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Temple Israel offers position clarification Editor's Note: Temple Israel was mentioned in last week's story about the Esther and Dan Gordman gift to establish a new education wing on the Jewish Commnnlty Center campus. The following letter from Temple Israel President James Farber is intended to clarify Temple's position on this proposal. I congratulate the Federation and the Bureau of Jewish Education for achieving this milestone in creation of a Center for Jewish Education, and Esther and Dan Gordman and their family for the extraordinary gift initiating the project. An impression was left in a statement in the last paragraph of the announcement story that needs clari^cation. It states: "Discussions are continuing with the boards of Temple Israel and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society concerning their participation in the new shared educational facility." In the early days of this undertaking. Temple Israel made it known that space needs for religious education of our students is not a problem for us and we advocate religious school education at the Temple to encourage a strong physical and spiritual connection with Temple Israel during the formative years. However, because of its commimitywide impact, we felt a closer look at the proposal was warranted. In late 1988, Dr. Larry Roffman chaired a committee to explore the issues. On March 8,1989, Jay Lemer, chairman of the Planning and Evaluation Committee and vice president of the Federation, was invited to attend Temple's regular monthly board meeting. He discussed the Federation's reasons for studying the concept of a Community Education Facility. After his presentation, Dr. Hoffman's conunittee report was given and the following motion was approved by the board: "... Temple Israel shall be an integral part of ^planning, formulation and supervision of policy, and the administration of any community education building built by the Jewish Federation of Omaha..." The motion went on to say that Temple is will'ing to explore cooperative ventures but has no plans, as an institution, to be financially involved. President Mel Epstein subsequently communicated this policy statement to the Bureau of Jewish Education and to the consultant conducting the Needs Asessment Study. Our pcdicy has been in place as stated above. The article implies hesitation on our part to endorse this concept. That is not the case. For 117 years, Templa Israel has been a responsible participant in community-wide affairs and will continue to be so in the future. James A. Farber, president Temple Israel

i Former Omahan to speak at Temple Rabbi R^ Perimeter faith and heaHh conrill be the pulpit guest cerns, a Temple spokespeaker at Temple Israel nian said, and he is an acD Sept. 8. tive participant in these A former Omahan, areas m his community. ,abbi Perhneter, is a Phi Temple invites the eta Kappa graduate of Hnceton University and community to attend the graduate of the Hebrew 8:16 service and hear fnion College^Iewish In- Rabbi Perhnetar. Rabbi Perlmetar and dtute of Religion. He is le rabbi at Temple Is- his wife, Rabbi Rachel Hertznuu^ reside in Mitel of Greater Miami. Rabbi Perimeter's spe- ami Beach with their ll interests are inter- daughter, Jacqueline.

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Gordman, Newman, Cooper, Goldstein to lead 1990 Federation Campaign

Murray H. Newman By Joanie Jacobson Federation public relations director Leadership for the 1990 UJA/Federation Campaign, the major fundraising effort by the Jewish Federation of Omaha to benefit the entire Jewish community, was officially aimounced by Saranne Gitnick, Federation president. Robert Gordman and Murray Hi Newman have l)een named chairmen of the Men's Division. Cheryl Cooper and Ann Goldstein will lead the Women's Division. "This is not the Federation's campaign," said Mr. Gordman, "it's the Jewish community's campaign. Unfortunately, this is the year our community will have to come face-to-face with a financial crunch that we have allowed to exist for a number of years. "The lack of sufficient campaign dollars has been shrouded by the use of reserve funds and a modification in allocations, both of which no longer can continue to be our policy if ws kre to remain a viable Jewish community in this country. Simply, we no longer can afford the level of Jewish services and programs we have provided ourselves in the past. "In light of the problem, we will make an extraordinary effort to connect the campaign to the good that it does," he continued. "We'll introduce people it helps and shovcaae some of the benefits we receive as a community and as individuals." Mr. Newman 'explainad, "We've been putting off the inevitable. There are no more free rides, no more idle threats. Ws have to

Robert Gordman make it our business to understand what the Federation campaign m^ans to this community and accept full responsibility for our welfare and our future. "The question for 1990 is, 'If Not You, WHO?' Who will provide for us if we don't provide for ourselves?" "We hope to generate conversation," said Mrs. Goldstein. "We want people to clearly understand the problem, talk about it, and be part of the solution. We want them to visit Israel, hear Jewish leaders of other communities and see the bigger picture of where we stand. "Every year, we come back with new ideas from the UJA Midwest Leadership Conference," she continued. "Last year, we implem^pted the Lion of Judah division (honoring any woman who makes an individual gift of $5,000 or more to the campaign), and we sent Omaha Jewish women on a mission to Israel. "This year, we want to build on that—to add to it." Mrs. Cooper explained that both the men's and women's divisions will initiate the Fly-In SoliciUtion Program. "As chai^ men, we know it's critically important for key Jewish leaders in this community to meet informed and committed Jewish leaders from the national and international Jewish community. It gives us perspective. It makes us smarter. "We'll also work in cooperation with the men's division to sponsman Omaha Community Misdra to Israel in January," she added. "To withdraw support from

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Israel is just what much of the world would like us to do. Israel needs us now more than ever, and we need her." Mr. Gordman announced the Men's Division will establish a chapter of the Maimonides Society "in an effort to more directly involve Jewish medical professionals in the general well-being of our community. We need these talented and capable people to come forward for the good of us all," he said. "In general, over the last couple of decades, people in the Omaha Jewish community have been insulated from the reality of their need to give at an appropriate level," he added. "A number of very large gifts has taken the pressure off the general community to give appropri-

ately. Now, we've lost some of those gifts, primarily due to death, and we will lose more." "Time is running out," reiterated Mr. Newman. "Meaningful programs will be eliminated that will affect us all. Hopefully, it won't have to come to that before people believe we no longer have the necessary funds on-hand. "For our own sake, we have to respond generously to a new decade and new challenges. We're writing history. I hope people know that."

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Jerome Gleekel will speak at Women's Bonds luncheon Jerome Gleekel, an authority on Israel, the Middle East and Arab politics, will speak at the gala champagne luncheon honoring Merriara Cooperman on Sept. 13, noon, at the Plaza Theater, Peony Park. His involvement in Israel's cause pre-dates the establishment of the St^te of Israel and began in 1933 when he joineii the Hechalutz movement for migration and settlement in Palestine. Mr, Gleekel has traveled throughout the Middle East. He has had extensive conversations with Arab mayors in Israel and with leaders in refugee camps in the region. He maintainB contact with Israeli political.

Jerome GInckel military and government officials, and is a wellinformed observer of events in that part of the workl, a Bond spokesman told the Jawisk Press. Reservations may be made by calling the Bond offics, 341-1177.

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©imaiha ®ff/2amSsa(^S®m© B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN B'naiB'rith Women of Omaha will hold a board meeting, Sept. 14, noon, at the Scorecard Restaurant, 636 N. 114th St, 496-7373. President Goldye Goldberg said there are several important matters to discuss and asks members to attend. "We would like to be able to handle these matters before the holidays," she said. NA'AMAT USA Jeane Marshall, president of Omaha's NA'AMAT USA, has announced that Mary Siref, violinist with the Omaha ' Symphony, will present a program of Yiddish music, show tunes and classical music at NA'AMAT installation luncheon at the Marriott on Sept. 17. Make reservations with Ina Levich, 3347031, or Irene Goldsmith, 393-6007. The luncheon is open to non members. HADASSAH The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will hold a new member luncheon, noon, Sept. 20, according to Beverly Franklin, president The event, which is open to all current, new and prospective mem-

bers, will be held at the Richland Park Club House, 116th and Burt. Cost of the luncheon for members is $6 or $4 with donations of clothing or household items for the Hadassah Bargain Box. Guest speaker for the affair will be Omaha clinical psychologist Dr. Aviva Shukert. Reservations are required by Friday, Sept. 15. Call Florence Schneider, 397-6920, Beth Leeds, 333-5532, Sally Masnek, 493-9207, Rose Roffman, 3309-4314, or Joye Wees, 498-0812. Membership vice presidents, Faye Ruback— 391-2788, and Julee Katzman-498-4360, may be contacted for membership forms and information.

For further information, call the B'nai B'rith office, 334-8200, ext. 209.

A little falafel stand sheds light on changes

By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) - Suddenly, a spot of BREADBREAKERS light has illuminated the Mike Abramson, B'nai dark street running from B'rith Breadbreakers Mount Scopus to the chairman for September, French Hill neighborhas announced that hood in Jerusalem. The David Kotok will speak falafel stand is back. For years the little at the Sept. 13 Breadbreakers luncheon. Mr. stand had served up Kotok is a political ana- what some called the lyst for the Omaha best falafal in town to Hebrew University stuWorld-Herald. Breadbreakers meets dents living in the dormievery Wednesday at tories across the street. noon at Howard John- But then came the inson's, 72nd and Grover. tifada, and its leaders' The luncheon is open to stl^ctly enforced demand the community and costs that Arab-owned businesses close at noon for a $6 per person. daily protest strike. At first, the Arab ownBOYCOTT SERVICE ers of the stand tried to PARIS (JTA) - be clever and ignore the Poland's chief rabbi, orders. But after seeing Pinkhas Menachem Jos- one too many other Arab kovitz, as well as leaders businesses become the from American Jewish victim of mysteriously B'NAI B'RITH organizations, boycotted set fires, they closed the MONSKY LODGE a church-organized ecuFifty membership menical prayer service stand down. This week it was open team members were in- held at Auschwitz last vited to a Henry Monsky week in protest over re- again, at 6 in the eveLodge Membership Cam- cent remarks made by ning—an open challenge paign kick-off luncheon Cardinal Jozef Glemp, to a Palestinian nationon Aug. 1, according to Poland's highest-ranldng alist with a can of gasoline and a book of Al Abramson and Rich- Catholic official. matches. ard Diamond, memberWas the intifada over, ship co-chairmen. Among or were the rules changthe topics for discussion ing? The vendor looked was the Membership slightly embarrassed Stag to be held at the Jane and Harlan Rips when a longtime cusScorecard at 6:30 p.m. on announce the Aug. 12 tomer asked the quesSept. 13 birth of a daughter, Anne tion, as if he had failed Ruth. They also have a his customers by obeying daughter, Sara. CLIP AND SAVE the orders of the uprising Grandparents are Bar- leadership. The customer would bara and N.J. Rips and Helen and Milton Glazer not let it go. "Have you of Sioux City, Iowa.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER « MoVTY Board. Leadership Training Relreal SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER > Temple Israel Religious School Opening Day, grades 5-7, 9 a.m., Carl Pertmeler, Bal MItzvah, Templa Israel MoVTY Board, Leadership Training Retreat Beth El Jr Congregational Lunch, Beth El JCC Gala Shabljat Kiddush in Honor ol 60lh Anniversary, Beth El SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 The Cookie Crumblee, 3 p.m. Challenge of the JCC Stars, S a.m. Templa Israel Religious School, K-4th, 10 a.m., opening day UTTO First Sunday Cltia Pacesetter Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Marriott Na'Amat Board MoVTY Board. Leadership Training Retreat Parent-Toddler, 1 p.m.. Temple Israel OTYQ Rosh Hashanah Service Rehoaraal and Spirit Program, 1 p.m. Temple laraal MOMOAV, iCPTIMKR 11 Parent-Toddler, B:30 a.m., Temple Israel YES, 10 a.m. RellgiouB School Opening Oty, Tlh grade, 4 p m.; 81h and Oth grade, 6:30 p.m.. Temple Israel Friedel Academy Executlva Committee, 7:30 p m , at School Introduction to Judaism, 7:30 p.m.. Temple Israel CRT Meeting, 7;* p.m. TUeSOAY, aCPTUMCR 12 Old Timers, 10 a.m. MId-Ufe ProWems, 7:30 p.m. Joint SMerhood Luncheon and Tour, 11 am . Josiyn VnOMUOAV, UPTEMIER 1] FedereMon EnMutlve Committee, 4:30 p.m Hebraw High, 7:30 p.m B'nal B'rith Breadbceekers, noon, Howard Johnson's Israel Bonds Women's Dlvlsk)n Luncheon, noon, Peony Park Beth lerael Beard, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel B'nal B'rith Membership Stag, 7:30 p.m , Scorecerd Temple Israel Executhre Committee, 6pm., Temple Israel Temple larael Board, 7:30 p.m , Temple larael THUntOAV. UPTEMWR 14 Walk-In Drop-In, t0:30 a.m., Beth El BtHM Claaa, • a.m. NCJW Board, 8:15 a.m. Federalkw Budget and AlkKatkxia (Committee, 7:30 p.m Parenl-Toddtef, 9:30 i.m., Templa Israel

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Singles, seniors to participate in intergenerational cooking class On Sept. 17 at Beth El Synagogue, the Jewish Singles will take part in an "intergenerational" cooking class which will also involve the senior citizens of MoUie Oelman's Y.E.S. group as instructors, according to program chairman Justin Cooper. Under the tutelage of these seniors, a menu of traditional Jewish dishes will be prepared and served by the singles. A meal of brisket, gefilte fish, kreplach, tsimmis and much more will be shared by the participants and their families and friends. "It is felt through this interaction, the preservation of recipes of our heritage will greatly enrich the lives of both generations," said Mr. Cooper. Preparations for the dinner wiU begin in the Beth El Social Hall at

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Temple Israel Outreach Committee expands programming, activities John Waldbaum and Debbie Brookstein have been named co-chairmen of the Temple Outreach Committee. It is affiliated with the national Reform Jewish Outreach Commission whose aim is to deal positively with the reality of interfaith marriages.

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"Our Outreach programs offer a forum for people to ask questions they might be uncomfortable asking in other settings," said Mrs. Brookstein. "These include issues such as their "We will continue to children's reUgious eduYou are reading this, hopefully, on publication day, Friday, Sept. 8, but the words were typed Aug. 31. plan programs that meet cation, holiday situa1 am writing this editorial because I anticipate our goals," Mr. Wald- tions, and how to anticireaction to the PBS show which was scheduled to air baum said. "Thes^ are to pate and deal with feelmake interfaith couples ings at life cycle events." during this time period. The mtent of the show, according to the producers, and singles feel at home "Our group welcomes was to look at the Palestinian uprising in the Israeli- at Temple by improving couples where one is a occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the West their understanding of Jew-by-Choice, as well as their faith and their the person who is conBank. The program allegedly presents the Israeli perspec- spouse's faith. We want sidering conversion," she tive on the occupation as well as the Days of Rage to provide a comiortable added. 'documentary' which allegedly explores the Palestin- place and to help them , The Outreach Commitdeal with the issues they ian view of the occupation. tee sponsors Shabbat face." Let me say at the outset that I rarely use tape dinners for conversion recorders during interviews because I feel that the He added that Out- classes, an annual family person being interviewed is at a disadvantage in that reach is intended to pro- picnic, panel discussions he does not know what parts of his answers will be selected and used by the writer. So, it seems only fair that the person being interviewed should be given an opportunity after the fact By Gil Sedan to say that he was misquoted and then be allowed service. Shin Bet, have JERUSALEM (JTA) been praised. an opportunity to set the record straight. NfljPil^afk to Days. One of the most effective inter-, — Shaul Mishanya, a 48But the incident has ^ewi^M conducted with Michael Posner, director, year-old jeweler from caused serious concern in Bat-Yam, said he prayed high security circles that oWryers Committee for Human Rights. He made a number of critical comments about Is- for help to the prophet the 20-month-old inrael's actions in the territories and because of his title Elijah from the bottom tifada, as the Palestinian fostered the impression intended by the film—that of a dry well, and Elijah uprising is called, is beappeared—in the form of ing increasingly "LeIsrael is abusing the rights of Palestinians. After seeing the program, Mr. Posner wrote to the Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Mor- banonized." producer disassociating himself from the production. dechai, commander of IsMishanya is the first "It fails to present a full or balanced examination raeli forces in the West Israeli civilian to be of the current human rights situation in the West Bank snatched as a hostage. Mishanya is the first The fact that he was Bank and Gaza," he concluded, adding that he had agreed to be interviewed after being assured the film Jaw kidnapped by Pales- treated well by his capwould be balanced. tinians in the ad- tors suggests they inHe also expressed unhappiness with the excerpts ministered territories tended to use him to barwho lived to tell about it. gain for the release of the producer used from his interview. He was rescued unWhat Mr. Posner has learned the hard way is that Palestinian prisoners television producers often take liberties with the spo- harmed less than 36 held by Israel That is after being precisely what has been ken word in sort of dramatic license. Often, the truth hours suffers. reported missing in an happening in Lebanon, operation f6r which the where the kidnapped P.S. Late news reports suggest that an Arab- Israel Defense Forc« and hostages are Western naAmerican group purchased distribution rights before the internal security tionals. : the program was produced. Hmm?

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and discussion groups. They meet Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, and baby sitting is provided. "This is a convenient time for most of our members because it coincides with Sunday School classes," Mr. Waldbaum said. "There are no lectures," he added. "We use videotapes and movies and emphasize group involvement. Last year, we even conducted a mock trial of a religious custody case that was in the news." He added that the conmiittee plans to establish "link families" in the congregation and to conduct a session of how to answer children's comments and questions about intermarriage.

Temple Israel has also formed a new group for parents of intermarried couples, Mrs. Brookstein said. Lydia Kukoff, director of the UAHR-CCAR Commission on Reform Jewish Outreach, will be Scholar-in-residence at Temple Israel, Sept. 2224. "The community will be invited to hear her speak and answer questions, Mr. Waldbaum ndted In addition, she will conduct workshops for parents of interfaith couples and religious school students and teachers. Mr. Waldbaum invited people who woold like information on Outreach to call him at 493-9108, or the Temple Israel office, 566-6636.

AJCongress protests decision NEWYORK-TheAmo^ ican Jewish Congress released the following statement criticizing the decision of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Clayton v. Place upholding a Missouri school board's rule banning rentals of school facilities for social dancing. The rule was adopted in deference to the demands of conservative religious public opinioa AJCongress had filed an arnicas brief urging that the Court affirm a trial court decision invalidating the ruling. The text of the statenoent follows:

The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Covuit upholding a Missouri school board's rule harming rentals of facilities for social dancing takes a principle that is unobjectionable—that religious groupe are free to actively participate in public policy debates— and noisappUes it. In this case, the rule did not merely coincide with permissible secular objectives, or receive the political support of religious groups. The nodance rule had no justification other than a religious one.

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To the Editor: TotkeEdlter Over the past several weeks. The Jawiek Praas has For those of you who missed the annual meeting published a number of articles wharein the American of the Lincoln Jewish Fedaration on Sunday, Aug. Jewish Congress and the Aoti-Defamation League 27, you missed an exciting and informative aesskm. have expressed alarm at certain comments of the It dU beganjust 10 minutee late (quite a feat in itseli\ Pope which seem to disparage and cast doubt upon at 7:40 p.m., in the social hall of Tifereth Israel Synthe legitimacy of the Jewish faith. agogue. A review of the activities of the group durNow I am certainly no expert oa Christianity, but ing the past year was kaki. as well aa a program if Christians believe as I thought tb«y did in a "naw hoDOring those who kad served as president of tke testameot" and a "oaw covanant" which rq>taced an organisation during years past. oUer one (with the J«ws>. than the Pope's statsBMots What a list of fine, committed leaders tkey are! are wholly consifltent irith Christian views aod doc- Betty Polaky, tke inciunbant, dkl a great job tkis trines. Hence, whether the Pope or any otliar Chri*' past year. And, of course, iks kad tke input of kar tianleadar or theologian belbveaJydaiaia to be valid, husband, who happens to be a man wte held tkat covlegitimate or autheotic is inuaaUrkL eted ptyt kiofHC of all tke past praaklMits of the FadWhat is, or'should be, of ooocarB, ratkr. is whathflr aratMMB. Jaws believe their faith to be valid and authaatic. In And wkat a flae year is anticipated for 1900. with my lifetime, I have met very few Jews who have any newly aiecMsd board *MBib«rs Irv and Buth GoUmdqith of understaitdiDg of the Jewiak faith, lifi afeoa bsrg and Juhu^ Misie to round out aa akeady stel-, any firmly rooted belief ia that faith. lar group. It ahould be a grand and productive year. The remits of this lack of purpose, coaunitmiDt To add inoaotive to tboee wko contribute is the and faith among Jews are plain for all to see. OB the UJA eifac to those wka plsdyi just an ""V'^^'f one hand, it has led to an •'•""'"g fall^ away SLOOO or more to the'90 Canmaign. A trip to Israel among maw^ of the Jewlak pJMvk On the oth« hMd, will cost just an additkmal tSfS for those wbo make av«i among those <rf us who have not ab«MkMd our suckepbdgs. , idantifiiss as Jews, this lack of faith andcoMnttiMBt Great? You bet it isl' How about a group touiT ia evkiant in not only our daily livse baft timwm When your pledge is diaemmi, do conikler tkia in the iftnoepksre pervadiucout tanslwi OMIKS aod unusual opportunity. qynamuee, 4yna«ogiiee,howevarbaMiythei;iydnl£ittkios in wUch they thfl are boused. This is, to a>y mind, a more serious cause of concam and matter of greafta- aooant than tba Views Th» Jawlak FBMS e^Mrva* (*• right to tdit Mtei % raaana ot kagfk or oeeteat of this or any other Pope. MaMal. Katskee

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Pope condemns hostility At the Aug. 2^ meet- lan Gonshar, former di, ing of the board, election rector of Jewish Family of officers was discussed service, who is now in priand dates were set for vate practice with eight the election Sept. 26; in- associates serving chilstallation Oct. 24. dren with emotional Check for any errors in problems. the registrar's book for Allan, who received a the YES Group and the master's from Columbia Old Timers. University and Princeton At the Aug. 29 Early- Child Guidance Centeri birds, outgoing Presi- discussed emotional dent Sam Rosenstein problems of children was moderator and dis- from homes of the afcussed property taxes, fluent with spoiled chilthe pitches by auto sales dren, divorced couples, people and the manufac- and parents with alcohol turers and their warran- and drug problems. ties, Pete Rose and his He stressed that problems. On to the Keno contract for the grandparents can exert city and the bid review. good influence on these Onward to our "deli in grandchildren, especially the glen," to Mollie and to bring Jewishness to servers. Motzi by George these children with probSchapiro, Benschen by lems. His clinic is secular, Harry Schulman. Presi- and no one without funds dent Sam Rosenstein is turned away. Thank thanked our servers, you. Rabbi Gonsher. presented new member Charles Gorelick in from the Coast, and welcomed back Abe Faier and George Schafer. Sam asked for solicatations for new members. Norm Wohber told us that Morrie Epstein, Charlie Forman, Mort NEW YORK (JTA) Plotkin, Morrie Sax, Dr. In the wake of the Morrie Katz and Art Tiananmen Square inciAbrams are hospitalized, dent, the American Jewand that Dave Slobodis- ish Committee has estabky is at the Blumkin lished a special fund to Home. help Chinese students At this time of the year and scholars stranded in we again honor MolUe the United States for the and her servers: Rosaline summer. Epstein, Kay Ferer, Elsa Kahn, Fanny Gummers. AJ Commit tee, in coReva Oruck (the Walter operation with Asia Winchell of the YES Watch, an organization Group), Rosalie Green- that monitors human span; Maitre D's Bogie, rights in Asia, has Danny Greenfieki and Al created the "Adopt a Oruch. Also, servers Chinese" program to emeritus Sally Venger help those students in and Sadie Kohn. this country on fellowVice President Harry ships and scholarships Schulman presented during the academic guest speaker, Rabbi Al- year.

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By Ruth E. Gniber ROME (JTA) - Pope John Paul II issued a ringing denunciation of anti-Semitism last weekend, in an apostolic letter addressed to all Catholics. "1 want to restate with force that hostility and hate toward Judaism are in complete contradiction to the Christian vision of the dignity of man," the pontiff declared. The 20page letter was released to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of World War II, when Ger man forces invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. It spoke at length and with poignancy of the horrors of the Holocaust and the particular suffer ings of the Jews of Poland, where this pope was bom. The letter could be taken as an attempt to ease the tensions between the Catholic Cl^urch and world Jewry over a convent on the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, which the church promised more than two years ago to relocate but never has. Jews also have been dismayed by a recent series of sermons by the pope implying that Jewish "infidelities" caused God to revoke his special covenant with them. While the letter stressed that all groups persecuted by the Nazis should be remembered, the pope was especially eloquent about Jewish suffering. "Among ail anti-human measures, there is one which remains forever a disgrace for humanity: the barbaric plan which was ruthlessly launched against ti» Jewish people," the Wtter said. "Object of a 'final solution' devised by an aberrant ideology, the Jews underwent privations and brutality difficult to daacribe.

Youth exhibit opens Participating in the opening of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society's youth exhibit Monday at the Jewish Community Center are, from left, Lois Friedman, society president; Patty O'Connor Scger, graphics designer, Research Center for Advanced Computing, Mississippi State University, who prepared the photos; her husband, Dr. Joe Seger, director of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, and Linda Novak, president. National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, the wganization that provided funding for the exhibit.

Microchip plant NEW YORK (JTA) An American semiconductor company will invest $267 million to set up a plant in Israel for the production of memory microchips. Xicor Inc., of Milpitas, Calif., will be eligible to receivemaximum tax concessions and/or government grants by building its factory in the far north or south of the country, according to Israel's economic minister to North America, Gabriel Levy. Another reason, added Levy, for the Xicor decision to set up a plant in Israel was the company's desire to take advantage of Israel's free trade agreement with the European Economic Community.

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Temple Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Harold 1. Firestone will officiate. Pulpit ^est Rabbi Rex Perimeter will speak on "God's roller coaster: parental trial, filial tribulation. " The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Ms. Vidd Perimeter and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Perimeter in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Cari Perimeter. SATURDAY: Services at 11:15 a.m. B'NOT MITZVAH Cari Perimeter, daughter of Ms. Vicki Perimeter and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Perimeter, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service on Sept. 9. Jennifer Lynn Farber, daughter of Judy and Jim Farber, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service tin Sept. 16. ADULT EDUCATION Monday, Sept. 11 Introduction to Judaism, 7:30-10 p.m.

By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke

Mincha, 7:30 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Ma-ariv, Shalosh Seudos, Hav-. dalah and the Social Hour. SUNDAY: Minyanaire Service, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS Services at 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commissioners will meet on Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m., in the social hall.

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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. Shabbat dinner will follow services. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Beth Israel A special service Synagogue honoring past presidents and founding faFRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 thers will begin Beth El's 60th anniversary celep.m. bration. Kiddush will SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 follow. Babysitting is availaa.m. Sitter service is ble from 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 7:35 provided every Saturp.m. day morning from 10 a.m. in Room D of the SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and Talmud Torah building to enable young parents 5:30 p.ta. to attend the service. WEEKDAYS: A kiddush will follow Services at 6:55 a.m. the service in the social and 5:30 p.m. hall. BAR MITZVAH Junior Congregation Kristopher Goodman, for Talmud Torah stuson of Mr. and Mrs. dents, 10 a.m., in the Goldstein Chapel under Elli« Goodman, will bethe direction if Rabbi come a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, Sept. ^Allen Goosher. 15, end Saturday morn"Little People's serv- ing, Sept. 16. ic«" for students through the second WOMEN'S LEAGUE A joint Sisterhood grade. 10 a.m., in th« Recreation room under event will take place on the direction of Shirley Sept. 12 at the Joalyn Art Museum with a Goodman. Lunch will be served guided tour higlilkhtito the students follow- in« Jewish art. Lunch win foUow the tour. ing their service.

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Parashat Ki Tetze Interest rates: Up? Down? No, I have no intention of offering or seeking investment advice. Note, nonetheless, that the prohibition of taking interest comes from the Bible, and from our Sidrah. In two verses, in so short a passage (!) it is forbidden to take interest from a brother Israelite, although it may be taken from a foreigner. A fateful history followed this brief passage. In the first place, note that loans of the kind mentioned here were meant to be a kind of tzedakah in an unemployed agricultural society, a brief helping hand over a period of financial difficulty. Therefore, from your fellow Israelite it is unseemly to take interest where a charitable helping hand is meant. The foreigner, on the other hand, was iii the land for commercial purposes—and here money is a commodity, not a charity, thus interest might be charged with justification. Talmudic law, in most cases, refused to see any difference between Jew and non-Jew, and forbade taking interest from either. In the Middle Ages the Church took the Biblical prohibition with full seriousness, and forbade Christians to take in-

( Ibafe SaflSawalil ) terest. Jews, on the other hand, had almost no means of earning a Uving in Christian lands. Forbidden by Church Council after Church Council and the secular law of Christisn countries from, owning land or from particqMting in the various occupatkms d artisans. Krktepker GoodMB Kristopher Charles Goodnuut will become a Bar liitjvah Friday evenmg.Sa|itl6,aadS«turiay maniiaf. 8»fL 16, st Beth El Syn««Qcue. He is the sbn ol Linda and iUlia Qoodman. Kristopher is an ti^^frads studsBt «t Browailt-Talbot whete he is • BMnbar of4lM aevMith and iifikth irwis iDotbsB tMM «ad the chees tseoi. He tq|ays an norts, music sod tsBpBc oailMphefM. KiisbvilMraBdhistir isra.llMMMr.ss sad Nicole, hve, ere the IiswkliB<iS« of UKM Udh Mi ll»lM«ClMrias UA «ICIlM|Nb OMI Bass

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Le Pen cites 'proof of Jewish conspiracy PARIS (JTA) - JeanMarie Le Pen, leader of the extreme right-wing National Front, has revived an old anti-Semitic canard—that there is an international Jewish conspiracy. Le Pen, who has publicly claimed the Holo-

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Frequently we hear a phrase originally used by a famoua author as a book title—"you can't go home again." Usually, it refers to such things as favorite foods or places or treats not being nearly as enjoyable today as they were in our youth. In other words, we can't recapture the tastes or smells or experiences we once knew because they don't stay the same as we grow up. I'm here to tell you it's true—you really can't go back to the place where you once had so much fun and expect it to be the same. Let me tell you how I know. We had business in Iowa City not so long ago. My roommate and I set out in good spirits, stopped along the way for a delightful evening with our kids, and proceeded the next day to drive to our destination. We had an appointment there, but in addition to that, I was kind of tickled to be making the trip because I went to school for a short time at the University of Iowa, many years ago. We won't go into just how many years ago. It's irrelevtint. (It's also depressing.) Alright, so we're going back to where we haven't been since we drove through town in 1948. Honest to God, 1948. At that time I already saw changes so I was really prepared for a different look at my old college town. That is, I thought I was prepared. My dears, let me tell you the man was right! You can't go home again! Nor can you go back to the sorority house or the campus or the drug store where you hung out; you can't go back to the place you bought the hard-to-find-during-the-war cigarettes or the dreadful beer they sold in that state at that time. ^ You can't go back to the cabs that eight or nine girls used to pile into on a freezing cold morning or to the cheering section for the all-girls marching band (the able-bodied boys were all in the service). It wasn't possible to go back to those things be\ cause they aren't there any more. I barely found a familiar part of the campus where some of the original buildings still stand, but they were surrounded by new structttes which included a walking mall, a tall Holiday Inn, shopping, restaurants, frozen yogurt places and heaven only knoWs what else. Up the hill was the medical complex-a wonderful place which serves the needs of many but I 'm doggoned if I remember anything of such magnitude in my day. > I will admit it was pleasant to find a wonderful Italian restaurant where we relaxed and "peoplewatched." I'm convinced students don't patronize it unless Dad is in town popping for dinner, however. We saw pizza places that looked "more like it." Nothing was the same—absolutely nothing. Of course, neither was 1. But still, it would have been fun,to find something I remembered. I tried to be a good sport about it. I suggested we do a thorough search for my youth because I was sure I left it there, but it didn't make me feel any better. By the time we concluded our business and were ready to leave, I had it all figured out. I decided we hadn't been in Iowa City after all. We were someplace else where they just put up signs saying it was Iowa

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Other guests at the surprise luncheon were: Frieda Krizelman's sisters Tobey Henis from Philadelphia and Bessie Strelsin from Cherry Hill, N.J. The topic at the discussion group was the planned trip of the Pope to Lebanon knd the letter he received in which he was warned he would be killed on arrival. Again the convent at Auschwitz was discussed and the situation in Poland as a whole. Mollie Dellman was congratulated on her birthday, which actually is Sept. 1. Lucille, whose birthday was in July when she was on vacation, was included in the good wishes. The meeting ended with beautiful songs by the Bryan Mothers Singo-s, arranged by Doc Margolin.

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•> By Carol Katzman • Though we're home now, I'd still rather say 'ShaHloin from Jerusalem!' • Our second Shabbat brought friends from Miami • to our table. Also among the group were students • from the High School in Israel, a program started by • Maury Kipper, the rabbi who married us. The com' pany was delightful and the food, delicious ... from The Grill, a Jerusalem institution, located on HaPalmach Street. If you're not there by 10:30 am. on a Friday morning, you'll have to squeeze in with 30 others into a space about the size of Morris Maline's office! (editor's note-10'xl2') Complete Shabbat delicacies are available: from grilled chickens and fried fish to potato stuffed 'dgares' (rolled and filled phyllo dough, deep fried) and all kinds of salads, like baba ganouj, hummous, cucumber, eggplant, coleslaw and more, plus sweet or plain kugel, potato latkes and meat and onion 'logs' wrapped in potato and dough and fried, kibbeh and pschav (calves' foot jelly). And what a pleasure to hear 'Shabbat Shalom' from the owners after we paid our bill! A trip around the comer from our apartment and down dz stone steps to a small courtyard enticed us with the sweet smells of the Peer Bakery. Challahs, chocolate rugelach, cinnamon buns, nteringues, spinach pies, burekas (fried vegetable or cheese pastries), 'elephant ears' And more were just some of the goodies we tried while in Israel Then, it was down to Emeq Refaim, the 'main street' of our neighborhood for flowers, wine, a water melon and bottled water. The water is safe to drink in Israel; it just doesn't taste that great! Because of the heat and low humidity, there is a danger of dehyfdration; we consumed an average of five liters of water a day. During the weeks in Israel, we sampled many of Jerusalem's restaurants. Our favorite felafel stand was Moshiko on Ben Yehuda Street. Record time for making felafels there was four seconds! Pizza is great at Littl^ Mamma Mia. And at the main Mamma Mia on Hillel Street, we had creamy pasta with vegetables, delicious soups, garlic bread ' and more pizza (thin crust with lots of cheese). Alan Potash joined us for dinner at a little hideaway off the Derech Hebron for kosher Kurdish food. Kibbeh soup (fried meat/onion/potato balls), grilled chicken, stuffed eggplant and hummous with pita bread were offered at reasonable prices.

Forna, the food was a real treat. We'll miaa not having liie Qrill to buy our Shabbat dinner and all the kochar rectauranta. The food might be different... no faJafal ataods in the OU Market, after all, but we thought it was great. Next week, our final impreaaiona of Eretz YiaroeL Shalom!

WASHINGTON (JTA) - The U.S. Holocaust Museum's oral history department is seeking survivors, liberators and rescuers to record their personal experiences dur ing the second world war for the museum's newly established archives. The videotapes will serve as a resource for scholarly research, with portions being incorporated into museum exhibitions and educational programs. "It is essential that survivors record their stories for posterity," said Benjamin Meed, chairman of the museum's content committee. "In the relatively near future, no one who survived this terrible period of history will be alive to teU people what happened. It is our responsibility to teach future generations so that the lessons of the Holocaust are never forgotten." The interviews are conducted at an average of two per week in a studio near the museum office. For more information, contact Dr. Linda Gordon Kuzmack, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, or call (202) 822-6464.

Reaching out NEW YORK (JTA)Chizuk, Agudah's outreach agency, has embarked on a nationwide "Sweeten the New Year" campaign to provide a touch of Roah Haahanah for college students whose names and addresses are provided by a parent or friend. Each student is sent a "Rosh Hashanah-awayfrom-home kit," which includes a jar of honey, a source book explaii^ basic concepts of the High Holidi^ period, a Jewiah calendar for the coming year and infor mation on k>cal hospitality for the Yom Tov. For infomutioo, write Chiiuk, Agwjath larael of America. 84 William St., New York, N.Y. 10038, or call (212) 7979000.

Home cooking has been a delightful surprise, too. One Shabbat we were invited to lunch at Luba and Simcha Bar-Menachem's apartment in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. She's the caUigrapher/paper cutter who came to Omaha last June as a guest of Shirley Goldstein. On the menu was Jerusalem kugel (much like our sweet version, but with the addition of black peroer), turkey schnitzel, chkk peas and bar ley, all kinds of fruit, the everpreseat Israeli cucumber and tomato salad aod apple cake for deasart

EDITOR DIES E AST ORANGE, N.J. (JTA) - Eileen Erde, managing editor of the MetroWeat Jewiah News, died of complications related to heart diaeaae. She was 49. ,

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Dor L'Dor Mission preparations To pkn for the $50,000 United Jewish Appeal Dor L'Dor Mission to Poland and Israel, beat-selling author Leon Uris, center, meets with Ernie Michel, misaion consultant, left, and miaaion rKnirmwn Alan L. Shulman of Pahn Beach. Uris and Michel will be scholara-in-reaidence on the Poland portion of the mission which is scheduled Oct. 23^.

Miami seeks healing By Linda Brockman TheUiMmi JewUt Tribuae MIAMI (JTA) - Ueana Ros-Lehtinen. the newly elected U.S. representative to Congress and its first CubanAmerican, now faces the challenge of uniting an ethnically diverse South Florida community, after an election runoff against a Jewish candidate that several local leaders believe polarized the

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Is this life all there is? By Dennis Prager LOS ANGELES - Some time ago, I attended a funeral at which a prominent rabbi officiated. To probably everyone present, there was nothing unusual; the service was traditional Conservative and the rabbi's remarks about the deceased were moving. Then at the grave site, the rabbi spoke about Judaism's attitude toward death. "Judaism does not beUeve in a life after death," the rabbi said. "Rather, we live on in the good works we do and in the memories of those we leave behind." As this is what most contemporary Jews believe, few people at the funeral would have found reason to take particular notice of these remarks. But 1 was furious. The rabbi had told Jews, at a moment when they were most impressionable, a pro. found untruth. Any Jew who says that Judaism does not believe in reality beyond death is offering his own, not Judaism's beliefs. Now there is nothing wrong with a rabbi or any Jew offering his own views. Having some nontraditional views myself, I certainly can respect views,that differ from the tradition. But simple intellectual honesty demands that whenever a Jew represents Judaism, he make it clear where the views he espouses differ from that of thousands of years of Jews and Judaism. As regards a hereafter, Judaism is not at all ambivalent. (See the nth chapter of the Talmudic Tractate Sanhedrin, and Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith.) As the entry under "Afterlife" in the Encyclopedia Judaica begins: "Judaism has always .maintained a belief in an afterlife." Now, it is certainly true that Judaism gives us no details about what happens after death. And it is equally true that Judaism wants Jews to {jreoccupy themselves with this world; Judaism has always had contempt for religions that focus on death and the next world. Our task, in the often quoted words of the paragraph after the prayer Aleynu, is "To repair the world under the rule of God." This world. One of the reasons that Judaism prohibits a Kohen, a priest, from coming into contact with the dead—a prohibition that is, to the best of my knowledge, unique among the world's reUgions—is that this world and life, not the next world and death, must be the priest's sanctifying preoccupation. But the Jewish affirmation of this world in no way implies that this is all there is. Jews who deny the existence of any reality beyond this life are not only denying a basic teaching of Judaism. They are also denying what is logically axiomatic to God's existence. Since Judaism, and all monotheistic religion, is predicated upon the existence of a God who is nonphysical and beyond nature, and who is just and loving, this physical existence of ours, by sheer logic, cannot be the only reality. It defies logic to hold that the non-physical God would create a world whose only reality is physical. It is equally illogical that a just and loving God would create a world wherein the sum total of the existence of any of his creations would be cruel suffering. To state this case as starkly as possible, if there

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is nothing after this life, then the Nazis and the Jewish children they threw alive into Auschwitz furnaces have identical fates. If I believed such a thing, 1 would either become an atheist or hate thi3 God who had-ereated such a cruelly absurd universe. In either case, hcertaioly would cease leading a Jewish life. There are yet other problems with believing that this life is the only reality. Those who hold this position are likely to be led to one of three negative conclusions about life. One is hedonism. If this physical life is all I have, then it is very logical to Uve a life pursuing pleasure. If the physical is the one reality, let me experience as much physical joy as I can. As John Silber, president of Boston University, recently said, the message today is, "You only go around once in Ufe, so get all the gusto you can." Another conclusion is radicalism. Many of those who beUeve that this is all there is have not vpted for hedonism. Many secular Jews for example, heirs to thousands of years of Judaism's preoccupation with "repairing the world under the rule of God," have devoted themselves to repairing this world— but without God. This religious oral fervor without religious beliefs led many to radicalism. First, since there is no such thing as a hereafter, they reasoned, it is this world that must be m^de into a heaven. Hence, the attraction of utopianism to so many in the 20th century who have rejected Judaism and Christianity. Second, since this is our one existence, this world must become a Utopia now. We cannot wait. Judaism rejects both conclusions. In the words of one of its basic teachings, "It is not up to you to complete the task, but neither are you permitted tx) desist from it." Both parts are critical. The Jew is never allowed to say, "I don't have to preoccupy myself with fighting for a better world; things will work out in the next world. " But neither is he ever to expect a Utopia in this world. We cannot perfect the world. We can only gradually repair it. In Ught of the secular hells produced by secular Utopians, it becomes evident just how brilliant Judaism was to defer Utopia to a future world (messianic or otherwise). And yet how equally brilliant of Juda-

ism to keep Jews from relying on the future world in order to ignore the evils of this world. Had Jews Uke Marx, Trotsky and myriad other radical secular Jews not tried to create heaven on earth, they would not have created heU on earth. There is, finally, one other logical and all too common consequence of beheving that this world is all there is. Despair. Let's face it honestly. In view of the relentless pain that so many people experience in this life, nothing is more likely to induce despair than the belief that this Life is all there is. The cdalaise felt by so many in our society in our time is not traceable to material deprivation. It is traceable to the despair induced by the secular belief that this world is all there is. That is why peasants with reUgious faith are probably happier than affluent Jews who have no faith (and why affluent secular Jews and non-Jews, not the poor, start all the radical revolutions). As for the rabbi's statement that we live on through the memories of loved ones, it is poor solace to the 6 million Jews, nearly all of whose loved ones also died. If this is all there is, and people live only solely through the memories of loved ones, then most of the 6 million died as forgotten smoke, with fates and memorials no different, therefore, than that of the smoke from a cigarette. If a Jew wants to believe that this life is all there is, that it is certainly his prerogative. But let him be honest enough to acknowledge that this view is alien to Judaism. And let him also be honest enough to acknowledge that it tenders the lives of most us little more than a cruet joke. Dennis Prager is co-author of "The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism," and is the editor of "Ultinjpte Issues," a quarterly publication in Los Angeles from which the above is reprinted with permisSfon. OSI INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON (JTA) Karajan's wartime ac- Tl>e U.S. Justice tivities in the Nazi Party, Department's Office of when the world-famous Special Investigations conductor died July 16, was conducting an in- OSI officials have conquiry into Herbert von firmed.

Authority restricted ' SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Opponents of congregation president Samuel Bitton have won a clear-cut legal victory in the battle for control of Anshey Sfard, the small Orthodox synagogue in San Francisco's Richmond District. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ira Brown Jr. granted a sweeping injunction restricting Bitton's authority and thwarting his ongoing efforts to fire Rabbi Ahron Hecht. Young professional couple looking for a condo to rent in Steamboat Springs, Colo., Dec. 31-Jan. 5. Contact Corey Kirshenbaum 391-1328.

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LEYINGER TRIAL STARTS JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Moshe Levinger, the Gush Emunim militant who led the Jewish settlement movement in the West Bank, finally went on trial in Jerusalem District Court Monday for killing one Arab and wounding another during a shooting spree in Hebron last September.

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ARZA offers help on Bar Mitzvahs NEW YORK (JTA) The Association of Reform Zionists of America has compiled a pamphlet for Reform families planning to hold Bar or Bat Mitzvahs in Israel. The guide lists some 20 Reform Jewish congregations located throughout Israel, including Jerusa-

lem, Tel Aviv and Haifa and their suburbs, as well as smaller communities like Netanya, Nahariya, Holon, Rishon Le-Zion and Beersheba. There are also three Reform settlementsKibbutz Yahel and Kibbutz Lotan near Eilat, and Mitzpah Har Cha-

lutz near Carmiel, in the Galilee. ARZA also suggests other locations such as M^ada For a copy of the free pamphlet, contact ARZA, 838 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. 10021, or call (212) 2494)100.

Heart to heart theme of blood drive David Meyers, chairman of the Temple Israel Bloodmobile drive, announces that the theme of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Drive to be held Sept. 19, 2 to 7 p.m., at Temple Israel is "A Gift from the Heart to the Heart." Shown above is Mr. Meyers with Red Cross RN, Deb Hough, making an "absentee" blood donation to kick off the drive. "The need for blood supplies in Midwest hospitals is a daily une," Mr. Meyers indicated. "The American Red Cross Blood Services Midwest Region collects, tests and distributes blood and blood pjToducts to more than 100 hospitals in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado, and we plan to make this drive an annual community service event, directed by the Temple Israel Caring Coounittee," stated Mr. Meyers. Members of the Caring Committee will contact congregants by phone on Sunday, Sept. 10, to set up bluod donation appointments. The entire process, including medical review, takes less than an hour. "Blood donations save lives. Have a good feeling about contributing to others with a minimum effort. If we are unable to reach any potential donors on Sept. 10, please call me at 331-9299 to set up an appointment," concluded Mr. Meyers.

Children's facility opens Youngsters from the Jewish Community Center pce-«chool help Gloria Kaslow. president, Jewish Federation Library, open the Library's new children's facility last week at the JCC.

Your bequests and endowments live after you.

You will be forever remembered fpr your commitment and devotion to the Omaha Jewish community and to the future generations of our people. |And you will hold a place in their merrvory.

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