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Sol Kutler returns: left Israel smiling By Morris Maline World traveler and dental-care provider Dr. Sol Kutler has returned to Omaha from Israel with enough anecdotes and impressions to talk before a dinner audience. He'll get that opportunity Sunday night at 6 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue when scores of friends and dignitaries attend a dinner in his honm*. At the dinner, AMIT Women will honor Dr. Kutler with its Humanitarian Award. It is not the intent of this article to preempt his remarks, but what writer could re^t the following: •Dr. Kutler and his wife, Cherie, are waiting to see the Prime Minister of Israel who is busy at a Cabinet meeting called to discuss the Pollard case... television cameras and news reporters are swarming about as Shamir, Ariel Sharon, Abba Eban etc. walk out... outside hundreds of students are protesting the rise in tuition costs and riot police stand by—a typical day in Israel? *The Jewish community of Savannah, Georgia, now know that a resident of Sdorot, Israel, is going to marry one of their girls and whisk her off to the land of milk and honey—courtesy of a conversation between Dr. Sol Kutler points to a town in Israel where he spent five weeks providing denMrs. Kutler and a friend in Jerusalem. •The dentist working with Dr. Kutler at tal care as part of a Rotary Onb humanitarthe clinic in Sdorot is Rubin Silvern of New ian effort. Additiomd photos oii page 5. York, whose wife, Thelma, is a cousin to the He said that now the land is green, lush late Eli Zalkin of Omaha. Dr, Kutler was wiUfaig and able to disclose and fertile, and that in addition to agriculmore tidbits of information, but after five ture, numerous factories and industrial enweeks away from his office, he was anxious terprises thrive. He pointed out that altbouj^ the poputo be on time for w<n-k Tuesday morning when his interview with the Jewish Press lation of 9,000 is about 85 per cent Moroccan, many Ethiopians and Soviets also live took place. Dr. Kutler described Sdorot as a develop- there. The dental clinic in which he worked was ment town about 20 miles from Ashkelon, a town in which mostly Moroccan Jews set- described as well-equipped and with Moroccan aides. Dr. Kutler was able to treat a patled some 35 years ago. "They literally were given some tents, tient every half hour from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. placed at the edge of the desert and told to Monday through Friday and take care of (Continued on Page 2) build a dty."
26 Adar, 5747 Friday, March 27, 1987
Super Sunday response called 'unprecedented' By Joanie Jacobeon Federation PnbUc RelationB Director Denise and Carl Greenberg, co-chairmen of the 1987 Super Simday Telethon, announced an unprecedented response from volunteer woricers for the giant fund-raising event for the Jewish Federation of Omaha on Sunday, April 6, and during Superweek, April 6-8. " 'Rally 'Round the Phone, Friends' is this year's Super Sunday message, and that's just what people have done," said Mrs. Greenberg. "We sent postcards to past woricers, even before the ads ran in the Jewish Press, and within several weeks, all the time slots were filled. Response cards are still coming in, and seme people who will be out of town made special note to contact them again next year!" "We also sent letters to all Federation agency presidents," added Mr. Greenberg, "asking them to recruit board members to work the event. Again, the response was ex-
cellent. It says that agency board members want to get involved, and that's good for all of ua. "It speaks well for the Omaha Jewish community in general," continued Mr. Greenberg. "That over 100 people 'rallied' within a few weeks of recruitment makes a very positive statement about the Federation Campaign as well. Support for each other, for our human services agencies and for Jews around the world is what this campaign is all about." "Super Sunday is the last fund-raising event in the 1987 Federation Campaign," concluded Mrs. Greenberg, "and we look forward to making a strong finish I" Super Sunday volunteers will be making their calls on Sunday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p jn. Those members of the community who cannot be reached on Sunday will be contacted during Superweek, Monday through Wednesday, April 6-8, from 6-9 p.m.
Omaha approves Mission for men, women, singles A lOday Community Mission program to Israel has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Jewish. Fedoration of Omaha. At its Tuesday night meeting at the Jewish Community Center, the Board unanimously adc^ted the concept that husbands, wives and singles would join together in a single mission program. According to Sandy Friedman, Jerry Hoberman, co-chairman. Men's Division and Bert Lewis, chairperson. Women's Division, the mission will take place Nov. 2-10. Up to 90 memblrs of the Jewish Federation of Omaha will be accommodated for a
pledge of at least $1,000 to the Canq>aign. Cost of the trip will be approximately $995 to the participant with a Federaticn subudy of «938. The cost includes air fare from Omaha to Israel, food and lodging. Accommodations will be at the Tel Aviv Hilton, a Kibbutz guest house, and the Jerusalem Hyatt. The purpose of the Mission is to join other Federations in the United States in helping the Jewish community understand first hand why increased support Of Israel is necessary, and to have the 1988 Campaign benefit from the additional giving which is the pattern of all UJ A Missions.
Klutznick's $1 million Chair at Creighton will bolster Jewish Federation's programs By Morris Maline ' An endowed Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University is linked to the Jewish Federation of Omaha in a fairly unique arrangement between a university and a Jewish institution. The Chair at Creighton, funded by a $1 million gift from former Omahan Philip M. Klutznick and his wife, Ethel, also gives the Jewish Federation of Omaha an opportunity to benefit from the scholar who will occupy that chair. A similar arrangement was introduced by the Klutznicks in their recent gift of a $1 million to Northwestern University and linking that Chair in Jewish Civilization to the Jewish Federation in Chicago. Those attending the press conference announcing the gift to Creighton last Friday said they had no knowledge of any of the 1,000 or so Jewish Studies programs at major universities being linked to Jewish Federations, thereby making the arrangement between Creighton and the Jewish Federation of Omaha "very unusual." Under the terms of the Klutznick gift to the Campaign for Creighton, the University's current fund-raising effort, the College of Arts and Sciences annually will receive 90 per cent of the distributed income from the Chafr endowment, while the remaining 10 per cent will go to the Jewish Federation to assist it in conducting programs using the talents of the scholar in Jewish civilization. Mort Trachtenbarg, president, Je*ish
Federation, praised the coDaborative nature of the new academic program. "The exciting partnership between campus and community which has been written into the new chair should serve as a model for others to emulate." He said that, "Having the benefit of a brilliant scholar to develop opportunities for education and ctiltural enrichment in the community as part of his or her academic responsibilities serves to emich Creighton University, the Omaha Jewish community, and the greater Omaha conunimity as wdl. It is a most innovative approach to 'town and gown' relationships." Mr. Klutznick, a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, former chairman of the World Jewish Congress and former international president of B'nai B'rith, was on the Creighton campus last weekend to deliver the Alpha Sigma Nu-Jesuit Honor Society lectui;e. (See separate story on Page 5;) A 1930 graduate of Creighton's School of Law, Mr. Klutznick said that his major interest m life now is to try to make it possible for Jews, Christians and Moslems to better understand each other and to live together in peace. Mr. Trachtenbarg said, "The partnership between the (Dreighton campus and the Jewish community which has been written into this new chair should serve us all well. To have the ability to develop opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment in the community as part of the professor's academic responsibilities' serves to enrich
Philip M. Klutznick annonnces the Klntsnick endowment of a Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University during a press conference at the University last Friday. Creighton Universii v, the Jewish community and, also, the greater Omaha community. "The Federation's responsibility in this partnership is to maintain a program for membera of the Jewish community, and
other interested citizens, for the purpose of providing them with various educatumal opportunities in or related to the field of Jewish civilization. The programs that we will plan will consist of a variety of courses of,, (ContMned on Page 7) j iissstii>'ai;s:aigi«s5ikn;
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Beth El Women's League to host Midwest conference Beth El Women's League will host the Midwest Branch of Conservative Judaism's Spring Conference to be held this year on April 26-28. The Midwest Branch is comprised of 27 chapters in nine states and Canada. This year's conference theme is "For Everything There Is a Season and a Time." The two-and-a-half day program will be held at the Marriott Hotel and evening dinners and programs will be held at Beth El Synagogue and the Jewish Community Center. Registration forms have been sent to members of Women's League. Beth El Sis-
terhood President Nancy Skid says, "I took forward to good attendance at these inspiring programs for what Omaha's delegates can learn for themselves as well as what they can gain for our chapter." The president of this region is Liou Ann Bongard of Beth El in Minneapolis; Rickie Haith of.Shawnee Mission, Kansas, is the conference program chairman. Bobbie Epstein, local conference chairman, has been working with a large committee of volunteers to make arrangements for housing, meals and hospitality.
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BBYOers usher at Campaign Cabaret Ten young men and women of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization will serve as ushers for Campaign Cabaret '87, a gala dinner and musical revue to be held Saturday, March 28, at Peony Park beginning at 7:15 p.m. Pictured from left to right: (bottom row) Robyn Epstein, Bert Cohen; (top row) Lisa Hurwitz, Lisa Shulman, Randi Epstein. Ari Riekes, Michael Rosenblatt, Miki Penner, Jon Fellman. Not pictured: Trudi Sellner.
Sol Kutler returns (Continued from Page 1) emergencies also. Working with him was Dr. Silvern who had set up the clinic about seven years ago when he served as chairman of a committee established by the Alpha Omega Jewish dental fraternity. The fraternity provided the original funding for the clinic, but now supports social activities for visiting dentists' wives while the bulk of financial support is provided by Buffalo and Rochester, New York, through Project Renewal, sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal. "Although 1 learned to say 'open your mouth wide' and 'I'm a dentist' in Hebrew, most of the conversations with patients took place in English." Dr. Kutler said that he was particularly fascinated with the Ethiopians. "They were not as I had pictured them. They were shorter than 1 had envisioned, and their features were fine ... they were beautiful and handsome looking and soft spoken ... they learned English and Hebrew in a short period of time, and they were most anxious to learn." Dr. and Mrs. Kutler resided in a top-floor apartment of a four-story building about a mile from the cUnic. The cost of the apart-
ment and Dr. Kutler's air fare were paid for, but all of their incidental expenses were outof-pocket costs for the Kutlers. On weekends, Dr. and Mrs. Kutler would, for the most part, hop on a bus and travel. They visited Elat, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and one time toured northern Israel to see the Golan Heights and the Lebanese border. "Out of all the countries we visited during the past 14 years, Israel was the most amazing... no matter where we went, everyone was Jewish." Dr. Kutler said that because of their Omaha connections he and his wife made a special effort to visit AMIT facilities in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv. "We saw excellent facilities: a high school serving 5(X) live-in children and 500 day students, and all of them were exceptionally bright from disadvantaged homes, "There was also an industrial school for girls in another location where they taught trades ranging from professional cooking to electronics." Dr. Kutler said that just before he left, a graduate of an Israeli dental school arrived to man the clinic full time. "We left feeling good about the country, the people and the dental care that seemed to be improving all the time."
Sylvia Wagner
Warren Zweiback
Jbn Cleary
S\M\ District candidates The Jewish Press asked the three candidates for City Council in the Sixth District to provide photos and biographies for this week's issue. From left are: Sylvia B. Wagner, Warren Zweibatk and Jim Cleary. The biographical information follows: Sylvia B. Wagner Sylvia B. Wagner was elected to the City Council m 1981 and re-elected in 1983. She became council vice president in 1981, chaired the Cable Television Subcommittee and served on the Administrative Appeals Board. She has served in various capacities with the National Intergovernmental Advisory council, the National League of Cities, the Nebraska Environmental Cpntrol Council, the Nebraska League of Municipalities, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Wagner was graduated from Central High School and the University of Nebraska at Lincohi with a B.S. in business administration. She is a native of Omaha. Her community activities include Greater Omaha Corporation Board of Directors, United Way of the Midlands Board of Directors, Nebraska Womens Political Caucus, Douglas County Republican Advisory Bciard,'League of Women Voters, Greater Resources for Omaha Women, Beth El Synagogue and the Learning Onter for Jewish Women, Metropolitan Actors Guild.
Warren Zweiback Warren Zweiback is a lawyer who joined Monsky, Grodinsky, Good and C^hen in 1964 and became a partner in 1967. He formed his own firm in 1972, Zweiback, Flaherty, Betterman and Lamberty. Mr. Zweiback was eighth grade class president at Dundee School and also class president in his graduating class at Central High School. He was graduated from Princeton University in 1957 and Columbia Law School in 1960. He served as law clerk for Leonard P. Moore United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Cucuit in a one year program and worked on Wall Street for three years. A native of Omaha, Mr. Zweiback is a member of Temple Israel. Jim Cleary Jim Cleary worked as a newspaper reporter for seven years and in advertising and public relations for the last 10 years. He owns his own small business: Cleary Public Relations, which does marketing, advertising and public relations. He also teaches an evening journalism course at Creighton University. Mr; Cleary is a native of Omaha. He graduated from Creighton Prep and Creighton University, and served with the Marine (Dorps in 'Vietnam. He was awarded the Purple Heart. . He is president of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers-Big Sisters.
JCCAndltorliim Mr. Arnrann Is the Composer-ln-resldence through the JCAC Co-spo'nsored by Beth El, Beth Israel and Temple Israel Sisterhoods
p Alexander Slepak to start r hunger strike in Washington The son of Soviet Refuseniks Vladimir and Maria , (Masha) Slepak will begin a 17-day hunger strike in Washington today to protest the treatment of his parents by Soviet authorities. According to the AntiDefamation League in New York City, Alexander (Sanya) Slepak will fast one day for each of the 17 years of his parents' life in refusal. The Slepaks are among the eight Moscow Jews who Soviet authorities said would never be allowed to emigrate because they had "access to state secrets." The others are: Yulian Khasin, Natalia Khassina,
Yuli Kosharovsky, Dr. Alexander Lemer, Yakov Rakhlenko, Valery Soyfer, and Lev and Alia Sud. All deny having had access for many years to any materials which could be considered sensitive and therefore reject this as a valid reason for delaying their emigration, let alone preventing it "forever," the ADL said. According to the announcement, the individuals look to human rights advocacates in the United States to publicize their plight and put the lie to Soviet claims of a "new approach" to human rights. The hunger strike by Sle-
ADL/CRC announces new assistant director E. Robert Newman,' president of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, has announced the appointment of Barbara Frohinan as the new assistant director of the ADL/ CRC. Mrs. Frohman began her duties at the ADL/CRC on March 16. "She brings to our agency her long-standing commitment as a volunteer in both the Jewish and general communities," Mr. Newman sfiid of Mrs. Frohman. "We feel that Barbara's extensive knowledge of Omaha as well as her strong organizing skills will make her a plus for our organization. We are truly happy to have her with us." Mrs. Frohman was a member of the Panel of American Women, a group dedicated to promoting understanding between women of various racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds; served as vicepresident of the Brandeis University Women's Organization; was a member of
pak is the first massive effort in their behalf, the ADL said. According to the ADL, the following are practical things communities can do to help Sanya Slepak focus on his parents while he fasts on the steps of the U.S. Capitol: * Ensure that at least one telegram of support, if not many more, is sent to Sanya, care of the office of Senator John Heinz (R-PA), each day of his hunger strike from March 27 Natan Sharansky's brother, Leonid, b flanked by Shirley Goldstciii (kft) and June DanieU through April 12. daring liis stop in Omalia Monday at the Jnririi Commnnity Center. * Get different individuals to sign the telegrams, ranging from the "man or woman in the street" to elected officials and celebrities. Please send a copy of By Morris Maline each telegram addressiBd to Leonid Shcbaransky cau- forget about the many reSanya's parents, care of the "It doesn't matto' whethSoviet Ambassador in tioned Americans this week fuseniks who want to leave er the number of refuseniks not to accept without the Soviet Union. Washington. is 400,000 ac two, anyone "Our friends will be for- wanting to leave the Soviet * Cables may also be sent thought the segment on Russian Jews shown Sun- gotten unless Western na- Union should be allowed to directly to the Slepaks. * Ask visitors from your day on the television show tions continue to push the leave," Mr. Shcharansky Soviets on human rights is- said. community visiting Wash- "60 Minutes." "I don't know how to ex- sues and emigration for all ington for business or tourPlans for Mr. Shcharanism to stop by the Capitol to plain to the Western world those who want to leave." sky's Omaba visit were Mr. Shcharansky said coordinated by Shirley stand vigil with Sanya Sle- the fact that Soviet citizens speak that he had no intention of Goldstein, chairman, Omapak, even if only for half an cannot frankly... the people in the leaving the Soviet Union un- ha Soviet Jewry committee. hour. Addresses: Alexander Sle- Soviet Unione are controlled til his brother was arrested and he found himself caught pak c/o Hon. John Heinz, by the system." Mr. Shcharansky, brother up in the process of trying United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510; of Anatoly Shcharansky to gain freedom for his Yuri V. Dubinin, Ambas- who has since changed his brother. During this period, he lost sador, Embassy of the name to Natan Sharansky, The Jewish Press is USSR, 1125 16th Street, was in Omaha Monday in his job as a coinputer proseeking proposals for a N.W., Washington, DC connection with a nation- grammer and came to the desktop publishing 20036; Slepak, Vladimir, wide trip he and his mother, realization that he and his system. Our needs may Vesnina 8-10, Apt. 51, Ida Milgrom, are undertak- non-Jewish wife and their ing through the sponsorship two sons had no opporturequire multiple comMoscow 121002 USSR. puters, a scanner, a The local B'nai B'rith of the Union of Councils for nity in the Soviet Union. He said that while some Youth Organization has Soviet Jews. modem, printer and apMr. Shcharansky wais good changes are taking suggested that everyone propriate software. join in this protest by giving driven to Omaha from Des place, there is no change in Vendors are invited up something enjoyable, be Moines by June Daniels, the Soviet system of conto visit our facility, it chocolate, shopping, chairman of the Soviet trolling people and using recommend hardware snacks, ice cream, from Jewry Committee there. He them to advantage politiand software. Upon apmet with a small group of cally. March 27-April 12. proval by the necesHe warned the West not Also urged are letters to Jewish community leaders sary Boards of the Fedsenators and congressmen. at lunch in the Jewish Com- to sign agreements with the eration, aU of those A poster board will be munity Center and then par- Soviets and anticipate comsubmitting proposals hanging in the Senior High ticipated in press inter- pliance unless they prove will be invited to bid on that they are willing to live Lounge at the JCC for peo- views. the final specifications. "My main concern is that up to previous agreements . pie to publicly show their For information, consupport by listing the items the West will believe the So- including agreements on hutact Morris Maline, man rights and free emigrathey plan to give up, the an- viet Union's new policy of editor, 334-8200. glasnost (openness) and will tion to unify families. nouncement stated.
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The Klutznick impact Philip M. Klutznick needs no introduction in this column. He is known throughout the world as a statesman of outstanding reputation. Therefore, it should be no surprise to note the amount of coverage which the Jewish Press devotes this v/eek to Mr. Klutznick.. His gift of $1 million to Creighton University will prove to be of perpetual benefit not only to the Jewish programs at the University, but also to the improvement of Jewish-interest programming in the general community as well. His gift will enable the University to attract and retain top level Jewish scholars and these teachers will impact on Creighton, the Jewish community, and the general community. While in Omaha, Mr Klutznick also gave another gift—his lecture at the University on the Middle E^ast. Mr. Klutznick s credentials for speaking on the Middle East are comparable to the most outstanding statesmen of our time. . When the next generation of history books is written, the impact of Mr. Klutznick and his many years of serving his country and his religion will be duly recognized. Thus, it is with profound respect that we welcome Mr. Klutznick back to Omaha and in the pages of our newspaper. And it might also be appropriate to speak in behalf of Creighton suid the Jewish community of Omahabe it in a light-hearted way— to say
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HAIFA — Despite their political influence, as the deciding balance between the parties of the right and left, Orthodox Jews are far from being a majority in Israel. Yet there is no doubt that an overwhelming number of Jewish Israelis feel a sense of attachment to Jewish traditions, beliefs and ceremonies, and observe these selectively in one form or another. It is these people to whom the Conservative and Reform movements have sought to make their appeal for support in recent years, with varying but certainly not a considerable degree of success. Of late, a new movement has appeared on the scene and is making itself seen and heard. It is the Israel Association for Secular Humanistic Judaism, a name which can cause any God-fearing Jew to shudder. We searched out a spokesman of the group, and spent several hours with Dr. Zev Katz, a lecturer in history at the Hebrew University, who is vice chairman of the Association and dean of its newly established International Institute. We asked leading questions, and Dr. Katz replied. The foUowing is a digest of part of the voluminous notes we took. Q. How much of a following do you have in Israel? A. We are organized in about 40 groups, in the major cities and in many kibbutzim. About 3,000 people are associated with us, of which about 1,000 pay annual dues. Q. Do you seek to wean Jews away from religious observance?' A. We do not try to persuade any believer to abandon his faith. That used to be the way some secularists bdiaved in the past, but it is not our way. Neither are we dedicated to fighting religious coercion. We try to point the way to Judaism for those who have lost it or never had it. Q. Obviously you do not believe in God; what is your interpretation of Judaism? A. We believe in assiuing the continuity of the Jewish people and in preserving and practicing the moral, ethical and human values which have always distinguished our people. Judaism as a way of life, with its rich history and tradition, need not have a theistic basis, in our view. Q. Yet it was religion which preserved the Jewish people, and institutionalized these ve^ principles you favOT... A. Religion provided a sense of conmiunity; we seek to provide that in secidar form. We are not a congregation, and we hold no services;' our meeting place is not a synagogue. We conduct educational activity, teach principles and encourage the preservation of traditions. Q. Traditions? A. Certainly. We believe they can be observed in a rational, Aecular form. For example, we observe Sbabbat as a day of rest. We hold Shabbat celebrations (not services). We believe in the traditional holidays. We have even produced a Passover Haggadah, which includes many of the passages which are familiar in the traditional Haggadah. We are hot just humanists; we are humanist Jews. We have an emotional and not just a logical attachment
to the Jewish people and its civilization, and a desire for our continuity as Jews. Zionism is an integral part of Humanistic Judaism. We insist on the centrality of Israel in the life of the Jewish people, unlike some other secular Jews in the U.S. Q. What is the nature of your educational program? A. We conduct study groups in Torah and Talmud and in other aspects of traditional Jewish lore. We do not reject them. To the contrary, we respect them as part of the historic Jewish culture. Secular Jews used to throw these things out, but they were left with a sterile atheism. We seek to develop an emotional attachment to the chain of Jewish tradition, but re-interpreted without reliance on a supreme being. We consider ourselves ahomrei mitzvot, ob servers of the moral and ethical laws which thinking men have assumed, as well as of customs which have become sactified with Jewish tradition. Many of us say kaddish, in its Orthodox form, on the death of a family member; we practice brit milah; we have a marriage ceremony with a hupa and the breaking of the glass; we oppose intermarriage, though there is a difference of opinion with regard to whom we would recognize as a Jew. We would accept one who is willing to live within and actually practice Jewish civilization. Q. You say you do not fight the Orthodox? A. No, we are not an anti-religious lobby. However, we beUeve that the fundamentaUst approach is driving the majority of Jews away from Judaism. We believe in the survival of the Jewish people, and that is why we have created our organization. The problem of simrival perhaps does not exist for the religious, but it is a very serious problem for the others. They cannot be reached with religion. We offer another way. Dr. Katz was soft-spoken, reasonable, logical. His replies to our questions came without hesitation. There was much more, along similar lines, but on checking our final notes we found several of our questions which remained without satisfactory answers. These were: Man's relations to such matters as morals, ethics and justice are based not only on logic and reason. There are also elements of emotion, sentiment, temperament, elements which impart warmth and emotional fervor to religious observances, and thereby apparently serve a human need. Are these not lacking in the. cold and rational hiunanistic Judaism? You say that you strive for the "uninterrupted existence of the Jewish people," but has not that continued existence always depended on the religious belief, and did not those who surrendered their religious beliefs, they and their families, ultimately disappear? Man seeks answers; what is the answer of humanistic Judaism to the mystery of life? He had answers, but to us they fell short. As we left his home, we touched a finger reverently up. to the mezuzah at his doorpost.
Freedom or license? At the press conference announcing the Klutznick gift to Creighton University, Mr. Klutznick chats with his nephew, Steven Riekes (center) and Mort Trachtenbarg president, Jewish Federation of Omaha.
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By E>ic Rozenman Near East Report Controversy begins when someone crosses the line be- Jones, now head of Stony Brook's Africana studies protween behavior his community considers acceptable to that gram, described Wharton's decision as "mealy-mouthed which it considers uiiacceptable. To judge by the case of and hypocritical." And a T^es editorial on Feb. 24, while acknowledging Ernest Dube, an assistant professor at the State University of New York (SUNY), many people at the Stony Brook that "to equate Zionism with racism has become a cliche' campus and at least one editorial writer for the Sew York of anti-Israeli animus," questioned whether such animus, Times find bigotry acceptable, as long as it is clothed in "even if bigoted," was sufficient reason to deny tenure. Never mind that Marburger and Wharton said they found anti-Zionist rhetoric. Dube's scholarly publicatidns wanting. The paper asserted In 1983, a visiting IsraeU professor at Stony Brook ob- that, pending the outcome of Dube's promised suit, "the jected that Dube, in a course called "The Politics of Race," question lingers about academic freedom at Stony Brook: linked Zionism and Naziism and apartheid as the "three how free?" tanas of racism." The Isradi called this "sloganeering that Before the parade of the outraged and skeptical gets any is practiced by the anti-Semite." But later in the year the longer, a fundamental point—somehow conveniently omituniversity senate decided that Dube's course had not vio- ted from the Dube story—must be made. Anyone who lated academic freedom. New Y(*k Governor Mario Cu(nno, teaches the Soviet-originated, Arab-promoted Une that Ziamong others, dissented, taming the professra-'s teachings onism is a form of racism is, as Cuomo charged, "intellec"intellectually dishonest." tually dishonest" and therefore not worthy of tenure. Nevertheless, a total of four Stony Brook faculty comA review of Zionist literature and an examination of Isniittees eventually reconunended that Dube be granted raeU treatment of ethnic, racial, linguistic, reUgious and tenure—essentially a permanent teaching position. How- other minorities—the kinds of things academics are supever, in 1985, President John Marburger decided against posed to excel at—easily Would show Zionism as detertenure—saying that the assistant professor's published minedly aati-racist. To teach otherwise is akin to teaching work was not up to SUNY standartls. Former Chancellor that astrology is astronomy, and it is a safe bet that the Clifton Wharton Jr. upheld that decision this Jan. 30, two astronomy faculty at SUNY has no tenure astrologers. days before leaving to take a new job. All along, Dube's apologists have sought to protray Then, for some at SUNY and for the Times editorialist, themselves as defenders of academic freedom, as the vanthe controversy really began. Apparently alluding to con- guard protecting the university's spirit of free inquiry. cerns raised by the Long Island chapter of the Anti- However, an academic freedom which encompasses courses Defamation League of B'nai B'rith regarding Dube's pos- like Dube's is not freedom at all, but license, a refusal to sible lack of professionalism and his abuse of SUNY class- accept the standards of empiricism and objectivity which rooms, history department chairman Joel Rosenthal spoke distinguish intellectual pursuits from the polemical. The Zionism-is-racism effort is apolitical campaign—not up. He was quoted as calling Wharton "chicken" for "allowing extramural politics to be involved in a tenure deci- an int^ectual position—to delegitimize the Jewish state, to deny to the Jewish people its own national liberation • sion." The president of the campus association of graduate stu- movement. The campaign itself is racist. .Those at'SUNY dents reportedly termed the denial of tenure "outrageous." and the Times who believe otherwise already have been vicPoet Imamu Amiri Baraka, the 1960*8 militant Le Roi timized by the Zionism-is-racism big lie.
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Klutznick urges United States to make European allies and Japan "full partners" to Middle East challenges HW Unit«d States should consider making its European allies and Japan "full partners" to the challeoges of the Middle East, Philip M. KluUnick said here last week. "They shouU neither be pushed out or peniutted to stay out of their own volitian... the Middle East can be the burial ground of the world's hopes for peace or it can be the harbinger, as it once was, of the place whwe faith, understanding and religious ambition for a peaceful world prevailed." Mr. Klutznick offered the above as a conchisicHi to his Alpha Sigma Nu lecture at Creighton Univeraity. The title of his talk was Keeping An Eye on the Middle Eaat An edited version of his talk follows: I have been keeping my eye on the Middle East as a personal as well as at times an official or semi-offidal matter for 50 years or more. It was here in Omaha in the 1930*8 that 1 first broke with my cautious attitude toward the Middle East and assumed the presidency of the Omaha District of the Zionist Organization of America. Since then, from various vantage paints in and out of our government and in the leadership of international Jewish organizations, my relationship has beai t 'far more intimate. Yet, I remember when I was invited back to Omaha to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the beginning of a cultural program and to make a speech. By sheer coind-' dence, not long before that I had been to the Middle East, as I have been going frequently, and issued a statement which suggested that we should listen to the Saudi plan to make peace, which while it was not perfect, was at least a beginning and I uttered my favorite expression on conflict that only enemies can make peace—you don't have to make peace with friends. In various ways I had committed myself to the proposition that it was in the interest of both parties that they find a means toward that end. \ I confess I was somewhat chagrined when I came to Omaha to find that those statements had raised the hackles of a few people who felt that I should not be speaking to a public audience since 1 harbored and expressed such "treasonous" thoughts. I did not know of this activity until the eve of my engagement or I would have accommodated the complainants and stayed home... So when I approach the problems of the Middle East, I do 80 with that same search for an appreciation of what might be the other nation's concern or position. Inevitably, that has brought me to the conclusion that a fair settlement is better than a good lawsuit and in international life peace is better than war. It is not an easy road nor one that brings you unanimity in i^plause and acceptance, but, if achievable, it is the beat road. Therefore, I have kept my eye on the Middle East mth the ambition that someday, the sooner the better, we can find a constructive answer to ancient and modem problems of that section of the world. About a year ago, two distinguished organizations, the Atlantic Council of the United States and the Middle East Institute, joined in a policy project the subject of Which is "Western Interests and U.S. Policy Options in the Middle East" I was invited to be one of 10 to prepare a basic paper on a specific subject. TTie subject assigned to me was "U5. Middle East Policy and U.S. Domestic Politics." For a year now after those papers were presented and defended and discussed, Uie group has been trying to come up with a final report of its views on this intriguing subject. Just a week ago we met
in Washington for what we hope is our final diacusaian of a final dr^ of a report that is to be issued hopefully in the not too distant future. Those who participated in this very dwnanding exercise in the main were men who occupied high positions in our government one or more times in areas that had direct or indirect relationahip to the topic In addition, other experts were brougbt in who had experience in the aame area. Obvioualy, the real caodttakns I cannot eqiress at this time, lliey will be in print and I wouki urge you to get acquainted with them once they are published. But I need not tcJl you for you can surmise that there is a never-ending procession of surprises and changes that cmifront anyone who wishes to study in d^tfa the conditkiia that prevail in that part of the world, lliere is always scKnething that invades the equanimity of a group virtually agreed on a sohition that arises at the last moment to chidlenge the inemise. I need not say that the U.S. activity in the arms business involving Iran and others was just another one of those kinds of incklents. I was asked to express my views on "Irangate" by a publication. I am appending my statement which is too lengthy for oral expositicHi here. It is imperative to never diminish the stature w importance of the United States in any present consideration of the Middle East. 1) Anything that reflects adversdy on the United States tends to diminish its capacity to act as a leading mediating force between contending eiements. 2) There are many who believe that the ArabIsraeli conflict is at the C(H« of the problem. While there is great merit in the thoujgfat that a settlement, particularly of the IsraelPaketinian differences, would facilitate other potential settlements in the Middle East, it is an over«niplification to fwget that there atie many other interests that must be mescapably involved if the goal is to be achieved. 3) llie United States and the Soviet Unkn have a number of areas of potential difference and ccmcem, not the least of which is their capacity alone or together to blow up the whole of the universe. Nevothdess, the Soviet has made it clear that it will not be excluded from ultimate decisions in the Middle East. It has had and stin has relationshqM that could be troublesoma In addition, it is the support of Syria and Syria's ambiticms to remind the rest of the wwld that it as wdl as Israel or Egypt were among the Almighty's chosen three. But the Soviet Union has oti>er and even more major interests in not being excluded from the Middle East It has a vast oqiire to defend and [KOtect and is not hesitant as evidenced in the case of Afghanistan, to use its power if need be. 4) The United States' action in 1980 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in declaring and establishing an embargo against the Soviet Union to indicate it's distrust of idiat had happened is but an evidence of the depth ot United States ooooem. After an, the Per^im Gulf, even though the energy criaia has eased, is still of
material ooncem to the United States, to our European allies and to Japan. Japan particularly is depndent upon Gulf oil or the Gulf as a means of transport for much of ita energy needs. 5) The ttiddle Eaat has many implirations for the Western Alliance. For a long time it was oar European aDiea who woe the inflnence in the Middle East For the last 30 years or more the United States has pretty mudi replaced its alliea and has aasumed the reeponaibility for protecting not only our interests but theirs aa well Somethnew with a bit of unhiftpiness on their part llie Middle Eaat represents at times a questioning on the part of our European allies as to our comfdete wisdom in the handling of our and Uieir interests. 6) Then there is the meet recent concern— terrorism which has so much of its base in that part of the wmld. The United States is a key actor in attacking this problem. 7) lliere are diflerences within our alliance on a number of iasues affecting the Middle East Our approach to the Palestinian question is decidedly different than that on the part of Europe as is our moet recent intensity of relatiottsh^ with Israel Now that the United States has declared Israel as a non-NATO ally, the aituation has taken another change tjhat needs constant attoition. 8) Perhaps most important in these considerations today are the differences that erist with respect to the peace itself. The Canqi David accords, which in 1978 was a major achievemait was not exactly in accord with some of the thinlring gf our allies who favwed an international conference that could include the Soviet Union, the PLO and Syria as against the previous U.S. ai^roach of stqhby-step. 9) There have been a variety of adjustmoits that have been made since tlus Camp David accords, which cry out for some active program preferably in which the United States, our Western allies and Japan will woric together for there are evidences of danger in d(Hng nothing. 10) Finally, there is a certain urgency about the present situation which demands collaborative action led by our own nation. The Middle East and particularly the area under the control of Israd and that under the control of Syria and other places as well, are today able to mount warfare by missiles n>ore dangerous than any warfare that the Middle East has seen. The next war, if there be one, would be a war of instruments that invade and destroy innocent civilians as much if not more tluui those in which soldiers cross borders and not missiles. There are those who honestly and earnestly believe that time is running out At the same time, there are tboee who think that time is standing stilL
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Friday: 8 p.m. Worship service conducted by Rabbi Michael Joseph. Wendy Pearlman, daughter of Lois and Mike Pearlman, will become a Bat Mitzvah. The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Lois and Mike Pearlman.
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Ibiirtfa j Roxanne and Robert; M. Kahn announce the March 5 birth of a daughter, Rebecca. Grandparents are Mary Lou and Art Walker and Use and Marcel Kahn. Great-grandmothers are Bade C. "Cookie" Walker, Sophie Kahn and Marie Meehan. EUie and Jay Shukert of San Francisco, Calif., announce the March 21 birth of a son, Andrew Joseph. They also have a son, Jonathan David. Grandparents are Helen and Dave Shukert of Omaha and Mary and John Berthiaume of San Fraiicisco.
Blumkin Home 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.
Temple Israel Friday: 7:30 p.m. A fourth and fifth grade Congregational Shabbat Diimer will be held at 5:45 p.m. followed by a special creative service conducted by Rabbi Barack and Cantor Firestone. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by the Sisterhood. Saturday: Morning Service 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious School: Saturday, March 28—9 a.m.; Sunday, March 29—10 a.m. Hebrew School: Gimmel, Monday, March 30—4 p.m., Aleph, Tuesday, March 31-4 p.m., Daled, Wednesday, April 1—4 p.m.. Bet, Thursday, April 2—4 p.m. Confirmation: Wednesday, April 1—6:30 p.m.
Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Men's Club will conduct the services. Kiddush will follow services. Minha-Ma'ariv 6:35 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. MEN'S CLUB Men's Club will sponsor a breakfast on Sunday, March 29. following the morning services. Phil Wayne will talk about "The Black/Jewish Reaction to the ADL Report on Senator Offutt Air Base Ernie Chambers." Call the SERVICES: synagogue for reservations. Rabbi Howard B. Zyskind BAT MITZVAH conducts services in the Jennifer Silver, daughter Capehart Chapel every Friof Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sil- day at 8 p.m. An Oneg ver, will become a Bat Mitz- Shabbat folkiws the service. vah on Friday evening, April 3, and Saturday morning, April 4. SECOND SEDER Wome'n's League will Omaha's Lubavitcher CONGREGATIONAL sponsor the Second Seder Rabbi Mendel Katzman has SEDER on Tuesday, April 14. Call announced the availability A Congregational Seder Reva Oruch for reserva- of a Passover guide that exwill be held the first night of tions. plains the holiday from the holiday, Monday, April preparation of the home to 13 at 7 p.m. Reservations Council Bluffs the order of the Seder servfor the Seder may be made ice. Copies may be obtained B'nai Israel through the Synagogue of, by calling 330-7400. fice, 556-6288. SERVICES: First and third Friday Children's clothing needed Mollie Delman, older each month 7:30 p.m. An D'VAR TORAH PRESENTATIONS Oneg Shabbat follows the adult worker for the Bureau for the Aging, has anWe thank the congre- service. B'nai Israel Synagogue nounced a drive to collect gants who have shared with the congregation very offers services led by mem- children's clothes for a nonmeaningful pulpit messages bers of the congregation. Jewish charitable organizabased on relevant topics of Volunteer cantor Major , tion. For information, call Jewish interest and concern. Mandy Greene leads the her at 334-8200 or 561-3793. The D'var Torah for Fri- singing. Everyone is invited "niankstoyou... day evening, April 3, will be to attend. itwort<s.„ Persons interested in the presented by Debra Hostyk. »DrALLOFUS The D'var Torah on Satur- synagogue or in carpools day, April 4, will be present- may call Scott Kotzen ed by Cantor Leo Fettman. 402-553-3334.
Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 p.m. Family Service 8 p.m. The D'var Torah will be presented by Dr. Arthur Fishkin. An Oneg Shabbat reception is sponsored by Sisterhood Saturday: Morning service 8:45 a.m. Youth Services 10 a.m. A Kiddush follows services in the social hall. "Little People's Service", under the direction of Shirley Goodman, 10 a.m. in the kindergarten room. Sisterhood will sponsor a lunch for the Little People and the Junior Congregants following their service. Rabbi's class-5:15 p.m. Mincha—6:30 p.m. Mincha is followed by Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv and Havdalah 7 p.m. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service 9 a.m. Breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the Rabbi will not be held. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Friday: 8 p.m. Ofer Shtricker and Orit Gidron will share their experiences as Israeli teens S(>ending time in various communities throughout the country. Their stay in Lincoln is being sponsored by the International Youth Mission of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oneg Shabbat hosted by Rhoda and Harlan Priesman. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation—10 a.m. Minyans: Monday and Thursday 7:15 a.m.
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Klutznick endows Creighton chair (Continued from Page 1) classes, both informal and formal; lectures; seminars; conclaves; retreats and various uses of the media.. "Included in the community portion of the chair might be the production or reproduction of papers, pamphlets, audio and visual tapes and other educational materials. The specifics of oiu- programs will be worked out at meetings between representatives of the Jewish Federation and Cteighton. We will develop a mechanism to obtain the widest level of input from community members for these programs. "I am honored, as president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, to represent the Jewish community this morning. It is on behalf of all of the members of the Jewish community that I extend our deepest appreciation to Philip and Ethel Klutznick for the creation of a chair at Creighton for Studies in Jewish Civilization.' "By providing the funds in perpetuity to maintain a program of study in Jewish civilization, they have brought an exciting new concept to Omaha." Creighton president Fr. Michael Morrison, S.J.; Fr. James E. Hoff, vice president for University Relations at Creighton, also participated in the news conference. "We welcome the opportunity to join hands with the Jewish Federation of Omaha in efforts to foster knowledge and understanding among all people," Fr. Morrison said. "Like education itself, the Klutznicks' gift is a gift to our future." Chairs such as the new one in Jewish Civilization are specially funded to permit the University to select outstanding scholars and support their teaching, research, and scholarly activites without dependence on the operating budget. The Klutznick gift brings the total pledged to the University's current fundraising effort, the Campaign for Creighton, to $56.5 million, Fr. Hoff announced at the news conference. The five-year goal of the campaign is $70 million.
"Dealing with Phil Klutznick is one of the most inspiring things that has happened to me," Fr. Hoff said. "This gift means that we will be helping all people learn to understand one another and to live together in peace. I can think of nothing that could enrich Creighton University more than aiding that purpose." The Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization will be part of Creighton's department of history, and the University will maintain a regular program of study in Jewish civilization. Mr. Klutznick, a prominent Chicago attorney and businessman, served as Secretary of Commerce during the Carter Administration, from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Klutznick currently is chairman of the Executive Committee of the Urban Investment and Development Co. with headquarters in Chicago. He also is senior partner in Klutznick Enterprises and Klutznick Investments, and is a partner in Salomon Brothers, all of Chicago. He received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Creighton in 1956, and in 1979 was awarded the Manresa Medal, Creighton's highest non-academic award. Mr. Klutznick was a member of Creighton's Board of Regents and accepted an invitation to serve on Creighton's first Board of Directors that included laymen and women. Mr. Klutznick has long been active in Jewish affairs. He was involved in the development of the state of Israel from its inception, playing a key role developing Ashdod, one of that country's three major port cities. Creighton is an independent Catholic university operated by the Jesuit fathers. It had a fall 1986 enrollment of 5,903. The university enrolls students in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business Administration, the Graduate School, University College, and Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Law, Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, and Summer Sessions.
The BBYO Scholarship Committee and the Adult Advisory Board have announced the availabihty of full and partial scholarships for teens interested in attending any BBYO summer program. Summer programs include: Chapter Leadership Training: For AZA and BBG members with a desire to move up the BBYO leadership ladder. It combines the aspects of personal leadership skills with the understanding of how AZA and BBG operate. It teaches chapter organization, program development and membership motivation. This program is held at the B'nal B'rith Beber Camp in Mukwonago, Wise., in three different sessions. International Leadership Training: ILTC offers leadership skills in AZA and BBG regions and chapters for a lifetime. ILTC is a fullspectrum program combining facets of every BBYO
approach to leadership development. ILTC is h^ at the B'nai B'rith Petimm Camp in Starlight, Pa., July 28 to August 17. IntematiaBal Conventimi: IC concentrates on the business aspect of BBYO with elections of Regional officers, social and cultural programs and learning about different regions. Teens from all over the United States and Europe and Israel attend the IC from Aug. 18-24 in Starlight, Pa. Kallah: Study, music, drama, lectures, games hdp participants explore the whole spectrum of Jewishness and probe what being Jewish means or canjnean. The Kallah is a personal experience in a group setting held from July 1-28,1987 at Camp B'nai B'rith Perlman. Many participants take advantage of a lower combined registration fee and attend both the Kallah and ILTC programs. For more information on any of these programs, or to
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dl(gs^ttlk^ SAM BARACK Word has been received of the March 19 death of Sam Barack of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Barack is survived by his wife, Dolly; sons, Rabbi Stephen F. Barack, Omaha, and Dr. Bruce M. Barack, Los Angeles; daughter, Cheryl Gouger, Carlsbad, Calif.; five grandchildren. The famfly suggests memorials to Temple Israel.
DR. JOSEPH M HORWICH Graveside services were held on March 20 at Temple Israel Cemetery for Dr. Joseph M. Horwich, 73. Dr. Horwich is survived by his wife, Bernice D.; sons, Allan, Chicago, 111., and John, Milwaukee, Wise; sisters, Mrs. Bess Rothenberg and Mrs. MoUie
Millard Krasne, 84, dies; former Temple president Funeral services for Millard Krasne, 84, were held Tuesday at Temple Israel. Interment was at Temple Israel Cemetery. From 1962-64, Mr. Krasne was president of Temple Israel. He was chairman of the building committee for Temple Israel's religious school addition. From 1966-, 1972, Mr. Krasne served on the National Board of theUnion of American Hebrew Congregations. Before moving to Omaha, Mr. Krasne was active in both Jewish and civic affairs in Council Bluffs. He was president of the Council Bluffs lodge, of B'nai B'rith and organized the first Jewish Boy Scout Troop in the Bluffs. Mr. Krasne was a partner in the family-operated Peoples Department Store at 314 W. Broadway until 1973 when the building was purchased
by the city for demolition to make way for the Midlands Mall downtown urban renewal project. He then joined his son, Robert, in the operation of Krasne Motors, an auto dealership. He later became a vice president and director of American Savings Co. in Omaha. Mr. Krasne was a 1925 graduate of the University of Michigan law school but never practiced law. In addition to his son, Robert, now of El Paso, Texas, Mr. Krasne is survived by his wife, Sara; daughter, Thama (Mrs. Willard) Friedman; brother, Philip Krasne, Beverly Hills, Calif.; eight grandchildren and six great-grand' children. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or your favorite charity.
Wohlner; six grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or your favorite charity. IRVIN RUBINOW Graveside services were held March 23 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery for Irvin Rubinow. He was the retired owner of Rubinow's Food Mart. Mr. Rubinow is survived by wife, Nell; daughters, Fyllis (Mrs. Robert) Lobe, Warrenton, Ore., and Diane (Mrs. Michael) Marks, Denver, Colo.; brother, Sam Rubinow, McAllen, Tex.; sister, Belle Katz, Lincoln; three grandchildren. FANNIE RUDERMAN Graveside services were held on March 20 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Fannie Ruderman, 91. Mrs. Ruderman is survived by sons, Morris of Omaha, Samuel of Stevens Point, Wise Irvin of Manitowoc, Wise, and Sidney of North Hollywood, Cajif.; daughter. Eve Boguchwal of Omaha; 10 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. TRUDI NOVAK Funeral services were held in Seattle, Wash., on March 24 for former Omahan Trudi Novak. Mrs. Novak appeared in productions at the Norton Theater and the Omaha Community Playhouse while she lived in Omaha. Survivors: husband, Bill;' daughters, Julie Becker and Katherine Novak, both of Seattle; father, Sam Zedick.
Biblical scholar to speak at 'J' Shown overlooking the hills of Jerusalem are Steven Rod, Federation executive vice president, providing some "direction" to Biblical and archeological scholar, Itzhak Itzhaki, who will be in Omaha this week for a lecture on Monday evening at the Jewish Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Rod notes, "Itzhak was my guide on a special 15-person, three-week tour of Israel from a Biblical and archeological point of view. We were 15 JCC directors chosen for a special three-week study mission and there could not have been a finer guide than Itzhak. We traveled throughout the land during the three weeks and he brought both the Bible and the archeology more alive than we ever anticipated was possible. He is a fascinating person. I highly recommend the Omaha community joining him on Monday evening for his lecture at 7:30 p.m if you think "Understajiding Jewish Concepts in the Bible" might sound like a 'dry' topic, you haven't heard Itzhak."
ImcsoM By Estelle Rosenberg Wendy, daughter of Lois and Mike Pearlman, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah, Friday, March 27 at 8 p.m., at the South Street Temple. A seventh-grader at Irving Junior High, Wendy's interests include gymnastics
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Last week in tliis space we discussed the way many old theories on catching cold are no longer valid. How perfectly good beliefs are blown sky high and called nonsense when newer data are gathered. It all made me think about the way old-fashioned remedies are not popular anymore. If you're, shall we say, mature, you can remember when the drug store was not the huge super market it often is today, where you bought aspirin, castoria, Bromo Seltzer and menthol salves (which were supposed to heal up whatever was wrong) and maybe a bottle of cough medicine once in a while. But there were not shelves filled with ninetytwo different cold remedies or allergy tablets for example. Still, we did have a need for such things, didn't we? So what was used before the pharmaceutical houses grew into gigantic industries? Home remedies, that's what. Let's think about that for a minute. If a person had a really terrible cold, they were fed the original formulahot tea with lots of lemon. If you were a favored child (or just lucky) sometimes the tea also contained a big spoonful of raspberry jelly. Ob that was good! Or you were given golden chicken broth to soothe the fevered brow. If the throat was sore, you didn't send out for a fancy bottle of stuff to spritz. Your mom fixed hot salt water with which you gargled. And even if you wouldn't admit it, that concoction helped. If a bad cough developed, chances are pretty good you could count on more home remedy in the form of the good old whiskey, lemon and honey mixture. It didn't kill the cough but it made you not mind it quite so muchi I've always heard about such things as mustard plasters but never saw them in our house. Various things used to be smeared on chests, and as near as I can determine, you could count on just one thing—they smelled terriblel There was also comstarch for the kid with chicken pox. That pre-dates the lotion we now use. There was baking soda in the bath but I forgot what for. Of course I am the first to be glad we have wonderful remedies for the really serious stuff today, but the run-of-tEe-mill junk we dealt with on a routine basis generally responded to the kitchen mixed magic bullet! I don't have room to go on with those Mama-mixtures, but of course you remember them. Those things we used before the druggist needed such a huge inventory!
Lincoln lecturer Jewish genealogist Ai^ thur Kurzweil will be the guest lecturer at the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation's adult education weekend April 3-5. Mr. Kurzweil will speak at the South Street Temple on Friday evening and at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday aifternoon and Sunday morning. The theme of the weekend is "Tracing Your Roots."
Aliens speak to Hadassah Harry and Annie Allen flef t) of Lincoln, discussed their recent trip to Israel with some 80 members and friends of Lincolii Hadassah last week at a luncheon at the University Club. Mr. Allen, who had been to Israel 11 times previously since 1969, described the country as "not a small version of the United States," bnt a more
fragmented society that's different and getting more different all the time. At right, those in charge of arrangements were from left, Faye Unger, chairman; Nancy Coren, president, and LaReine Abrams, cochairman.
<S)ir^aiiM^ata(0)a^ MAMALOSHEN Mamaloshen will meet on April 6 at the JCC at 2 p.m. in Room 10. Passover is our holiday of freedom and there will be a discussion on how our grandparents and parents found their way to America and freedom in the United States and what brought them to Omaha. Bring your personal recollections. There will also be a short business meeting and a shenyem dank to Milt Bloom, meeting chairman for the past two months.
BETHEL WOMEN'S LEAGUE Beth El Women's League is helping to sponsor the reception for David Amram at the JCC on April 2 in conjunction with the sisterhoods from Beth Israel and Temple Israel. According to catering vice presidents Shirley Kirshenbaum and Sheila Rosen, there is still time to place a reservation for Beth El's traditional second seder April 24. Call Toby Kagan at 397-1037. Margo Riekes and Jan
Perehnan have used some of the monies raised by the "No-Donor" Donor to help refurbish the social hall with newly framed Jewish paintings from the Beth El archives. MOM'S AND TOT'S Na'amat is announcing the addition of two Sunday mom's and tot's to their upcoming schedule to help working mothers, Sunday, April 12, Room 10 at the JCC at 1 p.m. and Sunday, May 17 at the home of Julie Durm^kin, 11723 Leavenworth at 2 p.m. On April 9 at 1 p.m., Rita ' Weinberg will be hostessing at 11408 R St. On May 11, Mary Stemberg will welcome everyone at 16614 Frances at 10 a.m. For more information and to RSVP call Edith Rogert at 571-3017. STUDY GROUP The Hadassah Study Group will meet Wednesday, April 1 at 9:30 a.m. at the Livingston Plaza. This week's topic conducted by Rabbi Kripke will be "The New Bible Exegesis."
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Next meeting March 31. At the March 17 executive meeting, it was decided to ask the group to increase the donation to the Federation to $626, and at the luncheon it was passed unanimously. Charlie Fellman presided at the earlybirds and the discussion centered on the Pollard spy case and the late Sen. Ed Zorinsky and aU his accomplishments. Motzi by Sam Shyken, Benschen by Harry Schulman. President Gerald Bemstien thanked Bea Marcus for her green bagels at the luncheon honoring Rube, her late husband and ' a bom Irishman. A volunteer was requested to conduct the Pesach service for the folks at the Blumkin home. Also requested was a contribution to the nurse taking our blood pressure. We stood in memoriam for Nate Nogg and Sen. Zorinsky. Secretary Dave Dvorkin told us of a thank you from the family of the late Reuben Epstein and read a let-
ter of thanks to us from Ixus Joseph and family for our condolences for Bill. From Sunshine Chairman Norm Wohlner, Sam Stem and Dave Hahn are at Clarkson, Al Swartz and Dave Wine (Dave is out of sick bay and back home) at Methodist, and Irv Green into the Blumkin Home. A few days after our meeting we lost Irv Rubinow. Doctor Margolin presented our guest peif onners, the 21 members of the Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson High School choral group, conducted by Jerry Brobek and accompanied by Karen Hansen. Their renditions of songs was acclaimed by us as you have never seen before. In a range of 1 to 10 by your stringer, the critic, I gave it a 10, Mollie asked us to buy candy bars from the high school songsters for a T. J. charity, which we did. She also passed out cracker jacks offered by Bamett Cohn, in honor of his 84th birthday and his and Ann's 57th anniversary.
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Jewish Family Service is making plans to provide holiday meals for local families in need. Community members are asked to donate Kosher food for Passover. Place your food donations in the Tzedakah Bin located in the lobby of the Jewish Community Center. The Jewish community has demonstrated its generous spirit on past holidays. Help is again needed so these families can celebrate a traditional Passover.
Psychologist writes on mothers, mothering ^Ediliters Note: Prior to receiving her doctorate in psychology from Northwestern University in 1984, Dr. Jane Abramson (formerly Beber) graduated from Central High School (1951) and went on to attend Stanford University. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College (1955), her MA in clinical psychology from Roosevelt University (1977). Her areas of special training and interest include life span development psychology, psychodiagnostics, the psychology of women, and psychoanalysis. Dr. Abramson's mother, the former Helen Riekes, has extensive family still residing in Omaha who are active in civic and community affairs. Her father, the late Sam Beber, was an Omaha attorney and the founder of AZA. In conjunction with Philip Klutznick, he built the model city of Park Forest, lU. "Mothennania" by Jane Abramson, Ph.D., (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA; $21 U.S.; ISBN 0669-11930X) is distributed by Baker and Taylor and available by contacting Lexington Books at 1-800-235-3565. Review by Patricia Newman, PhJ). Mothennania is a book about mothers and mothering. More specifically, it is a detailed account of Dr. Jane Abramson's study on the importance of motherhood to the self-fulfillment
and psychological adjustment of women in later life. Dr. Abramson begins with, the premise that all young children traverse through a separationindividuation stage by which they achieve a measure of separateness from their mothers, a stage which initiates the child into a sense of unique individuality. The quality of this stage varies for different children depending on the type and quality of the mother-child relationship, but all children pass through it. She then utilizes a widely accepted psychological assumption that developmental milestones (motherhood, marriage, divorce, death of loved ones etc.) are crucial times in which unresolved issues from the separationindividuation phase may be addressed and settled. Better resolution of this stage is thought to facilitate psychological well-being. Of interest is the fact that the onset of mental illness in older women has been associated with an inability to resolve conflicts stemming from this early period of strife. From this, Dr. Abramson's hypothesis follows: Women who are more separated from their mothers (who have more completely resolved the early separation individuation struggle) will ultimately exhibit better psychological functioning than
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women who were in the distant loss group had better adapted to the loss of their mothers that those women in the recent loss group, there was no relationship between the degree of overall separation and recentness of maternal loss. In other words, motherhood, in and of itself, did dot insure a higher degree of separation for women regardless to which group they belonged. Nor did motherhood guarantee a better ability to cope with the maternal loss. Results did indicate that the most well-adjusted women were those who had combined- child rearing with other pursuits (e.g., community andyor professional interests.) Motherhood made some women feel happy with themselves while contributing to the anxiety and feelings of worthlessness of others. Motherhood was not the "exclusive route to maturity" for these women. Rather, variables such as self-acceptance, the ability to interact with others and the ability to accept the need for others were more suggestive of mental wellbeing and separation. Mothennania is a highly revealing look into motherdaughter relationships. It will provide a substantial foundation for further scientific inquiry pertaining to many issues within the fields of female and developmental psychology.
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Another owl pictuned in Israel Philatelic Agency was no help. They wrote the set was the tawny owl. about the owl pictured on The Bibhcal tjuote was from the stamp but did not even Isaiah 34:14 which my Bimention the Biblical verses, bles translated as "the night monster shall repose there." let alone their meaning. My own Jewish library The Soncino translation answered the ferret-owl notes that night-monster question. The Sondno edi- could also be the night-hag; Tuffy Epateiii wID be one of the featured musiciaiu pertion of Isaiah says the He- it also points out the Heforming AptH 4 at the Jewiah Cvltiiral Arts conndl's "Jam brew word "ochim" means brew world "lilit" (or with Amram." "animals with a howling "Lihth") also represents the cry" and a 1866 Biblical dic- name of the female demon tionary I own daborated married to Adam before that the word means owls Eve, according to Talmudic and is linked to the fact that and Kabbalistic literature. the singular—"oach"—is an Dr. Feliks explained that . Composer David Amram ter's student and local in- onomatopoeic word (i.e. it the tawny owl was identiwill cap his five-day musical structor; fiddle; JCC music imitates the sound of an fied with Lilit in popular legend because the bird has huresidency in the Omaha artist-in-residence Debbie owl's howl|. But these sources offered man-like features—a large Jewish community in a jazz Greenblatt; saxophone, "jam" with local musicians Tuffy Epstein, long-time no explanation of why head with wide and large April 4, 8 p.m. at the JCC. Omaha symphonic and jazz "satyrs" should be dted but eyes—and utters wailing owls pictured. The Hebrew soimds. "It's an exciting way to performo' and teacher. The fourth owl depicted Mr. Amram said, "We word in question is "sair" complete his stay with us," says organizer Marda Lips- will play music of the world, (in the singular), and all of was the bam owl The quote man. "It's also getting a lot Duke Ellington, Charlie these sources translated it was from the list of undean of interest from fans in the Parker, Dizzy GiUespia I'm as satyr or he-goat. "They birds in Deuteronomy 14:16 planning a country piece by noted its role as a demon which refers to the "koe," general community." Mr. Amram's primary in- Hank Williams, a Cajun symbol and pointed out this the "yanshuph", and the strument is the French piece, something Latin fit with the theme of Isaiah "tinshemet." The JPS horn. He also intends to American and one song 13 which tells about the de- translation is: "the little struction of Babylon. owl, and the great owL and play several of tiie wooden from Ireland." The Onu)ha Jewish Feder- the horned owl." The Organizers Marda Lipsand day flutes, pipes and whistles he has collected in man and Esther Wax say ation hbrary to the rescue! UAHC translation changed his world travels^ a musi- the JCC gymnasium will be After more translations and homed owl to white owl Dr. cal ambassador at goodwill transformed into a jazz commentaries with similar Feliks explains the bam owl for the U.S. SUte Depart- "cabaret" for the jam, with explanations, I found not got its Hebrew name "tincheckered-doth tables, can- one but two explanations. shemet" from the sound of meni Featured on the drums at dlelight, serve-yourself One dted an artide that breathing ("nashom" in Hethe jam will be Luigi beverages and snacks and suggested the bird was a brew) that it makes. 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Numerous subjecta of interest appear in this week's "Hello Jerusalom" at 5 p.m. on Sunday afternoon over Cox Cable Channd 7. The program repeats Monday evening at 7 p.m. and Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. An interesting individual is dentd surgeon Geola Taroya, mother of four, who goes diuly from her home in North Jerusalem to her office in the Moslem quarter of the Old City. We vimt a stained glass studio in Jaffa which has revived the andent art. i Half of the entire show will be taken up with the three-month volunteer experiences of an American group with the Israeli defense forties.
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March 27, 1M7
Two Jewish perspectives on surrogate motherhood By Marian Edelman Borden {Ctipytt^l 1987. J««M TahfnpUe Afa^rJiK: I
King and Queen Harry Freed and Elsie Wever were crowned Rose Blumkin Purim King and Queen during the March 15 LOVE mini-concert with the Norrie Egger Qaartet.
Rabbi Brooks to visit western Nebraska
Tea for fifth In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Livingston Plaza apartments, the complex's Board of Directors will host a tea March 29 ft 2 p.m. in the Plaza social hall, according to Yale Richards, chairman of the Board. The apartment complex, opened for the well-elderly in March, 1972, with 52 apartments and now is totally occupied. Board members serving as hosts for the tea will be Jeanette Nadoff, Jack E. Cohen, Joe Kirshenbaum, Don Greenberg, Bert Lewis, Don Klein, Kevee Kirshenbaum and Mary Fellman.
Rabbi Sidney Brooks will be tfaveling to western Nebraska in a continuing effort to promote understanding of Judaism and to increase communications between the Jews and Gentiles in the small towns of the state. Rabbi Brooks' schedule includes meeting with the Jewish community of Scottsbluff, approximately 30 persons, on March 28. On Sunday he will participate in the Catholic Mass, where the sermon will be on bigotry and prejudice: He will conclude the day by being a guest speaker at the Scottsbluff Interfaith Dialogue, a group of 40 religious leaders
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Jennifer Silver Jennifer Silver, daughter of Susan arid Steve Silver, will become a Bat Mitzvah on April 3 and 4 at Beth El Synagogue. Jennifer is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Slutzky and Mrs. Bobette Gilbert of Escondido, Calif. She is a seventh grade student at Arbor Heights Junior High School. Jennifer will observe her Bat Mitzvah symbolically with Maya Mullakandov of Uzbec, USSR.
He claims that "we make contracts about While the judge in the "Baby M" surrogate mother case in New Jersey searches everything... and the whole of civilization for Solomon-like wisdom, experts in Jewish is based on expectation and prpmises to fullaw see the case as more clear-cut. In fill, to be honored and to hi» iiken serigeneral, talmudic scholars believe that there ously." He discounts the concepts of "enslaveshould never have been a surrogate motherhood contract in the first place and that any ment' or "endangerment" that would forbid such contracts, provided that the surexisting ones are unenforceable. One of the scholars is Rabbi Moses Tend- rogate mother enters into the agreement ler, chairman of the Bio-Medical Ethics "voluntarily and with full knowledge of the Committee of the Rabbinical Council of consequences." For instance, he notes that many jobs, America (Orthodox) and chairman of the Biology Department and Professor of Ta- such as a telephone repairman who works mudic Law at Yeshiva University. He ar- with high voltage wires, involves selfgues that under Jewish law a contract can aidang^Toent. Similarly, a woman with full be written only on an object that exists, and knowledge of the risks of pregnancy may not on something such as a baby yet to be choose to bear a child for another couple, he claims. conceived with a surrogate mother. In the Baby M case, Siegd rejects the theFurthermore, Tendler points out that there is a rdigious prohibition against ar- ory that surrogate mother Jane Whitehead tificial insemination except in extreme did not have full knowledge of the consecases. In his view, the desire on the part of quences of her actions, hence relieving her a man to have a genetic link to a child would of her obligation to fulfill the contract. He not justify artificial insemination with a points out that she previously had given birth to her own children. woman who is not his wife. Siegel also stresses that Jewish law is He suggests that there is "no cruder form of enslavement"—which also violates Jew- "pro-natal." For example, the priests in anish law—than "renting a uterus" and impos- cient times offered blesisings and prayers on ing the risks of pregnancy in exchange for behalf of infertile women. The rabbi believes that surrogate mothers money. Rabbi Marc Gellman, a Reform rabbi with are another alternative for "people to have a doctorate in medical ethics who serves on children.. .When nature plays a trick (inthe Committee on Medical Ethics of the fertility), in my opinion it's a great blessUFJ-Federation of New York, agrees that ing to use whatever we can to let' these peo"surrogate motherhood is against Jewish ple enjoy parenthood." Looking at surrogate motherhood as an law and an unwise social practice for our soethical issue and in the context of the pain ciety as a whole." He dtes the biblical case of Abraham and of an infertile couple, Siegel adds that it's Hagar. Sarah, not Hagar, was Abraham's important "to think about these questions preferred wife. Gellman explains that the with your heart as well as your head." On the issue of embryo transfersproblems and tensions within the family caused by Hagar's pregnancy prove that transferring a fertilized ovum of a husband even in that time the idea of surrogate and wife to a surrogate mother for the nine months of pregnancy—Tendler and motherhood was unwise. In addition, he argues that Jewish law Gellman both see major ethical problems. forbids self-endangerment except to accom- The surrogate mother in this case is an "inplish a mitzvah, and giving birth for some- cubator mother," says Tendler. Tendler wonders who is to be considered one else would not so qualify. Gellman also contends that under Jewish the mother in such a case, the woman who law one can't make a contract to sell one- contributes "the little bit of DNA" or the self, another interpretation of a surrogate woman who provides the "gestational locamother contract, Gellman recommends tion" and supports, with the attendant risks adoption as a solution for infertile couples, of pregnancy, the existence of the baby? "We have often had children bom with and states that "to adopt an existing baby is a very high mitzvah." He discounts as doubtful fathers," he said. "Never before merely an "ego need" men who seek a sur- have we had doubtful mothers." rogate mother to pr(wide a "genetic tie to well." Among Jewish scholars. Rabbi Seymour the baby." Furthermore, Gellman sees surrogate Siegel presents an opposite view. Convinced motherhood as a "basic fundamental prob- that a Jew may make a contract to hire a lem of exploiting poor women for -surrogate mother to bear his child, the money ... poor women have babies for Ralph Simon Professor of Ethics and Thewealthy women ... Judaism, being opposed ology at the Jewish Theological Seminary to all forms of exploitation, must include disagrees even with many of his colleagues (opposition to| this form of exploitation as in the Conservative movement.
CULTURAL EXHIBIT BRUSSELS (JTA) President Kurt Waldheim of Austria probably will not be on hand to inaugurate the Austrian cultural exhibition, "European Austria," when it opens here next September. He "discreetly and unofficially" sought an invitation from the organizers last year, but has ^ince been "discreetly" informed that the Belgian authorities would not welcome his presence.
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88th & Dodge The Stores-VIII For the last several weeks we have been featuring the wide panorama of stores that were such an important part of the life on 24th street, during those teaming, boiling, dramatic days after World War I. In no way have we ever come close to mentioning all the businesses or those gallant people, but I wrote about those stores and people where there was somewhat of a personal knowledge because of my early teen-age years being a part of it. Nor does my ability of recall grant me the gift of remembering all the people or incidents that I was privy to. In that bubbling scene of some 60 years ago, many recollections float by but are foggy and draped with the cloth of the years that have passed. There were many other businesses in the daily life flow then that have not been mentioned in this very short trip through nostalgia-land. Before we leave the area of stores and delve into other fields covering the period of " time we have discussed, a few more lines about those many other businesses that were most important to the life and industry of our new American home. Ainong the stores that we patronized were the tailor and cleaner, and there were several such establishments in that period amongst them ,were B. Kutler the
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