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lews mourn over leath of Sakharov By Adam Dickter NEW YORK (JTA) Andrei Sakharov, a rare voice for human rights in the Soviet Union, ?vill be sorely missed by the world Jewish community, which ! noted his passing with sadness. . Sakharov, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and nuclear physicist who died of a heart attack on Dec. 14, was once described by Soviet Jewish activist Natan Sharansky as "the conscience of the Soviet Union." "I think he himself, through his efforts and influence, really changed th^ whole atmosphere of the Soviet Union, not just now, but 20 and 25 years ago," Sharansky said on Israel Radio shortly after hearing the news of Sakharov's death. A founder of the Helsinki human rights monitoring group, Sakharov, 68, was ronanbered fondly this week by Soviet Jewry advocacy groups, 9uch aa the National Conference <m Soviet Jewry, which referred to him in a statement as a "beacon of freedom" and "a steadfast champion of human rigljts." In 1968, he attacked the Soviet leadership for "backsliding into onti'Semitism" and characterized the bureaucracy in tlie "highest elite of the land" of acting "in the spirit of Stalinist anti-Semitism." According to the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, or NJCRAC, Sakharov stood outside Soviet courtrooms in 1970 and 1971 to protest the sentencing of aUyah activists who attempted to steal an airplane and flee the country. "They have only ooe aim," said Sakharov. "To go to Israel, which is their right." In 1976, Sakharov, conadored the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, ; published a statament on "Freedom of Choosing One's Country of Reai(fanoe." In it, he praised tke U.S. Congrsss' adoptfan of the Jaduon-Vtnik Amendment to the U.S. Trade Act, which first Ifakad the Soviets' trade statna to the Isvai of free emigration., Sakharov wrote that the amendment "continued rtfae bast demoerade and humane traditions of the Araerican people" and rejected "the aisertions of the critics" that it was "in-

terference into the domestic affairs of the USSR." In the same document, Sakharov referred to aUyah, or Jewish immigration to Israel, as "a phenomenon of gen«-al human importance and important in principle in the thousands-year-old tragic history of the Jewish people. "I understand and respect the national feelings of the Jews who go to build and defend their newly acquired homeland," he wrote. Sakharov, who spent several years of internal exile in the "closed" Soviet city of Gorky, openly supported the Jewish state and publicly defended Israel's right to exist within secure and recognized borders, while urging an equitable solution to the Palestinian problem In 1975, he warned the United Nations against sanctioning anti-Semitism, wiiile the worU body was considering its infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism. "If this reeoluticm is adopted," he said, "it can only contribute to anti-Semitic tendencies in other countries by giving them the appearance of international legality.-" Harry Lipkin, a senior physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, told the Jerusalem Post he had corresponded with Sakharov since 1980, when he discovered that he and Sakharov were doing nearly identical work on elementary particles. Around the time of the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, Lipkin recalled, Sakharov's Moscow apartment was broken into by rnf«k«H Arabs who cut his teiephooe lines and threateoad his family becauae of his public support of IsrasL A'ter the break-in, SaktrivAv reportedly received i poetcard witii the messfr. "Black September always remembm its -friends.' " ' (JTA correspondent Hugh Orgel in "Tel Aviv oootiflMited to this report)

Mtyor to ipMk Mayor PJ. Morgan is srhadiiled to speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbntkvs Wadnasday at nooo at the Vaoice Inn. The meeting is open; cost for lunch is 16.

Monsky Lodge plans 36th stag Mike Abramson, Sports Stag chairman, has announced that Bob Devaney, athletic director at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, will be honored at the 36th Annual B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Stag' at Ak-SarBen on April 4,1990. Prior to his career at Nebraska, Mr. Devaney coached \4 years in Michigan high schools. He then spent four years at Michigan State University as an assistant to both Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty. Mr. Devaney coached for five years at the University of Wyoming where his Cowboy teams had a 35-10-5 record and won the WAC Conference title four years out of five. At Nebraska. Mr. Devaney established himself as one of the nation's finest coaches; during this 11 years as head coach, the huskerq were 101-20-2. Overall, he had the best winning percentage of active major coaches at 81 percent with a 136-30-7 record. Coach Devaney took the Huskers to nine bowl games, guided Nebraska to seven Big Eight Championships, had three undefeated seasons, and led the Huskers to two na-

Mr. Jackson joined the ABC network in 1964 and has served as spcnts director of ABC Radio West. He became the only sports commentator ever to win five straight "Sportscaster of the Year Awards" as voted by his peers from 1972-76. He and his wife, Turi, have three children, Melanie, Christopher and Lindaey. Bob Devaney tional championships in 1970 and 1971. He was the Football News National "Coach of the Year" in 1970, Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Washington, The Football Writers Association of America, The Walter Camp Football Association, and by the Helms United Savings Corporation. Mr. Devaney became Nebraska's Athletic Director in 1967 where he has built one of the nation's most successful Athletic Departments. Devaney and his wife, Phyllis, have two children, Mike and Patricia. Mike and his wife, Cheri Jo, are the parents of Kindra and Robert. Special guest speaker wOl be Keith Jackson, who is currently the play-byplay announcer on ABC

Omaha Federation wins awards at annual GA The Jewish Federation of Omaha was the recipient of four Public Rdations Awards preeented by the Council of Jewish Federations at the 58th General Assembly held last month in Cinchmati, Ohio. The national awards are announced annually at the General Assembly for "excellence in public relations. " Gold. Silver, Bronae and Honorable Mention awards are given to the moet outstanding material in each of the following categories: newspapara, newalettars, newspaper advertising, invitar tiona, special brodnuee, rsmpaign brochures, annual reports, worltar trainhig Uts and posters. The new brochure for the Foundatkn of the Jewish Federation of Omaha received a Silver \ward for 'Best Special Brochure." The invitation to tlw IflW Wea^'sChai/ Grand Gifts Diviaian Apprsdatian LandMon won a Broose Awvd for "Bast Invitatkxu."

An Honorable Mention Award for "Best Newspaper Advertising" • was given to a series of three advertisements for the Foundation of the Federation, and a second Honorable Mention was awarded to the "If Not You, WHO?" Campaign booklet used in the 1989 UJA/Federation Campaign Cumulatively, the Federation obtained more awards than any other FedvatioB m ita category. Consistant <pality of public ralatians mstarials ia aspedally recognised at the General Assembly, snd tsmesMtstives of the FederatioB STB saked to come forward to recaive their awards. Howard Bloom, executive director, said, "The Federation wishss to take thia opportunity to thank Jonnie Jasobsoa. its |ul>lie rslatiaas dirsctor, for bar efforts on behalf of axI of campaign com-

Keith Jackson Sports coverage of PAC10 football and basketball Mr. Jackson has covered a wide variety of telecasts over his colorful 35-year career, including a numbtf of Summer and Winter Olympic Games, major league baseball and basketball, boxing, auto racing, and sporting events for "Wide World of Sports." Prior to joining ABC, Mr. Jackson had play-byplay assignments with Washington State University, Washington Univo'sity and had worked for 10 years at KOMO-TV in Seattle, Wash.

Dave Blackwell, former Omaha sports personality, will again be Master of Ceremonies, according to Mr. Abramson. Mr. Blackwell is sports director at radio station KISN m Salt Lake City. The Bert Render Award will be presented to the MetropoUtan Area High School Athlete of the Year. The recipient will be announced prior to the Sports Stag. Tickets are $70 and may be purchaised by calling Ira Trachtenbarg at 5533197, or by calling the B'nai B'rith Office at 334-8200.

UNL offers new class The College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln has announced the availability of a new course, "The Literature of Judaism." The course, which is being taught by Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Rabbi Aryeh Azriel Israel, is offered through the Religious Studies Program and Department of Classics and made possible through the support of the Jewish Chatauqua Society. Rabbi Azriel is the first lecturer to be named to the Arty Bondarin Chair m Jewish Studies funded at UNL by the Jewish Chatauqua Society. Mr. Bondarin is a former Omahan. Rabbi Azriel ia a candidate for his PhD degree from BaltimOTe Hefaeew University in the interpretation of the rabbinjl Utvature'of the first four centuriee of the ComnxttEra and is considered an expert in that area, a UNL spokesman said. The course is intended to be the first of a regular ssriae of offerings at UNL in the area of Jewiah raligion, culture and history and will serve as ths foundatioa for an eventual program in Jewish sttuUee. the JewiA Flees waatold. For additional information on thia class (call number 2426, Tueedays, 8:30-10:30 a.m), call the university.

Happi^ Hanukkah from the Jewish Press

Temple Israel group brings wedding dresses to Israel

New Year's party TIM older adnlt itaapa ntU have a New Year's party on Dec. 31 at flie Jewiah CoDununity Gentar, noon to 4 p.m. A cocktail 9our from / ooon-1 p.m. Win be fol^ lowed by luncheon of Rock Cornish hens with all the trimming. There will be favors and dancing. Make reservaUtm^^th ^va Oruch, 391-8344, or Fanny Gummers, 391, 3997. v^

Jmw and Joel Cassman of Waahington. D. C, annoimca the Sept. 17 birth of a daughter, Sara Celia. The couple,also has a thrse-yaar-ol^ daughter, Noriko Alexandra. Mr. Cassman is a for-eign service officer with the U.S. State Department. Grandparents are Molline and Frederick Cassman and Kioko and Kiomi Haramoto of S#i Mateo, Calif.

C ®!ldl(S!r ©dlfflBa in®ws j By Joe Boin The YES group met at the Jewish Community Center tm Dec. 11. We wd^ comed back Dick Gummers and Ida Zoorwill who have been absent due to illness. Thanks to Kate Ferer who so faithfully records all the people who are ill in . , different hospitals. '\ Reservations are needed by Dec. 23 for the Dec. 31 New Year's Party. Rides are available if needed. 'Tickets for members are $7.60; non-members are

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart GOiat announce the Dec. 6 birth of a daughto', Emily Rebecca. Grandparents are Doris; and Alvfai Abramson amd the late Belle and Oscar Giller. Great-grandmother is Mrs. Paul Rapoport of Chicago.

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NO PRESSURE WASHINGTON President Bush affirms that the United States will not pressure Israel to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

I NEO-NAZIS IdARCH BONN - Some 80 neoNazis belonging to the German Freedom Workers Party march through the West German city of Gottingen, carrying antiSemitic banners.

IMMUNITY LIFTED PARIS - The Euro^ pean Parliammt votes to lift Jean-Marie Le Pen's parliamentary immunity, enabling France to put him on trial on ct^arges of racial libel and spreading anti-Semitic hatred.

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rALENDAR OF C^LEN EVENTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 f MoVFTY Winter Conclave. Kansas City I , Temple Israel Hannukah Family Dinner, 6 p.m., , SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23 A Hanukkah Oneg Shabbat, 2 p.m., A N LMngston Plaza *; •» "FkWIef on the Roof." 7:30 p.m. ° . SUNDAY. DECEMBER 24 g A UTTO Winter Recess A vJr. B'nai B'rith Bowling, 1:30 p.m.. Cougar Lanes v Club MadliMfn Ovemlglit BBYO Winter Regkmal Conventkm Single* Altemathw Party, 8 p.m., Biuetwrry Hill ORT Gift Wr«p Dinner. 7 p.m. MONDAY. DECEMBER 25 JCC Ck>e*d, H & PE Open, 9-6 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Winter Camp, 10 a.m. Bureau for Aoing Board, noon WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 Winter Camp, 10 a.m. B'nai B'rith Breadbreakere, noon Beth Ei IHanukkah Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Beth Ei THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28 ' JeWlah War Vats, 7:30 p.m.. Poet |1 Walk-in Drop^n, 10:30 a.m., Beth El c L L Jr. Youth Ski Trip, Temple Israel I I OTYQ Ski Trip and Hanukkah Party, ail day P P . Winter Camp, 10 a.m. A N O

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Leora; Bev Gilinsky; Joyce and Patrice Schmidman; Pennle Davis; Jan^ and Jary Dann; Sandy and Jeff Passer; Jeff Laudin; Kathy Beauchaine; Warren, Joseph and Josh Zweiback; Susan Wiesner; Norm Wohlner; Lois Joseph; Adam Zweiback, Tippy Magid; Ellen and Dick Slosburg and their two children, Jacob and Rachel. In addition, Lorraine and Ed Frank of Indianapolis, and Jeff Zweiback and Laurie Davis of New York will be joining the group. Arrangements for the Janey Dann, left, and Sandy Pasaer displajr one of the trip are being provided by nine wedding dreaaes to be ddiyered to the Rabbinit Tlw Travel Company of Omaha. Bnueha Kapaefa in Jcfosalem. By Carol Katsman When Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and his tour group leave for Israel on Monday, they'll be taking more than just the usual luggage; they're also bringing nine wedding dresses. The brand new dresses, repacked in two small boxes, will be shipped to Israel along with the lug^ gage of two members of the tour group, Jeff Laudin and Kathy Beauchaine. Once in Israd, the boxes will be ddivered to the Rabbinit Bracha Kapach. / The Rabbinit runs a very unusual service in Jerusalem, providing weddin^oresses to young Jewish women who can't afford to buy their own. She. is one of many "Mitzvah Heroes" described in Gym Shoes and Irises, Parts I and II, by author/poet/ tzedakah expert Danny SiegeL. Mbr. Slegri is well-known for his tzedakah work and has lectured extensively for Jewish organisations. He is also a friend of Sioux City businessman

Jim Sherman, who criginally obtained the wedding dresses from a bridal shop for a synagogue garage sale. When nine of the di«sses remained unsold, Mt.^Sherman called Mr. Siegel to arrange for someone to take them to the •^ Rabbinit in IsraeUJiir. Siegel then phoned me; I called Rabbi Azriel. Three phone calls and one transAtlantic flight later, they dresses will arrive in IstaeL A happier Hahdkkah awaits tiine lucky brides there. -•

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Saving a life A stofy cama into (he Jewiah Pnai ofiioerecentty about Allisoo Atlas, a 20year-old college student from Betbesda, who is facing death from leukemia. I apologize fen- not telling you about it immediately, but Maryland soimded far away from Omaha and it didn't seem likely that a marrow transplant donor could be found here rather than frxna the East Coast. But, the st(Hy reminded AlUaoo Atlas me that "Whoever Saves One Life, it is as if he had saved an entire worid." (Talmud) Friends of this Jewish girl said they are seddng help from Jewish organizations throni^boat the countiy because the best chance of finding a Mdtabie donor outside of her own temily is from someaae of Jewish ethnic origin. The girl suffers frtm a rare f(«in of leukemia for which there is no treatment, only the poeiSbSSty ell a cure through a bone marrow transplant For unrdated individuals, the chances of finding a bkwd tissue match is 1 in 15,000, according to Dr. RndotfBmtoco, chairman of life-Savers Foundation of Amaica, which leads the national marrow dcoiir rscruitoMot program. "Not many a{ us get the OHKirtunity to be a hero, but a msnow transplant donor is truly herok," said Dr. Bratoco. "No one an this countiy should^have to die because people have not been hiformed or asked to hdp," he added. He pointed out that not eoou^ people have had their bkxxl tissue typed and recorded in the files of the National Marrow Donor Program to be a potential donor. Ilioae who are willing to be tested should contact LifeSavers at 1-800-999^22 for information on local teB^ ing and donor procedures. Anyone in good healUi, from 18 to 66, can be a potential donor.

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Bf Benno Welser VUOB ProfeMKir ef Jadafe Stadee, Bnrtoa Univerrity The Middle East "peace process" has not advanced since the apparantty heady days (rflast December. This is not the place to qiportian blame. But let us reflect m the role which ad^wsity and our reaction to it has played in American Jewish life and ponder how peace in the Middle East ipay «&Bct our lives. As long as we can thhik bade, we have been protestJews. The causee wero always legitilnate. We protested against Nazi Germany, the maeter-rkoe, and tiM NunmiMrg Laws. We proteeted against Father Cou^hlin, the Oennan Bund and Charles Lindbergh We protested—alasl not loudly enough and not soon enough—against the deportation, concentration, and exterminaaon of Europe's Jewry. We protested against the British White Paper and unfilled U.S. immigration quotas. To be a Jew meant to protest. We watered down our rdigion, our traditicns were made into delicatessen, and whfle koeher dflls became ecumenic we became culbiary Jews. The Bagel, the gefilte fish and the pickled herring became the link to the world of our fathers. But we were saved by protests. We protested against admission quotas to colleges, the "gentlemen's agreement" in pnpaty, the discrimination of the Executive Suit& We protested against Ernest Bevin, and the State Dquutment's attempt to scuttle the U.N.'s Palestine Partitkin Reedution. Our synagogues became community oentws. We celebrated mammoth bar mitzvahs, rqilaced the Jewish mother by the caterer, and the Friday-evening sermon by the book review. While some barriers were lowered at hrane, enemies abroad came to the rescue. We proteeted aj^iinst the "doctors' trial" in Moecow, the Slansky trial in Prague, the Soviets' obliteration of Babi Yar. But we also protested against J(^ Foster Dullee, who forced Israel to withdraw after the 1956 war. We forgot about Hebrew and prayed in Eng^Ush. We couldn't read the Talmud any more, so we learned about

Jews from bdlow, Malamud and Roth. Smne had eoor plaints abotit PortAoy, but at least he spoke Eng^. Issiah, AUva, and Maimonides wens, reduced^ to names, but we nsmed with them new community centers. Aiid we protested: against anti-Semitiam in Poland, Argentina, and the paraion play in Oberammergan; against hanghigs in Iraq and ^lettoe in Syria; agabst Nasser, De Gaulle, and Senatw Fnllbrigfat. Protest made us contribute more to the United Jewish Appeal and buy mon State of Israel Amds. Testimonial dinners became our way of life, and dotfnrs became leaders. Meanwhfle some of onr children became Jesus freaks, Hars Krishna's, or Mooniee. Y«t we iKotested: against the U. N., against the equation of Zionism with radsm, and agidnst Mexico that had voted for it Against Arab terrorism, Arab boycott, Arab threats. Ag^nst the dl embargo and the West's cave-in to it. For locda&urs, such as affiimativa quotas (as qn>oeed to affirmative action), and swastika daubings there was dways the Anti-Defamatim Leagua We toured Israd ("Nice place to vidt, but... "), kibitsed at the kibbutz, bouj^t Yemenite embrdderiee, and danced, in America, the hora. In the meantime, every third of our children married out of our fdth. For good luck, there was plenty to protest against: the Soviet policy on Jewish emigration, neo-Nazis and Nad-criminals, at home and abroad. Anti-Semitic slura by Semitic Foreign Ministers. George Ball, Evans and Novak, Anthony Lewis. Then, one d^y, out of the blue, the country of the Sphinx qmke through the mouth of Sadat. And spoke of peace. We held OUT breath, but—"Hie Arab world oetradzed Egypt. Sadat was murdered. Kadafy ran amuck. Tlie Arab ofgy of hatred rather increased. Peace with Egypt wsa cokL There was again plenty to protest against md we did. '—,. Then came the intifada and thanks to the good offices of ABC, NBC and CBS, every stone thrown in the West Bank landed smack in our living room. And the news-

To the Editor. The U. S. Supreme Court will pass judgmmt on whether there is a right to die, even though modem medJcinB can keep many comatoae persons alive for years. llie case is of Nancy Cruzcn. who is ineveraibiy comatose, but can be kept aUve for up to 40 years by use of artifidd feeding. IIM Missouri Supreme Court by 4 to 3 voted that the medicd procedure should be continued. Her parents want the process stopped. Why should this activity exist? Every day doctors are deciding to stop treating terminally ill patients and allowing them to die even though th^ could keep them alive for days Or even weeks. An thiy killing their patients? All hospitals have a procedure policy in writing not to resusdtate the terminally ill (D.N.R.). Are they guilty of killing? I f a terminally ill person is able to communicate, he/she can refui» all treatment and the doctor and hfliepitd must oblige. Is this suicide? The answer to sU of these is nolll Those of us who fed strongly about this should put the^ feelings in writing to prevent the above dtuation (Living WiU), but even this ia ignored in many instances and must be taken to court. I would hope that the U.S. Supreme Court wiD aUow this problem to be left to the family, their doctor, and their dergy, to sdve. I believe that the State should stay out of this peraond and emotiond deddon. Norman Komey, OED.

it ik of fai^greater importance to wtamina the liturgy in the pri^yer books, the gqjng»<n on the Bimah, and the basic philosophy of the synagogue in question. If you are hqqiy with women leading services, women readkig the Torah, and entire fdniliee on the Bimah dur ing the Tcrah service, if you are luppy with the Sim Shalom Siddur, with ita missing and dtered inrayers, then, perlufM, you belong with the Conservative Movement (inddoitally, more than half the C(uiservative congregations in America have rejected this Siddur in favor of the old, more traditiond Silverman Siddur and even the new RCA Artscroll Siddur). v^ Even the attitude toward the Hdy One, blessed be He, is radically different, as is the attitude toward conversion, biblical exegesis, even the basis of Jewish life and culture itself. I would suggest that thoae calling for merger should undertake to educate themselves a great ded more before they find themsdves invdved in something they might regret Second, one csnnot judge success or failure by attendance figuree. Beth El does not do sny better then Beth Israd on Shabbat or any other time, except when there is a nmcha. Ndther synagogue is doing any better than even the majority of aymigoguee back East In New Jersey, for instance, where we were last stationed, a synagogue of 700 familiee still had problems raidng a minyan for Shabbat Mincha and for daily minjranim. As far as the average age of tb^ congregation, these synagogues are no different than the greater number of synagogues natioawide. If one has been reading and Iteqting up. one finds studies by severd organizations showing a generd decline in the number of Jews in America, and ths increasing age of the population of regular synsgogue attendsee. It dthtr synagogue wants more numbov, they an going to have to recruit elsawhisret Economic prosperity few Omaha will bring the numbera—not merfSQl Writing to the mayor, ttegov«nor, and your coogretfsmen will bring more soocese than writing letters to the edltorl My advice to Beth Israd is this: I know it's tough without s rabbi. Cantor Fettman, kmg may he live in hedth and happiness, cannot do it all alone. You are without your "front man" and your sptritud leader {our fane tbkt aoDs everything and evao'one together, n nty yeara of travd I have seen synagoguae wit dlffleultles finding s rabbi literally tear apart. Hang onf Beth Israd, even as it is, is s i sary. vltd iastitutktn In this dtyt This crisis wlU pa and when it dose, you will be dl the stronger for it^ Foster E. Kawalar, Major, Ufl

TotkoEdher I have been fdUnring with eome interest the dd>ate going on in your paper coocsroing the problems of Beth Israd Synagogus. Bdng a relative newcomer to Omaha—and a rabbi to boot—I have notiosd eome things whk:h. perhapa. only a newcomer can. First, it appears that those clamoring for a merger of Beth Israd and Bath El have totally missed the fact that then are vary aMMmt and very basic differencee in the pUloaopby and "stkndard opwating iMticeduree" of the two institutkns. I {yaliaa that soma an manben. of both aynacDguae and have attended cervices at both plaoss, but so 00 and have I. It would aeem for some that the mixed seating and mlcrophoiMa in the sanctuary are confudng the issue. As it turns out, thsre are opinions in Halacha advocating both of thsae practkM (albeit ndaority ophikms), but imerophonss ana mixed soatiug do not a Movement Bkiwf WhUa thsss trappiags iffpear ki both synagogues,

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Should peace ever come: f . :<s®gilbsim© Sm (CortiaMd ton Pag* 4 papers, thp headUiMS, {E» cartomul Arafat iraa o(Mz0d Intopir<»CTiactogth»niyraBOBiK»abla,but while tothe A new -advertfsing West be spoke about a tw6«tat»«alution, the PLO whispered in the East that what he ndly meant was agen^, Bbimenthal-Cady a two-stage <« two^hase sdntion, with Israd being & Associates, offi^aUy opened its doors Oct 1. phased oat in the seAmd stage. We woe irirad by the U. S. taUdng to the PLO and The agency principals are unhappy wlwn Shamir's founMJnt eketions proposal, Bob Bhunenthal and Maty fieslied out into Rabin's 20i>ofait program and umanHoH Cadyr Mary Cady was forby Mubarak's 10-pomt reservatiODS. was followed by Baker's fiv»iionit intecpretatioa. It aeons that every- merly with Rdlbeiser, Holbody #ant8 to make points, and MachiavdU aaid that land, Kabler. Advertisiiig diplomacy is the kmgiBst distance between two pdnts. as aenior vice preaideiit, Under the drcumstancee the moment may aeem dkector of account servioe. remote and the problem far-fetdied. peace initiatives Bob Blumenthal waa also stutter, sputter, splutter and don't c«tch on. But the with RHK Advertising as mere idiea givee us ah mmortunify to pause and to pon- vice president/creative der how peace in the liuddle East may affect our lives. ' director, and prkir to that, What if peace came in spite of all? Math what would as vice {nesident/creative we fill the voids of our eroding Judaism, were we director tor fioielL The sgency is located in deprived of reasons to protest? the Regency Four BuildPeace would preeent many risks for Israel But peace would preeent us with an enormous chal- ing in Omaha. lenge: To survive as Jews—without protesting. Garden Cafe Express will relocate its restaurant at One Pacific Place. C<»structi(m has begun (m the Aew Garden Cafe to be located in the southeast earner of One Pacific Place ROYALWOOD ESTATES, 4-Bedroom, acroas from the office C(H&plex. 2-Story with Finished Basement. The 6,374-square-foot Bacl(s to Highland Golf Course. Close restaurant will include to Schools and "J.C.C". Newly twice the seating, a party room, and mhvged kitchDecorated/Lots of Extras! en, and outdoisr dining on Sheila and Marvin Polikov a deck overkMking the Papio Creek and Happy Hollow Golf Course.

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Who can resist offering comment on the Joseph cycle, which begins in our Torah reading, or on Hanukkah, which is immediately befwe us? But here is something on another subject, something interesting which may amuse or interest you. It is intriguing to me. It is especially intriguing, because the point I am interested in was cau^t by the andent Midrash, and repeated by Rabbi David Kimchi, tjbe great medieval Spanish Bible commentator, philosopher, and, particularly Hebrew grammarian. When the brothers have sold Joseph off to a caravan of merchants on the way to Egypt, tb^ deceive their father by smearing Joseph's coat with the blood of a goat. Tlun tbey ask their father, "haker na,'* identify this please, is this your son Joseph's coat or not? No^in the next clupter, Judah, who has really saved Joseph's life, but yet was part of the conspiracy of the bn>thei;s, fiiida himself much embar" raased. He is a widower with three sons. The first, and then the second, have married a woman and then died.

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Furtl^er^ the words haker na, identify this, the brothers, Judah included, demand that Jacob view the bloody mees that is Jacob's coat... And with the words, haker na, Judah is confronted with his own shame, obliged now to admit that th0 pledge belongs to him, and that he is guilty of fathering the unborn child. In the narrative it turns out that twins are bom, and one of them becomes a link in the chain that reaches to David, and therefore to the expected Messiah. Bi^t.for the mommt that is irrelevant: the Midrash and Kimchi have called our attention to something we may have missed in cardees reading. The goat pays Judah back. And Judah is forced to swallow his pride by the very words the brothers had used to their father haker na. He identifies himself as the miscreant, entrapped by his own deception.

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Whn abe rstoiq^ from intaradsaion, nmeh oilier audience was fai tbe hall, unaware that the recital was ready to resume. She waited on bef piano bench wrqiped in a sweater untH an was ready- "WeHahalllgooatand make another entrance?" She smiled and did just that to the delict of the . audience. Her reentry applause set just tin right tone for the Mazurkas and Chopin which dosed her performance. For someone like myself, who failed to get into third-grade chorus and who was imable to get past the novice range on the clarinet in the elemoitary grades, my technical sldUs faU short when it comes to reviewing the

Pianiat Karao Kuahner has totnd a tepgirtanding problem that I have had irith mnairianH of great talant I have seen a lot of skill CO the stage, but little in the way of persooality. Ms. Kushner possesses Ixith. V, She is charming as well aa Udented. Her recital at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Strauss Pwionning Arts Center comidrtely captivated the estimated 200 attending. Despite below zero readings outside the building and a ratbea- cool tenqierature inside the hall, she overcame the chilliness of the evening with a rousing

perfonnwee of an aocomCoBae«ivl^tI]r,, aaida^ from, my peraoul eisjtqrment at watchiog her fingera skitter akmg the keyboard, I had to look elsewfaere for judgment on her skills. Comment was available erdm many after the recital. Ma. Kushner's former teacher and longtime observers of her career were quick to tatid her technical talents calling her a well-roun^ pianist with a great ability to memoriae concertos. "I'm flutprised that the Omaha Symphony haa not grabbed onto her," was (me of the comments. Next April, Ms: Kushner will pei'form the complete Chopin Mazurkas at

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