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By Lisa Rosenberg, Vice President and Soviet Oppressed Jewry Chairman, Cornbelt Region B'nai B'rith Girls On Tuesduy at 8 p.m., the B'nui B'rith Youth Organization will hold a demonstration to protest the treatment of Soviet Jews. It will be held in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center at 333 South 132nd Street. This event is intended to coincide with the Summit meeting between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. To show our concern for our fellow Jews and to make the community aware of their plight, we will have a short, nonreligious ceremony. The ceremony will be followed by a period of car-horn honking, then a period of silence, and finally, a shorter period of horn honking. We have notified other cities with B'nai B'rith Youth of this event, and they will be holding similar demonstrations. We have contacted severnl local government officials and are awaiting their replies as to their interest in participating in this demonstration.'

have planned theater parties together. Both Omaha Lodges By Claudia Sherman support the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. B'nai B'rith is America's largest, oldest, and most repSiegel, an attorney with Weinberg and Weiriberg, exresentative national Jewish organization. It also happens plained that Cornhusker Lodge was relatively inactive for to be the nation's ojdest native-born major service organtwo or three years, but the trustees, realizing "the Lodge ization. The Masons and Odd Fellows are much older and was. going nowhere quickly" initiated a membership drive • have been here much longer, but they were founded overabout two years ago. • seas. B'nai B'rith was born in America in .1843. "They were aiming for new members about 25 to 35 years It is 37 years older than the Salvation Army, 38 years old,'', Siegel said. He noted that they werelpleased with the older thanthe American Red Cross, 39 years older than the ' 11 or 12 new members they enlisted at that time. Siegel Knights of Columbus, 47 years older than the Daughters himself as well as three current vice presidents joined at of the American Revolution, and more than 70 years older • V • that time. These new members have recruited about 20 to than the Kiwanis, Lions, or American Legion. So writes 25 more new members. "The potential is for a lot more," Edward E. Grusd in his book, "B'nai B'rith, The Story Of he added. , a Covenant." Henry Monsky Lodge also has been looking for new Omaha's Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith is estimembers, said Juro, who is general manager of No Frills mated to be more than 75 years old by Ed Rosen, a trustee Supermarkets, but they haven't stressed it as much as Cornand long-time member of the Lodge. Omaha B'nai B'rith husker. Siegel estimates his Lodge has about 200 members, has figured significantly in the national organization's hisDavid Siegel, (left) president of Cornhusker Lodge while Juro said Henry Monsky has about 450. At their joint tory. and Richard J u r o , president of Henry Monsky installation in September, 150 attended. More than .60 years ago, Sam Beber agreed to become Lodge. The two Lodges work closely together. They are hiring the advisor to AZA, which at first had no meaning until a mutual part-time clerical worker to handle detail work. Beber and the boys in the youth club attributed the words 1,200 people to the annual charity dinner last year. Ahavo, Zedakah and Achdut (love, charity and unity) to Funds raised by the Lodges are donated to Jewish and Whoever joins B'nai B'rith can choose what they want to do even if it's just paying their dues, they agreed. Memthe letters. Beber was able to convince the Omaha Lodge to non-sectarian recipients as well as to Israel; to sponsor the group. On May 3,1924, it became AZA ChapHowever, fund raising is only part of the program. Corn- bership numbers may suffer due to more pressure on men ter Number One. husker Lodge annually relieves non-essential staff at sev- in their careers today, varied interests, and other organiToday, the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, which in- eral area hospitals on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. zations competing for membership. Siegel said it's a bit early to say if Cornhusker's revitalcludes boys and girls, has grown to some 35,000 members The Lodge also honors retiring policemen and firemen, Mzation is successful. "The joint installation was a success," awards scholarships, and contributes to disaster relief. around the world. Henry Monsky Lodge members periodically honor one he said. "At least we have programs, We haven't had proSome of B'nai B'rith's most illustrious members, including the late Henry Monsky, and Philip Klutznik, were from or two Omahans for their involvement in the community grams for awhile," he remarked. Juro said, "We've always at an Americanism Citation Dinner. They also finance a had people involved, but we'd like to get some new blood." Omaha. Commenting about "the good life" in America, Siegel said Richard Juroc current president of Henry Monsky Lodge, number of children's programs at the Jewish Community and David Siegel, president of Cornhusker Lodge in Omaha, Center. In cooperation with the Jewish Cultural Arts Coun- he thought that with the comfortable feelings Jews enjoy which was founded shortly after World War II, described cil, the Lodge has sponsored or co-sponsored several cul- in the United States comes complacency. "They may not think they need to take an active part" in Jewish life. "I B'nai B'rith as "the Jewish men's fraternal and service tural productions at the Jewish Community Center. . The Greenberg Foundation, named after Dr. Abe Green- think they're wrong." organization." Philip Klutznik put it this way. "In B'nai B'rith is to be Activities run the whole gamut from social and athletic berg, sponsored by the Henry Monsky Lodge, provides colfunctions to insurance programs and service projects. Per- lege scholarships for several Jewish students each year. found the synthesis of the American Jewish search for the haps best known for its annual sports stag, which is spon- Members also get together at card nights, picnics, at bowl- genuine compatibility of a great Jewish heritage with the sored by both Lodges, B'nai B'rith attracted more than ing, and at Breadbreakers lunch meetings. Culturally, they inspirational qualities of the American dream itself..

Gush leader accuses Peres of secret deal with Jordan By David Friedman WASHINGTON (JTA) — Danielle Weiss, Secretary General of Gush Emunim, charged here that Premier Shimon Peres has secretly agreed that Israel will participate in an international conference to discuss a Middle East peace settlement which will open in Geneva in two months. Speaking at a press conference at the offices of Americans For a Safe Israel, Weiss said she received this information from ministerial sources just two hours before she left Israel. . The participants would be Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, the United States and the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to Weiss. She later explained that the PLO representatives would bo people agreed upon by the PLO chief Yasir Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan and accepted ' b y

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be a substitute for direct negotiations. Weiss' charges also dispute the official position of the U.S. which has been stressing for months that Hussein's demand for an international conference has been the major stumbling block in advancing the peace process. The U.S. also has maintained that the ultimate goal is direct negotiations. Weiss, despite denials from the Israeli government, said that Peres and Hussein have agreed on establishing a "con= dominium;" -or joint Israeli-Jordanian rule of the West Bank and Gaza, as the first step. She said the joint government would deal with such things as water resources and land use. However, Weiss stressed that the biggest fear of the Gush Emunim is that a peace conference would lead to territorial concessions, not only in Judaea and Samaria, but because .of Syria's participation, on the Golan Heights, too. "This is the thing .we are very much against because we believe that territorial concessions are dangerous* for the future of the State of Israel," Weiss said. She added, "and for Americans and free world interests in the Middle East

as well." Weiss stressed that this is why Gush Emunim wants to stop the peace process now before it reaches a stage when it is "much harder" to prevent territorial concessions. To help this effort, Weiss, who has had meetings at the State Department and with members of the Senate arid House, said she came to the U.S. to set up an office for Gush Emunim in New York and later in other major cities, including Washington. She said there was a "vacuum of information" in the U.S. on some factors of Israel's interests. "Once Americans and once American Jews realize what this so-called peace process leads to. they will very much support the cause of remaining in Judaea and Samaria and not withdraw from there," she said. She said peace requires a change in the Palestinian covenant and the attitude of Arab leaders toward Israel, . Weiss charged that Peres is keeping the agreement for an international conference secret because it is the only wa^ he "can proceed with the peace process without being stopped by the inner opposition."

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Inquiring Photographer Claudia Sherman asks: Dr. and Mrs. Neil Cooper of Houston, Texas, announce the Oct. 9 birth of a daughter, Andrea Beth. Grandparents are Mrs. Willis Epstein and Harvey Cooper of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Soriano of Atlanta, Ga. Greatgrandparents are Mr. and Mrs. David Hoberman of Omaha, Mrs. Sarah Cooper of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Juana Habib, of Atlanta. Dr. Cooper is completing his fourth year of Radiology Residency at Baylor University in Houston.

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A few weeks ago the daily- gazette ran a Sunday story about White Castle hamburgers. I'm sure the photo and accompanying copy meant a lot tp those of us over the age of, shall we say 50. And probably didn't mean a darn thing to the under 30 crowd. As usual, it's a matter of nostalgia. For those who were in high school in the late 1930s, the White Castles were well known. The Central crowd knew the one at 24th and Douglas . . . they also knew they could buy one of those burgers when they didn't have more than one coin in the pocket. You see, the really early ones sold for a nickel each . . . later they went up a few pennies, but even so, no matter how disastrous a teenager's financial condition, they could afford a White Castle stop. Dr. and Mrs. Robert If somebody wanted to do a study on the earliest fast Olesh announce the birth of food joints, this place would undoubtedly Come in first. They were around before the Mac in you-know-who was Stephanie Michelle on Nov. 5. The couple has two other even a glimmer of an idea. I've often heard my brother and his buddies recall how daughters, Heather and they could feed their small army for so little I can hardly Mara; and a son, Ryan. believe it. Of course, those were the days of dime loaves of Grandparents are Mr. and bread and 25<t chickens and all the rest of that depressed Mrs. Isidore Olesh of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Mrs. time. When a person could rent a nice house for maybe $35 Ray Rosenstein of Ft. Lauper month, and the landlord was expected to "paint and derdale, Fla. paper" every two years. If you were doing better and could Willian and Nancy Ferer afford to buy a home, $6,000 bought a gorgeous residence. Everything being relative, I guess a person who worked of Fort Lee, N.J. announce for somebody else put in quite a few weeks before he earned the birth of their first child, a "3 figure salary". Three figures as in $100. Of course it a son, Robert Nathan, Nov. was all geared to that low economy. I know buying $1 worth 10 in Fort Lee. Grandparents are Leon of gasoline meant you got quite a bit to drive on. Today I and Sylvia Summer and don't think they let your sniff the fumes for a buck. And isn't it funny how much more personalized service Meyer and Frances Ferer, was back then? The milkman came right to the door and all of Omaha. hand delivered the dime quart of milk, and so did every other purveyor of foodstuff. I well remember home-grown produce being hawked from the street. Now, of course, we're "going back to the natural By Jill Kushner Belmont way" when we drive out to the country and visit the grower. Book Fair Publicity Well, I never did think everything about the old times . Chairman was wonderful, but I know this. Today's teens better have The 1985 Book Fair's at least $4'when they stop at their favorite fast food place; book sale will offer somethe quarter that filled up their Dad won't go very far now! thing for everyone, according to Jewish Federation librarian Edytbe Wolf. The . sale, to be held from Nov. 17 • until Dec. 15 at the Jewish Community Center is an annual event sponsored by the Jewish Federation Library as part of National.Jewish Book Month. Books, plays, records and Friday, November IS: Library Book Fair 8 a.m. cassettes "depicting aspects ORT Sabbath Program of Jewish culture and life Saturday, November*) 6: will be available, Mrs. Wolf

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Edith Robert I can't imagine another place that has so many planned educational and social opportunities for our youngsters.

Dorothy Kaplan On the whole, I think it's a good place to raise any family •— Jewish or Gentile. It's not too big or too small. You're in a buffered area, not too close to either coast.

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said, adding that she is especially pleased with the wide selection of children's books, games and puzzles. Offerings such as the "Kitty Kat Alefbet Book," the "Shabbat Puzzle" and a Sesame. Street book in Hebrew, promise to be popular among the children this year, she said. "The children's books this year are colorful and fun, jazzier than ever," Mrs. Wolf said. The 12th annual book sale will also offer a wide variety of titles for adults, she said, citing as an example a

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current best seller, "My Father, His Daughter," by Yael Dayah, daughter of the late Moshe Dayan. Authors such as Chaim Potok, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Howard Fast will be featured, as well as a sizeable assortment of cookbooks, new Jewish'trivia books and instructional cassettes for learning Hebrew. In addition, "Tanakh," the Jewish Publications Society's new translation of the Bible in a one-volume edition will be available, Mrs. Wolf said. ~ "The Jewish publications have come of age," Mrs. Wolf said. "Our selections are more appealing than ever, and I anticipate a record turnout for this year's sale." National Jewish Book Month, sponsored by the Jewish Welfare Board, is being celebrated from Nov. 7 to Dec. 7, according to Blu Greenberg, council president. "The 60th'annual Jewish Book Month stirs

Sue Fredricks So far, I've been real pleased with the preschool. Pioneer Women's been an opportunity to meet other women and children. The JCC is a nice facility to get involved in the Jewish community.

excitement in the world of Jewish books," Ms. Greenberg said. "It provides an impetus for all of us to enlarge our libraries and to increase our knowledge." Hours for the local book sale.are as follows: Sunday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m.5 p.m.; Mon.-Fri., Nov. 1822, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mon.-^ri., Nov. 25-29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mon-Fri., Dec. 2-6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mon.-Fri., Dec. 9-13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 15, lla.m.-5 p.m. NEW YORK (JTA) — A federal appeals court in Cincinnati ordered that allegedformer Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk be extradited to Israel to stand trial for crimes committed during the Holocaust. It was not immediately clear whether an appeal, will be filed with the Supreme Court.

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By Susan Paley "It is extremely exciting to share this year's campaign with such a dynamic and energetic group of women," eaid Mrs. Nancy Greenberg in her announcement of the Chai/Grand Gifts Workers for tho 1086 Women's Federation Campaign. "Women have always been the strength of the Jewish family and Nancy Jean Neff Miriam Terri Gigi Outen community. We feel a tremendous responsibility to our children and grandNoddle Schupack Simon Schrager children to help ensure the continuity of a viable Jewish community, as did our mothers and grandmothers before us. It is our obligation, our pleasure, and our heritage; and we have been doing BO for 5,600 years. Our message today is different than our grandmothers', however. Not only do we have the same old problems, but there are new, urgent social problems which we must afco face. We now have single-parent Jewish families, alcoholism, drugs, and a host of other problems virtually unknown to the Jewish family a generation ago. We need Jewish dollars for counselors, therapists, teachers, support groups, recreational facilities for the young, and vans for transportation of the elderly. Dollars from Women's Campaign support Israel, as well as all facets of local community life through all of the agencies of the Jewish Federation of Omaha: Bureau for the Aging, Bureau of Jewish Education, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service, Federation Library, A.D.L.-C.R.C.,. and the Jewish Press. It is up to us to guarantee each agency a 100% budget. And we can't solve new problems with old dollars. We must realize that each of us can make a difference, and that every person's gift is important." Not pictured are Darlyjin Fellman, Eleanor Slosburg and Bernice Wolfson. II

By Ellen Marks SEATTLE — (JTA) — Ten members of The Order, a violent anti-Semitic Northwest-based sect, are on trial at the federal courthouse here for carrying out 67 racketeering act — including two murders, three armored car robberies, and counterfeiting — as part of their plot to kill Jews, deport non-whites, and overthrow the federal government. The trial, which began last month, is expected to conclude by the end of November and a verdict handed down toward the end of December. Prosecutors have chosen to charge the group with violating the broadly-written racketeering law, under which they must prove that each of the accused committed at least two crimes as part of the conspiricy. Charges for specific crimes may be filed later by state officials. Former members of The Order have taken the witness stand under plea-bargain agreements. Eleven members have pleaded guilty, one faces murder charges in Missouri, and another is a fugitive who was recently placed on the

FBI's Most Wanted List. All the jurors are white and nonJewish. Alan Berg, a popular radio personality in Denver, was assassinated by The Order, government prosecutors allege, because he was Jewish and relished baiting anti-Semitic callers on his talk show program. The media star was executed in the driveway of his Denver home on June 18, 1984. An FBI agent testified that the murder weapon used to pump 12 bullets into Berg's body has been converted to a fully automatic machine gun that was capable of firing 950 rounds a minute. FBI agents testified they linked alleged triggerman Bruce Carroll Pierce to the murder by matching machine gun bullets found at the Berg murder scene with spent cartridges found at a home Pierce rented in Troy, Montana. Although several of Berg's neighbors said they had heard the deadly machine gun fire — including one woman who said it shook her apartment — there were no witnesses to

the crime. Denver authorities have not filed murder charges. The Berg murder was described in graphic detail by his widow Judith Berg, who had dinner with the victim the night of his death and had helped him prepare for the next day's radio show. The topic: gun control. Berg, a non-practicing lawyer who held liberal political views, was featured in a CBS-TV "60 Minutes" segment that was shown to jurors in which he acknowledged the danger of publicly taking on rightwing leaders. "Hopefully, my legal training will prevent me from saying the thing that will kill me, and I've come awfully close," he told the interviewer. . Peter Boyles, a colleague of Berg's for over five years, said the victim was a master at invective and the "acidtongue" approach of creating controversy to attract listeners. He would interrupt controversial callers, hang up on them and then deride their views after they were off the

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Bold steps Here's a quick scan of editorials that other Jewish newspapers are running: • Long Island, N.Y. — The positive remarks from Jordan's King Hussein about the proposals for peace negotiations made by Israel's leader Shimon Peres indicate that Israel and Jordan may indeed have things to talk about." Wilmington, Delavvare — Is it any wonder after a fortnight of savage attacks on Israelis and Jews in Cyprus, Sinai, Tunisia, Barcelona, and on a tourist ship at sea, that thinking Jews band together in order to preserve the sanctity of their identity and the survival of their people? Palm Beach, FL — Meir Kahane came to South Florida to raise money for his campaign that would rid Israel of its Arab population and effectively put an end to democracy there. Once a disruptive presence in the South Bronx and Brooklyn, the head of Israel's Kach Party seems to have achieved a degree of respectability. Philadelphia, PA — By an overwhelming vote of 194-3, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would force colleges and universities in the commonwealth to divulge the facts surrounding gifts and grants made by foreign governments and individuals. Teaneck, N.J. — In the hours just before the U.S. seized the Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro, Egypt's policy was characterized by the telling of lies — one after the other. ..Los Angles, CA — Don't expect glicken (good things to happen) in Israel's wooing of King Hussein. Prime Minister Shimon Peres sees a glimmer of hope in the hijinks involving Hussein and the PLO — namely, in Hussein's frustration over Arafat's bungling of his terror attacks on Jews. Dallas, Texas — Now is the. time for Reagan to make Gorbachev aware that American-Soviet relations cannot be completely bound unless the Soviet Union lives up to the Helsinki accords and to its own Constitution. It really isn't too much to ask. Cincinnati, Ohio — Among issues voters will find before them on the ballot next week is the Mental Health Levy. We urge our readers to support the levy. Pittsburgh, PA — In an era in which the national population is a population on the move, in which the average household is likely to move from its present location in the next three years', the Pittsburgh Jewish community is remarkably unique . . . All over America, those planners who study demography scratch their heads over Pittsburgh's remarkable stability. _ San Diego, CA — Louis Farrakhan has left Los Angeles for points east, but the social and political damage left in his wake is still being assessed. Denver, CO — Reports abound that, at long last, relief is in sight for Soviet Jewry, President Reagan is about to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. Both want the meeting to go we'll. Both are jockeying for position. Both are devising "gestures."

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By M.J. Rosenberg Near East Report King Hussein called Shimon Peres a "man-of vision" after Peres' speech at the United Nations. That, in itself, is an indication that the King may be serious about pursuing the peace process. In the past, he rarely had anything good to say about an Israeli prime minister. Another positive sign came when a reporter from the Jordan Times showed up at a Peres press conference in New York. The Amman newspaper is government controlled end the presence of its reporter could mean that Jordrai is backing away from its policy of non-recognition of Israel. ' It also appears that Hussein and Peres met in October in Europe. A Kuwait newspaper printed the firct report of a Hussein-Peres meeting and a New York Times story on the same event quickly followed. Predictably, both sides deny that any meeting took place. Whether it did or not, it. is clear that something is going on. The very fact tliat we know so little about what is happening behind the scenes may mean that, at long last, we can take the quotation marks of the words "peace process." Nevertheless, this is no time for euphoria. Before negotiations begin. King Hussein must end his alliance with Yasir Arafat and the PLO. Moreover, both Hussein'and Peres need to agree on the proper auspices for a peace conference as well as on the role (or "non-role") of the Soviet Union. Hussein will have to look over his shoulder at the PLO and at Jordanians who oppose peace with Israel, while Peres has to worry about his Likud partners who are skeptical about any concessions to Hussein. It won't be easy getting to the negotiating table and it will be even harder reaching a settlement acceptable to both sides. This does not mean that anyone should give up on the peace process. Peace between Israel and Jordan is essential for both countries. However, a little realism will help all the parties survive the snags that are inevitable once the negotiating process is under way. . A cover story in the October Atlantic by Irish journalist Conor Cruise O'Brien will throw some cold water on those who expect to see peace quickly established between Jordan and Israel. O'Brien's article ("Why Israel Can't Take 'Bold Steps' for Peace") argues that there is an almost unbreachable gap between Israel's opposition to a West Bank Pal-

estinian state and the Arabs' demand fprone. "Almost all Israelis would regard" such a state as an immediate threat to the security of their own state and a longer-term threat to its existence. They believe that the PLO would accept the mini-state of the West Bank as a step in the direction of its reel objective. Which remains all of Palestine," he writes. • O'Brien also says that the Arabs will demand at least a part of Jerusalem in any negotiations. He adds that "it is as certain as anything can be that the state of Israel will not give up any part of its capital, Jerusalem, in exchange for anything at all, even peace." He concludes that "exchanging territory for peace — attractive cs that concept is — is not a feasible option for the West Bank." Israel, he says, will remain in control of the West Bank "for a long time." However, this does not, in O'Brien's view, mean that peace or quasi peace between Jordan and Israel is an impossibility. He believes that Israel and Jordan could reach an agreement under which the two countries would govern the West Bank and Gaza jointly. Israel would maintain its military presence throughout the area but would '.'return to the old [Moshe] Dayan policy of minimal interference with the Arab population." Arabs would have autonomy, in all areas of civil life. In O'Brien's words, they would live with the "anomaious but not necessarily intolerable status as Jordanian subjects in civil matters living in a territory under Israel's military control. , O'Brien's article was written well before the current peace initiative. However, his proposed solution appears to be under discussion by Jordanian and Israeli officials now. According to a report in the Oct. 29 Ha'aretz, Peres has proposed to Jorden a joint-rule arrangement. Under the plan, the 750,000 West Bank Arabs would elect an autonomous council to conduct all aspects of civilian life under a joint Jordanian-Israeli government. Ha'aretz said that Hussein has accepted the basic contours of the plan. The Israeli government denied the report. At this point, denials are to be expected. Press speculation at this stage does not advance the peace process. Still, it should be obvious that O'Brien's recommendation (which is similar to Camp David) is one possible route to peace. Of course, it will completely satisfy neither side. It is a compromise. And that is why it just may work. '

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Jewish History" of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society at the Jewish Community Center. The exhibits on "Jewish Veterans of World War I" and "The Life of Henry Monsky" will be up until the first week of December. Included in both exhibits are pictures, memorabilia, and printed materials relative to the subjects. In the exhibit of World War I veterans are the names of all those who are known to have served. Anyone wishing to add further names not yet included is asked to .contact the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, 333 So. 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68154 or call 34-8200, Ext. 270 before Dec. 1. The NJHS plans to have a permanent listing made up and displayed at the Jewish Community Center following the close of the exhibit. V" On Dec. 8 an exhibit relative to the "Kapulier Shul" will be shown as a Hanukkah gift from the NJHS to the Jewish Community. It will include Torah covers, ark covers, memorabilia and artifacts from the 30th and Cuming synagogue which was closed in formal ceremony on Oct. 27. Following the display during the month of December, the items will be stored until a permanent museum replica of the synagogue is created. Mary Fell man

To the Editor: As you know, the Farm Credit System is in serious financial trouble. To try and solve a part of their problem; they are proposing a merger of Production Credit Associations into one central Production Credit Association and Federal Land Bank Associations into one Federal Land Bank Association. , We need your support and help* to bring to the people a clearer idea on some points the Farm Credit System is not making. For more information regarding the merger contact: Center for Rural Affairs Prairiefire P.O. Box 405 550 11th Street Walthill, NE 68067 Des Moines, IA 50309 Farmers Union of Nebraska Farm Crisis Committee P.O. Box 2667 Emerson, NE 68733 Lincoln, NE 68502 Jean Morgan To the Editor: ' . Less than a month remains for members of the Jewish community to see the present exhibits in the "Corridor of

The National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) is presenting the first in a series'of "Bioethics: Issues in Justice" programs which will explore the ethical, legal and medical implications of new realities in health care and health care delivery. This series has been endorsed by Creighton University Health Science, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, OmahaCouncil Bluffs Hospital Association, Omaha Bar Association, Nebraska Nurses Association and the Metropolitan Omaha Medical Society, who have participated in its planning and development. The first four-session series1 will begin on Nov. 21, focusing on justice and reverence in life and death issues. Harold O'FIaherty, special assistant on disabil- . ity policy, the Office of U.S. • Surgeon General, wiirapeak

tice. Rev. Richard A. McCormick, S. J., will speak'on Dec. 9 for "Technology: Life Saving or Death Prolonging." An author and lecturer on ethical issues, Rev. McCormick is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at Georgetown University and a reO'FIaherty McCormiek search associate at Woodon the "Baby Doe" issue. Central in Omaha. The se- stock Theological Center, This discussion, open to the ries will bring together med- also in Washington, D.C. general public, will be held ical and legal professionals, The final discussion for at 8 p.m. in the Rigge Sci- clergy, members of the busi- this first session will be held ence Lecture Hall at Creigh- ness community and the on Dec.17. Rev. Philip Lathton University. general public to discuss rop, former Omaha hospital Cceighton University's these issues of life and Chaplain, Judy TombrinkDepartment of Philosophy death. Dierkhising, a clinical social and Committee on'Lectures, The Nov. 26 program on worker and Dr. Cletus J. Films, and Concerts and the Caring for the Dying: Our Baum, family practitioner Meyer Children's Rehabili- Options" will be presented in private practice and medtation Institute, University by Rev. James E. Hoff, S.J., ical director,, Family, Hosof Nebraska Medical Cen- vice president for Univer- pice, Omaha, will discuss ter, are co-sporisors for this sity Relations, Creighton "Spiritual and Emotional event. University; June Eilers, RN, Support for the Dying." The other three discus- MSN, University of NeCost for each breakfast sions in this series will be braska Medical Center and session is $6.50 or .persons breakfast sessions from 7-9 Dr. Gamini Soori,'medical may attend all sessions for a.m. at the Holiday Inn oncologist in private prac- $18. ,.', • ..

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Henry Monsky Lodge 354 B'nai B'rith presented Americanism citations to R. Jerry Hargitt and James M. Keck, Nov. 6 at the Red Lion Inn. Upper left, Norm Korney, (left) and Gary Ostrow, cochairmen; upper right, Willis Strauss (left) presentor, and Mr. Hargitt; lower left, Eugene Conley (left) presentor, and Mr. Keck; lower right, Gov. Robert Kerrey, guest speaker.

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The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, in conjunction with a coalition of schools, community organizations and corporations, will sponsor Omaha's first Adolescent Prejudice Reduction Workshop on Friday, Nov. 22 at the, Jewish Community Center. This all-day program will provide about 200 local high school students with an opportunity to explore the dynamics of prejudice and negative stereotypes and learn how they can be countered. N • .. Among the participants leading the workshop will be Jane Elliott, "one of our nation's foremost authorities in the field of adolescent prejudice," said Sheldon Filger, director, ADL-CRC. Along with the ADL/CRC, co-sponsors include: Omaha Public Schools; Westside Community Schools; Ralston' Public Schools; Papillion-LaVista Public Schools; ISAAC;

Millard Public Schools; Springfield District //46; Elkhorn Public Schools; Valley Public Schools; the Omaha Catholic Department of Education; Father Flanagan's Boys Home (Boys Town, Nebraska); the Urban League of Nebraska; the Omaha chapter of the NAACP); Girls Club of Omaha, Inc.; Temple Israel; the 3902 Air Base Wing — Offutt Air Force Base; the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights; the Jewish Community Center; the Omaha Police Division; Northwestern Bell; the Internorth Foundation; and AT&T Communications. The workshop, which starts at 9 a.m., will begin with a dramatic presentation performed by students from Central High School, designed to elaborate on common ethnic and racial stereotypes encountered in the high school environment. The play will be followed by small-group discussions, enabling the students to share attitudes and insights aroused

by the skit. The afternoon session will be devoted to interaction between the students and Ms. Elliott, who teaches in Riceville, Iowa, in addition to her frequent lectures throughout the country on the subject of intergroup relations. Ms. Elliott is known for challenging her audience's attitudes and pre-conceptions, and offers a presentation which leads to question-and-answer sessions. • Dr. Don Benning, Omaha Public Schools' assistant superintendent in charge of Human/Community Relations, said that, "The Adolescent Prejudice Reduction Workshop is an outstanding effort aimed at enhancing intergroup relations in the public schools. The fact that the program js being held,during American Education Wee,k symbolizes our community's commitment to working with educators and improving the level of multicultural education in our ' schools and acceptance among our youth."

, Kahane sees himself as the only force capable of saving Israel. Farrakhan calls himself the only force capable of saving America. Kahane seeks to make hatred of the Arab a national policy in Israel. Farrakhan seeks to make Jewhatred acceptable to the black community.

hatred and violence, and that we> will not be cowed into silence. .'-..' In the obscene atmosphere that these bigots create, violence always threatens. It happened two weeks ago in California with the assassination of a spokesman for Arab causes, Alex Odeh. It was a heinous crime, a cruel and ugly murder. I do not agree with the views held by Mr. Odeh, but the idea of murdering him because he held those views sickens me. The investigation into his murder must be pressed. The criminals must be found. For Alex Odeh was a victim of the same mindless hatred that threatens every racial or religious or ethnic minority, that regards those who differ as the devil, those who have another point of view as legitimate targets, those of a different faith or race as candidates for extermination. We mourn the murder of Alex Odeh as we do the killing of Leon Klinghoffer. Both were victims of the worst within us. Their fate contains a warning for us all. I pray we will learn from it and live by it.

Point of view: By Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler President, Union of American Hebrew Congregations' Meir Kahane is not so much a danger as he is a source of shame and humiliation for the Jewish community. That is because he distorts Jewish teachings, attacks fellow-Jews and peddles bigotry, appealing to the lowest instincts in each of us. He is the mirror image of another hatemonger, Louis Farrakhan. Both are skilled rabble-rousers who deal in hate. Both prey on fear, both seek to .exploit their followers and attract new ones by preaching racism and violence. Kahane has issued veiled and not-so-veiled threats against me and others. Farrakhan threatened the life of the Washington Post reporter who broke the. Jesse Jackson "Haymietown" story. • Kahane denounces Arabs and vows to drive them from Israel. Farrakhan denounces whites as the devil and Jews as wicked. Kahane rants that there is a plot to shut him up. Farrakhan sees himself as the Voice of Holy Truth whom Jews are determined to silence.

Both are of one kind: demagogues, politico-religious fanatics who seek to win power by giving the masses both a Satan and a savior. For Kahane, the Satan is the Arab; for Farrakhan, the Jew. Each considers himself the messiah, the righteous crusader who imposes order on chaos. Both are to be feared and both are to be fought. How are we to do that? By speaking out against them, and by taking that stand in public, 1 believe it is necessary for men of good will to speak out against the haters in our midst. It is no less important for Jews to denounce Meir Kahane than it is for blacks to declare themselves on Louis Farrakhan — not to deprive either of their right of free speech but to serve notice that Kahane and Farrakhan do not speak for us, that those who believe in peace and harmony among the races and religious reject their message of

"To repudiate the slander" of the United Nations General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism, a conference on Israel, Zionism and the United Nations will be held at UN headquarters (Conference Hall 4) from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 — the 10th anniversary of the resolution's adoption. Among the speakers at the conference will be, left to right, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassadors to the UN; and Vernon Walters, U.S. Ambassador to the UN; Kenneth J. Bialkin, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Bayard Rusting chairman'-of the A. Philip Randolph Institutes; and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Ambassador to the UN.

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wm I would like to thank my family and friends for all the kindnesses to us during my recent illness. The many donations, cards,and messages meant more than I can say. Special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff, a one man support system! Dave Wine Thanks to my family and friends who made my 96th Birthday party so wonderful! Thank you for the donations, cards and gifts. My appreciation to Rabbi and Mrs. Nadoff and Cantor and Mrs. Firestone. I hope you will all be able to do it again on my 97th! Papa Longer

SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephan F. Barack and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack will speak on Some Views on "A Certain People". The Oneg Shabbat following the service Will be sponsored by the Temple Israel Sisterhood. Saturday: 11 a.m. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Saturday, Nov. 16 (grades 6-9) 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 (grades K-5) 10 a.m. HEBREW SCHOOL Gimmel - Monday, Nov. 1 8 - 4 p.m. Aleph - Tuesday, Nov. 19 - 4 p.m. Daled - Wednesday, Nov. 2 0 - 4 p.m. Bet - Thursday, Nov. 21 - 4 p.m. CONFIRMATION Monday, Nov. 18 - 6:30 p.m. SPECIAL CLASSES Nov. 1 8 - 8 p.m. "The Wayspf Judaism" taught by • Rabbi Barack and Jane West. Nov. 19 - 10 a.m. "Is Reform Becoming Orthodox" taught by Rabbi Barack Nov. 19 - 7:30 p.m. "The Conditions of A Certain People" taught by Rabbi Barack. "A Jewish Perspective on ..." taught by Jane West. BOARD MEETING Temple Israel Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 in the Milder Conference Center of Temple..The Executive Committee will meet at 6 p.m. preceding the Board meeting.

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The statistics on infertility in the United States are reason for concern. An increasing percentage, now about 20% ojf Arnei-ican couples are infertile, whether because of male or female problems. One solution for one kind of infertility — the inability to conceive — is available today in IVF, in vitro fertilization. Here the "conception" takes place in a petrl dish. And the number of "test tube babies" is growing all the time, and at an accelerated rate. But the problems involved are immense, especially the moral-legal. Would it be permissible, for example, for a single person (who could afford to pay the large sums involved) to get a child in this way? At this point I think that all American clinics where IVF is performed limit their services to married couples. But all kinds of abuses are possible. How can they be prevented? Recently I took part in a "non-sectarian" (that's what they always say!) recognition of Nebraska's Mother of the Year. I pointed to our Sidrah, and those preceding and following, to note that the Book of Genesis is essentially the story of a family — how a family was established that eventually became the people of Israel. The Children of Israel see themselves as descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. We must not miss the point made (though not directly) in this Genesis account: There was difficulty involved in the birth of this whole line of our ancestors. Sarah was far overaged. The birth of Isaac to Sarah and Abraham was "miraculous" and unexpected. Isaac's wife Rebekah

hated her life, since carrying the twins, Esau and Jacob, was so burdensome. And Jacob's wife Rachel went childless for years; and she had to suffer the feeling of superiority of Jacob's other wife, Leah, who had many children. Finally Joseph was born to Rachel. But when her second child Benjamin was born, Rachel died in childbirthIt is from this line of difficult conceptions and pregnancies that the Jewish people derived. Is not the Bible writer trying to tell us something in this tale? Even God could not easily bring about the existence of his pilot people, destined and commissioned by Him to lead the world to a firmer morality. If it was difficult for the Jewish people to come into being, it has been more difficult to live in a World where Nature can be savage as well as gentle, and where men can more easily lapse into the amorality of the beast (with man it is immorality) than it is to rise to the moral stature that God had envisioned. No people has.been more buffeted, no people has been more vilified, no people has been more warred against than we. And since this is so, our God-given burden is twofold, first to survive, and, second, to make survival the key to a deepened consciousness of Jewishness, a more profound determination to improve the world — in short, to be "witnesses" for God. See where we have been in' these brief words! From IVF at the start, to our Sidrah, and then to survival and the depth of Jewishness of the Jewish people! We are the B'nai Yisrael, the children of Jacob — about whose birth we read as we begin our Sidrah. Whether we like it or not, duties fall on us that are universal and eternal in their implications. We carry, in our survival and in the character of our survival, the very fate and future of humankind. We are God's witnesses. We are His pilot people.

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(dfeatks) LEO-WEITZ Funeral services for Leo Weitz, former owner of Rose Bowl Lanes, took place Nov. 7 at Beth El Synagogue. Burial was in Beth El cemetery. Mr. Weitz, 82, of 8405 Indian Hills Drive, died of cancer at Methodist Hospital. He had been ill for several months, said his son, Arnold Weitz. Mr. Weitz and his wife, Rose, built the Rose Bowl, 1110 N. Saddle Creek Road, in 1954. Mr. Weitz is survived by his son, and two grandchildren, all of Omaha. BESSIE B. SHYKEN Bessie B. Shyken died Nov. 10 in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home where she resided. Services took place Monday with burial in Mt. Sinai cemetery. The family has suggested contributions to Beth Israel Synagogue. In addition to her husband, Samuel, Mrs. Shyken is survived by sons Paul and Keva, of Omaha, six grandchildren; and sister Rebecca Grainek, Newton, Iowa.

daism and its social action programs. For five days in Los Anh geles the Sisterhoods and the Union concurrently wrestled with political and . social problems as they challenge and impinge upon the faith of Reform Judaism. Attending were: Rabbi Sidney H. and Jane Brooks, Dora and Mark Goldstrom, Noni and Hal Seiner and Dorothy Spizman. Prior to the Biennial, Mrs. Spizman represented the Temple at the National Association of Temple Administrators

Convention in San Diego. Among the more important actions of the convention were support of the principle of sanctuary for political refugees, enhancement of both adult and youth education, reaffirrnation of condemnation of apartheid and fulltime education options for Reform Jewish children. Attention was given to ongoing Jewish-Catholic relations and outreach to non-Reform Jews toward understanding and cooperation with Reform.

By Iteva Oruch Be A Dream." Helen and Irv Guests who were with us ' Segal from New York, and Oct. 21 were Edith Carey Sylvia Davis were the guests guest of Hilde Gottlieb, Nell of Billie and Dick Spiegel. Franklin guest of Shirley Lucy prepared chicken Meyerson and Flo Freed- lunch for 120 Seniors on man guest of Zelda Freed- Oct. 31, a record attendance. man. Eugene Oyer pre- Wendy Novicoff, Dennis sented a program of piano McGuire, Peter Holmes and selections. Choral director Tim Kilgore presented seLeif Erickson won the Cen- lections from the show tral States District Cham- "Anything Goes" which will pionships. 32 quarters from be held at Central High. five states competed for this Wendy was outstanding contest. when she sang "Your The "The Show Stoppers Re- Top." view" under the direction of Bess and Julie Hornstein Diane Hansen was the pro- joined us on Nov. 4.. Julie gram, Oct. 24. It was nice has been on the sick list and having Sarah Greenfield it was good having them back with us. Gerry, Sandy back with us. The "Offutt and Seth Schuchman were Aires" sang many beautiful her guests. songs for us. They read a On Oct. 28, Benson High poem that was written by an Studio Singers with Merlin Israeli youngster that was so Lemke as director and we so heart warming. They also enjoyed the duet, "Can This presented a song for Ann

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Diamond have announced the engagement of their daughter Debbie, to Clifton Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mort.Mitchell of St. Louis, Mo. Ms. Diamond is a graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Mr. Mitchell is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. April 20, 1986 has been set for the wedding in Omaha at Beth Israel Synagogue. Ms. Diamond and Mr. Mitchell are both residents of Des Moines, Iowa.

and Lew Ellis on their 63rd anniversary. The program was ended with "America The Beautiful." Ducks and more ducks were seen on our trip to DeSoto Bend on Nov. 6. 46 Seniors had an enjoyable day and the weather cooperated. The Union Pacific Museum was our last stop. Michel Driver, director and Kathy Morrison, accompanist of the North High School Choir gave us a treat on Nov. 7. They-sang 15th and 16th century style music. Robert Hyman sang Hatikvah for us. He is the grandson of Jennie Epstein and the great nephew of Evelyn and Morrie Epstein. Gary Abraham also presented a solo. Evelyn and Archie Charney were the guests of Zelda Freedman.

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Children at the Jewish Pay School are participating in a reading program this year. Each Jewish month they contract to read or have read to tiiem a certain number of pages with emphasis on books of Jewish content. At the end of the month the children bring their list of books and number of pages and receive a certificate for that month and stickers are added to their cumulative record. The program has made the children aware of the Jewish calendar while putting enthusiasm into the reading. Handing out certificates for the month of Tishri is teacher Lori Stan. Receiving his certificate is Jeremy Nichols. Also participating in the award ceremony is (left to right) Boris Davidson, Evan Saltzman, Jeffrey Katzman, and Ben Gonsher.

Children of Survivors Adult children of survivors of the Holocaust and their spouses may attend an informal social gathering at the home of Carl and Gail Tichauer on Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The address is 15406 Douglas Circle, The purpose is to provide the opportunity to discuss mutual experience and decide if there is a need for more meetings of this kind. RSVP to Gail Tichauer at 334-5602 or Ann Kibel Schwartz at 334-8200.

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be, made by contacting Reva Oruch, 391-8344 or Fanny Gummers, 391-3997. Complimentary babysit-1 ting will be provided at the Jewish Community Center by reservation only. Anyone needing n ride to the meeting may contact Sarah Lewis at 55G-91G5. HATIKVAH CHAPTER ' AMIT WOMEN Hatikvah Chapter of AMIT Women will meet Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. in Beth Israel Synagogue. Dinner will be served and reservations at $4.50 may be made with Bev Franklin, 3347365 or Marion Strauss, 558-2646. Anne Katzman will review The Haj" by Leon'Uris. KALAH FRANKLIN CHAPTER AMIT WOMEN The annual Chai Donor Luncheon will be held Nov. 20, at noon in Beth El Synagogue. Lunch will be served and Maxine Noodell, vocalist, and Esther Wax, accompanist, will entertain. Member Donor $18, reservations with Fay Sekar 551-3049, Ida Spector 3304967, Lil Becker 553-5214. EPSTEIN-MORGAN POST NO. 260 Epstein-Morgan Post No. 260 Jewish War Veterans of USA will meet Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post No. 1 Club. On Nov. 17, at .7 p.m. at the Veterans Hospital, 12th floor, the live entertainment show will be M.C. by Saul Libowski. Iz Lewis, who plans and M.C. all. the Post shows, as Iowa-Nebraska Commander, will be attending an executive meeting in Washington, D.C. Veterans Day Program, sponsored by Post No. 1 American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars District 10, was held at Memorial Park on Veterans Day. Epstein-Morgan Post No. 260 Jewish War Veterans Commander Sol Mann placed a wreath in honor of all Jewish veterans living or dead. Post members in attendance were Iz Lewis, department commander; Sam Rosenstein. '

New officers of the Old Timers Club — which meets at the Jewish Community Center for programs and lunch — are from left, Sam Rosenstein, vice president; Jerold Bernstein, president, and Dave Dvorlun, secretary-treasurer.

iliHiilliiiiM^W Abrahams, Kaslow & Cassman announces that Debra Parel Hostyk is now associated with the firm for the practice of law. Mrs. Hostyk received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and a J.D. degree from the University of Detroit School of Law, She previously was associated with Omaha Indemnity Company.

HEBRON, ISRAEL "Today, we are a community rich in historic treasures, but poor in financial resources," says Yechiel Leiter, the 25-year-old director of the Hebron Renewal Commission. Though Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried in Hebron, and King David was annotated and ruled Israel from there during his first seven years, today's Jewish community numbers 30 families.. . Indeed, even in more Howard Wohlner, son of modern times, the commuShirley Meyerson and the nity flourished. Maimonides late Morris Wohlner has himself made pilgrimage to been re-elected city treas- the city "in order to kiss the urer of Hawthorne, CA, for tombs of our ancestors." In the fourth time. He ran un- 1540, Rabbi Malkiel Ashopposed. kenazi established a large Jewish quarter and it was he WARRINGTON, Pa. who erected the Avraham (JTA) — Sandra Berliner of Avinii Synagogue. Toledo has been named The community reached rabbi of Tifereth B'nai Is- its peak during the British rael in Warrington. Mandate of Palestine. But in August of 1929, more than 20 Jewish settlements lhe Professional I were destroyed — the most for | severe in.Hebron, where the | Pest Control ? community was completely destroyed and 69 Jews were I ^ A7S.AS f killed by armed bands of Arab nationalists. "We now have a situation 5 - •*- Post Control

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TEL AVIV (JTA) - The Inner Cabinet voted in favor of continuing development work on the Lavie fighter plane and its subsequent production. The 10-man Cabinet voted 8-2, with Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai and Minister-Without-Portfolio Ezer Weizman voting against. • Modai was reported to have demanded that the developm&nt costs fpr the plane should be borne by the U.S. He proposed that the Cabinet set up a special committee composed of members representing Finance arid Defense Ministries, to look into the costs.

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pared to mark its 60th an- support of Na'amat. niversary, the Jewish TeleIn the U.S., Pioneer graphic Agency asked its Women "is connected with national president, Phyllis the same issues as in Israel," j Sutker of Chicago, if the or- Sutker continued. It sup ganization is still devoted to ports legislation and initithe same goals, uses the ates special action to prosame methods, and has the mote equal r i g h t s for same kind of members as women, reproductive rights, day care, and social service when it began. "It's a matter of great programs. pride for us that, ideologiAsked about the possibilcally and philosophically, ity of Pioneer Women's bethis is the same organiza- coming involved in Jewish tion as when it started," she day care in the U.S. as a way answered. "Pioneer Women of reaching out to working is the practical expression of mothers — one of its aims building the programs and — Sutker said, "this would institutions tiiat will help have been a natural thing to make Israel the kind of do if the needs in Israel were equal and just society we not" escalating." want it to be, and to give Pointing to Na'amat's women the opportunity to concern about having to be significantly contribut- close day-care centers in Ising members of this soci- rael because of the economic ety." crunch, Sutker stressed that All the programs of Pi- Pioneer Women's "funds oneer Women since its in- and energies need to be diception, she said, have rected to Israel. The situastemmed from its vision of tion does not permit us the the future of Israeli society, luxury of cutting down on and its philosophy of wom- that aspect and elevating en's equality. "But you can't another." be equal unless you have opNa'amat, like other Jewportunities," she continued. Na'amat has provided them, ish women's organizations, initially via training farms, is concerned about recruitnow through its vocational ing young working women, education, social services, and working- mothers, and legislative work and lobby- . providing some "incentive" ing. And Pioneer Women for them to become organihas supported Na'amat in zationally active, and also responding "structurally" this work. • ; One significant difference to the problem of time avail-, with other American Jewish ability affecting women toorganizations that has con- day, a subject the National tinued to today, she said, is Board has been studying that Pioneer Women was carefully, Sutker said. "not established as a phiAbout one-half tp_ onelanthropic organization."' third of the members'.of PiWhile other Zionist or- oneer Women are gainfully, ganizations were e s t a b - employed. "Working class lished here to help Israel in women were the founders of specific programs, only PiPioneer Women," Sutker oneer Women "was an outsaid. T h e r e f o r e , when growth from the Israel scene women began returning ^o to here — and the only or- the workplace in the 1970s, ganization that has a sister Pioneer Women did not organization with the kind have the same philosophical of numbers~that constitute difficulties in dealing with a women's movement in Is- this as did other organizarael," Sutker said. Pioneer tions. "Working was not Women raises about $3 mil- anathema to our women," lion annually toward the she said.

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ton & Jerusalem," Wolf Blitzer, the American bureau chief of the Jerusalem« Post in Washington, D.C., explains this "phenomenon" from his special perspective es an.on-the-scene observer in the nation's capital. Just published by the Oxford University Press, the book is subtitled "A Reporter's Notebook" to emphasize its distillation from his journalictic experience in both capitals and his intimacy with the political leaders of both countries. Nevertheless, the first person singular is rarely in evidence, as the author unobtrusively traces the evolution of the strengthening relationship between the United States and Israel with a myriad of detail, interviews and anecdotes. In tracing the unique relationship which has developed, inevitably, much of the ground he covers is familiar terrain, but it is infused with a reporter's objectivity and the knowledgeable outlook of a person born and raised in one country who has spent many years in the other and who is fluent in both Hebrew and English. What emerges, therefore, is an informed analysis of the way people function and things work in both countries — the interaction of presidents and prime ministers, of the State Department and the Foreign Office, of members of Congress and the Knessett and, perhaps most important of all, the effect of all

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Lincoln HMO donor • "a huge success" By Suri Jacknis This year's Hadassah Medical Organization Donor Event was a huge success. The community was treated to an extraordinary concert by our own Emanuel Wishnow and Audun Ravnan. These two guest artists attracted a large audience and helped Hadassah raise a record high amount for its medical organization.

A review From the wonderful h'ors d'oeuvres and cocktails to the coffee and delicious desserts, the affair was full of elegance and style. Our hats are off to Ophira Bahar and her able assistant, Nancy Coren, who meticulously planned and prepared this entire evening. The concert was well-balanced and varied. The repertoire included both secular and Jewish music and, as Emanuel Wishnow explained, each piece was selected for its personal or sentimental value of the musicians. Because of the artists' personal connection of the

Selma and Nathan E. Bernstien of Lincoln, will celebrate their Golden wedding anniversary during the Thanksgiving holiday. An important aspect of the celebration will be the participation of the BernBtien

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music, the concert was es- fessor of Music. He retired pecially moving to the au- in 1975. dience. Of particular beauty Professor Wishnow was was the song which Eman- conductor of the Omaha uel dedicated to his late Symphony for two years, brother, Bernard Wishnow. and guest conductor of the The concert was extremely Lincoln Symphony since well received by the audi- 1941. ence who felt that they parAudun Ravnan is hailed ticipated in a very special as'one of Norway's foremost musical experience. pianists. Since 1957 Ravnan Our artists have distinhas been an artist-teacher guished. backgrounds. at the University of NeEmanuel Wishnow joined braska-Lincoln and has the University of Nebraska been honored with the Unimusic faculty in 1933 as an versity's Distinguished instructor of violin. He be- Teaching Award. came professor of violin in - In 1981 he became the 1951 and was director of the first individual artist to reSchool of Music from 1958 ceive the Governor's Arts to 1972. In 1966 he was Award, Nebraska's most named George Holmes Pro- prestigious arts award.

family at religious services and on Oneg Shabbat at Tifereth Israel in Lincoln on Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. For 50 years, the Bernstiens have been involved in the religious, philanthropic,

and fraternal lives of the community. Family and friends will be coming from Austin, Houston, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Omaha, Ontario, Pittsburgh and Sun City.

The South Street Temple Congregation welcomes the following new members: Bruce Kalin, David and Myrna Rosenberg, Hastings residents Mark and Brenda Rosenberg, Amy Schur, Jay and Susie Wolf of Albion, Neb. Use Rosenberg was selected Lincoln General Hospital "Volunteer of the Month." Deb Levitov was the recipient of an award from the Nebraska Library Association for her "Pig Out on Books" library promotion which was chosen best in the State. Following services at the South Street Temple on Nov. 15 on Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Brian and Karen Schur in honor of their daughter, Amanda's naming. The families of Selma and Nate Bernstein on the occasion of the fiftieth wedding anniversary invite the Nebraska Community to religious services and Oneg Shabbat at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Nov. 29.

Barb Seglin chairman of the recent Tifert-th Israel Congregational Dinner thanks the following committee: Eve Hoffman, Jan Breslow, Rhoda Priesman, Gerry Schuchman, Naomi Cherrick. Phyllis Dolich, Faye Unger, Kitty Wishnow, Ruth Burke, and Dorothy Grant. Also, to Heidi Breslow, Eden and Rania Schlien, Buffy Breslow and Judy Crable who helped serve. The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood "Say it With Cheese" project is still on according to Hannah DeBruin. Please respond with orders. All items are from the Wisconsin Cheese and Gift Co. If you have filled out your order from the brochure distributed at the Oct. meeting, mail it to Hannah at 3110 DickensM Lincoln, Neb. 68516; or call her at 421-2688. During Sept., U.S.Y. embarked on a social action project in honor of the high holidays, The U.S.Y'ers met to bake challahs and cookies and then distributed them to the community members to sweeten the New Year. The Tifereth Israel Congregation commends the young people and the parents, Eve Hoffman and Rhoda Priesman who helped. The group willmeet to plan to their participation and attendance at the regional Kinnus to be held in

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New film project B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha has announced its co-sponsorship with Commonwealth Theater Company of a new film project for children. Films such as "Lassie Come Home" and "For the Love of Benji" will be shown at a reduced rate during school vacation periods. The first film, "For the Love of Benji" will be shown on Nov. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the Indian Hills and Orchard 4 Theaters. The cost of the show will be 754 with a special children's pack of popcorn and soft drink for $1.50.

This project has received the approval of the Omaha Public Schools, The Westside School System, Millard Schools, and the Superintendent of Catholic Education in Omaha. NEW YORK (JTA) — Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Operation Moses, the rescue mission that brought 10,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel, were cor e c i p i e n t s , of t h e 1985 $100,000 Jabotinsky Award at a ceremony at the headquarters of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.

Food; fashions and frivolity are in store for those at' tending "An Afternoon in Venice" at Joslyn Art Museum at noon on Nov. 21. Featuring a gourmet luncheon and fashion show, "An Afternoon in Venice" is a fund-raising event for the Museum sponsored by the Joslyn Women's Association.

Cantors Harold Firestone (left) Emil Berkovits (center) and Leo Fettman recently presented a concert on Sephardic music in connection with the Fall semester of the College of Jevvich Family Learning a t the J C C .

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Alan Potash, assistant director of Cultural and Performing Arts at the Jewish. Community Center, has resigned to pursue an educational program in Israel. According to Steven J. Rod, executive director, JCC, the resignation is effective Dec. 31. Mr. Potash

SUMMIT, N.J. (JTA) Rabbi Ellen Lewis, former associate director of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, has been installed as rabbi of Temple Sinai of Summit, the congregation's first woman rabbi.

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