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WoL LXVH No. 49 OiMha, Ntbr.
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abbi Arexander Katz dies, served Beth El RabU AJnandar Kite. aaaiatMt nbU «t B«Ui El flbi**yBil* ft* iiiiHyyww nntfl Ua ratinlMat io t«t2,«M1\MKlajr«tUi0 ROM Blomida Jewish HooM. He WM 98. SondcM to<di place yw^diy at Beth El Synagocna wMi bdrial at Beth ElGamaHiy. He is sorrived bjr Ua danghtar, Onie Nogg of Onaha; soae, Lewis dt StORs. Conn., David of UdunoDd. VA, MiefaMl of Ifia^iIaBd Paik, HI: bit> thtr Sam who Uvee in leraA 14 graaddiildnn and two great c^uulchildren. Rabbi Kats was bon in January 18B7 in a amaU Uthuaaian vniaga, the only one of five eooa to follow in Us fathar'^/loatatspe as a rahM. Rabbi SatMndUa wife arrived iarO* United St«taetelM»aQ«l«Mded for Chi»h<d)0, Mfaui.,
brother had already aetled. He was soon ofind a pulpit fan Pead Dn Lac, Wise where he stayed for nine months. He then WM(t to >nrglBia, Ifhm., where he eemd a nomber of towns aloog the iron nnge. Inl9S7,RabUKatsaeoptad apoaitiaB in Fttfo, NJ)., ••! alao trawitad to othar towne witl{ email Jewish popidatioaa.'~*' While fai Fargo, the rdh U's wife died. RabU Kats, who by tUa time had two sons, married Belle fpd kdopted her daughter. Another son was bom k Fargo hi 1942. B4iiKa(s diedhil973. For a shott jMciod. in 1944. Rabbi Kate left the rabbtngte md took over one of Ue^tUBBt brother's tinshiinifl In Wiiwfliwliff. fc potato CMP factory. Because the bneineeeopsn^ *9>ev«n days a wewahd
Progress in construction Now that the adAtioM to the RaaeBlaadda Jewish HoaM hee boM eenpletad iii^t). the eonwetoM ties oateaMMiy wiU take plaee SuMhqr fiea 2 to 4 pjk aMl the esnuany^ BHqr ton the faeBlty iM^a^ tl« pragiam. At lelt, the eztesiet walb ef the aew Beth tt ^rM««gM are ap aad the ehiVe ef ie HAle fiem Dodge Stnat aeee CaiUeeids Stnet.
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Teenagers return from Israel tour By JoCaRoU A group of toMiagers ai^ rived home from lerael just in time to catch their breath before etarting achool. On an Artiasponsored tour they had qient the hMt three weeks touring lerael, the Jawieh
Promoted to general Ptai 0. Cehaa hM hew awihitii te the grade e( brigadier pwyiaL He swMs M the AssMaat Adlet—t Hmm^i lee Alt, Witiasha Natfeaal Owed. A nadwafNawYerkaaiagfill li elUnlsaCettege at flebMsetady. N.Y, Mr. Oakw is a lamer Air Peeee eltle# wha hae aarral la the Nehta(*a Ak Oaard fat tt yean. In eMIaB Mfa, Mr. Ceh« ie the dbeetor of aMilMthv far Bahr Vermeer BMl Haeeker ercUtecte.
art. Tliqr croeaed a wafeerMl, <aw an aasiant aqoeduet and coded atth a tour of an oU monastery. The hike wee difflcott. Iliey had to help eadi othar through rough spots. Dai|a thraar her socks away, aftaavard beeaaaeb "Thaar war* so dbty, I Five teane gathered at dida t even think my the Jewiah Ctenmunity mother codbd get Colter to talk about their eiperienoee and ferffaigs Andae'e beet feaUng diving the t^ Andy Ep- ceme iriian ehe reeUaed eo etein, Dana Erman, Greg maqy Jewiah people were Oreenbatt. Uea ShaUon on a land they werind eo and Aadse Friedlander hard to get Ihs aethrity recalled evente of their ahe eajoyial the mootwae first vidt to Israel an arduteokcfcal dig. "We Their experience in- climbed down a faddar to chided epnniqiiig e week- a coki cave undntground, end on a Kibbnta, visitfaig but it waa hot whin yon another Kibbats that wu etartaddiggfaig."Sheeakl just 30 feet firom the Leb- the group wee divUsd faito anon botdar, vieithig The diggers, ehlappere and Wan in Jerueelem. endor^ eiften. Shs was a shlspper ing an erchaaologtcel dig which meant she hraded and taking in the tourist buckeU of dirt up. While •ighU aM^ reeort dty of they were digging, pottery that wae nuwbade of Twfplat The group wu traveling yeere old was found. Qrag enjoyed para(» e bue to a vieit a KibbuU wh« their Madra- sailing at the Red Sea, Iwt chem. or group leadar toU a cabn feeling came over them Iraq bad jnat hi- Um whtB^Mmt to vieit vadedKuwi^TheMadra- The Wai. tta waa quiet cham etplainad that waa looking at The Wall. the fsasBB the bus radio "AnytUv yoa ale bi the wee on. The teeas wonn't United StatM caa onbr be •ure where Kuwait waa S60yaenf;id.ItisB0tUng but they kaaw th«7 were oo^varedwitli'niaWilL^ Aady waa impresesrt in thegaaerel ena. They were eeewred by the Ma- with the leraaH people. dreehem they ware in no "They can more about the wallMw of their country Dana'e favorite part of than thijr do thcmaaivas. the trip waa a 4H-mile They give op pnreonal Uke thigr took ia the dee- oomforta to live there. 1
wookfai't live there but I have a lot of reqiect for people who do." Aiadp rauMmbcred going to the KibbuU near Lebanon. "I am hi awe of the people who live there. IVy dwoee what tbcjr do and iHiat thqr are doing ia very invoetant," he eaid aaplaining this Kibbuti hs^ gusrd the leraeH botdar. \ia» tried bar hand at snorkeling when they etayed at areeorton the Rod Sea. "I went way out The ealt water is sa anuihig." LooUngdown'fa the water ahe eaw kte of ooni, sand dollara end bright tropicel fieh. Lisa said ahe never reelized how important lerael wee untflue vidted the country. Being at The WBH wee eleo a movhigcKpcrienoe tor her, but ahe didn't IIka"oklladiea aaking for money at Ihi Wall IthinkitedisieBpactftaL" It wee sunny every dex of their trip. Moot deecribed it es "Mod tanning weather." They eoon tired of eeting cudunbere and tomatoae, but Aodee
nigU and there weren't ,any Sibbatb candlaa lit ' IVy etiqred in e youth .hoetel for the weekend at the Kibbutz. lU rooms were ,large enough until they etartad putttog their tnnage in them. At the KibbuU than teinagara belied bufld e road by lemoving brush firomsausa. Lisa daeeribed the leraeli people ea "FMsndly. Thaar love for you to oome to their country." Andy eaplafaied he waa mnch XBon waiiwirtaBie weaii^a Star of David ncddaoa fai laraal than he ie fai Omaha."! don't Hke to stkk ont It ia ianei^ tant to euppott braH so Jewe win slways have a place to go."
fakM that was as good. Thqr also ate aeknitad, wUdiiehMMiedtwkarar ffcirfcf "SomstiBMa 9fM nswar know which," Due Uugfaad. ABenaeeesdsMiiilasat ths ladi of raUgiaaii oareSoa the nblntx. A played on Friday
CLARIFICATION A sttay hi last wssk's pmar klsntMsd the VilMfe Bakery es fonaeriy Friedman'e Bekery. The Village Bahary oecwiee the etoce formsriy atmed by Friedman'e Bakery, but there is BO eoaaaetten between. I ha two Ifana.
Praise ByHawaidl WASHINGTON (JTAHThe United Statea baa no oonmleinte with leraal'a haadlng aaiir of the criaU hi the ftniaa Gulf, a State DspertoMat ofticiel said.