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The future of Jewish Omaha

Facing reality: The need for increased giving Editor'! NoU: This is the fourth and final in a series of articles ('UtUning the financial crunch facing the Omaha Jewish community over the next tew yeara and explaining what must Iw done to secure the continuing enjoyment of our Jewish programs and services. By Howard Bloom, Executive Director Jewish Federation of Omaha In an earlier article, Margo Riekes and Marvin Poliliov tallced about the corrosive impact inflation has had on the purchasing power of Federation campaign dollau's. In order to amplify this, I thought that I would draw your attention to rapidly escalating costs which the communal budget absolutely has to absorb if we are to Iceep our doors open and to continue to provide service. Furthermore, these costs are symptomatic of other increased costs across the board. We are not simply adding services; we are also paying more for what we already have. I have chosen, for purposes of this article, to focus on certain fixed costs. By fixed costs, I mean those costs incurred in operating our facilities which must be paid and which are independent of degree of usage. For example, property insurance costs are fixed and independent of usage. Here is how they have increased over the past few years: % Increase Line Item 1980 198& 1989 of Base Property Insurance 25,196 48,792 62,946 150% Utilities 121,502 224,763 234,861 93% Medicallnsurance 27,192 33,344 66.720 142%

Soviet Jews jam American Embassy in Moscow Hundreds of Soviet Jews line up at the American Embassy in Moscow dally in an effort to obtain interviews leading to emigration. This photo was taken by Morris Maline. editor of the Omaha Jewish Preaa, on a cold, rainy day recently during an 11-day visit to the Soviet Union. A series of articles on the visit will start next week. See related editorUl on page 4. u-4» . —

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In terms of public policy now, let us look at how things have changed in the past ten years. Federal and state By Jan Perelman regulations in all areas have increased enormously and Women's Division this has impacted our costs. Communal service agenpublicity chairman cies throughout the country are forced to compete for competent professional and clerical staff in a labor marHarriet Slusky, member ket which is already extremely competitive. We, of of the Women's Cabinet of course, want the best in service and treatment for our the 1990 UJ A/Federation elderly, our children and oiu-selves. Campaign, and chairman Profeaaional services and fees have also risen exponen- of Worker Briefings, antially, and we are not immune from these factors. State nounced the briefings will and local regulations demand staff development time lake place on Nov. 16, at and other benefits for certain categories of staff. If and the home of Anne Broder, when Section 89 comes into full effect, the possibility co-chairman-elect of the of discriminatory benefits for more highly compensated Women's Division. employees will no longer be possible and benafits may "Because it is so imporhave to be equalized acroes the board. tant for every worker to These are political and economic conditions that all attend, we're offering a of us have to face whether it be in private business or choice of two sessions." in the not-for-profit area. Mrs. Slusky explained, The Jewish Federation of Omaha, through endowment "one in the morning from doUara and from its annual campaign, spends in total 9:30-11 a.m., or one in the about 1.6 million dollars in the kmd Omaha community. evening from 7:30-9 p.m. It alao aeoda about a mOUon dollars to laraeL Of the 1.6 "The purpose of the mDUon doUara spent locally, about 1600.000 is spent on briefinga ia to provide an campua occupancy. Juat to keep our campus property open, in order, secure andia an apinropriate state of re- update in varioua propair, coata ua 3S% of tha total number of doUara we grams and aarvioea, and to encourage discussion (CoatiBuad on Page 6) - among ouraelvaa about life in tha Omaha Jawiah eommunity—what wa have and what we naad. ' "Tliia ia not a daaaroom WaahingtOD - Rapre- make a national commit- sitnation," Mrs. Shiaky aaoUtiv* PMar HoagUnd ment to aducata all of out emphaaisad. "It's a fir•^ ia eo-aponaor of a Hooaa young paopla about the hand opportunity to ahare Raaohitkn that aAa avaty Hoiocauat. The impor- vital information from inatata to devaiop a corricu- tanoa of auch education in- formad fadlitatort for the huB that inatnicts chiUran itiativee is clear. It la my sake of everyone in the about the cauaes of geno- hope that this reaohition Jewish community." will help future geoera, cida and tha Hoiocauat. Cheryl Cooper and Ann tiona of Americana be Houae Raaohition 182 aparad tha horror of gaoor GiJdatain, co^hairmen of aaka that ackooia acroaa tha Woman'a Diviaion, dda. tha country davaiop proTeaching our school- agreed that whan workara grama that taach the paU^ agad ehildraa about the make aoUcitations, they icaL aeoMoic aodaL ethi- Hoiooaaat wffl aaaura that naad to ba knowladgaable cal and hMoiripal c«iM* of sach atrodtiaa never hap- about where tha money ia tha Holoeaoat. pen again," Mr.Hoaglaiid being spent and what the naada are. "Tha Congraaa must said.

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Harriet Slusky "The concept behind the briefings is low-key and straightforward, " said Mrs. Cooper. "We want our workers to feel good about what they're doing and underatand how important their job is. There's no mystery to the approach—these are the naada, and we must have tha money to pay for "The bottom Ume is that attending the briefing makaa tha job of solicitation eaaiar and the results motaaoccaaafuL" "There are so many services that most of us ara not aware of," Mrs. Goidatein said. "It hdps to hear about tham from paopla who know the facts, aad it baip ao much to be able to ask questioiu right than and there. We'i;e laamlng about what each of us wants and azp^s from our Jawiah eommunity, and we're finding ways, to get it. (Continued oa Page U

Lincoln Israel Bonds f honors Helen Boosalis The Lincohi Israel Bond Committee will pay tribute to Helen Boosalis at a testimonial dinner in her honor on Nov. 8 at ttie University Club in Lincoln. Mrs^-Boosalis will be presented with tlie Jerusalem City of Peace Award in recognition of her lifetime dedication to public service and commitment to the democratic values of the United States and the State of Israel. Mayor of Lincoln from 1975 to 1983, Mrs. Boosalis has held a number of local, state and national positions on various boards and commiasions. Diuing her two terma as mayor of Lincob, ahe also served Jor two years as president for the United Statea Conference of Mayors where she accompa-

Ralen Booaalia niad a national delegation of mayors to Israel. Gerald Grant, Lincoln conununity chairman for Israel Bonds, noted that Helen Boosalis has been a kmgtime friend to the Jewish community and urges all interested to attend. For additional information, call the larael Bond office in Minnaapolis, tollfree, at 1-800-752-5659.

PFLP takes credit for boat explosion By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)-An explosive-laden fishing boat blew up off the soutlv em Lebanese coast Monday night, injuring an Israeli navy seaffiaa naarby and killing a Palestinian terrorist aboard,

In Beirut, the Popular Front for tha Ubaration of Palestine, a hard-line Palaatina Liberation Organization faction headed by George Habash, claimad credit for the incident.

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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bninkhorst of Jonesboro, NEW YORK (JTA) Ark., announce the Sept. 20 birth of a daughter, The president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ashley Marie. Grandparents are Ginny spoke of his country's and Marshall Becker of "growing bonds of friendOmaha, and Mr. and Mrs. ship and trade" with IsW. Bninkhorst of Jones- rael, and also praised the American Jewish commuboro. Great-grandparents are nity's "key role in providMorris and Bess Becker of ing external financing" for economic Omaha, and Max and Ha- Mexico's zel Turchen of Phoenix, '^owth. "Jewish Americans have believed in our Ariz. futile and have resolutely supported it," Salinas Roxanne and Terry Mc- said. Guan of Lockport, 111., anThe Mexican president nounce the Aug. 24 birth spoke after accepting the of their first child, a "Distinguished Statesdaughter, Sarah Ann Al- man" award from the loy. Anti-Defamation League Grandparents are Bette of B'nai B'rith. and Sam Alloy of Omaha In his remarks, Salinas and Ann McGuan of Oak also described the relationForest, 111. ship between Jewish and non-Jewish Mexicans as being that of "cordiality, liking and"admiration."

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) - The Harvard Divinity School has announced the creation of the Harry Austryn Wolfson Fellowship in Jewish Studies, with a $200,000 grant in endowment funds provided by the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation of New York. It will be matched by the Harvard Corporation on a two-for-one basis, for a total endowment of $600,000 for the scholarship program.

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Upon presenting the award, ADL national chairman Burton Levinson thanked Salinas for his words of friendship toward the Jewish people and Israel. "We are pleased by news that the foreign minister of Israel will visit Mexico later this year,'' Levinson said. "We not only hope that the foreign minister of Mexico will return the visit, but that you, Mr. President, will soon find the occasion to visit Israel."

Youth bowling Danny DePorte, 12, bowled a 203 Sunday during the Junior B'nai B'rith Bowling. Danny is the son of April DePorte and the grandson of Esther and Leonard Deporte. Junior B'nai B'rith Bowling is open to any child between the ages of eight and 14. Bowling is on Sundays at Cougar Lanes, 144th and Industrial Road at 1:30 p.m.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Lisa Sliver, Bal Mitzvah. Belh El Evan Saltzman, Bar Mitnah, Beth Israel Jr. Youth Qroilp, Temple Israel Singles Hayrack Rld« and Wiener Roast, 7 30 p m . Shady Lane Ranch. Council Bluffs USY Costume Party. 8 p m AZA l\ Program, 7 p.m SUNDAY, NOVGMBER 5 Youth Baakctball Clinic fCckoff, 1 30 p.m Nibbfee & Noah, 3 p.m. Club KIppI Program, 1 p.m. USY and Parents Pre-KJnnus kneeling. 10.30 a.m., Beth El OTYQ Board. 1 p.m.. Temple Israel Jr B'nai B'rith Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Cougar Lanes Chaim Zadok Concert, 7:15 p.m., Bath Israel MONDAY, NOVeiWfR • YES, 10 a-m. HMHhFair College ol Jawlah Lewning,_7:30 p m. Caring Committee, 7:30 p.m.. Temple Israel TUOOAV, NOVCMKR 7 Beginning Hebrew, 10 a.m. Siddur Hebrew, 11 a.m. 0(d Timers, 10 a.m. JCC Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m Chmllenga for Kaderahip, 7:30 p.m. Bath Israel SItterfiood Board, 9:30 a.m.. Beth Israel 'empla larael Slatertwod Adult Education Claaaes, 9:30 a.m.. Temple larael NA'AMAT Boerd wd General Meeting WEDNESO^MOVEMBER 6 Federation Execu4H:;orn|^ee. *30 p.m B'nai B'rith Breadblwefe^Hon. Venice Inn Templa larael Executhre Soard, 6 p.m.. Temple larael Temple larael Board, 7:30 p.m.. Temple Israel ORT Qaneral Meeting, 7:30 p.m. THUmOAY, NOVCMMR 9 BraUte Claes, 9 a.m. B'nai B'rith Woman's Meeting, 7:30 p m Federation Budgat and AlkicatlonaMeeting, 730 p.m. Walk-In Orop-ln, 10:30 a.m., Beth El Temple Israel Sisterhood Adult Educatton CiMaaa, 9:30 a.m.. A Temple Israel M NCJWExacuthre Board, 11:30 am. 0 Adult Bar MItzvah Claea. 1:1S p.m., Templa Israel Templa laraal Laadarahip Development, 7:30 p.m., Templa Israel • Poi vatlans on KSvWH ' OMMCtJMnMlsroilnllStMHSbtni n» Aatrt A«M a AM raspoMAH lor «ar Urn nt teanct'l SMwacy of Hit (At tbamtmm, sSew SMrat, „ 4m^tlt ft—unalrmpcml)!! •im asama held at «ia JCC uniase ottterwlse mdlestad.

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MiM Geiat and Mr. KohU GEIST/KOHLL Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lee Geist of Kingswood, Texas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Vicky Lynn,«to Justin Mittphell Kohll of Omaha. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stanley Kohll and the grandson of Ann Fisher and the late Bernard Fisher, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Phillip Cohn. The prospective bride was graduated froin the University of Nebraska where she majored in business administration and accounting. She is an auditor for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The bridegroom-elect attended the University of Nebraaka and received a degree in pharmacy from Creighton University. He lettered in swimming at both universities. He is a pharmacist for the family business of Kohll's Pharmacy in Omaha. A Novonber 12 wedding ia planned at the Highland Coimtry Club.

Graveside services were held on Nov. 1 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Isadora Temple Israel was the (Iz) Lewis, 68. Following triple by-pass setting for the wedding of Sharon Renee Brodkey surgery 7'/i years ago, Mr. and Yaron Yoel of Chi- Lewis founded the Zipper cago. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel Club, an informational officiated at the 8 p.m. ^group for heart bypass pajremony on Sept. 16. A tients. The club has since grown to close to 200 diiu!6i>4i4gce followed. members, according to his The bride, daughter of sister-in-law, Sylvia Mr. and Mrs. M. Ronald Pearlman. Brodkey, was attended by Mr. Lewis arranged enMaria Hirsh, Denise Ha- tertainment programs for likman, Sani Barr and local hospitals and instituLauri Gabovitch. tions for 40 years. He was program chairman for the The bridegroom was at- Omaha's Epstein-Morgan tended by Yehuda Yoel, Post #260. Jewish War Mordechai Yoel, Alfred Veterans and brought live Mark Brodkey and John entertainment to the sick Palla Palla. Ushers were and infirm in Omaha, LinLarry and Howard Barr, coln, Grand Island and Jay Gladstein, Robert .Norfolk, including such Brodkey, Guy Barneha names as Johnny Carson and Tamir Sheler. and Johnny 'Ray Gomez. The Omaha Veterans Mrs. Michael Neufeld of Milwaukee and the late Is- Administration Medical rael Yoel are parents of the Center was a frequent beneficiary of these programs. bridegroom. An Omaha South High The newlyweds are liv- School graduate, Mr. ing in Chicago after a Lewis served in the Army honeymoon in Israel and Air Corps during World London. War II. He was a regional. YOEL/BRODKEY

Isadore Lewis commander for the JWV and was on its national executive conunittee. He owned Lewis Family Store, a clothing store in Bellevue, before working at Sears Roebuck and co. in the Crossroads. He re-, tired in 1985. Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Vera; sons, Bruce, Los Angeled, and Howard, Omaha; sisters, Ann Margolin, Omaha, Bessie Bendat, Belle Berger and Anne Eaton, all of Los Angeles. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue.

(sl©aftliis MILTON L. HOFFMAN Graveside services were held Oct. 26 for Milton L. Hoffman, 63. Burial was at Golden Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Yvette; sons, George of Coral Springs, Fla., and Randy of Lauderhill, Fla.; daughter, Jackie, of Omaha; sister, Ruth Mezey, of Council Bluffs; and brother, Robert, of Omaha. NATHAN SCHNEIDER Graveside services were held Oct. 27 for Nathan Schneider, 78. Burial was PERES LEAVES HOSPITAL JERUSALEM (JTA) Vice Premier Shimon Peres, the Labor Party leader, walked out of the Emek Hospital in Afula a well man Monday and promptly criticized his Likud coalition partners for insisting that U.S. Secretary of State James Baker alter his five-point plan for an IsraeliPaleetinian dialogue.

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at Beth El Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Frances; sons, Edward of Omaha, and Harold of Davis, Calif.; brother, Ben; sister, Edith Hurwick, one grandson; nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the Beth El Synagogue Building Fund. RUTH VENGER SELDIN Services for Ruth Venger Seldin, 82, were held at Beth El Synagogue on Oct. 31. Mrs. Seldin was preceded in death by her husband, Ben. I. Seldin, founder if Seldin Proper-

ties and Seldin Development and Management Co. Before marrying Ben Seldin, she was widowed by Moe Venger, president of Karrett-Venger Distributing Co. of Omaha. Mrs. Seldin was also past president of Beth El Sisterhood. She was a 20year volunteer at Clarkson Hospital and had been active during World War II with the USO for the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Mrs. Seldin is survived by her son, Jerald Venger; stepchildren, MiUard Sel din, Ted Seldin, Ruth Ras kin and Norma Silverman; brother, Ernest B. Wintroub.

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Temple Israel initiates program for teen leaders The Omaha Temple Youth Group, which is affiliated with Temple Israel, has announced the formation of the Omaha Teen Leadership Challenge. This new program, sponsored by the Youth Group, is exclusively for the teen leadership of Omaha's Jewish community, according to Sara Juster, Temple's youth director (in addition to attending Creighton Law School).

NCJW sponsors Pro-Choice Rally Carol Block, Kara Marks, Barbara Simon Goldstein, Bob Wolfson, Gloria Kaslow and Cheryl Cooper are pictured, froii left, with signs that will be carried at the Pro-Choice Rally. "Mobilize for Women's Lives" is scheduled at the steps of the State Capitol on Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring banners and signs and to wear purple and white in the tradition of the women's suffrage movement, according to Suzie Singer. Mrs. Singer is National Council of Jewish Women's representative to the Religious Coalition of Abortion Rights. She added that there are still some seats available on the NCJW buses to the rally. For detaib and reservations call Mrs. Singer at 333-3737. "We know we can no longer sit quietly and let the highly organized minority inflict their religious beliefs on the rest of us. This rally is one opportunity for each of us to take a stand and to let our presence be known and our voices heard. Our politicians must be made aware that we will no longer be silent," Mrs. Singer concluded.

Rothschild returns By David Kantor BONN (JTA) - The House of Rothschild returned to Frankfurt. The world-famous Jewish banking family has set up shop, after an absence of 88 years, in the city where its financial empire originated nearly 200 years ago, now West Germany's financial center. "It is not without emotion that we come back to

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Frankfurt," said Baron David de Rothschild. Those emotions were shared by the civic authorities. "We are happy they came back here, and we certainly hope they will like it," declared Mayor Volker Hauff, after receiving Rothschild family members at his office for a lengthy meeting.

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Mrs. Juster said that only 25 applicants wUl be selected for this program, which will include two weekend retreats and a series of six social issues seminars. The program has received major funding from the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund, the Phillip G. and Terri L. Schrager Foundation and Temple Israel and is open to all Omaha Jewish teens, regardless of youth group or synagogue affiliation.

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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brunkhorst of Jonesboro, Ark., announce the Sept. 20 birth of a daughter^ Ashley Marie. Grandparents are Ginny and Marshall Becker of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Brunkhorst of Jonesboro. Great-grandparents are Morris and Bess Becker of Omaha, and Max and Hazel Turchen of Phoenix, Ariz. Roxanne and Terry McGuan of Lockport, IU., announce the Aug. 24 birth of their first child, a daughter, Sarah Ann Alloy. Grandparents are Bette and Sam Alloy of Omaha and Ann McGuan of Oak Forest, lU.

Fellowship CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) - The Harvard Divinity School has announced the creation of the Harry Austryn Wolfson Fellowship in Jewish Studies, with a S200,000 grant in endowment funds provided by the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation of New York. It will be matched by the Harvard Corporation on a two-for-one basis,.for a total endowment of $600,000 for the scholarship program.

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Mexican president praises israei NEW YORK (JTA) The president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, spoke of his country's "growing bonds of friendship and trade" with Israel, and also praised the American Jewish community's "key role in providing external financing" for Mexico's economic growth. "Jewish Americans have believed in our future and have resolutely supported it," Salinas said. The Mexican president spoke after accepting the "Distinguished Statesman" award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. In his remarks, Salinas also described the relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish Mexicans as being that of "cordiality, liking and admiration."

Danny DePorte, 12, bowled a 203 Sunday during the Junior B'nai B'rith Bowling. Danny is the son of April DePorte and the grandson of Esther and Leonard Deporte. Junior B'nai B'rith Bowling is open to any child between the ages of eight and 14. Bowling is on Simdays at Cougar Lanes, 144th and Industrial Road at 1:30 p.m.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Lisa Silver. Bal Mitzvah. Bath El

Evan Salt2man, Bar MiUvaM, Belh Israel Jr Youth Group, Temple Israel Singles Hayrack Ride and Wiener Roast, 7-30 p.m.. Shady Lane Ranch. Council Bluffs USY Costume Party, 8 p.m. •AZA 4) Program. 7 p.m. SUNDAY, MOVEMaER 5 Voulh Basketball Clinic Kick-oH, 1 30 p.m. Nibbles A Nosh. 3 p.m. Club Kippt Program, 1 p.m. USY and Parents Pre-Kinnus Meeting, 10:30 a.m., Beth El OTYQ Board, 1 p.m., Temple Israel , Jr B'nai B'rith Bowling, 1:30 p.m.. Cougar Lanes Chaim Zadok Concert, 7:15 p.m., Beth Israel MONDAY, NOVEMBER • YES. 10 am. Health Fair Collagrol Jewish Learning, 7:30 p.m. Caring Committae, 730 p.m., Temple Israel TUESOAY, NOVEMKR 7 Beginning Hebrew, 10 a.m. Skidur Hebrew, 11 a.m. CHd Timers, 10 a.m. JCC Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Challenge tor Leadership, 7:3P p.m. Bath Uriel SMertiood Board, 9:30 a.m., Beth Israel Temple Israel Sietarhood AduK Education Claesee, 9:30 a.m., Temple lerasl NA'AMAT Bottrd and Qaneral Meeting WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER S Pederallon Executive CommilMe, 4:30 p.m. B'nai B'rith Braadbreakers, noon, Venice Inn Temple Israel Executive Board, S p.m.. Temple Israel Temple Israel Board, 7:30 p.rn., Temple Israel am (>Mral Meeting, 7:30 p.m. TMUMOAV. NOViMKR 9 Braille Claaa, 9 a.m. B'nai B'rilh Women'* Mealing. 7:30 p.m. Federalkm Budget and Alkxsalions Meeting, 730 p.m. Walk-in Drop-in. 10:30 a.m., Beth El Temple Israel Sisterliood Aduli Education Claesas, 9:30 a.m.. A Temple Israal N NCJW Exacuthre Board, 11:30 a.m. P Adult Bar Mitzvah Claaa, 116 p.m.. Temple Israel Temple Israel Leadership Owrelopment, 7:30 p.m., Temple Israel taim M 33MM0 (10. 771 iv ll» acoiracy or IM M I enaiMa haM at

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"We are pleased by news that the foreign minister of Israel will visit Mexico later this year." Levtnson said. "We not only hope that the foreign minister of Mexico will return the visit, but that you, Mr. President, will soon find the occasion to visit Israel. "

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YOEL/BRODKEY Temple Israel was the setting for the wedding of Sharon Renee Brodkey and Yaron Yoel of Chicago. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel officiated at the 8 p.m. ceremony on Sept. 16. A dinner dance followed. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Ronald Brodkey, was attended by Maria Hirsh, Denise Halikman, Sani Barr and Lauri Gabovitch. The bridegroom was attended by Yehuda Yoel, Mordechai Yoel, Alfred Mark Brodkey and John Palla Palla. Ushers were Larry and Howard Barr, Jay Gladstein, Robert Brodkey, Guy Barneha and Tamir Sheler. Mrs. Michael Neufeld of Milwaukee and the late Israel Yoel are parents of the bridegroom.

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The newlyweds are living in Chicago after a honeymoon in Israel and London.

Miss Geist and Mr. Kohll GEIST/KOHLL Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lee Geist of Kingswood, Texas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Vicky Lynn, to Justin Mitchell Kohll of Omaha. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stanley Kohll and the grandson of Ann Fisher and the late Bernard Fisher, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Phillip Cohn. The prospective bride was graduated from the University of Nebraska where she nuyored in business administration and accounting. She is an auditor for Blue Cross/Blue Shieki. The bridegroom-elect attended the University of Nebraska and received a degree in pharmacy from Creighton University. He lettered in swimming at both universities. He is a pharmacist for the family business of Kohll's Pharmacy in Omaha. A Novetnbec |2 wedding is planned at the Highland Country Club.

Isadttre Lewis conunander for the JWV and was on its national executive committee. He owned Lewis Family Store, a clothing store in Bellevue, before working at Sears Roebuck and co. in the Crossroads. He retired in 1985. Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Vera; sons, Bruce, Los Angeles, and Howard, Omaha; sisters, Ann Margolin, Omaha, Bessie Bendat, Belle Berger and Anne Eaton, all of Los Angeles. The family suggests memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue.

(al©®ftSlg MILTON L. HOFFMAN Graveside services were held Oct. 26 for MUton L. Roffman. 63. Burial was at Golden Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife. Yvette; sons, George of Coral Springs, Fia., and Randy of Lauderhill, Fla.; daughter, Jackie, of Omaha; sister, Ruth Mezey, of Council Bluffs; and brother, Robert, of Omaha. NATHAN SCHNEIDER Graveside services were held Oct. 27 for Nathan Schneider, 78. Burial was PERES LEAVES HOSPITAL JERUSALEM (JTA) Vice Premier Shimon Peres, the Labor Party leader, walked out of the Emek Hospital in Afula a well man Monday and promptly criticized his Likud coalition partners for insisting that U.S. Secretary of State Jamee Baker alter lis five-point plan for an IsraeliPahatinian dialogue.

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Graveside services were held on Nov. 1 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Isadore (Iz) Lewis, 68. Following triple by-pass surgery 7'/j years ago, Mr. Lewis founded the Zipper Club, an informational group for heart bypass patients. The club has since grown to close to 200 members, according to his sister-in-law, Sylvia Pearlman. Mr. Lewis arranged entertainment programs for local hospitals and institutions for 40 years. He was program chairman for the Omaha's Epstein-Morgan Post #260, Jewish War Veterans and brought live entertainment to the sick and infirm in Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island and Norfolk, including such names as Johimy Carson and Johnny Ray Gomez. The Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center was a frequent beneficiary of these programs. An Omaha South High School graduate, Mr. Lewis served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a regional

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at Beth El Cemetery. Siu-vivors include wife, Frances; sons, Edward of Omaha, and Harold of Davis, Calif.: brother. Ben; sister, Edith Hurwick, one grandson; nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the Beth El Synagogue Building Fund. RUTH VENGER SELDIN Services for Ruth Venger Seldin, 82, were held at Beth El Synagogue on Oct. 31. Mrs. Seldin was preceded in death by her husband, Ben. I. Seldin, founder if Seldin Proper-

Mrs. Seldin was also past president of Beth El Sisterhood. She was a 20year volunteer at Clarkson Hospital and had been ^$0 tive during World War II with the USO for the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Mrs. Seldin is survived by her son, Jeraki Venger; stepchildren, Millard Seldin, Ted Seklin, Ruth Raskin and Norma Silvemum; brother, Ernest B. Wintroub.

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NCJW sponsors Pro-Choice Rally Carol Bloch, Kara Marks, Barbara Simon Goldstein. Bob Wolfson, Gloria Kaslow and Cheryl Cooper are pictured, froii left, with signs that will be carried at the Pro-Choice Rally. "Mobilize for Women's Lives" is scheduled at the steps of the State Capitol on Nov. 12 at 2 pjn. Participants are encouraged to bring banners and signs and to wear purple and white in the tradition of the women's suffrage movement, according to Suzie Singer. Mrs. Singer is National Council of Jewish Women's representative to the Religious Coalition of Abortion Rights. She added that there are still some seats available on the NCJW buses to the rally. For details and reservations call Mrs. Singer at 333-3737. "We know we can no longer sit quietly and let the highly organized minority inflict their religious beliefs on the rest of us. This rally is one opportunity for each of us to take a stand and to let our presence be known and our voices heard. Our politicians must be made aware that we will no longer be silent," Mrs. Singer concluded.

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Letter from Leningrad I have just returned from an 11-day eye-opening experience to the Soviet Union. During that time, 1 lost two pounds, dropped 20 points in blood sugar, was accosted by prostitutes, cockroaches, drunks and throngs of black marketeers. But, on the plus side, 1 had the opportunity to travel with two delightful Omahans, Shirley Goldstein and Ruth Potash, both representing the Omaha Soviet Jewry committee. In the weeks to come, you will be reading about this intense experience—what I like to call a Mitzvah Mission of Hope to Soviet Jews—. Meanwhile, let's start off with a letter that was handed to me at the Moscow airport Sunday morning: Our very dear friends in Omaha, We wish we could express to the full extent all the gratitude and adnuration that we feel towards you for your absolutely mar\elous warmth, sincerity and friendship with which you treat our daughter. \Ve could never even dream that she would get such a treatment from her new compatriots. .\s to her sponsors—Mrs. Shirley Goldstein and Mr. Leonard Goldstein, no words can describe what we feel to them. Such people are rare in this world. They are a credit to your community and we only wish we could some day reciprocate for what they did for our family. May God give all of y^u a long and happy life. You deserve it. The Gummitsky family with lots of love, gratitude and respect. Leningrad, Oct. 25, 1989 .Vote: The Goldsteiils recently opened their home to Inna Gummitsky. 20. daughter of Stella and Samuel Gummitsky. Inna is attending the University of -N'ebraska at Omaha, and her parents have made application to leave the Soviet Union.

By Rabbi Ethan Seidel Congregation Tifereth Israel, Lincoln Allow me, once again, to respectfully disagree with one of Rabbi Kripke's columns, in particular his recent column for Sukkot. In his devaluation of the Yizkor prayer, he makes a common error, mistaking philosophy for religion, thus denuding Judaism of much of its power. In the beginning of his colunm. Rabbi Kripke says that "The wording of the prayer suggests that we need to nudge God into remembering our dear ones. The smallest reflection will make us aware that this is only a manner of speaking. If God is God, does He need to be nudged?" Later he adds that "Some forms of the Yizkor ask for God to remember as a reward for our contributions to this or that good cause. Most of us are too sophisticated to approve of such a wording. It makes us uncomfortable to offer a tit-for-tat proposal to God, or to think of a God who would be moved by the offer of gifts, whether to Him or any of His creatures." In conclusion, he remarks of the Yizkor prayer that "It has nothing to do with faith in God, as such ..." It is certainly true that we humans benefit and are moved by prayer, regardless of what affect it may have on God. But is that all there is? Is God really unmoved by our prayers? Why would one believe in such a coldhearted God? .Vow logically. Rabbi Kripke's position is unassailable. If God is, then He must be unchangeable as well: if God needs to change or move in any way, we must infer that in his previous state God was not perfect. In particular, how can-we possible have the chutzpah to ask God to remember ("yizkor" means "may He remem-

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Abortion rights issue galvanizing Jewish women's groups in America

By Allison Kaplan NEW YORK (JTA) Jewish Women, ranging from blue-jeaned college students to well-heeled Hadassah ntembers. are among the thousands ' planning to gather in Washington and in state capitals around the country for the "Mobilize for Women's Lives " rallv on .Nov. 12. Women's groups comprise nearly half of the 14 Jewish advocacy, social welfare and religious organizations that have signed on in support of the rally, reflecting the overwhelming number of Am^ican Jews who supSUBMI wd StcUa Guuntaky tr^U of Leungnd, port a woman's right to USSR. fKct Owltaa Skiri(7 GoUntcni whk Ikfwtn at choose whether to tertlM Ltai^nd lailnMd sUtto*. minate a pregnancy.

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ber") our loved ones? Could God possible have forgotten? Of course he remembers! For us to ask Him to remember is an insult to His perfection. lliough this position, inherited from Greek philosophy, works logically, I find it religiously weak. A religious position must appeal not only to our intellect, but also our soul. One's theology need not be logically consistent as much as emotionally honest. When I see the tears flowing down my congregants faces during Yizkor, when I feel tears on my own cheeks, when I think of some of the acts of kindness I have witnessed over this year among members of my own congregation— when I see these things, I feel as deeply as I feel anything that God is also moved. A kind act is never unnoticed, even if its recipient is unaware of the act, even if the doer doesn't quite appreciate what he's done. Sincere prayer, acts of Irindness, Torah study—we believe that the existence of the universe depends on them (Pirkei Avot 1:2). Our actions have a cosmic significance, over and above their earthly value.

The organizations endorsing the Nov. 12 coalition range from Jewish women's groups that have been behind the pn>choice cause for decades, such as the National Council of Jewish Women, to relative newcomers to the issue, such as Hadassah. Hadassah. by far the largest and best-known Amoican women's Zionist organization, issued its first proHihoice statement in 1981. It highlighted its stance at its annual cpnvmtion in August, whrai Hadassah President Carmela Kalmanson issued a ringing endorsement of reproductive choice. An "action alert" issued at the convention encouraged Hadassah chap-

ters to join abortion-rights advocacy coalitions and educate their communities about the Jewish religious traditions regarding pregnancy and abortion. Hadassah's stance, and its participation in the upcoming pro<hoice rally, along with that of NA.AMATUSA,BnaiB'rith Women, Women's American ORT, and the women's arms of the Reform and Conservative movements of Judaism, r^resent the result of a gradual evohition among the ranks of American Jewish women's groups. These organizations, which traditionally have tended to focus on stq>port of charitable works in Israel, are now vocal on a

number of women's domestic issues and, most vigorously, the abortion question. Longtime Jewish feminist Susan Weidman Schneider, editor of the Jewish feminist magazine Lilith and author of "Jewish and Female," sees a distinct contrast between the activism of mainstream Jewish women's groups today and their earlier approaches toward issues like reproductive choice. Many of feminism's early leaders were Jewish, and over the years, Jewish women, like the vast majority of Jews, have cooaistentfy supported reproductive freedom.

n©ftl^©ffg te ftSi© ©(SStesr To the Editor Paul Damewood (Jewkh Press 10/27/89) is uaAa the mistaken impressioo that the Temple Israel Outreach Program is based oo the premise that interfaith marriage is a problem. Indeed it is. For soma. For others it is not. TWTHnpla bnet OotrMkch Procram tt Mkfa'eoaed to the probicma wUeh ssBM eipcriaoc* briore and after interfaith maniaet. Affectad woidd be those contemplating intcriaith miniage, those akaadly Sntcnnarriad, those who are Jewrby-choka and thooa who are not but are married to a bom Jew. No two situaticfis are ideittkal But some of the more cotnmon coocems are the religious identic ol the home, the religious education of children, how to adapt to a spouse's family of a different rdigioD. how to cope with hoatik ieeiiiifB acroas rehgkias lines and maintain a warm lamfly raiationahip. Thaae and a host of other deeply emotional factota damage heahhy family hfe. For ntore (ha 10 years, Tagple Israel's Outreach Program has trie4 to addnaa thesa situations which are suffered by maanr couplea The Outreach Program baguu with two goals; compfa-flDtarriage and continuiag poat-maniage both indiviihiallly and in poupa. on a hMgiwigi baris. We katm that a U)t\aa 'caashare TW hqr t« the dalmch FMgraa is that ia it aon»Utk« tatarWkh BWRii«> Bar. iv that aqr othv aaiTiaiDe la ceadoMd «r (

That is none of anyone's business. Being helpful is. Far from being a total disaster, interfaith marriage has been both a blaiaing and a serious wistential problem for the Jewish Penile since BiUe times. The Outreach Program of Ttaple Israel woidd onphastze meaningful emotional support and education leading to blessing. It is not scddental that Judaism was once s vasUy successful prosetytixing religion and thsa is evidence that it may yet be today. The bst of proseiytes to Judaism can hardly be termed a disaster. I would ssk Mr. Damewood to look more ddsety at the Temple Israel Outreach Program and engage in a DMire careful reading of Jewiah history. Baby Skhey H. Bnafcs Rabbi EmcritM, Tcaaple larad TetkeEdltar Whn Praaident Bush vetoed the abortion funding lor poor women who are victim^ of rape and inosat. he undererthnatad women's caiMCity for empathy for one another. Angry AnMrijCan. and sapeciaQy angry women. wiMregiaterthiirinrtiyiation to the Calais way in which the victimixation of women ia beiBg bartered for political gain when they aUend the ralUsa to MobikM for Woman's Lma acroaa the VJS.. m WnaWnitm D.C., and at tha Slata Cipital ia liaooki at 2 pLia. on Nov. U. Pk»€halee ^MfOt/VI^Bm^-

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Nancy Gre«nberg, left, and Mickey Sturm, right, cochairmen of the Nov. 11 post concert reception for the benefit of the Nebrasiia Foundation for the Visually Handicapped, visit with Melissa Katskee. Melissa, who is blind, has attended the annual Ruth Sokolof Holiday Shopping Spree since she was five-years-old. The daughter of Linda and Mike Katskee, Melissa is a freshman at Burke High School and enjoys piano, dance and swimming. She has also attended the Fine Arts Camp at the Jewish Community Center.

(Continued from Page \) spend on local services. We are now very short of endowment dollars which could sustain our annual occupancy costs. What is to be done? What does this mean for our community campaign? It means that we must increase both the breadth and depth of campaign coverage. People must understand that the costs of programs and services are not set at a total breakeven point. Fees for services ought to be set as close as possible to full cost, but we cannot allpwthe market to determine exclusively who can partake of Jewish programs and services. Traditionally, Jewish communities have made these services available to those who cannot afford to pay full freight. Still, the way in which we make sure these services are sustained and accessible to the Jewish community is to encourage an ongoing commitment to the Federation Campaign. It is the campaign and endowment dollars which fill the holes. They serve to plug the deficits. People must realize that this can only be done if they understand that giving the same as last year really means giving less. Can we really afford to see the programs and services we have built so painstakingly be diminished because we do not build into our contribution a factor for inflation. Right now, we need at least an additional 15% per person to sustain the slippage we have suffered in the past few years.

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Innovative format (Continued from Page 1) "This all ties in with the message of the 1990 campaign-'If Not You, WHO'. WHO will tell the community's story and WHO will listen? The answer to both questions has to be 'the people of the Omaha Jewish community.' " Mrs. Slusky served on the 1989 Women's Campaign Cabinet as mission chairman. "Being a Jewish woman involved in the community is very important to me," she said. "Coordinating information and materials may not be as emotional as leading a mission to Israel, but 1 know it's very necessary to the success of the Campaign. "Helping women learn to be effective and confi-

dent solicitors makes me feel that my involvement will, in some way, benefit the entire Jewish community. We're very fortimate to have knowledgeable, resourceful people here to aid us in accomplishing our goal. We have the information; we simply need to conununicate it to our workers who, in turn, must tell it to other in the Jewish community." NAMES PROVIDED LONDON (JTA) - The names of 54 suspected Nazi war criminals believed to be residing in Australia and Canada were given to law enforcement officials of those countries attending a war crimes conference here, the Simon Wiesenthal Center reported.

^ Reception to aid blind The Nebraska Foundation for the Visually Handicapped is sponsoring a reception at the Orpheum Theater on Nov. 11 following the George Shearing Pops Concert with the Omaha Symphony. The Foundation Is a local group of professionals and volunteers who attempt to fill the unmet needs of blind and low vision children and adults in

Nebraska, according to reception co-chairmen Mickey Sturm and Nancy Greenberg. The co-chairmen urge the community to join in this effort by attending the Nov. 11 concert and receptioa For additional information on the concert and reception or on the work of the Foundation, call Mrs. Greenberg, Mrs. Sturm or Bernice Wolfsoa

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Blumldn 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.

PERSONALS Many thanks to my relatives and friends for their prayers, visits, good wishes, cards and contributions during my recent hospitalization. Special thanks to Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. Ruth Levine I would like to thank my family and friends for all the kindnesses extended to me for the cards, flowers, gifts and contributions made in my behalf during my recent illness. Special thanks to Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits. Anne BeroBteio 1 would like to thank my family and friends for the cards, flowers and contributions made during my recent illness. A special thanks to Cantor Fettman and B«th Israel Synagogue. Julie Schieiber

Temple Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8:15 p.m. Cantor Harold I. Firestone together with congregants Madeleine Firestone, Beverly Gilinsky and Rosalie Saltzman will conduct the services. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service, 11:15 a.m. SimcahB'Shabbat-The congregation together with Cantor Firestone, will study the Torah portion for the week. SITTER SERVICE Sitter service is available for the Shabbat evening service. There are,_ however, no facilities for infants. Reservations are necessary. BAT MITZVAH Jennifer Leigh Hoberman, daughter of Leslie "Cookie" and Gerald Hoberman, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at Shabbat morning services on Nov. 11. ADULT EDUCATION Thursday, Nov. 9. "God's Angry Men" The Prophets, 9:3010:30 a.m. The Five Scrolls, 10:3011:30 a.m Prayer Book Hebrew, ll:30a.m.-12:30 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL SHABBAT DINNER There will be a Shabbat dinner on Friday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m The cost is $7 for adults and $3.75 for children 6th grade and under. Seating is limited. Make reservations with the Temple office, 556-6536, by Nov. 6.

Beth El Synagogue Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: » Morning service, 9:30 a.m: Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Shabbat Story Time for children 3-6 meets at 11 a.m. "K'tantan" program for children grades 1-3 meets at 11 a.m. Junior Congregation, 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 5:05 p.m. SUNDAY: S^vices at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN Lunch and Learn series with the Rabbi will continue on Nov. 9, noon, at the synagogue. The topic is Rabbinic Exegesis on the weekly reading. B'NOT MITZVAH Lisa Silver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Silver, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, Nov. 3, and Saturday morning, Nov. 4. Paula McCreight. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene McCreight, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, Nov. 10, and Saturday morning, Nov. 11. SHABBAT DINNER The family Second Shabbat Dinner will be lield on Friday, Nov. 10, following services at 6 p.m.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 4:45 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat reception will be served in honor of Evan Saltzman. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Mincha, 4:45 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Ma-ariv and the Havdalah Service. A babysitter will be available. BAR MITZVAH The Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mitchell Saltzman, son of Lynne<^arol and Errol Saltzman, will be held on Friday evening, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. and Saturday morning, Nov. 4, at 8:45 a.m. The Oneg Shabbat following the Late Family Service and the Kiddush luncheon on Saturday will be hosted by his parents. Evan will symbolically share this occasion with his Soviet twin, Alexander Markov. SUNDAY: Minyanaire Service, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS Minyan at 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. CHAIM ZADOK CONCERT The international star of Israeli, Yiddish and Chassidic music will appear in concert at Beth Israel Synagogue on Sunday, Nov. 5, 7:15 p.m. SISTERHOOD BOARD The Sisterhood Board will meet Nov. 7,9:30 a.m., in the social hall.

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Nov. 3, children-oriented family service at 7:30 p.m. Oneg Shabbat follows rose Park, Pa., Levin was service. Everyone welthe founder of the school's come. Nov. 17, Services, 7:30 Holocaust Oral History p.m. Leading services will Archive, which has recorded 700 interviews with be Rabbi Sharon Stiefel. Holocaust survivors, liber- Oaeg Shabbat follows ators and other eyewit- services. Nov. 18, Havdaloh Sernesses, 'n vice-Dairy Potluck folELECTED PRESIDENT low'ed by a discussion on NEW ORLEANS (JTA) "Introduction to Recon— Julius Levy Jr., UJA structionism" with Rabbi national vice president, Sharon Stiefel, 5:30 p.di.', has been elected president at the synagogue. For information, call of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, Brent Bloom. 342-2833 replacing Marshall days, or 345-9654 evenings. Gottsegen.

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Alzheimers Is topic for LOVE's annual luncheon, workshop Dr. Jane Potter, M.D., will be the speaker at the morning session of the LOVE Fall Workshop and luncheon commencing at 10:30 a.m., Dec. 5, in the auditorium of the Rose Blumkin Homes for the Aged. The theme of the workshop is "It's Not Always Alzheimers." Dr. Potter will discuss "Alzheimers Disease, age-related cognitive disorders, dementias and personality changes." . She will clarify the physt ical symptoms and social i- manifestations of Alzheimers disease and those of similar cognitive disorders including loss of intellectual functioning, memory loss and personality changes. Some diseases are not of the Alzheimer type and may, indeed, be treatable and even reversible. Differentiating between the various diagnoses and treatment will be included in the doctor's discussion. Appropriate medical treatment will be included in the doctor's discussion. Dr. Potter, an associate professor in the department of internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, is the chief, section of geriatrics and gerontology and the Medical Center where she also serves as the medical director of the geriatric assessment program. She has had extensive practice in geriatrics and is the author of several publications dealing with medical and mental health of the elderly.

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Sue Murray, MSW, CMSW, will be the speaker following lunch. She will discuss the social and behavior problems confronting the families of patients suffering from Alzheimers, dementias and mental impairments. She will also point out the coping mechanism effective with such patients, ^s. Murray will also explain the community resources available to give service to the patients and assist the fan^es in their care-giving tasks. Ms. Murray is the medical social worker, section of geriatrics, department of internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center. She served as the medical social worker, adult internal medicine, neurology in-patient and neurology clinic services, University of Nebraska Medical Center. She also is a practicum instructor for the school of social work and gerontology certificate program. University of Nebraska at Omaha. Ms. Murray has participated m numerous presentations dealing with gerontological social services. Phyllis Bittner and Lucille Zelinsky are serving as co-chairmen of this annual event. They are being assisted by LOVE president Lucille Frohm and Blumkin Home staff members Sharon Conlon, Shane Kotok, Roberta Benson, Robbi Kudym and Carmen Felt. Volunteers and prospective volunteers are invited

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and civic voluntary servThe' Lincoln Chapter of ice, Mrs. Fleishman reHadassah will have a na- ceived the first annual tional speaker, Linda North Carolina Human Fleishman, at the Nov. 7 Services Award, a tribute monthly meeting, 7:15 presented by the Govemor p.m., at the Tifereth Israel of North Carolina. She has also received the Greenssocial hall. Life Members and As- boro UJA Outstanding sociates will be honored at Leadership Award. In March 1988, Mrs. this meeting. Fleiahman was one of nine Mrs. Fleishman, who lives in Greensboro, N.C., Hadaasah participants in is an immediate national a special mission to visit Hadassah vice president. the refuseniks in the SoShe is chairman of the Na- viet Union. The experience tional Service Conrniittee proved to be extremely of Hadassah, the Women's emotional, enlightening and unforgettable, she Zionist Organization of said, and inspired the nine America, Inc. Hadassah leaders to conMrs. Fleishman also serves as a member of the tinue to fight on behalf of National Services Division Jews in the Soviet Union Task Force and works in who wish to be free. Mr. and Mrs. Fleishman are Founders of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.

Linda Fleishman the areas of leadership development, membership and training. In addition to her national activities, she serves on her Chapter Advisory Board and on the Soutlkem Seaboard Region Board as leadership development chairman. In recognition of her leadership in both Jewish

Former Lincolnite Celia Grossman, 94, died Oct. 17. Interment was at Mount Carmel Cemetery with Rabbi Ethan Seidel officiating. Mrs. Grossman, widow of Nathan Grossman, was a past president of Hadassah, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary and a past state officer of 40 at 8. She was the first president of Tifereth Israel Sisterhood and a m^jcnber of Beth El Sisterhood in Omaha. She was also a member of OES and B'nai B'rith and was a volunteer at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

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Mrs. Grossman is survived by her son, Harold, North Miami, Fla.; daughter, Shirley (Mrs. Harry) Caldwell, Moscow, Idaho; sister. Hazel Lesser, California; five grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren; nieces and nephews. Ceil Steinberg attended the wedding of her granddaughter, Susan Small, to Trevor Smith at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. ^2. Susan is the daughter of Donna Small and Maynard Small. Also attending the wedding were Dr. and Mrs. Paul Marx of Lincoln and their son. Dr. James Marx, from Califoi'nia. The Next Hadassah Study Group will take place Nov. 13,9:30 a.m., in the home of Leelo Sommerhauser. Lili Twersky will lead the discussion on "Between an Arab and Jew—Unraveling the Knot,'' a book by Yosef 01mert, special for the Hadassah study groups. Call Leelo at 423-6936, to let her know you will attend. Rachel Keller will become a Bat Mitzvah on Nov. 10 at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 8 p.m., and on Nov. 11 in the morning. Following Shabbat service Nov. 11, a kiddush luncheon will be given in her honor by her parents, Linda and Jim Keller. All congregants and friends are invited to attend Rachel is a seventh grade student at Crete Junior High School. She is an avid reader and enjoys horseback riding. Rachel and her brother, T.J., ate the grandchildren of of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Keller.

BREADBREAKERS WOMEN'S AMERICAN CRT City councilman Steve Exon will be the guest Members are urged to speaker at the Nov. 8 bring books to the ORT Breadbreakers luncheon, general membership meetaccordinng to Myron ing on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Kaplan, chairman of the The books can be new or November B'nai B'rith slightly used and for chilBreadbreakers luncheons. dren or adults. Breadbreakers, which Books of Jewish content now meets at the Venice are especially neededInn, 69th and Pacific They will be distributed to Streets, takes place every need^ Jewish families with Wednesday at noon. Cost the txixes of food delivered for lunch, which includes by ORT members in a entree, spaghetti or vege- joint project with Jewish table, salad, potato and Family Service. drink is $5.75. The comThe meeting is at the munity is invited to athome of Judy Siff, 911 tend.

North 148th Avenue, beginning at 7:30 p.m. JNF BLUE BOXES Jewish National Fund is now completing the collection of Blue Box monies. Chairman Mrs. J. Milton Margolin thanks all the women who have helped collect as well as those who have contributed. She asks that all outstanding remittances be mailed to her at 6480 Cuming, Omaha, NE 68132. Ihartabvcu... iworisbrAaOFUS

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By Joe Boin On Oct. 26, the YES met at Beth El Synagogue. After lunch, Margie Nearenberg, accompanied by Olive Erickson, sang in ER|^ and Yiddish. On Oct. 30, the Jewish Community Center was filled with people, many of whom were coming to get their flu shots. Some of those who came for the shots stayed for the excellent luncheon and following program. Commander Stewart from the U.S. Navy gave us a good picture of the people in the Navy, their life, training, studies and work. She said, "The ship is our home. Our life, work, school, war, duties, pleasure are all connected with

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Paula McCreight Paula Jeanette McCreight, daughter of Sandi and Gene McCreight, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Nov. 11 at Beth El Synagogue. Paula is an eighth grade Honor Roll student at Nathan Hale Junior High where she plays tenor saxophone in the school's jazz band and clarinet in the school band. She also participates in the German and science clubs and is on the soccer, gymnastics and swim teams. A member of a dance school where she takes ballet, tap, jazz and gymnastics, Paula also enjoys reading, doing ceramics, doll-making and dancing. Paula is sharing this day with Galina Vayner of the Ukraine, USSR, who is not free to celebrate her religious heritage. Paula is the granddaughter of Julie and George Schapiro of Omaha, Frances McCreight of Lincoln and the late Dr. Russell McCreight. FREEDOM MEDAL HYDE PARK, N.Y. (JTA) - Raphael Lemkin, who died in 1959. posthumously received the 1989 Roosevelt Freedom Medal for his "campaign against genocide."

By Marshall Hoffman Managing Editor Americaa Jewiah World MINNEAPOLIS - If Woody Allen's latest film, "Crimes and Misdemeanors," does not steal a barrel of Oscar nominations, that would be a real felony. But besides the generally wonderful performances in the drama, movie-goers will find something truly remarkable from an Allen film: a positive portrayal of the Jewish religion. A rabbi, usuaUy portrayed for laughs as stereotypically Hassidic in such Alien films as "Take the Money and Run" and even 1987'8 "Radio Days," is here shown as a man "living in the kingdom of heaven." Even Cliff Stem, Allen's character in the film, refers to him as "a real mentsch." Allen wrote, directed and plays a supporting role in the movie. But his maturing treatment of religion is necessary in this film to discuss its themes of morality and materialism. Martin Landau plays Judah Rosenthal, a Jewish philanthropist and opthalmologist. When his mistress threatens to ruin his manage and career, Rosenthal gets tangled in a philosophical web that sends him deeper into crisis. As Rosenthal's internal dilemma worsens, he experiences flashbacks of his Jefnsh upbringing, where his father is shown in a number of synagogue scenes telling him "the eyes of God see all." In one extraordinary scene, the present-day Rosenthal bursts in on a Pasaover seder of his childhood and becomes engaged in a discussion of morality, the Hdocauat and the meaning of God. "If necessary. I will al-

ways prefer God to the truth ..." says his father at the seder. Allen has often poked fun at philosophers. But here, philosophy is given uncharacteristic respect with the character of Prof. Louis Levy (Martin Bergmann). "We have not succeeded in creating a loving image of God," the professor offers. With both Woody and Alan Alda as his egomaniacal brotherin-law, the film does have a good amount of the Allen humor. One of Aldas's floozies innocently asks a rabbi at a party, "You're a rabbi? You don't have to wear an outfit or anything?"

NEW YORK (JTA) But its the philosophical The Royal Canadian issues of the place of God Mounted Police are seekin our world that drives ing witnesses of atrocities "Crimes and Misdemean- against Hungarian Jews, ors" forward. "God is a with particular interest in luxury I can't afford," allegations of mistreatsays Judah at an early ment of members of the point in the film. Hungarian Jewish Labor By the end, he is telling Battalion by conmianding his wife, "I believe in God, officers. Miriam. Without God, the The Canadian Police are world is a cesspool." seeking survivors who The curves in the story served in companies'2, 3 that lead to this change and 4 of the Fourth Hunmake the process fascinat- garian Jewish Labor Bating to watch. Anjelica talion of the Second HunHuston, Jerry Orbach and garian Army. Mia Farrow are especially Survivors and witnesses good in their roles. Even are needed to prosecute with an unnecessary mon- Canadian residents who tage at the end, this is Al- have concealed their idenlen's finest ensemble piece tities. These former comsince "Hannah and Her manding officers are alSisters." legedly responsible for atrocities against Jews ranging from torture to murder. Worid War II criminals former Chancellor Willy now living in Canada may Brandt, is virtually beg- be prosecuted. ging Arafat to visit West Germany. SPD Chairman NRP WARNING Han»>Iochen Vogel reportJERUSALEM (J-TA) edly approved the trip, de- The National Religious spite repeated appeals by Party has put Likud and friends of Israel. Labor on notice that neiAccording to well-placed ther should attempt to resources, the delegation's vise the agreements govmain purpose is to con- erning their broad coalivince Arafat to accept an tion in order to reap politSPD invitation to come to ical benefits with its Bonn sometime soon. smaller members.

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A sculptor and one of the "Expressions" artists, Assour entered the exhibition arena in response to a need he saw among Israel's struggling. artists. "After the War of Lebanon, there was a drop in tourism and many art galleries closed. Conditions for artists and artisans worsened," he said. Together with an artist from New Jersey, Ralph Robbins, Assour sought relief for artists. With backing from the Israeli government, the men, who continue as partners today, formed the "Expressions" network as an exhibition outlet for artists. The success story that followed has helped support many Israeli artists who might otherwise not find a market for their work.

According to Assour, the man who conceived "Expressions" in 1981 and has spearheaded it ever since, the exhibition serves several purposes. "In practical terms," he said, "the exhibit exposes Israeli artists to Americans and provides the artists with a new, thriving market for their work. While their names may not be familiar to Americans," he explained, "the artists represented in 'Expressions' are heralded in Israel as among the best and brightest the country has to offer. "More importantly," Mr. Assour added, "The exhibit reveals a side of Israel rarely seen by Americans in the media. People see that Israel is not just war, but art. Our art shows our soul and our spirit." Some may view Assour as the embodiment of the contradictions that are Israel. A 25-year veteran of the Israeli Defense Force, the former paratrooper retains his commission as a colonel even while fulfilluig his new mission as the Pied Piper of Israeli art overseas, Beth Seldin Dotan, JCC cultural arts director, said.

Since its 1983 debut tour of the United States, "Expressions" has visited dozens of community centers and synagogues across the country. The current exhibit is the second edition of "Expressions" to visit the Omaha JCC. "Despite its success, however, the underlying need for 'Expressions' is as great today as ever," said Assour, who blames the high inflation of the Israeli economy and the lingering slump in tourism for the poor domestic art market.

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hope they have to show their work," he said. "Israelis believe the one, true support we still have out of Israel is through American Jews, and this goes beyond dollars to an under-

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ID the above photo token at the 1986 Expressions exhibit, Marda Lipsman helps organizer Jzzy Assour set up the show.

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NEW YORK (JTA) Ira Hirschmann, who as a U.S. TJfficial in Turkey managed to send thousands of Jewish refugees from the Nazi-occupied Balkans to Palestine during World War II, died of heart failure at his home here at the age of 88. President Roosevelt appointed Hirschmann to the War Refugee Board attached to the U.S. Embassy in Istanbul during the war. He was placed in charge of the passage of Jewish war refugees who managed to escape from the Balkans, seeing to it that they reached Palestine, although that was not U.S.

policy at the time. In 1944, Hirschmann paid $4.5 million to agents of Adolf Eichmann for the release of 15,000 Jewish children. He also worked with the future Pope John XXIII, then a cardinal, to issue Catholic baptismal certificates for Jews in Hungary who were able to leave the country. JULIUS HERMAN ELECTED NEW YORK (JTA) Jublis Berman has been elected president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, succeeding William Lee Frost, who has served as JTA president since 1985.

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rael and the existence of a national homeland for Jews, neither so-called Palestinian radicals nor moderates differ on the issue of their ultimate objective. Even Western-educated lawyers claim that the Jews are not a people and cannot legitimately expect to have a state of their own. They are to be viewed as a religious group whose adherents can live anywhere but not in their own sovereign state." Mrs. Keet then proceeded to relate a number of experiences she had while living for 20 years as the only Jew in an Arab village within the borders of Israel. They are not interested in compromise, she maintained, and differ only on whether the dissolution of the state of Israel should be achieved by means of violence or by the ballot. She further described her personal mission as one of trying to reach as many people as possible,

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Mrs. Keet commented, "There are no giants By Elena Neaman among us. We are very ordinary people and need After years of political your help emotionally and pressure from the Jewish politically, now more than community of Italy, the ever." The toll of 50 years Jewsh catacombs, for a of constant vigilance has century under the guardibeen staggering in human anship of the Vatican and terms, she said. now of the state, will soon The Campaign leader- be available for public ship believe that her mes- viewing-that is, if world sage is so important for Jewry can foot the bill. Omaha that they will be The Union of Italian presenting Mrs. Keet to Jewish Communities, the speak at a community- Superintendency of Arwide forum to be held at chaeology of Rome and the the Jewish Community newly formed Jewish HerCenter on Sunday, Dec. 3, itage Council, a subset of from 10 a.m. to noon. No the World Monuments one should miss this ex- Fund, are sponsoring traordinary and provocative speaker.

Mitterand ignores Israel, launches drive with PLO By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) - France is planning on launching a major initiative between the European Community and the Arab states in order to establish a joint policy on the Middle East conflict with the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization, but not Israel. President Francois Mitterrand, in an astonishingly strong anti-Israel statement, announced that he will convene a Euro^Arab conference for that purpose in Paris in December. French sources said the 12 E.C. member states would attend, along with

Protection under way By Susan Bimbaum NEW YORK (JTA) Efforts to preserve the site of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland and the personal effects of the inmates at the camp are now in the planning stages, with expectations that the governments of several nations will footthe bill. Emissaries of the Ronald Lauder Foundatioa in New York signed an agreement with Kazimierz Smolen, the head of the Oswiecim-Brzezinka MuMum, as AuschwitzBirkenau is officially known, to allow a team of conservation experts to visit the camp to determine what work is necessary. lltey were following up on a report made last January by the Lauder Foundation's Polish department chairman. Rabbi Chaakel Beaser, that the camp was in seriously bad disrepair. "The whole site will need preservation, not juat the barracks," said Frank Reiaa, vice president of the Lauder Foundation, who signed th« agrMOM&t with Smolen tdflther with Kalman Sultanik, co<hiirnian of the Lauder Foundation's Auschwitz Preaar vation Committee.

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Jewish community to celebrate Jewish Book iVIonth in December By Herb Schimel Omaha's Annual Jewish Book Fair, sponsored by the Jewish Federation Library, will begin on Dec. 3 and end on Dec. 24. Edythe Wolf, Library executive director, noted that the primary goals and purposes of the Jewish Book Fair were to provide the Omaha community with the largest selection of books of Jewish interest for purchase at one time as well as to educate the public about the availability of good Jewish literature, and to create the desire for ^ a Jewish home library and to stimulate discussion and thought about current Jewish issues, history, philosophy, literature and poetry. Mrs. Wolf pointed out that during the past decade, a large group of volunteer workers begin plamiing several months in advance as the selection process to choose guest speakers is initiated. According to Mrs. Wolf, programs geared to the children and families also take several weeks of planning, as attention is paid to the smallest of details. Jewish Book Month has become a widely observed date on the calendar of North American Jewry, with Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, schools, libraries, organizations and entire Jewish communities sponsoring Jewish Book Fairs and

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other special book programs to focus attention on the latest books of Jewish interest, Mrs. Wolf pointed out. The history of Jewish Book Month goes back more than half a century when a Boston librarian set up a Judaica exhibit to mark the first Jewish Book Week. It later gained national acceptance and popularity. When the Jewish Book Council was formally organized 46 years ago, the week-long event was expanded into Jewish Book Month. Worthy of note is the fact that last year in the state of New

York, Jewish Book Month was proclaimed as an official observance. Gloria Kaslow, president of the Jewish Federation's Library Board of Directors, commented that by sponsoring several different programs during the month long celebration it is intended to get people thinking and talking about Jewish books which are indeed windows to our Jewish world — past, present and future. The Jewish Press will carry a listing of the programs and speakers for the 1989 Omaha Jewish Book Fair.

By Diane Axler Baum "Fiddler on the Roof," second only to "A Chorus Line" as the longest-running show in Broadway history, is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. Thanks to a full-scale production of "Fiddler" by "Theatre at the J," Omaha will join communities across the country in marking the 25th-year milestone, according to Andy Stevenson, who heads the JCC theater department. "Fiddler" will open Thursday evening, Nov. 30, and will continue with 10 performances. "The popularity and critical acclaim that greeted 'Fiddler' when it opened on Broadway in 1964 were responses to glorious music, dazzling scenes and moving human drama," Mr. Stevenson said. "In the following 25 years, this musical has' warmed hearts and caused tears in audiences throughout the world, because its theme and characters speak to everyone. I'm proud to have an opportunity to bring it back to Omaha on th^ JCC stage." "Fiddler on the Roof" emerged from a libretto by Joseph Stein based on the folk tales of the Russianbom writer Sholem Aleichem. It recounts the story of the poor dairyman, Tevye, whose lot in life includes five unmarried daughters without dowries, a dissatisfied wife and a lame horse. But Tevye, in spite of his

350 Philadelphians arrive in Israel on trip dedicated to slain neighbor ^""^-^ ^^'^^ ^ humor, dignity and faith. By Cathrine Gerson Jerusalem (JTA) — Some 350 American volunteers from Philadelphia arrived in Israel on a Volunteers for Israel program, dedicated in memory of fellow-Philadelphian Rita Levine. who died from wounds sustained &t the terror attack on the 405 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus. The volunteers were met at Ben-Gurion Airport by Foreign Minister Moshe Arentf, who told the group that their arrival "symbolizes our perseverance to fight terror and to defeat our enemies."

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rected the original, which starred the Zero Mostel as Tevye. Later, the role of Tevye was taken by Herschel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel and the Israeli actor Topol, who starred on the London stage and in the 1971 hit fUm. In their reviews of opening night that appeared on Sept. 23, 1964, the New York critics responded with favor. On Oct. 4,1964, Howard Taubman updated critical reaction to the musical, reporting in the Sunday New York Times on the success of "Fiddler on the Roof" in the U.S., Paris and London: "It has captured the essential truth of a humble Jewish enclave in a hostile community. As

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