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Beth El to build The Board of Trustees of Beth El Synagogue has announced plans to build a new facility on property the congregation owns near 144th and California Streets. In a letter to the congregation, Ozzie Nogg, president, said,"We're going to build a new house of worship that will carry with it the warmth, joy and traditions of Beth El today. That will reflect the energy, commitment and potential of Beth El tomorrow." The letter also announced that Phil Schrager has been appointed general chairman of the Beth El Synagogue building project. Mrs. Nogg pointed out that the trustees acted only after two years of "careful and sensitive" deliberations. She said that in 1985, a long-range committee was established and a year later recommended to the trustees that fund-raising and planning for a new synagogue begin. Before deciding, the Board of Trustees studied the feasibility to determine if the membership was in favor of a new building, what a new building would cost, and whether the money could be raised to build it. She said the study concluded that congregational interest in a new building is high, that costs of the facility are within reach, that initial fund-raising has produced significant pledges and that financial support from the congregation can be anticipated.
Picture This Damty Knlly, (left) a student at Westaide Middle School, shows the photos that he took of hit friend Michael Baasik, of Millard North Jimior High, on the day of Mike's Bar MUatah ut Temple laraeL He (diotoe appear in Plctare Tltia, a book of people and places ia Onalw idtotographed by children aa a fnnd-raiaiiig project for the Child Savings In•tttnte. The project was conceived by Mary Benut^ and Nancy Noddle of Events, Inc., and Larry Kavitdi played a major part in securing the photography.
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The Jewish Federation of Council Bluffs will honor David Gallner, Sunday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., in B'nai Israel Synagogue'. According to the announcement, the event marks the annual United Jewish Appeal effort and the guest speaker will be ' Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of Beth Israel Synagogue. The dinner charge is $8 per person and reservations may be made by calling Sandra Kurland at 323-8885.
Rabbi Kassel Abelson is the scholar-inresidence for tonight at 8:15 p.m., Saturday during morning services at 9:30 a.m., and during a Sunday breakfast at 10 a.m. The programs are open to the community without charge. Rabbi Abelson is spiritual leader of Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis and president of The Rabbinical Assembly.
Dynamic duo launches 'pipeline of aid'
By Morris Maline Omaha businessman Sol Parsow and Soviet Jewry activist Shirley Goldstein have launched a "pipeline of aid" to help immigrants arriving in Israel. The unique supply line involves the sending of new clothes and personal simdry items directly to the Soviet Jewry Education and Information Center which is run by Glim in Israel. The first shipment, involving an estimated $30,000 worth of donated clothing and supplies, is under way at this very moment. Motivation for the enterprise is twofold: Mr. Parsow has been inspired by his relationship with Refusenik Sasha Murinson and his family and their recent release from the Soviet Union—with the participation, Mr. Parsow believes, of industrialist Armand Hammer. And Mrs. Goldstein, chairman of thj Soviet Jewry Committee, has been motivated to start the direct aid program as a result of dissatisfaction with the progress of the Jewish Agency in providing adequate help to the immigrants. Their separate interests have merged, and their first combined effort—14 large bags of supplies—are being hand carried by members of the Omaha Jewish community visiting larael.
In Mr. Parsow's case, his interest in helping Soviet Jews beyond normal channels started in 1984-85 during a trip to Russia. He met Sasha, his brother, Yuri,_ and their widowed mother, Ethel, and maintained an ongoing interest in the family. During a long air trip, Mr. Parsow read Hammer, an autobiography of Armand Hammer, and was so impressed that he wrote a letter upon his return home. "It was on the occasion of Mr. Hammer's 89th birthday, so I enclosed a miniature hanuner with a black ebony handle and then described the case of Sasha Murinson and his family." Mr. Parsow said he described Sasha as a "Jew wishing to be free" and then asked Mr. Hammer to help. The letter was sent by Express Mail June 9. On June 22, Mr. Parsow received a letter from Mr. Hammer thanking him for the letter and the kind comments about the book and the sift. "He also said that he would look into the Murinson situation." On June 29, Mr. Parsow received a telephone call from Sasha who excitedly announced that the family's emigration papers had arrived and that they were free to leave the Soviet Union once they paid about $5,000 in taxes to
the Soviet government. Mr. Parsow recruited some of his friends to help, the money was raised, and on Sept. 1, the family arrived.in Jerusalem "free at last." Mr. Parsow said that he wrote Mr. Hammer a]gain relating Sasha's comments as speaking "with a voice of freedom." "I also wrote that a hammer is a tool directed by the brain which sends a signal to the arm to strike an object.,. you are that force which freed three Jewish people." Mr. Hanmier's reply, said Mr. Parsow, included the comment,"! have helped many Jews emigrate to Israel." "I am convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, that Armand Hammer made it possible for the Murinsons to leave the Soviet Union." Mr. Parsow added that Sasha is now enrolled at Hebrew University and that he intends to start a local campaign to raise funds for his college education. "My interest was aroused by Mrs. Goldstein years ago when she brought an immigrant to my house. I emptied my closet of clothes and gave them to the mdividual... when he asked why I did this, I told him that (Continued on Page 8)
Thousands to demonstrate in Washington on eve of Reagan/Gorbachev summit By David Friedman WASHINGTON (JTA) -lAa Nudel and Vladimir and Maria Slepak, three long-time refuaeoiks who recently immigrated to Israel, will join thousands of Ainerican Jews and non-Jews in a demonstration for Soviet Jewry on the Mall here Dec. 6, the eve of the summit meeting between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Plans for the "Washington Mobilization" was announced at a press conference here MondiQr by the Suinmit III Task Force, representing 60 national Jewish organizations, and 300 local federations and councils, which has been planning the demonstratim for nearly two years. The mobilization is expected to be the largest Jewish demonstration ev6r held in Washington, according to Jacqueline Leyine, chairperson of the Washington Mobilization and former chairperson of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory (Council. But she emphasized that the demonstration vilTalso include thou-
sands of non-Jews who support the struggle for Soviet Jewry. "The mobilization will serve as a watch to guarantee and stimulate" both the United States and the Soviet Union to keep the issue of human rights high on the agenda during the talks between Reagan and Gorbachev, Morris Abram, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, which organized the Task Force, said. "The principle that we will be emphasizing time and again is that while no one ia adking for any direct linkage of arms reduction and human rights or emigration, the credibility of the Soviet Union and the good faith and the return to the normal relationships, which we all hop>e for, will be measured and tested by whether the Soviet Union complies with its obligations under international law, international treaties and the Helsinki Accords," Abram said. Abram said the joint U.S.-Soviet statement issued by the White House after Reagan announced Gorbachev accepted his invitatkn to a summit Dec. 7 was "historic."
He explained that this was because the statement stressed that the suznmit would be "a substantive meeting which covers the full range of issues between the two countries" and would seek to make "significant headway over the full range of these issues." 'f Abram credited the "persistance" of Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz in making human rights an agenda item in meetings with the Soviets in changing Moscow's attitude that human rights was strictly an internal matter. The demonstration, which will start at the Ellipse and conclude at the Lincoln Memorial, .will be "dignified and orderly," Abram said. "This is not a demonstration against," Levine said, "This is a demonstration for, for a process of emigration which will be sustained, which will be substantive in terms of the numbers of people who will be able to leave and which will be systematic so that Soviet Jews know what to expect when they apply for visas.'[
Levine noted that the demonstration will allow participants to "make our feelings Imown by making our presence known." She said that just as during the civil rights movement, the demonstration will be one of the "very few times in life" when a single person by his or her presence can feel that he or she "made a difference." Martin Stein, national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, said the mobilization demonstrates the Jewish principle that "all Jews are responsible one for another." He said that the UJA is boving its National Campaign Cabinet meeting from New York to Washington so that UJA leaders can pai^ ticipate in the demonstration. Abram said the sununit comes at a time when there has been "welcome" progress for Soviet Jews. He said 921 Jews emigrated from the USSR in October and near'ly 6,000 Jews have left so far this year; all Prisoners of Conscience have been released, and no teacher of Hebrew has been arrested ^ for a year. I'd
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Baleboss of the Month Mitchell's Spinach-Broccoli Lasagna 1 lb. Ireth spinach (or 1 pkg. frozen) large bunch of broccoli <A lb. laugna noodles (cooked) 1 cup ricotta cheese Vt cup grated Cheddar cheese 2 cups favorite tomato sauce Vi lb. mozzarella cheese Vt cup grated parmesan cheese 1 red onion 2 medium tomatoes oregano, basil and garlic Mitchell Warren to taste) -^ Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wash spinach and steam ~^ ^ ,1or 2 minutes (or prepare frozen spinach according to i directions). Chop cooked spinach, mix with ricotta cheese . and half of cheddar cheese. Wash broccoli and • steam for 5 minutes. Spread bottom of 9x13 pan \with enough tomato sauce to cover. Arrange a j layer of lasagna noodles over sauce. Top noo'dles with 1/3 spinach mixture, 1/3 sauce, 1/3 broccoli, 1/3 mozzarella, the rest of cheddar and Sithe parmesan. Cover top layer of cheeses with ^slices of tomato and red onion. Sprinkle with \^-r^ ^oregano, basil and garlic. Bake uncovered for 25 •^ jifo 30 minutes or until cheese bubbles. Let stand >( 10 minutes before serving. Serve with warm garlic bread and wine.
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the late Harold Zelinsky, is a legislative specialist at the law firm of Hogan and Hartson in Washington, D. C. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. The bridegroom, son of Earlene House of Cape Coral, Fla., and the late Landon Chapman, is president of Classic Events, Inc., a videography studio in Falls Church, Va. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Oxford University, England. The couple will reside in Falls Church. A wedding trip to Austria in December is planned.
FAYE (KATZMAN) GRALNICK Word has been received of the death in San Mat'eo, Calif., of former Omahan Faye (Katzman) Gralnick, 67. Services were held in San Francisco. Survivors: daughters, Harriet Munger, Milpitas, Calif., and Sandi Schneider, Antioch, Calif.; son, Alan Gralnick, Woodinville, Wash.; brdther, Maynard Katzman, Omaha; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Cemetery for Dave Bernstein of Chicago. Survivors: brother, Isadore Bernstein, Omaha; sisters, Bess Katzman, Omaha, and Dorothy Rogoff, Miami Beach, Fla.
DAVE BERNSTEIN Graveside services were held Oct. 25 at B. H. H.
LILLIAN HERMAN Graveside services were held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery on Nov. 2 for Lillian Berman, a resident of the Rose Blumkin Home. Survivors: brothers, Sam and Roy Berman. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Home or your favorite charity are suggested.
Carol and Larry GoldStrom announce the Sept. 17 birth of a son, Benjamin Cummings. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bemie Goldstrom and Irene Cummings and the late Gayle Cummings. Great-grandmother is Rose Goldstrom. Debbie and Ron Fellman of Newton Highlands, Mass., announce the Oct. 8 birth of a son, Matthew Clark. The Fellmans also have a daughter, Becky. Grandparents are Mary Fellman and the late Morris C. Fellman, and Evelyn and Alvin Clark of Cohasse.t, Mass.
Linda and Ralph Spaulding of Albany, N.Y., announce the Oct. 17 birth of a daughter, Melanie Anne. Grandparents are Margie and Marlon Soraberg. Great-grandmothers are Rosaline Somberg and Ruth Shapiro, all of Omaha.
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MONTH OK SUNDAYThe Temple Israel Sisterhood Month of Sundays program for Nov. 15 virill feature Dr. Michelle Knolla, OB-Gyn. Dr. KnoUa's topic will be "PMS." The program is open to the community and will be held 10 a.m.- noon. Refreshments will be served and sitter service will be available. Admission is $1 per person. Reservations for the program and for sitter service must be made with the Temple office, 556-6536, by Nov. 12. HADASSAH Hadaasah will hold a board meeting on Nov. 11, ; 9:30 a.m., at (he Livingston Plrza Apartments. NATIONAL BOARD Tentple Israel Sisterhood's Noni Seiner has been elected to a four-year term on the board of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (NPTS). Mrs. Seiner was installed at the NFTS Biennial, which was held in Chicago Oct 28-Nov. 2. The Biennial marked the 75th anniversary of NFTS. Mrs. Seiner is presently serving a two-year term as recording secretary of NFTS District 20, which covers 19. Sisterhoods in a
; She has also served as District 20 corresponding secretary and Omaha Temple Israel Sisterhood president. Other Sisterhood Biennial delegates were Jane Brooks, Phyllis Roffman and Renee Barack.
Soviet Jewry By Bonnie Pawloski and Ruth Potash This week the Omaha Soviet Jewry Committee suggests that Omahans write to Soviet refusenik Rabo Anisimov, 39. In 1978, he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel to be reunited with a relative in Kiryat Yam. He was denied on the basis of army service. As an unskilled laborer, it is unlikely he ever came into contact with classified information, either military or civilian. Write to him at: Lenina St. 46/2, Derbent, Dagestanskaya ASSR, USSR. PROF. GUTTMAN DIES MINNEAPOLIS (JTA) — Prof. Nahum Guttman, a world-renown pioneer in educational and behavioral testing, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital of cancer at the age of 71.
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Catholic/Jewish dialogue The Omaha Jewish community is in an ideal position to carry on a dialogue with leaders of the Catholic community here. This conclusion most likely was reached by the more than 200 who attended such a discussion Monday night at the Jewish Community Center. Participating in the discussion were Rabbi Myer Kripke, rabbi emeritus of Beth El Synagogue and adjunct associate professor of theology at Creighton University, and the Rev. Michael Allsopp, associate professor of theology at Creighton. Also, many members of the audience were no less impressive in having credentials suited for religious dialogue. Among the attendees were Dr. Menachem Mor, the first scholar to' be named to the Klutznick Chair at Creighton, and several members of Creighton's faculty. The relationship between Creighton and the Omaha Jewish community is a long-standing one, but now is a relationship which seems to be on the verge, of rapid growth. The relationship crystallized just recently through the efforts of Ethel and Phillip Klutznick whose $1 million gift established a Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton. The endowed chair is linked to the Jewish Federation in that 10 percent of the income will be used to assist the Federation in conducting programs utilizing the talents of the scholar in Jewish Civilization. Mr. Klutznick, a graduate of Creighton, has long been active in regional, national, and international Jewish affairs. So one might say that there now exists a growing bond of cooperation between Creighton and the Omaha Jewish community, a bond that undoubtedly will grow stronger over time. Creighton is an independent Catholic University operated by the Jesuit fathers and its enrollment is estimated at niore than 6,000. The initial dialogue between Rabbi Kripke and Father Allsopp followed the community reception for Dr. Mor and his family. A second dialogue will take place Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Congratulations to all who have a hand in this program.
WASHINGTON (JTA) - President Reagan nominated U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Douglas Ginsburg as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate he would be the sixth Jew to serve on the high court, the first since 1969. The announcement was made before a cheering audience in the East Room of the White House by R«agan. He urged the Senate to act quickly to prevent the type of opposition that led to the rejection by the Senate of his first nominee to replace Justice Lewis Powell, Judge Robert Bork. Reagan said the 41-year-old Ginsburg is "unpretentious" and "highly respected by his peers." He noted that Ginsburg was confirmed unanimously last year when he was named to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Ginsburg, who was bom in Chicago, has not participated in any Jewish activities, according to Jewish sources here. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Chicago Law School. He was a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall. An assistant professor and then professor at-the Harvard Law School from 1975 to 1983, Ginsburg served the Reagan Administration first as an official in the
Dr. Milton Simons named pathologist of the year CHICAGO-TheCollege of American Pathoiogists (CAP) has named Milton Simons, MD, the recipient of the 1987 Pathologist of the Year award, a selection made from the membership of 10,000 board-certified pathoiogists. The award is given for outstanding contribution to the field of pathology and to its professional organization. Editor's note: The following article on Dr. Simons was published in
the October-November issue of the Bulletin, the official publication of the Omaha Medical Society, and is being reprinted with permission: By John R. MitcheU, M.D. "I would not advise a young man to refrain from going into pathology today! The problems of independent practice are great and probably will increase, but they will be accepted as facts of life by the next generation!"
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From left, Dr. Menachem Mor; children, Alon, Carmit, Amir, and wife, Devora, at the reception in the Jewish Community Center Monday night.
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Justice Department's Antitrust Division and then in the Office of Management and Budget. He returned to the Justice Department in 1985 as an Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division. He has specialized in antitrust and economic regulations and has not written about civil rights and sodal issuee, the areas which brought about the opposition to Bork. Reagan noted that while a conservative, Ginsburg has had the respect of liberals. Before the announcement there had been speculation that Reagan would name either a Jew or a woman to the court to blunt criticism from two of the major groups that had been opposed to the Bork nomination. The first Jew named to the Supreme Court was Louis Brandeis, who served from 1916 to 1939. He was followed by Benjamin Cardozo, 1932-38; Felix Frankfurter, 1939-62; Arthur Goldberg, 1962-65, and Abe Fortas, 1965-69. Goldberg resigned from the court when President Johnson named him Ambassador to the United Nations. Fortas resigned after charges of improper conduct. In 1968, Johnson sought to name Fortas as Chief Justice, but Soiate conservatives blocked the confirmation until Johnson left office.
By Marlene Goldman NEW YORK (JTA) - 1924, Solow refers to himThis year's Nobel Prizes self as an "old-fashioned have so far been awarded to Jewish boy from Brooklyn." two men with Jewish roots: Although his Jewish past U.S. Economist Robert consists of more cultural Solow and Soviet-born ties than religious, accordAmerican poet Joseph ing to his wife, Barbara, she Brodsky. said "his Jewish backSolow, a 63-year-old ground has given him professor of economics at values and standards that the Massachusetts Insti- he adheres to." tute of Technology, Boston, Solow is also a financial won the Nobel Prize in Eco- supporter of the Peace Now nomics for what the fivemovement in Israel. member selection commitBrodsky, 47, won the tee described as a development of a mathematical Nobel Literature Prize. He model that long-term said he hoped the prize growth depends on techno- would expand knowledge logical progress, not only on and exposure to Russian poetry and help the liberalizacapital and labor. According to Prof. Assar tion process in the Soviet Lindbeck of the University Union. Brodsky was born in of Stockholm, a member of the selection committee, Leningrad to a Jewiah famSolow'a studies, dating back ily, but there is no indication to 1956 and 1957, pioneered that he now lives Jewishly. the theory that "technology He dropped out of school at meant much more for the age 15 and became a manual growth rate than increases laborer, writing poetry in in labor and capital." These his spare time. But his results induced govern- poems upset the authorities ments to "push higher edu- and in 1964 he was concation and technological re- victed of "social parasitism" and sentenced to five search." His emphasis remains on years' hard labor in an Arcthe increase of knowledge in - tic labor camp. improved technology and His strife in the labor camp sparked international human skills. Solow is the 16th Ameri- interest in his poems and on can to win or share the eco- international protest that nomics prize, which this led to his early release after year totals $330,000, since it serving 18 months. In 1972, was first given 18 years ago. he was deported from the Born in New York in Soviet Union.
This was the kind of thoughtful view advanced by Dr. Milton Simons, designated by the American College of Pathoiogists as "Pathologist of the Year." "The events that bother older practitioners seem restrictive because of their background in a freer time!" Dr. Simons, a past president of the Metropolitan Omaha Medical Society, has a long history of service to organized m^cine. He is a fellow of the American College of Pathoiogists and represents it on the Joint Professional and Technical ' Advisory Conunittee of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospitals. He also participates in the National Invitational Clinical Indicators Forum organized by the same body. The designation of "Pathdogist of the Year" is the single selection of the College of Ainerican Pathoiogists made each year and is supported by the Scientific Products Division of the American Hospital Supply Corporation. He is the fourth 80 distinguished from our community. The others. Dr. Jerald Schenken, our current president, his father John R. (Rudy) Schenken, M.D.. and Dr. C. A. McWhorter, ore long time supporters of our society. Dr. Simons was bom in Sioux City <A emigrant parents who came to this c«Nintry in 1914. While literate, they did not speak EngliBh when thiqr euae awl hai only the basic education available in pre World War I Russia, lii^ faced the twin difficulties of making their way and learning a new language in a culture very different from that which they obtained in their youth. Moving to Omaha in 1917, his fathn- worked as a furrier and Milton came through the Omaha School systam, graduating from Central High School. After high school, he attended Creighton University as an tmdergraduate and, bdieving that World War II would predhide his attending Medical School, majored in ROTC. Instead,
he was found eligible for the Navy V12 program and graduated from the Univer- • sity of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1947. His interest in Pathology grew and, after his internship at the Mount Sinai of Cleveland, he was accepted for further training in that department at the University of Nebraska. On completion, he became a diplomat of the American Board in that specialty. A stint in the Air Foi-ce followed at Offutt Air Force Base, where he pioneered as their first pathologist. He then went to work for Lutheran Hospital and has been there since. He pioneered drug testing in Omaha because of Lutheran's association with Richard Young Hospital. For many years, the hospital was a center for such activity. Dr. Simons was interested in forensic medicine and for 17 years did medical legal autopsies for the coroner's office. An active teacher, he now holds the rank of Clinical Professor of Pathology at the University of Nebraska. Married to the former Maxine Rafkin, an Omaha girl, for 42 years, he was the father of an active family of four children. Three were daughters, and two became raecUcai techadogiBts. Dr. Gerald SiaaaDS, his SM, is a otolaryagdogist in Omaha. Qpteiatk about the practice of BedidBe, Dr. SkionB is fnmi of the nde pathotogists have played in setting a U|^ staadard fer scientific medidiie. "For many years the American CoBege of Pathdogy has had as its main activity the setting of goals of performance for hospital laboratories." While a Washington office is maintained, it has been most influential in its work with Federal officials in promoting understanding of the ' role of pathology in the provision of quality medicine. Political activity is closely coordinated with that of the AMA. It is reassuring to have men of his caliber representing the community.
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Next meeting is Nov. 10. At the Oct. 27 earlybirds, Steven Rod, Federation executive director, told us how the Jewish Federation relates to the United Way of the Midlands. He asked for assistance. We discussed the market crash and its effects. Judge Bork and Social Security, to mention a few. At lunch, Al Oruch assisted Mollie: Motzi by Ed Kahn, Benschen by Hafry Schulman. Sunshine chairman Norm Wohfaier said that George Lerman and Elmer Greenberg are Hospitalized. We stood in memoriam for Dave Hahn. Secretary Dave Dvorkin presented new (and paid-up) member Art Parilman, and Leonard Krasne, who has returned. He also asked for dues through a poem he wrote. We sang to the October birthday boys. Dr. Dick Shugrue, Creighton University Law Professor, was the guest speaker. His humorous presentation enlightened us on the forthcoming elections, offered expert opinion on the respective Democratic and republican candidates for the House and Senate, and discussed the importance of issues. It was a highly educational lecture.
Bess Katleman, a life-long resident of Lincoln, died Oct. 24 at the Age of 101. She was a member of the South Street Temple, a Life member of Hadassah and a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Interment was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ian Jacknis officiating. The Lincok Jewish Welfare Federation will present "Federation Follies" at the Hilton Hotel at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8. The program is designed as a thank you for supporters of the Federation. Refreshments will be served before and after the show.
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The Nov. 3 Tifereth Israel Sisterhood meeting was chaired by Nancy Coren. Dessert preceded the meeting, arranged by Leelo Sommerhauser and Irene Gotsdiner.
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Lincoln B'nai Jeshufun SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Worship service conducted by Rabbi Deborah Pipe-Mazo. A report on the Biennial convention will be given and officers wil.l be installed. The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Suzanne and Steve Kalish. Saturday; Adult Hebrew Class, 9:30 a.ni. Adult B'nai Mitzvah class, 10 a.m.
Lincoln Tifereth Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays: 7:15 a.m.
Blumkin Home SERVICES: Friday: 7 p.m. Daily and Saturday: The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Chapel. Kiddush follows services on Shabbat.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each month, 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. B'nai Israel Synagogue offers services led by members of the congregation. Volunteer Cantor Mandy Greene leads the singing. Everyone is invited to attend. , Persons interested in car pools may call Scott Kotzen, 402-553-3334.
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SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emit Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 8:15 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow services. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Mincha-Ma'ariv, 5 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Learn Series with the rabbi will continue on Nov. 12 at noon in the synagogue. TORAH WEEKEND Rabbi Kassel Abelson, president of th6 Rabbinical Society and spiritual leader of Beth El in Minneapolis, will speak on Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday morning. WOMEN'S LEAGUE Beth El Women's League will have a luncheon on Nov. 10,12:30 p.m., highlighting Kibbutz Hanaton, the Conservative kibbutz in Israel. SHABBAT DINNER Mishpacha will hold the monthly Shabbat Fanuly Dinner on Nov. 13 following services.
SERVICES: Friday: kabbalat Shabbat. 4:45 p.m. Late evening service, 8 p.m. Rachel Shyken, daughter of Yafa and Keva Shyken, will become a Bat Mitzvah. Grandparents are Sam Shyken of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yadida of Israel The Oneg Shabbat reception following the service will be in honor of the Bat Mitzvah celebrant. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. The D'var Torah will be presented by Aaron Hostyk. A kiddush luncheon in honor of Rachel Shyken's Bat Mitzvah will follow in the synagogue social hall. It will be sponsored by her grandfather, Sam Shyken. Class with the rabbi, 4 p.mMincha, 4:45 p.m., followed by Shalosh S'eudos, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. YOUTH SERVICES The semi-monthly "Little People's Service" will be held Nov. 7,^0 a.m., in the kindergarten room, under the direction of Shirley Goodman. This service is for all students in prekindergarten through second grades. Talmud Torah students meet twice weekly at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. A luncheon, sponsored by Sam Shyken, will be served in the social hall to all youth service participants. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire service, 9 a.m. The service is followed by breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with Rabbi Nadoff. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. SISTERHOOD The Sisterhood's annual Donor Luncheon will be held Nov. 10. 12:30 p.m.
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Parashat VaYera Sodomy and Heartlessness There is, of course, a sinful. At the same time, we wetJth of idea connected are compelled neither to acwith and emerging from the cept nor to deny the Bible's story of the destruction of opinion. the wicked cities of Sodom But certainly it is worth and Gomorrah. I will deal nothing that in the rabbinic with one only, and not the Midrash, the rabbis put most important, of all the their emphasis not on moral insights implicit in homosexuality but on the the story. Not the most im- other sins they assign to the portant? No—but the one Sodomites; adultery, xenoclosest to our interests and phobia (they were against anxieties today. "foreigners" entertaining We must note that the their towns and enjoying wickedness of the city of their luxuries), utter lack of Sodom is pointed up Bibli- compassion (indeed they cally as homosexuality. It is punished compassion), robassumed that that was not bery, and violence. all of it, of course—but at The rabbis of the Midthe climax of the story homosexuality rises to the rash, in short, emphasized attention of the reader as the social immorality of the the besetting sinfulness of Sodomites. It was this, the populace. The story does rather than homosexuality, not hold back from the sug- in their opinion, that gestion, horrifying though it doomed the cities of the is, that even the "angels" plains to destruction. It was who had spoken with Abra-. the undermining of the ham and were now Lot's bases of good the society guests, wer^ to be subjected that loomed large in the eyes of the ancient rabbinito hMnosexual rape. School children studying cal teachers. In our day, the plague of the Bible are (correctly!) shielded from this. And in AIDS will cost us all dearly, an earlier generation it was for in the long run taxunmentionable, just as Ib- payers will have to bear the sen was unable to articulate enormous costs in caring for in so many words what ve- those smitten. Both in dealnereal disease he was writ- ing with them, and more iming about. Dr. Hertz, in his portant, in dealing with the commentary, calls the Sodo- problems that always inhere mites' sins "nameless in social life, the rabbis abominations and depravi- would have us emphasizi ties." At long last, whether compassion—brother! for good or Ul, we need not love, social responsibility, hold back on naming the sin human tenderness—as the for which Sodom and Go- touchstone of the good society. It was heartlessness, morrah were destroyed. We cannot avoid noting even more than homosexuthat the Bible assumes this ality, that brought Sodom's "alternative lifestyle" to be society to its end.
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B'nai B'rith lodges establish $15,000 fund to support BBYO By Lynda Frank The Omaha B'nai B'rith Youth Organization has a brighter future thanks to thp generosity of Cornbusker Lodge and Henry Monsky Lodge. The two B'nai B'rith lodges have established a $15,000 Omaha B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Fund "to provide continuing support and benefit for the activities and programs of BBYO in Omaha." Dave Siegel, co-president of Comhusker Lodge, and Harding Collis, president of Henry Monsky Lodge, said the lodges hav^ always supported BBYO financially and wanted to fund the organization in the future. "It's in everyone's benefit that BBYO flourishes," said Mr. Siegel. "BBYO is the
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It will allow them to plan programs that would otherwise not be possible." "The fund is not designed to make up their budget," Mr. Collis said, "but is money over and above their normal budget. It allows them to do some future and long-range planning and we keep the money in the community." What excited Cornbelt BBYO Advisory Board chairman Ellen Gordman the most was "a renewed interest from B'nai B'rith to support BBYO. Also, it gives the kids an opportunity to do new things without having to scramble for money." She said BBYO needs "new blood and programming and with the fund they can do more innovative things." She sees an opportunity to renew old BBYO programs, such as stage night; to continue programs, such as Advisor Recognition Month; and to provide some special social activities. Although some funding is already available for leadership training programs, she said the fund would possibly allow a yearround program and the ability to bring in speakers. According to Jerold Rosen, endowment director of the Jewish Federation . Foimdation of Omaha which is administering the ftmd, "We will invest the gifts and take care of distributions." And, he noted, "We add a degree of permanency to this gift because we have the facility to manage the funds indefinitely." . The terms of the fund specify funding will come only from the interest earned, so it will be some time before money from the fund is available.
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'Qualities' By Madeleine Firestone When I first read Ruth Gendler's "Book of Qualities," I was struck by the simple but profound insights in the various qualities she describes—and there are close to a hundred of them. They are qualities that are familiar to all of us, such as longing, grief, pleasure and creativity, and how we deal with them. The Omaha Playhouse has come up with an ingenious way to present them on the stage.
A review The first act is done in three parts in which the characters are introduced in their various qualities, while part two is a masquerade where the characters get to act out their qualities in costumes. The Gulizia Brothers wrote the music and provided the various sound effects. I particularly enjoyed the scene when Certainty and Uncertainty meet and cavort in a short and fuimy song and dance. Variations on Courage and Fear was well done by the whole company, and in a scene entitled Excitement, the whole company dotmed orange socks. There were indepth portrayals of qualities with dancing and singing, and it was all very well done. The thing that is so appealing about this show is that it is fresh, insightful and philosophical, without taking itself too seriously. . Since I'm familiar with the printed "Qualities," it was like meeting old friends in a new dimension and seeing them come to life on stage. It is an entertaining and creative offering that will whet your appetite to get the book and take "Qualities" home with you. Ruth Gendler is a former Omahan, daughter of Irv and Natalie Gendler, who now makes her home in California.
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Basketball league champs The Jewish Conununity Center Health and Physical Education department's new "Over 30 Men's Faat Break Basketball League" announced its first champions Oct. 26. The league consisted of four teams in a double round robin schedule with the champion determined by the league record.
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1 guess I'm not really what you could call a sports fan. That is, I won't watch just any game, regardless of what it is. 1 have my favorites, such as football and basketball, but after that, drop your voice. The current (as 1 write this! craziness with the World Series leaves me almost completely disinterested, as does baseball in general. But—one thing that prevails throughout organized sports of all kinds absolutely fascinates me. Names. 1 don't mean team names—I mean player names. I get such a laugh out of walking past a television and hearing the announcer say that "Mookie just did it again!" Mookie, for crying out loud! What kind of name is that? Is it a nickname from childhood or what? And isn't he old enough to have a regular grown-up name like John or Jack or Bill? Then, another favorite for me is somebody who is called "Goose." I don't even want to think about why anyone would be called Goose; you have to admit it's silly. Does he have a long neck or does he make a peculiar noise like the barnyard fowl or what? Beats me. An old timer in the baseball circuit is Yogi Berra. I think that's his last name. I'm positive about the Yogi part because I 've always loved hearing it. And, to make it even better, he's something of a character in the Malaprop department, resulting in the fact that his name is more than a little familiar. But still funny, don't you think? I'd be hard pressed to come up with one winning name that was different enough to win a prize, but if there's going to be a contest, then "Bubba" has to be an entry. If you ever.noticed, Bubba is invariably a gigantic hulk, no matter who or what he plays. And among those same physical lines, a player of the last couple of seasons is called Refrigerator. I don't want to know his weight. I also don't want to ever bump into him! I was discussing the funny names in sports with a friend and'he claimed that names in the past used to have some logic to them; he cited somebody called Slinging Sammy Baugh as an example. His name described his style. And then there was a football hero called Crazy Legs Hirsch, for his agile broken field-running. In an almanac listing athletes, I found such names, as Bruiser, Toughie, Greasey, BuUdog and, believe this one or not, Blood. Well, was I right? Can you believe how goofy the names are among some of our athletes? Maybe it's because of the informality of the sports world—I mean you'd never hear a clever attorney called Smarts Bailey or a brilliant surgeon nicknamed Slicer deBaakey. For that matter, a genius inventor wouldn't be known as Egghead Einstein. No, we have a lot more latitude in the sports arena. I'm kind of glad. It adds a little more fun to the gaipe, for me at least, to hear those silly names.
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