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The Jewish Federation of Omaha's Super Sunday Telethon has obtained a 20.72 per cent increase in pledges as compared with last year, according to Suzy Sheldon and Robert Yaffe, co-chairmen.

Art Grossman, Isaac Dloogoff, Dr. Milton Margolin, Ann Margolin, George Schapiro, Meyer Green, Nate Cooper, Dr. Ira Priluck, Walter Woskoff, Jack Duitch, Steve Nogg, Milt Bloom, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Howard Kaslow.

The 1985 Telethon raised $64,815 with $51,210 pledged by the men and $13,G05 pledged by the women.

Mr. Grossman, Mr. and Mrs. Polikov, and Mr. and Mrs. Katzman served as shift chairmen.

In 1984, $42,430 was pledged by the men and $11,260 by the women.

In behalf of the entire community, Mr. Yaffe and Mrs. Sheldon expressed thanks to the Pacesetter Corporation for the use of its building and telephones for the Super Sunday Program. Photo coverage on page 2.

. Follow-up calls will be made to contact those members of the Jewish community who were not reachable1 by telephone during the Super Sunday effort. Art Grossman, Dr. Carl Greenberg and Denise Greenberg handled the training sessions for the volunteers and those making the calls were listed as follows: Mike and Carol Katznian, Dave Goldstein, Toby and George Kagan, Lynn Saunders, Shirley Trachtenbarg, Elly Gordman, Harold and Phyllis Zabin, Oliver Pollak, Sherry Taxman, Marti Forman, and Bob Zuber. - Norman Sheldon, Terri Zacharia, Debbie Friedman, Janie ICulakofsky, Gloria Bassik, Marsha and Steve Pitlor, Bob Shitzlty, Sheila and Marv Polikov, Linda and Joel Patton, Marilyn and Mike Blatt, Howard Epstein, Ellie Penner, Steve Riekes, Ray sGoldstein, Bob Hurwitz, and Allan Gonsher.

atza Ba! The hours of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council's Matza Bakery are: Sunday, March 24—10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, March 25—10 a.m.-8 p.m.. Tuesday, March 26—10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 27—-10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, March 28—10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, March 29—10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 30—CLOSED Sunday, March 31—10 a.m.-5 p.m.

it! The Shykens credited the Dr. Paul and Susan Shyken, co-chairmen of the Kallah Tliio is really not Queen Esther celebrating Purim. Committee' of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council have an- members of the Kallah In the face epace is Jennifer Patton from the JCC Pre Cel:scl. GI:o is the (V r^jtsr or Jool aiiti Linela" nounced that Dr. Allasl Gould," Canadian author, journalist, '" Committee for their labors tand humorist, will be the 1985 Kallah Scholar in residence, in coordinating this proPatton. To celebrate Puritn, the Jor/icli CommuMarch 22-24. Dr. Gould's topics include Jewish humor, Jew, gram. Sandra and Allen nity Center io planning a day of fees festivities for ish men and women in literature, and the ethical insights Kurland, Martha and Richtto rniiiEUunifcy on Tuarcilay. Gpscial happening of rabbinic tales. ard Lerner, and Debbie and l\cvv L_^ -'"rsned throusfcout tho day. Make your Dr. Gould, who teaches humanities at the University of Aaron Hostyk, along with own tarjCiLL.!.' "> and I:crj"ntccbon-ianlsing demonciirationa wlil-lis lvS.-l m tho Gallery from 55:30 Toronto, has-a long list of publications to his credit, in- Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Rabbi to 11 a.m. and 2:30 to <J p.ta. Ao a nictiGonto,'-Parim cluding articles in the magazines Heoponcs, SEi'ma and Paul Drazen, and Rabbi the Jawiolx Bisect...He co-authored the Unorthodox Stephan Barack planned ptoics will bo taken infckocantcsn £rom 9 to. 10:30 Dr. Allan Gould a.a. nnd S:30 to G p.ia. A cicryJinia for children* B o o t of JevfcJi Socorlo and Lints with Danny Siegel. the Kallah Weekend under The KaUab iveekcnd cchcdule will consist of n Friday the auspices of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. "We seb placncfl for 0:30 to 7 p.n. in tto Gallery; Bel-. Ico^3 ceil barnanfcosLo:: wiEI tio available to'csgla-?' ••qveninglpctul'2 ot:Beth El Synagogue, a Saturday evening lected Dr. Gould because of his wide range of topics and lecture at Bsth Inrcal Synogogue and a Sunday morning the interesting mis of humor and scholarship," said Mrs. Day. Shyken. .... .• , ; ... lecture at Temple loraol. . ...

By Biacs (WZPS) — Purim i3 a day for Roasting, mcrrymaliitis and nwsrniaradins. K com-, mcraorat?z tho .triumph of Esther and Mordccai ovor Hainan, the v/icked chief minister of King Ahasuerua, who. Bought to dastroy• oil the Jevid oftfas Persian Empire. Theos events are related in the Book or Megillah of Esther which, ia read every year on the eve and morning of the festival. The story of Esther was only reluctantly included in the Biblical canon and from medieval times has emerged as a day when anything and everything goes . . . In fact the excesses of eating, drinking and frivolity are sanctioned by Halachah and \ centuries of Jewish tradition. Masks and Costumes Purim is a time when both children and adults masquerade in a variety of masks and costumes — sometimes in imitation of WZPS photo by Richard Nou-ttz the characters of the Megillah. An old print from Hol: Celebrating Purim in Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda pe' land shows us that three destrian mall. hundred years ago people would masquer- • communities would disguise themselves in ade as kitchen utensils! various costumes and masks and wander From the middle ages people in some through the streets visiting homes singing

and playing and mshinir P2op!e laugh. A Moritz Opponhoim oil painting,"Purim at Home," shows strolling mashed Purimshpiters entertaining a.family. Even in Orthodos communities, the : taboo on acting j«id the use of moskovvoslifted-on Purim. Woodcuts from,the Ssfer Minhagim-(book of customs) shov; merrymakers dressed as ' harleqiiinD andean: etching from 1780 byCaspar Jocobz Philip sho\v;s an elegant ball-: room in Amsterdam, where beautiful masked couples are dancing to the music of an orchestra. In western Europe and the United States the masks and costumes of the Purim j shpil assumed the form of masked balls held on Purim, with the income derived from them given to communal charities. How did the custom of wearing masks and disguises first originate? One possible connection is with our forefather Jacob. In order to receive his father's blessing Jacob disguised himself in his brother Esau's clothes. A more appealing explanation is the link with the verse in the Bible, "And I shall surely hide My face on that day." The Hebrew word to hide, "hester," is very similar to the name "Esther," having the same root. So from this the custom developed of hiding or masking one's face on Purim. Nevertheless the custom of donning masks and masquerading on Purim was the subject of many Halachic disputes. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries famous rabbinic authorities in Poland and Italy came out in favor of masks but other equally learned authorities banned them. Those for masks saw it as a means of adding to the

•gaiety of the holiday whilst those opposing -it felt it was violating tha law if men and . women wore each others clothes. It also transgressed the'prohibition against fashioning graven images. • "Puriitj .Celebrations Masks; and merriment reached new heights when Purim was celebrated in Tel Aviv in the twenties and thirties The car- nival or Adloyada consisted of a procession of magnificent, floats accompanied by bands. The streets were decorated with flags and banners and the festivities came to a climax with colorful masked balls and breathtaking fireworks displays. Today Purim is celebrated throughout the whole country. Besides the traditional reading of the Megillah, which is broadcast live from Tel Aviv's Great Synagogue, there are broadcasts on the radio of different Megillah readings so that everyone can hear the familiar chants and melodies. Every city, village, settlement, kibbutz, army unit, institution and school has a Purim celebration. Jerusalem's Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall is a center of festivities on Purim, when most of the city's population, young and old, dress up. in fancy dress, don masks and take to the streets in joyous abandon. The theaters and other places of entertainment perform special Purim programs, radio and television have skits and satires and musical shows in honor of the day, and the newspapers and magazines print funny stories and jokes. Once a year on Purim the world is turned upside down and no one knows who is who in a glorious day of exuberant celebration.

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"Weakening of separation threatens Jewish into SAN FRANCISCO - "The creche on the courthouse lawn" and the prayers in the public schools that mark the vveakeiiin;: of church-state separation "threaten the in-1 tegrity of Judaism itself in this lend", Theodore R. Mann, noted constitutional lawyer and American Jewish Congress President, charged as he addressed 4GG Jewish leaders from across the U.S., here. The leaders were gathered at the four-day annual Plenary Session of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) meeting at the Fairmont Hotel. Focusing on the psychological impact and theological implications of growing governmental involvement in religion, Mann called the current erosion of the constitutional principle of church-state separation potentially "devastating," threatening to transform American Jews into "outsiders" and "strangers in their own land." Reverend Charles V. Bergstrom, Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for the Lutheran Council in the United States of America, shared the podium with Mann at a Plenum session on "Church-State Separation: The Wall Under Attack." Pastor Bergstrom denounced the current assault on the separation principle, terming it an "attempt to Christianize America." Mann, who has argued church-state cases before the Supreme court on behalf of the Jewish community, asserted that Judge Sandra Day O'Connor had correctly stated that government endorsement of religion "sends a message to non-adherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community." It was not until the early 1960s, with the Supreme court decisions disallowing school prayer and Bible reading, that government in America became "truly neutral in matters religious," Mann said, and, he continued, it was not until then that American Jews were able to feel truly as insiders and full, confident, participants in the American political process. Before that, he declared, even though American Jews has all of the essential legal rights, the "psychological impediments" flowing from government involvement and endorsement of the dominant Christian religion caused American Jews to be "a timid community, afraid to assert ourselves too strongly, as people who regard themselves as outsiders are likely to be". Mr. Mann claimed that the earlier timidity prevented "any sustained and united American Jewish outcry" to demand American efforts to rescue Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. He contrasted that timidity to the present-day confidence that has enabled American Jews "to convince pur government to help our fellow Jews, in Israel, in the Soviet Union, in Ethiopia". But, he declared, the present-day attack on church-state separation threatens to destroy the position that the current generationof american Jews now holds. Focusing on the issue of government sponsorship of religious symbols, publicly-funded Nativity scene allowed by the Supreme Court in last year's Lynch V. Donnelly decision, Mann asserted that this poses a threat as real and immediate as the attempts of the radical

and religious Right to "christianize" America. Terming a creche "a symbolic reenactment of the birth of a divine being," he claimed that "the concept that a divine being was born" is completely antithetical to Jewish theology. "The creche and the cross as governmental symbols, as well as prayers in public schools, stand as dramatic reminders of our differences with Christianity, thereby malting us feel like outsiders in the way that minority groups so often feel," he said. Government involvement in religion in these ways, he added, would return American Jews to their earlier position of "strangers in what we regard to b6 our own land." Mr. Mann noted that there will soon be significant supreme court decisions involving creches and school prayer, while widespread attempts to extend government involvement in religion can be expected to continue. He recommended steps to address these developments to his audience of Jewish community relations leaders. The American Jewish Congress President stressed the importance of an active campaign of challenging the constitutionality of legislation and practices that violate the separation principle. He urged "seeking a new set of allies in these challenges from among the abundant non-Christian immigrants who have come into the United States since our immigration laws changed in 1965". He also called for "educating Christian America about who we are, what we believe, and why the inclusion of crosses and creches in national symbols is for us, devastating." Pastor Bergstom, who described Himself as "a born again Christian Evangelical," deplored the current attack on church-state separation. He pointed particularly to the passage of federal "equal access" legislation; the "treachery" of injecting "secular humanism" and "a requirement to teach Judeo-Christian dogma" into the public schools; and continuing attempts to "impose prayer on public education." "We are seeing an intolerant attempt to Christianize America," he charged. "It is based," he said, "on a misreading of the Constitution and a misinterpretation of Scripture." "The last thing Christ would want is people making a public display of religion in the public schools or public sponsorship of religious symbols." he claimed, for this "inevitably leads to thetrivialization of religion." The Lutheran leader sharply attacked "the radical religious right" for "attempting to confuse the words of politics and religion." Reverend Bergstrom strongly criticized the role of President Reagan, who he called a "political fundamentalist." He pointed to the 1984 Republican Convention's "endorsement of the radical religious Right"; the "twisted logic" of calling opponents of school prayer "intolerant"; and the "horrible theology of a President who claims that prayer is in danger of being kicked out of school".

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This flash photo was taken at the Jewish Community Center loot week during a temporary power outage. Candles on the worlttable provide illumination for Missy Sutton (left) and Cheryl Tosword as they prepare pledge cards for the annual Jewish Federation Super Sunday drive.

You! We would like to thank our volunteers and those Super Sunday Contributors who made our 1985 event so outstanding. Our Sunday Telethon raised We are grateful for your generosity and time.

Suzy Sheldon & Bob Yaffe Co-Chairmans

Super Sunday Volunteers Norman Sheldon Terri Zacharia Debbie Friedman Janie Kulakofsky Gloria Bassik Marsh and Steve Pitlor Bob Slutzky Sheila and Marv Polikov Linda and Joel Patton Marilyn and Mike Blatt Howard Epstein Ellie Penner Steve Riekes Ray Goldstein Bob Hurwitz Allan Gonsher Art Grossman Isaac Dloogoff Dr. Milton Margolin . Ann Margolin George Schapiro

Meyer Green Nate Cooper Dr. Ira Priluck Walter Woskoff . Jack Duitch Steve Nogg Milt Bloom Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum Howard Kaslow Mike and Carol Katzman Dave Goldstein Toby and George Kagan Lynn Saunders Shirley Trachtenbarg Elly Gordman Harold and Phyllis Zabin Oliver Pollak Sherry Taxman Marti Forman Bob Zuber

A letter has been mailed to the Omaha Jewish community from Marshall Kushner, coordinator, Operation Moses, and members of his committee. The letter advises the community of the need to provide Israel with funds to save Ethiopian Jews from certain death and provide for their absorption into the State of Israel. No more need be said. This is an urgent need, The Jewish Federation of Omaha must send cash to the United Jewish Appeal by March 31 for this humanitarian effort. As the Talmud tells us, "He who saves a single life it is as though he saved the entire world." There will be a candle-lighting ceremony for Operation Moses on Thursday evening, March 7 at 7 p.m. preceding the Federation board meeting at the JCC. We earnestly hope that all of the candles will be lighted.

The Bureau for the Aging normally conducts an annual Passover seder for the residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and for members of the community who feel the need to be with fellow Jews during this historic holiday meal. This year, the Bureau has experienced difficulty in finding someone to lead the seder, thereby opening up • the possibility that the program may have to be cancelled. ' And as if this would not be terrible enough, the Bureau also is having difficulty in finding someone to lead the Passover services in the Herbert Goldsten chapel at the Rose Blumkin Home. Talk about opportunities for mitzvot... please call the Rose Blumkin Home at 330-4272. Leave your name and number with the receptionist. Bureau president Bert Lewis will contact you — probably in micro-seconds.

At this writing, 32 states including Nebraska, have passed Calls for a Constitutional Convention to draft a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. Passage by two more states would make it mandatory for Congress to convene such a convention. The so-called Con-Con issue, according to leading Jewish organizations, has the potential for causing very serious consequences. Leaders of the American Jewish community fear, that such a convention may become an open-ended opportunity for Fundamentalist Right groups to achieve their entire social and economic agenda. Such an agenda could result in the "Christianization" of America. \ The strategy of Jewish leadership will not only be to resist approval of "Calls" by additional states, but also to seek recision in states that previously passed them. Simply, there is no need for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. Those legislators who overspend can be voted out of office. The great potential for a drastic change in the fiber of America is at stake. This is a major concern, not only for Jews, but for all Americans.

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HAIFA — The excitement in our parl of the country has not yet died down in the matter of Oz, and echoes will undoubtedly continue to be heard for months to come. No, Oz has nothing to do with the Wizard who came from there. It is the name of a dog, a two-yeor-old German shepherd, and the name means'simply "strength" or "boldness." Oz lived up to his name, and that is why the whole matter became a cause celebre. , Zeev Winick, a building contractor, had long been bothered by the theft of material and supplies from construction sites, and decided to put a watchdog on duty at his next project. Oz's mother had been a watchdog with the military forces, and he had been well trained to be obedient, docile, friendly — except with strangers engaged on suspicious missions. He was kept on a long leash which gave him the

This story is being written at a time when the Jewish Agency and UJA are requesting we print nothing about this historic rescue operation. Out of respect for those who need to be rescued, who would possibly be in jeopardy by any written publicity, this story has been withheld until it was after the fact. ' The fact that some individual "leaked" the story to the media divulging the secret airlift is deplorable and almost

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha caused the cancellation of the mission. Despite all you may have read, the mission did not end. The saving of Jewish lives was too high a priority to let a few obstacles halt the process. The figures of people and costs are muddled and unclear as I write this column. We may not know the facts with any degree of accuracy for some time. But, rest assured that the Jewjsh Agency has been integrally involved with an heroic and historic rescue mission to save thousands of Jewish lives that were in jeopardy. That much we know for sure. Exactly how many, at what price and by what methods, has been carefully guarded. The priority has been doing it, not discussing it! The unfortunate publicity which did occur, almost ended the operation before it was completed. "Operation Moses" is historically monumental in the numbers of lives that were secretly saved in a clandestine operation and fund raising effort. It is a proud moment in Jewish history. And, it's been frustrating that we couldn't talk about it without jeopardizing the lives and potential rescue of those who remained behind awaiting their chance to resettle in Eretz Y'Israel.

The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. To the Editor: Thank you so much for printing the article last Friday which told ORT's story on the occasion of its 60th birthday. The article was excellent, however, I would like to give an update on ORT's current involvement with the assimilation of the Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel as I am so proud to belong to an organization such as ORT which has taken an active role in the assistance of these people. There are more than 7,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel today and Israel has opened 19 new absorption centers for newly arrived Ethiopians. They must be taught to live in the 20th century and be independent. Of special interest to ORT is the fact that Israel is seeking new avenues for training adults in the 30-40 year range who have no job skills what-; soever. ORT Israel has commenced intensive training courses for the Ethiopian Jews in ORT centers Natanya and Kiryat Gat embracing hundreds of trainees in different courses, namely accounting, biology, drawing, fundamentals of locksmithy and dressmaking with visits to industrial enterprises. Weekly studies are structured for the forthcoming months with a weekly curriculum of 13-15 hours: The courses will run in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Labor and the Jewish Agency. For 105 years, the ORT program has embraced the essence of our ancient Judaic philosophy — that of the value of every individual. From ORT's beginnings in Russia, we have evolved as a movement in Jewish life, moving into the countries and the communities in which our people live. as rapidly and as effectively as possible. We have not only perpetuated our heritage through Judaic learning, but-taught more than two million people a skill that gave purpose to their lives, and as in the case of assisting the Ethiopian Jews in Israel, ORT was once again standing ready to help.

run of the plot, especially where bags of cement, tiles, paint cans and other supplies were kept. One night Oz's pointed ears stood up as he detected the sound of footsteps and subdued whispers at a time when nobody should have been around. He padded quietly around the building, and came upon a group of men who had begun to help themselves to property not theirs. Oz Eprang into action. He barked loudly, then leaped at the men. His was not a death mission. He did not go for their throats, but for their hands, which were engaged in illegal operations during the course of illegal trespass. He singled them out, one by one, and bit the hands of 6ix, who fled in dismay. The would-be criminals headed for the hospital, where they were given emergency first aid treatment, and of course the police were informed. Who was arrested? Oz! First of all, he was locked up in quarantine to make sure that he was not suffering from rabies. His papers were in order and he had had all the required shots. However, when his time was up, he was not released. The District Veterinarian, an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, basing himself on a law which dated back to mandatory times, ruled that a dog which had bitten six people was a public menace, and must be destroyed. , The dog's owner protested, and the case came before Judge Michaela Shidlovski. Considering that the dog had been kept in restraint in a closed area, and was not diseased, she declared, there was no reason to kill the animal,, and she rejected the veterinarian's request, That was not the end. The legal authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture appealed the verdict, and the case was referred to the higher, District Court. Public opinion was agitated, and the fate of Oz became a matter of widespread public concern. His picture was prominently displayed in , the press. • "A dog is supposed to be man's best friend," one columnist wrote, "but it does not necessarily follow that man is.a dog's best friend — at least not in this case." Oz had • been doing his duty, for which he had been trained. He was preventing crime. He should receive a medal, not a death sentence, everyone maintained. The Knesset got into the act and set up a special committee to investigate the case. As befitting the importance of the matter, the District Court set up a full three-man panel, composed of District Court President Judge Avraham Friedman, Judge Malchiel Slutzky and Judge Chaim Pusam. Solemnly they considered the testimony. The public waited with bated breath. Inflation, withdrawal from Lebanon, the possibility of talks with King Hussein, construction .of the new Lavie plane — all were subjects relegated to second place in the day to day conversations in northern Israel. The verdict came in. The judges ruled unanimously that the fact that the dog had bitten human beings was not sufficient reason to order its destruction, and the appeal was dismissed. Oz was freed, and presumably is now back on the job guarding his master's property. Would-be thieves may think twice before attempting to steal material from the site assigned to him, and Oz himself will doubtless now have ample time to think over his narrow escape and to ponder over those peculiar, ungrateful creatures known as

Marty Tichauer, President Omaha Chapter Women's American ORT To the Editor: Thank you for the timely piece in last week's Jewish Press by Irving Greenberg, entitled "South Africa: a Jewish Perspective." Recently, the Executive Committee of the National Council of Jewish Women issued the following state-' . ment. It was sent to President Reagan, members of Congress, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, the South African Ambassador, the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC)', TransAfrica, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the AFL-CtO: "The Executive Committee of the NCJW urges the U.S. government to substantially increase its efforts to use every peaceful means available to help eliminate the abhorrent I policy of apartheid, as practiced by the Republic of South ' Africa. The system of legally entrenched racial discrimination which also disenfranchises the majority of its population, denies due process and permits detention without trial, must be condemned and opposed by all who believe in human rights. "Foreign and South African industries with sites located in the Republic of South Africa should be encouraged to eliminate any discriminatory policies on the basis of color by working for fair practices in employment, health services, living conditions and education. "As Jews, too often victims of discrimination and oppression, we are sympathetic to the struggles of black South Africans for equality in their own country. It is incumbent upon the South African government to grant immediately full rights and representation to all of its people regardless of color." , Carol Katzman State Public Affairs Chairwoman National Council of Jewish Women

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The Holocaust as Christian tragedy By Aviva Cantor ^ NEW YORK, (JTA) — Prof. David Wyman, author of "The Abandonment of the Jews" — which documents the "criminal negligence" of the U.S. toward the rescue of European Jews during the Holocaust — said that the Holocaust "is still not perceived by non-Jews as their,.,issue — or their loss." Wyman was interviewed' by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency at WNET-Channel 13 here before a taping of "Why in the World," a program in which a group of teenagers question leading figures. He said that the four years of writing the book — preceded by 11 of research in 60 archives — were "agony. 1 had to come face to face with (the Holocaust) and I began to cry for the first time in my adult life." Wyman said that when he first became aware of the Holocaust it became clear to him that "it was a Christian tragedy as much as a Jewish tragedy. "It was Christians who perpetrated it — the Nazis who were the product of Western Christian civilization and those Christians in the U.S. and Britain who stood by and failed in their Christian duty to do everything to stop it and to help those who needed help." What that says to him as a "practicing Christian" — he was raised as a Methodist and two of his grandparents are Protestant ministers — is that "here was a massive failure of Christian civilization — a religious failure — a loss of the soul." Wyman told JTA that while many Jews continue tofeel that they did not do enough to help fellow Jews, "most Christians are oblivious. They don't even know they failed." What he considered most "distressing" was that during the Holocaust, the liberal American Protestants "pushed the issue aside." ' He cited in this connection the publication "Christian Century," which had, he said, a major effect on social-action

By Irving Greenberg President, National Jewioh Resource Center On January 25, 1904, Theodor Herzl had his long-sought audience with Pope Pius X. The meeting was one in a series of encounters between Herzl and leading political figures in Europe, as a part of his search for big-power sponsorship for Zionism. Henri's goal, in his own words, was, "to obtain the spiritual approval of the Church of Rome." Two days earlier, Herzl met the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, who gave him advance indication of the difficulties he would face. Said the Cardinal: "I do not rightly see how we can take the initiative in this. So long as the Jews deny the divinity of Christ, we certainly cannot side with them . . . How then, short of abandoning our own highest principles, can we agree to their regaining possession of the Holy Land?" Herzl's response was: "We are asking only for the profane earth; the Holy Places are to be extraterritorialized." Del Val's answer was closer to the Jewish conception than Herzl'8: "Ah, but it is virtually impossible to think of them as set apart, one from the other, in such terms."

The Church's negative response to Zionism... had a lot to do with the Church's attitude toward Judaism Out of a sense of the dignity of the Jews, whose representative he felt he was, Herzl did not kiss the Pope's hand when the audience began. Later, he wrote in his diary: "I believe that this spoiled my chances with him, for everyone who visits him kneels and at least kisses his hand." Sure enough, Pius answered in stern, categorical manner: "We are unable to favor this movement. We cannot prevent the" Jews from going to Jerusalem—we could never sanction it. The ground of Jerusalem, if it were not always sacred, has been sanctified by the life of Jesus Christ. As the head of the Church, I cannot answer you otherwise. The Jews have not recognized our Lord, therefore we cannot recognize the Jewish people." Herzl argued that surely the Church cannot be happy to have the Holy Land controlled by the Turks. To this, the Holy Father answered, "I know it is disagreeable to see the Turks in possession of our Holy Places. We simply have to put up with it. But to sanction the Jewish to occupy these sites, that we cannot do." The key reason for the Church's negative response to Zionism had little to do with Herzl's not kissing the Pope's hand. It had a lot to do with the Church's attitude toward Judaism. In the words of the Pope: "The Jewish faith was the foundation of our own, but it has been superseded by the teachings of Christ, and we cannot admit that it still enjoys any validity. The Jews, who should have been the first to acknowledge Jesus Christ, have not done so to this day." * ' Pope Pius X spoke out of an eighteen hundred year-old

oriented clergy and laymen, and which discredited the disclosures in late 1942 by Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, that the Nazis were implementing their "Final Solution."

Wyman felt, however, that possibly one-third of the nation had some "quality of generosity ' and could have been sympathetic to Jews — or any other group in similar straits — had their support been mobilized.

The publication, he wrote, "defaulted" on the opportunity to become a "leading edge of Protestant-backed pressure for rescue action."

Roosevelt, he said, feared a backlash from the anti-Semites on rescue. Wyman acknowledged there would have been some of this "but just from the fringe."

Had Christians "risen," as they should have in late 1942, he said, "had the church made a loud noise," the War Refugee Board might have been established in 1943 rather than in 1944, a full year later. Wyman told the JTA he was "disappointed" at not getting much response — "yet" — from Christians to his book, which was published in November by Pantheon and which has gone into its fourth printing. Of Ihe 200 letters he has received so far, less than 10 percent are from non-Jews. Of those, half are from antiSemites, including the "Revisionist" historians who propagandize that the Holocaust never took place.

Had he taken the issue to the public via radio and press conferences, had he called upon the churches, had he based his appeal on American idealism and human decency, "he could have built a counter-constituency among that onethird" of the nation, Wyman said. But, said Wyman, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Roosevelt "didn't have the imagination or the interest" to take action to rescue European Jews. His "indifference" to the mass murder of European Jewry "emerges as the worst failure of his presidency."

The book documents the obstruction by the State Department of rescue efforts and projects, the silence of organized labor, liberals, intellectuals as well as the church, the lack of coverage by the mass media, the "crisis in leadership" on the part of Congress and the President, and the lack of unity on the part of American Jewry as contributing to the failure of the U.S. to help save European Jews. The main underlying factor, he said, was "anti-Semitism, which was at a peak in the U.S. during the war." While he estimated that only 20 percent of the society actually wished to harm the Jews, the broad part of the population was characterized by "passive anti-Semitism." Those non-Jews, he continued, could not be appealed to exert themselves to help Jews "because of the ingrained attitudes against Jews in our culture, stemming from 2,000 years of Western civilization. "When they heard about Jews being harmed, he said, "it bounced off them.1'

tradition. Upon separation from Judaism, Christianity claimed that the promises in Hebrew Scriptures (called by Christians the "Old Testament) are fulfilled in Jesus and in the new faith. In Christianity's view: by becoming present in human form and by resurrection, God had "topped" the earlier miracles of revelation ahd redemption manifest in Jewish history. And now the whole world could join in the Jewish covenant through faith in Jesus. Therefore, Judaism itself has been replaced by Christianity.

more positive. In recent years, a number of important developments have occurred within the Catholic church which do honor to its conscience and attempt to repent for the past. In 1983, a Vatican spokesman, at a conference with Jewish organizations, made an unequivocal statement that Jews should not be the jubject of conversion activity. Pope John Paul II, in the course of a visit to Germany, made the first unequivocal Papal statement—albeit only with passing reference—that the Jewish covenant remains valid.

It was not unreasonable for Christianity to see itself within the circle of the Jewish covenant. It originated within the Jewish people and, at its heart, it was a commentary and elaboration on the Jewish vision of humanity's way to final redemption. But the conclusion that Judaism had been superseded gave a fatal twist to the future relationships of Judaism and Christianity.

Recently, the Church again has spoken of dialogue with the Jews, with the Jews being given a unique and special status which implies both their validity and their ongoing existence. The big remaining question is: can the Church take the next logical step, break with the supercessionist tradition, and officially recognize the State of Israel?

By Christian logic, Jews should have all followed the new religion and giverr up the old. Jewish persistence became a contradiction of Christian claims, a body blow to Christian faith. From there it was a slippery slope down to the policies of denial, conversion, persecution, and even murder of Jews to remove this obstacle to the triumph of truth. As Professor Yosef Yerushalmi has pointed out, the more humane tradition of the medieval Church insisted on keeping the Jews alive—but in a state of exile—to serve as witness to the world of the penalty for not accepting Jesus. The wandering Jew, the permanent exile and indeed degradation, was a necessary proof of the Jewish recalcitrance and disfavor with God until the end of days, when the Jews would convert. That attitude led not only to resistance to Zionism, but a particularly galling feeling for the Church when Jews controlled the Holy Places. By its very existence, the State of Israel makes hope of conversion and disappearance of the Jews a remote possibility and undercuts the Church's claims that the Biblical promises have been transferred to Christianity. To live at ease with the State of Israel, the Church would have to give up its supercessionist theology. It was no wonder that the successors to Pius X could not bring themselves to recognize the State of Israel.

The Catholic church has bssn trying to undo this teaching of contempt In the past two decades, however—ever since Vatican II—the Catholic church has been trying to undo this teaching of contempt. A new tolerance engendered by liberalism, shame, and shock at the Church's failures during the Holocaust, Jewish vitality, and decades of active dialogue have led to a struggle to overcome the supercessionist tradition. Vatican H's own schema on the Jews was ambivalent. It said that "the Jews remain most dear to God because of their fathers" (implying past but not present validity) but added "(God) does not repent of the gifts He makes nor of the calls He issues..." (implying possible present validity). Vatican II opened the door. Further declarations were even

Recently, the leadership of the Dutch Jewish community went through a fierce struggle over the question of meeting with the Pope during his forthcoming visit to Holland. They finally voted to meet with him on the condition that he recognize the State of Israel. John Paul II is thus given another opportunity to overcome 1900 years of hatred and of putting down the Jewish people.

The possibility of change has to be seen as a long shot, at best ._• The possibility of change has to be seen as a long shot, at best. On the one hand, the fact that John Paul II has proven to be conservative in doctrine whenever the chips are down suggests that he will not go beyond the past in terms of recognizing Israel. Furthermore, there are political pressures, both from the Arab nations and from Christians living within Moslems' lands, against recognition of Israel. On the other side, there is a continuing theological and philosophical thrust within the Church for recognizing Judaism and the Jewish people fully. John Paul II, himself, has powerfully experienced Auschwitz and the Holocaust through his years in Poland. There is some desire within him for historic status within the Church. Recognizing the State and restructuring the Catholic relationship with Judaism could be a landmark decision. In 1896, after the Zionist Congress, Herzl noted in his diaries, "At Basel, I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today, I would be greeted by universal laughter. In five years perhaps; and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it." It actually took only fifty-one years from that date for the Jewish State to be created. Is it too much to ask that eighty years after Herzl's meeting with the Pope that the Catholic church break out of the vicious cycle of resistance to Zionism and clutching at the mirage of Jewish invalidity and the future disappearance and/or conversion of the Jewish people? Nothing could do more to free the Church from an incubus of hatred and turn its people and its thinking toward a truly pluralist gospel of Love.

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Beth Israel SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 6 p.m. , Late Friday night services 7:30 p.m. The 7:30 p.m. service is to enable parents with young children to briny their children to the service and to return home at a more reasonable hour. We strongly encourage the attendance of the young children. The Oneg Shabbat following, the service is sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows the service in the Social Hall. Class with the rabbi 5:15 p.m. Mincha 6 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire serviced a.m. There will be no breakfast or class on this Sunday morning because of the Purim Carnival. PURIM CARNIVAL Beth Israel's annual Purim Carnival will be held on Sunday, March 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:3Q p.m. Chairpersons of the Carnival are Julee Katzman and Beverly Franklin. Lunch will be available for purchase throughout the Carnival hours. The Kadimah synagogue youth group willbe assisting in all the Carnival activities. Raffles, door prizes, games and surprises will be part of the Carnival activities. PURIM SCHEDULE Purim will be celebrated on Wednesday evening, March 6 and 7. Megillah Reading will begin at 7:15 p.m. All second grade Talmud Torah students will be presented with a gift of a miniature Megillah. All are invited to attend in costume. Prizes will be awarded to all those who come in costume. An ice cream social follows the Megillah reading. Thursday morning services will be held at 6:30 a.m. SHALACH MONET On Purim Day, Thursday, March 7 Kadimah members will be delivering Shalach Monet on behalf of those who have arranged for them. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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The repulsive kinds of immoralOneg Shabbat following the Cantor Emil Berkovits will Prophets study 10 a.m. ity. service will be sponsored by conduct the services. The fact is that neither of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kirshen- Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. these things happened, and baum in honor of the Bar Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 these people all continued Mitzvah of their son, Mat- p.m. CQ-GGS for centuries after the IsraLUNCH AND LEARN thew Aaron. elite entrance to the Land of The Lunch and Learn Se- Friday: 8 p.m. Saturday: An Oneg Shabbat will fol- Promise. Their disappearries with the rabbi will conMorning Service 11 a.m. ance from the scene of histinue on March 7, noon, at low. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Saturday: tory had to do with the conSaturday, March 2 — 9 the Conant Hotel. Services 9 a.m. vulsions of the struggle for PURIM a.m.; Sunday, March 3 — 10. Wednesday evening, March Minha, Seudah Shlishit, empire between Egypt and a.m. 6 — Minha-Ma'ariv at 7 Maariv and havdalah 4:30 Assyria, between Egypt and HEBREW SCHOOL Babylonia, between Egypt Daled, Monday, March 4 p.m. followed by reading of p.m. Shaharit: Monday and and Persia. The Biblical — 4 and 5 p.m. Bet, Tues- the Megillah at 7:30 p.m. day, March 5 — 4 and 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 Thursday mornings at 7:15 commands for their destruction must represent only Gimmel, Wednesday, March a.m. Miniature Megillot will a.m. 6 — 4 p.m. Aleph, Thursday, be given to second graders. Mishnah class: First and some all-too-human wish to third Sundays 10 a.m. be quit of oppressors and SECOND SHABBAT March 7 — 4 and 5 p.m. enemies. DINNER CONFIRMATION But the subject cries out Beth El's Mishpacha and Wednesday, March 6,6 p.m. Lung Cancer and Men for discussion on other levSisterhood will sponsor a B'NAI MITZVAH Lung Cancer is the number one Matthew Aaron Kir- family Shabbat dinner on cancer killer of men, says the els. Put the word "Nazis" in shenbaum, son of Mr. and Friday, March 8, following American Cancer Society. The place of "Amaleltites," and Mrs. Tom Kirshenbaum, services at 6 p.m. Reserva- typical male lung cancer pa- the problem takes on the diwill celebrate his Bar Mitz- tions may be made with tient is between the ages of 60 mension and the level on and 69, and has been smoking which it ought to be disvah on Friday evening, Connie Slutzky. one or two packs a day for the cussed. BAT MITZVAH March. 1 and Saturday We may not wish to deKaffi Abrams, daughter last 20 to 40 years, having morning, March 2. mand the destruction of all Timothy Herman of Deborah and Tom started when very young. former Nazis. But we are Kully,'son of Leslie and Platt and Robin and Micertainly justified in deBill Kully, will celebrate chael Abrams, will become manding the extirpation of his Bar Mitzvah during a Bat Mitzvah on Friday Nazism, a revulsion in itself Shabbat Services Friday evening, March 8 and Sat¥O?C5J off OmaBsa and a supreme danger to the March 8 and Saturday urday morning, March 9. PURIM CARNIVALS world. PURIM CARNIVAL March 9. • Students are invited to USY will have their anMore than that. This PURIM The Purim Service and nual Purim Carnival on participate in the carnivals Shabbat calls for "Zakhor!" the reading of the Megillah Sunday, March 10 at Jl:30 at Beth Israel Synagogue "Remember!" Remember will take place at 7:30 p^m., a.m. Lunch will be served March 3 and at Beth El what the Amalekites tried to Wednesday, March 6. Re- along with games, prizes Synagogue on March 10. do. Classes on those Sundays In our time there is a safreshments will be served and a raffle. will be dismissed at 11:30 cred duty — a duty to God, following the service. am in both buildings. The to the House of Israel, to huThe Purim Carnival, unschool bus will make its reg- mankind — to remember der the supervision of the ular return-run at 11:30 am. the Nazis and what they did, Temple Youth Group will SERVICES: EREV PURIM and to remember- the intake place on Sunday, Friday: 7 p.m. On March 6 regular verted, inside-out "ideolMarch 10 in the Temple So- Daily and Saturday: classes will not be held, to The residents and staff of ogy" of Nazism. cial Hall from noon to 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be available. the Rose Blumkin Home in- allow families the opportuI spoke recently to an vite the families, volunteers nity to have dinner together adult study group in a cerand then to go to the synand friends of the residents tain church. The men and to attend services in the agogue for the reading of women asked questions Herbert Goldsten Syn- Megillah Esther. about Judaism — what of HAVDALAH SOCIAL SERVICES: agogue. Kiddush following the Messiah, what of eternal Grade 3 Saturday: 8:45 a.m. services on Shabbat. life, and so on. One question The last of the Havdalah- was about the Holocaust: Sunday: 8 a.m. series is scheduled for the isn't it time to forgive and grade on March 9, 7:30 pm forget? SERVICES: at the home of Dani and I answered in terms of the Rabbi Leland Lifschiz Leon Shrago. Parents are sheer numbers and the proconducts services in the Cainvited to attend with their I wish to thank all my relaportion of the tragedy for pehart Chapel every Friday child. Children are asked to the Jewish people. 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who followed orders to murder, were Christians, some from Germany, others from Poland, others from other East European lands. That should, I said, make you ponder a bit. Hundreds of thousands of Christians, at least hundreds of thousands, directly involved in the business of murder. Not war. Murder. Still more, I said, ponder' this: the Christian world as a whole took all of this in stride and without pangs of conscience. Well, we've always treated Jews like that. In this period of history, I said, you ought to remember, even if that's all you do. Otherwise your professed religion is only skin-deep and basically meaningless. You have to come to grips with this, I said, and I think you will. If you don't remember history, it has been well said, you may be doomed to repeat it. For Jews there is no question. We must remember and we must remind, as I did with my Sunday morning audience. There are those who purposely forget or even deny. They are Nazis or Nazi-sympathizers and anti-Semites. Jews must remember that we live in a world far from perfect. The luxury of "forgiveand-forget" lies in the future, alas a distant future, when mankind will have radically, improyed itself, and will have moved substantially in the direction of a good human society.

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"Ignorant layity" reduces cantor's art to mediocrity being bridged and that the role of the cantor ' in Reform congregations was being enA former president of the Cantors Assem- larged. He said "we are developing a wide bly, the association of Conservative Can- variety of service modules, including Israeli tors, asserted at a unique gathering in Now music, Hasidic melodies and camp songs." York City that the.art of the cantor was Another positive theme was that of Canbeing "reduced to mediocrity" by a laity he tor Ivan Perlman of Providence, R.I., Cancalled "ignorant of prayer and liturgy" and tors Assembly president, who expressed a rabbinate he charged was .sometimes "less optimism over the "resurgence" of the canthan supportive"of cantorial commitment torate in recent years and the "growing rapto meaningful Jewish worship. port" between cantors and their colleagues The charges were made by Cantor Mor- in the pulpit. ton Shames of Temple Beth El in SpringPerlman noted that, for the first time, a field, Mass, before an audience of 100 cantors attending the first seminar spon- cantor-in-residence will participate in the sored jointly by the Cantors Assembly and 85th annual convention of the Rabbinical the Reform American Conference of Can- Assembly, the association of Conservative tors. The day-long seminar was held at the rabbis, in March, and that a rabbi would New York school of the Hebrew Union Col- have a similar function at the next Cantors lege-Jewish Institute of Religion, the home Assembly convention. Fifty children attended the first Temple Israel Religious School Extended Day Among the seminar participants were of the Reform rabbinical seminary. Program on Feb. 17. The children ete lunch, played catties and worked on Shames also denounced what he called women cantors invested by the Reform Jewish content arts and crofts projects. The event was planned by the room the "pervasive tendency of the congregation School of Sacred Music. Cantor Sarah parents of the kindergarten, first, second and third grades. Members of the to ask less of the cantor than he is trained Sager, first cantor of Cleveland's Fairmount Temple Youth Group helped with the activities. Pictured above right, giving to do." He asked rhetorically: "Are we 'shli- Temple, called for a "mutuality of purpose" the children names tags are Lois Epstein, Education co-chairman, and Eabbi between rabbis and cantors. She stressed chei tzibbur' (cantors) or song leaders?" Stephan Barack. Stewart Sloan, left, prepares to time children as they run Cantor Emanuel Rosenbaum of Temple the "gradual restoration" of traditional litan obstacle course. Beth El of Rochester, N.Y., the Cantors As- urgy and practice in Reform services and sembly executive vice president, also spoke said that cantors were gradually replacing with pessimism, and focused on the "sp'ir- choir masters in Reform congregations. itual malaise" he said afflicted synagogue She added that "the Reform cantorate is life now in America. He urged his colleagues now enjoying a renaissance of function and to reassert the historic role of the cantor as purpose, though the cantor must engage in the "emissary of the congregation" in ele- an intricate balancing act between his or her vating their congregants to "a more au- traditional functions and the perceived thentic level" of Jewish prayer and practice. . needs of the congregation." He said cantors "must initiate dialogue Prot Abraham Karp, Philip S. Bernstein and seek input- from professional and lay leaders to promote the resurgence of tra- Professor of Judaic Studies at Rochester University, told the cantors that American afternoon of freetime and ditional observance" while, at the same synagogues have been "remarkably sensigames, we will join the men time, not being afraid "to respond with or- tive to the changing needs of the changing for shalosh seudot. After derly changes in liturgical format." He said community." By Wendy Katzman . " Shabbat, we will decorate "the ideal cantor will make use of dance, Leadership Training InHe added a warning that synagogues poetry, art, literature and contemporary the synagogue for the carstitution (LTI) was held in By Amy Katzman music to create new and enriching Jewish faced financial burdens as the Jewish comnival and afterwards have Omaha on the weekend of and Jodi Greenberg spiritual experiences for the congregation." munity became more professional and manFeb. 1-3. Once again, the B'nai an ice cream social. Cantor Raymond Smolover of New York, agerial. He declared that "the entrepreneur March 3 is the day of Beth All chapter and Regional B'rith Girls are hard at work Israel's annual Purim car- executive director of the Reform cantors as- who was willing and able to support the conofficers of Cornbelt region on their annual Beau nival. It will be held this sociation, suggested that the gap between gregation financially is a rapidly vanishing were there, and so were the Dance. On January 19, cau- year from 11:30 a.m. until Reform and Conservative services was breed." council members of Mo- cus was held. M.Z. Yos- 2:30 p.m. There willbe lots Kan region (Kansas City hanah selected: Marty of games, doorprizes, and a Cohen, Scott Meyerson, and and St. Louis). * Jay Gordman, candidates; raffle. Both Kadimah and Tovim kids will run the That great weekend was Mike Bloch, honorary beau. booths. Rich Rosenblatt, Brad followed by BBG Shabbat. On Wednesday, March 6, Goldstrom, and David Spiz- On Friday night, we held man were chosen as candi- and Thursday, March 7, Kaa mock wedding at the JCC dates of Ediar BBG, along dimah will deliver Shalach and on Saturday night we with Eric Tatleman as hon- Manot baskets. Orders can still be placed at the carnihad Havdalla and then we orary beau. val for a cost of $4.50 each. went downstairs in the gym The Beau Dance date On Wednesday night, for a fun, and interesting party, an annual fundraiser, evening with a jazz band. was held Jan. 26. The pro- March 6, Kadimah will be taking part in the Purim February 16, we had an gressive dinner, which Megillah reading and cosevening with AZA #1. We ended with ice cream sun- tume parade at Beth Israel. had Pizza at Amy Katz- daes, proved to be very suc- All members are asked to man'8 house then off to the cessful. come in costume. There will The Beau Dance Chair- be an ice cream social aftermovies. men are currently planning We have also started to our annual Fashion Show to wards. Upcoming events include plan our six-folds programs. be held on March 24, at the All of the ideas are great, Jewish Community Center. participating in the Beth Isand I can hardly wait until Forinformation concerning rael spaghetti dinner on we present the ideas to tickets call Andie Gordman March 17, Midwest region's LTS in St. Louis on March everyone. at 333-4982. 22-24, and a regional Jr/Sr shabbaton in Omaha on This is the last time we April 19-21. can say good-bye to Mat because he will be leaving us If you have any questions on the 23rd of February. or need information on anyBy Howard Wax thing, contact either HowWe also have two great Kadimah and Tovim are ard Wax at 399-9741 or Julie. fundraisers that are being starting out their Purim Weiner at 551-4247. planned and I hope that week with a mini-shabbaton everyone will write the dates this weekend. Shabbat will down and come to them. start with candle lighting and a Shabbat evening dinner at Julie Weiner's house FfllCE EFFECTIVE FROM at 5:45. Following dinner, THURSDAY FEB. M Itiru WEDNESDAY UAR. 13. 1CM. we will proceed to Beth Israel for Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. A short discussion on anti-Semitism in the Local audiences who past and how it relates to missed the Omaha Magic the Purim story will follow. TEST PRCnuUTON CF£CtAU3TS£3JCe 1933 Theatre's award winning Shabbat will start with a Call Days. Evoa « Weekends production of KEGGER creative service in the will get one more chance to chapel at 10:15 a.m. Followsee the action-packed mus- ing services, we will join the 345-3503 . ical about youth and alco- congregation for kiddush at Tha Center Mall hol, written by Megan 11:30, followed by lunch 104 Applawood Terry. The Omaha Magic with all of the kids from the 42nd and Center Theatre presents two week- Talmud Torah. 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isina the The Jewish .Community Center Pre Scliool occasionally conducts an intercenerational social program at the Eose Blumkin Jewish Home for the Aged. It's a time for the youngsters and oldsters to share otoriea end companionship. In the photoa, from left, ere Jonathan Collis being hugged by Kevee HornEtcin; Elizabeth Hart, Jennie Greenblatt and Helen Bernstein getting to know Jamie McGill; and Morris Klein and Mary Herman with their new friend, Leigh Bothe.

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• Spurred by the near-cessation of Jewish emigration and a sharp increase in the arrests and harrassment of Jews by the Soviet government, B'nai B'rith International is calling on its members around the world for the third straight year to stage events on March 15 designed to pressure the Kremlin to reverse its antiSemitic policies. Gerald Kraft, B'nai B'rith president, said that "not since the so-called 'new Cold War' began has there been a more favorable climate to influence Soviet policy toward JewB." Kraft noted that on March 16, delegates from the United States and the U.S.S.R. .will begin new disarmament talks in Geneva. These talks, he said, will likely be accompanied by discussions on trade and other issues of mutual interest. "The (U.S.) Administration is committed to raising the issue of Soviet Jewry at every opportunity,, and the Soviet Government is well aware of America's strong

views on this subject," said Kraft. Kraft said that because of these talks "it is vitally important for world Jewry, particularly American Jewry, to make its voice heard in order to reinforce Washington's position on Soviet Jewry." He said that it is also important to encourage other Western and proWestern nations to take a stand with the U.S.S.R. "and, perhaps most important, to show the Soviets that they cannot expect better relations with the U.S. and the West without significantly easing conditions for Soviet Jews." "We want the Soviet leadership, to understand that concessions on Soviet Jewry is a cheap way to achieve the breakthrough they seek with the United States," he declared. . In calling on members of the world's largest Jewish service organization to conduct such events as vigils near Soviet embassies and consulate, public rallies, special synagogue services, teach-ins, and black-bread-

and-vvater meals (the prison fare of Soviet prisoners of conscience), Kraft urged members to seek to involve other groups, Jewish and non-Jewish, including Soviet Jewish emigres living in their, community, and to extend B'nai B'rith's "Adopta-City" program, in which B'nai B'rith groups adopt entire Soviet Jewish populations from particular locales in the Soviet Union.

Failed to nab By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) — Nazihunter Serge Klarsfeld charged that the American authorities could have, but failed to arrest Auschwitz death camp doctor Josef Mengele between 1945-49 when he lived more or less, openly in his native city of Gunzberg, Bavaria, in the U.S. occupation zone of West Germany. Klarsfeld, a lawyer who,, with his wife, Beate, has devoted his life to tracking down wanted Nazi war criminals, told the French news agency, Agence France Presse, that "it is practically impossible that the (American) authorities did not notice Mengeje's presence."

By Nancy Pearlman Story time became a big event when the preschoolers made a visit to the Home and shared their stories with the residents. The kids introduced themselves and listened and then sang with the folks. They also brought a surprise treat .'.. frosted graham crackers. The annual watercolor program will begin on March 7, for four consecutive Thursdays from 10 a.m. until noon. We need your help to assist the professional artist with the class. Who knows, you may pick up some basic tricks along the way. It is fun, so call Sharon at 330-4272 to volunteer your help. Another LOVE sponsored program is the Body Movement classes held twice a week, which the residents really enjoy and benefit from. Thanks to George and Julie Schapiro and Clara Katz for getting the residents to the Klezmer Conservatory Band concert. Several folks were able to see and enjoy Yentl on the big screen cable t.v. Tearfully, the folks gave Seth Levy a goodbye surprise party with ice cream and cake. Everyone will really miss him, but we all

wish him the best of luck in Tulsa. Fifteen boys from Creighton Prep came out and visited along with Bill Hoover and Ted Bernard, who supervised the younger sophomore boys. They all met different residents in their rooms and at tea time. Several folks were able to get out to a matinee of Falstaff at the Orpheum on Sunday the 17th, thanks to Shane and David Kotok. We're glad Helen Fishel is back with the ceramic program. She is the chairperson in charge of pricing and stocking the gift shop with all the lovely pieces the residents have made. We are always grateful to Rabbi Nadoff, Cantor Fettman and Rabbi Kripke for their visits to the Home. Sylvia Ross is the ticket chairman for the Afghan Raffle which will be held at the LOVE banquet. Ida Smeerin and Ida Pearlman patiently knitted several pieces which were put together by Dora Shukert,' who supervised the. project. The result is a beautiful patchwork afghan. Watch for the ticket salesmen, and be sure to purchase yours. They are 25* each, or five for a dollar. There will be a prize given to the resident who sells the most tickets. Lee Jane Parsow and Ann

Belmont are co-chairmen of the LOVE banquet which will be April 25 at the JCC. We want to express our appreciation to Charlie Guss and Yale Halperin who conduct the Saturday morning services every week. Our newest residents are Cecile Graber, Sonja Lewis, David Lewis, Mollie Brookstein and Agnes Kohn.

Food drive An area school food drive will be held March 18 through March 29 as part of the community-wide "Campaign Against Hunger" cosponsored by the Omaha area Food Bank, KETV Channel 7 and the Omaha Area Pantry Association. The Omaha Jaycee women will again chair the school food drive. Last year the women involved 106 area schools for a total of over 37,000 pounds of food and $92 in donations.

( bi Denise and Ron Ipock announce the Feb. 8 birth of a daughter, Amanda Rachel. They also have a daughter, Marissa Rose. Grandparents are Mrs. Martin Herzoff of Omaha and the late Martin Herzoff, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ipock of Louisville, NE.

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By Dr. Murray Frost These columns have sent me over the line that separates an avocaticmal interest from an obsession. As 1 sat in the JCC gym last month and listened to the wonderful Klezmer Conservatory Band, my mind wandered and I found myself saying, "Wait, I know a stamp that may show some klezmer musicians." And when the band's organizer commented about klezmer musicians borrowing from the culture around them, I said, "Wait, I know a great stamp to illustrate that idea." (And when the band's singer talked about Romania, I thought of that same stamp again.) Obsession or not, and a month late or not (Jewish Music Month was in February), I would like to use this column to relate Jewish music and stamps. First, the two stamps alluded to in the introduction. When the British withdrew its postal officials from Palestine a few weeks prior to Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, Jewish National Fund labels were overprinted with the Hebrew word for postage and used for stamps until Israel's first stamps could be distributed. One of these Interim issues (as they are called) depicted Leonid Pasternak's "Jewish Musicians" (a clarinetist and a violinist). . •'• . The second stamp I thought of while listening to the Klezmer band was a 1971 issue from Romania which reproduced a painting depicting a group of peasants dancing the hora. Yes, Jewish culture, in part, reflects the host culture. The day after the concert I wondered about other stamps related to music. Several distinct themes are available. More than a dozen composers have been honored with stamps. In addition the works of several librettists have appeared on stamps. Several musicians have been on stamps too, as well as several operas which featured Jewish characters. In addition Israel's New Years sets of 1955 and 1956 featured a total of 7 stamps with instruments noted in the Bible (with the tabs quoting the appropriate Biblical passages). Jewish composers on stamps range across the musical spectrum from Broadway shows to symphonies, and across the range of Jewish identity from person's who converted to other religions to those who remained Jewish. Among these composers are Jerome Kern, who wrote "Showboat" and other popular works, and who became the latest Jew to be featured on a U.S. stamp when he appeared on the year's first

22C stamp in January. He joined fellow popular composer George Gershwin who appeared on a 1973 U.S. issue. A 1979 Kenya stamp depicts playbills of Ktvcral shows written by Jews (e.g. Itodgers and Haminerstein's "The King end I"). At the other end of the musical spectrum are Felix Mendelssohn (pictured on a 1959 West German stamp and a 1984 East German one) and Gustav Mahler (on a 1960 Austrian stamp). Both converted out of Judaism. Arnold Schoenberg (Austria 1974) converted out of Judaism as a result of Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Other Austrian composers on stamps include Edmund Eysler (1974), Leo Fall (1975), Leo Ascher (1980), and Emmerich Kalman (1982). Other composers on stamps include Paul Dukas, portrayed on a 1965 French stamp while his "Sorcerer's Apprentice" as interpreted

in Disney's "Fantasia" appears, on a 1983 Mongolia set. Offenbach's centenary in 1980 was marked with stamps by several nations. Jewish librettists also varied in the length and strength of their Jewish identity. One of the librettists of "Carmen," Ludovic H&levy, remained Jewish (the opera "Carmen" appears on stamps from several nations including a 4stump set from Monaco issued in 1975). On the other hand, Lorenzo da Ponte the librettist of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" was baptized at the age of 14. TheEe operas appear on a French and Austrian stamp, respectively. The theme of Jew's and music on stamps is only one of several mini-collections that can be formed while pursuing Jewish stamp collecting. Why not start a collection today?

By Bert Lewis

Most everybody knows about the bank collapse in Verdigre, Nebraska by now. A town in northeast Nebraska of some 600 people, Verdigre has six Christian churches, and a wonderful support system. One of the churches has set up food and grain pantries, to be of help to the financially strapped farm families. These pantries are being stocked by the generosity of people around the area and throughout the midwest. Shipments arrive jjmost daily, and now it turns out there is great variety to the foods being received. For example, quantities of matzo and matzo meal have come in — the retired farmer who works in the pantry was quoted as saying "we've got a lot of stuff here I've never heard of before." He went on to say they are having trouble getting rid of it, but it was going. It seems there are two Jewish families in the town, but it's the non-Jews who have tried the matzo products. All of that makes me speculate about the generosity of Jewish people. Here we are, living in a community where such products are commonly found on the super market shelves. All kinds of people buy them and are familiar with them, of course. Never mind all that. How interesting that open-hearted, caring, generous people who are raised with the word TZEDAKA pounded into them, would send such an item as matzo to a food pantry. You can't fault such people . . . maybe question the judgment (or lack of judgment) exercised, but you can't fault them. Maybe what they should have done was include some recipes, or some hints on preparations. I would be glad to consider doing such a public service, but I'm not at all sure how a dish such'as fried matzo would be accepted in Verdigre, Nebraska. I can just see the puzzled looks on the faces of those farm wives, as they read "break matzo into fairly large pieces, about one board per,person, and soak first with either hot water or hot milk," etc., etc. I'm of the opinion a person must be raised on such a dish to appreciate it (or at least to like it). I think just reading the instructions would be enough to scare off the uninitiated. I know from first hand experience that describing how an unfamiliar food is prepared can put off the most sophisticated. I once was asked how to make roasted tongue. I launched right into the directions about simmering for such and such time, then peeling off the skin. My listener was an interesting shade of green by then, and I decided to change the subject. As for the matzo, well, at the very least it's good when spread with butter and jelly. But be sure to have a glass of something to drink close by. And oh yes... I don't recommend spreading with peanut butter!

The annual L.O.V.E. (League Offering Volunteero for the Elderly) banquet v/ill tako place April 25 and the program v/ill include the raffle of an afghan made by Ida Pearlman (left) and Ida Smeerin who is to the left of Gene Brandt, Administrator of the Eoso Blumkin Home for the Jewish Aged. Mr. Brandt purchased the first raffle ticket from Sylvia Rocs (right), ticket chairman. The fund raising project will benefit the L.O.V.E. truct fund, a project of which io to provide lap robes to Jewish residento in other Ornalia nuroing homes. Doris Sliukert is in charge of the knitting program and Sally. Venger beads the leii voba project.

By Eotelle Itoconberg Simon Gaiter, 85, died Feb. 15, Mr. Gaiter was a lawyer and a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, Lincoln Lancaster County Bar Association, B'nai B'rith, Open forum, ' Hadassah Associates and Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Mr. Gaiter graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law, in 1960 at the age of 60. He was sworn in the Nebraska Association by his son Paul, a Lincoln attorney and former Race Commission member. Born in Russia, Simon Gaiter studied law in Kiev. He was an officer in the Russian army after the Revolution. He opened a clothing store in Lincoln in 1925 and became a store operator and real estate operator before he retired in 1955 to obtain his law degree. Survivors: wife, Clara; sons, Paul and Morris, of Dallas; sisters, Manya Chalupovitz, New York City; brothers, Charles of Montrial, Sanya, Aaron, Pinchos, all of Russia; four grandchildren, three greatgrand children; Interment Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. Memorials may be sent to Tifereth Israel Synagouge or Hadassah.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nisher recently returned to Lincoln after a 30 day winter vacation in Clearwater, Fla. Betty Mellen, Tifereth Israel Sisterhood member, is now taking orders for Passover Candy. She has placed a descriptive brochure on the bulletin board at the Synagogue and has included various price lists and order blanks for various items to bew offered. Eve Hoffman will chair the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Nominating Committee for new officers. Working with her are: Elayne Chiat, Reba Kuklin, and Sylvia Singer. Hadassah Young Leadership sponsored a Progressive Dinner, Feb. 23, beginning with appetizers and cocktails at the home of Brands Friedman and ending with dessert at the home of Kathy Weiss. Recently Lincoln Chapter of Hadassah has been the receiver of two very welcome and generous gifts. Hadassah is grateful to former Mayor Helen Boosalis for the special contribution from her and husband, Mike. She noted how moved she was by the work being

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By Dr. David Geffen (WZPS) — The Jewish flair for acting developed hundreds of years ago. Truth to tell ever since the sixteenth century, the date of the first known Purim-shpil, or Purim play, members of the Jewish community have been performing on an amateur or a professional level. While the Purim-shpil has a dynamic of its own, it has been one of the key factors in sparking the Jewish interest in dramatic presentations in general. Theatrical productions The story of Purim lends itcelf to plays because of the interaction of the characters and because of the structure of the narrative. Nevertheless, the real impetus for a Purim play appears to arise from the ancient carnival atmosphere related to this Jewish holiday as well as to Christian festivals at the same period of the year. The Purim dramatizations were originally home presentations by members of the family or by friends. Yet, as the custom grew, the varieties of Purim-shpils increased as well. The early Purim-Bhpil, according to most scholars, was a monologue in which the speaker/performer might appear in costume, these speeches were filled with rhymed parodies of the Book of Esther and they also contained other humorous material to which the audience responded with hilarious laughter. In spite of the continuation of these forms of monologues into this century, hundreds of other examples are known. The Purim-shpil took on a wider dimension as it became a play in the fullest meaning of the term. A cast of characters rehearsed and presented a full scale theatrical production attended by large audiences. In the Venetian ghetto the Purim plays became so popular that there were edicts forbidding the Christian population to attend. In Eastern Europe the Purim-shpil tended to focus on a competiiton between various groups to see who could produce the best play. Various communities were noted for their shpilers, players, who were invited to other locales to perform. These plays were no just oral productions; frequently, they were committed to writing and manuscripts of them exist. Diversifying themes By the beginning of the eighteenth century the themes of the Purim-shpils were diversifying. In Frankfurt au Main in Germany "David and Goliath" and "the Selling of Joseph" were produced in 1700. While both of these comedies were well attended, the second had special success. "The Selling of Joseph" was presented every night from the outset of the month of Adar until Purim — fourteen performances in all. It was then presented fourteen more times after -the holiday itself. The attendance was so great, a chronicler reported, that soldiers had to guard the doors to prevent overcrowding. Ephraim Cohen-Reiss, the principal of the Lemel school in Jerusalem at the start of the 20th century, left a description of the presentation of this same comedy over 200 years later in the Holy city. He stressed that the play was offered in various households such as those of the Yellins and the Valeros and then there was a public showing attended by a large crowd anxious to see it. While the play brought smiles to the faces of the audience, it also brought tears as Joseph was taken into exile, pausing to pray at his mother Rachel's grave. Interestingly, the audience, those who had returned to Zion, mourned the fate of their ancestor who had left the Holy Land for only his bones had returned. They hoped that the living remnant of the Jewish people throughout the world would return to the land. Through the Purim-shpil these residents of Eretz Yisrael, secular and religious, were aroused to call for a larger aliya. A genuine art form The Purim-shpil reached its height in the twentieth century both in the Eastern European countries and in the Yiddish speaking areas ion New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. On both sides of the ocea'n the Purim-shpil became a genuine art form. In Europe it had a more reli-

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Bagels and Bach The Joslyn Art Museum's next Bagels and Bach musical brunch will feature "Fontenelle and Friends," members of the Fontenelle String Quartet and of the Omaha Symphony, on Sunday at 1-1:15 a.m. in the Fountain Court. Fontenelle String Quartet members Leonid Levin, violin; Kim Rockshaw, violoncello; and Michael Strauss, viola, who are all Omaha Symphony players, will be

joined at Joslyn by fellow Symphony musicians Willis Ann Ross, flute; and Mary Walter, harp, in classical combinations.

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absorbing children." The Omaha Hadassah Youth Aliyah Sweepstakes Project is currently in progress under the chairmanship of Marsha Itkin. "Omaha Hadassah members are being called upon this year to support not only our annual Youth Aliyah Project, but to participate in this great rescue and absorption effort taking place in Israel" says Mrs. Itkin. In addition to Sweepstakes ticket purchases, Hadassah gifts to Youth Aliyah are: $50, Patron; $100, Golda Meir Circle; $365, New Horizon; $500, Guardian; $720, Ima or Abba $1000, The Way Up. All donors in these catagories will receive special certificates. Donations may be mailed to Mrs. Philip Itkin, 15221 Cedar Circle, Omaha, Nebraska 68144.

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We have our own Hall of Fame from baseball to wrestling to horseshoeing. Steve Rosenblatt, chairman of the Wall of Fame committee, plans to publicize members of the Hall of Fame on a Wall of Fame permanently at the Center. Sam Ban, Irv Yaffe and Les Biirkenroad were the original committee members over 40 years ago. In basketball those chosen for -the honor include such stalwarts as Sam Katzman, Iz Bogdanoff, Irv Yaffe and harold Nepomnick. The names of John Rosenblatt and Louis Somberg pop up in baseball for example. You will have to wait for the • Wall of Fame to become a f reality to learn the identity Larry Herman and Glenn of the rest of the stand-outs. Stevens, co-chairmen of the Men's Morning Slow Pitch Dr. Jerry Ferenstein, racSoftball League, are plan- quetball chairman, anning for "batter up" sched- nounced March 16 and uled for April 28, 9 a.m. at March 23 as the dates for the JCC baseball field. The the Spring racquetball tourseason will end mid-August. nament which will include Between those dates, 48 members encompassing "The Old Men" team, all three levels of play. champions of last year's tournament, challenges the In the teen range, Retha other teams to wrest the Herman and her committee championship from it. With are working on a day at Cornhusker Lodge, Beth El DeSota Bend, a bike tour of Men's Club: and the Henry Omaha, Horseback riding, Monsky Lodge forming for teens from 13 to 17 years teams, where oh where, is of age. Temple's Men's Group? Entry fee is $80 per team, the Jim Schneider, chairman league is limited to 6 teams. of the programming subCaptains may call Mr. Her- committee, presented the man at 339-9100 during the names of Sibby Wolfson and day; 333-1936 in the eve- Laird Ballard as new memnings or Glenn Stevens at bers of the committee.

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_ By Joseph Cohen Direcio.1, Jewish Studies Program Tulane University John Irving's The Hotel New Hampshire was published in 1981., By anyone's calculation, that's a long time ago for a contemporary novel by a popular author. It's old hat, by now. Right. Practically ancient history. I hsd hsen so impressed with Irving's earlier success, The World According to Gerp, particularly because of its mythic understructuring, that I knew I would read Hanipcldre right away. But I put it off and, then, I put it aside, consigning it to these indefinite limbos in time and space. Once in awhile consignments of this sort boomerang. A friend was recently reading Hampshire and she recalled it to my attention. The timing was fortuitous: the winter school break had just started, I had just met my most immediate column deadline, and I saw a chance of squeezing Hampshire into my schedule for some simple, if you will, mindlessly pleasurable reading. I had recently completed pieces on the anti-Semitism in the work of T.S. Eliot and Hemingway, and on Walter Benjamin's martyrdom in Spain, fleeing the Nazis. The books behind these articles had temporarily weighed heavily in my conscious thoughts. Hampshire would provide some lighthearted relief. This would be one book I wouldn't have to "work." There wouldn't be anything Jewish in it. Boy, was I ever wrong! As I began to read Hampshire images of other characters and themes from Irving's previous novels started to intermingle with their Hampshire counterparts. From that intermingling, a new image of Irving and his metier began to take form in my mind. Here was a writer who concerned himself with significant human issues, though not with those related to Jews, anti-Semitism or the Holocaust. In Hampshire, however, it is precisely this Jewish subject matter with gives direction and momentum to the book. Irving Has thus joined William Styron, John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, Walker Percy and a growing number of other non-Jewish novelists who have incorporated contemporary Jewish life into their books in compassionate, supportive ways. Given the extensive anti-Semitism of so many nonJewish writers in the history of modern literature, Irving's presence among the friends of the Jews named above is to be welcomed. It's one more for our side. With Hampshire before us, we can distinguish in Irving's fiction some affinities with contemporary American Jewish life and literature. These are as follows: Irving consistently argues in behalf of the integrity of the family. One critic describes him as advocating the proposition that par-

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enthood is the highest accomplishment to which human beings can aspire. This advocacy, though not exclusively so, is, essentially, Jewish. A second fcmiiiar and, indeed, related theme in American Jewish literature is built upon the characterization of the father as a failure, one who is well-intentioned but ineffectual, like Herzog, for example, in Bellow's book of that name, or Morris Bobar in Malnmud's Tlib AtaittJU^t. Irving's portrayal of the father, Winslow Berry, who is, of course, not Jewish, in Hampshire, runs true to the Jewish stereotype. Thirdly, Irving's attitude toward violence, terror and destruction, of which there is aplenty in his work, is cogently akin to what might be termed "Jewish Apocalyptic." Throughout their history, Jews, as David G. Roskies made clear in Against the Apocalypse, have responded to catastrophe by turning outrage and despair into art, creating new hope and courage through the memorializing and mythicizing of their losses. Out of this apocalyptic literature there came an emphasis on surviving. Irving's family in Hampshire deals with its catastrophes in the same way. Those who survive manage to do so by the creation of myths and emblems whose meanings are iterated in fairytale like refrains that permeate the text. Hampshire is a fairy-tale. Irving keeps telling us this, and, as Gabriel Miller points out in his1 book on the author, Hampshire follows the classic structure of the fairy tale, as its mythic components have been described by Joseph Campbell and Bruno Bettelheim. In the fairy tale, the hero's ritual passage is one of separation, initiation and return. Often the young hero netting out on whatever his quest happens to be needs advice and ahs amulet from a supernatural helper, "some little fellow of the wood." Win

Berry needs that help, and he gets it and the amulet from a little fellow who emerges from the wood, a "grizzled Viennese Jew with a limp," name Freud. His performing bear becomes Win Berry's amulet. Freud's advice to Berry sets him on his life's course. Though Berry will fail es a father, his son John, the fLret-person narrator of the book, will succeed as the exemplar of his principles. Needless to eay, the "other Freud" (Sigmuiid) hovers over Hampshire since enimals in fairy tales represent the id, or a sense of human freedom which in modern times repressive governments have sought to eliminate. The Nazis embodied this threat, and in co many words, Irving states that in a world unsafe for Jews boars will have no future either. Another emblematic character predicts the coming of the Holocaust and expresses his fear for Berry's Freud. Berry's Freud goes back to Vienna, is incarcerated and blinded in a death camp but somehow survives, only to die some years later a martyr's death foiling a terrorist plot to blow up the Vienna State Opera during a performance. The Nazis, Irving is saying, have simply been replaced by terrorists who have acquired "the contemporary facist spirit" and seek to deprive us of our freedom. Though Irving's message is masked in fairy-tale refrains and articulated as a kind of manifesto to make, the world safe for bears, it comes through strong and clear as a fairytale for grownups urging the survival of the human spirit. To that cause, the Jews in the twentieth century, Irving posits, have been the witness-bearers. The Hotel New Hampshire was intellectually rewarding and emotionally satisfying, but I have to tell you, the next time I am looking for something mindless to read, it won't be a book by John Irving.

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• By Henry Stern read an article by Sports. would not allow us into the auditorium which was pacied Next meeting March 5. Writer, Wally Provost, re Editor's Note: Mary Fellman, a member of the Jew- with survivors, we were able to watch and listen in Hebr At the Feb. 19 Earlybirds, the let* Al Bergman, and we ish Federation Board of Directors, is on a month-long t the th witness i reports over closed l d circuit. i i We W did get to hh|ar V.P. Gerry Bernstien re- Btood in memory of Al and trip to Israel. VLer first report from Israel follows. to Someone I know is leaving for the States tomorrow so I the panel discussion on the effect of the Holocaust on s minded us of the pfoposfcd former Ornahan, Syd Epam sending this report on to you for faEter-than-Isratl ser- ond and third gentralions of the survivors, one of the m tax on S.S. recipients. Mod- stein. moving experiences here. So depressing though to hear, erator was Charles Fellman. Gerry thanked our serv- vice. These first ten days of my stey here have been mixed First topic for discussion ing ladies. Secretary-treas- — ecstatic emotions and depression, amazement and dis- pecially the poignant cry of a teenager who implored "wh was the world when all this was happening to my paren was the shooting on the urer Dave Dvorkin handed appointment, excitement and unbelievable contentment. I was greeted at the airport by my great nephews and How did everyone let this tragedy take place?" The dus: N.Y. Subway, involving out life membership cards to Goetz, the four youths Ben Heisberg, Al Temin, niece bearing beautiful flowers — and since then the sight from one of the high schools were brought in to hear t., whom he shot, and New and Dave Shukerl, and an- of blooming roses and dozens of other flowers in full glo- discussion, many of them of course children of survivor i. A fun experience was watching four hundred members of Yorkers. Public pressure ' nounced a generous contri- rious color has surrounded us, particularly at the marvelous was so great that the people bution to the Mitzvah box flower stands all over Jerusalem. Living here in an apart- my niece Mirian Allen Kluska's kibbutz on a bicycle ri le themselves probably solved by the Sam Shykens. Sun- ment with my cister and brother-in-law Annie and Harry and to attend their picnic. As with everything in Israel the re Allen gives Israel a very different flavor than hotels and is historical significance. They traveled over part of t le the problem. shine Committee Chairman tour existence. route taken by the soldiers in the war of 1967. We learned that crime on Nate Ferer reported that By pure luck we happened upon an absorption center ,, the subways is drug related. Norm Whitman is in surShopping for groceries in the fully stocked Supercol in While there were many sug- gery at Clarkson, and that the lower section of our building is pure joy and frustration. north when we thought we were walking into a hotel i >r gestions from the floor, I Marv Katz, Don Strauss, Everything looks great, but I don't understand the Hebrew lunch. It was instead being used for Ethiopians who ha must mention Julian Klein, and Moe Grossman are hos- labels! Not knowing conversational Hebrew is a real flaw only been here a month. They were as pleased to see L« and smiled at us as we were to extend our hands to the n our member from N.Y., who pitalized. for me because communications only surface with most Is- and say "shalom." The children are beautiful (fine featun i) has firsthand experience on Gerry asked Art Grosa- raelis we meet on the street or out of the stores. full of warmth and shyness as are their parents. More abo it riding the subways. He gave man to introduce our guest We spent one day at Yad Vashem and it was the opening us his personal views on speaker, and Art presented day of the testimony of the twins who had been eitperi- all this later. On our way now to see Sally Simon Golt 's what's going on there. This Dr. Joseph Schiro, a Tho- mented on by Mengele during the Holocaust. While they daughter Chavi consecrated at the Wall with her class fro n her moshov. reporter, also, has ridden racic (heart) surgeon, who the N.Y. Subs, and after has a list of honors a mile midnight, and I stittured long. Suffice that he is with (shook). us from Creighton, and is Charlie's second subject certified by the American SIDNEY EPSTEIN ' was of great concern, the Board of Surgeons. Dr. Services for former Omapossible get together of the Schiro reported to us on a What is your reaction to the recent arms talks between the United PLO and Jordan. (This, subject that is applicable to han Sidney Epstein were States and the Soviet Union? ' held Feb. 21 at the Jewish after King Hussein gave us, "Your Heart and You." that ugly little man, along The heart is a muscle that Funeral Home with burial r r with thousands of his kill- is never-ending in its duties. in Golden Hill Cemetery. ers, the boot, after they tried He related to us of the Mr. Epstein, 73, had resided to destroy his kingdom.) So newer methods of detection in Des Moines. Survivors include: his far, what we hear, are just and treatment of heart reports. Read The Haj, by problems, and repeated wife, Gertrude; sons, Robert Leon Urisj and learn of the what a former guest speaker of San Francisco and RichSaudis' double dealings. told us, no smoking. Dr. ard of Berkley, CA; a grandYour reporter has heard of Schiro was very enthusias- son; sisters, Mrs. Sylvia the billions of dollars that tic about the latest discov- Greenberg, Sioux City, IA, the Saudi ruling families eries relating to heart prob- and Evelyn Simons, Omaha. The family has suggested have sent to Swiss bank ac- lems, and we were fortunate counts, and the jets, ready to have him discuss these donations to the Heart Fund. to evacuate them in case of problems with us. BESSIE CHANDLER Lisa Platt Jonas Batt a takeover. And let's not forDebi Smedlund In my recent Old Timers Services for former OmaI was scared at first from I'm glad that they're agree- I hope they can work it outj get our modern day Raspu- column, I mentioned that I watching all those war ing about having the talks but I'm not going to be tin from Iran. had visited my son, Joel, han Bessie Chandler were shows on TV and all the in the first place. I hope overly optimistic. So, into the hall for and referred to him as the conducted Feb. 21. Burial talk in the newspapers and they'll come to an agreeluncheon — Motzi by Ed Cantor of Montebello. I •stook place in Golden Hill news in general. I'm glad ment soohv-I think that the Kahn, Benschen by Keith have been asked why I did ^Cemetery. Born in Russia, Mrs. they decided to do some- United States should come Peltz, and an announce- not refer to him as the Canthing about it. At least to an agreement with itself ment from Mollie that Ben- tor of Beth Emet Syn- Chandler emigrated tosomeone cares, and they're to try to figure out how to nett Cohn, in honor of his agogue, in the little Shtel of Omaha in the early 1900s not, just letting it rest. cut down on nuclear arms. birthday, is, once again, dis- Montebello, outside of L.A. with her parents, Mr. and Hopefully, something good I think a freeze would be tributing Krackerjacks. Ma- Actually, I punned a bit, Mrs. Hyman Garber.She will come out of it. important for future safety. zeltov, Ben. and, remembering the tale married Harry Chandler in V.P. Gerry introduced by Dumas, The Count of 1920 and moved to Pierre, Mayoral candidate, Mr. Monte Cristo, I referred to South Dakota, that same Krejci, who was also in at- Joel as the Cantor of Mon- year. Survivors include sons, tendance at the Earlybirds, tebello. So sue me! Harold of Pierre; Mel, also of Pierre; and Rpbert, of Dallas, formerly of Lincoln; brother, Al of Omaha; several nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Elicia Darvish, daughter even practice their religion AL FINKEL of. Harriet and David Sal- as I and many other people Services for Al Finkel lach, is symbolically sharing are. Diana Bukhman is one her Bat Mitzvah, on March of those girls. I an sharing were conducted Wednesday 16 at Beth El Synagogue, my Bat Mitzvah with her. at the Jewish Funeral Home with Diana Bukhman of Because she can't be a Bat with burial in Beth El CemBob Katleman Esther Katleman etery. Richard Katskee Kiev, USSR. Mitzvah herself, I am honAs far as I see, there hasn't I think that the Soviet I think it's great there's Mr. Finkel is survived by been much said. I'm very in Union has a habit of going some kind of communicaDiana and her family ored to share this Mitzvah his wife, Margaret, Overfavor of them meeting and to a certain point with tion, but I don't think anyland Park, KS; daughters, have been attempting to with her." discussing arms limita- their agreements and then thing is going to be accomSymbolic sharing of B'nai Mrs, Howard (Carole) Roemigrate since 1972, and tions, but so far I haven't not going through with plished until both sides are have been refused repeat- Mitzvot calls attention to senberg, Los Angeles, Mrs. heard that they're doing them. edly since. Both her father, the religious persecution in Lawrence (Lois) Sherman, really willing to discuss all much. Aron, and her mother, Lea, Russia in an effort to pre- Cleveland, Mrs. Jack forms of armaments, but subsequently lost their jobs vent the "refuseniks" from (Frances) Mayer, Kansas that hasn't happened yet. in 1974. They have suffered becoming isolated and ig- City; five grandchildren. nored, as the victims of the SARA KINSTLINGER material privation since. Cat Jr. Nazi's were 40 years ago. JTa Randy Lend Enpraea Sara Kinstlinger, of 1306 Elicia writes; "The Bat For those whose would No. 57th street, died Feb. 24. Professional Art In1263 SO 120 ST The Omaha Children's Mitzvah time of a girl is a like to send a note of Mazel OMAHA. Ng 6B144 She is survived by sons, Museum presents Cat Jr., a struction in Fine 1-402-330-69B3 very special time. I have the Tov to Diana, her address is Abraham and Gary; three children's self-protection GIFTS Arts, All Mediums right to become a Bat Mitz- Berdznyaki Serafimovich grandchildren; brother, Bo- program especially develACCESSORIES & Graphic Arts. FREE CANDY CLASSES vah. Girls and boys in the 13A/16, Kiev 152, Ukrain- ruch Klelich, in Israel; oped for 3-5 year old chilCANDY • MOLDS Soviet Union are not able to ian SSR, USSR. 331-3258 SUPPLIES dren. 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Center Stage produces "Man of LaMancha" The Center Stage is pleased to announce that the Dale Washerman musical "Man of LaMancha" is now being presented. Set in the common room of a stone prison vault in Seville, Spain at the end of the sixteenth century, the story recounts the perils and quests of its hero Miguel de Cervantes also known as Don Quixote and his faithful sidekick Sancho. The prisoners and audience are taken on a delightful musical adventure as these two faithful heros journey their way through Spain and a large list of colorful characters. John Patrick Morrissey, well known to Center Stage

audiences for his electrifying performance as "Sweeney Todd" will play the title role of Don Quixote, Sancho will be played by Jesse Perman, and Kathie Melton will play Aldonza. Bill Davis is director of "Man of LaMancha" with Beth Asbjbrnson as musical director. "Man of LaMancha" opened Feb. 22 and runs through March 24 performing weekends. Tickets are $6 for adults, $4.50 for students and senior citizens and $3 for children. Reservations can be made by calling 444-6199.

This week's topic is based on the question of time, an important thing to both teenagers and adults, and in this article you can tell just what is most important to the teenager interviewed. Susan Simon, a senior at Westside high school, says she spends 60 per cent of her time at school, on schoolwork, and drill squad, and 40 per cent of her time for social purposes. Adam Beasinger, a freshman at Arbor junior high, said that he spends 50 per cent of his time watching television, 20 per cent of his time at school, 10 per cent of his time "just bumming around," 7 per cent socializing at school, 5 per cent sleeping, 5 per cent doing extra homework, 3 per cent sports, which is primarily basketball, and the final 2 per cent going to the bathroom. Robin Leavitt, a freshman at Louis and Clark junior high, said that she spends 46 per cent of her time sleeping, 20 per cent doing some type of homework, 12 per cent eat-

ing, 9 per cent .socializing, 8 per cent talking on the telephone, 3 per cent reading, and 2 per cent on personal cleanliness. Allen Klopper, also a freshman at Louis and Clark, stated that he spends approximately 40 per cent of his time sleeping, 35 per cent on school and school related activities (including homework), 10 per cent on religious affiliation, 10 per cent on social extravagance, and 5 per cent on has-. ketball. Murk Norwich, a junior at Westside high school said that he spends precisely 62.3 per cent of his time at school,. 16.2 per cent doing social things, 15.4 per cent with AZA, and 6.1 per cent of his time is spent with his family. Scott Kuhn, a junior at Millard North high school, says that during the winter months he spends 33.3 per cent of his time sleeping, 37.5 per cent doing schoolwork or homework, 16.7 per cent doing social things, 8.3 per cent weightlifting, and 4.2 per cent playing basketball.

Matt Kamprath plays Gandalf in the Emmy Gifford Children's Theater production of The Hobbit, based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel. All productions at the Emmy Gifford Theater are supported by the Nebraska Arts Council, United Arts/ Omaha, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Hobbit opens March 8. Call the theater at 4 0 2 / 345-4852.

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