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CongrMMuniui Daq OUcknuui of KCOH* WM in Omalia TnMday rapportiiig the Donocratic caadlibcy of Pat«r Hoi«laBd. la top photo, fran Wt, Biohaid Follmaa, a (onnw Danocntlc oaadidat* far CoiwwaB; Rtit. OMdaBaa; P«t«r HoagluMl aad former CongreMnuw John Cavaoaagh partidpata U a faadraiaar at tiM Uavaumgh raaUance. Barllar la th« day. Mr. Hai^laa4. Bip GHUk•utt. a»d Mr. Cavaaangli vfaitadthaHoaaBhnwMa Jawlah HoaM and graatad tka raaldaBta. Dwiag a toor of UM faclUty, Eap. Oliekman oomBMatad on the algnificanoe of the Toraha In the GoUaten Synagogue with particular reference to the ecroll that waa •muggled out of Nasi Qermany.
By Howard Rosenberg WASHINGTON (JTA)AB part of a July 29 agreement with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, tho Soviet Union is allowing Westerners for the first time to duplicate its Holocaust archives. The council estimates that the Soviet archives could contain more then a third of all existing Holocaust-related materials, including documents on Nazi actions taken against the 2.5 million Jews in what are now the Soviet republics of Ukraine, Moldavia, Byelorussia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as the rest of the Soviet Union. Neol Sher, who heads the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations, which tracka down Nazi war criminals, called the accord a "very good development" because of the Sovli^' "voluminous and extremely insightful documantary evidotoe" on war crimea. "Thira'a no way of Imowlaad to addlttDnal proaooutiooa, Sbar aaid, "but I think it will be very uaeful to our office." The reciprocal agreement waa aigned in Moacow by Milea Larman, chairman of the Holocaust council's international relations committee, and Evgeny Kozhevnikov, firat deputy director of the Soviet Cmtral Archive Admtaiitratlon of the USSR Cowcil of Ministers.
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Lerman said the council had been seeking the agreement for years but that it took just two days to negotiate it once his six-member delegation arrived. He said that many of the documents are deteriorating, and are being photocopied on microfilm and microfiche to extend their shelflife to more than 300 years. After the agreement was signed, "we immediately got to work," Lerman said. The delegation spent two weeks visiting archives in Moscow as well as in some of the western republics. "We saw glunpaes of information on everything, about Latvian attitudes toward Jews, about Lithuanian secret police, statistics on the movement of Jews (and) correspondence of Nan officers," sak) Raul Hilberg, a preeminent Hdocauat scholar at the Univeraity of Vermont. The accord fdUowa the council's Fab. 16 exchanga agraemaDt with Yad Va-
AminlvaaiYadVadMn will have accaaa to the Soviet Holooauat celleetion through tha U.S. tranamiasion effort. Laat Auguat, the council signed its first accord with a foraign entity, Poland's Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimea in Poland/Institute of National Remembrance. The council is hoping to next reach agraamant with the Holocauat atcUvaa of
Hungary and Czechoslovakia, Lerman said. The new access, which Lerman attributed to the new policy of glasnoet under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, is in stark contrast to the previous Soviet practice of releasing its records only for specific war crimes trials. The dociiments Include details not known to the West until now, including statistics on the annihilation of Galician Jewry during deportation in 1942; Latvian attitudes toward Jews in 1943; preparations for resistance in the Kovno ghetto in 1944; and maps and Jewish police records of the Vilna ghetto.
Nachmann accused By David Kaator BONN (JTA) - Werner Nachmann, the late chair^ man of tha Central Council of Jewlah fitwwirtiiiitita in Woai OarauHiyr oaul4 not hw amhmM aapt^y MO flolllioii by Umaalf, aooordii^ to Haim'OiMMt the praaent chftlrman of the council. Galinaki, who became head of the Weat German Jewish conununity after Nachmann's sudden death in January, strong in^)lied Saturday in Berlin that Nachmann had accomplices in the embeazleroent of funda that ware aamarhed for the reparation of Jewlah vktima ol NasiauL
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PERLMUTTERy WAS8ERMAN Lisa B«th Perlniutter and Michael Louis Wasserman were united in marriage in a double-ring ceremony at Temple Emanuel, Woodcliff, N.J., on June 12. Rabbi Andre Unger and Cantor Marli Biddleman officiated at the ceremony which was followed by a reception and dinner at the Temple. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perlmutter of the Township of Washington, N.J. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wasserman of Omaha. Wendy Perlmutter was maid of honor for her sister. Bridesmaids were Debbi Perlmutter, sister-in-law of the bride; Helene Wasserman, sister of the bridegroom; Nicole Gudzowsky and Janet Gradman. Andrew Wasserman, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Groomsmen were Jeffrey Perlmutter and Steven Perlmutter, brothers of the bride; Steven Wasserman, brother of the bridegroom; and Alan Potash, cousin of the bridegroom. The bride is a professional ballet dancer who danced with the Ballet Arizona this past season. The bridegroom, a graduate of the
Israel Bond luncheon Reservations are still being accepted for the 1988 Women's Israel Bond luncheon on Sept. 8, according to Janette Salkin of the Israel Bond office. 341-1177. The luncheon will be held at noon at the Jewish Community Center. The luncheon will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birthday of Golda Meir and a special Golda Meir Tribute will be presented to Anne Katzman. Speaking will be Charlotte Jacobson, past Hadassah president. The cost of the luncheon is $7.50 and it is open to the pubUc. OTTAWA DIRECTOR OTTAWA, Ontario (JTA) — Gerry Koffman of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been named executive director of the Ottawa Jewish Community Council.
Because of the fall holiday season, the Jewish Press will use the foUowing deaidlines for September's Issues: September 2 for Septemtter 16 September 15 for September 23 September 20 for September 30 September 28 for October 7 Regular deadlines will resume with the October 14 issue. Thank you for your cooperation. CUP AND SAVE-
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Omaha B'nai B'ritb Women has distributed 2,000 memo and date book calendars to Omaha, Millard and District 66 schools. This is the 18th year the group baa handled the distribution of the calendars, which are published by the Anti-Defamation League and given to schools compliments of B'nai B'rith Men, B'nai B'rith Women and ADL. The theme for this year's memo and date calen-
MATTYE M. SINTON Word has been recaved of the Aug. 20 death in Tucson, Ariz., of former Lincolnite Mattye M. Sinton. Mrs. Sinton is survived by her husband, Perry L.; sons, Stephen, Bethesda, Md., Bruce, Dallas, Texas, Jon, Atlanta, Ga.; mother. Rose Moakowitz; one grandson. The family suggests memorials to the Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Center in New York, NY.
dar book is American Presidents. This year, distribution was spearheaded by Judy Katakee, Celia Barron, Beverly Franklin, Use Kahn, Mazine Noodell, Marilyn Waatorkrug and Judith Cooper. Individuals wishing to obtain the calendars may purchase copies for $6.95 at the ADL office, 333-1303, in the Jewish Commimity Center.
FRANCES A. RUBACK Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery cm Aug. 29 for Prances A. Ruback, 57. Mrs. Ruback sang in the Beth El Choir for 30 years. She la survived by her husband, Paul; sons, Alton, Larry and David; dau^ter, Annette of Austin, Texas; four grandchildren; brother, Morton Fisher; sister, Sue Serlin.
Sam Ban, 82, dies; Omaha pharmacist Sam Ban, an Omaha pharmacist for 55 years, died Wednesday in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Hom& He was 82. Services will take place Sept. 2 at Beth El Synagogue. In addition to his wife, Jeanette, Mr. Ban is survived by daughter, Doris Cohn; sons, Arnold of Omaha and Justin of Doe Moines; brother. Jack, of Omaha; sisters, Sophie Sullivan of Chicago and Roae Becker of Sacramento, Calif.; 11 grandchildwn and two great-grandckiUren Mr. Ban, who had retired in 1978, was a past president of the Oniaha Phai^ maceutical Aasodatioo and the group's Pharmacist of the Yew in 1981. He also served «a Jewish Commanity Ontar canllni^ tees and was past praaidaBt <rf the Cnightcn Univvnity Alumni Asaodatian and a nMoibar of-Alpha Signu Nu, an honorary faatamity for CraigtUon ahunnL In 1982, Mr. Ban NMived the Ahunni Merit Award from Croigfateo.
Mr. Ban was bom in Russia and came to Omaha when he was about el^t years old. He graduated from Central High School and earned his undergraduate and pharmacy degrees from Creighton.
First-prize winner Laura SoMft, 12, danghter of Steven and Marsha Senft, won a firs(i>laee award at the Douglas Coimty Fair's 4-H small pet ahov ttetmOj with her gvinea pig, King Lods XVIII. Partldpaats described the care and bw:kground of their pets as well as displaying the anhwala
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Plan aid New Jewish communities 'discovered' By David Kantor BONN (JTA^ - West Germany is studying the possibility of channeling its economic assistance to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip through independent Palestinian institutions, a spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Cooperation here said. The ministry handles Bonn's aid programs to development countries around the globe. The spokesman said that a ministry official has been sent to Amman, the Jordanian capital, to study the matter. Up to now, West Germany has chaiAeled its assistance to the territoriesheld by Israel since 1967— either directly through Jordan or in consent with Jordanian officials. In the last 20 years, Bonn assisUsd the territories with $23.9 million worth of economic aid. Jordan annually receives about $26.5 million worth of financial and technical assistance from West Germany.
ORT offers flowers If you missed Women's Ameyican ORT's spring plant sale, the Omaha Chapter is again selling flowers. lUs time, the blossoms come in three bonqnets at $6 for an assortment of fresh flowers, 18.50 a dozen carnations, and S12 for a doMn roses. "Onr prices are appnurimateiy half the retail seUng price," said Claudia Shennan, ORT co-president. The Roses for Rosh Haahanah project comes jost in time for purchasers to take flowers to their holiday hostess, their special •omeone, or to enhance their own homes for the High Holidays, Mrs. Sherman said. Flowers will be available for pick up from 10 ajn. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, at the JCC. Orders must be pre-paid. Checks made payable to Women's American ORT may be sent to EUeae Edelston, 16315 Shirley Street, Omaha, NE. 680|^by Sept 6. Donna Bernstein, 330-7384, (above) is chairman of the project which will beneflt the Bramson ORT Technical Institute in New York City, the Loa Angeles ORT Technical Institute, the Jewish High School of South Florida, and the new ORT school to be built in Chicago.
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Six new Jewish communities, each with at least 600 members, have been "discovered" in Florida and on the West Coast, according to updated population figures in the 1968 American Jewish Yearbook, recently published by the American Jewish Committee. The existence of these commimities, until recently unrecognized in official tallies and uncovered through more extensive demogn{>hic research, is seen to confirm the continuing longterm trend toward significant Jewish population growth in the Sunbelt and West Coast areas. According to the updated estimates, the largest Jewish population gain in absolute numbers over 1986 was reported in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, whose increase exceeded 50,000. The state of Florida reported an increase in its Jevueh population estimate of woe than 30,000. The six communities reporting a Jewish peculation
for the first time were: Fair- tion of the United States in field and Chico, Calif.; Na- 1987 was estimated at 5.944 ples, Paaco County and Stu- million, up aligfatty firom last art-Port Lucie, Fla.; and year, and representing 2.6 Medford, Ore. percent of overall U.S. popuThe total Jewish popula- lation.
®2'/gam2s©(^fi®m© BREADBREAKERS Mike Kelly, sports editor at the Omaha WorldHerald, will speak to Breadbreakers at the Sept. 7 luncheon. Mike Abramson and David Siegel, Breadbreakers co-chairmen for September, have also announced that Tony Barone, head basketball coach for Creighton University, will speak at the Sept. 14 luncheon. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at noon at Howard Johnson's restaurant. The luncheons are open to the community and cost (6 per person.' NA'AMAT NA'AMAT USA Shoshana Chapter will meet S^t. 6,6:30 p.m., at Joslyn Elementary School, 11220
Blondo Street. An informative meeting is planned, according to Sindie Kstakee, president, and will indude a report by Jean Marshall on her trip to the Midwest area conference in Chicago. Members are asked to bring a cold dairy dish for this potluck dimter. Call Helen Manheimer, 656-7261, or Sindie Katskee, 493-6724, to make reservations.
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Triggering one's memory While working on our special holiday issue and thinking about the theme, Synagogue life, my memory was jogged taking me back to my boyhood in Bridgeport, Conn. Not too long after I had become a bar mitzvah, I obtained a full-time after-school job in Greenspun's Pharmacy as a soda jerk. In addition to working on the soda fountain, I made deliveries, stocked the refrigerator cabinets with bottled soda and quarts of beer, and dusted and cleaned the store. Early in my career, I learned the difference between a Coke and a cherry Coke: "You squirt some Coke into the glass, then you add a little cherry syrup and fill the glass with seltzer—that's a cherry Coke," Mr. Greenspan explained. So much for my on-the-job training. I soon learned everything there was to know, nothing could surprise me. I would work at the store until the Boston Red Sox called me up to pinch-hit for my idol at the time, Jimmy double x. After a few weeks of Coke-making, my life was predictable—until! Late one afternoon, a man with a long white beard and a dark hat rapped on the plate glass window at the front of the store and beckoned to me when I looked up. When I walked outside to see what he was doing, he waved, sort of motioning me to follow him. I wasn't that curious. I had a job with heavy responsibilities so I ignored him and went back to work. Moments later, the mystery man entered the store, proceeded to the drug counter and captured Mr. Greenspun in animated convo'sation. The man left, and my boss called to me. It seems that he had forgotten to tell me about one item in my "job description." "When the Butler Avenue synagogue is short for a minyan, one of the men will come and knock on the window. That's your signal to run over there and join their minyan," Mr. Greenspun said. For the next few weeks, a bearded man rapped on the window regularly and 1 foimd that I was not pinch-hitting for Jimmy Foxz, I was pinch-hitting for Mr. Berger who was ill. Well, let me tell you my participation in that Orthodox minyan was an experience. Although I could read Hebrew, I was hopelessly inadequate in keeping up with them. They didn't appear to read, they hummed, wailed, and zipped through the prayers faster than the speed of light. I just sat back (as far in back as I could) and listened as the prayers became a sound and motion show. The day that Mr. Berger returned and I was relieved of duty, the group offered me a Torah honor. I politely declined although I don't remember the excuse I gave. My reasons for declining were that I didn't know the ritual surrounding the Tq^^ and, perhaps more importantly, I was afraid that God would look with disfavor upon me for accepting an honor while I waa b«<ng paid to attmd. I hope that my kida read this editorial because it's part of my life, and I hope that our iMue MXt week sparks aooM conversatioo about your synagogue between you and your children. Thank you Butlar Avcnoe Synagogue. Ev«n though you no longw exist, mcnMiries of yon do.
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To the Editor: The Maccabi Games created many memories for me, and provided lifetime experiences towering as high as Chicago's skyscrapers. Although it rained on the opening ceremonies, friendship reigned throughout the stadium. The opening ceremony with the Olympic pageantry and entertainment was electrifying. When the parade of countries took place and I proudly paraded with the Omaha banner and delegation, I heard voices among the 10,000 spectators yell "Comhuskers-Go Big Red." It was exciting to discover that there were many Jewish gymnasts my age competijig from throughout the world. Some spoke English—some didn't—but we had athletics and our religion in common. I won medals in all events and I also won many friends. I was the only U.S. gymnast in my age group to win medals, but the other medal winners became good friends of mine through daily practice. Even my host family, Valerie Tamkin and her daughter, Michelle, exercised with me before my first meet and cheered me on during the event. Her husband, Fred, watched me on video at night. My mom and dad were also encouraging me from the audience. The other members of my delegation encouraged me and Sandra Kohll took photos. The adult gymnastic officials were helpful. My seven medals will be a lasting memory of Maccabi. I was surprised to see so many people attending Shabbat services at the modem Temple Beth Emit. The congregants were friendly and held a special welcoming for us. "I never saw so many Jewish people in my life," an employee at the Museimi of Science and Industry commented. "Are all these people Jews?," he said astonishin^y at our evening there. The Art Institute introduced me to many paintings by Marc Chagall. The famous "Prajring Jew," oil in black and white was striking. I rode the elevated and heard people speaking Hebrew, Spanish and Polish. A magazine store carried Hebrew newspapers. The ddis were scrumptious, and the matzo ball soup was better than mom's. Jewish culture was in abimdance. The eight days passed rapidly. I flew home with my friends from the Omaha delegation as my other new friends flew to their homes around the world. I hope that others will have the opportunity to participate in the Maccabi Games, and enjoy them as fully as I did. Curtis MarU T(f the Editor I thought the games were a great experience because I competed with Jews from all over the world. Being able to participate in the games made me feel proud to be Jewish. Going to the Maccabi games for the experience was much more important to me than winning. The family that I stayed with in Chicago was very nice and I enjoyed their Shabbat dinner. I would like to thank the Esther K. Newman/Carolyn Newman Fund for helping to send the Omaha delegation to Chicago. I can't wait to attend the Maccabi games in another two years to compete in track once again. Brent Zacharia To the Editor. I want to thank the JCC snd the Esther K. Newmian/Carolyn Newman Grants for making it possible for the Omaha JCC to take a delegaticm of athletes to the Maccabi Games in Chicago. Our atUstss had a woodsrful time participating in their sports. The {tost famflies ware great and went out of their way to •oconunodats our athlst^. Special evuito ware axcaptititd for thia age—concert at the Ariel Cooveiitioa Center, ^tek concert at Grant Park Shdl, a rock video conoart at Navy Pier, and an evening
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and dinner at the Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago's organization of this mammoth event of 2,000 athletes in 10 sports was fantastic. I look forward to seeing a Maccabi Club formed in Omaha soon so we may send more athletes to the games in Detroit in 1990. Sandra KohU Delegation head, coach, chaperone and parent To the Editor I'd like to thank the JCC for helping send us and making it possible to go to the North American Maccabi Games in Chicago. It was a wonderful experience for me. It was also a great feeling to think that when we were all together, all 2,000 athletes were Jewish. It was well organized and the night activities were fun. But at the end, in the closing ceremonies it was very sad. But all u all it was one of the greatest things I have ever done. Daniel Fried To the Editor. My name is David Skid, and I just got back from the North American Maccabi Youth Games. First off, I.would like to thank the Esther K. Newman and Caroline K. Newman Fund for making it possible for me to participate in these games. It was an experience I wUl remember for the rest of my life. It all began with'being picked up by my host family, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Starr. We then proceeded to the opening ceremonies which, besides getting rained on, were magnificent. The next morning I played my tennis match against an extremely good player from Montreal. He beat me in three tough sets. On Saturday, we got to sleqi in late and basically relaxed most of the day. That evening we went into downtown Chicago which was a lot of fun. Sunday afternoon I played a young man from Chicago in the consolation event and won 6-4, 6-4. That evening there was a get together on the lakefront. Monday, I had a day off from singles and played with my partner, Adam Caplan from Seattle. Our first opponents were from Rockland County, New Jersey, and we beat them handily. Then, we ran into stiffer competition from Philadelphia and lost 6-4^ 6-3. A conc»t in the park concluded the evening. On Tuesday, it was back to singles and I beat opponents from Minneapolis and Edmonton, Canada, by scores of 75, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively. That night was a blast! We got to go to the Navy Pier and dance to our favorite videos on big T.V. screens. Wednesday morning, in the quarter finals of consolation, I played a young man from Cleveland and won a tight match 6-4, 6-2, then immediately after in the semifinals, I played Johnny Carson, not the guy on the Tonight Show, from Chicago and beat him 6-2, 6-1. That evening we got to walk around in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry which was amazing. Thursday in the finals, I ran into a boy from Connecticut and lost in three sets. At the closing ceremonies we said goodbye to new and old friends and passed the Unrch on to Detroit, the site for the 1990 Maccabi games. The neatest thing about the Maccabi games for me was that every single person competing had one thing in common, soinething that brought us all together, our religion, Judaism. I atron^ encourage everybody to make an effort to participate in the 1990 North American Youth Maccabi games. Thougfa it'a only ri^t days long, the memories will last a lifetime. David SUd TotheEditar: I would Uke to thank the Esther K. Newman and CaroUna K. Newman Fund for maUng it poasibls for me to participate in tbg North American MaccaU Youth Qamea. It waa a ehaaoa of a lifetime and I am very grateful that I waa able to go. I played tannla in the Oamas and I realhr wanted to win a madaL This ooBspetition was antiraly diflarant than any tennis toumanMBt I have eoopstsd in. I hsvs never tried so hard to win svery point aa I dfcl fa> the Maccabi Oamec. Ev«y iHint waa a maio'OM for ma. In sdiiMan to pIsyiBg tannis. It wsa a ttnillc fealing Just to be anmnndaaV tbouaanda'of other Jewish youth. It wee an laeradible fMUng to hold the Omaha diligation banner and antar the atadhun at the opadng earamonias. Thars wan so oviy people watching and cfaa«ring us on that I eoiiki only look in awe. lleettag people and aeaing frianda (ram camp, I baliave, waa jnat aa tai aa the eonpetitiaa You muat undarstaad that there ia more to the games than juat rotnpeting hi a aport I had a gieat time at the games and I hope that everybody who gate the chanee to go to the gamae in the future wiU, because it is so aaicb fun. I have mmf amaarim of the Maccabi Gamee that will remain with me for the reet of my Ufa, JoehM. Cooper TottMUMar I would likno thank the Jewiah Community Center and the Bathsr K. Newman Fund for making it poesihle for ma to partidpsts hi the North Amerksn Youth Maccabi gamee. I had a vaiy good eaperlence Bn41 met eome new Manda. Than ware a lot of tnacial events. My favorite one waa the rodi-vldeo concert It was fun. Thnk you again. I would slao Ute to thank mj mom, Sandra KohU (dalegatkn head) (or taking ms. Shs worked very herd to insks it a hm tlaaa fcr ua. * '^SLi^jinUb^':) -^'x^^-iLl
Holocaust author, lecturer tries to reach, teach new generations ^^ By I^ynda Frank "Tell your children about the Holocaust." That is author and lecturer BenEddbaum'a motto and it is even printed OB his busiDBSs card. "In America," he said, "children here are the best fed, the best clothed and I hope that doesn't change, but they need to know about the Holocaust to see how well off they are and to appreciate what they've got." Mr. Edelbaum now lives in Kansas City but at the age of ten his address was the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, Pdand. Befwe coming to the United States, his other nddreeoea included Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. His iHfe, Dora, lost her entire family in the Hdocaust and (Hily (HM other monber of Mr. Edelbaum's family, his sister Chaja, mavived. So, today, the Edelbaums surround themselves, whenever possible, with their three children, Harold, Estelle and Helen (Omahan Mrs. Lee Kayl and their grandchildten Amy, Jessica and Sarah Eddbaum and Jennifer and Joey (Joanna) Kay. "I could have wound up hating every human being," Mr. Edelbaam sakL "I oouU have devoted my life to that but I chose to turn it into something positive." That is why he lectures to junior hi^is, high schoob and coileges in a 200-DiiIe radhis of Kansas (Sty and qteaks to many fraternal, civic and Jewish organisatims. "In the last 12 to 13 years, I must have been within earabot <rf a quarter ol a mUBan people," be said proudly. "I get a good feeling imparting information to youngsters, Jewish and Gentile, who don't know what Holocaust means. Children are eager to hear what I have, to say. They never folly understand, aea or feel as I do but I always hope the knowledge might help them in the way they lead their own livee".
one. "I wanted to fwget, but the book forced me to remember all the details," he said. His sister didn't want to talk about those times and his wife, who is still under doctor's care from the trauma, did open up some while he was writing the book.
BenEddbamn As an example, Mr. Edelbaum cited a letter he received from a 14-yearH>ld girl who wrote him to say she enjoyed his book and that, after reading it, nmning away from home suddenly didn't seem important to her any more. In bis book, "Growing Up in the Holocaust," Mr. Edelbaum chronicles his life as a young boy, growing up in a dose-knit family in Lods, Poland, to the horrors he encountered in the ghetto and conoentratian camps and finally to emancipation by the American Third Army and his new-found freedom. While in Dachau, Mr. Eddmdn witnessed a severe beating of his father. "That left a lasting in^iression an me," he said. "On the last day, when I went in to see him, I hardly recognized him. He reached out and grabbed my hand, as if to say, 'Don't leave me. Ill never see you again.' " When the young Eddbaum returned from work that evming he found out his father had died. "It was atthatmomoitlpttnnised myaelf, if I survived, I'd write a book about it." In 1946, while in one of the displaced person's canqie, he began writing the book, mostly concentrating on what he'd write and collecting memorabOia to corroborate his facts. By 1955. he was in the ddi buainees in Kansas City and still thinking about his book but "I had a language barriw." he eaid. "I had to learn the (English) language well enou^ to write a book. I had to use correct kiianis." Another barrier he had to ^woome was an emotiond
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Mr. Edelbaum was one of the jroungest survivars of It«y Clark, executive director of the Omaha Conuiadty FWodation. preaeiits a $2,500 the Hblotanist ud oonoedes check to DrJ>atiida Newman, chairmaB of the Ptejwiice EHmlBatioB Workshop, sponhe is fast becoming one of sored by ADUCBC, to hdp fund the iqiooaiiag Nov. 16 program. Mrs. MUtoa WaMthe few eyewitneesee left. baom and Ted Sddia are board members of both ADIVCRC and OCF. However, besides having his book as a Isgaqr, he said he and other eyewttneeeee have ' made video and audio tape accounts of their experiences. Ilie author feels we must tdl our children about the By Howard noaenbwg Holocaust because they are transferring her to a prison hi Richard Yellin, of CongreWASHINGTON(JTA) - closer to her hometowa She gation Mishkan Tefila of the future leaders. "M^ybe by having the knowledge of Bureau of Prisons Dfrectw is currently at the Pederd Chestnut HiU. Mass.; Sister the atrodtias that went on . J. Michad Quinlan assured Medicd Center in Roches- Row Thering, professor of under the Nazis and a sym- a group of religious leaders ter, Minn. edocatian at Seton Hall Unipathetic attitude, they will Tuesday that Anne-Hender Anne Pollard, who is serv- verdty; and Hartw. not let this happen again." son Pdlard. wife of con- ing a five-year sentence with After the meeting, the victed spy Jonathan Jay no parole for being an acces- group hdd a rally for more "Growing Up in the Hok>- Pollard, will recdve cwtain sory to her husband's crime, than an hour near the Bucanst" may be purchaaed improvements in her treat- suffers from a debilitating reau of Prisons here. Hendirectly from the author for ment in prison, bureau disorder called biliary dys- derson, one of the last ^^^-^^ postpaid. To order, spokeswoman Kathryn kineda. and has had diffi- speakers, sakl "to come here **"*** remittance to Ben Morse sdd. culty digesting food. and hear prcaniaes made Eddbaum. P.O. Box 24614. She said that Quinlan Jonathan PoUird, who after months and months of Kansas City, MO 64131. agreed to allow rabbis to was sentenced to life im- struggle, is truly heartvisit Anne and Jonathan prisonment without parole, wanning and has made a privately. Also, he promiaed is incarcerated at the U.S. difietenoe." to allow two of Amw's doc- Penitentiary in Maricn. 01, Babes Unchained' On Anne's treatment in tors to vidt her. which Morse said ia the priaon, Henderson sdd she at Magic Theatre But she disputed a claim highest security U.S. prison. was "deprived of her access Quinlan met with an ad to the press... adequate "Babes Unchained," with by one member of the music by John J. Sheehan group, Rav. WilUam Harter hoc group called the Ecu- medicd treatment, and and lyrics by Megan Tony, of Chamberaburg, Pa., that menicd Coalition to Save suffered crud and unusud Jo Ann Schmidman and she would also be aikmed to Anne Pollard's Life, repre- punishment. She was Kari KripaL will play at the take certain medications sented by Bernard Hender- deprived of the ability to see Omaha Magic Theatre currently being denied to son, Anne's father. Rev. her own nbbL She has had Frank Eiklor, preaidaiit of two rabbis now who have through late September. her. Morse said Quinlan simPerformances be^ at 7:30 been forbiddaB to aaa her." ply agreed to "look at" the p.m. medidne issue. The drug in According to the press re- question, Domperidone, lease, " 'Babes Unchained' would he^ bar digest food. is about light that beams Morse could not be reach' throu^ the thick cave waOs ed to confirm or deny to guide and enlighten us. It Harter's statententa that is about all of us in our Quinlan also agreed to lift struggle to be free of chains media reatrietions on Mrs. that hind us... " PoOard. and to conaklH'
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JCC Adult Services seeks names of college students The Adult Services Department of the Jewish Community Center is seeking the names of Jewish men and women of college age in the Omaha-Lincoln area. They need not be attending school, according to Helen Rifkin, Adult Services director, but if they are students at any local col-
leges or universities, she would li&e that information . included with the name, address, telephone number and age. Mrs. Rifkin also said that anyone knowing of students in other cities who are not on a Jewish Press or JCC mailing list should notify the Adult Services Department, 334-8200, ext. 232.
Blumkin residents to benefit from November art auction The Visual Arts Depart' ment of the Jewish Community Center will sponsor a special art auction on Nov. 12. Proceeds from the auction, "Elegant Elephant Erte," will be used to establish a rotating art-forCOMMUNAL RABBI AMSTERDAM (JTA) Rabbi Frank Lewie of London has been named communal rabbi of the Amsterdam Ashkenazi Congregation. His appointment returns this congregation to its required number of three rabbis.
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Jeffrey Ruck, a Middletown, R.L, high school senior and son of former Omahan Judy Diane Karof Ruck, recently participated in the first stage of tryouts tionally turned out in huge This is the second in a sefor the U.S. Maccabiah ries, "Getting out to vote." numbers for elections. Their team. He is vying for a spot voter participation has The problem of the decreason the U.S. Rifle team which ing number of Jewish people resulted in the American will compete in the 13th Jewish community having is alarming. There are at World Maccabiah Games in least one million Jews not influenced elections far in Israel, July 3-13, 1989. excess of its actual numbers registered to vote in this Jeffrey, a member of the country, according top the in the American population. Newport Rifle Club Junior Our elected officials are Synagogue Council of our voice, and if we want in- Rifle Team, recently won America. the Rhode Island Junior Close to 60 percent of fluence in the outcome of Olympic Rifle Tournament. important issues such as Soeligible voters do not vote He also won the "Marksfor President, 60 percent do cial Security, Medicare, man" class in the three poMedicaid, etc., then we not vote for senators or repsition championship at the resentatives, 70 to 90 per- must exercise our obligation National Rifle Matches. . to vote. "Jewish qjinion" on cent do not vote for local The World Maccabiah officials. While this decline all issues is seriously consid- Games (held every four ered by elected officials. cuts across all age groups, This astonishing trend of years), the third largest inthe two most significant ternational competition, pit groups are the 18-25-year- the Jewish non-voting population must be reversed. olds, and older Jews. Circumstances inherent in One of the most important the decline of non-votjng rights we have as Ameriolder Jews can be traced to cans is the right to vote. several things; transporta- Your vote can make a diffe^ Rabbi Myer S. Kripke, tion to the polling place ence, so please get out and rabbi emeritus of Beth El could be an important deter- vote in the upcoming elec- Synagogue and adjunct asrent, as is the lack of in- tions. sociate professor of theolIf you want any informa- ogy at Creighton Univerterest in elections as the older voter retires and no tion about voter registra- sity, will again lead the longer feels an integral part tion, absentee ballots, or monthly Hadassah study polling place locations, or if group. He said the discusof the community. This age voter might be you need transportation ei- sions will include more conspending considerable time ther to renter to vote or to temporary topics than in away from their commu- cast your ballot, call the past years. nity, and the absentee bal- Douglas County Election Rabbi Kripke has led the lot is not being utilized as a Commissioner, 444-7200, or group, which meeta the first the ADL/CRC office. 333means of casting a vote. We(biesday of the month at Jewish voters have tradi- 1303. the Livingston Plaza Apartments, for seven years. The first meeting will take place Sq>t. 7 at 9:30 aoa
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The agony of the Pollards By Emanael A. Winston (Part one of a series) Reprinted with permission from Midstream The case of Jonathan Jay Poilard and bis wife, Anne Henderson Pollard, seems to be more complicated after the revelations of their hearings and sentencing than before. The behavior of United States officials indicates that this affair is stiU an ongoing issue. Three major issues demand our attention: Why was their sentence out of all proportion to any comparable instance of espionage? Why is Jonathan Pollard being pressured to identify unlikely "coK:onspirators7" Why is Anne Pollard facing death from deliberate medical maltreatment in prison without any concern by "official" America? Jonathan PoUaid was arrested on espionage charges on Nov. 21, 1986; he pleaded guilty and on March 17, 1987, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His wife, Anne, was sentenced to two concurrent five-year sentences, with no parole, for possession of secret documents. Pollard, a U.S. Navy counterintelligence analyst, had obtained and transfored to Israel such information as Arab troop movements; data oniLibyan air defenses enabling Israel to bomb the PLO headquarters in Tunis; information and performance analysis of Soviet deliveries of military equipment to Arab dient states; status of nuclear weapons being developed by Pakistan with funding from Arab states; location of Syrian and Iraqi poison gas facilities and sources of that equipment in West Germany, etc. (Pollard was motivated by ideological reasons, but later agreed to accept payment from the Israelis.) Pollard stated that for some time he saw this and other information, crucial to Israel's survival, marked NFFE (Not For Foreign Byes). He frequently questioned his superiore, even up to the Dqurtment of Defense; he was told to mind his own business. Strangely, he was not fired for his irritating probing. He did not find out who wdered the doee-down of information viewed as vital to Israel's survival in aqy future war; he began to send the inf(Hination. PoUard's story is frightoiing; it calls up images of a shadow government, t(jtally inconsistent with the American concept of a democracy whoee elected leaders are subject to laws they are pledged to uphold. No trial of the Pdlards was every hekL The Government offered a plea bargain for full co<^>eration and confession. The Pollards pleaded guilty, mainly to seciu-e Aime's release. Jonathan volunteered all the information he had; they were supposed to receive a lenient sentence. However, the govenunent reneged on the agreement. Prior to sentencing. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger sent to the judge a sealed, secret affidavit, in which he said "Pollard gav« Israel infonnatkn it couU use against Arab ooontriea friODdly to the U.S., bbbtanng Israelis Btrtngth, upsetting the balance of power in the Mideast and ultimately making war more likely." Little noticed was a State Dtpartment statement, issued, that day, rebutting Weinberger's contention: "A strong Israel is the coraerBtooe of UJS. poUcy in the Middle Bast," Secretary of SUte George SfaulU aaid. "Olie Weinberger affidavit was a nasty piece of work." As one writer obaerved, "Shulti, diailluaiocwd by lack of Arab support for the administratioc^'B peace initiative and shocked by middle East terrorism, has COOM to believe Israel is the only subatantial U.S. aBJr in the region." Weinberger, inexplicably furious about Poilard, also aaid in his aacret affidavit that Pdlaid ahouki be "hangad." Was it under orders from Wonberger that transmitting of intellignice relevant to Israel's vubMrabOity was constricted or terminatad? Were the U.S. Department of of Defense and other agtnciss conducting their own unauthoriied operatMua, aa with the lran«ontra actkns, but against Israel and for the Arab cottntriaa? Were factions within the American govamment iMtunoting open hoatility to laraalT Pollard maintained that the infonnatioo he transferred could not hurt the security of the United Statae and was intalligenea larail would or should have raoMved according to the U.S,/Iaraal Mamorandum of AgrsaoMnt of 1963. Alan Darahowita, Harvard law prafMaor, iatamatkioally nnownad attorney and dvfl IflMrtarian, caUad the aaverity of Jonathan PoUud'a santaopa "the graataat miacarriage of ^jmrican juatica;" ha aaid Pollard got a santanca faur Hiaiajnaraher than the avwage murdKar and 10 tiaaa haralMr than the penalty aver given out to any spy ever ooQvictad or pleaded guilty to nying for an ali^. Derahowita haa agraad to laiafaawt PaUard'a appeal tor aentanoa radactloB. Prolaaaar Bobart a UabBMnol Princston aaid in a liitar to Tka New Tark TbM«: Amarieana eoavictad ol aapioaac* fv noaOommuniat countriaa have noaivad much Iktiir aaataneaa So av«n have apiai for the Soviet IMOB... in 19M. BM. Staphm Baba. aantancad to eightyaara fnr aalBag aaerat alac>tonk-warfare documsnta to Sooth AMea. aarrad flBtjr two yaara. !• IMI. fhmiiil Mwlana. hi aw aaul liitalMgwii a aiia h^ «aa awitaacad to two yaara for ataaha^ aacrat navy docuntabta (or a Britiah publication. 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ert U.S. agents. Even 17 years of espicmage by the Walkers, who sold our most vital NATO secrets to the Soviets for some $760,000, failed to agitate Weinberger as much as Pollard. .lohn Walker will be eligible for parole in 10 years, although he was directly responsible for deaths of Navy pilots, U.S. intelligence agents and informants, and the loss of technological and s^ategic information to the Soviets. Walker is serving a regular sentence, a straight minimal term. Unlike Pollard, he has not been confined to psychiatric wards or isolation. Pollard is not eligible for parole; when one considers the excessively harsh life sentence with no parole combined with almost three years of virtual solitary confinement, one is forced to condude that some other standard of justice has been applied to Jonathan Pollard. Other individuals, even American agents caught spying in other fiiadly countries, have been dealt with quietly throu^ diplomatic channels. The FBI and the Justice Department rejected this for the Pollards despite pleas from William Casey, then Chief of the CIA. to drop ttie charges. Casey was aware that the rich intelligence harvest the Israelis had been furnishing the U.S. for years could dry up under the circumstances. Senator David Durenberger stated that the CIA already had broken an agreement between the U.S. and Israd not to engage in intelligence gathering in each othg's countries. Reomt efforts to commute the Pollards' exceptionally harsh sentoices were sidetracked by a rumor floated to the effect that they could be part of a spy swap with Russia. Their presence in jail was necessary to make them pawns for such a swap; the original sentencing judge, Aubrey Robinson, denied the appeal for reduction of sentence. On March 17 of this year, Iraq effectivdy used poison and nerve gas against Kurds living on the border with Iran. Television and news journals around the workl detailed the riimination of whole villages, showing Kurdish inhabitants, their skins mottled from the effects of mustard gas, piled up in the atreats. Elaewbere, entire families lay in peaceful death poaea—the nerve gaa had killed thai instantly. Aerial photographs displayad an entire dty silent and dead. Newa reports estimate more than 4,000 persMis were killed. The United Stataa and the West have yet to respond in any meaningful way to these atrodties and the abrogation of the Geneva cimvention, though West Germany is reported to be investigating 20 West German companies suspected of shifting poison gas manufacturing equipment to Iraq and Syria. We must recall that the impetus for Pollard to break the laws of his country in the sensitive area of intelligence and security came because he saw that U.S. Intalljgence accumnlatad and withheld from Israal knomadge of Syrian and Iraqi capability io prodooe and deliver pojaon gas. Pollard fait that thia iatalliganoe waa crucial for Israel, lest it be left vulnerable to aimilar gaa attacka on ita population centers, but, apparently, indivi^iab witldn the U.S. Defanas Department for some reaaon believed otherwise. When PoUard aakad hia superiora why thia infocniation was not being rslayad to Israel, ha was told, "Jews are too sensitive ahwt gas." This infonnatkn should have been available to Israel based upon the U.S.-Iarael Exchange of IntaOigtnoe Agreement in 1983, approved by PreaUent Reagan and Cooffraas. (A more comprehensive Memorandum ol Understanding was signed April 22,1988, Israel's 40th Tndepandance Day, between Israel and America, reaffirming their aarUer commitment to each other aa viable democradaa, declaring Israsl a major non-NATO ally, and pledging mutual aup- ^ port in areas vital to each other's securify.) Hie lingering suspicion is that as yet unidentified peraons had bottlenacksd this two-way exchange. Thus, for transmitting vital infanutioB to an aRy, Pollard is now serving a life sentence. U.S. Attorney Joaaph diOanova, who raeantly reaigned, was requastad by Caapar Weinbnger, then Secretary of Defanaa to haadla the proascution of the PoOarda. Pollard accuaee diGanova of being ao consumed with the theory of a "Jewish conqtiraey," that he withheld proper nikedkal care from Anne PoUard beeauae of "Jonathan's refusal to impUcato prominent American Jaws as spies." PoUard aaki diOenova showed him a thick computer printout Gcnaiatlag of an a^khabatical list of American Jewish laadera tram which ha area to chooae an alleged "Mr. X as a co«onq«lrator." Such a Uat, on ivpical computer paper, could number aa many aa 10,000 or more namea. If true, the dvil righto of thouaanda waa ioMnged upon, ainoa the uaa ol such Btta lor posiAila aorvaffianoa vkibtea constkutioaallaw. ^^ PoUatd writha: "HM vea of distortions and miarepreaentotiona (in tha praaa about my oaaa> awa M«aM both to poiaoa Amaricana* paroaptkna dlsrail aa a aaJnahia atrate«k partoar and to M^itan tha Jvwiih eaawMnttv into arcapthitthaAdininisttatcr'Binaiatonea that Isiaal comp)y with thadanuMb of Arab nalkm" r Waa Miard aat op to ha the ainv that ««6W tnaak the back ol tha U.a-I«aai i^bAioa^dpT Wooid a fnrtoua COBgreaa innist on tomilMiit vOMqr aid «id is addUkin, allow unraatiktad sMpsMiiti Of anas to Arab natioaat Would a aobaaqiMat eodHaion by Ftolted to tba aflact that Imaeait' Antarka^ idvQtan Jawiah landars wan faiwtaod is Ua act of sapiflVNC* csnaa tba Jaartah cottnuttity an maaaaa to rstraat baas any aspport of laraal— patttical or ttaancia Wosid thi daaafi of btaiiiV handBnaa ba toiawaraihla. av«B if it «Hi latef dataraitead that tha oaniiasion waa falaa and axtvaalBd andar amanal praa* aoiaT
RumcHv have been floated that Aryan Nation(Neo-Nazi prisonera have threatened Pollard with death. Hanafi Muslims (who seized the B'nai B'rith building in Washington in 1977) have made the same threat against Anne Pollard. is the stage now set for the Pollards to die "by acddent" before any Congressional inquiry into their case? The condition of Anne PoDard is q)palling. Anne, 27, suffera from biliary dyskinesia, a rare gastrointestinal disorder. In the first 95 days of her isolated detention, she loet 60 pounds; her hair turned gray. She lives in constant and untreated pain, cannot eat solid food, weighs 88 pounds, suffers from frequent hemorrhaging, is continually bent over with her arms on her stomach, has difficulty walking, and looks like an emadated survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. Photographing of Anne Pdlard is not permitted, nor are interviews permitted. Authorities maintain that she refused to be interviewed and considers it an invasion of her* privacy. Her father says this is untrue. Anne has signed several requests for rdease of information and is pleading for contact. The last week in April Anne was permitted to meet with the first non-membo' of her family, an Israeli, Amnon Dror. He confirmed all of the above information and said, "I had hoped that the newspaper reports of her physical deterioration wa« exaggerated, but, unfortunately, she was worse than I expected." According to a May 19 updato aa Anne's condition by Carol Pdlai^, Anne was whisked off to Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn., (not to be confused with the Mayo Clinic) where she is bdng pumped full of saline solutions, which cause the body to retain fluid. Swollen with water to fill out htf emadated ctHidition, most likely Anne is being readied for some land of public showing. Pollard has said in spite of her precarious situatiM, "Anne made me swear never to accommodate diGenova just so she could recdve her medications. (A] spedally prepared report was delivered daily to my cell... with all too gnqthic phyaical descriptions of my wife's deteriorating physical condition; diOenova always included acopy of his Mephistophdean offer medical care would only be made available to Anne when and if I agree to drag half the American Zionist estoblishment into the affair.'' Apparently diGenova viewed this refusal to incriminate othere as a lack of cooperation. PoUard spent his first 10 months in a psychiatric ward for the criminally insane, a real bedlam, while interrogatora unsuccessfully tried to force him to implicate other American Jews despite his repeated stotements that there wn-e no other American Jews working with him. "This ... was confirmed by nine months of polygraphing by the FBI," Pollard told the Associated Press. Creating "new" evidence at this point wouM have east donbta OB the vaMty of the polygraphic evidanoe previoosty confirmed. Geo^ Ditfenbacher, head of the penitentiary's social services, said PoUard waa not a "mental patient," but "there are other conaiderationa for keeping him there." In January 1988, Jonathan Pollard was transferred to solitary confinement in a hospital room 24-houra a day, aeven days s week, except for a ahower permitted three timeaa weak. Prison offidsls snd Attomay diGenova haw clainwd that Anna is faking her iUnaas. According to a letter (Jaa23, 1988) from a farmer inmate who has requested anonymity, Anne PoUard sauna to be in the procaaa of dying. Appat^ mtly, prison authorities are aUowing her to waste away until sh^ diee of natural causes." She is regularly asked it she contemplatee suicide, aa if being invited to choose that option. The question of whether Anne's health is being manipulated to force Pollard into yiekhng to Justice Department pressure for names, demands an anawar.
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First Temple relic goes on display By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - A •Ismail ivory pomegrdnate verified to be the first known relic from the First Temple has gone on display at the Israel Museum. The thumb-sized pomegranate—a "rimon"— clearly bears the inscription "Belonging to the Temple of the Lord, Holy to the Priests." The rimon, which was acquired last week by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for $550,000, is less than two inches tall and one inch wide. Carved from a single piece of ivory, it has a flat base through which is cut a small hole. The rimon may have topped the scepter of a high priest, according to instructions laid down in Exodus and Kings I. Rimonim were also used to adorn the high priests' robes. According to the Book of Exodus, "And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue and of purple and of scarlet round about; and bells of gold between them round about; a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about." The rimon is the first artifact to be attributed to the First Temple built by King Solomon. Scientists who analyst the small object have dated it to around the 8th century B.C.E. Solomon's Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. The 2,800-year-old object is badly chif^ied on one side. The validating inscription is written in ancient Hebrew
in completely legible script. It is believed to be the oldest known inscription with the Hebrew name of God. The only other relic of the First Temple is said to be silver scrolls bearing the benediction of the Kohanim, the high priests. The scrolls were recently found in a burial cave overlooking Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley, outside the Old City. The rimon is believed to be at least 100 years older. The ivory pomegranate's acquisition by the Israel Museum marks the end of an international journey that began nine years ago, when the rimon was bought in Israel by an unknofvn party and smuggled out of the country. The buyer in turn sold the object to an anonymous party in Switzerland, who bought it for the museum. An Israeli archaeologist examined the rimon in Switzerland and verified its authenticity. Israeli newspapers speculated that the rimon might have been purchased by an IsraeU for a few hundred dollars from a local dealer and smuggled to Europe, where it was placed on display in France. The object's value, according to the accounts, was estimated when the exhibition curator sought advice for insurance purposes. VICE PRESIDENT NEW YORK (JTA) Seymour Katz has been elected national vice president of the Synagogue Council of America, which serves a constituency of four million Conservative, Orthodox and Reform Jews nationwide. He succeeds Martin Barell, who now serves as chairman of the council's Board of Cover-
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By Taraar Levy GENEVA (JTA) - The secretary-general of the United Nations has called on non-governmental organizations to exert international pressure on Israel to "promote an effective negotiating process and to help create the conditions necessary for it to succeed." Javier Perez de Cuellar also recommended that the international community make a concerted effort to persuade Israel to accept the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to the administered territories. The convention prohibits the expulsion "for any reasons whatsoever" of civilians from an area under military occupation. Israel insists that the conventicm does not apply to the territories, since it has not extended Israeli law to the areas it administers. Perez de Cuellar was addressing the fifth international meeting of NonGovemmental Organizations at U.N. European headquarters here. The secretary-general referred to the NGOs as a "network of organizations" devoted to "the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in conformity with U.N. resolutions." He described the NGO role as
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Three «<^iit((mgi amendments deal with the Paraoonel Board and the propoaed changes would allow for the addition of three alternate members to the Personnel !]oard who would be choaen randomly to serve whenever a regular board member could not attend; wotild require the city to establish that disciplinary action was taken for just cause and in good faith, and would allow the City's wage increassQ to be presented directly to the City Council rather than to the Personnel Board. Additional changes yet to be voted on by the CTity Council would require the Mayor to submit to the Council the six-year Capital Improvmnent Program, and change the way the Mayor is elected when a vacancy occurs in the office.
I heard one of my young friends ^ay recently, "I took my kids to college this weekend and now we're Empty Nesters." You know the phrase—it refers to people whose children have all grown up and moved out. Sometimes it is when the last one leaves for college, sometimes it is when the last one becomes (if you'U pardon the expression) Independent. It's been a number of years since we experienced that situation at our house, but I well remember the mixture of feelings that went with it. First of all, the temptation to just enjoy the sudden freedom you and your mate notice makes for a little feeling of guilt. As in "If my kids are the Jim Cleary most important part of our lives, how come it's kind of fun not having them around?" Well, for lots of reasonsi City Councilman Jim For one thing, after you get a little used to it, it's won- Cleary urged members of derful to be able to go to sleep and not have one eye open the Old Timers group at the waiting to hear the car drive into the garage. And while Jewish Community Center we're discussing that, it's a pleasure not to have to sit up Tuesday to vote for the straight in bed, in total panic, when the sound of a siren Charter Amendments that shatters the quiet. Oh yeah, I've been there. True, it's been will appear on the Novema long time, but some things you never forget. ber ballot. There are other little things that make it okay to enjoy He outlined the four just being two again. Somebody once described it as being amendments that already right bade to one pound of hamburger—just where you have been approved by the started. You did begin with two, remember? It did only take City Council for indusim cm a part of a head of lettuce to make the salad, not the entire the ballot and discussed two The Jewish PreeA wUl not pound. And of you were going to prepare a few meat pat- additional changes yet to be accept tobacco advertising. ties (back when we ATE meat) it didn't take much. And voted on by the Council. The decision to ban ads for that matter, the thiner I finally realized after we b^ Mr. Cleary explained that been back to only two at my house was really very simple. 'the'Pfrka and Recreation promoting the use of tobacco products was made If we felt like having a salad with a roll, nobody was going change provides for the deby the Jewish Press Board to whine "you call THIS dinner?" viation of the Parks & Recre- of Directors at its August There are many perks to this empty neet business, so it's ation Superintendent, a po- * meeting. my phikMophy that they might just as well be enjoyed. sition that the City no According to Morris MaLet's face it guys, we're the grown-ups and it's OUR house. longer has; and the removal line, editor, the dedsioa was If we feel like eating from a tray in front of the TV, there's of a reference providing made after discussion cennobody around who was taught, "You eat at the table like responsibility to the d^Muttering on the newspaper's a menschi" And while that's the subject, sometimes, may- ment for the airport. The obligation to protect its be, just maybe, an adult parent leaves a pair of shoes in Airport Authority has comreadorship from products the den. That's also not a capital offense anymore, since plete control over the airrecognized as being hazardtboe's nobody around who was raised to the tune of "Why port prqwrty, he added. ous to one's health. is it you think ^here's a maid just to pick up after you?"' Familiar? Certainly. Didn't you ever hear yourself say that? Be honest—sure you did. Okay, those are just some of the silly little thing* that make it okay to be "right back where you atarted." There's the down side, too. It was fun to have young people around. It's noisy, but fun too. They keep us from b^ng eesily bond because there's always activity. And it's also nice when a Great New Lines nearly grown kid sits down to make conversation with a In For Fall parent. Makes us feel pretty good and we miss it when they leave. And every woman who has raised a family knows • Robert Krugman the pleasure of having them around the dining table at the "soft dressing" same time. That last becomes an occasional thing when •The French Club they've all flown the coop. tie dyed washable But that's life, friends. I know a very wiae man who says, "We don't own our kids. We just get to uae them for a silk while." And when it's timt, we have to let them leave. So • Azure te you empty nesters out there—it's okay. Let 'em go. It'll knit coordinates be just fine, I promise. Just one thing, howevv— Don't ever let them know you're enjoying it. Thsre's plenty of time tor them to find that out! NW CotaCT. 132nd & Center 333-8553 |
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Beth El Synagogue SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Kidduah following services. Minha-Ma'ariv, 7:45 p.m. Selihot servicesreception will be.held at 10:30 p.m., followed by installation of officers and Selihot services. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. DARSHANIM PROGRAM The summer Darshanim program has come to an end, however. Rabbi Drazen welcomes congregants who would like to try giving a Devar Torah to participate in the Darshanim program. Call him for information. COLLEGE STUDENTS Parents of college students should have received letters and a card from Rabbi Drazen to add students' names to the Ometz, Conservative Judaism's college campus program. If you did not receive the mailing or lost the card, call Rabbi Drazen for a copy. HIGH HOLIDAY YOUTH PROGRAM Beth El Synagogue will have special High Holiday programs for children during services. The times are: Pre-school to third grade, 11 a.m.-noon; • grades four to seven, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Register your child with the flyer you received in the mail. For additional information, call Larry Moldo. KINNUS Kinnus, the Emtza Region USY Regional Convention, will be in Omaha over Thanksgiving weekend. Volunteers are needed to help in all areas, from supervision to teaching the study material which has been prepared by Rabbi Drazen. For more information or to volunteer, call Joe Ginaburg, Larry Moldo or Rabbi Drazen.
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Temple Israel SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Friday evening services will start with this Shabbat. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak on "Don't leave home without them or Karl Maiden vs. Rabbi Simon Ben Elizer." The Oneg Shabbat following the service will be sponsored by Cathy and Bill Christensen in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, David Lee. Saturday: 11:15 a.m. BAR MITZVAH David Lee Christensen, son of Cathy and Bill Christensen, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 3. CONFIRMATION CLASS The 1988-89 Confirmation Class will meet at the home of Rabbi Azriel on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 5:30„ p.m. Dinner will be served and plans and programming for the coming year will be discussed. OUTREACH DINNER Outreach is a program offered at Temple Israel to welcome Jews-by-Choice, mixed married couples, parents of children who have married a non-Jew or a Jew-by-Choice and bom Jews who are seeking their roots. The programs focus on the "how-to's" of Jewish life and also provide a network of friends for participants. On Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.. Outreach will sponsor a Shabbat dinner during which Rabbi Azriel will discuss the High Holidays. Free sitter service will be provided during the dinner and for the 8:15 worship service which follows. Dinner is $6 for adults and t2 for children. Call the Temple office, 556-6536. by Sept. 7 to make reaervationa. BOARD MEETING The Board of Trustees will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Bucutive Committee will convene at 6 p.m.
Beth Israel Synagogue SERVICES: Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Class with the rabbi, 7 p.m. Mincha, 7:30 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Ma-ariv, Shalosh Seudos, and Havdalah. Sunday: Morning Minyanaire service, 9 a.m. Weekday8r7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. UFF RUFF An Uff Ruff ceremony will be held at Saturday morning services Sept. 3, in honor of the forthcoming inarriage of Bruce Goldberg and Cindy Lehr. Parents of the bridegroom are Manny and Carol Goldberg; parents of the bride are Marty and Joan Lehr. A kiddush luncheon will follow the service in honor of the occasion. S'LICHOT On Saturday, Sept. 3, the evening will be devoted to spiritual preparedness for the approaching High Holiday season. At 9:30 p.m., a symposium will be held dealing with "Facing vital issues and crucial questions," dealing with the problem of sectilarization of Jewish life and the problem of the negative growth rate of the Jewish people. In addition, presentations will be made by Willis Ann ROBS on "If I had only one wish to make." and by Lucille Zelinsky on "If I only bad
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one year to live." Rabbi Nadoff will speak on "Facing vital issues and crucial questions." The junior youth group (NCSYj will meet in the recreation room under the director of Leon and Danita Shrago for their annual pre-S'lichot night program. The group will later join the adult congregation for the S'lichot service. Sisterhood will serve refreshments at 11 p.m. The S'lichot service will begin at 11:30 p.m. and will conclude at about 12:45 a.m. WEEKDAY S'LICHOT SERVICE S'lichot services are also held each morning throughout the Holy Day season, beginning with Sept. 6, one-half hour before the regular morning service. MEMORIAL SERVICE The annual pre-High Holiday Memorial Services will be held on Sunday. Sept. 4, 11 a.m.. at Golden Hill Cemetery and 2 p.m. at B.H.H. Cemetery. Hebrew and English reading and meditations will be led by Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman. LABOR DAY Services on Labor Day, Sept. 5, will be at 9 a.m. The S'lichot aervice will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. BOARD MEETING The next meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., in the social hall.
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Paraahat Ki Tavo How is a Jew recognized as a Jew? Our Sidrah is distin- cal. If you Israelites will guished by a short set of treasure Twah and mitzvot blessings, a lovely pasaage. in this world, the Lord will which the Torah promises treasure up for you a fitting as reward for general faith- reward in the workl-to-come. fulneaa, and an awesome, To revert now to the brigfatful passage, long and marks of the genuine Jew, foreboding, that describes Torah and mitzvot We have the punishment for refusal had quite enough of the to obey divine command- jokes and quips about the ments. This Tokhahah J.A.P. and the Jewish drive (warning) is among the most to the professions and to the powerful passages in the To- M.B.A. degree, etc., etc. rah, and the most startling. Ought not the AmericanInterestingly enough, the Jewish community to have standard Midrash (Devarim arrived by this time to a Rabbah) on our Sidrah does state of maturity that would not treat the dire Tokhahah allow itself to be identified at all. Instead it permits it- by genuine Jewish traits? self an excursus on prayer I sometimes envy the imand other subjects. One of age that the Quaker has the perceptive remarks the produced for himself on the Midrash makes has to do American scene. If, in truth, with the nature of genuine the Jew is that creature who Judaism. It quotes from has brought down the holy Proverbs (2:1), "My son. if flame from heaven and proyou accept My words and vided it for all mankind; if in treasure up My command- truth, the Jew is the teacher ments ... then you will un- of religion par excellence; if, derstand the fear of the in truth, the Jew is to teach Lord and attain knowledge by his example how huof God." mankind is to Uve—where is From there it proceeds to the example and where the offer a parable: a young image? Where is the apparprince asked his father, the ent prince, the son of the king, to identify him in king? some way so that people Now that American Jews would know he was the heir have won a place in society, apparent to the throne. The now that they have sun^ Idng agreed. He allowed the deep their economic roots, prince to wear the royal pur- now that they have stormed ple and to appear m public the dtadela of learning, etc., with a diadem on his head. etc., is it not time for Torah Thus all will know, he said, and mitzvot? that you are my son. The Midrash goes on: How will people know that Israelites are My sons, God A Great Nem Bookstore asks? It will be apparent to In Regency Court everyone. He replies to His 120 Regency Pailway 392-2877 own question, if you will devote yourself to Torah and mitzvot. Thus, referring Help Wanted back to the verse from Proverbs, How will it be apVolunteer(s) for parent that you are My L.O.V.E. Gift sons? If you will accept My Shop in Blumkin words and treasure up My Home commandments." Sundays 1-4 The rabbis, in their usual 393-3685 fashion, go on to say that 333^)733 the relationship is recipro-
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Blood test identifies Tay-Sachs carrier Tay-Sachs disease is the most well-known Jewish genetic disease, afflicting about one in evoy 2,600 Aahkenazi Jewish babies. This disease is duvactetfaed 1^ the onset of seven mental and devdopoMnta] retardation during the early stages of devdopment of a balqr or diikL It win kill its victims b^ore his or her fifth Urtbday. At present, no txeatmaot is avaflaUe fbr Tay-Sacbs disease but there is a ainqde blood teat to determine if you are a carrier. Emphasis has been placed oa public education, carritf screening and pre-natal diagnosis for the prevention of this devastating disease. Familiee affected by TaySachs disease may wish to contact: Tay-Sachs Prevention Program, Thomas Jefferson University, Philaddphia, PA 19107, 2164288320, or the National TaySachs and Allied Disease's Association, 385 Elliot St, Newton, MA 02164. Medical research will ultimately lead to a dedine in
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Jerusalem Rabbinate restores hostel kaslirut certifiqatlon By Cathrine Gerson JERUSALEM (JTA) The Jenisdem Religious Council has ruled to restore kashnit certification to a youth hoetel operated by the Conservative movement, in a move prompted, in part, by persuasion from American Orthodox groups. The rabbinate's decision overturns a Jime ruling that withdrew the 15-year-old certification of the popular hoetd. Rabbi Yehoshua Pollalc, head of kashrut supervision at the rabbinate, likened the hostd at the time to a "monastery" that "destroys the Jewish religion." This week's ruling resolves for the time being a bitter dispute between the Jerusdem rabbinate and the Conservative movement, which filed suit against the rabbinate in July. In welcoming the decidon, Rabbi Pesach Schindler, director of the Center of Conservative Judaism in Jerusdem, sdd that he especially wanted to thank American Orthodox rabbis for their action on behalf of the hostd. Schindler was referring to consultations between the rabbinate and representatives of American Orthodox groups, induding the Rabbinit^ Council of America, who acted as moderators in the dispute. In New york. Rabbi Max NATIONAL COMMANDER LAS VEGAS (JTA) Herbert Greff haa been dflctfld iiationwl rnrnf^yniVf of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, the first Vietnam-era veteran to hold this office. Tiber Rubin, a Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran, was awarded the Priaoner of WarMedaL
Fcr farther retoence, see: GaMtie Diaenaea Among Aahku«d Jews (1979) edited by Rkihanl M. Goodman, M.D. and Amo G. Motulaky. M.D., available faon Raw KravB, 1186 Aveone of the Amsrieaa, 37tii Floor, New York. NY 10036 (470 pp., $71.60) and G«» atie Disoniera A^ang the Jmriah Peapie by Richard M. Goodman. M.D. (1979), The Jofana Hopkina (Jniver tity Praae, Bdtimare, MD 21218 (660 pp., t32.60).
Schreio', prendent of the RCA, sdd that he met with the bead of the Jerusdem rabbinate to discuss the issue and that the RCA had issued statements in support of the Conservative movement's position. While acknowledging that "fundamentd differences" between the Conservative and Orthodox movements remain, Schreier said, "We're happy that this was resolved in this manner. As far as we're concerned, if people want to eat kosher, they should be able to bat kosher."
Rabbi Albert Lewis, preddent of the Rabbinicd Assembly, the Conservative movement's rabbinical body, wekximed the restoration of the kashrut certificate in a statement Mtmday. "We hope that as Jews usher in the year 5749, the forces for moderation vrill prevail over the extremist voices," Lewis sdd in New York. He also expressed the hope that "any differences that may occur can be resolved via friendly discussions, esp^ially with the elimination. of political rancor."
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cupied Yugoslavia and reenter Hungary, inhere her mother, Katherine, had managed to avoid deportation. Senesh was unaware of her mother's disposition at the time she smuggled herself back to Hungary. She had a personal dream of somehow saving her mother and helping other Jews to escape the Nazis. In the fihn, Hanna is portrayed by Dutch actress Maruschka Petmers. American actress EUen Burstyn plays Hanna's mother, and British actor Donald Pleasence portrays a British RAF officer. Other members of the cast include British actor David Warner and Anthony Andrews. In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Golan, whose Cannon Films is based in Los Angeles, said that the Israeli media gave positive marks to his movie. He said the film remains "90 percent true to fact." Golan said he refrained from depicting Senesh with her teeth missing after the torture and beatings she received in prison in Budapest. He said he felt the audiences would have recoiled from such vivid portrayal, although biographies of Senesh include this detail The fikn's script was written by Golan from Hanna's poetiy and diaries, as well as an interview with Kather-
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Gail Ginsburg in 'Love ...' Gail Ginsburg achieves her unlC|ue brand of zaniness in the Upataira Dinner Theatre comedy Love, Sex & the I.R.S. Here, as Mrs. Trachtman, she geU back at the I.R.S. man, Bill Lacey, who is auditing her son for the minor infraction of daimii^g hia bachelor roommate, Leslie, as his wife on an income tax return. If yon think this part ia compUcated, wait until you see the entire show, running through Oct. 8. (M,M.(
Moscow's mayor to return building to synagogue MOSCOW - A two-story building adjoining the Choral Synagogue, requisitioned by tiie Soviet government for use as a hospital during World War II, will be retvirned to the synagogue under an agreement reached recently by Rabbi Arthur Schneier of New York and the Mayor of Moscow. Rabbi Schneier, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and a leader in intematioaal efforts to promote religious freedom, said he began campaigning for the return of the building 18 months ago in conversations with the chairman of the Council of Religious Affairs of the Soviet Council of Ministers, Konstanin Kharchev. ' "It's part of a process that seeks to align religious believers with perestroika and the rebuilding of Soviet society," Rabbi Schneier said. "The return of the building would have been unthinkable" during his first visit to the USSR in 1966 and "improbable five years ago," he commented. Uoacow's Mayor, Valery Saikin, agreed on behalf of
the Moscow City Council to turn over the building to the synagogue. Rabbi Schneier said. The structure was built over 100 years ago and used by the synagogue for Jewish community activities. In 1941, the government took the building and converted to a hospital for wartime casualties, It now houses a training center for physidana. Rabbi Schneier said his own synagogue in Manhattan, Park East, would help pay for the restoration of the building and would send architects and construction specialists to Moscow that purpose. The restored building, he added, would be used for Jewish adult education classes, living quarters for students preparing to be reUgious functionaries, a library and a kosher restaurant, Moscow's first. ELECTED PRESIDENT SAN JOSE, Calif. (JTA) — Eli Reinhard has been elected preaklent of the Jewish Federation of Greater San Joae, succeeding Sherman Naymark.
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