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AJCongress asks for religious symbols ban The American Jewish Congress told a United States District Court in Iowa that an existing State polky of banning all displays and symbols from public property should be constitutionally applied to bar the display of a Menorah, the traditional lights that celebrate the festival of Chanukah, at the Iowa State House. "Making an exception for religious symbols on publicly-owned land would create an unconstitutional preference for religion," explained Marc Stern, codirector of AJCongress' Commission on Law and Social Action. The AJCongress amicus or friend-of-the-court brief was filed in the case of Lubavitch-of-Iowa-vs. Walters, a suit originally brought before Chanukah, 1986. Initiated by the Lubavitch movement, the case sought to overturn « decision by State authorities denying permission to place a large Menorah on the grounds of the Iowa State «tase. Last year, just days before the Chanukah holiday, the District Court denied Lubavitch a preliminary injunction which would have
allowed it to display its Menorah. That ruling was in turn upheld by the U.S. Court of AppeJeds for the Eighth Circuit. AJCongress' most recent amicus brief was filed in support of the State's motion to have the Lubavitch case dismissed in its 0tatirety. AJCongress' brief noted that in this case, unlike other Menorah cases, the Lubavitch movement did not deny that the Menorah was a religious symbol. It argued instead that it had a &ee speech right to place its Menorah on the State House grounds. AJCongress rejected the free speech argument. It argued that "in order to stat^ a free speech claim on the facts presented here, Lubavitch, at a minimum, must demonstrate that other private parties have been dlowed to erect freestanding symbols, and are allowed to leave those symbols at the Statehouse Plaza for periods of time extending beyond a permitted use of that public forum. Lubavitch's motion papers are conspicuously devoid of the necessary allegations... To allow religious speech, but not secular speech, on pub(Continued on Page 7)
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The Jewish Cultural Arts Council will open the 1988 Winter-Spring season with Kallah Weekend 1988, Jan. 29- • 31. Judge Jerome Homblass, a New York State Supreme •Court judge, wUl be the guest speaker for the weekend. , Judge Hornblass believes that our Jewishness must imjpact on everything we do in our personal, family and profesi sional lives, Jewish Community Center Cultural Arts direc' twSara Jaffe told the Jewish Press. He will speak at Beth Israel Synagogue on Jan. 29,8 p.m. His topic, "An encounter between the Talmud and the American Constitution," will address similarities and differences between American and Jewish law. The kallah weekend program will continue Saturday evening at Beth El Synagogue, 8 p.m., with "An evening with a judge, cantor and humorist." On Sunday, Temple Israel will host a bagel breakfast and a discussion on "The ethics of Jewish power" to conclude the weekend. The theme for the JCAC 1988 Winter-Spring season.' A year of celebration," honors Israel's 40th anniversary and will culminate in a 40th birthday party and Israel Expo on May 14 and 15, Ms. Jaffe said. The JCC Visual Arts department will join with the JCAC to co-sponsor the ld88 IsraeU Fihn Festival which wiU feature five Israeli films, each highlighting a different aspect of Israeli society. i Israel's present and future will be the subject of a debate on March 8, as Omaha hosts two young Israeli politicians, Dan Meridor of the Likud and and Avraham Burg of the Labor Alignment. "Israel: today and tomorrow" is being arranged through the B'nai B'rith International Lecture Bureau. This year's Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration will take place May 14 and 15 and will include a cabaret evening with the Duo Re'eim, Israeli songwriters and singers, and a day-long Israel Expo. , „ „ ,, To complete the JCAC programmmg, the College of Jewish Learning will continue to provide Hebrew and Yiddish instruction, Israeli folk dance lessons, a course in the preparation and observance of Shabbat, and a special seminar on "Jewish revolts" taught by Professor Menachem Mor, Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilization at Creighton University. -
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Federation holds annual meeting Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in JCC By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relations director "The goal for this year is to streamline the board and committee process and to become a more efficient and effective Federation,"' said Saranne Gitnick, who will be installed as president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha at the Federation's Annual Meeting to be held this Sunday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center. "We need to consider the schedules of today's working men and women and make the _ /-.•*• i • most of our time. Since the S*"""* ^"°«='' Federation represents the central address for the Omaha Jewish community, it's imperative that we attract as many of its members as possible. Without willing and enthusiastic community volunteers and strong lay leadership, we cannot be effective. Th^ Annual Meeting is not only an awards and installation ceremony," added Mrs. Gitnick, "but also a reflection of what has transpired in this community in the last year and a preview of what will happen in the year to come.
Also serving with Mrs. Gitnick are Jay Lemer, Federation vice president-dect; Don Yale, vice president/secretaryelect and S. Howard Ruback, treasurer-elect. '1 look forward to working with such a strong group of qualified and experienced people who know how to get the job done," commented Mrs. Gitnick. "I look forward to helping them create a flourishing Jewish community that will answer to the times and the needs of its people. It all begins at the Annual Meeting." "Each year the Annual Meeting offers this community a chance to celebrate the summation of a year of active and dedicated volunteerisni," added Steven J. Rod, Federation executive director. "We spend all year in committees and on boards conducting the business of the' Omaha Jewish community. The Annual Meeting iis a wonderfully exciting evening to pause and reflect on our accomplishments and to establish new goals. "Most important, the Annual Meeting is the Federation's way of saying 'thank you,' " noted Mr. Rod. "Volunteers do just that—volunteer. They receive no salary, no bonuses, no paid vacations. Yet, we at the Federation are ahnost totally dependent on our volunteers and lay leadership to be successful. To recognize this segment of our community and to show our appreciation for their time and effort is most certainly in order."
U.S. welcomes reduction of violence: reiterates concern over deportations By Howard Rosenberg WASHINGTON (JTA) State Department spokesman Charles Redman said Monday that the United States welcomes the recent reduction in violence in the West Bank and GaZa Strip. "Overall, we have seen a general lessening of violence and that we welcome," the spokesman said. Redman faced a flurry of questions at the daily briefing on Israel's decision Sunday to deport nine Palestinians, the killing of a Palestinian woman in the territories by Israeli soldiers and Israel's weekend air raid on terrorist targets in southern Lebanon. Commenting on the deportations, Redman said "Israeli leaders are well aware of our views." The State Department has frequently mentioned that it objects to deportation of Palestinians. He noted that "there is a judicial-appeal process that is apparently still involved in these cases." On Sunday, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres defended the deportations while speaking on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley." Peres said that Israel was following Jordanian law when it deported the Pales-, tinians., Peres explained that since Israel does not use capital punishment, "the most we can do is to deport in accordtmce with the law." He stated that "the Jordanian law is the prevailing law on the West Bank." He also noted that last weekend passed by "in a quiet manner" ip the territories, although he said he regretted Sunday morning's killing of
the Palestinian woman. In explaining the event, he said "some Israeli soldiers were ambushed by masked Palestinians, and one of them was isolated." Then, in self-, defense, one of the Israeli soldiers "fired in there and apparently the cartridge... hit the woman.-" Peres said the army's regional commander did not accept this explanation and, as a result, the unit commander and other soldiers have been suspended. Redman confirmed Monday that "the government of Israel has expressed its regret and has suspended soldiers and the company commander involved, pending an investigation by Israeli authorities." He also expressed sympathy for any "innocent victims" of Sunday's Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon. But he added that the attacks "also demonstrate vividly the importance of security for Is-
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rael's northern frontier and stability in southern Lebanon. Those can only be brought about through a process of political reconcihation among Lebanon's warring factions," On Sunday, Peres was asked whether real progress in the peace process possible since many Israeli leaders oppose returning land seized during the Six-Day War of 1967. He responded, "I don't think that we have to divide Jerusalem. And I don't think we have to return to the 1967 frontiers." Peres said he believes that "the negotiation will result in some solution that nobody has suggested until now." He explained that "in addition to the partition of the land, you can have other solutions, like a federation, a confederation, sharing the government, a transitional period." He said the emphasis should first be to "open a
negotiation between equals, with fuU respect, with good faith—to look for a solution." He repeated his support, for an international (leace conference, as long as it does not impose a solution and leads to direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis. „ Peres recalled that Israel, Egypt, the Soviet Union and the United States participated in such a conference in 1973, which preceded direct talks between Israel and Egypt, cuhninating in the Camp David Accords in the late 1970s. "The taste of the pudding is in its eating," he quipped. EarUer on Sunday's show, two U.S. Jewish leaders discussed Israel's use of live ammunition, as well as peace prospects. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, recently wrote (Continued on Page 7)
Camp Sabra scholarships offered to two Omahaas NCJW The National Council of , Jewish Women-Omaha Seclion will meet Jan. 19, 9:30 a.m. at the Rose Blumkin Home Auditorium. The meeting, titled "Dor 1 Dor" (Generation to Generation), will be a presentatiion of the programs available to Omaha's Jewish senior citizens and recognition of the NCJW volunteers who helped found the "Golden Agers Club" 35 years ago. Among those being honored are: Ruth Seldin, Idella Gaer, Minette Zacharia, Arlene Beber, Bernice Horwich, Anne Margolin and M,in Cutler. • "Free babysitting is available for children of NCJW members at the JCC sitter service. For program and babysitting reservations call Bunny Rothenberg, 333-7240, or Diane Mala-
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Norm Korney, special projects director for CBS Real Estate Co., has been elected president of the Omaha Business Men's Association. Steve Wolkenstein and his family have moved to San Diego, Calif., where Mr. Wolkenstein has accepted a postion with Peat-MarwickMain and Company. He will serve in th« capacity of tax manager, s|^ializing in the real estate and construction ^ndustries.
shock,333-2857, byJan. 13. No reservations or cancellations will be accepted after Jan. 13. HATIKVAH CHAPTER AMIT WOMEN Hatikvah Chapter of Amit yVomen will have a dinner meeting at Beth Israel Synagogue on Jan. 17, 6 p.m. Dinner cost is $4.50 per person; reservations may be made with Marion Strauss, 558-2646 or Beverly FrankUn, 334-7365. Arthur Grossman will be the speaker. The meeting is open to Kalah Franklin Chapter members.
An anonymous donor has made available scholarship monies for two Omaha children to attend Camp Sabra at half price, the Jewish Press has learned. Camp Sabra is operated by the Jewish Community Center Association of St. Louis, Mo., and is located in the Ozarks. Steve Engel, Camp Sabra director, vrill be in Omaha on Jan. 10 to meet with prospective campers and parents, according to the camp's area representative, Anne Broder. Mrs. Broder and her husband, Barry, will host an informational meeting/reunion at their home,
Bar Kochba's name unearthed again TEL AVIV (JTA) Twenty-seven years ago, the name of Shimon Ben Kosiba—also known as Bar Kochba-was found for the first time at an archaeological dig in Israel.' Two months ago, it was found again. • Bar Kochba led the Jewish revolt against the Roman emperor Hadrian from 132 to 135 C.E. His name is part of the pantheon of Jewish heroes, but until 1960 contemporary references to it were never discovered. The first reference was on a papyrus document unearthed in the Nahal Hever region. The second was found deep in a cave in the Lachish region, just north of the Negev, which apparently served as a hideout for CLIP AND SAVE •
Jews fighting the Romans. A team of archaeologists headed by Dr. Amos Kloner, chief archaeologist of the Judaea region, uncovered a bronze weight bearing the inscription: "Shimon Ben Kosiba, prince and leader of Israel." ORDER OF CANADA TORONTO (JTA) - Alan Gottlieb, Canada's ambassador to the United States, has been named a companion of the Order of Canada. Television personality Monty Hall has been named an officer. Both men were bom in Winnipeg. PRESIDENT CINCINNATI (JTA) David Lazarus has been elected president of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, succeeding Robert Blatt.
9713 Fieldcrest Dr.. from 7-8 p.m. To avoid potential conflict with the Federation Annual Meeting which is scheduled for the same time, Mr. Engel will also be available from 2-4 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, Room 6. Mrs. Broder also announced that free bus transportation will be provided to Kansas City, where Omaha Sabra campers will join Kansas City campers for the ride to the camp. Additional information may be obtained from Mr. Engel on Sunday or by calling Mrs. Broder, 390-9016.
Demand firing of official BONN (JTA) - A West German official who cited the killing of Jews in gas chambers as an example of improperly applied efficiency was censured last week by the Ministry of Defense. The outraged Jewish community wants him fired. Heinz Galinski, chairman of the Jewish community in West Berlin, called on Defense Minister Manfred Woemer to immediately dismiss Dr. Rainer Reinhart, who is vice president of the Munich-based Bavarian Regional Civilian Administration of the armed forces, known as Wehrberich 6. A ministry spokesman said that the matter is under study, but did not indicate whether further action is contemplated.
W NELLIE EDEL MINKIN Word has been received in Omaha of the Dec. 22 death of Nellie Edel Minkin. Interment was at Shalom Gardens in San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Minkin is survived by daughters, Lynne R. Snyder of Los Gatos, Calif., Rhea V. Adler of San Rafael, Calif., and Sheryl E. Minkin of Port Washington, NY; son, Adrian M. Minkin, Foster City, Calif.; sister, Fay A. Adel of Canoga Park, Calif.; six grandchildren. DOROTHY ROSEN LINCOLN Services were held on Jan. 3 in San Diego, Calif., for former Omahan Dorothy Rosen Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln was active in Jewish arid civic organizations in Omaha and was a past president of Associated Artists. She is survived by her husband, Harry; sons, Alan, Thomas and Steven; daughters, Kathy and Amy; brothers, L. Robert and Paul Rosen; four grandchildren; all of San Deigo.
JAMES LEMSON Word has been received in Omaha of the Dec. 27 death of James Lemson of Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of Omaha and Dea Mcanes. Mr. Lemson is survived by his wife, Regina Klein Lemson; daughter, Joyce Kohn; one granddaughter. He was preceded in death by hip sister, Min Rimmerman.
Neal Brian Abramson, son of Gail and Marvin Abramaon, is moving to Loe Angeles to attend the Los Angeles Recording Workshop and pursue a career in the recording industry. He was graduated from the University of NebraskaLincoln in August with a degree in broadcast journalism. While studying in Lincoln he served as USY advisor for Tifereth Israel Synagogue and as a Sunday School teacher for B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue. He was also Hillel treasurer RE-ELECTED NEW YORK (JTA) - during his junior year. Robert Loup of Denver has GEN.SNEH been re-elected chairman of CLAL, the National Jewish APPOINTED Center for Learning and JERUSALEM (JTA) Leadership. Brig. Gen. Ephraim Sneh, ELECTED PRESIDENT former governor of Israel's LOS ANGELES (JTA) - •West Bank Civil AdminisRositta Kenigsberg of Mi- tration, has been named ami has been elected presi- director-general of the dent of International Net- G6lda Meir Association in work of Children of Jewish Israel, which teaches demoHolocaust Survivors, suc- cracy, tolerance and pluralceeding Jerzy Warman of ism to high school students. He succeeds Boris Krasny. New York.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 Community Adult Shabbaton, Boys Town Beth El Second Shabbat Diriner, 6 p.m., Beth El SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 NCJW Mini Grants Meeting, 2 p.m. Federation Annual Meeting, 7.30 p.m. _ Na'Amat USA Bd., 10:15 a.m.. Village Inn, Dodge St Temple Israel Men's Club Brunch, 10 a.m., Temple Israel B'nai B'rith Jr. Bowling League, 1:30 p.m., Cougar Lanes MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Federation Executive Meeting, 4 p.m. YES, 10 a.m. Yiddish Class, 7:30 p.m. Beginning Hebrew, 7 p.m. Drivers Education Class, 6 p.m. Friedel Academy Board, 7:30 p.m., Day School TUESDAY,JANUARY 12 Foundation Board, 4 p.m. Mom's Day Out, noon BJE Board, 7:30 p.m. Beth Israel Sisterhood Regular Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Beth Israel Temple Israel Sisterhood Pot Luck, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 Intermediate Hebrew, 10 a.m. Beginning Hebrew, 11 a.m. Driver's Education, 5 p.m. Temple Israel Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Teinple Israel Beth Israel Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel THURSDAY,JANUARY 14 Braille Class, 9 a.m. NCJW Board, 11:30 a.m. Mom's Dav Out, noon Driver's Education, 5 p.m. Artza Committee, 7:30 p.m. Walk-in Drop-in, 10:30 a.m., Beth El For qimtlons on activities contact Jeanettt Fenln at 334.8200 E«l. 271 Tht Jmlafi PftM a nm faspons/Ws la iht iccurKy ol rlwatova aranti.
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Among the celebrants at the Y.E.S. pre-New Year's Eve party at the Jewish Community Center on Dec. 30 were Fan and Abe Rosenthal. They and the other party-goers were "dressed to the nines" for the annual event which featured festive decorations and a special menu.
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Dr. Margolin introduced Professor Menachem Mor, our Dec. 3 guest speaker. Dr. Mor is from Haifa, Israel and is teaching Jewish history at Creighton University. He spoke about education in Israel. On Dec. 7, Dorothy and Rueben Ratner joined us for lunch. Feo Kahn donated a new camera to the group, i On Dec. 10, Rabbi Myer Kripke spoke to us about the class he is teaching at Creighton University. . Guests of Rose Roffman on Dec. 14 were her granddaughter and greatgranddaughter. Dr. Gerald Schenken, who is a candidate for the House of Representatives, spoke about Medicare problems and their program. He also told
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US why he had given up his medical practice to go into politics. A very good lunch of brisket and potato latkes was served on Dec. 17. Dan Greenfield, Al Oruch and Mollie Dehnan fried all the latkes. Julia Zuker joined us for lunch and it was so nice having her with us. Dr. Margolin showed slides of iiis last trip to Israel. The Hanukkah party was held Dec. 21.. Anne Katzman received a plaque in recognition of her discussion group sessions. Morris Maline also received a plaque for his work with the YES group, Mrs. Maline and their son, Alan, were also present. Marshall Becker, who is ah attorney, presented a humorous program and the YES Choral Group' sang Hanukkah songs for us. There was a Hanukkah gift exchange. On Dec. 28, Gaiy Parilman told us abo^t his trip to Washington, D.C. for the Freedom March. Kay Ferer gave her weekly hospital report. Our pre-New Year's party was a huge success on Dec. 30. Over 200 seniors attended this gala affair. Bartenders Dan Greenfield and Al Oruch were very busy making drinks for everyone. A rock comish hen lunch was served. Toby Kagan received a plaque in recognition of her hard work for YES.
By Yitzhak Rabi ^ NEW YORK (JTA) - Alf M. Erlandson, the chie^mhe United Nations archives, unlocks one door, and then another and another, until we finally enter a small office room. "What you see here are the files of the U.N. War Crimes Commission (WCC) on suspected Nazi war criminals, " Erlandson says. On the gray metal shelves the files—8,100 of them, containing the names and listing the crimes of some 40,000 Nazi war criminals and their coUaborators-^-are neatly arranged in small, sturdy gray boxes. "We have about 460 boxes altogether in this room," Erlandson, a tall and slim Swede, says in reply to my question. The U.N. archives, where the files of the WCC have been stored since 1947, are located on the 11th and 12th floors of a rather grim-looking pre-World War 11 building at 345 Park Ave. South at 25th St. in Manhattan. At the entrance on the 12th floor, security is tight. Two guards in U.N. uniforms patrol outside the door. After 1 identify myself with a U.N. press pass, 1 am told by one of the guards to place my briefcase and my overcoat in a locker. "Keep the key with you," he advises. He buzzes the door for me, and I fenter the archives. In order to look at any file, one first must pour through a microfilm index of the files. In a room with large windows facing south and west, I sit down in front of one of five microfilm readers placed on office-desks. I tiim the machine on, and suddenly the din of the street below disappears. On the screen, one sees name after name with a description of crimes attached to it: murder, mass murder, murder, murder and massacre of civilians, torture, deportation, medical experiments. And next to the crimes are the position, profession or rank of the criminals: doctors, lawyers, generals, soldiers, housewives, professors. The index provides the file number, the date or dates of the alleged crimes and, when available, the date of birth of the accused criminal. Once the proper fUe number is obtained, one can ask for the microfilm of the file itself, where details of the criminals and their crimes were documented by the WCC. Erlandson explains that all the files were copied on microfilm only in 1986. "Most of the files are in very had condition," he says, pointing to some of the files that are yellowing in the corners. According to Erlandson, it is not only time that is against the files. "You see, the quality of the paper after the'war was very low," he points out. Asked if researchers are allowed to read the actual paper files, Erlandson replies in the affirmative, saying that this may be arranged with him if it is absolutely necessary and if the microfilm of the file itself is not clear enough. The WCC was established on Oct. 20,1942 by a meeting of representatives of 17 of the AUied Nations, including all the major powers except the Soviet Unioii. In 1947, the WCC gave its files on war criminals to the U.N. secretariat, asking that the United Nations serve as a "custodian" to the files. Last November, U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cueliar announced the opening of the files to governments and individual scholars and researchers.
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By Andrew Silow Carroll and Andrew Murhin NEW YORK (JTA) Pope John Paul 11 will meet with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim during a visit to Austria scheduled for June 23 to 27, according to news reports from the Vatican Tuesday. The pope also v#ill meet, on June 24, with Austrian Jewish leaders who protested his controversial audience at the Vatican with Waldheim last summer, the reports said. The reports could not be confirmed independently by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Arrangements for the visit were apparently made during Waldheim's audience at the Vatican last June. John Paul II first visited Austria as pope in 1983. An international commission of historians is studying Waldheim's activities as a lieutenant in the German Army during World War II, when he allegedly was involved in deportations of Creek Jews to Auschwitz, among other crimes. Waldheim has repeatedly denied that he was involved in war crimes. The Jewish leader said IJCIC will meet Thursday to discuss alternative proposals to a papalWaldheim meeting, which the group will transmit to Vatican officials. "We don't want a repetition of the tumultuous events of the summer," he said. Regarding the upcoming visit, Morris Abram, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Ameri125th ANNIVERSARY LOS ANGELES (JTA) The Wilshire Boulevard Temple here, a Reform congregation that was founded as an Orthodox synagogue, celebrated its 125th anniversary Dec. 20. JNF PRESIDENT NEW YORK (JTA) - Dr. Joseph Stemstein of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., has been elected to a second two-year term as president of Jewish National Fund.
can Jewish Organizations, suggested in a statement that the pope use the visit to "give pubUc expression to his views on the Holocaust and its dreadful and continuing lessons to all mankind." Also in a statement. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, said he hoped the pope would "not repeat the overly lavish praise for Mr. Waldheim when they met last summer, and which appeared to absolve the former U.N. official of the charges that have been made against him."
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Lisa Fried wins grand prize in Constitutional essay contest
Editor's Note: Lisa Fried was recently awarded the Graod Prize in a Constitutional essay contest sponsored by the Metropolitan newspaper. The judges selected a $100 U.S. Savings Bond winner for each of the eight weeks the contest ran, then, at a luncheon honoring the winning essayists, and attended by Omaha Mayor Bernie Simon, Lisa Fried was named Grand Prize winner of a Washington, D.C. trip for two. Lisa, a Burke High School senior, chose The First AmendLisa Fried . ment as the subject of her essay. The judges praised her writing for being clear and concise. Lisa's interests at school include Drama Club and National Honor Society. She is involved in The Understudies, a volunteer group at the Omaha Community Playhousie. At Temple Israel, Lisa is an active member and past officer of the Temple Youth Group, and has attended regional and national conventions over the past four years. Last summer she spent six weeks in Israel on a group tour sponsored by the North American Federation of Temple Youth. She is also a member of MiZ. Yoshana BBG. Lisa plans to attend a strong liberal arts college in the east next year. She is the daughter of Norma and Marshall Fried. . Lisa's prize-winning essay is reprinted below. THE FIRST AMENDMENT: OUR BASIC FREEDOMS "Congress shall make no law respecting an esti^blishment of religion, or.prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." This is the first amendment of the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitutionof the United States. Although everyone in the United States has probably taken advantage of one or more of the rights outlined here at one time or another, this addition to the Constitution was not agreed upon immediately. According to a four-page, hand-written draft of the Bill of Rights, composed in 1789 and thought to be the only original draft in existence, all of these freedoms were not included at first. Roger Sherrnan, who drafted this original version, limited or left our significant details. For example, freedom of the press is guarded by his eighth amendment, but his second amendment sharply limits free speech and requires that it be expressed "with decency." Other rights too, went unmentioned or were restricted. Fortunately though, this version was revised and our rights are now satisfactorily protected. The first amendment in particular guarantees important rights. The very first phrase of the amendment states that Congress is not permitted to make any laws "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Neither God nor Jesus Christ is mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. Led by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, the founding fathers, who were "painfully aware of the bitter fruits of church and state entanglements," worked to avoid conflict and religious oppression by totally splitting religion and government. In these efforts, "their wisdom and foresight were truly extraordinary." The religion clauses in the Constitutjon "have been a blessing for freedom of conscience." The first amendment is "America's Magna Charta of religious liberty and church/state separation." It has greatly influenced several Supreme Court decisions. The ruling that the Government
cannot write or sponsor prayers for American youth to recite: or support schools existing only to promote a religious faith, was inflijenced by the first amendment. The first amendment's next clause states that government may not abridge free speech. Free speech is one of the trademarks of American government, and probably one of the first things that comes to any American's mind when asked what the Bill of Rights contains. As former Mr. Chief Justice Douglas asserted, "Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." This one line in the amendment is not even a full sentence long, but our nation would be drastically different if it had. been onlitted. Imagine not being allowed to stage protests or even voice an opinion without fear. These few words secure one of the most important rights we, as Americans, own. Trailing right behind freedom of speech in the amend; ment is freedom of the press. Thomas Jefferson once said that, given the choice, he would rather have newspapers without government than a government without newspapers. The media has proved to be a watchdog of government throughout the years. Prominent examples of this include Watergate and today's Iran-Contra hearings. Newspapers and television are generally the most reliable sources of information for American citizens. If the government were permitted to interfere with this freedom, millions of Americans wtjuld be completely ignorant of what was going on in their own government. Press freedom makes the Government careful in its operations because it knows that everything the press finds out will be reported. Most of the news we read, see and hear would be unheard of in less fortunate countries. Yet in our own society it is natural and ordinary, thanks to a few words in the first amendment. The last two rights spelled out here are the right of the people to assemble peacehilly and "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Unfortunately these rights are not quite as well-known or as much used as the freedoms of religion, speech and the press. Still, it is important that they are there. Many citizens rely on the right of petition to influence their Congressional representatives. Individuals or groups can write letters or even travel to Washington to speak to their representative. Special interest groups have lobbyists who are paid to wield their influence. The right to assemble peacefully is a basic freedom in the United States, but in other countries, arrests for this "offense" are not uncommon. The rights in the first amendment have become important foundations upon which this country is built. There is hardly anyone in the United States who cannot name at least some of the freedoms included in the first amendment. In just a few short lines, the founding fathers made clear the most important rights of the American public. Without this one amendment, the United States would be dramatically different. The first amendment certainly deserves to be recognized as the single most important amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
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Argentine official asks for denaturalization BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — An Argentine official has moved to revoke the citizenship of Nazi war crimes suspect Josef Schwammberger, the World Jewish Congress reported here. Schwammberger is being held in La Plata pending a West German extradition request on allegations that he was responsible for the death of about 1,000 people, mostly Jews, while he commanded two labor camps in occupied Poland during World War II. Arjge^tuie JStecretary ,af.
Justice Enrique 'Paixao instructed prosecutors to revoke Schwammberger's citizenship, saying the pending charges are so "severe that the government considers it unworthy for him to possess" Argentine citizenship. Paixao said Argentine authorities would not have granted Schwammberger citizenship in 1966 if they had known of the West German charges, which include murder, blackmail and stealing gold fillings and jewelry firom victims.
An 'Odyssey' for the lost Jews of Greece By Joseph Cohen Tulane University Among the six million Jews martyred by the Nazis in the Holocaust, there were 67,112 Jews from Greece. While these numbers are small in comparison to the other Jewish populations decimated by the Germans, they constituted 86 percent of the total Greek Jewish community. The loss of these Jews all but brought to an end a Greek Jewish conununity that was centuries old. Until recently, their story has remained untold. Now, with the surfacing of the role Kurt Waldheim played in the destruction of the Jews of Salonika, attention is being focused on the devastation of the Jews in Greece. Two principal memorials to the lost Jews of Greece exist. In Athens last summer, my wife and I went to the Jewish Museum. We had expected to find antiquities. What we found instead, in the small, almost oriental interior, hamisch and (iimly lit, was one room set aside to commemorate the martyred Jews, practically all of whom were sent to the crematoria at Auschwitz. Looking at the artifacts and the memorabilia in the hushed quiet and the semi-darkness, one could Uterally feel the intensity and the immensity of the tragedy. Letters, pictures, identity cards, the actual posters spelling out the Nurenberg decrees which were imposed immediately after the Germans occupied Greece in.April 1942, all combined to create an atmosphere of grief and desolation. I can compare it only to the experience of walking into a room filled with people mourning the unexpected death of a beloved family member, taken before his time. The impact was awe some. I feel it even now as I write these words. That is the first memorial. The second memorial is a book containing an account of. his internment at Auschwitz by a Greek Jew living in Athens, Errikos Sevillias, one of the few survivors. It records the systematic extermination of the Greek Jews in the death camp. It is entitled simply Athens-Auschwitz (translated and introduced by Nokis Stavroulakis, the present director of The Jewish Museum, and published in Athens in 1983 by the Lycabettus Press). It is as remarkable a narrative of the Holocaust experience as any I have ever read, not as sophisticated as those by Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Aharon Appelfeld or Chaim Grade, because its author was not a writer. But, in its own way, it is as moving as any of the works these more famous writers have, produced. Lucid and directly narrated, Athens-Auschwitz is the new Odyssey for the lost Jews of Greece, not lyrical, to be sure, but certainly an epic. Sevillias was bom in Athens in 1901 to a poor Jewish couple with nine other children. His formal education came to an end when, at the age of 12, he was sent to work in a leather goods shop. At the age of 16 he opened his own shop but three years later he closed it to serve in the Greek Army in Asia Minor.. When a brother, also in the service, was killed in action, Sevillias was furloughed home permanently. Released from the army in 1923, he again opened his leather goods shop and in time he became a respected merchant. He married in 1936 and fathered a daughter. He had never experienced any anti-Semitism, partly because the Jews of Athens, unlike those in Salonika, where over half the population was made up of zealous Sephardim and btisiness was conducted by everyone in Ladino, were almost totally Hellenized. But his Hellenization didn't save Sevillias from the Nazis though it made it easier for some Jews to hide or be hidden by their neighbors. He was among the first Athenian Jews to be sent to Auschwitz. During his 16 months of victimization, he miraculously overcame frequent encounters with death. His survival he regards as bizarre, and he wrote kis book in an effort, as he put it, to "catch the meaning, the deeper significance of what happened to me and to the millions like me." He did not seek to publish what he had written. On May 24,1974, he was struck by a motorcycle. The manuscript was foimd among his papers after his death. Athens-Auschwitz is gripping in its account of the horrorfilled 12-day train joumeyjfrom Greece to Poland, with people crammed tightly into freightcars, of the realization on arrival that most of the Jews would go directly to their deaths, of the brutality of camp guards, the severity of the workday, the paucity of food, and the nature of the work inside the crematoria where the prisoner assigned to feed the ovens would themselves perioidically be cremated to destroy the eyewitnesses. In Sevillias' sector of the camp, adjacent to the crematoria, stolen gold-filled teeth became the currency for bartering with the free Polish employees of the camp for extra food, so the involuntary dead helped a few of the living remain alive. Determined to survive, Sevillias did, though as much by sheer luck as by grim determination. His reunion, once he-was enabled to return to Athens, with his wife and daughtfer, told as simply as the horrofs he had experienced, brings tears of joy to the eyes. This is a book that will not be forgotten. It is a fitting monument to the 67,112 members of a once exotic and vital Jewish community thjit is no ropje,
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By New§ analysis Bert Lewis By David Twersliy NEW YORK (JTA) - Do American Jews have the right to participate in the internal Israeli debate on the peace process? Will the breakdown of the unified Jewish stand When somebody walks up to me and says, "Here's a on the administered territories undermine the Jewish comcolumn for you," I always Usten. As 1 sat in the Press office munity's ability to project its influence in Washington and the other day, I heard that very statement. It was made help maintain a strong U.S.-lsrael relationship? by the woman who handles subscriptions as well as other These questions have resurfaced in the wake of the tough important stuff and she was holding two folders of papers measures Israel adopted to quell violent riots in the Gaza in her hands. Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. One folder Was maybe two inches thick and the other was On the one hand, the organized Jewish community reat least three times larger. She explained the thin folder acted quickly to what many perceived as an excessively represented address changes from 1986 and the thick one critical reaction in the American news media and the supaddress changes of 1987. Her comment was, "Doesn't anyposedly evenhanded U.S. government policy statement body stay put any more?" A good question isn't it? blaming Israel and the Palestinians in equal measure for I didn't personally look at many of the names on the lists the disturbances. On the other hand, important voices but I did wonder about so many moves to new addresses. NEW YORK—Twenty-two top biomedical researchers within the Jewish mainstream expressed views that placed Some are easy enough to figure out. Kids go away to colfrom the U.S. and Israel shared new findings on the procsome of the blame on Israel for failing to break the politilege and kids get married and kids move to their own place ess of infection when they met at the second annual cal impasse responsible for the riots. and so on and on and on. And some people move from the Rockefeller University—Weizmann Institute of Science Statements issued by the heads of the Conference of apartment or house they've been in to still another. And • symposium, held in New York in early December. Shown Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Antiyou've certainly heard me often enough carry on about the here between sessions on the Rockefeller campus are cell Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, B'nai B'rith Internafact that kids don't stay in the hometown any more. So biologist Prof. Varda Rotter, left, parasitologist Prof, tional and other groups sought to shift culpability for the many move away to a new city, not just mine. In fact, I david Mirebnan, center, both of the Weizmann Institute, riots to the Palestine Liberation Organization and Arab exjust had a conversation with a lady who had both her marand bacteriologist Prof. Vincent A. Fischetti, right, of tremist refusal to negotiate directly with Israel. ried children move to a southwestern community a few air Rockefeller University. Speaking for the Riklis Family Morris Abram, chairman of the Presidents Conference, hours away. One couple had been here long enough for her Foundation, sponsor of the symposium series, Foundasaid that the "continuing series of riots and acts of vioto be accustomed to having access to the grandchildren, tion president Mona Riklis Ackerman said Rockefeller lence" have been "planned, instigated and incited by Paleswhen poof, they were gone. And those dam ingrates took and Weizmann are "ideal partners" because of their tinian terrorist groups." the grandkids with them! common tradition of excellence resulting in significant At the same time, leaders of other mainstream Jewish I 'm being facetious of course, but the fact is simple: when scientific advances. groups publicly gave voice to a different analysis of the you're used to having an extension of your family unit no crisis. more than 15 or 20 minutes away, its hard to see them Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of move. When you could always pop in and see the children, American Hebrew Congregations, argued that the riots • or grab one and take him/her out to lunch or to a movie "should shock" the Israeli government into the realization or a bowling alley or just back home to have dinner with that the status quo in the territories is inherently unstayou and grandpa, well, that was like it's supposed to be. ble and "corrodes the Jewish and democratic character of But we ah^ady know we're a very mobile society. The said, referring to the Pales- days are long gone when Bobie and Zada could gather three the state." By Maurice Samuelson In line with the position adopted at a UAHC convention LONDON (JTA) - A tinians. "It is shaming that generations around whenever the mood (or the yomtov) iirNovember, the Reform leader urged the Israeli govern- British diplomat who vis- money is flowing out of this struck. Now they look to the mailman and the telephone ment to "seek and find" partners for peace negotiations. ited the Gaza Strip on Mon- area into Israel but money for the family, so it's hardly any wonder there are a jiUion His statement, expanded into an op-ed article in The New day has created a stir here is not being put back in." address changes annually. Somebody is always looking for York Times, represented a departure from the community and in Israel by remarking His harsh, outspoken another place to be. norm, which might be characterized as circling the wagons that conditions in the terri- criticism of Israel was a lead And for a variety of reasons. Maybe a better job market whenever Israel is under assault. tory are "appalling" and an item Tuesday in British ra- than "at home" or maybe closer to a boyfriend or girlfriend Although there have always been groups on the fringes "an affront to civilized dio, television and newspa- or to find better weather or a climate easier on a person's of the community advocating controversial positions on the values." per reports. Pro-Israel mem- health. Plain, old-fashioned retirement often means people Arab-Israeh dispute, the development of an openly pluralisThe remarks were made bers of Parliament, such as pull up roots and go elsewhere and since we know folks are tic community debate on the peace process is of recent vin- by David Mellor, minister of the Labor Party's Douglas taking better care of themselves and living longer I guess tage. State for foreign affairs, who Hoyle, plan to question For- it's fair to surmise more are retiring to sunshine and paraTraditionally, whenever Israeli security—no matter how arrived in Israel on Sunday eign Secretary Sir Geoffrey dise (wherever THAT is). broadly defined—was directly involved, American Jews and took a "private" tour of Howe as to what extent So to my friend who asked, "Doesn't anybody stay put tended to defer to the Israeli government, which was seen the West Bank and Gaza Mellor's views reflect anymore?" I can only say, beats me. I've explored all the as enjoying a "higher authority." reasons I can think of. There are no doubt others, but that's Strip on Monday, before government thinking. A Foreign Office spokes- the best I can come up with. Maybe next year the numcommencing his official visit that evening by meeting man said Tuesday, "It is bers will diminish ... we'll see, won't we? with Foreign Minister Shi- not for us to comment on what Mr. Mellor says. We mon Peres. The British Foreign Of- are not going to get into a TEL AVIV (JTA) - American Association for Ethiopia put about 20 Jews Ethiopian Jews in Chicago fice, which sent him on the public debate with the Ison trial last month for their said Tuesday that 14 Jews trip, seemed embarrassed raelis." It was pointed out, involvement in attempting are in Ethiopian jails for at- by Mellor's public desaipIncluded in the stateCHICAGO (JTA) - A coto immigrate to Israel, Is- tempting to' immigrate to tion of conditions at the nevertheless, that Mellor's ment, however, was the alition of 14 women repreIsrael or aid others' imJabalya refugee camp as remarks were in full accord raeli Immigration and Abdeclaration, "Some of us "shocking and inhuman" with the foreign secretary's senting Judaism's Conser- want it noted that though sorption Minister Yaacov migration. Their trial had been ru- and his harassment of an Is- view that Israel's reputa- vative, Orthodox, Recon- we support the position we Tsur said Monday. His comments were reported in the mored to begin for the past rael Defense Force officer tion was'damaged by "re- structionist and Reform find it difficult and troublepressive" actions in the ter- branches has issued a state- some to do." newspaper Maariv, which month, but as of two days before television cameras. ment urging all Jewish men Speaking to reporters in ritories. added that nothing more is ago an Ethiopian source The group met under the and women "to obtain a knew of no such trial, the Gaze, Mellor said, "It is apknown of their fate. Tsur auspices of the Chicago traditional get (divorce) in spokesperson added. palling that a few miles up said that most of the defenUSY AWARD conjunction with a civil di- chapter of the American The estimated 10,000 to the coast (in Israel) there is dants had worried relatives BALTIMORE (JTA) vorce." The.statement also Jewish Committee. Its 20,000 Jews who remain in prosperity, and here there is in Israel. statement presents the A spokesperson for the Ethiopia are prohibited by misery on a scale that rivals Rabbi Jerome Epstein, sen- suggests the exploration of results of a yearlong diathe government from emi- anjrthing anywhere in the ior vice president and chief a " 'system' of national logue begun, according to • grating. About 16,000 world." He urged that executive officer of United 'batei din' (religious courts) leader and organizer Elaine Ethiopian Jews have come "something has got to be Synagogue of America, the in which all segments of the Wishner, "to break through Conservative congrega- community can participate, to Israel, according to Tsur, done. the barriers that often exist while 11,000 remain behind. "The Israeli authorities tional organization, has as one means of resolving between the various segreceived the USY Alumni the Jewish divorce issue for •Motes-Gophers' cannot duck their responsiments of the Jewish commubility to these people," he Award from United Syna- the entire community." nity." I Cdll the Professional gogue Youth.
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SERVICES: SERVICES: m the second place, the As we open the second Rabbi Paul Drazen and Friday: book of Torah, Shemot- fact that the world has Kabbalat Shabbat, 5 p.m. Cantor Emil Berkovits Offutt Air Base Exodus, we may ask our- meaning and that mankind Late family service, 8 will conduct the services. selves, What assumptions has standards of living that SERVICES: Friday: 6 p.m. p.m. about life and the world un- are God-given implies that Rabbi Howard Zyskind Shabbat dinner will folIn the absence of Cantor derlie all the books of Torah, morality is not a luxury but conducts services in the Fettman, who is conduct- low services. indeed, all the books of the a necessity of human life. Capehart Chapel every ing an adult Shabbaton at Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Every book of the Bible asBible itself as a whole? Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Kiddush will follow servthe Boys Town Conference sumes that the moral huShabbat follows the The Book of Shemot man life is the only life Center, the late service will ices. Mincha-Ma'ariv, service. plunges us into a world of worth living. ^ be conducted by Marvin 5 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 darkness and despair, the Parilman. Council Bluffs And third, the Bible world of Egyptian slavery. promises the eventual reThe D'var Torah will be p.m. B'nal Israel But before the book has demption of mankind; prompresented by Dr. Arthur Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and ended, the Children of Israel ises it both implicitly and SERVICES: 5:30 p.m. Fishkin. march forth triumphantly; explicitly. The Exodus from First and third Friday MEN'S CLUB The Oneg Shabbat foleach month 7:30 p.m. Men's Club breakfast they receive the Ten Com- slavery is made much of in lowing the service will be An Oneg Shabbat folwill following morning mandments at Mt. Sinai the Book of Shemot which hosted by Sisterhood. and a whole code of law of we open this week. It is relows the service. services on Sunday, Jan. Saturday: B'nai Israel Synagogue Morning service, 8:45 10. Petet Hoagland, candi- various kinds, ritual, ethi- ferred to again and again in offers services led by memdate for Congr.ess, will cal, domestic; and they build other Biblical books—and a.m. bers of the congregation. In the absence of the speak on "American aid to an elaborate place of wor- still more in later Jewish Volunteer Cantor Mandy cantor, the service will be Israel, why it must be con- ship that was portable, to tradition. And the implicaGreene leads the singing. journey with them on the tion is clear: just as the conducted by Aron tinued." hazardous trek to the beck- darkness of Egyptian slavEveryone is invited to atZeiderman. WOMEN'S LEAGUE tend. The D'var Torah wUl be ery gave way to the dawn of Beth El Women's oning Promised Land. Persons interested in car Thus the assumptions of the Exodus, so too all the presented by Dr. Dan League will have a lunchpools may call Scott KotFertel. eon on Jan. 12 at 12:30 the world of thought of the troubles that beset mankind zen, 402:553-3334. A kiddush luncheon in . p.m. Lynne Fullerton will Bible are spread out clearly can one day be vanquished, honor of the 90th birthday speak on "Taking control, before us. so that a happy era for huEXECUTIVE of Edward Kahn will fol- 10 steps to a healthier In the first place, the Bib- mankind may begiiJ. low the service. Par- life." For reservations call lical world assumes (without It is refreshing to identify DIRECTOR ticipants in the Little Peo- Reva Oruch or Rose attempting any "theologi- these assumptions and reNEW VORKUTA)-Dr. ple's service and Junior Roffman. cal" proof!) that the life we view them. One does not Janice Etkzkowitz of New Congregation are also inhave is meaningful, that we have to be a believer in the York has been appointed exLUNCH AND LEARN vited. The kiddush will be ecutive director of SepharLunch and Learn with live in a meaningful world. literal truth of the Biblical sponsored by his children: the rabbi will continue For that is the essential narrative to recognize that dic House, a national orTheresa and Sol Stiss, Jan. 14, noon, at Beth El. meaning of the assumption in this Book and the books ganization devoted to Sandy and Hugo Kahn, that there is God. This God which made it up are the Sephardi history and culWOMEN'S LEAGUE Barbara and Joe Kahn. masters Nature (the Sea of foundation stone of the ture, based at Congregation SHABBAT Little People's Service, Reeds parts at His bidding); good life, individual and colShearith Israel here. She Wonrien's League mem10 a.m.; Shirley Goodman He gives attention to man- lective. Not in vain has it 'also has been appointed the bers will lead services and will lead the service. kind and is. concerned with been preserved and revered first female executive direcsponsor the kiddush on Junior Congregation, 10 the way we live (there are these many centuries. It is tor of the congregation, suca.m., will be led by Dr. Jan. 16. Conunandments for our gui- still the greatest gift that ceeding Joseph Tarica, who JUNIOR Paul Shyken in the Golddance); He thus masters the human mind can proleft for a similar post in CONGREGATION stein Chapel. history—the record of man- duce and the human heart West Bloomfield, Mich. Junior Congregation kind's life and progress. Class with the rabbi, can offer. will have lunch following 4:15 p.in. services on Jan. 16. Mincha, 6 p.m., followed by Shalosh S'eudos, MaMeet with Camp Lincoln ariv and Havdalah. Sabra director B'nai Jeshurun Sunday: Monument Co. 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lie property would be to prefer rdiigion over non-religion without any conceivable free speech or free exercise justification." The brief noted that application of the rule against displays to Lubevitch would not deprive it of all opportunity to reach the public with its religious message, partinilarly since the group had been offered, but rejected, private, nongovernment sites for the display. In any event, AJCoogress added that "where a religious symbol stands alone on public property, the
viewer associates the symbol with the owner of the public land," AJCongress said, citing the recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals in AJCongress-v.City-of-Chicago which prohibited a creche display in Chicago's City Hall. "It is that association of government endorsement or approval that Lubavitch seeks to exploit," charged the AJCongress. "It is precisely that symbolic association between religion and government the Establishment Clause forbids," it concluded. Taking another tack, Lubavitch argued as well that
even if the Menorah is a religious symbol, it should still be allowed on public property. It suggested that display of a Christmas tree by the State requires that a Menorah also be displayed in order to provide equal treatment of both Jewish and Christian symbols. "But the Menorah is a religious symbol in a way that a Christmas tree is not," responded AJCongress. "Preserving the religious significance of the Menorah ought to be reason enough not to permit its use in ways that diminish its religious significance."
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in the New York Times that rioting in the territories should "shock" the Israeli government and that the status quo in the territories "corrodes the Jewish and democratic character" of Israel. Schindler was more tempered in his criticism Sunday, stating only that "there is a recognition that there is a danger of using excessive force." ' • The State Department has repeatedly criticized Israelin recent weeks for using "excessive force" and, particularly, for using live ammunition against Pales"ulnian rioters. The department's forceful
statements on the subject command, is punishing and disturbed several American disciplining soldiers "who Jewish leaders. A delegation do that." Abram said that "during of the leaders, led by Morris Abram, chairman of the the last several days new Conference of Presidents of riot equipment has been Major American Jewish Or- given to the Israeli soldiers" ganizations, met Dec. 24 as well as rubber bullets. On prospects for peace, with Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead to Abram said it is "absolutely vital that the peace process express their concerns. Abram was asked on Sun- be restarted." Sunday's show also feaday's program to address the administration's con- tured Columbia University « cern over Israel's use of le- Professor Edward Said, who thal force. He asserted that is a member of the Palestine "Israel uses live ammuni- National Council, the Palestion as a last resort" al- tine Liberation Organizathough "there have been tion's policy-making body. some miscarriages of the us- He praised Palestinian resisage of live anununition." He tance by stating "this is the said that General Yitzhak right of all occupied peoMordechai, head of the Is- ple—to resist military occurael Defense Force southern pation."
RETIRED ATHLETES IN HALL OF FAME NEW YORK (JTA) Eight retired Jewish athletes have been selected for induction into the International Jewish Sports Hall at the Wingate School of Physical Education in Netanya, Israel. They are: the late William Bachrach, coach of the U.S. swimming teams in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics; Robert Cohen of Algiers, 1954-56 world bantam weight boxing champion; Mitch Gaylord, gold and silver medal-winning U.S. gymnast in the 1984 Olympics; Wilham "Red" Holzman, a champion player and coach in the National Basketball Association; Edward Lawrence Levy of Great Britain, who set 14 world records in weightlifting from 1891-94; Armand Mouyal of France, world champion epee fencer in 1957 and Olympic silver medalist in 1956; Mark Rakita of the Soviet Union, Olympic gold and silver medalist in sabre fencing in 1964 and 1%8; and Marilyn Ramenofsky, former world record holder in the 400meter freestyle swim and silver medalist in the 1964 Olympics. They will be inducted into the hall early next year.
Officials foresee suffering by Jews in Ethiopian famine
By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) - A second famine in three years is threatening to devastate Ethiopia, and with it the 10,000-20,000 Jews living primarily in the country's Gondar region. As many as 7.3 million of Ethiopia's estimated 4S million people may again face starvation, according to George Kassis, UNICEF desk officer for Ethiopia. Faced with a cropwithering drought, dvil war and an agricultural economy that has yet to recover from the famine of 1984-85, the Ethiopian government has appealed for donations of 1.4 million tons of food. Last week, members of the Interfaith Hunger Appeal, a relief coalition that includes the American Jew' ish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), returned from a week-long fact-finding tour of Ethiopia. "There is an impending crisis, and the shortfall of one million tons of food is at least accurate, said Monsignor Robert Coll, executive director of the organization, at a news conference. Food shortages have parSKULLCAPS ticularly affected the northALLOWED em regions of Eritrea and NEW YORK (JTA) - Tigre, but parts of Gondar The U.S. armed services are - and other regions are not changing their regulations immune to drought or mass to allow Jewish personnel to migrations, Coll reported. The Jews of Gondar will wear skullcaps, following the signing of an amend- face food shortages despite ment to the 1988 Defense what Aryeh Cooperstock, Authorization Law by Pres- director of the JDC's International Development Proident Reagan. A spokesman for the De- gram, said was "the best fense Department in Wash- crop there in years." The ington said the department crop, planted as part of has 120 days to implement JDC's agricultural recovery project, was diminished by the new law. . rain and hail. Nevertheless, said Cooperstock, who accompanied the interfaith trip to Ethiopia, "I am optimistic about Gondar, but very concerned about Ethitablishment of a separate Arab party or list. He main- opia." For Ethiopian Jews in tained that Labor is a Gondar and Israel, the fear Jewish-Arab party that beof starvation is compounded lieves in integrating Arabs by anguish at separation into its ranks. Apart from Labor, Arabs from family members. In addition, say Ethiopian belong to the Progressive List for Peace, a tiny leftist faction, and the Rakah Communist Party, which has no influence whatsoever in IsGlI BLOWN AWAY 0 raeli politics.
Israeli Arabs consider forming own party By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israeli Arab leaders are debating whether to establish an independent Arab political party or continue to work for their agenda within the mainstream factions, which for most of them is the Labor Party.
According to a recent report in Davar, the head of several Arab town councils and public figures from Galilee, the Negev and the "triangle," a group of Israeli Arab towns southeast of Haifa, held meetings in recent weeks to discuss forming a new Arab party.
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An Arab Labor member of the Knesset, Abdul Wahab Darousha, one of the unofficial initiators of the idea, did not deny talks are being held. But he said there is no commitment as yet to an independent poUtical faction, Davar reported. Others behind the idea, who are either associated with the Labor Party or unaffiliated with any party, have consulted with Ibrahim Nimer Hussein, the mayor oi Shfaram in lower Galilee. Hussein, who chairs National Committee of Local Council leaders, is not enthusiastic. He believes Israeli Arabs should act within the established parties and attempt to influence them, Davar reported. Uzi Baram, secretary general of the Labor Party, has already stated that Labor does not support the es-
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Jewry activists in this country,' the resumption of forced resettlement could destroy the fragile social fabric of the Jewish community. The activists say that almost every Ethiopian Jew who immigrated to Israel during the Operation Moses airlift in 1985 left behind a first-degree relative. Between November 1984 and March 1985, 8,000 Ethiopian Jews were flown to Israel from neighboring Sudan. Because of the unreliability of an Ethiopian census taken in 1976 and the perceived reluctance of Jews to come forward, estimates of the numbers of remaining Jews range from 10,000 to 20,000. "Their separation is painful for them at all times," said Barbara Ribakove Gordon, director of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry. "But when they see the photographs again (of starving people), the anguish is great." And according to Will Recant, executive director of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews, the family members left behind because they couldn't attempt the physically grueling exodus to Israel were all too often women, children and the infirm—those least likely to weather the effects of famine. HONORED GUEST LOS ANGELES (JTA) Dr. Armand Hammer was guest of honor at a recent national dinner here sponsored by Bar-Ilan University.
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Thirty-eight Omaha Jewish teens have expressed an interest in participating in the Maccabi Youth Games, which take place in Chicago, Aug. 18-25. Sandra Kohll, Maccabi Youth Games Committee chairman, tfaid that 20 Jewish youths, ages 13-16, will be chosen to represent the Jewish Community Center at the event.
conclave in St. Louis. OTYG was recognized for having the best membership drive in the western region of MoVFTY and received a certificate for organizing the best fundraiser (the spaghetti dinner) in the region. OTYG chaplain Lisa Hurwitz was recognized for her High HoHday creative services.
Beth Seiner. 17, a Burke High School senior, won third place in an essay contest sponsored by the Exchange Club of Omaha. The contest theme was "One Nation Under God." Beth received a $50 U.S. savings bond for her entry on how the United States has benefited from immigration. Beth, daughter of Hal and Lois Seiner, is a member of On Jan. 15-17, Ronnie Bnai B'rith Youth OrganiRegional zation and the National Fed- Brockman, eration of Temple Youth. MoVFTY advisor, will be in ' She said she hopes to study .Omaha to speak with parlaw at the University of ents and teens. Youth Group members will lead Wisconsin at Madison. their own creative service at OTYG Part of the proceeds from which Mrs. Brockman will Omaha Temple Youth give the sermon. An iceGroup's Dec. 6 spaghetti skating party at Ak-Sardinner and men's fashion Ben will be followed by dinshow will be donated to ner at Lisa Hurwitz's house Mazon, an organization on Jan. 16. Mrs. Brockman which helps feed the will discuss the importance of communication with hungry. Fourteen OTYGers at- OTYG members and partended the Dec. 24-29 Mis- ents at a bagel brunch on souri Valley Federation of Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Temple Youth (MoVFTY) Temple.
B'nai B'rith sponsors trip to basketball game B'nai B'rith has purchased tickets for the Nebraska-Colorado basketball game in Lincoln on Feb. 21. The cost per ticket is $7; bus transportation to and from Lincoln will be provided by B'nai B'rith. The group will meet at the Jewish Community Center at 1 p.m. and ride the bus to Lincoln.
There is a limited number of tickets available. Interested parties should send a check, which will serve as their reservation, to the B'nai B'rith office, 333 South 132 Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Make checks payable to B'nai B'rith. For additional information call Lois Epstein, 3348200, Ext. 209.
ELECTED RECTOR JERUSALEM (JTA) Yoram Ben-Porath, a professor of economics, has been elected rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, succeeding Professor Amnon Pazy, who will continue as president of the university.
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applied for emigration papers in 1981. Since that time they have been harassed by the KGB and Mr. Briskman received a 15-day jail sentence in 1983. An engineer by profession, Mr. Briskman has been unable to work in his field since being refused and works as a porter to support .his family. At the end of May 1987, Mr. Briskman signed a written appeal with 100 rehjsenika urging the United States to press the Soviet government to cease using the pretext of "secrecy" to block emigration. Contact the Briskmans by writing to them at: Bakinskikh Kommisarov, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.
"The Menorah" and "The Wailing WaU," limited edition sculptures by Salvador Dali, are available in the United SUtes for the first time since 1982. These sculptures, created by Dali in 1981 as an homage to the Jewish people, were withdrawn from US sales in 1982 because of a dispute between, the artist and his US representative over distribution practices. Genesis International, LTD., 32 Field Point Road, Greenwich, Conn. 06903, is the new exclusive worldwide distributor for the remaining unsold sculptures in the edition. Dali, still alive but not working at 82 years old, is probably the world's greatest living artist. Certainly, its most famous and colorful. Dali stopped creating in 1985 because of ilhiess and the death of his wife. Gala. "The Menorah" and "The Wailing Wall," thus, are among his last works.
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JCC hosts Australians The Jewish Community Center will host two Australian Maccabi basketball teams Jan. 8-10. The JCC will field two teams to play the Australians. Games will be played Jan, 9, 7-10 p.m. and Jan. 10, 9a.m.-noon -^t the JCC. Members of the Omaha teen team are: Jay Rubin, Brent Zacharia, Adam Kirshenbaum, Scott WQson, Rob Jorgensen, Mitch Olson, Larry Kirshenbaum, Steve Givner, Chris Morrissey and Brent Hoffart. Playing on the JCC adult team are: Jon Felt, J.J. Hubbard, Todd Mogil, Mike Jorgensen, Andy Jorgensen, Mark Robinson, Bruce Goldberg and Tom Law.
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LOEWI HONORED JERUSALEM (JTA^ Hebrew University's Department of Neurobiology has named its new brain-research center for ProfessorOtto Loewi (18731961), the 1936 Nobel Prize winner in physiology. The new center will receive funding from the West German Ministry of Research and Technology and will operate at the university's Givat Ram campus and at the Interuniversity Institute of Eilat.
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