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Jule M. Newman dies at 97 With his sons, Mr. Newman initiated and made substantial contributicms to the fund which established the Esther K. Newman Camp (now the Platte River State Parl^ in memory of his first wife.
Funeral aervicea were held on Feb. 14 at Temple Israel for Jule M. Newman. 97, with burial at Tenqile Israel Cemetery. Jule M. Newman was bom March 30, 1893, in Siooz City, Iowa, to Moritz and Fannie Newman, who had immigrated from Austria-Hungary. His father, like his paternal grandfather, was a grocer. The young Newman attended Long Schod in Omaha but did not get past eighth grade. Financial conditiona made it neeeasary iat him to wwk in his cither's grocery stores, sdl newspapers and whatever dse he could do to hdp the family, which also included his sister Sally and brothers, Henry and Albert. Before and after World War I, Mr. Newman worked in the supply dapartmant of the Union Pacific Railroad, eventually being womotad to auperviatM*.
tEe UadlMrCoipa and aervedin F^wooe. Is 1920, after he had saved about 11,100, be and a partniar opened a grocery atore in Omaha. After three years, he purchased his pairtner's interest and a few years later began to buUd a chain of stores throughout Omaha, Nebraska and western Iowa. Eventually he invited
Jole M. Newman his two brothers and a cousin to join him in the business and they formed the Hinky Dinky Supermarket chain. The chain grew to q>prozimately 49 supermarketa, located in N^raska, Iowa. Kansas and Missouri. An additional 47 retail grocery operations, located tnroofl^ out the United Statae and Puerto Rico, were operated as hi^ji vohime leased deparbnenta in aelf-service department atoraa. The leued departments were later apld to the J. C. Pranay Company and the Hiakjt D^dqr diaia waa aotd to the Colkm Companisa. In 1983 Mr. Newman was honored with the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-D^unation League of B'nai B'rith and in 1987 with the Endowment AchievenMOt Award from the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha.
A charter member of the Jewish Federatkn of Omaha's King Solomon's Circle of the Paceaetter EKvision, Mr. Newman was known for his philanthropic endeavors. He waa the last surviving founding member of the Milttm S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation and a member of the Temple larael Board. He waa- alao a member of B'nai B'rith and Highland Country Club. Mr. Newman was involved in many area activities. He was a Shrinar. a 32nd-degree Mason, a member of Scottiah Rite, American Legion and the Vetcrana of Foreign Wars. The father of four aona. Mr. Newman waa predeoaMadbyteaidMt^CJM. in 197S. He ia sturvived by his wife, Doris; sons, Robert and Murray of Omaha and Jamea of San Frandaco; 8tep«ooa. Robert and V^Uiam KuUy of Omaha and Thomaa Kully of Chicago; step^ugUer, Patrida Fleming of Fort Worth. Taxaa; 15 grandchildren, nine step-grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
37th annual charity sports banquet planned for April 17 at Aic-Sar-Ben Larry Kelberg. B'nai B'rith Charity Sparta Banl|iiat chairman, has anoounced that the 1991 banquet, will feature Bob Knight, head baaketbaU icoach at the University of Indiana. The 37th annual B'nai B'rith Charity Stag will be liekl on April 17 at AkSai^Ben. Bob Knight has now bfen a head coach on the ieoU^giate level for 2£ years jirith a reuHtl of 632-198 i729). Before coming to bdiana, he coached aix Ijmars at Army, where his^ ItMuna twice won over 20 •aroea, including a achool i«aird 22 in 1970. In his SO-year tenure •t Indiana, ha has lad Iflva teama to poat-seatOB championaUpa with MCAA crowna in 1976, 1981 and 1987; the NIT tiiU in 1979, and tha flrat €CA championahip in 1974. In tba 1914 Olyinpic [Oamoa laiiM Aaiplte,
Bob Knight Kni^t led the U.S. team to ft floU medal and guided tha U7s. t4Mun to a gold medal k tha Pan American Oamea in 1979. Nine of faia taama have won Big Tan titlaa and under hia laadiraUp, Indiana haa appaaml 18 times in NCAA poat-aaaaon toomamants. Coach Kniaiit haa bean namad Big Tm Coach-ofth»-Yflar aix timaa and, in 1976, waa th* UMntmpaa
selection by Aaaodated Frees, United Praaa International and Baakatball Wedkly aa national Coachof-the-Year. In 1989, he again received national coaching bonora from AP, UPI and the United Statee Baakatball Writera Aasodation. Knight became the "winningeat" coach in Big Ten history In 1969. Dave Blackwell. farmer Omaha qiorta peraooality, will again be maater of oer emonies, according to Mr. Kelberg. Mr. BlackweU is aports director of radio aUUonKISN in Salt Lake City. An award will be preaentad to both the Metropolitan Aroa High School Mala and Female Athlataa of the Year. Tha rsdpiante win be announced prior to the Sporta Banquet Ticket hifbrmation may be obtained by calling Ira Thdhtanbarf, 6S2-ai97 or by calling tha B'nai B'rith oMca, 884-8200.
LIzKarnes to speak to women at B and P division dinner By Claudia Sbarman B & P Diviaion pobikity chairman The following article contains opion. Talking to Dr. Liz Kames, wife of former United Statea Senator Dave Kames, is like talking to your next door neighbor or the Mom aitting next to you at your children's sporting event A recognized peraooality in her own right, Liz Kames has much in com-' mon with the women in our community who are juggling family life, profeaaiona and volunteer commitmtota. She is injvolved in her kids' education, devotes heraelf to critical iaauea of the day, and says her most impor tant role is being Davis Kames' wife. On March 7, the Wranen'a Buaioaaa and Professiooal Diviaion of tha Jewish Fedaraticn of Omaha will ^aatuta Dr. Kantea, jrih«.^fh^f0qMM9f her invtOMMaa MrdtiMft a» chairman oif tha Na^ooal Commiaak» on Drag Free School (1989-91). Aa a member of tha eommiaakm, abe traveled to 12 American cities which took her awqr from home "at least two daya every other week." Dining her travels, aha met women
any woman who malua a contribatkm to the 1991 UJA/Federation campaign. Codctails and cash bar begin at 6:30; dinner is at 6 pan. The chwge of $12 for the evening should be sent to Jan Perelman, Women's Division director, at the Jewish Federation. 333 South 132 Street by Friday, March 1.
LiaKaraes from a Jewish cnrganization in Miami who spend their vohmteer honra holding balnea afficted with fetal alcohol ayndnmie or who are cocaine-addicted or affected. Many of the babiea have been abandoned by their birth mothers. In a nearby building, women from this same Jewish group, cradled babiee who have AIDS. In her work with the coQUoisaion, Ha. Kteite alao met a rabU (rom Ni*w York Cify'a Pwk Avenue Synagogoa who keepa the synagogue open aU boon to get youngsters otf tha streets. Jane Batt and Penny Endelman, co-chairmeo of the March 7 dinner at Hi^iland Country Chib, said the event ia open to
Selected aa an Outatanding Young Woman of Nebraska by the Nebraska Jaycees in 1981, Liz Kames has been a teacher in the Lincoln Public Schools. She ia a adiool board member of the Weatside Community Schools and is aervlng as treaaurer for 199(^1. Fcr^ mer aupervisor of curriculum and instruction at Boys Town, Dr. Kamee has alao been a volunteer reaearch aaaiatant for First Lady Barbara Buah's literacy campaign, Dr. Kamea gratfaiated Magna Cam Lande in 49Tl-«nd received her maater'a in reading and education ia 1973, both from the Univarsity of Nefaradu at Lincoln. In 1975 Dr. Kamea aaraad her Ph.D. in educational administration supervision and instruction also from UNL. Tba Kames have four daoghtira ranging in age from 6 to 14 yaars.
CPAR submits plan to conduct community survey By Jaaaie Jaoobaoa Fadwation pobUe lalatieBa diiactor The Canter for PubUc Affairs Raaaarch of the Univaraity of Nebraaka at Omaha (CPAR), ncaotly named by th« Planning and Evahiatiaa Committee of the Jewiah Federation of Omaha to design and adminiater a needs survey within the Omaha Jewiah community, has submitted ita plan for implementation, reported Jerry Slusky, P&E chairIlia initial proposal for a naada Burvey waa iMtd* by Mr. Sluaky at the December meeting of the Federation's Board of Dfaactors. It waa tiMB presented to the Budget and AUoeatlons Committee by Mr. Slusky and Rayaood A. Clark. CP AR'a aMlor community aervice aaaodate, where It paaasd unanlmoualy. Within aaveral days, the proposal was paaaed by the Executive Committee and now awaita final approval by the Federation Board at
its February meeting. Mr. Clark and Dr. Pallavi D. Chavda, acnkr reaearch aaaociata, have ben aaaignad to lapraant CPAR on tha project "I have haa a tremen-
dous amount of contact with the Jewish comnwnity in tha past 19 yeara," explained Mr. Clark. "Being married to somaooe who is Jewiah haa gtvan (ContiuMd OS Pate 4)
ADL/CRC names assistant L Robert Wolfsoo,dirsctor of the Anti-De<amation League of B'nai B'rith/ Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced the appointment of Jane Batt aa aaaistant director of tha agency. Ms. Batt was formerly tha producer of "Talk of tha Town." a Uve talk show oo KKAR radio in Omaha. She alao has a background in retail and real estata aalea. "Ths Jewiah conaounity is fortunate to have aomacna of Ma. Batt's qualificatiooa and parsooal eooi* mftmiat to thla eoaWMnlty. Aa tha ADL/CRC ra^iMeda to both ths difScultiaa and the ofipgrtMil-
JaneBatt tlea of the days ahead. Jane ia going to play an hivahiaMa part in those •(• forte." Mr. WoUaoa aaid. Ma. Batt haa bean an Omaha reaident for 29 3rear* and la the motlMr ol two aona, Jooaa, 21 and Aanm, 17. She ia the daaght* of Harold and Qkiria Faintaeh, fonnar Omahaaa. now reafafaata of Tuatte. Callfoniia.
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Newly formed support group draws 20 to first meeting The rsaponaa to the Israel EnMrgeocy Fund haa been grat^jring bat much more ia naadaq. We know the timing of this request cninddaa with our own Mother-in-Iarael campaign. The emergency funda are needed aa many teachera have been called up to their Raserw Army unite and aubatitute teachera muat be hired in their placee. We mnat increaae the eecurity arrangements at an our schools Next meeting will be Mar. 10.
BBEAIARBAKEBS Leon PoUkov, B'nai B'rith Bretdbntkers chairman for February, haa aniKwincod that lii Kamaa, a member o{ the PtMidaDt'e CommiaaioD oo Dmga, and City Council eaiMUdate, will be the gneet apeaker at the Feb. 20 hiwJieon and will ahare her eipetiaicae. Breadbreakera maeta every Wednesday at BOOB at Regency West Beat Weatem. Coat for the luncheon ia $6, the community may attend. HADA8SAH Hadaaeah win haU their regular meeting Feb. 27, at nooa, at the JCC. Gueet speaker will be Rabbi Allot Gonaher. Box lunch will be available for 16. Pleaae make reaervationa by Feb. 22 to Beverly Franklin. 334-7366. Beth Gaines<>inaberg ia program chairman. Full board meeting ia Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m.
The Kalah Franklin Chapter of Amit Women win meet on Feb. 18 at the JCC at 1:30 p.m., foUowing the YES meeting. Come for the hmcheon and a muaical program. For the "Book Fund," (to help purchase achool hooka in larad) Sarah Lewia aends v«y meaningfid earda for any oocaaion. Can her at 666-9166. AUrtWOMSN WOMEN'S Hatikvah and Kalah AMERICAN ORT Franklin chapters of Amit The ORT Family SabWomen will meet Feb. 24 bath Havdakh wiU be heU at 6:30 pan. in the recrea- of Feb. J6, at 7:30 pjn. tion ro<»n at Beth Israd. FaidiliM are invited to Make Besentton^^fW^ -m^t ntfcilfrintT'ii 132nd Feb. 2k:wit|rBev«Ay Street n%:46 p.m. The Franklin. 334-7366 or Mai^ Havdalah service wiU folion Strauss, 668-2646. low, led by Cantor Karen Annette Fettman, fso- Webber, at the home of gram chairman, haa ar- Sandi Fried. 14909 Brookranged for Alan Potaah to aide Ciide. RSVP to Mrs. diaenaa current and future Fried at 330-1792 or Mariasuea affecting laneL lene SuUeudk, 496-1372. CUPANOSAVE-
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llw firat meeting of a newly formed support group for widowB and widowera took place on Feb. 3 at TenqilB Israel. Apiiraiimatety 80 indivklu^ attended tUa meeting and were joined by repreaentatives from IVmiple larael and Jewiah Family Service. The name "L'Chaim-to Ufe" haa been proposed for the group. Meetings wiU be held at 1 p.m. on the first and
third Sunday of each PEARL BERNSTEIN mouth at Teimle laraal. 8HRIER unlaaa othenrua noted. Services were htid at Or. Joj>oe Brothers book. Temple larael on FW). 8 "Widowed." wiU be re- followed by graveaide viewed at the next meet- asrvkea afcBeth El Osoeing, Feb. 17. Reaervations tary for Pearl Beniatein for the meeting nay be Shrier, 75. made by calling the TunMrs. Shrier ia survived ple office, 666-6636. by daughter, JoAnn Shiier Among the itema dis- Gordon, Chicago; aona, cussed at the first meeting Howard Shrier and Michwas the need for nich a ad Shrier, Omaha; siatera, sum>ort group in the com- Marian Spiegal, Omaha munity. It was affirmed and Roae Rudoy, Minthat this would be a "aelf- neapoUa; fanthera, Donakl he^, heeling Ktd strengtb- Baraetflin and JuUus Bemcnbig experience" for in- atejn <rf Omaha; and abi volved faidividuals; and granddtildren. that the group would be The family suggests Ruaaian Reaettlement "flexible and unstruc- memorials to the Rose wiU be the topic of a joint tured, with free and open Blumkin Home. meeting of the Omaha discuaaion." PHILIP DELROOH Tlie group ia open to any chq>tera of ORT, HadasWord haa been received sah and the National member of the Jewish Council of Jewiah Women. commimity who has ex- of the death of former Tlie joint meeting win be perienced the death of a Omahan I%ilip Ddrogh, 73, of Las Vegas, Nev. held at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. spouse. Services were held Feb. 6 19, in the Jewiah CommuNEW PHONE LINE inLaa Vegaa. nity Center auditorium. It The latest news, direct Mr. Ddrogh is survived ia open to the public Any- from larad, in now only a by his wife Oetrud, four one needing tranaporta- phone can away thanka to tion TDKf caU Joy Woee at a new telephone service stq>-daiighters, all of Las 498-0812. eetaUiahed to benefit the The preaentotion wiU fo- work of Magen David ( Ilfijji®®!!^ flflijJQia© J cue on a world wkle update Adom. Israel'a Red Cross ^^ =-*^ of efforto in the United Borvice By Bemie Moaow Statee and larael. NataUe The new 1-900-USAFebruary 8 was national Rubin, Jewish Family 8749 phone line provides United Synagogue Youth Service Ruaaian reeettle- updates of the Persian nij^t and Tifereth larael ment worker, win be the Gulf War as events effect speaker. Omaha Commit- Israel and the Israeli peo- in Lincoln joined Conservative synagogues across tee for Soviet Jewry co- ple. Callers may dial for inthe cotmtry in services chairman Miriam SJmon, formation about bombwho win be out of town, ings, injuries, fatalities conducted by teenage members. It was an upmade a video to be shown and other information not beat service and we thank at the meeting. uauany found in daily the teens. Hollie FineinaD, chair- American papers. man of the event, sakl. AU proceeds i^om the $2 Since Purim is just "The meeting win show per minute phooe calls win around the comer, pteaae what a poaittve effect the directly benefit Magen Daremember the special dinimmigranta have had on vid Adorn, a apokesman ner Ixmoring the Young at our Uvea." said. Heert membera at the synagogue on Feb. 28, 5-7 The children of Tife\ R. GORDON MEAL ESTATE I p.m. reth larael are putting on a talent ahow and we are RONALD GORDON looking forward to seeing BROKER our talented young people.
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Vegaa, and slater, Ltfona Cohn of Omaha. -/ The family auggesta memoriala to Bath lanwl Synagogue. ANNB P. BERNSTEIN Graveside services were held on Fdi). 8 at Mt Sinai Cemetery for Anne F. Bematein.80. Mra. Bernstein waa preceded in death by her huaband. Iz. She ia aurvived by daughters, Sharon Cohen, Eleanor (Mrs. AUiert) Feldman, and Tevee (Mra. Bernard) Ttirkel; seven grandchndren; one greatgrandchild; aiater, Esther Beitchman; brother, Abe Goldberg of Kanaas City, Kana. ANITA G.MARER Graveaide services were held at Tenqde Israd Cemetery on Feb. 12 for Anito G. MarOT, 84. Mra. Merer is survived by her husband, Jack W.; sons, Alan G. and Gerald Z., both of Palo Alto, Cdif., sister, Marian Bookey, Omaha; Jfour grandchil(faen; one great-^mdchild, The family suggests memoriala to your fevorite charity. ^
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Beth El brings speaker for Torah Weekend E Bwt Lwia By now, the war in the Golf is old news. Let me use this opportunity to say I pray that by the time these words are in print, the war can be spoken of in the past tense. Fervently, I pray. I, like you and everybody else, listen to the dailb' reports holdbig my breath... offering up little sUent prayers. But, with aU of our fears noted, I still have to say I find the coverage cf this news fascinating. I'm not going to go into arguments about freedom of the presa and the way the mOitaiy authorities are keqh ing a foot on the nedu of the reporters. We must realize they are trying to protect our interests and the welfare of our troops and our allies in gmeral. No, what I have in mind has to do with words—the vocabulary of this war. There are terms finding their way into the daily headlines never before seen or heard in relation to war. For instance, when exactly did the planes st<^ flying missions and begin flying sorties? I suppose at about the same time electronic geniuses figured out how to pinpoint targets at nij^t, in the dark. Which, along with some of tbB other Flash Gordon stuff like shooting down miiwilae flying thrcgi^ the air at tremendoas speeds, is no dou^ where the term Star Wars comes from. And qMaldng of these things flying through the airScuds? I know that started out as an acronym but I cAn't laamabtr what the letters all stand for. Anyway it doesn't matter because it now is a word and is being used as such. So we have yet another odi&aU sounding example to add to our list of strange termindogy. We hear about all kinds of new inventions being used out there on the desert. We know that scientists and inventors and military experts are constantly loddng for ways to improve on the ability of this instrument or that machine to subdue an enemy and protect an ally. We know that the weather is important and the time of day or ni^t is imperative when it comes to measurihg heat from the equipment the bad guys are uaing. All of these thingr tend to boggle my mind.
RabU Yoai Gordon wiU b« the Beth El Torah Weekend speaker Fab. 2224. Rabbi Gordon, who awved as executive director of the St. Paul Talmud Torah for 12 yvm, is now working on his doctoral thesis in Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota. Rabbi Gotlon has experience in formal Jewish education, having been assodated with the Los Angeles Hebrew High School. LTF and Ctaap Ramah. From his years at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and he came to know about Omaha and Omahans. "I am looking forward to seeing old friends and experiencing Omaha first hand," he noted during a recent tdephcme conversation with Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El. Author of a number of bodes for Jewish schools, Rabbi Gordon has also led sessions at conferences of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE). His U^ica for Torah Weekend win include a look at Torah characters through the eyes of the Midrash and a special pre-Purim presentation combining news of the present with news of the psst. "We like to think we've matured, grown and changed throuj^ our history. Remarkably little
Granted that doesn't take much. I still can't quite believe it when an airplane I'm on actually picks up ami leaves the ground—I never will understand that, but foi^ tnnately it isn't imp<niant for me to fully comprehend such a fisat of aeronautics. One thing makee me wonder however. Not so much all these peculiar words and terms suddenly being used in deecrq>ti(»is of daily i^lfipwifhw, No, it's somrthfaig else.
hail changed sinos the days of Shoshan, and I will prove it to you," Rabbi Gordon aaid. RabW Gordon will apoak at Both El during aervioes on Frklay ni^t, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Fob. 23, and at a 10 s.m. breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 24. Rabbi Gordon's talks are open to the community without charge. There is a charge for breakfast on Sundsy.
Hadassah gives land JERUSALEM (JTA)In an attempt to alleviate the acute housing shortage for new immigrants pouring into Israel, Hadassah is making 66 acres of land available for an olim village in Jerusalem, to be caUed Ramat Hadassah. The village, located on the grounds of the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, will contain approximately 1,100 apartments for 4,000 to 6,000 residents, as wdl as a health clinic and an infrastructure suffidoit to support a dty.
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Jin Heodiy, Qtai^ton Biuejay bassball coach, sad the Creii^ton BfaMjay basebaD players wfl] par tklpste in the "AU-Amer^ iean Hot Dof Dinner and Baseball CUnic" on Feb. 26 sponsored by the Jew ish Community Center. An annual event, the dinner and clinic off^ an (qnMTtunity for boys and ffiria to learn and further develop their baseball skills, "n^e program is open to JCC mranbers from five years of age through seventh grade. At 6 p.m. there will be a hotdog dinner in the JCC auditwium with the Bhiejays. Tlie participants will
than go to ths gjm for an informative bpissDall program coordinated by Jim Hendry. Registration is requested by Feb. 24. For further information, contact Chuck Arnold or Kevin Elwood, youth sports director at 384-8200.
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If it's possible to inqtrove <m our war equipmoit and machinery, if those very talented people can constantly invent yet another new and anuudng twist on that war gear, then why can't they figure out how to practice mough dipkMnacy to avoid the conflict to begin with? A simple question, no? Unhappily, there are no simple answers. Well continue to pray for a rapid, total vietorious end to it. Amsn.
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t Mitch Warren—update One of this Jewiah oommunlty's finest achievements is that of Mitdiell Wamn, son of fonner Omahana Marflyn and Martin Warren. In his youth, Mitchell amassed a super record of achjevemcnt as a leader, serving locally and intemationally the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). During his time in Omaha, he has favored this newspaper with many columns, displaying a proficiency with the written word equal no doubt to Us command of the spoken word. Last March, he returned to Temple Israd and spoke at length about Blades and Jews, a talk which we then printed in this newspaper. He ended that talk with the following: "Let us recognize the inequality; let us kam our history; let us define our common agenda and let us join in a ranewed coalition dedicated to the cause of racial harmony and of social and economic justice." I am reminded of this young man and his pursuit of justice for an with the recent recast of the 1990 annual report of Medkal Edncatioa for South African Blacks, IM.
MESAB is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1985 to mobiliEe private siqipart far training South African health profeesjooals to address the overwhelming health care needs of South Africa's black majority. TTie annual report preeented some statistical information which should be interest to all and is offered as follows: *Out of 27 milli<ni blacks in South Africa, there are fewer than 1,000 Mack doctors, 30 dentists, 100 i^iarmadsts and minuscule numbers of allied health professionals. •Life eiqpectancy is 15 years lees for blacks than for whites. *Infant mortality among blacks is seven times that of whites. *Child mortality is 15 timee higher for blacks than for whites. *66 percent of all deaths among blacks occurs between the ages of one and five. *Diseasee such as typhoid, tuberculosis, and gastroenteritis art widsspreed among bladu but have been virtually eradicated among whites. MESAB is bsiping to pniwie tomorrow's Abkm by training health can providers and leaders. It is interesting to note that Mitchell Wamn, one of Omaha's formar youth leaders, now is associate direcfor of that orgaiiJnikiB. ' * j/,^i .
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Jaauary 28,1991-Dayll of the Gulf War Twenty "caravNis" are rapidly gdog op on the Idbbutz Last nlc^t Saddam Uttsin must have been watch- to bouse Russian families. TUs is happening in kibbuting the Super Bowl; there were no missiles fired at ei- am natirawide and giving the movement anew sense ther Israel or Ssudi Arabia. of mission, Stifange being in the same war on the same side as Russian Olim ctmtinue to come to Israd on a daily, Saudi Arabia and S]nria. But Uks most manriages of con- though somewhat reduced basis, despite the war. Nine veni^ooe, this one, too, will end up in the divorce court. hundred arrived yesterday. TUk world, or at least the ncn-Moelem part, likes Jews The Russian and Ethiopian aliyah is a noodem miracle. and ]!arad again. We fit the preferred image of victim. Daytime activities proceed at almost their usual pace. That's more to everyone's lildng than being a winner. U^wn, office work, high school are back in session, deAs Kiriion, the famous Israeli cartoonist, drew in one mentary school soon to follow. of hh) cartoons after Israel had won the Six-Day War But Uie nights are a different story. TlMr streets are and IVanoe started its anti-Iarael polky, "We're so sorry desteted. There are no cars careening around curves. that we won." People follow the advice of the Haga (dvil defense) withIIM perception of the brave Isradi standing up to ad- out question and stay home. versity has taken somewhat of a shellarking beoanse of When the siren sounds we an retire to our sealed room, the ntimber of TeJ Avivians who have left that city and doQ our gas mssks, listen to the radio and wait for the takes, refuge in Jerusalem and elsewhere. These are reports of what happened. mostly upper>income young families from North Tel Those with TV in their sealed rooms find out from Aviv. CNN before those of us who depend on the radio are tdd The poor people in the Hatikvah quarter, who were the results. Such is the miracle of sateUite TV transmisbombed initially and who have suffered the most, are sion. staying put. As the old Yiddish proverb goes, "If the The view from here is that it wiU be a long war with rich could pay people to die for them, the poor would much more in the way of attacks on Israd to come. The make a good living." doser Iraq gets to defeat the more vidous wiU be the But overwhelmingly, people are coping extremdy bombings. welL This missile is a terrifying weapon, coming out of None-the-less there is no thouf^t of leaving. "We are nowhere with only a couple of minutes advanced here for the duration," as we used to say during World warning. War II. It ill especially frightening to children. Great efforts The past Shabbat we read parshat B'shalach-Shabbat are being made to counsel Uds. Even Rehov Sumstmi Shira—the song of Miriam at the Red Sea—and at the (the Israeli Sesame Street) has been recruited with some end of the parasha the defeat of Amalek. of tJie characters now wearing gas maska Children have But it is a verse in chapter 14 that describes the pros-' taken ito decorating the brown cardboard boxes, in which ent, "For you have seoi the Egyptians, ye dtaU see them (Hie carries the mask at all time. Many are even now again no more, the Lord win fight for you arid ye shan decorating the mask itsdf with stickers of paint. hold your peaca" A rather appropriate description of Israd's present The family on the Idbbutz is doing fine. The Ulpan, which our son-in-law runs, is full of Russian Olim. Rus- posture. Shalom from Jerusalem. sians iliave replaced the former overseas vohmteers.
CPAR to conduct community survey (Contiiined from Page 1) me a lot of insight and understanding about the workings of the community here in Omaha. I am vitally interested in what happeiia to the Jewiah Federation and its agindea, having fanuly and friends who may be affected l>y changes in services ami aervioe delivery. "CPAR is always interestad In becoming involved and working with the pubttc sector," he said, "and i^« have the dfdUs and caiiBfaffity to do that" "ResiMrch is orir forte," said Di. Chavda. "Given that w<i are working and have worked snoosMfuDy with otiker non-profit and governmental organize-, tiona in our community wtth tVtnil^r n^da, and givao tl^ the project itaaif to timmA baaed, it maksa tji a good match. "Sevelral yeara ago, 1 had UM opportunity to viA Id'ad for over four weeks," :^ added "Since I movM, to Omaha a few months bgo, my contacts with the Jewish community have been re-estaUiahed. jkofssaknany and personally. I look forward to working on thia project." Accor^^ng to CPAR's plan, the proposed project win addiresa the servica/ program needs, priorities and utiUi^ition pattams of mombsnl of the Omaha Jewish o^Uununity. It wUl contafai fjtar phases: devdopment of tha survey questionitaire, dataooUsctkNB. analyab and report writing, wtd prsesntatkw CPARlwiO work with
the P&E Committee, agency directors and key lay rqiresentatives to identify programs, issuee and priorities. Based upon this informaticm/^CPAR wffl devdop a draft questionnaire, suhject to P&E approval CPAR would then pf»'tcnt and make needed modificationa prior to fielding the instrument, again, subject to final approvd by the P&E Committee. To implement the survey, CPAR win conduct tdephone interviewa with a random saibple of 400 Jewish households in the Omaha area. Ohren the estimated household population size (2,a00), 400 interviews can be expected to have a maximum margin of error of -t-/-4.0 percent Telephone interviews win be conducted by profeesional interviewers and win probably be about 30 minutes in lengtL Analysto of the survey data uaA the development of a short report wiU be compiled by CPAR in the form of bullet findings and illuatrative tables and charts. The draft report wiU be reviewed by the P&E Committee. In addition, the P&E Committee will be given summaiy information on responses to each of the survsy questions, as weU as a copy of the data file. Once approvd to |^van by the Planning and E vduation Committee. CPAR wffl be available for a foi^ mal presentation of the survey findings.
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To the Editor From the bottom of our hearts, on behalf of the Omaha Jawtoh conmiunity and the State of Israd, our most sincere "thank you" to aU the wonderful, enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers who helped make Super Sunday the success it indeed waa. Over 100 individuals hdped make it happen, and we thank each and every one of them. We had two generationa of aome famiUea—our transplants from New Hampahire, the Greenbergs, and our recent acquisitions from St Louis, the Waxmana/Fines. We had youth—nearly 20 volunteers from BBYO—and we had our. marvelous "old timers." RichmanGordman's fadlitiee and their tremendous hdpar to us, Paul StoU, reflected their commitment to our community, as did Sheri Idelman'a hdp throughout the day from training on the phonee to aerving cookies to the callers. And the over 1,000 of you who anawerad the caU—to you a most genuine thank you. CaUing people for money to not an easy task, however, your recsptivenaes and support for our community and, particularly, larad today was strong and genuine. We should all be proud. And proud we are. To have been chainnan of thto year'a 8\mer Sunday began aa a taak and ended hi sheer ddight. Pass It On-Omaha indeed to the best Jewtoh community tit Judy awl Barry Siff 1991 Super Saad^ Co^haionfa
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Omaha's 11 Irovatore' featured Ru^Tan artists Jewish newspaper to deb that GouU •>• be «•*«> dted '<" for *•"' «*** operatic darity. In brief, the four acts, each with a Utle-"'I1» Dud." '"Ilie Oyp«y." "The Oypay's Son" and "The PmiOty" —tell the story of a Gypsy who was burned at the stake by the father of the present count, all^iedly for bewitching anotha of his children. The Gypsy's daughter— Aaicena—witnessed the conflagration and, in revenge, snatched the younger of the old count's two sons from his cradle to throw him into her mother's still-smouldering fire. In her dementia, caused by seeing her mother's execution, she throws her own son into the flames. Realizing her miatake, she flees with the young count and, unbeknownst to him, raises him as her own son in hopes he will revenge her mother's death by kiUing his elder brother—the Count di Luna. Tlie Count di Luna is in love with the Duchess Leonora who, ih turn, is loved by the Gypsy's adopted son, whom she loves in return. Needless to say, the story doesn't have a h^>py end^. Only Azucena, in her own mad way, gets what she wants. The glorious, dramatic and melodious music carries the wild plot along without atop—there is never a dull moment. Wamw has given the opera the context of a brutal dvil war in which there is no morality or justice
EdUor'a Note: Edttor'a Note: Tfcta lUa ?•• nview ofOpan/OmaiH'a racanit parfocaaaca afCUwenpa Vcni'a "ll^Tnvtt ton" waa writtaa by Jeffray C. Sndtk. Mr. Smitk la a tiaa l—ta willar and eAtor Iron Baataa who waa in Omaha to cover the opera. Ahhoogh too lato for tUa parformanea, it ia hoped the review win piqae the readera' intcraat in the Opera /Omaha performancea. The following review containa the anthor'a opiidon. Giuseppe Verdi's "II Trovatore," first performed in Rome in 1853, is not easy to sing or to stage. It requires teirific singing from its four principals—tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone—and an inqxwing (qiening aria for bass that sets the stage. In addition, the Spanish setting of eight scenes has eight locations. Almost aa popular on records as the compoaer's "La Taviata" Wd "Aida," it is performed less frequently. Imaginative Opera/ Omaha engaged three Russian singera in leading roles and T»«igaged British-bom director Keith Warren, who had previously staged "Madama Butterfly" and "TTie Golem" hue, for its performance at the Orpheum theater. "Trovatcn^'s" plot is often used by those who dislike opera to malce fun of the gcnuD,' and certainly it is one of tlie last operas
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SKOKIE, IIL-A DL-^A mm Miwiiivataiittotlwoc iB4)artanttotlie< LeontyM Prfc* 8K0KIE. LaoBtyna Prioa, for inataaca, was a noted Jewish newapuar, the nnmity." The tabkiM-form Leonara—bat her 8in|^ CUa«o Jtwiak Star, wiU waa brii^t, lovdy and fo- debat in Falmuay,aoc(Rd- p^Mr win induda beal. I cuaad and ahe projecto ing to ita pobUahar, Doug- tknal and int laa Warthaimar. nawa, featurea, edit wdL "The newspaper wiU be and regular oohmnist Ap*| The most vocal and dramatic inteiiatatation waa an indapaodent ydive for pearing initially twice at ahown by Yevgenia Goro- the Jewiah conummity," mooth, the North Shora| havakaya as Axuceoa, by 8aklMr.We(theinMJr."We suburban Chicago paper:^ far the most intaraating will offer a forum for all will be distributed without character—Verdi original- points of view and for is- charge. ly titled the work "Azucena." She sang the role with distinction although without the cheat tonea one expects from this Gypsy. The young American baritone Jeffrey Kneebone as Di Luna, probably Verdi's most difficult baritone part, showed great promise. English bass Mark Glanville has a nice The singing varied, but rich voice which he proELMAR OLIVEIBA. Violin was more on the positive duced unevenly. Tuesday, February 19,1991 side than the negative. Hal France's conducting Manrico was Paolo Kudri- was also uneven—someBARRY DOUGLAS. Piano avchenko, who was ill on times propulsive in the Tuesday, March 12,1991 opening night, Jan. 30. He most exciting momenta, at is Russian but from other timea serving aa an JAMES MORRIS, iUaa Odessa in the south, and accompaniment, especially Tuesday, April 23,1991 Omaha's January temper- to the extroverted Kudriatures are not salutary for avchenko. The "short season" ticket of $45.00 is a tenors' throats, but he With thie production, 25% reduction of the single ticket price. bravely went on and, al- Opera/Omaha, in its 32nd though the effect of his ill- year, continues as one of Joalyn Art Mnsonai ness was sometimes evi- the leading regional U.S. Purchaies may be made at the Febr. 19lh concert dent, he displayed a big, companies, one that dares heroic, dramatic voice. to take chances in its Elena Mirtova, from programming, Siberia, weathered the storms better in her U.S. debut. She's young, pretty and small and showed some dramatic involvement in a pretty boring role. She doesn't have the "A wdRLD OF WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE GIFTS' large, hiadoua voice asCotor Copies and Enlargements of Your Photos sociated with the part— Personalized T-Shirts • Sweat Shirts • Posters and Calendars (Brfcig in your favorite plotiirae) CROSSROADS HULL aVI-«S22 deeandmarshafox and violence «««1 viotonce bageta vio-
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T«inpl« IsTMl nUDAT: SarviOM at 8:16 DJB. Rabbi Azriel. Cmtor WabbarwiOoiGdate. Rabbi AsW win ipadi on "No Tiina to Diatanoa Oar aalvas." The Onag Shabbat will ba aponaored by Tanipia Stateniood* Sitter aervice ia avaOaUa for the 8:16 p.m. Shabbat eveniiig service. Reaervationa are needed. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat Moraing Service, 11:15 a.in. The congregation, together vith Ri^bi Azriel and Cantor Webber, will study the Torah portion for UM week. L'CHAIM TO LIFE The new support group for those who are widowed will meet next on Feb. 17, 1 p.m., at Temple laraeL Dr. Joyce Brothers' book "Widowed" will be reviewed. The program is open to the Jewish community. FOOD FOR THOUGHT The next luncheon session will be Feb. 19,11:30 a,m. Rabbi Azrid will lead a discussion of current issues and events. Temple will provide the drinka— you bring a Brown Bag hinch. PURIM BOX DINNER A Purim box dinner will be held on Fab. 27,6 p.m., for the entire fan^y. Create your own masks and eqjoy a box dinner together before the 7 p.m. Reading of the Megillah. Make reaarvationa now by calling the. Temple office, 6564636.
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FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat ice, 6:30 p.m. Early aervioe, 6:30 p.m. A Shabbat dinner folIowa the services at 6:30 p.m., after which our Scholar-In-Reaidence, RabU Avi Waiaa, wiU addreaa the group. llMre will be a bab}rsitter available. Both Friday night and Saturday morning there will be a special children's service in conjunction with the SchoIar-In-Reaidence weekend. This aervice will be conducted by Mard Levine and Amy and Allen Tipp.
Rabbi Paul Drazan and Cantor Emil Berkovita win conduct the aervicee. FRIDAY: Services at 6 pjn. An Oneg Shabbat wiUfoUow. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Kidduah wiU follow. Sitter aervice available at 10 a.nL Junior Congregation meeta at 10:46 a.m. Shabbat St<xy Time for children ages 3-7 will be at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv services at 5:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Servicea at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Servioee at 6:65 aan. and 5:30 p.m. LUNCH AND LEARN The Lunch and Laam aeries with Rabbi Drazen win meet on Feb. 21, noon. "Hie focus win be on medlcal/ethkal queatkna based aa Shema Magazine. BAR MITZVAH MicbaelRaback, son of Jayae and AHan Roback, win became a Bar MitEvah on Friday evening, Feb. 15, and Saturday moniing, Feb. 16. TORAH WEEKEND Rabbi Yoai Gordon, Jewish educator, wiU present three talka during the Feb. 22-24 Twah Weekend: Friday night at 8:16 services—"Creating Our Abrahama: Who ia the Perfect Jew?"; Saturday mondng during services— "Discovering our Satan: The Devil Made Ma Do It"; Sunday ntoming 10 a.m. t»«akfa8t-"Ara We Living in ShushanT" PURIM Purim asrvioes will be Fab. 27 with a family sarv ica at 7 pjn. and • full servioa at 8:16 p.nL
SATURDAY: Morning Service, 8:45 Rabbi Avi Wdsa will give the D'var Torah and Rabbi Dr. Rkhard Freund and Cantor Leo Fettman will lead the services. A Kiddush luncheon will be served, but reservations are required. Adults $4 and children 12. Babysitter service provided by Sisterhood at 10 STUDY GROUP Study group with Cantor Fettman will be at 6:16 p.m. Mincha will be at 5:46 p.ni., followed by Ma-ariv and Havdalah Service. SUNDAY: Minyan at 9 a.m. A lic^t breakfast will be served and Rabbi Weiaa will qieak on a tofifc of cor rent avaots. WEEKDAYS: Daily aervioee at 7 a.nL and 6:46 p.m. ADULT BAT MITZVAH The Adult Bat Mitxvah daaa win be Feb. 20,1 pjn. BOARD MBETINO The Board of Cnnmiaaiooara maatiag wUl be haU Fab. 20, 7-.80 p.m. PURIM CARNIVAL Be sure and mark Mar. 3 on your calendar and plan to attend the Purim Carnival at 11:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to volunteer to help with the carnival, please call the eynagogue office.
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An ad Journal is being put together by the United Synagogue of America in I honor of the 40th anniversary of United Synagogue Youth and Rabbi Paul and Nina Freedman. Anyone interested In placing an ad should contact Lany Moldo (653-3221 Or 55^^903) for ad fbmia. Deadline for ads Is March 1,1991.
Lincoln B'nal Jethurun FRIDAY: 8 p.m., Womao'a Sabbath Service. SATURDAY: Mondng aervice and Torah atudy, 10 a.m. SUNDAY: 10 a.m, Religious adiod daaaee. At 10 a.m., brunch with a speaker will be hdd at the aynagogue. WEEKDAYS: Feb. 19,7:30 p.m. Adult EducaUon. Feb. 21, 7:30 Choir r»hearaal.
Council Bluffs B'nal Israel SERVICES: FRIDAY: Oneg Shabbat foUows 7:30 p.m. servica PASSOVER SEDER B'nai larad congregation akng with Rabbi Sharon Stiefel are planning an exceptional first night Passover Seder on Mar. 29. TradititmaUy a family seder night, B'nai Israel recognizea the need to bring Jews together on thia special evening. The conununity is invited to attend and participate with us. llie service will begin at 6 p.m. The cost of the meal is $12 for adults and $5 for children, or $35 per family. Reservations are necessary by Mar. 8. For reservations contact Mindy Clark, 2894711, or Linda Sadofaky, 345-3188, or mail to P.O. Box 1164, CouncU Bluffs, IA 51502. Services are held at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Fridays of the month and are open to the community. The synagogue is located at 618 Mynater in Council Bluffs. For more information contact EUen Fennkk at 890-9062.
Lincoln TIftreth Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8 p.m. tobe held at Temple B'nai Jeahnran to honor Jewiah Women's Shabbat SATURDAY: Shabbat Shekalim Servicea, 9'.80 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Minyana each Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m.
Blumkin Home FRIDAY: Evening aervioe, 7:80 p.UL
SATURDAY: Morning aervice, 9 a.m. Thereaidenta and atatf of the Roae Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers and frienda of the reaidents to attend aervicee in the Herbert Qoldsten Chapti. Kiddush foUows services on Shabbat
Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Sendees in the Capahart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat followa the aaivloe.
Parashat Tannnah WhyT Who died? A congregant in anIn poet-Biblical times, other dty, once told me even a little earlier, the that he waa returning from Synagogue surpassed the an evening aervioe at the Tensile in influence, and Synagogue, on a weekday, eventuaUy displaced it and happened to mention American synagogues this to a lady who was a have recently been demember of the same con- scribed in several impo^ gregati(». tant historical and sodo"Why?" she said, dis- logial studies. One remark turbed. "Who died?" by one scholar has it that The question is part of "where you sit in part the picture of American- reflects your rsligious beJewish life, with all its liefs." wesknesses. Truth to tell, howevw, There are some the American synagogue strengths. In most dties, has been gently, in some except the largest, Ameri- cases rou^iy, elbowed out can Jews feel some com- of prominence by the Fedmunity preasure to be eratiou; members of a synagogue. There are some good Not only Jewish conunu- results involved here, like nity preesure. It is part of the more effident use of "re^ectable" living in the conununity funds in some United SUtea. One identi- endeavors, like the comfies himself, in part, by munity library, where some s<Nt of religious af- community use avoids filiation. duplication. It does not require much The Federation grew in religious participation. prominence largely beOnly if someone dies, as in cauae of the unprecethe lady's question, or a dented need for funds for wedding or Bar/Bat Mitz- Jews in Europe and then vah, or the need to say m larael, during the last Kaddish, or the High Holy two generations. Days, Yizkor, or some And few have been willother pleasant or un- ing to say aloud that Fedpleasant occaaion. eration and Jewish ComThere is, to be sure, a munity Qenter use of amaU cadre of Jews who funds for local purposes regularly attend Sabbath has been made faifihiteiy service, a number which easier by raising the funds, grew aa the 6-day week in- ostensibly, for overseas creaain^y deecribed the needa and then allocating American economic acene. increasingly large percoaOur Sklrah opena a long tages to local and national section of the Book of needs. Sh'mot, Exodus, devoted entirely, with (Mie signifiIn all of this, the synacant exception, to the gogoea have beonne infund-raiaing, the laying creasingly irrelevant to out of plane, and the con- American-Jewish life, exstruction of the Sanctuary cqit for a few wall-defined, limited areas already menof the wildemeaa. Later there is the Tem- tioned. They have been "put in their place." ple in Jsrusalem.
Temple plans special musical service Teazle Israel will hold a spedal musical Shabbat evning aervioe on Feb. 22. Cantor Karen Webber will be joined by a quartet to preaent "From the sea to the synagogue—A composer's night."
raphies of the compoaera wfll woven into the aervice aa the "Mi Chamocha," simg in the trope of the "Song of the Sea" is juxtaposed with B modern candle blessing sung in Hebrew and Engliah.
The service will feature the compositions of Bonia Shur, Michael Isaacaon, Lazar Weiner and Cantor Rita Glaaman. Cantor Webber aaid that the biog-
Members of the quartet are: Kevin Gibbs, tenor; Lori Wilson, soprano; Kent Standerford, baas; Camille Matoyer-Moton, mezzo-soprano.
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BILUU8Y For the past coiule of years the highli^t of Omaha BILU Chapter USY's year has been the annual Porim Carnival. This year's carnival will take place Mar. 3. Many new booths an planned for this year's event acctH-ding to Purim Carnival chairman Philip Paley. There win be prizee to be won and once again, we are eoqwcting a large turn out and greet succeas lot this year's Porim Carnivid, the chairman said. Over the weekend of F^. 1-3, BILU USY along with several other chi^ ten, attended a conclave in Mhmeapolis. EMTZA region hdd its winter regional board meeting at the conclave. A lot was accomplished in prepantion for the upcoming year. Omaha BILU brought over 30 members to the conclave. Andy Beesinger, a senior, said "This was the last coadave that I was able to attend since I plan on graduating this spring, and I must say that it was the best that I have ever attended. I felt that the freshman that went to our past Kinnus that had a less than amusing time now have a totally different opinion towards regional events and USY in general" Althou^ this was the last conclave planned for Omaha BILU tUa year, the chapter win be hosting a shul-in in March. The USY chaptere firom Sioux
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A new thespian By JOCUNU When Whitney Taxman's tether pidu her up eariy from school, it's not for rf«nriiig lessons or a Yiait to the doctor, she's on her way, to the theater. Whitney, nineonMrold daughter of Jeff and Shmy Taxman, is having h« acting debut as Sarah in Uw Firahouae Theatre's production of the comedy "Nights at the Round Table." "I brouj^my script to school for the Idds to read and it todc two days to pass it around," Whitn^ proudly said. "There are 18 people in my class." Whitney admits that she only misses recess at school "I like just being on stage. The hardest part is remembering my lines." She wants to be « doctor when she grows iq>, Whitney said. "Mi^ybe a doctor and an actress." The charMrten and tiw setting of the iday are baaed OD e^perienon of the piaiywij^its while Uving in Ga^ riaon, Iowa. The play runs through Mar. 31.
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If someone had decided to write a play to be presented at the Jewish Community Center in Omaha in the winter of 1991, he or she couldn't have equalled "The Iminigrant." The timing was great and so was the play. From the mommt I saw HaskaU Hardik tiying to teach his new-found frimd, Ima Perry, played by Gail Ginsburg, how to pronounce his name, images of meeting all the new Russian families in Omaha danced in my head. When Ima Peny tried to overcome the lanquage barrier by talking louder to the ioamigrant, laughter bubbled from the audience. Many of us recognized the technique as one we had mistakoily made in recent months. And those bananas Haskell peddledl Just a few months earlier I had found that the favorite new food for most of our newly arrived friends from Russia was bananas. I couldn't tell you if Haskell's accent was correct, but Ima Perry sounded just like someone from southern Missouri who had spent most of her life in Texas. And she acted just like a Jewish motharl I saw a bit of southern
Miltm Perry, played by Terry Doughman, aa be leaned l>ack in his chair while making a loan to the young Harelik. Or maybe it was just the traita of a southern gentleman. When Leah Haielik, played by Gina Marie Saoco, made her appearance, I didn't lilra her character at first. How dare she, this neidy arrived immigrant, not like the advantages that were being offered her in America. And then I thought of all the mothers and fathers, sisters and bcrthers, aunts and uncles the Zinkovs, the Pisetskys, and the Metriks have left behind in Russia. How lonely it must be at times to remember a street or a coffee house that you will never see again. However localized it seemed to me however, the play has universal appeal. Whoi Mntoa Perry, played superbly by Dou^unan, doesn't know how to begin to eat a blintz, the audience roared with lau£^ter. Now the audience Saturday night must have been 90 per cent Jewish, but anyone who has faced a strange food would have related to the experience. The small short scones of the play were complimented with black and white slides that were shown on the side of a porch, with music playing that ranged from Russian
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