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Taba solution seen as opening to talks
SHOAH
Shown in the center of this photograph ia Simon Srebnicic, gurvivor of Chelmno, meeting with Polish residents of Chelmno 40 years later. Srebnik is one of many survivors featured in SHOAH, an award-winning documentary film which will be shown in Omaha Sept. 7-14. CaU the JCC, 334-8200 for faiformation.
Temple Sisterhoods plan regional convention dN^effe^ By Claudia Sherman y^JlHxndinately 100 delegatea to the 36th Biennial Convention of District No. 20 of the Natiooal Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (NFTS) are expected in Omaha Sqit. 19-21. Dele^tes represent six states, 21 Reform omgregatioiis and 4,400 Sisterhood members, ilie theme of the convention is "Women of RefcHm Judaism: Values and Issues.'' Delegates will meet for workshops and other sessions at the Red Lion Inn. NFTS bands together more than 100,000 Jewish women in 600 Sistariioods throughout the United States and Canada as well as 13 other countries. NFTS, the women's agency of the Union of American Hebrew Coogngetions (UAHQ, oentnl body of Reform Judaism in this country and Canada, ia affiUtted with tha Worid Union for Prognaatve JtMUnn and mvports the Hebrew Union Collage—Jewish Institute of Religion. Jane Brooks, a member of Temple Israel Sisterhood since coming to Omaha in 1962, ia emnntty president of District No. 20 and will be ptesidiDg over the convention. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of NFTS throu^ 1987. Previously she was
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TEL AVIV-Nuclear physicist Edward Teller, in Israel during late May for a weeklong visit, has advised Israel to build an electricity-produdng nuclear reactor tinderground. He claims that such a procedure would eliminate the possibilities of seizure or attacks by terrorists and the danger of environmental fallout. Teller, who said that no underground reactors yet exist in the world, advocates them as a realistic and safe possibility, partic^htAjt^vaA, where there is a low water table, ensuring that there would be no danger to water supplies in case of an accident. Prof. Teller was in Israel attending a board of governors' meeting at Tel Aviv University. He is attempting to raise funds for the university's department of nuclear medicine and heart research at the Biotechnical Institutions.
WASHINGTON (JTA)-A senior State Department official predicted that there will be a summit meeting between Israeli Premier Shimon Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak once the agreement for arbitrating the Taba dispute is signed. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, also said he expected the signing to lead to the "immediate return" of the Egyptian Ambassador to Israel. His predictions were made to the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East as he described the results of Vice President George Bush's recent 10-day trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Murphy, who accompanied Buah, remained for another week in the Mideast to work with the Israehs and Egyptians on the Taba dispute. He said he expected the agreement on arbitration for the strip of land on the Gulf of Aqaba to be signed in about two or three weeks. He noted that the Israeli Inner Cabinet has approved the agreement and he said he expects the Egjrptian Cabinet to do 80 too shortly. The two-to-three-week period is needed for the two issues unsettled when Israel and Egypt agreed on arbitration. Murphy said one was the selection of three names from a Bst of 30 InteftiationBt arbitrators sop" plied by the United States and the other
was the work on the ground to stake out the disputed area. Egypt has maintained that Israel should have included Taba when the Sinai was returned by Israel as part of the EgyptianIsraeli peace agreement. The area irdM by Israel as a resort. ,<^ Murphy said that the agreement f^jnll serve not only to bring back Egypt's Ambassador to Israel, removed after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, but to imprave overall relations between the twocoCOttries. He said that improving the bilat^iiil.relations between the two countries QMid"help spur efforts" for the overall Mid^t peace process. When Rep. Lee Hamilton (D.''<Ind.|, the subconuiittee's chairman, aske^ what was the next step in the peace proems. Murphy indicated that the U.S. wasreoncentrating on Egyptian-Isradi relationa. He noted that Bush's trip was designed not only to move the peace process forwarti but to discuss bilateral issues with the three countries involved. But, Rep. Tom Lantos (D.-Calif.) said the news reports about Bush's trip were "embarrassing." He said the trip's purpose seemed to be to provide "photo opportunities" for the Vice President. But Murphy replied that Bush had "very serious, very intmsive talks" in Uw three cenntries he visited. "I woiiUtaB them pirodnctivef" he said.
Israel Bonds plans honors for women
^ JaneBrooka adminiatrative vice presidoit as well as parliamentarian of District No. 20. Currently, Mrs. Brooks ia serving on the Board of Directors of the Jewiah Federation of Omaha. She is also on the Board of Directors of Friends of Planned Parenthood and is a member of both the North American Board, World Union for Progressive Judaism, and the Omaha Section, National Council of Jewish Women. Mrs. Brodu has been a volunteer with the Bureau for the Aging, the Nebraska Religious Coalition for Abwtion Rj{|^ts, the Jewish Community Center for which she served as president of the Board of Directors, the Omaha Chamber of Conmerce, the Omaha City Charter Review Committee, the Omalia Fair Eniilqyment Practices Committee, president and a founder of Eastern Nebraska Mental Health Assn., Omaha Volunteer Bureau, various committees of United Community Services, the Advisory Committee of the Governor's LongRange Plan for Mental Health hi Nebraska, and Campfire Girls. Along with acting as an adviaor and director of the Temple larad youth group in 1968-71, Mrs. Brooks has been a volunteer group worker for the Nebraska Psychiatric Inattoite, and a rtUgioua Bchool teacher. In 1971, ehe wn Ok* rac^iiant of the B'nai B'rith WouMo'e Otlaanahip Award.
By Patricia Newman Israel Bonds Pnblidty Omaha women who have purchased Israel Bonds each consecutive year since 1980 through Women's Division of Israel Bonds are to be honored at the State of Israel Bonds Women's luncheon on Sept. 17 at the J.C.C. These women will be awarded certificates of appreciation for their commitment to Israel Bonds. The awards will be presented by Carol Parsow, chairperson, and Julee Katzmaim, assistant chairperson, of the Women's Israel Bond Drive. Women to be honored are: Rose Blumkin, Marcia Cohen, Merriam Cooperman, Jean Duitch, Ethel Edgar, Etta Epstein, Rosa-
line Epstein, Frieda Erman, Freda Feinberg, Mary FeUman, Esther Fox, Dorothy Freiden, Esther Gordman, Lena Grossman, Use Kahn, Jeri Kaplan, Anne Katzman, Julee Katzman, Maxine Kirshenbaum, Frieda Kolm, Cheryl Kricsfeld, Florence Kricsfeld, Sara Landsman, Ann Margolin, Jean Marshall, Jeanette Nadoff, Rita Novak, Ramona Pepper, Frances Plptkin, Jennie Richman, Dorothy Riekes, Sylivia Ross, Phyllis Schwartz, Danita Shrago, Helen Shrago, Sarah Shrago, Maxine Simons, Shu-ley Wagner, Sylvia Wagner and Sid Wintroub. Invitations have been mailed and reservations can be made through the Israel Bond office by calling 341-1177.
Chips 'n things Alex Wolfson (left) Zack Gonsher (center) and Yoni Drazen try the chips and other ?;oodie8 at the annual family barbecue of the Jewish Day School Sunday. More than 00 parents and diihlren attended. School opened Tuesday with 34 cUhbcn enrolled.