SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920
\ Vol. LXV No. 19 Omaha, Nebr.
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NCJW to sponsor Joslyn ppearance of Sally Jessy Raphael
i Sally Jessy Raphael, tenned "TV and raFdio's most seen and heard woman" by PeoI pie magazine, will speak at Joslyn Art Museum's Witherspoon Concert Hall at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21. : National Council of Jewish Women-Omaha Section is bringing the performer to jOmaha. I Winner of a 1985 Emmy Award, Ms. [Raphael hosts both a nation-wide phone-in radio show, heard on KFAB in Omaha and a daily television show seen locally on [•KETV. According to media reports, she has i:"more air time than any woman in broadIcaating." { Marda Cohen, NCJW program chairman, said that patron ticket holders will receive' preferential seating and are invited to meet ^Ms. Raphael at a 7 p.m. reception in the ' Fountain Court, preceding the lecture. Bobbie Epstein and Linda Mann are in charge of arrangements for the reception. Tickets are $25.26 each for Patron seats .and $15.25 each for general admission. All seats are reserved.
Sally JcMjr RaphMl Checks or money orders should be made payable to NCJW-Omaha Section and mailed to NCJW, 1742 Crawford Rd., Omaha, NE 68144.
By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relations director
L'Chalm Meet Max Doe. No, that's not his real name, but what's in a name? This is a story about a lifer... the life of a quiet man, a gentle man ... loved astrology... hated almost nothing— always well-dressed and looked "just so" ... enjoyed concerts and plays ... liked to be around people... walked to the grocery store and carried his groceries home... entered sweepstakes galore... went to synagogue, gave to any Jewish solicitation that came in the mail and belonged to the "J," because, he said, they needed his money. Max Doe was extremely well-readwalked to the neighborhood Ubrary every day, loved politics and current events. "How do you feel about a woman governor :in Nebraska?" someone said. "It's fine with me," answered Max, "as long as she's capable". He was independent. He could take care of himself. He liked it that way. Max Doe... gentleman and scholar... bachelor and father. You see. Max had nieces who lost their parents at a very early a^. He was their surrogate father, mother, chauffeur and friend. Even after the children had children and moved away. Max never missed a family event He traveled for every Bar and Bat Mitzvah, every wedding and bris. He sent cards for every birthday, anniversary, graduation. He did without so he could leave an inheritance. It was his destiny, he would say... and his love. Retirement kept him busy, stilL Monday was YES (Young Energetic Seniors), Tuesday, the Oldtimers and Thursday, Walk-In at Beth EL He went to Las Vegas with Mollle and Company (his nieces lived there) and took day trips to Des Moines, Sioux City, Lincobi and Nebraska City, where he always bought a basket of apples. He was independents He could take care of himself. He-liked it that way. Then, trouble. It was his heart. The doctors in the hospital recommended that he not be alone and perhaps nursing home care .would be beet. "It wasn't what he wanted," Mid his best friend, "and I called the iureau." •"That's whan I met Um," recalled Shane
Kotok, Community Individual Service Worker at the Federation's Bureau for the Aging. "It's important to know that Max had family who loved him. But they didn't Uve here, so, we at the Bureau became his extended family. We're here to look after the whole person and to support their personal decisions about how they choose to live (unless unsafe)." "For the first two weeks he was home. Max had a companion every day for four hours who did light housework, grocery shopping and managed houoehold businees. We antmged for visiting nurses to set up medicatims and provided tra^i^wrtatiao to and from regular doctor q>pdntiiient8. Kosher Meals On Wheels, ava^able through the Bureau and subsidized by Title IIIC, a federal {irogram, delivered one hot meal a day. Because of Max, the Bureau now offers LifeUne, an emergency response system m conjunction with-Inunanuel Medkal Center. He insisted on paying for that himself. We also helped to process detailed Medicare forms, and I, or someone from the Bureau made it a point to phone Max every day. "The fact is that only about 5 percent of the aging need nursing home care. Our goal is to keep the world active for the majority of Jewish senior citizens, married or hving alone, and to match their needs with available social service programs." Monday, Tuesday, 'rhursday--Max was bade among friends and activity. "If he didn't show up during the week, I'd call to ' make sure he was okay," smiled MoUie Delman. "I remember he was concerned that he couldn't get to the library to vote." Shane: "I received so much from this man. We talked about the world, and he showed me how someone can Uve with dignity through an illness. Knowing him waa a joy. We were friends. I took it hard..." Max Doe, gentleman and scholar, bachelor and iather, was 87 years old when he died. But, remember, this is a story abou^ a life. Thanks to Federation dollars. Max Doe could continue to Uve his in quiet independence. He liked it that way. L'Chaim—a tribute to the Jewiah Fede^ ation of Omaha's Bui«au for the Aging and its staff.
7 SiMvat, 5747 Friday, Febniary 6, 1987
ADL publishes list of Soviet Jewish refuseniks New York, NY,—The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith has pubUshed and is distributing a nearly five-pound book listing the names of approximately 11,000 Soviet Jews who have been repeatedly refused permission to emigrate. Titled "A Uniquely Jewish List: The Refuseniks of Russia," the telephone booksized volume is being sent to members of Congress, the U.S. State Department and other federal officials and will be read at ralUes in behalf of Soviet Jewry on Feb. 26 throughout this country and 42 other nations. According to Abraham H. Foxman, the list, which is the same as the one banded over to Soviet officials by the American delegation during the Reykjavik Sununit last faU, includes only those Soviet Jews who have been turned down by the Kremlin more than once. The 931-page compUation contains introductions by Burton S. Levinson, ADL's national chainnan, and Nobel Laureate EUe WieaeL In addition to Congressmen and federal offidahs, the book is also being distributed to xmiversities, research institutions and Ubraries and Jewish organizations. The February 26 ralUes are being
sponsored by ADL, B'nai B'rith Intemationl, B'nai B'rith Women, the B'nai B'rith Hillel and B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. "A Uniquely Je?irish List," Mr. Levinson declares in his introduction, "is a Ust of heroes....it is not the kind of list a democracy produces. It is a list produced by repression and persecutioa On the other hand, it is the result of ideaUsm, bravery and a strong sense of identification with one's heritage and one's people." The refuseniks, he goes on, "have suffered much but they have also won muck They have been beaten, fired, deprived, imprisoned, tortured, but never defeated. And they will not be defeated unless we forsake them." The volume, which groups the names under an alphabetical Ust of the Soviet dties in which they Uve, designates professions such as "engineo'," "nurse" Or "doctor" if they are known. liie refnaenika' addresses and telephone numbers, where available, are provided "A Uniquely Jewiah List The RefusenQ(s of Russia" is available at $35 from the AntiDefamation League, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Telephone number (212) 490-2626.
Dialogue, improved communication hoped for at resclieduJed meeting A meeting between Black and Jewish leaders, scheduled for last Wednesday, was poitpgoBd (to 11 DAI. tlmnKiay at the Omaha C3ub. At pubUcation time, the meeting, which was closed to the press, was stiU in progress. . 1^ meethig waa caUed by City Human Relations Director Eddie Staton following the release of a rqx>rt by the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith on the activitiee of Nebraaka State Senator Ernest Chambara. Members of the Black community were said to be disturbed by the report, "Ernest Chambers: Profile in Extremism." According to a January 31 story in the Omaha Wortd-Harald, Mr. Staton said. "We simply want to reduce tension between the two groups. We want to get people taUdng to each other inatead of at each other."
Yitzak Santis, ADL r^onal director, said that the organizatioo^standa behind th» accuracy of its report, but regrets that it is being viewed by the Black community as more than a report on an individual Members Of the Jewish Federation and ADL/CRC are hoping that a forum for dialogue with the Black community can be established-in order to strengthen Unes of communiration and reduce tensions, according to Mort Trachtenbarg, president of the Jewish Federation. LesUe (Cookie) Hoberman and Robert Kully, members of the Black-Jewish Dia-' logue of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, joined Mr. Tractenbarg in representing the Jewish community at the Thursday meeting.
NJHS initiates new program "Name the face and place" ia a new project being offered to persons who wish to help the Nebraaka Jewish Hiatorical Society identify individiiala in old and new irictnrea hi their fflea. Anyone wishing to aasist the NJHS in ideatifjrfaig the "faces Bn<i pIncM" may go the NJHS office on Wednesdnya tram 10 ajn. to 12 Boon or from 1 to 3 pjn. Indi'^nals who wonldl be available for this "identifieation prooesa" and wiah to wwk on tli«b own at othar times at the Jewiah Commnnity Center ahoold oaatact the fflator ical Sodaty Archivist OpUra Bahar, 334'«200, Ext 277 on Monday through ThwMlay from 9 ajn. to 6 pjn.