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<5Ja I LOT § B t v f i l l - ^ p O O d b A w a •The Business and Professional Division of ths Women's Federation Campaign will hold its grand event, "Gallery Gala," April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. Gaest speaker will be financial planner Judith N. Brown of Minneapolis. For those who did not receive invitations, pleoes refer to the invitation on page 16 of this week's Jewish Press.

More than 2,500 invitations have besri mailed to the Jewish Community of Omaha in connection with the April 20 dinner-dance at the Red Lion Inn. The community dinner-dance, scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. is the main function of the Fedsration's 1885 Men's Campaign. Dietary laws will be observed. According to co-chairmen Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper the community event also will provide special recognition to the Livingston Foundation and its trustees. The Foundation has given the Jewish community substantial financial support since 1948 and the dinner-dance will be the setting of an official tribute to that organization, the co-chairmen said. They stressed that all members of the Jewish community are encouraged to attend the event and that the cost will be $15 per person. "There is no minimum gift required to attend and this will be a night of fun and surprises," the co-chairmen added. Yale Richards, secretary, The Livingston Foundation, has provided the Jewish Press with a list of trustees, past • and present, as well as a detailed description of the Foundations's contributions to the community all of which have been published previously in the Jewish Press. . The information is as follows: LIVINGSTON FOUNDATION TRUSTEES Milton S. Livingston • 1948-1989

1948-1961 Corinne N. Livingston Marion Sally Belmont 1948-1957 Joseph Belmont 1948-1957 Paul Veret 1948-1962 David E. Beber 1948-1974 Morris E. Jacobs 1962-1983 Dr. Abe Greenberg 1962-1983 Jule M. Newman 1962-Present Morton A. Richards . 1972-Present Stanley Slosberg 1974-Present Louis Somberg 1983-1984 Robert I. Kully 1983-Present Murray Newman 1984-Present Present officers of the Foundation are; Jule M. Newman -— President Morton A. Richards —— Vice President Stanley J. Slosberg — Treasurer Yale Richards — Secretary ' Milton S. Livingston served as President from 1948 until his death in 1989. Jule M. Newman ha3 been President of the Foundation since. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LIVINGSTON FOUNDATION TO THE JEWISH FEDERATION CAMPAIGN SINCE 1970 TOTAL $2,370,000. (continued on page 2)

YomH ' A state-wide commemoration of the Holocaust will-take place on Yom-Hashoah, April 18 at 10:45 a.m. in the East chamber of the State Capitol. According to' Yale Gotsdiner of Lincoln's Community Relations Committee, who is chairman of the event, State Attorney General Robert Spire will deliver the main address. Also scheduled to participate are Governor Bob Kerrey and Chief JusYale Gotsdiner tice Norman Krivosha. Proclamations from the Governor and Mayor, respectively, will be presented to survivors Sam Fried and. Henry Wald. Norman Smith, of Albion, an Army veteran who participated in the liberation of the concentration camps, pill speak. Survivors lighting candles will be Ann

International NazihuntGitBcateinarsfeld, vrffl highlight the community ohisrvance of YomHcShostiwitli en c&irzzi at Beth El Synagogus ,"'" ~" " ', on April 22, 1S35, ! ' at 7:30 p.m., on- j nounced Robert > Yaffe, this year's Yom HaShoafot chairman. Her I topic will . be-! • "Wherever they j . may bs! One Worn- [ an'o Moral Crusade i.. Against Nnziiam." ' This 1977 Nobel i Peace Prize jiomiEsate KlarofcKl nse mads international he&dlinss as nha vrcti instrumental in the capture and arrest of Klaus Barhes,! the notorious Nazi butcher of Lyon. Her address will keynote the Yom HcShoah memorial service being held at Beth El Synagogue this year. For the first time, the Yom HaShoah ob-

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Modenstein, Joe Boin, Rose Feuerberg, Eli Modensteih; Ilona Berk, Gretel Wald and Lilo Sommsrhauser..-. Cantor Emil Berkovits of Beth El Synagogue, and Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth s Israel Synagogue, also will participate. Mr. Gotsdiner said he is working with the leadership of the Omaha Jewish community as well as contacts in other parts of the state to ensure a larger than usual turnout. "I hope that organizations in Omaha will charter buses so that a proper memorial commemoration can take place oh this day," Mr. Gotsdiner added. Members of his committee include Rabbi —^UA Ian Jacknis and Rabbi Kenneth White, Nancy Coren, Robert Nefsky and Reba Ku- Activists in the cause of Soviet Jewry — from left, Miriam Simon, Shirley. Goldstein and Sister Ann Gillen. klin. Mr. Gotsdiner said that in past years, the Holocaust observance in Lincoln took place in a small room near the Governor's office limiting the number of people who could attend. This year, he said, the larger quarters will enable many more members of the Jewish and non-Jewish communities to attend. . ligious oppression and attempts by the So. B y Morris Maline A Roman Catholic nnr» has called for a. viet government to eliminate the greater Christian commitment to work with generational transmission of religion Soviet Jews regarding-human righto -violations in Jews are recognizing who they are. . • The Soviet Union, she said, is a "wastethe Soviet Union. Sister Ann Gillen, executive director of land" religiously with church buildingB the Inter-reUgiou3.TasiForce on-Soviet Je- demolished and constitutional rights dete'••rcrvanccv/ill bs co-sponsored by the'Jewish wry in Chicago, satdChristian religions lock riorating. The Jews, however, are seeing what Ss Culture! Arts Council and ths ADL/CRC. thff "esnsa of, pspplehood" which motivates happening to their co-religionists and. are In edditioatothecsrvice at Beth El on the Jewish community. "Christiana need to.do more • . . we can't reacting strongly to a people in trouble, she April 22Jtfaa observance- will includoara in• ter-fhith Holocaust renxsmbrance service eiipsct the Jewish people to do it all,", oho eddud. Sister Ann reminded the audience .that which will take place April 21, at 7:30 pan. told an interfaith- breakfast at the Jewish. "Jews are not the only targets of repression at the First United Methodist Church, 7020 Community Center. The breakfast, sponsored by the Anti- and KGB harrassment. Cass Street. That service will include a lec"The entire hierarchy of the Ukrainian ture by the Reverend John T. Pawlikowski, Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, was a leading Christian tbsologian in the area held for-members of the clergy and leaders Catholic Church was arrested, all church property was nationalized, and the religious of Christian-Jewish relations. Reverend of interfaith organizations. Sister Ann also opoke to approximately community exists today only in the underPawlikowshj is a member of the United States Holocaust1 Memorial Council to 150 members of the Jewish community the ground." There is a movement to have their rights which he was appointed in 1980 by Presi- previous evening hi tho Jewish Community Center in an event sponsored by the Omaha restored, she said, but indicated that the dent Jimmy Carter; — The inter-faith-service will involve par- Section, National Conference of Jewish movement is not as strong as it should be for lack of strength on the part of the Chris' ; • • : • ticipation from the Christian and Jewish Women. '." At this meeting, which was highlighted by tian efforts. communities and hes the support of the "We don't have that sense of peoplehood mainline Christian denominations in a can die-light ing ceremony in recognition of ' Omaha, and will further serve as a memorial 'those Buffering state-sponsored harrass- that the Jews have," ahe added. Sister Ann described the separation of to the nix million Jews and millions of dtnsr ment in the Soviet Union, Sister Ann oaid innocent victims murdered by the Nazis Soviet Jews are undergoing a "profound" church and state in tho Soviet Union as the state being on top "strangling" the church during the "Final Solution," reports Carl religious experience. (continued on page 7) She pointed out that despite years of re- ' . (continued on page 8) *

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tinker with other pieces of the Constitution, including previously adopted amendments? Nobody knows for sure because the Constitution doesn't Article V of the Constitution fellows for two amendment methods. The first — passage by Congress and then rati- spell out the convention's limits or procedures, and the only fication by three-fourths of the state legislatures — is the precedent we have is 1787. It should be recalled that the 1787 Constitutional Conpath that has been used for til 26 amendments. The second, which allows for two-thirds of the stats legislatures to call vention broke every legal restraint desigised by Congress to upon Congress to convene a Constitutional Convention, has limit its power end agenda. In fact, it violated specific instructions from Congress to confine itself to emending the never been used successfully. Yet, the nation may hs junt two short steps away from Articles of Confederation and, instead, discarded the Arholding its second Constitutional Convention (the first was ticlts and wrote our present Constitution. Besides the problem of a possible "runaway" convention, in 1787). Although the prospect is frightening, there teems there are other complex questions. For example: to be littls public concern about its serious implications. — How would the delegates be chosen? In the last 8 years, 32 states have issued a convention — How enn we be sure they reflect broad national incall to Congress so that an amendment requiring a balanced ' Federal budget can be enacted. The calls of only 2 more terests and not narrow one3 only? — Will those who are best qualified by experience to deal statea are needed to reach the requisite 34. Michigan's Senate recently passed ouch a resolution, and with the Constitution, such as members of Congress and several statea — including New Jersey and Connecticut — state legislatures, be barred from serving because they hold have bills pending that, if enacted, could result in a con- public office? Moreover, legal opinion is split on the question of vention. In New Jersey, three resolutiona, not just one, were in- Congressional authority to impose its will on a convention,. troduced in 1384. They are still pending, despite opposition There is a considerable body of opinion to the effect that the Congressional rola in the convention process was infrom the Democratic legislative leadership. Why is there, on the one hand, such a fear of a Consti- tended by the Founding Fathers to ba minimal. What then? How could a crisis of gargantuan proportions tutional Convention? And why, on the other hand, have so D'amato pledges many states rapidly and fearlessly adopted resolutions call- be averted if, for example, the Supreme Court and Congress WASHINGTON (JTA) tiona in the United States, ing upon Congress to convene a convention? differed on come procedural aspects of the convention proc— Sen. Alfonse D'Amato D'Amato said, "There are The answer to the first question is that there are simply ess. (R. NY) vowed that he will literally millions of people too many imponderables, too many unanswered and unConsider what could conceivably happen if equal rights "place the issue of Soviet who are being brutalized by answerable questions. , amendment supporters, frustrated by the narrow defeat in human rights violations a Soviet regime that mocks Legal scholars have serious doubts whether a Constitu- getting the amendment passed (through passage by Consquarely before the inter- its own Constitution." tional Convention, once it sits, can be limited to dealing gress and ratification by state legislatures), decided to use national Experts Meeting He told the representa- with one specific agenda item or even a set of related issues. the convention method to achieve their goal. It's quite poson Human Rights when we tives of the organizations Could a convention deal only with the balanced-budget sible they could get 34 states to call for a Constitutional meet in Ottawa in May," fol- that his agenda as chairman matter, or could it also set tax policy and piece limits on Convention. • lowing his being named included seeking to increase defense spending? Could it abolish the Bill of Rights and And what if they managed to get elected delegates to the chairman of the Helsinki the level of Jewish emigraconvention? Would they, while they're at it, add an amendCommission, a Congres- tion from the USSR. He ment to guarantee free-choice for women who want an aborsional group that monitors noted that the problem of tion? Soviet compliance to human the refuseniks is a critical Despite all of these concerns, 32. states have called on rights accords. one, since in the past five Congress to convene a convention to enact a balancedSenate Majority Leader years the level of Jewish embudget amendment. Presumably, they acted out of the firm Robert Dole (R. Kan.) an- igration has fallen from conviction that the American public overwhelmingly favors nounced that D'Amato was 51,000 to 886. the concept of a balanced Federal budget. replacing Rep. Dante FasI n addition, D'Amato Some supporters of the balanced budget argue that they cell (D. Fla.) as chairman of noted, the Soviets are endon't actually want a Constitutional Convention, they are the Commission. gaged in a deliberate revival using the threat of one as a device to force Congress to During bis meeting with of anti-Semitiom aimed at focus — to act — on an amendment and then submit it to half a dozen representatives snuffing out the religious the states for ratification. of human rights organiza- soul of Soviet Jewry. This argument is irresponsible because the act of holding a Constitutional Convention may well be (short of a declaration of war) the single most solemn and important act bur Government can undertake. The issue here is not whether a balanced budget is desirable or always necessary (many think it' isn't), or even whether a balanced-budget amendment should be enacted by the Congress and then ratified by three-quarters of the states. Surrounded by numerous cookbooks from around The issue is whether America can afford to take the terthe country, Midge Bowers, left, and Audi Kavich, Friday, Apia S: rible risks inherent in holding a Constitutional Convention. First Sector - Passover search for luncheon cslectiona for the April 16 Especially frightening was the cavalier attitude of the 32 Congregational Passover Setter 7 p.m. Beth Isras) women's Federation Campaign "Gallery Gala." legislatures. More than half held no public hearings or exThe grand event, featuring the artwork of former Sstunfzy, April 0: tended debate, and some didn't even record the votes of PESACH Omahan Jay Milder, will begin at noon at tiro Jewtheir respective members. JCC CLOSED ish Community Center. Bobbie Epstein, Gallery Such distinguished national figures of different political 2nd Setter - Both B Gala chairmen, said, "I encom-oso all women of Congregational Setter 0 p m Templa Israel philosophies as Melvin Laird, the .Secretary of Defense unthe community to join us for tfoia delightful afterder President Richard M. Ninon, and Arthur J . Goldberg, Sunday, noon. I kaow overyocs will want to tss a part of a former Supreme Court Justice, view the prospect of a PESACH it. In addition to the invitation that woo mailed, Constitutional Convention with grave concern. JCC CLOSED there is an invitation and reply ©a the back pass Mr. Laird has characterized the convening of a convenBoats?, April 0: of this paper." . tion as "an cct fraught with danger and recklessness," and Y.E.S. 1 0 5 p m H & PE CcmpSig Services Cornmitteo Masting 7 p m Mr. Goldberg eaid that "no single issue is so important as Esther K. ftawncn Grcnto Corortlteo Meeting 7:30 p.m. to warrant jeopardizing our entire constitutional system of Federation Executhro Commutes KsSSng A p m governmsnt." C C Aqualids Comrrdttoa .kissthg 0 p m . Yet, some legislators are willing to take the risks and, in L bfiemiedssa Bridgo 7 p.riv L I 1835 — the year of "Ths Big Budget Debate" — anything I j P is possible, even a plunge into tho dsep, muddy and unP Algebra 11:30-12:45 p m charted constitutional waters of a notional crisis. French Convcrcc'Jon 7 p/n. A A Both Israsl Sisterhood Open Boat) Meeting 9:30 a m N N Photogrcpny 7 p m . D O BBYO PoScy Comrrfitea Mooting 7 2 0 p m . (continued from page 1) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LIVINGSTON FOUNDATION TO THE JEWISH FEDERATION '1971 — Purchase of site for Jewish Community Center '. $317,500 1972 to 1974 — 25% matching gift for construction of i Jewish Community Center 795,467 1976 — David E. Beber Scholarship Fund 100,000 1976 — Ruth Riekes Richards Memorial Fund 25,000 1976 — Chair of Jewish Studies at UNO 12,000 1977 — Pilgrimage to Israel 25,000 1978 — Pilgrimage to tercel 20,000 1979 — Seed money for planning the Center for the Aged 25,000 1980 — Carolyn Kully Newman Fund 25,000 1981 — Center for Aged (Rose Blumkin Hove and Livingston Plaza Apartments) 500,000 1983 — Special Fund for Education and Social Services in Israel 50,000 — Seed money for Jewish Federation Foundation , 30,000 — Miscellaneous Special Projects 5,500

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Do you recall hearing the expression that history has a way or repeating itself? First, let's look at a moment in the life of a Jewish community: On Sunday, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society opened the first Jewish museum in the State of Nebraska. 4 The museum is located in the corridor connecting the Jewish Community Center with the Livingston Plaza Apartments and is aptly named the "Corridor of Jewish History." Normally an opening function offers a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the beginning. The opening of the museum was no exception to this rule. Unusually though, the scissors used to cut the ribbon had been used previously for the ceremony marking the opening of Beth Israel Synagogue. History repeats itself. Yes it does. Sometimes in small ways, sometimes in larger ways. For example, we are about to celebrate Passover, the Festival of Freedom. As,the story is told every year for the past 3,500 years . . . the Red Sea parted and the Jews made their way safely to Israel. How many of us believed that story? There we were as children listening to our fathers and grandfathers telling us a science fiction story and we were supposed to believe that this incident really happened. What self-respecting Star Trekkie would believe that bobbe-myseh (old wives tale)? But, lo and behold, history repeats itself. The year is 1985, a long time from the ancient history of the Exodus. The television set is on. What's this the newscaster is saying? "In a secret operation, the United States evacuated virtually all of the Ethiopian Jews who were left in the S u d a n . . . "In a three-day period, 800 Black Jews from Ethiopia were flown across the Red Sea in C-130 Hercules transports... "The cargo of refugees was transported safely to Israel... Who among us didn't make the connection with history as we realized that the Red Sea once again parted to let escaping Jews live in freedom. Thanks to the United States government and modern technology hundreds of starving and destitute people are now safe at home. Thanks to what has been demonstrated in the present, we no longer have to doubt what happened in the past. During tonight's seder, let us think perhaps to setting the time clock ahead to the year 5,000. Will the Jews of that era believe that the Red Sea parted — not once, but twice? If museums such as the one the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society offers are still around, there will be no doubt, the evidence will exist.

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HAIFA — Ethiopian Jews are the current darlings of the press in Israel. Pictures in color and long human interest stories introduce the newcomers to the local population. A mild controversy has developed as to whether they can be truly described as primitive, or whether sensationalists have pounced on a few extreme cases to generalize about the difficulties of their adjustment. Psychometric tests reveal an above average educability. Every successive wave of immigration to this country has undergone its own pangs and problems. The Ethiopians will have their own peculiar hardships, and the next aliyah, from who knows where, will bring a new batch of built-in difficulties. The point is that eventually the problems are overcome, and the ex-newcomers tell the new newcomers what they went through when they first came. '' Despite the generally favorable public warmth, not every town and village is overcome with joy at having to take its quota of Ethiopians, especially at a time of growing recession, and /competition for jobs. A few weeks ago we went to visit the northern development town of Maalot, which is setting a national example of hospitality and assistance. Shlomo Buchbut, Moroccan-born mayor of Maalot, has mobilized all local civic resources and has proclaimed that no matter what the government or The Jewish Agency may or may not do, the population of Maalot is taking these people to its bosom like long lost brothers. As another local Moroccan Jew said: "We're going to absorb these people in contrast to the way others failed to absorb us when we came." A focal point in the local effort is the Maalot Community Center. To avoid competition and duplication, a local steering committee has been set up here, composed of representatives of all the various agencies, and the Center serves as coordinator. Additional vital funds are provided by the Joint Distribution Committee.

We spoke to a number of the people closely involved. Avi Marcowitz, director of the Community Center, told us of the plans for long range integration, at which Maalot has already had considerable experience. One group of some 44 Ethiopians has already been here for up to three years, and they already have permanent housing. We visited one apartment where the young1 housewife quickly prepared a portion of anjara, their pitta-like bread. The batter, made of flour, water and yeast, is kept in huge buckets, ladled into a frying pan, and quick-fried like a large pancake. On the side we noticed the little ones reaching instead for a package of newly discovered rice crispies. Shmuel Bayedgo, 65, is the spokesman for the group. Without bitterness he told, in halting but adequate Hebrew, of their initial problems. Everybody was interested in us, he said. They looked at us, took pictures and promised we'd, hear from them. Nothing happened. What did we want? Little things. We had no hot water because the boiler broke down, and we didn't know what to do. Nobody told us what to do when the faucet leaked in the kitchen sink. It's the little things that counted. The community worker now in charge, David Newman, is a product of UCLA and California State University at Northridge. In addition to the three-year veterans, he is also concerned with the 236 Ethiopians who have been here less than a year. It is not enough to educate them and help them learn the ways in Israel, he said. The local residents, too, must learn to know their neighbors, and special seminar sessions have been set up to provide the hospitable people of Maalot with a firm basis for understanding the ways and mannerisms and customs of their new neighbors. Devoted to his charges, David finds his present duties much more rewarding than his last job in Los Angeles — selling souvenirs of the Olympics. Elaine Kopp, though a representative of The Jewish Agency in Maalot, nevertheless believes that the local people, rather than the national bureaucracy, can do the job. "We who live here have ourselves gone through the process," she asserted, "and we know how to absorb new immigrants. They don't come lazy. The system has taught them that, and transforms them into parasites." The people of Maalot are filled with ideas, which they are working hard at implementing. They are preparing a fair and exhibit of Ethiopian handicrafts, a summer day camp program, the integration of Ethiopians into mixed civil defense patrols, and much more. Maalot, once a problem town, is now a flourishing city of 6500 industrious people with a high degree of civic patriotism; It has a thriving industrial center, and more industries are welcome and essential. Its people will succeed with their new Ethiopian neighbors, set an example for the rest of the country, take a deep breath, and then prepare for the next wave of immigration from — where?

By M.J. Rosenberg" Near East Report It's almost hard to remember what it was like in the old days—when the media reported the news rather than made themselves a part of it. Perhaps those days never really existed. After all, it is common knowledge that publisher William Randolph Hearst, Sr. ordered his reporters in Cuba to get a war going so that the New York Journal would have a few months of sure headlines to utilize in its battle with Joseph Pulitzer's World. Today's media is more restrained. Newspapers and networks do not choose to ignite wars. Instead they specialize in diplomacy. On Mar. 17, the New York Times virtually usurped the role of George Shultz and the State Department. The front page of the paper carrier an article by Judith Miller which was based on an interview Miller had with, King Hussein of Jordan. It was not ordinary interview. Joining Miller in her visit to Hussein's palace was Tom Friedman, head of the Times Jerusalem bureau, and Abe Rosenthal, the Times editor. The Hussein interview was a news event in itself. It must have resembled a Middle East summit. Miller came in from Cairo; Friedman from Jerusalem; and Rosenthal from the United States. And it served the purposes of King Hussein almost as much as a real summit would. The Hussein interview appeared as Jordanian Foreign Minister Taher Al Masri began a visit to Washington. Masri was in town to try to convince the Administration and the media that the Jordanians and the PLO have reached an agreement to seek peace and that it is only Israel that is preventing the peace train from pulling out* of the station. . Hussein used the Times, to carry that message for him. He told the paper that the PLO has accepted United Nations Security Council Resolution 242—despite Yasir Arafat's denial that he has done any such thing. The King also said—again without citing any evidence—that the PLO has renounced both the use of force and the goal of an independent Palestinian Arab state. "I've done my utmost to move towards peace," he said.

"This is the last chance." The Times was clearly convinced. On the same day that it carried its story about the Hussein interview, it also ran a detailed analysis of the "flurry of diplomacy" by Tom Friedman. Friedman's piece was part two of a one-two punch delivered by the Times on behalf of the Hussein initiative. But there was a story within the story. Friedman reports that just prior to his recent visit to Washington, President H'oshi Mubarak became fearful that "the Hussein-Arafat agreement was going to come apart..." Mubarak then decided to "weigh in with his own proposals in an interview with the Times" (emphasis ours). Friedman continues: "Without consulting with King Hussein or Mr. Arafat, Mr. Mubarak suggested [in the Times] that the. United States sit down' with Israel and a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to lay the groundwork for the resumption of peace talks." This is all a bit strange. Not only do Arab leaders send signals to the United States and Israel through the New York Times, they also communicate with each other through the newspaper. Is it any wonder that the Times has developed a vested interest in the big peace flurry of 1985? After all, it's not just a Hussein initiative or an Egyptian initiative. It is also a New York Times peace initiative, one which it—not surprisingly—promotes. There is something amiss here—and it's not the Times' desire for Middle East peace. The problem arises when a newspaper allows it involvement in a story to influence its coverage of it. In its enthusiasm for the Hussein-Arafat accord, the Times is overlooking, some serious points. Arafat has not accepted 242 and has certainly not foresworn terrorism as a means of achieving an Arab state in all of "Palestine." Moreover, King Hussein has made it clear— over and over again—that he is not interested in peace through compromise but, rather, insists on an Israel withdrawal from every inch of the West Bank and east Jerusalem. ' These are the two largest .impediments to a JordanianPalestinian Arab-Israel peace. The Times isn't doing anyone a favor by downplaying them.

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The Seder: or, how to remember the most important event of alltime By Irving Greenberg President, National Jewish Resource Center Periodically, scholars survey historians' or policy analysts' opinions as to what is the most influential event of all time. In recent decades, the Industrial Revolution has been a frequent winner. For the politically oriented, not uncommonly the French Revolution wins; for Marxists, the Russian Revolution. Christian groups often point to the life and death of Jesus as the single most important event of history because they see it as the actual Divine act of incarnation and involvement in human history. An event created by the Divine power cannot be matched "by an human-generated event. For Moslems, Mohammed's revelations and his hegira have a similar unique transcendental authority. With all due respect to the other views, when Jews sit down at the Seder table this year, they are commemorating what is arguably the most important event of all time—the Exodus from Egypt. If for no other reason than that the Exodus directly or indirectly generated many of the important events cited by other groups, this is the event of human history. That the most important event in history is a Jewish event is eloquent tribute to the extraordinary role that the Jewish people—so minute a fragment of the human race—has played in human history.

That view came into contradiction with the death of Jesus and with the ongoing suffering and evil in the world. The resolution was a transformation of the idea of Exodus into spiritual fulfillment. "The kingdom of God is within you." Salvation is not of this world. Armed with this promise, Christianity reached out a!! over the civilized world. Today, more than one billion people are shaped by Christian values. Thus, the event of Exodus transformed the values of a major fraction of the world. The same Exodus model—the promise of deliverance and a God who deeply cares for humanity^generated the religion of Islam. Islam sees itself as a successor to Judaism and Christianity, but it grows out of the same root experience. Islamic legal methodologies of perfection strongly parallel (with mutual influence) the halacha', the Jewish way through history. Between Christianity and Islam, almost half the world is profoundly shaped by the aftereffects of the Exodus event. In modern times, the image of redemption has proven to be the most powerful of all. The growth of technology, science, and the conceptions of human freedom have been like kerosene soaking the wood of human hope and expectation. So suffused are humans with the vision of their own right to freedom and improved conditions, that any revolutionary spark sets off huge conflagrations. In a way, Marxism is a secularized version of the Exodus' final triumph. Here, the liberator is dialectical materialism and the slaves are the proletariat—but the model and the end goal are the same. Indeed, directly revived images of the Exodus play as powerful a role as Marxism does in the worldwide revolutionary expectations. In South America, the theology of liberation directly touches hundreds of millions who strive to overcome their immemorial poverty.

The Exodus—the movement of the Hebrews from slavery to freedom—transformed the Jewish people and its ethic. The Ten Commandments open with the words, "I am the Lord your God who took you out of the Land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." The implication of this Divine involvement in history is stated right there in the Book of Exodus. Idolatry is rejected. Having no other God means no absolute status or loyalty to other forms of divinity, or ; The secret of the impact of the Exodus is that it does any human value that demands absolute commitment. Nei- not present itself as ancient history, a one-time event. The ther money nor power, neither economic nor political sys- key Jewish way to remember the Exodus is reenactment. tem, has the right to demand absolute loyalty. We are all Thus, the event offers itself as an ongoing experience in relativized in the presence of God. This is the key to de- human history. Every generation, in every geographic area, mocracy. . is able to experience it again. In the words of the Haggadah: In every generation, a person is required to see him/herself Exodus morality meant giving justice to the weak and as come out of Egypt. The event is not just present in the poor. Honest weights and measures, interest-free loans memory. Through reenactment, people talk about Exodus to the poor, taking care of the widow and the orphan, leav- and tell the tale again. The individual "eats" the event, ing part of the crops in the field for the stranger, the orphan, "sings" it and enters into it totally. and the widow, treating the alien stranger as,a native,citThe Seder offers three experiences in the basic core of izen—are all applications of the Exodus principle to living in this world. Thus the Exodus transformed the Jewish reenactment. The first is to experience slavery again. Slavpeople and their religion and ethical system. This trans- ery should not be some ill-remembered vague memory but formation is articulated at Sinai; there are the Jews cove- the actual experience of the participant. Eat matzah; taste the bitter herb of maror; remember again the heartbreaking nanted to live by Exodus values. toil and the death of the children. The taste of slavery sensitizes us to the fact that there are other slaves still The influence of the Exodus goes far beyond the Jewish waiting to be freed. It reminds us that slavery gradually people. Prophets like Isaiah already pointed out that the conditions people to accept slavery. Jews, too, fell into that event is a model for the entire world. Ultimately, there will trap; they were delivered not entirely by their own merit. be a new Exodus in which all of humanity will go from In short, a slave needs help to get started on liberation. slavery to freedom. The Exodus is the core of the messianic dream, which promises universal redemption for all huOne of the dangers of freedom and affluence is that peomanity. That dream continually stimulated responses in ple begin to look back with condescension, if not contempt, oppressed people whenever they came in contact with it. on the slave and the poor. To be rich and powerful is to be virtuous and self-complacent. But the Exodus event starts In the first century, the Exodus model generated a mes- by giving us the bitter taste of slavery again so that we feel sianic group centered around the life and death of Jesus. closer to ^he slave rather than distanced. "You will not

oppress the outsider; for you know the 6oul of the outsider, you were outsiders in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23, v. 9) After reliving slavery, one goes through a transition of freedom. The Seder meal gradually turns into the sumptuous feast of the free. Through song and, through telling, the experience of the shattering of the oppressor and the liberation of the slaves is reenacted. The taste'of freedom includes the way we sit reclining, the affluence and the good meal, the choice of what we eat, the sense of solidarity. One who comes through the psychological taste of slavery into freedom has a powerful sense of appreciation and gratitude; freedom, security, family can no longer be taken for granted. True, freedom, making a livelihood, taking care of the family, bring obligations with them. Often, they create frustrations. But compared to slavery, they constitute an overwhelming blessing. The Hebrew farmer brought the first fruits of his affluence and his fields and in Jerusalem publicly proclaimed his awareness. "A wandering Aramean was my father . . . and the Egyptians tormented us and put slavery upon us . . . and the Lord heard our voice . . . and the Lord took us out of Egypt... and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And now I have brought the first fruits of the land that you have given me, o Lord . . . and you shall rejoice with all the goodness that the Lord your God gave to you and your family..." (Deuteronomy 26, v. 1-110) The Exodus event is re-told and reenacted as a family. Freedom is best mediated in the family. It is the mark of freedom that one can have a family and eat with it and protect it and look out for it. A slave is unable to have a family. His wife is available to his master; his children's paternity is doubtful. He cannot protect the children from being sold, or worse. The very ability to sit as a family and sing the story of freedom is in itself the most powerful statement of the presence of freedom. In the initial phase, the slave often longs to go back to slavery. The taste of freedom is designed to communicate the permanence of freedom and the pleasure for it. In the initial phase, particularly in transition, the slave often thinks of freedom as the right to abuse others and to lord it over them, as was done to the slave. Freedom means accepting the ethics of responsibility. Family is the great symbol of that commitment. Freedom does not mean avoiding involvement or playing the field. Freedom means freely chosen commitment and obligations that give me my humanity as against dictation by others, carrying out orders which leave me more impoverished and more degraded than before. The family also is the carrier of memory. Parents tell the story to children. The past is not cut off but a living part of the lives of the individuals. At the same time, the children are not merely dependent. They ask the question; they participate in the discussion. Thus, by the magic of shared values and shared story, the Exodus is not some ancient event, however influential. It is the ever-recurring redemption; it is the event from 1250 B.C.E. which is occurring tonight; it is the once and futufe redemption of humanity. The Exodus is the most influential historical event of all time, because it happened not once; it re-occurs whenever people open up and enter into the event again.

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The retirement of Rabbi Sidney Brooks at the end of May will mark an historic moment in the history of the Omaha Jewish Community. Not many Jewish professionals are as privileged as Rabbi. Brooks to serve the same community for more than a generation of congregants. There are likely many Temple members whose extended families have shared every major life cycle event with Rabbi Brooks officiating. His professional demeanor on the pulpit is mixed with a "menschkite"ness in the JCC Health Club. Many terms apply to this marvelous man. He's referred to as a rabbi's rabbi and indeed, he participated in the editing of the new Gates of Prayer book used in Reform Temples all over the country. And, for a man who has spent a lifetime helping others cope with every possible crisis that can occur, he has • always maintained a marvelous sense of balance and humor. / During his lifetime of service, his devotion and love for

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha his family are apparent to all who have known him closely and he has never confused his priorities as a loving son, husband and father. Ask Rabbi Brooks if he's going to a meeting and he might stare you in the eye and with loving feeling, quip to you "You know,.when I die; I've instructed them to engrave upon my tombstone 'Gone to another meeting!"' Such meetings have helped reshape Temple Israel in good times and bad. When the Temple was virtually destroyed by the 1975 tornado, it was the leadership of Rabbi Brooks which helped rebuild it.

The Interfaith Institutes, which Temple sponsors, are legend in Omaha at creating harmony between our various religious denominations. Humane concern for the poor and malnourished go beyond words and are implemented into real plans to provide for those in need. His efforts were rightfully recognized with the National Brotherhood Award which he received at the NCCJ dinner in 1981: And the community is fortunate to be able to have both Sidney and Jane remain with us after his retirement as he begins a new career as Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel. Perhaps that should be Rabbi Emeritus, Extraordinaire! ,

By Bert Lewis

You may have noticed that words of all kinds are of great interest to me . . . words and what happens to them as they are used. Let me give you an example. Tfye use of the plural form is often the subject of discussion. I mean in the two languages I usually deal with. This was all brought to my atThe editors reserve the right to shorten letters for tention by the 6aption for an article in the local daily paper the other day. It read "Mavens will be in charge of this reasons of length or content. program." Now come on — not "mavens," mavunim please! To the Editor: . By the same token, one rabbi and one rabbi are, correctly, We're delighted to report that interest in Brotherhood Week was increased this year over other recent years. The rabbunim and two 13-year-old boys might observe their * interest and motivation on the parts of schools and indi- B'nai Mitzvah. viduals is hard to classify or understand. We are convinced, The current usage (by the entertainment world) of the however, that your fine editorial regarding the event and word "shtick" bothers me too. Why? Because they use it our agency was an important part of the increased interest. as both singular and plural. And. who doesn't know the Your help, and support are greatly appreciated and per- proper form is shticklach? In another category is the word "goniff." One thief and his helper are gonovim, not goniffs. sonally mean a great deal. English isn't necessarily any better. I particularly like to Marian K. Bergerson Regional Director cite the word "spouse." When you mean twenty people and National Conference of Christians and Jews their mates, do you say spouses or spice? It's like the old joke about the word "mongoose." Is more than one monTo the Editor: Many people are aware of the dismal record of the" Roo- geese? The British make me giggle sometimes by just the way sevelt administration in regard to efforts to rescue Eurppean Jewry from extinction. The Roosevelt administration they pronounce some of the same words we use. I have in actually interfered with attempts to rescue Jews and tighten mind such words as laboratory. They say laBORatory. And they also say VITamin, where we say VITEamin. They also immigration controls in order to keep Jews out. By contrast, President Reagan, has provided American tend to order fillET mignon, when we order a fillAY. Yes, there are lots of ways to deal with words. Some are planes and crews to fly Ethiopian Jews to Israel. J think we owe President Reagan a debt of gratitude fun, some sound dumb, some seem ridiculous, but I'm not complaining... I'm certainly not skillful enough to fill this which we should express by writing to him. ~ • ' Maynard S. Telpner : space with pictures I've drawn!

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PASSOVER SERVICES' Passover Eve service Friday, April 5 5:30 p.m. Passover Morning service Saturday, April 6 11 a.m. CONGREGATIONAL SEDEK Saturday, April 6 G p.m. CONCLUSION OF PASSOVER Thursday, April 11 5:30 p.m. Passover Evening service Friday, April 12 11 a.m. Passovqr Morning Service and Yizkor Memorial prayers RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Saturday, March 30 — Recess Sunday, March 31 — Recess HEBREW SCHOOL Monday-Thursday April 1-4 — Recess . BAR MITZVAH Ruesell Itimmcrmaa, son of Harlan Rimmerman and Jenninc Goldberg, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah.during Shabbat Services Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13. BOARD MEETING Temple Israel Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, in the Milder Conference Center of Temple. The Executive Committee will meet at 6 p.m. preceding the Board Meeting. SISTERHOOD Sister Maria Micheletto will speak at.the 12:30 p.m. April 9 dessert luncheon at Temple Israel. She is director of the Counseling Center for the Archdiocese of Omaha. Cost is $2 per person. Babysitting is available, and guests are welcome. Make your reservations by calling Temple Israel, 556-6536, by April 5.

Advance registration has begun for courses at Creighton University for the fall term. In University College (evening classes), Rabbi Myer S. Kripke will offer "Introduction to Judaism," a course for upper level undergraduates. With the permission of the instructor the usual prerequisites may be waived. This is an opportunity for adults to study

Judaism at a university level, whether for credit or as audjtors. In the regular College of Arts and Sciences, Rabbi Kripke will also offer "Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures." This course meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings. More information may be obtained from the Theology Department at Creighton or from Rabbi Kripke.

PASSOVEtt SCHEDULE Friday April 5 — Rrev Pesach Evening Service 6:30 p.m. First Seder Saturday April 6 — First Day of Pesach Morning Service 8:45 a.m. Evening Service 6:30 p.m. Second Seder Sunday April 7 — Second Day of Pesach Morning Service 8:45 a.m. Evening Service 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday April 8 - 1 1 Choi Hamoed Pesach Board of Commissioners Meeting Wednesday, April 10 7:30 p.m. Thursday April 11 — Eve of Concluding Days Evening service 6:30 p.m. Friday April 12 — Seventh Day of Pesach Morning service 8:45 a.m. Evening service 6:30 p.m. There will not he a late Family Service because of the holiday. , Saturday April 13 — Last Day of Pesach Morning service 8:45 a.m. YIZKOR 11 am. Evening service 6:30 p.m. ELECTION MEETING The Annual Congregational Election Dinner meeting will be held on Sunday evening, April 14. Cocktails will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m. In charge of dinner arrangements and program are Bernice Crounse and Cheryl Kirke. Reservations accompanied by check are $8.50.

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PASSOVER SCHEDULE Friday: Services at 6 p.m. First Seder Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services Minha-Ma'ariv 6:30 p.m. Second Seder at Beth El at 7:15 p.m. Sunday: Services at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday: Services at 6:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11 — Services at 6:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, April 12 — Services at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13 — Services at 9:30 a.m. Yizkor during services Minha-Ma'ariv 7 p.m. GETTING TO KNOW YOU LUNCHEON A new date will be set for Rabbi Drazen's "Getting To Know You Luncheon." SECOND SHABBAT DINNER The Monthly Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 12 following services at 6 p.m. Mail reservations to Reva Oruch.

PASSOVER SERVICES Friday, April 5 Mincha, Maariv 6 p.m. FIRST SEDEK Saturday, April 6 First day Pesach Shaharit 9 a.m. Jr. Congregation 10 a.m. Mincha, Maariv 6:30 p.m. SECOND SEDER Sunday, April 7 Second day Pesach Shahrit 9 a.m. Thursday, April 11 Seventh day Pesach 6 p.m. Friday, April 12 ' Seventh day Pesach, Shahrit 9 a.m. Mincha, Maariv 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13 Eighth day Pesach Shahrit 9 a.m. YIZKOR Jr. Congregation ' 10 a.m.

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A monument in memory of Minnie (Mrs. Aaron) Levine will be dedicated on April 111 11 a.m. at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff will officiate.

Indeed, if the question is asked in a certain.tone of voice, it really is the voice of the resha, the "wicked" son. A 19th century commentator on the Torah, already in an age of rationalism, skepticism, and materialism, suggests that the question conies from a materialist: What practical good do you get from ceremonies of this kind? Here he touched on something we can all understand, for our generation is no stranger to this kind of attitude. What's in it for me? And what does anyone get from conforming to rituals and ceremonies that have no practical meaning and no material consequence or reward? Does the Seder service, the food restrictions for Pesah, and, for that matter, chanting Hallel Psalms and reading passages from the Torah specially chosen for Yom Tov — do these make us stronger, richer, tougher? Do they add to our muscular endowment, win us a raise in salary,! get us a bigger car and a more luxuriously appointed home? Put this way, the question is unJewish.: It is impertinent and Philistine, and it merits the angry retort it evoked. For Judaism starts with the premise that there is a spiritual dimension to life, and it is nonsensical to demand relevance in material terms to everything we do or think. We understand this easily when we see the value of art, music, literature; shall we not understand also, and assign value, to our need to worship, to be in awe of the universe we inhabit and the forces in it? "What do you mean by this rite?" By this rite I mean to express my admiration of the concept of human liberty, "and my awe and wonder that my ancestors discovered it so early in the history of man. I mean to express my commitment to it. And I invite you to join me.

ETHEL MILLER Ethel Miller, 74, of 2925 North 49th street, died March 22! Services were conducted March 24 at Golden Hill Cemetery with Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, of Beth Israel Synagogue, officiating. In addition to her husband, Abe," she is survived by daughter, Shari Sterenberg; brother, Dave Kabitch in Florida, and a grandson.

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The Second Son's Question By Rabbi Mycr S. Kripke Jews pride themselves on the recognition thut questions and challenges to accepted principles and practices are always in order. We may marvel at the profundity and the literary greatness of the Book of Job. But we do not marvel that both this "heretical" book and Ecclesiastes were included in the canon of Holy Scripture. The challenge to God's justice begins already with Abraham, who is shocked at the forthcoming destruction of Sodom. What if there are some righteous people there? Jeremiah, overtaxed emotionally with his prophetic mission, all but accuses the Lord of deceiving him! The pattern is consistent in Jewish tradition. Although many older members of our communities remember the quick rejoinder (in Yiddish), "Its improper to ask!", the truth is that Judaism does not deny the right to question, to challenge, to insist on explanation. Why then the sharp retort to the second of the Four Sons of the Haggadah? We remember his question from the Seder service. It is quoted from the Torah reading for this first day of Pesah: "What do you mean by this rite?" In the Torah itself his question is immediately given polite consideration, and he, is given a straight answer about the Passover ceremonies and what the Lord did for us. In the Haggadah, however, he is given no real answer. He is brusquely shoved aside; and it is suggested that had he been in Egypt, he would have been denied the right to join the. Exodus! One wonders at the experience of the teacher in the original Midrash from which this part of the Haggadah is drawn. For he hears the question not as a request for information, but as an irreverent, sneering, belittling poke at the whole business. Some punk-rock kid (or the equivalent in his age) must have angered him.

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Nun urges help for Soviet Jewry B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN tribute was paid in the yearBUEVIVOES Omaha B'nai B'rith book to the late Ruth Ptett The Society of Survivors Women will host the annual whofcervtdfcstreasurer for will install new officers Spring CoBference of the the puhSki.ti.aa. April 10, 7:30 p.m. at the Gateway Region in Om&ha The 1S85 Ftekssdi Year- Jewish Community Ceuter. on May 3, 4, end 5. Local book JISJ bsc-n di-dlecitd to Six-vc-n Rod will coniasl the crrangezospts chainvomsEi ths icta Dora GJitii, post mstellitioa of tha following ere Udm Aroaoff end Es- president of t h s Ota^ha officersfcfects-dt t ths March ther WEE. The conference Chapter of Uadtxz'Ji, tor 20 LiSi.-tuijr. pteddsat, Ceawill bs ts!d tX the Omaha hsr diiSicatioa to ths mrpn- tor Lea Ftttncn; vice prcsRecency West Hotel cud ,izatioa oidl dsvotion to Is- icL-at, BiLLa Ekinti-re; rewill feature a variety of pro- rael, according to Sandy cording cecretery, Millie gramming including special Kohll, pmzMsaL MJB. Ca- Feidamn; treasurer, Ule^da Sfmhbst cervices, leadarehip hon.v7C3 ciso cstive on tits Prisd. training, and musical enter- Americcn Affaire, "Zionist Tits following clmupsotainment. Affairs, end Education com- ple have been appointed: A highlight of the meeting mittees of HcdcEsah both msmbsrship, Helen Fishcl; will be ths appearance of locally and on a regional program, Miriam Grossman; coci&l, Rachel and Carl Beverly Davis, Interna- level. Any yearbook corrections Rosenberg; publicity, Antional B'nai B'rith presi1 dent. "We are thrilled to may be given to Susie Shy- ne-tte Fettman; corresponding secretary, Pam Eisenhost Mrs. DaviB on her visit ken, at 393-5816. berg; calling committee, HADASSAH to Omaha," commented The Omaha Chapter of Esther Silver; Second genMra. Aronoff. "We're looking forward to a large at- Hadassah will hold an open eration, Ann Kibel tendance and encourage as board meeting in conjunc- Schwartz. many members as possible tion with the Hadassah PIONEER WOMEN to take advantage of what Study Group meeting on A featured highlight for April 10, 9:30 a.m. at the promises to be three very the children at Pioneer Livingston Plaza. exciting days." Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Women/Na'amat's parent/ For additional informa- will lead a discussion on child luncheon on April 14 tion or conference reserva- "The Holy Days" which will at Highland Country Club tions, contact Esther Wax be followed by a board meet- will be "Little Red Riding at 391-4442 or Babe Aronoff ing. Co-hostesses for the Hood", presented by the at 333-4863. meeting are Susie Shyken Old Market Puppet Thea" and Bev Zubsr. The meeting tre. YEARBOOK Reservations are required The Omaha Hadassah is open to the general memand may be made with Directory Yearbook has bership. Linda Levich, 493-9949 or been published and mailed OUT Rita Weinborg, 339-5049. to the general membership Women's American ORT according to Sherry will have a garage sole May Fletcher and Corinne Levin, 9-10 at the home of Lynne co-editors. Other members Saltzman. Barb Nichols of the yearbook staff in- 898-1171 and Danita Shrago clude: Mary Fellman, ad- 333-6108 will arrange for viser; Esther Graetz, roster someone to pick up any dochairman; Kate Kirshen- nations. baum, Julie Durmaskin, The annual ORT Taste Sibby Wolfson, Phyllis Bitt- and Tell will be held April ner, Marilyn Wasserkrug, 21 at noon. Anyone wishing Jerry Cohn, Darlene Gol- to submit a recipe should bitz, Judy Wciner, Esther contact Martha Lerner 895Weil, Simmy Siegal, adver- 6223, as soon as possible. tising; Susie Shyken, Gail A reminder that the April Kohll, Sandy Kohll, Susie Board Meeting has been Besser, mailings. Special. changed to April 15.

(continued from page 1) on the bottom, not existing side-by-side as in the United S^tes. She pointed oat also that when the Soviets, epeak of na Enti-Ssaaitiam in their country they lire speaking of the lack of pogroms. Tltt-y don't count imprisonment, hcnressmoEt, Iocs of jabs, mental institutioatliz'/tioii, end vka refuels cs cati-Semitiuni. Eiater Aim cad V/t-sttmera must not let huKian rights violations go unchallenged. Sha KeoBHitsnJjd t n active progrsun of UA&zfiim iKittke, letter v/riting, phone cells, end "cdaptioa" tctivitisa. V/hita in Omaha, Sister Ann was the houso guest of Leonard ond Shirley Goldstein. Mrs. Goldstein is ths chairman of the Omalis Soviet Jewry Committee, and along

Omaha's Soviet Jewry Committee will present a slide show on "Refuseniks" Their Faces . . . Their Fate" during an informational leeting, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the J ish Community center.

with Miriam Simon Is organizing an expanded local group to intensify efforts La behalf of Soviet dissidents end refuseniks. Those participating in the cendle-ligbting ceremony included: Bill Kirk of the Emmy G if ford Children's Theater, Irene and Welly Provost, David Bsbeook, lisa Chrkienscn who hss yjzt returned from the Soviet Union, Gene cud Shirley Schaf&r from Lincoiu, end £sth Kotok who recently twinned his Bar f.'Iitsvah with a Soviet teen££er.

Ceiol Kctzc&sn, Public Affeirs Chairman, NCJW, rctd uizcszzea from Ssnctore Edvvasd Zorin&ky, J. Jctnoa EEOH arid Charles Grcssley. Alco reed were proclamations from Governor Robert Kerrey end Mayor' Michael Boyle designating March 31 es "Women's Plea for Soviet Jews."

viet Jewry project in Omaha can be operated more efficiently, they said. The committees are as follows: twinning, letter-writing, telegrams, speakers and publicity. According to Mrs. Simon, many volunteers are needed to participate in the local effort to help Soviet Jews. She said one of the comments from a Refusenik could be used to indicate the importance of helping. She quoted as follows:

Shirley G ldstein and Miriam Simon said the sj iichronized show was prepared by the Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry Committee. The synchronization allows the narration to follow the slide being shown. In addition to showing the Chicago "And you our friends in the West, you project, volunteers will be sought to staff help us to go on. Your visits, your letters, a number of committees so that the So- your telegrams — these are our defense."

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PIONEER WOMEN NA'AMAT Sue Fredericks, a n e w co-chairman of Mom's and Tot'o, (sponsored by Pioneer Woman Na'anrat, has releacsd the April-May schedule of meetings which are as follows: Mary Jo Boras, April 30,12504 William Street. For May, Linda Levictp, May 13,2708 N. 142 Street, and Marilyn Tipp, May 2 2 at 333 South 86 Street. Call Terry Siegel 333-S7S3 or Bonnie Lieserwitz 323-7298 for reservations or more information. Ail cessions will be at 10 a.m. Pictured from left: Aaron Batner, con of Perry and Sonya Ratner, Alanna and Marissa Rubin, twin daughters of Dr. Alan and Flora Rubin.

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Senator Paul Simon BLAIR, NEB.—Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, an alumnus of Dana College, will return to the campus on Thursday, April 11, to give a public address at 8 p.m. in the Lauritzen Theatre. : Before the lee-' ture Simon will be • . guest of honor at a - , 6:30 dinner in the -E.C. Hunt Campus Center. Nebraska Governor Robert Kerry, Senator Ed Zorinsky, and Blair Mayor M. Stanley Jensen are expected to attend. Sen. Simon Dinner reservations at $10 per person can be made by calling or writing the Office of Public Relations at Dana College, Blair, Neb., 68008. Payment should be sent in advance. Reservations are due before April 8. There is no admission charge for Simon's address. Simon served in the U.S. House of Representatives for five terms before defeating incumbent Charles Percy for the Senate

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seat last November. He attended Dana in the late 1940s serving as student body president his last year. He left Dana at the end of his junior year to become, at (he age of 19, editor-publisher (the nation's youngest) of 'the Troy, 111., Tribune. This paper became part of a chain of 14 weeklies, which Simon sold in 1966 to give all of his lime to public service and writing. He served in the Illinois house and then the Senate from 1954 to 1968, when he was elected lieutenant governor. Newsweek and the Saturday Evening Post have cited him for his leadership in state government. Simon's articles have appeared in Harper's and the Saturday Review. His books are on such diverse subjects as world hunger, this country's neglect of the teaching of foreign languages and Lincoln's years in the Illinois house. Dana has named Simon a Distinguished Alumnus and has given him an honorary doctor of laws degree. He is also a former member of the board of regents. Simon had been scheduled to speak at Dana last year as one of the college's Centennial Scholars. That address was postponed because of his Senate race.

Jan Schneider- ' ' , man has been' elected to the National Board of Di- , rectors ofi the National Council of Jewish Women at its 36th Convention held in Kansas City March 20-24. She is the first . woman from the j Omaha section ever | to hold an elected ' board position. Jan Schneiderman Her involvement with NCJW spans 25 years and includes local chairmanships of: Labels Unlimited, Nominating and ByLaws Committees and Annual National Support; and the vice presidency and presidency of the Omaha Section. On the District level of NCJW, she has served as an area chairman, vice president and president of the entire district. Mrs. Schneiderman has also been involved on the national level

which includes chairman of Women in Management Task Force and memberships on National District Convention and Section Fund Raising Committees. Presently she is a certified NCJW trainer and serves as a member of the Field Service, Membership, Human Resources and Financial Development National committees and cochairmun of the Floor Tellers committee. Other Omaha community activities includes previous member of the Jewish Press committee and present member of the Budget and Allocations and Personnel Practices committees of the Federation; current Board membership of the Omaha Hearing School, Temple Israel Sisterhood and Friends of Planned Parenthood. Recently Mrs. Schneiderman was elected to the Federation Board of Directors. For her many years of involvement and her deep commitment to NCJW, Mrs. Schneiderman will be the recipient of the prestigious Hannah G. Solomon Award to be presented at the May General Meeting.

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the rest of the Soviet concerned citizenry is -ruthlessly suppressed. The "treatment" for such activities is liberal doses of gulag and psychiatric hospitals. The Soviet Union signed the Final Act of the 1975 Conference on Security arid Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki AcFor the. Soviet Jew, 1984 cords. That document guarlived up to George Orwell's antees basic freedoms ingrisly prediction of State cluding the right to practice repression. In all of that religion and even emigrate. year, only 896 Soviet Jews The Soviet Union, particuwere permitted to leave the larly in the case of Soviet Soviet Union. This is 896 Jews, has systematically viout of the more than olated both the letter.and 350,000 who requested per- spirit of this agreement. mission to leave. It has been said that the The fact that 350,000 out Helsinki Accords, if obalso be polled. bagel? 2. Name your favorIn addition, at the front ite Jewish holiday. 3. Name of a total population of the served by the signators, desk of the JCC, look for a a food you break the fast 3 million Jews in that coun- would be the greatest peace sign with survey questions. with. 4. Name a Jewish let- try willingly faced the in- agreement of all time. Ancreased persecution leveled drei Sakharov, the only Mishpocha Feud will take ter. place in the theater during Included in the rules for at all who ask to leave, dem- Russian to be awarded the the hours of 1-3 p.m. and Mishpocha Feud are the fol- onstrates the grave circum- Nobel Peace Prize, warned again beginning at 5 p.m. - lowing: 1. Each team must stances under which these that his government's failwith our finals at 7 p.m. have five members. 2. The people live. ure to observe human rights This activity will provide team may consist of either The entire cultural life of is directly related to Soviet families a fun filled time in family or friends. 3: Chil- the Jowish community is conduct in its external "afwhich they can compare dren participating must be imperiled. Slanderous, per- fairs. their answers with our sur- at least in Kindergarten. Without compliance to sistent, anti-Semitic rhetovey answers currently being 4. Answers will be the re- ric oozes daily out of what the provisions of the Helpolled. Now to let you in on sults of surveys. 5. The the Soviet Union calls the sinki Accords, voices of a few of our game questions: judges decisions will be fi- press. This vindictive in- moderation in both internal 1. What would you put on a nal. fects the air inciting system- and external affairs are siJoin in the fun and reg- atic persecution. Even the lenced. These voices can ister your team for Mish- teaching of Hebrew now have an impact on the SoRoom, Shopping Cart. pocha Feud by filling out a brings seven years of hard viet Government. Witness the successful pressure SakThe hours and duties form located at the front labor in the Soviet gulag. vary. Volunteers interested desk of the JCC or by calling Of course, the Jewish harov brought to bear on in any of these. Volunteer Alan Potash at the JCC, population is not alone in Khruschev to accept PresiServices, may call the Vol- 334-8200. Also register your activism for greater per- dent Kennedy's Nuclear unteer Office at 398-6199 to answer to a Mishpocha sonal and cultural freedoms. Test Ban Treaty. make an appointment with Feud question also available Minimal, even token, We have a right, and inthe Coordinator. at the front desk. expressions of freedom by deed an obligation, to insist

(continued from page 1) Greenberg, chairman of ADL/CRC. "Inter-faith Holocaust remembrance services are being held in larger cities with growing frequency and the importance of these to the Jewish community is that they indicate that the mainline Christian denominations which are involved in the sponsorship of these services accept their responsibility to look at the Christian roots of anti-Semitism. The Christian involvement in the services will serve as an affirmation not to be silent again in the face of anti-Semitism," states Sheldon Filger, Director of the ADL/CRC. In addition, a proclamation recognizing Yom HaShoah and its importance will be

By Doreen Lerner Yom Ha'atzmaut Publicity The ,Yom Ha'atzmaut planning committee has announced,-as part of the festivities for April 28, a Jewish version of Family Feud called Mishpocha Feud. The sub-committee, devotees of the TV game, haa developed questions and will poll various organizations that are meeting in the next few weeks to provide survey answers. Hebrew schools and Sunday school classes will

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read' from the state capital in Lincoln. ' According to Yaffe, the joint committee felt strongly that the theme of Yom HaShoah this year would not only be to provide an opportunity for the Jewish community to remember the Holocaust through a traditional memorial service but to educate and inform the community, both Jewish and non-Jewish, about the Holocaust; to create stronger bonds within our community BO that we can all insure that such a tradegy never happens again. Both the Sunday evening service at First United Methodist Church and the service and lecture at Beth El Synagogue on Monday evening are open to all members of the community and are free of charge.

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on Soviet compliance with the provisions of this document. Since being elected to Congress, I along with a number of my colleagues in Congress have continuously written Soviet officials about the plight of Soviet Jews, especially retuseniks. I am a Vigil and a member of the Congressional Committee on Soviet Jewry. We can claim success in persuading Romania to release two refusenik families since my election to Congress. We urge compliance with this agreement. This pressure will continue. We in the West have a moral obligation to work for easing Soviet repression of Jews and other minorities in that;country. This obligation springs from a humanitarian commitment rooted in our cultural and political heritage. This commitment finds its expression in a desire to relieve suffering and see the human spirit flourish rather than languish. It must also be remembered that we have a direct interest in seeing the lot of the Soviet Jew improve. Soviet actions against its own citizens are an indication of what to expect of its behavior in the international arena. The more responsible the Soviets become at home, the more responsible they will be abroad. This is the lesson from Sakharov and what is meant by the statement that the Helsinki Accords could be the greatest peace document of all time.

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This summer, when nearly 2,000 Jewish educators, rabbis, and community leader from around the world gather in Illinois for the Tenth Annual Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE), they will be greeted by student artwork from all over North America and beyond. This week the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education, sponsoring organization for CAJE, sent out a call to youngsters, preschool through high school, to submit flat artwork which will in turn have international exposure when it is displayed at CAJE-10. Omaha area students interested in participating should contact CAJE liaison Stanley Mitchell, 5563770. The themes relate to sev' eral aspects of the Conference itself. "We're Glad You're Hsre" will allow students to encourage their teachers' participation in the learning and sharing that is the main focus of the CAJE esperiencc. "Soviet Jewry" will reflect the devoted and courageous Soviet Jewish educators to whom CAJE-10 is dedicated. Those who choose the theme which draws hundreds of families even before the formal Conference convenes. "Thus I Plant For My Children," translation of a quotation from Ta'anit 23a, is a theme expanding on the perreniel symbol of CAJE, the tree, exemplified in this year's

logo executed by wellknown calligrapher and paper-cut artist, Roseann Chasman. The final theme, "L'Chaim!", suggests" interpretation of the joys of Jewish living, through holidays and life-cycle events. Youngsters submitting artwork are asked to affix their name, age, school, and city on the front of each piece submitted. The art may be in any medium, as long as it is flat; and multiple entries may be submitted, provided proper identification is affixed to each entry. Teachers are invited to include this art project within their curriculum and families are invited to encourage youngsters to submit on their own as well. Although the pictures cannot be returned, all entrants who include a self-addressed, stamped envelope will receive a special memento of CAJE-10. Entries, which must be submitted unfolded, should be sent in care of Deborah Finkelstein, 1 American Plaza, Evanston, Illinois 60201. All entries must be received by May 15, 1985. The 1985 Conference will be held august 11-15 at Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois.. Co-sponsored by the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago, with participation of the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago, CAJE-10 is assisted by a grant from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.

BERNSTEIN/MOLLOY Joanie Bernstein and Jack A. Molloy were wed March 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota. A reception was held at the 510 Haute Quisine in Minneapolis. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. I. Richard Bernstein and Harriet Molloy of Potrero, Calif., and Russ Molloy of Milwaukee, Wis. Following a honeymoon in Jamaica, the couple will reside in Minneapolis, where they are in commercial advertising. PUGH/WOLF Joni Anne Pugh and Mar- • -tin Douglas Wolf exchanged marriage vows at Beth El Synagogue on March 23. A reception at the Peony Park Ballroom followed the 7:30 p.m. ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pugh of Omaha. The groom's parents are Dr. and Mrs. Melvyn Wolf of Flint, Michigan. The bride is employed by WOWT Television of Omaha as a news reporter ' and co-anchor of the "Live at 5" daily broadcast. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, with a BA in journalism. The groom is manager of franchising and acquisitions for Valcom, Inc., a subsidiary of Valmont, Inc. of Valley, Neb. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor's of business administration degree. After their honeymoon, the couple will live in Omaha. KUSTER/EISENBERG Announcement has been

made of the marriage of Pamela Kuster to Robert Eisenberg. The 8:30 p.m. ceremony was held in Ne'eve Ya'akov, Jerusalem, Israel, on February 10, 1985. Rabbi Kowalski officiated. Parents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Kuster. The groom is the son of Mrs. Bella Eisenberg and the late Erwin Eisenberg. The bride, a UNO graduate in broadcasting, is currently an account executive for Share Health Plan, a health maintenance organization. The groom graduated from Harvard with a master of arts in economics. He is an investor and proprietor of Investor Services, a financial consultant and stock brokerage firm. Following their wedding in Israel, the couple honeymooned in Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Eisenberg reside in Omaha.

By Nancy Pcarhnan What a joy to see the'lulips springing up in the courtyard, thanks to I/3VE. Darl&ne Golbetz' Brownie troop came out to entertain the folks, and Sis Turner drove the Bunch for Lunch to Crossroads to eat and shop on March 13. The Goldsten Chapel was the setting for Michael Rosenblatt's Bar Mitzvah March 16. The B'nai B'rith Youth, coordinated by Amy Helfeld and Robin Leavitt played Bingo with the residents on March 17. Helping were Joanna Kaslow, Debbie Greenberg, Debbie Kirshenbaum, Andy Gitnik, Edye Roffman, Julie Ossa, Laura Brodkey and Amy Katzman. Diane Rosenberg, a teenager from Marian High, came out to visit and get acquainted. On March 20, the Bunch for Lunch tried a new restaurant, the Sizzler on 144th, and George Schapiro helped take them there. Thanks to Cantor and Annette Fettman, the staff at the Blumkin Home now are educated in the rituals of Passover. Our LOVE steering committee met again on March 21 to finalize details of the LOVE banquet set for April 25. When the B'nai B'rith Girls gave a fashion show at the JCC on March 24, Shane took several residents there to see the newest styles, and Gussie Marcus, Ruthie Potish, Ida Shrier and Dave Bernstein will be walking with an extra "wiggle" since they sent to the walking clinic given Correction Lucille Zelinsky delivered the D'Var Torah at Beth Israel Synagogue on Dec. 14, 1984, not at Beth El as indicated in the Passover is-

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by I>ance Herald for the 55 and older folks at the JCC. The wonderful baking uronius corning from the small kitchen are the result of the efforts of Georgia Ostrow, Helen Rifkin, Bev Gilinsky and Doris Koom who assist the ladies in making the sweetest cookies this side of heaven. Just ask the folks who consumed them at tea-time. Thanks to the League of Women Voters, the residents are registered to vote in the primary. Thanks to Sylvia Ross and Ida Zoorwill, our raffle tickets are in good order, ready for the big day April 25. The arts programs are doing real well, because of volunteers like Joan Bernstein and Helen Fishel who help with ceramics, and Ann Shulman and Ida Forbes who aid in the water color class, which is so popular it has been extended another 2 weeks. Our faithful volunteer Jennie Bear loves helping residents get to the Older Adult Program on Monday mornings, and stays in the afternoon to help with Bingo. Thanks Rabbis Drazen and Gonsher for coming out and talking with the folks. The LOVE mini-concert series continues with Willis Ann Ross Duo performing on April 14 at 7 p.m. This series has been very successful and much appreciated. Sharon is planning a talent show for May 5 for families and friends of residents. She would appreciate hearing from anyone with any kind of talent, including hand work for the display table, singing, dancing, playing an instrument, etc. She would love to hear from grandchildren and great grandchildren who will perform for their zaydas and bubbies. Call 330-4272.

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to give is acceptable. Mark your calendars end plus to attend this event. Luncheon chairmen i*re Charlotte Kuklin and Ruth Goldenborg, with tho £i,n\ circle assisting. The fti for tin lunchion is $2.50. Tl.i program will LJ cnnoui.ci-d et a later data.

Beginning March 24 for 13 Sunday evenings U C:30 p.m. on KUCV/FM91 will present "Songs of The Golden Land" will portray the story of the Jewish mac3 exodus from Eastern Europe after 1881. The program, and educational of Touro College by Dr. Jacob Katzman, will explore the initial disappoints and evenual faith in America, the Golden Land. The Jewish people have If you and your family are relied on music to tell their interested in a second Seder at the South Street Temple story and express their feelon April 6, call Rabbi Ken- ings. This radio series will neth White. Menu, costs include many song fragand manpower will be ments, complete songs, and worked out by those attend- demonstrate the impact of Jewish music in America. ing. Here is a sample of topics: "The Immigrants and JewJack and Esther Nisker ish Theater, The Golden were honored on their 50th Age of Cantors. Effects of Wedding Anniversary with World War I period and the an Open House at the Corn- severing of communication husker Hotel March 31. between immigrants and Hosts were then* children, loved ones in the Old CounMr. and Mrs. Roy Buffum, try." How Jewish melody Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Wes- entered into American musley Nisker of San Fransisco ical expression, for example and all the grandchildren. in the music of Gershwin, The Niskers were married Copland and Bernstein. on Mar. 31, 1935 in Minneapolis. On April 8-9, 8-10 p.m., Mrs. Ruth Levinson NBC Television will present hosted a Kiddush luncheon "A Hero's Story" starring honoring her husband Har- Richard Chamberlain in a ry's 75th birthday, March four-hour miniseries about 30, following the Shabbat Rouel Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who went morning services. to Budapest, Hungary in 1944 and rescued more Jews Due to Passover coming than any other individual or early thiB year the Tifereth institution. Israel Sisterhood Donor On April 29, 9:30 p.m. Luncheon and meeting will be postponed to April 23, NETV will present "Pre12:15 p.m. in the synagogue cious Legacy" — an exhibit social hall. Everyone is in- of importance and beautiful vited, a full donor is $18. Jewish ritual objects of EuAny amount you are willing ropean Jewty.

Lillian and Charles Gucs were honored by family and friends this week with a dinner party at Beth El Synagogue in recognition of their 50th wedding anniversary.

By Helen Schwartz Pioneer Women Publicity The Omaha chapter of Pioneer Women/Na'amat will hold a Parent/Child luncheon at Highland Country Club on April 14. A Spiritual Adoption dinner, honoring pioneer Women's sixty years of achievement, will be held on May 5 at Beth El Synagogue. Reservations, which are open to the public, may be made with Linda Levich 493-9449 or with Rita Weinberg 3395049. Pioneer Women/Na'amat has long been involved in projects in Israel. Currently, the organization is playing a major,role in the resettlement of Ethiopian Jews. T'.ere are about 14,500 Ethiopian Jews in Israel today. The first came about six years ago, arriving a few at a time. At the present time, there are hundreds

coming every month with the total expected to be about 20,000. The Olim from Ethiopia are religious and zealously observe all the "mitzyot" as they are written in the torah. (They do not follow the Oral law. . ..i.e. a religious Ethiopian Jew does not keep his head covered.) They are convinced that all Israelis are religious because "a person who is not religious is not a Jew." In January of '85, there were about 800 Ethiopian children in about 20 Na'amat day nurseries throughout Israel. In areas where Ethiopian families have been settled in permanent housing or in Immigrant Absorption Centers, the local Na'amat branches are actively involved in helping them become absorbed into Israeli society.

By Reva Orach A board meeting was held on March 18. The slate of new officers were approved and they ere es follows: president, Millie Z&vett; vice president, Nets I'trer; progreua vice presidents, Morris Epstein end Dr. l.'llton Margolin; publicity t_r.j reporter vice president, Reva Onxch; treasurer, Leah Sie^al; dues cecrctarica, Moilye Rinicrffisn end Dcanis Ltjjiaan; recording escretcry, Dick Gummsre; corresponding secretary, Evelyn Epstein; fund raising, Gertrude Sherman; party chairman, Al Oruch; bingo chairman, Manny Mackay and Iluth Davis; telephone chairman, Fay Sekar and Sadie Kohn; historian, Sally Venger; sunshine committee, Nate and Kay Ferer; calendar chairman, Sylvia Goldberg; hospitality, Sylvia Ross, Dick and Billie Spiegel; maitre d', Dan Greenfield; sergeantat-arms, Max Greenfield; donation secretary, Fanny Manvitz and Ann Margolin. Mary Fellman was our

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tfarn Robert J. Yaffe, formerly Deputy Douglas County Attorney, has entered the private practice of law and will be associated with the firm, Arnold J. Stern and Associates, 10824 Old Mill Road, Suite 8, in Omaha. Yaffe has served on the Felony Trial Staff of the Douglas County Attorney's Office since 1978, and was a trial attorney in the Judge Advocate General's Dept., United States Army prior to that. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of Beth Israel took part in the largest meeting ever held of the National Rabbinic Cabinet of State of Israel Bonds when 100 rabbis from across

the U.S. and Canada convened in Miami Beach on Feb. 27-28. The conference was held to discuss expansion of Bond sales in behalf of Israel's economic development. With a view to broadening the effort for Israel's economic progress, regional cabinets were formed to reach out and involve rabbinic groups of all three denominations in the Israel Bond campaign. Rabbi Nadoff participated in a phone campaign from Miami Beach in which more than $2 million in Bonds were sold to congregational members in home communities. •5

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By Kevin Freeman NEW YORK (JTA) Sen. Alan Cranston (D. Calif.) said he believes tliat all Ethiopian Jews previously stranded in the Sudan when Israel was forced to halt its rescue operation last January are now out of that country following last week's secret airlift of Ethiopian Jews, conducted by the United States. In a telephone interview from Washington, Cranston also disclosed details of his efforts last month which led to all 100 members of the Senate signing a letter to President Reagan urging that the Administration seek permission from the Sudanese President, Gaafer al-Nimeiry, "for the immediate resumption of the airlift." The letter, dated February 21, noted Nimeiry's earlier comments in a New York Times interview in which he stated that the "Ethiopian Jews and all other refugees now living in the Sudanese camps were free to leave the country provided they did not go directly to Israel." According to Cranston, the Administration's response to the letter was very positive. He received a telephone call from Reagan saying he shared the concern of the Senators on the deteri- • orating situation in the refugee camps, and later a telephone call from Vice President George Bush indicating his concern for the Ethiopian Jews. ,, Gransjon said he was particularly" seeking to draw the attention of Bush to the issue since Bush was scheduled to visit the Sudan in early March. "I figured that this was the time for a breakthrough," Cranston told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. It has been reported in several leading newspapers that Bush successfully laid the groundwork for last week's airlift when he met with Nimeiry in Khartoum on March 6. The rescue mission is reported to have been conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency, along with the aid of the State Department and the U.S. Air Force. Several hundred Jewish refugees were airlifted in a precise, three-hour operation that began in the early morning last Friday on a airstrip near the town of Gedaref. The Los Angeles Times' correspondent, Charles Powers, who first reported the airlift wrote that "a quiet but diligent search was made of all the refugee camps in eastern Sudan, where the Ethiopian Jews . . . were likely to be found." Powers reported this week that five Ethiopian Jews were moved to the Tawawa refugee camp outside Gedaref where they were later moved with other Ethiopian Jews to the airstrip for the airlift. It i3 reported that the Ethiopian jews were flown to Israel in the C-130 Hercules transport planes. The letter form the Senate noted that premature disclosure of the Is- raeli sponsored airlift forced a halt in the operation. But it said that it had left a large

number of Ethiopian Jews stranded in Sudan. "Tragically the survival of these people is in jeopardy and they are at special risk," the lettei said. "Afraid of

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being identified as Jews in a Moslem country, these refugees in particular have been afraid to seek food or medical aid from international relief agencies This

explains the devastatingly high mortality rate among Ethiopian Jews. Over 2,000 have died in recent months and more are dying daily...."

Cranston described as "unprecedented" the quick and swift support his colleagues exhibited when asked about signing the letter to the President. He

added that'he viewed it .-;« "quite remarkable" that all members of the Senate had knowledge of the letter and that it was kept a secret until this ut-ek.

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More than 700 members of the Jewish community participated in the 1085 Kailah weekend recently. Dr. Allan Gould lectured on the Talmud, poetry and Jewish humor in separate sessions at Omaha's synagogues. From left are committee members Richard Lerner, Ann Kibel Schwartz, Martha Lerner.Debbie and Aaron Hostyk and Dr. Gould.

By Morris Maline "We're not going to take it any more . . . beware of the American Jewish Princess connotation . . . a bleak future for women's rights..." These were some of the points raised by a Women's rights activist, an ADL spokesman, and a former congressman who spoke at the Joint American Affairs meeting of Hadassah, National Council of Jewish Women, and ORT at Temple Israel last week. More than 100 women attended. Speaking on American Women: Masters of Our Fate were Deborah Kan-iewski, NCJW legislature liaison in Washington; Attorney John Cavanaugh and ADL director Sheldon Filger. Ms. Kaniewski said that Washington labors under the misconception that American women are staying home taking care of babies. She pointed out that there is a lack of public policy which leads to discriminate against women. "Tax dollars should not be spent on discrimination and we're not going to take it any more," she added. "We must learn to be active and vocal, we are not well represented in Washington . . . Congress is not hearing from women and if we don't speak up and stop it, we never will be masters of our fate."

Former Congressman Cavanaugh said that the broad coalition of women's organizations that fought, so strongly for the Equal Rights Amendment has broken down. "We don't have true equality for women in the State and Federal legislatures, nor does that equality exist in the judicial system or the corporate board He stressed that there is an absence of energy, vitality and commitment as compared to the ERA coalition and that unless this situation is rectified,; the level of progress for women will be slow. Speaking on Women and Anti-Semitism, Mr. Filger termed Jewish American Princess a "derogatory ster-

Nancy and John Marshall of Palmer Lake, Colo, announce the Feb. 23 birth of a son, Adam Howard. Grandparents are Mrs. Howard Kaplan of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Marshall of Windermere, Fla. Dr. Michael Rosenbaum and Julie Arnow announce the March 24 birth of a daughter, Sophia Rivkah. They also have a daughter, Zoe. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Arnow of Princeton, NJ. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Myer Rosenbaum of Omaha.

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By Henry Stern Next meeting April 16 ct Beth E!. Present at the Earlybirds was Bill Krejci, Muyoral candidate, who wiil be introduced ut the lunchcon Earlybirds moderator was Doctor Margolin, at the March 19 get together, and from what we learned at his lecture, we deserve college credit if, and when we return to medical school. Doc discussed genetic engineering, the greatest advancement in medicine in the past few years. He explained, in layman's language, genes, chromosomes, their functions, how they differ in male and female bodies, and how ailments are common to ethnic groups, especially how they relate to the country of their origin. There are spinoffs to their discoveries, and agriculture in one. Israel is showing how to use brackish waters for cultivation, and if there was ever a desert, thanks to the Arabs, Israel was one. Doc informed us on the medi-

pitalized — Keva Hornstein, Leo Sherman, Eddie Dolgoff, Dick Gummers, Dick Spiegal, Leo Weitz, Aaron Brookstein and Ben Kutler. President Norm related a thank you from "Care" for our contribution to Africa, suggested we contact Nate Ferer to tour the hospitals with him on his good-will visitations. Vice President Gerry presented the guest speaker, Mayoral candidate Bill Krejci. Bill, before retiring, was with the Omaha Police Department since 1949, and for the last 15 years, was police lieutenant. He is knowledgeable in all aspects and phases of police work, and is a member of several civic organizations. One thing I liked about his background is that he is a native Omahan, and loves Omaha. He told us that he is going to conduct a grass roots campaign, will strive to eliminate waste in City Hall and keep a hold on property tax increases. It should be an interesting campaign.

cation from plants, known for hundreds of years, NMR (Nuclear Reronants), Catscanners, and Intcrferon. Doc answered questions from the floor, and we trust we had a free medical exam, and now you know what's wrong with you. '< To luncheon, Motzi by Sam Shyken, Bcnschcn by Harry Schulman. President Norm asked Sondru of the Federation, to say a few words, and Sondra announced a demographic study of all Omaha Jewry, and if you will volunteer to helping out on a census, see Mollie. Meyer Green, subbing for Marv Treller, tells us that Marv will have tickets in a couple of weeks for the Royals ball games (new owner is MOT), and he will be taking reservations for the Aug. 4 trip to K.C. Sunshine Chairman Nate Ferer welcomed back Marv Katz and Nate Schneider, and reported that the following are or have been hos-

He said the "disgusting, obnoxious" portrayal of Jewish women in a popular rock song is a direct result of "JAP" becoming part of the standard vocabulary. "We must start in our own Jewish community, in our own homes" to erase this image because to accept its use means to approve its message, Mr. Filger indicated.

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Dr. and Mrs. Larry Malashock announce' the March 1 birth of a son, Andrew John. The Malashocks also have a daughter, Michelle. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Malashock and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Barna. Isobel and Marc Leverant of San Diego, Calif, announce the March 4 birth of a son, Alex Benjamin. The Leverants also have a daughter, Andrea Beth. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hurwitz and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Leverant of Laguna Beach, Calif.

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Ethel Levensoh Edgar recently hosted a brunch at Beth El Synagogue to give her grandchildren an opportunity to visit with family and friends. She and Cantor Aaron Edgar and the grandchildren are in the photos.

All American Invitations have been issued by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society to Omaha's historical societies and museums for a coffee on Tuesday, April 9, at 10 a.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The meeting of these representatives will give the NJHS an opportunity to offer a tour of the newly opened "Corridor of Jewish History" and its first exhibit of "the little shul on 19th street." It will also enable the hosts to introduce their guests to the two exhibits now hanging on the walls of the Jewish Community Center. The 1984 exhibit is lo-

cated on the eastern wall of the Center and highlights Jewish organizations from 1850 to 1950. The exhibit presented in January, 1985 now hangs in Room 10 of the Jewish Community Center and highlights Jewish landmarks.

Intermarriage By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) — From the mid-sixties until now, more than 50 percent of French Jews who married took a non-Jewish spouse, according to a survey carried out by the French National Research Center and the Hebrew University's Institute of Demographic Studies.

Jewish Community Center member Barton H. (Bucky) Greenberg has been named again an "Ail American" in the United States Masters Swimming Program. According to the press release, Mr. Greenberg was first named in 1981, the first time that any midwestern swimmer had been named to this USMS listing.

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Rabbi Sidney H. Brooko (left) and Rabbi Stephan F. Baraek (right) of Temple Israel greet Rabbi Joseph R. Rosenbloom of Temple Emunuel, St. Louis, the guest speaker at Temple Israel's recent 45th annual Institute on Judaism for Christian Clergy.

The Orthodox Union itive break with Jewish tracalled the Conservative dition, shattering all claims Movement's decision to ad- and pretenses that the Conmit women as rabbis, "part servative movement is a of the Conservative Move- branch of traditional or halment's continuing breach 'achic Judaism. In separatwith traditional Judaism ing themselves from a 3,000 that further obliterates the year old tradition which distinction between the originates with Moses, the Conservative and Reform Conservative movement is movements in this country." following the example of the The statement issued by Reform movement in auOrthodox Union President, thorizing the ordination of Sidney Kwestel, said "the women. This is a further admission of women to the shattering of Jewish unity, Conservative rabbinate rep- it is religion by popular deresents a radical and defin- mand, a pandering to pres-

sure groups, an abandonment of Jewish law and the further separation of Con-' servatism from the mainstream of Jewish practice and tradition." "The decision reflects the tragic fact that Conservatism has become a hollow shell through its failure to arrest the decline of observance among its own adherents," the statement continued, "the belief among Conservative leaders that the attempt to reform Jewish law would have the power to maintain observance has proven illusory." The statement cited statistical studies that show a failure to advance observance. For example, attendance at Sabbath services in Conservative synagogues has declined with each succeeding generation. While 21% of the first generation attend services, only 2% of the third generation do so.

Lilias Folan, star of the nationally syndicated program, "Lilias, Yoga, and You," will present a series of yoga workshops at the JCC, April 17-19. During this visit, Lilias will cover all aspects of yoga, from relaxation and breathing, to stretching and strengthening. One session will be devoted to sports enthusiasts. Lilias will show how yoga can be incorporated into an athlete's training to help prevent injury and increase efficiency. Her workshops are open to men and women of all ages and of all yoga abilities. For information concerning schedule and costs, contact: Judy Vann 391-3636; Miriam Ben-Yaacov 333-1115; or Chuck Arnold at the JCC 334-8200. According to Judy Vann, a JCC yoga instructor, "Lilias can help you change fat to fitness, blahs to vitality, and weakness to strength. Participating in a yoga class taught by Lilias, one, cannot

Lilias Folan help but sense her serenity." Jim Knippenberg, a reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer, states: "she. is a confident, strong person, a picture of emotional and physical good health; a woman who knows precisely where she's been, where she is, where she's going and is in control of all three; a woman who is determined to live, not merely survive."

"Additionally," said Mr. Kwestel "this decision will do nothing to stem assimilation or the flight of young people from the Conservative movement." Mr. Kwestel called on the many members, of Conservative congregations who remain committed to the survival of Jewish tradition and to the Jewish future of their own children "to reaffirm their loyalty to the written and unwritten Torah, and to return to the orthodox community. We particularly welcome women affiliated with the Conservative movement to take advantage of the extensive orthodox network of colleges, seminaries and institutions of higher Jewish learning for women which encompass over 95% of women engaged in Jewish studies in this country."

PITLOR/WEESS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pitlor of Lincoln, Neb. have announced the engagement of their daughter, Cindi Lynne, to Marlon Kay Weiss. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Weiss. The bride-to-be attended Newcomb College in New Orleans, and was graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she was affiliated with Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and Psi Chi honorary. Her fiance was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and will graduate in May from 'the University of Nebraska Medical School. A June wedding is planned in Lincoln.

Miss Krasno and Mr. Rubinett KRASNE/RUBINETT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krasne of El Paso, TX announce the engagement of their daughter Marcia Lynn to Arthur Rubinett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rubinett and the late Mrs. Leah Rubinett of Dallas. The future bride graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor of science in interior design. She is employed as an interior designer at Carolyn Henry and Associates in Dallas. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Krantz and Mr. and Mrs. Millard Krasne, all of Omaha. The future bridegroom graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor of business administration. He is now in his final semester at SMU Law School in Dallas, and will be employed at Smith, Underwood, Carmichal and Floyd in the fall. He is the grandson of Mrs. Mary Rubinett and the late Aaron Rubinett of Dallas and the late Dora and Solomon Wolberg of New York. A Sept 1 wedding is planned at Temple Israel in Omaha. The couple will reside in Dallas after the wedding.

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Freedom is an important thing. Although it is not thought of everyday, it should be! This vyeek's article is on an experience I recently underwent. I wa3 selected as one j of five people representing the youth of Omaha to be presented with a scholarship to historical Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. In addition to the excitement of touring both the historical lands of my foiefathew (Valley Forge and Philadelphia), I attended seminars on economics and other exciting topics. I was stationed in a dorm atmosphere with roommates from as far east as Virginia and North Carolina, and as far west as Arizona. We were first introduced to a man dressed as a revolutionary soldier who talked about how his life and experiences had been under General Washington's command. This speaker concluded his lecture by firing a loaded musket in the classroom. (The,(jail had been removed, but the sound was still the same!) The economics portion was taught by an expert in the financial stability of our country and was presented in both an interesting and informative manner. One speaker questioned if we could survive another 200 years. He told us of how such places as Poland, Afghanistan and Korea have been conquered, due to weakness. A Ukrainian dissident told us of the USSR and its torture of him, all because he mentioned a man who wrote a book exposing the USSR. He also told of the infamous KGB and of the non-freedom society. He mentioned that the majority of Ukrainians have never even seen an orange. His presentation was the most interesting. The final lecturer told our group about how we need to develop ourselves to exist until the year 2000. When it was time to return home, leaving behind the friends I may never see again, I realized that all the seminars, leadership training and knowledge gained taught me so much. The entire experience will always remain with me, and I will have a good feeling about our country's freedom and hope I can help preserve it. , I am very grateful to the Freedom Foundation for choosing me as one of their delegates.

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NCJW's agenda includes range of domestic issues By Morris Maline A women's activist eaid that Congress needs to be ; more responsive to the needs of women and the agenda of the Jewish community. Deborah KaniewGki, Washington representative for the National Council of Jewish Women, said fhat Jewish community interests "transcend" Israel and encompass a wide range of domestic issues. Ms. Kaniewski came to Omaha loat week in behalf of the Omaha Section, National Council of Jewish Women. She participated in the Joint American Affairs History repeated itself Sunday when the scissors that had originally been used meeting sponsored by for the ribbon-cutting of Beth Israel synagogue were again used for the ribbon NCJW. Hadassah and ORT. cutting for the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society "Corridor of Jewish HisShe also spoke directly with tory." Cutting the ribbon to mark the opening of the first Jewish museum in the Jewish Press. the state of Nebraska were Ari, Stacey, Carin and Rachel Riekeo, grandMs. Kaniewski said that children of Henry and Dorothy Riekca and great-grandchildren of Samuel the big need for women is to Riekeo. Riekes and his role in supporting Shaare Zion, "the little shul on 19th be involved in the Demostreet" are highlighted in the first museum exhibit. The 5:30 p.m. ceremony cratic process. in the lobby of the Jewish Community Center included greetings and com"Every voter has a rements from Mary Fellman, president of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Sosponsibility to monitor ciety, Ilene Klein, president of the Jewish Community Center, and the affixing elected representatives and of a mezzuzah on the door of the new museum by Oliver Pollak, NJHS vice to let those officials hear president. Following the opening ceremony a reception was held in the older from you." adult lounge. Chairman of the museum is Loin (Ducky) Milder assisted by She said few current Joyce Cohen and Fran Milder. The museum will be open to the public until members of Congress are May 24 during the hours when the Jewish Community Center is open. It is really tuned into women's located in the area between the Jewish Community Center and the Livingston issues and needs, pointing Plaza. out that Cong. Henry Waxman of California, Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon and Cong. Barbara Boxer are exThe appointment of Jill native, is a 1982 graduate of ceptions rather than the Kushner Belmont as assisthe University of Colorado, rule. She pointed out that the tant director of the Comwhere she received a bachmunity Relations Commitelor of science degree in 100,000 members of NCJW are vitally concerned with tee of the Jewish Federation journalism. of Omaha has been anHer involvement with the day care, legal access, causes nounced by Sheldon Filger, Jewish community ranges of battered women, the Job Plains States regional direcfrom her current position as Corps, low income housing, tor of the Anti-Defamation publicity chairman for the aging, Medicare and child League, who also serves as 'Jewish Press to publicity nutrition in addition to the CRC director. She replaces chairman for the Federation needs of Israel. "Our strength .as an orSandra Fried who has reLibrary's Book Fair. In addition, she serves on ganization," she added, is in the Jewish Community our State Public Affairs Jill Kushner Belmont Center Membership Com- Network and our ability to siimed her career in teach- mittee and is a member of provide grass roots experithe National Council of ence at public hearings on ing. The Passover holiday reMs. Belmont, an Omaha Jewish Women. quires an early deadline for • the Jewish Press issue of Backtracks April 19. fered no formal apology for By Hugh Orgel The deadline for both j TEL AVIV (JTA) — A what he admitted were news and advertising will be j >• t' ' ' Thursday, April 11, at noon. ,senior CBS official back- groundless charges against tracked from his network's Israel. On the other hand, , earlier charge that an Israel Premier Shimon Peres sent his personal deep regrets Defense Force tank had deLOST liberately fired at two CBS and condolences to CBS for Chai and television news cameramen what he described as a tragic Mizrachi Locket who were killed in south Le- mistake arising from Israel's efforts to protect its banon. Reward But Ernest Leiser, CBS soldiers from terrorists in 551-8366 or 330-4404 vice president for news, of- south Lebanon.

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Mandel has been actively involved with NCJW for more than 30 years. A past president of the Cleveland Section, Mrs. Mandel served as national recording secretary in 1977-79 and as a national vice president in 1979-83. In her own community, Mrs. Mandel serves on the Board and executive committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Nationally, Barbara Mandel serves on the Board of the American Joint Distribution Committee and the Council of Jewish Federations. She is currently a governor of Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University. "Conventions are.a time to celebrate the uniqueness of our organization" said Mrs. Mandel, "and the participants in the 36th National Convention played a part in shaping our future course."

Accepting the challenge implicit in this year's convention theme "We Have Promises to Keep," nearly 1000 delegates participated in the National Councjl of Jewish Women's 36th National Biennial Convention held in Kansas City from March 21-24. Attending from the Omaha Section were Sharon Cipperley, Debbie Friedman, Bobbi Leibowitz, Sue Meyers, Ellie Penner and Jan Schneiderman. At the business plenaries, officers and Board members were elected, National Bylaws and Resolutions were reviewed, National Priorities were re-affirmed and a $3.2 million budget was adopted for 1985-86. Re-elected to a second term as president was Barbara Mandel. A leader on the local, national and international scenes, Mrs.

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Milder re-elected to Board of Mid-West Health Congress i 'KANSAS CITY, MO. Jerome J. Milder, FACNHA, administrator, Milder Manor, Inc., Lincoln. N'u'iraska, was reelecteu lo a three-year term to the Board of Trustees of Mid-Weat Hculth Congress, a non-profit association serving over 3,400 hospitals, nursing homes and homes for the agin;; in Nebraska, Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. During the past year. Milder has served as a member of the Finance Committee and prior to that served on the Bylaws/Nominating and long term care advisory committees. Milder is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Bureau for the Aging, Jewish Federation of Omaha.

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Susan I'ellman, daughter of Richard and Heverly Fellman, u freshman ut Brundeis University, has been appointed news editor of Active in professional or- The Justice, the school ganization, Milder is a Fel- newspaper. Susan had low in the American College served the Jewish Press as of Nursing Home Adminis- high school editor before entrators, treasurer and past tering college. president, Nebraska Health Care Association, and member of the Board of the Bu-

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The Women's Federation Campaigninvites you to a LUNCHEON AND PREHIERE ART EXHIBIT featuring the worKs of Jay Milder and musical entertainment. Tuesday, April 16 I2:00noon Jewish Community Center $6 per person RSVP by April 9

PREniERE ART EXHIBIT featuring the works of Jay Milder Wine and Light Supper will be served. Tuesday, April 16 6:30 p.m.

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Free sitter service by reservation only

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Name Address Phone _ Reservations must be made, for the complimentary sitter service. For afternoon please call Sharon Epstein, 333-4797; for evening call Jcanettc, 334-5200, a t . 27I. For transportation call Jeanctte, 334-5200.

Reservations are due by April 9. Please moke your check payable to the Jewish Federation of Omaha, and mail with this form to Gallery Gala, Jewish Federalion, 333 South l32ndStreet, Omaha, NE 65I54.

All women of the community are welcome at either event.