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Rod appointed by Federation ^teven J. Rod, executive director of the Jewish Community Center, will be the new executive vice president of the Jewiafci FMbration of Omalu. Hit selection an the top professional in the Federation was approved hy the Federation's Board of Directors TViesday nixht. Mr. Rod had l)een recommended by the Search 'Committee followin); interview's with several out-ofSteven Rod state candidates. He Will assume his new duties Feb. 24. Mr. Rod was appointed to direct the Center in December, 1960 following the reBignation of Phil Cofman, In 1982, he also was given the responsibility of managing the Federation campus. Cisiropus buildings include the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and the Livingston Plaza Apartments as well as the JCC. The appointment of Mr. Rod as Federation executive vice president fills the vacancy created upon the resignation of Allan Greene last May. Meanwhile, a Search committee under the chairmanship of Robert Zuber has been appointed by Norman Sheldon, JCC president, to find a new director for the Center. In Omaha, the Federation conducts the annual fundraising campaign lor the benefit of local services and Israel. In addition, the Federation allocates the funds raised to Israel and the local operating agencies: Jewish Community Center, Bureau fur the Aging, Library, Jewish Family Ser' vice,jjewiah Press, Bureau of Jewish Education and Community Relations. Each .^0tDcy operates independently with it^ own board > of difectors, although the Federation board has the ultim6te~ la^al responsibility for all actions. " The Federation also supplies central services such as accounting, secretarial, and facilities for the operating agen-

Fed^ation offers scholarships, loans By Jonathan Roaenbaum ' The Financial Aid Committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced that scholarships and loans are available through funds of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation. Eight endowmenl.i now provide funds for students from preschool through graduate school. Many of the scholarships provide fundii for Omaha's Jewish college students. The Financial Aid Committee also announced that incoming and present college students are invited to apply for funds for the 19A6-87 academic year. Applications are available through the Bureau of Jewish Education, 333 South 132nd Street, Omaha, NE, 68154. Applications may also be secured by calling Joan Pecoraro at the Bureau, 334-8200, Ext. 210. Applications for college scholarships miist be submitted hy March 1, 1986. In 1985, the Financial Aid Committee awarded almost $45,000 to local Jewish young people to attend universities, and to participate in Jewish camping experiences, trips to Israel, Jewish preschool and day school programs. Some $22,(KX) was awarded to college students to help supplement the increasing costs of higher education. Despite the substantial awards, spokesmen lor the Bureau of Jewish Education indicate that needs for scholarships and loans are constantly increasing. Among the scholarships and loans available are the following: Freshman Scholanhlpa — Income of the Nancy and Don prieenberg Scholarship is awarded 6aich year to a Jewish resident of Omaha who is enb^ring his/her freshman year of college. Candidates who have earned no more than a "B" average in high school are eli^ble. General Undergraduate Scholarahip — LoU Jeanne Schrager Memorial Fas' — provides annual grahta of up to $1,000 each to eoilege students who demonstrate superior academic performance, eztncurricular involvement, and fmancial need; Baairioe and Nate H. Shariaaii ScholaraUp Fund — provide* grant* in •mount* dtaifMted Iv the Financial Aid Committee to Jawiah undarlnduatae tnaHb$J>m»i» ana. Uadargradwit* LoaM '- TkdDmnA'K. Beber Schol(continued on page 10)

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Catholics, Jews recognize anniversary of prodamatbn By Jill Kushner Belmont AMiisUnt Director, ADL/CRC The Omaha Catholic and Jewiih communities will come together at Creighton University on Feb. 9 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Nostra Aetate," the Vatican II proclamation which formally denounced anti-Semitism, according to Sheldon Filger, Plains States regional director of the Anti-Defamation League/Community Relation Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The ADL/CRC, Creighton University and the Archdiocese of Omaha are sponsoring the 7 p.m. community program, to be held at Walsh Lecture Hall at the Eppley College of Business. The theme of the evening, "Catholic-Jewish Relationa: Twenty Years of Progress," will be the subject of in-depth presentations to be made by the evening's guest speakers, the Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, a Catholic Servite priest from Chicago, and Rabbi Leon Klenicki, director of Interreligious Affairs for ADL in New York. Both men are leading authorities in the fleld of Catholic-Jewish relations, Mr. Filger said, and will provide an evening of valuable and educational insights regarding the heightened understanding l)etween the two denominations. The declaration in 1965 by Vatican II recognized Judaism for the fiAt time as a valid, complete religion; the previous Catholic view of Judaism was that it was invalidated by the New Testament, and that the Jews' only salvation was conversion, Mr. Filger sqid. In addition, maj^r changes in Catholicism's teachings have occurred, including a repudiation of the deicide charge, which stated that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus, Mr. Filger said. The two presentations wiltJae followed by a panel discussion comprised of the following clergy: Rabbi Stephen Barack, Temple Israel; Rabbi Myer S. Kripke, Rabbi Emer-

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itus, Beth El; the Rev. Val J. Peter, director of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home; and the Rev. Roliert F. Priesinger, director of the Ecumenical Affairs Commission of the Archdiocese of Omaha. Moderator for the evening wjll be the Rev. Richard Hauser, S.J., chairman of the Theology Department at Creighton. "This is a very important progtam for the Jewish community to attend," Mr. Filger said. "The Catholic (immunity has made a major effort to instill a better understanding of Judaism, and the opportunity to celebrate the impact of Nostra Aetate is not one to be missed." After a question and answer session, a reception will be hosted by Creighton University President Michael G. Morrison will be held at 9 p.m. in the Union Pacific Room on the lower level of the Rainert Alunuii Memorial Library. The program and the reception arehoth free of < open to the community.

protests despite threats By Morria Maline "I'm not brave, I'm just a Jew ... we've been scapegoats for 5,000 years, and I'm just, tired of it." With these words, Kearney farmer Gary Goldberg explained why he took such an active role in protesting the appearance of Heritage Library members at a so-called "farm convention." As a result of protests from Mr. Goldberg and others in Kearney, the Holiday Inn iii that community canceled the reservation for the farm rally. And following the holding of the rally in a substitute location, Mr. Goldl)erg was advised of a threat against him. In a telephone interview with the Jewish Press, Mr. Goldberg said the threat was disclosed to him by state and local law enforcement officials. Mr. Goldberg said he was advised to leave town and that the Governor's mansion in Lincoln was made available to him for the weekend. "I was scheduled to be in Lincoln anyway to attend the Executive Board meeting of the State Democratic Party so I just took my wife and our son and we stayed in a hotel." Mr. Goldberg, Third Congressional District Democratic chairman, also is a Kerrey appointee to the-Nebraska Ga-

Judith Resnik dies in shuttle disaster Judith Resnik of Akron, Ohio, the secorid female astronaut and the first American Jew .to enter outer space, perished with the crew of space shuttle Challenger 'Hiesday morning. Dr. Resnik, a mission specialist with a PhD in electrical engineering, was one of six crew members on the space shuttle Discovery which went into orbit in August, 1984. A^that titne she annouiiced on the shuttle.radio, "The Earth looks great." Dr! Besnik, 36, became a bat mitrvah in Akron and continued the study of Hebrew in high school. Her paternal grandpaieAts left Kiev in the 1920* because (^ persecution. They settled in Palestine. Hv fiither, Dr. Marvin Resnik, studiM in a ysohhia: in PJi)^(n» before moving tp the Ignited State*. JH* i* ail qptopetrist and an a^vetjmgjbinrof Aiuron'«J*«i||i<'

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Federation plans newcxxners brunch Newcomers to the Omaha community will be welcomed on Feb. 9 at a brunch sponsored by the Shalom Omaha Newcomers Committee. Connie Slutzky and Bobbi Leibowitz are co-chairmen for the event to be held at the home of Nancy and Shelly Rip*, 330 South 93 Street. "This gathering will give the newcomers the opportunity to meet both other newcomers and members of our committeej" said Mrs. Slutcky. "A short film to be viewed will acquaint them with th« service* available in our Jewish community," she added. Invitations hove been mailtd to all aingl** and couples who have recently novfd to Qmahi and nUb^ contact with « «nagofae ot^ ftWwMpu TboM Moi^iiJiiit «bC>t have nukl* that «pataet lilwwld lika to attend the biNineh should caU BtU* iWner at the VUHXtkm office, 334-8aoa

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Hispanic delegation visits Israel By B«>rt Lewis

1 had one of thuM' "I've (jot piod news and tiad news" messages the other day. A nice lifdy wn)l* me and first commented that she enjoys reading these columns. "That was the GOOD news. She went onlu gently chide me for mentioning Christian holidays in this space Sim-e she was nice emxigh to talie the time to shiire her views, I'd lilie to try to answer her. My recent reference to \'alentine's Day lx)thered her, even though 1 can't tielievc the average jx-rson connects that day with Christianity. PersoiKilly, I think ol it as an excuse to send (and receive) a nice card or flowers, signifying affection. Saint shmaint, it's all in lun! I don't take it Seriously,^lo you? She also remindetl me "New years was in September, not on January 1, t he Christ iiin new year " Come now, don't we all start our calendar year on lanuary 1? Of course our high holy day* mark the end of our old year and theljeginningof the new. We all know that ... I, like you, have my Jewish calendar on my desk and refer to it often. By the .same token, .so is the January to December calendar on my desk. And of course I know it is called the Gregorian and I even know who Gregory was, but I don't celebrate HIS holidays. After all, isn't the calendar not hing more than a series of carefully measured and documented numbers and words with which • we keep track of what day it is? Matter of tact, I consulted an authority on such matters and learned that even in Israel more than one calendar is used. He told me that the Jewish calendar is of course used lor anything and everything pertaining to Judaic matters, but the Gregorian calendar is often used for various secular needs. He went on to tell me the Moslem calendar is also used; this seemed to me as though our Israelis feel that's the common sense way to deal with the subject. My critic suggested we Jewish parents and grandparents ought to be setting good Jewish examples, and 1 couldn't agree with her more. We practice custom and tradition in our home — always have. And t hough my kids knew each holiday and it's significance, they als(j had a pumpkin on Halloween! I hope she won't be offended if 1 lell her part of my annual harvest display is a pumpkin. We never attached any serioiis important it it all ... but we did participate in the silly trick or treat mishagoes. Well, if you think I'm wrong, I'm sorry. We can't always agree, but r like to think I'm at least "in step" with most everybody. And I hate the idea of offending anyone. If I did, accept my apology, but please understand 1 don't attach any religious importatKe to Valentine's Day or the like. I guess maybe it, what's that expression? oh yes, it goes with the territory.

Mrs. Bon TV NBC's Today Show is preparing a segment on Rose Blumkin (Mrs. B.) for a showing on its Feb. 19 program, the Jewish Press has learned. A film crew from Dallas spent three days in Omaha last week filming Mrs. B at work in the Nebraska Furniture Mart and prepared a four minute segment. Participating from New York were reporter Consuelo Mack and producer Susan Weaver. Ms. Mack became interested in Mrs. B after reading about her in the business press.

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By Claudia Sherman Omahan Susan Correa along with eight other Hiapanic American leaders spent an intensive nine-day study mission in Israel this past November. Other delegates on the mission were from Texas, California, Colorado, and Florida. The group are all Board members of the National Hispanic l<eadership Conference (NHLC) which is an. Hispanic think tank and is riot politically tiuitivated, according to Mrs. Correa. The NHLC gets involved in issues and forms coalitions with Black and Jews, for example. Involvement in international affairs has been set as a priority by the NHLC. "As the fastest growing minority in the United States which now exceeds 20 million and who spend 1(X) billion dollars a year as consumers, it is essential that Hispanic Americans have a voice in the implementation of foreign policy," said Tony Bonilla, NHLC chairman who also went on the Israel mission. "This visit should enable us to be in a better position to accomplish this objective," he said. Thereare 15,000 to 18,000 Hispanics in Omaha, said Mrs. Correa, who is the Nebraska State Director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). LULAC was formed in 1929 and is an advocacy organization for Hispanics in the way the NAACP is for Blacks, explained Mrs. Correa who.is of Swedish-Irish descent.' T^e Correas lived in Mexico for four vest's with their three daughters. ' Mrs. Correa said she wanted them to be proud of their Mexican heritage, to hav^ confidence in themselves, and to be prepared to cope with the negative influences they'd encounter due to their Hispanic background and last name. Mrs. Correa's primary responsibility with LULAC is raising funds for college scholarships. Her husband, Ricardo Correa, is national vice president for the Midwest of LULAC. Correa and his wife are president and executive vice president, respectively, of Mexican Food

Mrs. Correa, far right, shakes hands with braell Foreign Minister Yit^ak Shamir. Manufacturers of Omaha Inc. which manufacturers under the brand name Ricardo'B. In their overall effort to be better informed about international affairs, the NHLC is particularly interested in Israel and the Mideast due to the inflammatory situation in the area. Aipong the places the Hispdnic delegation visited were Jerusalem *here they toured the Israel Museum and the Old City. They met with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Defense Minister 'Yitzhak Rabin, Cabinet Member Moshe Arens, and Director General Ministry of Education and Culture Bliezer Shmueli among others. After Jerusalem, they visited Ofra and then proceeded to Nazareth where they visited the Basilica of the Annunciation. They had lunch at an Israeli Air Force Base and then toured it. The group spent that night at Kibbutz Kfar Giladi. Also on the tovr was Metulla, a visit to the "Good Fence" on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the Golan Heights, and the holy sites on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. After lunch in Tiberias, the delegation went to Tel Aviv. Other points along their itinerary were the Dead Sea and Masada. Mrs. Correa and the others

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also toured the Israel Air- groups really have legiticraft Industries, the Mu- mate causes." She believes seum of the Jewish Dias- that "if there's ever going to pora, Yad Vashem, Mount be peace in the Middle Bast, Herzl, and met with Dr. the United States has to Moshe Mendelbaum, gov- support Israel even more ernor of the Bank of Israel. strongly than it does now." Bonilla commented that She added that there should "an intelligence briefing be more action similar to and visits to military in- that.Which Reagan has stallations as well as edu- taken against Libya's Col. cational facilities and reKhadafy. Yassir Arafat viewing advances made in shouldn't be given so much agricultural and medical re- media attention. It gives search should enable us to him and his cause credibilhave a better understanding ity. She also believes that of the problems facing Israel the trouble in the Middle and how they impact upon East is not so much a peoour nation." ple-problem as a political Mrs. Correa was im- one. pressed with the Israelis' After everywhere they emphasis on vocational education, their technological went, everything they did, advances, as well as what and everyone they met, Mrs. the Israelis have done with Correa said "it doesn't sink : the desert. "It's so difficult in all at once. We really had to eek out a living there that the red-carpet treatment. I you gain a tremendous re- wanted to absorb so much, spect and admiration for the but there was so much history. You'd go bac]iften people," she said. "When you see what the years, and the suddenly Arabs have done with the you'd go back 2,000 years." land," she continued, "com- She said she'd like to go to pared to what the Israelis Israel again. have done — you can see the NHLC leaders have indifference. It looks like the vited Israeli leaders to parArabs don't really want it. ticipate in a national conIt's just that they don't want ference of Hispanic the Israelis to have it. It's all American and American political," she noted. She Jews in 1986. The invitatioi*. believes the Israelis blame was warmly received by Isthe British for the current rael. As a preliminary step, situation with the Arabs. plans have been made for a The media has given so member of the foreign .minmuch attention to the Arabs istry to visit the United and the Palestine Libera-' States to give a series of lection Organization," said tures on Israel and its poMrs. Correa, "that Ameri- sitions on Mideast policy to cans are wondering if those various American groups.

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ADL monitors activities exploiting farm crisis NEW YORK - The AntJDelamation league of B'nai B'nth has undertaken counlermlion and monitorin); arlivities in rt-s|)<)n»e to attempts by extremist and anti-Semitic f^raups of the far-right to exploit the American farm crisis. According to a hperial report titled. "The American • Farmer and the Extremists," prepared by (he Fact Finding Depariment of ADL's Civil Rights Division, the program ranges from encouraging Christian clergy and farm liMders to s|>eakoul againsi bicolry, (o assisting Jewish cummunhy institutions to improve security arrangemeiii>. Seymour Reich, chairman ofADL'sCivi) Rights Committee, said the report documents (he "extraordinary efforts" being made by extremists to prupngandize farming areas with hate rhetoric and conspiracy theories and to put forward radical and unsound advice for solving debt problems. Some of the propnganda, Mr. Reich went on, contains statements that rui.se the spectre of violence or call on farmers to resist foreclo' sures with force. Nevertheless, the report said, the "overwhelming majority of farmers have not. swallowed the extremists' message" — but there is a potential danger to American society when "violence is threatened as a tactic" and radicalism and bigotry are propagated. 'I'he report pointed out that several violent confrontations and some tragic deaths have occurred although these have been the result of the activities of a few. The ADL report said the extremists have concentrated their activities in Midwestern and Southern farm states, seeking to enhance their own public standing and to recruit new supporters. They include Newsbrief Muslim fundamentalists today see Jews and Zionism as the central reason for Islatn's present state of crisis and loss of traditional values, said Prof. Ron Nettler, research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Harry S Truman Research Center for the Advancement of Peace, at the flrst annual Rev. Dr*. James Parkes Memorial Prize Lecture and Award ceremony, held at the University. The prize memorealizes a British theologian who was a scholar of Jewish history and promoter of Jewish-Christian understanding.

' the Populist Party, the major far-right group trying to exploit farm pmbleros; Posse Comilatus, the antiSemitic organization of loosely affiliated groups of armed vigilantes, ;ind the National Agricultural Press Association, a group tfiat , combines do-it-yourself legal advice to farmers with anti-Jewish propaganda. To combat and expose the activities of these and other groups'. Mr. Reich said, the I..eague has initialed a wide range of measures as the result of extensive field invesligalions and con.siiltations with community leaders and law enforcement authorities in many states. Among the measures: — Participating in FCC administrative proceedings to deny the license renewal application of radio station KTTL of Dodge City, KS, a powerful radio voice i/i the farm belt, which has broadcast vicious ami-Semitic propaganda. — Offering assistance to state law enforcement officials who are trying to prevent prison inmates from receiving hate material in the mail or from organizing services of the psuedo-religious Identity movement which advocates white supremacy and anti-Semi-

iism. — Providing slates with model legislation to ban paramilitary training activities by extremist groups — with the result that such laws have been passed in II states to date. — Making available to synagogues, community centers and welfare agencies, the l>eague's handbook, "Security for Community Institutions." — Distributing major reports on the background and activities ol extremist organizations for the use of responsible farm groups in exposing iind repudiating hate rhetoric. — Cooperating with schools and educators to provide materials — books, pamphlets, films and lllmstrips — to counteract bigotry and simplistic solutions to the farm crisis offered by extremists. In assessing the impact and future potential of the extremist threat in'rural America, the report .i.sserted that ADL's objectives is to ensure "that extremist group gains among farmers in the future do not significantly increase over their present small nunibers — even if conditions facing farms grow more desperate."

Nebraska ETV highlights agriculture The state of Nebraska's the future. The project will agriculture many be in its also identify many of the worst shape since the sources of assistance, both Depression. Many fanners public and private, available are losing income, land, for farm and ranch families. faith and, most of all, hope The programs which are for a brighter future, being specially produced for A month-long program- AgReach'86 include "The ming project on Nebraska State of Nebraska's AgriETV this February — in- culture," "Who's Minding cluding special public telethe Farm?", "Failing vision programs and accomBanks," "Coping With panying outreach efforts — Change," "Agricultural Serpays heed to the special vices and Assistance," and problems of Nebraska's an "Agricultural Town farmers. This landmark . Meeting." Intere^ed groups project, dubbed • Ag- and individuals are encourReach'ae, is being con- aged to videotape these producted jointly by the Uni- grams for re-use after their versity of Nebraska- originallbroadcasl. Lincoln's Cooperative ExIn addition, numerous tension Service and the Ne- other ag-related programs braska E'TV Network with are scheduled to air during the advice and support of February. In conjunction many other public and pri- with the television compovate agencies and agricul- nent of AgReach'86 is an intensive campaign to reach tural groups. AgReach'86 seeks to clar- out to Nebraskan's to help ify the issues for farm and them make positive deciranch families and others in sions in their own lives. rural communities as well as Smajt group discussions of those indirectly affected by the programs are encourthe state's agricultural aged and a viewer packet of economy. It will spotlight fflsays, questions for discusways in which farm and sion and resources is availranch families are dealing able from AgReach'86, Box positively with the present 83111, Lincoln, NE 68501, situation and planning for (402) 472-36U.

Inquiring photographer Qaudia Sherman asks: AMr TMiquHWr Mi(UnKMdB towVigradnitOoMns 1/77D.

What do you Ke about attendng nel^ous schod and do you have any suggestions to improve it:

Gary Shyken age 9 I like when we get to do activities like art. I'd like to have more art.

Paala McCreiKht age 8 I like learning how to speak Hebrew. I like to do art and tests. '

Carl Biniamow age 9 I like reading Hebrew. I like being in class, because it's fun. We get to do fun stuff.

Laura Senft age 9 Give the kids more of a choice of what they want to do. What I really like about it is it comes in handy at public school, because sometimes they ask me about my religion. I'm the only Jewish one in my class.

Jaaon Itkin age 9 I think Religious School is okay, because it teaches you about Jewish holiday? and things and Jewish traditions, and it teaches you to read Hebrew and to write Hebrew. I think that we should get a longer recess and have a bigger recess area. Otherwise, I think it's pretty good.

Heather Bailen age 10 I nice some of the teachers, and I like it because it can be fun like the games we play. It should be not as long. We should be able to be in the class you want to be in. You should play at least one educational game a day. On the last day, you should be able to have a party.

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Israel who's who a mine of information HAIFA - The twentieth edition of "Who's Who in Is rael," recently oil the press, Is ag usual a mine of information atxHit pentonalities in Urael. The attempt at cbmprehensiveneiui is obvious in the inclusion of Arab and Druze notables, immigrants from Russia who have "made good" and a sprinkling of men and women overseas who have had a share in Israel's life. If not every personality in the news is listed that is not Periodically, the Jewish Press receives telephone calls and personal visits from members of the com- the fault of the editor. For all their reputation, many Israelis are tight-lipped abut themselves, and are linwilling to promunity who are lro\ibled by current events. vide biographical inrormacion. Are they bashful? Do they This week, (or example, requests came in regarding think the income tax autl^orities use this as a reference the appearance in Kearney of anti-Semites posing as book? Does their cnnscieiKe forbid them to respond to a, solvers of the (arm crisis and the appearance of a questionnaire if they do not plan to buy the book? 'white suprematist" on a nationally-syndicated teleThe noted writer, G. Kresel, was quite frank when he ,,vision program. wrote in a preface to one of the earlier editions that a Who's Although the Jewish Press has only a few sub- Who of Israel is "a panorama of our society, embracing all scribers in Kearney, Gary Goldberg, the Jewish its shortcomings and superfluities." Indeed, while a teleI'armer who led the protest against the 'convention' phone directory can hardly be called interesting reading, one can flip the pages of the Who's Who and find fasciis one of them. i In a telephone conversation, Mr. Goldberg told me nating curiosa about the famous and near-faipous of the country. Many of the names may be unfamiliar overseas, that he was happ\' to see the front page article, Jan. but in Israel one can achieve fame, notoriety or status al'24, in the Jewish Press on this so-called convention. most overnight. In all there are about 3,000 entries. He explained that just knowing that the Jewish Among the interesting facts we gleaned: In a previous people in Nebraska and Iowa were informed of the edition Abba E^n listed an address; this time itls deleted, situation made him more comfortable in dealing with so admirers can nut send him a greeting card on his birthit. day, which falls on February 2 (1915). Helen Bar-Lev, a I think it's interesting to point out that several painter, lists her address as 'The Ethiopian Church in Jeryears ago, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Fed- usalem. Prof. Amos Nathan lists himself as unemployed eration of Omaha authorized the Jewish Press to since 1970. Menahem Begin is there of course, but without send copies of the paper to a number of families in an address. We learn that Ariel Sharon studied law for a while at,Te| the Hastings, Kearney and Grand Island area. Aviv University. Shimon Peres does not reveal where he Mr. Goldberg also said that the cooperation and was bom, but he eame to Israel in 1934. Moshe Arens was guidance provided by Omaha's ADL/CRC agency and bom in Kovno, but educated in the U.S. Don Patinkin, by national ADL leader Jim Wolf of Albion gave him president of the Hebrew University, is a native of Chicago. a great deal of mural support. Prof. Josef Singer, president of the Technion, was born in So, when it came to discussing the Kearney inci- Vienna and came to Israel at the age of ten. During the dent. I told those inquiring that the local Jewish community through the Jewish Press and ADL was able to help a fellow Jew in distress. Dealing with the television industry, particularly on a national level, is beyoiid our scope. The editon retenv the right to shorten lettin for rtatons The only advice that we can offer is for you to write of length or content. the station directly to establish your concerns and also to bring these matters to the attention of ADL/ Editor'* Note: The foUowing letter waa written in CRC. reply to • column by C^l Alpert (Our Man in Ifrnel) From our perspective, the difTiculty is with the na- which appeared in the Nov. 22 ionie of the JeufUk ture of television itself. PrtM. On this particular talk show, national ADL was invited to debate with the 'white supremacist'. The TD the Editor: Carl Alpert is unfair in his criticism of the chairman of ADL declined on the grounds that to appear in debate would legitimize I he extremist speaker. The ADL rep- the Aliyah and Alisorption Department, Chaim Aron, resentative, however, agreed, to appear on a subse- whose appointment was enthusiastically supported by the non-political lay leadership of the Jewish Agency... quent broadcast. In fact, Mr. Aron came into office just prior to Operation The point that all of us should rememheT is that Moses, and his Department, under his chairmanship detelevision talk shows are not objective news shows serves the credit due for an outstanding role in this rescue designed to bring all points in a controversy to the operation that made enormous demands on the absorption forefront in a coii.structive manner. capacity and facilities of the Jewish Agency. Certainly, this These shows are primarily entertainment shows major aspect of Aliyah work has proven beyond any'doubt striving to beat cdmpetitive programming in the rat- that the Department is a viable and effective organization. None, however, ciin deny that Aliyah from the West has ings battle. Thus, to look to a talk show for the exercising of been on the decrease in recent years. But it is less than good judgment and fairness and responsibility is fu- honest to imply that the Aliyah Department is at fault. All of us are aware how economic and other conditions have tile. been a significant fnctor in the decline. Using such criteria, they would be 6ff the air before Aliyah shiichim know that Jerusalem has no sleight of one could say Su|)er Bowl the hand remedies for potential Olim that are seeking employment and housing opportunities. Mr. Alpert presumes to generalize about the relationship of the shiichim with

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Hoping against hope By M. J. Rosenberg New East Report The ResKan Administration is hoping against hope that .something positive will come out of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy's latest round of shuttle diplomacy. It has been more than three years since the White House put out the word that King Hussein was ready for negotiations — but, so far, he remains on the fence. Nevertheless, the Adminislrntion keeps tryjng to entice him into direct talks with Israel. It deserves credit for that — although not when its enticement would coxae in the form of weapons Jordan could use against Israel. It is not easy reading the conflicting signs emanating from Aipman. On the one hand, Hussein tells U.S. diplomats and reporters that this year could represent the last chance for a Mideast settlement and that he is anxious for negotiations without preconditions. On the other, he is cozying.up to Syria and endorsing Hafez Assad's view that no separate Jordan-Ismel peace is possible. Will the real King Hussein please stand up? Not likely. The Jordanian monarch prefers offeilding no one — neither Washington, nor Damascus, nor, Jerusalem, nor Moscow. Jordan is a small country, and it is understandable that Hussein would rather keep more powerful players guessing

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loping against hope (cuntinued from page 4) )n Jan. IK. the Amman Sawt Al Sha'b ran an ediionat on a subjeicl fairly remote from Jordan's concerns, the Taba dispute which Israel and Egypt have Juat agreed to submit to arbitration. The editorial warns Kgypt not to "once again .. be a victim ol ihe Zionist concept of peace." It refers ID Israel not by name but repeatedly as "the enemy." It expresses outrage at Israel's demand for compensations by Kgy])t to the families of the victims of the Sinai massacre in which six Israelis were murdered by a deranged policeman. "This cannot l>e accepted, nor can its logic be accepted by any rational perj^on." It concludes that I he Taba arbitration process is designed so that Yitzhak Shamir will be prime minister at the time of any change in Tuba's status. It calls this "a clever ploy" because the "terrorist Shamir ... [isj an intransigent negotiator to whose inind>'the map of great«r Israel is still attached just as it is attached to the wall of the Zionist Knesset." The slam at Shamir is nothing new but it is worth questioning how the Jordanians know that he is an "intransitjenl negotiator" inasmuch as they never agreed to negotiate with him when he was prime minister. As for the "map of greater Israel . . . on (he wall.of the Zionist Knesset," there is no such map. That map existed only in pre-Camp David Egyptian propaganda and now in Syrian propaganda. The Jordanians may know lietter but, like the Syrians, are mouthing tired lies about Israel with convincing zest. It is easy to dismiss a single article in a single Jordanian newspaper as not representative of the prevailing Jordanian view. However, ai< the Jenual^in Post reported on Jan. '8, anti-Israel attitudes suffuse the Jordanian media. Two Amman newspapers Ad Dustur ahd Ar Ray report news from Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem under the headline "The Occupied Lund." Sawt al Sha'b uses the headline "The Conquered Homeland." The image of Israelis in editorial page cartoons are right out of the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer. Aciording to the Post, Israelis are portrayed as having "crooked, humped noses and the image of a monster." In short, Jordan's press is making no effort to sell the Jordani'an people on the idea of peace with Israel. On the contrary it continues to peddle anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic stereotypes — stereotypes which can help energiz* a people into going, to war rather than to accept former enemies as friendft. Anwar Sadat used to say that 90% of the Arab-Israeli conflict was psychological. If nations stopped viewijng each lather as enemies, aureemehis could be reached and peace aCtained. He was right. King Hussein may have personally (tefieijtM WtfaeTs i'l^lto HW r« peac* and setrurtty. But hfa gbVerh?fiei\t fibs'Vna^Je-hb At^fk to'bHng'thef adfd^Wkn people to that same concluBfon^ Until it diies it/wlirbi hard to belieVe that Jordfin-Israel piace is anything more than a wish and a fJrayer.

M Coatttl Csnturias ago, Kabbi Hillel ruled that a man was entitled to a divorce if his wife burned dinner Nowadays, nothing so serious is needed. In the last two decades, as Jews have melted into America, the Jewish divorce rate has increased. Rsbbis, social workers and psychologists each have their own view. But to gain real understanding, talk to the divorce attorney who knows the blood and guts side of Jewish divorce. One of America's top divorce gladiators is Herbert Glieberman, author of flve books on the subject. "When 1 first started, 32 years ago," says Glieberroan, "about one out of five Jewish marriages ended in divorce, far below the national experience. Today a third of Jewish couples get divorced, and that approximates the national average. In other words, Jews have become assimilated, homogenized, and divorced." Glieberman, who litigates throughout the country, says that Jewish couples become divorced for the same reasons non-Jewish couples do. But when Jews get divorced, there are differences. First, bitterness. Glieberman specifies: "As caring and financially reliable as the Jewish husband/father is, in a divorce, he turns 360 degrees. When the Jewish man retaliates, it is financial — cutting off credit cards and the bank account." But the big issue that distinguishes Jewish divorce from all others is religion. In fact, says Glieberman, over his last 4000 to 5000 divorces, the only cases where religion was a factor were indeed Jewish cases. "Firsti it's a pressure tactic," explains Gliel^erman. "All of sudden, the wife wants the synagogue membership, the heder, and the bar mitzvah party with all the trimmings written into the agreement. Before it wasn't important. Or if the husband is a pious man who went to synagogue and wants to see his child raised right, he'll fight vigorously on the religious issue, and give in on money issues." Sometimes it gets heartless. Gliebermail vividly remembers, "A mortgage banker came to Chicago to attend his son's bar mitzvah. He was arrested at the airport because his wife claimed he owed back support. She knew when he was coming in and got a contempt arrest warrant. Her true objective was not the money, but to stop him from attending the bar mitzvah. I ran over to court and made clear that the woman was just vindictive, trying to deny him the once in the lifetime opportunity to stand with his son in the synagogue-'Within a matter of hours my man was free. And he got fo tWe bar mitzvah in tiroe". In that same spirit, Glieberman alwa)v sees a pre-holiday rash. "The typical complaint is the wife or hnsblahd won't let them see the kids for Passover or R^sh HdiihOiialir. If one side is entitled to every other Passover, we file in court t(> enforce that. If it was left (Speh to be worked'otit, we siow-thatit is not being worked oiit." '

Not all the religious conflicts are spite. Many are deep seated religious di/Terences. In instances where one spouse is or becomes Orthodox, and the other is or becomes Reform or Conservative, attempts are constantly made to influence the child's upbringing. "Courts deal very swiftly with such cases," aasurss Glieberman. "The one with custody decides the upbringing of the child. The courts don't give a damn if the kid is Orthodox or Reform. That's why we try to work all that out in the settlement. The courts won't touch religious issues with a 10-foot pole." Judges avoid the religious issue even when one spouse makes aliya, thus depriving the other parent of normal visitation. "So long as the re-location is not designed to hurt the other side," explains Glieberman, "courts permit the parent with custody to move anywhere, and even leave the country. The only remedy the other spouse has is compensating visitation." Naturally, all the problems of religious upbringing are magnified when the marriage is interfaith. But once again, the spouse with custody decides "unless it's otherwise called for in the settlement," explains Glieberman. "Therefore, a Jewish father must negotiate that the non-Jewish mother enroll him in heder, bar mitzvah the boy and not take the boy to church." Ultimately, however, religious authorities get involved. Only they can dispense the ghet, the traditional divorce decree. "It's a very important part of the divorce settlement," says Glieberman, "because without the ghet, a religious Jew cannot remarry. So we require that both sides cooperate in the process." Ironically, the Orthodox Batei Din are now dispensing ghittim to Jewish couples from the Reform and Conservative communities. "We issue them to any couple who is irreconcilable," says Rabbi Jack D. Frank, a member of the orthodox Chicago Rabbinical Council. "We don't ask are you Orthodox, Reform or Conservative? We only say are you Jewish?" Orthodox ghittim are desirable because they are the only ghittim recognized internationally, especially in Israel. Without a proper ghet, no Orthodox or Conservative rabbi will remarry a divorced person. Worse, without a proper ghet, a Jewish woman could remarry, have additional children, make qliya, and then have her new children declared illegitimate under halacha. ' Clearly, partners will go to extreme lengths to protect their rights when a marriage breaks up. One wonders why they wouldn't got to the same lengths to keep things together. •'

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The Syrian factor f^ By Wolf Blitzer WASHINGTON — The Reagan Administration has grudgingly begun to take Syria's views of the Arab-Israeli peace process more seribtuly. Over the past two years, ever since the Syrian regime of President Hafez Assad succesafiilly managed to derail the ill-fated Israeli-Lebanese security accord and return to a position of considerable power and influence in Lebanon, American officials have slowly but surely come around to take another look at Syria's potential role in any,peace talks. There is a consensus among senior U.S. officials that the Syrians currently have it within their power to kill any real prospects for expanding Arab-Israeli peace talks. They also believe that the Syrians, if they so w^ted, could give peace a tremendous boost. They insist that Syria has lately not been as "negative" as iisiial, but they are not certain why. The Americans are not suffering from any illusions. They fiijiy appreciate the pragmatic but ruthless nature of the Assad regime. They understand the implications of Syria's formal treaty relationship with the Soviet Union. They are not holding their breath waiting for the Syrian leader to announce a readiness to open direct negotiations with Isi rael. But still, Washington has lately become increasingly mote sensitive to Syria. Secretary of State George Shultz, for esample, told a press conference on Dec. 6 that his chief Middle East adviser. Assistant Secretary Richard Murphy, had "some very interesting discussions and worthwhile discussions in Syria. And Syria is obviously a country of key importance, and so wfe keep in-touch with Syria." Shultz, in response to another question, expressed hope that Syria "can be helpful t6 the peace precess." But he also made clear that Syria was not among those Arab countries which already have come around to accept the notion of eventually opening direct negotiations with Israel. The Secretary said Jordan, in contrast, has accepted that concept. ' ', ' ' Asked about the most recent rtq^n^achement between Syria and Jordan, the Secretary repUtd that he was "puzzled" by it. He agreed that "stabili^^ in 0>e region" was important, but added: "I don't feel thati have a good, fiill understanding of all of the {actors involved" in the improved Jordan-Syrian relationship. Any easing of the tensions between the two countries, he added, has many ."dimeniions." - A few dsgrs earlier, the Stata Department had rcftated ^America's.long-standing view.that the tarritorial with-

But the Americans believe that Hussein's positions are' drawal provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 242 also apply to the Golan Heights, which Israel formally an- still fluid. They are convinced that he is sincere in accepting nexed in 1981. The Americans have never accepted Israel's the concept of direct negotiations with Israel. They are impressed by his public and private declarations. They also Golan action. The State Department's statement, coming on the heels know of his secret channels to Prime Minister Shimon of Murphy's talks with Assad in Damascus, was seen as Peres. This helps to explain why Shultz has become so fond of part of a continuing campaign to elicit a more receptive Syrian attitude toward the U.S. — sponsored peace process. Hussein and why the Reagan Administration, as a whole, Unfortunately, however, the peace process does not ap- was so prepared to try to push a major new weapons package pear to be going anywhere — at least for the time being. for Jordan. Strong opposition by Israel's friends in ConMurphy returned to Washington from a two-week swing gress has temporarily stopped that package, although Presthrough the Middle East without any significant progress ident Ronald Reagan has pledged to revive it by March 1. But in the meantime, U.S. officials concede, Hussein has in setting the stage for direct Arab-Israeli negotiatioas. The two major problems standing in the way of such talks .been politically humiliated by the withdrawal of the arms remain unresolved. There has been little headway made in sale. 'That, they said, could also be seen as part of his reason finding credible, noh-PLO Palestinians to partic^ate in a for improving ties With Syria. Assad can play am important role in the peace process joint Jordnaian-Palestinian delegation, and theie^is still confusion surrounding the exact nature of any inUmaUonal if he so wants. But U.S. specialists insist that he is still determined to achieve what he calls "strategic parity" with umbrella under which the negotiations would take place. The Soviet Union is still not seen in Washington M» pre- Israel before moving in any such direction. According to U.S. officials, the Syrians also do not see pared to play a more constructive role, despite the less hoetile superpower rhetoric that has resulted from the Reagan- the National Unity Government in Jerusalem — or any Gorbachev summit last month in Geneva. In short, the sit- government for that matter — as prepared to withdraw from any part of the Golan Heights until that "parity" has uation remains murky and gloomy. But U.S. officials insist that the peace process is still been achieved. That is why the Syrians continue to amass alive even if it.shows very little life. Shultz, trying to put weapons and adopt a strategy of maintaining its armed America's best'face forward, said: "There has been some forces on what one official called "a war footing." The Syrians already have been massively rearmed by the very considerable progress." But privately, the Americans are pessimistic. They had hoped to meet the end-of-this- Soviets since the war in Lebanon in the summer of 1982. U.S. analysts agree that the Syrians are far stronger today year "target date" for opening such negotiations. Lately, they have even sensed an erosion in the position than they were on the eve of that confrontation with Israel. of King Hussein who is depicted as wanting a much more But they also agree that Syria is still in no realistic position serious and full-scale international confelfence than was to take on Israel alone. Israel also has been strengthened since the war with betonce hinted. The king's latest moves toward Damascus, moreover, may herald a toughening of the Jordanian stance. ter military technology. A one-on-one war would again re"The Wall Street Journal" noted the other day that the sult in a humiliating defeat for Damascus. But Israel would be wise to snroid any such full-scale conlatest oil suiplus has created some real economic problems for Jordan. "Economic cbnditions in Jordan, are deterio- frontation, according to the Americans. "It's a war that j-ating, ahd hard times in the oij-j^roduciag Persian Gulf Israel would win, but at a great price," an American expert states mean that Jordanian workers aioe being sent home, said, noting that Israel wotild suffer many casualties. It raising Jordan's unemployment rate and robbing it of the would also lose an enormous amount of very expensive mil; itary equipment, incltiding tanks, armored personnel carremittances these workers once sent home," it said. "King Hussein, understanding that these conditions riers and fighter aircraft. Even a conflict ot only a tern d^ys could produce domestic unrest, is edging closer to Syria," would seriously upMt IBTMI'S economic recoivary program. What worries Washington the moat, bowevsr, is .the posthe' newspaper, in a report by diplomatic oonMpondent sibility of direct Soviet intervention if tha Ki«mUh came Robert Greanberger, continued. The newspi^r said Hussein "appears to be positioning to believe tliat ita hug* invaatoient in reanning the Syrians himself for a lengthy stalemate by moving closer to Syria, was once again tkaut to go down the dtain.~That of course, could spark a superpower confrontation. his most dangerous neighbor."

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HAIFA — The twentieth fedition of "Who's Who in Israel," recently ol't the press, Is as usual a mine of information about perxonalities in Israel. The attempt at comprehensivenesii is obvious in the inclusion of Arab and Druze notables, immigrants from Russia who have "made good" and a sprinkling of men and women overseas who have had a share m Israel's life. If not every personality in the news is listed that is not the fault of the editor. For all their reputation, many Israelis are tight-lipped abut themselves, and are unwilling to provide biographical information. Are they bashful? Do they think the income lax authorities use this as a reference book? Does their conscience forbid them to respond to a questionnaire if they do not plan to buy the book? The noted writer, G. Kresel, was quite frank when he wrote in a preface to one of the earlier editions that a Who's Who of Israel is "a panorama of our society, embracing all its shortcomings and superfluities." Indeed, while a telephone directory can hardly be called interesting reading, one can flip the pages of the Who's Who and Tind fascinating curiosa abuut the famous and near-famous of the country. Many of the names may be unfamiliar overseas, but in Israel one can achieve fame, notoriety or status almost overnight. In all there are about 3,000 entries. Among the interesting facts we gleaned: In a previous edition Abba Eban listed an address; this time it is deleted, BO admirers can nut send him a greeting card on his birthday, which falls on February 2 (1915). Helen Bar-Lev, a painter, lists her address as "The Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem. Prof Amos Nathan liata himself as unemployed since 1970. Menahem Begin is there of course, but without an address. We learn that Ariel Sharon studied law for a while atJTel Aviv University. Shimon Peres does not reveal where he was bom, but he came to Israel in 1934. Moshe Arens was bom in Kovno, but educated in the U.S. Don Patinkin, president of the Hebrew University, is • native of Chicago. Prof. Josef Singer, president of the Technion, was born in Vienna and came to Israel at the age of ten. During the

Second World War he flew with the Royal Air Force. Moshe Dayan passed away several years ago, but the Moahe Dayan listed is an engineer and a member of Israel's diplomatic corps. Meir Kahane gets ten lines. One subject, by the name of Pilosof, turns out to be a professor of philosophy. Another lists his various scientific papers, and takes pains to give the gist of his "most quoted publication." And still another, in the place which usually designates profession or occupation, is listed as "outstanding friend of Israel." A keen eye can pick out many more curiosa. There are 29 Cohens, 18 Levys, 16 Katz's, 14 Shapiros, but only six Goldsteins and one Goldberg. Brevity is the modest hallmark of many of the noted personalities, and brevity is also the characteristic of many of the names theniKelves. Thus we find such family names as Ben and Sen, Dun and Ron, Gal and Tal, Paz and Raz, as well as Dor, Gil, Guy, Har, Kun, Lev, Low, Luz, Man Ney, Nir, Rom, Ser, Tov, Zak, Ziv and Zur. The shortest name is still that of the writer,. Amos Oz. In nuiny cases we are informed what the subject's name was before he Hebraized it, in itself a subject for sociological study. Shekel used to be Scolnicov, Shaviv used to be Shaw, Abir was Abramuvitz, Dror was Davidowitz, Miron was Znamirowski and Ramati was Rosenberg. Others may not provide their former names, but any student of Hebrew can identify that Harpaz was Goldberg and Har-Even was Steinberg. On the other hand there are stubborn ones, who still stick by their original names, like Salpetier, Schvartzer, Shitnovitier, Swisslockey-Kohen, Yudelevitch and others. Significantly, almost all the first names are Hebrew, though we do find a Chloe, Roman, Ivan, Zita, Geoffrey, Fela, Alice — and a Carl. The book also contain* a list of the members of the present Knesset, as well as all 25 members of the government cabinet, and additional useful information about mimicipalities, public agencies and institutions, the leading banks ^nd industries as well as travel and transport.

leltteir to t]k(B (sdltor The editon reserif the right to shorten tetters for reasons of length or content. Editor's Note: The foUowiac letter was written in reply to a column by Ci^'l Alpert (Our Men in IsresI) which appeared in the Nov. 22 Issue of the Jeuii$k Premt. • , To the Editor: Carl Alpert is unfair in his criticism of the chairman of the Aliyah and Alisorption Department, Chaim Aron, whose appointment was enthusiastically supported by the non-political lay leadership of the Jewish Agency... In fact, Mr Aron came into office just prior to Operation Moses, and his Department, under his chairmanship deserves the credit due for an outstanding role in this rescue operation that made enormous demands on the absorption capacity and facilities of the Jewish Agency. Certainly, this major aspect of Aliyah work has proven beyond any doubt that the Department is a viable and effective organization. None, however, can deny that Aliyah from the West has been on,the decrease in recent years. But it is less than honest to imply that the Aliyah Department is at fault. All of us are aware huw economic and other conditions have been a significant factor in the decline. Aliyah shiichim know that Jenisalem has no sleight of the hand remedies for potential Olim tha( are seeking employment and housing opportunities. Mr. Alpert presumes to generalize about the relationship of the shiichim with

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the Department in Jerusalem. He certainly could not have interviewed very many of them. Had he done so, he could not charge Mr. Aron as. he doea. On the contnry, since Mr. Aion took office, there are more Americam than ever before working in the Department for Aliyah from North America ... Moreover, the North American Aliyah Steering Committee is chaired by the Department's new Director General, David Levine, a man whom even Carl Alpert admits is "a remarkably good choice." As to the variety of charges made by Mr. Alpert, they are baseless and almost preposterous. The current budget of the Aliyah Department is a matter of public record. It is approved by the independent governing bodies of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency, and is widely disseminated. Neither is there any truth to the exaggerated number of employees... The Aliyah Department is not without fault, but the only indiscretion that it may be guilty of has been the failure to . enter, into a vitrolic exchange with Mr. Alpert whose conception of the Department is not without political bias. We believe that Aliyah is the lifeline of Israel and the Jewish people. Criticizing the Aliyah Department is no valid rationale for the failure of many committed Jews to make Aliyah, Certainly, Mr. Alpert should know better than that. Bobby Brown Deputy Director, Israel Aliyah Center

Hoping against hope By M. J. Rosenberg New East Report The Reagan Administration is hoping against hope that something positive will come out of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy's latest round of shuttle diplomacy. It has been more than three years since the White House • put out the word that-King Hussein was ready for nego.tiations — but, so far, he remains on the fence. Nevertheless, the Administration keeps trying to entice him into direct talks with Israel. It deserves credit for that — although not when its enticement would come in the form of weapons Jordan could use against Israel. It is not easy reading the conflicting signs emanating from Amman. On the one hand, Hussein tells U.S. diplomats and reporters that this year could represent the last chance for a Mideast settlement and that he is anxious for negotiations without preconditions. On the other, he is cozying up to Syria and endorsing Hafez Assad's view that no separate Jordan-Israel peace is possible. Will the real King Hussein please stand up? Not likely. The Jordanian munnrch prefers offending no one -r- neither Washington; nor Damascus, nor, Jerusalem, nor Moscow. Jordan is a small country, and it is understandable that Hussein would ratherkeep more powerful players guessing

about which way he will go — especially if each offers inducements to join his respective side. Still, there are pieces of evidence that Hussein is not quite ready to normalize relations with Israel. The governmentcontrolled Jordanian press is one place to look for them, (continued on page 5)

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Hoping against hope * (continued from page 4) ' On 'Jan. 16, the Amman Sawt Al Sha'b ran an editorial on a subject fairly remote from Jordan's concerns, the Taba dispute which hruel and Rgypt have ju3t agreed to subnnit to arbitration. The editorial warns Egypt not to "once again ... be a victim ot Ihe Zionist concept of peace." It refers to Israel not by name but repeatedly as "the enemy." It expresses outrage al Israel's demand for compensations by Kgyp) to the families o( the victims of the Sinai massacre in which six Israelis were murdered by a deranged policeman. "This cannot be accepted, nor can its logic be accepted by any rational person." It concludes that I he Taba arbitration process is designed so that Yitzhak .Shamir will be prime minister at the time of any change in Tuba's status. It calls this "a clever ploy" because the "terrorist Shamir . .. |is| ai) intransigent negotiator to whose mind the map of greater Israel is still attached just as ii is attached to the wall of the Zionist Knesset." The slam at Shamir is nothing new but it is worth questioning how the 'Jordanians know that he is an "intrailsigent negotiator" iiuismuch as they never agreed to negotiate with him when he was prime minister. As for the "map of greater Israel .. . on the.wall of the Zionist Knesset," there is no such map. That map existed only in pre-Camp David Egyptian prppaganda and now in Syrian propaganda. The •Jordanians may know l>etter biit, like the Syrians, are mouthiqig tired lies about Israel with convincing zest. It is easy to dismiss a single article in a single Jordanian newspaper as not representative ofthe prevailing Jordanian view. However, as the JeruaaUtn Poat reported on Jan. 8, anti-Israel attitudes suffuse the Jordanian media. Two Amman newspapers Ad Duatur ahd Ar Ray report news from Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem under the headline "The Occupied Land." Sawt al Sha'b uses the headline "The Conquered Homeland." The image of Israelis in editorial page cartoons are right out of the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer. According to- the Post, Israelis are portrayed as having "'cnxiked, humped noses and the image of a monster." In snort, Jordan's press is making no effort to sell the Jordanlkn people on the idea of peace with Israel. On the contrary ilcontinues to peddle anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic stereotypes — stereotypes which can help energize a people into going to war rather than to accept former enemies as fribnds. Anwar Sadat used to say that 90% of the Arab-Israeli conflict was psychological. If nations stopped viewing each Vther as enemies, ayreemehts could be reached iWd peace attained. He was rijjht. King Hussein may have personally jfc'rtbtM feyael'sii^l W lli^ rw pedc* and settirity. Bat his to\>ern'mei>'iHtis'^elie'h\i aft^nlpV to'bring'th*'36rdfhlkn people to that same conclusibri. Until it ddies it'wllf b* hard to belieVe that Jordan-Israel p^ace is anything more than a wish and a (jrayer.

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Centuriea ago. Rabbi Hillaf niM that a xnan » to a divorce if his wife burned dinner. Nowadays, nothing seated ivligious differences, in instances where one spouse so serious is needed. is or becomes Orthodox, and the other is or becomes Reform In the last two decades, as Jews have melted into Amer- or Conservative, attempts are constantly made to influence ica, the Jewish divorce rate has increased. Rabbis, social the child's upbringing. "Courts deal very swiftly with such coses," assures Glieworkers and psychologists each have their own view. But to gain real understanding, talk to the divorce attorney who berman. "The one with custody decides the upbringing of the child. The courts don't give a damn if the kid is Orknows the blood and guts side of Jewish divorce. One of America's top divorce gladiators is Herbert Glie- thodox or Reform. That's why we try to work all that out berman, author of five books on the subject. "When I first in the settlement. The courts won't touch religious issues started, 32 years ago," says Glieberman, "about one out of with a 10-foot pole." Judges avoid the religious issue even when one spouse five Jewish marriages ended in divorce, far below the national experience. Today a third of Jewish couples get di- makes aliya, thus depriving the other parent of normal visvorced, and that approximates the national average. In itation. "So long as the re-location is not designed to hurt other words, Jews have become assimilated, homogenized, the other side," explains Glieberman, "courts permit the parent with custody to move anywhere, and etven leave the and divorced." Glieberman, who litigates throughout the country, says country. The only remedy the other spouse has is compensating visitation." that Jewish couples become divorced for the same reasons Naturally, all the problems of religious upbringing are non-Jewish couples do. But when Jews get divorced, there are differences. First, bitterness. Glieberman specifies: "As magnified when the marriage is interfaith. But once again, caring and financially reliable as the Jewish husband/father the spouse with custody decides "qnless it's otherwise called is, in a divorce, he turns 360 degrees. When the Jewish man for in the settlement," explains Glieberman. "Therefore, a retaliates, it is financial — cutting off credit-cards and the Jewish father must negotiate that the non-Jewish mother enroll him in heder, bar mitzvah the boy and not take the bank account." boy to church." But the big issue that distinguishes Jewish divorce from Ultimately, however, religious authorities get involved. all others is religion. In fact, says Glieberman, over his last Only they can dispense the ghet, the traditional divorce 4000 to 5000 divorces, the only cases where religion was a decree. "It's a. very important part of the divorce settlefactor were indeed Jewish cases. ment," says Glieberman, "because without the ghet, a re"First, it's a pressure taptic," explains Gliebennaa "All ligious Jew cannot remarry. So we require that both sides of sudden, the wife wants the synagogue membership, the cooperate in the process." heder, and the bar mitzvah party with all the trimmings Ironically, the Orthodox Batei Din are now dispensing written into the agreement. Before it wasn't important. Or ghittim to Jewish couples from the Reform and Conservif the husband is a pious man who went to synagogue and ative communitiesA'We issue them to any couple who is wants to see his child raised right, he'll fight vigorously on irreconcilable," says Rabbi Jack D. Frank, a member of the the religious issue, and give in on money issues." orthodox Chicago Rabbinical Council. "We don't ask are Sometimes it gets heartless. Glieberman vividly remem- you Orthodox, Reform or Conservative? We only say are bers, "A mortgage banker canie to Chicago to attend his you Jewish?" Orthodox ghittim are desirable because they are the only son's bar mitzvah. He was arrested at the airport because , his wife claimed he owed back support. She knew when he ghittim recognized internationally, especially in Israel. was coming in and got a contempt arrest warrant. Her true Without a proper ghet, no Orthodox or Conservative rab'bi objective was not the money, but to stop him from attending •will remarry a divorced person. Worse, without a proper the bar mitzvah. I ran over to court and made clear that ghet, a Jewish woman could remarry, have additional chilthe woman was just vindictive, trying to deny him the once dren, make aliya, and then have her new children declared in the lifetime opportunity to stand with his son in the illegitimate iinder halacha. ' Clearly,-partners will go to extreme lengths to protect synagogue-'Within a matter of hours my man was free. And their rights when a marriage breaks up. One wonders why he got to the bar mitzvah in time.". they wouldn't got to the same lengths to keep things toIn that same spirit, Glieberman always sees apre-holiday gether. rash. "The typical complaint is the wife or hartAahd won't let them see the kids for Passover or R<>sh Hatihonaft: If Edwin Black has been bippily married for fifteen years one side is entitled to every other Passover, we file in court and intends to stay that way. to enfbree that. If it was left dpeh'td be worked'otit; we ccpyritlil imi ihow that it is not being Worked oiit." Fniurt (irotip : • I

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drawal provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 242 also apply to the Golan Heights, which Israel formally annexed in 1981. The Americans have never accepted Israel's Golan action. The State Department's statement, coming on the heels of Murphy's talks with Assad in Damascus, was seen as part of a continuing campaign to elicit a more receptive Syrian attitude toward the U.S. — sponsored peace process. Unfortunately, however, the peace process does not ap, piear to be going anywhere — at least for the time being. Murphy returned to Washington from a two-week swing through the Middle Bast without any significant progreea in setting the stage for direct Arab-Israeli negotiations. The two major problems standing in the way of such talks remain unresolved. There has been little headway m<ide in finding credible, non-PLO Palestinians to participate in a joint Jordnaian-Palestinian delegation, and there is still confusion surrounding the exact nature of any international umbnlla under which the negotiations would take place. The Soviet Union is still not seen in Washington as piepared to plsy a more constructive role, despite the less hostile superpower rhetoric that has resulted from the ReaganGorbachev summit last month in Geneva. In short, the situation remains murky and gloomy. But U.S. officials insist that the peace process is still alive even if it.shows very little life. Shultz, trying to put America's best face forward, said: "There has been some very considerable progress." But privately, the Americansare pessimistic. They had hoped to meet the end-of-thisyear "target date" for opening such negotiations. Lately, they have even sensed an erosion in the position of King Hussein who is depicted as wanting a much more seriotu and full-scale international conference than was once hinted. The king's latest tnoves toward Damascus, moreover,' may herald a toughening of the Jordanian stance. "The Wall Street Journal" noted the other d^y that the latest' oil suirlus has created some real economic problems for Jordan. "Economic cbnditioifs in Jordan are deteriorating, and hard times Ih ihe oil-pioducing Persian Gulf states mean that Jordanian workers ere being sent home, raising Joidan's unemployment rate and robbing it of the remitUncet these workeit once sent home," it said. "King Hussein, undentanding that these conditions could produce domestic unrest, is edging closer to Syria," th*' Mwap^wr, in. a report by diplomatic convspondent Robert OtMnberger, continued. The newspaper uid Huaaein "appears to be poaitioning hinuelf for • lengthy stalenate by moving closer to Syria, his moat daaceious ntighbor."

But the Americans believe that Hussein's positions are still fluid. They are convinced that he is sincere in accepting the-concept of direct negotiations with Israel. They are impressed by his public and private declarations. They also know of his secret channels to Prime Minister Shjmon Peres. This helps to explain why Shultz has become so fond of Hussein and why the Reagan Administration, aa a whole, was so prepared to try to push a major new weapons package for Jordan. Strong opposition by Israel's friends in Congress has temporarily stopped that package, although President Ronald Reagan has pledged to revive it by March 1. But in the meantime, U.S. officials concede, Hussein has .been politically humiliated by the withdrawal of the arms sale. That, they said, could also be seen as part of his reason for improving ties with Syria. Assad can play am important role in the peace process if he so wants. But U.S. specialists insist that he is still determined to achieve what he calls "strategic parity" with Israel before moving in any such direction. According to U.S. officials, the Syrians also do not see the National Unity Gtnremment in Jerusalem — or any government for that matter — as prepared to withdraw from any part of the Golan Heights until that "parity" has been achieved. That is why the Syrians continue to amass weapons and adopt a strategy of maintaining its armed forces on wha^ one official called "a war footing." The Syrians already have been massively rearmed by the Soviets since the war in Lebanon in the summer of 1982. U.S. analysts agree that the Syrians are far stronger today than they were on the eve of that confrontation with Israel. But they also agree that Syria is still in no realistic position to take on Israel alone. Israel also has been strengthened since the.war with better military technology. A one-on-one war would again result in a humiliating defeat for Damascus. But Israel would be wise to avoid atty such full-scale confrontation, according to the Americans. "It's a war that Israel would win, but at a great price," an American expert said, noting that Israel would sutfer many casualties. It would also lose an enormous amount of very expensive military equipment, incKiding tanks, armored personnel carriers aiul fighter tdrcraft. Even a conflict of only a few d^ys would serimuly imeet larMl'a economic recovery program. What worrief Waahington the moat. faoweWr, is.the poasibiUty of direct Soviet intervention if tiw Kremlin came to believe tliat italiiiie inveetment in reanniag the Syrians was once apda i^Mut to go down the drain. That of course, could spark a auperpower confrontation.

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B«th Israel SERVICES: Rriday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 5:15 p.m. Late Family Service 8 p.m. The late family service is followed by an Oneg Shabbat reception through the courtesy of Sisterhood. CONGREGATIONAL DINNER A Congregational Shabbo8 Dinner will be held this Friday evening, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. The dinner will pay tribute to Charlotte Kaplan, retiring office staff member, after 30 years of service to Beth Israel. This Shabbos dinner honoring Charlotte will be the entire congregation's expression of gratitude to her. Ed and Anne Joseph are dinner chairmen. Saturday: Morning Service.8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows the . service in the Social Hall. Class with rabbi 4:^0 p.m.. Mincha 5:15 p.rri. Mincha is followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. •SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" Beth Israel students of grades three, four and five, are invited to a "Saturday Night Live" program on Feb. 1, 7-9 p.m. It will take place at the home of Erroll and Lynn Salti^nian at 13591 Crawford Koad. Sunday: . Morning Minyanaire service 9 a.m. The service is followed by breakfast and "Kxploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. SISTERHOOD The next meeting of the Sisterhood Board will be teh. 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the Social Hall. ADULT STUDY The weekly study group will meet Feb. 5, 7:.'iO p.m., in the Conference room. The group deats with "insights Into Jewish Law and Lore". RETREAT An Adult Shabbat Retreat is planned for the Shabbat of Feb. 7 and 8. It will be at Boys Town, under the direction of Cantor Leo

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Blumkin Home SERVICES Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers, and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldslen Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat. Charles Guss plans to conduct a portion of the Shabbat service in Yiddish.

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SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Worship service will be conducted by Sandy Orossbart. BOARD MEETING The Board of Trustees will meet Feb. 4, 7:15 p.m.

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SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services.. Minha-Ma'ariv, 5:25 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Learn Series with the rabbi will continue on Thursday, Feb. 6, noon at the Uptown 11. WOMEN'S LEAGUE Women's League will sponsor a luncheon and meeting on Feb. 4, noon. "The Merry Mime Troupe" will perform. Reservations may be made with Rose Roffman 33(1-4314 or Cert Korney 346-3233.

SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephan Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack will speak on "Preparing for dialogue." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday: 11 a.m. CLASSES Religious School - Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2-10 a.m. Hebrew School - Gimmel - Monday, Feb. 3 - 4 p.m. Aleph - Tuesday, Feb. 4 - 4 p.m. Daled - Wednesday, Feb. 5 - 4 p.m. Bet Thursday, Feb. 6 - 4 p.m. Conrirmatibn - Feb. 3, 6 p.m. Special Classes — Feb. 3-8p.m. "The Ways of Judaism" taught by Rabbi Barack and Jane We.st.

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SERVICES: First and third Friday of the month: 7:,30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service And everyone is welcome.

SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

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ROSElPOSKA Lincoln Graveside services were Tiffereth Israel held on Jan. 26 at Fisher Farm Cemetery for Rose SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. • (Siegel) Poska. , Saturday: Services 9 ajn. Mrs. Poska is survived by her husband, Samuel; son, Sherman of Omaha; daughThe street leading from tei:, Bette Anne; sisters, Esthe ramot Eshkol quarteir of ther (Mrs. Jay) Stoler, Leah Jerusalem to the Mount Siegel, Omaha; brothers, Scopus campus of the He- Abe (Bus) Siegel, Los Anbrew University of Jerusa- geles, Earl Siegel, Omaha. NED N. GIVENTER lem has been named by the Services were held at the City of Jerusalem for the Hebrew University in honor Jewish Funeral Chapel on of the University's 60th an- Jan. 26 for Ned. N. Giventer. Interment was at niversary.

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Katz-Roffman wedding held in Bridgeport, CT Judith Joyce Kutz and Mark Davis Roftman were married Dec. 1,1985 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Bridgeport, CT. Ms. Katz, a native of Asbury Park, New Jersey is the daughter of Nellie Katz Bernstein and the late Samuel Katz. She was escorted to the hand held chupa by her mother and stepfather, David Bernstein, of Asbury Park, New Jersey. A graduate of Washington College, Ms. Katz is the coordinator of administration and marketint; at the Insurance Center of Southern Connecticut in Bridgeport. She is also a free lance writer and regular contributor to New Haven County Woman magazine. Mr. Roffman is the son of the late Elaine (Davis) iand Selwyn Roffman. He was escorted to the chupa by his paternal grandmother. Rose Roffman of Omaha. He is

Judith and Mark Roffman the grandson of Nettie Davis of San Antonio, TX. A graduate of Omaha Central High School, Mr. Roffman attended both the University of Texas and the University of New Haven. Mr. Roffman is currently an advertising account executive at Cablevision Systems in Fairfield County, CT. After a honeymoon in St. Barthalemy, French West Indies the couple is living in New Haven, CT. "

UAHC certifies 'moiialim' An initial group of 20 physicians in New York and Southern California have been certified to conduct ritual circumcisions in a new program sponsored by the Reform Jewish movement, according to Charles Rothscjiild, chairman of the board of trustees of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Seven of the doctors are women, which Mr. Rothschild said reflected the egalitarian nature of Reform Judaism. Women also .are

Dr. Lewis Barth, a Los Angeles pediatrician. Rabbi Daniel Syme, vice president of the UAHC, who originated the project, said; "The historic implications of this program will not be fully appreciated for ridany years. It is notable; however, that the Reform movement, by creating the Brith Milah board, has again Ixith embraced Jewish tradition and provided a mechanism for its, realization; through its own constituency."

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wf(0)ma^lhig^ (o^irgam^g^tfl(Dims) TEMPLE SISTERHOOD DISCUSSION GROUP The first "Kood for Thought" luncheun-anddiscussion group sponsored by Temple Israel Sisterhood will be held Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at La Strada •72. . Rabbi Stephan Barack will give background material and lead the discussion of current local, national, and international issues affecting Jews. Reservations n'lust be called in to Temple Israel, 556-6536, by Friday noon . preceding each session. Subsequent sessions will be March 18, April 15, and May 6. BETH EL WOMEN'S LEAGUE Beth El Women's League will hold a noon luncheon meeting; ($4.50) on Feb. 4. A 10 a.m. board meeting will precede the luncheon. Reservations' should l>e made with Rose Roffman 3304314 or Gert Korney 3423233. MAMAL08HEN The Mamaloahenites will meet this Sunday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. sharp in our "Yiddisher Vinkel" which has now become "a greyncn tzimer", the Auditorium of our JCC. WOMEN'S AMERICAN OBT . The first annual miniORT Convention in Omaha will be held on Feh, 5, 7 p.m., in the Older Adult Lounge at the Jewish Com-

munity Center. Guest speakers will be National Board member Linda Smith and president Beth Leeds who will conduct tieminars on "Entrepreneurship for Women," "Anti-Semitism — How to Fight Back," "How to Publicize Our Organization," "The Reconstruction of OKT," and "Evaluating Our Chapter and Its Future." Register for the mini-Convention by calling Beth Leed» :t33-5532 so a packet may be prepared for you. CRT thanks all the members who helped make the Holiday Gift Wrap a great success. CRT congratulates the following women who have attained Honor Roll and Donor Status by either giving of their time or nnaking a cash contribution: Ruth Raskin, Merriam Cooperman, Diane Malashock, Beth Leeds, Caryn Rifkin, Danita Shrago, Carol Nathan, Ida Henoff, Reva Nathan, Marty Snyder, Joye Wees, Claudia Sherman, Lynne Saltzman, Karen Redmond, Judy Handleman, Denise Ipock, Jan. Fischer, Linda Dunn, Barb Nichols, Roberta Wianosky, Debbi Josephaon, Cathy Christensen, Sylvia Cohen, Rhoda Blatt, and Sandy Bennett. NCJW The National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, has announced plans to expand its Thrift Shop at 623 S. 24 street to offer furniture.

HADA88AH STUDY GROUP The Hadassah Study Group will continue its series in honor of Moses Maimonides on Feb. 5,9:30 a.m. at the Livingston Plaza. The subject will be "Halacha: What is religious law? How did it develop? Is it binding on us? Why?" Rabbi Myer S. Kripke leads the discussion. Men and women may participate in this study session. HADASSAH Hadassah's Youth Aliy^h Luncheon and raffle will take place on March 26, noon, at the New Tower Inn, according to Marsha Itkin, chairman. The slate of officers will be presented and elections will he held. There also will be a Tilm clip of Youth Aliyah and a program by the Bellevue East High School Singers. Raffle books will arrive in the mail, Mrs. Itkin said. Other upcoming events include the next Executive Board meeting at Corrine Levin's, Feb. 19 at 9:30 a.m. and Hadassah's Regional Convention which begins on April 13 at the Overland Park (Kans.) Marriott Hotel Director Kathy Rapaport announced that the annual HIES luncheon and style show is planned fur May 28 at the Highland Country Club. The Hadassah Associates' dinner will be held May 27 under the direction of Fred Sanford.

New bcxks contain reports on Scandinavian rescue of Jews By Ben Gallob Jewish Telcgrapiiic Agency. Inc. The worldwide attention to the heroism of the Danish people in the rescue of Danish Jews from Nazi deportation plans has obscured' the fact that Finland and Norway also ignured'the risk of lethal reprisals from Nazi Germany in saving the Jews of those countries. Victor Borge, the entertainer who is chairman of Thanks to Scandinavia, said plans are being completed by the nonrprofit urgsnization to publish for the first time anywhere authoritative accounts in English of the World War 11 rescue ttforts of the people, the governments and the churches of Finland, Norway and Sweden. The latter is generally known to have been the haven of refuge for the rescued Danish Jews.

Borge said the books, individually researched and written by scholars apecializing in the histories of each nation,, will supplement the larger number of books, magazine articles and film documentaries on the rescue of Danish Jews.

completed and work was underway on preparation of the books. He estimated the probable date of publication of the three books as the early part of 1986. Borge said that when the organization was set up in 1963, "few people were aware of the singular acts of humanity «nd bravery on the part of the Scandinaviaiis in the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust." During the war years, he said, "there simply was no way that information concerning {he rescue efforts could have safely filtered out of occupied Europe."

Richard Netter, the New York attorney who cofounded Thanks To Scandinavia, said "because historians have been tottilly silent on the rescue of Jews by Finland, Norway and Sweeden, people still question us as to why those countries are included in our 'thank you' program. After publication of these three books, Borge said the Scandinathey will understand and vians, "feeling they had will join us in giving thanks .done nothing special in savto Scandinavia." ing the lives of other human Netter told the Jewish beings, did not publicize the Telegraphic Agency that re- great risks which they had search into known archives assumed during that pery on those rescues had been iod."

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Vanns produce txx)k, video By Howard K. Marcus The spirit of creativity is alive and well at the Howanj Vann household. Mr. Vann and his wife, Judy, have each recently completed their own independently produced creative projects. Mr. Vann's work, a book called Never Say Can't, has had limited dist ribution in Omaha. • Mrs. Vann's project, a videotaped set of yoga lessons, is now ready for dis( ribution on a local basis. In an interview at their home, the Vanns talked about why they derided to do their projects. Mr. Vann, the owner of Vann Realty Company, said he was in the process of writing a novel about the real estate business when he received a call from a friend in Cslilornia. The friend, a publisher who was once in the real estate business, asked Mr. Vann to write a "how-to" book about business. When that deal fell through, Mr. Vann said he still wanted to do a book. After finding a publisher, Mr. Vann proceeded to write what he calls a "common sense approach to life put very simply." Mr. Vann said the book took between six and eight months to write. Along with information about business, it also includes Mr. Vsnn's thoughts on dealing with personal crises and other issues. "It's ail based mostly on personal experiences," noted Mr. Vann, who said his life experiences have been a series of "peaks and valleys." He also said his objective was not really to come up with new information on such t(4)ics. To Mr. Vann, books on similar topics were not completely adequate, and he thought he could amplify prerexisting ideas with a work of his own. Never Say Can't will he distributed nationally beginning this month. If Mr. Vann's work is sn 'effort at improving mental health, Mrs. Vann's project, which deals with physical health, meshes well with her husband's work. Mrs. Vann, a yoga instructor at the Omaha Jewish Community Center, took up her subject about 18 years ago after a trip to California. She said yoga- "seemed to be an efficient way to keep in shape." After a great deal of practice and reading books

' Howard and Judy Vann about yoga, Mrs. Vann said she was asked to take over another teacher's yoga class at the JCC. That was a number of years ago. Now, she teaches about three days each week. She said her videotape was produced primarily to fill a need. Very few instructional videotapes deal with yoga. After a number of Mrs. Vann's students asked her about the availability of yoga videos, she decided to make one herself. She wrote, directed and appears in the video, which required two years to complete. IVo other people, induding her son, Tom, also appear in the production. He recently received a master's degree in exercise

physiology. Taped at the Vanns' home, the video consists of two 45-minute lessons. Mrs. Vann credits experience as a teacher with giving her the ability to write her own lessons. She holds a degree in elementary education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and taught in Omaha at one time. How does she plan to market her work? "I have really good mailing lists," she said, adding that direct mail will be her primary selling tool. The tape will be sold only in Omaha for now, but Mrs. Vann said she would consider enlarging her marketing area if Omaha sates an good.

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The Boys Town Choir presented an otitstanding program on Jan. 2. There were 26 boys and girls in the program. Kay Ferer presided at the meeting and welcomed Rebecca Berenstein, Evelyn and Morrie Epstein back after a three week absence. The discussion group was led by Meyer Green, Toni Kuteher, Sylvia Ross, Sally Venger and Ina Levich. We thank them all in the absence of Ann Katzman. Millie Zavett, Frieda Kavitch and Abe Miller were all welcomed back, on Jan. 9. The Thomas Jefferson High School Choir directed by Jerry Brabeck performed a fantastic program for us. These youngsters really had the talent A very nice donation was presented to the YES Group from Frances

and Melvin Plutkin in honor of their 50th Anniversary. Another outstanding program was held on Jan. 13. The Bellevue East Choir entertained us and was thoroughly enjoyed by the group. We are so fortunate to have Morrie Epstein as our program chairman. The YES Group congratulates Morrie for receiving the Volunteer of the Year Award. He is most deserving. Thursday Jan. 1*7.was Lucy's chicken day. As always everyone thoroughly enjoyed the lunch. Great having Feo Kahn back with us after a three week vacation in Florida. We all missed her very much. The group wishes Julie and Bess Hornstein a nice and safe trip to London.

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E.L. Doctorow's World Fair a splendid bazaar one hand, a "raucous, unsprung Dionysian" on the other hand, a bright-eyed, perceptive lad determined to unlock the mysteries of the world as they revealed themselves to him increasingly in sexual images. If this is Joyce's scenario of himself, it is no les^ the scenario for Doctorow in World's Fair. For everything described in the preceding paragraph applies as much to Doctorow as to Joyce. Indeed, the quotations, accurate in alluding to Joyce's situation, come not from him but from Doctorow. To be sure, the experiences of infancy and boyhood (girlhdod too!) are universal, but even with that truth granted, the connections between the two writers are too obvious to be ignored. Both of them exploit the image of the Fair (Joyce in the short story "Araby") as a metaphor for the child's introduction to the world as a wonderland and for providing sights and insights out of the ordinary whose purpose is to instruct the novitiate in the grinding realities of real life. Sholem Aleichem, too, put the story of his youth into the same metaphorical context, calling his fictionalized autobiography, published in full in translation for the first time in the spring of 1985, From the Fair. But while the childhoods of these authors were astonishingly similar, the dominant metaphor they used to describe it was the same, and the applications of fictional technique to their autobiographies were alike, their styles are worlds apart. If Doctorow took Joyce for a model it is> never Joyce's story he is telling; it is his own story articulated in that authentic voice of Doctorow's we have heard before in The Book of Daniel (1971), Ragtime (1975) and Loon Lake (1980), a voice well rehearsed in the piatching of dualities, fact and fantasy, past and present, a voice that has become increasingly lyrical as the poet in Doctorow seeks to escape from his incarceration in the novelist. In World's Fair, he almost liberates the poet, making the book one to savor, to ponder, to enjoy and to return to whether or not one's childhood reaches back into the 19.30s. If it does, this autobiography will, because of its lyricism, its tenderness and its authenticity, come to have a special relevance. It commands the reader's attention by its images, by its recollections and by the uniformly consistent writing that marks it from beginning to end — something totally . absent from the other big fictionalized autobiography of 1985, Herman Wouk's Inside, Outside, wiiich sprawls all Don Harris. Both Mr. Ro- over creation, lacking any discipline whatsoever. For Doctorow's contemporaries who can remember being senberg and Mr. Peters appeared in the recent Jewish children in the 1930s — there are a lot of us around — that Community Center produc- special relevance is in a shared nostalgia. AH our treasures are recovered from the depths of a half-century now past tion of the same play. Preceeding the produc- and put on display. There are a lot of them, in nature and out, Jewish and non-Jewish: grandparents who only spoke tion of "Catch Me If You Can" is a short musical/ Yiddish, memories of not being allowed near slingshots, or dance show titled "Get finally getting our own library card, of going alone to the Happy". The pre-show is library to choose our books, of making and flying model arranged and directed by airplanes, of having a dog and, inevitably, losing it, of getKate Schrader with chore- ting tipsy at the Passover Seders, of winning the honor of ography by Steve Swirczek. pounding the chalk out of the erasers at school, of going to the movies on Saturday afternoons to see Buck Jones, Tim Tickets are available at McCoy, Hoot Gibson and Rin Tin Tin, of owning a copy • the Upstairs Dinner Theaof the Flash Gordon Big Little Book, of following the tre, 221 South 19 in Omaha fortunes of Dick Tracy, Don Winslow, Mutt and Jeff and or by calling the theatre box Andy Gump in the "funny" papers, of waiting for the weekly office (402) 344-7777. radio installment of "The Shadow" with his "sniggling na-

^ Director, Jewiih Studies Program ^^P" iHilaDe University ' Most successful writers, be they novelists or poets, spend their time pouring the old wine of their experiences into the new bottles oi narratives or meditations on the human condition. Once their work has been recognized, and sometimes even if it has not been, they take the old wine of their experiences and put it back in its original container. Instead of using autobiography to create fiction or poetry, they use the techniques of fiction to re-create their own autobiographies. The resulting artifact can often be a memoir masterfully told in a compelling and suspenseful narrative. In Portrait of the Artists as A Young Man, James Joyce did it to perfection. Now, E.L. Doctorow in World's Fair (Random House; $17.95) has moved into that exalted company with his narf at ive of his 1930s childhood in the Bronx. In The Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man, Joyce gave us a scenario of the self as it records the wonder and variety of early boyhood experiences, vividly recalled in adulthood. His recollection began with his being startled "by the ammoniated mists," that is, by his wetting the bed. In his early days, he found himself in a musical family, his mother, playing the piano. He was a tiny, sickly mite among towering giants, one who took refuge under the kitchen table, and a watcher of his father whom he observed in the rituals of shaving, punning and making jokes, like Buck Mulligan^ in the opening chapter of Ulyssess. This older man, the young Joyce came to understand early. He saw him as a restless, convivial happy-to-lucky "free soul tethered," always in chronic domestic disputation, a man with the guarantee of failure written all over him. It would be Stephen Daedalus, the protagonist son, who would "save" the family's self respect by winning a prize and treating everyone to the good time the prize made possible. A complex individual, he was a serious student of life with a double standard, a "quiet teacher's child" on the

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ing gals, and Danny Greenfield. Before he gave us the Motzi, Art Grossman expressed his gratitude for our good wishes during his illness. Art was honored last Shabbat during his Aliyah at Beth El. A prayer for his recovery'and Congrats.for his birthday. Benschen was by Charlie Fellman. Art Grossman's guests were son Larry, officer in the American Embassy in Copenhagen, and Anne. We welcomed back Bill Pachman. At Friedman was ihe guest of Al Garber. We stood inmemory of Rube Marcus, whom we lost this week. Sec. Dave Dvorkin anncfunced new member, Charlie Slutzky, who visited us last time. Dave also announced two new lifers, Sam Stern and Nate Mandell, the latter, courtesy of Adele. He told us of nice contri^ butions to the Mitzvah Box

by Lester Doucet and Dave Gimple. Sunshine Chairman Norm Wohlner reported Iz Bernstein and Marv Treller, hospitalized. The guest speaker was Steve Rodj JCC director. Steve wound up his education with a master's degree in social services before entering into ,his chosen profession. In'tiis address to us, Steve referred to a book by Charles Silverman, "A Certain People." In this review, Steve's subject was five items, referring to the Jewish people, and entered into his address with a parody on' Jewish life, as it might be. Thanks for a very interesting talk, Steve, and if you fellows want some gee-wisdom, read it. Did you know that former president, Morrie Katz, while 'in office, instigated the Old Timers Review column?

tk(& flPWV IbnvoMac Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth Israel Synagogue will participate in an ecumenical day, "Exploring the JudeoChristian Tradition-An Ecumehical Rainbow," sponsored by the Norfolk, NE Catholic Schools. The Feb. 5 all-day seminar will consist of small group workshops, an ecumehlcal worsKip service aiid a panel discussion on ecumenism. Cantor Fettman will be the introductory speaker and will.participate in the workshops. Sheldon Cohen has opened a new travel agency "TVips Ahoy," a division of Rendco Travel. If everyone over 50 had coh>recUlcancercheclaip!i, the cure rate could bcTS'Af,. I CaUus. .. iKxarr

By Henry Stern Next gathering of JWV Epstein-Morgan Post #260 on Feb. 27 at Legion Hall, 78th & Davenport, 7:30 p.m. New members and guests are welcome. Bring a picture of your wartime service, with a notation of what and where. At the Jan. 23 gettogether CommanderSol Matiri discussed our involvement with the Eagle Scout honors and discussed the honors accorded Morrie Ruderman's grandsons us Eagle Scouts. The certificates for this honor come through national. In the absence of Quartermaster Nate Marcus, Sol told us that an audit of our finances is required, and since we are bonded, no problems. Sol told us that we have given a donation to the J for

use of their facilities, and that we thank the Legion Post with a contribution for the use of the Legion Hall. Dept. Commander Iz Lewis told us that the Veterans Administration Volunteer Service thanked us. for the Vets service at Christmas, and the nnany other shows. 'We were also thanked for the very fine perfurnutnces at the Vets Home at 156 and Maple. Iz praised Jeannie Cooper, voted "Woman of the Year" by our post, for her performances on the organ at the hospital shows. There will be a "Salute to Vets" on Feb. 14 at the Veterans Medical Center. Also a possibility of a show at the Vets home in March or April. We welcomed Bill Pachman, out of sick bay, and a memoriam for Eddie Gerber.

Dance group perfomiance inclLides a variety of pieces By Carol Katzman When the An;ia Sokolow Players' Pu>iect performs at the Jewish Community Center in late February, social issues and art will be fused on stage. The troupe will present revivals and current pieces from Ms. Sokolow's repetoire on Saturday and Sunday evenings, Feb. 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. at the JCC as part of the Omaha Arts West season. MR. Sokolow maintains the commitment to the "struggle of humanity that baa always touched her." As the focal point of the two performances. Players' Project will dance "Steps of Silence." Opening with a reading from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's First Circle, the piece conjures up images of imprisonment. The lighting, clothing and gestures suggest a physical prison, perhaps one in the Soviet Union filled with Jewish prisoners of conscience. The music is stark and dissonant, First performed in 1968 to an original work written by Rumanian composer Anatole Vieru for a string quartet, Ms. Sokolow totally rechoreographed it in 1984. A light piece to be staged is "Scenes from the Music of Charles Ives," danced in four parts. Based on themes by this contemporary American composer, the work includes a raucous piece entitled "Halloween" and "Central Park in the Dark," a more subdued piece evoking clusters of trees in the moonlight. These are followed by a solo male dancer confined

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BBG groups chcx)se beaus On Jan. IB, one hour short of midnight, several cars began to suspiciously pull up to the back door of the JCC. Was this activity a group of terrorists? No, it was only the excited members of Ediar BBG #710 and M. Z. Yoshanab BBG #2053 gathering for their annual caucus.

ble for the religious services, and we can never thank them enough. It's fun to have the Humane Society come once a month with some little pet to see and hold. We would also like to see volunteers and families bring the famDuring caucus, which was ily pet out for some T.L.C. kept secret from the memtoo. bers of AZA, Ediar and M.Z. You may see LOVE vol- . met in separate rooms, and unteers with raffle books in after many hours of discushand ready sell you tickets sion, they both chose their for a painting and afghan to beau candidates and honbe raffled at tl^e LOVE ban- orary beau. quet in April. Please help Then at 6 a.m., everyone fund our programs and don't refuse a book of tick- got into their cars (many of ets. Who knows, you may be them covered with shaving the proud owner of the cream), and each chapter set prizes. If you don't see a vol- out to wake up and suiprise unteer, come into the Home their new candidates, honorary beau and current and get some tickets. The Seniorcise instruc- beau. Soon after, everyone tor, Coralie Bell is now com- met back at the JCC for ing on Wednesdays to ex- donuts, and those honored ercise the inflrmed residents were introduced and prein the lounges or their sented with flowers. rooms, and has another class of aerobic sitlercize for more active residents. USY has been busier than Thanks to these faithful volunteers, Jennie Bear and ever with a wide variety of Sam Shyken for their visits programs and fundraisers. and Helen Fishet lur helping In the next couple of weeks with ceramics. Sarah Hard- USY will be selling candy to ing has been helping those help them pay for a regional folks in the small dining conclave in Kansas City. All room for some meals, but we Beth El members received a sure could use some other flyer and we would like to make Feb. 10 the deadline. help there. •The TUesday Musicale in Be sure to send those order forms to Beth El Synnow going to be the Thursday Musicale, according to agogue. USY just finished a very Lucille Zelinsky. It's good to sfee Mary Wine back helping with the mending. She has done so many nice things for the folks. We need a volunt«er to Monument Co. help with Bingo Tuesday nights from 7 to 8 p.m. for Seb (Subby) Pulverente a few. weeks until Rachel Frank L. Ciciulla Jr. Bleicher can rejoin the game. Call Sharon at 330. 60 Years Experience 4272. With Jewish

Ediar's candidates are Mike Levine, AZA #100. John Fellman, and Adam Rod, both of AZA #1. Honorary beau is Corey Kaplan and Rich Rosenblatt is the current beau. Both are AZA #1 members. M.Z.'s candidates are Steve Zuber, AZA #1, Allan Klopper, AZA #100, and Todd Mogil, AZA #100. Honorary beau is David Zacharia, Weizmann AZA #1510 and Jay Gordman of AZA #100 is the current beau. Congratulations to them all. Our next Beau Dance activity will be a regional date party on Feb. 8. The date party will be a progressive dinner and will be a lot of fun for everyone. The tentative date for Beau Dance is Saturday, May 24. Chairmen for 1986 Beau Dance are: Dawn Snyder, (Regional BBG chairman), Lisa Rosenberg and Lisa Gordman of M.Z. Yo.shanah BBG and Jill Kohn and Beth Seiner of Ediar BBG.

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