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Every Soviet Jew a refugee from anti-Semitism By Morris Maline Note: This article is one of a series resulting from a recent trip to the Soviet Union. Warning—you may consider the information to be unsuitable for young children. When the United States stopped providing refugee status to Soviet Jews recently, insisting that new emigrants prove persecution, the policy sounded reasonable to me. After all, Glasnost, the new openness in the Soviet Union had made it possible for Jews to meet, talk publicly and participate in Jewish cultural activities. So, I thought conditions must be better for the Jews. At least they can improve their cultural existence without being afraid and those who now want to leave probably want to go because of economic conditions. I should have known better. My mother, may she rest in peace, told me of the pogroms, the Cossacks riding through her village—maiming, killing, raping and looting—when she explained why my maternal side of the famUy left the Soviet Union in the early 1900s. History of the Jews In addition, before leaving on the trip I had access to a History of the Jews in the USSR, written by Soviet Jewry activist? Marilyn Himmel and Shirley PoUak. And when I arrived in Moscow, Helen Zilber, who acted as an unofficial tour guide for us and who now has settled in Boston, deUvered a history of the Jews in Russia while showing us the Jewish historical places in Moscow. „ . , „ (Continued on Page 4)
Women's Division campaign event The Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Omaha will gather in recognition of the 1990 UJA/Federation Campaign on Thursday, Dec. 14, at Ak-Sar-Ben. " "A Picture Perfect Ending" will be offered as a luncheon program at noon, or as a dinner program at S p.m. Dietary laws will be observed. Guest speaker will be Sherry M. Merfish, Houston attorney and writer, who will adcbess the topic, "The Jewish American Princess—No Laughing Matter!" Ms. Merfish combines her background in law and writing in response to social and legal issues. She currently cochairs the Women's Issues Committee and is a vice preoidsnt of the Houston Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. Through her work, she organized the first Task Foroa to combat tha negative staraotyping of wo; men in the guiae of the Jewish American Princess. These efforts resulted in the passage of far-reaching raeohitioas by the Houston Jewish Federation and Rabbinical As' sociation, thereby blooming the f^t organizations to go on record concerning this issue. Ruth Erman is chairman of the Dec. 14 event.
"We are planning a special afternoon and evening to recognize the women of the Omaha Jewish coihmunity. It will mark a major fundraising effort and, hopefully, a successful campaign," said Mrs. Erman. , "Because it is demeaning and inflammatory, the subject of the Jewish American Princess is important to Jewish women of all ages," she continued. "The JAP issue particularly affects our young women, because they are the ones confronted by their pears in high school and on college campuses. For this reason, we are encouraging teenage girls in our community to attend the evening program. Personal invitations have been sent to them, in addition to the general membership of the Women's Divisioo." The cost pf either the day or evening event is $12 per person. A minimum gift of $52 to the 1990 UJA/Federation Campaign Is required to attend. Teenage girla are exempt from the minimum gift requirement. They may attend for the cost of the dinner only ($12). Reaervationa^ must be made by Dec. 7. For information, contact BUle Penner. Women's Division director, 334-8200, ext. 264.
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Rabbi Nadoff retires from Beth Israel The retirement of Rabbi Isaac Nadoff as spiritual leader of Beth Israel Synagogue has been announced. In a letter to the congregation. Rick Katzman, president, said that these past several months have been difficult for Rabbi and Mrs. Nadoff. Earlier this year. Rabbi Nadoff submitted a letter to the Jewish Press referring to his illness and offering thanks to all those who have wished him well. Mr. Katzman's letter b, as follows: " Dear Friends: . There is both happiness and sorrow in community service. In my term as president of Beth Israel. I have received much personal satisfaction. Unfortunately, disappointment
Rabbi Isaac Nadoff also comes with the territory. It is difficult, I have learned, to always be the joyful and smiling person we should perceive a synagogue president to be. "Today, I am saddened to inform you of the retirement of Rabbi Nadoff. These past months have
been difficult ones for Rabbi and Jeanette and our hearts have been with them. In my many conversations with Rabbi and Rebitzen they always expressed their love and concern for the welfare of Beth Israel, both its present and future. Repeatedly they told me how much their affiliation with Beth Israel has meant to them. With love they spoke of how their lives have been positively affected by all of us, their congregation. Of course we all know how deeply our lives have been touched by them. "Rabbi recognized that it is time for Beth Israel to move forward and that we must seek his replacement. Soon a search committee will be in place to accept thia most signifi-
cant challenge. Rabbi and Jeanette only wish us to proceed with the business of the synagogue and deal with our future in a positive and optimistic manner. "Rabbi has made tremendous progress in his battle. We pray that his health will continue to improve and that he and Jeanette will be viable members of our community for many years. 'Our challenges are laid out, we all know what we must accomplish. The continuation of Beth Israel as a Traditional/Orthodox synagogue is the greatest gift we can give Rabbi and Jeanette. We are sad on this occasion yet we must recognize that this is the natural progression that Beth Israel must now face."
Reform leader blames American Jews NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — A leader of Reform Jewry has laid much of the blame for Soviet Jewry's Uurge-scate lack of involvement with Judaism in this country at the feet of American Jewry. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, mid many Soviet emigre famiUes are dropping out of Jewish life because American Jews have "failed to reach out" ^ to the new anjvals.
Schindler, speaking at UAHC's 60th biennial convention here, told some 3,500 Reform leaders that Jewish coogregations, including Reform synagoguee, have been '"most ne^ectful" in failing to encourage contact between Soviet Jewish emigres and the American Jewish community. In his critique, Schindler emphasiied what he called the "embarrassingly inadequate" response of American Jews to the
United Jewish Amieal's din, chairwoman of the Passage to Freedom cam- National Conference on. paigii, the $75 million spe- Soviet Jewry, applauded cial fund established to help offered by UAHC support absorption pro- congregations, citing two grams for Soviet Jews etsmptos of effective outboth in America and Is- reach by member synarA. , goguea that could be repliHe specifically called on cated by other "each of our 822 Reform congregations across the congregatkms to engage in country. a vigorous outreach proCardin spoke of a program to bring Soviet Jew- gram at Shearith Israel in ish families into our syna- San Francisco, a historic gogues and homes." synagogue that survived During a convention both the earthquakes of, workshop, Shoahana, Car- 1906 and 1989.
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LOSES BID TEL AVIV 4JTA)-Israel's national soccer team narrowly failed to qualify for the World Cup games in Rome next year, but they thrilled millions of fans nevertheless by holding the vaunted Colombian team to a 0-0 draw at Ramat Can Stadium on Monday. RETAINS CONTROL JERUSALEM (JTA) Israelis who voted in the Histadrut elections left the giant trade union federation in the hands of the Labor Party, depriving Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of a political advantage he had hoped to exploit on his visit to the United States.
Leonard Schultz need two billion dollars to resettle the first 100,000 refugees from the Soviet Union, and that the diaspora will be called upon to 500 million of the total Dr. Schultz said that the Tucson Maimonides movement started with 19 members in 1985 and now has 95. The path the groups generally follow is to get together at least By Ruth E. Gruber quarterly and discuss topPRAGUE(JTA) - A ics of Jewish interest. "new era of freedom for He said the group some- Jews and all people in times participates ion Eastern Europe," was medical missions, or- predicted by Edgar Bronfganizes conclaves and man, president of the plans other special events World Jewish Congress. to give the medical comHe spoke of sweeping munity an dpportunity to changes that seem to be socialize with and learn transforming the Eastern from co-practitioners. bloc, including the Soviet Dr. Eugene Zweiback, Union, where the WJC will co-chairman with Dr. Ger- participate in a historic ald Simons and Dr. Nor- conference of Soviet Jewman Sheldon, a dentist, ish communities next credited Charles Epstein, month. Bronfman, an internaassociate director of the Jewish Federation of Oma- tionally known industriha, with organization of alist, addressed a reception in his honor by the Society in Omaha. • Prague's tiny Jewish community at the historic old CLIP ANO SAVE • Jewish Town Hall. The WJC leader spoke on the eve of a series of meetings with the country's top leadership. He afflrmed that one of the subFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 jects he plans to raise will UTTO Shabbal Dinner, Qrad« 3. Bath Israel be the restoration of diploTemple Israel's New Members Dinner. 6 p.m., Temple Israel matic relations with IsSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 rael, which the Czechs Carrie Jacobson, Bat Mitzvah, Beth El Elizabeth Kaplan, Bat Uitzvah. Temple Israel broke in 1967, at the time Temple Israel's Sixth Grade Shabbat. 11 a r;n , Temple Israel of the Six-Day War. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 He noted that now there Creighton Blue Jay Celebration, \2:30 p m Nibbles & Nosh, 3 p.m are fidl diplomatic relaNCJW Mini Grants, 1 p.m tions between Hungary BJE Israel Trip Intormation, 4 p.m and Israel, which were reTeacher's Assistants Meeting, noon, Temple Israel Haroeem Meeting. Beth El stored in September. Ediar and MZ. Honey Sunday, noon "This matter I will discuss Jr. B'nai B'rith Bowling. 1:30 p.m., Cougar Lanes with the Czechoslovak Bunny Sommers Beth El Concert, 730 p m . Beth El C government and also with MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 L YES, 10 am the Polish government." I College ol Jewish Learning. 7:30 p m he said. P JCC Executive Committee. 7pm A Foreign Ministry JFS Board Meeting. 7 30 p m A TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 spokesman, Lubomir MarFood lor Thought Class, n 30 a m N sik, told the Jewish TeleBeginning Hebrew. 10 am D graphic Agency that the SIddur Hebrew. 11 a m Old Timeoi, 10 am S Prague government hopes UTTO Boaid. 7:30 p m A to re-eetablish diplomatic Introduction to Judaism. 7:30 p m . Temple Israel > y reUtioDS with Israel in the NCJW Qaneral Meeting F future. He said furthering WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22' BraiUe Class. 9 am coojmercial links could be Youth Thanksgiving Program, lO am a first step in that direcB'nai B'rith Braadbraakara, noon, Vanice Inn tion. AMIT Oorwr Lunohaon, noon, Bath El THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23 There are 6.000 to 6.000 JCC Closad—Thanksgiving Day Jews in Czechoslovakia, Walk-in Orop-in. 10:30 am. Bath El «bout 1,000 of them in USY-Klnnus, in Minneapolis No UTTO Classes until 11-27 89 Prague, once one of the world's richest and moat impgrUnt osoters of Jewfv f^m»tK>p» on •ckMiM CdoUclMwMMFviKiM JM-S300l>l in ish culture. Iht Jtmflt ^rtu w nM i—pemtlt KK IA* (ccuracr ol IM tOan mtm Bronfman spoke en•AS •venta (MM tt Ih* JCC untcM oMMfwlM indlcaled. couraginicty to the community "The winds of freedom are blowing across the world like a gale." he said. "There is a new era dawning on everyone. It seems that people won't be governed without their • CLIP AND SAVE •
Alexander Siepak By Morris Maline If you had need of a physician or a dentist last Sunday you probably could have reached medical help by calling the Jewish Community Center. More than 50 men and women in the health care field gathered at the JCC to hear Dr. Alexander Siepak, a refugee from the Soviet Union, and Dr. Leonard Schultz of. Tucson, Ariz. Both came to Omaha to meet with fellow practitioners and to help establish a Maimonides Society here. Dr. Siepak, in a talk geared to helping Soviet Jews, said that conditions are such in the Soviet Union today that a hard winter could set off a chain of pogroms against the Jews.. It is quite possible, said Dr. Siepak that today's youngsters may be asking their parents: "What did you do for those poor Jews?" He said that Israel will
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CORRECTIONS Errors in last week's issue were as follows: The Connector was inadvertently identified as a not-for-profit publication. Also, the issue, dated Nov. 11, should have been dated Nov. 10. In addition, the photo of the memorial candles in the Moscow synagogue was upside down, and some of the captions in the two-page photo spread were placed incorrectly. Finally, the captions for the B^th El concert and the Beth Israel donor photos were incorrect. This was clearly a bad week for proofreading.(M.M.)
WJC leader predicts freedom for Jews consent. "In Eastern Europe, we see a nonCommimist government in Poland. "We see a government in Hungary by a party that used to be Communist, but now is not. In East Germany, there is the promise of free elections under the eyes of the entire world," Bronfman continued. "I have been told, and 1 am convinced, that here (in Czechoslovakia), too, things will change along those lines. From a Jewish point of view, this is important," he said. Bronfman announced that he and WJC executives will go to Moscow in mid-December to meet with representatives of 60 to 65 Jewish communities from throughout the USSR,
col©afeIsi© LEONARD SEGAL Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery Oct. 27 for Leonard Segal, 83. Survivors include sons. Dick of Lincoln, and Fred of Calabasas, Calif.; brothers, Julius and Louis; sister, Minna; 11 grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. He was preceeded in death by wife, Hilda. Mr. Segal was owner of the American Lumber and Wrecking Co. and also was a realtor. He was a founder of the JCC Health Club and a chairman for the group. MALVINA NEWMAN GREENSPAN Word has been received of the death in Richardson, Texas, of former Omahan Malvina Newman Greenspan of Minneapolis, Minn. Graveside services were held on Nov. 12 at Temple Israel Memorial Park in Minneapolis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Abraham. Mrs. Greenspan was a Life Member of Hadassah
and B'nai B'rith Women. Survivors: son. Maurice Greenspan of Omaha; daughters. Shirley (Mrs. Morrie) Beider of Detroit, Mich., and Lorraine (Mrs. Ted) Levin of Dallas; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. ARTHUR H. ABRAMS Graveside services were held on Nov. 15 at B'nai Abraham Cemetery (Fisher Farm) for Arthur H. Abrams. 74. Survivors: wife. Edith; sons, Michael. Hong Kong, and James, Denver; daughter, Linda Sue (Mrs. Roger) Tederman; seven grandchildren. 't'he family suggests memorials to the Beth El Building Fund and the . American Cancer Society. ANNA COHN Graveside services were held on Nov. 13 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery for Anna Cohn, 97. Survivors: sister-in-law, Evelyn Cohn, and nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to the Rose Blumkin Home.
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Congress considering fund to replace U.S. aid BREADBREAKEKS Richard Shugrue, Creighton law professor, will be the guest speaker at the Nov. 22 Breadbreakers luncheon, according to Myron Kaplan, chairman for the month of November. Breadbreakers meets at the Venice Inn, 69th and Pacific Streets, every Wednesday at noon, and is open to the public. Ck)st for the luncheon, which includes entree, spaghetti or vegetable, salad, potato and drink, is $5.76. AMIT WOMEN KALAH FRANKLIN Kalah Franklin Chapter, Amit Women, will hold its first meeting of the year on Nov. 29, noon, at Beth El Synagogue. It will be the annual Chai Donor Luncheon. A Chai Donor is $18; luncheon Is $6. A musical program will
be presented by Cantor Emil Berkovits and Shirley Schwartz. Reservations should be made with Sarah Lewis, 556-9165; Fay Sekar, 6513049; Rose Fine, 397-6803. ORT Women's American ORT wUl hold its annual holiday gift wrap fundraising project at Crossroads, Dec. 1-24. Those desiring to wrap may call Sandy Fried. 330-1790. Hannukah paper will be available. Call Carol Nathan, 493-0564, to buy Hannukah paper. The ORT Sabbath service will be held Nov. 18. Families will meet at Valentino's, 132nd and Center, at 6 p.m. for dinner. Havdalah will be held at 7:30 at the home of Joye Wees, 12605 Lafayette circle. RSVP to Wendy Manvitz, 333-7961.
By Howard Rosenberg WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Jewish groups are grappling with a radical proposal to replace government aid to Soviet and other refugees with a "revolving lotm fund" that recipients would replenish. Such a government loan fund, reminiscent of the Hebrew Free Loan Society that helped pay for many Jews to immigrate to the United States decades ago, would likely parallel the Guaranteed Student Loan program. The proposal, floated by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio), would not go into effect this fiscal year, because it would involve restructuring the entire refugee program, said EUenWitman, associate Washington representative of the Council of Jewish Federations. Since federal funds would be needed primarily for the start-up costs of
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slanting the news we receive in favor of the Palestinian position. She presents a perspective on Israel and Jews in the Diaspora which we aren't exposed to and which is refreshing. 'I would encourage everyone in the Jewish community to hear Freda Keet," said Mr. Zabin. "1 was privileged to speak to her personally. She's as easy to talk to as she is interesting." Mr. Gordman emphasized the perspective presented by Miss Keet. "We are only exposed to what we read in the WorldHerald and see on the 6 o'clock news. She brought a different perspective with respect to the intifada and how the Israelis really react to what's going on,", he said. "For the.fir8t time, Israelis are afraid about what's happening. They feel fear not arrogance and strength. She brought a human Israeli feeling to the whole issue, which remains highly emotional, but for different reasons. "Most of us have a very narrow view about what's going on in the middle east and with Israel," said Mr. Gordman. "Freda Keet brings it to light both as an excellent speaker and a stimulating actress." The Community Forum is free and open to the public Coffee and pastry will be served. For information, contact Charlie Epstein, Federation associate director, 334-8200, Ext. 223.
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Soviet Jews are refugees By Morris Maline
r Afraid — of what? My recent trip to the Soviet Union providedme with enough material to keep our typesetters busy for several weeks. Let me say at the outset, however, that my brief exposure to three cities in that giant-sized country certainly does not qualify me as an expert. So, if you will treat this column as one man's opinion, we'll start with a question: 'What are we afraid of?" Since the end of World War II and the beginning of the cold war, the United States together with her NATO allies invested billions and billions in defense. During that time, the general population was told that the Russian bear would gobble us up if we were not prepared. On television we would see massive parades of tanks and missiles and we would read in our newspapers and magazines how much military power is in the hands of the Soviets and the Warsaw Pact nations. At times, the Cuban missile crisis for example, we sat at the edge of our seats awaiting World War III. In the aftermath of that crisis, the United States spent and spent to get our armed forces into the number one slot. When we reached number one on the military hit parade, we still were told year after year that we had to spend and spend to keep the Russian bear from our door. Admittedly, I didn't see the massive Soviet military machine nor do I doubt for an instant that the Soviet military is extremely powerful. But, is that enough? Do they have the military power and the civilian backup necessary to prevail over the United States and NATO nations? Let's face reality, folks. What 1 saw during my 11-day visit was a country on the brink of economic disaster. The roads, autos, buses, . and buildings are falling apart. The people stand in line to purchase meager supplies minimizing the time needed for productive work. When 1 told some of the Soviets that we were fearful of them and asked whether they were fearful of us . .. The response was one of laughter. "What are you afraid of?" ... "We're the ones who have nothing . .. So, what are we afraid of? I honestly don't know.
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I now have copies of both histories in my offlce and they are available to anyone interested in reading them. However, the reason I refer to these histories is because they reinforce what all Jews in the Soviet Union know. Anti-Semitism is institutionalized in the Soviet Union and the same Glasnost that brought a degree of freedom to the Jews has brought with it greater opportunity for anti-Semites. This concept of government-sponsored anti-Semitism was brought home to me by Alexander Ostzovskey when I asked him how he was being persecuted. "All Soviet Jews are persecuted all their lives in the Soviet Union," he said. Look at this: Internal passport He showed me his internal passport, a document that all Soviet citizens have to carry with them. The passport details what city they can live in and what apartment they can occupy. The passport also is stamped with their nationality. In the Soviet Union, Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Byelorussian, Azerbaijan, and so forth are nationalities. Jew also is a nationality, the only difference being that Jew does not have any territory. Jew is the only classification that is so treated and is indicative of the Soviet Union's determination to identify Jews for special treatment. Passport identifies Jews Consequently, during any period when Jews are in special disfavor, any application for a job, housing, or benefit which includes showing the passport immediately identifies that individual for varied forms of harassment. On the trip, I was advised that pie Soviet government also has engaged in cultural genocide toward the Jews stripping the greater part of three generations of their heritage. Slave labor camp One of the forms of this genocide was evident during visits to the site of the Salaspil slave labor camp and
Soviets may seel( U.S. economic aid By Morris Maline Soviet officials now are talking about the possibility of receiving economic aid from the United States. This disclosure was made known to the Jewish Preea through a telephone interview with Rep. Peter Hoagland. Cong. Hoagland said that he attended a reception at the Soviet Embassy in Washington recently and one of the people he chatted with was a one-star geoaral, the on)y to attend oi' uniform. "The g^eral asked me whether I thought it pos sible that one day the United States might provide economic assistance to the Soviet Union,' Cong. Hoagland said. " I wouldn't ba aurpriaed if the subject cornea up when Gorbachev and Buah nteet, " he addwL Cong. Hoagland aaid that ha was OM of tix coogntaamwi at tha r«c«pkkn and that he want th«« •fwdllcally tooonmk with the Soviet Ambaaaador to the Unitad Stataa. "I had baaa trying through regular chMUMke for savenl weeks to git •• appfliatnMmt to ditmw the caae of Stefla and SUUMI Qummitaky of Linncr«d ud othar casee without WKcees " (The Gummitaky's dMudhteti InMb curtstttly nadw wiUakUqr ud LSOMKI QoMbtaii wd at-
tends the University of Nebraska at Omaha.) Cong. Hoagland said the ambassador immediately cut through the red tape and arranged with his staff to set up a meeting next week. "The discussion 1 had with the ambassador and his foreign secretary makes me feel optimistic." Ct)ng. Hoagland pointed out that in addition to the cordial reception he received from the Soviet officials, he established what he hopes will be a continuing dialogue with key members of the Soviet delegation.
the killing fields of Rumbula, both in Riga, capital of Latvia. Salaspil, I was told, housed lOO.CXK) men, women and children, mostly Jews. The story of this camp is one of rape, starvation, and "milking the blood of children" for Nazi soldiers needing transfusions. i Upon fleeing, the Nazis burned the canfp to the ground. When the memorial (see accompanying photos) was built, imposing stone figures were utilized to depict the various horrors that took place there. Although thousands of visitors come to see the camp, there is nothing there to indicate that most of the victims were Jews. Ignores Jewishness Thus, the Soviet Union intentionally ignores the Jewishness of victims, treating them as if they were Soviet citizens. The same reasoning was used at Babi Yar and at Rumbula where some 50,000 Jews were shot to death and buried in a conunon grave at a forest some few hundred yards fTom a main street in Riga. However, the Jews of Riga started conducting memorial services at a nearby site where Jews also were killed . and just recently forced the local officials to permit installation of a stone identifying the victims as Jews. Although more than 40 years have past since the atrocities, anti-Semitism is still alive and flourishing in the Soviet Union. One young professional told me that an estimated 30 percent of all Soviet scientists, physidana and engineers are Jews but that they caimot rise above their present positions. "Jews still believe in education rather than drinking vodka so they tend to do well in their studies, arid because they are dependable workers, the country manages to function, so this is one reason why top-level managers don't want Jews to leave ... there won't be enough qualified workers to do what has to be done." Snow started falling the morning we left Moscow and I prayed silently hoping that the Soviets would not experience a brutal winter. I visualized the long lines in the freezing weather and conjured a scenario where the anti-Semites would blame the Jews—and the pogroms would start again.
Woman who hid Anne Frank honored By Henrietta Boas AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The West German government has presented its highest civilian award for a foreigner to Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who hid the family of Anne Frank from the Nazis during World War II. Gies received the Order of Merit First Class from the West German ambassador, Otto von der Gabelentz, at the Federal R^ublic's embassy in The Hague. She was cited for her help to the Frank family from July 1942 to August 1944, and also for her lectures to youth groups anid scboob in West Germany
in recent years. Gies, who speaks fluent German, was bom in Vienna and came to Holland at age 17. Accepting the award, she said she shared it with thousands of others who had tried, successfully or not, to help Jews survive during the Nazi occupation of Holland. In the United States. Gies received the Courage to Care Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in 1987 for being a "Righteous Gentile," and has been the subject of a book, "Anne Frank Remembered, " and film, "The Secret Annex: the Hiding of Anne Frank. "
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BRUSSELS (JTA) lariael'a ecooomic retatioos with the European Community are inextricably linked to political movement toward reaohltion pf the Middle East conOict. That waa the message canv«ye4. here to Ivaeli Poceign Uiaister Moshe Anns by Jacquas Defers, nn^pidHit ol the Burapean Ewcutiva Cwnmisaiwi Dabre visited Arena at a courteey appfsciated by the Iwarsfa as a lifn ol this iHipgrtaMe ha •ktachss to BwoMan relatkos wHk lansL He nukda cba« that the B.C. caanot dtosociali Us eeanonk relatkasMp with ImsifiroiBlhepalllkdldl^ aJoftts. KyLmLv^^aoraujiC^sua
TotheEditar The Simon Wiesedthal Center is in the process of < tablishiag a photo archiva devoted to survivors and' tints of the Hflfecaust. This informatk» will be sccessed into a cwnputsriaed photo archive system in the Centsr's new Bsit Haakoah. Museum of TDtarance. scheduled to open in the Pall of 1990. In ordir t« tnsure that your photo can be used, pisass idwtitr to the best of your kDowtadge the nsaoe of the iadMdttat («individuals, as weO as the date and ptoes oi each photo, snd tachid* •• much onformation as you caa about that iadivtduaL If your photo iackidBa HMN thaa OM individual pUaM kadieMa o4 the form which psr«» you are miUac ahoiit PWase do not wriU dii«ctty on the photo, as this will preveiu us from i ing the photo in the archive. All photos vffl become I property of the Simon Wisesnthal Oaatsr sad ars aot letunabW. If you have a photoysph you wish to donate to this srchhra. pbaaaeoattact Adaire KMB. OoordiMtor. U^ bray/Ar«Uv«e^ Stam WIsesathel Coaler. »7«> West Pko Blvd.. Loa AMOIM. CaMf. 9000*.
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Three thousand Nebraskans say 'Yes' to choice Three thouaand Nebraakans gathered on the steps of the Sute Capitol Sunday to aay the PnhChoice majority will be aileat no mora, said Carol Bloch, SUte Public Affdra chakman for the National Council of Jewiah Women, Omaha Section. The rally was held in conjunction with the nationwide "Mobilise for Women's Livea" campaign. In photo at left, are Harriet Slushy, Carol Bloch and Cheryl Kricafeld. Supporting the NCJW banner (right) are Lola Friedman on the left and Sue Meyers on the right Rabbis Aryeh Axriel SMI Sidney Brooks (center photo) helped to hold the Clergy for Choke banner. Mrs. Bloch said," As a result of the Supreme Court's
South African draft resisters win praise from Reform leader NEWYORK(JTA)-A decision by 33 young South African Jews to refuse compulsory military service because of their opposition to apartheid has won praise from a leader of Reform Judaism here. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, who is president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, praised the "courageous stand" of the South African Jews as "an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage." He hailed their "commitment to the Jewish values which inspire them." The 33 are among a group of 771 white South Africans who publicly declared last month that they would refuse to be drafted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) and wished to be registered as conscientious objectors.
In his statement, Schindler noted that there is no provision in South African law for conscientious objection or alternative service, and that each participant in the anticonscription campaign faces an. automatic prison sentence of six years. "For these young men," the UAHC leader said, "the fight against racial inequality has become a moat personal imperative." In making their announcement, the 33 Jewish draft protesters spoke as proud members of the Jewish faith. They said: "As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the SADF. "Our opposition to being oooacripted is based on
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Shamir fails WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir emerged from talks with President Bush and Secretary of State Jkmes Baker on Wednesday without receiving the assurances Israel asked for in accepting Baker's five-point proposal for Israeli Palestinian talks. But Shanair did say that "there is no more teiuMMt" batweeo the U.a and laraeh and that various probileins were clarified. Basking after hia on*hour White Houaa maatLag with Buah. Shaq^ indicatad that a raa|Miiae ttma tha Unitad Statee would aot coma uitil Egypt also accapud the fivapaaiti Hovawar, aftar Shaaiif had aat with BAwal tha
Jewish demands WEST BERLIN (JTA) - The official East German news agency said Tuesday that the prosecution in Rostock, a city near the Baltic Sea, will soon make public information about recent serious antiSemitic incidents. The announcement was in response to demands by East Germany's minuscule Jewish community that the (Communist regime end its 40-year practice of treating manifestations of anti-Semitism in the German Democratic Republic "like a state secret," .Until recenUy, the only accounts of anti-Semitism published in East Germany's controlled media occurred in West Germany.
WASHINGTON RALLY WASHINGTON (JTA) — Marching behind a banner reading "Jewish Tradition: Women's Lives Are Also Sacred," Jewish women and men made their way along the banks of the Potomac River on a sunny Simday morning to join thousands of Americans rallying for reproductive rights.
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dedaion in the Webster case, we have been forced to say that we will act elect a candidate to public office unleaa he or she will support a woman'a right to choonc abortion, in the future, any politidaa who ignorea the massive public outcry for safe and legal abortion, will have to answer to the voters." "Judging fiawi the excitement generated at the rally, our 'Voice for Choice' will be heard," said Anne Broder who helped to organise the NCJW buses to lincofai. "In fact," ahe added, "what began as a one-bus community service turned into a four-bua caravan.
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Temple Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Harold Firestone will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak on "Love and Marriage." The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Patsy and Sam Davidson and Mrs. Howard Kaplan in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Elizabeth Kaplan. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service, 11:15 a.m. SITTER SERVICE ' Sitter service is available for the Shabbat evening service as well as the Shabbat morning service. There are, however, no facilities for infants. Reservations are necessary. BAT MITZVAH Elizabeth Jane Kaplan, daughter of Sally and Gary Kaplan, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at Shabbat morning services on Nov. 18. MEN'S CLUB BRUNCH Eugene Leahy will be the guest speaker at the Sunday, Nov. 19 Men's Club Brunch at 10 a.m. Mr. Leahy will discuss his re-emergence into public office. Lox and bagels will be served and the brunch is open to the community. Non-members are asked to donate $2. FOOD FOR THOUGHT The second "Eood for Thought" luncheon series will take place Nov. 21. 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m Rabbi Azriel will lead a discussion of current issues and events. Participants should being a brown bag lunch; drinks will be provided. Call the Temple office, 5566536, by noon, Nov. 20. to make a reservation. ADULT EDUCATION Tuesday, Nov. 21. Introduction to Judasm, 7:30-10 p.m.
PERSONALS I would like to thank my family and friends for the cards, flowers and contributioas made during my recoit illiness. Special thanks to Rabbi Azriel. Rabbi Drazen, Cantor Firestone and Cantor Fettman. Rklwrd GumoMn
A monunMot IB mrdnory of Dr. L«oo Feaman will be dedicated on Thurwiay. _Nov: 23. 10:30 a.m.. at ElCeOMtary.
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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Babysitting is available from 10 a.m. Shabbat Story Time, 11 a.m. K'tantan program, 11 a.m. Junior congregation begins at 11 a.m. Mtnha-Ma'ariv, 4:50 p.m. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: ' Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day services at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. B'NAI MITZVAH Carrie Jacobeon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jacobeon, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Friday evening, Nov. 17, and Saturday morning, Nov. 18. JasoB Flatowicx, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francois Flatowica, will become a bar Mitzvah on Friday evening, Nov. 24, and Saturday morning, Nov. 25. CONCERT Beth El will present a concert featuring Bemice Sommer Bramson, soprano, Sunday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. She will be accompanied by Hui-Mei Lin, piano, and! Alan Scattered incidents Bramson, clarinet. JERUSALEM (JTA) This concert is dedicated Only scattered incidents to the memory of Cantor Wednesday marked the Aaron I. Edgar. Tickets first anniversary of tha may be purchased at the proclamation of an "in- door. dependent Palestine" in MEN'S CLUB the West Bank and Gaza BREAKFAST Strip. Men's Club will have a The maaaive presence of the laraal Defraae Force in breakfaat honoring new the tarhtofiaa, and various mamban oo Sunday, Nov. protective maaaurea, were 19, at 9:45 a.m. Tha procradited for the relative gram will feature Chineae studanta ^Making on the quiet. turmoil in China. SUPERCOMPUTERS WASHINGTON (JTA) WHEELS FOB VQUCE By CathriM Genoa — Tha Buah adminiatraJERUSALEM (JTA) tion may not grant export Hriwaaa to U.S. f««»p«nu« Joruaalam traffic police seakug to aeU aupercoai- raoaivad 20 new Harleyputara to laraaL out of con- Davidaoo motorcjrclaa. to cant tha lophiaticatad aid in tha daily anforceaqulpnaat would be uaad maot of traffic ragulatiooa in tha dty. tO( FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 4:45 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat reception sponsored by Sisterhood will be served in the social hall. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Sitter service is available through courtesy of Sisterhood. JR. CONGREGATION Jr. Congregation for all Talmud Torah students will be held on Nov. 18 in the Goldstein Chapel under the direction of Rabbi Allan Gonsher. The "Little People's Service," under the direc-«• tion of Shirley Goodman* will meet in the Recreation Room. This is for children kindergarten through the second grade. Both groups meet at 10 a.m. Mincha, 4:45 p.m. Mincha will be followed by Ma-ariv, Shalos Seudos and the Havdalah Service. SUNDAY: Minyan, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS Minyan at 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. THANKSGIVING' Services on Thanksgiving Day, 9 a.m. 1^AR«AT MITZVAH CLUB The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Club will meet with Cantor Leo Fettman on Nov. 19, 9-9:30 a.m., in the youth lounge.
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Lincoln TIfereth Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat hosted by Lea and Al Weiss. SATURDAY: " Services, 9:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m.
Blumkln Honie 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 Goklsten ChapeL Kkiduah follows services on Shabbat.
Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel Nov. 17. Services, 7:30 p.m. Leading services will be Rabbi Sharon Stiefel. bneg Shabbat follows servioea. Nov. 18, Havdalah Servica—Dairy PoUuck followed by a diacuaaion on introduction to RaconatrucUoniam" with RabU Sharon Stiafal. 6:30 p.m. attha aynagogua. For informatioa, call Braot Blooib. 542-1833 day*, or 346-MM aveninga.
Paraahat Vayera Isaac and the Suffering Servant Writing about the HoloNoting this, we may I caust, a Christian moralist right in assuming that wrote recently that if be- some of these Midrashic ing a Christian was to give comments come from all, even life, in the service times when Roman opof God, the only real Chris- pression called for martians are Jews. tyrdom, and theseiessons I was reminded of his re- were to bolster Jewish mark when I turned to our loyalties to the point of acSidrah, which includes the cepting martyrdom willstory of the Akedah—the ingly. binding of Isaac in prepaThe Akedah is, in a ration for offering him as sense, a paradigm of Jewa sacrifice. To do the ish histoiy. The world beLord's bidding, to serve ing what it is and mankind the Lord, to show faithful- as savage as it is, merely ness and obedience—are to be Jews is to be at risk. thee to require the life of To this terrible truth, Abraham's son!? however, another must be The next «istonishes us added: All honorable huand disturbs us. But it is man beings, all moral hua test, we are assiu^ only man beings—and Jews are a test. And how Abraham ..honorable and moral—are passed it I committed to helping We are usually some- mankind become truly huwhat placated when it is man. Oiu- very existence explained that this was a as Jews is a lesson in this way of saying, in ancient direction. terms, that human sacriDeutero-Isaiah put it fice must never be offered, that Israel, the Suffering that this commonplace in Servant of God, is to be a ancient Semitic religions "Light for the Nations." was dreadfully mistaken He made it clear that Isand was to be banished rael's suffering is not for forever. its own sins, but because To some extend the rab- mankind is sinful. binic interpretation of the Further, there ia anothw Akedah puts a different truth that must be added: emphasis on the event. God Himself does not The Torah text continues want the suffering of Isto laud Abraham for his rael. He saved Isaac at the faithfulness. But the altar. In the Midrash, the Midraah notes that Isaac angels of heaven weep at could not have been bound the sight of Isaac bound and nothing could have on the altar. happened without Isaac's God weeps too. He willing compliance. In the would have the House of Midrash, Isaac sharee in Israel live in peace in a the praise given to Abra- world of PfBipce and freeham. There are Midrashic dom, where in fact and in sources that suggest even truth the House of Israel that Isaac helped Abra- had become a "Light for ham prepare tlw altar. the Nations."
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Why do we wait until it's too late to say "thank you" to those special people in our lives? I am not waiting another minute. Several years ago, when I began a book project which is due for pubUcation next Spring, my intention was to acknowledge the special relationship, support and enthusiasm of Edward Leader, my mother's first cousin. "Eddie," as he is affectionately known to all, is 94 years old, now in a hospital with a lot of medical problems and 1 'm afraid he will never read my words or know my deep appreciation if I wait much longer. Like 80 many others, I waited too late to begin resefu-ching the history of my family. Much of the information was lost forever and the relatives who could have shared so much have died. I recall vividly my first telephone call to Eddie alpiost 20 years ago. I introduced myself as a cousin from the Midwest who was visiting in New York. I wanted to meet and talk with him. My opening words were "I am the granddaughter of Miriam Odnoposoff Rabkin, the sister of your mother, Yetta Odnoposoff Leader." Like many New Yorkers, Eddie harbored a suspicion of strangers who professed to "be related," but after some reluctance, he invited me to his home for dinner and to meet other relatives. From that day on, after establishing my credentials as a bonafide relative through photos and the recitation of a few facts, Eddie and 1 became close friends. He has become the "grandfather" I no longer have and I think I'm the "granddaughter" he never had. Eddie's memory is remarkable, even now. He has an amazing perception of people and historical events. In the early 1980's, when 1 renewed this research quest in earnest, I interviewed Eddie on tape. 1 always introduce the subject of the interview, and identify the location and current date. Eddie thought it was his turn to introduce me on tape, which he did as follows: "This is your interviewer, Miriam Weiner, who is certainly no Dick Cavett, but who will give it her best shot. There is a similarity in the interviewers, Cavett and Miriam. They are both fairly good-looking, both short, but they are equally bright and I hope that Miriam will do for me what Dick Cavett does for those who he interviews!" My first cousin, once-removed, Eddie has a sense of humor that is biting at times, but always on target. When he described his life growing up, 1 could really picture it: "What we did . . . well, my father told me not to play baseball on Saturday because only the "bums" played baseball on Saturday. We should go to Shul. We Uved in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn where the elevated trains ran every 20 minutes. Sometimes they ran only once every 30 minutes at night, but we managed to sleep throughout the clatter of the trains. In the winter, the improvised bathtub was adequate if we used the kitchen because it was warmer in the kitchen. The stove was there. We didn't have a full bathroom, but what we had was in the hall and only one other tenant shared it with us. So things were not as bad as they might have been. "This heavenly residence was soon to be yielded up for the West«ii Pennsylvania hills where my father had a brother in ApoUo who was engaged in the fruit and
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Saying farewell and thanks to the family history 'source' produce business. He told my father that he should give up living in New York where the only time you have to work in the shop is when the union picks the right time to go on strike. So either there was a slack period or a strike period. So off we went to Apollo where the population was about 3,000 when I arrived and about 3,000 when I left at the age of 21 to return to New York. All of my conversations with Eddie are like that—humorous, descriptive and historical. When I embarked on a new career a few years ago as a genealogist, columnist and lecturer, 1 told Eddie about my plans. He asked, "From this you can make a living?" (Note: the jury is still out on that one ...) During all these years, Eddie has endured countless questions, pleadings for documents and information, rifling through his photos and "nudging." He has told me everything he remembers, directed me to other sources, and helped financially so I could pursue my career in Jewish genealogy. He has repeatedly wondered if there were many people really interested in this topic and whether 1 should continue my work or "find a job." Even though he couldn't quite understand my obsession about family history, he has always been helpful, in so many ways. I want him to share in the continuing research and discoveries about our family, but 1 know it won't be for much longer. It hurts to say that and to think about it. All family historians have one special person who has been "the source" and inspiration. Eddie, it's you. Thank you so much.
Expressions '89 These Hanukkah menorahs will be part of Expressions '89, an exhibition and sale of fine Israeli art to run in the JCC Art Gallery Nov. 19^26. Sculpture, coamics, prints, tapestries and Jewelry will be included in this art show and sale. Retired Army Colonel Itzhak Assour, artist and coordinator of Ehcpressions, will be at the exhibit opening Nov. 19.
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Showdown With Likud Hard-Liners? The Laborites had made clear they were prepared to accept Baker's points as originally formulated. The Likud ministers wanted ironclad U.S. guarantees. The Israeh reservations were the subject of threeway telephone diplomacy last week between Jerusalem and Washington, and Washington and Cairo, which has offered to host an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Baker telephoned his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts on Nov. 1, before leaving for Australia, to suggest sUght changes in his five-point plan. He then sent letters summarizing the changes to the two foreign ministers. In Washington, State Department deputy spokesman Richard Boucher cautioned Friday against making too much of the fact that Baker had put his thoughts in writing. He said the secretary merely "summarized discussions they had and put them into perspective." He stressed the United States was not doing anyttiing that could bring Israel into negotiations or dialogue with the PLO. What ths Unitad States wants is a "dialogue betweeo Israel and the Palestinians," the State Department official said. Shamir not only demanded the PLO be kept out, but insisted on U.S. guarantees that the dialogue wo<dd be limited to the modalitiee of the Palestinian electiona. But Peres and Ralun warned that to impose "conditions" would be tantamount to rejecting Baker's proposals. Eventually the four ministars agreed ttiat Israal'a accepUnce of the Sve points would be contingent upon an "undai^
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Robert Penn Warren: The Insideness of the Outsider By Joseph Cohen Hirsch he knew the poet Laura Gottachalk Hiding, who When death came to Robert Penn Warren on Sept. attached herself briefly to the Fugitives. 15, 1989, the American people lost a distinguished Paul Rosenfeld, the writer and editor, was a special writer, a poet and novelist marked for the ages. Though friend. In a memorial to Rosenfeld after his death in few Jews knew it, in Warren's passing the Jewish com- 1946, Warren credited Rosenfeld with "being responsimunity lost a spiritual ally of significant proportions. ble not only for publishing my first fiction but for its I doubt that anyone ever thought about Warren as very existence." In his middle and later years there were a spiritual ally, but in my mind's eye, and in my heart other Jewish friends, too. as well,.he appears in that role, and, in a sense, he has The strongest evidence of Warren's sensitivity and always been my "Jewish" country cousin, partly an sympathetic identity with Jews is found in "A Place "To adopted relative and partly an adopted distant mentor Come To" and "Wilderness." Only the merest evidence whom I respected for his integrity as much as for his can be dealt with here, and that without elaboration. talent. In "A Place To Come To," Warren's protagonist, Jed Of course, it was easy for me to think of Warren as Tewskbury, a brilliant Southern country boy teaching a country cousin. Though he was a generation older, our at the University of Chicago, surrounds himself with lives, up to a point, ran long parallel lines. We were bom Jews; his mentor is Jewish, his second wife is Jewish, in Kentucky hamlets about 40 miles from each other, his son Ephraim is being reared as a Jew. Warren inwe graduated from the same high school in Clarksville, tends for us to see Jed as one who has a Jew buried Tenn., we earned degrees in English from Vanderbilt within himself. Though he has a good Scotch-Irish name, University, and the main starting point for our careers if you conflate the words '"Jed Tewskbury," substitutwas in Louisiana where he came to teach at L.S.U. and ing the "J" of the first name for the "T" of the surname I came to Tulane. and drop the "k," a buried Jew surfaces. We shared something more, a kind of exhilic identity, In "Wilderness" Warren gives us Jewish protagonist he as a Southerner and 1 as a Jew. Since the Civil War, who moves toward achievement and exemplification of Southerners have saddled themselves with an uneasy the Jewish concepts of Covenant, Tzedakah and sense of being outsiders in their own land. In a Menschhchkeit. Adam Rosenzweig, Warren's clubmythopoetic context, they have made themselves into footed Bavarian Jew who comes to America and atAmerica's Ostjuden. Warren himself recognized the con- taches himself to the Union Army in what he believes is nection. a quest for freedom, is in reahty in search of his Jewish In his book "Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the self. South " (1956), he wrote, "I remember a Yankee friend Warren's positive orchestration of the Jewish elesaying to me: 'Southerners and Jews, you're exactly ments in the novel is superbly handled. The novel itself alike, you're so damned special.' 'Yes,' I said, 'we're both '. is rich and subtle; and while it will never be as famous persecuted minorities.' I had said it for a joke. But had as "All the King's Men " it has its own merits and, for I?" Jewish readers particularly, its own rewards. Subsequently, Warren would comment again On the Robert Penn Warren belongs to the ages now. His connection, observing that Southerners and Jews share place in American letters is secure. Other people will "a certain insideness of the outsider." remember him in other ways; but the Jewish commuThe concept of the outsider with inside knowledge was nity should not forget, in an era filled with bigoted a cornerstone of Warren's poetry, and in time he would writers. Warren's pro-Semitism, his integrity and his use the Southerner-Jewish connection as well in three willingness to use his talent to probe profoundly into novels. When warren reached Vanderbilt he was admit- the meaning of the American Jewish experience. novels. When Warren reached Vanderbilt he was admitAs an outsider, his attraction to and understanding who called themselves the "Fugitives. " of the "insideness " of being Jewish makes him, in a speAllen Tate once described a Fugitive as one who was cisd sense, to appropriate a Holocaust term, a "right"quite simply a Poet: The Wanderer, or even the Wan- eous Gentile." dering Jew. the Outcast, the man who carries the secret wisdom around the world." The source for this definiNOODLE KUGEL tion was the Nashville cabahst Sidney Mittron Hirsch who fueled the Fugitive Movement both spiritually and '« cup butter, melted % cup dark brown sugar financially. It comes then as no surprise that several of Warren's 1 cup chopped pecans protagonists and other key Hgures are either Jews or 1—16-oz. package medium noodles non-Jews who function as Jews, wanderers or outcasts. 4 eggs, beaten "Izzie " Goldfarb in "Flood " (1964), is described pre- V) teaspoon cinnamon cisely in Tate's term as the "man who carries the secret V] cup sugar wisdom around the world; " Adam Rosenzweig in "Wil- 1 cup sour cream derness " (1%1), is a Jewish outcast wandering in the 1—3-ounce package cream cheese, softened Southern wilds; Issac Sumpter in "The Cave " (1959), Spray a bundt pan with non-atick spray. Pour v^ and Jed Tewskbur)- in "A Place to Come To" (1977), are cup melted butter into the pan. Sprinkle brown sugar non-Jewish exiles who see themselves as Jews or are per- evenly o\er the butter. Sprinkle nuts over the brown ceived as being Jewish. sugar. In the characterization of these figures. Warren exCook noodles as directed on the package and drain. hibiti, along with great sensitivity, a much more In a large bowl, mix together eggs, cinnamcm, sugar, thoroughgoing knowledge of the Jews than has been, so far as I am aware, heretofore recognized. During his sour cream and cream cheese. Add noodles aiid mix lifetime he came into contact with a number of them. thoroughly. Pour into bundt pan and bake in a 250 The first Jews he met were relatives of mine from degree oven for 1 hour or until goUen brown. Reihiove whom his parents bought his clothes when he was a from oven, invert onto plate. Serve warm or at room young boy Uving in Guthrie. Ky. Warren confirmed this temperature. in a letter to me in 1987. In addition to Sidney Mittroo
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Bert Lewis Do you know the expression "What goes around comes around"? In other words, something that's happening has already happened once before. The phrase inunediately came to my mind when I heard recently about the forthcoming JCC production of "Fiddler 0; The Roof.' 1 remembered back to about 23 years ago, when thai wonderful musical play was presented by probably one of the youngest casts ever. When a group of children who were enjoying a summer experience at Camp Esther K. Newman were given parts, taught songs and words to say, dressed in costumes and put on a stage to entertain parents, friends and anyone else lucky enough to be there. This group did THEIR version of "Fiddler On The Roof," and I share the sentiments of little Tevya's mother who recently told me, "My heart STILL swells with pride when 1 remember!" I, too, remember how we, the audience, were astonished, amused, touched and thoroughly captivated by these kids, our kids, who were performing what has surely become one of this generation's favorite pieces of musical theater. Who were these kids? I'll try to name as many as possible and those who go unnamed will have to forgive me. I 've researched every conceivable soiuxe and found nothing in print, so I've had to rely on my memory plus the memories of a handful of people mthin reach of my phone. The famous Tevya was Alan Friedman, and Yenta the Matchmaker was (my) Shelley Lewis; Jimmy Weinstein was (I think) the butcher, and other parts were played by Elly Batt, Sandy Cipinko, Kathy Kirshenbaum, Howie Cohen and Edie Fischel. Of course, there are many parts and since 1 can't recall any more names, lots are being omitted. I m truly sorry because it was a really special bunch of kids doing a fabulous job. 1 remember the parents were invited to come to camp for this presentation and I still remember how amazed we all were when the curtain came down. I also recall that after camping season was over, the cast was assembled and repeated their smash hit in t^e auditoriumipf the old JCC. r nave searched, page by page, all the editions of the Jewish Press from 1966, "66, and even '67 and have been unable to unearth a photo, a story or a word about this, but I've talked to parents who agree with my memories. While scanning these old Presses, I found documented evidence of other productions of Fiddler, but they were done by older performers than the 10-, 11- and 12-year-Qlds 1 have mentioned. I know that in the 25 years since this musical first opened on Broadway, many amateur groups have sung Sunrise, Sunset and To Life, To Life, L'Chayim and all the other marvelous songs written for Fiddler. 1 know some have been extraordinary and some have no doubt been not-so-extraordinary. But I know this as well as 1 know n^ name: it's one of the most heart-warming, thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours anybody can have. I 'm so glad a new production is being readied for the JCC stage. I can hardly wait to see how it compares with the very first version I ever saw! (If YOU or one of your kkb were in that 1966 cast^ and I didn't mention you, pUaee let me know. I'll that the omission is rentedied.)
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Anne Roiphe The afternoon's festivities are jointly sponsored by Beth El, Beth Israel and Temple Israel Sisterhoods, B'nai B'rith Women, Hadassah, AMITHatikvah Chapter, AMITKalah FrankUn Chapter, NCJW-Omaha Section, Women's American ORT and Na'amat USA. The Jewish Federation Library will conduct its annual sale of Jewish
ARAB WOMAN DETAINED JERUSALEM (JTA) The Jerusalem Magistrates Court remanded for 15 days the young Arab woman who was caught Sunday at the Western Wall Plaza cSarying a ready-to-be-used petrol bomb. SCARED TORONTO (JTA) Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would like to negotiate with Israel, "but they are scared," Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin told an audience here.
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Rehearse Wagner By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) Should an artist's works be judged by his ideology? That question was addressed this week by Daniel Barenboim, the internationally famous Israelbom concert pianist and conductor, after he took the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on a musical "read through " of pieces by Richard Wagner during a rehearsal. Wagner is rarely performed before audiences in Israel, by the IPO or any other group, because of his anti-Semitism and his music's influence on Nazi ideology. But Barenboim, an expert on the German composer, thinks the Israeli public and musicians alike are missing out. Wagner's works were of extreme importance to the development of modem music, and any respectable orchestra needs to know something of their history, Barenboim told a news conference here. "Wagner died in 18^, long before the Nazis, who only 50 years later misuseid his ideas and his music for their own nationalistic purposes," said Barenboim, who presently is conductor and musical director of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
Open house planned Cece Zorinsky and Lee White, former Omahan now of Washington, D.C., will be married on Nov. 19. An open house in their honor will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the William H. Thompson UNO Alomni Hooae, 67th and Dodge, from 5 to 8 pjn.. boated by BeUa Eisenberg and Eank and Nora Denenberg.
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A talk With Bunny Bramson Editor's Note: The following interview with former Omahan Bunny Sommer Bramson was conducted by Eunice Denenberg in preparation for the Nov. 19 Beth El concert at which Mrs. Bramson will perform with her husband, clarinetist Alan Bramson. The questions are in bold type, the answers are in regular type. What is a nice Omaha girl like you doing in a place like Katonah, New York? 1 didn't want to leave Nebraska ever, but I was married to him! Him. Him is Alan Bramson, son of Jack and Frieda Bramson, who lived at . 38th and Dodge and, with brother Bob, attended Central High, right? Right. After Alan graduated from Juilliard and Columbia, he found this village of almost unbelievable beauty, Katonah. Alan started to teach and 1 was singing in the city. New York is the mecca for music and it's hard to have your career from Omaha. What do you remember from Omaha? Growing up with my sisters (Charlotte, Pearl and Belle) and my folks (Harry and Irene Sommerl on 5007 Capitol. It's now a parking lot, 1 understand, but 1 still can't wait to drive through my old neighborhood. Which includes Beth El Synagogue. Beth El was an important peirt of my young life. For years I sang in the choir under Cantor Edgar. I 'm delighted to dedicated
our concert to his memory. well-known artists give Speaking of the concert, concerts and workshops. what will you be singing? We helped form the Little Some Yiddish songs, Opera Society. 1 directed a Rozhinkes mit Mandlin, choir. We became like fixMazel; some Sondheim tures in the musiced comand a couple great old munity. st,andards like Come Rain Well, three yetu-s ago I or Come Shine; and aria decided 1 wanted to sing. from The Barber of But I couldn't bea ball of Seville; some Hebrew folk energy for everyone else songs arranged for voice and still have what 1 by Ravel. I hope people needed for myself. So will enjoy it. Y'know, I'm now—I'll still do some priso excited to see everyone. vate teaching, but I 'm goAt the reception after the ing to try to sing. concert, I hope they'll Where can we hear you? come up to me and tell me In December I'll be dowho they are! ing a benefit concert, f.hen Your publicity states a production of Menotti's that Alan will perform "The Telephone" in Putwith you. nam, N.Y., and I'll sing He's a classical clarinet- with the Amarillo Symist, though he hasn't much phony next spring. And I time to solo these days. hope i2eople will come to Over 30 years ago he hear me at Beth El, Sunfounded the Mt. Kisco day, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. School of Music, then Whew! You do need opened Bramson's Music- energy! How are you holdland and five years ago a ing up? second school in YorkWell, I m still standing. town. I'm vertical. It must be nice to perform together. We just got back from an out-of-this-world trip on the QE2. Alan and I and our pianist did two conA traveling exhibit certs on the way over and two on the way back, with depicting the special 10 days of vacation in En- friendship between Father gland in-between. Awe- Flanagan, Boys Town's founder, and Henry Monsome. So after all these years sky, the great American of being a mom (daughter Jewish leader and promiBobbe Dodge and son nent attorney, is now on Steve are both musicians) exhibition at the Western Heritage Museum. The exyou decided to reactivate your personal singing ca- hibit will be at the museum until Feb. 5. reer. Henry Monsky is beFor years, Alan and I have been active. He has lieved to be the anonythe schools, I teach. We mous source x)f the $90 Facreated the Center for Mu- ther Flanagan received to sic in Westchester where rent his first home for
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MmooHm HSf^Ikf^i By Estelle Rosenberg Mrs. Gretl Wald has recently received word that her son, Dr. Ken Wald, professor, has been named chair of the department of political science at the University of Florida in Gainesvillle. Dr. Wald received his Ph.D. from Washing^n University and has been a member of the University of Florida faculty since 1983. His research interests focus on mass behavior, with special emphasis on religion and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom. Recent publications include: Religion and Politics in the United States (St. Martin's Press, 1987), and Crosses on the Ballot: Patterns of British Voter Alignment since 1885 (Princeton University Press, 1983). In forthcoming publications Dr. Wald has contributed chapters on the new Christian right, the Jesse Jackson and Pat Robertson political campaigns of 1988 and the pastoral letter ob nuclear war issued by Catholic bishops. As a consultant, Dr. Wald drafted the district election plan for the GainesviUe City Commission, and has testifled in two federal cases on the Voting Rights Act. The Lincoln Chapter of Hadassah Annual HMO Donor will be held Nov. 19, at 7 p.m., in the Tifereth Israel Social Hall. Ophira Bahar is chairman of the event. The program will feature the Lincoln String Quartet in a light classical concert. Donor is $40 (plus $3.50 for dessert), Jimior Donor is $22.50 (plus dessert cost). Guests and associates are $10 (dessert included). Please send your reservations to Hana Salik, 6100 Normal Blvd., Lincob 68506. and indicate whether it is donor, junior donor or guest. Albert Weiss, president of the Tifereth Israel Congregation, thanks the following congregants for their volunteer ^ffd^s: Charles CorQD who looked for those members
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Tax battle JERUSALEM (JTA) The tax revolt by the mainly Christian Arab residents of the West Bank town of Beit Sahur took on a religious dimension that could have serious consequences for Israel in world public opinion. The Israel Defense Force has cut the town off from all outside contacts for more than a month in what it considers a test of strength with the Palestinian uprising. But, the IDF found itself in confrontation, not with the intifada leadership, but with the patriarchs of the Latin, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches, who had come fromJerusalem to challenge the blockade and pray in solidarity with the townspeople.
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or directors at each school. By Edythe Wolf Prizes will be awarded to Federation Library the outstanding reports in director The Elinor A. Whitman each grade level. A special Memorial Book Apprecia- committee under the auHarry gave us a treas- tion Contest will be spon- spices of the Federation Our next meeting is Nov. 21 at which time Art urer's report and asked for sored jointly by the Jew- Library will choose prize Grossman will pitch the approval of a $700 dona- ish Federation Library and winners from among each game for you, as your tion to the Jewish Federa- Omaha's three religious school's entries. No prizes stringer will be out on the tion, which was approved. schools in recognition of will be awarded by default. coast. Correction: Names of all contest Harry presented guest the 1989 Jewish Book Marge Nearenberg gave participants will be listed Month, Nov. 23-Dec. 23. the beautiful happy birth- speaker Bob Wolfson, The United Talmud To- in the Jewish Press. ADL Director for the Midday rendition for Dave D. rah of Omaha, the Friedel For further information, at the installation. Plains states, Iowa, Ne- Academy, Temple Israel contact the education dibraska and Kansas. Earlybirds chairman Sam and the Federation Li- rector at your school or Rosenstein was moderator Bob is the grandson of brary will sponsor the con- call the Federation Liand opened with excerpts the late Louis Papemy and test for first through brary. from a sermon by Rabbi told us of his background. eighth grade students. Kahn re American War He delved into anti-semiThere will be two cateElinor Whitman served Vets, and suggested that tism as it is today and how gories: book report and for many years as a memwe visit Vets hospitals. it was years ago, and the book jacket design. Books ber of the Board of DirecHerb Meiches reminded reasons for it. It is more must be of Jewish content tors of the Jewish Federaus that Nebraska paid sophisticated today. We and the reports should be tion Library and was on nothing for returning war must believe in Israel. submitted to the educa- the faculty of both Beth El vets after WWII, unlike , Anti-semitism is rampant tion directors of the and Temple Israel Reliother states. in Japan, a country with a respective schools. Forms gious Schools. She had a Sam read from a na- few hundred American and instructions for all lifelong interest in promottional business daily re- Jews working there for contest categories may be ing Jewish children's litergarding Japan and how it American companies. obtained from the teachers ature. is achieving an economic Pentagon confirms victory after it lost the What makes us Jews? War. They bought into Our foes are the Islam WASHINGTON (JTA) fitted with nuclear or • Hollywood with Columbia Fundamentalists.' Do we — The Pentagon con- chemical warheads. Pictures, they own billions desire to assimilate? When firmed Wednesday that But it is inaccurate to of dollars of LA. and New our people came to Ellis Is- one of its documents say that the Pentagon beYork real estate, and their land, did they want to lose released this week by a lieves Israel possesses auto plants in America are their identity, especially U.S. environmental group such warheads, said Lt. supplied with parts from after the Europeaa po- states that Israel's Jericho Col. Keith Schneifler, a Japan. groms? Torah, G'd, and I ballistic missile could be Pentagon spokesman. We do know that Brit- Nationality, and moral ain owns more of us than ethics. An aliyah to Israel. Japan does, and the Aus- An inspiring address from sies and the Dutch are not Bob. far behind. We are having See you in December. trouble cracking the JapaHappy Thanksgiving. nese market. Norm Korney offered Correction: Oldtimers that some government Luncheon Menu for Nov. funding set aside, for ex- 21: Turkey with all the ample, the gas [ax to be Trimniings. used for highway improve: m^nt, winds up elsewhere. And ffom Dave Dvorkin. why are we partners with the Japanese on our fighter planes? Sam spoke on Ford's buyout of Jaguar, beating By David Landau out G.M. It cost Ford u|>JERUSALEM (JTA) wards of a billion dollars. — Prime Minister YitThey ain't gonna make it! zhak Shamir talked And, of course. Crocotough to his office staff dile pundee tears shed for Sunday. "Hereafter, Big Red after we lost the you are not to do anyC.U. game. Wait till next thing without my being year. informed, " he adFestivities followed at moniahed them, wiekU our fast service cafe, ing a knife for emserved up pronto by Molphasis. Lois Linaman Knd Adrienae Rice celebrate their B'not lie's gals and Maitre D's, The knife was to cut Mitxvah at Betli EL Nov. 1, 1946. Motzi by President Harry the massive 74th birthSchulman, Beruchen by Also included in the Fall Beth El Synagogue's day cake his aides and Keith Peltz. 60Ui anniversary is being issue of the Journal is a wife, Shulamit, preDoc Margolin offered a observed by the Nebraska story about Tillie Olaen's sented as a surprise for musical review for the Jewish Historical Society Omaha heritage: "A Histhe prime minister. next gathering, featuring with a new exhibit in the tory Becomes Literature" As they kxtked on Cantor Berkovits and the Corridor of Jewish History by Linda Ray Pratt. Unibeaming, he sliced the Dik Trio. Museum at the Jewish versity of Nebraaka-Lincake, carefully trying President Harry asked Community Center and cohi, and a story of "Times not to disturb the key for a memprium for Iz with an artkle of tribute in to Remember: Memories words "rosh memLewis and Nate Schneider, the newly published "Me- with My Father " by Jerry ahala" (head of governand Sam Shyken told us mories of the Jewish Mid- Gross. ment) that decorated Several pages are also that Will Bloom, Art west" journal, according the icing. Abrams. and Dick Cumto Mary Fellman, NJHS devoted to the poetry of the late Ida Speckter who mers are hospitalized. co-founder. The exhibit includes pic- celebrated Jewiah life ture* and history of the through poetry, Mra. Fallsynagogue since its found- man said. The Beth Ei Exhibit was ing in 1929 and can be viewed at Miy time the mounted by NJHS staff Jearith ComaMinity Cmatm pvaons, Ophira Bahar. aria opaa. Additional pic- chivist and Dorothy Kotuna MMI •MPMfaMiia ia ssabhim. staff aaaociate. the uilluge boiiertj •tilbaiaa •eewtwl is t^ Mary FeUnuui and Oliver NJHSflttn •! the JOC I\)Uak were editora of the aad wUI be •ddHl t« the JouraaL 391-2700 Oopiia of th» JoMnal are •xkiUt vhkh dho MtMKb tp a ifttiai um Im the availabb at tT.M) mthM countryside village tkMNJH& "Han ol HM«y." By Henry Stern
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The YES Group met on Nov. 9 at Beth El. Aron Zeiderman and Yiddish songs which we greatly enjoyed. We said goodbye to Marion Levine, who returned to Florida after a short visit to Omaha. We will miss her. We welcome back our president, Roseline Epstein, who was absent for two weeks and we thanked Sylvia Ross for the excellent job she did during Roseline's absence. On Nov. 13 at the Jewish Community Center we celebrated November birthdays and extended
and Fanny Rosenthal on their 62 years of marriage. Welcomed back were Sylvia Friedland, Mollle Wine, Irving Levich, Betty Monico, Ruth Klass, Jeanette Ban and Edna Neidelman. After a delicious luncheon, we listened to a humorous talk in Yiddish by Norman Gendler. We wish a speedy recovery to DicCGummers who had hip surgery. On Nov. 20 at the Jewish Community Center, a special turkey dinner will be served to commemorate Thanksgiving.
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Geffen told the Jerusalem Post that until how, all Holocaust-related memorials in the USSR suppress the Jewish identities of Hitler's victims, referring to them as Soviet citizens or simply "victims of fascism." The most blatant example is the memorial at Babi Yar in the Ukraine. There are two memoria plaques in the Ponary forest, Geffen said, and both refer to the victims of the "Hitlerites." But a third plaque will be set up shortly by the Vilna municipal
No reparations paid indemnification toBy David Kantor BONN (JTA) - An ward Holocaust survivors, unidentified West German acted for all of Germany. The high-level official, official has chided Jews and others for displaying who spoke to reporters on "unjustified enthusiasm" condition he not be identiat hints that East Ger- 'fied, was referring to many would pay war repa- vague promises of reparations made last year by rations. . He also inferred that former East German leadWest Germany, which has er Erich Honecker.
Constitution movement JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel moved an important step closer towards a constitution Wednesday, when the Knesset, by large majority, approved on preliminary I'eading a Basic Human Rights Bill. The bill, when it eventually will become law, will be known as a,^aslc Law,
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By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA)-Part instructional and part country fair, a daylong Yom Hatorah drew nearly !>0,000 Jews from all over Prance to a Paris suburb much to the delight of Chief Rabbi Joseph Sitruk, who organized the event to bring French Jews back to the faith. Jason Flatowici Jason Carl Flatowicz, son of Cheryl and Frank Flatowicz, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, Nov. 24, and Saturday morning, Nov. 25, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh-grade superior-honor-roU student at Andersen Middle School, Jaaon plays trombone in the band and participates in chess club. His other interests are bowling, pingpong, basketball and collecting comics. Jason will share his Bar Mitzvah with Feliks Avshalumov of the Soviet Union whose Jewish heritage has been denied Jason and his sister, Shayna, are the grandchildren of Jim and Gerri Phillips, and Hersz and Paulette Flatowicz. Great-grandparents are Anne EUis and the late Lewis Ellis.
People came from as far away as Lille and Marseille, to visit stands promoting Jewish foods and displays of religious ritual objects^periodicals, books and even furniture. They listened to lectures on Judaism and heard appeals to return to religious ways. Sitruk explained that Yom Hatorah was intended to demonstrate that "Jews have a place in a multicultural society such as France is today and should be better acquainted with their heritage." He said he had expected no more than 15,000 to show up andwas surprised by the huge turnout. It included two prominent visitors from Israel, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu and Minister for Religious Affairs Zevulun Hammer. They woe joined on a dies by leading non-Jewish French political figures. HOME ALLIANCE SERVICE
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,g^gg|, professor on Middle East Dr. Ruth Lapidoth, professor and writer on international law, will give the TePoel Lecture at the Creighton University School of Law and will be the keynote speaker at the second NCJW event for 1989-90. Professor Lapidoth's lecture on Monday, Nov. 27, will begin at 3 p.m. in the Gross Appellate Courtroom at Cr»lghton's Law School, £l8t at Cass, and will focus on the Tabs Commisairai and the use of arbitration to resolve Arab-Israeli conflicts. Her NCJW luncheon talk will begin at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 28, and will deal with the legal issues which confront Jerusalem, including religious pluralism and the conflicts between secular and religious authority and law. Professor Lapidoth, a professor of law at Hebrew University since 1956, is widely known for her work
Dr. Lapidoth is most widely known in Israel for her work as legal adviser to the Foreign Minister during the Camp David talks and for her selection as the sole representative of Israel on the Taba Commission, the ground-breaking arbitration panel which resolved the tense conflict between Egypt and Israel concerning the sovereignty of the Taba area.
Dr. Ruth S in international law, the law of the sea and the Arab-Israeli conflict and its resolution. She is currently spending the fall semester as a visiting professor of law at Duke University, has written five books and authored more than 40 articles in her fields of study.
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She is an engaging speaker and has lectured and taught at numerous universities and conferences in' the U.S. and Europe. The lecture at Creighton is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. The NCJW luncheon will be held at Dinah Raful's home; coat of the luncheon will be S6. All luncheon reservations must be sent to Dinah Raful or Sherry Shapiro by Nov. 20.
ANTI-TERROR MEASURES COPENHAGEN (JTA) •^ A Jewish member of the Folketing, the Danish parliament, has called for tightening anti-terrorist laws. His request has elicited a positive response.
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By Hugh Orgel Israel currently exports TEL AVIV (JTA)-De- military equipment in the fense Minister Yitzhak amount of $1.7 billion a Rabin has urged Israel's year, one-third of its total scientific eatabliahmeot to industrial exports. But concentrate on devel<qung that is expected to decline, sophisticated consumer as the trend toward reducgoods for the world ing defense budgets acmarket ceteratas worldwide, Rabin Addressing the Board of said. Govemora of the WaisRabin spoke at the dedimann Institute of Sdenoe cation of the Helen and in Rehovot on Sunday, Milton A. Kinunelman Rabin said consumer Center for Biomolecular products were needed to Structure and Assembly oflMt the antkipated drop at the Weixmann Instiin Israel's military ex- tute. porta. OBDERS FOR IDF JERUSALEM (JTA) Defuse Minister Yitshak Rabin tokl a Knesset panel Tueaday that the Israel Defense Force has orders to "act aggressively" againat any illegal incidMtts that ta*y occur on the first annivcnary of the proclamation of an "independent Palestinian sUte."
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Close encounters with music Yehuda Hanani, cellist and artistic director of the "Close Encounters with Music" Series, which opens November 29 at Temple Israel, has just returned from a 10-day concert tour of the Far East. The Israeli-born Hanani has been described as a "cellist of impressive passion" whose "virtuoso cello playing da2zles concert audiences." Isaac Stem and Leonard Bernstein heard Yehuda Hanani when he came to the U.S. as a young man and convinced him to attend JuUiard where he studied with Leonard Rose and Pablo Casals, among others. In addition to his appearances with leading orchestras, he teaches students from around the world at the Cincinnati College conservatory and at Aspen during his summer residencies. The concert series, modeled after one he began in Miami five years ago, is part of a current popular trend toward chamber music over large concert hall performances. "Intimacy is the number one ingredient," Mr. Hanani said in an interview. "It is a very personal way of making music . .. people sitting around you ... a certain atmosphere of togetherness." Mr. Hanani and four acclaimed musicians will perform works of Haydn, Dvorak. Debussy and Sarasate at the opening concert. Violinist Mark Peskanov, a native of Odessa, U.S.S.R., who appears as soloist with the New York Fhiiharmonic this season, received the first Isaac Stem Award given by Car-
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negie Hall and the Avery Fischer Career Grant, both in 1988. Kay Stem, founding violinist of the Lark Quartet, recently completed a 5week cultural exchange tour of China and Taiwan where she p)erformed and taught in their major conservatories. South African pianist Anton Nel, recent first prize winner in the Naumberg International Competition, has been awarded major prizes in competitions in South Africa, England, and the U.S. Violist Anna Kruger is with the Lark Quartet and makes numerous appearances as a guest artist. She has played and taught at Aspen, Spoleto, Taos and other festivals. The series continues with "What is Jewish Music?," Jan. 27; "From Russia with Love," March 5; and "Romantic Triangle: Brahms, Schumann, and Clara," April 21. Internationallyacclaimed musicians will
be pianists Edward Auer and Seymour Lipkin; violinists Peter Zazofsky, Sidney Harth and Yuval Yaron; violists Steven Ansell and Peter Kamnitzer; and Metropolitan Opera sopraoo Lucille Beer. A reception to meet the artists follows each performance which is at 8 p.m. in the Temple Israel Sanctuary. A patron party will follow the April 21 concert. Season tickets are $60; patron season tickets are $125. Checks are payable to: Temple Israel Endowment Fund. Mail to Temple Israel, 7023 Cass, Omaha NE 68131. For further information, call the Temple Israel office, 556-6536. Major funding for the Series is by Roz and Ike Friedman, Janis and Donald Yale, Susie and Marvin Cohn, and Susie and Alan Friedman. Additional funding is by Alan Simon, Fred Simon and Stephen Simon and Tom Fellman.
Dr. Paul E. CoUicott, right, of Lincoln. intenuitioMl coarse director of Advanced Traoma Life Support System (ATLS) of the Amerkaa Colkge of Surgeon's Conunittee on Trauma, visits the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem to make arrangements to introduce ATLS into Israel by holding a course in Hadassah in January. In the picture, Dr. CoUicott and Dr. Abraham Rivkind. a member of Hadassah's Trauma Unit, view the famous stained glass windows of Marc Chagall in the synagogue of the Hadassah HosfHtaL The windows d^ict the Mfsrings of Jacob on his twelve sons.
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Historical Society plans annual meeting for Omaha Bernard Wax, director, American Jewish Historical Society, Waltham, Mass., was in Omaha recently to diacoss plans for the 1990 annual meeting of the organization, scheduled to take place in Omaha. In this photo, he scans a display at the Jewish Community Center, produced by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society.
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Markovits's Jewishness comes to the fore only in the context of his motherin-law's anti-Semitism and the couple's inability to agree on how to raise their adopted baby. The Steadmans, similarly, have thus far failed to decide how to raise their children, a theme which symbolizes the struggles and even the failures of the yuppie generation. Michael Steadman remains torn between a healthy marriage to a Gentile woman and an internal quest to link himself with Judaism. Approaching the anniversary of his father's passing, Steadman begins to question the meaning of his Jewishhess and the viability of his intermarriage. Learning that his wife is pregnant with a second child, he wonders about the future religious upbringing of his children. Finally, Steadman returns to the synagogue of his youth and discovers that his people are "doing fine"—a remarkable statement on television to the effect of tl^e,-vitality of Jewish life in America. For those programs, int^marriage has been at most an occasional theme. Generally, ,it has been peripheral to the primary interests of the characters, surfacing on^y for particular programs, e.g., the December dilemma of Christmas or Chanukah. This television season, however, features one program which highlight ka interfaith relationship as it primary theme: "Chicken Soup," starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave. The importance of tradition is central to the program's theme. Its main characters, Jackie and Maddy, are quite proud of their respective Jewish and Catholic heritages. That reverence for tradition may explain the couple's reluctance to pronounce the marital vows. However, both articulate the overriding importance of love and trust in a relationship over allegiances to ethnicity and faith. IWigious differences in tWr view become obsolete when a couple shares common social values. In fact, their common commitment to helping the underprivileged seems to bind the couple. Conversely, the opposition to intermarriage expressed by Mason's mother aounds lilw «o anachronism roughly eq;uivalent to the boorish anti-Semitism of Moddy's brotlMT, Mike. Ths messags, in abort, appears that interfaith rsUtioDsbqw can be happy rslstionships, wen if they do prnsMir spscial (smily PfobleaBS. Mors tallingly, the taboo against portraying suooMsful intennuriagas OB prims-tims teltvisioo has UIOB. reflacting tlie growing bgitimiiaticw of iatsmarrisga by tha AnMrkan viewing public.
To be sure, television will of course claim that it at most mirrors reality rather than helps shape it. Most Jews, however, do continue to marry other Jews, but the only Jews portrayed on prime-time television appear to be those involved in interfaith relationships. Moreover, Jewish communal leadership opposes intermarriage as a threat to future Jewish continuity. The recent "Who Is a Jew" dispute in Israel underscores how, by corroding historical definitions of Jewishness, intermarriage similarly threatens to undermine future Jewish unity. These ideological objections to intermarriage fail to receive adequate hearing in current television portraits. "Chicken Soup," in particular, despite Mason's much-heralded positive Jewish identity, perpetuates negative stereotypes of the Jewish family. Jewish content is virtually nil in the program, save for vague tribalistic feelings for fellow Jews and common opposition to antiSemitism. Jackie's mother embodies all the negative imagery associated with the Jewish mother—overprotective, pushy to a fault, and constantly prodding her son to eat continually. At a time when so much effort is being made to strengthen and revitalize Jewish life, it is sad that the only Jewish characters portrayed on television express so little appreciation of their values and heritage, except for the perpetuation ofoutdated images and stereotypes devoid of positive content.
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(Mk® QU3?© ©®srm©ff Glen Fineman Executive Director Jewish Family Service Freedom! A new life! A hew beginningi These were the first words that came to mind when I, along with Jewish Family Service's president Howard Epstein, recently met the first Jewish family from the Soviet Union to resettle in Omaha in many years. Along with us at the airport were the family's relatives, who also resettled in our community about ten years ago. Observing the tears of joy in their eyes and hearing the sense of relief expressed by both families to be finally in the United States made it truly an exhilarating experience. There are many details to attend to in resettling a family, including housing, arranging English lessons, providing furniture and other basic necessities. It has been a pleasure working with our growing Resettlement Committee and other previously resettled feunilies in coordinating efforts in making our "new friends" as comfortable as possible. We are very grateful for the tremendous help given through the many donations of furniture, home furnishings, and time volunteered by generous individuals. I look forward to meeting more of our Soviet relatives and friends in the weeks and months ahead as we continue to "strenghthen Jewish family life" in Omaha.
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Sholom Aleichem? Aleichem Sholom! By Susan A. Drazen litor's Note: 'Fiddler on the Roof," Ihe award-winning musical [based on Sholom Aleichem's stories, will be presented at the Jewish Community Center Nov. 30-Dec. 23. For ticket information, caU 334-3200. Susan Drazen has put together the following biography of Sholom Aleichem. Everyone knows that his name really wasn't Sholom Aleichem. Everyone knows that he wrote the stories upon which "Fiddler on the Roof" was based. Everyone knows that he was called the Jewish Mark Twain. But really what do we know about Sholom Aleichem, the man who created Tevye? The real Sholom Aleichem, Sholom Rabinowitz, was bom in 1859 in Pereyaslav, Ukraine but moved with his family to the nearby town of Woronko, and spent his early years there. His father, Nahum was a lumber and grain merchant, and was considered well-to-do. However, Naham suffered business reverses, moved his family back to Pereyaslav, and opened an inn. It did not prosper. As if adjusting to the neduced circumstances were not enough, the family was soon plunged into mourning with the death of their
mother, Haya Esther, in 1872. Sholom Rabinowitz's young life was fraught with drama. A wicked stepmother, a forbidden young love . .. Sholom's father soon remarried and presented the children with a stepmother, who even begrudged the young Sholom the kerosene needed for his study lamp. Despite these difficulties, Sholom completed his religious education and continued on to the Russian gymnasium (high school) from which he graduated in 1876. In 1877 he moved to Kiev, where he became the tutor of Olga Loyeff, daughter of a wealthy Jewish landowner. Student and teacher got along quite well, so weU in fact they fell in love. In true storybook fashion, old Loyeff ordered the young teacher off his property and the young lovers were separated from 1880 until their marriage in 1883. During his enforced exile, Sholom began writing short stories in Hebrew and submitting them to journals of Hebrew literature. Also, from 1880 to 1883 he served as the Rabbiner, the government appointed rabbi in the town of Lubny. After his marriage in 1883, Sholom made what would perhaps become the most decisive career
change of his life, and began writing in Yiddish rather than Hebrew. He also began the publication of a literary journal: Der Yiddisher Folks Bibliothek (the Jewish Peoples Library). Although Yiddish was the language of the Eastern European Jews, Yiddish literature was held in low esteem by the intelligentsia of the Russian Jewish world; Sholom's father among them. As was the custom among the few existing Yiddish writers and out of respect for his father, Sholom took a pseudonym; Sholom Aleichem. Upon the death of his father-in-law in 1885, Sholom became the head of the family and quite wealthy. He moved his family to Kiev and became a trader on the Birzha, the stock exchange. He never gave up his writing entirely which is fortimate because he was no businessman. Sholom Rabinowitz went bankrupt in 1890 and was never able to entirely recover his losses. It was during the 1890's that the first of the Tevye stories began to appear. There really was a Tevye who really did deliver dairy products to the Rabinowitz fanoily during their summer in Boyarka. The stories of Tevye Der Milkhiger, literally Tevye
the milky one, were published in newspapers much to the real life Tevye's embarrassment. "He makes me sound foolish" he protested. "And 1 don't even have any daughters". Despite the appeal and popularity of these stories, Sholom Aleichem lived in relative poverty while the newspaper editors and publishers continued to make money from his work. At all times, Sholom Aleichem's family, his "Republic," were a source of constant pride and comfort to him. He tmd his beloved Olga would have six children, Tissa, Lyala, Emma, Michael, Maroussia and Nahum. Even after his children were grown and had left home he stayed in constant contact with them in letters and preferred if possible to have them living with him. Tissa's husband, the renowned Hebrew author, I.D. Berkowitz, translated Sholom Aleichem's works from Yiddish into Hebrew and one of his granddaughers, Bella, grew up to be Bel Kaufman, the author of Up the Down Staircase. In 1906 after years of unrest and terror for the Jews of Russia, Sholom Aleichem and his family followed many of their compatriots and left. They wandered first to Italy, Switzerland, Germany,
and eventually came to America. Sholom Aleichem wrote about the "little people", the people of Kasrielevka like Tevye and his family, with a humorous yet loving eye. His sensitive ear helped him to transmit these stories amusingly and entertainingly, yet he never lost his great respect and affection for his characters. Sholom Aleichem was a prolific writer of plays, stories and poems, but he will always be most fondly remembered and beloved for his stories of the Shtetlach, the Jewish villages and hamlets of Eastern Europe. His health began to fail in 1910, and he never was really well again. Despite his iUness, he continued to write and gave readings of his own work to receptive and appreciative audiences in the United States and Europe. He persevered until the death of his oldest son in 1915 which devastated him, and his optimistic buoyancy seemed to ebb for the first time. Sholom Aleichem, the beloved spokesman of his people, died on May 13, 1916 in New York City at the age of 57. His popularity never decreased, instead it grew past the Yiddish speaking and reading public. His works have
been translated into most European languages, serialized, dramatized, enjoyed and savored. After his death even those who had dismissed his work as "fodder for the masses" came to recognize . and appreciate his work for the native genius that is was. The greeting "Sholom Aleichem" means peace unto you. The name of the author, Sholom Aleichem invokes the same feeling amoung many: peace, a feeling of home and familiarity.
Farrakhan WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington has urged the District of Columbia Council to rescind a resolution praising the drugfighting work of the Rev. Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam. The JCC said it "is dismayed and deeply disappointed' that the D.C. Council approved without debate" the resolution praising the efforts of Farrakhan's group against drugs, and Farrakhan as the group's inspiration. The resolution was adopted by the D.C. Council after its sponsor. Councilman Harry Thomas, presented an unsigned copy to Farrakhan before 10,000 persons at a rally held in the D.C. Armory.
1989 YEAR-END ENDOWMENT GIVING TIPS As year-end approaches, it's a good idea for those wanting to make charitable gifts in 1989 to review the rules as to what income tax deductions result from various types of gifts and when those deductions are effective:
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New latch key program at JCC The Youth Department of the JCC has named Sherri Green and Mary Beth Muskin co-chairmen of the Latch Key Program Subcommittee to implement a before- and afterschool child care program on the JCC campus. Under the direction of Corey Kirshenbaum, director of the youth department, and Judy Siff, chairman of the youth committee, a latch-key program survey was sent to JCC members at the end of the summer. The majority of respondents to the survey were positive. Seventy-three percent indicated that they would be interested if, the JCC offered this program. According to Mrs. Siff, "The JCC strives to meet the needs of its members, and we feel that with the addition of a latch-key program we will remain committed to our goal of continuing excellence in every facet of our youth programming while meeting the increasing parental needs for quality beforeand after-school child care." "We are fortunate to have Sherri Green and Mary Beth Muskin heading this program," said Mr. Kirshenbaum. "Dr. Muskin's background in counseling and early childhood education, along with her personal understanding of the needs and concerns of working parents. ATTENTION-GOVERNMENT SEIZED VEHICLES from $100. Fords. Mercedes, Corvettes. Chevys. Surplus Buyers Guide. Small refundable fee. 1-602-8388885. Ext. .A4992
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makes her a real asset as co-chairman. "Mrs. Green's determination and willingness to create a program that is affordable and one that will make full use of the Center's resources and facilities completes the team," continued Mr. Kirshenbaum. Mrs. Green and Dr. Muskin are in the process of forming their committee. If you are interested in serving on the Latch-Key Program Subcommittee, call Sherri Green, 4934773; Mary Beth Muskin, 334-1688; Judy Siff, 4934112; or Corey Kirshenbaum, 334-8200, ext. 267. ISRAEL AND JAPAN AGREE TOKYO (JTA) - Israel and Japan will conduct annual bilateral discussions on international issues and projects of mutual interest, beginning in January.
Daniel Neiden of Lincoln is starring in "The Witch," a new adaptation of the Abraham Goldfaden musical folk tale at the Jewish Repertory Theater in New York. The work, conceived and directed by Benjamin Zemach, opened the 16th season of the theater last week. Mr. Neiden, son of Max and Eleanor Neiden, was in Lincoln a few months ago to be the cantor at Tifereth Israel Synagogue for the high holidays. PERES STRENGTHENED JERUSALEM (JTA) Labor's solid showing in the Histadrut election Monday and Likud's lessthan-expected gains have strengthened Vice Premier Shimon Peres- and enhanced the prospect of a narrow-based government under his leadership to replace Labor's troubled coalition with Likud.
Jay Kenyon, son of Linda and Howard Kenyon, has been selected to participate in the All-State Band which will be held Nov. 16-18 in Grand Island, Neb. He will be playing third chair tenor sax. Jay was one of 175 students from Nebraska chosen from the field of 2,000 who auditioned in October. Jay is a senior at Burke High School. ALIYAH UP TEL AVIV (JTA) - Immigration to Israel during the first nine months of 1989 was 54 percent higher than for the same period last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported. ARAB ARRESTED JERUSALEM (JTA) A young Arab carrying a gasoline bomb in her handbag was arrested Sunday at a security checkpoint near the entrance to the Western Wall Plaza.
The Omaha Temple Youth Group is sponsoring a community Spaghetti Dinner on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. The dinner will raise funds for Mitzvah Corps, The Missouri VaUey Federation of Temple Youth's "summer camp for seriously ill children ages 7-15. Members of MoVFTY serve as counselors for this one-week program which gives the children an ppportimity to have fun and be "normal" kids outside the confines of their hospital rooms. Forty percent of the proceeds will benefit the OTYG Travel Fund, which provides financial assistance to OTYG members attending regional and national conventions and Israel trips.
dren 4-12. Children under 4 eat free. Prices will be $ 1 higher at the door. Valet parking will be available for $1. All proceeds from valet parking will go directly to Mitzvah Corps. In addition, all proceeds from tips will benefit the camp. Musicians will add to the Italian atmosphere of the evening and entertainment for children will also be provided. Chefs for the dinner will be Ajon Farber and Mollie Delman, and members of OTYG will serve as waiters and waitresses. For more information or to make reservations, please call Temple Israel at 556-6536. or Rikki Epstein, the OTYG treasurer.j at 330-1134.
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