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Murray Newman: 'Our scholarship funds are underfinanced.' By Joanie Jacobson , Federation public relations director

"One of the most urgent needs in our community continues to be scholarsip funds to send our young people on to college," wrote Murray Newman, chairman of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, in a recently published newsletter. "Currently, the Financial Aid committee can fund through our endowments, less than 50 percent of the requests being reviewed," continued Mr. Newman. "Our scholarship funds are underfinanced!" At present, there are eight funds for college scholarships now administered by the Foundation. They are: the David E. Beber scholarship fund; the Sandra L. Feldman memorial scholarship fund; the Nancy and Don Grieenberg scholarship fund; the Burton L. Robinson student athletic scholarship fund; the Lois Jeanne Schrager memorial fund; the Beatrice and Nate H. Sherman scholarship fund; the Ruth Sokolof special education scholarship futid and the B'nai B'rith Dr: Abe Greenberg/Henry Monsky. Lodge endowment fund. Steve Riekes, chairman of the Financial Aid committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education, reponsible for the allocation and distribution of these funds, explained, "The Omaha Jewish community has always moved forward with regard to creating educational opportunities for its'young people. We can be very proud of our record. But the fact is that today's ^ucational lieeds h^ve become so great that available dollars are simply inadequate, in almost every area, to fully afford these peofile every opportunity for a satisfactory coDegeeducation. There are numerous Jewish families in

Omaha who find it very difficult to meet these expenses, and it is the purpose of the Financial Aid committee to assist all students who apply. "One of the hallmarks of the Jewish people, one of the distinguishing features of Jewish values is the emphasis placed on education. It is the key to our future. It has always been the obligation of every Jewish community to ensure quality educational experiences for its youth. "It is crucial that our community be made aware of the current situation so that it can respond appropriately," said Mr. Riekes. The aimual cost of attending an out-of-state university can easily be $17,000. In-state tuitions and expenses can total anywhere from $7,000 to $10,000 per year. Whether it's«sllege or Jewish summer camps, trips to Israel, community teachers, the JCC nursery school or the Jewish Day School, the costs are significant and our needs are tremendous." Susie Drazen, interim administrator of the Federation's Biu-eau df Jewish Education, agreed, "While the costs of education are rising geometrically, our funding for scholarships has not risen commensurately, This is not because funds are being withheld, but rather, because people are just not aware of the facts as they exist todays Not until we are personally faced with the cost of a college education today, can we fully understand the problem." The accompanying graph illustrates a random sampling of Foundation scholarship applicants from the 1987-88 school year. It compari^s present needs (college costs) with the finaT award made by the Financial Aid committee. Mrs. Drazen ex-

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plained that awards are made on the basis stand the critical need for today's educaof financial need, academic achievement, tional dollars. Certainly, costs will escalate Jewish involvement/activities in high school in the future. We would urge those who can and college, available funds, the cost of a to consider establishing an endowed specific college and personal recommenda- scholarship fund. It would be a living gift— they would be able to see the fruits of their tions. ".We genuinely appreciate the generosity, generosity and, in the long run, their gift foresight and confidence demonstrated by would benefit an entu^ Jewish community." each and every college scholarship fund now For additional information, call Jerry adniinistered by the Foundation," added Rosen at the Foundation of the Jewish FedMr. Newman. "However, it's important that the Omaha Jewish conununity under- eration of Omaha, 334-8200, Ext. 275.

NCJW surveys Omaha for national study

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p Design released for US Holocaust Memorial Museum WASHINGTON, D.C.-The design of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, to be located near the heart of the Mall in Washington, D.C.. was unveiled May 22 at a Fedei;al Commission of Fine Arts meeting. The design, by architect James Ingo Freed of I.M. Pei and Partners in association with Notter Finegold and Alexander Inc., calls for a hexagonal memorial, the Hall of Remembrance, connected to a fivestory museum structure featuring a sky-lit, atrium-like Hall of Witness. Dedicated to remembering the Holocaust, the museum/memorial will be located on Raoul Wallenberg Place (formerly 15th Street! near Independence Avenue, S.W. and will face the nearby Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. It will stretch the entire block to I4th Street and sti.nd between the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to its south and the red brick Auditor's Building on Independence Avenue. ' . Subject to approval by all constituted authorities, construction may start later this year. The museum would take two to

three years to build and could be completed in 1990. ; ., The design, approved unanimously by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on April 28, was hailed by Council Chairman Harvey M. Meyerhoff as "a fitting national museum telling the story of the darkest days of human history" and America's role during that time, including the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. "The museum will meet our goal, " he said, "to remember the past for the sake of the future." The building exterior has been designed to be compatible with its neighbor to the south, the Bureau' of Printing and Engraving, and the building to its north, the Auditor's Building. The museum's permanent exhibition, filling three floors, will tell the story of the Holocaust. It wiU focus on the six million Jews, including more than one million children, exterminated in the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazism, including Poles, Gypsies, Soviet citizens, the handicapped, and others. The exhibition will also (Continued on Page 2)

In a study sponsored and coordinated by the NCJW Center for the Child, a research center established by the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), 23 local companies and organizations were surveyed to determine how well their employment policies and benefit packages serve the needs of working parents. Research in Omaha was conducted by the local NCJW Section and is part of a nationwide "Mothers in the Workplace" study carried out in nearly 100 communities. "The importance of this study is underscored by the fact that nearly half of mothers with children under one year of age are in the paid labor force. Many of these women return to work within several weeks of childbirth to preserve their jobs and essential family income," said Jane Rips. "The United States is the only industrialized country that does not have national

policies providing leaves of absence from work for maternity and early infant care. Instead, policies are set by individual employers. NCJW is interested in discovering what these policies are and how they vary in order to make recommendations on the issue," she added. The 23 companies and organizations surveyed in Omaha included a variety of large and small employers in both the public and private sectors. 'They provided information about 41 groups of workers, representing managerial and professional occupations, other white collar occupations, and blue collar and service occupations. A total of 24,000 persons areemployed in the groups surveyed. Of these workers, 54% are women, Ms. Rips said. Study results * Regarding medical or disability leave for (Continued on Page 2)

Gerda Klein to speak at New Life dinner Cantor Leo Fettman, chairman for State of Israel Bonds *^'' New Life dinner, announced that the distinguished author, journalist, historian and lecturer, Gerda Klein, will be the guest speaker at this . Gerda Klein year's New Life dinner to be held on June 14 at Beth Israel Syagogue. Mrs. Klein was born in Poland and was one of 200 survivors from her camp in Silesia who were driven 1,000 miles toward Czechoslovakia by the Gestapo in midwinter of 1945 as the Nazi empire began to crumble. As an author, her first book, All But My Life, was about her experiences in Nazi oc-

cupied Europe. Gerda Klein's other books include. The Blue Rose, about the mentally retarded, and her most recent work. Promise of a New Spring, a children's book on the history of the Holocaust presented in a non-frightening way. She has received numerous awards including; the Hanna Solomon Award of the Council of Jewish Women as Woman of the Year; the Humanitarian Citation of Trocairo College, Buffalo; Award for the Year of the Special Child from D'Youville College, and the Adele Rosenwald Levy Award of the United Jewish Appeal. Her husband is Kurt Klein who, as a U.S. Intelligence officer, rescued her from the ^^_ Nazis. ^U Cantor Fettman added, "The whole com- ^^ munity is invited, and if you have not received an invitation please telephone the Israel Bond office at 341-1177 to make yourreservation. ^^^

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BSA's Tiger Cubs for Jewish cliil(dren IRVING, Texas - Seventeen special Throughout the year, special projects can themes which tailor a new Boy Scouts of be planned that celebrate religious hohdays America program specifically for Jewish and reinforce the Jewish heritage, notes children have been developed by the Jew- Chanover. Boys also will have the chance ish Education Service of North America. to earn the Maccabee Award, an educaPrepared for the Service by Rabbi Hyman tional challenge which encourages youngChanover, of Baltimore, Md„ the 17 themes sters to leam about Jewish names, holidays, provide alternative "Big Ideas ' for BSA's terms, community helpers, heroes, symbols, Tiger Cubs, a recently-introduced youth and objects. A $4 fee provides each Tiger Cub and his program for first grade boys and an accomadult partner with an activity packet, ironpanying adult. According to Chanover, the supplemen- on decals to create a uniform, the suptal themes are specifically designed to "as- plemental Jewish activity book, and other sist and serve as a vehicle for strengthen- material. ' Synagogues, temples, and Jewish centers ing Jewish identity. Jewish belonging, Jewish enrichment, the single parent, and can obtain additional information on orattracting the unaffiliated. Thanks to the ganizing Tiger Cub groups by contacting eispecial themes, " said Chanover, "Tiger ther the local Boy Scout council or Fred Cubs now provides a perfect informal set- Tichauer, Director of Jewish Relationships, ting to supplement formal Jewish education Boy Scouts of America, 1325 Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, Texas 75038-3096. programs." Tiger Cubs meet in small groups, usually monthly, with each session hosted by a different young member and his adult part(Continued from Page 1) ner, who can be a parent, relative', neighbor, or over-18 brother or sister. Programs can maternity, the study found that female embe held in homes. Jewish centers, parks, or ployees in 37% of the groups surveyed reother settings. ceive less than the medically recommended minimum eight weeks of leave, and 20% receive no job-protected leave at all. Female workers in 21% of the groups surveyed are allowed to take some amount of time off in (Continued from Page 1) depict efforts to preserve human dignity addition to maternity leave to care for their newborns. However, only 3% of groups reduring the Holocaust. ceive as much as 18 weeks of leave for The museum, with its learning center, library, archives and international computer- parenting, which is the amount that would ized data retrieval center, will serve as a na- be requried by pending federal legislation. tional educational resource on the Moreover, of the groups surveyed, only 16% receive any wage replacement while on Holocaust. In fulfilling its mission to remember and leave. educate, the museum will support academic * The study also investigated the availaresearch, curriculum development and bility of flexible work hours (flextime and teacher training services. The archival, ar- part-time work), the benefits received by tifact and library collections will provide part-time workers, and employer assistance fundamental resources for visitors, stu- for child care. "There is growing discussion dents, teachers and scholars. It will be in- in the media, legislatures, and corporate strumental in integrating the archival col- board rooms about what role employers lections of Holocaust institutions might play in helping to meet the urgent needs of working parents for high quality throughout the world. The museum's two auditoriums will pro- and affordable day care," said Ms. Rips. was interested in finding out what vide space for lectures, symposiums and "NCJW assistance employers are already providconcerts and wiU provide screens for films ing in Omaha." Of groups surveyed, only on the Holocaust and related subjects. The museum will have two areas for ma- 12% receive any form of child care asjor changing exhibitions on the 1st Floor sistance from their employers. Research done in Omaha and nationwide and Concourse levels totaling more than 11,000 square feet. A Children's Wall on the was supported by NCJW and a grant from Concourse level will feature approximately the Ford Foundation. Findings from the na6,000 tiles, each with a scene painted by an tional "Mothers in the Workplace" survey American school child depicting his or her are in a separate report. Further research will examine the impact that policies and view of the Holocaust. The museum will cost an estimated $45- benefits in the workplace have on the lives 50 million to build, another $15-20 million of individual working parents and their chilfor exhibits and $5 nullion for computers dren. Results from that research will be published in the fall of 1987. and other equipment for the interior.

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Exodus: the spirit lives on By. United Jewish Appeal press service The ship Exodus was named aft#r the ancient journey from slavery to freedom, but in September, 1947, it became a mighty modern symbol of Jewish yearning to live in Eretz Israel. The ship had set sail from Germany with 4,515 Holocaust survivors, but the British, in control of Eretz Israel and under heavy Arab pressure, barred it at the mouth of Haifa Harbor. The survivors refused to leave. The British boarded the ship. The Jews fought back with sticks and tin cans, but eventually three were killed, 28 injured and the rest forced onto three British transports for return to Europe.' The British asked the French to take the surYivors in. The French refused, but no matter; the Jews said they would only go to Eretz Israel. They were taken to Hamburg, but by the time Independence was declared, 39 years ago this month, every one of them, as individuals or in small groups, had reached Israel. This photo, released by United Jewish Appeal National Chairman Martin F. Stein from the UJA Archives, shows the British (in white hehnets) aboard the Exodus. In releasing the photo, Martin F. Stein said, "The spirit of the Exodus lives on. In every era we understand more fully the meaning of the Exodus and the importance of the Jewish State to Jews everywhere. "Two years ago we recognized the importance of Israel for the Ethiopian Jews, and over 10,000 who would otherwise have perished in a sub-Saharan famine are now alive and being aided through UJA contributors and others, to live free lives in Israel. Today, we focus especially on the Soviet Jews. "In this month marking Israel's 39th year of independence, every Jew must try to understand the wider picture; that there is a world Jewish family and each of us has a commitment to. Jews everywhere they Uve. We at UJA continue to be as dedicated today as we have been since before Israel's establishment. We are, indeed. One People, One Destiny."

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First Soviet-born Jew ordained as a Conservative rabbi at JTS By Margie OUter NEW YORK (JTA) Leonid Feldman used to teach Soviet children scientific atheism, a required course wiiich ridiculed religion and belief in a God. On May 14, he became the first Soviet-born Jew ordained a Conservative rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America {JTS). "Today is a victory celebration for a 4,000 year old tradition. The Soviet Union is the most successful atheistic machine. But this just proves that Judaism is more powerful than anything, " Feldman said. "1 realize that I'm very lucky, very fortunate. But with this comes a responsrbility," he said. The responsibility, according to Feldman, is to teach American Jews and especially Soviet Jews who settle in America, to be Jewish. Feldman and 22 other men and women were ordained in the JTS commencement. Also, the first two women cantors ordained in the history of the Conservative movement, Maria Rosenfeld Barugel and Erica Lippitz, received their diploma of Hazzan at the ceremony. Feldman, who has become a cause celebre in the American Jewish community, has accepted a job at CLAL (The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership). One of Feldman's dreams for the near future is the establishment of a Soviet synagogue in Brighton Beach which he hopes will bring Soviet Jews back to Judaism. About 40,000 Soviet Jews live in the Brighton Beach section of ' Brooklyn. Feldman, 34, told the JTA that his spiritual and physical journey to the rabbinate was fraught with obstacles. As a refusenik in the Soviet Union, Feldman said he was briefly imprisoned and staged a hunger strike just before he received permission to emigrate to Israel in 1976. After spending three years in Israel, he came to America, hoping to study

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Rabbi Leonid Feldman education at Columbia University in New York. But as an illegal resident with little money, the school would not accept him. He said he had been homeless, despondent, lonely and even suicidal after he came toAmerica. Feldman said the turning point in his odyssey came one night when he was standing on the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan and thinking about jumping off. "I said to myself, the Soviets did not break me. I'm not going to let the freest country in the world break me," Feldman recalled. As a young physics' teacher in the Soviet Union, Feldman described himself aa. a "passionate atheist" and a ([ood communist. He believed in scientific atheism and said he was "antireligion." But one day, a refusenik gave him the book that would change the course of his life—Leon Uris' "Exodus." After reading it in one night, Feldman said he realized for the first time that the Jews had a country of their own, a language of their own and an ancient

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history. He became a Zionist activist with no special attachment to the Jewish religion. After the Soviets did not permit hiin to emigrate, Feldman said Natan Sharansky advised him to go on a hunger strike as a last resort to publicize his case. For this he said he spent a month in Soviet prison. Following his release in 1976, Feldman spent three years in Israel, serving iii the army and teaching physics. Feldman, a chess master, was also invited to judge in the World Chess Olympiad in Haifa. Education was a consistent part of his life. He decided in 1980 to go to New York to study at Columbia University Teachers College. But with no papers, no money and no luck, this aspiration was frustrated. His fortunes changed considerably when he went to Los Angeles to visit an old friend. There, he was offered teaching jobs and became interested in religious studies. "I always felt I had some kind of a mission—I was an idealist in the Soviet Union, a good communist."

TEL AVIV (JTA) - Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin sent a message of condolence to U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger fof the deaths of American sailors aboard the USS Stark, a guided missile frigate severely damaged by a missile fired by an Iraqi aircraft in the Persian Gulf. The death toll aboard the Stark has been put at 28 with nine men unaccounted for. The message said: "Please accept, on behalf of the government of Israel and the Ministry of Defense, our condolences for the unfortunate loss of lives of U.S. Navy sailors and officers on board the USS Stark. We in Israel share your grief. 1 would be grateful to you if you could convey our sympathy to the U.S. Navy and to the bereaved families." Rabin, at a press confer-

ence, recalled the Israel Air Force attack of June 8, 1967, on the U.S. Navy ship Liberty off the Sinai coast at the height of the Six-Day War, which took the lives of 34 crewmen and injured 171. Rabin, who was Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Force at the time, said the only similarity between that incident and the attack on the Stark was the fact that both were American naval vessels. His point was that Israel had given ample warning days earlier to the U.S. to withdraw the Liberty, a World War II Victory-type freighter converted to an electronic surveillance or "spy" ship, from the war zone. The Stark had no warning. According to Rabin, when the Six-Day War broke out on June 6, 1967, both the

U.S. and the Soviet Union had spy ships in the area. Israel warned the two superpowers that it was engaged in "intensive battle." The Soviets took the warning seriously and ordered its vessel out to sea. But the Americans failed to heed the warning and Israeli pilots mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian warship which had been reported, erroneously as it turned out, to be shelling Israeli troops near El Arish in Sinai. The Liberty, unarmed, had large American flags, painted on its decks. It was attacked by two Israel Air Force Mirage fighters, followed by SuperMystere jets and torpedo boats. The Iraqi aircraft which attacked the Stark was also a I-'rench-ihade Mirage, firing a French-made Exocet missile.

NCJW leader discusses projects very young board. She explained, "The NCJW is atServing her third term as tracting younger women benational vice president of cause we are responsive to the National Council of Jew- change, to things that need ish Women, energetic Diane attention. Volunteers are Marowitz has been travel- given an opportunity to do ing across the United States new and different things." for the organization since An example she cited was 1973. One of her most recent th6 growth of the business stops was in Omaha to in- and professional women's stall the local NCJW offi- groups. These, she said, are cers and to give a leadership women in their 20's and 30's workshop. who are in the workforce but The former teacher, who still want to be involved in now works part-time as a a Jewish women's organizaprogram coordinator for the tion. YMCA in Cincinnati, said Mrs. Marowitz said the her expotise is in leadership NCJW intensely studies development and training. and assesses needs then apShe said training of board proaches them through admembers and volunteers is vocacy and service. The priwhat makes the NCJW a ority areas they serve are viable, successful organiza-- aging, children end youth, tion. constitutional rijgfats, Israel, "The NCJW gives educa- Jewish life and women's istion and training in any- sues. thing a woman may be inSome of the national terested in, including chil- NCJW projects have indren, senior citizens and the cluded the founding of Hecourt system," Mrs. brew University High Marowitz said. Volunteers, School in Israel in 1965, esshe explained, are given tablishment of the NCJW thorough training which can Research Institute for Innolast from six weeks to vation in Education in 1968, several months. the first definitive nationNationally, Mrs. Maro- wide study of day care in witz said, the NC^JW has a 1972, having a lead role in By Lynda Frank

the first National White House Conference on Families in 1980, estabUshment of the Center for the Child in 1983 and the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) project which received a national award in 1984. Presently, she said, the NCCJ is doing research on a project called "Mothers in the Workplace." Of the 200 sections across the country, half are doing survey worki Omaha is one of the 100 participating sections and is now working on phase two of the project. Omaha, she-said, is reflective of what is going on across the country. Each section, she said, assesses their own community and following the resolutions of the national board implements projects. Among local activities mentioned, she referred to a Teen Survival Guide for teenagers seeking help with such things as drug problems, alcoholism or abuse. And she noted, in reference to National NCJW Board Member Jan Schneiderman of Omaha. "It is an honor for a city to have national representation."

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1 can't think of anyone better qualified to speak on the American experience than veteran broadcast newsman Walter Cronkite. At the recent Brandeis University commencement, Mr. Cronkite said Aat despite a tarnished image, America remains the world's best hope for the future of freedom. But America must re-order its priorities based on an understanding that America's potential for leadership is in her political, social and economic strength, not her military power, he said. Additional comments provided by Brandeis Uiiiverslty news are as follows: Cronkite, the main speaker at the Brandeis commencement, said that, "our national image has been tarnished in recent years and continues to serve as a kind of universal whipping boy. "Still, it is the American image that attracts, like a great transglobal magnet, the most ambitious as well as the most oppressed and hopeless among the earth's peoples." Cronkite told the graduating students that "reserving a'place for freedom in this planet's future" is becoming increasingly difficult and said the shrinking world will lead inevitably to "social, political and economical evolution." It will come, he said, "with such explosive suddenness as to have the character of revolution." He said America must "get into the leadership of that revolution, to channel it in a direction that will ensure freedom's future. If we do not, it will imperil that future." For example, he said continued high levels of international tension and nuclear arsenals "will prove corrosive to freedonl, with people willing to surrender individual rights to security needs whenever the two seem to conflict. 'The case (also) can be made that America's industrial decline is tied closely to the diversion of far too much of our capabilities for research—of our scientific and technical genius—to the economically dead end of weapon development." Cronkite also said that the nation's ability to recover its leadership role is undercut by the failures of the educational system, and, "it may well be that the greatest danger to democracy in our times will prove to be, not the Soviets, but the intellectual and educational deficiencies of the electorate." Cronkite, who received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree, was among nine honorary degree recipients at the program. Brand^is also awarded approximately 800 undergraduate and graduate degrees at the commencement exercises.

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Haifa—Can anything truly be learned from history? It happened 1860 years ago, and might have been regarded only as one more tragic story out of Israel's past, except that scholars of our own time seek to draw from it a lesson applicable to our times and to present conditions. The reference is to Bar Kosiva, better known as Bar Kochba (Son of a Star), whom many historians regard as a noble and heroic figure, though his revolt against the Romans in the year 135 ended in catastrophe. Recent books have been published analyzing the Bar Kochba revolt, and from time to time controversy swirls in the public press here. Let us recall briefly the historical background. The first Jewish revolt against the Hellenizing Syrians was led by Judah Maccabae. It resulted in the capture of Jerusalem, all the events marked by the holiday of Hanukah, and theestabUshment of a Hasmonean dynasty which some 200 years later ended in the second revolt and the destruction of the Temple. Some 62 years thereafter, rallying the remaining Jews of Judea in a third revolt, Bar Kochba succeeded in retaking Jerusalem and set up a government which even minted its own coins, but within three years it was bloodily smashed by the Romans and an end was put to any kind of Jewish independence in Palestine until modem times. Some traditional sources, disappointed in his failure, refer to him as Bar Koziva (deceiver). Yehoshafat Harkabi, an eminent scholar and military personality, has been hammering away at the thesis that the Bar Kochba revolt was doomed from the start, and should never have been launched. If Jewish leadership of the time had been prepared to compromise, he asserts, large numbers of Jews would have survived in many parts of the Holy Land, and when the Roman Empire eventually collapsed, they would have been in a position to re-assert their national identity. Harkabi warns the nationalists and activists of our day that their extremism and their unwillingness to face realities can yet result in utter destruction of the State of Israel. He minces no words and pulls no punches in his straight talk. Bar Kochba was a false prophet and a failure, and should not be regarded as a national hero, he insists. Defendants of the ancient hero are not lacking. Prof. Yuval Ne'eman, also a distinguished scholar, points out that Judah Maccabee was no less a rebel against odds, yet he has earned a place in the pantheon of great Jewish heroes. It was precisely the willingness to compromise thereafter, the acceptance of Hellenistic and Roman ways, and the consequent collapse of internal morale which led to the destruction of the Temple. Bar Kochba, who led the last of the revolts, was in the best tradition of the Jewish resistance movement, and his failure for objective reasons.

should not reduce his stature. For that matter, says Ne'eman, Ben Gurion and his colleagues and tbe Zionist resistance movements in this country four and five decades ago might be regarded as having been equally reckless when they took on the mighty British Empire, yet they persisted, and established the State. From that point on the two sides in the debate seek to apply the historic parallels to contemporary issues, and the letto^ to the editor columns in the daily press have proliferated with diverse views. Harkabi and those who identify with him warn that irrational and mystical attitudes of the present day nationalists, in the Bar Kochba tradition, will only end in failure. He recalls that Rabbi Akiba was said to have proclaimed Bar Kochba the Messiah. Ne'eman and his ideological associates warn that those who urge Israel to be conciliatory, to yield up Judea and Samaria, and to consent to establishment of a Palestine state along our borders are advocating a policy which will spell the destuction of Israel. We have had otu- Harkabis in the past, the nationalists say. One was Yosef Flavius, Josephus, who also urged the Jews to yield, and even turned traitor and^ent over to the Roman side. His place in Jewish history is still subject to debate. Why did Bar Kochba fail? He relied heavily on the support of the Parthians, a great people in central and westem Asia, who were traditional foes of the Romans, and had more than once demonstrated their friendship for the Jews. It was under Parthian rule that the great Talmudic academies of Babylon flourished. Yet in the pinch they failed to help. In our tunes some regard the United States as the contemporary equivalent of the Parthians. Will they be a reliable ally in the event of dire need?

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Election of delegates to Zionist Congress NEW YORK (JTA) -Close to a million ballots were mailed within the last week to members of American Zionist Organizations to elect delegates to the 31st World Zionist Congress which will open in Jerusalem on Dec. 7, in was announced here by the American Zionist Federation (AZF), the umbrella group for all the Zionist membership organizations in the United States. Eligible voters will choose from nine slates representing a broad spectrum of views on issues of concern to the Jewish people. Benjamin Cohen, AZF president, and Raymond Patt, Area Election Committee chairperson, said recipients of the ballots have until June 30 to return them. While the AZF is the coordinating body for the election, voters have been instructed to mail their ballots directly to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) which is overseeing the election. Any member of the 16 AZF constituent organizations who has not received a ballot by May 30 should contact the AAA at (212) 484-3220, Cohen and Patt said. According to the two officials, if a person is a member of more than one Zionist organization, that person may receive more than one ballot. But, Cohen and Patt emphasized, "You may vote only once. If you return more than one ballot, your vote will not be counted." Patt called the balloting "a remarkable democratic exercise which allows members in the U.S. Zionist organizations to select their representatives to the World Zionist Congress." He predicted that the response would exceed the more than 200,000 ballots cast in 1978, the last time elections took place for the Zionist Congress. "This is certainly the 'Year of the Zionist'," Patt said. "We witnessed a dramatic increase in Zionist membership; we experienced a highly successful American Zionist Assembly in Philadelphia last January which was attended by some 1,60Q people. And we are extremely encouraged by a renewed interest in Zionism, particularly by young Jews." Cohen said that "a strong showing in this election will serve as a reafRrmation of basic Zionist principles and also reinforce the Jerusalem Program adopted at the 27th Zionist Congress in 1968." The Jerusalem program affirms that the aims of Zionism are: "The unity of the Jewish people and the centraiity of Israel m Jewish Ufe; The ingathering of the Jewish people in its historic homeland Eretz Yisrael, through aliya from all countries: The strengthening of the State of Israel, which is based on the prophetic vision of justice and peace; The

preservation of the identity of the Jewish people through the fostering of Jewish and Hebrew education and of Jewish spiritual and cultural values; The protection of Jewish rights everywhere." There are nine slates, in the following order drawn by lot: * SLATE 1 Mercaz-Strengthening Israel's Conservative/Masorti Judaism * SLATE 2 Hadassah-Bnai Zion-American Jewish LeagueYoung Judea * SLATE 3 Zionist Organization of America-ZOA-Masada Youth Movement * SLATE 4 Students for Israel * SLATE 5 ARZA-Association of Reform Zionists of America * SLATE 6 Herut Zionists-Tehiya-Sephardic MovementUnited Zionist Revisionists of America-Betar Zionist Youth Organization * SLATE 7 The Progressive Zionist List-Americans for Progressive Israel-Hashomer Hatzair * SLATE 8 Religious Zionist Movement-AmitEmunah-RZA » SLATE 9 Friends of Labor: Na'amat, LZA, Habonim Although all of the organizations are united on the basic Zionist agenda, such as the security of the State of Israel and aliya, they differ on such issues as pluralism in Israel, the future of territories captured by Israel in 1967, and the process for achieving many of Zionism's goals, Cohen and Patt said.

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Ruth and other righteous Jews-by-choice By Rabbi Bernard S. Raskaa tCopyrifbt 1M7. Jiwiik Tal«(rs|iUc AftWT. ••cl

The Book of Ruth, which is set during the summer harvest, traditionally is read on Shavuot, a harvest festival. Ruth was the great-grandmother of David, Israel's second icing. And according to the early rabbis, sh^ was both the prototype and symbol of the righteous Jew-by-choice. Many scholars feel the book was written during a period when the status of converts was in question. Thus, the purpose of the story was to create a positive attitude toward the convert. Indeed, the famous words of Ruth are usually a part of the ceremony of Jewish conversion. "Entreat me not to leave you, to turn away from joining you. For wherever you go, I will go, and where you lodge, will I lo4ge. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where yOu die will I die and there will I be buried. I vow before God that nothing but death could part me from you." There is ample evidence of a widespread conversion to Judaism during the period of the Second Temple. Among the notable converts are the royal family of Adiabene; Onquelos, the author of the classic translation of the Bible into Aramaic that is still used; and Aquilas, the translator of the Bible into Greek. To this may be added the name of Flavius Clemens, the nephew of Vespasian; and the immediate ancestors of several prominent rabbis including Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Akiva. In the Book of Matthew (23::15) Jewish leaders are cited as willing to "cross sea and land to make one convert." It was in response to the question of a prospective convert.

"Make me a convert on condition that you teach me the whole Torah while 1 stand on one foot," that Hillel made his famous reply: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah, the rest is commentary; go forth and learn" (Shabbat 31a). Of course, conversion to Judaism has never been a simple matter, because it involved not only learning but other rituals as well. Despite that, Jewish conversion continued in a brisk manner until the rise of Islam and Christianity. In Jewish literature, the accepted attitude toWard converts is usually positive. This is found in phrases such as, "Converts are beloved." There is, however, evidence in rabbinic sources that some authorities were opposed to conversion. The differences in outlook can be explained by differences in character. The deciding factors were usually contemporary conditions and the personal experiences of individual rabbis. The sage Maimonides wrote to Obadiah "the famous convett" that "You may say, 'Our God and God of our fathers ...' because there is no difference between us and you." Maimonides adds, "God, in His glory, loves converts." We have records of converts in the Middle Ages who suffered martyrdom for their convictions. Modem times began with a negative attitude toward converts. Biit, as Jews entered the open society, attitudes slowly changed from neutral to those who openly advocate "missionizing" and seeking converts to Judaism. In 17th century America, a small group of Black people converted to Judaism. In 1732, the conununity laid out a

cemetery, observed the dietary laws and built a synagogue. The earliest weUknown Jewish convert in the United States was a Quaker, Walter Cresson. By 1954, reports from 785 United States congregational rabbis showed that approximately 3,000 persons were converted to Judaism over the previous few years. This has given rise to the following apocryphal story: A young Jewish man was regularly dating a young woman who was studying to convert to Judaism. The father warned him, "Marry a nice Jewish girl." Eventually, the young man married the woman after she converlied to Judaism. On the Sabbath following their honeymoon, the husband rose, dressed and started to leave the house. The new bride asked where he was going. The husband replied, "To the business, of course." She replied, "Oh, no. Today is the Sabbath. We go to the synagogue." Having no choice, he went Later that evening, his father telephoned him in a rag^ demanding, "Where were you? You know Saturday is the busiest day in the week!" 'The new husband replied, "Well, my wife reminded me it was Shabbos and insisted I accompany her to services." The father replied, "Aha, I told you to marry a nice Jewish girl." Funny, yet it contains an element of truth. Todajr, sincere converts range from movie stars to Nobel Prize winners, from wives of Orthodox rabbis to everyday people. What Ruth began has not ended, and each year Judaism is enriched by righteous converts.

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Not just a ploy By Eric Rozenman Near East Report On May 13 five U.S. Senators proposed legislation to shut down the PLO's Palestine Information Office (PIO) in Washington and the PLO observer mission's office at the U.N. (NER, May 18). The New Yorii Ttmes gave the story six paragrq>h8 on Page A-13; the Washington Post seven paragraphs on page A-41. PLO r^resentatives denounced the proposal as a political gesture. The Arab Institute and the Arab League have denounced the bill and its supporters. And the Washington office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLUI warned that in its view the move was unconstitutional. But the idea—similar to legislation already offered in the House by Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) merits coverage. It is neither political grandstanding nor an assault on freedom of speech. It is newsworthy because the PLO has been at war not only with Israel but also with the United States, as Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) observed. (Before repeated outrages gained the PLO perverted celebrity status, it was sometimes referred to as "the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization," to make clear the fraud behind the name!) As noted by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), PLO ambushes of Americans included, in addition to the murder of Ambassador Cleo Noel anda second American diplomat in the Sudan in 1973: • The 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, in which one American died; • The 1973 slaying of a 16-year-old; • The 1974 mid-air explosion of a TWA flight in which 88 people—some of them American citizens—died; • A 1975 Jerusalem bombing which killed three Americans; • A 1976 hotel fire, a result of PLO terrorism, in which two Americans died, and, in a separate attack, the slaying of an aide to the late Sen. Jacob Javits; • The 1978 killing of an American medical student, and the murder of photographer Gail Rubin at the start of the Tel Aviv coastal road massacre; • The 1986 murder of Achille Lauro passenger Leon Klin-

ghoffer and the shootings of other U.S. dtizeDS at the Rome and Vienna airports. Mohammed Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the cruise ship hijacking, remains a member of the PLO executive committee. Abu Nidal—long described as a renegade opposed to Yasir Arafat—reportedly attended the recent PLO "Palestine National Coundl" session in Algiers, as did one or more of his assistants. "There has been some talk that the PLO was becoming a moderate organization," Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.) noted, but this "was really laid to rest in Algiers." He called the PLO itself "an obstacle to the peace process" and pointed out that it has intimidated more moderate Palestinian Arabs. Two years ago President Reagan described Arafat and Co. as "one of the world's most vicious terrorist groups." However, the State Department—perhaps hoping against experience that the PLO will renounce violence and join the peace process—opines only that the organization may include some individuals or factions who commit terrorism. Whatever the reason, the Administration has moved sluggishly on requests by Dole, Kemp, Grassley, Lautenberg and others, some going back nearly two years, to act against both the PLO-funded Washington PIO and the U.N. observer mission. But Administration officials have begun to take another look at these offices since the legislation was introduced. Asked by the NER whether the bill might infringe on the First AJnendment rights of Americans who support the PLO, Sen. Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) said constitutional lawyers had reviewed and approved the measure. He noted it "does not limit anyone's ability to hold, express or work for their political views ... It only says that the PLO cannot have offices or fund activities in the United States until it ceases terrorism." To which Grassley added, "Terrorism is not protected by free speech any more than polygamy is protected by freedom of religion." Summing up, Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (I>Ohio) declared: "I think it's quite obvious that there's a general consensus the PLO is a terrorist organization that doesn't have a right to have its offices here in this country... I'll urge the leadership of the Senate to put this bill on a fast track to get it through as promptly as possible."

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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. Faye and Howard Ruback will host the kiddush following services in honor of their birthdays. Mincha 7:40 p.m., followed by Seudat Shlishit and Ma'ariv. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. BAT MITZVAH Joy Mann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mann, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 5, and Saturday morning, June 6. USY USY will have the annual Final Banquet on Sunday, May 31, at 11 a.m. with installation of officers. SHAVUOT Tuesday, June 2—8:15 p.m., Minha/Ma'ariv followed by Torah Study. Wednesday, June 3—9:30 a.m., Shaharit; 6 p.m., MinhaiMa'ariv. Thursday, June 4 9:30 a.m., Shaharit - Yizkor and Dedication of Memorial Plaques; 8:45 p.m., Minha/Ma'ariv.

Lincoln . Tifereth Israel Friday: 8 p.m. . The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hoffman in honor of graduating high school seniors Andrew Cherrick, Brian Hoffman, Eden Shlien and Kim Smith. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. DEDICATION A monument in (nemory of Ezra Kohn will be dedicated at 2 p.m., May 31, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. SHAVUOT Tuesday, June 2—8 p.m. Confirmation of 'Eric Hoffman and Eden Shlien. Wednesday, June 3— Services, 9:30 a.m. Mincha, Maariv, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4 Yizkor, 9:30 a.m.

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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephen Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. Members of the 1987 Confirmation Class will be called to the Ark to receive their Confirmation Bibles. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by parents of the Confirmands. Shabbat Morning Service— 11:15 a.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Seth Steere Perlman, son of Barbara and David Perlman.will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30. Aron Michael Boumstein, son of Meryl and Bob Boumstein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6. SHAVUOT Tuesday, June 2—8 p.m., Shavuot Evening Service and Confirmation. Confirmands are: David K. Blatt, Steven D. Givner, Susan A. Gurwitch, Lawrence J. Kirshenbaum, Stephanie R. Krieger,. Alison L. Kutler, David H. Leibowitz, Michael A. Levitan, Kenneth R. Polikov, Jennifer L. Rubin, Ken L. Saltzman, Trudi E. Seiner, Lisa M. Wisnia. David A. Yudelson, and Jamie P. Zacharia. Following the service, the parents of the confirmands will host a reception for the congregation in honor of their children. Wednesday, June 3—11:15 a.m., Shavuot Morning Service and Yizkor.

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The Hebrew name of the some theological dogma of fourth book of Torah is later centuries, much later B'Midbar, "In the wilder- centuries. ness of..." The EngUsh The desert, the Wildername we use. Numbers, de- 'ness of Sinai, however, is a scribes the opening events good analogy to life itself. If of the book. But in this case there are no tracks and the Hebrew name gives guides, what do we make of more of a clue to the back- it? What is life? And what ground of the book. its purpose? We may well understand Its length is ridiculously the rebelhons against the finite. It$ end is inevitable. leadership of Moses and the The living perforce must murmurings against him on take up life again—immeANNUAL MEETING the part of the people, if we diately—after they have The Annual Congregaset foot in the wilderness of said their farewell to the tioneil Election meeting will Sinai. It is not an attractive dead .. . and then others be held on May 31 at 12:30 sight—unless you are well- will say their farewell, and p.m. provided with food, water, so on and so on. Against the and transportation. Then its backdrop of time and space, wild beauty is impressive in- how tiny are our lives! Blumkin Home deed. But if not—the land of It is here that Shavuot milk and honey to which SERVICES: they had hoped to come makes an impression on us Friday: 7 p.m. could not have impressed as we celebrate it during the Daily and Saturday: the people whom Moses had approaching week. The peoThe residents and stttff of led out there. They had to ple of Israel are at Sinai, and the Rose Blumkin Home inface cold and heat, scant there they are blessed and vite the families, volunteers food and drink, and always burdened with Torah. The and friends of the residents craggy mountain of Sinai, sand and rock. to attend services in the Sand and rock, and no wherever it was, and whenHerbert Goldsten Synaroads. No path's even. The ever the event occurred, gogue. Kiddush following desert was trackless. Nowa- changed the whole perspecservices on Shabbat. days Bedouin do fairly well tive of mankind. Now there with camels. The ancient Is- was a guide through the now there was a Council Bluffs raelites had no camels, no desert; maps, no guides. This man goal—a goal and a purpose; B'nai Israel Moses must have been in- now there was point to the whole enterprise of living. sane to bring us here.. .. SERVICES; In short, God, peopleNow I am personally not : First and third Friday' impressed with allegoriced hood, ethical imperatives each month 7;30 p.m. An interpretations of the narra- and moral values—all these Oneg Shabbat follows the tives of the Bible. Whether ideas and concepts would be service. one wishes to believe the impossible without Sinai. B'nai Israel Synagogue narratives literally or not is The people complained to offers services led by memanother matter. (Did the Sea Moses even after that. And bers of the congregation. of Reeds, or part of it, actu- we still complain about life's Volunteer Cantor Major ally separate, so that the frustrations, its sorrows, its Mandy Greene leads the Children of Israel might tragedies, its bereavements. singing. Everyone is invited pass through?) But I do not But Sinai makes it livable to attend. wish to ruin the story by at the least and glorious at Persons interested in the making it an allegory about the best. Happy Shavuot! synagogue or in carpools may call Scott Kotzen 402-553-3334. SHAVUOT Tuesday, June 2 Candlelighting, 8:33 p.m. Evening Service, 8:30 p.m. Torathon, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 Morning Service, 8:45 a.m. Candlelighting, 8:34 p.m. Evening Service, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 3 Mornuig Service, 8:45 a.m. Yizkor, 11 a.m. Evening Service, 8:30 p.m.

Offutt Air Base SERVICES: Kabbi Howard B. Zyskind conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

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Spiritual Adoption dinner Margie Nearenberg (left) a long-time member of Na'amat, shows dippings of tlie organization's work to Andrea Gordman, a new life memlier, in preparation for tlie group's annual Spiritual Adoption dinner, June 7, at Beth El Synagogue.

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The Omaha Magic Theatre has been invited to perform its production of Megan Terry's Ex-Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival/Fringe Festival at the Royal Scott's Club in Scotland, Aug. 9-29. Ms. Terry has been playwright-in-residence at the Omaha Magic Theatre since 1974. She was one of eight writers selected for a 1987 Rockefeller Fellowship as a major American playwright. Ms. Terry's play, Ex-Miss Copper Queen was first produced in New York City at the Cherry Lane Theatre, by Edward Albee and Rickard Barr. The Omaha M^gic Theatre will produce it in the coming season for a run in Omaha and subsequent midwest touring.

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daughters, Joanne Freeman and Enid Pollack, both of Omaha; brother, Albert Friedman of Los Angeles, Calif.; six grandchildren and four great-grandciiildren. SAMUEL H. STERN Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery on May 27 for Samuel H. Stem, 85. Mr. Stem is survived by his wife, Bess; sons, Howard and Arnold; five grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to Beth El Synagogue Building Fund.

SAMUEL A. RICE Graveside services were held at Golden Hill Cemetery on May 24 for Samuel A. Rice, 90. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emit Berkovits officiated. Mr. Rice is survived by sons, Norman M., David S. and Alan H., all of Omaha; daughter, Marilyn Hurwitz, Des Moines, Iowa; brother, Joe M. Rice, Omaha; sister, Tillie Feinstein, Los Angeles, Calif.; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Mr. Rice was a member of B'nai B'rith for over 50 years; he headed the Beth El Hebrew School in the 1940's and was instruinental in bringing Rabbi Myer Kripke to Omaha. He was a partner and co-owner of Grand-o-lac. The family suggests memorials to Beth El Synagogue or the Heart Fund. MINNIE FRIEDMAN LEVEY Graveside services were held on May 26 at Beth El Cemetery for Minnie Friedman Levey, 85. Mrs. Levey is survived by

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NCJW More than 225 men and women volunteered for the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women in 1986-87. A thank; you letter and a poem about the value of volunteerism was sent this past week to NCJW volunteers. Men and women wishing to volunteer for Omaha Section projects may call involvement chairmen Anne Broder, 390-9016, and Sheryl Lee, 333-3452, or membership vice-president Judy Farber, 391-3006.

By Lucille ZelioBky

11 is gratifying to report that four new volunteers have recently joined us. Bess Stern, as well as Doris and Sid Kwiatek. The Kwiateks accompanied the "Brunch to Lunch" groups to Piccolo Pete's on their last outing. George Schapiro and Max Katz also assisted on that excur.sion. Our latest MenschMatc is Bessie Neuman. 'I'hanks to the B'nai B'rith Cornhusker Lodge for the cookies and lemonade which they recently donated. These refreshments were enjoyed at tea time. On May 20, the musical group "Us Three" performed at the Home. Melody Melee presented a harp recital on May 27, and on May 31 a. teenage dance group will entertain the residents. Have you noticed the 3(i new parking spots I liat an available on the north of the building? These add'ional parking spots make visiting easier, so come on out. Morris Kpstein is a new resident.

June birthdays will be celebrated by Libbie Barron, Fannie Bordy, Lillian Herman, Sam Bronstein, Elizabeth Rubenstein, Celia Grossman and Ruth Potash. By the way, some of the ladies at the Home would love to play Mah Jongg, so if anyone has a set that they would like to donate, it would be greatly, appreciated. A portable sewing machine and a clothes tree would also be utilized frequently so if you have a spare one, we would be . thrilled to have it. In the next few columns, we are going to recognize the volunteers who r^ularly help to make life more interesting for our residents. On Mondays you can usually find Lucille Brodkey. Bernice Horwitz, Lois Kpst«in and Ethel Bleiweiss at the Bingo Game. Esther Fox, Sam Shyken, Lena Grossman, and Miriam Simon are faithful Monday visitors, and on Monday mornings Mylee Katzman helps with the exercise class. Pick a day and join us in the activity.

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By Estelle Rosenberg Friday evening May 29, Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Hoffman will host an Oneg Shabbat in honor of graduating , High School seniors following Shabbat services. Those Jacob in Newburgh. N.Y.. is graduating are: Brian Hoffco-author of the book, "Why man, Andrew Cherrick, Eden Shlien and Kim Me? Why Anyone?" This is the story of how Smith. the 5Q-year-old rabbi not The joint picnic, Tifereth only survived a near-fatal bout with hairy cell leuke- Israel Congregation and the mia, but has progressed to South Street Temple was the point where he can say, held May 24 at noon at the with conviction. "I don't Holmes Lake Picnic area. think of myself as sick any- Hot dogs, pop and watermelon and fun and games more." Known now as "The Run- made the day a big success. ning Rabbi," he completed The Tifereth Israel Sisterthe New York City Marathon in 1978 and then dis- hood Judaica Shop is havcovered a few years later ing a Spring Special. Cookbooks are regularly $8, the that he had leukemia.

The Young at Heart will meet May 27,11:45 a.m., at the Knolls Country Club for lunch and a regular monthly meeting. The afternoon program will feature entertainer Chris Sayre. President Art Abrams will discuss, "What our summertime involvement ought to be." Following the business meeting bingo.. will' be play^. Reservations will be taken by LaReine Abrams, 474-4076, and Faye Unger, 489-2882.

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STUDY GROUP The Hadassah Study Group will meet June 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Livingston Plaza. This is the final session, and the topic conducted by Rabbi Myer Kripke will be "What Remains to be Done: The Christian Problem—The Jewish Problem." CORNHUSKER B'NAI B'RITH On May 17, Cornhusker Lodge B'nai B'rith honored this year's retiring members of the Omaha Police and Fire Divisions for their many years'of service to the community. Each retiree, along with his family, was invited to a reception at the Jewish Community Center, and was presented with a certificate of appreciation.

going president, was presented the President's pin. She spoke on the accomplishments of the year, citing the certificates awarded to B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha. A plaque was presented to Sheila Anderson, a past president of B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha, who will be leaving Omaha for Houston, Texas. A presidium was formed this year; Beverly Franklin, Frieda ICrizelman, Marion Strauss and Beth Friedman will each preside for three months as, president of B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha. Vice Presidents are as follows: membership —Allison Latenser-Pachman; fundraising—Hedy Kirke; program—Open; community service—Open; corresponding secretary— Corrine Levin; dues secretary—Mike Block; recording secretary—Open; treasurer—Goldye Goldberg; counselor—Beth Friedman. MAMALOSHEN The Mamaloshen picnic will be May 31 at the JCC Pavillion starting at 1 p.m. Mamaloshen will provide hot beverages. Come join the JCC's gala "open house" followed by a free performance at 3:30 p.m. by Mashey Bernstein, Jewish humorist from Kansas City. Mamaloshen will not meet during the summer months. Hut a gutn zumer; geyt pamelekh, un kumt taurik gezunter heytl

MEMORIAL AWARD NEW YORK (JTA) The Sam Levenson Memorial Awards were presented during the 11th annual B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN local Jewish Heritage Week B'nai B'rith Women of to the late Jackie Robinson, Omaha held its installation the first Black to play maof officers May 17. Marsha jor league baseball; and Plotkin of Lincoln, Nebr., Malcolm Hoenlein, execupresided. Her theme was tive director of the Confer"Women of Vator," from the ence of Presidents of Major Bible. Babe Aronoff ar- American Jewish Organizaranged the luncheon and de- tions and founding execusigned centerpieces of the tive director of the Jewish "Women of Valor" at each Community Relations Countable. Beth Friedman, out- cil of New York.

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by Bert Lewis What was the first camera you ever owned, do you remember? If you're anywhere around my age, chances are pretty good it was something we used to call a 'Brownie box camera.' It was just that—a square box, which was held about waist height instead of in your eye. It was the easiest gadget in the world. You aimed, held steady, clicked and that was it. When the roll of 12 shots was finished, you took the film out (after winding it or something) and took it someplace for developing. After quite a while, you picked up the envelope of finished pictures and there was the evidence of the outing or party or graduation or whatever. In glorious black and white, true, but for the most part, they were darn good snapshots. That's what we used to call them .. .snapshots, because that's what they were. And people kept a pictorial record of the family with them. You'd get an album, often tied at the binding with a black cord and filled with black pages. The snaps were pasted into sticky little corners which franied them and you wrote captions under them with a white pencil. You know the kind of caption: "Aimtie Gert at the beach" or "Bobbie and the uncles in the back yard" or "Uncle Sam horseback riding." Those old albums make wonderful nostalgic trips come right out of yesterday into the present. After a while we had an improvement from that simple box camera to the magic of the instantly developed photo. We had each model as it came out and for some reason never had good luck with the dumb things. But that was ok. We managed to get along fine until the "instamatic" was perfected. They took a lot of the worry and kitzling out of picture taking and for, the most part took good snaps. I particularly liked them because you didn't need a Ph.D. to put in film. It was a cartridge and just dropped in. Ok, that brings us up to the latest state of the art. I'm not sure of it's proper name, but I call it a video camera. All I know about it is what I saw the other night when a friend brought his to a party. He wandered around taking footage, talking to people, getting answers, toasting the guest of honor, etc., etc. Then he said, do you have a VCR? Then he removed the tape, did some magic, and we all watched ourselves as it played on the TV screen. , Talk about "you've come a long way, baby"! Not only did we see ourselves in living color, but there was a sound track too and we all beard the stupid things we said to the camerEunan! That's my story—from the box camera to the video. Now I know what the old timer felt like when comparing the first airplane to the horse and buggy! Progress, with a capital P.

Marni Berger Mami Dee Berger will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 5, at Beth Israel Synagogue. Marni is a seventh grade honor student at Lewis and Clark Junior High School. She enjoys softball, dance and babysitting. The daughter of Diane Berger and the late Michael Berger, Marni has an older sister, Jori.

Jennifer M. Page, daughter of Michelle and Douglas Page, celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on May 9 at the Ames Jewish Congregation Temple, Ames, Iowa. Jennifer twinned with JuUa Brodsky of the Ukraine, USSR. Grandparents are Tilly F. Simon, Omaha, and Elaine and Sherman Page of Storm Lake, Iowa. HONORED

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B'nai B'rith stag attracts more than 1,300 fans More than 1,300 attended the greater Omaha B'nai B'rith 33rd annual charity stag, May 20, at Peony Park. Participants included, from left. Mayor Bernie Simon, Stan Widman, chairman; Al McGuire, NBC sportscoster; Dave Blackwell, master of ceremonies; Leodis Flowers of Central High School, winner of the Bert Render award. Other

program participants included Harding Collis, president, Henry Monsky Lodge; Dave Siegel, co-president, Cornhusker Lodge; and athletic leaders Robert Thompson, Dan Young, Sandy Buda, Tony Barone, Bob Hanson, Danny Nee and Tom Osbome.

umairirSedl • Jim Glazer, a 1980 graduate of Westsjde High School, was elected president of the student body of the University of Mi-higan Graduate School ot Business. Mr. Glazer, 24, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard (ilazer of Omaha. He graduated cum laude in 1984 with a degree in economics from Duke University.

America Region Advisory Boards for BBYO. The'Gurwitches have two daughters, Ruth, who is. finishing her first year at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and Susan, who is a student at Burke High School.

By Ralph Nogg

United Foods fifty-five years ago (continued from previous article) Here is the balance of the Jewish members of The Associated Grocers in 1932, and who later became the present United Foods. If you have knowledge or can suggest where to obtain a. list of Independent grocers of that time, we would certainly like to also place thein in archives of Npggstalgia memories. Here are the remaining members of 1932:

OTYG By Stephanie Krieger On June 10, Omaha Temple Youth Group will hold its first memlDership drive of • S. Altsctiuler. Manderson Grocery; Cohen Broa.. Gretna. Nebraska; Leo the summer. Fitch. Co. Bluffd; A.R. Myers, Boston Market; Max Nitz, Laurel'Avenue We'll start with a bar- Market; H..Noddle, Kountz Park Grocery; Williajn Platt, Platt'a Grocery; beque al Randi Epstein's I. I'lotkin. Plotkin Bros.; Alex Plotkin, Plotkin Bros.; Morton Plotkin, Plotkin Bros.; Melvin Ptotkin, Plotkin Bros.; I,. Raduziner, Raduziner's Grohouse and then go to Rosen- cery; William Kaduziner. Country Club Grocers; H. Rochards, Central Park blatt Stadium to see the - Grocery; M. Richards, Owl Grocery; M. Rosenstein. Rosenstein's Grocery; Royals. Transportation will C.S. Ross..Ross' Grocery; J. Shyken. Shyken Grocery; Oscar Slutzky. West Center Market; Charles Stern. Stern's Market; Sam Swartz, Swartz's Marbe provided to and from ket; Oscar Taub. R.B.T. Grocery; A. Wolfson. Wolfson's Grocery. Rosenblatt. After the game we will go back to Randi s for dessert. For more information or rides, call Randi at 334-7617 WASHINGTON IJTA) national conference and we or Stephanie at 391-0304. —The Reagan Administra- are not asking others to We hopeT.0 see you there! tion has made it clear that commit themselves," Secreit will continue to "explore" tary of State George Shultz the feasibility of an interna- told the some 1,200 persons tional conference on Middle attending the 28th annual Monument Co. East peace despite the dead- policy conference of the lock in Israel's national American Israel Public AfFrank L Ciciulla Jr. unity government over the fairs Committee (AIPAC) at issue. the Washington Hilton Ho60 Years Experience "The President and I are tel Sunday night. With Jewish not committed to an interLettering and Memorials

Janet Gurwitch received her doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln on May 9. Ms. Gurwitch began her law studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta and Iransferred to UNL in the fall of I9Kr) when her husband. Bert (iurwitch. accepted the position of merchandise manager at RichiiKin (iordman. I'rior to entering law scboi)!. Ms. (iurwitch practiced speech pathology in ,\tlanla, Baton Rouge and Mobile, She received her bachi'li)r's and master's degrees from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In addition to her professional experience. Ms. (iurwitch has been active in B'nai IJrith V\'()nien, Temple Sisterhood. March of Dimes and .served on the National Young Women's Leadership Cabinet for United Jewis-h .Appeal. She is presently serving on the Omaha Council and Mid-

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