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Former Beth El cantor to return for concert
Cantor Chaim Najman will join Beth El Cantor Enul BwkoviU to preaent a special Cantors' Cmicert on Afuil 6, 7:30 p.m., at Beth El Synagogue. Cantor Najman, who served Beth El from 1972 to 1979, is presently cantor of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Mich. According to chairman Phyllis Zabin, the concert committee is looking forward to havinjr Cantor Naj-
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Women announce committee for Mary Travers event
the new Beth El building fund. Advance tkket prices are: Patron, tlOO (two tickeU); ^ponaor, S50 (two ticketa); general admiaaion, $10 per person. General admission tickets may also be purchased at the door for $12.60 each. To make reaervationa, mail a check to Beth El Synagogue, 210 South 49th street. Omaha. NE 68132, or call the synagogue office. 663-3221 for information.
By Joaale Jaoobaon Travers event. They include Federation pablic Charlotte Adler, Jill Belrelationa director mont, Shirley Berman, Lois The Women's Division of Friedman, Rini Gonsher. the 1989 UJ A/Federation Marsha Itkin, Julee KatxCampaign has announced man, Gail Kohll, Jane the names of the committee Kulakofsky, Barbara Kuah.members for the March 9 ner, Beth Leeds, Bert Lewis. luncheon featuring guest Diane Malashock. Roie Meyers. Dorothy Riekes. speaker, Mary Travers. Mickey Sturm. Shirley They are Mary Bernstein, Trachtenbarg, Joodi Veitaer tableaydecorations; Gene- and Sally Venger. vieve Btmatein, hostesses; "This event haa generated Anne Broder. printed pro- a lot of excitement." said gram; Audi Kavich. menu; Bobbie Epataln. chafaman Linda Patton, hosteaaaa; of the Women's Diviaitm. Patty Sherman, invitations, "Ev«y Jewish woman in and Suzanne Singer, reser- Omaha was invited to atvations. tend, to laam and to show In addition to these com- her support for our commumittee members, 19 women nity. Many are curious about in the Omaha Jewish comJewlah idmtities. Reform tions on their Uvea were ofmunity are serving as offi- Mary Travers and what she ten viewed as leading to a Jews chooae to affirm their cial hostesses for the haa to say. Many are symdilution of Jewry in the next Jewiahneaa and create Jewgeneration, Showstack says. ish communities. Show"There was a common stack wrote. He focused on Jews who misconception that Jews of their dollars without furBy Susan Blmbawm who chose Reform Judaism are neither traditional in reNEW YORK (JTA) - ther payment. "Give us the ware seeking a way out. Re- ligious practice nw reeiform Jews, however, see ditita of dense Jewish urban The Haaidic community of pr(^>erty." said Stauber. Now Yorit'a Williamabuif "Our community is bursttheir Invoivemant as a way neij^kborhoods. "nie author's piupoaa w*s aet^ien ia hoping to acquire ing at the seams." of sUxlng in, a way of being eoonacted to their Jawiah- to daaaooatrat^ tha oonnac- the Brooklyn Navy Yard The Wilhamsburg Jewiah nala." the author stressed. ticn between the aodal and and uae it to provkle houa- oommnnity indadaa Satreaidential pattana of Jawa ing for the growing number While they are 'free to mar. Piqia and IWim Haaibliad into the <^ea setting and how they faal about of Haaidic familiea hare. dim. all of ^riioaa groiqM Tho famed naval atation. origiiuted in Hungary, aa of suburban America in- their Judaism and Jewiahwhere ahipa were baih dur- wdl as nott-Hasidim, aaid stead of abandoning their ing World War II. is among Stauber. He said his tgeocy the 86 U.S. armed forces repreaents 126 Jewish oi^ baaaa that the defense aeoe- ganixations. tary'a Commiaaion on Base But the base's doaing ia RaaliinnMata recommended ba (doaad in 1990 f« not yet definite, and there ia ak«a4y conflict over who, if budgetary roaaona. mally requested by Weat the attorney general ID Rabbi Chaim Stauber anyone, would gat the propGermany, could lead Bonn Frankfort. made the requeat aa proai- arty. to aeek the extradition of Even though other local It refara to specific crimi- dent of the United Jewiah Aloia Brunner, one of the nal acta by Brunnar. a ckwe Organixations. of Wittiama- groupa and companiaa hav« last major Naxi war crimi- akiaol Adolf RirhmamaAo burg. an umhialla group for axpreaaed intareat in tha nals still at large, who is was an SScaiitaia atatknad the WUliamabuTg HMidim yard. Congresa still haa 46 knoam to be living in Syria. inSaknika. Stauber haa an appoint- legialativedaya from March Tht raqueat, by the Waat oaant with Pantagon offi- 1 to vote doem tha eommiaPnaidantKurtWaklheim Garman Justice Miniatiy, dab in late March to dis- sioa'a racommwnriatiwia was aignsd by Main VetseU. of Auatria also may be im- cuaa the nroparty. "Wa are plkatad. He aarvad aa an in; tailing the fsdaral govemtaltigaaca officer with the maat to aUow atiordafala Garman army ia Graaoe and public houatuf for aa." ha Yugoalavia duriot the war. Tha rabbi axplaiaad that Boaa aakad tka Oraak authcriliBi to try toobtam taa^ •Boa tha haw hwl barn built tiaaoiqr from four Gtaak an "tax doHara from AnariJenteh dsfartsae who may caa dt^Maa," tiMy aKouild ba aUa to reap tha rawarda atiUbaativA
man in Omaha. "We are excited that the community will have the opportunity to hear theae two outstanding canton peHbnn in concert," she said. Other committee members are: Nancy Rips, patron tickets; Carde Widman, publicity; Amy Friedman uid Patty Nogg, reception; Linda Muskin and Helen Epstein, general admission tickets. Mrs. Zabin said a deasert reception will follow the concert. Proceeds will bettefit
New study shows Reform commitment
I^PALTHAM, Mass. ^ (JTA) - A new study by a BrandaJs Univeraity professor seeks to refute the stereotypical view that Reform Jews refinaant a dilution of JtwJjh commitment The study, titled "Subu^ ban Communitiea: The Jewiflhnaas ot American Ratann Jewe." was written by G«^ aU Showatad; an aaalatiDt prefaaaor at Brandaia' Homstein Program in Javiah Communal Servioea. Reform Jews who do not adhere to Orthodox reatric-
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p Greeks to investigate extermination of 50,000 By Jaaa Cohea ATHENS (JTA) - The Greek government ia about to launch the first oSkJal inveatigation into the exterminatkai of the 60.000 Jews of Saknika under Naii oocopation during Worid War II. Tba invaatigation, for-
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pathetic to the subject of human rights and the abuaaa of them in this worid. Some will come to see people they luvw't seen fat a kiiig tiuM and others will come juat to feel good about being Jewiah." lie luncheon is scheduled to begin at 11:46 ajn. at AkSar-Ben Hall with lunch being served promptly at 12:16. The coat is $12.60 per per8<m, and a minimnm gift of $62 to the 1989 Federation Campaign is required to attend. Dietary laws will be observed. "The response has been excellent." noted Mrs. Singer, "and spans all age groups. Dotens of women are working very hard to make sure the afternoon is a tremendous success."
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Kathrine and Timothy Spitzer announce the Feb. 22 birth of a son, Christopher Thomas. Maternal grandparents ore Margaret and Robert Lea. Paternal grandparents are James Spitzer and Collets Bolton of Norcross, Ga. Great-grandmothers are Margaret K. Lea of Villa Park, 111., and Malvina Spitzer of Omaha. Betty and Carl Mater of Culver City, Calif., announce the Feb. 13 birth of a daughter, Ashley Rachel. Paternal grandparents are Barbara and Brad Marer of Los Angeles. Mr. Marer is a former Omahan. Maternal grandparents are Esther Doblitz and Mark Seletzky of Los AnPaternal great-grandparents are Rose Marer of Omaha and the late Robert Marer, Evelyn and Murray Griss of Los Angeles are maternal great-grandparents. Marsha and Ron Frank announce the Feb. 13 birth of a son, Bradley Matthew. They have two other children, Adam and Robyn. Maternal grandparents are Cissy Liberman and the late Harry Liberman. Paternal grandparents are Annette Schloff and the late Max Frank.
Dr. and tin. Bugme Zwdback announce the engagement of tbcir daughter, Roaie, to Mace Anthony Hack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hack of Greenwich, Conn. A July wedding is planned. Ms. Zweiback was graduated magna cum laude bom Princeton University in 1986. She received a Rotary International scholarship for a year of postgraduate study in Madrid. She is now a bilingual teacher in the San Diego school system. Her father is with Surgical Associates of Omaha. Mr. Hack, a 1986 summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, is pursuing a Ph.D. in biology at the University of California at San Diego on a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. His father is a former senitMpartner of Jackson and Nash, New York City attorneys. ©SBgllslgllBS &a
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Forms' Omahan D<H«thy Goldkrand has been elected president of the Residents' Council at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home in Albany, N.Y. KANSAS DIRECTOR OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (JTA) - A. Robert Gast has been appointed executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City. He succeeds Sol Kooiigsberg. CLIP AND SAVE-
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WOMEN'S AMERICAN ORT Women's American ORT will hold its annual ^owlathon Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., at Ames BowL Bowiathon is a fundraiser to support ORT's vocational and technical schools. Cost is $10 per bowler, which includes hors d'oeuvres and dessert. Bowlers will be seeking sponsors who will pledge at least two cents per pin for a series of three games. For reservations or to make pledges call Denise Ipock, 334-2961, or Judi Finkle, 333-5643. B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN B'nai B'rith Women of Omaha held elections for 1989-90 officers at their Feb. 9 meeting. Beth Friedman, chairman of the nominating committee, preeented the fdlowing slate: Goldye Goldberg, president; Sara Wolfson, fundraising vice president; Frieda Ifikeiman, membership vice president; Babe Aronoff and Beverly FrankIm, program vice presklenta; Allison Latenser, finanfial secretary; Conine Levine, corresponding secretary; Florence Schneider, recording secretary; Esther Wax, treasurer and Beth Friedman, counsdor. The slate was unanimously approved. "With our board in place, we're looking forward to this year and achieving our goala of service, leaderahq) and advocacy," aaid preaidenteiect Goldberg. The Omaha chaptermeeta the third Thursday of each month. Donor event is scheduled for Thursday, March 2£i, noon, at Cascio'a.
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Robert Wolfson, Midwest regional ADL director will be the featured speaker. MAMALOSHEN Mamaloshen's annual "Bingo" party will be hdd Sunday, Maitrh 6, at the Jewish Community Center. Those attending should bring a gift costing no more than $1. A drawing for door prizes will be held. HADASSAH Corinne Levin, nominating chairman for Hadaasah, announces the following slate for 1989-90: Beverly Franklin, president; Edith Rogert, education vice president; Carole Widman, fundraising vice president; Maxine Noodell, local swvices vice president; Julie Katzman and Faye Ruback, membership vice presidents; Shaylene Kauvar, recording secretary; Susie Shyken, corresponding secretary; Georgia Ann Steinberg, finandal secretary; Ellen Albin, treasurer and Coriime Levin, advisor. Installation for the new officers will be held May 3. HADASSAH Mrs. J. Milton Margolin will be honored by the Omaha Chapter of Hadaasah at the upconing 'Queen For A Day' luncheon on March 22. The hineheon will be hdd at iMX» at Beth Israel Synagogue at the coat of tlO per peraon. Mra. Margolin was sdected aa the Hadaasah 'Queen For A Day' beeanae of her many years of devotion to Hadanah and the Jewish comnmnity, according to Mazine Noodell, local aervicee vice preaident. Cochairing the event with Mrs. Noodell is Gewgia Anne Steinberg. The huichean wiD alao feature special recognitian of the Omaha Hadaasah four generatimi familiea which include the (amillaa of Sonya SSorinaky, Rebecca Berenstein. Ethel Edgar, Ski Wintraub and Fteida Reearvatien deedline ia March 17, and raaarvationa may be made by eoataeting Reva Oiueh. 891-S844: Fanny Gonunara; 391-3907; or Roae RoOnan. 330-4314. Babyaitting wQl be provided at Beth laraeL
ELLEN KUTH LEBOW Sarvioaa wwe held Feb. 21 for EUan Ruth Lebow of Highland Park, IlL She was 28. Ms. Labow ia survived by her parents, Natalie (Shapiro) and Jerry Lebow of Highland Park; aunt and unde, Dodi and Steve Redler of Omaha, and grandmother, Sylvia Shapira. The family suggests memorials to the Ellen R. Lebow Memorial Fund for Cancer Raaearch, c/o Jewish Federation, One South Franklin, Room 2730, Chicago, lU. 60606. FANNIE SACKS SHERMAN Graveaide services were held at Fisher Farm, Feb. 24, for Fannie Sacks Sherman, formerly of Omaha. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff officated. Survivors indude brother, Paul Sacks, Omaha; aiaters. Rose R. Sacks, Endno, Calif., and Charlotte Sacks Beldner, San Pedro, Calif., and neices and nephews. The family suggests memorials to your favorite charity. DOROTHY LIBERMAN Services were held at Temple Israd on March 2 for Dorothy Liberman, S9.
Interment was at Temple Israd Cemetery. Mrt. Liberman is survived by her husband, Charles: dau«^ter, Barbara (Mrs. Warner) Frdunan; one granddaughter. The fandly suggests memorials to the Roee Blumkin Home or Temple Israel. lYAD PLEDGES JERUSALEM (JTA) A videotaped peace apped to the Israeli people by a ranking member of the Pdestine Liberation Organization was well recdved by prominent Israeli doves attending a peace aympodum here. The meoeage was taped in Tunis by the deputy chairman of the PLO, Salah Khalaf, also known as Abu lyad. He pledged totd and find peace with Israd after the creation of a Palestinian state, and said the PLO was prepared to allay Israeli doubts and fears over its intentiona. OLD TIMERS The Old Timers Group will meet on Feb. 14 and 28. The calendar which was distributed through the man liated the meeting datee incorrectly.
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'<gm OTYG By Tiffani Sherman I OTYG has held many programs since winter confdave. A general meeting and ice akaUng party was held Feb. 19. The new constitution, written by Mark Spizman, was discussed as was the annual Purim carnival, which will be held March 12 at Temple Israel. The carnival is the biggest fundraiser of the year. Everyone's support is requested.
Approves settlement By David Landan JERUSALEM (JTA) The Inner Cabinet voted 91 to ratify an agreement ending Israel's 7-year-old dispute with Egypt over .Taba. The documents ap'proved were signed at Taba by Israeli and Egyptian representatives, and by a U.S. official who served as witness. The agreement deals with the formalities of Israeli access to the tiny beach en' clave on the Gulf of Aqaba after it reverts to Egyptian sovereignty, as well as customs, ctirrency and other technical matters. Those items and the precise locatkn of the final border marker were left open when an international arbitration panel awarded Taba to Egypt in September 1988.
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By Howard RoMobcrg WASHINGTON (JTA)The United SUtes is expected to ask the Palestine Liberation Organization for an explanation of why three members of a radical PLO faction were intercepted near the Israeli border in Lebanon, a State Department source said. The three were members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the source said, and may have been planning a raid into northern Israel before they were killed Feb. 23 by the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army. The presence of the three Democratic Front members near the Israeli border is
Six ntembers of OTYG attended SAW (Social Action Weekend) in Kansas City, Feb. 10-12. Attending were Stade Katlonan, Amy Perlmeter, Rikki Epstein, Robyn Epetein, Mark Spizman and Marlowe Turback. The weekend dealt with the issues of the homeless. OTYG is having an interfaith program and service with the Presbyterian Church of the Mater Friday, March 31. There will be services for the congregation and a social. All members are encouraged to participate. Elections for officers will be held May 7. Letters of intent are due April 2. If you are interested in nmning for an office, call Marda at 692-2626. Scholarship applications for the Jewish Community AZAfl Center Pre-school for the By Joah Cooper Feb. 18, AZA 11 had a 1989-90 school year are now valentine theme dance at available from the Bureau of the JCC. The band "1972" Jewish Education, These played and Jewish youth in funds are available from the high school were invited to Carolyn KuUy Newman attend. All proceeds from Fund and are open to memthe dance went to ISP (the bers of the Jewish commuInternational Service Fund.) nity. Financial need is the April 13-16, Spring Con- prime consideration in the vention will be held in granting of these scholarOmaha. AZA §1 strongly ships. For more information, urges members of the Coracontact Susan A. Drazen, belt Council to attend. April 26, AZA dH wiU be Bureau of Jewish Educaholding a Passover seder tion, 333 S. 132nd Street, Omaha, Nebr., 68164, or call with Ediar. Any AZA |1 alumni in- 334-8200, Ext. 246/210. Completed scholarship terested in participating in the 66th anniversary of the applications must be reMother Chapter should call turned to the Bureau office no later than July 1, 1989. Bert Cohen at 397-6262.
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"not your normal type of thing in Lebanon," the source said. "That's why we are upset about it." The incident is expected to increase Israeli pressure on the United States to end its dialogue with the PLO. Israel's deputy chief of mission here, Oded Eran, made such a request Feb. 6.
BBYO to hear candidate B'nai B'rith Youth Organization of Omaha will host mayoral candidate Fred Coidey for a speech and discussion on March 7, 6 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center. Mr, Conley will discuss Black-Jewish relations in Omaha. B«t Cohea, president of AZA m youth group said, "We are really exdted to have Mr, Conley address us as we, the Jewish youth of Omaha, will be able to hear a great leader talk about an important issue for all of us," For additional infmmation, call Bert Cohen, 397-6262,
Allison Leah Skid Allison Leah Skid will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, March 10, and Saturday, March 11, at Beth El Synagogue, She is
the daughter of Nancy and Stephen Skid. Alliaao will be sharing her Bat Mitzvah with Victoria ZUzhimskaya, of Kiahinev, Moldavian, U.S.S.R., whose family has been denied the right to immigrate to Israel AUiaon is a seventh grader at Petar Kiewit Middle School in Millard. She is a member of the peer counseling program. She also enjoys music, biking, tennis and babysitting. Allison has a brother, David. Grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Bowen of Ames, Iowa and the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Skid of Kansas City.
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What Arafat says—and what he really means
m Move over Mike By Moflhe Pupick A friend told me recently that what the Jewish Press needs is a good writer like Mike Royko. Admittedly, I was a little hurt because my wife, sons and mother-in-law believe that I am a good writer and I sort of took my friend's statement as an insult to them. On the other hand, 1 do agree that Mr. Royko has something special to offer and the thought occurred to rae that perhaps I could emulate (copy) his style and confuse the readers of the Jewish Press. So I started at the beginning and decided to change my name. After all, Mike Royko is a macho name and I never heard of a tough guy named Morris. Meet Moshe Pupick, a byline that evolved from a survey of colleagues. I picked Moshe and they suggested Pupick—so this column is being written by a tough writer. Now that I have the name? What about the guts of the 'article? Here again, Mike has me beat. A lot more of interest can happen to a guy in Chicago versus a tough cookie in Omaha. Here, we talk about watching the com grow; there he has the whole world to pick from. My search for content began and I had just about given up when I ran into Marvin Polikov at a Men's Campaign function. He started to laugh when he saw me, but that has happened before so I wasn't overly concerned. It was obvious that he had not heard about my new, tough, name. However, as it turned out, he wasn't laughing at me. He was laughing about a letter he had received about me. He explained that the letter writer accused the Jewish Press of condoning practices of Nazis during the Holocaust (certainly no laughing matter) and there was more: I didn't find out about the "more" until I—using my best [ sleuthing technique—came up with a copy of the letter. The last paragraph was as follows: "I am appealing to the United Nations to review your culpability and after a due process of law, to consider your indictment for crimes against humanity." This statement also is no laughing matter, so why had Marvin Polikov chuckled? Back to the letter. The writer, who shall not be identified although I assure I you he exists, said that I was guilty of the crime of advocat.ing a Nobel prize for promoters of the "so^alled" 'cholesterol theory of heart failure. Now, the reader can understand. I really couldn't write about this letter as Morris Moline, but as Moshe Pupick ', anything goes. Thanks for the letter, Mr. X. Write again. Me and my friend, Mike, need columns such as this to spread a little sunshine on a cold, winter day.
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HAIFA — No one in Israel is under any illusions. The grinning Yasser Arafat has achieved an astounding political success, has won the confidence of the world, and has disarmed the American government and public opinion. Israel has been caught absolutely flatfooted in the face of a skillfully maneuvered public relations campaign. Readers have been turning to me for guidance. What do I think now? While it is impossible to formukite a program of reaction and action in this limited space, I have jotted down a dozen specific obso^rations, some of which are intei^ related, rnd all relevant to the situation. 1. With all his carefully-phrased comments and statements, Arafat has not repudiated the Palestinian National Covenant, which remains the basic political document of the Palestine national movement. That proclamation maintains that the whole of Palestine, with the boundaries which existed under the British mandate, is indivisible. All Jews who have come there since the beginning of the "Zionist invasion" have no rights there. Armed struggle is the only way to liberate (all of) Palestine. And much more. All this remains the avowed goal of the Palestinians. 2. Chutzpah is the only word to describe Arafat's now repeated plea for peace, after the Arabs rejected the 1947 decision of the United Nations, sought to throttle Israel at birth, and waged four bloody wars since then to extinguish the Jewish state. Now he wants to turn the calendar back, as if nothing has happened since? 3. Ostensibly he seeks to set up his Palestine state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Yet this tiny area cannot possibly have a viable economy, and if a state is indeed created there it will become a festering sore, like Lebanon, and a constant threat to Israel. 4. It is clear that he expects Israel to take back all the refugees who fled in 1948, thus inundating the country with Arabs who will take over Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramla and many Arab villages which no longer exist. The hideous threat is obvious. 6. We should have no iUusions that a Palestine state will be demilitarized. Arafat speaks always of the equality of the two states, meaning that each can have its own army— and where that will lead, all Israel knows. 6. He pretends to disavow terror, but defends the hurling of flaming bottles of fuel at civilian buses, and similar attacks against private cars, in which Jewish women and children have been burned to death. To him this is not terrorism—and we have not heard the last word. 7. He has no control over large segments of his own people, whom he pretends to lead. Notice has already been served by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Ahmed Jibril; by Al-Seika, part of the
Baath, the Syrian ruling party; by the El Fatah Revolutionary Council headed by Abu Nidal; by Hamas, the fanatical Islamic resistance movement; and by the El Fatah Uprising, headed by Col. Said Mousse that they defy Arafat and will continue their struggle to bring about the complete elimination of Israel Should we compromise, weaken our defensive position and find ourselves still facing a bloodthirsty enemy? 8. Wh«i Arafat calls for removal of all settlements in Judea and Samaria he refers not just to those around Hebron and Nablus, but also to (dl those set up in the Jordan Valley under what has been called the Allon Plan, to protect Israel's eastern flank. Arafat means all. There can be Arabs in Israel but there can be no Jews in his Palestine. 9. He is clear that Jerusalem must be his capital. Today the united city has a Jewish majority. It is to be divided again with a high wall, like in Berlin? This is retrogression, rather than progress and peace. 10. Toward the close, a subjective comment. Rita Hauser (not a Jewish leader by any means), who was one of the American Jewish self-appointed delegation that met with Arafat in Stockholm, claims she was responsible for making Arafat more "reasonable." She told a journalist how moved she had been when she met him face to face. It was one of the most emotionally-moving moments of her life. A commentator here has asked if she would have reached the same spiritual orgasm if she had been the daughter of old man Klinghoffer, whom the Arab terrorists has dumped into the sea, with his wheel chair, from the deck of the Achille Lauro. 11. WTiat is Israel's constructive answer? We recognize that there are two peoples here; three quarters of that area, east of the Jordan River, today known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is the Arab State of Palestine. The Jews must be satisfied with the remaining one quarter, west of the Jordan, as the State of Israel. This is our answer to the Arabs who want it all 12. A final comment. For the United States and the nations of the world this may be a delicate diplomatic game to formulate proper words or phrases. For Israel it is a matter of physicial survival.
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By Harry Allen All too frequently the '.'fundraisers" get a bum rap from a large segment of the Jewish community. The cries of selfappointed "leadership," domination of many over intellect and belief, the charge that the establishment is closed to new ideas, all are frequently bandied about in many Jewish circles. In Israel itself there are those who literally reeent the fundraisers—psrticularly the Americans. As a result, new fundralsing campaigns for a variety of Israeli projects have been created—each with its own set of "seLf-appointed" fundraisers who presumably are creating their won eeparate estahliahmwit from which the disenchanted will in turn defect hi a latter dayTemple larad haa announced a llkun 01am project This past week I attended the quarterly meeting of the to aid non-Jewiah families on Easter Sunday, March 20, Board of Qovemn^ of the Jewish Agency for Isrsel Here and haa appealed for voluntanv to hdp. wss indeed the "eetablishment " of Jewish philanthropy According to Cindy Schneider and Lois Friedmai), coworldwide. There were thoee men and women from Americhairmen, the latest Tikun 01am (Save the World) projca, Enf^and, South Africa, Sweden, South America, Canada ect will involve delivering Easter meals to the homeand elsewhere assembled to parcel out a dwindling budget bound ekierly in Omaha. among the programs of the Jewish Agency, As it did during Christmas, Temple Israel will deliver Youth Aliyah, Rural Settlement, Inmigration and Aban eatimated 260 meala to the homebound elderly on sorption, Project Renewal and scores of unh«ralded but exEaster. ' r tremely useful social and educational projecta all were on The co-chairmen suggeat&t«iat volunteers able and the chopping block. willing to devote time for tw project call 393-3432 or The perfarmance of the Board was both sad and ex397-9428 for registration and information. hilarating. Sad because the turdse had to be taken, exhilarating because of the dedication, ssnaitivity, intelligent •ad analytical w«y the problema were approached. Hsre was a gnxm of 76 people, all of whom or at least most of whom oouM have bean plsylng golf in Pahn Springs or spsoding thabr tims and money at some equally luxurious spa, choosing instead to devote days sad weeks out TluJtwitkVna»n»try»»th»light tomUthtUntorria- of each year to tbongfatful eonsklcraUon of tke needs of the Jewtoh people in Israel and the far flung Diaspora. ton ol Uagtk or eomtoat. The pita to provide more money to educate Latin American yoiillg people in Judaism and try to save that commuTo the Editor. Like most laraeUs, I am concerned about the prevailing nity from total assimilation had to bs squated with on conditions In our country. I am particularly worried about eoualbr pssekwiate appeal not to reduce tbs siie of Youth tiie almost total absence of Jewish tourists, aqtedaUy iroin Aliyan bi Israel by taUng fewer diaadvontaged kids into the U.S. BMI Canada. As a result, our hotels are empty and this workMaoMma residential education framework. ShouU the Jewish Agency our, assign new iHioritiee to we are sufttring a loss of much needed forsiga eumocy. But, ss important as this currwjcy is to us, our greatest sdncation in Israel to buttreee a school system which is need is more support and identification with Israel And fai dstp crisis? Thsse are the kind of detp soul-seercUng this is best expiesaed by the continuous presence of large debates in which the board tngoged and made soms dedsions at least for the coming vear. numbers of Jews from abroad hi the Jewish sUte. The oBsware in this year of bwigst eriaia wwe not final As an expreeeion of solidarity with Israel, I urge yon to come and spmd the coming Pesach and Yam Ha atsmaut ones. HM Board is tngagad in a proeaac of thinking ai holidays, cr any other time that is convsnlsot, with us. planning for the future-<ttneult as that took m«y beTHc No one needs to be afraid to come to ImA. Pew dtlee evw, that prooaos itmiaut and whatever conchntona i drawn, from my obesrvaUon the Jewleb people wfll be 1 in the Western world are as safe aa our dties. I Olgarreiia aarvsd bgr Ois "ftndraiam" who ptfiodlcallv issamUy I Tel Aviv, Israel to srrive. at UWies dedotons. FTi:ia,'!(jrsia:.--'iBL''i ".KrK<Su£IafeL3M wjaxamroKmrn
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Etihor's not«: Rabbi Myer S. Kripk«, rabW emnitiu, Beth El Synagogoe and the aathor of a weekly colninii for tbe Jewish Presa, waa aaked to provide a report and critique of recent scholarly preeentations in Omaha. Hia report follows: By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke The Omaha Jewish community has had unusual opportunities tlus year to hear well-known experts on Judaism. In the fall, Professor Menahem Mor brought in an ambitiously large and distinguished group of Israeli and American scholars to discuss the relations between the Israeli and American Jewish communities. The deliberations are now being printed, to appear in a volume. Latffi', the JCAC brought in our own Dr. Ronald Wolfson, professor at the Los Angeles University of Judaism, for expert discussions on the family and Shabbat observance. Still later. Temple Israelpreeented Professor Menachem Kellner of Haifa University, who gave an orthodox (though not "extreme" orthodox) Israeli position on many of our problems. All of these were wonderfuL Even when I don't agree with a particular position, I love scholars and their careful presentations, baaed on Imowledge, experience, and reflection. Best of all I Uked the theological discussions of Professor Neil Gillman at Beth El Synagogue last weekend, despite the fact that I don't care for theology—if by "theology" we mean something like speculation alxNit the nature of God. Gillman teaches at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, with which be has been associated for some 30 years. He outlined his theological positions in attractive, personal terms, in plain laymen's language. Especially he indicated why he is not orthodox, although at one stage of his religious development he would have considered himself orthodox. He is unable to accept the "divine origin of Torah;"^ he is unable to see Jewish ritual as commanded by God; he is unable to accept older ideas ' of God, Torah. and Israel without change. He indicated that the modem world cannot be ignored. Theoretically, orthodoxy does ignore it when it conflicts with traditional Jewish ideas. Gillman identified himself as a Reconstructionist, more or less. He accepts Mordecai M. Kaplan's ideas that, a) Judaism is more than a religion; indeed it is a religious civilization; b) Judaism is thus a sociological, not a .philosophical or theological phenomenon; c) the religious ideas and practices (rituals) of Judaism derive not directly from God in some supernatural fashion, but from the people, from community life; and d) ideas and rituals and their expression are subject to change, inasmuch as life-situations, including community life^ituationa, do change in the ' course of history. Kajtlan called this process of change "organic." Gillman stressed that there is no way to speak of God excepting in metaphors, in figures of speech. Thus your met«4>lior is as good as mine and ours as good as his. Tlius if I say that to me God rqirewnts a guarantee that life is meaningful (despite its uncertainties, tragedies, and accidents), my feeling ia as good as the old idea of Creator, Lawgiver, and Source of bleesing and reward. I felt that Professor Gillman was not fair to orthodoxy. He as much as said that to be orthodox requires not only • bdief that Torah is divine, but belief that it mu4t be acocfited as word for word true. Gillman decried any belief that God "speaks" or "heara" (even pr«yer!) or "comes down to see" and the Uke, and he said that if you are orthodox, you are stuck with beliefe of that land. Not at aUI Rabbinic literature clearly recognized that these are mrtaphora: "dn»ah Torah bOeahon bnai adam"Torah, to be understood, muat use the langiuge and terms that htiman beiogs wiU undentand No crthodox J«w need believe that God qwaks, hears, aeee, in the w^y humans doi. I also mfintd aqy reference to the poaltlons of R«farm Judaism, which agree kleotai^cally with many of the theological positians GQlman espouses. I differ shsrply with OPman's position on the prayer book. He would change the "received" pr«y«r book not at all or in tiny chaogss ontr-1 see QQ w«y to pr^y in words thstcoasisUntiydBnymytheotogicslprsdilsctinns Profcssor GUlinan considers ths Siddur to be on a sacral Isvel equal to that of the Bible. I have no hesituicy wlutsvar to lead Torah or SOT other part of tite Bible with total raver sncs, svsn thoogh I may-persaBaOy-rsJact the vary idea that I may be reading in the text bsfcre ms. But Bible is BIbfe. Siddur is not For me, Siddur must come close to my own rsUgious orientation, or at loast not be in oonfUct with it. Ths two lectures, Shabbat evening and Shsbbat moraiag, prdvidsd high level diseussivi, ptnetratlng and intsnstinf, folknring the mini-lectars Sundior morning. Gillinaadttaidsd his poaiUou adroitly. Two obsMvstkns: First, it fe imperative that wh«n lectufw an givsn at ssrvicss, the sarvicss suist be rsdncsd fai ttes to Ite ndaiaum, to sjtwi time to ths Isetonr. RabUs. ||Mta«. and chdra must diiir to ths iscturar. It is a dis^Hbsy to thmst on ths Isetanr ths dispteasare ol a disl^mkd iwpgrtiatioQ. oahapnr with too loB( a service. Sscood, I moQtn thst so smau a perosotage of our peo.ols ssias ths onportttBity sffoniwl us. We srs still scanJhdoHsly puwing wra« foais nd <te^ k^oat ^ of thsss Isetnrss durtBf tlM ywr wws UstsBSbls, oadwstudabls, sKjiVslils. aod provocsttvo. Tlw ralativatv Ufbt attsodsaoss w«s in invsvse proportioD to ths
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Exhibit covers 100 years One hudied yesis of B'nsi B'rith in Nebraaka is highlighted in the new Nebraska Jewish Historical Sodety exhibit in the "Corridor of Jewish Hfetofy" arasenm at the Jewirii Community Centtt. Inchided are portraita and memorabilia of past and present leaderaUp, Itanqnets, sports events, tasBBS sad honor. Also iacfaided axe two diqtiay tal>les of serapboolu and pietwes featnrbig AZA end B'nai B'ritk Giris gronps. lie dtapbys we avaiUUe for viewing during the IMWS the JCC is open. Persons liaviiig piMttograplis or related items that can still be added to the exUhit may eoatMst the NJHS office, 9348200, Ext Z77. Ptctned alwve an memlierB of a 1954 B'nai B'rith Women bowUag team wfaidi bichided EDaBeUe ScUoff, Dfaia BkMiai, Sooia ForiMs and Doris Koom.
NJCRAC warned of religion and politics By Oavid Friedman WASHINGTON (JTA)A leading constitutional scholsr wsmed that politicians who seek to introduce rdigion in public life "are playing with firs." ^f«iy> ft|>hniVH:, tSTiiirinnt
of Yak Univsrsity, Isft no doubt that he indudod Presidsnt Bush in his condcomaticn for his eflort dur ing the presidsntial campidgn laat year to make ths Pledge of AIIa«iaiioe "a UBd of basic bsronstsr of natkmal patriotlam." Schmkit, faroMr dsanof the Coinmbia Univarsity Lsw School, and Sen. Jossph Bidsn (D-D«L), qwks at tha doahig sisrion of ths foiir<iay amusl BSsting of ths Nattonal Jewish Community RsiatlanB Advisoiy Council, which was dsvoted to 'Two Centuriee of ths BiU of Rights." "71M probkm of pabUc religious observance, oK prayars in our schools, or obvious surrocstes such aa the PIsdge of AUsglanco" n^y bo "attractivs w«]^ to vis for votes," SchmUt sM hut thay sra "shortsighted" and "rife with dkagar." HosakitlMtJaimaMsdir son. suthor of ths Bill ol Ria^ts, "feft us no grsstar gift than to tak* niigiaa and ssctarian strife, to tha extant that ths Flrat AoMidBHBt doss, out of oar pubUcilfa."
Schmidt praised NJCRAC and other gro«q>s tlut monitor such dangers on the local and national scene and strive to ensure that "our treasured religious freedom" remains "in the church, temples and around the dining tables, where they belong." Bklen sakl that Americans have pressrved their lights over the last two OMftuiiss, but that ths tschnicsl rovofaition, whils pnmdfaig many bsnsflts, frill also endanger ri^ito in ths next century. "Nothing distinguishes Americs from our advar ssriss around ths world, from urstoilahs to ths Suprans Sovfet more thsB our cslsbraUon of bidivklual feesdom and crsstlvity," he sakL Hs sakl thsss righto go b«Ji sven before ths Bill of Righto to the bibUcsl Book of HJi^ which sabL- "But thsy shall sit every msn under his vins and undM- hia figtraSk and noni shsll make thsmafctki
ByB« (Ceryright 1908. Jswfe* TtkjpnfUe Agtaej, ImeJ NEW YORK - For cen turiss, Jsws have soo^t to asiurs oompssaion and oonpanionahip for a brethren's last moQUnto. But s community program organised just for thst goal is a 20th century achisvement The program is called hoinioe. It is a process, not a place. The institution of hoqiice began in Britain in 1967 as a Christian facility to care f or the tenntaudly OL For the most part, they acknowledged their condition and most aaked that no heroic measures—such as blood transfusions or artificial respirators—be used. They simply asked to be allowed to die in peace. Iliat issue has been widened enormously aa modem medicine has simultaneously lengthened the individual's life span and devised new technologies to prolong life far beyond any possibility of recovery. But not unta 1984 in New York City was the First NatUHUd Hoqnce Conference for the Jewish Community c<mvened. Tlie confermce, organized by the Synagogue Council of America, the rqtresttototive agency for the lay and rabbinical organizations of Orthodox, Conswvative and Reform Jewry, was informed that of the 1,000 hoepioe programs in the United Stotes, only 16 were under Jewiah auapices. A year later, a permanent National Institute for Jewish Hoqpice was created in Los Angeles. The council officially eadorssd the first hospice progrsm in Manhattan at Beth Israel Medkal Center. The Jacob Perlow Hoejtice at Beth Israel waa granted state certification laat June, according to Jane Weber of New Yori(, director of that horaice. HoUer of a Master of Social Work degree, she had been director ^ a hospKO in Orlando for central Florida for nine years befere relocsting in Manhattan. According to Weber, the dedaion of Pttrkm, a successful Msnhattan realtor, to leave a bequest of ute miUian dollars to start a hospice apparently stsmmsd bmn tlM f set that he died from a tsminal Olness baroft of the quality of csro hs wanted. Anotlisr mj^or gift was ons ol 9600,000 for a nsw tar patiant dspartBHBt unit at ths hospitai. fiw br Lao mn^ Raohsl floasmsn, kng* tims supporters of the hospital It provkiss shorttatn can fir tsmioalty 01 pctiwte whoa* faaity awBbsrs sad other esrs givsrs assd a brisf raapits; sad for pstisnte in an acuto atsge of thrir fetal iUnsss. WsbtrsMtbsMslofthe hoaylos pnifnm u to kssp
Last chance Parsnto—if you addsd sn iafsnt to your hoosshold in 1988, that baby ia aUglhle to bs bkhMfed in ths Bw and Bat MiUvah Class of SOOl. Thass chlUnn and thtir tamiliss will bs ths subjscto of storiss to bs tachidsd, b> our wpnciint Passover issua. If you dsairs to hs Bart of tUs tpsda) iasM aad yon havs act as yat aubBtttad your aans to tha Jtowlak Pitssa, pisoss call 884-8100. ait »9. sa soon ss possibls.
ths dying psnon as comfortolde as potnible, both at home and in the boq>ital SOie saki mort of the hosirice patiento remain in their homes—where most prefer to die in the company of family and friends—and come to the hospital for short-term stays, mabily for control of pain. To mast their needs, the Perkfw hospice prapram has a team, conqirised of a medical director, nursss, counselors, sodsl worksrs, clinical specialists, a bereavement coordinator and a supervisor of volunteers. "The patient and ths family are the unit of care," Weber told the Jewiah Telegraphic Agency. "The family gets as much attention as the patient. The counseliiig is physical, psychological and spiritual." The hospitdl chaplain. Rabbi Alvin Lavin, oversees the training of members of the hospice team. Weber said the team includes 20 volunteers, five of them men. She said every volunteer contributes five hours a week to the practice of "bikur holim," visiting the sick, including terminally ill patienta. Bikur holim is a duty for Jews, not a custom, Weber said. Volunteers run errands for familios of dying Jews, read to them, tnaxaport family members as needed "and do a lot of hand holding." For two years, after the hospital ethics committee decidad the hospital should spcmsor a hospice, a core team providedbospke care to a limited number of families—ten patiento at a time, Weber said. She said state certification marked a aignificant forward step for the Perlow ho^tice and it mesnt the program could identify itself as a profeaakwially-statted sntor prise which had met all state atandards for a hospice program. site alao said it meant iw hospice bospice that the Perlow ymsnte by by^ qualified for psymsnte Msdicsid and Medicsrs edicsrsaadH i from third psrty'providort^l 1 Although, she said, BUc(S financial aid did1 not i oovaen the entire cost of hoqiice care, "but it certainly lany fsmiUes pay nothing. HMSS adw csn sfford to p^r somsthing do so on i sliding basis. She sakl r ainos ths start of the i gram, "we have ssrvs sbootlSOpstimtendt SksslsotoUJTAthstI csnss Bsth litasl Hoq^it is skaatortBollity.it is I ceptobls to obstrvant tianto and their familiss, t vitsl morslt factor for theioL Rsbbi Lsvin, work chwaiy with ths patitntf rabbi, doss what bt can i provkki for ths dying Js raUgkms nssds, if hs fe < seious during Jowish days.'Hs ncltos pragrw snd with ths (Jtyiaci and ia careful to oonm^f^ with'the patisnt's Uat~ wishss, to ths max|lnwiiii posribls oxtsnt ItiaapriMif^oboarvsd with snialioara egr ail msnbsn gj ths hospice tsam. WsbsrsskL
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Breaks silence By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) - France's chief rabbi, Jpseph Sitruk, has strongly condemned the Iranian death threat to British author Salman Rushdie, breaking the Jewish community's virtual silence on the affair. ^ Sitruk's denunciation of the murder call by Ayatollah RuhoUah Khomeini also contained scathing criticism of what he called Islamic "fanaticism." "Islam contains the germ of' a certain fanaticism which has been observed throughout its history," the chief rabbi said in an interview published in Le Figaro. Whatever blasphemy certain books may contain about Judaism, "no Jew has ever called upon a crowd to murder. The Jewish religion is one of tolerance," Sitruk said.
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SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. SERVICES: Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks Friday: and Cantor Harold I. FireKabbalat Shabbat, 6:00 Stone will officiate. Rabbi p.m. Brooks will speak on Late family service, 8 "Clean Up Your Lang- p.m. uage." The D'var Torah will be Oneg Shabbat foDowing presented by Shelly Rips. services will be sponsored The Oneg Shabbat folby Sisterhood. . lowing services will be Saturday: 11:15 a.m. sponsored by Sisterhood. Simca B'Shabbat, 11:15 In the absence of Cantor a.m. Leo Fettman, the service The congregation, to- will be led by Marvin gether with Rabbi Azriel, Parilman. will study the Torah por- Saturday: tion for the week. Morning service, 8:45 ADULT EDUCATION a.m. The D'var Torah will be Thursday, March 9 Beginning Prayerbook presented by Martin Katz. Hebrew, 9:30-10:30 a.m. A Kiddush will follow in "Torah Therapy," 9:30- the Social Hall. 10:30 a.m. Class with the Rabbi, "Bintel Briefs, " 10:30- 6:16 p.m. Mincha, 6:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah, ^incha will be followed 1:15-3 p.m. by Ma'ariv, Shalosh Seudoa and Havdalah. SISTERHOOD LUNCHEON MEETING Sundays: ' l^'MjitrniBgi. Minyanaire MARCH 14 Temple Sisterhood will, _ selrvice, 9 a.nt meet for lunch March 14. "^ -Our weekly Sunday Our speaker, Rabbi Aryeh ' morning breakfast and Azriel, wUl review Neal "Exploring Jewish Ideas" Gabion's book. An E^mpire with the rabbi will follow of Their Own—How the the service. Daily Minyan, 7 a.m. Jews Invented HoUywood. Call the Temple office, and 6:00 p.m. 556-6536, by Friday, March 10, for reserva- SISTERHOOD BOARD MEETING tions. Cost is $4.50. The next meeting of the Sitter service is available with a reservations. Sisterhood Board will be There are no facilities for Tuesday, March 7, 9:30 infants. ' .
Offutt Air Base SERVICES: Rabbi Howard Zyskind conducts services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the
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This week tha Omaha Oonunittee for Soviat Jawiy •uggeata Omahana write to Zinovi Oatrovaky, a 40-year By GUSMian old nnginanr in Leningrad. JERUSALEM (JTA) - He and hia wife, Olga, have An anonymous UiegboM two children, ages 16 and , call from an unknown ter- eight lite family has been tryrorist organization kindled haf)M that miaaing Sgt Avi ing to emigrate since 19'79 Sasportaa may stiU be alive. in order to be reunited with The call was rwaived at the Zinovi's father ooca more in JwMalam office of the larMl, but tha faOher died in Praoch nawB agcocy A^nce 1986, still MparatMl from FranoA-Presaa. hisaon and family. Dsoiad a visa on tha basis Saaportai, a paratroop madic. hM baan the objact of knowing "atata •aorata," of a maaaiva savch aeroM Zfaiori feat Ua snffaMSciBg soHthara IsraaL Ha haa position whan Ua iW« flnt baan miaaing siooa Fab. 16. apptiad for bv aait pvait Tha callar aatd Saaportas La^, ha feat tvan Ua vary waa bdng haid by a gnmp maaial job of night watchcaUad the PalaMa* Arab man whan ha himaalf apI Army In "tha oocupiad tar- pUad in 1979. For tha past 11 yaara he ritoriaa."
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PASSOVER CANDY Beth Israel Sisterhood is again selling a viiriety of Kosher for Passover Cherrydale Farms candies. To order call by March 13: Ellen Albin Beverly Franklin 493-4331 334-7365
haa only Ulen abfe to work as a porter. Relativaa can well queatkn the baaia of his everpreaent security daasification. Zinovi preaently has one sist^, GvaGrinbarg, living in Bearahava. Qmahans m«y write to Zinovi at U. Ordinarynaya 21/79, Leningrad. RSFSR, USSR.
Bakers make hamentashen A "Hamantaahan Baka/ Taachin" will ha haU at Bath El Synagogue March 16,9 a-m. to 4 p.m., for paraona daairing to halp prepara Shalach Mooot packagaa for raridanta of tha ROM BhunUa Hoow, Uviafitoo Pbia, Baaftlngton HalflkM and Montclair NunJac Homa. TIM giit packagea will alao ba piaparad for Jewish raaldaota «( olhar nuraiBg btoMW aitd tha Puton Manor. Batb El youth aa^ ycons (aoOUaa wlU daUvw tha Shdfech MoMt on March
Beth El Synagogue SERVICES: Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. Friday: 6:00 p.m. Saturday: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services given by Phil, Jan, Dana Wayne and Margaret Katleman. Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Junior Congregation, 11 a.m. Special Shabbat Time for children ages 3-6 at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 6:05 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Weekdays: 6:56 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. CONSECRATION UTTO Consecration ceremony for third graders will be at Havdaltdi services, March 4, 7:30 p.m., followed by a reception. W^QMEN'S LEAGUE Board members of Beth El Women's League will meet Tuesday, March 7, 9:30 a.m., at the home of Doris Cohn, 2806 South 161 Plaza. A demonstration of the equipmmt used in transcribing Braille will follow the brief business meeting. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Learn series with the Rabbi will continue Thursday, March 9, noon, at Beth El. The current topic is "Relationship with IsraaL" SECOND FRIDAY DINNER Our monthly Second Friday dinnw will be held Friday, March 10, following early Shabbat services at 6 p.m. BAT MITZVAH AlUaon SUd. daughter of Mr. awl Mia. Stephen SUd. will become a Bat Mltivah on Frid«y evening, March 10, andSatur day morning, March 11. PURIM CARNIVAL USY'a Purim carnival will be heU on Sunday, March 12, at 11:15 a.m.
Council Bluffs B'^Ml Israel SERVICES: Pirat aad third Friday each aaath, 7-JO pjs. PURIM SERVICE * PARTY A Purlm aarvica aiul party will ba haU March 3 at our ragular chJJdrao'a aervka, 7:30 p.m. Evaryooa ahouJd coma in ooatoma. An Onag Shabbat foUowa aarvkaa. Evaryooe is invited.
By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke ©1968 ' Paraahat VaYakhel Shabbat Shekalim Supatatitliw diea kard The Haftarah of thia first tinued to sacrifice and offer of four RMcial Sabbatha hea^ at the shrioaa." (I) aiding the coming of PasaoWhat gOfB on here? The ver.takea ua into the second prephats Ejpljah, Micaiah, half of the 9th century and Elisha haid spent themB.C.E. setvea in Israel; and, for that I wUl not go mto the dra- matter, the peqjife had had matic stoty of the accession Moeee and Samuel as teachof a boy-king Joash to the ers and role-models before. throne of Judah, although it Nonetheless, both in Isdeserves to be better rael and in Judah the allureknown. Suffice it to s«y that menta of Canaanite culture he was hidden away from and Canaanite reUgku could his murderous grandmoth- not be resisted. Even the er, the Queen Mother of his terrible revolution of Jehu father, who was eventually did not complete itself. stopped and deposed. I wish Even the best efforts of that Shakespeare had dealt Joash were not sufficient. with this period in his histoThe accuracy of the Bibries! lical record here is not to be What I wish to point out questioned—for no later ediis that both Joash's grand- tor would want to invent so miother, Athaliah of Judah, scandalous a past for his and her mother. Queen Jeze- people. What we have is tesbel of Israel, were actually timony to the adhesive nazealous advocates of Cana- ture of kmar instincts, lower anite religion and enemies of ideas, lower religion. Superthe religion of the Lord. stitions die hard. Both faHed. And yet... It is easy to think of many And yet, here we are in powers about us, which we the 9th century B.C.E. Our can neither see nor fathom; ancestors had been in the and the unthinking want land for almost 400 years, desperately to be on their the land to which Moses had good side. led them. Nonetheless, even It is much harder to posit with the failure of Jezebel a oneness to it all, a Unity and Athaliah, even after the of Power in the universe, a tdoody anti-foreignism revo- single God to whom we owe lution of Jehu (II Kings 10), allegiance and before Whom the chief ingredients of our duty lies. Judaism reCanaanite Baalism did not quires theae hard choices of cease. Jehu actually de- us, this hard thinking. stroyed and deaacrated the Our'* aoceators came to Temple of Baal In Samaria; this lofty idea with many but "Jehu did not turn away backings and filings, many from the sinful objects... false starts, after frequent (which)... had caused Is- failures of nerve and many rael to sin, namely the gold- failures of idea. en calves at Bethel and at How admirable, how wonderful, how exciting th^ fiDan (II Kings 10.29).(l) That was Israel. Now in nal success! V Judah there was the boykind Jehoash (Joash). The COUNSELORS text gives him a rousing hand of applause: "All his NEEDED!!! days Jehoash did what waa Jun9l9-Augu8t11 pleaahig to tha Lord' (II Kings 12:3, our Haftarah). 18 years or older But without pauae the text Contact Corey at oonUnuea: The (pagan) 334-8200 shrinea, however, war* not ramovaidte tha paopfe con-
Youth Services Director Temple Aaron Synagogue St. Paul. IAN 55116 Are you lookliig for an limovattve new position <^t an aggressive, contcmporaiy. Conservative synagogue, with an energetic youjpg professional atafl? Our Temple Is looking for an oigantzed. enthusiaittfa; college graduate to be in chaige of our U.S.Y. and Kadimah program, as well as be principal of our weekend religious school (K-10) of 250 students. For more InfonnaUon for this fuU-Ume t>o»itlon. please contact: Marilyn Smith 1038 Overlook Road St. Paul. MN 55118
As we move to Denver, we wish to say thank you for some very special momamts ami many womdarful > \years. Piease join us for Shahhat Services and Kiddush Luncheon Saturday, March 4, Beth Ei Synagogue, Mafgie Kitlcmsm^Jsui, Pbil, suidDsuu Wzyi
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By Bert Lewis
It aeenu like I'm always asking if you want to hear the latest giggle, but this time I've really got a lulu. According to the fancy-schmancy food magazines and chefs, the newest popular foods don't have anything to do with poached salmon lips or spring lamb earktbaa. Nothing out of the wdinary like that The very latest "in" foods are as foUows: meatloaf, bread pudding, macaroni and cheese, pineapple upaidedown cake and that sort of thing. For some reason or other that cracks me upl Probably because in recent years the trends have been toward the very unusual rather than the very ordinary. You know, the deeserts made with white chocolate or the mushrooms so scarce they cost as much per pound as a new car. The super special butter-loaded croissants seem to be losing favor in this latest change with food fashions— instead, when looking for complimentary breads to be served with the "down-home" meals, good old pumpernickle is suggested. I'm really not making this up, honestly. Not only are the cooking articles and magazines getting involved in this oldfashioned simple fare, but let me tell you what happened to me in a posh little restaurant in Los Angeles not one week ago. Four of us were having some pre-diimer conversation when the waiter approached to ask if we were ready to order. We agreed we were, accepted the menus he distributed and then heard him say, "Let me tell you tonight's specials before you read your menu." The very first of the "special items for tonight only" was meatloaf, served with mashed potatoea I couldn't' he^ but say something about them serving the current culLiaiy favorites and was told "Oh yes, everybody loves these foods." So here we are, going full circle again. Just when we think we've gotten so far away from the way things used to be, somebody reinvents an oldie. Something occurs to me about this kind of food. Most of those simple dishes could be listed in a category I think of as "comfort food"—stuff we used to eat a long time ago when the best thing in the world was what our mothers put on the table. Or what was given to us when we were sick. In other words, the plain, unadulterated things we remember with such pleasure. Like tapioca pudding. Whatever htm>pened to that, anyway? And creamy, delicious rice pudding with lots of raisins was snother one we don't see anymore. How come? 'Iji must still be good. And didn't your mom serve peas and carrots? Whatever hatyened to them? I know, they were replaced by water chestnut pattiea gamiahed with sesame seeds. Ma^ybe now, with the reappearance of these former favorites, we'll see my peaa and carroto again. Wko knows? By now it's perfectly dear to me that there will always be something dse to make us say "I rememr ber that. We used to have it years and years ago." Like meatloaf.
Liberal policies face opposition NEW YORK (JTA> The liberal pottciee of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that hkve brought about a fundamental change in Soviet attitudte toward Jews faces fierce opposition from conservative groups there, ijforemost amcog them being the anti-Semitic organization called Pamyat (memory). It is dedicated to reversing Gorbachev's "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika" (reconstructicm) poUcies, which it regards as a conspiracy of Jews, Masons and Westemizers. A 26page booklet, titled "Pamyat: Hatred Under Glasnost" was issued here by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. In a preface to the report, Burtwj Levinson, ADL's national chairman, said despite the far-reaching changes in Soviet life under Gorbachev, "the phenomenon of Pamyat suggests the triumph of liberalization in the USSR is by no means assured." He said the membership of Pamyat, which was established in 1980, is estimated in the thousands, and some of its activists and supporters include prominent Soviet scholars and writers. AOL noted that in 1987, Pamyat leaders, were
Security By Henrietta Boas AMSTERDAM (JTA) ^[>ecial security ooeasuree to protect El Al planes using Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport remained in force nearly two weeks after they were ordtred as a tenqtorary precautioD. They were introduced the night of Feb. 19, after the Dutch intellinoce agency, BVD, learned trom foreign sources that terrorists might attack in Israeli airliner at SchiphoL The targets ware ssid to be El Al flights from Tel Aviv to the United States, stopping over at SchiphoL
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granted a two-hour audience with then Communist Party boas in Moscow, Boris Yeltion. Dimitri Simes, a contributor to the ADL booklet, said that was without precedent for a protest group in the Soviet Union. Levinson sakl the booklet is intended to serve three purposes: to provide a full picture of the situation facing Soviet Jewry; subtly the context for the ongoing debate in the United States over policy toward the USSR; and present a perspective to evaluate ciurent trends within the Soviet Union. Pamyat boasts of the role it played in defeating Vitaly Korotich, editor of the popular liberal magazine "Ogonyok," in the recent elections to the 2,250-member Congress of D^uties. The Weetem news media quoted one Pamyat supporter in Moscow as saying, "We need deputies who will protect us against destructive Zlionistic forces." A speaker at an anti-Korotich rally wore a sweatshirt with the inscr^tion, in Hebrew, "Let there be de2Uonization," and in Russian, "Down with the occupation by Jewish nationalists," the news media reported.
Shamir flexible By GU Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) Prime Minister Yitahak Shamir has indicated that he will be flexible and listen to all points of view on the Middle East peace process. He toki the Kneeset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that while the Camp David accords must be the conMrstone of any peace aetttaitant. he doee not have to hold strictly to every letter of the 1978 agreement signed by Israel, Egypt and the United States. "I am not a dogmatic per^ soa I stick to the Caotp Etevid accords, but this doee not mean stickiBg to svwy wenl and every comma, because things have changed with the tims." Shamir toU the oowmittew He was re•posdiag to complaints from both left- and rigbt>wing mainbsra. YossiSaridoithsdoviah Citiaana Rights MtovsBMDt •dvissd Shamir not to go to Waayi«U)o ia April with "that asBif oU My, Canp David"
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The Church and Racism By BibU Man H. Ta (CdMilgkt IMS. inAA TtbcnpUc Agucy, IK.)
Two religious mythslies, in fact—which have wrought much havoc in Western civilization have been powerfully repudiated. One religious lie is that of ^>artheid, which has resulted in terrible oppression of black people in South Africa. More than 300 years ago, the Dutch Reformed Church there declared that God cursed Noah's son, Ham, father of black people, and his children. That false Biblical teaching was used to justify the enforced segregation of South Africa's blacks. The other religious lie was that of deicide, the canard that the Jewish people are collectively responsible for the death of Jesus. That absurd teaching became the engine for nearly 2,000 years of anti-Semitism which helped destroy millions of Jewish bves. Now. the Vatican Secretariat for Justice and Peace, has issued a major document on "The Church and
Aidsougtit By HeariitU Boas AMSTERDAM (JTA) Organizations providing psychological help to war vic^imataedemanding that ths gover^hoent pay for ^i^ai'tke thousands whose Qotkditions were aggravated \ff the release nrom'Dreda prison a month ago of thalfst Nazi war criminals impriaoned in Holland. Welfare MinJster Elco Brinkman haa promisad an additional $500,000. But five organizations that deal with war victinos say the amount is far from sufficient. They sakl large numbers of war victima are traumatized by the knowladge that Ferdinand aus der Fuenten, 79, and Franz Fisher, 88. are now free BMO. The two Germana, napooaible for the deportatun of more than 100,000 I^itch Jews, were ralsaasd from Breda Jan. 28 by order of the knver houas of Parliament. They were declared undesirable aliens and deported to West Germany.
Radam." The declaration rejected anarth^ and rar cism in all ita forms aa a "sin" and urged that it be uprooted The document teriAed anti-Semitism the most tragic form that racist ideologies has assumed in our century, with the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust," and called for its complete ehmination. Significantly, it added that today "anti-Zionism" often serves as a screen for "anti-Semitism." With the peraonal endorsement of Pope John Paul II, this latest Vatican instruction to the entire Catholic world could go a long way in countering the racist ideologies of both apartheid and anti-Semitism. Historic footnote: The Vatican Secretariat on Justice and Peace, which drafted this far-reachiag document, is headed by MUs Eminwce Roger Cardinal Etchegaray of Marseilles. I first met Cardinal Etchegaray in the 1970s, when he hosted an international VaticanJewish meeting in his chancery. , This warm-hearted cardinal helped save Jewish lives during the Vichy regime in France, and since then has been a steadfast and loyal friend of the Jewish people and Israel. At the last Worki Synod of Bishops meeting in the Vatican a year ago, he unexpectedly called on the Catholic Church to confess its sins of anti-Semitism and ask forgivenees of the Jews. He was ably assisted in drafting this text by Bishop Jorge Mejia, formerly secretary of the Vatican Secretariat on Religious Relations with the Jews. Bishop Mejia of ArgeotiBta is also a long-atanding friend of the Jeirish people. Cardinal Etchegaray's parsonal stature lands grsst credMity to this m^jsr Vatican dsdaratioa Babhi Mate H. Taoanbaum is iaUnatiooal rela: tions consultant for the American Jewish Committee.
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Roots and Branches By MIRIAM WEINER
Adoption discovery leads to first-cousin marriage I recently attended a wedding in Chicago in which the bride and groom are first cousins. Although such marriages are unusual today, weddings of first cousins were common in the generations of our parents and grandparents. One of the problems for today's family historian in constructing a family tree is how to chart intermarriages between relatives. However. ' the Chicago wedding had the added drama of the first'j cousin marriage and how it ;• evolved. What a story! In the summer of 1983, I attended a Jewish genealogy conference in Los An'gele^'and shared a room : with Freya Maslov, who has since become a close faiend and fellow sleuth in pursu; ingour "roots." During the course of the conference. I related a story of how I helped reunite a father and his adopted daughter who had been apart for over 40 years. The emotional impact on the participants was, and continues to be, a major factor in their lives and has resulted in new relationships and happy times together. At the conclusion of my story, Freya revealed that I she was adopted and had ' been brought up "in an atmosphere of happiness, love and dedication to my wellbeing. '' However, Freya now had questions about ' her birth family and the reasons for her adoption. Perhaps motivated by the success story in tracing my cousin and "introducing" her to her father, Freya began to research in eaniMt. Within a year, she had obtained her real birth certificate for "Baby Kahn ' from "a local vital records office, although it is not generally the policy to release such informatioa The next step was a search through obituaries, since Freya asauiCMl , that her birth mother was deceased. InntnariL she located an obituary for hw {» ther, which listed aevea surviving cfaiUrwiI Immediately foUowiii( the discovsry ol bar MW family. Wny» ralatas that "her t«l«phoiw bscame a pamwiMHt fixtiv* oa i^y •w." Wbat toilowwl eamU ! be UM mbjact of • tsbwiMM movie. r Akbongblwaaa'tinCbk' »ca90 to>,abar« tb* joy irf diaeovwiM. Ipartio-
fears, anticipation, misgivings and ultimate family reunion with all seven of her brothers and sisters. However, with all the excitement, Freya faced some serious questions such as how to tell her three daughters, her parents, her newlyfound brothers and sisters, and the rest of the family. She found the right words and amidst the euphoria of her discovery and reunion, continually reassured her parents of her love and devotion to them. It was almost a year later before Freya met her birth mother, Mary. It was then that Freya learned why she was n<)t raised as a "Kahn." Mary explained that prior to Freya's birth, marital problems developed, there was a separation and, even though she tried. Mary could not support a fourth child abna Through Jewish Family Services, she placed Freya in a foster home and the adoption resulted soon after. In the meantime, Freya's father returned to Mary, they reconciled and had four more children. During the rest of his Ufe, Freya's father set an extra place at the table at holiday dinners while telling his family to "always leave room for one more." Back to the wedding story—as Freya got to know her brothers and sisters, she formed a particularly close relationship with her sister, Sande. Naturally, tbeir funihes spent a lot of time together, probably in an effort to make up for "k)et time." A special fiieodabip devet oped between Stacy^ Freya's daughter, and Dan. Saode's son. It was soon obvious that a smous nktkaishm was ie««laviiB( and with it came pcnhlwnw and quaatkms. Ftaya'a adoptive parants, HaroU aad Svak B)itat«in, were aapportiTa of the young ooopla'a. marriage ptans; howww, Freya and bar kiahaiMt, |^. asked the coypb to wait awba* and roalbr sit to know oos anothar. Thdf waited... and about a year avo. Fraya caHad and told ma to save the date of Octobar 1«. at Stacy Mid Dan wa martMiaCWcavx A awminii» wg b«ve a
guests who were not aware of the drcumstanoes, someone at their table usually filled them in on the family history. During the course of my lectures throughout the country. I am frequently approached by people who tell me they are adopted and ask how can they research their family history. It is a difficult question with no easy answers. Most states, through legislation, make it virtually impossible to obtain access to the necessary records. The first question I ask is, "How do your adoptive parents fed about your interest in locating your birth parents?" In many cases, this becomes an emotiooal tumbling block and really needs to be resolved before proceeding further. Many people have tokt me they want to know about their birth parents for health reasons. They want to know what diseases "run in their family." While Freya has become part of the Kahn family, she is still a Blitstein and her parents will always be Harold and Sarah, the ones who were always there for her. There have been some changes, to be sure, with one being the decision of where to go for holiday dinners.
U.N. chided ByTamarLevy GENEVA WTA) - A Jewish offidab chided the U.N. Human Righto Commission for biling to reqwnd to Libya's asaertioa that "The Protocola of the EUeta of Zion" Dani*iLack.ai tiva of tha Worid Jewish Coaffsas. idAsssad the 'sMnoateonlar on bahaif of the CoorBoard of Jewish Haspokaon tbe i^rn^ item "Inftaiantatian of tbe DadaratioB (of Hivan Mgbtatonthailhaiialiuiiof an forma of iitahraBca and haasdonra"Tka MBfaaaaUttva of Ubyaawrittoitliflto
Chabad emissaries cover the worid by plane and flatbed truck By Susan Bimbaom NEW YORK. (JTA) During Sukkot, Yehuda Weg and his family pack themselves into a flatbed truck with a sukkah in the back and take off for the hinterlands of Oklahoma. Weg, for two years the Chabad Lubavitch oaoissary in Tulsa, says their peregrinations have brought tbem into contact with oldJewish families living in the meccas of Ada, Muskogee, Norman and Seminole, Ok. The grinning red-headed rabbi says he discovered that these Jews, so far removed from mainstream Jewry, are descendanto of Latvian Jews, and that nuny of them seem to be related. Weg says they love to see these religious dty Jews arrive and get a chance to bench hilav and etrog and eat in the sukkah. How does a New York City Hasid cope with the considerably more rustic terrain of Oklahoma? "I get my nourishment and vitality in New York and it lasts all year," said Weg, who was one of 600 "shlichim" (emissaries) of the Lubavitcher rebbe who gathered in Crown Heigfato, Brooklyn, two weeks ago to nourish each other by sharing their experiences in farflung posts around the worU. Each rabbi, from Casablanca, Morocco, to Marina del Rey, Calif., has a story to tell, and tb^ do it every year on tbe last weekend preceding the Hebrew month of Kislev. Weg says tbe nouriabment be gets at the annnal "kinus" in Brookljrn laato all year, curtaining bim to go very bappity into the binterianda to aiifead Judaiam. "This is my calUng," said
Docudrama 'Special Counsel' An independent feature &lm/dQCiKbrama> "Speciai Coonaal," about tbe Caaq) David Accorda in 1979, based on Leon Charaey's bookof tba same name, will be rebeaed in March 1969 in commemoration of the Taatb Anaivaraaiy of the Camp David Aceorda. "Sl^edal Counael" will pnmiKa ondar tba auspicas oftbaAmarkaBrrindaof Tel Aviv UaivarsitjF on March 30. 1969. at the EiiattaUa Cantar in NMT Yock Oty. foUowed by iiniiBiii^ in Atl«Bta..Voa Aaglaa mi otte mifm ABwrkan dtiaa,
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Weg. "You know, you never hear the idea of a calling from Jews. And that's unfdrtunato" Weg's old yeshiva chums at the table all seemed to agree. One of his young colleagues had been sent to a very fiiendly and beautiful part of the worM. where there were, indeed, Jews. But oh, the intermarriage, said Rabbi Yehoahua Goldman, emissary to Rio de Janeiro. There was a time, Goldman said, when there were so many Orthodox immigranto in tbe dty that coe block alone is remembered for having six synagoguee. No longer. Tbeir chOdrwi mixed well and married out, to the rate of over90 percent, Goldman said "This is tbe main thing that I work against," he said. "There was no Jewish place to meet," Goldman lamented He had to eaatmd with • the beach at Ipanema. Searching for a way to bring Jews together, Goldman seized on something natural to Brazilians: tbeir friendliness. His sohitim was only rational He made parties. In Ipanema, saki GoUman, be called a party, and 190 young people, ages 1926, turned out. He made a Sbabbat dinner. "People came to see it for the &8t time in tbeir life," he said GoUman said there was enough interest generated in Judaisni from the Cbabad encountera that now six young women, aged 19 to 21, are learning in Crown Heights. But dqn't just speak to us, said R^bi Noteh Gross of PahM Verdes. who sakI be has doubled bis minyan in tbe last 16 months in the affiuent paniiHwIa abutting Loe Anigelea proper. "We don't do thia ouraelvea, you know. Go npatahra and talk to tbe woman." In a aeparata baBrown, about 60 woman talked about their axpariancaa, which vaarad from the ordinary to tha UKUuaL Rivka Slooim, in Biaghawiton, NY., where (Mriupa half the stato univaraity stodant population ia Jawiah. ia accustomed to boatov ahout 40 snaoU awy Shabbat Data Epatain and bv hnabaad Baiyl alao know about Mviivout of aflitbad track, nil • II Shanmot
Santo Pe and Las Cruces. The Epsteins also found themselves giving alephbeit lessons in Judaism to the newly discovered crypto-Jews, the descendsnto of Marranos who were recraily told of their heritage. Rabbi Levi Krinsky has only recently been asdgned to Manchester, N.H., where he found only one family that observes Shabbat and Kashrut His plan is not yet charted Neither is that of Rabbi Yiarael Diskin of Bnei Brak. Israel, newly assigned to Munich, nor the rabbi just starting in the rodeo town of Calgary, Alberta, following the Olympics. There is no dear strategy for the rabbinical studento who go out by jet to scavenge tbe countriee in the Pacific and African nations for widely scattered pockets of Jews. But they need not worry, if Rabbi ShinKm Lazaroff is any indication LazaroS recalled arriving in Houston in 1972, "when there was not even one Orthodox synagogue, not even a minyan of Sabbath-observant Jews. "Our first task was an 'awareness campaign,' of the observance of the commandments," he said. "They knew about the High Hobdays," but Sukkot and Simcbat Torah "sounded like Haaidic customs." He rememfaera the difficulty be bad ezplainittg that seBkig chamets on Piaacb was not "stealing the store," and he bad to explain what "ahalacb manot" meant on Purim, when it's customary to exchange little gifta of food "Now, today, any kind of Hadassab group cr women's group sends sbalach manoa," be said """TiMg from tar to ear, using tbe Yiddirii pronunciation of tbe term. Anothnr wniwafy tcfd tbe whole prapaoa'a story. Laat yaar. Rabbi Yehoahua Vonna. a myateriou»k«akiiv Sapbardic native of CWacaa, V«MBuela, waa aoimnlly ckcuuupact about hii new aaajgnmant in Asuncion, Paraguay. He dfak't know what ha wouU country that is thmnlH <f man aa a Nazi hamn than ahoma for Jawa. Now. atary Shabbat, ha ha(^
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Steering committM for the Challenge for lieaderalifaProgram arc, from left, Marlene Fuller, Justin Cooper, mwny Rothenberg, Steve Rothenberg and Lori Sweet. Not pictured ia Larry HasaUnger. people in years to come." The Challenge Program was r»«et«bliahed in 1987 to train strong, knowledgeable and akUled leaders f w the Omaha Jewish community. It is designed to acquaint
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NEW YORK (JTA) - A sectuid Jewish cultural canter will be eetabhshed in the Soviet Union, the World Jewish Ccngraaa announced hare. According to WJC executiviidiiactar Elan Steinberg, agreement on a Leningrad center was reached after eitensive diaciuMiona between WJC Vice Pr««iaBtIflL«ibter and Jewish cultural and raligiaua activiaU in that dty. The project ie in aesociatkn with Leningrad's central synagogue. Both ciUturaJ canters are credited to the libwahaed Soviet pclidea toward the Jewish coaumuity. "In diacaaaicns with Soviet offiriale in Moaeow last year, we were giwt asanrancse that Jewteh rtligiaoa mwtA cultural cantan fowM be lefiKHsliad thnncbout the Soviet Union wharrwr a need eookl be dsmonstratwi," Steinberg said.
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meetings are scheduled about every six weeks. Future agendaa include a problem-solving workshop with Jewish Family Service director, Olen Fineman; a tour of the Fsderation/Community Campus; and a Shabbat dinner and tour of the Roee Bhuikin Jewish Home. Programs on the FederaUMI'S Budget and Allocations Committes, Planning and Evaluation Conunittee and annual fundraioing campaign are also planned. Mrs. Klein, who serves as advisor and liaison between the group and the Federatifm Board of Directcrs, was very optimistic about the success of the meeting. "The evening left me-extremely hopeful," she said. "There are plenty of fine, young people out theresome natives and others newcomws to our community—who want to learn and want to do what they can at this stage in their lives. "There's no question— theae people will be better trained to lead than we were 25 years ago," she said. "Thanks to enthusiastic chairmen like Steve and Buimy, and an ej(tremely competent and reaourceful staff person like Ellie Peoner, we can't help but succeed. "Theae are our human resources," ccatinued Mrs. KMa "Without them, we're nothing. This community can be proud that ita 'Challenge for Leadership' program ia off to a very fine atart" The 1999^ "Challenge" participants are Bruce and Marilyn Arenson, Sharon Brodkey, Mark and Cory Chsssn. A. Justin Cooper, Dennis and Pam DaPcite, Stan and EUene Edalatein, Marlene Fuller, Bennett Ginsberg, Bruce and Cindy Goldberg, Lawrence and M'Lee HaaaUngsr, Tom and Susan Jodis, John and Sandy Lehr, Todd and WsiK^ Manvits, Joe Meyers, AOn and Qndy Moris, Jay Noddle. Mark Pred, Jack RottMdMrg. Mark and VieU Saoford. Mvk and Kria SekntaMD. DvFid and Nand Si^ai. Bobia S|»h dlar, Hyvaawl Marine Snkisiiirik, Mark aad Lori Sweat. R. Thoinaa and LeeliaVaan.
NEW YORK (JTA) The Judaic Studies Center, the first institution of its kind in the Soviet Union for 60 years, opened offidaUy in Moaeow. Ita founding father. Rabbi Adin StsinsalU, a worUfamoua Talmudie scholar from Jerusalem, wekomed the first daas of 80 studmta enrolled in the three-year course of study. Meaaagea were read fron laraeU Praaident Haim Henog and U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. "We welcome the changes in the Soviet Union which have led to this center being established." Baker said, "and we ?nll look forward to hearing of your furth«r progress." The center, located in a facility of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, ia affiliated with the Academy of World Civilization, estabUahed by the Academy's vice chairinan, Evgeny Velikhov. It is, however, an independent institution, funded by the New York-based Alq>h Society, a private, non-profit organization that supports Steinsaltz's worldwide educational activities. The colter, located at 16 Kropotldnakaya Street, will tndn a new generation of rabbis, scholars and teachers to ministv to the needs
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Rotary elects Donald S. Klein, immediate past president, Bureau for the Aging, Jewish Federation of Omaha, has been elected president of the Rotary Club of Omaha-West. Mr. Klein is president and > owner of Chris Rezall Drug Co., and also a past president of the Jewish Press. Richard E. Hoover, vice chancellor for student services at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, is the new vice president and president-elect.
By Lucille Zelinsky
The February doldrums were relieved early in the month by a visit from a group of young men who are Creighton Prep students. The residents enjoyed their "chit chats" with these young folks, and the boys also enjoyed the tea and cookies at Teatime. Anybody is welcome to join the residents any afternoon for tea at 2:30 p.m. That's a wonderful time to stop in for a visit. Also in February, Wilma Crilly, a nurse's aide, demonstrated the art of latoh weaving to the residents. In the "it's never too late department," the entire steff at the Rose Blumkin Home would like to express a belated "Thank You " to the residents and their relatives for the abundance of "goodies" that they brought during the holiday season. Cantor Firestone and Temple Israel's Junior Choir performed at the Home. Abe Epstein's family provided a very special tea party for the residente and two days later, the B'nai B'rith Women hosted their annual Sweetheart Day party. A musical program was presented by Cantor Emil Berkovita, Stan Widman
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and Shirley Schwartz. Florence Schneider was the chairman of this event. The residents attended the performance of "Big Al" at the JCC. Ethel Edgar, Morris Abrams, Lillian Becker, Ruth Cohen, Esther Kaplan and Libby Sachs celebrated their birthdays at a special February luncheon. A pizza lunch bash was fun, too. Hadassah members enjoyed the Oneg Shabbat. Some of the residents would like to start a knitting project, but they need some help. Any volunteers with knitUng skills would be welcomed. Just a reminder: when leaving town, responsible relatives of residents should leave their itinerary and phone numbers at the Nursing Stetion so they will be accessible in case of an emergency. Carol Simons has developed a Card Kart service, liie volunteer doing this task keeps track of the spedal occasions that residente like to remember; i.e., a grandchild's birthday, a daughter and son-in-law's anniversary, etc. Then the resident selects an appropriate card from the Card Kart and it is mailed out. Isn't that a lovely service? Another volunteer for this project is needed now. Carol deserves qwdal recognition for undertaking this much appreciated project. A hearty welcome to Ethel Edgar and Ruth Hiller. ChaLrman Ann Belmoot is chairman of this year's annual LOVE banquet. The theme of this sear's banquet U "LOVE is a Family Affair."
bis fellow studente to contact their colleges, Jewish communities, synagogues and rabbis to do more for the Pollards. "It is the same thing that happened in World War II,'" Davidson said. "But it is our responsibility to say that Jewish leaders cannot be silent." However, some major U.S. Jewish groups have apparently been monitoring the situation. Jess Hordes, Washington representetive of the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith, said his group is "continuing to monitor the situation," particularly Pollard's health. In addition, one Jewish leader said a strategy group, under the umbrella of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, met with a dozen representatives of the Justice Departmoit a few weeks ago, mainly from the Bureau' of
Prisons. The focus of the meeting was a "thoroughgoing discussion of her treatment," the source said. The groups raised "all of the issues" related to her health, and came away with the sense that the "government had made a very credible case." He said the groups believe that the "prison system had made a major effort to help her out but that she is being uncooperative." Tne source said that NJCRAC may issue a report on the status of Pollard's treatment in prison. Kenneth Bandler, a NJCRAC spokesman, confirmed that an ad hoc committee was created "to look into this matter what the Jewish community's response should be." The Pollard case is "the American Dreyfuss affair," Weiss said.
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msiabers in Lebanon and Syria. * Pumlar Struggis Front, a smdl pro^iyrian gnaqi Idd by Samir Gosheh. * Paleatine Popular Struggle Front, led by Talaat Yacub, a contingent of only 200 estimated membo-s in eastern and southern Lebanon. * Democratic Alliance, with ties to South Yemen and Algeria. This originally included Habash's and Hawatmeh'a groups, which rejoined the PLO in 1987. Other independent Paleatinian liberation groupings, believed to receive support from outside states, inctuda * Fatah Revolutionary Council, infamously known as the Abu Nulal group. It ia widely rqxHted to be supported by Libya and Syria. Abu Nidal, whoae real name is Sabri Khalil alBanna, broke frtan Arafat in 1974. Sporadic reports claim Abu Nidal is dead. Neverthaleaa, the organization baa taken responaibility for violent actions against Americans and other Westerners, and is believed responsible for the death of 22 in an Istanbul synagogue in 1986. Othsr names used by the groiqi indude: Arab Revohitionaty Cella, Arab Revohitkaiaiy firigadas, Revolutionary Organisation of
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Award-winning Israeli film to show in Omaha
The Jewish Cultural Arts Council hss announced the April 3 showing of the a ward-winning Israeli film "Late Summer Blues." The film will be shown at the Jewish Community Center \ at 7:30 p.m. Renen Schorr, who directed, co-produced and wrote > the story from which the screenplay was adapted, will introduce the film and answer questions following the screening. Funding for this event has been provided by the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Program in Jewish Civilization at Creighton Uni; versityi According to a JCAC spokesman, "Late Summer Blues" is a landmark in Israeli cinema. A first feature for its director, scriptwriter and producer, "This film has captured the imagination of all young IsraeUs and has been seen by one out of 'every three adult movie-goers in that country since its release in 1987. It has been featured in over a dozen interpational film festivals.
^^ming the prize for Best FiUn in the 1988 Israel Film Festival. "Several of the songs and expressions used in the film have already become part of the everyday language in Israel." Drawing on autobiographical details, "Late Summer.Blues" is set during the summer of 1970, the time just before a group of high school youths would be inducted into the Israeli army to fight in the War of Attrition. It depicts the responses of seven protagonists during this period, in which the Israeli youth first took a rebellious stand against the establishment. Tickets for "Late Summer Blues" are $4 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, and are available for advance purchase from Lois Wine or beginning at 6:30 p.m. on April 3 at the Jewish Conununity Center. A reception for Mr. Schorr will be held following the film. For further information, contact Sara Juster at 3348200.
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Arafat orders unit to end terrorism By OU Sedan and Hugh Orgel JERUSALEM (JTA) Yasir Arafat has instructed his terrorist corps, Al Fatah, to halt all military operations against Israeli and Jewish targets abroad, Israel has learned. The Palestine Liberation Organization leader's move was confirmed by senior Israel Defense Force officers, who briefed the Cabinet on Sunday. The repiort is the first indication that the PLO is cutting terrorist activities since Arafat explicitly renounced all forms of terrorism at the U.N. General Assembly session in Geneva on Dec. 14. The IDF chief of staff. Gen. Dan Shomron, and other ranking IDF officers said Arafat's orders have been obeyed. But at the same time, Arafat instructed his followers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to continue and intensify
the Palestinian uprising. The PLO seems to be in a quandary over continuing attacks along Israel's borders, because it does not want to spoil its newly won dialogue with the United States, based in large measure on Arafat's renunciation of terrorism. Arafat has told the Americans, on the other hand, that the uprising is not terrorism and that, in any event, he has no control over it. According to the IDF officers, the situation on the northern border remains unclear. They said they would not be surprised if some Fatah units joined more radical Palestinian groups attempting to infiltrate. The idea is to see how the United States would respond. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin is reported to have resumed contacts with non-PLO Palestinians.
the plight of Jews and called By Marc H. TimWlMiun for respect and love of the (Copyright 1988, Jtwkh Tthgnfidc Agmcjr, Juc.) Jewish people. NEW YORK-SoroeCardinal Joseph Berthing of potentially far- nardin of Chicago repudiranging importance for rela- ated any efforts to "univertions between Jews and salize" the Holocaust, and Christians in the United to deny "the collaboration States, and elsewhere, hap- with the Nazis by church pened recently during the members and officials." commemoration of KristallIn Minneapoli»-8t. Paul, a nacht. For much of the past 60 Lutheran pastor, the Rev. years, many Jews—eapedal- John Matthews, publicly iy survivors—have felt that declared that "the murder most Christians have avoid- of two-thirds of Europe's ed facing the traiuna of the Jews should be of particular Nazi holocaust, viewing it concern to Lutherans because Nazi Qermany was as a Jewish obsession. The commemoration of basically a Lutheran naKristallnacht by the highest tion." Catholic and Protestant A joint declaration by leaders in practically every Catholic bishops in West major American city, in and East Germany and Germany, Austria and Austria criticized their throughout Europe, sug- predecessors for failing to gests that something pro- protest against the antifound may be changing in Jewish outrages. Christian consciousness. "We owe it to the memory In St. Patrick's Cathedral of the victims that their in New York, I was deeply deaths should not be forgotmoved hearing an impas- ten. The attitude of the sioned sermon by CarcUnal Church remains a heavy John O'Connor, who con- load on the conscience of the demned "the sin of Chris- Church today," the statetian indifference" toward ment read.
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