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Federation leaders strike deal to pay for domestic resettlement

Lincolnites join in Israel mission ManlMn of UM Lincob Fedcntioa'a MiMka to IsTMi poM for a pktan before Odlr tetan. Pletared from left, bock raw, Hnry awl Auda Allea, Roth Goldenberg. Irene CMadbMr. Oariotte Oclott, Inr Ckddidbaig; ariddk raw, Miaoile Br^ low. Yak Gotadiner; front row, Betty and Hy Pobky. <See Lettata to the Editor OB Page ^

Shevardnadze promises Iris government will protect Jews By Auaa Btrabama NEW YORK (JTA) Sonnet Foreign Miaister Eduard Shovardnadse haa promiaed his govenmieat will protect its Jewiati citiseDS against ,^tiSentitic violence, according to a member of the New York City Cdimdl who aaya he met with Kremlin official last week. ' The Soviet govemmoit ^wiU Bt>t tolerate pogroms" against Jews, Shevardnadze is said to have toU City Councilman

NoaSt'bwr of BirboByn during a private meeting at the FonigB Itinistry in Moacow OD Jan. 91. "We win do everything in oqr power to (votect the Jewish CQDununity." Dear quoted tile foreign minister lib aaying. Shevardnadse's remarka appear to be the hi^iestImlal government reaponae 80 far to the series of antiSemitic threats that have triggered panic among Jews in the Soviet Union. Deor saki SlMvardnadze

gsve him fats word that the Soviet govemmeDt would ajppfy existing legialation to protect Jewa. "There are laws 00 the books presently to poniab people who express these type of threats, and we wUl uae theae laws," the councilman quoted him as saying. The foreign miniater's remarka were made through an interpreter, said Dear. He said the meeting had been arranged by the Foreign Mii^stry.

By AUiaoa SjqtlaB MIAMI (JTA) - Leaders of Jewiah community federations from around the country have made a historic commitment to join forces in the resettlement of Soviet Jews in the United Statea and Israd. At a special general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations, representatives of 83 community federations overwhelmingly endorsed four resolutiona implementing Ae principle of "collective reaponafbility," for the reaettlenMnt effort. The agreement means the federations will individuaDy shouUer a fixed proportira of not only the United Jewish Appeal's 1420 million Operation Exodua can^aigrufor aJ>sorption of Soviet Jews in Israel, but also the total cost of settling the 40,000 Soviet Jewa eiqiected to oqme to tUp oonat^ in the nextyair.The dacjauo to share the coat of domeetic rsoettlem«nt—aa oppooed to leaving communitiee heavily imlMcted by the emigration wave to fend for themselves—waa hailed as particularly historic by CJF officials. The federations "finally accepted that they would help other communities pay some costs," said Miriam Schneirov, president of the Federation of Jewiah Agendee of Great-

er Philada^>hia and a CJF vice p^eaident. Schneirov co-chaired 4 special CJF panel on teaettlement that came up with many of the proposala adopted recently. The point moot debated at the aaaemUy regarded the exact the formula by Which each community's share of the financial fatmko would be calcuJated. There was no (q>position to a proposal to base each community's share of the UJA Operation Exodus goal on ita performance in the 1986 general fnndraiaing campaigns. Forinatance, if a community raiaed three percent of tlw total raiaed oy all federations in 1988, it will be respcmsible for the same percentage of the Operation Exodus goal But nnaller federations that have raiisedretaitivaly Iargi> auma of money tot eominmnitiee of tbeir siae afa|K6*4it9nBiBftkn aanw fimmla to detemina their ahare of funda to be raiaad nationally for domestic resettlement.

Several of theae federationa buuled together and propoted inatead that the formula for dmnestic reeettlement be baaed 50 percent on the 1986 campaign results and 50 percent on a Jewish community's size relative to the national Jewish population. A compromise was hammered out to make the formula based 85 percent on the 1988 campaign results and 16 poTXot on population. The negotiaticm of the compromise was a "fine exhibition of statesmanah^" Martin Kraar, executive vice president of CJF, commented after the proceedings. "The smaller oomnnmities walked away . feeling aa much a part of this process as the New Yorkers," he said. And larger communitiee like New York demonstrsted that they "were mars coooaned about conaeoatts than their own parochial interests," he said.

Resettlement project needs volunteers tQ help make new families feel af home By Jo CarroU Ever want to graet someone at the airptjrt with flags and banners urtMBWiahaiT W«U now ia your^kaMe.'flle resettlentent project is looking for help. j^ If you woulcrato to be on hand to graet eomo of the 16 Russian famfliea who will be arriving in the next few months it would be great. Bat if that ia not yoor cup of i«( and you wiguld Uke to halp your boUiara •nd aiatara lh)m Ruaala aa (hqr ssparianoe thatr first taata or freedom, thara's pISBty of OtlMT tUiWi 10

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help with the everyday things that you and 1 take for grantad. Until they have the opportunity to drive a car, they need help with transportation. Think how many timaa you get into your car each day. You use it to go to the grocery Store, to the poet offioe. to take a aick chlU to the doctor, to go to the temple or synagogue or to the Jewiali Community Center. For thooa of you who drive and have aome free time, perbape you could taJu an afternoon or a morning and be reaponaiUs for one tamOy'a traoapdctation nasda (or that liayba you're not so kaan on driving someone around, but maybe you Uln to cook. You eooU fcnvt a family ov» to share

supper with you. It doesn't have to be fancy. These immigrants are uiwd to standing in line, not knowing what kind of food they will have to buy. Anything you cook will be appreciated. A koaher meal is not neceoaary. And maybe cooking ia what you do beet but you really don't want to have coakpaay. Take a family a diab and ait down and visit for a while. Better still, taka the ingrediante over to a newly wrived Roaaian family's house and teach them how to make an American diah. roraaoato(ilieaa(«niliaa, aerBwUng to Howard Bpataia, prsMdant of Jewiah raafiy Service, tUa will be their (bat inttodncUoa t« freedom. He Itheinportanoaof

making it a pleasurable one for them. They left Ruaaia with little more than a satchel of clothing and no peraonal belongings. It is moat fortunate that funding has been provided for the necessities of life, but much hdp is still needed in terms of helping hands. Apartments have been secmred, but must be furnished. The first choice is to obtain good uaed donated fomlture, but if it is not available volunteers are needed to akop (or living and dining room fumitvrs and booroom furaitore. (tar thai bo purchaaed. The aituatkm ia afandar to a family's belongings being de6)

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©JMlSilalgilll© Ssi Jcny Vcncv will aUr in They aaid thay anticiThe Gnbd Olde Playan pate aiod kxdc forward to a production of "Subject to remarriage on thab- 60th Change."1nie comedy will anniveraary. run Match S-April 1 at the Grand Olde PUifen ttfaaMike Shrier of Goldter, 701 South 39 Street. berg, Shrier & Eicatrom Jill S. Meyer. M.D., a was redected as treasurer second-year resident at of the Combined Health Creighton University, will Agencies Drive of Nebe preaenting during the braska (CHAD). Sanford 1990 Canference of Ameri- L. Friedman, president of can Asaodation for Geri- Wedding Information Netatric P^ychiatiy Third An- works, Inc., was anumg nual Meeting and Sym- the retiring board mempoeium to be held at the bers honored. LaMeridieo Hotd i» Coronado lalaod in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 17-19. Lisa and AlJacoby, now living at 4302 E. Fairmount, fl3 in Tucson, Ariz. 86712, celebrated their 40th wedding annivwaary on Jan. 29. Congratulations were offered by friends and family around the world. Th^ would like to hear from their Omaha friends.

NEGLECT FEARED JERUSALEM (JTA)Bthiopian Jews having a hard time adjusting to life in Israel worry that, with national attention focueed on the new 'influx of emlgree from the Soviet Unim, their needs will be neglected. The Ethiopians also complained they are not being allowed to settle wherath^ wiah.

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Women'a Ameticea ORT Natkmal President Reeee FeUmaa, eeooad foont, left, preeeata "Saiah'a Danghten" to the Libraiy of Coiwreae. Aooeptiag ia Judy McOermott. diiet, Exc^ai^ aad Gift Diviaioa, Ufaswy of Congreaa. Alao pictored are Clidre Meser, whose great made pubHcatiaaef the boafcpoealble,aadArtlror Lcipaig, noted fdiotograplicr.

ORT presents book At a oecemony at the li- Daughters" belies the brary of Congreea, Reese stereotype of Jewish Feldman, national presi- wotneo hy showing them dent of Women'a Ameii- actiye in adence, pditica can ORT, preeented "Sar- and the arta. tt shows ah'a DaujB^ters", a photo Jewish women as strtmg essay in celebration of mothers, sisters and Jewiah women, to the Li- daoj^ters who rspreeent brary fOT ita permanent what is beet in Jevdsh tranational coUectiim. The dition. Judy McDermott, chief, book, which was published in honor of the 60th an- Exchmge and Gift Diviniveraary of Women's sion of the Library, acAmerican ORT, is by cq>ted the book and denoted photographer Ar- -aoibed it as an "inqireesive wcrk tbat celebrates thur Ldpdg. In her presentation of the diversity and accomthe book, Mrs. Feldman plishments of Jewish noted that "Sarah'a women worldwide."

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Buraeu oi Jewish Educatkm, Ttti and 8th grade Shabbaion Tempt* Isnat Wi Qrade, Kanaas CHy trip Temple Israel Mi Grade. Minneapolis trip SUNDAY. FBMIUARY 11 HachanM L'YIarael, 3:30 p.m. Tu B'Shvat Indoor Track & FMd Meet. 1:30 p.m. Art Openbig. 2 p.m. Jr. B'nai B'rith Bowling Leegue, 1:30 p.m.. Couger Lanes Na'Afflst Boerd MONDAY, RBRUARY 12 YES. 10 a.m. JCC Ranch Camp PrasentaUon, 7:30 p.m. CoNage of Jewlah Laeming InetHuts. 7:30 p.m. ' ^ TUgtOAV. fWMARY IS c B«m Israal Olelertwod Luncheon. 12.30 p.m.. Bath torasi C L Temple Israel Olelarhood Luncheon and Program, noon, L I Temple Israel ^ Hetwiw Cttwa, 10 a.m. Bureau ol JewWi EduoaOon Board, 7:30 p.m. * ORT Board, 7:90 p.m.' WEONHOAY, nanUARV 14 0 Federation EtcaouOve Conimlttse, 4:30 p.m. JCAC Hebrew Classes. TJO p.m. Hadraw Htgfi. 7:30 p.m. Ternpla larael EMOUSM Aiard, 6 p.m.. Tempi* l*ra*l \^ Tem^ leraat Boartf. 7:30 p.m., Temple Israel I Beih Israel Boerd. 7:30 pjn., Belh Israel THURBOAY, KBMMRV II B'nel B'rNh Women's Owis»aait Day. 1 p.m.. BkifTwin Hoffw BraBs OMaa. 9 a.m. Library Book Wsoussiow. 1 p.m. Wafc-ln Oro»ln. iftSO a.m. Maaada Clae*, 7 p.m. Fdedal Academy JewWi Pimram Forum, 7:30 p.m.,

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ISADMIE 06HER0FF Oraveakle sarvicea were hdd at Beth El Cemetery on Feb. 6 for Isadore Osher<rff,95. Mr. Osheroff was retired from the Union Pacific Raifroad. He is survived by his sons, Bernard of Omaha and Nonnan of New Yoric, N.Y. The family soggests memoriala to the Beth El Building Fund. ONSOVnETTV TEL AVIV (JTA)-Soviet television viswers were treated to footage of Israel'a national thaater. Habimah, perfbrmiag at a Moscow UMster for the first time aince the Russian Revohition. The famous ooomsny is on a tow (rf ths Soviet Union, where it originated nune than 70 years sgo. CORRBCnON Support for the CoOage of Jewish Lsarafaig Institute and Kallah Wsekand is provided in part by the Phi]4> and Ethel Khitaiick Fouitdation. The Foundaticm was inc(»Tectly identified in last week's Jewish Preea.

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WARSAW (JTA)-Poland and larael are ex'pected to establish full dii^Qmatic relatiana by the end of thia m<mth, after years of preparation, according to Ami Mehl, eecond steretary of the Israeli intereets office in Warsaw. Tbough relations overall are good, there is already some friction between the two countries, becaiise most of the thousanda of Polish tourists going to Israel have stayed on there to work illegally, Mehl said. NevertheleeS, he added, "in less than a month, we will probably be a nonniJ embasqr. Now we nmction aa an embaasy euept for the name." |Ie aaid laradi Foreign Minister lifoshe Arena would visit Poland to sign the agreement and that then would be "back and forth" visito by the fall Poland and all Soviet bloc atatee except Romania cut tiee with Israel after the Six-Day war in 1967. But the democratic changee that have swept the Communist world in recent months have meant a new rapport with the Jewish state.

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BREADBREAKERS Lee PoUkov, B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers February rhairman, announced that Congreesman Peter Hoai^and wiD be the gueet QieAur at the Feb. 14 luncbeuL Breadbreakers meets every Wedneeday at noon at tbB Venice Inn. Cost for the luncheon is 16. 1990-1991 NCJW SLATE Bobbi Leibowitz, chait^ man of the National Council of Jewish Woman Nominating Committee, announced that the 19901991 slate of officers for the Omaha Section will be presented at an open board meeting oo Msrch 8 at 9:30 a.m. at the Jewiah Community Center. Nominated are: Berta Meyera, president; Patrida Newman, praeidaotelect; Diane Malaahock. admfaiiatratkia/llubUc relatlooe; Bunny Rothaoberg, community aervicea; Sheri Abramson, educatioo/pubUc affairs; Kate Klrahenbeam, fund raiaiag. and Jin Belmont, membership. Alao nominated are: Debbie Friedman, treaauiar, Janie JCuiakofsky. flnandal aecrstary; Julie Martin, recording aecretary; Hanist Bpatatn.oorremonding secretary; Dottis Roaanbium, parliamentarian/bylaws: and Ellie Panner. Carol Xatsman. Sandy Bpstain and Anne Waiti, dbsctors. The Nominating Committee dsaaoaaiaaled the fiillnwlng women as

delegates to the S7th Nati(mal Conventi<m in St. Louis March 16-18: Linda Novak, Berta Meyers, Diane Malaahock, Bunny Rothenberg, and Kate Kirahenbaum. Alao attending the convention from Omaha Sectkm are Carol Bk>ch, Carol Katzman and Natitmal Board Member Jan Schneiderman.

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BreadbreatoY^ tiear about Federation mission to Israel By Jo CamU eo briUiiJt The manager kened room five burning Paul Esptein apoke to of tbe abaorption center candles were rêcted in tb« Bud B'rith BraMi- aaki îMty are still limited mirrors, cauahig miUiona brMkera about the lO-igy in fonmng and growth. of tbty Ugfata to be aeea miMioo spoiwored by tbe "What BTi-we going to do Ha said aa you walk : Jewish Fedarattei and the witk these people?" the throng you hear the United Jevriah Appeal De- manage asked. namee of the m-million acribiiig Ûmself as a "tagThe Fedwation group childien's names, being a-hng," he aaid his wife, travried to a kiUmtx near read hi three dim-out hmSandy, waa t^ chainnan the Lebanon hipcderguagee.' .-•' of Women's Division Or. Ron Cooper, a mamr "If I were 20 years which sptfiBonA the trip. her of the Federation younger I would make He emphasized that a group, looked at the A%8h myself," Mr. Eptrip to Israel is DO nxxe ex- barbed wire border and stein said. pensive than going to a said to Mr. Epston, "You EUie Penner, another U.S. dty and staying in a don't want to hit yoiir golf member of the tour, deitapderately priced hotel ball ovar there. It's out of scribed tlie beautiful conHe conmared the way peo- bounds." trast of the country. "In ple in Omaha taUc about The group was able to the north lush, irrigation Israel to the way th«y talk talk to the assistant am- malies crops possible, but about {Ipwail "TbBy hope bassador for the United in the south tbe Judesn they <^ get there some- Stafcea about the badpreas deaert talna over with its day." he said. Israel hsseqierieacedas s stark mountains." Ut. Epstein omtinued, country. He expressed She said that one mmute "Omaha has always be- support for Israel, saying ^ was on top of Masada lieved in Israel I haid a lot it is the (mly democracy hi where it waa cold and of feelings about being a thftMidesst. According to windy and 16 minutes Jew and they certainly Mr. Epstafai he (ttd. how- later she was at the Dead came out wbui I went to ever, say the Israelis were Sea where people were Israel" provoking the rock-throw- swimming. The groiq> traveled the ing bddents just as much Both Mr. Epstein and entire country and saw asthePLO. Mra. Penner saki they Mt moat of the borders. "You . The FedsratloD went to safe th!» entire time. Mr. forget that it is mily 18 an laradi Ah- Force base EiMtiein, who Ukes to ran, miles wide," he said. whore they were shown ssked the people at the Mr. Epstein deacribed imly two airplanaa and inotd if he ooida safi^ ijm an absorption center t<M that everythfaig wu in the monhifli llMsr told where immigrants laam secret and undergnxmd. hhn,"ItiaHi&rhir«than how to live in Israel llie Thetr^totheWeatern in the United States." students in these oeoters Wall provvd to be much Mrs. Fmu^ who had were 86-65 years of age more naanfaigfiiL llw Sab- never beSB to am coontry and came fruD every cor- bath had a spedal mean- bef 01% w«i>t with no proner of the worid. lliere ing for Mr. Epstein, who conoetved Meaa ot what it were Jewa frwn Maxioo, won his bar mitivah taha woaUibeUko.Sheeaidtlyt Morooeo, Argentina and that his grandmother W within a {BW mOas you see even anne from the United given hteL It had origi- tha newest nodeni sculpSlates making their taSiy eatiib from larasL' ' tmo with the old buOdingB Aliyah. Dancers, ten hi a row ' still hi the backgroond. An of the Jews at the ab- and rows of ten, were She said the contrast hi sorption center had come . deaeribed by Mr. Epstein, the country is unbelievto larael to be part of tbe ss thqr danced toward the able. land Mr. Epstein said. wall at sunset. "There Mrs. Penner waSideasSome came witbout undar- ware young people from ant|y anrprised ii4ion sho standfaig either Hebnw or every coiuntry, red-haired walked hito a restaurant Enflîsh. Some, eepedaHy Jews, bhta-^yed bkmdee, and histead of the usual those from BtUopia, came black and brown haired "Smoking or non-smokwithout underatanding youth, an Jewiah, from aU ing?" she was aaked, what Judaism^ all about countriea." "Mnk or meat?" The one thing thsy have in The muaeums in Israel common ia that thmr all mrrticularlty hiqxessad Mr. Itankstoyoo. know theiy are Jewini. Epatein. but one was spetworto. Mr. Epstein was told cial It waa thf mnaeoffl IbrALLOFUS that ons problem with dedicated to the cfafldren some of the Ruaaian im- who died hi the Holocaust migrants is that th^y are As you sntarsd the dat-

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By Sharon Stiefd God never fully relmquishes dcttninioa over the worl^ Ahnoet every day we are faced with a new environ- ss It is written in Leviticus 26:23, "The Land is mke." inental crialK oil spO*. contaminated water fancies, In fact the coiMMpt of divine ownership of nature is fm^ poiaonad fruit, tai(iewafi|te^ qiedee eithietian. dwtatdUng ther developed hi the hahwlia. We are taught not to taste reaouroae, eroded land and air pollution. Our irianrtary anjrthing until we recite a blessing, baaed on the verse, problems are reaching apidandc dimensions. In onfar for "Theearth is the Lord's snd the ftilfaMaa tbenof'(Psahn us to live on a healthy idanet, free of toxins, it will 24:1). Therefore, we are tau|^t to show respect for the invohm long, alow changes in our habits and Ufaa^flss. environment becsuse it is God's creation and we are What doaa our Jewiw tradition offer us ao that we entruated to care for it can live in pMoe with our earth7 Judaiam evtdved out Judaistti instructs us to conserve oar Ood-given of • ralatiteAip betwan a people and a hmd. Our BiUe environment As Jews, we have been given 200 mitivot profvidea us fitii mmMCons in^^ta into our tiee to na- iHiich teach us environmental ethics. We have prayera, tnraL Our BiHeal fapUdaya were aet to the rhythm of the bleaaings snd paafans which revere the earth. It ia up moon andUM three nujor holidays. Feaach, Shavuot to ua to use oar legacy from the Bible and the Talmud and SuUcot. celebrate agricultifral harveeta. to teach ouraelvee and others how to care for our planet Evtry aevan years tiietaod waa granted a aabbatical, today. a year in Which no cro|w were grown, to give the sdl We can dedve from our heritage the inqMrative to a raat. Furtharmore, we were instructed not to need- develop eetdogically sound practioea—sudi as recjrdfaig, leaafy deatn^ aqy living thing. cleaning litter, carpooling, gardening, writing oor coolo the past maiqranviraBunaetalists havequeeticmed greeqiereon and reading hibels in the supermaiiut. Judaism's comndtment to the eoviroonunt They quote Preaerving life on tlda jdanet will SnvcSve everyone the line in the creation story which states: "Be fruitfol taUng amaU steps evcrydiQr. It will involve ft^wgitig and nmlt^ and replenish the earth and anbdae it; and oar habits snd Hfeatyiea hi our homee, onprnvtions, havadendnlon over the flab of tiieaaa and over the fowl schools and synagognea. If we act together, as hidiof the afr and over evaiy living thing that creeps on the viduala and as a ooinmunity, we can midce a diflierence earth." But in faet oar Jewiah tradition negatee the in the healing of our planet and the aasoranoe of our compropoaitiop that the earth is ours to totslly subdue and mon ftiture. dominate.

TUa mtraactive coatributiaa would qualify the individual for an old age peiiaioD of about $260 paid at the rate of 14 timee par year or a total of $8,600 par ytar. Based on tUa liew anwnrimmt as wall pa on iwent and pending jurisdiction of the Austrian AdministratioB Court, some additioaal $25 milKbD will be paid to Naii victims, mainly Jawsit during the currant decade. The n^ legialatkn, it wiia aald. taanlted from cooper atioo between Austria and mi(}orJs«ith o^ganisatians: The orgBBisatiaat incfaida thadmmittee (or Jewiah CSaima on Anstrk' the Amariean Jawiah Committee, B'nai B'rikiii tteWorid and^ OiiaBiution and the Cooftnooe of Preaideats of Mi^*'' AnMrican iJawish Organisations. Details of the arraagnnents, eqwdaOy the wish to pay ntroactiva contributiaia and the •tbsaqueat pennon daim are to be eettled diraetly with the Austrian aodid iaanrance catrier (PwsiansvertichMrungsanstalt der Angeetctttcn). The addMMia Friedrieh Uillageiet^trasse 1, A-1021 Wieo. AUSTRIA. The suggestion was made that local inquiries be diBBctedby telephone to the Consulate General's office in Chicago at (812) 222-1616. Of the actual ree^ijanta of Auatrian social bfloafits for Nad^rictima, more than 10,000 are said to reaide in the United SUtes and InrneL

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To the Editor On behalf of the ten of ua who ware part oi uw uiacoveiy'90 Mission to Israel, wa would Hfce to thank ths liviagston Foundation, the Jewiah Federation of Omaha aad the UJA far their part in qwnaoring our trip. Each of ua foand deep foalinga for our heritage and a need to nDooarage others to tiSte advantage of Uda wondarful opportunity. ClNiyl aad BM Oaapar Ann and DawM CMiatab idMHvtaCeiHi

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To the Editor So Biehop Tatu prodaima about the "arrogance of Jewia^ power" and the "Jewiah lobby." Thia haa been going on tor aome time and vet the Union of American Sandy awl Pad B^ataia, Mlaaion Hebrew (Tgngregatlona (UHAC), the Rafcrm movement etatae in iu aodal aotion keynote addreaa to the biennial oonveation in Naw Orlana, "And our work ageinst To the Editor. apartheid hi Sooth Africa haa now bean greatly augmanAhappy busload of Lincotaiitaa and Omahana. along ted V the Kovlar grant of $100,000 praeanted to Biehop with other eager addweeHmara, toured laraal from one ettd to the oCbv in Juat 10 daya. The trip, eponaoiad by Tutu to advance medical education for bladu tn Sooth Africa." (Are we even to believe "medkal adooation" the United Jswiah Appeal, took ua aU b«yoatf tha baeie would be the uaaT) tourist map ao that wa aipirfenoed dfreot and peraoaal Finrt; we try to fight enU-SeaaitiBm through one orcontact with laraal and laraaUs. Seeing and hearing gaaisatioo and than another pope up to support aa about Israel'B land and paopi* from the ineide wae an avowed anti-Sanita, one who equatee Naci annihilation exparianoe beyond Cdttpire. with the treatment of blacks fai South Africa and who Fraea the north«n-moat potDt on the Lebanon bordar, thinka that Jewe should forgive the Naiia. (Does Tutu we traveled down deep bit« the Negrv, Waiting the forgive whiu South AtricaT) Accordfog to Tina, Tata Youth AUgrib viUaaaa, a Caanrvativa Movement hib- aahL whila in Janiaalam. "UI am I buts and moahav, mjaet Betiawal programa, archaeo- Samitk. tough hick." How can tne flight agahiat anti-SemiUam be maxilogical aicavatkau. abao^^'tlM oentara, the Muaaum of the Diaapora. AmmunltioB Hill, the 8aao( Galllaa, the miiad when an orgawlsatloa purporting to rapreeeot$8t Weatvn Wall, the larad Muasum. Tower of David, Yad Reform congragatkias turn the other cheekT Is it poa> VaahMB, Mount Hand, the UVDA Afr Forva baae. the aibia that aoma Jeare are their own worst anemleat iTaager Dead Sea and Maaada.

The sad story of Allisof) Atlas; ^ . ^ nors found for others, but not her resettlement effort needs volunteers By Ekoa Nmuafoi Tiliii Hill AuMr.tMj

NEW YORK (JTA) A 20-year-old girl's, despen ate search for a bone niarrow donor has cauf^t the eye of the nation and brought hope back into the Uvea of nvuiy other leukemia victims. But the tragedy of Allison AUas continues, as the Bethesda. Mi, resident strugf^ to cling to life, and hope. "I know time is running out," says Allison. "I was given three to six months to find a donor, and now I'm in my sixth month." The longer they wait, the lower the chances are that a transplant will be successfoL "We haven't had any trouble finding dnuffs so far. We wen amaied at the turnout and how much people have cared." With over 14,000 per-

sons tested across the Eastern United States in the last two months. Atlas' unprecedented public csmpaign to find compatible bone marrow—althou|h not successful in her case—has found potential doBors fen-16 other victims of the cancer. "I'm still veiy optimistic," says Atlas, a New York University business major whose broad smile and sparkling eyes have caught the heart of the nation. "And I think it's great that all theee people have found potential donors. "I guess the mcest thing is that people don't have to look at me and feel sorry. They can do something. And if th^ can't help me spedfically, well, nu^fbe they will end up hdping someone rise." But people do look at A^ Uson tati feel sorry. Snce Nov. 19, when the family ^ decided to go puUic sfter

unsuccessfully testing 20O extended famfly menders, Allison has appeared throughout the broadcast and print media, including U.S. News and World Report, the front page of The New York Post, the "Today Show" and a soon-tobe-aued "MacNeU/Lehrer News Hour." "Allison dreaded the idea of becoming a public figure," ssys Nidc Kots, a cousin and a journalist who first publichied Atlas' pli^t. "She's become a realieader, though. When she goes on TV, she makes peo^e want to help."

(Coatiaued from Page 1) stn^yed by fire. The resettled Russiana have to start all over from scratch. Although money is available, volunteers are needed to help buy everything from tea kettles to salt and pepper shakers. The goal is to have the apartmoits stocked and ready for your new Jewish

nei^bors before they arrive. - ,^ For the first two months they will be studying English at the Metropolitan Community College and with tutors. It woudd alao be helpful to invite th>m to you home anil help them practice their Enpish. Don't worry if not every word on each skle Is understood, sometimes making somecme fed wdcome in

Simon Atlas, Allis(m'8 first cousin, who is hewing to coordinate the Friends of Allison campaign, agrees. "There's a certain charisma she has in terms of her fi^t and determination to beat this. It's the old American determinetion that says 'I'm going to win.'"

Bringing the wortd's singles togetiier By David Landau TtkiwaUe Amrnvj, ImeJ

JEKUSAL£M-Asingje Jew travding abroad on business, srmed wiUi a computerized list of unattached Jews at his deetinaticn, complete with details of social events and invitations for Shabbat meals, is not just a remote picture of an idealized future. Whoi Dr. Motti Friedman's "Tandu" World Jewish Singles Club establishes its planned computer network, that picture will become a reality. Tandu, founded by Friedman three years ago, already has a mailing list of several thousand names of single Jews all over the world, including those from the major communities in the United States and Europe as well u tiny ones such as Cyprus and Puerto Rico. Friedman, 44, an Israeli who received his doctorate in organizational behavior at Columbia University and who is himself single, is acutely aware of the plight of Jewish shtgles—

the American Jewish comnumity in Omaha is more hnportant If you're worried you won't have anytUng to talk about, bring out an <dd family idbum. Everyone knows the language of babies' smiles. Diuring the '70s when •)• resettlement conunittee was formed, nearly 40 people woiked (»the committee. Currently chairing the resettlement committee sre Boris and Maya Tayter and Mark and Emmy Krasovitsky and Mark Trustin. The Tayters and the Krasovitskys come to the job from practical experience. They emigrated from Russia about 10 years ago. Many of the families have been unaffliated with their faith for a long Ume. It is important that we include them in Jewish activities in the comnnmity. Remember, Onudia is the first Jewish community they have hved in. Let's give them a good taste of freedom. Make the time to .volunteer to help resettle a Russian family. Call Jewish Family Service today and /tell them where your talents lay. Whether it's buying a can opener or taking a child to the doctor, volunteer now.

especially those with suc- riages and smaU families. cessful careers which inFriedman intends to volve mobility-^who want ke^ the cost of participaan active sodal life while tion 'Sffudable, and he remaining Jewish. hopes to sponsor ddegatee IDF RAID Most k)cal communities, from Eastern Europe, JERUSALEM <JTA| he maintatns, cater mainly where, he says, the effect An Israel Defense Force to couples, and Tandu, of the Jewish singles probraid on Yatta and Idna vilwhich is a non-profit or lem has alrsady eroded the higes hi the West Bank Marc LeOwwits works with a child at the St. Vbieeat ganization, aims to fill Jewish community. over the weekend netted dePanl Family Shelter. Eighth. nlBUi awl tenth Friedman, who recently that vacuum. Tandu will more than 100 suspected gTMiera in Teni]rie Ismri ReUi^ons Sdiool particisoon be bringing out a bi- traveled to the Soviet Unintifada activists and a pated In a Tlkan 01am project for the homeleiM dnrmonthly newsletter to ion, met with sing^ there taig Jannary. Stodenta abo visited the Fraade House, large quantity of so^siled strengthen the contacts who are anxious to "c^d weapons." The susSiena Hooao, Sdvatkm Amy Booth Raridcnt, KDeah between its members, in- strengthen their Jewish pects and arms were taken House and the Stephen Center. forming them of special ac- identity and make contact without firing a ahot. tivities for Jewish singles with Jews hi the West. HUNGARIAN worldwide. U f TICK:dl Together MINISTER ARRIVES But Friedman's main efSUMMER HOURS JERUSALEM (JTA)forts are now directed to PROTESTED Hungarian Foreign Minisorganizing the first Jewish A BRIDF.S MAID. INC TEL AVIV (JTA) - ter Gyula Horn arrived in Singles Conference Secular Israelis are proIsrael on Sunday for the Wedding (oniultants planned for the summer of testing because the Ortho1990, which he hopes will dox-controlled Interior first official visit from bring some 500 people Ministry has tailored day- Budapest since the two countries re-established from abroad to join a simi- light-saving time this year lar number in Jerusalem for the convenience of the diplomatic relations in September after a 22-year for B convention that will observant minority. I'frlfi wnijiiift luu iUm i hif>itn. break. combine various plenaries and fun. He plans to conduct workshops on the AA-ALWAYS THERE proMeroeof being a single LOCKSMITH CO. Jew, discussions on Jewish demography and the dangers of assimilation, •ad the affocUi of kts marBonded and Insured

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By Sharon Sddd God new fully teUnqnishes dominion over the woriA '^ Almoet every day wa are faced irith a new environ- sstt is written in Leviticn8 26i28, "The Land is mine." 1 mcntd crids: oil spills, contaminated water enmiliee, In fact the coneqit of divine ownerd>ip of nature is furpoisoned fhiit, task waata, apedee egitinction, dwfaidUng ther devekped in the hahMha. We are t«j{^t not to taste reaouroeo, eroded land and air polfaition. Our planetary anything until we redte a Uesdng, baaed on the verse, problems sre reaching epidemic dimensions. In order fbr "The eerthia the Lard's and the fulhiess thereof' (Padm us to Bve on a hedthy planet, free of toxina, it will 24:1). Hierefore. we are tau^t to show respect for the involve long, slow changss in our habits and lifastylee. envirotunent because it is God's creation and we are What does our Jewish tradition offsr us so that we entrusted to care for it can live in peace with our earth? Judaism evolvod out Judaism instructs us to conserve our God-given ofardationahin between a people and a hmd. Our Bible environment As Jews, we have been given 200 mitsvot providee na wiu nunerons ind^ts into our ties to na- whkh teach us envinmmentd ethics. We have prayers, ture: Our BiUicd holidsys ware set to the rhythm of the hhwdngn and peabns which revere the earth. It is up moon and the three mi^or holidays, PSsach, Shovuot to ua to use our legacy fit>m the Bible end the Talmud and Sukkot. celebrate agiiculturd harveeta. to teach ourselves and others how to care for our planet Bvtty aevanwers HM land was grantsd a sabbatical, today. a year in which no crape were grown, to give the soil We can derive frtnn our heritage the imperative to a rest PortharaMni we were instructed not to need- develop eodogically Bound praetioes—such as receding, leeely destroy any living thing. cleaning litter, carpoding, gardening, writing eat conIn the past maiily environmentalists have questioned greaqtereon and readhig limds in the superauilcet. Jodaiam's oonunitmant to the environment TbQF quote Preeerving lifs on this jdanet will involve evttjrone the line in the oeatkn story which statee: "Be fruitful taking amaUstqis everyday. It will imrdve '•ii«wgj«g and nnlt^ and npleniah the earth and Buhdne it; and our habits and Hfeetjies in our homes, coiporations, have damUen over the fish of the sea and over the fowl schools and qynagogtwe. If we act together, aa indiof the air and over eveiy living thing that creeps on the viduals snd as a community, we can make a difference earth." But in fact our Jewiah traditiim negates the in the healing of our jdanet md the assuranos of our compropoeition that the earth is ours to totally subdue and mon future.

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TUs retroediva contiibutian woold qualify the indivicfaial for an otd age pendon of about $260 paid at tiiB rate of 14 times pw yesr or a tntd of $3,600 per yaar. Based on this new amandmmt aa well ae on recent and pending juriadiction of tits Aostrisn Administration Court, some additional $25 ndtta will be paid to Nad victims, mainly Jews* during the current decade.

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From the hi^ieet point in Israd to the loweet point in the worid at the Dead Sea, we travakd. leanhig with our guide, EUeiar, and Ustaning to dynamic qieakers at each stop... Discovery '90 was indeed a ^orioua adventure—one that the partidpanta will never forgsti Irv Ooldaaberg Unoola To the Editor So Bishop Tutu prodaima about the "arroganca of Jewiak power" and the "Jewiah k>bby." This haa been going on tor aome time and vat the Union of American Hebrew Congregatiooa (UHAC), the llefonn movement etatee in iu eodd action kaynote addraae to the Uannid convention in New Orleans, "And our work against spsrthskl hi Sovth Africa hu now been greatly augmaotad by the Koviar grant of $100,000 preaanted to Biahop Tutu to advance medkd educaticm for blacks in South Africa." (Ars wo evan to believe "uMdkd aduoatlon" would be the uae?) Ffrat we try to tight anti-Semitiam throu|^ one organisaUon and than anotlter pope up to aupport aa avowed anti-Samite, one who equatee Nad annihilation with the treatment of blacka in South Africa and who think* that Jewa ahouM forgive the Nads. (Doaa Tutu forglva white South Africa?) According to Tfaaa, Tntu aaU. while in JeruaalaBS, "If I am aeeuaad of bdag aatiSsmiUc toogfa hMk." How can the fight against anti-Semitism be madmiaed whan an orpnisatlan purpottfaig to rapraaant 822 Reform eongrogations turn the other cheek? Is it possible that etene Jeara are thefr own worst eoemiea? BfaadaTangec

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NEW YORK (JTA) ^ 20-year^M gu-l'a despeiv ate search for a bone marrow donor has caught the eye of the nation and brought hope back into tlie Uvaa of many other leukemia victims. But the tragedy of Allison Atlas cootinuee, as the Bethesda, Md^ resident struggles to cling to life, and h(^. "I know time is running put," says Allison. "I was given three to six months to find a donor, and now I'm in my sixth month." The longer they wait, the lower the chances are that a transplant will be successful "We haven't had any trouble finding dtmcH^ so far. We were amazed at the turnout end how much people have cared." With over 14,000 per

sons tested across the Eastern Unitad States in the last two mooths. Atlas' unprecedented public campaign to find compatible bone marrow—althou|)i not successful in her case—has found potential donors for 15 other victims of the cancer. "I'm still very optimistic," says Atkis, a New Yoik Univanity buainees major whose broad smile and sparkling eyes have caught the heart of. the nation. "And I think it's great that all these people have found potential donors. "I guess the nicest thing is that people don't have to look at me and feel sorry. They can do something. AiSa^if they can't help me specifically, well, maybe they will end up helping someone else." But people do k>ok at Allison and feel sorry. Since Nov. 19, when the family decided to go public after

unsuccessfully tasting 200 extended fanify menuMrs, Allison Jias appeared throughout the broadcast and print media, ioduding UJS. News and Woeld Report, the front page of The New York Post, the "Today Show" and a sotm-tobe-aired "MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour." "Allison dreaded the idea of becoming a public figure," sajrs Nidc Kota, a cousin and a journalist who first publicized Atlas' pli^t. "She's become a real leader, though. When she goee«» TV, she makes pe(^ want to help."

(Coatiaaed from Pag» I) stroyed by fixe. The resettled Russlana have to start tH over from scratch. Although money is available, voluntetts are needed to help buy everything from tea kettles to salt and pepper shakers. The goal is to have the apartments stocked and ready for your new Jewish

Simon Atlas, Allison's first cousin, who is hearing to coordinate the Friends of Allison campaign, agrees. "There's a certain charisma she haa in terms of her fight and detenodination to beat this. It's the old American determination that sa}rs 'I'm going to win.'"

Bringing tlie world's singles together By David Laadan IVhniaUc Aamey, ImcJ

l^e Jew traveling abroad on buainees. anned with a conqmterized list of unattached Jews at his destination, complete with details of social events and invitations for Shabbat meals, is not just a remote picture of an idealized future. When Dr. Motti Friedman's "Tandu" World Jewish Sn(^ Club establishes its planned computer network, that picture will become a reality. Tandu, founded by FViedman three years ago, already has a mailiitf list of several thousand names of single Jews all over the world, including those from the major communities in the United States and Europe as well aa tiny ones such as Cypnis and Puerto Rico. Friedman, 44, an Israeli who received his doctorate in organisational behavioi' at Columbia University and who ia himaelf nof^, is acutely aware of the plight of Jewish singles—

eepedally those with successful careers which involve mobility—who want , an active sodal life while remaining Jewish. Moot local communities, he maintains, cater mainly to couples, and Tandu, which is a non-profit organization, aims to fill that vacuunL Tandu will soon be bringing out a bimonthly newsletter to strengthen the omtacts between its members, informing them of special activities for Jewish singles worldwide.

riages and email families, i Friedman intends to keep the cost of partidpatioti afftedable, and he hopes to sponsor delegates from Eastern Europe, where, he says, the effect of the Jewish aingjes problem has already eroded the Jewish community. Friedman, who recently traveled to the Soviet Union, met with singles there who are anxious to strengthen their Jewish identity and make contact with Jews in the Weet.

But Friedman's main efforta are now directed to organizing the first Jewish Singles Conference planned for the summer of 1990, which he hopes will bring some 500 people from abroad to join a similar number in Jerusalem for a convention that will combine various plenaries and fun. He plans to conduct workshops on the problems of being a atngle Jew, discussions on Jewish demography and the dangers of assimilation, and UM sffecta dlats mar

SUMMER HOURS PROTESTED TEL AVIV (JTA) Secular Israelis are protesting because the Orthodox-controlled Interior Ministry haa tailored daylight-saving time this year for the convenience of the observant minority.

Marc Leibowits woriu with a diUd at the St. Vbceat dePanl Faadly Shdter. Eighth, ninth sad tenth graders in Temple Israel ReUgkau School participated ia a TUnin 01am project for the homdeas 6vtlag Jaanary. Stodants also visited the Fraads House, Siens Hoose, SalvatioB Amy Booth Resldcat, Mkish House sad the Stephea Center. HUNGARIAN MINISTER ARRIVES JERUSALEM (JTA)Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn arrived in Israel on Sunday for the first official visit from Budapest since the two countries re-established diplomatic relations in S^tember after a 22-year break.

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neij^hbors before they ar- the American Jewish comrive. munity in Onuha Is more For the first two months important If you're worthey will be studj^ug Eng- ried yott won'i have anylish at the Metropolitvn thing to talk about, bring Community College and . out an okl family album. with tutors. It wodd also Everyone knows the lanbe bripful to invite them to guage of babiee' smiles. you home and help them During the '70s when a practice their Eng^h. resettlement committee Don't worry if not every was formed, nearly 40 peoword on each aide ia under- ple woriced on the commitstood, sometimes maldng tee. Currently chairing the someone feel welcome in resettlement committee are Boris and Maya Tayter and Mark and Emmy Krasovitsky and Mark Trustin. The Tayters and the Krasovitskys come to the job from practical experience. They emigrated from Russia about 10 years ago. Many of the families have been unaffliated with their faith for a long time. It is important that we include them in Jewish activities in the community.* Remember, Omaha ia the first Jewish conunuhity they have lived in. Let's give them agood taste of freedom. Make the time to .volunteer to help resettle a Russian family. Call Jewish Family Service today and tell them where your talenta lay. Whether it's buying a can opiener or taking a child to the doct<»-, volunteer now.

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Lincoln TIfereth IsniHt FRIDAY: Servicee begin at 8 p.m. The Tifereth Israel Adult Educadon Committee will hdd iu Scbolar-inResidmce Wadcend with Rabbi Neil GiUman. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.nL ., Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. Scbolar-in^residence, Rid>bi Neil Gilbnan WEEKDAYS: Minyans each Monday and Thursday at 7:30 a.nL

Blumkin Home FRIDAY: Evening service, 7 p.m. . SATURDAY Morning service, 9 a.m. Tbe residoits and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home mvite the femilies, vcdunteers and friends of the residents to attend aovices in the Herbert Gddsten Chapd. Kidduah follows services an Shabbat.

'ERSONALS tlumks to all my family, friends and neighbors for their caUs, gifts, cards and donations dnring my recent boq>italisation. A nw eial thanks to Rabbi Kripko and Cantor Bwkovits. MaB.ZoorwiU The famUy of Ratk Chvraay wishes ,to thank family and friends for their thonghtfulness and consideration at the time of our loss. Special thanka to Cantor PettMany thanks to B^ family and friands fbr thtnlring of me during nqr hospital stay wbich. coinddtntally, was an unfortunate way to spend my birthday. Your cards, gifts, candy, baUoona, dwiatiwui and warm thougbta ware as important to nty recovery aa the care I Nceivad in tha bospit«L Your thoughtfulnass waa dea|dy appreciated. ••

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Beth Israel Synagogue FRIDAY: Kabbalat Sh«bbat Service, 6:30 p.m. Late Family Service, 8 p,m. In the abeence of CantOT Leo Fettman, who will be leading a regicmal Shabbaton in Guthrie Center, Iowa, Marvin Paiihnan win conduct the service. PanlCroonse will ddiver the D'var Torah.^ The Oneg Shabbat reception folknring mttvices wiD be hosted by Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Morning sovice, 8:46 a.nL In Cantor Fettman's absence, Anm Zeiderman will conduct the service. Dr. Richard Freund will ddivar the DVar Torah. A Kiddosh win foDow in the social ban. Sitter service is avaiHable through courtesy of Siatkbcod. Mincha. 6:30 p,m. Minchawillbefdlowed by Ma-ariv, Shakie Seodoe and Havdalah service. SUNDAY: Minyan, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: - Minyan at 7 ajn. and 6:30 p.m LEARN AND PLAY Tbe "Torah Learn and Flay" group for tots meets on Feb. 11, 10:30-11:30 ajn. Elaine Freund is the coordinator; Cantor Fettman aerves as advisor. ParcDta and tote are welcome to commemarate the "Upshearen" of Arieh Bloom, son of Howard and Laura Bkwm. Each adult participant will be invited to take a snip at Arieh's first haircut as he turns three years of age. l^pedal refreahmenta are being provided by the BUxot family. SISTERHOOD Hie diaterhood monthly hmcbaon meeting win take place Fab. 13,12:30 p.m., in the sodal haU. BOARD MEETING The Board of Commiaskmers wiD meet Feb. 14, 7:30 pjd., in tfas aodal ball

Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Ssrvieaa in the Capebart Chapel every Fiidty at 8 pm. An Onag Shabbat foibwB tbe service.

FRIDAY: Special community singiea Shabbat service, 7 p.m. Servicee at 8:16 pan. Rabbi Azriel will officiate at the "Sormon in Smg" service. Cantor and Maddeine Firestone will sing aeveral songs with the texts from Song of Songs. The Oneg Shabbat will be spoBBond by Tenqile Sisterhood. SITTER SERVICE Sitter service is availaUe fw^ the Shabbat evening aervice. Than are no facfflties for inftints. RMervatioos are neceeaary. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 11:16 ajn. Simcha B'Shabbat—The congregation, together with Rabbi Azriel will study the Torah portion for the week. MEN'S CLUB The Men's Club Brunch will be heM Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. Marshall Lewis, savior vice presidmt of Bhmt, Ellis and Loewi, will diecuss "Inveeting for the '908." He wiU talk (» the direction of tbe U.S. economy and how it effects ua. Lox and bagels will be served and tbe brunch is open to men and women of the community. Noo^aam* bers are asked to dcnate $2. SISTERHOOD Dr. Robin Clemer, OB/G YN, win diacuas sexuality at the Feb. 18 Sisterhood hincheon. Tbe cost for the 12:30 p.m. luncheon ia $6. Reaervatioaa for lunch and babysitting ahoukl be made with the Ten^ office, 666-6636. BATMITZVAH Jaaaie Beth EfedefaBaa. daughter of Penny and Randy EMMnan. WiU celebrate her Bat Mitxvah at tbe Shabbat morning service on Feb. 17.

ARAB NA-nONSFEARFUL TEL AVrV (JTA) Arab ooontriee, fearful of maasive Jewiah immigration to laraal, may ask the govemnienta of Eastern Europe to curtail it, Hadaaint nported adding that Arab foreign niinisters wiU hold an gancy meeting on tha I at Arab Leagna beadquai^ ten next month.

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Beth El Synagogue .Rabbi iPaul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits w^ conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. The Tu Bishvat Seder witt follow the service. SATURDAY: Morning aervice, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will foUow. Cantor BerkovitI and the Beth El Choir wiU par Uc^Mtain the servioa Julia Zuker, a choir member, win be honored. BabyaittiDg ia avaaable from 10 ajn. JankvCongregatkn, 11 a.m. Minka-Ma'ariv aervicee, 6:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Servicee at 9 a.m. and 6:30 pjn. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:66 ajn. and 6:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Learn series with the ralibi win continue on Feb. 16, noon, at the synagogue. MEN'S CLUB Men's Club Breakfast wiU be held on Feb. 11 following morning services. The speaker wul be a detective from the Youth Violence Division of tlie Police DepartuMBit. TORAH WEEKEND Rabbi Joel Roth win tbe the gueat lecturer for the Torah Weekend, Fd>. 2326. Rabbi Roth win qieak on "Jewiah Life in Modem Timsa; Jewish Law Meets a Changing Worid" at the 8:16 Friday evening servk», Shabbat mombig aervice and Sunday brsakfaat.

Council Bluffs B'nal Israel SERVICES: Servicee are MMn to tbe conununity. The aynagogue is kicated at 618 Mynatar in Council Bhiffs. FRIDAY, Feb. 9 Sharon Stiefel WiU lead the esrvioe at 7-JO pjn. An Oneg Shabbat win foUow aervkee. SATURDAY, Feb. 10 Sharon StieM WiU lead a Tu Bishvat aedar at 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, FA. 11 General caugiegational meaHnj it^Hyfing f^ftiflw of oMem, 10:80 a.m., at the aynagofue. For informatloD, caU Brent Bk>om. days 3422883: evaoiagBt 846-9664.

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Paraahat BeehaUah, ShabUt Shirab "I will,aing to tbe Lord" Our Sidrah and its Hafte- pear to be a spontaneous rerah (Met us a BubsUntial sponse to the escape from and pleaaing measure of an- Egypt Rather (to this readcient IsraeUte poetry. er at least) it builds upon the Quite aside from tite oc- spontaneoas brief song of currence of Tu Biahevat, Miriam to ideaUce, atn later this is Shabbat ffldrah. Sab- time, the marvelous woriu bath of Song (poetry). of the Lord that culminated Both the trinnvhant Ode in the escape from Egypt. at the Sea and its accomNafaum Same (in his Expanying Haftarah, the Song piating Exodna) dose not of Deborah, exiiibit features quite eay tluit he places this of andent Hebrew poetry— Song somewhere in the flashee of exuberant excite- reign of Solomon, more than ment and joyous abandon, two centuries later, but he vivid imaginy, arcludc lan- indicates that that is the guage Inarsting with iiigfa only way to explain certain emotion, short, emphatic phnaea in the Song: How phrases that are truncated otberwiae ahaU we explain sentenoee. the raCenncee to the nations In both essee it ie to be round about, Philistines, noted that the tiinnqth is Edomitee, Moabitee, Canaccompanied by full-throat- aanitaeT It was only during ed gr^tnde to the Lord tbe heyday of tha Enqdie of wbo made UM victory poeai- DavU and Solomon uat aU ble. TUB is raUgioaa poetry. of theae ware aubjoct to la" The Song of Deborah raeUte power. And there is givee eveey indipatton jto a dear reteenoe to tbe Holy this rsader) that it was writ- Temple—which was ten at the time of the event, Solomon. a spontaneoas reaction to Sama suggests tKat the the graet victory at the Battle of Megiddo. TUs was BibUcal poet Md^dered it about 1126 BCE: the He- quite natura^4o speak in brews won their light to thia faahion, for he looked Come down from ^ hiU iqtan tbe Exodus aa the becountry, where life was ginning of a sint^ period of precarious, and to establish time, which had its qriritual tbunaelvee in more fertile ending with tbe construcparta of the land. One might tion md dedicatian of the weU say that this waa a vic- Temple. But the poet trenatory <rf historical proper ported himself back to the tiona. HM Exodus and the beginning, to the croeafaig of entrance to the land, which tbe Sea, and wrote with the stUl had many trials to en- excitement of tbe event boildura, were not of estab- ing in hia blood. Uahad vahie nntU Siaera's He exhibited for us what head was stilled by Jsel, and our own Haggadah deDeborah's forces could mands of OS—that we see ouraelvee as though we ourdaim victory. The Song at the Sea, in selves were among thoee some contrast, does not sp- wlia eefaped from Egsrpt.

Tel Aviv Reform shul wins eviction stay ByHoi^Oigel TEL AVIV (JTA) - A 160-nwmber Reform congregation baa won a stay of an eviction notice served 4tjby the Tel Aviv City Council. A magiatratee court WiU hear the appeal of KehUat Ramat Avbr on May 6 againat the order to vacate ita leased pranlaea In Ramat Aviv, a northern auburb of Tel Aviv. Tbe congregation, affUiatwi with the Movement for Progreasive Judaiam. waa founded in 1972. It baa been unable to find a permanent home and baa cJuinasd locatlona

several timee. It moved into ita present building six years ago. Now tlM monidpality aaid it needs the premiaea for a mother end-child health care cUnic Thecougregatiooeayait is wiUiag to share. City HaU maintaina there ia no room. According to a munidpaUty spdnawoman, Sara Admon, Mayor Shlomo Lahat wookl have helped the ooatpragation Sad new quartera if "it had bohavad in tha proper epirit," apparently meaning if it had not apiMaled against eviction.

Pennj and Randi^ Badelman Invite you to share their Joy as their daughter, Jamie, becomes a Bat Mltzvah at Temple fsrael 11:15 a.m., Saturday. February 17 Luncheon Mlawing MIVICC* will be heated by JanUe'a grandparanta Mr. and Mra.Leonard Kraane and j.t-.'vjm-'^^-Wd*',

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issssssfasasssssssssi the past couple of weelu I've been hunrfing out questionnairee to any Jewish teenagers I could &d. I have been pushing papers and pencils in thdr hands and waiting with baited breath. I want to find out more about Uum, what tunas them on, what they expect from the future. (Come to thinit of it, I thinlc we ul want to know the same thing about ourselves.) One questimtl didn't ask was, " Are you polite?" They would have all had to answer,"Yes." Not one teen turned to me and said, "I don't want to fill this out,"' or "I'm too busy." > With the help of youth organiMtions I have had tremendous response. B'nai B'rith Youth Organisation was a great help in getting the pendla to the paper, as were United Synagogue, Tempie Youth and United Talmud Torah. Between Teens were asked 18 questions that varied from easy ones like, "Where to you go to school?" to what seftned to be Uie most di£Bcult to answer, "What person do you admire the most?" The survey is somewhat slanted because I was only able to reach Jewish teenagers who particqiate in an organised Jewish activity. Most rsplied that their friends wereamizture of Jew ish and non-Jewiah teenagers. Only a few said their friends weren't Jewish. Beth land Syni«ogne's Janiar Youth Qnap koeted As for dating, it seemed to be a mixed bag. While it a mini-eaaveBtioii for sixtht MvaBtli and eighth seemed more important for the girls to date Jtmah graders Jan. 12-14. FutiOfUkta iaefaided dob nvmguys, most guys didn't limit their dating to Jewish girls. bera and gueeta fraa St Ltrais, Mo„ aa wdl as the A few didn't date and several didn't date Jewish teenOmaha area. The program incfaided social events, rdagers. gioos a«rvlcea and educational seminars. Tlt^ coitral One common denominator among all who filled out the questioonaiie was inqneraive. AU idanned to attend coU^ie. Moot hadn't made up thefa-ndnd yet where they wanted to go. A few just wanted to escape the midwest and one teen wanted to attend college, "somewhere wann." An interesting item revealed that twice as many boys as girls had felt uncomfortable about being Jewish at original art. Alao featured By Diane Bann». some point in their life. Fiifty-three (dastic cups were a choral reaiting by Over 90 percent hod attended a service at a Christian holding a bit of soil and the kindergarten and first chnroh. seeds woe lined up on the grade, a deuce by the secAnd as to be enected, mwe girls than boys wore sym- windowsiUs of the Friedel ond and third graders and bols of their faith such as a Qiai or a Star of David. Jewish Academy this a pli^ by the fourth, fifth The teenagers were students of the following schools: week, and in the coming and six^ gradws. Sooth, Weatsfale, Millard North, Lewis and Clark and monUis many preechooiers Miss Bernstein said the Burka They ranged in age from 14 to 18. are expected to visit play focused on the traditicm of the cedar and CyNext week 111 let yon know who teens admire and Friedel to observe green prus trees which is central where they would like to reside if they couldn't live in shoots peeking over the rims of the small con- to the meaning of Tu the oU U.S. of A. B'Shvat. This year Tu tainers. A special thank you to the teens who filled out the The seed planting took B'Shvat is tomorrow, SatqueetJMinairae. I know one more piece of paper wasn't place Wednesday at the urday, Feb. 10. "Although Tu B'Shvat exactly what you wanted to see during finals. Jewish Community Canter as part of a Tu B'Shvat is a minor holiday, it is exprogram preeented to the traordinarily rich in symand meaning. Our 10% OFF I Jewish Community Center bolism Preschool's four-and-five- tradition instructs us to I The Bnaiaaaa Printers Serving Yonl year groups and their par plant for future generations. We must give back • LttUrfaaadt • BrodiurM • Nawilettan • Lcbab enta;' • RwDiDM • Binding • I>Mi(n A Layout • TyptMtting to or repair or mend the Friedel'a entire student • BuaiaMi Cardi •FAXMrvin • InviUUaaa earth. As expressed in Hebody and faculty com• Poateard* • lavdoaa • FraaPidnipADalivanr brew, Tu B'Shvat is about bined a wide range of tal7MS.iaand 'A-dMuch.MuchMoi^l ,„,^^ lents and interests to pre- Tikua Olam," Miss Bern(•.ellKMAB) teSSMTM pare the program, ac- stein said. Following the perforcording to Susan Bernstein. Head Jewish Stud- mancea and rafreoluMnts, the Friedel students ies Teach«r. The program opened helped each preschooler with a visual presentation plant aeeds in a plastic Investment Officer of slides created by the cup. 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theme of the seminars waa "being Jewish in a Christian aodety." DiscnsaioB leaders inehided Rabbi Gil Shoham of Kanaaa Oty, Rabbi Alan Gonahsr, RtUbi Rldiard Frevad. Bob Wolfaon and Andy Stevouoa. Scrvioea and HavdaOah were led by Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth Israel.

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Teacher, student from Rio come together in Omaha By Jo Carroll Two dancers from Rio de Janeiro are dancing together at the Jewish Community Center and enjoying twirling their toes during this winter weather. For five weeks Dora Manela has a special student in her ballet class, Letida Levy. Leticia is an exchange student in Omaha who ahares Mrs. Manda's love of ballet. In the early '80s they both danced in the same prodoctkn of the Nutcracker in Rio. Mrs. Manida was the Spanish dancer and

Leticia was one of the mice. Mrs. Manela has been here six months, dividing her time between teacUng ballet at the Jewish Comnninity Centw and three locations of the Omaha BaUet. She also makes guest appearances in national baUet companies across the country, the most recent being in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Manela grew up in Rio where she said her mother, Cecilia Wainstok brok6 Hanriiig tradition in the '408 and 'Ma. She was tme of the first Jewish dancers and she chose to

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have a career and a family. Wben Mrs. Manela came to the United States she lauded a }ob in a tour ing company after she had 01^ been ban two weeks. She admita that her dancing was better than her Engliah. Sometimes her young student from Bradl will not undaratand a command in English. Leticia will aak Mrs. Manela to re-

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and jazz for 11 yean with Dalai Achcar in Rio. She will resume her lessons in March in the southern honisphere. Mrs. ManeU is loddng forward to three yean in Omaha with her luisband, , Flavio, who has a medical fellowahip at the University of Nebraakfl at Omaha. She is doubtful if she would have appreciated Omaha if she had moved here dfrectly from Rio. But now she says, "I have learned to appreciate human warmth," and likes living here.

llie leader of American current controversy over fail, warning that if this Rafonn Judaism, charac- settling Soviet Jews in the were to ha^MD, today's terizing the growing tirave West Bank and Gaza, the Jews would "be rememof Soviet Jewish emigra- Ritfbrm leader noted that bered as the generation tion to larasi as "the great "thS' homeooming of• our that had hiatory in its honwco'"^*'g," has called pJBople tranaoends pditics grasp—and let go of it." He called for a "partaeroo all Raform Jews in the —but poUtks can poison ship" among American United States and Canada it." His remarita were con- Jews, Soviet Jews and Isto help "provide the resourccis that Witt tranalate tained in a statement raelis that would not only the dream of freedom into nulled last week to rabbis raiaefonda for Operation and presidenta of all 820 Exodua but would help inthe reality of reunion." Refrain congregations in sure "thst every dollar At the same time. Rabbi North America. that is spent is spent Alexander M. Schindkr, "Soviet Jews are not responsibly, efficiently, efpreakient of the Union of 'settlement fodder,' nor fectively." He added: American Hebrew Congre- ought Operation Exodus "Two yeare ago, a quarter gations, warned of the be a cover for the pursuit of a million of us gathered danger of seeking to use of ideological goals," in Washington to speak the immigration of Soviet Rabbi ScUndler said. "The for the freedom of our peoJews, known as Operation absorption of Soviet Jews ple. Exodus, for political pur- must not become a pawn "But freedom is not free. poaee. In a refivsnoe to the in the debate over a To bring masses of Soviet Jamie Endalman Greater Israel" He added Jews to Israel means to Jamie Beth Endelnum that if American Jews provide housing, schools, "are led to condude thst jobs, lest the invitation to daughter of Penny and their efforts are being ex- a new life prove a cruel and Randy Endelman, will beGood BootoA Unique ploited by partisans of one bitter hoax, lest the reiu- come a Bat Mitzvah at Canle In Rsgsncy Court view or another, their en- ion sour. Here are Jews, Shabbat morning services thusiasm will- surely eager to come; here is a na- at Temple Israel on Feb. wane." tion eager to receive them. 17. Rabbi Schindler said it But they cannot come and A seventh-grade honor BelimattOrNot would be "unthinkable" they will not if there is no- student at Beveridge Junfor Operation Exodus to wfiere for them to live, to ior High School, Jamie AJawisli plays the viola and writee learn, to work." She also enjoys The statement waa alao 9 LOVE 9 sent to leaders of five ma- poetry. baakatball, aoftball and AtCanUkmlv LandtoapInQ needs volunteers Piunibkig * jor Jewiah organiiations voOnrball and the Mastfor its EkattMif that mat in Miami Fob. 6 er's Open. Gill Shop and 7 to devlae stratagias Jamie and her brother, one or two Sundays for finding the reoourcaa Tony, are the grandchil••MbTM naadod to bdp larael abper month dren of Loia and Robert NMIII aixb aawal faondrtd thooCall Phyllis Bituier Endalman and Paggy and aand Soviet Jam in tha 393-3685 Loonard Kraaoe. BSBtlM'JMn.

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By ' Henry Stem Next gathering Feb. 18. ing aa formir political boas Moderator at the early- Tpm Dennison, Orvil birds, Herb Meichee, a shdwed slides of hii&self, forma* insurance execu- Mayor Jim (cowboy) Dahtive, eqKNindsd on a vari- fanan, slides of gamblers ety of subjects. Coilaibu- out west, Rosewater and tiona were ako made by the BEE-NEWS, the 1918 . yice-preddeot Irv Nogg. ^reformer8, the 1919 lynch At our "Cabaret Fran- mob at the courthouse, cais" we had adali^doqs re- Benny D«nbaum. Frank past, with thai^ti to Md- (T.B.) Johnson of Omaha Ue and seryen. Motd by Print, Mr. Omaha, the oar vidinist Abe Rosen- business-man contact. thai, Benschen by Beirnie (Frank was noted for Weiss. We stood in me- securing emfdoyment for moriam for John Abra- Omaha's jobless). Frank L4it«nser, Paul Gallagher We greeted new mem- of P & G, BiUy Nesselbers Eddie Dolgoff and house, Bfflder CU and the Sam Zacharia. Sam Shy- assassinations of Gene ken tdd us that Ra^h Livingston and Harry Nogg, George Lehrman Lapktnsi the brsakdown of and Ernie Prieaman are in the wanK and the guy who really worind httd, sick bay. Ooc MargoUn preseoted parka eommisaioner Joe guest qMaker Orvil Me- HummeL We remembend Basenatd of UNO. Mr. Menard Headquarters, gave us a wooderfnl run- ball down of early Omaha Kufarich, and how to win bosses, both pdltteal and elections and that's the bualDess, with slides. Act- way it was. Thanks. OrviL

German Jews may relocate offices By David Kaator BONN (JTA) - The Jewish community, anticipating a reunified Oenaany, is expected to move its headquafters fhxh Bonn to Bsriin, possibly even before formal reunification is effected, accardinc to <Jteunuiiity AetMs** dMUig with the matlw; Aii'ean^ move wpttJd ease the proce^ of meri^ the Jewish o(Hnmuakiea ot the two Germanyv, they said. Benin was the largest center of Jewish Ufs in Germany before World War II, and West Berlin today is' home to nearly 7,000 Jews, the largest Jewish eommunity in Ger

many. In East Berlin, by contrast, only 300 people are registered as Jews. Jewish institutional buildhigs confiscated by the Naiis b^ore the war were not restored to East Berlin Jews because they are far too big for the tiny community to use. The same applies to former Jewish communal property in other East German dtiM. If and when the two Germanya are united, those properties may again be used Berlin is expected to be the capital of a single Germany. Its general population would increase, and so would the Jewish popnlatioB.

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(®M©g gi(oimlIft £5i©^ij By Joaddas H. Boh F^. 5 WBS sgain agreat day for the YES group at the Jewish Community Center. The attendance was greattf than it has beoi for many weeks. The interest of sharing tims with friends, ei^jt^teg the exceUcnt huieh and Ustening togood mtytainrowit s«Mns to be grondRg again. It was a woodirfnl meeting,Hke hi the "good old days." This waa alao the topic of the eotertainment, giveo by Esthw Pflster, hi a refreshing humorous talk. People, as much as they 8ome<iffies hate to be reminded of incidents long gone, indulge in the remembrance of things which haiqieaed hi their youth. World renown people they J|ave personally met—theee are memories thqy can oomprdMod, they can brag about. litoee people are aometimes happy to be reminded of their age because these memories are their's aiooe; th^ don't have to share the reputeticm of honor and fame with the new gensration. The Thursday meetings

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University conducts study on Jewish marriage, intermarriage CHAPEL HILL. N.C. — A raaaareh atody expkariagthadiflaraiaabatween Jewiah-Chriatian interfaith and JewU4awish aamafaith cobplee' maritd aatiafactkn ia cur reatly being ooodueted at Urn Unhwaity of North Caraiina at Chapel Hill <UNC<»D. The atody wiU compare aamrfatth and h>terfaith couplaa on a nuin'l>er of paychoiogical dimeosiona related to martiaga to djaeover how. if at ^. tha twp typm of mar^iagea are different. ; In addition to comparing samefaith and hiter ihith ooupiea. the reaearch Bnjact will alao aumine iaaaaa that are niedfic to tha aiperience of being intemarHad, aucfa as how faiterfaith ooaplea chooae a reUgion for their childiaa. >ata from the atody wiU ia oaed to develop a marlal asaeaamant quaatioo-

naire q^edficalty lor inter faith oooplaa Baeaoae the atody ia alao collecting data on saBMfaith ooupiea, other qoigtian* pertainfaig to UM raUtkmahip between Jodaiam and marriage ilM^^alao be addreeead. In paHknlar, marriagea betwa(B<l9Ws from difiarent badtgrouuda—soch aa a Refonn Jew maRiad to a (Tonaarvativa Jmr-llwfll be inveatigated tQ datanafaie if tb0y are mon Ilka laterfaith than aamefaith marriagea. The raaMurch ia being coodocted by Evan Nelson, adio hoUs a maater of arta in paychology from UNCCH and is currently a dortoral candkiate hi their cUnkal psychology program. "Iliis atody ia not about who faitermarriee or why Jawa marry non-Jeara," aaki Nalaon. 'It ie about what it ia like

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Have you had any trouble with your phone (or fdiaoes) lately? If you have, you ak«ady know UAt thinga aren't as simple as they once were whian we didn't own our own tdephbnes. When, if something went wnu^, are called die ooo^any and they aent somebody out td your house to fix it (And 3rou djidn't have to stay home all day to wait for that "aom^ time between 8 ajn. and 6 pjn." busineaa either.) Well, forget that kkldo. Now we own Our own phones and I guess nothing is ever supposed iio go wrong, be^ cause if you caU for r^Mdrs they either nuJce you wait forever or tell you they don't have to eome in the house; th«y fix it by some magic electronic voodoo frxnm the main office or someplace. Fine, if it really geta fixed. If not, then they have to make a houaecalL Trouble. And if you have some little special refinement* oi your phone sa-vice, you could be in deep trouble. Like "call-waiting" for example. You know what that is... it's when you call me, we're talking and al) of a sudden yon bear a beqdng. I ask you to "please wait a minute and let me see who that is." press the phone button and answer a secmid caD from Chana POMeD. I ' ask her to let me call her back, click back to yon aiui finish our conversation. When that hmpena, the original connection ie broken and yon think I hung up on purpoae. When the call waa k»g diatance, it can be a red pabi; I don't want to goeaa how many people I've had to call bade after kwing them aomeidaoe in ttie air waves or microwavea or whatjover the beck cantea our voteea bade and fiorth. All of thia happened thia very morning. I waa taUdng to a dear friend hi aonny Ariaona. got another call and iaoddeotally kMt the long diatanoe oonnectkaL I dedded enough waa enough and called the phone company. That'a a real thiilltoa They aakaomagygnaationa you wonder whkh of yon ia on tha wrong planet And thejr taD you evaiything checka out OK oo ihdr and, ao miQrba it'a one of aiy phonee. I ny, "Lady. I have five and none of them behavea... are yon aora it ian't on yoar end?" Now weVe right back to that "aomebody wiS be out betwaen 8 aJn. and6pjn." Well. I'm waiting, vtA if I knew • good mnv««n^ I'd be tempted touae it I win admit ma«y ibfiiga abnit the newer ayatem are good. When a panba wanta an additional telephooa, it need only be purchaaed And brought home. Whao yon move, yoo don't wait for the yuti to come connect you. You bring your own baitnimenta and phig them in and hallalt^ah, you're fat touch with the woikL But the down aUe ia a pahi nevarthaleea. And while some of my earlieat mamoriee aa a chiki were of two Dixie cupa and a atring, that method waa juat a tad untraatwortby. So we're atock with tUngi the way they an and will tzy to make the best of them. Even if you can preee a botton and tun tha (diona faito a apeaktr. or if your phone k)oka like Mick«y Mouae, or it'a memory ia batter than youra and can recall a liUian numbera or if you can punch aometidng and make your ca^ tranafer to your mother'a houae, it atill waan't ao bad the oU way. Iliere waa a email comfort in having the repair man ahow up with "a new kiatnunant" one that dialed amoothly and quietly and aurpriaed ua with ita light wiUit But thoae were timea wiian it took laaa to pleaae na. 1 have to go now... I have a call to make.

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Jewish communities of Prrtoria, Cape Town and Johannesburg, Refeh said he did not sense the atmosphere of "foreboding" he frit on previous trips. In recent years, scoree of South African Jews, anticipating unending racial strife and" instability in their country, have emigrated, settUng in Israel, the United States or Australia. Now, with the prospect of peaceful political refcrm and the possible end of sanctions that have led foreign firms to leave Soutl^Mca. those in thd Jewia£community are beginning to believe that there may be a future for thera in South Africa, Rckh said. Jewish parents are beginning to talk of keefdng their chjkhrett in the cpnntry instead of sending them abroad. Reich said ^ was encouraged after his meeting with cte Klerk. "President de Klerk assured me that the process of pditical evo-

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Soviet Jews . By David Friedman WASHINGTON (JTA) - FMkfant Buah told two douo Jewish loadtn at the White House that he is diatuiiwd about the repotts be has been receiving about the incnaaed threat of antt-Semitism in the Soviet Union. "Bush understands that the issue now is not just emigration, but rescue," said Malcolm Hoenlein« executive directs of the Cooftrente of Presidcots of Major American Jewish Organliatioos. Ha said that there was a "reaLemotiaaal content" to the diseusakm on Soviet Jews. "Yoo could see he (Bturii) was taUnv these i»sues very sarioosly," Hoatlein said. The president met with 24 Jewish leaders, representing the Confemc* of PresidaBto and the National Jewish CoaUtioo. an organisation of Jewish Republicans. He has met joints with the groiqM before, most recently last March. , Scfymour Reich, chaii^ man (rf the Coofercoce of Presidents, led thedeiegatioo. He toM reporters that the meeting centered on (he issua vA Soviet Jewry and the need far the United SUtes to continue its efforts in the Middle East peace process. "If anything came out of that meeting, it was a MOM of unity that ths American Jewish commutdtgr has in tflruM of the Soviet Jewnr, antiH9iaitlBm and wanting to ffo forward on ths peace proceae," Raich sakL

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Polish archives agrees to host Jewish genealogical tour In August, an ll-dity tour group ranging firom amateur family hiatoriana to profoaetonal researchers will partkipate in a tr^ to Poland, inth research arrangements coordinated by the PoUah State Ardiives and municipal archives in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow. Wlttn asked to organize this historic tour, I agreed with the ccmdition that I make a -"dry run" trip so as to meet the archival personnel on a one-toone basis. In addition, I wanted to visit as many libraries and archives as possible in order to determine if they should be induded on the tour as a repository of Jewish records. . Last November. ORBIS, the Polish Travd Bureau, hosted and sponsored my nine day "dry run" research trip which included visits to Jewish historical sites in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow, as well as emotitmal visits to lanaet Nazi concentration camps at Treblinka, Majidanek and Auschwitz. ORBIS arranged access to archival records in each dty and I was also able to egamine and photograph camp records in Majdanek and Auschwitz. During a recent meeting at tiie Polish State Archives, Professor Dr. Marian Wojdechowski, its director, discussed with me the logistics of Polish archival research. He explained that while Poland is eager to cooperate with requests for geneslogical data, the Warsaw govetnment is hampered by several factors induding a shortage of computers, understaffing, the lack of indexes to recwds and too few copy maddnes, which we, of course, take for granted. However, the Polish State Archives does have some Jewish vital recbrds (buths, marriages and deaths), so

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dMafls were finalized for tour partlcipaats to request records for their family members. For example, Jewish reo(Kds exist in Lublin from 1826 to 1869, in Warsaw from 1826-1866, in Krakow from 1796-1877 (in the Polish State Archives). Subsequent records, still in existence^ can be found in the munic^ archives in each dty, accessible to tour partidpants. Why is this tour "historic? " It is the first time a group of Jewish femily historians has been granted access to Pidish ardiives. Participants wOI submit family names and towns prior to departure and the recnds, if found, will be waiting'in the archives upon thdr srrival. Tihe partidpants will be allowed to ^lotogrîh (without a flash) tbe records and will receive an indoctrination by archival personnel at each site. Examples otf old rec«»ds will be available and an exhibition b also being planzmL An added bonus to this tour is the opportunity to visit towns within a 60 mile radius of Warsaw, Lublin and Kralcow with an Enîiah-qpeaking guide. Arrsngements will be made for visits to the munidpal archives in each location. Although the tour will focus on sources for d«)cunMM)ing family history, it will also indude visits to Jewish sites in each of the three dties and meetings with members of the local Jewiah community. I fed confident from what I saw in these ardiivee along with the valuable records at the Jewish Historical Lostitute in Waraaw, that virtually anyone joining thia tour will be able to find information about his or her family and/or the towns where they once lived. If you have roots in Pdsnd, this is the time to visit, to see what little remains and to mourn the loss of so much and so many. I will be traveling with the group as the "scholar-in-residait" and will provide advance reference material and maps of the tour partksipants' ancestral towns, The tour is bdng coordinated by Bernard Kiîlan of JHT Tours, Inc., 420 Lincob Road #448, Miand Beach, FL 3139. To request further information, write to him at the above addreea. llw non-stop flii^ts will fly from New York to Waraaw with an Israel extmsica aran o^ tion.

Begin dialogue TEL AVIV (JTA)-larael and China have begun talks aimed at nonnalizing relationa between them, according to a recant report in Ma'aify. It aaid that Reuven Merhav, director general of tbe Foreign Ministry, met with Chbwae government offidala in Hong Kong several days ago to discuss the matter. Israel will open an offtoe

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Lovers oK Jewish cantorial music will have an oppgrtunity to combine travel and tbeir appreciation of thia rriigioua art form CO a two weals4pir of five European countries beginning March 14. Partk^anta in the cantotial Festival Tour, spwisored by the American Sodety for the Advancement of CantCHial Arts, wiU accompany a group of six world-renownsd cantors, who win conduct worship services and jnesent concois in Pdaml, Hungary, HoUand, Austria and Czechoslovakia. At Auachwitz and Majdanek in PolsML and Tbereaienstadt in Csechoalovalda, the canton will lead memorial services for the Jews who poished in those concentration canq>s. ' The musical art of the cantor in the singing or dianging of Jewish liturgy goes back a thousand years. The Holocaust and the communization of Eastern Europe after Wbrid War II virtually

wiped out this form of reli^ous eqnession in the veiy countries where it had adiieved its hi^best devvlopment. Now, tKrm^flh the efforts of tbe American Society for the Advancenient <rfCantarial Arts, this nm> sical fonnis being revived in Eastern Europe throu^ a series of cantorial festivals, launched in 1987 by Haim Wittier, founder and president of the Society. The Cantorial Festival Tour departs New York City on March 14 and returns March 29, after visiting Warsaw, Budapest and Szeged in Hungary, Amsterdam, Vienna and Prague. The basic cost (exdusive of visa fees), induding travel, hotds and two meals a day, ia $3,399 per person, double occupancy, plus $16 U.S. taxes.' Detsiled information may be obtained from JHT Tours. Inc., 420 Lincob Road, Miiuni Beach, FL 33139. Call toU free 1-800-323-2219.

Jews leaving USSR can travel on Shabbat, chief rabbi rules JERUSAIiSMtJTA)Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi, MordMJiai Eliihu, has given Jews leaving the Soviet Union for Israel dispitesation to travd on the Sabbath. In issuing his edict, the chief rabbi invoked the principle of ''pikuach nefesh," the saving of lives, which overrides the religious ban on travel.

Eliahu expressed concom for the safety of Jews' in the Soviet Union, in the wake of reports about rising pc^wltt' anti-Semitism. El Al, the state-owned airline, which hopes to establish direct flights between Moscow and Tel Aviv to carry immi^tmtai ia forbidden by the Chief Rabbinate to fly on the Sabbath.

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