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Author Sara Di-vidcon will opon ths r/intor csmeotsr of the Collc^B o? Jcvish Family Lcr.:nir^ on Jr:i. 6. ChanaBy, fiauiicapagno end b'cht jofrcphrnanta c.t 7 p.?i>. v;i!l ;.-»>cc33 tho LONDON, (JTAX— A British Coms-itso ftr tho R-Ioctur^ xvhicli fcroI»n.Qt 0, y :p.-ia. Mo. Da^iu3on'-/i!l ion and support,for tlis 4.BQ9 Jo./s y q j spsat on "Cinnjing rolc3 of . tion has been banned for yeara end r/Iio cppjnr hovv to fee v/omon in Judaiom from, ths in greater dangar thdn ever, Leon Tamman, treasurer of 50a to the 80a." Tickets are . | tho World Sephardi Federation, ia president. ••••.•;• $3 and arc ayailablo through Martin Shaw, chairman of the committcs, caid that fear tho JCC, 334-0200. • .- . for the safety of Syrian Jews has grown since Rifaat Aoacd, brother of President Hafez Acaad, returned from political exilo and was put in charge of internal Escurity. Ma. Davidson, whoso works havo had long runs on Shav/, a lawyer who has frequently acted on behalf of the bsstseller liat, is the auJews in Arab countries, recalled that Rifaat Assad waa "prithor of Loooo- Cliaogo marily responsible" for the massacre of 20,000 members of (1977), Honl P r o p e r t y the Moslem Brotherhood in the city of Hama in northern (1980) and, mo3t recently, Syria two years ago. Friendo ,of. tlio i SOH(1984). Sara DavJdcan
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She has worked as a reporter for the Eostou Glo!t3 and has also worked extenoively as a frcalanco writer. '. In her latest novel, Fslomdlaof tlis Oppbaito San, Ms. Davidson writes about a man and woman searching for commitmenWor lovo, friendship, family—for a connection to something that loots. The inspiration, Ma. Davicbon oaya, came from a series of trips cho made to Israel in ths late
The Congregation of Temple Israel has elected Rabbi . sistant Rabbi in Madison Wisconsin, and Associate Rabbi Stcphan F; Barcck to tha poaition of Rabbi of the Congre- of Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minnesota for a period of gation, effective Jqne .1,1085. Rabbi Barccti: v/ill cssumo eight years. thoae duties upon ths rotirement of "It is good," said Rabbi Barack, "to coma to a congreRabbi SidsisyH. Brooks on Mcy 31, gation that has such a long, respected and productive) his7 0 s . -•: ••••' • ; ;:• ': ; .. '. . \ \ , .' • 1935. Uatil tlisn, Rabbi Barack will tory. And it is especially good to succeed a* man like Rabbi Brooke who has led the congregation GO creatively and with • Courses for thd Collegs v/ill run for sis weeks starting on continue; as Aosociate Rabbi ofTomplo iorcol, a position ho coouch care for almost one-third- bf that history. Aa a result Jon. 13. " sumcd in Joniiary of 1984. Phyllis of his leadership and that of co many of our momboro, there Glazor, Tesnplo lorael pipsidsnt, ; io a continuing strong foundation upon which.to build in stated, "The Cohgrogation is look- ' the years ahead. I look forward to thosp ysars." ing forward to a longand produc- [ Rabbi Barack and his wife, Reneo, havo two daughters. tive association with Rabbi 1 Jennifer, aged fifteen, is a sophomore at Wcstside High Barcck." School. Deborah, aged fourteen, io a student at Valloy View . Rabbi Barack come to Omaha ; Junior High School. • ",': - . .i. after oerving as Rabbi of Tomplo , Rabbi Brooks, who will have served Temple Israel for 33 Sis programs" havplison standing —' an intercity Sinai in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. > years upon his retirement, commented, "I am delighted to nominated for the Jewish Shabbaton for seventh and Before that, he had carved as Aa-. know that my colleague and my friend, Rabbi Stephen F. liabbi Barccli Federation of Omaha's eighth grades, Bureau of Barack, has been elected to be the Rabbi of Temple Israel Community Service Award. Jev/ish Education; Double; following my retirement. Rabbi Barack and I have known Chai Review, Jewish Comeach other for a number of years, which gives me sound Presentation of tho award munity Center. • reason to feel that the future of Temple Israel will be one will bs made at the .Federof sound spiritual and programmatic growth under his leadation's annual meeting, Also, How to Street-Proof ership. Sunday, Jan. 13 at the Jewyour Child, National Counish Community Center. cil of Jewish Women, JewNames of the oponsor and ish Community ^Center, and, ; pl identification of the pro- J yk ^F yi vS yi C gram will bo engrave'd upon lego,' All the Sight Moves, a plaque which is perma- Jewish; Family Service; • The Jewish Press will have early deadlines for the nently displayed in the JCC. . Also, 100 Yearn of Jewish issue of Jan. 4 due to printing schedules. News and ad: vertising copy deadlines for the issue of Jon. 4 will ba The programs and the Life; in Omaha, National' Dec. 26. sponsors nominated are an Jewish Historical Society; Hadassah' Cultural Impact' follows: • • •• oh?the Community, Hadas' Intra-Jewish Under- ' s a i . ••••••• .-. ' - : • • • ' " • • • •
Jews' College: some lessons from the estattishmait of religion . . '-
By Irving Grmuberg, president National Jewish Eesoarcs Center From the strong criticism of the 'escpsjsive' separation of religious from public life ievtSkd by President Reagan, the Moral' Majority, end others, one would think that 'establishment' is the belt thLug fc"r it'iiy 0 "- E d the evidence of Judaism's experience in modsrn limes paints to excclly the opposite conduoiijn. November 1954 was the 12Si.ii timiverL&ry of Jews' College, the officiei rabbinical temmury of English Jewry. Some reflections on this occasion on the erpsrienco of the rabbinate in England sruy thed coiuo li-jhl on tLa churchstate issue. English Jc\ iy't h y (,<* \ .. / b_d , including expulsion in medif vrl tin ° <' d l.-dim o i in the seventeenth century. In then u I i iGuituty.th L'JU J Lover political emancipation fo t, s fou lit and \vo»i Hov/ever, England had the uuv is." i»c ' bh h^d iUi(,ion (Anglicanism) that continu 1 \ it' fi fial government 1 support even after the dei <vc < ii of the politicd faj jtem. In partial unit't o i of that mod 1, Chief Rubbi Nathan Marcug Ad!ar mu ' j en r ^ociation of the (Anhkenazi) congregations in London, which was called the United Synagogue and established by Act of Parliament July 14,1870. The concept was attractive and well-meaning. All income was to bs paid into a common pool and rebbis' calorics and other expenoen wero to be paid by the United Synagogue. Thus, the wealthier congregations would support the poorer synagogues and the cost of general communal cerviceo.
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prevented some of the vulgarization of the rabbinate that occurs in America under popular pressure.
Th3 rabbis we.e relative!-' Inc^pc. £snt in 1CT.G, Jt-.w* Co'l „ > w s l t j l y the Chi f Re' ji to trun ivLbL to lut.t l.'jL.r a . ..U iC, Lnd to pioWc.! ckrpym.n who 1 • 'I u.jivt xty L - . S ^ . . T'"-ir J'J1>3 \,tic, in tfft-ct, '£,acj~r.iwd'! y tho Lt-i cul_ULln>.'-i.t of the United " f.j \ . o fc 1 L Ji A& it tun.-d cit, t! < ii " J . high cevt. TLe tt^iio.. Ic ;.iid i J v! L: Jvi^Lip of En lobutcfj -l Jewry tint! dto hz more ri;:i..ik Jind"vi ktf.ndingu.il i r ^ j . "•.K.Iofu; l iolf i ! pt Uiuit in the u United Syni LWi ~The Kxuit \,£.B a kuLrbhip nominally Oithodox but really maiginal in religious interest end indifferent spiritually, tho dominance of euch leadership was chilling to the religious cpirit of the United Synagogue and inimical to the development of its cpiritual leadership. " The preference for a socially respectable and not too spiritually enthusiastic rabbi led to the atmosphere of 'gentleman scholar' at Jewo' College which was weak in traditional learning end religious cpirit. the rabbis had to pleaoe the United Synagogue lcadcruhip end not BO much the congregation in order to obtain and maintain their positions, the net result was a bureaucratic rabbi typs 'who lacked power or impact on their congregations. Adding injury to insult and reflecting the weak attitudes and commitments, rabbinic salaried were low. Jews' College limped along — from 1883 to 1085 it qualified 32 people as ministers with univeruity degrees with only G5 getting rabbinical diplomas.
The combination of official standing and social status 1 implicit in a Chief Rabbinate structure led the United Syn- .Th3 nst result was a bureaucratic rabbi • agogues to become, in the words of the Encyclopedia Ju- •' type who lacked p o w e r . . . . :•' daica, "one of the moat powerful centralteed bodies in the From the 10803 on, the Jewiph mass emigration from Jewish world." Socially, the elite joined the remained part of the United Synagogue establishment — even" when they Eastern Europe brought a flood of new immigrants, mostly were non-observant and despite the fact that the United Orthodox, to England. .While many joined the existing Synagogue was Orthodox, the Chief Rabbi and London Bet United Synagogues, the tone of that institution led to a Din (rabbinic court) wielded unusual power. The United 'negative selection.' The more nominal and/or assimilating Synagogue had control of the nomination process for des- joined United Synagogue while many of the religiously more passionate Bought other outlets. They finally organized a ignating rabblo of congregations. By 1970, the United Synagogue had 23 constituent syn- Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations in 1926. Gateshead Yeshiva — .with a higher degree of traditional agogues with 20,000 members and 35 affiliated congregations with 40,000 families — half the Jewish population of rabbinic learning and religious commitment — was founded London; There were some gains: a high level of communal in 1927. This group also started secondary day schools in standards was maintained in kaohrut and conversion. The England. In other words, the non-establishment groups rabbis were relatively independent of the lay people which were free to create vital new institutions and to work with like minded people to intensify Jewish life. Unfortunately,', the new vitality was often associated with Agudath Israeli anti-Zionist attitudes; ; After World War II| a new wave of immigration' injected new strength into all groups. Isidore Epstein, himself trained in Yeshivas as well as Jews' College, revamped and I' expanded that institution's student body and teacher training. However, the other groups — ranging from the right wing Orthodox to, Reform — were also strengthened. Finally, a new leadership took control of the United Synagogue. Coming to power in the shadow of the right wing Friday, Doc. 21: . Orthodox surge, the new directors swung the United SynEarly Risers Chanukah Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Jewish Book Month Book Sale - All Day Kadlmah/Tbvim Mini-Shabbaton Saturday, Dec. 22: Congregational Chanukah Dinner 5:30 p.m. - Beth Israel Kadimah/Tovim Chanukah Party - 8:00 p.m. - Beth Israel .-.'•• '"'Sunday,Deo.'23: '.."'•• " - - ' .•:' : : Jewish Book Month Book Sala - All Day ' Pioneer Women Chanukah Party 3:30 p.m. Beth El Sisterhood Chanukah Dinner 6:30 p.m. - Beth El BBYO Chanukah Party - 7:30 p.m. . . United Synagogue USY Anti-Social - Beth El - 8:30 p.m. •
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agogue, to the right — often in imitation pf the Agudali approaches — thus weakening the broader communal sense which was one of the rc-deeraing features of the establishment. ' Robbi I/mis Jacobs, one of the few vital rabbinic figures wl.o cams out of the United Synr;rQgue upsurge, \.?es rcLc-duied to hecou e the he d of Jcwu' College. Jf.ecLs \.LB hbairJ in hio thinking uid rcn tfuul of \j Ouir 2 i\\}A v.irsg irflutr.ee. Fir.diy \iL rj/?&i itir.trit to T ..:.' -V! ^ W J vetoed Lcvu-3 Lc is/ h co:»cc.noi.j to th- cLhi.:, of LibL c^itiui a r.juiu !!y h- •, .- c".h..i o >t of the United Pyni; ;i , '.'"i i { uJi.J ti-^t, j>. ' \'i >i tuith'jr to the n; ht.
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Dy tlii.iiii'.dn^ an id.olo^iccl d.bctj, tho United eyncgogua leadership ail but insured that its rabbis would teach only an almost mindless fundnuiontaliszn. The leek of lay congregational input also meant that the strong traditionaliBt inilucnce v/as able to ceizs control over a narrow band of levers of power and further push the rabbinate into right wingicm and power contact with ita real constituency. In 1CG0, Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits vva3 elected Chief Rabbi of EnrJand. Hia oivn intensity and stature had boen nurtured by 'going oiitoide tho English system to serve in the American (noii-cstcbliohmcnt) Orthodox rabbinate. Jakobovita did bring new vitality — including an all out com: mitmont to.day ochools which he had learned in the United States and which led to a doubling of that school syotem. Still Jakobovit3 himnelf complained about the conventionality ond shallowneca of English Jewish life. Despite Jakobovits' intence efforts, including repeated chanjjoa of leedsrship, Jews' College slipped deeper and deepsr into innobupu'a deouetude and all but died. It seemed abie'to pioduce only 'reverends' who were weak both in traditional learning and modern scholarship'. By contrast, the independent higher yenhivbt grew to far larger numbers and, to more intense religious life. The final, chapter of Jews' College's history is not yet written. Its main hope for rebirth lies in a new headmaster — a man whose own' scholarly and spiritual intensity led him to the brink of accepting an American pulpit because he saw the inimical effects of the establishment arrangement. His own approach to reviving Jews' College borrows heavily from the experience of the independent yeshivot in-, the United States and Israel. It remains to be seen whether 'establishmentism' will have proven to be a terminal spiritual illness.
rig? • The lesson of Jews' College is a warning to the new evangelical right in America. Fundamentalists might ask them-, selves whether their own current vitality is not a reflection of the advantages of their having not been established — indeed of having been outsiders culturally and spiritually in recent decades. One is tempted to put a warning label oh proposals for Christianizing America. "WARNING: The Historian- General has determined that establishment is hazardous to your spiritual health." • • • ' . .
bsr Jewish bestseier 1st. WASHINGTON — Based on a sampling of Jewish bookstores in citieB across the United States; The B'nai B'rith International. Jewish. Monthly has selected in. its December issue'the following as best-selling books of Jewish interest. : They are listed alphabetically by title. '.",'•• ' . "•'--• '••'•• > , • '•'•"•'' ' HARDCOVER " .' . . . , . • PAPERBACK ' Back to the Source Hooray for Yiddish: A Book About •] Edited by Barry Holtz-, Summit" Books. $19.95. A guide to Leo Rosten. Touchstone. $6.95. Humorous dictionary of the great books of Jewish tradition. Yiddish expressions. • The Chronicle of tho Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1944 In the Ldnd of lorael Edited by Lucjan Dobrbszycki. Yale University Press. $35. Amos. Oz. Vintage. $5.95. Conversations with a variety of Details of life under Nazi occupation. ' strongwilled Israelis. The Crescent City Israel in the Mind of America . Belva Plain. Delacorte. $16.95. A Jewish woman's romantic Peter Grose. Schocken. $9.95. Story of America's 150-year fascination with the idea of a Jewish state. and political struggles in Civil War .New Orleans. Jowioli Trivia and Information Book From Time Immemorial Joan Peters. Harper & Row. $24.95. Origins of the Arab- Ian Shapolsky. Steimatsky. $5.95. Q&A in Bible, current events, personalities, culture, history, geography Israeli conflict. My People -. ' Heritage , • ' ; Abba Eban. Summit Books'. $32.95, Jewish influence on Abba Eban. Behrman House and Random House. $14.95. Updated edition of the history pf the Jewish people. Western civilization. Companion to PBS series. Reprinted with permission from The B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly.
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• ,'.-:• ' .' By Sara Sbeakeaberg "• For personal attention, you can't top the setting of the new Torah Academy of Milwaukee, located in the Henry Clay Community Center, Whitefish Bay. In its first year, the independent girls' school which emphasizes traditional Jewich education, has more teachers than Btudents. There are five pupils, ell from the Sherman Park neighborhood of MilwauLta, and nine tseeiiera — five to lead the Judaic studies and four for the tceular curriculum. The headmaster is ftsbfai Yocef Polstcin, who csino to the job from Sccrcmsnto, Calif. Tits school occupies epaco formerly uccd by the Wisconsin Institute of Torch Study, a boys' cchool, whicti moved this year to a new location on N. Lcko Dr. in Milwaukee. Poletehi said ho hopes the Torah Academy "will become more then juat a private ochool for girla. "I'd like to Bee it take ita place in the Jewish community as E resource center for study in Judaism. Especially," he said, "oa it relates to women's roleo and the developnisnt of their role in Judaism. .• "I Bos that as a real need in the Jewish community," he said. The girla put in a long day at school. They begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. The first four hours are devoted to Judaic studies in the original test. "It includes everything from various Bible studies, Jewish prnctico, the Talmudic process and Hebrew language," Polstein explained.
In his view, education "should create an individual who is capable of independent thought and retains an intellectual curiosity toward life." What kind of girl does it take to meet the challenging demands of Torah Acederay? "She has to be a girl with a strong commitment to study and learning," Polstein said. "It's a rigorous schedule end ori!y somebody who cen maintei-n this typo of performance may bs admitted." Tha school requires a broad interdisciplinary approach from the etudants, Poklcln i;dd. "They have1 to do innovative research, he able to draw original conclusions, and develop philosophical insights (ES a matter of courts). It creates a broadmindsducza in ths student," he caid. "Jewich education by definition never separates understanding from practice. That's a crucial element of the school. "It's not dono as a form of intellectual gymnastics," he explained. Rather, it intends to davelop character traits, objectivity, and a balanced emotional involvomont. "Nonetheless," ho continued, "I think rneny paople, despite their commitment to Jewish survival and even to some form of Jewish education, find it difficult to relate seriously to the traditional forms of Jewish education. "It could be because it's foreign to them," he said. "They weren't brought up with this, or perhaps they had a bad image of it in the way they woro brought up." Tuition costs run $2,000 a year. All the girls this year live at home end rids a bua to cchool. Polstoin caid the school "would try .to bend over backwards" to mako cure there were no financial obstacles "for
anyone who wanted this type of education." In addition to tuition, the school is supported by private grants and donations from friends and parents. Asked what the Torah Academy has to offer over public schools, Poktein responded, "What doesn't it have to offer? "With the small CIEGS of only five students, a lot of personal attention1 is given. "The disadvantage is the eoeial smallnecs of the girls. They see the came faces ttl dny long. Wo try to counter that by scheduling other activities."
All ths girls this year fivs at horns and • rida a bus to school In November, the teachers and studsnts ens going to the national convention of Jewish girls' tchoolo, in Detroit. "There will be hundreds of other girla," Polstein said. "Also, the teachers at Torah are anxious to provide extracurricular activities. On Sundays they frequently get together with the students, taking trips to muoeunis, plays and concerts. "I don't expect the school to remain this small for too long," Polstein said, "yet it will never have thousands of students." Whatever its sizo, the number of students in a class will always be small, he said. "There will always be a lot of personal attention." "We have a novel approach to education and we certainly have the educators and the resources in the community to make it attractive to local girls as well as those from all over tho midwest," he said.
Tha girls put in a long day, at school. The girls, all 13-year oldts, have, a half-hour for lunch and then reoume with general studies at 1 p.m. Thin is comprised of five periods, ono each of math, English, science and history, and ono of enrichment, ouch as physical education, art or drama. Polstoin said tho school reflects a novel approach to education. "In Judaism, learning is part of life itself," ho added.
in ins Beth Israel Synagogue is planning an adult Shabbat Weekend Retreat the weekend of Feb. 8. The Retreat will be held at the Boys Town Conference Center from Friday, afternooh.ist. 4 p.m. through Saturday evening at 7 p.m. ' This Shabbat Retreat is being planned for those who want to spend a Shabbat together, away from their usual pursuits, and participate in a workshop, study and discussion experience in an atmosphere of fellowship and camaraderie. ; The,group will be limited ' to 30 people. Special arrangements have been made. with.;Boys Towri.for kasheririg their facilities. The cost, which includes overnight lodging and all four meals, .is $50 per person.
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Cantor Leo Fettman is in charge of the Shabbat Retreat program. The overall theme for the discussion and learning sessions is-"The Ideal Jewish Family.',; The" Friday, evening'session will deal with "The present state of the Jewish family: strengths and weaknesses". The learning session on Saturday morning is entitled "How to stimulate family, involvement in Jewish life." Saturday afternoon's session will deal with "Prospects for the future: what can we expect of the Jewish family by the year 2000?" Persons interested in par, ticipating in the Retreat should contact Cantor Fett, man. A detailed schedule of . activities will be sent upon request. •
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GENEVA (JTA) — A United KatioE3 tsininar on religioua.toleiojies v«3 used to tlia pbtfona for en unprecedented etfcek on Jews end Juddrra by t!i3 Saudi Arcbian delegate who oaid et 0113 point thtt Hitler must heva had good reasons'to v.-artt to crtcriainnta ths Jews. . The 40-issaute diatrib 3 by Dr. Lfeemf Al-Mawalibi, wea allowed to continds uninterrupted. Tits Precidsnt of tho Seminsr, Adam Lopsttc of Poland, .did not rccct to it and refused a requsst by tha Israeli delegate, Hebrew Univereity Prof. Eliesse R&vitzki, that tha csminar dissociate itcolf from the ettect Apart from kraal, only tha United States cad Cccta Rica, among 26 notions participating, epoke out against tho Saudi's remarks. But many of tha dslsgatea privately expressed shock oftcr tha cession. AI-Mawolibi'a prssiica xica that the Jews ohould not wonder why thsy were pstcscutcd for centuries beeauce tliorc must have bean good rcczohs. Ho claimed it was prcscribsd in tho Talmud that a Jswioh doctor was allowed to treat non-Jews only for enporimsntcl ressoas. In addition to ths U.S., lorcsl, CoatQ Rica ond Saudi Arabia, ths Esminar was attoadsd by dDlegates from Argentina, Brazil, Cornea;'Egypt, Finland, Greoco, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Nicaraugua, Nigeria, Pukfotcn, Poland, Ssnc-gal, Thailand, Togo, tho Soviet Union end Yugoslavia. •: WASHINGTON—B'noi B'rith International charged thattte "ravings of a Saudi Arabian bigot'.' made a mockery of a United Nations human righto cession on religious understanding. ' "• ' • Gerald Kraft, president of B'nai B'rith, said that Saudi representative Moroof al Daoualibi, "unfortunately ranted for 40 minuteo without interruption by the chairman v/ho should have ruled Daoualibi out of order." Kraft eaid that Daoualibi's attack, made the evening of Dec. 5 in Geneva, "invoked the most repugnant canards of anti-Semitism..." , The B'nai B'rith leader added that Daoualibi "resuscitated the provocative and ugly Damascus blood libel story that claims Jews require Mood sacrifices from non-Jews for religious observances. Those and other ridiculous and bigoted accusations—which have their roota in medieval ignorance and superstitition—were paradsd uninterrupted before an'audience that oat in silence. Kraft noted that protests were made by representatives ofthe United States, Canada, and Costa Rica. Daniel Lack, the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representative of the World Jewish Congress and the Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations — which includes B'nai B'rith — deplored the vilification of Jews as "one of the worst incidents an anti-Semitism" in recent memory. Most msmbsro at the cession were embarrassed by the Saudi'o bigotry, he reported. '"••-. Lack said, however, that he did not call for expunging the charges from the record. "It should stand as testimony to tha nsidl for religious understanding, which was the purpose of tha conference," ha declared. • •" -.-;• Kraft stated that B'nai B'rith is distressed by the silence of ths majority at the meeting "in the face of such blatant anti-Semitism." • "Wo urga a more watchful chairmanship, one that will act to cut off Glanderous attacks," he said. "After two thousand years of psicscution, and Hitler's attempt to annihilate Jewo, the world needs a dictionary of anti-Semitic terms to recognize lies and vilification. "If ths United Notions fails to act, it will bear the responsibility for providing a forum for incitation to hatred and violence."
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witn a oo SAFED — They live as a group, cooking their own meals and sharing in the chores, bat they ate not a kibbutz. Thsy are ezcevcting old misic, but they ere not ercheologi&tts, becauES they am rcbuiltiity t t s ruins for piecsnt day uco. They cpsi^d half a day studying Judaism, Mctery, Ifebrev/, traditions, but tlsoy ore neither a ycchiva nor a telsool. V/hut they have in common is e desks to get to tha roots of Jewkh existence —• COBIO oat of intellectual curiosity — come; in a csarch for tho msanrng of caisteaeo. All of them ere university ctudbnts or graduates, hence tho ctandards are high. And all of them engc£a in tha phyaical reconstruction of ancient end ruined pails of tho city of Safed. The is a'unique program called l i v e a t U'leEiibnEOt — To Build and to Be Rebuilt. It ia probably tha most unique of all the many overseas youth and study groups in Iorcol. On the'day we visited they were hard at work on a ds&orted, weed-riddsn mound on an empty lot, of which there are many in this aiyotical kabbala city. A bit of poking revealed 0 largo hollow, end a Gtono v/all. Tho group v/ent at it v/ith shovel and pick ond a bucket brigeda, and bsfore long a ruined building emsrgsd — an empty, abandoned synagogue, which had apparently not bsen in uco for almoat o hundred years. They cleaned it out, shored up the walls, mixed concrete, poured a new roof,.and tofore long they will have reclaimed still another of Safed's ancient buildings. After a hearty lunch and rent, they go at their studies. Young Jews from all over the world, almost all of them without any previous Jewish education whatsoever, begin to parcoivo Domething of tho richness of Jewish heritage on every level. The meaning of religion is studied, but without dogma. The food is kosher, but there ia neithor compulsion nor expectation that tho members observe any ofthe rituals. There is no permanent commitment, because the entire course lasts only three months, and at the end of that period they must move on, to make room for the next cycle. There is an intimacy induced by the fact that the group is limited to only about twenty. Ages are between twenty and thirty, mostly singles. Worried parents sbmotimes drop in unexpectedly to see what strange cult their offsprings have wound up v/ith. They examine the vaulted chambers (dug out ofthe ruins) where the students sleep; they look over the rich library of books
»ii±!ti on Jewkh history, philosophy, Zionism. And they talk" to Aharon end Miriam Botzer, who conduct the program. All doubts u s sat at rett. Ths physical labor, peculiarly enough, sooms to be one of tho moat attractive features of the program. "We get the feeling we're doing corneihing real," one of the girls told us, cs she sitcsred a whcalb&rrow down a narrow plank path.
"How do they learn to mis concrete?" wa asked. "The way I learned to ink a ccl:e," Miriam replied. The Botzor couple bsgan the project on their own when Aharon came from Cleveland 10 years ago, cquatted on a weedy ruin, and dug out his own home. The glamor attracted others, and a disciplined program gradually emerged. To date more than 200 young people have gone through the courcs. Moat hoard of it by word of mouth. They canao to lorasl in search of — they knew not what. The yoahivas were too conatricting for them. The kibbutz tokea volunteers, but they wonted to develop a sense of human relations based-on Jewish values rather than Marx and Engelo. Not e'veryone is accepted. Those with too much Jewish ' background do not nesd this program. This i3 a healthy collective living experience, and hence not for those, who treasure their privacy. The purpose ia to stimulate thinking. There is no brain washing, no fixed goal they must reach, no designated cat of attitudes they must.develop. Each finds his own way. Controversial issues are openly discussed; science and Judaism; the role of the woman in Jewish life; concepts of God; the choaeri people, etc. "My parents are afraid I'll fall in love v/ith a oabra, live here forever, and never eat bacon," one girl laughed, but there wa3 a serious tone to her voice as well. A small'feo is charged, to keep av/ay free-riders, but the program ha3 enjoyed the support ofthe Aliyah Department of the Jewish Agency, the Gesher Foundation and Keren Rothschild. It is probably one ofthe moat effective investments ever mads by. any, of these agencies. ^ ,, "It opened ia door to a world I didn't know existed," wrote . one alumnus, and the words summed up the feelings of most.
The iaoguap .^ By Eric liac Near Eccl Kejtort Virulent anti-Israel language — and the threats underlying it — are still staples of the government-controlled media in many Arab countries. But they recently were highlighted without apology at the United Nations as Israel was described as a "cancer" and likened to Nazi Germany. Up for General Assembly debate was "The Situation in the Middle East," Israel's ambassador, Benjamin Netanyahu, had discussed Middle East conflicts — mostly intraArob — including the southwest Saharan war between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Pqlisorio rebels, the border tension between Saudi Arabia and the two Yemens, Iraq's claims, to Kuwait, and the Iraq-Iran war. He recalled the civil war in Yemen which took more than 230,000 lives, the deaths of 509,000 blacks in the Sudanese civil war, the bloody repression of the Kurds by Iraq, and the region's endemic terror and assassination. . Representatives of the Arab League and the PLO tried to cbflect ths Iorcoli analysis by dsscribing it aa on attack on Arab culture. Other Arab speakers cpught to limit discussion to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Netanyahu accused them of implying that intra-Arab warfare should be considered to be "all in the family, within the Arab household and not subject to ths scrutiny of the world . . . "The notion that all the insensate violence hi a vast owath of land from the Sahara to ths [Persian] Gulf is to bs off-limits for discussion while all attention should be focused on the Arab-Israeli dispute is itcolf a manifestation of a broader Arab intolerance . . . If we are to have peace in the Middle East, wo must take a cober look at the entire picture."
The Israeli ambassador challenged Madndha. "Hove you no decency, oir?" and quoted a Russian saying: "Lie but know when to otop." .
The Iranian delegate called for a "final solution." He asserted that the "Zionist center [Israel] must be eradicated." •• -• •-' .'••' ••••.• .••::."••,
Netanyahu pointed out that the phrase " 'final solution' was the. term used by the Nazis to doscribo the eradication ofthe Jewish psoplo. Lest we have doubta that we did hear right, the Iranian delegate wont on to explain that the 'Zionist conks' must ba eradicated .'•.': On tho 40th anniversary of the Unite'dfyaironjiV.^ 40 years after the Holocaust, the Iranian dSlegafo pitopoSshi thoy^fficption of a member state and no one in thib hall'bato an eyelash." ' - ; ; ; :'
Jordan's envoy used ths common Arab ploy of comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany. Ambassador Khalid Madedha claimed that Nazi sadism applied to Jcws;has become "Israeli sadism applied to Arabs" and that tha; Third: Reich's "ovens have become Israeli ovsnfl"'for Palestinian Arabs. • .
He noted that the mstophdf of Israel 03.a "cancer" to bb "excised" ia "repsatedly used in tha governmdnt>controlled presses of Iraq, Libya, Syria and many other Arab countries .-.-.. It io important that;wsSU-'menhiiig pspplo:boyond the: Middle East who are not mipocsd daily to the radical Arab press, who do not listen to 'Arab media,(understand this fully."
The Kuwaiti representative retorted by describing Israel as "an alien body in1 the unified body of the General Assembly" and as "a cancer." •»
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(letters to Hike editor) The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. ' To the Editor: Excuse our informality, but we did want to express our feeling about carpeting in the Blurokin Home. We feel you have experts who have experience in these areas. Why don't you take advantage of their expertise? Janet end Kmie Wintroub To the Editor: ' ' As 1984 winds down only a fev/ days remain, for those who have not already done so, to honor Federation campaign pledges or those committed to the Blumkin Home Building Fund, in order to declare them as current year income tax deductions. '^While collections have been favorable, and the Federation is appreciative of those who have honored commitments, there are still pledges due not only for 1984 but previous years as well. There are, in addition, unpaid Blumkin Home pledges made during the building fund drive that were based on a three-year payout. These are now past due. There is a critical need for funds at this time. I recently ' visited Israel and witnessed first hand the severe economic crisis the country is undergoing and the austere measures our people there are taking in order to cope with this painful situation. They need our help immediately. All our plans for aiding Israel and needy Jews throughout the world, as well as providing for our own Federation requirements, are, academic if we do not have the cash with which to operate. The 1985 campaign is biding in the wings — let's greet it with a clean slate. '. •• ' • .. Art Grossman , Chairman Collections Committee ' • . ' . • • • Jewish Federation of Omalia
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Tax plans of Treasury impair future of your Federation! By Alan H, Goodman,, Federation controller The proposed tax changes in the trial balloon flown by the Treasury Department in recent weeks is a direct attack on the lifeblood of your Federated Jewish institutions of Omaha and throughout the United States. Under the SJUIBS of "a modified flat income tax", they have proposed changes which would remove the greatest incentives ct both ends of the spectrum of charitable giving, 'arge find small gifts.
Campaign and most of the dollars that have flowed to tlhe Foundation in recent years. This flow would virtually (jease under this part of the Treasury proposal.
What can we do to end this attack on the heart of our Jewish institutions support by an Administration that continues to ask us to support our fellow man and througj) recent budget cuts has removed its own support. Contact your U.S. Senators and Congressman. James J. Exon, EdOne part of the proposal would remove the income tax ward Zorinsky and Hal Daub must realize that to remove deduction from any taxpayer who does not inske charitable the tax deducibility from charitable contributions would deductions in ej:cess of 2 percent of taxable income. This destroy the basic social and elderly service institutions. means that the middle-class homeowner making $25,000 The current Administration is depending on ua to conand could not deduct any charitable contributions until they exceeded $500. This would mean that the great base tinue supporting those programs while removing Governof giving from middle and smaller income givers to Jewish ment support through budget cuts. We must let our elected institutions would no longer get any income tax deduction. . representatives know how important the deductibility of charitable contributions is and that we expect them to supThe second part of the proposal would put the long-term port our Community position. Write to their Omaha offices future of the Federation in jeopardy by attacking the de- in the Federal Building at 15th & Capitol Sts. Do it now. ductibility of the larger gifts to the annual Campaign and to the growing Federation Foundation. It has been long established under the tax laws that a charitable deduction for the full value of stoclts and other property donated is allowable. The Treasury has proposed that this deduction be limited to original cost, plus a very limited inflation allowance. In recent years the large growth of the Federation Foundation and the large donations that are an integral part of our annual Campaign, has been through the medium of the Federation receiving from its supporters stock and other property that has appreciated in value. The conversion of these large gifts of stocks to cash has given the Omaha Jewish community its Community Center building and its Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. These stock gifts account for a large number of dollars for the annual
•• • By M. J . Rossnborg On foreign policy matters, Kemp backs Administration ' • • Near Eact Report . policies. However, he opposes arms sales to the Arabs and December's American Spectator features the best ar- is an unwavering supporter of Israel. . • ticle I've seen yet on the Israeli parliamentary elections of O'Lessker predicts that unless Vice President George 1984. The Spectator is for readers who take their politics Bush succeeds to the Presidency before 1988, "Kemp will without cream. It is conservative, highly opinionated, feisty,' be the Republican nominee" in that year, that-is a bold and very, provocative. It is also essential reading for anyone prediction but it is one that is fairly typical of the unprewho wants to know what the current thinking is within dictable Spectator. ' '.. ' ' that body of opinion known as the "new right." Richard Grenier's profile of Mario Cuomo was rather The article on Israel by Micah Morrison explains that surprising. Grenier, who usually enjoys criticizing (and new phenomenon under the Israeli sun, roiatzia. Rotctzia sometimes brutalizing) liberals, clearly likes the New York simply means rotation and it refers to the arrangement by governor. He doesn't go for Cuomo's politics but admires which Shimon Peres arid Yitzhak Shamir will alternate in his,toughness.,"1, donjtjmow.whether, it's the humor, the the prime minister's job over the next four years.;Morrison masculine personality, the combativeness,- or just the old suggests another meaning for the term when he writes that ballplayer in him. There is something about Mario Cuomo , David Ben-Gurion arid Vladimir Jabotinsky must be "ro- that makes me feel that when the time came . . . Mario tating in their graves" at the "spectacle" of a Labor-Likud Cuomo would stand his ground and fight. Say what you fusion government. will, in a sneaky way I kind of like the guy." Morrison explains how the national unity government Grenier isn't the only one. Like Kemp, Cuomo has won came to be. But unlike most commentators, Morrison does the notice and appreciation of the pro-Israel community not discern only weakness in the Israeli political situation. which has seen Cuomo come to Israel's defense again and He sees strength there too. "From an American point of again. He did it as a private citizen and he does it as govview," he writes, "the elections demonstrated both the vi- ernor. ,. tality arid the fragility of Israel's democratic system." But The Spectator may be rushing the '88 campaign season. he. warns that U.S. pressure on thejiew government "could But for those of us who are political junkies it is never too quickly bring the government down." early to start thinking about the next campaign. The He writes:"i^/..arid'perhaps one lesson of democracy is American Spectator, one of the voices of an important that the free "Ea'tlona of the; wprld should be allowed a free- segrrient of American opinion, is an invaluable resource in dom of choicgiwithoutesternol pressure, especially in mat-, understanding the conservative side of the political spec. . ters relating to their escurity. Israel need's America standing trum. by its side in order to fend off the unremitting hostility of the Arab nations, much of the Third World, the Soviet Union, and their vapid clones at the United Nations. "It needs American financial backing to help set its economy back on course and to help keep pace with a rapid, . The New York Association for New Americans, works in mainly Russian-provided arms build-up in the Arab world, concert with HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and and it nesda tho world's greatest democracy standing firm JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) to provide the lifeline with one'of tho world's smallest and most troubled demo- of support for Jewish immigrants to Americans who come cracies i..:. With this in mind, it is best that Israel ba allowed first to New York City. NYANA receives ttiebulk of its funds through UJA to choosa its own couTEe," which is funded through Federated campaigns such as ours '•'•.....:"• V.-••.:••'.- • • • • • I J o i n p o n d C u o m o •' ..-.• . The November Spectator didn't waste jnuch space on thrgughqtjt, (the United States. tho Presidential election just past. It was drcSfly'.&roIi'ing ahead to 1988. The cover illustration was of uep^ack Kemp (R-N.Y.) and Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-N.Y.). Tho headline: Cuomo and Kemp in '88. \ , • : •'"> By • ' Inoido, an article by Karl O'Lesaker described Kemp oa . • - • Allan Greene the "leader of o veritable revolution in economic thought". Executive vice president,
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LaRoucha loses Since its beginnings iri 1949, NYANA has assisted NEW YORK, NY — directorof ADL's Fact FindLyndon LaRouche, head of ing Department, on an NBC 250,000 Jewish immigrants with, a variety of services ina political cult group and an TV program, "First Cam- cluding family services, relocation assistance, funds for neindependent candidate for era," aired on March 4, cessities of life, language training, vocational rehabilitation, medical services and community services to. aid-in their : " president of the United . 1984. American Jewish identity. . • • States, lost the libel suit he Because of its expertise in helping immigrants who are Commenting on the sucbrought-against the AntiDefamhtiqn League of B'nai . cessful outcome of the trial, ..fleeing persecution and discrimination, NYANA also, at the Nathan Perlmuter, ADL's request of the U.S. Department of State,' assists non-Jews B'rith and NBC TV. A sis-person jury iiTttie : ' national "director, called, it • to assimilate in their new homeland. . While services are provided free of charge, participants Federal Court of the East;- ' "a common sense affirmaern District of Virginia said tion that bigotry has to be are encouraged to' repay part of the costs involved expended • * '"•'.• that the League.had ribtdft-' .called by its right name; It; ' to help them. famed LaRpuchp whon : ii; is atop & rejection by aeon-. .': . Since, its beginnings NYANA has helped immigrants in described jiim as an''antir^ jscjentious jury of the' un-; .13 "waves";of immigration. Our contributions to the Jewish . Semite"; and a "emall-Jime ^(American .vitriolic fulmina- Federation of Omaha campaign help make the good work we all share in the fine Hitler;" Tlje statements j ; : tioris: of Lyndon LaRpuche of this, agency possible and, as such, worjk accomplishedfcyNYANA.r . . -: • were made by Irwin Suall, - and his g a n g . ' . . . ; .
If you remember the old Jackie Gleason show, you may recall.hearing him use the expression'A'how sweet it is". : That was meant to express admiration for a job, for example, when it was truly enviable. I caught myself thinking of that the other day, after reading an article written by the food critic of a magazine. What's a food critic? Let me tell you. • , . A food critic is a person whose job it is to visit new restaurants as they open. They note the decor, the service, the ambience and most of all, the food. Now in order to honestly commend on food, it must be tasted — right? Many items on the menu are usually sampled, then an opinion is rendered. Oh y e s . . . the cost of the food is picked up by the critic's employer, usually a.magazine or a newspaper. Not bad, huh? Especially when you consider the best (as well as the' least) of new restaurants, are visited. As Jackie might say, "how sweet it is". . I remember thinking the same thing some years ago, when on a tour. The travel agency in charge of the group provided a tour guide, a person completely familiar with • the area, its highlights and everything of interest to a visitor.' This was a' job . . . beirig'in charge of sightseeing in the most gorgeous vacation spots in the world! Oh yes, that meant the guide's transportation, lodgings and food were paid for by the Agency. A terrific job, no?_. •> • , The work of a movie critic might fall into the same category. Imagine (and if you're a movie buff this will knock your socks off) being paid to go see every film as it coines out. Of course you can't just sit there and lose yourself in the story. You must pay particular attention to every detail, from lighting, scenery and casting to performance of actors; after all, you will be expected to write a critique on it later. But still, considering the price of admission these days, it would be worth having the boss pick up the tab and later being responsible.for telling about it. It seems to me the book editor of a magazine or paper has the some enviable position. To have a copy of the latest best seller presented for your reading pleasure is by itself a big deal. The average hard cover book today is probably $15 to §20, so it wouldn't be much of a hardship to read for a living! Now you know what I mean when I quote that old "how sweet it is" line. What it comes down to is being paid to do something you love doing. And that can't be all bad, can ' , i t ?
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FAYE ANNE GABBER Services were held on Dec. 14 at Temple Israel for Faye Anne Gorbcr, 44. interment was at Temple Israel Cemetery. Survivors: eon,-Mark Steven; daughters, Carte Rce, Lynn Renes, Cheryl Diane; mother, Josspbins M. Ketz; brothers, Earl Leon Ketz and Leroy Arthur Katz; preceded in death by father, David Katz and brother, Charles Kctz. The family suggests memorials to the Temple Israel Library. FRANCES GOLDBERG Services were held at the Jewish Funeral Home on Dec. 16 for Frances Goldberg, 79. Interment was ot Golden Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Goldbsrg is survived by a Eon, Manny; five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue. . •. ESTHER LEIEOVITZ.. Graveside services were held on Dee. 17 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Council B'uffo. for Esther .Lclbovitz, 04:. : Sur.yivors:>p daughter, Marine (Mra. RJorincn) Rosen; two grandchildren and five 'frept-grandchildren; •
were very email in both • Paresket Miq^etz By Kebbi Myer S. Ksi'jta cases. Judas Maccabeus and his Secretary • Weinberger's criteria for ths UE-S cf Amsr- brothers fought a harrying pa\i'.z\.Jii»-\j for Fn'dcy, December 21, 4:33 p.m. ican military force ere.in- guerilla war against trained teresting indbid — though end disciplined forces that the Bubjcet is painfal in the fcr outnumbered the Jewish 'extreme. The cubject is rugteg trmy. Bar Kochba pthifu! baceucs oar world is challenged the power' of Midwest Regional Winter. painful to liva in. It ia en EJ 3 Roma, before which all the SEKVICES: • SEKVICES: • Conclave to ba held in Mem-. Friday: 0 p.m. Friday: • ' " of violence. Ns century in world has crumbled and Saturday: Services 9:30, Mincha and Kabbalat pfaia, Term., from Dts. 2S- hictory has fasen eo full of fallen. Neither bed a prayer. 31. Bi'logatca fiom'the en- violence CM onto. a.m. Kiddush will follow • Shtbbat 4:45 p.m. But a prcyer, literally, Gervices. Late Friday Night Ssrvice3 tiio Midwect Eogion v/ifi bo prc-csnt as well no cdvicsra.' Ono of the Secretery'o cri- they did have. And though Mincha-Ma'criv 4:45 p.m. 8:15p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen and The annual Beth Isreol Both loreel youth will par- teria V/GS that the chance of Bar Kochba failed, leading Cantor Emil Berkovits will1 Hanukkah Dinner will ba ticipate in all areas of the cccoaiplichins a goal muat to mnssccre, esilo, famine bo clearly- apparent and and general destruction, in conduct the cervices. held on Dec. 21 at 6:15 p.m. Conclave activity. clearly in favor of military their day the Maccabees Ssmdey: Services at 9 a.m. In charge of dinner arrangeD'VAH TOHAn and 5:30 p.m. ments are Susie and Dr. The D'var Torah on Dsc. action (viz., Granada). But won. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 Paul Shylten and Cheryl 29 will be presented by Joe if things bppscr too chanThey won the right to cey, the risk of failure and Dr. Barry Kricofeld. Kirehenbaum. p.m. practise' Judaism. They should not bo undertaken. Tuesday: Dec. 25 9 a.m. Following tho Friday evecleansed tho Temple and LUNCH AND LEARN ning Eorvice; a Glut will be purified it of Greek para? Recant historical otudio3 •The Lunch and Learn ca- presented in tho Social Hall 'hnvo ccotigated Bar Kochba phcrnalia. They feinatiries with the rabbi will con- during the Oneg Shabbat (or whatever hid real' name tuted the priestly worship. tinue on Dec. 27, noon at the hour, based-on the Torah Friday: 7 p.m. wes), who untjortook a fata- They had, indsed, saved JuConant Hotel. portion of the week. Partic- Dai -.Ths rc-sidsnts cud cteff of ful rcLsllion -cf tho Jewish daism from disappearance. HANUKKAH ipating in the skit will ba: TOWNEE. Dorothy end Rubin Ratnsr, the Rose Blumliin Horns.in- pcopla c^oinct EIOJBS in- tho -What knight have been Bath El SictorSiood and Pearl Kaplan, Hens and Bill vite tho families, volunteers 2nd contory. Tho dkcoter tho shape, religiously speakeficfctivoly shut tlia JOT/D out friends cf tho residbato D.E.E.P. will Gponcor a Ha-' Pechman, Sonya ond Perry end ing, of tiia centuries that fol1 nukliah Family Dinner' on Ratnsr, Sophia Kate, Bojy. •to citiad tiirviceo' in tljo • • of- 'Palc'stiiJa,'; in, tefnia. of lowed, had the infantile ' ) ^ d l nMmal.)«vin(^and; normal ''Herb'er't.''Gbldoteii Sy'hDec. 23, 0 p.m. '' v " nhd ^fdrvlri Ge'rbsri'Cls^ryl . Grooli religions arid their "kricdfeldl [ Poggy Chacen, 'a'gp^ue Kid^uoh'To'lIbwins 'fapiritudi cr'6>Vth,-and left philandering'gods become tiia. Jow'bf 'Pelootlho 'daciYald Halperih and.Doris csrvice3'on SKabbat. •' tooted; impovbriiilied, •• and standard hi Palestine?* / • and Hurry Alloy. ophituQlly oh the dsclhra After the feet ws can pasTho OnogBhabbat recep. : CUM11MB••"•'• tion will be .cponeored by No one has really yot tried ily conclude that this ^yar Sisterbood. . to'dlo 'thio with-ths Mccca- •wea'Justified. Hod ws teen ServicoD were held' at ^y . .. bsoa, wltoie reboKion hi the thsKJ fjs&ratlie lighting beTemple Isrcd on Dec. 1G for Propheto study group 10 Moming.Ssrvica. 8:45 ani. • . 2nd-century: B.C.E.: led to gen, would pa.have said.it Chorleo;- RJorgantacu* 55. a.m. A Kiddubh followo the the tcde'dication' (hanuk- v/aa right to rial:'the lives of 'interment wao'at.TempFo IsGsrvics in tho Social Ilall.. . :lMh) of tho Templo and thus the population in a war that rael Cemetery. ceemsd to have no chance Class with the rabbi 4 p.m. to.the festival of Hanukkah. , " HENSY 8VBT0N Mincha 4:45 p.m.. whatsoever, of cuec&>ding? On the contrary, wo qtill It ID much casier.to read his'.!.'•' Graveside services were Mincha will bo followed rather proudly point' out tory that tqpl^n history.-. . held on Dec. 14 at Golden by Shaloah S'udot,1 Mo-ariv Frislay: 0:15-p.m. that this was thVfupt timp Hill Cemetery for Henry : G p.m. ' arid Hcvddlah. ' ','' "*, ..,,,IJoh!j}.jS|dE^y,H,^rp.pIio, "IJh!S|dH in human history that a proc(- "''•'Ahdhow cj^cMy-thVEOod' S m S m a n , 7 1 . - (•••;.;-^: •,..-, : ;.ri. Rflb5>i'Stephan P. Baracli ple put their life on the lino : eccompUohed by tho MexDr. Susman was professor Services 9 a.m. , . Morning Minyanairo^opr,- and. Cnntor Harold L. Fire; / . p p f i l y ! Cy. : emeritus at Creighton Uhl- Jr. Congregation 10i'd-ni.' ; to; vice 9 am. . . • ' ;cto'ttd.Vy/iU: officiate^ 'Itabbi •" i®':&3fqna,oT:i\ioii:i&5iit vereity School of Dentistry. Minynuo: Monday and Doily minyoEo: 7 a.m. and ^rooka will epeak on ''What their own rcligioil, on3 ito 'few cenerations later, QIwayo, and its rites, and its. mo3t esectly a century later, He retired in 1981, after 30 Thursday mornings ,at 7:15. 4:45 p.m. I think about Honukkah." two Maccabean, brqtlierS, yeare on the CU dental fac- a.m. TOVIB1 AND KADITvJAH Ths Ones Shabbat follow- beliefs. vyhig with each other for ulty. He also edited a SHABBATON ing tho eervice will ba spon- • If Secretary Weinberger the throne thdMacc^aboes . monthly journal for the Howard Was, youth di- sored by the Temple Isreel had been there, neither the had estoblished, called tho Omaha District Dental Sorector, will be in charge of a Sisterhood. s i l ECssffffo Maccabees nor Bar Kochba Romans in to decide beciety and was a frequent lecShnbbaton for ail Toyim S a t u r d a y : ' . •. ' • •'- • • would have undertaken re- tween them. Romano are turer at American Dental ' ©sODQ0 OGJGOO • and Kadimah members and . •Morning Service 11 a.m. bellion, the' former against. Romano. Pompey decided in Society regional and na- SEKVICES: their gue3to. The Shabbaton '. REUGEOUS SCEIOOL Greek-Syrians, the latter favor o f . . . Pompsy. And tional meetings. Firct and third Friday of will begin on Friday afterSaturday, Dec. 22 — Retho rule of Rome begin?. Survivors: wife, Sara; con, the mbntli:' 7:30 p.m. An noon before candlelightuig cess. Sunday, Dec. 23 — Ro- against Rome. The chances of winning Allan of Omaha; daughter, Oneg Shabbat and Hanuk- and will conclucb with a Ha- coco. In the meantime, though, Judith Lueftenborg of Lit- kab celebration follows the nukkah Party on Saturday DEDDISW CCCZCOL. before we have to couhidsr tleton, Colo.; brother, Wil- service. Participants ore in- evening. A full Shabbat pro- • AH clc:"2s in'recces.. what Roman power ui23Ut, liam Susman of Houston, vited to bring their own cram of cervices, Shabbat enjoy Hanulikali! Liglit its Tex.; sfcfsr,Alice Greanbarg menoraho, candles and drci- meals, discussions and lighto and cat ita Ictkca'cnd of Silvci Spring, Md., one dels. For additional infor- otudy cocaiono, is pbnr.sd. Mr. and Mro. Gilca Kcmp_ osult in tho Hdllel grandson. mation call 323-C3S5. Funding is provided by Sisof Scarcdale, NY announce psalms... Wo don't cot too terhood. Rabbi Leland Lifochiz the Nov. 4 birth of a con, many chances like thio. contHucto corviccs in tho Ca- David Gu:o. They alco hove WINTEEJ YOUTH pohcrt Chapsl every Fritlcy a daughter, Rebecca. CONCLAVE Kcdimah Youth mombsra at 0 p.m. An -Oncg Shcb'aat ' Groat-crandmothor io v/ill be attending tho annual foliov/a the service. Mro. Rocs Roccnbauin cf Omaha and grandparents ore Mr. and Mro. Joe Gusa Have you ever r/anled to be an ' of Omaha and Dr. and Mrs. ;; archaeologist? ; V/dtor Kcap of Stamford, Conn.
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Jewish teens have^'battle" Thirty-seven teen participants met on Dec. 2, in the JCC Gymnasium for ihe first "Teen" athletic event of the 1384-85 year. It v<.s, called "The Bettle of tho Jewish Network Tti-ns". The hifdi school ctiidents, membera of BBYO. Temple Youth, USY, as well as independents, took part in various fun and competitive coed events such ta UBsLetball pig<jy-back' relay, v.'i.rball, bola, volleyball and obstacle course. "Fhe highspirited activities were followed by a bagel brunch. Whether it was thefaageloor the activities, the teens agreed they were looking forward to the nest event. , The "battle" was jointly sponsored by the Jewish Community Center's Teen Athletic Council and the Cornhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith. Credit is due to the following members of the JCC Teen Athletic .Council who helped plan the program: Melinda Ban, Mindi Dloogoff, Bob Goldberg, Jay Gordman, Andie Gordman, Bruce Kaiman, Susie Kirshenbaum, Tony Magid, Andy Redman, Caryn Sadofsky and Dawn Snydcr.
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Vice president Gerald Bernstien presided at the Dec. 11 earlybircb, end his subject was the proposed new tax schedule-is, the pros and cons, and who will benefit and who vrill ba the losers. Discussed were proposed taxes on fringe benefits, pensions, and on certain aspects of Social Security. One projection is to close loopholes, especially when corporations pay no taxe3 on hundreds of millions in profits. The whole thing boils down to making tases fair to all and making the returns simpler to figure out. If it becomes too easy, the tax preparers will lose customers. To luncheon, Motzi by Bogie (it rhymes), Benschen by Harry Schulman, Mollie had asked for, an early return to lunch so we could see and hear a taped review on how the Federation help3 our people.^ She presented Mort Trachtenbarg, who in-
troduced the premier tliowmg of this program. It showed how endowments can bo generous and painloss for the donor. We have thiee new members, Lew Ellis, Jerry Eo;,8n, and Mel Fjeld, and Dave Dvorkin announced nc-T.v lifer, Harry Schulman, Dave Eclied that contributions to the Mitzvah Box keep coming. President Norm Wohlner asked Sunshins Committee Chairman, Nate Ferer, for announcements. He told us that Sam Ban is hospitalized and Corporal Cohen is at Linv/ood, and he then handed out beautiful Curtier &, Ives calendars. Gerald B. read off the list of birthday boys, and Art Goldstein played at the grand. . Norm read a letter from the Cultural Art3 Committee to remind us of the Jan. 6, 7 p.m. book review at the J of the "Changing Roles of Jewish Women from 19501900.". George Schapiro asked for a $100 "contribution to
the Ethiopian hungry, and jt passed uncmmously, and Art Grossman asked for $200 for helping Jewish needy during Hanukkah, and, again, no problem. Meyer Green has the tickets for New Years party given by the Young Energetic Seniors ct the J Dec. 30. Norm asked Gerald to introduce our guest speaker, and Gerald presented Earl Coverdale, senior citizen and former journalist and engineer, back to work after retirement, and now serving as Community Relations Specialist for the Eastern Nebr. Office on Aging. Mr. Coverdale told us of the beginnings of this organization, how it started with two counties, and now consists of five, and how they consolidate their efforts. He related its functions and read excerpts from the brochure which he made available to us. He urged us to take advantage of it's services, and especially for information on all this call 444-6444. There are hosts of projects.
• Inquiring Photographer .Claudia Sherrnarr asks: (of chiidren who had just sssn tha Danzic Exhibit at Joslyn Art Museum) What did you think of the Danzig! ixhibit? How did it make you feal?
NEW YORK — The a full understanding of Is- Palestinian authorities and founding of the State- of Is- rael's emergence as a mod- the British Mandate govrael was in largo part a re- ern political entity. In his ernment." Drawing on his sult of the strategic land ac- book, The Land Question archival research for his quisition policies and J n Palestine, 1917-1939, book, he documented for the practices of the Jewish Na- recently published, Dr. board members how land tional Fund. According to Stein stresses the purchase was sold not only by impovMiddle East scholar and au- of land — particularly con- erished Arabs to raise some thor Kenneth W. Stein, "It tiguous parcels of land,— by capital, but also by economis fair to say that the State Zionists, as well as thqir. ically solvent Arabs who of Israel could not have been grasp of the intricacies of sold their properties "endeclared in 1949 without the Palestinian and British thusiastically, voluntarily Eikki Epoteia;ll establishment of a Jewish Mandate regulations on and collusively," frequently.. It made me feel bad to national territory" -* a ter- land control, as essential to in order to maintain their think what happened to ritory bought parcel by par- the eventual founding of the local political status and acthe Jews. It was exciting to cel by the veteran Zionist State. Dr. Stein outlined customed standards of livseethe exhibit. land development agency these views to JNF's Board ing. In addition, the British of Directors at their Novem- were largely ineffective in now in its 84th year.;. regulating such land sales. Dr. Stein, associate pro- ber meeting. "The dream of a Jewish The Jewish National Fund fessor of Middle Eastern history at Emory Univer- national home," he said, was founded in 1901 to be sity, contends that the issue "was fulfilled by Zionists the instrument for land proof land control is central to whose conviction, skills and curement. It currently holds stamina enabled them to 92 percent of the land in Is-, succeed against the chal- rael in trust for the Jewish " j lenges they faced from local people.
i Danny Kully, XX. I was happy that the Jews escaped from Danzig and mad that they had to escape. The exhibit was really neat.
Sarah Ksrieger, 11 It was interesting to. see the pictures because it showed a lot about history. It's sort of interesting to see things before many people, including Jews, even coma to this country
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The Jewish Day School has announced that the office, of chairman of the Board of Directors will ba divided among three people. Those named and their responsibilities aro as follows:
Mike Katzman, community contact; Forrest Knitter, corporate structure; Jody Goldstein, education, internal operations. For information, contact Susan Paley, president, 3340517.
' Sctti Perlmara, 10 It was interesting becauss we saw stuff Jews ucsd a long time ago. We saw pictures from World War I and World War II and that Danzig was-a city in Poland.
Chuck Aron, 10 It was exciting. I learned some stuff.' I thought it was pretty good. '
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By co-president ( Michelle Abramson BILU USY spent variety of Jewish camps, it will include .a kosher meal Thanksgiving in the "Great end an opportunityforour White North" which turned families to use the facilities out to ba a wonderful exof the Jewish Community perience. HOY/ that vvc-'ve returned Center. If you need information for a Federation and we're now ia the unwiy cempship, contact Rabbi Ian Jecknia as coon cs possible.
month of December, w hove a lot planned. On Dec. 8 we had a program at the home of Joanna Kaslow. Nest, on Dec. 22, USY will hold en "cnti-eockd tocia!" at Bah El at 8 p.m. Lii'jta Eiodlity is the nsw
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* The Hadassah Shabbat 1. AZA §im "A" 4. AZA til "B" i cervices were held Dec. 14 at 2. AZA 0100 "B" 5. AZA £1 "B" 2 the South Street Temple. 3. AZA SI "A" 6. C.W. "B" Camp Ramah in Wiscon- The theme of "Hanukkoh BcosmLsir 2 3 sin announces the date for and Soviet Jewry" wea the NO GAMES the 37th Annual Midwest highlight of tho service. Winter Regional Convention Winter Kallah. The Kallah Among the participants will be held from Doc. 23-27 were: June Segal, Reba Kufor Hebrew High School klin, Barb Seglin, Bonnie students. Ninth through Lapin, Fannie Ellinger, Eseleventh graders are eligi- ther Rae Chesin, Suri Jackble. This year's Kallah will nis, Regina Simon, Annie be hosted by Minneapolis, Boster and Jan White. By Pen! Conservative Congregation, An Oneg Shabbat folIn a recent interview with oomo Jewish fcssns, I teamed under the direction of Rabbi lowed the services. what each of thorn thought of Hanukkah. I asked each of David Soloff. them a question to ceo how thsy would react. I asked them Midwest Winter Kallah is The South Street Temple of their feeling on Hanukkali. Everybody knowa tho ctory a program of Camp Ramah welcomes the following new of Hanukkoh, or they should. Everybody aloo knows tliot in Wisconsin under the ed- members: Allen Edie and Honukkah comes at tko coma time £53 Christmas, it means ucational supervision of the • Sarah Jost from Greeley preosnto, and a chance to got out of cchool. Jewish Theological Semi- Colorado, and Jan and Hero ia what they cnid: nary of America. '...... Heather Taylor, live in ValEdys Roffmon, a freshman at Horace Mann Ninth Grade Kallah applications are paraiso, Neb. Center, told ms that ohe thought that Hdnukkch was "Tho available from your rabbi or act of giving and receiving prccsnto, bsing hoppy, with tho your educational director. The Young a t Heart family, and running out of money." Additional Kallah informa- meeting and luncheon will Bred Goldstrom, a junior at Millord North High School, tion is available from Kallah be held Dec. 26, 11:45 a.m. said it meant "The festival of lights, and a time for family, office, c/o Camp. Ramah, 59 at the Knolls Country Club. and a nico time to be v/ith your family, exchanging presents, E. Van Buren Suite 1610, The; program .for the receiving and-giving." Chicago, 111. 60605. aftemdon will feature Jack Michael Shrago, a sophomore at Harry A. Burke High Nisher's tape of Israel Chas- School, thought it was, "a time for joy, and happiness, lightParents and kids inter- sidic Festival recently held ing the Hanukkah candles, and being with the family." ested in Jewish camps are in Omaha. This musical exPatrice Schmidman, a sophomore at Westside High planning a school trip (with travaganza featured the bast School, to her Hanukkah meant "presents." family participation) to the of popular and traditional Geoff Pearhnan, a sophomore at Harry A. Burke High Jewish Community Center music. School, said Hanukkah meant to him "a time ofjoy, a family in Omaha on Jan. 13 for Bingo will follow a short holiday, and everybody goto together and gives each other their annual Camp Day. Bo- • business meeting. >. .'.'precpntaJ'.i.11.•.,,-•. ...•^':--,:u.\ . ' '., '-: " ' ' side being an excellent opCall Rose Friedman, 489Susan Simon, a senior at "Westside High'School, said portunity to learn about a 3521 for reservations. Hanukkah meant to her, the following "Hanukkah is a festive occasion, it brings back memories of the Jewish people using the oil in the temple, it is the festival of light for this reason, and the lighting of the menorah makes families TEL AVIV (JTA) — De- fense Ministry officials and come together, making the holiday fun." fense Secretary Caspar senior officers at the Israel Grant Sussman, a sophomore atBrownell-Talbot school, Weinberger was reported to Defense Force here. said that it meant "The celebration of unity, the materiThe discussions are said have shown a sympathetic alistic things are not important, and can be easily either interest for Israel's propos- to have covered American gained or lost." " '"• als in the military sphere support for production of after a day of talks with De- the Lavie.
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Israel Mtadcing" inflation problems "Israel is doing a herculean job in tackling its Lwjs inflation ptoUcin," iv.iiiding to Miehf.cl It'^.rl :ij, an Israeli cciic-iltii.;; f.^neer,*and~no./ I.1. ". ' " L'., own high-tech CJ;.- i':i.^' finn Mr. P.'y...\. _ :. .. t three daya in Oi.:i.! t-cently ss pt-.t i.i i, :.;"', widelourinUh'.fcfl _...! Bonds. He attended the Israel Bond dinner in Omaha where more thr.a $800,030 in bonds was plotted. "For the first time in some years, {lie monthly inflation when I left at the end of Npvember, was about 16%. To U3 thin COI!ip"!C3
favorably with what has been a 20% or more monthly inflation Ti-jxz" Roccrtag cad. "Witl, the. conl'.^ I < Ljtt of iu. „: i.inent, Hicta<Irut, and others, wo era p;xitivcly altacking ths cco.» jirohIssn csA mo csciing go-)dj'8cults," he, added. Itoccnborg, a third EJencrction Sabra, eaid Ini was "clGtcd" with the i3ond tales total. "Omshano who have besn to kraal v/ill 'certainly remsmnsr tho Hedora Power' Station, just north of Ne.tanya on the Haifa Road," said Ro-snbc-rg.
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Many activities have been planned for tho Hanukkah season, including Bingo courtesy of Northwestern Bell volunteers. The "Grand Old Players" performed for the folks on the 12th, and the JCC preschool watched a Hanukkah movie with the residents on the 14th. LOVE had its annual Hanukkah tea Dec. 13, and 14 children performed. Thanks BO much to Eve They are the "Recreation Roth and Ruth Nogg who Positives." B'nai B'rith also are still making the lap has plans to entertain the robes needed for the reoi- folks thio month. dento. Every year the folks fill A volunteer io nesded to . Hanukkah boxes for Jewiah help resident Vickie Fioher residents in other nursing learn Hebrew. To do this homes, and on the 14th, mitzvah, contact the Home LOVE volunteers assemat 330-4272. bled the boxes and George. Shane Kotok took several Shapiro and Herb Forbes folks to hear author Ste- will deliver them. phen Birmingham, and the Thanks Iz Bogdanoff for your faithful turnout, for Tuesday morning services. Thanks also to Sis Turner and Donya Temple for accompaning two residents to their doctor's appoint' mente..Anyone, interested, in this type of volunteering, please call Sharon at 3304272. SONPAY BQU.MCH • Osaoloiio Bonodicf
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Unique Israeli energy plant lighting up BEERSHEVA, Israel — A Soviet-born Israeli scientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev demonstrated the wonders of convertixig heat to electricity from a power plant with no moving parts ES Jews around the world celebrate Israel's ancient Ilanukksh miracle of the tiny vitl of oil that burned for eight days. On Wednesday, December 19, the first day of Ht.nukkah, Herman Branover end his teem demonstrated "Etjjsr 3" ("Challenge 3"), the inst semi-induLtnn! liquid rnetd MHD (magnctohydrcdynaniic) generator. The demonstration took place on the campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beerc.heva. . Magnetohydrodynamics - MHD - is the telenet- behind Bfanovcr's unique power plant that can run on triy heat source and can save up to one-third on conventional fuel usage. .. . The development of the liquid metal MHD generator, which has been underway at Ben-Gurion University since 1977, ia financed by Solmecs, a British-Israeli corporation, and Israel's Ministry for Trado and Industry. Research has been carried out in c!o3e cooperation with Dr. Michael Petrick, program director for fossil energy at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago. Argonne is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's major multi-purpose laboratories. The Branover system is unique among MHD generators in that it uses liquid metal flowing between two poles of a magnet to generate electricity at relatively low temperatures to 100 to 300 degrees centigrade. U.S. and Soviet MHD generators, still in the experimental stage, use ionized gas heated to 3,000 degrees centigrade. Professor Branover Bees "Etgar 3," which generates 10 kilowatts of power, as the final stage before the construction of industrial power plants capable of generating as much as 10,000 kilowatts of electricity. Feasibility studies are currently being done for a power station for Southern California Edison and for Britain's chloride industry.' The Branover team has already generated electricity using solar heat and underground water as well as more traditional fuels. The system can also run on nuclear fuel. According to Branover, "The main advantage of the method is its efficiency. Under optimal conditions, it can create a specific quantity of electricity from two-thirds the quantity of fuel required in other methods." Branover points out that power stations already in operation make huge investments Jo increase efficiency by only a fraction of a percent for vast savings in fuel. In a small country like Israel, saving just 1% in fuel means savings hundreds of millions of dollars. . The December 19 demonstration on a csrni-induotrial i scaTe 'vefifie'd the' gfeheriitbi1>8 pdifprtoaiicS-uS^ctlictddrb'y .'
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i By-Sol Marshall LOS ANGELES (JTA) — One of the interesting elements in international sports competition is the eearch for effective coaches. "Home town boys" are not necessarily the best choices. When Mesieo wta wacxdrA the 1903 Olympics, it was natural that the Mexican Olympic Committee went abroad for 26 of its 23 or 39 co:.-ht3. Moit of the individual sports tad ioms of tLs tcara eriorls were not popular in Mexico, end tiroic was no cedte of top-flight :oaches to draw on for le&darEhip of vorfd-clccs teams. But eome intertetiug match-lips have occurred i a the 1984 Olympic Gunus. Orss of them io in the leadership of the Wect German b&bhfctbali team. Edp'i Klein, an Israeli who was born in Berlin'end who eecrpod from tho Holocaust barely in time, h/is been employed by ths PEG (Fedral Republic of Germany) Olympic Committee as coach. How did that happen? "They were looking for the best man, and it was ma," says Klein. "They .were considering three Americans end myeelf. Perhaps it was easier because I wea already in Germany, and knew the language and the psychology of the playero, but I think it \va» moatly because I was a better choice." One of the candidates hud oerved one year as national coach, not too successfully, end tho others had eiipsrience as coaches in Europa. Kjein had bseii employed cs coacn'" of the Cologne club, and had guided them to a oucceosful season when he v/os tapped by tho national committee for their squad. He took over the team in time to finish fourth in a qualifying tournament in France in May, and qualify for the Olympic Gams3. While Klein was born in Germany, he lived there only eight years. In 1929 tho family moved to Hungary from where his father had come to Germany. He recalls that life in Germany was not too bad, in the eyes of a young boy. Hio years in Hungary are the onc3 he remembers, with sadness and hatred. Within five years the family was restricted to the ghetto, and then his father and sister were Prof. .Herman Branover, a Soviet emigrant to Iprael, cent to Auschwitz. He and hio'brother and mother remained. • at the mixer of "Etgar 3 " ("Challehse 3") on the in Budapest until 1945, when his sister waa liberated. They' ; campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in returned to Berlin, but his'brother and sister moved to Beerslieva. On the firpt day of Hanukkah (Dsc. 19), Israel in 1947 and Klein and his mother emigrated in 1951, He went into sports and physical education as a career Brauover.demonstrated the Gsmi-industrial model of lisa UIIMJUO.-power plsuit that can-produce electricity almost immediately. From 1951 to 1964'he played with Mac- . uoing one-tliiM less fuel than traditional .generators, cabee Tel Aviv arid the national team. In 1984 he came to.-'." the United States under the auspices of the United States '•: the computer model and provide the data base needed for Committee for Sporto in Israel to study coaching under reliable design and economic analysis of commerical scale some of the major coaches'in America. . •_" systems. ' "There, are some things I will do and some things I will Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is Israel's only uni- not do," said Klein an he stood up to leave the interview. versity in the desert. It is supported in the United States "When we are in a match and the national anthems are through the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University played, I will stand with everybody else and for, all the muof the Negev. at 342 Madipon Avenue, Suite 1924, New York, sic. But I did not march under the German flag during the. NY 10173, telephbn6'J(2126t38t-772'l.'" ""' " ' " ' " Opening Ceremonies. They didn't miBa me." - •• •
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' --r -""sci 10,000'v.-oro part of tits Gnl- era end Hebrew teccAcns B ing boMdyf 'of Hojiuttcli, I barrioro. to bsttc-r und&r r ^il 1'iu o . l " L £ J would Jifco to itrjp- you to , Gtccndins. end jizzzs. So h^ 1 r - L 1 I t . i l l t t ell t f C^tit^r. lie L , . tly cow-: vcotoa Efevement. Thia were to hz excluded. It x:s3 I ' o.tl&ki-'!lc mr- movement was inspired by iiapc-ictive for tits vi'cctsrn gives eoEiio-io (msyba-your- erected en intornctioncl ChiCn^o, W^ncy Kru^nov/ of JJ!C!,CJ c y I Jacob Schiff, one of t h e Jews to accommodate to tlia self) o'ctft tlist will start a laHgec^o' — Ei'psrento. It 'Urbsna, cad Alan Kuldx- icoj; tt C o u n t y Medical greateet Jor/ioh philan- economic life of tho majorJudaiea ctaiap collectloa. gained GOEie. popularity ofoliy of'Omaha. Center in PhooniH. Dr. FOJ: thropisto, vjho committed ity. An Msal cot to bs-jn with ia cftor' World Was-1;' its .edID tlia con of Mro. Frances S500.CQ0 of hia arm wealth fees! C52-4 iccscdia 1S72. vcscts3 ctill taiot regularly and-Mro. Marvin ICr Profeaoor Marinbcch first F02 raid tho lato Jcck-Fos of to the.fvojset. Ho cooporaIt fe2tuiC3 fiiica HonuMich end their conforoncsa ofton of Uibona, crcdusted from Omaha. prepared tliis Btudy at tho tod v;iih Israel Znngwill, meneralia • &oni Morocco, result in 0 poctc^ Gtamp. the Univorcity of Illinois et Grandparents of the bride Morris Waldbauia, a n d Jewish Theological SoniPO1SE4 CE*J Goimshy and . Ebvc?cl KoliDl- Prizo cci- Urbsna and received hor are BsMo end Noah Fox end Eabbi Henry Cohen. Their nary. He now teaclieo at I b l in its-owa vxgr iiuEiretea entints wore bora in Decoin- mestor'o ds^rco in modlcol Ruth Krccmnv, oil of ChiAviv University. He has . tho Biesjora, Tito Homik- bsr. TJra firot Amc-ricon to COCIQI. work'from the uni- ccgo." Grandmother of. the goal woo to encourcja Jews ably revealed the political kah thorns c k a includes'Ju- win a Nobsl Wizo r;ca bom vorcity. Sho completed a fel- groom ia Dora Rosanblattof to csttto in the Amsrican problems pocsd by tho Taft west. Tiioy feared tho con- and Wilnon o<|niiniBtradali Mescclica 17*10 ia on Is- on Dec. 19,1C52. Ilia Great- lowship at the UniveKtty of Omaha. centration of Jews in Nexv rael 209 icsucd. in 1CS1. . est fascination wsb with tlia .Melbourne in Melbourne, Dr. Fos and his bride will York would foster ghettoda tiona, arid tho Immigration An esniasnation of all Da- prcb'Dzn of moaouring. tho Victoria, Australia. Sho io a honeymoon i n Europe, and Naturalization Bureau combor Fclatod Judaica 1 cpssd'of light:- Ho woatba medical eocial worker'-and - v/horo ho Iica b;sn cwordsd. and poverty similar to that of the U.S. Deportment of Dtansps QuggootB thio Nobsl PHsa for •Pliyoica h i . consultant to hospitals, an .IntQnj&tional Mlowohip which they hod .-left in Eu- Commerce and Labor, to • month's tltcino-oaolit-to fo- . 1C37. • Ho wco.AMiort. Mich- business, end industry in in orthopaedic traumatolr rope, f.' •. Jewish immigration. This . cus on tho'creativo goniiiesa clcon and ho oppsaro. in Q Phoanis. ogy at tho Univoroity HoaAlthough t h e program movement occurred just as 1 Dr. Krcsnow, her father, pitcl in Munich, Germany. weo dsomsd a failure, the American popular nativiom who invented oomething December 1837 SDSUO from : noteworthy or whose ccien- Sv7odon^ goal of 25,000 not bsuig mat, was exhibiting reotrictioniot .. • tific diocovorioo earnod the Galveston Movement ia and exclusionary attitudes Swedsn haa bsah issuing, them a Nobal PrisSi Ssvsral particularly interesting for towards newcomors. of thss3 man woto born in a cst of otampa featuring Nebraska and Iowa Jewry. There were 100 boat Iocd3 December cud othora are Nobsl Prize v/innsro eaph There are today in Lincoln! of Jewish immigrants in the November or December featured on ctoinps iogusd in Omaha, andSious City pso- Galveston Movement. The Bines 1C 31. Ao a result the December.ple who caraa to America by succeoa of the plan Iie3 in following Jewish ectentisto way of Galveston..Children the fact that the majority of One of these inventive have appeared on Dscembsr and grandchildren abound, the newcomers and their men was born on Dec. 20, issues: Paul Ehrlich (imbut to a great extent, this offspring live weat of the 1845 in Hungary. In lG92he munity), Gabriel Lippmann second and third generation Mississippi, Tho accuracy of built a rigid airGhip uoing on (color), Robert Barony (inhave ..little knowledge of the movie, 'IWeot of Hester aluminum frarr.o and 0 bal- ner ear), and Richard Willstheir Tesaa roots: •'-• <•• Street", is verified by Proloon and powered by gaso- tatter (chlorophyll). line; it nsver flew, however. Most Jews came to Amer- fessor Marinbach's msrticuAlso born in December But Germany decided to fiica as part of a mass move- lous and interesting renance a test of tho idea (the was Max Born, winner of ment. They followed the ex- search. This book is highly inventor suffered a fatal the 1954 Nobel Prize for his ample of others. They saved, recommended for those inheart attack when he read work in quantum mechanics. purchased their tickets and terested in the history of the news). His wjd.ow con- (he appears on a 1982 Gerleft Europe. A substantial western Jewry. The Jewish tinued his work end a test man stamp). And Albert portion of them were part of Federation Library has a flight was arranged. One of Einstein appeared on Dec- Newly inducted ckayalot (femalo coldiero) in the planned immigration opon- copy of this readable study. the spectators was Ferdi- cember issues from Chad, Icreoli army receive a manual on thoir righto and nand Graf von Zeppslin. He Ghana, and Poland — just a sift paefcage from Na'amat-PioKsar Woman, the subsequently bought t h e three of 33 countries which largest- women's organizatioa i a ' teaol. Workhave issued stamps honorpatent righto, and'today we . oliopa offered by. Na'amat-PiomeBr Womon give the The Asthma and Allergy Mary Beth Begley. ...--• often call the dirigible a ing him. Goldioro a chance- to diccucs the otreczso of nrmy Foundation of America Serving on the newly cre• life QEd.womom'o righto in-tbe orcny BES! after dic- (AAFA) has established a ated Board of Directors are: PA@0flO.Qlocal chapter in Omaha. The • Eya Waxtog 1283 SO 120 S t Missouri Volley Chapter William Ashley; John BarnOMAHA. HE C0144 • Body Wcatlno 0a^33CWi2 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ « » Molss-Oophora ™^^^^^—n • Maa'curo; Etc. has b?sn organized to'sup- hart; Linda Ford, M.D.; GIFTS port educational and re- Dean F r a n k e l ; Ronald ACCESSORIES I Call (ho Professional j search programs locally to Glick; Terri Howell; Roger FREE CANDY CLASSES Kobayashi, M.D.; Edmund CANDY* MOLDS J for I benefit people with asthma Leslie; Tom Nilsson, M.D. SUPPUES I ivou'd liko to Uicnk my d:^r allergies. S Post Control I andThe.new and Harold Walton. rc!ativss end friends for fits Chapter officers gifts, cards, contributions AffLAS | For information, write: are: president, Mike and end good w!sh33 during my recent hospitcazation. S p > Post Control s Holli- KeneQck; vice-presi- AAFA-Misaouri Valley dent, Stoveri Riekes; secre- C h a p t e r , Box 14931, del thotlis to Robbl Drozcn end Centor Fottman. t"c~r.a : 5G0-3094 I. tary, Tina Davis; treasurer, Omaha, NE 68124.. Wishing you a Happy Hanuhkch bsm-Dcs. 10,1C5'J c a i c pc::pB oa tir.acc frcia BE,.
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