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B'nai B'rith taps NBC analyst Stan Widman, 1987 chainnan of the 3Srd Annual B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Stag, announced today the name of the guest speaker and the date of the 1987 Stag. Al McGuire, the college basketball analyst for • NBC and former coach of the 1977 NCAA Basketball champions at Marquette University, will be the main speaker at the Stag, which will be held on Wednesday evening, May 20, at Peony Park. Previous guests of honor have been Arthur Ashe, Paul (Bear) Bryant, Howard Cosell, Bob Devaney, Lou Holtz, John Madden, Jim McKay, Tom Osbome, Ara Parseghian, Joe Patemo, Jimmy (the Greek) Snyder, Bart Starr, Brent Musburger, and last year, Barry Switzer.
Charities benefiting from the Stag include the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.), Paraplegic Hoepital for Veterans (Washington, D.C.), Bellefaire Children's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio), Leo N. Levi Hospital (Hot Springs, Ark.), Armed Services Committee (Washington, D.C.), Children's Home of Israel B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. An announcement of the senior high school athlete of the year selection will be made in a few weeks. Tickets go on sale March 1 and will again be $60. Because of space limitations, this year's Stag will be limited to approximately 1600 tickets. Last year's attendance was over 1800.
Bob Pitlor heads Lincoln drive Bob.Pitlor, executive secretary of the Lincoln JewishI Welfare Federation, has been tapped to head the fund raising campaign for 1987. "We will make a truly major effort this year realiz ing our respon sibility and the needs: the State of Israel the ADL, SoPobPKhr viet Jewry, and so many national and k>cal purposes as well • "Our Steering Committee has met and committed itself to an entirely new approach this year. We plan to generate more excitement and greatw participation." Mr. Pitlor announced that a new-style pledge card will be mailed to every Federation member and that a stage show is being written with skits, music, and choreography by Jim Gordon and Rod Cathcart, two experienced playwrights. Only those
who have forwarded a completed pledge card will be the invited guests of the Federation for a gala theater party, Mr. Pitlor said. Mr. Pitlor is secretary-treasurer of Linweld and Linaire Companies based in Lincoln. Mr. Pitlor has directed Lincoln's Shrine Clowns and served as Master of Kadosh of Scottish Rite masonry. Secretary of the Lincobi Chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and a member of the Society of Ainerican Magicians. He is also a member of Y-Pal Committee. He also serves as secretary of Clown Al'ley in which both be and bis wife, Let^ have been active. He also makes sloganbuttois, caps, and T-shirts.contributing the proceeds to charities. The Pitlors are parents of five daughters and, as Mrs. Pitlor says, "five and a half grandchildren." Mr. Pitlor is being assisted in this year's drive by a steering committee of Max Neiden, Hyman Polsky, and Yale Gotsdiner. The women's division drive will be lead by Sonia Breslow, Barbara Seglin, Dorothy Grant, and Betty Polsky.
AMIT Women honors Dr. Kutler Dr. Sd Kutler, an Omaha dentist who has Kenya (twice), Belize, Hong Kong, Bataan been active in many civic, religious, profes- and the Gaza Strip area. In 1982 Dr. Kutler was awarded the Rosional and humanitarian activities, will be honored at the "Humanitarian Award" din- tiry International Presidential Citation ner, 6:30 p.m., March 29, at Beth Israel Syn- Award for his "contributions to world peace and understanding through participation in agogue. the health, hunger and humanity program." The dinner He is also the recipient of the Cadwallader will be sponAward, the highest honor given in Rotary's sored by the Division 565. At a Rotary International Kalah Franklin convention in Rome a few years ago, the and Aatikva then president, Clem Renouf, dted Dr. Kuchapters of tler as an .outstanding example of what AMIT Women Rotarians can accomplish. of Omaha. Dr. Kutler has served as president of According to several local and regional organizations, Sylvia Ross, among which are City of Hope, B'nai B'rith, president of Toastmasters and Beth El Men's Club. AMIT's Kalah Franklin chapHe has been active in Kiwanis, the Antiter, "The purDefamation League of B'nai B'rith, Lions, pose of the Huthe Heart and Arthritis associations, the manitarian Omaha Chamber of Commerce and InternaAward dinner tional Affairs Committee. Currently ho is to recognize serves on the board of Beth Israel SynaDr. Sol Kutler a person who gogue and is presidentelect of Suburban has exemplified the high ideals of charity Rotary. and service." Reservation^ for the diimer may be made "Dr. Sol Kutler has for many years demonstrated sdfless devotion to the needs with Mrs. Charlotte Kaplan, 6431 of the underprivileged in many countries," Lafayette, Omaha, Nebraska, 68132. AMIT Women, one of the largest national added Georgia Ann Steinberg, president of Jewish women's service <B-ganizatians in the the Hatikva chapter. Since 1973 Dr. Kutlw has volunteered his world, sponsors a number of educational dental services and health care instruction and social welfare projects in Israel, includto refugees and citizens of underdeveloped ing children's villages, schools, community countries. He has received numerous com- centers and settlement houses. Many of mendations firom the American Dental As- these child care and social welfare mstitusociation for his work in Haiti (four times). tions were the first of their Idnd in Israel.
Greenbergs chair Super Sunday By Joanie Jaeobaon Federation pnbUc rdationa director Joan Lehr, Women's Division Campaign chairman, and Leonard Lewis, Men's Divisional chairman, have announced the appointment of Denise and Carl Greenberg as coK^hairmen of the 1987 Super Sunday Telethon, the concluding event of the annual Federation Campaign, to be held on April 5. "Super Sunday is the single largest fundraising event of the Federation Campaign," explained Mr. Greenberg. "In one day, we reach more people in the community than at any other time during the CamCarl and Denise Greenberg paign." . "Raising the funds to support Jewish so- makes it easy and enjoyable. Over 100 of cial institutions in Omaha, Israel and our fellow Jews in Omaha will give a few around the world is serious business," ad- hours of their time to ask friends and neigh(Continued on Page 2) ded Mrs. Greenberg, "but Super Sunday
Morris Jacobs dies in California By Morris Mallne Mr. Jacobs, the first manager and editor Morris Elias Jacobs, a Jewish community of the Omaha Jewish Press, was one of the leader for more founders of Bozell and Jacobs, an internathan 60 years tional advertising and public relations and an internaagency. tionally sucHis list of commimity affiliations, civic cessful advei^ honors, and Jewish activities spans more tising man; than 60 years of volunteo- effort. died Feb. 22. He was 90. See "A Tribute," Page 3 Services woe private and the family has sugMr. Jacobs is credited with coining the fagested that mous Boys Town expression, "He ain't memorials be heavy. Father, he's my brother," and the oft sent to favorite quoted philosophy that' 'We must pay rent charities. for the space we occupy on earth." In addition ,. . „ i „u. He served the Jewish community and was to his wife, Rae Morris E. Jacobs Sara, Mr. Jacobs is survived by his daugh- given many honors for his devotion and efter, Susie Peebler, and two grandsons of fort in a variety of activities ranging from Laguna Beach, Calif., and brother, Nathan Fedo^tion poets to organization leadership (Continaed on Page 2) of Omaha.
Campaign Cabaret names chairmen
BobU Sandra Sharee Newman Epstein Kohll Marda and Jack Cohen, co-chairmen of Campaign Cabaret '87, have announced the names of committee chairmen for the event—a dinner and musical revue to be held on March 28, at Pemy Park, beginning at 7:15 p.m. "These are capable and talented women planning Campaign Cabaret," remariied Mrs. Cohen. "Each brings her own special touch to the evening, and it promiaes to be a beautiful fy«Hng and fun time for everyone." Andy Kavich and Bobbi Epstein are cochairmen of the Food Committee. Decorations are being planned by Sharee Newman, Phyllis Newman and Marlene Hechtman. Gail Kohll and Leslie KuUy are in charge of invitations and prpgram book. Addressing and mailing is the responsibility of Sandra Kohll and reservations will be received by Ann Goldstein. Hosts and hostesses have been assembled by Barbara Frankel and Joodi Veitzer. Larry Kavich is the official photographer for Campaign Cabaret and tlie show is under the direction of Joanie Jaeobaon. Hosts
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and hostesses include Robert Belgrade, Mrs. Louis Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Colick, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eisenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Forbes, Mr. and Mra. Dean Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Scott Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. Manny Goldberg, Mr. and Mrs Leonard (Buddy) Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Barton Greenberg, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Shy ken and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Veitzer Each is responsible for filling a table of 8 or 10 and asking others in the conununity to do the same. Invitationsare in the mail transportation will be provided for anyone needing assistance and dietary laws will be observed. "These chairmen and many of their committee members have already spent hours plnnning for Campaign Cabaret," concluded Mrs. Cohen. "Jack and I appreciate their dedication, attention to detail and high standaitis of excellence. We know the community wiU, too." For information, call Sondra Toppei> Rosenblatt, 334-8200, Ext. 223. Chairmen not pictured: Phyllis Newman, Marlene Hechtman, Gail Kohll, Leslie Kully, Bar bara Frankel Joodi Veitzer.
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Invitations readied Members of the Campaign Cabaret Addressing and Mailing Committee recently spent two days preparing invitations for mailing to the community. Pictured clockwise from foreground are: Sandra Kohli, chairman; Gladys Thomas, Rebecca Berenstein, Ethel Eklgar, Francis Robinson, Sissy Silber, Ruth Levine, Ann Fisher, Sadie Kohn, Helen Muskin and Ruth Klass.
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_ (Continued from Page II an and the presidency of Temple Israel. In recent years, Mr. Jacobs had served as a trustee of the Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation. He retired from the Board'in 1983 because he found it difficult to attend meetings regularly from his home in Coronado, Calif. In 1954, Mr. Jacobs was crowned King of Ak-Sar-Ben, and this recognition prompted Ripley's Believe It or Not to feature him as The Newsboy Who Became King. Mr. Jacobs started his career as a newsboy at the age of seven. He worked as a reporter and then became a leading figure in public relations and advertising. In 1967, Mr. Jacobs became semi-retired and sold his agency to a group of its executives headed by Charles D. Feebler, Jr. Mr. Jacobs and his wife later moved to Phoenix and then to Coronado, Calif. In the 1971 Passover issue of the Jewish Press, Mr. Jacobs wrote about the origins of this newspaper. He credited three community leaders: Henry Monsky, Harry Wolf
and William Holzman with starting the publication to bring greater unity and participation in the community. "My services on the Jewish Press are years of memories I still hold dear with a feeling of great personal satisfaction," he wrote. Mr. Jacobs visited Omaha about five years ago to attend the 60th anniversary of the founding of Bozell and Jacobs. In an interview with the Jewish Press at that time, Mr. Jacobs recalled the lifelong friendships he enjoyed here, the philanthropy of Milton Livingston, the dedication of Phil Klutznick and the contributions of Sam Beber. In his memoirs, copies of which are available in the Jewish Federation Library, Mr. Jacobs refers to a speech he made to the 1957 graduating class at Creighton University. . He gave eight tools of success: continue to read, make an effort to get along with people, be curious, do public service, fight bigotry, spend less than you earn, work hard consistently, and follow God.
Greenbergs chair Super Sunday (Continued from Page 1) bors to give what they can. Over 700 will answer the call." Mr. Greenberg explained that both were necessary. "Without volunteers, there would be no fundraising. Without donations, there would be no quality Jewish life in Omaha or in Israel. Super Sunday truly demonstrates a real fellowship between the local Jewish community and Jews worldwide." 'Rally 'Round the Phone, Friends' is the message for this year, and we hope everyone will do just that," Mrs. Greenberg con-
cluded. Whether a caller or contributor, everyone is needed for success." "The Federation and its agencies need our support," emphasized Mr. Greenberg, "and Super Sunday affords us the opportunity to give it through comradeship, team spirit and a mutual commitment to the viability of Omaha and world Jewry." "The Greenbergs have played a leading role in this community for a number of years," noted Mrs. Lehr. Mrs. Greenberg, a social worker for the Area Educational Agency in Council Bluffs, was recently presented the Lois Jeanne Schrager Award at the Federation's Annual Meeting.
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Ticket sales end Sunday Tickets will be on sale until March 1 for Cafe L'Chaim, the cabaret style concert being presented at the Beth El Synagogue Social Hall March 8 at 7 p.m. Cantors Herschel and Judy Fox will present Jewish and contempwary music with a comedic flair. Patron tickets are $50 per person. Donor tickets are $18 per person. Prices include dessert and wina Mail checks to Beth El Synagogue, 210 South 49 Street,
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presented along with hundreds of similar scrolls signed in synagogues throughout the United States and Canada to the State of Israel's archives in a special ceremony to be held there in April. Children in families which reinvest in new Israel Bonds on Purim will be awarded atr tractive Israel Certificates as a memento of the family's renewal of its partnership with Israel.
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Mr. Belgrade announced that the following congregations in our community will have Israel Bond tables on Purim Day at which the simple Israel Bond Reinvestment can be effected: Temple Israel, Beth El and Beth Israel. , Reinvestors who purchase a new $1,000 Israel Bond will be invited to sign a "Megillah of Reaffirmation with Israel," which will be
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The Purim festival of Jewish rededication and renewal will be the occasion for a major efforts in Omaha to secure reinvestment of some $1 million in Israel Bonds purchased in this conununity during the Yom Kippur War Year of 1973, according to Ed Belgrade and Marcia Cohen, co-chairmen of the special effort. "The reading of the Megillah, the Scroll of Esther, reminds us of Jewish deliverance from extinction," Mrs. Cohen noted. "It is an appropriate time to remember the out-pouring of support for Israel in 1973, when Israel's enemies sought to destroy the nation, and when more than one million Jews purchased a record $515 million in Israel Bondsfunds that helped postwar reconstruction in Israel." Holders of 1972 and 1973 Bonds can receive the full maturity value of the Bond up to 22 months in advance by adding funds and reinvesting in a Bond of higher denomination.
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Morris E. Jacobs A Tribute By Rabbi Sidaey H. Brooka Morris E. Jacobs was a man whose name was more closely identified with more aspects of the city of Omaha in which he lived most of his life than any man I have ever known. His death reminds us of his active years here and that we reap harvest of seeds he planted. There are but a few who knew him intimately and worked closely with him. What Morris Jacobs did for the city of Omaha, the Jewish community, Temple Israel, which he served as president, the Jewish Federation, of which he was president. Highland Country Club, of which he was also president. Boys' Town and an enormous list of business enterprises and charitable institutions he served will astonish those of this generation who did not know him. The truth is that Morris Jacobs began his career hawking newspapers in downtown Omaha as a young boy of 7 and rose to the highest echelons of journalism and public relations advertising in the firm of Bozell and Jacobs of which he was a founding partner. From a comer on the street in Omaha, Morris Jacob's life reached ultimately into every comer of civic cultural and philanthropic life. His innovation and fertile mind helped Boys' Town become nationally known. He was a strong influence in the production of the original film Boys' Town produced by Louis B. Mayer. Morris Jacobs was honored to receive the Knight of St. Gregory designation
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from the late Pope Paul. But Jacobs never forgot his Jewish haritage and was always close to the enhancement of our Jewish community and its destiny. Mwris Jacobs gradually held enormous power in Omaha that came from the combination of his brilliant and inventive mind, the positions of authority which he held and executed with such finesse and effectiveness. But with it all Morris Jacobs never changed his basic philosophy of life. This is the way he put it on many occasions when I heard him speak, when he received honors and citations and at many ' public gatherings. This was his credo. "I believe," he said, "that a man owes rent for the space he occupies on this earth. You pay it through service." Morris Jacobs paid more than his "rent" on this earth through his service to our Jewish community, to the city at large and to his fellow citizens of every creed, religion and race. He gave of his mind, his talent, his energies without stint. He gave his total love to his wife Rae Sara and his daughter Susie, his brother Nathan and to aU his family. For many of us, Morris E. Jacobs is now but a name in the history of Omaha. But we all are his beneficiaries whether we knew him personally or not. Often when radical new ideas were presented to him, while others doubted* Morris Jacobs would say, "Why not? Let's do iti" We should remember that and know that we were blessed by his life, friendship and care for us.
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By Morris MaBne What could a woman above the age of 70 possibly have in common with a man? They both can have babies! So states radio and television talk show hostess Sally Jessy Raphael She commented on aspects of biological reeearch during a wide ranging talk to more than 360 (mostly wom«>) last Saturday night at the Joslyn Art Museum in an sf)pearance qxmsored by the Omaha Section, National Council of Jewish Women. She said that in the next 20 years, women from 70 to 80 may be able to bear a child if they are willing to deposit their eggs in an "^K bank" during their fertile years. In this way, she said, a woman can engage in a career without interraption and then give birth to a child during her retirement years. "Does that thrill you?" she asked. Then, she stunned the audience with the announcement that research is underway in Australia by which a man could give birth to a child. "A fertilized egg can be deposited in a plastic-like bag which then is placed in the man's abdominal cavity... in nine months, he can have a Caesarean operation and deliver a baby." Ms. Raphael told the group that she broadcasts on radio and television some 18 hours a week aiMl that she is a friend, advisor, and confidante to millions.
"What I've iMnwd during thia time is that all of u« are aqually important and 8UCcesaful... w« aU need moMor and love, and we differ only by the maans we take to obtain both." She advised women to take risks... "If you can dream it, you can achieve it," she said, adding that "Moat of as dream too smalL" She pointed out that 76 per cent of the things she has tried have not paid off and that it only has been in the last five years of her 26-y«ar broadcasting career that she has beoome really suooeesfuL Ms. Raphael said also that ahe equates ahynees with swifishnass. "The sintje most stated reason for lack of social success are the words: "I am shy." S»«alled shy people should go out and do what tbey can to make other people fed oomfort^ile, she added. Hie most attractive traits that peoide can have are enthusiasm and energy, Ms. Raphael said, explaining that it's the uniqueness of the individual which makes that person attractive to someone. Ms. Raphael said that she is concerned about AIDS and incest "l%e calls that I get far outweigh what we read." The good news, she said, is that fear of AIDS is prompting lovers to rush and get married thereby making a commitment to a sing^ partner. In her free-wheeling delivery of do's and don'ts, Ms. Raphael directed a couple of comments toward the men in the audience. "Men never want to give their wives a 60th birthday party," she said, because they •••hinlf they might be insulting them. She added that the years with zeros attached are very imp<niant to women and that each occasion should be a major celebration.' Carol Katzman, president, Omaha Section, NCJW, deskcribed the prganization during the opening of the program, and Marcia Cohen introduced the speaker. Councilman Sylvia W«gner presented a chocolate key-to-th»city to Ms. Raphael
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The Jewish Way "I nominate two sentences as being freighted with the most tragic overtones known to man: "We doctors have done everything we can. Now, he's in God's hands. "These words trigger a hail of emotions-from anger to fear to jealousy to guilt-that tear the innards of those who care but are helpless. "From this moment until the advent of death, the terminal patient and his family experience the most painful and critical hours of their lives." The above words open a paper entitled, "Introduction to Jewish Hospice," by Rabbi Maurice Lamm. He delivered the paper at the 52nd General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations. Rabbi Lamm, a professor and author, is now the president of the National Institute for Jewish Hospice. . ,. , \. , ^u A news article announcmg his formation oi tne National Institute for Jewish Hospice appeared in this newpaper a few months ago and Dr. Daniel M. Miller of Omaha, one of our readers, paid more than average attention. His interest was reinforced recently when he attended a medical convention in Canada and met Rabbi Lamm. , . ,r. ..•„ j Correspondence followed and Dr. Miller passed along some of the information to the Jewish Press. In one of the letters. Rabbi Lamm described his Institute's work as follows: The National Institute for Jewish Hospice was organized to research the Jewish way of dealing with Jewish people as they appear all through Jewish literature and history. • , • u "Our purpose is to train Jewish and non-Jewish hospice personnel, wherever it is needed, whether in a hospital-wing setting, an existing hospice, or in a home setting. "We will also train family members and volunteers in how to care for their Jewish dying and how to manage grief. " It will publish separate booklets addressed to the dying patients, to the immediate family, to the extended family; specifically targeting articles for nurses and physicians and psychologists and rabbis, and for clergymen of aU faiths. "The National Institute for Jewish Hospice will hold conferences all over the United States and it will motivate communities ... to form their own Jewish hospice care units where there are none." Rabbi Lamm also said that his group plans a newsletter, an 800 hotline, and support groups in many cities to help educate the public to the special needs of the Jewish terminally ill. Let's be one of those special cities. For information, contact the National Institute for Jewish Hospice at 6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, or call (213) 653-0795.
HAIFA - Observance of the 100th birthday of David Ben Gurion has drawn from dusty archives and from faithful memories a good many hitherto unknown or forgotten stories to add to the'rich archive of Ben Gurionana. We learn also of episodes in the early history of the state, which have not always been recorded in full. Such, for example, ensued from a meeting of the Haifa chapter of Hadassah, addressed not long ago by Paul Shulman. A bit of additional research on our own part helped to fill in the story. Late in 1941, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, David Ben Gurion visited the Connecticut home of a distinguished Zionist family, the Shulmans. Their young son, Paul, was on home leave from his studies at AnnapoUs, and made an impressive appearance in his navy cadet's uniform. The visitor from Palestine told the lad that when the Jewish state came into existence, it would have need for personnel with his training. Paul spoke up. He expressed the wish that the new state would have a fine navy, but as for him, he was not a candidate. He had signed up in the U.S. navy, and that was to be his career. The years went by, and the Annapdis graduate saw service against the Japanese aboard a warship in the Pacific. Upon his release he became involved in furnishing help to the underground activity for the Jewish homeland. It required a great deal of optimism to think of a Jewish navy in those days, but this was the field that Shulman knew best. He was instrumental in purchasing ships for transport of "illegal" immigrants to Palestine, but he also sized up the vessels with an eye to their possible transformation later for naval use. The State was established, and the navy was created, a few motorboate and some of the immigrant runners. Someone was needed to organize the operation. Nobody from the kibbutzim and nobody from the cafes of Tel Aviv had had any officer experience at sea, or had been through naval combat, and so Paul Shulman was named first Commander in Chief (or Admiral, if you wishi of the fledgling Israel navy. This was the first time in the naval history of the United States that an officer rose in rank from lieutenant to admiral in only three years. The early days of the world's newest naval "fleet" were marked by a considerable amount of reliance on resourcefulness, imagination and improvisation, and the results were at times precedent-shattering. During a period in 1948, when the Arab and Israel armed forces were bound by the terms of a U.N. imposed truce, three ships of the Egyptian navy attempted to blockade the coast, Shulman recalled The Israel commander received blynt instructions: "Get rid of them!" The Egyptians could not fire without violating the truce, nor couU the Israelis, for the same reason. Shulman ordered one of Israel's little ships to pull up within hailing distance. "We shall not shoot during the truce," he shouted at the Egyptian captain, but our men, acting as individuals, are ready to board you and engage in partisan activity!" Israeli sailors stood by, some with knives in their teeth, and others brandishing belaying pins. The ships fled to Gaza, but Shulman and the navy followed, and set up their own blockade. Long range shore batteries opened fire, and Shulman radioed for permission
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to fire back. His repeated requests were each time denied, untU he asked that the question be put to Ben Gunon directly. A terse reply came back: "If you can sink them, shoot; if not, don't." Four or five small boate, packed with explosives, were lowered. Each was manned by a single sailor who steered the craft in the direction of the enemy, who were riding at anchor. When he reached the perimeter of his safety zone, each sailor directed the "torpedo" directly at target, and activated his ejection seat, which catapulted him into the water. And that is how the Egyptian flagship, the Farottk, and two smaller ships, went down in our navy's first armed encounter. j ; , Recruitment to the Egyptian navy dropped to ml for several months at least, Shulman commented. One of the human torpedoes and the officer in immediate charge of the operation was Yochai Bin-Nun, who later became Commander-in-Chief of the navy. When the war of Liberation was over, and military service was established on a lifetime career basis, Shulman was able to withdraw, but his year and a half of service laid the groundwork for what was to follow. Since then he has contributed to the country through his engineering companies, which have executed major projects in Israel, and under the flag of Israel in Africa and Asia, as well as through the development of local industry. From his home in Haifa he is today also engaged in helping to organize an Israel Navy League, comprising all former members of the service. Perhaps the crowning moment in the family annals came some years ago when Rebecca Shulman, the national president of Hadassah at the time, was idmtified as "the mother of Paul Shulman."
Arab Arab-baiting By Eric Rozenmann Near East Report Following the arrests in Los Angeles late last month of seven Palestinian Arabs-all Jordanian citizens—and the Kenyan-bom wife of one of them, several Arab-American representatives renewed charges that their community has been sin^tod out for harassment by the federal government. One alleged "an obvious racist effort to indto fear and vtolence" against Arab-Americans. He claimed the Los Angeles case was meant to "create a precedent to allow the rounding up, detention and expulsion of immigranta based solely on their ethnic and p^tical beliefs..." Reality, or self-induced hysteria? Seven of those picked up by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, following an FBI investigation, were described as members or associates of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP, led by the pro-Soviet George Habash, is one of the three core factions of the PLO, along with Yasir Arafat's Fatah and Naif Hawatmeyh's Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). Habash's bloody brand of politics can be seen in the fact that he attacks Arafat for being too "moderate." His group was responsible for a number of aircraft hijadungs-including the 1976 Entebbe (Continued on Page 5)
^(^ttt^lFS t(S> tte (gdi!lt(S)lF , The Jewish Press reserves lie Hgbt to edit Ittten tor regards with some Mends firom U.S. who visited us. I have received your letters and also cable and congratureatoat ot length or amtent. lations from your relatives. Thank you very much and Editm-'s note: The following letters resulted from a Bat Mitzvah twin- please give my thanks to everybody who thinks of me and ., ^ ning in which an Omaha girl shared her celebration with writes to me. As you know I live in Leningrad. It is the second largest a Soviet girl who cannot leave the Soviet Union. No and the most beautihU city in the USSR. Ite population attempt was made to correct spelling or syntax. is 4 millions people. It was founded in 1203 by Russian tsar Peter the Great. I live in quite an old district of the city, To the Editor I have been writing to Rachel Genusov, my Russian twm, in 6-stories building which was built in the beginning of for the last 13 months. Finally, after waiting for so long, this centuary. It's very nice from outside. I enclose one card my family and I received a four-page letter from her and with view of Leningrad. As you probalby know, my father ifs an enginere. He her mother. I feel so fortunate as I am one of the few who has received a letter from a (Bat Mitzvah) twin. The letter works with computor. My mother is an engineer too. Now told about her famUy, Leningrad-where she lives, and she works in labrary. I have a sister Aliza, who is 6 years about her school. I just want everybody to know to keep old. Now she attends kindergarden. In September she will writing and even if you get disappointed, never give up begin her studying in school. I study in the 7 grade. I have 5 or 6 lessons every day. I have enclosed the letters so that I can share them with I study: math, Russian, literature, history, geography, biology, English, drawing, physics, chemistry. We also have the community. _....„ . , RikU Epstein sport lessons twice a week. The program of studing is definite and used in all over the country. Before this year I January 28. 1987 studied to play piano, but this year I stoped it, as I have Dear Mrs. and Mr. Epstein _ We all are very much touched by your attention and your no much progress. In addition to my schod studies I attend classes for mathematics and also study some Hebrew at taking care of us. .... Please, take our warmest congratulations and best wishes home. I have received your picture wich was made on your for Rikki's Bat-Mitzvah. We are very much grateful to you, Bat-Mitzvah party. The cake is just wonderfiil. I, would that this very special day for all your family your remem- never think that it's cake and not bode, if I don't read the letter. . ^. . j \, ber us and mentioned Rachel's name. Thank you very much again. Please give my regards to Happy of being your friends, Genusov family. your family. ' ,. « i, u i Dear Rildd, . , , ' Your Radiel Please excuse me that I didn't write you before. I can explain this by my very poor EngUsh and the fact that I'm P.8 My mbther who helps me to write this letter send you so lazy of writting letters. Several times I have sen^ jfoi^ hjr j>B^t.reg(rdB..
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On Feb. 6,1986, Mary Beth Whitehead, a 29-yearold housewife signed a six-page contract with WUliam and Elizabeth Stem agreeing to bear a child through artificial insemination in exchange for 110,000 plus expenses. The contract stipulated that the child would be conceived "for the sole purpose of giving said child to William Stem." When the little girl was bom last March 27, Whitebead became intensely attached to the baby and refused to give her up. The case of "Baby M" is now before the Bergen County Court in Hackenaack, N.J., and the ethical and legal issues of surrogate motherhood are now cast sharply before the nation. This anguishing human nightmare has dramatized the hundreds of cases of surrogate mothers during the past decade. Remarkably, not a single state has yet adopted laws either legalizing or banning surrogate motherhood. The "Baby M" case is the first legal test arising from the larger rev(dution in reproductive technology. But this drama also raises deep ethical and moral questions. The first has to do with the sanctity of contracts and agreements. Can a society long endure when good faith agreements are arbitrarily abandoned? More profound is the morality of surrogate mother hood altogether. Traditional Jewish scholars reject it as a form of enslavement, which will create a class of baby-breeders for money. The basic issue from a Jewish perspective is that there are mothers, period. There is no such thing as a surrogate mother. If a man and woman cannot have their own children, the rabbis say, they should adopt a child. For the greatest mitzvah (religious deed) is to raise an orphan—an adopted child—in your home as your own.
REPRIMAND TEL AVIV (JTA) - A Gush Emunim leader has been censured for insulting members of the United Kibbutz Movement in the course of a debate over
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Friday: 7:30 p.m. A Third Grade Family Shabbat Dinner will be held at 5:45 p.m. followed by a special creative service. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by the Temple Israel Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious School: Saturday, Feb. 28-9 a.m.; Sunday, March 1 — 10 a.m. Hebrew School: Gimmel, Monday, March 2—4 p.m., Aleph, Tuesday, March 34 p.m., Daled, Wednesday, March 4 — 4 p.m., Bet, Thursday, March 5—4 p.m. Confirmation: Wednesday, March 4—6:30 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION Monday, March 2 7:30-8:30 p.m. Beginning Conversational Hebrew-Instructor: Shuli Rayberg. Great Jewish Moments and Personalities—Instructor; Rabbi Barack. • Enriching Jewish Holidays—Instructor; Jane West. Wednesday, March 4 10:30-1 l;30a.m. Basic Hebrew for Beginners-Instructor. Rabbi Barack. 8:15-9:15 p.m. Basic Judaism—Instructor; Rabbi Barack. BAR MITZVAH Adam Kirshenbaum, son of Kate and Tom Kirshenbaum, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat Services Friday, M^ch 6 and Saturday, March 7.
PERSONALS The Family of Bill Joseph wishes to thank all our friends and relatives for the cards and donations sent in his memory. Also a big thanks to Rabbi Barack for the beautiful eulogy at the services. Lois Joseph, Adele Joseph, Shelly PlotUn and Sue Faier Thank you for the cards, contributions and visits while I was in the hospital. 1 appreciate your thoughtiulness very much. Rabbi Alex Katz I would like to extend my thanks to Rabbi Nadoff, Cantor Fettman and farnily for the gifts, cards and donations they made during my hospitalization. Ann Lehman
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Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat 6 p.m. Family Service 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat reception is sponsored by Sisterhood.
Rabbi Paul Brazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m. Phil Wayne will deliver the Devar Torah. An Oneg Shabbat will follow the services, Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. The Devar Torah wiU be given by Steven Riekes. Kiddush will follow service. Minha-Ma'ariv 6 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. CONSECRATION Consecration by United Talmud Torah of Omaha/third graders will be held at Beth El on March 7,7:30 p.m. Congregants are invited. PURIM PRESENTATION Beth El Second Graders in religious school will receive minature megillot at the Megillah Reading services March 14. USY PURIM CARNIVAL Purim Carnival will be held on March 15, 11:30
Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. Youth Services 10 a.m. A Kiddush follows services in the social hall. Rabbi's class—5:15 p.m. Mincha-6 p.m. Mincha is followed by Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv and the Havdalah service. Sunday; Morning Minyanaire Service 9 a.m., followed by brsakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL SHABBAT DINNER The next Congregational Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday evening, March 6 at 6 p.m. Call reservations in to the Synagogue office. In charge of dinner arrangements are: Teddy Levine, Cheryl Kirke and Julee Katzman.
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.
Couples to meet The Jewish Community Center's Jewish Couples Group will conduct a sports and games night at the JCC tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The health club, racquetball, voUeyball, swimming and lounge facilities will be open and refreshments will be served, according to the announcement. A fee of $1 will be charged. The Jewish Couples Group was organized last August to serve those in the 20s and 30s. Julie Durmaskin (333-1150) is cofounder and coordinator.
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SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.
Council Bluffs B'nal Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each month 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. B'nai Israel Synagogue offers services led by members of the congregation. Volunteer cantor Major Mandy Greene leads the singing. Everyone is invited to attend: Persons interested in the synagogue or in carpools may call Scott Kotzen 402-553-3334.
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Susan and Paul Blackman of Kansas City, Mo., announce the Feb. 14 birth of a son, B. D. "Buddy." The Blackmans also have a son Benjamin. Mrs. Blackman has three children, Andrew, Mitchel and Katie Tretiak. Grandparents are Lois Lincoln and Bob Endelman of OmaB'nal Jeshurun ha and Abe and Ida Mae Blackman of Overland Friday: 8 p.m. Park, Kans. Great-grandWorship service conducted mother is Edith Segall of by Bob Nefsky. Omaha. aa6K3aocMOOat300tKiotK30oaatx»t«KX3aaoaot^
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Paraahat MUhpatim Parashat Shekalim Yes, I said Passover We extol Passover—beWarning: there are only cause we extol freedom. 44 days till Passover! But an unfailing instinct Yes, I said Passover. Purim is not yet here, to be associates freedom with sure, but Passover is com- law. Passover begins a unit ing. Our liturgical year be- period, a unit that rtus from gins to warn us about the Passover to Shavuot, from approach of Passover rela- the Exodus to the Ten Comtively far in advance. This mandments, from freedom Shabbat is Parashat Sheka- to law. That unfailing inlim, the first of four special stinct implies that just as Sabbaths before Passover society is really not possible (in addition to one special without freedom, so it is not possible without law. There Shabbat before Purim). Perhaps, more accurately, is a constant tension bewe should say that this tween the two; but it must Shabbat, though we think of be faced: society must grant it in connection with Passo- a maximum of freedom conver, is really connected with sistent with peace, cooperathe Temple (voluntary!) tax tion, and order. Need I remind you? Our which Jews all over the "world'* sent annually to Je- regular Sidrah, Mishpatim, rusalem for the support of is nothing other than an the Temple. Since it was due early Hebrew code of law. It has been aptly in Nisan, it was the subject of a reminder a month ear- remarked about totalitarilier. Hence, as Adar ap^ anism that everything that preaches, the Synagogue isn't mandatory is forbidservice itself reminds the den. If it isn't required of you by the demands of the worshiper of his duty. The Romans-those geni- State, then you aren't peruses of administration— mitted to do it! But our society wants as blithely turned the Temple tax into a tax on Jews, much space as possible bewherever they were, for the tween what is required and support of a pagan temple what is forbidden. Freedom in Jerusalem. It was now no and law—but a world be- < longer voluntary. Pay or tween. We start with freeelse. And, to cap the irony, dom; but it leads inevitably, Jews were not even permit- logically, psychologically, ted to set foot in Roman Je- and humanly to law. P.S. Shabbat Shekalim rusalem. Is there anything always comes to me as a like Jewish history? (History repeats itself. shock. I remember once at We are* told that the taxes the Western Wall in Jerusapaid today in some Arab lem, where a rabbinic collands, including by Jews league and I picked a minwho live there, say Morocco, yan at random on Shabbat help to support the PLO— morning and prayed with they which is sworn to destroy them .. . When the State of Israel, and, for brought out two Sifrei Togood measure, all Jews rah, my fnend asked. Why two? I hadn't thought of it: everywhere.) To come back to Pass- But I said, quickly. It must over ... Whether or not be Shabbat Shekalim! And Passover is older than the it was. P.P.S. A calendar curiExodus, Jews have for many, many centuries osity: Usually we think of thought of Passover as the the months of the dvil and birthtime of the Jewish peo- the Hebrew-religious calenple. It is remembered again dar in such a way that we and again in regular Jewish say, for example, Tishri liturgy, in the Kiddush, for usually comes in Septemberexample, and in the daily October, or October comes grace after meals, and at in Tishri-Heshvan ... This many other points in our year March touches three months: March 1st is the prayers. 30th of Shevat; most of March encompasses Adar; CARL JARL and March 31st is the first of Nisanl It must have hapSECURITY SYSTEMS pened before, but I don't remember it! /bU Dnclg..'- 391 b700
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17.60. The Ravan Two will present the muaical program and a brunch of bagels, muffins and toppings will be served. On March 4, the group will meet for the Happy Hour, 6-8 p.m., at Hie Safari Club, 7606 Dodge. There is a II charge for the buffet table. There will be a Moonlight Swim at the Jewish Cajmmunity Center on March 7, 8:30 p.m. to midnight. The ticket price of $8 indudee all you can eat, entertainment and a C(Hi4>lementary drink. There will also be a raffle. Specials wilj^be given away to all who come dressed in Hawaiian attire. Tickets may be purchased at the JCC. From 10 a.m.-noon, on March 16, the group will have Brunch at Brandywines at Holiday Inn Central. Reservations for the $6.76 all you can eat brunch must be made before March 14 by calling 8348200, ezt. 236. On March 24, the group will travel to Lincoln to see Bill Coaby Live ia Concert. The bus will leave the JCC at 6 p.m. Tickets are tl6.76 and reservations must be made by March 9. Reservations are also being taken for A Day in Des Moines, a May 31 program which includes a matinee performance of the musical Cats and diimer in Des Moines. Reservations need to be made no later than March 10. The cost for this program is $35 for transportation and theater tickets. For farther information and reservations call Carol Kaplan 334-8200. Sandy Bennett, 333-1218, is also available to answer questions.
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Hip, Hip, the "J"! The foUowing is a rhymed accounting of departmental programa and services offered at the Jewish Community Center of Omaha. "Just For Womm"—take your pick3-33 South 1-1 "Stress and the Family"-"It's Maldng Me Sick." That's the JCC- tB»««y" to youJogging Clinic or lifting weights— And at the "J" from morning to night, "Let's Get Physical"—ain't it greati A perfectly wonderful familv deliaht. JCAC-EUe Wiesel, Let's start with Art ('cuz Art starts with A ) Hebrew classes—ain't it all swdll Holiday Workshops ... hey.hey, hey ... Sports—Phys. Ed.—it's everywhere. After School Artist, Sunday Sketching Club, Basketball here, raquetball there. Adult Watercolor... rub-a-<lub-dub. Tennis, Karate, Batm Twirling, too, Aquatics—dive inl—the water feels great, Volleyball, wrestling—so, what else is new? Moonlight Swim—March 7—remember that date. Theater and Music—concerts and plays, Tiny Tuna-a hit. Winter Whalers-hey, cool. Songwriting Workshops, gathering praise. You can Polar Bear Plunge in the JCC pool David Amram, kids on the stage. Blue Star Basketball-Tu B'Shvat games, Summer Arts Camp is all the rage. A tree in the lobby with dozens of names Youth in the form of BBYO, Movie Night for Club 34, School Break Specials—Singlea-to-go. And Club 87-"Behind Closed Doors.'! Our own Registrar and Child Care Service, aub 66-Dad & I, Excellent care so Mom won't get nervous. The Popcorn Playhouse... me, oh my. Where does it stop? Where does it end? Dance is next (so the alphabet goes), The programs ke^ coming again and again. Down on your taps—up on your toes. Year 'round enjoyment aod all just for you, Israeli Folk Dancing, light and gay. Right here in Omaha—so much to do. The Avodah Dance Troupe scheduled for May. Put 'em together and what've you got?— Early Cpdhood Department—pre-school... tee-hee, The JCC ... and that says a lot. Peewee Picassos-Potpourri. Hip, Hip, The "J"—a tribute to the Jewish ComTwo-year-old Play Group, science and snacks, munity Centw of Omaha and its staff. Thanlu, in Learning made fun, and those are the facts. part, to Federation dollars, the "J" continues to be Fitness and WeUness-C-P-R, one of the most outstanding cultural and recreaBlood Pressure Screening, the fittest, by far. tional facilities in the region.
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Oizie Nogg has received the Gold Award in the category of PubUc Service TV Campaigns for Jewish Federation television spots she produced for Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur and Hanukkah. The "Addy," as it is called, was presented at the 15th Annual Omaha Federation of Advertising Ad AMIT WOMEN The Kalah Franklin chap- Festival held in January. ter of Amit Women will hold The award is for work an open board meeting produced in 1986 and is March 5, in the library of judged by out-of-town adBeth El Synagogue at 9:30 vertising specialists. The tdevision public serva.m. The business part of this ice spots were funded by the important meeting will be- Esther K. Newman Memor gin promptly at 10 a.m. and ial Fund, Children from the will take the place of the Omaha Jewish Day School regular March meeting. Completion of plans for the March 29th event honoring Dr. Sol Kutler with the Humanitarian the Jewish Community Award are scheduled. The board urges members to at- Center Senior High Departtend. Call Fay Sekar, 551- ment will be offering a prep 3049 or Lill Becker, SAT/ACT/PSAt course on Sundays, 4-7 p.m., 553-5214. March 22-April 26. The course will be taught by Dick Lundquist and Frank May, area experts in test preparation and teachers at Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Westside High School. Krantz of Sun City West, The 15-hour intensive Ariz., formerly of Lincoln, Neb., announce the engageProgram expands ment of their son. Dr. James Krantz of Branford, Conn., The Nebraska Jewish to Dr. Annie Bdand, daugh- Historical Society is exter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward panding its recently inBoland of Los Angeles, troduced program, "Name Calif. Dr. The bride-to-be is the Face and Place," from a physician and poet. She one day a week to four days was graduated from Tufts a week. Medical School and comAny person interested in pleted her residency in psy- helping to identify old picchiatly at UCLA. tures in the NJHS files is Dr. Krantz, a graduate of asked to contact the arthe Wharton School of the chivist, Ophira Bahar, at University of Pennsylvania 334-8200, ext. 277, Mondayis an assistant professor of Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., organization and manage- or visit the NJHS office to ment at Yale University. set a time schedule.
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MimcsoJlinv M By Estelle Rosenberg The Conservative Movement Conference on Intermarriage and Conversion which will be held March 23, will be attended by Gerald Grant and Rabbi Ian Jacknis. Anyone interested in attending this conference as a representative of the Tifereth Israel Congregation, may call the office, 423-8569. The conference, which will be held at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, will feature standards for congregation, seminars for outreach, counselling, congregation, and schools, and sessions on Conservative Jewish halachah. The Tifereth Israel Congregation wishes to thank the following members for sponsoring Oneg Shabbats during the month of February: Nancy Sloan-Ehrlich, Mr. and Mrs. Daivd Abelow and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Silberstein. The Jewish Federation of Lincoln will sponsor a day camp again this summer for children ages 3-8 or entering the third grade. The camp.
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The Tifereth Israel Congregation extends Mazel Tov to the following congregants: to Harry and Annie Allen on the recent Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Haggi Kluska, of Kibbutz Na'an, Israel; to Barry Abrahamson for being one of the 41 Nebraska teachers awarded the 1986-87 Cooper Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. In appreciation for their efforts the South Street Temple Congregation thanks the following members: Marilyn Cady for serving on the Temple Board; Mark and Brenda Rosenberg, Regina Simon and Bob Nefsky for entertaining Rabbi Joseph; Marsha Plotkin, Harvey Schwartz and Karen Schur for conducting services in January; Frank and Debbie UUman and Alan and Marge Ross for sponsoring January Oneg Shabbats; Chuck Arnold for coming to Temple and talking about Camp Jay-C-C. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keller announce the birth of a daughter, Jessica Lyim, bom Feb. 8. They also have a daughter, Leah Anne. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Stan Arenson and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Keller, both of Lincoln. Great-grandmother is Mrs. Anne Arenson of Waterloo, Iowa.
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FREETHROW SHOOTING The Health and Physical Education Department will sponsor a freethrow shooting contest prior to the Blue Star, Channel 7 All Star game Simday, March 1. There will be six divisions: Kindergarten, first and second grades, third and fourth grades, fifth and sixth grades, seventh through ninth grades, and tenth through twelfth grades. Trophies will be given to each division champion. For further information call Chuck Arnold or Tom Law at 334-8200.
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The championship game was nip and tuck, until Des Moines held off a KG charge to win 63-48. The whole weekend was filled with exciting basketball and friendship, which should be credited to the participating players and coaches.
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INTER-CENTER WEEKEND February 7 and 8, the Omaha JCC hosted a basketball weekend with participation of four teams: Kansas City JCC, Des Moines JCC, Omaha BBYO, and the host Blue Star team from the Omaha JCC. The first games of the evening matched Kansas City against BBYO, and Des Moines against Omaha. Kansas City, who is the defending champion of the Annual Blumenthal Tournament held in Miami, defeated BBYO 67-35 behind the 20 point performance of Joey Sorkin. The evening's other match-up proved to be a much closer contest as Des Moines edged Omaha 60-53 in a well played game. Todd Mogil and Steve Givner combined for 34 points for the Blue Stars. Sunday morning was the final day of competition. The consolation champions were the Blue Stars of Omaha as they defeated BBYO 68-60 behind Larry Kirshenbaum's 18 points. <•»»•».;.»< Balloon 4„»».>»<i
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By Tom Law BLUE STARS The Blue Stars defeated Mary Our Queen 67-52 in overtime Thursday evening. The Blue Stars were led by Eric Gilmore and Tony Okun who combined for 34 points. The Blue Stars showed poise end character as they came back from 8 points down to lead by as many as 7 points in the second half. Coach Law was very pleased with the rebounding performance of Jeff Roberts who came off the bench to spark the Blue Stars. The win keeps the Blue Stars in a second place tie with Omaha South, who will be the Blue Stars next opponent.
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