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Omaha, Neb., Fri., April 12, 1985

By Sondra Rosenblatt to attend this event. Everyone in the community is welcome and if you have not previously done so, you will be given , Federation associate director Dinner, dancing, surprises — a special evening is being the opportunity to privately express your commitment to planned for the entire Omaha Jewish community at the the 1985 Campaign. Federation Men's Campaign dinner next Saturday at 7:45 "We also feel the evening is affordable, continued Msrs. p.m., in the Red Lion Inn, according to Tom Fellman and Fellman and Kooper. The cost is only $15 per person and Howard Kooper, Men's Campaign co-chairmen. dietary laws will be observed." "The response thus far for this event has been overA special highlight of the evening will be the premiere whelming and we encourage everyone who has not already done so to make theirreservations immediately, says Msrs. showing of a new video of our local community, emphasizing the services offered by our agencies: ADL/CRC, Bureau for Fellman and Kooper. "This is not just another fund-raising event. We are cel- Aging, Bureau of Jewish Education, Jewish Community ebrating the 1986 Federation Campaign and honoring the Center, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Federation Library, past and present trustees of the Livingston Foundation for and the Jewish Press. their continued substantial support for our Jewish com"We will be able to relax, enjoy, and dance to the marmunity. velous sounds of Chuck Pennington and his orchestra," ac"We areTiot asking for a minimum gift to the Campaign cording to the co-chairmen.

Reservations are being accepted on a first-come, firstserved basis, as seating ia limited. Your check to the Federation will ensure your confirmed reservation, they added. Mr. Fellman and Mr. Kooper emphasized that the na-' lional UJA Campaign theme this year is "Partners for Life." "We, the Omaha Jewish community, are all partners for life and all of our contributions make a difference, not only for the quality of Jewish life we have established for ourselves here in Omaha with our outstanding agencies and the services they offer, but also .with our link to Israel and overseas needs through our United Jewish Appeal contributions." Msrs. Fellman and Kooper personally invite our entire community to make the difference, to laugh a little, share a little, give a little and join them and their co-hosts April 20 for a most memorable .Men's Federation Campaign event.

oGorae By Ellen Gordman • Jewish Press Volunteer American citizens have been asking the wrong questions about United States foreign policy toward Israel: According to columnist George Will, the question is not "can the United States save Israel but the correct question is will Israel save the United States?" "The State of Israel is not just a Jewish state but the common heritage of the Western world and an assertion of civilization in a hostile environment. It is incumbent upon us to see that Israel prospers." Mr. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, addressed, the.Pacesotters Dinner of the Men's Federation Campaign on April 4, One hundred and ten people attended the-event held at the.Highland Country Club. After Mr. Will's speech Joa Kirshenbaum and HarlanTModdle, Pacesetter Division chairmen, solicited pledges for the 1985 Campaign. A total of $498,000 in commitments were made by those men who were at the dinner. Card for card this is a 32 percent increase over the 1984 total of $376,800. Announcements were made of the renewal of two gifts totaling an additional $140,000. Mr. Will told the group that whenever he is given the opportunity to address Jewish gatherings he is pleased to explain what Israel means to someone who is not Jewish.-

He said that he recognizes Israel as the embodiment of values shared with the United States. The conservative columnist said that when he is accused of being a member of the Israel lobby he answers in the affirmative. "The Israel lobby is not an exclusive and restricted club. A lot of support for Israel today comes from Americans who consider themselves conservatives. They understand, that many of the values of Israel such as discipline, bravery, collective community spirit and the realism of the dangers of the world are conservative values." Mr. Will said that Israel will be the test of America's courage, and. health. He explained that support of Israel is not convenient and gets in the way of United States friendship with, the Arab world. "The phrase Arab world is a geographical not a political expression, and it is a fiction. There is more bloodshed and hatred between Arab nations than between any Arab nation and Israel." Israel has passed through a terrible fire in Lebanon thatconsumed much of the good feeling for Israel and the United Stafe3 according to. Mr. Will. "It strikes me as perverse that Americans should question the right of Israel to cross into Lebanon to secure the safety of its borders. Three years ago .the PLO was a widely respected diplomatic force; it no longer exists as a diplomatic force in the world. Why then is there extreme hostility toward Israel?"

According to Mr. Will, the answer is television. When the reality of war is televised it is difficult to maintain democratic support for it. This is true not because war is unjust but because "the reality of war is-very, testing to a democratic republic. Democracies have been reluctant to show the face of war. That is why Israel has been held up to villification," Mr. Will said. Mr. Will ended by saying that "the cause of Israel is the cause of every American but most especially the cause of the people in this room. The easy days of supportmg Israel are gone. Israel is a serious state with serious problems and implacable enemie3." "^ ' George Will haa written a regular column for NWswe^lr magazine since 1976. His newspaper column appears in more than 380 papers across the country. Mr. Will is a contributing analyst on the ABC evening news and appears regularly in "This Week With David Brinkley." He was born in Champaign, 111., and attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., Oxford and Princeton universities. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Will taught political philosophy at Michigan State University and the University of Toronto and served on the staff of a former United States Senator. He also was the Washington editor of the ' National Review, a leading conservative journal of ideas' and political commentary.

for-Yom HaShoafx By Jill Kuohner Belmont "There has been outstanding cooperation'from the total ADL-CRCasoiotantdirector religious community in Omaha," he said. "All of the major Omaha's first Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Ser- Christian denominations in our community are actively vice" will take place April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at First United participating in the preparation of this observance." Methodist Church, 7020 Special guest at the service will be the Rev. John T. PawCass.St. likowski, OSM, Ph.D, who will deliver the sermon. Rev. Pawlikowski is considered to be one of the world's leading This community-wide obtheologians in the area of Christian-Jewish relations. servance, which will serve as He is a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, a memorial to the six milto which he was appointed in 1980 by President Jimmy lion Jews and millions of Carter. He is also a member of organizations such as the other innocent victims murNational Council of Churches' Commission on Christiandered by the Nazis during Jewish Relations, the Catholic Theological Society and the Adolph Hitler's "final soluAcademic Council of the National Institute on the Holotion," is being co-sponsored \ . caust. \ by.the following: } \ "Rev. Pawlikowski has written and spoken eloquently on Baptist Pastors and Minthe subject of the Holocaust, and provides important inisters Conference; Catholic sight on this tragedy, especially for Christians," Mr. Filger Archdiocese of Omaha; said. Episcopal Diocese of NeIn addition to Rev. Pawlikowski, the service will be led braska; Metropolitan Luby various members of Omaha's clergy, and will include a theran Ministries; Rev. Pawlikowoki Presbytery of Missouri "River Valley; United Metropolitan special candlelighting ceremony. Capping off the Yom HaShoah observance will be a presMethodist Ministries; Serbian Orthodox Church; Unitarian Churches of Omaha; Rabbinical Council of Omaha; Com- entation by internationally-known Nazi hunter Beate munity Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Klarsfeld during a Holocaust Memorial service at Beth El Omaha; Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; and the Synagogue. The program is being co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council and the ADL/CRC. Jewish Cultural Arts Council. • . "The ADL believes that interreligious programming is an important programmatic thrust in improving underTransportation to Klarsfeld lecture standing between Christians and Jews," said Sheldon Filger, Plains States regional director of the ADL. The Jewish Cultural Arts Council is providing free "An Interfaith-Holocaust Remembrance Service, which bus service'from the Jewish Community Center to Beth involves the mainstream of the Christian community helps El Synagogue for the Yom HaShoah commemorative keep alive the memory of this cataclysm and emphasizes service and speech by Beate Klarsfeld on Monday, April Christian solidarity with the Jewish community at this time 22. The bus will depart the JCC promptly at 7 p.m. and of grief and remembrance," he said. return following the, program. Call Lois Wine at 334Carl Greenberg, ADL/CRC board chairman, expressed 8200 to reserve a seat/ Space is limited,, so riders are deep satisfaction regarding the overwhelming cooperation asked to' coll ho later than Friday, April 19 at 2 p.m. by numerous denominations in helping plan the service.

By Jill KuGhner Belmont Women's Campaign Volunteer Contemporary artist Jay Milder, who will be the guest of the Women's Federation Campaign "Gallery Gala," recently announced that a percentage of the sale of his paintings will be donated to help Ethiopian Jews how living in Israel. His artwork will be on display from April 16 to May 16 in the Jewish Community Center Gallery. Mr. Milder's last exhibition in Omaha took place in 1964, during a one-man show at Joslyn Art Museum. In addition to exhibitions throughout the world, he also gained exposure last year inN Architectural Digest in a photo spread of actress Dyan Cannon's home (one of Mr. Milder's painting hangs in Ms. Cannon's living room). "The work Mr. Milder will exhibit hasa Chagall-like presence," said Alan Potash, assistant director of the Cultural and Performing Arts Department. . Mr. Milder will be honored at a reception on April 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the JCC, hosted by the Jewish Community Center Art Committee. The community is invited to attend.

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Cranston amendment requires Reagan to certify that Saudis aid peace

By Sheldon Filger Director, ADL-CRC

Recently, Sister Ann Gillen, executive director of the Interreligio'us Task Force on Soviet Jewry, was in Omaha to remind us of the deplorable Soviet record on human rights issues. The visit was timely in more ways than one; there has recently been another change on the throne of the Kremlin, and it would appear that the new Soviet ruler will be around considerably longer than his predecessors. The media has speculated glowingly on the "charisma" of Milthail Gorbachev, and predictions have already been made of a "new era" for the Soviet Union. In fact, Gorbachev has been compared with John Kennedy. In her public address at the Jewish Community Center, Sister Gillen mentioned that on a recent visit to Great 1 Britain, Gorbachev, asked a question about Anatoly Shcharansky, referred to the prisoner of conscience as "cattle dung." Would such words have been heard from John Kennedy? What are. we to think of a ruler of a major power using such vulgarity and crudeness in referring to Anatoly Shcharansky in such a fashion? In fact, one should not be surprised at Gorbachev's remark. In spite of the efforts of some to portray him as a "Soviet Kennedy," he is in fact a crony of the late Soviet leader Yuri Androppv, who was formerly the head of the KGB. Gorbachev was one of a number of cronies promoted by Andropov, most of whom had ties to the KGB. And it was the KGB that framed Anatoly Shcharansky, and which has been in the vanguard of the Soviet campaign of antiJewish hysteria and reprehensible persecution of dissidents and Jews wishing to immigrate.

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved an amendment by Senator Alan Cranston (D., Calif.) making delivery of AWACs to Saudi Arabia contingent on President Reagan certifying tbat the Saudis have given "substantial assistance" to tbe peace process in the Middle Hast. ' Delivery of five AWAC surveillance planes are scheduled to begin next January, but Cranston said a commitment that Reagan made, when Congress was still debating the sale, should be' backed up with the force of law. On Oct. 28, 1981, in a letter to then-Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Reagan pledged that the planes would be turned over to the Saudis "only after the Congress has received in writing a Presidential certification" that certain conditions have been met. Among them, the President said; was "that the sale contributes directly to the • stability and security of the area, enhances the atmosphere and prospects for progress toward peace, and that initiatives toward the peaceful resolution of dis-

putes in the region have either been .successfully completed or that significant progress toward that goal has been accomplished with the substantial assistance of Saudi Arabia." Cranston, who had led the opposition against the

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mously approved the Cranston proposal — an amendment to the foreign aid bill —• by voice vote, with 11 members present. Congressman Michael D. Barnes (D., Md.) is intro-1 during a similar amendment in the House.

Jerusalem . . . Ethiopian mothers care for their children in a newly-created ward for the newcomers in he Hadassali-Hebrew University Medical Center here. In keeping with Medical Center policy, mothers are encouraged to stay in the hospital with their children during treatment.

What Sister Gillen reminds us of is the need for perseverence in the quest for freedom for Jews held hostage in the USSR; waiting for a "Soviet Kennedy" is not the solution. Only through the continuing process, as painstaking as it is, of letter writing, public demonstrations and other efforts to let Soviet ruling circles know the Anatoly Shcharansky and others are not forgotten, can the iron door be cracked open, as it.has been in the past.

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I was faced with a conflict the other day. I was obligated to attend a very important meeting, and had promised to be there. Then my granddaughter called with an invitation to the annual Grandparents' Day at her school. I suppose you can figure out the order of my priority. The visit to school was delightful. This year, my echolar is in the first grade, and is she important! I was invited to sit with her and together we read the Weekly Reader. Near •as I could tell, it hasn't changed much since I used to read it. I was invited to look around the classroom . . . I did. Among other things, today's six-year-old kids have a television, tape recorder and record player to help with their education. They had (at least in this room) posted lists of such things as members of the Snaggle-tooth Club. That means children who show vacancies where their front teeth should be — ALL six's fit that description. Another list, made BY the children, was an example of words beginning with the CH sound. Words such as CHAIR, CHILD or CHICKEN. Tp my amazement, the list included CHEECH and CHONG. The last served to remind me that parents of these kids were mostly thirty-ish. The second item on the agenda was a musical program involving all the grades from kindergarten to sixth. It was wonderful, and very.ecumenical, I'm glad to say. They sang everything from folk songs, spirituals and nursery rhymes to a rousing rendition of Tzayna-Tzayna! They sang twopart harmony and were adorable. The general appearance of those kids was varied. The littlest girls often had pierced ears and hair styles that went from peasant braids to punk, haircuts.

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By Julee Katzman BBW Publicity "Hats Off to Women" will be the theme of the sixth annual regional conference of the Gateway B'nai B'rith Women, according to Babo Aronoff end Esther Wax, local arrangements co-chairmen. The conference, to be held May 3, 4, and 5 at the Omaha Regency West Hotel, is expected to draw over 125 women from , a seven state area. The schedule of events for the conference includes: a May 3, creative Shabbut service, dinner and keynote address by-Beverly Davis, International B'nai B'nlli Women President; a May 4, " H a t N i g h t " dinner, Havdallah services, and awards show, followed by "Faces and Phases of Jewish Women," a film by Mario Thomas and Alan Alda. May 5, will begin with "Wear Your H a t with Pride," a lecture by Dr. Lilly Malting plans for the regional conference are Babe Aronoff (left) and Esther Stoller, followed by "Hats Wax (right) co-chairmen, with Beverly Franklin, BBW chapter president. Off to Mothers," a cavalcade For additional conference of giving. The conference Omaha BBW Chapter who advantage of this opportuwill end "with a luncheon will be attending the con- nity to experience all or por- information, contact' Babe and Life Enrichment Award ference as full delegates, tions of this regional con- Aronoff 333-4866, Esther ceremony, " H a t s Off to "We aro encouraging..all of ference," Mrs. Franklin Wax 391-4442, or Beverly Franklin 334-7365. Mimi Waldbaum." Mrs. our local members to take said. Waldbaum is the recipient it of the 1984-85 Life Enrichment Award. Registration fee for the entire conference is $75. Individual registration is available for the following:

Shabbat dinner, $20; continental breakfasts, $4 each; "Hats Off to Leadership" luncheon, $15. Special guest fees for non-members are also available upon request. According to Beverly Franklin, chapter president, funding is available io subvent the' registration costs of those members of the

"The facts are mounting test such as the Pap test, a and cancer of the breast, coto show that we are winning microscopic examination of lon and prostate has been the battle with cancer!" said cells from the uterus, is as- suggested by recent studies. Julius Cohn, president of sociated with the overall de- Evidence points to a lessthe American Cancer Soci- crease of more than 70 per- ening of chances of getting , ety's Douglas/Sarpy'Coun- cent in deaths from uterine cancer, by increasing the ties unit. cancer over the past 40 amount of fiber in the diet and lowering the intake of The statement was made years. as,the Annual Cancer Cm-. Routine self-examina- fatty foods. Sade, the society's educa- tions of the breasts and Early detection and tional and fund-raising testea can detect cancer in of. cancer oampaign.vvaa Isickcil .off re-.•-• these afeasj'at.an, ; ear,ly," prompt treatment 'of the colon;®a3'ffij;t«nV€-:ih'' cently. . • •• • • highly curable rate. '''' result in the' survival of "In the 1930s, less than The American Caiicer So- three out of four colorectal one in five.cancer patients ciety estimates that ciga- ' cancer patients. That could was alive five years after rette smoking is responsible mean more than 25 lives treatment," continued pres- for 85 percent of lung cancer could be saved this year in ident Cohn. "In 1985* that cases among men and 75 Douglas/Sarpy counties. . figure has improved to al- percent among women. Information on cancer demost one in two, according Statistics from recent tection and prevention, into recent government statistics. Here in Douglas-Sarpy surveys show that the over- cluding brochures entitled county that means that all percentage of smokers in "Your Colorectal Health more than 50 percent of pa- the population dropped Check," "Nutrition, Comtients .will be saved due to from 33.7 percent to 32.6 mon Sense and Cancer," improvements in prevention percent between 1978 and and "Cancer's Seven Warnand in methods of diagnosis 1980. By 1983 that percent- ing Signals" are available age had dropped even fur- from the local unit of the and treatment of cancer." American Cancer Society by Cohen offered as exam- ther, to 30 percent. Possible link between diet calling 393-7742. ples the following: A simple

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English bishop cites Christian responsibility By Maurice Samuelson Son of God: And into that LONDON (JTA) - A indictment Christians were leading Bishop of the able to funnel all the hatred Church of England has and humiliation they themmade one of the most candid selves felt at having been readmissions by a Christian jected by Judaism." religious leader about the In the Gospel of St. John, anti-Jewish traditions of . he, adds, the word Jew is alChristianity and their re- ways used perjoratively, sponsibility for the Nazi "They are the Massa DamHolocaust. nata." In the Passion narDr. John Baker, Bishop of ratives of both St. John and Salisbury, in a document St. Matthew, attempts are published last week, says made to blame the death of Christianity, more than any Jesus not only on Jewish other religion, had suc- leaders but on the whole cumbed to the disease of Jewish people. racism. He blamed the poi"An act of theological son of anti-Judaism, devel- penitence, and a conscious oping into ant-Semitism and publicly declared reapwhich Christianity had praisal of the Biblical inspewed out from the earliest sights, including a disowntimes. ing of the distorted features Baker, chairman of The of the New Testament, is esChurch of England's Doc- sential if the churches are to trine Commission, made his address themselves to their remarks in a report com- part in the racial situation missioned by the General with cleansed consciences." Synod, of The Church of Commenting on the BishEngland, its representative op's statement, The London body of priests and laymen. Times said it reflected growIn a searing passage, ing opinion among ChrisBaker, a noted theologian, tian theologians that the writes: "No matter that Je- mere disavowal of anti-Semsus was a Jew, that thou- itism was not a sufficient resands of Jews formed the sponse to the Holocaust. first Christian churches, "Passages in the New that the Jewish scriptures Testament, and the ancient constituted for nearly 200 tradition that the Church is years the only Christian Bi- the New Israel after the ble, the Jews were those who Jew's rejection of their Mes-. had rejected and killed the siah, are held to be ideas in

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which ariti-Semitiejm could By Edwin Eytan regerminate because they PARIS (JTA) - Marc contain an implicit rejection Chagall, the Jewish painter of the Jewish people's right (who was considered the last to exist .as a distinct religious community," the surviving master of this century, died at his home in the Times added. south of France at the aj;e of 97. Chagall, who hud designed the stained glass winYom Ha'atzmaut dows and the tapestries at poster contest the Paris Opera and the Knesset building in Jerusa"Proclaim Liberty lem, will be best rememthroughout the Land . . ." bered, however, for his eerie, the theme chosen for the dream-like portrayals of life 1985 Yom Ha'atzmaut cele- in his native city of Vitebsk bration is also the theme for at the turn of the century. the poster contest open to Chagall was the master of students in grades Kinder- a world of fiddlers playing garten through Sixth. The on the roofs of snow-covApril 19 deadline is rapidly ered huts, of lovers floating approaching so all inter- in the skies and old men and ested contestants should cows sitting cross-legged on put the finishing touches on pale blue clouds. their white 22 by 28 inch Art experts throughout poster board and turn them the world, in the West and in at the front desk of the in the East, considered ChaJewish Community Center. gall one of the half dozen Names should appear on greatest artists of the centhe back side of the poster .tury. In the West, the greatalong with the names of par- est museums in Western ents, address, phone num- Europe and America vied ber and grade. This infor- for his works; in the East, mation will .be used when the Soviet Union invited announcing winners in the him to "return home' when April 26 issue of the Jewish he last visited Moscow in Pres3. All posters will be on 1972. display during the April 28 He was one of only three festivities and ribbons will painters who had a full exbe awarded in each age hibit of their work at the group. Louvre while still alive. The other two were Picasso ad Braque. Chagall died during his sleep at his home in Saint Paul de Vence. His second wife, Valentino Brodsky, Vava whom he married in 1952, was with him. The mayor gS the village in

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which Chagall had lived and worked for the last 20 years, Marius Assert, said the painter "simply slipped away — he died of old age." Issert said he will be buried-Monday in the small village cemetery and said he believed it will be an intimute ceremony at which only close friends will be invited. Jean-Louis Prat, director of the Maeght Foundation in Saint Paul and a close friend of the Chagalls, said he had visited him a few days earlier and hud found him to be tired but alert. Issert, who was in regular contact with his wife, said that "during the last two weeks, he only went out into his garden and took ever shorter walks." His last known public appearance was last July when the French government marked his 97th birthday by inaugurating a museum to hosue his paintings near his home. Chagall attended the ceremony as well as the opening of-an art center in nearby Nice to house some of his stained glass windows. He seemed in high spirits at the time. Chagall was born July 7, 1887 in a relatively poor Jewish family; his father was a fishmonger, with Hasidic traditions in Vitebsk. At the age of 20 he left for St. Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy and in 1910 left for France. In Paris, he later said, he felt for the first time in his

right element at "La Ruche" on the left bank of Paris, at the time the home of Modigliani, Soutine and Leger. A few years later he returned to Russja to marry his childhood sweetheart, Bella Resenfeld, whom he later portruyed hundreds of times as the fiance floating in the skies. Till her death i in 1944, she was to remain his favorite model. In Russia he headed the Vitebsk Art Academcy to which he was appointed by the newly established Bolshevik government. But the Bolsheviks dismissed him because they did not find his art sufficiently "realistic" in what was to be the Communist style. Chagall then left for Moscow where he painted the murals of the Jewish Theater. One of the murals depicted Lenin as an acrobat hanging in a circus with his head down. The Jewish Theater burned down in the 1920's but some of the painting were salvaged. Chagall was bitter till the end that the Communist regime kept most of his works hidden, out of sight. Most of these paintings as well as the curtain of the Jewish Theater were last put on public view during Chagall's last trip to Moscow in 1972. He returned to France, via Berlin, in 1923 and was to live in the south of France till the Nazi invasion. It was during this period that he developed some of his strongest influences and inspirations.

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Temple Israel SERVICES Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, Rabbi Stephen F. Barack and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack will speak on "Remembrances." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Rimmerman and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Goldberg in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Russell Rimmerman. Saturday: Morning service 11 a.m. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Saturday, April 13—9 a.m. Sunday, April 14 — 10 a.m. HEBREW SCHOOL Daled, Monday, April 15 : — 4 and 5 p.m. Bet, Tuesday, April 16 — 4 and 5 p.m. Gimmel, Wednesday, April 17 — 4 p.m. Aleph, Thursday, April 18 — 4 and 5 p.m. CONFIRMATION Wednesday, April 17 — 4 p.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Russell Rimmerman, son of Harlan Rimmerman and Jennine Goldberg, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13.. Mark Louis E r m a n , son of Ruth and Joe Erman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. MEN'S CLUB Betty Davis, director of public relations for the Western Heritage Museum, will be the Men's Club speaker, 10 a.m. April 14. Ms. Davis will speak on "History, Heritage and Hot Fudge." She will give a slide presentation and discuss Omaha history — from its founding to the present. A lox and bagel brunch will be served. There is no charge for Men's Club members. There is a $2 charge for guests.'

Sabbath Candlelighting for Friday, April 12, 6:42 p.m. E2G&5I SERVICES: Friday April 12 — Seventh Day of Pesach Morning service 8:45 a.m. Evening service G:30 p.m. There will not be a late Family Service because of the holiday. Saturday April 13 — Last Day of Pesach Morning service 8:45 a.m. YIZKOR 11 a.m. Evening service 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Morning service will be held at 9 a.m'. Breakfast and class with the rabbi will not be held until the following Sunday. UNITED TALMUD TORAH Classes of the United Talmud Torah will resume on Sunday morning, April 14, 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 chargejjf dinner arrangements and program are.Bernice Crounse and Cheryl Kirke. Reservations accompanied by check are $8.50. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ADVANCE NOTICE Late Friday Night Family Service will be resumed Friday evening, April 19 at 8:15 p.m.

SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz conducts services in the Ca•pehart Chapel every Friday /'yfe". United TaSnioitii at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat l A^A? Torah of ©mate follows the service. The last in the series of pre-kindergarten programs will be held on April 28, 10 a.m.-ll:30 a.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue. The theme is Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Mary-Beth D. Muskin Independence Day. and Denise Greenberg have Children ages 3-5 are in- been selected as Outstandvited to attend and must be ing Young Women of Ameraccompanied by an adult. ica for 1984. Their biograReservations, which are a phies will be included in the must, can be made by call- 1984 edition of Outstanding the School office (556- ing Young Women of 3770) by April 24. America.

EH SERVICES: Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: Last Day of Passover. Services at 9:30 a.m. Yizkor during services. A kiddush will follow services Minha-Ma'ariv services 6:30 p.m. Passover ends at 7:25 p.m. Sunday: Services at 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. SECOND SHABBAT DINNER The Monthly Shabbat Dinner will be held this Friday following services at 6 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The weekly Lunch and Learn series with the rabbi will be held on April 18, noon, at the Conant Hotel. MEN'S CLUB BREAKFAST Men's Club will sponsor breakfast on April 21, following the morning minyan. SISTERHOOD DINNER AND STYLE SHOW Sisterhood will have a family dinner and style show on April 23, 6:30 p.m. Darlene Golbitz and Donna Olesh are co-chairmen. A family style fried chicken dinner and a presentation of spring and summer fashions modeled by the Board and their families is planned. The script is written by Pam Cohn; Bobbie Epstein will be the commentator. Western or casual wear is suggested for the guests. The cost is $6 for adults, $3.50 for children 5-12 and no'charge for children under 5. Reservations for each person attending must be sent with a check to Donna Olesh, 13008 Frances, 68144, by April 18.

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Go ahead By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) — Premier Shimon Peres said that Israel must go ahead with the design and construction of the Lavi, its second generation jet fighter plane, because it is essential. He made his remarks to reporters on a visit to the Israel-Aircraft Industries (IAI) where the Lavi is being developed. The project seemed in trouble recently because of Israel's economic crisis. But Peres said he was convinced the Lavi must be built. "It belongs to the new generation of highly modern fighters and I believe that in two or three aspects, the Lavi is far ahead of any other known aircraft available today," Peres said. He added that the project was not behind schedule. The IAI, meanwhile, presented Defense Minister Boyamu Salia Papua-New Guinea today with the first of three Arava transport planes ordered from Israel by that southwest Pacific nation. Sali is on an official visit to Israel. The remaining two planes .will be handed over later this month. They were ordered nearly a year ago and in the interim, 17 Papuan Air Force pilots and ground crew have been training in Israel to fly and maintain the planes.

Seventh Day Pesah, 5745 By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke When Gentile visitors come to the Synagogue, I like to include a look at the text of the Torah Scroll in their tour. They are generally impressed, as Jews are, that we consider it proper to read Torah (during the service) only from a hand-indited parchment Scroll, in which a skilled and pious scribe has given meticulous attention to the text he has copied. And, further, that the reader does not read but chants every word of it, guided by prescribed trope (accents, musical intervals) which are not printed before him in the text but are memorized; and, still further, that the text includes no punctuation and no vocalization (vowels). I used to make a practice of opening at random to some passage in the current weekly Sidrah and chanting it in English, according to the trope of the Hebrew. It is apparent at once how the chanting adds to the dramatic effect of the text and enhances its emotional impact. There are times, however, when the opposite is true. There are Haftarah passages, for example, where a sensitive interpretation of the text may use a departure from the prescribed cantillation. Departure from the trope heightens the urgency of a prophetic denunciation or sweetens the rhapsody of the prophetic comfort. Then a dramatic declamation or a gentle-voiced verbal caress will do more — for a p h r a s e or two only — than the chant. Tradition recognizes this, as many will remember, in. the change of the values of the trope in the Haftarah of the Shabbat preceding Tisha B'Av, Shabbat Hazon. It is like using ordinary type to give stress in a whole 'passage already printed in ' italics. *;' ; . , • • < / ! , ) • > • ' '

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obliged them, at various points, to depart from the usual trope, thus "italicizing" the text at those points. I am led to all of this by the Haftarah for the seventh day of Pesah, a passage from Second Samuel. Unfortunately, (how easily I give myself away!), this passage is repeated almost exactly, as the 18th Psalm. I am chagrined to report that this is, of all the Haftarot of the year, my least favored. And the 18th Psalm is, in my view, very far from the exalted standard of the Psalms, let alone from the heights of the greatest Biblical poetry. Not all poetry . . . is great poetry. The poem is written in the usually effective parallelism of Biblical poetry, but in the passage before us, the succession of brief verses, with the scheme of parallelism constantly repeated with almost no variation, becomes burdensome even in the Hebrew and even when read. But when it is chanted, in a repetitive succession of similar trope in verses of similar rhythm and similar parallelism, the passage simply loses poetic effect. . On top of all this, for a Synagogue service (I hesitate to say it), it is simply too long. There are fifty-one (count 'em!) of these choppy little verseB. It is possible, of course, to admire the earnest thanksgiving of the' pcnt, when the passage is rea'c •|')ud,.in Hebrew or a good English translation. But to appreciate the mood of the poet at the best, read the passage silently. For a chanted Haftarah? My taste says no. A friend of mine used to say, "not everyone,likes kreplach" (if I may mention them on Pesah!). Usually Biblical passages send my spirit soaring, especially when read or chanted well. "But sometimes, rarely, ,my; lpveôf the Biblical text •anîtîe; Synagogue service hits a snag. This is one. And the, compilers.of the Bible (why? why?) gave me this one twice!

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y pport for fasmen By Jill Kuohnor Bolmont ADL/CRC Assistant Director In light of the worsening farm crisis in Nebraska, the Anti-Defamation League-Community Relations Committee board passed a resolution April 2 regarding the hardships facing farmers and suggesting an appropriate response from the Jewish community. The resolution reads as follows: "The ADL/CRC Board resolves that our agency encourage leadership circles in official bodies within our Jewish community to become more familiar with the issues and circumstances which have generated the present farm crisis and, where appropriate, involve the Jewish community in programming aimed at alleviating the economic hardship and emotional stress of farm families that have been traumatized by the crisis, as well as supporting legislation which would ameliorate the effects of the current crisis."

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hw moinriis mallSifi\<£ The lead story in both last week's paper and in today's edition refers to the upcoming dinnerdance sponsored by the Men's Camp^ipi' of the Jewibh Federation. Why so much attention to a dinner-dance? ; The answer is simple. The event is an opportunity for all members of the Jewish community to got together aa a com— munity and buve a good time. It Seem3 -that every edition of the Jewish PFCKJ carries distressful material. There are stories about Holocaust remembrance, the terrible situation of the Ethiopian Jews, the «eeinincly impossible case of Soviet Jewry, and so on. A reader could say with certainty that the Jew, in many parts of the world is living under frightful conditions and that week after week the Jewiclt PrcB3 records this misery. So be it. The job of the 'Jewish Press is to provide a running record of what is happening to the Jewish people. Once in a while, however, we get an opportunity to provide a motivational boost for the Jewish community. The .dinner-dance on April 20 at the Red Lion Inn is such an opportunity. The Men's Campaign leadership believes that a number of different events is needed to stimulate and motivate the members of the Jewish community. - ' . That is why different events are planned for different levels of'giving and to date this system seems to work pretty well. The Campaign leaders overcame many obstacles to getthe activities rolling this year and the Pacesetter Division dinner featuring George Will demonstrated the correctness of their approach. Now for the major event of the Men's Campaign. A festive event has been-planned to give the entire Jewish community an opportunity to get to-' gether and have a good time. The ambience of the Red Lion Inn* a super orchestra for dancing enjoyment, a strictly kosher meal, a videotape presentation, and an opportunity for socializing... • And the highlight of the evening will be a~special tribute to the Livingston Foundation and its trustees. , • • " ' • • • ' • • • • • . • • . ' The Livingston Foundation has given unprecedented support to tha Jewish community for many years and it can be said without question that in some manner the generosity of this philanthropic organization has touched tfie lives of every Jewish resident in this area. . The Jewish Federation has provided a subsidy for the dinner enabling the cost to be a modest $15 per person. • ' So, make your reservation by sending a check to Sondra Rosenblatt, c/o the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 333 South 132nd street, zip 68154. This is the festive, social event of the year. Come and enjoy. ••

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HAIFA — The captain of a merchant vessel which frequently puts in at the port of Haifa, recently confided that whenever he oteamed into cipht of land here, he navigated his entrance into Haifa Bey by taking his readings oil the city's most conspicuous landmark, one 'which is not listed as a navigational aid on any of the maritime maps: tho gold dome of the Bahai shrine. The gold dome, which has almost become o trademark for Haifa, is now almost eclipsed by a monumental new structure, only recently completed. This is the Bahai Universal House of Justice, built in the classical Greek style. More than anything eke, it reminds the viewer of what the Parthenon, in ancient Athens, must have looked like at the prime of its glory. The majestic building is supported by 58 hand-carved, 11-metre high columns, topped by Corinthian capitals, and the comparison with the Parthenon is not out of place, for the marble was taken from the same quarry in Greece which provided the stone for the temple on the Acropolis. The building is not open to the general public, but we were privileged to have a guided tour of the interior. It is breathtakingly magnificent inside, not only in its architecture, but also in its decorations, with a most tasteful array of furniture and art from every part of the world. One finds precious rugs, crystal chandeliers, crafted woodwork and other elegant objects from China, Persia, India and many African states. Canadian oak, granite floors from Tasmania, hand-carved panelling from Italy, are but a few of the features. Almost everything in the building is a free-will gift from members of the faith and the enormous cost of construction, too, was covered by contributions, yet nowhere will one find even a single plaque crediting a donor. Some who have been inside have criticized the decor as being a hodge-podge of many cultures, but they miss tho significance of the display, which embodies the spiritual philosophy of the Bahai faith, a fusion of many cultures. •The Greek-style structure, too, is capped by a dome, in the style of the Islamic world. Bahai is an international religion with close to four million adherents in 143 countries. It was founded in Persia a little more than a hundred years ago. Its prophet, Baha'u'llah, was persecuted and imprisoned by the Persians, but finally made his way to Palestine and died near Acre in 1892. Haifa has been proclaimed to be the world

headquarters of this unusual religion. It is obviously difficult to do justice to the theology and philosophy of eny religion in a few lines. Bahai is a monotheistic religion which preaches world peace, brotherhood of man, justice, coadncM and beauty. It favors a world government, en internuion&l lonjjucge and o world police force. It declarer thfct there is un evolution in man's ability to understand the mysteries of divine nature, and various prophets have throughout the oces helped open men's eyes to the significance of man's relations with God and with his fellow mttn. Judaism, Christianity, Ic-lam, have been successive step3 in GUCII understanding. Their own prophet is the most recent, but not necessarily the last, as the evolutionary process will continue. There is an aura of mysticism in Bahai, which does not deter it from utilizing the latest in computer technologies for data processing and for maintaining contact with its affiliated groups in some 31,000 cities, towns and villages. Bahais in Iran have in recent years been subject to barbarous cruelties and murders, but cling to their faith in the basic goodness of man. A Bahai could never resort to terror, nor even use of armed might. How then do they expect to fight oppression? Donald Barrett, Secretary General of the World Centre, explained to us that they do not use violence in any form. They fight for their rights by playing the spotlight of publicity on violations of justice, and by mobilizing international public opinion against injustice. The Bahai relations with the State of Israel are excellent, a fact which does not help their co-religibnists in Iran. Several thousand Bahai pilgrims come to Haifa each year. It is against the policy of the Bahai to perform any conversions to their faith in Israel, and indeed the entire resident Bahai community here numbers less than 300, most of them volunteers from abroad who have come to serve. Their religion has no clergy, and any lay person may conduot prayer services. Worship of God is conducted in the language of one's choice. ' . • • • . Some who are familiar with the tenets of the Bahai, dismiss it as being too idealistic and perfectionist. Yet one cannot help but "think what a better world this would be if the captains of the world's ships of state were to steer the national course of their nations by following the moral and ethical precepts which the Bahai, and other enlightened religions, espouse. ' L

(flatter© to -tifa& The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. To the Editor: We started out with the idea of honoring all of the Jewish women of the JCC in your Passover edition . . . a complement to your theme on Jewish Women. We soon found out that our list of honore.es omitted several dozen of our valuable members. We were upset that this could have happened, and want to apologize to each.of the women whose name was omitted from our ad. After'much research, we found out that the names omitted corresponded to those wome'n whose correct birthdates were missing from our files. In each case reported to us, the birthdate on our records was after 12/31/66, the computer sort date used to generate the list for your Passover edition. When we informed some of the callers that we had them listed OB being under age 18, they were flattered, but,at the same time gave us their correct birthdate for our records! When our files were originally fed into the computer, if the birthdate was missing, the current year of entry was used "temporarily" . . . it was these entries which caused the omissions. We hope that those women involved will call Lois Wine at 334-8200 and give her your correct date of birth .. . "all information received will be strictly confidential." Thanks to all for their understanding. Ilene Klein President, JCC Steven Rod, Executive Director, JCC To the Editor: . On Sunday evening, 150 members of our community broadened their knowledge of human rights and the denial of those rights by the Soviet Union. Sister Anne Gillen, executive director of the InterreligiousTask Force on Soviet Jewry, spoke to the audience on the subject while a commemorative candlelighting ceremony for dissidents and refuseniks served to remind them that one cannot forget those individuals whose inherent freedoms are being denied by the Eastern World. The evening was a stirring presentation leaving the audience silent with their thoughts. As convenors of the Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry, the National Council of Jewish Women was proud to sponsor this program with their co-sponsors the ADL/CRC and the Jewish Federation of Omaha. . Sharon E. Cipperley President NCJW • ••••

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The current battle over the abortion issue in this country has become alarming. Civil disobedience and bombing of clinics are but a barometer of the feelings of thousands regarding this important issue over a clash of values as to when life begins. ' • < While few of us would condone murder, many Americans today honestly believe abortion is murder. While I don't share that view, I feel it is unfortunate that so many pregnancies are terminated so casually.

By Allan G r e e n e Executive vice president, J e w i s h F e d e r a t i o n of O m a h a Certainly rape and incest victims should be given options to terminate pregnancies without question. But we also have a leadership vacuum in our country which makes our politicians choose "yes" or "no" as if there were no "sometimes" allowable. Many young couples unable to have children would welcome the opportunity to adopt some of these children. But, our society provides little assistance for unwed pregnant women to enable them to give birth to such children in respectable and affordable circumstances. If anti-abortionists feel such women should cfirry to term, they should be prepared to support birthing costs, residential support (in a clean and safe environment), counseling, and perhaps even financial support for the time when these mothers cannot earn a living. We do not want to return to the days, either, when women had to turn to illegal abortionists working in unsanitary and unhealthy environments, which caused much suffering and death. .. If our society is to decide such important decisions for its citizenry, it must be prepared to back its decisions with assistance, not penalties for those who disobey or the law will not be respected since those with resources will be able to seek other options that the less advantaged do not have. The debate over when life begins brings into play a value clash which has become a major rift in our society. Our country needs leadership to resolve this issue so that all feel they've "won" and none feel they've "lost". The future >af.this country1 is dependent'on such leadership-now;.1'.;.. <

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Jerusalem yeshiva becomes thriving rehabilitation center By Joel Baiuerman (WZPS) - Jn the past Yisrael's hands belonged to Esau. Today they are those of. Yaakov. Daniel used to earn a living robbing bunks. Now he is the proud father of four. Avraham was once the largest distributor .of hashish in northern Israel. Today ho deals only in Torah. I While 'B.iaiei-Teshuva Yeshivot' are blossoming everywhere in kratl, Machnno Yisroel ia B unique and very different kind of venture within the movement. It is a rehabilitation program for ex-convicts where classes in basic Jewish beliefs are conducted and Halacha is taught with special emphasis placed on the mitzvot (duties) between man and his fellow, man. The Yeshiva has also initiated a number of highly successful programs which enable prison inmates to visit and learn about the Holy City while participating in learning sessions at the Beit Yisroel campus. The head of the Yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Feinhandler, boasts of a success rate with the ex-convicts exceeding 90 percent. The warden of the, prison claims that "our rehabilitation program is the best in the country. Once

the former inmate understands how unethical and immoral his previous life was, he usually doesn't return to prison". And when esked why his project has not received official recognition he responds by challenging government policy: "The government realizes how effective we are yet what they don't understand is that the clubs and recreation centers they build in the development towns invariably become drug-dealing centers which in turn keep the country's prisons well-stocked". Realizing that men cannot live by religion alone, administrators have set aside afternoons for teaching trades such as metalworking and Iocksmithing and the work they do learning these professions pays for their room and board while studying at the Yeshiva: Recent efforts to combine work and study has culminated in Kfar Gidon, an agricultural settlement north of Afula. In spite of the fact that the secretary of the regional council of the Emek Valley is a member of Kibbutz Mizra (one of the largest producers of non-kosher meat in Israel), Kfar Gidon was recognized and invited

to join the council. Says Rabbi Feinhandler, "during the meetings with the kibbutzim we put it to them plain and simple. We said we want our students not only to study about the 'Love of Eretz Yisrael', but to actually till the boil and feel the beauty of the land. 1 explained to them how this was difficult to do from the rite :>f Jerusalem. We ^..t im.ii them on a level Uiey could understand". Machane Yisroel's religious cinphcsis is Sephardic. As 90 percent of the students are Jews from Arabic countries, every effort is made to cultivate Sephardic customs and traditions, and as Rabbi Feinhandler put it, 'To make the students feel that Torah is as Sephardic as it is Ashkenazic'. (The majority of Torah commentary has come from Ashkenazi-Eastern European origins). "The majority of Sephardic Jews in Israel come from religious homes", explains the ex-Chicago rabbi. "They believe in Torah. They know how beautiful the Shabbat can be. They are believing people who have difficulty bringing Torah into their daily lives. We help bring their hearts and their minds together". Every week the deans of

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Students at the Jerusalem Yeshiva 'Machane Yisroel' which specializes in the rehabilitation of ex-convicts. The Yeshiva claims a 90 percent 'success rate'. the Yeshiva and the students travel out of Jerusalem to a central hall in one of the poorer areas of Tel Aviv or one of the development towns. They take with them the 'Machane Yisroel band' and with Armound, the exrock star as their singer, they sing and dance to traditional Sephardic themes. There- they talk of what Torah means to them;

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Yet despite these record breaking statistics, many officials at the Ministry of Tourism feel that the country's exploitation of what is in effect Israel's greatest natural resource, is only a fraction of what it could be. Other Mediterranean countries like Spain attract 30 million tourists each year, while some 10 million vacationers visit Greece. In comparison Israel's tourist industry with all its impressive achievements,..looks like an also-ran — and Israel certainly has no less to offer than its rivals in world tourism. Safer in Israel! Michael Gidron, Director of Information Services at the Ministry of Tourism cites some of the problems in increasing the number of tourists to Israel. "First, Israel is further away from northern Europe and North America than other tourist destinations like Spain and Italy", he says. "This makes a vacation in Israel that much more expensive in a market that is highly competitive. However, perhaps even more critical is the fact that Israel is viewed as being in a 'war zone'. There were even people who cancelled trips to Israel after the Russian invasion of Afghanistan because they ignorantly perceived that event as being somehow bound up with Israel's fortunes". Perhaps more understandably, there is always a rash of cancellations following a terrorist incident in Israel. Nevertheless, it should be noted that an individual is a hundredfold safer in the streets of Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem than in Miami, for example, where murders and mugging are part of life.

Aggressive marketing and advertising campaigns in Europe and America are paying dividends. Other gimmicks, including a special Israel Bond that can be redeemed by visitors to Israel and earn their holders discounts on flights and hotels, are aimed more specifically at the Jewish market. It is a strange fact that until recently, more German Gentiles came to Israel each year than American Jews. In 1980 there were 157,000 German visitors compared to 150,000 Jewish tourists. ( )

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But wars and the threat of wars are a disaster for Israeli tourism. In the months following Israel's entry into Le- homeland, or Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Since banon in June 1982, tourism nosedived even though there the mid-seventies, when tourists almost doubled from was no fighting in Israel itself. As a result only 997,000 620,000 in 1975.to 1,071,000 in 1978, marketing emphasis people visited Israel in 1982, 14% less than the previous has been on charter groups of sun seeking vacationers from year. The downward trend was reversed in 1983 with northern Europe. Today Israel has more than 30,000 hotel 1,170,000 visitors to Israel, just 6,000 short of the record in rooms and 6,000 more rooms are under construction. Jer1980, while this.year will almost certainly see a new high. usalem remains the largest center with 6,000 rooms and The economics aspect The boost that tourism can give to Israel's economy is enormous. Ministry of Tourism figures show that the average visitor spends 12 days in the country and spends$1,000 including airfare, hotel bills, restaurants, gift stores, tours, entertainment and other leisure activities. Thus each million visitors to Israel spend a massive billion dollars. Israel's tourist industry caters to all types of tourists with numerous luxury five-star hotels and plenty of youth hostels, with limousines for rent or easy hitchhiking around the country, plus extraordinarily cheap (and very reliable) public transportation.

life after having tasted the drug of death". As the study hall cleared for lunch, Rabbi Feinhandler pointed out one of the students who had remained in his seat, explaining that neither the shopkeepers nor the storeowners in the Machane Yehuda section of Jerusalem will miss his weekly collection of protection money.

The largest hotel in the country is the 600 room Tel Aviv Hilton. However, Jerusalem's Regency Hyatt will surpass that when building is completed on the 700 room convention hotel. But new five star hotels are not necessary to increase tourism to Israel, bearing in mind that the country's hotels had an average 55% occupancy during 1983. Consequently with almost no additional investment, Israel could absorb an extra million visitors, which would bring an extra billion dollars into the nation's coffers. Many observers believe investment should now be concentrated on good popularly priced hotels, which they think are lacking in the country.

By Simon Griver (WZPS) — Israel's tourist industry is enjoying its best ever year. In the first six months of 1984 there were 593,000 visitors to the country, representing a 12% rise over the same period-last year and the highest ever January-June figure.

of their attitudes towards what many of them call the pleasure-seeking and emptiness of secular Israeli society; of the self-respect and dignity they receive from Judaism. Armound claims to speak for them all when he says, "We swallowed the pleasures of life until it emerged from our ears. ' There is nothing better to invest in than the drug of

2,000 under construction. So deeply ingrained is the romantic image of Jerusalem in the western imagination that the potential for expanding tourism to the capital is limitless. • '. • •

Alarming figures Research by Dr. Raymond Baron, Director of Statistics at the Ministry of Tourism, shows that'this balance has been redressed but that American Jews are still reluctant to visit Israel. Dr. Baron's poll amongst American Jews showed that 10% have even been to Israel and that only 33% have the desire to visit. Some 3% of American Jews visit Israel each year. These are alarming figures not only for the tourist trade but for all concerned with Israel-Diaspora relations. Many of those who do come complain about the high cost of an Israeli vacation. Hotels think that storekeepers and restauranteurs overcharge, while merchants complain that hotel prices deter tourism. The Ministry of Tourism exerts as much control as possible in order to improve the situation but most tourist enterprises are privately owned. Nevertheless, the Ministry pressures entrepreneurs to consider long term profitability rather than short term profit. If Israel is to solve its current economic crisis, then an extra billion dollars from tourism would be ap invaluable contribution. In a country that lacks natural resources, every potential asset must be exploited to its full.

The significance of tourism Yet for Israel, tourism is not only a question of financial The Tel Aviv-Herzliya area, with its golden beaches and profit, important as this is. Non-Jewish visitors who return sparkling nightlife, has 5,700 rooms, while the Red Sea home happy and enthusiastic about the country are the best resort of Eilat, with guaranteed winter sunshine, has 4,000 ambassadors for Israel's cause in the broad sense of winning rooms. In addition, Israel is now developing its health resort over friends and supporters all over the world! Jewish tourfacilities for skin ailments and rheumatism at the Dead Sea ism is an expression of that solidarity with Israel without and at Tiberias. For a novel and inexpensive vacation, there which the Jewish State lacks so much of its authentic hisare 1,500 rooms around the country in kibbutz guest houses. torical significance. Tourism is in a sense, a measure of These provide excellent facilities and at the same time en- Israel's ability to fulfill in the eyes of the world that promise able visitors to become acquainted with the unique kibbutz which it has held out since it won its independence in 1948. Israel's 300 hotels, and the infrastructure thatieurrounds way of life. In the eyes of many people abroad, Israel is still For Israel, increased tourism makes sense not only as an them were originally designed to cater to tourists who visit above all 'the Land of the Kibbutz' (the name of a book on economic imperative but also as an indispensable part of , r. w-,v. .its struggle within, international public .opinion;. •,'; ,V. .•••=•. Israel for 8entjrneDta4j.ea8ons:.e4tb.ex.J.ew.8 cpming.tPitheir . the. subject in French). •;.

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By Murray Frost The horror of the Holocaust was a daily event, bbt we are more likely to be reminded of it in April. The annual observance of Yom HaShoah usually fulls in April. This year TV again serves as a powerful educational tool to ensure that we never forget. The drama of Raoul Wallenberg was shown on NBC-TV on April 8 and 9. Some governments have used stamps to help its citizens (and those who receive their letters and collect their stamps) to remember the Holocaust. For instance Raoul Wallenberg appeared on an Israeli stamp issued in 1983. Many of these Holocaustrelated stamps have been issued in April. In fact seven nations have issued such stamps in past Aprils. Poland, for example, commemorated the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt with issues on its anniversary (April 19) in 1948, 1963, and 1983. Poland issued other Holocaust-related stamps in April 1946, 1962, and 1967. Its latest Holocaust-related issue was a stamp released last September which showed the children's memorial at the Lodz deportation center.

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focused on gutting survivors into Palestine. He settled there in 1947 and died in 1981. Zivia Zuckerman was Yitkhak's companion and comrade-in-arms. Her efforts, a first, concentrated on getting Jews from Poland into Palestine. As the situation worsened, she played an active role in the resistance and was part of the high command at 18 Mila Street during the April Ghetto Revolt. She escaped the Ghetto in May, 1943, and fought along side her husband in the 1944 Polish Uprising. She, too, returned to Palestine after the war. She died in 1978. These Jewish resistance fighters join a number of others honored on stamps. Israel in 1983 — along with the Wallenberg stamp — issued a set which portrayed Mordechai Anielewicz, the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and Yosef Glazman, a lqader of the Vilna Ghetto resistance. France has honored Renee Levy and Jacques Bingen with stamps.

crisis Sources tell us that these darling "faces without names" attended Pre School at Beth El Synagogue in about 1958. Can you tell us any more? Write the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, 333 South 132 Street, Omaha, NE 68154 or call on Sundays between 10 - 2, 334-8200, Ext. 270:

The resistance is just one aspect of the story of the Holocaust that can be told through more than 200 stamps. My own exhibit . By Estelle Rosenberg Nine USYers went to the The latest stamp relevant runs 42 pages and includes to a Holocaust collection is stamps and covers relating Denver Kallah from March one issued by Israel on April the Holocaust to its roots in 1-3 and had a super time. 2, 1985. The stamp depicts Anti-Semitism and noting U.S.Y. thanks the Tifereth Yitzhak and Zivia Zucker- the successes and failures of Israel Congregation and raan who were active leaders the Jews as they tried to flee Sisterhood for their finanin the Warsaw Ghetto re- Hitler (his policy at first cial support in making this sistance movement. Yitzhak was to let the Jews leave — possible. was known as "Antek" and but few nations were willing was deputy commander of to take them in). The ex- • ; The following Lincoln the fighters' organization hibit also depicts some of young people were recently there. He was on a mission " the stamps and cancella- included in honor rolls of to obtain arms and ammu- tions issued by some coun- their schools: Sophomores: nition when the Warsaw tries to memorialize, the Andrew Cherrick, Michael Ghetto Revolt broke out on concentration camps (the N. Dolich, Brian Hoffman, April 19, 1943, but he re- exhibit also includes covers Kimberly A. Smith. Juniors: turned to help free those from several of the camps). Heidi L. Breslow, Charles still trapped in the Ghetto The exhibit notes the heroic Friedman,v Mindy Mozer, ruins. He also played a role Jewish resistance efforts Harry P. Pocras, Lori L. in the Warsaw Uprising of and the spotty Christian as- Smith. Ori Twersky., SerAugust 1944, leading a sistance efforts. It concludes iors: Alissa Rosenberg and group of Jewish resistance with the message: "To en- Dana Twersky. sure a Holocaust NEVER fighters. , AGAIN occurs, we must •A recent pamphlet, "The After the war, his efforts NEVER FORGET!!" Jewish Federation" edited ' by Suri Jacknis was sent to all Lincoln Federation members. It contained the following subjects: "An Important Jewish Value — Tzedaka, What is the Federation?, Know your Lincoln Federation, and Lincoln Community has Goals and Aspirations." "If you save one life, it's as if you April 15 through April 20

have saved the entire world" — Talmud. Mark you calendars for the "Hadassah Style Show spectacular" being planned as a fund raising event by the creator Ophira Bahar, Thursday evening May 30, at the Hillcrest Country Club. Watch for more details at a later date. The South Street Temple Shabbat Orieg hosts for the month of March were: Gary and Kathy Weiss, Suzanne and Stephen Kalish, Ralph and Marily Cady and Pam Kominsky. The South Street Temple Congregation extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Mrs. Julian (Margaret) Lyons. A Holocaust Memorial will be held at the State Capital Building on April 18, 10:30 a.m. This will be sponsored by the Lincoln Jewish Federation, Omaha Federation and major Jewish groups of Nebraska. ' The unveiling of a mon-

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April 16 in the Tifereth Israel social hall. Nancy Coren, program chairman, will present a film, "The Wave," which is based on an experiment carried out in California in 1967. It is an example of how positive qualities like pride, self discipline and sense of comnturtltyTcaTl'lle Mied to promote negative ends as in Nazi Germany. A discussion will follow the film. Refreshment committee, Rose Feuerberg and Rose Shneider preceding the meeting, will have a lot of goodies to serve. Cece Hill will be chairing the April meeting. Make plans to attend.

VOA radio By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - Is- versy here. The U.S. wants rael has agreed to the Rea- the transmitter in Israel to gan Administration's pro- overcome Soviet jamming of posal to build a' powerful VOA broadcasts relayed via Voice of America (VOA) ra- Europe. But .many Israelis dio transmitter in Israel to feared that to acquiesce relay broadcasts to the So- would involve Israel directly viet Union and other East- in the cold war between the ern bloc countries, Maariv superpowers and would have said. a detrimental effect on the Defense Minister Yitzhak situation of Soviet Jews Rabin made a verbal com- which has seriously deterimitment to President Rea- orated during the past year. gan at their White House But President Reagan exmeeting recently, Maariv erted pressure, Maariv said, said. It was not put in writ- and Israel was forced finally ing. Rabin reportedly acted to agree. The only condition on a decision taken secretly was that no public discloby Israeli leaders in recent sure be made of the agreeweeks. ' ment until the debate in IsThe American request rael dies down, Maariv raised considerable contro- reported;

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Arleeri Sorkin will be featured at this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration at the Jewish Community Center on April 28. Ms. Sorkin is best known as the comic relief character "Calliope Jones" in the popular soap opera "Days of Our Lives," seen in Omaha JCC dance exam participants pictured in left-hand picture, from left, Sara Mo- weekduys at noon on rello, Jill LarBOn, and Deb Cohen; pictured in the right-hand picture, from left, KMTV, Channel 3. Lena Gold and Miki Penner. In addition to her regular television appeurances, Ms. Sorkin performs in nightclubs and cabarets on the east coast as part of the comedy troupe "The High Heeled Women." Called a On March 26 and 27, 48 Certificate from the R.A.D., her a sense of accomplish- female version of the Marx students from the JCC an audition and interview is ment. She gains confidence Brothers by comedian1 Alan dance program participated required of all applicants," in her own abilities." King, "The High Heeled in the Royal Academy of said Mrs. Allworthy. If that Dancing (R.A.D.) exams. is successfully completed, The yearly examinations an intensive three to four provide n standard which week training is held in 1 enables parents and teach- England for the prospective ers to evaluate the chil- examiner. Mrs. Allworthy President of the Zionist Vatican to establish diplodren's progress and level of added that a new examiner achievement. will then be scheduled for Organization of America, matic ties to Israel, a land A native of England, this springtime visits to dance Alleck A. Resnick, made the which is 'a light among the year's R.A.D. examiner/rep- schools .throughout the following statement con- nations.' After all, how can resentative, Catherine All- United States. To ensure cerning the recent meeting the peace process truly go worthy, has been living and that standards are main- of Prime Minister Shimon forward if the Prince of teaching in the United tained, a new examiner will Peres with Pope John Paul Peace withholds recognition States for the past 20 years. be accompanied by an ex- II, according to Abe Gen- of the state of Israel. The formal recognition of the During her stay in Omaha, perienced one during the dler, local ZOA chairman. Mrs. Allworthy discussed first three days of her exam "We are pleased that the Jewish State by the Catholic the procedures involved and schedule. Only after com- visit of Israel's Prime Min- Church would be a clear and the responsibilities assumed pleting a two-year proba- ister Peres with Pope John significant message to the when becoming an R.A.D. tionary period, will an ex- went well. Pope John is a world." examiner. aminer be given permanent man who understands history as well as he appreci"In addition to holding status. ates the meaning of democthe Advanced Teacher's In relating her own ex- racy. It is logical, then, to be periences, Mrs. Allworthy hopeful that he will soon efdescribed her schedule for fect full diplomatic relations thi? year. Omaha was her between the Vatican and the ,fijrst-'Stopjonifl !nine-week democratic state of Israel. schedule which will take her "As the Holy Father of all In honor of National Li- to Arizona, Southern Calibrary Week (April 14-20)' fornia, Nevada, Utah, and Catholics, Pope John also Wednesday, April 17, 1985 upstate New York. Only understands the concept of has been chosen as Library after viewing approximately peoplehood and brotherAppreciation Day. The Jew- 900 students, will she return hood. Therefore, perhaps he ish Federation Library will to her home in New Jersey. is ready to recognize the vaserve punch, coffee, cookies, "The time commitment is lidity of Zionism, the hisfriendship and ideas to all significant," Mrs. Allworthy toric liberation movement visitors. The library is open said, "but my own school which has confirmed the from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. has benefited from the peoplehood of the Jews; R.A.D. system and I feel' a Zionism has brought them . "Your library at the Jew- responsibility to help main- from despair and persecuish Community Center is a tain the program." tion in Europe, the Soviet supermarket for the mind, Union, Arab lands and Afand the staff urges all to When asked what she rica to the Zionist homecome in,, browse around, fa- thought a student gained land, Israel, where Jews of miliarjze yourselfwith what • from the experience of par- many languages and color we offer, take pyt A book, or ticipating: in. the exams, live together, in peace and get. a library card. The li- Mrs. AllwoTthy said; ''It freeddm,..hoping to live in brary is here for YOU!" ac- helps to prepare the student peace with their Arab neighcording to Dorothy Kaplan, for life. It provides her with bors. assistant librarian a goal to work for and gives "It would be just for the

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Auditions The fourth annual Choreographers' Showcase auditions.sponsored by the Omaha Modern Dance Collective will be held April 14 at 2:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center theater. The auditions are open to the public. Those desiring to audition a piece may call Sally Ware 556-8566, evenings and weekends, to set up an audition time.

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Swan Lake The classical ballet, SWAN LAKE (ACT II),headlines the Omaha Ballet's Spring production, April 19 and 20, both at 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater. Featured dancers Anita Siegel, as Odette the enchanted Queen of the Swans, and guest artist Mark Trares of the Pennsylvania Ba|let, as Siegfried the worldly prince, will lead the cast of 12 ballet com- \ pany professional dancers.

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congratulated all of the winners. Cal Kirshen served as master of ceremonies. Bob Goldberg was honored as the outstanding JCC Jewish high school basketball player and was awarded the Harry Trustin Award. Michael Silverman was awarded the J.J. Greenberg Award as the Most Improved 5th and 6th Grade Basketball Player. The Samuel S. Steinberg Award was presented to David Maschino for the Outstanding 5th and 6th Grade Midget Basketball Player. Steve Givner was named as the Most Improved Olympic Basketball Player and received the Jack Saferstein Award. The J.J. Greenberg Award for the Outstanding Olympic Basketball Player went to Scott Bream.

B'nai Israel Synagogue will hold its cscond annual brunch Sunday, April 2 1 , from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The affair will be Iteld in the social hall of the synagogue at G14 Mynster Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. The cost of the event, which is open to the community, is $Q.5O psr pereon. For recsrvationo, call 323-8885. Pictured above preparing for t!io brunch are: from left, Bonnie Leisarawitz and daughter, Sylvia Walcnaky, Frcida Bleichor, Rouvon Kurland, and David Shuoter.

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"I think being an adviser is a worthwhile experience if you have the ability to communicate with teenagers. I have always felt that B'nai Maynard.Tatelm^n^ ^.^ BJtith mounters, ibotihujriaDri AZA Sunday morning (ba£K; and fyom;ert,ushouldrt)e.-ad7l ketball league. This past visers. B'nai B'rith sponsors month the AZA //100 A the BBYO program and the team won the league cham- members should be interpionships and the B team ested in developing future came in third place. In ad- leadership for the organidition,-in 1982 the chapter zation as well as the Jewish received the Henry Monsky community." Advisers for the AZA and Award given by International AZA. Mr. Tatelman BBG chapters are always explained that a chapter needed. If you are interested musf .meet certain program in becoming an adviser or requirements to win the want more information call Debra Polsky, Cornbelt Reaward. "I think AZA has a pro- gion BBYO Director at 334gram that provides for the 8200.'

Promise By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JETA) Christian and Moslem residents of south Lebanon near the Israeli border have promised to cooperate with Israel to maintain peace and order in the security belt just north of the border after the Israoi Defense Force completes its withdrawal. But they may well have to deal with Palestinian terrorists who confirmed today that they are returning to the areas of south Lebanon from which they were ousted by the IDF in 1982, to continue their war against Israel. About 100 Christian,

Shiite and Sunni Moslem diagnitaries from border villages met with Brig. Gen. Shlomo Ilya, the IDF's chief liaison officer with the population in the south the Lebanon. Ilya promised that the "good fence" — the arrangement by which Lebanese could freely enter and leave Israel for commercial or personal purposes before June, 1982 — would be re-inBtated after the IDF leaves Lebanese soil. The village headmen promised in turn that they would support local civil militias to maintain order in the region and would encourage young men to enlist in them.

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Council Bluffs Hadassah will hold its Annual Linen Shower luncheon meeting on April 18,12:30 p.m. at .the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Council Bluffs. Proceeds from this project will hi UE,cd to provide linens for the Hadaesah Hospital. At this meeting, the date of officers for the yeer 198580 will be presented: president — Mrs. Steven Brown; vice president in charge of fund raising — Mrs. Maynard Telpner; treasurer — Mrs. Sam Eveloff; recording secretary — Mrs. Sheldon. Gallner; financial secretary — Mrs. Sarah Sacks; corresponding secretary —, Mi's. Martin Leiserowitz. Mrs. Lloyd Krasne and Mrs. Ed Tepperman, who have been co-presidents for 10 years, will relinquish their offices at this time. Guests at this meeting are welcome and reservations are requested. Call Mrs. Rose Katelman, 322-4735 for reservations.

Seven-year-old Jennifer Javitch displays Arts and Crafts, a publication she authored, and some of her ideas which led to the preparation of the 40-page manual. Her brother, Mark, four, chows her handmade telephone while her mother, Karen, and sister, Rachel, 10 months, provide familial support. Mrs. Javitch, an author in her own right, di<f the editing and typing while'Jennifer initiated the project with detailed descriptions and extensive illuotrations. Copies are available at $ 1 .

AARON BROOKSTEIN Graveside services were held on April 4 at BHH Cemetery (Fisher Farm) for 'Aaron Brookstein, 85. Mr. Brookstein was the husband of. the iato Sara Kiay. filer's'feui-vived by daughter, Susan Pong; two grandsons; brothers, Jacob and Frank. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Home. MIRVISS LILLIAN MARGOLIN Word has been received in Omaha of the April 2 death of former'Omahan Mirviss Lillian Margolin, 83, at Kibbutz Urim in Israel. She is survived by her husband, Jacob, who was the director of the Omaha JCC in 1928. Mrs. Margolin is also survived by daughters, Judy Crider of Kfar Blum and Carmel Pollak of Kibbutz Urim; severt grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; brother, Dr. J. Milton Margolin; sister, Minnie Cutler, both of Omaha. ESTHER LIPSMAN Services for Esther Lipsman, 95, were held at the Jewish Funeral Chapel on'

April. 3. Interment was at Fisher Farm Cemetery. Mrs. Lipsman, and her late husband Abraham, came from Poland in 1907. They operated the Lipsman Produce Co. store at 25th and Q streets from 1919 until Mr. Lipsman's death in 1935, when Mrs. Lipsman continued to run the business until 1945. Mrs. Lipsman was a member of Beth Israel SynQgogue, Hadassah and Amit Women. • Survivors: sons, Harvey Lipsman of Omaha and William Lipsman of Los Angeles; daughters, Celia Blank of Omaha, Eve Katz of San Mateo, Calif.; Helen Kovitz of Redwood City, Calif.; Marian Gelfeld of Denver; and Molly Lipsman of New York City. . JULES WAIL Word has been received here of the death in Los Angeles of Jules Wail, husband of former •Omahan Marian Katelman Wail. In addition to his wife, Mr. Wail is survived by daughters Yola Gerst and Edyth Rosenfield; a sister and four grandchildren. jt's Randy Lead Express 1263 SO 120 ST OMAHA. NE 60144 1-402-330-69a3 SECRETARIES WEEK APRIL 22-26 CHOCOLATE FLOWERS FOR YOUR SECRETARY

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TEL AVIV (JTA) — When it comes to breeding cattle, Israel's bulls are the "Needlework Showcase II," an exhibition of needlework, will be presented at the Jewish Combest according to the results munity Center Gallery on April 14 and 15,9 a.m.of a "best sperm contest" 7 p.m. The display is sponsored by the Mid-Amei> for bullocks recently held in ica Needlecraftero Guild which is affiliated with Poland. the Embroiderers Guild of America. Admission is The Israeli breeders free. A wide variety of needlework will be distopped those of eight other played. Items included are needlepoint, counted participating countries, the cross-stitch, crewel, hardanger, pulled thread Israel Cattleraisers Associwork, fibers on canvas, petit point, smocking, ation reported at its bienblack work, and lace net embroidery. There will nial conference in Kibbutz be a drawing for a raffle on Monday evening. RafShefayim. fle items consist of a counted cross-stitch Rocky The result was that Israel Mountain Wild Flower afghan and fold art is receiving orders from counted cross-stitch quilted pillows, all of which many countries for bullocks were made by members of the Guild. and female calves. The cattlemen said members of their association exported 500 cows to Egypt in 1983 and 1,250 calves last year. Officers Molct Oophan

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attended were Marty Tichauer. President; Carol Nathan, National Board member, and Sandy Bennett, National Board alternate. The meeting Was attended by some 600 members of the National Board, representing Women's American ORT's 145,000 members in 1300 chapters from coast to coast. The three day conclave considered current issues facing the organization, and, featured major reports by the members of the 1985 Women's American ORT Overseas Delegation. Dr. Marsha Fjrestone, of . Manhattan, has been ap^. pointed the National Executive Director of Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training), according to Gertrude S. White, National President of Women's American ORT. Mrs. White said that Dr. Firestone's "background and skills will find a warm welcome at Women's American ORT, whose 145,000 members in 1300 chapters from coast to coast have committed themselves to seeking the economic security of the-Jewish people through vocational, technical and scientific schools on five continents.

I want to thank my friends, relatives and Rabbi Nadoff for all of their kindness during recent months. Jennie Richman • Lena Grossman would like to thank all her friends and relatives for the flowers, donations, cards and their visits during her illness. The family of Ethel Miller would like to thank Rabbi Nadoff, Cantor Fettman and Dr. Daniel Miller for their help and guidance in our recent loss. We would also like to thank friends and relatives for the cards and donations.

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Ashkenazy to perform at last Tuesday concert Vladimir Ashkenazy, world-renowned pianist, will perform for the final Tuesday ^lusical Concert Series concert April 16 at Joslyn Witherspoon Hall at 8 p.m. Vladimir Ashkennzy left Russia when he was 26, and now lives in Lucerne, Switzerland. As a recording artist, Ashkenazy has built up an enormous catalogue, covering almost nil the major works for piano by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. in recent years, Ashkenazy has devoted an important part of his season to conducting. As a conductor, his list of recordings is .growing rapidly and already encompasses the Rachmaninov Sym-

phonies.with the Concert gebouw, Sibelius and Beethoven Symphonies and Mozart Piano Concert6s with the Fhilharmonia, and works by Prokofiev and Strauss with the Cleveland Orchestra. Most recently,-Ashkenazy lias co-authorized a book entitled Aslihenazy Beyond Frontiuirs by Jasper Parrott with Ashkenazy. The book, which is about Ashkenazy will he available at the concert where the artist will be autographing his latest accomplishment after the concert. Individual tickets are limited. For information or purchase, call T1X, 1621 Howard St., at 3-12-7107, 397-1G90 or 393-0301.

At the Jan. 27 benefit performance of "Fiddler on the Roof at the Upstairs Dinner Theater for The Jewish Day School Inquiring Photographer Claudia Sherman asks:l i

Why do you think this is a good way for rasing funds for the Jewish Day School?

Mickey Sturm (with Yentl) Because of the content and nature of the show. I think the meaning of our heritage and traditions are particularly important and relate to the training and education of our young Jewish students.

B'nai B'rith Women The Executive Board of B'nai B'rith Women plans to develop a plan to terminate its present relationship with B'nai B'rith International. The proposed plan will be presented to a special Delegate Assembly of B'nai B'rith Women this June and, the final plan of action will then be presented to the membership of B'nai B'rith Women, Inc. in March, 1986, at its Biennial Convention. The resolution was introduced on the recommendation of a Committee appointed to study the future of BBW, as the result of a decision last fall by B'nai B'rith International to admit women into its own ranks.

Bob Birt (with Russian constable) Because it brings to the point the conflict and struggle in Jewish education. An example would be in "Fiddler on the Hoof," the three reading the newspaper. One could read the paper and gain an understanding of the things going on around him and in the outside world.

Debbie Dencberg I think fund raisers have several purposes. One of them is to raise money, and we can huy books and computer software and great things for the children. More importantly is the aspect of participation. Here we are at a Jewish cultural and very public outing and very fun, too.

{* BBW National President Beverly Davis said "BBW 1. has been moving in this direction for a long time. We have a fundamental mission, which is to meet the needs and respond to the interests of Jewish women. It seems clearer and clearer that this can best be done by an organization that puts Jody Goldstein (with Golda) Giora Proskurowski (with Lucille Sounders women at the center .of its It's fun. W? can hit a broader clien; Shprintze and Bielke) I especially like it because of the priorities and its programBecause they sang Jewish songs tele than just the parents of the Day socializing involved. It gives the peo-. ming." pie who are donating money to the School. if. and because it's a Jewish play. B'nai B'rith Women, Inc. Day School something enjoyable for currently affiliated with their money. B'nai B'rith International, is a Jewish women's service and advocacy organization. It has more than 120,000 members in 834 chapters in JERUSALEM (JTA) — On April 11, the Upstairs The musical comedy ing is scheduled for April 12. the United States and Can- The 6,000,000 Jews who Dinner Theatre opens • ;Mu- about River City and its colThe Upstairs' popular ada, and is headquartered in perished in the Holocaust sic Man" for a 13 week run orful characters is full of hu- Hot Dog Matinees continue Washington, D.C. and those "righteous gen- through July 6. mor, enthusiasm and num- with a streamlined version tiles" who died while saving The musical by Meredith bers like "76 Trombones," of "Music Man" every SatJews during the Nazi reign Willson is directed by "Marian the Librarian" and urday afternoon. of terror, will be granted Dwayne Ibsen and stars ra- "Trouble Right Here is For reservations, group posthumous Israeli citizen- dio/tv personality Dave River City," a theater rates and more information, -— ship, according to a recent Wingert. Choreographer is spokesman said. call the Upstairs Box Office, 1 declaration issued by the Robin Ibsen; musical direcA gala champagne open^ 344-7777. Knesset. tor is Jerry Gray. ''}';

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Co-Hosts Harlan Noddle Leonard Lewis Don Dandy Mike Abramson Jeff Newman George Schapiro Sol Mann Bob Slutzky Marshall Kushner Dr. Ronald Cooper Dr. Eugene Zweiback Howard Kaslow Yale Richards

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Arnold Joffe Jay Lerner Jerry Rosen Ramon Somberg Ron Brodkey Gary Goldstein Edward Rosen Alan Goodman Michael Shrier Barton Greenberg Joseph Kirshenbaum Jack Epstein Larry Rpffman ...

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