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Omaha Mayor Mike Boyle (left photo) presents a proclamation to Sam Fried, a Holocaust survivor and Sheldon Filger, director, ADL/CRC, and in the photo at right Yale Gotsdiner, chairman of the Lincoln program, accepts a similar proclamation from Lincoln Mayor Roland Luedtke. Both proclamations were issued in commemoration of the Holocaust. See photo coverage on page 2. , . '

Ceinnpaign report As of April 17, 1985, the Jewish Federation Campaign exceeded the $1 million mark with an increased giving level of +16.3%. The totals were 1984 1985 Men $ 781,697 $ 938,438 Women 281,297 298.308 TOTAL $1,062,994 $1,236,746

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card, a 33 percent increase in pledges was realized at' the Community Dinner•Y-Kj Free pictures of three and four generation families wilk Dance sponsored by the be taken on Sunday during the Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration Men's Campaign of the at the Jewish Community Center. The pictures will.be taken Jewish Federation of by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society in the "Corridor Omaha last Saturday of Jewish History," and will be placed on a special wall of night. U'l the museum for a "Generational Display." Over 350 people watched A drawing will also be held in the "Corridor" for a free a film presentation develmembership to the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society and oped and narrated by visitors to the museum will be invited to fill out a "Roots" Cookie Hoberman. A kalquestionnaire about their own history and that of their eidescope of scenes deparents and grandparents. picted the scope and Also on display Sunday and throughout-the summer variety of services provided months are the Historical Society exhibits of "100 Years of by the Jewish Federation Jewish Organizational Life in Omaha" and "Jewish Land- of Omaha through its seven 1 marks" on the eastern wall of the Jewish Community Cen- departments. Members of the Omaha Jewish comter and in Room 10. " • ; Federation President Howard Kaslovv (right) congratulates Jule M. Newman munity spoke of the im(left) and Stanley Slosburg, president and treasurer, respectively, of The Livportance of these services ingston Foundation. The Jewish community honored the Foundation and its and the need for continued trustees during the dinnor-dance last Saturday night at the Red Lion Inn. support of the Federation. Present and past trustees of the Milton and Corinne Liv- Yale Richards, secretary. ingston Foundation were, honored during the evening for The Livingston Foundation Trustees are: their commitment to and support of the Omaha Jewish Milton S. Livingston 1948-1969 community. Men's Campaign co-chairmen Tom Fellman Corinne N. Livingston' . 1948-1961 and Howard Kooper spoke of pivotal role of the Foundation Marion Sally Belmont 1948-1957 since its inception in 1948. A plaque recognizing the vital Joseph Belmont 1948-1957 part of the Livingston Foundation has played in the comPaul Veret 1948-1962 munity was accepted"by Jule M. Newman, Foundation presDavid E.Beber ' 1948-1974 ident. Stanley J. Slosburg, Foundation treasurer, presented Morris E. Jacobs 1962-1983 the co-chairmen with a check for $25,000, representing the Dr. Abe Greenberg 1962-1972 Foundation's participation in the Operation Moses camJule M. Newman . 1962-Present. paign. In addition to Mr. Newman and Mr. Slosburg, FounMorton A. Richards 1972-Present dation officers ore Morton A. Richards, vice president and (continued on page 7) .

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"G Joanie Jacobson (left) the writer and Darlynn Fellman, the actress, produced .Great Women in Judaism on the stage of the Jewish Community Center during a recent Women|s Campaign event. The production will be repeated and videotaped before a live audience Sunday at 12:45 p.m. in the theater during the Yom Ha'atzmaut festival.

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Yorn Ha'atzmaut activities onSunday 12:30 — Opening Ceremony — Mayor's Proclamations at Flagpoles . 12:45 — Great Women in Judaism, Theater . 1:00 — Bazaar opens in Gymnasium . 1:00 — Deli and Bakery demos in Auditorium " 1:00 — Swim games in Swimming Pool • • 1:00 — Teatron Yeliden (Children's Theater) — Children's Lounge . 1:00 — First round of Mishpocha Feud in Theater ' . ' . 3:00 — Habima Theater — Arleen Sorkin, Hadassah Dancers . • Children's Performance Workshop, Curly Ennis — in the theater 5:00 — Second round of Mishpocha Feud • " . . . ' 7:00 — Finals of Mishpocha Feud -.'•;••" 8:00 — Closing Ceremonies • . . . ' : Flowers, dunking, basketball, gifts, popcorn, cornbeef, hot dogs; spiritual adoption, games, ceramics, computer activities, cookies, face painting, and more.. '.'••' ••:.• .:

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Editor's note: . Sam Fried, a survivor of the Holocaust, and a past president of the Society of the Survivors of the Holocaust, spoke briefly in the State Capitol last week during a commemoration service. The complete text of his prepared remarks is as follows: It is a great honor to stand with you today in solemn commemoration of the nightmare that was tlie Holocaust. I am among only a few who survived the death camps. AUSCHWITZ, BERGEN-BELSEN, DACHAU, BUCHENWALD. Death enmps. The words won't even come easily off the tongues of the living. Yet, a few short generations ago, it was all very real. My family, along with millions, yes millions of other innocent people; men, women, and children of all ages were systematically killed in the most criminal act of brutality and slaughter ever perpetrated by a nation. Who were these people, these living human beings we remember today, how did they die, and who is responsible? Were they soldiers? No! The millions who died at the hands of the Nazis were people of Europe, six million of them Jews! Artists, merchants, teachers, doctors, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives. One and a half million children. > How did they die! From the bullets of marching armies? No! They were gassed in chambers, and burned in ovens. Gas chambers and ovens built specifically for the purpose of killing millions of human beings! Who was responsible for this atrocity? An uncivilized nation of ignorant people? No! In an age which we already called the modern era, a nation full of history, culture, poetry and art, led by a madman set out on a maniacal course of war and, before they could be stopped; stopped only by the force arid will of all the people of the world, the Nazis committed the most heinous crime against humanity in all of recorded history. Yes, it is an honor for me to stand as witness and rep resentative for those who died. But, it is also a grave and terrible responsibility. I ask myself, "How did this happen?", "What was the cause?", "What is the answer?" • And I hear only the silence of stunned historians and philosophers who have no explanations. And this is what frightens me! For, if there is no explanation, what will prevent this from happening again? And I ask myself, "What CAN be done?" There is but one thing: AND THAT IS TO REMEMBER! Only by remembering the nightmare that was the Holocaust can we guard ourselves, our children, and future generations against its terror. Yes, that is my responsibility here todayi 'and yours, and the responsibility of all the people of the world forever. Nothing like the Holocaust ever happened before and it must NEVER happen again. It is a sad occasion to remember this tragedy, but there is a lesson here as well. If we gird ourselves with under-

By Edwin Black When Ronald Reagan lays flowers at the graves of those who participated in the Hitler machine, he will be marking a historic point in the history of civilization — the day Nazi genocide was legitimized as a mere act of war. Reagan argues that — ignoring the graves of the SS men —' the cemetery mainly contains the remains of young innocent soldiers, "victimized" by Hitler as much as any Jew gasping in a gas chamber. My President, listen and learn: Who were the Nazis? True, their muscle was the demented refuse of German society, the Storm Troopers. But their middle and senior leadership was drawn from the doctors, lawyers, academics, businesspeople arid clergymen of Germany. Virtually every facet of hate, disenfranchisement, and violence committed by Nazis was subject to strict legislation drafted by attorneys, reinforced by judges, and carried out by the people of.Germany. And who were the people o( Germany? They were a people raised under centuries of anti-Semitism, first codified by Martin Luther in the 1500s when he advised burning synagogues and then placing the Jews in concentration camps to be worked to death. Renegade churchmen kept the Luther solution alive until it was formally resurrected by Nazi predecessor groups at the end of the 19th century. After WWI, Nazi anti-Semitism began its conquest of the German national mentality. And it was successful. Thirteen million people voted for Hitler in 1932. About as many repeated their vote in March of 1933, even after witnessing months of gruesome street violence against Jews and intellectuals. Those in other political parties, such as the Catholic Party and the Nationalists, often differed with the Nazis only in shades. By June of 1933, the Nazis began a campaign of Cleichschaltung — philosophical synchronization of all levels of German society. Every profession and trade formed a Nazi Party auxiliary designed to deprive Jews of even the most elemental rights in their field. For example, the medical profession proposed sterilization of Jews; the leaders of industry began pilfering.JeWish assets; hausfraus energetically enforcing a boycott against all Jewish commerce; judges and lawyers drafted numberless laws "legalizing",it all. . But the children, they were the special prize of Hitler. In 1933, hateful anti-Semitic race-ology was mandatory in every classroom. The youngsters were organized into var-

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A statement from Hal Daub Rep. Hal Dajjb expressed his concern to remember the victims of the Holocaust and after participating in the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the U.S. Capitol last week issued the following statement: i "I am grateful for this opportunity to join my colleagues in reiterating our commitment to the commemoration of the Holocaust. "Such demonstrations are critical if we are to remember the moral obscenity of a government against six million people. ' , "In this combined effort of myfcelf and my colleagues in Congress, we seek to alert the world to the atrocity which was the Holocaust and which still haunts us today." In his statement on the floor of the House, Cong. Daub said the unbelievable human suffering that millions of Jews experienced in Nazi concentration camps must never be forgotten, erased by government or distorted through history. "We have not forgotten those victims who suffered beyond anything we have experienced or can ever imagine today. "But most important, the commemoration today shows our resolve to continue to work toward freedom of religion, freedom of association, and the freedom from oppression and physical harm so that the tragedy can never happen again."

standing and strengthen, ourselves with moral conviction, we have it within us not only to hope for a better world but to actively safeguard trie progress we have made. i There is time for hope AND time for action. I am neither a politician nor an orator. But. my heart makes me speak out today. Because I am a survivor and I understand that, to survive I must act against whatever threatens the morality of the world and because I am an American, proud of what this country has achieved and at what cost. 1 believe in supporting our government, and our foreign policy objectives for the good of the nation, sometimes even when I don't fully agree with n particular strategy of a particular administration. But I must tell you that 1 know it is a terrible mistake for our President not only to visit, but to place wreaths on graves in a cemetery where Nazis from the most infamous and brutal of all Nazi units, the SS, are buried. This gesture, if allowed to take place, will be an insult to everything that America ultimately stands for. It will he an insult to the American GI's who died liberating the camps and freeing Europe from the curse of Nazism. This act will pardon all the war crimes that went unpunished. My heart is heavy with the vision of our President, the most respected statesman in the world, honoring the perpetrators instead of the victims. How this will brighten the eyes of uncaptured war criminals like Josef Washington, D.C. — In solemn ceremonies under the Mengele, still at 4arge, to see their fallen comrades so hongreat dome of the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Army paid tribute ored! to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Flags of the What is the purpose of this strategy? I agree that we have 10 Army units that liberated the Nazi death camps 40 years a strong partner in the modern German democracy. But ago were formally presented to Elie.Wiesel, chairman of that partnership has been formed with a new generation of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, by Secretary of the Germans who together with us built what we have today. Army John Marsh. The flags will be displayed ill the forthWhy must we embarrass them and ourselves by paying coming U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, expected to homage to atrocities of the past? open in Washington in 1989. Will we cement our relationship with the Lebanese in 40 President Ronald Reagan serves as honorary chairman years by laying wreaths at the graves of the terrorists who of the Campaign to Remember, which is raising the funds murdered our Marines in Beirut? I hope not. to build the museum entirely with private donations on But, if this is the course we follow, I am afraid. Federal land near the mall and Washington Monument. There are so many other places which our President could The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council is an independent visit to cement our alliance with modern Germany. Perhaps a visit to Mozart's birthplace to celebrate his 300th birth- Federal agency created by Congress to honor the memories of the victims of the Holocaust..The 65-member Council day? includes five U.S. senators and five members of the House This gesture serves instead only to fan the flames of the of Representatives. past which we are told it is designed to finally extinguish. The flag ceremony was part of the national Days of ReSo, I must speak out, because the voices of six million lost souls call out to me. And I must ask you to speak out, membrance observance, sponsored annually by the Council. as well. Because this is our mutual responsibility to each Speaking at the event in commemoration of the millions other and future generations, NEVER TO FORGET. Let who died in the Holocaust were Secretary of State George us not condemn ourselves to repeat the mistakes of the past. P. Shultz; Senator Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) and RepresentThose who are not vigilant and give up'what is right for ative Stephen J. Solarz (D-N.Y.), members of the Council; temporary security deserve neither security nor what is Council vice chairman Mark E. Talisman; Benjamin Meed, co-chairman of the Days of Remembrance Committee; and right. On behalf of the. United States Holocaust Memorial Sigmund Strochlitz, co-chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Council I accept this proclamation with gratitude to the, Memorial Museum Campaign. people of the State of Nebraska and with hope and action With Cantor Isaac Goodfriend intoning "A Covenant to for a better life for all Americans. Remember," the U.S. Army Band played music written for the occasion* dramatizing the mutual pledge of survivors and liberators to bear witness to the Holocaust. During the Nazi era six million Jews and millions of others were systematically murdered. ious units of Hitler Youth. New membership in the Nazi Adding to the solemnity of the occasion was the lighting Party itself was soon restricted to the young. Each morning these ten- and twelve-year-olds would sing songs such as of memorial candles ^nd chanting of Kaddish, the tradi"When the blood of a Jew drips down my knife, then all tional Hebrew prayer^for the dead. will be good." All this began in 1933. In other Days of Remembrance events, Secretary.of Six and nine years later, these youngsters, steeped in the Transportation Elizabeth H. Dole and her husband, Senate Nazi mentality, became the elite killing squads, the ghetto Majority Leader Robert E. Dole (R-Kan.), sponsored a reguards and the rank and file soldiers, each believing from ception on April 17 marking the official beginning of the childhood in the righteousness of their leader and the need campaign to gain financial support for the museum." Senator to exterminate the Jewish menace. They informed on their Dole was a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Counparents. They followed orders to massacre defenseless cil. Honored at the reception were campaign co-chair Miles American POWs. These are the "victimized" youngsters Lerman and Mr. Strochlitz. Mr. Lerman, of Vineland, N.J., buried in that cemetery, These are the people you will be and Mr. Strochlitz, of New London, Conn., are both survivors of the Holocaust. . honoring Mr. President.

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"The salvation of the State is watchfulness in the citizen." These words by founding father Thomas Jefferson are inscribed on the north portico of the Capitol building in Lincoln. These words were recited by several of the participants in the Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony which took place in Lincoln last week. Interestingly, these words deserve special attention in these days when we commemorate the Holocaust. Unwittingly, President Reagan — with extraordinary insensitivity toward victims — is intensifying the need to remember..:. the need to commemorate. Because of his determination to visit a German cemetery and by so doing honor Nazi storm troopers buried there, world attention is being directed to the Days of Remembrance. More than 200 attended the ceremony in Lincoln, more than 500 attended the interfaith service in Omaha, and hundreds more listened to Beate Klarsfeld at Beth El Synagogue. Many members of the Jewish community have commented to this reporter on not only the fact that more Jews are attending the Yom HaShoah activities, but that rjon-Jews too are beginning to respond. It is most gratifying to see headlines in the daily press quoting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl: "Germans Need to Accept Holocaust Blame." It is also comforting to have a Catholic priest speak from a Methodist pulpit before Jewish clergymen and publicly admit that the Holocaust was the legacy of Christian anti-Semitism. It's "been 40 years since the death camps ceased operations. For 40 years, the survivors have carried the'burden of remembering the Holocaust.

HAIFA — If the New York Public Library were to offer an "artistic" exhibit of the most flagrant of Russian antiAmerican posters, depicting Uncle Sam and the American people os savage beasts, what would the reaction of the American people apt to be?

The Communist influence was not absent. Aflamingred If someone were to stage a presentation in Israel of socalled artistic works, portraying Arabs as murderers of chil- hammer and sickle served as background for a heroic-lookdren and uncivilized terrorists, it is easy to picture the in- ing figure, inexplicably clad in a very western style sports dignant storm which would be raised by the leftists and the jacket, with impeccably tied necktie. A picture of Karl Marx liberals, the idealistic visionaries and the fellow travellers. was displayed alongside one of Meir Wilner, the Communist member of the Knesset. There were German storm-troopIf someone were to present a display in the capital of ers, bearing the date 45 — and then, 85. Get the hint? Saudi-Arabia or Iran or Iraq or Syria or Libya, to name but a few countries, depicting the rujera of those countries It would be difficult to call this an art exhibition. Many as bloodthirsty despots, and denigrating the policies of the of the displays were political posters, some very amateurcountry, how much blood do you think would flow, and who ishly done. Some were completely abstracts, or geometric of the artists and the gallery promoters would remain alive patterns, the latter perhaps the best things on show. A very long? number of the Arab artists .expressed their protest by painting innocuous scenes — using the colors of the PLO flag. A few weeks ago I visited a public exhibition at the gallery Of course there was a storm, but not what you think. of the Haifa Artists' Association in this city. Lest anyone should miss the point of the show, it was clearly labelled The fury came from the art world and was directed at those and advertised under the title: "Israeli and Palestinian Art- who ventured to call into question the propriety of Buch an ists Against Occupation — For Freedom of Expression", exhibition. Phrases like "freedom of expression", "democthe latter part of the title obviously tacked on in antici- racy", "tyrannical suppression of free thought" and othe/s were hurled at those who objected to the exhibition. pation of the reaction which was expected. Israelis who inquired why public, taxpayers' money should support a gallery which presents this kind of display, were suddenly transformed into the accused, and charged with undermining the country's democracy. Harold Rubin, a former South African, whose picture was one of the more despicable of those on display, thundered that "art has a function to perform in society", and he would not be siNot all the pictures were as explicit, but the proud name lenced. Perhaps he is right, about the function of art, but of the exhibition invited the viewer to seek out the mystic does it always have to be riegative, destructive, iconoclastic, symbolism in this flaunting of peaceful revolt. One did not as in Israel? Is there no such thing as art that is positive, have far to search. The painting of the skeleton in chains, constructive, and if I may use a dirty word, even patriotic? Uncle Sam shedding tears, which turn out to be bombs Did anyone make note of the fact that the exhibition was raining on an Arab town, the male figure exploding in a. held in Bet Chagall, located ironically enough, on Zionism Avenue? The reaction was not slow in coming. Visitors entering the gallery on opening day were shocked to discover, among the sixty pictures, one reminiscent of the cartoons in Der Stuermer, showing a ruffian, tefillin wound around one arm, and a club in the other. The six-pointed star on his chest gradually changed form until it became a swastika.

Yigal Tumarkin, who is considered the bete noire of the uncontrolled protest art world, was also represented in the show. His exhibit was a generous batch of barnyard exrement, smeared on a board. This I accepted as a self-description of the entire exhibit.

The next generation will not be able to count on survivors for direct testimony. Yet, the need to remember, the need to commemorate increases rather than decreases. As a Jewish community, we are grateful to those who planned and carried out Days of Remembrance activities. And as Americans, let us also remember the words of Jefferson: "The salvation of the State is watchfulness in the citizen."

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What a delight it was to have such a prominent columnist as George Will, who addressed the Pacesetter Division Dinner on April 4, advocate his views and his support for Israel. Speaking as a non-Jew, George Will made it clear he is part of the Israeli lobby, because he's an American and believes in the values that Israel stands for. America must stand behind countries like Israel, who hold Democratic ideals, he told his audience. We should send very clear signals to the rest of the world to indicate which side we are on.

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blaze of light, with eruption from every limb and every part of the body of a hail of nails, such as those usually packed in booby-trap bombs, were but a few of the more obvious. The artists were both Jews and Arabs, but the works by the Jews tended to be more anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist.

By Allan Greene Executive vice president, Jewish Federation of Omaha We should move our embassy to Jerusalem, said Mr. Will, to signal that Jerusalem is non-negotiable and will not be divided again. Let's close this as an issue, and move on to other matters.

To the Editor: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, as part of its on-going research, is attempting to identify individuals who may have been helped in pre-World War II Austria by Dr. Muriel Gardiner, an American citizen who was studying medicine in Vienna in the 1930s and was involved with anti-Fascist underground. She used the code name of Mary, and offered her apartment as a safe house for individuals opposed to the Nazis. Anyone with information is asked to please contact Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90035, (213) 553-9036. Rabbi Abraham Cooper To the Editor: So many people contributed to the success of the Women's Federation Campaign Gallery Gala on April 16. It was a combined effort in which every person involved did their best. Our special thanks to Morris Maline and the Jewish Press for publicizing our campaign so well, to ARA and their staff for the beautiful luncheon, and to Steve Rod, director of the Jewish Community Center, and his staff members, Alan Potash and Tom Neuman for their fantastic co-operation and delivery of every promise made. If Union Pacific would loan their slogan, "We can handle it!", they could shout it proudly. Suzanne Singer, chairman Nancy Greenberg, vice-chairman Women's Federation Campaign

To the Editor: The April 8,1985, issue of the Near East Report carries a headline "A Proud Moment," referring to the 800 Ethiopian Jews who were flown out of the Sudan on U.S. Air And Israel, he correctly points out, is the only country Force planes . . . C130 Hercules transports, in a secret opin the Mid-East which the United States cart count on to eration in which Vice President George Bush played a key land a plane, to share information on Soviet weaponry, to roll, as a proud moment for America. help out in a crisis. . • .This act is compared to the non-action of the U.S. govIt's refreshing to hear these things from someone who is ernment during the Nazi Holocaust when many Jews could not Jewish, but has a clear sense of values arid who knows have been,saved;if the U.S. government wished to do so. However, there is a difference that should be noted. Now, who his friends are. , we have an Israel to which Jews are welcome when they The audience obviously, appreciated his comments, as' need a new home. More Zionists, if there are any still left, they gave him a standing ovation arid then proceeded .to in- should note this fact. Zionists have always knownthis. crease their givinglevels to the Federation Campaign by 32%. • . ',-..; Ethel Levenson Edgar

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Soviet Jewry: four steps to prepare for a new exodus

By Irving' Greenberg President, National Jewish Resource Center This period is a low point for the Soviet Jewry movement. Emigration from Russia has fallen to a trickle, the lowest since the early 1970s. The media are less responsive to the . issue, which has been around for a long time; in their journalistic judgement, thy story is 'tired'. The iron-fisted Russian crackdown, particularly aimed at Hebrew leaching, has driven many refusenilcs into inactivity. There is a tone of despair in the American Jewish community. While all these factors are true, the total picture is false. Ronald Reagan's tough foreign policy has brought the Russians to the negotiating table. In the past, better treatment of Soviet Jews has been one of the bargaining chips that the Russians offer on such occasions. The internal emigration of the Soviet Jews — i.e., their emotional distancing from Russian culture and country, continues apace. The initial generation of Hebrew teachers has emigrated or been silenced or sent away to jail. Yet, their successors multiply beyond the capacity of the KGB to stamp them out. Today's task is for American and world Jewry to reorganize and renew dedication to the movement — and to make sure that Soviet Jewry is 'first on line' for the agenda of the U.S./U.S.S.R. talks. The first step is to shift the psychology of community policy from day-to-day crisis operations to a long-term strategic mode. If someone had predicted 20 years ago that more than 100,000 Jews would get out of Russia, people would have laughed or pledged eternal dedication to the cause for such a guaranteed outcome. Yet, after just such a miraculous achievement, a three-year setback has plunged too many people into despair.

But whoever said that helping other Jews was a guaranteed source of nachas?

them and to increase their support, even if modestly, BO as to at least give them a safe day-to-d^y functioning system. The models that we honor are the first statement of how we intend to persist. The second .step is to normalize (or ritualize) activity for Soviet Jewry into every aspect of Jewish life. The natzoh of hope and the special prayer read at the Seder, twinning every bar and bat mitzvah in America with a counterpart refusenik child, Solidarity Sunday as a regular feature of the Jewish year-round calendar — are three excellent examples of the way to go. Additional programs are needed. When 1 served as rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center, it was our custom that the last hakafah (circuit of the synagogue with Torah scrolls) was danced in the streets outside, dancing in solidarity with Soviet Jews who commemorate Simchat Torah in this way. An August fast day or national convocation on the occasion of the anniversary of Stalin's murder of the Jewish writers, is another possibility. Let there be a national contest to develop additional programs. In recent years, the Russian crackdown has focused on the Hebrew teachers. The Russians have correctly grasped the fact that Jewish identity and Hebrew culture truly estrange Jews from Russia. Immersion in Hebrew culture and strengthened Jewish identity considerably raise the likelihood of the emigrating Russian Jew's choosing to go to Israel. However, the world Soviet Jewry movement has never focused on this issue centrally. A demand to let them live as Jews in Russia should be brought front and center as a major focus of the Soviet Jewish movement.

The Russian crackdown has focused on the Hebrew teachers.

Admittedly, part of the loss of enthusiasm is from the Russian Jewish emigres' decisions to come to America. The change of destination caused two evils — it seemed to undermine the Zionist position, and it brought Russian Jews into contact with American Jews in a most unsympathetic situation. Many of the immigrants turned out to be assimilated, demanding, ungrateful, and not prone to join the community once they were established in America. But whoever said that helping other Jews was a guaranteed source of nachas? Moses would be the first to testify that the freed Hebrew slaves were irritating, capriciously demanding, and ungrateful. That did not excuse him from forty years of totally devoted work to bring them to the Promised Land. When one lives through an exodus in one's own lifetime, no less a dedication is the appropriate response. Let the Soviet Jewry movement declare that we are engaged in a Hundred Years' War to free the captives. Let American and world Jewry set themselves up, institutionally and psychologically, to deal with that span of time. There is a great deal to learn from Jacob Birnbaum, the creator of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and the great pioneer on this issue; and from Glenn Richter, the ongoing Director of the SSSJ. Both have toiled for almost two decades, living on pittances, surviving with a marginal organization, yet showing a model of unfailing persistence. A good start would be for the national community to honor

Leaders, of the movement — particularly of the presidium and establishment organizations, will respond that in fact the culture issi e is prominently supported. I believe that the movement has done the minimum rather than the maximum necessary. One limiting factor was concern that focus on Jewish rights in Russia will weaken the Zionist message of the movement. There is also an understandable fear that Russia could seize upon the issue to give some cosmetic improvements in culture and then deny the right to emigrate. This is a serious risk, but it is worth taking. In the final analysis, if the movement persists, there will be emigration and the Russian excuses will be irrelevant. A successful widespread introduction of Hebrew culture would guarantee the possibility of a major emigration to Israel. This is why the Russians themselves put so much pressure on the teachers. A new focus On the right to culture and ethnic dignity could pick up support for the movement from people who have not supported it up to now. It could also be viewed by some in the media as a 'new' enough issue to generate additional attention to the plight of Soviet Jewry. To their credit, the Israelis have been leaders in supplying Hebrew culture and its books, artifacts, etc., to Russian Jews. On the other hand, some years ago, the major figures in Israel decided not to let the culture issue emerge front and center, presumably because of their Zionist priorities. This was a case of bad judgment. Pidyon shvuyim (redemption of the captives) and lifesaving override all other issues — even the centrality of Israel. However, the culture issue should not get involved in the politics of being for or against Zionist priorities.

By M.J. Rosenberg .. • . Near East Report After 22 years in a maximum security prison in Pretoria, South Africa, Denis Goldberg was a free man. He boarded an El Al plane and within hours was in Tel Aviv where he was reunited with his daughter, Hilary, who has been living on Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch for the past four years. Goldberg, who had received a life sentence in prison for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid regime through force, gained his freedom because of the direct intervention of the Israeli government. According to the March 8 Jerusalem Post, efforts to secure Goldberg's release from prison began after Hilary Goldberg approached the Ma'ayan Baruch kibbutz secretary and asked for his assistance. He agreed and, utilizing his contacts within the government, undertook an effort to free Goldberg. The effort stretched from the highest circles in Jerusalem to key officials in Pretoria. It culminated with Goldberg's release — a release that followed in agreement not to engage in terrorist acts against South Africans. Goldberg was met in Israel with open arms. Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch offered him membership and permanent residence there. The Israeli people were thrilled to see the state playing its historically-mandated role of redeemer of Jews. The South African, however, didn't see it quite that way. A Marxist, Goldberg told Ma'ariv (March 8), "I never was a Zionist, I am not a Zionist, and I don't think I will ever be a Zionist. I have not returned either to the Jewish people^ or the State of Israel.... I do not have, nor.have I had any connection of any sort to Israel, and I feel no obligation towards it. either sentimental or political." This type of attitude is nothing new. Many Jews — including many prominent ones — throughout history have despised their Jewisnness and have attempted to escape from it either through assimilation or identification with the struggles of other peoples. In America, and perhaps especially on the college campuses, there is the spectacle of young Jews who actively engage themselves in the "lib' eration" struggles of every oppressed people on planet earth while at the same time condemning the Jewish liberation

struggle — Zionism — as reactionary and unworthy of their support. It is nothing new but — at the same time — the rejection of Zionism by someone who owes his life to it is worthy of note. And Denis Goldberg, a free man in Israel, did not confine his criticism of Israel to mere opposition to Zionism. In theory, he also endorsed terrorism against Israeli civilians. In an interview with the weekly Koteret Roshit, Goldberg said that he saw "many, similarities in the oppression of blacks in South Africa and of Palestinians" in Israel. As for Israeli civilians killed or injured in terrorist attacks, Goldberg said: "Many of those passengers on buses and those injured by explosives are not innocent, since they support the oppression of Palestinians. And if they really are innocent, what can be done about it? They happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's the price to be paid." The ignorance — and viciousness — of Goldberg's statemerit is simply amazing. What can he possibly know about the Middle East after 22 years in prison and a few days in Israel? Moreover, his rationalization of the killing of children as a "price to be paid" is evidence of a mind so warped by ideology as to be immune to both the facts and to any sympathy toward the nation that saved him. . • But Goldberg himself is unimportant. He has already left Israel for London where, he says, "I will present myself at the office of the African National Congress to fulfill whatever mission they will .impose on me." It need hardly be said that Israel is far better off without him. Still Israel's experience with Goldberg is important because it demonstrates, once again, that Israel is there for all Jews who need it. Holocaust survivors, suffering Ethiopians, Soviet refusenilcs, comfortable American Jews, and even misfits like Denis Goldberg are covered by Israel's protective umbrella. The Goldberg affair won't change that. In fact, it only proves that while there are Jews who are indifferent — or even hostile — to the Jewish state, the Jewish state refuses to be indifferent to them. It exists even for those who deserve it least. .

As a passionate Zionist, 1 remain cpnvinced that the demand for Hebrew culture will pay off in Zionist terms (i.e., in emigration to Israel) as well as in broader support for Russian Jewry's rights. In any event, the decision not to Incus on culture was taken years ago; it should be reviewed and, in my judgment, corrected.

The decision not to focus on culture was taken years ago. . The fourth and most important improvement should be better coordination of the Soviet Jewry movement. In the past decade, the National Cimft'rence of Soviet Jewry, supported by the established organizations, has developed its programs. At the same time, the Union of Councils of Soviet Jewry —- grassroots-based and financed by individual contributions, mainly through mail apoeals — - has emerged as a significant player on the national scene. Its direct con; tributors now number over fifty thousand. There has been continuous tension between the two organizations. Both organizations run legislative days in Washington; both often run parallel programs of policy development. The argument is that the congressmen or the government officials are not discouraged by this duplication. But If even one official is turned off, then that is too much. On the face of it, there are bound to be more than just a few government people who perceive internal rivalries among the Jews as an excuse to do less. The kind of divisiveness which was tolerable when things were going well should be reduced now that we are in a very difficult phase. In truth, there has been improvement, particularly since the Washington representatives (the Executive Director of UCSJ and the Washington representative of NCSJ) both came from the same Senator's staff arid have worked together in the past. Still, the ultimate decisions are not made in Washington. It is time for the community to put pressure toward greater dialogue, coordination of program, and full recognition and legitimacy by, each organization to the other. (Because of its Establishment nature, NCSJ has been able to exclude UCSJ more often than the reverse.) The two organizations have had different nuances in their programs. The general image is that the UCSJ has been more aggressive and anti-Establishment. It may well be that there is advantage in having two different programs from time to time. But let that be decided after dialogue and coordination between the groups. There should be regular leadership meetings between the two organizations, in which issues are identified and common ground is sought out.

There should be regular leadership meetings... in which . . . common ground is sought out. It may well be at this time that some Jews should explore the possibility of a much more pacific approach to-the Russian government. Edgar Bronfman's forthcoming meeting in Moscow might be the occasion to explore a total change of policy, involving much less confrontation and public demonstration against the Soviet Union. All Jewish options can be kept open by a coordinated approach in which one organization explores non-confrontation while the other organization maybe stresses the revival and strengthening of the Jackson-Vanik amendment and its penalties again? Russia. The point is that the two organizations exist and tha. fact should be used to strengthen policy. It will take pres sure from the national Jewish community to bring the two together more consistently. Admission of the Union ol Councils of Soviet Jews to the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations could yield some greater coordination. I realize that this proposal may be perceived by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry as one designed to advance the cause of the Union, since the Union is a: the present time not within the Establishment. However the overall issue is too important for such calculations. A new generation of Soviet leaders is about to come ti power. There are some new figures within the Jewish com munity in the work for Soviet Jewry. Now is the time to get together and be strong for the policy openings which are bound to come. Bearing down now will prepare the way for a major new exodus for Soviet Jewry.

New York, N.Y. — The Israel Knesset, Israel's Parlia ment, has endorsed the issuance of a declaration in which memorial citizenship in the State of Israel will be bestowed upon the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust This honorarium will also be granted to those individual who risked their own lives during the precarious and de structive years of Nazi rule in order to save Jewish lives. This declaration will be officially announced at the up coming 40th anniversary commemorating the defeat o1' Nazi Germany. This assembly willconvene in Israel from May 5-9, 1985. Participants the world over are expected to meet in Israel to immortalize the significance of this landmark occasion. Each participant will receive a certificate designating him or her as a witness to this historical event. In addition, attendance of this World Assembly will serve as a time of rededication to the memory of those whose lives were extinguished by the Nazis and to those who survived to restore and regenerate the Jewish nation. For further information regarding this World Assembly, contact the official U.S. appointed agent, Kopel Tours, 40 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017, Tel: (212) 8380500, (800), 223-7408 or (800) 223-7501.

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Horses and chariots arid nuclear weapons Beth El SERVICES: , Friday: 8:15 p.m. Beth El Pilgrims from last summer will participate in the services in honor of Israel Independence Day. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. A kiddush will follow services Minha-Ma'ariv services 7 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct services. Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays'. 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The weekly Lunch and Learn Beries with the rabbi will be held on May 2, noon, at the Conant Hotel. BAR MITZVAH Erik Finkler, son of Drs. Deana and Paul Finkler, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, May 33, and Saturday morning, May 4. SEUDAT SHLISHIT Seudat Shlishit, a light meal and an. English study session of Pirkei Avot resumes on Saturday, May 4, at 7:15 p.m. Interest in the topic is the prerequisite for attendance.

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Reflection about these Parashat constant, intermittent wars Tazria-Mettora between Israel and Syria By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke The closest I carne to mil- brings another thought. Only a century later, Isitary service was to submit Sabbath Candlelighting for Friday, April 26, 6:57 p.m. my application for the chap- rael arid Syria became allies 'laincy, during World War II. — for there was a common 1 had already passed my threat to both, the ominous SERVICES: SERVICES: SERVICES Rabbi Leland Lifschiz physical. I was making some tide of the Assyrian military Friday: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney-H. Brooks, Minchu and Kabbalat conducts services in the Ca- plans for my family. What machine. How quickly allies bepehart Chapel every Friday were my wife and two small Rabbi Stephan F. Barack Shabbat 7 p.m. and Cantor Harold I. Fire- Late Friday Night services at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat children to do while I was come enemies und enemies allies! Thus, e.g., the Soviets away? follows the service. stone will officiate. Rabbi 8:15 p.m. For a long time before I and the Nazis as World War Barack will speak on "A Day The service will center had been serving as a "ci- II allies at the beginning of Freedom." around the Israel Yom Ha- BBYO exchange vilian auxiliary chaplain" — and bitter enemies some The Oneg Shabbat fol- atzmat theme. Friday, April program at three army forts on is- time later; and the Soviets lowing the service will be 26, is Israel's 37th IndeWASHINGTON — The lands in Long Island Sound, and the United States durgiven by the family of Jodi pendence Day Celebration. Breslow. The Oneg Shdbbat recep- B'nai B'rith Youth Organi- at the New London (ac- ing the War, and as enemies Saturday: tion will be sponsored by zation has taken a major tually Groton) submarine ever since! Only the threat of a step in promoting President base, a Coast Guard base, Morning service 11 a.m. Sisterhood. Reagan's International the U.S. Coast Guard Acad- greater enemy brings two Saturday: RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Youth Exchange Initiative emy, a Maritime Officers enemy sides together. Saturday, April 27 — 9 a.m. Morning service 8:45 a.m. with the announcement of Training School, and a Is not that our situation At the morning service, Sunday, April 28 — 10 a.m. the baby naming ceremony its first exchange program small U.S. Marine detach- today? The Soviets and the for Jennifer Lauren Cooper, to be jointly sponsored by ment — while tending to my United States simply have HEBREW SCHOOL Daled, Monday, April 29 daughter of Rose and European. Exchange Ser- duties as rabbi in an active to be allies, with all the — 4 p.m. Bet, Tuesday, Harvey Cooper, will be held. vices in Frankfurt, West congregation . . . I con- sparring of cold wars thrust April 30 — 4 and 5 p.m. Grandparents are Zalrnon Germany. The Initiative en- ducted more "Sabbath" ser- behind us, as we face toGimmel, Wednesday, May 1 and Manya Friedman and courages exchange of youth vices then every week than gether the awesome enemy — 4 p.m. Aleph, Thursday, Albert and Bertha Cooper between the United States in any month in the rabbi- of nuclear weapons. We each control the enemy, nuof Philadelphia. The Kid- and NATO member na- nate. May 2 — 4 and 5 p.m. tions. So the official uniformed clear weapons, and the endush in honor of the baby CONFIRMATION Participating in the pro- chaplaincy would probably emy controls each of us. It naming will be given by ZalWednesday, May 1 — 4 p.m. mon and Manya Friedman, gram, slated for July and have been a lot less difficult. has been said till we no August of this year, will be But it was not to be; the longer shudder at the truth BAT MITZVAH following the service. Jodi Nicole Breslow, Class with the rabbi, 7 p.m. members of BBYOs Michi- Jewish Welfare Board held of it, but it is still true: nugan Region and teenagers up my application for a clear weapons can wipe us daughter of Nancy Som- Mincha 6:15 p.m. berg and Arnold BresMincha will be followed from Frankfurt. It will be time. And the time was ex- ' all off the face of the earth. We do not have to love the low, will celebrate her Bat by Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv the first exchange between tended and extended, until Soviets or their system — the organized American the war ended. Mitzvah during Shabbat and Havdalah. . So I don't know anything, and we don't! — to recogservices Friday, April 26 and Shalosh S'udot will be Jewish community and Gerobviously, of military tac- nize the facts that jStare us Saturday, April 27, sponsored by Seymour, and many since the Holocaust. tics. Yet I make bold to say in the face. GeorgiaAnne Steinberg in FAMILY PICNIC Contribution We do not have to send that Jehoram, King of Israel Families are invited to observance of the yahrzeits (9th century B.C.E.) didn't horse and chariot to see of their nephew, .Martyn NEW YORK (JTA) join their children for a picknow what he was doing in whether or not the enemy is nic as the concluding event Berman, and parents, Mil- ;An unprecedented collabo- the story of our Haftarah. lurking for us. The enemy is ton and Ida Steinberg. ration between two of the for the 1984-85 Religious world's foremost research Can you imagine sending there. He is plain to see. School year. The picnic will Sunday: two horse-drawn chariots And if we are of the species be held on May 19, begin- Morning Minyanaire Ser- institutions, the Rockefeller on an intelligence mission? homo sapiens, we had betvice 9 a.m. University and the Weizning at 11:30 a.m. at the (Much earlier, Joshua had ter follow the course of wisThe morning 9 a.m. ser- mann Institute of Science, Temple Israel Meadow. sent two scouts, on foot, se- dom . . . now. Each person should bring a vice is in keeping with the will be made possible cretly, to see what was doing sack lunch and a blanket or new daylight savings" time through a contribution by in Jericho, not horses, not the Rapid-American Corchairs. Punch and iced tea schedule. • chariots, not uniformed will be provided. Also, bring Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8 poration (R-AC), it was an- charioteers.) nounced by Mona Ackerfrisbees, balls, gloves and p.m. PRE-SCHOOL And if the Syrians in our man, R-AC president. any other outdoor recreaPROGRAM CHANGE Haftarah had indeed been ILSini(C©13DU A new foundation, the tional toys. In case of rain The program originally Foundation for the Rocke- laying a trap, the scattered scheduled for April 28 has the picnic will be held in the clothing and weapons found feller University and the Temple Israel social hall. Friday: 8 p.m. been rescheduled for May 5. American Committee for by the two chariots and The theme is Shavuot. The RSVP to the office, 556- Saturday: their men would certainly the Weizmann Institute of 6536" by May 15. program will be conducted Prophets study 10 a.m. Science, Inc., will be funded have been part of the trap, by Helen Epstein and Haras though, indeed, the SyrANNUAL MEETING by the Rapid-American riet Kutler at Beth Israel Phyllis B. 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Community dinner-dance draws (continued from page 1) Stanley Slosburg • 1974-Present Louis Somberg 1983-1984 Robert I. Kully 1983-Present Murray Newman 1984-Present Mr. Fellman and Mr. Kooper expressed their appreciation for the dedication of the members of the 1985 Campaign Cabinet: Pacesetter Division, Joseph Kirshenbaum, Harlan Noddle; Grand Gifts Division, Paul Cohen, Leonard Lewis; ' Leadership Division, Donald Dandy, Howard Vann; Medical and Dental Division, Marcel Kalin, Dr. Stanley Malashock; Lawyers arid CPA's Division, Alvin Abramson, Stan Baumblatt; Builder's Division, Arnold Ban, Stan Edelstein; Young Men's Division, Michael Abramson, Jeff Newman; Old Timer's Division, Sol Mann, George Schapiro; Telethon, Robert Yaffe; Newcomer's Division, Robert Slutzky; Operation Moses, Marshall Kushner.

"We feel the evening was an unqualified success," said Sondra Rosenblatt, Federation associate director. "It was intended to be a festive evening with no pressure put on the participants to pledge. The 33 percent increase, therefore, makes us feel especially positive about the Omaha Jewish community's sense of commitment. \Ve were especially pleased to see that the entire range of the community was represented."

NEW YORK, — "Jews and Judaism: Union for Survival" will be the theme of the third annual United Jewish Appeal University Serving as co-hosts were; Michael Abramson, Ronald Essay Contest, funded by Brodkey, Dr. Ronald Cooper, Donald Dandy, Jerold Dann, the Morris J. Kaplun FounJack Epstein, Lawrence Gilinsky, Gary Goldstein, Alan, dation. Goodman, Nelson Gordman,. Barton Greenberg, Don UJA National Chairman Greenberg, Gerald Hdberman, Arnold Joffe, Howard Kaslow, Joseph Kirshenbaum, Marshall Kushner, Jay Lerner, Alex Grass, who announced the subject of the nationLeonard Lewis, Sol Manni wide essay competition, said Also, Sherman Neff, Jeff Newman, Murray Newman, it is open to matriculated Harlan Noddle, Alan Parsow, Yale Richards, Sheldon Rips, students under 27 in ac> Larry Roffman, Edward Rosen, Jerry Rosen, Geroge Schap- credited U.S. colleges and iro, Eli Schupack, Michael Shrier, Stephen Simon, David universities. Entrants may Slosberg, Robert Slutzky, Ramon Somberg, Mort Trach- interpret the theme broadly tenbarg, Dr. Eugene Zweiback. and draw on any disciplines Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of Beth Israel Synagogue led the as well as personal experiHamotzi and Cantor Emil Berkovits of Beth El Synagogue ence. The essay must be from 1,500 to 2,000 words. led the Birkat Hamazon. Entries must be postmarked The ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. was decorated by by May 31, 1985 and mailed Nancy Noddle and Mary Bernstein, who used purple, green first-class, he said. . and blue balloons to carry out the decorative theme set by Up to eight winners will the invitations. Chuck Penington and his orchestra provided music for dancing and listening for the entire evening. be selected to receive an allA rousing hora was the highlight of the post-dinner dancing. expenses paid 10-day visit to

Israel and a $500 stipend. The visit will include briefings by Israeli.leaders, discussions at Israeli universities, and visits to archaeological sites as well as settlements within Israel's pre-1967 borders. Winners will be announced June 24, 1985. ' '; "The contest's goal is to stimulate thought about Jewish survival," said Prof. Henry Feingold of. the City University of New York, Chairman of the Committee's Academic Advisory Council. For further contest information and copy of contest guidelines, contact Issachar Miron, UJA National Director of Creative and. Educational Programs, at UJA headquarters, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10104 (212) 757-1500.

By Sheldon Filger Director, ADL-CRC In the name of diplomacy, a most undiplomatic gesture is being contemplated by our government; honoring the . dead of the Wauffen SS, the notorious crack-killers of Adolph Hitler. • The announcement that President Reagan intends to lay a wreath at a German military cemetery has aroused great controversy. It is known that there are several score SS graves at that location. Incredibly, the initial announcement of this planned affront to common sense followed an earlier declaration that the President would not visit Dachau, since to do so would "open old wounds." In the double-take which has ensued, a variety of "options" were being considered. Representatives of the administration were "touring" the death camps of Germany in an imponderable and demeaning junket to "select" the most appropriate concentration camp to place on the itinerary of the President's forthcoming visit to Germany. Some have said that the President has demonstrated insensitivity. However, President Reagan has taken an interest in the Holocaust in the past, and has been seen to weep at previous Holocaust remembrance services in Washington. The absurdity of the last few weeks is also a tragedy, for it illustrates the lack of understanding of this very great and traumatic event, even among people who are sincere. At this late date, we hope that common sense will prevail, and that the murderers will not be honored along with the victims. ' . As a local survivor stated eloquently in a recent television interview, the issue is not a Jewish one, but a human one. If homage is paid to the deceased of Hitler's elite murderers, then a great dishonor will be demonstrated not only for the victims of Hitler's final solution, but also for the hundreds •of thousands of Americans who paid with their lives to destroy the evilempire the dead SS men fought so hard to attain.

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The Women's Federation Campaign Gallery Gala on April 16 drew a crowd of 325 women to the Jewish Community Center. The afternoon, chaired by Bobbie Epstein, shown top left with her mother Charlotte (Sis) Adler, began with a reception in the Gallery where the women viewed the art work of Jay Milder, a former Omahan now of New York City. They moved into the theater where the program began with a rousing welcome from the Federation Singers (top left: Patty Nogg, Pam Cohn, Sibby Wolfson, Connie

Slutzky, Anne Broder and Debbie Friedman, with Esther Wa^asaccompanist). "Great Women in Judaism," written by Joanie Jacobson and starring Darlynn Fellman (see page 1) received a standing ovation from the women.

Greenberg, chairman of the Federation Campaign committee; Mr. Milder; Jeanie Neff, who was responsible for bringing Mr. Milder to Omaha; and Ducky Milder, decorations chairman.

Pictured in the second row from left are Suzane Singer, chairman of Women's Campaign; Midge Bowers, food chairman; Bobbie Epstein; Nancy Greenberg, Campaign vice-chairman; Andi Kavich, food co-chairman; Caryl

One of the most gratifying comments following the gala was, "The women involved should all feel so good because the afternoon generated a feeling of warmth, community togetherness and pride," said Mrs. Singer.

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Sol Weiner, gave us the treasury balance, read the list of birthday boys, and told us to contact Miriam Simon for addresses for letters to our harassed refusenicks. Norm asked for congratulations for the 50th for the Art Goldsteins and Alfred Franks, and introduced Alfred's guest, Dick Kaplan, Vice President of Conservative Savings & Loan. Many of us have had an excellent business relationship with Dick at his bank. In Marv Treller's absence, Meyer Green reminded us to buy our Royal's baseball tickets from him or Marv. Vice President Gerald Bernslien presented guest speaker, Myrlene Wheat, assistant manager in charge of traffic for the Omaha Safety Council. Myrlene is in charge of implementing the Defensive Driving program called STOP. This activity saves you a trip to court. Costs $25 vs. the $31 court costs, and nothing goes on your driving record. She advised us to use the two second rule for tailgating, or following too closely. Use your signal lights for changing lanes, and try to avoid wet streets until they are dry and the oil is gone, and oh yes, start using the seat belts, otherwise big brother will come after you.

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PIONEER WOMEN Pioneer Women/Na'amat of the Allocations and 1 ! Beverly Pavis, National Budget committees, and on , will celebrate 60 years of President of B'nai B'rith the Hillel, Career and Coun- achievement plus the resWomen, will present the seling and BBYO Commis- cuing of the Ethiopian Jewry at their Spiritual keynote address at'the upsions. •-> coming Spring Conference New York Governor Adoption banquet on May 5 of the Gateway Region of Mario Cuomo' recently ap- at Beth El Synagogue at 6 B'nai B'rith Women. Mrs. pointed Mrs. Davis to the p.m. Co-chairmen for this Davis will address the delstate Commission on Doegates following Shabbat mestic Violence. She is also year's outstanding event are dinner and services on May a member of the New York Sindie Katskee and Dani 3 at the Regency West HoConference on Soviet Jewry, Shrago. Lillian Guss will be Sv tel, which will serve as the the President's Conference Toastmistress. Marilyn conference site. of Major Jewish Organiza- Tipp along with other memBeverly Davis Mrs. Davis hails from Jations, and the Leadership bers will make various presmaica, New York and has Road to Nairobi." The con- Conference of Jewish Wom- entations to the industrious workers of the organization been involved with B'nai ference, which involved del- en's Organizations. B'rith Women for more egates from world Jewish Guest tickets to attend along with others who have than 35 years. During that organizations, was con- the Shabbat Dinner are supported Pioneer Women/ period, she has been active vened to prepare Jewish available for $15 each. Re- Na'amat's ideals. Maxine Noodell is chairin service projects in the women for the "potentially servations are being taken United States and in Israel, hostile reception they may by Esther Wax, 393-4442, ing the program portion of including fundraising for receive at the 1985 United and Babe Aronoff, 333- the evening and will present the BBW Children's Home National Conference on 488G, Conference Local Ar- a cantata entitled "The Way and Group House near Jer- Women to be held in Nai- rangements chairmen. In We Were; The Way We Are; usalem. robi," according to Mrs. addition to the address by The Way We Are Going To Mrs. Davis represented Davis. Beverly Davis, the evening Be", written by Lillian BBW in Paris in July 1984 In other BBW positions, will include musical enter- Elkin which was presented Women/ at a major conference con- Mrs. Davis has served as a tainment and "Creative at Pioneer vened jointly by B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith non-govern- Shabbat Services" led by Na'amat's National ConWomen and the Anti-Defa- mental representative to the members of the Omaha vention. Participants in the mation League on "The United Nations; as Mem- BBYO. Dinner will begin at cantata are: Marion Wegge, pianist; Maxine Noodell Woman's Movement: The bership Chair, as a member 6:30 p.m. and Arlene Richman, vocalists; and Jerry Katskee, Helen Schwartz and Tom Ulmer, narrators. This outstanding event and/evening full of entertainment is open to the entire-community and Pioneer Women/Na'amat would welcome your attendance. Reservations are required and may be made with either Edith Rogert at 5713017 or with Helen "OMAHA'S FINEST NURSING SERVICE" Schwartz at 333-7750, on or Call Cindy for information "A National nursing Service" 4 9 3 - 4 8 1 0 before April 26. MAMALOSHEN SOCIETY The Mamaloshen Society

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Vvill be meeting in the Adult Lounge on May 5 at 2 'p.m. sharp. A musical afternoon is being planned by both Reva Ruderman with live music and Morey Landman vvill play his X and R rated Jewish records which he has been collecting for a number of years. This will be a most nostalgic afternoon and as per usual, "merit a sarch gelechter" for the Mamaloshenites. NCJW NCJW-Omaha Section will hold its final meeting of the year on May 7 at Highland Country Club. The theme for the 11:30 a.m. luncheon is "Decades of Dedication." Top honoree, Jan Schneiderman, will be presented the Hannah G. Solomon award for her outstanding contributions to the NCJW program for two and a half decades. A tribute will also be given to those women who have been NCJW members for five decades or more. Girls Club of Omaha, an organization which has been supported by Omaha Section for a number of years, is this year celebrating its 10th birthday. In honor of this, some special guests will be in attendance at the luncheon and will be presented with appropriate birthday wishes. Juvenile Court Judge Colleen R. Buckley will speak. Through her involvement with the Career Awareness . Program, she has shown a continuing interest in the young lives of Girls Club members. The cost for the lunch is

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On the eve of Israel's 37th anniversary "• By Mary Fellman On the eve of its 37th anniversary Israel is a land of the brilliant colors of life and vitality and the black and somber colors of the sorrows that have struck it so many times. It is a magnificent land of growth and. development, of scientific and scholarly research and discovery, of spirited adults of all backgrounds and beautiful children who bode well for its future. Israel is many things to many people but most of all it is Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people, and for most of us that is more important than anything else that can be said about it in our day. In honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut I am honored to share these pictures and these reflections on my recent trip to Israel. ISRAEL IS watching the magnificent golden city of Jerusalem slowly come to a halt as Friday afternoon approaches Shabbat. The shops and offices begin to empty and close after noon, men and women stop to pick up lastminute items at the grocery store and open air markets, beautiful flowers for the Shabbat are purchased at the corner flower stands which abound in their beauty. By 3 p.m. only a few buses and an occasional taxi or sherut are passing through the empty streets. The city becomes amazingly quiet and peaceful and soon it is Shabbat, observed by each in his own way and by a city in its way. To light Shabbat candles in Jerusalem while overlooking the golden city with a view of the wall gives boundless joy that carries over to every future Shabbat back in America. ISRAEL IS a land of museums for the living and memorials to the dead. A visit to the museum at Yad Veshem is only one of the heart-rending experiences associated with the Holocaust memory. Another is a visit to the fine Ghetto Fighters House at Kibbutz Lohamei Haghataot which was built by the Kibbutz founders, many of whom came from Poland and Lithuania and were survivors of ghettos and camps. It merits more visitors than it gets from tour groups. Tourists though and many adult residents of Israel are spending untold hours walking through the magnificent exhibits at the unusual Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv. Children from all the schools in Israel are being brought to the museum also by their teachers for the experience of learning about Jews the world over. These same children are being taken on trips throughout Israel to places of history and activity related to Jewish survival as another learning experience. All over there are memorials as we saw in the Holon cemetery to the communities that perished during the Holocaust, as you drive along the road and see an inscribed stone denoting a soldier or unit that died there. And always in Israel one sees the soldiers, in the buses, on the streets, in their jeeps, next to you in a sherut, each going about his particular business for the day and always carrying his gun. ISRAEL IS . . . . . a wonderful place to renew friendships

with former Omahans and other friends. A call to Joanthan Duitch and Sharon Brodkey in Jerusalem brought a quick visit from them to our apartment. Contacts were made with Jon Whitman in Beersheva, Randy Ruback in Haifa, Dorothy Brandt in Jerusalem, David Lazarus in Natanya, Sally Simon Gold and her daughter Chava who were able to meet us at the entrance to the wall. While sitting in the lobby of the Tel Aviv Hilton visiting with Sarah Perelman Hoffman' we had a chance meeting with Rabbi Benjamin Groner, formerly of Omaha, and while walking through "the lobby of the Jerusalem Plaza spotted Chazzan Robert and Iris Shapiro who were leading a tour group. The most fun was while we stopped at an out-ofthe-way ice cream stand in the Negev on our way to Eilat and unexpectedly met the former Omahans Norman and Roberta Milgram. And almost the last day of my stay I literally bumped into Mark Samuel (Saunders) and was able to follow that meeting with a delightful visit. All send their love and regards to Omaha family and friends. ISRAEL IS seeing the tremendous accomplishments of the Jewish organizations we know and support in Omaha. The work of ORT was highly publicized in a special issue of the Jerusalem Post ...... Amit Mizrachi is best seen through their high schools and Kfar Batya, their children's village where vocational training and religious education are emphasized . . . . . Hadassah's work in medical research and hospital care is evidenced at both Ein Karem and on beautiful Mount Scopus the work of Project Renewal through the Jewish Agency is particularly seen in the old neighborhoods of Tel Aviv Israel Bond money is seen at work in the improved roads and utilities and in the solar ponds and dozens of other developments all over Israel. And in every area of Israel, particularly now with the relocation and rehabilitation and absorption of the Ethiopian Jews, one sees the work of the many dollars raised for the United Jewish Appeal. Jewish National Fund continues its beautification work with the planting of trees and shrubs throughout Israel. The nicest part of this phase of a trip to Israel is the hospitality and the warmth of the guides and the agency personnel. They are very anxious to show their work and accomplishments and it is well worth the time and effort. ISRAEL IS ...'.,'. so many different, types of living! Religious and non-religious, apartments and homes, some beautiful, some old and run down, kibbutzim and moshavim, old sections and new developments. Israel is a conglomeration of thousands of people of all types finding the style of living that best suits them, their pocketbooks and their way of living Jewishly. Our time spent on Kibbutz Na'an with family was a tremendous opportunity for learning about that type of life. It's more than a big family but still closely knit enough so

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everyone feels a relationship. It is a community dining room for all meals if one prefers to share or food can be taken to the individual family's own apartment. It has a cozy but large social hall for gatherings and meetings, a wonderful swimming pool, bicycles for all residents who wish them, superb laundry and cooking facilities with the finest equipment for joint services for the residents. Classes meet at various hours for adult education with some of the most scholarly teachers, children under high school age receive their education on the kibbutz, small children are very well taken care of in the kibbutz "gan" which is the children's house. For those who opt for kibbutz life it is a good and comfortable type of glorified country living in a family atmosphere. This type of life is very popular with many volunteers who come from foreign lands as was evidenced by a group from Sweden who were there when we were. ISRAEL IS . . . . . pushing one's way through Machaneh Yehuda,.the colorful Jerusalem major market place with dozens of stands with their proprietors hawking beautiful fresh fruits and vegetables — mouthwatering tomatoes, artichokes, strawberries, eggplants — what an abundance and what fun to push and shove one's way through the constant crowds, especially on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings. Israel is a country of many papa-and-mama stores, small boutiques, hundreds of restaurants to please every palate. Israel is streets and sidewalks full of shoppers and window gazers on Dizengoff in Tel Aviv, on Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem, on the reconstructed streets of Jaffa in the lovely unique jewelry and art shops. Israel is going through a diamond factory in Natanya, the glass factpry off of the Mea Shearim area, the artists colony near the Cinemateque with its fascinating craftsmen willing to share the story of their lives and their creations, the magnificent new Cordo in the' old Jewish quarter and its creativity and imagination blended into a new beauty. If only one could buy it all and take it home!

ISRAEL I S . . . . . a motor trip by van with family to Eilat in the south, the beauty of the Negev is overwhelming, the stop at Sde Boker at Ben Giirion's former home very meaningful, and the visit to the graves of Ben Gurion and his Paula overlooking the Negev an experience that brought tears. . And then there is the brilliant beauty of Eilat with its warm sun, historical Red Sea, glass bottom boats for viewing the colorful coral and unusual fish. Shabbat dinner with 400 Israelis and tourists in the Laromme hotel was a( never to be forgotten experience but all fades in the beauty of Taba, that little spot next to Eilat and next to the Egyptian border that both countries now want. Its elegant Aviya Sonesta hotel, its view of Jordan across v (continued on page 15)

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Cohen's special theory of the Fifth Dimension By Joseph Cohen • Director, Jewish Studies Program • Tulane University Ronald W. Clark's Einstein The Life and Times An Illustrated Biography (Harry N. Abrams; $28.00) takes the biographer's text in his widely acclaimed addition published in 1971, abridges it and enhances it through the addition of over two hundred photographs, a number of them full-page plates showing the world-famous German-Jewish physicist as he appeared at different times in his life. The usual scholarly paraphernalia, sources, notes, chronology, bibliography and index are present for those who want to delve more deeply into Einstein's life and work. For the lay reader this text is first-rate. The hook is wellprinted on heavy glossy paper and handsomely bound. Indeed, the visual and tactile impact conveys a sense of solidity, substance and weightiness as befits its subject. Much about Einstein's life is well-known; it needs no repetition here. Suffice it to say that nowhere in the annals of history are we likely to find a more dedicated or successful seeker of answers to the most profound mysteries of the universe. Yet though more than half a century has passed and hundreds upon hundreds of books have been published explaining.Einstein's theories of relativity and commenting upon them, we are still very far away from recognizing all the implications of his discoveries, particularly as these impinge upon our perception of reality. The old Newtonian absolutes which postulated exact measurements for linear time and space have been modified; and all of us, in terms of these, measurements have had our consciousness altered to the extent that we know that depending upon where one is and whether one is stationary or moving, the measurements of duration and distance will vary. • These variations only become significant as the speed of light is approached. Since we live our lives at the opposite end of that speedometer, the distinctions are minute, imperceptible and therefore largely ignored. However, it is not the distinctions that are important; it is the fact that they exist at all that makes possible, even mandatory, the new interpretations of reality. This is apparently a hard fact we resist accepting. As recently as 1959, Sir James Jeans, a leading scientific authority, said "Physical science does not of course suggest that we must abandon the intuitive concepts of space and time which we derive from individual experience . . . whatever conclusions the mathematicians may reach, it is certain that our newpapers, our historians and story-tellers will still place their truths and fictions in a framework of space and time; they sill continue to say — this event happened at such an instant in the course of the ever-flowing stream of time, this other event at another instant loser down the stream and so on." -

I must postulate my own, which with characteristic modesty, I shall call "Cohen's Special Theory of the Fifth Dimension." We all admit to three dimensions; Einstein tells us there is a fourth, so why not, a fifth one, building on our already altered state of consciousness? To the extent that we have already had to modify our perception of reality, adding on another plateau, like chicken soup, can't hut. The foundation for any "great moment" is the spacetime continuum, for only in it can time be stayed and the. importance of an event or occurrence be' made to overwhelm the linear rush of time through space. The event need not be "great" in the sense of being colossal, grand or powerful; rather it must be profound and catapult a protagonist into a new awareness or insight into the meaning of human experience. It is much like a Joycean epiphany. To achieve this profundity or insight, one must experience the event to the fullest. Ordinarily, we go through our lives relying only on one or two senses at the most, the other remaining dormant, waiting to be called upon as required. We rely mainly on the senses of sound and sight, combining one or the other but most frequently, sight, with touch or taste or smell. Rarely do we employ three senses simultaneously, and it is even less frequently that we have four going at once, and hardly ever five. If five senses are brought into play, the use of all five of them simultaniously yields an intensity which obliterates and excludes momentarily where one happens to be and when the event is occurring. Only in such an altered state is the perception of reality so complete a totality that it represents an added dimension, which is to say, a Fifth Dimension. Like the other four, it's been around all the time; we just haven't been' able to see- the forest for the trees. Though "great moments" have been a staple of literature as far back as ancient times — the story of Adam, Eve and the apple involves at least four senses directly — it is in the fiction of contemporary serious writers that the Fifth Dimension can be most easily recognized. These "great moments" generally occur in connection with those human activities which requife or invite multiple sense usage, death by fire or water or, on a more positive generational level, sexual intercourse.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Nicholas Brady, former Omahans now of Cincinnati, Ohio, are parents of a daughter, Andi'ea Erin, born April 12. They have a son, Cameron, five and another daughter, Jessica, three. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Gendler of Omaha and Mrs. John Brady of Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Carey Stiss of Miami, Fla., announce the birth of a daughter, Jessica Rose Stiss, born Feb^ ruary 25. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Sol Stiss of M^ami and Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin of Chicago. Great-grandparents are Else and Edward Kahn of Omaha.

Becky and Adam Heffner of Boca Raton, Fla., anMr. and Mrs. Stephen nounce the March 22 birth of their son, Allen Jay Heff- Brown of Council Bluffs, la., announce the birth of a ner. Grandparents are Mr. son, Jordan Alex Brown, and Mrs. Heffner and Mr. born March 30. Their other and Mrs. Sol Stiss. Both son, Nicholas, is three. couples reside in Miami, Grandparents are Mr. Fla. Melvin Brown and the late Omahuns, Else and Ed- Lillian BrownTand Mr. and ward Kahn are the great- 'Mrs. Lloyd Brazelton, allof Council Bluffs. grandparents.

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I am referring to.that climactic "great moment" in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep where the little protagonist, David Schearl, seeks the confirmation of .God's presence and redemption from the guilt imposed upon him by his cruel father when he plunges his father's milk ladle into the trolley tracks sustaining a near fatal flashing shock of 500 volts. In his description of this fateful act, Roth, without having Jeans would have been amazed to know that in the same been consciously aware of it, brought to bear all five senses, year he published that statement the story-teller Lawrence : succeeding in the momentary overwhelming of time and Durrell was publishing his Alexandria Quartet which re- space. At the point of contact, when all these forces are jected linear progression, calling instead for the four-di- functioning simultaneously, David Schearl gets the answers • mensional reality Einstein had postulated a half century he is seeking and we become witnesses to a new perception earlier. We may still be content to live in the conventional of reality. three dimensional world of height, width and length, with The true test of any theory is its applicability. Einstein, time regarded as an altogether separate entity. But Einstein Ronald Clark tells us in THE LIFE AND TIMES, was proved to us. that we exist in a space-time continuum. The convinced in 1905 that his Special Theory of Relativity was distinctions of past, present and future fall away and our correct, and we know through its applicability that it has altered consciousness tells us that all of our experience is passed the test. The next time you encounter a "great moencompassed in what, maybe thought of as "the great mo- ment" in your reading you should test Cohen's Special Thement." ory of the Fifth Dimension and see if it holds up. If it does, it could add a whole new dimension of insight not only to Increasingly, literary critics are attempting to define that . ,.. ' term. Thus far, I have not found any definitions that, are your reading but to your life as well. ' ". wholly satisfying. In the absence of a workable definition, Copyright 1985 Joseph Cohen

Despite the hoi, humid weather in Boston on April 15, Omaha's own Barry Siff placed 503rd in an official field of more than 5,500 runners in,the 89th Boston Marathon. Siff's official time of 2:51:02 made him the first Nebraska Finisher. He has run a total of 11 marathons to date and plans to run one more this Spring. After that, he will concentrate on triathlon training — swimming, biking and running — culminating, hopefully, as a participant in the 1986 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. Siff moved to Omaha from Boston in December, 1984, becoming director of Human Res o u r c e s for Armour Food Company, an Independent operating company of ConAgra, Inc. He and his wife, Judy, have two sons, Brian and Elliot. • • . . . . •

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US.Y. has been invited by Omaha's U.S.Y. to a shul-in to be held overnight on April 27 and 28. The program will include a hypnotist and "putting on the hits" as well as programming in honor of Israeli Independence Day. Eighth graders are also invited to attend. If you are interested R.S.V.P. to Suri Jacknis at 475-2762.

More than .100 guests attended a day-long reception at the Jewish Federation Library last week in recognition of National Library Week. Cookies and punch were served and new library cards were issued. Above, children from the Jewish Community Center Pre-School joined in the fefltivities by singing "Happy Birthday" in English and Hebrew. In photo below from left, seated, are Lavonne Curtis, ADL/CRC secretary; and Ruth Davis; standing, Dorothy Kaplan, library assistant, and Linda Dunn, a member of the Library Board. The bouquet of flowers v/as sent by Patricia Groves Newman, a former member of the Library Board.

Don't forget to watch "Precious Legacy" on April 29, at 9:30 p.m. on NETV. It is an exhibit of important and beautiful Jewish ritual objects of European Jewry.

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. Israel program The Eretz Yisrael Movement is offering an opportunity for families and singles who want to experience and be part of Israel's modern day settlement movement. The Eretz Yisrael Movement has arranged fourweek programs in KiryatArba. This program includes six days of tours to: Jerusalem, Gush Katif, Ein Gedi, Masada and the surrounding areas; three days of guided tours in the area of Hebron and Kiryat Arba; three days of volunteer work; workshops and seminars and a mini "ulpan". In addition, there will be free time for individuals to tour on their own, speak with the pioneers and settlers, visit with them and their families. Kiryat Arba was established 17 years ago by 15 families. It is now a town of better than 800 families. Housing, room and board, a full four-week program for $999 per adult. For information, call Yaakov Sternberg at 212-684-7370 of write: Eretz Yisrael Movement, 15 East 26 Street, New York, NY 10010. 0

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By Estetle Rosenberg The Young at Heart held their monthly meeting and luncheon April 24 at The Knolls Country Club. The program featured Karen McConnell with her many talents. A business meeting about coming events was given by Abe Friedman. Following the meeting the group played Bingo. Rose Friedman was in charge of reservations. Betty Zelen recently returned to Lincoln alter a six week vacation visiting her children and family. She visited with her family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zelen and grandchildren of Northbrook, 111. She also visited with sisters and brothers in New Haven, Conn.

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I sat in a medical waiting room recently . . . waiting of course. After I read all available printed matter and drank all available coffee, boredom set in. Instead of dulling my senses, however, I noticed that I was suddenly aware of sounds. They were coming from the reception area, and for lack of anything better to do, I started paying attention. First, there wasn't the old familiar typewriter sound. The computer keyboard of today makes only a quiet "clackclack-clack". I also noticed the absence of rolling file drawer noise. Natually. The computer screen on the desk responded to the request for information when the clerk punched it out on her clack-clack-clack. A soft, muffled, whooshing noise called attention to the copy machine. That made me realize there are countless people who work at "office jobs" who have never heard of carbon paper. If you're over 30 you probably remember how more than one copy of a typewritten page was accomplished. A piece of carbon paper was sandwiched between two clean pages, and when the work was complete, there was a "carbon copy". Unless, of course, the carbon was improperly placed. Then you had the copy on the reverse side of the original . . . and if memory serves, it was backward! So many changes from those old procedures I remember from my earliest experiences. I thought, four decades ago, my electric typewriter was a miracle machine. It was an awesome giant that took two men and a winch to move, and it was fairly noisy, but still the latest state of the art! I remember the loud racket of ringing phones was earsplitting enough to ensure a headache by quitting time. A far cry from the little chirp made by today's phones. That brings up another topic — today's phones. ,1 know it doesn't really take a special degree from graduate school to learn how to use the newest telephones. Just some careful attention when the salesperson explains how , they work. But some of them are a real deal! I have one at home that has a memory for 16 telephone numbers. I have only to punch one button and I hear the automatic connection being made; The bad news is, it makes me forget numbers I have known for years. So much for the good part. Well, there are more differences in office procedures than I have listed, I'm sure. But after all is said and done, who really cares? The fact is simply this: the good old days weren't really so wonderful — at least in the office.

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Women's League Conference planned for May 5-9

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During the week of May 5-9, in Minneapolis, over 150 delegates will convene for the 1S85 Conference of the Midwest Branch of Women's League for Conservative Judaism. Attending the conference as delegates from Omaha's Beth El Sisterhood are Susie Drazen, Nancy SItid, Sisterhood President Beverly Rich, and Anna Wiesmnn, immediate past president of the Midwest Branch and a member of the National Board of Women's League for Conservative Judaism.

Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld spoke at Beth El Synagogue this week during a Yom HaShoah observa n c e . Participating in the candlelighting ceremony are children of survivors, from left, Gary Kinstlinger, Thomas Neuman, Paula Katiilcee, Ann Kibel Schwartz, Ed Fried, and Jakob Besser.

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Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth Israel Synagogue, Omaha, was at Dana College in Blair, Neb. on April 22 to assist the college in observing the annual national Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust. Cantor Fettman, a survivor of the Holocaust, spoke at the college's regular morning chapel service in Pioneer Memorial318 and in the afternoon in the Parnassus Room of Pioneer Memorial. Days of Remembrance this year marked the 40th anniversary of liberation. Miss Beatrice Sommer of B & B Import-Export Co, gave a presentation at Creighton University. Miss Sommer addressed Dr. .Steve Hutchens' advertising students on the subject of advertising specialties. Miss Sommer is a member of the Specialty Advertising Association International's Speakers Bureau, called "Ambassadors."

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Phil Jacobs appointed President of Industrial Electric Reels, Inc. IER is an Omaha-based manufacturer of sophisticated electrical components for the construction, transportation, communications and materials handling in-

An article and photograph describing Lil Weinstein's seder at the Livingston Plaza Apartments for some 12 residents who had no families to share in the Passover appeared in a recent issue of the World Herald. Mrs. Weinstein, 80, said most of her guests were immigrants from Russia. Attorney Steven Riekes has been elected president of the Missouri Valley Chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Central High School's third annual scholarship auction and dinner will take place May 3 at 6 p.m. in the courtyard of the school. The auction will offer a round trip for two to San Francisco donated by.American West Airlines with accommodations at the Raphael being donated by Tower Travel. Also featured will be gourmet dinners, Central High School items, and Cabbage Patch dolls.

NAMED WINNER Gwen Oberman, of Omaha Central High School, has been named area winner in the Business Career Development Program which is jointly sponsored by the local chapter of Executive Women International and Lanier Business Products, Inc. She was selected from a group of senior high school business students representing the public, private and parochial schools of the area. A number qf factors were considered in the judging, including: leadership, good citizenship, communication skills, work experience and career planning.

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In addition, a raffle will be conducted April 29-May 3, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on an Apple Computer donated by Abacus and a computer table donated by All Makes Equipment, the announcement stated. Central break dancers, singers and the jazz band will perform between noon and 1 p.m. between April 19May 1. Proceeds from the auction will be used for scholarships. For information, call 978-7100.

Mrs. Rubin, who was born arid educated in Omaha, was active for the last 25 years in helping the Junior Cancer League and other Chicago-area charities in raising funds for cancer research. Survivors include her husband, Lewis A.; two sons, David A. and Gary S.; five grandchildren; two sisters, Eva Meyerson and Sylvia Katzman, and three brothers, Harry, Jack and Harold Seiner.. Services took place at Weinstein Bros. Chapel, Wilmette. Burial was in Shalom Memorial Park, Palatine. ALAN LOEWENSTEIN Graveside services for Alan Loewenstein, 31, of Houston, took place Tuesday at Beth El Cemetery. In addition to his parents, Herman and Rose, he is survived by sisters, Michele, of Edison, N.J.; Marilyn, Diane and Judy, of Woonsocket, R.I. and brother, Richard, of Houston.

students to become a finalist in the United States Presidential Scholars program, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Education and the Commission on Presidential Scholars. The selection of 141 Presidential Scholars will be made in early May by members of the Commission on Presidential Scholars. This program identifies annually the most distinguished and accomplished graduating high school seniors in the nation.

PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR FINALIST Richard Katskee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Katskee, is one of 500 American

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Upstairs presents "The Music Man"

In recognition of Older American's Month, the Metropolitan Arts Council and Local 70-558 of the American Federation of Musicians join together to sponsor a Youth Symphony Concert. The concert will be held at the Jewish Community Center Auditorium, May 10, at 10 a.m.

Israel's bulls TEL AVIV (JTA) — When it comes to breeding cattle, Israel's bulls are the best according to the results of a "best sperm contest" for bullocks recently held in Poland. The Israeli breeders topped those of eight other participating countries, the Israel Cattleraisers Association reported at its biennial conference in Kibbutz Shefayim. The result was that Israel is receiving orders from many countries for bullocks and female calves. The cattlemen said members of their association exported 500 cows to Egypt in 1983 and 1,250 calves last year. They hope to sell 4,500 head of cattle to Egypt shortly.

Stephen G. Hobson, director of the Youth Symphony, will present a 45 minute concert featuring the works of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bizet. The Youth Symphony, an organization of the Omaha Area Youth Orchestra program, is composed primarily of high-school age musicians from Omaha and surrounding communities. The Omaha Area Youth Orchestra provides performance and instructional opportunities for approximately 240 of the area's schooNaged instrumentalists. Students representing over 55 schools.and 18 school districts within a "50 mile radius of Omaha, audition annually for positions in the orchestras. Shirley Taylor, Seniors Coordinator for the Metropolitan Arts Council comments, "Metro Arts and Local 70-558 of the American

Federation of Musicians recognize the vital contribution of seniors to the community. This concert is our way of honoring them." The concert is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating capacity, reservations are recommended. Call the Metropolitan Arts Council at 3417910.

If you don't walk outdoors singing "76 Trombones" and tapping toes on the pavement, you were at the wrong theater. The Upstairs Dinner Theater's presentation of Meredith Wilson's "fvlupic Man" brings the action of River City to the stage in full splendor. By this we mean — un unusually large cast with unusually good costumes and better than usual talent. The three-act musical starring Dave Wingert and Melissa Canaday is the perfect way to celebrate the July 4 holiday any show day. "Music Man" is described as a rollicking American musical and if rollicking musicals are your cup of tea, the Upstairs is the place to be. Although the entire cast is outstanding, eyes naturally are drawn to the very young, and this show is no exception. Many young performers put on a show within a show and a look at their facial expressions during the dance numbers is worth the price of admission. (MM)

Airways scored NEW YORK (JTA) —, British Airways, Britain's national air carrier, blocked out part of an advertisement for a Jerusalem hotel appearing in its in-flight magazine "High Life," claiming that it resorted to censorship in order to remain neutral in the dispute over the status of Jerusa: lem. But the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith rejected the airline's contention.

Abraham Foxman, the ADL's associate national director, observed in a letter of protest .to British Airways' U.S. manager, Don Ford, that "the effect of this outrageous action is exactly the opposite — it places British Airways firmly in the political arena by taking sides and possibly bowing to anti-Israel pressure." Foxman pointed out that other business journals publish ads on Israel and Jerusalem "without being identified with or accused of taking positions."

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Feature activities for Yom Ha'atzmaut known folk and bluegrass performer. Through a grant from the Nebraska Art* Council he will be on staff at the Jewish Community Center through the summer This year's festival will present a variety of new booths including everything from a dunking booth, sponsoitd by "the Camp committee, to a Spiritual Adoption booth, sponsored by Pioneer Women/Na'amat Other exciting booth'! include flowers, basketball, compute! activities, flag making gift items by each of the Sisterhoods and many more An activity for the whole family is "Mishpodia Feud" (the Jewish family feud). Joanie Jacobson, Rmil Berkovits and Stan Widrnan will take turns being MCs If you tire not participating, come, watch and laugh' Ida Potash, Nancy Skid, Helen Epstein, Sam Eisenman and Susie Drazen will give baking demonstrations on some of the most popular pastries in the community, throughout the afternoon.

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12:30 p.m. at the flag pole Bellringing by community leaders

Live Entertainment 3-3:45 p.m. I Meet Arleen Sorkin, Star of Days of our lives II Hadassah Dancers — Intermission — 4-5 p.m.

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SHUK —BAZAAR 1-7 p.m. in the gym exhibits-sales-activities

MISHPOCHA FEUD A fun, family game ~of Jewish trivia in the JCC Theater 1-3 p.m. first Rounds 5-7 p.m. Second round and finals

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EXHIBITS . Kibbutz Photos by Monte Kruse

For children of all ages 1-1:30 p.m. Ventriloquist . Gary Welden

DELI RESTAURANT 1-7 p.m. in the Auditorium '

Ill Children's Performance Workshops and IV Curly EnnisJCC Music Artist-in-Residence

1:30-2 p.m. Israeli songs Led by Lori Stan

MENU

Corned beef

Tongue Turkey Salami Hot Dogs Sandwich Platter — includes pop, chip, & salad

$3.50 $3.50 $2.75 $2.75 $2.00 $1.25 extra

Cooking Demonstration on the hour 1-4 p.m.

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LIBERTY BELL COOKIES Present this coupon for a free cookie only one per person while supplies last

Paintings by Jay Milder Youth in Israel and much more!

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CLOSING CEREMONY 8 p.m.

2-2:30 p.m. Story Telling by Kay Weinstein 2:30-3 p.m. Israeli Dancing STROLLING PERFORMERS &CLOWNS Swim Games 1-2:30 p.m. Bring your suit FREEDOM, FITNESS, AND FUN Open to 7th grade ^through Adults Fundraiser for Soviet Jewry