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26 ChMvan, 5747 Friday, NovMnbw 28,1986
Federation Campaign readies two million dollars
By Steven J. Rod, E Executive Vice President Jewish Federation of Omaha
The 1986 Federation Campaign reached the two million dollar level for the first time in regular Campaign history last week. The as yet unfinished 1986 Campaign reached a total of $2,002,560 in pledges to date. (Our ultimate goal is $2,020,000, based on known outstanding commitments for 1986.)
At the same tune, the 1987 Campaign is well underway wiUi initial gifts in the Men's Division averaging 17 per cent increases over their 1986 commitments. This is a very exciting moment in the Omaha Jewish Federation's history, as it may mean our ability to begin to realize the funding of a number of unmet needs and services. The 1986 Campaign leadership of Men's Co-chairmen Tpm Fellman and Howard Kooper and Women's Chairman Nancy
Chai/Grand Gifts tops 1986 pledge The Women's Division of the annual Jewish Federation Campaign announced pledges of $241,150 from its Chai/Grand Gifts Division, representing an increase of $10,700 over 1986. Joan Lehr, chairman. Women's Division, announced the result during the Chai/Grand Gifts Luncheon Nov. 20 at the Cloud Room of the Peter Kiewit Plaza A total of 70 Division members attended. Mrs. Lehr also reported that the Division had increased from 81 members in
1986 to 94 women at present. She said Chat the Chai/Grand Gifts Division had raised $230,450 in 1986 and that the total 1986 pledge of the Women's Division was $419,000. Bert Lewis, vice-chairman of the Women's Division introduced guest speaker Fran Lebowitz and Beverly Seldin served as luncheon chairman and hostess. Ellen Gordman, Chai/Grand Gifts chairman, welcomed the guests. A photo page of the luncheon appears on page 12.
Greenberg and Co<hairman Joan Lehr have enabled us to attain this landmark achievement. When I called Howard Kooper to inform him of this news, he responded that it was "only through the e^orts of the dozens of Campaign volunteers that we reached this landmark goal." With the exception of 1974, when the Yom Kippur War brought out emergency donations in excess of three million dollars, our Ctunpaign has strived almost 10 years toward this significant goal of two million dollars. The enthusiastic leadership of our 1986 chairmen and their many, many volunteer workers have made this success possible. As a result of not reaching this goal for the past three years, we have been unable to meet the basic program and service needs of our local Federation agencies. In fact, the Federation has been forced to use a regressive budgeting policy: For 1987, the Budget and Allocations Committee, anticipating the two million dollars, allocated the same amount of dollars to our Federation agencies as they did in 1986. This allocation comes after two years
of aUocations to the agencies of only 95 p«cent of the dollars they received the previous year. This has meant a holding-the-line and some 9UtbackB of our programs for three years. The Committee has reconunended to the Federation Board a 1987 budget which is still a hold-the-line budget, as there are still many programs and services within our agencies which 'eie underfunded and/or 'onhold' at the current time. We are fortunate that some of these programs and services are being considered as possible projects by the Federation's Foundation, but this will take a number of years of devel(^ment at this point. (A gift in perpetuity to the Foundation answers the future funding of the endowed program or service in the donor's name.) Our only immediate solution is a successful 1987 Federation Campaign. The community wiU have an opportunity to thank Tom Fellman, Howard Kooper, Nancy Greenberg and Joan Lehr for their dynamic and creative leadership of our 1986 Campaign at the Federation's Annual Meeting on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Book sale offers gift opportunities
photograph of a ehedv operated by the Orthodox community of Bndapest, Hungary, was takaa by Yak 8tr«m during a recant viait to 28 Eastern European conunnnitiea. Twelve of fifr. Strom's photos will be «i exhibit in the JCC gallery Dec. 2 through Jan. L
Yale Strom to perform, exhibit at JCC On Dec. 7, Yale Strom, a young musidan and etbnognQther who epeat six months living among and photographing the Jews who remain in 28 communities in Eastern Europe, wiQ share his journey with the Omaha Jewish community in music, slides and stories designed for young and old. The program, "From the Shtetls of Eastem Europe to the Subways of New York," includes a hot dog dinner in the JCC auditorium at 6 p.m. with Mr. Strom's perfor' mance following in the theater at 6:45 p.m. Reservations are required for the dinner and must be made to Lois Wine at the JCC by Dec. 1. The cost of the dinner is $2 per person. The program, in celebration of Jewish Book Month, is sponsored by the JCC art committee, the Jewish Cultural Arts Coun»cil, the Federation Library and Hadassah.
Mr. Strom and friend, Brian Blue, took some 6,000 photographs recording Jewish survival in Eastern Europe 40 years after the Holocaust. The photographs are the foundation of a documentary book A Tree Still Stands: The Last Jews of Eastern Europe and an exhibit opening this month at the SpertuB Museum of Judaica in Chicago. Twelve of the photographs from that exhibit will be on display in the JCC gallery from Dec. 2-Jan. 1. Signed, limited edition prints of the photogri^hs may be purchased through the JCC gallery. The book and a calendar of Mr. Strom's documentary photographs will be included in the Library's book sale. For more information contact Evy Katz, Visual Arts Director 334-8200, ext. 232.
Jewish Book Month has become a widely obaerved date on the calendar of Norih American Jewry, with Jewish community centers, sjrnagogues, schools, and Ubraries staging Jewish Book Fairs and other programs to focus attention on the latest books of Jewish intwest. In Omaha, the Jewish Federation Library will hold its 13th annual Jewish Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center, Dec. 3-28. Books, puzzles, games and cassettes depicting aspects of Jewish culture and life will be available for all age groups. Included in the sale this year are some children's books that have just been published. There are thick-sided books for the very young reader which introduce the holidays: Let's Shop for Yom Tov, It's Chanukah; It's Rosh Haahanah, etc. The book sale also includes books on Jewish customs and festivals. Cookbooks, pq>ular gifts for Hanukkah, and holiday codde cutters are available as well. The book sale will run bom Dec. 3-28, 10.a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
500 reservations The American Heritage Award Dinner, in tribute to Union Paidfic's John C. Kenefick, has received nearly 600 reservations, according to Jeffrey Y. Santis, director. Plains States Region, AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith. The dinner is scheduled for Dec. 2 at Peony Park. Reservations can still be made with the ADL office 333-1303.
JEWISH BOOK MONTH November 27-Oeceniber 27. 1986 . 25 Cheehvan-2S Kislev 5747
Jewish Book Fair Calendar of Events Wednesday, Doc. 3—Women's Conununity Luncheon, noon—Speaker: Myra Chanin—"From Balabusta to Entrqirenair to Television Personality." Sunday, Dec. 7—Bible Qiiiz Contest, 3 p.m.; Children's Activities, 3:30-5:30 Story Hour, Hanukkah crafts, video presentation; Family Dinner, 6 p.m. Yale Strom, 6:45 p.no. "Klezmer Music: from the shtetls of Eastem Europe to the subways of New York," a multi-media presentation. Sunday, Dep. 14—Community Lecture/Reception, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Martin Gilbert—"Soviet Jewry; Crisis Now."
Bush avows US-Israeli interdependence Addressing the closing plenary session of By Murray Znckoff cago (JTA) — Vice President George the 65th General Assembly of the Council Bush declared here Nov. 15 that the US and of Jewish Federations, Bush told 3,000 JewIsrael "are imited in a long alliance dedi- ish communal leaders from North America cated to insuring not a begimiing but a con-, and abroad that this reaffinnation of the tinuation, not the creation of the State but mutual bQ^d needs to be repeated "as long its survival." The "sheer bottom line con- as Israel is surrounded by those who could sideration," he said, is that the US needs do her in." Israel's friends "have a moral responsiIsrael and Israel needs the US. "This mutual dependence is good, not bad," Bush bility to declare to the world unambiguously and unequivocally: Israel is our friend and stated. 'Jsm-'^if^SEL
ally," Bush said. The Vice President was frequently interrupted by applause as he talked about USIsrael relationB, the need "to be tough in the continued war on terrorism" and the ongoing effort of the US to press the Soviet Union about the rights of Soviet Jews. He emphasized that American support for Israel is unswerving. As an example, he noted the unremitting hostility against Israel in the UN by those
he termed "racists and bullies."' 'You would think that being the target of such obvious hostility, Israd would have been ejected from the UN by now," Bush said. "But of course, she hasn't, and the reason reminds us of how important it is for friends to make their friendship—and their intentionsclear." "Israel is still in the US," he said in a slip of the tonigue, which was greeted by laugh(Continaed on Page 3)
Jewish Pr*M
Nov. 26, 1M6
Book report contest
Hats on for Na'amat The local chapter of Na'amat USA constantly seeks new ways to publicize its organization and entice editors at the same time. In this photo, Dorothy Kaplan fleft) of the Federation Library, Lois Wine (center), membership secretary of the Jewish Community Center, and Ann Kibel Schwartz, JCC cultural and performing arts director, model some of the hats from the E>iith Rogert collection now on display at the JCC.
Remember when you went to Eilat on your last visit to Israel? You can relive that visit when "HeUo Jerusalem" offers an interesting tour of the southern-most tip of Israel this Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 7. The program repeats next Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. And if you haven't been to Israel, this segment will give you a good view of the tourism industry in this city of 20,000 inhabitants. Walter Zanger pursues his journey along the Jordan where the river runs into the Dead Sea. That is where Jericho is situated, where ancient civilization began. Among other interesting events chronicled is the recent Feast of Tabernacles gathering of 4,000 Christians from over 50 countries in Israel; and the past siunmer's three-month program for foreign students rebuilding old houses is Sfad.
Friendty Paces, Familiar Places
A book report contest will be sponsored by the Jewish Federation Library and Omaha's religious schools in recognition of Jewish Book Month which begins Nov. 27. The United Talmud Torah of Omaha, the Jewish Day School, Temple Israel and the Federation Library will sponsor the contest for first through eighth grade students. Books must be of Jewish content, and the reports submitted to the education directors of the respective schools. Forms for the book review may be obtained from the teachers or school directors at the synagogues or school
According to the announcement, prizes will be awarded in each grade level by a committee under the auspices of the Federation Library. WINERY RUINS JERUSALEM (JTA) Hebrew University archaeologists digging south of the Carmel range have uncovered the remains of a winery some 1,500 years old. It is located at Ramat Hanadiv, near the modem winery operated in Zichron Yaacov. No samples were found. Other discoveries in the region date from the Roman-Byzantine periods. They include a massive Ro-
Bible quiz attracts teens The public may attend the will go to the first, second Bible Quiz Contest for Jew- and third place winners, ish Youth sponsored by respectively. Comhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith. The contest will take place on Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. in Handel's music the Jewish Community Center theater. Bryan Atinsky, for Hanukkah Bert Cohen, Joshua Finkler, Cantor Harold Firestone Michelle Jaeger, Seth Kotok, Alan Kricsfeld, Renee has announced an addition Mitchell, Scott Muskin, to the Hanukkah concert Reggie Retmard, Ari Riekes, scheduled for Ten^ Israel Lisa Rosenberg, Michael ^n Dec. 14 at 4 p.m. Rosenblatt, David Schwalb, He said the Temple Israel and Mordy Schwartz will quari«t and the Myron Cohen String Quartet will perparticipate. The questions will be form excerpts from Judas based on the books of Gen- Maccabeus by George Fredesis and Jonah, and Com- erick Handel during the husker Lodge is offering hour-long concert. This selection w^ll be in prizes of $600, $300 and $200 to be applied toward addition to music already college tuition or toward a announced, said Cantor trip, to Israel These prizes Firestone.
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and hia people, with great courage and sense, made it dear that they need to preserve the peace with Israel King Husaein of Jordan continues hia tough and lonely seardi fer away to atart nagoUatkna-aiid this ia belpfol, and deaerving of our praiae. And the courage Shimon Peres showed when he met with King Hassan of Morocco—ia another cause for hope." In discussing terrorism, Bush said that one element in the fight against "this vi^ dousness and bloodlust" is to step up intelligence and analysia. He said that America's intelligence system "is the best ever. In the past year alone, we were able to stop 90 planned attacks against US ciUzens before tbey happened. But we can do better."
Peres appeals for 'civilized way' By Murray Zuckpff
CHICAGO (JTA) - An appeal to the Jewish people to avoid a split within its ranks over religious and secular issues was issued here by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. He urged that "a civilized way be found to deal with religious differences" that have become exacerbated in Israel and the United States. Addressing more than 3,000 Jewish leaders from North America and abroad at the 55th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations here, Peres said that Jewish life is marked by variations, with different strains and different beliefs between and among the religious and secular elements in Israel and the U.S. The variations, he said, do not worry him. But, he added, "I am worried about our unity. Let's be careful not to split. We are too small a people to become two or three people instead of one." Peres declared: "I call upon everybody, let's argue without hate; let's decide our positions and listen to one another, among your synagogues and between the religious Hid secular." ' The Fweign Minister's remarks were in keeping with the General Assembly theme of Klal Yisrael, the pursuit of unify in the midst of diversity and the coexistence of diversity for the sake of unity. His remarks were also made against a backdrop of disced and disharmony between the Orthodox on the one side and the Refocm and Consei^ vative movements on the other over numei^ ous issues of balacha (Jewish law), and the reabictkm inqNMed on the Cenaervative and Reform movements m Israal by the Orthodox iMtablishment Pa<es, whose remarks on the imperative need for Jewish unify were greeted by prolongBd applauae, sidd, "I tUnk it is for you and far U8 to mobilize goodwill, to call upon the heads of each strain to see IJie need f(H- Klal Yisrael not just the conviction of
each synagogue, important as it may be, and to find the necessary wisdom and patience and talent to have our arguments in a way that won't split us to pieces." Speaking of another kind of unity, Peres focused on the rdations between the United States and Israel. He said the two countries are in "an era of cooperation like never before and with nobody else. We are not afraid of the greatness of the United States and the United States is not worried about the smallness of Israel." He did not specify the areas of cooperation nor did he allude to reports about Israel's cooperation with the U.S. in sending arms to Iran. He said Israel was very proud of the fact that the U.S. recently recognized Israel "by a very special name, and I shall pronounce it very clearly—a non-NATO ally." But Peres explained that Israel is essentially different than America's Eun^iean allies in a number of ways. "We do not ask the American army to protect our land or our skies," he asserted. "We shall do that oiu-selves. We are allies because we are not rductant, we are not shy or apologetic in our relations with the U.S. American equipment, up to B {joint Israeli risk, when necessary. Definitely, a nonNATO situation." ^ Another kind of imity strrased by Peres was international cooperation to fight tei^ rorism on a global scale. "The real danger which innocent people and nations of goodwill are facing is not so much ful)-fledged wars run by armies but the terrible criminal violence of terror," he said. "I think in many ways I srael was forced to be the first to confront it and the U.S. the second." TeiTiBism, Peres said, must be curbed if the peace process in the Middle East is to cootinne, He said that Israel and the U.S. can hdp bring peace to the Mideast for all the p«op]B. "Our enemies are not Arabs, Moslems or Christians. Our enemies are hoatilify, belligerency and war," Peres declared.
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©Mir iims^ir^ l^ n^irsiel A capitalist witli radical ideas The Omaha Symphony Willis Ann Ross is an active member of the Jewish community of Omaha as evidenced by her participation in Jewish organizations and the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Her visibility, however, is most often recognized in her role as flutist with the Omaha Symphony, a position she has held for 23 years. Now, she has been cast into a new role—media spokesper son for the Musicians' Union. She, along with Brian Ventura, who is the principal oboe player with the Symphony, are making the rounds of area newspapers and broadcast media to explain their position on the negotiations between the Union and the Omaha Symphony Association. Their concern is that quality of the Symphony will suffer if no settlement is reached on the major issue of salary. They support their plea for higher salaries with comparison charts Ofcalary schedules from comparable cities and attest to the quality of their fellow performers with rave comments'from visiting artists. Aside from the merits of their case, Mrs. Ross and Mr. Ventura—through this editorial message—are asking for something beyond the support of the Jewish conununity. They are asking for involvement of the Jewish community in directing the future of the orchestra. Their suggestion is based upon the fact that the Jewish community has demonstrated "tremendous" support for the Symphony in past years. This support has been evidenced by the many members "^f the Jewish community who have served on the Board of Directors and by the hundreds who purchase season tickets. The media spokespersons said that the Symphony still has the Jewish support in the audience, but that the Jewish representation on the Board of Directors has dwindled to the point of extinction. Mrs. Ross and Mr. Ventura contend that the Jewish community is always in the forefront, raising money for quality and that this sort of support on the Board of Directors may be what is needed to ensure a quality Oinaha Symphony.
Brian Ventura and Willia Ann Rosa—Symphony musicians with an appeal for Jewish involvement in directing the orchestra.
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HAIFA - Stef Wertheimer, of Nahariya, is regarded by some as an impractical, Utopian eccentric, and by others as an advocate of sensible, though unorthodox practices that could revolutionize the economy of Israel if adopted. First of all, what is the background of this controversial figure? He was bom in Germany in 1926, came to Israel at the age of 11, and by 13'/i was out of school and already at work to help support the family. For a while he was a life saver on the Tel Aviv beach, served in the British army, was a civilian mechanic with the RAF, and at the end of the war joined the Palmach, where he took an underground flying course and emerged as a pilot. He spent four months in British jails in Latrun and Rafiah after the famous Black Sabbath of 1946, but returned to his Zionist activity, becoming director of the Palmach technical program. In 1952 he build a small hut at the edge of an orange grove in Nahariya, bought an inexpensive grinding machine (he could not afford a lathe) and set himself up in the machine tool business. That is the historical background, in
brief. What are his views? Wertheimer's basic demand is to get the politicians (meaning the government) out of business, and to let businessmen and industrialists r\m their own affairs. There is too much govenmient, he maintains—it gets in the way of progress. The government and the Knesset do not represent the interests of the public; to the contrary, they stifle initiative. They take heavy taxes largely to maintain an army of 400,000 civil servants (Stef's figure) and the bureaucrats fight to keep the power in their hands. He is for completely free private initiative. American economic aid (as distinct from defense aid) should not be funnelled through the government, where what is left after "overhead" is subject to political controls. Instead, the American funds should be loaned directly to industries which can produce for export. He spoke quietly, forcefully, and became indignant only (Continned on Page 6)
Facts out of context By EMc Rmenman Near East Rep<Hi; . A Washington, D.C. bank advertises itself as "the most important bank in the most important city in the world." The Washington Post, with its 800,000 daily and 1.1 million Sunday readers, needs no such self-promotion. It is virtually the capital's central nervous system. That makes what the Post says very important. And what the paper has chosen to say about Israel lately is curious. Opinions on the newsworthiness and objectivity of individual stories, of course, vary from editor to editor and among readers. But over time, patterns emerge. Since late Spptember the pattern in the Poet has included: Three negative stories in four days at the end of October. Two started on page one, the third began on the first page of the "World News" section. The first dealt with the disappearance of Mordecluu Vanunu, the Israeli technician who alle^dly aold an account of the country's nuclear weapons capacity to a British newspaper. The second was a 30th anniversary commemoration of a massacre of iBraeli Arabs by Israeli troops. And the last recounted the story of a vanished American, Richard Smyth, who had been indicted for allegedly smuggling electronic timing switches— which have nuclear application—to Israel. Questions arise not over the neWs value of the stories about Vanunu but over the way they were played. The Oct. 29 front page article, written by thp Post's Jerusalem correspondent, followed by one day wire service coverage of the same story on an inside page. Later, on Nov. 10, the paper gave top of the front page coverage to the latest developments in the Vanunu case. The Oct. 31 front page article on Smyth was news—once. But nothing in the latest piece intlicated why the newspaper decided just then to resurrect it as a magazinelength feature. Most disturbing of the three, however, was the coverage given to the Kfar Kassem anniversary. Headlined "Isradi Arabs Mark 1956 Massacre," with a subhead "Some Jews Join to Keep Alive Memory of 47 killed by Soldiers," it used the anniversary as a news peg for charges that Israeli Arabs continue to be second-class citizens at best.
' The problem stems not from recalling the Kfar Kassem tragedy. The story does explain how it happened, through a chain of errors in imposing a curfew on the eve of the Sinai campaign. The question going begging here is when was the last time the Post highlighted, complete with a large photo and more than 20 paragraphs of text, the anniversary of any of the iimumerable massacres of Jews by Arabs-none of which was an accident. This illustrates a chronic news media problem in which the internal context of a story clashes with the external context. The Arab conflict with Israel, including massacre stories, is in no way symmetrical. This assymmetry is part of the external context, and was slighted in the Kfar Kassem story and also—by not detailing thfi quantitative Arab threat Israel's presumed nuclear capacity is meant to deter—in the Vanunu and Smyth stories. On Sept. 29 a headline on the first page of the "World News" section read, "Israel Indicts Demjanjuk As Nazi War Criminal.'' The lengthy article was followed two days later by a story titled, "War Crimes Trial Poses Questions for Israelis." The subhead explained that "Some Fear It Could Be Harmful to Country." News? Yes. Obsessive? Yes again. On Oct. 9 a long story bore the headline and subhead, "Stabbings in Gaza Embitter Israelis, Slaying of Two Jews Prompts Demands for Vengeance." The focus appeared to be more on the reaction than the murders. On Oct. 11 another prominent story was headed, "Many Soviet Jews Tasting A Bittersweet Life in Israel." This has been the pattern from late September into midNovember. A Post editor noted that, in general, stories are reported without regard to whether they are positive or negative. When cycles in coverage do occiu: they are natural, not consciously determined, he said. Nevertheless, anyone who knows Israd knows that many of its newsworthy problems stem from, or have been intensified by, the nearly four-decade long siege imposed on it by most of its Arab neighbors. And th^ understand that, in spite of this, the successes outnumber the failures. For some time now, this external context has been conspicuously absent from the Poet.
]l@tt@ir© t(0) tlk(S (sdStoiF ) for new angles on current technology and to try to search To the Editor , In response to the Letter to the Editor of 31 October 1986 for new knowledge applications. Those 2100 science and by Alice A. Weiss and Ken Munzesheimer, I must disagree engineering professors revising to work on SDI research with their (^unions on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) are turning their backs on man's quest for knowledge— the basic foundation of science and engineering. and its relation to Israel. Israel's best biterest is indeed served Iqr SDL And to turn As a Senior Aerospace engineering major at Boston our backs on a possible and feasible defetise system, as Ms. University, I am constantly irritated by those who think things are impossible to accomplish or "not technically Weiss and Mr. Munzesheimer would have us believe, is feasible." Had this defeatest attitude prevailed in the nothing more than, sheer folly that could one day find a 1960'8, we could not have propelled three human beings hammer and sickle flying over the White House. David M. Cohen to over 260,000 miles per hour, allowed them to land on Boston University a moving body over 230,000 miles away, and return to a College of Engineering '87 piedse point on Earth. In other words, we couldn't have Boston, MA landed men on the moon and returned them to Earth. SDI is technically fetisible. Already, advances in commuf nication and mbdidne are results of research done with To the Editor Thanks for helping us locate a member of the Newman lasers in support of SDI. The technology that will allow SDI to become operational is only a few years away. The family who lived in Omaha many years ago. An article in your Nov. 7,1986 issue regarding the Newengineering and physics are simidy attainable challenges, man Reunioo contained an inquiry about the Len«i Newnot impoosible barriers. ,, , , . With regard to Israel, the sol program couldn t be bet- man Kahn family. Two days after receiving my^Mpy of the Jewish Press ter suited to larad'fl needs. The current SDI defense calls for defense from ICBM's. It is, in fact, very easy to modify in San Fiandsco, I received a lovely letter from the daughthis technology for Israel to defend itself from Syria's ter (Mrs. Hazel Kahn KohnI of Mrs. Lena Newman Kahn. Soviet-built miBsfles. A Syrian missile attack on Israel Mrs. Kohn lives in Sbawnee Mission, Kans., and was able would occur within a matter of minutes, not hours, thus to contribute a great deal of information regarding hor branch of the Newman family. giving the Israelis very little time to respond. Joel N. Chemisa I'm always befaig tou^ in nqr iBOgineering classes to look
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when he addressed UmMlf to taxes. Local industry is stifled by confiscatory taxes, he stressed, and then the politicians come around with huge doses of government aid which is not always properly distributed. Leave industry alone, let it grow; don't stifle it with taxes and don't smother it with government largesse. Government policies today almost automatically create economic stagnation, he asserted. Does his own plant receive government aid? He has never asked for and has never received one shekel more than he is entitled to by law, and even that comes back to him from his own taxes which the government levied against him, he said. Excessive government intervention hinders devetopment, he claims, causing a frustration of Israeli talent, initiative and motivation all the way down the line. He points to all the Israelis who have gone to the U.S. and have made a success there; they could have done the same at home had they not been handicapped by the government's policies. To prove his point that taxes discourage productivity, he tried an interesting experiment in his own firm. For three months the company paid the employees' income tax from its own treasury, and the workers received their gross wages. During that period absenteeism dropped almost to zeto, productivity rose markedly, and even when the three months period was up, the good work habits that had been practiced were continued for a long time. He repeated the experiment again, not long ago, and the results were the same. If he were in power, he would slash unemplojonent relief payments well below minimum wages, so people would not be tempted, as they are now, to refuse jobs in favor of the dole. He urges that the government provide every possible incentive, including the slashing of taxes to industries which show that they export and pnSuce hard currency to reverse Israel's unfavorable trade balance. This kind of enlightened policy could change Israel's economic situation in a relatively short period of time, he maintains—but how to convince thie politicians? The government ministers, the civil servants, the political parties—all of them—use their dosing out of funds to build power bases for themselves. What are Staf Wertheimer's credentials to preach this kind of policy? Within the constraints of bureaucratic controls he tries to practice his own economic theories in his Iscar plant and ^filiated companies, 90% of whose production is exported. The major part of his production (65%) is cutting tools, ranging all the way from dental drills to large industrial saws. Another 30% is in production of turbine blades, and he is now starting up a new ceramicelectronic line, practically aU for export. The Iscar complex has 1500 employees, and has been growing steadily at the rate of 20% per year, this year reaching a turnover of $100,000,000. Outlook for next year—another 20% increase. Iscar is not dependent on government loans or aid. Wertheimer is further proud that he is not dependent on the stock market, either. The company has never assumed burdensome loans, nor has it raised capital from the public. Its annual profits were plowed back into the pompany, thus providing the resources for expansion, without dependency on the government—a fatal habit of too many Israel firms, he says. Stef Wertheimer has many more ideas for economic rejuvenation of Israel, but he is not popular in Jerusalem, in the Ministry of Finance or in political circles generally. Is he indeed an impractical eccentric, or a creative entrepreneur, proud to call himself a capitalist? Many consider his ideas "radical" in the sense that they get to the roots of the problems.
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Refuseniks need support— By Martin Gilbert "Little" Yuly is a Russian Jew who, having become a refuaenik, learned Hebrew so well that he became a Hebrew teacher. He was called "little" because an older Yuly also taught Hebrew: Yuly KosharoVsky, is now in his sixteenth year as a refusenik, "Big" and "little" Yuly were friends. But now little Yuly is a prisoner. His full name is Yuly Edelstein. In December, 1984, at the age of twenty-six, he was sentenced to three years in labour camp, on ^le false charge of "trafficking in drugs." The camp to which Edelstein was sent, Vidrino in eastern Siberia, is known as one of the worst in the Soviet Union. Prisoners work in a harsh climate, cutting down trees, loading and unloading tree trunks, and constructing roads and railways. It was here that the Camp Administrator, Major Anikeev, declared, when the new prisoner arrived, that he would "kick the religious intoxication out of Edelstein's head." After four months at Vidrino, Yuly's body was covered with bruises and wounds, not all of them as a result of accidents. Last autumn one of his fingers was crushed by a heavy log. And then, on 29 January this year, while working on a construction site, he was crushed, in circumstances which are still unclear, under a road-roller, receiving severe multiple fractm-es of his pelvis and hip bone, and a torn uretha. As Yuly lay in considerable pain in the labour camp hospital, his wife Tanya, in Moscow, demanded his release on medical grounds, or at least an operation under proper medical supervision. On 25 March this year she appeared on British television, making a moving appeal, first in Russian and then in English, on her Yuly's behalf. Several million viewers saw her, attractive, frail, and determined. For nearly six months. Western campaigners relayed Tanya's appeals to Soviet Ambassadors, to the • Soviet Ministry of Health,
the question of every Prit- Novoaibink to his Far Eastern labour camp, a horr«ioner-of-Zion. Surely we, the Jews of the dous journey evm for a Diaspora and the Jews of Is- healtl^ man. During his visit to Lonrael, can speak out more loudly and more effectively don, Sharansky spoke up than we do, not only the So- most strongly on behalf tA called activists, but every- the Prisonera. "Edelstein is one: and above aU the poli- in hoepital," he told five ticians, diplomats and hundred representatives of businessmen who travel the British Jewry at his final world, whose goodwill and meeting, and he went on to whose trade the Soviets ask: "Will he remain alive? need, but whose fellow Jew Will he ever reach Israel? "little" Yuly is in grave We don't know. His only .crime was that he taught danger. As I write these words, it Hebrew and tried to teach is believed that Yuly Edel- Jews to resist this policy of stein is beiiig sent back forcible assimilation in the from prison hospital in Soviet Union."
and to the Labour Camp Administration. Then, on July 10, Yuly was sent by aeroplane to a prison hospital in Novoaibirsk. ' Five days later after his transfer to Novosibirsk, Edelstein underwent a urological operation, but without the participation of a specialist in urology. Not for another two and half months was his wife allowed to see him. "Yuly looks like a skeleton", she reported. "He can hardly work, his face is of yellow colour, and he can only walk with crutches." Thus a cheerful Hebrew teacher, and observant Jew, whose one wish is to live in Israel, has become a prisoner, a victinf and an invalid. "Please do not tail the boy," a friend of Edelstein's wrote to me recently from Israel, and she added: "or is it too much for you to write about such sufferings?" In Moscow, Tanya Edelstein has sent a full report on her husband's medical condition to the American Ambassador. Last month Yuly reached the half way mark of his sentence. He remains in pain, and in danger. His friends in Moscow, and in Israel, ask that he be transfered to a specialized urological department in one of the centred Soviet hospitals. Without proper medical care, they fear that he will become a permanent invalid. Under Article 363 of the Soviet Criminal Procedure Code, a disabled prisoner can be released. Tanya urges us to demand this. Her appeal does not go unheeded in the West. But there has to be far louder public outcry to support the ciurent diplomatic pressure. In April, 1986, when Shimon Peres, then Prime Minister of Israel, asked the Russians, through the Dutch government, to release Edelstein, the Russians replied that it was "an internal matter." Now that Peres is Foreign Minister, a sustained outcry from the Israeli and Western public could give his request a renewed force: in this, as in
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Temple Israel Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Barack and Cantor Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack wiU speak on "Lessons from the Matriarchs and Patriarchs." The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 11:16 a.m. CLASSES Religious School: Classes are recessed Nov. 29 and 30. Hebrew School: Ginunel, Monday, Dec. 1—4 p.m.; Aleph, Tuesday, Dec. 2—4 p.m.; Daled, Wednesday, Dec. 3-4 p.m.; Bet, Thursday, Dec. 4,4 pjn.—Recess. Confirmation: Wednesday, Dec. 3-6:30 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Daniel Thomas Kully, son of Connie and Bob Kully, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29. SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP The Sisterhood Gift Shop has a selection of menorahs, decorations and gifts, plus candles, gelt, etc. New gift wrap designs with coordinating bows are also available. The gift shop is open Sunday 10 a.m.-noon and weekdays through the Temple office.
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The deaths both of Sarah and Abraham are recorded in the Sidrah before us; and in connection with these deaths in the Sidrah, the Haftarah tells us of the closing days of the reign of King David. The story of David and his household in II Samuel, ending in the first two chapters of I Kings, is sometimes called The Succession Story. It is considered one of the greatest examples of narrative style in the Bible. Who will succeed King David? The author seems to have been very close to the royal family and its advisers, close enough indeed to have recorded intimate details of family life, with all the glories and all the scandals and all the political intrigue evident to a close observer. Notice, for example, the perceptive observation made about Adonijah, the second of David's sons to jump the gim and call himself King while David yet lived. The brilliant author writes a whole psychology of child-rearing in a simple sentence about Adonijah: "His father had never scolded him, 'Why did you do that?' " At any rate, Adonijah, supported by a little private body-guard army and certain court officials, proclaimed himself King. It was Nathan the prophet who sounded the alarm. He does not come to David. For David is feeling his age. David is feeble, exhausted from years of rule, weary with the achievement of expansion of the empire, tired from constant warfare, and frustrated by a succession of tragedies—rape, murder, rebellion, all within his family—and he will be, Nathan thought, of little help. Nathan seeks out David's favorite wife, Bath Sheba. He warns her of the possible results of Adonijah's mounting the throne, possible death for her and her son Solomon. (Nathan does not
include himself, though he too was an obvious candidate for Adonijah's p(9nt-up wrath.) Now the reader is left to ponder whether or not they, Bath Sheba and Nathan, put something over on the pathetic old David—or did he perhaps really promise it? They told him that he had promised that Solomon would succeed to the throne. Don't you remember? The old man fumbles around and then asserts himself: Yes, yes indeed, so I said; and I will have it done this very, day I Thus Solomon becomes King. Now think for a moment: Not a single word about Solomon appears in the whole story of David's rule from the time Solomon is bom until this moment where Nathan and Bath Sheba engineer his accession to the thronel There is internal evidence in the Bible that this whole story was not part of the original account of David. We are indebted to whoever it was who inserted this wonderful, intimate biographical story of David and his ill-governed household. How tragici Too much a man of affairs, too busy with the needs of the State. David was a poor father. David the statesman, the military strategist, the poet, the lover, the musician! David, the great David, a poor father! Our author is too much the artist to say so directly. But be lets the reader see it all as the story unfolds. I love the last words of our Haftarah. When Nathan and Bath Sheba have succeeded and have gotten their way, how does Bath Sheba acknowledge her relief to the King? Her husband, David, is old and doddering. Not a fool to be sure, but clearly not himself, not the David who conquered ah empire and the hearts of innumerable women. Bath Sheba bows low, her face to the ground, and addresses the tired, dying King; "May my lord King David live forever ..."
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Birthday reception A birthday reception will be held in honor of Mrs. Sarah Dansky's 90th birthday, Dec. 7,2-6 p.m. at Beth El Synagbgua The open reception is being given by Mrs. Dansky's daughters; Arlene (Mrs. Gilford) Fred of Waco, Texas; Miriam (Mrs. Eugene) Hirsch of La Canada, Calif., and Evelyn (Mrs. Maurice) Alperin of Omaha. Other events in honor of Mrs. Dansky's birthday are being given and a number of out«f-town guests will be in Omaha to join the celebration.
JCC plans winter vacation program The Jewish Commmity partment are all working on Center will offer a Hanuk- this special Hanukkah prokah Winter Camp on Mon- gram. Children may enroll for day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 22, 23, 24 and 29, two weeks at $70 or one 30,31 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 week at 936. The registrap.m. for children in kinder- tion deadline is Dec. 16. For garten through fourth more information, contact Sara Jaffe fit the JCC, 334grade. Sixty campers may par- 8200. ticipate in dramatics, gym IVORY EMBASSY activities, music, swimming, JERUSALEM (JTA) arts and crafts and other ac- Ivory Coast reopened its tivities eadj day. The Youth Einbassy in Jerusalem forDepartment, Physical Edu- mally resuming diplomatic cation Department, Aqua- ties with Israel which it tics Department and Visual broke after the Yom Kippur and Performing Arts De- War in 1973.
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Youth Dept. plans Kansas City trip The Youth Department of the Jewish Community Center will be sponsoring a trip to Kansas City for seventh and eighth grade students the weekend of Dec. 26-28. Hi£^ilights of the trip include lunch and the show "The Wonder Years" at the Waldo Astoria dinner playhouse, a visit to the Nelson Art Gallery, a night of ice skktisg, bowling and billiards at King lliouie West, programs with Kansas City students and two nights at the Lenexa Holidome. The three<lay program
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TEMPLE SISTERHOOD Temple Israel Sisterhood will hold a luncheon Dec. 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Temple Social HalL Milton G. Waldbaum Company will sponsor the omelette luncheon «t which time Sisterhood will honor new members. Entertainment for the afternoon mil be a musical entitled "Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning or Holy Moses, I'm in Sisterhood Now!" This original musical skit was first presented to the delegates of the District 20 Convention in Sept.; it was written by Marilyn Warren and directed by Shirley Fogel; musical accompaniment will be provided by Nancy Pearlman at the piano. Appearing in the skit are Norma Fried, Mark Goldstrom, Bob Hurwitz, Diane Malashock, Berta Meyers, Suzi Mogil, Jane Fredkin, Dorothy Spizman and Jeff Taxman. Lois Epstein is in charge of wardrobe. Reservations for lunch and sitter service must be
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GLORIA KAHN Word has been received of the death of former Omahan, Gloria (Dolly) Kahn in Las Vegas, NV on Nov. 21. Burial took pkice Nov. 23 in Las Vegas. Mrs. Kahn passed away following complications of opea heart surgery the previous week.
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called in to the temple office by Dec. 5. Cost of the luncheon is $2 per person plus one can of food or a tl donation for the Food Bank. Guests may attend. New merchandise and gift wrap for Hanukkah has arrived and will be available in the Sisterhood Gift Shop.
SOCIETY OF SURVIVORS The Society of Survivors has elected the following officers for 1987-1988: Cantor Leo Fettman, president; Salomon Moses, vice president; Aron Zeiderman.. treasurer; Pam Eisenberg, recording secretary. The following chairpeople have been appointed: Miri- On Nov. 6 the residents at the Blumldn H(nne were awarded am Grossman, membership; certificates of service and appreciation for the jobs they Rachel Rosenberg, social; do around the Home, and for just being unique. The tea Pam Eisenberg, correspond- was held in the auditorium with two Omaha celebrities, ing secretary; Annette Fett- Steve Rosenblatt and Mike Albert who dropped in to visit, man, publicity; Mindell Dia- joke and hand out the certificates. mond, courtesy; Hilda Some more beautiful lap Gottlieb, calling; Herman On Nov. 16, several resiLowenstein, JCAC repre- dents attended the Popcorn robes' have come in from Mrs. Charles (Sophia) Kimsentative. Playhouse at the JCC. An installation dinner is The art of Yoga was mel all the way from Palm - being planned for Sunday, demonstrated by Judy Springs, Calif. What a Jan. 4, 1987, at Beth El Vann on Nov. 10 to many lovely way po remember the Synagogue. Susan Paley willing residents who folks at the Blumkin Home. ) will be the installing officer. stretched and practiced We thank you a lot, Sophia. If you saw the mob lining deep breathing. 'Thanks to STUDY GROUP Phyllis Bittner for arrang- up for manicures, you cerThe Hadassah Study ing this for her current tainly would say, "Hey, I Group will meet Wednes- events session. can do that." We sure could day, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Sydney Speigelman has use the help, and Sharon Livingston Plaza. This been calling the cards every would appreciate hearing week's topic will be "The Thursday for Pokeno and from you. Popes and the Church Coun- Sylvia Goldberg has We must give special cils." dropped in to help. There is recognition to Jacob Rosena need for some more help berg for all he does at servONEG SHABBAT Hadassah will sponsor an with the Bingo games on ices. Don't know what we Oneg Shabbat on Saturday, Mondays. If you can help, would do without him. It was a treat to have two Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. at the call Shardn, 330-4272. Danny Kully Rose Blumkin Home. Marion Simon has volun- local "celebrities" come and teered to keep up the inter- attend our Merit Awards Danny Kully, son of ConMAMALOSHEN viewing for our "Getting to tea. We thanked Steve nie and Bob Kully, will beMamaloshen will cele- Know You" bulletin board. Rosenblatt, but later found come a Bar Mitzvah on Sat- brate its second anniversary out Mike Albert was there urday, Nov. 29, at Temple at the meeting on Dec. 7 at It tells the life story of resi- too. We don't want to negdents and then and now Israel. 2 p.m. sharp in the audito- photos. It's an interesting lect anyone and the resiDanny is a seventh grade rium of the JCC. way for us to get to know dents really enjoyed having student at Arbor Heights both of them there. Being Pearl Harbor Day, the residents better. Junior High. He enjoys bring your personal story of Have you ever done exerMany of the folks went to cises to a count in Yiddish? basketball, soccer and radio- where you were, what you controlled cars. were doing when you heard the. Latka dinner at the Well, Mylee Katelman has Danny has a brother, President Roosevelt declare JCC, thanks to donations, been coming Mondays and David, and two sisters, Julie the "day of infamy, " the by LOVE steering comiiut- doing just that. and Karen. He is the grand- day that changed the course tee, and special thanks to Jeiime Bear and Mylee George Schapiro. son of Conrad Bangh. help escort the folks over to of many of our lives. Mollie Dehnan's YES ffoap afterwards. Also out on Mondays are Sam Shyken, Lena Grossman and Esther Fox visiting with everyone. Among our many other conscientious vdtmteers are Lois Epstein and Kate Ferer. We LOVE all of you and welcome anyone who wants to join the wonderful BMVrS 32Se IS ALMOST AS volunteers at the Rose iL»^.l QUKX AS A SAAB TURBa AND IT OMY COSTS Blumkin Home. They are a A FEW THOUSAND DOOARS MORE. special group of people. According to the test results reported in Koad& Drack magazine, BMWi sports coupe is now neiiiiy as fast as tlie Saab Turbo, ever since they abandoned the four-cylinder engine in favor of a larger six<ylinder power plant. Us iKit quite as ^st as the Saab, but it's close. Of course, Siiab lias always felt tluit it was better phofSgrSphy to do the sajiie job \yilh a snwUer engiiie and add the power with a turbocliarger whenever it \\|is needed. 397-4776 It seems a lot niore efticient. And the manufacturer's suggested retail prices indicate that it's a lot less expensive, too.
She is' survived by husband, Roland; son, Bret; daughters, Kim, Lisa and Melanie; three grandchildren, one brother, three sisters, nieces and nephews. ABIHUR "SONNY" GERBER Graveside services were held on Nov. 26 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Arthur "Sonny" Gerber, 76. Mr. Gerber started his used car business. Sonny Gerber Auto Sales Inc., in 1950. The company now has
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three car sales lots in Omaha. Mr. Gerber was a charter member and farmer board member of the Nd>raBka Independent Auto Dealers A»Bodatim. He is survived by his wife, Bemice; sons, Paul and Donald; daughter, Debbie Olsm; brother, Stanley; sister, Gertrude Levey; four grandchildren.
I was a guest at a ladies luncheon today ... an unusual happening for me. It was a combination of "business and pleaJsure," but such a pleasant and enjoyable couple of hoursi I suppose many women still do the luncheon thing, but I haven't done it for so many years I had forgotten how nice it was. The food, of course, was wonderful No matter how much we do or don't do in the kitchen, when we entertain and feed our peers we tiy harder. And no matter who proclaims "I'm dieting," when some special dish is put before us, who can resist? And the conversation is special too... whether the guests are business women or profc^onals of some kindi or those who ke^ busy enou^ with home and family, when we sit down together for "a luncheon" we revert back to other times. We gi^ed over first cooking disasters, discussed outrageously fattening old fashioned favorites, talked politics, synogogu^, fashion (and fashion plateisi) and just enjoyed each others con^>any. It was delightfiil. Hours later I mulled it over and thought how many of us used to meet that way on a very regular basis. I can't really include myself into very much of that because when I was at home all the time I also had Idds there. It seemed like they tock most of my daytime hours and as a result, my leisure time was in the evoiing. But still, that was a different way young women lived. Very few worked outside the home, unlike today when the <^>poaite is tj^ie. And while I think of myadf as a really farimnta fnniniat, I tUnk maybe today's women who preside ai a conference table more than a luncheon table are missing something. I'm not saying I 'd go back to the dd way, but there were some nice tilings about it. To huny home and have a short time to prepare dinner because you lingered too long at the card table is probably less tiring than hurrying home from working all day and getting a meal on the table. Theoretically, today's men lend a hand to that working woman, but I'd like a buck for every one of them who doesn'tl And I'm not picking on anybody... I'm just stating facts. I really believe today's women are much better off in 99 out of 100 ways, but there was something wonderful about a more relaxed routine; personally, I don't find it an especially uplifting experience to jump out of bed and into the shower. I DC enjoy an extended coffee hour with ]he news while I wait for my heart to start beating. But •we make our choices and we give up some good stuff when we think it's worthwhile. I wouldn't change much for myself now, but I certainly did enjoy that luncheon today. It was just a really nice way to spend a little time!
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Happy birthday, Toby Long-time older adult volunteer Toby Kogan (right) is presented with a clock by the Young Energetic Senior I wganization affiliated with the Burean for the Aging : to celebrate her birthday and to thank her for her years of service to the elderly. MaUng the presentation is Mollie Delman, older adult worka at the Bui«an.
Keri Lynn Saltzman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Saltzman, has received the Burke High School nomination to the Hugh 0'Brian Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar. Since 1968, the O'Brian Foundation has recognized and rewarded leadership potential of high school sophomores in the United States and abroad. Students selected attend a State Leadership Seminar in the Spring and are then eligible to represent their respective states at the international Seminar to be
held in Denver, Colorado, in the summer. Keri was also named as Burlte's Student of the Month for November. Keri, a member of Ediar BBG, is an active member of the Jewish youth community and currently serves as BBYO Council secretarytreasurer, as Chaplain of the Omaha Temple Youth Group, and as a member of the Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth Social Action Network. At school, Keri is a member of the varsity golf team, French Club, and JETS.
The Tifereth Israel Synagogue has begun a program of remaining in touch with the college students from the congregation. A gift of sweets was sent to each student for Rosh Hashanah, as well as the United Synagogue engagement calendar. Each student has been put on the mailing list of Ometz—The Center for Conservative Judaism on Campus—which publishes a newsletter and reaches out to the conservative youth on campus. Joan Nieberg is coordinating this effort. Her hard work has already been productive and the congregation thanks her for undertaking the project.
Klutznick establishes chair at Northwestern Northweatern University has received a $1 million gift to establish a chair in Jewish civilization, which will be used to support teaching and research in Jewish affairs. The chair, funded by Chicago business and civic leader and former Omahan Philip M. Klutznick, will be known as thflPlulip M. and
Mr. and Mrs. Byron D. Wagner, Studio City, Calif., announce the birth of twin sons, Aaron Matthew and Jonathan Stuart, on Oct. 29. Aaron and Jonathan have an older sister, Alexis Lynne. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott Wagner of Omaha; Matwnal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Alexander, Tulsa, Okla; Paternal great-grandmother is Shirley Wagner.
Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization. The endowment, announced by university president Arnold R. Weber, will support the teaching and research of a scholar and an annual public lecture in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Scott and Debbie Friedman announce the Nov. 13 birth of a daughter, Angela Samielle. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Friedman of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Anon of Cheyenne, Wyo. Oreat-grandparents are Mrs. Julius Arldn, Omaha and Mrs. Mary Hurwitz, Minneapolis, Minn. SAVANNAH, Ga. (JTAh — The Savannah Jewish Federation has elected Millicent Melaver to her second term as president.
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The South Street Temple congregation wishes to thank the following members for their services: Marsha plotkin andEva Sartori for conducting services in Oct.; Judy Anderson, Gary and Linda Perlman, Mardee and Ray Brechwald and Suzanne and Dave Stiieff for sponsoring October Oneg Sbabbats; to Marge Ross for coordinating the New Year's reception, and Bonnie Lapin, Marcia Wallen, Amy Schur, Suzanne Kalish, Eva Sartori and Alan Ross for their assistance; Youth Group members Holly Grossbart, Jon Steinman, Alicia Pearlman, and Danny Levitov and leaders Suzanne Kalish and Bruce Keihn for conducting services; Lan Shattil, general nianager University of Nebraska-Lincoln for coming to the Temple to discuss with Religious School students and parents the newspt^>er'8 position on the Holocaust ad submitted by William Curry of Columbus, Neb.
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By Estelle Roaeniierg Jdius J. Zager, 74, dUed Nov. 14 in Niceville, Fla. A life-long resident of Lincoln, he was a membv of Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the American Legion Post 3. Survivors: wife, Mary, stepdaughters, Marvel Shrader, Lincoln; Anna Hoover, Niceville; stepson, Richard Flanigan, Raymond, Neb; six grandchildren; sister, Rose Friedman, Lincoln. Graveside services were held at Wyuka Cemetery, with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating with military service rites by American Legion Post 3.
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Pictured above are some of the women who attended the Chai/Grand Gifts Lunclieon, on Thursday, November 20 at the Cloud Room. Top row, left to right, Frances Batt, Mickey Sturm, Ellen Gordman, ChaiyOrand Gifts Chairman, Sarah Seldin, Bert Lewis, Women's Division, Vice Chairman, Fran Lebowitz, Bev Seldin, ChaiyOrand Gifts Luncheon Hostess, Gigi Osten, Eleanor Slosburg, Fran Milder. Row 2: Ann Epstein, Ozzie Nogg, Barbara Kushner, Rose Katzman, Ann Katzman, Maxine Kirshenbaum, Minnie Fnuak, Merriam Cooperman, Bea Marcus, Dorothy Frdden, Sylvia Greenberg, Lena
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