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1987 Campaign well advanced over all previous campaigns By Steven J. Rod land Country Club. Last minute reservaExecutive Vice President tions may be made by calling Steven Rod Jewish Federation of Omaha at the Jewish Federation, 334-8200. Less than one month into the 1987 Men's More than 120 reservations had been Campaign of the Jewish Federation, Leon- received by the Press' deadline, guaranteeard Lewis, General Men's chairman, an- ing the largest attendance for this annual nounced that we have received a greater event. number of increased commitments than Senator Frank Lautenberg, the Demoever before at this stage of the Campaign. cratic Senator from the state of New JerIn anticipation of this Monday evening's sey is a unique American leader in that he Pacesetter Division Dinner, featuring Sen- has also served as the National Chairman ator Frank Lautenberg, more than fifty of the United Jewish Appeal. This qualifies 1987 commitments have been received him to bring us up-to-date not only on the . totaling an excess of $600,000. Our commu- American political scene, but on the needs nity should know that these commitments of Jews worldwide. On Tuesdt^', Dec. 9, he are running an average of 15 per cent ahead learned of his appointment to the Senate's of the same gifts last year. Foreign Operations Sub-Committee on ApThe Pacesetter Dinner, which has become propriations, the committee which does the an annual event, is open to aU donors who ground work on Senate Foreign Aid. will make a coomiitment of at least $5,000 The annual Pacesetter event has become to the 1987 Men's Campaign. Howard Kas- a traditional Federation Campaign affair at low, chairman of the Pacesetter Division, which time the community has an opportunates that it has not beoi possible for us nity to express its appreciation to major to call on all of these potential donors. We donors to the Campaign, while reaching out will be accepting reaervatians through Mon- to others and encouraging expanded particday morning for the Pacesetter Dinner to ipation in this division. take place on Monday evening at the High-
Martin Gilbert here on Sunday at JCC Ekiitor's note: Martin Gilbert will apeak Sunday at 7:30 pjn. in the Jewish Community Center on "Soviet Jewry: Crisis Now." His appearance in Omaha is in connection with the 13th annual Jewish Book Fair qransored by the Jewish Federation Library. This program is co^ponsored by the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry and was arranged through B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau with major funding provided by the Nebraska Committee for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Martin Gilbert Historian and Jewish activist Many years ago I stewed over the question whether it is great men who direct the course of history, or whether crises in history evoke the careers of great men. Obviously the answer cannot be given in one direction only. But one might suspect that biographers, like Martin Gilbert, might think that great men produce history, not the other way round. But Martin Gilbert, the biographer, does not think so. Gilbert is a biographer—but even more a historian: History, and the con-
Martin Gilbert catenation of its events, call forth the men who will solve its problems. Martin Gilbert is at work on the eighth and final massive volume of his biogr<^hy of Winston Churchill. It has already come to nearly 8,000,000 words and holds a place in the Guineas Book of Records as the longest biography in world literature. Its virtue, however, is not its length. Its virtue lies in its authenticity and its astonishing readability. Its 7th volume. (Continued on Page 2)
Federation Annual Meeting offers prizes, surprises
Bible contest winners The Bible Quiz Contest for Jewish youth, sponsiNred by Comhuaker Lodge of B'hai B'rith awarded three prizes following the Dec. 7 cont«»t at the Jewish Community Center. From left are David Siegel, Lodge president; Steven Riekes, contest chairman; Mordy Schwartz, S300 winner; Alan Kricsfeld, $600 winner, and Joshua FinUer, $200 winner. Officials were Cantor Emil Berkovita, qnaatloner; Bob Hurwits, timdieeper; Rabbis Paul Drazen and Isaac Nadoff, judges; Lois Elpatein, scorekeeper.
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By Ljmda Frank • Freelance Writer Honor, humor, fun, food, and prizes will be on the agenda of the Jewish Federation's Annual Meeting on Sunday, Jan. 11,1987 at 7:15 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. Along with the installation of new officers to the Federation Board and its agencies, the presentation of the vdunteer of the year awards and young leadership awards, tjiere will be a quiz show called "Wheel of Federation" or "Federation's Fortune." According to Margo Riekes, chairman of the Annual Meeting, "the show will be a takeKjff of the popular TV quiz show 'Wheel of Fortune'." She stated that contestants may enter by filling out the. entry form which will be in the Jewiah Press during the next few weeks. From the entries that are submitted, nine contestants will be selected at a random
drawing to be held on Jan. 2. These nine people will be competing to win three wonderful prizes. In three separate rounds, three different people will compete to solve word pOzzles. llie winner of each round will then have the chance to solve the final puzzle and to win the gremd prize. Of course no quiz show would be complete without a Master of Ceremonies. The Annual Meeting committee which, in addition to Margo Riekes, consists of Paul Cohen, Darlene and Sherm Golbitz, Arlene Goodman, Doreen Lemer, Patty and Steve Nogg and Helen and Tuffy Epstein looked long and hard for the Federations own P. Sajak. "We've found him," said Mrs. Riekes, "but he wishes his identity to remain a secret until showtime." Helping Mr. P. Sajak will be Vanna Schwartz, Omaha's "hostess with the moste^s." "Vanna is most anxious to make her debut and will surely delight the audience," added Mrs. Riekes.
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A story such aa this one doesn't surface too often—at least not in Omaha. I mentally keep pinching myself, trying to sort out the elements separating fact from fiction—inevitably I keep coming up with the inescapable conclusion: On my desk is a 72-page copy of Russian test, smuggled out of the Soviet Union in a pillbox containing a roll of mi•crofilm. The text, according to a Soviet immigrant now residing •^here, can best be described as the 10th and latest aection ; of a 700 page Jewish Almanac produced undercover in the ' Soviet Unioh. The original film and photographic prints are now on the way to a journalist in Israel fulfilling the request of the Jewish refuMnik who gave the material to my sources. Incidentally, I shall refer to my new friepds as Mr. and Mrs. X to protect their identity. Here's how the story unfolds: A few years ago, Mr. and Mrs. X were preparing to visit Moscow and Kiev on a tour. Before leaving they met with Sheldon and Marcia Kushner of Lincobi. ' The Kushners asked them to try and meet with Mr. Kuahner's cousin, Felix Levitas, a refusenik residing in . Kiev. The X's agreed and had their photo taken with the Kushners for use la Russia.
Upon arriving in Kiev, the X's went directly to the Levitas' address, knocked on the door and showed their picture with the Kushners to gain admittance and trust. "We visited with Felix and Milla and their 10-year-old son for two-three hours and then met with them again two days later." Upon their return to the United States, the X's talked with church groups in their area and vowed that if another opportunity presented itself for them to visit the Soviet Union, they would do more to benefit the cause of the Jewish refuseniks. Their opp<Htunity came about a month ago when another trip was organized with a stop in the Soviet Union. To prepare for this visit, our friends contacted Shirley Goldstein, chairman, Soviet Jewry conunittee, Jewish Federation of Omaha. (Continued on Page 5)
Elected Mr. and Mrs. X-with eyes covered to prevent easy ideatiHcatioD—show the underground J^,wi8h publication tliey brought out of the Soiviet Union to Onuilia and the painting wiildi a Roaaian refoaenik saat for the Jewish commnnlty.
Judge Jerry M. Gitnick has been elected president of the Nebraska District Court Judges Association. He previously served as vice president and secretary/treasurer. The Association is comprised of all the District Judges of the State of Nebraska and is a statutorily created body having certain supervisoty and educational responaibilities.
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A Jewish mouse on a Christmas stocking By Andrew Muchin NEW YORK (JTA)What's a nice Jewish cartoon character like Fievel Mousekewitz doing in places like these? The rodent star of Steven Spielberg's new animated film "An American Tail" is the centerpiece of two major Christmas sales promotions, both apparently with Spielberg's blessing. At more than 7,000 McDonald's restaurants across the United States, Fievel is pictured on four facsimile-stocking Christmas tree ornaments, each given free to purchasers of a $5 book of gift certificates. The books'also contain a coupon for $5 off a $25 Fievel doll at 801 Sears department stores nationwide. Sears has exclusive rights to sell merchandise based on the movie's characters, according to James Podany, director of marketing communications for Sears Roebuck & Co., Chicago. Sears is placing the characters on a variety of children's products as a draw for sales during the Christmas season, however, Podany insisted that Fievel is not pictured on any Christmas-related items such as a wreath or tree ornament. The use of an identifiably Jewish character to boost Christmas sales is incongruous to say the least, isn't it? "I think it's ill-advised" and "tacky," said Dr. Eliot Spack, executive director of
the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education. He noted that he was expressing his own opinions, not his organization's policy. However, he told JTA that the Fievel campaigns did not pose major assimilation problems for Jews. "1 'm not personally worried that we're going to lose thousands of Jews ovier it," he said, explaining that children won't easily identify the mouse as Jewish, since Fievel is an uncommon Jewish name. He chalked up the Fievel promotions to capitalism. "Chanukah and Jewish linkages have clearly been exploited for many years" in the promotion of Christmas and non-religious events, he added. Spokespeople for the compajiies involved, in interviews with JTA, denied any tackiness or incongruity in the use of Fievel. Podany of Sears said the Fievel-centered campaign appears at Christmas-time only to concur with the release of the movie. Marvin Levy, a consultant to Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Universal City Studios, Inc., both of Universal City, Calif., acknowledged that Fievel is Jewish and even receives Chanukah gifts in the film, but be said the film is less a Jewish story that one of immigration that fosters universal American values such as the "nielting pot." "No one thought of it CUP AND SAVE-
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with a religious significance," he said of the many Jews, including himself and Spielberg, among the leadership of Amblin and Universal. "We would probably be as sensitive as anybody, " he added. But might not children who see the film and then see the character pushing Christmas sales get the wrong impression of Judaism? "1 really don't think so," he said. "I don't think anybody here thought of it as being as much of a Christmas promotion as a (generally ecumenical) holiday promotion." According to Terri Capotosto, media relations manager for McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, 111., the movie represents American values of inter-cultural understanding, hope and family heritage. Moreover, both Capatosto and McDonald's customer relations representative Chris Garrity noted that families can participate in the Fievel promotion without getting involved in Christmas. Scenes from the movie decorate the packages of McDonald's meals for children from November 24-December 24, which each week is accompanied by a different Fievel storybook. "We certainly apologize if someone has misinterpreted (the Fievel ornaments)... We obviously wouldn't do anything that would offend anybody," said Capotosto.
Cancer support group Members of the public who have been diagnosed as having cancer may attend "Living With Cancer," a cancer support group offered by Bergan Mercy Hospital-as a community service. The purpose-of the group is to meet the psychological needs of people with cancer. Trained professionals from the hospital conduct the group. "Living With Cancer" is also open to family members and friends. . ''Living With Cancer" meets every Thursday, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Outpatient Oncology Clinic at Bergan Mercy, 7500 Mercy Road. For additional information, call 398-6571.
Martin Gilbert on SCinclay (Continued from Page 1) those of our immediate ancestors and his. ending in 1946, is near the top of the best- And the Atlas of the Holocaust, the spread seUo' list in En^^and and persistently stays of murder across a continent. 1 remember studying these maps and having the crawlthere. I first met Professor Gilbert when Doro- ing sensation of a mammoth evil, stretchthy and 1 visited his charming and wonder- ing from Germany in all directions across ful home in Oxford, in 1976, just before his Europe, like the great evil glob in some sister Margaret and our son Saul were mar- science fictipn movie, a horrendous evil ried. One whole level of the home, which swallowing up Europe, and specifically and overlooked the town of Oxford and the horribly, obliterating its Jewish conununiUniversity from a suburban hill, was his ties. In all of the prolific work of Mr. Gilbert, study. No smoking! The books you know! His wife Susie had prepared a marvelous his Jewish interests have a place of real luncheon. One of the items was a "trifle," prominence. One of his books is Auschwitz for dessert. Dorothy got the idea, if not the and the Allies. Gilbert does not spare the recipe, and we have enjoyed English "tri- leading personalities of the World War 11 fles" ever since—fetching to look at and de era. Where there was overt anti-Semitism ^cious to consume! or only polite anti-Semitism, Gilbert does Memorable from that visit was a tour of not hesitate to identify it. It was responsiOxford Dorothy and I and our daughter ble in large part for the-refusal of the AlLinnie had with the world's best tour guide, lies, on both sides of the Atlantic, to do anyMartin Gilbert. This is not the place to de- thing to save the Jews of Nazi Fortress scribe it. But there is probably no one in the Europe. world who knows the Jewish coiuections in It has been suggested that Gilbert may Oxford as our guest speaker does—and he be in line to be knighted for his work on was fascinating. Did you know, for exam- Churchill. He may not particularly care for ple, that the "college system" at Oxford and me to say this: But Auschwitz and the AlCambridge, which has been reproduced in lies, with its forthright treatment of the peopart at Harvard and Yale with their system ple ruiming the show during the murder of separate "houses," was the result of a years, may prevent this. Gilbert is a loyal suggestion made by Jacob the Jew? The Briton. But Gilbert is an honest and selfcorrespondence between the Jew whose sug- respecting Jew. gestion it was for the college to house its You have gathered that Gilbert is an acastudents on campus, between this Jew and demic historian of note. But the last words the bishop whose students came to Oxford above, "a self-respecting Jew," have made for study, is all in Hebrewl him also an activist, a political activist. And Later our guest speaker took Dorothy this is a strange combination, the academic and me and Netta and Yossi on a tour of historian and the political activist. We London, complete with the captivating usually think of the historian as a secluded background of the history of the city and scholar in an ivory tower. But the realities the British Empire and all the important of the age have forced him to come down. buildings—a tour equally memorable to the He is intimately involved in the problems Oxford experience. of Israel and the overwhelming and madIf you think a historian is by definition dening problems of Soviet Jewry, incarcerdull, you are 180° off course. Martin Gilbert, ated in a land that will not let them live as the world's leading Jewish historian, is a Jews and will not let them go. They have fascinating person, a fascinating writer, and become pawns of Soviet foreign policy, cynia fascinating speaker. cal foreign policy. Although his magnnm opus is the official Gilboii wrote about the Jews he met there biography of Winston Churchill, Martin Gil- and talked with there. The Jews of Hope. bert is of interest to us largely because of I'm sure you know about his recent his signal contributions to contemporary Sharansky: Hero of Our Time. I hope you Jewish history. have read his The Holocaust: A History of By a strange but natural quirk, Gilbert's the Jews of Europe Daring World War II. work on Churchill was in some part subsi- The Wall Street Journal reviewer said dized by the earnings he was able to make about it that nobody could possibly write on the American lectiu-e platform, largely anything new about the Holocaust after the Jewish and largely on Jewish topics. His libraries of books that have come off the reputation here in the Jewish community printing presses: Is there anything more to has long been established, and he is in much be published? Yes, a great deal; and Mardemand as a lecturer. tin Gilbert has done it. It so happens that one of his historian's Did you know that December 7, 1941 is special interests is map-making. There is a a day that will abide in infamy? Yes, it was shelf-ful of his Atlases, on American his- Pearl Harbor Day. Martin Gilbert reminds tory, Russian history, etc., etc. One of the us that it was also the first day that Jews first that I saw was his Atlas of the Arab- were gassed, in the "Final Sdutum," no less Israel Conflict. You can explain all day an infamy, no less a human tragedy. There what it means to be a tiny country. But were 700 of them. They were from Chelmno, when you see on a map the arcs of the cir- Poland. cles that various kinds of missiles make Do you remember the film Genocide? It from various points in Arab lands contigu- was narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orous to Israel, you understand fully what it son Welles. It was devised by Martin Gilmeans for Israel to need a little more depth bert, and he was one of the co-authors of the in its defenses. And the same for flying time script. from jet take-off fields in the Middle East Readers of the Jewish Press have read to Israel's population centers. Martin Gilbert for three weeks running. And there are other Atlases of immedi- And now we have a great privilege in ate interest. The Atlas of Jewish History, Omaha. He will speak to us on Sunday evewith all the migrations of Jews, including ning.
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Federation initiates new Young Leadership program he Jewish Federation of Omaha has be- pleased that so many young adults have gun a new Leadership development pro- chosen to embark on this Challenj^ program for young adults, Challenge for gram, an 18-month learning, doing, serving Leadership, for men and women, married experience," added Jody and Buzz and /or single, under the age of 35. Malashock, Challenge co-chairmen. "If a Jewish community such as ours is The Challenge for Leadership parto progress, it must have not only in- ticipants include Mr. and Mrs. Mike dividuals interested in assuming the leader- Abramson, Joel Alperson*. Mr. and Mrs. ship reins, but also people who have the Mark Belmont, Spencer Brookstein, Mr, knowledge and skill to lead," stated Jan and Mrs. Bob Eisenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Schneiderman, Federation Board Human Resource Connection chairman who developed the Challenge program. "We must train our future leaders now to assure our commimity that it will have dedicated, committed, and knowledgeable leaders for the ^(n Uade>ulu^ . future." Under the chairmanship of Jody and Buzz Malashock, the 48 participants had their choice of attending one of two orientation sessions in October at the home of 'Maxine and Joe Kirshenbaum who also addressed the group on what their Judaic com- Fineman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman, munity vcdunteer involvement has meant to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fried, Mr. and Mrs. Mor them over the years. ris Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gerber, The group will meet once every six weeks Mr.* and Mrs. Pete Godwin, Robert Greenfor the next 18 months. A retreat is being berg, Leslie Greenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Ron planned for May with other Yoimg Leader- aid Ipock, Scott Kotzen, {(athy Malashock, ' ship groups in the mid-west. During the sec- Dr. and Mrs. Larry Mdashock, Mr. and ond half of the program, each participant Mrs. Jon Meyers, Mr. Jeff and Dr. Patri' will serve as an ex-officio member of a Fed- cia Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ostrow, eration or agency committee for hands-on Mr. and Mrs. Morris Poldnski, Carey Rice, experience. A delegation will also partici- Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rifkin, Mr. and Mrs.* pate in the UJA Leadership Conference in David Rips, Mr. and Mrs.* Steve RotbenWashington, D.C. in March, 1988. berg, Mr. and Mrs. David Ruback, Mr. and "The continuity of Jewish community re- ' Mrs. John Waldbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Steve quires that one generation of leaders trans- Wolkenstein, and Tim Zweiback. (*Steering mit its responsibilities to the next. We are Committee)
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Mubarak's message to Arab countries CAIRO (ZINS)-In an interview with the Kuwait Press Agency, Kana, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak-for the first time-delivered a candid and sobering message to the Arab states. The interview was reported in the Egyptian press and included Mubarak's remarks on a number of critical issues. To begin with, Mubarak warned the Arab states that they must abandon their efforts to scuttle the Camp David Accord, asserting that Egypt will never renege on its commitments to Israel He explained that; as a simple pragmatic proposition, a repudiation of the Camp David agreements would result in the renewal of a state of war between Egypt and Israel, which is. something Egypt can ill afford and which would divert its energies from a host of domestic problems.
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Furthermore, the insistence on the part of Arab leaders to drive Israel into the sea is sheer fantasy, Mubarak warned. "The Egyptian president added that anyone advocating that his government retreat from the Camp David Accord is really urging national suicide for the Egyptian people. In response to the interviewer's question as to what would happen if a majority of the Egyptians expressed their opposition to honoring the Camp David agreement, Mubarak replied in these words: "That is the free privilege and choice of the Egyptian people. But if that happens I shall need to find someone else to give effect to that will of the people." The Hebrew daily Ha'aretz, described Mubarak's statement as courageous and forthright.
Landmark ruling by high court By David Landan and Hngh Orgel JERUSALEM (JTA)-A Supreme Court panel ruled unanimously Dec. 2 that the Interior Ministry may not inscribe the word "converted" on the identification card of a person converted to Judaism. The decision, hailed in liberal and secvdar circles and angrily condenmed by the Orthodox establishment is seen likely to revive the bitter debate over the Who is a Jew issue because it involved a conversion performed by a Reform rabbi in the U.S. The court ruling is considered a landmark because it makes clear the supremacy of dvil law in Israel. The ruling was handed down by a panel of three justices—Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar, Menahem Eylon and Miriam Ben-Porat. Eylon, in an addendum to the ruling, stated that the word "converted" on an identification card was contrary to religious law. A number of leading rabbis agreed with him on halachic grounds, though others have ruled differently. A storm is centered on Interior Minister Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz of the Orthodox Shas Party whose resignation was demanded by Orthodox leaders. The court acted on an appeal by Shoehana Miller against the Interior Ministry. Miller was converted to Judaism in 1982 by Rabbi David Klein of Colorado Springs, Colo., and immigrated to Israel three years later, claiming citizenship. The Interior Ministry refused to register her as a Jew. But when she appealed to the Supreme-Court last year, Peretz agreed to • register her as a convert. He explained to the Knesset at the time that to register her simply as Jewish without the qualifying "converted" could mislead other citizens and officials as to her standing under Jewish law. But Miller continued to press her appeal The ire of the Orthodox establishment focussed on Peretz for registering Miller as Jewish even with the qualification that she was a convert. Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapiro said in a statement that ' 'The Chief Rabbinate opposed the (Peretz)
proposal all along... in our view, a Reform converaian is just a joke because it dose not require acceptance of mitzvot. It is impoesiUe, indeed immoral, to accept such a convert whom a large part of the Jewish people does not accept as a Jew." Religious Affaira Minister Zevuhin Hammer of the Naticmal Religious Party stated that the Orthodox position is that hulm-hi'i not seciilar law, must determine Jewish identity. The Committee for the Purity of the People, an Orthodox group, insisted that Peretz resign because only conversions by Orthodox rabbis are valid in Israel Political sources said Dec. 2 that Shas was not likely to leave the coalition government over the Miller case. But other observers said it was difficult to imagine that Peretz could comply with the court order by endorsing Miller's status as a Jew without qualification. Shas'circles said the party's Council of Torah Scholars would meet to decide the party's position and specifically, what action Peretz should take. The Council is chaired by. former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. The secular Shinui Party called on Peretz to resign rather than consult with his party's Torah sages. As a Minister in the government he is obliged to be guided by the high court, not by a body of religious scholars, Shinui said. Meanwhile, The Progressive (Reform) movement in Israel said it would follow up its court victory by introducing six more test cases of converts denied registration as Jews. Rabbi Moahe Zemer of the Progressive Movement hailed the court decision as "a stage in our struggle for recognition and full rights" in Israel. Miller told reporters after the court ruled in her favor that she had a "most difficult year, a real nightmare," waiting fw the decision. "I want to live here as a Jew, not as something else," she said. In addition to its ruling, the Court ordered the {government to pay 2,500 Shekels (about $1,600) in legal expenses.
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Bright future for Galilee moshav Who is a Jew? The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that the nation's Interior Ministry may not stamp the word "convert" on identity papers of an immigrant. In making its sound decision, the Court agreed that labeling identity documents of a Jewish convert would be an act of discrimination. As noted by Judge Eilon in his decision, not only Israeh law, but also Jewish law, prohibits any distribution of gerim (coriverts) from Klal Israel (the Jewish people). The Israeli High Court ordered the Minister of the Interior to register Shoshanna Miller, who was converted to Judaism by an American Reform rabbi as a full Jew in every respect. . The Minister of the Interior had refused to recognize conversions performed by Reform and Conservative rabbis, and had proposed putting the word "convert" after the national identity "Jew." Coming at a time when religious tension in Israel is causing all sorts of problems, not only for Israel, but for world Jewry, the decision is a giant step forward for religious pluralism. There is no doubt that the tension can be alleviated if all parties will utilize the legal process and accept the judgment of Israel's highest court. The suit, which had been initiated by the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism and the World Union for Progressive Judaism, was financed by the Association of Reform Zionists of America's Religious Rights fund. The Conservative and Reform Judaism.movements of America have hailed as a victory for pluralism the Israeli Supreme Court decision, but the Orthodox say they have merely lost the battle, not the fight. The Orthodox establishment has contended for years that Reform and Conservative conversions are not acceptable. The Orthodox in the Knesset have tried repeatedly to mtroduce an amendment to the legal definition of a Jew, a child of a Jewish mother or a convert, which would stipulate "converted according to halacha." The Orthodox first introduced the amendment in 1970 and many times since. Under the Israeli Law of Return, passed in 1950, all Jews are eligible automatically for Israeli citizenship. Although the Supreme Court decision on the case of Miller has encouraged the Reform and Conservative leaders, they admit that the larger issues of tolerance and religious pluralism remain to be resolved. Rabbi Benjamin Kreitman, executive vice-president of the United Synagogue of America, Conservative, said the Orthodox objections center on the question of who is really a rabbi. "From our point of view, there should be an acceptance of the pluralistic standard; we accept one another's converts." Traditionally, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel was the key decision maker on acceptability of conversions, Kreitman said. Some of the cases, like Miller's, have gone to the courts. Others have been required to submit to "blitz" conversions, a one day quickie conversion which usually requires the woman to go to the mikvah and thp man to let a drop of blood as a symbolic circimicision. Many of the Falashas were required to have this type of conversion, and objected to it as a humiliation.
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HAIFA-If they were to compose and publish a conventional help-wanted ad it might read something like this: "Flourishing high technology firm, recently signed $22 million sales contract, seeking five or six fully participating partners. Very small capital investment required-it is you and your talents we seek. The firm provides family accomodations in new, detached house with garden, and covers all educational costs of children. Skills required: engineers, t^hnicians in electronics, programmers, financial analysts, translators, editors, graphic designers, etc." It sounds Bke an ideal opportunity, and it is indeed, but there is much more to it than meets the eye. For this is not a normal commercial company, but a recently estabhshed and highly successful moshav, Shorashim, located in the Galilee foothills. There are no financial problems. All they lack is more working hands. Shorashim's main industry is the manufacture of Cerebrotrac, a device developed by Dr. Andrew Pearbnan, formerly of Los Angeles, which gives immediate visual information on a patient's cerebral functioning. A second industry is the Eyetracker, a computerized instrument for detecting and assessing optic movements. Still another income-producing wing of the moshav is a translation, editing and technical writing service, which is much in demand by many of Israel's leading industries. There are still other ideas in process of development, including the establishment of a seminar center for visiting youth groups, and even an agricultural venture. Appropriate talents woiild be welcomed. Practically all members work on the premises, the intention being to keep families together as much as possible. But the above is only the cold framework of a new style of living which has already attracted 22 families, two-thirds of them English-speaking and the others'Israelis. There is a common desire here for a high quality of Ufe, far from the pressures and noise and smog of a big city, yet with all the comforts and conveniences as well as significant promise of further growth and development. Shorashim has already gone through its period of first growing pains, and seems well on the road to success. Its homes are comfortable and spacious; its little population
is friendly, educated, congenial. It is sited in a magnificent location, about 10 miles east of Acre. It is an ideal place for the 41 children, most of whom are in the fourth grade or lower, though a few are somewhat older. Unlike a kibbutz, each family has its own home and its own privacy. Members can keep their own private bank accounts. There is no communal dining room. Like a kibbutz, however, there is an economic equality of all members, and each is expected to put in his share of work, as assigned by the democratically chosen moshav committee. There is a reUgious spirit here which, in the American sense, is termed traditional. They are affiliated with the Conservative movement. Shabbat services are held, but women take an equal part in the proceedings. The classes in Judaism are popular, though not required. Each family conducts its life within its home as it sees fit. Shorashim is in many ways a new concept in Israeli settlements. The Jewish Agency, which has provided all the necessary infrastructure, envisages that it will grow to 150200 families, but the present residents prefer to take things easy and grow gradually. When they reach 50 families, they say, they'll take stock. The financial arrangements are quite extraordinary. The small capital investment required is regarded as a standing loan to the moshav, and is refundable if a member leaves. A successful candidate is provided with a readymade house, telephone and all, but is expected to bring his own furniture and furnishings. All are families—there are no singles. How do they get new members? They have been advertising in the local press and distributiiig brochures in the absorption centers. Meetings are held on the site at which prospective members can visit Shorashim, ask questions, and go through their first interview. Not everyone is accepted. For one thing, they want young couples only. There is a desire to maintain a certain intellectual, cultural, social and Jewish/Zionist level. Shorashim is still very young and growing, but its prospects for the future are bright. Further information is available from the moshav secretary, Debby Pearlman, address: Moshav Shorashim, Doar Na Misgav, 20164, Israel.
West Bank realities Near East Report By Eric Rozennum Israel's decision last month to expel Akram Haniyah, editor of an east Jerusalem weekly, and to cancel the work permit of Mohammed Shadid, a political science professor at An Najah University in Nablus, refocused attention on Israeli administration of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel gained control of the territories in the 1967 Six-Day War, taking the West Bank-also known as Judea and Samaria—after defeating a Jordanian attack. The West Bank is home to approximately 800,000 Palestinian Arabs; about 600,000 more live in the Gaza Strip. Since 1%7 approximately 60,000 Israeli Jews have settled in the territories as well. Judea and Samaria are the heart of Biblical Israel and the area's strategic central highlands. If the expulsion goes through—Haniyah appealed to Israel's Supreme Court, but the court has upheld all previous orders—the journalist will join more than 30 other people expelled from the territories since August, 1985. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin reinstated deportation (suspended by the Begin and Shamir governments from 1977 to 1984) after a wave of terrorism in the territories and in Israel earlier in the year. Expulsions are administrative; not judicial, punishments by the military authority overseeing the West Bank arid. Gaza Strip. They can take place without triab. An Israeli military official was quoted as sayingl, "You cannot find any connection between Akram Hanqrah and a pure terrorist action. But... he was involved day and night in order to deepen and enlarge the infrafltructtlre of Fatah there... What Amnesty International would call 'political activity,' we consider hostile activity..You can never point your finger at the moment when so-called political activity stops and real terrorism begins." Shadid conducted the public opinion survey last flQl which showed high levels of support (or the-PLO and for anti-Israel terrorism among Palestinian Aiabs in the territories. He claimed that his work permit was cancelled after he refused a demand by Israeli military officials to renounce the way the poll was presented in Al-Fajr, a sponsoring east Jerusalem newspaper. But the authorities said the action, which means Shadid will not be able to stay in the territories, came as a result of the professor's involvement with Fatah. No doubt Israel's critics will advertise these steps as examples of "Israeli repression" of Palestinian Arabs. But the reality is quite different, Knesset Member Simcha Dinitz explained in an NER interview last Week. According to Dinitz the Haniyah and Shadid cases represent only one part of Israd's dual policy for the West Bank and Oaza. The crackdown supplements a decision to allow Palestinian Arabs in general maximum control over their daily
lives, he said. Jerusalem hopes to increase "the level of moderation by allowing a greater degree of responsibility on the one hand and by removing the obstacles—the incitement that extremist elements of the territories are conducting—on the other." Dinitz said that the appointment of Arab mayors to replace Israeli military officers in all West Bank towns and the decision to permit reopening of the Cairo-Amman Bank in Nablus—and branches elsewhere—are part of a strategy meant "to increase economic development and investment." Increased prosperity should lead to increased social stability, he said. In such an environment Palestinian Arabs might be more likely to seek a peaceful settlement with Israel and less likely to follow the PLO. Meanwhile, Jordan has announced an ambitious five-year development plan for the territories. It describes the program—for which it must seek international funding— as an efftnt to promote "steadfastness" of the Palestinians in the face of what Amman calls the "harsh occupation." Dinitz said Israel does not care how Jordan labels its efforts "so long as the deeds strengthen the civilian infrastructure" and encourage moderation. The PLO understands the threat to itself presented by • these complementary, if separate, Israeli and Jordanian initiatives. Representatives of both extreme and "mainline" wings of the organization warned Palestinians against pa^ ticipating. • Success iar the two-pronged Israeli policy remains uncertain. But the"effort gives the lie to those who claim that Jei;u8a}ein lias embarked on a program of oppression.
•'fli^ciM© ffffoom' m BEERSHEVA, ISRAEL-A project to grow cotton OB?., brackisK water, which will have far-reaching, beneficial com . sequences for Third World countries, is being carried out jointly by Israeli and Egyptian scientists. Their work, supported by a VA million dollar a year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, was initiated by the Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace in San Diego, CaUf. . The researchers are developing salt tolerant cotton varieties and improved tillage methods in an effort to cope with fresh water shortages; their work is particularly pertinent in light of pressing water shortages in this area due to sparce rainfall the past two winter seasons. When fresh water is lacking, their research will enable farmers to take advantage of vast underground acquifers of saline water, which exist in many desert areas of the world.
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By Wolf Blitzer WASHINGTON -The mood in Wellington is ugly. Another President is in deep trouble. There are many reminders of Watergate. , A hungry Washington press corps is again searching for evidence of criminal behavior on the part of high U.S. officials. Careers were established during Watergate; the same might happen today. Who is going to be first to find a new "Deep Throat," the mysterious source who produced so much revealing and ultimately damaging information for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of "The Washington Post" during Watergate? Woodward to still breaking impressive stories for that newspaper today while Bernstein has gone on to other endeavors. There is fierce competition in the American news media for additional information about this latest scandal. Under these circumstances, it is understandable that all the President's men seem to feel as if they are in a state of siege. And nlost of them are already in a bunker mentality, very worried about their own futures as this story unfolds. "Sometimes it pays to have been bypassed," one U.S. official said. "I'm happy I wasn't in 'the loop' on those decisions." President Ronald Reagan's personal popularity has slipped badly over the past month as the Iran arms controversy has^erupted into a full-scale scandal. The diversion of funds from the profits of those sales to the contras fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua may have violated U.S. law. There are hints that some private arms dealers took huge and maybe illegal profits. A Special Counsel will investigate all the gory details even as separate Congressional inquiries continue to do the same. Israel, to its great dismay, has been thrust right into the middle of this whole messy affair. Several senior U.S. officials believe that there is some justice to this since they are convinced that Isradi leaders played a crucial role in convincing the Reagan Administration to authorize the clandestine arms sales to Iran, which supposedly also served Israel's broader interests in the region. Israel, fairly or imfairly, is being widely accused in Washington of talking the U.S. into this entire ill-fated strategy. Thus, even someone as basically friendly toward Israel as Attorney-General Edwin Meese has pointed out that Israel was involved in promoting this course of action from the start. At his Nov. 25 news conference, Meese said: "The policy was proposed initially as a result of conversations with Israel. It was then presented to the President by the then-Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Robert McFarlane)." It is already becoming apparent that Israel is going to pay a price for its involvement. One respected Washington observer, Richard Straus, editor of the "Middle East Policy Survey," said: "I feel that we may have seen the high-water mark in U.S.-Israeli relations. The fascination with Israeli schemes is probably at an end, not only because these schemes didn't work but also because people who were most taken by them are gone and are likely to be replaced by more middle^)f-the-road establishmenffigures." Already, National Security Adviser John Poindexler, a strong supporter of Israel, has been replaced by Frank Carlucci, a veteran of the State Department, Pentagon and
"Mrs. Goldstein gave us a thorough briefing and provided us with a list of names and loads of presents for us to distribute. She even gave us a stack of kopecs (coins for the pay phones) so that we could make calls without becoming conspicuous." It was during this period of contact and visitation that . a refusenik (whose identity was not disclosed) gave a roll of negatives to the X's asking the couple to give it to Mrs. Gokistein so that she could send the material to a journalist in Israel. "We put the film into a pillbox and since our luggage was not searched, there was no problem." "We were not overly concerned about the film, we were just carrying something that a friend had given us ... it turned out to be the most profound thing we've ever done in our lives." ' The X's explained that they tried to contact Kushners' cousin on this second trip, but were imable to locate him. "He had just seemed to disappear without a trace," they said. However, they were able to make contact with Alexander Murinson whom Omahan Sol Parsow had met a couple of years ago. Mr. Murinson is "very poor" and lives with his mother. "Heis under a lot of pressure for having signed a petition to the Soviet government. The petition had stated that Mr. Murinson and 49 others had dual citizenship with Israel and therefore should be allowed to leave the Soviet Union." The X's said that Mr. Murinson teaches in an unauthorized schpol for Jewish children and that he asked them to buy a tape recorder that he could use to play Hebrew tapes from Israel for the children. ''' "He didn't want a Soviet-built machine ('because they are no good, they break all the time') but instead wanted a Japanese recorder." They said their most moving visit was with the Taratuta family consisting of Aba, a graduate mathematician; his
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Central Intelligence Agency who will bring to the White there," Meese said. "Bank accounts were established as House a more traditional approach toward Israel and the best we know by representatives of the forces in Central Middle East. He is going to be very nervous about getting America. And this information was provided to representoo deeply involved with Israeli-inspired covert operations. tatives of the IsraeU government—or representatives of IsSwiior U.S. officials certainly understand Israel's current rael, 1 should say—and then these fundis were put into the nervousness, especially as a result of its alleged role in al- accounts." Meese said he wanted to be careful to say that lowing the profits from the Iran arms sales to go to the "they were representatives of Israel—whether they were Contras. They know that many of Israel's supporters in specifically authorized by the (Israeli) government or not Congress would be outraged to learn that Israel was con- is one of the things that I would assume we will find out." Reagan, based on what he heard from Meese, went one spiring with the Reagan Administration to skirt around step further. Without referring to Israel by name but Congressionally-imposed restrictions on such funding. Still, White House officials are not very pleased by the clearly—according to his aides—meaning Israel, he said: way Israel is trying to distant itself from the entire affair. "Another country was facilitating those sales of weapons They are irritated by Israel's assertion that it was simply systems. They then were overcharging and were apparently responding to an American request for strategic support. putting the money into bank accounts of the leaders of the "It was Israel which got us into this mess to begin with," Contras. It wasn't us funneling money to them. This was one U.S. official charged bluntly. "Now, they are trying to another country." walk away from it." All of which clearly leaves Israel in a rather awkward Lt. Col. Oliver North, the fired Security Council predicament. Someone is not telling the whole truth. Poindexter, North, McFarlane, CIA Director William operative who worked very closely with Israel during the many months of the Iran arms shipments, talked at length Casey, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan and many about the entire scheme on Nov. 22-23. He was being ques- others are eventually going to have to come clean and tell tioned at the Justice Department by Meese and other sen- all. What they will say about Israel's involvement could ior investigators. Since then. North has refused to talk. very easily continue to contradict the official Israeli line. This scandal has gone too far for Israel to try to control But it was on the basis of what North initially disclosed that Meese and later Reagan, in his "Time" magazine in- what the implicated Americans will say. In the process, terviews, accused Israel of transferring the funds to the there could be some scapegoating of Israel and some real Contras. "Meese didn't simply make it up," one U.S. offi- damage to U.S.-Israeli relations. According to Congressional investigators and others cial said. "He was told of the Israeli involvement by North." And Meese then made his findings public—to Is- deeply involved in the current inquiry, for example, there rael's regret. could be hard evidence presented that some Israeli "Certain monies were received in the transaction between officials—such as Amiram Nir, adviser to the Prime Minrepresentatives of Israel and representatives of Iran (and) ister on counterterrorism-had indeed been told of the Conwere taken and made available to the forces in Central tra connection to the Swiss bank accounts. Israel has America which are opposing the Sandinista government strongly denied any knowledge that the money was going to the Contras, But North, in his initial Justice Department questioning, is reported to have said that he had iAformed THe specTfcroufi Nir of the Contra funding scheme. On a broader level, Israel's alleged willingness to covertly support the Contras in other ways in recent years—at the strong urgings of the U.S.—could also come to light during the course of these hearings. Israel strongly denies supporting the Contras in any way. But Israel's denials are greeted routinely now-a-days with skepticism in Washington. In an unusual statement. Republican Senator David Durenberger of Minnesota, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, has already publicly said that he does not accept Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's repeated professions of innocence. Durenberger has heard statements and seen evidence during the course of his extensive hearings on the affair that clearly dispute Peres's statements. An U.S. officials scurry for protection, trying to cover their own hides, all of the most sensitive aspects of this clandestme operation will eventually come to light. Israeli leaders could very easily be embarrassed in the process. They, therefore, would be well-advised to pre-empt the inevitable and to come clean now, to admit a mistake, rather than to get involved in an organized cover-up, which the American public would not easily accept and could leave a bitter and lingering effect on U.S.-Israeli relations. The cover-up, as they say, is almost always worse than the original error.
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wife, Ida, a translator, and their son, Michael, 26, an artist. Aba is now washing boilers for a living, and Ida tries to find work as a tutor, while Michael struggles to paint. "We made two visits to their apartment and they wiped us out. The emotional impact of their being prisoners was tough to take." Mr. X said they were accompanied on the second visit by 8 young lawyer who asked the Taratutas, "Why do you want to leave, aren't you Russian?'.' They replied, "We are hostages, we are not allowed to be Russians ... We carry identity cards with Jew stamped on them, no other minority group in Russia carries that religious identification," they said. Mrs. Taratuta told the X's that her father had fought on the front for four years during World War II, and that she had difficulty reconciling this type of loyalty with the treatment given them by the Soviet authorities. Mrs. X asked her, "How do you stay sane?" Her reply, "What else is there to do?" "She was so pleased that we had come to visit and when she spoke about Shirley (Mrs. Goldstein) she spoke with tears in her eyes." Before walking the visitors to the bus, Michael gave one of his paintings to the couple as a gift to the Jewish community of Omaha. "We'll be giving it to the Jewish Community Center in Michael's behalf." The couple said they had no reservations about visiting with the refuseniks, nor did they feel worried about bringing Uie film into Omaha.
JERUSALEM-:IsraeU scientists at Hebrew University say there is hope for alcoholic trees, that is, trees that produce alcohol in their roots, due to lack of air in the soil, when waterlogged from flooding. Apple, peach and apricot trees are particularly susceptible to waterlogging, says Prof Arye Gur of the university's Faculty of Agriculture, creating alcohol which travels to and damages the trees' branches, foliage and fruit. M6re resistant trees, however, produce less alcohol and instead more malic acid, .which is harmless to them. Prof. Gur has been able to successfully imitate the natural processes of these more resistant trees; he treats regular apple and peach trees with chemical growth regulators and enzyme inhibitors that^ffectively block alcohol formation. The chemical inhibitors can be applied by the fruit farmer in the irrigation water; three applications have been found to be sufficient. A related method of treating waterlogged trees that drop their fruit before it is sufficiently developed, is the direct injection of chemicals into the trunks of ailing trees. This treatment resulted in a 22% increase in yield. The chemicals also improved tree vigor and fruit size of both peach and apple trees. DAGGETT, CALIFORNIA-An IsraeU solar energy installation, predicted to produce 25% of the total installed electrical capacity in California in just ten years' time, was officially dedicated this past spring. The new 30 megawatt system, produced by Luz International Ltd. of Israel, is the world's largest solar-powered system for the production of electricity. The optimistic projection for the installation's output in the coming decade was made by California Energy Commissioner Charles Imbrecht in a speech at the dedication "We're part of humanity, and this visit meant more to ceremony to 500 prominent citizens and dignitaries, includus than it did to them.". ing Israel's Minister of Energy Moshe Shahal. Imbrecht "Our visits lightened their days of bleakness and gave pointed out that California already produces 10% of its eleca ray of hope from the knowledge that Americans care tricity from alternative and renewable sources, a claim, which no other U.S. state is able to make, he said. deeply about their plight."
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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Minha-Ma'ariv 4:35 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Learn series with the rabbi will continue on Dec. 18, noon at the Uptown 11. WOMEN'S LEAGUE GIFT SHOP The Gift Shop will be open for Hanukkah shopping on Sundays, Dec. 14 and 21, 10 a.m. to noon. It will also be open during the week. MISHPACHA SHABBAT DINNER Mishpacha will sponsor the monthly Shabbat dinner on Dec. 12 following the Shabbat evening services at 6 p.m. MENORAH PRESENTATION At the Shabbat morning services on Dec. 20, the first grade children of tfie congregation will receive a Hanukkah menorah.
Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun Friday: 8 p.m., Hanukkah Family service conducted by Rabbi Michael Joseph. December birthday blessings. Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Estelle and Si Kominsky. Saturday: CongregatioAal Latke Party 6 p.m. Sunday: Hanukkah pot-pourri for three-year-olds and parents, 10:15 a.m. Jiidaica Shop Hanukkah open house 10 a.m.-noon.
Lincoln Tifereth Israel Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. School Shabbaton Minyans: Monday and Thursday 7:15 a.m.
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Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat 4:45 p.m. Family Service 8 p.m. In the absence of Cantor Fettman, who will be conducting a Shabbaton for 6th grade students of UTTO, the service will be led by Donald Gerber. An Oneg Shabbat reception is sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday:
Morning service 8:45 a.m. Aron Zeiderman will conduct the service in the absence of the cantor. A D'var Torah will be presented by Miles Remer. A Kiddush follows in the Social Hall. Youth Services 10 a.m. Class with the rabbi-4 p.m. Mincha-4:45 p.m. Mincha is followed by Shalosh Suedos and the Havdalah service. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service 9 a.m. The service is followed by breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. ADULT CLASS Cantor Fettman's weekly adult class will meet on Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Offutt Air Base SERVICES: Rabbi Howard B. Zyskind conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday of the month: 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service and everyone is welcome.
VICKI PERLMETER and MR. AND Mf^S. JEFFREY PERLMETER cordially invite you to join them as their daughter AMY becomes a Bat Mitzvah Saturday, December 13 Temple Israel. Kiddush and Luncheon will follow the service 3ZZ
Part-time Female Health Club Attendant Needed The health club is looking for i responsible female attendant with people and communication skills. Position available immediately and the weekly hours are M/W/F 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ResponsibiUties include making massage appointments, doing towel laundry, greeting members and checking them in, and other maintenance tasks. Anyone interested should call Liz Roth at 334-8200, ext. 236
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Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephan F. Barack and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Barack welcomes Rabbi Rachel Hertzman, who will conduct the service of the reading of the Torah and Rabbi Rex D. Perimeter who will speak on "Journey to the Center." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Jan and Stan Perimeter in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Amy Renee Perimeter, and in honor of their son and daughter-inlaw. Rabbi Rex D. Perhneter and Rabbi Rachel Hertzman. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 11:15 a,m. CLASSES Religious School: Saturday, Dec. 13-9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14-10 a.m. Hebrew School: Gimmel, Monday, Dec. 15—4 p.m.; Aleph, Tuesday, Dec. 164 p.m.; Dajed, Wednesday, Dec.17-4 p.m.; Bet, Thursday, Dec. 18, 4 p.m. Confirmation: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m. GIFT SHOP The Sisterhood Gift Shop is open Sunday 10 am.-noon and weekday^ through the Temple office. B'NAI MITZVAH Amy Renee Perimeter, daughter of Ma. Vicki Perimeter and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Perimeter, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13. Daniel Joshua Fried, son of Norma and Marshall Fried, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20. MEN'S CLUB The Men's Club Brunch on Dec. 14, at 10 a.m. will include tips on how to lead a healthier, more productive Ufe. Chuck Arnold and Liz Roth, from the JCC, will explain how exercise and a proper diet will improve your quality of life. Chuck is the Health and Physical Education supervisor and Liz is the director of health services. She is also an exercise specialist.
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the order of the day's prayers begins in this Midirash with the morning service, not the evening service. But that's another story. There is no room here for my conmient!) What is to be noted is that the rabbis could not abide the thought that the Patriarchs had a religious life different from theirs. Just as the Bible insists that the Sabbath is as old as creation, part of the very nature of the universe; and just as the Bible assures us that circumcision begins with Abraham—so too now the rabbis assure us that the three obligatory services each day came from the very beginning of our ancestry. Historically we associate the prayer services with the development of the Synagogue and its ascendancy over the Temple. But the rabbinic Midrash suggests, naively, that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob prayed the kind of prayers that they (and we) knew from their day (and from ours). There is something of the special nature of religion revealed here: Religion tends to be conservative. It accepts innovation slowly, reluctantly. It tends to preserve practices from earlier generations. And even when something is really newlike prayer services—there is a tendency to deny their newness and find their begiimings in ancient times and with ancient worthies. Examples abound. Would you, for example, be willing to see the Torah read from books, rather than from hand-printed parchment scrolls? After eJl, printing was invented in the 15th century! The Midrash on Jacob's ladder is not accurate, historically speaking. But, on the one hand it is charming; and on the other it reveals an interesting characteristic of religion. The Midrash merits both attention and respect.
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Rothschild menorah As the festival of Hanukkah fast approaches, two student body presidents from Yeshiva University, Stacy Alevy of Long Beach, Calif., and Jerry Barbalatt of Kew Gardens Hills, NY, inspect the silver Rothschild Menorah (1850-1860), on loan from the Hebrew Union College-Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., to the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City. The lanap was formerly in the collection of the Frankfurt Jewish museum, established in 1901 as the Rothschild Museum. It was recovered by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction and given to Hebrew Union College in 1952. In 1972, when the Skirball Museum was founded, it was transferred to the Skirball from Cincinnati. Ms. Alevy is president of the student council at Stern College for Women, an undergraduate division of the University. Mr. Barbalatt heads the student council of Yeshiva College, the undergraduate division of liberal arts and sciences for men. The lamp's coat of arms is that of the Rothschilds, granted by imperial decree to the family along with baronial status in 1882. It is believed that the lamp was a wedding present from Baron Wilhem Karl von Rothschild (1828-1901), to his wife, Baroness Hannah Mathilde von Rothschild (1832-1924), in 1849. The lamp is part of the Yeshiva University Museum's critically-acclaimed exhibition titled "Ashkenaz: The German Jewish Heritage," which traces the emergence of Ashkenaz culture and the way it has shaped a unique national persona.
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By Helen HiU (WZPS) — A visitor to Israel some years ago told of the time he ordered a bottle of Seven-Up from the hotel room service. It never arrived but the next morning he received a wake-up call—predMly at sewn o'dockl In those days the euphoria of being in Israel was enough for visitors from abroad and less-than-perfect swvice in hotels was often overiooked. But times have changed and lack of polish no longer appeals to sophisticated travellers. Tourism is now a major industry in Israel and improved standards are on the itinerary of most hotels, with the emphasis on professional training. The Avissar Hotel School at the Tadmor Hotel in Herzliya Pituach, is the only place of its kind in Israel and the starting point for a career in the world of hospitality. Sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the Israeli Hotel Association, the school is attached to a commercial hotel so students can obtain on-the-job experience catering both to Israeli and foreign paying guests. The school's instructors usually work in the hotel business, and are therefore able to keep the students up-to-date with trends in their hotels. Tadmor graduates are much sought after and several have already reached general manager level. Director Alexander Suprun has a great deal of experience in the hotel business.
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school student* from the age <rf 14. They train for thrae years and learn the trkde both m the classroom and en the job, working as waiters, busboys and trainee kitchim staff. After the army they can then get a job straight away in one of the numerous hotels in Israel, where they receive further in-house training." Cknirses such as Reception, Restaurant and Catering and the Cooks course last from four months to a year and are very popular with young people who have completed their three years army service. The Housekeeping course attracts mainly married women hoping to start a new career in a hotel or institution. A unique aspect of the food courses focus on working in a kosher kitchen and techniques of kosher cooking as well as a special course on French cooking kosher style. "Two years ago we introduced a professional Management Hospitality course that's proving very successhU," adds Suprun. "Aimed at producing a new generation of Israeli hotel management staff, we have very demanding admission tests. Of course languages are all important and a working knowledge of at least one foreign language is essential. The management course lasts for tw;o years and is recognized abroad. Many students later go on to complete their degree in hotel schools in the USA and Europe.
The most prolific press in the Arab world By Simon Griver The East Jerusalem newspapers have located their of(WZPS) — The Arabs in Israel and the administered territories can choose from a range of daily newspapers that fices in Israel's capital to take advantage of the more lax reflect a spectrum of political opinions that is wider than censorship laws, which do not apply in the administered anywhere else in thc! Arab world. The range of dailies pro- territories. These newspapers include 'Al Quds,' which is vides a forum for the Communist Party, the Palestine Liber- pro-Jordan and tends to support Israeli groups like Peace ation Organization, the Jordanians and even the radical re- Now. On the other hand, 'Al Mithak' (Khaddafi) is contempjectionists that demand the complete eradication of Israel. tuous of political solutions to the Arab-Israel conflict and There are over 20 Arab publications in Israel, comprising if censorship permitted it would incite armed struggle.' Al six dailies, six weeklies, seven monthlies and two quarter- Fajr' is amouthpiece for PLO leader Yasser Arafat and the journal calls for a political accomodation with Israel. lies. Atellah Mansour, however, a leading Israeli Arab jour- 'Al Fajr' also publishes a literary monthly and an English nalist who has sat on the editorial board of the Hebrew language weekly. The newspaper of the Communist Party is called 'Al-Ittinewspaper Ha'aretz for more than 30 years, points out that the choice offered Arab readers is not as rich as it first had' and is based in Haifa. The party also publishes a seems. "Rare are examples of investigative research into monthly for youth and a literary journal. Until recently the i social issues," he says. "Pages are mostly devoted to mat- Israeli government published a daily called 'Al Anba' but. ters of Padestinian nationalism, inter-Palestinian relations this has been discontinued due to poor circulation. Thei and relations with Israel, the Arab world and the balance newspaper with the best circulation and most advertising: of the superpowers. Inter-factional wrangling often turns is the freely distributed 'A Sinara.' Mansour estimates that the combined circulation of all these publications into platforms for mudslinging." Some 60 per cent of the pages of these newspapers are the Arab newspapers in Israel comes to 100,000, yet there devoted to political matters and there tends to be a bare are more than 300,000 Arab households in Israel, Gaza and minimum on economic issues. Social affairs and religious the West Bank. Mansour dismisses suggestions that many topics are featured prominently, and the sports pages are Arab families may not be literate and instead claims that particularly popular. The issues covered depend on whether they prefer the more visually stimulating television as well the newspaper is based in the north of the country or in as radio. Israeli Arabs can choose from Israel Television East Jerusalem. If the newspaper is based in the north it and the stations of the country's neighbors, as well as a serves Israel's Arab population, whereas if the publica- wide range of radio networks in Arabic. It is uiHikely that any of the Arab newspapers in Israel tion's offices are in East Jerusalem, the target readeriship are commercial propositions. Finance comes from, other is in the West Bank and Gaza.
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By Murray Frost Judith Resnik became a heroine to many people when she became the first Jewish female astronaut to fly into space in August. 1984. Her next scheduled space trip, unfortunately, washboard the tragic Challenger flight on January 28, 1986. The United States has a rule that persons must be dead for 10 years before they can appear on a postage stamp (only Presidents are an exception to this rule). Other nations, however, do not have this limitation and they already have issued stamps honoring Judith Resnik and the other astronauts lost on that flight. Hungary was the first country to issue a stamp commemorating that flight (it was issued less than a month later, on February 21, 1986). Judith Resnik was not the first Jewish heroine to appear on stamps. Her namesake—Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, part of the Apocryphal literature that non-Jews consider to be part of the Bible—has been honored on stamps from several nations. Judith was considered a heroine because she saved her people by killing the general who was besieging • her city. Deborah, another Biblical heroine, led an army against the enemy king. Esther, in contrast, saved the Jews by pleading with the King to undo Haman's wicked decree. Other notable women in the Bible have appeared on stamps also. Some of these were depicted on two sets issued by Israel. The Four Matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah) appeared on a 1977 set, and Hannah, Ruth and Huldah appeared in 1984. The list of Jewish heroines who have appeared on postage stamps includes several who played important roles in the Resistance against the Nazis in World War II. France honored one of its Resistance fighters, Renee Levy, in 1983, and in 1985 Israel pictured Zivia Zuckerman, a leader in the Warsaw Ghetto revolt. Hannah Senesh was another heroine. She was a young woman in Palestine who volunteered to parachute behind enemy lines in Europe to make contact with Jewish underground fighters. She was captured
tortured and executed. But her words have stirred many. She wrote in her diary, "Blessed is the match that is consumed in kindlii^ flame/Blessed is the flame that bums in the secret fastness of the heart/Blessed is the heart with strength to stop beating for honor's sake." She appears in a set of stamps honoring martyrs issued by Israel in 1982. Anne Frank's words, as recorded in her diary aa she hid with her family in Nazicontrolled Amsterdam, also have moved many people throughout the world. She appears on a stamp issued by Germany, where she was bom, and on a stamp from the Netherlands, where she hid and was captured. Not all of the accomplishments of women considered to be heroines involve risks to their lives. Olympic champions are heroines too. Several of these Jewish heroines have appeared on stamps too. For instance, Irena Kirszensteiil-Szewinska holds the astonishing record of winning medals in track events in four Olympics (1964-1976). She can be seen on several Polish stamps. One of Hungary's leading fencers was Ildiko Ujlaki-Rejtoe; her Olympic medal was honored by Hungary in 1965. Sometimes the heroines' accornplishments are in the arts. One of France's most famous actresses was Rachel. When she died in 1858, over 100,000 people attended her funeral. Several other Jewish actresses also have appeared on stamps. Famous Jewish authors honored on stamps include Elsa Lasker-Schuler and Emma Lazarus whose words at the base of the Statue of Liberty have inspired many. Ghana Orloff is one of several Jewish women whose art appears on stamps. The stamp illustrated depicts her statue, "Mother and Child". Her sculpture also reminds us that the Jewish heroine who has done the most to influence us is one usually recognized only by her family—mother. (For a list of Jewish women on stamps, or other information about starting a Judaica stamp collection, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to; Dr. Murray Frost, Editor, Judaica Philatelic Journal, 1374 South 143 Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68144.)
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Rehearsing "The Lucky Loaf" from left, Andy Epstein, Debbie Greenblatt (music artist-iii-residence), Dan Chandler.
Something has been going on lately that bothers me terribly ... something I can't do anything about. I refer to the sudden rash of deaths among movie and show business people who date back to a time when I was more "into" movies than I am now. What I'm simply trying to say is there was a time when a new Gary Grant film was important to me. I would make an effort to see it and at least check out his beautiful faceto see if it was still so good to look at. And let's face it, that face was a pleasure to look at! I was sad (if only for a few moments) when I learned he died the other day. I don't think it was just because he was one of those people who was no longer a kid and still popular. I think it was because he was part-of my growning up years. The same was true about Desi Amez. Not such a figure as Grant, but still, part of another time. And poof—he was gone too. Besides giving the TV news something else to do a retrospect on, it gave me time to think "un-huh, another one gone."
M'endy Larson-Cooper rehearses members of the Young Dancers' Workshop from left, Kari Wittmann, Julie Gutnick, Miki Penner, Ann Silverman and Nicole Lemer.
Young performers, dancers appear in holiday wori<shops The Theater and Dance departments of the JCC will present the "Young Performers/Dancers Workshop" on Dec. 14 , at 1 p.m. in the JCC theater. The Lucky Loaf is a short comedy in which a farmer, a rabbi, and a whole town learn the true meaning of "tzedakah." The play is adapted by Marty Skomal and Jeannie Gilinski, with music by Debbie Greenblatt, and features 10 young
actors. The dance segment of the program, with choreography by Wendy LarsonCooper, features dancers from the JCC dance program. Using a holiday theme and traditional Hanukkah and Yiddish melodies, pieces include a dreidle game come to life and reflections on holidays gone by. The performance is part of the JCC Hanukkah celebration and is free to the public. •
Then, lo and behold, last night's paper carried the obit of a popular musician named Horace Heidt. Now that takeh, was a blow. If music isn't a big part of youth, I don't know what is. And this man led an orchestra which figured importantly in the "big-band" era. Shep Fields may have had his rippling rhythm, but HH had the triple-tonguedtrumpeteers, in itself considered A big deal by us music lovers! Probably a shrink could give me a couple of quick answers to why the passing of these people (and other show biz types) should cause me to reflect. I suspect it's efisy enough to figure out. They represent part of my youth, and it's gone now too, that's for dam sure! No doubt there's a correlation there one ought to see with or without benefit of a graduate degree. Well, having discussed it, I guess I can drop the entire subject for a while. But I tend to notice strange things in the newspaper, and always read the vital statistics. Why? Darned if I know. I just do, and that probably is the reason I keep Up with this land of junk. By the same tok^i, I know who is getting manned, divorced, who just had a baby, where the proud grandparents live. Is all that because I'm a curious person, or because this is a small community and one tends to pay attention to what (and WHO) is going on around here? Another question for the experts ... in the meantime, I'll go about my business, and do hope the Hollywood bunch remains in good shape. And the locals too!
J#.. 3erusalero For those of us who have been to Israel, there are many Tel Aviv reminders iii this week's "Hello Jerusalem," upcoming on Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 7. The program leads off with a story about the Israel Diamond Exchange which has exported diamonds in the last 10 years with a profit of 2.2 billion dollars. Another feature is the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, which is a must in a visit to Israel. Ya'acov Agam's con-
troversial kinetic sculpture in the. heart of Tel Aviv is talked about. At the end of his Jordan River trek, Walter Zanger stops at the Bridge of Yaacov's Daughters in the north and the Allenby Bridge in the south. And, in addition, the story of a group of American youngsters who spent a year in an Israel Youth Village is featured on Showcase. The program repeats on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.
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Torch relay emphasizes true meaning of Hanukkah The second annual Hanukkah Torch Relay, sponsored this year by the Jewish Community Center and the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry, wiU be held on Dec. 28, beginning at Beth El Synagogue at 10:16 a.m. "The purpose of the relay is to heighten public awareness of the true meaning of Hanukkah, to let people know that the spirit and ideals of the Maccabees, religious freedom and toler-
ance, are reflected in the hearts of Jews world-wide. These values, which are so intrinsic to our American democracy, are denied to our brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union. Our Run for Freedom helps to strengthen our conviction that religious freedom is the right of every person world over. Our observance of Hanukkah is the celebration of the victory of the Jewish people over a culture which
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"A longing for something far away or long ago or for former happy circumstances." = New World Dictionary. All of us often recall events, people and places, and merely the thought slipping through our memories evokes a warm feeling, a happy glow and nostalgia. The trouble that usually occurs at such times is that we cannot bring all the facts into focus and we find it impossible to fill the empty recesses of knowledge in order to bring that memory into full roundness of factual information. The name, the date, the present whereabouts, or other salient facts, make it impossible to savor in proper nostalgic fashion the event, persons or place one so desires of recalling for that golden memory. We all know how wonderful it is to sift through the sands of time to recall with warmth and joy those shadows of the past. Have you ever sat back, momentarily escaping the cacophony of sound and the turbulence of every day living and sincerely try to recall the past? Early formulative school years—Talmud Torah—High School—the first date—the first job—the affairs of the heart—your own family— and so many other memories that flit across the ever rotating stage of time. Other wider areas—the first club—social and community affairs—the many friendships established and drifted away in the cburse of events and then shunted aside in the pathway of life. Many wonderful, wonderful memories—some now so very obscure—many sad, only a nostalgic empty niche, and we did not keep in touch. Again, very often because our ability of recall is insufficient, we yearn for more facts, something pertinent and necessary to create a truer, more roundeid picture of those nostalgic friends and days gone by. We realize that most important is the fact that we cannot become so immersed in the past that we allow today and tomorrow to slip by without the primary position that we must take in our lives. But now Noggstalgically speaking, it is through these columns that we h<^ to stir the warm embers of yesteryear with you, the readers, supplying gems of the past, some of those nostalgic facts which have escc4>ed us or have been quietly hiding behind the cumulus created by years. Address your thoughts and nuggets of nostalgia to: NOGGSTALGIA b do The Jewish Press |Hb 333 S. 132nd St. I^P Omaha, Nebraska 68164 It could be most interesting and informative.
attempted to annihilate us. llMra is a strong parallel betw«« the %rian Greeks and the present^lay government of the Soviet Union," stated Judy Siff, chairperson of the Relay Committee. "To symbolize our solidarity with Russian Jews, each runner will participate in the relay with the name of a Soviet Jewish refusnik tied around him. We will be running in their name, to advocate freedom for all Jews, everywhere. All non-runners participating in the closing ceremonies will be given the name of a Russian refusnik, man, woman, or child, to be worn in protest of their treatment at the hands of the Russian government. Jewish children in Omaha who have twinned with a Jewish child in the Soviet Union for their bar or bat raitzvah will be present, also, each wearing the name of his/her twin. ' 'Concluding remarks will be heard from our JCC and Federation leaders, and hopefully, we will play a tape mfde JFor us by Sharansky from Israel. This will be a media event and we strongly encourage all members of our Jewish community to participate in the closing ceremony," Mrs. Siff concluded. Persons interested in running all or part of the 10mile relay course may sign up at the Health and P.E. desk at the JCC, the Health Club, or by contacting Lois Wine at 334-8200. A special menorah will be lit by the children present, in honor of all Soviet Jewish children who are forbidden to light Hanukkah candles in Russia. Songs and refreshments will follow the candle lighting. For further information, contact Chuck Arnold, 3348200.
Gneat speaker Myra Chanin, also known as "Mother Wonderful" is flanked by Amy Friedman (left) and Linda Dunn, coHdiairmen, Women's Comraonity Luncheon, hdd Dec 3 in connection with the Jewish Fedoation Library's annual Book Fair.
"Mother Wonderful" at Women's luncheon band sleep under the dining By Morris Maline Myra Chanin, who is also room table and then berated known as "Mother Wonder- him for ruining the rug. Her account of her life and ful," gave a blow by blow description of her life with family started with her mother and other relatives great-grandparents and during the annual conunu- their leanings toward the nity luncheon for women Hassidic movement, and Dec. 3 at the Jewish Com- she sprinkled her conversation with Yiddish phrases munity Center. Speaking to about 150, and expressions. Mrs. Chanin said her ex- ' "My mother was almost perience has changed the killed in a pogrom at the age oM cliche bom "My son, the of four, three years later bedoctor, to my daughter, the came a butter smuggler and driver." at the age of 15 became a The program, held in con- graduate pharmacist in junction with the 13th an- Russia." According to Mrs. Chanual Book Fair sponsored by the Jewish Federation ' nin, her mother was primarlibrary, gave her an oppor- ily self-taught at home, but tunity to discuss a iride received instruction in Latin range of characters in her from Greenstein the shikkur (whose payment was in life. She talked about Esther schnapps). One of the funniest stories the shnorrer who slept with the shamus of the South had to do with her mother Street shul; Mr. Fachter, visiting one of her two kothe boarder who gave out sher butchers to buy a Chicklets to maintain his chicken. "He kept the best chickreputation as the cheapest man in the world; Aunt ens in the front of the showSarah, who maide her hus- case, but he knew that my mother would request a
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On Dec. 13 the Tifereth Israel Religious School plans to have a Shabbat luncheon, special discussion sessions for all the school students and their families (grades K-B|. The students are busy preparing interesting'study material and food for this event. The Tifereth Israel Shop will be open Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. till noon for your gift-purchasing needs. Leelo Sommerhauser is chairman and said the stock is plentiful and you will find just exactly what you are looking for. If you are unable to come to the Judaica Shop these Sunday mornings, call her at 4236936 and she will set up an appointment.
The third ^annual South Street Temple Children's Hanukkah Shopping Bazaar will be held Dec. 21 at noon. The bazaar, which provides a place for children aged 3-12 years to buy inexpensive handmade Hanukkah gits for family and friends, is open to the Jewish community. The South Street Temple Youth Group will again sponsor the congregational Latke Party to be held at ; the Temple on Dec. 13 at 6 ; p.m. The cost will be $3 for adults and $2 for children. Reservations may be made by calling Holly Grossbart, 489-7814, or Jon Steinman, 477-8614. The evening will include a gift exchange for adults and children.
Frances Schumacher of Los Angeles and former Lincoln resident, died Nov. 28. Survivors: husband, Al; sons, Larry and Jerry. While living in Lincoln Al Schumacher was the owner of The Cheaper Drug. Interment in Los Angeles, Cal.
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The South Street Temple extends a warm welcome to the new members. Rita Babbitz-Doran, originally from Milwaukee, is employed as a disability e\aminer for the state. Daniel Horwitz is employed at the Nebraska Union, University ; of Nebraska-Lincoln, in food service. He is originally from Sioux Falls, S.D. The Tifereth Israel Hanukkah Latke Party will be held Dec. 21,4 p.m. in the social hall. The Latke party will include a special presentation by the students. There will be singing, dreidel, family entertainment, latkes, hot dogs, and prizes. Plan to be there and bring the entire family for a fun event.
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COALITION FORMED TORONTO - Church organizations and anti-discrimination groups in Calgary, Alberta, have formed a coalition to fight a planned incxirsipn into the province of Alberta by the "Aryan Nations," a violence-prone white supremacist and antiJewish organization.
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Hanukkah Concert Rehearsing for the Hanukkah concert at Temple Israel Sunday at 4 p.m. are members of the quartet, from left, Lois Carlsen, Madeleine Firestone, Tom Harvey and John Hansen, with Lynda Oswalt at the piano. Also scheduled to perform will be the Myron Cohen String Quartet. Cantor Harold Firestone will direct.
Minnie Misle, 85, dies in Lincoln Minnie Misle, 1230 Piedmont Road, Lincoln, cofounder of Misle Enterprises of Lincoln, died Saturday. She was 86. Services took place Sunday ^th burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Mrs. Misle is survived by sons, Abram, Julius, and Henry, all of Lincoln; 12 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Misle was bom in Latvia on Oct. 10,1901 and fled that country with her husband, Ben and their sons soon after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
Two of her brothers who owned a General Motors dealership in Nebraska City helped the family relocate and start Misle Motors in Crete. Mrs. Misle also owned a clothing store in Crete before the family opened a car dealership in Lincoln in 1948 and 1955. Her husband preceded her in death in 1982. She was a member of Tifereth Israel Sisterhood and Hadassah. The family suggests memorials to Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln.
Norman Redlich, Dean of the New York University School of Law, and Rita Hauser, an attorney, have been named co-chairs of the American Jewish Congress' Fund for Religious Liberty. The Fund for Religious Liberty was established by the American Jewish Congress in 1985 to oppose the campaign launched by the Religious Right against the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and church-state separation. Dean Redlich, who is also a co-chairman of the AJCongress' Commission on Law
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JWV POST 260 Epstein-Morgan Post No. 260 Jewish War Veterans of USA will have its regular monthly meeting Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Legion Post No. 1 Club.
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By Joseph Cohen Tnlane University If you have been a lifelong devotee of S. J. Perelman's sophisticated humor, as I have been, and you want to keep intact your memories of the pleasures of his brilliant satire, you'd best skip altogether Dorothy Herrmann's just released full-scale biography entitled S. J. Perelman: A Life (G. P. Putnam's Sons; $18.95). That's not the only reason fornot bothering to read this book, but it will certainly do for openers. Why should one avoid this biography? Because if you have assumed that Perelman's urbanity, wit and sophistication had their origins in his being a decent, civilized person, you can forget it. For years, I had an image of him as a nice little Jewish man, sensitive, sweet-natured and funny, another genius out of the east European immigrant community who had become a big success we could all Icvell over. But he was neither nice nor sweet-natured. On the contrary, Perelman was self-centered, emotionally shallow, inor-' dinately stingy, cold, self-indulgent, cowardly, cranky, a martinet and a heartless creep. Examples abound, the most telling one being that after forty-two years of marriage, he asked his wife, who was dying of cancer, for a divorce. She died, saving him the trouble of filing for it. Perelman's private life was a disgrace. He was so ashamed of his foreign-bom, iiever successful parents , that after he became famous he repeatedly turned down offers to write his memoirs, fearful of calling attention to his humble origins. . From the very beginning of his marriage to Laura West (Lorraine Weinstein, sister of the famous author, Nathaniel West) in 1929, he chased other women to the extent that his infidelity became legendary. This compounded the difficulties of Laura's life which was already beset with problems: she had a prolonged incestuous obsession with her brother; his accidental death in 1940 brought an end to the physical aspects of this relationship but her emotional involvement persisted. She found her solace \n alcohol. Perelman, a moody manic-d^ressive— he once underwent shock therapy and was on lithium for a time—was also peculiarly attracted to Nathaniel West, although his overworked heterosexually oriented libido precluded the possibility that the family triangle might turn into a round-robin menage' a trois.
^ For decades Perehnan and Laura lived their own misery-laden version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Although, unlike the script for Edward Albee's atage-play, they had a real son (and a daughter, too), rather than an imaginary one. But he, appar ently repaying his father's monumenUl neglect, got himself charged when he was 21 years old with "the assault, robbery and attempted rape of two women
in separate attacks." Herrmann implies that the son was really Nathaniel West's, not Perelman's. It was a real snake-pit. Yet the snake-pit was kept private, although a lot of the Perelman's associates (1 say "associates" because Perelman didn't keep friends too long), knew what •was going on. Laura once treated herself to a weeklong affair with Dashiell Hammett, much to Lillian Hellman's chagrin, as recompense for Perelman's sexual escapades. A little menschlichkeit in that family was hard to find. But the rest of the world didn't know what was going on. The world saw Perelman as the consummate satirist of The New Yorker, the witty collaborator on two of the Marx Brothers' most famous films, the writer of the screenplay for Mike Todd's Around the World in Eighty Days and the genius for the Broadway smash hit One Touch of Venus, a show that made him rich. As his stories were periodically collected, he came to be regarded as "a national treasure." One Sjpcret behind his enormous popularity was that he learned early in his career to think YidcUsh and dress British. He had a real Yiddish kopf and he exploited it for all it was worth, despite the fact that, driven by his ethnic shame, he worked incessantly at assimilation. He would have
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seized the opportunity to take the Mayflower back to England if it had been around for a return trip. As a matter of fact, he moved to London for a time after Laura died. He was always impeccably attired, seeking to turn himself into his conception of his public image. The son of an immigrant in America, he was nothing if not the very model of a modem dapper Englishman. Hermann's biography is less well-dressed than its subject was. This is another reason for not bothering with this book. It's seriously flawed. Despite the fact that Herrmann has obviously done an impressive amount of research she comes up short, failing to follow through on some of her investigations or misinterpreting her findings. Time and again she offers mere conjectures as explanations for situations and conditions which, as recently as they occurred, might well have been brought fully to light. She chooses early to refer to her subject as "Sid" and, subsequently, we are "Sidded" to death, an annoyance which grows in proportion to the distance we want to put between ourselves and the monster she is describing. The only saving grace to the tragedy of Perelman's life is that he gave a lot of pleasure to his readers over the years. He worked an exceedingly narrow vein of humor, but. he did it exceedingly well.
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The Ruth Youth Wing of the Israel Museum I5.V Carol Green (WZPS) - Imagine a scvenyear-old examining I he Dtad Sea Scrolls to understand the development of written languages, (ir a ten-year-old using ancient Egyptian artistic conventions to draw contemporary subjects, or a group of Klhiopian Jewish teenagers building clay sculptures and dioramas to describe life in their village. These scenes take place daily at the Israel Museum's Ruth Youth Wing in .Jerusalem. . The Ruth Youth Wing is one of the largest and most innovative museum educational centers in the world. Unlike the conventional children's museum, which is usually tucked away within a larger museum, the Ruth Youth Wing is regarded as an integral part of the Israel Museum. The Youth Wing's courses use the entire museum as their classroom. The museum's excellent collections of fine art, archeology and ethnography are open to the young artist to explore and students are encouraged to learn their way around the galleries. "We want to open their eyes, to leach them to read a work of art and then re-
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Mr. and Mrs. Yossi Stem of Stamford, Conn., announce the adoption of a daughter, Tamar. The Stems also have a son, Gil. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stem of Jerusalem, Israel and Rabbi and Mrs. Myer S. Kripke of Omaha.
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JEWISH STUDIES SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — A Jewish studies program was founded this autumn at Stanford University, Palo, Calif., according to the Northern California Jewish Bulletin. A centerpiece of the program is the 20,000-volume Judaica library purchased from Prof. Salo Baron of Columbia University. ARRIVE IN ISRAEL TEL AVIV (JTA) - Dr. losif Irlin, a world-renowned cancer research specialist, has arrived in Israd with his wife, Svetlana, also a scientist, after a seven-year stmggle to leave the Soviet Union. Both had been dismissed from their jobs at the Oncological Center of the USSR Academy of Medicine when they first applied for exit visas in April, 1979.
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Rabbi Rex D. Perimeter, son of Janet and Stanley Perhneter, long time Temple members, will be Temple Israel's guest on Dec. 12. His wife, Rabbi Rachel HertzTRIAL OPENS man, who also will be TemJERUSALEM (JTA) - ple's pulpit guest, will lead The trial of alleged Nazi war the service of the reading of criminal John Demjanjuk the Torah. was formally opened in JeRabbi Perimeter, assisrusalem District Court tant rabbi of Temple Israel Wednesday and, after a 40- of Greater Miami, is a Phi minute hearing, was ad- Beta Kappa graduate of journed until January 19. Princeton University. He was ordained at the Hebrew YOUTHS ARRESTED College-Jewish Institute of BONN (JTA) - Three Religion in June, 1985. His youths were sentenced to work at Temple Israel en24-and-26 month prison compasses the full range of terms in Tuebingen and two' rabbinic duties and provides others were fined 1,000 him with an opportunity to Marks each for displaying further his interests in Nazi symbols, circulating Judaica, literature and isanti-Semitic propaganda, sues of current significance, and assault. They were not Rabbi Perimeter said. identified because of their Rabbi Perimeter's father, ages. Stan, served as president of
Temple Israel from 1974 to 1976. His mother, Janet, was president of Temple Sisterhood and president of District 20, Omaha's region of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Rabbi Rachel Hertzman, formerly of Louisville, Ky., is a graduate of Ohio State University. She, too, was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 198b. Rabbi. Hertzman holds the position of Outreach Coordinator for the Southeast Council, Union of American Hebrew Congregations. In this capacity, she is a liasion and resource person for programming for Jews by Choice and intermarried families. She also serves Temple Kol Ami, Plantation, Ha., as rabbink assistant for youth and education.
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