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Intermarriage conflict ruptures Wisconsin Council of Rabbis MILWAUKEE (JTA) - The future of the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis is unclear as a result of a May 19 vote to reconsider its longstanding policy of barring membership to rabbis who officiate at mixed marriages, The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle reported. Five Conservative and two Orthodox rabbis resigned immediately after the vote, including council president Rabbi Isaac Lerer (Conservative). They explained that while the policy was not changed, the defeat of their motion to reaffirm it was sufficient reason to leave. Other local Orthodox rabbis either left the council over previous disputes or had never joined. The incident pitted Reform rabbis who perform mixed marriages or support the right of their colleagues to do so against Conservative and Orthodox rabbis opposed to intermarriage. It also triggered debate over the nature of the council. "If our colleagues are going to officiate at intermarriages, then there is no place for us in. the council," Lerer said. The vote to reconsider the policy was 97. A counter-proposal to reaffirm it was defeated by the same vote. Eighteen members were present, but one, Rabbi Dena Feingold of Congregation Beth Hillel (Re-

form) of Kenosha. who raised the issue at the meeting after officiating at an intermarriage, did not vote. There were two abstentions. Members of the Ck>uncil and four of the rabbis who resigned met again on May 26 to discuss the issue. "Everyone wants a resolution of this thing. We are looking for a way to resolve it," said Rabbi Terry Bookman, assistant rabbi at Congregation Sinai (Reform). According to Leon Cohen, writing in The Chronicle, Orthodox Rabbis Bernard Reichman and Tsvi Schur appeared willing to find a compromise while Conservative Rabbi Louis Swichkow and Lerer demurred. Lerer was quoted as saying he "cannot sit on a council which would undermine the rabbinate."

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Mr. Hill has served as a consultant for the United JewiAh Appeal specializing in.training seminars. He was part of last year's UJA Kadimah mission to the Soviet Union and has just returned from the '88 Kadimah mission to Morocco, Yugoslavia, Austria, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Israel. His presentation at the annual meeting will deal with his impressions of his most recent UJA mission.

Synagogues elect officers Temple Israel Temple Israel has elected Murray H. Newman as president, and other officers are as follows: Mel Epstein, Jim Farber, Joim Bernstein, vice presidents; Jane Rips, secretary; Ajon Farber, treasurer; Martin J. Lehr, past David Friedlond and Don Greenberg are trustees who will be members of the executive board. Other trustees are: Ronald Brodkey, Jane Brooks, Steven Dloogoff, Randi Epstein, Joe Erman, Tom Fellman, Scott Friedman, Dora Goldstrom, Robert Hurwitz, Susie Kaplan, Dr. Stanley Malashock, Dr. Larry Roffman, Norman D. Hoffman, Rosalie Saltzman, Jeffrey Smedlund, Donald Yale, and Hermene Zweiback.

Israeli children show tennis skills Children from the Israeli Tennis Centers will be in Omaha Sunday to conduct an exhibition and meet with tennis enthusiasts. According to Marlene and Elliott Hechtman, hosts, the group will exhibit tennis skills at the Westroads Club, 1212 North 102nd Street at 6 p.m. Israel Tennis Centers were created to give an entire generation of Israeli youngsters a healthy outlet and add greater normality to their pressured lives, the Hechtmans explained. "For them, tennis is more than a game—it is the experience of a lifetime," they added. Information on the program and related activities can be obtained by calling the Hechtmana at 392-0468.

Nachama Schiller, 8, left, and her sister Rivka, 11, view a Holocaiut monument defaced by spraypaint-wielding vandals a day after it was unvejled near Skokie, 111., village hall on June 1. At first workers prepared to clean the grafitti off but at the request of residents of the village, the paint will be left on the statae pending the outcome of a dty council meeting. See related story on page 12.

Conservative Rabbi Gideon Goldenholz told The Chronicle that he opposed intermarriage and would never officiate at one, but had voted nevertheless to reconsider the policy to enable the council to broaden its membership. "As far as I am concerned, the purpose of the council is not to scrutinize the activities of its members" or to be "a legislative body" that makes halachic rulings, he said.

Gary Hill to speak in Lincoln Gary Hill wiU be the guest speaker at the li''"''ff'p Jenish Welfare Federation's annual dinner meeting June 14, 6 p.m., at the University Club in Lincoln. Mr. Hill is president of Contact Center, a private, non-profit, international, information referral clearing house. Contact Center deals with human services, illiteracy, criminal justice and runaway services. Mr, Hill is sdso chairman of the board of Northwestern Metal Company.

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Beth Israel Beth Israel Synagogue has elected Manny Goldberg president for 1987-88. Other officers are: Richard Katzman, Gary Parilman, Roy Levine, vice presidents; Marvin Parilman, treasurer; Lois Endleman, recording secretary. The following were elected to a one-year term to serve on the Board of Commissioners: Sheldon Cohen, Bemice Crounse, Lois Endelman, Irving Epstein, Manny Goldberg, Richard Katzman, Dr. Barry Kricsfald, Roy Levine, Teddy Levine, Dr. Alan Morris, Gary Parilman, Marvin Parilman, Lee Polikov, Irwin Schwartz and Sidney Wertheim.

Sunclay breakfast A post Shavuot breakfast in honor of Dr. Velvl W. Greene, PhD, will take place for the Omaha Jewish community, Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of Mid America, the breakfast will feaDr. Greene ture a talk by Dr. Greene, director of the Sir Emanuel Jacobovitz Center at Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. Dr. Greene vrill speak on Counting Down to the SO's, addressing issues in contemporary Judaism from a scientific viewpoint as well as from a Torah perspective. . Reservations for the breakfast are not needed, the announcement stated.

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Trueiustice requires memory, declares Wiesel at Barbie trial By Eklwin Eytan LYON (JTA) - Nobel Peace laureate Eli Wiesel told a packed courtroom here that the reason for the trial of Klaus Barbie is not simply to bring to justice a Nazi war criminal who had long evaded it, but to remind a forgetful world of the Holocaust. "This trial is important to remind us of what happened. Justice without memory is incomplete," the 58-year-old author and Auschwitz survivor declared from the witness stand. He said he came here, the scene of Barbie's crimes, "to stop the killer from killing twice. The killer kills twice. First, he kills his victim, then he tries to erase the traces. We must prevent this second death. This is why I am here. This is why this trial is so important." He spoke with the same quiet eloquence that raised his books to the statUre of classics in his own lifetime, the definitive documentaries of the Holocaust, the word he coined to apply to the extermination of six million Jews by the Nazis. The court listened in rapt attention. The three magistrates and nine jurors seemed spellbound. Prosecutor Pierre Truche shut his thick Barbie file and leaned forward, intent not to miss a word. Only an occasional sob from the public gallery broke the silence of the hushed courtroom. The entire world knows Wiesel's history. " Plucked from a Hungarian village in 1944 and put aboard a sealed train to the Auschwitz death camp with his family, he alone lives to tell the tale. He told it here again, 43 years almost to the day after his deportation and three days before his son's 15th birthday, his own age at the time. Wiesel confessed that more than four decades after the tragedy he fails to understand its meaning. "I still cannot tmderstand how these people, the sons of the most educated and civilized nation in Europe at the time, could have produced these killers," he said. "I still fail to understand the members of the Sonderkommandos (the squads who carried out the tortures and murders) could have been doctors, lawyers, artists, music lovers who had killed by day and returned

to their homes in the evening to read poetry and listen to classical music." The Nazis were obsessed with killing Jews, Wiesel told the court. The deportation trains carrying the victims to death camps were given priority over military trains taking troops, arms and supplies to the Eastern front where the German army was then falling back under the Soviet counter-offensive. Wiesel spoke for 20 minutes, but his words encompassed years of horrors. "There are some things about which I cannot speak, like the death of my little sister, the suffering of my father, the death of my mother, lest I start weeping," he said. At that point, a lawyer present read part of his statement. Then Wiesel continued: "We arrived at Auschwitz in the afternoon. I remember it all, the barbed wires stretching to infinity, the screams of the welcoming committee, the shots fired by the SS, the barking of their dogs and the huge flames reaching up to high heaven as if to devour it. "I remember how in a little forest near Birkenau I saw the SS throw small, live children into the fire. In the city of Kiev, I saw a group of laughing German soldiers stop a mother and her two children. They took one of her children and killed it before her eyes. Then they took the second and killed it as well. She wanted to die, but the killers preferred her alive. I can see her today as she, then picked up the two small bodies, drew them close to her chest and started daiicing. How can I narrate such a scene? How can I understand the evil which hurts more than pain? "Maybe one of the worst things which hqipened was to see others suffer. For a son to see his father in pain, for a father to see his son tortured. All the victims are my brethren. We bear them love and admiration," Wiesel declared. He added; "All the victims were not Jewish, but all the Jews were the victims. For the first time m history an entire nation, from the oldest to the youngest, from the richest to the poorest, were sentenced to (Continued on Page 3)

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Rosenne credits U.S. Jews for improved alliance By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)-Meir Rosenne, Israel's outgoing Ambassador to the United States, summed up his fouryear tour of duty in Washington as "the best years in the (U.S.-Israel) relationship, except for the Pollard affair." He credited American Jewry in large measure for this. "We have reached a strategic military and political relationship based on signed agreements," Rosenne told Israel Radio in an interview from his Embassy. "We have a free trade area agreement which was signed between the two countries, which is unique in the relations of the United States with any country in the world."

Shkolnick plans 1988 resignation Rodney Shkolnick, dean of the Creighton University School of Law, announced that he is resigning effective July 1, 1988, to return to full-time teaching. He said he submitted his resignation in May and that a search committee has been formed to find a successor. Mr. Shkolnick, 55, said he has worked at Creighton for 26 years, including six years as associate dean and 11 years as dean. He said he is eager to concentrate on teaching law after spending 17 years as an administrator.

The case of Jonathan Pollard, the civilian intelligence analyst employed by the U.S. Navy who was convicted of spying for Israel and now is serving a life sentence, was the only serious blot on the record. But Rosenne was also angered by the subpoena issued two weeks ago to David Kimche, former Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, to testify before a select committee of Congress on the Iran-Contra affair. According to the envoy, the U.S. Justice Department violated all norms of diplomacy when it issued the subpoena. Kimche was later excused by court order from appearing before the committee. In reviewing developments that have strengthened U.S.-Israeli relations, Rosenne also mentioned the completed negotiations for building Voice of America (VOAI radio transmitters in. the Negev and Israel's joining in the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) research. He pointed out that Israel is "one of four countries which have until now signed an agreement with the U.S. in this respect." Rosenne observed that "As far as American Jewry is concerned, the relationship (with Israel) is . extremely close. This does not mean that we agree' on everything. But I think that this is one of the pillars of strength of Israel and of the relationship with the U.S. CUP AND SAVE -

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and this is undoubtedly one of the elements of our strength that has to be developed and kept alive," Rosenne said. His term in Washington expired officially at midnight May 31 and Rosenne was planning to return to Israel. The orjgoing dispute between Premier Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres over his replacement has not been resolved. Until Rosenne's successor is named, the Washington embassy will be headed by a Charge d'Affaires.

$5,000 a minute for Horowitz By Joseph Polakoff Vladimir Horowitz received more than $5,000 a minute for his concert in Vienna of Mozart, Liszt, Shubert, Chopin and Schumann that lasted 85 minutes on May 31. The 82year-old maestro received the equivalent of $427,000 for his performance. Horowitz, who last played in Austria in 1935, was quoted as saying he could not remember when he was in Vienna last. "Ich habe alles vergessen (I have forgotten everything)" he said. For his return to Vienna • after an absence of 52 years, Austrians filled the Musikvierein Hall, the city's classical music center. They paid up to $240 for a ticket, the highest price in Austrian history. He gave three encores and received a halfhour ovation. Half of his fee came from ticket sales and the rest frorri Austrian state television.

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NEW YORK (JTA) - A total of 871 Jews left the Soviet Union in May, it was announced by the Soviet Jewry Research Bureau of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ). This brings the 1987 total through May 31 to 2,302, compared to last year's figure of 914. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (JTA) - Sheldon Polish has been elected president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale, succeeding Brian Sherr. The Federation is celebrating its 20th anniversary, as noted by Florida Gov. Bob Martinez in a May 28 proclamation.

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' SYDNEY (JTA) - Before his formal judicial welcome as federal court judge, Marcus Einfeld and Rabbi Pinchus Feldman affixed a mezuzah to the judge's chambers, an event believed unprecedented in New South Wales legal history. TEL AVIV (JTA) Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, is the first non-jurist to receive the annual Zeltner Prize in Law, Social Sciences and Human Rights presented here for 10 years by the Zeltner Fund.

J^ie Taming of the Shrew TEL AVIV (JTA) - Dr. and The Tempest, comedies Nehemia Levtzion, a scholar by William Shakespeare, of African and Islamic will be presented in free pub- studies and a former dean at lic performances this sum- the Hebrew University of mer during the premiere Jerusalem, will become season of "Shakespeare on president of Everyman's the Green" sponsored by University-Israel's Open the Nebraska Shakespeare University here, on October Festival, Inc. (NSF). 1. He wiU succeed Arthur Performances in Young Fried. Park (adjacent to Elmwood Park Golf Course and the JERUSALEM (JTA) UNO campus) are scheduled Israel's President Chaim for 8:30 p.m. Thursday Herzog and Minister of Inthrough Sundays from Jime dustry and Trade Ariel Sha25 through July 12. The per- ron have presented Israel's formance schedule is as fol- Outstanding Exporter lows: "The Taming of the Award to Elmer Winter of Shrew" June 25-28, July 9 Milwaukee; chairman of the and 11; and "The Tempest" Committee for Economic July 2-5, 10 and 12. The Growth of Israel. Winter is "Shakespeare on the the first American recipient. Green" pCTformances will be ' preceded at 7:30 p.m. each MADISON, Wis. (JTA) evening by a "Greenshow" — Gov. Tommy Thompson consisting of musicians, proclaimed May 31 Israel mimes, dancers and other Awareness Day in Wisperformers.

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NEW YORK (JTA) The Council of Jewish Theatres, foiuided by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, has named playwright Matthew Witten of Boston the recipient of the 1987 Play Commission, which includes a $3,000 award and a production at CJT member theatres. It will enable Witten to complete his play "Dancing on Plates." NEW YORK (JTA) The National Sculpture Society has presented the Herbert Adams Memorial Medal for achievement in American sculpture to sculptor Natan Rapoport.

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NEW YORK (JTA) Thomas Friedman, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, has been chosen to receive the Second Annual New Israel Fimd Award for Outstanding Reporting for a three-part series on life in Israel. The prize is $1,000 cash.

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WASHINGTON (JTA) President Reagan has chosen writer, TV interviewer and producer Barb&ralee Diamonstein-Speilvogel of New York and attorney Richard Rosenbaum of Rochester, NY, as members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. The former replaces Edward Sanders of Los Angeles, a former senior adviser to President Carter. The latter replaces Terrence Des Pres, professor of English literature at Colgate University and author of "The Survivor," a study of how people survived the Holocaust.

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Shirley Goldstein, chairman of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omahi, has been contacted by Congressman Frank R. Wolf of Virginia. He wanted to advise her of an initiative that recently passed in the House of Representatives and will be considered soon by the Senate. The recently approved House trade bill includes a unanimc(usly passed amendment that urges the President to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce U.S. law forbidding of goods in the country that were made wholly or in part by slave labor. Rep. Wolf pointed out that while this legislation has had broad congressipnal support in the past in both the House and Senate, the Treasury Department has neglected to enforce this law. Evidence has been collected from official sources and eyewitness accounts documenting the horrendous conditions endured by prisoners and Soviet use of forced labor as a virtual economic crutch, he said. "1 believe by enforcing U.S. law we inform others of the problem and encoiirage reform of the antiquated Soviet system which violates international agreements that condemn slave labor," Rep. Wolf added. We join with the Congressman and Mrs. Goldstein in urging contact with Senators about this issue.

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"Israel's overall strategic situation has never been better, its overall relations with the United States never healthier. If ever there was a time the country could feel secure to move forward into the (peace) process, I believe it is now," says Hirsh Goodman. Goodman, military affairs reporter with the Jerusalem Post and currently a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, offered his analysis at the recent annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He added that "if we miss this historic opportunity ... I'nn not so sure we won't spend another 40 years in the (diplomatic) desert." Contributing to Israel's strong external position, the journalist said, was the peace with Egypt, de facto peace with Jordan, and the isolation of Syria. Terrorist threats from the PLO and Shi'ite fundamentalist HezboUah in Lebanon pose tactical problems but do not threaten Israel's survival. Goodman acknowledged that Syria, with half a million

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men under arms and well-supplied by the Soviet Union, "remains the major threat." However, he added that Hafez Assad's regime is nearly broke, has had to mothball some military units and—since it supports Persian Iran over Arab Iraq—cannot count on pan;Arab assistance against Israel. Finally, Goodman vowed that Israelis will never repeat the complacency which led to the Yom Kippur War surprise in 1973. If Assad nevertheless launches a solitary attack, Israel will win and Assad will fall. As for the West Bank, the journalist saw a paradox. Twenty years of Israel's comparatively "benig^n occupation" has resulted in an illiteracy rate among Palestinian Arab youth only 6 percent that of their parents. Yet "the combination of occupation and literacy equals nationalism." While PLO terrorism is down, "unrest is up ... We are dealing with a very explosive situation." He said that the slogan "better the sword in my hand than at my throat" has been accepted "even by laTeteli kids on the left. .. But sometimes the sword gets heavy. We have to put some light at the end of the tunnel" for the next generation on both sides, Goodman stressed. In that context he urged support for Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' plan for talks with Jordan under the "umbrella" of an international peace conference. No matter how victorious Israel is in battle, "it cannot win a war," he said, because "every war, no matter how small, undermines economic gains, encourages yeridah, discourages aliyah ... wipes off our future, our youth." "Our catastrophe has been that there is no Palestinian or other side to talk to," Goodman said. PLO leader Yasir Arafat's "biggest achievement in 20 yetirs has been to bring 60,000 Israelis to settle on the West Bank." As for Hussein, "not once in 20 years has he abided by his commitments" to negotiate with Israel, "It is time for him to stand , up and be counted . ., He's involved us, the Americans, everyone." As if to show just how divisive the international conference id,ea has been in Israeli politics, one of Goodman's own Post colleagues offered a contrasting view the same week. Columnist Yosef Goell doubted whether the Likud bloc's opposition to a conference has "killed an historic opportunity for peace" as some Labor alignment spokesmen charged. Goell suggested that "no substantive opportunity has been 'killed' because no such opportunity existed in the first place." While he saw "glimmers of promising developments" as well as "foreboding apprehensions," Goell asserted that conditions in both Jordan and Israel still are not ripe for a conference.

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To the Editor: Todab Rabah ORT-Omaha-At-Large—A large thank you to all ORT members and guests for making our recent "Taste and Tell" luncheon and installation of officers such a success. Everything was delicious-^t was so wonderful to have over 35 dishes to sample. To those who were unable to attend, we have additional cookbooks available for $3—don't miss out on what's sure to become a collector's item! ORT is the largest non-govenunental global training program in the world which helps people to help themselves. Our members have proven once again that we are a movement committed to strengthening and shaping the future of Jewish communities everywhere. Again, thanks to everyone—you are great. Judy Handlemsn, Judy Siff Co^bairmen, Taste and Tell To the Editor The U.S. Department of Justice has requested the assistance of the World Jewish Congress in locating survivors with information of wartime events in a number of Lithuanian communities. The Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations (081) is examining a number of cases involving Nazi persecutions in Lithuania in connection with suspects who may now be living in the United States. The 081 is specifically investigating wartime events in the Lithuanian communities of Kretinga, Darbenai, Palanga and Nausedai. The OSI is particularly interested in locating survivors from these areas who have knowledge concerning the activi-

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ties of the German forces and their collaborators. Especially important would be information on the German and Lithuanian Security Police apparatus. Individuals having any relevant information are asked to contact: Ms. Bessy Pupko, World Jewish Congress, One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, (212) 679-0600. Bessy Pupko World Jewish Congress To the Editor I wJah to take this opportunity to thank the many supporters of Morrill Hall for their help in passing LB 218 to fund its renovation. Nebraskans from acrou our state have come to the aid of MorrOl Hall, our State Muaeum, which has no air control system to protect its priceless collection of fossils. I was VBTV proud of the Leipslature's decision to pass' this bill and the Governor's to sign it. I've worked for over six years to help Morrill Hall. It has been a labor of love. But of all the people who have helped with this effort, I'd like to extend a very special thanks to the school children of this state who took the time to write state senators on behalf of Morrill Hall. Their innocence, sincerity and idealism ultimately mode the difference. I hope they are excited about their successful ^trance into our democratic process. No, we don't always get what we want. But sometimes when we try extra hard and work together we can accomplish great things. Don Wesely State Senator Lincoln, NE To the Editor. On May 27, Canto^ Emil Berkovits and the Beth El Choir led by Marty Shukert, continued their annual concerts of Jewish music. It was truly a joyous evening; their presentation was splendid, and the entire Jewish community owes them a debt of gratitude. The soloists and accompanists were unusually good, and all deserved the standing ovation their audience gave them. Recently, during Friday night services at Temple Israel, Cantor Hal Firestone and his professional quartet led by ' Madeleuie Firestone, offered an equally beautiful tribute of modem Jewish music rarely heard here in Omaha. Sometimes we wonder if our Omaha Jewish community truly realizes what we have available in Omaha in our synagogues and in the professionals who lead tham: rabbis, cantors, educators. While there were substantial audiences, they should have been bursting the walls. Our own sons and children of our friends who have traveled widely in the ' United States and abroad have often said we have been blessed with our professional leadership through the years. We agree. Norman and Elinor Whitman

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(0)iLair mmaim m nsraeH Christian village prospers in Galilee HAIFA—When we visited the Christian village of Nes Anunim up in the northwest comer of Israel in 1975, we asked the settlers if they believed they could maintain their Christian identity in the midst of a dominant Jewish culture and civilization. Their children attended school with their Israeli neighbors and studied in Hebrew. Wasn't there danger that the minority might gradually be absorbed into {;he majority—a process the Jews call assimilation? They had no answer to the question, and we determined to return in t^n years to see what was happening. We nuide it back to Nes Anunim not long ago, and found a bustling, prosperous village with a population which had doubled to about 200. Their attractive guest house is almost always filled, and their agricultural products command good markets. They have 25 dunamS of flowers under glass, and almost all the blooms are exported to Europe. The aims of the village are unchanged: to become familiar with the Jewish roots of their own Christianity, and to proclaim their solidarity with the Jews by their presence here. All early fears that they had missionary intentions have long since been dissipated, and their relations with Jewish religious circles here have been excellent. The majority of the settlers are still from Holland, but there is also a good sprinkling of German, Swiss and American Christians. The language of the village is English— and Hebrew. ^ To all appearances, this is a greiat success story, but there are internal soul-searching problems. The original intention had been that settlers remain for a limited period of time as a learning experience, and then return to their countries of origin where they could serve as ambassadors of good wiU between the Christian and Jewish commtmities. Some have indeed gone back, but others indicate a preference to remain. Can the settler make such a decision for himself, or should the community's central authority decide? The problem is now being urgently discussed. Sincere and devout Christians among the settlers are also confronted with ideological questions. Through their own intensive study (at their Bet Midrash), and their exchanges with Jewish Israelis, they are getting to know more about Judaism and about the birth of Christianity and the relevance of Biblical prophecies than they ever could have done in their home milieu. "We are compelled bo restudy some of our concepts, and question the meaning of our own Christianity," one of them told us. "My daughter is now almost twenty," he added. "She~ graduated from the neighboring school with her Jewish . friends. If she were to many a Jewish boy, I would not want her to seek to convert him to Christianity. But if she became a Jew, that would not disturb me." The problem of continued and lengthy stay at Nes Anunim thus begins to take on practical aspects. Yet the village is still open to new settlers. Those who would come for evangeUcal reasons are not welcome. Wanted are members who are aware of the Christian responsiblity for the historic relationship with the Jews, and would be prepared to rethink their own concepts. "Our Christiau prophecies are beautiful, but we must be prepared to learn what other rabbis said in the time of Jesus as weU. We must hear what the Jewish understanding of the prophecies is. People who think they have all the answers will not be happy heie; they must come with open minds and be willing to listen and to learn." And so Nes Anunim is conducting an "aliyah" drive in

Europe and the U.S. It can absorb personnel experienced in all aspects of hotel mangement, as well as carpenters, electricians, horticulturists, metal workers, etc. AppUcants must be singles, or married couples with children no older than 12. All must be interviewed by a local screening committee. Those who are accepted will be provided with transportation, a comfortable home, a job and all the privileges of a member of the cooperative village. Disqualified for membership are Jews, mixed marriages, or ex-Jews who had converted. There is also a one-year program for youth. The ultimate purpose, once again: to provide a living and educational experience which will prepare good Christians to be ambassadors to their own people. The name of the village, Nes Anunim, is taken from Isaiah, and means, "a banner for the nations." Screening committees have been set up in Buffalo, N.Y., Nashville, 'Tenn., St. Paul, Minn., and London, among other places. Descriptive brochures and further information are available from Nes Anunim, Doar Na Ashrat, 25225, Israel.

Jerusalem—a country? By Joseph Polakoff WASHINGTON-The State Department, which holds that the entire city of Jerusalem is negotiable in ArabIsraeU peace talks, has again indicated that Jerusalem is outside of Israel. "We regard Jerusalem as a separate entity," a department spokesperson said (to this reporter) after the Department's Allowance Staff published a regulation April 1 that covers maximum per di^m allowances for foreign areas for its personnel. The listing showed allowance in "Israel" at $104 a day and in "Jerusalem" at $103. Regarding the dollar difference, the spokesperson said that various districts within "one geographic area" could have their own rates. Asked why Jerusalem is listed as a "country," the spokesperson said that the U.S. has maintained a consulate general for nearly a century and a half—since 1843— in what is now called West Jerusalem. The two buildings there "handle almost all embassy operations," he said. The U.S. Embassy is in Tel Aviv. The U.S. Consulate General also has a building in "East Jerusalem" that houses a consular section and the U.S. Information Agency unit that deal with "the West Bank." During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel tore down the barriers between West Jerusalem and what is called by antiIsraeUs as "Arab East Jerusalem" that had been erected by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon. The Knesset then proclaimed reunified Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, m reporting the regulation on per diem allowances, said "we ask the State Department by what standard they call Jerusalem a country?" CHAIN SAWS & SNOW BLOWERS Sales—Service—Parts TORO-LAWNBOY-BOLENS

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Warren Zweiback: The candidate and the press Editor's note: Headlines covering the natioiial political aeene have focused attention on a candidate's private life and the media—and raised questions on media coverage aad the public's right to know. Warren Zweibacfc, Omaha attoney and unsuccessful candidate for CitjF GooBCfl in the Sixth District in the May 12 election, discussed his ezpericBoe with free-lance writer Jean Ann Kmpiiisky. By Jean Ann Knipinsky As the campaign progressed, Mr. Zweiback found himself being questioned on personal issues concerning him and his family. Mr. Zweiback's role in several S.I.D. (Sanitary Improvement District) lawsuits, his voting record and the fact that automobiles belonging to his family were registered outside of Omaha, thereby avoiding the city wheel tax, became issues of the campaign. Mr. Zweiback found an increasing amount of his time being devoted to these questions. He said that although that type of coverage "didn't help" his campaign, he realizes that candidates are always on stage and that the press thrives on sensation. "That sells newspapers," Mr. Zweiback said. "One problem with this is the limited amount of time to respond. The primary concerns of the campaign are sometimes forced to take a back seat while the personal issues are addressed." Mr. Zweiback feels public figures lose certain rights to privacy and at times, even correct news reporting. "In the case of a private individual, laws offer protection. When a person puts hiinself in the public d6main, he becomes a larger target. Rumors can be printed," Mr. Zweiback commented. Mr. Zweiback feels he was subjected to more scrutiny than other candidates because he is more controversial and has done more things "in the nature of controversy." "Candidates who have higher profiles have to be thickskinned and willing to have issues printed that are relevant or not," he said. "The obvious problem with this is that some very able candidates cQuld be lost due to their unwillingness to see personal issues become public. "I feel that this is less dama^g than limiting the rights of the press. Freedom of speech is oMre impcHtant than who is a city councilman. The First Amendm^t cannot be limited in any way." Mr. Zweiback said he has no regrets with his decision to run for the City Council. "I wanted to do the job. I was happy and amazed at the willingness of certain people to step forward and support me because they felt I was the best person for the job. "It was a positive experience. I would run again if I saw the opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way."

Summer Storytelling Series to feature five guests The Summer Storytelling good time." promised Ms. Series for children will pre- Jacobson. sent five guest storyteUers The activities will be interpreting children's geared for children four to books bom the Jewish Fed- eight years old. Refresheration Library. ments will be provided. The series opens June 16 Future storytellers infrom 1:16-2 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center clude: Elinor Whitman on Adult Lounge with Jewish June 30; Shirley Goodman Federation pubUc relations on July 14; Marty Skomal director Joanie Jacobson as on July 28; and Gary Bosanek on Aug. U. the guest storyteller. The Summer SttHyteOing "I was real excited when they asked me. Entertain- Series is cosponsored by the ing children is always a chal- Jewish Federation Library lenge and I 'm going to work and the JCC Early Childreal hard to show them a hood Departmrat

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Imeolla MA4 By Estelle Rosenberg The Tifereth Israel Congregation extends a mazel tov to the following: Joe Rosenberg on the Bat Mitzvah of his granddaughter, Ilachel Rosenberg daughter of Ron and Sheila Rosenberg of Austin, Texas; Anne Kennedy and Sam Gurewitz on the birth of a son, David Steven; Dorothy Goodman on her graduation from law school, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Steve Schwartzbach on his promotion to full professor at the University At NebraskaLincoln; Brian Hoffman, Andy Cherrich, Lori Smith and Rania Shlien, on their graduation from high school; Eden SWien and Eric Hoffman on their confirmation; Leah Goodman, Risa Cohen and Jamie Priesman on their graduation from religious school; Barbara Wishnow, daughter of Mrs. Gail Wishnow, on her graduation from Kansas City Institute with a bachelor of fine arts. The annual meeting of the Tifereth Israel Congregation was held May 31. The nominating committee, composed of Nancy Doren, Stuart Margolis and Harry

Levinson, proposed the following slate of officers for the coming term: Eve Hoffman, president; Al Weiss, vice president; Jack Mosow, secretary; Cece Hill, treasurer.

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and Sam Isaacson were in the hospital. It's nice to have them back Home. Our activities directors are engaging in some fun of their own this month. Bert Benson will be canoeing on the Niobrara River, and Sharon Conlon intends to bicycle across the state of Nebraska again. These young ladies really are adventuresome. On Tuesday evening, Lois Epstein, Randi Epstein and Ethel Lowe run the Bingo game. As you can see, Tuesday's schedule offers a variety of activity which is made possible by the Tuesday cadre of Love regulars. Speaking of regulars, Reva Oruch does the mending for the residents. This is a deeply appreciated service. As in any home, there is always mending to be done. The last mini-concert of this season will be on Father's Day. June 21. The Tuffy Epstein Quartet vfill present a 4 p.m. concert.

BENNETT L. COHN Bennett L. Cohn, 84, of 113 S. 68th Ave., died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital where he was taken after becoming ill at Rosenblatt Stadium. Graveside services were held Friday at Beth El Cemetery. In addition to his wife, Anne, he is survived by a son, Douglas, of Tampa, Fla.; daughter, Judy R. Cohn of Los Angeles; sister. Eve Bernstein of Omaha; and two grandchildren. A native of Omaha, Mr. Cohn was graduated from Central High School and then earned an engineering degree at Nebraska University. He worked as an engineer for Hastings Industries for 35 years before retiring and starting his own business, Hastings of Omaha. JENNIE L. ALBERTS Services took place Thursday at Beth El Synagogue for former Omahan Jennie L. Alberts, 83, of Portland, Ore., who died in that, city June 7. Burial took place at Beth El Cemetery. Survivors are sons, Dr Phillip L. and Dr. Bennett I. Alberts, both of Portland,

and six grandchildren. A native of Providence, R.I., Mrs. Alberts resided in Omaha before moving to Portland in 1967. A chaifter member of Beth El. she also was affiliated with Congregation Neveh Shalom Sisterhood; past president of Hadassah, the Robison Jewish Home Sisterhood, and past president of the United Womens League of Synagogue. Memorials have been suggested to Hadassah or the Robison Jewish Home in Portland.

Roxanne M. Lintzman, daughter of Steve Lintzman and Renee Lintzman is a cum laude graduate of Mid- . land Lutheran College. She was an art and conununication arts major who was active in Alpha Lambda Delta, Society of College Journalists. Miss Lintzman is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Babendure of Fremont, Nebr., and the late Jeanette and Joseph Lintzman of Omaha.

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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Shabbat dinner will follow. Saturday: Services at 9:30 a.m. A Kiddush will follow services. Children going to Jewish summer camps will be honored. Mincha, 7:50 p.m., foUowed by Seudat Shlishit and Ma'ariv: • Sunday: 9 B.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. BNOTMITZVAH HoUy Friedman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthar Friedman, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 12, and Saturday morning, June 13. Lesley Plotkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Plotkin, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 19, and Saturday morning, June 20.

Blumkin Home 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 Goldsten Synagogue. Kiddush following services on Shabbat.

UTTO schedules fall classes The weekday schedule of United Talmud Torah of Omaha classes for 1987-88 has been armounced by the school director, Stanley Mitchell. Grades 3, 4 and 7 have classes on Monday and Wednesday. Grades 6 and 6 are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. Grade 8 meets.on Monday only.

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^|mag®gtin® Beth Israel Synagogue Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. Satnrday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. A kiddush luncheon will follow the morning service in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of Lillian and George Lerman, sponsored by their children. The congregation is invited to share in this simcha. Class with the rabbi, 7:45 p.m. Mincha, 8:30 p.m. The Mincha Service will be followed by Shalosh Suedot, Ma-ariv and the Havdalah Service. Shalosh Suedot will be sponsored by Mrs. Albert Newman in observance of the yahrzeit for Albert Newman. Sunday: Morning Minyahaire Service, 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Stepban Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. In place of a sermon, short talks on the theme, "The varieties of Jewish experience" will be given tliroughout the summer. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Gloria and Ken Bassik in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Michael. Shabbat Morning Service— 11:15 a.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Michael Bassik, son of Gloria and Ken Bassik, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13. Geoff Adam Rosenblatt, son of Judi Robert and Jerry Rosenblatt, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 19, and Saturday, June 20.

Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each month 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. B'nai Israel Synagogue offers services led by members of the congregation. Volunteer Cantor Major Mandy Greene leads the singing. Everyone is invited to attend. Persons interested in the synagogue or in carpools may call Scott Kotzen 402-553-3334.

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

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' Linda and Joel Bromley of Oxnard, Calif., announce the May 27 birth of a son, Tyler Scott. They also have a son. Caret Allen, 2. Grandparents are Karen and Bob Meyer. Greatgrandparents are Ida and Irving Forbes and greatgrandmothers are Gertrude Forbes and Ethel Bleiweiss. Marcy and Dave Ruback announce the adoption of a son, Kyle Cameron. Paternal grandparents are Frances and Paul Ruback. Maternal grandparents are Dottie Roaenblum and Hubert Rosenblum. HUMANITARIAN CHICAGO (JTA) Pamela Cohen, president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, and Marilyn. Tallman, coHshairman of Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, have received the Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award here from the Prince and Princess of Sweden.

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Jerusalem This week's Showcase feature on "Hello Jerusalem" will be a conversation between Simcha Dinitz and Dr. Eitan Gilboa about American-Israeli relations. The program airs Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 7. We will visit Kibbutz Haogen, which is situated on the Mediterranean shore and meet the members who work the land while enjoying their love of music. The high-tech Opgal camera plant in the north of Israel is visited. The camera is for both military and civilian use and can see objects in the dark. The Tiberias health spa is another feature.' Tiberias has been a health resort since Roman days. The program re-runs on Monday at 7 p.m. CHAIRMAN AMSTERDAM (JTA) Harry Van Den Bergh, a Labor member of ParHament, haa been elected chairman of the International Parliamentary Union on Behalf of Soviet Jews. He succeeds Nora Salomons.

Paraahat B'Haatot'kha The menorah and the bricka I propoee that we seek out tuaiy-and its space availa certain architect and erect able at peak times by the a monument to him in what- uae of folding doors. ever may be adjudged to be ArchaelogistB some the most prominent place of hundrade of years in the fuJewish assembly in the ture may not understand country. this unless we tell them: What happened was this: This has to do with the After World War II there recognition of the fact that was a great rash of building American Jews, with all the synagogue buildings in the new synagogue buildings, United States. As soon as with all the emphasis on the building materials became 5-day work-week, still atavailable again, there was a tend sparsely during the great demand for new build- year, and only on the High ings. Holy Days in large number. There was an exodus from Period. the big cities into the surThe opening verse of our rounding suburbs. And the Sidrah, and comments Jewish communities in the about it, suggest that we new suburbs needed new, are still not coming to terms and better, places of wor- with what being Jewish ship. They built significant ought to mean. The conbuildings, indeed in some struction bnd dedication of cases lavish buildings. 1 the Tent of Meeting are can't be sure who originated done with. So the previous the phrase, but we all jested Sidrah has told us. Now our about the "edifice complex" Sidrah opens with comin the Jewish community. mands about the Menorah, In some cases, as neigh- how the lights are to be borhoods changed, great lit—not for one time, for the synagogue buildings were dedication ceremopy, but abandoned, sold for a song, for all time. Permanently. and the congregations dis- One commentator even banded, since the member- points out that the Tent of ship moved to not one but Meeting is not 30 much as half a dozen different mentioned here; the Menosuburbs or new neighbor- rah was to light up the Jehoods. rusalem Temple as well. Who was the architect Light now, and light for all who was first to discover times. that the religious habits of Indeed, that is what we American Jews could be ought to understand. Build"etched in stone?" I remem- ings are not synagogues, ber the chairman of an ar- and buildings are not Judachitectural advisory com- ism. Of course we always mittee of the United need new buildings. But the Synagogue telling one con- light of learning and of piety gregation's building com- and of loyalty needs to be •mittee, after a cursory constant, constant and. glance at their plans: "The strong. first thing you have to do is buy more land." 'The secret: It will not do On June 14,12-12:30 p.m. any kmger to have a sanctuary, with "vestry" rooms, or on WOW-T, Cookie Hobereven a sumpUious social man will interview Evie hall, on separate floors. The Rice who will share the demand is that the Social story of her bout with Hall, now cc^italized, must cancer. The interview is sponbe immediately behiQd or adjacent to the Sane- sored by the ADL/CRC.

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nm^ir^TEc^d RICHARDS. HUSTON Vicki and Monty Bergman, former Omahans now living in Overland Park, Kan., announce the marriage of their son, Scott Richards, to Tracy Huston, daughter of Darlene Huston of Tucson, Ariz., and Charles Huston of Shawnee, Kans. The marriage took place May 17 in Tucson at the home of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McCoy. Attendants were Sandi Daniels and Cory Richards, sister and brother of the groom. After a three-month honeymoon in Kenya and Tanzania, Africa, the newlyweds will continue to reside in Boston, Mass. PAPPENHEIMER, HORENSTEIN Roxanne Pappenheimer • and Mark Horenstein were married on May, 17 at Temple Reyim in Newton, Mass. The bride, daughter of Beatrice and Robert Pappenheimer of Omaha, is a special education teacher for the Waltham, Mass., public schools. Dr. Horenstein is a professor of electrical engineering at Boston University. He is the son of Sarah and Wolfe Horenstein at Marblehead, Mass. The couple will spend the 1987-88 academic year in Ramat Aviv, Israel, where Dr. Horenstein will be on a sabbatical at Tel Aviv University. FRANK, JOHNSON Rachelle L. Frank of Omaha became the bride of Michael R. Johnson of Lincoln on May 16. The couple exchanged vows at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn Central with Douglas County Judge Samuel V. Cooper officiating. A reception and dance followed at the hotel. Cheryl Laux of Bridgeport, Neb., was matron of honor! Also attending the bride were Jennifer Buehrman and Mary Wallstrom of Austin, Texas. Flower girl • was Trish Merrill of Lincoln, Neb., niece of the groom. The best man was Michael Dempsey of Detroit, Mich. Groomsmen were |-^^^ Moles-Gophers ^^-^^

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GORELICK-LIGGETT Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gorelick announce the engagement of their daughter, Beverly Ann, to Ronald Paul Liggett, son of the late Mr. and'Mrs. Steven Liggett. An August wedding at Temple Israel is planned.

Personal messages from 265 Jewish never married, divorced or widowed men and women from 20 to 80 years of age are included in the June issue of the CONNECTOR, a publication of the Midwest Jewish Singles Network, Inc. Also included in this issue is information about parties in July for Jewish singles in St. Louis and Chicago, trips to Europe and Israel, information about other singles activities and services throughout the United States. Free copies of the CONr«^ECTOR are available at the Jewish Community Center office of the singles director, Helen Rifkin, or can be obtained by sending $2 for postage and handling to the CONNECTOR, P.O. Box 24331, Omaha, Neb., 68124. The Midwest Jewish Singles Network, Inc., is a nonprofit service originated in July, 1986, by Mary Fell: man and Annie Allen and offers an opportunity for Jewish singles throughout

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the United States, Canada and Israel to meet. According to the founders, "We have heard from doctors, lawyers, business men and women, rabbis, teachers, professors, people in all walks of life and from more than 22 states. "People who are single and do not care to go the 'singles bar' route or some of the other opportunities that are available are anxious to try this method of meeting someone with like interests," stud Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Fellman said they have heard from thousands of Jewish singles inquiring about the service and have had more than 1,500 letters "from singles to singles" pass through their office. Each person who places a personal message is given a code number and confidentiality is maintained by the service until the individual wishes to disclose name, address and phone number. "In thait way no ona need fear that privacy will be invaded," said Mrs. Fellman.

Brighton Beach at Playhouse Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs—now playing at the Omaha Community Playhouse—opens up a treasure-box of Jewish family memories. Who among us—above the age of 50, of coursedoesn't remember the needy relative plus children who needed temporary housing?

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Todd Kirshenbaum and David Hilligas, both of Lincoln. Ushers were Dr. Bruce W. Frank, brother of the bride, Barry S. Grossman and Michael Washington of Wichita, Kans. The bride is a graduate of the University of NebraskaLincoln, College of Education. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Frank. The bridegroom holds a bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane W. Johnson of Lincoln. The couple will take a delayed honeymoon. They are residing in Omaha.

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older sibling, or the many decisions brought to father at the dinner table? This is the stuff of Brighton Beach Memoirs, and the cast—especially Brendan Kelly as Eugenedemonstrates that you don't have to be Jewish to portray Jewish family life. But I'm not so sure that Jewish audiences will agree in total. Fran DeGeorge tries hard as the down-andout aunt, and Janet Deatherage plays a soft-spoken Kate, but is that enough? Neil Simon is talking about a Jewish household, so Where's the agony, Where's the guilt, where's the blessing over the candles and the traditional Sabbath meal? They are not there. But who looks for 100 percent? The show is entertaining, the set is magnificant, and one's own memories will have to make up for any deficiencies. (M.M.)

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June... . an auspicious month for many reasons. The start of summer, graduation time, summer job time and, of course, let's not forget weddings. How did June get to be the popular time for getting married? Maybe it goes back to traditional vacations and honeymoon plans, etc. I don't know, but anyway, brides do still favor the month of June. Are you sentimental about weddings? Do you get all misty-eyed when you hear the music and see all the finery? And how about when the bride comes down the aisle, looking prettier than you can ever remember. Doesn't that make you get a lump in your throat? Looking at her dad usually is a sobering experience too. The average father wears an expression that probably translates to mean many things. Such as "where have the years gone? Am 1 willing to let my little girl go? Is this yutz going to be good to her, provide everything I 've taught her to want? Is their future together really a good idea?" Oh yeah, dad has a lot to think about as he delivers his precious child to this (practically) total stranger! And the mother ... what are her thoughts as she floats down the aisle on the arm of whomever. Sometimes she has a look that appears to be a silent prayer for her child's new life. Sometimes a friend learns that look covered a silent prayer all right; but the prayer is that the caterer gets everything letter perfect or she'll have his head! I'm being facetious, of course. What can the mother of a bride possibly think but about het daughter. Probably too, if there are dear ones absent, some sad thoughts are for them and a fate which decreed it to be so. What about the maid of honor? If she's a dear friend she has mixed feelings which could range from, "Oh God, I hope it's my turn soon" to "I wish she had chosen a different color, I hate this dress," But if this maid is a sister of the bride, well that's different. A sister who probably helped plan every detail, who did last-minute errands, who could be crowned "The Unsung Hero," walks down the aisle and makes her parents doubly proud. "Just look at our lovely girls ... how can we help but kvell?" As a spectator, watchLig this all and writing an imaginary scenario, it helps if you've known these girls since they were toddlers. If you were there to listen to the worries about chicken pox, schools, driving lessons, etc. If you were the friend who promised the mom "it'll be ok, I promise" and it was, well that makes it really special. So my last word on the subject is to a recent bride: Honey, yoii were gorgeous, the wedding was gorgeous, the entire event was perfection. Have a wonderful life!

Stanley A. Krieger and Angela Krieger announce the rriocation of their law office to 9290 West Dodge Road, Suite 302, Omaha. NE 68114. Mrs. Kieger has a general practice with a concentration in immigration law. Mr. Krieger, who is adjunct professor of im-. migration law at Creighton University School of Law. and member of the Editorial Board of the Immigration Journal published by the

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Temple sponsors pilot program RabU StopluB Barack lead* mothen in song •• infanU try thdr ildlls with riijrtlud liiiNiiiiiMiiita at the Parcnt-Infant ptogTMii at Teoqilc I«ad. Mothen irfctored an, frooi left, Jady JoaqihaoB, Teny Zaefaaria and JnUe Martin. The initial aix-wedi pilot progiam for 1M8 month olds and thdr mothers was filled, • Temple Israel qtokeaman ssid. Registntiia was OB a first oooiefitst served baais to Jewiah families in the Omaha area. Per iafonnation on the program for the fall, call Temple Israel

c JWV POST #260 Epstein-Mcrgan Poet No. 260 War Veterans of USA will meet June 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Legioa Post No. 1 Club. Poet No. 260 JWV has awarded Student Aid Scholarship checlu to the following graduating seniors of the Omaha Public schools: Darrin Kader, Burlce; Mo Tran, Benson; Brenda M. Nissan, Bryant; Teri Michalslci, Central Stq>hen Lahowetz, North; Scott A. Katolcee, North west; Deanna Greenlee, South.. Everyone who helps support the Post's Latlta Party contributes to the numlier of scholarstiips awarded. BOOK DISCUSSION The Hadassah-Federation Book Discussion will meet June 18 at 1 p.m. in the Senior Lounge next to the library at t^e JCC.

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Mayor Bemie Simon will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Jime 24 at noon in Howard Johnson's restaurant. APPOINTED Magic Theatre's artistic director, Jo Ann Schmidman has been appointed to the National Endowment for the Arts 1987 Artistic Advancement Theater Panel. The National Endowment for the Arts, an independent agency of the Federal Government, was created in 1965 to encourage and assist the nation's cultural resources.

Michael Bassik, son of Gloria and Ken Bassik, will become a Bar Mitzvah on June 12 and 13 at Temple Israel. ' Michael is a seventhgrade superior honor roll .student at Millard North Junior High School. He enjoys tennis, skiing, frisbee and radio-controlled cars. Michael has a brother, Eric, 10. He is the grandson of Lillian and Charles Berger and Bertha Melnick, all of Del Ray Beach, Fla.

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Reform Jewish youth run a camp for Salvadoran refugee children directors, explained that the say they hope this will beJewish high school students purpose of the camp was "to come an annual activity of hosted a four-day sleep- give the children all of the the Mid-Atlantic Federation away camp last week at an love they could take and all of Temple Youth, whose undisclosed location in Vir- of the food they could eat. headquarters are in Wash"We have a special re- ington, D.C. ginia for 50 refugee cfiildren, aged 7 to 11, from El Sal- sponsibility to help these MAFTY is a branch of people," she said, "while NFTY-the North Amerivador. The children, who with they are seeking shelter and can Federation of Temple their parents have sought safety in this country." , Youth—which is the youth Pam Gordon of Alexan- arm of the Union of Amerishelter illegally in the United States, are among dria, Va., another MAFTY can Hebrew Congregations, the 85,000 Central Ameri- camp leader, added: "We the central body of Reform can refugees currently liv- started this camp not only Judaism in the United ing in the Washington, D.C., because we have a responsi- States and Canada. bility to help refugees, but area. The chiJd-refugee camp is The-Jewish high school because Judaism teaches part of NFTY's "Mitzvah students who ran the camp that we must help all those Corps" program. Mitzvah— are members of the Mid- in need." the Jewish concept of doing Atlantic Federation of TemBecause of initial concern good deeds—describes the ple Youth (MAFTY). Each over the potential legal risks goal of the program, which paid $50 to attend the camp of sheltering illegal aliens, is to gather Jewish youth and work as a counselor. the Reform Jewish youth together to work for good The students also raised an -group requested and re- causes. Currently 11 of the additional $5,000 from Jew- ceived special permission 21 regions within NFTY run ish communities in the Dis- from the U.S. Immigration "Mitzvah Corps" programs. trict of Columbia, Virginia and Naturalization Service Although MAFTY is the and Maryland to make the to run the camp. However, only region which assists camp possible. There was no to protect the refugees from Central American refugees, charge for the Salvadoran possible arrest and deporta- other regions run "Mitzvah tion, the INS was not notichildren to attend. Corps" programs for innerSharon Parrot of Fairfax fied of the date or location city youth, handicapped Station, Va,, a high school of the camp. persons, and the elderly. Both Parrot and Gordon student and one of the camp

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True justice requires memory (Continued from Page 1| at most receive a life sentence. CapitaP punishment has been abolished in France. death. The aim of the enemy was to uproot He is 73, reportedly in poor health. Under them, to erase them from history, to kill French law, which allows the defendant to their very memory. Being a Jew was a capital crime for which capital punishment was ' be absent from his trial. Barbie has boycotted the proceedings since May 13, two days provided." after they started. He recalled that "Even the Germans realIn his brief appearances in the dock he ized the insanity of this situation. An SS man told a Jew: 'Even if you were to sur- personified the arrogant, unrepentent Nazi, claiming he was being held and tried illevive and tell what happened, no one would gally. Many feel outraged that he was not believe you.' " "This is the problem," Wiesel said. "Who forced to be confronted by the testimonies has not lived through it will never really un- of Wiesel and other witnesses. derstand it. This trial is important to reTwo other witnesses followed Wiesel on mind us of what happened. Justice without the stand: Ita Halaunbrenner, whose two memory is incomplete. The number of sur- daughters were among the 44 Jewish chilvivors is becoming smaller every day. It is dren from the village of Izieu deported to for them, but also for the dead, for tJieir chil- Auschwitz by Barbie; and Fortunee Bendren and for yours that this trial is impor- guigui, whose three sons were in the same convoy. tant. Forgetfulness is a crime just like AuschHalaunbrenner, 86, said she waited 43 witz was absolute evil." years for this moment. She had even gone In a way, with Wiesel's testimony, the to Bolivia with Nazi-hunter Beate Klarsfeld trial of Barbie is practically over. What may in 1972 to try in vain to have Barbie be heard from now on and the verdict itself deported. On the witness stand she was could be anti-climactic. barely able to speak. She shook her fist at Barbie, the former Gestapo chief in Lyon the empty prisoners' dock. "The name of charged with crimes against humanity for my misfortune is called Klaus Barbie," she the torture, murder and deportation of thou- said in a trembling voice. "Justice, all I sands of Jews and resistance fighters, will want is justice." .^•k,^^--.'

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