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•red Simon, Milt Abrahams recognized for their active support of the arts By Lynda Frank Omaha's Bemis Foundation, founded in 1981 to support the visual arts, is one of 17 artist colonies in the United States and the only urban colony. According to Foundation Director Ree Schonlau, the other colonies are located on estates donated and endowed by patrons. "The cultural resources here are unavailable in other cities this size," she said. "The reason Omaha is unique is because the citizens here support the arts." Each year the Bemis Foiindation sponsors an awards dinner honoring individuals or corporations who have shown outstanding support of the arts. The recipients at the Fourth Annual Arts Awards Dinner on June 10 will be Milton Abrahams and Frederick Simon. "I'm pleased the Foundation has selected two strong individuals who have been supportive for so long and haven't done it for social reasons but for love and compassion of art and our dty," Ms. Schonlau said. "It takes those kind of people to turn a city around, and a dty would be pretty blank without art." "Mr. Literary Arts," as Ms. Schonlau called Mr. Abrahams, is being honored for his support of the literary arts, as well as for his work on the board of directors of Joslyn Art Museum. "He's always generous to arts organizations," Ms. Schonlau said. Mr. Simon is being honwed for his years with the opera. "He was a pivotal person in its existence and has helped take it to its current level of excellence," said Ms. Sdionlou, who alao noted Mr. Simon was for-

Ree SchonlaD merly involved with the symphony. "He and his Corporation support every art medium in this city. I've heard he fights hard for dollars to be given to the arts," she said. Ms. Schonlau said arts organizations' need people with a passion for the arts to help in any way they can. "Both of these men have given of themselves physically, spiritually and finandally. They've given more time than money. We need 50 to 100 more of each of them, but I'll settle for 20." According to the mission statement, the Bemis Foundation supports creative human beings and nurtures exceptional talent. Artists from all over the world are given a place to work, a place to live and a monthly stipend. Ms. Schonlau said the colony in Omaha is attractive to the artists, especially those from the coasts, because it is safe, affordable and the dtizens appredate and support their work. The Foundation is funded by grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, from various art foundations around the country

and from corporations. However, she said most of the funding is from individuals, such as the two men being honored this year. "These two men," she said, "are a great example of how an individual can make a difference." Past recipients of the Arts Awards have included Union Pacific Railroad, FirsTier Corporation and Charles Peebler of Bozell & Jacobs. Each recipient receives a sculpture by Jun Kaneko, a Japanese artist who now lives in Omaha. Robert Dougherty will be presenting the awards this year. Mick^ Sturm is chairman for the Arts Awards Dinner which will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bemis Foundation, 614 South 11th Street. Eunice Denenberg and Allen Tully are program chairmen. Tickets are $125 per person. For information, call the Foundation at 341-7130.

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Ray Goldstein has been elected president of Beth El Synagogue for 1989-90 by the board of directors. Other new officers are Cheryl Cooper, Sanford Friedman and Sherman Golbitz, vice presidents; Natan Schwalb, secretary; Bruce Friedlander, treasurer. Two new board members are Bruce Shackman and Gary Nachman. The new officers will be installed at a dessert-dance Sunday evening, June 26. The latest drawings and plans for Beth El's new building to be erected at 144th and Dodge were shown at the annual meeting, where the officers were elected. Outgoing president Ozzie Nogg announced that the fund drive total for the new buiUing has reached the $3,500,000-mark. Pictured above are Ozzie Nogg, left, and Ray Goldstein.

Dinitz says American Jews favor encouraging Soviets to go to Israel By Cathrine Geraon JERUSALEM (JTA) -' Simcha Dinitz believes there is a growing tendency among American Jews to accept the position that Jews emigrating from the Soviet Union must be encouraged to go to Israel rather than to the United States. Dinitz, chairman of the Jewish Agency-World Zionist Organization Executive, said that "Many of the American Jewish leaders are having second thoughts about the immigration of Russian Jews to the United States, and there is now a

eSpfce c ^^ € ^ lext weekend is Shavuot. Or is it SHHHvuot, sine* it comes and goes so quietly, unnoticed by many of us. Let's fix that, okay? The root of the word Shavuot is "sheva"-aeven. Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks) faUs seven weeks after the start of the grain harvest, when an orasr of newly-cut barley was Woufht to the Tm|>la. Starting with the second day of Paaaover, the oiaar la counted for forty-nine days, and on the fiftieth day the harvest ends and we have (U-dah) Shavuot, also known as Hag ha-KaUir or Festival of the Harvsst. (The Gxwk word for Mth day is ptntaeoit which accounta tm another name for Shavuot.) AJong with Passover and Sukkot. Sicvoot is one of the * three timsa 4nring tha ywr wiian the laraaiitas aoade pitgrimagee to Jeruaalani. On Shavuot they btxmght two loaves of bread baked from the wbaat of tha new crop and samples <i< UM first ftuiu, wfakJi gave Shavtaot yet another name—Hag da-BiUnirinL To prepare for the pflgrimags, farmsrs inspsctad their crops and tied red threads aroond any fig. pooMgranate or baaA o( pspas that kwkad ripe. Theee fruita, aloag with wtMt,bwisy.oltvsa and dates, wsw tha pOsdfatobaskati •ri «n*Ml to proesaMia to J««saliOL tFwnws who Bved

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tendency to accept the IsDinitz also claimed that raeli position to further the the American Jewish Joint Russian immigration to Is- Distribution Committee, rael." one o( the agencies that Speaking at a meeting of helps the Soviet emigres the WZO Executive, Dinitz, while they wait for entry who recently returned from into the United States, the United States, said agrees with the Jewish American Jews have be- Agency that the transit come aware that a heavy in- camp at Ladispoli must be flux of Russian Jewish im- drastically reduced in size. migrants will place a severe A sudden cutback in the burden on their communi- issuance of American visas ties, both economic and psy- last year, mainly because of chological budgetary constraints, left About 90 percent of Jews thousands of Jewish emileaving the USSR opt to grea stranded in Ladispoli. settle in countries other The JDC has heretofore than Israel, chiefly the token care of them, but dow, United SUtee. according to Dinitz, it is pre-

pared to withdraw 8uiqx>rt for Russian Jews appealing an American deciaion not to grant them visas. Dinitz also reported that Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has appealed to the administration in Waahing^ ton to issue U.S. visas to Jews still in Russia, which would eUminate the need for places like Ladispoli In addition, the Israeti government and the Jewish AgHicy are trying to get the Soviet authorities to agree Uf allow the Israeli consular mission in Moscow to iasa* visas to Russian Jews.

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mgiffffScgdl DE MATOFF/MARTIN Debra Kay Martin and Gregory Roas DeMatoff, both of Chicago, 111., were married on Sunday, May 28, at Beth El Synagogue. Rabbi Paul Drazen, Rabbi Myer S. Kripke and Cantor Emil Berkovits performed the 5 p.m. ceremony. A dinner and dance were held at the Pfony Park Terrace Ballroom following the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martin of Omaha. Matron of honor for her sister was Mrs. Robert Feldman of San Ramon, Calif. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Mark Martin of Omaha, Mrs. Michael Baron, Ms.

Monique DeMatoff and Ms. Eva Zeiger, all of Chicago. Darren DeMatoff of Chicago, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mel DeMatoff of Chicago. Groomsmen were Mark Abrams of Los Angeles, Robert Feldman of San Ramon, Calif., Edwin Linker of Chicago and Mark MEU-tin of Omaha. Flower girl and ring bearer were Emily Feldman and Adam Feldman of San Ramon, Calif., and David Martin of Omaha. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the newlyweds will live in Chicago.

BESS KRASNE Graveside services were held at Golden Hill Cemetery May 28 for Bess Krasne. Rabbi Myer Kripke officiated. Mrs. Krasne was preceeded in death by her husband, Mose. Survivors include daughter, Syvia, ChicagoMll., and four grandchildren.

was published!" Rabbi Kripke said that laymen from around the country have written to him, thanking him for this essay or that, as they have read the book. After receiving a copy of Insight and Interpretation, Cynthia Ozick, American novelist, story-writo', critic and essayist, wrote Rabbi Kripke: "I have now spent an entire Shabbat afternoon and evening in its lucidities and purities and honesties, ethical and monotheistic: and have come away augmented and inspired." CLIP AND SAVE •

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JUNE 2 San Gilinsky Bat Mitzvah, Beth El SATURDAY, JUNE 3 Sari Gilinsky, Bat Mitzvah, Beth El Anna Fishel, Bat Mitzvah, Temple Israel B'nai B'rith, Bluffs Run Singles "Day at the Races" SUNDAY,JUNE 4 B'nai B'rith, Bluffs Run Singles, "Day at the Races" MONDAY, JUNE 5 YES, 10 a.m. Modern Hebrew, 7:30 p.m. Joint Action Committee, 7 p.m. TUESDAY,JUNE 6 Temple Israel Sisterhood Board, 9:30 a.m., Temple*^ , Israel *• ^Beth El Women's League Board, 9:30 a.m., Beth Eli Old Timers, 10 a.m. '^ |-> JCC Board, 7:30 p.m. . f. NJHS Annual Meeting and Exhibit of Opening u 5 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 *" " N Friedel Academy Graduation, 6:30 p.m. jHadassah Study Group, 9:30 a.m., Livingston Plazas A B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers, noon, Howard John- A V son's v Conflrtnatlon Classes, 6:30 p.m.. Temple Israel E THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Shavuot, JCC Closes at 5 p.m Walk-in, Drop-in, 10:30 a.m., Beth El Confirmation Ceremony, 8 p.m., Temple Israel

Lag B'Omer picnic Alan Gonsher, center, prepares for his big solo during a song session at the recent Lag B'Omer, Chabad picnic held at Boy's Town. More than sixty people attended the event, enjoying songs, games and food in the sun.

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Representative Peter Suzy Rubin will instruct a Hoagland will host a Town Yoga class Monday and Hall meeting at the Jewish Thursday, 6 p.m., at the Community center, Sunday, Omaha Community PlayJune 4 from 3-4 p.m. house. Participants will Congressman Hoagland learn yoga to reduce tenwill open the forum with sion, tone muscles and use brief remarks on the drug mind over body. Focus will and gang 'problem in Oma- be on meditation and ha, the Franklin Credit Un- breathing. ion situation and the curCall Joanne Cady, 553rent situation in Israel. 4890, to register. Cost for The Town Hall is open to the six-hour class is $29 per the public. Congressman person. Hoagland invites everyone to attend and to bring their questions and concerns to The 1989 Spring Racquethim. Members of his staff, ball Champions of the Jewincluding Paul Landow, dis- ish Community Center are trict representative from Rick King/Jeff Sharp, the Omaha office, will be in Men's A Division; Karl Borattendance. den. Men's B Division; Additionally, other repre- Richard King/Steve Maher, sentatives from Hoagland's Men's B/C Division; Jack office will be there to help Keown, Men's B/C II Diviconstituents who are having sion; Kathy Paulson, individual problems with Women's A Division; and the federal government. "Nemesia Heavey, Women's B Division. Current standings for the 1989 B'nai B'rith Men's Softball League are as follows: 1st: Macabeee; 2nd: Glen's Champions; 3rd: Philistines; 4th: B'nai B'rith; 5th: Beth El II; 6th: Over-The-Hill Gang.

Services were held May 17 in the B'nai Jacob Section of Temple Israel Cemetery for Joseph Lazer, 81. Mr. Lazer is survived by his wife, Mabel; son, Michael L.; daughter, Judith A. Kaplan; four grandchildren; sisters, Lillian Jacks, Rose Katzman, Sadie Glass, all of Omaha, and Molly Kurtz, San Diego, Calif. The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimers Foundation.

HANNAH GROSSMAN Graveside services were held at Temple Israel Cemetery May 30 for Hannah G. Grossman. She was 92. Survivors include son, Jerome; two grandsons; nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Home.

Rabbi Kripke featured Hoaglahd hosts in magazine's June issue Town Hall at 'J' "The American Rabbi," published by Pastoral Services of California, will feature Rabbi Myer Kripke's Insight and Interpretation '. in its June Issue. It will include a review of the book by Rabbi Sidney Greenberg of Philadelphia, ahd will reprint four or five of Rabbi Kripke's brief essays on the Sidrah, selected by the publisher, Rabbi Harry Essrig. About 300 rabbis have bought the book so far. One of them wrote Rabbi Kripke: "Sermons in American pulpits have improved noticeably since your book

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By Tom Tngend (Copyright 1989, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) LOS ANGELES — The year-long observance three years hence conunemorating the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of all Jews by the Catholic King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella is being promoted as "Spain's re-encounter with its brilliant Jewish past," and as an earnest message that modem democratic Spain has finally broken with centuries of medieval anti-Semitism. The government of Spain and the country's small Jewish community are sending emissaries to Israel and the Diaspora with formal invitations to come to Toledo for the celebration of "Sepharad '92." The message was carried to Los Angeles recently by Samuel Toledano, the secretary general of the Federation of Jewish Conmiunities in Spain, who spoke to some 250 invited guests at the handsome Sephardic Temple "Tifereth Israel. The event was hosted by officials of Spain's Iberia Airline, not entirely unmindful of the tourist possibilities, who presented an elaborate photographic exhibit and commetdorative book, alongside a lavish buffet. Toledano read a message from the mayor of Toledo, who expressed his pride that his ancient city has been chosen as the capital of the Sepharad. Toledo, the mayor wrote, "was the meeting place of two cultures which never should have been separated," and he phrased his invitation to come for a visit as "an appeal to an absent brother to return.home." Leading up to 1992, the planning commission for Sepharad is organizing the following projects throughout/ Spain: * A course on the history of the Jews in Spain will be introduced in all Spanish secondary schools, a subject considered- taboo until very recently, Toledano said. As part of the course, students will be encouraged to look for remnants of past Jewish life in i,heir communities and write essays, with the best essayist awarded each year with a trip to Israel. * The old Jewish quarters will be restored in Toledo— once the seat of the Inquisition — Seville, Cordoba and other cities. * A guide to Jewish Spain is in preparation and markers will be placed at iiistoric Jewish sites. * A biblical garden will take form in the Toledo municipal park, with references to Jewish contributions to Spanish agriculture. "This is a very simpatico project," said Toledano, noting that Jews first brought grapes to Spain and introduced wine making. * The 1992 international exposition in Seville will feature a pavilion of the History of the Jewish People and Israel, with the theme, "Three Thousand Years of Jewish History.".

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Such projects might be considered impressive in any nation, but they are close to awesome in a country which first eliminated and then suppressed all outward signs of Jewish life in its recent history. In a concise history lecture, ranging from the Spanish pogroms and massacres of 1391 to the present, Toledano recalled that, after the expulsion, no Jews were permitted to live in Spain until 1869. Although the Franco regime is credited with shielding and rescuing a considerable number of Jews during the Holocaust, Jews had no religious rights and the few, semiclandestine synagogues had to be disguised as commercial enterprises. "At that time, up to 1968, you would find 'companies' with such names as 'Bet Zion Inc.' or 'Bet Knesset Inc.,' " Toledano said. With the formal repeal of the edict of expulsion in 1968, the lot of the Jews improved, while the new democratic constitution of 1978 and the Law of Religious Liberty in 1980 legalized the separation of church and state and nullified the status of Catholicism as the official state religion. Currently, 12,000 Jews live in Spain, a nation of 45 million. Some 3,500 Jews reside in Madrid and an equal number in Barcelona, with the rest scattered throughout the country. About 60 percent are Sephardim, with most of the Ashkenazim arriving during and shortly after the Hitler period. Many of the Sephardim emigrated from North Africa and Latin America, and Toledano himself, a 58-year-old industrialist, moved from Tangier, Morocco, to Spain 30 years ago. However, he proudly traces his ancestry back to one Daniel Toledano, who Uved in Toledo at the beginning of the 15th century, and the Une continues to the present with his grandson, also named Daniel. Overseeing preparations for the Sepharad is an international commission coordinated by the World Sephardi Federation and headed by former Israeli President Yitzhak Navon, currently Israel's Minister for Education. The commission's executive board, which represents Sephardi communities throughout the wprld met last month m New York. The American Sephardic Federation is spearheading conununity involvement for the 500th anniversary in the United States. But the commemoration is by no means limited to Sephardim. "Just as we cannot describe the Holocaust as solely an Ashkenazi tragedy, so was the expulsion of the Jews from Spain a terrible blow to the consciousness of all Jews," observed Toledano.

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1992 will be quite a year for Spain. Besides the Sepharad, the Olympic Games will be held in Barcelona (''However," interjected Toledano, "the Olympics are held every four years, but a Sepharad only once every 500 years"). Add to that the quinquecentennial celebration of Christian Spain's final victory over the Muslims, Columbus' discovery of America (the last Jew left Spain on exactly the same day that Columbus set sail for the New World) and Madrid's designation for that year as the European Capital of Culture by the European Economic Community. Will Spain be able to accommodate the onslaught of tourists? "No problem," reassured Francisco Rebolleno of Iberia "We handle 45 million tourists in a normal year, doubling the population of the country. Besides, we are building hotels like crazy."

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—Point of viewCommittee seeks support for Soviet Jewry Campaign By Shirley and Buddy GoldaUin and Miriam Simon For over 15 years we have demonstrated and petitioned on behalf of Soviet Jews. "Freedom for Soviet Jews" banners have been prominently displayed on the grounds of some of our synagogues. Many of our elected government I recall with delight a former Jourtaalism professor standofficials, at our behest, have exerted their efforts to aid our ing in front of our class trying to define news. cause. And now—for whatever reasons—an estimated He said that when a reporter feels his ears light up, his 40,000 or more Jews are expected to leave the Soviet Union stomach chum and his blood race, he's in the presence of hews. And, he added, the greater the visceral reaction, the this year. We rejoice in this opportunity for them to rebuild their bigger the headline. I was reminded of this collegiate introduction to news lives, renew their careers, and finally, live openly as Jews and raise their children in freedom. At the same time, we just recently when my ears lit up, my stomach churned and are faced with our financial responsibilities in their resetmy blood raced. The occasion involved a chance meeting with Helen . tlement. From the moment the Soviet Jews arrive in Europe, they Schwartz, of Pioneer Women/Na'Amat USA who came into are cared for by the American Jewish Joint Distribution the office to talk about the organization's upcoming Spiritual Adoption dinner, June 11 at Beth El Synagogue. Committee, funded by the United Jewish Appeal. Those She used tWs occasion to tell me about something that going to Israel are flown there by the Jewish Agency, had happened during the recent Yom Ha'Atzmaut festivi- mainly funded by UJA. Once in Israel or the United States, they must be ties at the Jewish Conununity Center.provided with housing, social services, Hebrew/English lesHer organization had a booth at which photographs of sons, job counseling, training or retraining, medical care Israeli children were displayed and appeals were being made for some money to help the tots in need. The theme of the booth was "Adopt a child for aday." And those who stopped to look were asked to contribute $1 per day to feed, clothe and house a child for one day. At this point, Mrs. Schwartz related what happened when Lillian (Mrs. Charles Guss) was working the booth. A young boy stopped to look at the photos of the children and paid particular attention to the photo of a darkhaired lad wearing a striped shirt. A MT. CARMEL BEACON The youngster who was looking (later identified as Jamie TO A STRUGGUNG WORLD Greene, seven, son of Mandell and Marcia Greene) asked HAIFA — During a period of more than 25 years, over if the child could go home with him if adopted. '.'He looks 5,300 men and women have lived in the modest, sprawling like me, can I take him home with me?" Jamie asked. building at 12 David Pinsky St., on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Mrs. Guss told Jamie that spiritual adoption meant that each for periods ranging from a few weeks to nine months. donated money would be used to buy the child's food, They have come froin 114 countries. They have been black, clothes, provide him with a place to eat, sleep and play, but brown, yellow and white. They have been Christians, Mosthat the child would remain in Israel. lems, Hindus, Buddhists and members of other, more exotic • Jamie left the booth but came back again and looked at and lesser known faiths. the photo of the child. He left and came back again and Those of us who live on Mt. Carmel have long since again. become accustomed to seeing the program participants as On his next visit, he said, "I earned $3 doing errands for they stroll the streets here, often wearing their colorful my mother and I can spend my money any way I want to. native and folk costumes. To prove that he had the $3, he reached into his pocket Back in their homelands in Africa, the Far East, Latin and took out the money. America, the Caribbean area and elsewhere, they proiidly "I'm going to talk to my mother," said Jamie as he left display on their walls a framed certificate indicating that again. In minutes, he was back pulling his they have successfully completed one of the scores of mother .. . "Mom, doesn't he look just like me... I'm courses offered by the Mt. Carmel International Training going to do it." Center. Few undertakings in Israel's 40-year history more He handed the money to Mrs. Guss and spiritually eloquently illustrate Israel's prophetic mission of being a adopted the Israeli child for three days. light unto the nations. Below, are two photos, Jamie Greene on the left and the Founded by Golda Meir in 1961, originally to prepare Israeli child on the right. women for service to their families, schools and communiJamie, to me, you look just like brothers. ties, the Center ten years later began to accept men as well, And your act of kindness is truly one of brotherly love. and the curriculum now covers a broad range of courses Thank you for giving me an opportunity to present the which seek to raise standards of living and bring creative kind of news that makes most people happy—good news! fulfillment into the lives of people in developing societies. Courses are offered in English, French and Spanish. The program for 1989 opens with a course on Early Chikihood Education and the Role of the Family in the Consununity, to be given in Spanish. More than 120 applications have been received, though only twenty will be chosen to take part in the three-month series of lectures and classes. Simultaneously there will be a course in Organisation of Income-Goierating Projects for Small Ccomumitiee, teaching how to set up small scale industries or businesses. Later in the year ther« will be courses in Youth and Community Activities, Primary Health Care. Cooperative Organizations, Activating the Rural Schools for Community Devekjpment, Science Education and others. Th« danger of buTMOiCTatk intervwtion in the mothw countries is alfmiil.tati by virtus of the fact that the program is otttnd not through ths central government, but oo the grass roots Wv«l ot th* kwal communitiss. (Found«d In 1920) Appttmtioiw can corns from any litUs town and villac* CNIver B. PtXIak dirsctty to the Mt. Carmel Csntsr. Basic rsquirsmant for •ttaodancs is aom 12 years of iormal sducstwn and at Isaat t KMnicnra. !«<•<• Prtkick. MO* prawtHN; SoM Fittdman. MMuiw; Bon. 3-6 ysan axpcrisBca in ths fiatda of aducatiaii. aodal work iM Honncli, tMrawy^ JN Kuihnw MimM. MMN SUr«ir K Brookik nonaid or pthar azaas of fommunity tarvica. Budvig. nchwd mami. ftyOotdman, Awon Ha«)«. Cwot KatznMn. Jody MalMttock. Lynda MkvtiA. Mwllyii Prad. Suianna SMgar. Qlorta Wagnar Diplomatic ralations with Israel ara not raquiiad, and . many U Uwaa who attsod ara from countriaa which hava Moffis Malin* EdIlsr-MvCtiW no such ralatkms. Two countriaa from wkieh Mrtidpants Judy Sm have not coma for many ysata an Cuba Hid Nicangna. but tWkMM ia thsirs. Tha lacturars are al larasM proiMauMiala, staff mambsrs of tba Cantsr or drawn from variooa local inatitutiina. 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and a small living allowance until they become self-supporting. The cost of all these services averages $6,500— per person! Israel continues to welcome the Soviet immigrants, but the country's resources are already strained. Federation resources are also strained in helping the Soviet Jews during the critical early period of adjustment in America. The UJA has launched a special PASSAGE TO FREEDOM campaign to meet the urgent needs in resettling Soviet Jews in Israel and the United states. Their goal is $76 million, and we have set our goal here in Omaha at $100,000. Since each person leaving the Soviet Union is allowed to take less than $200, it should not be difficult to understand the critical need. Half the funds raised will go to the UJA for Soviet Jews in transit and for settlement in Israel. Half the funds will remain in the United States for settlement here. This is a one-month cash campaign; so we depend upon you to take the initiative. Elsewhere in this issue is a PASSAGE TO FREEDOM coupon. Please join the rescue effort today by filling it out and mailing it together with your check - as generous as you are able. PLEASE ACT NOW!

tions officer. Such courses have been given in New Guinea, in Papua and in the Fiji Islands. It comes as a pleasant and encouraging surprise to all of them, from all countries, to discover t|tat the pfol^lems which beset them are shared by others, and tliat the solutions offered by Israel can be applied by all. There are several other parallel programs ofiwed in Israel by the Histadrut, by Hadassah and by the Ministry of Agriculture, but none of them have the broad scope of the activity here in Haifa. The entire project ia geared for service to communities outside of Israel, but there have been developments closer to home as well. Some years ago the Arab governor of El Arish, in the Sinai, visited the Training Center to attend a lecture on Early Childhood Education. The handbook used, "Is It Tomorrow Yet?" drew his attention and he expressed the wish to have it in Arabic. And so it was translated, and it is in use to this day in Egypt. It is also used at the University in Bethlehem and in some Israeli Arab villages. In the meantime, it has gone into a Spanish edition as well

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To the Editor The greatest mitzvot of all is doing a good deed without recognition. Giving blood provides an opportunity for just that. P/atients who receive the life-saving gift of blood never know who donated the blood they received. Likewise, the donor never knows who he is helping by taking just a few minutes out of his schedule to donate blood. The eight to 12 pints of blood circulating through every adult are literally the source of life. With each heartbeat, about two-and-a-half ounces of blood leave the heart, joining the blood surging along more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels. Blood leaving the heart carries vital oxygen and nutrients; it distributes the honnonaa ragulating body chemistry and ths ceUs which fi|^ diaaaaa and rebuild tissue. So essential is this hquid tiaana that k>ss of just one-third of the body's supply could maan daath. But even if you give your blood away, you'U n«|N miss it. Tba compontnta of blood raplaca thsmaalvea... soms afanoat immadiata^. After donating bk>od, your plasma replacaa itaaU withia M hours. WWta c«Us ara raplacad almoatimmadiata^y after rtwiatin^ PUtalata (tha comttonsnt of you^ blood which halpa clottiBg^ taka just a law hours to rsbuiU to a normal lavaL Bad caUa taka tha kiogaat to rsplaca but even aftar donating a plat of bhwd^you regain all of your red calls in just thraa waaks. Even though you nsad blood to hva, you'U feel batter whan yoQ giv« it away. Aa>aiia in good health, wai^Ung more than 110 pouada and at bast 17 yaara old ia aligibta I to giva bhMd. Ila procaaa ia sail, liaBptB ahd doaa not taka kNg. American Bad Cnaaa Blood Sarvicaa, Midwsst Begiaa, must cotttct 2,000 units of blood evary wask to kaap tha area's bhwdwppty at an adaquatalavel and aaet the naedi of patjenta Vohintear blood dooota maka tha Uood supply poaaftla. Blood OMtar hoars aia Moadigr—10 a.m. to i p.m.; Wadnafday—10 sjn. to 6 p,ak, aad Frid^—10 urn. to 4 p.m. OB Thursday. Jnna 15. tha Bkiad Caatar will hava spacial hoursfhMiiC:3(^9:30u& Tmr lia lalwatiiMi iii I ii maka aa appoiateaBt to gtva Uood caB tha Aaarieaa Rad Croaa at 34I-S733. OdbhiHagarty Dfaactae. CweeaakwHna AflMticaii Bsd CMBS

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Thanks to everyone for your cards and calls, contributions and general concern during my recent hospitalization. Your continued expressions of interest mean a lot. A special thank you to Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits for their visits. Sincerely, Bess Borden • v -^"'^ / I would Jil^ taitMtt^ my family ^dfnends and the staff of Beth Israel for their prayers and contributions and get-well cards sent during my recent surgery and hospitalization. Their concern helped speed my recovery. Special thanks to Rabbi Nadoff and Cantor Fettman for their visits. Frieda Lefkowitz Ruth Kaplan wishes to express her sincere thanks to her devoted family and friends for the cards, donations and food extended in the May 14 death of her husband, jBen. Special thanks to CantO|r Leo Fettman. Yale Halperin, Dave Wine, Mrs. Nate Mandell and Mrs. Sam (Rosaline) Epstein. To my family and friends—Thanks for making my Bat Mitzvah weekend a memorable occasion. Your cards, contributions and gifts are deeply ap-' predated as is your love and friendship. ' Beverly Gilinaky

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Temple Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak on "The Need to See What We Hear and Hear What We See.." The Oneg Shabbat following services will be sponsored by the Youth Activities Committee in honor of Marcia Greene, Omaha Temple Youth Group Advisor, who will' be moving with her family to West Germany. SATURDAY: Services at 11:15 a.m. SHAVUOT SERVICES Thursday, June 8 at 8 p.m. Service of Confirmation will follow the service. Parents of the confirmands will host a reception for the congregation in honor of their children. Morning service and Yizkor will be held at 11:15 a.m., Friday, June 9. BAT MITZVAH Anna Kathleen Fishel, daughter of Marilyn and Norman Fishel, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at Shabbat morning services on June 3.

Lincoln Tifereth Israel FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. SHAVUOT SERVICES Thursday, June d, 8 p.m.; Friday, June 9, 9:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (please note time change). Guest speaker will be Dr. Jean Cahan, lecturer in political science. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Saturday, June 10, 9 a.m., Yizkor (please note time change). CORRECTION The Bar MiUvah of Gary Shyken will take place June 16 and 17 at Beth Israel Synagogue. The dates were incorrectly given in last week's calendar.

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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Special Shabbat Time for children ages 3-6 will meet in the Youth Lounge at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 8:45 p.m. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:65 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. BAT MITZVAH Sari Gilinsky, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Rick Gilinsky, wiU become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, June; 2, and Saturday morning, June 3. BETHEL CONCERT A musical evening featuring the Beth El Choir and the Beth El Youth Ensemble will be held on Sunday, Jime 4, 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the office. SHAVUOT SERVICES Thursday, June 8, 8:30 p.m., Torah Study follows services; Friday, June 9, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Saturday, June 10, 9:30 a.m., Yizkor and dedication of memorial plaques, and 8:50 p.m.

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(Continued from Page 1) celebratM the glory of God, the devotion of Israel and describes the delights to be brought by the Messiah. Also read on Shavuot is the Book of Ruth. This story makes the g«ntle argument that belief is as important as birth, and teaches the lessons of loyalty, tolerance and love. It's worth hearing again, too. A more recent addition to the Shavuot season is the Cmisecration Service, a product of the Reform Movement lliis service binds today's young Jews to those who stood at Mt. Sinai. Consecration, created in the mid-lSOO's, gave Shavuot in America a real shot in the arm. So go to services. You'll be in good company.

• FIND TIME FOR STUDY • Legend has it that on the day the Ten Commandments

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had to wake them up. To atone for our slug-a-bed ancestors and to show gratitude for the Torah. the Cabalists of medieval Safed set aside the eve of Shavuot for Tikkun L'el Shavuot-the Service of the Night of Study. Their staggering curriculum included Bible, Prophets, Mishnah, Gemorrah, Midrash, Zohar, you name it. When it came to lesson plans, these Cabalists meant business. Let's face it. SUying up all night learning Torah isn't

Refuseniks await release of kin By Michael Kellman NEW YORK (JTA) After waiting nine and 14 years respectively, Anna and David Shvartsman were given permission last December to emigrate from the Soviet Union. However, their joy at arriving in Israel was tempered by the continued refusal of the Soviet government to release Anna's parents, Emmanuel and Judith Lurie. "The main motive for emigration is family reunification," said David Shvartsman, on his attempts to help his in-laws. Since their arrival in Israel, the Shvartsmans haive spent most of their time trying to arrange the emigration of the Luries. The Luries, who on May 16 had their appeal to leave refused by the Supreme Soviet, have been trying to

emigrate from the Soviet Union for the past nine years. Shvartsman explains that nine years ago, when they first applied, the government gave visas to Emmanuel Lurie, his wife Judith, his two daughters and Judith's mother. They bought plane tickets and were prepared to leave. A week before they left, they were called back by Ovir, the Soviet emigration office. They were told that the government had learned about Lurie's "secret" work in a chemical plant, 17 years earlier, and had taken away his and his family's visas. However, Judith's mother was told that she still had a visa and would never receive another one if she did not use it to leave the country. She moved to Israel and has not seen her daughter or her family in 10 years.

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as fashionable here as it was in old Safed, but we could do our bit. As in. Create-Your-Own-Study-Group, either at home or in the synagogue. Study as long as late as you want. (Really serious scholars could greet the dawn with a BUntz Breakfast.) Think about it. Since we are the People of the Book, we should at least know what's in the book, right?

• FOOD AND FUN • Other ways to add spice to Shavuot involve customs that are just plain fun. "Harvest" masses of greens and fresh flowers and bring them into your house. Encourage your kids to make decorations like "shevouslekh" (colorful paper cut-outs of flowers, animals and bible figures) to tape in the windows. And as for the foods! According to folklore, Shavuot is the best holiday. Why? Because on Passover we can't eat what we want. On Sukkot we can't eat where we want. On Rosh HaShanah we can eat only after saying lengthy prayers, and on Yom Kippur we can't eat at all. But on Shavuot we can eat what, where, when and as much as we want! But always "milcMg." Again, why? Reb Mendele Kotzker explained that we eat milk prod-

ucts on Shavuot because when the Jews received the Torah they were like babies who could only drink milk. And according to the Midrash, one of the names for Mt. Sinai is Har Gavimim (from the Hebrew, g'vinah... cheese) so Mt. Sinai is literally "Cheese Mountain" and that's why we eat cheese on Shavuot. (I love it!) So whip up a batch of blintzes or cheese kreplach, Burekas or Calsonee. Or try something new and make these Shavuot jams (Sephardic and simple). —1. A mixture of 2 T. honey and 2 T. shredded coconut. —2. A mixture of 2 T. honey and 2 T. sesame seeds. —3. A mash of 2 T. honey, 3 T. ground almonds, 2 T. ground walnuts, a dash of cinnamon and cloves. How bad could they be?

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So there you have some hows, why and wherefores in the observance of Shavuot. For in-depth history plus wonderful stories, games, crafts, songs, recipes and other Shavuot materials, look into The Family Guide to Shavuot, published by the Baltimore BJE; The Shavuot Anthology, by Philip Goodman, and a manual by Lillian Ross titled, Whither Thou Goeat. Now, go and enjoy ShavuotI

Court sentences ex-Nazi to life BONN(JTA) - A former SS official at Auschwitz was sentenced to life imprisonment ending legal proceedings that began 13 years ago and cost some $3 million dollars. A Lueneburg court found Horst Czerwinski guilty of at least two killings when he was in charge of Lagischa, a work camp that was part of the Auschwitz complex. Lagischa housed about 700 prisoners, including Jews, Poles, French, Russians and others. Witnesses described how Czerwinski brutally killed inmates who were brought to his office after unsuccessful attempts to escape. Czerwinski was (onvicted largely on the testimony of a fellow SS officer at Lagischa, Josef Schmidt, who served time in Polish prisons for war crimes. Some were actually committed by Czerwinski, the Luenebvtrg court said.

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Peace plan By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - The leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization is prepared to support the new Israeli peace initiative on certain conditions, according to "reliable intelligence sources" quoted by the daily newspaper Ha'aretz. One condition is a prior commitment by the United States that the process will result in a permanent settlement, based on the "land for peace" formula and political rights for the Palestinians. The PLO is also demanding international supervision of the Palestinian elections proposed by Israel for the West Bank and Gaza Strip and participation in them by the Arab residents of E^^Jerusalem.

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Chabad plans study night Chabad of Nebraska has announced a program of "All Night Study'O for the first evening of Shavuot, June 8, at 640 South 124th Avenue, beginning 'at 10 p.m. The program will feature presentations by local experts in the fields of medicine, law and the corporate world who will explore the similarities and connections between their professions and the teachings of the Torah. Discussion and comments will be open to all following the presentations. Refreshments will be served. The program is open to the community and will continue throughout the night. Participants may stay for as long or as little as they like, Rabbi Mendel Katzman said.

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Teen receives award Alison StiegUtz, a 15-yearHi!d Miami, Fla., girl active io h«r Reform synagogue's social action program, receives the President's Volunteer Action Award, a silver medallion, from President Bush. She was one of 18 Americans dted for demonstrating "what can be accomplished through volunteer action." At 12, Alison decided she wanted to help the needy in her community. Instead of floral centerpieces at her Bat Mitzvah, she requested that baskets of food be placed on the tables for distribution to to the elderly homebound on Thanksgiving. She went on to organize an annual "Thanksgiving Basket Fund" by writing letters to family and friends as well as local supermarkets requesting money, supplies and discounted prices. The program has continued to grow. She has incorporated the "Thanksgiving Basket Fund" and has helped organize a "Hungry and Homeless" committee at Temple Beth Am, her sjrnagogue in Miami. With another Reform synagogue. Temple Israel of Miami, Alison helped establish a breakfast-and-baglunch program for the homeless on Sunday, a day regular soup kitchens are frequently closed. The program now serves more than 250 people every Sunday morning.

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By Henry Stem Next meeting is Jtine 6. At the May 23 Earlybirds, Moderator Norm Komey mentioned the trauma involved in his moving to a new home, and the discarded memorabilia, otherwise known as junk. We discussed Mrs. B. and the Nebraska Furniture Mart, Panama's Noriega, drtigs, and Russian and Japanese fishing vessels. Onward to our "famous grill," for a meal served up pronto by MoUie's gals, and we included kudos to server Rosalie flpstein, who was reelected to the presidency of YES. Motzi by Sam Shyken, Benschen by rettimee from the Southland, Joe Rice. We stood in memorian for Joe Lazer, and greeted guest Harry Greenberg, in from Scottsdale, new member Max Finkel, now living at the Blumkin Home, and for new member Irv Nogg, who has migrated from Sioux City. Generous donations were made to the Mitzvah Box by Gerald and Lois Bernstein, Abe Krantz, and Reva and Al Oruch in memory for Gertrude Forbes. Norm Wohhier told us Mort Plotkin is hospitalized. We also sent get well wishes for Rabbi Nadoff and Al Fox's Esther. Our guest speaker was Rabbi Kripke. Rabbi Kripke referred to his recent address to Rotary, when he spoke on Israel and its problems — a tiny country in the Mideast, with an American type of Democracy, sur-

rounded by millions of Arabs bent on Israel's destruction, an attitude still on the PLO Charter, Except for a peace treaty with Egypt, they are all still at war with Israel. Rabbi Kripke described the staged riots, masterminded by leading terrorists, with camera crews at the ready, to show Israeli soldiers being attached by rock and molotov cocktails throwing rioters, burning and overthrowing cars, the whole purpose being to show how the Israelis are showing unnecessary firmness in defending themselves. Only in Israel are journalists and cameramen allowed to report everything. No one has seen the thousands of Christian Lebanese killed by Syria's 40,000 troops, on their march through Lebanon. King Hussein of Jordan is the last person in the world who wants a Palestinian controlled government in Judah-Samaria (now known as the West Bank), inasmuch as he killed thousands of Palestinians who tried to overthrow his government and sent thousands more into exile along with Arafat, who prompted the unsuccessful coup attempt. The King is the number one target for assassination in the Mideast. Israel needs security more than anything elsa An encouraging note, Russia may allow upwards of 40,000 Jews to emigrate, with Israeli visas. Unfortunately, the majority of them want America.

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By the time you read this, chances are you will have heard all the definitions of "commencement"—how it means the end and the beginning at the same time, etc., etc. Well, I'm not going to bore you with any more, but I would like to sAare an experience we had on a recent Simday. It was, of course, commencement exercises. We eat in a crowded gym, in a large modem high school building in Des Moines. We were parked on bleachers really intended to hold kids screaming for their team. Instead, we were parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, cousins and friends of some nearly 500 graduates. The seats weren't very comfortable, but that was the only thing wrong with the entire event. We listened to the dignitaries extol the achievements of the graduates, and they had plenty to talk about. The percentage of straight A students (meaning for all four years) was astonishingly high. The number of scholarship recipients was also very large. There were sad moments as some names were read of students who hadn't made it to that day—tragic accidents had intervened. And there were moments which must have brought enormous pride to the parents of two youngsters in wheel chairs who had overcome many odds to finish their high school studies and graduate with those who could run and walk. It seemed to go on for a long time, or maybe the seats just kept getting harder, but in any event, finally, the time arrived when the diplomas were to be awarded. Each name was read, each graduate strode forward for the handshake and the coveted piece of paper. Some names were greeted with loud cheers, some with exuberant shouting, some good-natured cat-calls and most fun of all, was the student response when a "John Henry Jones the Third" was called. All those kids, almost sounding rehearsed murmured a low "oooooooohhh," as if to say "Am I impressed!," kiddingly. Why were we there? Well, to kvell and kleib nachas as our granddaughter picked up her diploma, of course. And we did, because no matter what else is going wrong in our lives, we seem to be given a goodie to enjoy every once in a while, don't we? This wasn't just a crumb—it was the entire cake and we're very proud of this lovely young lady. She's never given anyone a speck of trouble, always been a good kid and appears well on her way to a college career which 1 just know will bring honor and pride to her parents. You might not find her extraordinary (except that she's very pretty) but that's only because you aren't her grandparents. I happen to be an authority, so you can tnist me. That's all I have to tell you about commencement. I hope if this is your June for such an event, you derive as much pleasure from it as we did. Mazeltov to all graduates, everywhere. And especially to our Andra—congratulations sweetheart!

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By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israel and Czechoslovakia have established direct trade connections. They are doing business valued at about $11 million annually through a trading company acquired for the purpose by

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Monsky from the "Men of Vision" exhibit prepared by NJHS and Boys Town. At right is a family picture from the Kulakofsky-Central Market exhibit, from left, Louis Kulakofsky, Hannah Cohen, Harry Kulakofsky, Rose Saka and Joseph Kay.

Na'Amat honors Richmans Pioneer Women/Na'Amat USA has established a Jennie and Sam Richman Scholarship Fund to honor and perpetuate their memories. Mr. and Mrs. Richman were always supportive to Pioneer's Spiritual Adoption program and this year's event will be held at Beth El Synagogue on June 11, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m., according to Helen Schwartz, Na'Amat publicist. Jennie Richman was one of the charter members of Pioneer Women when the Omaha chapter was formed in their home. The Richmans housed Golda Meier when she came to Omaha to start one of the many Midwest chapters in the nearly to mid-1920'8. Sam Richman was very active in Pioneer Women's brother-organization, Poale Zion and held numerous offices in the men's Zionist chapter plus always helping Pioneer Women wherever help was needed. Mr. Richman never said, "no!" When both were at the peak of their abilities, they gave their time, energy and money to support of Israel. Therefore, the Richman Scholarship fund will continue to support child care, educational, vocational and

agricultural training; legal counseling for the battered woman in Israel and to enhance the quality of life for families who need our help in Israel, Mrs. Schwartz stated. Reservations may be made with Lil Guss, 5538340; Jean Marshall, 5581506; or Helen Manheimer, 556-7251. ETHICAL STAN]!>ARDS NEW YORK (JTA) The Rabbinical Assembly has called on President Bush to convene a national commission of religious leaders to offer ethical guidelines applicable to setting the standards of behavior for legislators and government officials. The 1,300-member assembly of Conservative rabbis also called for "significant" pay raises for members of and an end to honorariums.

ELECTED PRESIDENT NEW YORK (JTA) Norman Schwartz has been elected president of the Association of Reform Zionists of America, succeeding Rabbi Charles Kroloff.

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Audience cheers Firehouse 2,000 Peace Now activists Rare items of Judaica Aud First there was Brighton national reputation as the mingle with Palestinians to be sold in Amsterdam Beach Memoirs, next came only actor to play Eugene in

Bilozi Blues and now, the frosting on the cakeBroadway Bound. For those of us fortunate enough to see the entire Neil Simon trilogy at the Firehouse, the final chapter proved to be nothing less than sensational. There is a distinct familiarity in being able to peer into the day-to-day life of a Jewish family in Brighton Beach, N.Y(, watching them survive the depression, the sending of a child to the Army, and finally the separation of parents. Laughter and tears, present in the first two productions, kept pace with Simon's reputation in the third. Here, we see a superb young actor, Rick Segall playing Eugene Morris Jerome and possibly gaining a

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all three segments of the trilogy. With Janie Paris as Kate, the mother; Jerry Longe as Stan, the brother, and Wiley Harker as Ben, the grandfather, the Firehouse positioned a most powerful cast to demonstrate family success and family failure. The final moments were especially poignant... the mother recaptures the excitement of her youth and then the spell ends; Eugene dances a final dance with his mother and I'm certain few eyes in the house remained dry. Broadway Bound is without a doubt Broadway material and ranks in this writer's opinion as one of the top Firehouse productions in the past 10 years. (M.M.)

By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)-More than 2,000 members and supporters of the Peace Now movement mingled with Palestinians Saturday in fields and olive groves outside four West Bank villages. Each was a "let's get acquainted" session, rather than a political debate. The Israel Defense Force cooperated—up to a point. It declared the village8"closed military areas" for the day, but did not interfere with the fraternizing. It also kept a sharp eye out for trouble. Gush Emunim and other militant, right-wing settlers threat-

ened to hold counter-demonstrations against the Peace Now visitors, whom they called "Arab-loving, PLO fellow-travelers." No incidents occurred, possibly because of the large military presence. But the sight of soldiers and border police standing guard nearby also had an inhibiting effect on many of the Palestinians. It took their Peace Now visitors a long time to persuade them to come out of doors.

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script of a Rosh Hashanah By Henrietta Boas AMSTERDAM (JTA) - prayer book copied in A play in Urdu, but with France sometime in the Hebrew characters, that 13th century. The manuscript of 209 fowas published oraituries ago in Calcutta, and a rare set of lio pages on fine vellum was prints titled "Hasidic discovered by the late AlexLegends," clandestinely anda- Scbeiber of Budapest done by the non-Jewish in 1956, in the Hungarian Dutch printer Hendrik town of Miakolc. It bad been Werkman in 1941, are some owned from the 18th to the of the rare items of Judaica 20th century by a family that will be auctioned by named Schwartz, The family that owned it Christies Amsterdam beginafter Scheiber's discovery ning June 4. Werkman was executed immigrated to Canada, by the Nazis in April 1946, where it was sold in 1979. In only a few days before the 1986, it was auctioned by liberation of Groningen. Sotheby's. Other manuscripts to he The most valuable object in the 390 lots from all parts auctioned include illumiof the world is the manu- nated marriage contracts

"We Make House Calls!" NORMAN VEITZER Vice Cliairman This community and being Jewish has been very important to my parents and to me. They trained me not to forget what has been good to me, and certainly, life in the Omaha Jewish community has been very good, very comfortable for a great many of us. Your investment, as well as mine, in THE FOUNDATION will help preserve Jewish communal life in this.city. I think we all must think in that direction. We must think of it as part of our legacy to our Jewish community. Let's talk about it. Remember, I make House Calls.

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PENNIE Z.DAVIS Board of Trustees The enjoyment of giving is hard to put into words. Certainly it*r good to know that earnings from endowment funds, especially unrestricted eamings, enable the Federation and its agencies to direct the money where it's most needed. But the reason for my interest in this type of community endeavor is that giving is sharing. When I can share good fortune and give, that's a good feeling for me. Let's talk more about THE FOUNDATION. Remember, I make House Calls.

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