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Jewish comrrnjnity celebrates Israel's 39th birthday San Kaplan (left) and Morris RadcnMn raise the Americaii flag daring the edebration ot Israel's 99th birthday at the Jewish Conmraaity Centtw Sanday. IVy are membw8 of Epstein-lMorgaii Post, Jewish War Vetwans.
The beatification of Edith Stein: ramifications for Catholic-Jewish relations By Judith Hershcopf Banki Associate National Interreligious Affairs Director The American Jewish Committee Edith Stein was bom into an Orthodox Jewish household in Breslau on Yom Kippur, 1891. She was the youngest of 11 children, seven of whom survived infancy. Her father died when she was not yet two years old. Her mother took over and ran the family business and she was left in the care of an older sister. A brilliant, precocious and ambitious child, she was continually tkwarted in her efforts to achieve academic recognition by on anti-Semitic headmaster who refused to award her the prizes she deserved. By the age of 21, she had emerged as an agnostic intellectual with feminist leanings. She became an intellectual disciple of Edmund Husserl, founder of the philosophical school of phenomenology, transferring from the University of Breslau to the Univerisity of Gottingen in 1913 to study under him, and eventu:ally became his assistant at the University of Freiburg, where she received her doctorate in philosophy at the age of 25. Husserl was himself a convert to Roman Catholicism, and the intellectual-philosophical circle in which Edith Stein moved included several other converts. These professors and friends influenced her strongly, as did reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila. On January 1, 1922, she was baptized, taking the name of Teresa. Unable to secure a university position because of her feminist assertiveness, Edith Stein found a teaching post in a Dominican convent school in Speyer. She taught novices and young women. She wrote and lectured in support of women's and Catholic education; she also translated writings by John Cardinal Newman and Thomas Aquinas and attempted to reconcile phenomenology with Thomist philBophy. By 1931, she was quite well known as a feminist and a scholar. For a brief time she taught at the German Institute at Munster, but was abruptly suspended from her post in 1933 whrai the Nazi racial laws excluded Jews from public office. That year, she entered the Carmelite convent in Cologne and became Sr. Teresa Benedicts of the Cross. After Kristallnacht, she fled with her sister, Rosa—also a conirert to Catholicism—to a convent in Echt, Holland, and asked the h^lp of Swiss friends to get them into a convent ID Switzerland. However, on August 2, 1942, she and.her lister were deported, along with all other non-Aryan members of Catholic orders in Holland. Edith and Rosa were taken to Auschwitz, gassed and cremated within a few days (rf their arrival There are two major sources of Catholic-Jewish friction In the Edith Stein story. One has to do with her own attitudes towards Jews and Judaism and her understanding rf the reasons for Nazi persecution of the Jews. The other las to do with a major reason being advanced for her watiiBcatiMi. On the first point, the record is incomplete, •nd (here ai^ many assertions that cannot be proved. Stein [a reputed to have considered Nazi persecution as the fulSllnwnt of the curse whidh the Jewish people called down (Continaed on Page 91
Faculty and studeats of the Friedd Jewish Academy sing following the flag-raising ceremony at the JCC Sunday. Other Yom Ha'atanant activities took place huide the building.
Peres and Hussein have reportedly worked out elements of agreement JLIERUSALEM <JTA> -^ 1>heIsradi media reportedele- pedoing the peace process." The-statement added that niients ot an agreement reportediy reached between Foreign those efforts were doomed to failure, an impUcation that Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan on an . there was a deliberate campaign afoot to wreck negotiainternational conference for Middle East Peace. The two tions by publishing rumor. were said to have met recently in London. The media report referred variously to a working paper But Peres' office issued a strong denial later in the day. or memorandum of understanding which sets the terms of It said the report of an agreement between Peres and Hus- reference and procedures for convening an international s«un in London was "without foundation" and "part of the conference and has the backing of the United States. production of a nunor and speculation factory, aimed at torAccording to the media, the United Nations Secretary General will summon the five permanent memt>ers of the Security Council-U.S., USSR, Britain, France and the People's Republic of China—and the parties in the Middle East to a conference .aimed at achieving a comprehensive peace settlement in the region based on Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 and providing for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. The conference will serve as an opening and introduction to meetings of bilateral committees, each composed of Israel and an Arab neighbor. The bilateral committees would attempt to resolve the outstanding differences between the parties in order to reach a comprehensive settlement. Israel Radio reported that the memorandum contained a secret annex that includes a Jordanian undertaking to Israel not to include on the Jordanian negotiating team mtoibers of the Palestine Liberation Organization, whose presence would cause Israel to immediately break off the talks. But there was no commitment that Israel would have advance knowledge of the Palestinian representatives in the Jordanian delegation, Israel Radio said. It said the annex was an American document conveyed by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering to Premier Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Peres. Likud has charged that the entire plan is Peres' and that Pickering in effect served as a "postman" between the Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister.
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Na'amat Spiritual Adoption Governor Kay Orr prodaims June 7 as Na'amat Spiritual Adoption Day in recognition of the organization's many years of pravfding sodal services in Israel. Accepting on behalf of Shoshanna Chapter is Edith Rogert.
In separate meetings Wednesday night, Omaha's two B'nai B'rith Lodges, Comhusker and Henry Monsky, agreed to continue merger talks. Comhusker has about 200 members and- Henry Monsky about 400.
Transcript A transcript of Elie Wiesel's press conference appears on Page 5.
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Miep Gies, with AUSOD Leslie Gold, Aaae Frank Remembered, the Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987, $17.95. reviewed by Oliver B. Pollak. Indifference to suffering, silence and inactivity in the face of evil, was the response of the majority of the Christian population in Europe to the tragedy that befell the Jews at the hands of the Nazis. Some Christians, a precious minority, asserted their self respect, and came forward to hide and secretly assist Jews. Miep Gies protected the Frank family from 1942 un-
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til their arrest on August 4, 1944. Miep asserts that she was not a hero. She and her husband Henk were ordinary people who were outraged by German actions. Henk was a social worker in Amsterdam and a member of the Resistance. About 20,000 other Dutch people helped to hide Jews. Miep was born in Vienna in 1909. A sickly child, she was sent, at the age of 11, to Amsterdam for her health. She thrived in Holland. In 1933, she went to work for Otto Frank, a German refugee, who had a business that distributed pectin' for jammaking and spices for sau-
Lyon Jewish community Holocaust exhibition PARIS (JTA)-The Jew- the court. Conferences and ish community of Lyon is seminars will be organized mounting an extensive exhi- in connection with the exhibition on the Holocaust to bition. There will also be coincide with the trial of recorded testimonies to the Nazi war criminal Klaus Holocaust, including £hat of Barbie, the "butcher of Simone Veil, former PresiLyon," which is scheduled dent of the Parliament of Europe, who is an Auschto open there on May 11. According to the or- witz survivor. ganizers, the exhibition is. intended to remind the pubBarbie, who was taken lic, the media and the jurors into French custody after of the Nazi era and to refuse his expulsion from Bolivia denials of the Holocaust in February, 1983, has been which Barbie's lawyer, Jac- charged with war crimes ques Verges, may resort to and crimes against humanin his arguments for the de- ity. As Gestapo chief in fense. Lyon during the Nazi occuMayor Francisque Co- pation, he was responsible lomb of Lyon announced for the deportation gf that he would cooperate French Jews, including chilfully with the organizers. dren, to death camps and They will be allowed to erect the murder of a French rea temporary shelter close to sistance leader.
sage. Otto brought his wife, Edith, and their daughters, Margot and Anne, from Aachen, Germany. Miep describes the "razias" in which the Germans and the Green Police would round up Jews and disloyal Dutch. In her own apartment she protected Karel van der Hart, a Christian student, who had refused to sign a loyalty oath to Germany. Jews had to wear the yellow patch, give up their bicycles, and perform humilitating tasks. Miep became suspect because she refused to join the Nazi Girls Club. The Franks, van Daans and the dentist Dussel, eight people in all, went into hiding above the store, in what Anne called the Annex. Miep describes the deprivation of internal exiles and the difficulties of finding sufficient food for them. Miep had a special relationship with the Franks and she describes the atteinpts to celebrate birthdays, wedding anniversaries and St. Nicholas Day. Reading, writing and chess, and listening to BBC and Radio Orange on the radio after the workers below had gone home occupied the prisoners. By the winter of 1944-46 the Germans had decreed that Dutchmen
shall subsist on 600 calories a day. The hideout was betrayed and on August 4, 1944, the Franks were sent tp Auschwitz and Bergen ^elsen. Ordy Otto Frank survived. Miep preserved the diary and other loose pages of Anne's writing in an office desk. She could not bear to read it and only did so some time after it was published. Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam in 1946 and lived with Miep and Henk until 1953 when he remarried, a survivor of Auschwitz, and went to live with his mother in Basel, Switzerland. It is unfortunate that the author waited so long before telling this interesting story. Inevitably much is lost by the passing of time. This is the story of an individual who acted courageously and properly in times of crises. She adds another facet to the tragedy of the Holocaust and more particularly, the experience that has been immortalized in the Diary of Anne Frank. The 46 illustrations include documents, manuscripts and protraits. This book has been provided for review courtesy of Little Professor Book Center, Baker Square, and is also available in the Jewish Federation Library.
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Performance presented Ernest Bloch's "Avodath Hakodeah" (Sacred Service) was performed, in Hebrew, on April 26 in Lincoln, at the Abendmusik 198&OT finale. Soloists included basaharitooe Charles Austin as cantor and Rabbi Ian Jacknis of Lincoln Tifereth Israel as narrator. John Levick, Abendmusik artistic director and conductor, said it was the first time that Bloch's work had been performed in Hebrew in the state. Also on the program was Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms," in Hebrew, The concert was dedicated to the late Senator Edward Zorinsky. Pictured above, Rabbi Ian Jacknis, left, coaches Charles Austin, center, and John Levick in Hebrew,
NCCJ Brotherhood Award Charles W. and Marge H. Durham are the recipients of the 1987 National Conference of Christiaos and Jews Brotherliood Award. They are the first huaband^wife duo to ever receive this award which recognize* citizens with distinguished records of service to the community. The award dinner will be held at Peony Park on June 15. Charles Durham is chairman of the boards of Dnrham Resources. Marge Durham is an active dvic and community leader.
By Mary Fellman Your comments about the variety of Passover recipes printed in our Jewish Press were varied, interesting and very helpful. Some were curious about the quantities, some questioned the ingredients, some complimented on the success of the "fluffy matza balls," the "marvelous kugels" and all in all the great number of phone calls and interest shown was exciting and pleasing. Before you stash away the recipes from yoiu- omi family that you used this past April and while the success of yotir cooking and baking is still fresh in your mind, please jot down a few of your very best and most favorite recipes and send them to VAAD'S NEW at the Jewish Press so we can use them next year. You'll be interested in knowing that my collection of Passover recipes from other Jewish weeklies aroimd the country is vast and it is possible that a scrapbook of these recipes can be put together for your future pleasure. If anyone has a computer that can be used for compiling this collection or wishes to offer some volunteer time in the compilation, your assistance would be very welcome. Call me at 551-7257. You are probably aware that there are many more Kosher products appearing in town because of the new supermarkets and also because of the requests of many of you. Just the other day 1 discovered something new under the name of Regency Creative Foods with a K in a Triangle which is acceptable for Kosher use. It is a pudding and pie filling, in a variety of flavors and ready to use for a dairy dessert. I found it at Work! of Food in the produce dq>artment. It may also be available at other stores. Incidentally there are a number of bread products that are already packaged that have been baked under kosher supervision in other cities. Some are available at Baker's and Cub Foods and probably other stores too. Check them out—look for the Kosher symbol—and enjoy. The bakery at Cub Foods has bad a "kosher" sign up indicating that they are using a kosher vegetable shortening. However, the bakery is not under supervision and uses some products which are not acceptable so we have asked them to remove the' 'kosher'' sign and at the last checking it was no longer evident. Our thanks to them for their cooperation. HONORS HAMMER WALTHAM, Mass. Dr. Armand Hanuner, one of the nation's leading industrialists and philanthropists, was named the recipient of the American Jewish Historical Society's Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award.
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Anti-Semitic literature a 15-year pattern in Japan NEW YORK, NY - The current wave of anti-Semitk literature in Japan blaming American Jews for that nation's economic problems is part of a nearly 15-year pattern of anti-Jewish books and articles that have been published there, according to a report issued by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL's associate national director and head of its International Affairs Division, said that although antiSemitism is not endemic to Japan, some Japanese writers, since at least the early 1970'8, "have made the international Jewish community, particularly American Jews, scapegoats
for the ills in Japanese society." The documented ADL report, titled "Japan and Anti-Semitism: The Proliferation of Anti-Jewish Literature," comes in the wake of a protest to the Japanese government made by Mr. Foxman and ADL national chairman Burton S. Levinson in a meeting with Japanese Ambassador Nabuo Matsimaga in Washington in late March. At that time, ADL officials offered the League's assitance in setting up an educational and informational program in Japan to counter antiSemitism. Ambassador Matsunaga was also told of the League's concern over continued Japanese compliance
NCJW Volunteer of the Month By Silvia Roffnuui When you read the list of activities and projects Patricia Newman is involved with, you wonder how she accomplishes so much in the standard work week! She is on the board of the CRC-ADL where she serves as education vice-chairman and co-chairman of the Prejudice Reduction Workshop. She is on the boards, of BBYO, Hadassah, Jewish Federation Library, Jewish Press, and NCJW. An active Federation Campaign worker, Mrs. Newman has been co-chairman of the Super Sunday Telethon and is on the Steering Committee of the Business and Profespatrfda Newman sional Women Division. She has worked with Jewish youth as Director of Youth Services at the JCC from 1980-1982 and as Youth Advisor at Beth El Synagogue in 1983. NCJW is fortunate to have her expertise as project chairman for both the "Mini-Grants for Teachers" which will be implemented in the Fall, 1987, and the Molly Comstock Lending Library. She has taught physically and emotionally-impaired children and has worked most recently as a therapist for children and families. Mrs. Newman has a M.S. in educational psychology, an M.S. m education, and a Ph.D in school psychology. She and her husband, Jeff, are both active, valuable members of our community!
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with the Arab trade boycott against Israel. Mr. Foxman said the publication of anti-Senutic literature should be of concern to Japanese scholars, educators, government officials and other responsible persons in Japanese society. "To ignore the problem," he said, "is to give tacit approval to unfounded accusations and slenders against the Jewish people." Mr. Foxman said Japanese anti-Semitism must be viewed against the historical record. He pointed out that in the period leading up to World War II, Japan assisted European Jews in escaping from the Nazis. In addition, a project to establish a Jewish community in Manchuria resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Jews finding haven in Jiq)an and, during the summer ot 1940, the head of the Japanese consulate in Kovno, Lithuania, issued transit visas to thousands of Jews, mostly Poles, enabling them to escape from the Nazis to the Far East.
Jerusalem This week's "Hello Jerusalem," features Holocaust Remembrance Day, showing a sensitive film by director David Kedem about a Holocaust survivor who has creat$4 >n <^viaiy injnemory M tiia father. tRchael Dak visits Yad Vashem showing many items in the museum. The program runs on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 7.The trial of John Ivan Demanluk, accused of being Ivan the Terrible is given a detailed visit. Walter Zanger explores the "burnt house" in the heart of the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem, and reveals the mystery of who lived there. The program will repeat on Monday evening at 7 p.m.
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Yom Ha'atzmaut poster contest winners named ByBtfbNidMla* Winners of the Yom Ha'atzmaut Poster Contest sponsored by the Friedel Jewish Academy, formerly the Jewish Day School of Omaha, have been announced. The theme centered on the 100th anniversary of the birth of David Ben Gurion. Evy Katz, Ozzie Nogg, and Shani Katzman judged the children's poster entries. Kindergarten entries included First Place winner Morgan Denny; Second Place, Adam Rich; Third Place, Rachel Riekes; and Honorable Mention went to
Stephanie Goldstein and Zach Gonsher. First-grader Alan Josephson claimed First Place, Jennifer Rifkin and Lauren Paley shared Second Place, and a tie for Third Place went to Scott Saltzman and Jeffrey Katzman. Additional first graders Nelly Volsky, Ben Gonsher, Gila Drazen, Rachel Shukert, Joshua Priluck, and Ii^uren Paley received Honorable Mention. Second grade winners included First Place, Daniel Rosenberg; Second Place, Shayna Flatowicz; and a Third Place tie shared bv
Anna Haykin and Boris Davidson. Laura Rifkin and Robin Birt received Honorable Mention. In the third grade, Ruvane Kurland won First Place; Melissa Katzman, Second Place; and Heather Goldstein, Third Place. Honorable Mention was awarded to Dusty Nichols and Rebecca Wolfson. Fourth grade winners chosen were Nikki Paley, First Place; Jeremy Nichols, Second Place; and Evan Katzman, Third Place. Honorable Mention went to Danny Deporte and Joshua Gonsher.
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Another side to Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel—winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize—has a sense of humor. Although his worldwide reputation as an author, teacher and lecturer is based upon serious work, his appearance in Omaha last week showed some humorous asides to offset his painful mission of remembering the Holocaust. There were three incidents that I was privileged to observe and here they are: I was with a group of newspeople from radio, television, and newspapers awaiting his arrival at the airport. His plane was late and the Rev. Elizabeth Beams came into the conference room to talk with us. She was carrying a bouquet of red roses and told us of an embarrasing incident she experienced on her way to the gate to meet Mr. Wiesel. ' "Here I am walking with the flowers and coming toward me in the opposite direction was Gary Hart, a Democratic candidate for president of the United states. He saw the flowers and apperired ready to accept them. I smil6d and kept on walking." Mr. Wiesel apparently knew about Mr. Hart's appearance at the airport because when he seated himself for the press conference, and addressed the news media, his first words were: "Hello, I'm Gary Hart..." The second incident occurred at the Civic Auditorium when Mr, Wiesel admitted to some 3,000 that he was uncomfortable with such a large crowd. And then, moments into his talk, he had the audience practically doubled up with laughter when he recounted his experience with the commissioner of baseball. It seems that the commissioner wanted Mr. Wiesel to throw out the first ball at the opening game and Mr. Wiesel didn't have the foggiest idea as to what that meant. "What does it mean to throw out the ball, to whom, why, for what purpose ..." And ultimately, he explained that he couldn't throw out the ball because the game was taking place on Saturday (Shabbat). A compromise was reached when the commissioner got back to him and said that he could throw out the ball at a night game. The laughter showed the crowd's appreciation. The third incident started at the Auditorium when Cantor Leo Fettman introduced Professor Wiesel. Cantor Fettman mentioned that his daughter, Aviva, was a student of Professor Wiesel and that he l]^d given her an "A" for a term paper on the Cantor's Holocaust experience. At a reception following the lecture. Cantor Fettman asked Professor Wiesel to autograph his daughter's term paper. 'The professor not only signed his name, but also added a couple of pluses to the "A" which he had ab-eady assigned. Elie Wiesel—the man who touched the minds and hearts of millions and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizebrought the emotion of laughter to his Omaha visit, easing an extraordinary burden which rests on his shoulders.
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We are gathered here today to rededicate ourselves in the largest sense to the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." A stunningly simple statement that sums up all we strive for as the world's great varieties of people crowd the face of this earth. And how difficult for us to achieve. How tragic that adults today can remember a Holocaust within their lifetime. How far we seem to have progressed with civilization and yet what a thin veneer it is. And so, we gather to pay homage to the millions of fellow human beings who were victimized so recently in our history. Let us be clear about ourselves. We are capable of terrible, inhumane, savage acts. Each of us, in our heart of hearts, kitows this. Given sufficient ignorance, given sufficient hatred, given sufficient training... we could participate again. This is why we are here today. We are participating in a communal examination of our society's values and practices. We are searching our collective beliefs for the insidious evils that can ^rupt again into inst^tional racism, legal injustice, concensual inhumanity. Above the North door of this building is a phrase carved into the stone. It tells us that the watchfulness of the citizen is the salvation of the state. Perhaps we need to take this one step further... the watchfulness of the citizen is the salvation of our human condition. Let us pledge ourselves to honest confrontation of our society's practices. And where we find hatred, where we find apathy, where we find any evil, let us remember that civilization is a reflection of the composite belief system of us all. We are all responsible. We must all work first on ourselves. In the name of millions who we remember with Yom Hashoah, may we daily dedicate ourselves to truly loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. And once again, and in that same spirit, I leave you with the beautiful greeting Helen and I received when we were privileged to visit Israel—that beautiful message of hope for aU people—Shalom. Mayor Roland Luedtke
Good morning and welcome to these proceedings in remembrance of the Holocaust, As I greet you this morning, I find myself experiencing mixed emotions—pleased that so many of you, Jew and non-Jew alike, are here today, thereby expressing your concerns to remember and at the same time saddened that such a calamity should have occurred so as to require our gathering this morning. During the next several days, people throughout the world will recall the six million Jews of Europe who were tortured, murdered and contrary to Jewish law and tradition, cremated during World War 11, because of having committed the sole crime of being Jewish. ' It is a time when we recall the splendor of these men, women and children as well as the terror of their deaths. Countless memoirs and diaries written by survivors and non-survivors, plead and demand that we remember the details of how they were degraded, brutalized and murdered. We recall part of what they witnessed, part of the horror that they suffered in order to remember them and to remind others. And yet notwithstanding what has been written and spoken by survivors and liberators; notwithstanding what has been documented by the meticulous records of the Nazi, some will still contend that the most barbaric act of genocide known in the history of mankind did not occur. To make such claims is like contending that slave traders never existed in America or that the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not occur and those who perished fell victim to a flu epidemic. It is because a few wish to alter history that we must meet each year so that the events of the Holocaust are never forgotten. It is true that other acts of genocide have occurred, both before and since the Holocaust. Yet never before in history has an act of such proportions occurred. In leiss than 30 months, one out of every three Jews in the world was murdered. Not only was one-third of a people aimihilated but their culture as well. There is no longer the rich collectiori of Yiddish writings, plays and songs which once reposed in Europe, for the world to enjoy. It is to all of this that we remember. Those of us who have just completed celebrating the holiday of Passover fulfilled God's commandment that we remember, for it was on that day that God took us out of slavery and to the promised land. So too must we continue to remember those who were taken back into slavery but provided no Moses to lead them out again. We do this for their memory. We also do this so that mankind not forget the lessons of the Holocausthow cruel mankind can be to each other when good people stand idly by and do not protest. There is no adequate reaction to the Holocaust. But we must not ignore it and we must not forget its victims. Let us now remember. Norman Krivosha Chief Justice
Last week's coverage of the Yom Hashoeih commemoration in Lincoln did not include some of the comments made during the program, and these comments are presented on this page.
A gift of spiritual intimacy By Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks The Omaha Civic Auditorium was the setting last week for a long to be remembered occasion. Elie Wiesel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to nearly 4,000 pec^le. But, in this case, that is not exactly true. As on other occEtsions when I have heard him, he spoke as if he were speaking to each of us singly. He has the gift of spiritual intimacy. It was a night ever to be recalled as one of the most uplifting in our community for many years. I applaud the cultural presentations of our community: beauty, art, mc^sic, theater, dance, film and so on. But Wiesel was different. He is a modem mystic. He told us, I believe, nothing any alert and literate citizen does not know. The magnificance of Wiesel, for me, is that he tells us how to feel about what we know. And he speaks out of profound personal experience and knowledge of Jewish tradition, its literature, its theology and the ever-reaching quest for the meaning of God in human life. As Abraham Joshua Heschel, of blessed memory, was the master of the sentence, Wiesel is the master of the wixtL His words relate to each other as pearls on a string. The cumulative effect, for me, was the reminder of how much Judaism has had to say about the contemporary human condition. Not just for the Jew. But for all humanity. And, furthermore, he helped us to imderstand that what we dream of and hope for now was said a long time ago by our Wiesel's legends are words with signposts to much deeper thought. He urges us to do as does he: to study every day to learn how our sacred literature can help us to find our way, to,hold on to hope even in a world of such carnage that cannot be articulated with full truth. Such is the pain of the soul. It is also God's pain. With both humor and sadness, Wiesel spoke of the hiuger of our world, the escalating suicides of our youth (Remember the Broadway show "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off?") the scourge of disease with no end but certain death, the religious wars that stain our earthly soil with blood of brothers. Thus did he interpret Cain's murder of his brother Abel. If just a spark of sensitivity was fanned in the spirits of those who heard him we are the better for having had this remarkable teacher in our midst. Our community can be justifiably proud to have beard WieseL Now will our pride move the hearts of our leaders and all of ua? In that wonderful old story with which Wiesel ended"Life and death are in our hands." To one and all who arranged the evening we owe great thanks. To Wiesel and to ourselves we owe the time to reflect upon what he said again and again.
Candlelighting introduction Pope John Paiil II, a Pole who knew well the heel of Nazis inhumanity, prayed diuing his pilgrimage to Auschwitz in 1979, these words: I kneel before all the inscriptions that come one after another bearing the memory of the victims ... In particular I pause with you, dear participants in this encounter, before the inscription in Hebrew. This inscription awakens the memory of the people whose sons and daughters were intended for total extemiination. This people draws their origin from Abraham, our Father in Faith, as was expressed by Paul of Tarsus. The very people who received from God the commandment "thou shall not kill," itself experienced in a special measure what is meant by killing. It LB not permissible for anyone to pass by this inscription with indifference. We gather today because we choose not to be indifferent to the Holocaust whose ultimate meaning was hate put to an ideology. As Paul Fransen once remarked, "If we forget the Holocaust we have given Hitler a posthumous victory." We choose not to give such a victory to anyone. llie lighting of the Memorial Candles is a significant and symbolic act on oiu- part to remember the victims of the Holocaust. Of course, the genocidal plan of the Nazis was to exterminate all Jews, but millions of others were put to death as well. As Elie Wiesel said, "All Jews were victims, but not all victims were Jews." The millions of others who died included Jehovah Witnesses who were killed because of their religion; Gypsies who were killed but also were forced into medical experiments; 'undesirables' like the blind, deaf, retarded, handicapped, and homosexuals; Russian and Polish civilians, and P.O.W.'s; Bolsheviks and Conununists; and a handful of Christians who took seriously the biblical conunand "Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven." The Holocaust cannot be forgotten, not only for the sake of Jews, but for the sake of humanity. If we are able to survive we must be able to recognize evii when it appears and put a stop to it. The lighting of the Memorial candles are lit in memory of the six million Jews and the millions of others who were murdered during the Holocaust. As the candles are lit, may we collectively commit ourselves to responsibility for one another, and particularly those who have no voice to speak out on their behalf. Let us build i world where there is no longer room for hatred and no place for violence. Let us be a light to all the world which doesn'^ cast shadows but overcomes the darkness. Together, may God give us tiie strength to make this our life-long vocation. Mark Randall, campus pastor^ Cornerstone
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Transcript of Elie Wiesel's press conference litor'a Note; in Japan an anti-Semitic book is a beat-sttDer. A millkw coWhmt foUowi i« an adit«d tniMoript of ProfvMor Elie piesi Now what do they know about Jews? Iliere are a few Wiewl's prcM conference at Eppley Afapori, April 29. thouaand Jews in Japan. Reporters are not identified and queationa are in italica. Pro&eeor, you 've meaUoaed Bitburg a couple of timee Profeaaor Wieael'a anawen are in regular type. /rare. / don't know what your impreaaioo ofPrmident Reagan was before that trip, but I know you certainly made I apologize for ttie delay. Some mechanical trouble with a few statements directly to him asking him not togo. .. the aircraft. How shall we proceed? Would you like . .. yes? but has your c^inion of him changed at all or has it altered Can you tell us first off what you will be speaking about since be did make the trip? tonight? No. I am fond of the president. I had warm relations with Oh, you Icnow, I like to teach. I'm a teacher and I'U try him before and still have such relations, although I resigned to teach, meaning to teach the relevance of the past to our from the council last December for different reasons. But contemporary issues. 1 strongly believe that whatever hap- he is a warm person, he is a gentle person ... forceful but pens today must be related to the past, both distant and gentle. It wasn't his decision really. Now we know how he recent. The Bible, prophets, Talmud, the philosophy ... and works. He delegates authority. He delegated the authority, try to. .. the situation to where we are. I think, to the wrong advisors, and therefore he was caught. Where are we? But I iaiow that he is sensitive to the pain of our people. 1 don't know where we are. Oh, I think we are going To the a£;ony of the victims. through critical times where everything is being recalled Who among the world leaders would you characterize as into question. Imagine a situation when a head of state is leading the road to peace? ' tiot allowed to come to another state, imagine a situation Well, those whose names I do not know, probably. No, when the highest official of the land has to take the Fifth I would say that there is a search for peace recently, at least Amendment... there are strange events taking place these in the last few months we know there must be a search for days and, on one hand it's encouraging, people that prove peace and there is. I am personally very close to the French that the law is superior to office-holders, it's encouraging president, Francoise Mitterand, from before. We were to know that justice, must in the end prevail, that mem- friends before he became president. But there is a genuine ory must be triumphant, but on the second hand, so many interest, I think, both in Moscow and in Washington to errors have been committed. This, of course, is disquieting. come to an understanding, because time is running out. We QueatiOD unclear are building more and more missiles. It's enough for one We go too fast. I think the events are evolving at a pace accident... take the best example: Challenger was probawhich is not normal; everything goes too fast. Five years bly the instrument in the United States which was cherago ... what was five years ago? Reagan had just become ished and adored and watched over as a god, as a divinity. President and I think he had captured the imagination of The scientists were convinced they knew every fiber, evthe American people and he was a lucky President. lilow ery cell of their instrumAit, and yet it blew up. So maybe he seems to be less lucky. On the other hand, we don't re- we thought it could only happen in a capitalist country, member Bitburg is only two years away. Two years ago in America, so we have the Chernobyl incident in Russia, we had Bitburg, which I think is the watershed in his ad- Communist Russia. Same thing. The reactor there was ministration. Strangely enough, most of the people if not probably as cherished as the Challenger was here. It went all the people except for the President who were involved out of control. Then we thought maybe it could happen only with Bitburg, are no longer in the White House. Not a sin- in space or on the earth, then we had the incident in the gle one. Even five years ago, I think, there was a better submarine—the Russian nuclear submarine not very far mood. Today the mood is less uplifting. from our own shores. Mr. Wiesel, what was your reaction to the State DepartThe accident is what frightens me. I am not afraid of the went 'a ruling on Kurt Waldbeim ? Did they go far enough, great powers. I'm afraid of an accident, I'm afraid of the act too far...? small powers. Had Khomeini occupied power in Iran five There is no j oy, there is no celebration whenever we deal years later, he would have foimd a nuclear arsonal. Now with that period, which was the darkest in recorded his- does anyone doubt that he would have used it against Iraq? tory. There can be no joy. The kind of vindication that here Or had Iraq maintained its atomic reactor does anyone is a man who managed to cheat the whole world because doubt Iraq would use it against Iran? This is my fear. he has admitted now that he had lied after all. He was not Therefore, I feel that the major powers, surely Russia and simply a student during the War. He was a member of the America are now trying their best to come to some kind Armed Forces, an intelligence officer. Oh, he denies that of understanding. Now how far is Gorbachev ready to go he partid|>atecl, but he does not deny that he has lied. Now, in the ^eld of humaq rights? That is the question. I was a man who lies does not deserve to be the president of his in hussia in October. It was my fourth trip. And I came country. back with mixed feelings. On one hand I found that there The president of Austria is not a political position. It is is a certain opening. Out of 15 prisoners of Zion that were a moral position, which means he is, by definition of his in prison then, only two remain. Of course I fought for them office, the moral arbiter of Austria. How can he be the moral and I began to campaign to bring Sakharov back to Mosarbiter when he himself perpetrated at least falsehood? So cow when I was there. And I gave them lists ... But there I think it was correct for the State Department to make are so many others. I could give you names and names. I their decision. I thmk Kurt Waldfaeim now should have the . don't know what holds Gorbachev back. So we have to wait. intelligence, the wisdom, to resign. I know it's not easy, Professor Wiesel, it has been said that you support the because to give in to pressure is not easy for the president Contras. Is that accurate and would you tell us why. of a nation to say he shall not be dictated and governed I never said that. I never supported the Contras. Oh no. by other people's rulings, but I think that it is one of those I am close to Eskebal who is also a Nobel Prize winner from things... Argentina and qoite the opposite. I am helping him orHe was here in the United Nations for 8 years and he ganize a peace... to bring food and medication to Nicawanted a third term, and he would have gotten it were it ragua. not for China that used the veto, he would be Secretary The government's q>ace program was built on Nan scienGeno-al of the United Nations. Thank God for China, after tist's knowledge. It comes out now that the government has harbored Nad perpetrators of crime. What do you think aU! But on the other hand, you know, how is it that the the American government must do? man ... didn't he know that there is a document in the Well, first what it has done, I think, is embarrassing. I, United Nations and his own archives branding him or ac- as a citizen of this country, am ashamed when I think of cusing him of murder? Didn't he know that? Where is the what we have done in 1945-46. That we had allowed Ameriarrogance which he took so well to think nobody would find can officers to harbor and help war criminals. That a man out? There are 40,000 files in the U.N. archives about war like Carl came to America on the help of the criminals and they are not open, they are not accessible ex- United States. Or Valdi went to Bolivia with the help of cept to governments. Why shouldn't they be open? I don't the United States Intelligence Services. Unheard of. So I understand. Only the guilty ought to fear the revelations am embarrassed and I think that there should be an invesof the archives. 'The innocent have nothing to fear. J don't tigation. Who gave orders to whom? And for what reason? know. There are so many, so many strange events occurAre ^ou going to France to attend the trial of Klaus ring these days. And somehow, whenever there is a dan- Barbie? ger of forgetting the recent past, something happens and Yes. forces us to remember. How strange. Twenty years ago, What would your purpose be? or 25 years ago when people seemed to forget... forced Well, all the lawyers and all the district attorneys from U8 to remember. Because of the forgetfulness, the Bitburg the government's side, the accusation, got together and incident created such an upsurge. Now the... and now it's asked me to be the witness ... what they call the "witness Waldheim. We have not yet finished with that chapter and in public interest" to give some... and I will be a witness we shall never finish with that chapter. It will remain as although I have never met him and was not involved in that long as human beings will be on this planet. part as I did not come from France. But they all, 50 or 60 Nebraska seems to be one of the geographical areas of of them, came to that conclusion that I should be a witness. Professor, you're a poet, a writer, a journalist, a profesthe United States with rigbt-leaainggroups, anti-Seadtic sor, a witness, you're a survivor... groups, people who deny the Holocaust occurred. I am a Jew. Anti-Semites don't need reasons to be anti-Semitic. There is something wrong with their psyches, with their ... and a Jew. How do'you characterize yourself? moral makeup. These people who deny that the tragedy ocOh, I said, I am a Jew. No, I am a good teacher, I think, curred, they are so ugly, so vicious, I would never dignify and a good student. As such, I think my role is to bear witthem with a debate. After a}l, there are still people here ness. But that has always been the role of teachers and stuwho belong either to the perpetrators or to the victims, and dent? in the Jewish tradition. to say now that it didn't happen is insane. They are morally When Kurt Waldbeim was elected in Austria, to me, the sick. Just as there are'mentally sick people, there are most distressing thing not only that he lied about his past, morally sick people and I would not give them the dignity was that a lot of that came out before the election, yet the of a debate. Austrian people elected him. Did that disturb you? But anti-Semitism has always many reasons. Economic Yea. Naturally it disturbed me. There was a kind of false reasons are part of the general picture... ButJ repeat, patriotism involved, they felt it's their man and who are there is anti-Semitism without Jews. You just read that we to tell them what to do. I think we should be above all
theae things. And appareDtly the Austrian people ware not above thoM things. I was, of course, diatreaMd. WhatcanbedooetokeepthelaaeoosoftbeHohautt... ^that you survived, that you witoaaaed... what can bedane to keep those leaaona going on and on to geoerationa? You 're worried about that, that 'a obviously a very impor tant part of what you teach. What would your opinions be on handling that down the road so that it 'a not forgotten what happened during that era? Well... teaching, education. I know of no better way. The book, the classroom, teaching, but we should not really concentrate only on that period. It would drive us to morbidity. It's wrong. We should not do that. I think it is, of course, the most important event in recorded history but to do nothing else but this would be wrong. I feel we should teach our children the period that preceded that event. How did the,Jews live before they were killed? What did they inherit? What were the conditions in the countries in which they lived and died? What about the environment... the cultural environment that enabled such a tragedy to occur? This is only a kind of beginning. But we must go beyond. The lesson, of course, the lesson is of utmost importance to aU generations: first of all that it can happen, because it happened. That culture and civilization are not shields for human beings against inhumanity. Germany was the most cultured, most educated nation in 1933-39 in Europe. The most educated ... the universities were the best in the world. And yet, it happened. Furthermore, I feel that, if I have to say it in one word, I would say that this event, or lessons of the event, help us overcome the greatest evil of all, which is indifference. Jews were killed, not only because of the killers, but because of the indifference of the world. Now, therefore, we say that whatever happened to the Jewish people later happened in different ways, on different levels to other people. Those who hate begin by hating Jews, but then they hate others. And the other way around—those who hate end up hating Jews too. These are important lessons for human relations, for relations among peoples, among nations, among cultures, religions. Whatever happened before and whatever is happening now all somehow must be related to that event if we want to survive on dignity. What can the people of Omaha do to further such a concept as world peace or peace among nations. .. what could somebody here in Omaha do? What can I do? I am all by myself. I don't represent anybody. I'm really only speaking on behalf of the books that I have written and that's all. Books that probably very few people have read anyway. In Omaha I know you have problems as you said with anti-Semites/white supremacists, you teach the lesson of the dangers inherent in hatred in Omaha and the lessons will be shared and heard elsewhere. The great mystery, I as a teacher know, as a student, is always a' simple one. When two people are together. Just that. The same mystery that exists between two people, two nations, of two systems, it is the union of two. Now we begin with here. And then we go further. Since you have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize, has anything changed within yourself, and have people responded to you differently? Oh, I have not changed. People have changed. Meaning, you know, admit it... if I had not won the Nobel Prize, you would be probably in your office or in a restaurant having a good meal, and not seeing me here. So I have not changed. But you did not, I think, come to hear me, but to hear Mr. Nobel, who speaks through me. Does your message carry more weight now? Do people tend to actually listen as opposed to... The volume has increased, meaning there are microphones and people listen—whether they hear I don't know, but they listen. I'm even embarrassed by it a little bit because I know that I try to be too honest with myself not to know it that now people no longer honor me but they honor the honor that I received. I know that very well, yes. I have not changed. I continue teaching and saying the things that I have said before. Mr. Wiesel, I read that after the war you tried to emigrate to Palestine, but because of the British immigration rules, were not admitted. I understand there was actually some odd circumstance by which you came to be an American citizen ... about an accident or something, I read that... do you ... obviously you are an American citizen and I assume you are happy to be here—do you ever regret or—second thoughts—living in Israel? No, I go to Israel at least once a year. I love Israel. I love Jerusalem especially. It is such a unique city. Everything in it is unique. The silence and the song and the night and the dawn and the people. It is very very special to me because of my religious upbringing of course, too, I am totally inunersed in Jerusalem. But I have not really made any decision of going there. I still belong to Diaspora, I am a Diaspora Jew. As for your children, do you think they might move to Israel sometime? Children today, you know, they have their own mind. I try to teach them though. Why did you resign from the Holocaust fifeiaorial Council? Oh, I resigned because I've been a liability for eight years. And at one point it took too much of my time. It used to take two-three hours a day and now at this point, I would have had to go at least for two days a week to Washington. Which I cannot—I teach, I travel, and I write. As I wrote the president, it was embarrassmg a little bit because the president had just appointed me to another five-year term. 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7 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p.m. The Oneg'Shabbat reception following the Service will be in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Mark Elliot Cohen, son of Sheldon and Joyce Cohen. Saturday: Morning .service, 8:4,5 a.m. Youth Services, 10 a.m. Class with the rabbi, 7:30 p.m. Mincha, 8:15 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Shalosh Suedot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. The Shalosh Suedot jWill be sponsored by Seymour and Georgia Anne Steinberg in memory of the Yahrzeit of Milton Steinberg. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service. 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. BAR MITZVAH ' The Bar Mitzvah of Mark EUrat Cohen, son of Sheldon and Joyce Cohen, will be held on Friday evening. May 8 and Saturday morning, May 9. A kiddush luncheon will follow in honor of the Bar Mitzvah celebrant, to which the congregation is invited. JOINT SISTERHOOD MEETING The next meeting of Sisterhood will be held on May 12 at 1 p.m. Beth Israel Sisterhood will be host to the Sisterhoods of Beth El Synagogue and Temple Israel at this dessert luncheon meeting which will be followed by a talk by Sylvia Wagner. GRADUATION The graduation exercise for the 8 th grade class of the United Talmud Torah and for the 12th graders of the High School of Jewish Studies will be held on May 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Beth Israel Synagogue. A reception in honor of the graduates will follow the graduation ceremony. SISTERHOOD INSTALLATION An installation of Sisterhood officers will be held at the late Friday Night Family Service on May 15 at 8 p.m. UFF RUFF The Uff Ruff ceremony in honor of the forthcoming marriage of Susan Fishbain to Louis Levin will be held at the Saturday morning service on May 16.
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Temple Israel This will be the last meetSERVICES; ing of the year and all Friday: 7:30 p.m. mothers are especially invitMembers of the sixth and ed to attend this special seventh grades will lead this brunch in honor of Mother's service during which special Day. recognition will be given to those students who have won awards this year. The Council Bluffs teachers will be recognized B'nai Israel for their Wonderful efforts during this school year. The Oneg Shabbat following the SERVICES: First and third Friday service will be sponsored by , each month 7:30 p.m. An Temple Sisterhood. Oneg Shabbat follows the Shabbat Morning Service— service, 11:15 am.m. B'nai Israel Synagogue' CLASSES offers services led by memReligious School—Saturbers of the congregation. day, May 9—9 a.m., SunVolunteer Cantor Major day, May 10—10 a.m. Mandy Greene leads the Hebrew School—Gimmel, singing. Everyone is invited Monday, May 11—4 p.m.; to attend. Aleph, Tuesday, May 12— Persons interested in the 4 p.m.; Daled, Wednesday, synagogue or in carpools May 13-4 p.m.; Bet, Thurs- may call Scott Kotzen day, May 14—4 p.m. 402-553-3334. B'NOT MITZVAH Lisa Ellen Sheldon, Blumkln Home daughter of Dr. and Mrs. SERVICES: Norman Sheldon, will Friday: 7 p.m. celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Daily and Saturday: during Shabbat services FriThe residents and staff of day, May 8 and Saturday, the Rose Blumktn Home inMay 9. vite the families, volunteers Angel Beth DePorte, and friends of the residents daughter of April DePorte, to attend services in the will celebrate her Bat MitzHerbert Goldsten Synavah during Shabbat services Fridfuy, May 15, and gogue. Kiddush following • services on Shabbat. Saturday, May 16. ANNUAL Lincoln CONGREGATIONAL DINNER MEETING B'nai Jeshurun Temple Israel will have a Friday: 8 p.m. Congregational Dinner Meeting to honor outgoing Lincoln president, Martin J. Lehr, Tifereth Israel on May 13 at 6:30 p.m. Election of officers and members Friday: Early Kabbalat of the Board of Trustees will Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. be held and reports of RabSaturday: 9:30 a.m. bi Barack and President Lehr will be given. MEN'S CLUB CHAIRPERSON' Murray Frost will be the JERUSALEM - Fweign guest speaker on May 10.10 a.m., at the Men's Club Minister Shimon Peres has brunch. He will speak on received the first Presi"Jewish Women on dent's Award of the JeruaaCollege of Stamps." Dr. Frost is the lem editor of the Judaic Philatel- Technology—a likeness of ic Journal and has been col- him and a scroll-like text, lecting Judaic stamps for both printed by the college's laser computer. nearly 20 years. Narlene and Jerry Bernstein Would like to Invite friends of
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In teaching Bible to nonJewish students, one of the hardest tasks is to make clear that Biblical Judaism—in contrast to later. Rabbinic Judaismhad not accepted nor developed the idea of eternal life or resurrection of the dead. It may very well be that Biblical writers consciously shunned this idea because of its abuse in the religious expression of pagan peoples near whom or among whom they lived, notably the Egyptians. Among the Egyptians there were pyramid tombs for the Pharaohs, the nobles, the privileged, and back-breaking, life-threatening labor for the masses. Christian students generally come with the idea that winning eternal life is the main purpose of religion in life. Ergo, the Bible must be full of that idea. They find it hard to realize that so far as the Hebrew Scriptures are concerned, that is simply not true. An all-day seminar on the "Old Testament" (a Christian term that we Jews ought not to use) for ministers and priests, I shocked my student-colleagues when I explained this. Triumphantly they pointed to the 23rd Psalm: "And I shall dwell in the House of the Lord forever." Their shock continued when I explained that "house of the Lord" simply means the Jerusalem Temple, and "forever" is a mistranslation. The end of the verse is a poetic way of saying something like "I pray that I may live long years and visit the Temple during them all." It is noteworthy that the two great wisdom books of
the Scriptures, Ecclesiastes and Job, both briefly consider but deny eternal life. Further, none of Job's three friends suggests that his terrible suffering will be compensated for by bliss in the world-to-come. On the other hand, it is certainly true, for various reasons, historical and religious-intellectual, that early on Pharisaic and rabbinic Judaism fastened on the idea of the resurrection of the dead, which we know so well from the traditional prayer-book. But evezi in rabbinic Judaism, the emphasis is on life, not on life eternal. Folklore to the contrary notwithstanding, there is no stress on winning one's way into Can Eden. Jews generally are willing to leave these questions to God. For Judaism, the emphasis is on useful and ethical living. Indeed, we may very well say that this is the essential meaning of the luminous verse in our Sidrah (Sidrot): "You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy." Holiness implies both doing and refraining from doing. Doing: showing coinpassion, love, brotherly conduct to your fellow-man. Refraining from doing: refusing to inflict pifun, suffering, misery on yotu' fellow-man, or refusing attention to his pain. And both the doing and the refraining from doing are symbolized and emphasized in ritual practices of doing and of refraining. It is holiness that Judaism stresses—an assessment of life that sees it welllived if it has been a life of love and compassion, a life of effort and duty. The main focus of Jewish tradition is not on the bliss of afterlife, but on this life and its values.
April DePorte and Esther and Leonard DePorte cordially; invite you to worship with them at the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter/granddaughter Angel Beth on May 15th at 8:15 p.m. and May 16th at 11:15 a.m. at Tenq>le Israel.
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Dallaa Sawyer always has other people's troubles on his hands. He likes it that way. For Mr. Sawyer, a licensed massage therapist at the Omaha JCC Health Club, relieving members' aches aqd pains is a way of life. "I'm a people person," he said. "1 like people, I like meeting them, and I enjoy making them feel at home here." Mr. Sawyer has been blind since the age of nine and wears a pacemaker, but they haven't handicapped his career. Last October marked his 10th year on the health club staff, and his association with the Jewish Community Center dates back to 1967. That was the year that Mr. Sawyer, trained in massage therapy at the St. Paul, Minn., YMCA and then working part-time in Des Moines, applied to the old downtown Omaha JCC. "I came over for an interview and they hired me on the spot," he said. JCC staffers encouraged him to take the Nebraska Health Department's licensing exam, which he passed in 1968 after study with the Dr. Esther C. Swanson School of Swedish Massage in Chicago. Mr. Sawyer stayed on at the downtown JCC for seven years. Transportation problems kept him from following at first when the center moved west. Instead, he went into the vendingmachine business and later ran a concession stand in the City-County Building.
Dallas Sawyer But when Metro Area Transit's MOBY handicapped service became available, Dallas Sawyer came back to the health club and the profession of massage. As one of the health club's four massage therapists (Scott Kotzen is the other for men; Pauline Potts and Palmer Sohl for women), Mr. Sawyer deals with both longtime customers and newcomers to massage. All customers are treated equally, he said, but firsttimers sometimes have misconceptions about massage that can cause anxiety. "We do our best to make them feel at ease, to make them feel comfortable," he said. "Some of them are scared to get on the table because they're afraid it might hurt them, or afraid it'll do something they don't want. We try to reassure them. We do all the work— they just lie there and relax." Mr. Sawyer also- en-
couragM his customers to allow plenty of time—up to an hour and a half—for their massage sessions. Ideally, the caatomer spends a few minutes in the sauna, the steam room and the whirlpool before the half-hour massage itself, he said. "You want to spend a leisurely, relaxing time, because that's what it's all about," he said. "It gets rid of tension and stress. We get lots of doctors, lawyers, businessmen ... our job is to get rid of that stress and anxiety. They live longer lives for doing it." Mr. Sawyer gets an occasional massage in his own leisure time, but he has plenty of other activities as welL He's an avid "ham" radio operator and active member of the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club. He has a son, Brian, a freshman at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, la., and a daughter, Brenda, a sophomore at Burke High School. Most of all, Mr. Sawyer credit Lois, his wife of 20 years, as a partner in his life and work. She drives him to the health club (since moving oiit of the city limits, he is no longer eligible for MOBY), reads him the monthly journal of the Anoerican Massage Therapy to keep him up to date on techniques, and helps him attend state and local professional seminars. "She's been my lifesaver and right arm ever since we've been married. She's grown right along with me, and I just appreciate her so much."
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School of Medicine and the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute of Baltimore, Md., have announced the appointment of Dr. Neil R. Miller to be the first Walsh Professor of NeuroOphthalmology. The 1.5 million dollar funding of the Walsh Chair of NeuroOphthalmology was completed at Johns Hopkins Medical School March 1987 and presentation ceremonies occurred April 29,1987. This chair was established to further the medical specialty of neuroophthalmology, a specialty which was pioneered at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Hospital by
l)r Frank 1). Walsh Dr. Miller is professor of neuro-ophthalmology, neurosurgery and neurology. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and has been a visiting professor all over the world. He is the author of the medical text on neuro-ophthalmology. The third volume will be pubUshed. in October of 1987. Dr. Miller lives vrith his wife and daughter in Balth more. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Miller. Susan Friedman was awarded a new pink Cadillac in recognition of her leadership and sales achievements
with Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. Mt. Friedman, an indepaodent sales director for the Dallaa-baaed cosmetics firm, won the free use of the pink car by leading her sales unit to exceed specified sales levels during a sixmonth qualification period. Marilyn Pred of Omaha Steaks loternational won a grand prize in the packer/ processor category at the 1987 National Meat Week Advertising and promotion Contest. Ms. Pred organized cooking and product demonstrations and displays of information on meat and nutrition at Westroads Shopping Center.
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The Jewish Preiw reserves the right to edit letters tor reasons of length or content. To the Editor: I was appalled by the small number of those attending the Yom Hashoah service at Beth Israel Synagogue to remember the six million Jews who were murdered. I wonder what the attendance will be 20 years from now? Will there be a minyan? How can we expect others, indeed, our very children, to remember so that others do not forget if we do not support this very important event. There are so few survivors left today. Who will carry on this important message to future generations? There are those others who would have the world believe that the Holocaust never happened, or to let bygones be bygones. We cannot allow this to happen. Elie Wiesel stated at his message that "The opposite for love is not hate but indifference, the opposite of justice is not injustice but apathy." Paul Damewood To the Editor: Congrats to Reva Oruch on her efforts to put out her monthly YES reports. After all, there are only 25 hours in a day. How does she do it? Henry Stem To the Editor: This letter is to let the Jewish community know that the Rev. Elizabeth B. Beams, executive producer. Great Plains Media Ministry, showed great leadership and devotion in encouraging Holocaust commemorative services at many area churches this past week. The number and quality of the services is of sufficient magnitude so that Omaha can be noted nationally as a city which is a leader in recognizing Christian responsibility in remembrance of the Holocaust. Yitzhak Saotis Executive director ADL/CRC Jewish Federation
Biography publication || part of centennial A biography of David Ben-Gurion, Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 18861948, by Shabtai Teveth, will be published by Houghton Mifflin on June 8, the culmination of the centennial celebration of BenGurion's birth.
state of Israel and the difficult relationship between Ben-Gurion and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann. Teveth traces the two leaders' disagreement to its earliest days, when they argued over the method for achieving the same goal.
Chronicling the statesman's life up to the declaration of the state of Israel, the biography "reveals the complex man and his work, and the fledgling nation that molded him as he struggled to mold it," the publisher's press release states. The author describes the events which led directly to the establishment of the
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NJHS opens new exhibit atJCC A new exhibit on "Nebraska Jews in Political Life" has just opened in the "Corridor of Jewish History" museum at the Jewish Community Center. The exhibit is sponsored by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society and has been arranged and hung by Ducky Milder, curator for the museum. Included in the exhibit which has been dedicated to the memory of the late Senator Edward Zorinsky is a collection of memorabilia from the Senatpr's Omaha and Lincoln offices and a
Holiday deadlines The Jewish Press will have early advertising and copy deadlines for the issues of May 29 and June 5. Due to the building closing for Memorial Day, the deadline for the May 29 issue is noon, Wednesday, May 20. The deadline for the June 5 issue will be noon, Wednesday, May 27, due to the building closing for Shavuot.
number of photographs of him in both the office of Mayor of Omaha and as a member of the U.S. Senate. Also being shown as a part of the tribute to Zorinsky are a number of the cartoons which were drawn by World-Herald cartoonist Ed Fisher. A large section of the exhibit is devoted to pictures of former Omahan Philip Klutznick and shows him throughout bis political life in his service to seven presidents of the United States. A separate section of the exhibit is devoted to men and women who have served in political offices in Omaha and Lincoln. A listing of those persons who have held political offices in the late 1800's and early 19O0's is an additional item of interest. The exhibit will be open for viewing at the Jewish Community Center during the hours the building is open from the present until October 1, 1987. Persons wishing to add pictures or memorabilia of men or women in political life which are not yet included may contact the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society office, 334-8200, Ext. 277.
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It's that time again. That special time of year when we say "get the reservations, check the calendar and let the kids know we're coming." That means our annual pilgrimage east is upon us. That also means I'm watching national weather news, noting temperatures in New York, wondering about the clothes I plan to take and in general, preparing to pack a suitcase. If I make the kind of carefully thought-out selections I usually do, I'll take mostly the wrong clothes. Well, I never said I was perfect, did I? On the other side, back east, our three children (plus spouses) are doing their share. They have consultations about where to suggest meeting for dinner, what tickets to get for us, call often to find out what shows or performances we want to see ... that sort of thing. I also hear such comments now as "are you coming to see ALL of us or just the baby?" Not fair. We were coming to see ALL of them long before THE BABY made her appearance last September. But the question is asked humorously—at least I THINK that's how it's asked. And it does make me wonder. I 've tried to find out exactly what the little one's schedule is so we can enjoy as much of her playtime as possible. But I also plan to do the usual shopping and visiting here and there and with this one or that. And a long time ago I learned it's not possible to be in more than one place at a time. To further complicate matters, one of our "visitees" has moved out of New York and is an hour away from the city. Not a big deal, but aliso not as convenient as when they were a 20-minute cab ride away. What with their work schedules and the proximity to (or from) the city, it will present something of a minor annoyance. But, I figure we'll overcome all such obstacles and still manage to see plenty of each other. Actually, the luxury of being able to pick up the phone almost with the morning coffee and having a casual daily conversation with my daughters is nearly dayenu. And an evening of quiet time with the son—dayenu too. Knowing that during such conversations lunch dates can be made, and dinner plans and the like, well, for parents whose kids live far away, that's also dayenu. I guess what I'm trying to say is we don't necessarily need $45 seats at the hottest show in town to have a good time in New York. We need to be able to see and do many of the wondrous things there aire to see and do, but let's face it, if our kids didn't live there, we wouldn't necessarily take that annual trek east. Well, that's about the size of it. If anything special worth reporting happens, I'll tell you about it when I return. Meantime, take care of each other... and I'll talk to you later! _^__^
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Jews play role in Chicago election CHICAGO (JTA)-When Mayor Harold Washington made his triumphant reelection victory speech April 7, more than a score of Jewish Chicagoans were among the VIPs invited to join him on the stage of Navy Pier Auditorium. For the first time since the days of the late legendary Col, Jack Arvey, who delivered crucial Jewish votes from the West Side ana, Chicago Jews were publicly organized to aid a mayoral candidate. Now, approximately half of metropolitan Chicago's Jewish population of 250,000 live within the city on the lakefront, North Side, and in Hyde Park, Chicago's only truly integrated area, where Mayor Washington resides.
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zeriood. She did not die because she was a Christian, a Catholic or a Carmelite. She died because att» was bom a Jew. It should be noted that there have been both trhunphalistic and sensitive approaches to Edith Stein's beatification from Catholic sources. Fr. Eazer's approach, which approprUtee Stein's conversion as a weapon against Jews and Judaism and her death as an instance of Nazi hatred of the church, is triumphalistic to the point of arrogance. It has been criticized, however, by other voices within the church. Members of her own order of Carmelites have cautioned against using statements attributed to her for polemical purposes. The Tablet, an English Catholic journal, noted that the Vatican congregation's effort to fit Edith Stein into a narrowly-defined concept of martyrdom "distorts the meaning of her witness for today." "If she is a martyr, noted The Tablet, "then so are six million other Jews who died in Auschwitz," and Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has said: "In honoring Edith Stein, the Church wished to honor all the Jewish victims of the Shoah (the Nazi Holocaust)." Whether or not Jewish-Catholic tensions will escalate ?rill depend to a large degree on which of these approaches to the beatification of Edith Stein dominates Catholic writing, thinking and teaching.
The 14th day Omaha's Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Katzmao chats with Alexander Slepak in Washington, D.C., on the I4th day of the fast be instituted recently to protest the treatment of his parents in the Soviet Union. Rabbi Katzman was in Washington to attend a Senate reception and he met with Mr. Slepak at the request of Omaha Soviet Jewry chairman Shirley Goldstein.
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Jim Cleaiy cares about Omaha... be is: • a lifelong resident of Omaha's Sixth District • a Creighton Prep & Creighton University graduate • a former U.S. Marine who received the Purple Heart in Vietnam • married & has two daughters • a small business owner • president of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Midlands
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stand up for Omaha's best interests be honest listen carefully to citizen concerns be a budget watchdog promote consistent zoning policies work hard for busiriess development REiid for by Cleaiy for Council Committee; AJ. "Ed" Scrlbante. Chairman, Mike Beny, Tiieasurer, 7630 Briggs St. Omaha, NE
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[ Mim(C(0)M Mgkt^ By Estelle Rosenber); The Hadassah Youth Aliyah Spring Buffet Supper and program is scheduled for May 13, at 6 p.m. at the Nebraska East Union. The program will feature Diane Gloystein from "Perfect Harmony" to show us how to dress with style using fashion accessories for a wardrobe. Co-chairmen are Gerry Schuchmaii and Marcia Wallen for this fund raising event. The, cost is $5.75 per person and checks made payable to Hadassah. Send to Gerry Schuchman, 731 So. 53rd St., Lincoln, Neb. 68510 or to Marcia Wallen, .5800 Saltillo Rd., Lincoln, Neb. 68516. Elizabeth Lenhoff, 87, died April 23. Survivors: sister, Bess Katleman, Lincoln, nieces and nephews. Graveside services dt Mt. Carmel Cemetery; with Rabbi Ian Jacknis' officiating. Daniel, son of Steve and Suzanne Kalish, will observe his Bar Mitzvah on Friday, May 15 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 16 at Havdaleh at the South Street Temple. A seventhgrader at Irving Junior High, Daniel enjoys all .sports and especially basketball and tennis. Plan to join Daniel and his family in celebration at this meaningful lime. The annual congregational South Street Temple meeting will be held Sunday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. The Honorable Norman Krivosha, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, was the speaker at the annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast held Friday, May 1, at 7:30 a.m. in the Centennial Room of Miller and Paine downtown. Rabbi Ian Jacknis was an official sponsor of this city-wide allinclusive event.
Bess Brodkey, a volunteer at the Omaha Public Library, was among those recognized as "outstanding volunteers" during the 3i2nd annual volunteer recognition luncheon sponsored by United Way of the Midlands Tuesday at the Holiday Inn. She was recognized in the Business category, one of 12 categories presented. Omaha pediatrician Daniel D. Schrein was named volunteer of the year and William Salerno, a senior at Central High School, was named volunteen of the year.
TheTifercth Israel Family Education will be held May 10, 10 a.m. in the synagogue lounge. The subject, Mother's Day-A Program in Honor of the Jewish Woman. The monthly Tifereth Israel Sisterhood meeting will beheld May 12, 12:15 p.m. in the social hall. The program for the afternoon will feature John Taylor, executive director of the Nebraska Civil Liberties Union, speaking on "Issues Effecting Us In Our Times." The May luncheon cirdle chairmen are Sylvia Singer and Annie Allen. Assisting are: Bernice Katskee, Miriam Misle, Estelle Rosenberg, Rose Feuerberg, Reva Mozer and Sarah Breslow.
C fointik .3 Gary Hart in Omaha Former Congressman and Mrs. John Cavanaugh pose for a qnick photo with Democratic Presidential candidate Gary Hart at Eppley Airport last week. Mr. Hart used the airport conference room just prior to the appearance of Elie Wiesel.
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Cub Scouting, a program of the Boy Scouts of America for boys in second ance. The March VAVS through fifth grades, enmeeting was attended by courages development of Sol and Iz, and Sol and his skills and character, builds Ida attended the April 22 self-esteem and improves a Country Store. child's ability to get along The dedication of the new with others. outpatient addition to V.A. Scouting also recognizes Medical Center will be May religion as an integral part 15. JWV will hold a flag- of this character-building raising on May 3 for Yom process and strongly enHa'atzmaut. Welcome back courages boys to practice to Quartermaster Nate the traditions of their faith, Marcus, who asked us to whatever that may he. just think about the NovemThe Youth Department of ber Latka party. The 92nd the JCC also encourages National Convention will be children to learn about and held at the Concord Hotel at practice the traditions of Kiamesha Lake in NY, Sept. Judaism, as well as develop 7-13. skills and self-esteem. We meet June 18 in lieu of "Therefore, when a parent June 25, due to conflict with approached the department a donor dinner. about forming a Cub Scout Mrs. Marg: Keel from pack here at the 'J', we were Grand Island, is the new excited," Sara Jaffe, youth chief of Volunteer Services, director, told the Jewish and John Phillips, from Bal- Press. timore, is the n^w associate Cub Scouts are divided director and chairman of the . into Wolfs, Bears and WeVAVS Advisory Com- belos. Each den meets once mittee. a week with a den leader and ' |^~"~"Mo(e»-Goph«fs
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Davis Roffman of New Haven, Conn., annotmce the April 28 birth of a daughter, Shayna Leah. Mr. Roffman is the son of the late Selwyn and Elaine Roffman. Mrs. David Bernstein of New Jersey is the grandmother. Great-grandmothers are Nettie Davis of San Antonio, Texas, and Rose Roffman of Omahi). TEL AVIV - Na'amat in Israel has presented its three Beba Idelson Volunteer Awards to: the Ashdod branch of the organization, the students of the Phyllis Sutker TIMON Vocational High School in Tiberias and 40 women who devote at least a day each week to the Raanana Center for Assistance to Women, primarily rape victims^ Idelson was Na'amat's first secretarygeneral.
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TIME CORRECTION Club 56's "Night at the J" on May 16 was mistakenly publicized to begin at 7 p.m. The correct time for the event is 8:30-10:30 p.m. The Youth Department apologizes for the inconvenience.
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the entire pack gets together monthly to share experiences. Cub Scouts leam the Cub motto "Do your best," along with the promise, handshake, salute and sign. They leam new skills, work toward awards and have fun. In order to establish a pack at the Jewish Community Center, a scouting committee of five adults must be formed and den leaders, including one'male over 21, must make a commitment for the year. Persons interested in serving on the Scouting Committee or being a den leader may contact Miss Jaffe at 334-8200. It is not necessary to have children in the program to serve on the committee or as a den leader.
Sherri and Gary Green announce the April 14 birth of a son, Corey Harrison. They also have a daughter, Cari Heather. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Normand Hoffman; Mrs. Evelyn Green and the late Harry A. Green. Greatgrandmother was the late Mrs. Paul Bernstein of Omaha. Rosalie and Jack Hatfield, Jr. of Panama City, Panama announce, the March 22 birth of a daughter, Karly Nicole. Grandparents are Arlie Katzman, Bill Katzman, Pudge Peters and Jack Hatfield, Sr. Great-grandparents are Jack Epstein and Sam and Anne Katzman. .
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The man with the little black bag It was not until maiiy years later that I discovered who the man was with the little black bag. I was very, very young when that man first came on the scene. He would see my mother and dad on occasions and once in a while The family administers justice to a thief in Fatare So^, my older brother and sister. now offered by the Omaha Magic Theater. From left are It wasn't until I was feeling very bad one day that I Jonathan Warman, Pat BUnchet, Tim Siragusa and Daniel finally learned who the man with the little black bag was. Shepard. Also acting in the production is Sherry Fletcher. Perspiring and very warm, with a very sore throat, I was In charge of central control is Aaron PoUak. suddenly visited by this man. He opened that mysterious black bag and removed various magical items from it including a flat stick that he stuck in my mouth and caused me to say "ah-h-h". A big black cloth was tightly wrapped Megan Terry's "Future thusiasm. The set was inaround my left arm and with a bulb-like affair it was squeezed while that gentlemen closely examined a contrap- Soap", the new production novative and there were tion that has numbers on it. After that a glass stick was at the Magic Theater, is a good stage effects, lighting sometimes fumiy, and someand musical background placed in ^y mouth right under my tongue. It was the doctor. Doctor Abraham Romm. Many times times thought-provoking and there was a catchy rock afterwards, I saw the doctor tending the sick in our house look into the future... Just chorus at the end. and leading our family to good health by handling the entire ahead of George Orwell. It's entertaining and exgamut of aches and pains from a sore toe to a bad cold. perimental and it's good A review This was not the age of specialists and the doctor handled theater. Things on planet Earth them all. ' aie so bad, that even people A different kind of show No matter the weather, the hour or the illness the docawaits you at the Magic tor was there. There were several dedicated men with the are rationed. Some couples little black bag who handled the medicinal problems of the have to wait 25 years or Theater. (Madeleine Firenewcomers to this country who settled in the Omaha area. more to be given permission stone) to have a child. Everything A deep nostalgic thanks to these dedicated men. is programmed, from work to play, and Big Brother is BALTIMORE (JTA) always watching. People ) Mayor Bemie Simon is- live in cramped quarters in Opponents called Maryland sued a proclamation desig- artificial light and air, and State legislator Thomas nating April 26 through one way to get a high is to Kennedy's 1818 bill abolishMay 3 as The Days of overdose on fresh air which ing any religious qualificaRemembrance of The Vic- is piped in and very limited. tion for holding state office There is no perfect soci- "the Jew bill" and an astims of the Holocaust. He presented the procla- ety, and with every problem sault upon Christianity. He mation to Susan Paley and that man solves, a new one lost his seat soon after, but Sam Fried, Yom Hasfaoah i? created. But no matter regained it in 1824, and the co-chairmen of the Jewish how programmed or sterile bill passed two years later. Cultural Arts Council, at his life becomes, basic instincts Last month, the Baltimore Jewish Times reports, the Angel Beth DePorte press conference last wiaek. remain... Thank GodI Scottish-bom Presbyterian The cast is a talented was honored by the MaryAngel Beth DePorte, group of young people that land legislature with the esdaughter of April DePorte, are fun to watch. They are tablishment of a statewide will celebrate her Bat Mitzi®iEa fiiirw®) full of energy and envah on May 16 at Temple art competition in his name. Israel. The following ninth gradAngel, a student at Norris Junior High School, enjoys ers were inducted into Navolleyball, bowling and tional Junior Honor Society on April 22: Jay Kenyon, swimming. TEL AVIV (JTA) - The peals beyond the military Angel has a brother, son of Linda and Howard Supreme Court has set May justice system. Kenyon; Mard Luefschuetz, Nafsu, who comes from Daniel. Grandparents are 24 as the date to begin hearLeonard and Esther De- daughter of Fritzi Luef- ing an appeal by former Is- the Circassian village of schuetz and the late Karl Porte. Great-grandmothers rael Defense Force Lt. Az- Kfar Kamma, was stripped are Helen Papier and Bess Luefschuetz; Miki Penner, zat Nafsu who is serving an of his rank. He claims he daughter of EUie and Steve DePorte. 18-year prison sentence im- was convicted onfalse eviPenner; Amy Zuber, daugh- posed by a military court in dence. But a military court DAY SCHOOLS ter of Bev and Bob Zuber. 1980 for alleged treason. Su- of appeals upheld his convicTo be eligible for nomina- preme Court President Meir tion. His appeal to the SuNEW YORK (JTA) Twenty-five North Ameri- tion to National Junior Shamgar is expected short- preme Court for reversal can nondenominational Honor Society the student ly to name the panel of will be opposed by the chief Jewish community day must have maintained a 3.9 justices to hear the appeal. military prosecutor, the schools have created the grade point average since Shamgar agreed to the hear- first time in Israel's history Jewish Community Day seventh grade and been ac- ing after the Knesset that a military prosecutor School Network (JCDSN), tive in extra-curricular ac- amended the law to allow will be allowed to plead betheir first unifying organiza- tivities. The teachers vote soldiers to carry their ap- fore the high court. on the nominees. tion.
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GOLDIE STAENBERG Services were held at Mt. Sinai Cemetery on April 30 for Goldie Staenberg, 84. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Avrom Lustgarten and Mrs. Harry Wise; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Speaker Rabbi David J. Zucker has been selected by Rabbi Stephan F. Barack to be this year's ScholarIn-Residence at the 47th annual Charles E. Rosenstock Minister's Institute sponsored by Temple Israel. The Institute will take place on Friday, May 15. At Shabbst services that evening. Rabbi Zucker will be the guest speaker.
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In for luncheon, Motzi by Joe Rice, in from the Coast, Benschen by Abe RosenthaL From president Gerald Bemstien, a welcome back to Irv Green from Bliunkin Home, a reminder re Elie Wiesel's appeareance, a thanks for Mollie and her gracious servers and a belated reminder for the April birthday boys with our applause. Gerald asked us to stand in memoriam for Papa Langer, Oscar Diamond and Norm Wohlner's Pearl. Also, to be missed in the Omaha Jewish Community, will be Doc. Lew Yager, one of Omaha's most respected memba^ of our Jewish community.
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NCJW Jan Schneiderman, chairmam of the Omaha Section Nominating Committee, will present the slate of officers for 1987-88 at the May 14 board meeting, 11 a.m., at the Jewish Community Center, Due to cancellation of the April 28 general meeting, this board meeting will be open to all NCJW members for the purpose of election of officers. Current board members will transfer notebooks and files to continuing or incoming board members at the meeting. Also on the agenda will be a presentation of proposed laws by chairman Ann Goldstein.
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Marcy R. Frost, daughter Association (NIRSA) an asof Dr. and Mrs. Miuray sociation of recreation Frost, will graduate with professionals. distinction from the UniverMrs. Friedman is the wife sity of Wisconsin in Madi- of Morris Friedman, a Cerson. Marcy, who will gradu- tified Financial Planner ate May 17 with a bach- with IDS Financial Servelor's degree in English ices. Mrs. Friedman plans to literature, was one of 90 stu- return to work part-time. dents at UW to be chosen for this honor. She has been accepted by the University Richard Katskee, son of of Minnesota College of Judy and Milt Katskee, was Law. named a James B. Angell Scholar at an Honors ConBeth Michelle Friedman vocation held at Michigan will receive a master of University. Richard was science degree in recreation recognized for having an alladmiiiistration trova the Un- A record for three consecuversity of Nebraska at tive semesters. Omaha at commencement Richard has also been ceremonies on May 9. named a recipient of one of Mrs. Friedman is presi- three Gregg A. Benjamins dent of B'nai B'rith Women Scholarships conferred for i of Omaha, a member of the the academic year 1987BBW Gateway Region 1968. Benjamins finalists Board and serves on the were chosen from among Conference-Program com- some five hundred Honors mittee of the National sophomores at Michigan Intramural-Recreation University. •OO0O0PO<
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