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Vol. LXIII No. 40 Omaha, Neb.
Jewish dating service planned for Midwest a social worker with expertise in family By Morrla M«U»e If you're Jewish and you want to date and counseling. The geographic area to be served by Midpoasibly marry, two Jewiah grandmothers west jMvish Singles Network, Inc. includes may have the answer. ' Mary Arbitman Fellman of Omaha, and Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, Des Moines, Annie Arbitman Allen of Lincoln have ee- Miimeapolis, St Paul. Kansas City, St tablisbed Midwest Jewish Sin(les Network. Louis, Denver, Chicago, and smaller comInc., to help Jewish singles in the Midwest munitisa with Jewish populations. Mrs. Allen pointed out that lower travel I Both admit to having played "matchmaker" many times during their yeais of and telephone costs will make it feasible for service in a variety of Jewish community participants to select dates tram a variety of cities and towns. leadership roles. If sufficient numbers req>ond to the iniMis. FUbnan is a past president of the Jewish Fbdaration of Omaha as well aa co- tial publicity and advertiaing, it may be posfounder of the Nebraska Jewish Historical sible to have a regional get-together in the Society. Htr sister is a past president of Ha- spring, Mrs. Fsllmsn added. The first issue of the personal message daasah and a former social service worker exchuige pid>lication, titled, THE CONemployed by the State of N^radut Now, motivfted by a deaire to make Jew- NECTOR", is planned for September. In addition to being mailed to all particish dating and Jewiah marriages easier, they pkn to network available singles through- q>ants, the publication will be available in out the Midwest The aim ia to reach thoae synagogues, Jewish Community Centers who have not married as well as those who and other locations in the Midwest A special section in THE CONNECTOR are divorced or widowed, regardleaa of age. will inform singles of existing Jewish mn|^ Initially, two services are bmng offered: The first is a personal message exchange programs ahd of contact persons in the varpublication to identify participants.. Each ious cities. Informatipn may be obtained by writing message will be coded and contacts will have to be qjproved before identifications are re- Midwest Jewiah Singles Network, Inc., P.O. Box 24331. Omaha, NE, 68124. A stamped, leased. The second service will be a profession- self-addreesed envelope should be enclosed ally adndnistered dating service headed by with the request
Community 'Bond aware By Patricia Newmaa Womra's Diviafcm Publicity chalnnaii State of larael Boada Community leaders Alan Parsow and Rick Kataman will present an evening of "Bond Awarensas" (ot tha 1986 Israel Bond Drive the evening of June 30. This evening of infor* mation sharing, discussion and refreshments is being hosted by Marcie aiMl Jack Cohen in their home. ., «.___ Mr. Parsow wiU ^"^ Panow preaent a financial perqiective of investments in Israel Bonds. Mr. Parsow, currently the chairman of the investment committee at Beth El Synagogue, is a previous Beth El board member, division leader for the Jewish Federation of Omaha Cam-
paign and ADL advisory board member. Mr. Katxman will discuss the need of Israel for continued Bond support from the. Omaha Jewish community. Mr.' Katsman, presently a vice-president at Beth Israel Synagogue has been active with' UTTO and the Jewiah- Federation of Omaha Campaign. RfekKatsmaa The evening is intended to provide memhars of the Omaha Jewish community sn educational eqierience in which to further their knowledge about and commitment to Israel Bonds. No solicitation will be made at this gathering. Participants will be presentad a B.A. (Bond Awareness) Degree for their attendance. For more information call the Israel Bonds Office at 341-1177.
Rose Fine to speak at dinner Manny Goldberg and Sol Moses, c6chaimaa, anwranoed that the guest q>eaker at the New Life Dinner will be Rose Fine. Mrs. Fine was bom in Poland and is the sole survivor of a family of 12 whose members perished during the Holocaust The daughter of a prominent scholar, she, along with the rest of her family, moved from ghetto to ghetto and from one concentration camp to another. After Mrs. Fine was liberated from Murdhausser, she moved to the United States in 1949. She and her husband live in Phillelphia, Pennsylvania where she speaks to I in. the Philadelphia area on the Hol^oeaust. Mr. Goldberg said, "we are privileged t» ,lunre a person of Mrs. Fine's stature in IS for this New Life Dinner". Mr. .a eOliUmwd, "we shmild all iittand the ar just to hear Mrs. Fine tell her stoiy, r w* must not forget"
Invitations hove been mailed, and if you did not receive one, reservations can be made by calling the Israel Bond office at 341-1177.
JFS reaches out to troubled farmers uals and families, handling Hotline calls By Tharaae M. Korth and networking with other mental health Jewiah Family Serrlee profeesionals in rural Nebraska. This article inelndM opialoa. Carl is is former. He, like his father and In the past two months, msny farmers grandfather before him, Isrms 246 acres in hove taken time to share their stories. From Northeast Nsbraska. For him farming is not WaiMoa to Snydsr, from Bloomfield to Tskjust a job — it's an idatatity, a way of lift. amah. fknasrs have aatandsd a warm wsl- . In the paat several years it's been a difficult come. A deep appaaciation has been way of life at beat The farm operation is expreaied both by InteiCfaurch Ministries barely producing enou^ income to make of Nrivaska and individual farmers for the the loan paymenta. concern and invohwmant of the Omdba His wife worics in town to make enough Jewiah Community. money to buy groceries. Sometimes Carl visThe Farm Crisis Program of Jewish FamiU the country food pantry when the inoney runs out Cari lealiies be may lose his farm ily Service is a product of the concern and in tha next several years. Hs fiteis powerless interest of the Jewish Community of Omaha. The ADL/CRC played an integral snd the prsaslire is building. role in dev^opiiig the initial proposal for It is out of this dMperation that Carl calla the program. Private donations from our the Farm Crisis Hotline iM^ing to receive community were obtained by the Federation some svqnMrt in resolving the numerous fi^ Endowment Office in the amount of $4,500 n«^«i, legal and emotional problems he is to fund this program for one year. Casing. Through this support, Jewish Family SerSince April, 1966, Jewish Fsmily Service has provided the services of a part-time vice has baen able to offer farmers iieeded therapiat to the Nebraska Farm Crisia Net- services to effectively ihanage the emotional work. The Network, sponsored by the stress encountered when dealing with the InterChurch Ministries of Nebraska ia financial strain and foreclosure process. With this emotional sivport, farmers not based in Wahhill (approximately 80 miles north of Omaha). Legid, financial and emo^ only receive aid,in handling the preesures tional cotwerns are expressed by callers to but also come to realise the concern of the the Hotline, which is qMnaored by the Farm Jewish comoiunity. It ia through this type of mutual sharing aad concsm that the Criais Networic. Jewiah Family Service assists in assessing growth of anti-Semitie beUefs and extremist and rsaplvin^ emotional issues. Other aress groups nay be stunted. The upcoming year oif involwiamt iBrhiKa aatabtiahimimrt A- pnamites to brine o^ anjaxciting and prociBtltittf 1l4>p«»t |(raa|is.'training of the duetiva ifrtaractioii batmen the Jewiah field staff who woric directly with farmers Community and farmers. It wOl certainly be in need 6f'distance, counseling to individ- a time of learning and growth for both.
Fami crisis specialist to combat anti-Semitism KANSAS CITY, Mo. (JTA) - In a ftirther effort to ease the plight of Midwest farmers and to counter the activities of extremist gtmipt in the region, the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Kansas City, together with a grant from Women's American ORT recently hired a specialist to work foil time on addreesing the farm crisis and rural anti-Semitiam. In hiring Ciarol Smith, a 36-year-old native of Hi^land, Kansas, the JCRB of Kansas City becomes the only Jewish agency in the country with an employee working fall time on the farm issue, according to David Goldstein, JCRB executive director. Focusing initially on Kansas and Western Missouri, ORT and JCRB hope to work with locid farm organizations, Christian clergy, rural media, educators and elected public officials to determine bow the Jewish community con best help alleviate the effect of the farm crisis, according to a report in the Kanaaa City jewiah Chronicle. Ms Smith, in a telephone interview with the Jewish Ttlegraphic Agency, said she does not anticipate any abort term solutions to the pli^t of America's farming community. In fact, she noted that her family recently lost their family farm, held since 1010. But she stressed that it is imperative that the Jewish community remain alerted to the needs of the farmers, and said that Jewish community activism can sarve as one method to olfaet efibrts by extremist organizations active in the Midwest who asek to recruit dsq>erate {srmsrs.
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According to JCRB statistics, an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 "hard core" anti-Semites thrive in the plains statee and Midwest aitd another eeven to 10 sympathixers exist for thoes "hard-core" activists. An estimated 14,000 to 60,000 people are claimed to subecribe to' some degree to the theory that an organized Jewiah conspiracy is responsible for the problems of the farmers and other rural people. Mr. (3oldstein told the Chronicle, "the agricutoral crisis baa produced a pervasive despair which in turn bos meant a rapidly increaaing rat* of suicide, alcoholism, mental iUness, child abuse, and spouse abuse. These are the classic conditions that spawn anti-Semitiam." According to Goldstein, projects being considarsd range from direfrt financial aid for emergency food assiatance to developing expanded mental health services to deal with family problema, to a crisia hotlins, legal advice and voo^ional guidance. The JCRB also will try to worii with otbsr Jewish agenciee to make their servicee available tofannera. In turn, the Jewish community will be able to voice its concerns and sfaars infbrmation about anti-Semitic extremist groupa with responsible community laadara and with the fsrmers themselves, Mr. Goldstein said. Goldstein said ORT was a nataiat partner for the JCRB in its farm crisis progins. A mentbar of the National Jawiah Cnaamimily Relations Advisory Council for aMaqr^aaiv; ORT has ita own community ttii»kKitpto*L gram and ons of its priorities is anti-&Maitism, he said.
Class project As a dv* project, atiidanta at Ttmple Israel pnjpared their own newspaper account of various Jewish atsndas bi.Nabraska. Their report appears on page la.
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B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha held their initallation brunch at Regency West. The new executive board is Beth Friedman, president; Maxine Noodell, program VP; Retha Herman, membership VP; Sara Wolfson, fundratsing VP; Florence Schneider, community service VP; Marion Strauss, recording secretary; Corinne Levin, corresponding secretary; Mike Block, financial secretary; Goldye Goldberg, treasurer, and Beverly Franklin, counselor. The board plans to use the summer months for planning and development of the 1986-87 program year. B'nai B'rith Women unites Jewish women as a force to promote the principles of social advancement through education, service and action. On the local level BBW supports the Children's Hospital Rainbow Houte, BBYO, ADL, Hillel and the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. On the international level, BBW supports a Children's Home in Israel foi- emotionally disturbed teenage boys. For more information about B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha contact Beth Friedman 331-0222 or Retha Herman 333-1936. JWV POST #260 Epstein-Morgan Post No. 260 Jewish War Veterans of
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USA wUI meet June 26,7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post No. 1 Club. The Post's annual fund raising event (Latka Party), for the Student Aid Fund, will be headed by Paul Damewood, chairman and Nate Marcua, co-chairman. The community and all veterans are urged to support and contribute to this worthy fund. MONSKY LODGE B'NAI B'RITH Allan J. Jacoba, International vice president of B'nai B'rith, will be the featured guest speaker at the June 22 brunch honoring Andrea Gordman. Mr. Jacobs, who is from Chicago, is active in International BBYO. He is a member of the budget committee and has been involved with the Beber Camp Committee. B'nai B'rith members feel fortunate that Mr. Jacobs will be in Omaha and be a part of a very special afternoon.
Hands Aaoss Heartland When handa Joined acrpM America, the childreii, puenU Md eUff of The Jewiah Drng School JolMd their hude to make Haada AcroM The Heartlaad a •aooeaa. The aehotd iotaied wUk a local church and took oa the leq^aaiUUtr of having enooch people to cover a bhick ia the duia that reached from Ceatral Park Mall to Memorial Pariu The project ralaed$S85 for the Omaha food bank. Ia the photo, the Katimea family — Meliaaa, Carol, (Mra. Mkhael Katsmaa) aad Jeffrey, hold the Day School banner.
Hadassah plans hospice Hadasscdi will open the Jack and Ina Kay Hospice, Israel's first Jewish center for the care of the terminally ill, on the grounds of the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center early this Fall. The hospice, which was made possible by a generous donation from the Kays of Washington, D.C., will provide a sensitive and homelike environment and an atmosphere of love and warmth for patients and their families from all over Israel and the Mideast. An ideal site has been chosen for the facility — the former home of Dr. Chaim Yassky, Director-General of the Hadassah Medical Organization who died in 1948
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YIDDISH LIBRARY AMHERST, MASS. (JTA) — The University of Massachusetts has dedicated the 660 volumes it GALARDI/SLDS^URG The wedding of Donna purchased from the National Yiddish Book center Jean Galardi and Dr. John to serve as the core of the P. Sloaburg took plfce June Joseph S. Marcus Yiddish 8 in St. PeterabuTg, FL. Library Collection. Named Judge Beech officiated at in honor of the late univer- the morning ceremOny. sity dean and former presi- . Dr. Skwburg is the son of dent of the Center, the Mar- Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sloscus Collection will serve as burg. The bride is the a resource for undergradu- daughter of Mr. N. Galardi. ates in Jewish and Yiddish The newlyweds will reside in St. Petersburg. . Studies.
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You might (or might not) remember that some time ago I wrote about "the Queen and I." I recounted the similarities between my life and Queen Elizabeth of England — I mentioned we had sort of "grown up together" 4nd had married and raised families about the same time. Maybe you recall some of this. Well, I've got to tell you, I'm almost sorry I started the whole thing. Lately, I see she's showing up in the papers quite a bit, and I sUrted to pay attention to the reasons why. For one thing, she was here in this country on a brief visit ... something to do with horses in Kentucky. I happened to see a photo and the caption said something tike "Queen Elizabeth inspecting thoroughbred"; to be perfectly honest, my first reaction was think it was not MY Elizabeth but her 80-some year old mother! She really looked like a woman old enough to be her mother, and I finally decided to study the picture and see why. I looked very carefully and really never came up with any valid reasons. It's true she wears her hair in a moat unfaahionable style, and uaually has an unattractive hat plopped down on her head anyway. She was also diesaed in what used to be called "a silk print frock", styled exactly like those my own Bobie used to wear in the 1930'8 — honest! Of course the pocketbook (when it looks like hers you don't call It a purse!) was hanging by it's sturdy strap on her arm. The more I examined the picture, the more I knew it all boiled down tfa the same answer. It's simple. She's frumpy and dowdy, and from the looks of things, she's let herself slip into at least a size 14. She always looks like her clothes are made from one pattern in different fabrics and her hats are getting worse, not better. She's been brainwashed to believe that's what her image must be, and the dummy believes it! I'd love to Uke her on a shopping tour or at least into the hands of a designer who would bring her up to date. Whoever sells things to her daughter-in-law (Diana) certainly knows royalty doesn't have to be equated with frump! 1 could stand all of this if I hadn't told the world (in print yet!) that she and I are the same age. That's why I said I was sorry 1 brought the whole subject up ... for fear somebody would remember that. To look at her and try to guess her age is more than I want to get into. That's ok, but she's so important that her recent birthday was printed everywhere ... numbers and all!! What's that? You didn't see it? You don't know how old she is? Fine. Let's.drop the whole thing right here!
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©Mir nms^n^ Wk n^ Living it up on the Dead Sea HAIFA — No one will ever know what went on one recent spring evening in Jordanian military headquarters when Jordan's military intelligence services sent in emergency reports of alarming and suspicious movements On the Israel side of the southern tip of the Dead Sea. First reporU seemed to be unbelievable. Observers had noted that a large convoy of big buses, of the kind used by Israel to transport troops, had made its way south, and was now driving onto In its June 13 issue, the Intermountain Jewish the top of one of the narrow dikes leading directly into the News carried a banner headline: "Dark week for middle of the Dead Sea. world Jewry." Spotlights and unusual activity had been detected at the Underneath the headline were three stories: one very end of the dike, close to the Jordanian boundaryline, dealt with the approval of the arms sale to Saudi but it seemed incredible that this could be an amphibian Arabia, the second discussed the election of Wal- group preparing to embark on a reckless adventure in Jordheim as President of Austria, and the third was on danian water*. Yet the loaded buses, a whole caravan of them, were heading steadily into the dead end of the dike, the Pollard spy case. I guess that's enough justification for a dark week. one of many which divide the Dead Sea at this point into vast pools for purposes of evaporation. This week, the dark week appears to be getting even Tsnsion eased when the buses came to a halt at the every darker — unfortunately. Now, world Jewry has to deal with the shock of end, and disgorged their civilian pasaengers, who took seats about round tables bedecked with bright covers. The prestrife in Israel, not ordinary strife such as debate in vailing western breeze wafted to Jordanian nostrils the unthe Knesset, protests with placards, or hot editorials mistakable odors of grilled meats and all the fixings which in the newspapers. go with an elegant seven-course dinner. The ripples of the Instead, we are confronted with Jews committing Sea lapped at three sides of the salt-encrusted dike. The vandalism against synagogues and holy books, and orchestra played, the costumed dancers made merry on an other Jews defacing signs because the pictures of improvised platform, the mood was jolly, and before the evening was over, most of the throng had locked arms into women are 'too' revealing. American Jews find this type of strife too painful a long, snaky bora dance, weaving its way in and out among to deal with. Religious and secular Jews in America the tables, and occasionally even stepping into the shallow are still Jews and we have enough to worry about brine. How can one explain to the Jordanians that this was the without knocking each other's brains out. unusual w^ the Israel Museum had chosen to culminate It's always darkest before the dawn ... the annual meeting of its International'Council. While Enough said. many members from European countries were present, the Now, for the cartoons of the weekattendance from the U.S. was a victim of terrorist scares and not all that it should have been. The program prepared by the museum authorities was one which would m^ke all those who had stayed away, rue their decision.
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This one-of-a-kind event was the product of the joint effort of three bodies. One, as sUted, was the Israel Mu seum, which in ite relatively short history has emerged as one of the great art and archeology galleries of the world. Never satisfied, the Council this year devoted iU deliberations in large part to consideration of the educational fimctions of the Museum in serving the public, particularly the youth. The second partner in the "Jordan Surprise" was the Dead Sea Works, which last year sold more than $300 million worth of potash and bromine, not to speak of the millions of tons of various salts, magnesium and other minerals. Even by American standards, the towering plant of the Dead Sea Works is most impressive. No less significant is the fact that through iU use of high technology, the firm has become one of Israel's most successful and flourishing enterprises, second only to Israel Aircraft Industries. The gastronomical side of the unique evening was most competently taken care of by the staff of the Moriah Dead Sea Spa Hotel, located not too many miles from the potash plant. In the midst of this otherwise desolate wilderness, the Moriah chefs served such imaginative dishes as Ein Gedi pineapple filled with Jericho fruits, accompanied by Lot's Wife sauvignon bland, Moriah le<^>ard Wellington fillet, Sodom potetoes, Judea broccoli with smoked goose breast, and so on through seven courses, ending up with Beduin coffee. The printed menu was in the shape of the Dead Sea, and mounted on a slab encrusted thickly with large grains of salt. What the Jordanians do not know is how all that food was kept piping hot, where the exotic Indian dancers came from, and how in the world the buses managed to turn around on that narrow dike, so as ta be ready to transport their passengers back to Jerusalem when the program was finished. The throng felt sony for those who had not come. Speculation was rife as to what the Museum fathers would think of next year. As we left, none of us looked back. We all remembered Lot's wife.
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By M.J. Rosenberg Washingtoa Post columnist WilKam Raspberry wants the United States to get "back to basics" in the Middle East. For him, the key "basic" is an obvious one: "the homelessness of the Palestinians." As far as he is concerned, Palestinian "homelessness" is the cause of international terrorism. Even fusther, he asserta that it was "the actioii taken by a guilt-ridden world to make a honte for the Jews [that] left the Palestinians homeless." There is so much wrong with Raspberry's formulation that it is difficult to krtow where to begin. First, perhaps, is his mistaken view that a "guilt-ridden world" esUblished Israel. On the contrary, Israel was established by the Jews of Palestine who — after 60 years of developing their ancestral homeland — declared independence 38 years ago. The State of Israel — like all the other newly independent states of the post-colonial era — was establitbed by ito own people. Independence was won after a decade-long struggle with the colonial power. Great Britain (which backed the Arabs), and after hurling back invadsn bom a half-dozen Arab states. A "guilt-ridden worid" imbargoed arms to the Jews and quietly readied obituaries for the stillbom Jewish nation. It didn't turn out that w^ but only because of Jewish.military power, not thanks to anyone's sympathy. The problem with Raspberry's view is that it denies Israel legitiniacy as a nation. It relegates Israel to that small (in fact, non-existent) category of nations created by guilt. Israel can then be denied the respect given to countries like India, Algeria, and those in most of Africa which threw off the colonial yoke. Instead it can be dismissed as the creation of colonialisU, a view which contradicte history and trivialires the deaths of the 6,000 Israelis in the 1948-1949 War of Independence. Another thing wrong with Raspberry's thesis is his acceptance of the idea of Palestinian homelessness. Raspbeny does not seem to know that the nugority of Palestinian Arabs never left Palestine. Palestine — which never existed as a separate political entity — is a geographic area that includes all of Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza strip, and the Kipgdom of Jordan. Jordan was only separated from Palestine by a British edict in 1922 but was before that — and remains — a part of Palestine. It is in those four years — Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and Jordan — that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians live. It is true that the Palestinian Arabs do not have an independent state of their.own. However, Palestinian Arabs inside Israel have the fiill righte of citizenship there. West Bank and Jordanian Palestinians are Citizens of Jordan and are represented in the Jordanian parliament. They were denied the right of statehood when the Arab states rejected the United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 which called for a Palestinian state alongside Israel and forfeited a chance at self-rule when they rejected the 1978 Camp David plan which promised West Bank autonomy. Israel, which accepted both the Palestinian state of the partition plan and Camp David, should not be blamed for mistakes made by the Arabs.
But the most blatant error in Raspberry's thinking is his belief that the condition under which Palestinians live produces international terrorism. Can he really believe that Muammar Qadaffi or Abu Nidal acta out of concern for the Palestinian people? And if be doesn't, then how can he believe that "solving" the Palestinian problem will make terrorism go away. The simple fact is that it won't. Much terrorism in the Arab-Israeli context is, in fact, conducted by-radicals who want to block a political settlement. The only way to deal with terrorism is to implement protective security measures at home and abroad. Embassies and other U.S. offices abroad should be made as secure as possible. On those occasions where terroriste succeed in pulling off an act of carnage, theUnited States should respond as President Reagan responded to Qaddafi. As far as the Palestinians are concerned, their problem just be dealt with. They have been given a raw deal by history and by virtually all the players in the Mideast, starting with their own leaders. Still, a solution must be fa«ad that allows them justice and Israel ite legitimate righUlochKling security That solution is certainly not being advanced by terrorism.
The editors reserve the right to shorten \eUtn for reatoni of length or content. To the Editor: What happened at Beth El Synagogue's Concert of Jewish Music on Siinday night, June 8 had to be sown with love. It was certainly reaped with joy. The emotional tempo ani heigfata to which the music rose, music selected and magnificently presented by Cantor Emil Berkovits, plus the contagious vibrancy of Marty Sbukert's dinction, created a rare and wonderful experience. I cannot imagine anyone able to sit through that concert without soaring. The choirs, both senior and junior, and the splendid musicians led by IVifiy Epstein, brought the entire audience to their feet in a spontaneous surge. How gratefiil I was to be a par^ of that audience! Elinor Whitmaji To the Editor; There are no words adequate to express the pleasure experiettced by all who were privileged to attend the Beth El Synagogue Concert on Sunday, June 8. Cantor BerkoviU' performance was outetanding; the Beth El Choir and Beth El Youth Choir were excellent and kudos to Martin Shukert, choir director. TVifly Epstein and friends, the musical accompaniment, added immeasurably to the listonability of the concert. Thsinks, also, to Rabbi Drazen for the narration. All contributed to make this an evening to be remembered! MorrieEpetein Procran Vlee FSreddent Tome Enmrgetlc Sealors
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B«thEI SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovita will conduct the services. Friday: Servicea at 6 p.m. Satofday: Services at 9-.30 a.m. Kiddush will follow sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Carl tjigtiMii in honor of their SOth wedding anniversary and the 90th birthday of Sol Lagman. Minha at 7:55 p.m. followed by Seudah Shlishit, Ma'ariv andHavdalah. Sunday: Services at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Weekday services at 6:55 ajn. and 5:30 p.m.
SERVICES Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin.Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in thej Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.
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(B: The engagement of Beth Staenberg and Gary Nachman has been announced. The wedding will take place Sept. 21. Parents of the bride-elect are Marlene and Elliott Hechtman. Leonard and Mimi Nachman are parents of the future groom. Grandmother of the bride-elect is Rebecca Wolf; grandmothers of the groom-elect are Jeanette Rosenbloom and May Nachman. Miss Staenberg is a pediatric occupational therapist in private practice. Mr. Nachman is manager of the consumnr eiwditdepartment at Creative Financing. TORONTO (JTA) Ralph Goldman, executive vice president emeritua of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, waa electwl pnaident of the World Confederation of Jewiah Community Center* at its recent conference.
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PanakatNaao A BOMlMl tragedy Our Sidrah deacribee an ancient inatitution alK>ut which we know relatively little. Ita use was relatively common in Biblical times, and there is a whole Talmudic tractate on it Nonetheless, little is known about the practice. I am referring to the "Nazir", one who dedicatee himself (or even an unborn child!) to special service to the Lord for a limited time, auch as 30 days, or even a lifetinie. The Nazir distinguished himself, and identified himself, by allowing his hair to grow, uncut; by refraining from alcoholic beverages; and by avoiding contact with the dead. • Perhaps the most famous of the N'zirim was Samson, and our Haftarah is devoted to him. Samson lived before the monarchy was created. We might say (reserving the right of large-scale qualification and addition!) that the monarchy was formed at fifst mainly to deal with the menace of the Philistines. The Philistines were a sea-people who had come into the Palestine sea-coast and aettled in what is now the "Gaza Strip." Because Philistines'had the use of iron, in the beginning of the Iron Age, the laraslites were no match for them in battle, and the Philistines came close to making Israel a slave people. It is against them tliat Samson devotes his extraordinary strength. His failure led to the necessity of more drastic maaaures, namely, the formation of a monarchy, a monarchy with central authority arid a standing army. Even ao, the iiist king, Saul, was unsucceiafiil; it was not tUl David's time that the Philistiiie threat was lifted. Back now to Samson: The legends about him tell that he was endowed with unu-
sual strength, that he couU kill a lion with his bare hands, and that ey«n a large hostile contingent of men could not prevail against him. And yet Samson's life was a tragic waste, and after all his exploits the Philistine threat to Israelite existence was in no sense mitigated. Samson is a leaaon in miadirected, or perhaps we should say, nadirected leal, There is no record whatever of his making any plans to keq) the Philistines confined to the sea-coaat strip. Nor did he attempt to raise any volunteer army to join with him against these predators and would-be rulers. Samson confined his activity to random raids on the Philistines whenever his spirit moved him, and whenever he felt chagrined or peeved at a personal insult. The religious duty which supposedly had fallen on him as a Nazirite waa never understood by him, nor was it translated into a line of action. And need it be aaid? It was his eye for women and his unprincipled preference for Philistine women that did him in, coupled with an astonishing naivete which led him to place trust in wrong people. There is some amusement, of course, in Simson's tricks against the Philistines, and no doubt our ancestors got some satisfaction when Samson got his licks in against their enemies.... But one wonders why the Bible editor inchided theae stories, which leave the reader unhappy that so much of strength was wasted, was used without effect. Indeed, this Nazirite never fulfilled the aim which his people probably set for him. Samson? A Biblical tragedy. Read the Haftarah. And go on to succeeding chapters to find out who and what "did him in."
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gerusalem This week's "Hello Jerusalem" will feature the tenure of Mayor Teddy Kollek for the laat 20 yean. The program will be shown Sunday, 2 to 3 p.m., on Coi Channel 7, and again on Monday night, June 23, horn 7 to 8 o'clock. The program will re-tell the Kollek story as the only mayor since the reunification of Jerusalem. Archival footage of Jerusalem prior to and after unification will also be shown. The different faces of Jerusalem, the contrasts and conflicts, the spiritual and the cultural parts will be dealt with in depth. The Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem's first art academy, also will be featured. It was opened in 1903 by Boris Schatz. It will show its development over 50 years to its present location on the Mt. Scopus caqiptis.
Max Krizelmans mark golden anniversary Mr. «lid Mn. Max KriMlman celebrated their 60th wedding annivenary with a dinner at the Regency Weat recently. They were married Jan. 19, 1036, in Omaha. Alao, there waa a branch on Sunday, June 1. HoaU were their children, David and Sandra Cohen of Houston, Texaa and Norman and Judi Kriaelman of Omaha. The branch waa held at the junior Kriaelman'* home. The out-oftown guests included: Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen and son, Phillip of Houston, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith of Houston (grandchildren) and Shayna Brittany (great-grandchild), all of Dallas, IVxas. Mrs. Esther Weiner of Philadelphia, Pa. (sister); Mrs. Tobey Henis, also of Philadelphia (sister); Mrs. Bessie Strelsin from Cherry Mill, New Jersey (sister); and Mr. and Mrs. Max Greenberg of Escondldo, California (sister and brotherin-law).
LINCOLN — The Sute Board of Health is actively seeking persons to serve on several of the professional examining boards responsible for granting license privileges. Professional and layperson representatives are needed to serve on the following boards: athletic training; cosmetology; . professional counseling; respiratory care; and social work. Professionals who are actively engaged in the practice of any of the above professions and laypersons who can represent a consumer perspective and are not licensed in the particular area that the examining board serves, will be appointed to fill vacancies. Persons interested in serving on a board should contact the Nebraska Department of Health, Bureau of Examining Boards; P.O. Box 95007, Lincoln, NE 68509 or phone 471-2115 to receive an application packet. Completed applications must be postmarked no later than June 13.
Weaving featured at JCC Mary Jo Horning, left, JCC artiat-ln-residence, and volunteer Jean Marshall are working on the weaving of a tapestry designed by Ma. Horning on the theme of Brotherhood. After the tapestry is completed this summer it will go on permanent display at the JCC. Ms. Horning's artwork, combining weaving and painting, will be featured in the JCC Art Gallery June 8-July 13 along with the ceramics of UNO art instructor, Patrick H. Sullivan. Ms. Horning's residency is made possible through a grant from the Nebraska Arts Council. Over 20 volunteers are involved in the tapestry project. Ms. Horning and the volnnteer weavers will be honored at a reception to be held at the unveiling of the completed tapestry. The date will be announced in a future issue of the Jewish Press.
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Ban is bacK nome trom sick bay, Louis Langer at Clarkson, and Mike, our barber, at Bergan. Dick Fellman was the guest speaker. He has had an illustrious career in public service. At present he is confming his efforts to his law practice. Dick is a tremendous public speaker, and we were enthralled by his words. He related to the forthcoming gubernatorial election and told us that both women candfuates were very welt qualified to be our Governor. He spoke on Initiative 300 and how it was designed to save Nebraska's family farms, on the Fundamentalists and their new roles in party conventions, the LaRouche party candidates, and the surfacing of the extreme right. Thanks, Dick, for a very informative address.
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BBYO convention workshop: taking a look at stereotypes By Mario Hackel Jewish PrMi aimtt After a morning of lUtening to announcements, attending busincM meetings, eating lunch and participating in and watching skits, they began the workshops. They are the members of Combelt B'nai B'rith Youth Organization attending the Spring Regional Convention, June 15-19. The opening session took place at the JCC. One of the workshops addressed the issue of stereotypes, particularly those commonly held toward blacks. Before the guest speakers. Dr. Alan Hackel, Dean of the College of Continuing Studies at UNO, and Clarence Barbee, principal of Horace Mann Junior High School, discussed their involvement in the recent
Black/Jewish Dialogue, the BBYO members took part in a "social barometer" exercise. The exercise helped to determine the feelingi the students have toward various stereotypical statements, such as, "They sure have rhythm," and "They're all on welfare," and "They make the best athletes." Then, Dr. Hackel and Mr Barbee related their experiences in the Black/Jewish Dialogue, which began in Omaha in June of 1985 with the main goal of irKreasing each group's awareness and understanding of the other through regular discussions on various topics of interest, including economics, selfactualization, education, childrearing, politics, and even Zionism and Arab refugees. They each talked about
United Talmud Torah of Omaha Election of officers took place at the first Board meeting for fhe 1986-87 school year. Elected were: chairman - Stephen Skid; vice chairman - Gary Parilman; treasurer - Gary Rifkin; secretary - Shane Kotok. Robert Wolfson will serve as Parliamentarian. Other appointed Board members include: Shirley Banner, Aaron Hostyk, Dr. AUen Kurland, Beth Leeds,
Carol Nathan, Francine Plod, Leon Shrago. Ex-officio Board members are: Manny Goldberg, president Beth Israel; Ben Wiesman, president Beth El; Rabbi Paul brazen; Rabbi Isaac Nadoff; Gloria Kaslow, Curriculum committee chairman; Margo Riekes, High School committee chairman; Stanley J. Mitchell, Director of Education.
their own personal experiences; Dr. Hackel aa a Jew, Mr. Barbee as a Black, sharing what they have learned from their participation in the dialogue and what the group is looking toward in the hiture. They said that they hope to encourage young people to become involved in this type of program in order to generate mutual understanding and respect between the Black and Jewish communities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot played host to the first international symposium on rose growing research, which attracted some 60 researchers from 15 coxmtries. Israel is considered one of the leading nations in the world in the development and growing of roses on a commercial basis. The day may come when human brain membranes will be used as components in computers, though computers as such will not be able to replace the human brain in society, said Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dean of Science Prof. Itzchak Pamas at an international science lymposium entitled "From Particles to Organisms and Beyond," held to mark the Hebrew University's 6()th anniversary.
New exhibits planned The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is preparing materials for several new exhibits in the "Corridor of Jewish History" at the Jewish Community Center and is presently looking for pictures, awards, trophies, scrapbooks, etc. of Jewish athletes of the past 100 years. To be included in the exhibit are pictures of athletic teams and organizations, golf, tennis, swimming and other sports winners, award banquets and any other material related to sports an4 athletic activities. Also being sought are pic-
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mained at 770 Eastern Parkway as part of By Adeaa BerkowiU the Lubavitch library until last fall, when Jel*iah 'FelefrapUc Agency, Inc. In days gone by, Jewish legal disputes the grandson of the previous Rebbe and the were referred to the Bet Din, a panel of nephew of the current Lubavitcher leader three rabbis who heard the case before them took 400 books from the library and sold and rendered a decision binding on the par- one third of them• ties. However, increasingly today, the secThis past summer, when the Lubavitch ular federal and state courts are being used, organization found out through a hidden to resolve disputes which otherwise might video camera in the library what 62-yearhave found their way into a Jewish court of old Barry Gourary, a management consultlaw. Recently, two disparate cases were ant living in New Jersey, had done, they brought for adjudication into such a secular took the unusual step of seeking a restrainlegal context. ing order in order to prevent him from makEarlier this past fall, Martin and Linda ing any future sales of the books. The case Kaplan of Long Island, N.Y., had planned developed even further when the Lubavas part of their daughter's Bat Mitzvah itchers, specifically the Agudas Chasidei party a reception which would include such Chabad (the umbrella organization) for the entertainment as card games, dice tables first time went into a secular court of law and roulette wheels. As reported in the Na- to obtain title to what they assert is their tional Law Journal, when Rabbi Norman property. Kahan of Temple Sinai, Roslyn, N.Y. forAccording to Gourary, as reported in The bade the family from having this type of New York Times, last year he removed reception at the synagogue, the Kaplans books from the library only after his aunt, . turned to State Supreme Court in Nassau Chaya Schneerson, age 84 (and the wife of County seeking a restraining order (a rem- the current Rebbe), gave permission to edy unavailable under Jewish law) to over- Gourary's 86-year-old mother, Hannah, for turn the rabbi's ban. . him to do so. Gourary garnished $186,000 The lawyer for the couple asserted that from the sale of the books, books which he was viable only for nine these types of gaming devices were not akin maintains were to be passed down to him years, many of its practices to adult forms of gambling; in fact, no cash from his grandfather. Any books of unique and principles have become would be involved, just Monopoly-type pa- value to the Lubavitch movement — (hose incorporated into today's per money. The guests, though, would be he asserts were used by previous Rebbes — able to trade in their paper currency for gifts he didn't sell, instead choosing to retain Reform Judaism. With the dissolution of at the end of the party. The rabbi's lawyer them to become part of a new library he the Society, its members re- argued that as rabbi of the temple, his con- wants to estabUsh. , joined K.K. Beth Elohim tract with the synagogue gave him the power At the heart of the case is the is^ue: to and, when the new building to control what went on inside the premises. Judge M. Hallsted Christ, who held the whom does the library belong — to the was under construction in 1840, an organ was in- hearing, ruled in favor of the rabbi. Accord- Rebbe's grandson or to the Lubavitch comstalled. From the first ser- ing to the judge, Rabbi Kahan controlled munity? The Lubavitchers maintain that vice in the new building, a the congregation in matters such as these, the books belong to them, insisting that the liberalized ritual was intro- and the presence of the dice tables and rou- books had originally Men bought with duced and K.K. Beth Elo- lette wheels "would violate the Temple's money raised by the Lubavitch movement. him became the first Re- best interests.'' And so the traditional role In addition, they discount Gourary's claim form congregdtion in the of rabbi as Mara D'atra (the ultimate ar- of having received permission from his aunt United States. biter in congregational ritual matters) was to remove the books, noting her denial of , The interior of the build- upheld by a judge in Supreme Court in New this fact in her deposition, as well as the fact that even if consented to, tier approval ing appears essentially as it York. was constructed in 1841 exStartling as this case might seem, last to do so would be void under Jewish law cept for the women's gallery month the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn without her husband's permission. To date, which was destroyed by an was the scene of an unusual dispute, this the Lubavitch organization has spent about earthquake in 1886 and time one between two factions of the same $400,000 in buying back books which Gournever rebuilt. Stained gla^e Hasidic ^mily. At issue wasthe ownership ary 1^8(1 sold, It is also no secret that,this case reprewindows, replacements of of 40-50,000 books which made up the liearlier windows destroyed brary of the late Rabbi Joseph Schneersohn, sents publicly what has been a long period in the earthquake, show the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe and the im- of estrangement between Gourary and the mediate predecessor to the current Rebbe, movement which his uncle heads. Back in Jewish religious symbols. 'fhe massive ark, made of his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel 1950 when it came time to choose a successor to Rabbi Joseph Schneersohn, GourarSanto Domingo mahogany, Schneerson. Shortly after the outbreak of World War y's father, Samarious, was passed over in is kept open throughout the worship service by local tra- II, thousands of books were shipped from favor of the current Rebbe. In the intervendition. The exterior also has Europe by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe to ing 36 years, the younger Gourary has not remained unchanged since Brooklyn Lubvitch headquarters for safe- counted himself among the adherents of Lukeeping. For over 40 years, the books re- bavitch, going so far as to call it cult-like. it was completed in 1841.
The past lives in Charleston a synagogue was improvised By Judith Mmrburg Reform Judaism in the adjacent to the present temUnited States has its ac- ple grounds. knowledged roots in a small Construction of the percongregation in Charleston, manent synagogue began in SC. Standing in the heart of 1792 and the building was downtown Charleston, Ka- dedicated two years later. hal Kadosh Beth Elohim is This Georgian style buildstill an active, vibrant con- ing was destroyed by fire in gregation. It is one of three 1838 but the brick and Jewish congregations in wrought iron fence which Charleston and the only Re- •urrcunded it still stands. foi;m congregation in the The synagogue was replaced on the same site in 1841 by city. The building is open to what has been called "one of the public on weekday the country's finest exammornings and giiided tours ples of Greek Revival archiare available. One of the tecture." It was designated a guides is Eathei Jacobs, an National Historic Land. 80-year-old fourth genera- mark in 1980. In 1824, 47 members of tion CharUitonian and K.K. Beth Elohim congre- the congregation of K.K. gant. She is axtiemely well Beth Elohim petitioned the informed and taken obvious 'trustees of the synagogue to pleasure hi-talking about change the Sephardic Orthe congregation and its his- thodox ritual to include En^ish' translation of the tory. N K.K. Beth Elohim was es- prayers, the sermon in Engtablished in Charleston in lish and the abridgement of 1749 ad is the fourth oldest the Hebrew ritual. When Jewish congregation in the this petition was denied, the continental United States. petitioners resigned from (New York, Newport and the congregation and Savannah are older.) At first formed "The Reformed Soprayers were recited in pri- ciety of Israelites." Alvate quarters, then, in 1775, though this congregation
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By Joseph Cohen COHEN'S CONSUMMATE FOLLY PAYS OFF Pan A. Oren's Joining the Club: A History of Jews and Yale (Yale University Press; $19.96) in its description of the blatant anti-Semitism which marked the Yale English Department during the early middle years of the twentieth century, has brought back into focus the resistance I encountered at Vanderbilt University in 1949 when I sought admission to its English Department to undertake graduate study. Back then it was not merely unfashionable for Jews to apply for advanced study in English literature anywhere in America, it was an act of consummate folly, given the rigidity of the barriers which had been erected. At the time I sought to acquire the training to become an English professor there probably weren't ten of Jewish origin with Ph.D.s in the entire country. 1 had never seen nor beard of one when I filed my application. But to me the absence of role models was no deterrent, if I even thought about its implication. Talk about naivete! For it was my intention not only to become an English professor but to remain a practicing Jew. I did not know that the few Jews who had gained factilty appointments, particularly in the humanities, had either voluntarily or under coercion become the "conversos" and Marranos of twentieth century academic life. All I really had going for me was a genuine love, nay, a consuming passion, for lit-
erature. I couldn't even be certain I had "the right stuff." So for tickets, omisht helfyxn! "But that's the life for me," I said. , 'That's not the life for you!" I was told a short time later by kindly, congenial, well-intentioned Walter Clyde Curry, tl)g renowned Chaucerian scholar who was head of the Vanderbilt English Department. Embarrassed, he declined to admit me because he couldn't possibly get me a job, once I graduated, at any university in the country. "It would.be," he said gravely, "an exercise in futility." Unbiased, he became even more embarrassed when I asked him why. Hemming and hawing and wanting to let me down as gently as possible, he finally came out with it, explaining that Jews couldn't be expected to know Christian theology, and that as English literature was overwhelmingly grounded in Christianity, Jews couldn't teach English literature without doing violence to their Christian studenta and to their own religious convictions. Rearing back in his swivel chair and sucking on his everlit pipe, his vest strewn with its fallen ashes, he asked me almost in a whisper "How much New Testament do you know?" "A little," I whispered back. He began to question me about original sin, immaculate conception, the trinity, the Eticharist, messiinism, salvation and redemption. Not wanting to offend or humiliate me, he aaaumed the interrogation would prove concluaivaly tiiat I wouU£nd greater
happiness clerking in my Uncle Harry's ready-to-wear store. He knew I had done that for awhile. He was in for a surprise. To his amazement and to mine as well — I didn't even know to anticipate the interrogation — I answered each of his questions, adding commenta wherever I could think of appropriate ones. When we concluded the question and answer session he offered to admit me but added that I'd have to take my chances about getting a job. Then he inquired how I came into possession of so much information about the New 1\Mtament. My explanation was simple enough. I had been reared in Clarksville, Tennessee, then in the 1930's, a small Southern country town, full of devout Christians. From the time I was in the second grade on through primary school I was regularly assigned roles in the aiuiual school Christmas ploys. In retrospect, I think a couple of my teachers had larceny in their hearts, hoping to steal me from the error of my parents' way, but their solicitations didn't take. By the time I was in high school — it was a town-county consolidated unit — most of the friends I had made were the sons of farmers. We visited in each others' homes frequently. Especially in the summer time. In the long hot summer nights, our principal anxissniHit was to attend every evangelical ntseting.
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Edward Sellz relates story of WWII By Claudia Sherman When Edward Sellz returned home in May, 1945, from World War 11, an article appeared in the Omaha World-Herald, excerpts from which read: "The Sellz twins — Norman and Ed-' ward — wh6 always did things together, didn't come home from the Marianas together." The identiacal twin sons of Ehianuel (Mandel) and Fanny Sellz graduated from Central High School in 1941. Their father was a cantor at Beth El Synagogue in the 1930B. The boys "enlisted in the Arpiy together, attended radio, radar and gunnery school side by side, got their sergeant's stripes at the same time, trained at Kearney Airbase together and were sent in the same B-29 unit to Saipan." Although they were in the same unit, they were not • in the same aircrew. But "we were the only twins flying in the same squadron," Ed. ward said. The article in the-WorldHerald continued: ."But when Sergeant Edward SelU walked iirto the home of his parents at 1507 South 25th Street, last Saturday, he was alone. "The reason: Sergeant Norman Sellz is reported missing in action. "His B-29 was lost over Japan that day in April when, with the flack 'thickenough to walk on,' a burst tore off the plane's right wing, flipping the ship onto its back and sending it whipping wildly downward. "But — snd Sergeant Edward is very sure of this — his brother isn't dead. He has evidence to back up this belief. His brother, he believes, got dQWji safely and
is a prisoner. "Five men were seen to come out of the tail end of the ship after it was hit. Sergeant Norman's post as radar man was beside the tail door." "Norman had the edge on his brother in completing his missions for a furlough. But he planned to stay on until his brother got his leave. Then they planned to come home together. They used to lie around their Quonset hut talking .about what they wold do. "Now Edward is home alone." The war with Japan ended in September, 1945. A few days after the surrender, Edward saw his brother Norman's picture in a Los Angeles newspaper along with other prisoners of war. Mrs. Sellz, the twins' mother, was notified by a wire service that Norman was alive and returning to the United States. Edward, who was stationed at Santa Ana, Ca., at that time, met Norman in San Francisco. He weighed about 110 pounds. Notman's treatment by the Japanese as a prisoner of war was revealed in a deposition he gave on Sept. 20, 1946. Norman was taken to a school house jail where he was kicked, beaten ,and questioned: Later he was driven to Kempei Tai Headquarters in Tokyo. He spent that night in a cell with one Japanese. "The room was approximately five by nine feet, with three walls and a round wooden bar with a slit to hand ih the food and different things. There was a light in the cell, and it was on 24 hours a day. The light was enclosed so that we
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Edward, left, and Norman during World War 11. couldn't electrocute ourselves, and there wasn't a nail in the cell. They were afraid we would try td kill ourselves. I noticed the initiak of Americans cut into the cell walls with days marked off, some as high as ... 70," Norman reported. As. the weeks pregressed, the interrogations, beatings and mistreatment continued. Norman was transferred to a jail with a row of six cells in which about ten Americans had been imprisoned. "We were never allowed to talk to each other. They would make us sit with our backs against the wall. We had no blankets during the days, and it was very, very cold. The lice and fleas were terrific", Norman saw American prisoners come and go — some never to be heard from again. Some died in nearby cells from lack of medical attention. Norman and a couple other Americans who had been with him throughout most of his ordeal as a prisoner of war "were in pretty bad shape." On Aug. 15, the prisoners were driven to Camp Omori between Yokihama and Tokyo. "This was my first time outside ill the sunshine since my capture on April 7th." Captured American doctors gave them medical attention and "many, many vitamin pills." At one time, Norman was taking 25 vi-
tamin pills a day. On August 29th, the Navy came ashore and liberated them. Norman was the only one of his crew to survive. ' Recently, on his return to Los Angeles where he lives now, Edward stopped in Omaha for a few days to visit friends and relatives. He had just attended a reunion in New Orleans of 700 members of the 73rd Bomb Wing Association — Air Force veterans who bombed Japan and other Pacific targets during World War 11. Their stories, including the one about the Sellz twins, are part of a collection of 88 first-hand stories from a cross section of personnel from the five B-29 Bombardment Wings and the supporting units of the 20th Air Force that operated from the Marianas Islands against Japan during the war. The stories have been published in a book, "The Global Twentieth," edited by Chester Marshall who was a pilot in the 73rd Wing, stationed on Saipan. Edward Sellz said the book should be for sale shortly. By the time the 73rd Bomb Wing Assn. meets in Reno, Nv., next year for its reunion, the members will have had a chance to read the book. No doubt reading the book will revive the memories of 40 years ago. Those memories have now become history.
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Costa Rica: a special country By David Harria, Deputy Director International Relntiona DepwrtaMnt Anwrican Jewiah CoMltlee When tlewi think of tbout countries that occupy a special place in our beaita, a few come readily to mind: Dennuut for iti extraordinary expression of humanity and courage in the rescue of virtually the entire Jewish community from Nazi hands; the Netherlands for its long-standing welcome to Jews, its quiet but effective representation of Israel in Moscow since 1967, and its support for the Jewish State during the Yom Kippur War, leading to the retaliatory Arab oil boycott; and, of course, the United States, for its vital Unka to laraei and ita location as the home of the world's largeat Jewiah oonununity. Often overlooked, however, is Coeta Rica, tiie tiny democratic Central American nation roughly the size of Vermont and New Hampshire. Bordered on the north by Nicaragua and the loutli by Panama, Coata Rica has been a tnia friend of laraei and the Jewish people, compiling a remarkable record of support for moat of the laat four decades. On May 8, Costa Rica marked the presidential inauguration of Oscar Arias Sanchez, who replaced the outgoing Luis Alberto Monge. The new president, |i 44-year-old economist and lawyer, and the candidate of the ruling National Liberation Party (Partido Nacional de Liberacion), defeated Rafael Angel Calderon Foumier of the opposition Teacher Nili Tweraky aMiata Lanran Paley in lift- Unity Party (ParUdbo Uniijad) in democratic elections held ing Shabbat candle*. in February. Elections are not new to Costa Rica. Democracy is a century-old tradition, a fact that few take for granted in the turbulent Central American region where dictatorships have usually outnumbered democracies. But then Costa Rica is also unusual in other ways. In 1949, it enshrined in Every Friday, th« children are sung while the tzedakah its Constitution the dissolution of the army as a permanent of the Jewish Day School box is passed. Students institution. As President Monge said in a speech in San celebrate Shabbat. The feel- then, with the help of the Jose, the capital city, in 1983: "We are the only nation in ing of a special day is exhib- teachers, light the Shabbat history which has disarmed itself voluntarily and unilatited early in the morning as candles. The kiddush cup is erally!" Security concerns, heightened in recent years by the students come dressed blessed as is the challah. growing tension on the Nicaraguan border, are addressed in their Sabbath best. Ac- After sharing the challah by a 9,000-man Civil Guard, whose entire ranks are recontivities in the morning usu- the children begin their own stituted every four years to avoid the possible emergence of ally lend to the upcoming lunch. The meal comes to an a professional military corps. Further, Costa Rica's comcelebration. Often during end with prayers after meals mitment to international human rights, including Soviet this time decorations are and the special prayers for Jewry, is so profound that the Organization of American States located the Interamerican Institute of Human made for the Shabbat tables Shabbat. For the older children, Rights in San Jose. Finally, as a nation dedicated to social or songs are rehearsed that wilt be used in the celebra- Shabbat celebration is fol- justice and social welfare, it has built up an impressive lowed by a session with one network of government agencies to address the population's tion. The children come into a of the rabbis. Everything in needs, and shares, together with Panama, the highest litlunchrooni that has been the day lends itself to a. eracy rate in the region. As President Monge yields power to his successor, he transformed by tableclotiia, beautiful celebration of the » leaves a legacy of unabashedly pro-Israel policies, building candles ahdlIowen.jSoifgB Sabbath.
on the ii/n^rt for Israal of former Preaident Joee Figueree, the three-time leader of this nation of 2.66 million. Coata Rica was one of the firat nations to recogniae Israel. During the Yom Ki^Hir War, the wife and one'of tbe sons of Preaident Figueres volunteered to go to Israel. Instead, Prime Minister Qolda Meir prevailed on Mrs. Fifueres to devote her considerable energy to fund-raising efSorts, while the son, with his parents' approval, actually became a paratrooper in the Israeli reserves. The press and general pubUc as well were fully supportive of brael during the war. A decline in bilateral relations occurred diiring the tenn of Preeidant Rodrico Caraio Odio, 1978-1M2. when CoaU Rica tiamfciiad ia embaasy from Jemaalav to Tel Aviv and puTHNd a more pro-Ardl> foreign poiiqr iiiie, includiog fliitatioB wMi tbe PLO. But no eooner did Hwi Ji nt Moft succeed Oarato in May 1982 than Coeta Wiea reverted to ita traditional pro-Iarael poaitioa. TVo diyi after aawimtwg office, Iblonc* ordered tbe Coata Rica embaay returned to Jerusalem, in defiance of tbe U.N. Secuiitgr Council leaolution calUag on member itatea to withdrair tbeir diplomatic lepraaentation &om laraal's capitaL (to be continued)
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Temple Israel Confirmation Class of '87 in tf\e community The Jewish Federation A note from the dass By Keri Saltzman and Kenny Polikov This past year, Temple Israel's ninth grade class, the Confirmation Class of 1987, was given the opportunity to explore the different agencies of the Jewish community. Through this experience, we have learned more about our Jewish community and how it works. We have been exposed to various Omaha Jewish organizations and have seen how the groups together form a solid foundation on which Omaha's Jewish community grows. In our opinion, this has been one of the better projecU done by our class. We now have a better undersUnding of Omaha's Jewish community, how it is put together, and who is involved. We would like to thank everyone who came to speak to us: Our thanks to: Celia Cherniss — Special guest" Mary Fellman — Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Members of Temple Israel Confirmation Claas of '87 Glen Fineman — Jewish Family Service are pictured from left to right: front row — David Shirley Goldstein — Omaha Council on Soviet Jewry Leibowitz, Susan Gurwitch, Stephanie Krie«er and Ricklie Hoyt — Special guest Liaa Wisnia; middle row — Larry Kirshenbaum, Robbie Kolnick-Kudym — Rose Blumkin Home David Blatt, Julie Tucker, Jamie Zacharia, Ken PoShane Kotok — Rose Blumkin Home likov and Alison Kutler; back row — Michael LevMorris Maline — Jewish Prew itan, Steve Givner, Jennifer Rubin, Jennifer Nogg. Tom Neuman — Jewish Community Center Not pictured: Trudi Seiner, David Yudelson, Class Sondra Rosenblatt — Jewish Federation Instructor — Mrs. Retha Herman. Sally Venger — Special guest
Omaha Council on Soviet Jewry By Alison Kutler Ruth Potash and Shirley Goldstein, representatives from the Omaha Council on Soviet Jewry, discussed with us how Americans can help Soviet Jews. The addresses can be found in directories obtained from the Council. They do not feel that there is enough community interest. They stressed that it is important for young people to get involved, because it puts pressure on the Soviet Union to let the Jews out. We learned how hard it is to get out of the Soviet Union. Mrs. Goldstein told us that there are 32 steps to get out of Russia. Those steps involve obtaining much paperwork. I think it is important to do everything possible to get tiie Jews out of Russia.
Ruth Potuh and Shirley Goldstein talk to us about Soviet Jewry.
The Rose Blumkin Home
NJHS By Trudi Seiner On Feb. 29, Mary Fellman spoke to our Religious School ilnss alH>ut the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society When our class started, we individually told her who we were. She then prweeded to tell us about our ancestors. We then went to look at pictures in the hall at the JCC. While we were imjking at them, she told us a little bit about some of the people in them. When class was almo.st over, we congregated back in our meeting room and she passed out little pamphlets so that we could write down our family members on a family tree. It was a very interesting class and I think we all learned many things.
The JCC, The Jewish Press By Julie Tucker and Jamie Zacharia On Feb. 12, the ninth grade class of Temple Israel met nt the Jewish Community Center to hear Tom Neuman, acting director of the JCC and Morris Maline, the editor of the Jewish Press. Mr. Neuman told us about different programs such as budget planning, health, cultural and group services. We were told who was on the JCC Board and what they did. After we listened to Tom Neuman, we were asked to act as the Executive Committee of the JCC. We had to present rerommendations to the Board of the JCC for a particular policy. Most of the ninth graders really enjoyed acting as the Executive Committee. It Was a good learning experience. Following Mr. Neuman, Morris Maline spoke to us about the Jewish Press. He told us what it takes to put a newspH|)er together. lie also said that if we wanted to, we could write for the Jewish Press. All in all, it was an interesting night full of important information for the ninth graders of Temple Israel.
By David Leibowitz and Jagtie Zacharia On Jan. 18, Robbie Kol" nick-Kudym came to talk to the ninth graders about the elderly at the Rose Blumkin Home. We discussed all sorts of things. In the two hours she was By Jamie Zacharia here, we think everyone On Mar. 1, Glen Fineman, from the Jewish Family Serlearned a lot. It was exvice, came to talk to our ninth grade class at Temple Israel. tremely interesting and fun. The JFS helps the entire Jewish community and also nonWe watched the movie, Jewish people. It is part of the United Way. The JFS helps Piege. This was an account of an elderly woman who is Robbie Kolnick-Kudym people in many ways such as counseling (any types of probno longer able to do many is a social worker at the lems) and financial need. Three times a year at Hanukkah, High Holidays, and Passover they give food to the Jewish things that she could do Rose Blumkin Home. needy. They also have an adoption agency. when she was younger. She is After Mr. Fineman talked to us and explained what the now living in an old age home. It showed one special grandson who took the time, when others wouldn't, to really talk JFS doiBS, we got into groups of four to six people. In these groups we got a problem to discuss and solve. Some of the to her and make her feel special. After the movie, we discussed our impressions. We liked situations were a Bar Mitzvah in a divorced family, a drug it very much and did some worksheets and exercises about problem in a family and a potential suicide. When everyone it. We put cotton in our ears to experience being hard of had enough time to discuss their situation, we got together « hearing. Music was turned on and Robbie tried speaking and talked about our solutions. The morning went very well and was a success with the to us. It was very frustrating to try and understand her. Then, we stereotyped the elderly and discussed why we do ninth grade class. I think everyone enjoyed the program. it. Overall, the morning was an enjoyable one for us all. By Lisa Wisnia On Feb. 2, Temple Israel's ninth grade class visited the Rose Blumkin Home. The purpose for visiting the Blumkin Home was to experience how one part of Omaha's elderly community lives. We started off with a tour led by Robbie Kolnick-Kudym. We then served tea to the residents and talked with them. We met many nice people. Yet, some weren't so nice and seemed bothered by us. Our visit might have been a surpiiie to most of the residents, so they didn't know what was going on. At first, it was very difficult to sit down and just start OIra nunmr tnOLUfnt Jewish Family Servlcw fatalking. But, as time went by, it became easier for them to clUtaUd stwlmt iisnMrim groups. Sealed in front: L«nty KinikMitattais from left: Olan FiMman (JFS); talk with us. , . L. . Bvm though thing* were a little awkward at first, I think Retha HerauuB, t«M!lier; Julie IVicker; back: Jenni Nogg. that evMyone had a good time.
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By Susie Gurwitch On Feb. 8, Sondra Rosenblatt, the associate director of the Jewish Federation, came to talk to our ninth grade claas at Temple. The Jewish Federation helps support all of the Jewish agencies, which are located at the Jewish Community Center in Omaha. The Federation helps to raise money for the agencies through yearly fundraisers. Agencies which receive help from the Federation include: Jewish Community Center, Jewish Federation Library, Bureau for the Aging, Jewish Press, ADL/CRC, Jewish Family Services, and the Bureau of Jewish Education. After Mrs. Rosenblatt's talk, we became involved in an activity, which tauglit us what an agency must do to obtain money from the Federation. Mrs. Rosenblatt encouraged any of us interested in pursuing a career at the Federation, to find out more about it.
Personal impressions By Larry Kirshenbaum On Feb. 2 my ninth grade Saturday School class went to the Blumkin Home to serve tea. It was my first time being at the Blumkin Home or any other old age home and it was a very new experience for me. The residents were in their rooms and some of them were in the T.V. lounge. We asked some of the residents to come to tea. Some of the residenta just wanted to be alone. Others just wanted to talk. One lady was very friendly and she told us her name and even joked about her friend's rhyming names. She told us that she just site there all day. She was so disoriented, she had to ask us the date and the year. Even though she was friendly, she wouldn't join us for tea and just sat in her favorite chair. During the tea, the residents seemed happy, that we were there. They wanted us to give them cookies and tea and to sit with them and talk. It seemed that some of them wanted to talk with us all day, which made me think that they were lonely. Going to the home as a group was a good experience. With a group, I might do it again, but to go alone would be difficult for me. By Steve Givner Over the past few months, several different Jewish agencies have visited and talked to my ninth grade class in an attempt to give us a better understanding of the Jewish —^ world around us. Some of the different representatives to vi8it_us were Trom the Blumkin Home, who taught ua about the aging. "The following week, my class went to the Home to serve the residents tea. We were also visited by the Jewish Family Service, which seems to me to be the most important Jewish agency because it helps the family, which is where the Jewish education really begins and is continued. Before finishing with the Council on Soviet Jewry, we learned about the Jewish Press, which keeps the Jewish community informed about what is going on. With all the different groups and agencies around to help, it shows me that people really do care about the problems of the Jewish community. By David Blatt This past school year, my class has seen the Jewish Community through its organizations. From my point of view, the Jewish Community seems really strong as a whole, but weak alone. It seems, to me, that the Jews stick together by helping Jewish organizations with their fundraisers and other functions. Our ninth grade class visited the Rose Blumkin Home and the exhibiu at the Jewish Community Center from the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. The people that contributed to the development of the Blumkin Home did a very good thing. It shows that we care for our people and want to give them the security of a good home. I hope the Jews of Omaha keep up the good work! By Michael Levitan This past school year, representatives from several different Jewish agencies have visited our Religious School class; such agencies as the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, the Jewish Family Service, and the Jewish Federation. The representatives from the agencies gave us an idea of what they do and what they are about. Everybody learned something pew about the different agencies and what they had to offer. These people really ~work hard at what they do for our community. These agencies, in my opinion, are doing a very good job. The representatives got my attention with what they do because they are unique. They are trying to do something which they feel is important. They showed us different points of view of the elderly which I thought was, interesting. These various'community agencies make the Jewish Comipunity of Omaha very proud of what they do. By David Yudelson This past year has been unlike any other in my years of religious schooling. We, the Saturday and Sunday school classes, have been learning under the new direction of Ms. Jane West, director of bducation, and the other members of the Tsmple Board of Education. It has been a year of many new experiences. We learned about the Jewish community and the agencies serving it. We took a trip to the Rose Blumkin Home and learned a lot about ounalves and the elderly. We had speakers from many Jewish Communi^ Agencies and all of them did a wonderful job and we thank them. We all feel that Ms. 'West dkl a wonderftil job in her first year of a new education program and we sincerely hope that she will st«y with us for many more.