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Sylvia Wagner named Israel Bonds chairman "For the first time a woman will chair the Israel Bond drive," said Murray Newman, Israel Bonds State chairman, in announcing Sylvia Wagner as chairman of the Omaha community Israel Bond drive. "I am Sylvia Wagner confident that under her leaaership the Israel Bond campaign will reach new heights." In accepting the appointment Mrs. Wagner commented. "We anticipate many new and exciting changes this year which we expect to announce in the near future." Mrs. Wagner continued, "It is a privilege to be associated with such a prestigious organization and with such dedicated people." Mrs. Wagner is not new to leadership roles. She was a City Council member from
Kripkes celebrate 50th This photograph of Rabbi Myer S. and Dorothy Kripke was taken in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary and Rabbi Kripke's 50th year in the rabbinate. Beth El plans a champagne reception on Sunday, Aug. 23, 7:30-10 p.m., to pay tribute to its rabbi emeritus.
Historical society honors octogenarians The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society plans to honor octogenarians at its fifth anniversary celebration, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m., in the Jewish Community Center. According to the announcement, awards will be presented to those 80 and above who have given volunteer service during their active years. The activity will take place in the theater and a reception will follow in the auditorium. Miriam Weiner, a writer on genealogy whose columns appear in Jewish newspapers throughout the country, will speak. Nominations for the awards may be sub-
mitted by family members, friends or organizations and must include an early photo of the individual and a recent 5x7 or larger photo plus a listing of the person's volunteer work in any aspect of Jewish life. Former Nebraskans may be nominated. The photos, the announcement said, will be on display in the Corridor of Jewish History at the JCC from Oct. 1 through December. For information, contact the NJHS before Sept. 15. Esther Canar is chairman of the fifth anniversary celebration.
1981-1987: chaired the Cable Television subcommittee; was appointed by President Reagan to the National Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education; was appointed by ex-Governor Thone to the .Nebraska Environmental Control Council. In addition to her political involvement, Mrs. Wagner has been active in both civic and Jewish community affairs, presently serving on the United Way of the Midlands board aiid the Omaha History Museum board of directors. She is also a past president of the League of Women Voters. As a member of Beth El Synagogue, Mrs. Wagner is on the Ritual Governing Committee and has held a variety of offices with the Sisterhood. She was the first advertising manager of the Jewish Press and is active in both Hadassah and National Council of Jewish Women. "I know this will be a record year for Israel Bonds since many Israel Bonds pay as ;high as 7 7/8 percent. This year's dinner is set for Oct. 18 and 1 urge everyone to mark that date on the calendar."
Rabbi Kushner at Beth El Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, will speak at Beth El Synagogue Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. His latest book. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough has been recognized for its contribution to the exaltation of the human spirit. Rabbi Kushner will speak on Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. According to the announcement, his talk is open to the community and a reception will follow. Proceeds will be used to benefit educational and out-reach programming at Beth El. For ticket information, call Beth El at 553-3221.
Models don furs Patricia Newman models one of the Kneeter's furs which, along with jewehy from Borsheim's, will be part of the Women's Israel Bonds' fashion show and luncheon, Sept. 9 at Beth Israel Synagogue. Other models will be Marcia Cohen, Etta Epstein, Maxine Kirshenbaum, Cheryl Kricsfeld, and Patty Nogg.
Schrager Foundation awards three connmunity projects ^^ By Joanie Jacobson I Federation public relations director p The Phillip G. Schrager and Terri L. Schrager Foundation, a supporting foundation affiliated with the Jewish Federation of Omaha, has awarded grants to three community projects that will benefit Omaha teenagers, both Jewish and non-Jewish. •Projects include "Omaha Teen Tour to Israel," presented by the Jewish Community Center and the Bureau of Jewish Education; "The Prejudice Elimination Workshop," presented by the Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations Committee; and the "Israel High School Delegation," presented by the Jewish Community Center Senior High Department. "These are outstanding programs," said Mr. Schrager. "We feel very fortunate to be in the position to help. It is our hope that we can continue to build this foundation by Phil and Terri Schrager contributing additional funds to make it a more significant and meaningful foundation eration President. "It is a separate non-profit corporation, affiliated with the for the future. "I 've always been interested in people in Jewish Federation, for the benefit of the need," he continued, "and in helping to cre- Omaha Jewish community. As a supportate opportunities for families who are not ing foundation, it operates somewhat differblessed with the same financial ability that ently than a philanthropic fund. The rules allow the donors to sit on the board of direcI have had so far in my life." "The establishment of the Schrager Foun- tors, however, they may not have voting dation in 19^4 was a first for the Federa- control." In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Schrager, tion," explained Mort Trachtenbarg, Fedss^^i'cMy'V'r!HsrwitiiK;i"'»^:ir.'aBi-WtTsi,*.^!s"*i. '"
board members representing the Federation include Joe Kirshenbaum, President; Marty Lehr and Tom Fellman. "Omaha Teen Tour to Israel," scheduled for August, 1988, is designed to strengthen Jewish identity. It will offer a vivid understanding of Jewish history and of Israel's' role in today's world community. The objectives of the program are to increase the number of Omaha Jewish high school students visiting Israel (the goal is 20-30) and develop a stronger bond among Omaha Jewish teenagers regardless of synagogue affiliation. The first "Prejudice Elimination Workshop" was held at the Jewish Community Center in 1985. It brought together over 200 Omaha high school students (the goal this year is 300) and focused on all facets of discrimination and stereotypes found in everyday life. Its success warranted its continuation with emphasis on the following objectives: to increase awareness in young people of the dynamiics of prejudice, to encourage them to accept the many different groups which comprise our pluraJistic society and to provide them with an educational tool to be utilized when confronted with the issues of prejudice and bigotry. "The Israel High School Delegation" will visit Omaha high schools for one week in March, 1988. Israeli students will speak and
answer questions about Israel and about their lives there. They will be featured at school assemblies, in social studies classes, Jewish religious school classes and for interested adult groups. The purpose is to introduce Israel to the American high school student and to acquaint American youth, Jewish and non-Jewish, with the life of their Israeli contemporaries. "Good feelings come to you when you give back to the community," commented Mr. Schrager. "The benefits are how it msikes you feel within yourself. I would encourage anyone who has the financial ability to consider a supporting foundation. It's direct, effective and personally very satisfying. .... , "Whin I think long and hard about it," he concluded, "nothing seems to mean more to me than bettering the Jewish community. When you're Jewish, you're part of a great big family. Whenever I travel, it al-, ways seems different when I meet someone who is Jewish. It's like 'kin.' "My wife is not Jewish," Mr. Schrager explained, "but Terri has been as supportive of Jewish values and Jewish needs as 1 have tried to be. She shares my commitment and my reasons for giving. I 'm lucky. I know that. I'm glad we can help."
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HADASSAH Hadassah's membership tea will lake place Aug. 26 from 1-3 p.m. at the Kichland Park Clubhouse for paid-up members, prospects, and new members. Susie Drazen will present a book review. For reservations t)y Aug. 20, call Rose Hoffman ,330-4314, Fanny Gummers 391-3997, or Reva Onich 391-8344. The book discussion group will meet Aug. 20 at 1 p.m., in the l^ounge next to the Federation Library at the Jewish Community Center.
ing of the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women at the home of Jane Rips, 402 J.E. George lioulevard, at 9:30 a.m. Sitter service will be provided free at the Jewish Community Center, according to the announcement. For sitter reservations, call 334-8200; for meeting reservations, call Ms. Rips, 5569338 by Aug. 17.
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EPSTEIN-MORGAN POST Epstein-Morgan Post 260 Jewish War Veterans will meet Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the American I.,egion Post No. 1 Club. Commander Sam Rosenstein asked for support of the annual fund-raising part on Nov. 8, and announced that refreshments will be served after the meeting.
H. Steven Rothenberg has been named director of the Paxton Manor Retirement Center. Dr. Jim Schneider, who had been tfie director, is seeking other locations for retirement centers in the Lawrence, Kans., area where he spent several years as psychologist with the Veterans Administration.
COUNCIL Chairman Ann Goldstein will present revised bylaws at the Aug. 20 board meet-
HOUSTON IJtA) - Harold Raizes has been elected to his second term as president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.
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Hoby leadership seminar Actor Hugh O'Brian with young ambassadors from Nebraska, chosen to attend the HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth) international leadership seminar recently in Denver. They joined 200 other teenagers from 50 states and several foreign countries at the University of Denver. From left, Geraid T. Heyne and Keri L. Saltzman of Omaha, Sharissa Y. Jones and Garret L. Van Brocklin.
Reunion 'Mr. and Mrs. Michael Goodman of Tarzana, Calif., announce the July 21 birth of a daughter, Abby Rae. They also have a son, Ryan, 4 '/2.
Grandparents are Reva aiid Selwin Suvalsky and Margaret Merrick of Lafayette, La. ' Greatgrandparents are Ruth Cohen and Saul Suvalsky. Lorrie and Gary Katelman announce the July 28
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HARRY COHEN Services for Harry Cohen, a veteran of World War 11, were conducted Tuesday at Golden Hill Cemetery. He was 70. In addition to his wife, Rose, Mr. Cohen is survived by a son, Carl; daughters Marilyn Ivers and Helen Cohen, three grandsons, and brother Don. Mr. Cohen was a member of the Meat Cutters Association, Jewish War Veterans Post 206 and he participated in the Old Timers group at the Jewish Community Center. Memorials may be made to Beth Israel Synagogue or the Cancer Society.
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By Maurice Samuelson LONDON, Aug. 9 (JTA) - The brother of Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu, awaiting trial for allegedly disclosing his country's secrets, Sunday accused Israeli agents of breaking British law and urged the British government to take up the case. Meir Vanunu told a press conference that his brother, who is awaiting trial at the end of this month, appeared to have been lured from London to Rome before his abduction to Israel and that must have involved a crime being committed in Britain. "A woman called Cindy lured him from London to Rome where he was set upon by two men and injected by Cindy. The conspiracy started here and the crime itself started in Britain. "I believe that the British government should intercede and declare the forthcoming trial in Israel Ulegal," said Meir
Envoy meets Shamir JERUSALEM, Aug. 10 (JTA) - A senior State Department official arrived here Monday to hold talks with Premier Yitzhak Shamir and senior Israeli policy makers in an effort to convince Shamir to end his opposition to Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' proposal for an international conference on Middle East peace. The American envoy, Charles Hill, executive assistant to Secretary of State George Shultz, will discuss"the position of Israel's government" to determine whether there is sufficient unity on the issue for some movement toward holding a conference.
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nmairirnedl Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gorelick and the late Mr. and Mrs. Steven Liggett. The newlyweds will make their home in Boulder, Goto. NACHMANAVOLFSON Beth El Synagogue was the setting for the Aug. 9 wedding of Carole Nachman and Peter Wolfson, both of New York. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits officiated at the 5 p.m. ceremony. Attending their sister Mrs. John Lehr were Nancy Nachman, Los Angeles, as maid of honor SMOLER/LEHR Sandra Lynn Smoler and and Marilyn Colick as maJohn Stuart Lehr were mar- tron of honor. Bridesmaids ried on Aug. 9 at the Bay- were Andrea Wolfson and point Country Club in West Beth Wolfson of New York, Bloomfield, Mich. Rabbi sisters of the bridegroom, Sidney H. Brooks, rabbi Amy Petrovsky, Phoenix,' emeritus of Temple Israel, Ariz., ahd Julie Rochman, officiated in the 5 p.m. Washington, D.C. Steven Bachman of ceremony. The hride is the daughter Oceanside, N.Y., served as of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. best man. Groomsmen were Smoler of Farmington Hills, Peter Block, Great Neck, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Martin N.Y., Neil Gelb, Ventor, • J. Lehr are parents of the N.J., Bernard Krooks, Bronxville, N.Y., Michael bridegroom. Shelly Weiner, the bride's Krooks, Massapaqua, N.Y. sister, was matron of honor. and Gary Colick. Parents of the bride are Bridesmaids were Susie Lehr, Cindy Lehr, Denise Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kaufman and Randee Nachman. Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Wolfson of MerNewman. Dr. Bruce Smoler acted as rick, N.Y., are parents of the best man. Groomsmen were groom. Grandparents of the Bruce Goldberg, Justin bride are Mr. and Mrs. Kohll, Andrew Robinson George Novicoff of Lincoln. Following a honeymoon and Jeffrey Schrager. The bridegroom, who re- to Paris and the French cently received his master of Riviera, the couple will live business administration de- in Woodbury, Long Island, gree from the Wharton N.Y. School, will be joining the SLOSBURG/ACKERMAN Jill Rose Slosburg became insurance firm of GraceMayer as an associate. The the bride of James S. Ackerbride received her master of man in a ceremony held at business administration de- the American Acadeniy of gree from New York Univer- Arts and Sciences in Camsity and will join the Parsow bridge, Mass. Rabbi Partnership, Limited, upon Lawrence Rubenstein, forthe couple's return to merly of Temple Israel, Omaha following a honey- officiated at the Aug. 8 sundown rite. moon in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Harold SlosSADOFSKY/COOPER burg are parents of the Susan L. Sadofsky and bride. Jeffrey M. Cooper were marThe bride is an artist and ried at Temple Israel on associate professor of art at Aug. 9 with Rabbi Stephan the Massachusetts College F'.Barack officiating. of Art in Boston. The brideAttending the bride and groom is the Alfred Kingsgroom were the couple's ley Porter professor of art at children. Harvard University in CamThe bride is the daughter bridge. of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart The couple resides in Gilinsky. Mr. Cooper is the Cambridge. . son of Celia Cooper and the late Nate Cooper.
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Poison gas As we approach Israel's 40th birthday of the modem era, we tend to be somewhat at ease with the status quo in the Middle East. Israel has displayed to the world an ability to fight and protect herself throughout a series of wars. Her emergence from these conflicts as a nation intact is nothing less than miraculous when one examines the odds against her. We are told that Israel has a military edge and we feel better about her chances for survival. Then, in a CBS newscast last week, a segment appears about the growing capability of Syria—not in medicine, not in cultural arts, not in peace—but in the manufacture and storage of poison gas. How soon we forget. How naive we are. Israel is safe, we can now relax our efforts, her enemies will not dare to attack, etc. So we hum ourselves a tune of complacencfy. And all of a sudden, we are awakened. Poison gas is now a principal product of the growing Syrian menace. Well, we don't have to worry about that, do we? After all, the world recognized that poison gas was just too terrible to contemplate, and the use of this pervasive weapon was outlawed after World War I (the war to end all wars). If all of the world's nations have outlawed poison gas, why is the Syrian capability a threat to awaken us at this point? The answer is that poison gas has been and is being used in the Iran/Iraq war. And the world powers have not responded with anger and •action. The message is that anything goes in the Middle East—poison gas included. This is a message that Israelis are hearing loud and clear. It is also a message that peace-seeking Americans should be concerned about. Many Americans might say: "Well, Israel has atomic bombs, so Syria wouldn't dare use poison gas." We know better. Today, atomic bombs are considered doomsday devices, to be used only as a last desperate attempt to retaliate. Poison gas is not in this category. It is being readied by Syria as a battle weapon, and if it spreads to the civilian population, so be it. This is the Syrian attitude. What is the world's reaction?
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By Haviva Krastter the high cost of providing health care and the overcrowded NEW YORK (JTA) - The Jewish-affiliated hospitals in Milwaukee health care market were threatening its closure. Denver, Milwaukee and MiimeapoUs have announced they They cited studies that show the move will save the two will merge with or sell to nearby non-Jewish hospitals Centers $7 million a year. primarily for economic rebsons, despite concern by some Stanley Kritzik, chairman of Mount Sinai's board, called local Jews that the reorganization will mean a loss of care the merger a gain for the Milwaukee Jewish community sensitive to Jewish needs. These moves apparently are the "because we're not going to go to the Jewish community first of their kind for Jewish hospitals in the rapidly chang- for money to support waste and inefficiency." Sinaiing health care industry. Samaritan will probably continue to receive money from However, most Jewish hospitals have consolidated serv- the Milwaukee Jewish Federation to provide health care ices with other hospitals without merging. Warren Green, for Soviet emigres and older adults. Moimt Sinai's chief president of Mount Sinai Hospital of Minneapolis, told The of staff. Dr. Morris Sable, said the merger saddens him beWisconsin Jewish Chronicle. cause it means "the end of an era" for Jewish doctors who The 1986 "Jewish Directory and Almanac" lists 46 hospi- for years were prohibited from practicing at non-Jewish tals and medical centers in its "Yellow Pages." hospitals, the reason for Mount Sinai's founding in 1903. In Denver, the 70-year-old Beth Israel Hospital has been Another Jewish physician wrote in The Chronicle that sold to St. Anthony Hospital for an undisclosed amount. he and many Jewish colleagues were upset over the change The merger agreement is set to be completed in Septem- and their lack of input. However, no doctors have pulled ber. The two hospitals have worked together for many their practices from Mount Sinai. years, sharing medical staff. The other Mount Sinai, in Mirmeapolis, has begun steps According to a Beth Israel spokeswoman, the merger will to merge with Metropolitan Medical Center there. The two "enable us to better serve the needs of the community and hospitals will be joined under Health One, the area's largest combine our expertise." The new name of the hospital has multi-hospital organization. not been decided. Nancy Jensen, director of public relations at Mount Sinai, Beth Israel, with 167 beds, also operates a nursing home, a 273-bed facility, told the American Jewish World that as well as three health care clinics for the elderly, mobile one reason for the merger "was the complementary servdiagnostic programs and two adult day care centers. ices of the two hospitals and two was the proximity of six The merger has left questions as to what will happen to or seven blocks." Denver's Jewish elderly who receive care at Beth Israel Dr. Irving Shapiro, medical director of Mount Sinai's Geriatric Center, but board members promise that the Phillips Eye Institute, said that the merger is "mandatory. hospital's sale will facilitate the building of a new Beth Is- In this day and age, the third-party payers writing insurrael to serve the elderly. The construction could be finished ance policies are not interested in small, independent hospiin four years, Siegel said. tals and a patient will not come here because the care is In MUwaukee, Mount Sinai Medical Center, with 410 not paid for." beds, will merge with Good Samaritan Medical Center The "real savings," according to Shapiro, will come in within the next two years, becoming the non-sectarian the areas of common purchase and services which will enaSinai-Samaritan Medical Center. Mount Sinai officials told ble the hospitals to operate their separate treatment specialThe Chronicle that they were compelled to merge because ties without doubling the cost. "We will still maintain our identity," said Shapiro, "and will not change the special relationship we have with the Jewish community." The Minneapolis Mount Sinai was formed by the Jewish community in 1951 to enable all doctors to practice as equals regardless of religious affiliation. Shapiro recalled that before Moimt Sinai "a Jewish physician could not admit a patient under his own name. He had to find a nonJewish dixtor to admit the patient." Although Jewish patients were attracted to the hospital because of its adherence to the Jewish dietary laws, many, if not most, of its patients were not Jews. Moimt Sinai in Milwaukee said it has established a foundation to chaimel specifically Jewish philanthropic funds. The Minneapolis Mount Sinai is considering the idea, its president told The Chronicle.
Wlesei urges Brazil to adopt democratic constitution BRASILIA, BRAZIL, Aug. 10 (JTA) - Characterizing the Bible as his "favorite constitution," Elie Wiesel urged the Brazilian people to adopt a democratic constitution that would reflect scriptural values, including respect for human rights, concern for the poor and defenseless and an open door to those in need of refuge. "Give a haven to those who feel alienated from their former world," he said, adding: "A society is judged by its attitude towards strangers." Wiesel, here to receive the Grand Cross of the Orider of the Southern Cross—highest civilian medal awarded by the Brazilian government—made his remarks Monday in an address to the Constitutional Congress, a joint assembly of legislators and government officials charged with creating a new constitution for the country, which is making the transition from military rule to democracy. The award, presented by Abren Sodre, Brazil's Foreign Ministry, was given to Wiesel for his contributions to international peace. While in Brasilia, the country's capital, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient also met today with Brazilian President Jose Samey and other government officials and dignitaries. Rabbi Henry Sobel, spiritual leader of the Congregacao Israelita Paulista in Sao Paulo, largest Jewish congregation in Latin America, is accompanying Wiesel during his three-day visit to Brazil. The Nobel laureate is a guest of the congregation and the Confederacao Israelita do Brazil, the central body of the Brazilian Jewish community, which is affiliated with the World Jewish Congress. Sobel pointed out that Brazil was the "largest Catholic country in the world"—with some 117 million Catholics— and that leading Catholic prelates would be greeting the Nobel laureate. "Mr. Wiesel's visit," he said, "will strengthen efforts to build Catholic-Jewish understanding in Brazil and, because he is so identified with Israel, will also focus sympathetic attention on Israel's role as a free and democratic nation in the Middle East." Earlier this year, a commission of 10 Catholic and Jewish leaders headed by Sobel issued a 187-page "Guide for a Catholic-Jewish dialogue in Brazil." In Us address to the Constitutional Congress, Wiesel noted that' "as a son of the Jewish people, I view Scripture as the most eloquent moral code of behavior for nations, groups and individuals alike." He said that as a Jew his experience made him aware of perils that could threaten any society as well as of "hopes that must be offered to any individual anywhere," He urged the Brazilian leaders to view their projected constitution
not as a contract but as a "covenant between government and the citizens." No people, he said, is superior or inferior to another and no nation is holier than another. "No religion," he added, "is closer to truth or to God—the source of truth—than another." Racism, Wiesel pointed out, "is sinful and ethnic discrimination outrageous." Praising Brazil as a nation that has been immune to racism, he also urged the rejection of religious fanaticism as a course that "leads to hate, not to salvation, just as political extremism begets hostility, not security." He also urged that the country speak up for Russian Jews "whose only desire is to join their families in Israel." "Speak iip for dissidents everywhere who use non-violent methods to obtain freedom for themselves and their friends," Mr. Wiesel said. "Based on the moral imperatives that would be part of your constitution, adopt a policy of interference in other coimtries' affairs when human rights are violated and when peace is in danger." Tuesday eveiung Wiesel will address Sobel's congregation at the Sao Paulo synagogue. More than 5,000 persons, including government officials and Catholic Church dignitaries, are expected to attend. Brazil's 150,000 Jews make up the second largest Jewish community in Latin America. Only Argentina's Jewish population is larger. In Brazil, relations between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church are marked by "theological and political sensitivity, commitment and vision," according to Sobel.
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NEW YORK (JTA) - Is it a love of bug ji'ice that has brought Leon Schlfim, age 106, to Camp Isabella Freedman. Falls Village, Conn., for the ninth consecutive summer? The UJA-Federation-sponsored one-month stay at the older adults' camp is one of the New York attractions for Schlam, a resident of Miami Beach. The other attractions are his three children, nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. ' At camp, Schlam most enjoys "taking walks around the lake and telling jokes to my friends," he said. He also reads philosophy books, particularly by his favorite, Spinoza.
MIXED BLESSING LONDON (JTA) .^ Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of modernization and economic restructuring could be a mixed blessing for the 2 million Jews in the Soviet Union, an expert on Soviet affairs warned in a report released here. •According to Dr. Lukasz Hirszowic, director of the Soviet and East EuropeaB Department of the Institute of Jewish Affairs, the economic changes the Soviet leader hopes to implement could create new opportunities for Jews, particularly the high proportion of Jewish scientists, technicians and skilled professionals in the USSR. But at the same, Jews could fall victinl to a new source of anti-Semitism generated by the powerful, entrenched Soviet bureaucracy which is opposed to reforms and is ready to make Jews their scapegoats, Hirszowic warned. "Chauvinism and antiSemitism, paraded as Soviet or Russian patriotism may still remain 'the last refuge of the scoundrel,' " he observed.
The Lavi TEL AVIV, Aug. 10 (JTA) - A joint meeting of the Knesset's Defense and Foreign Affairs and its Finance Conunittees voted Sunday by 22-six, with three abstentions and half of the committees' memberships absent, to continue the Lavi project. The surprise decision has no binding value, and can only be regarded as a suggestion to the Cabinet for next Sunday's crucial government vote on the issue. The Israel Defense Force general headquarters and senior Defense and Finance Ministry officials expressed shock and surprise at the go-ahead vote. Haaretz' wrote Monday that the vote was received with astonishment in the defense establishment and the IDF, primarily because of the lopsidedness of the vote. Until two weeks ago it was estimated that most members of the committees opposed the plane. Defense establishment sources claimed that Knesset members who were not present at previous meetings voted without any idea of the project's data and significance, which were elaborated on earlier. The sources said that a decision to continue the Lavi could bring about a sharp American reaction, which would gravely affect mutual military purchases and thus would harm the Israel Defense establishment.
Soviet Immigrants TEL AVIV, AUG. 10 - Fifty-five new immigrants fi-om the Soviet Union arrived in Israel Monday night, in what was said to have been the largest number in any single flight from Vienna for several years. Among them were pianist Hirsh Feikin and mathematician Pinhas Polansky. Most of them spoke from good to excellent Hebrew, leading some Soviet Jewry activists to fear that the Soviet authorities were trying to get rid of as many Zionist activists as possible.
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RESCUED BALTIMORE (JTA) Baltimore Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Moritz, a self-described "product of the Bells of St. Mary's," fought smoke and flames to save four Torahs here. The Baltimore Jewish Tunes reports that the fire department was fighting a fire at the Lubavitch Center that caused massive damage. There were no injuries, but Moritz was worried. "The one thing I kept thinking was that I didn't want to hurt or desecrate it in any way. I just wanted to get them out of there," he said. ULTIMATE QUESTldN WASHI?iGTON(JTA)The transmission of Jewish values to children is the top concern of Jewish parents, according to the leadership of B'nai B'rith W^omen (BBW). BBW has created a documentary-style, 20-minute slide show to address the issue by featuring 12 people describing their Jewish memories, attitudes and conflicts and showing personal phot(M.
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PARASHAT EKEV The 'Servant' in an age of anxiety Our Sidrah opens with an assurance that the people who live in accordance with God's law will live in security and confidence. (Many times, in these columns, I have pointed out that this doctrine of reward and punishment, prominent in Deuteronomy and the prophetic literature, is challenged both in other parts of the Bible and in the rabbinic literature. But let the text have its say!) At the very beginning of our Sidrah the Torah promises to such a people and to individuals that the Lord will keep them from all illness. A traditional view of this "illness" is that it is bitterness, dissatisfaction, frustration—the kind that leads to illness of every limb and organ of the body. As we approach the end of the 20th century, we can scarcely avoid the impression that every illness of that kind has descended on the world. From "hang-ups" at the least to neuroses and psychoses at the worst, our generation is beset with problems. We live in an age of anxiety. Despite marvelous advances in sciences of all kinds, we live under the shadow of those very sciences and theu- product: nuclear annihilation. Never before has the world been so dangerous a place to live in. War and the threat of war, terrorism, rampant crime and lawlessness are a common feature in the daily news, local, national, global. Isn't there a better way? Our Haftarah, the second in this glorious series of triumphant baftarot, attacks
the feeling of frustration and despondency of our ancient ancestors who lived in Babylonia as captives of war, transplanted to a strange land. Their sense of despondency is echoed in their cry, "The Lord has abandoned us. He has forgotten us." But the prophet assures them that the Lord's hand is never too weak, never too short, and redemption is not far off The end of exile is at hand! Our Haftarah includes one of the four so-called "Servant Poems" of this section of Deutero-Isaiah. Even if one suffers for the Lord's sake, he knows that the Lord is with him and that he has the satisfaction of living in integrity and certainty of purpose. And, finally, the Haftarah invites the Israelite to think back, to study history and meditate upon it. You are the children of Abraham and Sarah, the prophets reminds his contemporaries. Think of the rock from which you were hewn! Remember who you are! Your purpose in life is larger, broader, higher than your own life! You were destined to be a blessing to mankind—as Genesis puts it in talking about Abraham. . You are destined to be a light for the nations, as Deutero-Isaiah puts it. You are Jews! You are God's servants. The realities of life are • hard indeed. Age-old- martyrdom, centuries-old savage persecution, and the ongoing specter of the Holocaust cannot be papered over with sweet words ... How good it is nonetheless, how good it is to have the sweet words expressed!
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Sweetheart Jodi Mitchell, daughter of Carol and Don Mitchell of St. Ixiuis, Mo., has been named sweetheart of Achim AZA. Jodi, a member of Aliya BBG, is a sophomore at Parkway North High School where she is on the honor roll and is a member of the Parkway North Vikettes Pom Squad. Jodi is the granddaughter of Louise Sherman and the late Leo Sherman. DUTCH SHULS AMSTERDAM (JTA) At least 10 small Ashkenazic congregations will be absorbed by larger ones in their vicinity, according to a decision by the central committee of the Netherlands Ashkenazic congregations. There are about 40 Ashkenazic congregations in Holland. The decision applies to those with fewer than 25 members which are no longer able to provide themselves with required facilities. BERGEN, NJ (JTA) Eli Warach of Hackensack has been re-elected president of the United Jewish Community of Bergen County.
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Have you seen the new lids on top of the shopping center at 72nd and Dodge? They look somewhat peculiar from the outside, but I'm told they work a little like a skylight. I drove past the other day and saw them, and started remembering when that mall first opened, more than 20 years ago. It was wonderful... it became the place to run away to when the kids were in school, when a person has a couple of hours to call her own. 1 can well remember going with a beloved sister-in-law as soon as the kids went back to school after lunch. We'd hurry to get ready, take turns with "you going to pick me up or should I drive?" and get over there as soon as possible. We'd go right to lunch, spend as little time as reasonable over those greasy grilled cheese sandwiches then amble off down the mall, arm in arm. Today, that mall is unrecognizable. So many places we were familiar with have changed radically. When I drive in the neighborhood where 1 was raised, I never get over the feeUng that not only does it look totally different, it looks like another planet. And 1 always think of my grandparents, blessed by their memories, and what they'd think of the look of their old block. I can almost hear them, shocked, in total disbelief asking (in Yiddish) "what happened? Who ruined this neighborhood? And where are the streetcar tracks? What's going on here?" My roommate has the same reaction when we drive through his old childhood digs. He always points out where "the Epsteins lived" and of course where Adler'9 bakery was and the Crounse Fish Market, etc. Naturally all of that changed a very long time ago, but remembering where everything used to be is too much to resist. I suppose the old former Brandeis store downtown is another case in point, although it changed looks and feeling a while back. But it's been many a moon since anybody met a friend "under the clock," the way we used to. Well, I'm a "bottom line" person, so what's the bottom line here? Darned if I know, except perhaps the fact that nothing remains the same forever. With certain exceptions of course. The Roman Aqueducts have been there for centuries and maybe Stonehenge fits that category; they don't qualify for my "everything changes" eventually. So be it. I wouldn't necessarily want the shopping center to be the way it was when we used to stroll the mall. But what I wouldn't give to b» able to have the same . company I had then. That's the really significant change— the "who," not the "what." People, not places, are the bottom line.
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By Andrew Muchin NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (JTA) - A principal Conservative layman has urged that Jewish congregational lay leaders be invited to join the rabbis scheduled to meet with Pope John Paul II in Rome in advance of the Papal trip to the United States in September, including a now uncertain meeting with Jewish leaders in Miami. Franklin Kreutzer of Miami, president of the United Synagogue of America, annoimced Friday that he is "dismayed that the five delegates of spiritual dimension suggested for the meeting in Rome are not fully representative of the American Jewish community, of which the overwhelming majority consists of laymen."
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The 1.987 Sunday Mornrow and the prosecutorial ing Slow-Pitch league has Williams Jennings Bryan, ended with Cornhusker was part of the play but in Lodge B'nai B'rith winning no way overshadowed it. the league championship Rather, the notorious evolu- and Glen's Champions tion case was part of the repeating as tournament fabric of the unpopular champions. Beth El II also causes Darrow served. It is defeated Cornhusker Lodge as relevant to today's reh- to take second place in the gious and education climate double elimination tournaas it was in Dayton, Tenn., ment. in 1925. A review Final league standings The performance was not are: Glen's Champions, limited to legal issues. The The play progresses from Beth El II, Cornhusker youth to battling and then , play reveals the drifting B'nai B'rith, Perfect 10, away from his first wife of working for the railroads. 18 years and the growing toDarrow thrived on unpopular and controversial causes. gether with his second wife. He fervently and effectively The latter years of Darrow's opposed the death penalty life, the demand for his talLiving Wills will be deand defended over 100 men ent set off against his desire bated in the 1988 session of to rest were tellingly con- the legislature and it has an • accused of murder. veyed by Fiedler, Set design excellent chance of passing, He represented labor, inand costume were perfectly Norman Korney told the cluding Socialist Eugene V. Debs, in the wake of the matched to enhance Fied- Old Timers group' at the Pullman strike. His career ler's talents. Jewish Community Center reached an almost tragic Fiedler's performance was Tuesday. end in the MacNamara case He said a living will is a lovingly done. As an attorin Los Angeles. Darrow plea ney in his own right, who in- document that instructs bargained the two brothers cidentally takes on more one's physician and loved accused of bombing the Los than his share of unpopular ones of the kind of medical Angeles Times building. causes, and the son of an at- treatment that should be The case resulted in Dartorney, getting into charac- permitted during terminal row's own indictment for ter was personal and sensi- illness. jury tampering and vihficaHe said this is most imtive. The actor's mother was tion by labor. in the audience at the per- portant when one is not in Of course the Scopes trial, formance seen by the with the bombastics of Darreviewer. By Oliver B. Poliak Donald Fiedler, local attorney, recently performed David W. Rintels' 1975 play, Clarence Darrow, at the French Underground. The play is based on Irving Stone's 1941 novel Clarence Darrow /or the De/enae.
Beth El I, Henry Monsky B'nai B'rith. Prior to the tournament play, Cornhusker Lodge had a 12-1 season. Team members are Paul Davies, Stu Oilier, Larry Goldstrom, Mark Goldstrom, Bob Hurwitz, Myron Kaplan, David Kutler, Larry Marcus, Dave Merritt, Len, Eddie and Harry Schultz, David Siegel and Steve Zalkin. The team selected Larry Goldstrom as MVP, David Merritt as best fielder and David Siegel as best hitter.
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Jerusalem A feature on Hello Jerusalem, Sunday at 2 p.m. on Cox Cable 7, is a recounting of the Sid Caesar movie, The Emperor's Clothes. The program repeats on Monday at 7 p.m. Other features: the Shatir Stud Stables of Arabian horses in Northern Israel, a visit by a group of Los Angeles Jews investigating aliyah, and Simcha Dinitz interviews. TORONTO (JTAl - Herb Rosenfeld has been elected to succeed Ronald Appleby to a two-year term as president of the Toronto Jewish Congress.
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