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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 26 Av, 5747 Friday, Aug. 21, 1987
Nearly 200 members of the Jewish community honored Leonard and Phyllie Friedel at a dinner Sunday night at the Red Lion Inn. The Friedels have donated $500,000 to set up an endowment for the Jewish Day School and the fiinner program included the unvdling of the new sign and announcement of the new name—the Friedel Jewish Academy. From left, Howard Kaslow, past president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, presents the
Jewish Press printing plate (first announcement of the gift* to Jody Goldstein, lUrector of the school, for permanent placement in the institution. Cece Zorinsky in center photo commends the Friedels and together they unveiled the new sign. At right, Osui* Nogg, master ol ceremonies, encourages Mr. Friedel to respond.
Day School has new name— Friedel Jewish Academy By Morris Maline It's now official. The Jewish Day School of Omaha is now the Friedel Jewish Academy. Nearly 200 friends of Jewish education attended the dedication dinner Sunday night at the Red Lion Inn tuid took pleasure in ^a review of the past and the prospects for the future. With a $500,000 endowment provided by I Leonard and Phyllis Friedel, the new educaI tional institution plans to start its academic Y year with some 40 students in a kindergarI ten through sixth grade format. "We are ' preparing to produce the leaders of the Jewh ish community for the next generation," [ said Forrest Knitter, co-chairman of the \ school's board of directors. I In his keynote address, Judge Norman Y Krivosha said it was most appropriate to \ use the term dedication when speaking of \ setting aside a building for Jewish educaStion. "We are doing more than changing the name of a building—we are indeed perform^ ing an act to set aside this structure for a sacred and solemn purpose." He said that in Judaism, knowledge and ; education is more than satisfying curiosity, it is a religious act; it is a sacred or solemn purpose and education of children the most i.sacred and solemn purpose.
Judge Krivosha said that the dedicatipn of the institution alone is insufficient and that people also must be dedicated for the purpose of education. He said there is need for greater community support and that recognition should be given to the fact that those educated in a parochial school as committed, knowledgeable Jews can achieve in the secular world. "Leonard and Phyllis Friedel have indeed found meaning of a Jewish life," Judge Krivosha said, adding that by their act of generosity toward Jewish education, they have exhibited deep religious feeUngs. Mr. Friedel said that he and his wife made the gift for both emotional and intellectual reasons. He recalled that as a nine- or 10year-old in Omaha, he attended a chedar (religious school) above a drug store at 49th and Dodge. "I didn't like it, and I pleaded with my father to take me out... I was Judah Wolfson's first dropout." He countered that experience with a recent trip to the Day School when he and his wife shared the joy and excitement of seeing Jewish children enjoy the educational process with the latest in equipment and modem instructional methods. As master of ceremonies, Ozzie Nogg told the story of being approached as a young mother to have her children attend the Day
School. She said she turned down the opportunity. Now, her daughter is seeking a Day School in the Boston area for future use, and Mrs. Nogg pointed out that "In our children, God gives us the opportunity to rectify our mistakes." Richard Fellman, first president of the Jewish Day School, said there actually were two schools, one in the old Jewish Community Center where Paul Veret found space and the second at the current location of 126th and Pacific spurred by Dr. Irving Shapiro "and his bingo games." He Said about 30 students were in the school in the early 1960s, at the time that the facility closed and was taken over by Beth Israel Synagogue. In the late 1960s, Mr. Fellman said a variety of actions energized the school and that these actions included support from the Jewish Federation of Omaha, the Livingston Foundation and bingo scholarship grants. Now, he pointed out, major money problems are a thing of the past. The Friedels have provided one of the single largest gifts ever given to a Jewish Day School in the United States. Mr. Fellman urged parents to respond with the one gift that goes beyond the gift of money. "We need the commitment of children," he explained.
Speaking for the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Howard Kaslow described the day school enterprise as a partnership among schoftl staff and volunteers, the Federation, the Federation Foundation, and the Friedels "who have demonstrated creative philanthropy." ' Steven Riekes, a board memb^ ijf the Federation Foundation, said the endowment for the Friedel Jewish Academy is an example that he hopes will spread to all Jewish institutions. There are many needs in the community and endowments are absolutely necessary for economic survival, he added. • Cece Zorinsky helped the Friedels unveil the new sign which will be placed on the school building, and presented the couple with a sculpture fr^.the ecJiDol. Mr. Kaslow 'Resented to scnS^t administrator Jody Goldstein the Jewish Press printing plate which carried the major announcement of the Friedel gift. The metal plate will be housed in the school. Others participating in the dedication dinner were Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor Harold Firestone, Cantor Emil Berkovits, and Eunice Denenberg. Letters of congratulations from Rabbi Paul Drazen, Congressman Hal Daub, and Rabbi Stephan Barack were read by Mrs. Nogg.
Lincoln's Tifereth Israel plans'Siyum HaTorah weekend By Morris Maline the youngsters have been studying the past year for this special event. What does a Jewish congregation do On Saturday, a special Shabbat service when it helps its members fulfill the 613th commandment—that of writing a scroll of will take place and Eric Ray, PhD., a scribe the Torah with one's own hand or to cause and calligrapher from New York who has repaired the Toraihs will speak. tOne to be written? On Sunday, the two Torahs will be rolled Lincohi's Tifereth Israel Congregation out in the social hall and individuals will be iplans a celebration weekend, Sept. 11-13, to given the opportunity to write under the rededicate two Toraha and to give everyone scribe's direction a single letter, word, verse. 'the opportunity to actually participate in According to Mr. Alien, the need for Tothe writing of a Sefer Torah. rah repair came about a year ago when waThere will be a special service on Friday ter seeped &om a leaking roof emd damaged iiight during which the children of the con- the two scrolls. He said now that the scrolls gregation will participate. According to have been repaired, the congregation will iHarry Allen, chau-man, Siyum Committee, celebrate with the special weekend and at
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Susan Fellman reports on visit to Germany
iEditor's note: "ISusan Fellman, a senior at Brandeis itlniversity, recently visited Berlin on a youth bridge program sponsored by the Berlin Parliament in celebration of the ;city's 750th anniversary. This is her report. By Susan Fellman Berlin. Former capitol city of Germany, now an ultra-modern, fast-paced, free bastion in the midst of Communist Eastern Germahy. The New Germany. A country where business is efficient, streets are clean, people are happy, and the Holocaust is forgotten. ; The program that I was on was a wonderbUy extravagant, catered, whirlwind brush with VIPs, heads of state, and the good life mm!hvii>si!ajgii:ii
of Berlin. Arranged by Herr Alexander Longolius, Berlin's representative to the German Bundestag in Bonn, our program was for 250 American youth between the ages of 18 and 25 to see Berlin in its anniversary year. The program was not widely advertised, for fear of being inundated with thousands of applications for too few openings, and was attended by youth from all over the country. Two representatives from each state were invited, as well as representatives from several small special interest groups. I was part of the group of 25 representing B'nai B'rith Anti Defamation League. (Continued on Page 7)
the same time give everyone an opportunity tion, each will receive a certificate attesting to fulfill the 613th commandment. to the fact that the individual has written This is a "most wonderful" event in the a portion of the Torah. Dr. Ray will supercollective life of the congregation, Mr. Al- vise and direct the individual's participalen said, adding that it not only is a rare op- tion. portunity to fulfill a mitzvah (the writing The final part of the Sunday activity will of a Torah), but also to make a lasting con- take place in the Sanctuary where Dr. Ray tribution to the future of the congregation. will put the final touches on the Torahs. He said that contributions given to the This phase of the ceremony will take place Siyum will be kept in a permanent endow- under a chupah (marriage canopy). A ment by the Tifereth Israel Foundation, and procession to replace the Torah scrolls in the income will be available in perpetuity the ark will follow the completion. Among to ensure the operation of the Synagogue. those planning the celebration weekend aK At the Sunday activity, those participat- Rabbi Ian and Suri Jacknis, Nancy Coren. ing will write with a quill pen and utilize a Everett Evnen, president, Tifereth Israel special ink. Mr. Allen said the participants Foundation,and Eve Hoffman, president. will be allowed to keep the pei^ and in addi- Tifereth Israel Synagogue.
Hal Seiner heads region Hal Seiner was elected to a two-year term as president of the Midwest Region of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods (NFTB) at its annual convention m Wichita, Kans., recently. Midwest Region includes Temple Brotherhoods from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Mr. Seiner, past president of Omaha Temple Israel Brotherhood and immediate past secretary of NFTB Midwest Region, will also serve as a member of the board of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods. He is also a member of the bbard of .trustees of Temple Israel. Also attending the convention were Mel Epstein, executive vice president of "Temple Israel's board of trustees, and Normand Roffman, board member.
Rabbi Kushner speaks Sept. 17 Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life is the title of the talk to be given by author Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Sept. l?>at 7:30 p.m. in Beth El Synagogue. The talk, geared to lay people as well as professionals, will be followed by a reception in the Beth El social hall and Rabbi Kushner will sign copies of his books which will be available for sale, the announcemeht stated. Tickets are $5, $2.50 for senior citizens and students and $10 is suggested for patrons. Checks should be directed to Beth El Synagogue, 49th and Farnam, Omaha. NE 68132. For information, call 553-3221.
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The National Conference of Christians and Jews awarded scholarships to three area high school stuHADASSAH dents to participate in a NaHadassah will hold its tional Youth Conference on membership tea Aug. 26, the Constitution. Aug. 18.•! p.m., at the Richland Club21, at the University of house. 116th and Burt Pennsylvania in PhiladelStreets. The program feaphia. tures a book review by SuJoe Coffey, Exeter, Neb.; san Drazen, Trilogy by Tonya Fintel, Byron, Neb.; Maisie Mosco. Refreshments will be served. Call and Jim Sullivan, Boys Fannie Gummers 391-3997. Town, were selected to atReva Oruch 391-8344, or tend the conference sponsored by the NCCJ as part Rose Roffman 330-4314, to of its celebration of the make reservations. 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
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Howard Gould and Dr. •Patricia Murray of Los Angeles, Calif,, announce the Aug. 5 birth of a daughter, Genevieve Michelle Gould. Paternal grandparents are Helen Gould and the late Arthur S.Gould of Omaha. Maternal grandparents are Therese and John Murray of Libertyville, 111. Mr. Gould is a partner in the law firm of Doland & Gould in Los Angeles; his wife is engaged in the private practice of internal medicine and infectious dis-
NOODELL KIRSHENBAUM Marcy Anne Noodell and Corey Martin Kirshenbaum were married June 14 at Beth El Synagogue. Rabbi Paul Drazen officiated at the ceremony which was followed by a reception at the Peony Park Ballroom.' The bride, daughter of Maxine and Jack Noodell, was attended by Lori Swindler of Overland Park, Kans. Scott Kirshenbaum acted as best man for his brother. They are the sons of Shirley and Max Kirshenbaum..
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[<dl(gg^ttk EVE A ROTH Graveside services were held on Aug. 14 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Eve A Roth, 80. Survivors: daughter. Elaine A. Shapiro; stepdaughter, Sarah Stein; stepson, Samuel Roth; sister, MQly Dogulov; six grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue. BENJAMIN C. LEAF Word has been received in Omaha of the death, in Newhall, Calif., of former Omahan Benjamin C. Leaf, 92. Mr. Leaf was preceded in death by his wife, Mae. He is survived by sisters, Esther DuBoff and Ann Leaf Butler. RE-ELECTED NEW YORK (JTAI - Julius Blackman of San Francisco has been reelected president of the Association of Hebrew Free Loans. The North American organization comprises about three dozen societies that provide an estimated $15 million in interest-free loans annually to Jews.
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By Bonnie Pawloski and Ruth Potash The Omaha Committee for .Soviet Jewry has issued an appeal for members of the community to write letters of encouragement to Soviet refuseniks. The family suggested at this time is that of Boris Gilman, his wife, Evgenia, and their sons, Leonid, 18, and Alexander, 13. Boris and his family first applied to emigrate to Israel in 1979 to join Boris' par-
ents and Evgenias father. Tliey wa»e fefused and both lost their jobs. A second application in 1981 also has been denied. Their address is: Boris Oilman, Mikrorayon 2, DOM 1, Apt. 308, Zhlobin Gomelsky Oblast, Bel, SSR, USSR. Postage is 44 cents and writers are requested to leave a note.in the red mailbox in the Jewish Community Center, or call 571-0326.
Zionists to participate in 'combat week' Nov. 7 NEW YORK (JTA) - Bemice Tannenbaum, chairman of the World Zionist Organization-American Section, hailed "Combat Anti-Zionism Week"—Project CASAZ—as an important continuation of the campaign to condemn as a shameful canard the 1975 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 equating Zionism with racism. "The WZO-American Section is pleased to join the sponsors of CASAZ, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, in declaring November 7 through 14, 1987, to be Combat Anti-Zionism Week. We will help in every way to promote the observance of this project as an effective public education and counter-propaganda effort."
Schweppes fizzles By Maurice Samuelson LONDON, (JTA) - British opponents of the Arab boycott are looking to the United States to put pressure on Cadbury-Schweppes, the international United Kingdomowned soft drinks and confectionery group, which is considering reducing its ties with Israel in order to have its name removed from the Arab blacklist. This has emerged following disclosure of a letter from a Cadbury-Schweppes senior director to the Arab boycott office in Damascus discussing the prospects for ending the group's bottling and trademark arrangements with Israel's Jaf-Ora Company, based in Rehovot. The British antiboycott committee, which as a matter of principle is op^ posed to all boycotts, is apparently reluctant to advise British friends of Israel to take retaliatory action against Cadbury-Schweppes should it terminate its trade ties with Israel.
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It is written that God created the world so that it would continue the process of creation. So, too, with people. 1 The birth of a child is a berakah—a blessing. According to Torah, "God blessed them and God said to them, 'Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it,' " (Genesis 1:28). Yet it seems that in all God provides there Can be both a blessing and a curse; according to The Second Jewish Catalog. Not everyone has the good fortune to bear children. However, in making the personal decision to raise a child through adoption, one also merits a special blessing, as well as
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fulfills Torah, "to continue (life)." Jewish Family Service, a licensed adoption agency, maintains placement of a child in a Jewish home as a top priority and fulfillment of the agency goal... "to strengthen the family," in every way possible. This year, I am pleased to say, the Jewish Family Service agency has accomplished one placement of a baby with a Jewish family and there exists the possibility of a second placement. For the first time in several years, the agency waiting list is relatively short. Contact Alice Weiss at the Jewish Family Service office, 330-2024, if you are considering adoption as an alternative. Adoption—a berakah in a special way.
Dance director Cheryl Kapell leads a group in a skipping exercise. Pictured with Ms. Kapell are, from left, Kara Zaiman, Mary Hill and Alexis Birge.
JCC begins fall dance The Jewish Community Center dance department will begin its fall classes on Aug. 23. Registration will remain open through the second week of September, according to Cheryl Kapell, dance director. Children's classes, beginner through advanced, will be offered in pre-ballet/creative movement, ballet, modern dance, jazz and tap. An adult ballet class, especially designed for the beginner, will also be offered.
Midwest singles group announces 1988 tnps Two 1988 trips for Jewish singles have been announced by the expanded Midwest Jewish Singles Network, Inc., which was founded in Omaha in 1986. The first trip, "Connect in Colorado," is a ski week at Steamboat Springs scheduled Feb. 6-13. It includes round trip transportation from Denver, lodging at the Timber Hun resort, a wine and cheese party,. Shabbat kiddush, five days of ski lifts, mountain orientation and other activities. The second scheduled trip is a "Connect in Alaska" cruise in August. Information on these trips is available by writing "Trips to Connect," 5961 Western Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68132. Both trips are being
planned in conjunction with Trips Unlimited of Omaha and are open to Jewish singles throughout the United States and Canada, the sponsors said.
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This class will combine stretch and strengthening exercises, ballet basics and movement patterns, Ms. Kapell said, adding, "This is. a great way to exercise and improve your carriage and musicality. "The dance program at the JCC is acknowledged as being one of the highest quality programs in the city. Classes are taught in a friendly, positive atmosphere by a faculty oif qualified, exnferienced teachers. The JCC houses one of the finest dance facilities in the area and all ballet classes have h've accompaniment," Ms. Kapell said. In addition to classes, students may participate in a variety of workshops, performances, lectures and field trips. For additional information consult the JCC fall brochure or call Cheryl Kapell at 334-8200.
More than 60 members Tech High '25 of the community participated in the Aug. 12 cruise plans reunion sponsored by Chabad LuThe Technical High bavitch. Rabbi Mendel School Class of 1926 will Katzman reported. He said that weather hold its 62nd reunion on reports of severe thunder- Sept. 4; noon, for a luncheon storms minimized the turn- banquet and afternoon proout, but that the concept of gram. The reunion will be held at a cruise with Jewish music appears to be a good one Regency West Best Westand that the event most ern, 107th and Pacific, and likely will be repeated next is open to members of the classes of 1924 and 1926. year. Any former student or teacher may attend. Judge Walter Huher will be master of cereinonies. For reservations and information call Sylvia Ross, 553-1100 or Florence Young, 556-3801.
Rabbi Myer S. Kripke, Beth El Synagogue rabbi emeritus, will teach a course this fall, "Jesus and Judaism," for Creighton University's theology department. Classes, wliich begin on Sept. 1, will be taught from 9:30-10:45 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. It may be taken for credit or on an audit basis. According to Rabbi Kripke, the course will open with a discussion of the relations of Jesus to the Jewish community of his tine and stress the fact that Jesus was an observant Jew, fully integrated into Jewish life in Palestine under Roman domination. In later segments, the course will deal with appropriate New
Daub launches Senate bid Rep. Hal Daub has launched his campaign for the State's Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Nebraska's Second District Congressman announced his candidacy at an Elmwood Park picnic attended by an estimated 600 supporters last Saturday. He said his campaign would be oriented to the is,sues with concentration on agriculture, senior citizens {uid small business. He stressed his effectiveness as a four-term congressman, adding that his seven years of hard work have paid off for Nebraska and should be taken as an indication of what he could do in the Senate. Rep. Daub said that in response to the concerns expressed by constitutents, he introduced three major bills in the 100th Congress. He currently is a member of the Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Health of the Ways arid Means Committee.
Testament passages, ln>> dicating how Jesus came to be thought of by the incipient Christian Church in the late decades of the First Century. Rabbi Kripke said he will then show how antiJudaism, in the name of Jesus, grew in the centuries of the Church Fathers. Other parts of the course will deal with the continuation of the anti-Judaism theme in the times of the Popes, the Church Councils, the Crusades, and in the centuries down to modern times and the eruption of Nazi antiSemitism and the Holocaust. The last segments of the course will deal with Catholic and Protestant church statements of the last generation, repudiating antiSemitism, and an analysis of their effect. Rabbi Kripke has been teaching at Creighton since 1975 as an adjunct associate professor of theology. I
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Part of the editor's responsibility is to sift throxigh the mail each morning to find items of interest for the readers of this newspaper. This daily expedition into the unknown produces much material that can be described as ordinary and occasionally an item that can be considered interesting enough to be culled from the pile. One of the items 1 pulled out the othei day was from an out-of-town rabbi who penned an interesting column for possible use in our New Year's issue. His column tells about acting as an intermediary for someone who wanted to mail a letter to God and what God's response was—certainly an interesting concept. Well, I said to myself, this article has possibilities and maybe I should set it aside for our upcoming New 'Vear's issue. But, what's this note attached to the article? The note asks that if tit. article is used, $25 ought to be sent to the writer's discretionary fund. The request for nominal payment is not unusual. All freelance writers expect to be compensated if their material is used by the publication. What went through my mind, however, was the fact that our newspaper's discretionary fund is kind of limited right now, and that I am doing my best to save pennies and $25 represents a lot of copper alloy. Also, and more importantly, why should I buy someone else's letter to God. Although some evangelists might disagree, little me has just as much access to Heavenly residents as anyone else. I can write my own letter to God, and print his answer in this newspaper—and save $25. So, let me see. What shall 1 say in the letter? Well, I could do as many millions before me have done in their written and unwritten letters. I could ask for peace on earth and good will toward men, but after thousands of years of failure, why expect a success now? I 1 could ask for perfect weather. Wouldn't it be nice to have rain when you need it, sunshine when you're on vacation, and thunderstorms when you're out of town? Here again, no one else has experienced «ny success so • why should I? . At this point. I 'm going to ask my readers to believe that I I had an ending in mind, but like the guy who tore up his prepared speech and spoke without notes, I'm going to change course. Abe Gendler, 85, and president of the Omaha chapter of the Zionist Organization of America the past 15 years, came into my office and talked tsuris—while I was typing this editorial. Omaha's ZOA had 400 to 500 members years ago, but is now down to little more than 30. No one wants to lead the organization. "I have heart trouble, and I can't do it... If no one comes forward to lead the organization, this will mean the end of ZOA here," Mr. Gendler said. As long as I'm writing the letter and I'm not going to ask for a million dollar endowment to provide for the paper's needs, let me ask you to send someone to help Mr. Gendler and the ZOA. Sincerely yours. Moishe
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New York to pay for boy's schooling NEW YORK (JTA) - The New York City Board of Education will continue to pay for a severely handicapped Orthodox Jewish boy's enrollment in the summer program of the Hebrew Academy for Special Children (HASC) in upstate New York, reversing an earlier decision. The board wasn't going to pay for the boy's attendance, as it had for the past eight summers, based on a new state law which the board had interpreted to prohibit placement of the retarded anywhere but in locally approved prbgrarhs in the city. But Agudath Israel of America appealed, arguing that the denial of funds would run counter to the new regulation's intent of enhancing opportunities for the handicapped. Morton Avigdor, who made Aguda's presentation to the board on the boy's behalf, said the ruling should set a precedent for 130 other families who have appealed a denial of funding.
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NEW YORK (JTA) - The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has denounced an Austrian commission created last June to investigate Austrian President Kurt Waldheim's past as a "fraud" and a "whitewash." The WJC indictment followed its discovery that Manfried Ruachensteiner, who will serve as the cortimission's chief of staff, told the Austrian magazine "Profil" last year that Alexander Loehr, a commander of Nazi forces in the Balkans and Waldheim's superior was an "example (who) deserves to be followed." Loehr, founder of the Austrian Air Force and Commander of German Army Group E during the occupation, was hanged by Yugoslavia for war crimes in 1947. Waldheim, the former United Nations Secretary General, served under him as a senior intelligence officer at the Headquarters of the High Command in the Balkans from 1942-45.
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By Hugh Orgel TEL AVW (JTA) - Activities by ultra-Orthodox zealots to disrupt archaeological digs in Caesarea have diverted attention from significant finds unearthed at other digging BALTIMORE (JTA) - A rabbi has declared his inten- sites throughout Israel this season. tion to resign from the pulpit of Randallstown (Md.) SynaThey'included a unique 1,800-year-old mosmc floor ungogue Center Aug. 1 and sue the congregation and two of covered two weeks ago at Tsipori, in lower Galilee, and the its lay leaders for $2.85 million, the Baltimore Jewish Times ruins of a bronze age port dating back 5,000 years at Tel reports. Rami, south of Atlit. Rabbi Aaron Lubling is seeking a jury trial on nine The Six-by-five meter floor at Tsipori, once the most imcounts, including breach of contract and negligent defama- portant city of Galilee, seat of the Roman governors and tion. Both he and the congregation claim they have sought a major Jewish center where the Sanhedrin officiated after to resolve their dispute through a Beth Din (religious court), the destruction of the Second Temple, shows an almost lifebut that the other party didn't respond. The lay leaders size portrait of a beautiful young woman and of 15 Greek he is suing are former board chairman Joseph Malin and gods, including Dionysus, all named in Greek. treasurer Rick Pearson. The pictures are picked out in tiny colored mosaic stones, The rabbi argues that the congregation undermined his with tlie young woman's cheeky in four shades from flesh effectiveness by indicating falsely to the community that color to rouge. The gods are depicted in motion, regarded he wasn't performing his duties. as rare for ancient mosaics.
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Mark Segal dies JERUSALEM (JTA) - Mark Segal, a senior politicalcommentator on The Jerusalem Post, died at the age of 59. Segal, Britishbom, underwent open-heart surgery last year and, though his initial recovery was good, he had not been feeling well lately! A Habonim activist in his native Manchester, Segal came to Israel in 1948 to fight in the War of Independence and later joined Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and joined The Jerusalem Post in the late 1950's. Devoting himself since then to coverage of Israeli politics. His weekly Public Faces column, printed in the Post and Maariv, was a popular political insight-and-gossip round-up that was obligatory reading for all Israeli politicians and socialites. During the early 1970's Segan was the Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent and editor of the JTA Daily, News Bulletin in London.
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For the 100th anniversary of the great Russian Jewish artist's birth, a major exhibition of paintings by Marc Chagall is scheduled to open at Moscow's Pushkin Museum next month. Long neglected in the place of his birth while the Western world praised him as one of the greatest contributors to 20th-century art, this official Soviet recognition of the Jewish artist is regarded as a tangible result of the new Soviet policy of "glasnost." However, plans for the show have not yet been announced in the USSR. Poet Andre Voznesensky, a friend of Chagall's who \yas instrumental in arranging the exhibit, told the press ^he exhibit was "a victory of glasnost and of artistic democracy." Voznesensky has written the introduction to the catalogue for the exhibit. Some of Chagall's paintings have been shown in the Soviet Union in the past, but his personal contribution to 20th-century art has not until now been officially recognized. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia mentions him in two paragraphs, in which he is called a "French painter and graphic artist." Chagall, born July 7,1887, in Vitebsk, lived most of his life in France, in Paris before Worid War II and in the village of St. Paul de Vence in southern France in the years since. He spent the war years in the United States. He died in St. Paul de Vpnce March 2S, 1985, at the age of 97.,
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Parashat R'e Libretto and stiletto The opening of our Sidrah confronts the throng of ancient Israelites listening to Moses with a stark choice: blessing or curse: the choice is yours. The words still sting us, sting all mankind. For the confrontation is clear: Mankind may have the kind of world that the people really want. What leaves us so chagrined is that no person may really make the choice for himself; not even one country; it is mankind, the whole human collective, that must make Ihe choice together. Ah, there's the rub. We have never come closer than the League of Nations, aleha hashalom, and the United Nations. Both have proved illusory, ineffective, futile. Not entirely, of course. Some of the agencies of the United Nations have done well, indeed. But reaching for peace—its primary purpose—has exceeded the grasp of the United Nations. The rabbis of the Midrash were intrigued, as we are, by the stark choice. They too read of the dramatic presentation of the theme, as it is described in out Ptirashah. And they added some of their own ruminations and contemplations. One of their most touching is the pregnant statement that from heaven there descended for mankind two gifts, bound together, neither arriving first. Humankind' has the choice: sayaf or sepher, knife or book. The Midrash obviously has sought a play on words, with alliteration and as-
sonance, rather than use something like Sword or Torah, which would have been more natural but less striking linguistically. I therefore used, a bit frivolously, libretto or stiletto as the title of this piece. One might also say Word or Sword, or Steel or Scripture, Book or Bayonet But is the pen, as we say, really mightier than the sword? Our Haftarah, the third in this series of luminous Deutero-Isaianic poems, answers. Yes, Yes, 0 Yes. The prophet is not the lawgivermoralist that Moses was. He is the poet and visionary. He sees a world at peace and Israel prosperous and serene. He invites all mankind to the life-giving waters, the bread,, the wine and milk of God's promise. J Another word from the Midrash, a parable: The Master offers his servant a golden diadem or iron manacles. Your choice! The Torah text, the Haftarah, the rabbinic animadversions, and the thinking religionists of many different faiths, as well as the moral philosophers of all ages, mutatis mutandis, have thought along the same lines. Nothing but human avarice, aggression, and ill-will have kept mankind from a peaceful world. Perhaps humanity is still too young to make an adult, mature choice. But it is getting late. And soon, for we are racing against the idiot with his finger on the nuclear button, soon, soon we shall have to listen: Ho, everyone who is thirsty, come for water . ..
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N During the summer, many teens took a vacation. It may have been a two-day trip to Kansas City, a week's vacation to the east or west coast or a visit to relatives. Several Omaha teens, however, took a sixweek trip—with other Jewish teens from around the United States—to Israel. Lisa Fried went on the MoVFTY-OVFTY-GUCI trip sponsored by the National Federation of Temple Youth. Renee Mitchell went on the Ramah Pilgrimage, and Tracy Ban went on the I SI trip sponsored by the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. All three prepared in the same way for their longawaited trip by studying about Israel with the rabbis in the community; however, each person had different feelings and experiences while in Israel. "Going to the Wall and camping out in the Negev were my favorite parts of the trip," Lisa said. "For me, snorkeling in the Red Sea was one of the best parts of the trip," Tracy said. Renee said, "My favorite part of the trip was going to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and going to Haifa." Before going to Israel, each person had her own expectations of what Israel would be like. For Tracy and Renee, Israel was even better than they had anticipated. "It (Israel) was much more than I expected in many ways," Tracy said. "The hikes were longer than expected; however, the people were better than expected, and the Wall was better than I had expected." "For me, the trip was
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(Continued from Page II The whole group of 250 met to begin'^'xjur trip in Washington, fi.C. where friendships started forming. The ADL segment was never brought together for • introductions, but in Washington I spotted a kipah on someone's head, and went to introduce myself to this person with whom I knew I already had a basis for friendship. Other Jewish kids followed suit soon after, and soon we had a core group from the ADL, a group that stayed together during the entire two weeks. Five of the young men in our group were religious, and wore tzitzit and kipot, a manner of dress that was to cause a bit of conflict later in Berlin. We were received on our arrival in Berlin with a live jazz band, free drinks, flowers, a TV crew, and mobs of people which we soon found followed us everywhere. Local television stations had crews assigned to cover our daily expeditions; we saw ourselves on the news nightly. We were promenaded around, invited to receptions with mayors and members of parliament, given gifts and catered meals everywhere we turned. I even attended a party on an elegant palace lawn hosted . by the President of West Germany, Richard Von Weisacker. It was an exciting and dramatic peek into parts of Berlin that average young tourists are not able to see. This is where my anger and conflicting emotions come in, the feelings that governed my approach to Germany, and the feelings that have remained with me since my return. Our program was amazing; Herr Longolius did an exceptional job of organizing corporate sponsors, host famihes, and applicants to show off his city. The average person would be completely taken in by Berlin, and would love the new Germany. But as a Jew, I had difficulties.
what I expected; however, Israel was more, it was a lot nicer than I thought it would be," Renee said. ()he teen, however, was a little disappointed and felt that the trip did not quite live up to her expectations. "It (my trip) wasn't what I had expected. I thought there would be a lot more hiking on my trip than there was, and that kind of disappointed me," Lisa explained. During their six-week stay in Israel, the teens tried to see as much as possible. "We saw a lot; I think that we saw the entire country and that was really good," Lisa said. According to Renee, "We went all over the country. We went to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Eilat. We saw as much as we could see." While in Israel, all three girls had some type of experience living on a kibbutz. Lisa stayed on Kibbutz Na'an. "It had its own sprinkler factory. I worked in the factory a lot and I also worked in the fields pulling weeds, and in the kitchen." "I stayed on Kibbutz Ghana Tone, a Conservative kibbutz, for two nights. I. picked rocks in the field," Renee said. Tracy's group worked on Moshav Moledet which, she explained, is just like a kibbutz. "I planted grass and picked the rotten tomatoes off the conveyer belt. .For Shabbat we stayed with a family on the Moshav." All three teens agreed that they would like to visit Israel again. Tracy said she "definitely wants to go back to Israel: During my junior' year in college, I would like to be an overseas student at the University of Tel Aviv." Lisa hopes to go back to Israel for a longer period of time. "Maybe I can spend six months there some I ' Moles-Gophers ' • day." Tracy summed up. her I Call the Professional I feelings and thoughts about I for I Israel in a short sentence. I Pest Control "The trip was fun—everyone should go!" ATLAS Pest Control 558-3094 Mosqullo •^—^
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Susan Feli'man reports on visit to Germany 1 asked myself questions: How could such a lively place be in the midst of a country that killed six million of my people? Do today's Germans know, or even care, that they are living on ground soaked by blood from those murders, and breathing air that used to be filled with the foul stench of human corpses bein|^ burned? Where are the acknowledgements of the horrors of the Holocaust? Why didn't the German people do anything to stop Hitler? Did they understand his objectives? My questions are not easily answerable, but my Jewish friends and I searched for answers anyway. Most of us had l>een placed with Jewish host families, and we questioned why they chose to remain in Germany. Berlin's Jewish community is approximately 6000 people, the same size as Omaha's Jewish community, but the general population of Berlin is five times that of Omaha, 2.5 million, which makes the Jewish community .0024% of the population. My host family was named Susslcind. They have two children, a girl 16, and a boy just bar mitzvahed. They stay in Berlin because they can't agree where else to go—Mr. Susskind wants to go to California, where most of his business is, and Mrs. Susskind wants to go to Israel, where she feels they, belong.. Until they agree, they will stay in Berlin. The Jewish youth in Berlin are surprisingly active in the Jewish community. Most of them belong to a Zionist youth, movement, and they meet to discuss Jewish issues, speak Hebrew, and practice Israeli dance a few times every week. They all learn Hebrew in their Zionist group, the older kids helping to teach the younger ones. By the time they are in high, school, they are nearly fluent in Hebrew and hold all their youth group discussions in Hebrew.
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Think of this as Chq)ter III of the ongoing tale of Bert and the (omputer. I've tried—God knows I've really tried to get along with it. I've made every effort to follow its instructions, to do whatever it says I must do. I've overcome all my natural tendencies to say nuts to it and just continue to do my column in the old way, on my typewriter which at least shows a little respect. What thanks do I get? Does it take good care of the material I crank into its little electronic inteUect? Yes and no is the answer to that one. I know land I have a reputable witness) I fed a certain column into the computer a short time ago. I also know it's never been seen or heard from again. The people on the receiving end haven't seen it and I can't find the printed copy. So now, I ask you, is that cause for aggravation or what? I will admit I was proud to be asked to take care of all my own articles. I was given n»y own (you should excuse the expression) floppy disk on which nothing else was to appear. I took exception to that whole business until it was explained that "floppy disk" was only a term and had nothing to do with one's brains or figure. Actually it's an ingenious little plastic doodad on which jillions of printed words can be stored and later coughed up to appear on a screen. So what happened to my words which I entrusted to this disk? I was assured it would take good care of them, and certainly I could count on having those words appear whenever I called for them. So where are they? The logical answer is, of course, they were never put in to begin with— right? Fine. I certainly believe in logic. 1 even believe in computers, as long as they show a little respect. I tried to explain it in the office, but nobody took me seriously. I carefully told them a -writer's Words are her own creation, like a child. They were personaUy made and not meant to be dealt with loosely. To lose them is Uke having a child kidnapped. This is not to imply that I'd pay a ransom to the finder who returned my column. (I might be persuaded to bake a batch of favorite cookies, however. Might, I said.) Alright, maybe the analogy about words and kids is overdoing it, but I'm still looking for the lost item. Some years ago I learned never to submit a piece of work without having a copy. I felt safe with the magic machine—my mistake. I '11 never trust it again. Just like an editor's desk ate the only copy of that early column, something ate this last one. I can only hope whoever (or whatever) the culprit is will come forth and confess. After all, it's the decent thing to do.
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Bond dinner Reservations for the Aug. ,30 Israel Bond dinner in Lincoln at which U.S. Senator .]. J. Exon will speak, may be made by calling 341 1177, Yale Gotsdiner. Lincoln general chairman, has announced. He said last week that more than 100 reservations already had been made.
Documentary on TV Tiie Simon Weisenthal Center produced awardwinning documentary, "Genocide," will be shown on Nebraska Eductional Television, Monday, Aug. 24,-9 p.m.
The Young at Heart will meet Aug, 26. 11:4.5 a,m,, at the Knolls Country Club, 1 Art Abrams will preside , at the business meeting which precedes lunch. Nutritionist Connie Fisher will discuss diets, exercise and other health related subjects. Bingo will follow. By Gii Sedan Reservations may be JERUSALEM (JTAJ made with LeReine Abrams, 474-4076 and Faye Yevgeny Antipov, head of the three-man Soviet consuUnger, 489-2882, lar delegation that arrived Persons who wish to par- in Israel recently, indicated ticipate in the Tifereth Is- that the Soviet diplomatic rael High Holiday services presence in Israel, however low-level, may not end with should call the office, his delegation's departure, Antipov, who is deputy director of the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Consular I A Dessert for ill Occasions I Department, told the JeruI LowC»la1es-FK-CMesterol ) salem Post that the length of his group's stay in Israel J Free medium popcorn wilti would "depend on how soon I purchase ot one quart of Yogurt witti we will accomplish our I Ihis coupon. (One coupon per family) tasks," He said he was sure they would return to the USSR before their 90-day visas expire. IT923 •leade-HaraW'i Squari { But he was also sure that L —I they will be replaced by "other officials'- of "a consular character," Antipov insisted that the sole purpose of their visit, the first in 20 years by an
Jerusalem On this week's "Hello Jersualem," on Cox Channel 7, Sunday at 2 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m., Walter Zanger hosts a visit to Massada. Mark Twain's journey through the Holy Land is retraced and the story of what brings Christian film makers to Israel to produce films and TV shows is told. Also on the program is a review of the activities of the Israeli Forum, young leaders of Israel, and their American counterparts.
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The Magic Theatre will unveil a new project beginning today which will involve weekly oral readings of new plays and plays from the 60s. According to the announcement, the activity will be free to the public and information may be obtained by calling 346-1227.
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