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Pacesetter breakfast to feature Father sues Klutznick symposium on assimilation Cfiarleston, S.C., chief of police school By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relationa director Reuben M. Greenberg, Chief of police of Charleston, S.C, will be the featured q>eaker at the Pacesetter breakfast to be held July 21 at the Highland Country Club from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Go'akl Hoberman and Robert Kully are coK;hainnen. Reuben is a handsome, ^tty, engaging sort of man, unassuming, straight-forward and unpretentious," said Howard Bloom, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. "He is a fount of wonderful stores and anecdotes from the vast array of his life experiences. " Mr. Greeoberg, who is black, Jewish and former undersheriff of the San Francisco County Sheriff's Department, has appeared 01^ bationah|eleviaion shows Induding ^ Minutes; Good MorauUil^ A^ierica; The Morton Downey Show; proa* Fire, Modern Maturity« mi-^ BJtoawL He baa tmi^ m Mv«ral nntver•ities and authored a number of police-related articlea !or publication.

Reuben Greenberg With a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University, Mr. Greenberg went on to earn a master's degree in public administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in city planning also from the University of California, Berkeley. "I first heard Reuben speak at CJF's (Council of Jewish Federations) General Assembly in 1987, " recalled kf r. Bloom. As a result be was invited to Edmtmtoo (Canada) to speak to a small cities conference there. He was so well received, we invited him back

to address the Major Gifts Division of our Federation Campaign. "He's a community guy, ' Mr. Bkiom continued. "Reuboi serves on the Jewish Community Center Board of Direct<H^, is a trustee of his synagogue and strongly supports the Federation campaign in his cooununity. "He has been to Israel, as well as England, Jamaica, Pakistan and Australia to participate in or lecture for law enforcement programs, and serves on many advisory boards both local and national. He's been honored by both the professional and lay communities. "With a unique background, both personally and professionally, Reuben Greenberg is a man comntitted to Jewish community life and to Israel," concluded Mr. Bloom. "He is thoroughly delightful and will offer the men of our Pacesetter Division a truly memorable hour and 15 minutes." For further information, contact Howard Bloom at the Federation, 334-8200, Ext. 252.

Railroad car donated WASHINGTON (JTA) Polish railroad freight car ~ to transport Jews to !azi death camps during 'orld War II arrived by ihip in Baltimore. The Polish government agreed to donate the freight ', one of a handful of its id surviving, to the U.S. olocaust Memorial Musescheduled to open here 1992. The car transported an es-

timated 100 to 200 Jews daily on a 60-mile trip from Warsaw to the Treblinka concentration camp. The museum has not been able to find out how many trips the car actually made to the camp, where an estimated 750,000 Jews were gassed to death from July 1942 to November 1943. Usually 100 or more people were crowded into the windowleaa freight car, in

unsanitary conditions lacking proper bathroom facilities. Upon arriving at Treblinka, people often had to wait in the cars for hours because a ramp could not accommodate the entire train, estimated at 60 cars. "This Nazi cattle car is the antithesis of everything wonderful and beautiful," Harvey Meyerhoff, chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, said.

By Elena Neuman NEW YORK (JTA) - A Rhode Island College professor has filed suit against a Providence middle school, claiming the recital of an invocation and benediction at his daughter's graduation ceremenony violated constitutional bans on prayer in public schools. TTie response to his action has ranged from administrative intransigence to antiSemitic threats. Daniel Weisman's activism on this issue began last month when he found out that a benediction would be performed at his daughter Deborah's June 20 graduation from Nathan Bishop Middle School. He recalled the benediction he had witnessed at his older daughter Merith's graduation, when a fimdamentalist Baptist preacher credited Jesus for the students' accomplishments. Weisman said he felt alienated by the prayer. "It was one of the few times in my life that I felt myself excluded as a Jew. It shows that we live in a Christian country and that people never question this anymore." When Weisman brought his concern to the attention of the school principal, Robert Lee, he was told that he needn't worry because this year a rabbi, from "your own faith," had been invited to deliver the opening prayers.

Weisman was offended by Lee's response. He said he felt that the issue was not a matter of religious preference, but rather of the mandated separation between church and state.

The second annual Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Symposium will take place Sept. 24-26. The first day will be hosted by the Jewish Community Center and the second by Creighton University at the Student Center. According to Dr. Menachem Mor, holder of the Klutznick Chair at Creighton, the t(^ will be: Jewish AawmiUitinii, Aecattwailiia and AccomiBodatioii: Peat Traditions, Currait laanes

and Future Prospects. He said the Symposium, being held in collaboration with the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, is expected to attract 20 "outstanding scholars" who will confront the issue from different perspectives. Open to the public, the Symposium reflects the intent of Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick in establishing the Chair so that the Jewish community of Omaha woukl be a beneficiary.

UNL chancellor to speak at Temple Brotherhood service Dr. John K. Yost, vice chancellor of research and dean of graduate studies at the University of NebraskaLincoln, will deliver the Shabbat sermon at Temple Israel on July 14 at the 7:30 p.m. service. The Midwest Region of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, whose annual convention is being held in Omaha July 14-16. chose Dr. Yoat as their guest speaker because of his noted efforts in the recent establishment of the Av R. Bondarin Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska, Hal Seiner, Midwest Region president, tokl the Jewish Press. The sermon topic, "Future Jetvish Christian Rdations—New Bonds of Community," will be in keeping with the theme of the weekend convention, "Striving for Harmony." The Chair is being funded by the Jewish Chautauqua Society, which is qxwsored by the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, an ttffiliate of the Union of

Dr. John K. Vest American Hebrew Congregations. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel will be the rabbinic lecturer on the UNL campus. Dr. Yost earned his bachelor's degree in history with the highest honors from Washington State University, holds a master's in histoo' from Stanford University, and a master of divinity in church history from Harvard. He received a Ph.D. from Duke University and has done post-doctoral research at Cambridge. The Shabbat swvioe and sermon will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Temple Brotherhood.

Will a new Palestine become like Lebanon? By Howani Bloom Exeeative dbecter, Jewiak fsdwtloa ef Omaha

ing partner and ultimately the crsation of a ahortensd rump of a state. What will this maanT In my view, a full-acale rebsarsal of what thia ia likely Yitabsk Shamir, in H>ite of his reputation as a stiff- to mean is being played out.aoit door in Lebanon. man, has oome up with a oonpraniae political plan Every day, thnnaawdso* Syrian skelb are faUwg on Labthe rawtlutioB of the key politieal ptobiem of the anaae Christian naigbborhoodi. Tbe ^yiisBB aad thsir prozUnitaias. iso«refni«|piaggi'esenis Arabekillkigothsr Arahe—and Predictably, this overture has aaoa DOwlMrs. It does sig- tbe world i«niakia«erily silent. ify, however, that Shamir has fioaUy tectftmi iriiat he No Weetam or Third WorU or Sovist Nation which is DCS rejected. The lareali natitimel unity govammsnt has DOW preesuHng Israel to dutch a viper to ita boeom ia roposed the nsgotiatlon of a traneitinnal stage of aelf-iuls moved to act. »be ioUowed by DSCoMatiaBe witbout pteoonditioM for There are, at thia time, approximately 2.3 million PalesIs uitbDato diepoiitiMi of t*^ territories: Judos, Samsna tiniana living in S^nria. Jordan, Lebanon and other Arab idOasa. states. About 800,000 of them have been maintained as HM Likud was forced tfi olftr this package in spite of political pwrns in crowded rrfugeecampe for over 40 years • iKt that the PU) baa rqoctsd it. diiwf it axdudca diract by thsirfilknrArabbDato. In every other histanoe of a proUPtJ^tkws with the PLO. wma though the PLO vym- tracted territariol diaputa thia century, refugsse from one ItUMTS couM still be elsctadL Tbo Labour Pwty. too, bM aids haws bosn resettled by the other Greece and Turkey Mdapbskiiidtbsplaa In ssasnos, tbe wtire oantar qtsc- have exchanged populationa, aq have India and Pakiatao. un gl tko larasH poUtkal system, in both key political and Roland and Germany, to name a few. Only the Arab logps — Labour and Likud — has bought it, albeit with coontrias have prstered to maintain these squalid refugee Mrvatkms, in ordar to (St out from undsr the parsisteat camp* en their territoriee rather than raeettle thsir PalWlafa ci intransicanos. Let the Pslsetinians and tbsir tinian oo-ieligionista adirs appear intransicmt for acbaofs, at Issst in tbe Does it not sesm likely that these wretched individuals rest. wM dsmnnd entry to a new|y cieotad PsbwrtBian state snd It shouM be dear that wUls tho faitifadi psniats, prs» could thsy bs rtAissdT Those peoaio have no tioe to the n wm mouat on the IsrMH fowwMnent. whstbsr Mr. West Bsnk snd Gasa. They ar« niUy the daoosadants of coatrols it w not, to secept the PLO as a nsfotiat- poopio who fled from what is now Israel proper. -MTfi^rm-mirw litnr irrirreaBOT

The rulers of thia new stata will not be adoloacsnt rock throwers, sort of an Arab verakw of the 19608 radical students appearing on U.S. campuses during the Vietnam War, but rather hardened fanatical anti-Iaraeli and antiJewish guerrillas. It will not take long before they begin the much publicized next stage in the mmpletn dismambarment of laraeL The Galilee and the Triangle wiU be next, foUowed by tbe ultimate destruction of the Jewish state. This staged war of expanaion will be financed by Syria, Iraq and Libya, not to mention the so caUed "modsrato" Arab states. After sll, these sre countrise rec«nt|y possessed of kwg-range missiles snd chstnical warfare planta which they bave afa?eady teetod against thsir own domse tic populatioos. How much easisr to use these fri^tfiil wespons, by means of their proxies, against the Jewish/Zionist enanty. Will the world really care? The historical record doesn't seem to be particular^ reassuring. Qiancss srs prstty slim, in my view, and these dunces are not very tikety to be taken by the broad central rnneenmin of Israeli politics. The question rsmsins, will American Jews add thsir weight to ths side of the squation wbich will force Mr. Shamir's hand to give in to unacceptable riaks; or, will it add to that side of the equation wbich is rsprsasntsd by the majority of Israelis who will have to live with the fateful outcome of either choiceT

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Felon on loose FRIEDA KAVITCH Graveside services were held July 9 at Golden HiU Cemetery for Frieda Kavitch, 81. Survivors: sisters, Mildred Arndt, Sylvia Cole, Jeanette Pollack, Rose Copeland, Lottie Warner; brother, Alex Arndt; many nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Hothe or your favorite charity. MORRIS FALK Word has been received of the July 2 death in Los Angeles, Calif., of former Omahan Morris Falk. Services were held in Los Angeles. Mr. Falk is survived by his wife. Fern, a niece and many cousins. FELLOWSHIPS NEW VORKIJTA) - Albert Newman and Sidney Wolberg, two American Technion Society leaders, received honorary fellowships from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. YIGAL ALLON AWARD NEW YORK (JTA) Mr. and Mrs. Irving Rosenbaum of Great Neck, N.Y., received the American Friends of the Open University of Israel's first Yigal AUon Award.

By Ruth Baum Big us captured earlier this year in Kansas City Denver, where he faces four Jewish Chronicle counts of class four felony OVERLAND PARK, theft. But he escaped from Kan. (JTA) - Daniel Sei- authorities there in June, den, 27, a Denver Jewish when he was placed in the man who swindled rabbis custody of a Denver police and other Jewish commu- officer to assist police with nity figures around the a narcotics buy, despite country in a variety of prosecutors' protests. schemes, is on the loose Denver police expect to again. And it appears that ask federal authorities to federal authorities may be- file awarrant charging come involved in the at- Seiden with unlawful flight. tempt to recapture him. Seiden is also wanted in In 1987, Seiden was con- New Mexico on a probation victed in Johnson County, revocation charge stemming Kan., District Court of swin- from a 1987 fraud convicdling a local synagogue tion there. He escaped from leader out of $ 1,000. He dis- New Mexico after being reappeared after failing to ap- leased to return voluntarily pear at a probation revoca- to Kansas to dispense with tion hearing. the Johnson County chargSeiden was subsequently es. Other jurisdictions that also want Seiden to face charges include Baltimore and Tucson, Ariz. Last year the Council of Jewish Federations alerted Brian Yampolsky re- its members to beware of a ceived a bachelor of science man matching Seiden!s dedegree from the University scription who typically tried of Arizona School of Busi- to gain the sympathy and ness with majors in finance donations of local instituand real estate. He is the tion? with a variety of hardson of Judi and Larry Yam- luck stories. Seiden is described as a polsky and the grandson of white male, 5 feet 9 inches Edith and Jack Epstein. While attending UA, Mr. tall and 185 pounds, with Yampolsky served as presi- brown eyes, wavy light dent of Alpha Bpsilon Pi brown hair and a full musfraternity and was a mem- tache. ber of the Inter-Fratemity Council.

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By Charles Hoffman MetroWest Jewish News JERUSALEM (JTA) The Jewish Federation of MetroWest, N.J., has taken the first steps toward twinning with the Israeli town of Ra'anana in a pilot project designed to make Israel more attractive for Soviet Jews. The project will employ the example of the United Jewish Appeal's Project Renewal, in which Diaspora conununities have "twinned" with Israeli neighborhoods in order to help rehabilitate their rundown areas. Before a recent trip to Israel to work out details of the project, a delegation from MetroWest visited the Soviet emigrants in Italy who are waiting for visas to America—even though they left Russia with visas for Israel. The recent exodus of Jews from the Soviet Union—at a rate of about 4,000 a month—has pushed the numbers of emigrants waiting in LadispoU and other towns near Rome to 11,000. Some of these emigrants want to be reunited with

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Beth El program designed Baker hints I tp help college students at shift Beth El Synagogue is planning a program to allow Jewish college students to discuss college in an informal environment. An informal discussion, led by Rabbi Paul Drazen, will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the home of incoming Grinnell College freshman Scott Muskin, 13135 Mason Street. The main topic of discussion is to be Judaism on campus, but anything may be discussed, Rabbi Drazen said. "I would like to discuss AIDS, also," he said.

Although the program is sponsored by Beth El, it is open to all Jewish college students. Rabbi Drazen added. Ray Goldstein, Beth El president, said he hopes that not just freshmen come, but that college students at all levels participate. Rabbi Drazen and Dr. Goldstein said they are hoping for a large turnout and think students will alleviate some of their own worries through each other's insights as well as the rabbi's. Refreshments will be served.

Local artists featured in current JCC exhibit Etchings by Sara Woskoff and watercolors by Ricklie Hoyt are featured through Sept. 1 in the lobby display cases at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Woskoff, who de^ribes herself as "more or less self-taught," has been creating etchings on English scratch board for 35 years. The black and white motifs of her etchings are the "in" colors today, she paid. The artist has exhibited, ler work previously at the ICC. In addition to her etchbgs, she paints with oils smd pastels. Mrs. Woskoff vorks at Beth El Synajogue. Rickie Hoyt says her cur«nt exhibit at the JCC is ust a "preview" of her danned one-woman show in

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NEW YORK (JTA) The United SUtes may shift policy end back an international conference as the best route to peace in the Middle East, if tough new conditions set by Israel's Likud bloc prevent the Israeli peace plan from being realized, lliat was the message U.S. Secretary of State James Baker conveyed to reporters traveling with him in Asia. According to news reports in The New York Times and other sources, Baker said the United States would have to consider organizing such a conference to break the impasse set up by the conditions Likud hard-liners succeeded in pushing through at a July 5 meeting of the party's Central Committee. Among othe^ things, the conditions limit the circumstances under which proposed elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip could take place. The Palestinian uprising would have to come to a complete halt and Arab residents of East Jerusalem, where many prominent Palestinian leaders reside, would not be allowed to participate. Baker told the reporters, "Our calculus all along has been that if things totally bog down, if you can't make progress with this election proposal, then we would have to look a little bit more closely at the prospects for an international conference." Baker spoke with reporters who were traveling with him from Brunei to Oman, where he rested before leaving to join President Bush in Poland. The secretary's statement was seen by some as a warning to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who strongly opposes the concept of an intemsHnnal conference, because he believes it would subject Israel to undue international pressure.

Hillel home AMHERST, Mass. (JTA) - The 3,600 Jewish students at the University of Massachusetts will have a new spacious Hillel House. The B'nai B'rith HUlel Foundation plans to buy a former fraternity house near the Amherst campus to serve as a center for Jewish Ufe. A %3 million dollar fundraising campaign will be laimched to purchase and renovate the house.

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Oldtimers set example for giving By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relations director Despite the fact the 1989 UJAyFederation Campaign fell short of its $2.4 million goal, the Oldtimers' Division reported an approximate 9 percent increase in pledges this year. "We proved you can get more money," said Art Grossman, co-chairman of the division with Sam Rosenstein, "but it's hard to get an increase. About 98 percent of our men are retired and say to themselves 'I don't want to run out of money.' They're careful about their charitable contributions." "The task is to ask," said Mr. Grossman, "—eyeball to eyeball, knee cap to knee cap. We're hicky. We see our people personally. I wish all the men in all the divisions would go back to calling on people in person. It's too easy to say 'no' over the phone. "Onc« you make a pledge, your reputation is on Uie Une, so pay up! Our guys are pretty good about that. A number of checks are written right on the spot. Our workers were among the first to return their cards after solicitation. It seems to work pretty well" "I get a lot of cooperation from the workers and the donors," Mr. Roaeasteinadded. "They all seem to be without question in their minds. They feel like they're

doing the right thing— they've been tlirough it and they know the score. "Of course, we lose guys every year. It's hard to recruit new guys because they don't think they're old enough to be in this division. Sure, you have a few that don't give, but then one of the guys will get after him and gets the job done without any pressure. "This is ^y fourth year as chairman of the Oldtimers' Division," said Mr. Roseiistein, who is also presklent of the Oldtimers' Group which meets every other Tuesday at the Jewish Community Center. "We have lunch and hear a speaker," he exptained. "We also have discussion groups on topics of the day before lunch is served." "I think we, the elderly, benefit more than any other group in Omaha," said Mr. Grossman. "It's a heck of a legacy we're leaving our kids, but it takes money to maintain it "I go back to the era when the 'J' was down on Dodge Street The big thing then was swimming and athletics. There were nowhere near the programs we have today—cultural arts, presduxd, a thfeater program.

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in Omaha Tlie last days of ihe Supreme Court session lieightened Jewish awareness and intensity on the part of many organizations and individuals. This newspaper too had its challenges, having to deal with major stories on abortion, the Menorah tase, and the Westside School issue. All of these stories were channeled to us by computer from New York right on top of our holiday deadlines for the July 4 week. There is no doubl thai the Court's decisions will be the newsmakers the balance of this year and most likely will dominate our conversations throughout 1990. With all of this going on, it's easy to overlook a local story that deserves major applause and community c.oopcration. About 10 years ago, the Omaha Jewish community resettled more than 20 families from the Soviet Union. , Resettlement is an easy word, but it translates into many hours, days and months of volunteer time providing everything from apartments to jobs and English lessons. The Omaha Jewish Community, under the direction of Shirley Goldstein and Miriam Simon, Soviet Jewry cochairmen, did a fabulous job. And now, they arc preparing to do it again. This time, however, the volunteers will be joined in force by Omaha's Russian Jewish community. Yes, the Russians who came to Omaha in the late 1970s are now organizing to support the immigration of their fellow Jews from the Soviet Union. • Twenty-seven members of this group mei with Congressmen Peter Hoagland at the Jewish Community Center reixntly and engaged hint in a wide-ranging discussion. Rep. Hoagland asked each to describe his experiences in ilhe Soviet Union and to let him know the types of jobs they swere able to obtain in Omaha. With few exceptions, the group came across as welltducated in the scientific, engineering, and mechanical fields and reported having excellent jobs in Omaha. Rep. Hoagland said that such skilled workers were good for Omaha and that he would help them bring in additional families. Although the Supreme Court's decisions will draw much tttention, let's not overlook some good local news — the smergence of the Russian Jewish community into a role of ictivism.

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By Hyaiti Comey The Jewish Chronicle LONDON (JTA)—London's Jewish cattle-slaughlerers are fearful that the Agriculture Ministry's proposed changes in laws governing shechita (ritual slaughter) will make it harder, if not impossible, to perform their tasks in compliance with halacha. But Britain's chief rabbi, Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, does not share their apprehension over the proposed legislation, and opinion in the Orthodox community is divided. Jakobovits is scheduled to meet with London shochetim. The chief rabbi is/'confident that he will be able to fully satisfy their concerns," Shimon Cohen, executive director of the rabbi's office, told the Jewish Chronicle. The London shochetim are concerned about the wording of the proposed regulations, which would require the shochet to use "a single, uninterrupted cut" when killing the animal.

The shochetim believe the rule could be contrary to halachic requirements. Ritual slaughter is generally performed with a continuous, back-and-forth cut, rather than a single one. But Sidney Ormonde, secretary of the National Council forShechitaBoards, said tlie wording"seems to meet our requirements." However, a leading critic of the new proposals is Judge Yaacov Lichtenstein, the American-bom head of the Beth Din (religious court) of the Federation of Synagogues. He charged that the proposals would "impair shechita" and were being "rushed through." Another area of concern is the proposed change of the type of casting pen into which the animals are placed prior to slaughter. Under pressure from animal welfare groups, the Agriculture Ministry ruled that the present pen, in which the animal is turned upside down, must be replaced within two years by one in which the animal remains upright.

Concern over new peace plan conditions By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — U.S. officials and most American Jewish leaders appear to accept Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's assertion that he has not abrogated his government's peace initiative in the wake of the Likud Central Committee meeting. But many expressed concern that by agreeing to abide by tough new conditions for implementing the peace plan, Shamir has damaged the chance of winning backing for it from Palestinians or even members of Likud's coalition partner, the Labor Party.

The ambivalence is due to uncertainty about the effect those conditions will have on the terms of the governitient's four-point peace plan. Outlined by Shamir in an emphatic speech to the party faithful, the conditions include barring East Jerusalem Palestinians from participating in the elections the initiative proposes; ruling out the creation of a Palestinian state; and calling for continued Jewish settlement of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. If seen by Labor or the Palestinians as the last ^ord on the peace plan, the conditions could spell its doom.

The Destruction of the Chosen - By Kelly Tichauer A silence fills the room. I try to fathom what happened so long ago, but somehow I cannot bring myself to understand. How can I even begin to imagine what my people went through. Even in my most horrendous nightmares, I know what I dreamt will never come close to what really took place. I will never know nor desire to know what did go on behind the barbed wire gates of death A small child, like a scared mouse cornered by a vicious cat, being brutally beaten by a Nazi soldier. For what, you might ask, for living and believing in the way he only saw fit. Now he is dead, one of six million Jews on record being forgotten about unless we take action now. What kind of person couJd do such a thing? What a cold, brutal heart they possess; th^y only reach out to hurt. Why? Why? 'Why? How could a peisbn'treat a fellow human with such hate, such cruelty? Only G-D could possibly know, but as for my people and I, we will nevftr, never understand! As I cry, lonely tears of pain fall to my page. My heait bleeds for each and every Jew who was tormented by the holocaust. 1 can never say nor write the way 1 honestly feel, the woids will never come. And as much and as long as I yeaiQ to know about the horrors of the Holocaust, only a fistfol of lies is what I shall grasp, never the honest truth shall be known. I can never ooaw 10 gri|is or forgive the ones who caused my peopk's lean nor would I want to. , They only deserve the vwjrsl... no love, no caring. Who would Sloop so low as to allow them that Pleasure? Standing face to face with my inner self. all I can do is cry tears haunted by death.

A piercing scream, so awful it chilled my soul. It reminded me of life, a burning desire to live. 1 then knew it was up to me to put an end to the ludicrous behavior from now 'til eternity. After such an awful thing, you would think people would learn; you say silently to yourself, any human would. These people and their followers aren't near any form of human. All they care for are themselves, death, blood, hurt, revenge and tonitre. Daily, they join nameless organizations to prove themselves. But they are the scared ones.like helpless mice trapped in a comer, afraid to learn about us, the Jews, but why? We are the defenseless people. The ones trying to learn and understand the faults of others. We must change! Stand up for ourselves. We have ^e taken it much too long. From now on we must be the teachers! '

Kelly Tichautir, 13, dedicated this essay to her grandparents, Walter and Helena Tichauer, and Minia Maurer and (he late Ben Maurer. She is the daughter of Fred and Marty Tichauer, formerly of Omaha, now residenu of Hano.Tcxas.

Attention v«t«ran« The upcoming N«w YMfs issu* of the J«wlsh Prets VMII be about you. N you served in the military during war or peace and if you oare to share your recollections \Mnh our raadarship, let ua know. Call the Jewish Prasa office at 402 - 334aaoo - ext. 239 and laa\Ni you name and lelephona number. Or. drop ua a oola. Wen be happy to include you atocy.

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TAe Jewish Press reBervea the right to edit letters for remaoa of length or content. Editor's Note: The following letter was received by former Lincolnite Liz Goodman of Des Moines, from her Bat Mitzvah twin. I was very glad to get your letter but I'm sorry that I can't write you for a while. Our family is going to leave from Russia to USA somewhere in June. We intend to leave for Vienna and then Italy. It's a common way for those Jewish people who decided and are able to leave for USA ... I'll try to find you if our family manage to get to USA. Our summer vacation begins in June and I'd like to visit Leningrad before my way... I'm sorry to leave Kiev, because I love my city very much. Kiev is a big and beautiful city. When chestnuts are flourishing Kiev is very beautiful. Are there some chestnuts in Lincoln? There are many parks and monuments in Kiev. Kiev is green at spring and summer, but it's yellow in autumn and white in winter ... Sincerely yours, Vika

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'^h® ©ipa®© iB®s By Rabbi Mendel Katzman The 17th of Tammuz which coincides this year with July 20, begins the annual period of reflection and self evaluation known simply as "The Three Weeks." On the 17th of Tammuz 586 B.C.E the walls of Jerusalem were breached and on the ninth of Av that year, the Temple was burned to the ground. Almost 500 years later on that date in 70 C.E. the Romans destroyed the second Temple. Why do we bring this up every year? What is its relevance to us? Shouldn't we be living in the present—not the past? Yes, we are modem Jews. We should be living in the presThe North American Federation of Temple Youth ent. The key to the future, though, is learning from the past. (NFTY) conducts the Mitzvah Corps, a camping proThis brings us to the tale of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza ... gram for children, eight-15 years of age, who have cancer. Back in the sixties there was this big "macher" in town Held at Camp Lion's Den near St. Louis, the camp is who was throwing a huge party for all his good friends at sponsored by the Dream Factory (an organization simihis beautiful home in downtown Jerusalem. It was absolar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation), the American Canlutely the event of the summer. All of the "in crowd" were cer Society and the Missouri Valley Federation of Temgoing to be there. ple Youth (MoVFTY). Each organization raises $5,000 I got to the party just before the host came out to greet to support the camp which is operated on a one-to-one his guests. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a feUow cainper-counselor ratio. Preceding the camp, a two-day named Sol Bar Kamtza. Searching my memory banks, 1 orientation for counselors allowed them to disctiss, with recalled that he and the host had been out of sorts with professionals, their fears and feelings and how to deal each other for several years, It seems that they had a fallwith individual campers and their problems. Rikki Eping out over what Sol claimed was the host's attempt to stein, pictured with her camper, Javon, expressed her sell him some "beachfront property in Arizona." I was glad pleasure and satisfaction with the experience. She comto see that they had gotten over their past problems and mented that after a while "noK>ne cared or even noticed were friends. that a camper didn't have hair or was missing a limb— After spending some time at the avocado dip, I suddenly we were all one. It was an incredible experience." heard raised voices. It soon became clear that Bar Kamtza was not meant to receive an invitation and that the butler had made a very tragic error. There was this other fellow David Kamtza with whom the host played golf. His invitation was accidentally delivAir Conditioning and Major Appliance ered to Sol Bar Kamtza instead. This kind of thing probaService and Repair bly happened all the time. Just let it pass, right? But things were very tense in Jerusalem the previous couple months. Courteous Service at Reasonable Rates With the Occupation and all, 1 think the pressure just got Dugger's M^or Appliance to him and he exploded. The host just lost it. He started shouting and threaten592-3771 ing Bar Kamtza and demanding that he leave immediately or he'd call the police. 1 have to give old Sol credit. He tried to mollify the guy. He offered to forget the past. He even BOARDWALK LAUNDERMAT offered to pay for the whole party! The host was unreasonable. I never heard two Jews fight (MAYTAG HOME-STYLE UUNDRY) like that. I was embarrassed for them both. The funniest • coin operated • drop off thing was that nobody else at the party said anything to • dry cleaning • ironing stop it. It was as if the idea of Jews fighting had become • SpacMIzi In llna Ironing and finishing almost commonplace and accepted. 1 remember the days of linens awl labrics when it wasn't like this at all. We were always united, too attendant on duty busy worrying about the enemy to quarrel with each other. mon.-frl. 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Somehow things had changed and Jerusalem was no longer sat, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. the same. Sol left th» party in a fury that night. Word has it that 1304S119tli Ulk.SofPiclfic 330-6527 he went sUaight to the media and let the cat right out ot the bag. They say Sol was dose to some really low people in high government places. He somehow convinced them that the Jews were planning a rebellion. It was the most absurd idea but they believed him. Soon after that fateful night, the Roman police started coming around and checking papers. Before we knew it, life Air nnnriitlnninn ^ was changed forever. Our religious freedoms were being S Fuel Injection systematically taken away. Before long the Temple was ^ Tune-Up. PIUBS, dean injectofs, gone toa No one knows just how it started but the sense '9 Includes: • Pi • Discharge, evacuate and check IvMl presjurg • Flapbce of mistrust and anger between one Jew and another is what II detective wiies, rotoi. PCV recharge the system with brought this era of Jewish life to an end. freon valve, PCV filter • Plus This story is true. It happened just like I said—in the Kfctslmenls • Six-nionth/6,000 • Peilorm operational tests. mw warranty sixties - eO's C.E., right before the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem by the Roman Empire, The Talmud relates this story and poses it as the ultimate cause (most 4^. Cits) for the present day exile. It also stands to reason that the w^y out of exile is through rooting out the cause. We must replace unwarranted hatred amongst Jews with unquestioned and unlimited tove. This, the sages t«U us, is the what "The Three Weeks" are all about. It is a period deaignated to spending eixtra time thinking of w«yt to Improve community, jT (Mil) ^ »iz*/6ee V family, and peraooal rdationahips. Let us set the pace for univeraa] peace. Shabbat Shakun.

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FRIDAY: Sabbath Evening Servjces, 7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Tifereth Israel FllIDAY: Early Service, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Torah Study with the Rabbi, 5 p.m.

Blumkin Home FRIDAY: Evening service, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Morning service, 9 a.m. The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goldsten Chapel. Kiddush follows services on Shabbat.

Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

Council Bluffs B'nai Israel FRIDAY: Services are held the first and third Friday of each month, 7:30 p.m.

Golda's house NEW YORK (JTA)-Repaired brick waUs, new windows and a rebuilt front porch shine in the partially restored Golda Meir house in Denver. After two debilitating relocations, the late IsraeU premier's Ijpuse arrived last September at the Auraria Higher Education Center, , the downt6wn campus of three Denver Imiming institutions. One of 14 original tum-ofthe-century houses in a planned extenaioo of Ninth Street Historic Park, the ' home where Golda Myerson spent her teen-age years, will house the new Golda I Meir Muaeiun and Conference Center.

PERSONALS Thanks to my fantily, friends, Joe Boin, Shane Kotok, Rabbi Drazen, Cantor Berkovits, and for cards, flowers and dooatiooa during my hospital st«y. BabeOobrofaky

I wish to thank all my relatives and friends for their many gifts, fknr«rs, dooationa and getwen cards dunng my 19o«nt stay in tlw hosniUL My apadal thaSs to Cantor Pettman for taking the time to see

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FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. A Kiddush will follow in the Social Hall in honor of Jack E. Cohen's birthday and will be hosted by Jane, Michael and Toba Cohen. Mincha, 8:30 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Ma-ariv, Shalosh Seudos and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Morning Minyanaire service, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. WEEKDAY LEARNING MINYAN A special Weekday Learning Minyan, led by Cantor Fellman, will be conducted July 25, 7 a.m., in the synagogue library. The service will be concluded by 7:40 a.m. This minyan will be separate from and in addition to our regular daily minyan. The Learning Minyan will continue to be held every third Tuesday of the month at 7 a.m.

Sheds light NEW YORK (JTA) - A new publication by Agudath Israel of America's Orthodox Jewish Archives sheds new hght on the Orthodox immigrant experience in America. The 60page volume features "news-of-the-U.S." coiumns from Havatzeiet, a journal published in Jerusalem beginning in 1871. Some of the topics highlighted in the anthology include a Jewish reaction to the Great Chicago Fit« of 1871; efforts by Jews in Mobile, Ala., to raise money for Persian Jewry; and Reform debates over switching Shabbat to S^mday. Other tidbits include the selection process of a chief rabbi for New York and a bkwd libel in Philixie^hia in 1903. "In order to understand the work! of our fathers, we decided to go to the source," the editin note in the introductkin to "Early Orthodox Jewish Immigrant Experiencca in the United Sut«« A Bibliography of Aitkl«e Published in Havsfisht. 187M910."

Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. The Devar Torah will be given by Jack Duitch. Kiddush will follow services. Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Evening services at 8:50 p.m. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. COLLEGE NIGHT An informal gettogether with Rabbi Drazen for students who are in or starting college will be held at the Muskin home, 13135 Mason, July 23, 78:30 p.m. RSVP by July 20 to the office.

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Paraahat Hokat-Balak The Hebrew Scripturea a Ubnuy Our two Sidrot bring the The conquest is famous for children of Israel closer and Joshua's fear that sundown closer to the Promised would come to early for him Land. They strike westward to complete his battle-plan. after they have givoi a wide He demanded' "Stand still, berth to Edom, which had O Sim at Gibeon,/ O moon, threatened them with war, in the Valley of AijalonI" and find themselves sudThe Book of Jaahar is also detdy flushed with victory the source (according to II over the Amorites and over Samuel 1.18) of David's the Bashan. They are short- touching eulogy for Saul ly to prepare for the assault and Jonathan when both lay on Canaan proper, aftor dead after the disastrous crossing the Jordan River. war with the Philistines. In the midst of these acOne suggestion, incidencounts we are given some tally, is that the book may snatehes of ancient poetry, have been a collection of songs of victory and chants poetry, and that the name of taunts against defeated was really The Book of enemies. At least (»e of Verse (shir, rather than these is quoted from "The yashar). Book of the Wars of the Noting all of this we get Lord." a better understanding of Now here is a book, actu- what our Bible is. Some ally quoted in the Biblical books of the time wa« context, which we do not have! sklered unin^MNtont, others It is as though a writer told were neglected, others simus if you want a fuller ac- ply fell into disuse and wer^ count, here is the source: lost. The rabbinic synod look it up... but th^ source which put our Bible togethis lost. We do not have it er, toward the end of the This is one of the few first century, excluded some books which are actually books (we don't know referred to in our Bible, whichi), and uidaded some which we do not have. The books after subjecting them famous philosopher-com- tocarrfol sautir^. mentotor Abraham ibn EzThus oar little library of ra lists a few others. The 24 books, this ancient anBook of Nathan, The Songs thobgy, became the authorand Proverbs of Solomon, itative source of God's the History of the Kings of Word for Jews, and later for Israel Christiana as well It is our We have come to reeliae TaNaKh, Torah, NevW that our Bible is a little (prophets), and Ketuvim (salibrary. Indeed, we might cred writings). Ihese are our better call it an anthology, Holy Soi^ures. a collection made in ancient times of ancioit Hebrew MXr Beaulifiil one-bedroom, fur erature on the Rebgioo of dished unit ki duplex. Ex Israel Thus the history of cekm iMigMxMtiood, twndry the kings, or the wars of the ' flta aid ganoi. Lawn Lord (yes, even of tbe Lordl) caie aid snow ramovil promight well be omitted frtom vided. MMttig dktace io bus the coUectkai; far our inInes aid Be«i ISML hb&n terest here is religion. MMduslorty. There is one other famous book referred to in two 55M0B0 places in the Bibles whkfa we do not have. It is th* "Book of Jaahar (Book ol the UpPulverente right?)." It is rtftrrad to m Joshua's conquest of a coaMMumantCo. lition of AnMrito (Canaanito) kiugleU (Joshua 10.12). FmkLIMiiJr.

FRIDAY: Services at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Jeffery Taxman will officiate. Guest speaker will be Dr. John K. Yost, Vice Chancellor of Research and Dean of Graduate studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His topic will be "Future Jewish Christian RelationsNew Bonds of Community." The Oneg Shabbat following services will be sponsored by Temple Israel Men's Club. SATURDAY: Services at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B Shabbat-The Congregation, together with Rabbi Azriel, will study the Torah portion for the week. COLLEGE STUDENTS Rabbi and Mrs. Azriel will host a supper at their home, July 18, at 6 p.m., for all college students. Please RSVP to the Temple office, 556-6536.

From Rabbi Nadoff 1 have been taking lots of medication for my illness. I have learned at the same time that the most potent and the most helpful of them all is the medication that has come to me in the form of cards, contributions and encouraging notes that assure me that before long 1 will be able to return to normal duties, God willing. These are countless good wishes from people outside of my congregation, from people with whom 1 have had very little direct association in the past. From all directions there have come to me, hundreds of expressions of concern for my welfare and prayers for my recovery. The warmth and the caring of the whole community is powerful medication, indeed. It has helped me reach my present improved conditions. I understand now, more than ever before, that the healing process comes from two sources—from good medical care and from good emotional care. That one without the other will not suffice. The power of the spoken and written word must nevo' be overlooked. They are no less important than the pill prescribed or the injection given into the body. They are powerful instnmients of healing. I am recovering and healing satisfactorily. In very large measure this healing is moving along so well because of the concern of all of you. Vou have strengthened my morale and I am greatly indebted to you, as greatly indebt«d to you as I am to the doctors and nurses who have been looking after me. Your role has been crucial Omaha has a wonderful reputation in matters of the heart. While 1 am unable to thank you at this time in person, let this brief note in the Jewish Press assure you of my deep gratitude and appreciation.

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nam©(o)iim nfifsiks© By Estelle Rosenberg Stanley Arenson, 65, died June 28. Interment was at Mt. Camel Cemetery with Rabbi Ethan Seidel officiating. Mr. Arenson was a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, American Legion Post 3, VFW Post 131, HBPA, and B'nai B'rith. He was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict, serving with the Army Air Corps. Mr. Arenson is survived by his wife, Sally; sons, George and John of Lincoln, Bruce of Davis, Calif., James of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; daughters, Sandra (Mrs. Mike) Keller, Lucy (Mrs. Kirk) Bowers, both of Lincoln; mother, Anne L. Arenson, Waterloo, Iowa; sister, Ruth (Mrs. Harry) Abrahams, Lincoln; 14 grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Heart Fund, American Cancer Society and Cedars Home for Children.

have resumed. The class meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to explore our Jewish heritage. Teachers are needed at B'nai Jeshurun Temple to teach enough Hebrew to teach a small group of beginners to read. Contact Cantor Weisser if you are interested. Tifereth Israel Sisterhood is currently preparing its annual calendar. You may support this project by placing your name on the "Greetings for the New Year" page of the calendar. Fill out the form listing your greeting; the fee is $6.50. Calendars may be purchased individually for $4 each and may be picked up at the synagogue. Make checks payable to Tifereth Israel Sisterhood no later than July 21 and send to Sylvia Singer, 4631 Claire Ave., Lincoln, NE 68516.

High on agbnda PARIS (JTA) - IsraeU Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's opposition to an international peace conference is the chief obstacle to peace in the Middle East, French President Francois Mitterrand and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev maintain. Gorbachev said an international conference ia the "only rational approach" to

solving the Arab-Israeli conflict. The two leaders qxtke at a joint news cooferenoe here at the end of Gorbachev's two-day visit to Franca The Middle East apparently was high on their agenda.

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By Andrew Silow Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) The Jewish War 'V^eterans of the USA have launched an attack against the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling upholding the rights of protesters to bum the American flag. But other Jewish groups welcome the ruling as a victory for free speech and oppose President Bush's proposal for a constitutional amendment that would outlaw desecration of the flag. The veterans' group said in a statement that the court decision "seriously wounds our nation's veterans, for whom the flag is much more than a symbol." The veterans said they defend the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech, but '*to desecrate the flag" is "a savage act worthy of punishment to the fullest extent of the law." By contrast, the American Jewish Congress said the court's decision demonstrates "the vitality of the First Amendment in protecting views which are im-

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