settlement" o£ the Palestinian issue, and a settlements freeze on the West' Bank. Calling Prime Minister-Shimon Peres "a flexible and good person," Mubarak nevertheless told another inter-
set the natural fear of offending particular constituencies. Israel's greater economic efficiency will be advanced if American Jewry works for greater involvement and accountability in its aid programs to Israel. Project Renewal has led to increased ptrson-to-pereon contact between Diaspora and Israel as well as strong grassroots involvement Ijy the Israelis affected. This is a model of the type of programs nttdc-d for the future. The inevitable result will be a nuiv maturity of relationship between American Jewry and Israel. Maturity implies a two-way relationship • in which greater support for Israel can go hand in hand with greater willingness to be critical of specific Israeli pol- • icies. Everywhere, the Jewish community must focus on performance and delivery of services. All groups are struggling with the yet unmastered challenge of the third or.fourth generation. Hitherto, the third or fourth generation in freedom WHS characterized by high assimilation, intermarriage, and low birth rates and it is not clear that any group has yet successfully broken that pattern on a mass basis. The key to the future is better targeting of audiences and delivery of services. If each synagogue and other Jewish institutions can be made ten percent more effective in impact, in outreach, in educational content, then the rate of Jewish survival will rise significantly. And the Heritage programs are an indication of how media can reach people not currently in contact with the community. Heritage is the first program on such a scale and more such targeted programs are needed. There is currently a major JWB program to maximize Jewish content in Jewish community . centers. National Jewish Resource Center plans for its new CLAL (Center for Learning and Leadership) include a college student program modeled on the highly successful Brandeis-Bardin program. Each of these steps is a move toward greater efficiency and productivity. No one step, alone, will save Judaism, but cumulatively the increased performance will enable Jewry to compete in this open, magnetic society. As the variety of Jewish needs and responses becomes _ more apparent, it will be increasingly difficult to offer generalizations about Jewish life. By trying harder or responding more fully, each person, each institution, each Israeli government decision con play a role in making the total outcome of the '80s a renewal of Jewish life.
viewer (from Kuwait's AI Siyasah, Oct. 18) that he will How does the Federation allocate the funds I contribute, not accept the Israeli leader's invitation to meet. He said is a question a number of our donors have asked me over it would be a "waste of time" to see Peres in advance of the years. Israeli concessions. " ': •••"'• ' • In actuality the flow of dollars from concept to project Mubarak's position is self-defeating. He must know that completion is a lengthy process requiring lay review by usuPeres is dedicated to strengthening the peace with Egypt, ally two and sometimes three different committees. that during his seven years in opposition he criticized the During the budget year, when all available monies have Begin and Shamir governments for lacking sympathy for • been earmarked, special requests and new program needs Egypt's position. Nevertheless, Mubarak is slapping away can be brought by any agency to the Board of Allocations the Israeli leader's outstretched hand. This will undoubt- (B & A) Committee chaired currently by Robert Gordman. edly delight extremists (in Egypt and Israel) but it deals a After review, the B. and A. Committee can approve up to serious blow to the peace process. Mubarak should stop $1,000 from the Contingency Fund or up to $5,000 from the looking over his shoulder and look instead toward Jeru- Capitol and Repairs Fund without further approval. salem. Amounts exceeding those limits can be recommended by B. and A. to the Federation Board of Directors for approval.
By . Allan G r e e n e E x e c u t i v e vice p r e s i d e n t , J e w i s h Federation of O m a h a
Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
iver The devastating blow which Nazism dealt to Russian Jews, with two million dead, is oymbolized by the ner tamid memorial in the synagogue at Rostov, in a photo obtained by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry/ Hitler's name is crossed out to illustrate the phrase which follows, yemach ahemo, "may his name be blotted out". •
The budget process of developing an annual plan for income and expenditures has a more complex process. Agency budget committees, in consultation with all of that agency's sub-committees, develops a budget based on current actual expenditure experience and projected future need. After completing this process the budget is presented to that agency's Board for its approval. When approved, the budget is reviewed by two liaison members from B. and A. who raise questions and issues they feel may present concerns to the budget committee. In most cases any problems are worked out in the liaison process rather than dealing with small problems when the 20 member B. and A. Committee holds its budget reviews. In October B. and A. holds its budget hearings after it has a clear picture of what available income will be from Campaign, earned interest and endowment sources. This year $2,083,700 will be available for allocation next year compared to $2,017,090 for this current year. With modest raises for personnel and increased utility costs, B. and A. realized early on that this would be a very tight budget year and directed agencies to prepare budgets based on 95 percent of this year's allocation. Each agency meets with B. and A. during the hearings. In addition, the United Jewish Appeal and other National Jewish organizations are reviewed and recommendations for their funding are made a,t the same time as our local agencies. . . Finally, after all the reviews B. and A. recommends an approved budget to the total Federation Board for adoption. •' Because of all the efforts that have taken place at this point, it requires a 2/3 vote to overturn any budget recommendations of B. and A. i Thus, when a donor asks me how the Federation allocates the money he contributes; my .usual answer is "carefully, very carefiilly." ' ' • • '•
Beth Israel SEBVICE8: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat5p.ro. Late Friday services 8:15 p.m. Following the Late Fkmily service, an Oneg Shabbat reception will be held in the Social Hall. Hosts for the Oneg Shabbat arc Joyce end Shelly Cohen in honor of their son, Bert. Saturday: Morning Service 8:45 a.m. BAR MITZVAH The Bar Milzvah celebration of B e r t r a m It. Cohen, son of Joyce ftp.d Shelly Cohen, will be observed at the Saturday morning service, Nov. 10. A Kiddush-luncheon will follow the service, sponsored by the Cohens in honor of their son's Bar Mitzvah. Class with the rabbi 4:15 p.m. Mincha 5 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire service 9 a.m. The service will be followed by breakfast and discussion with the rabbi. ADL/CRC director Sheldon Filger will be the speaker. ; Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL DINNER The first Shabbat Congregational Dinner of the new year will be held on Friday evening, Nov. 16, at 6:15 p.m. Reservations are $7 for adults and $3 for children under the age of 13. The dinner is under the chairmanship of Eileen Remer and Sonya Ratner. NCSY SHABBATON Beth Israel Kadimah youth will be attending the annual Midwest region NCSY Fall Shabbaton in Peoria, 111. on the' weekend • of Nov. 9-11. They will be accompanied by Howard Wax, Youth Director and Dik and Ina Weiher, Youth Commissioners of Beth Israel. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commissioners of Beth Israel Synagogue will meet Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
The business of mankind
But for the Torah the Parashat VaYera story itself is not the point. By Rabbi Myer S. Riipke Although archaeologists The point is the "Why?" True to itself, the Torah and researchers have not yet found any remains of answers;; in terms of moral^bL..Ut Cuidlelshting for Fridi/, November 9, 4:52 p.m. Sodom and Gomorrah, one ity. Such a great catastrophe, day they may — at the LLisff southwestern end of the the Torah insists, could not SEItVICLC: • just have "happened." It Dead Sea. Friday: 6 p.m. Vi itiuj: There is no extra-Biblical must have been the Lord's SI VLViC.S: Services will be followed by 1 m t LKS. tl in' I r»t > of account of the destruction doing. But why he would deEvening Service 0:15 p.m. At G:15 p.m. a Congrega- "Second Friday" Shabbut «Lo i. idb. 7 30 pin An of the Citits of the Pkin, stroy i.0 many people? ; , tional Shabbat Dinner will dinner. Now the Torah reinforces headed by Sodom fend GoOne/ °hJ)b t follov th honor new members. Fol- SuturdeyrMoming Service service. morrah. But the mention of the lesson of Noah's flood. lowing dinner Rabbi Sidney 9:30 a.m. this disaster, not only here Just as the flood came to deEveryone is welcome. There will be an Aufrufen H. Brooks, Rabbi Stephan in our Sidrah in Genesis, stroy mankind because of F. Darack and Cantor Har- for Marl: Behnont and Jill but frequently in other wickedness — corruption old I. Firestone will officiate Kushner followed by a kidbooks of the Bible, testifies and violence — so too at the 8:15 p.m. services. dush given by the parents in to an ancient memory that Sodom and Gomorrah are Rabbi Brooks will speak on honor of their children. SERVICES: must remember something destroyed not aa a caprice of "Who serves whom in a con- Mincha-Ma'ariv 4:50 p.m. Friday: 7 p.m. real, something that hap- mindless nature, but at the 1 Rabbi Paul Drazen and Daily and Saturday: gregation?" ' just indignation of a moral pened. The Oneg Shabbat fol- Cantor Emil Berkovits will The residents and staff of Further, the fact is that God who cannot abide gross lowing services will be given conduct the services. the Rose Blumkin Home in- the Dead Sea area itself, to- immorality. by Temple Israel Sister- Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. vite the families, volunteers gether with the Jordan valIt is totally irrelevant, and 5:30 p.m. hood. and friends of the residents ley to the north and a perhaps even mischievous, Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 to attend services in the stretch of the world still fur- to ask whether Sodom end Saturday: p.m. Morning Service 11 a.m. Herbert Goldsten Syn- ther north, and the Arabah Gomorrah were really full of LUNCH AND LEARN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL agogue. Kiddush following to the south, and a stretch wicked people. It i3 irreleSaturday, Nov. 10 — 9 The Lunch and Learn se- services on Shabbat. of the world still farther vant to suggest that perhaps a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 — 10 ries with the rabbi will consouth, deep into Africa, con- it was only like Pompei, a.m. tinue on Nov. 15, noon at stitutes one of the greatest which was swallowed under HEBREW SCHOOL the Conant Hotel. geologic faults in all the Vesuvius's eruption in 79 Daled, Monday, Nov. 12 MEN'S CLUB earth's surface. C.E. — 4 and 5 p.m.; Bet, TuesThe first session of the The Dead Sea itself is the The question and the sugSCHOOL ROSTEB day, Nov. 13 — 4 and 5 p.m.; rabbi's class, "Basics of The 1984-85 listing of lowest natural surface in all gestion miss the point. Gimmel — Wednesday, Conservative Judaism" will the world. And this great The point is the stance Nov. 14 — 4 p.m.; Aleph, be held as part of the Men's students in grades K-8 has geologic fault must have been printed. A limited the Bible takes. The story Thursday, Nov. 15 — 4 and Club Breakfast, Nov. 11 folcome to be as the result of number of copies is availmust not be valued or dis5 p.m. lowing 9 a.m. services. able free for parents. Those a great earthquake in pre- allowed as history. The BiCONFIRMATION . wishing a roster can pick historic times. ble's stance is the stance of Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m. In the earthquake some morality: it must have been one up at either of the B'NAI MITZVAH towns — Sodom and Goschool offices — Beth Israel the Lord, and it must have Teddy Friedland, son of SERVICES: " morrah — were cngulfed'in been moral corruption, that Synagogue or the JCC. Nancy and David Fried- Saturday: 8:45 a.m. the Sea and disappeared. brought on this calalmity. land, will celebrate his Bar Sunday: 8 a.m. Who knows? One day their NO SCHOOL If we missed the point Mitzvah during Shabbat dwellings and pottery and ANNOUNCEMENT with Noah and the flood, services Friday and Saturskeletons, pickled in salt, If the conference call-of day, Nov. 9 and 10. public superintendents in may be found under the here it is again: It is morality that the Lord requires of J a y K e n y o n , son of OPS, District 66 and Mil- Dead Sea. Linda and Howard Ken- F r i d a y : , ••. • ".,.: . • • . . . In any event, the'disaster us. In God's eyes there is no lard results in the cancellayon, will celebrate his Bar Early Kabbalat Service 6 tion of clasGes because of in- was so impressive that the reason for an immoral manMitzvah during Shabbat p.m. clement weather, hazardous memory of it was etched kind to exist. Services Friday and Satur- Saturday: The Bible insists that the driving conditions, etc. into the ancient mind, and Services 9 a.m. day Nov. 16 and 17. there is AUTOMATI- it appears as the Bible story business of mankind is not CONGREGATIONAL business but morality. CALLY no Talmud Torah. that every child knows. MEETING No separate UTTO anTemple Israel will hold a HJ'C nouncement will be made. Joyce and Sfoslitoi Cohsn Congregational Meeting on Friday: • Sunday morning cancellacordially Invite you to attend Music Shabbat 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at 7;30 p.m. The tions will be broadcast only The Bar Mitzvah of their Son Arnie and Jerry Boster on radio station KFAB. The Board of Trustees will meet East • ,at 6 p.m. preceding the Con- will host the Oneg Shabbat. parent telephone squad will Saturday: gregational Meeting. Friday,- November 9, be activated when practical Prophets study group 10 and possible. Saturday, November 10 SERVICES: Beth Israel Synagogue •• TELEPHONE TEAM Rabbi Leland Lifschiz , (Oneg Shabbat and Kiddush Luncheon. Volunteers are needed oh """ Wfoilbw'Services)" conducts services in the Ca*all grade levels (K-8) to pehart Chapel every Friday make phone calls in their at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat child's class. The Talmud Thanks to all my wonderful, follows the service. friends ond family for their Torah Telephone Team will contributions; gifts, flowers be used for school canceland good wishes during my lations, reminder calls for a Nora Opart Su'itdayb recent hospitriization. Also particular class function, 1:0® • 5:03 thanks to Rabbi Nadoff & etc. If you can help out, Beth Israel Synagogue, f.loo Nov. 9-10-11 please contact the school ofGrossmen fice, 556-3770. An additional 20% off
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AfURBAY K. SIMON Murray K. Simon, of 1702 N. 64th street, an Omaha optometrist more than 25 years, died Oct 30. He was 64. Graveside services were conducted Oct. 31 at;-Fisher Fai)m Cemetery with Rabbi Isaac Nadoff and Cantor Leo Fettman officiating. In addition to his wife, Fannye,' he ia survived by two daughters: Vila A. of Springfield, VA, and Deborah K., Hunlington Bench, CA. Mr. Simon had been a member of Cornhusker Lodge B'nai B'ritli and kid served as an officer in the bowling league. He was a member of the Old Timers at the Jewish Community Center and Epstein Morgan Post, Jewish War Veterans. MILTON GASPAR Services for former Omahan Milt6n Gaspar were conducted Oct. 30 in Oklahoma City, OK. He waa 78. In addition to his wife, Rose, he is survived by sons, Dr. Harold Caspar, Dallas, and Dr. Harvey Gaspar, Tulsa; sin grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. HAROLD KATLEMAN Harold Katleman, 73, a native of Omaha, died Oct. 31. Burial took place in Golden Hill Cemetery with Rabbi Isaac Nadoff officiating. Mr. Katleman is survived by sisters, Eva Freid, Houston and Fay Sekar, Omaha; and brother Sidney, of Omaha, nieces and nephServices were held at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery on Nov. 1 for Sarah Lehr. She was 82. Mrs. Lehr is survived by sons, Milton, San Diego, Calif., Gerald, Cadillac, Mich., Martin, Omaha; eight grandchildren; two aisters and one brother. The family suggests memorials to your favorite charity. < EDWARD A. , CJINBBEBG Edward A. Gincburg, precident of Prime Internationa! Corp. and Coast of Omaha, died Oct. 31 at St. Mary's hospital, Rochester, MN, where he was recuperating from back surgery. Services took place Nov. 2 at Beth Israel Synagogue with burial at Fisher Farm Cemetery. In addition to his wife, Marilyn, Mr. Ginsberg is survived by a son, Bennett, of Omaha; and daughters,. Bernice of St, Louis, and Debbie of Brea, CA.; sisters, Ruth Rubenstein of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Beatrice Issacson and Deloraa Gearhardt both of Claremont, CA., Jean Wasserman, Kansas City, Mo., brothers, Sam, Kansas City, Norman, Dallas. Mr. Ginsberg, 54, of 9505 Harney street, founded Prime International, a meat processor and packager in 1976. The company primarily processed sliced liver, and recently purchased Coast of Omaha, another meat processing firm. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue or. your favorite charity.
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WASHINGTON — Sen, Charles H. Percy (R-IU.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced that former Presidents Gerald II. Ford, Jimmy Carter end other lop political and religious leaders have joined him in making a new high-level appeal for Soviet Jewry.
nity and other religious minorities in the Soviet Union. We are writing jointly to appeal for their right to practice-their religions freely and to emigrate to other nations if they-choose.
"We are deeply concerned about the tiemendous decline in Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union over Percy organized a joint the past ten years," the letSetter to Soviet President ter continues. "In 1973, a toKonstcntm Chernen!:o lr.it tal of 34,758 Jews were almonth, and gathered the fi- lowed to leave the So 'it. nal signatures. It is also Union. Just ten years later signed by former Secretaries in 1983, however, only 1,315 of Stale Dean Rusk, Wil- Jews were allowed to join liam P. Rogers, Cyrus Vance their families outside the and Alexander M. Haijr, Jr. country." Also, Joseph Cardinal DerAs of Sept. 30, only 721 nardin, Archbishop of Chi- Jews have been allowed to cago, Archbishop Iakovos of repatriate. The peak year the GrcekGrthodox Church for Soviet Jewish emigraof North nnd South Amer- tion was 1979, when 51,320 ica, and Ilev. Theodore M. Soviet Jews were allowed to Hesburgh, President of leave the country. Notre Dame University, signed the letter. In their letter, the leaders also state, "We are also conIn their appeal to the So- cerned about the continuing viet President, the leaders difficulties experienced by state, "Citizens around the Soviet Jewish citizens who world, and Americans of all wish to practice their faith parties, faiths and national or teach Hebrew, Jews have origin, are very concerned at also suffered discrimination this time about the plight of in education and employthe Soviet Jewish commu- ment."
By Penny Endelman ' In appreciation for the outstanding work that its members have provided, the National Council of Jewish Women salutes a different volunteer each month. Thi3 month NCJW recognizes • " 1 Tilly Simon. ; . ' Tilly has shown remarkable dedication to her work as a "7 Can Help" volunteer. She has served faithfully since the program's inception three years ago. She is a member of Beth El Synagogue and a past, member of the board of directors of the Women's Chamber of Commerce. Tilly Simon Tilly is the mother of three grown children, Jerome D. Simon, Mrs. Michelle Page of Ames, la., and NCJW Omaha Section's own president, Sharon Cipperley. She also ha3 seven grandchildren^;',••.• NCJW thanks Tilly for her many hours of service.';
Sinre l'vt. b II\I.>. „•• ' • •• >t has occurred tome that I'm not good et keeping things to rayseff. I mean, I tell you everything! Something causes mo to share stuff with you that I wouldn't ordinarily^ like getting my eere pierced, for example. But let's start at the beginning., First, you should know thet yc-fsra ago, when both nay girls wanted pierced ears, I was etcrnly opposed. I was subjected to begging, wheedling and nudging, and assured that everybody c-!t-p matter cllowcjd it. But I was stubborn, and refused to give irs. (In a!l fairness, I should tell you that was before EO many Lids, including boys, began wearing earring:-,,) When the eldest went away to college and away froirTmy watchful eye, thet was her first oct . . . getting her ears pierced. It might have been worse — one of her brothers grew u beard as soon es he left for college! Ok, back to the girl. Came December vacation and the first trip home, and I was treated to the sight' of my daughter's bejeweled ears. Her sister immediately petitioned for equal privilege. In time I gave in. I didn't want to, but even I could only hold out so long. I agreed, but on one condition. It would be done by a doctor. The girl v/as desperate, and readily agreed. It wa3 done, and she loved it. After a while I had to admit that people other than gypsies wore pierced earrings, and I forgot about it. Until just recently. If you know me well, you know I like jewelry. I wear pretty things my boyfriend has gifted me with, and love nothing more than a new goodies from BorsheimG. And just lately I've begun to notice the perfectly gorgeous earrings other women are wearing. Are you starting to get the picture? Now I'm wondering if I should get my ears pierced. It takes me a while to decide I can stand the flak from my daughters. Then it takes me a little time to get the courage to let somebody take an instrument and punch two holes in my head. Happily, my recent house-guests listened to my chicken-hearted dilemma, and at once announced they would take me (by the hand) to have the deed done. They did, and in a flash I had pierced ears, complete with earrings in place. I fel£ like a fool the minute it was done, because of course there was nothing to it. The care instructions included leaving the newly installed studs in my ears from four to six weeks, before replacing them with different earrings. I looked at the calendar and realized that would bring me just about to Hanukkah. How's that for timing? I sure hope the city hurries with the completion of downtown 16th street. I hate fighting both winter, and construction when I go shopping.
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NCJW EVENING MEETING The National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section will hold a general meeting Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., at the home of Margie Gutnik, 12924 Hamilton. Ms. Cella Quinn, vice president of Smith,'Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., will be the featured speaker. Her subject "Being Smart With Your Money" will be of special concern to all who are interested in securing a more independent financial position. There is no cost for this evening meeting which has been arranged to present a -chance for working women to attend an NCJW function. Guests are welcome and everyone is encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Nov. 11 to Hindy Batt 397-0808, Caryn Rifkin 334-7216, or Marty Tichauer 895-3476.
will have its annual paid-up membership "pot luck" supper at the Thomasville Apartments Clubhouse, 5820 So. 99 street on Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. This fun event is for paid-up members and their spouses, no children. Members are asked to bring only dairy foods. If to date you haven't paid your 1985 dues, they may be paid that evening to Sindie Katskee, treasurer. This "pot luck" supper has proven to be a highlight of Soshanah's social functions and as always, a delightful program is planned. B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN The Omaha Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women will hold a luncheon meeting on Nov. 15, at 12:30 p.m. at Firmatures Restaurant, 77th and Cass Streets. Chuck Levitt of the "Little Professor" Book Stores will present the program entitled "Books for the Holidays." Mr. Levitt will highlight several newly published books of Jewish content.
All those planning to attend the luncheon are asked to RSVP by Nov. 13, to Florence Schneider 397-6920, Marion Strauss 558-2646, or Ida Kaiman 558-1998. B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN EVENING GROUP In an effort to provide'al; ternative programming and additional options to its membership, B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha will host an evening meeting on Nov. 15, 7:15 p.m. at the JCC according to Bev Franklin, Chapter president. Maxine Noodell and Sigrid LeviBaum have been appointed chairwomen for the evening programming which is open to all current and prospective members.
"We-are hoping to form an evening group of B'nai B'rith Women as an addition to the regular group which normally meets during the day," stated Mrs. LevUBaum. "Our goal is to provide programming for PIONEER WOMEN career women and others Pioneer Women/Na'amat who are unable to attend daytime meetings, although we welcome all members to attend as well as anyone who may be interested in joining our group," she added. Bill Fogel, son of Danny dicial District. This is Mr. The Nov. 15 meeting will L. Fogel and nephew of Ar- Fogel's second such ap- feature Dr. Lilli Stoller who nold Joffe, has recently been pointment. He serves in an will speak on "Women and named as a Judge Pro Tem- identical capacity in the San sexuality." Refreshments pore in the Municipal Court Diego Judicial District. will be served following the of California, El Cajon Judiscussion.
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BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD DONOR "A touch of Class will be Rapoport. Models include the theme of the afternoon Rebecca Berenstein, Eve at the annual Beth Israel Bogucawal, Rosaline EpSisterhood Donor Lunch- stein, Bev Franklin, Jan eon scheduled for Nov. 13, Glass, Rini Gonsher, Judy 12:30 p.m. at Beth Israel Katzman, .Cheryl Kirke, AMIT WOMEN Synagogue. Sisterhood Maxine Kirshenboum, HATIKVAH CHAPTER president, Phyllis Schwartz, Cheryl Kricsfeld, Harriett Hatikvah Chapter of has announced the follow- Marcus, Susie Shyken, HeAmit Women will hold a ing 1984 Donor chairmen: len Siegel, Leah Siegel and dinner meeting 6 p.m. on Ellen Albin, Shirley Ber- Billie Sokolof. Nov. 18 at Beth Israel Syn- man, and Simmy Siegel. •• Donor Committee memagogue. The cost of the dinbers include: Tibe Stoler ner is. $4.50. A highlight of the after- and Cheryl Kirke, luncheon; Willis Ann and Alvin noon will be a styleshow and Bede Ostrow, treasurer; and Ross will discuss "Insights commentary presented by Gert Levy, door prizes. into the Jewish community Kathy Rapoport of the Car- Hostesses for the afternoon of Danzig." riage Shop. The show will are Jean Dvorkin, Minnie Reservations may be feature day through evening Freeman, Esther Friedman, made with Gert Levey 397- fashions including new Merriam Friedman, Ida 6488; Charlotte Kaplan 551- sportswear, as well as Halperin, Eilene Pachman, 5658; Marion Strauss 558- beaded special occasion Mollye Rimmerman and 2646. pieces, according to Mrs. Gladys Thomas.
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Rosinsky^Richter vows exchanged at Temple for her sister, and Vinson ; Richter of Miami, was best msn for his twin brother. TKe bridesmaids were Ja-. n.ey Rosinsky of Omaha, and Randa Richter of Miami. Groomsmen were Bradley Richter of Miami, and Kevin Richter of Los Angeles. The newlyweds will live in Palm Beach; The bride is assistant manager of St. Lauteatltive Gauche in Palm Beach, The bridegroom is an owner of Richters Jewelers of Palm Beach and Atlanta.
Nancy Roghisky became tbe bride of Stefan Richter, of Palm Besrh, Pte., in a Nov. 4 ceremony at Temple Israel. Rabbi Sidney Brooks officiated st the 5 p.m. tvt-dding, which was folio-wed by a dinner dance at Highland Country Club. . The bride, given in marriage by Harvey Aronson, is the daughter of Mrs. Aronson and the late Sol Rosiry sky. Da» Rieisttr of ivii^ms, Fla., and Mru. Phyllis Richter of Pclm Beach, are parents of tho bridegroom. Susan Jtoolnsky of Austin, Test., vvca maid of honor
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Uy L'k.zy U"cLIu-.r.i;5 Two weeka ago tliis column brought your attention to tho news that tofutti is available in Omaha at some of the nutrition Btoros. The news in Allan Green's column last weak about David Mintz, tho tofutti king from .Beiicorihuret, NY, brought you up to date on tlie background of tliis product mode from -tofu which can bs cerved after a meet wieal because it is kosher end parove. It also has only 12G calorics . par four ounce serving, is medo from a protein rich eoybsan curd which is turned into a cholesterol and lactoss frca deosert. This dessert weo carved lect Saturday, night at a private dinner party at the JCC by ARA end thoca who cte it gave tho doscert "rave noticeo." It io honey [sweetened and comes'in a variety of flavors and frankly, if enough of our readers begin coking for it in the supermarkets psrhap3 they will begin to carry it also. ' ' • .'. You'll bs pleasad to know that there is a charming new candy store on 120th and Pacific next door to the pizza parlor next door to the Baskin Robbins ica cream store and it carries kosher candy for making your own candy as well as beautiful molds with a Jewish theme. They elso carry a tremendous variety of'other items including lovely gift bosses for paclting your own home made candy for Hanukkoh gifts. Check them out because they are willing to add to their stock of kosher candies if you will but let them k n o w . . .-.-.-,
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jM Copies of Kenneth Libo'o noweet:faook. "We Lived There Too" will ha available for purchacs and autograph by the author on Nov. 13 preceding and following the lecture by Libo at the Jewish Community Center which ia open to the public. The appearance of the author of the newest book on the westward movement of Pioneer Jews is being sponsored by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society in celebration of the second anniversary of its founding in 1982. Party refreshments . will be Berved starting at 7:30 p.m. and following the 8 p.m. lecture) . An esnib'it of over 30 pic'-, tures and related texts
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Charles Howard Rose, son of Florence and Murray Rose, former Omahans, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Nov. 17, at Keneseth Israel Synagogue, Louisville, KY. He is the brother of Debby Rose. Charles attended the Columbus Torah Academy, If you haven't tried the kosher lunches nowbeing served Columbus, Ohio and is presMonday through Friday in the. Jewish Community Center ently a seventh grader at Canteen you are.missing out on one of the best food deals Eliahii Academy of Louisin town. Any of these days, from li:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ville. He received his Bar there is a wonderful variety of foods being served by the Mitzvah training from CanARA (which provides catering and meals for all special tor J. Birnholtz and Rabbi events and for the residents of the Blumkin home.) Again Irving Glickman. this fall and winter they are making available a variety of Charles is the grandson of ' Q'r hot and cold sandwiches, salads, and delicious thick soups Sarah Shrago, the late that seem to please the many who are eating there daily. Harry Shrago, of Omaha, The menu is different every day and every week the menu and Harry Rose, Minneapis posted in a variety of spots around the Center. Opine on olis, Minn., and the late over, try the lunch which is strictly kosher and delicious. Golda Rose of Omaha. ©©£53-
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By Heery Stera who ennouncfcd new memNext get together Nov. 13. bers, thanks to George Vice president Gerald Schapiro, and they are MyBernstieh presided et the ron Tarnoff, Dr. William Oct. 30 eariybiKfs, end con- ' RosenbauEt, end AI Wei tier. ducted a session' on politics, He read a thank you letter' including the taking of a from the Jcwkh Family Serstraw vote on the forthcom- vices for our dortatioa,' and ing election, which v.iH be 'announced the resignation over when you reed this re- of Duke. • port. We dit'ei'.Lied the merD&ve asked for a volunits of debates find whether they iiifiui-'Hce the volt re. In teer to ccsuEia Duke's duties the vice prcsidcnticl de- as chaii man of the Sunshine bates, 'iliUts wue blunders Committee. Nate Ferer by V.P. Hush, t-apecitlty kindly gave us a list of those when lie made whet he in cud cut of hospitals. Out thought was v.n uniccordcd Mid back with u:s is Moe bit of whit lia tailed Il^ta Grocsniaii, LWI in ere Can-. humor while trying to bs tor Edgar, Llcrvin Gerber, Barney Guse, and Zelig one of the good old hays. Karpaiun. Don't forget the We agreed that all voting JWV Lelka party Nov. 11, 1-5,0-1, and tune in to "Civbootii3 must ba c!o~sd be- ilizatioi! and the Jews," narfore there is any publicity on rated by Abba Eban, Chanthe results. Tins reporter nel 12, Monday nights, 9 would like to own a copy of p.m. the Chicago Trib with tho headline "Dewey bscto TiuVice president Gerald mon." Art Grossman brougSit up the subject of Demotion presented guest the Electoral College and speaker, Rabbi Nadoff at Beth Israel. Tho rabbi the reason for it. started with much good huTo a tremendous gather- mor, and told us his address ing at the luncheon, Motzi would center around what by Art Grossman in honor we considered the "good old of his and Ann's 50th, and day3." Ekch period in our Benschen by the renowned lives was considered the Harry Schulman, and to good old days, our youth, which we responded with our middle age, and our senone of our better efforts to ior years. please the rabbi in attendThe days of our youth ance. were carefree days, full of fun, but also filled with hazPlaudits for the under- ards and problems. Middle staffed servers at thio lunch- age, which begins at 40, was eon, and president Norm a period of stability, but we Wohler asked for a few began to worry about the words from Dave Dvorkin start of our decline. Our senior years are times of relaxation, but also a time of physical limitations and sometimes loneliness.
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By Murrey Frost a stamp is Rsbbi Abba Hil- century Europe was to The question of who Is a lel Silver who died on Nov. mainta In his split from the Jew continues to haunt Is- 28, 1963. He served his con-] Jewish community. He conrael. It is also a problem that 'gregetion in Cleveland for verted to Protestantism. each collector of Judakc on many years and was consid- Victor, Ad.tr'dit'J on Artnistamps must fact, Who will t u U >hs o f t ' . . , > ' • ., .1 .•;» n ..y, :-'A 11,191t He Kq«w do you think more poopia couki be be included in your collec- ' i! A n r . < - 1 k «' >i ' , . . „ vy.a Au^iriui tion of Jews on stamps? -'lite . ! J . ' l r \ , , , ' l » , r r l l i . d to do voiunt^r: work? issues related to this month, ' i f ' j f i c . i ' ! i f i f t l u Anns K&ufnuui . November, can be used to _ i n n (.• i ' • " . < f > 1 •i f ' t , u .,"l ' } ,. 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He appeared Nov. 12,1903, whose mother wa3 a Creole and Who marcation, is also related to No- ogain on a 1978 stamp. ried a Gentile, nevertheless vember. The latter, of Several Jewish heroeB course, refers to Baruch de who died for their people felt his Jewish roots very • Spinoza who was excom- have November associa- strongly at the time of the municated by the Amster- tions. Hannah Senech was a Dreyfus trials. His artworks dam Jewish community in Jew living in Palestine v/hen appear on stamps from Is1656. Spinoza Was born on she volunteered to para- rael, France, Liberia, Mon- • Nov. 24,1632 (he appears on chute behind enemy Iine3 to aco, Romania, and Togo. a 1977 Netherlands stamp). make contact with ReniBtThese are but a few of at Rabbi Leo Baeck served ance groups in World War least. 36 famous persons Sharon Cipperley Noni Seiner George ScEiapiro his community even while II. Her mission wao unsuc- considered (by themselves Create an nwareness of Try to match volunteers, I feel it's a mitzvah what confined to Theresienstadt. cessful. She was caught and or by others) to be Jewish I'm doing. I enjoy doing to a job where they have the worthwhile projects He died on Nov. 3,1956 and, executed by the Nazis on who were born or,died in whnir I'm doing. I take a sorn© expertise, interest or being done in our commuis pictured on a German Nov, 7,-. 1044. Her poem, November. Still others — •group in my car each week Bomcone with whom they'd nity Convince businesses stamp issued on the first an- however, inspired others,. e.g. Einstein, Korczak, and tlict proven volunteers to cat or somewhere like like to work. niversary of his death. possess saleable bkills. the zoo or Joslyn. She wrote: "Blessed is the Ben Guripn — appear on Another rabbi pictured on match that is. consumed- in stamps issued in November.^ kindling' flame./ Blessed is the flame that^burris in the secret fastness of the heart./ Blessed is the ,heart with A WASHINGTON — Based on a sampling of Jewish boo tctoijes m cities' across trjn'tlnited States., The_B*nai 'B'rithi t strength to "/stop its' beating | International Jewish M6lithly'has selcpted iri'its November josue the foll'oWjnj/as.h'ebt'-'s'cllino books o? J^wi'ib 'interest."' for honor's" sake./-Blessed is [They are listed alphabeticallyby title, ':>. the match that is consumed Jewish community in wartime Europe. "in kindling flame.":She apChronicle of the' From Time I i i pears in a sheet of 12 stamps : Edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki, Yale University Press. $35. Joan Peters Harper & Row. $24.95, depicting martyrs who Details of daily life and occupatidh in iKe" secbhd largest Origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict fought for Israel and the Jewish-people issued in Abba Eban Summit Bpoks C32-95 1982. • ••'• - r;B3ter.Pan _ Jewish influence on Western Civilization. Companion to 4l. Another hero who lost his PBS caries. life defending his people was ' . • • • • ' ' v o l u n t e e r s ^ . • ' • • V ' - . .,Peter Pan opens Nov.. 23 Icrool'D Lebanon War at the Emmy Gifford ChilJoseph Trumpeldor. He died ' The Omaha Children's; Ze'ev Schiff and Ehud Ya'an. Simon and Schuster. $17.95. in 1920 defending- Jewish i Museum needs volunteers dren's Theater and will run , How Israel became involved-in Lebanon, focusing on the Bert Cohen settlers in Tel Hai from an ; tojhelp make.it possible to; . for 42 performances.. ; role of Ariel Sharon. x . Bertram Rutledge Cohen, Arab attack. He was born . offer a children's 'self-pro- , '\f)ajj P. Hays will be fea- rJewi^;^nd''Fertofe:'';i!fi0ic^o-"fflnd! Chanijes: in Our" son of Mr. and Mrs: Sheldon Nov. 29,1880 and is pictured .'. tcction program throughpjut ture,'^; in, the title role and L i v c ' 3 - T d d o y •'•'.'• ' • • • • • " • " " • ' ••"•'• - ' " • • - " ' .;: . : • ' • ' • ; • ' • ' • ' • ' • ; Cohen, will become a Bar on-stamps issued by Israel the community.. ,,;,.', .'' Joseph Miloni will play his Susan Weidman Schneider, Simon: & Schuster; $19.95.- '• • • ' nemesiBi Captain Hook., " Mitzvah at Beth Israel Syn- in 1970 and 1979. "Cat and Mouse/' develAn- exploration of ho\y feminidm has affected Jewish ' agogue on Nov. 9 and 10. At the other end of. the o p e d by the Girls Club of Others, in the cast include: women, Jennifer Gottschalk as Bert is a student at Arbor spectrum of Jewish identity . Omaha,.uses small group fa.•: : PAPEKBACKS Heights Junior High and is Victor Adler, a Socialist cilitators to guide pre- Wendy, Chad Polikov as Auer&ach'o Will . John, Joshua Perilo as Mienjoys tennis and golf. He is leader who was elected to ' school age children in Steven Birmingham. Berkley. $3.95 ' also interested in sports me- serve as the first Foreign planned activities. There is chael, Julie Valentine as Ti- Generatidnal novel of a strong woman and her well-traveled' morabilia and is a card col- Minister of the Austrian a two hour training session ger Lily, and Belinda Acosta offspring.' '.. . •'"•'... ' ' ' , ' lector. Republic. His father had required prior to. facilitat- as Smee. Hooray for Yiddioh: A Book About English . -. ?. All programs at t h e Bert is the grandson of converted to Catholicism ing. Leoi'Rosten. Touchstone. $6.95. ' ' '•' Mr. and Mrs. David Stein, eight years before.<Victor If you are interested in Emmy Gifford Children's Humorous dictionary of Yiddish expressions. Mendota Heights, Minn, was born. Nevertheless Vic- ; becoming a facilitator or if . 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From England, to Omaha Cleo Laine and John DankWorth will perform at the Orpheura Theatre on Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. Cleo is affectionately known as the "Queen of Scatland," but slit's equally at home with the classical, pop end jazz repertoire. She is, in fact, the only female singer ever to be nominated for a Grammy in all three categories! Her husband, John Dankworth has won more awards than almost any other British musician. Recognized as one of the "best saxophonists in the world," he and Laine deiight audiences with their scatting, she matching him note for note. Not only is Dankworth a band leader and musical director ^for Cleo Laine, but he's a composer/arranger for stage, film and television. The theme of the hit television series "The Avengers" is his. For reservations, call Performing Artists/Omaha at (402) 344-8913. Tickets are also
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B'nai B'rith, Lax eaid, has uf.ee! its Non-Governmental Organization status in UNESCO to foster better relations between Jews and Moslems. "UNESCO was created to stimulate better underctanding' between re-
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Sharon Cippcrley, president, Nationol Council of Jewioh Women, Omaha Section, presents a gift of kitchen equipment to the Uc"3 Blumlcin Jowioh Home as the organization's annual gift to the facility. Accepting in behalf of the Home is Scth Levy, ocsictant administrator.
ligions and cultures. It should not be distracted by politicization and partisanship." . ' • Maimonides lived from 1135 to 1204 A.D., and was a central figure in the development of Western thought. He was instrumental in the interchange between Jewish, Arab, Greek and Christian cultures. The UNESCO resolution stated, in part: "The ongoing effort towards peace and international understanding rests on active dialogue among cultures." B'nai B'rith declared its full agreement with these sentiments. -
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n Rubin "Book Fair . > publicity chairman | Blu Greenberg, president of the Jewish Book Council ' of America noted that "this l year's Book Month which begins on Nov. 18 and con- [ t eludes on Dec. 18 hopes to stir excitement in the world of Jewish bookaand provide ' an impetus for all of U3 to enlarge our personal libraries." Omaha's Jewish Fed- ' eration Library will offer ' , the community four outstanding programs during the l l t h annual Jewish Book Month celebration. . The National Council of Jewish Women will team up with the library to present "An Evening With"1 Steven Birmingham" at 7:30 p.m on Dec. 2. Author of two best-selling books "Our Crowd" and "The Grandees" which explored the lives of the wealthy and dis», i tinguished German and Sephardic Jewish Families, ' Birmingham's latest work "The Rest Of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews," which was released in September, has been selected as a Book-of;the-Month Club Alternate and is currently ;on the New York Times Bestseller list. The work focuses attention on rags-to-riches stories of famous people whose lives in the arts, entertainment, and in industry take on a fairy-tale quality moving against a vast tapestry of social history. "The Responsibilities Of The Jewish Writer" will be addressed at the 7th annual Community Luncheon on Dec. 5 at'noon when 10 of Omaha's Jewish women's or-
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Cleveland and graduated with a master1 of arts in political ticience from the University of Chicago in 1918. During his college years he was a founder of the Intercollegiate Zionist Federation of America-and a representative of Chicfijo Youth Organizations on the Zionist Actions Committee during 1947-48. In 1948, Consul.General Zippori made Aliych to Isrcol. Before becoming Consul General, Mr. Zippori served Isrc-.el in political capacities in the Ho[,«e, Japan, Nigeria, Italy and at the.United nations. Is; l£3t, Consul General Zippori was accepted from a select group to participate in the Israel National Defense College. Currently, Mr. Zippori is serving as Consul General of Israel to the Midwest headquartered in Chicago. Invitations to the Dinner of State will be mailed to the community shortly.
By Karen Diamond • JFS voluntear "Ethnicity and the Family" will be the topic presented by Monica • McGoldrick, M.S.W. on Thursday evening, Nov. 29, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. Ms. McGoldrick will address the community regarding differences in attitudes and values of various ethnic groups. These differences affect many things in life such as.food,,talk, religion, reaction to illness, ; _and Ii3i3dling:ofprpbjerospnd various•'issues;. throughout life. Video taps segments will be shown to further illustrate the subject. Ms. McGoldrick is director of family training at UMD Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey. Her two co-edited books are teaching texts on the subjects of ethnicity and family therapy. She has made numerous contributions, pioneered many techniques, and developed the medical school curriculum on ethnic patterns. Ms. McGoldrick
will be in Omaha to conduct a day-long conference for over 100 local human-service professionals on Friday, Nov. 30. Both the Friday conference and Thursday evening's lecture are sponsored by Jewish Family Service. The public may attend the lecture on Thursday evening, Nov. 29. There is no charge, and refreshments will be served. No registration is necessary, however, further information may be obtained by calling Jewish Family Service at 330.2024. ..... ...
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By Barbara Simon Goldstein Foundation Consultant The Foundation of the Jewish' Federation of Omaha announced this week the establishment of the Ruth Sokolof Special Education Scholarship Fund!_ The Scholarship program, created and funded by Phil Sokolof,.will honor and perpetuate the memory of his wife, Ruth, a community leader in the Special Education field, who died in 1982 at the age of 56. It is projected that the fund will distribute approximately $400,000 in college tuition and related expenses over Ruth Sokolof the next 30 years. Scholarships totalling $10,000 to $15,000 a year will be awarded to needy Jewish college graduates with degrees in Special Education, who wish to attend graduate school. "Many students will certainly aspire to further their education going on to earn master's degree or doctorate arid -.. better equip themselves to help the'physically impaired, if these funds are available," Mr. Sokolof said. The Foundation will administer the fund, choose the recipients and distribute the scholarship money. AH expenses may be paid for one or two deserving students or substantial * contributions may be made to several students. Ruth Sokolof became interested in working with blind and other impaired children while in her thirties, reaching preschool children at Beth El Synagogue.' Her college de1 grees were in psychology'and'sociology, but she soon gravitated into volunteer work with the handicapped. She'was instrumental in establishing the. Pre-School Center for
Handicapped Children at J.P. Lord school and making it a part of the Omaha school system. After observing her outstanding work with handicapped children, the Omaha school system awarded her a teaching certificate. Omaha School officials often said she had no peers in her work with young, handicapped students according to Sokolof. She soon attained a master's degree in special education. Mrs. Sokolof taught at J.P. Lord School for many years. Her achievements with two to five-year old blind children have been lauded by many educators,;psychiatrists and psychologists in th^ midwest, Mr. Sokolof said. Her desire to give of herself was no doubt magnified by her 30-year battle with incurable cancer. In addition to her work, she also inspired many others who were coping with this disease to keep living life fully. Ruth Sokolof's daughter, Karen, now Mrs. Gary Javitch, followed her mother's lead. She graduated from the University of Texas with a major in special education. Visual impairment was her area of concentration and she taught blind and partially sighted children in Austin, Tex., and Omaha schools. i Mr. Sokolof shared his thoughts on the kind of memorial he has decided to establish in his wife's memory. "During the 30 years of my wife's illness, she endured 15 major surgeries. Her faith never faltered and her spirit never waivered. She moved toward her goals which, to a major degree, involved helping people ... . a s modest *as guiding someone through a bad day, as earthshaking as turning a four-year-old, helpless, blind child into a viable person. I know after 34 years of marriage to Ruth that she would have relished the scholarship concept. She would enthusiastically support a'program to further.develop teaching skills and help people become more proficient teachers in the Special Education field. My wife "knew that helping is '."-what life is all about." •; •
• Early deadline Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Jewish Press will observe an early deadline for the issue of NovT 30. News and advertising deadline for Nov. 30 will be Wednesday, Nov. 21 at noon. Your adherence to this schedule will be appreciated.
By Jan Perelman Beth El Volunteer The festive sounds of Hanukkah will be heard at Beth El Synagogue on Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in a community-wide Cantorial Concert. Featured performers will be special guest, Cantor Alberto Mizrahi of La Jolla, Calif, and Beth El's Cantor Emil Berkovits. Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi ranks as one of the leading tenors of our time. Born in Athens, Greece, he came to the United States with his family in 1956. He now resides in California where he serves Congregation Beth El of La Jolla. Well grounded in the JewCantor Mjzrahi ish tradition through his studies at the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland and the Hebrew Theological College, Skokie, 111., he graduated from the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. His musical training was further expanded with intensive study at the Chicago Musical College, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the American Opera Center at the Juilliard School. The funds raised by the Hanukkah Concert will help support Beth El scholarships to various Jewish camping experiences. The evening.will also include the dedication of the Tree of Life sculpture. . Patron tickets are now on sale for this community event. Ticket prices are: Patron - $100 (4 tickets); Benefactor $50 (3 tickets); Sponsor - $25 (2 tickets). To purchase tickets, mail check to Hanukkah Concert — Beth El Synagogue, 210 So. 49 street, Omaha, NE 68132.
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Library plans Book Month programs (continued from page 1) dience involvement that promises to be an enchanting afternoon from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 9. A gifted children's concert artist, composer, educator, lecturer, consultant, author, columnist and recording artist, she uses her skills to guide creative thinking, develop language, clarify values and develop self concept and positive feelings about Judaism. A lunch will precede the concert beginning at 12:45 p.m. This program is co-t.poiif,ored by Hadasisah. Editor of the Juduica Philatelic Journal, Dr. Murray Frost, will offer a1 slide pres1 entation of "Jews In Miniature" on Doc. 10 following the Senior Citizens luncheon et noon. A prominent Jewish stamp collector, Dr. Frost has written extensively in this area. He is immediate past chairman of the
Federation's Library Committee. Beginning on Dec. 2 and concluding Dec. 26, the community will have an opportunity to purchase books, gift items and records and tapes, during these hours: Sunday, Dec 2 — 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, Dt-c 3 to Friday; Dec. 7 — 10, . a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10 to Friday, Dec. 14 — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 — li a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 to Friday, Dec. 21 — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26 — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Book Sale end all programs will he held at the Jewish Community Center.
"He!!o Jerusalem" An Israeli look at Thanksgiving Day will be one of the features on this week's "Hello Jerusalem," to be shown at 4 p.m. Sunday on Cox Cable Channel 29. Another of the Simcha Dinitz "Viewpoints" will feature Israelis in the public scene. The program repeats on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 1:30 p.m.
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The Jewish Community Center Theater will present Neil Simon's comedy, "Come Blow Your Horn", opening Saturday night, Nov. 17. This play, which opened in 1961, was Neil Simon's first Broadway hit. It is based on the playwright's relationship with his own older brother, Danny Simon. The elder Simon is a playwright and author in his own right, and actually gave his younger brother his start as a writer for CBS radio. Early in their careers, the
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24 performance will feature a return of the Kosher Dinner Theater, Nebraska's (and perhaps the nation's) only dinner theater to feature Kosher cuisine. Cochairmen for this event are Patty Nogg and Sheila Polikov. This time the menu will feature a KosherChinese theme. Appetizers 1 and wine' will be served in. the JCC Art Gallery starting at 6:45 p.m. The Gallery will be featuring a new exhibit of works from the Sara Rodin Gallery in St. Louis, with Judaic art from around the world. Dinner will begin at 7:30 with the show at 8:30 p.m. Tickets can be obtained by calling the JCC at 334-8200. Reservations for the Dinner Theater must be made by Tuesday, Nov. 20. This program is made possible with the assistance of the Nebraska Arts Council. "Come Blow Your Horn" is part of the JCC's Cultural Arts Series.
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. Sara Rodin Art Opening and Reception 7 p.m. BBYO Leadership Training Weekend Pioneer Women Social Cultural Potluck 6:30 p.m. Thomasyille Apts. Jay Kenyon, Bar Mitzvah, Temple Israel Sunday, Nov. 18: Come Blow Your Horn 2 p.m. Men's Club Meeting 10 a.m. - Temple Israel BBYO Leadership Training Weekend Amit Hatikvah Dinner Meeting - Beth Israel 6 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 19: Yes 10 a.m. CJFL Seminar 7 p.m. JFS Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. UTTO Faculty Meeting - J.C.C. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20: Bureau for the Aging Board Meeting Noon Lunch & Learn Noon UTTO Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. - Beth Israel C I I P A N D S A V E
Wednesday, Nov. 21: B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Noon - Howard • i Johnson's Amit Women Regular Meeting Thursday, Nov. 22: Thanksgiving Day - JCC CLOSED Mordy Schwartz, Bar Mitzvah, Beth Israel At activities at JCC unloss othonvlso noted. For questions on actMtlss contact Barbara HoSng at 334-6200 Ext. 271 Tho JmvlMh Pntt
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Bernard Wishnow, a Lincoln attorney and past president of Tiferelh Israel Synagogue, died Nov. 8 of a heart ailment. He was 51. Services were conducted Nov. 11 with Rabbi Ian Jacknis of Tifeieth Israel Synagogue and Kubbi Mar!-: Bisman, of Scottsdale, Arizona, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Carmei Cemetery, Lincoln. Mr. Wishnow, of 3420 Hillside drive, was legal 1 counsel for the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure (Sunshine) Commission since 1977. In 1978, he was acting director of the Commission.
A graduate of the University of Nebraska, and a 1957 graduate of the NU College of Law, Mr. Wishnow servt-d as a lawyer with the U.S. Navy in Washington, IXC. He returned to Lincoln in 1959 to become deputy Lancaster County Attorney. lie later became counsel for the State Insurance Department serving from 1962-68. Mr. Wishnow was a member of the American, Nebraska and Lincoln Bar Associations, and H'nni B'rith. He is survived by his wife, Gail; son, Edward; daughters, Barbara and Janice; and brother, Emanuel.
USY Kinnus in Winnipeg By Richard Katskee USY has been preparing for Kinnus, a convention held Thanksgiving weekend each year. This year, Kinrms; will lie held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Seven of the 15 USYers plan to attend Kinnus next weekend. Other upcoming USY events include taking part in services at Beth ICI and attending an anti-Social,i both on Nov. 17. There will be a general meeting on Nov. 18 to judge creative arts projects for Kinnus. Also on Nov. 19, USY will hold its fifth annual un. marathon. The un-marathon is a unique opportunity for un-sportsmanlike people to avoid, participating in an athletic competition. Hundreds have displayed disinterest in this unique program! '
At the recent national convention of the American First Day Cover Society, hosted by the Southeast Philatelic Exhibition in Columbia, S.C., Jewish Community Center Executive Director Steven Eod was awarded jjrand awards of both Gocieties for his CO-page exhibit on a United States stamp ieoued in. 1926. In addition to the grand awards, which were Beat in Show, two gold medals and a research award also were presented. His exhibit was titled, "White Plains Souvenir Sheet."
Georgia State Sen, Julian Bond will discuss Black'Jewish relationships in an interview scheduled for broadcast Sunday at 1 p.m. on WOWT Channel 6,-Sen; Bond, right, was interviewed recently by Cookie Hoberman of the ADL/CRC Committee, the organization which joined with the Jewish Cultural Arts Council in sponsoring Sen. Bond's visit to Omaha.
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Young Jud HAIFA —'.While there can be no real substitute for organized, systematic Jewish education for children and young people, the role played by voluntary youth organizations through their clubs and various activities mus;t not be minimized. In many cases such organizations supplement the more forms! programs of the Jewish schools; in other instance,:;, they.provide tens of thousands of young folks with their only contact with organized Jewish life. Future adult Utitudts tov/urd Isroel, toward tha Jewish community end toward Jewish life as a whole ate influenced by the experiences derived by young people from their association with such clubs. There are many eplendid organizations, with positive programs. If I write today about Young Judaea it is because that body is now celebrating its 75th anniversary as the oldest Zionist youth organization in the U.S., and because my own early formative years were to a large extent influenced by my membership in Young Judaea, which strengthened and added new dimensions to the Jewish influences of my home and the Talmud Torah which I attended in Cambridge, Mass. Young Judaea was unique among the Zionist youth groups because it sought to inculate a broad ideology, not linked to one partisan group or another. That principle continues to guide it, even during times when some of the intense political ideologies and loyalties in Israel are exported, seeking to duplicate in Diaspora communities that very political fragmentation which is today the curse 6f political life in Israel. • We never referred to Young Judaea as a "movement." It did not and still does not demand the loyalty and devotion of its members to the exclusion of other interests and attachments. Young Judaea has always sought to influence young people's thinking positively, but has always drawn the line at absorbing them completely to the exclusion even( as in some cases, of their own families. In my youth Young Judaea was derided by its more radical counterparts because, while it encouraged aliyah, even in the pre-state days, it did not make such aliyah a sine qua non of its program. Yet as matters turned out, thousands of former Judneans are today to be found in almost every circle in Israel/Precisely because they are not organized as a separate political group they are not visible here a&a/bbdy, yet'tinie tmd'again lam impressed with Jhe many 'Americans here'in IsrSel Who trace their first interest in Zionism back to their affiliation with a Young Judaean club in the community of their birth. One of the few Instances of a significant undertaking clearly identified as Young Judaean, is its Kibbutz Ketura founded a dozen years ago in the desert, just north of Eilat. In its long history Young Judaea has faced numerous problems, most of them financial. During the mid and latter Thirties, a small group of so-called liberals sought to take over the organization and steer it into the leftist-dominated "united front" which was popular in those days. There were many of us who refused to be stampeded into carrying the torch for democracy in Spain, when we had our own Jewish front to defend. In what was essentially a struggle within Young Judaea between the older, liberal leftists, and the younger Zionist loyalists, the young people staged an organizational revolt and rejected the domination of its adultled, New York dominated Governing Board. In 1940, the
The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. To the Editor: Edward A. "Eddie" Ginsberg, founder and president of Prime International Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, passed away suddenly at age 54. Eddie founded Prime International in 1976, and realized one of his life's biggest dreams by leading the company in these few short years to become the largest liver processing company in the world. It was just the day before Eddie Ginsberg left for the Mayo Clinic that he finalized the acquisition of Coast of Omaha, another liver processing company. • ' . . - . According to his wife, Marilyn, "Eddie accomplished everything he set out to do in his career and his life, through a rare determination and a lot of hard work. While we all have our own mountains to climb in life to achieve the goals we set for ourselves, most of us never quite reach the top. We seem to spend our entire life climbing. It wasn't that way for Eddie. He climbed his mountain and he got to see the other side." According to business partner, Ben Nachman, executive vice president, "Eddie's death is a tragic loss to us all, for truly, no one could have been, more loved and respected by those he knew and employed. He was a kind, compassionate
die first time in its history, a truly "young" Young Judaean, from the ranks, was elected national president on an unadulterated Zionist platform. I had the honor of being so eho:,in. Events proved us right. Those who opted for the "united front"1 very s;oon had their illusions shuttered. The organization h&a served the Jewish people outside of Israel as well. Young: Judaean alumni are today to be found'among the leaders of the Jewish community in the U.S., end even when not "leaders," they are numbered cmong those American Jews who ere positively identified with a proud Jewish existence. Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has in recent years sponsored Young Judaea, not only providing it with financial support, but also encouraging its aliyah program and making pocsible its publications, its club activities, its camps and its various study and travel programs to Israel. Young Judaea has never been a mass organization. Without any senEe of elitism or exclusivity it haa nevertheless been marked by lush standards and quality, by intellectual integrity and above all by devotion to broad principles of proud loyalty to the Jewish people, and the fulfillment of historic Jewish destiny through the establishment of the State of Israel. •
In February of next year, an exciting community mission will take place as one of the events of the 1985 Campaign. Desiring a smaller, intimate mission, rather than the larger, more impersonal type' national missions sponsored by UJA, Omaha will join with Harrioburg, Pa., for this unique experience. ':••: ; Chairing the mission from Omaha is Harlan Noddle, a veteran mission leader, and from Harrisburg, nono other than former Omahan, Allan Noddle. The 10-day mission, open to both couples and singles, will spend three days in Poland visiting sites of historic and
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cultural importance and meeting with the remnants of the Polish Jewish community. While I have not personally visited Poland, my colleagues who have done so describe it as a memorable and most worthwhile experience before one visits Israel. Our itinerary in Israel has not yet been completed, but will include extensive touring of Jerusalem, the Galilee and Tel Aviv! Special briefing with governmental and Jewish Agency leaders will increase participants knowledge and understanding of Israel — of jits people and its land. The mission will be open to the first 19 people wlio sign, up. For further information, contact Harlan Noddle at 3911616, or Sondra Rosenblatt at the Federation offices, 3348200.
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and strong leader . . . a man you're proud to say you had known. We will miss him dearly. But his spirit and enthusiasm will surely be with us as we all work together to continue his success." Eddie was born March 7,1930 in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated there from East High School. After serving a tour of duty in the service, he moved to Omaha, where he married and later worked as a salesman for a chemical company before entering the meat processing business with Coast of Omaha. He later joined Lakin Meats', assuming the responsibility for getting Lakin successfully into the liver processing business. . . It was following the completion of this task that Eddie took the big step and went out on his own to start his own liver processing business. Since then, he eventually acquired Lakin Meats, and finally Coast of Omaha, helping him realize his dream of building Prime International into the success it is today. :", : j . " • . • ' . . Prime International Corporation To the Editor: The League of Women Voters of Omaha Voter's Guide that came, in,our Jewish Press prior to the election was very informative and useful. The League of Women Voters deserves our thanks. However, the National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section provided the funds that allowed the guide to be inserted in the Jewish Press. NCJW also should be thanked. Fran Coren PR Vipe President Omaha Section, NCJW
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Idea exchange set for Nov. 16 SOCIETY OF SURVIVORS I've never been accused of being the quwn of nostalgia, Bella Eisenberg is treasbut if I were to be perfectly honest, I'd have to admit I could urer and Milly Feidman is qualify. All of which is to Bey that on Nov. 2, we noted it secretary of The Society of was exactly one year since we moved into our present home. Survivors of the Holocaust. I think of the time as having flown by, but I suppose The officers were incorduring December, January, and February I would not have rectly listed in the New Year said that. Of course it was a dreadful winter, bat it did edition of the J e w i s h finally pass . . . and it became only a part of the total year. Press. So what happened bstween 11-2-83 end 11-2-C4? AMIT WOMEN Well, let's tee. Many things happened, coma good, some Art Grossman will be wonderful and Eome tellingly sad. The litppy evontu included visits form our out-of-town kids; tome good times guest speaker at the regular with good friends; tomn pure enjoyment in (;ettin{» settled meeting of Kalah Franklin in our new home. A Euper plus in that last area was to Chapter of AMIT on Nov. discover some delightful friends among our new neighbors. 21, noon, at the Beth El The first family gatherings around our dining room table Synagogue. Luncheon will were extra special, but I always have levelled on such oc- be Esrved. Be sure to watch for the announcement of the casions, no matter where! We celebrated a wedding this year, automatically increas- Chai Donor Luncheon on ing the 6ize of our immediate elan. For this .we give thanks. Dec. 12. There willbe no We celebrated the personal achievements of our kids, for regular meeting in Decemwhich we also give thanks. Included in our simchas were a ber. birthday which was synonymous with a second bar mitzvah PIONEEE WOMEN and a 50th wedding anniversary which created a (nearly By Helen Schvrartz complete) family reunion. Pioneer Women/Na'amat The other side of the coin was not so shiney. We lost a will hold their annual paidbeloved member of the family and some dear friends in up membership "pot luck" these last 12 months. We've had some worries and fears dinner at the Thomasville that made some days black rather than golden. But for the Apartments Clubhouse, most part it has been a good year, kayn aynhoreh. 5820 So. 99 street, Nov. 17 After all, blessings must be counted, big ones and smaller at 6:30 p.m. Members ore ones. Not among the smaller thrills .was. learning I could asked to bring only 'dairy' cook two big pot.3 of gefilte fish without offending the. del- foods and their spouses. icate nose3 of others! (By the same token, the wonderful This affair is for adults fragrance of baking honey cake also stays within the con- only. A children's Hanufines of my kitchen — and that's too bad.) • kkah party is in the makings Those last are, naturally, the unimportant items to be for Dec. 23. noted . . . the lighter side. I mention them lest somebody HABASSAH think I'm taking this tally too seriously. BARGAIN BOX But maybe everybody should stop and take stock of a By Julee Katzmnn year just past. Oh I know that's what pur recent high holOmaha Public Schools idays decree. I suddenly realize that it's a really good idea. has recently contacted the So that's it. November 2, 1983 to November 2, 1984. The Omaha Hadassah Bargain good and the bad, which after all. is what life is all about. Box in search of winter I shall hope, however, that the coming year is filled only coats for the underpriviwith golden days . . . at your house and mine. leged students of the school district it was announced this week by Sandy Kohll, Hadassah president. Approximately* 700-- coats are' The Nebraska Jewish on Jan. 13,1985. Located in needed /by OPS ranging Historical Society is seeking the Jewish Community from childrens through teen pictures and background in- Center, the "Corridor of sizes. "We're asking everyone to formation on early Omaha Jewish History" will be the businesses. In conjunction scene of many such exhibits go through their closets and see if there are any extra with the Morris C. Fellman in the future. Memorial Photo and Essay The deadline for the,con- coats for donation" said Contest, the Society's first test has been extended until Mrs. Kohll. "This is a most exhibit will focus on Oma- Dec. 15, 1984. For more in- worthwhile project," she ha's early economic life and formation or assistance, call added "and we hope to assist Omaha Public Schools is expected to officially open 334-8200, Ext. 274.
in helping the needy children in our schools." Anyone wishing to donate to this project may take the coats to the Hsdassah Bargain Box, 2913 Leevenworth Street, or contact Suzy Rubin, 397-3473 or Corinne Levin 391-6030 for "pickup" services. WOMEN'S AMERICAN OUT Around the country on Friday evening, Nov. 16, Women's American ORT will celebrate the ORT Sabbath. The 145,000 members will gather in their'various synagogues in honor of our heritage and traditions, and as ja unified gathering of all ORT members in America. Please join ORT Omaha at Temple Israel, on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8:15 p.m. for services and the ORT sponsored Oneg Sliabbat following services. We will also be holding a Family Havdalah Service on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the home of Larry and Debbi Josephson, 12924 Devvey, at 7:30 p.m. These Havdalah services are open to members and their children and anyone else who would like to join iis. We will be meeting for dinner at Godfather's Pizza.. on 144th and Center, in their party room, for those wishing to have dinner together first. Please let Beth Leeds 333-5532 or Cathy Christensen 493-3514 know if you would like to attend the dinner and services. Our Omaha ORT chapter was recognized at the recent 15th annual national board coflfere.nce,, jri, Philafjejp, hia, fqr.apriieying our conference goals for reenrollment and membership. CORRECTION The Beth Israel Sisterhood Donor-photo which appeared in last week's paper incorrectly identified Kathy Rapoport as Shirley Berman. The J e w i o h Press regrets the error.
A variety of topics are scheduled for discussion at a one-day meeting of the Internationa! Council of Shopping Centers et the Nebraska/Iowa Idea Exchange, Friday, Nov. 16, at the Omaha Marriott. Co-chairing the Idea Ex-
change are Harlan Noddle, president of Noddle Development Co., Omaha, and ICSC's state director of Nebraska and Iowa; and Irv Maizlish, president of Leo Ei&enberg & Co. Realtors, Kansas City, and an ICSC Trustee.
"•mm i * Mark Vonek and Diane McNcat Hunt will teae'j a Modern Dance Mactcrclaca Nov. 25, 3-4:30 p.m. in the JCC Dance Studio. Danes etudoctQ cje3 D18 may participate. Mark end Diaao ere taoniliero of the Bessrt Banco Tlieatro, a contcEuporary cancert danca company in Pliosais, Arts. TIio elsos fco is 04 for inembero and 05 for noa-mombaro. The program to made pocsiblo with the ccaiotanco of the Nebraska Arta Council. For registration information, call Liz Dolierty at 334-8200,'Ext. 201.
)maha Jewish teen By Iletiia Herman and Beth Friedman JCC volunteers Every Omaha Jewish teen in grades 9-12 is invited to meet the challenge and become a part of the "Battle of the Jewish Network Teens.". This event, is planned'by the hew Teen Athletic Council and will be held on Dec. 2 at 9:30 a.m. at the JCC. There is no need to be a member of the JCC or any organized youth group to join in the fun. What you do need is a desire to have fun, play games and eat. The morning activities will be followed by a bagel brunch at no cost.
The battle will consist of a series of 10 events: tug-ofwar, obstacle course,' swimming pool clothes relay, water basketball, newcomb, bola, piggy-back basketball relay, scooter relay, war ball and basketball relay. Please watch your mailbox for further information f not receive the materials call the JCC at 334-8200 and leave your name and address with Chuck Arnold or basketroom attendant. We look forward to seeing all you Omaha Jewish teens as you join together to meet the challenge of the "Battle of the Jewish Network Teens."
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Parashat Ha-ye Sarah eventually, she gives birth By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke to Joseph, and later, on her Shabbat 4:45 p.m. Without saying it ia so deathbed, to Benjamin; The Shabbat Congregamany words, the Bible nar- And now Joseph, whom tional Dinner will be held on rative makes it clear that Jacob loved best of all beFriday evening, Nov. 16, at the Jewish people came into cause lie was Rachel's, be6:15 p.m. The dinner is unbeing with difficulty. Not comes the leader of the Candlci.3l1t.n3 for Fnc&y, November 16, 4 46 p m der the chairmanship of Eionly is it clear from, Jewish brothers. Again, he was not leen Remer and Sonya Rathistory that we have had a the eldest. Sunday, Nov. 25. The class p« Kg 4 ffeiLIE ner. hard time of it — but it was It is not likely that all of K»«si>6.Bi Late Friday services 8:15 discussion on that morning SERVICES: hard to bring us into exist- this is chance in Scripture's : ifttsl Israel. will jjive instruction on the Friday: 6 p.m. p.m. ence! story. The Torah makes it Following the Late Fam- role and activities of the SaturdayiMorning Service SERVICES: clear that t he Children of IsIt has been pointed, out First end third Friday of ily service, an Oneg Shabbat Chevra Kadisha. rael we to be the people by 9:30 a.m. the month: 7:30 p.m. An that once Genesis reaches whom t he Lord hoped to hureception will be held in the Minchn-Ma'ariv 4:45 p.m. Abraham, the rest of 'the Oneg Shabbat follows the Social Hall, sponsored by Rabbi Paul Drazen and service. book is the .story of a family, manize mankind. And even Sisterhood in honor of the SERVICES: Cantor Einil Berkovits will the family that became the the Lord could not bring IsEveryone in welcome. Fri'iay: £.15 p.m. new members. conduct the services. Jewish people. Abraham, rael into being easily! DifRabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. Saturday: ' Isaac, Jacob, Joseph —• ficulty after difficulty, Rabbi Stephan F. Barack and 5:30 p.m. Morning Service ti'A5 a.m. anomaly after anomaly are these are our patriarchs. A Kiddush follows in the and Cantor Harold I. Fire- Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 SERVICES: involved, miracle after mirBut Iiiaac did not arrive in acle. How hard it was, even stone will officiate. Rabbi p.m. Social Hall. Friday: 7 p.m. the world easily. Nor was he for the Lord Himself! Glass with the rabbi 4 p.m. Dafcck will deliver a ShabDaily and Saturday: LUNCH AND LEARN Abraham's eldest son. Earbat message. . Mincha 4:45 p.m. The residents ond staff of In European royalty it The Lunch and Learn selier, Ishmael was born to was oldest son of oldest son The Oneg Shabbat folMincha will be followed the Rose Blumkin Home inries with the rabbi will conby Shalosh S'udot, Ma-ariv lowing services will be given tinue on Nov. 29, noon at vite the families, volunteers Hugar, whom Sarah had of oldest son. given to Abraham as a conby Women's American and Havdalah. Here in Torah it was the Conant Hotel. There and friends of the residents cubine, when it became apORT. Sunday:- . • to attend services in the younger son of younger son will be no meeting on Nov. parent that she, Sarah herMorning Minyanaire ser- Saturday: Herbert Goldsten Synof younger son — even 22, Thanksgiving Day. Morning Service 11 a.m. vice 9 a.m. agogue. Kiddush following self, could have no child. though Torah law recog• LATE • Only when Sarah is old nizes the special rights of The service will be fol- RELIGIOUS SCHOOL services on Shabbat. FRIDAY SERVICE Saturday, Nov. 17 — 9 and worn, when Abraham oldest sons! lowed by breakfast and disOur first "Last Friday" a.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 — 10 even older, miraculously cussion with the rabbi. The people of Israel thus B'ois late Friday service will be Sarah bears the child Isaac. start its life-career with Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. held Nov. 30 at 8:15 p.m. HEBREW SCHOOL And this miracle child, many special distinctions p.m. Daled, Monday, Nov. 19 Beth El's Choir will partic- SERVICES: Isaac, becomes Abraham's already behind it. UTTO MEETING spiritual heir. Thp next Board meeting — 4 and 5 p.m.; Bet, Tues- ipate and an Oneg Shabbat Saturday: 8:45 a.m. And all of this was necSunday: 8 a.m. of the United Talmud Torah day, Nov. 20 — 4 and 5 p.m.; will follow. The story of difficult par- essary: for in a world of suTHANKSGIVING will be held Nov. 20, 7:30 Gimmel — Wednesday, enthood continues. For perstition, idolatry, and poSERVICES p.m. in the Beth Israel So- Nov. 21 — 4 p.m.; Aleph, when Isaac takes Rebecca to lytheism, Israel was to stand Thursday, Nov. 22 — Re- Services on Thursday, cial Hall. wife, her pregnancy is op- for morality and truth, and cess. Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day, BAB MITZVAH pressive to the point where pure worship, and monotheFriday: 8 p.m. CONFIRMATION will be held at 9 a.m. and The Bar Mitzvah of she despairs of her life. The ism. Only a people already An Oneg Shabbat follows Mordy Schwartz, son of Wednesday, Nov. 21, 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. twin sons are already quar- toughened by surviving seservices. B'NAI MITZVAH Ann and Donald reling in prenatal months, vere birth traumas could ' YAHRZEIT Saturday: J a y K e n y o n , son of Schwartz will be' held on auguring a long-time enmity hope to survive such a task, OBSERVANCE Services 9 a.m. Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day, Linda and Howard Kenof the brothers . . ..And such a burden. Members observing Yahrat 9 a.m. A brunch will fol- yon, will celebrate his Bar zeit on the weekday eve- Jr. Congregation 10 a.m. again, Jacob, not the older Mitzvah during Shabbat nings, have the opportunity low the service. son, becomes the spiritual The Bar Mitzvah of Services Friday and Satur- to present a prepared Engheir of Abraham-Isaac. Mordy Schwartz, will be day Nov. 16 and 17. lish Devar Torah during serThe next generation finds Allison E l i z a b e t h vices: twinned with Eliyahu DashJacob in Mesopotamia, a Friday: evsky who lives in Moscow, ICohll, daughter of Gail MAX GRANAT •Contact the rabbi] for in- 7:30 p.m. many-times deceived Russia, where he is prohib- and J e r r y ICohll, will cel- formation. Former Omahan Max worker for his uncle and Preschool dinner 6 p.m. , jte&b.y,,the State to practice ebrate her Bat Mit?yah durYOUTH followed by family services. father-in-law Laban. Again Granat, of 5-30 Brennan 1 ing Shabbat Services Friday nis'reTigibh. CONGREGATION Dr. Patrice and Penny. the problem of becoming a Court, Fairlawn, N.J., died and Saturday Nov. 23 and MEMORIAL PLAQUE Berger will host the Oneg father! Although his wife Nov. 7 in Fairlawn. Burial Youth Congregation Ser24. DEDICATION Leah has children easily, his took place in that commuvices will be held on Satur- Shabbat. RABBI'S COFFEE The annual Plaque Dedbeloved wife Rachel' has nity. Saturday: day, Nov. 17, 11 a.m. Serication Sabbath will be held ' Coffee with the rabbi "A vices are conducted by Prophets study group 10 none. She turns on him fuWhen a resident of on Friday evening, Nov. 23 New Look at Torah" — recent B'nai • Mitzvaji and a.m. • riously, accusing him of Omaha, Mr. Granat served at the 8:15 p.m. service. All Nov. 21, 10 a.m. members of the congregaAdult Education Indian witfcholding conception as a member of the board of MEN'S CLUB plaques which have been from her. Eventually, only directors of Beth'El Syntion with adult supervision. Dinner. Oliver Pollak, PhD., J.D., placed on the memorial agogue. boards in the past year will will be the guest speaker on His survivors include his be dedicated at this special Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. in the wife, Edith and daughters, service. These plaques are Milder Center of Temple IsDorothy, Diane and Mimi. rael. A lox and bagel brunch in memory of: SAM ZIEGMAN will be served. There is no Walter Bloom, Albert dayman, Louts Graveside services for ' Cohen, Rosalie Cohen, Morris Dudowitz, charge for Men's Club memGinsberg Family Extends Appreciation Sam Ziegman took place •Jennie Epstein, Zelda Fishberg, Anna bers. There is a $2 fee for Frank, Dovid W. Frank, Joy Joshua FriedNov. 13 at Beth El Cemetery The family of Eddie Ginsberg extends our sincere, heartfelt appreciation for man. Victor Habler, Betty Holick, Harry non-members. with Rabbi Myer Kripke ofKaplan, Lottie Kaplan, Katherine -W. the overwhelming support/and display of friendship and devotion by all who • Mr. Pollak will speak Kohn, Slim Nepomnick, Isadore H. Mann, ficiating. knew him, following the grievous loss of our beloved husband and father. . Arthur Meyerson, Peart Rosenberg. Helen about the history of NeMr. Ziegman is survived Ronenbloom, Gertrude S. Rosengarden, braska Jewry. He is curYour cards, donations, phone calls and personal visitations were heartwarming Harold Rubin, Rose Ruderman, Eva by son, Irvin; sisters, Mrs. rently chairman of the DeSchreiber, Sam Schreiber, Fannie Segeland a.great comfort in helping allay our grief. We feel very fortunate to have Monet Wintroub, Mrs. Faye man, Scott Sterenberg, Arthur Weitz, partment of History at the such good friends and relatives. You have our everlasting gratitude. Bernstein; brother, Ib, all of Barbara Wertheim, and Lena Zclinsky. Omaha; grandchildren, Also at this service we will University of Nebraska at We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, whose loving great grandchildren and give recognition to the Omaha, and an attorney-atconcern and efforts have helped sustain us through our sorrow. law. Mr. Pollak is also vice great-great-grandchildren. members of Chevra Kadisha In Eddie's memory, we would like to share with you the following poem, who, under the chairman- president of the Nebraska written by daughter Debra Ginsberg: . ship of Aron Zeiderman, are Jewish Historical Society responsible for the sacred and is currently working on task of preparing bodies for a history of Omaha Jews The wings of fate have chosen your destined path, burial! Members of the through the 20th century. To forever glide upon the eternal four winds. He has authored four books, Chevra Kadisha are: Escaping the confinements of mortal flesh, numerous articles and writchairman, Aron Zeiderman; Cantor Leo Now, to be "free at last". ' ten book reviews for the Fettman, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenboum, Harry Sidman, Dik Weiner, Sam Shyken, Jewish Press. With golden eyes pierced with flecks of unearthly light, Norman Zevitz, Mike Orlowski, Dave Boldly overlooking those with strength of courage and love. Guests are welcome! If Wine, Louis Weiner, Saul Libowski, Charles Guts, Ben Heisfer, Barry The message sounds, stray hot from that shimmering beacon you are not a Temple Men's Kricsfeld, Stanley Gross, Merle Potash. Where the hope of all mankind lies. . Club member, please call Maynard Tatelman and Alan Potash. The women members of the Chevra Kadinha 556-6536 for reservations. My gaze falls upon a lone eagle soaring
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Abo Epstoin would like to thank all of his friends and relatives for the cards and donations in honor of his 95th birthday. A special thank you to Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman.
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Timefor plays This is the time of year when the major theaters in the area offer their winter holiday shows. Following is a brief review of the current offerings.
Don and Ann Kibe! Schwartz announce the Bar Mitzvah of t h e i r BOH, Mordy. The Bar Mitz\i.h will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, No.'. 22, at 9 a.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue. Mordy attends t.cventh grade at Arbor Heights Junior High School, and at UTTO. His hobbies arc collecting comic books, baking, and trivia. He holds the ili4 tinction of being the fir..t graduate from the Jewish Day School. Ms. Schwartz is cultural arts director at the Jewish Community Center and director of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. Mordy's grandparents are Mrs. Selma Schwartz of Louisville, Ky, and Mr. and Mrs.
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At the Upstairs Dinner Theatre, the perennial favorite Fiddler on the Roof ib back on stage with a fuli complement of beautiful voices and vigorous dancers. Of particular note is the Sabbath cundleli|.;hting sequence, the sno::t beautiful 'cent* in the production. The current Fiddler at the Upstairs has d! the ingredients: silicons, dancers, coutumes, and a functional set, but lacks for want of a better term — Jewish spices. See it and you too can be a
enjoys c o m p u t e r s as a hobby. Jay's grandparents are Libby and Maynard Kully of Pnlm Springs, Calif., and Meredith and Sophie Kenyon of Fremont, Neb. In addition to his grandparents, Jay's aunt and uncle, Betty and Richard Rosenberg of Chicago, will attend.
The nine-year-old son of Bill and Cathy Christensen has been awarded the role of Tiny Tim in the Nebraska Theater Caravan's upcoming production of T h e Christmas Carol. Dav'd, a member of Temple Israel's c(ioir and a third grade student at Sunnyslope School, will tour with the Caravan from Nov. 23 through Dec. 27. Accompanied
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maven. At the Firehouse Dinner Theatre is Sheaendoah, a gad story but a heart warm- i ing production. It's the tele of a Virginia family caught up in the terrible consequences of the Civil War. Great voices, marvelous choreography end a simple, but dramatic set. If the 'preference is for drama rather than music, the Omaha Community Playhouse is offering The C a ine Mutiny Court Marital and you won't believe that this is an amateur cast. It's a gripping story that holds your interest. ' Members of the Jewish community will be moved emotionally by the power of the final scene. (M.M.)
mother, he will perform in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec. The Caravan is a branch of the Omaha Community Playhouse, The J e w i s h Press was advised that this is David's first theater role and that his audition was suggested by Gary Bosanek, a member of the Jewish Community Center staff, who served as David's summer camp counselor. ,
Former Danzig resident to share experiences • Inga Worth, a former resident of Danzig, Poland, will share her childhood experiences in thst city with members of a class studying "Danzig; Treasures of a Destroyed Community," the current exhibition at Joslyn Museum. This class is part of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council's College of Jewish Learning, which meets on Monday evenings at the JCC. ' Mr,. Worth will speak on Nov. '19 at 7:30 p.m. Her talk is one of a series of lectures on the historical, religious, artistic, and political aspects of the exhibition
which is a collection of ritual artifacts from the Great Synagogue of Danzig, which was. destroyed in the Holocaust., ME. Worth was a child of 13 during the "exr odus" of the Jewish community from Danzig. , The public may attend this and other lectures in the course, which include: "Other Communities: The Price of Disbelief," by Magda Fried on Nov. 20 and "The Haunting Lessons of Danzig," by Habbi Myer Kripke on Doc. 3. For more information, call Ann Kibel Schwartz at 334-8200.
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By Estelle Rosenberg Do your Hanukkah shopping at the Tifereth Israel Gift Shop. There are many beautiful items. It will be open for all Tifereth Israel Sisterhood meetings, or make an appointment with Leeto Sommerhauser, 4236936. The gift shop will eko be open Sunday mornings from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. during Dccemter.
Omaha dnd vice president of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will speak about the film and the work of the society. Refreshments will be served.
The Lincoln Chapter of Hsdassah will hold the monthly meeting Nov. 20, 12:15 p.m. at the Tifereth IBrtei social hall. Nancy Coren, program chairman, will present AnThe Tifereth Israel Book ita Russell, Relieious Editor Fair will be held Nov. IS cel- of the Lincoln Jourttalebrating Jewish Book Sttur paper, who will disMonth. There is a big selec- cuss, "How the Nebraska tion of books for both chil- paper determines coverage dren and adults. In addition, of Jewish information, poany book of Judaica can ba litical social and cultural reordered. The Book Fair will ligion." be open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This Refreshments will be is a special event, BO come served. Dorothy Grant will early to the Synagogue for he president for the October your choice of books. meeting.
On Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue there will be a film shown, "West of Hester Street," which tells the story of many Jews who immigrated to the United States earlier this century but not via New York's East Side, but rather through Galveston, Tex. Being that so many of our families in Nebraska did come this route, it has particular meaning to us. In addition to the film, Dr. Oliver Pollak; professor of history at the University of Nebraska-
Ruth and Harry Levinson recently returned to Lincoln after a trip in Australia and New Zealand. The South Street.Temple Adult and New Members Dinner will be held Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. The theme of the dinner will be "The Jews of India." Rabbi Kenneth White will introduce the Jewish communities of India. Sam Gurewitz will talk and show slides about his trip through India. The menu for the night will be Indian foods which each participant will bring. This will be an interesting eyent, so please try and attend.
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George Shapiro, Miriam Rayberg, Duke DIoogoff, Hence Moore, Nancy Pearlman, and Helen and Dave Shukert. Hadassah had their monthly Oneg Shabbat at the Home on Oct. 27, and resident Ida Pearlman gave a stirring piano concert which drew many residents and guests. The gift shop has many new items for sale, including knitted booties made by resident Ida Smeerin, which are a big seller. LOVE cards are also available there, and by calling Ruth Goldstein at 391-0685 or Bernice Cohen at 558-3423. The Tuesday afternoon Sing-a-long has two new enthusiastic volunteers to help residents get "in the swing." Rhoda Milder and a new face in town, Julie Siegelman, have been livening up the auditorium. Dora Shukert has been supervising a knitted patchwork afghan made by Ida Pearlman and Ida Smeerin, which is almost completed and will be raffled off. Cantor Firestone and his wife Madeleine came to entertain the folks on the 6t.h, and are always greeted warmly. Keep doming, because the folks lbve you. Dec. 16 will be the day for ORT's Hanukkah party, under the chairmanship of Darlene Golbitz, and everyone is looking forward to that day. . DalDoon Tycoons * Specializing in v Formal and Informal <; Party decorations * 399-9909 «
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