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Susan Fellman chosen for visit to Berlin Susan Fellman, daughter of Beverly and Richard Fdlman of Omaha, has been chosen to be among 25 Amoican Jewish youth leaders who will participate in the 750th Anniversary of the City of Berlin. The celebration will begin on June 22 in West Berlin and will involve over 250 American youths between the ages of 18 and 25, announced E. Robert Newman, president of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The program is a cooperative effort between governmental and state legislatures in t&e United States and West Germany and is called the "Partnership of Parliaments." According to Mr. Newman, ADL officials visiting Germany two years ago, met the Deputy Speaker of the Berlin House of Representatives, Dr. Alexander Longolius. Out of this initial meeting came the idea of including Jewish contingent within the delegation of Americans participating ini Berlin's 750th Anniversary celebration. The goal of the Jewish contingent is to provide a rewarding experience between American Jewish and German youth. Ms. Fellman was selected from hundreds of youths around the nation. According to Ms. Fellman, she has a good working knowledge of the German language which she . picked up as a small child in pre-school from a German caretaker and later seriously studied the language in high school. "I also remember jbiejsmig.8^^ my great-grandmother anabBr brother who lived in Berlin before coming to the United States," said Ms. Fellman. "They had left a small town near Minsk, Russia, were making their way across Eu-

Susan Fellman rope, and found themselves in Berlin without money. Eventually they saved enough money for the voyage to New York, but even after living in this country for years, they roninisced about Berlin," she said. Ms. Fellman is a junior at Brandeis University of Waltham, Mass., where she is majoring in English. She works as a stringer for the Boston Globe, is an associate editor for The Justice—Brandeis' student newspaper—worked as a copy mes-

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Women's B & P kickoff year-round programming The Women's Business and Professional Division of the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced the first of three programs for 1987 geared to the lifestyle of the Jewish working woman. Dr. Michelle Knolla, OB-GYN and medical director of planned parenthood, will speak and answer questions on "Women's Health Concerns" following dinner at the La Strada Restaurant on May 6. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m., diimer and program at 6 p.m. "This is not a fund-raising event. Jewish working women have expressed a desire to know each other," explained Barbara Simon, B & P Divisional Leader. "They want to talk, learn, socialize and make a Jewish connection. B & P programming will offer appealing topics at convenient times in the hope that our division will grow in number and participation." Dr. Michelle Knolla has been the medical director of planned parenthood for five years. In addition to her private practice. Dr. Knolla is a member of the Methodist Speakers Bureau and has given lectures throughout the Omaha area. She is married and has two children. NoeUe Rips, program chairman, explained that Dr. Knolla will begin the evening by distributing paper and pencil to her audience. Women are encouraged to ask any questions, anonymously or otherwise, to pramote diMaission. "Estrogen and risks of emrogen nplacement, pre-menstrual syndrome, menopause, osteoporosis—there are so many femide health issues that confront women of the 80's," said Mrs. Rips. Topics under consideration for future

Dr. Michelle Knolla programming include The Balancing Acthow to juggle career, spouse, children and community; Dual-Career Couples—a special relationship and Stress—how does the working woman cope? "Our goal is to present exciting and relevant programs to Omaha Jewish working women," said Mrs. Rips. "Any suggestions are always welcome. Our hope is that through a more vital Women's Business and Professional Division, we can develop stronger ties to the Federation—something working women don't always have the time but most definitely have the desire to do." . Currently, there are 400 names on the B & P mailing list. Anyone not receiving an invitation to the May 6 dinner and program should contact Bllie Penner at the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 334-8200, Ext. 264.

Herzog visits Bergen-Belsen: 'My pain is with me forever' BERGEN-BELSEN (JTA) - President Chaim Herzog of Israel, reciting the words of the psahnist, "My pain is with me forever," unveiled a rock quarried in Jerusalem at the site of this former concentration camp and dedicated it to the memory of those who periahed in the Holocaust. "I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness," dedared Herzog, the first President of Israel to visit Germany. "The only ones who can forgive are the dead. The living have no right to fcvget. Thus I will surely remember, with a heavy heart." The brief, moving ceremony at BergenBdsen followed by a few hours Herzog's arrival April 16 at Bonn where he was greeted with a 21-gun salute and personally welcomed by President Ridiard von Weizsaecker of the Federal Republic. Several hundrad people assembled here, including Holocaust survivors and West German dignitaries, headed by von Weiz-

saecker and the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Ernst Albrecht. Many fought back tears as the El Mole Rachamin, the prayer for the dead, was chanted by a cantor. llien Herzog faced the audience. "In this place, the vale of slaughter, and at the outset of my journey on this soil, I leave as a memorial, my brethem and sisters, victims of the Shoah (Holocaust), a stone hewn from the rocks of Jerusalem. On it are carved the words of the psalmist, as testimony to the decimation of my people: 'My pain is with me forever'." He recalled, "I was here for the first time 42 years ago. Then I was a Jewish soldier from the land of Israel, participating in the destruction of the Nazi regime, plucking the brands snatched from the fire. The memory of those shocking sights will never, ever leave me. "Now, accompanied by some survivors, I t«tuni as President of the State of Israel,

the independent Jewish State, by decision of its sovereign government, to bear witness before yoii that the ultimate destiny of the Jewish people will never be betrayed and that the Jewish people live on." At the ceremony, a Holocaust survivor, Hadassah Rosensaft, recognized Herzog as ope of the officers of the British army which liberated the concentration camp. She burst into tears and embraced the President. The memorial service at Bergen-Belsen was a far cry both in mood and setting from the ceremonial pomp that greeted Herzog and his wife. Aura, when they stuped from their Israel Air Force jet. After reviewing a guard of honor, Herzog was flown by helicopter to Villa Hammerschmidt, the official residence of President von Weizaecker. There, German army units passed in review and the national anthems of Israel and West Germany were played. The two Presidents had a brief talk

and were then flown to Hanover, capital of Lower Sawmy, and from there by helkxipter to Bergen-Belsen. Before unveiling the memorial stone, Herzog visited the museum at the concentration camp site and inspected the sole remaining barrack. Herzog's five-day tour of West Germany, following a five-day visit to Switzerland, was controversial in Israel where some thought no President of Israel should set foot on German soil Von Weizsaecker went out of his way to thank Herzog for accepting Bonn's invitation. "Of course I understand those who voiced criticismi." he told reporters three days before Herzog's arrival. He said the visit by the Israeli chief of state was "an extraordinary event of an extremely important meaning." V<Hi Weizsaecker dmied that the visit was intended to "close" the chqiter of the (Contianed on Page 2)

Elie Wiesel—witness, humanist, and prophet Editor's Note: . EUe Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will speak in Omaha on Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m., at the Omaha Civic Attditoriiun, 1804 CapitoL Tickets are S3 for adulta, $2 for students and can be pur^ chased from TIX, 342-7107, the Jewish Commnnity Center, 334-8200 and United Christian Ministries in Higher Education, UNO, 668«737. The Reverend Elizabeth Beams, of the United Methodist Ministries and a member of the committee Sponsoring the Elie Wiesel lecture, pre-taped an interview with the Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Reverend Beams is the moderator of the television allow, "Point of View". Air-times of the interview will be as follows: Saturday, April 26, 6 pan., WOWT; Svnday, April 26,5 p.m., United Cable 23; Sunday, April 26,7 p.m., Cox Cable 16; Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m.. Cox Cable 16. By Oliver B. PoUak Invited to pitch the first gamepf the 1986 World Series, Elie Wiesel declined as the game was played on Shabbos.

This was followed by an offer to pitch the first ball of the second game, but it was Sukkot. However, smce the game commenced after sunset, Elie Wiesel complied. He had little intwest in baseball, but his 14-year-old son was more inqiressed by the World Series invitation than the fact that his father had won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and $287,769.78 for being "one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence, repression, and racism continues to characterize the world. Wiesel is a mesaeng^ to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity." Bom in the Transylvanian village of Sighet, Romania, in 1928, the son of a grocer, he knew even as a child that he would be a writer. The tragedy of the Second World War engulfed his family in 1944 when Adolf Eichmann, in charge of the Jewish section of the Gestapo commenced the extermination of Romania's 600,000 Jews. Wiesel's mother and youngest sister were killed at Auschwitz. His father died at Buchenwald. Elie managed to endure Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna and Buchenwald.

When liberated hova the concentration camp in 1945, he decided not to write about his experience for 10 years. He bore the tattoo A-7713 on his arm in silence. He worked as a choir director, translator, and eventually as a journalist. He studied at Sorbonne in Paris from 1948 to 1951 where he came into contact with Albert Camus, Francois Mauriac the Roman Catholic scholar, and other existentialists. Mauriac received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature in 1952. Shortiy thereafter, Wiesel interviewed him and commenced his' inspirational journey. Mauriac (1885-1970) wrote over 20 novels, the central theme of which was the problem of sin. Wiesel recalls that Mauriac "spoke much about Christ, I was timid, but finally I said: You speak of Christ's suffering. What about the children who have suffered not 2,000 years ago, but yesterday? And they never talk about it." Mauriac embraced Wiesel and wept . and urged him to end his silence. -^ (Continued on Page 11) ::.i]lBaK-V(^'; :K,.Ja«

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(Continued from Page 1) German past. "In history there can be no such closure," he said. Herzog's words at Bergen-Belsen bore that out, for he addressed himself to those long dead. "You bequeathed to our people the precept of life, the imperative of existence," he said. "To ensure that never again would the Jew be a helpless victim, and that never again would Holocaust and destruction be the fate of Israel, you bequeathed a testament to build the future of the Jewish people in.its homeland, proud and free. A people strong in its moral right and in its moral force no less than in its ability to defend itself..." "The grief of your death will eternally be with us. Not as a perpetual hatred. Not as barren, paralyzing hostility. But as a call to strength and steadfastness, a call to understand the depths to which the human soul can sink, and a call to rise above them. To fulfill with all our very being the antithesis of evil, of wickedness; Turn away from evil, and do good. Seek peace and pursue it." Herzog concluded: "In the name of the Jewish people and in the name of the State of Israel, I repeat our oath never to forget and to be forever faithful to your bequest—the imperative of Ufe." . Herzog and his wife spent five days in Switzerland last

week as guests of President Pierre Auber of the Swiss Confederation, who is also Foreign Minister. Herzog was the first Israeli President to pay an official visit to Switzerland. In addition to talks with Auber on bilateral and world issues including the Middle East, the Herzogs were feted by the Swiss Jewish community. They also had an opportunity to visit with their grandchildren.

Elie Wiesel interview The Reverend Elizabeth Beams, of the United Methodist Ministries and a member of the committee sponsoring the Elie Wiesel lecture, pre-taped an interview with the Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Reverend Beams is the moderator of the Television show, "Point of View". Air-times of the interview will be as follows: Saturday, April 25, 5 p.m., WOWT; Sunday, April 26, 5 p.m., United Cable 23; Sunday, April 26, 7 p.m.. Cox Cable 15; Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m.. Cox Cable 15. Notes on Cabaret Woman identified as Anne Lehman was Giertrude Newman. Girl identified as Lindsey Taxman was Lindscy Weinberg. Coat worn by Eunice Denenberg in Campaign Cabaret was' loaned by Kneeter Furs. CLIP AND SAVE •

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY. APRIL 17 Spring Fling H. 10 a.m. , SUNDAY, APRIL 19 JCC Closed at 5 p.m. Jr. B'nai B'rith Bowling League, 1:30 p.m.. Cougar Lanes MONDAY, APRIL 20 JCC CLOSED

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 JCC CLOSED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Youth Committee, Noon Hebrew Class, 10 a.m. Braille Class. 9 a.m. Club 56, Rollerskating Party. 4 p.m. Hebrew Class, 7 p.m. Hebrew High, 7:30 p.m. Federation Youth Leadership Development Program, 7:30 p.m. NJHS Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. UTTO Classes Resume B'n^i B'rith Breadbreakers, Noon, Howard Johnson's Hadassah Installation Beth El Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Beth El Jewish Studies, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel V Beth Israel Board of Commissioners, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel ^ THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Club 34, Paint your clothes day, 4:30 p.m. BBYO Advisory Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. NCJW Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. JCAC Executive Committee, 7:30 p.m. Walk-in Drop-in, 10:30 a.m., Beth El Jewish War Vets, 7:30 p.m., Legion Club Post |1

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Supreme Court Justice Blackmun urges vigilance to defend religious freedoms FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun told Jewish community relations leaders that in this year of the 200th Eumiversary celebration of the United States Constitution the wall of separation between religion and the state "is crumbling a little." Decrying what he termed the "increasing tendency to bring religion into government," Blackmun, in his address to the Plenary Session of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council meeting in Fort Lauderdale, said that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights "are our roots for government and political freedom ... and must be protected every day and constantly." Religious freedoms and the separation of church and state are guaranteed by the "45 simple words of the First Amendment... which is fundamental to our life as a nation," Blackmun said. But he warned that these freedoms, too,- require constant attention. "We all appreciate the problems which seem to be inevitable when living in a cultiu-e dominated by thosei of another religious persuasion," the Justice told the 500 delegates to the NJCRAC annual meeting. The NJCRAC, which consists of 11 national and 113 community agencies, is the national coordinating, planning and advisory body for the Jewish community relations field. Collectively, NJCRAC's member agencies represent the overwhehning majority of organizationally affiliated Jews in the United States. "There is and must be a wall of separation between religion and the state," Blackmun said. "But there are signs in the cases, particularly on the Supreme Court level, that this wall is crumbling a little." He dted the case of Lyndi V. Donnelly, in which the Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 ruling, upheld the constitutionality of the erection of a creche on public property. In his dissent in that case, Blackmun had argued that non-Christians would be alienated by the inappropriate display of a sacred symbol. But the majority found no conflict in this situation with the establishment clause of the First Amendment which prohibits Congress from making any law

"respecting an establishment of religion." Tracing the development of that clause, Blackmun noted that the Bill of Rights was informed by three coinciding schools of thought, all expressing support for the separation of church and state. The confluence of these views^the first, by Roger Williams and others, would protect reUgion from state interference; the second, a Jeffersonian view, would protect the state from religion; and the third, a Madisdnian view, would ensure the full expression of diverse religions—produced a principle which "ensures the advancement of religious activities only through the voluntary efforts of its proponents, and not by the state," Blackmun said. "Each religious group

will prosper or perish by the intrinsic merits of its creed." Yet the Justice conceded that' 'American public life is replete with references to religion. We pledge allegiance to 'one nation under God.' We have a national prayer day mandated by Federal statute. We have.as our national motto, 'In God We Trust.' And the intersection of politics and religion is evident in our most sacred public texts." The Justice asserted that the First Amendment states "Congress shall make no law" establishing a religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. "It doesn't say Congress may make a little law," Blackmun added. He said he did agree that sometimes there is conflict

between that principle and the rights of individuals to have their religious needs accommodated. He cited the case of Goldman v. Wdnberger, in wluch the Court upheld the U.S. Air Force argument that an Orthodox Jewish psychologist could be ordered not to wear his yarmulke while on active duty. In his dissent, Blackmun wrote that the Government's failure to accommodate minority religious needs meant "special treatment for mainstream religions precisely because they are conventional." Blackmun added that the courts will continually be called upon to decide cases involving church and state, and to determine the equilibrium between the establishment and free exercise clauses..

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New gifts key to Super Sunday success The 1987 Super Sunday Telethon, held on Sunday, April 5, and during Superweek, April 6-8, reported a 27% increase in pledges as compared with those in 1986. This year, Super Sunday took in $26,063 compared to 20,429 pledged in 1986. Denise and Carl Greenberg, co-chairmen of the giant fundraising event to benefit the Jewish Federation of Omalia, said the increase was due largely to 155 new gifts. "It was very exdting," remai'ked Mrs. Greenberg. "Out of 536 pledges made on Sunday (April 5), 114 of them weni new gifts—money that has not been given to the Campaign in years past." "It's verjr hopeful," added Mr. Greenberg. "Year after year, there is a significant number of |Mople in Omaha who give nothing to the Federation Campaign. We're very encouraged by this tremendous turnaround and will work hard next year to keep the momentum going." This year, a $60 gift certificate from Richman Gordman was awarded to the i:;aller in each shift who solicited the most new gifts. Winners of the

Richman Gordman Gift Certificates were Kay Ferer, Al Stoler and Art Grossman. "The volunteer response to Super Sunday was overwhelming," concluded Mrs. Greenberg. "It was speedy, responsible and enthusiastic and we owe a great deal of our success to each and every one of them. The implementation of a brief but structured orientation program helped volunteers to do a better job. The community, in turn, was more receptive. Carl and I, and the Super Sunday Committee are very grateful for everyone's hard work and support." In the photos, volunteers were greeted by a hanging sign welcoming them to Super Sunday at Pacesetter Corporation. Steven Rod, executive vice president of the Jewish Federation offers telephone soliciting tips and gift certificates from Richman Gordman to one of the volunteer groups. Dr. Carl Greenberg, co^hairman, checks on worker progress. At right, George Schapiro models his Super Sunday T-shirt from a few years ago.

BBG and AZA to accept eighth-grade youth

The Lincoln Campaign "The Campaign Caravan rolls on!" Those are the words of Bob Eitlor, executive secretary of the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation. He goes on to add, "It's like Hanukkah—every day is exciting. I go to the mail box and there are more contributions to the campaign. I'm so gratified to be able to say we have had in excess of 53 per cent of the pledge cards returned following the first mailing, and, gee, I want to say 'thanks' to each of you." A follow-up letter has gone forward only to those who have not responded as yet. Everyone's cooperation is needed for total success. Mr. Pitlor has asked that cards be completed aiid returned promptly. To date, increases are running in the 10 to 40 per cent range. Lincobiites who return their signed pledgecards will be guests at a ilhow written by Rod Cathcart and Jim Gordon, authon) of the famed Gridiron Show. It revolves around the Linroln Jewish Community and promises to provide a ''ton of laughs," a night of good humor and fun. Mr. Pitlor's linal comment, "Help me complete the Campaign, sign and return ymtr pledge card; then come to the show. It'll be great to laugh at ourselves. We'll show our pride for a job well done and have fun doing it."

Washington — The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) has expanded the services it provides to teenagers in its component for boys, Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), and its component for girls, B'nai B'rith Girls, by extending membership to eighth-grade youth.

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Said Zakai, "We are meeting a demand that exists in the community to provide activity for a younger segment of our Jewish popula-

tion.' For more information on how to join BBYO please contact Carol Kaplan at 334-8i200.

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Under the organization's new policy, eighth-graders can join AZA and BBG in AprU of their school year. At that time, they wUl be offered a 15-month membership incentive that will carry them through June of the ninth grade.

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One of tlM stories that was on our priority list for laat week's Passover issue failed to maJie the paper. Thus, we are utilizing tliis space to lughlight one of the best sportsmen we luiow—Chudi Arnold: By Sherry Fletcher Charles Arnold is his official name. He has served as Director of Health and Physical Education at the Jewish Community Center since 1962. Chuck has seen many types of athletic programs at the JCC grow, and he has noticed this truth: team sports are not generally something Jewish parents are interested in. They don't encourage their children to make a name for themselves in team sports. Jewish families seem to place more emphasis on what are known lifetime sports. These are the activities one can continue after formal education has ended. They include jogging, tennis, golf, racquetball, and swimming. Many of these can be done alone. The rest require few partners, and the JCC will help find them. Chuck enjoys his work. Tall with a trim, athletic build. Chuck exudes good health, fitness, and energy. He is an excellent advertisement for the physKal education program at the JCC. Chuck maintains that sports need to be a way of life. Physical activity is necessary for health and happiness. The secret to a successful sports program is finding the sport which will suit an individual's personality and physical make-up. The key to Jewish participation in sports seems to be a desire to challenge oneself. Competing with oneself, and striving to improve one's performance seems to be more satisfying to most Jewish athletes. They do not need to compete against others. As physical fitness has become more popular across the country, the Physical Education Department at the JCC has seen more use. The department is family oriented, and tries to serve the whole community from the infant to the Senior citizen. Chuck is proud of the department. He takes special pride in the fact that they were the first local agency to develop a cardiac rehabilitation program, to offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction, and to institute a preschool fitness program. This last is probably the most important to Chuck. He has learned that the younger one begins a program of physical fitness, the more apt one is to continue after adulthood. Chuck enjoys his role as a teacher of fitness. He has seen how individual sports offer children and adults discipline. Th^y have an opportunity to learn their potential and to reach it. He says children learn how to be good winners, and good loosers. He adds that sports can be a road to good citizenship. This overworked phrase may be tiresome to many. But citizenship is important to our society. We shouldn't overlook opportunities to foster it. The efforts a child puts into sports endeavors has one further fringe benefit. As a child works to improve his skill level, he improves his work at school. Chuck's innovative programs have put him in demand with other agencies to improve their health and physical education programs. It is his pleasure to share his abilities. Although the athletic programs at the JCC are used by all ages. Chuck would like to see more teenagers and young adults there. This seems to be the age group with the most demands on their time. They are also an age group which would greatly benefit from a fitness program. Studies have shown that physical activity is a great reducer of stress. Chuck would like to see everyone involved in some type of activity. Even vigorous walking has been shown to be a stress deterrent. Chuck will smilingly tell you the source of his greatest contentment at the JCC. He has begun working with a second generation. People who began their physical education with Chuck when they were children are still using the JCC. Now they are returning for activities with children of their own.

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By Murray Znckoff (Editor's noU: Mniray Znckoff participated in a recent United Jewish Appeiil Department ol CommunicaUons/PubUc Relations special mlaaion to larael to ntndy the changes the country haa undergone line* 1948 and the outkMk for the period abtmi. In the oonrae of the miuion, he met dozens of local political leaders, reprcMUtivea from industries, agriculture, research and development, Ubbntzim, moehavim. Project Renewal and ordinary citizens.) JERUSALEM (JTA) - In 1938, 10 years before the State of Israel was bom, David Ben Gurion wrote a letter to his children in which he said: "At this crucial moment we must bear the simple truth: in the diaspora our history was made by others. In Palestine-by ourselves. And whatever others scheme and foreigners do, if we are able to create history even in the worst possible conditions, they shall. not be able to overcome \)B." Israel did create histofy, and in the worst possible conditions, and it has not been overcome. This might very well be the theme of Israel's 40th anniversary next year, with one modification: creating history under far better conditions. What lies ahead can be described as an unprecedented period of great possibilities in technological, scientific and medical innovations, profound social changes, progressive improvement in relations with the international community, and an acceleration of Zionist consciousness. The possibilities at home are quantum leaps in the fields of high-tech industries and agriculture, intense and planned efforts to settle the Galilee and the Negev, the continued restructuring and renewal of decaying neighborhoods and blighted lives, and far-reaching applications of computer science to medicine and research and development. Some Changes In The Period Ahead The next period will also be marked by greater national self-assurance and self-sufficiency in the economic and military fields. Israel has the technological know-how to produce its own sophisticated and innovative military weapons, thereby reducing its dependence on American military aid diverting some of the attendant pressures from American administrations. Israelis in all walks of life are saying both privately and publicly that the country's umbilical ties to the United States must be severed in order to change the perceptions of Israel as nothing more than a vassal state of the U.S. in the Middle East. Israel may also be expected to adopt a more critical and less symbiotic relationship with diaspora Jewry. At some point, Israelis note, Israel will have to forego advice from

afar and paternalistic treatment that characterizes "checkbook Zionism." It will no longer accept the status of a poor relative from either the U.S. Administration or diaqxtra Jewry. In short, ever more Israelis are saying that Israel's relations with the world at large, Jewish and non-Jewish, will remain correct but it will be less reactive, less skittish, and more independent. It will be more assertive in determining its own domestic and foreign needs based on what it perceives as necessary for survival and growth, not as others see it. The consensus of many Israelis is "We do our o*n dying and we'll do our own living, unless there is someone out there who wants to do the dying for us." This is not a hard-nosed attitude, nor one of arrogance and impudence. It is a declaration of independence from what Israelis feel are undue pressures—some refer to it as "meddling "—from all sides to shape up according to an image projected by others. The Art of Survival For 40 years Israel has been beset by war and unremitting and relentless terrorist attacks in which thousands of Israelis have been killed, wounded and maimed. For 40 years fathers have been saying kaddish for their sons. ' It has had to weather contradictions, conflicts and tensions between Ashkenazim and Sephardim, secular and religious, tradition and modernity, overcrowded cities and barren spaces in the Galilee and Negev, shanty towns and squalor in the shadows of posh high rise apartments and commercial buildings, Jews and Arabs, dreams and realities, hopes and fulfillments. Through all this, Israel has absorbed almost 2 million Jews from 120 countries speaking 70 languages. But now, while it continues to call for more aliya, yerida (emigration) is mounting. No other coimtry in modem history has had to coiitend with so many diverse problems and pressiu'es. No other country could have withstood them and still continue to survive and progress. To compensate for the uncertainty of life and the fate of the nation, Israelis chose to act as if they duln't care what the rest of the world thought about them. They acted out an existence that might have taken its cue from a line in the Broadway hit, "My Fair Lady," to paraphrase, "Israelis don't actually care what anyone says about them as long as it's pronounced correctly." But this is begiiuing to change. Israelis are becoming more reflective and in^oepective, more sensitive to interpersonal and international ralations. (To be Continaed)

fetters t® tike edStoir The Jewish Press ivserves tbe right to edit letten for reaSOBS of length or content. To the Editor: Kudos to the JCC Music Committee and the Jewish Cultural Arts Council for once again presenting a spectacular musical program for the Omaha community. David Amram and 'fiiends' Tuffy Epstein, Debra Greenblatt, Kevin Mooney, Luigi Waites and Marvin Smith played two of the most incredible hours of jazz I have heard in Omaha. In reflecting on the JCC Music Committee's last five years, I can't help but be impressed with the quality of musical talent we've heard here: Natan Brand, classical pianist, Ida Levin on the violin, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Giora Feidman last year and now David Amram. I don't know how they'll top themselves, but I'm sure the Music Committee's chairman Jan Lund and this year's project coordinators Marcia Lipsman and Esther Wax, will have another terrific musical evening for us in 1988! Carol Katzman

impossible to obtain. "Through his lectures, Kurzweil manages to effectively explode these myths. He gives plenty of inspiration to all who have the least inclination to docummt their fanoily history. It was a privilege for the members of the Lincoln community to meet Mr. Kurzweil. He best teaching is by the warmth of his personal example. Sari and Rahbl Ian Jacknis To the Editor We at Jewish Family Service would like to say thank you to the Women's American CRT who made our Passover food giveaway project such a grand success. These dedicated volunteers shopped, packed and delivered food to local Jewish families in need. Because of the efforts of Women's American ORT, several families were able to celebrate a traditional holiday with traditional food. Special thanks to Barb Nichols who helped plan and ooraxlinate this project with us. ' Alice A. Weiss, A.C.S.W. Caseworker/Therapist Glen H. Fineman, A.C.S.W. Executive Director M'Lee Hfwslinger, Chairperson .Tzedakah Committee

To the Editor: The Lincoln Jewish Community was privileged to host the noted author, editor, and Jewish geneologist Arthur Kurzweil during this past weekend of April 3-5. This event, sponsored by the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation, was a community-wide program which included shared Shabbat services and four featured lecture-presentations by our To the Editor I am writing a book on the Yiddish "Shund" Theater in very congenial and well-received guest. Arthur Kurzwel is a man who evidences very contagious New York (1884-1918). It is based on research of the plays passion for tracing his personal history and geneology. He of the two most sucoMsful and popular Yiddish playwriters helps his audience to understand that tracing one's own of the period: Joseph Lateiner and Moahe Hcn^tz. The Yiddish "Shund" Theater (wUch included roots leads one toward a sense of spiritual completion and melodrama, theatrical i^era and operetta), was a vital elea sense of connection to all of Jewish history. A masterful story-teller, Kurzweil involves his listeners ment in the life of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East in his own personal pilgrimage into his family history, Side and often the only comfort within the hardships they detailing his talks with f imily members, his carre^Mndcnoe faced in the new land. The press of the period was very critwith governmental agencies and institutions, his detective ical of this delightful theater, which was a true communwork in phone directories, and his very interesting travels ity theater. The theater has never been researched because in eastern Europe. At each step of the way, Mr. Kurzwdl the phenomenon was undervalued by the Jewish inteloffers many helpful suggestions aa to how members of his legentia. After laborious research in various archives I still canaudience can easily go about their own geneological not find photographs of the early period of Yiddish thearesearch. When Mr. KuizweQ started to research his family his- ter. These migfat be in private home?, or closets, of grandtory, he was told that this was something that Jews could children of the old generation of Yiddish actors. not do. Either he would be unable to find any trace of his Photo^aphs of scenes of the plays are essential to my foiebears in Europe because all records bad been destroyed effort to reconstructthe Golden Age of the Yiddish Thein the Holocaust or he would discover that the records of ater. liana Blalik his ancestors' emigration to the United States would be

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Eating up the rabbi Dr. Gary A. Tobin Did you ever wonder why anyone would choose to become a rabbi today? Even if deep religious conunitment attracted someone to the pulpit, it might not be enough to help someone survive in contemporary congregational life. More and more, congregations are eating up their rabbis. I recently wrote about the petty and nasty dimensions of synagogue and temple politics. I alluded to the effects this political infighting has on the people who work in synagogues and temples. The rabbi is one of the chief victims of these terrible congregational skirmishes and wars. I have seen rabbis broken by the demands of their congregants. Modem rabbis are being asked to be so many things to so many people that, with rare exceptions, they cannot possibly succeed. And if they do, it is because they have mastered a political game well enough to control the political factions that eat up their less savvy colleagues. Have you ever seen the criteria that we use to select a rabbi for a position? He or she should: • have experience; • have deep knowledge of Jewish law and tradition; • deliver "good" sermons (either in content or style— the loftier the better); • have good people skills, especially with children; and • exhibit good leadership quality. What does all this mean? In real language, we expect the rabbi to be an entertainer, delivering fascinating sermons and speeches. We expect him or her to be a modem library, a nice piece of computer software that can be programmed to spit out relevant religious answers upon request. We expect a master of ceremonies, someone to offer religious meaning, humor (or appropriate pathos) at our important life cycle events of birth, marriage, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, and death. The rabbi should also be a candy striper, spreading joy and spiritual coil)fort at the hospital. He or she should be a magnet for potential members, the big sale item to attract dues-paying members to the synagogue or temple, a counselor, someone to come to for marital advice or help with a child. A rabbi should be a leader, helping to give the synagogue direction and purpose, but not too fast and not too far away from the centrist majority. A rabbi is supposed to like children and elderly people; some combination of Mister Rogers and Danny Thomas. Really, of course, what is expected is to turn on and inspire children, making them feel welcome at Hebrew school. As parents abdicate the religious training of their children to institutions, greater pressure is put on the rabbi to inculcate Judaism into the reluctant pre-adolscent for the 1-6 hours per week the children are in Hebrew school. While parents abandon ritual practice and synagogue attendance, the rabbi is supposed to be a modem role model. But when things go wrong at a synagogue or temple, the rabbi is the first to be blamed (if there is not a convenient administrator or cantor handy). If membership isn't booming, if the children aren't learning enough, if the building is too old or in the wrong place, firing the rabbi usually seems to be the best solution. The result of all of this is quite obvious. Being a rabbi is no job for a nice Jewish boy or girl. There are three ways out for the rabbi in the current system. The first is complete bumout. He or she must leave congregational life to become either an administrator in the Jewish communal field, a Jewish educator, a Federation professional (where the story often repeats itself), or leave Jewish communal life completely. The second is rampant mediocrity, usually in smaller congregations that cannot attract the flashier models. Mayor Richard Daley once said: "Don't make no waves, don't back no losers." The rabbi becomes a non-entity, an invisible person who is neither threatening nor very active. The rabbi stays, but has little to say and little to do. The third is to become Mr. or Ms. Slick, to quote a popular rock song: "I know all the rules and I know how to

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break'em, and I always know the name of the game." The rabbi has been eaten up, not because he left the field, or stayed in it as a defeated player, but because the spiritual leadership and guidance he might have provided has been subverted to power poUtics, glad-handing, and obligatory interesting but banal speeches. Congregations cannot blame the rabbi for providing the teflon-coated superstar that they have demanded. If he does not conform to their notion of Everything to Everyone, they have no more compunction about firing him than they would the janitor. Tragically, as they eat up the rabbis, they are also destroying the spititua] soul of contemporary Judaism. Congregational rabbis cannot be expected to survive in the political milieu of contemporary synagogue life without adopting some of the behaviors of the congregations they serve. They cannot be all things to all people without becoming defeated or manipulative themselves. Congregations create shells or shills, and the process destroys the best aspects of both the human beings and the institutions they serve. Make no mistake—many rabbis thrive in their capacity as master pcditidans in their little fiefdoms. Certainly some rabbis have a Moses complex, believing they are direct conduits to God. Some have egos larger than the State of Montana, and enjoy the opportunity to play so many roles in synagogue life. That is a tragic waste of energy, because contemporary sjmagogue life is so often empty of true spiritual excitement. It is very sad that the rabbi is the last person in the synagogue who would be able to provide that religious joy or excitement. He is too busy recruiting bingo volunteers or helping raise funds for the new chapel, or officiating at a wedding of two strangers in his congregation. But it is astonishing that some ptople blame the rabbi for succeeding within this corrupting system. By conforming to the political rules, some rabbis master the game. That is what good performers do, and why the rabbinate is increasingly populated by those who have the stomach for non-stop glamour shows. Of course, many rabbis have risen above the system by being spiritual leaders and teachers. They refuse to play the game, and refuse to enter the political fray. They are secure enough in their knowledge, their relationships, and their influence. They exert leadership and guidance throuj^ the moral authority that comes from being good leaders and role models. Rabbis ought to be scholars. They ought to be teachers. They ought to be spiritual leaders. They ought to provide religious guidance and comfori. The contemporary American scene has enough cheerleaders, power brokers, politicians, and social workers. If we keep demanding these things from our rabbis they will have Uttle time, energy, or inclination to provide the reUgious substance that the Jewish commimity needs so desperately. We will have a great show, but one as hollow as a three-minute rock video. It will be full of images, but no one will remember what they heard or saw. S)Tiagogue8 need administrators, educators, counselors, "and planners. If synagogues and temples were more innovative and creative in their organizational management and fund-raising activities, a combination of paid and volunteer staff cwild provide many of these services. Synagogues are still supposed to be houses of worship, and the rabbi is supposed to be a spiritual leader. Even in the best environment, some will choose to play the power games. But a changed environment would certainly go a long way in attracting and keeping more and better rabbis, and fewer imitations of ward politicians and game show hosts.

By Eric Roienman Near Eaal Report "Nonetheless, the fact remains that one and a-half milhon Soviets identified as Jews apparently live more or less satisfying lives there [in the Soviet Union).... And theirs has been a story largely untold." Those mind-boggling assertions came not from Moscow's official Anti-Zionist Committee, not from a Pravda editorial reply to Western protests on behalf of Soviet Jewry, but from Mike Wallace, veteran CBS reporter and regular on "60 Minutes." On the Mar. 22 show Wallace did a segment which attempted to look beyond the headlines about the 10,000-plus refuseniks and the 400,000 other Soviet Jews who have received invitations to emigrate to Israel. Instead, he tried to examine the status of "the other" Jews of Russia, the anonymous 1.5 million. Wallace began by noting that in the Soviet Union Jews are identified on their internal passports as members of a nationality, not as believers in a relijgiion. He then interviewed Lt. Gen. Mikhail Milstein, described as a former Red Army intelligence chief. Milstein explained that he was Jewish because his parents were but added that his wife was a Russian and their children were Russians, not Jews: "Because, you see, I don't know anything about Jewishness. I don't know." Undeterred by this uninformed source, Wallace asserted that "Milstein is not alone. There are hundreds of thousands like him in the Soviet Union." Wallace lundertook an excursion to Birobidzhan the Siberian "Jewish Autonomous Region." He acknowledged that Birobidzhan—Stalin's grim answer to Zionist desires to emigrate to Palestine—was never popular with Jews and today counts only 12,000 of them out of a population of 200,000. Nevertheless, Wallace considered newsworthy the fact that "top jobs here are still held by Jews," and a local Yiddish daily is edited by "a powerful anti-Zionist" Jew. Wallace did spend considerable time with the Brailovsky family, refuseniks who have been trying to emigrate to Israel for 15 years. Victor Brailovsky explained that he wanted "to live in a Jewish country" with "my own people ... To be involved in [the] process of rebirth of Jewish culture." Yet, as if he missed all but one sentence from the refuseniks, Wallace intoned that "if it is just Jewish culture that the Brailovsky family seeks, they could go to the Jewish Autonomous Region..." That was not all Wallace missed. In speaking with Samuel Zivs, Jewish deputy head of tde official Anti-Zionist Committee, he never referred to the lawyer's two-decades service as a Soviet spokesman on "the Jewish question." In the early i970's, before mass emigration took place, Zivs was traveling to the West, explaining publicly that only a few Jewish malcontents wanted to leave the country. It was a line Wallace let Zivs repeat unchallenged. While Wallace observed that anti-Semitism has deep roots in Russian culture, he added that it is against Soviet law. He never mentioned that the law is often violated by the government itself. Wallace cited the existence of 60 synagogues but did not explain that these could hardly suffice for a Jewish population estimated at 2 million—especially if most synagogues were closed most of the time and if their governmentdesigned rabbis were suspect in the eyes of many wouldbe worshippers. He noted that more than 250,000 Soviet Jews have emigrated in recent decades—without really explaining why. Nowhere in the program did he mention the crackdowns on Jews and Jewish ritual and study. Finding that even those Soviet Jews "who have 'made it' seem to us tentative, wary" about their nationality, Wallace did not grasp that this might well be the result of decades of official oppression and powerful social discrimiThis article is the second of two. nation. So, having seen a Potemkin village, he reported an equally two-dimensional story. If the process sounds familiar, it should. Three years ago Gary A. Tobin is the Director of the Center for Modem JewWallace filed an analogous whitewash of Syria. ish Studies at Brandeis University. Mike, back to you.

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Council Bluffs B'nai 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.

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.

PERSONALS We thank our friends and relatives for cards and contributions sent in memory of Fannie Ruderman. Morrie and R«va Ruderman, Eve and Morris Boguchwal and families Mrs. Sylvia Bernstein wishes to thank her relatives and friends for their flowers, gifts and cards she received dur' ing her hospitalization. A special thanks to Rabbi Drazen for his visit.

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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Minha-Ma'ariv Services at 8 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Evening services at 6 p.m. Tuesday: Services at 9:30 a.m.— Yizkor Kiddush will follow services. Evening services at 8 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Andrew Epstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Epstein, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, April 24 and Saturday morning, April 25.

Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7 p.m. The Late Friday Night Family Service will not be held until after the Pesach Holiday. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush will follow the Service in the Social Hall. Youth Services, 10 a.m. Mincha, 7:45 p.m. The Mincha Service will be followed by class with the rabbi, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service, 9 a.m. There will be no breakfast or class with the rabbi until after the Passover holiday. CONCLUDING PASSOVER DAYS Sunday evening, April 19— 7:45 p.m. Monday,, April 20-8:45 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 21-7:45 a.m. Yizkor Memorial service— 11 a.m. Tuesday evening—7:45 p.m. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commissioners will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. D'VAR TORAH The D'var Torah at the Late Family Service, April 24, wiU be presented by Miriam Grossman. BABY NAMING A baby naming ceremony will be held in honor of the birth of Jddi Ilise, daughter of Dr. Michael and Cheryl Levine at the Saturday morning service April 25.

Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun Friday, April 17 Worship service—8 p.m.

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Hoi haMoed Pesah The way and the ways The assignpd reading for the Sabbath within Pesah includes the dramatic presentation of the thirteen attributes of God's nature, which figure so prominently in the Slihot of the High Holy Day services. There is also brief mention of the three "pilgrimage" festivals of the year, Pesah, Shavuot, and Sukkot—albeit not nessarily by those names. But at the very beginning there is a special plea of Moses, which goes all but unanswered. Moses has been shaken by the sin of the Golden Calf. Instinctively he has pleaded that the sin of the people be forgiven and that they be permitted to trek on toward the Promised Land. He has refused an offer to be the progenitor of a new people to replace this one. And he prevails: the people are allowed to go on. But Moses is unnerved by what has happened. And now he pleads to know the nature of his God: "Pray let me know Your ways." But the Lord does not explain Himself to Moses in any clear and simple manner. He aimounces to Moses only that He may be described by these thirteen attributes. The list is revealing and descriptive; but not sufficiently so and not definitively. And we are left —as Moses is left—groping to know more. A sharp-eyed 19th century religious leader and Bible commentator put the problem clearly, by pointing out a grammatical oddity. • When Moses asks to know God's ways, the Hebrew word "ways" (drakhekha) is pointed by the Masoretes to read "ways"; but it is actually spelled in such a fashion that without the vowel

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I used to share with you some of my delightful afternoons Jody Malashock Judi Lemer with my granddaughters. You've heard how the school sysRegistration RegiBtratioB tem practiced a speciial open house for grandparents and you may also recall some of the adventures the girls and I have had (like putt-putt golf or a museum visit). I don't have the opportunity for much of that anjTnore for a variety of reasons. For one, the girls now live two hours away from here and besides, they're growing up and have other fish to fry! Today was an exception. I enjoyed an afternoon with the younger one, who is now eight. I had the chance to observe the changes which have taken place while I had my back turned. The grown-up attitude about being in adult company was surpassed only by the nonchalance with which the lunch menu was read. And I noticed the decision makRini Gonsher Patty Nogg. ing didn't take as long as it used to ... it wasn't nearly so Publicity Meal arrangements difficult to decide between the grilled cheese and the omelet as it used to be. The one change which probably impressed me the most was the mature way in which she patiently waited for her great-grandma and I to finish an hour-long somewhat borOmaha delegates to the will lead a Torah study, as ing (for her) appointment. I can well remember when there would have been a lot of wiggling, excursions to find a wa- Spring Conference of the will Minneapolis Rabbi Kaster fountain and the need for magazines and books to oc- Midwest Branch of Wo- sel Abelson, president of the cupy this child. Today she sat beside me, didn't interrupt men's League for Conserva- Rabbinical Assembly. Susie Drazen, as advisor, the adult conversation, answered when she was spoken to tive Judaism will be able to and exchanged written notes with me for her amusement. attend a variety of pro- will do prayer teach-ins for Terrific, right? Well, I guess so, except for one thing. I grams and workshops. The those wishing to become miss the little girl who used to call me Gwamma—the one theme is from Ecclesiastes, more proficient in the Birsmall enough to curl up on my lap and wait for me to whis- "For every thing there is a kat Hamazon, for example. per iii her ear. The one who got very excited at the pros- season." "The time is now, Mary Fellman will moderate pect of eating lunch "out" with me... who refused a in Omaha," says Bobbie Ep- a panel of Omaha profesbooster chair and preferred flexing her knees and sitting stein, local conference chair- sionals to discuss the man. Beth El Women's "Sandwich Generation." on her own heels to reach the table. Workshops to be That little girl didn't want to watch TV alone. She liked League is hosting the confor me to squeeze into the chair with her, for the two of ference to be held at the presented include Membership, Community Service, us to view a program together. Today she used the remote Marriott April 26-28. Delegate and meal regis- Social Action, Jewish Famcontrol and flipped from one channel to'another until she found something "cool." She did, however, still find some trations are closed, but ily Living, Torah Fund, pleasure in searching for the things I keep just for her to registration is still open for Adult Education, Ways and play with. And she did invite me to join her when she sessions and workshops. Means, and Leadership Contact Nancy Skid at 334- Training. Shachrit and selected one. But it just isn't the same. Of course it's exactly as it's 1497 for further informa- Maariv services will be led by representatives from the supposed to be, and I know that and I'm nuts about this tion. Lou Ann Bongard will de- 27 chapters in nine states very together kid. But oh how swe^t it is when there's one small enough to cuddle. That must be the feeling that liver the Branch president's and Canada in the Midwest causes some parents to have lots and lots of kids. It's so • welcome and a D'var Torah Branch. In addition, special will be presented. The key- Yom Hashoah services will hard to let the last one grow up. note address will be given be lead by three chapters by Selma Weintraub, the immediate past president of National Women's League. CARL JARL A film will be shown on Hanaton, Women's LeaLOCKSMITHS gue's sister kibbutz in IsSteven J. Riekes, an attor- Administration Program at rael. 7511 Dodge • 393 7800 ney with Richards, Riekes, Southwest State UniverBeth El's Rabbi Drazen sity, Marshall, Minn. Brown & Zabin, will con'This advisory board helps tinue to serve as president of the Missouri VaUey Chap- set the future direction of Complete Real Estate Service ter of the Asthma and Al- Miimesota's only four-year lergy Foundation of hotel and restaurant manRONALD GORDON BROKER agement program. r America.

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NORMAN L. GREEN Word has been received here of the recent death in Santa Monica, Calif., of former Omahan Norman L. Green, 80. Mr. Green was the owner of Miller's National Pharmacy in Santa Monica until 1977. He was past president of the Sunrise Optimist Club and also belonged to the Ocean Park Masonic Lodge, Al Malaikah Shrine and Santa Monica Synagogue. He held offices in various pharmaceutical organizations over the years. In 1967, he received Creighton University's Alumni Merit Award. He is survived by his wife, Ida of Santa Monica; daughter, Devera S. Harris of Santa Monica; sons, Gerald E. of Pacific Palisades and Stanley A. of Thousand Oaks; brothers. Dr. Donald The Youth and Senior E. Green of Los Angeles High Department of the and Simon Green of Omaha; JCC is looking for responsi- sister, Evelyn Natenberg of ble adults to staff the Skokie, 111.; seven grandchilgameroom and Senior High dren and two great-grandLounge on weekends and children. GERALD WEZELMAN during the simmier. This job Graveside services for is perfect for college students or for anyone looking Gerald Wezelman, 86, took to make a few extra dollars place at Golden Hill Cemea week. The job would be ap- tery. He is survived by a sister, proximately 10-15 hours a' week, but could work into Gayle Wezelman of Omaha; more hours for the right brothers, Norman, Tucson; Sol M., Bismarck, ND; person. For more information, nieces and nephews. Memorials are suggested contact Carol Kaplan or to Beth Israel Synagogue or Sara Jaffe at 334-8200. to a favorite charity. The BBG Beau Dance Fashion Show and Second Annual Advisor Recognition Event has been rescheduled for May 10, 2 p.m., in the JCC theater. Tickets can be purchased at the registrar's office at the JCC; ticket prices are $3.50 for adults and $2 for students/children/ seniors. A dessert will follow the Advisor Recognition in the Auditorium. The program is open to the conrununity. If you have already purchased tickets, they will be valid at the door.

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for Physicians Clinic. She also worked for Ellis & Guy Advertising. Mrs. Lemer was a past board member of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and the Jewish Press and was a past membership dWve chairwoman for the Children's Museum of Omaha. Besides her husband, survivors include stepsons, Craig and Todd, both of Omaha; parents, Anthony and Margaret Guerra of Phoenix; sisters, Olivia . Keating of Omaha, Rosina of Knoxville, Tenn., Margaret Woodmff and Mary Harelson, both of Phoenix, and Annette Guerra of San Diego; brother, Robert Guerra of San Diego; and grandmother, Grace Gomez of Omaha. SAMUEL S. RESNICK Samuel S. Resnick, 85, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died at the Rose Blumkin Home April 2. Mr. Resnick was bora in Russia and moved to Sioux City when he was two months old. Before moving to the Blumkin Home one year ago, Mr. Resnick was a lifelong resident of Sioux City except for a 10-year period, 1939-49, when he lived in Brooklyn, NY. Survivors include his wife, Sydelle; daughter, Barbara (Mrs. Harold) Kaiman of Cleveland, Ohio; four brothers; three sisters; four grandchildren. LOUIS LANGER Graveside services for Louis Langer, 97, took place Sunday at Golden Hill Cemetery. He is survived by daughters, Mollie Delman and Bess Becker, both of Omaha; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Delman, a native of Odessa, Russia, emigrated to South America in 1914 and until moving to Omaha about 15 years ago resided in Kansas City where he was in the auto salvage business. Memorials are suggested to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or to a favorite charity.

OSCAR L. DIAMOND Graveside services were held at Fisher Farm Cemetery on April 9 for Oscar L. Diamond, 70. Mr. Diamond was the president and founder of North Side Produce Co. and also owned the House of Poultry for 36 years, until 1985. He is survived by his wife, Theresa; sons, Richard and ' William. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue and the American Cancer Society. '•i

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Camp staff needed Camp Chaverim director Sara Jaffe announced that the camp has staff openings for the 1987 season. Mature, responsible male junior counselors are needed. Junior counselors should be college age, (although extremely mature high school students will be considered) enthusiastic, creative and have experience working with children, preferably in a capip environment, Ms. Jaffe said. Junior counselors will work closely with the senior staff in developing and implementing activities and will attend «three<lay training seminar prior to camp, which runs Jime 22 through July 31.

Andy Epstein Andy Epstein, son of Judy and Steve Epstein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on April 25 at Beth El Synagogue. Andy is a seventh grader at Beveridge Junior High School where he is enrolled in the honors core. This past winter he took part in the Duke University talent identification program. His other interests include actSpecialty counselors are ing and skiing. also needed. Persons with Andy has a sister, Laurie, special talents in arts and 9, and a brother, David, 4. His grandparents are Mr. crafts, music, sports or and Mrs. Sam Epstein and . camp crafts, and those interested in junior counselor Mr. and Mrs. Eli Jabenis. positions should call Ms. Jaffe at 334-8200 for more Protest planned information. Nebraakans for Peace and the Pledge of Resistance are organizing in an April 25 demonstration in Washington, D.C. The demonstration, according to the announcement, is to demand a new foreign policy in Central America and Southern Africa. Plans call for a bus to leave First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass The Show Street, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. A most significant day and return on April 26 about 7 p.m. Transpwtation that seemed to take so long to come was Sunday aftercharge is $90. For information about noon. The^ show—the moother costs and trip details, vies. The steady roll of the contact Michael and Robin piano coordinated with the scenes being shown—the Carter, 348-1074. aroma of the popcorn—the varied screen menu from the cartoons to the hair-raising serials and the exciting Tapes melo-dramatic feature, the screams and laughs of the children, left an enduring Video tapes of the memory of life on 24th Campaign Cabaret MusiStreet in those years followcal Revue are now availing World War I. able through the Jewish There were many Federation of Omaha. "shows" in Omaha in those The cost of a tape is $20. years and a good represenIf 50 or more tapes are tation in the 24th Street ordered, the cost of each area—the Alahambra, Cortape will be $15. H you by. Franklin, Grand, Hippohave any questions or drome, Lake, Lothrop and want to place an order, the Ritz. call Joanie Jacobson, the Franklin Theater at 334-8200. Ext. 274. 24th and Franklin and the Specify Beta or VHS. Alahambra at 24th and Par-

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ETV to air 'Shoah' The week of April 26 has been established as "Days of Commemoration for Victims of the Holocaust." The Nebraska ETV Network participates in that remembrance through the broadcast of a special nine-and-onehaU-honr film by director Claude Lanamann. "Shoah" will be broadcast in four installmenta, Monday through Thursday at 8 p.m., beginning April 27, on all stations of the Nebraska ETV Network. "Shoah" is comprised primarily of interviews with participants and witnesses of the Holocaust, including the Polish residents of Auschwitz pictured above. Director Lanzmann is pictured in the bottom photograph.

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ker, were the two favorite theaters because of their proximity to other Jewish activities. The Franklin was owned by the Melchior family. A nickel for admittance, plus three cents for a bag of popcorn, and you were all set for a full afternoon of thrills, chills and laughs. Starting with news of the world and followed by a cartoon, usually Aesop's Fables, you were then ushered into a comedy of the Keystone Kop variety, where our intreprid Kops chased the villain and themselves, interspersed with a considerable amount of piethrowing. This led to the breath taking thrill-aminute serial with the likes of Eddie Polo, Ruth White,

Tom Mix or a dozen or so other heroes and heroines, who each week were left in most precarious situations as being trapped in a burning building or tied to a railroad track with a speeding train 10 feet away, and then continued to next week. Somehow or other they always made it. And then the main feature, a cowboy story, or hearts and flowers. Perhaps a tingling mystery or a historic film. Maybe all of them wrapped into one supercolossal presentation. Of course, the piano would be pounding away in proper beat with the film action. The cinema was most important in bringing America to the folks on 24th Street.

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(Mg^ecpM M^kte"^ By E^telle Rosenberg The South Street Temple Religious School at the reading of the Megillah service, had the pleasure of meeting "Rabbi" Theodore Dov. Rabbi Dov. came to Lincoln at the urging of the Religious School mystery friend, Bubba. "Rabbi Dov" will be at the Religious School every Sunday and will spend one month in the classroom of the winner of the previous month's Bubba contest. The winner is the class that has the most members and families at services. "Rabbi Dov" visited the Pre-Kindergarten in March and will be in Grades 2-3 in April. The Bubba contest involving the bringing of canned food for the Food Bank resulted in contributing 94 cans to the less fortunate. The Midwest Regional Conference will be held April 26-27 in Omaha President Ruth Burke is plan-

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(Dims^ks^ or^suriS^atlog^sj YOUNG JUDEA Several Omaha youngsters attended Spring Convention for Young Judea's Ofarim and Tsofim, or third through sixth graders. The regional director, Ira Wise, and Omaha advisors Rini and Allan Gonsher led discussion groups and study sessions, along with a counselor staff of high school seniors and college students. Children from Wichita, St. Louis, Lincohi, Chicago and Omaha spent the weekend retreat at the, 4-H campground in Gretna, Neb. Activities included Israeli games, studies of Israeli holidays and children's customs. One highlight was a mock auction with roleplaying to teach the concept of being Jewish in a predominantly non-Jewish American society. Another session, "It's Cool to be Jewish", also was a favorite. Those attending from Oniaha included Jennifer Eisenman, Rebecca Kubart, Philip Paley, Stacy Rogert, Evan Saltzmah, Joshua Gonsher, and Ben and Zack Gonsher too. HADASSAH HIES STYLESHOW Hadassah's 1987 HIES chairmen, Patricia Newman, Phyllis Newman and Sharee Newman have announced their committee for the upcoming May 27 styleshow and luncheon. Ellen Albin is serving as advisor to the chairmen; Beverly Franklm is HIES

treasurer; Madeline Katzman is coordinating the afternoon meal; Sandy Kohll is handling facility coordination with Highland Country Club. Doris Newman is designing table anangements; Sandy Nogg and Robin Spindler are organizing adult and child models, respectively. The Newmans' report that the committee is working "to make the event a pleasurable one." "We have a great group of hardworking and talented ladies—we are confident that the afternoon will be one to remember," said Patricia Newman. Anyone who is interested in working with the committee or in participating as a model is encouraged to call Patricia Newman at 345-4991. The May 27 HIES styleshow and luncheon at Highland Country Club is open to members and nonmembers. YOUTH ALIYAH LUNCHEON Over 25 prizes were given away at Hadassah's Youth Aliyah Luncheon and Raffle on March 25 at the Jewish Community Center. Ten of the prizes were given in a special raffle to those attending the luncheon. Over 80 people attending the luncheon heard a program presented by the Jewish Day School. Over 30 students sang a variety of songs, accompanied by slides of their own interpretation of the music—"tak-

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Sally Vann and Jeff Rotenstreich of Birmingham, Ala., were married April 11 at Temple Israel. Rabbi Stephen Barack officiated at the 7 p.m. wedding. Honor attendants were Jackie Wolff and Jtaey Rosinsky of Dallas; Julie Rochman, Washington, D.C.; Susan Vann, Los Angeles; Carey Rice and Jackie Goodman, both of Oniaha. Groomsmen were Andrew and Kenneth Rotenstreich of Birmingham; Martin and Bruce Vann of Los Angeles; Danny Routman, Austin; Marc Laviage, Houston, and Craig Prengler, Dallas. Parents of the newlyWieds are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vann and Mr. and Mrs. James Rotenstreich of Birmingham. After a dinner dance at the Highland Country Club the newlyweds left for Hawaii on their honeymoon. They will make their home in Birmingham.

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AZA n AZA §1 had several successful date parties such as make your own movie, and ice skating Our chapter went to see an Omaha Lancer game. Although the Lancers lost, it was a very fun function. AZA §1 has started the planning of our freshman weekend. For freshman weekend we have elected' Dan Millimet as president, .Jason Perelman as treasurer, and Michael RosenBBYO C0>fVENTION blatt as secretary. FreshThis year's BBYO Spring man weekend will be held Convention will be held at May 1-3. The activities held Camp Sabra on June 11-14. during the weekend will inSpring Convention is the clude cultural athletic fundlast chance for seniors to raising (for ISF), and social participate in BBYO conventions. At this conven- events. Rush season is just tion, there will be water skiaround the comer. Quesing, swimming, sports, tions about the chapter can business meetings, and elecbe answered by Jonathan tion for Regional Board FeUman, 333-0764. officers.

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Elie Wiesel—witness, humanist (Continued from Page 1) In 1966 Wiesel published, in Yiddish, Un Di Velt Hot Geshvign (And the World Has Remained Silent) in Buenos Aires. In 1958 it was translated into French as La Nuit with a Foreword by Francois Mauriac. In 1957 Wiesel came to America to teach at the City College of New York. He was subsequently appointed Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at Boston University. Wiesel's English translation Night was rejected by about 20 publishers before appearing in 1960. Night unleashed the ten years of silence. "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned my life into one long night... Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Neyier shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever." Night received praise as a "personal record of a child's experience. As such it should be given a place beside Anne Frank's diary. "It is because Anne Frank, and six million other blameless, were silenced, that Wiesel has borne witness through 30 books, novels, essays, speeches, lectures, and political and humanitarian activism. Wiesel transformed the meaning to two words that stand now as symbols of evil, the suffering experienced by Jews, . and one of man's finest attributes, hope and faith despite evil and suffering. HOLOCAUST, from the Greek, means whole burnt offering and complete sacrifice. As late as 1969 William M. Miller, Jr. in his A Canticle for Leibowitz uses the word in reference to nuclear catastrophe. The fact that today Holocaust is indisputably identified with the Nazi extermination camps is due to Wiesel. President Carter appointed Wiesel as chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust. SURVIVOR means to remain alive, to live on. Bruno Bettelheim in The Informed Heart (1960) describes the mental stress of the camps. More recently children of survivors have been the focus of mental health attention. Elie Wiesel has been likened to a sjonbol, banner and beacon and "perhaps the survivor of the Holocaust." The message emerging from this cauldron is that "silence is tlie worst thing, worse than mere hate." Wrongs, past, present, and future, cannot, must not, be igtaored. When Wiesel received the Congressional Medal of Achievement, inscribed "Author, Teacher, Witness" in 1985 from President Reagan, the Chief Executive was planning to visit a German military cemetery, containing graves

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Many thanks to the Hen- dent is—Sammy. Sammy is ry Monsky B'nai B'rith a young black cat who L,odge for the donation of rooms in the Ceramics Lab. commercial bingo equip- Incidentally, Pet Therapy is ment. That equipment will a legitimate geriatrics confacilitate the residents' par- cept and besides, Sammy is ticipation in one of their fa- a very friendly addition. Betty Mara has volunteered vorite activities. A new activity that has to share the responsibility been instituted is having a of being one of Sammy's special birthday luncheon caretakers. The third Mini-Concert for the residents. April's birthday giiests are Abe was presented on April 12 Kaplan, Vickie Fisher, Fan- by the Willis Ann Ross Duo. nie Denenberg, Ricklie It was deUghtful. The Seders this year were Hoyt, Helen Papier and Anna Cohen. The birthday conducted by a father and luncheon will be held on son team—Steve and David Wednesday, April 29, in the Skid—Now that's someTea Room, so if you would thing to "k'vell" about. like to join these residents or help with the birthday FREEDOM party, call Sharon or Bert at NEW YORK (JTA) the Home. Prisoner of Conscience On April 9, Rabbi Barack Vladimir Lifshitz was spoke to the residents. released from a Soviet labor Earlier in the month Rabbi camp and allowed to return Katzman presented a film to his Leningrad apartment, about Passover and the art according to Lynn Singer, of making matzah. executive director of the On April 3, David Amram Long Island Committee for performed in oiu- auditoriimi Soviet Jewry. Lifshitz was and stayed for lunch. It's in the hospital Of the Kamnice to have company in the chatka labor camp at the dining room. The Brunch to time of his release, suffering Ltmch group went to Cross- from chronic hypertension. roads on April 1 and to He served 15 months of a Kowloons on April 8. The three-year sentence for group could use another "anti-Soviet slander." volunteer to accompany them on their exciirsions. Guess who the latest resi-

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( om&lMM^s ls& Dr. Gary S. Lerner, a specialist in the care of infants, children and adolescents | announces 'the opening •( of a new office. Dr. IJH Lerner has p,. Gary S. been a pracLerner ticing pediatrician in Omaha for the past eight years and is board certified in pediatrics. Dr. Lerner has recently joined Dr. Mary L. Flearl in the private practice of pediatrics and adolescent medicine. Their office. Preferred Pediatrics, is located at 10920 Q Street in the Empire Park Shopping Center, telephone (402) 592-4726 answered 24 hours a day. Designers selected The Magic Theatre has announced that Daniel and Judith Shepard will execute and install their concept for the upcoming production of Megan Terry's Future Soap. •The Shepard concept can be seen in process at the Magic Theatre or in completion when the play opens and during its run in May. CHRISTIAN STUDIES JERUSALEM (JTA) The Hebrew. University of Jerusalem has established a specialty leading to a bachelor of arts degree in Christian studies through the Department of Comparative Religion. Special emphasis will be placed on Christianity's basis in Judaism, its development as an independent religion and its central role in Western culture.

Synagogues join Israel Bond 'reaffirmation' bond effort 930 Jewish congregations in the United States and Canada joined over the Purim weekend in the launching of a massive twoyear Israel Bond "Reaffirmation with Israel" reinvestment campaign. More than $11 million in 1972 and 1973 Bonds have already been reinvested in a "dramatic reaffirmation of support for Israel's goal of achieving economic independence," it was announced by Rabbi Stanley M. Davids of New York, National Chairman of Israel Bonds' National Rabbinic Cabinet.

"One million friends of Israel rallied in support of Israel by purchasing bonds at the time of the Yom Kippur War and helped the nation to reconstruct its post-war economy. Israel now wants to say 'thank you' by giving up to 20 months' advanced interest to bondholders for reinvesting 1972-1973 bonds early," Rabbi Davids said. $400 million in Israel Bonds are eligible for reinvestment in 1987 and 1988. 1972-1973 bonds are valued at their full maturity amount if investors add the cash difference between

JCC basketball update The Men's Slow Down Basketball League ended league play on March 11. The League champions were Sentry Biiick with an 8-2 season record. Members of the team are as follows: Captain-Skip Katzman, Ron Blessie, Jeff Cooper, Tery Simmons, Frank Hron, Don Goldstein and Jeff Rattner

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Tournament Champions—White Team—Kevees Amoco: from left, Jim Kirzak, Steve Rosenblatt, Kyle Eickhom, Larry Herman and John Yokel.

that sum and the issue price of a higher denomination security. Rabbi Davids added: "We are very gratified at the successful Puriin day opening of this ma^r Israel Bond effort." He urged all Israel Bond holders who are eligible for the advanced interest provision to check their safety deposit boxes. "The sooner you bring in your Bond, the sooner you will benefit from this Reinvestment program, which is good for Israel and good for you," he said.

CIT program announced Students who will be entering their freshman or sophomore year in high school in 1987 may apply for Camp Chaverim's Counselor-In-Training program. Those selected to participate in this program wiU attend a three-day training seminar June 17-19 and will spend the six-week camp season working with groups of campers and attending workshops on camp-related topics such as plaiming and implementing activities, safety and first aid, child development, leadership skills, etc. CIT program applicants must submit a recommendation from their school, complete an application and be interviewed. Those who successfully complete the program will receive priority for hire as a junior counselor in the future. Camp Chaverim director Sara Jaffe said. For more information contact Ms. Jaffe at 334-8200.

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