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n. By JQl Knatmer Belmont Cfafld Care Fair Pnblidty Coordinator Child Care Fair, a project aeated la«t year by the Omaha Section of the National Coiuicil of Jewish Women, and now duplicated around the country by other NCJW sections, will be held this Sunday at the Jewish Commimity Center. The fair, which will bring 50 day-care providers and oth^r child care experts together from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., was created as a service for parents searching for qufdity day care, according to Child Care Fair cochairmen Bobbi Leibowitz and Mitzd Dehnan. During the day, parents will have the opportunity to visit with various care providers and learn about home and commercial day care, day care on the adioolfl and aick-child cere. In addition, workahopa wiU be held throoghout the aftr emoon which will ad-
Local rqvesoitativea of NCJW tUak Nebraslu U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey following the Senator's agreement to serve as honorary duinnan of the Aug. 6 Child Care Fair at the Jewiah Conunonity Center. With Sen. Kerrey are, from left, Patrida Newman, Carol Katiman (aeated), Linda Novali, Bmmy Rotbenberg. BobU Leibowitx and Kate Kir shenbaom. Tlie women met with government repreaenUtives last filarch during NCJWs Washington Inatttnte conference. dress a number of diild care issues. The co-chairmen expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming event ai^d about the
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many volunteers who have worked on this project since last January. "We really have a wonderful program planned, between the quality worltshops being offered ttd the opportunity for parents to 'shop' for day care," Mrs. Dehnan said. Enqihasizing the many hours of hard woric that went into planning the program, she said that "our volunteers have brought a lot of creativity and energy to this project and have done an oatotonding job of pulling together conununity resources." Over 30 people have helped to arrange the fair this year, she added. Mrs. Leibowiti 'also noted Nebraska U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, who is serving aa honorary chairman of the fair, and Omaha Mayor P. J. Morgan, for their support of the event. "When we (local NCJW repraaenUtives) met with Sen. Kerrey during the NCJW Washington Institute last March, I aaked him if he vouU be the fair't honorary chairman. When he accepted, we were absohite^ elated... ha feels that ch3d core is one of the number one ooooems to be addressed and we're thriDsd that he's •vpporUnf thta very wwthwUb pn^" Mro-LilbowitealaoaxnrsMod nnwriattai to lli{)rorMorgn.«faowiD <CaMhmed on Pi«e a
several extremist groups who now lectures about the danger of such organizations will be the featured speaker at a local fundraiser for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, accordhig to I. Robert Wolfson, ADL Plains States regional director. Thomas Martinez, once a member of the Ku Khix Klan and the neoNazi National Alliance, will discuss his experiences in those hate groups and the events which led to his denunciation of their philosophies, at a reception on Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Omaha Marriott Hotel. In 1985, Mr. Martinez was a key government witness whose testimony was instrumental in the convictions of leading members of the Order— a hate group—on federal racketeering charges and for the murder of Jewish talk show host Alan Berg in Denvo'. Mr. Martinez, 33, currently lectures nationwide for the ADL, and together with John Guintha*, has authored a book about his experiences entitled "Brotherhood of Murder." "Martinez will give you a view that no one else can give you," Mr. Wcdfson said. "He'U teU about growing up in poverty in Philadelphia, about how he got into these groups and how he walked out on the other side," The presentation will be extraordinary, said the fundraiser's cochairman, Jeff Newman. calling it. "an opportunity, unembellisbed by a third porty^ to hear on eiqMrienoe by a person on the other side—getting the information firsthand rather tlian by intcrfnetation." Mr. Newman ia cochoiring the event with his wife. Patrida. and E. Robert and Phyllis Newman. Jule and Doris fWman are serving as honorary chairmen. The fundroiaer will be the first b three yanra for the ADL, Mr. Wolfaon ooki. and the entire Jewiah rnmmnnity will be invited to attend. "I want people to faal that we are pbnriag a role hi their HmJ' be soki. Ken^Kww 3!:"'tf^tiXTsmai
Members of the Newman family are, seated, from left, Jole Newman and Doris Newnum; standing, from left, Jeff Newman, Dr. Patricia Newman, Phyllis Newman and Bob Newman. noting the various ways the agency is vital to the community, such as monitoring anti-Semitic vandalism on commercial and private property; educating the public through such programs OS the Prejudice Elimina-
tion Workshop and the Hob)cau8t Studies Workshop; helping to alleviate discrimination in the workplace, homes and schods; and nM>ttit<nnng the activities of extremiat organizations. (Continaed on Page 2)
Camera, lights, action Mickey Storm Oeftl, Cec« ZoriMlty and P^naie Davte, (stondiag) pooe on the Ftrsiwee theater st^ with Don Sparks, etar el the eaaa4y, JbevM TMkm Cftwfa. The thvee •ennctere, olang with Naa^ and Den Crisnhgg and AadI and Larry Kavieh «« plandi« a apedal n%ht at tks VkeIn a apedal eelahntlan te non-fnAt Omha theater. The Ai«. U, with hefs d'eenvrse and • 74 pm, with the pwfOTnenee to fellnw. TIckote at» HMgr be ebtaiMd by cdlHH the as sew^n^n.
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Rabbi Hirschberg dies NEW YORK (JTA) Gunter Hirschberg, a major figure in the American Reform movement who helped found the first Reform Jewish day school in 1970, died after a brief illness at the age of 69. At the time of his death, Hirschberg was senior rabbi of Temple
Rodeph Sholom, where he had served for 37 years, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, president of the Alumni Association of Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion and a member of the board of governors of the World Union of Progressive Judaism.
Israel's envoy to U.S. By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) Yossi Ben-Aharon is Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's latest choice to succeed Moshe Arad as Israeli ambassador to Washington, Ha'aretz reported. But Foreign Minister Moshe Arens is said to be linenthusiastic about appointing Ben-Aharon, who currently serves as director general of the Prime Minister's Office. Moreover, aides to Vice Premier Shimon Peres, who has veto power over top ambassadorial appointments, say he is opposed to having BenAharon serve in the highprofUe post. Peres vetoed Shamir's previous choice for the position, Ehud Ohnert, a Likud minister without portfolio in the Cabinet. Arad will likely continue to serve as ambassador to Washington, until the
Likud and Labor party leaders can reach agreement on a successor. Shamir and Peres also have been unable to reach agreement on an ambassador to the United Nations. Yohanan Bein has been serving as acting ambassador since Binyamin Netanyahu resigned in the spring of 1988. Part of the problem in that case is that there is disagreement within Likud, with Arens favoring former prisoner of conscience Natan Sharansky and Shamir backing an alternate, such as Ovadia Soffer, who is currently ambassador to Paris. NAMED PRESroENT NEW YORK (JTA) Arthur Rotman has been named president of the World Conference of Jewish Communal Workers, replacing Irving Kessler.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 NCJW Child Care Fair, 11 a.m. MONDAY, AUGUST 7 YES. 10 a.m.
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(ContiBBed from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) kick off the fair at 11 a.m. with a presentation "There are two ways of of a proclamation recog- dealing with anti-Seminizing August as "Oma- tism: one, stop being a ha Child Care Month." Jew; or two, do some"We know that Sun- thing about it," Mr. day is one of the few days Wolfson said. "Since that Mayor Morgan puts we're not going to stop aside his mayoral duties, being Jewish, we have to and we applaud his com- continue monitoring hate mitment to quality child and bigotry, and educate care for taking the time people about these isto attend out fair." sues. It's a never-ending The Child Care Fair battle." has also received support Mr. Wolfson said he from Omaha corporate strongly encourages the community, according to community to attend the Suzie Singer, who, has fundraiser, both for infor been responsible for the mational purposes and to fair's corporate under- support the ADL. writing. She reported He also announced that financial contribu- that two long-time suptions have been made by porters of the ADL will Mutual of Omaha, Union be honored at the recepPacific, US West and tion for their commitFirsTier Bank. ment to the agency, Acknowledging the fa- Omahan Sydney Osten vorable response she and Jhn Wolf, a national received from those cor- commissioner of the porations, she said, ADL, from Albion, Neb. "We're very grateful to A dinner inaugurating our corporate sponsors the "Nebraska 1000 for their general support Club" of ADL will be and for recognizing the held at 5:30 p.m., also at need for quality child the Marriott. care." While solicitations will Attendance at this be made during the reyear's fair is expected to ception, admission is exceed last year's total of free, Mr. Wolfson said. 600. Mrs. Delman, who He added that due to the indicated she is en- controversial nature of couraged by the antici- the guest speaker, strict pated turnout, said, "We security measures will be want to reach as many enforced at the Marriott; people as possible on accordingly, all people Sunday. This event is so wishing to attend must worthwhile, so needed, make a reservation by and I know that those Aug. 14 with the ADL/ people who attend will CRC office at 333-1303. leave with a vast amount Absolutely no one of practical knowledge without a reservation regarding child care in will be allowed into the this dty. This program reception, he said. shouldn't be missed."
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Eli Schupack was honored by the Jewish Community Center for his work with underprivileged and handicapped people. Mr. Schupack and his wife. Rose, visited Israel with an Omahasponsored United Jewish Appeal Mission and the entire family joined a 1973 University of Nebraska-Omaha tour to the Soviet Union. Mr. Schupack is survived by his wife. Rose; daughters, Rae (Mrs. Robwt) Nathan of New York, N.Y.. Jan of Ft. Lauderdale, and Kim of Washington, D.C.; son, Mark B. of Omaha; brothers, Norman of South Bend, Ind., and Aaron of Chicago; sister, Naomi Britan of Chicago; one granddaughter. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Sjrnagogue or a favorite charity.
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Services were held on July 31 at Beth Israel Synagogue for Eli I. Schupack, 68, who died of cancer. Rabbi Ben Zion Kaganoff of Chicago, and Cantor Leo Fettman officiated. Burial was at Golden Hill Cemetery. A World War II Air Force veteran, Mr. Schupack, an accountant, owned and operated Midlands Management Co. Prior to that Mr. Schupack operated several McDonald's restaurants in the Omaha area He was elected to McDonald's National Operators Advisory Board in 1976. Mr. Schupack expressed concern for the youth of the commimity and spoke about their need for a place to "hang out." He said he was proud that, in his business, he was able to employ ycuths. A member of Beth Israel Synagogue, Mr. Schupack served as a member of the board and synagogue treasurer. He also served on the board and the executive committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha and as its treasurer. In addition, Mr. Schupack served on the boards of the Friedel Academy and the Bureau of Jewish Education. In 1976, Mr. Schupack
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Palestinian triais wili be argued Former Omahan Tom Rubin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bus Rubin, formerly a consulting, partner of transportation for Deloitte Haskins and Sells in San Francisco, has been named chief financial controller of Southern California Rapid Transit District, located in Los Angeles. Mr. Rubin received his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska where he passed his C.P.A. He obtained his master's degree in financial management from Indiana University. Scott Frohm of CBS Realty has earned the designation of Homeowners Marketing Services Certified Referral Specialist. Mr. Frohm said he completed an intensive educational program to more thoroughly understand the needs of relocated families that are moving across the U.S., in addition to membership in the Homeowners Marketing Services referral program.
Ben Wiesman has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and the Chancellor's Council of the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Mr. Wiesman is president of Wiesman Development Corp. Rabbi Myer Kripke, rabbi emeritus of Beth El Synagogue, will teach "Introduction to the Old Testament" during the FaU semester at Creighton University. The class is one of 168 across the United States and Canada being underwritten by the Jewish Chatauqua Society this year.
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By Allison Kaplan NEW YORK (JTA) The issue of whether a suspected Palestinian terrorist can receive a fair trial in Israel has taken center stage in a federal court in Brooklyn. Mahmoud El-Abed Ahmad, a naturalized American citizen who was bom in the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been charged m Israel with taking part in an attack on an Egged bus in the West BaiJi in 1986, an attack which left the bus driver dead and a passenger wounded. The U.S. government has been seeking Ahmad's extradition to Israel for more than two years, to face a string of charges including murder. Ahmad has remained incarcerated in the Metropolitan Correction Center in Manhattan throughout his two-year legal fight against extradition. Former attorney general Ramsey Clark has been Ahmad's lawyer in the prolonged court battle. In his latest court petition, Clark stated that Ahmad's "chances of receiving even a modicum of due process within the Israeli judicial system are nonexistent," and that in Israel, Ahmad would "be faced with procedures and/or treatment that is antipathetic to a federal court's sense of decency." To support these claims, Clark has called expert witnesses to testify before U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, among them Lea Tsemel,
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SOCIETY OF SURVIVORS The Society held its annual picnic July 23—the weather was faultless. The picnic tables and chair» were set in the backyard of Carl and Rachel Rosenberg's home for the approximately 40 people who came. Gary and Cece Hill and Vivian Kiechel came from Lincob. Mrs. Kiechel put her home in Lincoln to our disposal to house the model for the memorial of the Survivors of the Holocaust. Hopefully, the model wiU find a permanent place at the JCC in Omaha. Mr. Hill brought his proposal for fundraising for the memorial and other projects for the Society.
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Farewell reception The Jewish Arts Council is having a farewell reception Monday, August 7, at 7:30 p.m., for Sara Juster, cultural arts director, who is resigning her position to attend law school at Creighton University. The reception, to be held at the JCC, is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. ^^•~-"• Moles-Gophers •
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Memorializing the 100 Back in my grammar school days, our teacher 6nce . asked the class to explain "There but for the grace of God go I". I remember answering the question to her satisfaction. That experience came back to me this week as 1 was editing a Jewish Telegraphic Agency story for our upcoming New Year's issue. The story is about a New Jersey man who took on the task of memorializing 100 Jews who were killed at the Struthof Concentration Camp in France. I had never heard of Struthof. Reading the story on the computer, I found the man's crusade particularly interesting because of the estimated 25,000 victims, only 100 were Jewish. And as I went on, the incomprehensible figure of SIX MILLION reduced to 100 became more manageable, more understandable. I was able to visualise th^, one hundred Jewish men, women and children standing naked, a short distance from a group of professors who were lunching in the adjacent restaurant. The 100 were waiting to enter the gas chamber. The professors were eating lunch. Shaken... I continued. Tears dripped to my cheeks. My vision blurred. The 100 had been specially selected to be gassed aiui dissected for anatomical exhibits in Nazi museums. I couldA't continue with the story. It*s been a fong time since 1 cried, but I was crying. My Vnsji tb^n was that those who have been telling me to forget the Holocaust should see this story. Perhaps then, they would understand. There, standing with those 100 Jews—but for the Grace of God—were I and you.
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An open letter to Jewish singles In speaking with someone recently, a startling and disturbing statistic on intermarriage came to light. In Omaha, the figure is a staggering 70 percent! Being an Omaha, girl myself, this deeply bothers me. In a time when freedom abounds, Jews are rapidly becoming an endangered species. Due to intermarriage and assimilation, we are rapidly and voluntarily killing ourselves faster and more efficiently than any of our enemies past or present ever could. It is crucial we reverse the trend if we are to exist as a people. I was also a single in Omaha. We all know we should marry Jewish bijt that i? easier said than done. Omaha is a small, spread out conununity. Once you've met everyone, that's it. And the few Jewish singles who are hiding—where do you find them? The problems and the excuses go on. Marrying a Jew is seldom an accident. It takes one very important decision on your part and making it a priority while still young. Once you have made this commitment, any problems that surface can be dealt with as they arise. It's possible with work, ingenuity and conviction. To do this may mean selecting a Jewish coUege or one in a city with a large Jewish population and active Jewish organizations. (Statistically,
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many meet their future spouses in college.) When looking for work, always stack the odds in your favor. Consider carefully the city you select—it may mean leaving Omaha, even temporarily. You say you're not dating seriously or marriage minded yet? Well, my friend, most people aren't either until they back into it. Plan ahead a little. That way you won't have to wiggle out of a dangerous situation or end up giving in to it. Never ever date anyone you could not or would not and should not marry. Someone very wise once told me that "not every date ends in marriage but every marriage began with a date." Put out the word to friends. Accept "blind" dates. It may mean going out with Aunt aide's friend's nephew. He could be a big diisappointment or he could be Mel Gibson with a bris and a yarmulka (Mel Gibstein?). It is a big mistake to underestimate the power of loneliness or the temptations that surround you out there. One too many Saturday nights where your only companions are a pint of Haagen Daz Chocolate-Chocolate Chip and the tube is enough to drive the strongest person into the arms of temptation. Most importantly, never give up. It ain't over till it's over! There
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The role of the Jewi«h Federation of Omaha ii to involve Jewi in meeting Jewish oommuaal need* locally, nationally and in Israel i Agencies of the Federation are: Community Relations, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Education, Jewish Press, Jewish Family Service, Library and Bureau ibr the Aging. Ike JewWi Pnee (U8» artSU) Ic poMWied «e«Uy en rrkkv far 120 rer Jtear U.a, 124 lerel(n. by UM JewUh FwhraUearfOeialHi, 333 SeuUi USna Street, <NMhe,Nii«JM. 8e<ea4cliaiMiU«iRal4e(OnMte, Nl, fOtIUMnBiSeadMUrMedMi^eioTlMJe«WiPN«,SS9 Seirtk taSMWreel, Oulw, NB 4S1M, Tehrheo* «»»4-81N0. -..«,-'_ f..»>iA'.j*^£«6u;^ri:st.'i
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to search elsewhere to find just what I needed. It still wasn't easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. The tears in my father's eyes, the joy on my mother's face as they walked me toward my handsome "chosson" (groom) who awaited me under the chuppah, confirmed everything I had always known was important. With God's help you'll do it tool Mbdy (Weiner) Weinstein
Foreign lUinistry statement JERUSALEM (JTA) - Following is the full text of a statement issued Tuesday by Israel's Fo^ eign Ministry: • 1. Israel fully shares the concern of President Bush, the United States Congress and the American people, and expresses its shock and horror regarding the information reaching us from Beirut. 2. In our ongoing struggle against terrorism, we have found the Hezbollah to be a most bloody, deceitful and extremist terror organization. So far, they have killed about 300 Americans, more than 70 Frenchmen and dozens of Israelis. If it were not for the vigilance of the Israeli Defense Force, which has repeatedly thwarted their terrorist inciursions, many more innocent lives would have been lost. v 3. For the past three years, Shiite factions have been holding three Israeli servicemen prisoner, while the fate of another three is still unknown. All of Israel's attempts to obtain their freedom though peaceful means have been rejected. 4. It is in this context that Israel apprehended Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid, who directed, planned and actively participated in a number of terrorist operations, including the abduction of CoL Higgins. 5. Israel fully and wholeheartedly welcomes the call voiced by President Bush to bring about a reversal of the cycle of violence. It is in that spirit that Defense Minister Rabin pubUdy propo>sed yesterday to exchange all hostages of all nationalities for Shiites held by Israel. This offer stands. 6. We are engaged in a bitter struggle against terrorism. Innocent American and European lives have been lost through terrorist acts which were unrelated in any way to prior Israeli actions. We are deeply concerned about the Uves of all of the hostages in Lebanon, and strongly urge their, immediate release. 7. The democratic world must stand united in our common struggle against terrorism, for if we fail in this, we would grant the terrorists an easy victory and invite upon ourselves many more innocent victims.
Boy to boy visit cheers survivors By Morris Maline "We talked about baseball, we pUyed board games, and they asked about my family, they were just like any normal kids." This is how Brian A. Siff, 10, son of Judy and Barry Siff, described his visit to the two Jewish boys hospitalized in Sioux City as a result of the airplaDe crash. Brian said he accepted the in^tation of Rabbi Mend«l Katzman to visit the youngsters because he wanted to help them if he couki Rabbi Katzman had viaited the hospital earlier and returned last weak for a second visit. "We arrived «^ the ho»pital late Tuesday after noon and from about 5-7 p.m., I viaited Jonitkan
Brian Siff Berger, the son of the Florida; rabbi, and the boy next door with the Hebrew najotte... 1 think his father also was a rabbi." According to Brian, Jonathan didn't speak about the death of his parents, nor talk much about the or«sh. "\ had brought soolw
baseball cards and a Monopoly set and we talked and played games. I also had a tuna Eah sandwich with me so when they served dinner, I kept Jonathan oomsaoy." Brian ssid tkat he alternated spending time with Jonathan and the boy who had been traveling alone, Jonathan's sister waa on the critical list and visiting was not alk>wed. "Rabbi Katzman abo talked with tha chiUteo, sort of being a father to them, and then he went to talk with some of the other people in the hospital" Brian said that bsfors he arrived, one ofw pitots confined to a wbaelr chair visited the boys and gave then T-shJbrts
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ByTarol Katzman Editor's Note: Carol Katzman, a member of the Jewiab A«M Board of Directors, is writing a series of articles about her family's visit to Israel. The first instaUment follows. Planeloads of tourists by the thousands arrive every w«ek at Ben Gut^ ion AiliMrt in Israel. m Some come on United i Jewish Appeal missions, : such as the two being sponsored by our own Jewish Federation in October of this year and January, 1990. Some come on organized tours through organizations such as NCJW, Hadassah, ORT and B'nai B'rith. Others come to volunteer, to attend school or to work on a kibbutz. Our family is going to Israel to live. Not forever (at least, not on this trip), just for a month. We're renting an apartment in Jerusalem for the month of August. For us, with four cluldren, ages 16 months to 11 Vt years, staying in an apartment was the most convenient, most practical and, in the long run, the least expensive option, if we wanted to see Israel as a family. Rental ads appear every Friday in the Inter national Edition of the Jerusalem Post, availa: ble in the Jewish Federation Library. But we had the name of the "maven" of rental agents, from friends in Miami who had made this kind of trip the year before. Her name is Hadassa Plant and she's an Amer ican who made ahyah to Israel When we first spoke to her last February, we learned of two connections as we pli^yed Jewish geography. The first was that her
late husband was from Sioux City and was a founder of Camp Herzll The second was that her brother, Yossi Yonich, teaches Israeli dancing in Miami and I had attended some of his workshops years ago! Hadassa can be contacted at Hehov Hovevei Zion, 15, Jerusalem, Israel, phone 011-9722667883. Keep in mind that Israel is eight hours ahead of Omaha's Central Daylight Time! It was no easy feat Carol KatnntB finding an apartment owner willing to rent a Israel this spring. They three-bedroom, two-bath were kind enough to walk apartment to a family by our apartment and with four young children. brought us back a picBut, Hadassa found one. ture and a description of Our home-away-from- the street. home for the next 4Vi Located in the German weeks is located on Re- Colony (founded in the hov Hamelitz, 6/1, in Je- 1880'8 by German Chrisrusalem. It's three tians, the Knights of the houses from Rehov Templar), this residential Bmeq Refaim, Jerusa- section is only a 25lem's "second" down- minute walk from the town. Jaffa Gate and the Old There are lots of City. restaurants, grocery You can expect to pay stores, vegetable and about $1,000 for a twofruit markets, a Laundro- bedroom, one-bath apartmat, movie theater and ment, plus gas, water, even a health food res- electricity and phone taurant nearby. My chil- (about another $200) and dren are thrilled that we a 10% commission to the don't have to schlepp oat rental agent. For an averbran to Israel! age family of four, that Down tl^ street, in the works out to $42 a day, other direction, ia^ far less than you'd pay school with a playground~' for two hotel rooms in Isand the Natural History rael during high season! Museum. Several buses In addition, there's the travel on Bmeq Refaim, added convenience of benortheast to the Okl City ing able to cook your own and west towards the Is- meals, avoid high-priced rael Museum. hotel breakfasts and be a Our apartment isl fur part of the neighborhood nished with six beds and during your visit to Isa crib, a washing ma- rael. chine (but no dryer) and Traveling to and from even a dishwasher. Larry Israel isn't comphcated Raful's parents (he's the eitlter. Omahans have a Dean of the Creighton choice of several airlines Law School who moved with international confrom California to Oma- nections, such as TWA ha last summer with his or El AL We chose El AL wife, Dinah, and their for several reasons: we three daughters) were in felt it was a part of the
first experience of traveling to Israel, they offered a tremendous family discount (and with four children that proved to be a real savings) and, probably most important. El Al's security is the most stringent of all the airlines. El AI expects you to arrive two hours prior to flight time in order to hand sesKh or X-ray every piece of luggage! Once we arrive at Ben Gurion airport, we'll be met by a mini-van ar ranged for in advance by American friends now in Israel. Sara Juster, director of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, gave us the necessary telephone tokens with which we can call Hadassa Plaut to inform her when to meet us at the apartment with the key. The only item we have not booked in advance is the rental car. Because we have four children, we can't fit our whole family into the standard Israeli sedan! That means we have to rent a mini-bus or station wagon and the prices quoted by firms such as Avis, Budget and even Israel's biggest agency, Eldan, have been extremely high, $600 to $750 a week. So, we'll wait until we arrive in Jerusalem to shop around at the smaller, local car rental agencies to "negotiate" a better deal. Tourists are allowed to bring in two pieces of hig^ gage, not exceeding 62" combined width, height and length, and we're bringing the maximum! Because many items have to be imported into Israel, they're very ex-
pensive. We've packed up disposable diapers (hidf the price of the Israeli brand ^'Titulim"), over-thecounter medications, paper plates, cups and napkins, plastic bags and tin foil, fflm, batteries, insect repellent and sun screen, just to name a few! We're also bringing some of the kid's favorite foods, like peanut butter, tuna, Cheerios and puffed wheat, though we promised Marlen Frost of the JCC's Early Childhood Department and Jody Goldstein of the Friedel Hebrew Academy that we'd bring back empty boxes of Israeli cornflakes, milk cartons and cookies for their school "stores!" We're also bringing lots of phone numbers from good friends here, and staff members of NCJW, the Jewish Federation and the Omaha JCC have ananged visits for us at the NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education, the
Jewish Agency and the JCC of JerusalemI Books like "Kids Love Israel, Israel Loves Kids," and Off The Beaten Track," now have well worn pages from being read and re-read. Also on our list were the Berlitz guide to Hebrew, the Bazak Guide to Israel, lots of maps and recent issues of the Jerusalem Post and the weekly tourist magazine. This Week in Jerusalem. The bags are packed: five suitcases, two boxes, two duffel bags, and two strollers! Next week, courtesy of Murray Newman's friend, Murrel Cohn, and today's technology, I'll fax an article about the trip over, our arrival in Israel, our first week settling into our apartment and exploring Jerusalem. L'hitraot!
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Lincoln Tifereth Israel FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Torah Study wi'th the Rabbi, 5 p.m. TISHA B'AV Wednesday, August 9,8 p.m.; Thursday, August 10, 7 a.m.
Biuml(in 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 fcillows the service;
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel FRIDAY: Services are held the first and third Friday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
Temple Israel FRIDAY: Services at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and Cantor Harold I. Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Brooks will speak on "symbols and realities—is the American flag 'sacred?'" SATURDAY: Services at 11:15 a.m. Simcah B'Shabbat. The Congregation, together with Cantor Firestone, will study the Torah portion for the week. SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service for Shabbat Evening Services continues through the summer months. As always, there are no facilities for infants. FOOD FOR THOUGHT The last summer session of "Food for Thought" will be held Tuesday, August 8, 11:30 a.m.-l p.m., at Temple Israel. We provide the drinks—you bring a sack lunch. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel will lead the discussion. Please phone the office, 556-6536, to make your reservation.
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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. Mincha, 8:15 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 8:15 p.m. TISHA B'AV The ninth of Av is a fasting day which falls on Thursday, August 10. This fast day, which begins the evening before, Wednesday, August 9, commemorates the destruction of the first and second temples. At the Wednesday evening service, which will be led by Mr. Aron Zeiderman, the Book of Lamentations will be read. The morning service will begin at 6:30 a.m., and the Mincha service on Thursday will be held at 1 p.m.
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 Mary Fellman. Kiddush will follow services and will be given by Dr. and Mrs. Ron Cooper in celebration of their 20th wedding anniversary. Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Evening services at 8:30 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.
Wreck discovered off Israeli coast By Hugh Orgel (Copyright 1969. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) TEL AVIV - Haifa (Joiveraitv marine archaeologista believe they may have uncovered the first Phoenician ship ever found. The well-preaerved remains of a wtxiden crait esied to be 2.500 years I lies in less than 6 le«t of water about 230 feet from the bwich at Kibbutz Ma aMichael south of Haifa 'as accidentally diacovered by a kibbutx nMinber four years »ga But excavawork was (Wtayad two jTMrt for lack o( funds. Aa unclerwatwlaMD from (tte university* Cfot«r for MahtioM StudiHi ha* just its second *M*OD of ait* work. uixWr the rsction of Dr. Elisha TW nauMM •MMlttwill b« r«Mov«d i« l•^ B Iki ssahML Tks
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Tourists warned By HawktU Boaa AMSTERDAM (JTA) - The Dutch Forei^ Ministry has issued a wanting to travel agencies organizing tours to larael airing that due to the intifada. Dutch tourists ahould not viaik the admiaiatand tarritoriea or Eaat Jeruaaleia llie warning foibwad a cautionary notica by the Dutch BmtMtaqr in Tti Aviv, which aUtad that Dutch touriata eould be •afa onty iBaida|ira-1967 larMil bordank Tha waraisf aug•aalad that touriata who dacidatoviaitEaatJwu•aim ahouU not do ao •ftar auaaat or by tbamaalvaa, addinc that oat Fndi^ya touriaU ahould firat anquin with tha touriak potioe near Jaffa Gate aboot tha altudttai oaUtotd^y. Jaruaalaaa Mayor TMMy Kolik baa |*o> (Mlad tha iMt Jwua*laa varmiag. aayiag Ihm haa act baaa a aotkahW iacraaa* ia
Paraahat Devarim, Shabbat Hazon What I learned from an atheist Had it not been for his For all of my adult life recent death, I probably there has remained a tenwould not have thought sion in my thinking, a of Sidney Hook as I pon- tension between absodered over a verse in our lutes of ethics, on the one Sidrah, But Sidney hand, and variables and Hook's death was of realities on the other. more than passing inI always regretted terest to me. He was, of Hood's atheism. I course, an eminent— thought that if he, and indeed, a preeminent- for that matter his menAmerican philosopher, tor Morris Raphael Coand, more than that, an hen, could have underintellectual activist in stood Judaism better, American politics, a rare their philosophical syscombination. tems would not have had He was my teacher, to reject Judaism but my first teacher of phi- would have been losophy. He urged me to strengthened by it. And go on to a doctorate in they, of course, would philosophy and an aca- have strengthened Judemic career. Many daism. years later, he told my But I learned from son Saul, already then a Hook the lesson of pragdistinguished philoso- matic thinking. Abso-. pher, that he had urged lutes must be stated only someone with the same with great wariness; and name, Kripke, to go on in realities must never be philos6phy, but that dismissed. that... fool insisted on It remained for me to going into the rabbmate! have this outlook Saul had to admit that he strengthened from the knew that... fool rather teacher who meant most well. to roe, Mordecai M. KapThe verse I speak of is lan, also a disciple John simple enough—that Mo- Dewey. His thinking was ses took it upon himself certainly a great deal to explain Torah to the more than Jewish pragassembly about to cross matism, l>ut it embodied the Jordan into the Holy it. Land. The new JPS His thought was so cotranslation has it that he gent that both those who imdertook to "explain followed him and those this Teaching." Ibn Ezra who rejected his main interprets the verae to theses were heavily inmean that Moses fluenced by him. wanted, as a faithful And I cherished the measenger, to give the private thought (fannew generation at least a tasy?) that had Kaplaverbal experience of the nian thinking been on the events in the livee of scene a generation earlitheir fathera, including er, both Morris Raphael the Teo Conunandnwnta. Cohen and Sidney Hook Now tiie concept of To- aa well aa their diadples, rah and the text of the coukl have been saved Ten Commandmenta im- for Judaism. ply an absohitiam in their NAMED EDITOR approach to life, ethics, CALABASAS, CaUf law, and the rules of hutJTA) - Robert Blei man conduct. An abweiss has bean named aohitiam. editor of the Jewish SUaey Hook, to tha Spactator. He aucoaads contrary, aa a pragthelatoDr.TrudeWaiasmatist, i^diadple of Johi Roamarin, founder ol the Daw*y. Ha tnaiatad that joumaL any idaa had to b« EXECUTIVE weighed and nwaaurad DISBCTOR agaiaat the aituation in NEW YORK UTA)tockltf, tad ^daat iu T^>fff|^fTP'f mi iM^ttifi Edward Aleoaaar haa raalitiaa.QBtyttHiacaukl baa« aanad exacutiva an hka ba vahwd and diractflr of the Amarican •valuaia. Abaolutiam Asaodataa of Ban-Gur could BOt ba coua- ion Univaraity of the Nagfv. itaaitfnuati uawM iSnoal»M
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By Ozzie Nogg
Next Wednesday night and Thursday is 9 Av— pened) on the dreaded date: (Who wrote Lamentations? Many scholars still give Tisha B'Av—the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. the nod to Jeremiah, and since his birthday is—you The day the rabbis called "a day set for misfortune." ' * 136 C.E. The fall of Bethar ends the Bar Kochba guessed it—9 Av, he seems an appropriate choice.) The Midrash says that God, from the beginning, rebellion. A special feature on the morning of Tisha B'Av is * 136 C J). Jerusalem is plowed under and a heathen the reading of Kinoth—a collection of dirges written had marked Tisha B'Av as the day of grief because of The-Spies-in-the-Desert episode. You remember. city built on its site. by poets of the Middle Ages. Inspired by the Cru* 1244: Torahs and sacred books are burned in sades and Inquisition, the poems describe the longWe're In the wilderness. Moses sends spies to Canaan. They return (on 9 Av, when else?) and the France. ing of the Jew to return to Zion. (By the way, taUk * 1290: The Jews are turned out of England. majority reports that the land can't be conquered and tefillin are not worn on the morning of Tisha * 1492: The Jews are forced out of Spidn. because its people are giants. So the Israelites rebel B'Av, but are worn at the afternoon service. TopsyAnd so, Tisha B'Av becomes known as The Black turvy, but true.) and cry; "Better we should have stayed in Egypt," which makes God really mad. "You weep now with- Fast—a symbol of all the persecutions endured by After Tisha B'Av comes the anticipation of comout cause," He says. "But surely you will have good Israel. The day of tears predicted way back in the fort and consolation, reflected in the rabbinic name reason to weep on this day.'' And God then condemns for the month itself-Menachem Av-"He who com• FASTING & MOURNING CUSTOMS • the people to die in the desert without seeing the forts Av." And on the Saturday after Tisha B'Av Like Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av is is a major fast (Shabbat Nachamu-the Sabbath of Comfort), when Promised Land (because of their cowardice, ingratitude and lack of trust), and ordains the destruction observed from sunset to sunset. The ancient rabbis we read the haftarah from Isaiah that begins, "Comof the Temple in some future year on Tisha B'Av. said, "When Av comes in, all merriment goes out," fort ye, my people," the mood is truly changed from and they meant it. The meal on the eve of Tisha B'Av despair to hope. (Shabbat Nachamu was a really a Past forward. It's 9 Av, 586 B.C.E., and (just as predicted) Solo- is modest—hard-boiled eggs and noodles (some sprin- festive time in the shtetl, and many were the happy mon's Temple is taken by the Babylonians. The Jews kle ashes on the food), and the very pious sleep on bride and groom tied the knot on that weekend.) are sent into exile and "Tisha B'Av becomes a day of the floor with a stone for a pillow. On Tisha B'Av, tears. Years later, Cyrus lets the Jews return to Jeru- as on Yom Kij;)pur, you can't eat, drink, bathe, wear • OTHER CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES • salem, allows them to rebuild the Temple, and the perfume or leather shoes or engage in any kind of Tradition says that the Messiah was (or will be) pfophet Zechariah suggests that now, "These fast physical pleasure. (ANY mind ...) It's also cus- bom on 9 Av. For this reason, women (especially in days should now be turned into feast days and days tomary to abstain from work, since on this unlucky Oriental communities) give their houses a good of joy? and — being quite the persuasive prophet, day your labors will undoubtedly turn to dross, any- sweeping-out on the afternoon of Tisha B'Av and get Zechariah — the Fast of 9 Av is thereupon discon- way, so why bother. all farpufez. After aU, when the Messiah comes a baleUnique to Tisha B'Av is the ban against Torah bosteh must be ready to greet him properly. tinued for centuries (or so it is generally believed). • * * But then comes another calamitous 9 Av, this one study (a joyous activity) except for the reading of in 70 C.E. The Romans destroyed the 2nd Temple, Lamentations, Job and certain chapters from JereBut Av is not only mourning and fasting. force Israel back into exile, and Tisha B'Av becomes, miah. It is also Tu B'Av—15 Av—an ancient festival Another old Tisha B'Av custom is cemetery visits, (almost totally ignored today) that originally marked once again, a day of mourning and fasting. (At this point, please resist the urge to cite histor- which probably stems from Jeremiah's trip to the the end of the wood-chopping season. Apparently this ical evidence that proves the 2nd Temple really graves of the Patriarchs in hopes they could convince work-stoppage gave the young men of Israel time to burned down on the 10th. Let's go along with tradi- God to let the Israelites enter the Promised Land. go hunting for wives, and—ever helpful—the maidens According to legend, all the great men of the past of Jerusalem (according to the Talmud) dressed themtion and agree both Temples were sacked on Tisha rise from their graves on Tisha B'Av to mourn the selves in white on 15 Av and went to the vineyards, B'Av. It makes a much better story that way.) The gloom of Tisha B'Av is compounded by addi- lost glory of Israel, and in Polish villages little boys singing and dancing, and the young men followed tional tragedies that happened (ox supposedly hap- left wooden swords on the graves to the dead, when after them. Result? they arose, could give Israel's enemies a good zetz. Tu B'Av became a festival of matrimony, creating (Kids understand these things.) new generations ready to sustain Jewish life. (The DIRTY AIR DUCTS CAN MAKE VOU SICK!!! • SYNAGOGUE CUSTOMS 15th of Av was also the day of forgiveness to the flifjlhe Clejnei Healiny Inaou^ An AND OBSERVANCE • Generation-in-the-Wildemess for the sins of the V ,• .'.:• Remove Dusi • Geims • Bacleiia • Spoies On Tisha B'Av, the lights in the synagogue are Simpson Power-Vac QilJ, dinuned, the ark and Torahs draped in black and the spies.) Now, if Tisha B'Av is gloom and destruction, then 5/1 D62t) congregation sits on low benches or on the floor in Tu B'Av is the antidote—a time of joy and new begintheir stockinged feet. Words of greeting are dis- nings. So, on August 16 (Tu B'Av this year), do what couraged, but if someone says "hello" you may re- Michael Strassfeld suggests in his book. The Jewish spond, out of courtesy. Excellent Quality Construction HoUdaya. Have a good time. Go on a picnic or a hike NlllOINTIAl AND COHHICICIAL In the evening, the Book of Lamentations (Echah) in the woods. Lie in the sun—swim—go courting. Reis chanted. This powerfully written little book discover love. laments on the k>ss of the Temple, the desolation of Rediscover the month of Av—and the truth in the Jerusalem and the suffering of the Jewish people. adage that out of sorrow can ccme joy! Dennis A. Turnbull CONT«*CTOII
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Prayer by fax By Beimam Dayanim NEW YORK (JTA) - Kolel America's 9-year-old prayer hotline has gone hi-tech. The 24-hour hotline has obtained a toll-free number, 1-800-546-PRAY, and an ability to send by facsimile machine prayers to be deposited at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, holiest site in Judaism. "Most of what we get is medical emergencies," Rabbi Chayim Levin, director of the hotline, said of the prayers sent by fax. However, he added that callers elso frequently request "a shidduch," or a romantic match with a compatible single, and sometimes seek help for their "business pursuits, before a big deal goes down." Levin said that among the "easily 150 to 200" callers every week are Jews of all affiliations and beliefs. The hotline service is available free of charge, as it is funded by Kolel America, a division of the Rabbi Meir Baal Haness charity in Israel.
Greenberg remembered The late Sam Greenberg was remembered July 30 when the Henry Doorly Zoo gift shop was dedicated by Omaha and zoo officials. Mr. Greenberg, who died at age 79 in November from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, had served on the Omaha Zoolological Society's board of directors for almost 26 years. A plaque on the shop's outside wall commemorates Mr. Greenberg's work with the zoo. In addition to Mr. Greenberg's widow, Mil-
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Norm W. told us Nate Schneider, Harry Spiegel (start walking, Harry) are hospitalized. Eli Schupack, who was hospitalized at the time of the meeting, passed away July 28. Our speaker was Rabbi Mendel Katzman, the Lubavitcher leader in Omaha. The rabbi has served in South Africa, South America and Europe. He served us with humor and told us of his service this past week in Sioux City, visiting the victinos of the airline disaster of last week. The name, Lubavitcher, is from the Russian city of Lubavitch, brotherly love is what it means; Chabad, wisdom and understanding and knowledge. Acquaint with our source. Our origins. He equated the street lamplighter with the need to go out and light our Neshama. He praised America's freedom of religion, and there were questions and answers.
By Hugh Qrgel TEL AVIV (JTA) Senior Israeli officials are charging that Israel made a serious error when it publicly acknowledged its responsibility for the capture of Shiite leader Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid and his two aides. Israeli newspapers quoted unnamed government officials as saying that the public announcement that Israel was behind Obeid's abduction may have been both responsible for escalating the situation and the cause of any damage to U.S.-Israeli relations that grows out of the affair. Though they did not
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By Joe Boio The YES group met as usual at the JCC on July 24. The attendance was good, the meal was tasty, the mood was excellent. Rabbi Schwab, his wife, Aviva, and their two children were the guests of Faimie Chunovic, who is their grandmother and great-grandmother. The rabbi and his family live in Middletown, N.Y. Bemice Larsen spoke was a graduate student in Jewish studies at on safety from crime; McGill University in how we could protect Montreal. He came up ourselves against simple with the idea of estab- attacks, mugging, atlishing a center for Yid- tacks on roads, streets, dish literature when he homes, etc.; how to use encountered trouble find- our common sense to ing Yiddish books he make crimes oh single people difficult. It was a needed for study. "People thought Yid- good, instructive meetdish was a dead language ing. The best protection, back then," said Lansky, "and books were being she said, is not to prodestroyed," either in voke the possibility of moldy attics, ritual bu- crime, because opporturials or paper shredders. What began as an attempt to save books has become a vibrant center for Yiddish culture. The center is supported by over 10,000 sponsors, with a budget of 1600,000. Fre«t Party Room
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m©\w© nity makes the criminal. Milly Vine and Dick and Billie Spiegal were all welcomed back. On July 27, the YES group met again at Beth El. Doc Margolin showed slides of the Chicago YES trip. It was interesting and enjoyable. The absence of Mollie Delman was regrettable and even more the reason for her absence.
To the Editor. The Bureau of Jewish Education is in dire need of a teacher for our special needs program. This service provides help to children in the Temple Israel Religious School and the United Tahnud Torah of Omaha who have difficulty learning. This program has been in existence since 1981 and has been well-received by the schools and the children who have benefited from it. This year, the Jewish Federation of Omaha helped the Bureau of Jewish Education to obtain permanent funding for the program through the generosity of the Philip and Terry Schrager Foundation. The Federation, the participating schools and the Schrager Foundation will all contribute to the cost of the program. With the funding in place and students who require this specialized assistance, it is imperative that we staff the program. We are looking for applicants who possess SPED Certification and have a Jewish background. If you have these qualifications or you know of someone who is so qualified and is looking for parttime work, please contact Susan A. Drazen, Executive Director, Bureau of Jewish Education, 334-8200, or Phyllis Brown, chairman of the Special Needs Committee, 592-9487, as soon as possible. Marge Riekes, President Bureau of Jewish Education ASPHALT MAINTENANCE INC PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • • • m.
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Judge taps Jewish institution to de-program computer haclcer By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, will serve part of his sentence undergoing counseling through Bet T'Shuvah, or house of repentance, a unique facility which specializes in treating Jewish ex-prisoners addicted to alcohol, drugs or gambling. The idea underlying the unusual sentence is that hackers— computer buffs who use their personal computers to illegally break into business or government computer systems—suffer from the same compulsive behavior as persons addicted to more traditional vices. "Mr. Mitnick has an impulsive disorder and hacking gives him a sense of self-esteem he doesn't get in the real world," explained Harriet Rossetto, director of Bet T'Shuvah at Gateway Hospital, who suggested her treatment program to U.S. District Judge Marianna Pfaelzer. "This is a new and growing addiction," Pfaelzer sentenced Mitnick to one year in a federal prison, minus seven months already spent in custody, followed by six months in the rehabilitation program. Her decision followed a guilty plea by Mitnick to one count each of computer fraud and possessing unauthorized longdistance telephone codes. The judge said that she had originally planned to assign Mitnick specifically to Bet T'Shuvah for
his rehabilitation phase, but because of an administrative technicality, she directed him instead to the Community Treatment Centre, an allied program at the same Gateway Hospital. However, Mitnick's counseling will be conducted through Bet T'Shuvah, according to a Gateway official, and the case has helped draw considerable attention to the unusual treatment facility. "Bet T'Shuvah is the only half-way house specifically for discharged Jewish prisoners," Rossetto, a clinical social worker, said in a telephone interyiew. Treatment for acfdicts at the 20-bed facility uses a "psycho-spiritual approach," in which the group therapy common to such organizations as Alcoholics Anonymous is combined with Jewish teachings on ethics and repentance. The interweaving of these two strands, complemented by individual therapy, is unique in the United States, Rossetto said. Last year it was studied by Avraham Hoffman, director of Israel's prisoner rehabilitation program. Bet T'Shuvah was founded two years ago and grew out of the Jewish Committee for Personal Service, which has conducted outreach programs to Jews in jails and prisons for 60 years. Bet T'Shuvah receives some support from the United Jewish Fund, but the bulk of its funding
comes from the United Way. Mitnick, now 25, became "addicted" when he took his first computer course at age 13, and four years later was arrested as a juvenile for stealing manuals from the computer center of a phone company. In the present case, he pleaded guilty to using his expertise to tap into the internal computer system of the Digital Equipment Corp., the world's largest maker of network computers. According to a government witness, Mitnick cracked a security software program that had been developed by the coinpany at a cost of $1 million. When first apprehended, his prowess was considered such thatprison guards monitored his phone calls to prevent him from accessing com-
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By Tamar Levy GENpVA (JTA)-Israeli officials here expressed disappointment with the adoption of two anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Economic and Social CouncU. The adoption of the two measures had been anticipated, but the margin of defeat came as a bitter surprise. Only the United States opposed the measures, both of which passed by a vote of 48-1. Support for the measures by European nations, including Britain, Germany and France, particularly disappointed the Israelis, who hold observer status at the council. Avraham Milo, Israel's deputy representative to the United Nations European headquarters here, said the Israelis did their best to dissuade the Europeans from voting for the resolutions. One measure express-
ed concern over Israeli trade practices in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, as outlined in a report issued by U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar. It also asked the secretary-geaeral to prepare a comprehensive report on Israeli land and water policies in the administered territories and to submit the report to the 45th U.N. General Assembly, which convenes in New York this fall. In a second resolution, the council called on the international community, the U.N. system, and the intergoverimiental and non-governmental organizations to increase assistance to the Palestinian people "in close cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization." It also called for Israel to lift certain restrictions, which it said hinder the implementation of U.N. assistance projects.
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Remember when that character from movies and television used to say "What a revoltin' development this is!"... ? You know the one I mean, even if I can't think of his name. Never mind, let me tell you what made me think of it. I walked into the Presis office, exchanged the usual greetings and amenities and then checked my mailbox. Vben was a message from my editor stating that future issues of the paper would carry my column in larger type to acconmiodate our readers. Fine, I'm all for that. That was the good news. The bad news went on to say, "because of this, you'll be asked to shorten your copy." That's when I remembered that guy who said, "What a revoltin' development ..." I very often have a hard time keeping my cohmm to a reasonable length as it is, never mind making it any shorter. And furthermore, how often are there long, boring pieces picked up from this wire service or that, which are greater in length than mine? And who complains to the people who write them? Well, I boorchyed a little bit, then I suddenly decided it shouldn't really be up to us, here in the office. Maybe it was fair to let my readers decide whether or not we ought to cut the copy. Oh yeah, I abnost forgot. I suggested we take off my picture, shorten the heading and use the extra space that gives us. The answer was, "No, we have to keep your photo so everybody will know you're a she, since the name Bert could imply a he. I took issue with that because I hcmestly believe if you read me, you know me. If you know me, you know I'm a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and sister. The point is. you don't need a photo to establish my identity. Anyway, I dcm't I think you do and said as much to my editor. In fact, I don't remember, but I probably shot my mouth off and said something about never having complaints that the print was too small, etc. Anyway, one thing led to another and it was decided to leave it to you. So what do you think? Larger print and shorter columns or should we just leave well enough alone? I'll wait to hear what you have to say before any more argument.
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By Elena Neoman NEW YORK (JTA) After years of legal controversy, legislation was approved by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo that will establish a separate school district for a Hasidic community in upstate Orange County. The community has refused to send its disabled children to pubhc schools in the area. The bill was approved despite contention from the American Jewish Congress and the State Board of Education that such a facility would violate the Constitution's establishment clause preecribing separation between church and state. "Thd bill is. on its face, constitutional," stated the governor's office. "It is a practical solution to what has been, so far. an
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