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New York production of 'Harmah Senesh' at JCC JCC Theater Conunittee Omaha ArU West announces that the original New Vork stage production of the critically acclaimed play, "Hannah Senesh," will be performed at the Jewish Community Center theater, for two performances only, April 19 at 8:30 p.m. and April 20 at 2 p.m. The staging of "Haiuiah Senesh" repreita (ha tint time the JCC has brought to a ptofeaaional New York Off-Broadw«ty theater production. Marty Skomal, the JCC artiat-in-residence will serve as the Omaha production coordinator for Omaha Arts West. He calls the presentation at the JCC "a significant statement to both the Jewish and non-Jewish community in Omaha." "Hannah Senesh is presented by the JCC Theater Committee and replaces the
previously announced "World Premiere Production." Its production is co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council and with a donation from the Society of Survivors of the Holocaust. Lori Wilner's performances as Hannah Senesh, a young Jewish woman eiecuted by the Nazis for her effort to free Hungarian Jews in World War 11 has been praised. The story itself has been termed "a powerful work" and a "touching portrait of a brave young woman." The New York Times termed Ms. Wilner's performance as "poignant and fantastically moving experience." Hannah Senesh survives today in her diaries and in her poems. In Hungary, she saw firsthand the rise of anti-Semitism and emigrated to Israel just prior to World Wir (continued on page 2)
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The 1989 Seper Sonday Committee is, tnm left, Deaise Greenberg, Carl Greenberg, Robin Spindler, Ellen Albin, George Schapiro, Meyer Green.
St/per Sunday Telethon committee announced
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Candidates' fdmm Preparing for the Amertean Affairs joint luncheon sponaored by ORT, Hadaasah and National Coancil of Jewiah Women, April 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Ceftter are from left, Diane Malashock. chairnuui, Debbi JoMphaM, Faye Rubadc, and Beth Leeds. Cheryl Kirke is not pictured. The iaanhsoM, which is open to the commttnlty, will host candidates hoping to become governor of Nebraska. Carol Schrader will be moderator and sitter service will be provided. Charge is $6.
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Kalt€^ speaker suggests Arabs live in the past By Morris Maline
Wha What do the Arabs want?
The question, according to Professor Norman StiUman, the 1986 Kallah speaker, implies that negotiations between Israel and Arab states can lead to peace in the Middle East. In reaUty, this is not the case, be said.
adding that the- truth of the matter ia the Arabe don't know what they want. "If anything Israel is a bone of contention in the Arab throat... and the Arabs.want to set history aright." Professor Stillman, a acholar and author on Muslim history, religion and politics, (continued on page 3)
Patricia and Jeff Newman have announced the 1986 Super Sunday Committee for the April 13 Telethon. "We have a »-oiiderfiil group of people, all talented, caring and committed, who are going to make this Supei; Sunday the best ever!" said Mrs. Newman. ..^..;...^. .. Ellen Albin and Meyer tireen will be supervising the volunteer recruitment for the three phone shifts. Mrs. Albin has been involved in this year's campaign both as a
Women's Division Captain and as a member of the Campaign Cabaret Committee. Meyer Green has been an active participant in Ixith the Old Timers and Youjig Energetic ^nior groups, having served as president of the latter. ,>•; , Denise and Carl Greenberg, who were trainers for Super Stiiitfilg^.in 19S6, will coordinate all of the training sessions for the 1986 Telethon. In addition to training ses(continued on page 3)
Sports Stag names three finalists
Av Greenberg, B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Stag chairman, and Steve Epstein, High School Athlete of the Year Award chairman, announced today the three finalists for the 1966 senior athlete sward are: Pat Friend, Millard North senior, for football, track, wrestling; Dave Jandric, Creighton Prep senior, for football, basketball, track; Mark Passer, Westside senior, for wrestling, soccer. In addition to Friend, Jandric anA Passer, the nominees this year included Mike Beasley, Ontral; Mark Dietrich, Westside; Tyrone Fitljke, Millaid South; Bob (Gordon, PapUlion; Mike Macaitis, Prep; Duaine Martin, North; Dan Olson, Burke; Andy
Ruin, BelleVue. A new selection process was initiated this year, the 24th year of the award. Metro area football coaches, Omaha area sportscasters and qmrtswriters submitted their nominations for the award to a five member panel. From these 11 nominations, the panel narrowed the group down to three finalists, baaed on their athletic accomplishments. The new selection process insures that all outstanding area senior athletes, regardless of their sport, will be recognized. The top three iinaliits, along with their fathers arid coaches will attend the banquet, April 16th (Peony Park Ballroom) during which the (continued on page 3)
Rabbi N^off 'fine' after heart surgery
Campaign Cabaret reservations top 600 Pictured above are Omaha teenagers who will nahar guests to their tables for the Jewish FederatioB of Omaha Campaign Cabaret, Saturday, Mareh 29 at 7:18 p.m. at Peoay Park. If yoa h«ve not made your reeervatl^a, eead yonr check to Ann Broder, 0718 Fieldoreat Drive, Omaha, Nebraska, 68114. From left above are: Lisa Wisnta, Jennlfler Silver, Lori Kooper, Michelle Jaeger, Stephanie Kreicer, Julie Tucker, Jamie Zaeharia, Jennifer Rubin, Robya Kooper, Kerl Salta1. Not pictured are: Sniaa Gurwiteh, Ruth Onrwiteh, Jennifer NoM-
Rabbi Isaac Nadoff has suffered a "mild heart ailment" in Israel but reportedly is in "fine" condition with no apparent damage. According to a spokesman for Beth Israel Synagogue, Rabbi NadofTs son, David, telephoned the synagogue s«gnng that his father had been admitted to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Physicians diagnosed Rabbi Nadoff's condition as a single blockage of an artery ' and proceeded to q>en the artery with "balloon surgery". The synagogue spokesman said that Rabbi Nadoff has been released from the coronary care unit and that his prospects for recovery were ezcelleht "The doctors there want him to remain in Israel until they are certain that no problem exists and that he and his wife, Jeanetjte, will return directly to Omaha," the qpbksanan added. Meanwhile, it was suggested that aqy messages or cards be directed to Beth Israel to await the return of the rabbi.
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By Morrla MmUne Memben of the Jewish Community Center and Tueaday Muiical will be able to get preferred Mating at the upcoming performance of The brael Philharmonic Orchestra. Tom Neuman, acting executive director, JCC, aaid membete have about 46 days to contact the Dick Walter organization for preferred •eating. Then, the tickets will be made available to the general public. The Orchestra will appear at the Orpheum Theater, Monday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. under the direction of Zubin Mehta. Sponsors will be the Jewish Community Center and Tuesday Musical. Both organizations joined in the sponsorship after one of the original sponsors. Performing Arts/Omaha, went out of business recently. According to Mr. Neuman, the JCC board of directors and IXiesday Musical guaranteed the anticipated cost of approximately $100,000. In addition to ticket sales at $12, $20, $30, $35 and patron seats at $100, the organizations plan to offer an ad book and to seek corporate sponsorships. Sales activities will reach Kansas City, Sioux City, Lincoln and beyond, said Mr. Neuman. In addition to Mr. Neuman, those coordinating the proposal included former JCC president iag Lemetr
and TVieeday Muaical president Barbara Taxman. Thoae deaihog to volunteer services may contact Mr. Neuman at 334-8200 ext. 240. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has a basic strength of UO musicians compared to the 70 at ita inception. Sixty members were bom and/or trained in larael, two founding members are still playing. The original musicians were recruited from all over Europe, but mostly from Germany, Poland, and Palestine. They came from different backgrounds and spoke different tongues. Today, they all speak Hebrew. Among the members are 14 women. In the last few years, over 26 new immigrants from Russia have joined the Orchestra. The home of the I.P.O. is the 3,000-8eat Fredric R. Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. There are more than 32,000 subscribers to the Orchestra — an amazing patronage considering Israel's population of approximately three million. Fourteen different series are required to meet the ticket demand. Eight series each are presented in Tel Aviv. In Jerusalem there is one series. Haifa has four aeries. In addition, there is a light classical music series (six concerts), a series of five performances for youth, and a series of "Musica Viva" for students and lovers of contemporary music. The I.P.O. also brings its CUP ANO SAVE-
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music to kibbutzim and •mall towns throughout Israel and gives free concerts to the country's servicemen. The IPO. establuhed (in cooperation with the Tsl Aviv Academy of Music) a special youth orchestra as a training ground for fiituie I.P.O. members. Lately, the I.P.O. has embarked on a series of open-air concerts, held in tlie city square for tens of thousands of citizens. The I.P.O. covers about 60 percent of ita budget from the sale of tickets, while allocations from the Israel government and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation help cover part of the deficits. The I.P.O. plays an average of 11 concerts every two weeks. Programs are built on the standard masterworks as well as on contemporary compositions, including works by Israeli compoaers. The great conductors came over the years to lead the Orchestra. Among them were Toscanini, Koussevr itzky, Munch, Bernstein, Paray, Von Weingartner, Ormandy, Steinberg, Sargent, Mitropoulos, Barbirolli, Monteux and many others including Israeli conductors and soloists. The rotation of guest conductors and outstanding world-famous soloists like Rubinstein, Piatigorsky, Stern, Arrau, Barenbotm, Casals, and many others throughout the years has made the Orchestra "wonderfully elastic," in the words of one expert. Zubin Mehta has been Music Director for the last 10 years, and under his direction the Orchestra has added a style of its own to
its proven adaptability. The I.P.O. is deeply rooted in the soil of larael. It has been the center of all musical endeavors in the country. In addition to the music it brings to the public in numerous series and q>eciaJ programs, it also pro-
vides opportunities for gifted young musicians. Aid is given through annual scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate training. Its members are among the leading music teachers in the country. The Orchestra commiasioiu new
works which are presented both in Israel and abroad. The I.P.O. is a popular tourist sttraction; and absood, its tours and rscordings hove brought a part of Israel's artistic achievement to thousands of music-lovers.
'Hannah Senesh' conries to JCC (continued from page 1) II, where she settled on a kibbutz. A volunteer in the British Armed Services, she was parachuted into occupied Europe where, on a mission to alert Jews to the Nazi horror, she was captured and imprisoned. Despite cruel torture, she never revealed the identity of her compatriots. Hannah Senesh was executed for high treason by the Hungarian Puppet Government in 1944, when she was 23 years of age. The story of Hannah Senesh is, perhaps, beat known in Israel where it has taken on symbolic value. The production company recently returned from a triumphant tour in Israel, sponsored by the Habima Theatre. "The story, simply told and emotionally compelling, has captured the hearts of audiences wherever it has played," an Omaha Arts West spokesman said. "We are delighted to bring this acclaimed.theater piece to Omaha." In contrast to past productions, there will be no general seating. Instead, seats for "Hannah Senesh" will be on s reserved basis only. All Omaha Arts West subscribers and Patrons will be entitled to tickets to the performance, as per their subscriptions.
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Kallah speaker (continued from page 1) concluded hii series of three lectures on a somber note: "The Middle East is a deeply troubled part of the world and is likely to stay that way for a long time to come." Professor Stillman, in lectures at Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue and Temple Israel last weekend, spoke to several hundred members of the Jewish community. He pointed out that since the Mid- Profeaaor Stillman die Ages the Arab states have suffered from chronically bad leadership. Even now, he said, if there were progressive Arab leaders, the Palestinians would have their own state. Professor Stillman described the Arab World today as consisting of 21 countries with a land mass 75 per cent larger than the United States., Oply a small portion of the land is arable, he said, explaining that more than one-half of the land is desert. At one time, he said, the Arab World stretched from the borders of France to
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China and India. This period of history waa in the Middle Ages and the Arab world represented the greatest empire and civilization since the Roman empire. Professor Stillman said. < , He suggested that Arab greatness coincided with the advancement of Islam giving the Arab people the historical notion that victory, success and God were on their side. According to Professor Stillman, this concept of Arab greatness is an integral part of Arab thinking. "The past was good, pure, and prestigious . . . the present is corrupt." He explained that there is constant talk among Arab leaders of nation and brotherhood even though there is a long history of conflict among Arabs that remains to this day. Professor Stillman said that he once heard a conversation in Arabic in which an Arab leader said that the Arab world had a lot to learn from Israel. "We should study their ways, learn about agriculture and science and spend 40 years doing so, Then we should wipe them off the face of the earth." He said that petrodollars gave the Arab world enough money to solve all of their economic problems, but all they did waa to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. "They seek to return to their place in history, and this is what they really want."
Sports Stag names three
^^ (continued from page 1) 1986 winner will be announced. The winner will be determined by the panel (one sportswriter, two coaches, one TV sports director and one B'nai B'rith stag committee member) the day of the Stag. The senior athlete award, inaugurated in 1962, was named in memory of the late Bert Render, long time B'nai B'rith member and chief architect of the Charity Stag. It has been presented in prior years to such standouts as Bob Churchich (1963), Johnny Rodgers (1969), Bobby Bass (1975), Dave Remington (1978) and Larry Station (1982). This year's guest of honor is national
football championship coach IBerry Switzer., The Stag marks his first speaking engagement in Nebraska. Charities benefiting from the Stag include the Mayo Clinic (Rochester), Paraplegic Hospital for Veterans (Washington, D.C.) Bellefaire Childrens Hospital (Cleveland), Leo N. Levi Hospital (Hot Springs, Ak), Armed Services Committee (Washington, D.C), Childrens Home of Israel, the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Attendance at the 1986 Stag is expected to surpass the previous record of slightly more than 1,300 attendees.
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Super Sunday committee (continued from page 1)
sionsfor phone solicitors, this year specialized training is being developed to meet the needs of callers who are soliciting individuals who have not previously donated to the Campaign. George Schapiro, who personally made over 150 telethon calls last year, is organizing the newest component of the 1986 Campaign, "Superwcek." Superweek will run from Monday, April 14 through Thursday, April 17. During Superweek the telethon will continue in the evenings in an effort to reach persons who were unavailable on the 18th. "I urge anyone who is un' able to make calls on Super Sunday to take the opportunity to get involved during Su-
perweek," said Mr. Schapiro. Robin Spindler is arranging for decorations and rebeshmenta for Super Sundfry. "Refreahments will be served for brunch And lunch .. . fear of hunger m no raoooo to stay away from Super Sunday!" Ma. Spindler said. A light supper will also be provided to those volunteers making evening calls during Superweek. "We hove a super group of people working hard to moke this Super Sunday a success," said Mr. Newman, "J^ut we can't do it alone. We all need commtjnity help and support — when one of these special people calls on you for your help, consider it an opportunity to share your time and energy in an endeavor that helps make life better for Jews in Omaha and around the world."
JCAC announces 1986 Holcx^aust commemorative activities Lisa Lewis and Marc Del- take part in leading the man, co-chairmen of the community service. Jewish Cultural Arts CounThe JCAC has put out a cil's Yom HaShoah Plan- call for entries to be inning Committee, have an- cluded in a commemorative nounced that plans for this booklet to be published as year's commemorations in- part of the 1986 Yom Haclude a variety of activities. Shoah observences in In addition to the annual, Omaha. The booklet will focommunity-wide memorial cus on the Holocaust from service, the JCAC is pub- two perspectives. It will inlishing a commemorative clude personal expressions booklet, and co-sponsoring in the form of writings and Hannah Seneah, a play drawings by: survivors of about a young hero of the the Holocaust who experiHolocaust. enced it personally and stuThis year's memorial ser- dents, elementary through vice will be held at Temple high school, who have Israel on May 6 at 7:30 p.rh. learned about the Holocaust Rabbi Stephan F. Barack by attending classes, readhas stated that the service ing, listening to survivors, will be drawn from the etc. Gates of Prayer, which inThe topic for survivors is: cludes a special Holocatlst ' "Meaaages Out Of Memmemorial service. Rabbis ory: What The Holocaust and cantors from all of the Means To Me In 1986," Omaha Synagogues will for students: "Lesaona
From The Holocaust: What The Holocaust Means To Me In 1986". Entries may be poetry or prose, written in English, no more than two handwritten or double spaced typed pages. Drawings should be line drawings in dark, black ink on white paper, no larger than 6'A by 11 inches. The deadline is April 13, 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center front desk. ST. LOUIS (JTA) - Roy Rosenbaum, executive vice president of the Jewish Federation of St. Loiiis, has been named director of strategic planning and development for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), according to Israel Goldberg, Federation president.
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HAII^A — The town is Kiiyat Malachi, a development area in the northern Negev. The office is on the second floor of an ofTice building, just over a bonk. The business card reada: "Computer services, tax returns, consultations, bookkeeping; speedy and polite service." The "firm" is Israel Oren, who turns out to be a tall, handsome man, with high cheekbones and a full black beard, a Hasid of the Habad movement, a follower of the Lubovitacher Rebbe, His Hebrew flows smoothly, and his speech is punctuated from time to time by appropriate references from the Talmud, the Bible or Jewish sages. At first it aeemed strange that Ofer knew almost no Yiddish at all, but when the full story emerged, it was not so strange after all. Israel Oren is the name he assumed soon after he came to Israel. We sat and chatted for an hour, but space permits us to tell only a small part of that story. James Ray Faddis is the son of a full-blooded American Indian of the Cherokee tribe, with some Choctaw blood as well. The family had.no desire to live on a reservation (a "ghetto" Oren called it), and together with a number of other Indian families which had fled from the dust bowl of Arkansas, made their home in the small town of Plymouth, in northern California. One could say that these were In. dians who landed at Plymouth. \ His people were lumbermen, and young James used to spend the greater part of each year in the woods with his father. He knew nothing of religion and there was no sense of identiflcation with any Indian customs or tribal traditions. They felt themselves to be simply Americans..The impressionable lad was awed by the mc^esty of the tall trees and the marvels of nature, and even at a tender age began to search for the meaning of life. The minister at the local Sunday School, to which he was sent, tried to convince him of the virtues of Christianity, but the young Indian found the presentation full of flaws. However, the school did introduce him to the Bible, and the subject of the Jews fascinated him. Not until he heard on television that there was a war between the Arabs and a Jewish state, did he even realize that there were still Jews in the world. At 17 he joined the U.S. Navy, learned computer operations and met his first Jew. He began to visit a Conservative temple in Stockton, as if he were investigating a cult, but found much to attract him, much that seemed to answer his questions. The Yom Kippur War shocked him into doing something, and he sailed off for Israel as a volunteer, under the impression that the quickie conversion he had under-
gone had made him a Jew. He spent a year at Kibbutz Maagan Michael, and another year at Kibbuti Bin Zivan on the Golan Heigfata, aiwqrs asking questions snd learning Hebnw. He was intersstad in music, played the guitar, wrote songs and tentatively considered music as a career. One night, Oren told us, he hod a dream, but when he awoke the only thing he could remember was "Amos, 23". He waa perplexed when he turned to his Bible and found that Amos had only 8 chapters. A further search, however, revealed verse 23 in chapter 6, reading as follows: "Tske thou away from me the noise of thy songs, and let me not hear the melody of thy psalteries." He took this to be a revelation, gave up music, and went to Jerusalem, where he met Rabbi Israel Segal, a follower of the Lubavitch movement, and after a period of intensive study, a full halachic conversion followed. The Cherokee lumberman became Israel Ofer, a Lubovitcher Hasid. He married Mazal, whose family had come from Libya, and they today have four children, with a fifth on the way. Most of his fipends and neighbors know that he is a ger, a convert, but not all are aware of his true antecedents. We asked if he was familiar with the theory that the American Indians may be descended from the Ten Lost TVibes. He waa, and added that the likeliest candidates would be the Cherokees, for they had the palest skin of all the Indian tribes. What is his attitude to Jews, bom into the faith, who are not observant? He loves them; even if they are "bad," they are Jews, and all Jews are brothers. What about those who throw stones at violators of the Sabbath? For the first time a bit of emotion crept into his voice. "If Arabs throw stones, they shouM be expelled from the country," he said. "If Jews throw stones they are acting contrary to Jewish tradition, and they should be tossed out, too." In the office he operates his computer and handles complicated firuincial matters for his satisfled clients. At home he helps Mazal by doing all the laundry, and by cleaning up the house eiev Shabbat. He served in the army (continuing with annual reserve duty as well) and had experiences in Lebanon where his Indian lore acquired in the forests of California, stood him in good stead. **'. For rabbinical inqiiration be draws on the tradition of Rabbi Yosef-Chaim (^ jiafbdad, f jK>^ Sapharadi scholar. In Hebrew accent and in tiaitRuiMt obwrvance it would be correct to say that this Cherokee Indian is a pure Sephardi.
(i(sti:it(gir.@ to tbihicg (sdi!tt@?) Mubarak's troubles By M. J. Rosenberg ' Near East Report In an inteview with the Paris daily Le Matin (Feb. 28), Prime Minister Shimon Peres said that he hoped that PresTo the Editor: The 16th Armored Division Association is a non-profit ident Hosni Mubarak "overcomes his current problems." organization of World War II Army Veterans, who served Asked if he would send Mubarak a message of support, with General Patton's Third Army in Europe. We have 1100 Peres implied that he doubted such a message would do members, who now reside in all 50 states except Montana Mubarak much good. But he added that he had confidence and Alaska. Our Armored Division consisted of approxi- that "Mubarak will win this battle for Egypt and for peace." If anything, Peres was understating Israel's support for mately 15,000 men during combat. Since I was the First Sergeant of Company "B", 64th the embattled Mubarak. In the eight years since the Cetmp Armored Infantry Battalion of the 16th Armored Division, David peace treaty went into effect, it has become all too I can recall that there were men in my out-fit who originally easy for us to take it for granted. But Peres doesn't — and lived in Nebraska and either enlisted or were drafted from we shouldn't. On Mar. 8, the Jerusalem Post's Hirsh Goodman reyour state. 1 am trying to locate these men and ask them to join our |>orted on the opening of a new road that runs 120 miles along the Israel-Egypt border to Eilat, Israel's Red Sea port. association. We hold an annual reunion in a different city and state The road "traverses a wonderland of dunes and canin the United States. In 1985, our 34tb Annual Reunion yons.desert vistas, and great open plains — all ablaze with was held in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1986, we plan to be at Lake a profusion of colors and hues that leave one mesmerized, almost overpowered by the beauty of it all." Tahoe, and in 1987 in Orlando, Florida. The most beautiful part, however, has more to do with Steve J. ChyUnski First Vice-preoident politics than with topography. Nine miles from the point leth Armored Division Aiaociatlon where the road begins, the barbed wire that separates Egypt 7926 Twin Oaks Drive. and Israel disappeara. Goodman writes: "You are left with Broadview Hta, Oliio 44147-1021 white, undulating, virgin dunes on either side, punctuated Phone, 216-237-3067 only by an occasional reminder that you are driving along a border dividing two countries at uneasy peace. There are To the Editor some places where there is no. fence at all — the border The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is preparing an being delineated by numbered concrete blocks — and others exhibit paying tribute to the Nebraska Jewish survivors of where the fence is so low that with an eflbrtless hop you the Holocaust. This exhibit in the "Corridor of Jewish His- could be in Egypt." tory" museum will open on Yom HaShoah, May 6 at the Goodman aayu that "with the watch-towers aftd fences Jewish Community Center and continue until the Omaha behind you, you have a sense of vastness. Suddenly Israel showing of the film "Shoah" in September. doesn't feel small anymore." For this exhibit we are asking for any artifacts, memorGoodman paints a wonderful picture of an Egyptian-Isabilia, pictures, items of clothing, etc. that the survivors raeli border that is like the UiS.-Canadian one, a border of may have. Possibly even some veterans of World War II peace — without barbed wire or sentry poste. Of course, brought home items relative to the Holocaust. All items that is only part of the picture. The Egyptians continue to loaned to the museum will be returned on request. ^ keep their ambassador far from, the Tel Aviv embassy. NorSpecial tribute will be paid to the memory of Magda malization remains at a standstill. There is the ugly and Fried, a survivor who passed awoy recently after making a frightening matter of the Sinai murders of seven Israeli major^ontribution to this community's knowledge of the totirists who were gunned down last October at Ras Burqa. terrible experiences encountered by the Jewish victims of Still, the new Eilat road (called Kveesh Ha-Shalom or Road Naziism. of Peace) holds out the tantalizing vision of all the miracles ' For further details contact the Nebraska Jewish Histor- which can be achieved if the peace treaty survives and the ical Society, 333 So. 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68154 peace deepens. ' or call 334-8200, Ext. 270. . It is that vision with keeps Shimon Peres from criticizing Mary F«|lman (continued on page 5) The editors reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content.
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^^B Hcontinued from pa(» 4) p^ Mubarak and which laada him to make rnnfuaiiniM over I TUba. Ht has not foffottan that the Yon K^ipiir War — which Mubarak'! predacaaMw Anwar Saikt initiited prior to amharkini on hia miiaion of paao* — coat laraal 3,000 young livaa. Tboaa who contend that the Caap David paaea treaty ia a mere "piece of paper" wou)d do well to note that if euch a piece of paper had been aifned in 1971 rather than in 1978,3,000 Uraelit (and bow many Egyptians?) would have lived rather than bean killad in the deeert sande. The Nobel peace prize which waa preeentad to Sadat and then-Prime Minister Mcnachem B^n in 1960 waa waU-eamed. Fortunately, neither of their sucoeaaon want to return it That ii why Peras will do everything he can to aaeist Mubarak. But that isn't much. E^t's problems are, primarily, economic. The country's population is soaring while national income declines. Plummeting oil prices not only reduce the value of Egypt's petroleum but also cut into Suec Canal revenues. (There are fewer oil tankers paying to use the waterway.) The three million Egyptians living in the Gulf Stataa are sending back leas and leaa money because of the oil depreaaion. In recent months that aourca of foreign capital haa started to dry up and Egypt IUM alraady loat as much aa $4 billion. On top of all that, Mubarak has , to confront Islamic fimdamentalism which haa even greater appeal during hard times. In short, things don't look good for Mubarak. That ia why Peres and the Reagan Administration are worried. They understand that the "frozen peaca'ls Car from ideal — but that it is preferable to the alternatives that might be offered by any of Mubarak's potential succasaors. They also know that if Mubarak goes, Egypt's close relationship with Washington would probably go with him. This is one situation that is worth worrying about.
r Anatdy Omaha's Soviet Jewi^ Chairman Shirley Goldstein holds a key to the city and a Nebraska 'admiral appointment certincate' which she hopes to present to Anatoly Scharansky during her current trip to Israel.
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Editor's N«t« Last fall, tdwim BUek aMuad « two hour e»el—>ve imtmrvitm with NatJoa <rf M— laodar Looia Parrakku. Tho latMrrlew e*pp«d Ml iatraaiye foar iMmUi ptoba for fortkooaslag iastae oftke RWkiiiafm Ptat aimdmy MmgoMiim, Tka foilowlac i* aa excerpt fKMt tke ortctaal 00 pogs asMiaaerlpt. Louis Parrakhan's Chicago hank is having second thoughta about aasociating with the controwenial leader of the Nation of Islam. A long list of raputable blapk firma has decided not to do business with Panakhan, repelled by both the unfavorable publicity and the aouioe of his capital — Libyan strongman Moammar el-QaddafS. The most notable backdown was the case of Johnson Products, which canceled its participation in Parrakhan's plan to produce POWER toUetries. Following the barklaah that hit Johnson Products, director* of the Independence Bank are questioning the wisdom of ev^ handling Parrakhan's accounts. The bank was the repositopr for Qaddafi's $6 million in wire transfers. They eztendn several small loans to the Natipn totaling about $100,000, plus a small mortgage on the Final Call headquarters. But they also provided lock box services that made Independence appear to be an integral part of Parrakhan's POWER structure. Parrakhan's \»pt cassettes and other POWER materials have asked that monies be sent to "POWER c/o The Independence Bank." In essence, the Bank provided POWER with an address as part of their overall service package. Unlike conventional lock boxes, however. Independence did not open the envel<q>e8, deposit the checks and make an accounting. They simply delivered the envelopes to the Nation of Islam which then kept its own books. "We wanted to keep an arm's length relationship with the Nation," e^Uuned one source at the bank. Another bank official adds, "We originally thought the bank~ wouldn't get into trouble, could invest the Qaddafi money in the community and make money also." Sensing that the Bank might come under preasure from its regulators, Farrakhan publicly and to a certain extent preemptively castigated "black bankers who are shaking over $5 million," insisting that the bank had already been the subject of government harassment. Hearing Parrakhan's claims, onp mtyor bo^rd member immediately contacted bank president Rich Shealey, who categorically denied there was any government pressure. On the converse, the government routinely examined Ins^. dependence's books recently. A director asserU, "That wal" one of our best examinations to date, and we received our highest rating to date." When asked during an exclusive interview, Farrakhan insisted that Libyan money in a black bank bad prompted government regulators "to scrutinize everything... and put
some praaauie on the bank not to kian ua certaia moaiaa." Tha idea, aa Fanrakhan axplainad it, was "to friglrtan them, to make them believe that they (the US govanunent] ar* going to come down on us anytins." Banker* know that they cannot prudently loan money to a high-riak ^iplicanL But when aakad if he baaed his claim on any coacrete information, Farrakhan replied, "I would s«y it's a very good gueas." Farrakhan is correct about Independence being nervoua. However, it was not government pressure, but management's own reluctance that prompted second thoughts. "The whole thing was just unwise, being part of the Farrakhan thing," confided a senior bank official. "Juat look at what happened with Johnson Products — the adverse reaction — we didn't want that to rqwat here. It'a not worth the aggravation conaidaring we're psying market ratea for the CD.'s." When Parrakhan's certificates were scheduled to roU over, that is, come up for renewal around the end of laat year, directors began discussing the option of refiiaing to renew them. The effect on bank profits was "only a nominal conaideration," according to sources with direct knowledge of the meeting. Independence is a small bank with about $70 million in depoaits, only albout $16 million of which are socalled "jumbo depoaits" in excaas of $100,000. Its befoietax 1965 profit is expected to be about $1 million, double the 1963 figure sufaatantially due to minority pegfsd deposita. the point spread on a jumbo certificate ia rou^y five percent Qaddafi's $fi million, in other words, constitutes roughly $60,000 in annual groas profit, or about ^ve percent of thti bank's groas profits. The question put before directors was could a bank of Independnice's size live without thoee millions? A few Meks later, at the full boaird meeting, directors and officer* each expressed their concerns about the Farrakhan relationahqw. The pros and cons deliberated were numerous. Some board members realized that they no longer possessed liability insurance, and that their exposure to lawsuits ariaing from Farrakahn was now a factor. Several alternatives were pitq>oaed including 1) insisting all Nation of Islam relationships be terminated, 2) simply refiising to roll over the-$5 million from Qaddafi but retaining the other accounts, 3) simply not accepting any further deposits. The board, frozen by indecision, finally decided to approach the Nation of Islam and ask them to "take a st^." But Nation officials, and Farrakhan himself "reacted very badly," according to a source. Nonetheless, the most visible bank relationship, the lock box service for POWER contributions and tape purchases, has been terminated.
Purim and Yom Kippur: a common message By Carol Green (WZPS) —On the Jewish calendar, no two days seem to be as different as Yom Kippur and Purim. Yom Kippur,' the Day of Atonement, is the most, solemn day of the year and Purim is certainly the gayest. On Yom Kippur we turn our focus inward, to consider where we are going and where we came from as we pray for forgiveness and renewal. On Purim, however, we become joyous extroverts. We hold elaborate festive meals and exchange gifts of food and drink with neighbors and friends. On Purim, the walls of propriety and decorum come tumbling down. Even the most straight-laced rabbis and yeshiva students allow tbamsalves to go wild fcr that one dagr. They drink until they are tipsy and participate in uproarioua comic revues called Pariaahpiela when, disguised in costume, they poke fun at everybody and everything. Yet, mystical tradition teaches that these two dsQrs are related. The Zohar says that Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement is "Yom KePurim" or "a day like Purim." When examined up close, it becomes clear that the two days share a common message. Both awaken
us to the fact that our days on earth are numbered and we must be careful to use our time wisely. On Yon) Kippur, we are brought to this realization by letting go of the ephemeral and cast our glance on the eternal. On that day we remove all masks of pretension, shedding the disguises we adopt to face the world. Dressed in white and empty of food and drink, we stand before the'Creator who gave us life. On Purim we also remove the masks of pretense. Dressed in costumes we remind ourselves that in life man plays many roles. Like Mordechai, the hero of the Purim story, a person might be a public enemy one dqy and the king's favorite the next Purim entertainments or Parlaubpiala parody human fooliahiMss, making ua realize that much of our enemise are given over to pursuing honor and status, instead of concentrating on what is really important This realization might lead to the conclusion that since so much of everydity life is given over to fleeting concerns, such as what to serve for dinner or how to deal with the boss, it might be wisest to limit ones involvement with the mundane world in order to lead a spiritual life. Indeed, this
is the answer proposed by Christianity and many of the Eastern religions. 'Their ideal is the holy man who removes himself from the "distractions" of the physical world to concentrate on loftier spriritual matters. The holy men pride themselves on their abstinence from food, drink and sexual life, which they consider antithetical to a state of holiness and purity. On Yom Kippur Jews also leave the distractions of the world of the body to concentrate on the soul. For that one day we become like angels, no longer weighted down by our physical earthly lives, free to let our spirits soar. Yom Kippur gives us spiritual energy for the rest of the year, but Judaism recognizes that most of us could not survive for very long if every day was like Yom Kippur. Therefoie Judaism proposes an alternative path to the q>iritaal life. That ia the path of Purim. - More than any other d«y on the Jewish calendar, Purim teaches us that anything we do can become holy. Judaism teaches that with the right consciousness, eating, drinking, sleeping, working and having sex can all become holy acts. On Purim we celebrate
WlPSrhmtvllUmttmatu. School ehildroa daaclag oa a oaatral stago erected ia UM Jeroaaleai Bea Yehoda Street malL Ite daaea was part of a i>iiriRM!pM«f eatertaiaiac tkMiixed crowd of ehlldrea aad adalts ia ooatBBMS tkroBCiac the streeta of Jermalm oa Parim. The BiaU was deeoratad hy Be^alel Art School stndeats. the Jewish victory over the Persian empire aiid its hedonistic world view. King Ahashverosh and his court were known throughout the ancient world for their elaborate feasts and banquets. Often they would feast for weeks on end, simply to enjoy the sensual pleasure of good food and fine wines. On Purim, we are specifi-
cally commanded to feast, as a religious act, tto prove that with the proper attitute even a mundane act like eating can be holy. On Purim, as on every other dqy, we give thanks to our Creator who gave us the food and we speak words of Torah at the meal. More than any other day of the year, Purim is a day
for t|ie performance of Biitavot, or holy acts. On Purim we share gifta of good with friends and neighbors and also with the poor in our midst. Purim, more than any other dqy. brings home the true message of Judaism — that through Godlike acts of giving and kindness man can live a holy life in this world.
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SEBVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the lervicM. Friday: 6:30 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.in. Kiddush follows services. Minha-Ma'ariv, 6:25 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 March 27, noon, at the Uptown 11. BAT MITZVAH Debra Zacharia, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Zacharia, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, March 21 and Saturday morning, March 22. PURIM CARNIVAL USY's Purim Carnival will be held on March 23 at 11:45 a.m. MEGILLAH READING The Megillah reading will be on March 24. Minha and Ma'ariv services will start at 6:30 p.m. and the Megillah at 7 p.m. LATE SERVICES Services will be at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, March 28. Rabbi Allan Gonsher will be the guest speaker.
Offfutt Air BaM SERVICES: Rabbi Leiand Lifschiz conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
JTS appoints new chancellor NEW YORK - Ismar Shorsch.a 50-year-old rabbi and Jewish historian, will succeed Dr. Gerson Cohen as chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary as of July 1, according to seminary officials. Shorsch, a graduate of the seminary and a highly-regarded Jewish scholar, received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where Dt. Cohen was his dissertation sponsor. He has been a member of the seminary's faculty since 1970 and served as dean of its graduate school from 1975 to 1979. Thereafter, he served as provost, the chief academic officer of the seminary, from 1980 to 1984. He is married to the former Sally Korn. The couple has three children.
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B«th Israel SERVICES: Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 p.m. Late Family Service 8 p.m. Cantor Leo Fettman will occupy the pulpit and deliver the sermon on "The art of waiting." The late service is followed by an Oneg Shabbat, sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush follows the service in the Social Hall. Mincha 6:30 p.m. Mincha is followed by Shalosh S'udot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Miilyanaire Service 9 a.m. followed by breakfast and exploring Jewish ideas with the rabbi. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ADULT STUDY Cantor Fettman's weekly study, group will meet April 2 at '7:30 p.m. PURIM CARNIVAL The annual Purim Carnival will be held on March 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be available for purchase and festive carnival activities will be arranged for the pleasure of young and old Julee Katzman and Beverly Franklin are in charge of carnival activities. FAST OF ESTHER The day preoeeding the Purim holiday is a fast day known as the Fast of Esther. Morning services will be at the usual hour of 7 a.m. PURIM The F*urim holiday celebration and Megillah reading will be on Monday evening, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25. The Monday evening Megillah reading will be at 7:16 p.m. Groggers will be distributed. Everyone is urged to come in Purim costumes. Special prizes will be given to everyone in costume. The Megillah reading will be followed by an ice cream social chaired by Linda Dunn. The service and Megillah •^reading on TXiesday morning March 25 wilt be at 6:30 a.m.
Sol amd Dorothy Yaffe cordially invite their friends and relatives to a kiddush following Shabbat services Saturday, March 29 at Beth B Synagogue. The kiddush will be in honor of Bob, Sue, Angela and Alicia who are moving to f Columbus, Ohio. ^
PURIM BALL A Beth Israel Purim Ball will be held on April 5 from 9 p.m. to midnight. A beautiful evening is planned by the chairmen, Bill and Rose Abrahams. There will be free set-ups and free popcorn (bring your own liquor) and door prizes. Riqk Weiner and his orchestra will provide live music. Tickets are $4 per person.
Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. Purim Family service conducted by Rabbi Levy. Reading of the Megillah. March birthday blessings. The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Steve and Suzanne Kalish. Sunday: Purim Carnival sponsored by Temple Youth Group 11 a.m.
Lincoln Tiforoth Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Saturday: Services 9 a.m. Jr. Congregation 10 a.m. Mincha, Seudah Shelishit 5:30 p.m. Maariv, Havdallah 7:15 p:m. PUBIM Monday, March 24 Family Megillah Reading 6:30 p.m. Costume Parade Tueiday, March 25 Megillah Reading for Purim 7 a.m.
PERSONALS HnMaki wWwt to ttiank al of her dear friends and family for ttieir concern and care durtng lier recent hospitalizalion. Irv Jangar wisftes to ttiank his relatives and friends lor their get well wishes and contributions during his recent hospitaization. ROM
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Paraahat VaYikra Paraahat Zaldtor SERVICES: Whoever wrote Haman's Friday: 7;30 p.m. Rabbi Stephan Barack crafty speech to King Ahasuand Cantor Harold Fire- eruB in the Book of Esther, the stone will officiate. There prescribed bible reading for will be a celebration of Jew- Purim, was not merely a masish Music Festival. Cantor ter stoiy-tcUer but a writer Firestone and the Temple who had a profound underQuartet will sing a blend of standing of human motivatraditional and modern tions. Haman conceals his percomposers. The Oneg Shabbat will be sonal hatred of Jews and his sponsored by Temple Israel avarice, under the cover of false patriotism and concern Sisterhood. for his King. And the King, Saturday: 11:15 a.m. involved in pursuit of personal CLASSES Religious School, Hebrew . pleasures, and spurred on by School and Confirmation the dangling prize of the purclaas will be in recess March chase-of-Jews price Haman offered to pay, gave no 22-April 3. thought to the slaughter of inPURIM Monday Evening Service nocent people that Haman propoaed 7:30 p.m. Haman's charges ere brilAn abbreviated Piirim Service and reading of the liantly concocted of a smatterMegillah will be followed by ing of truth, just encu^ to quiet any poesible suspicions lan Oneg and refreshments. the King might have, and a PURIM CARNIVAL Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - Purim main ingredietit oC fidaehood Celebration Assembly and a that the King never recognizes. TVue: the Jews aren't Parade of Costumes Sunday, 12-2:30 p.m. - like all other Persians: they Purim Carnival - luitch will are not pagans. False: they do not obey the law of tlie land. be served. Haman's paradigmatic anti-Semitism has been used SERVICES again over the centuries: Friday: 7 p.m. enough tiuth to arouse uneasy Daily and Saturday: feeling about these people The residents and staff of who aie diffinent (not Musthe Rose Blumkin Home in- Ums in Muslim lands, not vite the families, volunteers, Christian in Christian lands) and friends of the residents and enough fidsebood to lead to attend services in the to murderous intent instead of Herbert Goldsten Syn- mere "^ineasy fiaeling.'' TWs agogue. Kiddush following process has been seen more services on Shabbat. than a few times in the United States, when Jews (and others!), for example, have protested violation of AmeriSERVICES: can law in cross and creche inFirrt and third Friday of cidents at Christmas time. the month: 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service and efveryone is welcome. Purim Party March 21 following services at the Mr. and Mrs; Tedd Myers Oneg Shabbat. of Long Beach, NY anCbme in costume. nounce the Jan. 4 birth of a daughter, Ariel Rebaccah. Mrs. Myers is the former Pamela Fox of Omaha. Mrs. Robert Cohn of Omaha is the maternal grandmother. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ban of Omaha.
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"The law ba daintwi, if you don't like it here, why don't you ...?" "I'd like to be a stoker at an American Auschwitz ..." Over the centuries of the worst anti-Setnitism (except for the Holocaust), both Muslims and Christians used it as an effective tool with ignorant people, to entrench political and religious power •— without regard to dire htmian results: the endless contempt of Jews and all the intermediate steps of degradation, leading to expulsion and massacre. In the Holocaust, feeding on the centuries-long "Tbaohing of contempt" that had become a n^jor element in European culture. Hitler was able to eiuoU large elements of the European populace as murderers and muiderera' accompUcee ... with virtually no voices sounded in oppoai- ' tion, whether political, religious, or simply human. What hath man wrought! Tlie Aitaalekitea, whom we are commanded to remember (Zakhor!) on the Sabbath before Purim, were not "antiSemites." They were simply protecting their turf in the wiy ancient militarists would do. Anti-Semitism as sudi, in my view, begins with Chiiatianity. Anyone who leaves an organization (or a religious gioiqi!) in whic^ he has been involved, however loosely, muit explain himself, bo<h to himMlf and to others. And often, 88 in this case, explanations of differences of opinion are expanded to misstatements and slanders, sometimes vicious slanders. With this picturrin miitd (and surely it is oversimplififid here), at a recent JewishCatholic'dialogue held at Crei^ton University, I went so fiu as to sqy that the n^jor (iK>t a major, but the nuyor) cause of the Holocaust was the pollution df the atmosphere in Eurt^ against Jews, done by the Church ... Believe me, I said this not out of hatred for Catholics or for Christians generally, but to suggest that it is high time for Christians consciously to uproot anti-Semitism in all Christian religious circles.
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Purim funfest Food • fun • movies Games • Good times March 23
becofnes a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening April 4th, at 8 p.m. Beth Israel Synagogue . Oneg Shabbat following Friday Services
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Boys Town museum shows Jewish links • By Mary PellaMa Preaideat, Nebraaka Jewiah Hiatorieal Society Some mumums an filled with beautiful pictures and iculptures, tome with Ifiatorical artifacts and memonbilia, some with the newest in technological creations. The magnificent new "Hall of History" at Boys Town has it alH It is a museum that uses eveiy dramatic form of dia|>liv to tell the heartwarming story of Fatbar E. J. Flanagan and the home he created fi>r boasaless boys. ]Not a detail is overlooked! More importantly, every detail is told and shown with sudi excellent taste, artistry and creativity that this new museum becomes a tremendous addition to the entire Omaha community. The multitudes of displiQrs are created in a 10,000 square foot hall that was the grade school dining hall until 10 years ago. No one would recognise it now with its rich gray tones, carpeting on the walls and floors, photo and audio visual display areas highlighting every action that made the "city oF little men" one of the most famous locations in the world for child care. Punch a button and Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy come to life again in the famous Boys Town movie. Punch another button and another story of Boys Town appears before your eyes. Push the horn on the old bus that used to take the boys' athletic teams to games and you see a film on their sports history. You have to see the lifesize plaster of Paris mannequins to believe their effectiveness in depicting the lives of the boys "before Boys Town" and after they were taken in. Incidentally, the mannequins
are all dressed in real clothes and modeled after youngsters now at Boys Town. For the Jewikh community there are q>ecial relationohqM to Boys Ibwn besides its being a neighbor now to the 132nd Street campus. Boys Town was started by Father Flanagan who was originally working with homeless men. That story is well known. What is not well known is that Father Flanagan got the idea for a home for boys from a Jewish policeman Mogy Bernstein-who was working as a parole officer. An imnamed Jewish member of the community gave Flanagan the money for the first home for the boys. Henry Monsky and William Grodinsky became supporters of Flanagan's work from the very beginning and in their honor two streets on the Boys Town complex are named for them. Throughout the museum are reminders of the Jews who helped Flanagan. Visitors will see a picture of Monsky with Flanagan, a Jewish National Fund certificate for trees planted in Israel in honor of Father Flanagan and other pictures of Jewish supporters. The tireless work that was done by Jackie McGlade, museum curator, and her staff in gathering treasures from the past and weaving them together into this mpving Boys Town story serves as an inspiration to other groups working to create their own museums of history. The "Corridor of Jewish History" mini-museum of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society at the Jewish Community Center is proud to have the magnificent maxi-"Hall of History" as its neighbor! Hopefully all who drive out to see one museum will visit the other. They are both worth your time, each in its own way.
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The appointment of Richard Katakee, son of Judy and Milton Kotokae, Ophira Bohar as aithMat has been notified of the re- and historian for the Naceipt of two honors fron) the brsske Jewish Hiatorieal Society hoi been announced University of Michigan. He will receive The Wil- by Mary Fellman, president liam J. Branstrom Award. of the NJHS. Funding for the position The Branstrom Award, named after an attorney and of archivist was mode posphilanthropist, is given an- sible by a grant from the nually to freshmen students Carl Frohm Foundation who are within the upper with matching funds from five percent of their class. the Livingston Foundation The award will be conferred and the Nebraska Jewish at the University of Michi- Historical Society. Mrs. Bahar, a resident of gan Honors Convocation on Lincoln, received her MasSunday, March 23, 1986. Richard also has been ter's degree in European named to the University's and American history from delegation to the Model the University of Nebraska United Nations Conference. where she also received her Delegates are selected based BA in history. She has comupon a competitive selec- pleted her course work totion process administered ward a Ph.D. in history and on a University-wide basis. political science. As a full-time archivist The delegation consists of four students who partici- for the NJHS, Mrs. Bahor pated in the program the will catologiie and accession prior year and seven se- all artifacts and materials in lected for current-year par- the Society's files. She will also be involved in prqwrticipation. Members of the delega- ing materials for publication visit United Nations tion, research and exhibiand participate in a simulated session of the General Assembly Plenary. The General Assembly Plenary of the 1986 NaJEANNE 8. CHA8EN tional Model United NaGraveside services were tions Conference takes place during the week of held in Minneapolis, MN for Jeanne S. Chosen, 83, March 23-29. formerly of Fremont, NE. Mrs. Chasen was preNEW YORK (JTA) - ceded in death by her husHenriette Beilis has bten band. Max. She is survived elected president of the by s daughter, Myma FeldAmerican Friends of the Al- man, St. Louis Park, MN; liance Israelite Universelle, three grandchildren; two succeeding Arnold Franco. great-grandchildren; sister.
Ophiru Uttliur tion. Mrs. Bohsr has served as an intern at the Nebraska State Historical Society where she presently spendis one day a week working with the curators «dio oia sasisting the NJHS with its work. An Israeli sabra, she received her teacfaer'a certificate from TNMhar's Sute College in Haifa, lafoel after serving in the laraeli Air Force. She has taugfat in Israel, in parochial oohools in the United States and was a teodiingaaaiitantin history at UNL.
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By Woman, and Friends (male Bert Lewis members) will hold their annual Motber/Father-in-Israel Banquet on April 6, 6 p.m., at Beth Israel Sjmagofut. You DUy be reading thia on Friday, but as 1 writs it's Cocktails will be served at Sunte. I've just finished reading the paper and find that 5:30 p.m. with dinner served rmtmnking about the "comics." What we uaed to call the promptly at 6 p.m. Tbe coet funnies, when you and I were kids. Ramember the funny is tA.50 per person and re- papers from way back then? They inchided such stripe as servatioru are required by Maggie k Jigp, Orphan Annie, Annie Rooney, Popeye, Joe March 16. Make reserve- Pakwka. the Katiaqianuner Kids, Skaetix ... remember tions with Marion Strausr^them? Rto oaAa or „. p— KKi J They w«r» dsaigned to catch the eye, keq> tbe interest 568-2646 fayt <uw.. Sekar 661 3049. for a few seconds then end with a laugh. I'm wondering The program will include exactly when all that changed. Whan did we forget WHY Pictared ar* the gvatlaineB dviiof a fhaar—1 of a fashion abow and a mus- they were called funnies, and WHO began to slip messagea of a political and/or moral luture into that section? I guess "The Mamalaahni Rockets" with chorMfrapher, ical interlude. NCJW what it amount to is this: most of today's so-called funniea PanUae fjimtman. During the March 13 re- are really not done for children. On the contrary, they're USA will have its regular event ia the "kick' ofT' for ception and dedication of for us grown-upa. Now I won't lie and tell you 1 don't look forward to some monthly meeting March 27, their annual Spiritual the Molly Comstock Lend7:30 p.m. at the American Adoption campaign which ing Library, National Coun- of them. The one ttiat appears on the editorial page (where feeds, clothes and provides cil of Jewish Women- it belongs) is my daily favorite. I love that one and the w«y Legion Post No. 1 Club. Sol Mann urges membera care and affection for Israeli Omaha Section was it deals with some of our prominent people in the world to write their Congressman children in their nurseries awarded a placque for com- tod«y! The artist has a razor sharp wit and I know is not to oppose the sale of arms and three day-arid-night mitting $2300 to the librar- universally admired. Me? I think he's fibuloua. y's development, according There are a few others that almost measure up to that to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis homes in Israel. Cost is $8.50 for adults to reception chairman Pa- one, but of course they too are for adults. I wonder whether openly backed Libya and the PLO on the terrorism is- and $6 per each child. Pre- tricia Newman. She serves the average little kid even looks at them. That was the sue and the Saudis have not paid reservations are re- oh the library's advisory question I started with, wasn't it? When did the children helped fiirther in bringing quired. Make your checks board along with fellow loee the funnies to the grown-ups? payable to Na'amat USA NCJW member Marsha It may not rank up there with the important issues of peace to the Middle East. Green. Other members the day, but it is a curiousity. If I weren't old enough to and mail to Marilyn Tipp. NA'AMAT USA Co-chairmen are Lisa helping with the reception remember hearing about the newspaper strike in New York Na'amat USA's Parent/ were Dorothy Kaplan, San- which had the Mayor reading the (linnies to the children Child luncheon will be held Senol and Marilyn Tipp. dra Kphll, Phyllis Newman, over the radio, I might not give any of this a single thought AMIT WOMEN on March 13 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel. This Hatikvah and Kalah Evy Katz, Jodi Epstein and — but I am! And I'm also old enough to recall how much Franklin Chapters of Amit Robin Spindler. we looked forward to seeing thoae familiar strips, and how the Sunday section in color was so much extra excitement. 1 will admit it took less to excite kids then. After all, our Barbara Fraakal youngsters today think it's usual to fly to the moon. In my win be happy to help you day, that hadn't yet been done! Actually, I've thought for a long time that little people with your advertising. were being robbed of childhood. They do everything BO much' earlier then we did, from school to social behavior, and they run from lesson to lesson, learning how to dance, how to act, how to prepare for I don't know what. When do they play? Shouldn't kids still come home from school, change clothes, grab a nosh and fly put the door yelling "111 be back in a while"? I don't expect the Child Psychology Department of Oxford to call me for help, but if grandparents ever unionize, maybe I'll have a chance. In the meantime, I still wonder when the funnies became adult rated. Do you think it all happened because kids don't have Picturod arc left to right Sara Rennard, Naomi Kat- time for them anymore ... they're too busy! akee, Rachel Katskee and Stacy Rogert.
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By Eat«iW He Sue MoM», 82, died Feb. 26. She wA a lifedlne Lincoln resident and a member of Tifereth Israel Synagofueand Hadasaah Survivors: son Robert J., Lincoln; daughter, iCaren, Lincoln; sister, Ida Nadel, Chicago. Interment was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Abe Friedman, 79, 3521 Merritt, died Feb. 28. Mr. Friedman was a retired insurance agent for Metropolitan Insurance and a Certified Life Underwriter. He was a life-long Lincoln resident and a graduate of the University of NebraskaLincoln College of Buainess. Mr. Friedman was a counselor for Lincoln Information for the Elderly, a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Elks Lodge 80, Sesoatris Shine, East Lincoln Lodge 210 and B'nai B'ritb. He was chairman of the Young at Heart at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Survivors: wife. Rose; sons, Herbert, Lincoln and Ronald, Austin, Texas; three grandchildren; sister, Anne Jackson, Victoria, Teus. The family suggests memorials to the Tifereth
c Linda Kroegor and Michael Herman ZORINSKY/GOOI>MAN Senator and Mrs. Edward Zorinsky announce the engagement of their daughter Suzan Beth to Thomas J. Goodman, son of Mrs. Dolores Goodman and Harold Goodman. Mr. Goodman is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Siegel. Miss Zorinsky is the granddaughter of Mrs. Hymie Zorinsky. A late August wedding is planned.
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Regional. Department Commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Iz Lewis, has been attending a conference in Washington, D.C. between Dept. Commanders and National Commander, Harvey Friedman, and Veterans Administrator, Harry Walters. Mr. Lewis will present a report at the next JWV Bivouac, March 27.
Cancer Society or Hoepice at Tibitha. Interment was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. Services were held for Henry Wald 73 on Feb. 28. Mr. Waid was a Certified Public Accountant with Wald and Anderson and a Lincoln resident for 40 years. He was a member Q{ Tifereth Israel Synagogue. American Institute of Cer: tified Accountant, Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Legion Post 3. Survivors: wife, Gretl; sons, dteve, Shelbume, Vt. and Ken, Gsinseville, Fla.; four grandchildren; sister, Susan Lachman, Cape Town, South Africa. Interment was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. _ Funeral services were held Mar. 11 for Nathan Grossman. Mr. Grossman wsB a former executive director for IVavelers Protective Association, a WWI Army Veteran and a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Survivors: wife, Celia; son, Harold, Kansas City, Kansas; daughter, Mrs. Harry (Shirley) Caldwell, Moscow, Idaho; five grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Interment was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. -'
A five-page feature article on songwriter-artist-video director-designer Alee Willis appears in the March 24 issue of People Weelcly magazine. Her sister, Marjen Frost, is pre-school director at the Jewish Community Center.
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The South Street Youth Group is planning the Purim .Carnival which will be held on March 23, beginning at 11:30 am; On March 25 the Tifereth Israel Religious School will sponsor a Purim dinner honoring the members of The Young at Heart. Suri Jacknis is in charge of the event. Sarah Burnstein chairman of the Young at Heart will preside over the meeting. The children are selling stationery and notes to help with the coat of the dinner.
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made to purchase equipment, suppliea, and materials for such programs. Marvin PoUkov, Committee chairman, advises the deadline for rabmlttlac reqnaate la March 81, 1986. Sponsoring group* are encouraged to paiticqMte financially or in-kind, Mr. Polikov added In addition, it is hoped organiiatipns will work together to provide programs that meet the needs of a cross section of Jewish youths. Application forms have been mailed to all organizations and institutions working with Jewish youth. Additional forms and assistance in completing the forms can be obtained by contacting the writer at the Foundation office^ 3348200.
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Two South Street Temple members of the Religious School staff, Neal Abramson and Bruce Kahn, attended a regional Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education conference held in Kansas City on Feb. 9. They participated in workshops concerned with methods and trends in religious education. They brought back materials and ideas which are being shared with the teachers.
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Reservatioiu fox the Lincoln community dinner should be mads by March 23. Mia. Nate Unger is reservation chairmah. Those in attendance will have thfir choice of fish or fruit plate. The dinner will be the primary focus of the 1986 campaign. Everyone in the commuitity is urged to come, thoee in attendance will be able to sign their plsdye cards in private. Individual pledges will not be announced, only the total collected for the evening.
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WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Vice PrMidsnt G«or|t Buah.urfBd tome 200 Orthodox Jewish leaden to •upport the Adminiitration'i requMt for Coapm•ional approval of aome $100 million in aid to the Contra rebel force* Acting the Sandiniita govenuDMit in Nicaragua. Bush asserted that the Sandinista government is a Marxist-Leniiiist regime bent on destroying religious freedom, and cited what he [termed the "Nazi-like tactics" used by the Sandinistas in harassing the small Jewish community in Managua and the desecration of the Managtia synagogue. Bush's remarks to participants in a National Leadership Mission under the
Mfis of the Afudath larael of Amarica was thf second •ttanptby the Administration to rally Anerkan Jawiah community support (or the Contra aid program, which is meeting stiff Congresaional ofiposition. Preaidant Reagan told a meeting here of the Conference of Presidents of Miyor American Jewish Organizations that American Jews should support the Contra aid package. The President sought to link events in Central America to American ability to support Israel when he declared: "Our supply lines to Israel and NATO rut) through the Caribbean." Bush quoted a Sandinista official as saying, "We say to our brother Arafiit that Nic-
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aragua ia his land and that the PLO is the cauaa of the Sandiniataa." He also referred to threats made againat Jews in the Nicaraguan capital that "what Hitler started, we will finish." and akaerted that while Nicaragua's Jewish community is small, its fate "gives a picture of what is at stake" in the conflict in the Central American region.
(j(£wnslh staump c<S)]Ul(£cttaii^ By Dr. Murray Froat . "Double your pleasure! Double your fiin!" The announcement from the Israel Stamp Agency on the stamps to be isaued by Israel on March 4 reminded me of that advertising slogan and my recent experience of visiting Israel for the first time. Postage stamps — like post cards and photographs — can help us to relive our adventure long after the credit card bills for the trip are paid. But postage stamps can also help you anticipate a trip. A number of the sights we saw in Israel seemed familiar to me because I had seen them on Israel's stamps. Quite a few cities and streets seemed like old acquaintances because I had seen them or the persons they were named after on my stamps. As I noted, I was re. minded of this by the lateat announcement. A set of three stamps to be isaued in March will feature three of the more than 200 species of
coral to be found in the northern Red Sea. We saw a number of these coral species when we viaited the Underaea Obaervatory at Eilat.. Earlier (in 1962 and 1963) larael had issued two sets of ' atamps depicting the brightly colored fish that are native to the area. Eilat itself was pictured on Btampa isaued in 1964,1962, and 1974. Before visiting Eilat we a()ent several days in Jerusalem. Many of the sites we visited have appeared on stamps. For instance the. eight gates of the Old City seemed familiar to me because I had seen them on the 1971-72 Independence Day sets (the Lion's Gate also appeared on a 1968 is-' sue and both Kuwait and Jordan issued stamps in 1983 depicting a Jerusalem gate). The 1968 New Year set fitatured views of Jerusalem. Last year Israel L^ued a souvenir sheet depicting sites holy to each of the three mi^r religions.
Basketball awards Tom Mitchell, aaalatauit baaketball coach at the UmiversUy of Nebnuriui et Omalu, will preaenit the Youth Baaketball Awards on April 6, 4 p.m. in the JCC (ymnaaittm. Awards will IM preaented to all cliildreii who played in the PeeWee, Little Dribblers, and Bi( Dribblers leacnee. The Midfet Bashetball Leagne Champs, volunteer coaches and special awards will be presented to the Most Improved and Ontataiidin( Bth and eth Grade Bashetball Player, Outstanding Jewiah Youth Cooncil Bashetball Player and the Outataading Varsity Bashetball League Player. All parents, friends and relatives may attend.
B'nai B'rith Women to anyone who wanta to aae (BBW) of Omaha u spon- the film. soring a childian's film projIn addition to the school ect. In coqiunction with the receas film showinga, plans Commonwealth Theater are underway for a auouner Company, "For the Love of children's film series. Films Bei^i" was shown to Otpaha would be shown once a weak area children during the at the same time for a series Thanksgiving holiday in of 10 weeks. While ttckaU November of 1986. Oiuring will be availalile for each spring break in March, the film, series tickets will be classic children's film available at the beginning of "Hanael and Gntel" wiU he the summer at a conaidershown. ably reduced rate for the seThe March Fihn ia sched- ries. HaUeld uled for March 27 at 9:30 am at the Indian Hills Theater Funds raiaed by BBW The Bat Mitivah of Suand March 28 at 9:30 am at from this project will be san Gale Helfeld, daughter the Orchard Four Theater. used to siqjport its many of Simmy and Wayne Siegiil, "Hanael and Gretel" U a 76 service projects. Besides and the late Victor Helfeld, minute film. The cost of the sunmrting Omaha's Rain- will be held Friday, April 4, fllm will be $0.76 with a spe- bow House, BBW qx>nsora 8 p.m. at Beth larael Syncial children's pack of pop- the Dolls for Democracy agogue. corn and soft drink for program which through the Susan is a seventh grade $1.60. Along with the main schools teaches children honors student at Bsveridge feature, two Chilly Willy about figures in American Junior High School, and cartoons (14 minutes) wiU and world history with the was invited to participate in also be shown. use of authentically dressed the Duke University Talent The showing of this film dolls. Internationally BBW Search Program. Susan enhas beeii approved \N the supports a home in Israel joys reading, creative writOmaha Public School sys- for emotionally disturbed ing, and bowling with the tem, the Westside School boys. The staff at the home B'nai B'rith Junior Bowling system, and the Millard works with the boys and League. School system. Flyers about helps them to overcome Susan ia the granddaughthe film will be provided to their problems and go back ter of Mrs. Betty Dudowitz most elementary achools, into society to lead produc- of New York City and Mra. but the theaters will be open tive lives. Helen Siegel of Omaha.
'Joe's Hoe' inventor dies in Califbmia Dr. Joseph Alexander Weinberg, the man who fashioned "Joe's Hoe," a widely uaed surgical inatrument, is dead at 91. He died March 8 at UCLA Medical Center, 18 days after Ruth Lewis Weinberg, his wife for 68 years, died of cancer. Dr. Weinberg was a victim of the influenza epideouc and subsequent pneumonia. ' Bom in Council Bluffs, Sept 18,1894, he Waa a 1919 graduate of the Univeraity of Nebraska Medical School and professor emeritus of surgery at the Nebraska Medical School and at UCLA Medical School. He was chosen as viaiting chair profesaor in surgery at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle for two succeaaive years. Dr. Weinberg waa a re-
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A lesson in "kashrut" was given to the kitchen staff at the Jewish Community Center by Rabbi Isaac Nadoff before he left for Israel. At the same time a videotape was made of his lesson to them, along with some time on mnnii\g a kosher kitchen from Annette Fettman who is the "maahgiach" (supervisor of ka«hrut) for the kitchen. Theee lessons are offered whenever there are new membere of the A.R.A. catering service who need to know more about what "kosher" is all about as they begin to work with the food. Explanations are given of the three categories of kosher food, meat, dairy and pareve; where to obtain kosher foods, kosher symbols, preparation of the food in the two kitohens, meat and dairy, the food storage areas and the importance of separation of foods, and the definition and role of the mashgiach. The tape is available to be shown to staff whenever needed, particularly when questions come up or when new staff is hired. Any members of the community wishing to see the videotape may contact Annette Fettman or Mary FeUman, chairman of the Vaad Hakashrut, or the Bureau for the Aging.
Zweiback earns scholarship Rosie Zweiback is one of four Nebraikans to be awarded a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. The scholarehip, valued at $26,000 includes a year's study abroad and Ms. Zweiback plans to attend the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain.
The daughter of Dr. Bugene and Hermene Zweiback, she is a political studies major at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. Recipients are selected on the potential to serve abroad as a goodwill ambassador.
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Ray Wills and Barbara Chase (does sne look familiar?) — read review of Flrehouse Dinner Theater production.
fe she really? When a waiter whispers, reporters listen. And if the waiter's message is accurate, Barbara Chase who plays the feminine heart throb at the Firehouse Dinner Theater is in reality... (We'll tell if you don't spread it around.) ... Florence Henderson's daughter. This is the big news. The show itself, Relatively Speaking, is relatively boring. It ha* a so-so, cumbersome firet act with somewhat more pep and vigor in the second. The action takes place
during a summer weekend in London. And as so often happens, American actors get caught up in British accents and fade in and out cauaing distress to the theatergoer. Ray Wills plays Baibara'i boyfriend and the two of them get involved with Julian Barnes and Betty Jinnette during lunch. The intricate dialogue strains credibility developing a situation that can't possibly be believed. it all comes out right at the end with a pair of slippen getting the best laugh. (M.M.)
Daub praises Israel's return of aid "It is continued proof of the strength of our relationship," said Congressman Hal Daub of the return of more than $60 million in U.S. economic aid by the government ortsrael. Thegovernment of Prime Minister Shimon Peres voluntarily returned $51.6 million in U.S. aid; a move that prompted some members tif Congre^ to draft a letter commending Peres and the government of Israel. Congressman Daub signed the letter along with Representatives Connie Mack of Florida, John Rowland of Connecticut, and others. Part of the one page letter states of Israel, "Be-
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