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The Bureau of Jewish education of the Jewish Federation of Omaha announces the availability of scholarships and loans through funds administered by the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation, Incoming and present college students may apply for financial assistance for the 1988-89 academic year. Applications are avdlable by writing the Bureau of Jewish Education, 333 South 132 Street, Omaha, NE, 68154 or calling the Bureau, 334-8200, Ext. 246 or 210. Applications for college scholarships must be subnutted no later than March 7, 1988. In 1987, approximately $50,000 was awarded to local Jewish youth to attend universities, to participate in Jewish camping experiences, trips to Israel, Jewish preschool and day school programs. Due to the rising costs of education, the need for additional scholarship and loan funding is constantly increasing, said Susan Drazen, director of the Bureau. Twelve endowment funds provide financial aid through scholarships and loans for students from preschool through graduate
school, Mrs. Drazen added. Income from the Nancy and Don Greenberg Scholarship Fund is awarded each year to a Jewish resident of Omaha entering the freshman year of college with preference given to candidates who have been employed during their high school years and have demonstt-ated academic promise. Funds are available to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in physical education, health and recreational science, or in a related field through the Burton L. Robinson Student Athletic Scholarship Fund. The Lois Jean Schrager Memorial Fund provides annual grants to college students who demonstrate superior academic perform-ance, extracurricular involvement and financial need. The Beatrice and Nate H. Sherman Scholarship Fund, the Omaha Jewish Community College Scholarship Fund and the Livingston Scholarships provide grants and scholarships to Jewish undergraduates from the Omaha area. The David E. Beber Scholarship Fund makes
available need-based loans to qualified Omaha Jewish youth. The B'nai B'rith Dr. Abe Greenberg/Henry Monsky Lodge Endowment Fund provides interest-free loans to undergraduates whose immediate relatives are members in good standing in Omaha metropolitan area B'nai B'rith Lodges and women's chapters. Students pursuing careers in the rabbinate, the cantorate, Jewish education and Jewish social or communal service are eligible for scholarship aid through the David E.Beber Scholarship Fund. Grants to pursue graduate education are available through the Sandra L. Feldman Scholarship Fund, the Beatrice and Nate H. Sherman Scholarship Fund, the Livingston Scholarships and the Omaha Jewish Community Scholarship Fund. Throuj^ the Ruth Sokolof Special Education Scholarship Fund, scholarships to pursue graduate studies in special education (i.e. education, physically or mentally handicapped children or adults} are available. The Carolyn KuUy Newman Fund supplies scbolar(Continned on Page 3)
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Steven J. Rod joins JWB in New Yorl( City new position will enable him to develop programs and activities aimed at solving some of these problems. Mr. Rod said that if it weren't for the "challenge and opportunity" offered in the new JWB position, there would be no reason for the Rod family to leave Omaha.
Steven J. Rod, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, has been appointed director of training and retention for JWB, the national association of Jewish Community Centers in New York City. He will assume his new post about April 1, and a search has started for his successor at the Federation. In an interview, Mr. Rod told the Jewish Press that he will be a member of a three-man team being organized to "stop the erosion" of qualified professionals in the Jewish commufial field. His responsibility, described as a long-term project, involves training and retention and is aimed at more than 2,200 full-time professionals in the field. The other members of the JWB team will direct themselves toward recruitment and placement. Mr. Rod said the JWB effort is the Jewish-Community Center response to "The crisis in Jewish communal workers," and is being set up at the same time that the Council of Jewish Federations is attacking the same problem in the Federation field.
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"We fell in love with this town, found it a great place to raise our children, and all of us enjoyed the quality of life here." Mr. Rod pointed out that he was pleased that the annual Feideration Campaign is off to a good start and expressed optimism about the willingness of the Jewish community to provide the necessary funds for all the priorities that exist here and in Israel,
According to Mr. Rod, a sizable number of JCC personnel has resigned in recent years because of "bumout" and increasing frustration with the lay process. "The work for a professional at a JCC is enormous, and one must realize that Center workers work when Mr. Rod w"as appointed the rest of the community plays, so there is a high level executive • director of the of frustration in Center Jewish Community Center in December, 1980, and was work." Mr. Rod added that the promoted to Federation frustration also exists be- director in February, 1986. cause of the involvement of He came to Omaha from the lay people in professional Minneapolis JCC and prior to that assignment had decisions. "We must get our profes- served JWB as a national sionals and lay people to program development conwork together in a more co- sultant and as the seminar hesive atmosphere," said leader for the JWB profesMr. Rod, explaining that his sional seminar in Israel.
Presidential candidates' views coliected by AJCommittee By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — Presidential candidates from both major parties all support a continued strong U.S.-Israel alliance but differ on how to advance the Arab-Israel peace process as well as on church-state issues, accordmg to their responses to a questionnaire distributed by the American Jewish Committee. Their short essay answers to 14 questions on their positions on the Middle East, U.S.-Soviet relations and domestic issues traditionally considered important to the Jewish community are compiled in the booklet "Presidential Elections '88: The Candidates on the Issues." The questionnaire was sent in September to all announced candidates for the presidential nominations of Democratic and Repubhcan parties, and was answered by all of them: Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, former Gov. Pierre du Pont of Delaware, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York and former evangelist Pat Robertson, all Republicans, former Gov, Bruce Babbitt of Arizona, Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, R«p, Richard Gephardt of Missouri, Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Paul Simcm of Illinois. Former Sen, Gary Hart (D-Colo,) was not then a candidate. The results were scheduled to be released at a news conference Feb, 3, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency received an advance copy. Two broad trends emerged from the candidates' responses: * In addition to their agreement on the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel, candidates are most jn accord when supporting the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate. They difSer, however, on the extent to which arms pact? and econcmiic agreements between the United States and Soviet Union should be linked to Soviet human rights policies. • Opinion divides essentially along party lines on churchsUte, dvil ri^ts and economic issues. Democrats support
enactment of the Civil Rights Restoraticm Act, which would prohibit discrimination in federally funded programs, and the Equal Rights Amendment for women. The Democrats also oppose constitutional amendments that would allow prayer in public schools, and call for increased economic and political pressure to be brought against South Africa to end apartheid. Republicans, on the other hand, either support voluntary prayer in public schools or a moment of silence and oppose further economic sanctions against South Africa, They also support changing tax laws to stimulate energy exploration. Dole is alone among Republicans in supporting the Civil Rights Restoration Act, the ERA, strengthened federal fair housing legislation and an oil import fee. All of the candidates agree that supporting the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel is in the best interest of both countries, although Jackson notes that "the events of the past seven years have put unnecessary strains on the relationship, endangering our mutual gods of peace and security." Babbitt, du Pont and Goc« call for expanded trade between the United States and Israel du PoAt, Gephardt and Kemp support increased military cooperation, and du Pont advocates allowing the U.S. military to buy Israeliproduced weapons, Kemp repeats his call for a bilateral defense treaty. In supporting an international peace conference, Jackson says he agrees with the initiative outUned by Shimon Peres, Israel's foreign minister. Kemp, however, says a . peace conference is not the answer. Babbitt, Bush, Gephardt, Kemp and Simon all support an expanded Camp Da^d peace process, and Babbitt, Bush, Gephardt and Robertsm say the United SUtes should act as an "honest broker" in the region. Bush, du Pont and G^hardt say they would not recognize or negotiate with any group that refuses to accept United Nations Security Council Resohitions 242 and 338, recognizing Israel's ri^t to exist within secure borders.
Dole and Dukakis say that arms sales in the Middle East should not compromise Israel's security. All of the candidates offer support for the free emigraUon of Soviet Jewry, although only Babbitt, Dole, Dukakis, du Pont and Haig say specifically that they would link arms negotiations with Soviet human righte progress. Kemp says he would support legislation to link trade and economic cooperation to advances in human rights. Dole, Dukakis, Gephardt, Gore and Simon say the United States should "pressure," "stress" or "emphasize" human rights concerns when negotiating with the Soviet Union, None of the Democratic candidates express support either for prayei; in public schools or for tuition tax credits to families with children enrolled in parochial schools. On the Repubhcan side. Bush, Dole and Robertson speak up for voluntary prayer, while Kemp and Haig support a moment of silence. Only Haig supports tuition tax credits, Robertson says that while he strongly defends the rights of those who would choose not to participate in voluntary prayer, he does not "favor dismantling our entire tradition of public affirmation in God held by the majority in order to accommodate the views of the minority, who remain free to disagree." All of the Republicans except Haig, and only Gore among the Democrats, support a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. Babbitt, Dukakis, Gephardt, Gore, Jackson and Simon all oppose a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Bush, Dole and Kemp oupport such an amendment, du Pont says he would rather turn the issue back to the state legislatures, "where it belongs." Haig says he opposes ebortion and federal funding of abortion except when the mother's life is endangered, but that he opposes attempts to ''legislate morality," According to Marlene Provizer, deputy director of national affairs and supervisor of AJCommittee's election progranuning, "Presidential Election '88" will be widely distributed to the press, the Jewish community and individuals and organizations.
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STANLEY H. HERZOFF Word has been received of the Jan. 16 death of former Omahan Stanley H. Herzoff, 68. Services were held Jan. 18 in Southfield, Mich. Mr. Herzoff is survived by his wife, Dorothy (nee Reznick); daughters, Beth (Mrs. Steven) Rich and Barbara (Mrs. Steven) Schwartz, both of Southfield; son, Michael of Chicago, 111.; two grandchildren. ANNA BELZER Graveside services were held at Mt. Sinai Cemetery on Jan. 31 for Anna Belzer. Mrs. Belzer is survived by daughters, Doris (Mrs. Sidney) Kwiatek and Shirley (Mrs. Albert) Sorkin, both of Omaha; sons, MUton Belzer, Los Angeles, David Belzer, Overland Park, Kans., Dr. Edward Belzer, Prairie Village, Kans.; 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. WILLIAM KLEDZINSKI William B. Kledzinski,"67, of Carlsbad, Calif., died Jan 28 here. Services took place in Chicago. In addition to his wife, Betty, Mr. Kledzinski is survived by daughter, Jody Goldstein of Omaha. Mrs. Goldstein is director of the Friedel Jewish Academy. YALE KULLY Services were held on Jan. 31 at Butler-Volland Funeral Home in Hastings, Neb., for Yale Kully, 73, of Hastings. Rabbi Ian Jacknis of Tifereth Israel Synagogue
in Lincoln officiated. Interment was at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Hastings. Mr. Kully is survived by his wife, Sarah; son, Louis of Hastings; daughter, Arlene Anderson of Hastings; brothers, Stanley of Grand Island, Neb., Maynard of Palm Springs, Calif., Robert of Los Angeles; four grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or the Hastings Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association. EDWARD MAKIESKY Graveside services were held on Jan. 31 at Temple Israel Cemetery for Edward Makiesky, 85. A newsman with The Associated Press since 1920 while he was attending the University of Minnesota, Mr. Makiesky was in charge of the Omaha bureau of the AP from 1938 until his retirement in 1967. He taught journalism classes at the University of NebraskaOmaha and ran the News Election Service in Nebraska after he retired. Mr. Makiesky is survived by his wife, Helen E.; daughters, Susan Barrow, New York. N.Y., Beth Feldgarden, McLean, Va., Nancy Zumoff, Atlanta, Ga.; three grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Sontag, Chicago, III. . • The family suggests memorials to Omaha Journalism Education, Inc., One First National Center, Omaha, NE 68102. CLIP AND SAVE -
By Bonnie Pawloski and Roth Potaafi This week the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry suggests that Omahans write to Grigory and Tatiana Danovich. The Danovich family first submitted a request to emigrate in the summer of 1973. They were refused because they were unable to produce documents stating that their parents had no financial claims on them. Their parents have refused to cooperate in order to have them remain in the Soviet Union. In the fall of 1984, the Danoviches were granted Israeli citizenship by the Knesset of Israel. They no longer consider themselves Soviet citizens but, despite the fact that they are adults with two children of their own, they are unable to leave without parental consent. After appealing to the USSR Supreme Soviet on Mar. 24 and May 7, 1987, without result, the Danoviches went on a hunger strike and made a public demonstration on the steps of the Moscow Lenin Library June 14-18, 1987. Oinahans may write to the Danovich family at: ul. Kirova 116/24, Apt. 38; Lubertsy Moskovskaya Ob-. last; RSFSR, USSR.
By Eatelle Rosenberg Tifereth Israel is looking for Megillah readers; Purim starts the evening of Mar. 2. Anyone over 13, male or female, is eligible. Purim services are fun for everyone when there is a lot of congregation involvement. Become an asset to the congregation—learn to read the Megillah Esther. Oneg Shabbat hosts for Tifereth Israel for the month of Januar>r were Betty and Jeff Mellen and Naomi and Henry Cherrick. Tifereth Israel congregation extends thanks to the following members: Sarah Bauman for coordinating the morning minyanim during winter break; Stuart Margolin for his coordination of the minyan; Sonia
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Breaiow for her effident and effective coordination of religious schod spedal programming; Max Neiden for always being there in so many ways when needed. The South Street Temple Oneg Shabbats for the month of January were: Karen and Brian Schur and Beatty and John Brasch. The South Street Temple extends thanlta to the tcllowing members for their recent help: Steve and Dave Sands of Standard Meat for providing meat for the latke party; Holly and Ellen Schuster for making potato latkes; Danny Levitov, Wendy Pearlman and Becky Wallen for helping with the Havdalah service and candMighting; Judy Allen, Rita Babbits, Patrice Berger, Penny Berger, Stade Bleicher, Tiffany Franklin, Alice FVeifeld, Mardee
Perlman, Suzanne Strieff, Laurie Taviin, Marda Wallen, Vicki Weisz, Janet Wright, Bruce Kahn. Karen Schor. Bedcy WaBen, Debbie Perlman, Sarah Perlman, Holly Schuster, Stan Wallen for their help with the Hanukluh bazaar; Mike Pearlman, Stan Wallen, Marda Wallen and others for dean-up after the latke party; Suzanne Kalish for coordinating the latke supper and Penny Berger, Eva Sartori, Alan Frank, Bob Nefsky and B<nmie Lapin for their assistance.
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Anne Kateman reviewed the book "West of Eden" on Jan. 4. She highlighted the book and gave a delightful review. We were happy to have Bess Homstein back with us and enjoyed having Elise Bernstein, Evelyn Cohn and Ann Friedman with us for lunch. On Jan. 7, Bobbie Epotein gave a report about her trip to Israel in November. She was with a group of Omaha people who made that ttip. Harmonica playeni Margerie and Ivan Griswold presented a qwdal program onJan. 11. Cecelia Mayer of St. Louis was the guest of Elsa and Edward Kahn. On Jan. 14, Marshall Lewis, vice president of Blunt, EUis and Loewi, spoke to us about stocks and biRids. Officer John Cress of the Crime Prevaition Dqiartment presented a slide program on Jan. 18. He spoke about how senior citizens are being taken advantage of and defrauded. Ethel Petro was the guest of Ricklie Hoyt On Jan. 21, Bert Lewis told us about her trip to Israel with the United Jewish Appeal Study Mission group. Kay Ferer gave a hospital rqrart, for which we thank her. On Jan. 25, Ally Milder, candidate for the Second Congressional District Republican nomination, told
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Scholarships (Continued from Page 1) ships to Jewish Community Center Preschool students. Grants are available through the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund for Jewish youth attending ccmventiona, summer camps and institutes sponsored by Jewish cultural or religious organizations, Israel Pilgrimage programs and the Friedel Jewish Academy. Deadlines for submitting applications for 1988 suminer program scholarships are Feb. 29, Israel programs; April 4, residential camps; May 2, JCC camps. The deadline for preschool scholarships is JiUy 8. Background information on various endowment funds wiD be published in installments in future issues of the Jewish Press.
NCJW The National Council of Jewish Women-Omaha Section is planning a Feb. 16 tour and lunch at the Open Door Mission. The purpose of the program is to learn more about the over 400 htaneless people in Omaha. 28 percMit of whom are women with children. Reverend Robert Timberlake, executive director, will omduct the tour and talk. Monbers have been asked to Imng a donation of food, clothing or toys to help support the Open Door Mission. Bus transportation from the Jewish Community Center, child care and lunch will be provided at no charge to NCJW members. For program and babysitting reservations, call M'Lee Hasslinger, 4936641, or Judy Jos^hson, 496-9115, by Feb. 10. No reservations or cancellations wiU be accq)ted after Feb. 10 KALAH FRANKLIN AMIT WOMEN The next meeting of Kalah Franklin Chapter of Amit Women will take place Feb. 14, 3:30 p.m., at Beth Israel Synagogue, with Hatikvah Cluq)ter. . llie program will be a film devoted to the Amit youth village, Pitach Tikvah, titled "Here we don't just grow tomatoes—we raise human beings." Supper will
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To the Editor: I am writing to express my consternation and disgust at something that goes on far too often at the Jewish Community Center of a Sunday: parents in the bleachers at the little kids' basketball games who express negative emotions to their children, or worse, to someone else's child. Today I had the misfortune to be seated next to just such an imbecile who very loudly and very cruelly ridiculed my child who had just caught a pass. This moron had the unmitigated gall to call out, "Oh no-o-o!" as if my little kid would ruin the play for the team. (Right! He's not an NBA first-draft choice at nine years old!) Last week, another insensitive bore sat there and ridiculed an entire team. One other week recently in the midst of refereeing a game, Tom Law had to order some guy to calm down. What insanity! If these "sports fans" (i.e. fanatics) want to watch champions play basketball, let them stay home and tune in the Lakers! Maybe no spectators should be allowed. The kids are there to learn the game, to learn what it is to be coached, to learn to be teammates and to have fun. They are not there to be fawned over any more than to be ridiculed in public. The impression I get all too often is of these moron parents trying to relive their own mediocre sporting lives through their kids. It's tragic for the children. They don't need the pressure of winning the Big One for the Gipper every week, .and they certainly don't need to be made to feel that they let anyone down. If this continues, 1 shall pull my child out and let him play basketball on Saturday at the YMCA. And if I do that, it will be the JCC's loss. Our "J" can't afford to fail even one Jewish child in this town. Jan Lund To the Editor: Those of us who saw "The Murder of Mary Phagen" on TV this week know what a hero Governor Slaton of Georgia was. During his last troubled days as governor, despite immense pressure from the Georgia populace, he pursued the truth about Leo Frank's innocence. He could have.letit slide and become a U.S. Senator or higher. He was tormented, tortured, spat at, defamed and accused of being a Jew lover.
Jerry Schenken opens campaign Jerry Schenken, an Omaha businessmem and physician, plans to announce his candidacy for the Republi-" can nomination in the Second Congressional District Sunday.from 2-5 p.m. at 9301 Binney. According to the announcement, he will be accompanied by his wife, Charlotte, at the opening of campaign headquarters. Refreshments will be served and those attending will have an opportunity to preview his campaign television commercials, it was said.
He had Frank sent to a minimum security prison^to let some of the heat go (although Frank was later lynched) so Frank could go free' later. It was only right that Frank was later pardcmed (in 1982), But Slaton is every bit a hero to our people aa Wallenberg, or any other great hero to our people. Slaton was never elected to office again and lived as an obscure lawyer in California. Shouldn't we honor him, as Wallenberg, or our other heroes? Steve CbaseB To the Editor: After reading the article on David Friedland and the Foundation, I was reminded of the profound influence the Foundation has had on our Jewish lives and of the infinite possibilities for the future. How many of us know that the Foundation, through their philanthropic funds, distributed over half a million dollars to charities in the Omaha area in 1987, including our own Federation? How many know that last year. Foundation endowment funds helped to computerize the nurses' stations at the Rose Blumkin Home and set a standard of excellence for health care of the elderly in Nebraska? It was the Foundation who helped bring nationally acclaimed composer, David Amram, to Omaha to entertain our audiences, teach our students and sensitize our children. In 1987, the Foundation and FirsTier Bank co-sponsored a Women's Symposium on Financial Planning as a public service primarily for Omaha Jewish women. In 1987, United Talmud Torah of Omaha High School of Jewish Studies offered a course, "Roots: the Jewish Immigrant Experience," and with the help of Foundation dollars, was able to take a group of students to New York City to trace their Jewish "roots" and actually experience what they had studied. Certainly, all of us benefit. Whether it's money to celebrate Israel's 40th anniversary; or money for equipment for the Children's Department; or money for our synagogues, Jewish education or Jewish cultural life, the Foundation has been the source. It is the savings account for the Omaha Jewish community and ensures our financial strength and well-being. Selma and I have been a part of the Foundation family since 1979. We have shared the joys of charitable giving in our lifetime and invite others to do the same. We know what the Foundation of the Jewish Federation has meant to this community and We are proud to be contributing to its continued success. Isidore M. Tretiak
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At our house, through the years when the family was still at home, whenever somebody mispronounced a word they would tend to cover their embarrassment by claiming "regional differences." As in the old "in the south (or north or east) they say it that way." Well, as a matter of fact, there really are regional differences. And those members of our clan who have made aliyah to the eastern seaboard of the United States often Patricia Newman visits "Bearable Suitcase Stories," an correct some of our midwestem usage. For example, I'm NCJW mini-grant project at Franklin School. often reminded that we tend to say "min" when we really mean "men." See what 1 mean? Another one of my favorites is the word "roof." I never noticed until it was called to my attention, most of us in these parts refer to the "ruf," as in "uhprufance." We just don't say roooof! I was reminded of this recently when 1 Committee vice chairman The National Council of liatend to a speaker talk about our '.'roots," which she proRobin Spindler also exJewish Women-Omaha Secnounced "rutz." Actually, I can't exactly spell it the way it sounded, but if you think about the word and say it out tion Mini-grants for teach- pressed her enthusiasm loud, you'll know what I mean. Unless you were bom and ers committee recently with the mini-grants projselected 25 new mini-grants ect. "My favorite was a raised in Philadelphia. We use different words altogether in some instances, than to distribute to Omaha Pub- science project for which our funds provided a variety of are used elsewhere. In New York, if you ^ay you want a lic School (OPS) teachers. Grants are for projects fossils and art materials bottle of pop, the locals get hysterical. They don't say "pop"—they say "soda"—as in "what kind of diet soda do that will be implemented with which the students aiid evaluated this Spring made their own fossils. The you serve her?" and are awarded in amounts kids were having a terrific And they also don't use the word "purse" as we women do here. More than likely they say "pocketbook," a word up to $250. Seventy-four time and they knew everyI haven't heard since my Boba was around. If memory projects were submitted by thing you could think of to serves, they also use the word "bag" for purse. But they OPS elementary and secon- ask them about fossils at don't use it in the grocery store. They send you home with dary personnel. Certificates the end of the lesson!" Other members of the groceries in a bag, never a sack. They also ride in a lot of and funds nearing $6000 -taxies (or whatever the plural of taxi is). They seldom call will be presented to teachers NCJW mini-grants commita cab, but boy do they know how to hail a taxi. And for and administrators at the tee are: Nancy Levin, Feb. 15 OPS School Board Sharee Newman, Sharon your information, the natives learn early. Cipperley, Hollie Fineman, I'm told my 16-month-old granddaughter was being meeting. An additional 23 mini- Roe Simpson (OPS repretaken outside after a visit to her playgroup and the sitter Pam Epstein, discovered it was raining. She looked around, raised her . grants, also totaling in the sentative), Donna Hersch and Sheri arm and signaled a taxi loud and clear. The next dayrthe area of $6000 and funded Abramson. Ms. Spindler very same thing happened and the story goes that the from the 1986-87 term, are munchkin took one look, up went the little arm and she still underway in Omaha said that there are presently yelled TAXI! Nu, I ask you—do they catch on fast or what? public schools, according to two committee openings and interested volunteers Well, the moral of the story is simply that things are done Dr. Patricia Newman, com- may call her at 551-9883. mittee chairman. a bit differently in other places. People are people no mat"We've all had a great ter where you live, but some like their blintzes sweet and some don't. Some think you're supposed to eat potato lat- time visiting and evaluating kes with applesauce and some use smetena. Some think our mini-grant recipients there are supposed to be carrots in the borsht apd others, and their classrooms," said Dr. Newman. "I personally know better. When all is said and done, what the heck is the differ- have visited 'puppetence? Whether you order your coffee "black" as we do here, making sessions and puppet or whether you say "with cream" when you want it that shows,' 'cooking with How many times have way. In the east if you want it with cream you ask for "cof- books' classes, and 'teddy fee reg^ar." Big deal. In the overall scheme of things, it's bear learning' centers,' you seen the Odd Couple— designed to facilitate lan- the long-running popular not very important. guage arts lessons. The play by Neil Simon? It's just Regional Differences. materials are bright, fun The most likely response and motivating. The teach- to the above is "plenty—on Exhibit to open ers are creative and care the stage, on."TV, and I "The University of Ne- exhibit with an opening enough to go to a lot of ex- know the story and the lines braska at Omaha Women's reception 7-10 p.m., Feb. 19 tra effort to enhance their so well, there's nothing new Resource Center and the at the Cultural Arts- To- classroom curriculum. The that you can tell me." Wrong, wrong, wrong.' Cultural Arts Together will gether Gallery, 616 South kids have a wonderful time Playwright Simon has co-sponsor the "Black 11 Street. 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Offutt Air Base SERVICES: Rabbi Howard Zyskiiid conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.-
PERSONALS Fanny Bordy wishes to thank her family and friends for their thoughtfulness and consideration during her recent illness. A special thanks to the staff and residents of the Blumkin Home and to Rabbi Barack. The niece of Betty Hirsch, Ruth Recknagel of Berlin, West Germany, and family wishes to thank Rabbi Drazen, Cantor Berkovits and all friends for their wonderful contributions, cards and caring during our loss. To the J.C.C. Pre-school family of staff, parents and children: Thank you for your sympathy and kindness in response to the death of my father, Bernard Gordon. Sincerely, Bettie Adams. The family of Sol Lagman thaiJcs all of our good friends for their donations, gifts of flowers and fruits and thoughtfulness at this time. Also Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits for the beautiful eulogy. The thoughtfulness of our friends and relatives was indeed appreciated. Carl and Fannie Lagman, Elaine and Mace Jabenis, Diana and Norman Hahn, Jordon and Shirlene Lagman.
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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Stephan Barack and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate at a special service in honor of ORT Sabbath and the Women's Plea for Soviet Jewi^f. The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Women's American ORT. Saturday: 11:15 a.m. CLASSES Religious school—Saturday, Feb. 6, 9 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m. Hebrew school—Gimmel and Daled, Monday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m.; Aleph, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 4 p.m.; Bet, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m. OUTREACH BREAKFAST Temple Israel's Outreach will hold a breakfast on Feb. 7, 10 a.m. The topic for this month will be the holiday of Purim. Call the Temple office, 556-6536, by Feb. 5 to make a reservation.
Beth Israel Synagogue SERVICES: Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 5:30 p.m. Late family service, 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow the service. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. The D'var Torah will be presented by Henry Appel. The kiddush following the service will be in honor of the birthday of Henry Appel. Little People's Service, 10 a.m. in the kindergarten room under the direction of Shirley Goodman. Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. in the Goldstein Chapel led by Allan 6onsher, assisted by Felicia Kirke, Allan Kricsfeld and Bert Cohen. Class with the rabbi, 4:45 p.m. Mincha, 5:30 p.m., followed by Shalosh S'eudos, Ma-ariv and Havdalah.
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Sunday: Morning Minyanaire service, 9 a.m. Weekdays: 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. SISTERHOOD The Beth Israel Sisterhood luncheon meeting will take place Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m. CONCERT A concert by Sherwood Goffin will be presoited on Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. Mr. Goffin is one. of America's foremost artists in the world of popular Jewish music and has performed acrdss the United States and Canada. Tickets will be available at the sjmagogue office or at the door. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commissioners will meet Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. in the social hall. KNOW THY NEIGHBOR SABBATH The Know Thy Neighbor Sabbath will take place Friday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. This is an annual event sponsored by Sisterhood which is also open to the non-Jewish community... Congregants are asked to bring their nonJewish friends and neighbors as their guests.
Beth El Synagogue SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Elnil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Mincha-Ma'ariv, 5:35 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN Lunch and Learn with the rabbi will continue Feb. 11, noon, at Beth El. WOMEN'S LEAGUE Women's League Donor Luncheon will take place Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m. Zoob's and The Daisy will present a fashion show. SHABBAT DINNER The monthly Shabbat dinner will be held Feb. 12 following services. Reservations may be mailed to Toby Kagan. JR. CONGREGATION Junior Congregationwill have lunch on Saturday, Feb. 13, following their services.
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Lincoln Tifereth Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Jan and Bruce Brealow. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays: 7:30 a.nii.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: First and third Friday each month 7:30 pjn. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service. B'nai Israel Synagogue offers services led by members of the congregation. Volunteer Cantor Mandy Greene leads the singing. Everyone is invited to attend. Persons interested in car pools may call Scott Kotzen, 402-553-3334.
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Jews take it for granted that opinions on problems of ethics and ritual in Jewish life must evoitually defer to the decisions of rabbinic courts or of rabbis of distinction in various parts of the woriid. Or, at the veiy least, these rabbinic deciaions and opinicHis must be given wei^ity consideration. It was not alwajrs so. So far as the Bible itself is coDoemed, it is the priest who made decisions and "tau^t Torah" Rabbis are unknown in the Bible. How then did the rabbis reach the position we take fw granted? How is it that although we have traditims about families that are Kohanim, priests, and we give certain honors to the priests, that we do not assume that Kohanim are the source of Jewish Jegal authority? A hint at this process is given in a Midrash on our Sidrah. The vo-se that introduces the Ten Commandments reads, "And God spoke all these words, saying..." The Midrash intcxprets the verse to mean that the Lord spoke the Ten Commandments in a single utterance, that they were heard by all people of whatevor rank and station, in whatever country, in every human language, all ova the wcnid, all at the same time. But the Midrash continues with two important implications: 9II the pn^hetic pronouncements of later times were already there at SinaL It remained only for the prophets to say them in their proper times.
By Henry Stem The next meeting of Jewish War Veterans EpsteinMorgan Post 1260 at American Legion headquarters is Feb. 25. At the Jan. 28 meeting. Chaplain Doc. Margolin offered the Pledge of Megiance and prayers. Commander Sam Rosenstein announced that he and Iz Lewis attended the Jan. 20 planning meeting for Yom Ha'atzmaut at which the JWV will raise the flag. Marj Keel, chief of the local VAVS, has asked for JWy representation at the national salute to hospitalized veterans on Feb. 12. Sam also read an awards memo from Al Brenner, national awards chairman, and reminded us of the 93rd JWV National Convention in Las Vegas July 24-31. Iz Lewis is off to Washington for JWV services and Quartermaster Nate Marcus is sojourning in sunny California. We honored Sol Lagman, whom we lost. Laggie was ^ the last survivor of the original 18 charter members of the Omaha Post.
Thus the rabbis proclaimed that not only Torah, but the whole of the Bible, is authentic and revealed. The second implication they see here is this: evwy bit of wisdom of the rabbis of lata- times was also held ready at Sinai. (Not a word about priests I) What the rabbis of later times were to decide was already part of the Sinaitic revelation! Indeed, there was <nily (me revelation! The growth of the movemoit of the Pharisees and their gradual ascendancy over priests and Sadducees remain for historians to puzzle out. The steps in the process are not clear. The rabbis vere the heirs of the Pharisees, and they give little account of the Sadducees in their own religious literature—Mishnah, Gemara, Midrash. At least this much is apparent: If priests had still been in charge of things religious when the Romans destroyed the Temple (70 C.E.), Judaism might well have perished. Fortunatdy, the rabbinic movement was gathering its strength. Judaism managed well without the ritual of the Temple. The rabbis proved that the academy and the synagogue, with emphasis on study and prayer, were better aa the well-spring of loyalty, faithfulness, commitment, continuity.
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Free tickets to Cantor Sherwood Coffin's concert at Beth Israel Synagogue, Sunday at 7:30 p.m., have been made available to residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and the Livingston Plaza Apartments. The Jewish Press has been advised that an anonymous donw has made the tickets available and that more than 20 residents are planning to attend the concert. Tickets, available at the door, will cost $10 for general admission and $6 for seniors and students. Patron tickets are $100.
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