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Klutznick answe By Morris Maline At 5:45 a.m., the telephone rang at the residence of Soviet Jewry activist Shirley Goldstein and her husband, Leonard. The call was for [ her house guest, j Lynn Singer, past : president and cur- | rently executive di- : rector of the Long | Island (New York) Committee for Soviet Jewry. As a result of this telephone call from " ... Leningrad and other recent calls from the Soviet . Union, Mrs. Singer Lynn Singer made the following statement: "Many of Moscow's Jewish residents will trade places with patients of psychiatric hospitals on or before July 15." In an interview with the Jewish Press, Mrs. Singer explained that Moscow will host an international youth conference for three weeks starting July 15. Her informants have advised her that Moscow will be closed to tourists. during that period and that Soviet citizens have been ordered not to mix with visitors. "The city of Mosepw will be sanitized for three weeks and this includes the relocation of Jewish refusenika and disaidonJo to-psychiatric hospitals where they cannot be contacted by visitors," Mrs. Singer said. "They did the same thing when former President Richard Nixon visited Moscow. Mrs. Singer pointed out. Mrs. Singer, a Soviet Jewry activist since 1970, stopped in Omaha to visit the Goldsteins before going on to vacation in California. ' "I wouldn't think of passing by Omaha without stopping to see my good friend, Shirley," she said. The telephone call she received here was from Aba Taratuta with whom she speaks weekly. She also speaks regularly with several other Jews in both Moscow and Leningrad. "I now can communicate with these friends only by telephone and by mail . . . The Russians consider me a Zionist spy, a
By Theo Stone WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Supreme Court agreed to decide for the first time whether an Orthodox Jew may wear a yarmulke while on duty in any of the United States armed forces. The case centers around Rabbi Simcha Goldman who, while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, was ordered to remove his yarmulke. Chaplain Goldman had served in. the Air Force for three years when a new base commander ordered him, on pain of disciplinary action, to remove his skull cap. Before his stint in the Air Force, he had served as a chaplain in the Navy for several years, a period during which his wearing his yarmulke was not challenged by his superiors. After leaving Navy service, he obtained a doctorate in psychology and enlisted in the Air Force to serve as a psychologist. . After the warning from the new base commander, Goldman filed suit in the federal district court in Washington in 1981 and a decision in his favor was handed down in 1982. A circuit court of appeals reversed that ruling, upholding the authority of the Air Force. An appeal was filed with the Su-
tag I wear with dignity and pleasure," Because both Mrs. Singer and Mrs. Goldstein are forbidden to enter the Soviet Union, they rely on fellow Jews to make contact. Mrs. Singer said both she and Shirley were "terribly disturbed" during a meal at a local restaurant. "An Omaha man came up to Shirley at the restaurant and announced to her that he was leaving for the Soviet Union on a vacation trip in a few days. "He made it clear that he would not visit or contact any of Shirley's friends, nor do anything to help her or Soviet Jews, Mrs. Singer recalled. For a Jew to act like this is unforgiveable, Mrs. Singer added. For someone "not to do a mitzvah when he has the opportunity is something we don't expect from a Jew." "Shirley was absolutely sick over the incident . . . We expect Jews to be bigger than life and when they aren't, we're disappointed," said Mrs. Singer. o
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By Morris Maline Internationally-known Jewish leader Philip M. Klutznick uq;ed the members of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society "not only to record history, but to make history." In a wide-ranging talk to more than 100 Society members nnd guests ut the third annual meeting of the NJHS at the .ICC last week, Mr. Klutznick said the "past, is a prelude to what will happen, and supplies answers" for today's problems. Jewish life, he said, always had problems and the only reason that Judaism has survived is that Jews have learned to live with problems. He added that Jews tend to adopt the world's problems as their own and don't realize that certain problems such ns hijacking won't be solved by Jews, Arabs, or Gentiles. "This is not a problem for America, or Israel, it's a problem for the universe," He said, "We must join others to make clear that the problem of taking innocent people is universally contrary to humanity." ,
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (JTA) —One-of the few memorials to the Holocaust on public property was dedicated in Liberty State Park, N.J^ with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop and in the presence.of more than, 5,tJiiO-persons/ '. . . . " • The memorial is a 15-foot sculpture, entitled "Liberation" and portraying an American soldier carrying a Nazi death camp survivor to safety. It was sculpted by Nathan Rapoport and was the product of two years of work by a Liberty Park Memorial Committee of 100 residents, with Gov. Thomas Kean serving as honorary chairman. The committee raised more than $1 million for the memorial. * A total of 28 representatives of New Jersey veterans organizations placed wreaths at the base of the two-ton sculpture. Gov. Kean told the throng that "This monument says, for all time, that we, as a collective people, stood for freedom and we, as Americans, will never go to war for the purpose of conquest." He lauded the labors of the committee, state agencies, organizations and individual
preme Court, which is-expected to hear the case during the fall 1985 term. The defense has been handled by Nathan Lewin, a vice president of the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COPLA). Lewin has argued there is a constitutional right to wear a yarmulke under the.freedom of religious expression clause of the First Amendment, and that this does not interfere with the military functions of the wearer. ..•-.. Lewin declared that the Defense Department has argued that any variation in the uniformity of the military dress code would result in disintegration of morale and discipline in the armed forces, a position sustained by the appeals court. Lewin said the case represents the broader problem between exercise of reliI gious belief and laws which appear to be prohibiting the exercise of those religious beliefs. He said an important larger question is: When does a general obligation have to yield in the face of a religious conviction? Goldman quit the Air Force but retained reserve status. He is now a practicing psychologist at-Chabad House in Loa Angeles.
supporters and said their reward would be "the knowledge that they have put in place a monument that represents the very essence of America." .,:.;Sen^Franl: Laiitehberg (D.N.J.) an honr . orary co-chairman of the monument committee, said the monument saluted the "courage" and "resilience" of the death camp survivors, many of whom came to the United States to start a new life. David Kotok of Veneland, committee cochairman, presented Kean with the deed to the monument, declaring that the theme of the monument was "to recognize that our servicemen fought, not to conquer, not to be aggressors, but rather to rescue and restore freedom to those persecuted and oppressed by fascist powers." Representatives attended from the governments of Israel, Austrailia, Belgium, Finland, West Germany, Italy, Poland and Hungary. At a luncheon after the ceremony, Rapoport presented Kean with a bronze placque of the governor, entitled "Son of America," honoring the governor for his work on the monument.
Such a problem, he said, will be solved only when an aroused humanity returns to the universal notion that innocent people cannot be taken and destroyed. According to Mr. Klutznick, many people despair of man and his future, but history .shows both peaks and valleys and that "peaks are going upward." "Learn from your history, and help make history." is a phrase repeated by Mr. Klutznick during his 45-minute message. Mr. Klutznick, a charter member of NJHS and one of two Omahans who were international presidents of B'nai B'rith, paid tribute to the other president, the late Henry Monsky. "Henry was a great man. He took an organization when it was asleep, awakened it, reconstructed it, and made it grow." . ' This little Jewish community of Omaha, said Mr. Klutznick, was one of the liveliest Jewish communities in the United States during the time he resided here. "I don't think you people appreciate what Omaha has done in the past two generations." He said there was "ferment" . . . religious fervor resulting from the competition of new leadership flowing into the community. "There were rough moments and no guarantee of success, but Omaha became a better Jewish community because everybody was trying to do better to serve God." '-• Mr. Klutznick, who has served seven United States presidents, told the audience that Franklin Delano Roosevelt obtained inspiration from the "feet of his headmaster" and that Harry S. Truman once wrote: history is made by man, not the reverse." He called upon the new officers of the Society to "show leadership and courage in standing up for what is right." Upon installing the new officers, he said, "Never forget that you are the leaders of your people — temporarily." The new officers are Mary Fellman, president; Saranne Gitnick, executive vice president; Neal Malashock and Oliver Pollak, vice presidents; Lois Friedman, treasurer; Robert Goodman, recording secretary; Bonnie Horwich, parliamentarian; Betty Laser and Ruth Cohen, dues secretaries.
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B'NAI B'RITH # WOMEN By Esther Wax Jeanette Wishna, Gateway regional board chairman of B'nai B'rith Women, announced that Enid Goldstein will install the 1S35-86 Board of B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha, July 14, at the Ramada Inn Central, 70th and Grover, following a champagne brunch at 10 a.m. Mrs. Goldstein serves as leadership training chairperson. She resides in Denver where she is president of the Metro Denver chapter. She will conduct a leadership training session after the installation of the following officers: Fundraising vice-president, Sigrid Levi-Baum; program vice-presidents, Beth Friedman and Rosalie Greenspan; membership vice-president, Ricki Skog; recording secretary, Maxirie Noodell; corresponding secretary, Corinne Levin; financial secretary, Cheryl Kirke; treasurer, Goldye
Goldberg; counselor, Beverly Franklin. A past-president's council will serve as "Presidents-ofthe-Month" to the elected board. Family and friends may attend, and the event is open to the public. Cost of the champagne brunch is $7.25. Reservations are requested by July 10. Call Celia Barron at 334-5630 or Sheila Anderson at 3331740 for reservations. COKNHUSKER B'NAI B'ltlTH On July 11 Cornhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith will take a group of patients from Veterans Hospital to Rosenblatt Stadium to see the baseball game between the Omaha Royals and the Indianapolis Indians. The lodge will provide programs and refreshments for their guests as part of their annual program. BBW NIGHT SPECIAL INTEREST The B'nai B'rith Women Night Special Interest
Group, which was organized last year by a group of BBW members who have daytime jobs or other conflicts with daytime meetings, had a meeting June 25 at one of its members home. Members visited with one another (one of the purposes of the group) and talked about programming ideas of particular interest to them. Several topics for night programs v/ere discussed, such as stress management, self defense, Passover recipe exchange and taste testing, and the current state of terrorism worldwide. The next evening event will be a "visit and swim" gathering on July 23 at 7 p.m. at Camelot Village, 2353 N. 92nd St. Ann Noodell will host the evening. Please contact Sigrid LeviBaum 339-5919 or Beth Friedman 331-0222 if you are interested in this activity. All BBW members and anyone interested in learning more about BBW and this group may attend.
By feeva Orueh We had an exceptionally large attendance on June 17. Leona Klotz surprised husband Abe with a birthday cake. There were many guests present: Brian Willcorns was the guest of Grace and Morton Plotkin. Molly Fogel was the guest of Shirley Meyerson. Denise and Rebecca Greenberg were the guests of Florence and Charles Greenberg. Rebecca Berenstein had Rose Kubby of Des Moines as her guest. Joel Forbes of Milwaukee was the guest of Gertrude Forbes. From California we had Sam Epstein the guest of Evelyn and Morrie Epstein. Flo and Max Freedman v/ere the guests of Zelda Freedman. At the age of 95, Morris Epstein became "a Life Member. Fannie Lagman made Carl a Life Member for his birthday. We always welcome new Life Members. Ellen Albin and Corrine Levin, board members of Hadassah spoke to us about
The Ann Katzman Special Occasion Calendar. The program was one of the outstanding musicals we have had. Diane. Hansen presented her girls who could very well compete with Las Vegas. . Fanny'and Dick pummers furnitfhed the cake on June 24 in honor of their marriage. Fanny is one of our very faithful volunteers. She has been in the YES group for over 20 years and is a very hard worker. Cleveland Stevenson and Sassy presented the program for us. We all enjoyed it very much. Sorma Kaufman from Israel was the guest of Ruth Klass. Dorothy, Amy and Lara Resnick from Greeley, Colo, were the guests of Feo Kahn. On June 27 a very good fish lunch was served. The JCC Senior Singers presented a melody of songs for the group. Sylvia Ross was the narrator. The Singers were Hilde Gottlieb, Fannie and Carl Lagman, Lew El-
Us, Lena Grossman, Sarah Dansky, Margie Nearenberjj, Nellie Kadis, Ann Margolin, Ileva Oruch, Leona Klotz, Sylvan Block, Ida Potash, and Sylvia Ross. Thirty of us are looking forward to our "Wisconsin Dells" trip on July 7. Mollie has promised us an exciting trip. Newebrief The need for absorption of Ethiopian children in Israel is a new challenge facing HIPPY (Home Instruction Program for PreSchool Youngsters), the director-general of the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture, Eliezer Shmueli, told a conference of HIPPY, held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The conference was held to mark the 10th anniversary of HIPPY's founding by the National Council of Jewish Women Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University School of Education.
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..D Q Top left, Mr. and Mrs. Julc Newman greet Mr. and Mrs. Philip Klutznick during the recent Nebraska Jewish Historical Society annual meeting. In photo below, Mr. Newman iu joined by Herbert Goldstcn. Both are World War I veterans. Topright, seated, Joy Monsky Grossman and husband, Paul; their daughter, Fran Coren and husband, Meyer, and their granddaughters, Lisa, eight, and Julie, three. The late Henry. Monsky, and World War I veterans are featured in the new NJHS museum exhibit at the JCC. .Bottom photo, Phyllis Sherman (left) receives the first copy of the NJHS Journal from Silvia Hoffman. A gift from Phyllis and Irvin Sherman made possible publication of the Journal.
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ish-Christiun dialogue but only pennies for Jewish-Jewish dialogue. The level of consciousness regarding the urgency of the issue is too low. The truth of the matter is, if, the growing divisiveness is not stopped, it will split the unity of community, affect the success of local campaigns and cost the Federations millions of dollars. The internal Jewish discussion should follow the JewishChristian dialogue model, in all its aspects (an embarrassing but accurate analogy). There should be a high-level dialogue encompassing systematic theology and studies in halacha which respectfully acknowledge divisions between the groups. Theological and halachic reasoning that justify and mandate the necessary steps to cooperate and to construct common solutions must be developed within each movement. For example: within the Orthodox movement, there are scholars already arguing that even if the non-Orthodox movements follow halachic procedures, all their acts will be invalid. In this view, non-Orthodox theological assumptions (including the possibility of change in halacha) make all non-Orthodox acts ipso facto null and void. Halachic scholarship that seeks unifying solutions should build on By Irving Greenberg American Jewry must establish a systematic religious the suggestion of the Chazon Ish (the great leader of the dialogue among the Jewish denominations on the scale of most traditional Israeli sector of the past generation!) that the Jewish-Chriotian dialogue of the past fifty years. Over disbelief and even atheism should be treated as a modern the decades, the Jewish community has financed dialogue cultural bias or 'pressure', rather than as a willful denial. programs of the Anti-Defamation League, the American There are other possible positive Orthodox approaches Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the in the thought of Rabbis Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph Synagogue Council of America, and the joint National Con- P. Soloveitchik. Yet, for the most part, the halachic disciples ference of Christians and Jews to ensure that Jews and of these great figures are being educated to simplistic phiChristians would overcome the hostilities of the past. Many losophies of halacha and socialized to separatist aphave criticized the duplication, but the fact is that an ex- proaches. All three movements need an infusion of hightraordinary success was made possible by this significant level schoalrship in philosophy, theology, and halacha. Deinvestment of resources. veloping such high-level scholarship takes time, talent, and A legacy of eighteen hundred years of hatred—and even careful cultivation. murder—has been broadly overcome by people inspired by In addition, we need middle-level dialogue in which the dialogue, religious sharing and theologizing, as well as by rabbis and practitioners, as well as the lay leadership of personal and social contacts. There are Evangelical Chris- each movement, are brought into systematic and regular tians now challenging the anti-Semitism of the New Tes- contact for learning, for better mutual understanding, and tament. Devout Catholics and Protestants have for finding common solutions to common problems. reformulated their own traditions to eliminate stereotyping Finally, there must be a popular level, modeled on the and hatred and to advocate Jewish causes such as Israel 'living room dialogues' of the Jewish-Christian experience. and Soviet Jewry. Eminent Jewish thinkers have formu- Through such dialogues, people overcome stereotypes. They lated the most positive Jewish models of Christianity ever learn that there is real commitment in the other groups to developed in all the days of their separate existence. values which they also respect and desire. This changes the When it comes to Jewish-Jewish dialogue, however, there atmosphere and gives support to the rabbis who seek to has been a shortage of organizations. The Synagogue Coun- overcome some of the legal and theological obstacles. Withcil of America (SCA) brings together the three denomi- out such lay sympathy, it would be impossible for spiritual nations. To prevent halachic controversy due to leadership to overcome barriers. participation in SCA, each movement was given a veto. To It is time that those Jews who are not totally 'denomiavoid straining the weak fabric of the SCA, 'divisive' the- nationalized' assert the principle and the priority of clal ological issues have been avoided. Moreover, delegates sit Yisrael (the unity and totality of the Jewish people). I not as Individuals but as representatives of their move- would call upon all Jews to put pressure — peer pressure, ments, which restricts or prevents growing toward each moral judgment, even economic pressure — on the leadother. Most local Boards of Rabbis follow this same policy. ership of all the denominations. Let a non-Orthodox Jew At the present time, the National Jewish Resource Center who is giving money to traditional institutions ask them: offers the only serious organizational commitment to intra- What are they doing to advance unity? Are they abusing Jewish ecumenism. NJRC's CHEVRA project for rabbis is other Jews? Just asking the question begins to have an committed to clal Yisrael and provides a forum for on- impact on policy. going dialogue. Due to limited budget, only 120 rabbis in Let Orthodox Jews who are active in the community consix cities are currently involved. That number is not yet stantly challenge their non-Orthodox co-workers: What are large enough to change the outcome of policies or to reverse they doing to ensure that their own denominations not act the present tendency to polarization. NJRC has sought irresponsibly in matters of personal status or issues that funding to increase the scope of CHEVRA but has Vound affect the overall unity of the Jewish people? It is time to little receptivity to its requests. collect I.O.U.s from each other. At least, a combination of Nationally, the Federations are giving millions for Jew- moral and political pressure should be brought to bear to advance solutions that favor the good of the total community, rather than the short-term advantages of a particular group. Among those Jews who view the polarization with equanThe editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons imity, many .are convinced that only their group will survive. But the Orthodox who favor withdrawal should not of length or content. be so complacent. True, they could turn out to be the saving To the Editor: The Bar/Bat Mitzvah is a significant milestone that com- remnant. They could equally turn out to be the contemmits us to the family of world Jewry. One way in which porary 'Dead Sea sect'—the group that withdrew to save each individual boy or girl can demonstrate his/her ac- its own purity and died an arid, nameless death sundered ceptance of responsibility as an adult Jew is through a Bar/ from Jewish history. Those Conservative Jews who feel that Bat Mitzvah "twinning." The twinning ritual symbolically Orthodox is reactionary and a lost cause, those Reform and connects a young American Jew with a peer in the Soviqt secular Jews who have written off the survival of the traUnion. Here in Omaha, young people have already partic- ditionalists, all those who are convinced that they alone are ipated in this lovely program. One; last summer, was for- modern enough to survive, should ask themselves whether tunate to receive a written response to his letter from his it is not equally likely that they will simply be assimilated into the magnetic culture of the twentieth century? Russian "twin" in Leningrad. We need each other. The renewal of each group is the Our objective, as the chairpersons of the twinning program of the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry, is to in- best insurance for the survival of all groups. It is time to crease participation between upcoming B'nai Mitzvah in develop true consciousness of the urgency of the polarizaOmaha and those individuals in the Soviet Union who are tion problem and to formulate strategies detailed enough deprived of the freedom to celebrate their coming of age as and wise enough to attack problems and find root solutions. The will to unity, and recognition of common fate is exJews. Feel free to contact us. Cathy Christensen traordinarily powerful among the Jewish rank and file. The Fran Rod failure lies in- the fact that all that energy has gone into political and philanthropic fields. It is time to translate the To the Editor: In the hijacking, several people with Jewish sounding sense of common destiny into theological categories, halnames were removed from the plane. Out here, in this part achic thinking, and religious behavior. of the world, a Lincoln attorney with a Jewish sounding This call for unity is not based on the hope of unanimity name was taken to task by the Omaha daily in a lead ed- or uniformity. There is nothing wrong with disagreements. itorial for defending alleged obscenity in Omaha and in the The divisions, need not be papered over. What is needed is Bluffs. Pornography is a sore spot with local people. Why . restraint to avoid fundamental breaches, and commitments give them ammunition to identify us with what the local to find common solutions. No one should underestimate prosecuting attorney is fighting? We have nothing to do either the tradition, or the will and fertile imagination of with it. But we know what happens when a Jewish name the Jewish people. There are positive solutions enough: is involved. within our grasp. We need the intelligence, the courage and.. Henry Stern the commitment to pursue them. The time to act is now. Editor's note: During June and July, the Jewish Press will publish a series of four columns written by Rabbi Irving Greenberg, president of the National Jewish liesource Center. The staff of the Jewish Press reminds tho reader that the articles are the work of Rabbi Greenberg and the views raited do not nuccccurily reflect the views of the iitaff or the Jewish Press Bourd of Directors. In 15)77, Rabbi Greenberg was in Omaha to serve as the cc!iol&r-in-resideiice during the community's first annudl kallafa weekend. Rabbi Greenberg has served as a profecsor at City College of New York and Yeshiva University. He graduated euinma cum laude from Brooklyn College in 1953 and was ordained by Beth Joseph Rabbinical Seminary. He earned his masters and his PhD degrees from Harvard University. This is the fourth of four articles.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walker announce the engagement of their daughter, Roxanne to Robert M. Kahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Kahn. The bride elect is assistant marketing research analyst for Mutual of Omaha. She also attends graduate school at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her fiance will receive degrees in finance and real estate in December.
Interview Cookie Hoberman will interview Lynn Singer, chairperson of the Advisory Board on the Union of Council for Soviet Jews, on July 14, 12-12:30 p.m. on WOW-T channel 6.
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FANNIE FRIEDMAN ' Graveside services were held at Fisher Farm Cemetery on July 1 for Fannie Friedman. Survivors: daughter, Gloria; son Albert; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorials are suggested to Beth Israel Synagogue. BELLE GIVOT Services were held at Beth El Synagogue on June 30 for Belle Givot, 76. Interment was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Survivors: husband, Max; daughter, Barbara Shapiro, St. Louis, Mo.; sisters, Anne Bernstein, Omaha, Esther Beitchman, Kansas City, Mo., Laura Lill, Spokane, Wash.; brother, Abe Goldberg, Kansas City.
By Eslelie Rosenberg A garden wedding was the setting for Krteta Fuller and John M. Arenson on June 30. Parents of the newlyweds are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fuller of Crete, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Arenson of Lincoln. Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiated. The bride's sister, Sendee Fuller was matron of honor. Maid of honor was Cindy Strufin, Lincoln. Bridesmaids were Patty Johnson, Lincoln, Michelle Arenson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Best man was George Arenson, Lincoln, Ushers were Bruce Arenson, Waterloo, Iowa, James Arenson Ceder Rapids, Iowa. Kirk Bowers, Lincoln, Michael Keeler and Jeff Schrier both of Lincoln, flower girl, Deanna Bowers and ring bearer, Aaron Bowers. A reception and dinner
B'NAI B'HITH GIRLS The 1985 Beau Dance was held May 11 at the Radisson Inn. Rich Rosenblatt was elected Beau of Ediar BBG #710. Rich is regional vice president and president of Mother Chapter AZA //I. The new Beau for MZ Yoshana #2053 is Jay Gordman. Jay is the president of AZA #100. The Beau Dance chairmen thank Debra Polsky, the BBYO members and the advertisers for all their support throughout the planning of this successful.
'was held Et the Southwest Civic Center. The groom attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After a honeymoon the couple will be living in Cedar, Rapids, Iowa. Hilary Nieberg recently graduated from Colorado College in Colorado Springs where she received the Mary Stearns Barkalow award. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical anthropology. She will he attending the School of Dentistry at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Nieberg of Lincoln. Neal Unger of San Fransisco, recently attended the 10 year reunion of Southeast High School. He is the son of Mrs. Faye Unger.
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Parashat Balak By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke A recent article by one of these are essential Jewish our most gifted American virtues. rabbis suggests that we There are other lists of ought to remember Judeo- Jewish virtues and criteria philes and acts of friendship of "belonging" to the Jewish Sabbath Candlellghting for Friday, July 5, 8:42 p.m. to Jews as much or more fold. I need not detail them than anti-Semites and acts here. But I am interested in' of hostility. I am sure that the "Who is a(Jew?" prob, Boffii El SERVICES he is right. But our Sidrah lem as it arises time and SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. is named for that king of agaiji in Israel. Rabbi Paul Drazen and SERVICES: Rabbi S.tephan F. Barack Cantor Emil Berkovits will First and third Friday of Moab who would have been Here neither Balaam nor and Marvin Parilman will conduct the services. the month: 7:30 p.m. An forgotten in history (like his Micah will help us.-Only a officiate. The Oneg Shabbat Friday: 6 p.m. Oneg Shabbat follows the predecessor and successor!) religious-historical overfollowing the service will be Saturday: 9:30 a.m. service and everyone is wel- had it not been for the fact view of the Jewish experisponsored by Barb and Bob Kiddush will follow. that he hated and feared Is- ence will help us. come. Hurwitz in honor of the Minha 7:25 followed by Seurael enough to hire a soothParticularly I reject any birthday of Ethel Lowe. sayer to come and curse it! view that says a definition dat Shlishit and Ma'ariv Saturday: Such is fame. No Sidrah is proper only if it comes services. Morning service 11 a.m. is named for Moses or from the most extreme wing Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and Aaron or Joshua or Caleb. of Israeli orthodoxy. 5:30 p.m. BAT MITZVAH But our Sidrah is named The recent attempt of IsLisa Beth H u r w i t z , Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 SERVICES: "Balak"; and its principal raeli orthodoxy to "denaturSunday: 8 a.m. daughter of Barb and Bob p.m. character is Balaam, the alize" anyone converted to Hurwitz, will celebrate her soothsayer-magic ianJudaism by non-orthodox Bat Mitzvah during Shabprophet-professional exe- rabbis failed in the Knesset. bat Services Friday, July 5 crator, famous as the owner But the orthodox parties KUTLER FAMILY and Saturday, July 6. of the speaking ass. REUNION-KIDDUSH will be back again. (Even Friday: 7:30 p.m. But Balam's words de- Balaam tried four times.) The Kutler family, as part serve to be studied. He came of its reunion, will share in And a certain amount of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Silver to curse and remained to controversy was raised in conducting portions of the yrcsoOtrB of Houston, Tex. announce bless. Again and again he the American scene when service on Saturday, July 6. the birth of a daughter, Sta- went through the hocus-po- the Rabbinical Assembly A Kiddush in honor of the SERVICES cey Michelle. Friday: 8 p.m. cus that was rigueur for voted at its convention, to Kutler Family Reunion will Friday: 7 p.m. Grandparents are Char- Balak and his retinue — deny its pulpits to any IsSaturday: 9 a.m. follow the service. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of Minyans: Monday and ney Hermann of El Paso, and then blessed, not raeli bigwing who comes to Tex. and Mr. and Mrs. Mel cursed, the encampment of the United States — usually the Rose Blumkin Home in- Thursday 7:15 a.m. Silver of Houston. Great- Israel. on fund-raising trips — who BOARD OF, vite the families, volunteers, grandparents are Mrs. He saw Israel as a nation voted in the Knesset, in efCOMMISSIONERS and friends of the residents Sonia Marks of Chicago and dwelling apart (shades of fect, to delegitimize memThe next meeting of the to attend services in the Mrs. Sarah Taub of Omaha. modern Israel!) and not rec- bers of the Rabbinical AsBoard of Commissioners Herbert Goldsten Syn- SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz koned among the nations. sembly, that is, to declare will be held on July 10 at agogue. Kiddush following conducts services in the CaThe second phrase, one them non-rabbis. 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. services on Shabbat. Janet and Sidney Thomp• pehart Chapel every Friday must remark wryly, is The point here is that our son of Winnipeg, Manitoba, at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat hardly true. Our news media generation displays worldCanada announce the birth follows the service. of their second son, Zachary give more attention to Is- wide a resurgence of exrael,; per million of popula- treme orthodoxy, slavishly Joseph on May 17. .••• C O N V E N I E N T Grandparents Charlotte tion, than any other body of attentive to verbal interpreONE-STOP SHOPPING and Morley Zipursky; great- people in the world (except tations of past traditions, Y@7a0i ©f ©malhia grandmother is Mrs. Meyer astronauts!). And the anti-rationalist, obscuran• Office Supplies United Nations Assembly tist, dedicated and militant. • Unique Gifts At the end of the school Katzman. spends about half its total These features appear — year students had a chance • Leather Goods time lambasting Israel. Ex- mutatis mutandis of to designate their tzedakah Dr. Yaneer and Naomi ecrating Israel is its chief course — in Muslim extreP l u s - O u r NEW contributions to various or- Bar-Yam announce the pastime, like aerobics to mism, Protestant "moral" PACK'N SFSIP ganizations. During the birth of their daughter, some and card-playing to, "majority," and Jewish ulPACKAGE-SHIPPING SERVICE course of the year donations Shlomiya. others. tra-orthodoxy. were made to: * 7820 DODGE The grandparents are But Balaam saw Israel as In none of them is there, Operating Moses; Ameri- Rabbi Kenneth and Jo- God-blessed, so that no one in my view, any particular 399-1700 can Israel Public Affairs hanna Bromberg of Clear- ever could prevail against it. grace. Of Iranian and Shiite Committee; Jewish Braille water, Fla., and Drs. Zvi and And Israel would always Islam we need not speak. Of Institute of America; Amer- Miriam Bar-Yam of Brook- prevail against all enemies the "moral" "majority" and their designs on the American Red Magen David for line, Mass. The great- in whatever combination. Our Haftarah, from the ican future, including the Israel; Coalition for Alter- grandmother is Mrs. Tilde SlncoiOOO Book or Micah, looks upon future of American jurisnatives in Jewish Educa- Hirsch of Tampa, Florida. 7820 DODGE 4801 DODGE Israel from another angle: It prudence, I am afraid we tion; American Association \,399-1700 554-1666 sees a true religion as in- have much more ahead of us for Ethiopian Jews. hering in essential human National Jewish Hospital qualities —justice, compasr. And of Jewish ultra-or& Asthma Center; Union of sion, and purity of life. thodoxy we have certainly Council for Soviet Jews; I would like to thank the B'nai Jews do not monopolize not heard the end. It threatYouth Institute for Peace in B'rith Women tor their spethese virtues, obviously. But ens to divide us terribly. cial thoughts of me during the Middle East; Jewish Balak and Balaam could my recent hospltalizatlon. A Federation of Omaha; Susie's NEW YORK (JTA) — have spared themselves the special thank you to Cantor Memorial Sloan-Kettering Fettman and Rabbi Nadoff Kenneth Bialkin has been effort. United Nations Cancer Center; Hebrew Inand Cantor Berkovits. Mro. elected to a second one-year gangster nations need not stitute for the Deaf. Hody Klrlio (ParevehJ term .as chairman of the agonize over Israel. Suicidal 2T Olive Oil Dear Friends, I am overConference of Presidents of Muslims need not terrorize 2 garlic cloves, minced whelmed by your participaMajor American Jewish Or- Israel. The ultra-orthodox 2 celery stalks, chopped tion In my 90th Birthday rabbinate is on the job. ganizations. 1 large green pepper, chopped
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as to why the Sioux City Next field exercises (no gals were not asked to be workouts) July 26 at the Le- hostesses. Iz explained the gion Hall and bring a guest. time element involved and We met June 27 at 7:30 and ' their short time here, visitChaplain Doc Margolin of- ing kinfolk and friends. Satfered prayers and the Pledge isfactory acceptance. of Allegiance. Iz reported on a note from Commander Keith Peltz the chief of recreation and did the roll call and the min- told of local problems arisutes and announced the re- ing from a switch from a election of Iz Lewis at Dept. carnival to an ice cream soCommander. Iz reported on cial. He insisted that we are a department meeting at the an entertainment group Bonanza. Art Kagen and only, and told us that he was Bill Yeglin were in attend- reprimanded for not attendance, and the question arose ing a May meeting. There may be a controversy here. Keith reported a local $25.00 contribution from Food City, a national contribution of $175,000 for a West Point Chapel. Keith told us of a letter from Irv Steinberg of the Nat'l Ex. Committee, and of reestablishing relationship With JWV National MemAll of the orial. Sol Mann read a letter of thanks from the Federaservice's you'd expect tion for his group's checking from a travel agency . ; . rosters from different orand u few you wottldn 'I ganizations, and a note from Donnie Greenberg with thanks for Post 260 services. Quartermaster Nate Marcus reported on sending out checks for scholarship 8721 Shamrock Road funds, how we handle the Countryside Village funds, and announced three new members, and, in addition, discussed the Nov. 10 Orvel Milder- Nadine Hale Latke Party and the ticket Fanny Jones selling problems, and that it will be held at the J. Sammy K. agreed that it will be con1623 Farnam, Suite 200 venient for Livingston tenAmerican Charter Center ants. Nominations for next year's slate of officers was unanimous. Geri Sehuele For Commander, Sol Mann, Jr. Vice Commander, and Judge Advocate Sammy 544 North Main Street Kaplan, Adjutant and Fremont Americanism Chairman; (Toll Free) Henry Stern, Quartermas• ter, Nate Marcus, Membership Chairman, George Schapiro, and Project Chairman, Iz Lewis.
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.Marilyn F. White and Lawrence D. Gendler were married July 1 at Beth El Synagogue. Rabbi Paul Drazen officiated at the 7:30 p.m. ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman White. The bridegroom is the son of Beverly Gendler and Hymie Gendler. Following a honeymoon trip to Jamaica the couplewill reside in Papillion. MUSICAL OPENS The musical comedy "Annie Get Your Gun" opens July 11 at the Upstairs Dinner Theatre. The Upstair's production, directed by Norm Filbert is an official event of River City RoundUp. "Annie Get Your Gun," the story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, contains Irving Berlin song hits "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" and "They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful." Musical Director for the show is Jerry Gray and Choreographer is Sam Chesney. Tickets are available at the Upstairs Dinner Theatre, 221 S. 19 in Omaha or by calling Sharon Hansen at the box office (402) 3447777. GREEN FAMILY REUNION Rose and Benjamin Green's descendants will gather from eight states to celebrate their first annual family reunion July 4-7. Ages from 1 to 82 will be participating in the festivities at Highland Country Club. Immediate descendants are Harry, Sam, Manny and Meyer Green; Anne Hassel, Cookie Walker, Belle Magzamin and Mollye Sinn.
The word is spreading and the roster of the Young-atHeart Walking Club is growing. Ten hearty souls showed up for the initial walk at the J.C.C. three weeks ago. Blood pressures were taken, heart rates were checked, and orange juice refreshed the members after their walk together. The Walking Club members participate every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, assembling from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Some members think of the walk as "An Hour for Health" as it is completed by 9:15 a.m. Aside from the physical benefits, it is the consensus that the companionship involved is the greatest boon to joining the club. Last time out, there were 22 people involved. The latest additions to the Walking Club, according to. Chairman Yale Halperin, are Esther Bloom, Lucille Epstein, Esther and Dave Gimple, Sarah Harding, Evelyn Hoberman, Eva Meyerson, Ida Potash, Ruben Ratner, Helen and Dave Shukert. Dave Shukert, along with Yale Halperin, faithfully take the blood pressures of all participants. Only five more days to the Young-at-Heart's One Night Stand Square Dance on July 10, Wednesday evening, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The caller, Jeff Lewis; the committee and the preparations are ready for the big night. There will be free popcorn, and other refreshments available for a nominal fee, Come on out and enjoy a fun-filled evening, for $2.50 a person. If you really think you cannot dance, you can contribute with your admission ticket, and spur the dancers on to a real hoe-down. Your support is needed for a successful square dance either on the dance floor or in the cheering section. This is an invitation from the Young-at-Heart Committee for all who are 55 years of age and older.
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July S, 1985
A Cookie Hoberman interview with Philip M. Klutznick Editor's note:
very desparate financial situation. The new government came in in May and the old group had already used up the the year's budget and most projects that could be put to work so people could go to work, there was absolute despsrate uaemployment, required matching funds. The city had to match and there just weren't any matching funds in the treasury in Omiiha. I remember wises Barry "The Jewish Community", a series of programs dealing; lYusthi cams in aa the Commi&iionsr of Public Imwith the accomplishments, the needs and the goals of the provements and ho didn't Lave (tciy'thing to do until Jewish community in the Omaha area. we found a way to uj,o the new ges tax funds, pledge them, BO v/e could build, widen Dodge Street, end Produced by the Jewic' Com 'uiity Relations Commit- here we looked- at the housing program and I said tee of the Jewish Federal: :i of Omaha in cooperation with maybe this ia something. WOWT. So, Congressman Burke end I went down to Washington and we found, cure enough, it might be come"Hello, I arn Cookie Hoberman and with me today is thing. It required changing the thinking of a lot of Philip M. Klutznick, and I had to write down all of your people. For example, in those days, no matter how credits because I couldn't remember them all and even this miserable the housing cituation was, HO community is only barely touching on them. Mr. Klutznick was Sec- would admit that it had slums. They would, you retary of Commerce during President Carter. You have know, go blind on that, and you had to admit you had served, as I read, from appointments with Presidents from slums before you could be eligible for this. But, Roosevelt to Carter and everyone in between." Mayor and the city commission was very much in"That was Franklin DeLano Roosevelt not Theo- terested and the Chamber of Commerce and the Real dore. Estate Board. So, I started working on it and since it was new "You've been a member of several delegations to the and no one had been there before, I became, an expert, United Nations, first under President Eisenhower and sec- you know. An experts a fellow that knows at least . ond under President Kennedy. You've been a representative one thing more than everybody else.- From there I to the United Nations in the Economic and Social Council drifted into the national arena of experts in the field. with the rank of Ambassador. You've been involved with I became very much intrigued with it and, finally, I the Committee of Economic Development, served for the used to go to Washington as a consultant from time Director of Research if I'm not mistaken on that." to time to various housing agencies. And, finally, Chairman of the Research. when the defense program came along, I moved down to Washington for 60 days and I stayed there nearly "You were named by President Ford to the membership six years. That's how I got involved. Cookie Hoberman, chairman, ADL/CRC Media Committee, interviewed former Oinahan Philip Klutznick recently. The interview was broadcast on WOWT TV last Saturday and a transcript was prepared by the Jewish Press. Mr. Klutznick's responses aro in bold face type.
of the President's Advisory Board on the Indo-Chinese*refugees and the problems there. You were the President of the World Jewish Congress, the International President of B'nai B'rith, member of the National Council of Boys Scouts among some of your volunteer organizations, a prominent Chicago attorney, real estate developer, one of you well-known developments as I understand it is the Water Tower in Chicago, and, not to the least of your credits is that you married an Omaha woman named Ethel and you graduated from Creighton Law School. Welcome! I know this is just barely touching the surface of what you've done." I'm very much impressed, go ahead.
What are some of the changes in the housing situation that you've seen from then to now? What are the similarities and what are some of the differences that have happened? Well, when the depression hit, we had accepted what was inevitable, a modest housing situation. The country was poor at that time in relation to need. The farms, for example, didn't have electrification so they didn't have modern housing in any sense of the word. The cities had slums and-didn't call them slums. People who were poor were relegated to whatever was available so the first major change that took place was in the financing area. "I could take the whole half hour just to read your credits. For example, before the depression, the average I have to say that we are very fortunate that you do have person that would get a mortgage on a house and get family in Omaha and that's what keeps you coming back it for five years, and at a high interest rate, or, if he here and how fortunate I am to have you on the show. I was lucky and had good credit, for 10 years. Well, would be remiss in first, I think, not asking just a little bit the whole housing finance program was completely of personal background, going back a few years, with all of changed under the Roosevelt administration. We your political involvement, did you have aspirations of that? didji't have federally chartered savings and loan asI mean, when you were here in'Creighton going to law sociations: We didn't have an FHA with mortgage school, were your interests in a political way or economic? • insurance which lengthened the period of the mortNot really except that I was interested in what you gage and made it easier for more people to own would call public welfare and social issues and I blun- homes. dered into a situation. You know most things don't We didn't, at that time we were faced with enorhappen because you plan them, it's because the time mous foreclosures and the Homeowners' Loan Corand circumstance I happened to be living in Omaha, poration was established and millions of homes were my family, more than half of my children were born saved because of the federal instrument that was eshere and at a time in which there was great transi- tablished, and a very interesting coincidence, I was tion in Omaha. When one of the leading citizens of still in Washington in 1945 when the Homeowners' Omaha, Harry Lapidas, was brutally murdered and, Loan Corporation, which had made it possible for as a result of which, some of us who were young put millions of people to refinance their homes because together a political organization called 'The Inde- there was a backing of the government on the bonds pendent Voters League' and we elected a new city which the Homeowner's Loan Corporation issued. administration. As Roy became the Mayor and my It finally went out of business in 1945 and, intererstwhile Dean at law school became our Corpora- estingly enough, it paid back every cent that had tion Counsel for a year, he took a leave of absence come to it in government loans, and my recollection to help reorganize the government and that was, of was, it returned $60,000,000 to the Treasury on top course, in 1933 when things were desparate in the of it. So, the whole atmosphere insisted, upon procountry at large. When I was asked to join the Dean viding work for people, and one of the fastest ways and the then City Attorney, Seymour Smith, Dean you can get work for people is to build things. So, was Louie DePool, that was my first experience in we built a lot of homes. political life and it was coming at a time which, forActually, a good friend of mine, the wife of Samuel tuitously, was one of the most disturbing yet exciting Rosenman, who was Roosevelt's personal counsel periods in modern American history, during the and Truman's for a while as well, wrote a book after Great Depression when everybody was broke. So, we the war insisting there would be a million homes had a common heritage to work on and I was given built in the United States a year. In a peak year, we some assignments which intrigued me, primarily got 2,700,000 homes. The whole economy changed. concerned with Federal laws that were being passed It became, some people think, deteriorated because every day and, out of that, grew my interest in the there was too much of federal participation but states use of the power of government and public institu- developed housing authorities, they developed fitions to help improve the status of man. So, I became nancing programs, and as a consequence, I think the a kind of reformer on my own when I was fairly social country changed from including the farms. young. I enjoyed that role. It made for a kind of excitement for living and a feeling that you were doing Yes, I was going to ask you, relate that to what's going things that were more important than just making a on with the farm industry. Obviously, Omaha and Nebraska living; is embedded in what is going on with the government and the farm subsidies and such. How do you get involved, you know, to the higher echelons? You know, how does one go from Omaha, Nebraska, to Washington, DC, to eventually become the Secretary of Commerce?
Well, I also worked with the state government when Governor Griswold was Governor and later Governor Cochran in a kind of advisory capacity, but I got to Washington almost by accident and.I'm here in connection with that accident, the 50th anniversary of public housing in,Omaha. I discovered a provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act back in 1933 which provided for $100,000,000 worth of slum clearance and public houoing. Omaha woo in a
Well, I shall talk about that on Thursday. I think the whole question of objectives, what are the objectives of America today? What are we trying to do? This we struggled with when we were in great trouble in the '30s. Right now, we are relatively prosperous, but a lot of people are suffering. We're not meeting the needs of the lowest par t of the population with an enormous budget. The question of what happens in the immediate years ahead io very, very serious. We have had, now, years of deficits that have exceeded anything. We've lost control of our trade position in the world, which means jobs. The more we export, the more jobs we
have. The more others export to us, the less jobs we have. So, I think that the debate that's going on now on the President's tax program is going to open up all of these questions. They're very serious. What do we think we can do? I mean, is there anything that we, the people, can do? Tho people of America can do anything they want to do. It's the etronrjeiit, the most free country in the world and I've been in about SO countries and worked with enough'of them. The question is what do the people want dorta? Now, they got fed up with what they call lihsraliciii. I never called it liberaliam. They wanted a return to old-fashioned ways. Well, if that's what they want, then we have to go back to a kind of ceosioraic and social relationship which has been outmoded for many years. Would that be realistic, to return? No, I don't think the steps that have been taken are all bad. Let me start with that. There comes a time when you stop and take a look at what has happened and see if you want to continue with it. Change is inevitable in the world. For example, I've just finished working in Chicago on the steel problem in Chicago at the request of the Mayor and the Attorney General and U.S. Steel, and we're just finishing a report. It's inevitable that we're going to have to find replacements or have the industry. And, that means that the government has to collaborate not by interferring but by being helpful to those who are in that field. We have more science and technology than any country in the world and we demonstrated it in NASA. When we were way behind the Russians in 1957, today we lead the world in terms of outerspace. If we will it, we can do it. So, I think it depends on people beginning to understand the prices that are being paid in the educational programs, the decline, the prices that are being paid as far as the elderly are concerned where many qf them under the present housing programs may have to go back to rooming houses which we abandoned a long time ago as a respectable way. As far as cities and states are concerned, they are picking up, and have considerably picked up, a part of the burden. They can't do it all. You take a farm state that lives on farm as well as other production like Nebraska, the period through which the farmers have gone in the last year or two ie. absolutely disruptive. It's really frightening and it seems to that, you know, maybe we have to, unfortunately, reorganize our work ethic. It seems that, you know, the farmer has felt that if you work a long day, you put in your hours and you do your best and you spend your time on your farm and you're dedicated to production, that you're going to be successful. That isn't true anymore. (Continued next week)
ibuaMdl by Jerry Rosen
No . . . I'm not the Jerry Rosen from Rosen-Novak! I'm the other Jerry, you know, the guy with the silver hair, married 38 years (seems like only yesterday) to Sheila Pradell. Come on, you know, the one with a daughter and granddaughter living in Tucson, and a son and daughter living in Kansas City. Jerry Rosen, Jerry Rosen . . . let's see . . . thought you were inrthe life insurance business, and had been for some 30 odd years. What's an insurance man doing writing a column on the Foundation? Well, just in case you missed the article in the Press from last November, I am here to tell you this Jerry has retired from insurance and is presently the Endowment Director of the Federation. Hey, that's great, you might say, but what qualifications do you have to be in charge of the overall direction and coordination of the Foundation? Good question, and one which deserves a serious answer. In addition to being an Omaha native of some 60 years, I have spent half my life providing funds, through the use of insurance, to keep families together, educate children, and make certain the goals and dreams of the family unit are realized. Is that so much different from what I am presently asked to do? ' My responsibility today is to find ways to provide the funds to enable the Omaha Jewish community to remain self sufficient for always. In the weeks and months to come we will explore together the job to be done, how we propose to do it, and news and views as they related to your Foundation. I hope you find this column interesting and informative. Please call me at the Federation office, 334-8200, anytime. I'd like to hear from you. . ...