Vol. LXIV No. 36 Omaha, Nebr.
SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 8 Sivan, 5747 Friday, June 5, 1987
Ozzle Nogg president of Beth El Synagogue
Top Hadassah model She's not quite two, but Kylie Zacharia 'modeled' her way to center stage at the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah's Styleshow and luncheon last week at the Highland Country Club. She's the daughter of Terri and Richard Zacharia.
Panel rejects plans for Holocaust Museum • WASHINGTON (JTA)-Members of the Federal Commission of Fine Arts rejected designs for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, saying that the museum's hexagonal shaped memorial, the Hall of Itemembrance, protrudes too far into the «treet. But the architect, James Freed of I.M. Pei, New York, said he is concerned that changing plans will make the memorial look like an adjunct to the adjacent government .buildings. "The memorial will be treated like an of•fice building which does honor neither to the office building nor the museum," ^aid Freed, who told reporters after the meeting that he was "very disappointed" by the Commission's reaction. "I'^ rather not do it at all than make it look like the office buildings," he explained. Freed said there might have been a "misconception" among members of the Commission that could be resolved before the
By Morris Maline Beth El Synagogue, a Conservative congregation founded in 1929, has elected Ozzie'Nogg as its first woman president. Mrs. Nogg is the third member of the Nogg family to succeed to the high synagogue office. Her husband, Donald, served as president from 1979-81 and her fatherin-law, Nathan Nogg, served as president in 1954. Additional family participation in synagogue affairs included her mother. Belle, who was a founder of the Beth El nursery school and her father, the Rev. Alex Katz, a teacher and rabbi in the community more than Ozzie Nogg pauses by the Tree of Life at Beth El 40 years. He is now the syn- Synagogue—ready to work for the congregation as its first agogue's ritual director woman president. emeritus. Mrs. Nogg told the Jewish Press that the eration of Omaha as a member of the Board synagogue has been part of her Ufe since the of Directors, president of the Jewish Press, age of 10 when she and her family moved a member of the ADL-CRC Board of Directo Omaha. tors and as chairwoman of the Women's "Omaha is an enUghtened community Campaign. and women have been involved in congregaShe also is a member of Mizrachi, Hadas- . tional hfe.at Beth El for a long, long time." sah and Omaha Section, Council of Jewish Mrs. Nogg is the third woman in Omaha Women. to serve as president of a congregation. At Other new officers of the congregation are Temple Israel, Joan Lehr and Phyllis Glazer Harold Zabin, Sandy Friedman and Ray had been elected president. Goldstein, vice presidents; Cheryl Cooper, An active member of the Jewish commu- secretary: Sherman Golbitz, treasurer; and nity, Mrs. Nogg has served the Jewish Fed- Ben Wiesman, past president.
matter is voted on again June 19. Freed's design calls for an atrium-like Hall of Vyitnesses to function, as the focal point of the five-story, block-long museiun, which will have three flights of permanent exhibitions, a learning center, archives, library and an international computerized data retrieval center. The building would encompass 250,000 square feet. The Holocaust museum, which will cost The Head Start Child an estimated $45 million to $50 million to Development Commisbuild, will be located on Raoul Wallenberg sion has honored the Plaza here and stand between the Auditor's Jewish Federation of Building and the Bureau of Printing and Omaha for its gift of the Engraving. Also planned are a large plaza building at 3025 Parker with a grove of trees, water and reflecting Street to the organizapond. tion. John D. Lovelace, Freed, a German refugee who was apexecutive director of pointed architect for the museum in NovemHead Start, presents a ber 1986, said he was completely stuck on plaque commemorating how to proceed with the project until he visthe occasion to Steven ited'the Nazi concentration camps. Rod, executive vice presi"It was an extraordinary challenge to dent of the Federation, make a building that would fit into during Head Start's Washington and explain the unusual nature awards night program of its contents, " said Freed. "I realized that last week at Our Lady of a Holocaust museum is like other buildings Guadalupe Hall. The in that it is didactic and it teaches, but it building had been dois very different from other buildings in that nated to the Federation it deals with horrible and unthinkable years ago when it was a things." Hinky Dinky store. The most striking and controversial part of the building design is the Hall of Remembrance, connected to the museum, which would feature a skylit ceiling. It would be simply done with a wall for candles and seats. "The Hall of Remembrance is the only neutral, contemplative part of the building. You can't make it a pleasant place, but you General John T. Chain, Jr., commander can't make it disarming either," said Freed. in chief. Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air ''(The museum) was not a design easily Force Base, will be the featured speaker at reached. It was tested 14 or 15 times and the National Conference of Christians and the 'Hall kept getting smaller until it was Jews Brotherhood Dinner on June 15. three quarters of its original size," he said. In his preBut although the members of the Com- sentation, mission of Fine Arts praised the minimahst General style of the building, they agreed with chair- Chain will man Jay Carter Brown, who said "a stand- share ideas ard urban design shouldn't protrude into regarding the parking space." civic values Only State Senator Roy Goodman bf New that Ameri- I York City, who left before a final vote was ca needs to taken, suggested that the plans be ap- be aJiealthy I proved, noting that "because of the unusual democracy. General Chain nature of it (the museum), it can be set back Political, economic, and religious values will a little and given further exposure than con- be cited along with military values signifiuantional " \,;JJJi'-U\\^^l.caetUo<thctconUnualioa of our democratic
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SAC commander to speak at NCCJ Brotherhood Award
Norman Krivosha to leave court Norm&n Krivosha of Lincoln has announced his intent to step down as chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court July 31. Mr, Krivosha said that he will join Bankers Life Nebraska in Lincohi as senior vice president, administration, and chief counsel. Mr. Krivosha, a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, had served,on the court almost 10 years following his appoint•neill bv then Governor James J. Exon.
system. Charles and Margre Durham will be honored at this year's event. They are the first husband-wife team to receive the Brotherhood Award. The award recognizes community leaders with distinguislied records of community service in the field of human relations. Chairman for the evefit is Joseph Pfeister, partner-in-charge, Touche Ross and Company. The dinner will be held on Monday, June 15, at Peony Park; reception at 6:30 • dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are available frbm the NCCJ office, 127 The Center, 42nd and Center Streets, 346-3357. Proceeds from the event help fund NCCJ's work in the Nebrask&CauocU Blu({»4iS8io!iir ,^-«. v^^-.-.i,i,** •
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Israel Bonds New Life Dinner Hadassah holds luncheon (j^wisih sta^mp coMec^aa^ By Dr. M honors Holocaust survivors with jewelry, fashions The Passover issue of the of Irena Kirszenstein is as urray Frost
Cantor L.eo Fettman, chairman for Stale of Israel Bonds New IJfe dinner, has said "although the New Life dinner on June 14 at Beth Israel Synagogue is to honor all Holocaust survivors, the entire community is invited to attend. "This dinner is dedicated to their leadership in the effort to build a new life for the people of Israel and the Omaha Jewish community. We as a concerned community should attend the dinner to show our support to the survivors of the Holocaust. With such a distinguished author, journalist, historian and lecturer as (jerda Klein everyone should plan to attend what will he an interesting and inlormative cvenmg. formative cvcninj;
•'This year marks the third annual New Life dinner cojsponsored by the Stale of Israel Bonds and the Society of Survivors of the Holocaust. The two previous New Life dinners generated over .$2.50,000 in sales which has helped Israel's economy. With many new issues currently paying up to 7 1/2 percent, we expect this year should top last year's record breaking sales." In addition to recognizing every survivor, this year a candlelighling service will be held. Invitations have been mailed to the community, and reservations can be made by either returning the R.S.V.P. card or telephoning the Israel Bond office uiiice at a\, 341-1177. oti-ii 11.
Jewish-deaf camp scheduled June 18-21 in Illinois •ree luiliims will be awarded to those attending the first summer camp exp(-ii('nce for young Jewish de;il people. June 18-21, at Cuiiip lli'iirv llorner in Round Lake.'III. The program is designed to attract deaf Jewish high schoolers from throughout the United Stales, according to Douglas (loldhamer. rabbi of Chicago's Congregation Bene Shalom of the Deaf. Participants in the program will lake part in Various Jewish customs and exercises, and dietary laws will be observed. One of (!he main purposes of the pro-
gram is to provide an opportunity for those with hearing impairments to meet each other. Rabbi Goldhamcr said. Many of Congregation Bene Shalom of the deaf's families have at least one member who has a partial or total loss of hearing. Those seeking further information may write Rabbi Cioldhamer at the congregation's offices, 4435 West Oakton Street, Skolie, 111. 60076, or call 312-677-3330. Tho.se who are hearing impaired can reach him via TTy-312-674-0327.
More than 150 women attended the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah's styleshow and luncheon last week at the Highland Country Club. The event raised more than S,5,000 for Hadassah Israel Education Services (H.I.E.S.). This was the last event to celebrate Hadassah's Jubilee year, and Ellen Albin, covice president, announced that the local chapter had met its $75,000 quota. The entertainrnent portion of the program wa.s dc;voted to an inlergenerational styleshow of fashions by The Avenue and The Enchanted Corner, and jewcb-y by Borsheim's. The models were Rebecca
Newcomer picnic The Jewish Federation of Omaha Newcomer Committee will sponsor a .Summer Supper on June 18 at 7 p.m. at the home of Susan and Steve Silver. This event was originally scheduled for April 26. Any newcomer to Omaha who has not received an invitation for the June 18 event, or wishes further details, may contact Sondra Top,per, associate director, Jewish Federation of Omaha, 334-8200, Ext. 223.
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noteworthy as Mark Spitz's. She won medals in track in four different Olympics-1964, 1968,1972 and 1976. Her long neck and lean form can be seen on Polish stamps issued in 1965, 1966 and 1967. An earlier American Jewish athlete featured on a stamp is Myer Prinstein who won a gold medal for the triple jump in 1904—a feat not repeated by an American until the 1984 Olympics. He also won a gold medal in that event in 1900 as well as a silver in the long jump. The latter medal could have been gold if he had refused to obey the request of his Methodist university to not participate in any events held on Sunday. He appears on a 1972 stamp from the Central African Republic. Another controversial athlete was Helene Mayer whose father was Jewish. She returned from the United States to Nazi Germany to participate on the German fencing team in the 1936 Olympics, despite pleas from American Jewish leaders. She returned, it is said, so she could visit her ailing father. She appears on a 1968 German stamp. Several Olympic medals won by Hungarians were featured on stamps from that country issued in 1965, 1969,1972 and 1976. These included medal won by the partially deaf fencer .Ildiko Ujlaki-Rejto.
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Jewish Press is enough to convince anyone that "Jewish athlete" is not an oxymoron (i.e. a contradiction of terms). I learned this lesson through Judaica philately. A number of remarkable Jewish athletes—or their medals—have appeared on stamps. In addition, Israel has honored athletic competitions, such as the Maccabai Games, numerous times. In fact, its April 16th issue honors the 13th Hapoel Games. The Hapoel Games take place every four years and involve competition among sports clubs and athletes from throughout the world. These games, occuring a year before the Olympics, give participants a chance to prepare for that test of atUetic skill, Jews have been Oljonpic medal winners from the start of the modem competition. And a number of the more than 130 Jews and their 210 plus medals have been honored on stamps. When one says Olympic medals, thoughts immediately flash to Mark Spitz's record of winning seven gold medals for swimming in the tragic 1972 Olympics. He iippears on stamps bom Chad, Liberia, Mongolia, and Upper Volta as well as Equatorial Guinea and Haiti (the legitimacy of the issues from the latter two countries is questionable, however). The Olympic performance
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Mrs. Kurt Rohren BERMAN, ROHREN Ann Berman and Dr. Kurt Rohren exchanged marriage vows on May 30 at 6:30 p.m. Honor attendants were the bride's sister, Ida Berman, and Steven Grant was the best man! Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Highland Country Club. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Berman, is a graduate of Methodist School of Nursing. The bridegroom, son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Rohren of Pleasantort, Calif., is a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of MediGarden walk The Women's Guild Board of the Meyer Children's Rehabilitation Institute will sponsor its 20th annual garden walk on June 14, 11 a.m.-5p.m. For information about the gardens included in the walk and 'ticket particulars, call 559-7575.
SOMBERG, LAWLESS Jane Debra Somberg and John Francis Lawless of Overland Park, Kansas, were married May 24 at the Red Lion Inn. Ann Hallberg, Evanston 111., was maid of honor and Nancy Lee, Denver, Colo., was matron of honor, Linda Spaulding, Albany, N.Y., and Lisbeth Somberg, Scottsdale, Ariz., were bridesmaids. Michael Lyon of Oakland, Calif., served as best man. Groomsmen were Michael Owens, Omaha; Mark Heckman, Independence, Mo., and John Kevin Neal, Kansas City, Mo. After a dinner dance at the hotel, the couple left for Hawaii on their honeymoon. They will make their home in Overland Park, Kans.
Hello Jerusalem will air a segment filmed at the Amit Kfar Batya Youth Village in Raanana. The segment includes an interview with an Ethiopian student, Dani Besta. The program airs on Cox Cable Channel 7 at 5 p.m. on Sunday and 7 p.m. on June
Dr. Velvl W. Greene, PhD, professor at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel, will be visiting the Omaha Jewish Community Center the weekend of June 12-14. A microbiologist. Dr. Greene will lecture at a post Shavuot community breakfast June 14 at 10 a.m. at the JCC, addressing issues in contemporary Judaism in Israel, America, and the world. According to the announcement, he will speak from a scientific viewpoint as well as from a Torah perspective. For information and reservations, call 330-7400.
Field day and picnic planned by JCC youth By Sheryl Lee Co-Chairman, JCC Field Day The JCC Youth Sports Committee will sponsor the first annual Family Field Day and "Picnic in the Park" on June 14 from 123:30 p.m. All families of children entering grades K-6 may attend. The afternoon will begin with a picnic, followed by hayrack rides (with organized singing on board). The families may then choose to join in a fun game of kickball or newcomb (an easier version of volleyball). Next, everyone will be able to play family-style games and relays such as: tug-ofwar, a tire relay, bale-of-hay pulling contest, waterbaloon catch, and huddle-up (you'll have to come to find out what all these games are! I. Also, if it is hot, there will he a "slip and slide," so bring your suits.
A highlight of the day will be a "greased-pig" contest. Yes—there will be real pigs! Try to catch one of our piglets anci bring your movie camera. It should be a lot of fun to watch! The Field Day will be held on the athletic fields and in the paviUion behind the JCC. Cost is $3 per family. Bring a kosher-style picnic lunch. No walkins will be allowed—you must pre-register by June 10. Registration forms are available at. JCC membership office and basket room. If you have questions, call Chuck Arnold, 334-8200 or Sheryl and David Lee, 333-3452.
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The local daily gazette carried a story recently about the "Nebraska Club" in New York City. It told about some of our merchants and manufacturers sending vast quantities of some of our goodies to be enjoyed by former Nebraskans, folks who are now citizens of NYC. Fine... no problem. My mail the other day included a chpping of a story (with photos) from the New York Times, describing the picnic and the midwestem foods which were enjoyed at the event. Also fine—with one exception. Some native easterners who are in the food business had to get into the act, as only eastern chauvanists can. You know the kind I inean. Those who believe there are only two coasts, east and west, with only Chicago in between. They don't acknowledge anything else, never mind the place like Nebraska. And food purveyors in the east are born believing their area is the only place to find edibles. The rest of us, according to them, are poor souls who don't know what were missing. My specific quarrel is not with the fellow from One of NYC'S most famous deli businesses who claims one cannot find a pastrami sandwich worth eating here in Omaha. He may be almost right, since we don't have a variety of deli's where an eater can make a choice and pick a favorite. It is, of course, possible to find a good sandwich here, the eastern maven notwithstanding. Maybe it won't have eight ounces of meat between the bread slices, but that's entirely too much anyway!. My quarrel is with whoever claimed there were no good kosher dill pickles here. Now those are fighting words and I'm here to defend my own home-made pickles and those of all the folks in these parts who have been making them since before that yutz heard of fresh dill and knobel! Furthermore, I've tasted some of those so-called great pickles in a few of the more than famous NY eateries. Most aren't so hotsy-totsy, let alone fabulous! And if you need further proof, let me tell you New York blintzes aren't as good as ours either. Actually, the original foods sent for the Nebraska festival had little or nothing to do with our ethnic favorites. They were more concerned with our midwestern meats and pizzas and I believe a particular sandwich born here which features a hamburger-type filling baked into a roll—that sort of thing. Not hamisha michel stuff. But that's the whole point. One of these eastern-maven type characters couldn't leave it alone. He had to start hocking about New York being the only civilized place to live! Give me a break ... I won't argue about it being the city where all kinds of wonderful foods are cooked and served daily, stuff of every ethnic group ever heard of, and some nobody ever heard of. But that doesn't mean we here in the middle of the country are to be pitied! Get real, mister! My last word on the subject is to challenge the noisy fella to a pickle contest. Mine (or yours or the doctor's or the judge's or my mom's) against his, any day! The proof will be in the tasting, and I'm not even a little worried!
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Pondering editorials A friend asked, "How do you go about selecting items for your editorial, and what are you going to write about today?" i responded, "1 try to pick the most relevant subject of interest to the reader at the time, something which I have information on or something about which I've been able tofead." I then went on to say thai this week it's easy because there are so many people to single out for congratulations. Por example:
Norman Krivosha Norman Krivosha has decided to leave his post as chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court for a senior vice presidency of Bankers Life Nebraska. For almost 10 years, Mr. Krivosha has worked hard and diligently to open the court system to the people of Nebraska. He has traveled throughout the state speaking before any and all about how the court system works, its responsibilities, and its limitations. At the same time, he carried out his administrative and judicial duties in an exemplary fashion while maintaining high visibility as a deVout Jew. We wish him good health and a hearty mazel tov on a job well done, and continued success as he seeks new and challenging frontiers.
Ozzie Nogg 1 have a warm feeling for Ozzie Nogg. I recall vividly the Monday morning breakfasts that we engaged in during her tenure as president of the Jewish Press. And now, as the ad folk might say, she has come a long way—to the presidency of Beth El Synagogue. As the Synagogue's first woman president, Mrs, Nogg brings with her a lifetime of devotion to Beth El and a mixture of expertise seldom found in one individual. She is creative, innovative, bright and articulate—a set of recommendations that should serve her well in her new responsibility. She assumes the presidency of the congregation at an exciting time. The congregation is on the brink of beginning a fund drive to build a new building in West Omaha, and 1 can't think of anyone better qualified to provide the leadership necessary to reach this goal.
Livingston Plaza r had an opportunity this past Sunday to attend a birthday tea in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Livingston Plaza. Apartment.s. Kepresenting the Board of Directors of Federation Manor, Yale Richards asked each of the residents attending to .speak about whatever might be on his mind. The resulting comments were lavish in praise and warm in thanks—not only to the directors who were present, but to the entire .lewish community which supported the building of the apartment complex. It's nice to see the elderly living in safety and comfort and enjoying themselves. On their birthday, the residents offered presents' to the Omaha Jewish community.
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HAIFA — For years the critics have been forecasting the collapse and demise of the kibbutz movement under economic and social pressures of changing times, and for years the kibbutzim have confounded the critics by showing an amazing ability to adapt to new conditions without surrendering any of the truly basic elements of the collective settlements, which have become a proud hallmark of the best in Israel. Most obvious has been the gradual shift from agriculture to industry, much of it high technology in nature, to such an extent that farming today accounts for far less than half the income of the average kibbutz. The movement took a severe buffeting in Israel's recent economic storms, but has weathered the crisis and has emerged chastened and perhaps strengthened. The new challenge to the survival of the kibbutzim in their present form comes on the social and human level. The willingness of kibbutz leaders to face up to the problem and to confront it openly, rather than to deny that it exists, augurs well for successful coping. The intense selfcriticism now going on in the kibbutzim is a healthy symptom of a dynamic body. The nature of the problem can be sununed up briefly: kibbutz youth are not satisfied with the ideology which fortified previous generations, and are today looking for a new ideology which they find relevant to them. We turned to a veteran kibbutz member, one who had helped found a kibbutz, had served it as farmer, tractor driver, teacher and general secretary. Today, Moshe Kerem, of Kibbutz Gesher Haziv, director of university programs at Oranim, the kibbutz teachers' college, is considered one of the leading educators of the movement. He was quick to confirm that the problem exists, and in urgent form. Kibbutz youth, even those from units on the extreme left, are no longer interest«d in Marxist principles. They accept the need for social responsibility, but socialism as an expressed ideology and as a banner around which to gather, has no attraction for them. Indeed, many of them charge their parents with being hypocrites and of continuing to preach socialist egalitarianism even while they know that it is a sham and no longer exists in the kibbutz in its origilial pristine forms. Similar wide-ranging criticism is openly expressed in Shdemot, a cultural and intellectual publication of the entire kibbutz movement. Kibbutz youth also finds sterile secularism unsatisfying, and is lookhig for spiritual anchors. Some seek it in the various cults; others turn to extreme orthodoxy, although Kerem felt that no more than about 200, countrywide, had followed this path, a far cryfrom the rumors of a flood of
reversions to orthodoxy. The trend is indeed for religion to creep into the kibbutzim; bar and bat mitzvah have become religious ceremonies. In his own kibbutz, Gesher Haziv, about a third of the personnel now fast on Yom Kippur. Shabbat and holidays are beginning to take on new meaning. What sounded the true alarm was realization of the fact that about 50 percent (!) of the children of the kibbutz abandon their kibbutz at some stage after their army service. The proportion of those even leaving the country is about the same as that of their social and economic peers in the population as a whole, and that is not low. Even the most fervent of kibbutz patriots is hard put to deny the yoimg people's freedom of action. Is it fair to expect them to stay only because they were bom on the kibbutz? What of freedom of choice? Some of the die-hard Marxist socialists of the older generation are still fighting a rearguard battle for socialism and secular humanism. Kerem is reminded of the battle put up in New York by the Yiddishists 50 years ago, seeking with passion and sincerity to establish a vibrant Yiddish life. The more sanguine of the veterans realize that times have changed, and their young people with them. The kibbutz, too,.must change under inexorable pressures. The clash between Utopian ideology and reality will become even more intense in the next 10 years. It was 30 and 40 years ago that idealisticlsraeli youth, coming from urban bourgeois families, flocked to the kibbutzim. Their elderly parents are now passing on and bequeathing large sums of money to their grown children, who are the pillars of the kibbutzim. This situation is upsetting the whole principle of egalitarianism in the kibbutz. "We are speaking of thousands of cases," Kerem added. Fortunately, there is a tolerance toward change in the kibbutz, and many radical alterations are expected. Indication of how such changes can be effected is found in the fact that whereas a couple of decades ago infants and children were expected to be raised in the children's home, today most kibbutzim have already shifted over to restoring the family unit, with children sleeping with their parents. The kibbutz has played a historic, perhaps a decisive role in the creation of the framework for what became the State of Israel. Its ability and willingness to adapt to change assures that it will not fall apart, and that it is capable of developing new religious, economic and social concepts that are indigenous to Israel, meeting natural human needs in the local environment. If this is true, the kibbutz may yet have new roles to play in the Israel of the future.
Mirage called Palestine By Eric Rozenman Near East Report In its April 25-May 1 issue The Economist hit the target but missed the bull's«ye in a lengthy article headlined, "The West Bank; So hard to say goodbye." The newsmagazine—published in Great Britain and widely sold in the United States—acknowledged a number of truths often overlooked in coverage of breaking news. • "For Israel, it is true, the 1967 war ended a strategic nightmare." No longer would Jordanian soldiers be just nine miles from Israel's biggest city, Tel Aviv, nor would the Egyptian army be oiJy 30 miles'south in the Gaza Strip. The old borders "made Israel indefensible... to beat the Arabs, Israel would have to adopt a pre-emptive strategy." • The gains of 1967 left Israel "a great deal easier to defend ..." The Israelis managed to repulse the Egyptian and Syrian surprise attack of 1973 "without the fighting coming near Israel's main towns or cities." • Israel could return the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt because a desert—largely demilitarized—stood between the two. "On the tiny West Bank, demilitarization might not be enough..." • "By the'standards of some military occupations, Israel's has not been specially harsh." The real income of West Bankers (although not GazansI soared in the first 15 years of Israeli control. Jerusalem's "open bridges" policy has allowed Arabs in the territories "to trade with the Arab world and move reasonably freely to and from it." • • "The moment after the 1967 war when Israel might have given it (the territories) all up for peace faded quickly. The war was in June. By September the Arab states had met in Khartoum and issued their famous 'three no's': 'no peace, no recognition and no negotiation with Israel." So on historical points—Israel's vulnerability, the comparatively unoppres'sive nature of its control over the territories, and Arab intransigence—The Economist got it right. But as it moved from history through psychology to current politics, the magazine faltered. Speaking of the geographic-security case for retaining control of the territories, it stated: "There is nothing bogus about this argument, but it is circular. It assumes that Israel and the Arab world will remain hostile forever. They probably will—if Israel keeps the West Bank. "If, on the other hand, Israel got real peace in return for the West Bank, the strategic threat would matter less: France, after all, does not fret much about the prospect of German tanks encircling Strasbourg." Of course France can regard the propinquity of German armor to one of its cities with nonchalance now; two World
Wars broke German expansionism in Europe. Israel's position in the Middle East hardly resembles that of France in Western Europe, even after Jerusalem's peace with Cairo. Also, The Economist still presumes that the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict is Israel's control of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. But that does not explain Arab hatred for and aggression toward Israel before June 11, 1967. Noting correctly that there are "two competing nationalisms of Palestine"—Jewish and Arab—it recommends partition. But the article discounts the fact that Palestine of the Mandate was partitioned once—77 percent of it going to the Arab state of Jordan. The U.N. proposed a second partition, of the remainder, in 1947. The Jews accepted, but the Arabs refused. It is the Palestinian Arabs, not the Palestinian Jews, who still must come to terms with the fact that their choice is between "half-a-loaf" and none. Further, it is up to Jordan, not Israel, to provide "a real sense of (Arab) Palestinian statehood" for both the majority of East Bankers—who are Palestinians—and the West Bankers, who are Jordanian citizens. i The Economist opened its article by noting, of Nebi Samuel on the northwestern outskirts of Jerusalem, that "the roof of the mosque affords one of the most beautiful views in Palestine..." But Palestine no longer exists. It has not existed for generations. There are instead the successor states of Israel and Jordan, with the remaining 6 percent—the West Bank and Gaza—yet to be apportioned. To msist otherwise is to perpetuate the conflict. . _
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flmccllim IMMsl '°^*' proposal approved NEW YORK (JTAI -The to a person who holds anBy Estelle Rosenberg The South Street Temple Congregation wishes to thank their congregants volunteering their time and efforts during the month of May: To Becky Hanna. Marcia Wallen, Lynne and Fred Grossman, and Allen and Michelle Schreiber for hosting April Oneg Shahbats; Marcia Wallen, Evette Balkus, Becky Hanna, Estelle Kominsky, Judy Allen, Brenda Rosenberg, Juli Goldfein, Jan Buffum, Rita Babbitz, Shirley Raglanof, Bruce Kahn, Jerry Kohn, Si Kominsky, Oliver von Birkenwald duLeadabrand, Stan Wallen, Lance Balkus, Becky WaJJen, B. J. Wallen and others for their efforts in planning and executing the Seder; Bruce Simon and Omaha Streaks International and Joe Price and the Pantry Restaurants for their donations for the Seder. The South Street Temple Family Services and HUMANITARIAN AWARD NEWYORK,N.Y.-Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, Winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in the Physiology of Medicine received B'nai Zion's Dorothy S. . Levine Humanitarian Award at the Annual Spring Luncheon of the organization's National Women's League. Dr. Yalow was cited for her contribution to science, dedication to human rights and concern for women's issues. Accepting the award, Dr. Yalow, who has visited Israel 12 times, told the more than 400 guests, "I have never forgotten who I am and from where I came. I am a Jewish woman who had made good and is proud of her tradition." EMIGRATION MONTREAL (JTA) Highly placed Soviet officials told three visiting members of the Canadian Parliament last week that the Soviet Union might allow more Jewish emigration and Uike other human rights action if its relations impAvewith Israel and the U.S.
Teacher Recognition will be held, Friday, June 5, 7:30 p.m. Confirmation services will be held Sunday, June 7. at 2 p.m. Dorothy Grant has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Board of Leadership Lincoln Network. Lori Smith, Lincohi, a student at Kearney State College, has been named a Collegiate Academic All-American. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Singer. TheTifereth Israel Sisterhood meeting and luncheon will be June 9,12:15 p.m. in the social hall. The Executive Committee will be installed by Rabbi Ian Jacknis. The following members will serve for the 1987-88 session: Ruth Burke, Dorothy Grant, Reba Kuklin, Betty Mellen, Sandra Keller, Barb Seglin and Kitty Wishnow. The June circle cochairmen are Annie. Allen and Esther Rae Chesnin. The committee assisting are: Sarah Burnstein, Ceil Steinberg, Sally Arenson and Belle Katz. Mark your calendar and attend this important meeting. The Federation annual dinner and meeting will be held Sunday, June 14, at the University Club. Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $12.50 per person. Send a check made out to the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation in care of Eleanor Neiden, 3441 Calvert, Lincohi, Neb., 68506 for dinner reservations.
Race Waiking The Health and Physical Education Dept. at the Jewish Community Center is offering a Race Walking Clinic on June 10 at 7 p.m. Lance Harold, a registered physical therapist, will conduct the clinic. The cost is $2 for JCC members and $4 for non-members. For additional information, call Liz Roth at 334-8200.
New York Board of Rabbis unanimously approved a resolution calling on its members representing every trend in Judaism in the U.S. to encourage their congregants, in the event of civil divorce, to obtain a Jewish divorce, a "get." The resolution was drafted by Rabbi Hask^l Lookstein, Board president, and its approval is believed to be the first such action ever taken by a major rabbinic group comprising Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis. The resolution states: "On moral and humanitarian grounds, we find it abhorrent when one spouse refuses to participate in the •get' process after a civil divorce and when the other spouse desires a 'get.' " The measure urges all rabbis and congregations and the entire community "to deny all privileges of membership
ALEPH, BES .. In the transition period that most of our parents went through in this new Land of Liberty, was a valiant endeavor of clinging to reUgious heritage and culture. That sincere endeavor, difficult in most instances from a financial standpoint and in the method of pursuit of those interests because of lack of facilities and personnel. Those nostalgic events of those early days b^th in the religious field and the search for passing on the heritage of the newcomers. Will be carried in the next several articles in this column. The humble educational concepts of those days had, of necessity, to be confined when possible to Talmud Torahs, but more often to the "Reb," sometimes called the "Melamed," the Hebrew teacher or just plain Mr. So-and-so. Most cities had a supply of such men from the waves of immigrants. So did Omaha. We too had our group of dedicated, sincere men to teach the Aleph-Bes to the progeny. Most of these men were students of the Torah. Most in their older years. Most all of them recent inmiigrants themselves and all most desirous of keeping Judaism alive through the young. ' And they did. Weather was no deterrent. Snow, rain, cold, heat—they were at the home they were supposed to be and on time. Transportation was by foot, by streetcar, by foot in combination with some sort of vehicle—they got there and on time. We must all most nostalgically recall those grand men. In our next article we will point the teaching process experienced by your writer. Meanwhile, if you can recall the full names of these magnificant men of yesteryear in the Omaha area, please let us know.
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other Jew captive in such a manner." The resolution recommends that the rabbis urge all couples to sign a prenuptial agreement pledging both partners to cooperate in arranging for a "get" before a rabbinic tribunal should their marriage terminate in divorce. Lookstein has done this for some time at his synagogue. Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in Manhattan. Lookstein said the resolution "represents a major step forward in solving one of the most troublesome and divisive problems in Jewish famiUes—the religious divorce." He noted that "there are literally thousands of men and women, mostly women, who have obtained a civil divorce but who are prevented from remarrying because of a vindictive former spouse who refuses to cooperate in the 'get' process.
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^P Lincoln ^B'nal Jeshurun Friday: 8 p.m. The family service will be conducted by Rabbi Michael Joseph. Teacher recognilion. May, June, July and August birthday blessings. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Temple in honor of the Religious School Staff. SUNDAY. JUNE 7 Confirmation, Shavuot and Yiskor service, 2 p.m. Confirmation of Jason Brasch, Andy Lapin, Jeff hapin and Joh Steinman.' ' Reception following will be sponsored by John and Betty Brasch, Art and Bonnie Lapin. Mike and Linda Steinaman. BOARD MEP:TING The Board of Trustees will.nicel on June I), 7 p.m.
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PERSONALS Thank you so very nuuh for your prayers, phone Ciills, charlliiblc tonlributions, t;ifts, cards, flowers and visit.s following my hospitalization and illness. I appreciate all of your kindnesses. Evvie Rice. Ruth Scldin wishes to thank her friends and relatives for their expressions of concern during her recent illness. To all the wonderful people at the Hose Blumkin Home—How do 1 say thank you for the outstanding care you are giving to my mother, Mary Katz. You are all so very special, 'riiank you. Jean Mar.\
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Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p.m. BAT MITZVAH The Bat Mitzvah celebration of Marni Berger, daughter of Diane Berger, will be held at the Late Friday Night Service on June 5. The Oneg,Shabbat reception which follows the service is in honor of the Bat Milzvah. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Youth .services, 10 a.m. Uff Ruff: An Uff Ruff ceremony, honoring Henry Appel and Bea Landow, will be held at the Saturday morning service. A Kiddush luncheon, in honor of the occasion, will follow the .Service. The congregation is invited to share in this Sin)cha. Class with the rabbi, 7:1.") p.m. Mincha, H:3() p.m. The Mincha Service will be followed by .Shalosh Suedot, Ma-ariv and the liavdalah Service, Sunday: Morning Minyanaire .Service, 9 a.iii. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. A Kiddush will follow services. Mineha-Ma'ariv, 8:45 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. B'NOT 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. Holly Friedman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Friedman, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 12, and Saturday morning, June 13. SHABBAT DINNER Mishpacha will sponsor the monthly Shabbat dinner on Friday. June 12. Reservations may be mailed to Reva Oruch.
BOARD MEETING The. next meeting of the Hoard of Commissioners will be on June 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
Offutt Air Base SERVICES: Rabbi Howard B. Zyskind conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
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TRIAL RECESSED JERUSALEM (JTA) The trial of suspected war criminal John Demjanjuk was recessed until June 22 while prosecution and defense teams visit West Germany to interview three former SS men who claim to remember him from the Treblinka death camp. The prosecution has been unable, to locate one of the witnesses, Otto Home of Berlin, who is known to be alive but may be too ill to testify. If he cannot be found, the court will reconvene on June 15, according to Judge Dov Levin, president of the three-judge panel hearing the case.
SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert (loldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat. ,
SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Stephan Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. The first in the series of summer services will take place. In place of a sermon, short talks on the theme, "The varieties of Jewish experience" will be given throughout the sununer. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Sisterhood. Shabbat Morning Service— 11:15 a.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Aron Michael Boumstein, son of Meryl and Bob Boumstein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6. Michael Bassik, son of Gloria and Ken Bassik, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13. BOARD MEETING Temple Israel Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. on June 10 in the Conference Center at Temple. The Executive Committee will meet at 7 p.m. preceding the Board tneeting.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each month 7:30 p.m, An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. B'nai Israel Synagogue offers services led by members of the congregation. Volunteer Cantor Major Mandy Greene leads the singing. Everyone is invited to attend. Persons interested in the synagogue or in carpOols may call Scott Kotzen 402-553-3334.
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when Moses came now into Parashat Naso this "tent of meeting" the Who speaks Lord's Voice would speak to when a prophet speaks? One of the tasks of the him there. But the Hebrew of our teacher of Bible, at least to adults, is to clarify the dis- Masoretic text has a tinction between foretelling strange pointing (vowels) the future, on the one hand, for the word "speaking." It and teaching people God's is pointed "middabber" will. In short, what is the rather than the usual "m'dabber." Neither the old role of the prophet? I rpmember in my child- nor the new Jewish Publicahood that our best and most tion Society translation enlightened teacher, wary of makes anything of it. But the school board, was cagey the Hertz Humash notes about suggesting that the that the actual text means prophets of the Bible were something like the Voice not really foretelling the fu- "making itself as though ture, but simply offering speaking," i.e., pretending perceptive comments on so- to speak to Moses. An earlier commentator cial conditions and militarypolitical situations, speak- offers a Sharp comment, ing as God's mouthpiece noting the implications of ... I would hope that that the unusual pointing of the caginess is no longer • word. We are caugh^ up, as we needed. My experience in teaching read the verse, by the adults emphasizes that it is strange pointing, which this still necessary to make comrhentator suggests is much ado about this. The meant to warn .us about any average adult still has the misunderstanding: It is not feeling that the prophets to Moses that God speaks, were clairvoyants and magi- but to the people of Israel. cians, rather than religio- Moses, the greatest of the prophets, is only God's social critics. There is an interesting— mouthpiece and representathough somewhat forced— tive. Not Moses but the peocomment on all of this on ple is God's focus. 1 do not want to draw imone of the verses of our plications to the debacle in Sidrah. Indeed, the last verse. The televangelist business in Sidrah, among other things, contemporary America. Let relates an account of the the comment be limited to dedication of the Sanctuary ourselves, and our underof the Wilderness, the Mish- standing of the Bible and kan, and the 12-day, stately the thrust of the prophetic procession of princes of the challenge. The demand of the prophtribes, bringing gifts to the Mishkan identical with ev- ets is, based on no magical or ery other tribe. We are, as it soothsaying trickery. It were, witnessing formal, im- swells up from the inner aspressive ceremonies of great surance of a prophet that soduration, emphasizing the cial justice and human iihportance of the occasion. values are not his demands, At last there was a center but God's demands upon the people, on the people of for worship. The last verse relates that all times and places.
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By Gerald Bernstien Next meeting is June 9.1 am subbing for Henry Stem who is out of town for his granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah. At the May 26 meeting at the earlybirds. Norm Korney was moderator, and we discussed the lowering of the standards for the job of fire fighters, and the Iran Contra hearings, of which President Reagan now admits he knew everything. At lunch Motzi by Sam Elizabeth Joy Mann Shyken, Benshen by Art Goldstein. We all stood in Elizabeth Joy Mann will memory of Sam Rice and celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Sam Stern. We have lost 16 • at Beth El Synagogue on members since last October. Friday, June 5, and SaturWe need new members, so day, June 6. bring a friend to the next Elizabeth is a seventh meeting. Everyone will ben- grader at Valley View Junefit. ior High School. She is a Art Grossman presented member of student council our guest speaker,. David and an honor-roll student. Kotok, a general assign- She participates in tennis, ment reporter and chief po- basketball and ice skating. litical reporter for the The daughter of Linda Omaha World-Herald— and Harold Mann, Elizathat's Shane's husband. He beth's family includes three discussed the various politi- sisters, Amy, Kathy andcians who will be trying for Jill. the Presidential nomination. Grandparents are Sara He told us about the work Zalkin and the late Eli for which he as been hon- Zalkin and Ada and Irving ored three times—for best Mann of Elizabethtown, reporting awards by the N.C. State Associated Press Managing Editors. Staff to speak Omaha Magic Theatre artistic director, Jo Ann HONORED OTTAWA (JTA)-Mem- Schmidman, and playbers of the House of Coni- wright-in-residence/literary mons and Senate have offi- manager, Megan Terry, cially honored the Hadas- have been invited to speak sah-WIZO Organization of at the Dramatists Guild Canada, which claims to be Eighth Aiinual Playwrights the largest Jewish women's Conference to be held at group in the country, on its New York University, NYC, •on June 5, 6 and 7. 70th anniversary. EAST & WEST Three most convenient locations for LUNCH and DINNER
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WASHINGTON (JTAI Thomas Dine, executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Commilteie, said that although events the past year have "put Israel in a negative light," AIPAC made significant gains. "We may have just had the worst twelve months on record in terms of publicity, but we had one of the best years on record in terms of concrete legislation, in the strategic relationships between our country and Israel, and in the gains scored by our cause in the results of the 1986 election," said Dine, addressing AIPAC's 28th annuEd policy conference. Israeli sale of goods and services in the Department of Defense rose from $9 million in 1983 to $205 million in 1986, Dine said. A breakthrough was recently scored in plans for the U.S. to co-finance Israel's development of an anti-tactical ballistic missile IATBM) which offer hope of protection from surface-tosurface missiles carrying chemicals aimed at Israel. Dine piained members of Congress for urging Japan and India to end their compliance with Arab boycott of Israel He said members of the Black Caucus and Jewish Delegation met to deal with Israeli sale of arms to South Africa and "not one amendment was offered to punish Israel by cutting aid." Refuting reports that the American public is criticed of Israel, Dine cited recent polls taken by Harris and Roper organizations indicating that Israel's rating as an ally is up slightly and its "unfriendliness rating" is
down 25 percent from the previous year. Support for Israel over the Arabs is six to one in the Roper poll and seven to one in the Harris poll. "Overall, there is hardly a shred of evidence in the polls for the theory that support for Israel among the American people has eroded," Dine said. SYNAGOGUE REOPENS ISTANBUL (JTA)-The Neve Shalom Synagogue, the scene of havoc where terrorists murdered 22 worshippers last September, has been reopened, the World Jewish Congress reported here. The Chief Rabbinate of Turkey informed the WJC that the synagogue would resume services with special prayers and a ceremony to be attended by the Turkish Minister of Interior and other local government officials. WJC representatives will also be in attendance. ELECTED WILMINGTON, Del. (JTA) - Irving Levitt, a local Jewish and general community activist, has been elected to the Dover City Council. He defeated incumbent Charles Witt 1,2411,155, according to The Jewish Voice.
[%|riijto^ (^^ mitgv&h) Judy and Stuart SKkolnick of Des Moines, Iowa, announce the May 17 birth of a son. Jacob Charles. Grandparents are Renee and Morris Handleman and Lois and Rodney Shkolnick. Great-grandmother is Mrs. Ethel Greenblatt, all of Omaha. Anne and Bob Kaplan an: nounce the May 15 birth of a son, Benjamin Joseph. They also have a daughter, Stephanie Ariela, 2'/2. Grandparents are Rosa and Dave Riehtman of Omaha and Carol Kaplan of Chicago and the late Sidney Kaplan. Shirley Weisberg of Chicago is the great-grandmother. Howard J. and Carol C. Halperin announce the May 27 birth of a son, Timothy William, The Halperins have two other sons, Andrew David and Adam Daniel. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Yale Halperin and Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Morrison of Sante Fe, New Mexico. Great-grandfather is Clarence Maddocks of Mason City,. Iowa. ATLANTA (JTA) - The Temple, this city's first congregation, celebrated its 120th anniversary May 1-3 with events including an historical exhibit.
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Livingston Plaza residents celebrate fifth birthday Residents of the Livingston Piaza apartments celebrated the fifth anniversary of the apartment complex with a birthday tea hosted last Sunday by members of the Federation Manor Board of Directors. Among the original residents are, from left, Michael
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Kamli KpsLcin Is (ini,' of ninu Nfbiaskii uiiti Southwest Iowa high school students to he named y "gold key" winner in lh(i 19K7 Quill and scroll National Writing-Photo Contest. The contest is sponsored by Quill and Scroll, an international society for student journalists, and the American Newspaper Publishers Foundation Association. Randi, who is entering her, senior year at Burke High School, won for the best news story in a high, school newspaper. In addition, Randi was named first-place winner for a news event by the University of Nebraska at Omaha I'oiiiier Oniahan Phyllis High School Journalism l''riedel, now of Scottsdale. Conference. Ariz., appeared on a TV liandi is the daughter of game show. She can be seen Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ep- on CBS "Card Sharks," stein. KM TV Channel 3. at 8:30 a.m. on both .6-8-87 and M.Z. YOSHANAH 6-9-K7. By Lisa Hurwitz Phyllis has previously apM. Z. would like to con- peared on the TV Game gratulate our new beau, Shows "Name That Tune" Mike Leviton, and welcome and "Scrabble." him to our chapter. Sherman Golbitz, sales We have recently elected new officers. They are: presi- representative for Leland dent, Lisa Shuiman; vice- Distributing Co., was president. Jennifer Chan- named that distributor's 1986 Salesman of the Year dler; secretary-treasurer. Lisa Murwitz; rush chair- at the recent Seiko Time men. Trudi Seiner and Corporation National Sales Meeting, held in Boca RaRobyn Epstein. Also^ congratulations to ton, Fla. Lisa Shulman for being choLAWNMOWERS sen as a sweetheart candiSates—Service—Parts date for A/,A »1. TORO-LAWNBOY-BOLLENS 1ST HOLOCAUST RITE MONTPKLIER, Vt. UTA) - More than 200 peoplf attended the State of Vermont's first Day of Remembrance last month in memory of the six million Jewish and other victims of the Holocaust.
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Lindsey and Zebolsky to show at JCC gallery The public may attend the opening of an exhibit of paintings by Annette Lindsey and art stilchery and fabric printing by Mary Ann Zebolsky on June 7 at Omaha Gallery West located in the Jewish Community Center, from 2-4 p.m. This exhibit runs through the month of August. Ms. Zebolsky has studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Creighton, and Arrowmont School in Gatlinburg, Tenn. In 1986, she taught "Textile Art for Teachers" at Creighton University and has taught extensively at the Threlkeld Art Studio. Ms. Zebolsky received an Associated Artists of Omaha award of excellence in 1986 and an honorable mention award in an Omaha artist show in May, 1986. Ms. Lindsey has studied at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, as well as with many well-known Omaha artists. She has also studied art in such far-flung places as Newfoundland, California, Virginia and HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL RICHMOND (JTA) The victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in this city of close lo 220,000 people because there is now a monument on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. A bronze and copper sculpture was dedicated here on Yom HaShoah in April at an interfaith worship service attended by some 400 people, The sculpture is titled "Rachel Weeping for Her Children," based on a passage about Rachel in the Book of Jeremiah (31:15). The sculpture, eight feet tall and set on a three-foot base, depicts the slender figure of a woman, hands to her face, surrounded by six tongues of flames representing the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
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