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Nebraska attorney general to address Yom HaShoah observance in Lincoln i The anniul Nebraska Holocaust Commemoration Observance will occur at the State Capitol in Lincoln on May 2 at 7 p.m. "Through the last several years the Observance has grown in scope and now indudes the participation of many individuals represent^ varying institutions & the secular community," according to Yak'Gotsdlner, ch>innan of the coordlnaifaig committee. State ^enatOT LaVon Cnwby is the legi^tive •ponao'for ISOdHieprindpla IKUMP* will bo (Mivored l^ Attonioy Genoral Robert. Spires. Rabbi EtluKL ScUol of Tifereth Israel Synagog^ aad Cantor Michad Woiaaer of Coogregatian B^iai Jeahu-
Attorney General Robert f^piiM run will partidpata aa will the LfaKob Oo^Mt Choir under the direction of Mrs. Oscar tlaniott. Uncolo Moyor Bill Hai^ ria wiU praaeot hia Proelamatioa of Obacrraace together with leiitvant remarks. Pastar M.L. Chris-
tenson of Sheridan hur':'theran Church willoSt^ at-] responsive benediction with audience participa-.! tion. Participating in the commeiporative caiidleli^i)ingfbr.tbe six million mil be Omahans Sam Fried, Joe Boin and lilly Boin, and Ilona Berk, Rose Feuerberg and Grea Wald of Lincoln. Nfr. Pried will deliver the opei^ns remarks for UitoiiwUfan of the.Observanea, ' As haa been tfie caat<na, the program will take place in the East Senate Chamber. ThopuUic is invited. RabU Ethan Seidd and Cantor Midael Weiaaer have indicated Yom Ha> Sba^ will also be obMtVMi ji .(he aynagogue and temple as weO.
Dana College focuses on rescue of Danish Jews during l;lbiocaust Jewish mother, Margit
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tef^ls nate&all tiba HoloeMiti<Hli^«fUMmi of t^ Den mark went aboot tbeir dally rootine. U Th«ytoaktMFc£adiMttaiftocl,iiidtlieirdailym«^ fluieag, aadattoBdad to thefr jobari^MiMmn e^Mdalh. ' Howewar.tl^fiahanMB ware not buaily catching fidL ' For two weeks, paittenkriy at ttiglii they ferribd Dan>h Jews acrooa tiw Baltie Sea to safe havan i» Swadan. • UnUkathaheavydevastationof JewiahlifeinEaatcm Europe and to a leaser extant In Sweden and Nor' . vqr,Daunarkaavadaaoatiniated 7,000 of its approXimatafy 7.600 JewiiJi cftia«M. , gone 60 yaaia later, thia footnote to hlatoryraceivad tf-^^tfUwy. CTtinpinft*fl^ ff"^ j%miwtin«i raiaing thfl r—-
cue atory to a ptniMcle ol Jewish admiration. The reactte'oftiie't>anish Jews now can be described as a unique example of man's humanity to man during . a perkid which componly and tearfully lame<ita.m«n's inhumanity to man. From 20 states An aatiaietad 300 men and women from 20 states : }riiM^«toiipfn<m Denmark at Dana Collage iaBlair / Mtthniday aad Monday in a syavoaiam dsaigMd to ai|ilfl(*Ab(LiaiDral implications of this experience. Some 60 nw^fcen ^ the Omahai«wiiili aommpinity aCtetided ^ OM gr-mdraol tiw'aaaalai^'.
Tke kiV4w(eaddf«as IvVA SeiMtor JPtiul Steea of llllMimirliir'-il a Mmbw af saMwtiaM for hvoiv*. mart Mwesoi 4» lawUi oMwity airf OsM Colltge. Hie full text «r tUa apaaeh appsart ea Page 4. •^The itoeiie of tba %alih Jowa, dwalbod aa ^oiw of L the matt inmnisaiw tM of b«rObv> inliistory," was ^ fflBKlapOM^aMy many oiinditions, the speakers pointed JL
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of the Roytf Guard and Danah Reeistmca Mr. Pundik, Mr. Harbo, and other speakers rejected theeoiKMpt of iMCoiam subst^tinfrfauMO$i,«iieceesary sndltiiDiiy uBactataBdable re^fponse om thaVpart of one Dane beqpAig iraother. " lliousandB of Danes were involved in the rescue activity; Christian friends, neighbors and copolfixSA strangers provided places to hide while arrangements were made for secret passage across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. ^ . Churches and hospitals opened their doors without question taking in Jews and using all sorta of innovative measures to protect them against the Germans. 7,000 Jaws saved In less than two weeks, an estimated 7,000 Jews neaped even thouj^ thakbogdom was occupied by German aoMiers and tto German Navy patrolled the waters of the region. .4 • One of the converging coinddencee, demonatrat&g that not all of the Germans occupying Denmark supported Hitler, led the German Naval duet to suddenly otdat most <rf hb patrol vessels to port for overhauling. "tlie reaone waa not a miracle... it was a UKnnentum," Mr. Hammerich pointed out He said that on Aug. 29,1943, when the master plan became known, the movement became a apontaoaous action by amateura. "Whan the order came, the impulse for rejecting the Nazis was ready for activation. "TUa was truly « multinational uprising against Hitlar^ Oaoa the epic rescue had been described, Mr. Hammtfich aakeo, "What can we learht" , He answalwd his own question by describing a recent event in Denmark: H^ aaid that a play, WltUn the Walls, about a Jewish giri fiiDing in love with a Christian professor, has been made into a nrasical called Eather.
sary to hide out in a mental m arrangements could be made to I Mrs. Chd^taiiBn said she recaUs being transported to UiB wataifrant with her parents hi an ambidanee and that when they were st(qn>ed by Gonsns, her father preaaed hor head into a pMow and promised that if she remabied quiet he would buy her the red umbrella she wanted. Ambolanee atopped The Oacman patrol stofmed the ambulance, looked inside, and unexpbdnafafy aDowed the vehkle to proceed (m its mission <rf marey. Mrs. Chtuttenaain Mdd that when bar grandmother died, hfr fithar took off her Jewish star and placed it around his daujjitar'a neck. "I atitfwear'tbastar, although I don't consider myself Jewish," the added. Mary FettOMO. Wkt> with Annette Fettman coordinated th«nrMar«tkid and serving of kosher niHlia to those whei had requested them, said that the peopiftat Dana liant above and ^<xid what is customary at conierenosa to make oaitdhiihat^Jewish guests felt at home. Because the first day of the conference coincided with Yam Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance, the Rev. Linda C. Wak. campus pastor, led a Service of Reman* braoce with the recitation of A Paahn of Davki ths afatging of Hear, 0 Israel, and the lighting of six candles for theSixMUlioa Rabbi Bent Melddor, Chief Rabbi of DaamfWK faced away faom the aadienfe to emphssiie thaMyer, and redtol kaddlai). Rabbi Mek^ior partidpatM ii the conference sseetons deecriUng how his family was be^wd by X priest and Uahop. Ha said the biabop welcomed his ftaflly's srrival on erev Yom KipfNtr and affii^us to Okake t\kl Jewish friends feel at^ome inqtfM as to the kind* of foods Jews ate on Yom Kippur. Here was a case where a mmdner of the Chriatian clergy wanted to malD» certain that Jewii were ebia to obaerve their niigiaB«ven hi tiieae tenftia timee, RabW Melchior ex|daiaMd. ^ After the 8arvios,Sai survivor <^ tha HaloShiat, axpresaed Us admiratUw tor thesolennlty df tha sarvioe and tt»i preparation thkt was involved. He pointed out that the long pauses of libenee in the service lent drsmatk emphsais to tha prayers.1. "I've waltad a lonf tlma for OBiatlfli clHir 1 a kwdaraUp role in Yom Haahoah and what was | at D«Da far meaedad aw MqMtatioaa." Ipitmaf^nj Ol Anfl». RabW IMdMar <Wivw«l the pulpit i sage at Both Isnil flmMfOgiM. (8oe aaparata story tMa
the future, sauttS during this historical period the 'Jaw liaadmt.a 0MtM." Had«erib«d'lMulMri( as a coontry ''of bnoceoee," '6Bt with the Jews' whooa people has a "besiUtion to kill" and a histiyy of Tha miurfcaL ha axplafaMd. is so popular that many daaltac wifth mlBOtitita. hi^ schools are ptodudng tbe show fcr their annual During the first thno years of the Oenaan oodva- praduction. tion (1940-1946). the Danish government and King At ontauchahow, wheii the dramatk final hymn callChristian X protected the Jewish population.' ing for brotha^ood among att religions and raota snded. a fNiip of Garmaa yautha stood and hoUarad "Out with Jews won targiiad But with the iDoraastaif taoakm batweon the Oanae thaJawa." and the OemWH, tba Jaws were tamtad for deporta"Obvloiilty, the chOdren of today are not famOlar with tion to oaaoontratkm campa in the faD of 1943. tha storiaa we are tailing hare in Blair. Nebraaka. We Hwbart Pundik. of CopMkagaa. editor of PaUtikaa, shoold bo IHtManad by this igBonnefc" arid tIkM was DO raaeue orfMdaation in plaoa whan word At one poM ta tha pnflram, attandaes were invitad was imtf*i ti th» iM>«i»Nt twaet af Daafali Jawa. to ahara Ottsmtid axpartmaa with the gathartof. •J(JlaslTii1iMiW>rffliilr1iM%WfW'i»Mr>''-i "^•'••••»""*-^ ^fOdklHaAt
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GhataiWa Spring Ragional ConveotiaD was held March 27^, and Chaim Waismann AZA #1610 achieved its goal by winning the regional aiwd of "Most Inqiroved Cbaiftar" for the 1989-1990 year. This achievement was attained by weekly meetings and al^rong monthly progtams. Chaun Weizmann would like to say that this award could not have been won without the dedication of our advisor, Rob Goodman. Thank you, Rob, you're the best advisor and friend we could have wished for.
Natalie FajreWainstein has reeaived the Uaivv^ aiiy of Nebraska-Lincoln C«lls0B of JonmaHam'a Tap SdMlar IMO Award Ms. Weinstein win grao* uste as valedictdrian of ths CoOegs (tf Jobmslism in Maf She will also graduate with High Distidctkia and has bean designated a University Supsrior Scholar. Following graduation she will woric as a reporting intern at the CUcago TtBamm. Ms. Weinstein is the HmgKw at Harold and Bonnie Weinstein of Elkhom and granddaughter of Lillian Weinstein, Omaha.
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Yom HaShoah service By Lynda Frank On Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, many people around the worid talked of man's destnictioo of nature. For the 200 people gathered at Beth Israel Synagogue, it was Yom' HaSho^ and thoughts were of how 60 years ago man destroyed man. After an opening prayo: led by Gary Paruman, prayers and remembrances for the six miUion Jews lost during the Holocaust were led by Rabbi Aiyeh Azriel, Cantor Emil Berkovits, Rabbi Paul Drazen, Cantor Harold Firestone and Cantor Leo Fettman. Charles Epstein, associate director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, speaking on behalf of the community, said, "help is as loud today as it was in
1939. We have learned our ally, part of NATO from history to place more and the European faith.in threats than Market." Quoting from the book promiaes. Our participaaus of oi Job, iioD, tRabbi Melchior tion in Operation Exodus I lesson is even in ensurea U>e past will i^k Bi^theh ^V'saKing there can be a JM repeated." hW positive 01 outcome. He said Guest speaker Rabi Bent Melchior, Chief there have been three Rabbi of Denmarit, told catastrophes in Jewish the audience he wished history. Fhnn the destrucmore children were in at- tion of the first temple tendance because "if chil- came the synagogue, servdroQ don't remember Sho- ice and tefila. F^m the deah, ff they don't feel they struction of the second were Ubtfated, then the temple came the Jewish Holocaust will be for- academy, the Jewish' scbooL However, he said it gotten. "We have a personal is too early to know the responsibility," he said. poeitive outcome of the :< "We must not forget or Holocaust. "Use tills day and days forgive. Even if great leaders ask us to forgive, and years to come," the the answer is a clear NO." rabbi instructed, "to He also said, "We remember and act so there should not confuse for- will never be another giveness and reconcilia- Auschwitz." In a tribute to the six tion. Today Germaqy ia million who perished, memorial candles were lit by \\^ii>^s&<F^jr.^?^€i^iil<^^ Holocaust survivors in front of an Ark holding only six yellow tulips. Manya Friedman, Miriam Grossman, Rose Newman, Joe Fishel, Bella Eisenberg and Bea Pappenheimer each lit a memorial candle as their children, Morris Friedman,, Larry Newman, Norman Fishel and Bob Eisenberg read poems written during the war by children from Theresienstadt. During the kaddiah, the children, in the audience saw tears flo.wjmg from parents and grandparents. It was then they seemed to
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A+ for Dana College The idea occurred to Dana Cdlege alumnus U.S. Senator Paul Simon of Illinois and now history has been made at Dana College in Blair. Established in 1884 by Danish {lioneers, Dana is set hi^ on 160 acres overlooking the Miaaouri River valWy, a beautiful scene which up to now has had little visitation by the Jewish community of Omaha. Now, something has changed. In holding a twonday syn^oaium this week en the Rescue of the Danish Jews in Denmark, during the Holocaust, Dana College has demonstrated not only a high capability for academic professionalism, but also has opened a moment in histoty that illustrates the best that mankind has to offer. We Jews, who throu^iout the centuries have suffered from the worst that man can do, now have something to look back on—not with pain^but with joy. Yes, the rescue of Denmark's population is wellknown, but the facts, the details, the people who participated—all came to center stage at this unique Midwestern conference. And the Jews of Omaha were part of it. But, there is no reason to linger in the past tense. If you read the full text of Sen. Simon's keynote address on the foUowing page, you will oee that he has made a number of suggestions for expanding Jewish relations with Dana Cdlege, an affiliate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. By providing this intense opportunity to look through the magnifying glass of a mkaxMcopic Mink of history and culture the beauty of the Daniah people saving their naigUxin. friends and fellow eitizen8,.Dana College has taken a giant step in providing hope for mankind If such a human expreasion of compassion dipcted by the Danish rescue of the Jews covdd be duplicated and made part of the daily life of other countries and cultures, wouldn't this world be a better place? The lesson that we learned at the symposium is that man has the potential for doing good, lie lesson is no longer theoreticaL The Daniah peo|^ can atand proud. They seized the day and saved thousands of lives. And Dana College hu brought that leascm home to the mid-West, home to Omaha, and now let our mission be expanded to build upon this lesson and make the worid a better place.
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EAtor's Note: Senator Paul Smoa iwesented the fol- parallels to growing up as the son of a Lutheran minislowing address at Dane College in Blab', Neb., April 22, ter. My parents were actiVe in what we then called "race 1990, during Dana's recent conference on the rescue of relations," but despite that, in my earliest years my sense of the order of creation was, first there was Qod, Danish Jews during World War II. then the Angels, then the Missouri Synod Lutherans, Why have a gathering like this? My involvement started with a review in the New and everyone else trailed pretty far behind. I'm sure my York Times of Dr. Leo Goldberger's book, "The Res- parents didn't tell me that, but that was my impression. cue of the Danish Jews." After reading this real-life Gradually my outlook changed, but there are those in story witii its heroes and villains, it occumd to me that every heritsge who somiehow do not have the opportusomething appropriate should happen in this country nity to grow out of those early attitudes. to honor those who stood courageously, and to remind Japanese-Americans interned ail of us that times may arise when we must stand couMy early years were in the state of Oregonrageoualy. something I do not stress in Illinois—and I remember Reading this book added to my knowledge of a less when in 1942 the President ordered 120,000 Japanesethan ^hNrious humkn history. Anti-Semitism did not Americans and their relatives living in California, Oreerupt suddenly in Germany 60 years ago, but has been gon and Washington to sell all of their property in one a part of the cultural heritage of twtf milkamia, imposed to three days, and to put all of their possessions into primarily by those of us who call ourselves Christians. one suitcase. They were then shipped off to camps in From the fourth century on, the history of the Jews is the interior of the United States. bothherdc and grim. My father spoke out againat this on a local radio staAnd through these centuries the brutality that tion, kORE. Becauae of the patriotic fervor of the times, erupted bam anti-Semitism was defended—the name of he took some abuse. Perhaps it is simply the flawed mereligion. mory of someone who was then 13, but I do not recall Here at a colloge of Lutheran heritage, we must note others standing up. Where were all the Christian and that Martin Luther and other Catholic and Protestant Jewish leaders? Vuey were largely silent. Where was the leaden of the 16th century, inchiding otherwise mlight- American Civil Liberties Union? It was silent. Where ened leaders like Erasmus, expressed attitude towards wer^he members of the bar, who should be the special Jews that we now read with wonder and repugnance. guarmans of our basic civil liberties? They were, for the Even a tyrant like Hitler fopled many. listen to Chris- most part, silent. tian theologian Emmanuel Hirsch of Germany: "No I mention this to suggest that the battles for dvil other people in the world has a leading statesman such liberties are not fought only in Germany and Denmark. as ours, who takes Christianity so seriously. On May They are fought over and over in every sodety, and un1, when Adolf Hitler closed Us great speech with a less the traditions of undovtanding and tolerance and prayer, the whole worid could sense the sincerity iq respect for dvil liberties become deeply rooted, abuses that." are likdy to take place, and those who object to the Hitler fooled many abuses are the remnant who keep dvilized conduct from While the ominous silence of Lutherans and Cathcdics spilling over into undvilized conduct. in Germany is disquieting, the confusion of personal Appeal to the noUe morality and public morality afflicted U.S. Christian There is the noble and the beast in all of us, and we leaders also. In 1934, Baptists held their Fifth World need people who appeal to the noble. Congress in Berlin. After that meeting one U.S. BapWhat can each of us do? tist leader wrote: "Chancellor Adolf Hitler gives... the The answera in part are so obvious that they may prestige of his personal example since he neither uses seem trite. . intoxicanta nor etaokea." And the president of the They start with things as aknple as the language we Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville use to describe groups, and the jokes we tell. Jokes that cautkmed "against too hasty judgment of a leader who make fun of Jews or CathoUca or African-Americans or has stopped Gcnnan women from smoking cigarettes Asian-Americans or Poles or Italian-Americans are not and tMng red lipstick in public." funny. What we avoid doing is important. Mostof the eariy colonies of our country prohibited What we constructively do is even more important. Jews from holding public office. We can build bridges, as I hope these days at Dana We did not have ghettios in the same way that most College will. of Bun^ had them, but communities of Protestants, It would take no great effort for a Jewiah congregaCatholics and Jews tended togather in duatov in ru- tions to have an exdhumge program with a Lutheran conral America, or in neighbcM-hoods b urban America. We gregation, but few have done that. It should take place often were isdated from each other by language, cul- in Omaha, yes, but there should also be a rural Lutho^an ture and rdigion. Believing ill of one another came eas- or Catholic congregatimi exchange with an urban Jewily. Defending one another dkl not come naturally. That ish congregation in Omaha or Lincoln. was true as late aa half a century ago. Read Daidd WyHere at Dana College, with its Christian heritage, man's book, "The Abandonment of the Jews," about the there should be Jewish faculty representation, and more eariy Work! War II years, and the atory of both U.S. than an occasional Jewish student. Special efforts' Christians and Jews failing to stand up. It is not pleas- should be made to see that right on this campus there ant reading for either Christians or Jewa. is more than a one-time seminar, but constant bridgeSupport for Israel has too often been lacking anwmg buikUngthat will never leave students for the remainder Christian leaders. Neither Christians nor Jews should of their lives. I have twice spoken on the campus of be eqiected to provide uncritkal support of Israel, but Brai^eia Univardty, proud of its Jewish heritaga Bransometimes the silenoe, and sometimes the criticism, bear deis haa managed to make sure that its faculty and stuovertnrea that echo part of a Christian heritage that is dent body, while primarily Jewish, also reflects other not good. Christian poUtidana gnerally support larael, cultural streams of this nation and worid. but tiiat is aometimes an outgrowth of self-hiterest An studntta at Dana learning about the Holocaust? rather than convictkm. Having Christian church kMMfars About the alani^ter of the Armenians? They should be, who speak out for the aecurity of Israel, as well as peace on this campus, and on all campnaea. in the Middle East, should be more comAon than it is. Scholarshipa at Dana for thoee of Jewish heritage, aa I do not suggest that all lack of support for Israel is anti- a q>edal tribute to the Danea who rescued the Jews, Semitic, but aometimes it is. would be appropriate. Yoke of A acalptnre o< trUrnte As Jews face the Nasi threat in Europe, the most Here at Dana College yoo have an art instructor promiasnt dnirch leaders to noak up in their defanae whoee talent is rscognixed throu^Mwt this region. His w«e an Orthodox Patriarch hi Bulgaria and the Luther- work wakomaa visitor* to the Omaha airport Wn^ not an Biabqie of Denmark. Than ware aome otbars, lesa commission Urn to do some form of aculptura that pays pran^tent, and iaolated voicee hka Dietrich Bonnhoeffer tribute to tiie Danes who saved the Jews, a work that in Oarmany, but the reaounding voice of oompasaian would have a prominent spot on tUs campus with its that we might have expected bvxa vnty branch of Danish heritage? Each day stodanta and bailty and visChristendom did not emerge. itors would be reminded of how tUa the veneer of dviliWe gather hare to honor a people who dki show com- sation ia, and how thoee with courage can make a differ pasakm and courage, to heed Etie Wieeel's constant ad- eoce. monition: "Remember." But I hope we can to do mora But our reach for understanding must go beyond than that. On thia 60th inniveraaty of the invasion of ChrirtianJewiah relations, Jimwrtant as they are. I have Daomark, we must probe the vpmkiaa, "Why in Den- traveled a good deal in my life, but when the hoatagee mark ah»e wwe almost all the Jews saved?" We must were taken in Iran, I suddsniy found myself readfaig leara kwaons that will help all of humanity. about Sunni Muslims and Shilte Mualima, and I realToday is Earth Day. It is alM Holocaust Memorial ized that through my education and experience 1 had Day, known in Hebrew aa Yom HaSttmah, a day to re- learned about the varioua divisions of Christianity and member the six million Jews killod by the Nazia. In two Judaiam, but I knew amazingly littis about the beliefa days the Armenian community will note the 76th anni- of Mok^ns and Hindus and Buddhists and othera. I have no eaay formula to solve this, but just aa isoveraary of the nuasacra of one and one-half million Arlation of Jews and Christiana ia not healthy, so our failmanian* by the Turkish govemmaat of that d«y. ure to undentand othera la not helpful. I do not sugCan we make this earth safer fw ita inhabitants? gest that we should in any way diminish the Importance I believe that we can. When I read Isaac Singer's accounts of hia eariy life (Continued on Page 6) as the son of a rabbi in Pdand, I found at least a few
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ScHM 26 fflilM from QBUJM. k tiM fki^ Dan OaIkc> in Bldr. Nabradn. mot* tfiaa 50d«gy ToMday tb ita^y tlw HAraw Bibfe andOdatian S(si^ tuna.
The workahop which was added to tbiji two day'^ResE «a»f5lMD^idahJewa"CoofBnaceatI}aa««>v»tiMee putk^U deepOT inaidkte into thaaa nU|0^ whieh tmite and divide Jews and Chilatiana. In a way, it waa a fitting end to the dine day cooference. Profeesor Dfltvin Hutton, profiBaKir of Oraek and , ralicion at Dana College, and MM of the OHWipaiicen ^ >ndooardinataraoftheqQofirenceefaafaedthed«yof sttidy. ^'^ , ^ . RabbiB«DtMeld|iarKK>iBB«DhowtlMTorabandJewi ish intarpretationa of theiDBbrew Bible provide Jews t with prMtical and meaningful yggf to Uve ooe'a'Ufe. I "Tgrah", he aaki, "is viewed by Jews as a ^ and not la'fequimniBAt" ^ Dining thcsessions, coffee breaks and lunch which p foOowad, Jews and Chriatianadisaiaaed how Jewish and / Chtiatian Sol^ptures can be onderttood by Christians and Jews. Dr. Norman Beck, a professor of religion at Texas Lotheran College, tpoke about his book. Mature Christianity, which invites Chriatians to reassess their doctrines and scriptural trsnslationa which are generally "supersessianist", "vidous and contemptuous" concerning Jews and Judaiam. Dr. Franklin Sherman, the newly m>pointed director of the Institute for Jewi8h<3nistian Understanding at Muhkoberg CoUeg%^ Pennsylvania eqilained how the teaithingB of Paul qairwning the Jews can aUow for Jewiah and Ouiatian aelf-definitkms. The day was a unique religioMS experience for the nxne than 50 participants. I apdx on the the Jewish view of the Hebrew Pk'^diets cobtrksted with the Christian view of prophecy b tha Ne« Testament.
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Two dirscton of the Je«i^ Fedmitkm of Omaha aaked their MDofw boatd DMtaihaqi to cooaidar eatablishing a relattonah^ with Daola College in Blair. SUdey OoUaWn and M«y FAnan, both of whom attended the eonfetcoce at DanaCollege this week on the reaciia of the Daniah J«wa, ankle the request at the April board, meeting Tueaday ni^t. Thty tmiaad the program in its entinty ttid also rapoitad 00 the cooperation extended by the faculty aod administratioB to members of the Omaha Jewiah community wh6 attended. Mra. PaOman aaid that in line with Senate Paul Simon's innovative suggestions about Jewiah communities astablUiihg communicataan and joint activities with Lutheran inatitutions, the Jewiah Federation should consider following through A move in this directicm, Mrs. Fdlinan said, would show the "kind people at Dana how moved we were, not (mly with the quality of their conference, but with the warm and hospitable climate they off^vd us."
No yellow Star for Danish king The symposium on the rescue of the Daniah Jews not only added knowledge to this historical peri6d, but did away with myths as wH For ocample, how many readers recall seeing photographs of King Christian X astride a horse gree^ ing hia people? And how about the ysDow JewitA^star he wore on his sleeve to show his relatioiihip with his Jewish subjects? Aooordmg to the conference pertkipanti^Qiristian X did not in fact wear a yellow star in the photo. However, tlie conference partidpanta agreed, the king's relationship with hia subjects was such that he could have worn the star.
As I sat and watched the faces <rf the gathered cWgy I felt that real understanding and dialogue was a part of the Jewish and Christian experience at Dana. Martin Buber would have called this event "a true meeting". The final siunmation was begun with Rabbi Melchior leading the participants in the singing of "Hineh Mah Tov"—"How good it is for brothers and sisters to sit together."
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(CeotiaMd htm Page 4) or the quality of the heritage that oich of ua hea, but that we afaovdd dp nore to ondankand othera. . Fhia%, we abodd aak oar govapunent to lead in the struggle for human rijriita, t9 reflect the bast of our her itage. Our aetiona and our worda ahooUl aignlQr an h>tereat in non-vktlant aohttioas to problena, built on a base of understanding and recognkioocrf the rights of alL niat must be our stand in Portland, Maine n^ Portland, Oregon, hi South AMca and the Soviet Unioni in Cambodia and CUna. in El Salvador and Chile. When the oenturiaa^dd specter of antHSemitism rears its head in the Soviet Unicm, as it has, our government shouki nof heeitate to ask the Soviet leadership to speak but more firmly, not to repreaa freedom of speech, but to streee the iiqiortance and tokcance, said the dangers of intderance. It ia easy to beeone peaaindstic While we gather in peaceful BUdr, N^., to pay tribute to some courageoua pec^, and to learn from them, in Irehmd, Cathdks and Proteetants fight; in Lebanm, Christians snd Moslems stiugi^ among themsdves and with each other, in Israel, Arabs snd Jews too often provide tragedy instead of hope in the Soviet Union. Christian Armenians and Moslem Azerbaijanis live in tension; in Kashmhr, Hinchis and Moalema are killing each other. It is easy to look around our world and become pessimistic. But today we honor people who give us hope. We must learn from them. For manyyears Senator Jacob Javits served the natioa He lost in a New York inimary,'and shortly after his loss it was discoveiied that he had Lou Gehrig's disease. You could see this once-vital and strong msn gradually deteriorate. Several weeks before his death he was pushed into my office in a wheelchair, wearing a device around hia chest to ke^ him braathihig. Immediately his attendant plugged a cord into an dectric outlet to ke^ the breathing apparatus functioning. And then SenatOT Javits started lobbying me on a bill that interested him. When we were finished talking about that matter, I turned to him and said, "Jack, you're an inspiration." I shall never forget his reply: "Paul, you have to have a mission in life." He was right. And part of our mission must be to buiki understanding, so that never again will any people have to be rescued because of their heritage. 0inq£t 'i. cHanq • *2^6
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Lincoln TIfereth Israel FRIDAY: Serviceaat 8 p.m. Eariy Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. SATUBDAY: Seryioes, 9:30 a.m. KUUhuh and luncheon in honor of Harry Levinson on his 80th birthday. WEEKDAYS: Minyans each Monday and Thursday at 7:16 a.m.
Blumktn Home FRIDAY: Evening service, 7 pjn. SATURDAY Morning service, 9 a.m. Hie ret^ents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and friends of the residents to attoid services in the Herbert Goldsten ChapeL Kiddush follows services on Shabbat.
Offutt Air Base FRH>AY: Servioea in the Capehart Chapel wery Friday at 8 Pjb. AJTOiiiShabbat follows the service.
A ProCaMka peatthia Paraahat Tasria-MetBora The classic passage a luvpyfarnQy, there is litwhich Jews turn to iriten tle reaaon to choose. Wltbthey take a pro«boice po- out thoae conditkma, there sition on the qoastion of is leaaoil to consider. ab<ntk» is not in our It aeeflia to me that we Skh«. ought to apfiy some more A brief discussion of general rules to this childbirth and attendant problem rdiglous rites, however, is In tha firat place, thinkbefore us; and it suggests the subject of abortion, for ing people ought to go that is the subject that slow in thinking that they bums today on every have the cnly sduticm. We 6t«t-bumer in the Ameri- oui^t to anntMch every can agenda. Elections will {voblem with a healthy be won and and lost on dose of skepticism about that one question. Careers any answer. In the second place, we will be advanced or aidetracked on that one issue ought to be abb to tolerate alon& It is at the top of the the thinking and the posititm even of those who are list. I have never met anycnie more vodferously oppoeed who is in favor of abotion. to ours. It goes without Put that way, 100 percent saying that we ought to reof Americans, I think, qidra a similar openness have one point of view. We from them. Without that are all in favor of Ufa Jews openness on both sides, no especially, by long tradi- discussion can proceed. In the third place, we tion, have an unassailable ought to recognize the reverence for life. But not all Jews are rif^t of individual people "pro-life," in the sense to take positions that suit that phrase is used in the them, where their own inabortion debate. Indeed, divklual ri^ts are conthe large majority of them cerned. Here we come face* are "pnH±oice," not "pro- to face with the problem of group rights or state life." Indeed, it is because rights as differentiated they revere life that they from the individual's. On this question, the question are not "pro-life." of abortion, does the state It is because they have strong feelings for the life have the right to enter the and welfare of the expec- discussion? tant mother that they are The position outlined "im>«haioe." Tliis woman, above, the general rules I (H-this gfa^ has the rif^t to dte, mi^t well be considconsider the effects of ered a "liberal" position. It bearing a child on her own is a position that I would life. For the well woman, want to defend on this and who ia also married and in other problems.
ROFFMAN/GOLDBERG Dr. and Mrs. Blaine Y. Roffman announce the engagement of their daughter, Shari Elise. to Steven Daniel DePortc Jerome Goldberg of Dallas Texas. Daniel Aloa DePorte Miss Roffman is a gradwill become a Bar Mitsvah uate of the University of May 6 at Beth El Syna- Texas where she received gogue. He is the son of a bacfaskr of arts degrse fai April DePorte. finance. She Is currenUy Daniel is a student in employed by Joaeph J. the Omaha Public Schoola Blake and Aissociates, and is active in Junior' Inc., as a commercial real B'nal B'rith Bowling, eatate ^^iraiser. where be has had the The bride alect'a faUier higfaeat game tha last tW9 ia a patholDgiat aaaodatad years, swlmmlflS and with Pfayaidana LaborabaaketbaU. tory Servicea, Inc. He lua a alatar, April Mr. Goldberg Is the son Grandparents are Es- of Marvin Goldberg, MUther add Uonard DePorte. aiaukee, Wia„ and Mrs. ' Daniel wiBahara his Bar Phyllis Goldberc, Dallas, Mitzvah with Igor Abram- Texas. The brldsgroom oraky, who has raoently elect's father is manager of emi^atad and is cuirentbr construction with Conin ROOM waiting mtry to tinental Prapartlaa. the United States. Tha futuj^ brlflegrobm
is a graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor of arts degree in finance and real estate. He is a senior vice preddrat with Koeppel Tener, Rig^ vardi. Inc., and is a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. An August 26 wedding will take place at Temple Israel POCRAS«PIZEMAN Tha engagement of Racbael Ellen Pocras to ScoU Spiateuu, both of White Bear Lake, Minn., has been announced. Miss Pocr<e is the danghter of Joyce M. Pocrar and the late Rlfchard E. Pocras. Mr. Spizeman is the son of Connie Davis and Howard Spizeman, St. Paul, Minn. A November wedding is planned.
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breakfast was served by Leah Weiss, Charlotte Orloff and Betty Polsky. Dr. Gilboa was well received at every appearance and Sunday morning he received the standing ovation he so richly deserved. Dr. Gilboa was the house guest of Nancy and The weekend of April 20 Charles Coren during his was a special one. The Lin- weekend stay in Lincoln. coln Jewish Welfare FedOn April 29 there wiD be eration sponsored Dr. Eytan Gilboa as scholar-in- a Lincoln Jewish Federaresidence for a numbo: of tion supper honoring the appearances in the city. 42nd anniversary of IsDr. Gilboa is an expert on rael's independence, being international and Middle held at the Synagogue. Eastern politics and his Entertainment will follow lectures covered a number the meal. of topics about the geoOn April 26 the Young • graphic area which is of such great interest to us at Heart held a luncheon meeting at the Knoll's aU. Friday night services Cotutry Chib and were enwere held at Congregation tertained by the music of B'nai Jeshurun and con- Cantor Michael Weisser of ducted by Cantor Michael Congregation B'nai JeshWeisaer, where Dr. Gilboa urun. spdK on "Middle East DeThe Federation camvelopment Behind the Headlines." The Oneg paign for 1990-1991 is beShabbat was prepared by ing launched with a tel&-, Marsha Plotldn and Deb- thon on Afnil 29 being chaired by Robert Evnen. bie Ullnum. Shabbat morning services were held at the On May 3 the FederaTif««th Israd Synagogue tion will host Joe Pupa of \)nth Rabbi Ethan Seidd AIPAC, who will be qieakofficiating. Dr. Gilboa lec- ing at the Synagogue at tured on "Understanding 7:30 p.m. His topic is one Israeli Politics." A kid- in which we're all indush luncheon co<haired terested, for not only is she by Geri Schuchman and speaking on United States Eve Hoffman was served and Israeli politics but of by Ruth Levinsoo. Sarah local politics as well. We are in a time of great Greenfield, Dottie Grant, Faye Unger and Chariotte activity and should gainer Kuklia. much useful information Sunday, April 22, Dr. from the speakers who Gilboa spoke on "Condi- have been here and will tions for Arab Israeli continue to appear here in Peace." A continental the Capitol City.
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Delegates attending around the comer on Sunfrom Beth El Synagxjgue day, May 6. The commitare Nancy Skid, immedi- tee is already receiving ate past presidMit and preregistration forms and Rlni Gonsher, incoming looks forward to a 'Very ways and means vice successful day. "(iie schedide of events president, both Midwest Branch Board membws; is: Noon-2:30 p.m., Lunch Darlene Golbitz, Beth El and "Walk for Israel;" "Women's League presi- 2:30-3 p.m., Salute to Isdent; Carole Greenberg, fa- rael; 3-4:30 p.m., Concert coming programming vice with Craig & Co. ' The committee has anpresident. nounced that over 150 trees have already been sold for the Omaha Jewish community tree grove fa Israel. Sfacere congratulations are extended to Sid ment and exhau8ti(ui. In Wfatroub who has recentthe series, "Caring fw the ly received a gift of 120 Caregiver," mentid health trees to be planted fa the professionals will explore Omaha grove, Mrs. Wfathe pressures felt by care- troub has just celebrated givers and offer down-to- her 85th birthday! earth assistance. Don't miss walking by For more information, the tree fa the JCC lobby contact Shane Kotck, 330- to see the many leaves ad4272, or Alice Weiss, 334- ded fa the past few dayst 8200. During our Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration, we will have a JNF booth set up on the "Walk for Israel." Services, will monitor an Not only will you be able open discussion on "Sup- to purchase a tree for our Omaha grove, but you will port Systems." Refreshments will be also have the opportunity served; baby sitting serv- to plant your own tree ices and transportation seedling to take home. We will be provided if needed. Call Roie Meyers, ^970426, for either service.
Lecturers discuss problems faced by caregivers A series of lecture/discussions on the problems faced by families who are caring for an older rdative (at home or fa a nursing facility) will be held at the Jewish Commimity Center fa May. Caregivers often find themselves dealfag with frustration, guilt, resent-
Single parents tomeetat JCC The Single Parents group win meet May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Older Adult Lounge of the Jewish C(Hnmunity Center. All sin^ parents are favited. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel and Glen Finraoan, Jewish Family
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kmg activitiaa. The following Sunday is Mother's DJy ao MamakiriwB memban at the April ninHng voted not to meat iMiay. The final meeting of the seaaon wiU be June 3. Meetings will resume in Sq>taiinber. BREADBREAKERS Natan Schwalb, B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers chairman for May, announced that Ben Ndson, Democratic candidate for Governor, will speak at the May 2 meeting. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at the Venice Inn, 69th and Pacific street. Coat of the luncheon is S6; the community may attend.
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My mother-in-law, of blessed memoty, used to have an emresaion (Yiddish) which aounded something like "IchbUeb." Rough translatioo: "Thia is so ama^ I can't believe it!" Let me tell you what I receotly iMd which made me think, "Ich bliebl" It seams that in New York it's possible for a kid having tnuUe doing hmnewm^ to pkk up a phone, call the rii^t number and get help. It's called Dial-A-Teacber—a group organized and operated by the United Federation of Teachers. They meet every day, Monday throoi^ Thursday, and 40 of them are seated at tel^hones, surrounded by (Uctiooaries, encyclopedias, and reference books of evoy bind. As calls come hi, they answer, much like the telethons we're accustomed to seeing for fundraising on television. They report that roughly 600 calls come in each seesion which is held in the early evening hours. They are for the kids in the elementary grades, but the supervisor was quoted as hoping to enlarge the program to include junior high and older grades. In a city like New York there are so many fweign languages spoken that the teachers answering calls include some who could speak Chinese (in several dialects), French, Greek, Italian, Haitian and Hebrew.
Israel will soon buy t285 millitm in U.S. arms, including $150 million worth of missile-carrjdng ApAche helicoptflrs to deAnd don't misimderstand—they explain to anyone fend against enemy tanks, an Israeli Embassy official who wants to know that they don't just give answers. They handle the kids just as they would in the classsaid. Besides 18 AH-64 room, making them figure out for themselves how to Apache attack heliooptera, arrive at the answer they need. They get the chiki's first the sale would inchide 639 name and manage to establish a line of fiiendly commuHellfire missilee; 14 spare nication, then get at the business of teachers—helping. Hellfire launchers; 16 I was first astonished when I read about Dial-Aspare enginea; support «Teacher. Then I thought about it awhile and came to equipment; ammunition; the amdusion it was probably a great idea fw many reaand U.S. maintenance sons. For one thing, lots of youngsters are rductant to services. cocie out and ask for help while doing homework. For Israel would be the first another, so many of those New York parents do not foreign oountty allowed to count English as a first language—it noiight be a great taqr thf ySychw. way for a kid to get help without embaratammt. After all, it's possible to be alntost anonymous on the phone. And let me tell you another reasco why I decided this program is good. I remembered that tfa« public school system in New York isn't a finely-tuned school system like ours. In fact, most parenta who can possibly afford it, send the chikb«n to very coatly private schools. It seems to follow that in achods lacUng the rqnitation of "the finest," some youngaten might very well need tut<»ial aid. And if such a^ is avaiUble with a phone call, well, what couU beat that? So thera yon are—rack up another unusual fact about the Big Kpfie. It's true I tend to make fun of a lot of stuff I read about the city, but I have to give credit where it's due. I don't think our childreo here in River City are deprived bacauae thay can't "dial-a-teacher." On the contrary, I think oura are lucky that our public schools are ao azeallant. My advice to our kida who wish they could make a phone call and get help? Call a friend. When you get yelled at for stib'ing on the phone ao kog, just aay you're doing your homewbric together.
Ben Nelson attends Yom Hashoah service Ben Nelson, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, attanded the Yom Haahoah Memorial Service at Beth larael Synagogue last Sunday and spoke about hia reactkm to the Y.E.S. group at the Jewiah (kunmunity Center Monday. "Neither waa it the firat time, now wiU it be the last time, that I remember the Holocaust and reflect on the terrible crimes against Jews and all mankind." Mr. Nelaon added, "We must remember not only to assure that it will never hsqppen again but also because of those innocent victims whose lives were so systematically and brutally snuffed out... "We must honor them and their memory as wdl as their families not merely with-our thou^ts and prayers but with our actions as well." He urged vigilance against those calling themselves "skinheads and neo-Nazis," or the Ku-IQuz-Klan ... groupe which threaten civil liberties and popularize hate. Mr. Nekon said he applauds efforts of the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith and those like Sam Beber, Phil Klutznick and Henry Monaky, who have made significant effort to defend basic freedoms. "We must say never again to the hate groups, and we must never stand by silently when others are attacked ... Indeed, we must say, never again."
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New bakery supervised by Vaad HaKashrut The Golden Wave of Grains Bakery is under the supervision of the VSMI HaKashrut of Omaha, according to an announcement made this week by the Vaad chairman, Mary FeDnum. HiS bakery, located at 108th and Blondo, is owned by Darrel and Nancy Braack and has been in business for the past one-and-a-half years. It haa recently bssn "kaaliered" undor the supervision of the Vaad mashgiadm and wiD continue to be under regular supervision, Mrs. F^boan said. Products of this bskery
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text is a way the avoage person can ascertain tlie meaning of Biblical text, Dr. Norman J. Cohen, -Dean of the New York School of Hebrew Union CoUegeJewish Institute of Religion, said here last week. Dr. Cohen, aproftesorof Midrash, served as schdar-in-residence last weekend at Temple Israel and also addressed area ministers at Temple Israel's Institute of Judaism for Christian clergy. A Temple Imel publication, Tidings, said that Midrash is derived from the Hebrew root word "Daresh" which means to spread out, to search, to investigate. "It has been described as the poetry, embellishmoits and flights of fancy with which the early rab-
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By Bobert Wolf son bis e^ond the i^iany lay&cecutiVe Diiwitor ers of meaning of passages ADL-CRC bum the torah." In an interview. Dr. Cohen said that in older days the IVmh touched the Jew '' In the Jewish tradition, miracles play a significant every day of his life, but role. They remind us of the many wonders of creation. that most Jews today vis- But thqy also alert us to the mirades that are not always ualize the Bible as an "an- shocking, not always spectacular. It is as if only with tiquated remnant" with proper vision can we truly see. lite Omaha Jewish community is indeed a blessed one. little relevance to modern We have a quality and participation in our community times. For anyone seeking rel- that is the envy of many. Our resources, both human evance, he suggested tak- and otherwise, are substantial. But here, too, miracles ing the text seriously and occiu', many times unspoken and unnoticed. LaV(Kme Curtis has been a miracle to our community. "opening oneself" to slow reading of every single Not only to ours, but to the Greater Omaha Community and the three states of the Plains States Region of word. He said that reading the ADL and to the ADL nationally. She has instructed Weekly portion with an ex- many of our best regional directors on the skills necesplanatory assist from a sary to be a competent professional. She has operated book such as Legends of the Omaha office as the key responsible person with DO the Bible by L. Ginzberg, director for an accumulated period kmger than any direcwill enable one to enter the tor haa stayed in the Omaha o^ce. LaVonne Cvntis is retiring, tiler last day at work is world of the Midrash and help to ask the rij^t ques- April 30. On the evening of April 29,1990, at the Revolving Door Lounge at 7:30 p.m., ADL/CRC is hosting a tions. An exaiiq>le of the proc- dessert reception to wish LaVonne a farewell and thtuik ess, according to Dr. Co- her for the innumerable contributions she has mads hen, can be found with the these last 30 years to the community. Messages from question: What did Abra- those who wish should be communicated to me at 333ham tell Sarah before he 1303 or 334-6626 befme 4 p.m., Sunday, April 29. took Isaac on the road to Mariah? While there is nothing in the Biblical text to describe Sarah's comments, Midrashic interpretation has her venting all the emotaoBs of a parent being separated from her child. "LHuning how to listen and filtering the text enables one to come up to conietDfonry relevance. Dr. "t told you Cohen added. Papa, first the frame from Oioria'a LICENSE GRANTED .. . ttien we go TEL AVIV (JTA) to the The Likud caretaker photoflraptier!" govflrnment, after a year of rsijections by Labor Miniaters of Health, has granted a license to a group of doctors to run a private hoepltal in Haifa that will speriaKwi in openRocMuook VUIa«c • lOaih A C««l«r * 391-4745 heart surgery. Oieria't Framar's Wotlaliop • lOMi & Csslar • 391-4090
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A professional massage administered by an experienced and state licensed massage therapist, is a wonderful way to reduce tension and ease stress. Massage can help sore bodies, relieve headaches, and soothe tired aching feet. In contrast to the Europeans and Asians, only 10% of Americans have tried a professional massage. Those who make massage a habit often work in pressure filled jobs, experience discomfort in their workplace, or can simply appreciate a mini-vacation from ^ their daily grind. The current revival of fitness massage is part of a growing trend towai^ preventative health care. Some of the effects are psychological--the act of touching conveys concern and can comfort. Massage also alleviates stiffness, stimulates lymphatic flow and gently exercises muscles. Endorphins, the ;>ody's own pain killing mechanisms, respond to sensitive accupressure points by quieting jangled nerves. Physicians sometimes prescribe massage therapy as a relatively inexpensive treatment for a variety of conditions. "A rubdown makes people feel better", agreed Dr. Eugene Zweiback, an Omaha sports medicine specialist, who added, "Done properly there are no harmful side effects. From a medical standpoint massage can not cure, however, anything that makes you feel better is not going to hurt your health. People with significant problems should always check with their physician first." Scott Kotzen, Massage Practitioner at the Omaha YMCA's is a leading proponent of firm neuromuscular bodywork and the healing power of traditional massage. A graduate of the Florida Institute of Natural Health, Scott takes the personal approach. "I have received a holistically oriented education specializing in alternative methods including Hydrotherapy, Shiatsu, and the Swedish spa style. Massage is growing in popularity as people become health conscious and realize its many benefits; particularly improved circulation and increased flexibility. It can also relax the emotions, leaving a person feeling great," Kotzen said. He estimates half his clients to be business people, with the rest being retirees, homemakers and tri-athletes. Scott has been a professional masseur since 1982 and is an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association. A typical Session lasts 15-75 minutes. Mr. Kotzen helps eliminate concerns about modesty by providing proper draping for his clients. Fully clothed massages in a corporate setting are becoming the norm for many male and female executives, as well as for distance cyclists and runners. Athletes and dancers have always considered Sports-massage an important part of their training before and after strenuous excercise. Equipped with a portable table, Kotzen makes house-calls while also attending to his practice at the YMCA fitness centers. He also teaches massage workshops. "People call me to find out the type of massage I do," he said. "I describe it so they will understand that it isn't sexual or painful; nor is it a chiropractic adjustment. I discuss with the person their physical complaints or any contraindications I should be aware of." One regular patron at the YMCA is Frank Frost, a 90 year old attorney who likes to rave about the therapeutic effects of massage for the elderly. He claims the vigorous manipulations energize and rejuvenate his body and the improved vitality always works wonders for his range of motion. No other single modality is as versatile for customers of all ages. Now that Massage Therapy is recognized by mainstream society, this ancient healing art is becoming an accepted form of treatment for most everyone. Non-members are always welcome at the YMCA and the affordable rates include the pool and saunas. The Downtown branch sells gift certificates that make a thoughtful present for yourself or a friend. To learn more about Professional Massage, or to reserve an appointment for an hour of blissful relaxation, call the Downtown YMCA 341-1600 or Scott Kotzen at home.
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• All sessions begin at 7:30 p jn. and will be followed by informal discussion. • If you are interested in attending this series please register by calling the Blumkin Home at 3304272. This series is being )ointly sponsored by Jewish Family Scnrlct The BtiffM For the Aging Befli El Synagogue