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Appointment of diplomat ends Shamir, Peres dispute JERUSALEM (JTA) -The Cabinet confirmed the nomination of career diplomat Moshe Arad to be Israel's next Ambassadw to the United States. Arad, 52, who is presently Ambassador to Mexico, was summoned home for meetings with PreMoshe Arad mier Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. ' He will succeed Ambassador Meir
Lav! cost estimated at $82 million each TEL AVIV (JTA) - The Finance Ministry, vehemently opposed to the Lavi fighter plane project, has submitted statistics comparing unfavorably its costs with the latest model American F-16s, an aircraft of similar capabilities. The Finance Ministry also sharply criticised the Defense Ministry for its handling of the Lavi project. It accused the defense establishment of deliberately failing to inform the Treasury of the. Lavi'a-actual coats, Haaretz reported. . According to seiiior Finance Ministry sources quoted by the newspaper, the remaining development costs of 75 Lavi jets exceed by $2 billion the price of 75 F-16s. The Lavi's overall maintenance is estimated at $3.5 billion compared to the defense establishment's 1980 estimate of $1.23 billion, the sources said. From start to finish, the cost of producing 150 Lavi aircraft is $82 milllpn per plane, compared to $35 million per F-16, according to the Finance Ministry estimates. The Ministry conceded that abandonment of the Lavi project would affect the jobs of some 4,500 employees of Israel Air, craft Industries (lAI) in the short term. But even if the Lavi is shelved, there will be no change in the government's manpower needs, because the $300 million provided by the U.S. for the Lavi would be applied to research fmd development in other high technology industries, the Ministry said. It predicted a demand for even more workers than are presently employed on the Lavi project. llie Lavi is Israel's second-generation jet fighter. Originally, 300 were prcijected bat now only 75 are slated to go into production in the early 1990s, Haaretz reported.
Rosenne, whose four-year tour of duty in Washington expired on May 31. An official announcement will be made when the U.S. formally concurs with the appointment. Arad's nomination ended months of wrangling between Shamir and Peres over who wmild fill Israel's most important diplomatic poet abroad. Until now, each man's proposal was vetoed by the other. Shamir consistently supported Hanan Baron, a recently retired diplomat. Peres reportedly rejected him on grounds he would not go over well on television. Baron left the foreign service and is now vice president of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Arad served previously as ComptoUerGeneral in charge of information. Earlier in his career he was an aide to Justice Minister Yaacov Shimshon Shapira. Arad's nomination was opposed by only one Cabinet member—Likud Liberal Gideco Patt, who is &(inister of Science and TechBoiogy.
Yom Ha'atzmaut plans for 40th The Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) 1988 Conunittee has invited interested members of the conrniunity to attend a planning meeting, July 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 10 of the Jewish Community Ceiiter in connection with .the 46th anniversary celebration.
Ethiopians in responsum as "foMedged Jews" NEW YORK, NY - The taw Committee of Conservative Judaism lias ruled that Ethiopian Jews should be accepted as "fullfledged" members of the Jewish, community, leading the president of the Rabbinical Assembly to call upon |;he Chief Rabbinate in Israel to accept the validity of their status aajews. In the past, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has placed obstacles in the path of their complete ao^ptance. There are an estimated 15,()00 to 1(1,000 such Jews currently in Israel. The Committee on Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly! representing 1,200 Conservative rabbis Internationally and 1.5 million congregaiits, adopted a responsum recognizing members of the Beta Israel community of Ethi(^iia as "fullfledged Jews, requiring no conversions," basing this conclusion on hiUakhic sources (sources from Jewish Law), and the Ethiopian Jews' "theological beliefs and the knowable facts of their history." (The Beta Israel are also known as Ethiopian Jews and have formerly been called Falashas.) "This action by the Law Committee justly recognizes the Jewishnesii of our long oppressed and long isolated Ethiopian coreligionists," declared Rabbi Joel Roth, chairman>of the Law Committee. He added that "we hope that those still remaining in Ethiopia will soon be able U) join their famiUes and fellow Jews jn Israel." RA President Rabbi Kassel Abelson, of Minneapolis, called for'an "end of Israel's Chief Rabbis to their objections to the ad-
Legitimacy of Israel still challenged By Judith Colp WASHINGTON (JTA) - Israel's legitimacy continues to be challenged on the international scene, according to experts speaking at the conference of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists held here last week. Eugene Rostow, visiting research profes' sor of law and diplomacy at National Defense University, Washington, D.C., warned that a 1984 decision of the International Court of Justice may have provided the Arab countries with rationale to wage war against Israel. In the case, Nicaragua asked the court to order the U.S. to cease mining Nicaraguan ports and aiding attacks on its territory. The court ruled in favor of Nicaragua by prohibiting the right to intervene in another state for political and moral reasons. But the court made clear that this did not apply in cases involving decolouzation. Rostow, Undersecretary of State for Po-
litical Affairs in the Johnson Administration and one of the drafters UN Resolutions 242 and 338, said the exclusion provides a legal loophole for the Arab states to fight against Israel, which they consider a colonial power. "It's a very ominous imd dangerous idea," said Rostow. He explained that the decision challenges the provision of the UN Charter, which prohibits the international use of force except for (Kuposes of selfdefense, j "To go b^ond the limited (and controversial) principle of humanitarian intervention and recognize a general legti right to assist revolutions against governments characterized as 'colcmist' or otherwise repugnant on political or moral grounds is to... authorize war of all against all," Rostow said in a paper he wrote on the subject. But Rostow added that the very eix'mbmce of the UN Charter may pnivent the worst from happening.
mission of Ethiopian Jews on halakhic grounds." Rabbi Abelson objected to the insistence of the Chief Rabbis that many of the Beta Israel Jews must undergo tevillah (ritual, immersion) to fulfill conversion requirements. He pointed out, for example, that the Orthodox Rabbinate in Israel refuses to recognize, and therefore refuses to register the marriages of Ethiopian Jews who have not undergone tevillah. He called for their "full acceptance immediately." Similar support was provided by Rabbi Akiba Lubow, secretary of the Law Committee, saying that "It is unconscionable to place obstacles in the path of Ethiopian Jews by placing extra-halakhic. requirements on them. How can we think of rejecting as part of the Jewish People an entire group whose identification with Judaism dates back many centuries?" he asked. Rabbi Steven Saltzman, Greensboro, N.C., a member of the Law Committee and author of the position paper adopted, notes that Ethiopian Jews "were a distinctly identifiable group who have been living in Ethiopia, isolated from the rest of the Jewish world for many centuries." Their presence • in Ethiopia, he reports, pre-dated either a Moslem or a Christian presence in Ethiopia. He continues, "The Ethiopian Jews considered themselves to be part of the Jewish people despite the fact that they were physically cut off from them." Rabbi Saltzman takes note of the fact that Ethiopian Jews continued to show a remarkable loyalty to their faith and traditions, observing Shabbat, kashrut (the Jewish dietary laws), family purity laws, hoUdays and daily prayer. "They believe in the God of our ancestors and they look to the land of Israel as the land of redemption." In addition to the estimated 15,000 to 18,000 Ethiopian Jews who have been reunited with their fellow Jews in Israel, there are roughly 7,000 more estimated to still be in Ethiopia, with several hundred more trapped in the Sudan.
AMIT to honor Dr. Sol Kutler AMIT Women has announced that the rescheduled'dinner honoring Dr. Sol Kutler will take place June 35 at 6:30 p.m. in Beth Israel Synagogue. Reservations may be made with Charlotte Kaplan, 551-5658, or Beverly Franklin, 334-7365. . Scheduled to speak are Norman Krivosha, chief justice, Nebraska Supreme Court; Rabbi Myer Kripke, rabbi emeritus, Beth El Synagogue; Kermit Hansen, past president. Suburban Rotary Club and Dr. Benton Kutler.
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dJTA n<B'm^ dlMe^lt ETHIOPIAN JEWS DEMAND ACTION JERUSALEM (JTA) Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants demonstrated butside the Prime Minister's Office on behalf of the thousands of Jews unable to leave Ethiopia. They demanded the release of 37 Jews reportedly imprisoned there for trying to organize immigration to Israel. Baruch Tegenya, a spokesman for the demonstrators, told reporters the 37 were arrested for distributing relief funds to needy Jewish families in Ethiopia. He likened them to the "Prisoners of Zion" in the Soviet Union, and contended that if the Israel government can exert pres-' sure on their behalf, it can do so also for Jews imprisoned in Ethiopia. He also .said there are about 1,500 Ethiopian children in Israel without families. ISRAELIS «• UNCOMFORTABLE TKL AVIV (JTAj - A survey of Israeli youth has found a high degree of antiArab militancy and a pervasive opposition to equal rights for Israel's Arabs. The results were discussed at a study day on "Values, Youth and Security" sponsored by the Israel Defense Foi-ce and the Gadna youth movement in cooperation with Tel Aviv University's School of Education. Dr. Mina Tzemah of the Dahaf Institute, who conducted thesur\ey, reported
that about 40 percent of Israeli youth support Jewish terrorist organizations, although only 10 percent were prepared to join such a group. About 10 percent identified themselves as extremists in the mold of Rabbi Meir Kahane and 30 percent said they tended to support Kahane's goal of an Israeli state free of all Arabs. Kahane himself no longer enjoys much support among youth. FRENCH ELECT NEW CHIEF RABBI By EMwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) - Joseph Sitruk, a 42-year-old Algerian-born ultraOrthodox rabbi, was elected Chief Rabbi of France, succeeding Rene Sirat, who did not seek a second term. Sitruk will take office on Jan. 1, 1988. Sitruk, who is Chief Rabbi of Marseilles, which has the largest Jewish community outside Paris, was elected by' a 200-member General Assembly representing synagogues, religious communities and the Central Consistflry, which administers Jewish religious foundations in France. APPOINTED
ATTORNEY SAYS BARBIE SHOULD BE SET FREE PARIS (JTA) - A legal strategem by which Klaus Barbie's attorney hopes to get the former Lyon Gestapo chief released from prison whether or not he is convicted of crimes against humanity was disclosed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Attorney Jacques Verges said he would make a formal plea for Barbie's release when the trial resumes in Lyon. Verges told the JTA that under French criminal law a person convicted more than once for crimes committed during the same period of time can serve only the most severe of the sentences imposed. Barbie was convicted in absentia of war crimes and sentenced to death in 1952, a penalty he evaded by finding haven in Bolivia. The 20-year statute of limitations on war crimes convictions expired 15 years ago. Verges claims that since capital punishment was aboHshed in France in 1981, Barbie now faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. According to Verges, "all lesser sentences will now have to be encompassed by the 1952 verdict in spite of the fact it can no longer be applied. Such is the law. Barbie will have to be set free after his trial ends," he told the JTA.
BOSTON (JTA) - Barry Shrage, associate director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, has been appointed executive vice president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies ANNUAL MEDAL of Greater Boston. He will succeed the retiring Steven NEW YORK - Neve Grossman in September. ' Shalom, the Israeli village dedicated to fostering CLIP AND SAVE Jewish-Arab cooperation, has received the annual Buber Rosenzweig Medal presented by the Deutsche Koordinierungsrat, an umr brella organization of 55 West German brotherhood organizations. New Israel Fund here announced the award. MONDAY, JUNE 22
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Happy reunion MOSCOW—Soviet Human Rights activist Andrei D. Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner, left, hug grandchildren Anna, 11, and Matvey, 13, right, on June 6 at Moscow's Sheremyetovo airport. The children arrived with their mother Tatyana Yankelevich, who is Boimer's daughter, from their home in Newton, Mass., for a three week visit. Bonner saw all her relatives last year when she travelled to the West for medical treatment, but June 6 was the first time in ten years they saw her husband Sakharov,
Summer camp Warsaw Ghetto sculptor dies in New York for asthmatics Camp Superkids for children with asthma, ages 7 to 13, will be held July 12-18, sponsored by the Anjerican Lung Association of Nebraska. Located near Louisville, Nebr., Camp Superkids is in its tenth season of provid' ing a summer camping experience for children who cannot participate in traditional camping programs. Camp Superkids has an infirmary staffed by volunteer physicians and a cadre of nurses trained to handle any asthma emergency 24 hours « day. The fee per child is $150, and financial aid is available from the Lung Association. For additional information, call the American Lung Association of Nebraska in Omaha, (402) 3932222, and Lincobi, (402)4745858.
NEW YORK (JTA)-Nathan Rapoport, a sculptor whose monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is probably the best known work of its kind, died here June 4 of an apparent heart attack. He was 76. Funeral services were held at the Magen David Adom Blood Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, wfhere his latest work, "Brotherhood of Man," a nine-foot-high bronze statue, was dedicated May 7. ., _.^ Mr. Raix>port received the Polish government's Polonia Restituta Medal for his "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" monument erected in 1948 on Zamenhoff Street in the Polish capital, where the doomed struggle began in 1943. He was named Officier d'Academie by the French government and awarded the Joseph Handleman
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' 'They told us there haa to the U.S. is another attempt he recognition (of the PLO) to negate Palestinian imporbefore we go further. tance and would just create They've gone so far and another stumbling block to they offm^ mime illuminat^ negotiations. ing examples such as a will"Rather than close the ingness to meet with Jewish .offices, we should send democratic forces. They speakers to the communineed to hear mote from us," ties' centers," noted Mary she added. Appelman of the American The three Americans, who Israeli Council for Israelisay they would like to meet Palestinian Peace, the third with Jewish groups to dis- member of the delegation. cuss their visit, met for two Although the three Amerhours with Arafat and later icans represent organizawith nine other PLO lead- tions which lack wide supers. They beUeve the PtJes- port, they beUeve they are tinians have a right to feel part of a "silent majority" frustrated that their case that may slowly be finding has been inisunderstood and its voice. ignored. Recently, Reuven Kam"We are talking to people iner, the vice-provost of the who are subject to violence Rothberg School for Overevery day of their life," said seas Students at Hebrew Silverman when asked how University, joined 22 Israeli the three Americans felt delegates to Rumania to about Palestinian-sponsored meet with the PLO. Kamterrorism. Silverman also iner is now imprisoned unsaid Arafat said he was not der an Israeli law which involved in the hijacking of makes it an offense to meet the Achille Lauro cruise with terrorist organizations, ship in which an American "Something new is hapwas kiUe4. pening. There's a current The members of the peace out there and our delegation groups say efforts in Con- and our meeting was part-«f gress to close PLO offices in it," said Segal.
Jerusalem Dani Desta was brought to Israel from Ethiopia during Operation Moses. Out of lonliness for his family who were left behind, Dani started running during the day to tire himself oiit so he could sleep nights. Thus was born one of Israel's leading runners, who is featured on "Hello Jerusalem," Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 7. There are numerous other interesting features: the search for the ancient Philistine port of Ashkelon, an interview with the wife of the first Israeli amabassador to Egypt and the development of a group of religious communities (Gush Katif) south of the 'hiodern day Ashkelon. There is also the story of how the Weizmann Institute has found a way to relieve the severe symptoms of the childhood disease, .cystic fibrosis. The show repeats on Monday evening at 7 p.m. WONDERFUL HOMEMADE ALL OCCASION CAKES
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Americanizing the Holocaust worries Israelis doing Holocaust research By Aviva Cantor NEW YORK (JTA) Israelis involved with Holocaust research are becoming concerned about the current tendency to go too far with "Americanizing the Holocaust"—making it accessible to the American experience—by "packaging" it within a list of familiar evils, thus robbing it of its imiqueoess in human history. Characteristic of "going too far" in "Americanizing the Holocaust" are statements such as "the Holocaust shows what prejudice, discrimination and intolerance can lead to" and "the Holocaust is part of the long history of man's inhumanity to man," which make it possible to avoid confronting its quintessential difference and the basic questions it raises. . This view was expressed by Yitzhak Mais, director of Yad Vashem's Museum, in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here. American-bom Mais, who has been involved with Holocaust studies since his aliya in 1972, recently visited the U.S. whei-e he served as a consultant to the United Jewish Appeal on its Auschwitz exhibit, now being shown in Los Angeles and is touring the country. To Mais, the uniqueness of the Holocaust lies in "the singling out of Jews to be killed because they were considered racially dangerous.", The Nazi polity of
wiping out all the people of one group without exception—"just because they existed they had to be killed"—is what makes it significant and fundamentally different from the many other inhumane events in world history, he said. . The Holocaust, Mais continued, needs to be presented both as a uniquely Jewish event and one having universal significance. Making it accessible and relevant to the American reality is valid. If it is inaccessible, "one can't leam'from it—it remains in an archive. If it's placed on some inapproachable metaphysical pedestal" the questions it raises as an event that happened on this earth cannot be confronted. However, Mais said, there are authentic and unauthentic ways of making the Holocaust. accessible. An authentic way of "Americanization, of the Holocaust" is to deal with the American participation in the event; showing the role of American liberators, bringing in the experience of survivors, discussing what the U.S. government did and did not do. Unauthentic ways in which "Americanization of the Holocaust" is carried too far involve placing it on a list of the horrors of human experience. "If you don't acknowledge the Holocaust's uniqueness as the watershed event in his' tory that it is, you are dealing with it and avoidin|; it at
the same time," he said. Avoiding the Holocaust eUminates the necessity to confront the philosophical assimiptions it calls into question such as the inherent goodness of people, the belief in progress, the value of education in forming good character, and the superiority of Western civilization. Early post-war ways of avoiding the Holocaust involved peeing it as an aberration, an idea that still exists in the popular mind said Mais. Statements such as "the Nazis were insane" wid "Germans were brainwashed" allowed people to "pay lip service to the Holocaust but to avoid confronting the basic fact that good husbands and good fathers carried it out." The Eichmann Trial of 1961, after which Hannah Arendt wrote of "the banality of evil," gave impetus to serious historical research. But it was the period of the late 1960's that saw a real change in the Holocaust consciousness of American Jews. "This was a time of ethnic pride and one when questioning and protest were accepted," Mais said. Feeling permission to question the establishment on dvil rights and Vietnam, American Jews came to feel they could also question the establishment about the Holocaust. The Six-Day War of 1967, replete as it was with Holocaust analogies, was also an important factor.
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Restoring the partnership Editor's note: The following article, written by Theodore Ellenoff, president, American Jewish Committee, is reprinted (with some omissions) from The Amsterdam News. Slowly, but inexorably, the dramatic images of Jews and Blacks, marching arm in arm down Selma streets, in the face of snarling police dogs and blasting water cannons, are fading in the memories of most Americans as the decade of the 80's begins to wind down. By the end of 1989, it will have been some 25 years since those dramatic days when non-violent protest-by Blacks and whites forced America to come to grips with a discrimination policy that fouled bur Constitution and our Bill of Rights. The televised images of marching people who had nothing more in common than a burning desire to end the scourge of racism in our nation helped create the climate for change unseen since the conclusion of hostilities between the North and the South. There was an unmistakable sense of purpose and mission during those years. There was a clear-cut understanding of right and wrong, a moral bond between Blacks and whites, Christians and Jews; people who saw evil and were willing to lay down their Uves, if need to be, to make a difference in this country. Regretfully, shamefully, that spirit seems to have been confined to the history books as events including Veitnam, the energy crisis and the Yuppie generation which overtook and smothered the ongoing struggle to end de facto segregation. What is particularly troubUng is that the new generation of leaders in the Black and Jewish communities have no collective memories of the alliance forged in the heat of the Southern summer. There is little understanding of the bonds created between individuals and how that translated into a united, committed front that was able to change the attitudes and opinions of an entire nation. There are still so many wrongs that heed to be addressed, so many issues that speak to basic human rights in this nation that have been swept aside during the past eight years. From decent housing to appropriate medical care to quality education and an opportunity to build a career of one's choice, these are issues that cannot be faced by any • one group or individual. We need to restore that effective coalition between the Jew and Black that made such a difference to the future of this nation a quarter of a century ago. As the Black community finds its political voice in men such as Jesse Jackson, David Dinkins, and a number of outstanding mayors throughout the country, we should not ignore the continued need to create strong and committed allies in the fight against injustice and racial and ethnic .discrimination. Let us realize that there are, and will continue to be', some real differences between the Black and Jewish communities. We need to address those differences . .. but the overwhelming fact is both Black and Jew understand full well that the end result of bigotry is the destruction of basic human rights ...
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By Morris Maline About 60 members of the Jewish community gathered in a room at the Jewish Community Center Sunday morning for breakfast, casual conversation, Torah learning and friendship. In Yiddish, such a meeting is referred to as a farbrangen. Sponsored by Chabad Lubavitch of Mid-America, the meeting featured Velvl W. Greene, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, and the director of the Sir Immanuel .lakobovits Center for Jewi.sh Medical Ethics at that institution. " I 'm not here to give you a speech, but the elements that make up a farbrangen call for some Toi-ah study in addition to the other ingredients of our meeting," said Dr. Greene. He then told a series of stories: More than 20 years ago when he was working in space biology as part of the NASA space program, there was a forum on deep space in which a non-Jewish philosopher talked about the problems of probing beyond our solar system. "How could we send a manned flight to the nearest star. Alpha Centauri, which is something like 4.1 light years away?" Dr. Greene explained that if a rocket could go at the speed of 1,000 miles per second, it would take more than 830 years to reach the star and another 830 years to return to Earth. This presents several problems. Dr. Greene added, suggesting that it would not be enough for the initial group of astronauts to be fruitful and multiply. "We would have to learn how to feed them all those years . .. there's no stopping at the corner deh . .. how to dispose of refuse, decide what they would do with all their time, discover how they could get along with one another, and then there i^ the dewier problem.
Esther Katzmao, daughter of RabM and Mrs. Mendel Katzman, breaks table-crawling speed records to reach Velvl Greene during a Sunday program at the Jewish Community Center. Cantor Leo and Annette Fettmao are in the background. "How will the children of the children of the children know where they came from, where they are going, and why ... if they don't understand the purpose of their mission they are going to come up with their own map and become irrevocably lost." The answer. Dr. Greene said, came from the non-Jewish philosopher Who said, "We must study the Jews ... they are the only people who have been able to transmit the concept of where they came from and where they are going over a period of several thousand years." Additional stories by Dr. Greene pointed but that Torah and the mitzvot given to the Jewish people will ensure the continuity of the Jewish people and bring about happiness in being Jewish.
Armand Hammer receives historical award By Oliver B. PoUak Member, Nebraska Jewish Historical Society (This article includes opinion) The American Jewish Historical Society's annual Enuna Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award gala fund-raising dinner in Boston, originally scheduled for the weekend had to be moved to Thursday evening so that Armand Hammer cotild attend his granddaughter's wedding on the weekend'. He arrived for his 6:50 p.m. press conference at 7:30. His personal jet. was late in landing at Logan. .The agenda of the gala Emma Lazarus dinner was rearranged while in progress so that Mr. Hammer would be able to leave in time for New York. The following day Mr. Hanuner again flew to Boston. One observer commented that Mr. Hanuner, at age 69, was afraid to go to sleep. The previous week he had been honored in Moscow with the Firat Humanitarian Award of the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization of 2,500 physicians in the Society of Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The world stops for Mr. Hammer, and he is trying to stop certain activities in the world that he sees jeopardizing the health and future of the universe. His long line of humanitarian concers stems from the philosophy of his parents, his own medical training, although he has never practiced medicine, and his own unique combination of entrepreneurial skills and genius. In the 1920's he saw the need to supply wheat to the revolution ravaged Soviet Union. He combined meeting people's vital needs and making profits. He matches wants with resources. Capitalism, human nature, and philanthropy at five percent, are not inconsistent and have continuously characterized Mr. Hammer's mulifarious activities. Some of his contributions are the Julius and Amiand Hammer Health Center at Columbia University, the Hammer Concer Center in La JoUa, Calif., the Hammer Center for Advanced Studies in Nuclear Energy and Health, United World College in Montezuma, N.M., and an extensive collection of art that is exhibited around the world. His current devotions include serving as the chairman of the President's Cancer Panel and tirelessly speaking out against the threat of nuclear catastrophe. Immediately following the Chernobyl nuclear accident he got together a team of medicial specialists and flew them in his own jet to Moscow. Perhaps more than any American or Russian of this century, he has attempted to educate Russian leaders about American fears, and American leaders that the Russians are human beings as well. And he is not reserved about saying that he makes money at his good works. He reasons, correctly, that no one wiU benefit if the world qs we recognize it is destroyed. Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism, need to recognize the commonality of human nature. He has been accorded an open door at the White House by the last eight Presidents and has been on good relations with all Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev, with the exception of Stalin who he never met, and never wanted to meet. He has met with Gorbachev four times. Trtnslators are not necessary, Mr. Hammer speaks Russian. His most recent quiet shuttle diplomacy has focused on Afghanistan. He has flown between Islamabad where he met Pakistan's leader. President Zia Ul-Haq; Rome, the location of Afghanistan's exiled monarchy; Moscow; and Washington. His goal is to extricate Russian troops from Afghanistan, stabilize the region and build goodwill between the Russian and American leaders and people.
From left, Alex Goldfaih, NicboUs Daniloff, Armand Hammer and Dr. David Goldfarb. Mr. Hammer was instmmental in securing the release of Mr. Daniioff, a Wall Street Journal reporter, from Russia, and Mr. Hammer also was able to take Dr. Goldfarb out of Russia, flying him to the United States for medical treatment. Mr. Hammer attracted the attention of the American Jewish Historical Society because his recent tzedakafa has been assistnig Jews to leave the Soviet Union. At the press conference and the gala dinner were Dr. David Goldfarb and Nicholas'Daniioff. Mr. Hanuner took Dr. Goldfarb from his death bed last October in Moscow and flew him to America on his own plane. Mr. Hammer was instrumental in the release of ioumalist Daniioff. He has had conversations with Gorbachev and Anatoiy Dobrynin suggesting that more Jews be allowed to ennigrate. In the last year, 2,500 Jews have been permitted to leave the Soviet Union. This is an increassi^ver the previous several years, but nowhere near the li^t^l^ of the early 1970s. The featured speaker of the gala Lazarus dinner was journalist Harrison Salisbury. He called Mr. Hanuner a remarkable Ame^can who had a feeling that he had a way to help other people to live better and pursued this goal for over six decades with energy and creativity, He offered aid to those in need and applied common sense in situations where others rejected opportunities because of Hollywood and Madison Avenue flummery or ingrained prejudice. Prior to the press conference and gala dinner, this writer read the new 544-page autobiography of Armand Hammer simply titled Hammer. Matching the human character ot the evening to the written record of past and continuing contribution were unique experiences for a historian, journalist and Jew.
The Jewish Press reserves the right to edit letters for reasons ol length or content. TotheEditori We would like to express our deepest appreciation to some wonderful monbers of the Omaha Jewish community. Without them our Post Shavuot Breakfast could have never been the great success that it was. Thanks to them, so many people enjoyed a tasty breakfast accompanied by food for thought. We are very grateful to: Helen Rifkin, Susan Paley, Abner Rubin, Sylvia Ross, Alvin Ross, Jean Epstein and Jack E. Cohen. At this opportunity, we would like to thank the entire community for the warm welcome extended to us as newcomers. We feel very much a, part oi everything here. Mendel and Sbani Katzman
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Since I used this space last month to speak to new mothers. I think it's only fair to give new fathers some equal time. So for you guys out there who thought Father's Day was when your wife repeatedly asked, "what should I buy for your Dad?", it's your turn. Oh, she'll probably still ask what she should buy him, but in addition, you get into the act. You'll like it. After all, who doesn't like to get a present? But the really special part of being a Dad has nothing to do with gifts. It has more to do with looking at a tiny baby who hasn't lived at your house very long, and City Coundlman Walt CAlinger and his wife, Nancy— being filled with wonder. With the almost over-whelming at the Israel Bonds New Life dinner Sunday night at knowledge that this amazing little creature is your very Beth Israel Synagogue. The Calingers were guests of own invention! the Society of Survivors. And, as time goes on, watching the development and growth, singing happy birthday, replacing outgrown shoes, cleaning up messes, rushing to emergencies, explaining exactly how to do that equation... this is Dad stuff. What th<s, (iJJFS C©inni(Sir else do you call Dad stuff? You know, running alongside by while a two-wheeler is mastered; maybe pitching a gentle, Glen Fineman underhand softball to a short squirt who wants to fearn Executive director, the game; teaching water safety while seeming to just play Jewish Family Service : in the pool. There are special things a Dad does for little girls and little boys, even though we don't tnake such a deal about As children leave home often lead to arguments. gender as we used to. When a Dad goes to his first dance recital and watches his little darling bob around in her tutu, for college, work, or to mar- Frustrations then build up. he nearly explodes with kvelling. Or as he sits at his first riage, the following mid-Ufe Each partner may want to piano recital, praying the kid doesn't hit a sour note. That's years can pose stl^ss for a change but may not know early training for Dad! And some Dads are called on to do couple. Spouses are alone to- how. Situations such as these what we usually think of as "mom stuff." I can personally gether, possibly for the first cite a male parent who always held the head of a sick child time since they were mar- don't necessarily mean the marriage is in trouble. Howried. while Mom stayed away trying not to gag. "We dMi't seem to have ever, each spouse needs to Yes, Dads are there, playing a very special part in the life of another human being. Kids learn certain values just anything to talk about any- recognize that stress exists by observing actions of their fathers, just as they learn cer- more," "we're stuck in a and work toward adjusting tain words or phrases they hear Dad say. A father can make rut," or, "what happened to to the family changes. ' almost anything seem ok, whether it is or not, just by ex- the excitement?," are com- Sometimes, help is needed ample. Of course, this is true of either parent, but you guys ments often heard by cou- to accomplish this goal. Mid-life is a time when marbetter catch on to something simple. If you don't watch ples in their 40a and 50s. Communication, then, can ital partners need to reasit, some day you'll hear "but I heard Daddy say it!" Or, "I saw Daddy do that so I thought I could too," etc., etc. break down. Spouses either sess their relationship by stop talking to each other or rediscovering the other's Yeah, you're being watched now, so be careful. But enjoy it Because it's so spedaL Little fat arms around engage in periodic shouting needs and expectations, as your neck, wet kissas, a«citement jiwt because "Daddy's matches. Even the best well as their own. home!" ... nothing else compares to this. So Happy marriages can be affected Insurance agent Father's Day to my Dad, my kids' Dad and all the rest of by these "normal" life changes. Minor irritations you. Have a good one! receives honor Daryle Fuchs of Omaha and an agent of the American Income Life Insurance Company, received a Certificate of Honor from Tel Aviv The new S6 million Saint University in Israel, recogJoMph Villa Nursing nizing outstanding particiCenter at Tenth and pation in helping to estabMartha Street celebrated lish a Chair in the History of its grand opening with a the American Labor MoveriblMn-cutting ceremony ment. Tel Aviv University and public reception Sun- is Israel's largest, with some day, Jane 14. The 9225,000 students. room, 180-bed nursing faThe Chair is being estabcility is licensed by the lished in honor of American State of Nebraska to proIncome Life's Chairman of vide levels of nursing the Board, Bernard Rapocare. When fully , oc- port of Waco, Texas. Americupied, the Villa will em- can Income Life Agents ploy 150 people. from around the nation gathered in Dtdlas recently for the award ceremony.
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By E^telle RoMuberg Drs. Bob and Stacie Bleicher announce the June 5 birth of a son, Jeremiah Aaron. They also have a son. Benjamin. Grandparents are Dr. Jerome and Frieda Bleicher, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arch, Evergreen, Colo. On June 19, following Shabbat services at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue, an Oneg Shabbat is planned to honor Ruth Burke, outgoing Sisterhood president, for her four years of dedication and service in that office. LaReine Abrams recently took ist place in the Senior
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By Andie Gordman BBYO summer intern As part of its annual membership intake, BBYO is sponsoring a picnic on July 5,6 p.m., for all members of BBYO, incoming members and their families. There will be a $2 per person charge for the "all you can eat" picnic at the JCC Pavillion. Reservations can be made by sending checks payable to BBYO by June 24 to: BBYO, c/o JCC, 333 S. 132nd Street, Omaha, NE 68154. In addition to the picnic other programs have been planned for this rush season. On June 16, 51 people went to Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas. City. Each chapter is in the process of planning three rush programs. BBYO is looking forward to a successful rush season. The enthusiasm of the members and the incoming members is great! If you would like more information about the picnic or any of the other program, call Andie Gordman, BBYO Summer Intern or Carol Kaplan, Combelt Council Director at 334-8200 ext. 235.
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Citizen Bowling Tournament held at the Hollywood Bowl in Lincoln with a 6-70 series handicap included. She also won a gold medal for high series. - The Young at Heart picnic will be held at Pioneer Park on Sunday, June 28, from 12-4 p.m. Come join your friends for a potluck picnic and a fun day. The South Street Temple Family Services were held June 5 to recognize and honor the teachers of the Religious School: Neal Abramson, Mardee Beechwald. Tiffany Franklin. Bruce Kahn, Peggy Locke. Karen Schur, Glen Stracher and educational director, Estelle Kominsky, Awards presented to the pre-kindergarten: Lance Balkus, Marc Berger, Ben Bleicher Karen Jost, Lindsey Tavlin. For perfect attendance at High Holy Day Services, Fanuly Services and Religious School: B. J. Wallen and Becky Wallen. B. J.'s attendance has been perfect since entering pre-school. For outstanding attendance at High Holy Day Services, Family Services and Religious School: Gaby Berger, Becky Grossman, Kate Grossman and Danny Levitov. By reading and enlisting sponsors the foUowing were honored for helping the blind of all ages to share the educational, religious and cultural life T)f the Jewish people: Nikki Gessford, Becky Grossman, Sara Jost and Becky Wallen. Together these girls raised $98.48 which was sent to the Jewish Braille Institute of America. Additional summer campers to be added to the list printed in the Temple Bulletin are Eric Kenna and Jeff Kenna, attending Interlochen in Wisconsin. The South Street Temple Congregation extends a mazel tov to the following graduates and their families: Rabbi David Levy, Hebrew Union College, master of science in Hebrew literature; Marcelyn Marti and Jackie Shapiro, East High School; Karen Levitov and Linda McKeighan, Lincohi High School; Alicia Pearlman and Jenny Sartori. Southeast High School.
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Goldstein at Joslyn Joslyn Art Museum's final Music in the Court luncheon-concert of June will feature Robb Goldstein—"The Troubadur"— on June 2'i in a "celebration of America's history, lore and music." Mr. Goldstein appeared previously at Joslyn's.Music in the Court Series in conjunction with the exhibitions. "The World of Grandma Moses" (1985) and "Thomas Hart Benton: An Intimate View" (19861. His noon-1 p.m. concert off June 24 in the Storz Fountain Court is free with Museum admission of $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12 and senior citizens. 1-unch may be purchased from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. or concerlgoers may bring their own sack lunch.
. Brent William Meyer, son of former Omahans Karen and Bob Meyer, graduated from the University of California at Northridge on May 22. Brent is the grandson of Ida and Irving Forbes and great-grandson of Gertrude Forbes and Ethel Bleiweiss.
PERSONALS I wish to express appreciation and thanks to my dear relatives and friends for their visits, cards, flowers, gifts and contributions made during my recent hospitalization. Janet Ickowicz Wo would like to thank all our relatives and friends for their visits, cards, donations, flowers and good wishes during the hospitalization of our father. Special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff for attention and moral support. Haykin Family Thankful to (lod for our love, we gratefully acknowledge many contributions to Beth El Synagogue and many other institutions and causes in honor of our 50th anniversary. Dorothy K. and Myer S. Kripke I want to thank my family and friends for the calls, donations, cards and loving support you have all given me. Special thanks to Flabbi Nadoff for his calls and to Cantor Fettman. Thank you everybody. Marion Wine
Sabbath Candlelightinfl for Friday, June 19, 8:42 p.m.
Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Stephan Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. The summer service theme, "The varieties of Jewish experience" continues. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Sisterhood. Shabbat Morning Service— 11:15 a.m. B'NAI MITZVAH 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. Andrew Scott Wigodsky, son of Pat and Steven Wigodsky, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah during Shabbat services Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each moiith 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 s^agogue or in carpools may call Scott Kotzen 402-553-3334.
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SAMUEL D. POSKA Graveside services were held on June 12 at BHH/ Fisher Farm Cemetery for Samuel D. Poska, 91. Rabbi Paul Drazen officiated. Mr. Poska owned and operated Poskas Dry (ioods store at 16th and Maple Streets until his retirement in 1950. Survivors: son, Sherman; daughter, Bette Ann Poska of Los Angeles, Calif.; brother. Abe Poska, Los Angeles. The family suggests mem- . orials to Beth El Synagogue or your favorite charity.
Local franchise receives award. Bobbie Ruegnitz owner/ franchisee of the Sara Care Services in Omaha was chosen by Sara Care Franchise Corporation to receive the third place award for Franchisee of the Year for 1987.
Please join with us as Dauid Estrada is called to the Torah for his second Bar Mitzvah Saturday, Jme 27, 1987 at 9:30 ir} the mornir]g Beth El Syriagogue Kiddush arid lunch toill follow the service David and Sylvia Estrada No other invitations have been Issued
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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. Mincha-Ma'ariv, 8:55 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. BAT MITZVAH Lesley Plotkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Plotkin, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June 19, and Saturday morning, June 20. NEW MEMBERS Members who joined Beth El during the last year are invited to meet each other and members of the Board and staff on June 24, 7:30 p.m., at the home of Rabbi Paul and Susie Drazen.
Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Class with the rabbi, 7:45 p.m. Mlncha, 8:30 p.m. The Mincha service will be followed by Shalosh Suedot, Ma-ariv and Havdalah service. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire Service, 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. JR. CONGREGATION TRIPS A two^lay trip to Des Moines, on June 24 and 25, is scheduled for all Talmud Torah students who met the requirements of Sabbath attendance. The students will leave by van, and will be accompanied by Dr. Paul and Susan Shyken and Cantor and Annette Fettman. Sightseeing and amusement activities are scheduled for them in Des Moines. All pre-Talmud Torah students, from pre-kindergarten age through second grade, will participate in a mystery bus trip on June 28. Parents are invited to join in this activity. In charge of the ttiystery bus trip are Leon and Dani Shrago.
Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun Friday: July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Tifereth Israel Friday: 8 pjn. The Oneg Shabbat will be in honor of Ruth Burke, outgoing Sisterhood president.' Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Morning Minyans: Monday and Thursday, 7:15 a.m.
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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Parashat Shelah The guitarist and the tzizit Our Sidrah takes us into heartless perfunctory praca dramatic, crucial event in tice? Who, wearing the Tallit, history of the generation of is moved by the instruction the wilderness. The Lord had promised "And you must see (the them "a land flowing with tzizit) and you must rememmilk and honey." Nonethe- ber all the Lord's mitivot?" Who, reading the opening less a scouting mission is sent into the land to check passage of the Shema, gives it out. Instruction is precise: heed to its luminous admodetailed information is nition: "And you must needed on the geography love ... And these words and physical characteristics just be on your heart. .. "? If 1 may judge by of the land itself, the nature of the population and its cul- myself—after 50 years in ture, the military situation, the rabbinate—most of us and the agricultural possi- fail much of the time. In discussing this whole bilities of the land. After the good news-bad question, it is instructive to news report of the 12-man point out that the early expedition, resulting in the rabbis also feared the possiLord's anger, the people as- ble deterioration of prayer say an unauthorized storm- into foutine. They insisted ing of the land and are on kawanah, intention in roundly defeated. And here prayer and attention to it. the dramatic account is Are you wondering at sharply broken off, with the "the guitarist" in the title of dismal prospect of a whole this piece? Here is the point. generation in the wilderness When the great performer facing the unfortunate refu- on the classical guitar, Andres Segovia, died regees. What follows in our cently, the press included a Sidrah, with no attention number of his more striking whatever to the narrative, "obiter dicta" in the acand no transition to the new count of his life and death. One of them was this: "I subject, is a block of ritual material basically on the roust be present for every sacrificial system. note." Wonderfully said! But at its end, and the The performer has the end of the parashat, is the short (five verses) instruc- same problem as the praytion on the tzizit. This brief er. The actor repeats the passage is lifted directly and same words, the musician quoted exactly as the third ' the safne notes, perforof the three Biblical pas- mance after performance. sages that make up our The Jew at prayer can let the words slide by him. He Shema. must not. He must attenThe Shema thus combines tion and attention. "And you must love" (the His audience is not a heart of the religious en- theater-ful or concert halldeavor) and "And if you will ful of people. It is only the meticulously obey," with unseen One. But the pray-er ritual demonstration-device: must be present for every The tzizit will remind you of word. everything. It is here that we encounter the great, troubling pitfall of formalism in religion: How to prevent all ritual, all prayer, from becoming rote and routine, a mindless and
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A Perfect Union, CreighCreigh ton University's Bicentennial production featuring Omaha actor Stephen Tipton as James Madison, will be performed for students at Boys Town at 10:30 a.m. on July 2. The special performance was arranged as a July 4 holiday "gift" to Boys Town from Creigh ton. Public performance of A More Perfect Union are scheduled for July 21 and 22 at Creighton's Performing Arts CenUr, located at 30th and Burt Streets. The University is considering at least one other public performance at an as yet undetermined location in Omaha. Creighton is mounting the
production as part Dart of the na nation's observance of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The play is based on the journals of Madison, who has come to be known as the'' Father of the Constitution." The one-hour play is similar to works such as "Give 'Em Hell, Harry" and "Mark Twain Tonight!, a Creighton spokesm^ said. Following the live performances, a videotape version of A More Perfect Union will be shot and sent to high school social studies departments and libraries across the nation that have ordered copies.
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341-8800 Genii Japanese Steak House 393-2600 Meals prepared tableside by Teppan - Yaki Chefs 8809 W. Dodge Rd.
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2121 So. 73rd St.
Cantonese and American dishes are both featured. Complete Chinese food carry-out service is availabla
Featuring steaks, prime ribs, crab legs, homemade soups
Mon.-Sat. 11 to 10:30 Sun. and Holidays: Noon to 9:30 Closed Tuesday
553-6454 Goldberg's Bar 2936 S. 132nd and
The Savoy 114th & Chicago Best Bloody Marys and Best Burgars in Town
King Fong €kife 315 South 16th Chineee and American Dishee Spedalizing in CantonaM Foods and Chinese Family Style Dinners
Open daily 11 a.m.-9:4S p.m. Closed Sunday and Holidays
Join Us For Dinner! • Pasta Spedialties • Veal, Beef, Chicken and Seafood Entrees • Excellent Desserts 6 p.m. -10 p.m. Mon(}ay through Saturday
Todd's dining and diversions 10909 "M" Street ("L" at 108) For Reservations Call 331-8220 LUNCH. DINNER BANQUET FACILITIES I SUNDAY BRUMCH (10:30 AM to 2 PM)
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Andrew Wigodsky NAMED which seeks to restore the Dohany Synagogue of Budapest and provide other assistance to the Jewish community of Hungary.
Lunch M-F 11:30-2:00 Dinner M-Thuts. 6-11 Fri. & Sat 6-Mldnlght Ooecd Sundays
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The Golden Apple 8901 W. Dodge Road Specialties include Roast Duckling, Veal Oscar and Veal Scallopini, Crepes and Fondues a favorite. M-Thara. lltoll Frl.aMlSat.lllal
RoBa' Steak Houae 909 S. 72nd St. The classic Omaha Steak House with fine quality aged beef. Smaller cuts tor women availatUe. Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11 to 3 Dinner: Mon.-Sat. 5 to 1
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Stealts and Italian Cuisine
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LuiKhes and dinners are served from a changing international menu. Late suppers, coffees, chocolates 6r frash paatries
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Next gathering June 23. the east coast, and our own At the June 9 earlybirds Joe Greenstone, were welmeeting, V.P. Sam Rosen- comed. From the sunshine chairstein moderated. His subjects were local and world- man. Norm Wohlner, hoswide—the resignation of pitalized are Dr. Ben Chief Justice Norm Krivo- Slutzky, Morrie Newman, sha, the swearing in of our and Doc. I^eon Fellman, who new City Council, attended is in from Florida. From by Norm Korney, the Iran- treasurer Dave Dvorkini a Contra controversy, the contribution to the Mitzvah I raq massacre of our Ameri- Box by Joe Rice, in memory of brother Sam, and a concan sailors, etc. Onward to a delicious tribution from Morris Epluncheon, Motzi by yours stein. We were read lettei-s from truly, Benschen by Joe llice, and we miss brother Sam. dear Sylvia Schwartz, Thanks by Pres. Gerald thanking us for memorializRernsticn for the prompt ing Al, and from Sam .service by Mollie and her Kaplan, telling us that Bill gracious servers (and Poster sends greetings from thanks to Gerald for sub- the Coast. Our guest speaker was liing for me in my absencel. He read off the list of June Gary Kerr, anchorman on birthday boys to our ap- the WOWT news programs. plause, which included Gary is in his 23rd year at kudos for Sam Saltzman's WOWT, having served his 93rd and server Rosalie apprenticeship in Sioux City Greenspan's 39th. Bill radio and TV stations. He Krieden, guest of Ail- gave us a rundown on presAmerican football player El- ent and future TV programmer Greenberg, and new- ming with all it's technolocomers. Bill Schiff, in from gies.
mg tmwn J For the first time, the descendants of Joseph and Anna. Harris who immigrated to the United States from London, Kngland, in 1911. held a family reunion. The Harrises had 11 children. There are now more than 140 descendants who live in stales from New York to California, Canada and New /.ealand. Kifty of these descendants, including four from New Zealand, met in Omaha June 5-7. The only surviving offspring of Anna and Joseph is^Mrs. Jake (IJUian) Brookstein, who lives in Omaha and was honored at the family gathering.
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HADASSAH liadassah will sponsor an Oneg Shabbat at the Rose Blumkin Home on June 20. Margie Nearenberg will entertain and refreshments will be served. The program is open to the community.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has opened a new office in Nebraska, under the direction of Pam Monsky, Ms. Monsky is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and has experience in education and business. She is the daughter of Sidney Pearlman, former president of J. L. Brandeis & Sons and currently vice-president of stores for Younker Brothers. Her father-in-law is Hubert "Hub" Monsky, former owner/president of Omaha Auto Auction and Nebraska Football Hall of Fame president. Barry Zoob, of Zoob 's and The Daisy in Omaha, is president of the Board of Directors. Mr. Zoob is a long-time supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice Alan Gold has been appointed chancellor of Concordia University. He is the first Jew to hold that title for a Quebec university.
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, After completing their time getting used to living freshman year in college, at home. Debbie commented, "It students left their .college campuses to come home to was hard to adjust to living Omaha for the summer. under my parents' rule," Still, some looked forward They had mixed feelings about returning home; some to spending time with their were anxious to come back, parents. "I wanted to come home; while others, upon their return, felt as if they were I had only come home a couple of times during the year guests in their own home. Many agreed that after and I was looking forward being away from home for a to going home. It is easier year, and then coming being home with my parents home, that things had now, because it is only for a short period of time. 1 want changed. "Things were totally to spend time with them different. The first couple of and catch up on what is goweeks I was home. I felt as ing on in their lives," though I was a guest in my Wendy added. It seems that university house; it was like I was on vacation," Corey Kaplan, a life has had a maturing efsophomore at Indiana fect on these soon-to-be sophomores, and that many University said. "It is different. Being have enjoyed the experience away gave me a different of being away from home. "College is a good perspective about Omaha, Debbie Cohen, a sophomore experience—I enjoyed getat Trinity University in ting out of the Midwest; it made me appreciate home," Texas said. Upon coming home, teens Wendy added. found Ihat their friends and •• "1 think that it is very imfriendships had changed a portant to get away from home and experience being great deal. "My friends are different on your own," Debbie because they went to college pointed out. Although summer vacain different places and had different experiences. Right tion has just begun, Corey now I'm trying to catch up is already looking forward on my friends' lives," to going back to school, as Wendy Novicoff, a sopho- he has an objective for next more at Duke University in year—"I plan to take over Steve Alford's.position as North Carolina said; "People are different; point guard on Indiana's they seem to be more mel- basketball team!!!" he Said. lowed out. The changes in WASHINGTON (JTA) these people have a lot to do with where they go to col- The lale actor Daiuiy Kaye lege, because we are and Nathan Perlmutter, naproducts of our environ- tional director of the Antiments." Corey said. Defamation League of B'nai "It is neat to see everyone B'rith, are among the 10 after a year and see how people chosen by President they have changed. It is also Ronald Reagan to receive interesting how friendships the Presidential Medal of have changed," Debbie said. Freedom, the nation's highNow that-they are home, est civilian honor, on June many students enjoy home- 23. Kaye was cited for concooked meals, and having tributions in the fields of someone else do their laun- arts, entertainment and dry and iron their clothes; other endeavors, and Perlhowever, there are some mutter for his public servwho are having » difficult ice.
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