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Omaha to join Washington demonstration

^^' By Morris Maline A delegation from the Omaha Jewish community will join with an estimated 200,000 other Americans in making a summit statement in behalf of human rights. At a qMcial meeting Wednesday night, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation authorized an expenditure of up to $10,690 to help subsidize the group trip. Those aelected by the ADL/CRC committee will fly to Washington to participate in a demonstration on Dec. 6, the eve of the summit meeting between President ReAgan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The ADL/CRC committee had requested $14,980, but the only working funds available without dipping into reserves was the Federation's contingency balance of $10,590. The vote of approval came after one-andone-half hours of discussion in which concerns were raised: * How would the delegation mix be established? * Who would watch out for the teenagers on the trip? * What about inclement weather? * Will travdl take place on Shabbat?

• Where will the money come Come from? * And what about the lack of adequate funding for local needs? These were some of the questions debated by members of the Federation Board and members of the Budget and Allocation Committee. The B&A members had been invited to express their opinions, but were not eligible to vote. Soviet Jewry activists Shirley Goldstein, S<4 Parsoyr, and Alice R. Milder, fcrmer aide to Senator Charles Grassley, joined E. Robert Newman, president of ADL/CRC and Barbara Frohinan, assistant ADL/CRC director, in presenting the case for the fund request. "This is a ohce-in-a-lifetime summit and takes and share some of our same problems. But Israel is this country's number-one ally its time to show where we stand," said Mrs. in the Middle East, perhaps in the world, Goldstein. Ms. Milder, who now is a candidate for and it will always be a 8}anbol of freedom and independence for Jews everywhere." Congress, said that a delegation from In the past, Mr. Gordman has served on Omaha is necessary to demonstrate the serithe Federation's Budget and Allocations ousness of the Jeirish community's concern. "Politicians pay particular attention Committee, the board of the Jewish Community Center and is currently chairman of when the message comes directly from the Building and Grounds Committee. This homei," she said. is the first time he has chaired a division of the Campaign. "I've never been asked before," he replied. "It didn't occur to me to say 'no.' What's more, I've asked 30 men to work By Joanie Jacobson with me on the campaign and not one of Federation public relations director them has said 'no.' Nominations from the Omaha Jewish "Actually, the Pacesetter Division is commimiiy<t-lai:ge are now being accepted prob^>ly the easiest. These- are the guys by the Jewish Federatim of Omaha for the who understand the problems, accept the Justin Greenberg and Lds Jeanne Schrager responsibility and, just by being in this di- Young Leadership Awards, Humanitarian vision, demonstrate their commitment and of the Year Award and the Jewish Teen their beliefs. Leadership Award to be presented at the "I'm no great expert on Judaism or Is- Federation's Annual Meetmg on Jan. 10, rael, but I have always been ptoad that Jew- 1988. ish people represent the best in intellect, The Justin Greenberg and Lois Jeanne morals and values. Supporting the Federa- Schrager Young Leadership Awards will tion, its agencies and Israel is the beat way honor a young man and woman respecI know to maintain that quaUty of ,^wish tively, under the age of 40, who have demonlife. strated perscnal cammitment, dedicated in"We've made so much progress in the last volvement and exemplary leadarahq) qualifew years thanks to people like Tom ties in rendering service to the Jewish and Fellman, Howard Kooper and Leonard general communities. Lewis, who have led the campaign, and After his death in 1976, friends and famHarlan Noddle, Joe Kirshenbaum, Phil ily of Justin Greenberg established the Schrager, David Friedland and Howard Young Leadership Awiid aa a tribute to his Kaslow, who have been chairmen of the active rde in conununity activities. Pacesetter Division. Founded b^ Phil Schrager in 1980, the "The last thing we want to do is to take Lois Jeanne Schrager Muoorial Fund proa step backwsid," coochided Mr. Gordman. vides for college sdwlarahips and a variety "It's time to brush aside thoee easy-to-find of programs and services foir the Omaha reasons not to give. It would be a shame to Jewish conununity. In addition, this fund go back." provides for the annual presentation of the Lois Jeanne Schrager Young Leadorship Award to honor Mrs, Schrager's commitment to the volunteer sector. The winnos of the awards will receive stipends to attend the 1988 Council of Jewish Federation's General Assembly where they will be honored, along with other young leadership winners, at a special.recognition much wants to go ahead with this," even if Jackson's current schedule prevents his meeting personally with Klarsfeld at this time. Jadkson's goal is to personally ddiver By David Landau the letter to the Syrian Embassy in JERUSALEM (JTA| - Vice Premier and Washington. "It is our hope that the letter Foreign Minister Shimon Peres lashed out could be helpful," Lewis said. at Premier Yitzhak Shamir's "do-nothing" Jackson has maintained good relations peace policy and "statu:'thinking" before an with the Syrian government since his suc- appreciative audience of Jewish journalists cess in obtaining the release of U.S. Navy around the world. flier Robert Goodman in 1984. Goodman's from 'What does it mean to be united over the recamudaaanee Oif^ was shot down ovo' goal, but divided over the means?" Peres Lehanoo, and the Syrian government had aakad. "If you aren't prepared to take a first toid the U.S. government they would hdd step, you can never reach the goal" himcH>tive. "United over the goal and divided over On Nov. 1, Brunner, who was Addf Eich- the means" was the fonnula that Peres himmann's deputy in the SS and successor in self uaed-with Shamir's warm approvalVienna, gave a telephone interview to the in his speech to the U.N. General AssemChicago SoB-llnMS in which he said that bly in New York last month. the Jews "deswved to die, because they But in a more spirited and partisan mood were the devil'a agents and human garbage. in Jerusalem, Pens warned that "those Is"I have no regrets and would do it again." raelis who say an international peace con-

Gordman chairs Pacesetters By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relations director Nelson GordJman, president of Richman Gordman Stores, Inc., has been named chairman of the Pacesetter Division for the 1988 Jewish Federation of Omaha Campaign, announced Leonard Lewis, Men's Division chairman. Nelson Gordman "Nelson will lead by example," Mr. Lewis remarked. "He is a highly effective member of this community who hasiMBt consis' tantly responsive to our needs." "lliere are some things you have to do just because you're Jewish," explained Mr. Gordman,—"fw the same reason that there are things you have to do just because you're American—or because you're a man or a woman or young or old. I took this job because I believe that each of us has a responsibility to get involved—to do the job that needs to be done. We owe that to the Jewish community. "I suppose it runs in the family. My dad and brother have also chaired the Pacesetter Division and Bob Gordman is this year's Grand Gifts Division chairman. "It's not that 1 love going to more meetings. Who does? But I've been active enough over the last number of years to see the good work being dene by our local agendea uid to (q;>preciat« their needs and their "We ahrayauwkntand the aaeds of Israel I've been tlMce twice. I know it's not some perfect utaiii«>-Israelis make mia-

iltelcson 'strongly' interested in Mter to AsaKl on Brunner By Susan BimbamB NEW YORK (JTA) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson has "indicateid strong interest" in Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld's request that he send a letter urgingj^rian Piesklent Hafez Assad to extradite wanted Nazi war criminal Alms Braoner to West Germany. The Democratic presidantial candidate was woiliiM on socha letter eaily this week beI III a^iii'ifii. mmpajgii uppmirMlM-tM, turmiin^

to Anne Lewis, a political ajialyst in WaaUngton who is working with Jackson on dbs project Lewia toU Rl«rrfii(0 that such a letter would be. pnpaMd ieiMi, but the rigors of Jackaon's campaign schedule u>parentlly precluded the letter's completm, Lewis told the Jewish Telegraphic iigenqr. Efforts to reach people umiliar with the letter project at the Jackson campaign mre unsuccessful. But Lewis, who is bn contact with Jackson wfaHe he is on the road, aaid that the Oemoentic presidential hopeful "very

Mr. Newman pointed out (that it's a lot more difficult for midwestemers to participate so that "it really makes a statement when we go." Board membw Ilene Klein questioned additional spending when "local needs appear to be inadequately funded." The suggested plan presented-.by ADL/ CRC and the Summit Action Task Force called for hill-fare tickets to members of the Russian/Omaha community, special-priced tickets to teenagers who have twinned their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs with Russian children, and tickets for the general community with a subsidy attached. Steven Rod, executive director of the Federation, explained that teenagers going on the trip would be accompanied by an adult. Discussion also took place on whether the group could depart a day earlier to minimize the danger of inclement weather making travel impossible. Rabbi Paul Drazen, a Board member, said that such travel would only be permissible if it took place after Shabbat. "The final motion gave the committee the flexibihty to determine the mix of delegates for the trip.

Awards nominations sought ceremony. The selection of local winners is made by a committee comprised of past award recipients. The Humanitarian of the Year Award will honor an outstanding Omahan, who need not be Jewish, who has performed an outstanding service for humanity. Evaluations will be made (1) on the contributions they have made throughout their Uves to promote human welfare and advance social reform, and (2) on the commitment given in time and energy "beyond expectations." This award is not necessarily given each year. The Jewish Teen Leadership Award will honor two young men or women who have exhibited outstanding leadership activities in the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization or synagogue youth group. Each of the winners will receive a plaque and a $500 stipend to attend a convention, conclave or summer camp with a "Jewish component" of their choice. "Everyone in the Omaha Jewish community is encouraged to submit nominations in every category," explained Mort Tractenbarg, Federation president. "An annual meeting is important to every Jewish community. It tells of our work. It pays tribiMkto those indivkhMis who have been so; JMlninsBtal in our soceaes aa a Jewisl^: For Booiiiiatiaa information and appliestion forms, contact Joanis Jacobson at the Federation crfBce, 334-8200, ext. 274. Nominations must be returned no later thkn Dec. 4.

Peres attacks Shamir pQlicies ^ ference is dead are sqiting peace is dead. He did not refer to Shunir by name, but his attacks on the Likud leader were clearly understood—and for the most part applauded—by the Jewish journalists in his audience at the Van Leer Institute. The occasion was the second International Conference on the Jewish Media, which opened in Jerusalem Monday and continued through yesterday. The confeience is sponsored by the Information D^uutment of tJie World Zionist Organizatiim, the Israel Govemront Prsarpffiee and th? WorU Federation of Jewish jolomalista. Soms 100 laraelijauraalists and some 150 of their colleagues from SOdi^qxtra countries are attending the ctpifanDee, whose focus is "The Jewish Media in the Electronic Age."

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Rabbi Abelson addresses challenges confronting Jewish communities N A'AM AT USA dinner meeting at Beth IsNAAMAT USA will hold rael Synagogue on Nov. 22. a potluck supper at 6 p.m. Rabbi AUan Gonsher will on Nov. 21 at the home of present a program on "Kids Lil and Charles Guss, 1017 and Grandparents." There North 64 Street. Dinner will will also be a Country Store be followed by a social/cul- for which memebrs are tural evening. asked to bring saleable Reservations may be items. made after 4 p.m. with Mrs. Dinner is $4.50 per perGuss, 553-8340, by Nov. 17. son. Reservations should be At that time, inform her of made with Marion Strauss, the covered dairy dish you 568-2646, or Beverly Frankwill bring. lin, 334-7365. MONTH OF SUNDAYS The Temple Israel Sisterhood Month of Sundays program for Nov. 22 will feature Dr. Blaine (Buddy) Roffman and Dr. Larry Roffman. The Drs. Roffman will address the subject of AIDS. The 10 a.m.-noon program is open to the community; admission is $1. Refreshments will be served and sitter service will be available. Reservations for the program and for the sitter service must be made with the i Temple office, 556-6536, by Nov. 19. JWV POST #260 Epstein'Morgan Post #260 Jewish War Veterans of the USA will meet Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., in the Americfui Legion Post Club. Results of the blintz party and the student scholarship aid fund program will be discussed. AMIT WOMEN HATIKVAH CHAPTER Hatikvah chapter of Amit Women will hold a 6 p.m.

AMIT WOMEN KALAH FRANKLIN Kalah Franklin chapter of Amit Women will hold its annual Chai Donor Nov. 18, noon, at Beth El Synagogue. Anne Katzman will review "West to Eden" by Gloria Goldreich, author of "Leah's Journey" and "Leah's Children." "West to Eden," a family saga, follows a young woman who flees Amsterdain at the turn of the century for a new life in an American desert town called Phoenix. The Chai Donor is a major fund-raising event. Donor donation is $18 including lunch;, guests may attend for $6. AL GOMER AWARD WASHINGTON (JTA) Irv Pepper of Charlotte, N.C., has received the third annual B'nai B'rith International Al Gomer Award for outstandiiig service. It was presented at the annual meeting of the Commission on Community Volunteer Services here recently. CLIP AND SAVE •

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 MoVFTY. Fall Conclave, Denver, Colo. Beth El 2nd Shabbal Dinner, 6 p.m., Beth El SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Jay Rubin, Bar Mitzvah, Temple Israel USY Program, 7:30 p.m. BBYO Council Cultural, 7 p.m. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Senior High Lounge Grand Opening, 1 p.m. USY Chapter Meeting, 1 p.m. Temple Israel Month of Sundays Mini Series, 10 a.[n.. Temple Temple Israel Sisterhood Brunch, 10^a.m., Temple Jr. B'nai B'rith Bowling League, 1:30 p.m., Cougar Lanes MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 ORT General Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Adult Yiddish Class, 7:30 p.m. Adult Hebrew, 7 p.m. JCC Executive Committee, 7 p.m. YES, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Mom's Day Out, noon Israeli Chassldic Song Festival, 7:30 p.m. Advanced Adult Hebrew, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Beginning Adult Hebrew, 11 a.m. Intermediate ndull Hebrew, 10 a.m. Jewish Press Board, noon JCC Building and Grounds, 4 p.m. Hebrew High, 7:30 p.m. Israeli Dance Class, 7:30 p.tn. Jewish Studies, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers, noon, Howard Johnson's Kalah Franklirv-Amlt Regular Meeting, noon, Beth El Jewish Studies, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel Beth El Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m.. Beth El Beth Israel Board, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel NA'AMAT—Moms and Tots, 10 a.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Braille Class, 9 a.m. Mom's Day Out, noon Krazy Kooking Kloss, 4:30 p.m. Hadassah/JFL Book Discussion, 1 p.m. JCAC Full Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Walk-In Drop-in, 10:30 a.m., Beth El LOVE Meeting, 9:30 a.m., Blumkln Home Jewish War Vets, 7:30 p.m.. Post #1 Fw questions on activttles contact Jeanette Femn at 934.6200 Ext. 271 T/w Jmrlati Pnt la not mponalbit lot the Kcuracy at tht abcva wants. •M •vent* held il Hw J.C.C. untHt ottMnriM Indicaled.

By Lynda Frank Challenges facing the Jewish community was the topic of three lectures given by Rabbi Kassel Abelson, scholar-in-reaidence for Beth El Synagogue's Torah Weekend, Nov. 6-8. The president of the Rabbinical Assembly and spiritual leader for Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis spoke to over 350 people during the weekend on the challenge of maintaining one Jewish community, the survival of American Judaism and what Judaism teaches in confronting AIDS. He said the Jewish community must have a sense of direction and affirmation of community or whither away. "If we don't have a sense of Jews needing Judaism, commitment will diminish and drive people away. If Jews don't respond to a great challenge, Judaism will have failed and people will drift away." Friday evening, the rabbi said the Jewish community is growing apart and instead of one Jewish people there could be two antagonist groups who won't be able to marry each' other, reducing the size of the Jewish community. "The extremist group will say the other group is not Jewish

accortling to Orthodox law and that people are not divorced and the offspring of second marriages won't be permitted to marry full status Jews," he said. "The other community will resent this antagonism. In 20 or 30 years, this could amount to half a Jewish community." On Saturday, the rabbi focused on American Judaism and said he was concerned about the Jewish community. The challenge, he said, is to get people back to the faith of Judaism. He identified three levels of Jews: Pop culture—people who identify with Judaism through nostalgia for the past or an ethnic connection but they have no real commitment. Organization—people who support causes but are not really involved. Judaism—people who say "I am what I am" and need to express it for themselves not anyone else. They have faith in God and are ordained through study and devotion. Rabbi Abelson said the community needs resources to have people move from levels one and two to level three, or level two will drop to level one and we will lose our community. "We can't afford it as individuals and

a community. We need to inspire and help people to level three—personal expression of one's Jewish faith." Addressing the topic of AIDS on Sunday morning. Rabbi Abelson said, "I see it as a modem challenge to Judaism as a faith. It is equivalent to a modern plague as in past ages where plagues have decimated civilizations and cultures." He cited statistics which indicate 50 miUion to 100 million deaths from AIDS in the next decade or two. "We need sensitivity," he said. "Jewish tradition teaches compassion and we should respond as such to AIDS victims and their families. The major way of responding to AIDS is the affirmation of Judaism and . Jewish family values." The rabbi said safe sex today usually means condoms but, he said, that is not the answer. He calls for abstention of sex before marriage, a return to Jewish family values which say to.select one carefully chosen partner for life and faithfulness within a marriage. "And," he said, "Although we live in a society of promiscuity, we shouldn't bie sneered at for these values."

Rabin says Iran-Iraq war has benefited Israel 9erusalero war, "whatever some crazy By Hugh Orgel The Ootzma group of American volunteers, who spent a year doing volunteer work in Israel, are shown on their final leave-taking in this week's "Hello Jerusalem," on Cox Cable Channel 7 at 2 p.m. on Sunday and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Walter Zanger takes viewers to the Golan Heights to reveal a series of stone burial markers left by prehistoric man. A high-tech plant in the north of Israel is featured with its Opgal camera that can film items in complete darkness.

Marcia Cohen, a longtime member of KETV's Seven Can Help voltmteer staff, will be honored for her six years of service at a Itmcheon on Nov. 17. In addition, she will be featured on a weekly Seven Can Help consiuner report.

KIRSHENBAUM Services will be held today, 10:30 a.m., at Temple Israel for Morris E. Kirshenbaum, 67. Interment will be at Temple Israel Cemetery. Mr. Kirshenbaum is survived by his wife, Marjorie; sons, Stephen of Omaha, Robert, Michael and David, dll of Seattle, Wash.; sisters, Miriam Jubelirer, San Diego, Calif., and Rose Krigler, Van Nuys, Calif,; three grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer's Foundation.

TEL AVIV (JTA) - The eight-year-old war between Iran and Iraq has produced some political benefits for Israel and may even help advance the peace process with Jordan, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin told a group of foreign correspondents. He also implied criticism of the growing American military role in the Persian Gulf, suggesting that Washington.may have been tricked into tilting toward Iraq. Among the advantages accruing to Israel from the war^ was the fact that the Arab world, particularly Syria, cannot now count on Iraq to join an Israel-Arab

Syrian might think," Rabin said. In addition, the Gulf war has created "total disarray" in the pro-Soviet camp, allowing Egypt to rebuild its relations with the Arab world, damaged by the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979, without harm to Israel. Furthermore, Rabin said, Baghdad's dependence on Jordan for logistical support has provided King Hussein with considerable leverage in peace moves toward Israel. However, this situation might not last and Israel must take the initiative now in the peace process with Jordan.

miS^rrmd SPITZER/PELLY Former Omahan David Spitzer and Susanna Pelly of St. Paul, Minn., were married Oct. 24 in New Brighton, Minn. Rabbi Morris Allen officiated. A dinner followed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Ethel Pelly of the Bronx, N.Y., and the late Harold Pelly. The bridegroom is the son of Shirley Goodman of Omaha and Dr. Jerome Spitzer of Hutchinson, Kans. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noodell and Malvina Spitzier of Omaha. The bride was attended by Cathy Gluck of Chicago, Francine Shapiro of Jerusalem and Cheryl Rothstein of Boston. Groomsmen were Bob Spitzer of Alexandria, Va., Joe Gluck of Chicago and Steve Pelly of Teaneck, N.J. Mr. Spitzer is an attorney for West Publishing Company in St. Paul, Minn. His bride is senior transportation planner for the State of Minnesota. The couple will reside in St. Paul.

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Bennett and Robin Greenspan of Houston, Texas, announce the Oct. 19 birth of a daughter, Briaima Leah. The Greenspans also have a son, Elliott Daniel, 22 months. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bud Greenspan. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alex Weiaz of Los Angeles, Calif. Great-grandmother is Malvina Greenspan of Dallas, Texas. GUEST OF HONOR NEW YORK (JTA) Ruth Magil Perry of Elldns Park, Pa., international director of public relations and information for United Synagogue of America and past national president of Women's League for Conservative Judaism, was guest of honor at the National Women's Patrons Society luncheon recently on behalf of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

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Omaha to celebrate Jewish Book Month By Joanie Jacobaon 'Federation public relatioiu director The 14th annual Omaha Jewish Boole Fair will begin on Nov. 29 in celebration of National Jewish Book Month, Nov. 16-Dec. 16. "This is our biggest program of the year," explained Edythe Wolf, Federation librarian. "We offer activities and special events through Dec. 20, all of which take months in the making. "Work on the Book Fair actually begins in May," she continued. "The selection process is always challenging because along with the standards, we try to feature new offerings on the Jewish Uterary marketcurrent books of interest that will appeal to a wide variety of tastes. "We look long and hard for quality gu6^t speakers and, of course, all of the activities that surround the Book Fair take weeks of careful planning and attention to detail." The history of Jewish Book Month dates back to ,1925, when a Boston librarian synagogues, Jewish libraries and Jewish ornamed Fanny Goldstein set up a Judaica ex- ganizations sponsor special programs and hibit to mark the first Jewish Book Week. book fairs to focus attention on the latest By 1943, when the Jewish Book Council books of Jewish interest. It's a wonderful was formally organized, the week-long event opportunity to enlarge our own personal bad become so popular that it was extended libraries and increase our knowledge. and renamed Jewish Book Month. "In the words of Maurice Sendak, world"The real pxupose of Jewish Book Month renowned illustrator of children's books, is to get people thinldng and talking about 'Readingis not a prim andpiousactivity. Jewish books," said Mrs. Wolf. "Every It is joyful. It is one of the greatest pleasyear, Jewish Community Centers, schools, ures in life.' "

Reagan pledges to denounce U.N. anti-Zionist resolution By Yitzhak Rabi NEW YORK (JTA) President Reagan has vowed to "continue to denounce" the U.N. General Assembly resolution of 1975 equating Zionism with racism "until it is repealed." The president made the pledge in a letter to Morris U\

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Abram, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. It was in reply to a letter Abram sent to the president thanking him for denouncing the anti-Zionism resolution in the course of his speech to the U.N. General Assembly recently. "You are right that this administration has repeatedly condemned the 'Zionism is Racism' resolution," the president wrote in his letter. "Moreover, we will continue to denounce that resolution until it is repealed. It may not be soon enough for you or me, but I know that the day will come when the United Nations rights the wrong that it committed." Reagan's letter concluded: "In the meantime, I know that I can count on your support, as you can count on mine, to fight against any and all attempts to delegitimize the State of Israel" The "Zionism is racism" resolution was adopted by the General Assembly on Nov. 10, 1975. Major Jewish groups and organizations have announced, on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the resolution, that they are undertaking major campaigns to denounce it and mobilize world public opinion to prepare the grounds for its repeal.

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Slepaks arrive in Israel with delight and a warning By Hogii Orgd TEL AVIV (JTA) Vladimir Slepak, a timirtlc people. To drwun 2,000 yw« for a pioneer of the aliyah movement among So- homeland, and then to reach it, can be viet Jews, arrived in Israel Monday night achiev«d only by people of great optimiam,. with a warning against being fooled by the by a great people," Slepak aauL apparent liberalization of Soviet emigration He aeemad to be alluding to his own opptdides that allowed him and his wife, timism aa welL Asked how be managed to Maria, to leave the Soviet Union 17 years survive 17 years of struggle with Kremlin after they first applied for an exit visa. officials, including five years' exile in The release of the Slepaks and a dozen Siberia, the former radio engineer said: "I other longtime refuseniks in recent wedcs am a simple man with a simple atrenjgth. is "a well-known tactic, a concession to the Many, many of us, in my place, would have West from wluch the Soviets want some- done the same." Slepak celebrated hia 60th thing," Slepak told the enthusiastic crowd birthday Thursday. that greeted the couple at Ben-Gurion AirHia dogged detenainatkn to gain permisport. sion to emigrate for himself and other SoWeary from his long journey, which in- viet Jews began upon Israel's victory in the cluded a 24-hour wait in Vienna for a flight 1967 Six-Day War. Slepak was among the to Israel, Slepak spoke in Russian of his de- first group of Jews in the Soviet Union to light at being in his homeland "It's not for petition the United Nations by letter fw the nothing that they say the Jews are an op- right of Jews to emigrate.

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NEW YORK - The American Je?nsh In its statement of. support for the Congress has called on the United States Hawkins bill, AJCongress pointed out that House of Representatives to pass legisla- federal minimum wage has not risen since tion that would increase the minimum wage January, 1981, the longest period without to $4.65 an hour, noting that the current an increase since such legislation was minimum of $3.36 is too low to enable peo- enacted in 1938. When adjusted for inflaple to get off public assistance. tion, the minimum wage "is now at its In a statement submitted yesterday to lowest real vidue since 1955." At the curthe House Subcommittee on Labor Stand- rent level, a full-time minimum wage worker ards, the AJCongress urges the passage of earns an annual income of $6,968, nearly the Minimum Wage Restoration Act, H.R. $2,000 less than required to raise a family 1834. AJCongress also urged that, contrary of three above the poverty line. to the widespread belief that a higher miniThe current minimum wage fails miseramimi wage would lead to a cutback in em- bly to encourage the poor to become selfployment, it could actually increase job op- sufficient, the statement continued. BeTEL AVIV (JTA) - The portunities by encouraging greater cause public assistance benefits are often first cases of botulism in Is- workplace stability, higher productivity and higher, people seeking work are put at a disadvantage since they are especially likely rael in I6-years apparently an expansion of business activity. The legislation, sponsored by Congress- to lose such benefits, including Medicaid. were caused, by contami"Often, a person on welfare who may be nated whitefish from the man Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), would United States, Health phase in the $1.30 per hoiu- increase over the able to find a minimum wage job simply next three years. cannot afford to work," when related costs Ministry sources said. After January 1, 1990, it would be "in- such as transportation, sodal security taxes They reported it was traced to a kilo (2.2 lbs.) of dexed" to 50 percent of the average hourly and lunch are included in the calculations, said the AJCongress statement. the fish recently brought rate in private employment. from Brooklyn, N.Y., by the relative of a 40-year-old woman admitted to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem last week suffering from breathing difficulties and In a related item, the will not be modified with By Hugh Orgel double vision. Investigators TEL AVIV (JTA) - newspaper reported that the components developed in Iswent to her home, where they found the fish. Tests Pratt and Whitney, a major defense establishment has rael. Israel Aircraft IndusAmerican Manufacturer of decided to buy F-16C fight- tries, manufacturer of the proved it to be tainted. Several days earlier, a 60- aircraft engines, is about to er planes fi-om the General Lavi, will not enter into year-old woman, a member file suit in New York Dynamics Corp., as a sub- joint production arrangeof the same family, died at against the Israeli govern- stitute for the Lavi. Accord- ments with General DyShaare Zedek Hospital. She, ment for $350 million in ing to the report, the F-16s namics, Hadashot said. too, is believed to have compensation for violation eaten the contaminated fish. of contracts related to the HOME APPLIANCE U.S. health authorities joint development of the SERVICE have been notified, although Lavi, Israel's second"Sofvlng Omaha Since 1946"^ the Israeli Health Ministry generation jet fighter plane, SERVICE PARTS could not provide the brand the Israeli news media reported. name of the fish. . PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE The Lavi project was Several people died in ONE COMPANY 1971 from contaminated abandoned by decision of IsREPAIRS ALL YOUR food power that originated rael's Cabinet last Aug. 30, in the United States, the because of excessive costs. MAJOR APPUANCES ministry sources said. At The Reagan administration 8811 Maple 391-4287 that time the American had been urging such action THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS authorities were informed, for more than a year. The Lavi was financed by and the Food and Drug Administration shut down the U.S. military grants. plant that produced the Hadashot reported that the Defense Ministry has food powder. offered Pratt and Whitney proposals for future cooperNow Forming ation that would make up the losses sustained from cancellation of the Lavi. The for High School Students ministry thereby hopes the American company will If you are mtetested in newspapers, MOMENT Magazine's new catalog of withdraw its suit. Hadashot unique Judaica, handcrafted gifts, said. then have we beautiful glass, attractive ceramics.

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Young Judea gives teen sense of self, heritage

Invasion of privacy? Once upon a time ... Presidential candidates would make whistle-stop tours of the United States and deliver messages of accomplishments and hints of future achievements when and if elected. Many of these talks took place at the end of the railroad train to hundreds and many times thousands who would crowd the tracks to see and hear the candidates. Those were the days of candidates with clear messages and cloudy promises, and columnists who had the skill to separate the wheat from the chaff—so to speak. Those were also the days of five-cent Cokes and cigars. Now, in the 1980s, covering the presidential candidates is somewhat different. The interest of the voters does not seem to be on the issues, but on the moral character of the candidate. The first question a candidate faces is not what he or she can do to cut the budget deficit, or how to prevent the cost of catastrophic illness from wiping out a family's savings. Questions now are geared to fidelity or infidelity, pot or no pot, the use of inside information for personal gain, the conduct of family members, etc. The press now is homing in on character attributes, or lack of them, and the citizenry is beginning to scream "invasion of privacy." Yet, while the screams of outrage blast across the nation, the questions of character are the very ones that the public seems to want answers for. In reality, the press appears to reflect the true feelings of the public. We really want to know whether a candidate is "respectable" in the old days manner. We have not yet come to grips with modem definitions for respectable. Many sociological changes have taken place in the United States since World War II, and there is a great deal of disruption in the thinking of Americans. Is past adultery an automatic vote against a candidate, how about past use of pot, or a self-interest business deal? Are all future candidates to be as pure as winter snow? Well, when's the last time you saw pure snow—without some form of pollution or contamination attached to it? This is a different world that we live in and we need answers. . Let's hear from our learned rabbis and teachers. We need help.

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nda Frank By Lynda Sixteen-year-old Amanda Lainof of Bellevue found her sense of self and her heritage through Young Judea, a youth oriented organization sponsored by Hadassah. This summer, Amanda was one of 58 students from 16 states and Puerto Rico who participated in Hadracha, a Young Judea leadership institute in Israel. To qualify, participants had to be active in Young Judea for at least a year and submit a 500-word essay. Amanda was allowed to participate because for four years she was very active in Young Judea in Hawaii, where her father. Dr. K. Wayne Lainof, was stationed with the Air Force before coming to Omaha last year. Even with all the moves she's made due to her father's job, she says, "I have a strong sense of Jewishness." The trip to Israel gave Amanda a sense of being an American and of being an American Jew. "It was nothing like I expected," she said. "I thought it would not be as fun as it was. It was the best summer of my life!" The group took tours but also did things tourists don't do. A dorm was their home but they also stayed at hotels, private homes and hostels. Amanda stayed on a moshav la farming community) and with a family on a Yoimg Judea Kibbutz made up mostly of Young Judeans who had made aliyah when they were older. In Haifa, she and a friend were escorted to a discotheque by their host and were amazed to discover that Israeli kids go out at 10 p.m. and stay out until 3 a.m. "We couldn't get used to that," she said. The discotheque was similar to what they have in the U.S. except "they play European music and dress up more." Amanda also said they were warned Israeli boys think all American girls are easy. Besides Haifa, Amanda's experiences included hiking in the desert, seeing the Red Sea, viewing the sunrise at Masada, staying in a forest and going to one of the largest water parks in the world. She also visited Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. During a free weekend her family, who were on vacation in Prance, visited her and she saw them again in Tel Aviv. During the entire time, the group had leadership meetings to plan things. They designed their own T-shirts and collected money for those and for a party held at the end of the trip. The group also organized such activities as singing at the Hadassah Hospital. "We learned to organize without the help of our leaders, which gave us a sense of responsibility and they let us make our own decisions. "I learned to be more responsible. I saw another part of

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Amanda Lainof is pictured with Moishe Barditshev, her head counselor, during a visit to Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem. myself I had never seen before, how I can be so independent and how I can do so much by myself," she said. The piu-pose of the trip, Amanda explained, was to enable the teens to be counselors at a Young Judea camp. Then, after graduation from high school, they can go back to Israel for a one-year course where they earn college credits by attending classes and living on their own. The Bellevue teen does not, at this time, plan on taking the one-year course. "I missed America a lot. It's a different culture, the foods are different and the people are different. I don't think I could ever adjust to living there for a whole year and then come back and adjust again," she explained. Although Hadassah-sponsored Young Judea is a Zionist youth group, Amanda would like to visit Israel again but doesn't want to live there. "Jews should live all over the world so Judaism doesn't die out or Jews become more of a minority. But it is good to know you are always welcome in the Jewish homeland," she said.

War Crimes Commission agrees on plan to open Nazi files By Mark Joffe NEW YORK (JTA) The 17 former member states of the Allied War Crimes Commission have finally agreed to a plan to open its files on more than 40,000 Nazi war criminals to public inspection. Eyal Arad, a spokesman for the Israel Mission to the United Nations, said in a telephone interview that the mission had not been informed of the news, but had been able to confirm reports about the commission's decision that appeared in the New York IHrnes. He said U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar will announce the decision when

he retiu-ns from Europe this wedc and is virtually certain to authorize opening the files, which officially are under his jurisdiction. "The secretary general is not bound by any recommendations" of the commission, Arad said. But he added that Perez de Cuellar "told us that he wants to open the files. There's no point in dragging bis feet any further," he said; now that the commission has decided. Until now, the files of the long defunct War Crimes Commission have been accessible only to the governments of member states of the United Nations. Israel

has been pressing for some time that they be open to scholars, researchers, writers and journalists. Initially, most of the 17 fwmer member states of the coDomission were opposed. One by one they fell in line, however, and after several meetings over the last two months unanimous agreement was reached on a for-

mula for public access. Under the reported plan, responsibility for granting access ?dll be transferred from the secretary general to the United Nations member governments, which will be free to authorize their dtizens to inspect the files, stored at the United Nations archives on Park Avenue South, Manhattan.

Dutch court to rule on 'Who is a Jew'

pealed to the courts. The Amsterdam lower AMSTERDAM (JTA) - district court rejected the The issue of "Who is a appeal. The higher district Jew?," that has long be- court overruled it and ordeviled Israel, was raised in dered the school to admit the Supreme Court of the the boy. The school then apNetherlands last week in the pealed to the supreme court case of a youngster refused in the Hague. Groen noted who employed extra-legal admission to a Jewish reli- that Miller had appealed to methods and, in fact, sanc- gious school here because Israel's Supreme Court, tions such methods in some his mother is not Jewish ac- whu:h subsequently ordered cases. The extent to which cording to halacha, religious the Interior Ministay to reg^ they may be permitted is law. ister her as a Jew. The court specified in a section of the Jacob Groen, lawyer for order has yet to be carried report submitted to Premier 13-year-old Aram Brucker, out and Miller is presently Yitzhak Shamir thaC're- drew a parallel between his in the United States. Groen mains secret. situation and that of argued that the Israeli high The report was prepared Sboshana Miller, an Ameri-. court recognized Miller as by a government-appointed can woman who converted Jewish and the Dutch Sujudicial commission headed to Judaism but was denied preme Court ought not to be by former Supreme Court Israeli citizenship because "more orthodox" than its President Moshe Landau, her conversion was per- Israeli counterpart. assisted by a former head of formed by a Reform rabbi. He quoted at length from Mossad, the external secret The Brucker case has a responsa by the 12thservice, whose identity is passed through every level century Jewish philosopher, classified. State Comptroller of the Dutch legal system Maimonides, that whoever Yaacov Maltz and Gen. Yit- since the Maimonides Lyce- conval3 to Judaism does so zhak Kofi, former com- um in Amsterdam refused forever and is not, in the mander of the northern to enroU Aram, and his fa- lawyer's words, a "secondsector. ther, who is Jewish, ap- class Jew.", By Henrietta Boas

Shin Bet accused of 'physical pressures' By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - The Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency has, since 1971, used psychological and "physical pressures" to obtain confessions from suspected terrorists and resorted to perjury to ensure convictions, according to the report of an investigatmg committee, made public, in part. The report is expected to trigger a flood of appeals to Israel's Supreme Court for new trials for terrorists and others convicted on the basis of confessions. The report, nevertheless, recommends no criminal action against Shin Bet operatives

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I 've been vindicated—finally. After years of taking abuse about the messy way I keep family snapshots in a shoebox, I've learned that it'? the safest way to preserve them! Emiss. 1 read a serious article in the paper the other day which explained how the run-of-the-mill album can be harmful to the average picture. Something about the chemicals they put in paper, and trapping all those chemicals under the slick plastic which holds the photos in place. AND if that isn't bad enough, let me tell you the worst part. Remember the old-fashioned albums with black .paper? The kind where you captioned the pictures with a white pencil? Even those are bad, according to the article. Actually, I don't know if I believe that part, because I have proof otherwise. Some snaps with a 1935 date on them are juat as clear as they were when they were new. But go argue with an expert, right? Anyway, the bottom line to the entire discussion was aimply this: If a person had let old snapshots collect in i shoebox (or any other kind of box), chances were good they were in better condition than if they had been under a plastic sheet in a cheq> album. Maybe that's the distinction which should be made—cheap as opposed to good quality. The items under fire were those manufactured in places like Taiwan or Hong Kong and the like. Some of that inexpensive mass production stuff which imitates better quality at least in outward appearance. And please don't take offense if you're from Taiwan or Hong Kong. You know what I mean because you folks have been cranking out reasonable facsimiles of nicer things for years now. Well, what's the difference? I only know I've had the guilties for ages now, concerning the way my pictures are preserved for posterity. Although I have been trying to improve on my bad reputation. At least now I own good albums and am trying to get the shoebox emptied. But it's hard to break old habits, and if snaps weren't supposed to spend eternity in envelopes, why do they give you so many when you pick up the finished film. Think about it: you open the envelope, reach inside and remove another envelope which contains the actual pictures. Doesn't that indicate somebody expects them to stay in the envelopes? Well, maybe my logic is a tad faulty, but can you prove I'm wrong? It doesn't make much difference at this point. I only know what it said in the paper—albums can be dangerous to the health of snapshots. So there. Keep yours wherever you want to and leave me out of it.

Ex-refusenik Goldfarb finds hope for Jewish life By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) Alex Goldfarb says the circumstances of his return to Moscow were indeed remarkable, but not nearly as remarkable as what he found there. During a virtually unprecedented eight-day visit in the Soviet Union, the former refusenik and current Israeli citizen was surprised to find signs of optimism among Jews who are, in his words, "in the system." In a telephone interview , Goldfarb spoke of the large number of Soviet Jews who, having no immediate plans

to emigrate, believe Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost, or .openness, may allow them to identify historically, culturally and politically as Jews, without the hostility or oppression of the past. It was glasnost, of course, that allowed Goldfarb, once one of the most vocal and officially disliked Jewish dissidents, to travel back to Moscow after 12 years to visit with his sister, Olga. Although a growing number of former Soviet citizens have been allowed back for visits, Goldfarb believes he is the first holder of an Israeli passport to be allowed to do so.

By Yitshak lUU UNITED NATIONS (JTA) - U.N. S«:retary General Javier Perez de I Cuellar promised Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's Ambassador to the' United Nations, that he will announce his final position on opening the files of Nazi war criminals at the U.N. archives in Manhattan at the beginning of next month. The secretary general's pledge was made In the course of a half-hour meeting with Netanyahu. The Israeli envoy requested the meeting with Perez de Cuellar to urge him not to postpone any longer the dedsion on opening the files. Representatives of the 17 former members of the U.N. War Crimes Commission met with the secretary general here to inform him of their governments' positions on opening the files. He was expected to announce his decision followI ing those meetings, but instead it was decided that' he and the representaives of the former members of the U.N. War Crimes Commission will meet again at the United Nations.

Request denied JERUSALEM (JTA) Ethiopia has reacted negatively to a request by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to allow the emigration of 16,000 Jews still living there. Peres told the Conference on the Demography of the Jewish People here that he made the request in a meeting in New York with his Ethiopian counterpart, Berhanu Bayih. "But the minister reacted negatively," said Peres. "He argued that if the Jews were permitted to leave, the Moslems and the Christians would ask to do so." But Peres added that the minister conceded that Christians and Moslems had not aaked to leave the country. NEW DIRECTOR HARTSDALE, N.Y. (JTA) - Raphaelle Haimowitz has been appointed executive director of the Westchester Jewish Conference, the umbrella organization of the county's Jewish commimity.

Israeli Chassidic Festival The 19th North American tonr by the laraeU Chaaaidic Festival, deMaribed as Israel's meet popular and prestigioiui mnaical event, will perform Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Commiuiity Center theater. For ticket informatioii, call Lois Wine at 334-4200.

Report due on Arabs By Hugh Orgd TEL AVIV (JTA)-A secret report containing recommendations aimed at thwarting Arab separatist tendencies within Israel will be presented to Premier Yitzhak Shamir soon, Haaretz reported. The report, whose authors detect a growing trend ,among Israeli Arabs to establish their own autonomous institutions and split away from the state, contains recommendations calling for special budgets of 235 million shekels ($147 million) over the next five years to be allocated directly to the minorities sector. Some 85 miUion shekels ($63 million) would be directed to the development of Arab municipalities, according to the report, which is titled "Principles of Government Policy Toward the Minorities Sector in Is. rael." According to Haaretz, which obtained a copy of the document, the report was prepared by former LikudHerut Cabinet Minister Moshe Arens and his Arab affairs adviser, reserve Brig. Gen. Amos Gilboa.

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SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Bmil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Shabbat dinner will follow services. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Mincha-Ma'ariv, 4:50 p.m. , Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 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. 19 at noon in the synagogue.

Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun SERVICES: Friday: Worship service will be conducted by Regina Simon, 8 p.m. Private researcher seeking 1915 and 1916 Omaha Central High School graduates, information about Dorothy Myers and general information about Central High School. Contacts call 733-7541 after 5 p.m.

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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephen Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Lynn and Danny Rubin in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son. Jay William. Saturday: 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious school—Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m.; Sunday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. Hebrew school—Gimmel and Daled, Monday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m.; Aleph, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m.; Bet, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m. Confirmation—Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m. BAR MITZVAH Jay William Rubin, son of Lynn and Danny Rubin, will become a Bar Mitzvah at Shabbat services on Friday, Nov. 13-and Saturday, Nov. 14. HANUKKAH PACKAGES Temple Israel Sisterhood will be sending Hanukkah gift packages to Temple college students. If you would like your student to receive a Hanukkah gift, call the Temple office, 556-6536, with his or her address by Nov. 25.

My wannest thanks and appreciation to friends and family, Rabbi Paul Drazen and Rabbi Isaac Nadoff for their concern and attention to my well-being during my recenthospitalization and during my recovery period at - Eppley Care Center. I am grateful for your cards, flowers, gifts and yoxiT prayers. Jennie Rosenblatt To the family and friends of Murray Borden: Thank you for your expressions of sympathy and encouragement Aparticular thanks to Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits for their continued support. Bess, Howard and Maureen Borden

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SERVICES: Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 4:45 p.m. Late family service, 8 p.m. The D'var Torah will be delivered by Ed Joseph, Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. The D'var Torah will be presented by Dr. Ira Priluck. A kiddush luncheon will be served in the social hall following services. Class with the rabbi, 4 p.m. Mincha, 4:45 p.m., followed by Shaloah S'eudos, Ma-ariv and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire service, 9 a.m. The service is followed by breakfast and "Exploring Jewish Ideas" with the rabbi. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commissioners will meet Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. CORRECTION The name of Rachel Shyken's maternal grandparents was spelled incorrectly in a recent issue of the Jewish Press. It sould have read Mr. tmd Mrs. Shamuel Shabtai.

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

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.

1988 drive. He and his wife, Marjorie, hosted the event for 50 friends, who give at least. $100,000 to the campaign, the Jewish News reports. Last year, their gifts amounted to 40 percent of Temple Israel will offer a the $24.3 million raised in Hanukkah concert Sunday, the campaign. Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. A program of "lively" settings of holiday songs by Jewish composers will be sung by the Temple Israel By Hugh Orgel quartet under the director of TEL AVIV (JTA) - The Cantor Harold Firestone. Orthodox minority in the Included are nostalgic town of Netivot, east of the numbers and popular show Gaza Strip, would deny tunes by such composers as their secular neighbors a Richard Rodgers and' close shave. They are boy- George Gershwin. cotting shops that sell razor At the orchestral Kurzblades on grounds that Jew- weil keyboard will be accomish traiiition forbids the use panist Joyce Mynster. of blades to remove or trim beards. The Orthodox insist there FOR LEASE is no organized boycott but Swanson Towers refuse to patronize shops Condo that sell anything they reDeluxe 2 bedroom, 2 bath gard as an "abomination." unit in luxury ful Mrvioe 24 hr. sacurlty Udg. Shopkeq)ers have disguised By Appolntmem packs of razor blades by HairiMMI wrapping them in old 554-1171 newspapers so as not to of559-2900 fend the eyes of the pious.

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Parashat Haye Sarah For each generation ... The last Sidrah ended scholarly luminaries given with a genealogical nota- in the Midrash tends to imtion, so that we would know ply that leaders will appear, that a granddaughter of no matter what. In more reAbraham's brother was cent times Carlyle discussed Rebecca—who was destined the place of the "hero" in history. And there have to be the wife of Isaac. This notation triggered a been others who have discussion by the rabbis of thought that leaders and the Midrash of a phenome- leadership determine the non they thought they de- course of history, not that tected in history. They crises in history evoke the quoted one of the first necessary leadership. If we may extrapolate on verses of Ecdesiastes: "The sun rises and the sun sets the opinion of the rabbis, ..." "Fiddler on the Roof" they would have assumed used this expressionto de- that it is not the case that note the passing of time slums produce losers, that from childhood to young people are not trapped by at^ulthood. But the rabbis their surroundings, that sosaw in it the inexorable cial conditions do not hold march of history, not in a us in their grip. They may well have been single generation but in the right for their generations of succession of generations. They said the Lord never Greek domination and Ropermits a generation to be man rule and cruelty. But without adequate leader- sociologists might consider ship. On the day, they said, their insight invalid for our that Rabbi Akiba died, times. Poverty is inherited Rabbi Judah (later called as well as wealth. And yet sociologists will the Nasi, the Prince) was bom ... One giant of the have to answer how it fs that Orientals, for example, spirit succeeds another. And they did produce an climb with amazing rapitiity impressive list. Before one in the American scene, to sun has set, another is al- excellence in the universities ready in the ascendancy. and all that follows, in Thus, Samuel was being science, mathematics, medigroomed for leadership cine, finance, induswhile Eli yet lived ... And try . .. and some ethnic they end with the point groups cannot! At least this we must acwhich started off the whole discussion: Rebecca was knowledge, that we live in a bom before Sarah died. It is global economy, that the the account of the death of welfare of part of the world Sarah that opens our Sid- is bound up with every other part, that the sun canrah. One may pause to note not discriminate. If we live that although the Bible does in a gloomy, cloudy world of not bother to tell us the war and hatred and vionames of Mrs. Noah and lence, the rabbis would say Mrs. Job and the mother of that we must one day exSamson, we have nonethe- pect the sunrise. less a careful listing of the names of the Matriarchs. The rabbis give attention to CARL JARL this—although they too LOCKSMITHS lived in a male-oriented society. 7511 Dodge • 393 7800 The list of the rabbinical.

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Saranne Gitnick, Carl and Denny Greenberg, Steve Riekes and Sondra Topper are attending the 66th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations which is taking place in Miami Beach, Fla., through Sunday. Among an audience estimated at 3,000, the Omahans will hear Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. A satellite presentation, live from Is-

Soviet Jewry By Ruth Potash This week the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry suggests the community write to Evgeny and Marina Arie who live in Moscow with their young son, Matvey. Evgeny is a producer and Marina is a psychologist with a Ph.D. Since expressing their desire to emigrate, both husband and wife have had difficulty finding employment. Write to them at: Pushkinskaya 14, Apt. 1, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.

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imSIk©''© jBi©®m(oi©3?fiaig J By Mike Silvennan Hil My name is Mike Silverman and I'm a new columnist for the Jewish Presa. My columns on various topics will appear periodically and will feature the opinions and ideas of ninth graders. You are probably reading this (HI Friday the 13th and, with Halloween having just passed, I've decided to dedicate my column this week to superstitions, horror movies and the supernatural. The Jews used to (and some still do) have one common superstition. After a positive statement like, "My mother is in good health," Jewish people often say "Kinehora" in order not to jinx that person—kin(l of like knocking on wood. None of the ninth graders I talked to had any superstitions. The closest to a superstition was that Susan Helfeld used to be afraid of black cats. On the subject of horror movies, the favorite choice was the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. Scott Saylan liked it because of the "explicit violence and terror." Dan Fellman preferred "Psycho," because of the shower scene, and Susan Helfeld felt the "Halloween" series was the best. One scary thing experienced by several ninth graders, including myself, was at the USY Halloween GRANTS AWARDED NEW YORK (JTA) The National Foundation for Jewish Culture has awarded seven grants for original research in Jewish studies for the academic year 1987-88. Recipients are: Ammiel Alcalay, City University of New York; Joan Friedman, Columbia University; Laurence Kant, Yale University; • Jeffrey Lesser, New York University; Jayne Guberman, University of Peimsylvania; Rina Rosenberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and David Sklare, Harvard University.

party a few weeks ago. We were holding a seance to contact the spirit of a girl named Rosemary, who was supposedly murdered many years ago. When all of us had our eyes closed and were concentrating to bring the spirit into the room, a dog in the house started barking like he was possessed. (Dogs supposedly can sense spirits that people can't.) The scariest thing Susan ever experienced was when she was five years old. "We (she and her father) went to a hatmted house. We were walking through it and there were scary masked men in cages. One grabbed out and took me from my dad's arms and wouldn't let go. I didn't think he'd ever let go and I was screaming and screaming. That was really scary!" Even after the search for the Loch Ness "Monster" a few weeks ago, no one believed in it. After Scott Saylan said that he didn't believe in Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster, I asked him if there were any other creatures he did believe in. "My brothers," he replied. He also believes in UFOs. Dan Fellman thought there might be a remote chance of there being ghosts. "As technology advances, chances of ghosts being proven increase," he stud. That's all fouthis week. If you have any raeas or comments, call me at 334-9492.

14 students participate in second Bible Quiz Fourteen' Jewish high school students will participate in the second Bible Quiz contest sponsored by Comhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith. The contest, which is part of Jewish Book Month, will take place Dec. 13, 2 p.m., in the theater at the Jewish Community Center. The community may attend. NEW CHAIRMAN CHICAGO (JTA) - Allan Gokiman of Los Angelee has begun serving as chairman of the board of trustees of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the organization of North American Reform congregations. He succeeds Charles Rothschild Jr. of Teaneck, N.J. UAHC also has presented its Irving J. Fain meritorious award for synagogue social action programming to 22 U.S. Reform synagogues.

Participating in the contest are: Daniel Fellman, Bill GolbiU, Susan Helfeld, Missy Kirke, Alan Kricsfeld, Renee Mitehell, Scott Musldn, Sam Passer, Emily Rennard, Reggie Rennard, Ari Riekes, Michael Rosenblatt, Debi Schneider, David Schwalb, Mordy Schwartz and David Skid. The questions in the contest will be based on the Books of Exodus and Ruth. Comhusker Lodge is offering prizes of $500, $300 and $200 to be applied toward college tuition or toward a trip to Israel NEW PRESIDENT NEW YORK (JTA)-Dr. Saul Cohen of New York, former president of Queens (N.Y.) College, has been elected to the newly-created position of president of the American Friends of Tel Aviv University.

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Bime^M Hs^kt! By Estelle Rosenberg The South Street Temple will continue the tradition of having Religious School students and their families join the rabbi for Shabbat dinner. The first dinner, for preKindergarten through grade three, will be held before family services on Nov. 20 at the Temple. Education director Patrice Berger will contact parents to make arrangements for the evening. Suzanne Strieff is the South Street Temple pft shop chairman. She will stock the shop for Hanukkah and will accept special orders. The gift shop will be open during religious school on Sundays, when Ms. Strieff is available. For more information she can be reached at 488-4516.

The South Street Temple extends Mazel Tov to the following members: Dr. Sheldon Stick on being raised to Master Mason; Sarah Hoffman, Ben Bleicher, Lindsay Tavlin, Marc Berger and Max Bergman, new consecrants; Fannie EUinger, who was named honorary Life Member of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun of Terra Haute, Ind. Paula Williams celebrated her 82nd birthday at the Comhusker Hotel recently with the help of nieces and nephews from San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleannont, Mo., and Longinont, Colo. Leelo Sommerhauser, chairman of the Tifereth Israel Judaica Shop, has new and different items for

Hanukkah and will happy to assist you choosing your gifts. Tifereth Israel will hold its congregational dinner on Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m., in the synagogue social hall. Dinner and the program have been arranged by Gerry Schuchman and her committee. A film, "Sparks Among the Ashes," will be shown during dinner. The dinner is $10 per person. Sophie Davidson will order new Mah Jongg cards at $4 for big print cards, $3 for regular print cards. Send your order with a check to: Sophie Davidson, 2101 South 48th Street, Lincoln, NE 68506.

Jewish rest homes convince HUD to rescind non-kosher food demand By Elaine DeRosa Greater Phoenix Jewish News PHOENIX (JTA) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has rescinded a memorandum which would have demanded that federally subsidized Jewish apartment complexes offer non-kosher food in addition to their kosher mandatory meal programs. The rule, announced in August, would have af-

fected more than a dozen HUD-subsidized Jewish apartment projects through the nation. These centers provide the mandatory meals to ensure that residents have nutritionally balanced meals and opportunity to socialize and be seen by staff, according to Meyer Cohen, executive director of the Kivel Geriatric Center here. He added that the cost of the kosher program required participation of all the residents. The rescinding of.the memo was the result of a

meeting between Thomas Demery, assistant secretary of HUD, and representatives of Kivel, the North American Association of Jewish Homes and Housing for the Aged, Agudath Israel of America, the Va'ad Hakashrut of Phoenix and United Community Inc. of Los Angeles. At the meeting, Demery agreed to issue a memo describing the August order, released by a lower level HUD staffer, as a "miscommunication."

U.S. envoy ends controversial tour By Reinhard Engel VIENNA (JTA)-United States Ambassador Ronald Lauder formally ended a relatively brief tour of duty here. It lasted only 19 months, during which he incurred the anger of conservative Austrians for pointedly distancing himself from President Kurt Waldheim, but gained the respect and affection of Austrian Jewry. Lauder, who is Jewish and is the son of Estee Lauder, head of a worldwide cosmetics business, made his last call at the Foreign Ministry to bid official fare-

well to Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Alois Mock and Secretary General Thomas Klestil. He stressed that good bilateral relations are still developing between Austria and the United States, despite some recent troubles. Mock heads the Conservative People's Party, which' sponsored Waldheim's candidacy for the office of president in the summer of 1986. It was during that campaign that Jewish groups, led by the World Jewish Congress, exposed Waldhaim's involvement in Nazi atrocities when he served as an intelligence officer in the

Illinois firm charged with kashruth violations By Andrew Silow Carroll eral's office is working closeNEW YORK (JTA) - ly with representatives of The Illinois attorney general the Union of Orthodox Jewfiled suit against a Chicago ish Congregations (O.U.) poultry processing and dis- and the Chicago Rabbinical tributing company for mar- Council. As a result of the suit, a *keting poultry falsely labeled as kosher. Named in Cook County circuit court the suit were Sheldon Ter- order has been entered proman and Michael Terman, hibiting Shelat from procesrespectively president and sing and distributing kosher secretary of Shelat Kosher food while representatives Foods Inc., United Poultry of the attorney general and Inc. and Espan Food Inc. the O.U. examine company Their products are dis- records and stock. tributed nationally under By charging higher prices the "Shelat Kosher Foods" without performing the label. kpshering process, Shelat According to Dave Curry, "clearly violated consumer administrative assistant to protection laws," Hartigan Attorney General Neil F. said in a prepared statement Hartigan, the attorney gen- received here.

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products are appearing in the various stores in Omaha and Lincoln—the most delightful of which is the Janet Lee Chocolate Chips with an 0-U Pareve emblem on them—at Albertson's. Since pareve and kosher chocolate chips are so difficult to Hnd, this is really welcome news. In the soup department, you can find vegetarian vegetable and a couple of other kosher and pareve soups at HyVee and Albertson's. Some of the tomato and cream of mushroom and celery at the other supermarkets are kosher but need to be checked carefully for the proper emblem. Also, if you like Ralston brand crackers that are pareve you can find them at Keystone Pharmacy. All of the above information was brought to our attention by a member of our Vaad Ha'kashrut committee and we w^come any further information about kosher products in this vicinity.

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You ought to know that in addition to fresh and frozen meat and poultry products at Nebraska Kosher Meat Market and frozen at World of Food, you can now purchase some frozen products, including poultry, at No Frills.

The University of NeFor all of you who read labels before purchasing food braska at Ljncoln will offer a course in Jewish history products, please be aware that changes are constantly being during its spring semester made by the packer or manufacturer and something that was always approved may suddenly be non-acceptable to which begins in January. The course, "The Jews in those who maintain kosher kitchens. Modem Europe," wiU be If you have any delicious Hanukkah recipes you would taught by Dr. Alice Freifeld. It will begin with the ghetto like to share, please let me hear from you very soon. Hanukworld of 18th century Jew- kah starts Dec. 15 and that's really not so far away if you ry, and then will examine plan to bake and mail or just bake for the freezer. the process of emancipation And finally, this news about some milk products. and assimilation leading to the conspicuous and ex- Goodrich cottage cheese, buttermilk, sour cream and milk posed place of Jewry in the are now certified kosher, although there is nb certifying late 19th century liberal so- mark on the cartons yet. Also, the "K" in the shield on ciety. It will study the rise Well's Blue Bunny proiducts means that those products are of political anti-Semitism, now certified kosher. Zionism and the Holocaust. YOUTH AWARD The course will be held on , Magic Theatre JERUSALEM (JTA) Mondays, Wednesdays and Magic Theatre's "WalkFridays, 12:30-1:20 p.m., at Ann Bialkin of New York Old Father Hall, Room 309. has received the Israel ing Through Walls," Anyone wishing to audit the Ministry of Labor and So- described as a "large-scale class should inquire at the cial Affairs award for volun- interdisciplinary sculpuniversity about registra- tarism on behalf of Elem/ ture/music/performance Youth in Distress, a pro- spectacle," will premiere at tion procedures. grram fighting teen-age the Magic Theatre Nov. 20. delinquency in IsraeL Bi- The project has been made POSTMASTER alkin is president of Elem possible, in part, by a projHONORED ect grant from the Nebraska NEW YORK (JTA) - and a former professional Arts Council. U.S. Postmaster General social worker. Preston Tisch was honored ELECTED CHAIRMAN ^~~~ Moles-Gophers ^^~~i, NEW YORK (JTA) as "man of the year" by the | Council of Jewish Organiza- William Belzberg of Beverly I Call the Professional (or tions in Civil Service, the Hills, Calif., has been Pest Control coordinating organization elected the first North for 37 affiliated groups American chairman of State r\ ATLAS representing. 100,000 Jew- of Israel Bonds. The current KVJ Pett Control U.S. national Bonds chairish government employees on the local, state and na- man will assume his new 558-3094 post on Jan. 1. tional levels.

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