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Gabas to be honored by State of Israel Bonds Hyman Polaky, general chairman for the Lincoln State of Israel Bond drive, anounced that Ho'b and Rachael Gaba will receive the "Lion of Judah" Award on Sept. 7 during an Israel Bond dinner at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. In announcing the Gabas as honoreea, Mr. Polsky said, "Both Herb and Rachael have done a lot for the city of Lincoki and have been involved in Jewish activities as well, and it is only fitting that we, as a community, honor them in this fashion." Andrew Goodman, adviser for the State of Israel Bonds in Lincoln, added, "By our attendance we show our support for all the work Herb and Rachael have done in our city." Mr. Gaba, a native of Lincoln, graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering, and worked for a subsidiary of what is now Exxon Corporation in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, from 1945 to 1963. After moving back to Lincoln in 1963, Mr. Gaba's involvement in the community became his major love. He served as treasurer, vice president and president of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun during the years of 1965 through 1973. From 1966 thrbngh 1980 Mr. Gaba served in many cepacities with B'nai B'rith including a member of the Board of Governors and regional president. He has also served in many capacities with the Lincohi Jewish Welfare Federation including direc-, tor from 1980 to 1983. Mrs. Gaba is no less dedicated. Bom in

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Wolf Blitzer, Washington correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, and a syndicated columnist for many Jewish newspapers including the Omaha Jewish Press, has been denied permission to accompany Vice-President George Bush to Jordan. Mr. Blitzer reportedly was told that he could accompany the vice-president to Israel and Egypt, but that he would not be able to join the other members of the press in visiting Jord<ln. Mr. Blitzer is an American citizen with a valid American passport. At press time, there was no explanation available as to l^hy permission was denied. Author of the book, From Washington to Jerusalem: A Reporter's Notebook, Mr. Blitzer spoke in Omaha last December during the Book Fair sponsored by the Jewish F^eration Library.

Jewish clients. The Task Force will also serve as a resource center for synagoguss Formation of a National Jewish Hospice and Federations seeking information, and Task Force to seek action on hospice pro- will monitor existing hospice activities and grams for the Jewish terminally ill and their collect data. famiUes has been announced by the Synagogue Council of America. The SCA represents the congregational and rabbinic agencies of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism. Martin Barell, chairman of the SCA board Jerusalem ... The Ina and Jack Kay of governors, in announcing the Task Force, said it would work with Conservative, Or- Hospice—Jerusalem's first facility for care thodox and Reform congregations, as well of the terminally ill—was dedk:ated recently as with Jewish Federations, to facilitate in ceremonies at the Hadassah University their involvement in hospice programs. He Hospital campus on Mount Scopus. The facility—named for Ina and Jack Kay said that of the 1,800 hospice programs in the United States, ovly 15 are under Jewish of Washington, D.C.—will provide care for 14 terminally ill patients in a home-like setauspices. Barell said the Task Force will work with ting in the refurbished residence of the late synagogues to identify and produce volun- Dr. Chaim Yassky, a Director-General of teer care givers to be trained by hospices the Hospital. The hospice sits on a hillside overlooking to give service to Jewish terminally ill perthe Judaean mountains, and includes pasons and their families. He said the Task Force would also offer tients' rooms, facilities for family and guidance to existing hospices, generally friends, living rooms, kitchens and other now under Christian or secular auspices, amenities designed to make the padtents' seeking information about the needs of their final days as comfortable as possible.' By Ben Gallob

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Rachael and Herb Gaba Sydney, Australia, she received her B.S. degree from the University of Sydney and worked in microbiology for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, part of the government of Australia. She is a life member of Hadassah and has held all the offices in Temple Sisterhood. She is a past board member of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun and co-chairman of the Federation Women's drive. Her chief hobby is talking to religious groups about Judaism. While living in Aruba, the Gabas became the parents of two children, David, who is a practicing attwiwy in Lincob, and JucUth, who is an ^vestment banker in New York. Mr. Polsky reminds everyone to save Sept. 7 for this gala event honoring the Gabas.

Israel Bonds announces 1986 Women's Cabinet By Patricia Newman Women's Diviaion Publicity Carol Parsow, chainium, and Julee Katzman, associate chairman, of the State of Israel Bonds Women's Cabinet, have announced their 1986 Cabinet. The Cabinet members are: Pauline Guss and Maxine Simons, luncheon chairmen; Patty Nogg, program chairman; Sandy Epstein, transportation chairman; Susie Shyken and Margo Riekes, worker chairmen; Patricia Newman, publicity chairman; Ida Richards, door prize chairman; Maxine Kirshenbaum, Marcia Cohen and Cheryl Kricsfeld, advisersrand Lena Grossman, sponsor chairman. Upcoming events to be coordinated by these women include a special workers

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meeting led by a speaker of national repute and experience with Israel Bonds. A community luncheon at which 35 Jewish women from Omaha will be honored is also being planned. "We are excited to have this group of individuals serve on the cabinet this year," said Mrs. Parsow and Mrs. Katzman. "together they possess a unique combination of creativity as well as a concern for the sUte of Israel Together we will plan and carry through a strong women's campaign for Israel Bonds this year."

ADL/CRC holds seminar F<)irty Omaha'^rea teachers will be participating in a pri^Udice reduction seminar to be held on Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The seminar will be presented by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha in conjunction with the Greater Omaha Global Education Outreach Program, developed by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The group will be addressed by Jeffrey Yitzak Santis, director of the ADL, and Cheri Kahroff, affirmative action consultant for Northwestern BelL Ms. Kahroff was in-

strumental in grganiang last year's Adolescent Prejudice Reduction Workshop where 200 area high school students participated, and will speak on the success of that endeavor. In addition to the speakers, films will be shown and literature displayed. The ADL/CRC believes that through the education of young people prejudice can be counteracted, Mr. Santis said. To that end; the League has projected two major goals: to encourage educators to utilize ADL's educational materials (films, videos, curriculum guides, and publications); and to institute on-going prejudice reduction programs aimed at children of all ages.

Controller appointed David G. Kampschneider, formerly director of audits for Northern Plains Natural Gas Co., a subsidiary of ENRON, has been appointed-controller of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, According to Steven J. Rod, executive vico-president of the Federation, Mr. Kampschneider was selected from more than 120 applicants for the position. . Mr. Kampschneider, a native of Nebraska, also has had experience as a pubUc auditor with Dutton and Associates of Omaha. He has earned a bachelor's dcfgree from the University of Nebraska and is currently working toward his M.B.A. degree at Creighton. A CPA, Mr. Kampschneider is affiliated wjth the Nebraska Society of Cetrtified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Oldest Biblical Inscription JERUSALEM—The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has announced "the most important and moving revelation in Biblical archaeology since the discovery of The Dead Sea Scrolls some 40 years ago." On July 1, the Museum opened the unique exhibition of the Jerusalem Silver Scrolls excavated in a First Temple Period burial cave repository at Keief Hinnom. These contain the oldest BiUical inscription ever found—three septences from the Torah, the Birkat Cohanim (Priestly Blessing) Numbers VI24-26, incised on small silver stripe, in ancient Hebrew script, in the seventh century B.C.E. and uncovered and deciphered only recently. In the photo by Ya'acov Harlap, Israel's Chief Rabbis, Mordechai EUahu (left) and Avraham Shapiro (center) are shown the Jerusalem Silver Scrolls by Meir Meyer, vice chairman of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

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JERUSALEM - Sight-impaired and blind children must learn about the world around them through their other senses or they will rapidly fall behind other children in their physical and intellectual development. Parents must be taught how to work with these children to help them compensate for their lack of sight. This stimulation must be consistent and continuous to have a lasting effect. Participants from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East attending the Fourth International Mobility Conference in Jerusalem on the Mt. Scopus Hebrew University Campus at the end of May, discussed the necessity of immediate parental intervention in order to promote proper development. Eighty to 90 per cent of what babies learn in their initial acquaintance with the world around them is vision-based. The sight-impaired child must be taught to do many elementary things that the sighted child learns automatically through imitating what he observes. Among other topics discussed was also the subject of new electronic aids for the blind such as the laser cane and the sonic pathfinder, a spectacle-mounted computerized device which uses sound to locate objects in the path of the walker, visual screening of the elderly and new developments in mobility teaching techniques and research. The conference was sponsored by the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work of the Hebrew University, the American Israeli Lighthouse-Migdal Or and the Israel Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Simultaneous translation into English, French, German, Hebrew and Arabic was available. It is believed to be the first conference held in Israel with simultaneous translation into Arabic.

By Jerold Roaen Jewish organizations and institutions sponsoring programs designeid' for youth from the ages of preschool through college, and for Jewish young adults, may apply for funds from the Esther K. Newman and Carolyn Kully Newman Grants Conmiittee. The Committee allocates funds from the Esther K. Newman Endowment for programs designed to strengthen Jewish identity and values through educational, religious, cultural, social, or recreational activities. Particular emphasis is placed upon new and innovative programming. In addition, funds are available from the Carolyn Kully Newman fund, which was designed to provide programs for Jewish children of kindergarten age, or

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NEW YORK (JTA) The American Jewish World Service, a Bostonbased international devdopment group, will launch a large scale agricultural development program in Sri Lanka which will include testing of a revolutionary grain silo developed in Israel. "The aim of all this is sdfreliance," Simon told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in describing the $160,000 project to develop the long term infrastructure for that country. The goals of the Sri Lanka project include laying the groundwork for new types of agricultural methods, establishment of a local credit union for small farmers and improvement of basic health care. At the center of the agricultural development is a newly-designed grain silo developed in Israel's Vulcani Institute for Agricultural Research. In preluninary tests in the Negev the plastic silos have cut grain losses down to less than one

percent. The new silos have virtually eliminated losses to rot, insects and rodents, Simon said. The AJWS will finance the testing of five to ten of the new silos in underdeveloped African and Asian countries. Sri Lanka, one of the world's poorest countries, will be the site of the first test, Simon said. "Almost every African country is losing more than 40 percent of its grain har vest to rot, insects and rodents," Simon said. If the new silos can cut those losses significantly, he said, "it would be one of the greatest contributions to African agriculture ever and it's a lot easier than doubling production." Some African and Asian countries have no grain silos so the farmers are forced to sell their grain at harvest time when demand is low and supply is high. "It's really an appropriate technology — it's, not a hightech facility," Simon said.

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A religiously observant Employee's refusal to work on the Sabbath cannot be characterized as "misconduct on the job" and used to deny unemployment benefits, according to three organizations involved with civil liberties issues. An amicus, or friend-ofthwjourt, brief filed in the United States Supreme Court by the American Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the American Civil Liberties Union asserts that the state of Florida erred in rejecting a benefits claim filed by a Seventh Day Adventist after she was fired by a jewelry store chain for declining to violate her religious beliefs. The brief charges that in denying the employee, Paula Hobbie, unemployment benefits because she refused Sabbath work, Florida violated her constitutional right to free exercise of religion. A state "burdens religion when it denies an important benefit because of conduct mandated by religious beliefs," aays the brief. "When, as in this case, the state has made no showing that the interests in support of the denial of benefits are compelling, the state is unconstitutionally infringing upon free exercise (of religion)." The case grew out of a requirement by the jewelry firm, Lawtpn and Ccni^Muiy, that assistant managers and managers be present in the stores on Friday nights and Saturdays, the times of heaviest sales. Ms. Hobbie, an assistant manager at one of the Florida stores, became a Seventh Day Adventist in May 1984. She informed her store manager that her new-found religious beliefs prohibited her from working on Friday nights and Saturdays, which the sect observes as its Sabbath.

Ms. Hobbie and her manager worked out an arrangement under which he worked Friday nights and Saturdays and she worked Sundays. But when it came to the attention of one of the chain's supervisors, Ms. Hobbie and her store manager were ordered to end the arrangement. They were advised that the jewefry company's corporate policy allowed no exceptions to the Friday night and Saturday work rule. When Ms. Hobbie insisted that she would not work on her Sabbath, she was fired. She applied for unemployment benefits to the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, but her claim was contested by her former employer. The benefits were denied on the grounds that her refusal to work on her Sabbath constituted "misconduct connected with work." Ms. Hobbie appealed the ruling to a Depw^.ment of Labor Appeals Referee who upheld the denial. She then appealed to the state's Unemployment Appeals Commission which also affirmed the earUer decision. She next appealed to the State of Florida District Court of Appeals which similarly upheld the denial of unemployment benefits. Ms. Hobbie finally carried her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case, "RIGHTEOUS GENTILE" NEW YORK (JTA) - A recent issue of "Olomeinu" (Our World) — the monthly children's magazine of Torah Umesorah (National Society for Hebrew Day Schools) which is marking its 40th year of publication ^ features an article on Senpo Sugihara, a Japanese who saved the lives of 6,000 Jews during the Holocaust.

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FIGHT CLOSURE JERUSALEM (JTA) The Association of Israel Journalists urged the Interior Ministry not to shut down the Arabic daily AlMithak and the weekly AlAhd, both published in East Jerusalem.-Their action is in response to an appeal for help by the editor of AlMithak, Mahmoud KhatibIt is the first time an Arab editor has asked Israeli collegues for assistance. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel is also calling on the Interior Ministry to allow both publications to continue.

ARCHIVAL PROJECT NEW YORK (JTA) Sch(^ars will soon be able to make use of a previously untapped wealth of historical data about Jewish life in the United States now being collected, documented and catalogued by members of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (NFTS). FUNDS DONATED ST. LOUIS (JTA) - The Southwestern Bell Foundation has donated $125,000 to programs for the elderly at the Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center. The funds will be used to develop a series of educational pamphlets on subjects relating to the health of the elderly, including exercise, nutrition, and home hazards.

AAA TOUR GUIDE CINCINNATI (JTA) The American Automobile Association, in a 1986 tourbook, listed the Hillel Jewish Student Center at the University of Cincinnati as one of the tourist attractions in that city. It is the first Hillel to be included in AAA tourbooks, according to its Hillel Rabbi Abie Ingber. PAYMENTS HERZLIYA (JTA) - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced that 63,000 Holocaust survivors in 23 countries received' payments from the special Claims Conference Hardship Fund within the past four years.

MAJOR GRANTS WASHINGTON (JTA)The Foundation of Jewish Studies here awarded a series of major grants to encourage innovative adult Jewish learning in the United States and Israel. The amount of the grants was not disclosed. MAIMONIDES WASHINGTON (JTA)Secondary school students in Spain are studying for the first time the life and accomplishments of Maimonides, one of the world's greatest scientific, philosophic and religious thinkers.

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HAIFA - Israel's relations with South Africa confront this country with a moral dilemma. The elementary basis of that dilemma was stated in explicit terms by Israel's former ambassador to the U.N., Prof. Yehuda Blum, in an address before the ZOA's Ivan Novick Institute. Said Blum: . "We, the Jewish people, who have been the classical victims of racial discrimination, could not help condemning an official State policy based on racial supremacy of one race over another... Some 40 or 50 years ago we demanded that the rest of the worid boycott certain regimes based on the philosophy of racial supremacy. Jews in Europe and elsewhere were in the forefront of the demonstrations against those regimes. How can Israel... as the Jewish State, maintainnormal and friendly relations with a regime that is based on precisely the same racial premises, only that this time we are not at the receiving end as we were in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s?" To this Blum added that the whole theory of racial supremacy is abhorrent to Jews. "We think it is repugnant. It runs counter to our Jewish heritage." For years Israel has voted with the majority at the United Nations in co);idemning apartheid. It still condemns apartheid on every conceivable occasion at the U.N. and elsewhere. Yet the situation is complicated by aft interna' tional hypocrisy on the subject, and by specific and immediate Jewish concerns and interests of the State of Israel. At a time when Israel's foes denounce this country for its trade with the Pretoria regime, little is inade of the fact that the biggest traders with South Afiica are the United States, Japan, Britain, Italy and Holland. In the list of 15 nations which are major suppliers to South Africa, the name of Israel does not even appear. When the former president of France, f abius, went to South Africa for demonstrative and highly publicized meetings with Winnie Mandela and Bishop Tutu, France was at that very time delivering a number of helicopters to the South African army. When the French Foreign Minister recently told the press that France would hereafter refrain fi-om any new trade relations with the South Abican Ministry of Energy, he said nothing about contracts running into vast sums, on which die ink was hardly dry. Israel's business relations with South Africa are far from

NEW YORK (JTA) -^•k Hassan II of Morocco '> ascended the throne onIM!|^, m^, 1961. foUowmg the death 1 of his father during routine surgery. He had been educated in France, received a law degree in Bordeaux, and is considered thoroughly Westernized, although, like his feUow Moroccans, he desires to assert an authentic Arab identity. t Like his predecessw^ of the Alawi dynasty, he has always accorded his nation's Jewish minority the hillest measure of tolerance and equality. In 1985, Jo Ohanna, a Jew from Meknes, a city that has no Jewish community, was elected to the Moroccan parUament. Shimon Levy of Casablanca has been repeatedly reelected as a member of the city council. And David Araar, president of the Moroccan Jewish community since 1956, is a close confidant of the King. Upon assuming power, Hassan legalized the emigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel. The organizational requirements of Jewish emigration created a framework of contacts between Moroccan and Israeli authorities, as well as a climate of trust conducive to coopwation in other fields of central importance to Morocco. The King has periodically called for a fusion of "Jewish genius and Arab might" in order to accelerate the development of Nortih Africa. In addition, jsince 1975 Morocco has received unpubUcized Israeli aid ih fighting the Algenansuported Polisario guerrillas in the western Sahara. Libyan-backed terrorists attempted to assassinate Hassan in July 1971 and again in August 1972. In the summer of 1977, Israeli intelligence services discovered a Libyan plot to assassinate Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. King Hassan arranged a mSeting in Casablanca between the Israeli and Egyptian intelligence chiefs in which the plot by Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi was revealed. Sadat's reaction was two-fold: he launched a retaliatory strike against Libya, and he agreed to send his Deputy Prime Minister, Hassan Tohamey, to Rabat to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. The TohameyDayan talks became the first step in the road that led to Camp David and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979. In "Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the EgyptianIsraeli Peach Negotiations," the then Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan recounted that King Hassan told him in 1977 that he believed the Palestinian problem to be basically an Arab problem, and should therefore be considered and solved by the Arab countries, and not by Israel or the United SUtes. He bdieved that "the Arab sUtes should assume collective responsibility over the Palestinians, maintain supervision over them, and devise security measures which would satisfy Israel" (A Jordanian-Palestinian federation would constitute a threat to Jordan, according to Hassan.) The King acknowledged that the teniiama occupied by (Continued on Paga 5)

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secret. Ahnost 70 per cent of thi»country's coal (replacing Arab oil) is bought from South Africa at favorable prices. Israel each year imports about a billion dollars worth of raw diamonds and semi-precious stones. Technically they are purchased from the diamond syndicate in London, but the major source is known. The export of processed diamonds has today become one of Israel's most profitable exports, buttressing up our slowly recovering economy. Overseas reports claim that Israel sells armaments to South Africa as part of its world-wide trade in these products. ItsQy and France likewise have a hand in such business, though more quietly. Israel does not find it easy to forget that following the Six-Day War almost every black African state broke off diplomatic relations with us—yet many of these very nations even today continue to maintain a volume of trade with South Africa that exceeds ours. There are 120,000 Jews m South Afirica, of whom no less than 20,000 are said to be ex-Israelis. Queried about his recent visit to South Africa, Minister Moshe Arena replied that if we consider it important that a significant pwcentage of South Aftican Jews come to Israel, we certainly should not do anything which might make that aliyah more difficult, if not impossible. For example, the government of South Africa can affect the immigration by determining how much of their capital the Jews can take out with them. In summary, South Africa has become an Israeh problem. We know what the morality of the matter is. The question' we ask ourselves is: In the face of a hypocritical world, where nations choose to act strictly in accordance with their own selfish interests, are we expected to be better than everyone else, and follow the dictates of our moral conscience even at great national sacrifice? If we undermine our diamond business, pay higher prices for coal elsewhere, and refuse to market our products in South Africa, are we not committing economic suicide? There are no easy answers. The abstract role of morality in cases of national emergency can also be questioned in relation to other problems facing Israel today, such as: how to behave toward mu^ derous Arab tarorists caught redhanded hi-jacking a busload of civilians?

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HcstteiF^ to tlk@ (gdfltor The editort reuriie the right to shorten letters for reatom of length or content. learning non-Jewish subjects in your type of school." "But, Grandpa," she answered, "the Jewish Federation voted to subsidize the school as it is-don't these people have to go along-after all, isn't that the democratic way?" "Yes, but these people who represent MOST of the Jewish community don't believe they should be paying your tuition if you are going to be learning about non-Jewish subjects." , "Well, Grandpa, I don't know what they are talking abput. My parents pay my tuition. Also, lots of people give donations directly to the school I wonder if they've thought about the fact that my parents couU have sent me to public school without paying a cent." When I asked why they hadn't done so, she answered, "Some people want their children to have a more intense Jewish education. You would think these people who represent the majority of the Jews in Omaha would be delighted." "WeU, I'm delighted the Jewish leaders of Omaha had the foresight to see the need for such a facility-but these people—they aren't happy about it." "I guess not," she said. "But there are many problems facing Judaism today and I guess any one of them is more important to the Jewish community than this one. Hopefully this group of fine Jewish-minded citizens will take up one of those causes." "Lauren, that's a great answer—how did you get so smart?" "Oh," she answered quite proudly now, "I've learned a lot at the Jewish Day School which is partially fiinded by * the Jewish Federation—where my parents pay for my tui^^'Harry Lobel tion and work very hard for donations along with many other very nice people who roally do represent MOST of the Jewish conununity." Norman D. Rips To the Editor: . Following is a transcript of a taped conversation I haa with my granddaughter: I said to Lauren who, among other things, attends the Jewish Day School, "Have you ever To the Editor: Orchids to Burt Benson of the Blumkin Home staff. Burt, studied non-Jewish subjects at school?" She gave me that look she gives me when she is exas- an employee in the recreation department, did not complain Wednesday. . perated with me. "Grandpa, you know very weU that I do. It was grocery shopping day. Burt drove the bus and ca^ • "Well, you are going to have to forget all the nop-Jewish ried tremendous loads of groceries for the residents of Livknowledge you acquired there." Ahnost in tears she said, "But why, Grandpa, I dont ingston Plaza. The weathw was humid and in the 90s, Burt, a very creative gal, forgot about that department and did "Honey, a small group now. represents MOST of the beyond the call of duty. Ernie Priesman Jewish community. These people feel you should not be To the Editor. This is in regard to the facetious controversy over the gold used to build the golden calf of the Exodus. This controversy fails to bring out an important facet of Biblical history. The Israelites had two sources of gold. One source was from the Egyptians. A second source was from the wealthy merchant princes of Semitic origin who led the Exodus. Some of the Semitic nomads had settled in the cities of Egypt incluchng Pithom and Rameses where they were later held in slavery. Other Semitic nomads became merchant princes as organizers of caravans for trade and commerce. These merchant princes, possibly descendants of Joseph, "... played an important role as commercial, diplomatic, and cultural middlemen between Mesopotamia and Egypt." (Grant: Ancient Israel.) These were tradesmen who became powerful but could not attain positions of nobility. Wilson writes (Ancient Egypt) that the followers of Akhenaton were branded by an Egyptian prophet "..;as a swarm of parvenus men who had descended from families of no previous importance." The wealthy Semites were partially assimiliated. Wright states (BibUcal Archeology)"... in the Biblical record was a number of Egyptian names belonging to the tribe of l«vi: Moses, Phinihas, Haphni, Peshur, Hur, and Marmi." The Semitic people of Egypt, including the merchant princes, organizwl a civil rights movement to win freedom for their compatriots in Goshen and led the Exodus out of

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American Jews in government jobs •p. By Wolf BUtzer ^^ASHINGTON - Dr. Dov S. Zakheim, the Pentagon's Deputy Under Secretary for Planning and Resources, has been the prime mover in Washington in recent weeks in assessing the costs of Israel's new generation jet figfatar, the Lavi. As such, he has come under sharp critidam from some Israeli officials. Zakheim, who ledtm inter-agency study on the Lavi, concludes that the plane would wind up costing much more than the official Israeli estimates. Israeli officials have angrily challenged his figures. The debate, of course, continues. Whatever the outcome, the dispute has highlighted a fascinating development in the conduct of American-Israeli relations — something that would have been unheard of during the early years of Israel's independence. Increasingly, many key American officials involved in dealing with

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Israel were its ultimate guarantee of security, and the relinquishment of that guarantee would necessitate its replacement by mutual security agreements between Israel and the Arab states. He believed that even Syrian President Hafez Assad would ultimately be persuaded to join the pui^ suit of peace in exchange for his lost territories. (This belief also provided the justification for ^aaaan's deployment of a Moroccan brigade to fi^t alongside the Syrians in the Golan Heights in 1973.) Moroccan-Isradi relations have been characterized by veteran Israeli diplomat Gideon Rt^hael as "a mixed bag of discreet assistanoe and puMic hostility, of open pardc^ation in the war against Israel and undatx>ver support of its peace efforts." By geographic necessity—it is further west than all of Europe—Morocco is less directly bivolved in Middle East affairs than the eastern Arab states. Althouj^ he belnigs to the Arab League—King Hassan, in fact, is its chairmanMorocco's foreign policy is based primarily on regional (North African) considerations rather than on Arab nationwlist idcolosrVt Hassan inteipre^a the 1982 Fez Arab summit resohitioos as an implicit recognition of Israel. He rehictantly accepted the chairmanship of the Jerusalem Committee of the Islamic Conference on the grounds that he is a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed and de jure head of Islam in Morocco rather than out of any compelling personal conviction. _ ' Hassan is obviously more concerned with Algerian and Libyan-sponsOred insurgence against Morocco and Tunisia than he is with the lack of a formal peace treaty between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Nevertheless, the King genuinely desires peace between the Arab states and Israel, and is apparently willing, as Sadat was, to risk his statiu^ in the Arab world for what he considers to be a greater good.

Last week was Pesach, our festival of freedom, where we were defined by God as a free nation. Toni^t, and tomor row, we commemorate Yom Hashoa, the Day of the Holocaust, during which Hitler's tyranny distorted the historic definition of our people beyond recognition and sought to wipe us off the face of the earth. In a few weeks'time, Jews the world over will join their co-religionists in Israel in marking tlie independence of that State, and the re-creation of a national home for Jews after 2,000 years of exile." But Zakheim is not alone. Whether in the Pentagon, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House, the National Security Council, the Justice Department, the FBI or the Congress, there is no shortage of Jews working in very senior and extremely sensitive positions. And often, they areinstructed to focus their attention on Israel, a key U.S. aUSr. Lately, this has been almost fashionable. ' • At the State Department,'tor example. Secretary of State George Shultz has Judge Abraham Sofaer as his chief legal adviser. Sofas', like Zakheim, also has been in the news lately because of his recent effort to bridge Israeli-Egyptian differences over setting the tams of reference for rraolving the Taba border dispute. Sofaer was also the head of the interagency U.S. delegation that went to Israel last December to question Israeli officials implicated in the Pollard affair. Like Zakheim, Sofaer is a proud Jew, whose children attend Jewish day school. He, himself, is a graduate ot Yeshiva University in New York. He has never sought to hide his JewishnesS. When Shultz needed advice on how best to help solve Israel's economic headaches two years ago, he turned to Professor Herbert Stein of the American Enterprise Institute and Stanley Fischer of MIT, two of America's best economists. Both are Jewish. Since then, both have been intinaately involved in helping to restructure the Isradi economy — sometimes to the irritation of Israeli Finance Ministry offidals. But overall, their views were highly respected and eventually appredated. In Washington, there was no fear of dual loyalty. Fw neariy IS years, the State Dq>artment has routinely sent Jewish foreign service officers to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv although there has not not yet been a Jewish Ambassador to Israd. Over the years, there has been a host of Jewish diplomats in the embassy's key Political Section — many fluent in Hebrew and one or two even quite religious. If the State Department can send Americans of Irish ancestry to the embassy in Dublin; Italian Americans to Rome; Anglo Saxons to London; German Americans to Bonn; Catholics to the Vatican; Arab Americans to Cairo; Poles to Warsaw; Blacks to Nairobi; Orientals to Peking and Tokyo and Hispanics to Mexico City, why not Jews to Israel? All of these officials are certainly Americans first. No one should make any mistake about that. The eight members of the Senate and 30 members of House of RepresenUtives who are Jewish are also quite comfortable in their roles as Americans pnd as Jews. They don't see any conflicts even though Gore Vidal. the Amer^ ican writer, raised a storm of protest in March when he attacked pro-Israeli Americans as the "Israeli Fifth Column Division." But the basic nature of America as a land of immigruits is still very much an integral part of the country. It is a "in respect of American Jews, the sensitivity is of an ex- dynamic testimony to the matiuity, self-confidence and tremely high order, and for the beet of reasons. The toniest growth of the United States. liberal universities in America would not, until about the time Joe Sobran was bom, give tenure to Jewish professors. To elect a Jewish student to most social fraternities was quite simply unthinkable a generation ago. The designation of Jews as mortal enemies of civilization by the same Eiutipean power that had given us Bach and Goethe, Kant and Einstein reminded the Jews (those Jews who survived) that no society, however civilized its pedigree, can complacently be trusted to desist from the ferocious human activity: genodde." And that is why Buckley believes that "the structure of prevailing taboos respecting Israel and the Jews is welcome. The age calls for hypersensitivity to antiSemitism, over against a lackadaisical return to the blase conventions of the pre-war generation" which led to genodde. He adds that "needless to say, this is hardly to dignify the preposterous charges of anti-Semitism, occasionally leveled ignorantly and sometimes malidously at anyone who takes a position contrary to that of organized Jewish opinion, whether in Israel or elsewhere." Buckley is right on target. No one is arguing that Israel or Jews are or should be immune from criticism. However, he is saying that before lfl»iw.hing criticism one should bear in mind that one-thiid of the Jewish people were murdered only 40 years ago. One may criUdze but only with sensitivity toward a people which, suffered horrendous loMSS, losses inflicted by a world that was, at its worst, allied with the murderen and, at its best, indifferent to the genodde. In other words, critkism must be tempertjd with Lord BaUoor, Scottish nqihew of Lord James BaUonr and sympathy and with understanding. Sobran's attacks hicked president of the Israel-British Friendship Leagne in IS^burgh, Sca^and, paid a i^ait recently to the Balfoor Forest, both. Buckley's rebuke of Sobran should be emulated in oth^ established by the Jewish Natiooal Fond outside Naaanth, where he planted a tree. Balfonr was on a tear of Israel's quarters. The Nation, the magazine which published Gore Vidal's attack on Jews, should let its readers know that GalUae •ponsored by the British JNF, showcaaiag that organiaation's devaktpmeBt projeeta hi the region. Lord it, like rbe NtUaoal Review, takes antj-Semitism seriousty. Jamas Balfonr ia the anther of the 1917 Balfonr DedtnIt shouldn't matter that Buckley's magarine is right-wing thnk, wUeh dedared the Bittish govemineat'a sympathy wbila The Nmtioo ia left-wing. This is a matter that for the estabMahment of a Jewish homdand. tranBcends politics. The iaras ia integrity.

Israel on some of the most sensitive issues have thonselves beea Jewish. Despite the allsKations of a potential conflict of interest and "dual loyalty," there has been no really serious problem in assigning Jews to very sensitive political, economic, military and intelligence tasks involving Israel. In many respects, Henry Kissinger broke the ice in 1973 when he became the first — and so far only — Jewish Secretary of State. In the Carter Administration that fcdiowed, there were two Jewish special envoys to the Middle East: Robert Strauss and Sol Linowitz. That pattern was continued in the Reagan Administration. The old taboo of being Jewish and dealing with Israel has since become history. Some observers have expressed fear that the Jonathan Jay Pollard spy scandal has revived some'of those earlier fears. Pollard, the former U.S. naval intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to spying for Israel, is Jewish. But the Pollard case, so far, does not appear to have had any serious effect on this trend of dispatching Jews to deal with Israel The Jewish community in America in 1986 seems just too plugged into the overall society for thiit embarrassing setback to have turned back the clock. Zakheim is by no means the only example of a Jew in a sensitive U.S. slot, although, because of the Lavi controversy, his name has appeared quite often in the headlmes latdy. Zakheim is not only Jewish, but strictly Orthodox. A graduate of a yeshiva high school in New Ywk, C<dumbia University, and Oxford University in England where he earned a doctorate, he also has "smicha," or Orthodox rabbinic wdination. He never has actually practiced, but getting "smicha" was something he always wanted since it has been a longstanding family tradition. His father, a lawyer in New York, also has "smicha," as did his grandfathers and great-grandfathers. He is fl\ient in Hebrew. He attends Shabbat services at a small strictly Orthodox synagogue in suburban Silver Spring, MdL, where the Isradi Embassy's number two dip\ah*t. Charge d'Affairs Eli Rubinstein, who is Orthodox, also happens to pray. Zakheim, 37 years old, does not fed any conflicts. He is an American official, simply doing his job. He honed his military and analytical sldlls years earlier as a legislative staffer on Capitol HilL His cost estimates on the Lavi — while irritating to some Israeli officials — are not designed to embarrass or hurt Israel. Just the opposite is the case, he points out. Given the fixed amount of money available, Israd's best kmg-term interests require spending it as effectively as possible. By raising these very hard questions about the Lavi, he believes he may in fact be doing Israel a big favor. Zakheim, in some recent speeches, has never hidden the fact of his being Jewish. In fact, he is quite proud of it. Thus, just after Passover this year, he opened an address before the American Jewish Congress in Washington with these words: "We are passing through one of those periods in the Jewish calendar in which the thrust of several millenia of our history confronts us with startling rapidity.

Breaking ranks Near East Report By M. J. Rosenberg William F. Buckley, Jr., the noted conservative writer and editor, has plainly had it with columnist Joseph Sobran. As readers of Near East Report know, Sobran (syndicated in 68 newspapers nationwide) has written several opinion pieces that are viciously anti-Israel and, in my opinion, clearly anti-Semitic. Buckley, who runs Sobran's columns in his National Review, does not believe that Sobran js an anti-Semite. "Those who know Joe Sobran," he writes, "know not only that he does not harbor ethnic prejudices but that he regards such prejudice as sinful, despised by God, and therefore despised by man" {National Review, July 4). However, he adds, "any person who, given the knowledge of reigning protocols, read and agonized over the half-dozen columns by Sobran might reasonably conclude that those columns iwere written by a writer inclined to antiSemitism." Accordingly, Buckley writes, "I here dissociate myself and my colleagues" from Sobran's offending columns. He adds the hope that Sobran will stop writing columns which exacerbate the relationship between Jews and political conservatives. Buckley deserves credit for taking'a firm line against a colleague and ideological ally. But, as he points out, the National Review has a history of fighting anti-Semitism. Writes Buckley:' 'National Review has, since its inception, declined association with anti-Semites, and indeed on one occasion went a generic step further.. When it became clear, in 1957, that the direction which The American Kfercury [a now-defunct right-wing magazine] was headed was antiSemitic, I ruled, with the enthusiastic appoval of my colleagues that no writer appearing on The American Mercury's masthead, notwithstanding his own innocence on the subject, could also appear on National Review's." Having demonstratiBd his credentials on the matter, Buckley notes that not all criticism of Israel or of Jews is anti-Semitic. "It is a far cry from Auschwitz to the suggestion (Joe Sobran's) that the Israelis are frequently duplidtous" in their behavior toward America, he writes. But

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PETERSON/FRANKEL Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peterson of FuUerton, Nebr., announce the engagement of their daughter, Janice Rae, to Dr. Harris Alan Frankel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Frankel. Dr. Peterson and Dr. Frankel both received their medical degrees from the University 6f Nebraska College of Medicine this past May. The couple plans a June 20 wedding in Omaha.

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Hazzan Bob Shapiro, former cantor of Beth El Syn-' agogiie of Omaha, is planning his 10th congregational tour to Israel in early December. The Shapiros, who now reside in Randolph, Mass., just outside Boston, invite their friends who shared Israel with them in past years to travel to Israel with them and their group. Interested persons may contact them at (617) 986-4339.

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Parashat Mattot, Parasha^ Mas-ei In our troubled times Sabbath) saw Babylonia as there is a standoff between the pimishing arm of God the two great nuclear pow- against backsliding Judah. ers; for there is a balance of And Deutero-Isaiah (in the terror: Each has enough Haftarah, "Nahamu," two power to wipe the other off weeks hence) was enthralled the face of the earth, even at the idea of Cyrus of Perafter a disastrous first sia's conquest of the whole of the Middle East: It was strike. Only a couple of genera- God's way of permitting extions ago the question was. iled Judeans to return Who has the greatest fire- home! What shall we say bf this power? The Nazis launched their war of world domi- "philosophy of history," nation when they thought which seems to us to be that their firepower, their outrageously naive, and in well-greased military ma- some ways even wicked. chine, was unmatched and (Eichmann's German attorney at the trial in Jerusalem unstoppable. Today there is no such actually suggested that acquestion. History moves cording to this prophetic apnot by naked power nor by proach it was possible to the control of the means of say that Eichmann was the production of goods. The Lord's agent in punishing forces of history are much the Jewish people for more complicated than mere infidelity!) But about this philosophy firqwwer. A war of ideology is involved, as well as a war of history we may at least • of the ability to pulverize say this: It worked. Ancient Israelites who were conlands and people. This reflection comes to quered and exiled did not me as we end the Book of say, The Lord was too weak Numbers and approach the to protect us. Instead, with reading of the Book of Isaiah's and Jeremiah's Deuteronomy. Its first earnest preachings dinned Sidrah is accompanied by into them, they said, How "Hazon," the third in a powerful is our God, that series of three special Haf- He uses these great nations tarot, the second of which is as His tools! And they bebefore us this Sabbath. The came more faithful, not less. three are meant to focus our And there is also this: In attention on Tisha B'Av, the long nm (but only in the and on the shortcomings of long run) it is true that a naIsrael that led to destruc- tion's fidelity to its best insights and highest values is tion, destruction -twice. Oiu" ancestors seemed to the basis of its stability. be able to overlook the Jug- And, to the contrary, a willgernaut armies of mighty ingness to give up values empires, empires which and important spiritual incrushed them. Oblivious to sights undermines the nathe fact that Assyria, and in tional moral strength, weakits turn Babylonia, and in ens all its fibers, and softens its turn Persia swept away the people for defeat and the resistance of dozens of disaster. little "nations," they interBut whether we can acpreted these military cam- cept the prophets' approach paigns as agents of the to history or not, we ought Lord's interest in Judah and to listen to them carefuUy. Israeh shall they be pun- They have given us the stuff, spiritual and mental, ished or rewarded? This was actually the phi- that makes it possible for us losophy of history of Isaiah, to be moral, ethical human Jeremiah and Deutero- beings. Isaiah. These were not naive men nor blind visionaries. LAWNMOWERS These were astute students Sales—Satvtoe—Parts of history—and of religion. TORO-LAWNBOY-BOLLENS Isaiah (next week's Haftarah) interpreted Assyria's MILLARD power as God's whip of SMAa ENGINE 4935 South 130 S8S-4122 anger. Jeremiah (last week's Haftarah and our own, this

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A touch of Israel comes to Omaha By David M. Cohen This article includes opinion At twenty-three years old. he has come to a foreign country to teach culture and give insight into his homeland. He is Noam Ben-Ozer, currently in Omaha working for Camp Chaverim at the Jewish Community Center. And his home is a kibbutz, five miles from Cesaria in Israel. "It's situated half-way between Haifa and Tel Aviv," he says for those unfamiliar with Cesaria. Ben-Ozer is part of a program of the Jewish Agency and Jewish Community Centers around the United States. After answering an advertisement in a newspaper looking for people interested in coming to the U.S. to act as cultural liaisons, Ben-Ozer landed Omaha as an assignment. "I'm not a professional camp counselor," he says. "I'm more of a cultural professional." Not only does he play the guitar and help with musical activities at the camp, he is also tremendously enthusiastic about Israel and enjoys telling his campers about his homeland. One of the ways he accomplished this was to take them on a simulated flight on an El Al jet to Israel. After his six weeks at the camp are completed, at the end of July, Ben-Ozer would like to travel around the U.S. And although this is his first time in the States, it is not his first time in a foreiign land. Like most Israeli youth, Ben-Ozer began his required military service after completion of high school. This was in

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Don't you think the greeting card industry is right up there with the most successful of all business ideas? Every time I stand before a display and scan the cards looking for a particular sentiment, I have to marvel at the assortment. 1 admit I can stand for an unreasonably long time and be more than amused, but I also admit I have a hard time making choices. For that reason, I always end up buying more than one, and also for that reason, I have my own inventory of cards at home. 1 find it more than just convenient to open up my desk drawer and make a selection when I'm reminded of a birthday or anniversary that needs acknowlegement. I try to keep a really good assortment covering serious as well as comic occasions, and pride myself on having what I need precisely when I need it. Ok. So much for my management skills. Imagine my surprise the other day when somebody mentioned the birthday of a favorite uncle ... the day had come and gone and I had overlooked it. I went straight for my private stock (hmnun, I wonder how much Hallmark stock costs?) and was astonished as well as disgusted when I found I didn't have even one card to mark "a belated birthday." How could that be? I can, with a minute's search, find something to note getwell wishes, happy birthday or anniversary, bon voyage, mazeltov on the new baby (or grandbaby), good luck in your new house/job/city or what have you; when it is necessary to offer condolences I can cover that. But not a single "belated wishes" card. Do you suppose it's because having all the others should preclude the necessity for late wishes? Actually, that makes sense, but that supposes that I always remember to send the message when I should. I don't ALWAYS remember, however. I don't know exactly where that leaves me. Well, I DO know, but it doesn't change anything. I don't always remember exactly everything I should. My family and friends are amused at my way of remembering to serve everything I prepare for a big dinner. I have my own method, which includes both having serving dishes handy and putting a slip of paper on each saying exactly WHAT food to put where. I know that sounds silly, but if you had ever spent a lot of time and effort preparing something delicious and then found it in the oven when you were cleaning up after the party, you could relate. I think of it as being well-organized. Actually, it's no different from having notes stuck here and there to remind me of appointments, etc. And I have those, too. Maybe ,: that's what I need to do... write myself a note that says "buy cards for occasions I forgot." I'll give it a shot and . let you know how it works.

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Kids, Inc. expands Kids, Inc., a provider of classes, consultation services and counseling for families, children and professionals, has moved to larger offices to accommodate an increase in staff and services. Kids is now located at 12131 West Center Eoad, Suite B, in the Westwood Plaza Shopping Center. Kids opened for business on Jan. 2, 1986, to provide services to families, teachers, organizations, churches, elementary schools, physicians, preschools and daycare centers in Southwest Omaha. During the past six months Kids has expanded to oilet classes, consultations and counseling within the Omaha city limits.

Elkhom, Bellevue, Papillion, and Ralston. AUan M. Gonsher, MSW, ACSW, is the founder and President of Kids, Inc. Additional staff members include Ellie Furst, part tiine therapist and teacher; Drs. Manju Hapke and Gary Lemer, medical staff; Dr. Paul Fine and Sherry Elliott, consultants; and Ellen Gordman, marketing consultant. The Kids teachers are June Asper, Mary Ellen Christ, Sandra Christopherson, Peggy Eltiste, Tim Fickenscher, Jody Goldstein, Leslie Greenwald, Ann Matzke,' Jessie RasmuBsen, Rose Roberts, Fran Rod, Joyce Swanson and Nancy Thompson.

198L As the year continued, PLO units hiding in southern Lebanon continued to attack settlements and villages in northern Israel. As Ben-Ozer says, "The major feelkig in Israel was that we couldn't take it any more and something must be done. There was a consensus that something had to be done." That "something" was a full-fledged invasion of the southern part of Lebanon by Israel. A member of the invading Israel Defense Force was 19-year-old Ben-Ozer. "The war was not a surprise and it only was the kind of shock that any war is to any person." Ben-Ozer fought with an infantry unit in the western part of Lebanon. In fact, he mentions that he was in Beirut. "A beautiful city," he comments. "But not a happy one." For youth growing up in the snug, comfortable community of Omaha, it is difficult to imagine the cold, terrifying reaUty of going to war and laying your life on the line. But, says Ben-Ozer, in Israel it is easier to accept such a situation. "When you grow up in an atmosphere that prepares you and makes you ready to go to war, it comes differently than it comes to a person in Omaha." There was, Ben-Ozer says, some small dissent about what kind of military action was the correct answer to the problem, but, he adds with a smile, "In this area, you don't speak and have people convinced by words." As the Israeli forces spent more and more time in Lebanon, however, public opinion in Israel began to call for the withdrawal of forces. "I would say that 99 per cent of the population resists any holding of Lebanese territory that is not for security purposes." Many in the American media and elsewhere have likened Israel's invasion of Lebanon to U.S. actions in Viet Nam. According to Ben-Ozer, that is an inappropriate comparison. "There was a very serious threat to our lives. We weren't there to raise our influence." However, he adds, like the U.S. in Viet Nam, Israel was not prepared for the long-term results of the invasion and the reactions of the country's many political factions. Among Israel's current problems is the fact that immigration is slowing and emigration is on the rise. And as if the Lebanon war wasn't taxing enough on the small country, record inflation has wreaked havocon the Israeli economy. But would Ben-Ozer ever think of leaving for an easier lifestyle? "No way! Although life is good in the U.S., there are certain things I would never give up for a better material life." Ben-Ozer talks of the special feeling in Israel on Friday evenings. "You can feel it in the streets," he says. But what of all the problems in the tiny country? "It makes life much more interesting," he laughs. "I wouldn't want it any other way!" And as he lives in the homes of different families in the Omaha Jewish community during his stay, he wants to say thanks. "Just thank every on* for their hdp and their warm hospitality. I've been very impressed."

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thai a new parent receive a susceptible to layoffs. LowBy Judith Kohn WASHINGTON (JTA) - salary while on leave. But income women are often the "It's not easy to be a Jewish it goes further than the ex- hardest hit. Na'amat's day care, eduwoman," says Gloria Elbl- isting Israeli law by extendcational and job training ing, president of Na'amat ing the right to fathers. Together with Na'amat, programs for disadvantaged USA. "There are just so the Israeli sister organiza- families are aimed at enmany fronts to man." From running day care tion of Na'amat USA, the couraging women to acquire centers to rehabilitating sixty-year-old movement needed skills for the job women prisoners; from has pursued similar legisla- market while providing thp lobbying for women's legal tion in Israel, not only with needed services for working rights to absorbing Ethio- regard to parental leave, but mothers. The organization pian olim; from operating concerning other contro- runs a network of 760 day vocational schools to versial issues such as abor- nursery classes for 20,000 "counseling victims of vio- tion rights and the estab- children in cities, developlence in the home — lishment of family courts ment towns, moshavim and Na'amat has been manning that would have jurisdiction Arab and Druze towns and The Omaha Magic Theamore fronts than the most over aspects of family law villages. Its day care centers tre is the recipient of two imaginative military stra- currently in the hands of are serving some 800 Ethio- grant awards—one from the pian children. religious authorities. Union Pacific Foundation tegist could contemplate. As to which of the two ."We can't afford the luxand the other from the Enron Foundation-Omaha for ury of not finding the room countries — Israel or the to support Israel, to support United States - has proved Phase II of the theatre's Jewish education, to sup more fertile ground for the technical advancement projport Jews in distress," said women's movement, Elblect, it was announced. Naomi Mitchell, daughter Elbling, who was here from ing observed that Israel is These grants in combinaPittsburgh for the organiza- "ahead of the U.S. in of Evelyn and Stanley tion with donations from tion's recently concluded maternity leave, certainly, Mitchell, recently received area corporations and indibi-annual Board of Direct- and they are ahead in day her degree from the Medill viduals will help fund the care." But much of the re- School of Journalism at purchase of new seating for ors meeting. As a movement for maining issues, she noted, Northwestern University in the 19-year-old professional women committed to the are blocked by hard-to- Evanston, 111. During this theater according to artistic time she served two intern- director, Jo Ann Schmid- . Labor Zionist tradition, shake mindsets. "At first women really ships-one at the Telegraph aman. "We are planning to Na'amat USA, formerly Pioneer Women/Na'amat, fought to become equals Herald of Dubuque, Iowa, have the new seating in-' has pursued legislation pro- with the men in developing and another at the National stalled for the premiere of a tecting women and family the country, and then, I Textbook Company of Lin- new giant-scale environmenlife both here and in Israd. would say, little by little, cohiwood. III. This Septem- tal piece we are working on Most recently, it has been they went back into their ber she will enter the gradu- with William Farmer, Sea of pushing for passage of a bill traditional jobs and posi- ate Corporate Public Rela- Forms." tions program at Medill. that would require Amer- tions," Elbling observed. Women are being especWhile an undergraduate ican employers to grant unReunion paid "parental leave" to ially hard-hit by budget- Ms. Mitchell served as preseither mother or father of a cutting policies in bojth the ident of her dormitory, an The Omaha Tech High newly-born, newly-adopted U.S. and Israel, she said, officer of the Northwestern since they often are more Hillel group, and business School Class of 1925 is or seriously ill child. . Paid maternity leave in concentrated in lower level manager of the Hillel Ko- holding its sixty-first reunion the week end of Israel is mandatory, Elbling positions which are more sher Co-op. 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Jewish Hockey League dreams of the big time By Bonnie Block Skates grimace. Sounds and lights are intense and bounce around in every direction. Gates clang shut. Ice shavings shower anyone who gets too close. The air is fiUe^ with enthusiasm and victory... yet in three months no score has been posted. The Jewish Hockey League is 0.0. "We don't keep score yet," explained acting captain, Dr. Steven Denenberg, "but we're learning and trying to follow more and more rules as the weeks go by." Dr. Denenberg said that he and his friend Larry Marcus got the idea of getting "some guys together to play ice hockey" last December when the two were skating for fun. "And now the week is six days and twenty-three hours long," Dr. Denenberg said- "All 26-30 of us mark time bom the end of one practice game to the beginning of the next. We haven't missed a week since we began in March," he added. "Most of ufi know very little about ice hockey, and less about putting it into action," Dr. Denenberg confessed. "But we are getting better... I guess because the game is almost too much fun." "We are not really a league," Dr. Denenberg explained. "In fact, we are not good enough to be in any of the leagues in town, but we have enough people to form two teams with subs and we're getting better," he emphadzed again. "We play each other." "I, for one, was not a very good skater when we began," Dr. Denenberg contin-

ued. "But we did a little investigating, and with the help of Larry Homstein, owner of the Stick Shack, we found out about equipment, rules, where and how to rent an ice rink... everything." And "everything" includes a four-foot long gym bag which contains 13 different pieces of equipment (some doubled, e.g., gloves, knee and thigh pads, elbow pads, etc.). In addition, each player is fitted for his or her hockey stick. "With'one nurse and six doctors on our teams, maximum physical protection was given," Dr. Denenberg smiled. "And you really need it all," he quickly added, "even though it takes 16 minutes to put on all that plastic (padding)." "According to Dr. Denenberg, everyone buys his or ' her own equipment except for the goahes, who are borrowed from other leagues and already have what they need. ' 'We need that experience in the goal," Dr. Denenberg said. "They (the goalies) say we are almost hardef to defend against than players in their leagues," he bragged. "Because we are still so unpredictable," he humbled. "At first it was hard enough to skate and hit the puck at the same time," Dr. Denenberg added. "Now we're begiiming to understand why certain rules were made and we're trying to follow them." "We have doctors, financial consultants, computer . programmers and three women on our teams," Denenberg said. "Even though

we are calling ourselves the Jewish Hockey League, you do not have to be Jewish to join ... just not too good," he added with a smile. When practice time approaches every Tuesday night, each J.H.L. member hears the mar of the crowd celebrating their Stanley Cup victory. At least, amidst the clanging and bumping, and spraying and poking, is the camaraderie of a world class team. That's why they chose the 'Montreal Canadians' jerseys for their own. "We felt it was only appropriate," J)r. Denenberg said. "We're going to be good. Someday we may even start to keep score. Right now we're good ente^ tainment. "Enthusiastic practice is our long suit," Dr. DenenbdFg concluded. "But I wasn't kidding about the week being six days and twenty-three hours long," .he said with animation. "Our next game is only four days and six hours away." The J.H.L. meets every Tuesday night at Hitchcock Park Ice Rink, 45th and P Streets. The public i« invited. The team members include: Marge Androwsky, Fritz Angle, Steve Blumkin,' Irv Blumkin, Ron Blumkin, Debbie Denenberg, Ronnie Finkel, Rob Foldes, Harris Frankel, Alan Friedman, Mike Goldstein, Tom Jenkins, Fred Kader, Bob Kahn. Stewart Kahn, Bill Kennedy, Bruce Klein, Tim Loker, Karen Loret, Todd Manvitz, Larry Marcus, John Meyers, Gary^Nachman, Jeff Newman, Jeff Platt, Chuck Resnichek, Jerry Schneider, Keith Wagner and Tim Zweiback.

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David Grossman, author, editor and radio broadcaster for the Voice of Israel married Ruti, Aunt Itka came to the wedding wearing a band-aid on her wrist. That way she covered the number engraved on her vvrist, because she didn't want to overshadow the joy. And I, my heart was crushed from sorrow and mercy for her, and for what she went through when she decided to do so. That whole evening I couldn't take my eyes off her wrist. I felt as if there, under the small and clean bandaid, she had a deep abyss, that was sucking in all of us, the festive hall, the guests, the happiness, me." "Look Under: 'Love' " is Grossman's fourth book and second novel. He has also written a book of short stories, a children's book and a novel about Israeli military rule in the the territories called "The Smile of the Lamb." The novel has been translated into German and Arabic, and a~ prizewinning Hebrew movie was based on it. "Look Under: 'Love' " is now being trans-

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the reader the feeling that he is walking through a maze, albeit sure-footedly, without losing the path that will show him the way out. As we walk through the maze, hoping to reach its core, we realize we are not „ moving any closer; there is no «(xplanation to what is happening, no ultimate answer, only clues, pieces of a puzzle working together to create a senseless tragedy. We explore the soul of a Nazi officer and discover that being a loyal party member is what gives meaning to his life. We see how victims deceive each other as to their fate, rather than confronting the fact that they are to die. And we follow the adventures of the aging survivors of a group of heroic children—all bom in the imagination of Anshel Wasserman, the story-teller-who chose to spend the war in the Warsaw Zoo,,^ rather than facing the cruelty of the human animals outside it. "I wanted to touch the subject from a variety of meaningful aspects," said Grossman. "One way was not enough. I wanted them all. The murderer and the victiro. The person who is blind to suffering and the one who is exposed to suffering. And Bmno, the man who is the essence of creativity and sensuality." After he finished the book, Grossman was sent on a lecture tour to the USA by the World Zionist Organization. It was his first time in the USA and it was an eye-opener to him. "I had never before grasped the meaning of the tie between Israel and the Diaspora, and our mutual commitment," he said. "I hadn't understood how important we were to them, how everything we do here effects them." The most impressive discovery to him was that there were Jews who were religious, but not Orthodox. He had heard of such a thing before, but had never seen it in Israel. He looks bitterly at the way he had been conditioned: "Here I only knew Orthodox Jews, who made people like me hate religion. They made it their property.'

lated into several languages, the English version being published by Random House. Success came swiftly to Grossman, so swiftly that he says he feels a need to apologize. The first story he ever wrote, four years ago, led to a contract for a whole book of short stories. From there the road was paved. Meanwhile, Grossman has been making a living as a radio broadcaster and editor, which has helped him a great deal in his writing. "If you try to broadcast for everyone, you reach no one," he said. "Only if you broadcast for yourself are you credible. I write for myself. Who else could I write for?" Grossman says that writing about the Holocaust helped him deal with it but "there is no relief," he said. "A million books have been written and will be written and there is no relief." The intricate structure of "Look Under: 'Love'," with a story inside a story, gives

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On July 14, many friends from Lincoln joined record numbers of residents for a combined Older Adult Program, and many of the folks cheered the Omaha Royals to victory at the July 13th game. Many thanks to Yale Halperin for getting tickets 80 they could sit right behind home plate, sipping beer and enjoying the whole spectacle. Georgia Ostrow pays "house calls" with her manicure cart, ducking into residents' rooms to buff and chat. We are now one manicurist short and need your help. If you can polish your own nails, you can do this, no experience necessary. The pay may be terrible (none) but you'll more than make up for it in many ways. Call 330-4272 for information from Sharon. The day is Thursday, and supplies are provided. The LOVE program not only supplies the many volunteers who contribute their valuable time to the Home, but it also funds the many programs available to the resident?. The piano was just tuned, thanks to LOVE, and the expenses of the ceramics, senior shape-up, rhythm classes, water color classes and horticulture program. We also maintain a large aquariimi in the Lounge, fund the mini-concerts every year and make sure the refreshments are there for the many parties throughout the year. We also keep the residents in pin money from the Bingo and Pokeno games

The life and career of Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch (Henry) Grodzinsky will be the topic of Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum's lecture at 2 p.m. on played three days a week. Aug. 10 at the Jewish ComWe all ought to pat ourmunity Center under the selves on the back for all the sponsorship of the Netalent and services we probraska Jewish Historical vide to the elderly. Society., Our newest volunteer is This wiU be the last preNancy Robinson, comsentation of historical remuting all the way from search by Rabbi RosenRed Oak to teach the class baum before leaving Omaha in painting that was forwith his family for Hartmerly taught by Ricklie ford, Conn., where he will be Hoyt on Friday mornings. associated with the UniverIf you would like to help out sity of Hartford. During his .with this class, we could cer10 years in Omaha, Rabbi tainly use you. Rosenbaum has served as Unbeknownst to any of executive director of the us, Channel 3 broadcast our , Bureau of Jewish Education Sing-a-Long taped in June and associate professor of on July 20. We hope that Jewish Studies at the Unimany of you saw it as it versity of Nebraska at really featured our long- Omaha. standing vdunteer Lee Jane In his lecture Rabbi RoParsow, and several of our senbaum will summarize reresidents happily singing cent research which he comthe old songs. They forgot pleted, together with Rabbi to notify us when it was to Myron Wakschlag, on Grodbe shown, but we forgive zinsky who served as chief them... it was great tree rabbi of Omaha's Orthodox publicity and a deserving community from his arrival honor. in Omaha in 1891 until his Congratulations to Ra- death in 1947. He was the active spirichael Beeson on celebrating her 97th birthday, and to tual leader of several OrthoLou and Ann Ellis, who just Professional passed their 63rd wedding RESUME anniversary. 42nd and Center Streets Our newesir resident is Phone 345-2425 Harry Freed, who always Overnight wearS) a smile and we're Visa & Mastercard Avaiiable happy to have him join us at the Blumkin Home. Ricklie Hoyt would like very much to solve a mystery. She received an anonymous gift of a "How to Draw" book, which she finds invaluable. She would like to thank whoever gave it to her, so please 'fess up. It would make her feel ever so much better.

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serving its Black majority, but as second class, or subservient, citizens. "I believe as you do in the God of Abraham," Buthelezi declared, "and I believe that we are all creatures of His creation. The Jewish people may not be in a position to know the extent to which the Black people identify their situation in South Africa with that of the Israelites in biblical Egypt, the land of bondage. We often hear Blacks ask, 'When are.we going to get out of Egypt?'" Buthelezi's friendship for Israel is music to the ears of many South African Jewish leaders, who have grown increasingly concerned over the prospects of an ultimate ANC victory and the establishment of a pro-Soviet regime. Zionist Federation chairman Mocke Friedman has said that the Zulu leader "illustrates statesmanship, peaceful change, conciliation, the rejection of violence and discrimination." "Buthelezi is a moderate with millions of followers, and as such, he holds one of the keys to a longterm political solution of South Africa's problems," says the president of both the South African Board of Jewish Deputies and South African B'nai B'rith, Dr. I. Abramowitz. "His problem is that he's seen as sending signals out to whites that he is prepared for gradual change. "That is not acceptable to many Blacks in the climate we face today."

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