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Israeli students plan • March Omaha visit On Sunday, Feb. 28, a group of eight Israeli highschool students will arrive to the Midwest to begin a five-week visit. These students, from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds in Israel, have been chosen to represent their country as young ambassadors of good will. Part of an Israeli youth Weintroub delegation organized and sponsored by Israel's Ministry of Education and Ministry for Foreign Affairs, they will help establish and foster a better understanding between Israel and American youth. li Ilan Weintroub, 16, and :<• i Daphna Marom, 17, will'be in Omaha from March 1720. Ilan has been a member of the Israeli Scouts Movement and has taken part in Marom Gadna courses (map reading and reconnaissance), and a senior citizen's club. He is interested in drawing, music and sports. Daphna can speak, read, and write English fluently, although her mother tongue is Hebrew. She has no special hobbies, but enjoys swimming and exercising regularly. Daphna enjoys young children, listening to music, and reading novels. During their stay, Daphna and Ilan will visit area high schools and meet with a church group and Jewish youth groups. While acquainting themselves with the many facets of American lifo, the students will in turn be representative of young and dynamic Israel. Housing for Daphna and Ilan is needed during their visit in Omaha. If there is a teenager in your house and you would be interested in hosting Daphna or Ilan, please contact Jodi Raven, 334-8200, ext. 267. Arrangements must be made by Feb. 20.

LINCOLN—A special program devoted to the plight of Ethiopia's Jewish community will be held on Friday evening, Feb. 15, and Sunday morning, Feb. 17. Congregation Tifereth Israel and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun will have a joint service at Tifereth Israel Synagogue at 8 p.m., Friday. Guest speaker Gary Hill will discuea the recent rescue operation of the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) and will present an update on the absorption and resettlement programs taking place in Israej today for the Ethiopian Jews. On Sunday morning, the award-winning film "Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews'of Ethiopia" will be shown at Tifereth Israel Synagogue at 10 a.m.. • Following the film, the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation will launch its campaign for Operation Moses. Monies collected will be sent directly to the United Jewish Appeal for its resettlement program for the rescued Jews of Ethiopia.

By Robert Lipcoy Federation Volunteer Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper, partners in Broadmoor Development Company, have been named co-chairman of the 1985 Men's Campaign for the Jewish Federation of Omaha. A goal of $2,000,000 has been set for this year's Campaign, which will formally begin with Super Sunday, Feb. 24. Super Sunday is nn annual telephone blitz designed to encourage the involvement and support of the Omaha Jewish community. Volunteers will make over 1,450 telephone calls. In this year's "Partners for Life" campaign, Mr. Kooper and Mr. Fellman hope to broaden what has become a shrinking base of contributors. Roughly half of the proceeds from the Campaign are sent to support Israel. The other half of the Campaign contributions support the Jewish Federation of Omaha and its seven agencies. "We have to take it upon ourselves to ensure there will continue to be a Jewish community in Omaha. It takes work and it takes money. We can't sit around and wait for the other guy to do it. With that type of thinking, there will be no services available to the Jewish community in a few short years. We have to do it, and we have to start doing it now. "Just look at the needs. Visit the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. How can we abandon the essential services the Bureau for the Aging provides for our elderly? Walk through the 'J'. Where else in Omaha can Jews go to find these types of facilities and programs designed to enrich ourselves and our children, arid hopefully, our children's children? Do you have any idea how many people — your neighbors — Jewish Family Service serves each year? "You would be astonished to learn the extent of this agency'B services to tha.QitaaiUV: Jewishcommunity. Our Jewish Federation Library is one of the finest collections of Jewish

Dennis Allen Hyman, 15, will be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor given for him by Troop 97, sponsored by Kiwanis, on Feb. 18 at Washington School. Dennis has been a member of the troop for five years.and has served as librarian and, presently, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow, a fraternal Scouting organization into which Dennis Hyman members are elected, Dennis also serves as president of Explorer Post 287 at Lewis and Clark Junior High. Dennis chose the Hunger Hurts Campaign for the Omaha area Food Bank as his Eagle Project. He attends ninth grade at Lewis and Clark Junior High. He is in all honors classes and especially enjoys computer science. He said he hopes to become a space scientist. Dennis is the son of Gloria and Stanley Hyman and the grandson of Jennie Epstein of Omaha, and Dorothy and Alex Hyman of Los Angeles. He also has a brother, Robert, 14.

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Tom FeJJman Howard Kooper literature in the country. The Jewish Frees, our link to Jews around the world, is the only way we can effectively communicate to the total Jewish community regarding events and issues which affect us all. "Our ADL/CRC serve3 as the representative of the Jewish Federation educating the general public to the Jewish perspective. The Bureau of Jewish Education focuses onthe religious education of our youth. This agency also administers scholarships and loans for deserving high school and college students. "It should come as no surprise that as the material and spiritual needs of our Jewish community grow larger, the financial needs also expand. If we are to continue to provide these and other essential services, we must take it upon ourselves to make the commitment to fund these services. It takes no imagination to recognize what needs to be done. We need your contributions. It is up to you to perpetuate our Jewish community."

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Peres: israe! will not intervene By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) — Premier Shimon Peres said that the Israel Defense Force will not intervene in the internal affairs of Lebanon after it withdraws behind the international border. But should any threat to Israel's secu-

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there to watch the progress of the IDF withdrawal from that region, the first stage of its three-stage pull-out from south Lebanon. The first stage is progressing rapidly and ell Israeli troops and equipment are expected to be gone from the SidonAwuli River area by Feb. 18.

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Seth D. Levy, assistant executive director of the Bureau for the Aging, will assume a new post in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as of March 15. According to the announcement, Mr. Levy will become the executive director of the Tulsa Jewish Retirement and Health Care Center. The new Tulsa facility, scheduled for completion in December, 1985, will include a 40-bed intermediate care nursing home and a separate unit of 60 luxury apartments for the well elderly. Seth Levy Both of the new buildings connect with the Tulsa Jew- Omaha Jewish Federation ish Community Center pro- more than five years ago as viding a campus concept for a social worker at the former the facilities. Dr. Philip Sher Home for Mr, Levy joined the •the Jewish elderly.

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If you are accustomed to reading this column, you elready know it usually is devoted to topics that aren't very terious. In fact, you might even go EO far as to coll most of my Etuff mishagoss. Except every once in a while, I like to tell you ubput something that falls a little on the serious side. That's what I'm going to do today. Ok? Are you still with me? Actually, what we have here is a problem, and it's a really serious one. We are looking forward to the Passover season . . . before we know it, it will be here. You probably have made your plans already; you'll invite the children, of course, and the maehatunim and an assortment of cousins and friends. And you'll be frelach and enjoy the Sederim both nights, right? Oh? You don't have children here, or cousins either? But you would love to attend a traditional Seder. You heard there's always a real Seder for folks at the Rose Blumkin Home and everybody is welcome. You understand it's such a large and beautiful affair, it is held in the auditorium of the JCC. And this was the year you've decided to make a reservation and attend — maybe you'd talk your friends Chana and Yossel into going with you. Well that's marvelous! You're Eoing to love it; the service is done much the way you remember your dear Papa used to do. And the food . . . each morsel a traditional michel. Melt in the month delicious. There's only one problem. Just as a symphony orchestra requires a conductor, so does a Seder require a leader. And my friends, each year we scour the town to find someone who is both willing and able to do the job. Who is willing to leave his own table, in his own home, and provide the necessary leadership for us. We need volunteers desperately, for both the first and second Sederim, which fall on Friday, April 5th and Saturday the 6th. Nu, what do you say? Isn't there somebody in this wonderful, warm, caring community who will consent? I'm not a maven on Mitzvot, but I'll betcha a matzo ball whoever does the job will feel like a million bucks afterward . . . a tax free million, I mean! Think about it. And let your conscience be your guide. Remember all the dear folks at the Blumkin Home, their children and grandchildren, the many from Livingston, and who knows how many from outside in the community, who are looking forward to a Seder. Come on. Say you'll do it. Better yet, say you'll gladly do it. . Ok? VOUINTEETl for tSEIAEL For 3-4 Kteriks . — YOUR ONtY COST IS SUBSIDIZED AIRFARE

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Fridoy, Feb. 15: Beth Israel Sisterhood. Annual Know Thy Neighbor Sabbath 6:15 p.m. Congregational Dinner, Temple Israel 6 p.m. Early Chndhood Committee Mtg. 9:15-11:15 a m . ; •,,-'.-.i."v

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Sunday, Feb. 17: ' Miner Film Festival 2:30 p.m. . JCC Toon Snowtocfl, Softball Gomes 1 p.m. JCAC "Jewish Education In a changing society" 7:30 p.m. Speaker. Dr. . Naomi Cohen; reception UTTO Parent Workshop. 10:15 a m . Beth El Amit Hatjkvah, Dinner meeting, Beth Israel 6 p.m.

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.The peace pipe Saudi Arabia's Ki.pg Fahd came to Wasliington this week in the first official visit of a Saudi monarch dince 197L , , ' The main speculation for the visit is that the timing seems to be right in Arab eye:; for the United States to pressure weary Israel into making major concessions for peace. After all, the Arab world doesn't demand much — just all territory captured in the 19G7 war, plus a Palestinian State, plus Jerusalem — and that's just for starters. Ultimately, the Arab goal is the complete dissolution of the Jewish State — make no mistake about this. Undoubtedly, the King will smile and suggest in his most moderate terms that it is time for the United States, to demonstrate an even-handed policy and pressure Israel. After all, the King will reason, Israel is economically weak, and troubled by the heavy loss of manpower "and prestige from the Lebanon quagmire. What kind of reaction the King will receive isunknown but we can hope. We can hope that the United States will remind the Saudi Arabian monarch of the following: Arafat did not accept Reagan's initiative so that Jordan would enter into negotiations with Israel . . . . . The, Arabs did not live up to their promise that Syria would withdraw from Lebanon when Israel did Saudi Arabia led the OPEC cartel in bringing financial disaster to many third world nations and economic hardship to the Western nations . . . The President of Egypt reneged on his promise to ' send his ambassador back to Israel once Israel started to withdraw from Lebanon . . . The Saudis continue to bankroll confrontation states and encourage terrorism in the Middle East ""^ftd tnerfe^cinorVmUfcrf more.-the listcouid go on and on. However, the case can be proved easily that the United States would be foolish to rely on Saudi Arabia to protect American Interests anywhere in the world. We hope that the United States will tell the King to put up or shut up. 'Either help the cause of peace or don't take up our time, shbtildbe the essence of the American response. ^^afapilyij^.iciTggQiXig is not diplomatic language, nor ido we anticipate the usage,of any harsh words during the top-level meetings. However, it- does appear that the timing is perfect for the U.S. to convey to Saudi Arabia the most important element for peace. That is negotiations. Between Israel and her neighbors. Without pressure. • In America, we know what it means to bury the hatchet and smoke the pipe of peace. At the conclusion ofthe Washington talks, perhaps the King would agree to view a John Wayne movie. That's the only way we could guarantee him a happy ending.

An intervi3v*y with Yitzhak fytodai HAIi'A — Ii.e nidii fect-d b~foie us >.t In., u..J. m J u ttsa'em had dark rincs under intense, pwrcin;* eyes. If he was under strain, there was every reuiiOii for it, btcause he occupied the most difficult job in lr.rnf.-I today — that of Minister of Finance. The poiit had fj-.-£.-n the paveyard of nmny political ambition:;, j;ud he who ,';5:;uim:i the H ; jsonsibility of supervising Israel's economy end finances knows in advance that he may become one of the great Israeli heroes of our time, or more likely, he will end up fighting all his colleagues, hated by tl>.e public, de:;pi:;ed by the politicians, and finally compelled to resign in disgrace. Only a brave man indeed would venture into this morass, where so many others before him have foiled. When Begin led the first Likud government into power in 1977 he chose Yitzhak Modai to head the newly created Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. Modni brought to his political career a diversified background. He graduated from the Tcchnion with a degree in chemical engineering, acquired a second degree in economics in London, and added a law degree from what was then tho Tel Aviv branch of the Hebrew University. In between times, was military attache to the Israeli Embassy in London, and managed several successful industries in Israel. On the way, he ac- • quired a wife, who had been the second Mius Israel beauty queen.

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Modai? He r,poke of,lsracl's economic problems, and needed little prodding with questions to get down to fundamentals. What is unique about 'Israel's present economic difficulties? For one thing, 38 percent (!) of our national budget goes to pay capital und interest on past debts. Considering that loans are refinanced and rolled over again and again, it may be said that we are still paying for the War of Independence, for the tremendous burden of absorbing the more than a million people who quickly poured into the country from Europe, from North Africa and elsewhere and for the four warB that were forced upon U3 thereafter"Government after government, no matter of which party, was compelled to take loans to meet the urgent problems of the day. They were loans to create a nation. We are the generation thpt is finally being called upon to pay the bills. This is an item that cannot be cut. Defense, vital aa it is, runs second to debt retirement, requiring 22 percent of our country's budget. How much can this be reduced without hurting national security?

It inevitably follows that reduction in the national His political ambitions were no secret, yet commentators budget, so urgently necessary in order to reduce inflation, have remarked that his major weakness had been in human must come from health,,education, social benefits and anrelations. "He tends to be aloof and distant, and impatient cillary services to the people. Modai notes that one third of criticism," one wrote. As one finance minister succeeded of the working force in Israel is employed in the public another in the past half dozen years, no one was more crit- services, in government, municipalities, institutions supical of each than Modai. He made practically every incum- ported by the government, etc., as against 20 or maybe 25 bent squirm as he lambasted their programs, their plans percent elsewhere. The axe must fall. and their performance. Now he is experiencing a full measIsraelis have been proud of the fact that by linking saure of what he had previously dished out. . laries and wages to the cost of living, they have enabled the . To the Israeli watching him on television he comes across population to keep one step ahead of inflation. As a result, as cold, Caustic and critical. His attitude seems to be marked the people are rich, but the government is poor. Why did by bitterness — yet the man who sat before us in his office not the people rise up against inflation, as in other countries?. Because the public did not suffer form it — to the contrary.

By M.J. E Near Eadt.HcjJort ' In late December, 1 attended a wedrjing in Massachusetts which might have taken place in Israel. From the marriage ceremony right down to the last Itora, the entire event was •suffused with Jewish tradition, culture, and love for Israel. The music, which helps establish the atmosphere at any event, was Israeli. The lead singer spoke English in a heavy Hebrew accent. He exhorted the crowd to sing along in Yiddish (which few could do) and in Hebrew (which, it seemed, everyone could do). Every 20 minutes or so, the musicians would strike up another bora and chains of dancers would fill the floor. At several points, the bride and groom were hoisted aloft in their chairs and their relatives (Fteurafcd In 1020) and friends danced around them. Don'Klein Press Cocrd Rrcc'dcni These friendsr-in their twenties and educated at the UniBoard members: Robert Obcrrrcn, vica president; Bert Lewis, treasurer; Suversity of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, the san Budwtg, secretary; Penny Endolrrcn, Robert Grocnbsrg, BonrUo Horwidr, University of Chicago, Harvord, and law and graduate Aaron Hostyk, Gary Jmrftoh, Mererc3 Kushrtcr, Keren Levin, Oliver Po3c!<, Suzanne Singer, PK3 Sptansn, GdtalsJa Stem. schools everywhere—seemed totally at home in the atmosphere. Sure they could (and did) danco up a rock-and-roll Monti McT:no Editor-in-CMof storm, but they could also do it "Jewiohly." The bride and Mcrilyn McDowell Judith Marburg Louba Grcnzm groom's respect for tradition, love for their families, and Advartfclng Mcncgcr Office Manager Managing Bffiter sheer joy in being Jewish—and in loving Israel—filled the Scloj Representatives synagogue. Jan Wayna Marilyn Wsrrcn Bcrbcxa Frcnkcl Jewish Press Tho cgsnctai of the Federation ere: The style of that wedding in Worcester is one that is Community Relations Jewish Family Service becoming increasingly prevalent among American Jews toJ o w t h Community Center Ubrcry Jewish Education Bureau for ihD Aging day, young and old. More and more Jews are'determined not to permit Judaism to become a burcbn, a mere Get of Ec&tortcb tmpnxa tta vimn of tta writer a i d cm not raocssaSy rcprcsemntlvo ol ttra vtows of tho Jowteh Press Caen), iho Jowtn Federation of O n c f o or tta Omcha Jmteli responsibilities and worries. For them, it is joy and it fills' oomnuiHy C3 nnfiOuj. their lives* " TT» Jewish Prcn ts notreipsnsMal a n t Knfttrtli of <ny product « MUttahmcnt ftepmt riotrts tn> resents). ' Advertising iscs on CKiliraion . At our table, one young mother vjca talking about hovt CcssCna to c3 i t ^ r o Dtd e i w i C S t g espy she handled Chriotrrms with her omall children. She cold f F t l -that Christines "doesn't trouble me at all. Our kida are DO steeped in their own religion and their own Jewish culture The Jowtsti Press (USPS 275620) fo pubSitod ivccMy on Friday for $15 per year by tha Jcvvljh Federation of Oncha, 333 South 132nd Street, that they can simply enjoy Christmos aa our neighbors' Omaha. KE 63154. Sctond class postcgd paid c t Omsha, ME. POSTholiday. It's a beautiful holiday. Why should we ba dsfenmve MASTER: Send edditss chsngis t o Tha Jowlsh Press, 333 SoiiUi 132nd about it, especially when we have our own traditions that Street, Omaha. NE 68154 Tctephono 402-334^200 " , are just as beautiful." .. -• — '•-••-. This lock of defensiveness about being Jews stems, I

Modai achieved the first economic package deal, freezing prices, wdgesand taxes for three months, with fantastic success, but more drastic action is needed — the.lopping of two billion dollars off the national budget. He referred to it as a "major surgery", and he is already faced by recalcitrant Cabinet members, her.ds of other ministries, who claim they are unable to reduce uis, services they provide to the public. The circles deepen under his eyes. His black hair has not yet turned gray. He is dogged, determined, in a fighting mood. He refuses to court popularity.JThe job that has to be done requires a man with nerves of steel; even with a streak of cruelty. One moment of softness, and he would be finished! • It is a great challenge that faces Yitzhak Modai.

think, from a ecnae of being at home with Jewish culture and ritual and, at the same time, feeling at home in America. It extends to feelings about the State of Israel. The Jews I s.aw in Worcester, and in other places throughout the country, refuse to.view Israel as a source of anxiety. Certainly, they, are concerned when things are not going well in the Jewish, states They grieve when tragedy strikes there. But their day-to-day response to Israel is to derive joy from its existence. They appreciate its people, its culture, its language, its music. They enjoy visiting Israel and make it to Jerusalem whenever they can. Many of them consider aliya, an option they do not regard as far-fetched. But they are ho less American for all this. They are merely capable of being at home and being devoted to two cultures, two nations. . • I cannot help but contrast"these feelings with the attitudes of those whose sole approach to Israel and to Judaism iB to anguish over them. For these people, Israel in always being victimized. I heard of one woman who is consumed by her love for Israel but hno never visited there. Her children v/ant to go—they have—but sho refuses because she "knows" that Geeing Israel would just make her tab sad. She is convinced that Israel—a country she loves—io essentially a tragic place. That is an extreme casa but, to a lesser extent, this attitude is all too common. The cad thing is when these people, who treat Israel and Judaism as sources of grief and anxiety, wonder why their children have so little interest in them? Why do thoir children avoid Jewish things? Why do they travel to Greece or Spain rather than to Israel? .; The answer ia simple. For their children, Israel and YiddiaMxoit are anything but fun. They reject the joyless Judaism.of their parents as they reject most dismal things. They think that the Jews ore dtill "wailing"iit the "Wailing Wall." The Jews I saw in Worcester know batter. That Jewish' wedding 6,000 miles from Israel was colored a beautiful Mediterranean blue. Or perhaps it was Jerusalem gold. In any case, it was a reminder that fundamentally Judaism and Israel are about one joyous thing: life. - •

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How Americans Feel About Israel

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A recent AIPAC (American Israel Public Affaire Committee) publication by Steven J. Rosen and Yosef I. Abramowitz entitled, "How Americans Feel About Israel," demonstrates a wide consensus of support for Israel in our country over Arab nations. By an overage of five to one-, Americans express greater sympathy for Israel than Ar-b nil ions. This includes tupport from women and men, Catholic and Protestants, Democrats and Republicans, and men from eJ! social groups. Black Americans indicate support by a majority of two and three to one! Support for Israel increases with level of education, income end professional attainment. In fact, [surprisingly, there wasn't any evidence of an erosion of support for Israel. The results of the recent studies are almost identical to the avenge for the past 17 years end in fact, if anything, the results show jjsiore support now than at the time of the Camp David Talks. In addition, strong majority opinion opposes the sale of advanced weaponry to Arab nations, supports the current level of aid to Israel, opposition to the PLO, and, by a wide majority, believes Israel is a more reliable ally than any other country in the Middle East.

By Dors McEvoy National Conference of Ckrletiano and Jowa "Mutiny on the Bounty" won the Oscar as the best picture of the year, with individual honors garnered by Bette Davis and Victor McLaglen. William Randolph Hearst drew the largest salary in America. Mae West came in second. The year was 1935, exactly half a century ago. John Steinbeck received his first popular acceptance that year with the publication of "Tortilla Flat," and George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bes3" opened on Broadway after a trial run in Boston. It was also the year the Rural Electrification Administration was established, changing forever the life-style of rural and small town America. In July of 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which has provided the framework for relations between Labor and Management ever since. The following month, on August 14, FDR signed the Social Security Act which put the USA into the pension business and established the national commitment to humane treatment of its elderly citizens. Add to those three landmarks the passage of the Public Utilities Act which put tha utilities under the jurisdiction of the SEC, and the establishment of the Works Progress

By Irving Gresnberg President, National Jovrioh Resources Center If we could create a Jewish identity and way of life that all Jews would be able and willing to live twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, Jewish survival, indeed flowering, would be instantly assured. Tho problem in our time is: can there be a total Jewish lifestyle, without segregation — or without a pattern oi living that only the most pious, spiritually-oriented religious typeo can live? The strength of pre-modem Jewish identity lay in the fact that it was total. Jewishnosa expressed itself in distinctive ways in every area—in food and eating, in the practice of sexuality and family relationship. Jews' clothes were different; the home was recognizably Jewish in a specific way. Free time expressed itself in learning or in Jewish holidays which were also uniquely Jewish moments. Yet that particular identity and way of life proved vulnerable when integration and acceptance of the Jewish people became the new social norm. The weakness of modem Jewish identity is that it has narrowed down to a few limited areas of life. Even for those observant Jews who may keep the Sabbath or eat kosher— so much of daily life and leisure time,is "non-Jewish" in that it reflects no distinctive Jewish experiences or values. In a way, even among the observant, the Jewish activity becomes the lesser activity. •. • '

The high priority of family and career efforts reflect little that is Jewish. The high priority of family and career efforts reflect little that is Jewish. Sometimes, there is even the danger that the Jewish activities becomo those leisure activities which are less mature. All of uo have seen the phenomenon of high-achieving, powerful figures in career, business, or society who bring childhood images or judgments, and Bometimes infantile behavior, to their service in the Jewish community..There is a real danger, then, that for all of us the Jewishness gradually becomes yestigal or the minor aspect of life and personality, This raisps. the. danger £hat the Jewish identity will likewios become marginal or even vestigal and finally even disappear. . ... • YeUhere is a Jewish approach to life that could well serve as the ground of a renewod total approach to life through the prism of Jewish identity and values. Moreover, it lends itself to living in a variety of ways'and could, be,highly attractive 'to all kinds, of Jews in every life situation. It is

By Senator Chuck Graasley "I am. happy that 1 have lived honestly, in peace with my conscience, and have never betrayed my soul, even when I was threatened with death." The last words of a dying mart? No, they are the beleaguered cries of a man still very much alive, but muzzled by a society absent of repaid for huniLn dignity — the Soviet Union. Human rights activist Atiiitoly Scharansky was, for all intents end purports, ssilfciietd nearly eight yt-ers ego, his crime — speaking out against religion:) oppression in the U.S.S.R. While seeking to emigrate to Israel for a life with his wife, Avitiil, Scharhansky tucceeded in bringing to the attention of the world widespread religious persecution in Russia. At last word, -JOO Christians were reportedly interned in prisons, and more than 350,000 Jews were allegedly being held hostage within Soviet borders against their will, denied exit visas. Shcharhansky had first tried to leave 12 years ago. Five years later, he was not only still trying, but was working on behalf of thousands of others suffering the same fate. As Shcharhansky became more vocal about their plight, KGB agents descended upon him, arresting and charging him with anti-Soviet activity. While attempting to defend himself against that scurrilous charge, the Soviets refused to allow him to call defense witnesses and interrupted him when he tried to question prosecution witnesses. Such is Soviet justice. , Found guilty and sentenced to 13 years behind bars, Schaharansky's message to the world, officials hoped, would be muted by thick cell walls. But his mere mention to me stands as testament to how in this country, and even in the U.S.S.R., the life and struggle of individuals does not go unnoticed. There is a distinction, however. Such suffering is not simply noticed by Americans, it is heeded as well. To Iowans and their countrymen, this despicable disregard for human rights exists as evidence of the crisis point reached in Soviet religious persecution, and of our needs to redouble our efforts to reverse this terrible trend. It's a matter of dire consequence to the heart and soul of the community of man. For this reason, I have taken the opportunity to nominate Anatoly Shcharhansky for the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. His only other reward to this point for attempting to uphold the highest ideals of mankind, human rights, has been to languish in a Soviet gulag for eight years. As our two countries talk of peace, it is now more important than ever to remind the world that sufihjiqfyy; gftojs cannot be achieved in the absence of ,respect,jipriceptain basic values. ' Shcharhansky's life, has been dedicated to furthering those values, which makes him more than deserving of the ultimate recognition, a Nobel Peace Prize.

By Allan G r e e n e Executive vice p r e s i d e n t , J e w i s h F e d e r a t i o n of O m a h a

Regarding maintaining possession of occupied territories, 54 percent of Americans believe Israel should retain territory important to its security, 22 percent believe they should retain til territory, and 9 percent believe they should return all territory. American support for Israel continues to he wide and all encompassing. Americans recognize that Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East and our moat loyal ally. A copy of the booklet ia available at the Jewish Federation Library.

Administration, and you have quite a session of legislative accomplishment. Not everything accomplished was on the progressive side, however. 1935 was also the year that the US Senate refused to ratify our participation in the World Court, and under intense pressure from the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution, nineteen" state3 passed legislation requiring teachers to take loyalty oaths. 1935 was the year that Alcoholics Anonymous was organized. It was also the year that the Public Health Service Hospital was completed in Lexington, Kentucky for the treatment of narcotics addicts. The struggle fifty years ago was not over abortion, but birth control. In 1935 the General Federation of Women's Clubs reversed its previous position and endorsed Federal legislation to permit birth control information to pass through the mails. I remember reading somewhere about the sign posted beside an unpaved road some years ago, which warned: Select Your Rut With Care. You'll Be In It For the Next Twenty Miles. •1

Noting the legacy of decisions made half a century ago should give us reason to choose carefully our path today. The President is right when he says that we will be making history this year.

worth exploring. In the Talmud, Rabbi ben Assai says that the fundamental Jewish value is that the human being is created "in the image of God." The image of God means that each human being is endowed with infinite value, equality, and. uniqueness. According to Genesis, the human is instructed to master the world and to fill it with life in the form of image of God. While the divine is the motor driving this process, humans have been called to partnership—to covenant— with the divine in achieving this goal, In other words, Judaismbelieves that this world is moving from chaos to order and from non-life to life. The goal of Jewish living is to increase the development and recognition of the image of God in every human being and to perfect the world to sustain this dignity.

Judaism believes that this world is moving from chaos to order How can humans play this role? Firstly, humans are to be fruitful and multiply, thus increasing the presence of the image of God in the world—and thereby making the divine manifest as well. Then there is a commandment, lashevet (to settle) which suggests that the human is to civilize and improve the world and thereby enable it to sustain the higher forms of life. Therefore, it is a central Jewish religious concern to upgrade the condition of the earth to sustain life at its highest dignity. Justice and peace as well as economic and social foundations of dignity and safety are central religious concerns. Our first task in renewing Jewish identity is to communicate this vision again. In this approach to life (as Rabbi Soloveitchik has pointed out) when humans take power they carry out their divine mandate and indeed imitate God, As God is powerful, .creative, and free, so are humans called to bo powerful, creative, and free. Career, work, and the creation of wealth can be carried on for the purpose of creating the base of dignity :and security which enables the human spirit to flourish and grdw.'SIavery degrades the image of God. Freedom from hunger paves the way for'spiritual fulfillment. • . The entrepreneurial creation of wealth is a way of raising the level of the universe's capacity to sustain the infinite value of every human being. Medicine and science become our way to overcome genetic faults, or to replace the heart when it can no longer function, and thereby increase life

and the capacity of humans to live. Law is the instrumentality of creating justice—or at least a functioning system of relative equity and security—in which people can have a dependable structure or capacity which respects their privacy and their right to life.

Slavery degrades the image of God

Approached in this way, one can work Jewishly six days a week, and not just function Jewishly on the one Sabbath day of rest. Indeed, Shabbat itself can be seen as the corrective to this weeklong religious exercise of power. Since power and financial achievement can become corrupting and overmastering—to the point of dominating one's own life and the exclusion of human concerns or by leading to violation and abuse of nature—the Shabbat comes to check excesses by affirming being and reminding us that we are \ masters of our work. Thus, the seventh day becomes integrated with what is done in six days, making the Jewish personality a whole one, and Jewish identity coherent. The image of God is also developed through sexuality and family relationships; Marriage is that commitment to become so loving and open to another that the individual's uniqueness and value are affirmed. Marriage comes out of a deeply religious perspective on life; it is the expression of trust and faith in the power of life to overcome setback and risk. The very act of making love involves treasuring another unique person, affirming that person's body as well as soul. In the act of intercourse, the other person becomes so precious and valuable to me as to lead to total concentration and reaction to this person. Thus, the Jewish spirit is expressed not just in family purity models of withdrawal and restraint but in malting love itself. The deeply religious spirit of life, expressed in acts of loving, touching, feeling that bring out the value and distinctiveness of the other, can be shared by currently observant and non-observant Jews alike. The same holds true in family relationships as well. Discerning the distinctiveness in each child, showing by caring that the other, is of infinite value to me, nurturing and care of child or mate—these aro all ways of bringing out the image of God of the other. The mother who gets up in the middle of the night to change a child, the father who cooks a meal or. takes a child to school, the couple who share a health crisis of a grandparent—are talcing their part in the affirmation and perfection of life. ' ••:••-<:- •'•

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Beth Israel SERVICES: ' Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 5:45 p.m.' Late Friday Night Services 8:15 p.m. Know Thy Neighbor Sabbath: The late service is .Sisterhood's annual Know Thy Neighbor Subbath. All members are ur«(.'d to attend and to invite I heir non-Jewish friends and neighbors, to attend with1 them. A special Know Thy Neighbor Sabbath Booklet is being prepared for this occasion. The services will be followed by an Oneg Sliabbat Reception in the social hall. In charge of the event are: Beverly Franklin, Ina Levich, and Rebecca Berenstein. Saturday: Morning Service 8:45 a.m. , The D'Var Torah will be presented by Leon Wintraub. Honor Roll Certificates: All United Talmud Torah students who achieved the Honor Roll during the past school semester will be recognized and will be presented with Honor Roll Certificates. A Kiddush follows the services in the social hall. Class with the rabbi 5 p.m. Mincha 5:45 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. CONSECRATION SERVICE All third graders of United Talmud Torah will be consecrated at special Havdalah Services ;£q be held at Beth El Synagogue on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. A reception in honor of the new Consecrants will follow the service. Sunday: .-; Morning Minyanaire service 9 a.m. The regular Sunday morning Breakfast and Class with the Rabbi is cancelled., Instead, the Sunday morning Minyanaires, and all United Talmud Torah parents are invited to a 10 a.m. workshop to be held at Beth El Synagogue on the subject of "Death and Mourning in the Jewish Tradition." Rabbis Isaac Nadoff and Paul Drazen will lead the workshop discussion. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:45 , p.m. BARTON'S PASSOVER CANDY Beth Israel Sisterhood is the only source for Barton's Passover Candy. Treat

Sabbath Caidlclighting for Friday, February 15, 5 39 p m . yourself to a box or buy one to take as aigift at Passover time. Deadline for orders is Feb. 25. For information call: Uernice Cohen — 558'.i'i'l'i; Beverly Franklin — 334-7305; Sally Hicks 556-9578. CONGREGATIONAL SHABBAT DINNER The next Shabbat Dinner for members and friends of Beth Israel will be held on Feb. 22 at G p.m. Reservations may be made by calling the Synagogue office — 55G-628&. Chairpersons of the dinner are Anne Joseph and Ellen Albin. Cost of the dinner is $7.50 for adults and $2.50 for children under 13 years of age. TIME CHANGE Beginning with Friday evening, Feb. 22, the late Friday night Family Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. This will enable many parentB with young children to bring them to the service and return home at a reasonable hour. A brief skit based on the Torah portion of the week will follow the service in the Social Hall. SERVICES: Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: Services 9:30 a.m. Mincha-Ma'ariv 5:40 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. THIRD GRADE CONSECRATION Third Grade students will have a consecration ceremony on Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. at Beth El. MEN'S CLUB Men's Club will sponsor a breakfast on Feb. 17 following the morning service. Discussion, in conjunction with UTTO, will center on practices and beliefs surrounding death and mournings-

SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. A G:15 p.m. Congregational Sbabbat Dinner will precede the 8:15 services. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Rabbi Sti'phan F. Barack and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack will speak on "Subject to paradigms." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Temple Israel Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 11 a.m. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Saturday, Feb. 16 — 9

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SERVICES: Saturday: 8:45 a.m. Sunday: 8 a.m.

SERVICES: Firot and third Friday of the month: 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service and everyone is welcome.

SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.

Friday: 8 p.m. Special social action Shabbat. Gary Hill will speak on Operation Moses. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services 9 a.m. Minha, Seudah Shlishit, Maariv and havdalah 4:30 p.m. Shaharit:: Monday and Thursday mornings at 7:15 a.m. Mishnah class: First and third Sundays 10 a.m.

Friday: 8 p.m. Joint worship service with the synagogue at Tifereth Israel. Discussion of Federation and community SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz action for Ethiopian Jews. conducts services in the Ca- Saturday: pehart Chapel every Friday Prophets study 10 a.m. at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat Adult education film night follows the service. 7:30 p.m.

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YorcaEt of ©smato HONOR ROLL 1st Semester • Director Stanley Mitchell announces the honor roll for the first semester. High Honor Students (all l's) include: Grade 3.— Alex Cooper, Caren Friedman, Jason Itkin, David Kricsfeld. Grade 4 — Sarah Rennard, Lindsey Weinberg. Grade 5 — Marni Berger, Joshua Cooper, Andrea Friedlander, Andrea Goodman, Lisa Goodman, Lesley Plotkin, Elana Rod. Grade 6 — Jason Rosenberg. Grade 7 — Amy Zuber. GradeS — Rachel Rennard, David Schwalb, Jonathan Silver. Honor Students (l's and 2's) include: Grade 3 — Leslie Golbitz, Carrie Jacobson, Neal Ratner, Jeremy Rosenbaum, Laura Senft, Shifra Shrago, Ann Silverman, Edward Tayter, Angela Yaffe. Grade 4 — Andrea Kotok, Nicole Lerner, Andrew Nathan, Joshua Parilman. Grade 5 — Andy Epstein, Rebecca Goldstein, Joy Mann, Phillip Mulnick, David Stern. Grade 6 — Troy Meyerson, Emily Rennard, Joshua Rosenbaum, Debi Schneider, Debra Zacharia. Grade 7 — Jennifer Chandler, Alan Kricsfeld. Grade 8 — Elicia Darvish, Barbie Feldman, Michelle Jaeger, Daniel Millimet, Robert Millimet, Rachel Shkolnick. Certificates will be presented at students' respective synagogues at Shabbat morning services, Feb. 16.

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keeping the Temple in good order and good repair, usinj money brought to the Temple by worshipers, had sidestepped this diity and were keeping the monies for themtt'lvfs. Vexed, the King ordered Jehoiada to put an end to this practice and to see to it that the monies were expended properly. So a money box was placed at the entrance, and gift monies were deposited in it. From time to time the funds were properly counted and recorded, and dispensed to workmen — carpenters and masons and others •— who saw to the work of repair and maintenance. It is not recorded that the priests were chagrined; but they must have been! It is recorded that the workmen were considered faithful and trustworthy and didn't have to be supervised in their expenditure of the funds. By no means am I suggesting that rabbis (I am one!) are not be trusted, as a rule, and that laymen, as a rule, are models of rectitude! But the Haftarah suggests to us that there should be a division of responsibilities. A rabbi may have a better voice than the cantor; but if he is the rabbi, he should be the rabbi and the cantor should be the cantor. And even if a rabbi should have an excellent grasp of building management, fund-raising, employe relationships, and budget construction, he should be the rabbi, and these other functions should be handled by laymen, including the possibility of a layman serving professionally as a synagogue administrator. King Joash was right about the priests. . . . He would have suggested to us that rabbis should require the business of synagogues to be conducted in moral ways; but t h a t laymen should handle the fiscal problems of synagogues. I guess what I am really trying to say is that, rabbis ought to remember their prime function, to be preachers and teachers of Jewish tradition, and to sound the echoes of that tradition against the mountainous problems of contemporary society.

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Parashat Mishpatim Shabbat Shekalim By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke I was once shown a threepage document, part of a certain rabbi's papers in support of hi:; candidacy for a certain pulpit, in which the rabbi listed and explained u million different ways of raising money for the synagogue. The lay search committee members were impressed with the paper — come of them positively, some of them negat ively — but all of them impressed. "This is real leadership," some 6aid. Other said, "We're supposed to be looking for a rabbi, not for an administrator," That rabbi did not get that particular post. I was reminded of this in connection with our first special Shabbat before Pesah. (Wait a minute: Purim is still three weeks away, and Pesah seven weeks! Yes, but this really is the first of the Sabbaths that remind us that Pesah is in the offing!) The point is that our Haftarah deals with a problem I suggest is real in some of our synagogues. Who handles budget and who is responsible for the "religious" welfare of the synagogue? The text takes us back to the second half of the 9th century BCE and to a bloody period in the annals of Israel-Judah. Jehu, a revolutionary, kills the reigning monarchs both of Israel (where he became king) and of Judah, and attempts to wipe out the whole dynasty and remaining family of Ahab and Jezebel of Israel. In Judah, when the Queen Mother Athaliah saw that her son, the king, was dead, she seized the throne for herself and killed off all her grandchildren, the royal house. But one infant escaped, hidden away by his aunt. And this Joash, now seven, is brought out of hiding by the High Priest Jehoiada and is proclaimed king . . . Athaliah, herself the daughter of the infamous Jezebel, is killed in this counter-revolution. Now to the point: Eventually, the boy-King Joash, now a mature man, becomes disturbed by the fact that the priests of the Temple, entrusted with the task of

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Richard Stern of 1312 S. 78th St., Omaha, a fifthyear student majoring in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been named to the Dean's List.

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By the time the closing number, that wild, bawdy and siily classic "Rumenye, Rumenye" was being played, you could see on each and every face that a super time was had by all. The revival of Klezmer music is without a doubt on the upswing. To those who missed this heart-warming evening — sorry you missed put. To the JCC Music Committee — BRAVO and ENCORE!

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By Don Schwartz Within seconds of the opening melodies played by the Klezmer Conservatory Band of Boston last Saturday night, one became transported to the old country, to the Pale, to the world of the tzaddikim, the chassidim, the holy (and not so holy) communities of Lodz, Vilna, Lublin, the villages outBide WarBaw, and those in Galicia, Rumania, and the Ukraine.

The clarinet chanted themes from strings and flute: the Klezmer Conservatory Band brought to their feet young and old alike — to clap in harmony, to sing and hum along, to dance in the aisles and around the gymnasium, where the concert was held.

Hankus Netsky, the artistic director and conductor of the band, featured Don Byron on clarinet. Byron commands from his instrument the soul and content of klezA revival in played Yid- mer music. His range on the dish music is sweeping scale astonishes the listener, America. Saturday night, and his ability to provide the band brought this dis- unerring tone evokes retinct style, this heritage into membrances of the master the hearts of about 500 peo- himself, Benny Goodman. ple. The Klezmer sound is Merryl Goldberg's several unique, a kind of Yiddish ragtime-jazz, and this band saxophones, Miriam Rabson's violin, and Pngrid kept the crowd hopping. Monson's cornet also were With stirring melodies worthy of the joy of the mufrom clarinet and saxo- sic of that night. phone; with foot-thumping But the lady who stole the tunes from coronet and trombone, with hand-clap- hearts of all present was the ping rhythms from percus- vocalist-meistersinger-jonsion, and with soul-en- gleur, Judy Brcssler., With

her impeccable Yinglish, Bressler sang, joked, told the stories, introduced the themes, the melodies, and the musicians, and sang her songs full in Yiddishkeit in a rich, forceful soprano. Whether invoking the violinists not merely to shpicl, but to scrip, the drummer to klop, or the audience to recall those who lept upon the tish, captured so full of the spirit of the moment were they, Bresaler served as catalyst. She enchanted the audience, and clearly was the vortex out of which the band spewed forth music to lift spirits high. At the end, a standing ovation, shouts of bravo, kudos, and hoorays filling the air, an encore performance. The Klezmer Conservatory • Band has kicked off the Jewish Cultural Arts Council's musical season with a concert that will be unmatched and long remembered •>•>'•'-"'' ii<siuj-nli beredi

By Nancy Pearlman We are so glad to welcome back Helen Shukert from the hospital. She is the very capable chairman of the LOVE volunteers end keeps the organisation running smoothly. On the steering committee are Lee Jane Parsow, Helen Rifkin, Ann Belmont, Celia Blank, Georgia Ostrow, DoriB Koom, Dora Shukert, Lucille Zelineky and Nancy Pearlman who meet regularly to discuss LOVE projects. A very happy birthday to these residents this month: Morris Abrams, Ida Ontman, Roso Poska, Mollie Brookstein, Millie Fogel, Emie Priesman and Rose Rothkop. Thore is always a special birthday tea to honor celebrants each month. The National Council of Jewish Women came to the Blumkin Homo on Jan. 27 and presented a very cheerful skit for the folks. . Wednesday the 30th, that special group known aa "Us Three" performed for everyone. Gaylo Davis and his two cohorts love to get the residents involved, and when he puts the microphone in front of them, stars are born. Look out Broadway. Nancy Barron Goldstein came on the 31st and sang and played the piano, which everyone enjoyed thoroughly. We are all so glad to see Georgia Ostrow back again after her long bout of

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~) Al R. Bergman dies y the baking program held on the last Tuesday of every month. Assisting her in stirring up batches of mouthwatering morsels are Helen Rifldn, Shirley Rosenberg, Helen Lipp and Celia Cooper. A special treat was devouring them at tea time. Thanks to Iz Bogdanoff who regularly comes to Tuesday morning services in our synagogue. The LOVE volunteers who staff our gift shop are always ready to assist in picking out a treat, card or gift for anyone who drops by. Thanks to these caring people: Lois Epstein, Shirley Altsuler, Shirley Kirshenbaum, Ann Schulman, Rachael Bleicher, Irv and Nell Rubinow, Peggy Chosen, Rose Roffman, Clara Katz, Ruth Bernstein and Sara Harding. We apologize for omitting Elaine Shapiro's name from tho list of Bingo callers, especially since she is the "professional" caller in the group. Our annual LOVE banquet will be on April 25, cochaired by Helen Shukert and Lee Jane Parsow with the appropriate theme "Love is Magic". Welcome to new volunteer Jeanette Ban, who will be joining our baking program as soon as she recovers. How about YOU! Wealways need volunteers to do innumerable projects. Volunteering is one job that gives back more than you put in.

businessman and Omaha businessman civic leader Al R. "Bergie" Bergman, of North 92nd Court, died Setuiday at Bergen Mercy Hospital. He was 72." Graveside sendees were conducted Monday at Golden Hill Cemetery with Riibbi Isaac Nadoff officiating. , In addition to his wife, Mildred, he is survived by eistera, Sarah Gerber of Omaha and Ann Bergman of New York City. Mr. Bergman was associated with Leisure Lanes bowling alley until his retirement in 1975. He was a member of the Omaha Board of Education from 1974 to 1976 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Omaha City Council in 1969 and 1973. Mr. Bergman was a past president of the Bureau for the Aging's Old Timers club, the Nebraska State

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Bowling Association end the Omaha Bowling Association. Ho was a member of the Bowlers Hall of Fame, the South Omaha Eagles Club, B'nai B'rith and Both Israel Synagogue. A native of New York City, Mr. Bergman came to Omaha in 1913. He was a graduate of Omaha Technical High School and was an all state swimmer for two consective years. The family has suggested memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue or to a favorite charity.

KALAH FRANKLIN, AMIT WOMEN Kalah Franklin Amit Women will meet at Beth El Synagogue at noon on Feb. 20. Cantor and Annette Fettman will talk about their recent trip to Israel. On this trip they had the fresh CEperience of visiting ns parents of new olim. They will point out new night:, of interest end will share their personal impressions of Amit projects. They hope to make possible a gift to Beth Hayeled Child Haven in Gilo. Reservations are necessary and may bo made with Fay Sekar 551-3049, Ida Spector 3304967, or Ruth Klopper 5519411. ANNUAL OKT BOWLATHON By Caryn Rifiiia Tho annual battle of ORT members and their husbands versus the bowling pins will be held on Feb. 23,

al the Hunch Bowl, 1600 South 72nd St., 7:30 p.m. The cost is $10/coup!e for three games, including a "lights out" sweeper end shoes. Awards for the winners and losers will be given out following bowling, at El Hombres Restaurant, 7812 Dod^e St. If you would like to &poneor a bowler it will be a minimum of 14 a pin. Proceeds from the Bowlothon will benefit EPIC (Earning Power Improvement Courses) which provides individuals the opportunity to update their present college degrees or working skills so that they are able to get better jobs. Call Beth Leeds, 333-5532 or Joye Wees if you would like to bowl or sponsor a bowler. We would like to thank all the members who braved the snow and cold to help make our Holiday Gift Wrap a big success.

h BESSIE KAVITCH LARSON Word has been received in Omaha of the death of former Omahan Bessie-Kovitch Larson of Chicago, I1L Burial was in Chicago. Survived by son, Ron; two grandchildren; one great grandchild;- sister, Ethel Miller of Omaha; brother, David Kavitch of Deltona, Fla. ELIZABETH STERN Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery

Jan. 25 for Elizaboth (Bess) Stern of Des Moincs, formerly of Omaha. She is survived by daughters, Louise Ladin, of Dcs Moines; Naomi Jaffer, of Tampa, FL; three grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Her late husband was Col. (Ret.) Benjamin Stern who was appointed to West Point in 1919, the first Omaha Jewish boy to be so honored.

By Howard Wax Youth Director Beth Israel Synagogue The Purim holiday is approaching us, and along with it come many special traditions. One of very special customs among Jews is to give cakes and fruits to all their friends and relatives. As in past years, Kadimah will again offer the special service of preparing and delivering these boxes of goodies for you. The baskets cost $4.50 each and include cakes, candies, nuts, fruits.

Hamantashen and other goodies. Also included in the baskets is a note telling who the basket is being sent by. If you would like to order these special baskets, contact either Howard Wax 399-9741 or Julie Weiner 551-4247 or by calling the Beth Israel Synagogue office at 556-6288. The deadline for orders is Sunday, March 3. All proceeds from these sales go to the Kadimah NCSY scholarship fund.

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Address NFTY By Estelle Rosenberg Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Nieberg have received news that their daughter Hilary has been accepted at the University of Michigan Dental School in the Fall. Hilary will ba graduating in June from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo. Owen Nieherg has been added to the Dean's List at University of Texas at Austin, Tex. On Feb. 17, the Lincoln chapter of USY will host the Omaha chapter in a program of music mystery. They hope to award a record album of the winner's choice with the highest score. They plan to send a delegation to the Winter Kallah in Denver on March 13. USYers are" urged to get their applications in. ie" Tifereth Israel Congregation congratulates Dr. Ezekiel Bahar, electrical engineering professor in the University of NebraskaLincoln College of Engineering and Technology, named a fellow of the Elec-. trical Electronics Engineers. The Tifereth Israel Religious School had a special program Feb. 2, Shabbat Shirah to honor those students with an excellent' at1

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Sim Gurewitz and Anne Kennedy announce the birth of a daughter, Margaret (Meg) Ruth Gurewitz born Jan. 26, 1985. Grandparents ore Jack and Marian Gurewitz, Clifton, NJ and James and Baila Kennedy, Magnolia, NJ. Greatgrandparfints, Julius and Helen Gurewitz, New York City. The South Street Temple Adult Education announces a great night. "Your Special Dessert" and Jewish Flicks, to be held Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. Everyone will bring their favorite dessert to feed eight. There will be a review of several_segments pfJew""isrf films such as "The Ten Commandments," "Blazing Saddles," "The Frisco Kid" and more, and have a discussion regarding Jewish entertainment, the media and what makes a~film. R.S.V.P. to Pam Kominsky,

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Nate suggested j^fts for ' those of our brothers who are hospitalized. Guest speaker was Howard Hahn, V.P. Gerry discussed the tax lawyer, secretary of the various bills before the Nebraska Bar Association, State Legislature, Bills member of the Legal Aid numbering 713. A few: ex- Society, former Ex. Editor empt S.S. from income tax, of the Nebraska Law ReSafety belts in the front view. He spoke on new '85 seat, bar operators to be re- tax laws, the flat tax, and sponsible for drunken driv- the broadening basis. ers, and the no death penalty for convicted killers, courtesy of Omaha Jewry's best friend, Ernie Chambers.

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Mayor Edward I. Koch of New York will address some 700 Jewish high school students attending the Feb. 1519 convention of the National Federal ion of Temple Youth at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. He will discuss ways in which young people can have an impact on.politics and will also give his views on the relationship between government and religion. The biennial convention — whose theme is "Making a Difference" —- is sponsored by two major organizations of the 1.25 millionmember Reform Judaism movement: the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. The youth delegates come from 339 Reform synagogues in 38 states, Ontario and British Columbia. They will be led by 50 rabbinical advisers. Mitchell Warren of Temple Israel in Omaha is president of NFTY;

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Award winning Israeli film closes Miller Film Festival PUGH/WOLF Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pujjh announce the engagement of their daughter, Joni Anne, to Martin Douglas Wolf. The bride-elect is a news reporter end co-anchor of the "Live at 5" daily broadcast of WOWT television in Omaha. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor of arts in journalism. The future bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Melvyn Wolf of Flint, MI. He is manager of franchising and acquisitions for Valcom, a subsidiary of Valmont, Inc. of Valley, NE. He received his bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Michigan. The bride-elect's father is a manufacturer's representative for Josten's Inc. Dr. . Wolf is an orthopedic surgeon; Mrs. Wolf is president

of Wolf's Antiques, Inc Beth Ei Synagogue will be the scene of the March 23 ceremony. KLEIN/TIKALSKY Mr. and Mrs. Don Klein, announce the engagement of their daughter StepliQni Jane to James Allen Tikelsky of Kaysville, Utah. The bride-elect is the director of Planned Parenthood in Qgden, Utah. Her fiance is the assistant manager of the Ogden office of The Associates, He received a bachelor of science in economics from the University of .Wisconsin in 1977. Miss Klein graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1976 with a bachelor of arts in social work. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tikalsky of Waukasha, WI. A June 8 wedding has been planned at the Marriott Hotel in Omaha.

."Sallah," an Israeli musical comedy, will be shown at the Jewish Community Center Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 17 at 2:30 p.m. This is the closing event of the Miller Film Festival. "Sallah" is black and white, Hebrew with English subtitles. ' "Sallah" is a comedy from Israel, starring the Topol, who captivated American audiences as Tevya in the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof." Topol is Sallah, a typical Oriental Jew with a family of seven children, who is suddenly uprooted from a centurie3-old civilization and thrust into 20th century Israel. He has an inherent distrust of bureaucracy and especially when he finds his family being housed in a one room transit camp. In the end, however, Sallah leads the people of the Maabara in a demonstration against the government's new housing project: This gently endearing story of an Oriental Jew's successful campaign against the bureaucracy of 20th cen-

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By Kevin Freeman NEW YORK (JTA) Rabbi Harold Schulweis of Encino, Calif,, ur|;ed Jewish leaders and volunteers to concentrate not only on fund-raising aspects within the Jewish community, but to increase outreach for Jewish cultural and' educational cnlightinent. "When does a Jew hear from another Jew on a personal basin," Schuiwt'in asked last night in an address to several hundred persons attending the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies' Joint Leadership Conference. Answering his own question, the .Conservative rabbi said, "For solicitation." ' He challenged the UJAFederation to train 200 people to serve as "para-Jewish professionals" to aid in reaching out to the unaffiliated, particularly the youth on college and high school campuses. "Jews need Jews to be Jewish," he declared, adding that they need more than fund-raising to feel as members of the Jewish community. Schulweis of Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, the keynote speaker at the meeting

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Edith Rogeit, lc)8r> Mat zali Bakerv chairman, Bob Yaffe and Margie Gutmk ol the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, announce the return of the Mcil/iih Bakery Also working with the com mitteeare Dr Ira and Sheila Pr i 1 u c k and He Ie n Schwartz The tour through the Matzah Bakerv is designed to appeal to all ages; organ izations, families and individuals may visit the bakery Participants will experience the ancient art of handmaking matzah The Mat?ah Bakery will operate from March 24-31 during the following hours: Sunday, 10 a.m-5 p.m , Monday-Thursday, 10 a m 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a m 5 p.m. Admission to the Matzah Bakery is free, however reservations are required. Mrs. Rogert suggests that reservations be made as soon as possible to ensure the date and time desired.

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of Conservative Judaism, and will serve to strengthen our community in the future." Immediate effect of the decision, which came in the form of an amendment to the constitution covering the Rabbinical Assembly will be the admission of the first woman to the assembly. The Seminary expects to ordain Amy Eilberg, a senior in its rabbinical school, at its annual commencement exercises in May. The new amendment was adopted by the assembly in a mail ballot, receiving 636 votes for the new regulation, with 267 votes opposed.

and non-Jews alike, the deeper the sense of the outrage of convinced her to register as white. (In recent years, as the apartheid grew. Thousands of blacks have been uprooted pressure has grown, the whites — the Afrikaans — feel so and moved to artificially created homelands. Thousands of outnumbered that they have been trying to widen the circle black workers are forced to leave their families behind in of their numbers. Therefore, people who can "pass" for the homelands to earn a livelihood in the cities. This sep- white as encouraged to do so, so that there will be more \ aration has been the fate of immigrants through the ages •whites against the others.) Facing the torment of a lifetime of discrimination, exbut to impose such a painful choice in order to preserve racial segregation is wanton cruelty. The poverty created clusion, and psychological risk, she yielded to the tempor maintained by the separation of the races has led to on tation of registering white. But that very decision meant estimated 2.9 million children (under the age of 15) suf- that she could not marry her fiance and live with him in fering from clinically diagnosable malnutrition. Between South Africa. For his part, he decided that he did not want thirty-five and fifty thousand children die each year of ill- to leave South Africa; he wanted to fight to change the ness related to or made worse by deficiency in their diets. system. The cost: two lives broken apart. The second story was told by a man recalling when the (New York Times, January 10, 1985) family was uprooted and ordered to move to a different neighborhood. The order was given in the home in front of This separation has been the fate of the entire family. The father just bowed his head and acimmigrants through the ages cepted it. Afterward, the children leaped upon the father The sheer amount of human indignity and cruelty in- with anger, asking why he had not spoken back. The fatherflicted by the system makes it unforgiveable. Two stories had to say that legally he stood no chance of resisting. The humiliation — in their presence — of the respectamong many stand out. One, told by a colored opponent of the government — able, hardworking, dignified'man who they had idolized as whose own facial features were hardly distinguishable from their father would never be forgotten by the children. The whites' ^ was of the moment that his fiancee had registered current thrust of black resistance in South Africa is coming when she came of age. He escorted her to the station and from the teenagers, overwhelmingly. Their radicalism, in particular, comes from the psychowaited for her. To his surprise and growing anxiety, the minutes turned into hours and she did not come back. Fi- logical experience of the humiliation of parents and black adults which goes on every day continuously — in a forced nally, when she came down, she was crying. going home at night, in a papers check, in a search of homes, : Her first words to him were that if he wanted to marry her he would have to move with her to England. What in a thousand incidents all over South Africa, every day. (continued on page 5) happened? She was so fair-featured that the white registrar

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veloped residential caxe faMAMALOSHEN cility housed in the former SOCIETY Dr. Philip Sher home. Mr. By Helen Schwartz The Mamaloshen Society Brandt is the director of the will meet in the Senior Cit- Omaha Jewish Federation izen's Lounge of the JCCon Bureau for the Aging. Following the program, March 3 at 2 p.m. The Society will hold its elections for Omaha B'nai first business meeting to be B'rith officers for 1S35-86 followed by some Jewish po- v.'ill be held. Reservations etry, stories to share about for the luncheon are rePurim and then we will start quested by Feb. 25, and may exploring our "roots." Mein- be made by contacting Florbers have been asked to ence Schneider, 397-6920, bring any memorabilia they Marion Strauss, 558-2646, might have to share along or Ida Kaiman, 558-1908. YOUTH ALIYAH with their respective stories By Juleo Ketzniesi and how eventually their Omaha Hadassah has families came to the midnamed Marsha Itkin as west or Omaha. Our membership has chairwoman of the 1985 grown so rapidly, it is diffi- Youth Aliyah Campaign. cult to maintain a phone Again this year a special list, so in case of inclement sweepstakes will be held to weather, and if you're not benefit the Youth Aliyah sure a meeting will be held, movement. Information and do phone a member serving ticket mailings have been on the phone committee and completed, according to they are: Ida Berg at 556- Mrs. Itkin. A drawing for 2378, Nel Rubinow at 556- sweepstakes prizes will be 2865, Marion Wine at 551- hold on March 27 at the 1953 and Herb Wintroub at American Affairs Luncheon 397-9134. Do not phone the which will be hosted by Omaha Hadassah, National JCC B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, and Omaha By Juice Kntzman B'nai B'rith Women of Ort. This year, according to Omaha will hold a luncheon meeting on Feb. 28, at 12:30 Mrs. Itkin, Hadassah's p.m. at the House of Hunan, Youth Aliyah fund raising project will focus on the 2405 South 132 Street. The afternoon's program growing needs of the proentitled "Hug Therapy" will gram resulting from the be presented by Ardy plight of the Ethiopian Brandt assisted by her hus- Jews. band, Gene Brandt. Mrs. "This year," states Mrs. Brandt is currently serving Itkin, "Omaha Hadassah as administrator of Heri- will be joining with other tage of Omaha, a newly de- chapters throughout the

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of age discrimination The executive director of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission has some words of advice for employers: "If you're thinking of firing or retiring a worker hocause of his aye, you'd better know the luw," said Lawrence R. Myers at a meeting of B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers last week. Mr. Myers told the group that employers have not

MarcEie Itkin money" may be returned to Mrs. M.J. Newman, 713 S. 38th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68105. JWV POST //26O Epstein-Morgan Post No. 260 Jewish War Veterans of USA will have its regular meeting Feb. 28,7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post No. 1 Club. The Post is soliciting and welcoming-gifts and donations to the Student Aid Fund. ORT BOWLING By Marty Tichauer ORT will hold its annual Bowl-a-thon on Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. at- the Ranch Bowl. Each participant will bowl three games, one of which will be a "sweeper" where prizes will be awarded to lucky bowlers. A no-host awards dinner will follow at El Hombre's,'78th and Dodge, Funds raised will be used for the EPIC (Earning Power Improvement Courses) project which is designed to meet the special needs of the poverty stricken who lack educational prerequisites. To bowl or sponsor a bowler call Joye Wees, 498-0812 or Linda Smith, 496-4240. BREADBREAKERS "Asthma and allergies will be the subject of a presentation by Dr. Roger H. Kobayashi to the B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers on Wednesday noon, Feb. 27. Breadbreakers meets at Howard Johnson's Restaurant on South 72nd Street and Interstate 80.

The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, has conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology upon Alison E. Stanley, former Omaha resident. Alison is the daughter of Mrs. Zell Stanley and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Abrahamson. Alison resides in Santa Monica, Calif. (The Ph.D. was awarded Alison on Feb. 11.

Lawrence Myers "Just answer the questions, and in most coses the complaint will be resolved in less than four months." He pointed out that a timely decision will keep the liability low and be fair to both parties.

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paid much attention to their firing policies regarding older workers end us a result age discrimination suits are growing. He suggested that employers b,e truthful with -heir employes and not make up fictitious reasons for dismissal. He said also that employers should make certain that their present practices are not in violation of the law, that monugers use proper application forms, provide notes on verbal warnings and institute a process of documentation. Mr. Myers said his agency is available to help employers review employment structures and provide recommendations. Mr. Myers also advised employers not to overreact when allegations are made against their practices.

JCC youth director Jodi Raven attaches a leaf to the JCC family tree she designed to help celebrate Tu B'Shevat. Each leaf produced 25 cents for the Jewish National Fund Blue Bos, a program which redeems and reclaims the Land of Israel.

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As a result of the proposed merger between Cornbelt and Mo-Kan Regions of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organizations, 60 BBYO members from Omaha, St. Louis, and Kansas City met at the Omaha JCC for a Leadership Training Institute (LTI) on Feb. 1-3. The LTI was the first of its kind in many years for Cornbelt Region and was attended by local BBYO chapter and regional officers. The weekend program included cessions on Jewish values, teamwork in groups, program planning, working with advisors and preparing Shabbat services. The Omaha teenagers prepared and presented Shabbat evening and Havdalah services at the JCC and the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. In addition, the convention body attended Shabbat morning services at Beth El Synagogue, where several members led portions of the service. On Saturday evening, BBYO members held a social with teens from Kansas City and Sioux City who were here for a JCC Blue Star's Basketball competition. The weekend's success has prompted plans for another inter-regional event; a Judaism Institute to he held in May 1985, in or near Kansas City.

By Reva Oruch Toby Kagan entertained our group on Jan. 28. She read Jewish Humor Jokes which everyone enjoyed very much. Viclri Belzer of Prairie Village, Kans. was the guest of Toby. A very good fish lunch was served. Ten young ladies called "The Imposters" did some beautiful singing and dancing for us on February 4. There were 98 Seniors who braved the snow and cold, and came to the Center. Nate and Kay Ferer who are on the Sunshine Committee reported that they have seen 654 patients and have traveled 2000 miles in one year. They do a great job. February 11 we celebrated Sol Lagman's 89th birthday.

His daughter Elaine Jabenis furnished the birthday cake. Mollie congratulated Charles and Florence Greenbergon their 40th Anniversary, and Al and Reva Oruch on their 5th Anniversary. The program we had was just outstanding. They were called "Fascinating Rhythm" from Papillion Vista High School, directed by David Cecil. These youngsters did a terrific job and were enjoyed by all. A very good beef stew lunch prepared by Lucy was served on Feb. .14. Sister Kathleen Marie of Mercy High School was the director of the chorus that sang for us. They sang all the songs from "The Sound of Music" which was most delightful.

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Count main! "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The Russian persecutions and the flight of Jews to ' America awakened the Jewish consciousness of Emma Lazarus whose words quoted above are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Her verse symbolizes the fact the the United States of America is a nation of immigrants. In this year leading to the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, it is fitting that the National Conference of Christians and Jews has selected as its theme for 1985 "America Is Many, Count Me In." This theme, although year-long in scope, is being kicked off this week during the celebration of Brotherhood/Sisterhood week, The artwork for the theme, created by illustrator Peter Spier, is reproduced with N.CCJ permission.

HAIFA — Perhaps the most unusual vacation resort in Israel is not open to tourists, nor can every Israeli register as a (juc.'.i., Only Jews who came through the Holocaust, and are unable to afford a first class vacation, may come here, for there is no charge whatsoever. Since large numbers of Nazi victim:! from Eastern Europe never qualified for restitution from Germany, there is no lack of needy survivors. The resort, located at the seashore in the northern town of Shavei Zion, is financed and operated entirely by a group of dedicated German Christians who regard this as a labor of love, a small compensation on their part for the crimes committed by the Nazis against the Jews. "In this way we hope to apply soothing balm on still festering wounds," they say. In Germany the organization is known as Liebeswerk Israel. The bare facts are simple enough. Throughout almost the entire year, 46 guests, all Holocaust survivors, are accepted for successive two-week periods, without any cost to them. The buildings and the comfortable facilities were all contributed by German Christians. The attending staff, kitchen, maintenance, etc., are all volunteers from Germany, 15 in number, who serve for a year — not to atone for Germany's sins, they say, but to express their own spiritual relationship to the people who gave Christians their religion, their Bible, everything, and then were treated so cruelly. The resort, known as Beth El, is not easy to find. There are no large signs. The group is not interested in publicity. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have obviously been put into the physical facilities, yet nowhere will one find a single plaque crediting & generous donor. The conspicuous legend displayed in the dining hall is a quotation from Isaiah: "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God," in Hebrew and German. Hans Bayer, 45, director of Beth El, showed us about the immaculate establishment, and explained the operation. The season opens each year with two groups of German Christians, friends and contributors to the movement. They spend three weeks in Israel, one week at the home, and two weeks touring the country in what is in effect a course in Zionism. The itinerary includes a solemn visit to the Holocaust memorial, Yad V'Shem, in-Jerusalem. When one of the participants held back, and told Bayer that is would be hard for him to go through there, Bayer replied that it was

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As an adult child of survivors of the Holocaust, I would like to meet on an informal basis with others of similar background to discuss our common experiences. Those interested are asked to write to me care of the JCC at 333 S. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154 or call me at 334-8200. If there is sufficient response, I will host an initial gettogether. Many thanks to the Jewish Press for bringing this message to the public, Ann Kibel Schwartz To the Editor: On behalf of Cornbelt Region BBYO, I would like to thank the following families for graciously opening their homes for the Cornbelt/Mo-Kan Leadership Training Institute: ' •...•••'•• Mr. and Mrs. Alari Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Kaiman, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mogil, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goldberg, Mr.-and Mrs. Robert Gordman, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shrago, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Redler, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Katzmah, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Blatt, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Rpchman, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gordman, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Schmid-, man, Mrs. Virginia Katleman, Mr. and Mrs. Skip Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mitchell. • Without your help, the weekend would not have been ? possible. '. •:-.•' • Debra Polsky •

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much more difficult for those wjio went through the concentration camps. Beth El was established here 25 years ego by the late Friedrich Nothacker, and has been operating quietly ever since. There is no advertising. Organizations of Holocaust survivors submit lists of qualified guests, and others hear of it by word of mouth. The establishment is strictly kosher, and the kashrut supervisor, a local woman, has been approved by the nearby Nahariya rabbinate. Any fears that this might be a missionary project have been fully set to rest. Bayer returns to Germany often to address parlor meetings, show films and tell church groups about the project. The undertaking is not sponsored by any particular sect, nor does it get help from the German government or any other official agency. When he tells his story, he told us, he has little difficulty procuring assistance. Bayer attended Ulpan here, but admitted that he learned most of his Hebrew from his five children, Shmual, Chana, Gideon, Micah and Shulamit, ranging in age from 8 to 19. They attend the local Israel schools, and while the language at home is German, the children usually speak Hebrew among themselves. His wife, Crystal, also speaks Hebrew, and though she joked that she makes the shegiot, and he makes the Shegiim, their fluency was more than adequate. They know little English, and our interview was conducted in Hebrew. The program at Beth El is quiet, pleasant, relaxing. The food is good. The guests can swim, rest, read, relax, or go on organized, trips around the Galilee. There is no television, and Bayer explained that his guests have learned once again how to make conversation, to socialize, to road and write letters. Said one elderly guest wistfully: "At Auschwitz I was tortured by the Germans; here they are spoiling me." Beth El has been so successful that this year they have opened a nursing home for the aged and chronically ill at Maalot, up in the hills. The principle is the same — only for Holocaust survivors lacking in means, and the staff are again volunteers from Germany. Bayer hesitated long before granting.us an interview. He did not want it to appear that he was looking for praise or applause. Who was responsible for your coming here? we asked. "God," he answered simply.

Lists, labels, bills, and checks are now printed almost four times as fast as before. And as we progress with the conversion of our old system to our new system we are discovering, that our new "Wang" system can do things that our old system could not.

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha

One of these "enhancements" which was not possible on our old system is the ability to print a woman's first name. In the past, if Chana Schwartz, (married to Hyman Schwartz), was to receive anything from the Federation, it had to be printed (because of software limitations) as Mrs. Hyman Schwartz. Many women strongly objected to not having their own identity as individual women recognized. AH we could do was apologize. When we realized we could accomplish this task with our new system, we did so. Now Mrs. Hyman Schwartz can get mail as Mrs. Helen Schwartz. Based on the comments we had received in the past, we made a judgment call to implement this change. The bad news (as I suppose is so with any change in a Bystem) is that now we've made those women who want to be known as Mrs. Hyman Schwartz unhappy. One such individual was so displeased as to threaten to not pay any bills she.receives from our organizations. The good news is that anyone who is not happy with this new system can now call or write the Jewish Federation: Attention Missy Alter and we can, on an individual basis, change how the computer prints out their name. We couldn't do that before! I apologize to anyone whom we may have offended by changing our systems, but feel good that we made a lot of other people feel good. And at least now have the flexibility to please all! I guess that's called progress and the moral of this story is ''What's in a name? — A lot if it's yours!"

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Egypt's dosing window By M.J. Rosenberg Near East Report Prime Minister Shimon Peres has told New York Times correspondent Tom Friedman (Feb. 5) that he is disturbed at the state of Egyptian-Israel relations. Referring to the dispute over the tiny (750 yards) Taba border strip, Peres 'said: "In (lie case of Egypt, 93.999 percent of the land was returned and mony Israelis are asking 'Did we get 99.999 percent of peace?' " Former Defense Minister and current Minister Without Portfolio Moshe Arens shares Peres' view. He told a Tel Aviv audience that "there is no sense in talking about concessions over Tuba, particularly since we conceded the Sinai, and as long as we do not see a sincere desire for peace on the other side." "A sincere desire for peace" can hardly be ascribed to the Egyptian government at this point. The sad fact is that 6ince Israel returned the Sinai peninsula to Egypt in April 1982, Egypt has been violating the letter—and even more so the spirit—of the Camp David peace treaty. The absence of the Egyptian ambassador from his Tel Aviv post is a case in point. Full diplomatic relations (i.e. the exchange of ambassadors) between Israel and Egypt is at the core of the Camp David peace. Nevertheless, Egypt withdrew the ambassador in the summer of 1982 in supposed protest of Israel's actions in Lebanon. At first, the Egyptian government promised that the ambassador would , return when Israel agreed to withdraw from Lebanon. However, Israel's signing of the May 17, 1983 accord with Lebanon—in which Israel agreed to pull out—did not trigger the ambassador's return. Neither did Israel's Jan. 17, 1985 announcement of its three-part unilateral withdrawal plan. Rather than return its ambassador, Egypt has responded with new demands. Israel must negotiate over Taba and it must make a "substantial effort to resolve the Palestinian problem." This latter condition is just vague enough to constitute nothing more than a pledge that Cairo will return its ambassador when it's good and ready. The missing ambassador is far from the only instance of Egypt's violations of the treaty. Cairo has also virtually

halted trade, tourism, and cultural exchanges with Jerusalem. It has permitted the state-controlled press to disseminate anti-Semitic propaganda. It has hosted PLO chief Yasir Arafat. And it has subverted the Camp David peace process by endorsing Soviet and PLO involvement in an "international pence conference under United Nations auspires"--prcciu.'ly what Anwar Sadat sought to prevent when he entered into direct negotiations with the Israelis in Jerusalem. And Me'ariv reported last week that Egypt is continuing to build a military infrastructure for five divisions along the Suez Canal and in the southern Sinai. It. is worth noting that the coming to power in Israel of Labor's Shimon Peres has done nothing to soften Egypt's attitude. This is ironic. In the years prior to the 1984 Israeli election, Egyptian spokesmen unfairly blamed the frozen state of Israel-Egypt relations on Menachem Begin and then Yitzhak Shamir. During the last summer's campaign, they openly pulled for Shimon Peres, asserting that he was more committed to the peace process than the Likud leaders. Now Peres is in and, with him—in the view of the Peres camp—a "window of opportunity" for peace initiatives. Peres has made an extraordinary effort to improve relations with Egypt and with the Arabs in general. As he told Tom Friedman, "We took some unilateral decisions in the domain of Arab-Israeli relations: the withdrawal from Lebanon, the change in the policy of settlements, the changes in the West Bank and Gaza, the open invitation to King Hussein [to negotiate] and the readiness expressed in so many ways to really improve our relations with Egypt. Now it must be a mutual effort, and I can't say that I'm satisfied..." Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir is also dissatisfied. He opposed the Camp David peace treaty when it came before the Knesset for a vote. However, as prime minister and now as foreign minister, he faithfully carried out its terms. As he told Kol Yisrael on Feb. 2, once "they were signed," he had no choice by to fulfill its requirements. After all, a treaty is a treaty. It is tragedy that his Egyptian counterparts do not seem to share that rather basic view.

, (continued from page 1) munity is overwhelmingly liberal, its members are inescapUp close, there were nuances in the South African sit- ably beneficiaries of the system as it now exists. I was proud uation. The segregation was not as absolute as I expected. that the Jews had not forgotten what it was like to be on Waiting for an airline flight inside South Africa, there were the receiving end — many of them were refugees to South blacks and whites on the same lines. We stayed in hotels Africa in the thirties from Europe. Still, the standards of with extraordinarily developed shopping malls and areas living were high, on average, and the availability of cheap around 'them. I walked through some of the stores and res- South African labor made life considerably pleasanter. This taurants and discovered that blacks have access in public ' meant that resistance was restricted by the risks, and the inescapable compromises with the system day to day were accommodations — albeit for those that can afford it. everywhere. The segregation was not as absolute as All the Jews that I met were committed to change and hoped for it. Many of them were psychologically 'sitting on I expected. their suitcases' and fully aware that the future was shaky. One day, we drove through Soweto for two hours. I had I came back with an overwhelming sense of grief. The mentally envisioned scenes like from the Sharpeville riots — shacks and absolute poverty. In fact, there were miles contrast of the absolute physical beauty of South Africa — of what — from the outside, at least — appeared to be the magnificent ocean setting, the extraordinary accomcloser to working class or even middle class neighborhoods. plishments in the cities and in the economy, the possibilities I asked our driver, himself a black, who worked for an or- of paradise on earth — all contrasted with the base of ganization totally opposed to apartheid, whether this was oppression and suffering on which all was built. the worst of Soweto. He said it wasn't the worst, but it was The rise of the Afrikaans to political power since 1948 representative of the entire city. had led to a more systematically enforced apartheid system Of course, affluence cannot extenuate forced ghettoiza- in the last couple of decades. The recent gestures by the tion. Nor did I. get to see the "homelands," which are government to make changes appeared to most blacks in hundreds of miles away and which are characterized by the cities to be too little and too late. How, then, shall we abysmal poverty. Still it was obvious that hundreds of thou- deal with the future? sands of urban blacks were in an economically better conThe leadership of the African National Congress has condition than many of the blacks of the rest of Africa. No cluded that the only way out is violence; war to the finish. amount of economic improvement can morally mitigate the There is no room for further political compromise. Given evils of apartheid but the improvements have created the daily humiliations, degradation, and oppression, one unions and other social forces for change within the system. understands why the Congress made this decision. The South African English-language press was full of The government itself must take responsibility for this criticism of the government as well as of reports on the development; it has banned the original had of ANC, Nelcurrent black unrest in the townships. Although television son Mandela, for more than twenty years, thus making him appeared to be more regulated and more prudish — in ac- inaccessible. Yet, at the beginning, Mandela was committed cordance with Government values — it was far from the to the path of non-violence, even as chief Albert Luthuli kind of television one sees in Eastern bloc countries. was before him. At the conference I attended, there was open, detailed criticism of the Government and of apartheid policies with There is no room for further political visiting lectures by leading opponents of the Government, compromise from the black, colored, and white communities. On the other hand, none of the banned or prohibited organizations Still, the African National Congress' decision was a were represented in the speakers before us. wrong one. As Chief Buthulezi of the Zulus argued: the At one point, someone said to me, "It's almost like a violence needed to overthrow the system can only lead to democracy, except for the black issue." I replied, "That's a future dictatorship-such as ruled Uganda or Mozambique like telling somebody you're healthy, except for cancer in after independence. Any group that comes to power out of one limb — but I have to admit that the analogy had crossed such violence will likely be as oppressive to everybody in my mind as well." South Africa as the whites have been to blacks. FurtherThe Jews that I met were universally liberal, opposed to more, the decision to resort to violence cuts off connections apartheid, but committed to a pace of change that was grad- to the West and continuously pushes the ANC into the arms ual as well as peaceful. None of the liberals that I heard of the Russians and the PLO. In turn, this had led tofurther were in despair. They spoke with confidence of change violence and anti-Western attitudes. Moreover, the Afriwithin the government, and they saw great hope for a fun- kaans community has nowhere to go. damental transformation of the apartheid system. All-out war means that their back is up against the wall. Most believed that the granting of partial participation to 'colored' and Indians in the new parliament was the first The Afrikaans can hardly return to Holland.after three in an inescapable series of strategic retreats from total centuries. So the decision to follow the path of force condemns the present black community to remain under white control toward a future partnership of the races. apartheid — militarily upheld — for at least its own lifeNone of the liberals that I heard were in time. The sense of 'no choice' hurts the chance of any moderate .groups within the Afrikaans coming to the force. despair . ' On the other hand, moderation in facing apartheid runs One must .discount these words somewhat for the Jews' '• ithe risk of continuing to collaborate with the system. The are not blacks. I came to see that while the Jewish* com- overriding need, then, is for political and economic pressure

I General Yehudah Hnlevy presents Dorothy Brandt, Omaha's first recipient, the State of Israel Bonds President's Club Award during the Prime Minister's Club trip to Israel in January, 1085. Mrs. Brandt re-enrolled as a Prime Minister's Club member on this trip, in honor of her new grandson. '

enough to change the system, combined with a commitment to peace. • The current ANC's message is war. Bishop Tutu has been giving a slightly mixed message. Despite receiving the Nobel • Peace Prize, Bishop Tutu holds a more ambiguous attitude toward violence than Martin Luther King did. Tutu states that continuing legalized oppression must be corrected at once. Otherwise, it can only lead to violence, justified on the grounds that there is no other way. Chief Buthulezi and most white liberals affirm freedom through non-violent methods, but they are dismissed as Uncle Toms or irrelevant by the world community. (Incidentally, Tutu generously said that the award belongs to all those in South Africa who oppose apartheid.) There is a Jewish litmus test on policy attitudes. Because the ANC has gone all the way to terrorism, it has begun to pick up the other PLO attitudes, which start with being anti-Israel and increasingly develop overtones of anti-Semitism. Buthulezi and the liberals show understanding for Israel's policies vis-a-vis South Africa as well as for the Jewish community, recognizing that self-interest and idealism must be modulated in some responsible, if morally limiting, way.

There is a Jewishi litmus test on policy attitudes ,

Bishop Tutu, who stands between the two poles of policy, shows warmth for the Jewish community and a severity of criticism for Israel which borders on the double standard, although he continues to affirm its right, to exist. Only the United States and the West can supply the needed combination of outside pressure and,condemnation of apartheid with commitment to peaceful development. The South Africans are affected by the judgments of world opinion — especially those they perceive as not having consigned them to. perdition. In this light, the Reagan policy of "constructive engagement" can be a correct approach — i.e., South Africa should not be treated as if all is totally lost and only violence can work; nor is every method legitimate in moving toward freedom. The proper criticism of the Reagan policy is that the right principle has been given the wrong application, i.e., the United States did not make crystal clear its condemnation nor has it kept the pressure up sufficiently. The recent demonstrations in the United States are salutary; they have already led to some more outspoken condemnation of apartheid by the Reagan administration. However, the desire to protest injustice and renew the black-Jewish alliance should not distract Jews from stressing the need for a course combining firm prodding toward justice and a process of non-violent change. A legitimate anti-apartheid case can be made for or against disinvestment in South Africa. The liberals and the black trade unions, the beneficiaries of investment, are against disinvestment by and large. The unions are an important new force in South Africa for economic and political development of blacks with peaceful methods. The unions are convinced that the application of the Sullivan principles, which require that businesses practice important levels of equality and upgrading of black status, is the most constructive use of economic weapon.

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Divorce JERUSALEM (JTA) The incidence of divorce in Israel is growing and has reached the level of 1.3 divorces per 1,000 citizens, Nitza Ben-Dor, a lecturer at Haifa University, told a recent symposium on divorce. However, this figure is still far below the -5.5 divorces per 1,000 citizens in the U.S. and 2 to 3 per 1,000 in Europe, he said.

Esther Gimplo would like to thank all of her friends and relatives for their cards, gifts, flowers & donations during her hospitalization and also a special thank you for the expressions of sympathy on the death of my brother Harold Goldstein. Special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman. Thanks to everyone for their kind words, cards, and contributions during my recent illness and bereavement. Nalllo Kadio To my family, my many dear friends and our good rabbis comes my sincere thank you for your cards, donations, flowers, gifts and supportive words during my illness. God bless you all. Holon Shuicort

A Jewish value system

SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Rabbi Stephan F. Barack and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. R&bbi Brooks will speak on "The time of sacrifice." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Temple Israel Sisterhood. Saturday: .., Morning Service 11 a.m. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL . Saturday, Feb. 23 — 9 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 24 — 10 a.m. HEBREW SCHOOL Dale'd, Monday, Feb. 25 — 4 and 5 p.m. Bet, Tuesday, Feb. 26 — 4 and 5 p.m. Gimmel, Wednesday, Feb. 27 — 4 p.m. Aleph, Thursday, Feb. 28 — 4 and 5 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Matthew Aaron Kirshenbauin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kirchcnbaum, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, March ~i and Saturday morning, March 2.

A4?..,.,?. A $ Sabbath Candlelighting for Friday, February 22, 5:48 p.m.

SERVICES: SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Friday: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Mincha and Kabbalat Cantor Emil 'Berkovits will Shabbat 5:45 p.m. conduct the services. Congregational Shabbat An Oneg Shabbat will fol- Dinner: Anne Joseph and low. Ellen Albin are co-chairmen Saturday: Services 9:30 for the 6 p.m. dinner. a.m. Late Friday Night SerKiddush will follow. vices: Beginning Feb. 22, Mincha-Ma'ariv 5:50 p.m. late Friday Night family Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. services will be held at 7:30 and 5:30 p.m. p.m. This time change is to Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 enable parents with young p.m. children to bring their chilLUNCH AND LEARN dren to the service and to The Lunch and Learn Se- return home at a more rearies with the rabbi will con- sonable hour. We strongly tinue on Feb. 28, noon, at encourage the attendance of the Conant Hotel. the young children. PURIM Skit presentation: FolWednesday evening, March lowing the lnte service, a 6 — Minha-Ma'ariv at 7 brief skit based on the Top.m. followed by Reading of rah portion of the week will the Megillah at 7:30 p.m. be held in the Social Hall. Thursday,. March 7 at 0:30 This will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat reception sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 8:45 a.m. o i QcraoD The D'Var Torah will be SERVICES: First and third Friday of presented by Alvin Ross. A Kiddush follows the the month: 7:30 pTm. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service in the Social Hall. service and everyone is wel- Class with the rabbi 5 p.m. Mincha 5:45 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma-arivHavdalah. it -Efa off ©mate and Sunday: The next in the series of Morning Minyanaire serHavdalah socials will be vice 9 a.m. followed by held on Feb. 23 at the home breakfast and "Explbring of Susan and Dennis Paley, Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. The program starts with Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:45 an explanation of the p.m. Havdalah ceremony. AfterPURIM CARNIVAL wards, the students will take The Annual Purim Carpart in a discussion on a rel- nival will be held on March evant topic of Jewish con- 3, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. cern. Refreshments and so- UTTO classes will be discializing conclude the missed at 11:30 a.m. Julee evening. Cantor Leo Fett- Katzman and Beverly man is in charge of the pro- Franklin are chairpersons. gram. They will be assisted by Parents are invited to at- Howard Wax and the Katend with their child. Stu- dimah Synagogue Youth. dents who have not already Harriett Klopper will be in received a Havdalah kit will charge of lunch preparabe presented with one at the tions which will be served program. Others are asked throughout the carnival to bring their Havdalah sets hours. She will be assisted by Eve Roth, Norman, Dorwith them.

othy, and Marilyn Zevitz. Itafllis, door prizes, games and surprises will be included in the afternoon's activities.

Friday: Family services will be preceded by a fourth and fifth grade C p.m. dinner. Services are at 7:30 p.m. Oneg Shabbat hosts are James and Judy Gessford and family. Saturday: Prophets study 10 a.m. •

[Israel Friday: 8 p.m: An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services 9 a.m. Minha, Seudah Shlishit, Maariv and havdalah 4:30 p.m. Shaharit:: Monday and Thursday mornings at 7:15 a.m. Mishnah class: First and third Sundays 10 a.m. SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.

©{ftefrQ ADD* ©SIS© SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. Ah Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

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Parashat Terumah By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Successfully or not, I have been trying *-° work out a course in "What Are Jewish Values?" We speak blithely of Jewish values; but without considerable thought, most of us would be nonplussed to say what it is we mean when we speak of "Jewish values." In the first place, what is a "value?" And in the second place, what is a "Jewish" value?

tuary that was to be built, precious metals, furs and fabrics', spices, semi-precious stones, etc, etc. Jews have been taught ever since, generation nfter generation, that wealth was held only in stt'wardship,' "fori the whole earth is Mine." Jews were admonished in the Torah, further, to look after the poor, with outright gifts', with no-interest loans, with produce left purposely in the fields lor the poor to gather as of right. "Zedakah,'' which we translate poorly as "charity," means "righteousness."

Well, a "value" may be understood as- some principle or some standard of thinking or acting that is desirable, that we consider worthwhile. Thus, bravery, honesty, sobriety might be considered "values."

The history of philanthropy in the United States, I am told, includes the telling fact that Community Chests and United Way campaigns followed patterns set up by Jewish communities for themselves, since Jews were so far ahead of the general populace in ideas of raising monies for worthy purposes. There is a noble history behind this. Jewish religious values include an approach to the world, to wealth, and to one's neighbor, that should make us proud.

"Jewish" values may be understood as values that are particularly stressed in Judaism or that, perhaps, were originally stressed in Judaism, though shared now by many others, i For example, we might say that study, education, intellectual achievement, taken together, is a Jewish value. Jews became a "people of the Book" early on. During the Babylonian Exile (6th century BCE) the Temple sacrifices could not be offered. Scriptures then became the religious fare of worshipers who would gather around those who had them and could read them and interpret them.

The big problem for American Jewry is whether or not we can continue this process of education in Jewish values for new generations — or are we facing, as some observers say, a breakdown not only in Jewish family, but in the Jewish value system as well?

And when the TorahBook was made the "conIn this what's-in-it-forstitution" of the restored community under Ezra (c. me generation, we need as 400 BCE), the Jews were never before, to study Torah participants-in a Book Re- and hold fast to Jewish valligion — even though the sacrifices were again being offered in the new Temple in Jerusalem. But the Book became paramount, especially under Co. the Pharisees and their sucSeb (Subby) Pulvercntc cessors, the rabbis. Study Frank L. Ciciulla Jr. has been a Jewish hallmark . ever since. 60 Years Experience I am led to this discussion With Jewish of Jewish values by our SidLettering and Memorials rah. The Torah narrative has it that the Children of 2211 So. 8th Israel were told to bring 341-2452 gifts, offerings for the Sanc-

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We talked about the winter cold recently, BO I don't intend to rehash it; I do however want to share something kind of interesting with you. I've discovered that on a day when the wind is out of the north and gusting at 20 mph, and the snow is drifting as it falls, an odd thing happens to me. I, who usually can't wait to get out of the house and on the run, revert back to my stay-at-home days. Those yeara when the kids were small and my interests (outside the house) matched. Suddenly, I'm drawn to my kitchen as though by a magnet. I'm compelled to start a pot of soup simmering on the stove. Well, why fight it? I rummage around for all the ingredients, put them together, and the soup's on. That's only the beginning. The next idea to prod me into my little Hannah Homemaker mood is COOKIES! I'll bake cookies, and maybe one of thoce nice coffee-cakes that are so handy to have in the freezer. In addition, sometimes when I reach for the cinnamon, I realize my spices are a mess. This mean3 as soon as the first batch goes into the oven, I clean and rearrange the shelf. Time consuming, but the reward is such a feeling of virtue each time I open the door to that cabinet. By the time my ambition runs down it's usually about three in the afternoon and I remember everything else that ought to have been done . . . and wasn't. But no matter. It's time to clean up the kitchen, start my dinner and enjoy looking at the fruits of my labor. The best part of the day comes as my room-mate unlocks the door, enters and immediately calls out "oh it smells good in here". The next thing he wants- to know is who is supposed to eat all that fattening stuff and would it be all right to see if it tasted as good as it looked. And before I have a chance to say anything, he says "you've been in all day haven't you?" Not even my Mother knows me better! There isn't a moral to this story, unless maybe it's knowing that I'd HATE to have to be home every day, but It's nice to have the choice.

By Morris Maline "He's extremely musical, almost as if he wants to sing-a-long, but whether he will be a musician remains to be seen." This is how violinist Shlomo Mintz replied to a question about the proposed musical upbringing of his 11-month-old eon, Eliav. Mr. Mintz talked with the Jewieh Press by telephone last week in connection with his March 3 appearance at the Orpheum Theater. Presented by Performing Artists/Omaha, Mr. Mintz will be accompanied by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Chailly who also is principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic. . The interview was an opportunity to obtain some personal information on the artist inasmuch as his professional biography concentrates on his career and

credits.

What emerged from the interview was the fact that Mr. Mintz had married a Jewish girl whom he described as "one-half Italian and one-half German who is proficient in languages and interested in art." Mr. Mintz' father, described by the famed violinist as "my first supporter" died a year ago and his mother resides in Israel. "I visit with her frequently staying at her home when I play with the Israeli Philharmonic." Mr. Mintz still has many relatives "on my mother's side" in the Soviet Union where he was born 27 years ago. "They are mostly older people, quite settled, and show no intention of leaving," Mr. Mintz added. He pointed out also that as a concerned Jew and a classical performer, he is

Shlomo Mintz called upon on many occasions to perform in benefits for Soviet Jewry and the State of Israel. "I am proud to be a Jew, we carry on the tradition, and do what we can to help." Now a resident of New York, Mr. Mintz said that he had been spending a lot of time recording the Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas for rcleaBe in

May in commemoration of the Bach tricentenary. This work was described by ICM Artists as "the Everest of the solo violin literature." According to Mr. Mintz, he was in awe of "such grand work" and used extra care and caution, working 'very slowly, to make sure that he did justice to the work. "I'm as satisfied as an artist can be," he said, adding, that if possible, he would try to persuade the record company to put Omaha at the top of the list for release purposes. Mr. Mintz said that he had performed with the Berlin Radio Symphony in Germany and that one of their concert programs had been recorded for television. "They are a fine orchestra, now on their first United States tour, and I am looking forward to the Omaha appearance."

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Ediar BBG loses advisers By Estetle Rosenberg Evelyn B. Gold, widow of Nathan Gold, died Feb. 9, 1985. A Lincoln resident for 62 yrs. Mrs. Gold was born in Philadelphia, Pa. Member of the South Street Temple, Nebraska Arts Association, Lincoln Country Club, American Red Cross, Malone Center, Lincoln Foundation, Nebraska Wesleyan University and other civic groups. Survivors: son, William, Denver; daughter, Louise (Mrs. Aaron) Levitt, Kansas City, Mo.; six grandchildren. Services at the South Street Temple, Feb. 12. Rabbi Kenneth White officiating at Wyuka Cemetery. Memorials to the Lincoln Foundation or to favorite charity. On Jan. 13 Julie Grossbart, member of the South Street Temple Youth Group, planned an interesting program about poverty around the world. On Jan. 27 the group took pictures to be included in the MoVFTY yearbook. The South Street Temple Religious School will be selling trees in February for $5 each for JNF for Tu Bishvat.

EUGENE SIMON Services for Eugene Simon, 61, were conducted Feb. 14 at Fisher Farm Cemetery. He is survived by a sister, Shirley Dishlip of Camarillo, CA; niece and nephew. SADIE TATELMAN JANGER ! Graveside services were held on Feb. 20 at Beth El Cemetery for former Omahan Sadie Tatelman Janger, ^"•76, of Las Vegas, Nev. .**•*'• Mrs. Janger was a member of Hadassah and Beth El Synagogue and a retired employee of Mutual of Omaha. Survivors: daughters, Elaine Gelbart of Las Vegas, Jan Zlotowicz of Los Angeles, Calif.; ten grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Schatz, Des Moines, Iowa, Etta Barenblat, San Antonio, Tex.; brother, Dr1. Melvin Tatelman, Omaha. The family requests memorials to Beth El Synagogue. HOUSEKEEPING — RELIABLE ELLEN FOSTER 291-2248 references $7 per hour

The 4th and 5th grades will have thuir dinner for the month of February on the 22nd. Immediately after dinner there will be cervices for everyone. Children should bring their checks made out to JNF in $5 increments for each tree.

currently spending several months in Israel. Federation vice-president Charles Corcn is wsuming the role of president for the organization until Harry Allen returns in March. All Federation related inquiries should be channeled to Charles Coren at 423-5695.

The Tifereth Israel Congregation and Rabbi Ian Jacknis is trying very hard to encourage many of their students to attend Jewish 0s camps or Jewish summer programs such as USY on Wheels (cross-country trip) Shabhuton will be a special or USY Israel Pilgrimage. Shabbat lunch open to all of By Howard Wax By this time all parents of On Feb. 24, Kadimah has our kids ages 3 to 18, and Junior High and High School students should have a very busy schedule. From (heir parents. After Shabbat received information on a a doughnut sale at Beth Is- on Saturday night, March 2, rael, to lunch at the Bagel Kadimah and Tovim will number of such programs. There is funding available Bin Deli, (where we will also join together to prepare from the Lincoln Jewish be celebrating Laura Lash- Beth Israel for the annual Welfare Federation to help insky's 18th birthday), to Purim carnival Sunday, make it possible for our the Blumkin Home, ito rol- 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. youth to attend Jewish sum- lerskating afterwards, a full Kadimah and Tovim, mer programs. Applications day is planned. along with the entire Beth are available for campships Israel family, will meet at On Feb. 27, we will be Beth Israel for the Megillah from the Synagogue office and must be returned to The baking Hamentashen, reading. It will be followed Federation at P.O. Box cakes, etc. for Shalach by a costume parade and ice 80014, Lincoln, Neb. 68501. /Manot basket project. Ka- 'cream social, which everydimah will prepare these one is encouraged to attend Robert Pitlor is currently boxed of goodies, and de- and participate in. serving as Executive Direc- liver them for you, allat a If you have any questions tor of Lincoln Jewish Fed- cost of $4.50 per box. The deadline for orders is or ideas, please contact eration. This position was either Howard Wax at 399previously held by Gary Sunday, March 3. All pro- 9741, or Julie Weiner at 551ceeds from these sales go to Hill. the NCSY scholarship fund. 4247. The weekend of March 1Harry Allen, Jewish Welfare Federation president, is 3 Kadimah will hold a miniHealth Care

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The Cohens had never been BBYO advisers before coming to Omaha. However, Mai, who started out as an elementary education major before switching to marketing, had been a volunteer assistant track coach. Teresa had worked with high school students. When the couple was approached by Beth Friedman, the former Cornbelt BBYO Director, the Cohens liked the idea of becoming advisers, but they wanted to work together. "With my travel schedule it would have been difficult to be the only adviser to a chapter," Mat said. "Teresa and I worked well together. We shared the responsibilities. For instance, at an

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overnight we would both attend for awhile. Then Teresa would go home to Rachel, end I would stay with the chapter. "Sometimes it is difficult for the advisers to communicate with each other because of diffeient scheduled. Teresa and 1 could sit at the kitchen table and bounce ideas ofl'of ench 01 her. Also, with both of us involved we didn't have.the situation where one spouse is at home feeling left out." Mat said that he attended rhnpter meetings and funct ions. What he enjoyed most was the positive feedback he received from the girls for his efforts. "An adviser should not be there just for himself. He should be there to help the members of the chapter. "1 think being in BBYO is a positive experience that will shape the members' futures. They learn how to organize an event, how to work with people and how to accomplish something. BBYO offers a forum outside of school where youth can grow and develop." Advisers are needed for Ediar BBG as well as other AZA and BBG Chapters. If you are interested in more information about becoming an adviser call Debra Polsky, Cornbelt BBYO Regional Director.at 334-8200.

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By Ellen Gordman BBYO Volunteer ' For two years Teresa and Mat Cohen have been advisers tp Ediar DBG. At the end of February Mat will be moving to Milwaukee, Wise, to join his wife and daughter, Rachel. His departure will niuan that Ediar BBG will be left without advisers.

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