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By David Landau • .

• JERUSALEM <JTA) - Israel's two chief rabbis declared that they would not yield an inch in their demands that Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia undergo ritual immersion, a religious conversion rite.

At a packed press conference-at.Chief Rabbinate headquarters here, Mordechai Eliahu and Avraham Shapiro, the Sephardic and Ashkenazic .chief rabbis, respectively, insisted that halacha vva3 immutable and inviolable. The Ethiopian newcomers must submit to immersion because it is a halachtc requirement, they said. .. ...

The Ethiopian Jews, more than 10,000 of whom arrived in Israel by secret airlift last winter, regard] the Chief Rabbinate's demand to be demeaning and moulting and casts doubts on their authenticity as Jews.

The refusal of local rabbis to issue marriage certificates to Ethiopians who have not undergone immersion, triggered a series of angry protests.

They culminated in a maGs- march by hundreds of emigres — men, women and children — from absorption centers in northern and southern Israel toward Ben Gurion Airport, the place where they landed only a few months ago. The intention was to dramatize their disenchantment with their treatment at the hands of Israel's rigidly Orthodox religious establishment.

—'•They'returned to the'absorption centers ' on the promise that Premier Shimon Peres would intervene with the chief rabbis on their behalf.

•"'"/' The two chief rabbis, who dismissed the pfotests as the work of fringe agitators, said theywould be willing to "explain" halacha to Peres. They said they.regarded the Ethi-

opian emigres, one of the most devoutly reglijiious groups in Israel, as Jews in principle. But the fact that they have l>een separated.from mainstream Judaism since the destruction of the Second Temple, cast -doubts on their Jewish purity which only the ritual bath could remove.

Eliahu maintained there has certainly been a "mixing" of alien strains in some Ethiopian Jewish families over the centuries —- meaning some may have married non-Jews —- and therefore halacha/requires a confirmation of the Covenant before any Ethiopian can be allowed to marry. "For marriage we need an even higher degree of certainty," Eliahu explained. There is no civil marriage in Israel and marriages performed by non-Orthodox rabbis are generally not recognized.

"There can be no negotiating or compromise over halacha," Shapiro said. "If something is halacha then it is halacha and that's all there is to it.", !

Both chief rabbis claimed their predecessors had insisted that the Ethiopian Jews must undergo not only immersion but symbolic circumcision — a drawing of blood.

The°Iatter demand was waived by Eliahu and Shapiro who said they were satisfied that the circumcision of infants performed in Ethiopia complied with the basic tenets of h'alacha.

NEW YORK, (JTA-) - Rabbi Alexander which they qualify us Jews entitled to citiSchindler strongly condemned (he "Ortho- zenship in Israel," Schindler said. dox rabbinical lenders in Israel" lor their He was referring to the'secret airlift, code demand "that recently arrived Ethiopian named Operation Moses, which brought Jews undergo ritual conversions." more than 10,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel Schindler, president of the Union of between last November and last January.

Americun Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), Beta Israel is the term Ethiopian Jews apply the congregational branch of Reform Ju- to themselves.

Schindler added: "Why, then, should the daism in America, spoke in response to reports from Israel that the Chief Rabbinate Ethiopian Jews bo subjected to the insulting insists the Ethiopian Jews undergo ritual demand that they prove their Jewishness immersion, a religious conversion rite, and again by undergoing conversion? I see no denies marriage certificates to those who re- reason for it and I join the Beta Israel in , rejecting this procedure." This week fuse. hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, men, women "Such a demand is offensive and humil- and children, marched from absorption ceniating to a Jewish community that has ters all over Israel toward Ben Gurion Airguarded it's Jewish identity for some 2,000 port to protest the. Rabbinate's demands. years in face of persecution, poverty and, v, Schindler noted: "For two.millennia the isolation from the rest of the Jewish world,"' (Jews of Ethiopia maintained their religious Schindler said in a statement issued here. heritage, read the Torah, kept the Sabbath "The historic Operation Moses( that and observed the various Biblical'.feasts and brought thousands of Beta Israel to the fasts and ritual purification. It is a bitter Promised Land was based on the fact that irony that on their arrival in the land they these people are Jews, recognized as such have dreamed of. and prayed for over, the by the rabbinate and the government of Is- generations, they face a challenge to their rael. Their immigration to Israel has.been , Jewishness that is demeaning and degradmade possible by the Law of Return, for ing."

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- A litter report from Israel indicates that the chief rabbis no longer will insist on immersion for all Ethiopian newcomers.

Israel Synagogue, was a past president of \ B'nai B'rith Lincoln Lodge anda past pres- Sylvia Ross (left) and Mary Wine, of Bikur Cholim, try out the lounging chairs ident of the Southwest Region Council of which their organization has donated to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home for use B'nai B'rith. He has also chaired the locai in a day-care program for adults. Gene Brandt, center, is administrator, of the UJA drive. He is President of Neiden Iron Home. . •' and Metal Co. Mrs. Neiden was born in Phoenix, Arizona, has done graduate work at UCLA, and has taught school in Phoenix and Lincoln.

She served oh the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood for many years and is president of the Torah Fund. Active in Hadassah, Mrs. Neiden has served on many major projects and is a past financial secretary. Her community involvefrom Day Care. Her needs would be cared '

By Bert Lewis, President ment includes Lincoln Arts Council, Linfor and she would enjoy social contact with Bureau for the Aging coln Symphony Guild and the Nebraska Art The Bureau for the Aging has announced others as well.

Association.

• » the Ipng awaited Adult Day Care Program There are two types of care being offered; Mr. and Mrs. Neiden have three children: is how in place, thanks to the combined ef- minimal for the person somewhat.able.to Debbie who lives in Houston, Daniel in New forts of the professional staff of the Rose look after her own needs and moderate for York and Paula who lives in Lincoln.

Blumkin Home and a generous contibution those who can't. The Solarium of the Mr. Gotsdiner said, "Invitations will be from the Bikur Cholim organization.

Blumkin Home has been designated as the mailed shortly and Iyyould like to see a reWhat exactly is an Adult Day Care Pro- main area of care until such time as more cord turnout for such a"jeserving couple." gram and for whom does it exist? Specifi- space is needed; the clients will be under Mr. Gotodiner continued, "If you do not re- cally, it will provide supervision of daily the supervision of a specially appointed ceive your invitation, contact the Israel activities for people who live OUTSIDE the staff member who will work in conjunction Bond office for your reservation at 518 Ser- nursing home — people who are still able with nursing, social services and activities. vice Life Building, 1904 Farnam St., to somewhat manage in private residence, The Bikur Cholim donation which helped Omaha, Nebraska or telephone 341-1177." but who heed help in order to stay there. make this project a reality covered the cost , To;better illustrate the.function of this of special recliner chaira on which day care program, let me invent a typical candidate: people can "stretch out'' and nap or just let's say it's your 87 year old Mother. She reBt. Iive3;with you, but you work at a job outside moved to Omaha are invited to attend.

By Joan Ann Krupimcfcy The fees are nominal. In fact, a compar"We hope to contact all newcomers to our" yotir home. She need3 your help with her Federation otafi? occociate An Adult Pool Party and Dinner are on community," said Mrs. Slutzky. "If anyone bath and dressing because she has a little ison of other local programs show they are . the agenda for Omaha area newcomers;.an- has the name of a newcomer or would.like trouble, with those chores, It's hard, forher very reasonable., • . nounced Connie Slutzky and Bobbi Leibovv- to bo a host, please call Jean Ann Krupinsky tb.fij; her own lunch ahd since she gets ' If you have a family member who could around with the aid of a walker, she's timid use this service, do yourself and that person . itz, co-chairmen of the Shalom Omaha at the Federation Office." ; ' Newcomers Network. t h e dinner will be served around the pool about venturing outside alone. She's fairly a favor. Call the Blumkin Home and ask for sharp, but often she forgets to take her med- a copy of the information regarding'the The party will be held on Aug. 11.'at the and dietary laws will be observed; so lonely ADULT DAY CARE. They will be happy home of Sandra and Eddie Belgrade, 235 , In order to acquaint the newcomers with icine. And to top it off, she gets : to mail you the material which itemizes the South 85th at 5:30 p.m. ..'••'•; the Jewish community, there will be a brief at home ail day by herself. • - *' •Thisis a person who could greatly benefit services available and the necessary criteria.' .,-••••• AH singles and couples who have recently ' ' program 'following dinner.

Eleanor and Max Neiden will receive the coveted "Israel Freedom" Award to be conferred on them by the State of Israel Bonds on August 25, it was announced by' Yale Gotsdiner, general v chairman for the Sta'te of Israel Bonds in Lincoln.

Mr. Gotsdiner remarked, "There are no two more deserving people than the Neidens." In accepting this honor Mr. and Mrs. Neiden said, ''This Max and ' is our way of helpEleanor Neiden ing Israel, Israel's economy and the people of Lincoln."

Mr. Neiden, a native of Lincoln served in World War II, and was stationed in England with the Eighth Air Force Bomber Group.

After returning to Lincoln, Mr. Neidon became very involved in Jewish affairs. He served 25 years on the board of Tifereth

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Book review

by Jerry Koeen

Endowment Director Federation of Omaha A wise man ones said it takes good people to moke an organization 8trcrig. No room for argument on that score!

It gives me; great pleasure to introduce the good people involved Pith jour! I Jli MortTr t i t . i :• rv it d h on the Extcutt Co 1 r h Friedland, JVr w f 1 1( 1 i 0 Til til bere of the } rJ i IN'O i n J n LK T zer, Murray No i n D »i o' i L l i ,1 n Ort a berg, andllo!< i t ' ! (1 n t C.iol i n J> 1 Katzman for t' < ' U 1 II t i a Lo rd member tin p t hi tJi id 1 n ,,rn,d her board position u»d . J L. iL\otm h-r cfioit... to taring for u a new baby.

The day-to-day'operation of the Foundation 13 handled by a nunSber of coramiltecB, all of which are responsible to our Board. Is Trctiak, Murray Newman and Joan Lehr, development; Paul, Cohen, professional advisory; David Friedland, investment; Norman Veitzer, statuo of funds; Marvin Polikov, Esther K. Newman and Carolyn Kully Newman Funda grants; Jane Brooks, planning end Lynn Polonsky, publicity. . Committee members who have mads a commitment to our program includa: Henry Riches, Leonard Goldstein, Edwin Brodkey, Dr. Joseph Soshnili, Robert Kully, Harlan Noddle, Arthur Grossman, Howard Kaplan, Truman Clare, Howard Hahn, Barton Greenbarg, Dean Frankel, Ramon Somberg, Mike Erman, Dr. Blaine Roffman, Yale Richards, and. Cookie Hoberman.

The entire Foundation program nationwide is in its infanc^ and every day we learn a little more about oursalves, As tne'cheyv kid on the block, we know we must earn'your trust pnd confidence.

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By Rabbi MyerS. Kripke Bermant, Citaim, Dane- the romantic attitude to the ing Bear, New York, St. Crusades that children get KADIMAH RUSHES 4247, or Julie at 399-9741. in public education to the Martin's Press, 1084 I By Felicia Kirke AZA #100 Chairn Bermant is a sobering record of Crusader Kadimah just hosted a Along with our regular pogroms against Jews, fantastic summer conven- meeting, AZAJ1O0 has held gifted novelist. Tins means which Jewish children, alas, both that ho is a good storychapter elections, caucus tion, in which Kadmseli must k-arn in Jewish history took honors for regional ex- and started a very tueecss- teller, BO that the reader is studies. cellence in program-mine, ful rush season. After the captured by the story itself; And now the Holocaust. elections were held, Jay and thct he la a talented (co-ehtiijtcr of the year).

Our fktrush will ba.Leld Gordir.an rttcined his posi- writer, LO the! the reader Christians, even the best Ju!y 21, liechiiiinf/ e.t 4 p.m. tion as president as did finds himself age in and amasij them, have no unat Beth If'rutl Syua;:o™o. Mike Ehre;.;o, helping his ejein i.drairinc a turn of derstanding of what it was Then ii'e off to (ha Drccmi- spot us vice president. phrase or chucSding at a to be n Jew during the HolHi-tiiids. If you want, you Trcceurer is Mark Knzor clever witticism or simply ocaust and to be a Jew in the can meet us fst the elide on end Mike Lcvine is our new enjoying writing that is lu- post-Holocaust world.

72nd & Q Street at 4:30 pm. secretary. The rest of the cid, bright, graceful.

In the midst of the BitThen it's off to the "Werner positions are Eorgeant-otDancin0 Bear passes burg controversy, for exarms, Todd Mogil end Dave Pizzaria", 1G03 N. 50 (cormuster on oil these points. ample, President Reagan ner of 50th & Dccatur) for Kcnyon, and journalist is The reader will not likely permitted himself the inDarrin fCader.

This group of all the pizza you can eat. All say, " I couldn't put it anity and obscenity of saythe festivities should be over men has a great deal of tal- down." But he will read on ing that Nazi soldiers, even ent and should do a great job by 7:30 p.m. The coat is $2 keeping the chapter running with increasing curiosity to SS men(!), were as much for members, Ruehcca are smoothly. , •know Bermant'o answers to victims of Hitler as the FREE! the situations he creates.

6,000,000 who were imprisFuture rushes will include Also in June we held cauThe situations have to do oned, istarved, tortured, dea Putt-Putt party followed cus to elect our Sweetheart with Harry Newman and his humanized, worked and by a Bar-B-Que with lots of candidates. Our current grandfather. Wen his grand- beaten to death, or gassed to outdoor games, and a Ha- Sweetheart is Dawn Snyder. father a Nazi and a Nazi death and burned. waiian Bowling party with The Honorary Sweetheart sympathizer? Or did he And how does a surviving all the ice cream you can eat. is Debbie Cohen, and our really protect Jewish friends You will be receiving noti- 1985 Candidates are Laura from arrest, in the Latvian Jew — and we are all by the fication of these ruahes in Brodkey, Debbie Greenberg, town where they lived? And grace of God survivors, the near future. Thero is Robyn Hoberman, and Ro- why did he spend the last though we free native American Jews cannot use the aloo a possibility of a trip to bin Levitt. years of his life in Egypt? word in the same sense as Worlds of Fun in Kansas Our 1985 rush season has And, indeed, who is Harry City in mid August if there started off with a very suc- himself? la he the son of actual murder-camp surviis enough interest. Let us cessful car rally and bar-b- rescued Jews? Or, perhaps, vors — feel about the postHolocaust world? i que! Our next rush is with know!! of one he knew "only as his How does a Jew feel when Any questions, or need a M.Z. Yoshanah. It will be aunt?

Eequire magazine flamboyride, call • either Felicia nt sand volleyball and a bar-bThe attempt to find out antly entitles a thoughtful 493-1961, Wendy at 551- que. who was his mother and essay on Jews: "All the who is his father, is inciden- World Wants the Jews '1 tal for Harry. He ia more in- Dead!"? terested in his career as a Does a Jew look at his member of an international Christian neighbors, colbankers firm in London. He leagues, and friends with is puzzjed about his lineage; jaundiced eyes after that? but he is not obsessed with Bermant develops a growit and with tracing, his ing sense of antagonism be"roots." tween Sue and Harry — for For Harry's wife Sue, she is obsessed with the however, it became a major "Jewish problem," and he ~7or die price of one day project. It is not central, to has "goyish' 1 unconcern in the hospital, Walter be sure, to her literary work, with the world's troubles receivedTOdays of health the depiction of the devas- and the eternal recrudesccare — right at home. tating effect of Nazi bes, ence of anti-Semitism. She Missing a wae!c of ivork tiality on a particular family has a flamingneed to right because he was hospitalized — not on the 6,0000,000. the wrongs done to the was ©Kpensjve enough!, But But Harry's identity is not Jews; he has no understandwith physician-ordered Family merely incidental either. ing of what obsessed her. .Home Care, Walter was able She pursues the subject reto receive many of the same This, I think, is a major lentlessly on four conti- distinction between the psyhospital procedures and recover at home at a fraction of nents. che of the Jew (if he is even the cost.

Sue's development from a modestly sensitive) and the free-wheeling atheistic stu- psyche of the Gentile in our Family Home Care offers dent Harry had-met at Ox- society. The Jew is' never these advantages: OA home care service that ford to an observant, com- free of the burdens of civiprovides medical assistance mitted Jew is one of. the lization, the burdens of 24-hours-a-day, seven days a interesting'features oi the being Jewish. He may feel week. novel. compensated, and much o Professional nurses who And here, indeed, it seems more than compensated, by. assess your total health to me, is Bermant's main the elevating religio-culneeds, provide emotional theme. We are all ac- tural experience he shares support and perform nursing '•'' quainted with Jews who be- with his people. duties right in your home. came Jews because of antiBut he is never free of the ^Support from physical theraSemitism. Sue is one of burdens of thinking, medipists, speech patnologists, them. When she finally be- ..tating, ruminating on the occupational and respiratory comes aware— long after problems Jews have faced, therapists.

Hitler and World War II — face now, will, face.--He °Social workers who help you and your family deal with of what it was to have been knows that he is the flagsocial and financial problems a Jew in Nflzi Europe, she is bearer of civilization. He caused by your illness or simply overcome. It be- never forgets it. . disability. comes an obsession with But his Gentile neighbor oHome Health Aides to assist her. And she is enraged at may go from business to you with personal care and Harry's seeming unconcern baseball to business to footactive and passive exercises. with the whole business: "If ball and never worry about Also available are pastoral care you had even one drop of the flag — and morality, and counseling resources for Jewish blood in your veins and civilization, and the fuspiritual outreach, private duty you couldn't have behaved ture of mankind. nursing and hospice services. with such detachment!

If this is Bermant's Family Home Care serves all ages, with up to 100 percent Reading chapter after theme, and I think it is, he coverage from Medicare or chapter, the reader is at first conceals it a bit too careyour insurance. only dimly aware, then fully. In any case, his novel You'll like the "family" feeling deeply puzzled at Harry's stands on its own feet as a you'll get with Family Home story, enjoyvery modest concern with very readable Care — ths health care able as1 story and .mystery his identity and with the alternative. possible Nazi connections of alone, enjoyable for good writing alone. his grandfather. .-;•. And.the reader may want What Bermant is saying to bear-in-mind as he readsis that the Holocaust has : that Bermant is discussing, widened the chasm between by artistic implication, the the way Jews look at the theme of Jews in Nazi Euworld and the way our rope and Jews and mankind Christian' friends looku at the • in the post-Nazi period ofj world. '.;:' ; human' history. ..

SERVfMG NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920

i: LXIII No. 45

Omaha, Neb., Fit, July 26,1985 «***•

ver status ! ' . -•By David Landau "' JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel's two chief rabbis declared that they would not yield an inch in their demands that Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia undergo ritual immersion, a religious conversion rite.

At a packed press conference at Chief Rabbinate headquarters here, Mordechai Eliahu and Avraham Shapiro, the Sephardic and Ashkenazic .chief rabbis, respectively, insisted that halacha was immutable and inviolable. The Ethiopian newcomers must submit to immersion because it is a halachic requirement, they said.

The Ethiopian Jews, more than 10,000 of whom arrived in Israel by secret airlift last winter, regard the Chief Rabbinate's demand to be demeaning and insulting and casts doubts on their authenticity as Jews.

The refusal of local rabbis to issue marriage certificates to Ethiopians who have not undergone immersion, triggered a series of angry protests.

They culminated in a maes- march by hundreds of emigres — men, women and children — from absorption centers in northern and southern Israel toward Ben Gurion Airport, the place where they landed . only a few months ago. The intention was to dramatize their disenchantment with their treatment at the hands of Israel's rigidly Orthodox religious establishment.

They returned to the* absorption centers on the promise that Premier Shimon Peres would intervene with the chief rabbis on their behalf.' " The two chief rabbis, who dismissed the protests as the work of fringe agitators, said they'would be willing to "explain" halacha to Peres. They said they,regarded the Ethi-

late of Eleanor and Max Neiden Will receive the coveted "Israel Freedom" Award to be conferred on them by the State of Israel Bonds on August 25, it was announced by' Yale Gotsdiner, general V1^ chajrman for the Sta'te of Israel Bonds in Lincoln. . .

Mr. Gotsdiner remarked, "There are no two more deserving people than the Neidens." In accepting this honor Mr. and Mrs. Neiden said, "This

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Max and • is our way of helpEleanor Neiden ing Israel, Israel's economy and the people of Lincoln."

Mr. Neiden, a native of Lincoln served in World War II, and was stationed in England with the Eighth Air Force Bomber Group.

After returning to Lincoln, Mr. Neiden became very involved in Jewish affairs. He served 25 years on the board of Tifereth

opian emigres, one of the most devoutly regligious groups in Israel, as Jews in principle. But the fact that they have been separated from mainstream Judaism since the destruction of the Second Temple, cast •doubts on their Jewish purity which only the ritual bath could remove.

Eliahu maintained there ha3 certainly been a "mixing" of alien strains in some Ethiopian Jewish families over the centu-. ries — meaning some may have married non-Jews — and therefore halacha/requires a confirmation of the Coyenant before any Ethiopian can be allowed to marry. "For marriage we need an even higher degree of certainty," Eliahu explained. There is no civil marriage in Israel and marriages performed by non-Orthodox rabbis ore gener-, ally not recognized.

"There can be no negotiating or compromise over halacha," Shapiro said. "If something is halacha then it is halacha and that's all there is to it.", Both chief rabbis claimed their predecessors had insisted that the Ethiopian Jews must undergo not only immersion but symbolic circumcision — a drawing of blood.

The°latter demand was waived by Eliahu and Shapiro who said they were satisfied that the circumcision of infants performed in Ethiopia complied with the basic tenets of lialacha.

: A later report from Israel indicates that the chief rabbis no longer will insist on immersion for all Ethiopian newcomers.

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honored Israel Synagogue, was a past president of B'nai B'rith Lincoln Lodge and'a past president of the Southwest Region Council of B'nai B'rith. He has also chaired the local UJA drive. He is President of Neiden Iron and Metal Co. Mrs. Neiden was born in Phoenix, Arizona, has done graduate work at UCLA, and has taught school in Phoenix and Lincoln.

She served on the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood for many years and is president of the Torah Fund. Active in Hadassah, Mrs. Neiden has served on many major projects and is a past financial secretary. Her community involvement includes Lincoln Arts Council, Lincoln Symphony Guild and the Nebraska Art Association.

• « Mr. and Mrs. Neiden have three children: Debbie who lives in Houston, Daniel in New York and Paula who lives in Lincoln. .

Mr. Gotsdiner said, "Invitations will be mailed shortly and Iavould like to see a record turnout for such a'ueserving couple."

Mr. Gotddiner continued, "If you do not receive your invitation, contact the Israel Bond office for your reservation at 518 Service Life Building, 1904 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska or telephone 341-1177."

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By Jeap Ann Krupinoky • Federationotaff associate An Adult PoolParty and Dinner are on1 the agenda for Omaha area newcomersran-' nounced Connie Slutzky and Bobbi Leibowitz, co-chairmen of the Shalom Omaha Newcomers Network. t h e party will be held on Aug. 11 at the home of Sandra and Eddie Belgrade, 235, South 85th at 5:30 p.m. . All singles and couples who have recently

NEW YORK, (JTA-) - Rabbi Alexander which they qualify as Jews entitled to citiSchindler strongly condemned the "Ortho- zenship in Israel," Schindler said.

He was referring to the'secret airlift, code' dox rabbinical leaders in Israel" for their demand "that recently arrived Ethiopian named Operation Moses, which brought more than 10,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel Jews undergo ritual conversions."

Schindler, president of the Union of between last November and last January.

American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), Beta Israel is the term Ethiopian Jews apply the congregational branch of Reform Ju- to themselves.

Schindler added: "Why, then, should the daism in America, spoke in response to reports from Israel that the Chief Rabbinate Ethiopian Jews be subjected to the insulting insists the Ethiopian Jews undergo ritual demand that they prove their Jowishness immersion, a religious conversion rite, and again by undergoing conversion? I see no denies marriage certificates to those who re- reason for it and I join the Beta Israel in rejecting this procedure." This week fuse. : hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, men, women "Such a demand is offensive and humil- and children, marched from absorption ceniating to a Jewish community that has ters all over Israel toward Ben Gurion Airguarded its Jewish identity for some 2,000 port to protest the Rabbinate's demands. years in face of persecution, poverty and, >;, Schindler noted: "For two millennia the isolation from the rest of the Jewish world,"' oews of Ethiopia maintained their religious Schindler said in a statement issued here. heritage, read the Torah, kept the Sabbath "The historic Operation Moses, that and observed the various Biblical feasts and brought thousands of Beta Israel to the fasts and ritual purification. It is a bitter Promised Land was based on the fact that irony that on their arrival in the land they these people are Jews, recognized as such have dreamed of and prayed for over, the by the rabbinate and the government of Is- generations, they face a challenge to their rael. Their immigration to Israel has been Jewishness that is demeaning and degradmade possible .by the Law of Return, for ing."

moved to Omaha are invited to attend.

"We hope to contact all newcomers to our community," said Mrs. Slutzky. "If anyone has the name of a newcomer or would like to be a host, please call Jean Ann Krupinsky at the Federation Office."

The dinner will be served around the pool Qnd dietary laws will be observed; , . I n order to acquaint the newcomers with the Jewish community, there will be a brief program following dinner. ' ,• •

Sylvia Ross (left) and Mary Wine, of Bikur Cholim, try ouf the lounging chairs which their organization has donated to the Rose Blumkin Jfevvish Home for use in a day-care program for adults. Gene Brandt, center, is administrator of the Home. ,

By Bert Lewis, President Bureau for'the Aging The Bureau for the Aging has announced the long awaited Adult Day Care Program is how in place, thanks to the combined efforta of the professional staff of the Rose Blumkin Home and a generous contibution from the Bikur Cholim organization.

What exactly is an Adult Day Care Program and for whom does it exist? Specifically, it will provide supervision of daily activities for people who live OUTSIDE the nursing home — people who are still able to somewhat manage in private residence, but who need help, in order to stay therei To better illustrate the function of this program, let me invent a typical candidate: let's say it's your 87 year old Mother. She liveawith you, but you work,at a job outside your home. She needs your help with her bath and dressing because she has a little trouble with those chores/ It's hard for her to, fix her own lunch and since she gets around with the aid of a walker, she's timid about venturing outside alone. She's fairly sharp, but often she forgets to take her medicine. And to top it off, she gets so lonely at home all day by herself. • * This is a person who could greatly benefit

from Day Care. Her needs would be cored ' for and she would enjoy social contact with others as .well. .

There are two types of care being offered; ' minimal for the person somewhat able to look after her own needs and moderate for those who can't. The Solarium of the Blumkin Home has been designated as the main area of care until such time as more space is needed; the clients will be under the supervision of a specially appointed staff member who will work in conjunction with nursing, social services and activities.

The Bikur Cholim donation which helped make this project a reality covered the cost of special recliner chain! on which day care people can "stretch out" and nap or just rest.

The fees are nominal. In fact, a comparison of other local programs show they are very reasonable.. . . , v - If you have a family member who could use this service, do yourself and that person a favor. Call the Blumkin Home and ask for a copy of the information regarding the ADULT DAY CARE. They will be happy to mail you the material which itemizes the 'services available and the necessary criteria.

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July 28,1985

freed St. Louis hostage describes ordeal

By Robert A;'Colin and Shelly B. Fredman Of the Jewish Light Staff Reprinted by permission from the St. Louis Jewish • , •"

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Editor's Note; The following is an exclusive interview with St. Lpuisaa'Dr. Arthur Toga, who was among the last 39 U.S. hostages freed from Beirut after having been hijack victims of TWA Flight 847 at the hands of Siniie Moslems. In this interview, Dr. Toga talks for the firtt time on the record ebouUtis feelings about having been OHO of the Jev/ieh victims of the hosteijc-crisis. CcpyrigIit&lt;05 St. Louis Jc(v iah Light.

If you were aboard TWA Flight 647, hijacked from Greece to Beirut by Shiitc Modem fanatics, the last thing you would want your captors to know is that you are Jewish.

You would probably keep it a secret from your fellow hostages and your family would take extreme measures to cover up your religious identity.

Once home, considering your Jewishness a private matter, you would probably deny it to the hordes of journalists and newscasters at your heels.

But if you were contacted by a Jewish newspaper and asked if you were Jewish, you might pause for a moment and in that split second, recognize wlio you are and answer, "yes."

• That's how it was for St. Louisan and ex-hostage Arthur Toga, who recently returned from Beirut and granted an exclusive interview with the St. Louis Jewish Light.

It was a Sunday morning and Toga and his wife, Debbie, had been working in the garden of the home they're rehabbing in Richmond Heights. Debbie offered her visitors iced tea, patting her swollen stomach gently as it brushed against the countertop.

Expecting their first child in September, the Togas were enjoying sweet, mundane activities in a way they never had before: "There's one last bedroom we're working on, in preparation for our new offspring. We're doing a lot of plastering — things which seemed tedious before. But I had a good time doing that this morning," Toga said.

The couple has "shut it off completely," as he put it, referring to steps he has taken to maintain some pockets •of privacy in what has become a very public life.

Until now, his Jewishness was a private matter also.

Asked if the other hostages knew he was Jewish, he said, "Nobody did until you write this. People asked. It was not their business. You're the only interview (on this'subject) we've given. At the hospital, I've used very strong security measures to keep the press out. I kept thinking all along, it's nobody's business. Then I thought, well, gee, I'm not ashamed of it. You had the appropriate switch because you were coming from a Jewish magazine."

Toga, who was raised as a Reform Jew and became bar mitzvah in Massachusetts where he grew up, didn't pray to (Jod for his release. "I'm not a very religious person," he said. "I wasn't hypocritical enough to look to God in .my time of need. I don't do that otherwise. I don't even follow , the forma! teachings. I have my own vision of God's entity."

Toga explained that many of the people he was housed with in Beirut were ministers, who tried to organize daily services. "None of them knew I was Jewish —r I didn't tell anybody — and I was one of the few who didn't attend services. I began to get a little angry because I was considered; to some extent, a heathen, I think. I wasn't taking part and resented the fact that they thought I would."

From the outset of the ordeal, being Jewish was the last thing Toga wanted his captors to discover. His name is a shortened form of the Russian "Togatzia" which he believes was changed by his great-grandparents. Therefore, when the captors began singling out Jewish passengers on the plane, Toga didn't worry about his name, but he was concerned about the information on his passport. "I kept saying in my mind, does it say on the passport religious preference? I couldn't remember what it said. I thought, Oh God, I wonder, because often I don't answer that question because I don't think it is anyone's business.

"At that time, it didn't seem important to make an issue i down to him by his grandfather. "He got out this huge knife of it. I've never stated my religion. This will be the fir*t and threatened to cut the ring off if it did not come off. I paper that has mentioned it. It is something I view as a , finally was able to get it off private thing, between myself and my God, between myself of my sweating, swollen finger." and my family." .. ' Toga has "no sympathy" Tog** explained that on the plane, the hijackers were making generalizations between Israelis and Jews. "They really for his captors, and strongly didn't understand that an American Jew wasn't an Israeli. disagrees with many of the The could not understand the distinction thut one could be sympathetic views exan American and Jewish. And so they were accusing you pressed at various times by •Allyn ComvelS, the Texas, of 'Israeli, Ir.raeli.'

"They were reactionary and childlike, KO thst they made- oilman, who lies a home in black and'white distinctions. There were no gray ereas. the Arab Sheikdom of 'You're an American. You're an Israeli. I hate your guts.' " Oman.

Toga said that he and Toga, who will be- 33 this week, is en assistant professor of neurology nt the Washington University School of Med- about 18 otht-r hostages had icine. Debbie is a psychiatric nurse. Both of them have made informally decided that it clear in other interviews that their professional back- there should be a single grounds really did not prepare them for their ordeal, c«- 'spokesman for .the group, pecially that of Arthur who "four or five times knew in my and Conwell, with his knowledge of the Arab culheart — I'm going to die."

Toga says that facing the concrete probability of certain ture, hia "eloquence and death is "a feeling which cannot possibly he described. It poise,"would be a good is good now that J faced it, because I think that as I deal choice.

"At first, Allyn .was fine," Toga said. "We had a comwith things that caused anxiety in the paet, they probably mittee of five who would meet and distill our various views won't now."

The good-humored, highly articulate Toga said that the with the understanding that Allyn's public statements experience of facing death did not cause his "life to flash would confine themselves to our consensus. He did this at before him," as the cliche goes. "I was blank, completely first, but as time went on,-he must have been curried away blank" he says of the times that the hijackers- played Rus- by the media coverage and began to offer his own views sian roulette by pointing a loaded gun, with eome of the which were much more sympathetic to the .Shiites than ; chambers empty, directly at him and pulling the trigger. most of the rest of us."

Conwell was to be replaced as official spokesman on the "After two or three times, a kind of numbness set in. I began planeridefrom Germany to Washington by Capt. John L. to feel, what more can they do to me, I'm going to die.

"I felt, as a neurpphysiologist that it probably would not Testrake, who responded to President Ronald Reagan's hurt, and that I would probably not even hear it. That was welcome at Andrews Air Force Base. Toga flew home earlier the rational part before or maybe just after. But immedi- and skipped the official welcome "because I don't regard ately before, I would close my eyes, flinch a little and just myself as a hero. They began turning it into a circus," he said. "The politicians began coming out of the woodwork, wait for it. It wasn't like seeing your life," he continued.

"I do remember having experiences of great anger and taking credit for things they didn't do. They wanted to sadness in between these episodes. Anger that damn it, I'm parade us up and down. Come on, I was on a plane as a not going to be able to do the things I want in my life, and tourist — I got stuck in this mess and now I got out — I . damn it, I'm not going to be able to share the things that wanted to go home and see my family."

Toga said he had been and continues to support most of Debbie and I have been able to share including the birth of our child. I'm going to die for some stupid political dis- the policies of President Reagan, but does not feel that the steps taken so far to respond to the hijacking will do much pute."

Toga's reactions are remarkably similar to those of an- to deter fyture such episodes. "I -don't have any doubt that other Jewish hostage, Richard Herzberg also 33, who with there will be other episodes and that one of them will be his 27-year-old wife, Sue Ellen, were also hijack victims of in the continental U.S., because that will infuriate the U.S. TWA Flight 847. In a New York interview with Edwin Black .more and they (the terrorists) know that. The government of the Chicago-based Feature Group, the Herzbergs, of Nor- - in 'Lebanon, which we installed, is just too weak to effecand also too weak to bring trje folk, Va., described an amazingly similar scenario of having tively secure the airport, 5 ^ r been among the last six people to get'seats on Flight:847 .hijackers.to justice."

Toga is opposed to "massive bombing of civilian areas," on which they were not originally scheduled. • Since Herzberg had been among the group of four with but does favor "covert actions against terrorists which "Jewish-sounding names" separated from the others and would be surgical and effective, to deal with those specifheld by the ultra-radical Hezbollah Shiite faction (Party of ically responsible. If our intelligence can't pinpoint who God), Toga did not see Herzberg until just before their final they are, we are in pretty bad shape in that regard."

Toga has ambivalent feelings about Israel's role in the departure from the schoolyard in Beirut. Like Toga, Herzberg had hidden his Jewish identity from his captors, and hijacking ordeal and its response to terrorists events. "In the early phases, I felt that Israel, as a state supported so in his case claimed to, be a Lutheran.

Toga's efforts to conceal the fact that he was Jewish (and strongly by the U.S., should have been more publicly coin the minds of the hijackers "Israeli") from his captors operative in helping the U.S. out of the dilemma."

At thesame time, Toga feels that Israel's quick response were aided considerably by the discretion of his parents, Carl and Elayne Toga of Lexington, Mass. "They were very to terrorist attacks with "immediate surgical response" is careful not to show the media any of our wedding photos appropriate. "You don't see any Israeli planes hijacked anymore, or Soviet planes. Terrorists are scared to death of so that the chupah would not tip anyone off." • In addition, the Togas tried to take.advantage of the fact Russia, which is a big power, and of Israel which is not big, their family name, "sounded Greek." With the cooperation but strong on this issue. They are not afraid of the U.S. of Massachusetts officials, the Togas fostered the idea that and want to do everything they can to humiliate us." .

Arthur and Debbie;Toga had thought of going to Israel Arthur was Greek, hoping that he would be released along with some of the other Greek nationals who had been ex- last February, but a trip to Spain was pldnned instead. "My changed for a third hijacker who had been arrested in Ath- folks have been there several times, and eventually I'd like to go there for a visit," Arthur said. ens before he could board the plane.

Debbie Toga, coming into cool off after adding peat moss "That hijacker turned out'to be one of the worst/' Toga said, who related that it was he who forced him to give up to their garden, agreed. "But right now, I'm going to just not only his wedding band but a treasured ring handed look at it on the map for a While."

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Jews as well as others psk the question again and again: How could the world stand by and do nothing about f ' the-Holocaust?

The answers — completely unsatisfactory from any sane point of view — ranjje from the philosophical to the practical.

But, the answers are really non-answers. They don't explain how civilized people could relatively ignore such outrageous psychopathic behavior.

Well, that was a long time ago conversationalists might say. This type of tragedy could not possibly happen again.

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"Nearly one out'of every three Afghans, four to five million people have fled Afghanistan, and approximately one million have been killed.

"Neutral observers are unanimous in concluding that the Soviets are literally destroying rural Afghanistan —emptying it of its population and starving those who remain."

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"Ever since Pol Poot and the Communist holocaust in Cambodia, I have understood how easy it is for people to go on with their normal lives while a nation is slaughtered.

"Afghanistan now provides another example."

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Haifa"'— It was only a few days after the terrible collision between the trein find the school bus in .which 21 lost their lives. The national chock and the pervasive trauma hud not yet worn off. Every Echooi, every burs driver, every pedestrian hjid become tafoty conscious in the wuke of the tregie disaster, at least for a few days, uniil they all ia;iiod back into their usual carelessness.

We stood at tlie corner of Herzl and Ncviini ^Streets, et Maearyk Square here in Haifa, patiently waiting like ESVerul score others ot this busy intersection for the traffic lights to give us the green signal to cross. At that moment a hurrying mat!, clutching a small boy by the hand, picked a diagonal path hastily through the traffic, and reached the other side- — straight into the waiting arms of a police officer.

"Why didn't you wait for the green light? Why didn't you we the marked pedestrian cros3 walk?" the minion of the law inquired with come anger.

The offending pedestrian mumbled a few words, and gestured in the direction he was heading, as if to indicate his desire for haste.

The policeman raised his voice. The little boy held on with fear to the hand of the adult, who was perhaps his grandfather. A Email crowd gathered around. The scene was not an uncommon one, but in this instance the culprit was an Arab, and to judge from the traditional attire, he came from one of the villages outside Haifa. An Arab peasant from the countryside, in the big Jewish city.

His knowledge of Hebrew was weak, but sufficient for him to understand what the officer meant, and he produced his identity card, on request, as the law began to make out a charge sheet, known in America as a "ticket", but here in Israel as a "report".

An Israeli crowd is never composed of silent spectators.

They feel themselves active participants.in whatever is going on, and the passersby began to express opinions.

There were those who approved the constable's lack of compassion, and commented that only stern action could teach people to obey the laws, especially the safety regulations. Haifa's pedestrians have a national reputation for their meticulous observance of the rules, and any violation is looked upon with severity.

Others called for leniency. After all, the poor guy came from the back woods, and probably didn't know what a crosswalk was, anyhow. He should be let off with a stern lecture and a warning.

A sidewalk forum ensued, and voices were raised.

"The cop is being hard on hia just because he is an Arab,"

one gently (soul spoke up. "If it were a Jew, he would simply have reprimanded him."

"Not BO,"'(2 woman responded icily. "They've got to obey tha laws the tame way we do. And if they don't understand, they've ;;ot to learrs. This is a country of law. The trouble with the Arabs is ..'.."

"The trouble is that Jews era ahveyo picking on the Arabs," another cut in. "How can we expect them to reconcile themselves to us here if we're always antagonistic and hostile to them?"

"Hostile? They're the terrorists and the murderers. The Arabs never had it so good as they do today in Israel, and are they grateful? Not si, all. If they had a chance they'd throw all the Jews into the oea. The PLO says that, doesn't it?"

Others in the crowd were of the opinion that in this case justice should have been tempered with mercy. Why blame the cop, oomeone asked. He was only doing his duty, and hadn't he been handing out "reports" to Jewish offenders at that spot all morning?

The police officer ignored the growing commotion, continued filling out the "report": date, time, location, nature of the violation, etc. When he was finished, he detached one copy and handed it to the Arab, who had remained silent throughout. The other copy remained in the notebook, to be turned in to headquarters. The offense was one which called for payment of a fine, that could be done at any post office, without the need of going to court, unless the offender wished to appeal.

The little boy had watched the entire proceedings with wide open, almost fearful eyes. He did not understand Hebrew, and very likely had not the faintest idea of what was going on, nor why his grandfather had tangled with the Jewish police. Was there any remote chance that he might get a lesson in safety precautions out of the incident, or just an unreasoning fear and hatred of the Jewish law?

Could onesee in this episode on a Haifa street a clash of cultures, with major political undertones?

The lights at the corner had changed color three times before we finally crossed and went on our way. The crowd dissipated, and the Arab hastened up Herzl Street, remaining carefully on the sidewalk. The policeman resumed his vigil, waiting for his next "victim".

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To the Editor: When the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society prepares an exhibit, there is a concerted effort to include all archival materials that comes forward. The Society issues a call for items of interest well in-advance when preparing to showcase a personality, a'time period or an historic event. If any time, however, someone has something to add to the exhibit, every attempt is made to include their contributions.

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Nebraska Historical Society To the Editor: There was a town in Minsk Gubernia Russia -called Schedrin. In 1897T95 percent of the population was Jewish; in 9126, 91 percent of the population was Jewish; in 1942, the Nazis killed the entire Jewish population of Schedrin.

There are many who trace their roots to Schedrin living in the Pittsburgh area; once a year, there is agathering of . Schedriners there.-Charts and family trees are put on dis^ play; since there were quite a few cousins who married, there are many intertwining branches.

The gathering in Pittsburgh is.always the week before or after Tisha B'av (July 28 this year). There is also a gathering every winter in North Miami Beach, FL. If $our family roots are in Schedrin, I would be interested in getting . your history and sending the information on to Pittsburgh for next year's gathering. Information can be sent to me c/o The Jewish Press. ....Marilyn Warren

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Editor's Noiet ern Lebanon; this segment led by Abbes Musawi and Sabahi The following information was provided to the Tefili; (b) West Beirut — Leaders: Ibrahim al-Amun and Jewish Press by the Consulate General of Israel.

Hassan Nasraliah; (c) Southern Lebanon — Leaders: AM al-Karim Abid Muhammad end Afif N&balsi..

Hezbollah ("Party of God") is a roof organization emIranian influence on the movement is exercised largely bracing several groups of extremist Shiite Moslems with a through Iran's official representatives in Lebanon and Khomeinis! ideological bent.

1 TEK o 1 v. i , -' ' i.XAli The establishment of Hezbollah reflects a sharp rise, in re; i i < 1 I'L^I jl'ah, unc er the name, "The cent years,; of Iranian , The following terrorist a t v i 10 tc , influence in Lebanon, with the Islamic Jihad," between f'n\ V ) . , I Date Casualties appearance it) Baalbek, earlier, . Car bomb 1 S 1 • "' K.iut 61 killed, of the "Iranian Itevolutionury .18 April 1983 120 wounded Guard," whose members also . Car-bomb, US Marines HQ, Beirut 239 killed, penetrated into West Beirut 23 Oct. 1083 40 wounded and parts of southern Leba23 Oct. 1983 Car-bomb, Multinational Force HQ 74 killed, non.

(French), Beirut , • " 15 wounded This is part of a major drive 4 Nov. 1983 Car-bomb, Israel Defence Forces HQ, 30 killed, by the'Khomeini regime in Tyre , 29 wounded Iran to export the "Islamic Bombing of US Embassy, Beirut 20 killed, Revolution" to other countries 20 Sept. 1984 ' 16 wounded in the region. Lebanon has Car-bomb, IDF convoy, southern 12 killed, been pinpointed as a priority 10 March 1985 Lebanon 20 wounded target, because of the large Shiite component in its mixed population. Hezbollah was Syria. Its highly influential and authoritative spiritual designated as the organizational framework of the funda- leader is Sheikh Muhammad Hassan Fasalallah (born in mentalist wing of the Shia, which perceives the solution of Iraq but of southern Lebanese descent). ' Lebanon's political problems in terms of the adoption of During the past year, Hezbollah has been transformed the Iranian doctrine — including the use of terror as a lever from a marginal factor in the Shiite community to one of for the attainment of political objectives. growing influence — an increasingly erosive factor within The ideology of Hezbollah found cogent eKpreoGion in the political as well as the religious establishment of the the recent publication of its political platform, which Shiite community. As such, it presents a real challenge to stressed the following points: the social and political order in Lebanon.

• Establishment of an "Islamic Republic."

The reason for this phenomenon may be found in the • Overthrow of President Amin Gemayel's Christian re- fact ^hat Hezbollah offers an attractive alternative to the gime; Gemayel and entire Christian camp to be put on present instability andnear-chaos in-fragmented Lebanon. trial. , • ' • ••;' It offers spiritual and material solutions to Lebanon's prob• Expulsion of "Western Imperialism" from Lebanon; lems that appear easy and quick, appealing especially to elimination of Americans and French, and their insti- the younger elements of the Shiite population. Notions like tutions from Lebanon.

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"Islamic rule" — with Iran serving as the successful ex• Struggle against Israel; this struggle not limited to Is- ample — and active participation in the fight against "the , reel's expulsion from Lebanon, but directed at liqui- enemies of Islam" are far more appealing to Shiite radicals, dation of State of Israel and conquest of Jerusalem by and potential radicals, than the political solutions offered, Islam. for example, by the Shiites' Amal movement within the The Hezbollah movement in Lebanon is concentrated more limited framework of Lebanese legitimacy and Lemainly in three areas: (a) Baalbek, in Bekaa Valley in east- banese nationhood. The massive Iranian financial aid flowt

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journs the palace of the then Maharajah in order to ensure Editor's-Note: Joseph I. Sargoni born in Bombay, his protection. The grounds on which it was built was given India, where he lived for many years, was managing . as a gracious gift among other amenities. In the Synagogue editor of the Jewish Tribune. He was the represent- can be seen the famous Copper Plates which form the ative in India of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Magna Carta of the Jews of Cochin which goes back over the World J e w i s h Congress. He now resides in 1,000 years. Many rights and privileges are conferred upon the Jewish community including exemption from taxes, speBrookline.'T^ass. cial honor and decorations and the distinguished title of • The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi "anjuvanannam" — "the lamp of the day." strongly condemned and deplored, came as a great shock.

Jews played and play an important role in Indian life and India lost a great leader, a huge void difficult to fill. Mrs. history, including high-ranking positions in the Indian Gandhi, the first woman in history to be chosen as Prime army. Among the better known Jews in military service are Minister of a great democracy, strong-willed, decisive, dom- Maj. Gen. J.F.K. (Jake) Jacobs, second in command of the inated Indian politics for over the last two decades and ruled Indian forces which captured East Pakistan (Bangladesh), with an iron hand. Being the daughter of her famous father, during the Pakistan-Indian war; Rear Admiral Benjamin Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was Mrs. Gandhi's claim on the Abraham Samson; and the Naval Judge Advocate, Ellis Prime Ministership.

Jhirad. The name of the famous bacteriologist, Waldemar Israel's Prime Minister Shimon Peres in his message of Mordecai Woolf Haffkine, responsible for the savingof milcondolence called Mrs. Gandhi "a unique personality and lions of lives, will stand out for his invaluable service in ' great leader of her people." Greville Janner, president of the field of medical science. He discovered the method and the Board of Deputies of British Jews expressing sorrow principle of inoculation against cholera and the treatment stated: "I salute the memory of Mrs. Gandhi and wish to of bubonic plague which had reached epidemic proportions pay my personal tribute to her, and I express the wishes of and were taking a very heavy toll of life in India. The Haffthe whole Jewish community that India will be spared fur- kine Institute in Bombay is a living monument to his cherished memory. No so long ago a plaque memorializing him ther sorrow arising from this."

Indira Gandhi will be best-remembered by the Jewish was unveiled by President Giri of India who paid glowing community of India for the personal interest she took on tribute to his never to be forgotten service.••••".

More than 2,000 years ago, Judaism came to. India in the historic occasion of the celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Cochih Synagogue — one of the oldest in many different forms. The Jews of Cochin and the Benethe world — which took place in Cochin, South India, about Israel, another ancient Jewish community, were well re16 years ago. She took time off from a very heavy schedule ceived and treated. India in her rich tradition, as rightly and made a trip to Cochin to perform the inaugural cere- pointed out Mrs. Gandhi, has an unprecedented record of mony, which was held in the Town Hall amid festivity and religious tolerance and hospitality to the Jews throughout rejoicing, which lasted five days, attended by huge crowds. the ages. Anti-Semitism and discrimination in any form Representatives from different communities including were unknown and the Jews enjoying liberty and security distinguished Indian and communal leaders, participated flourished and prospered. In an atmosphere of complete on the program; She was welcomed by the president of the religious freedom and communal autonomy, they brought Anniversary Committee, S.S. Koder. A commemorative great benefit to the country. Pioneers in trade, industry and stamp of the Synagogue with the inscription "Cochin Syn- finance, commerce and banking, they rendered notable seragogue — 1568-1960" was issued by the Government of vice in many fields of enterprise and endeavor out of all India to mark the occasion. Mrs. Gandhi was blessed by proportion to their number — at no time more than 30,000 — and made a lasting contribution to the health and wellthe Rabbi and presented with a gold sash.

In her inaugural address, the Prime Minister paid tribute, being of the people-of India.

The contact between the Jews and Indians were peaceful to the Jews and recalled visiting the Synagogue with her parents as a young girl. She said: "This is not my first visit • and friendly — no intermarriage— and continued to be so. to this ancient Synagogue. Each visit is a reminder of the Recognized as honored citizens of India, they always enlong history of our country with' the Jews of India and, joyed full cultural and religious freedom. Jews in other parts certainly, the Jews pf Cochin are associated and also of the of the world, until recently, evinced little interest in them, • tradition of religious and cultural tolerance.which is our even ignored their existence. very great heritage. You have traced the history of this tiny Remote from, the mainstream of Jewish life,.separated . but honored Jewish community in India from the time of by oceans and continents, from the chief centers of the the diaspora and have paid eloquent tribute'to the rulers diaspora, with deep-rooted consciousness, they took pride of Cochin and to others. The tolerance and hospitality in maintaining their rich Jewish heritage and understandwhich they showed is not uncommon in India. We welcomed ing of Jewish cultural and religious values. It is significant the Jews of India as indeed we have also welcomed those that in response to the appeal of the World Zionist Congress others who had to leave their original homes because of many Jews of-Cpchin and the Bene Israel, emigrated to political and religious persecution for various reasons,..." Israel. Their departure, understandable, was regretted and It is interesting to note that the Cochin Synagogue ad- a well-known Indian leader, M.K.K. Nyar, made a touching (Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.)

ing into Hezbollah's: coffers lias contributed significantly to the success of the movement's activities (including mobilization and training of recruits). .

Hezbollah's military infrastructure, erected mainly in the Baalbek area with Iranian and Syrian help, includes military training camps, with instructors recruited largely from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and an organizational operationat apparatus for the planning and execution of terrorist tctivities.

By means of a series of spectacular terrorist acts perpetrated under the name of "The Islamic Jihad" (holy war), with Iranian help and the active cooperation of Syria, and most of them of u euicidal character, Hezbollah played a decisive role in achieving one of its major political goals: the expulsion of U.S. and French forces from Lebanon.

Its terrorist strikes against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon carried out mainly while these forces were already in the process of withdrawing from the country — were perpetrated in cooperation with Amal and were directed also at General Lahd's South Lebanese Army. In these terrorist strikes, Hezbollah operated under the code-name, "The Lebanese Resistance."

In Beirut, Hezbollah's terrorist activities continue, mainly directed at Western targets. There have been a number of kidnappings (sometimes ending in murder) of American, British and French citizens, including several clergymen, academicians and diplomats. The hijacking of the TWA jetliner was carried out by Hezbollah terrorists, later joined by extremist Shiites belonging to the Amal movement.' It was the Hezbollah terrorists who held the hostages with the "Jewish-sounding names."

Book to- Prague NEW YORK (JTA) — With the approval of the government of Czechoslovakia, 2,000 copies of a one volume edition of the Torah — the first five books of the Jewish Bible — in Czech and Hebrew have been printed in New York and shipped to Prague as a gift to the Czech Jewish community by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

Foundation president Rabbi Arthur Schneier announced this week that the 356-page hardcover book.is the first of its kind, to be published since the 1930s and fills an important need for Czech Jewish community. He added that the project was carried out with the cooperation of Czechoslovakia's Council of Religious Affairs.

appeal not to leave the country "where they were welcome and treated compassionately."

In general Indira Gandhi was no exception to upholding the time-honored tradition of India in relation to the Jews to whom she was favorably disposed. However, her attitude towards Israel left much to be desired and was a continuation of that of her father Pandit Nehru and the Congress Party which they headed and ruled. India recognized Israel in 1950 but never established diplomatic relations with the.

Jewish State through the exchange of Ambassadors. (An Israeli Consul has his headquarters in Bombay but not in' the Indian capital.) Mrs. Gandhi's government, a strong supporter of the Arabs, prompted by political expediency — the 80 million Moslems of India with ties to Moslem Pakistan — aligns itself with the Arab States and votes on the Arab lines at the United Nations. The PLO was granted the right to open an office in New Delhi, the capital, by Mrs. Gandhi. Full diplomatic status was accorded and Yasir Arafat was received with all the ceremony accorded to the head of a state. In pursuance of her pro-Arab policy, she excluded Israel from international conferences and on one . occasion stated, "the seeds of the present conflict were sown at the time of the birth of the State of Israel."

The attitude of the Congress Party which has ruled since the independence of India, has been one of hostility and coolness towards Israel. It was the policy of Pandit Nehru even before he became the first prime minister when India gained independence, and was pursued with undiminished diligence by his daughter during their long domination of Indian politics. On the other hand this policy is not shared by many Indian politicans and statesmen who are favorably disposed towards Israel and strongly support better relations. They proclaim that it has become increasingly important for India to invest her foreign policy with a larger degree of realism, and the need for the adoption of a more positive official policy towards Israel.

As a non-aligned democratic country, India needs the support and friendship of all countries, particularly in view of the critical days that lie ahead. But many Indian's ask, "How has India benefitted by its pro-Arab policy?"

Rajiv Gandhi, son of Mrs. Gandhi, assumed office as Prime Minister with little'experience and not under the best of conditions. Hfe has a tremendous job and has to rally all the support he can muster. The task of holding India • together, the challenge to his1 leadership, the unrest in the Punjab, the demand for autonomy by the Sikhs, the longstanding serious dispute between Hindu-India and MoslemPakistan, are some of the grave problems facing him.

The opportunities for new beginnings must not be lost in establishing his government and in uniting his people.

Among other, things, the time has come to evaluate the relationship between India and Israel with a view to give full diplomatic recognition to democratic Israel. Established 36 years ago, a member of the United Nations; the Jewish State won independence about the same time as India, another great democratic country with lofty ideals and legendary renown for tolerance and fair-play. Will he rise to the occasion? ' -

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ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE National A luncheon meeting of conference the Beth Israel Endowment NEW YORK —"The committee will be held on Contemporary Jewisji' July 31 at noon, in the SoWoman: Profile and Poten- cial Hall of the synagogue. tial" will be the theme of the National Conference and Open Board Meeting of the SERVICES Women's League for Con- Friday: 7 p.m. ~ servative Judaism, which Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of will take place in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minne- the Rose Blumkin Home insota Oct. 20-22, Selma vite the families, volunteers, Weintraub, national presi- and friends of the residents to attend services in. the dent, has announced.

Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, Herbert Goldsten Synchancellor of the Jewish agogue. Kiddush following Theological/Seminary in services on Shabbat.

New York, will address the delegates on "Judaism in a ,' Rapidly-Changing World," and a panel will discuss "Changing Life Styles in the contemporary Jewish - NEW YORK — Samuel community." Other high- W. and Sallie S. Lewis will lights include a presentation receive the Amerjca-lsrael

by Seminary rabbinical Friendship Award at the anschool student Marion Shu-' nual convention of AMIT lewitz on women's partici- Women on Aug. 11, in pation in the synagogue, a Washington, D.C. The Lewtrigger script entitled "The ises recently returned from Ego of Sisterhood," and a Israel, where Mr. Lewis was group dynamics session, "In the United States AmbasPursuit of Your Potential." sador for the past eight years.

AMIT Women will also pay special tribute to Raoul Wallenberg in a special cerI would like to thank all of my emony with actress. Tovah dear family and friends for all Feldshuh during this special of their kindness during my 60th anniversary national recent hospitalization, especonvention. America's macially Rabbi Drazen and Canjor women's religious Ziontor Berkovits. Bernio ist organization will also Goldstrom honor Drs. Ruth and Victor I would like to thank all my Nussenzweig who have rerelatives and friends for their cently developed an experimany ^kindnesses and SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduH the services.

Friday: 6 p.m.

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Steven Rod will present the D'Var Torah.

Kiddush will follow.

Minha-Ma'ariv 8 p.m.

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expressions of sympathy following the recent death of my wife, Marie. Isaac Dloogoff Thanks tp my many friends who were so nice to me and sent cards, gifts, and donations while I was in the hospital. Special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman.

Joo Solcolof The family of Nate Ferer would like to thank all of their friends and relatives for food, cards, and contributions received during our recent bereavement. Koto Foror

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TISHA B'AV Saturday, July 27 Brev Tisha B'Av services 9:30 p.m.

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HOUSTON, Tex. (JTA) — Noel Graubart has been elected to a second term as. president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.

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"We're very excited about this year's 60th anniversary convention," said Frieda C. Kufeld, national president of AMIT Women. "AMIT. Women will not only have an excellent opportunity to study, and learn but also to honor those who have significantly contributed to the well-being of the state of Israel, the American Jewish community and all mankind." '

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By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke It is easy to say that the ca! Judaism, was — and is , fast day, Tisha B'Av, which — far superior to the Juis imminent, is a melan- daism of the Temple worcholy remembrance of the ship, f em not among those destruction of the Temples who pray — even in formal of Jerusalem, the one in 58G failiion — for the rebuilding B.C.E. and the r.ocond in 70 of the Temple and the restoration of its mode of worC.E. But if one studies the rel- ship, with a hereditary prievant Biblical text, Lam- esthood.

It iu quite another matter, entations (Eikls;;h), I think lie will come to the conclu- however, to note annually sion that the Temple's de- this elate of destruction, restruction was a minor part cognizing that in 586 B.C.E. of the mourning of the it meant the end of the napoet(s). The five lamenta- tion-state. Except' for brief tions, elegies, dirges are fo- and unsuccessful attempts, cused rather on the devas- like the Maccabean kingtation wrought by the dom, it was not revived till rampaging Babylonian arm- our time.

More important, the deies on the country itself and on the city of Jerusalem, on struction of 70 C.E. meant the capture and ill-treat- the dispersion of Jews to all ment of the royal family, on corners of the Roman Emthe destruction of the na- pire, after an appalling mastion-state, and on the mas- sacre and a glut of Roman slave-markets with Jewish sacre of the people.

Especially the massacre prisoners. "Jewish history, therefore, means knowing of the people.

The massacre and the ex- something about the history of all the countries of EUT ile.

I do not for a moment rope and of many countries think that the author(s) of outside Europe, and the fate Lamentations were un- of Jew's there.

What is astonishing happy with Temple worship or that they had any other about all this, a datura that kind of "Judaism" in mind. leaves the student increduBut the sacking and burning lous, is the depth of creativof the Temple did not oc- ity and spiritual vitality and cupy their attention as intellectual verve that remuch as the human destruc- mained in the truncated ' tion. It was here that their people. attention was riveted.

To be a Jew means to The "Kinot," traditional carry heavy historical burdirges added to the Tisha dens — but to carry them B'Av services, turned in with the full assistance of an both directions, Temple and unquenchable religious '. people, depending onthe fo- spirit and an unfailing fercus at the moment of the tility of the mind. composers, largely early medieval poets.

The abbreviated Kinot used in most Conservative Synagogues, cerjter largely on the massacre of the peoROSE ROTHKOP ple. The famous poet, Rabbi Graveside, services were Yehudah haLevi, is featured held on July 24 at Golden . . . Orthodox services tend Hill Cemetery for Rose to use a, much larger selec- Rothkop^85. tion from the extensive Survivors: Helene Ryder Kinot literature . . . Reform of New York, nieces and Judaism early dropped nephews. _ ; Tisha B'Av observances. An elementary Reform .textbook on Judaism, for adults, NORTH WOODMERE, which I have just been ex- N.Y. (JTA) — Cantor Chasamining, omits all mention kele Ritter of Temple Hillel of the day. here was installed as presiI have not hesitated to dent Of the Jewish Ministers say, in this column, that the Cantors Association, sucJudaism that developed in ceeding Cantor Benjamin rabbinic times, after Bibli- Alpert.

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Iowa Governor Terry Bran&tad (right) presents Sefer Tow.ii to Ben Siiuiitan of the Jerusalem Masorti Congregation of Moreshet Avrahnm na a gift from Con-y gregation Shaarei Zion of Sioux City.

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headed by Governor Branstad. .

At their request, the Governor agreed to personally present the Torah to representatives of Congregation Moreshet Avraham, upon his arrival in Israel.

"It was a very moving experience for all of us, I think particularly for the Governor," Mrs. Shuman said.

"It undoubtedly added an important dimension to his trip to Israel."

The East Talpiot congregation, which numbers .45 families, hosted members of the trade mission in their homes during the group's stay in Jerusalem. Moreshet Avraham is one of 40 Masorti (Conservative) congregations in Israel.

ties are held in a public shelBy Deborah Nashon ter, since as a Conservative Foundation for congregation we are not recConservative (Masorti) ognized by the religious auJudatom in lorccl A meeting took place re- thorities and are not supcently between the Gover- ported in any way by the nor of Iowa, Terry Bran- State, as are the Orthodox," stad, and former Iowans said Mrs. Miryom Shuman. now living in Israel, to "Our Sioux City friends whom he brought a Torah saw thai one of our more urscroll while on an official gent needs was an additrade miBsion to Jerusalem. tional Torah scroll. They It all began earlier this went home and shortly afyear, when a Sioux City terwards we were thrilled to family visited the Shuman hear that Congregation family of East Talpiot, Jer- Shaarei Zion of Sioux City usalem. The Shumans, had decided to donate to us themselves originally from one of their Torahs." .

Sioux City, invited their Three members of guests to Sabbath morning services at the local Masorti Shaarei Zion — Jerry Wei(Conservative) synagogue, ner, and Fran.and Jim Congregation Moreshet Rockland — were then invited to join an official Iowa Avraham.

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By Kevin Freeman ... NEW YORK (JTA)-r A donation of medicine and medical supplies totalling $750,000 has been provided by the American Jewish , World Service organization for use in Mozambique, one of six African nations most seriously threatened by famine and disease.

The supplies will be airlifted to Mozambique by organizations involved in Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia, which raised, according to some estimates, $70 million for use for famine relief in drought stricken Africa. .'•: Announcement of the donation to Live Aid was made

by Laurence Simon, presi,dent of the American Jewish World Service, an international relief and development agency of. the Jewish community, on the" stage at .Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. The World Service was the only private voluntary organization invited to take part in the benefit concert for famine relief.

"We are pleased to make this donation through Live Aid, as Live Aid is in a unique position to make a major impact both in the international relief effort underway in Africa and in the minds and hearts of people of good will everywhere," Simon said. "We congratulate them and pledge continued cooperation."

The emergency supplies will be distributed in Mozambique under the supervision of the American Jewish World Service and UNICEF. Logistical support for the distribution will be provided by the United Nations Office of Emergency Operations in Africa, which has arranged for UNICEF light aircraft and World Food Program boats to carry the supplies to the most needy.

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Formation of the American Jewish World Service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was announced last May 1 at.a New York news conference.

Philips, who is also chairman of the Philips-Van Heusen Corp.,-said that the service was formed because there was no Jewish organization "dealing exclusively with' development projects for non-Jews throughout the world."

An estimated 100,000 people were reported to have died of famine related causes last year in Mozambique.

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Jewish Press

July 28,1985

Educator seeks teachers with 'bves'

By Morris Maline Do you have three loves?

If so, you might make a good teacher, according to Jane D. West, newly appointed director of education at Temple Israel.

The loves she speaks of are a iove of being Jtwidi, a^ lave of learning, and u iove of children.

"This type of enthusiasm and a sense of commit merit to Jewish life are characteristics I would look for in an • ideal teacher," said Ms. West.

"Certainly, it helps to know how to prepare a lesson plan . . . it's helpful to know some of the technical aspects of being an educator, but this type of background is not essential to being a good teacher."

Ms. West, who began her duties last month, is now in the process of recruiting teachers for Temple Israel's Hebrew and Religious Schools.

In ah interview with the Jewish Pres3, she stressed the point that many people may qualify for teaching positions even though they

.Jtne West, director, Temple Israel Religiouu Schools. themselves think they don't qualify.

A good teacher for a religious school, she said, is one who is not afraid to ask questions and who is not afraid to admit that the answer may not be easily available.

Ms. West, a native of AIlentown, PA, began her professional career as a graphic artist and technical illustrator after attending Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design.

NEW YORK — "We reject intermarriage — but not the intermarried. When we reach out to them, no encouragement of intermarriage is implied. We do everything in our, power to prevent it — but we must come to grips with the painful reality that one out of three Jews today marries outside the faith. And we don't want to lose them."

The speaker was Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, central body of Reform Judaism in the United States and Canada. The setting was the first national conference on programs for the intermarried, a two-day seminar marking the first time that three major denominations within Judaism have come together in a joint effort to deal programmatically with the issue of interfaith marriage (May 21-22).

Rabbi Schindler put the problem thisway: "We live in an open society, and intermarriage is the sting which comes to us with the honey of our freedom. Unless we are willing to withdraw from the advantages of the American way of life, we cannot hypocritically beat bur breasts about the social consequences of that way of life.".

In December 1978, Rabbi Schindler first proposed the Reform movement's "outreach" program to the non-Jewish partners of interfaith marriage, to their children and to the "unchurched." The call was strongly opposed by some Jewish groups as violative of long-standing Jewish tradition, which discouraged conversionary efforts. But increasingly since then, other Jewish denominations have launched "outreach" programs of their own — including the conservative and Reconstructionist movements, both of which took part in the national conference, along with the American Jewish Committee, which has sponsored research studies into the extent of intermarriage.

Statistics on intermarriage Some of those statistics were, as Rabbi Schindler noted, '.'deeply disturbing." Today one but of three Jews who marries does so outside the faith, and every indication is that this rate is on the rise. Some sociologists estimate that one out of every two Jewish college students who marry in the .-COUPON

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She also undertook volunteer work in "a teaching mode" for the Denver Audabon Society and became active in the Denver Jewish community.

Eventually, she started teaching sixth grade at Temple Emanuel in Denver and soon became "pleasantly surprised" at the

learning potential involved in teaching. .

Ms. West continued her formal education with an additional three-year pro'gr'am which earned her a Master of Arts depree in ' Jewish Education from the Hebitw Union College-Jewish Institute of Re!i|.;ion find the University of Houtiicrn California.

Ms. West said that 'bsfore she had interviewed lor the Omaha position Kite hud a favorable image of the Omaha .Jewish community.

Omaha, she said, was described us having a cohesive Jewish' community with a high synagogue affiliation rate and a community dedicated to Jewish education and Jewish life.

As part of her teacher recruitment campaign, Ms. West oaid she hopes prospects will understand official accreditation is not essential _for teaching positions.

"My door is open to all who want to talk and even those who think they are unqualified may be surprised at my receptivity."

1980s will wed out of the faith.

And becauseonly about one-third of these intermarriages involve conversion to Judaism •— "a statistic which is itself far higher than it ever was," Rabbi Schindler observed — there are some 500,000 children who are the offspring of marriages between Christians and Jews.

For these reasons, Rabbi Schindler declared, "we must do everything possible to draw, the non-JeWishspouse of a mixed marriage into Jewish life. We should seek to convert the non-Jewish partner into Judaism, but if we fail in this goal we must not exile our children — rather we must embrace them, bringing them over closer to our hearts in the hope of eventually retaining or regaining them."

Removing the 'Not Wanted' signs from our Hearts The Reform Jewish leader, who heads an organization composed of 789 synagogues in the U.S. and Canada, described ah innovative eight-week program developed by the UAHC called, "Times and Seasons: A Jewish Perspective for Interfaith Couples." Designed specifically for mixed married couples who are unaffiliated with the Jewish community, the program brings together small groups for purposes of discussion and sharing of experiences.

"There is no coercion or manipulation of any kind,"" Rabbi Schindler explained. "The integrity of every individual is respected. -Still, the goal is clear for all to know: we want to encourage them to malce Jewish choices in their lives and in the lives of their children. We want them to know that our community cares about them and wants them to be a part of it in a way that is comfortable to them."

Rabbi Schindler said the participants in these programs, which are supervised by Mrs. Lydia Kukoff of Los Angeles, director'of ; the UAHC's "Outreach" program, were especially concerned about the religious upbringing of their children. Among the most commonly-asked questions were: How can belief be instilled when parents do hot share the same faith?

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To commence its progrum, Omaha Arts West is proud to pit" - i cut the delightful Neil Simon comedy Barefoot hi the Park. This ; popular comedy, which opens Au- ' gust 17 at 8:45 p.m., is renowned for its humorous tale about young marriage and new love. Should a youni; luwyor (Paul) try to main- | 1 tain his professional dignity when >~— - ~* his now bride (Corey) wants him to Lawrence floss prance barefoot in the snow? Will their attempt to arrange a blind date between Corey's mother and Mr. Velasco, the eccentric "man upstairs" succeed? Can a marriage remain romantic and fresh after the honeymoon? Well, I'm not going to tell you — come out and see for yourself!!

Barefoot in the Park features Doug Evans as Paul and Pamela Kenney as Corey. Doug has appreared in several area productions in the last year, including Auntie Mame, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and Inherit the Wind. Pamela, a 1984 graduate of the University of Nebraska, arrives at Omaha Arts West with a comprehensive background in theater and ay/ecent role as Peggy Day in Tlio Women, staged at the Norton Theatre. Barefoot in the Park also features Gail Ginsburg 83 the mother, Paul' Cohen as Mr. Velasco and Ronald Chvala as the telephone; man.-Both Paul and Gail have appeared in past Jewish • Community Center productions and we welcome them back!

-•_Marty Skomal will direct and,.if past experience is any indication, you are in for a treat. Assi$ting Marty in the production will be Barb Saucier (stage manager), Dennis Vesper (sets) and Gary Gerber (lights).

Once again, the show opens August 17, with performances on August 18 (7:30 p.m.), August 24 (8:30 p.m.), August 25 (7:30 p.m.), August 29 (7:30 p.m.), August 31 (8:30 p.m.) and closes with a matinee performance on Sept. 1 at 2 p.m.

Everyone is encouraged to attend. Group rates are available.

In building on its fine past, Omaha Arts West will continue to provide you nnd your family with great entertainment in the world of theatre, dance, film and music arid' will dazzle you with its schedule of special exhibits and events.

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Israel rejects list of negotiating team JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel received and promptly rejected a list of proposed Palestinian members of a joint JordanianPalestinian negotiating team.

The list was. not published. Premier Shimon Peres said on a Jute news television interview that it was unacceptable to Israel.

He said he did not know "if it is acceptable to the United States." The names were sent to Washington by King Hussein of Jordan end forwarded to Israel after several dayis of study by the State Department.

Peres said the list, which he received from the American Charge d' Affaires, Robert Flatten, contained no residents of the West Bank or Gaza Strip. He said he was less surprised by the names on the list than by those omitted. It represents "a bad opening move" in the peace process, the Premier said.

The list apparently was made up by Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat. Observers here said he deliberately left out Palestinian leaders from the West Bank and Gaza because he did not want to legitimize them as potential future negotiators with Israel.

A second reason why Israerrejected the list is .that the men named are members of the Palestine-'National Council (PNC), often referred to as the Palestinian parliament-in:exile. Israel regards the PNC as an extension of the PLO and membership in it tantamount to membership in the PLO. Washington takes a different view.

delegation and Israel.Jt draws a distinction between "dialogue" and "negotiations.'

But Israel has long been disturbed by Washington's scenario. Peres said on the television interview that he thought preliminary talks between the U.S. and a Jordanian-Palestinian team "is an unwise move. I don't see any reason why the U.S. should, meet e JordanianPalestinian delegation before (peace) negotiations and try to coordinate positions with them." He said he hasmade this clear to Secretary of State George Shultz.

Deputy Premiej- and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir who studied the list sent from Washington also rejected preliminary talks.

"Peace must be negotiated between the Arabs and Israel," lie said, stressing that Israel would, never talk to members of the PNC which is "an inseparable part of the PLO." Peres, who heads the Labor Party, and Shamir, leader of Likud, the two main components of the national unity coalition government, were said to see eye-to-eye on this issue, despite other differences over the peace process. Theitwo men lunched privately and

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Their luncheon meeting followed a three-hour meeting at Peres' home where he hosted two prominent West Bank Palestinians, Mayor Elias Freij of Bethlehem, a leading moderate, and Hikmat Al-Mitsri of Nublus.

Both ate favorably disposed toward Kin;; Hui;:x-in and his Hashemite regime which rules Jordan.

There had been speculation here that one or both men would be included on the list of proposed Palestinian negotiators. Apparently, neither was. '

By Judy Siff JCC volunteer Would you like to be part of a team of fellow Center teens and adults that are working together to make Sept. 29 a day to remember?

If you love sports and are willing to donate us little or 08 much tima as you can to insure the success of the JCC Sukkot Celebrity Sporty Carnival, we would like to talk to you. We're looking for energetic individuals with a wide range of talents to assist in many phases of the Carnival's operations.

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NFHS exhibit at Omaha library The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society exhibit of "Jewish Landmarks, Omaha, Lincoln and Council Bluffs" will be at the Exhibit gallery of (he W. DakClark Library on 15th end Farnam Etreets Aug. 1-30.

The exhibit has bec-ri on display.for the past sis months at the Jewish Comrnunity Center.

Included in the ,15 panel exhibit are the pictures and stories of all Omaha, Lin-

coln and Council Bluffs synagogues, cemeteries and buildings from the begiqning of these Jewish communities. These also include the Jewish Funeral Home, Rose Blumkin JewiUi Home for the Aged, as well as building named for Jewish people during the putt century. The funding for this; exhibit, was made possible by a grant from Omaha businessman Herb GoidEten.

Italians saved thousands of Jews

Information was gathered from the Western Heritage Museum, the Jewish Federation Library, synagogues and organizations. The sepia-toned pictures in the exhibit s,how the 'original and old structures as far back cs 1871. The colored photot;raf;l;t. were taken by Alan Potatii, assistant cultural arts; director at the. Jewish Community Center. Mr. Potafch also prepared the exhibit for display. .

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It was more advanced but more or less the same subjects.

Wendy Kctzin&u, 15 I think I've gotten a good Jewish education, but I wish we had learned more about Judaism; I don't remember as much as I probably should have.

Barb Rainish, 18 In Sunday School I don't think I got a good religious education, because I didn't want to be there. I think MoVFTY made up for what Sunday School lacked.

Dan Mirvish, 18 Some of it's been important and some of it's been a waste of time. A lot of my formal education has fallen into the latter category. One summer in Israel is far more 'educational than 12 years of schooling.

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By Lisa Palmleri-Billig ROME (JTA) — In the early spring of 1941, when Hitler's troops overran Yugoslavia, thousands of Jews fled across'the border into Italy or entered the country by sea. Their liven were saved owing to the humanitarian instincts of the Italian people, including; many carabinieri — the police!

This was a remarkable chapter at a time when Jews in Western Europe were being deported to the east for eventual slaughter in the death camps; when at best, Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis were unwanted and harshly treated. It is remarkable because Italy was then governed by a fascist dictatorship. The RomeBerlin Axik formed by Hitler and Mussolini was at the peak of its power. Virtually all of continental Europe was under Nazi occupation and the invasion of the Soviet Union was only a few months away.

The rescue, of-Yugoslavia' Jews by Italians is largely a forgotten incident — except among Jew3 in Italy and in -Israel where, two yeare ago, the "Committee of 'Gratitude to the Italian Population" was organized. Last _ month, this group paid trib' ute to the benefactors of Jews at a ceremony in the Quirinale, the presidential palace in Rome.

Bernardo Grosser, a Jewish community leader who had charge of Jewish refugees in Italy during the war, and Iso Doron, a former refugee who headed an Israeli delegation of "thankful survivors," presented President Allessandro Pertini with a - 1,000-page book. Each page contains the name of a Yu-

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goslavian Jewish man or woman who was saved by the Italians in 1941., Grosser estimates that "at least 30,00!)" Jewish refugees of all nationalities owe their lives to the Italian people. One project of the committee which he and Doron helped (bund is- to trace the names of u!l of them.

The ceremony was attended by the Israeli Ambassador to Italy, Eytan Ronn, and the Italian Consul in Jerusalem, Marino Fieri, who accompanied the Israeli delegation to Rome for the event. Other participants included three Italians who hold the Yad Vashem Medal, the mayors of several small towns whose populations risked their lives to save an estimated 5,000 Yugoslavian Jews, and 'Jewish community leaders from all over Italy.

They were received warmly by President Pertini who spoke of his lifelong' "solidarity with and respect for the Jewish people and their quest for a land and a state of their own."

"The Italian people have never been racists," Pertini declared. "Mussolini led the country to its ruin by his alliance with and emulation of Hitler." The President recalled that his own brother, like himself a Socialist, was deported to his death at the Flossenburg concentration camp and thus shared the fate of six million Jews.

"His name is inscribed on a stone in front of the crematorium oven there," Pertini said, grimly recalling his recent pilgrimage to the site. • The Jewish refugees who came into Italy were hidden in empty villas or were housed with private families. Subsequently they were provided with false papers.

Doron later described to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency his memories of his experience as a Jewish youth fleeing Yugoslavia.

He came in an Italian ship and was landed, along with

300 other refugees near Fiume on the Adriatic Sea. Officially they were "war interns" or prisoners.

He said 100 Italian carabinieri and a train awaited them. Women and children were escoited first on to the train end the window curtains diiiwn so they would not heve to soe their male relatives handcuffed — two to each carubinieri — and put aboard another carriage.

But no sooner were they on the. train than the handcuffs were opened. The men were cautioned to be prepared to snap them shut if an "enemy official" came by.

At 5 a.m. the train arrived at Trbviso. The group was met by the local police chief who assured them that all measures had been taken for their safety. Families were reunited and located at abandoned resort hotels.

They were supplied with all necessities, from bedding to silverware. Local groceries supplied them with food beyond the wartime rations, Doron recalled.

At the Quirinale ceremony, Walter Reggiani, the: young Mayor of Nonantola, a small town near Modena, and the town's woman traffic officer, Paola Goldoni, represented the older generation of townspeople who had saved 90 Jewish refugee children during the ' war.

They were housed at the "Villa Emma." When their place of refuge was endangered, they were distributed among many families s in .'

Nonantola until they could be supplied with false identification papers and packed off to neutral Switzerland.

Nonantola's population has two trees growing in the Yad Vashem Valley of the Just in Jerusalem. They were planted in honor of a local physician, Dr. Moreali, and the parish priest, Don Beccari, who is still alive.

Nonantola was just one of many Italian towns where . similar "miracles" were performed for Jewish refugees, Grosser and Doron said.

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Mr. Magzamin has 14 grandchildren and 22 greatgrandchildren.

Out of town guests are Mr. and Mrs. Norman Friedlander and children from San Jose, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Bob.Grossman and children from Los Angelos, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Ron Babendure and Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Babendure and Mr. and Mrs. Barry King and their children frbm Houston.

Also Mr. and Mrs. Elza Hermanson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shere, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shaw, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Luchen all of KanNewsbrief A Center for Security Studies has been established at the Leonard Davis Institute for. International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The center will concentrate on studying long-range aspects of Israel's national security issues and on establishing a bridge, between theory and application in formulating Israeli national security policy.

Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, has rejected a proposal by the head of the i us City, Mo Mr.. Moliy Rabbinical Assembly — the Sinn of Kewanee, 111. Mr. organization of Conservaand Mrs. Greg- Mann of tive rabbis — that Reform Morristown, NJ end'Shari rabbis repudiate the |Jtucand Ryan Mann from Fern tice that recognizes es JewPurl:, FL, and Mr. and Mrs. ish the child of a mixed marPaul Mann, Council Bluffs, riage in which either parent Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Abe is JewishMintz from Hollywood, FL. Rabbi Alexander Shapiro,

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It w.as Rabbi Schindler who, in an address to the UAHC general assembly in 1981, proposed that the Reform movement' adopt the petrilineal principle, which permits Jewish identity to bo transmitted through the father as well as the mother, with the proviso that the child receive Jewish training.

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July 28,1985

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" ' B y Rabbi David Saperstein Director, Religious Action Center Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reprinted from Reform Judaisjn magazine, • '•' • with permission.)

Two major concerns brought me to Ethiopia: fear for the 7,000-Beta Israel still living in towns end icinote villages, and worry about the millions of Ethiopians threatened with starvation. Few moments in my life have mede me more proud of being on American Jew than when I saw starving children being fed from tacks of food marked "From the U.S.A., or when I watched Abie Nathan arrive with tents marked "From Jerusalem With Love" — tents purchased with funds donated by members of Reform synagogues to shelter another 10,000 refugees in Scnbete, his second tent city.

I was joined on the trip by Senators Dennis Dcconcini of Arizona and Paul Trible of Virginia and ISaprcaantutive Gary Ackerman of New York. Prior to our arrival, no outsider had been to the Ethiopian Jewish villages since Operation Moses, the Israeli airlift of Ethiopian Jewish refugees. In the international Jewish community there was deep uncertainty about the remaining Jews. How had the Ethiopian government responded to Operation Moses? Had they taken out their resentment on the remaining Jews in the Gondar? Indeed, how many Jews were left in the country? What were their needs? Could a safe and legal way be negotiated to bring out the Jews still there? .

When we arrived in Addis Ababa, it was immediately evident that Operation Moses had traumatized the political establishment. The news that thousands of Jews had left in pursuit of freedom was viewed as an attack on the government. The overwhelming attention given in the Arab and African press to stories that Ethiopian Jews were being trained for the Israeli army and that others, were being settled on the West Bank, waa a political embarrassment to Western press depicting the Ethiopian Jews as primitive natives. In Addis Ababa this was regarded as a national affront.

As we visited Jewish villages, no overt reprisals or harassment were evident. All of the Jews with whom I spoke had heard of Operation Moses, but only one or two in the

After visiting with the Beta Israel, I visited camps run larger villages had any idea of the political cbntroverey it had engendered.1 Life in the villages continues essentially by two of the finest relief organizations working in Ethiothe way it has in the past 18 months, since the dictatorial pia: Catholic Relief Services and World Vision. Once people and anti-Semitic former Governor Malaku was moved by are taken into one of 60 camps operated by these groups, the authorities out of the direct governance of the region. they are sheltered, fed and provided with good health care.

Under Maluku, synagogues were closed, Jewish teachers Children who come into the camps weighing as little as half" were thrown into jail and toitured, and the leaching of of what they should are put on high-caloric diets, that reHebrew was forbidden. Today the Jews are treated with store them to near-normal weight within a month.

But the camps serve only one-Jialf million of the eight relative toii'ianee. Nevertheless, drought, disease, inadequate health care, ami the rcging civil war nearby all s,erve to nine million at risk. The-drought lias lasted, six years.

In many regions not enough topsoil remains to sustain to make the lives of the remaining Jews perilous.

The flight of many Jews to the Sudan has kit the infra- ciops. Virtually no conservation, reforestation or irrigation structure of the villcgea so badly eroded today that little projects exist. As good a job as the relief groups and the teaching goes on outside of Wuiltka, the government's U.S. government (which supplies half of all emergency relief showcase1 F'a!a:;ha village. Yet, despite these conditions, the supplies, are doing, only an international effort of relief Jews we met v.c-ie optimistic, proud of their Jcwislincss, combined with development offers long-range hope. and confident in the bwieithai r.ome&ty, with-the help of world Jewry, they would live freely in ISrctz Yicrael.

The government's response to Operation Moses has been to isolate the remaining villages from the outside Jewish world, physically and psychologically. When I initially rpH plied for permission to visit the Gondar villages prior to the arrival of the Congressmen, I was told I could not, "LJcause of what the Israelis did in Operation Moses."

by Jerry Rosen The Director of Tourism told me that it had been determined at the highest levels of government that all foreign Endowment Director contact with the villages was to ba cut off to prevent out- L. Jewish Federation of Omaha siders from "instigating" these Jews to leave. Recent statements by the government indicating that it would no longer Just in case "the word" was late in arriving, let me be consider Falashas as Jews reflect its determination to furthe first to report on the state of health of your Federation ther isolate the Beta Israel from world Jewry.

We brought Jewish and Hebrew educational materials for Foundation. We are looking good, both inside and out!

In the area of growth, the chart below graphically illus* distribution to the Beta Israel and reassured them that they trates our progress over the past five years: were not forgotten. The Congressmen were exceedingly helpful in negotiations with Gondar officials about expanFoundation Gro wth sion of the UAHC Operation REAP (Reform Movement's Ethiopian Je#wry Assistance Program), which sends doctors to Jewish arid non-Jewish villages there. Their most important negotiation, however, took place in Addis Ababa, where they discussed implementation of a family reunification program to allow Jews to leave for Israel legally.

Although accepted in theory by the Ethiopian government, 6 it is doubtful that it will be put into effect in the near future.

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By Sheldon Filger Director, ADL-CEC In the several years I have been active in community relations for the Jewish community, I have met in this country many examples of unselfish dedication on behalf of Jews. During my recent visit to Israel, I was reminded of the ultimate sacrifice that has been made to ensure that our world is a little less insecure for the Jewish community.

At every bus stop in the crowded cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem, young men and women in green army fatigues waited for a ride to their respective military bases.

I was reminded by their appearance that every Israeli male is required to serve three years in the Israel Defense Forces, while their female counterparts serve two years.

After the three-year period of enlistment, men are required to serve a minimum of one month per year, until the age of 55. This is an enormous sacrifice for both individuals and the country, but is an absolute requirement to ensure the security of the State of Israel.

We are all aware of the economic difficulties that Israel is currently facing. There has been labor unrest, and during my recent visit, a near total general strike. Yet the same individuals manning the picket lines were also reporting to reserve duty without the slightest hesitation. If ordered to, they would sacrifice their lives without question.

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tion's oldest kibbutzes, Kfar Giladi. There is a section in the kibbutz cemetery reserved for those who have fallen in Israel's wars. There were graves dating back to the 1920s, when the first wave of immigrants had to fight Arab marauders as well as malaria. The rows continued through 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 and the recent conflict in Lebanon.

Since Israel declared her independence, 14,000 have given their lives so that today there is a Jewish state in the world, rather than a second Holocaust.

In recent times, the media have commented excessively about the current economic plight which grips Israel. A recent editorial in our own local press regarding the suspension of cigarette sales in Israel may have given one the impression of a society that was disintegrating.

In 1966, Israel experienced even worse economic circumstances. There was massive unemployment, .and tens of thousands of Israelis left the country. Various Arab leaders at the time felt that the fabric of Israeli society was falling apart, and the time had come to destroy the Jewish state.

The Six Day War followed, and the rest is history.

Despite the image that others have, attempted to create forilsrael, I .found an impressive level of patriotism and dedication still prevades Israeli.society. A Jewish culture is being developed in the one country on earth where we are not a minority, and the citizens of the Jewish state are making great sacrifices required for, the Jewish state and Jewish communities throughout the world, to be more secure than we were in an earlier era. Let us all reflect on the sacrifices the" Israeli people have made, and be inspired by them. .

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The Firehouse Dinner Theater has announced plans to open "Greater Tuna" on Aug. 6. The show calls for two brilliant character actors, according to Firehouse owner Dick Mueller who will direct the play.

Mr. Mueller has cast Dinnis Allen of Laugh-In and T. Ma;: Graham. Both actors have just completed a successful run of "Greater Tuna" ploying to Eold-out houses at Tiffany's Attic in Kansas City.

ton Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard opened in » MUD, currently playing New York City, Oct. 21," at the Omaha Magic Thea1982. The show is a delight- ter, JB a protrayal of life as ful recreation of small town some of us may not know it life, according to Women's -» penniless, illiterate, and Wear D a i l y . V a r i e t y deserted. called it "howlingly funny" The three characlern, and the New York Post Lloyd, Mae and Henry, i chained "the theater ex- played ! rfecjiectivciy by ploded with laughter." It is James Thorn, Jo Ann a ma::i( ry of quick-change Schmidm&n end Don Fiedartistry, both of costumes ler, develop through u series and of comic characteriza- of inini-scentiii. on the tions. stage's only set.

"Grease", currently playLloyd is illiterate, rebeling at Thu Pirehouco Dinner Jious and feeling hurt beTheater, will end with the cause he senuc-s he ia no.

This long-running off- evening performance on long?r. loved by Mae. Mae is Jo ABIS Schmidman, James Thorn (ceuter) ond Don Fiedler ia MUD et the Omdfea Megie Theatre.

Broadway musical by Jas- Aug. 4. unsatisfied with her place in A commemoration serMUD will be playing life, is learning to read, and diencea only, opening with a vice for the 40th anniplans on leaving Lloyd. string of vulgarities accom- through July and August on vcKisry of the bombings Then Henry moves in. panied by a few suggestively Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays of Hiroshima and Nagaand Mondays at 8:30 p.m. A Henry is respected because explicit scenes. saki will be held on Aug. The audience had raised matineo will bo presented he is slightly older, can read 5 at 7 p.m. at Walnut Hill Thero-js a certain dylrving Berlin's familiar (except for harder "big tech- reactions to this play, some on Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. AdmisReservoir, 38th and Lanamic quality that a suc- music and lyrics will bring nical terms") and has a loving it, some hating it, and sion ia $5; $2 for students. fayette. .cessful theater production smiles of recognition and small income. Henry moves everything in between.

(S.F.) . needs and Annie Got Your many opportunities for in with Mao and Lloyd at Rabbi Sidney Brooks Gun at the Upstairs Dinner foot-tappin' accompani- Mao's request, and Lloyd, of and two Hibakusha (proNowcbriof Theater has it.. ,ment. nounced hi-BAH-kooSeventeen students from public, Panama, Colombia, course, is resentful of his reshah), survivors of the The dynamism of the per"I Can Do Anything Bet- placement.

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Former Omaha JCC worker now 86 and a kibbutenick

By Morris Maline "Living in Israel has added years to my life and life to my years."

This is how 86-year-old Jack Mirvis responds when asked how he likes living on a kibbutz in Israel.

Mr. Mirvis and his late wife, Lillian, moved to Israel after he retired in 1967 from a long career in the Jewish communal field. He was educational director of the Omaha Jewish Community Center in 1927-23.!

"Omaha was my first job after I completed graduate school for Jewish social workers in New York."

He stayed in Omaha long enough to marry Dr. M.ilton Margolin's sister. At that time the was a lawyer working in Henry Monsky's office. She became a JCC social worker;, "We met in September and married in February," Mr. Mirvis said.

After leaving Omaha, Mr. Mirvis served as Jewish Community Center director in New Haven, Connecticut, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.

For the 18 years preceding his Aliyah, he worked as director of the Hillel Foundation at Ohio State University in Athens, Ohio.

When Mr. Mirvis retired in 1967, he and his wife moved to Kibbutz Urim in the Negev between Beersheba and Gaza.

A daughter, Carmi Pollack had moved to the Kibbutz in i954, and another daughter, Judith Criden was a member of Kibbutz Kfar Blum in the Galilee.

In addition to their daughters the Mirvises had access to seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Mr. Mirvis described Kibbutz Urim as a Labor Zionist enterprise whose GOO or so members started in the Zionist youth movement in the United States.

Because his .daughter is a member of the Kibbutz, Mr. and Mrs. Mirvis had been accepted in that special category reserved for parents of Kibbutz members.

At the present time, there are about 25 seniors in the Golden Age group (60 plus) and this group's work requirement is to make jig saw puzzles out of wood.

He said the Kibbutz also has an industry which consists of manufacturing sleeping bags and jackets and its agricultural activities involve taking care of 600 cows, 30,000 chickens, raising cotton, wheat, avocadoes and citrus fruits.

In his free time, Mr. Mirvis takes on the responsibility for conducting Shabbat services which, he said, are attended mostly by a minyan of elderly women.

He pointed out, however, that the attendance improves somewhat during High Holiday services, especially when some 100 attend for Kol Nidre. , Mr. Mirvis also prepares the boys on the Kibbutz for Bar Mitzvah. As far as the girls of the Kibbutz are concerned, "They are reluctant" to prepare for Bat Mitzvah.

"I only know of two girls who sought a Bat Mitzvah and

Mew By Bert Lewis I'm not really sure I should feel responsible, but to be perfectly honest, I do feel guilty. About what now? Well, if you have a good memory, this will be easier.( Actually, it all started a long time ago when I suggested that Israel get on the fast food band wagon and enjoy the financial success America has experienced. I gave them some suggestions, and even described various outfits they could copy.

So nu, what's the problem? Well, my friends, they took Former Omaha educator JacU Mirvis writes me up on it! No kidding . . . I saw for myself on our recent nairic- in Hebrew before departing for the life he loves visit. Well, truthfully I can't say I SAW any hamburger — a kibbutznik in Israel.. place called McDavids, but I had it from an unimpeachable both of them were encouraged because of experiences they source it existed. In fact, I was told that McYouKnowWho encountered in the United States lifestyle." tried to sue them for messing around with their name. They A typical day for Mr. Mirvis starts with coffee at 6 a.m. lost. , followed by two hours of work before breakfast, then it's Anyway, back to my guilt. AH right, they decided that back to work until' a coffee break at 10 a.m. followed by Mrs. Nobody from Nebraska has a good idea. They began lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Work continues until 2 p.m. getting into the fast food business. But they dpn't know when siesta time begins. how to do it! By their own admission, the hot dogs aren't About 4 p.m., parents and grandparents pick up their as good as ours. Of course they can't use the same stuff in children and grandchildren and spend time with them until theirs, so they substitute. But kinderlech, veal franks may supper. After''the evening meal, it's movies, concerts, lecL be soft like ours, but they split open and make a mess. At tures, and visiting until bedtime. least that was the gospel according to the food editor in an It's a life which is relieved from pressure and it's a sit- Israeli paper. uation where one can adjust easily if he can handle living She also said that while the Burger Ranch made burgers cooperatively with his fellow neighbors, Mr. Mirvis pointed that "looked" like they were supposfiol to, the buns on which out.

"The women don't cook, nor wash clothes . . . all of that they were served were not wonderful. Jt seemed they didn't js done by Kibbutz workers, and there is little financial look or taste like ours. One could probably thank God for responsibility for parents . . . the Kibbutz members have that favor.

Then, there's the Chinese frozen fast food. This is made none at all."

"It's a life that I recommend to anyone and anyone who by a company that is really almost international in backis interested should investigate the possibilities . . . There ground. The owner is an Orthodox immigrant born in Holare a lot of misconceptions around . . . the Kibbutz is not land, and raised in Canada in a Chinese district. He's now . a dormant institution but a vibrant one that changes with working, I understand, on Indian curries. His next project is, and I quote, "dietician-planned low calorie frozen ve- , the times." ' . / Mr. Mirvis spent a couple of days in Omaha last week getafian dishes, sajd to be the latest convenience-food craze visiting, before going on to visit additional friends and rel- in the U.S." I read those words myself in the Jerusalem Post. And I don't want to upset the man, but I doubt the atives in the States. .. • " truth of that last statement. ..'

"-'••'; Editor's note: I asked Mr. Mirvis if he would like to be center director Well, there you are. I unleashed a monster. All I.wanted of the Omaha Jewish Community Center since he had some to do was inspire them to improve their economy. I had some good ideas, and even hoped to take them to high places experience here almost 60 years ago. __ personally. Wouldn't you know, when I was at the Knesset,' His reply: it wasn't in session. Go try to be helpful!

"No thanks, too many problems these days."

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The Nebraska State Fair: Only World War II brought the Fair to a halt. In 1945, the Office of War Information banned all state and other fairs because of gasoline shortages. In spite of that, the 4-H Club held a show and livestock sale.

Since then, the Fair has gotten better and better. Last year, 570,785 people attended the Fair. 4-H exhibits were up by 1,000. All livestock categories, except dairy cattle, showed an increase, and commercial exhibits made an excellent turnout.

Financially, 1984 was a good year for both the Fair and the races.

As a business enterprise, the Nebraska State Fair is a $2.5 million operation. In fact, the Fair is 99 percent self-supporting.

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the State Fair Board and Fair management, the Nebraska State Fair is considered one of, if not the, best-managed state fairs in the nation. And isn't it nice to know that at least one of life's little pleasures pays its own way? a

Historically, the State Fair has been a mobile event. Although some Nebraskans think the Fair has always been held in Lincoln, the truth is, it's been just about everywhere. J. Sterling Morton of

Arbor Day fame reported on a preCivil War state fair that was held in Brownville in 1859.

Since then, the Fair has been held in Nebraska City, Lincoln and Omaha on a somewhat "rotating" basis.

When the year 1898 drew near, the Fair was set to be held in Omaha. But Omaha had also been selected as the site for the TransMississippi Exposition and was in no position to handle both events.

As a result, no State Fair was held in 1898. Then by 1899, the grounds in Omaha were in no condition to host the Fair. So again no Fair.

The Nebraska Legislature decided that choosing a permanent site for the Fair would be a step toward making the event more stable. So Lincoln was selected as the permanent location.

Since then, the weather has been the major determinant of Fair attendance. Drought, rain and hail have all taken their toll in various years. On the other hand, the Fair has often been blessed with glorious weather.

The Great Depression cut gate receipts for the Fair by 50 percent in 1931, and 1932 was worse. Even so, plucky Nebraskans carried on, and the Fair went forward.

Each year, the Fair offers something new to fair-goers, but the heart and soul of the Fair is in the shows and exhibits it was born with. Folks from all across the state come forth with their best and put it on show for all to see. And Rube Wagner thinks that's good.

"I started working for the Fair back in 1932," Wagner, former dairy superintendent for the Fair, recalls.

"Lots of changes have taken place since then, but the most important element of raising and showing farm animals, it's effect on young people hasn't changed."

"Anyone who gets down on today's youth should come out to the Fair and watch the young exhibitors.

These kids learn self-discipline.

They learn to give and take. And they get a wonderful education in what life is all about — they learn

the value of hard work."

Wagner feels the good manners kids display in the barns and in the show ring are just as important as the kind of work they put into the animals that they show.

Wagner recalls the old days, when exhibitors came to the Fair from all over.

"Back before we had mass media advertising, outfits like Elmwood Farms of Chicago used to ship 16 or more dairy cattle by rail to the Fair. They weren't the only ones.

We got herds from all over: South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado,.Utah, Kansas. Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, you name it.

"It was expensive to ship cattle and pay for the support staff that came with them, but that was how the dairy industry advertised the productivity of its cows and the

reproductive powers of its bulls. A heavy butterfat producer — a Grand Champion — could bring from $10,000 to $20,000."

Bulls don't play such a prominent role at Fairs anymore according to Wagner. Trade magazines show photographs of the top bulls and give their records. So the adver: tising value of showing a bull at a state Fair isn't what it used to be.

"The dairy cattle industry has trends, just like fashion," said Wagner. "At one time, we saw a lot of Ayrshires and Jerseys. Now, there are Holsteins and Brown Swiss," Wagner even recalls a time when breeders tried to promote a cow that produced prime beef and gave milk at the same time. "That was the milking Shorthorn. But, like so many compromises, it didn't work out too well. The beef was good, but they

couldn't produce milk like a Holstein or a Brown Swiss."

"I guess the thing I'm proudest of," said Wagner, "is the reputation of the Nebraska State Fair for treating exhibitors right. Nationwide, dairy exhibitors will tell you: 'If you want to be treated, right, take your cattle to the Nebraska State Fair.' " Today, Gary Ossenkop, the current dairy superintendent, carries on the tradition established by Rube Wagner. Visitors to the cattle barns will see the same high-quality care being provided for all the animals as they found when Wagner was in charge.

At age 77, Rube Wagner is still looking forward. "I haven't missed a single day of the Fair since 1932. As long as Nebraska is an agricultural state, we will always have a Fair, and I plan to be there as long as I can."a

The Nebraska State Fair is a long-standing state celebration. It's been around for 116 years — give or take a few.

The fact is, no one is really sure exactly how many Fairs there have been. The problem is, there were Nebraska State Fairs held prior to 1869, but no one knows how many.

And the 1898, 1899 and 1945 Fairs were all cancelled. So the Nebraska State Fair is 116, plus or minus a few fairs...

Special Days at the Fair Sneak-A-Peek, Friday, August 30 Ride all the rides on the carnival midway from 6 p.m. until midnight for just $6.

Veterans' Day, Saturday, August 31 .,' $1.00 gate admission for all veterans and members of veterans auxiliary organizations with identification.

Food Bank Day, Tuesday, September 3 Gate admission is $1.00 plus one can of food to be donated to the Food Bank.

Kids' Day, Saturday, September 7 Kids 16 and under admitted free until 6 p.m. Rides at reduced rates from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Senior Citizens' Day, V/ednesday, September 4 Persons 62 and over admitted for $1.00 with identification.

Last Blast, Sunday, September8 „ Free gate admission after 4 p.m. Ride all the rides on the carnival midway from 4 p.m. until midnight for just $6.

Ag Day, Thursday, September 5 $2.00 off gate admission tickets available at local participating agricultural-oriented exhibitors.

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Midway Grandstand Racetrack Open Air Auditorium Coliseum Exposition Building.

Museum Bob Devaney Sports Center Nebraska Game Commission Complex 14. First Aid

15. Nebraska Peace Officers Association.

16. Food Plaza, Hail of Health 17. Agriculture Hall 18. Industrial Arts Building.

19. Old Youth Complex 19a. livestock (4-H & FFA) 20. Bird Building.

21. Beef Barn 22. Dairy Barn 23. Swine, Sheep, Goats 24. Children's Barnyard & Farmland Building.

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THURSDAY AUGUST 29 Open Class Livestock Judging Ppnies, Combined Show Draft Horses, Combined Show Arabians, Combined Show Barrows

7:00 7:00 7:00 3:00

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

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Coliseum Coliseum Coliseum Swine Barn

4-H Department Home Economics, Engineering and all other exhibits except livestock, dogs, poultry and rabbits

8:00 a.m.

Agriculture! Hell Farm Products

8:00 a.m. - Ag Hall

Open Class Livestock Judging Ponies Draft Horses Antique Vehicles Arabians Limousin Angus Commercial Gilts Hampshires Berkshires Yorkshires Poland China Chester Whites 4-H Department Dairy Goats Dairy Cattle Demonstrations & Illustrated Talks Photography Interview Judging Critique Judging of Poultry Selected Classes in Child Development Division Exhibit Buildings Open to Public Agricultural Hall Farm Products Horticulture On Stage In the Exposition Building Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes.

Solar Energy - Modern Energy Systems Presentation by The Acreage Best in County Judging Magic Show The Dance Institute Demonstrations by Northwest Fabrics Open-Air Auditorium KOLN/KGIN-TV "Morning Show" Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show Gold Dust Twins, Country Band Comedy Trampoline Act,.

Chase & Park Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist All Kid Show (Kitty Dahlberg Dance Studio) Henry Merkle Cloggers Hall of Health

12:00 noon - Coliseum 5:30 p.m. - Coliseum 2:00 p.m. - Coliseum 7:30 a.m. - Coliseum 2:00 p.m. - Beef Arena 9:00 a.m. - Beef Arena 7:00 a.m. - Swine Barn 10:00 a.m. - Swino Barn 11:00 a.m. - Swine Barn 8:00 p.m. - Swine Barn 10:00 p.m. - Swine Barn 8:00 am - Swine Barn 8:00 8:00 8.00 12:00 2:00

am - Y'th Cmplx. Arena am - New Arena am noon - Youth Complex p.m. - Exhibit Area

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

Contests on East Campus i Meat Identification Weed & Grass Identification Entomology Identification Veg. Ident. & Judging and Flower Judging Tree Identification Livestock Judging Contest Poultry Judging & Awards Crop Judging Education Department Computer Contest

noon p.m. p.m. p.m.

10 00 o m.

11.00 a.m.

11 00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

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12:30 p.m. - South Stage 1:30 3:00 3:00 3:30 4:00 5:00

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Center Stage Center Stage South Stage Center Stage South Stage South Stage

All Day 10:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m 2:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bands Parading on the Grounds: Hastings High School Drum & Flag Corp; Humboldt High School Marching Band; Platteview "Trojan" Band, Springfield, NE; Broken Bow.Marching "Indians"; Salem "Stepping Saints," Omaha, NE; Douglas Co. 4-H Band; Ansley "Warrior" Marching Band.

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist

11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m. Beef BBQ Pit

Robotics Display

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Center Stage Center Stage

11:00 a.m. South Stage 1:00 p.m. South Stage 1:30 p.m. Center Stage 3:00 p.m. South Stage 4:00 p.m. South Stage

All Day - Under Grandstand

Tractor Pulling Contest 1:00p.m. - Front of Gr'dstand 7200 modified, 9500 super stock. 5800 FWD/modified; bush pullers 5200 modified, 14000 pro-stock.

Amy Grant & Russ Taff on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m.

Midway Open to Public

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

All Day 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

9:00. a;m. - 7:00 p.m.

All Day - Under Grandstand

11:00 a.m.- 12:00 midnight 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

7:00a.m.- 7:00p.m.

5:30 p.m. - Coliseum 8:00 a.m. - Coliseum 5:30 p.m. - Coliseum 5:30 p.m. - Coliseum 9:00 a.m. - Beef Arena 3:00 p.m. - Beef Arena 8:00 a.m. -Swine Barn 6:00 p.m. - Swine Barn 8:00 a.m. - Exhibit Area 8:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m. - Wbrk. Music Bldg.

12:00 noon - E. Campus 4:30 p.m. - Y'th. Cmplx. Arena 8:00 a.m. - Lpeffel Meat Lab 8:30 a.m. - E. Campus Union 8:30 a.m. -. E. Campus Union 8:30 a.m. - E. Campus Union 10:30 a.m. - E. Campus Union 12:00 noon - Judging Pavilion 12:30 p.m. - F; Bldg.

1:00 p.m. - E. Campus Union 10:00 a.m. - Grandstand

•, Open Class Livestock Judging Appaloosa Chianina . Holsteins Guernseys & Jerseys Pigeons

8:00 6:00 9:00 1:30 9:00

4-H Department •Market Steers • • .

Market Lambs & Showmanship Demonstrations Rural-Urban Youth Adult Program 4-H Friendship Party •

8:00 a.m. - New Arena 8:00 a.m. - Y'th. Cmplx. Arena 8:00 a.m.

2:30 p.m. - Y'th. in Act. Stage 7:30 p.m. - E. Campus Union

Education Department Computer Contest Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

a.m. - Coliseum p.m. - Beef Arena a.m. - Beef Arena p.m. - Beef Arena a.m. - Poultry Bldg.

10:00 a.m. - Grandstand • 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Agricultural Hall State Honey Queen, Amy Bydalek 9:15 a.m.

Nebraska Florists 10:00 a.m.

"Nut Trees for Nebraska" . Kirk Nelson 12:00 noon Nebraska Florists ' 1:00 p.m.

Class F Farm Products Awards .

3:00 p.m.

"Country Knights" Country-Western Band, Lincoln 4:00 p.m.

Kitty Dahlberg Dance Studio 5:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

On Stage in the Exposition Building Let's Talk Turkey 11:00 a.m. - Center Stage Omelets & Crepes 11:00 a.m. - Center Stage Hair Styling, Makeup & Samples by College of Hair Design 11:00. a.m. - South Stage Cuisinart Demo, by Miller & Paine 12:00 noon - South Stage Hair Styling, Makeup & Samples by College of Hair Design 1:00 p.m. - South Stage • Rawleigh Products 1:30 p.m. - Center Stage Jazzercise 2:00 p.m. - South Stage 3:00 p.m. - South Stage Lincoln School of Gymnastics 3:30 p.m. - Center Stage Mary Kay Cosmetics 4:30 p.m. - Center Stage Park Lane Jewelry Demo.

5:00 p.m. - South Stage Rhythmic Aerobics All Day Lincoln Needleworkers Guild Open-AIr Auditorium Lutheran Church Services Catholic Mass Services Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show Eldene Pershing School of Dancers "Foolin' Around" Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist Hall ot Health

10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - Coliseum 8:00 am. - Beef Arena 8:00 p.m. - Sheep Barn

4-H Department Tractor Driving Contest Small Engines Dairy Judging Contest Home Economics Contest Dog Show Market Heifers followed by Breeding Heifers Market Guilts followed by Market Barrows & Showmanship Demonstrations Turkey Barbeque Contest Presentation of special awards for Market Beef Breeding Heifers/Beef Showmanship

All Day - Under Grandstand

Tractor Pulling Contest 1:00 p.m. - Front of Gr'dstand 5500 super stock, 9200 modified, 6200 FWD/modified, 12,200 super stock; bush pullers 12000 pro-stock, 7500 pro-stock.

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Fairgrounds Youth Complex Open Swine Barn E. Campus Home Sports Center

8:00 a.m. - New Arena 8:00 a.m. - Swine Arena 8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - Youth Complex 1.00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

9:00 am - 8:00 p.m.

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

10:00 am 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

On Stage In the Exposition Building Park Lane Jewelry Demo.

All About Pasta by Gooch Foods Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes "A Look at Fashion" by Fashion . Merchandising Dept., SCC Lincoln Style Show by Sew Creative Cooking With Herbs YWCA Exercise Express Mary Kay Cosmetics Lincoln School of Gymnastics Belly Dancers Magic Show Jazzercise Demo, by Sew Creative, Lincoln

10:00 a.m. .10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Center Stage South Stage Center Stage Center Stage

11:00 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

All Day

South Stage South Stage Center Stage South Stage Center Stage South Stage South Stage Center Stage South Stage

Open-Air Auditorium KOLN/KGIN-TV "Morning Show" 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park 10:30 a.m.

Grover Ruwe, Ventriloquist 11:00 a.m.

Moostash Joe Polka .12:30 p.m.

Belly Dancers 2:00 p.m.

Gold Dust Twins, Country Band 3:00 p.m.

"Tops in Blue," USAF Band & Acts 4:30 p.m.

Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show 6:30 p.m.

Hall of Health

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bands Parading on the Grounds: West Point Cadet Band; Malcolm High School Band; Plainview Klown Band; Meriden, Kansas High School Band.

New Additions, CountryWestern Band

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On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist Robotics Display

All Day - Under Grandstand

Tractor Pulling Contest 1:00 p.m. - Front of Gr'dstand 5200 modified, 7500 super stock, 12200 unlimited; bush pullers 5500 pro-stock, 9500 pro-stock, 7200 modified.

The Statler Brothers on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center 7:30 p.m.

Midway Open to Public Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

11:00 a.m.- 12:00 midnight '

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

(1 can of food + $1 for gate admission) Open Class Livestock Judging Morgans 4-H Department Automotive Driving Contest Public Fashion Revue

2:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 8:00 7:30 7:45 8:00

-'Agricultural Hall Nebraska Florists "Urban Pest Management," Dr. Roger Gold Nebraska Florists Fly Tying Demonstration

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist '

Open Class Livestock Judging Appaloosa Herefords Wool Show

Agricultural Hall Adult Education Instructor from SCC Travel, Lucile Bingharn Accordianist, Willis Heidemann Travel, Lucile Bingham Adult Education Instructor from SCC Accordianist, Willis Heidemann Western Wood Carvers Demo.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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Bands Parading on the Grounds: Neligh-Oakdale Public School Band; Fremont junior High School Band; Hartington "Wildcat" Band; Panther Pride Band, Lebanon, NE; Plainview Klown Band.

Backroads Country-Western Band 3:00 p.m. - Beef BBQ Pit Robotics Display

11:00 a.m..- 12:00 midnight

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South Stage Center Stage Center Stage South Stage

6:30 p.m. - Exhibit Area

($1 gate charge for all veterans/auxiliary members with identification) Open Class Livestock Judging Ponies Draft Horses Antique Vehicles Arabians . ' .

Brangus Polled Herefords Durocs & Spotted Poland China Sale of Champions (swine) 4-H Department Rabbit Showmanship Demonstrations Music Contest, First Division Livestock Judging Contest Breeding Sheep Show followed by Market Lambs, First Division

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

9:00 am. - 8.00 p.m.

The Beach Boys on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m.

"Sneak-A-Peek" on Midway $6 per person

12:00 1.00 3:00 4:00

Janle Frlcke & Merle Haggard on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m Midway Open to Public

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Bob O'Neal & The Playboys Country Western Band

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist

Midway Open to Public

9 00 am - 8 00 p.m.

Hall of Health

Bands Parading on the Grounds: Lincoln Northeast "Rockets"; Sabetha High School Marching "Blue Jays," Sabetha, KS; Sutton High School Band; Arlington High School Band.

Robotics Display

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public Agricultural Hall Farm Products Collective Booths Nebraska Florists "Nut Trees for Nebraska" Kirk Nelson Nebraska Florists Nebraska 4-H Song Groups Nebraska Certified Nurserymen On Stago In the Exposition Building Nebraska Portetles Pork Demo Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes Lawn & Garden Tips by Earl May "Beauty for All Seasons," Color Analysis Cheese Domo. & Samples by Barberio Cheese House.

Lincoln Mary Kay Cosmetics Nebraska Porkettes Pork Demo.

4-H Groups 4-H Groups Rhythmic Aerobics Quilting Demonstration by Calico House. Lincoln Open-AIr Auditorium Nebraska Czechs Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Grover Ruwe, Ventriloquist Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show 4-H Program Math Sladky & His Polka Band

7:00 a.m. - Coliseum 10:00 a.m. - New Arena 4:00 p.m. - Sports Center 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 noon

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. ' 3:00 p.m.

On Stage In the Exposition Building Presentation by The Acreage 9:30 a.m. Let's Talk Turkey 11:00 a.m. .Omelets & Crepes 11:00 a.m. Peanut Hill Market Demo, 11:00 a.m.Judging Casseroles 1:00 p.m.Tola Painting, Craft Haven 2:00 p.m. Park Lane Jewelry 3:00 p.m. -

South Stage Center Stage Center Stage South Stage South Stage Center Stage Center Stage

Accordian Music Demo, by Knitworks, Sutler Place Mall, Lincoln OpetvAIr Auditorium KOLN/KGIN-TV 'Morning Show' Dan Earth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howl Monkey Show Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist Roberta & Al Doeden Dancers Newton & Sayie. Traditional Folk Music Dancerobics

400 p.m. - Center Stage

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

All Day

Agricultural Hall Flammable Liquid & Dust Demo.

Rollin Schneider "Make It With Milo." NE Grain Sorghum Bd Susie's Silk Flowers "From Grain to Bread," Geri Coleman Floral Designer Linda Salac Adult Education Instructor from SCC "Kids & Country," John & Jason Shaw

8 00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. f.

1000 a m.

1:00 p m 2:00 p.m.

3:30 £ 4.30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

HBII of Heslth

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bends Parading on tho Grounds: Dorchester "Longhorn" Marching Band. Shelby "Husky" Band: Crete High School; Omaha South High School.

One-Way Rider, CountryWestern Band

3:00 p.m. - Beel BBQ Pit

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist Robotics Display

All Day - Under Grandstand

Midway Open to Public

1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

Food Service . Food Plaza Fair Cale

i 10:00 a m - 9:00 pm 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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Open Class Livestock Judging Paints Ponies of America South Devons Salers Hampshiros & Montadales Suffolk

8:00 8:00 8:00 1:00 1:00 6:30

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4-H Department Wednesday. September5, through Sunday, Septembers, a representative 4-H exhibit from selected counties will be on display in the second floor Exhibit Hall the final live days of the Fair.

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Agricultural Hall Adult Education Instructor from SCC Travel, Lucile Bingham Accordianist, Willis Heidemann Travel, Lucile Bingham Craft Haven Nebraska Dept. on Aging Julie Onisk Lancaster Co. Master Gardener Gladys Jeuring Accordianist, Willis Heidemann

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3.00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Open-Air Auditorium •' KOLN/KGIN-TV "Morning Show" Dean Hansen Band Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show Newton & Sayre. Traditional Folk Music Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park "Dance Omaha", Dan Gibson Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist "The Jazz", Jim Loos

3:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

All Day - Under Grandstand

Lee Greenwood S Sawyer Brown on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m. . .

1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

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9:00 a.m. - South Stage 11:00 a.m. - Center Stage 11:00 a.m. - Center Stage 1:00 p.m. - South Stage 2:00 p.m. • Center Stage All Day 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a m 9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:00 2:00 4:00 6:30

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bands Parading on the Grounds: Anselmo-Merna Public School Band; Wahoo "Warrior" Band. Ainsworth City School Band.

Road Rangers, CountryWestern Band

3:00 p.m. - Beef BBQ Pit

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist Robotics Display

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All Day - Under Grandstand

Alabama & Bill Medley on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m.

Midway Open to Public

1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight.

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

10.00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Nebraska'Auctioneers Contest, Spnsrd. by NE. Auctioneer's Assn.

1:00 -4:00 p.m. - Gr'dstand

2:00 p.m.

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist

Midway Open to Public

(16 and under gel In free until 6 p.m.; reduced prices on the midway from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

On Stags in the Exposition Building Russ's IGA Stores Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes Judging Holiday Foods Solar Energy by Modern Energy Systems Great Plains Rug-Hookrasters Guild Demo., Lincoln

10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Open Class Livestock Judging Quarter Horse, Cutting & Roping South Down & Corriedale Lead Class & Awards Brown Swiss & Milking Shorthorn Ayrshires Goats, Jr. Show

8:00 8:00 7:30 9:00 1:30 12:00

FFA Department Sheep Showmanship Breeding Sheep Market Swine Beef Showmanship.

Ag Mechanics Crops & Range Boards Feeder Calves Market Beef

8.00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m..

9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

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Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

' On Stage in the Exposition Building Demo, by Hy-Vee ..

Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes Judging Pies Park Lane Jewelry : Solar Energy by Modern Energy Systems . Rhythmic Aerobics .

Demo, on machine reverse applique, hand quilting & pjercing by Creative Hands

Thyme, Country-Western Band

- Youth'Complex - Youth Complex - Youth Complex - Youth Complex - Youth Complex • Youth Complex - Youth Complex - Youth Complex

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7:30 a.m. - Coliseum 1 00 p m. - Beef Arena 9.00 a.m. - Sheep Barn 10:00 am. - Open Sheep Barn

FFA Department Breeding Beef Market Lambs Tractor Operators Competition Swine Showmanship Dairy

8:00 8.00 8:00 9:00 1.00

a.m. - Youth Complex a.m. - Youth Complex a.in - Tractor Oval a.m. - North Complex p.m. - Youth Complex

Exhibit Buildings Open to Public Agricultural Hall Western Wood Carvers Demo.

State Rose Society Demo.

"Czechs," Lincoln Chapter State Rose Society Awards Presentation

9:00 am - 8:00 p m.

10:00 am 12:00 noon 2:00 p.m.

On Stage In the Exposition Building Rawleigh Products Clown Alley H40 Let's Talk Turkey Omelets & Crepes Lincoln School of Gymnastics Magic Show Clown Alley «40 Jr. Jazzercise The Dance Institute Czech Queens & Dancers Camp Fire Awards

10:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 2:30 4:00 5:00

4:00 p.m, a.m. - Center Stage a.m. - South Stage a.m. - Center Stage a.m. - Center Stage a.m. - South Stage noon - South Stage p.m. - South Stage p.m. - South Stage p.m. - South Stage p.m. - South Stage p.m. - South Stage

All-day demonstrations on crocheting, knitting, counted cross-stitch and crewel work by Miller & Paine.

Open-AIr Auditorium Spelling Contest, Registrat'n Begins Spelling Contest Limited Edition Show Choir from Beatrice High School Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show .

Jill Pershing School of Dancers Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Graver.Ruwe, Ventriloquist.

Diamond T Band

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

12:30 p\m.

2:00 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Coliseum Beef Arena Beef Arena Beef Arena

8:00 a.m. - Sheep Barn 6:30 p.m. - Sheep Barn 8:00 a.m. - Poultry Bldg.

Robotics Display

3:00 p.m.-Beef BBQ Pit

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist Combine Demolition Derby

1:00 p.m. - Front of Gr'dstand

Mickey Gilley & Dottle West on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p m • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight Midway Open to Public Reduced Rates on Midway

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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11:00 a.m.

12:00 noon 1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. . South Stage 11:00 a.m. Center Stage 11:00 a.m. Center Stage 1:00 p.m. South Stage 2:00 p.m. Center Stage 3:00 p.m: Center Stage 5:00 p.m. South Stage All Day 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. - Beef BBQ Pit All Day - Under Grandstand

Pete Seeger & Ario Guthrie on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports Center - 7:30 p.m.

Midway Open to Public 1:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

Sweet Corn, CountryWestern Band

10:00 a.m.

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist 7:00 6:00 8:00 1:00

Open Class Livestock Judging Quarter Horses, Halter & Open Simmentals Goats, Sr. Show Sheep to Shawl Demo.

9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Agricultural Hall Floral Designer Linda Salac "The Art of Food Drying," Connie Ahlman, Cass Co. Extension Agent ; "Cooking With the Hidden Product: Soy Oil," Norma Hall Craft Haven "The Art of Food Drying," Connie Ahlman, Cass Co. Extension Agent Adult Education Instructor from SCC

Open-AIr Auditorium KOLN/KGIN-TV "Morning Show" Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist Roberta & Al Dpeden Dancers Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show Clogging Dancerobics Hall of Health

a.m. - Coliseum a.m. - Sheep Barn p.m. - Sheep Barn a.m. - Beef Arena p.m. - Beef Arena noon -Sheep Barn

Bands Parading on the Grounds: Hemingford High School Band; Raymond Central "Mustang" Marching Band; Lincoln High School Marching Band. .

Open Class Livestock Judging Pinto I Gelbvieh *. Charolais i j Shorthorns I Dorset, Shropshire, Border .. Cheviot & Columbia , Sheep Shearing Contest Poultry & Water Fowl

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Bands Parading on the Grounds: Auburn High School Band; Laurel-Concord Marching Band; Genoa "Orioles" Marching Band; Blair Marching "100"; Ralston High School Band; Chester-HubbellBryon High School Band; Lincoln Southeast "Shirettes" Drill Team.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. •

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Bands Parading on the Grounds: Odell High School Band; Ft. Calhoun "Pioneer" Marching Band; Papillion-LaVista High School Band; Central City Marching "Bison"; Weeping Water High School Band; Waverly "Viking" Band; Lyons-Decatur High School Band.

Sack-Reno, CountryWestern Band 3:00 p.m. - Beef BBQ Pit

Food Service Food Plaza Fair Cafe

11:00 am.

12:00 noon

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 noon 1:00 p.m.

On Stage in the Exposition Building Chair Caning .10:00 a.m.- South Stage • Park Lane Jewelry 10:00 a.m. - Center Stage Let's Talk Turkey 11:00 a.m. - Center Stage Omelets & Crepes 11:00 a m - Center Stage Judging Runzas & Pizzas 1:00 p.m. - South Stage SASCO/Aloe Vera Demo.

2:00 p.m. - Center Stage Solar Energy.by Modern Energy .

Systems 3:00 p.m. Center Stage Accordian Music 4:00 p.m. Center Stage Fabric Fair Demo., Seward All Day Open-AIr Auditorium KOLN/KGIN-TV "Morning Show" 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m..

Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park 10:00 a.m.

Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist 10:30 a.m.

Sunshine Sr. Citizens Band 11:30 a.m.

Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show & Howd Monkey Show 1:00 p.m..

Sunshine Sr. Citizens Band 2:30 p.m.

Welcome to Sr. Citizens Day

by Helen Boosalis 4:00 p.m.

Intergeneration Orchestra 4:30 p.m. • ' .

Millard North High School Swing Choir 5:30 p.m.

Diamond T Band 7:00 p.m.

Hall of Health

SATURDAY

10:00 am

Hall of Health

($1 charge for all who are 62 years and older with identification)

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, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Open Class Livestock Judging Quarter Horses, Youth Classes Longhorns

7:30 a.m.'-Coliseum : 9:00 a.m. - Youth Arena

FFA Department . Awards Presentation Exhibit Buildings Open to Public

8:00 a.m. - Youth Complex 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Agricultural Hall "Sound & Spirit," Contemporary Christian Singers State Rose Society Demo.

"Andersen's Red Barn Opry" Class F Exhibitors' Meetjng Class G Exhibitors' Meeting

11:00 a.m.

12:00 noon 1:00 p . m .

On Stage in the Exposition Building Magic Show Open-AIr Auditorium Lutheran Church Services Catholic Mass Services Comedy Trampoline Act, Chase & Park Graver Ruwe, Ventriloquist Dan Barth's Old-Time Medicine Show and Howd Monkey Show Hall of Health

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1:30 p.m. - Lounge 1:30 p.m.-Office 2:30 p.m. - South Stage 10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

1:00 p.m. .1:30 p.m> 4:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Bands Parading on the Grounds: Milligan High School; Falls City "Tiger" Marching Band; Plainview Klown Band; Hildreth High School Band. '. . • Patches II, All-Girl CountryWestern Band

3:00 p.m. - Beef BBQ Pit

On the Grounds All Day: Comedy Juggler and Caricature Artist Mini Tractor Pull All-Terrain Vehicle Pull

1:00 p.m. - New Y'th Complex 12:00 noon - Front of Gr'dstnd.

Willie Nelson & Family on stage in the Bob Devaney Sports : Center - 7:30 p.m. , Midway Open to Public Last Blast on Midway $6 per person .

Gate Charge Goes Off at 4:00 p.m.

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Nebraska State Capitol Building County-City Building Pershing Municipal Auditorium Nebraska State Historical Society University of Nebraska State Museum University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium G. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery H. University of Nebraska

I. Oak Creek Park J. Nebraska State Fair Grounds and Devaney Sports Center K. Woods Park L. University of Nebraska East Campus M. Nebraska Wesleyan University N. Southeast Community College O. Folsom Children's Zoo P. Antelope ParK Sunken Gardens Q. William Jennings Bryan Home

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AIRPORT AREA 1. Auto Inn* I-80 & Airport Exchange / 474-1311 2. Best Western Airport Inn* i-80 & Airport Exchange / 475-9541 3. Dillon Inn 1301 West Bond Circle / 474-2080 4. Holiday Inn Airport* 1101 Bond 7 475-4971 5. Motel 6* 3001 NW 12th/ 475-9502 6. Ramada Inn* I-80.& Airport Exchange / 475-5911 7. Thrifty Scot Motel I-80 & Airport Exchange / 475-3616 DOWNTOWN AREA 8. Clayton House* 10th&O/476-0333.

9. Lincoln Hilton* 9th &P/475-4011 10. The Cornhusker* 333. South 13th/474-7474 11. The Townhouse Mini-Suites 18th & M Streets / 475-3000

WEST O AREA 12. Congress Inn* 2001 West O / 477-4488 13. Senate Inn* 2801 West O / 475-4921 14. Lincoln Super '8' 2635 West O / 476-8887.

15. Shoemaker's Inn . 4800 West O Street/474-0918 CORNHUSKER HIGHWAY AREA 16. Carriage House Motel 4500 Cornhusker Hwy. / 464-3127 17. Cloverleaf Motel 1300 North 10th/ 435-2191 18. Colonial Inn* 5600 Cornhusker Hwy. / 464-5971 19. Kings Inn 3510 Cornhusker Hwy. / 466-2324 20. Fairview Motel 1410 Cornhusker Hwy. / 476-8041 21. Holiday Inn Northeast* 5250 Cornhusker Hwy. / 464-3171 22. Oak Park Motel 926 Oak / 435-3258

23. Sharon Motel 1717 Cornhusker Hwy. / 475-2691 24. Starlite Motel* 5200 Cornhusker Hwy. / 466-1902 25. Cornhusker Super'8* 2545 Cornhusker Hwy. / 467-4488 26. Town & Country Motel* 3245 Cornhusker Hwy. / 466-2341 EAST O STREET AREA 27. Great Plains Motel 2732 O / 476-3253 28. Nebraslca Center 3300 Holdrege / 472-3435 29. Best Western Sleepy Hollow* 4848 0/464-3166 30. Best Western Villager Motor Inn*

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5200 0/464-9111 31. Residence Inn* 200 South 68th / 483-4900 SOUTH AREA 32. Harvester Motel* 151 Center Park Rd. / 423-3131 33. Rogers House , â&#x20AC;˘ 2145 B Street / 476-6961 *Swimming Pool

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If variety is the spice of life, then this year's concert lineup is among the hottest. No matter what kind of music you like best, you're bound to find something you'll love in this year's entertainment package.

In fact, you just might have; a tough time deciding. After all, how do you choose between the Beach Boys and Willie Nelson? Or Janie Fricke and the Statler Brothers?

Fortunately, no matter whom you choose, the show's bound to be a winner. So even if you resort to the old "eeny, meenie, minie, mo" trick, you won't be disappointed.

If you're not the type to leave things to chance, however, here's the entertainment forecast for this year's Fair: August 30 — Tho Beach Boys kick off the State Fair with those hot California surf songs and their hard driving harmony.

August 31 — Amy Grant returns to the Fair with her popular inspirational music. Appearing with her will be Russ Taff.

September 1 — Merle Haggard and Janie Fricke, two of America's top country-western talents, come together in a star-spangled doubleheader.

If you're looking for information about state fairs in general, and the Nebraska State Fair in particular, the person to see is Henry Brandt, manager of the Nebraska State Fair.

Brandt is a goldmine of information on the Fair, which is not surprising, since he practically grew up on the fairgrounds. He's got stories on everything from the stars who've appeared at the Fair, to the many changes that have taken place.

"Over the years, we've had some of America's top talent appear here," says Brandt, "and it's true that the bigger they are, the nicer they are."

Brandt claims that the stories you hear about big-time entertainers being fussy and demanding are simply not true. At leas.t it hasn't been the case with the many stars who've appeared at the Nebraska State Fair.

"Folks like Bob Hope, Red Slcelton or Lawrence Welk are quiet, thoughtful professionals who just love to entertain others and don't feel that they're better than anyone else just because they're famous.

"I remember when Bob Hope was here, and he asked me if I knew a place where he could hit a few golf balls," Brandt recalled. "I figured he might want to go to some fancy country club. Not Bob. He just wanted the closest place. I pointed

September 2 — Tho Stafler Brothers get together at the Bob De'vaney Sports Center to serve up some of the harmony they're famous for.

September 4 — The multitalented Lea Greenwood brings his SRO show to town and then shares a gala evening with the sky-rocketing group Sawyer Brown.

September 5 — Alabama! What more is there to say? One of the world's most sought after groups is a Nebraska favorite as well. They'll be joined by former Righteous Brother, Bill Medley, who brings his rich bass to add depth to an evening of song.

September 6 — Poto Soogar and Arlo Guthrio take to the stage singing folk tunes to beat the band.

September 7 — Mickey Gilley and Dottio West get together for an evening of urban cowboy/country sunshine singing that'll have you tappin' your toes and singin' along.

September 8 — Willie Nelson and Family wrap up our nine days of star-studded entertainment with the mellow pop-country sounds that are Willie's specialty — it's a show you won't want to miss. • • •

over toward the old driving range that used to be on 27th Street and Bob headed off that way.

"I didn't give him another thought until I got a report of a tremendous traffic jam over on 27th.

It seems Bob was standing near the street depleting a bucket of golf balls when some folks driving home from work saw him. One thing led to another, and before you knew it, cars were backed up all over the place. And Bob seemed somewhat bewildered that folks would make that much fuss over a man hitting some golf balls.

"Red Skelton, on the other hand, likes to come to town a few days early just so he can spend time walking around downtown talking to this person and that. He claims the walks give him a chance to feel the pulse of the community," added Brandt.

Now and then, the Fair gets a chance to book a performer before they become a big star. "One February, I remember going to a meeting of State fair managers. A fellow named El rod Stacey kept bending my ear about someone called Mac Davis. This was back in 1974, and, frankly, I'd never heard.of Mac Davis. But the price was right, and I took a gamble. It paid off. Between February and September of that year, Mac Davis zoomed to the top of the charts and by Fair time, he was the hottest property going. And he's a nice fellow, too. Matter of fact, most of the country-western artists are especially good,about staying in touch with their fans."

Brandt recalls the construction of the Devaney Sports Center. "It's been .a tremendous boost for the Fair. It helps us attract top entertainers and showcase them in one

rt Ticket Tickets for all performances are $12, $11, $9 and $7, depending on the section: Section A, $12; Sections B & C "Ml Section CC $9 Section CCC $7

office, north entrance of the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Ticket orders will be filled with the best seats available at the time your order is received. If yourspectfied section is sold out, the next lower priced tickets will be substituted and a refund for the difference issued. Allow three weeks, for delivery, D

Gate Ticfef You may purchase your gate entry tickets in advance from the following Nebraska grocery stores: IGA, Hy^-Vee, Hinky Dinky and Jack & Jill. Tickets at these stores will go on sale August 1 for $2 — a $1 savings over the regular $3 gate ticket. You may also order your advance gate tickets on the attached entry form.

IN-THE-F1OUND SEATING

Use the attached order form to send for your tickets. All concerts are performed in the round at the Bob Devaney Sports Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Only mail orders will be taken through July 28.

Starting July 29, tickets will also be sold by phone and over the counter at the State Fair Administration Office, Nebraska State Fairgrounds. All mail orders received through August 28 will be mailed to purchaser; after that date they will be held at the north ticket

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About the only time I can recall that the 'show didn't go on' was when Linda Ronstadt's sound equipment failed to show up. Nothing we could do about that."

Of course not everyone was thrilled by the new Devaney Sports Center. The center replaced the old camping grounds that were once a part of the fairgrounds.

"That first year (after construcPon'tt tion), I looked up from my desk and The magnificent Budweiser Clydesdale there was an older couple. It seems Eight-Horse Hitch is coming to the 1985 they had been coming to the Fair for Nebraska State Fair! They'll be there all 50 years, and each year they camped 1O.days...August3O-September8. You'll under the shade of a particular cotsee eight giant bay horses with featonwood tree. They didn't think it thered legs, perfectly matched and was right for us to bulldoze their proudly pulling a bright red Budweiser tree to put up a gigantic sports and wagon. It's a sight and a sound to excite entertainment center. They were so the spirit. It's something the whole famsincere and upset, I gave them two ily will want to see! • tickets to Lawrence Welk. They appreciated the tickets, but they'd rather have had their tree " Thanks to the Bob Devaney Center and all the other improvements to the grounds, like paving the streets, bad weather doesn't affect the Fair much anymore.

Another action-packed racing season is "About the only thing I can remember going wrong around here (.scheduled to begin in Lincoln September 13—just five days after the Fair was the time a Holstein bull got ends. loose and busted up a bunch of The track action takes place weekly, automobiles. Didn't do the bull much good either. He broke his leg, Wednesday through Sunday, until November 11.* You won't want to miss as I recall," said Brandt. any of the fun or your chance to walk Staying one step ahead of away a winner! entejiainment trends, while staying in touch with what Nebraska is all Join us at 3 p.m. weekdays through about, is Henry Brandt's long suit.

October 25,1 p.m. weekdays thereafter, That's one of the many reasons the and 1 p.m. on weekends. Races start Nebraska State Fair is considered early at 10a.m. all home f o o t b a l l ' one of the very finest state fairs in Saturdays. • 'the country, B 'Last day ol racing is Monday, November 11. No racing will be held October 30, 31, November 6 or 7.

Friday, August 30

THE BEACH BOYS

Saturday, August 31

Monday, September 2,

AMY GRANT

THE STATLER BROTHERS

Wednesday September 4,

LEE GRgEfjlVGOD & SM'/YER BROWN

Sunday, September 1

MERLE & JAMIE HAGGARD FRICKE

Thursday September 5

*ALABAMA & BILL MEDLEY

Sunday, September 8 Friday, September 6

Saturday, September 7

PETE & ARLO SEEGER CSUTilRIE

MICKEY & DOTTIE GILLEV WEST

WILLIE MELSON a FAMILY

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Wednesday, September 4, 7:30 p.m.

LEE CKEEMWCOD & SAWYER BROWN

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