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Leonid Hoykin who. arrived in Omaha from the Soviet Union in 1070 will become a bar mitzvah Aug. 31 at Beth loroel Synagogue. He is receiving instruction from Cantor Leo Fettirian (right). Leonid is the eon of Sam and Raisa Haykin and the grandson of David and Eva Hnykin and Michael Vcrebyevoky. His bar mitzvah ceremony will include symbolic twinning with Q11I of the Jewish youth who are not able to practice their religion in the Soviet" Union. '
By Lynne Appel-Polonski publicity chairman Israel Bonds With the desire to link two generations of people in stressing-thenced to bolster support for Israel, the Israeli Bond Committee has named the mother and daughter team of Maxim; Simons and Carol Parsow to co-chair , Maxine Simons this year's Israel Bond Luncheon and Fashion fillOW. The luncheon will bo held on Sept. 11 at noon at. the Jewish Community Center. Prior to the luncheon, a worker's committee, co-chaired by Ida Richards and Julee Katzman, will be contacting Jewish women in the community to ask for bond commitments). The purchase of a $500 bond or the . equivalent thereof is required in order to
na: giv by Simon By Kevin Freeman ~EEw~"YT3RK, (JTA) The State of California will provide the Simon ,Wiesenthal Center with some $5 million in state matching finds to aid in construction of a "museum of tolerance" on the grounds of the Yeshiva University in Los Angeles. Governor George Deukmejian signed Senate Bill 337, which provides the state funds, following approval July 18 -by both, the State Senate and Assembly. Deukmejian, according to his chief of staff, Steven Merksermer, supported the funding because he felt eynv pathy, for the suffering of the victims of the Holocaust and other tragedies.
The proposed funding for the museum triggered considerable discord within the Jewish community of California with the state offices of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee, among others, voicing strong opposition tothe legislation. Construction of the museum is expected to begin in tearly 1986. The total campaign for the museum is $35 million, according to Center officials. The Center has raised some $12 million from the private sector, and along with the $5 million from the state leaves the Center some $3 million short of the $20 million
needed for the "bricks and mortar!' aspects of the museum's construction. A cam: paign to raise a $15 million endowment for museum operations will soon begin, Center officials said. , Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the_ Wiesenthal Center, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a telephone interview that the museum "will seek to explore the origins of hate and prejudice by utilizing the Holocaust as the watershed event of the 20th century." Construction, he said, is expected to take one year. It will be designed by Karl Katz, chief designer and planner for the Museum of the Diaspora at Tel Aviv University.
NEW YORK (JTA) - to others who may be qon- igrating with nine other ' O n e hundred and forty sidering the option of aliya. family members, and had American jews, from 12 We know that you will suc- flown in during the afternoon from San. Francisco, states, the largest group to ceed,in Israel." emigrate to Israel at one Earlier, at the check-in was observed dashing time since 1983, left from area, as skycap's streamed through the terminal to reJFK Airport on an El Al into the terminal bearing spond to a telephone page: flight: v v - \ .V.-': carts piled high with suit"It was my best friend • Twenty-five families;, in- cases and huge cartons, and calling from California," she cluding many-small chil- young children scrambled reported. " I t suddenly dren^ and 16 single young about playing with balloons dawned on her that she adults,-jammed the third given them as they entered won't see me for a long time floor lounge of the El Al ter- the terminal, some of their . . . she'll have to come to Is. V : minal to bid goodbye to parents and others ex- rael." David Miller, a journalist families "and friends and to pressed strong sentiments be briefed on what to expect concerning their impending from Houston, said: "I hope : . to use my professional skills upon their arrival in Israel. / aliya. Chaim.Shine, "director of Michael Brand, a busi- to counter anti-Israel attithe Israel Aliya Center, told nessman from- Queens, who tudes iniheimedia.'' the new immigrants, "We at is emigrating with 'his wife In commenting on the the Israel Aliya Center are. and three yoUng sons, ex- evening's' events, Shine . so proud of ali.df you. De- plained that the family is stated, "We at the Israel spite the'economic-Crisis, in .. following a religious injunc- Aliya Center view the deIsrael, you have chosen;to, ! tion ' in making, aliya and . parture of such a large group make aliya now. that they are also doing so of Olim as the beginning of '• And by your very num-, "for the children". . a.significant trend of inbers, you are an inspiration Olga Sanders, who is em- creased aliya."
attend the luncheon and style show, "Buying a bond is a way of giving to Israel without depleating your finances," said Mrs. Parsow. "It makes you feel good and it doesn't hurt you. But more importantly, if we don[tjielp Israel nobody else is going to."
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wonder how Israel bonds are used, Ed Joseph, regional director of the Israel Bond Office, said that a good deal of *"the money'is filtered into the high • technology industry. Carol Parsow "Since exports are giowing, that helps the economy of the country. Most industries in Israel today were somehow assisted by Israel Bond money." To assist Israel in this cause on a local level, the Israel Bond Committee "felt that (continued on page 2) ;'•-
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Hier said the museumwill be what he described S3 "an experiential museum';'where the viewer will be expected to do far more, than just be a passive visitor." The viewer "will be forced to confront the question of what is legitimate prejudice . . . and what makes one cross over from the legitimate prejudice to become a bigot," he said. • The bill signed by the Governor also requires that a community advisory committee be formed for the new museum and that the Legislature be briefed on construction progress. The bill was authored and introduced last February by State Senate President protem David Roberti, a Los
Angeles Democrat, and cosponsored by Assemblyman Richard Katz, a Democrat representing the San Fernando Valley. . Roberti and Katz praised the Governor for signing the legislation. Roberti said, "I am proud as the leader of the California Senate . . . to assist the creation of this new museum." He said some 10,000 Cal-. ifornia residents sent messages supporting the Senate bill, adding, "Their call for action was heard." Katz said, "We hoped that the slogan of never again will come to have meaning for all people." While Sens. Alan Cranston (D) and Pete Wilson (R) and Mayors Tom Brad-
ley of Los Angeles and Dianne Feinstein of JSaq," : Francisco supported the . funds for the museum, some. Jewish organizations opposed it, fearing a breakdown in the separation of church and state. The ADL, in a letter on behalf of its regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Ana and San Diego, said that while they supported the idea of a museum to chronicle the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th century, "the funds should be given to an appropriate public institution suGh as the University of California or the California or the California State University for this objective."
Ttlort Trachtonbarg (center), chairman of the Federation Foundation, holds a mezuzah.in preparation for affixing it to the doorpost of the Foundation's new 'home' at the Jewish Community Center.\Jerold,Rosen (left) executive director, affixed the mezuzah and Is Tretiak, a motnbor of the Board of Trustees, recited the blccoingb. Inside the mezuzah is n tiny, rolled-up paper or parchment on which is printed verses from Deuteronomy: The first sentence is Israel's.great, resounding watchword: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." -
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Mother, daughter team named Medical Center Wives Club, president pf the Nebraska Medical Center Faculty Women's Club; she has volunteered at the Ur. Sher Home and the Lutheran Medical Center. She is the mother of four (jhildren and the grandmother of .seven grandsons. Mrs. Parsow also donates much of her time and energy to work for the Jewish community. She is on the board ol directors of 1 the Jewish Federation, she has been chairman.of the Newcomers Committee, Beth El Sisterhood Ways and Means vice president, Camp Chaverim Committee member; she has been co-chairman of Young Leaders Womens Division Philanthropies, captain and worker on campaign and is on the board of directors of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Mrs. Parsow is married to Alan and the mother of three sons. Other members of the Executive Committee include: Pauline Guss and Etta Epstein, luncheon chairmen; Patty Sherman, transportation chairman; Daren Levin and Sallye Levin, style show coordinators; Esther Gordman, sponsor chairman; Marcia Cohen Jeri Kaplan, Maxine Kirshenbaum —and-Ghexyl-Kricsfeldradvisbrs:
•; (continued from page 1) Maxine and Carol would be the best choice because they have shown interest in the community, they are well-liked and they have demonstrated leadership skills," Mr. Joseph said. Mrs, Simons has been an active volunteer in both Jewish organizations and medically related clubs and committees. She has worked as treasurer of Hadassah, H.M.O. chairman, Jewish Philanthropy Women's Campaign worker, Israel Bond worker; she is also the first president of the Lutheran
Date changa The Omaha P.ublic Library's ethnic heritage discussion group will meet Sept. 26 rather than Sept. 24. The series begins Sept. 10 at Swanson Library and Sept. 11 at W. Dale Clark Library. Information may be obtained by calling 4444852 or 444-4800.
Alfred S. Mayer, chairman emeritus of Grace-Mayer and Joffe Kully Grossman Insurance Agency, died Monday in Methodist Hospital where he was taken after being found unconscious in a swimming pool. Cause of death was given RS drowning. Mr. Mayer, 85, was a past president of Temple Israel and a past board member of the Highland Country Club. Services touk place Aug. 7 at Temple Israel with burial in Temple Israel cemetery. Rabbis Sidney Brooks and Stephan Barack officiated. In addition to hia wife, Pauline, Mr. Mayer is survived by daughter Joanne Lehr of Omaha and three grandchildren. Police said.Mr. Mayer was found in the swimming pool of his condominium apartment complex at 84th Street and Indian Hills Drive. He died at Methodist Hospital after being taken there by ambulance, the report stated. A native of Fremont, Nebraska, Mr. Mayor came to Omaha as an infant and
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Newthrief The first International B'nai B'rith Mount Scopus leadership Seminar, bringing together B'nai B'rith professional and lay leaders from the U.S., Britain, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium ar.d the Caribbean, was held this year at the Hebrew University 06 Jerusalem, sponsored by the B'nai B'rith World Center, the Hebrew University Rothberg School for Overseas Students) and the World Zionist Organization.
To the Editor: Once again I would like to call upon Triathlon Volunteers for assistance for the 3rd Annual JCC Triathlon to be held Sept. 8. We will use the same format that we have used in the past two years. - . . ; . . I would appreciate assistance starting at 7:30 a.m. until ' approximately noon. If you are able to assist us please contact the Aquatics Department at the JCC. James I. Wax, M.D.
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started selling insurance in 1921. He was active in the insurance business throughout his life. - Jvir. Mayer was a past president of the Omaha Association of Independent Insurance Agents. In addition, Mr. Mayer was a member of the Omaha Bowling Hall of Fume and was considered a top area bowler in the 1920s.
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Kenijeth Bialltin has;been elected to a second one-year term as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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Sunday, August 11: Film Comm. Mtg. 10 a.m. Beth El Grade 5 & 6 Mystery Bus Ride ' Monday, August 12: Y-E-S 10 a.m. Federation Executive Mtg. 4 p.m. Aquatics Comm. Mtg. 7:30 p.m. Israel Bonds Women's Division, Workers Mtg. 1 p.m. Day School Bd. Mtg. 7:30 p.m. - at school Tuesday, August 13: Weizmann Rush (boys) Beth Israel Sisterhood Reg. Mtg. Wednesday, August 14: B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers - Noon Howard Johnson's Hadassah Bd. Mtg. Beth Israel Bd of Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 15: Walk-in Drop-in Beth El 10 a.m. Adults Book Discussion group 1 p.m. JCC Executive Comm. Mtg. 4;15 p.m. Preview — "Barefoot in the Park" 7:30 p.m.
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Neii Silberctein By Estelle Rosenberg Jewish student in the public Corey Priesman, son of schools. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Priesman will celebrate his Bar LaReine Abrams and Ann Mitzvah on Aug. 9 and 10, Epstein of Omaha recently at the Tifereth Israel Syn- spent a vacation in North agogue. Following 8 p.m. Miami Beach, FL. services Friday there will be an Oneg Shabbat. On SatGrandchildren Kelly Jo urday after Shabbat services and Michael Sherman of Mr. and Mrs. Priesman will Morris, Illinois were guests host a kiddush and lunch- of Mr. and Mrs. Art eon for all congregants and Abrams. friends in Corey's honor. i Neil Jacob Silberstein, The Tifereth Israel Con- son of Mark and Phyllis Silgregation thanks Nancy berstein will celebrate his Coron, Suri Jacknis, and Bar Mitzvah on Aug. 16, 8 Marcia Kushner for work- p.m. at the Tifereth Israel ing on a special presenta- Synagogue. The Silbertion to Teachers of the Lin- steins will host an Oneg coln Public Schools on the Shabbat following the eveneeds and concerns of the ning services. On Aug. 17, after Shabbat services, a Auditions kiddush luncheon will be Auditions for the Thorn- given in Neil's honor. All ton Wilder classic, Our congregants are invited. Town, will be held Tuesday Grandparents are Mr. and Wednesday, September and Mrs. George Leeman of 3rd and 4th, at the Emmy Omaha. Gifford Children's Theater, Neil Jacob Silberstein is a 7 pm. student at Pound Jr. High .Needed are adults of all School. He plays the saxaages, a boy and girl, age 16 phone and is a member of to adult to play the roles of the school band. He is active George and Emily; a girl age in Boy Scouts of America. 10-15; and two boys, age 10Neil is involved with art ( 15. and has won many honors. / AH auditioning will be His art was selected to be asked to read from the shown at the Governor's script. Our Town will run Youth Art Show in March of from Oct. 25 to Nov. 17. 1985, was on display at the For more information, Rotunda. Neil is also intercall the theater at 402/345- ested in sports, baseball, 4852. basketball and bowling.
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(JERUSALEM) - A reception marking the participation of the 1,000th student in the Elderhostel program at the Ilothberg School for Overseas Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was held at the University recently. The 1,000th student was Mary Jane Dunwiddie of Neenah, Wis., who was participating in the program along with her husband, Bill. The Dunwiddies live at 848 Higgins ave. in Neenah. They were on their first trip to Israel and described their experience as "exciting." The Elderhostel program has been operating at the Hebrew University, since the fall of 1983. Herbert Weinberg, director of summer courses and special academic programs at the Rothberg School, noted at the reception that 32 Elderhostel groups had come to the Hebrew University since the program started operating there in 1983. Elderhostel is run by an
American, non-profit educational organization headquartered in Boston which sponsors short study programs for retirees on over GOO college'campuses in North America and abroad. In the past year, 100,000 retired men and women from all over the U.S. and Canada participated in these programs. The students live in dormitories on the campuses and pay all their own expenses. In Israel, the Elderhostel program is represented by Israel Study Tours Inc. The program in Israel consists of an intensive week of study including lectures, seminars and appropriate field trips. Courses include those on the Archaeology of- Jerusalem, Modern Israeli Society, the Contemporary Middle East, and the Bible and the Land. Additionally, the Israel Ministry of Tourism organizes home hospitality, which enable participants to meet directly with Israeli families.
By Lynne Appel Polonski publicity chairman Israel Bonds • All those invited to join the Israel bond workshop on Monday August 12th are urged to do so as the work started then will be crucial to the success of the Israel Bond Luncheon and Style Show. The purpose of the workshop is to orient the nearly 200 women who were invited to attend with the 1985 bond campaign, workers will be • called upon to contact the community at large Bobbie Kohn and request Bond commitments to help rally this year's campaign. There will be a guest speaker at the meeting. Her name is Bobbie Kohn from Columbus, Ohio. She is a former Women's division chairman and is currently on the national board of State of Israel Bonds women's division and a Board of Trustee member of her synagogue. The workshop will be at the home of Ida Richards, and those seeking further information are asked to call the Israel Bond Office at 341-1177. i
Ingari effort to strengthen communications and make ignore convenient for customer-owners to attend meetings, OPPD Directors have scheduled three evening meetings at designated locations in the service area. Time will be made available during each meeting for comments and questions from customers. Thursday; August 15 7:00 p.m. OPPD Office. 477 5th Street Syracuse, Nebraska
Thursday, September 12 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers Bellevue City Hall 210 West Mission Bellevue, Nebraska
Richard P. Jeffries Chairman of the Board Omaha Subdivision Warren R. Swigart Secretary Omaha Subdivision
Thursday, October 17 7:00 p.m. Hooper City Auditorium 405 North Main Hooper, Nebraska
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It is unfortunate that important issues are often obfuscated by narrow political interests. Thus, we witness this pathetic situation in Nairobi at the United Nations' International Conference on Women. This issue of women's rights and the progress that still must be made is one worthy of objectivity. However, the delegations from various Arab, Third World and Eastern bloc nations feel that "Zionist oppression" is the main obstacle in the path of progress for the world's two billion women. This negative attitude was amply demonstrated when the above delegations walked out during a presentation by the head of the Israeli delegation. Of course,' the various Arab, Soviet bloc and Third World delegations seertheir countries as models of female progress. Then perhags the Soviet delegation believes that it is "Zu onist oppression"' that is responsible for the fact that in a country where women comprise 52 percent of the population, there is not a single woman represented in the ruling P.olitburo: But all those "delegations condemning.Israel declare, in the same breath, that the Soviet Union is a paradise for women's rights. •'•'.: The Arab delegations may also blame "Zionist oppression" for the fact that in many Arab countries where Islamic law reigns, theljubservient role of women in their societies has been legislated. While stones are cast at Israel, the delegates representing nations with a poor record on equal opportunity for women ignore far more relevant facts. Israel, one of the few nations that has had a woman prime minister, has more women represented in positions of political leadership than most of the nations represented in Nairobi. What could have been a useful conference is being transformed .into another, polarized meeting, with political mudslinging being the rule, and useful discussion on how to advance the interests of women being the exception.
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Ah, summer! My advertising manager is in Hawaii, rriy managing editor is in Wisconsin and my office manager is thinking about her forthcojning trip to Australia. That doesn't leave very much time for writing editorials. But, this is summer, the traditional time for travel, vacations and all sorts of entertainment. So rather than write a heavy message about the sad state of world affairs, let me bring a couple of things to your attention: First, if you're looking for something to do during a wet morning, hot afternoon, or cool evening, why don't you pack up the children and visit the current exhibit of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society at the Jewish Community Center. itf' After exploring the intricacies of Jewish history, do an about-face and push on to the Federation Library where you can browse among the bookshelves and see what's going on throughout the Jewish world. Then, if you still have time on your hands, walk a few paces to the Jewish Press office and volunteer your opinions to the editor. If he's out taking a picture somewhere, don't despair — just a few more feet and you're at the Rose Blumkin Home for the Jewish elderly. Many of the residents are keen on company and if you've never visited the Home before, prepare yourself for a treat — beautiful facilities for deserving people. ' I could go on and on describing all the wonderful things that a family could do during a summer visit, but why spoil the fun. Find out for yourselves. Meantime, if you remember, I promised to bring a couple of things to your attention. The second has absolutely no bearing on the first, but it's probably the most amazing bit of information I've come across recently, and I want to share it with you. - You may be tempted to dump cold water on me and say that the heat was too much, but do what you will because here goes. Gorillas are closer to human beings than you might think. Recent research shows that gorillas can communicate with humans by. sign language. They can express feelings, fear, concern, love and even shed tears over the loss of a loved one. They can't speak because they don't have vocal cords; but if they are taught, they can communicate with humans. Soon, hopefully very soon, the weather will-cool, Vacations will end and editorials can continue solving the world's problems. And maybe, just maybe; if humans can't do better, you and I know who can.
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By M. J. Rosenberg Near Eaut Iteport Neve1 Ilan, Israel — Thirty-seven years after independence, Israel is still o country where symbols of netionhood are taken very seriously. A few weeks ugo, Israel's leaders and thousands of other citizans gathered at Mount Herzl — in Jerusalem's military cemetery — for the annual commemoration of the death of Theodor Herzl. Herzl was a dreamer but even he would have been surprised by the crowd which gathered at his gravesite. As usual, Jews of every origin were in attendance. But this time there were some 200 Ethiopian Jews. Some of the Ethiopians had the look of the veteran Israeli about them. They spoke Hebrew and had the confident bearing of the sabra. But most were from the recent aliyah, Operation Moses. They looked at home — if not exactly at ease — as they heard themselves referred to as the exemplars of Herzl's dream. The ceremony itself was typically Israeli. It was full of flag-waving and music, full of speeches by politicians, and full of joy, too. But, as always, there were melancholy undertones. Herzl died at 44 in 1904. He never saw the tKwish state that he knew would come to be; A rabbi in mjjlitary uniform recited the Mourner's Kaddish and El Mnleii Rachamim, two prayers for the dead. And there were tears. Not necessarily for Herzl —; dead for 81 years — but for those who died because his dream did not berjome reality soon enough. Prayers were also recited for those who died in the War of Independence and in the wars and attacks since. All Israeli national events have this duality about them. Joy and remembrance. It helps explain why Hatikva is the world's only national anthem which is hard to sing without tears. ^ A similar duality could be seen at the 12th annual Maccabiah games. The televised coverage was exultant. The
announcers (speaking in Hebrew, English, and Spanish) could barely contain their excitement as the delegations of Jewish athletes) paraded into the stadium, but |here were moments of sadness end ambivalence as well. Mark Spitz, who carried the Mixcoiriah torch into the stadium, was accompanied by children of the Icreeli athletes who were killed by the PLO at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Reference was made to the thousands of Jewish athletes over the years who first came to lurael to compete in the games but then stayed for good. Some of the Israeli athletes — immigrants fi'om other countries — marched under the banner "Aliyah." It was clear that aa much os Israelis are excited by the temporary presence of 4,000 Jewish athletes fr6m 38 countries, they would be far more excited if these talented men and women would stay. Israel is still committed to the "in gathering of the exiles" and it could do far worse than to attract this group. Still, Israelis are realists and they understand that the greatest potential source for new immigrants remains the Soviet Union. For obvious reasons, Soviet Jewish athletes did not participate in the games. But the refuseniks were not forgotten either. Large photos of Ida Nudel, Anatoly Sharansky and others were carried onto the field. Moreover, the big story in Israel during the games was about the possibility that the new Soviet leadership might be ready to permit Jews to leave for Israel. That report — tentative as it was — electrified the country. At the Maccabiah's opening ceremony, one of the speakers offered the prayer that Soviet Jews would be in Israel for the next Maccabiah, in 1989. It seems unlikely. But who knows? In Theodor Herzl's last will and testament — drawn up in 1903 — he expressed the wish that upon his death he be temporarily buried in Budapest, near his father. He asked that his body "remain there until the Jewish people carries my remains" to an independent Jewish state.
HAIFA — Lt. Colonel AmosYarkoni, who lives in Beersheba, retired from the Israel Army in 1969 at the age of 45. He had lost an arm and later a leg in active combat, but details of his story were known to only a few. He refused to talk to newspapermen, and preferred the quiet life of an Israeli citizen. The facts about Yarkoni were gleaned, for the most part, from friends and those who had fought alongside him. A few months ago the President of Israel summoned Yarkoni to Jerusalem and there conferred upon him the Yigal Allon Prize, awarded for outstanding services to the Israel Defense forces and the State of Israel. Part of the story came out. Despite his Hebrew name, he is a Bedouin Moslem. At his birth in a Bedouin encampment in the Galilee he was named Abd-el-Maj id hada, and never went to school. At the age of six he was already a shepherd for the family. He lived with his animals and he slept with them, and he got to know nature intimately with all his instincts. At the age of 15, in the 1930s, he was at first drawn into the Arab gangs which stirred up trouble, but they took their toll among Arabs more than among Jews, and when his own family was affected, he left them and renewed his boyhood friendships with the kids from Nahalal. When the War of Liberation broke out he offered his services to Israel, and became a member of the first minorities unit in the Army, which comprised Bedouins, Druzes and Circassians. His nose for tracking and scouting, as well as his courage and his skill as a marksman earned him a reputation, and he was soon engaged in border activities combatting thieves, smugglers and the terrorists of those days, who were called Fedayen. At one stage he headed a camel patrol on the southern border. Tales of his legendary exploits came only from his colleagues, since Yarkoni himself will not talk. On one mission, in hot pursuit of Fedayen, Yarkoni told his buddies that there were five terrorists who know that they were being pursued. His eagle eye for footprints explained the number five, but how could he tell what the. fugitives knew? Yarkoni pointed out that every 10 or 20 meters the footprints veered a step or two to one side, indicating that the runner had slowed down his flight to peer behind him anxiously. In another pursuit after a thief who had made off with a cow, the Bedouin scout pointed out where the cow had paused to nibble at some blades of grass. The Jewish soldier with him was delighted that he had learned something, and about half an hour later proudly pointed put to Yarkoni another spot where the cow had eaten. The Bedouin was disgusted. "Cows don't eat that kind of bitter grass," he grunted. . , Even today little is revealed about his military exploits which led him eventually to officers training school, and up the ladder to the rank of Lt. Colonel, yet he was three times decorated with the army's highest award for valor. In 1959 he lost his left hand in an .encounter, and when he demonstrated-that he could still operate his rifle with a sharpshooter's skill he was permitted to continue in active service. In 1946 he lost a- leg, but the Bedouin insisted on continuing, arid his services were in great demand. He retired in 1969 and was appointed governor of North Sinai. The Bedouins with whom he dealt there may have'
been impressed with his knowledge of Arabic and of their tribal ways, but never suspected that he was one of them. His name was changed to avoid problems. Today he lives in Beersheba with his wife and six children. They are proud Bedouins, Moslem by religion, but the youngsters all went to Jewish schools. The teachers always had to be alerted that the Yarkoni children were Moslems, so they did not have to abide by Jewish religious practices: Yet the family avoids doing anything which would offend their Jewish neighbors. On Yom Kippur they dine quietly and discreetly; on Purim the kids dressed up in costumes. "Among the Jews I always tried to give the Arab view," he once told a friend. "Among the Arabs I tried to present the Jewish view. It was not easy." His dream: that Arabs and Jews learn to live together in peace." "
toftlke@dJafoffJ The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. To the Editor: We here, at the University of Duisberg, Western Germany, are trying to write the history of many former Jewish communities in the Lower Rhine Area — with the help of our students. Until today, several studies have been completed, i.e. on the Jewish communities of Moers, Geldern, Issum, Wesel, Oberhausen and Gelsenkirchen. We are very happy to say that the students have succeeded in establishing good personal contacts between them and former citizens of the places mentioned, and were even able to help people everywhere in the world reestablish contacts between themselves. May we kindly ask you to please publish the following notice (not as an advertisement) which requests further help and information on people from rather small places and small communities. RHEINBERG Miss Barbel Otten, Nordwall 122, D-4150 Krefeld (W. Germany), is writing the history of the Jewish community of Rheinberg (near Moers, Lower Rhine Area) and will be grateful for any information concerning people who once lived in Rheinberg or its vicinity (Alpen, Orsoy, Moers, Zanten) or who may know about others originating from R. KEMPEN/HtS Mess Helga Pieper, Papenkyk 374 b, D-4150 Krefeld (W. Germany) welcomes any information and help for her study on the Jewish communited in Hiils and Kempen, both near Krefeld. .. Also, any information pertaining to people, formerly of towns and villages 'in this area (Gock. Geldern, Zanten, Wesel, Dinslaken, Moers, Oberhausen etc.) will be very much welcomed by Dr. Michael Brocke, Judaistik, Universitat Duisberg, D-4100 Duisberg, W. Germany. Thank you very much for your kind help and for your cooperation. .. . . Yours sincerely, •- • Dr. Michael Brocke . Universitat Duisberg •
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By Irving Greenberg President, National Jewish Resource Center
herpes in /children, which often leads to permanent neurological damage or death for the babies. In the 'sixties and 'seventies, the United States livedThe most frightening sexually transmitted disease is, of through one of .the great cultural revolutions of all time —- course, AIDS, which CEUSSS a collapse of the immunity systhe revolution of choice. Traditional structures and values tems induced by infection. Out of 7,881 reported cases of were not prepared for the eudden end of their own taken- AIDS, 3,757, or 47%, of the victims have died. For cases for-grantcdnesa, The variety of options led many people to diagnosed before January .1982, i.e., cesos t t least three a new sense of freedom end of choice. But the overwhelming years oldj Ihe death rate is 81%. In other words, the fullplethora of alternatives confuted many, leaving them with blown disease is progtcssivo end well-nigh universally fatal. the message, "Do whut you want," "Do your own thing." The vast majority of AIDS victims arc homosexual men. Ways of life that ones Etained-c-tcrnel turned into lifestyles In the public rriind, therefore, AIDS is identified with homto put on or take off as passing fashions. Fixcdom was osexuality. However, this is just not so. Multiple partners defined by many us avoiding permanent or legalistic com- is the key. The tpictemie of multiple sexually-transmitted mitments. diseases emong homosexuals — they go beyond AIDS to Nowhere was the impact of alternatives greater than in intestinal infections, a virulent form of pneumonia, and a the sexual revolution. The dramatic mtsGage in the media lethal cancer — is found among homosexual males because was: sexual cxplicitness vereus repression, sexual freedom of the high incidence of promiscuous and casual sex with versus a decsicated Puritanism. Hugh Hefner waa a liber- a wide range of partners. Female homosexuals tend to be ator. Norman 0. Brown — and Linda Lovelace — were the more oriented toward stable or longer-term relationships, pioneers of.a new, free humanity — und having a great ball and AIDS rates among them are negligible. The sexual disas well. The objectors were put to flight on the legal front ease epidemic among gaya coincided with the explosion of as well as in the media. The opponents of the revolution bathhouses, gay bars, and bookstores in major cities. In tlie last yeer, a significant number of cases of AIDS gradually shrank down to residual bases v/ithin religious traditions; they came across as traditionalists who could ha3 been diagnosed among heterosexuals other than intravenous drug users (also an important source of transmisnot keep up with the transformation around them. Marriage seemed to ha out in the cold. All tho freedom sion). The common Jink in almost all the cases is a pattern of — as wejl aa all the fun — seemed to bs on tho Bids of the Ies3 committed. The new morality criticized marriage in promiscuity; and in most of the cases, sexual contact with the name of love. Why should a person be held captive for prostitutes, who obviously are even more characterized by having signed legal documents, when all too often love has multiple partners. While AIDS is additionally prevalent fled? The answer, "Because this is the tradition," was no among homosexuals because such encounters cause more longer credible. If anything, being a tradition was consid- infection than do normal heterosexual contacts, the basic fact remains that promiscuity raises the risks of AIDS sigered a disability, a presumption of less relevance. Over the past two decades, little by little, the other side nificantly. • • * • • • ' of the story has leaked out. In recent years, the lives of What is even more troubling is that less than 8,000 case3 Andy Warhol's model, Edie Sedgwick, and Linda Lovelace, have been reported since 1979, but at least 300,000 people have been published. They revealed that these two classic have been exposed to the deadly virus that causes the dissymbols.of the high life — pornography, sexuality, fun, and ease. The Center for Disease Control estimates that, of drugs — were living lives of frenetic exploitation and even those exposed, 20% will develop full-blown AIDS, and anabuse at the very moment that the media were proclaiming other 20% will develop some symptoms. Many'people are them as symbols of everything that is free and fun. passing on the disease in all innocence, because they are Studies have suggested that the .communal parenting is unaware that they are its carriers. If the present widespread , far less able to nurture a child than the much-criticized lifestyle of casual sexual contact continues, then, there will nuclear family. It turned out that the only thing worse than be a further exponential increase in AIDS and in various being married was being divorced or single, with strong other sexually transmitted diseases, AH of this is not intended to argue, as some evangelical? medical evidence that suicide rates and heart attacks were highest in divorced males. Now, the statistics of sexual dis- have, that God is/punishing' homosexuality through AIDS. ease show clearly that the human is not built for promis- Nor is it an argument for sexual morality out of fear of catching S.T.Ds The point is that the human body as well cuity. as the soul is in a harmony with commitment, fidelity, and We are living in the middle of a contagious plague of the creation of life. The message of casualness and fun and sexually transmitted diseases. In the words of Newoweek: that there are no consequences to polymorphous perversity "The statistics are awesome: one in four Americans between is, in fact, a false message. ' ' ' • '•' the ages of 15 and 55 will acquire S.T.D. at some point in Judaism, which insists that the human is a body-soul his or her life. Twenty-seven thousand cases are contracted every day..." It is estimated that genital herpes has infected continuum, would expect that disorders of the soul show half a million new victims annually for the past several up in disorders of the body. Disorders of lifestyle are bound years. Two million new gonorrhea cases developed in 1984. to show up in diseases and disorders of the physical systems. Judaism offers an alternative value system. It insists that The most widespread sexually transmitted disorder, Chlamydia trachomatis, infects three to four million Ameri- the central human need is to become an image of God — cans a year, causing sterility in 11,000 women annually. to be confirmed by God and by other human beings as being Untreated, Chlamydia frequently causes pelvic inflam- infinitely valuable, as an equal, as unique. Sexuality is the matory disease (PID). PID is correlated with premature expression of that confirmation. In the Bible, the word for delivery and life-threatening ectopic pregnancy. Between intercourse in yadoa, "to know." To know someone totally, 1972 and 1981, the annual number of ectopic pregnancies in all his/her uniqueness, body as well as mind, to treasure rose from 17,000 to 68,000. In turn, Chlamydia causes lung a person as infinitely valuable and give joy and pleasure as and eye infections in newborns; herpes causes neonatal an equal — this is what intercourse is meant to convey. To
The wife of a Soviet Prisoner-of-conscience has.released a letter that she received February 15,1985, from her husband, Zachar Zinshine, which gives startling firsthand rep&rtage of Soviet prison camp conditions, according to Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, the human rights advocacy organization. v The letter which was received by his wife, Tatiana, in . Moscow, through indirect channels from the Siberian labor camp, discloses information generally unknown in the West because prison camp censors withhold prison mail containing routine camp information. ; Zinshine's letter, written February 4, 1985, during a transport to an interior prison in another labor camp as further punitive measures, tells of conditions which blatantly contradict and violate the norms imposed by Soviet and international law, suid Pamela Cohen'and.Marillyn Tallman, CASJ chairmen and spokesmen for the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, the national umbrella organization. Atrocities included snow and ice covering1 the interior walls of the bathhouse and the main water supply coming, from the central heating battery. Zachar Zinshine was sentenced on June 38,1984, to three years prison under Article 190/1 of-the Criminal code of the R§FSR — "Circulation, of fabrications known to be false which defame the Soviet State." The evidence used athis trial was his appeals to Soviet, authorities requesting that hia repeated calls for renunciation or' Soviet citizenship. Letter from Zachar Zinshine to his wife, Tatiana Zunohine Received — February 15, 1985
where I was previously held, is faring well now and breathes cool — they are rid of me. My first appeal to Procurator Maslov, dated September 30, 1984, was thrown out. In this appeal, I described the beatings and the anti-Semitic activity against me iri the camp. I wrote- this appeal in order to make a stand on these points. So, I held a two day hunger strike in protest from Nov. 17 to Nov. 18. In the beginning of December, obviously as a counter measure, the camp administration swung into attack. They forced me to work on a job which is considered shameful: building a fence in a forbidden zone, and by these actions provoking other inmates against me to undermine my security in the camp. In the camp, it-is considered that work is carried out in the forbidden zone, is done only by stool pigeons. I had to refuse —, what should I, Have done? For refusing to do this job, I was punished with two terms in the Special Security Ward from Dec. 4 to Dec, 7 and from Dec. 13 to Dec. 20. I had to prolong, my hunger strike to eight days,' from Dec. 17 to Dec. 25. The hunger strike bore fruit: the administration had,to withdraw its punitive measures. On Dec. 26, I was given a .job with a specific output — the weaving of mesh baskets.^ The first month I was considered to be an apprentice; Ori Jan. 25,1985, with no substantial basis, they put me into the Special Security Ward for a 10 day term for alleged "non-fulfillment of the estimated output." , On the morning of Jan. 31,1 was informed of the decree to intern me.into the interior labor camp prison for a six month term. In aftermath, I was transferred from Bazoi to the prison of Irkutsk and then on to Labor Camp No. 23. , ;: Tanya, ; . . •'•',.. •- . . . I will reach Khanjahki tomorrow, Feb. 5. This name has 1 Today is February. 4; and I ambeing transferred to an- Japanese origins: it derived its name from the Japanese other labor camp also in the Irkutsk Region, Institution expression "Black Hole," named among the Japanese inUK 272/23, Township of Oktyabrsky Chumuski of the Ir-. mates placed.there after World War II. • . .'•; There were a lot of investigation commissions in Bazoi. Jcutsk District. The Stolypin carriage is floating along the track. It is growing light through the carriage window and I was issued the formal replies by Mr. Bolangan, the Head ; of the Management of the Labor Camps, .which were forI am writing you a letter.- ; .-..-.;.•.... The labor camp administration in the Township of Bazoi, warded to you, too. It is an outrageotis lie from, the first
rfjBch that level, however, one needs-relationship, intimacy, opening up to the other, and dependability. Commitment in marriage, to be with a partner even when he/she is not so wonderful, even when he or she is miserable, is part of the affirmation of the other's value and uniqueness. Marriage is open to the creation of now life end structured- to nurture' and sustaii^ it. This is why Judaism insists that marriage js the standard locus for authentic sexuality. By this Jewish standard, promiscuity is a 'pseudo'-experience; It is a search for confirtuction of being an image of God. However, in the absence of relationship, the act of intercourse is incapable of giving value, it is like one who eats ghost calories in the hope of gaining weight. One ia driven to eat again and again, but is still left empty. In Jewish terms, promiscuity is a frenetic search for the absent' confirmation of one's own, self-worth. However, since promiscuity reflects the absence of intimacy, casual sexuality can give no such confirmation. On the contrary, self-devaluation is the outcome. Only when the deepest bonds of dependability, commitment, and relationship have been achieved can there be the experience of being an image of God. There is a Utopian drive within the sexual revolution as well. Every possible sc'xual experience is about out, in the search for final fulfillment. Every possible partner is tried in the hope of attaining the ultimate experience of sexual perfection. But the human, says Judaism, ultimately is a finite creature. The insistence on grasping infinity, then, is bound to lead to failure. Judaism accepts limitations as a natural fact of our humannes3. As Rabbi Soloveitchik has pointed out, the traditional law of nidah—of withdrawal from sexuality during the month (at the onset of menstruation)—is a statement of acceptance of the inability to achieve the perfect sexual state that was sought. In structuring in recognition of imperfection, Judaism frees the human being from obsessive search for perfection. It encourages people to strive with and to live with the normal limitations of human relationship. Withdrawal replenishes desire; it paves the way for immersion in the mikveh, the classic rebirth ritual of renewed search for union and fulfillment. Such a rhythm is truly human, because it recog- ' nizes limitations. Otherwise, the search for perfection becomes an uncontrollable drive that consumes everything human in its path, the rhetoric is perfectionist, but the demons that drive this can never be satisfied; given free rein, they destroy the balance of the body as well as of the psyche. By contrast, the everyday, even the humdrum, which allows for only incremental accomplishments and improvements, is in fact the way toward increasing perfection in human life and ultimately the perfection of the world. In the future, as the record of the sexual revolution is assessed, people .will take the claims of tradition and the wisdom of culture more seriously. It is not that whatever is, is right. But rather it takes time to sort out and see what stands the test of time and.experience. Promiscuity, like idolatry, absolutizes something relative — in this case, it is the search for fulfillment. But as with idolatry, it turns out that since the'object of absolute loyalty is not truly infinite, worship only robs the individual of the value that she has. By contrast, to paraphrase Churchill, it turns out that marriage is the worst form of existence — except for all the others. In committing to marriage, I simultaneously accept the potential and the limitations of humanness. In so doing, I affirm the dignity and the possibility in every human being. ' .. ' .
line to the last. The conditions in Bazoi were unbelievably terrible. Fresh underwear is not issued for 20 days at a time. The labor camp inmates are being starved.^The interior walls of the bathhouse are covered with snow and ice. To degrade us further, spoons are denied to prisoners in the special Security Ward. Urmaev, the Head of the Regional Department of the Labor Camp in Bazoi, wrote that in accordance with Soviet Law, spoons in the Special Security Ward are not allowed. - . ' - . . . Terrible cold forced all the inmates to cling.to the heating batteries. The terrible situation is exacerbated'with filth and lice. For three days in a row, the central heating, does not function, only steam comes up out of the mouth of the heater. We're frozen to the bone in 19 below zero weather. The Procurator's, office does-nothing. -Procurator Varchashin makes visitations once a month, looks around and heads home. In all probability our pressure should grind them to the ground and make matters difficult for them. You have explicit information about me BO they decided to hide me away and put me into the interior labor camp prison". The last two months water supply is cut off in Bazoi. Water is being obtained", from the central heating battery. It is being poured into the drinking cans and we have to drink out of them/When I was in Irkutsk, Ijvas placed in cell No. 25: Bedding is not provided. Fpr 35 persons, they allocated 27 blphkets. The spoon situation there is the same. Moreover, they take spoons away from us and throw them away. For 35 person, there are only seven or. eight spoons. The "fresh fish" (new prisoners) in Bazoi Camp were beaten up, but after we attracted attention to this practice, the heatings were stopped. One of those inmates "whojjcat me, his name is Zuoy, is double-dealing. He was released prematurely for such a "heroic deed!" - What is known about Khanjahki? The camp is cramped with prisoners. There are more than 2,000 prisoners, five people have to sleep on two plank beds.
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SERVICES: Rabbi Peul Druzen end Cantor Emil Cerkovits will conduct the services. Fridey: C p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Mincha 7:20 followed by Seudah Shlishit and Ma'ariv. . Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 pmB'NAI MITZVAH Robert and Daniel Millimct, sons of D r . a n d Mrs. Raymond Millititct, will become B'nai Mitzvah on Friday evening, Aug. 9 and Saturday morning, Aug. 10.
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Saturday: Morning servjee 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush will follow the service, in the Social Hell. Class:with the rbbbi 7:30 l j p.m. Mincha 8:15 p.m. Mincha is followed by ShalFriduy: 7:30 p.m. osh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Sunday MiByan 9 a.m. Daily MinyanG: 7 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Friday: 8 p.m. BOARD OF. Saturday: 9 a.m. COMMISSIONERS BAB MITZVAH The nest meeting of the Corey Priesman, son of Ithoda and Harien Pries- Board of Commissioners man, will become a Bar will be held on Aug. 14, at Mitzvah on Friday and Sat- 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. KADIMAH-TOVIMurday, Aug. 9 and 10. ' "RUSH" Kadimah and Tbvim SYO will hold their memberuhip "Rush" on Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz at Beth Israel Synagogue. conducts services in the CaOn Aug. 18 the group will' pehart Chapel every Friday have a Car-wash in the at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat parking lot of the synagogue follows the service. at noon. SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 7 p.m.
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(JERUSALEM) HADASSAII Hadassah Paarc! will Hundreds of Christian leadmeet Aug. 14, 8>:30 a.m. at ers, theologians end ective the home of Ellen Albin, ! supporters of Israel from 14606 Cuming, Those who over two dozen net-ions will cannot attend may notify gather in Base!, Switzerland, Aug. 27-29, in order to vice-presidents. reaffirm their commitment Anne Katzman and Judy to Israel end the Jewish peoKatzoiaii wiil be Omaha's ple, and to cha!!en[;o others representatives to Haciaa- to du the wane. They have chosen far sah's National Convention in New York City, Av«. 10.. their convention site the OUT SWIM PAU'i'Y , tame nicotine place u-leeted Women-interested in by Theodor Ilerzl for the learning more about VlWn- first World Zionist Congress en's American .ORT ore in- in 1897. The three-day conference vited to a Swim Parly on Aug. 15 from 7-9 p.m. at tho io being organized by the Inhomo of Stanley and Bcib ternational Christian EmMalashock, 3119 So. 29th bassy Jerusalem, a support Ave. To attend the party RSVP to Carol Nathan at 496-0564. Wine and chec-so will be served. ORT is the organization for Rehabilitation through Training. • ORT raises funds for over 100 ORT vocational and technical schools and programs around the world and is active in community affairs, the fight for freeing Soviet Jews, and quality education in America.
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Seturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush Will follow the service, in the Social Hall. Class With (he rabbi 7:30 p.m. Mincha 8:15 p.m. Mincha is followed by ShalFriday: 7:30 p.m. osh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Sunday Minyan 9 a.m. Daily Minyans: 7 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Friday: 8 p.m. BOARD OF Saturday: 9 a.m. COMMISSIONERS BAU MITZVAH The next meeting of the Corey Prieoman, son of Rhoda and Harlan Pries- Board of Commissioners man, will become a Bar will be held on Aug. 14, at Mitzvah on Friday and Sat- 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. KADIMAH-TOVIRT urday, Aug. 9 and 10. • "RUSH" Kadimah andTovim SYO hold their membership o will "Rush" on Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. SERVICES: at Beth Israel Synagogue. Rabbi Leland Lifschiz On Aug. 18 the group will conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday have a Car-wash in the at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat parking lot of the synagogue at noon. follows the service. SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbot 7 p.m.
The school catalog for 1985-86 has been mailed to all families with students enrolled in school. If you did not receive your copy or wish to enroll your child, SERVICES call Stan Mitchell, 556Friday: 7 p.m. 3770. Daily and Saturday: Reservations are now The residents and staff of being taken for the school the Rose Blumkin Home in- bus on Sunday mornings. vite the families, volunteers, The bus leaves the JCC at and friendB of the residents 9:15 a.ml, makes a stop at to attend services in the Ethan Allen Galleries Herbert Goldsten Syn- (107th & Pacific) and proagogue. Kiddush following ceeds to drop off students services on Shabbat. for the 9:45 a.m. start at Beth Israel Synagogue and the 10 a.m. start at Beth El Synagogue. The bus makes the return trip from Beth Israel at 11:45 a.m., picks up SERVICES: at Beth El at noon and First and third Friday of drops off riders at Ethan Althe month: 7:30 p.m. An len and the JCC. Cost is $28 Oneg Shabbat follows the per student per semester. service and everyone is wel- Reservations can be made come. by filling out the form elsewhere on this page arid returning it with the proper remittance to the UTTO office, 1502 N. 52nd St. 68104. A d a s ¥©s&caoi?®EfD The annual book sale for SERVICES: all grades, K-8, will be held as follows: Used book sale Sunday: 8 a.m.
— books should be brought to the school office at Beth Israel Synagogue by Aug 12. Used books should have the name of the seller on the book, .together with an envelope inside the front cover, with the name of the seller, title of the book and the price desired. Any books unsold at the end of the week will be returned to the owner. New book sale — the new book display will be set up at Beth Israel Synagogue from Aug. 12-32, except Aug. 15. School office is open 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. It would be most helpful if parents could purchase books at Beth Israel. New book sale at the Federation Library — books will be available at the library on Sept. 1 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and on Sept. 3 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Parents are asked to check the textbook list in the school catalog to see which books are needed. Books* should be purchased prior to the opening class session.
By Rabbi fkfyer S. Kripke I was reading with much wonder.an astonishingly impressive list of accomplishments of ancient Greek philosophcr-Bciciitists, and I begun pGiidtring if such a list could be drawn up for the other major influence on western civilization. Whet follows Goys, of courts, that it can be done — but obviously, to do it justice would require ciucli laoie thought Mid cpsco than can be devoted to each a pursuit here. Our sidrah openo with "Ekev" — "in concequenco of . . ." The assumption in Hebrew thought is that there is an operative moral law: If A then B; but if C, then D. In the Bible the moral law is put all too simply, ' that those who follow God's law will be rewarded, and those who flout it will be punished. Nowhere is this schematic theme stressed more badly than in the Book of JudgeB, where . what happens to Israel as a nation can be traced directly to its religious loyalty or its religious infidelity. From what we know of history, this "prophetic philosophy of history" is simply not true, at least in a simple sense, It is no repudiation of the Bible or of Israel's prophets or of Israel's God to say that Isaiah was not "right" when he saw the marauding Assyrian enemies of Israel as God's whip of punishment, or to say that Jeremiah was not "right" when he interpreted the fall of Jerusalem to God's use of the BabyHoward IC. Marcus Photographer For All Special Occasions CALL 333-8588 Bar and Bat Mitzvah Photos A Specialty "Catering Available"
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lonians as His scourge of used for mankind, not for punishment for backsliding the selfishness of nobles. Isaiah of the Exile sang of Judah. It is no more than E rec- a new opportunity to rise ognition of the complexity from sinfulness end it* punof history — that it has both ishment to new service of physical and mora! dimen- God end man. David end other Psalsions, like life itbdf. The writer who impressed mists touched the hearts of me with the Greeks Eaid people in ail eges ss they exthat Arictarchus of Sernos plored and erpr-CiEted the offered the theory that the emotions common to huearth rotated onfinman and . man beings of all times. Ncrrfitive writers whose followed tin orbit around the sun. Eratosthenes of Cyrtna nuiiiea are unknown told was cble to calculate the cir- history-like accounts of the cumference of the earth and lives of men and nations, its distance from SUP. and delving into the complex moon. Anaximonder of Mil- human motivations that etus foreshadowed current lead to envy, eclfidi use of scientific theories of the power, amities and enmities, birth and death of Gtars und stalwart defense of the planets. He also suggested rights of ordinary people, idefl3 of the origin of life selflessness and saintliness. that anticipated modern An unknown poet of contheories of evolution.... An summate skill, in arresting endlesB list could be ar- language to express arrestranged, indicating our in- ing thoughts, spoke for calculable- debt to the an- every man through the cient Greek thinkers and mouth of Job, agonized at investigators of our uni- the inability of man to comverse. prehend human suffering, I would put a list along- but insistent nonetheless side. Abraham of Ur, Haran that God is there. These writers all said and Canaan posited that there is God, and that He "Ekev!" They did not have supports the vision of man the scientific bent of the that there is more to life Greeks. But they saw consequences in different ways. than the struggle to live. Given that vision, Moses The Greeks saw the conseof Egypt, Midian and the quences of physical law; the hills of Moab, became the Hebrews saw the consefocus of laws and nornis that quences of moral law. The Greeks turned to the unipoint to morality. Amos of Tekoa de- verse and the things in it. nounced exploitation and The Hebrews turned to the unconcern, and insisted human heart and its lofty that there is a God of right- and its wayward motivations. eousrless in the world. We westerners have a Hosea of Isfael announced his discovery that double heritage, exciting, love is God's greatest attrib- profound, elevating. Neither heritage should be neute and should be man's. Isaiah of Jerusalem glected, for both are life-givtaught that power must be ing.
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) Christian leaders plan Zionist HADA'SSAH Hadassah p a a r d will meet Aug. 14, 0:30 a.m. at the home of Ellen Albin, 14606 Cmning. Those who cannot attend iney notify vice-presidents. Anne Kctzmsn snu * 1'/ Ketzman will bo O: representative;.: to f sah's Nation:.,! Conv in New Yori; City, /A ORT SW£K 1/All Women interest in j more about Women's American ,0RT ere invited to a Swim Party on Aug. 15 from.£-9 p.m. at the homo of Stanley and Barb Malashock, 3119 So. 03th Ave. To attend t h e party RSVP to Carol Nathan at 496-0564. Wine and cheese will be served. ORT is the organization for Rehabilitation through Training. ORT raises fundsforover 100 ORT vocational and technical schoola and programs around the world and is active in community affairs, the fight for freeing Soviet Jews, and quality education in America.
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Hundreds of Christian leaders, theologians and active supporters'of Israel from over two dozen nations will Esther in Base!, Switzerland, AU;T. 27-23, in Older to reaffirm their commitment to Itrcc i end the Jewish people, aiid to'e!:iilkn;;« others to do the Eatne. They have chosen far their convention site tlie • E&me meeting piece selected by Thcodor Herd for the first World Zionist Congress in 1G97. The three-day conference is being organized by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, a support
center established five years ago by Christians in Israel and around ths world, Embassy spokesmen aie confident that the Basel Congress will help fellow Christians world-wide to consolidate thtir stand in support of Itreel, Soviet Jewry and related icsuos. "We consciously chose Basel bc-ccuEC it is a symbol of the Zionist quest for Jewish sovereignty. It was in Basel thut the foundation was luid for the renascent State of Israel," says Rev. Jan Willem van der Hoevcn, ICEJ Spokesman. The International Christian Zionist leadership Con-
gress will present a full, diverse agenda, dealing with such .subjects tie: the Biblical basis for Christian support of Israel, the Soviet Jewish freedom movement, and Christian responds to Israel's political, economic, social mid media problems. Tiie Congress will includes exhibitions, fiira debuts and printed materials in teveral languages, all concerning Israel. Booths and dicplays will be precsnted as part of an international resources exchange aimed at unifying the many far-flung efforts to support the same cause. "This Congress must be useful, permitting the shar-
27 ing of practical information," ven dsr Koeven explains, "V/e will discuos together how we can be of optimal Ktrvice to Israel, both in theory end action," Representatives of diverts Christian movements wiS! participate, drawn from such countries t;s the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Brazil end Israel, to cite but a few. of them. "Our Congress participants will then return to their native lands and continue their work, reinforced and strengthened, more aware and deeply committed," van der Hoeven added.
The International Christian Zionist Leadership ' Congress will conclude with discussions and opportunities to coordinate a joint stead for Iirtel, reflecting. the exigencies of the period. A proclamation signed byl the participants ill the closing ctscion and a plan of action are also anticipated. CLASS REUNION The CIccs of 1SG5 of Central High School will have a reunion on Aug. 9 and 10. If you need information abut the event, contact: Rocky Lewis, 333-1735; Mary McCarthy, 571-0865; Tom Pratt, 330-3867.
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ADL joins'deposition tostate turns for museum planned by Wiesenthal Centeri Marvin Hier, hesid of both the Wiesenthtl Center and Ycshiva University of Los Angeles, which houcaa the center, haa cssaikd foes of the eEpsctcd MOUS opposition" of the stele grant to help build the 'our California regional musauin E3 part of a 510.5 VDL offices to a giant ponci- million expansion project. ng in the California k-yisThe campaign lias alature for $5 million in state ready raised more than natching funds to enable $10.5 million in private dohe Simon Wiesenthal Cen- nations. But the grant er to build a "Museum of measure, SB337, has creTolerance." ated concern-among Jews about its constitutionality and its public policy implications. Call Iho Professional Authored and introduced for in February by State Senate Control President Pro-tem David Roberti, a LOB Angeles f^ ATLAS Democrat, the measure has «• t-> Post CenUrcl been approved by two Ssncommittees, and the full *iilJEw S60-3004 I ata Senate, the last by a 36-1 vote; and two Assembly
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of foea of the grant which, he said, was that the Wieeenihel Center should not be "in control of an impressive museum with the state behind it." Neverthtk-ii, papers were Filtd incorporating th« WieEsntSihl Center as a nonprofit corporation, ceperata from Yesiiiva Univerdty. The ADL oppoaition statement was the lutcat major public etend titronrjly opposing the measure. Although Howard Friedman, a Loa Angek-3 attorney, who is president of the American Jewish Committee, esid the bill would create "exceedingly bad public policy," he spoke Q3 an individual. The AJComntittca lies not taken any position on tlie measure. Gov. George Deukmejian, a Republican, has said he will sign the bill when it arrives on his desk. The ADL statement was a copy of a letter sent to Roberti on behalf of ADL regional offices in Los Angeles; San Francisco, Santa Ana and San Diego. The letter declared that the four offices covera all of California and that the letter ha3 been sent also to all members of the Legislature and to the Governor. The letter said the four ADL offices "join the many others who have registered opposition to SB337." The letter listed the. Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco; the Northern California Jewish Bulletin; Rabbi Alfred Wolf of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the largest Reform congregation in
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By Ann Kibel Scfawsrtss • • JCC Cultural "Arts Director The Omaha Arts West (iio.ircm ad book just went to press! It represents a lebor c f IOA- b/ the meinjiers pf,the Ad Book Committee. This . Committee Is mads up ei representatives from the • various program committees of the CultuiiJ end Per- > forming Aits Department of j the JCC. -• I This year's committei1 , membsru are Kay Winstetn for the Art Committee; Julis; Marin, Film Committee; Arlene Richrnan, Music Committee; Sibby Wolfson, Theater Committee; and Phyllis Hoffman, repreoentAti:t Cchv/crts ing the JCC Board. They will ha honoiod, clone with other volunteers at the gala opening of the OAW series Aug. 17, following the performance of BAEEFOOT IN THE PARK. ' . . The gain ia a special event for sponsors and patrons of Omaha Arts Weat. Another feature of the program o'd book will be a listing of sponsors and patrons of the 198.r>;80 OAW Season. As I write this article, we have over 4(%oonBors and patrons, and more are coming in each day. We are gratified by this strong response from the public. , Special thanks are due to Silvia Roffman, Cultural Arts vice president of the JCC and to Paul Cohen and Fred' simon, who advised U3 on the promotion of the-Omaha Arts West performing arts seriea. Season tickets are available at the JCC or by calling Lois Wine at 334-8200. tion, the letter said "granting $5 million in public funds for a museum which would chronicle the Holocaust and the genocides which have befallen so many people during the 20th cenThe letters then listed the tury is an excellent idea." wide range of programs However, the letter added, -'sponsored by the ADL op- "the funds should be given posing the Nazis and the to an appropriate public inHolocaust, and programs to stitution such-as the Uni-.. educate Jews and non-Jews versity of California, of the v about the Holocaust. California State University, In explaining its opposi- for this objective." . Los Angeles; Howard Friedman, and Frod Diamant, president of the. "1939 Club," an organization comprised of Holocaust survivors.
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By Ceie IHarsk The Young-Et-Heart are at it again! Aided and abetted by Chuck Arnold, they keep coming up with some great ideas tailor-made for the 55-yeurs and older eel. The most popular older adult game in Chicago but brand new' to Omaha is Kitten Softball. It is coming our way at 1 p.m., Sunday, October 13. This is co-ed with each team comprised of five women and five men. Wait, you haven't heard everything yet. No one can strike out. The Softball is a specie! IS inch size, much larger than standard. There are five innings of fun. Now, if only I can find a pinch-runner, I am going to sign up. You do the game.
Gail Ginsberg and Paul Cohen get into the mood for their roles in BAREFOOTiN THE PARK, the Neil Simon comedy which opens Aug. 17 at the JCC. Gail ,and PtuI will portray characters of different tcinperments who are matched for a blind date. Barefoot In The "Park is the o p e n i n g e v e n t of t h e Omaha'Arts'West 1085CS Performing Arts Series.
October 23 hos been set as the date for the second Square Dance. You can mix or mutch a cat of eight people. Don't let the lack of a male partner keep you at home. Eight women can make up o set. Find.some partners had come on-out for an evening of swinging. October js going to be '' a busy month. Something new has been added to the ever-growing Walking Club. Starting Sept. 6, there will be a mild stretching class from 8:30 to 9 a.m. after you are limbered up from walking for a half-hour. The stretch class will be conducted every Friday. What a way to start a monrmg. , . .;;
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By There, is approximately one mprrth left for'the Walls, Run Bert Lewis or Jog Through Israel stint. We are proud of those .members . "who have accomplished the feat of covering 200 miles, and they are proud to wear their Israeli T-shirts. The latest to,, turn in their passports and to receive their. T-shirts "are -A current newspaper story certainly proves it really Marlen Frost, Robert Correa, Frank Kessler, Judy Siff and Bae Epstein. (Not bad for an "old man", 'Bae, npt had at doesn't take lorig to completely change n lifestyle. The dateline was Tel Aviv and the news was of hundreds all). ' ' -'•• of Ethiopian Jews who had, in a very short time, turned into social activists. They had, "according to the story, marched for ten hours in the blistering Israeli sun, to make a point. . ' , \i\ ooi T I TE O R I GI N < f They were resentful about being forced to undergo a I-.. "symbolic conversion ceremony by immersion jn a ritual bath". They preferred, they said, being returned to Ethiopia! Having read for years about the less than human conditions, they suffered in their native land, I was more than a little interesjp&a Serving the Omaha area I won't make a judgement here about the fairness of the for over 40 years. demand, although I will admit I personally have very strong feelings about it. The whole argument has to be settled 331 North II 4th Street between the Israeli chief rabbinate, who claim "because the Phong: 333-0500 Ethiopians were isolated from the mainstream of Jewish life for hundreds of years" the mikvah would represent a "renewal of the Covenant", and the Prime Minister or whoever else wants to defend the Falashas. They, incidently, say they are "more genuinely Jewish than the rabbunim because they are direct descendants of the Biblical Israelite tribe of Dan", believed to have settled in Africa Daily Dinner Special $2 off about 3,000 years ago. . What I find fascinating is simply that they haven't been Cantonese Cuisine in Israel for a year and already they've learned about modLUNCH & DINNER ern ways. They came from a totally different culture; they are in special centers where they are learning how to dress, We accept All Major Credit Cards, use indoor plumbing, eat with utensils and sleep on sheets Also Checks as well as to read, speak and write Hebrew. Pathetic, starved SERVING YOUR FAVORITE human beings, who were rescued under the largest secret COCKTAILS airlift in recent memory, are already holding protest strikes 6455 CENTER, OMAHA MON. THRU SAT. PLENTY OF FfiEE and refusing to attend classes! What I want to know is how 11 AM TO 10:30 PM PARKING they learned so fast? Who taught them the fine points of ACROSS FROM SUNDAY — HOLIDAYS civil disobedience? AK-SAR-0EN 12 NOON TO 9:30 PM CLOSED TUESDAYS Those that I saw appeared to be shy, quiet and looked ill-at-ease in their surroundings. Well, the jury is out. Soon we'll know which side won. Whatever the decision, I won't worry about Israel's newest citizens. I have a hunch they're going to be able to take very good care of themselves!
JWV Bivouac By Henry Stern Next meeting of the JWV Epstein-Morgan Post 260 at Legion Hall, 78th & Davenport, 22 August, Thanks to on assist from i ST. Vice Commander Sarn Rossiiistt'in and Chaplain Doc. Margolin, we have the following report: Doc offered the opiiiiinj; prayers nnd salute (o the flag, and a roll call followed. In the absence of Commander Sol Mann, Sam R. was moderator for the evening. Guest with us was former Oraahan, Abe Hermanson, in from the Coast. Abe has told me of the Omaha transplants in California who keep in touch with Omaha via the Press. Quartermaster Nate Marcus reported on finances and how increased sales for the Latka party are a must. Bill Abrahams suggested a social affair for fund raising and it was put aside for a future discussion. Dept. Commander Iz Lewish commented on the show at Veterans hospital. Membership chairman George Schapiro and Historian Don Strauss gave their reports, followed by coffee and sweets. The Legion Hall has cut rates for senior citizens for beer. How about 50 more Jewish Vets for attendance?
Nov. 8. "A Chorus Line" has the distinction of being the longest running show in Broadway history. The rights have just recently been released. The Upstairs Dinner Theatre will be the first Nebras.ka theatre to produce this record-breaking, award winning musical. Dave Kappas, from Eurika, Illinois, will direct. Mr. Kappas, an actor and director , has worked in dinner theatres such as Naples Dinner theatre in Florida, Circa '21 in Rock Island, Illinois and La Comedia in Ohio. Havings toured as a professional actor for the previous four years, Mr. Kappas joined the Upstairs LIBERTY, N.Y. (JTA)— as resident artistic director Harry Bick of Montreal has in June. . been installed as president The Upstairs Dinner of B'nai B'rith Canada. Theatre, 221 South 19, features an all-you-can-ent buffet, a musiShl pre-show, and Broadway Jnusicals and comedies. For reservations call 344-7777.
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nannss of Lincoln sSfflSS33»SS Children's Museum "Sundae Sunday" Nina Leah Kc'ssin is a May 1985 graduate of Tufts University in Medford, MassachusettB. She received the degree Bachelor of Science cum laude with a major in electrical engineering and physics. Paul Daniel Kessin has graduated from Highland Park High School, Highland Park, new jersey.' He has been awarded a Garden State Scholarship by rutgera .University, which he will attend this fall. Nina and Paul are the children of Dr. Kenneth Kessin and Mrs. Lillian Kollar of Highland Park, New Jersey and grandchildren of Eli Bittner.
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Marci Telpner became Barr, nephew of the bride, the bride of David Rosen- was ring bsarer. thai at Temple Israel on After a wedding trip to July 14, Rabbi Stephen Bar- Mexico the couple will reack officiated at the 5 p.m. side in Iowa City where. Mr. ceremony which was fol- Rosenthal is a fourth year lowed by a dinner-dance at student at University of • ": Iowa "medical school. Mr. Children's Museum Temple. The bride is the daughter Rosenthal graduated from announces Board of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard the University of Iowa in The Children's Museum Telpner of Council Bluffs, December, 1984. board of directors an- Iowa. Mr, and Mrs. Harold nounced 1985 board officers Rosenthal of Sioux City, High Holidays ' and introduced five newly. Iowa are parents of'the Experienced, qualified elected board members at groom. speaker, Ba'al Tefilah-K'rlahHeidi Barr of Phoenix, the annual board meeting T'ldah; Rabbi; Ph.D. Educaheld in mid-July. The board Ariz, attended her sister. toravailable. Box 23958; Milwaukee, Wls. 53223;- Suite officers are: Karen Levin Leo Rosenthal of Minne148.(414) 351-6030 Eve(community representa- apolis, Minn, served as best nings. tive), president-elect, Karla man for his brother. Daniel Ewert (Northwestern Bell); secretary, Janie Shepard (Abacus Inc.); and treasurer, Jon Lindhjem (Norwest Bank). "We've got the hang of it" New board members are: Wihi Callahan (Dundee ElCuotenj Framing Art ©cfcstoa ementary School), Diana Condon (Omaha World 1501 Howard , 12SU1 & Center Herald), William Henry 345-3577 - 334-5000 (HNG InterNorth), Marty Shukert (Omaha City Planning), Cheryl Smith, (Musuom Guild representative), and Lindsay Miller-Lerman (Kutak, Rock & Campbell). Beginning another term with the board are Bob BarHorseback Riding J tee, Larry Batt, Dennis Beautiful Countryside of iBeavers, John Birge, Sandi S.W. Omaha Brans, Liz Campbell, Allen 10AMSUNSET Davison, Paul Hicks, Mary Heng-Braun, Howard Kooper,-Susan Lebens, : ' Wendell Quist, Nancy Rob-, erts, Rick Russell, John Tiedeman, and Brenda •Warren. ' SEATTLE (JTA) — Herman Sarkowsky has been ' elected president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, succeeding Raymond Galante.
The Omaha children's Museum's sixth annual Sundae Sunday celebration will be held on Aug. 18, noon • 5 p.m. On the streets surrounding the museum, visi- • tors will find stage and street entertainment, art activities, a petting zoo from Henry Doorly, face painting, bubble, celebrity scoopere serving ice cream sundaes and lots of fun. Sundae Sunday scoopers serve over 300 gallons of ice cream. In addition to activities in the streets, the museum doors will be open to Sundae Sunday visitors. Most event activities are free.
Aliyahfund LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A revolving emergency fund of $50,000 to help Los Angeles residents who have made aliya has been approved by the Jewish Federation Council's "Board of Directors. President Bruce Hochman said the fund will make interest-free loans of up to $2,500 to settlers who have lived in Los Angeles for at least five years before going to Israel.
HARRY GOLDSTROM Graveside services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Council Bluffs for Harry Goldstrom, 92; Rabbi Myer Kripke officiated. Mr. Goldstrom was active in the Boy Scouts of America for fifty years and received the Silver Beaver Award and the Shofar Award. He is survived by his wife, Rose; son Bernard; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. , The family suggests memorials to the Boy Scouts or your favorite charity.
Blumkin Jewish Home where he resided; Services took place Tuesday at the Jewish Funeral Home with burial at Golden Hill Cemetery. Mr. Klein was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Gorelick Klein and son Sam. He is survived by sisters, Foye Perimeter, Las Vegas, Dorothy Ferenstein, Omaha, Rebecca Klein, Washington, D.C., nieces and nephews. A native of Russia.-Mr. Klein came to Omaha in. 1910 and operated a grocery story at 25th Street and Capitol Avenue until 1940. Later, he was a partner of BEN W. ABRAHAMSON Rose Blumkin's late husGraveside services for band, Isadore, in Simon Ben W. Abrahamson, 89, Jewelry Store, than at 14th took place Aug. 2 at Beth El and Douglas Streets. Cemetery. For about 35 years, Mr. Mr. Abrahamson is sur- Klein was employed at Nevived by sons, Norman.and braska Furniture Mart. He Harold; daughter, Lucille retired at the age of 85. Epstein; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandMINNIE WEITZ children; sisters, Lee Hur- Graveside services for witz, Bertha .Bordy, and Minnie Weitz, 83, took Ethel Dobrin, all of Califor- place Aug. 7 at B.H.H. (Fisher Farm) Cemetery with Rabbi Isaac Nadoff officiating. She is survived by MORRIS KLEIN Morris J. Klein, 88, died brother Leo, nieces and Sunday at the Rose nephew.
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