1986 Campaign swings to Super Sunday calls More than 100 volunteers are gearing up from 6:30 to 9 o'clock in the evening, Monfor a massive telephone effort to reach day through Thursday. members of the Jewish community by teleThose members of the community who phone this Sunday through Thursday. cannot be reached on Sunday will be conThe telephone calls will be made to secure tacted by volunteer callers Monday through pledges for the 1986 Jewish Federation of Thursday. Omaha Campaign. "The importance of tliis Siqietweek acThe effort is being called Super Sunday tivity cannot be overstressed. The Jewish and Superweek to indicate that a super ef- community of Omaiia, tiw naedn of Israel fort will be made to reach all those in the and national Jewish sgencias dqtend upon community who have not yet made a pledge: .our success," the Newmans added "This effort is most important to the "When the phone rings, say hello to your Campaign and to the Jewish community," Jewish neighbor and thank him or her for said Patricia and Jeffrey Newman, co-chair- securing your pledge. This is the time to men for Super Sunday. wind up the 1966 Campaign and the parSuper Sunday volunteers will be making ticipation of ever^ member of the Jewish their calls Sunday from iO:30 to 3 p.m. and community is needed."
Nebraska joins drive for Holocaust museum Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey boated a reception at the Governor'* Mansion April 2 to officially launch the state campaign for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. From left are Harlaa J. Noddle, Gov. Kerrey, national campaign director Dr. David Weinstein, and Eugene A. Conley. Mr. Noddle and Mr. Conley are heading the N^raaka campaign. See pages 4-5.
MHJndatiDn receives gift from Baer estate ^K By Larry 8. Speers ^^^ Foondatkm Volunteer I Hans and Annalieae Baer, fleeing from I Nazi persecution in wartime Berlin, set out I on a round-the-world journey covering sevI era! countries and 11 years of their lives. [ Their fmal destination: Omaha, Nebraska. [ ' It was the hospitality of the Jewish comi munity in Omaha that attracted the Baers to this city in the early SOs. In return for the good will shown to them, Mr. and Mrs. Baer named The Foundation of the OiuJia Jewish Federation as recipient of a cash gift resulting from the sale of their hocaa last spring. Mr. Baer passed away in 19S7; hb*. Baarinl964. Their journey throu^ Europe, the Far East and evMitually America is an intriguing stoiy refold in a novel written by Mr. Baar after settling in Omaha. A manuscrqrt of the novel (and subsequent use of th^ stoiy) IMS also pissntad to The FoundaHUk as a part of the Baer estate. Mr. Baer was a coMsrt piuist in Berlin. Ammliss* was a gifted muaic student of Hans' who later became bia wifSt whan the war changed the Csta of thsir lives in 1839. lb escape Csseist temiism, the Basrs trav-
eled first to Italy and later to Shanghai, China where both became teachers of music to wealthy Chinese families. The fear of oppression and persecution in Germany was later replaced by the threat of communism in China — forcing the Baers to again search for a free land that they could call home. It was at this point, in I960, that they traveled to San Francisco. The beginning of their stay in the U.S. was not without problems. Life was difficult for a German refiigee and his wife in a strange new land. Employment was not easy Omaha'* Shirley Goldstoln and Anatoiy Hcharansky — in tierusalem. to find. The Baers struggled at first but soon were extended an invitation by our Jewish community to work and live in Omaha, Nebraska. They later moved to Bellevue, NebcaskiL . Mr. Baer, after arriving in Omaha, was given a room at the old Jewish Community By Morris Mallae "His first words to me were 'I remember Center to serve as a classroom for teaching "What kind of water do you have in Ne- you and the bathroom tape.' " music and was paid a salary for doing so. Mrs. Baer worked at th« Dr. Philip Sher braska," chuckled Aaatoly Shcharansky as MIS. Goldstein eq4ained tiiat ScharanHome and later began Issiliiin as welL Mr. he read of his appointment to the rank of sky went into bia bathroom in 1976 and and Mrs. Bast- remambs^ed' these acts of admiral in Nsbraska'a niythical navy. made a recording which she then smuggled kindness and later showed their apprecia"He laughed so hard, it was wondsrfiil," ov^ of Russia and.distributed throughout tion by including The Foundation in their said Shirley Goldatoin, Omaha's Soviet the United Statea. Will. Jewry chairman, upon her return from IsWith the GoMsteiiis in Jerusalem were rael last week. Jim Glenn of Omaha, a member of the Dip"He looked exactly the same, except skin- lomatic Corps who lutd served in Moscow nier when I had last aeen him in the Soviet the psst several years. Stephen F. Baraqk stated that "the Insti- Union alwut 10 years ago." "He is now stotioned in Portugal, but he tute has proved to be of tremendous value, will be returning to the American Consulate Mrs. Goldstein and her husband, Leon- in Kiev very soon," said Mrs. Goldstein. both in enhancing the (q>portunitifea for intellectual stimulation and growth, and in in- ard, met with Mr. Scharansky in Jerusalem Also present was Michael Sherboume, of creasing understanding and q>preciation foUowing tiie annual meeting of the Union for the various religious traditions of which of Couiicils for Soviet Jewry. Omaha is a London, a member of the "36" activist member of the Union. group in England we are a part" . Dr. Rosenboum's general topic this year "Michael had talked with Scharansky on "He has the ssme warm smile and perwill be "Literal? Humane? The use of Holy sonality and his sense of humor is still with almost s daily bMis for several years," Mrs. Literature." He wiU address the group in the him," Mrs. Gokistein reported. Goldstein added. morning with the topic of "The Jewish Use According to Mrs. Goldstein, Scharansky of Holy Literature." In the afternoon sesis being given numerous o|q;>ortunitie8 to sion his topic will be "Biblical Women — write, lecture, and make puWe appearancea Do They Fit the Stereotypes?" all over the world as a result of his expeDuring the Shabbat evening, service at riences in tha Soviet Union. 8:16 pjn., Dr. Rosenbaum will occupy the Due to the Psssovar holiday, Jawiah pulpit at flsmple Istari and bringa Shabbat "We wen gntafkd that he took the time Praas deadlinss will be Apr. 16 forthe maasags to the cohgrsf^ion. The service is to visit with us, and it was aqtedally irieaaApr. 26 issue and Apr. 22 for the May 2 open to the codiBMnity. A q>ecial reception iog to see the lock on his fiKie when I gave . will be held foUowing ser^dcas. him Oia Admiral's appointment"
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Temple Israel hosts Institute Dr. Jonathan Hosenbaum, associate professor of Beli. gious Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha aiMl. executive director, Bureau of Jewish Education of Omaha, will be the guest lecturer at the 46th Annual Institute on Judaism fat the Christian Clefgy at TsmBabM Bo—lmuM pie Israel on Apr. 11, baginniag at 10 ajn. In extending invitiittoaa to ti|a dm<^ in this community and •litM'Mnt anas, obi
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Basketball awards The Annual Youth Basketball awards on Apr. 6, drew over 3O0 persons. Awards were presented to youngsters in Kindergarten up through High School, team champions and "Most Valuable ^nd Outstanding" athletes. Steve Nogg and Ira Nathan, co-chairmen of Youth Sports, were in charge of the awards activities. Tom Mitchell, assistant basketball coach for the University of Nebraska at Omaha along with Dwayne King, star basketball player, put op a skit as the featured guests.' Highlights of the afternoon were the presentation of special recognition
awards to the following recipients: Mark Saferstein, Leslie L. BurkeAroad Award for the Outstanding Varsity Basketball Player; Jay Rubin, J.J. Greenberg' Award for the Most Improved Fifth and Sixth Grade Midget Basketball League Player; Joe Cullan, Samuel S. Steinberg Award for the Outstanding Fifth and Sixth Grade Midget Basketball Player; and Bob Goldberg, Harry Trustin Award for the Outsanding Jewish Y(iuth Council Basketball PIsyer. The co-chairmen thank all the volunteer coaches and businesses for their continued help and support in making the 1985-86 basketball season a success. CUP AND SAVE-
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JCC Art Committee memliers Darlene GdUtz, left, and Marcia Lipsman are learning a simple technique for tapestry weaving from artist-in-reaidence, Mary Jo Homing.
Tapestry to be a community effort Evy Katz, chairman of the art committee of the Omaha Jewish Community Center, has announced that the art committee 48 sponsoring the weaving of a tapestry as a permanent gift to the JCC. The committee has chosen Mary Jo Horning to be the artist-in-residence, through a special program of the Nebraska Arts Council. "Ms. Homing, a professional weaver of extraordinary ability, will be designing the tf^iestry and teaching the participants the techniques needed to weave the work," said Ms. Katz. The tapestry will say in Hebrew: "How good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in harmony." Behind these words, the weaving will also contain symbols of both contemporary and traditional Judaism. The tapestry will be
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Hello Jeruialam returns to Omaha Sunday at 2 p.m. on Coi Cable Channel 7. Omahans who have visited larael in recent yean will be re-viaitin| with thi* week'i edition of the piogram at the famous CaHio. Walter Zanger, tour-guide, will do an in-depth visit to both the renovated and old
portions of this famous biraali landiAark. Tke Hechel Shlomo Jewish Museum will be visited to shpw 8 unique collection of Pttrim noise-maker*. Another reference to the recent Purim observance in Israel will be a trip to the Tali School, which is an innovative school within the aecular Hebrew school system
Leaders arrested Six leader* of the American Jewish CongreM are arrested dnriuK protest at Soviet Embassy in Washington Mar. 19, during AJCongreas' Biennial National Convention. The protest was directed against Soviet treatment of Jews and its refusal to relax emigration policy. AJCongress leaders who were arrested for violating Washington law against demonstrations within 600 feet of an embassy included Theodore R. Mann, president; Henry Siegman, executive director; Theodore Bikel, and Jacqueline Levine, honorary chairs of the Governing Council; Martin J. Raffel, director of the Pennsylvania Region; and Steve brael, director of the Suffolk Office of the Long Island Region. The six arrested pleaded no contest and received 15-day suspended sentences and $60 fines.
in Israel, There children oemoMnt on their ilka« of Purim. For the next two weeks, Cof will repeat the program on Monday nights st 7 p.m. Carl Perkal, producer of "Hello Jerusalem," was in the U.S. this week, and took time to send greetings to Cox Cable and Omaha viewers for the re-appearance of the show. From the New York office of the company Perkal said: "We welcome Omaha back to the program. We are happy to have Cox Cable and the Omaha Jewish community added to the constantly enlarging network of 'Hello Jerusalem,' viewers. Our weekly over-view of Jerusalem and Urael, we hope, will giye you an indepth look at 'Eretz Israel.' "We hope our various weekly features will encourage Omahans enough to visit with us in the near future, and whet the interest of you who have been in Israel to return again. Welcome, and Shalom!" RIVER EDGE, N.J. (JTA) — The United Jewish Community of Bergen County (UJC) has decided to start its own news weekly and has hired Peter Bloomfield, general manager of the Cleveland Jewish News, to convert the UJC's current inhouse. monthly, the Bergen Jewish News, into a weekly. It will cover local, national and international
When Your Phone Becomes a On Sunday, April 13 and during Superweek, April 14-17 yon will receive a call frokn one of yonr neighbors asking, yon U> help Jews in need at home, in Israel. and thronghont the world. DON'T PUT THIS CALL ON HOLD. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING ALREADY. Snper Sunday and Snperweek Volunteers Maiy Bernstein Rae Brodkey Esther Canar Cathy Chxistensen Jade Cohen Nate Cooper. Naomi Cohn Julie and Paul Damewood Kaxen Diamond Pam and Bob Eisenberg Bobbie Epstein Howaid'Epstein Sandy and Paul Epstein Ibm Fellman Mary Fellman Kay Ferer Ida Forbes Bev Franklin Ed Fried Jim Fried Pam Friedlander Alan Friedman Debbie Friedman Julius Froom Donald Gerber Ray Goldstein Elly and Bob Gordman Meyer Green Nancy and Don Greenberg Naomi Greenberg Alt Gioannan toy Grosaman BrncaOntnik YalaHalparin iriiaa HaaaUnger Gaxyjavitoh EUanjOMph Annuiman Ciiailolla Kaplan lOctov KiplOT Cand aBd aSdiatf Katsnan Kata KtabMbaiuB Dana KWn GaaKohU
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A nation remembers In what surely must be civilization's darkest time, the Holocaust took place. The Holocaust was not a skirmish, nor a battle, not even a war — civilization has had wars, is having wars and undoubtedly will continue to have wars. The Holocaust was a different experience and even though more than 40 years have elapsed since the Uberation of the death camps, the madness that took place still defies description. The Holocaust — engineered by Nazi Germany and virtually ignored by the rest of the world — systematically exterminated six million Jews. Although millions of others also were annihilated at the death factories, only the Jews were extinguished according to a master plan. The end of the Jews was to be Germany's ultimate contribution to mankind — "the final solution." With the end of World War II, the death camps were liberated and the horror was exposed. The world had learned a lesson ... man's inhumanity to man had reached bottom — conditions could only improve. Rubbish! What the world has learned is that history can be revised — even in our lifetime. Forget the stench of the bodies, forget the ovens, forget the suffering of the victims and forget that Jews cry out "Never Again." The ultimate absurdity is that more than 100 books have been written saying .that the Holocaust never took place. College professors and other "learned" people are calling the Holocaust "a hoax." Meariwhile, the survivors of the Holocaust are aging as are the liberators. Eyewitness testimony will not be available for the next generation. The Congress of the United States took action in 1980 setting in motion the concept of a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Museum, by statute, must be constructed solely with private, donated funds. More than 20 million dollars had been contributed by the end of October, 1985. Nebraska has joined the effort.' Jews and Grentiles are coming together to see to it that the Museum is built, thereby ensuring that at least in the United States a resource for education will exist. Thus, the mission assigned to us by the victims will be accomplished.
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The editor! reserve the right to shorten letters for reasons of length or content. To the Editor: ** Before all the flurry of Campaign Cabaret settles down to a fond memory, you ought to know a few things about a very special lady among us. In many ways, the unsung hero of Cabaret is Nancy Greenberg. To know her is to know a woman of strong feelings, strong beliefs and deep convictions. "We can change our own destiny," she would tell me over and over again. "We've done it before and we can do it again. We have to do it again. We have to take care of each other. We have to feel good again about begin Jewish and excited about passing it on to our children. Everyone counts. Everyone matters. Each one of us is so Important." As chairman of the 1986 Women's Campaign, she made a decision to share that message one-on-one with hundreds of Omaha Jewish women in dozens of Omaha Jewish homes. "It was fabulous," she'd say after each luncheon, "— each one is special — each one is different. But no matter where I go, women are talking and changing and wanting to do more about being Jewish." The stage was set for Campaign Cabaret. The groundwork had been laid. Women were excited, anxious to help, more than willing to work. "A night of fun, friendship and pride" — those were Nancy's words and hopes and dreams ... and it happened. Everything good about Nancy Greenberg is genuine.Elvery feeling, every bit of ^nergy is authentic. There's no fluff, no flash, no pomp, no glory-seeker. There's just a lady and a leader — refreshingly real and incredibly effective. Thank you, Nancy, for your integrity and style — for being honorable and steadfast — for your sense of humbr, common sense and good sense — for your sense of commitment, your courage, your boundless energy and unrelenting ways. Thank you for being fair. Thanks for your talk of family and home and love. Thanks for your faith in each and every one of us in the Omaha Jewish community. We're lucky. Nancy Greenberg lives here. Joanie Jacobson To the Editor: . Last week, 86-year-old Sarah Lashinsky died after more than eight years of debilitating, crippling Parkinson's disease. To let her death pass without remembering the passion this woman had for life and service to her Jewish people would be a gross injustice. Sarah Lashinsky, like many others of her generation, came to this city from Russia more than 60 years ago. She married, raised a family, worked for countless years with
her husband in their small retail business. She was a smart businesswoman and she brought that expertise to her untiring work in the Hadassah bargain store after her retirement. She deeply loved her synagogue and she put that intense love to work on countless committees and with devoted attendance at Beth El's religious services. She loved Jewish learning and was always among those who signed up for study groups. There was youthful spunk, vitality and enduring warmth to this always energetic woman that invigorated friends and co-workers. To have known Sarah Lashinsky in her best days was to have been enriched. To have witnessed the unquestioning faith with which she accepted her flnal difficult years was to recognize the beauty of her soul. Mary Fellman To the Editor: For some time I have had a thought on the Holocaust, a thought which I believe should be brought into perspective. First, 50 percent or more of the world's population today knows of those terrible days only in reading abut them in "ancient history," or through hearsay. Most of the reading, I would presume is minimal, and certainly a good portion of the hearsay is false. Second, there has been little or no mention of the fact that a goodly number of the victims of the Nazis were not Jewish. If my memory serves me correctly, there were i^iprozimately 5,000,000 non-Jewish who were also murdered in those infamous camps or othetwiaa. Third, anti-Semitism is always rearing its ugly head here and worldwide. So, I ask this question — Why don't we incorporate commemoration of those other victims into the Holocaust observance? Could not this "new" element have an effect on any who might otherwise be swayed into an anti-Semitic frame of mind? I would believe that such expansion of our commemorative services would be beneficial to all. Particularly if such were added into any radio/television program that might be put on the air. Nornuui C. Wohlner To the Editor: Campaign Cabaret was a smashing success: the tables were gorgeous, the food was delicious, the entertainment so professional and the turnout beyond anyone's wildest expectations. There was only one flaw; no one thanked the chairmen. So here's to you Bobbie Epstein, Nancy Greenberg, Joanie Lehr, Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper. On behalf of all of us who were there: a standing ovation! Carol and Mike Katzman
Governor launches campaign By Morris Maline Community leaders from Omaha and Lincoln helped Governor Bob Kerrey launch the Nebraska campaign for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum during a reception at the governor's mansion April 2. The Museum is being built on Federal land near the Washington Monument in the Capital. Governor Kerrey said, "I am honored to be able to help make this Museum a reality so that our generation and those following will never forget the great tragedy of the Holocaust." The Museum, which will memorialize the six million Jews and the millions of others killed by the Nazis, is being built entirely with private funds.. President Reagan is Honorary Chairman of "A Campaign to ReoMmber," which is raising $100 million nationwide to build, equip and endow the Museum. Heading the Nebraska State Campaign are Eugene A. Conley, president of Guarantee Mutual Life Co. in Omaha, and Harlan J^ Noddle, of Noddle D«vel(qiment Co. in
Omaha. They are in the process of forming a Nebraska Campaign Steering Committee. The volunteer-led Campaign to Remember has raised more than $23 million in gifts and pledges to date. Groundbreaking for the Museum was held Oct. 16,1985, and completion is scheduled for early 1989. Being designed to serve visitors of all ages and backgrounds, the facility will integrate commemoration, documentation and education. It will include a Hall of Remembrance, spaces for permanent and changing exhibitions, a research library, world-class archives and a teacher-training facility. 'The Museum will offer a full schedule of public education programs, including lectures, seminars, film series and classes. The Museum is being planned by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, on independeht Federal organization created for that purpoae by Congress in 1980. Elie Wiesel, author, human rights activist and Holocaust survivor, is chairman of the Council. See pictures on facing page.
Not just a film By M.J. Roaenberg Near Eaat R^iort Sitting through the 9Vt hour flhn Shoah (Hebrew for holocaust) is on excruciating experience. An hour int^ the film — which is being called the definitive documentary about the Holocaust — I wanted to escape. But walking out of Shoah seems like a betrayal. One can't help but feel that if the six million had to live the Holocaust— and die in it— the least we can do is watch a film. It isn't easy though. Director and producer Claude Lanzmann subjects his viewers to horrifying images. They ore not of the dead. The entire fdm was made in the 1960* and no archival footage is included. Its horrifying images are of people in Poland and Germany todaf who aeem as if they would perpetrate another mfss miirder now—if they had the chance and if a sizable Jewish population could (till be found in eastern Europe. Other jarring images are of the places where the Holocaust took place. Lanzmann takes the viewer to railway stations and death camps. A train pulling into the Auschwitz station is shown again and again. This particular shot leaves the viewer with the sickening sensation that he is on the train. The image—and its seemingly endless repetition—has the feeling of a nightmare. You want to wake up. You want to get out of that theater. But you can't. Shoah is not, by any stretch of the imagination, entertainment It Is, rather, entertainment's opposite. It is oppressive. It takes the almost meaningless term "Holocaust" jUid breaks it down into its component parts. Six million people were not just whooshed aw«y by a stgrm. No, they
killed in a mechanized, almost industrial process. Shttah shows how it was done. And it shows that the hatred that made it poasible still exists. See it. But don't expect even the satisfaction of easy tears. One of Shoah's main points is that the Holocaust was unique. After seeing it, one cannot casually compare other tragedies to what befell Eun^on Jews between 1933 and 1945. In the Feb. 17 New RepnbUc, writer and survivor Primo Levi explains that uniqueness. He says that he would not even compare Stalin's Gulag to the Nazi death camps. The Nazi camps were "gigantic death machines. Gas chambers and crematories were deliberately planned to destroy live* nad human bodies on a scale of millions. The appalling record belongs to Auschwitz with 24,P00 dead in a single day, in August 1944." lihe Soviet camps reprwent different "models of hell." -The "principal difference Uea in the finality." Levi writes that "one entered the Qermon camp* ... never to emerge. No outcome but death wa* forseen." In the Soviet camps, the death of prisoners was not "expressly sought. It was a very frequent occurrence, and it was^tolerated with brutal indifference, but basically it was not Expressly intended. It was a by-product, rather, of hunger, cold, infM:ions, hard labor." He soys that it is this difference that led to a 30 percent mortality figure in the Soviet camps but a 98 percent death rate in the Nazi caiqps. Levi moke* an important distinction. Nazi Germany's slaughter of the Jews was not a war atrocity; nor was it similar to thf inass incarcerations common in other total- . (continued on page 9)
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B«thEI SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkoviu will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. — Saturday: 9:30 a.m. ' Kiddush follows services. Minha-Ma'ariv, 6:50 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 Apr. 17, noon, at the Uptown U. DANCE A community-wide dinner dance, "At The Hop," will be given by Women's League on Saturday, Apr. 12, 8 p.m. at Beth El. MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT Members of Men's Club will conduct the service on Saturday morning, Apr. 12. MEN'S CLUB BREAKFAST Men's Club will sponsor a breakfast on Apr. 13 following the morning service.
Offfutt Air Base SERVICES: Rabbi Leland Lifschiz conducts services inihe Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Barack and Cantor Firestone will officiate. Special guest speaker will be Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, associate professor of Judaic Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha and director. Bureau of Jewish Education of Omaha. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Jane and Larry Batt in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Aaron Zachary Batt. Saturday: 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious School — Saturday, Apr. 12-9 a.m. Sunday, Apr. 13 - 10 a.m. Hebrew School — Gimmel, Monday, Apr. 14-4 p.m. Aleph,' TViesday, Apr. 15-4 p.m. Daled, Wednesday, Apr. 16-4 p.m. Bet, Thursday, Apr. 17-4 p.m. Adult Education — Monday, Apr. 14-8 p.m. "The Ways of Judaism" by Rabbi Barack and Jane West. Confirmation — Apr. 14, 6 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Aaron Zachary Batt, son of Jane and Larry Batt, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday, Apr. 11 and Saturday, Apr. 12. MEN'S CLUB Don Stenberg, candidate for Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, will present his issues for the campaign Apr. 13, 10 a.m. in the Milder Center at Temple Is-
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SERVICES: rael. A native Nebraskan, Friday: Mr. Stenberg is a UNL Mincha and Kabbalat graduate and graduated Shabbat 6:45 p.m. with honors from Harvard Late Family Service 8 p.m. Law School. He has previ- Saturday: ously served as legal counsel Morning service 8:45 a.m. for Governor Thone. Mincha 6:45 p.m. A lox and bagel brunch Sunday: will be served for members Morning Minyanaire Serand their .guests. The vice 9 a.m. brunch is free to Men's Club Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6:45 members and $2 for guests. p.m. LUNCHEON "LITTLE PEOPLE'S The third "Food for SERVICE" Thought" luncheon sponAll students of kindergarsored by Sisterhood will be ten through second grade Apr. 15, 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. at may attend the "Little PeoLa Strada restaurant. Re- ple's Service" on Apr. 12 at servations must be called in 10 a.m. in the kindergarten to the Temple office, 556- room. Shirley Goodman is 6536 by Monday, Apr. 14. in charge of the service. SisRabbi Stephan Barack will terhood will serve a Shabbos lead the discussion. lunch for all the students. SEDER Blumkln Home A communal Seder will be SERVICES held in the Social Hall at Friday: 7 p.m. Beth Israel on the first Daily and Saturday: night of the Passover holiThe residents and staff of day, Wednesday, Apr. 23 at the Rose Blumkin Home in- 7 p.m. The Seder will be vite the families, volunteers, conducted by Rabbi Isaac and friends of the residents Nadoff. and Cantor Leo. to attend services in the Fettman. This communal Herbert Goldsten Syn- Seder will be Rabbi Naagogue. Kiddush following doff's first official comservices on Shabbat. munal undertaking since his return from Israel and his Council Bluffs recuperation from illness. Reservations are $12.50 B'nai Israel SERVICES: for adults and $6 for chilFirst and third Friday of dren under 13 years of age. the month: 7:30 p.m. An' Call the Synagogue office Oneg Shabbat follows the 556-6288 for reservations. service and everyone is wel- The Seder is open to the entire community.
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Paraahat Tasrla "Miracles daily with ua" In a beautiful thanksgiving prayer, recited daily in every Amidah, Jews give thanks for many things, including "Your miracles, which daily attend us." When we think about it we recognize that all the processes of Nature fall into that category, among them the process of conception, gestation, and birth. In the Bible passages, however, which are before us in the Torah this week, nothing of this awe-inspiring feature is touched on, only the ritual requirements surrounding birth. And without delay the Sidrab goes on to the priestly duties surrounding certain diseases and skin infections, which we can. not closely identify. So much for the Tbrah. It is quite different for the Midrash, which offers comments of ancient rabbis who were awestruck and fascinated by the fabric of perpetuity that inheres in living things. To be sure, some of their comments, reflecting the age and the state of science around them, were merely superstitious. They linked, for example, the diseases and treatments described at the end of the Sidrab with what precedes; they therefore saw these diseases as punitive consequences of violations of "proper" sexual conduct. (Shades of AIDS and herpes!) But other comments are interesting indeed. One comment has it that man was created last — but was the first and only species to suffer punishment for moral' lapses. Another (Midrash Lekah Tov and elsewhere) analyzes the nature of mankind, as compared with other spiecies, and sees the human being as the product of three "parents," who have
input into the nature of the human being: a father, a mother, and the Holy One Blessed Be He. According to this Midrash, the male contributes bones, sinews, finger-nails, brain, and white of the eye; the female contributes skin, flesh, blood, hair, and pupil of the eye. And the Holy One contributes breath, soul, appearance, knowledge, understanding, wisdom, sight, hearing, speech, ambulation. . Thus there are five physical characteristics from the male and five froin the female. Ten "spiritual" features, i.e., "Iife"-ictentifying features, are the gift of the Lord. Relentlessly the Midrash goes on to say that when death occurs, the Holy One takes what is His — leaving the physical self for man to dispose of. One need not offer criticism of this comment from genetic theories, and our knowledge of the genetic combinations found in an individual. What is interesting here is the attempt to proclaim that man is not body only; a person is made of body and "life-force," which the Midrash identifles as divine. Man has duties and responsibilities, because he is human, not animal. He is not animated only; he is "created in the image of God." NEW YORK (JTA) Gloria Elbling of Pittsburgh has been elected to a twoyear term as president of Na'amat USA succeeding Phyllis Stuker of Chicago, who completed two twoyear terms. TORONTO (JTA) Two students — Ron Clark of York University and Diane Wise of Windsor University — have been elected protem 'co-chairpersons of B'nai B'rith HiUel Canada.
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B'nai B'rith holds farm crisis panel By Morrla MaUne A rabbi, a farmer, and a judge teamed up to diacuas the farm criais and eitiemiam in Nebraska during a panel diacuaaion at the Jewish Community Center Monday night. An estimated 150 attended. Participants were Rabbi Myer Kripke, rabbi emeritus, Beth El Synagogue; Kearney farmer Gary Goldberg and retired Lancaster County District Judge Samuel Van Pelt. Rabbi Kripke said that economic stress in the farm belt is something akin to atmospheric pollution. He likened anti-Semitism to the pollution saying that church doctrine was responsible. "With the spread of the church, particularly during the Crusades and thereafter. ... wicked and obscene antiSemitism was spread by people later sainted by the Church." He pointed out, however, that the United States because of its early emphasis on freedom of religion and its Constitutional guarantees of religious liberty, has not been "infected" to the same extent as the European "atmosphere." Rabbi Kripke added that in such an atmosphere of pollution, it's easy to arouse
Loring and Jeffrey Libowski announce the Apr. 3 birth of a daughter, Molly Ann. Mr. Libowski is in the Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Saul Libowski. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bohuchwal of Houston, TX announce the Mar. 3 birth of a daughter, Wendy Shawn. They also have a daughter, Audrey Jill. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bohuchwal of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs.
enmity from jMople who have heard theie tilings in the churches. Judge Van Pelt said that hia midlife sabbatical waa interrupted by Governor Kerrey's request to investigate the shooting of farmer Arthur Kirk. He said that his investigation brought him into' contact with references to t^e Israeli secret police, true Israelites, and the "inter national banking conspir acy." He said that he waa "bewildered" by the anti-Semitic references and that this was followed by "concern and dismay" when publicity prompted more people to send him information. Judge Van Pelt said that since his introduction into the area of neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic organizations, he has expanded his knowledge of their activities. "The good news is that people are horrified and that farmers are walking the other way ... the bad news is that hard core believers are still there, they still believe in Yaweh and they are recruiting in the penitentiary." Mr. Goldberg said that much good arose as a result of his effort to block an antiSemitic farm rally in Kear-
Louis Weiner of Portchester, NY. Great-grandmother is Fannie Ruderman of Omaha. Diane and Jeff Goldman of Chevy Chase, MD announce the Jan. 24 birth of a daughter, Rachel Dari. Grandparents' of Charlotte and Morley Zipursky of Omaha and Marilyn and Dan Goldman of Norfolk, VA. Great-grandparents are Mrs. Meyer Katzman of Omaha, Isaac Zipursky of Winnepeg, Manitoba, Can-
(continued from page 2) cialiats in their respective fields. The section on "historical notes" contains reproductions of page one of !'he New York Times conerning issues related to lews and Israel. The second part, the directory, is a 166 "yellow pages" directory containing the listings, complete with address and phone number, of some 16,'000 Jewish communal organizations and commercial establishments in the United States and Canada from advertising agencies to Zionist organizations. And the many listings are broken down by state to aid in obtaining the proper information.
Participating in B'nai B'rith'g diacoaaion are from left Rabbi Myer Kripke, Judge Samuel Van Pelt and Kearney farmer Gary Goldberg. ney. "People are more aware, their cards and letters show that they are angry and upset." He said that friends and neighbors have contacted him expressing confusion. The Heritage Library now knows that at least in Kearney "never again"
ada and Abraham Wolowitz of Virginia Beach, FL. Linda and Joel Patton announce the Mar. 30 birth of a son, Steven Lawrence Patton. The Pattons also have daughters, Michelle and Jennifer and a son, David. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Mel Bomstein of Omaha. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kampof Palm Beach, FL. Great-grandmdther is Mrs. Dave Stein of Omaha. Great-grandfather is Sam Bornstein of Omaha.
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$10,000 prize Offered in Beth B 'Cash Bash' The First Annual Beth El Synagogue "Cash Bash," is now underway with ticket sales. Fund raising chairman Sanford Friedman described it aa "great odda for a great cause." The main objective of the "Cash Bash," said Mr. Friedman, will be to raise money for the general fund of the synagogue, but the event will also make $15,000 available for cash prizes to lucky winners. Only 200 "Cash Bash" tickets will be sold at a cost of $150 per ticket. Buyers may team together to purchase a ticket and split the winnings. Cash prizes will
be awarded as follows: 1st place — $10,000; 2nd place - $3,000; 3rd place' $2,000. The rest of the proceeds go to Beth El Synagogue. Mr. Friedman says the "Cash Bash" winners will be announced May 4 during the annual Beth El congregational dinner. "The business portion of our meeting is open only to our members, 80 we are not going to require winners to be present that night," Mr. Friedman aaid. "Cash Bash" Tickets are available by calling Merle Potash at Beth El Synagogue, 553-3221.
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Educators, social service professionals and academics from the U.S., South Africa and the Netherlands participated in the third international workshop on HIPPY (Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in order to learn about the per-school home education techniques developed by the National Council of Jewish Women Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the University's School of Education. OSCAR RACEWAY
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EMPUDYEE OWNED By Eatolla RoMaberg The South Street Temple Oneg Shabbat sponaors for the month of March were the following: Suzanne'and David Strieff, Steve and Suzanne Kaliah. The Young at Heart meeting which waa to be held April 16, has been postponed to May. There will be a flyer out designating the date. Barbara Misle, education reporter for..The Ann Arbor Newa, is a winner in the 1985 National Awards, for education reporting sponsored by the Education Writers Association, Her series, "Policy in Paralysis," won second place honors. The award-winning articles, which outlined the 20-year history of the Ann Arbor School District's failure .to segregate, were published in March 1985, preceding the district's controversial five-month struggle to develop reorganization and desegregation plans. Ms. Misle, 22, has covered Ann Arbor public schools ' for The News since November 1984. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she worked for the Michigan daily while a student reporter, managing editor and summer editor-in-chief, and she wrote for Newsweek Magazine as U-M correspondent. The awards were presented at an Apr. 12 banquet in Baltimore. She is the daughter of Henry and Esther Misle of Lincoln, Neb. Hadassah Sabbath worship services were held April 4, Friday evening at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue.The topic: "Hannah Senesh: Beloved Symbol of Six Million Martyra." A special
presentation with Hadaaaah participants were: Bonnie Lapin, Annie floater, Dorothy Grant, Ruth Keller, Sarah Bre'tlow, Shirley Schaffer, Leelo Sommerhauaer, Reba Kuklin, Marsha Plotkini Cece Hill, Barb Seglin, Eve Hoffman, Kitty Wisbnow, Nancy Coren, Ruth Burke, Annie Allen and Fannie Ellinger. Chairperson was Suri Jacknis. Services were followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Representing the South Street Temple at the UAHC Midwest Council Board Meeting were Stan and Marcia Wallen. The meeting was held in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 28-30. Attending were congregational leaders from Reform Temples in 12 midwestern states. Part of the weekend was held at the Hebrew Union College and Shabbat evening services were held at Isaac M. Wise's Plum Street Temple. Stop by and browse through the South Street
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(continued from page 4) itarian states. For the Nazis, the slaughter of the Jews was an end in itself; Jews were not imprisoned to silence them or to stop them from opposing the system. Jews were incarcerated as a prelude to their mass extermination. There was nothing Jews could do — no religious practice they could renounce or ideology they might adopt — that would save them or their children from the gas chambers. This is where the Holocaust, the Shoah, differs from most of the century's other horrors. The Jews of the Holocaust sought no "human rights" except to Uve — and that is the right that was denied them. But, of course, we know all that. \yhy would we need to see a 9Vi hour film like Shoah? For Primo Levi, the answer is simple: so that we don't forget."Because what happened could happen again." Another murderous force "with its trail of intolerance, abuse, and servitude, can be bom outside our country and imported into it, walking on tiptoes and calling itself by other names At that point, wise counsel no longer serves, and one must find the strength to resist. But then, too, the memory of icjiat happened in the heart of Europe, not very long ago, can serve as support and warning." At this point, all we can do is remember.
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By Mary Fellmao If you want to enjoy an exciting deliciou* array of foods for Passover this year check out some of the Jewish cookbooks from the Federation library. There are a great number of kosher Passover recipes available, especially in the new book "Something Different for Passover" by Zell J. Schulman which is available for $10.45 a copy. Printed here this week are some of the recipes from those books and some from a new book "Taste of Passover Cookbook" which I just received from Israel. It was edited by the Jeruaalam Poat Pood Editor and you'll like the variety i and the uniqueness of some of these dishes. BAKED FISH AND VEGETABLES 6 fish steaka 2 large onioiu, sliced thin 8 tablespoon* butter or pareve margarine Salt and pepper 11-ounce can tomato-and-ioiuBhroom sauce 1 cup diced celery, cooked 2 cups sliced carrots, cooked 4 cups diced potatoes, cooked Arrange onions on bottom of large baking pan. Place fish Steaks on top of onions; dot with 2 tablespoons of the butter or margarine. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour on tomato-and-mushroom sauce. Bake in a hot oven (400°F) 15 minutes. Add well-drained vegetables. Dot with remaining butter or margarine. Bake 20 minutes longer, basting occasionally. Serves 6.
GLAZED CHICKEN WITH MATZO-NUT STUFFING * 1 large roasting chicken . '/^ cup pareve margarine or chicken fat 'A cup minced onion '/^ cup finely chopped celery 'j^ cup chopped almonds 4 matzos, broken •A teaspoon salt Vfc teaspoon pepper 1 egg lOVi-ounce can condensed clear chicken soup, undiluted 1 tablespoon grated orange rind Saute onion, celery, bnd nuts in the 'A cup of fat until vegetables are tender. Add broken matzos and toast lightly. Combine salt, pepper, egg, chicken soup, and orange rind in a large bowl. Add matzo mixture and mix well. Use to fill the chicken. Place filled bird on a rack in an open roasting pan with breast side down for first half of roasting time. Combine ingredients for glaze and pour over chicken. Roast in a slow oven (325 °F) about 2Vi hours or until browned and tender. Baste frequently. Serves 4 to 6. NEVER FAIL APPLE DELIGHT 8 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 8 apples, grated Vi cup orange juice 1 cup matza meal 1 tsp. cinnaaron pinch of salt Beat yolks with sugar. Combine above ingredients with egg yolk mixture and mix well. Beat egg whites till stiff. Fold in whites and bake at 350°F. for 45 minutes. Comes out light and airy. -
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PASSOVER ROLLS 2 cups matzo meal 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 1 cup water Vi cup peanut oil 4 eggs Combine matzo meal with salt and sugar. Bring oil and water to a boil. Add to matzo-meal mixture and mix well. Beat in eggs thoroughly, one at a time. Allow to stand 15 minutes. With oiled hands, shape into rolls and place on a well-greased cookie sheet. Bake in a moderate oven (375°F) 50 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 12.
INGBERLACH 2 cups sugar 1 pound honey 1 cup water Pinch salt Vi teaspoon cinnamon Vt teaspoon ginger 2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 4 cups matzo farfel Cook sugar, honey, and water in a large saucepan over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Continue cooking over low heat, but do not stir, until a drop of syrup forms a very firm ball when dropped into cold water (255'F on a candy thermometer). Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour onto greased cookie sheet and spread with spatula. Cool and cut into squares or diamonds. Makes about 3 pounds.
BANANA-NUT KUGEL 3 cups matzo farfel 4 eggs Vt teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons sugar M cup melted batter or pareve margarine 2 mediifii, unripe bananas, sliced V^ cup chopped nuts Pour cold water over farfel and drain immediately so that farfel is moist but not soggy. Beat eggs with salt, sugar, and melted fat. Mix with farfel. In a greased IVii-quart baking dish, place half the farfel mixture. Arrange the sliced bananas on top and sprinkle with the nuts. Top with tbe balance of the farfel mixture. Bake in a moderate oven (350'F) 46 minutes or until set and lightly browned. Serves 6. (continued on page 11)
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MATZA STUFFING 6 matzot, broken in pieces 6 eggs 2 onions, chopped 2 green peppers, chopped 2 tomatoes, diced 'A bead cabbage '/4 cup oil 1 tsp. curry 'A tsp. tumeric 2 tsp. garlic, chopped 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper '/i tsp. thyme 'A tsp. caraway seeds 'A tsp. basil Dampen matzot pieces in water till soft. Add eggs. Fry all vegetables together with seasonings till tender. Coqibine vegetable mixture with matzot. Stuff turkey, chicken or comish hens. Extra stuffing can be baked in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes.
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Next gathering Apr. 15. There is no meeting Apr. 29 because of Pesach. Sam Rosenstein and Art Grossman moderated at the Apr. 1. We discussed the living conditions of Arabs in the West Bank. After Israel took over from Jordan, the Arabs received college education, which they were never allowed to have before, electricity, indoor plumbing, and a 50 percent increase in longevity. The Jordanians milked the West Bank for all it was worth. Our problem — the world media refuses to recognize Israel's contributions t^ humanity. We discussed the antics of Kadaffi, conditions in Central America, the latest Soviet outpost. Luncheon was, as always, a delicious serving by Mollie and gala. Motzi by Sam Zweiback, Benschen by the pro, Harry Scbulman. Helen Boosalis, former Mayor of Lincoln, a Democratic candidate for Governor, was the guest speaker. Mrs. Boosalis, whose husband is in agriculture, spoke on her trip to Israel and how impressed she was with the progress made there by the Israelis. We should consider her excellent qualifications for Governor. A welcome back for Rube
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We are so lucky to have volunteers like George Schapiro, his wife Julie and Helen Rifkin, who diligently packed and delivered Purim goodies to Jewish residents in other nuning homes in Omaha, who nxight not have gotten at taste of Hamantashen this year. As usual, Mary Wine baked the several hundred cookies, and a big thank you to her. Celebrating April birthdays are Vicki Fisher, Fannie Dennenberg, Ricklie Hoyt, Helen Papier and Anna Cohn. And the new residents are Sam Rasnick, Jeimie Bear, Lillian Biown and Sam laaacaon. On March 23, Robin Hoberman and the B'nai B'rith Girls came to bake hamantashen in the tea room kitchen, and then served them at tea time. It was an exciting Purim at the Home this year. Thanks to Hadassah's Thrift Shop, residents were supplied with racks of clothing for costumes, some of them very exotic. There was gobs of jewelry and hats to accessorize the outfits. Even the staff joined in the masquerade each donning some costume. There was the largest pink Purim Bunny ever seen in captivity. The staff paraded for the resi-
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biguous middle position between the extremes. "One worldview," says Dr. Heilman, "seeks to prevent all change while the other encourages or embrace* change. Both views, however, remain convinced that they will ensure the survival of Judaism,and the Jews." The first view, he says, holds that change is suspect and ultimately thiaateni to erode Judaism, while the second says that those who fail to adapt and change will stagnate. Nevertheless, says Dr. Heilman, despite these divisive factors, it is difficult to characterize today's divisions as any deeper than those that have divided Jewish life th»>ughout the ages. There are, in addition, some strong signs of unity, he suggests, one of the strongest being the willingness of a number of leaders of the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform branches to talk with each other and work for "understanding and rapprochement." He points out, for example, that whereas during the early part of this century, American Jews were sharply split on the issue of Zionism and the prospect of a Jewish state, American Jewry today is almost unilaterally supportive of Israel. Dr. Heilman cites a number of historical divisions within the Jewish community, starting from the Biblical period when Israel was split into two kingdoms, with Judah and Benjamin on one side' and the remaining ten tribes on the other. The divisions often parallel contemporary co<iflict8 within the Jewish community, he notes. In ancient Palestine, the Sadducees differed from the Pharisees in that they espoused a literal interpretation of the Bible, rejected the oral laws and rabbinic traditions and denied the ideas of an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah. In the eighth century, the Karaites replaces many rabbinical traditions with their own, just as some contemporary branches of Jewry have done. For centuries there were cultural differences between Sephardim, descendants of Jews who lived in the Iberian, pen-
insula before the expulsion of 1492 and spoke Ladino, and Ashkenazim from Eaatem Europe who communicated in Yiddish. Intermarriage between Sephardim and Ashkenazim was rare. Today, these divisions between the two groups are disappearing. "If there is any lesson to be learned from the cou.-8e that all these disputes have taken," Dr. Heilman says, "it is that a counterforce of unity and consensus to even the most bitter disunity and dissensus emerges over time.. . . Restrictions on Jews, persecutions, and political change have attenuated the effects of internal division among Jews. The enemies from without have always made the. antagonists from within seem less menacing." One key step in reducing the destructive divisions within contemporary Jewish society is to create a Jewish community that attracts the involvement of all Jews, according to Dr. Heilman, particularly through "renewed and creative efforts at Jewish education, not just for children but for all segments of the Jewish community." He notes: "Ignorance of what it means to be a Jew is the greatest of all threats, not only to the unity of the Jewish people but to its very survival." In the final analysis, he notes, the real division within the Jewish community "is between those who participate actively in Jewish life and those who do not." He suggests that if steps were taken to involve Jews of all kinds in Jewish life, the issue of who is accepted as a Jew and who is not would become less and less important. "Has there ever been a case of an actively involved and highly committed Jew who found himself excluded from being counted in the [Jewish] nation?," he writes. Variations in Jewish "worldviews" will likely remain, says Dr. Heilman. But the pull toward unity which has always been stronger than the dividing factors within the , Jewish community, will no doubt continue to keep alive the concept of Jews as one people, he predicts.
Among current major areas of disunity analyzed by Dr, Heilmart are the foltowing: sion of women with men as part of the minyan (quorum) woman who has a valid bill of divorcement, known as a The "Who is a Jew?" for prayer. The Conservative and Reform wings of Ju"get," usually executed through a Jewish court of law, is daism have accepted both of these options although with' entitled to remarry. Should a Jewish woman remarry controversy some reluctance among the mote traditionalist wings of ' without-a valid "get," the new marriage would be conDefining wtio is a-Jew has become an issue because of a rise in the frequency of intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews that has yielded a generation of children who hav6 one (Mrenl who was not born a Jew, and who in only some ^Jhses hat been converted to Judaism. If the non^ewish pat«nt is the mother, than.'fKCotdlng to Jewish law, the offqiring is not Jewish. Where tniaed maxriages do lead to conversion of the non-Jewidvqmuse dl petcent convert, as repotted in a • recent stu^'Of intenDarringe), the conversion may not hare been carried out acciardins to thc^ most rigorous standards of Jewish ]aw, or "hidacha," so tbat the convert rnqy not.bcjconsidmd Jewish by Orthodox Jews. The rise in the rate of intermarriage ftom about 10 percent in the 1950's to 26 percent or more in the 1970'8 and 1980's has alarmed some segments of the Jewish conuBuiuty.Sfid-:has intensified the "who is a.Jew" debate. -"•' .•.,'"•• A related conflict has also been stimulated by the decision of Reform Jewry to adopt a "patrilineal descent", policy, under which the child of Jewish father and a nonJewish mother is recognize^ as Jewish. cThis policy has . (tfouaed the vigorouiB opprntftion of Otfitoiiox Jews. -
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Children receiving an intensive Jewish education in • full-time Jewish day school dr Yeahiv« often dewek^ a sens* of distance and insularity from Jewi^ yoongittos who attend public schools imd receive religious instruction on B part-tiine or ihtetroittent basis only. Such factors "undoubtedly prepaie the ground for a seiue of distance in adulthood" tayt Dr. Heilman, W1K> adds that while thete hi no definitive evidenc* tfiat InteiUive Jewish education leads to a gteater tense 6t attachment to Jewish life than .intermittent, ot no Jewish education, "there are ttiong associations, that pcnnt in that diiec-.' tion-" , . r •' ..'. , 'i ' " J •.;'• I ' -- "••••' •' : • • -ifejrwTiV ' ^-^ -^ Tm Art Grossman. I'll We making calls on Super Swiday, ' and during Superwcck. When I call 'you, please pledge your support.
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Na'amat USA will hold its Spiritual Adoption Dinner on Mother's D«y, May 11 at Bath El Synagogue at 6 p.m. Rita Harvey Weinberg, local fund-raising vicepresident, is chairman. 'The Spiritual Adoption Campaign of Na'amat USA supports some very special Israeli children," Mrs. Weinberg said. "These children, who range in age from infants to six-year old, are from disrupted families. Their parents cannot or will not care for them. "At the three Na'amat day-and-night homes, abused or abandoned chil-
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"Hannah Senesh" will be performed at the Jewish Community Center, April 19, at 8:30 p.m. and April 20, at 2 p.m. Lori Wilner playa Hannah Senaeb tion, Hannah emigrated to to transmit information to the British about captured Palestine in 1938. Upon arrival in Palestine, Allied servicemen as well as the former private school attempt to rescue the Jews socialite worked on several remaining in Hungary ... kibbutzim as a launtlress, a "I felt that a kind of tiigardener, a house servant, a vine spark must be burning store keeper, under tbe har- in the tlepths of her being," shest conditions and in the said Reuven Dafne, one of meanest of circumstances. her crew members. ".. .Her The land was totally pri- conscience knows no rest. It mitive, and Hannah, and is as if the earth beneath her others like her, were true pi- were on fire." oneers of modern Israel. Hannah, and six million In 1943, her obsession to like her, were butchered by return to Hungary for her the Nazis, but their spirit mother overtook her desire was not overcome. "There to remain in Eretz Yisroel. are stars whose radiance is It became known to Hannah visible on earth though they that a resistance was being have long been extinct," organized to help Jews still Hannah wrote. "There Me trapped in Europe. Hannah . people whose brilliance con' was chosen to be a radio of- tinues to light the world ficer in the British army. though they are no longer Her assignment: a suicidal among the Hying. These parachute mission in which lights are particularly bright she and four other young when the night is dark. Jewish Europeans would be They light the way for hudropped behind enemy lines mankind."
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Joseph — a comedy hit! By Be^t Le«rto
Do you ever sit in your car, waiting for the li^t to change, and look over to th« car next to you? I think we all do, at leait sometimes. I glfpced 9ver to the next car the other day, and noticed a man (having with hia (obvioualy) cordlee* It made me laugh, and it also made me think about all the things people do while driving a car. I guess when 1 stop to try and remember, lots of crazy actions are done while folks are behind the wheel. I know it's very common to see people eating a sandwich while driving, or sipping from a straw or even drinking from one of those pop-top cans. And of course, it's become really ordinary to see somebody talking on a telephone while driving ... and to be honest, 1 think that's somethiitg I could personally get into! It never fails, while I'm driving from one place to the other I remember a call I should have made or should have received. And try as I may, by the time I get to a phone I have usually forgotten. We women tond to comb our hair or repair make-up while behind the wheel. Personally I'm glad mirrors are now on the back of the sun visor for that reason. I saw somebody recently, trying to get something out of his eye, so it isn't just women. Sometimes you look at the next car and wonder WHAT that person is doing, then you realize he/she dropped something on the floor and is trying to retrieve it. If buckled up with the seat belt, it results in contortions usually seen only at the circus. And sometimes doing the ordinary while driving looks peculiar to somebody behind the cor. I can illustrate by telling you about something I saw the other day. I was directly following a small car and couldn't help seeing the driver, a woman, waving her right arm in a very aniioated fashion. At first L thought she was talking to a small child beside her, but that was ruled out when I watched her change hands and begin to snap fmgers on the left hand. At the same time her head began to hob rhythmically and I realixed she was just keeping time to the music on her radio. All of which made me wonder if anybody pays attention to me when I conduct (with one hand) the symphoniaa I love to listen to in the car. The car radio or the tape* people play are often audible to others who happen to be nearby. I've never been able to understand why dw kids must listen at AJU volume to eiqoy music! During the recent cold weather Fve actually bMid that toundinaide my doMd car, coming &<om inside another doaed car next to me — muffled, but audible. I guess people will go on shaving, eating, combing and I don't know what else, while driving. Why not? It's a tree country!
Jooaph and the lag teehaieolor draaaiooat is the largest production in Upstair* Dinner Theater history. It's also the heat. The cast of 18 performers and three musicians transforms the Upstairs sUge into a living bible story about Joseph and his brothers. There is a difference, however. The musical version of the bible story is beautifully costumed, choreographed and is funny, funny, funny. With such a large cast and overhead, it's difficult to see where a dinner theater can turn a profit, to the only conclusion is that the effort is a labor of love on
the- part of the Upataira, management This show reunite* the team of Dave Kappas, Jerry Gray and Kay K. King who previously worked together in the UpOtairs' A Chorus Line. Joseph wa* originally conceived as a religious children's play, but because of overwhelming acceptance was changed into a musicalcomedy for the stage. Although its been on Brohdway, Joseph's' major success is on the dinner theater circuit and the Upsteirs version is destined for local stardom. The show will be performed through June 16, and I wouldn't be surprised if popular demand demands an extension. (M.M.)
The future poom is the grandson of Me M. Newman. He hokie« bechslorof arte degree ia psychology from the Univwaity.of Soa ' Franciaco, and b working as a real estete developer-renovator. He is alao a teacher and youth gro^p adviaor at Temple Emanu-Bl. A Sept. 21 wedding is planned.
Edward Newman and Judl Leff LEFF/NEWMAN Sylvia and Henry Le£f of San Francisco have announced the engagement of their daughter, Judi, to Edward (IM) Newman, son of Raquel Newman of San Francisco and Los Altos Hills, kai. the late CM. (Nick) Newman. The future bride holds a bachelor of arte degree in radio-television from San Diego Stete University, and is the print production manager for the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. She is also a teacher and youth group advisor at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco.
'Vidin and Viewpoint' atJCCApr.27 On Apr. 27 from 1:30-3:30 p.m., the Jewish Community Center will present "Violin and Viewpoint," an afternoon combining music and art. Ellen Simak, curator of American Art at the Joslyn Art Museum, will give a lecture on the work of the late artist, Milton Wolsky. Vio lin improvisations inspired by Wolsky's paintings will be performed by Deborah Greenblatt, music artist-inresidence at the Jewish Community Center, 333 South 132 street. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. The retrospective exhibit and sale of Milton Wolaky'a art continues through M«y 9. Deborah Greenblatt's music residency is made possible throu^ the assistance of the Nebraake Arte Council.
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RUBIN/KIMMEL The engagement of Barbara Rubin of Dayton, OH and Michael David Kimmel has been announced. Mr. Kimmel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kimmlel of Omaha. The bride-to-be k the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gershfeld of Manalapin, bU, The ftiture poom ia a senior at Sincbdr College at Dayton where he will grod' uate with a ilegruB in »spiratory thenpy. The ftiture bride is a computer scientist at the Scientific Applications Institute in Dayton. A June 15 wedding is planned in Divton.
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