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Exactly one year ago, I waa preparing to viait the Soviet Unioa aa part of a delc^tkm attending the annual meeting of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry. TUB October 1989 uMeting was hiatoric in lenae that for the JBrat time a large delegation of American Jews would be atlowed to meet and speak openly with Soviet Jews desiring to leave the U.S.S.R. I joined Shirley Goldstein, co-chairman with Miriam Simon <tf the Ottaha Jewish Federation's Soviet Jewry Committee, and Ruth Potash, a long-time vdunteer working in behalf of Freedom for Soviet Jewry. Thia trip was amaittng in many respects. We were aUe to see first-hand tiie crumbling of the Communist economic system and meet with hundreda, possibly thcnisands, of
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Soviet Jews anxious to leave that part of the world for a life of 6«edom in the United States and Israel. The photograph on this page shows one meeting attended by several hundred Jews in TtHningrwd, one of the stops on our trip. As Jews from America, we were embraced with hugs and confronted with the stories of long-time Refuseniks. There was a sense of urgency, a sense of desperation on the part of many we talked with. Many were convinced that Gorbachev's new pidicies already were too late and that the only thing that would result for the Jews was widespread anti-Semitism. The three of us came back to Omaha with a renewed determination to do everything we could to gain freedom for our brethren in the Soviet Union.
Miracle of miracles. ' In the blink of an eye, changes in the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc na^ons and the Qermanies, shook the world. The emigration flood gates opened and Soviet Jews were allowed to leave in increas' ing numbers month after mohth. And the Jewish Community of Omaha is invdved. The Operation Exodus campaign headed by Tom Fellman exceeded expectations, Jewish Family Service mobilized to help the newcomers. Not only are many Soviet Jews already in Omaha, more are on the way. On behalf of the Omaha Jewish conununity and Americans everywhere, we welcome our Jewish family to the United States and freedom. Morris Maline
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B/BwtUwk ) ymn ago than was a movie caOad "Hie RtiaI An Comiag, th« RoaaiaDa An Coming." Majrba y«a nmembcr H. In aiqr caae, «• can dunga the miaaage. The fact is, the Roaaians are iMn. Aa of the pwatut time. Omaha has welcomed some 63 Roaaian Jews into our commonity. Preparing for their arrival is not a sini|de taak. It takaa the j(rint efforts of many, both proftiaaional and lay pMla^ to coordinate the aeparate parts wldch make 19 the fintohed product. By "finished product" I mean a'famfly aewly arrived, hooaed in an apartment, provided with life's iMceedtieB and started on the way to an existence as Americans.
In our community, aa everywhere elae in this oountiy, ths project is handled by Jewiah Family Service, an agency <rf our local Jewiah Federation. Back in tlw late fall of 1969, when political changia in Russia made eadt poesible, we began to recetve Jews who soddenly were ftee to leave. Some were young folks who could see a bright future aw^y from Russia, some were the elders of thooe young people. Some were amoag the groiq> called "refiiaeniks," those who had been fiyfag for maqy years to leave Ruasia but who had been refuaed permisskm. Ons thing thqr aD had in conunoo: thay were Jews and they were thrffled to be in a-place what the word Freedom took on a new meaning. We had hoped to be completely ready for them wtei thqr actually arrived but knew it would be invosaible, largely becmise when the doors opened the Rosaians be^ to leave in tremendous nun&trs. We, Hke every•ne else, scrambled to handle the mjniad datdla. r Aa time went on, we leemed that aH over tJw United Statee Jewish oommnnitiee were having the aame pn4>lems. The fact! were aimple: they wereoomfaighi drovee and most Jewish Family Service Btaffi ware ilHqaipped to keep up. And while it's true that misery loves coatnany, it waa only a small comfort to know that we were m the same boat wi4i others. But we're a rsaoncalnl people, we Jews. If at ftrat wa don't aolve the problem, we pull op our socks and get our acta together. That's what Omaha dkL We reeiviixed our weetaweeee. added profeeaknsis where nsceeeary and amt oat a clarioo call for votunteera. Did we get anawars? Yes, and my peri^onal thanks go out to many. Is thsre still a need for liore? Yes, indeed. ^ i The good news is this: 4k haye recently learned from I local professional atteodia^r* nadonal meeting, we're lot only "up to speed" bat well itJMid of moet otho' American communities. We really do need people in great numbers and I can tell you why. We have real need for people who belong to •rmathing rallad • Fimii«i>iiiig« Ctwrnrnm^ T^ny yip
select such things as furniture, Unane, Utchea sun>IieB and various other items of this nature. With hidt, much is available from a storeroom filled irith donated items. What isn't available is purchaaed new. It shoold be noted here tliat the community haa been extremely naerous with donations of every description for the Bouaehold. In other words, we rent an apertment (ofreign a lease), fiU it with furniture, put eheeU and blankatii €B the beda, towels in the bathroom, soap in the aovp dish, avinn to toothpasts in the medidne cabinet, diaheein the . Idtchan eupboarda and pota and pans too, food in the tafrigarator and ataplee on the pantiy alielvee. And often, an added touch such ss freeh flowera to aqr WolThis kxwely describee the work of the Parnishings Committee. It oouki be called Step I or HW Begiming. ^Then comae the real taak of toteip^ittog thaaa strangars
into Amsrican Socistgr. Ths words Culture Shock im- intereetingiy, we have AMB that aa quickly aa aome are mediately come to mind. Unleee you have dealt ptraonal- gemratfaig an faieome, thqr manage to bay a car. The. iy with awne of these people you can't begin to imagfaie American dream becomaa a reality aooner for aome than what it'a like for them. EverytUng tram the food they othara, but it doae happanl «• eet to the Bounds thqr hear are different—sometimes And on the aoi^ject (rf generating an hicome, the pWbtMUcaOy. lems (rf job hunting must be addreeeed. Aaamning there More volunteers mske themselvee available as early is facility with Enc^iah, a resume must be prepared sta^ ae Jhe eecond day aflw arrival Ideally, aomebo4y comee ing the background and akilla of tlw prospective emto a car and takee the Hnasiana to Social Service officee, ployee. Many of our new people are proftaaionala (rf one where the very first thing th^ must do is q>pty tor a kind or another and have been educated to pvfarm their Sodal Security number. With this in liand, they are epedaltiee- -to their country. In ours, thers are oonyliofficially able to avail themaalvee of aocM ct our i»o- catkiM—the transition is not neceesarily antomatk. So, grams. Aid comes in many forms when government is to expedite matters, a number of local dtizens have involved. made it their buainess to help. To sedc out potential Very aoon, others sppesr to introdnos theee folks to empkQrers, to learn what can be done to make the j(A qiedal university classes iriMre they ue instructed in seeker ready. Every detail is attended to, up to and to"Enfl^ As a Second Language." Ilie theory is: "first chiding auggestions for proper attire and attitude. you must Isam the langnags Without a woridngknowl- That'a the Employment Committee. edge of En^iah youll find it neat to in^KMsible to get And there are people who call themselvee the Hosa job and become productive enough to aasert indq>en- pitality Committee. You can probably figure that out witliout much he^. To extend friendship in a sincere Note pleese. the constant reference to the appearsnoe way, to invite ecnne of theee people to our homee for a of a volunteer. This illustratee tlie great need for all the mnl or a visit. In other words, welcoming tliem and outside h^ the project can get Another eesential area making them feel a real part of our Jewish community. is that which teachss ths newcomer how our money sysJewish Community. 'Hiat's a sinqile phrase and certem worics. How to go to a bank, open an account, write tainly a familiar one—if you were bom and raised (or a chedc—how to manage finances. There is a chairman moved) Iiere. But if you had come frt>m a place where who has mads it his reqxmdbility to form a committee being Jewish wasn't something you made public or just to tske chsrge of this tadL kept a low profile about, well then, being Jewiah and Not to be ovsriooked is an extremely important group bel<»igiiig to a Jewish community might seem as alien called Tranqiortation. Without them, there is needless as a taco. Many of theee good people are juat now receivconfusion anid cooosm, not to msntion dozens of ph(«e ing an introducti(m to thinga Jewish they never excsUs, relating to piddng iqi and taking peo|de from one perienced before. Isn't that mind boggling-he^ihig point to anther. Whether they must go to Eng^ Jews learn about being Jewish? Yet anotlier place for classee or to a modicsl sppointmsnt, th^y need some- our assistance. body to take them. After a while, when everything For many of ua here to Omaha, thia Russian Reeetbecomas a bit more familiar, our newcomera feel a little tlsmabt Project hss been a brand new acqmience. FmecnfidwMie and learn about public tranqiortatioo. And others it recalla doing the same thinga for different peor pie at other timee to the past That however, is of little coeiseqMDoe. llie fact remains that we have an oppor^ tunity to practkx one of the moet andent tenets of Judaic teaehinga: we have been ^ven the privilege of hdping our Jen^ brothers and aiaters. Of taking care of our own. Here is a group which, by the hick of political changee occurring to ttteir motherland, haa had a chance to leave a life of oppiuaslccprqjodice. anti-Semitism snd Tliis issue would have been iaqiossible to generally speaking, hardahip. They're lucky enough to produce without the help of Anna Metrik, a rebe able to find homes to countries making them weK cent arrival from the Soviet Union who now is come—where they can do aa they chooee, be wliat tliey 4 jnember of the Onnh«Jgwi8h,XPininpnity. Want to be. And we're here tbitelp them in their new Aa a consultant to the Jewiah PNSS, Mrs. Meenvironment. ' f trik served as an interpreter for the writers who We Omaha Jews have pledged to take 103 Russian! interviewed the Soviet Jews for our Rosh Hasheach year for three years. The first year is soon at BA anAh issue. end and it appears our "quota" may not be met. Wbal Whiliq Mrs. Metrik'a interpreting talents went next year will bring only time will telL Some believe the a long way toward producing interesting and exit doora may slam shut- at any time. We pray that doesn't happen. Whatever the numbers, for however readable stories, the process of using someone long we can, we will contmue to eiqiand our local Jewish as an intermediary between subject and interpopolation with our Russisn friends. The young chfldrea viewar was not without probleins. who are arriving with this exodus will soon speak Tlw reader should be aware of the fact that English like natives snd, I'll wager, will be American gathamg information from those with limited to every sense of the fwrd. Like our grandparents and knoidfldge of English was difficult and some of great-grandparents before us. the sttsies undoubtedly wUl have unclear pasIn many waya theee recent arrivals sre like thoee very •agss. immigrant anoeatora. TiMy alao had to leara a language, Ragardleas of the difficulties, howevn', we get a job, become a productive member of aodety and know that our readership will enjoy the stories raiae famOiee without their own relativee doae by. It dwcrihing the newest members of our family must have been heartbreakingly difficult at timee. ^ I'm certain, however, that thia current groiq) wiD ovait h«r* in Omaha. come all obatadee. They have a great support system to see them through the rough places. It's called the Omaha Jewiah Community.
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Igor Zinlroy hu a wondarfnl nnfk. A amik aod scoiM ol humor he ia now free to eipoae. "la Raaaia, peofje nev«r nnile," he said, qwaUag in naar-daent EngUah. "Hara, people amile frMuantly." Mr. Zinkov and hia wife^ llfla, idM> abo apeaka En^iah, have much to arnOe about Although thay aaid thay have had a hard time, adjuating to a new country, new culture and now UfeBtyle, thidr dreoma of freedtim hawe become a reality. The ZinkovB are grateful to the Omaha Jewiah community vohmtatra who have ha^Md them with everything and made tlxir i^iustment eaaier. Tlity Uke thtlr two bedroom apartment In Ruaaia, they apent two yaara in a atudio apartment thn lived with Mra. Zinkov'a parenta in a one^Mdraom apartment In America people work differeotty and are paid difCvnitly, but In Roaaia, the Zinkova aaid, everyone Uvw in about the eame oonditkm no matter if thqr work hard or not The Zinkova choee to come to the United Statea becanae "the U.S. ia a famooa free country. It ia the first free coontiy (rf freedom in the worid and we knew Jewiah people have a great rote hi Ufe in the United Statee," Mr. Zinkov eiplained. They aaid they knew vwy little about Israel, but liv-
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hig in Odeesa, they could get Finniah tekviaion which carried aoue American programming. Mrs. Zhikov said their praajat life haa met thiir expectatkn and coincklee pradaely'with their dream of freedom. "Oar greatest-deaire hi leaving Ruasia was for our chikl," Mrs. Zinkov said of their seven-year-dd dau^ter, Renata. "She will not hive to grow up being humiliated. She wDl not have to hear 'zidkova' (ah inralthig name Russian children callJews). If she is happy in our new country, we will be happy." Already Renata is flourishing and ia proud of her certificate aa "Studient of the Wed(" from tim Friedel Jewish Academy. "I UDB nty new adiool and nqr new oountiy very much. I have only been in America tteee months. I never knew tfaia langiuge or culture. Now I stodty this. I'm very happy," said Renata, idio likas school "the best" and has become fond of potato eh^ Humiliation ia somethhig the Zinkovs also no longer laar for themaetvee. When Mrs. Qnkov went for a job interview here they didn't ask htr about nationality. On every Ruasisn q>pIkation, Inrhidhig pasqHUts which every Russian gets at age 16, item number 6 asks nationality and to them it means religion. Mr. Zhikov said Russian Jews do have a sense of humor about item number 5. For mstance, instead of saying hdlo to someone by name, Jews greeting each other will say, "Hi, number 5." Also, they joke "I'm handice^iped for tine 6" becauae, as Mr. Zinkov explained, "It's like being handicapped." While they were classified as Jews in Odessa, the Zinkovs are juat learning about Judaism for the first time. "My daughter never knew she was a Jew. She didn't understand being a Jew and that it was dangerous to be a Jew in Russia. Here she studiee the Jewish language and cultura I didn't study or know the Jewish language. For the first time in my life, I can understand migrating Jewish holidays," Mr. Zinkorv said proudly. Being a Jew in Russia also deterred Mrs. Zinkov from hw choeen career. "I wanted to go into a medical field but it was impossible because I was a Jew," she said. Instead she became an economist. However, she is currently seeking a poeititm in a hospital and would like to go to nursing achool. Renata haa expressed interest in becoming a doctor. Whether this interest laata, her mother said their new freadoen will allow their ehOd to be anything she wants.
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Marina Kuzmina calls Americans "lucky" BjJ^Cmttia Uxkf," ia the word Marina Kuzmina naes to deacriba Amaricana. Mra. Kusmina ia a RuaaiaB Jew wlio ia viaiting Omalta tfaroogfa the efforta of her couain, SU Paraow. Whn Mra. Kuzmina waa a young child alie liwd with her grandmother in a one room fla^ which tliqr aharad ^rith three other faniiliea..Har grandmother told her not to be oimoeraed about the future. "Don't wony, we have tamfly in America," ahe told the young giri; Mra. Kuzmina liatened faithfully to her grandmother, but aa a young girl ahe thought her grandmother waa apeaUng about &iry talea. Sie never beUeired ahe would be hidcy enough to come to meet her American rdativee, much leea cnaa a continent and ocean and come to America. One of the relatfvea in America ahe would lean later waa Sol Paraow. Mr. Pajraow'a mother, Molty Paraow, had Immigrated to the United Statea hi 1918 with her 21-yearold brother. MoUy Paraow'a mother had urged her chjQdnn to bnmigrate to the United Statea. 9ie aaw a red aky on the horizon and knew tbia meant war. She did not want her aon to aerve in the army nor her young daughter to anfihr the panga of war. So ahe aold a piece of land for $300 and arranged for her children to go to the United Statee. HM children did not have paaqMTta 80 they bribed a guard to let them paaa. Mra. Puaow ramambera hidftig under a feather mattieaa 77 yeare ago, until it waa too dailc to be aaen. Then ehe and her brother al^ipad acroaa the botdar.
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Once in New Yorii City the brother and hie youdger rial« atqrad with an oUv aiatnr. At fint the older aiater did not racegniaa Mra. Paraow, but fortunately Mra. Pwaow had a pictnre of tbaJr father pinned to her opat. Mra. Paraow'a older brother traveled to Cleveland, fell in love with a giri in a grocery atore and almoet forgot about^hia aiatera in Now York. Aa the years paased, two woman from the family managed to keq) in touch: Sol Paraow'a Aunt Roae in Clavaland and another aunt in Ruaaia. Meanwhile, Mr. Paraow waa spending his summers with Aunt Roae. Aunt Roae followed the trend of moat Americana in the'SO's and recorded the summers with pkturea takan by her Kodak Brownie. Mr. Parsow waa often the aobjact of theee picturee that were oent to relativea in Rnnia. Along with the pictures, she also sent doihea to Ruaaia. Onn she made the mistake of sendhig a aecond hand coat that had a fur collar. The coat waa sent back-by officials as being unaccq>table becanae ft waa "too good." llMn war broke oat in Europe and the United States became involved in Worid War II. The familiee loet track of each other, but unknown to the American reiativee, the Jtuasian relativea never kiat their hope that aomeday thay would be reunited with their American oooaina. In the aarity'70'a kibbutzim hi larael became popular plaoea to live for yoong Jewa all over tha world. Aunt Roae'a granddaughter waa no exception. She went to laraal to livain a Ubbuta and began having king converaatkina with a young woAum her age fron Rusaia. They aoon diaoovered they were couaina. .Relativea in both countriea aoon began writing each other after a 33 year lapae of time. Raiationa between the Soviet Union and the United Statae bagan imiiroving, Sot Parsow had moved to Omaha, married and had a aoooeaafnl buaineaa. Meanwhile Molly Paraow had not forgotten her family. She ranembcred her famity in Ruama very vivid^ and when her aon traveled to Ruaaia on Ixiainess she aaked him to contact them. "lYy to aee them." she toU him. Mr. Paraow called hia reiativee in land to ask about their Ruaaian couakia. Thqr advised him not to contact niativea in Ruaaia, eoqplainmg that it was too dangerous, both for him and for hia rdativee. Mr. Paraow returned to the States without contacting the Rueaicu reiativee. He recaUa when he had to tell hia motiiar he had not been able to see her family. "It was a yify difficult taak." He could merdy watch as hia medter cried. In 1986, Mr. Paraow made his second trip to the Soviet Union and tUa thne he sucoeesfully.oontacted a cousin who came to Mr. Paraow's hotd room with a bag fuO of picturee. Mr. Paraow recognized tha young boy in tha pictmea, for thaaa wen the photoflrqma his aunt Roae had takan of him aa a boy. But uia waa the extent at contact with Ruaaian reiativee in '86. After a barrage of letters waa ntchanged by the two famiUea. Mr. Paraow returned to RuAda in 1989. Thia time he would make it poeaible for two of hia reiativee to cone to tha land th^y had kag been dreaming about, Amanc^
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Fonr generations together—Sol Paraow atanda with , hie conaiB. Bfariaa Koaadna. Sktiag with Mra. Kosodaa's daoghter, Katya, ia hb. Paraow'a modier, Molly Paraow. Because Mr. Parsow waa a United States dtizen he was able'to take Mrs. Kuzmina by the hand and walk by the huge crowd of pecqile, eight persons wide and 2 1/2 blocka long, to gain entrance to the American Embaasy in Moacow. Mra. Kuzmina's visa was rdativdy easy to obtain, but her dau^iter's was another story. Katya had to have her grandparents' pennisdon to leave the country. Mrs. Kuzmina'a mother, a doctor, gave her permission quickly. Katya'a father's parents were rehictant at first. They lived in a small wooden frame house in a village outdde of Moscow, so Mr. Parsow and J^frs. Kuzmina went to the village to convince the grandparents to sign the papers to permit Katya to accompany her mother to America. They were denied entrance because Mr. Psi^ sow waa well dressed and tha grandparents didn't have many poaaessions in their home and ware embarrassed to kit an American into thdr small dwelling. Mr. Paraow, who had taken a profeadond htterpreter with him, offered to, "..take off n)y dothea and then I' (Conthraed on Pago S7)
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ByJoCuToD LooUng at her hands you can teU Yenta Pisetaky has wcriced ftr maiqr yean. She started woridng in the fields when only a girl of ten and worlced afterretirement in her native Rnaiia. Mrs. Pisetsky's father died when she was 10, and ishe began woiidng and taking care of her sick mother, who coddn't get^mt of bed. When her mother died three years later, young Yenta began washing dishes in a cafeteria. From there she went on to w<wk on a collective farm, where she was once wounded while examininga bull Her life has not been easy, Mrs. Pisetaky says. She stiD has the letter from the government dated Nov. 4, 1942, teOing her her husband has ben killed hi the Great Patriotk War (what we know as World War II). Left with her two small childrea, she had to evacuate MhisJi. With other dviUans she walked behind the soUtoi Becnse it was hard for the eUMreo to walk so farshe fatought a smdl pony with hat. A eow was also taka^ along for milk. The cow could not keep up and soon was stolen by passing people. The Pausian movement hdped her hide the children in the woods where the Fascists could not find thenL Thqr organized a special camp so people could live in the dense forest. After the war, Mrs. Pisetdiy returned to a smaD ahtetl outside Itinsk, but found it too difficult to live there. She soon moved to Minsk where she began working in a grocery store. Dreased hi a long white uniform, similar to a gown, and wearing a hat, she helped unload green groceries from trucks and put them on the shelves. When she was 55, Mrs. Pisetsky was able to retire, draw a small peosian and still be aUa to work at the job she retired from. She said life was a little better after retirement because she was able to receive a little more money. But life was still not tolerable. Mrs. Pisetsky's youngest son immigrated to Omaha 10 years ago and the rest of the faunlly wanted to join him. Several mooths ago she made the journey with her oldest son and hia wUa and grandson. Althqagh Mrs. Pisetaky say* she is 1^ she came, her life hi Omaha has not been smooth. B» cause of Mction within the family she is unable to live with aithar of her two sons. She Uv«s with her grandaon, WflUam. in a small apartment just off Canter Street But she li woRisd thst tU| arrangsoMnt, too, wiB aooB come to an end, as her grandson is aspecting his aon to arrive. Han aha cooka only iat waUam. but hi Ruaaia tUm cooked for Jowiah waddhigs, maUng strudel and ofteA thaeak*. An h« Ilia Mrs. Pieataky has given of herself. Now that the tabisa ars tamed she says, "My heart is bleedhig whan I takb" It makea her cry. She spenda h« dajrs leandng Engliah and ahe has learned to pley cheea and domhioes, atmiathing thare was never time for before. Before she came to the United Statea relatlvea Wrote to bar tafling bar ahe woaM be ailijbla for a paaakai here. But such waa not the case. Her only source of support, besidaa the halp of her grandaon, is Food Stamps. Just a few years ago whan ahe waa completely retired she had enou^ time to go for e walk with her Mig^ibors to the fountain and sit and talk. Those are the times ah* misses now. She feels uncomfortable just dttiag and wookl like to work somewhare. Mrs. Pisetsky haa only raosotly recovered from eye surgery and sbs bscomea out of bnath from walking 19 the stidrs to her apartment. But in qiite of her tnmhie, Mrs. Pisetsky has a warm amlls and wiU tan aqyone ^riv happena by her apartmept. "I'm glad I'm bate."
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"No problem, here there is air-conditioning" ByLymimFnak The thannometer raad 105 dagraea. "No proUem," taaid oawly-arrived immigrant Michael Zinkov. "Hare fthen ia air cooditiooing. In Rutaia, the cmly air cooditioning ia in big buaea and offioee. H«e, we go from air cooditiaBed qMitment to air axh ditioned car to another air conditioned building." Air oooditioaing ia alao aomething Mr. Zinkov ia intcreated in learning more about becniae of his dvH engineering dcgrae. In Odataa. he wotked in heating and phunbing/aewage aystem, but here heating and air conditkning go hand in hand. To use his enginsaring akOls be woMd like to know more about the air conditioning field. Preparing for a job, he ia trying to bone his already good EnflM> skills and he baa his Nebraaka driver's Uoaose whkh he uses when be baa uae of a car to drive hia father, Marie, to woric. He alao said there were times hi Ruaaia when he had no job and wanted to go to another country (Poland). A poUcovnik, officer, who took votunteera for joba in otta-countriaa, hMksd at his passport sad wouldn't 1st him go because Mr. Zinkov was a Jew. Mr. Zinkov's wife, AUa, was a doctor in Ruasla and is slao trying to improve her English so that she can take the eunjinatkns wfaidi will enabla her to pursue her dream and practice medicine in a frercountry. Alia Zinkov Uvad hi Krasnodar but stodisd in Farm, {fat the Ural Mountains. Her husband also attended School in Perm. "I couldn't go to the university in my Idly," he sakl. "because I was a Jew. We Uved in the taouth whkh is more anti'^eniitic than the north. It is tbetter to study in the north." Mrs. Zinkov's medkal 'degree got her a job on an ambulance which, unlike American amhulanoea, in Ruaaia are fully-equipped. She hdped people at their homes or on the street Only if neceeaary wouU the ambdanoe taka apatieBt to a hoapitaL "I dM EKOs and testa, picked vp people in accidents, people on drugs, people who hung themselves, people iriio stopped brea^i^ng. I liked the work very mudi," sakl Mrs. Zinkov who wotked Ifrboor dlQm with two days off between woik days. When she waa through worldng her 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. shift, Mrs. Zinkov would sleep iot three or four hours , then go ahopiung and take her eon, Makinm, for walks. |In the evening, on days she (fidn't work, ahe would pre^"pare dinner and, after,the famlty ate, she woukl visit her Iparents or friends. I Mr.Ztaikov'sd«ybaganat6ain.HeahBr>dBcsrwith lUs brother snd father and somstimes had use of a com^pany car. He would return hona from work at 6 or 7 *p.m. "After dinner, if I had energy, we'd visit friends or parents or go to the dnema," he sakL The ZinkovB said thay saw movies from Russia, Amarica and other countriee. Mrs. Zinkov said she likee ^Sylveeter Stallone, Madonna and AmoU Schwarze:>tmggtr. Mr, Zfaikov prefvs Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk ^Douglas and Bfichael Jackson. Some of thtir favorite ^movias hidude "Rambo," "Rodqr," "Polkx Academy," ; -"The Sound of Muak," "Cleopatra" and "4p«rtacus." I- ^"At the cinema oki moviee were shown but a friend i' ^brought a VCR back from America and soon tqNS,toa In Russia, a VCR codd be found on the bladi aarket but was too expensive. It wodd be 6,000-7,000 rablee. My salary was 200 rubles a month," Mr. Zinkov aakL
Mra. Zfaikov aaid aha dU buy most ol their dothas and food dn the Uack market baomae there waa no waiting hi lines. "Yoa just need money," aha aakL If she had time, she woukL however, wait hi the kng linee for food anddothes. living near the Black Sea, Mr. Zinkov aqjoyed fishkig and the family went to the boachaa in the summer. Mra. Zinkov aakl aha enjoyed oooUng and making crafts. Thqr alao eqjoyed playing i^ pong in their free time. They had many friends in Russis but an their Jewish friends left for ths United Statee, West Germany, Australia or Israel "Now we call and write lettera," Mr. Zinlcov sakL "Our friends who were not Jewish are still in Russia. When we write, the first questions they ask ste 'Whst shoot sbappii«7,' 'What about dotbee?' Now, they want to come, too, bi^ th«y can't" Comhig to the United Statea was a Caadly dedaion mads by Michael; his brother, Igor; his fsther. Msrk: and thsir wives. "I wanted freedom for my family and abaohitely for my eon, Maksim. If we stayed hi Russia hs'd have to go to the army for two or three years," Mr. Zfaikov ssld. Here, he does not have that threat and, skog with his family, is sbis to Isam about Judaism. Hia frither said Makdm has leaned mere about Jewish hiatory and culture hi the aherC time he'a been here than Mr. Zfaikov knew fai Iteaafai hia entire Ufe. "Our aon waa the only Jewish chiM fai the neighbor hood." Mr. Zfaikov said. "We didn't tdl him about his nationality (religion). "If others knew, they would be crud. He <mly found out about it over hare." Eigfatryesrold Maksfan sakl he was 1^ to leave Russia and his hope of finduig good, friendly children and good people in America has come true. In Rossis, Maksim's only activities were swimming and gymnastics. Here he is enjoying sumAer csmp, coDaputer games, cwd games, swimming, votkybaQ and mlniatare golf. He siso like w4chfaig basketbalL His fayorite pl^rer, like msny young b(>y8, is Michsel Jordan. And, he slso hss three girlfriends—one Russian and two Americans. Two things that surpriaed Maksim were the computers and toys. He waa especislly suiinised by remotecootroUed cars. He likes btvible gum, too, which he sakl is found only on the black maikot in Russia. The Zinkovs, like moot Americans, want good jobs so their son can go to a good university. Mrs. Zinkov is cumntly studying to pass the medical licensuig txnminrntiimm and Mr. Tivkov is continuing to look for a job. However, he sakl, one day be and his brother wouM like to open s Russisn bakery with their father, wlio has over 40 year experience aa a baker. Meanwhile, the Zinkovs sra enjoying thair new life snd are waiting for Mrs. Zinkov's parents to be abk to join them. "We want AUa's parants to eome quickly because the situation in the USSR Is booomfaig bad." sakl Mr. Zfaikov, who doss give credit to Garb«chev, along with the American govemmeot and Jewish Federation, for his family's success in emigrating.
Old mezzuzah now in Omaha By Lynda Vnak n " In Odeees we had s very old mamuah. We hkl it over Oie edge of the door. We pahited it wfaita so no one wouU recogniae it," eaU Ruaaian fanmigrant Mark Zfaikov. To, that meaiBiah adoma a (worway of the Omaha t ha shares with his wife. Rosalya. The Zbdiovs sre vary pleased with thair new home. ^Jn Russis they lived for 20 yesrs fai a 20-nietar ooe|Hpidroom basement spsrtment. piF''We stood fai Uns (or 20 years waiting for a aies 198ftf' mant," Mrs. Zinkov said. "After a narvous breakdown, ^^n got a nicer two-bedroom apartiMOt for aix people." ^^pa aix faiduded thafa'two aona, Igor and Mfchaai. wbo ••KB earns to Oaaahai a daugM8r4»law and Mr. Ztatov a
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Mrs. Zfaikov is slso happy with Omaha's dsan water. "In RuaaU the poUution is awful," shs sakL "And hsre you can have hot or ooU maaing watar any time. In Roaafai it ia turnedotf CrammUnight until 6 a.m." ne Zhikova aakl tiHJawfarii Padaratkn haa made tiiem feel varycaBlbt<aUa."Waoaahin'tdraamofaDtiiehebw« wooU raedva," Mrs. Zhtev aakl. The Zinkova have written to IriandB back to laMla who "tUnk we are fan-
his trads lor a kx»l grocery store. Ha sakl at worit. because of UM Umited English, hs usee hand gestures to »wpl»tii things. Howaver, ha has Uught Ua hose some Ruaaian'and thfaika hia boea ia leamfaig qdekty. He alloys Ua work, •abMB the hoora he worka and tbs fact lie has been acoaptad soeaaOy In Rusefai hs worksd St a fined plant for 40 yaara. He took the bus to work to be thare at 6 a-m. and returned boma at 6 or 6 in the evenfaig. "I huf the hlfheat salary beeanae I worked too much, tan or eleven boani a day, beca^ae I wanted my eons to be snginsers. Whin I retuned home tnm worii I was so oxhsusted I cookln't do aayCMttf." Ha dkl like to vitdi footbaU, wbit Ira ciO aocoar, on taUviaton. However, bi 1964, whans«raman at tbsplsnt turrisd s Jaw and moved to tha Unitad States, ths comr pany aakad hfan to apeak afBfaMk bar. Ha wouldn't and waa llrad. Ha waa knUng lor another job "but after a whBe Uiay callad me bad( at a knr aakiy and aa a worker not a aopervlaar aa I had bOan." Mra. Zfaikov, a nurae. wealHd at a chlklran'a boofital When aha came home at 4 each afternoon, ehe atood fai Una with baekeU and with whatavar ahaoouM find,
aba would prepare dinner, do bar "homework" and do laundry. Her hobby, when ehe found time, wu to viait bar friends. She would Uka to be ahja to use her nursfaig skiOs but can't prova hir Soviet diploma. So;>he woukluke to help eldarty people here. She thfaiks her knowledge of Ykldish would be kleal in belpfaig the elderly at the Jewish Cooununity Canter. Tha Zfaikovs both learned Ykkiish bom their parents and ypnuadparanta, but thoy said it was dangwoua to apeak itaind afanoat fanpoafHile to prictice reUaian. ''It waa hard. We ealabratad only the fai^Nirtant hoUdaya at home. The ayvagpfua wu fai a hooligan place fai Odiaaa an9 people were afirakl of acddanta that oouU haMMI when thay want there," Mr. Zinkov aald. The Ztnkova said their dreama and hopes have now oome true. They ere living fai a country where they do not have to fear baifef Jewa and are not paraecuted becayse of their laligion. Ihoy fiel hicky thdr cUMran and ^)aadrhlk>ren can now learn bleeeinga and prayers withoBt Uu. littf are OorbopillgMr. Zfaikov'a 86-year«ki mother and bia aiatar, who are waiting to leave Russia, will be aWato Join t(i«m fai Omaha.
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by in Boaaia for Alex, it provided much of the mooey he used to live oo. He had aooeaa to computers, dothee, mak»«p and a variety of tUngs. Often M #oald carry a goB becauae of the eKpanaive goods be dealt with. He Alex Dobin, 26, came to Omaha aeveral mootha ago had atarted thia buaineaa whila stiU in hi(^ aehool, but by himaalf . Hia mother wanted to aoeooqiany him but didn't puraoe it aeriooaly until ha was hi eoDege. aha worka with pictoree taken by Ruaaian aatellitea and the govamment bdievea ahe knowa too many atate Referring to the Cwnmunist society which at that aecreta for her to travd abroadjtime forbade avitaliat activitiea be aaid, "I dkte't break the rulea. I went around them. The (miy law I broke was Alex, who haa already found a job here, speaka ex- the qwed limit" He aaid businees in Ruaaia is very prooeOeot EngUah. He atudied EBI^ in achool and aou^t fitaUe becauae you have no competition. out Amatkaaa while atill in Ruaaia to practice hia aecond language. And to further prepare himaelf he found Alex told his mother only what ahe needed to know an Enf^iah tutor duiiog the time he apent in Italy about his buaineaa. She woidd have been afraki if he had awaiting paaaage to the United Statea. explained the dataila to her.
In Ruaaia be waa empkiyed aa a foreat engineer, a poaitioD that would be aimilar to a Parka and Recreatioo job is Omaha. Alex haa found it difficult to meet young adulta here. He gathers at the uaual placea where you find ain^ee, but often finda that the kmd music nudtes it difficult to understand conversations. He haa rdatives in Los Angdes •mhom he viaited in 1989. While he waa there he «BU in love with Califoniia. His dream ia to live in Beverly HiUs and drive a LamborgiiinL ' Alex drove a LAD A 2109 in Russia. He describes the car as aimilar to a Volkawagon. His ckithea were typically American, he wore jeana abd tennia shoes. He found them to be mote comfortaUe than Ruaaian attire. His tennis shoes were brought from Bulgaria by his mother, but he waa able to buy the American jeans becauae of hia second job. Bqying and aeOing foreign goods waa more than a hob-
In Leningrad be attended aynagogue services with a frieod. After aervioea waa a papular time for young people to gather. It waa often Iflte a party when they came together. Alex juggiee his menu between home made soup and Kentudgr Fried Cbidua. He doeen't like to cook, but pointe out he livee alone and often there is no choice. DifCarenoea between the two countriea include dating. If you talk about your giitttieDd in the United Statps you mean onty one girl, AJex explaina. But in Ruaaia you can have many girl frienda at one time. Sofar,heBaya he haa not found that one girl here. He frequently calla his couaina in Loe Angeles and wonkl tike to visit friends in San Diego. In the meantime Alax spends hia timto reetocking the sheivee at Food 4 Lesa, improving his Enj^ and dreaming of the time when he can be an American businessman.
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Mitzi Delman teaches Russian ByCUariaWa 8t Loaia4Mra Mttd IMman OMt Omaha nativs Marc Daiman in ooDaia. Annad witbf <lagiy in Ruasian. aha aamad a maatar'a dcgraa ia mcaUon aftar moving to Omalia and manyinc Marc Sha bagan taaching langnafa at Waataide High, and in 1967 tba aehool phaaed in a Ruaaian program wit^t Mitii aa ita haad. Whan the Raagan adminiatration began ita Glaanoat with Qorbachev, the two aopar powers devdoped an aadiange program lietweto high adxxila in both coimtiiee. The program involvae 25 achoola, uaea federal mooajr and b adminiatared fad monitored from a Waaliingtao office. Omalu Waataide was one of the achoola aefected after meeting the criteria, including the appropriate academic climate, curriculum and a t£ird> jrear Roaaian language program. Eight American and eight Russian students, jdus tlieir tearhera, were involved. The contingent from Russia came here first, with each Ruarian quartered in an Omaha student's home; the teacher settled in at Mitzi's. Tliere are no suiprisee in the Soviet's nactions. Daily living was an qre opener and field tripe to meet Governor ^, the 100, a fann, a beauty 4^X9, etc. made their month here a fluny of awe and new>foand pleaauraa. Mitsi aaid that her Ruaaian counteqMTt was terrified of coming here. Her reetticted knoidedge of the United Stdtee was mostly of homaleaaneaa and crime in the streets. None of the American students were Jewish. While the Russian trip liere spanned the Christmas season, none were impressed, ss they tiave grown iq> with no teligioo. In the firing of 1989, the Americans made the trdc to Russia with Mitzi as their teacher and chaperooe. Their deatinatian was Pskov, an overnight trip by train from Moacow. Thqr found a dly (rf 160,000 that ia essentiaSiy blue collar, ancieot, a walled dty of late-winter gray and brown. The atudents were housed with csrenil|y sslectod homes of Uglier class Russians. Iliey were fed Uadi market food md were urged to "eat, eat." Teens communicated inrock music and today'a fads snd ^alongwalL ';' Mitzi Sved with the Russian teacher in a much leaa affiuent one-bedroom qiartment She waa given the bedroom, with the three member'femily making do with the living room. Food and funriahinga were more qparae. The huaband, a factoiy foreman, waa probably a Party member. Mitzi reporta that the teacher. OaUna, lives in a mattv
archal aodety: abe woika.all day, ahopa, fizaa all food and doee all domaetic chorea. She kwks older than her aga nd works hard. There is no variety in groceries and wiitJbig in line for poorio-adeqnat^ siq>pliss is frustrating. QaUna cannot afford the black mariiet. life is hard, says MitzL The U.S. students wert given gifts not obtataiablein the stmes, bat Galina tMa 98 percent of the Russians don't have any idea how we live here. Mitzi was glad they were aent to a smsll dty. She felt they got a better idea of how they live than th^ woukl have in Moacow or Leidngrad. Mitzi and OaUna discuaaed Mitzi'a Judaiam. lAtai Mt there were no Jews in Pricov. When aaked what Galina felt about Russians leaving the USSR, she rej^tied that people must do what they think is best for their familiea. She did not blame them for ieaidng. Mitzi doee not feel thia is the psrty line, but a new philoeophy since Glasnost. The,school they were sssigned to was "modest." Little modem equipment was available. While the dasses were quite undiadplined, the students do not question what they are tdd. There was no mixing of roles: the giris take bcnne economica and the b(^ take ahop. Fine arts are taught at aqMrate achods after regular school hours. Mitzi says this was not a Jewiah trip. 9ie saw no antiSwnitism, No one she met seemed concerned with her being Jewish. Mitzi says, "The USSR has no business hsving its welcome mat out. There is so much chaoe and strife, llw economic deprivation ia like pre-Nazi Oermimy. People aay, 'We don't live now—we dream.' The more they learn about the West, the more they see that things aren't changing. There ia so much ignorance about the West and 80 little contact." Mitzi feels that out of ignorance comee prejudice. The hate group, Pamyat, ia there, but ahe didn't witness them. As tension grows, there will be problems. Mitzi sharee her concvns with her students. She teaches them that in their new-found good will, they must not forget what is really gdng on there. Mitzi saya ahe witnessed a dictatorship, not Communism, ^le statee that when people learn that tlie Party leaden live with fancy can and dachas, there will be a back-lash againat Jewiah inteUectuala. Ri^t now people don't question—they are tau|^t not to question. Mitzi's over-all impression: "Things just don't work there." Can yon imagine her Jqy in returning to Uie USA aid OmahaT «
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All are not equal ' The Long laland Committee for Soviet Jewry Report pubUahed thia aumasr inchidaa the foOowing •tateaisnt it obtafaMd. "A r«snt latter Iqrtha B40raaaian Social Security oflka tp eD bnoMhea Dotea: Hw Mkilatry of Labor lias •P^rovwl pn'io" *°<' ctim privilivw for all thaw wbo ware mfaiara faitarasd tat faadat labor campa. All dtlMoa of ^ho Jowiah natknality who fiU ist« this catafory do not
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For Mra. Potash, this waa the first ti4> to Ruaaia. Now she coRsoponds regulariy with Jews still hopbig to get out of the Soviet Union. Eugnqr Skryfaniek. aTsfusenik. writee to her of his jdi^t: "Already five years Gotbachev is in power but our fate doean't change for the better. It seems to iia if we don't leave fnm this country this year we ahall leave never from here." Both women are emphatic about the fact that everyone needs to understand there are still Jews waiting, that just becauae the Jewish community has recently helped over 30 familiee immigrate, th^ don't want othsra forgotten about. A newsletter frtmi the UCSJ provided the£gures to back up their statemsnta, "As the emigration numbers difflb, we cannot permit ourselves to forgst for a moment that even if the anticipated 100,000 Soviet Jews rsach Israel thia year, at leaat two miDion Jewa will remafai dafenaeleea hi the USSR." Mrs. Ooldatain and Mra. Potash had parents idio emigrated frtim Russia. They said this sparked .their initial interest, but once involved it was the pet^ themselves who counted. Mrs. Goldstein soki things have changed from the way they were when her parenta immigratod in their teens. "Today people ore more active. It's more letting people know what's needed." People often caU when they are making a trip to Russia to see if they con befai. Emigrants send letters to their rslattvee via the travslers. Mra. Goldstefai doean't think the mail to the USSR la cenamed, but the wouldbe amigrsnts often do. Mrs. Ooldstein praiaes tiie work of the Omaha Jewish community. "Just remembsr we have immigrated one percent of the Jewish population (in Omaha) this year." She points out thia is better than some more populous areaa such aa New Jersey or Philadelphia have dcme. CompUmenta for theae two volunteers from the newly arrived Jews from tbs USSR srs many. Mariya BuUna met the two woman at a supper after th^ had hoard har ahig at a thaatsr hi Moecow. Sbe told the woaaan of hsr iiUght and tbsy immediately began to work on her ease. Today she is s rsaldent of Th* Vaisge ApartOHBta. lonigrahta of 10 years ago alao appreciate the woik that has basB dons fa Omaha. Davfal Schwartaman, an immigrant wbo ia now finding Ume to bsip new immigranU Of Weat Orange County, New York, recently
wrote to Mrs. Goldstein, "(hnaha'a reaettlemmt program is one of the best in the country." The Scfawartsman family resettled here but didn't stay in Omaha. After moving they tried to send their daujg^ter to a local achool for Jewiah atudies but wars told it wouU require a $1,000 mMobsrah^ in the local synagogue, phis tuition. When th«y said they couldn't afford it tfaey.wsre t<rfd to "Come back later when you have the money." With tUa in mind the Schwartamana are now oonaidering aending their dani^ter to larael to finiah high aehooL "We eonafaier Omaha aa our homeplace and one day aoon we will come back to visit our friends." Nearly one year later Mrs. OoUateini and Mra. Potaah still reminisce over picturee of Jews tb^ met in the USSR. "Remember this one—that's, you know, hia friend mat us at the hotel" "Remember what a wonderful speaker we hod?"' nwae two women have grown very doee and want to make euro that the other one geta enough credit. The. mhusbe Mrs. Goldstein turned away, Mra. Potaah woiiki ssy, "Y<^ wouldn't believe aU ahe doea." While Mrs. GoldsteiD would say when Mrs. Potash's sttentioa was diverted, "SOie'a very active you know."
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Her mother does understand and began thinking about emigrating to the United States over 10 years ago. She said there was not one reason for leaving Russia, but many. "Life is very difficult in Russia," she Mid. It was very hard for her to find a job. She'would fold a job and everything would be all rigbt until she had to show her passport that stated she was Jewish. When Mrs. Aptekar wanted to go to a university, she found she could not attend one in her home town of Kiev, but must move to a smaller village where living conditions were much harder. "Small towns don't have as much (to offer) as a big city," she said. After she had finished her six years at college with good marks, the professors were hesitant to give ho- a diploma. "Maybe you will take this diploma and your daughter and go to larael someday," they said to her. Finally with diploma in hand she managed to find a job in her aiwdality, computer engineering, where her father woriud. Aaked if ahe missed anything in Russia, ahe responded, "Every dty where you have some dear and important friends you will miss them." And on this hot afternoon, with the air conditioning not working in her apartment, she also misaed the dimiite in Kiev. * "I'm surprised every day and my mother ia too," she said. Talking about the frittxUineBs (tf the Americanpeopte, she continued. "I diifai't think people coukl M so friendly. I never thought we wouki live in so nke a dwelling till we arrived in this ^Mutment," she said. The variety of food also suipriaee her. The family still buys the same food as they did in Rossia. Potatoee, chidctn, cabbage and fruit are their mainstays. HW diffarenos is they don't have to stand in long lines, the 6)od is plentiful amd thdr purchases are not limited. Neither Mrs. Aptekar or her mother are familiar with how to cook many of the foods o^red in the local grooeo^ and are sometimes confused with the variety available. First tastes for the newly immigrated family include bananas, pinearoles and kiwi fruit. Mrs. Aptekar aaid ahs hod tasted bananas once or twice before, but using her nevrty learned English phrase she said ahe had tasted bananas only, "Once in a blue moon."
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Rusaia raganUng his jobs. "My onde came to the USA 10 yaara ago whan I waa hi my asoood ysar at the univaraity. Aftsr my aecood year at the univeraity, I lost my apadal edeDoe job although I waan't finialwd with tlie pnject" Ha alao talked about dw apecial place hi Minsk whare Jews meet to talk, whsn Jews were killed in the gbetta "On Msy 9, Victoiy Day in Russia, thousands of Jewa in Mindi would go there and dean the place. In 1979,1 brought flowers tram the synagogue to that place. A poUeaman stopped me and adted iny name and •ddraae. I had ameeting wiili two captains hi the KOB." The outcome flrosd this, Mr. Piaetaky bdievee, is wliat hqapenad upon faia graduation, when the university plane atudents in a Job for three years. "I waa 69 in a dass of 800 and there were jobs in Minsk, but thsy sent me 1(0 km frxtm Minsk to Bobro-
yak. I knew no Qoe and I wocksd with psople who were priaontra. I waa the manager. I hacTfksedom but I waan't working in my fieM, I was ovarseaing the prisooats boOda big pint," he said. After two and'a half years the project waa complete and he returned to MindL He want to the apodal organiiatinn for construction collMiiee which sent him to three different companiee for jobs. At die first town, he was interviewed and loat the job because they could tell he was a Jew. A friand heated him at the other company: they saw only his papers and he got the jdb. "In Russia." he exptahwd, "Jews kxik different than Russisns. In America it's not so." Mr. Pisstsky said hia grandmother knew religicm well and tcAA him about it. Hia job in Ruaaia was near the synagogue and when he went there he had to be careful no one from his work '• would see him or he would have great problems. Now, he aaid, ha ia learning more and more with the help of the WoUson faadly. Mrs. naetsky said hxt granc^Mffents knew Yiddish and reUgion but the younger generations don't know them "All rtligiaa waa killed in Russia. It was dangerous to show you had a religion." "To study at a univeraity and have a good job, from 14 to 28 jrears of age you muat bekmg to the eommuniat union <rf young people. It is difficult to live if you don't. I couldn't go to the qrnagogua" Both said thsy had to face anti-Semitism in oall«gB. Mr. Piaetaky Mid at his university there was a apodal courae and test on atheism everyone had to take. Mra. Pisetd^ had to take several testa to get into medical achod. She answered all the questions oo the oral examination but atin had to take three more tests. On the seoood oral teat die got a "good" but on the written azama aha got "exoeiienta." "They cookbi't change , the answars on the written teeta but on the ord teets tbqr ooukl aee I waa a Jew and asy I ttiswared wrong." Mrs. nset4y ia DOW stodyhig to paaa the TOEFL (Teat of En^lsh aa a Pordgn Language) and would then like to study pharmacy here. In their leisure time in Ruaaia, the young couple enjoyed piodca. coocerta and going to the theater. Before Chanobyl. they alao eojojivd going to the foreat and pkUng mushrooms and berriea. In Omaha, their time has been qMOt studyingr Engiiah, but they have alao found time to vidt the 100^ and to •qjpy thdr "American" daughter.
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By Mny AtWtau (Tiwd) PallmM When I #as jnat • cfiBd, I «ft«B beard my panots speak about tfa«fiiiaaittjqp«BM of 1M6, about Ellis Island and Oahraat(»p«ts<rf«BCr7i1»tI^iiiit know eooogfa to aak the proper ifDiattoas for mUnJMSamKn tioo. When I waacUeMQgkio^ifc thepri|iwqS^ mjr pfi^UiiMN^nolapeir har» to talTaBa^tiw ataciea I ao deaperatety wbh I taww. Agd yet, aa %«idm are the children of the RoMiaa imtt^rants of those years take the time to reflect, we ai« able to put togetlMn- a story of courageous, ftjghtaned relatives lite came to these shores to seek freedom and ecooomic aawiity. For thoss irtUNWi* thwyfa eifis Iabad.'tiie stoiy haa been abowo and told miiy timea thiiiiii^ pieturea and books, movies and other forma of information. For those, though, who were a part of a new idea for entry which was intaroduced in the early 1900'8, we sre still • gathering the details.
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It aeMife^tluftJs the aarity 1900's there were atrious proposals by the United l^tabes famniiralioo dapvtoMnt thrastadiwtoraatrieieBtryifanwgfaNAw York baeauae ofj^jManeridoiiBmudMr of Jews wte had alraaiity aettf<|{9#!9»4iKidlfldIfiCr'a wriHoMmn pUto aad |-|ra^ <tf UAfiBsotial filfcnr Jews, sstabBshed a cootmqated netwcric of immlgraat-aBaistant groqis. Their idea waa to find thasa Jewish inudgranta beiore tbsy left their native hooaes and oonvinea asm to travel inland to the American Midweat by way of Oalveaton, Tezaa, instead of N<|w Yoik. So, betwen 1907 and the outbreak of Worid War I in iai4, SddfTn^alvMtottJMMIanM 10.000 Jawaki dMlNHr, havf|itJb«»fbundtte«r sponsors for tbaoi lit iSas, (Mtikim, Kansas, ^H6o. Missouri,' Iowa, Minnesota, V^Osconshi, Ohio, Nebraska and the Dakotaa. Maiqr others came, not as a iHieet part of the movement, but directly,' following husbands or brothers or friends who wrote to Russia eDcouraging them to start over in
UMf smaOcr dtiea and towns of America. My grand&tiMr, J[aoob Ftrsad, cams first through Galveston with Us oUast SOD, Joaeph. and then sent for nqr mothir, fcar three youngw brothers and her mother who came on the/Tonovrr tfaroui^ Bremen, Germany fhmi Pudbovitcfa near Min^c- Others pictured on these pagm alab came through Galveston and moved to Nebradta becauss of "landsleit" or job offerings. Information about many of theee inunH^ants is now retaipiad in the Roaenbcg Hiatory Ubraiy in Gahnaton. That fadennation indudes interviews widt some as they landa4Misof wUeh we have yet nciivad in Ontaha. The ffdGiika Jewish Historical Society i« wodldng to rec«iv« those faitervlaws and will releaas that information aa soon as possible. Any of thoae who read this article and have information about relatives or pictures or passpOTts of thoae who came in the early 1900's throu(^ Galveaton are ariced to contact ua at 334-6200.
the Immigrant" to play at the JCC theater
By Marda lipaman Chaiman, JCC Theater Coanaittee ^s we warmly welcome newly arrived Soviet Immigrants to Omaha, we are reminded of our parents or grandparents who also left their homeland at the turn of the century to embrace the promise of a new life in America. Mark Harelik's drsms, "Hie Immigrant," draws similar pangs and bittersweet memoriee of the real life •qieriencea of his own grani^lMrenta, Hasksil and Leah Harelik, who hi 1906 came from Russia via Galveston to settle in Hamilt«m, Texas. The JCC Theater Committee has pl«pm>H a showing of "The Immigrant" which will open here oo Saturday '•vening, Dec. 8,1990, for a.three-wedcCDgagemaot at ^Theater at the J." The conmiittee believea this play 'inerits the attention of the entire community, as its per^iormanees in regional theaters nattoowide have received •nthusiastic reviews and popular acclaim. "The Immigrant" .is indeed as inventive and enriching as it 'is evocative and entertainingi I The first scene begins with Haskell Harelik, unable 'to communicate except in Yiddiah, arriving In his new j%orld. He is befriended by the small Tttus town's gen"'i banker, Milton Perry, and Milton's wife, Ima, and I a boarder hi their home. Milton helps Haskell I his first hosfaMHW venture, a puahcart for sdl; bananas. As soon as ho has saved enough money, I sends for his beloved wife, Leah. The yosrs pass, the HareUks ore blessed with three 'ikooM, and HssksU eventually emerges as a suocsssful l^usinessman. Throughout the four dscadas spanned in eit play, the relationship between the Psrrys snd the areliks makes them anchors for s<ch other, in spite their msny differences. Immigrant" shows us something about the of our forobean, and sometUng else shout bstwsan all human baiagB, aa it sUdta hi us a k^
ranonas to the struggles of starting over. Its poignancy snd geiftle sparkle evolve fnm the sensitive eye, the tuned ear and the educated heart of a talented playwright. JCC Theater Director Andy Stevenson and membera of tbe llieater Committee have phmged eagerly into this new project.
We take this opportunity to thank the Jewish Community Canto-md the Nefaraslu Arts Council for their part in rr^i^g "The Immigrant" possible. We extend qiedal gratitude to the Murray H. and Sharee C. Newman Supporting Foundation for providing the initial generous grant that enabled the Tiieater Committee ter~ undertake this production.
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If tbis issue is in your huda WIMD I enMct it to be, it is ao orsboat the first cUgr of Roeh Haaumali. Good Yontov evwrybody. Hsve yon hsd a chance to look throui^ the pqier and see all Uv stotiee end interviews aboat andwith our ne«dy arrived Russians? If you're reslly hidiy, you've had powmal contact with some of them, like folks I've met and spent a little time with are deUgfatfid people. Let me tell you a little about one of them. Her name is Dora Kardonakaya and she's a tiny little blood with a rndy smile. She and I met, osteosibly to talk on the subject of ethnic cooking. We had an interpnter but when Dora learned I was somewhat conversant in Yiddish, we mostly just spoke to each other. She was patient with my Yiddish (which required patience) and I only had to slow her down a few times. I loved tslldng with her whenever we met As I said, our subjact was cooking. I approachod it with the klea that Russian Jewish oooUng was much like ours, only without a lisw gensratioas of American short cuts snd modernising. I was fairly correct We started with Dora telling me, carefully, how to make a matio kugeL It didn't take kxng before we got to the "graisaeh lefM schmalta." I smiled and told hir our health experta say "tatt tour nit" and she countered with "auber see layer geshmahkl" She admooiahed me about plenty of "boimd" in the kugel pan ao it wouMn't "Usp tau" and I assured her I knew how to grsaee a pan. We talked then about a "Zeeaa KugcL foon lodiahen, mitt ndhenkas." No. she psrsooaQy doesn't put "kasse" in hen but she knows cooks who do. She asked if I wantMl her recipe for "mandlen" and of course I told her yes. I soon learned that her measuring device wi^"ah filleh ghu" but I never learned the siu of that |MM. I did however, find her way ol measuring "a Uane Hasda vaasv" somewhat intriguhig. First
she told me "nem ane ay" then she Indkated with gestures to add one egg shaU of water. Figuring out eiactty how mndi "maO" to add to make a "vecha taig" waa a little harder but 111 try it one of theee days and let you know. WiB talked about pastry then and I qidckty discovered her methods diflered from ours in that area. Her hamentaahen were similar but when we got to the "honek laikech" I paid partfcttlar attention. Honey cake rec^ws have fsadnated me for years beeauae it's a sure bet that moat of them are BUn, no matter where }rou come from. TTiere are individual differeucee here and there Iwt you can bet the mortgage the basic recipe will call for'a cup of strong coffee. When Dora began to tell me her recipe I took notes. She told me as fellows: "ane gluz hraiek, ane ghu tsuksr, ane duz sfatarkdt tay" and I sakl "vous Tay?" We then propeeded to have a oonvwsatkp that recorded astonishment for me when she told me strong tea and astooishmsnt for her when I aiplained we use strong coffee. She thought we were completely nuts! Who ever heard of coffee in honey cake?
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By the time we finiahed with that one I didn't have the nerve to tall her that my friend Esther mskee marvekms hooey cake whi6h faichides orangs and apple, She wouU have probably given up and dediuvd me a fraud. We spoke of other thfflgs snd (I hope) became friends, but nothing ever brought the astonishment of my coffee and her tea. Definitely a case of my old favorite "regional differenoeel" However, if you should h^ipen to be interested in an authentic Russian version of "honek laikech," give me a call 111 give you Dora's redpe.
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Soviet Jews intensify search for family meml}ers in Israel Roots and Branches By MIRIAM WEINER Not long ago. the Jmrish Agoocy in Jcnualem had to provide a bigger nuQboz for one of its departments—the Seaidi Bureau for Missing Relatives. The incoming mail from the Soviet Union was overflowing with inqniries bfua Russian Jews wanting to find rdatives in Israel Tlie Search Bureau is nin by Batya Untershats who emigrated from her ;Bdme in Viba in 1971. One iyear later, she went to work for the Search Bureau and today prooeeaes approximately 600 msil inquiriesmcotldy along with another 200 telephone/walk-in inquiries. AcoMding to Batya, these figures rqiresent a 400 percent increase from 1989, due primarily to emigration &t>m the Soviet Union. Recoidy, I spent a day with Batya. One day's mail brought inquiries from Jews in Leningrad, Vonmezh, Belts, Irkutz, Bratsk, Baku, Samaridnd. Vinnitsa, Moscow, Nikolayev, Tashkent, Kursk and Minsk. Each letter was the same and. yet unique to its author—an emotional plea to locate family members long separated by time, distance and the Holocaust. Tlie Search Bureau-mailbox brings letters' from virtually all over the world. A typical day in Batya's office—we open the envelope from Michael A., now living in Lynn, Mass., who sends in a completed search form to locate the descendants of his cousins, Yaacov and Rachel Cohen who came to Palestine from the Ukraine in the 1920s. It was mind-boggling n^ien I •aw Batya start her aearch -through the 300 "Yaacov Coheos" listed in Israel. First, ahe narrowed down the list to those who were frf Rusaian ori|^ and furthar eliminated others by Immigration date. The next "cut" was by bfath ^te. All that remained ware 10 very old qien. Ba^ oiitaiaed the sysiem of kiintificatiao numbers which are aaaignad seifueatially to family liuembers thus enabling bar to locate "Rachel" by Idantificatkm number with the correct "Ya«oov Coben" fiunay. Next, Batya kientUM two dmigfaters of Rachel lod Yaaoov, both of whom bn dlMMued. Howwer, I was sble to trace their Its and put thsm I with s vary happy lichael in Lynii, Mass. Another mail delivery ht a letter from R. I in Bobroidi who I looking for her family In Israel. Batya was aUs to locate her aunt, Tamar Bondy, now living In Klbhuts Dgania Bet, wnowae
ao happy to receive Batya's teleidiooe calL Ma. Bondy thought ahe had family remaining in Russia, but they had been out (tf touch for over 60 years. As a result of Batya's reunion efforts, the telefbooB lines once, again served as the link between Tamar BiMidy to her niece in Bobndsk. After Mis. Bondy spoke with her Bobroisk relatives, she called Batya to thank her profusely for enabling her fsmily to be reunited. The Search Bureau was founded to assist in re-eatabliihing contact between Jewish survivors in Europe and Uieir ralativee
in Palestine and in overseas cooatr^. Batya la virtnalhr a one-woman office and what shs aocomplishes is ramarkable. Tbou^ ahe has seen the fruits of of her labors many timea, Ba^ cootinuaa to share in the exdtement and tears of reuni<m8 between family members and friends. Those wbo ssek her services include emigres from the Soviet Union looking for family memliers snd their descoidsnts who left Russia in the early 1900s, genealogiBts, Holocaust survivors lo<ddng for family members, and anycme who wonders if a branch of his or her family could have gone to larael and to this day remain unknown to them. Keeping in mind that computers were not around in the late 19408 to
record tha namea of sut^ vivors. it is ea«y to under stand iriiy it waa virtually in^oaaible to consult ^ various Uata of cortpiled namea. Many aurvlvora eventually mMle their way to Pidea^ie. Through the Seardi Bureau, it is poasible to feeate thoee «dio did, if there an atill living. The Search Bureau has records on file from 19481984 which include tlie name and addreea of every living Israeli citizen as well as those who have died within the past five years. Records after 1984 are protected by confidentiality lawa. Rwent name changee can be found, too. Batya also consults another set of records consisting of search requests recdved in her offica The file csrd includes the nsme and address of the persrai initiating the request and
in aome caaea, hie.or her plice of Urth and pareota' Further records Jnchide a register of new immigrants <;ompfled hy the Jewish Agency'a Department of Immigratian beginning ial919; pidtliahad survivor listed landsmanshaftn rsoords, tetefriiaoe books, and records maintained by the burial aodeties, some dating back to 1839. Batya's knowledge of Hebrew, ^nddish, Russian, Polislt, Lithuanian, English and German enables her to communicate with olmoet everyone. For those planning a trip to Israel, try to include a visit to the Search Bureau office located at 8 HaMaalot Street in Jerusalem, Sunday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. Batya spends the afternoon houra wwk-
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, FEIDAY: I Sirvlew in the CapahartCliapal every Friday at 8 p.m. : An Oaat Shabbat follows th* aervica. I R06R HASHANAH ^•flarvicM win be conductwi at the Capehart Chapel by P^HMKawalw. t. Wedaeeday. Septembw 19 [ BvaaiBf Servka'. .8 p.m. f" Moraine Sarvlea 9:80 a.m. [ SsrriflM for the second day of Roah Hashanah are Eat areasynagoguae. SHAK^T SHUVAH Prid«y, 8ipta«ber 21 Servicae 8 p.m. YOM KIPPUR Friday. SeptMber 28 e 6:46 p.m. L/^ Satardav. September 29 i Btnlem begin at 9:80 a.m.
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Memorial Services Rabbi Allan Gonsher will conduct a memorial service at Mt. Sinai Cemetery, 78th and Crown Point, Sept. 16 at noon.
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FRmAY: Shabbat Services 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Karen Webber will officiate. Special gueet will be Bonia Shur, director of Liturgical Arts, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati A special Oneg Shabbat ?nll be sponsored by the congregation in honor of Cantor Karen Webb«. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning 11:16 a.m. Simcah B'Shabbat—the congregation, together with Rabbi Azriel,. will study the Torah pcaiion fw the week. SLICHOT Slichot Service 10 p.m. Bonia Shur will present an original Slichot service in music, dance and story. This service, based on a text by Eli Weisel, will include a quartet of singers, a flutist and choreographer/performer Fanshon Shur. ADULT EDUCATION Introduction to Judaism, Monday, S^t. 17, 7:30-10 p.m. ROSH HASHANAH Wedneeday, September 19 First Service 6:30'p.m Second Service 8:30 p.m. Thursday, September 20 M<nning Service .\ .10 a.m. Young Children's Service 2-2:30 p.m. Family Youth Servke 2:46-3:45 p.m. SHABBAT SHUVA Friday, September 21 Shabbat Service 8:15 p.m. CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICE Saaday, September 23 Temfie Israel Conetery 1 p.m. YOM KIPPUR Friday, September 28 First Service 6:30 p.m. Second Service 8:30 p.m. Satarday. September 29 Morning Service 10 a.m. Young CUldrsn's Service 1:30-2 p.m. Family Youth Servka 2:16-3 p.m. Afternoon Service 3:16 p.nL Yiikor Servkse 4 pja. NaJlah 6 p.m.
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FRIDAY: Ear^y services SATURDAY: Scrviess 9:80 a.m. Kldduah and hmdiaan hosted by Lson and Esthsr Ras Chaaoiii fai oelsbratkm of their 50th weddhig anniveraary. WBKDAY8: Minyan, Monday and Thursday 7:15 a.m. SUCHOT Satarday, Sept«mb« 16 Service 11:80 p.m. ROSH I^ASHANAH Wedaeeday, Sept—her 19 Evening Service 6 p.m. Tharsday aad IMay. September 20 and 21 Moralag Ser^oe ...'. 8:80 a.OL Jr. Congiaeation — 11 a.m. MhM:ha. Maariv (Thursday only) 7 p.m. SHABBAT SHUVAH FfMay, Septcaabar 21 Evenhig Servkie 8 p.m. Setarday, September 22 Morning Servke 9:80 a.m. YOM KIPPUR Friday, Septamber 28 Kol NWre 6:30 p.m. Satarday, 8eptemb«r 29 Sarvlea beghia 9 a.ip. Yiakor Jr. Coagregation U a.m. Mincha 4:30 p.m. Ndlah 6:16 p.m. Maariv, Havdalah, Tekiah 7 p.m.
Council Bluffs B'nal Israel SERVICES: SarvkM are heM on the firat and third Fridaya of the month and are open to the community. The synagogue ia k>cated at 618 Mynster hi Councfl Bhiffs. For more taiformation contact Linda Sadofaky at 345-8188 or Brent Bkwm. 846-9664. ROSH HASHANAH Rabbi Allan Kaiaar wiU officiate. Dr. Mitch Siegel, aaaiatad by Marti Nearenatone, will serve as cantor. Wedaeeday. September 19 Evening Servke 7:30 p.m. Thoraday, SepteadMr20 Morning Service 9:30 a.m. SHABBAT SHUVAH Friday, Beptsmbw 21 Evening Service 7:30 p.m. BIEMORIAL SERVICE Soday, Sapteoiber 23 Council Bluffa Cemetery (Jewiah Section)... 10 a.m.. YOM KIPPUR Friday, SopbaalMr 28 Kol Nfahe 6:30 p.m. Satarday. Sapteaiber 29
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But with that gratitude comes the reality of responsibility. Our welcome to our community must go b^rond the.simple acts we do for anycme who moves here. Most newcomers to Omaha heed help with the dty, but understand living in the United States as free people and as Jews. Those who join us from the Soviet Union have much more to learn.
ofOod What this usage has taught us is quite sin^: bad things are act* o/OodL We build buildings, design systems and try to insure oursdves against acts of God. If there is something we want to^avoid, it's tanj^ing with an act of^rod. Thare might be something worse in the world, hut we'd be hard pressed to know what that is. How unfortunate that is. At this hdy day time of the year, we cdebrate a true act of God, the creation of the world. We should consider for a moment the reality of life and the marvelous nature of acts of God.
RabU Paul Dracen What are they? The birth of a baby, tlu gentle; touch of spring rain, thej peadhodored slcy at sun-> set touched by clouds of I purple—these too are acts of God, but ones which we overlodc when we normally use that expressitHi. This year we celebrate another act of God, the freeing of our pec^ from the tyranny of the Soviet Union, After yean of praying and WOTking, we are sedng the dream become a reality. Rather than face the end of Jewish life in the Soviet Unioa due to hate and brutality, we see the urtHirtuat^ far that life to be tranqdanted to the life-giving shores of Israel tn* other countries. That reaUty, this reaUty, is an act o/G^ for which we should all be grateful.
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We, therefore, have much to teach. We must help these new Americans come to be part of the American community and the Jewish community. We have to teach, throu|^ our own efforts and personal example, the importance we place on being openly and actively Jewish. We must show that living opoily as Jews is not just a freedom or right, but a responsibility which we take seriously. We can show, we'must show, that being Jewish is more than a simple statement, but a way of life. We must show that being Jewish does mean being different than others in our dty, and that difference is a positive beautifiil part of being in America. If we do that, we will be helping with another, positive act of God.
By RabU IsaM Nadoff RabU EoMfitoa Beth Israel Synagogue The Hi^ Holy Days have a simple but most urgent message to convey to us. They caU upon us to re-arm ourselves morally and spiritually. What ultimately matten in human affairs, what stands out as oui greatest challenge in life, is our attitude toward moral values. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur speak to our conscience, arouse us from our indi&rraice, require of us a "cheshbon hanefesh," a spiritual stock-taking. God addressed first man, Adam, with the question: Ayeka? Where art thou? This is the question that the New Year season addresses to each of us. Ayeka? Where art thou? \^^t is your purpose in life? Are you pursuing the ri^t road in your relation-
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President Vice Presidents Secretary Treasurer Past President
Raymond Goldstein Sanford Friedman Sherman Golbitc Bruce Friedlander Nate Sdiwalb Bruce Shackman Ozzie Nogg
Cownitteea Michael Abramson, Derek Altman, Trancee Altman. Bob Epstein, Bobbie Epstdn. Howard Epstein, Willis Epstein, Mary Felhnan. Hollie Fineman, Joe Ginsberg, Bill Ginsberg, Harold Gottlieb, Bonnie Horwkh, Justin Harwich, Les Kay, Forrest Knitter, Allen Kurland, Patty Nogg, Carol Parsow, Larry Raiful. Marty Shukert, Joye Wees Beth El Women's League President Carol Parsow Vice Presidents Dottie Roasqblum Rini Ooosher Joye Wees Carole Greenberg Beth Leeds Treasurer Ruth Nogg Assistant Treasurer Dena David Recording Secretary Sara Wolfson Corresponding Secretary Suzy Sheldon Finandal Secretaries Helen Kay Beth Nachman Past President Darlene Qolbitz Directors Toby Kagan Sheila Roeen Nancy Skid Judy Zucker Beth El Men'a Club President Joe Ghuberg Vice President Les Kay Treasurer ...,' Steve Skid United Synagogue Youth President Derek Altman Vice PreaideaU Programming Andy Altman Memberehip, Tikun 01am Dan Chandler Raligkm, EducatioB. Cultura..Sodal Actkn; Phil Palsy Conimunications Aik|y BeaaiBgar 12th Grade Representative EmUy Raaoard nth Grade ReprMsatative Greg Oraaitbarg lOth Grade representative Sarah Rausard
RabU laaM Nadoff ship with God and with yoiu- fellow-man? And if, for some reason, we have departed from the right road, if We have taken n wrong turn in our journey through life, we can retrace our steps and regain the main road to our destination. This is the reassuring message of this sacred season. We need desperately to understand this lesson.
Through an earnest search for the word of God, we can find our way back again. By pondering the teachings of Judaiam, and by following the way of our sacred tradition, we can correct our errors of the past. By intenaifying our personal efforts on behalf of our faith, we can re-discover our purpose in life. Unlike other new year celebnti(ms, Rosh Haidhanah and Yom Kippw call not for revelry, but for leverence not for confuskm, but for confession... not for tumultuous shouting, but silent self-examination. These days an not mere holidaya. They are Holy Days. May the year that lies ahead witness the realization of all our hopes and a re-affirmation of our commitment to Judaism. May it bring peace to a troubled world, and security to all people.
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.-< Richard Katzman Gary Parilman Cheryl Kricsfdd Roy Levine Treasurer Marvin Parilman Recording Secretary Dr. Allan Morris Elected Board of Conunisaioaers DonaM Gerber, Alex Grossman, Martin Katz, Barry Kricsfeld, Teddy Levine, Cari Nathan, Alvin Rues, Lem Shrago. Susie Shyken Appointed Board of Comntisaioaera Shirley Berman, Donna Bernstein, Bemice Creunse, Lois Endelman, Dr. Dan Fertd, Beverly Frankliir, Gertrude Levey, Jack Levey, Dr. Gary Parker, Gerargianne Steinberg, Tibe Stoler, Dik Wdner, Dave Wine, Aron Zdderman, Norman Zevitz Beth Israel Sbterhood Preaident Julee Katzman President-Elect Susie Shyken Vice Presidents Fundraiaing EUene Edelstdn Memberehip Bemice Cohen Margie Weiss Program Dorothy Parihnan Synagogue Service Charlotte Kaplan Corresponding Secretaries Leah Siegel EUen Albin Treasurer , Bade Ostrow Assistant Treasurer Jeanne Shechet Finandal Secretaries Julie Durmaaldn Gloria Friednoan Recording Secretary Lillian Feldman Dhwctors Benuce Crounse Frieda ElewiU Phyllia Schwartz
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On being a Jew By Cairtw LM PettBu Bctfc IMMI SyaagofM As tUfl New Yeu- begms, I cnoomge our SoviBt Drathm to becoinB u active part of our Jewiah ooaunmiity. Tliqr have endured great hardaUpa only becaoae they mn Jews. As the New Year unfolds, I hope that they wfll have the opportunity to learn about their heritage and e^joy the wonderful pleasures of living aa a praetieing Jew in a free society. A Jew cannot eacape Us Jewish identity. Many Jews throughout history liave tried to convert to other rdigions or aasimilate into nonJewiah society. Especially during the last 200 years, Jews have attempteid to escape their identities by changing their names, their lifBM^e, and their values in an effort .to make the world forget that they are Jews. What are the reasons behind this effort? 1. Many Jews think that it is too difficult to be an observant Jew in today's society, even though many observant traditional Jews have been able to do so. 2. Many reject tradition out of ignorance. They did not grow up in a Jewish environment. However, the opportunity to learn is still open to them. 3. Sonte believe that they can escape anti-Semitism by liiding their Jewish identity. This usually does not prove true. 4. Some convert or intermarry to climb the aodal
Cantor Leo Fettman 6. Sometimes an expoieoce of peracmal trag^ edy haa cauaed one to lose faith in G-d. 6. Many Jews have made nxHiey and materialism their'god.'They feel Judaism may hold them back from economic gain. 7. Others rebel against religious authority. Yet, according to Jewish law a "Jew will always remain a Jew" whatever his lifestyle. Even thou^ he is not a good or loyal Jew, he is still a Jew. Why is this statement true? 1. According to Jewish belief every Jew is bom with a Jewish soul, "a Yiddishe Nesluuna".. .an inborn bond that never diaqipears although it may weaken. A person's ties to his peofde oftm resurftne. This has happened each time that Israel has been threatened, or at times of personal criais, or when a
person teoes his mortality as he grows oMer. The power of prayer and spiritual strength is first amuedated when one ia down... and often we experience the marvel of the non-observant Jew returning to tradition. 2. Finding one's 'roots' givee one a aenae (rf security in this insecure society. Jews are, indeed, survivors who can Udw pride in their heritage. Altbougha family may assimilate, their chiUten or grandchildren or great-grandchildren may ihmt to return to their ri^tful heritage. They sbouki not be deprived of this ri^t. 3. In coochuion, every Jew. religkws ornot, must reoogoiae that he is alwqrs a Jew in the eyee of nonJews. At times of crisis he will be identified as a Jew no matter how assimilated he mij^t be. Many, many German Jews who thought they were fully accepted in the Gentile world were sent to the extermination camps with their brothers. In fact, even those Jews who had converted were marlced as Jews. In Gmtile society a Jew is always a Jew. Chp the other side of the coin, those Jews who hold stroni^y to their tradition earn the respect of many. Annette and I wish you all a year of fulfillment,contentment, good health and ahalom. May G-d hear our prayers and may I hear your voice join with mine in those prayers! Amen.
The nij^aning of repentance Amh Aariei AavM By BabU Aisrah Temple laradl "No one ever tdd me I'm aony during the High Hoty paysl" 'Ae youngs ster Was responi&g to my explanation about the Jewiah way of repentance. I had raised the issue by asking: "What do you do Jewiahly to atone for a sinr"PraytoOod,"aDe child said. Another answiired, "Fast on Yom Kippur." Essentially, the answers focused on a medunkal, ritualistic tppnmb to Judaism. I was not too surprised. Having spoken to adult groups about the ways (rf Jewish repntance and received sinJIar responses, I expected no m<ne from jroung peqile. Indeed, in so many other areas of Jewish lUe, the same xpptoach prevails. I am asked about the Jewish way of mourning: "Rabbi, what do I have to do?" The question is not meant to inquire abut how beet to memorialiM the life of a cherished individual, OT how to most worthily cope with our anguish when we suffer a grievous loss. Most often I am being asked what is rituaUy corrsct, and not what is spiritually or morally enli^tening. Of course, it is easier to perform defined ritual acts, then to overlook the significance of why the ritual form was initiated. It has been an hiatoric tensimi of special concern to Uie im^hets of Israd.
A community makes a place a home perly educated, and the adults can feel themselvee to be part of the larger whole which makes up the Jewiah community worldwide. Yet still, it is when they gather together at B'nai larael, in Council Bhiffs that the words family and home become more than juat words; they become reality.
By RabU Allan Kaiaer Cooadl Bhifb B'Mrf Israel Shalot)! For quite a few yearp ,w, I have been ' on v^ from out of the deserts of New Mexico to sliare the holidays with all of you in Omaha and Council Bhifb.B«aideo the hoUdaya, I have had both ,the pleasure and the sadneas of sharing with you in your timea of joy and your times of kMs. This year I come to be with you again, lor the holidays and for a JUBOB of great personal joy for myaaU and my family. For the first time in •many years, Congrtgatkia [B'nai laraal will oalabrate p Bat lUtxvah-tha paaIsage into raUgioua aniltPhood of my daughter, ;NodlB.Wa Jointly deckled Ithat we shookl ahare our tMehse wiih all ei you beanaa, tkovgh the years of ^ty oomlBg to be with you, Swo havt BMQine part of - r family, and so many of k haw* bacomo nqr vary lfHeoda.Whatbet• way to end a year tMn ithaiill|hiMrjnclMw eonmunlty? What is i Jewish community if , a gathering of family lIHaodaT
RabU Allan Kaiaw Council Bluffs is a unique gathering, even among the many slngiilsr Jewish communities around this country. It is so rare and so precious to find an old historic Jewiah community compooed mainly of young, vigorous individuals and familiea who are committed to maintaining an kbntity daqiite thefr proximity to a gieat and waU-organiaed Jewiah community like Omaha. It wouU be ao ea«y3u8t to give op StruggUsg to maintain such a •naO conmgatkB is auch a big bdnag, and to craaa the rivar and marg* into the aevaral fine oongregaMow which Omaha naa to
And a very strange thing has happmed. Each year, more and more individuala and families who reeide in Omaha come to be part of the Council Bluffs community—not because tlwy live there, but beeauae they are at home there. Almoet every congregation welcomes {amttaa, divaroad pamta, widows, eoDverta, in^mUgiooa cooplas, ainglaa,' and the other "odd" alemaita which make for living Judaiam today. But no otnar ooagragatkm that I know of goee to auch kogtha to naka each and ev«y individual, famU^, or whatovar ieal ao much that they bakmg, that tbqr are at home.
Instead, month after month, year after year, the congregation strugglee to kam going. In Omaha thav cUUnn can be pro-
Few are the congrsgatkiBS any more that have no hoUd«y tkhata to be bought, that have no donationa to be made, that aak so little from people and
yet give so much. Were it on the basis of sheer economic need, B'nai Israel should charge as much or more than other congregations. But economic need is counted for leoB than human need in Council Bhiffs —and that is what is so prackms and unique above all: fw the Jewish community of Council Bluffs maintains the traditions and the way of life which Jews experienced in other timea and other plaoee, but which ia rare iii today's world. So, my family (and that is the entire Jewish community of Council Bluffs) and I invite you to end 6760 and we invite you to be one with ua fbr the beginning of 6761 with our traditional High HoUday ssrvkes for Rosh Hadianah and Yom Kip|»r. I know fhxn axparieaoe that you will Iwvor fsal nncomfortabla fa our oooBBBmity: rich or poor, young or old, Jewiah or not, our house ia your hone-Judaiam, that fhtfOa flower of aiia past, ia aUve and wen ia Council Bhiffst L'Shanah Tovahl A year of paaes, joy, happinses and proaperity for ua and for all the world. May it come to be...
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I asked the children about sin by rephrasing my question. "When you make a miatake, what do you try to do?" The answer came quickly and eaaily. "You try to fix it and not do it agafa." "You learn from it," a sectrnd youngster sail I said to them: "This is precisely the Jewish way of repenBabU Aryeh Aariel tance."JBetween Roah HaThey harshly rebuked Is- shanah and Yom Kippur rad for its occaaioeial mor- there are ten daya of fiidng al lapse when ritual oor- our mistakes, for correcrectnees received more em- ting our sins. These are phasis than moral be- called Days of Awe. How havior. wcmdrousl The power of Isaiah's condemnation the hwnan Spirit to say I of Yom Kippur's fast day am aorry. Then to repair is read on the Day of the wrongs and the sins we Atonement every year. He have committed over the criticized a people who af- past year. Then do we truly flict their body with fast- prepare ourselves for Yom ing but igncMe the hungry Ki{gpur. And only then, and the homdess. llat is wlten the child said, In the same vein, the "No one ever told me I'm Shiva <»• mourning cus- sorry during the High toms (rf Judaiam must not Holy Days!" Is it true? In be a celebration of death. the main, do we Jews fail to Rather, they urge us to reconcile ourselves with counter the sense of life's one another? Will we say futility and meaningless- this yeai" "I am sorry?" ness when we lose a loved I pray that our children one. Shiva's traditions shall hear the words "I'm wean ua from a focus on sony." I pray that our childeath to an awareneas of dren will have the courage life's values. We remember themselves to repair the er loved ooee for bleesing ev- rors of the past year. We en when dismayed, as we must be thdr example.
Numerologlcal By RabU Ethan SeMel liaeofai TUoreth larael L'Shanah Tovaht You should have a good year! As you may remember from last year, I like to use this space to conaider the numerologlcal implications of the coming year in its alphabetical form. This year is 5751, Taf-Sin-NunAlof: Taf=400. Sin=300, Nun=50, Alef=l (we leave out the thousands). One could vocalise thia in two wqrs: tUnah,"«—"»»g "you wm (or should) hate," or tiaaiui, "yawing "you will (or should) be hated." Wow! What are we supposed to make of that? Well, let'afirat note that this year's "wonl" is in the future tonee, and that the future tenae in Hebrew can have several ahadaa of meaning. One meaning ia the simpls future (whkh we ezprass in En^lah by puttinit u/W in front of our varbs), and the other is called the juaaive (whteh we eipreaa with may or Bhouid baton the verb). So the predae moaning (rf tUa year's word ia amUguoua: we now have, depending on the vowola'one chooaee to uas, four diff^nnt poaaibOltieal AUowmstoyifaaathat it is the laat meaning I've auggsatad above, namdy "you should be hated," that moat movea me. Let me explain. It takae eourags to be a Jew, fa the face M our history. And, except
RabU Ethan Sddd for our country,' it §tiU takes courage! With antiSemitism resurgent in Rusda and the old Eaatem bloc countriee, with the mtifada still eroding what little faternational support Israd enjoys, I'm somatimea led to question the wisdom of God's choosing us. To this questioning, I get the answer thia year: "You ihould be hated! Yon have an uncompromising message and an uooomfortable hlstorv that the work! wooM rather ignoral Of oourae you win anffer for itlDoo't let the fact that you are hated lead you to abandon Me or your traditioa. Believe it or not, yonr faw atatua fa the woiid'a tym ia evfclaaoa of your doaeneaa to Me." Thia ia what I hear fa thia yaar'a alphabetied form. It's not a pleaaant maaaage, but I think it offsra aome comfort fa difficult timae. L'Shanah Tovafa! You ahouU have a good yaarl
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Some thoughts for the High Holy Days ^ Cutor HOehad ''' WiiiMr Cdagrtgattoa B'aai Jwhimui liaoolii, Nebfaaka Each year we enter the Month of £liil qpiietly. Moot of lu are munrare that EM, the nxmth preceding the High Holy D^ra, has even begtm. Our tradition tella oa that some pnparatiaii forJUf^h Haahknah and for Yinn K^^ ahdqld talw plate dtfiiiijf the moiith of Ehil —Imt for moat dfiia, then ii ho preparation. We enter the mqbth of Ehl quietly. ^It ia almost aa if we don't raeliie that for the paat aeveral thooaanda of years our people have traveled the montha of the calendar in a partknlar way. It's dsMWt aa if we tUnk that m airB divorced from an the gHwrations that hK9* eoma before us —aaif w* are akxie hi makfaig.pur pfigrinage of life. It ia aliaoat aa If we don't know that behind na are Abraham and Sarah, Iqaac and Rebecca, Jacob, Leah and Rachel, the iaotiiera and fathers of our people.
Itiaidmoatasifwedon't naUaa that the aupcrktaee of Egypt was an cqiarienoe of davwy and dtinrivatkxi, of petaecotkn and oppreaaion that waa shared by all who were there ind bf alt who were not thin* and that the aame can be said of the mneiiipoon from that ter* ribfe time. We tend to forget that Ood identified himaelt once and for all tima^ to Mooea and to the Chikben of Isiial aa thqr atood at the foot of the MoontahL We go through the'days u a unaware that then la a Covwant betwem the Abdc^and
Our task, each year, if we think about, is single. It is so easy to understand, aoaaay to conqiriabend, so eMQT to fuUDL Our taak ia to keep our part of the Covenant We recently read hi the Twah jnst how that might be acffompBahed; And now, land. iHwt doea tke Lord yo« God n<|uin as yoo, bnt to levan the Lord yoor God, to walk in His wsgra, and to lov« Hfan, and to acrve the
Lotdymr God with aU with you faito the Hi^ Hoyear haait and aeigl... ly Daya and the High HoDeatarowmy 1002 ly t>iiyB wiD be meaidagfbl In theae few worda are for yon aa neveir before: the Iny to the imipoae of 1. God iaiedl Once you the Jew, the ratknale for find it witUn yonradf to Judaiam, and the reason for the exiatence of the acknowledge that God is Jewiah people throogjiout real yon will find that living the Ufa of a Jew bethe agea. All we naad to do is that which the Lord re- comM mon reaUatie, man inqxirtant to yott. God is' quires of us. reaL We do not deminudnte our reverence for God 2. Lovel If God ia real through the obaervance (rf ritual We do not kiv* God than love muat be an inthroogfa the men fdbw- tegral part of your life, hig of ritoaL We reverence live a Ufe of love. Answer God and k»« God through the important questions oar bebaviw. We an to you have in the sphit of at^moiriedge God. We are love and you iriO be weD to have no other goda. We ahmg the road to findhgg are to refrain frttm idol- God—whom you have now atry. We an not to swear acknowledged to be real 3. Toiaraaoet It ia neoeelightly by God's name. We an to set the Sabbath saiy for each person to be aside in a boty manner. We tolerant of each other perare to honor parents. We son. Among Jewa it ia iman not to mtmier. We an portant to recoi^dxe the not to commit adultery, beauty of our varying tnWe an not to ateaL We an ditiona. Reform, Orthonot to teetify falsely. We dox, Reconstructionist, an not to be overiy envi- Conasrvative.. .allhavea oua. reaaon for being. All an Then ia a way for each valid. All an eiqueeaions of ua to acUeve the of faith in the One, Eternal onenesa with God we so God. Reapect for each is despentely need. It is a due from each. To do leas simple way—it ia the way is to deny one's own Jewof Torah. Take theee ideas ishnesa. Among the gene-
ral.populatioa it is in^or- If we an willing to devote tant to raeo^dae' that Mch one, or two, or five minntae each day to prayer parson baa a role to play, than soon the skiD <rf the world is made up of - prayer will develop hi us, many Unda of peofrie, of and we wfll know the eBsomany retigioua traditions, tiveaeea of true, ah»en of maqy cultures and eth- prayer. We wiO beght to nic^. AU an valid. AU hear and feel anawan to have a reaaoo for being. our prayera. Respact for each ia due to each. For a Jfw to do leee As we tq>proach the is to deny Torah and that Hi|^ Holy Days let us for which the Torah keqi hi mind the five idess standa. abwe: God ia nal; Lave; Toleranee; Non-hannfal 4. Non-hannfnl beha- behavior; Prayer ia effeeviorl To be a Jew meana to tive. act in ways that m harmful to no other person. This LetmaddtothiaiiJisi doee not mean to refrain the seise, so beaotifal^ fron dafanae. No, it meana cenysyed by the Prartat to practice the art of mea- HCcah. that the eaaeatial sund rsqioise hi the face attribntaa of God an Jusof iHToyocatdon, and when tioe and rightaenaaeaa, then ia no provocation to and that aa Jewa it is our practice the arts of love taak, our gtory and our and tolerance in one'a deal- pujffiripn, to emulate these ings with otiier people. attributes in our daily 6. Prayer Is effeetivel livee. May each and every one When we pray we must get beyond the worda ui of ua learn to fill oorsehres the Siddur. We must find with the iiwareneea of the worda from our haaita and Lord our God. May each from our aoula. Rrayer is and every one of ua fin4 tJie one avenue that is that sense of peace and available to every one of fulfOlment that cornea us, to every human being. from the knowledge of We may learn to i»ray God. May it happen for mon effectivdy in only each of us this year, (me way: throiigfa practide. speedily and soon.
Shining iight iliuminates Boston from Moscow By Harold Omansky '^lecliBf^ •HKtJPeatem' AdrtAte '^ BOSTON-It redda like a great American tale: Rusibn immigrant joumeya to the United Statee kwldng for religioaa freedom, becomee a profeeeor at one of the worid's great oniversitiea and then, to his utter amaxement, idna man than a quarter of a millian doUan. Only this is no myth, this is the real life atory of Harvard University mathematician David Kaxhdan, wlio recently received 1276,000 from the MacArthur fbundatioa nda BO caDed, "genhis grant" haa norestrictians and no reporting requinmenta ao winnan can use the money any way tbsy aee fit Kaihdan dhi not »pfiy for this grant but was instead chdeen by an anonymous panel — needleea to say he waa "very surprised and happy to win thia award." Kaxhdan, who was choeen for hfa work to geometry, number theory and mathnnat" ieal phyaica, haa ban taachfaig mathimatiea ^ Harvard linoe he emigrated from Russia to 1976. He did not leav« Moacow at that time because of a high level of antiSemitiam but becauae "then ia no Jeirish education to RuasU," something that he wanted for his four young chiMran. Kaxhdan axplaioa that when ha entered Moeoow State Univeraity in the sixties, "then was little antiSemitiam," particularly to hia choeen field of mathematica. This resulted to a nJathsmnrirsdass "that was one<)uarter to one-third'ftnrish." During hia yean as a graduate student, Kaxhdan skperieooed little antiSemitiam. It was only durinff the early seventiee that he had his first difficultiae with the govermnent At that time he was tovlted to present a lectun abroad, however, the Soviet government would not allow htokto leave the cotantry. While a student Kaxhdan waa not particularly religioua, owing to Ua lack of Jewiah education. However, to the 1^ aixtiee he became mon and mon totereeted to Judaiam and main devout to hia religioua practkw. TUs tranaformatioo reeulted not from anti-SemiUam but from hia own "general thiaktog ooncenitog univar
ad queations." Over Ute foUowtog yean Kaxhdan raaiiced that hia famfiy'a future aa praetktog Jews would (Mdy be oecun if they left the SovleC Unioa. So whan Harvard University offered Mm a poeitioo aa a vlaittog profsasor of mathamatlca he Jumjied at the chance. In Daeambar 1979 Kaxhdan and Ma family wan aBowad to leave tha Soviet Union oatanalbly to rmnite with a noo-sxtotent second oouato. Kaxhdan cradiU his diort wait for an exit viaa-only one and one half months to tt« fact that ha wee "not eofi^ to any clas-
sified WOTIL" When he originallb'a^qjdied for hia visa he did not expect a long wait given the fairly liberal attitods of the SCvift gO«lrhmen«! diMiig the mid-SeVentie& Kaxhdan stiO hu some relativea to the Soviet Union, including his wife's parmta and aome aecond coustoa. Prof. Kaxhdan chose to settle to Boeton "for two reasons: Harvard and Rabbi Joseph B. Soknritchik." Kaxhdan ex^ains that through the he^ of Rabbi Sotovitchik he was able to progreea to his Jewish education: aomething that was impossible to do to the Soviet Union.
Aleo to BoetoB his four childien wen ablsito get the Jewish education which they lacked. All have attended either the MatoHiddes School or Torah AiMdeiny. Cm^ rently Kaxhdan and hia family an active memben of Coni^egation Beth David td RabU laadon Tweraky.^ Kaihdan also qMnds much thne to laneL Stooe being at Harvard Ma two aabbatfcalyeaia wen spent at Israeli universitiee: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. Kaxhdan says, "at Isaat one month a year is spent to Israd."
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Looks like a typical American teenager ByLymimfnak i Abnunov appears to be a typical American . He eqjtqrB awimmiag and ooovuter gamea, hot - do9i,baiiibai|;era and junk f(m His dreams are typical, too.He wants to get a hi^ur edncation, to get a good job and have a houae and a ear. Anton, bowevor, is not typical The 16-year<dd came to Omaha with his famiJ^ from Russia only a few short months ago and with a few trepidations about it. "In Russia, propaganda said the USA is a bad country. The teachers would say only enemies of the USSR live in America and thoy want to start a nadear war. When I was six I cried every moning bectase I thought Raagan wanted to kin vs. ''Every time a plane would fly over our house I thongjit it was the beginning of nuclear war." However, he thought life in Ruaida was so bad that coining and living in the United SUtes couUn't be any worse. He said all his life he wss afr'akl to "pronounce I was a Jew. I wanted to eecape &t>m the problem wfate people talked about the Jewish problem." Althouj^ he didnt know much about Jewish traditions, thoae wito knew he was a Jew blamed h&n, hit him and humiUatad him. Anton, who had a bar mitzvah when the ftmily was in Italy waiting to come here, has fotmd many friends in Omaha, has been taking English classes and is woiking at a restaurant He said it feels good not to be afhdd to ten people he is Jewish or wear an AZA t-shirt He waa surprised Omaha had three synagoguee and a Jewish community entv. "Tfam sre not aa mai^ people here as in Moaeow and there was only one synagogue in Moaeow aadeven that was dangerous to entw." Boris Zisser understands what his son wort throui^ in Russia and iriiat this new Hfe means to hfan. Mr. Zisser was bom In Mo()eow and his fether returned from the war as an invalid. ';, The family of four had one 10-meter room to live in. So, antH age 10, Mr. Zisaer was sent to live with his gnm^wrenta in a email dty in the Ukraine. Ifis grandfetfaer, a ahochet, waa wnr religious and taught him Ykidiah and Yiddiah traditfena. ^'It was hard to foUow the Jewiah tradition in Rusaia," he sakL "When we went to qmagogue we wen not sure if it wouU be opened or elooed. V«n^ often, the poUoe woold not allow people in or to atay in the aynagogua fcl^iervioaa." Mr. Ziaeer said he Ukad the
Jewiah traditiona vary much but Mi^iborhood'i^iildren mo^ and aaid I didn't want to be a Jew. I wanted to would beat him for it and he waa teaaed at adraol. gtf to the dl and gaa faiduatiy institute (coNece) in His father was OA, ao, at age IS', Mr. Zisaer had to Moaoow but I couldn't git in because I waa a Jew." Alcotobbie achool and woik. He teamed to be a tnnAr (a thoui^ they are now free, she said it win take aome time type of blacksmith) in a factory. When it came time fo to forget the fear. "We went to a Baker'a atocn and I higher educations, he attended a mat^iiif building in- was standing near the counter looking for bread. A man stitute by correpottdenca "I couldn't go da)rs because and woman came near and were talking about Jewish Jews were not accepted for days," be said. bread. My mother thought they wore talking about us." He received a decree in merJianifal engineering, be- Fcrhereelf, Mrs. Zisser wants to be a free person abd came a gjass deeigner and deecribee himaelf as a doesn't want to stand in line. Hen she can find food for workaholic He also uses his talente to do wood eculp- her famOy without waiting for houn. Her husband said ture and brouj^ aome of his pieces with him to Omaha. hia wife ia a good codK and is using Att^can products In 1970, he joined the Sodety of Lovers of Jewish to make Soviet-Jewiah redpea. Tbt Ziaaen eepedaUy Songs and had a good eoUection of records and ti^iee. like the fresh fruit and oereala; the latter they cUdn't However, thoy could only liaten to them in the woods, have in Russia. A computer engineer. Mra. 2Ssser is studying English far from Moscow. and hopea to find a good job and be useful fn America. Once, the large group which gathered to liaten was She also wsnts good eduMtkns for Anton and his sevensurrounded by policemen who let a tractor work ao they yeardd brother, Artyom. She said am at the reasons coddn't hear. They also took photographs of Mr. Zisser Ruaaiana don't like Jews is because it is a tradition in and his friends. Tie police showed the photogrqihs to Jewiah femilies to give chiklren higher education. his company and Mr. Zisaer waa forced to change jobs. Artyom ia alao studying English, but before arriving here, he already knew one poem in Ent^lish, "Little "At that time," he said, "many of my friends emigrated. I couldn't because my parmts were dck and I Mouse, Little Mouse." And, like his brothw, he i^ didn't want to leave them. In 1980, the borders were becoming typicaUy American. "I like camp, the Jewish closed and our aodety was sidit. W^ received differait acadeny, the swimming pool, computers and ice cream," he said. threata from comradee. I waa told I waa guilty of Zionism. Zionism is a bad word in Ruaaia. I waa a Jew not a Zioniat, but I was found guilty and peraecmted like a spy." Leaving hia parenta and aister in Ruaaia, Mr. Zisser and his fami^ left as sqon as the borders were open. And, because he left, hia nephew was m^ aUowed to attend college. "I hope for a famfly reunion here because I don't expect any good changaa fr<nn the old or new government in Rnsaia. Our family story ia good proof," aaid the man whoae undo waa a war hero in JqMn and one of the first to rsesive the Hero of the Soviet Union, the hi^iest title in Russia. Marina Zisser. too, is hoping her in4aws wiU be joining them. She waa fbrtanate her nM>ther, Ida GrinalqNin. was allowed to come with her. However, her main concern waa for her children. "I wanted them to be free and not afraid. I want them to be proud they are Jews and to know Jewiah traditiona. When I waa a ehihl I heard 'Jew' and went to my
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Them digrs Milm Goldmaii speuda her days wasfaiag :. aiidclaaiiiiig.Lastyearattliistiipasbewa8anelsetricaI engineer in Rusda. But ahe's not complaining. Life in Ruaaia ia vary difficult ahe Bays. And her mother, Ida Branahteyn tells her life geta more difficult every day. Mrs. Bronahteyn writaa to her daughter that the nawqMpera are more filled with anti-Semitic writing than ever before. She is ^•d her daughter and family were able to get out of Ruaaia. Although Mra. Bronaht^yn is 70 years of age, she would like to immigrate to the United Statea also. Mrs. Goldman haa been told her mother'a name will not be entered in the compoter^ iriien the immigration process begina, unto the and of not year. Mrs. Goldman immigrated to Omaha from Kiev with her huaband, Oeoe, and her two children, bringing only what they could carry. She was lucky enou^ to have atudied English in school and as a result can communicate in her chosen country today. Hw huaband and children were not aa lucky. Mr. Gaidmaa, who worked aa a taxi driver in the Soviet Union, started hia Eni^helaaaes after they settled in Omaha. He is now employed as a laborer by Werner Enterprisee. Often now in the evenings he is too tired to study Enfijish." My husband is a haid worker," Mra.' Goldman afya." I don't think many people reaUae what hard workers the Ruaaian peofde are.'' Alex, 16. and hia aiater, Inna 16, apent their aummer stuchring EngUah at Central High School Tliey rode two dty biiaes in order to arrive on time and duna bade home in the heat of the day. Iliey were both auipriaed and disappointedwlMn th^ were told their aecond day of achool at Weatskle Hi^ that tl^ey needed more language training bctore they could atart regular daaaea. For 40 daya thqr wiU be attending English classes at Bloomfield Elraaentary in a special aeasion. Only two other students, both from China, are in the classroom with then. After a fiill day of studying their mother saya it ia often difficult to get them to <to their hmnewiM^.
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the war. Mra. Lfatde cried aa she recalled her father's and "ThQr he^ people who want to leave, ifay work in thf oflfee where yon bring aU srou documente, where tbi brother'a daatha in pdeoo in 1937. Yevgeny Linda watchfd U> Priceiwi Ubnoy disqy pMr book bjr book. WhM hÂŤ beo^ a rafaanik in 1979, Her mother, who alao spent time in priaoo, waa a government deddei your destiny. Th^ work in shift^ MOiBg hia boolco waa the oaty way he and hia wife, phyaiGiaa Inl966, under the regime of Kfaraahchav, she to help people iHio need aid and are sick. Thoy ] ' mimey for treatment abroad." - Lidiya, oould aorvive. was released but not allowed to live in Moscow. According to Bfr. Unde many Jews are hel^ b:^ Mr. Linda, win ia a dvil 4Bcfnacr waa not BOtpriaed^ Before 1979, Mrs. Linde wcnked as an eoooomist in packagee which they receive. People from abroad ( "I have ahraya Mt and-Seorac actiona," he said. Moscow. She waa in the Department of the Miniatiy of packagee which ate then soU by the recipients so thq^ Conatruction. She lauf^ied as she recalled the uselees can obtain food and other neceaaitiee. f; Aa a young num he choae to be an atchaeologiat and nessof bw job, "No remits, only reporte and lectares." in^jor in art biatocy at Moaoow Univeraity but becanae She and her husband aaid many jobs in Russia only add Tbe Lindes are in Omaha biaeause of the efforts o^ he waa Jewish he waa forced to become a dvfl engineer. to the bureaucracy and create more chaos, Shirley Goldstein, "niey met Nn. Gkddstein at the con^ He liaa written aeveral booka on dvil engineering. imioe for the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Later Mr. Linde pointed to rsoant artidee about the recent thÂŤy correaponded with her and determined that it waa. After he annmniwid big faitwitfain to leave Rnaaia. both failure of the SovieU to be dlile to harvest the large cnp Onuha they should immigrate to. rP he and hia wife kMt their job*. Thqr wen able to Uve of grain that has been grown this yeer. "Every year they ' Unlike moat other immigrants, th^ were aUe to fl| off the aalaa of hia eztenaive library for three and a half are not prepared. Tbey act as if winter comes for the directly from Moecow to Omaha. Brining only two soii^ first time." he sekL years. Then he found work aa a ^nmber. WhUearefuanikin Russia, Mr. Linde hired aprivate caaee and aeveral handbags apiece they boarded tht 'i lira. Linda grew up in Moscow. Her father waa a tutor to teach him Endish to prepare to move to the plane. TevolutkMiaiy who waa aireated both before and after United Statee. Later, during parestroQu, he was able lliiBy were arriving in Omaha late at night and didn't to attend Eng^ classee which were a k)t cheaper fw want to diaturfo Mrs. OoMstwn. They plumed to sleep him. at the airport and call her late the next moning. Ihoy Mr. Linde met with a drde of refnanik frinda to study were very surprised when, not only Mrs. Oofalatein, but Torah once a week. Thqr met for over a year but it was a wdooming committee greeted than with flags and very hard because, "we didn't have a teacher." Evm- bannere at the airport. tuaUy the friends became aeparated because it was very Their tr4> had started with a viait to the American dangtroua to aee each other. Embaaqr to fin out pqMTs. IVy had forgottan to bring Mr. Unde Bays the relatknships between people in the a pen to write with ao they iMtarchnI tae floor to find Soviet Union is very difficult. "People are very tired," one. To their amasement they found a pen that had obhe eqdaina. vkna^ been dropped by eomeone. On the aide (rf the pen He feels it in in^wrtant fm people to know there are wae inacribed, "Omaha Hadassah." Thqr knew then activists working for human righta in Russia now. th^ had made the right choice.
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to drive. He has bought a car in anticipation of needing one when he goes to woric But right now his travds with the car are confined to trips to the grocery store until he finds a job. Mrs. Dobin is shy about learning to drive and, like most wives, she is reluctant to have her husband teach her. This young married couple commented constantly about the "level of life in America." They said only people "who inherited them" owned their own homes in Russia. In Minsk where you lived, "didn't depend on your occupation" nor how much mon^ you made, rather who you knew. Sometimee they attaided a smaH synagogue in Minsk. They compand the size of it to their apartment but it was without windows. "It was in a terrible disorder," said Mr. Dobin. who had listened to his father's tales of aurvi^ng a World War II ghetto. These stories have inthmwed the way the son haa lived his life. Hie TV in the apartment isn't on much but when it is it is usually tuned to the news. Occasiooally Mr. Dobin will wÂŤtch sports, such as Worid Cup soccer and some old movies. One of his favorite movies is "Moscow on the Hudsao." Their taate in music nijos to jazz and classical, but they shig lullabies to their daughter, Vicki. Vicki especially likes the deiriiants and giraffes at the Henry Dooriy Zoo. The Dobins are coocemed about VickL They want her to speak English and because she is not in a pre-school or kindergarten she isn't around En^h speaking children. When she sow her picture in the Jewish Press, she adced in Russian, "Is that me? Is that my sister?" Her parents would like her to ask the same questions in American Enj^iah. Vicki is too young to remember Russia, or the little stuffed dock she left there. Now she hugs a Teddy Bear and waves an American flag.
Above, Vidd Dobin anivea in America and finds her self BtUl surrounded by big people. Below, VicUsits wHh hat parents, Paul aii^ Irina Dobin.
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Ilya says it seems like he spent most of his life in RuMia waiting in line. After he came home firom wcnit about 4 pjn. he would go to the groceiy store and wait in line to biqr food. He never made out a list of what he wanted. Tliat wasn't neceasaiy. He stood in line and _ bou^t any food that was available.
Mrs: Dobin worked at a plant in Russia ordering new parts for equipment. It was Russian equipment, so the skills she will need for a job here are new onee.
After waiting sometimes he would find only chickens that had turaed bhie becauae of age. Moat meat contained too much fat or waa Made mm qwflage instnul of red. If it ware dotfaing he was shopping for the wait in line could be up to four or five hours kng. A normal Samamaf wmtpmarwuaUat in HM for imar*Mr jfookln't find during the week.
Although the Dobins were not acquainted with many Jewish foods in Russia, a favorite of theirs was gefilte fish. They made it oftot with carp, herring, cucumber and vinegar. "Fooddidn'fe eemsin all the boos that it does banL" Mr. Dobin laughed aa he deecribed aome ol UM first visits to on American grocery store. "The firk two weeks I bought everything," he said. "W« didn't have zucchini or sweet poUtoee." He added most of the potatosa they bou^t In Russia had been froien and oranges were too expensive to IH^.
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^ Ilya DoUneoaigrated here l^om the Soviet Union with ^bia pannta» hit wife. Bella and their three year old daugfater, Lana. Ilya and Bdla started off life together with a traditional Jewish wedding. They were Ueesed with a chupa during the wedding. In Russia chupa meant that peojde all around the room would hold lighted candles and the wedding couple would go around the room in a circle and blow them out.
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Before the wedding raception was held (hey placed flowers on the site of a monument that commeuurates where 10,000 Jews died in a gbetto durtog World War II. Th^ said a prayer remenntoing the dead. "We know they wouU like to live too." Mr. Dobin started to work in July for Midwest Tem^poraiy Employment Company. He was an electrical en-
The first year of their married life the young Dobins lived underground. In search of a better life^ey then moved into an apartment idth hia paraots. Ilye and Bella Dobin bold their daughter, their new home.
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sow now reaidee, Mrs. Kusmina knelt to Uss her aunt'a hand. Tears came to both wooaan'a faoea. After 77 years fwould be just another person, Just like them. "They let Mrs. Parsow was able to reach oat and touch her sishim in and Mr. Paraow began to convince them their ter's grandchild. Both were ovsroome with emotion. granddaughter should be uknred to go to the United Mrs. Kusmina can be aeen these daya giving speechea States with her mother. for Operation Exodus. Her Engliah is rnpkUy improvHe told them of his 92-yearokl mother's dream to see ing as she tells others of bar life in the Soviet Union. her family reunited. He told them Mrs. Kuzmina was "Life is ao difficult. One gets tired when you juat have his own fleah and blood and he wanted to provide a bet- one room to live in. Hen I can forget my anger." ter life for her and her child. He told them he wanted Most amazing to Mrs. Kuunina is the smilaa of the to make up for all the bad yeara. Americans. "They smile like nobody elaa in the world. It was the hardest speech Mr. Parsow had ever made. Their amile is special. People are aasillng and laughing He brake down and cried nuny timea. Katya's grand- in the atreet. Iliey say 'come back and aee ue again' mother aafcl she knew it was a sincere speech. "If you whan you walk out of a store." did not tell the truth then you are the'greatest actor in Mrs. Panow haa a anedal aaile whan ahe talka about thew«rkl,'*ahetoldhim."Inowknowthatsva(ythiag her nleeee. "I never believed that I wouUliva to sea thia our government has eakt about the Amerieana is a lie." day." She said it was too difficult a decision for her t;D ansifir quickly. "Katys is our oohr granddaughter and she woqU be thw<|n»jUolmi|eefcqiaus."ftagra«dp»otk<ftoldMr. ParsiifXatys was tkaoMtwight star iakir lift. Mr. PaiMw lew kNM Inr UBMsIf, but ha kMt in tawh witk Ua new hmt OSHMM by phoM. TWe iay tmtBy >W^f7SI^ cams, the Baaatsa graidwiKata gsya their penwisston and Mrs. Kusafaui and Kstya fbw to Omaba. Viaittag the Kesa Bkunkln boeae, where Moily Par-
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By Jo CwraB Whan GMTge Demidovkh itudiad a«nMm at a Riusiaa unhranity ha never dniuned he would nwve to the United Stataa SO yMus later. Mr. Demidovkh, and Us wife Paula, emigrated to Omaha with their two teenage daughtws six mootha ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Demidovich are engineers, lley met while thy both were studying chamical engineering. In Russia they lived in their own cottage aiid had a home library stocked with translations of English daasics. Their bvorite authors include HOningway, FaoHmer, Margaret Mitchdl and O'Henry. A month every sommer was spent traveling as a tanily. They camped a lot and enjoyed the beaches on the Black Sea. Tanya, 18, said her aister, Julie, 16, would he^ their father put up the tent. Tanya aaid, "I would sleep in the car," fa- amMrently she didn't like the tent. Their meals were cooked over an open fire on these trqis. They had worked hard to eqjoy the things they had in Ruaaia and materially thsy had everything th^y
He studies English every day, but admits that it is difBcolt. ^ -^^ Mrs. DamidoviGh says it is easier for her to read En^idi than it is for her to qieak it. She studied English more than 20 years ago hi Ruasia, but had not q)^cen it since.
Mrs. Demhiovich wanto her daughters to ^Hv up to be honest and honorable. Her huabuid wante only Uw knoadedge of the Enj^ language. The rest, he said, he will be able to do for himsdf.
Their daughters are making great progress with the language. "Now that I can understand it, I Uke the Cosby show on TV," Tanya said. She also watches Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. In August she h<q)es to pass an English test so she can enter a university to study math.
Julie has already found a job. She works part-time at the faMt food handxirger place just acnes the street from their apartment. She goes to Central High School and has h^ee of being a doctor one day. The family triee hard to sdect ecmomical food, few they live on Food . Stanqia. They were idiaafipainted with the taste of Amer^ ican sausage until one time they decided to qihirge and buy a more eqwnsive brsnd. It taated better. But Mrs. Why would they choose to leave their home, friends Deoudovkh says she has a veo^ good memoiy and there and family for the uncertainty of another country and was no sausage fn sale in the Soviet Union. a strange language? AirthSeaaitiaml In Russia thqr attended Russian movies, akmg with When Mrs. Demidovich reflects oo their dedsioa to American, French and Italian moviea. 'Tooteie" is one leave Russia and come to the United Statee, ahe wishes . of Tanya's favorite moviea. They have not been to the movto here yet Tanya did not bdiysit in Russia they had done it 16 years ago. becauae most fainiliea, "..don't have enough money to In the last three years anti-Semitism has been on the have someme look after their diOdren. lliey liave to do rise in the Soviet Uni<m. Life was not bad for the Demi- it themselvea." dovichs but they saw no future for their children. Churches and synagogues in their home town were . Bread is bouj^ m Russia from grocery stores, but made hito swimming pools and rebuilt for other puT' it rssembles the bread from U.S. bakeries. It is unwnq>ped and haa a thicker crust. poses. There was no place for any kind of worship. Like other Russian immigranta who choose to come to the United States, they fint went to Austria and then to Italy, irfiere they waited for aix months until they were permitted to Come tothe United States. Althwigh Mr. Oemi<|6vkh was a heed engineer in Ruaaia. he is quit^willlig |» take on any iob here. He reaUaes he has to KkveA g#d eomoumd of the En«^ language belore he caa belbooaidevsd for employment.
The family is delighted with the taste of fruit they find in the stores in Omaha. They especially like bananas. Pototoes are a sta]de in their diet now, and for supp^ tbey might have pototoes, cutlete and a salad. Tanya, who had friends who immigrated to Australia, would like to gst to know some teenagers here. She says she doesn't miss anything in Russia.
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In the comer of the kitchen can alao be aeen small treaauree the Kogana were able to bring from their homeland A lacquered tea aet caUa your atteatioa to ita bright colors. The Kogans said they could have ah^iped man by container but it waa too e^Mnsive. Jn the Soviet Union, Mr. Kogan waa an electrical engineer who went to work early in the mon^ng and returned tote at night, aomatimea working six or seven dagra a waric He waa on call fbom the factory and worked wfaanavar they eaUad. Mre. Kogan taoght economics at a local hig^ school She sakl a lot of atodenta thought only about moo^y, but aome were friendly and kind.
offered b the United States. Over a decade later, he waa too old to tnveL When the Kogans reached Italy, word waa waiting for them that Mr. Kogan'a bither had paaaed away. It seema impoaaible to eqilain their living conditions in Omaha to relativee who remain in Roasia. Mrs. Kogan'a grandmother writee letten aaidng them if they have enough food to eat here. Mrs. Kogan'a frkvorite American food ia ice cream. Btiawbeiry or chocolate. 8b» aaya ice cream ia available in Ruaaia, but not vary Often, and it ia not as good. Mr. and Mra. Kogan have purdiaaed an old car uad for the moment that is when Mr. Kogan spends a lot d his time. Not drivfaig it, but under the hood repair^ Then an no aeoeta in Uie Kogan family. They aent big it He hopea aoon to have it in running condition. The Kogans describe themselves as "friends of their dangfatar to a private Engiiah achool ao die codd nature." In Russia thqr had a aummer bouse that looked learn the language. Dina knew her parenta wen planout on water and trees. They miss it ning on moving to the United Stataa as aoon as poaefljle. The people in Omaha wen a great sniivise. 11>ey did Dina dreeeee in the teenage uniform for Omaha teena; not know paoide existed who wen "BO friendly, eo very ahorta and a T-ahirt She ia active in BBYO and will be afatoars." Mr. Kogan is concerned about the proqiect of war in • jonkr at Burke High School Her anbjecta inchi^ trigooometry, American history, PJB. and to give her- the Middle East He ia aapacUUv diatnaaed that fii^t' aelf a break, aba ia taking Ruaaian. Obe day ahe wouM ing nuQT enq)t over poUdee. But he says "someone must stop" Saddam Huaaein. Uka to ba a medical doctor. Mr. and Mra. Kogan have enjoyed the reception and Ten yean ago when Alexander Kogan wanted to emi- the rest thqr have received in Omaha, but now tboy are grate, hia father daeUad to come with Um. His father preparing their leeiunea and are anxioua to obtain ,wa8 71, but thought he couU still m^oy the freedom empkiymeat
Garage sale yields sofa for apartment By Lynda Fnnk The atudenta rode fa q>ecial wagona for cattle. Not "Look." aaM Raiaa Piaetaky. pointing proudly to the far from Minak than waa another bomhfag. '-The aky Uggsaofa fa hgwaat Omaha apaftment "only five dol- waa all red whan we wen fa the wagons. All Minsk waa lanatagaragaaalel" burning. It ia vary vivU fa toy mfad," Mra. Fiaataky Whoa Mra. Flaataky ehows off her bargain, her hus- aakl, raealUng the ordaaL IVom Mfaak. the students want to Boriaov whan they band. Roman, rtows off Ma new American hobbtse teodhig a plant given aa a houaewarming praaant, and wan givn aome food and dothee. "Than wa wan pot watching[ ground aqdrrola. aquirroli Outskle the wfaidow of thak agafa fa the cattle wagona and traveled a lot until we ground-wval uartmant ihe piaoee caaa of water and reached Inavifc fa the Urala. where we wen put fato an orphanage" piaoea of faraas for them. During the war. Mrs. Plaetaky aakl the diiUren fa the < Howevar.iridia aha ei^oya going to garage salea and orphanage wan atarving and akk. She lived then until ; Bsa^Jogra watching aquinela. both Roaaianimmigranta shs waa li-yaara-okl. fa 1948, when ahe was fortunate t mmU rather ba waking. In their mid-Ma. with limited Engliah. they aaki thqr have had a dlfficuU thne finding jobe.
to ba reunited with her oUer aiater. Her aister and parante had stayed fa Minak and were put fato a ghetto. Evantnally, both parenta died fa a pogrom. In 194S, her aiater and mother wen hkling fa a pit under the floor of a building bacaun moat of the Jewa had been killed and thqr knew they'd be given to the Germana wharavar they want They atayed there aeveral daya. knowing the Ruaaiana who lived then wonkl come back. When the Ruaaiana came bade to repair the buikling, they brought water. The people under the flocnr would come out at night and take it (Contfaned on Page 76) JI,,i!JIU.I .1., 1
"I thought it would not be eaay to live fa America." \ aakl Mra. Pfaataky, "becauae of aU the difteaoeae. I [ hava to change my mind on many things and it ia hard j for us to find employment" I Mr. Plsateky, who was a construction engineer, car' penter and brickUyar fa Ruaaia. aakl than are few Jobs here for him ia eonatmctfan. He wouM like to go to ' larael for a period of time and help bdUhouaea for Oper[ atkn Exodus. Ho baa ahw found a "Catch-22" fa aeeking employmaat with HHlMlfngliah. **! need a ear (or a Job, I need a ditvar'a Ueawia for a car and I need EngHsh for a drivar'a bcenaa," ha aakL It la eqMdalhr diaheartanfag fotf!Mre. Plaetaky not to be able to uaa iMr akiUa fa AMerica. She had to overcoma aI very difficult chlMhood, t^^j^^g near starvatkia, toavaa • harakina. PIsatilnr waa a aix-yeerold attaniBng kifldergar In Mlaak was bombed oajlonen, 1941. Harper Mayed fa the dty kMUng for her, unaware her iar had tahaa tha etiidaata eat of the dty.
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Survived the ghetto in Minsic Bj JoCanvU Sam Dobin is a aorvivor. TogBtlxr with hia pannta ia#aoa brothor, ha was one oi 18 peopla iHio aorvlved tha i^Mtto in Miiuk dnriog tha Ruaaian Qraat Patriotic War. (Known in tha United Stataa aa World War II) Mr. Dobin emigratad from Ruaaia to Omaha aevaral montha ago with hia wUiB, Aaya DoUn. They were afraid that the new emerging attitudea in Ruaaia mi^t lead to a recoiranoe of pogreus. In fact, frequant nimorB hi Mhiak led them to MUave a pogrom waa plamiad to take idaoe by the cod of June. Fortunately thoy wwa able to receive the documenta tiut were recpdrad to leave Ruaaia in only a month and a half. After fbUowhig the route of Roaaian immigranta through Auatria and Italy, the Dobina are atadying EngUah in Omaha and thiay are thrilled. Mrs. Dobin studied En|^ hi her native country m order to be able to read adentific documanta. She was employed by the Acadeiny of Senior lUaearch fa the gmetica department She holds a PhD fa tiw field of science.
Being a atudaot at the Uiiivwaity of Omaha asamad imprsaasd tha DoUna. "It waa the first time I could atraoga at firat Iplirai DdUn, botflnpraving her Bug- liatsn to ao baautifU and raUgious mnaic" Mra. Dobfa liah wu moat important to her. She aaid wum fltia eat aaid Tlie Dohina are ratafnl they now Uva fa a paaorfnl fa tha daaaroom with young atadnta bnm other coun- workL Their hopea are that thefr grandchildren wiU triaa it waa "very unaKpectad becauae I waa taaahfag never know the hofrora of war. (To eacqie the bombingi fa a univeraity. I waa not vary comfbrtabia tha first during the Great Patriotic War Mrs. Dobfa walkad for day." But it didn't take her kog to fit fa. "I fed that 10 d^ys with her mother, father and grandmoUMTbefere boardttng«tndn.) I am a atodent like theae other people." Mra. Dobin ia eagar to lawn Eng^ becauae, "I want Mr. and Mrs. Dobfa both know that the days and to work in my spedality." wealu aheia win be hard for them. It ia difficult to adMr. and Mra. Dobin are one of the oUer coaplea to juat to a naw culture iriien you are not ao young ,they immigrate to Omaha among tiie recently srrived Rue- aay. IMr new liflt holds many changes tor than, but aian Jews. Mra. Dobfa saya, "I am not too jroong a there is one thing that is certain, they aay, "It ia woman. I underatand the difficuldee." lliqr an both neceeaary for Jews to leave Russia now." wnphatk-about being ready to face anything. "We want the better life for our chiUraa and granddau^ters." A Ruaaian novel was written by Isaac Blatnar, based on Mr. Dobfa'a life fa the fl^to during the 1980a and '40s. Aocordfag to Mrs. Dobin, "No one waa fateteated fa the atoiy. No one waa fatereated fa a Jew'a life fa the ghetto." Mrs. Dobfa knew that her rdatives fa Omaha would be fatereated m her and her husband moving to America. CHiey had met cousins from Omaha who visited Russia fa the summer of 1989.) But what she was not prepared for was the recaption they received from strangers m OmaluL "This is a wonderful, kind town. We have had a nice reception and the people are very attentive. We didn't expect so many unknown people to be so friendly." The couple deacribed food ii) Russia as "very simple. Only what is necessary for life." Mrs. Dobin described the food here aa "tasty." She said it was "no probltai for a woman to prepare (dinner) here." In Ruaaia the Dobfas ahand their qwrtment with their eon and hia wife and daughter. The young couple • / took turns livfag with their in-lawa. Their separate apartmrnte fa Omaha are appradated by the whole fronify. The Dobins were able to coma to the United States with both of their sooa and their famDiea. / As a giii Mrs. Dobfa lived with her grandmother, who was very religious. She took her granddaughter to a synagogue with her, but young Mrs. Dobfa didn't un- ^^^^1^^^ '^Tfc^ •• ^'^i^^^^i derstand tlie significance of the visit. Becauae she lived with her grandmother, Mra. Dobfa speaka Yiddish, Sam and Aaya DoUn leantjtMre atefon•atofillovt however she cannot read or write it. The recent cantora concert held at Beth El Synagogue it—i .—
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Adjusting to new life includes trip to 'Worlds Of Fun' ' By Jo Camll A cruise ship stop* at Tallin, a Rtusian seaport. It is a party ship full of laugliiiig and dandng peo^ on board there is gambling and plenty of food. It travels a mere 60 miles before it docks in a F|inish harbor. Even thou^ Anna and Michael Mettik lived In Tallin and they would have loved to have seen Finland, they weren't allowed to board because they were Russian Jews. Mr. and Mrs. Metrik and their two sons now live in Omaha. They are adjusting to the American way <rf life quite well and have even managed to take a trip to Kansas City to visit "Worlds of Fun." Mr. Metrik, who was an dectrical engineer is Russia, is rlinfMng trees these days as he works as an electrical hdper. During the working day he may be called on to help light a flower garden which requires a spot B^t be attached to a tree. He says, "No problem," as up the tree he goes. Although Mr. Metrik wants to return to being a professional, he has a good attitude about his current labon. "It doesn't depress me." He continues by eiprassing his phitoeophy about how the move between countries has affected his life. He 8«ys you can pretend you live on the 100th floor of a boikling and you have to get to the 100th floor of the next buikUng some yards away. You would first have to go down to the ground floor of the first building and over to the next building to start over again before you reached the 100th floor again. Mr. Metrik draws illustrations as he talks and it is dear he has thou^t about it for a k»g time. Ktia break for luach on the job ia quite different here in the United States, Michael explains. He says dinner at nooo for workers in the Soviet Union is in a canteen.
"It is dirty," he says, "and a place only to eat, not to rest." limited chdces ars given. The meal would consist of pea or beet soup with a second side dish of macaroni and gravy. If potatoes were served th«y would be gray from q>oilage. A meal of this type would cost one ruble for s man whose monthly saUuy is 260 rubles. By contrast, Mr. Metrik's favorite hmch can be found at the salad bar and he enjoy* French dressing. Comparing what you get fta-the wages you make, Mr. Metrik says a meal in Russia costs twice as much as it does here. After only a few months in the Omaha community, Mr. and Mrs, Metrik have managed to buy an old car. It was vandalized one night and windows were broken, but it is running again. In Tallin they shared a 13-yeais>kl car with two other families. To hdp pay for the car they borrowed money fivm friends and relatives for there was no other place to borrow money. They had to stand in line to buy the car, but were able to stand in a shorter special line because Mrs. Metrik's father had served in the war In order to pay back the money they had btxTowed for the car Mr. Metrik took a seccnd job and Mrs. Metrik looked for extra students to teachExtra students woe not hard to find. Mrs. Metrik taught English at a local school and tutored students for supplementary income. Today Mrs. Metrik is teaching Russian at Burke High School and working as a qiedal correspondent at the Jewiak Pies*. She abo does a lot of vohmteer worit in the community, taking Russian immigrants idioee English is only in the beginning stages to doctors sppointmmts. Food Stan^ interviews and itiplaining piqiers to them. The Metriks' two sons, George and Vlad, are attend-
ing Oakdale grade school One day recently at a doctor's office Mrs. Metrik was trying to make them feel more comfortable so she began speaking Russian to than. ' Tliey promptly let her know she should speak English. What anti-Semitiam began to be ranqumt in the Soviet Union, Mr. and Mrs. Metrik began to worry about their sons' future and started to make plans to leave Russia. After the •^xvpet papers were received they began to plan with Mrs. Metrik's relatives the safest way for them to leave-Russia. They began to go through their belimgings, sorting out what they could do with out for many months, what they would need in theirnew life immediately wherever it might be, and what they could sell. What they could do without ri^t away they shipped to Mrs. Metrik's mother, Esther Levitan and her aunt, Dora Kardonskaya. Her mother and aunt added their things to the Metriks and shipped the goods in a container over a year ago. That container has yet to arrive in New York. Meanwhile Mrs. Metrik was securing a bus for the ride to the Czecboalovakian border. The Metriks, and their two s<W, George and Vlad, and Mrs, Levitan and Mrs. Kardonskaya and two other families packed the bus solid with suitcases and pillows and bUmkets. The only room left for the families io ride was on top of the luggaga When they arrived at the Czachodovakian border the bus had to be turned back, while everything was loaded on the train for the trip to Austria. Rubles are not convertible into other money Imt Mr. and Mrs. Metrik had brought al(mg something to pay the porters that was just as acceptable as mimey. Russian vodkall llie whole family is now safe In Omaha, beginning a new life.
lana Lavttaa, her husband. Lev Ayaasr, and their nine-year-eld son, Alex, still wait la Ruasla. Thev are seen bete at a port In 9ocU on the Black Sea. Now IBM SMI IMT aeai Hve !• her mother's old apartment in Odeaaa while Lev works la SlbarUu
Sisters happy to share apartment By Jg CwraO Dvoyra Kardonakaya doesn't mind sharing an iq;>artment in Omaha with her sister. When she lived in Russia she shared a kitchen and bath with 18 families. Alone in her small room in the Odessa District, Mrs. Kardonakaya was often afraid of a neighbor who drank t«o much. When she called the militia to help protect her, they would do nothing. She is a widow. Her husband died of wounds received in the Great Patriotic War (WOTW War II). For 36 years Mrs. Kardonakaya worked as a seamstress at a plant in Russia. Though she has retired, she. still likes to alter clothes. Her pension was 70 rubles. This amount only allowed her to buy bread and a few vegetables to eat. Mrs. Kardonskaya, arrived with her sistjBr, Esfir Levitan, in the United States on May 7, 1990. The sisters had held on to an invitation they received in 1975 to immigrate to Israd. They decided to immigrate to the United States because they felt, "America is a country of real democracy." They also knew more about the U.S. and Esfir Levitan's daughter, Anna Levitan Metrik, taught Enj^iish at a sec<mdary school in Odessa and TalHnn. Esfir Levitan is a lawyer. Sw was ready to leave Russia. "When you have to bkxk doors and are afraid of the local authorities," she remarked, "it is time to leave."
Dora Kardonskaya spends much of her time at her •ewiag machine maldng aprons to aalL
Until Mkbael Mstrik can Had work as aa elsetrical eagineer be works as an electrldaa'a helped.
Working as an attorney for Antartica, a Russian whaling company, Esfir Levitan said she wasn't given promotions bemuse she was a Jew. She, like her sister, is also a widow. Her huaband was the commercial director of a plant. She feels thst anti-Semitism shortened his life. Although th^ had to wait 16 years for an apartment in Russia, Esfir Levitan and her hwSband considered themselves lucky. Sh^ said they received an apartment before most people because of hat prtrfeasion as an attorney. Esfir Levitan was the only one of six brothers and sisters to receive a college education. Her father's social position, because he ran a haberdashery, made it impossible for them to attend school. Mrs. Levitan was the youngest chUd and able to obtain a higher education only because all of the rest of the young people were off to war. Wbea Mrs, Kankosksya and her sister, Mrs. Levitan, had to evacuate Odessa "befwe it was occupied by fascists." The family had to leave the city so quickly that two brothers were lost. The family was put on a ship with 3,000 others. There was standing room only as they traveled for 72 hours, moving (oly at nij^t. Bombs were tailing all around them. When they finally reached port, the family, along with hundreds of others, was put into a wagon usually reserved for merchandise. Mrs. Kardonakaya recalled that anyone who died cm the month-long trip was simply thrown from the wsgon. In qiite of all the hazards they endured, the sisters consider tbemsdves fortunate to have survived the war. (^ brother was never found, the other, Boris was found working in a plant in Ufa. He he^ied Mrs. Kardonskaya to find a job at the same idant. For a while they all lived in a low basement, several levels underground, where no sun could shine. Esfir Levitan's daughter, Anna was bom there. When ssked what problems she lualgpcounttced since 'moving to Omaha, f 'J r Cvv.--;« c.-, Esfir Levitan said she didn't have ray. She npKed joking, "I'm looking far a problem, because I have found none." To help tioM pass and perhaps help to make a little money. ^In. Kardonskaya is miJdng qprais from scraps of material. She has a sewing machine, donated by someone in Omaha, end it keeps ha busy. Some of the sprons have lace on them that was brought from Russia. Esfir Levitan does still have her problems in Russia, however. Althougji she was fortunate to emigrate with her sister and her daughter and family, her youngest daughter is still in Russia. Anna Levitan's sister, Inna Aizner, has beeo unable to receive refugee status frwn the American Embassy. She waits with her husband Lev. and her nineyeardd son, Alex. The necessary papers for the Aimers to immigrate to the United Statiss md not arrive at the Embassy with her mother's and sister's documents. Although the documents are at the Embassy now, refugee status has not been obtained. Esfir Levitan and Dvoyra Kardonsksya. fed very secure in their Omaha apartmnt. IVx >re happy to be here.
Having tBaeoyered the taste of Nebraska sweet eon, Anna Metrik and her mother. Eaflr Levitan, stop to buy a few ears at a roadside stand.
Ana Metrik tranalatss artkies froa a Kusaiaa newspaper for Jswisk Prses editor, Morrta MaHae.
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