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Selma Weintraub to speak at Women's League conference Selma Weintraub will be the keynote speaker for the Spring Conference of the Midwest Branch of Women's League for Conservative Judaism to be held in Omaha April 26-28. Mrs. Weintraub has just completed a four-year term as national president of Woman's League and is currently assistant publisher of her husband's trade publication. In her Sisterhood at Temple Israel Center, White Plains, N.Y., Mrs. Weintraub has served at president and chair-, man of many committees. Later, as president of the I Westchester-Rockland Branch Sebma Weintraub of Women's League, her responsibilities included leadership training chairman, twotime Spring Conference chairman, and accredited discussion leader. On the national level of Women's League, Mrs. Wein-

traub has been national vice president, national treasurer, convention advisor, convention chairman, and national budget and finance chairman. She is a national consultant and Spring Conference coordinator for Women's League. She is an honorary president of the World Council of Synagogues and a member of the Board of Directors of Temple Israel, where she served as the first woman officer. Mrs. Weintraub has been secretary of the World Jewish Congress-American Section and she is also on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She received the Solomon Schechter Medal and National Community Leadership Award. She also serves on the executive committee of MERCAZ and the Jewish Braille Institute and is a member of B'nal B'rith, ORT, Women's UJA, and Israel Bonds. She is a life member of Hadassah and has most recently been appointed to the Chancellor's Leadership Committee. Mrs. Weintraub is the wife of Morris, and the mother of four, including Connee who is currently co-president of their Sisterhood at Temple Israel. She is the grandmother of nine and is currently pursuing her work in Braille to become an accredited Braillist.

[Lincoln Women's Campaign reports a 'good gain'

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Barbara Scglln (left) and SoniaBreslow, co-chairmen of Women's Campaign in liacoln.

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The Lincoln Federation's Women's Campaign cochairmen Sonia Breskm and Barbara Seg^ report a "good , gain" thus far with somewhat less then 60 percent of the i pledges in hand. Pledge cards have been mailed directly to prospective contributors, and two follow-up letters have brought about an "excellent response in terms of signed pledge cards," they said. To bring forth the remaining cards, telephone solicitations and person-to-person visits will be employed to complete the pledging procedure and finalize the campaign. Sonia and her husband, John, who serves as chairman of the board of both linweld and Linaire, have three dauj^ters: Laura, II; Melissa, eight; and Danielle, three. Formerly of Omaha, Mrs. Breslow has been active at Lincoln Gieneral Hospital as a volunteer, her latest project has been

that of chairing the Raffle Sales Committee. "I hope Barbara and I, together with committee members, w^ have contacted everyone in the Jewish Community of Lincoln and that we will have secured total participation. Of all the worthy needs served by the Federation, the single one that strikes me most deeply is that of local needy perstms. The highest form of giving in our tradition is an un8<dicited anony^ious gift by an anonymous donor. To accon^dish that Mitivah ought to be of the highest priority." Barbai* and her fauaband, Steve, a partner in the law firm of Crosby, Guenzel, Davis, Kessner, and Kuester, are the parents of a daughter. Shannon, 9. Mrs. Seglin has been active in the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood and has served as membership chairman for both the Synagogue and the Lincohi Hadassah ch^ter. She has served as a vohmteer of Planned Parenthood and of the Madonna Home. She has further served Lincoln on the advisory board of the Community Health Center and as a room mother at Calvert Elementary School. "The needs I see in our own commimity are particularly important to me, and so I hope our drive continues at its present pace so that we can take care of local needs and make a substantial contribution to the larger Jewish community as well. Therefore, I do appeal to all who have not returned their pledge cards to please do so promptly." Those who have returned their signed pledge cards will be guests of the Federation for a gala evening including "the damdest show you've ever seen," according to Bob Pitlor, executive secretary of the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation. It will be a night for the community to laugh at itself—all in the name of good fun and a successful Federation Campaign. "Be a part of the fun—sign the card and mail iti"

B'nai B'rith urges NJ. Assembly to reject constitutional convention TRENTON, N.J.—B'nai B'rith International has called on the New Jersey State Assembly to reject a proposal for a constitutional convention to consider an amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. E Testifying before the Committee on State Government, Seymour D. Rdch, preddent, said such a convention "poses : a potential threat to our phiraliatic democracy and to our ^American way of life." Reich said that opening the U.S. Constitution via a constitutional convention to change "carries unacceptable rjaka because it invites tampering with our basic freedmns." Many eq)erts, he added, fear that the Bill of Rights also would not be secure. The reason for B'nai B'rith's cjoncem "is the nature and agenda of the groups pressing for the convention." Many, he explained, seek more than a balanced budget amendment; some "have made no secret that they are loddng for fundamental changes." Reich pointed out that many legal scholars are convmced that once such a convention begins, there are no restrahits on what it can consider. "In theory, the delegates to a convention can rewrite the Constitution altogether, just as the first convention, mandated to rewrite the Aridcles of Confedaratkm, decided to recommend a radically different docu-

ment, which was then ratified by the states," said Reich. The B'nai B'rith leader said that the Jewish organization has been working with members of Congress to strengthen the constitutional convention procedures bill in an effort to limit a convention to the specific subject for which it was called. "But despite our efforts, and the efforts of many other groups, the principal sponsors have resisted stronger language." Reich added that even such a bill still would not guarantee that a convention Would operate within certain parameters. He stated that a safer and more traditional means of amending the Constitution is for Congress to consider amendments. "This is the way the Constitution has been amended all 26 times," he declared. Reich urged the New Jersey legislative committee to reject the call for convention. "If New Jersey and the rest of the country want a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, let it be done by that traditional method. Only in this way can we protect our Constitution," he said. "Only in this way can we be assured that no extreme and willful segment of our body politic will be in a position to undermine our fundamental liberties as a free and tolerant pe<^."

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Yom HaShoah Sunday, 7:30 p.m. The community observance of Yom HaShoah will take place Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Beth Israel Synagogue. This annual ceremony commemorates the remembrance of the Holocaust and is jointly sponsored by Beth Israel, Temple Israel and Beth El. The talk by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel— also part of the community observance—will take place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Tickets for the Elie Wiesel lecture are $3 and $2 and are available through TIX and the Jewish Community Center.

Hadassah celebrates at Shabbat service The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of Hadassah at the Friday evening Shabbat services at Beth Israel Synagogue on May 1. Services will begin at 8 pjn. and will include the installation of Hadassah officers for the coming year. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff will install the following cheers: Co-presidents (completing a two-year t«in) Ellen Albin and Corinne Levin; Educati(Hi vice president, Jufee Katznum; fund raising vice preeidait, Kathy Rapaport; membership vice president, Faye Ruback; local services vice president, Maxine NoodeJl; recording secretary, Judy Katzman; financial secretary, Susie Shyken; correspcmding secretary, Maggie Gerber; treasurer, Bev Rich; nominating committee chairwoman, Betty Sanford. Hadassah also will sponsor an Oneg Shabbat fdlowing the service. Services are open to the entire community. . "We are pleased to commemorate this special Hadassah anniversary at a Sabbath service," stated Judy Katzman, Omaha Chapter 76th Anniversary chair woman. "We felt that this was a most appropriate way to celebrate with the community as we recognize the achievements of this outstanding organization."

High court issues landmark decision ByHoghOrgel TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Supreme Ckjurt issued a landmark decision upholding the right of journalists to protect their sources of information, except in the most serious cases of wrong-doing. Supreme Court President Justice Meir Shamgar ruled that a journalist must reveal his sources only if a crime carrying a five-year maximum sentence or a lesser crime with grave consequence, was involved. He said in the case of a serious dvil crime, disclosure would be required only if it was essential in the interests of justice. The ruling was on the case of two journalists, Ben-Zion (Titrin and Yifat Nevo, who appealed to the high court against a demand by the Israel Bar Association's discipUnary tribunal that they reveal the sources of published information in the trial of two lawyers charged with violating the Bar's code of ethics. The.tribunal wanted the journalists to disclose whether the information they published originated with the accused lawyers. The case was the first to come before the Supreme Court questianitig a journalist's right to protect his sources. Shamgar stated in his dedsian that a democracy can exist only if it recognizes the right to gather and publish information. "The right to gather information includes the need to protect the sources of that information," he said.

Elie Wiesel There will be bus transportation available for the Elie Wiesel lecture on Wednesday, April 29. A chartered bus will pick up ridcnrs at the JCC at 6 p.m. and wilTmake a stop at Beth Israel Synagogue at 6:30, anriving at the auditorium at 7 p.m. Seat^ are limited so reservations must be made by Monday, April 27. Call Helen Rifkin, 334-8200. i:*v!Xa(;;feft:i:i-\.

Dr. J. Lewis Yager, 78, dies on Tuesday Clara Gaiter, chairman, Lincoln Hadassah Associates, announced that Ben Ellis is the latest member. Stanley and Robyn Feuerberg of Rockland, Vt., announce the birth of a daughter, Danielle. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Norman Spiegalman, Winnipeg, Canada, and Mrs. Rose Feuerberg, Lincoln.

15 years of LOVE Fifteen-year-old Kaffi Abrams teUs it all—with a sign spelling out the upcoming 15th anniversary of the LOVE program offering volunteers to the elderly. With her are 15-year residents Sylvan Block and Bennie Meyerson in the back row and Ben Mulnick and Fannie Stein in the front. Not pictured are Ida Ontman and Fannie Medlov. LOVE will celebrate its Crystal anniversary April 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Miriam Simon and Ann Belmont are co-chairmen.

After Pollard, an Israeli P.R. blunder come the head of the By Mitchell Bard

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I recently wrote an article complimenting the Israeli government for taking some positive steps .,toward improving its capacity to conduct a successful public relations campaign in the United States. But during my recent visit to Israel, the Israelis committed a blunder of such magnitude that some people believe the fabric of U.S.-Israel relations may have been permanently torn. When Jonathcm Pollard was first arrested as a suspected spy for Israel, the Israeli government assured the United States that the whole thing was a mistake, a result of "a rogue operation." Accepting this explanation, the U.S. government took great pains to downplay the incident and to assure the Israelis that relations would not be affected. Israel apparently misunderstood this reassurance as an indication that the United States did not take the matter seriously. According to a retired Israeli general with close ties to the intelligence

community, the whole affair was amateurish. One of the Mossad's 10 commandments, he said, was never to spy on the United States. Israel did dismantle the Lekem organization that supervised Pollard, but never satisfactorily explained why it was created. It still appeared that Israel could limit the damage by cooperating with the American investigators and for the most part did just that. The Israelis made a serious mistake, however. For some reason, Israeli leaders seemed to believe that if they abandoned Pollard to face the music in the United States, he would serve as a sacrificial lamb and assuage American anger. It is doubtful this strategy would have worked, but Israel compounded its error by not only refusing to punish Pollard's handlers, but by actually promoting them. Even after the United States indicted Col. Aviem Sella, Israel promoted him to be the copwnander of an important Air Force base. Rafael Eitan, reportedly the mastermind of the operation, has since be-

govejTiment-owned Israel Chemicals. From a public relations perspective alone, these actions were stupid. The result has been to rekindle American anger and to place pressure On Israel's friends in Congress to take some punitive action, even if it is only a slap on the wrist. Even now, there seems. to be a split in Israel between those who believe the Pollard affair poses a serious threat to U.S.Israel relations and those who think it is just a temporary storm that will soon blow over. If Israel is lucky, it will escape any punishment from. Congress, but it should not again mistakenly interpret such inaction as an acceptance of Israeli behavior. Israel has enough enemies in this country without shooting itself in the foot. FIRED WASHINGTON (JTA) German-bom John Koehler, who was a member of the Hitler Youth as a child, was dismissed from his White House job only five days after becoming President Reagan's communications director.

Services for Dr. J. Lewis Yager, 78, of 1511 N. 58th St., took place Wednesday at Beth El Cemetery. Dr. Yager, former chief psychologist at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha, died Tuesday of cardiac failure at Immanuel Medical Center, said his daughter, Mary Jaffe of Houston.

Dr. Yager, a graduate of the Rabbi Jack Josef Yeshiva in New York City, served as a member of the boards of the Jewish Day School, the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, and the Federation Library. As a LOVE volunteer, he also had conducted services for the residents of the Dr. Philip Sher Home for the Jewish aged. Dr. Yager received his PhD in child development from the University of Chicago. Other survivors include his wife. Pearl, and daughter, Eleanor Morse of Houston.

Dr. Yager worked at Veterans Hospital from 1951 On May 2, Mrs. Marvin until he retired in 1982. He and Boyd Breslow will give served full time on the a Kiddush luncheon honor- Douglas County Mental ing their mother, Mrs. Health Board from the early Sarah Breslow at the Tif- 19708 until last year and creth Israel Synagogue fol- was an alternate on the lowing Shabbat services. board at the time of his death. The Tifereth Israel Synagogue is looking for the following volunteers: Those willing to talk about Judaism and synagogue orientations to non-Jewish groups; a person willing to coorpreseasoned foods sold in MIFFLINTOWN, dinate synagogue fundrais- PENN.—Empire Kosher the United States. Aling efforts; people willing to Poultry has announced though MSG is generaUy serve on the hevrah kad- plans for removal of regarded as a nonharmful disha and to act as shomrin; monosodium glutamate ingredient, some consumers a bulletin editor; people to (MSG) from its lines of are particularly sensitive to do a Dvar Torah at Shabbat precooked, barbecued and , it and experience symptoms services. marinated chicken and tur- such as headache and mild stomach discomfort. key items. The South Street Temple After receiving several Until recently. Empire Religious School hosted Is- used MSG in only 15 comments from concerned raeli teenagers, Ofer processed items in its line of customers on its toll-free Shtrecker and Orit Gidron over 250 kosher poultry consumer helpline (1-800during a week in Lincoln as products. EMPIRE-4), Empire began participants in an internaMSG is a crystalline salt testing MSG-free recipes for tional youth mission or- used as a flavor enhancer in those cooked items containganized by the Israeli Minis- meat recipes. Especially ing the additive. Plans are in try for Foreign Affairs. popular in Oriental cuisine, progress to eliminate MSG MSG is commonly added to from the products in quesFor more than five years, many types of processed or tion by the end of 1987. over 500 confirmation students from Methodist churches throughout Nebraska visited the South NOW THE RESTAURANT THAT RRST Street Temple. Recently, <UVfeyOU FABULOUS nUED & GRILLED CHICKEN Rabbi Michael Joseph, asPROUDiy ANNOUNCES... sisted by Wendy Pearlman, explained Judaism to a visiting group.

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Dr. Samual Penchas, director-g;eneral of Hadassah Medical Organization, and Mrs. Carmela Kalmanson, national chair of the Zionist Affairs Department Qf Hadassah, will speak at the Midwest Area Cooperative's spring conference. The conference is April 26-27, at the Lincolnwood Hyatt Hotel.

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Jane Brooks selected for ARZA slate

Hadassah in Lincoln By Bert Lewis

The Lincoln Chapter of Hadassah will conduct Shabbat services May 1 at 8 p.m. at the South Street Temple to commemorate Recently, in this space, we talked about the feeling of mishpocha when suirounded by a large segment of our Jew- the 76th anniversary of the ish community. I'd like to take that a step further, and founding of Hadassah. share with you a beautiful experience we had on a recent Helen and Howard Sunday. Wenger of Hamburg, Iowa, We had been invited to attend a surprise 80th birthday will speak on their recent celebration for a longtime family friend, Rachel Bleicher. trip to Russia where they Her daughter was in charge and somehow, though the cel- contacted Jewish refuseebrant seldom misses a trick, this time she didn't catch on niks. As non-Jews, their pet^ to the plans underfoot! I'm not telling about this for the spective and information sake of describing her face when she was brought in to a will provide an interesting room filled with family and friends, singing happy birth- view of the situation there, day. Nor to describe a delightful brunch everyone shared. said Marcia and Cathy The thing I want to convey is the warmth and love which Kushner, co«halrmen. absolutely filled the room. A rec^tion will fdlow the The birthday lady has three children; the daughter who service. lives here and two sons, who don't. Of course the sons and their children were here, from points east. In addition, there were great-grandchildren who came from as far away as Israel. There were nieces and nephews and friends so close they too felt like family. There was an opporttmity for nearly everyone to express a few words about the honored guest and her role in their lives; each was dear and touching in its own way. There were highlights, of couse. A group of grandsons singing their feelings about their grandmother to the tune of "You Are My Sunshine". Their version was "You Are My Bobie" and it was funny and loving and adorable. Another highlight was the inclusion of two other birthdays. One of an old friend, to whom the assembled guests sang the traditional Happy Birthday, and the second was for a great-grandchild, lite rendition for the youngster was done in Hebrew and was simply charming. What can I tell you ...' there were many times when tears were near the surface. There were many occasions when the telling of this old tale or that brought laughter mixed with ' a tinge of sadness. There was sorrow expressed for the missing partner of more than a half century. But it was a really beautiful day and it celebrated the joy of friendship, of motherhood—and of the warmth of a gathering of mishpocha. Of a clan who didn't mind traveling across the globe to be with this special lady. What a gift What a mishpocha!

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Jane H. Brooks, of Omaha, has been chosen as one of more than 200 nationwide who will represent Reform Judaism on the ARZA slate, in the World Zionist

Congress electioos. The wife of Rabbi Sidney Brooks of Temple Israd, she is the immediate past president of District 120 of the National Federation of Temple Suterhoods (NFTS). Mrs. Brooks was named by AZRA in recognition of her commitment to Israel and service to Reform Judaism. ARZA—the Association of Reform Zionists of America—works to strengthen Israel politically and financially, with concern for promoting religious, rights and Progressive Judaism in Israel, and equitable funding for Israel's non-Orthodox religious institutions.

Mrs. Brooks is a board member of NFTS, the Omaha Jewish Federati(V and her Temple's Si8te)> hood. She has headed the Jewish Community Center Board of Directors. Mrs. Brooks was president and founder of the Eastern Nebraska Mental Health Association, chair of the Omaha Volunteer Bureau, and participated in such commiMty organizations as the Bureau For Aging, United Community Services, Planned Parenthood, the City Charter Review Committee and the Urban Affairs and Community Development Council of the Chamber of Commerce.

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Marty Skomal named Jewish theater director The National Foundation for Jewish Culture (NFJC) has selected Marty Skomal, JCC theater director and artist-in-residence as one of three judges for the 1987-88 Council of Jewish Theater's Play Commission competition. The purpose of the commission is to develop national interest in an award for contemporary Jewish theater. The NFJC has received applications from over SO playwrights, all of whom have previous theatrical publication to their credit. According to Mr. Skomal,

"The wide range of Jewish subject matter of the proposed plays, the high level of the applicants and broad diversity of theatrical voices and visions all contribute to making this competition both important and intensive." Mr. SkomEil was also chosen by the staff of the NFJC as a member of the steering committee for the newly formed Council of Jewish Theaters. The Council grew out of the need among Jewish theaters across the country, both amateur and professional, for mutual support and communication.

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Arab and Irishman give Israelis advice HAIFA — "Israel should set up a Palestine state alongside. It will be a weak state.'and you will have no administrative worries and nothing to fear." The speaker was Dr. Hatem Abu Ghazala, a physician, and identified as a Palestinian activist from Gaza. He was one of a number of speakers taking part in a stimulating twoday conference on the subject of "Irish and Jewish NaIn the past few weeks, the Jewish Press has pub- tionaUsm in the 20th Century; Politics, Religion and Terlished two articles by Dr. Oary A. Tobin, director of ror," sponsored by Haifa University. There were many on the panel who agreed with this the Center for Modem Jewish Studies at Brandeis "moderate" Arab, but in the subsequent heat of debate University. I wonder how many of our readers read the articles. some of the participants, departing from their carefully preThe first dealt with the "petty and nasty dimen- pared and polished diplomatic statements, revealed their sions of synagogue and temple politics; the second true feelings and policies in spontaneous, blurted-out statewith the unrealistic demands of congregants upon ments. Dr. Ghazala was one of these when, in response to a generous IsraeU "offer" to return the occupied territotheir rabbis. If you haven't read them, we have extra copies in ries, he retorted: "Even if you give us the West Bank and the Jewish Press office. If you have read them—now Gaza, we'll be getting only 18 percent of the land which we consider rightfully ours! what? Undoubtedly the central personality at the conference When someone with Dr. Tobin's credentials takes the time to prepare such material and goes through was a fighting Irishman, Conor Cruise O'Brien, whose rethe effort and expense of distributing the articles to cent boois on Israel, The Siege, became the major text of Jewish newspapers throughout the country, there the proceedings. At one session he categorized the two principal Arab attitudes toward the Middle East conflict. There must be a reason. His grievances are not restricted to one commu- are some Arabs, he said, who are willing to give peace in nity, but apply across the board to all Jewish com- return for territories, using this as a springboard for eventual action to take over the whole country. And there are munities in the United States. Although we are free in this country to practice other Arabs who say: "To hell with the springboard, we Judaism, to demonstrate through our own individual want it all now." Oblivious of O'Brien's warning, a nimiber of IsraeU Jewlives the exemplification of our reUgion, how many ish speakers urged withdrawal from the West Bank. One, of us practice what we preach? a Haifa University professor of geography was quite blunt. According to Dr. Tobin, not many. The articles point out that congregational and Jew- After describing the might of Syria's massed 4200 tanks, ish conununal life do not live up to the ideals of he went on: "As far as I am concerned, I am ready to leave the Golan Heights and the West Bank tonight. I say to Judaism. Too many are hurt rather than helped, too many Arafat and Abu Nidal—take it!" A member of the audience despair rather than hope, and too naany just don't asked if he really meant to let those 4200 tanks advance care to have the principles of Judaisna confront or up to the old border, overlooking the kibbutzim in the north and up to the perimeter of Ein Gev—especially in view of change their own opinions. It's a sad commentary upon Jewish life and per- what Dr. Ghazala had already said. And was he in earnest haps the message brought forth by Dr. Tobin should when he welcomed Arafat and Abu Nidal and perhaps be discussed throughout Jewish institutions in George Habash right up to ten miles east of Netanya? Both points of view drew applause from the Israeli auOmaha and elsewhere. dience. The right wing Israeli speakers were not dogmatic extremists. Even a maximalist like Ehud Olmert, noted that

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LOVE for all

Fifteen years ago, a small group of women decided to form a League Offering Volunteers for the Elderly (LOVE). The organization has grown throughout the years and now fulfills an important volunteer function at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The residents of the Home receive many benefits from the involvement of the volunteers in the LOVE program and the daily lives of both resident and volunteer are improved as a result. On AprU 30, LOVE'S 15th birthday will be celebrated with a crystal banquet at the Jewish Community Center for the residents, volunteers, and friends. In past years, the annual banquet reached seating capacity early, and indications are that this year will be no different. So, on your behalf, we will take this opportunity to wish ail the volunteers of LOVE best wishes on their anniversary and continued success with their program of helping the elderly.

Just a taste of matzo now and then

By Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks There are times when I think the fedings of a rabbi might better be carefuUy suppressed and controUed.. Like it or not, the rabbi is a symbol of both real and imagined ideals both on earth and in Heaven! He/she is the surrogate of the Almighty and is expected to survey aU matters human from the eternal perspectives. It does not always work that way. It cannot, for the sim-' pie reason that the rabbi, understood correctly, is possessed of no special spiritual powers and is as human as others. He/she is thm«fore entitled to human frailties and hun(ian feeUngs no less than others. If there be any distinction between rabbi and non-rabbi (I do not say "layman" because the rabbi is a layman) it is rightly expected that whatevo- the temperament of the rabbi may be, he/she must be expert in Jewish knowledge and by his/her Ufe example m word and deed teach Judaism as flawlessly as possible. ^~~ . If a rabbi errs in behavior he/she errs as a human being. The same holds true for the Jewish in general. Some are ^^ss^mightily distressed over the behaviw of so many Jews ^B (Founded inl 920) involved in Wall Street, Washington and international lack ^H Suzanne Singer of trust. " BovtJolDlnctora „Board, memtiersiOlivwPollak, , ^ „ „ . vice , p•«klem; ,., ^ aBert^,L«m.lfeaBuref;Su»an . o =Bud-j^ But what isj_i_j there to be nervous about? It is true that , i. i.i._ A i_!_ui,.;--.~J--* ci_j_.

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since the Arabs were not interested in any compromise, we were destined to remain in the West Bank for a long time. Under these circumstances, he favored reduction of tensions, firstly by avoiding settlement in thickly populated areas, which could lead only to confrontations, and secondly, by improving the quality of life for the Arabs there. O'Brien; "Conditions on the West Bank are far from intolerable. They are certainly more tolerable than conditions under many Arab regimes." Prof. Z. Kedar, of the Hebrew University, warned all the prophets of doom that they were basing thrir dire predictions on the assumption that prevailing circumstances would continue. In the past, who could have foreseen, even ' a short while before the events, that on establishment of the state so many Arabs would flee the coimtry; that the attack on Israel by Jordan in 1967 would lead to our occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank; that Sadat would come to Israel and make peace? Changes are going on all the time, he said. Nevertheless, there were speakers who were convinced that in a short period of time the Arabs would be a majority in the area, and Israel should be forewarned. A visiting lecturer from the U.S. noted how unreliable written history is: "History is written backwards," he observed. "Governments write today what they want to show should have happened," and that is how the account is recorded. The program was replete with stimulating speakers and observations. Hillel Kook (Peter Bergson), whose Hebrew Committee for National Liberation had challenged the Zionist establishment in the pre-state days, revealed that he still possesses unconventional ideas about the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Another speaker noted that since we speak of IsraeU Jews, IsraeU Arabs and Isradi Druzes, the country is in effect aheady a multi-national state. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz caUed attention to the paradox in the Zionist goaL to make the Jews a nation like other nations—yet to create a unique state, unlike others. The sponsors of the conference, Haifa University's Herd Institute for Advanced Zionist and Israel Studies, and the Reuben Hecbt Chair of Zionism, were lauded by President Chaim Herzog for creating a framework for honest debate, not theoretk^ in nature. MilUons of words are uttered in Israel each year on these various subjects, but few have been as direct, as frank, as thoughtful and as revealing as those deUvered by the more than thirty distinguished participants in this conference.

ness and removal from the temptations of ill gotten gain and betrayed trusts is a spiritu^ cleansing that will make our "light" to others shine a bit more brightly toward a better world.

He Jewish Frees reaerveB the right to eSt lettva tor reaaona of length or content. To the Editor Sylvia Wagner has weU rqiresented the Omaha community and our Jewish community for the past six years. Sylvia deserves our appreciation for her dedication and selfless service. Fortunately, we can continue with this important community representation through Warren Zweiback. Warren is bright, articulate and weU respected by the Omaha business community. It will be a close election and we urge everyone in District 6 to make a special effort to get to the poUs and vote for Warren Zweiback. Jack and Maida Cohen

Parent/infant class to begin April 30

of the best that is humsn. And yet it is equaUy sure that the prophet nor the Almighty could have expected us to be pierfect. Just the best of which we are c^>able. If that A class for mothers, and were not true our daily prayers would not include confession of sin and the praise of God who forgives us our back- babies aged 11-18 itaonths will begin at Temple Israel sliding. Thursday and run for sU On a personal level it is far too often lately that my own weeks, meeting hpm 9:30-11 feelings edge closer than I would wish to my "professional" a.m. rationality. Sessions will include age 1 am emotionaUy hurt more deeply than ever by the pain tqppropriate activitiM to enand death of long tlm? friends. I hurt when I see our Peo- hance social and motor skill ple not only bdng hurt but inflicting hurt on others, not development of the4:hildren just Jews, but lack of trust and by deceit and treachery in an atmosphere which will that by any standards of ethics are to be condemned. But incorporate Jewish values maybe we need just that to ponder to shake us up and and practices for the home. A portion of each class remind us that we can master our purposes in Ufe and to wiU be devoted to the disput in balance our capabiUties for both good and em. I write during Passover. We eUminate "chometz" from cussion of a parenting issue our diet. A kind of cleansing symboUcally. I wouldn't want relevant to participating adults in the group. During to eat matzo all year long: But a little "matzo" now and then, a Uttle extra kind- • discusskm time, the children

will be close at! hand, supervised by adult aides. FaciUtor for the class will be Mrs. Sherri Heidel, a registered pediatric nurse. The class is open to families with at least one Jewish parent. Participants need not be members of Temple Israel Registration is $26 for Temple Israel members and $30 for non-Temple members. Scholarship funds are available, the announcement stated. For additional information, contact Jane West, director of education, at Temple Israel (666-«636).

Apr* 24, 1M7

JCC annual sports award program

Todd Mogil holds the Harry Tmatiii award as the #1 Jewish Youth Council basketball player for 1987.

Dr. Moe Steinberg congratnlatea Jay Rubin, recipient of the Samuel S. Steinberg award as the outstanding midget basketball player.

Tom Law, JCC head Mark Dohir receives basketball coach con- the J.J. Greenberg gratulates Larry Kir- memorial award for the shenbsnm for being most improved 6th and named "most im- 6th grade midget proved" JCC Blue-Star basketball player. player.

Mark Saferstein presented the Jack M. Saferstein award to Mike Wehner as this years most improved 7th and 8th grade lAympic basketball player.

Bucky Greenberg presents Mitch Olson with the J J. Greenberg memorial-award as the outstanding 7th and 8th grade Olympic basketball player.

The singles connection The April issue of The Connector contains more , than 225 personal messages from Jewish singles from 21 to 73 years of age from 22 states, Washington, D.C., Canada and Israel. Also included in the 32page booklet are details about singles activities throughout the United ' States and trips for singles, application and subseription forms. ' The Midwest Jewish Singles Network, Inc., a nonprofit organization, was founded eight months ago by two sisters from Nebraska, Maty Fellman of Omaha and Annie Allen of

Lincoln. According to them "we will serve any Jewish single we hear from, wherever they may live. The more than 1,000 initial letters that have passed through our office to those placing personal messages indicates that singles are willing to correspond outside of their home-towns in order to meet that "someone special" ' Copies of the April issue are available to Jewish singes wishing to send their names, addresses and $2 for postage and handling to The Connector, P.O. Box 24331, Omaha, NE 68124.

Safety award presented [' Michael Stolp, of Council [.Bluffs, la., received the i B'nai B'rith safety leader[ ship award from Omaha businessman Ed Rosen at the 27th annual meeting and exhibition of the Safety and Health Council of Greater Omaha, Inc. Mr. Stolp, a former police

officer-accident investigator, also served in the Omaha Public Schools for 15 years, teaching driver education and drug education to juniors and seniors. He joined the Omaha Safety Council in 1973 to serve as the first instructor in the Court-sponsored defensive driving course.

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A benefit concert for the musicians of the Omaha Symphony will take place May 6 at 8 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Yuri Kraznapolsky, former Symphony conductor will conduct the orchestra in a program with selections from Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Suggested donations are $10, and $5 for seniors and students.

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ON TASK FORCE WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Dan Glickman (D-KS.) and Hal Daub (R-NE.) have been named by their colleagues as co-chairs of the Liability Insurance and Tort Reform Task Force. Last Year, the two lawmakers were founding members of this information-gathering, consensusbuilding group. COMPROMISE FALLS APART By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) A compromise deal between Labor and Likud which set the stage for a vote on the 33 billion Shekel ($23.8 billion) national budget, broke down at the last minute in a turmoil of bitter recriminations between the two coalition partners. INTERVIEWS TEL AVIV (JTA) - Premier Yitzhak Shamir said that he would order an investigation into interviews given by four Israelis to Joi> dan Television. Two are Knesset members, Abba Eban and Yossi Sarid. Shamir said that the investigation would find out whether Jordan Television has a reprosentative in Israel and if Israelis who appear on Jordan Television are contravening the law.

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THE CRY FROM THE STREET There seemed to be a melodic strain in the life of 24th street. Merchants of almost any field of endeavor announced their wares with loud and penetrating, almost musical cries from the street, their simple but effective means of telling everyone that they had goods or services for sale. Some of these vendors had routine schedules as to when they offered their product for sale. Others came when they came, be it once a month or once a year. The goods that they had for sale were either on a handdrawn cart, a horse and wagcm, back-pack or displayed over their arms or in a battered suit case, as they shouted out their wares. Remember Fresh Fish today!—Vegetables-tomatoes-com and radishes!—Fresh fruit-apples and oranges!-Watermelon! Watermdon! Sweet Watermelon—Sharpen your knives and sciss(x«I—Take a picture aa a pony! Rugs! Shawls! Linens! Silks from the Chient!—Ice for salel Pc^xxim and k»aream—Ice for sale—Milk and eggs! Fresh for your table!— The cry from the street, aided by the shout of "Extra!" as certain events became history, compositely wove a pattern of early enterprise on 24th street, where so many of these vendors moved into store ownership. The ped(Uers on the street cannot be forgotten in writing the scenario of nostalgia^

5erusalem A glimpse of Seder night with a Yemenite fanuly in Jerusalem will be a feature of this week-end's "H^o Jerusalem," Cox Cable Channel 7, Sunday at 2 p.m. Water sports available around Eilat is another feature, as is Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi. On Showcase, Simcha Dinitz and Moshe Arena speak to the Jerusalem meeting of the Confermce of Presidents of Jewish Organizations in America, and Mr. Dinitz interviews Morris Abrams, chairman of the organization. The program will repeat on Monday at 7 p.m.

Arab and Irishman give Israelis advice Articles for thought In the past few weeks, the Jewish Press has published two articles by Dr. Gary A. Tobin, director of the Center for Modem Jewish Studies at Brandeis University. I wonder how many of our readers read the articles.. The first dealt with the "petty and nasty dimensions of synagogue and temple politics; the second with the unrealistic demands of congregants upon their rabbis. If you haven't read them, we have extra copies in the Jewish Press office. If you have read them—now what? When someone with Dr. Tobin's credentials takes the time to prepare such material and goes through the effort and expense of distributing the articles to Jewish newspapers throughout the country, there must be a reason. His grievances are not restricted to one community, but apply across the board to all Jewish communities in the United States. Although we are free in this country to practice Judaism, to demonstrate through our own individual lives the exemplification of our religion, how many of us practice what we preach? According to Dr. Tobin, not many. The articles point out that congregational and Jewish communal life do not live up to the ideals of Judaism. Too many are hurt rather than helped, too many despair rather than hope, and too many just don't care to have the principles of Judaism confront or change their own opinions. It's a sad commentary upon Jewish life and perhaps the message brought forth by Dr. Tobin should be discussed throughout Jewish institutions in Omaha and elsewhere.

LOVE for all

Fifteen years ago, a small group of women decided to form a League Offering Volunteers for the Elderly (LOVE). The organization has grown throughout the years and now fulfills an important volunteer function at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The residents of the Home receive many benefits from the involvement of the volunteers in the LOVE program and the daily lives of both resident and volunteer are improved as a result. On April 30, LOVE'S 15th birthday will be celebrated with a crystal banquet at the Jewish Community Center for the residents, volunteers, and friends. In past years, the aimual banquet reached seating capacity early, and indications are that this year will be no different. So, on your behalf, we wiU take this opportunity to wish all the volunteers of LOVE best wishes on their anniversary and continued success with their program of helping the elderly.

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HAIFA - "Israel should set up a Palestine state along^ side. It will be a weak state,.and you will have no administrative worries and nothing to fear." The speaker was Dr. Hatem Abu Ghazala, a physician, and identified as a Palestinian activist from Gaza. He was one of a number of speakers taking part in a stimulating two-day conference on the subject of "Irish and Jewish Nationalism in the 20th Century: Politics, Religion and Terror," sponsored by Haifa University. There were many on the panel who agreed with this "moderate" Arab, but in the subsequent heat of debate some of the participants, departing from their carefully prepared and polished diplomatic statements, revealed their true feelings and policies in spontaneous, blurted-out statements. Dr. Ghazala was one of these when, in response to a generous Israeli "offer" to return the occupied territories, he retorted: "Even if you give us the West Bank and Gaza, we'll be getting only 18 percent of the land which we consider rightfully ours! Undoubtedly the central personality at the conference was a fighting Irishman, Conor Cruise O'Brien, whose recent book on Israel, The Siege, became the major text of the proceedings. At one session he categorized the two principal Arab attitudes toward the Middle East conflict. There are some Arabs, he said, who are willing to give peace in return for territories, using this as a springboard for eventual action to take over the whole country. And there are other Arabs who say: "To hell with the springboard, we want it all now." Oblivious of O'Brien's warning, a number of Israeli Jewish speakers urged withdrawal from the West Bank. One, a Haifa University professor of geography was quite blunt. After describing the might of Syria's massed 4200 tanks, he went on: "As far as I am concerned, I am ready to leave the Golan Heights and the West Bank tonight. 1 say to Arafat and Abu Nidal—take it!" A member of the audience asked if he really meant to let those 4200 tanks advance up to the old border, overlooking the kibbutzim in the north and up to the perimeter of Ein Gev—especially in view of what Dr. Ghazala had already said. And was he in earnest when he welcomed Arafat and Abu Nidal and perhaps George Habash right up to ten miles east of Netanya? Both points of view direw applause from the Israeli audience. The right wing Israeli speakers were not dogmatic extremists. Even a maximalist like Ehud Olmert, noted that

since the Arabs were not interested in any compromise, we were destined to remain in the West Bank for a long time. Under these circumstances, he favored reduction of tensions, firstly by avoiding settlement in thickly populated areas, which could lead only tfi confrontations, and secondly, by improving the quality of life for the Arabs there. O'Brien: "Conditions on the West Bank are far from intolerable. They are certainly more tolerable than conditions under many Arab regimes." Prof. Z. Kedar, of the Hebrew University, warned all the prophets of doom that they were basing their dire predictions on the assumption that prevailing circumstances would continue. In the past, who could have foreseen, even a short while before the events, that on estabhshment of the state so many Arabs would flee the country; that the attack on Israel by Jordan in 1967 would lead to our occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank; that Sadat would come to Israel and make peace? Changes are going on all the time, he said. Nevertheless, there were speakers who were convinced that in a short period of time the Arabs would be a majority in the area, and Israel should be forewarned. A visiting lecturer from the U.S. noted how unreliable written history is: "History is written backwards," he observed. "Governments write today what they want to show should have happened," and that is how the account is recorded. The program was replete with stimulating speakers and observations. Hillel Kook (Peter Bergson), whose Hebrew Committee for National Liberation had challenged the Zionist establishment in the pre-state days, revealed that he still possesses unconventional ideas about the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Another speaker noted that since we speak of Israeli Jews, Israeli Arabs and Israeli Druzes, the country is in effect already a multi-national state. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz called attention to the paradox in the Zionist goal: to make the Jews a nation like other nations—yet to create a unique state, unlike others. The sponsors of the conference, Haifa University's Herzl Institute for Advanced Zionist and Israel Studies, and the Reuben Hecht Chair of Zionism, were lauded by President Chaim Herzog for creating a framework for honest debate, not theoretKal in nature. Millions of words are uttered in Israel each yeJU' on these various subjects, but few have been as direct, as frank, as thoughtful and as revealing as those delivered by the more than thirty distinguished participants in this conference.

Just a taste of matzo now and then By Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks There are times when I thmk the feelings of a rabbi might better be carefully suppressed and controlled. . . Like it or not, the rabbi is a symbol of both real and imagined ideals both on earth and in Heaven. He/she is the surrogate of the Almighty and is expected to siu-vey all matters human from the eternal perspectives. It does not always work that way. It cannot, for the simple reason that the rabbi, understood correctly, is possessed of no special spiritual powers and is as human as others. He/she is therefore entitled to human frailties and human feelings no less than others. If there be any distinction between rabbi and non-rabbi (I do not say "layman" because the rabbi is a layman) it is rightly expected that whatever the tempwament of the rabbi may be, he/she must be expert in Jewish knowledge and by his/her life example in word and deed teach Judaism as flawlessly as possible. If a rabbi errs in behavior he/she errs as a human being. The sane holds true for the Jewish in general. Some are mightily distressed over the behavior of so many Jews involved in Wall Street, Washington and international lack of trust. But what is there to be nervous about? It i^rue that we Jews were mandated by the Almighty in words of Scripture to be a "light to the nations", i.e. to be the example of the best that is humsn. And yet it is equally sure that the prophet nor the Almighty could have expected us to be perfect. Just the best of which we are capable. If that were not true our daily prayers would not include confession of sin and the praise of God who forgives us our backsliding. On a personal level it is far too often lately that my own feelings edge closer than I would wish to my "professional" rationality. 1 am emotionally hurt more deeply than ever by the pain and death of bmg time friends. I hurt when I see our People not only being hurt- but inflicting hurt on others, not just Jews, but lack of trust and by deceit and treachery that by any standards of ethics are to be condemned. But maybe we need just that to ponder to shake us up and ren^ind us that we can master our purposes in life and to put in balance our capabiUties for both good and evil. I write during Passover. We eliminate "chometz" from our diet. A kind of cleansing symbolically. I wouldn't want to eat matzo all year long: But a little "matzo" now and then^ a little extra kind-

ness and removal from the temptations of ill gotten gain and betrayed trusts is a spiritud cleansing that will make our "light" to others shine a bit more brightly toward a better world.

The Jewish Preaa rtterrea tie right to edit htt»s lor naSODS of Imgtb or content. To the Editor Sylvia Wagner has well represented the Omaha community and our Jewish commimity for the past six years. Sylvia deserves our eqppredation for her dedication and selfless service. Fortunately, we can continue with this important community representation through Warren Zweiback. Warren is bright, articulate and well respected by the Omaha business community. It will be a close election and we urge everyone in DisWct 6 to make a special effort to get to the polls and vote for Warren Zweiback. Jack and Maida Cohen

Parent/infant class to begin April 30 A class for mothers, and babies aged 11-18 months will begin at Temple Israel 'Thursday and run for sue weeks, nwHitg from 9:30-11 a.m. Sessions will include age appropriate activities to enhance social and motor skill development of thechildren in an atmosphere which will incorporate Jewish values and practices for the home. A portion of each class will be devoted to the discussion of a parenting issue relevant to participating adults in the group. During •discussion time, the children

will be close at hand, super^ vised by adult aides. Fadlitor for the class will be Mrs. Sherri Heidel, a registered pediatric nurse. The class is open to families with at least one Jewish parent. Participants need not be members of Temple Israel Registration is $26 for Temple Israel members and $30 for non-Temple members. Scholarship funds are available, the announcement stated. For additional infonpatioh, contact Jane West, director of education, at l^mple Israel (656-6636). ^

Apltl 24, 1M7

JCC annual sports award program

Todd Mogil holds the Harry Tnistin award as the II Jewish Youth Conncil basketball player for 1987.

Dr. Moe Steinberg congratulates Jay Rubin, recipient of the Samnel S. Steinberg award as the outstanding midget basketball player.

Tom Law, JCC head basketball coach congratulates Larry Kirsbenbaum for being named "most improved" JCC Blue-Star player.

Mark Dahir receives the J.J. Greenberg memorial award for the most improved 5th and 6th grade midget basketball player.

Mark Saferstein presented the Jack M. Saferstein award to Mike Wehner as this years most improved 7th and 8th grade Olympic basketball player.

Bncky Greenberg presents Mitch Olson with the J J. Greenberg memorial award as the outstanding 7th and 8th grade Olympic basketball player.

The singles connection The April issue of The Connector contains more than 225 personal messages from Jewish singles from 21 to 73 years of age from 22 states, Washington, D.C., Canada and Israel. Also included in the 32page booklet are details about singles activities throughout the United States and trips for singles, application and subscription forms. The Midwest Jewish Singles Network, Inc., a nonprofit organization, was founded eight months ago by two sisters from Nebraska, Mary Fellman of Omaha and Annie Allen of

Lincoln. According to them "we will serve any Jewish single we hear from, wherever they may live. The more than 1,000 initial letters that have passed through our office to those placing personal messages indicates that singles are willing to correspond outside of their home-towns in order to meet that "someone special." ' Copies of the April issue are available to Jewish singles wishing to send their names, addresses and $2 for postage and handling to The Connector, P.O. Box 24331, Omaha, NE 68124.

Benefit concert A benefit concert for the musicians of the Omaha Symphony will take place May 6 at 8 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Yuri Kraznapolsky, former Symphony conductor will conduct the orchestra in a program with selections from Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Suggested donations are $10, and $6 for seniors and students.

Safety award presented Michael Stolp, of Council Bluffs, la., received the B'nai B'rith safety leadership award from Omaha businessman Ed Rosen at the 27th annual meeting and exhibition of the Safety And Health Council of Greater Omaha, Inc. Mr. Stolp, a former police

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im> THE CRY FROM THE STREET There seemed to be a melodic strain in the life of 24th street. Merchants of almost any field of endeavor announced their wares with loud and penetrating, almost musical cries from the street, their simple but effective means of telling everyone that they had goods or services for sale. Some of these vendors had routine schedules as to when they offered their product for sale. Others came when they came, be it once a month or once a year. The goods that they had for sale were either on a handdrawn cart, a horse and wagon, back-pack or displayed over their arms or in a battered suit case, as they shouted put their wares. Remember Fresh Fish todayl—Vegetablefl-tomatoes-com and radishesi—Fresh fruit-apples and oranges!—Watermelon! Watermdonl Sweet Watermelon—Sharpen your knives and scissors!—Take a pksture on a pony! Rugs! Shawls! Linens! Silks from the Orient!—Ice for sale! Pc^Kom and ice-cream—Ice for sale—Milk and eggs! Fresh for your table!— The cry from the street, aided by the shout of "Extra!" as certain events became history, compositely wove a pattern of early enterprise on 24th street, where so many of these vendors moved into store ownership. The ped^ers on the street cannot be forgotten in writing the scenario of noataigia^

gerusalem A glimpse of Seder night with a Yemenite family in Jerusalem will be a feature of this week-end's "Hello Jerusalem," Cox Cable Channel 7, Sunday at 2 p.m. Water sports available around Eilat is another feature, as is Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi. On Showcase, Simcha Dinitz and Moshe Arena speak to the Jerusalem meeting of the Conferoice of Presidents of Jewish Organizations in America, and Mr. Dinitz interviews Morris Abrams, chairman of the organization. The program will repeat on Monday at 7 p.m.

COMPROMISE FALLS APART By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) A compromise deal between Labor and Likud which set the stage for a vote on the 33 billion Shekel ($23.8 billion) national budget, broke down at the last minute in a turmoil of bitter recriminations between the two coalition partners. INTERVIEWS TEL AVIV (JTA) - Premier Yitzhak Shamir said that he would order an investigation into interviews given by four Israelis to Jordan Television. Two are Knesset members, Abba Eban and Yossi Sarid. Shamir said that the investigation would find out whether Jordan Television has a representative in Israel and if Israelis who appear on Jordan Television are contravening the law.

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Temple Israel SERVICES: 7;30 p.m., A Kindergarten, Grade One and Grade Two/Congregational Shabbat Dinner will be held at 5:45 p.m. followed by a special creative service conducted by Rabbi Barack and Cantor Firestone. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. Shabbat Morning Service— 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious School—Saturday, April 25—9 a.m., Sunday, April 26-10 a.m. Hebrew School—Gimmel, Monday, April 27—4 p.m.; Aleph, Tuesday, April 28-4 p.m.; Daled, Wednesday, April 29-4 p.m.; Bet, Thursday, April 30—4 p.m. Confirmation: Wednesday, April 29-6:30 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Scott Bradley Sacks, son of Monica E. Sacks and A. Michael Sacks, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25. BAT MITZVAH Tema Jeanpe Moss, daughter of Dale and Leonard Moss, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2.

PERSONALS the family of Samuel S. Resnick wishes to thank their friends for their kind expressions of support and sympathy during our recent period of bereavement, Sydelle Resnick and Barbara Kaiman

I would like to thank all my friends for their good wishes, cards, donations, flowers, gifts and calls while I was sick. Special thanks to Rabbi Paul Drazen for visiting me in the hospital. Love, Rosalie Newman

To all of my friends who have helped me through my ordeal with their contributions, gifts, cards and expressions of concern, I want to say thank you—thank you. My heart is full of gratitude, and I hope before long to be able to thank each of you individually. Rose Fine

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Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p.m. The D'var Torah will be given by Miriam Grossman. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush will follow the Service in the Social Hall. Youth Services, 10 a.m. Mincha, 8 p.m. The Mincha Service will follow the class with the rabbi at 7:15 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh Suedot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service, 9 a.m. The service is followed by breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. BABY NAMING A baby-naining ceremony will be held in honor of the birth of Jodi Ilise, daughter of Dr. Michael and Cheryl Levine at the Saturday morning service April 25. The congregation is invited to the Kiddush reception in honor of the baby-naming. LITTLE PEOPLE'S SERVICE The monthly "Little People's Service" will be held on Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.in. in the kindergarten room. Shirley Goodman is in charge of the Service. A Shabbos lunch will be served following the service to all the junior congregation. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SERVICE The annual community Yom HaShoa Holocaust Memorial Service will be held at Beth Israel Synagogue on Sunday evening, AprQ 26, at 7:30 p.m. INSTALLATION SERVICE The installation of the newly elected officers of Hadassah will be held at the Friday evening service May 1 at 8 p.m. The installation service will coincide with the 75th anniversary celebration of Hadassah. BAR MITZVAH The Bar Mitzvah of Shawn Bohbot, son of Menasse and Fanni Bohbot, will be held at Saturday morning services on May 2.

Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m., Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Mincha-Ma'ariv Services at 8:05 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m-. BNAI 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. Andrea Friedla^ider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Friedlander, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening'. May 1, and Saturday evening, May 2. OUTREACH CLASS The Outreach Class will meet on Sunday, May 3, at 10 a.m. The topic will be "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 402-563-3334.

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Parashat Shemini Three religious-Biblicalarchaeological societies brought together about 4,000 people—scholars, professors, teachers from all over the world—for a fourday conference in Atlanta, Ga., a few months ago. One country might have been expected to have a very large delegation, since its territory was the major subject of the studies and lectures presented. It didn't. Only three of its people showed up. There is no direct connection between this curiosity and our Sidrah. But there is this: Near its end our Sidrah repeats the familiar Biblical demand: Be holy, for I (the Lord) am holy. Certainly holiness implies, at the very least, honesty and openness. Scientists, excq>t for military reasons, think that science transcends borders, and discoveries should be shared with mankind. Certainly we would be appalled if a medical breakthrough should be hoarded and not shared with suffering people in this country or that, because they live in undeveloped countries, or even "enemy" countries. And musicians feel that music ' penetrates td! borders. Some of us feel that the "national character" of certain musical styles and the evil reputMion of some composers make a difference. I have some sympathy for Israelis and other Jews who do not care to play or to listen to the intoxicating

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Shimon Peres at the behest of Masarwa's mentor, Minister-Without-Portfolio Ezer Weizman. Peres and his advisors have been seeking for some time a qualified Arab Israeli, to join the Israeli foreign service, as part of Israel's efforts to accord the Arab minority more rights and privileges and to improve Israel's image abroad in regard to the treatment of its Arab citizens. There are about 760,000 Arabs living in Israel today.

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that to synagogue aftiliatioB and aodal mobility. The picture that emerges is of a community divided against itaeU. A German RefonQ elite with charitable intentions was resented by the sensitive Eastern European Orthodox Jews who arrived later. Class origins rather than cultural or religous differences may have prompted the hostility. They Uved in different neighborhoods. German Jews av<Hded mixing socially with Russians. The Orthodox community was also fragmented by disagreements over rituals. Unification was attempted throui^ a kdiiUa, forming a Jewish political bloc, creating a Fellowship Club, and the establishment of United Jewish Charities in 1899. Eastern Europeans rejected these goodwiU efforts and established their own charities and boycotted the UJC until it was reorganized into the Jewish Welfare Federation in 1926. These divisions were eventually overcome by the common Jewish need to cooperate for overseas relief and to combat local anti-Semitism Antj-Semitism stemmed from age-old antagonisms with the Poles. Jewish peddlers were beaten and even killed. lulled. Economic Ucononuc depres-

JCC will present Avodah dancers sions and the uiqnedictable fortunes of the automobile hiduatry exascerbated tensions. During the economic crisis of 1914-16, a total of 11,491 people—more than one thind of Detroit's immigrant Jewish community—applied for reUef. Jews got on well with their Italian and Black neighbors. Of particular interest to Omahans is Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, rabbi at Omaha's Tenq)le Israel for seven years before becoming rabbi of Deticit's Tenqile Beth El, which he served from 1898 to 1948. Beth El was ultrareform and for a while services were held on Sunday. Rabbi Franklin's policy was more traditional. A neighbor of Henry Ford, he received gifts of a new sedan car after 1913, until 1920, when he turned it down because of the scurrilous attacks against the Jews in Ford's newspaper. The Dearborn Independent. Rockaway's goal of describing Detroit's major Jewish religious, educational, social and philanthropic institutions, and its leaders has been achieved. His book is a welcome addition to the growing library of urban Jewish history. A copy of this book is available at the Jewish Federation Library.

The Jewish Community Center will present the Avodah Dance Ensemble, a five-member, New Yorkbased company, in two performances: Saturday, May 2, at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. A receptiao will fallow the Saturday evening performance. The performances are made possible with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council. Avodah has performed throu^out the United States mth a rqwrtcare that combines the religious and the secular. Selections to be performed in Omaha include "Noshing," a comic look at how people manage to eat and talk at' the same time, and a piece entitled "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," inspired by a group of poems written by children of the Terezin concentration camp during World War II, Founder and director, Dr. Jo Anne Tucker, attended the Julliarrf School of Music and holds a Ph.D. in theater from the University of Wisconsin. Fourteen years ago she began experimenting with the use of modem dance in Jewish ritual and prayer. This synthesis of dance and worship has evolved into what Dr. Tucker dc Tucker describes as "an ex-

UAHC magazine traces the history and evolution of the synagogue When, where and why did the synagogue come into existence? The current issue of Keeping Posted, published by the Union of Anierican Hebrew Congregati<ms, is devoted to the history of the synagogues and its evolving role over the centuries. Scholars disagree on the origins of the synagogue, acceding to the magazine. While most scholars place the synagogue's emergence in sixth-century Babyk>nia, "some believe it originated in seventh-century BCE Judea, while still others think the synagogue can be traced to third-century Egypt." Although not mentioned

in the Hebrew Bible, the synagogue is rightly called "the spiritual mother of the church and the mosque," Keeping Posted says. The magazine points out that unlDce the Temple—God's house—the synagogue was simply a meeting place ("synagogue" is a Greek word denoting a place of assembly) where congregants called God into being through prayers, ceremonies and the reading and studying of the Torah. At these . early synagogues, which replaced the one centralized Temple in Jerusalem, democraticallydected scholars, later called rabbis, began to take the

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It's pot only the U.S. Surgeon General who cautions against smokhig. A number of Conservative rabbis and their congregational boards have banned smoking in their synagogues at any time, including social gatherings, according to Rabbi Akiva Lubow, secretary of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis. Moreover, said Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, RA executive vicepresident. Conservative rabbis regularly devote sermons to the hazards of smoking and seek to persuade congregants to stop. They are bolstered by the Law and Standards Committee's responsum (ruling) last June that warns against smoking. The responsum was based on a report by former chairman Rabbi Seymour Siegel, who concluded that Jews are forbidden from using any substance harmful to the body. Siegel cited reports by U.S. Surgeon General on the dangers of smoking. He recommended that Jewish ethics and law "could" prohibit the use of tobacco and that "smoking should be strongly discouraged in synagogues, Jewish schools and Jewish gathering places." The responsum declared that movement leaders "fervently hoped that the consideration of health, risk and dangers to health by smoking might become internalized so that those who now shorten their lives by use of cigarettes will hear God's command and. will stop smoking." Yet the committee decided not to ban smoking, but rather to issue a warning. Lubow explained that the committee was reluctant to promulgate a ruling likely or certain to be widely violated. The nicotine in tobacco is addictive, he explained. Kelman considered the ruling an effort to mobilize "moral force" behind the anti-smoking endeavors of the movement, hoping it might lead more rabbis and boards to prohibit smoking inside their synagogues. Independently, Conservative Rabbi Aaron Gold of Tifereth Israel Congregation in San Diego came to the same conclusions about smoking, according to the Orange County Jewish Heritage. He declared that: "Many rabbis are known smokers. They must be aware what cigarette smoking does to the body." Gold asked the Law and Standards Committee to rule on the kashrut of smoking. Lubow said he wasn't surprised that Gold was unaware that the committee already had

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Retire at age 90? Not George Burns By Gerry Mprris You might say that George Burns is the Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Joe Dimaggio of the entertainment world. He is a standout in every departmentradio, television, movies, records, night clubs—and is the author of six best-selling books. Burns hasn't just improved with each of his 90 years, he ba,s blossomed. Possessing impeccable timing, Bums manges skillfully not to cross the fine line that separates the naughty old man from the dirty one, although sometimes he comes perilously close. Like 30 many old-time Jewish-American comedians and song-writers, Bums began on the sidewalks of New York. Born Nathan Birnbaum, he grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhatten and left school after the fourth grade. His pious father, a parttime cantor and synagogue functionary who emigrated from Poland, died when George was 7. "If I said my father was the worst provider in the world, I'd be lying." recalled George, "but only a little. It wasn't that he didn't love us, because he did, very much so, but trifles like food, rent and clothing never even crossed his mind." The family survived, Burns said, because "My mother was a remarkable lady, with a great sense of humor, and she had a way of

solving problems and you didn't even know she was doing it." The young Bums also helped. "When I was a kid, I had to hustle to make money for my family," he remembered. "I was the breadwinner in a family of 12. I went into show business and the others went to school." In fact, he began singing in the streets, saloons and ferry boats at age 7 with the Pee Wee Quartet. He struggled with a cons-' tantly changing act until 1923; when he teamed up with Oracle Allen, then an unemployed' 17-year-old Irish-American actress and daughter of a song-anddance man. Initially, Bums was the comic and Gracie "the straight man," but they reversed roles after the first performance—when she drew all the laughs. Bums, with his raspy voice and dry , delivery, and the scatterbrained Gracie were perfect foils. They were married in 1926. They first entered the developing medium of radio as guests on Eddie Cantor's program in 1931. Their audience appeal was great, and they were signed to appear on the Rudy Vallee and Guy Lombardo shows. The next year, they signed for their own CBS program, and they were regulars on radio and TV until Gracie retired in 1958. Her death, as well as that of comedian Jack Benny, were the biggest blows in Bums' life.

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Sound of Music The Rogers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music, now playing at the Upstairs dinner theater, is the story of the seven Von Trapp children, their stem captain father, and their new governess, Maria, who brings warmth and music back into the Von Trapp

home. Among the players are at left, back row. Dawn Buller, Jennifer DeChant, Katie Howard, and Brian Gioffoglione; front row, Leslie Pieper, Anna Perilo and Chesley Thomas. At right. Barb Johnson and John Morrissey.

Host families sought for international students Host Families are being sought for high school students from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Erance, Italy, Ecuador, Australia and Japan for the school year 1987-88 in a program sponsored by the American Intercultural Student Exchange (AISE). The students, ages 16 through 17, wiU arrive in the United States in August, 1987, attend a local high school, and return to their home countries in June, 1988. The students, all fluent in English, have been screened by their school representatives in their home countries, have spending money and medical insurance.

Host Families may deduct $50 per month for income tax purposes. AISE is also seeking American high school students ages 15 through 17, who would like to spend a high school year in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain or Australia or participate in a five-week summer host family stay throughout Western Europe. Families interested in either program should telephone toll free: 1-800-2273800. American Intercultural Student Exchange (AISE) is a non-profit tax exempt educational organization dedicated to fostering international understanding.

Elected Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religions Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, D.C., has been elected to the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was announced this week by Benjamin Hooks, NAACP ezecntive director. Mr. Hooks called the Reform Jewish official "an outstanding leodor in the struggle for human rights and the strengthening of relations between the black and Jewish communities."

IMMUNITY TEL AVIV (JTA)-Jerusalem police have recommended that Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the extremist Kach Party, be stripped of his parliamentary immunity so that he can be brought to trial on charges of indtement to violence. DIES AT IW TEL AVIV (JTA) - The oldest resident of Israel died Feb. 2. Dib Ali Jordan of the Arab village of Jisr Zerka, south of Haifa, had a fruitful lifetime of 119 years and his descendants are said to number in the thousands. He fathered his youngest son at the age of 92. DEPORTATION WASHINGTON (JTA)Moves for the deportation of convicted Nazi war criminal Carl Linnas picked up fresh support on Capital Hill as several Congressmen signed a letter to Attorney General Edwin Meese III urging he act immediately.

The American Jewish Congress says it is "deeply distressed" by a CBS "60 Minutes" segment March 22 because it claims the program suggested that only a relatively small number of Soviet Jews are unhappy with life in the Soviet Union. A statement by Theodore R. Mann, president of AJCongress, said the segment, featuring Mike Wallace, presented a "simplistic and inaccurate picture" of Soviet Jewish reality and was dedicated "to sweeping aside painful evidence of decades of anti-Jewish discrimination and oppression." The statement asserted it

has never been denied by American Jewish organizations that some Jews are satisfied with Soviet life and do not wish to leave. But it noted that the "key concern" is with the "400,000 Jews who have requested and received invitations from Israel" and with additional hundreds of thousands "who may wish to leave but are fearful of even expressing such a desire." Mr. Mann's statements also questioned the candor of "satisfied" Jews interviewed by Mr. Wallace, contending they were fully aware that their conunents "would eventually be seen and heard by the Soviet government."

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The statistics are staggering: One in every six couples in America is infertile. After medical treatment, half may eventually give birth to their owh natural child. But for the remaining couples, frustrated that miracle medical technology cannot help them, and desperate, the answer is adoption. In Jewish law, adoption is considered a great mitzvah, but this road, too, is difficult to travel. After interviews with public and Jewish adoption agencies, lawyers, doctors and adoptive parents, the consensus is that there are virtually no healthy white babies and few Jewish babies available to Jewish couples through adoption agencies. Most states require that a child be placed with adoptive parents of the same racial and ethnic background as the birth mother. Only Catholic adoption agencies are placing newboms for adoption in any number. Some Jewish couples have chosen to adopt hard-to-place children who are physically, emotionally or mentally handicapped. They are available from public agencies. So Jewish couples, from Reform to Orthodox, have sought other routes to adoption. Some couples adopt privately within the U.S., while others adopt foreign babies. Larry Gellerstein, president of the New York City chapter of the Adoptive Parents Conunittee and an adoptive parent himself, estimates that to adopt an American baby privately costs from $7,000 to $12,000, while a foreign adoption runs between $5,000 and $15,000. Adoptions from a public agency, including legal fees, is estimated at one-half that cost. . GaUerstein, whose group runs workshops on different adoption alternatives, quotes a success rate of 100 percent for those couples seriously seeking to adopt. Most couples, he adds, usually can find a healthy infant within 18 months and frequently within six months. Gellerstein and other adoptive parents reject the alternative of surrogate mothers, because of the difficulty of adopting the newborn. One adoptive father suggests that those who turn to surrogate ptu-enting "cannot cope with adoption." For adoptions within the U.S., couples are trying unorthodox, but legal, methods. Some couples place classified ads in riiral newspapers offering themselves as adoptive parents for a baby. Other couples organize a

letter campaign to obstetricians, lawyers and ministers throughout the United States explaining their search for a newborn. While no state permits selling of babies, adoptive parents may legally pay the birth mother's medical and living expenses during pregnancy. Foreign adoptions are another alternative. Alan and Noreen Spiegelman are co-presidents of the Westchester/Rockland (N.Y.) chapter of the Adoptive Parents Committee. Alan remembers their first interview at an American adoption agency nine years ago. There were 30 couples in the room. The social worker told them bluntly that only one couple could expect to receive a newborn from her agency, after a wait of five to seven years. The Spiegelmans turned to an adoption agency in Colombia. "Anyone who adopts is a special person, but even more so if it is a foreign adoption because the child does not look like you," he says. They waited eight months for their son. Two years later, they had a 28-month wait for their daughter. In foreign countries, the wait is usually longer for a girl baby than a boy, Spiegelman explains. The Spiegelmans say that there have been no acceptance problems of their children, either within their families or their Reform synagogue. Spiegelman says that couples in his group are having success in adopting babies from Colombia, Chile and Mexico. India and Korea also are sources. He acknowledges some of the horror stories about foreign adoption agencies misrepresenting the age and health of the babies available. However, he asserts, the vast majority of foreign adoptions are successful and the foreign agencies well-intentioned. Aaron Britvan, a New York lawyer and adoptive parent himself, also challenges the myth that the average infertile couple cannot find or afford to adopt a healthy infant. But, he adds that for most-Jewish couples who want to adopt a "good healthy white newborn," private adoption is the only route. He disputes the concept that private adoption is risky for the adoptive parents because the birth mothers will renege on her decision to give the child up for adoption. "The number of (private) placements within this country is astronomical," he says, and the great majority are without problems. Britvan says that generally nonJewish birth mothers have no objections to adoption of

their children by Jewish conples except for some bomagain Christians and Southern Baptists. Rabbi Milton Polin, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, the national association of Orthodox rabbis, says that the religious requirements for adoption differ if the baby is Jewish or not Jewish. (The Conservative movement follows the same religious requirements.) If the child is Jewish, he believes it important to "place the child as far from the conununity" of the birth mother as possible. This is to avoid the possibility that the adopted child, when grown, could meet and marry a sibling. In addition, Polin says that the rabbi dealing with the adoptive parents should determine, if possible, if the child is a "mamzer," that is, the product of an illicit relationship where the birth mother and birth father could not marry under Jewish law. This would be true in the case of adultery or incest. The concern about legitimacy is applicable only if the birth mother is Jewish. (A mamzer is not permitted under Jewish law to marry another bom Jew, but rftther only a convert. Further, the designation of mamzer continues through succeeding generations.) In addition, if possible, the rabbi should determine if the natural father is a "kohen" or "levite." If the birth mother is not Jewish, explains Polin, then the adopted child must undergo conversion. Unlike for an adult seeking to convert, there are no study requirements for a child under barA)at mitzvah age. Jewish law requires a boy to be circumcised. Both boys and girls must be inunersed in a mikvah in the presence of a Beth Din (three Jewish males, preferably ordained rabbis.) Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor, associate director of the New York Federation of Reform Synagogues, says that while the Reform movement does not have formal conversion reqiiirements for adopted children under bar/bat mitzvah age, many Reform Jews bring the child to the synag^>gue to be named in a ceremony that the adoptive parents write themselves. Bretton-Granatoor explains ta adoptive parents the current controversy in Israel and among Orthodox Jews over the validity of conversions performed by Conservative and Reform rabbis, even if the conversions strictly follow the Orthodox requirements.

(Q)2ma^lks!^ ©r^am^attloa^ MAMALOSHEN Mamaloshen will not meet on May 3 as the Jewish community will be celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut at the JCC starting at 12:15 p.m. and concluding with the Avodah Dance Ensemble starting at 6. p.m. NCJW NCJW will elect officers and board members for the 1987-1988 year April 28 at the Boys Town Center Auditorium. Carolyn Novicoff, director of Community 3, the Girls' imit at Boys Town, will moderate a panel discussion on "Developmental Stages of Adolescence and Young

Adulthood." Panelists are Mary Jacobson, chairman of National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth; Nancy Thompson, a psychologist in private practice; and Morgan Hecht, ACSW consultant to social agencies and businesses. Each will address specific stages of adolescence. A 45-ininute question-and-answer period will follow. The box lunch is $4.75. Reservations should be made by April 24 to Beth Ginsberg, 493-9111; Sharon Epstein, 496-0906; Judy Moore, 496-1731; Marcia Cohen, 397-1495.

HADASSAH Council Bluffs Hadassah will hold its annual linen shower luncheon May 7 at 12:15 p.m. in the Lakeshore Country Club. Betty Davis, public relations director, Omaha History Museum, will present the program. Mrs. Edward Tepperman said the shower is considered a highlight of the year and that the group looks forward to having Omaha friends attend. For reservations and information, contact Rose Katelman 322-4735 or Edythe Krasne 323-9172.

Tour guide published Prominent American Jewish leaders, tour operators and the Hon. Joan Carlos Fernandez, Consnl General of Argentina, were among the guests of Aerolineas Argentinas at a reception early in December, markiiig the pnblication by the airline of "Argentina: A Guide for the Jewish Traveler" written by Milton Jacoby. The illustrated brochure, intended for the vast U.S. and Canada tourist market, details the many facets of Jewish life in Argentina; its history, its places of worship, clubs, cultural attractions, restaurants, its schools and institutes. Names, addresses and telephone numbers, in Buenos Aires and several other dties, are included to make it a handy and practical tool for the traveler. From left: Rabbi William Berkowitz, president. American Jewish Committee; Hon. Juan Carlos Fernandez, Consul General of Argentina; Milton Jacoby, author of the guide; and Autnro M. Mnzzio, general manager, North and Central America, AtfoUneas Argentinas.

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Women plan leadership conference Members of the Ad Hoc Phuming Committee of the Leadership Conference of National Jewish Women's Organizations arc shown at their leeeat meeting fai New Yorii at which they approved plans for an April Leadership Conlerence In New York on "Women in Work: Issues for Conununity AcUon," to be heated by Na'amat USA (formerly Pioneer WomenffJa'amat). They are (L-R): Rheta Bank of Larchmont, N.Y., vice preddent of B'nai B'rith Women; Gloria Elbling of PIttabnrgh, Pa., national preddent of Na'amat USA and chairwoman of the Ad Hoc Committee; and Jndy Hertz of New York City first vice president of the Natloaal Federation of Temple Siateriiooda. •urn ^-a/

SPONSOR FOREST Two major Norwegian newspapers have undertaken the sponsorship of a forest in Israel initiated by the Jewish National Fund of Norway to honor author, lecturer. Holocaust survivor and recent Nobel Prizewinner Eli Wiesel. PRISONERS RELEASED NEW YORK, NY - The Syrian government has released five Jews detained in Syrian prisons, according to former President Jimmy Carter, who had been asked to intercede in their behalf

by the Anti-Defamation longer be considered refugees since they all automatLeague of B'nai B'rith. ically become Israeli dtizens once they leave the USSR. REFUGEE STATUS WASHINGTON (JTA) The Israeli government's efRETIREMENT AGE forts to get the United TEL AVIV (JTA) - The States to end the practice of Knesset marked' Internaproviding refugee status for tional Women's Day by Soviet Jewish emigrants enacting a law equalizing who do not go to Israel does the retirement age of not appear to have much women and men. Until now, chance of succeeding in the men retired at 65 and forseeable future. women at 60. Under the new During his recent visit to measure, women may work the U.S., Israeli Premira- until age 66 unless they Yitzhak Shamir strongly choose to take their penurged that Soviet Jews no sions at 60.