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Livingston Foundation elects Kully thst Mr. Kully's aztansive participation in civic and philantliropic causes, his business azp«rienoe, and his youtliful energy, made him an ideal choice to guide ths FVMmdiitiaB in ite chariteble activities in future years.

Robert I. KuUyhaa been mklUd preaidant of the MJlton A^aad CariDne N. :Uviiigatoii, Inc. He sucoeeda Jole M. Newman, who dM aaiUar this year, and who had bsin presi!)lent of the FoundatioD linco 1M8. Mr.K«lfyfaaslaasban itfCtive in Jtwish and dvic affairs, most recently havM ban oo-duJrman of ^ IMt Jewiah Federation Campaign. He has •trvod on wmHrotu boards, iadwdteg tht Jewish PediraOoo, Tenqple laraal and Downtown IClwanis Qub. , He is an honorsry state life member of the Neiraska PTA, and in 1966 was a Nafarsska dale|its I* ths White House ConiirtDoe on Small Business. Pa haslMsn a trustee of Itbe Livingston Founds|||onsiBoal«M,sndpr«vi-

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OUMT officers elected by the Foundstlon board are Uuxny H. Newman, vice preaidant: StanlsyJ. Slosburg, treasurer; and Suzanne Singer, aecretary. Yale Richards cootinuea ss executive director.

Mb«tKsUy In private basiness, Mr. KullyisprasidsntofHIK Enterprises, Ltd., a consulting flite spedslisfaig in cold storage and food proosssiBg, Morton A. Richards, who was sleeted ohalrman of ths board ol trastsss of

The Livingston Foundstioo waa founded in 1948 by Milton and Corinns Livingston. Mr. Llvltagston served ss president untU his death in 1968. Mrs. Livingston disd in 1969. Sinos ite inception, tha Foundation has pfaoad a nu^or role ip supiMrting Jewish and othsr philsnthropie CMiseo loeaby, natis^sHy md in IinsL

Abe Geadlcr carries • aymbolic etenul l^t as he leada the Torah 1 the oU jqrMgogoe. He ia aaalated by his aim, Lmy.

Gains status By Taawr Levy GENEVA IJTAKIsrael hss been grsnted observer status by ths European Ofganiaatien for Nodsar Research, with which ite sdentiste have been collaborating since the Iste 1970s. Israel and tlia center, known internationally as CERN, win sign sn sgrsement on July 26 that will make Israeli companisa aligibls to partietpate ini CERN prqiecte. laraal will be required to omtribute tlie equivslsnt (rf 9640,000 annually, 76 percent of which will be need for the puxchaae of lanaii pntaote by CBEN and 15 percent to provide yoont I«aoU adandste with siiort psriods of tnln- >

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Envoy to Italy By GO Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)Avi Pamer, for the Isst 10 yesrs • doss side to Prime Minister Yitshak Shamir, baa boen named Israel's aszt ambaasador to Italy. He is said to have preferred France but wss blocked in that ambition by Foreign Minister Dsvkl Levy, who was tsfiktsnt to rsplMs veteran Ambassador Ovadia Soffar with

Shamir's man. Pasner, 64, is currently Shamir's media spokeeman and adviser. A caresr dipkwuit, joined the Foreign I try ss a trainee and I at a number of poote ; Africa and the Unit Sta^. He became Foreivi Miniatry'a 1 spcricesman 10 jreara when Shamir was: minister.

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Livingston Foundation elects Kully ',

Robert I. Kully has been 'elaetad president of the Milton Aând Corinne N. Livingston, Inc. He sue;'coeds Jule M. Nemnan, who died aarUar this year, and who had baan president of the Poundaticni since 1968. ^ Mr. Kaify has long been ; active in Jowish anddvic âffairs, naoet recently having been co<hainnan of [the 1991 Jewish Fadera[tion Campaign. He has ' served on BUBMrous boards, închiding the Jewish FadI eratioo. Ttomla laraal and ^Downtown Kiwania Qub. He is an honorary state liitt member of the Nerfaraaka PTA, and fai 19M Iwas a Nebraaka dalanta [to the White Houae Cool^wspce on Small Biisiiiass t'Ha has bean a tmataa of iOm Livingston FooadaitioBBtDoalSSS.andprtvl^4ms(y Mr«vd IS Mcr^Mry.

Robert KaOy In priveto borimsa, Mr. Kully is pieaidntofRIK Bnterprlaas, Ltd., • consuldng fhte spodaUiing in cold storage and food proossatng Morton A. Richards, who was elected ohairman of the board of tnistoea of tha FoviKlBtioa. tUtad

that Mr. KnSy's eztansive participation in dvic and philanthropic causes, his business azpcrieBoe, and his youthful eoargy, made him on ideal choice to guide the Foundation in ite charitable activities in future yesrs. Othw officers dected by the Foundation board ore Murray H. Newman, vice presidmt; Stanley J. Sloeburg, treasurer; and Suzanne Singer, seeretaiy. Yale Richarda contiBuea aa executive director. The Livingston Foundation waa founded in 1948 by Miltao and CoriaM Livlngseon. Mr. Llvliirston served as preaidaot until his death ia 1968. Mrs. Uvhigston died in 1969. Since ite incoptioB, the Fouadation has piarnd a aMJor rob ip supporting Jewish and oihsr pUlaathropte cauasa bcafly, aationaKy aad in lonuL

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status By Tamar LSvy GENEVA |JTA)-l8rael has been granted obeerver stetus by the BuriHpean Orgsnizstion for Nuclear Research, with which its sdentiste have bean oolhdMjrating aiaos tha late 1970s. Israel and tha center, knowa intamationally as CERN, wiU sign an agreement on Julv 26 that will make Isrsfui companiee eligible to partldpate in! CERN prtiieete. larari wifl be feqabed to contribute the equivalent of l«40,0Q0 annually, 76 percent of which will be uaed for the purohaae of Iiraeli pradocte by CERN and 16 pansnt to provide yooat Imali acimtlats withabiHiMHodaaftnlBfaigattheCEllNtadlittoa.

Envoy to Italy By OU Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)Avi Pazner. for the laat 10 yeara a chiae akie to Prime Minister Yitchak Shamir, has been named Israel's next ambassador to Italy. He is said to have preferred France but waa blocked hi that ambition by Foisign Miaiatartlavkl Levy, who waa nfittiant to replace veteran Ambassador Ovadia BOht with

Shamir's man. PanMT, 64, is currently Shamir's media qiokeemaaand adviser. A career diplnmat, he joined tha Poraign Miaiatiy as a trainee and served at a Qiunber of poste in Africa and the United Sta^a. He became the Foniffi Ministry's media spokeaman 10 years ago when Shamir was foreign minister.

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Rev. Arthur Gendler dies Other Jews of Rev. Gendler'a stature are more often found in larger Jewish p(Vulation 'centers, Biit Rev. GcodUr wto ti% htai» in Omaha, md was coinfortaUe practicing his religion heie—a trij^te, iitdeed, to Rev. Gendler and the Omaha Jewish community.

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tag te pwMuJ abairi'a UtmlmtiUaMtaarjmotiM. Servieea irara held on July 7 at the Jewish FoMnl Home for Reverenl Arthur Gendler, 102. Bitbi was at Golden Hill CMfltary. tijgy. Gendler waa preeeSed in death by his wife, Esther, and aon, CSiailes. He is anrvivwl by dangfaten, Jean Gendler, Sa&y (Mrs. Leon) Wintroub and Matgie (Mra. Paul) Alper son; sona, Irving, Norman, Sam and Hymie; 16 grandchildrao, 13 greattprandchildren and one greatgreat-grandchild. RSVJ Gendler I came to the United States frcnn Shomak. Poland in 1921. Arriving in Omaha, he did odd jobe to siqiport hiafamily until Rabbi Grodamity recommended that Gendler, an observant Jew, leam shechita, or ritual alaogbter. He received Kebula, the authorization neoeesary to practice shechita, from Grodainaky and went on to supervise the koeher Idll at Cudahay Packing Company until retiring in 1961. R«v. Gendler was a student of the Tkfannd throufl^ oat hia lifls. He received amicfaa iriiile still living in Ptaland. His knowledge of Jewiah teachings and law waa coounittod to maia-

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onuBcixmY NEW YORK (JTA)The first Intamati<mal Jewfah FVwrfnist IWrectwy has been pubUahed by the American Jewiah Cqogtess, the grow has annbuoced. It contains Uw oamee, addre(|ses and teltphone numbers of Jewish feminists an over the world along with their ocoipaticms, interests and (HganizaUonal affiliations.

Study of Toronto Jews a bundle of paradoxes

ory; at his last seder, with eyesight failing, he redted By GflKeswer the Haggadah without TORONTO (JTA)-The glandng at the written 160,000>strong Jewish words. community of greater A wdl-rounded individ- Toronto is a bundle of ual, he was alao a doee fol- paradoxes. It is a community of lower of current events, was always politically solid middle-class afaware and ta^ctyed discus- fluence and of poverty. Nearly every Jewish sion of cmtemporary affairs. As a devo^ fatho- child receives a Jewish and grandfather. Rev. education, but intermarOendkr never forgot a riage has soared in the last 26 years. birthday or anniversary And while neariy half of gift; one week before his deatli, he instructed his Toronto's Jews belong to daughter to write a check a synagogue, few attend for other fomily members' services regularly. That profile emerged birthdays and anniverfrom the first-ever such saries. study of a Canadian JewAs a man of pious ob- ish community, released servance, Rev. Gendler here June 6. The study was reUgious but not fa- was conducted by Profesnatic. He waa always toler- sor Gary Tobin of Branant of others, never de- deis University in Waltmeaning Ihose around him ham, Mass., together with who were not as obser- Jay Brodbar-Nemser and vant Rerv. Gendler gave Allan Rdtses of the Torgenerotasly to numerous onto Jewish Congress. charities and yeshivot Tobin anajyud data on mnafA the world.

1,400 Jewish honseliolds coUeeted in a tdephone survqr conducted laM year by Social Data RoMUch. A household was defined as Jewish if any famfly member identified as such. The 28-page report is called "Greats' Toronto Jewish Cnnmunity Study: A First Look." Among its findings are the following: *While the median an-. nual household income of respondents is $45,000, and approximately onefifth of households report earnings of over $80,000, some subgroups—including single parents, the disabled and the elderly—are vulnerable to poverty. *Forty-one percent of respondents are foreignborn immigrants, 40 percent natives of Toronto and 10 pwoodt originally from. Montreal.

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OAVm E. OREENBERG ' Omvedde services were held on July 8 at Beth El Cemetery for DarM E. Greenbe^. Mr. Greenberg was the owner of dumber Specialty and Siq>ply Co. He was a past i»esident of B'nai B'rith and a member of the Masons and Shriners. Mr. Greenberg is survived by his wife. Sue; daughters, Lois (Mrs. Joel) Finkel and Judy (Mrs. Gene) Kohm sister, Ida (Mrs. Lou) Shafton of Sioux Falls, S.D.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. ANNECANFIELD Graveside services were held on July 5 at Golden Hill Cemetery for Anne Canfiddf 67. With bar husband. Leroy, Mrs. Canfield cofounded Canfield'a Sport-, ing Gooda. She was vke president of the operation wUOx was started in 1946 as an Army surphu store and later expanded into sporting goods. Mrs. Cufiald waa active in Beth lar^ Synagogue andHadaaaah. In addition to her hus-

band, Mrs. Canfield is sm*vived by a aon, Richard, who is also active in the bustnees; daui^ters. Donna Canfield Stender and Dabby Canfield Rothfiaid. both of Chicago; sistw, Eva Aaron; brothers, Isadore FVinberg and Bernard Feinberg; sev^ en grandchildren. TRUDY FALKENSTEIN Graveside servicee were held on July 10 at Beth El Cemetery for Trudy Fat Mrs. Falkenstein is snr^ vived by a dau^tar, Viderie Lqiin and thrae grandchildren. She was preceded fai death by her husband, Julius. The family auggests memorials to Beth El Synsgogue or the Heart Fund.

Wintroub reunion A "Wintroub Family of Kupel Reunion" is being plumed for June 27-29, 1992, in Omaha. This includes the Rosen, Potashnick and Kleiman branches, according to Omahans Leon Wintroub and Ed Rosen. Mr. Wintroub, 496-1621, and Idr. Roaen, 391-1113, said, "We welcome aD, menibers, their spouses"' snd 'off-shoots.' We wobld appreciate it if anyone that is related would conthe fsMivitiee and plans. "To date we have about 360 living descendants, but several missing addressea. Consequent, we feel aome people have slipped through the tomches, so {dease caatact a family member."

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SYLVIA BERNSnilN Gravaaid9 aecvicea were held at Beth El Cemetery on July 10 for Syhria Bamstein. Mrs. Bemstdn is survived by a daughter, Jean Ellum, and a son, Jerry Bernstein; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Harry Z., and stm. Metviii, preceded her in death. The family suggests memoriate to the Beth El Synagogue Fund or .the Roae BlumUn Home.,

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B'NAI B'RITH ELECTS OFFICERS At a recent general membership meeting of Hemy Momlcy Lodge B'nai B'rith. elections were held and Riduud Diamond was elected president. Vice presidents are Bd> Birt, Tom Goodman, Ed Joseph, Mark Sanford and Howard ShandelL Len Schulta was elected treasurer and Mike Abramson is immediate paat president.

Orandpannts an Rose and Sanl Davis and Barb and Maynud Flnkte. liaa and Michael Wi man of Landsdale, Fn., announce the July 2 birth of a dangfater, Hamuh RachaL Grandparents an Phyllia and Jerry Wasaerman, and Jean and Harry Perimutter of Westwood, NJ. GreatgrandmotlMrs are Ida Potash, Molly Bimbanm of Oifton. NJ., and Beaaie Perlmutter of LooisviUe, Ky.

BREADBREAKERS Bob Birt, Breadlireakers chairman fw July, has announced that Major Robert MeOowan, USAF, will speak at the July 17 hmcheoQ. Migor McGowan is prMident of the Tuskegee Airman. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at noon at the Regency Best Westem. C<Mit for the luncheon is $7; the community may attaod.

ISlMldao Cohen and Myron Kaplan were each appointed to a three-year term as Lodge trustees. HM Omaha Community Other trustees are Al Abpresented ramson, Howard Epstein, Playhouse Steve Eprteln, Rim Joro, awarda volunteers reStsve SUkm, Ed Rosen oeotly. Beverly, Franklin reand Ira Trachteobarg.

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CLARIFICATION At the recent B'nai B'rith District 6 Convention, Hemy Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith receiveid the District Community Service award for outstanding programming in District 6.

ceived the EsteDe En|^ award for "outatanding servk* in ths box offica" Patty Nogg received a memberahip award and Steve Priesman and his daughter, Jenny, each received BadiMage Vahiabie Service awards.

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By Badbara Chawlkr Fadaratioai pobUc rilatfDM tfrecter A preliminary raport of tfaerasolta of the Omaha Jewish Conummity Naeda Sorvegr will be preaented at the August mseting of the Planning and Evuuatioo Committee, aooordfaig to Jerry M. Stnsky, diairman of the PftE Committea The final report ahould be ready for presentation to the Federation's Board of Directors in September, Mr. Shisky said. The survey results vrere obtained from random telq>hane interviews of the Omaha Jewish community, omducted by the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebradca st Omaha under the supervision of Rsymond A. Clark, CPAR's senior community service

aasodate. and Dr. PaOavi D. Chavda. aenkarreaearch associate, The final results of the aurvey will be used to more effectively bodgst and allocate resources witUn the Omaha Jewish community. Dr. Chavda reported that the entiy of infbrmation into the computer is moving along. Ite final report wffl indude an qipeDdix of responaes to <^>enended questions, and extra care is being Utkeu to easure that even the smallest piece of information that mi^t be of vahie in assessing the needs of the community is included in the analysis. APPOINTED EDITOR PHILADELPHIA (JTA) -Dr. Ellen Frankel has been apptunted editor in chief of the Jewish Publication Society.

BARTHMAUNE Fran and Hinh Berth of Syosset. N.Y.. awnounoe the engagement of thahdaughter, Miadi Sharon, to Alan J. MaHns, son of Ruth and Monis MaUne of Omaha. Ms. Berth haa earned a maater'a degree in hitter education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mr. Mdfaie, anelectrical engfaieering graduate from Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., is a systems enguieer with Electronic Data System in Troy, Mich. A fall of 1992 wedding is planned. LIBERMANSIMBIEL Mr. and Mrs. Saul Libei^ man of Deerfleld, IlL, announce the engagement of their dauj^ter, Laura, to

fonoer Omahan Kimmal, aoo of 1^' Mrs. Charies Kimagwl Paim firings, CaUL A SapC 1 wadding ^ tidw place in Chioico. Thalature ~ ~ is a consultant Hunter Hosidtal Groop < Chicago. ROSINgKY/JOAC Mr. and Mrs. Roshuky announce tiM 4 gagement of their *' ter, Janqy, to Neil Jo of Dallas, Texas. The couple idana a I tember wedding at 7 El Synagogue in r Ms. Rosinsky, a grwhi-" ate of the Univer^ty of Texas, is a studio eoadinator at the Horchow Collection, Dallas. Her fiance is a sale? engineer at LSI Logics in Dallas. "nte future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rt^bert Joachim.

Conservative movement faces intermarriage By Debra Nnssbnmi Cohen on data from the Jewish NEW YORK (JTA)- Population Survey. Intermarriage has snuck Intermarriage among up on the Conservative Jews who identify themmovement. selves ss Conservative is It's not that Conserva- now incressing at nearly tive leaders have ignored the same rate as it is for the proUem, whidi has those who identify thembeen an issue for them, to selves as Reform, he some extent, since the noted. nM-1960s. But it is begfaiSome Cooaervative rabning to have an impact on bis say tiiat as many of 26 the movement in ways percent of their now members at* intarmaniad. thsy never axpected. Intermarriage, they "One cannot overeatithonght, really an)y af- ma^a>tbs sariooaaam of fected Reform Jews. this threat to the ftitnte of Now Conservative lead- ths JewiahpeofOak" stated ers are waking up to the Rabbi Irwin Groaiar, praaifact that ever-increaaing dent of the Coosarvativa rates of intormarriage movement's Rabbinical promise to tranaform the Assembly, at ita annual very character of C(Hiser- omvention in ApriL vative Jewry, much as "Even if the Jewish they are changing the com- partners in interfaith marposition of the American riages retain their Jewish. Jewish community as a identity, hi whatever form, whole. the likelihood of that idenCommon wisdom held tity bdng transmitted to that the rate of intermar- children and grandchildren riage within the Conserva- has been cstastrophically tive movement was hold- reduced." ing steady at about five This was Groner's caD to percent. arms, a clarion call to the But new information entire movement, a warnfrom the Council of Jewish ing that intermarriage is Federations' 1990 Na- an issue which the Consvtional Jewish Populaticm vative movement can shrink Survey reveals that 28 per cent of all married Jews «1io ware raiaed in Conaarvative homee are wedded to non-Jews. And among those Jews By AUaaMvena raised In Conservative UNITED NATIONS homee who have married shioe 1986,42 percent wed (JTA)-IsrseU and U.S. non-Jews, according to officials ars hi ths process Egon Mayer, professor of of drsfUng a reeohitlon to sociology st Brooklyn Col- repeal the infamous 1976 lege and author of an up- U.N. General Asssmbly coming monograph on in- rseoiuUon denigrating Zitermarriage patterns based onism as s form of radsm. Israel's U.N. ambassador, Yoram Aridor, aaid a U.S.-prapared draft Is b»' ing stucued and there is hmpe that the resolution win fhially be repealed hi the upcoming General Assembly session.

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away from no more. Conservative Judaism, while it has taken a position (»intennarriage since the early 19608, has not addressed the ramifications of the trend and has "buried its head in the sand," asserts Rabbi Gilbert KolUn, chairman of the RabUnkal Aaaodation's Committas on Keruv and Olyor (outreach and conver^on). Tlie result baa been that "Conservative coaigregatkns are penoaived by interfaith couples aa uncomfortable at best We've been sending some of our best people to the Reform movement," he says. The ConaervaUve approach has bean to try and strike the difficult balance of condemning intermar riage, considered illegal ac-

cwding to the binding lialachic standards of Conservative Judaism, iriiile welcoming intermarried coiqdes snd families to the synsgogue and encourage ing ^eir conversioaL The problem is not in the tong-standing phBoaophy, but in flndingwaya to tranalate it faito aietion. "W« haven't nati inaistsnca to the ooaioa^'* KolUn notes. "We have met reeiatance to ita jwipi^wiMmtft*^" Hie goal is to qrchea tiatSk throughout the movemsnt, progrsms dasigied to strengthen Jewish kiant^, to anoooraga marriage withm the fiith, and to make Conservative Judaism sttractive tonooJews married to Jewish partnera and persuade tliem to convert.

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A different Shabbat morning By RabU Paal Draaen, Beth El Synagogoe It was Afficuh to dackls iriiat to talk about tUs morning. No matter what, no matter how thia day is apivoached, it caanot be said that this Shabbat mmiing is like any other Shabbat morning, it is not.

What a dayl Tbtn an maiqr iMmanble monwntB, bapj^ hoars, aad deUj^itful diqra in oae'a bank of Ufs't e^Mriflooes, but to &d one inddant equal to tha drama of B«th El Synagogna'a moving day would be hard to do. If one mra a poet, a c«mipoew, an artiat, it mi^t be poasible to ooovejr the beauty of a coogregatfaiiial move from a synagogue of proven memories to a new facility having the potential to exceed the uqiectations of the moat discriminating. Being a mere editmial writOT, I must rdy on words to paint the picture—to set the stage—to bring you the tears and joy—the feelings of a congregation on the move. Last Sunday morning, several hundred members of Beth El gathoed to pray and to move the Ckmgregatioo's sacred scrolls to a new buflding off 144th and West Dodge. When the Torahs were removed from the Ark and made ready for the journey, congregants released a qMCtrum of emotions from unabashed tears to joyous dancing. This was a cddl>ration that one partic^tes in perhaps ooce in a lifetime. Grand^Mreots, parents, and children paraded throufljiout the synagogue and by jdan, poured onto 49th and Famum ultimately bringing the Terah scrcdls to a long line of convertibles. To indicate that the kigistics went like chx^work would not be accurate. llMre was confoakm with 8(m>e Torah bearers being in the wrong place and some other partic^Mnts wbo found it difficult to cope with the directkna. But all in all. the police eecoi ted procession prooeded to the new building under the watchfrd qre of televiskm cameras and Dodge Street bystanden. Outafaie the new bmlding, hundreds awaited the arrival <d tifB Torahs and the opportunity to partk^ate in the first service at the new aynagogue. It was standing room only in the sanctuary as Beth El settled into its new house of pr^rar. Many years of history passed in review in the minds and hearts of the okler congregants that day as they gave up their tU seats for the new. And as the many young adults with their chiklren demoostrated thefr faitereat, one could only conclude that Beth El was about to embark on a new and vxdting etmptm in ita abvady accooqilished history. Coogratulatknu to Rabbi Paul Dnum, Cantor Emil Beriravita, Preakiant Ray Goldstein, adminiBtrator Marie Potash, and the congregants who made a dream come true.

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This is the last Shabbat here. Althou^ we had pledged a few weAs ago we ahould no kmgtr emphasiae the lasts, wa can't do that For today is a last Something for the history booka: Hannah Raonard, the last Bat Mitsvah at Beth El oo 49th Street, at the laat Shabbat morning service held there. But I won't dwdl on lasts. Although, that's not easy. There are many. Yet, for all the laats we note, this entire process is a first T%e last time Beth El moved, it was from tempwary quarters, the Jewish Community Center, and no matter how much thait felt like home after a period of time, it was a toiqiorary location. But this l>uOding, this is our home. We buOt it It's been the only home we've known; leaving it is sad.

The population has shifted. Thia area was near the western end of Omaha in 1940, so I am given to understand. CaUfomia and 144tb Street was a day's tr^if anyone could even think ol a'reason to go that frff away, even further than Bojrs Townl The Jewish population of Omaha has dropped since 1941. There were more Jews here hi those d^^. Yet the numbers projected a gantration ago in damogrmhfcsur veya have not reflected what ^ eaqperts sidd thay woukL Jewish Omaha has not vaniahed. That has much to do with the fact that many Jews moved here. Msny ol ns hava A quick gjanoe shows that Just k)ok at the bimah, eveQTooe seated here: Raonard, Barkovits, Gddstain end Draaen/all moved to Omaha. None of us were even thought about in that survey. The statistics show an out migratkai, but there is in migration as well

A personal note about Omaha. Being from St. Louis I knew there was an Omaha, but I didn't know too much mere. Before I came to Omaha for my interview, the only time I was here was during a stofhovar on a flight to Sioux City. I did know sometUng about Omaha: Joel Althouj^ it's sad, it's slso reality setting in. Consider Epstdn and Milton Erman. I knew my frioids Ned snd for a moment how much times have changed since this Joan Knidce had an undo here, my friend Netta's father. buikling was first built How life has changed. Who But I didn't know much else. would prefer going back 50 years on Uie medical scene? We came, found we have relatives here and we've When this bidding was built Polio waan't a vaccine, it was a terror. By-paas surgery, years of productive fife grown here. My first Shabbat here was just over nine on dialjrsis, were dreams, at best when Beth El estab- years ago. Our family has grown and changed here; I've lished itself an the way out west on 49th Street Who changed. Beth El has chsnged. Nothing is more a sign of that than the building we have built to house this conwould want to go back? gregation. Timea change. Devicea we consider commonplarB: And all we can be sure of is that as times changed in machinee that can pluck i^cturee out (rf the sky and record those pictures; phones you can use in sir«onditioaed the past, they will continue to change in the future. As aut<murf>iles that shift gears antomntkailly, thinking much as we might lilte to freeze time and preeerve it, maddnee which even set the type of the si<kiur we use: we cannot As much as we might like to turn back the ttoee were sdenoe fiction 60 years ago, when this build- clock, we cannot. ing was built. So as we say Shabbat Shalom this morning, we also Times change. My uncle was offered a chance to buy say good bye to an era. When we and Shabbat, by sayPolarokl stock at 91 a share and opted, instead, to buy ing Shavuidi tov tcmij^t it will be before a week with a Studebaker. After all, who would think anyone would a most auspidoos beginning. want to see a picture after a minute? But a Yet for all the changee, things win be much the same. Studebaker-thatll laatl Come tamorrow evening at 5:90, we win have Minha and Ma'ariv. Monday at 6:66 a.m. we'D have Shaharit Yes, Times change. Wh«i this buUding was being built, it's a diffarent address. But the servkje wiU be same. psofde spoke of the Great War. It was dedicated one Indeed, that's the way it's been since the days of the week after the d^ Which lives in infancy. It has Men wars, police actions, sttugglss, conflicts and riots. And parsha for thia morning. The Torah recounts the each, I know, was lecogniaed firam this pd^t And each sacrificee which were to be tamid, eternal and ongoing. was, I Imow, the source <A thought and prayers from Scrvkas were held then, morning and ni^t servicee are held now, morning and nif^t. "Ilie content and context this congregation. haa changed, but the purpose—never-ceasing praise of Timss change. When this building was built, PalesGod, has never changed. tine was a place Jews ooDected mon^ for, died over and prayed for. The State of Israel came into being, wars That was the puipoae of Jewish worship in those days. there, prayers here. Each, I kmiw, was rscognised from Such it was whin this congregation was founded and this pd^t And each waa, I know, the source of thought when it moved hare. So sluJl it be, God wiUing, for yeara and prayera from this congrsgatkm. to come.

The last Shabbat service' By Maiy PaOmaa It waa Saturday, July 6,1991. Mambera, many membars, of the Beth El famOy were in regular aeats for the "last Shabbat aarvieo" before moving day. It was the last Bat Mitivah in the more than efryaaorokl boikiing. It waa the laat Haftarah to be chanted there, the last

Fathen" with RabU Davkl GoUatain. It indnded wanting down the aiale to many Morria, watching-our children go from nuraary adiool graduatkoa, bar and bat mitsvah, Beth El Higji School radnatiOM, being caOad to the Torah befon their maniagae and the wadding oaranoay itaaU. And unfortonataly, the aad moenanta ol tiM fanarala of very dear oosa.

" AdoB 01am" to be sung, the last Uddnsh. And it was an ovarwiisfaning aqMrinoa for many, old and young. In our fandty and maqy othen it meant invotveoMota Tbehunpkith^tkraat thataantatlMagraa, thachokMlup laaUagB wwa aB than, lion than OM pmoB aakt, to^ynagognatatatarhoodandUSYpnatdandaBAadtha "don't talk to me or I'D borst tato twn," and fhmUy, glocloaa BMOMtiaa of Pnrim candvala, gala diaaen of I waan't havtag sndi an oaqr tiao aithar. honor aad wlabratfcw, and ao ancfa taan. ^nddaaly, aftar yaan of planning, tide waa itl Moving dagr had It was avMmon MDOtiaDal Soadvy morntaig; July 7, tl It waa time to bid a veiv loving farewaD to the tha aetnal "tUi Jb radbr it movtag «Qr" to the asw Bath bdUing that waa a vital part o( our Uvaa. It had airvad El Sroofofo* boikiiag on 146th and CaUforni*. Long baion the bagtaning o( the 9 an. Shaehrit a«vioa, wall Aad ao wabai^ the drive wast in a mflateig hundrada of faralUaa with thair ^iUm crowded the liiipi aaalw poUn aacerted procaaaioo at cars following aanctoary to shara. to partidpata, to ronambar. the "Torah baaiara." Tbfsthir th«r read. "IWa is the diQF iridch ths Lord has Than waa a change of moods as we approachad 146th made, on it 1st us rojotoe snd ba glad." strset aad oooki sw the top of the Beth El aaaetuary over the borisoo oo Dodge Street Wa wen not diaapAnd yee, they wan glad, but they wen also sad. Iliey pointed as we moved qtuck]y into the new sanctuary, partidpatad in the fhanging of the Torah coven, redrawing in the old red velvet one we had uaed for so as we sang and prayed together and rejoiced in the apamany yeara befon the beautiful coktred naadlapoint dooa new atmoophan. We atood shoukler to shoulder covers were cmted. Thty marched and tbqr pri^yad, to thank God throogfa the "shacheysysna" prayer. And timy sang and Joined in the many exdting ^oriooa the Torahs wan dreased again, this time in thefr colormomenta. And thay remmbarad. Some had been praa' ful needkpointad fiaary. ent for the dedicaUon of this building years ago, and Together we read. "May thia qmagogue be, for aU who their msmoriss wan plaotifuL enter, the doorway to a rkhar and man meaningful Ufs." For me, Bath El had become a part of my Ufs whan Truly, it waa a "moving" moving day. We had I I waa only 12 yaan okl and my paranta enrolled me at addreaeea but not our (aalings. We had come with ourl the Bath El Sunday School at the oU Jawiah Commu- hearta aad oar tamOles and our Torahs. Wa wan Bethi nity Canter. It cootimisd throagb being a mambar of tlw El and wa wan grataftd for thia blueing of a new homa.1 first ooaflnnaUoB dass. sitting oo Wednesday aftarAnd yaa, even aa wa rejoiced, many of ua had tears ] noona aftar high aehool to stwly the "Bthica of our and a hunp in ou' throata.

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Trnnpie Israel FRIDAY: ScrvkM at 7:80 p.m. BabU Aiyeh Axriel and Jeffrqr Taunan will offidate. "Psalma in the Summer" will oontimie with (iaeoaaioo of Psalm 16— "responsibility." The OMg Shabbat wiU be spcHuored by Barbara and Eddie Gorelick and Eleanor ancf Stanley Sloeburg in honor <rf the forthcoming matiiage of tiieir children, Miai£i Oofdick and David Slosburg. Sitter service is available for the 7:30 p.m. service. Reservations «re needed. There are no teilitiee for inftmts. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 10:16 a.m. Sfancah B'Shabbat-The congregation, together with Rabbi Azrid and Cantor Webber, wfll study the Torah portion for the week. FOOD FOR THOUGHT . TTMlMt SQituner ssHsion WiU be July 16,11:80 ajn.1 p.m. Rabbi Azriel will lead the diacusaiao. Ttmpie will provide the drink—you bring a brownbaghinch.

PERSONALS To all my dear friends, my devoted fomily and especially to my loving and cathig niece and nephew, Phjllis and David Hottnan, my heartfelt thanks for a birthday paity'I shall neO«r fOTget RoaeLevia Sincere thanks to all my friends who were so thoughtful while I was hospitalized. I aiq;ireciate your donations very much. Martha Leber The family of David Rothenberg extends its sincere thanks to their m»t>y friends and relatives for the cards of sympathy, and the many contributions in Uaoiemoiy. Baaa Rothealicrg Thank 3rou aU so much for the many good wishes asnt to me during my! reatnt hoapitaliaatioa The fknraqu do-, nations, and Iffvaiy cards from so many dear friends and relativM were BO cheerful. Your tlwagiitfriliMiss Is sineenty qijmdatad. Mildred ChodMwff

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Beth Israel FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 p4n. No Late Fami|ty Service. SATURDAY: Momtng Service, 8:45 a.m. Rabbi AUnGoodMr win oandnet the service assisted by Cantor Leo FettBabysitter aervioe provided^ Sisterhood at 10 Mincha services will be held at 8:30 pjn. fallowed by Ma'ariv and Havdalah service. SUNDAY: Minyan at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Daflty services at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.

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Lincoln TIfereth Israel FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.nL Bar Mltevah of Doron Eissnscher. TikS Oneg Shabbat will be hosted ^ Zahava and Eddie Eisenscher. SATURDAY: Servioeaat 9:30 ajn. Bar Mitsvah of Doron Eisensdier. A kkUnsh and lucnheon win be hosted by Zahava and Eddie EiaeBschtr. WRBKDAY& ^ Miqyans each Monday and Tliursday at 7:16 p.m.

Lincoln B'nal Jeshurun FRIDAY: Servfeea, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning aervlce and Torah stody at 10 a.m. WEEKDAYS: T^Msdqrs, 7:30 pm. Adult Edneation. Choir rehearsal—Thursdays, 7:80 pjn., and SundiQrs, 1 p.m.

RabU Panl Drazen and Cantor EmQ Berkovite wm conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 ajn. The Devar Torah will be given by by Joshua Cooper. KiddiMh foUowing servioea wOI be hosted by Cher^ and Don Cooper fai honor of the move to the nerw synagogue buikUng. Sitter, aen^ available The National Jewiah: at 10 ajn. Committee on Scooting of Minfaa-Ma'ariv aervicee the Boy Scouta of Aminca at 8:60 pjn. (BSA) this week dected a Texan as thefr Nstfonal SUNDAY: Servioee at 9 a.m. and Chsirman at the committee's annual meeting in 6:30 p.m. Irving, Texas. ^ WEEKDAYS: Servioee at 6:66 a.m. and Harry R Roaen, the form6:30 p.m. er executive vice presUent

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No damages BONN (JTA)-A Munich court has ruled t)iat the Siemens Co., a Qerman electrcnies giant, is not obligated to pay reparations to s fbnner slave laborer who worked in one of its plants daring the Nail era. Thacooit dted the statute of Hmitattons fai finding agafost tit$!l(hxmr<id claimant, whp waa aiii inmate of tlie RayettVbruck camp,. whore J«Ws «P4 others were used M tfav* Ubor. MEMOItlAL AWARD NE^ YORK (JTAIDr. Norman Lamm, rireaident of Yeehiva Unlviersity, haa been awarded the 1901 Rabbi Yl^. HaKohen Meanortal Award for Torah Research and Literature.

of the Jewiah Community Center of Dallas, was ch^ sen to lead the volunteers who support the organisation of Scout Troope, Cub Packs and Explorer Pokts in synagogues, day schools and JCCe throuj^t the United SUtee. Mr. laUMon is the preeident of Community Building Consultanta, sn intetnational firm apedsHiing fai guidfaig comBMBiitiea in buOding, noovating and raiaiag funds (or non-profit institutions. He served aa the national preatdent of the Association of Jewiah Center Prof^sionids. Mr. Rosen recently cMisuited on the JCC of Omaha's renovation pla6«

Blunfkin Home FRIDAY: ^* (•i* ' Evening 8erviM;-7:80 p.m. SATURDAY: Honing service, 9 a.m. Hie lesideBtiB and staff of the Roee BhunUn Home invite the famiUes, vtdimteers and friends of the resklents to attend aervicee hi the Herbert GoldstenCh^teL KiddushfrdlowB servioes on Suhbat.

Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Servioee in the Capdiart Chqpel every Friday at 8 pjn. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.

Council Bluffs B'Nal Israel SERVICES: Frid^ ni^t so^cee and Oneg wm be hdd on July 12,7:30 pjn., at the home of Debbie and Paul Simon, 2612 South 168rd Cfrde (near 148th and Center atreets). Ths synsgogne is kxated at 618 Mynater hi Council Bluffs. For more informatioB contact EUen Fennkk at 39lK9062.

Not ready to leave JERUSALEM (JTA)Israel aays it has no intention of giving up the security zone it eetabUsbsd in soutbeni Lebanon hi 1966, despite tlie Lebanese regular army's apparent success in disarming guerrilla groups threatening the eecurity of Israet'e northem border. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir stated flatly Sunday that Israel would remain in aouthem Lebanon as long 9B the region continoea to serve as "a base for anti-Israel temrists." FonigB Minister David Levy s^ it is too early for Israel to maka any cfaaagea fat ita sacurity.ar ran|eilnent^ in-sOUthsm LebaiMa.''-' Defcnae Mhiistar Moehe Arena nsmiasM pfees reporte that larael would cbosidar idthdrawal frtnn an dfisbiathem Ubanoii If Sfrla, whkh Inflosn^ the Beinit 'ibviramant, put an end to attacks on Israel fr-om Lebanese soil.

Parashat Mattot-Mase llie Bible as ifs own critic From time to time we have pointed out that certain later paasagea in the BiUe e:^lafai and interpret—and smnetimee oontradictl—earlier g—rfyr Thus the BHilaniiqr be eaid to read itself hi the same îrit that the siHaUed "historical-critical" school of BiUe sdKilara appnwdies the aacred pages of Scrfatan. HW approach may be with extrane reverence-bot it is wi^ an open qm and an open mind. That having been aaid. let OS not be too uneaqr over the aocoont of the battle against the Midianitea undertaien by the IsraÛtea shordy brfore entering the land of C!anaan. The BlUieal account has it, in our SUbrah, that every male Midianite was put to death, either hi the battle or hi the period after it. It didn't happen. No one idw has read the Book of Jodgee is unaware of the problem of lecondUng our Sidrah with Judges &4. For the Book of Judges, whkb reootmta stories of the frequent conqueroroppressors of Israel hi the Proiidsed Land, hidud^ one long account of the su^ceesful flight of Gideon agauiat<me of these (^ressors. Which one? The Midianiteel Somehof we must understand that the bo(dcs of the Bible,inctttdhig the books of Torah itself, wore subject . to revision and editing over a long period of time. We are reaaonaUy certabi that the booka of Torah reached a final form aboot the end of the 4th century BCE, at the time of Ezra. Ezra, we are tdd. read the Torah akiud to the assembled pec^ from dawn to duak, from a platform built for the purpoee. llie pet^le, hearing, accepted this "Book" ss their own, thefr constitution, as it were. We sometimes cdl this the "canonisation" of Torah, the acceptance of it aa final and anthoritative, the very "word of GML" Now if you sufisred under the Midianitee well after entering the Land of Promise, and if it took a major, dangerous campaign to lift the Midianite oppieeôn, and if, further you had the opportunity, in retroepect, to wipe out the Midianitee in the time of Mooee, would you not edit your wiah hito the story about the campaign against the Midianitee in Moses' timb7 Something of the sort may well have hiq;>pened. And so, too, we must intopret all the morally repulsive accounts of the slaughter of the local inlifjrfta|>t« of Canaan in the time of the conqueet... If only, tf only... If only our anceators had dons it then, how much suffering would have hem avoided in our day... If only the alliee had confitmted Hitler when he went illegally into the Rhineland... If only tbsy had stopped him any one of a dozen times, when it would have been eeay... If only... In short, this is the point we are making: Our Torah is in every Jewish sense the "word of Ood." But we must remember the centuries-long process of handling and editing by our quite human ancestors. ORT OFFICIAL NEW YORK (JTA)Marshall JaCobaon has been named executive vk» preekleat and chief profiesional officer of American Ott Federati<m.

JNF AWARD NEW YORK (JTA»Patrii^ Purcell and Margot Stem Strom reedved the Tree of Life Award from the Jewiah National Fund.

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fi Next aettOng July 16; gueat speaker wiU be Omaha's Fire Chief. Your stringer was not at the Julty 2 gatharing which was ably oovored by a real pro, Art Gmssman. At the EailyfainlB, cfaaiFm«nH«mH«MMtoiiitnfiiiid

tibe gavel over to Norm Kcrney who quoted from one of his PubHc Pulse items. An aside-kMk for for Norm's articlea in the Herald column called Voice from the Grandstand, in the sports pages. A variety of subjects was discussed JncJuding the overcrowding in jsils, deteriorating streets, manpower shortages in the police and fire departments, and the poMiUe oonfitmation of Supreme Court DOmhiee Judge Oar enoe Thomas.

Onward to a nice hmcbetm, almg with a good group to gathar at MoDie's Dinar—thanks to the goys and doUs ate gave ua sudt good ssrvioe. Motd by Alt Goldst^; Benschen by JoeBkie. 9DIIIOIDB cbwHiuui NoFm WoUnar itportaid that Ed Wekter, Paul GoU, ChaiUe Altman and Max Luefahuets are hoapitaUsad and Joe Gttsa is out of aick bay and badi home recuperating. Due to a late caaoeOatioo by our guest qiaalur, our depaoddble Doc. Mai^ goUn came thrani^ with a magnificent slide show of the glorious country around Victoria, British Cohimbia. Canada—acenee from the 1987 YES groiqi tour with MoOia from Vancouver, USA. to Vanoouver, EC.

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BOCA RATQN, Fla.—This year the fast of ths ninth of Av, or llsha B'Av, is observed on July 21. lUs day commemorates various tragedies in Jewish history, tncludiag Uie decree by God that the generation freed from Egypt never enter the huid of Israel; the squashing ol the Bar Kochba revolt and the destrucUfin of Beltar; pogroms in vWous Jewish communities; and the e:qi^Bicm of Jews from £^Min. However, the moat tragic of the events conunemorated on Tiaha B'Av are the destructfam of the first and seecnd JenHsh Temples in Jerusalem. Fastiogl^ the Jewiah reqponaa to the experience itf floBMing. It represents a withilrawal from sodety idifeh is only sanctioned when it ia used by the individual—or the Mmmunit^—as an outlet to conbtmt a catastrophic event Fasting iif times - of prosperity, in timea of personal peace and conununal tranquility, haa no value. Hie day of "nsha B'Av offers an opportunity for commtmal sdf-reflection and introepectitm, adunce to evaluate our response to the calamities which occuned on this day, particular^ the deetructkm of our Tenqdes. While the memory of that destruction no l<mger evokes pain, the observance of Tisha B'Av symbolizes our determination to resist the onslauc^t of time which often blurs events and experiences. Our commemoration is testiinony to the fact that certain experiences aboold not fade before the tyranny of time. HM loss of the Tensile and of our political sovereignty over the land of Israel are eivwts Whose consequences we stiD.feel today. These calamities initiated the ssga of the "wanduing Jew" traveling through the Diaspra, at times persecuted for achieving stature as a productive member of sodety while at other times ftiresd into martyrdom for refusing to disavow the Jewiah covenantal experience. Evan tod^, as the experience of the Diaspora is Keniteth Brander is rabbi of the Boca Raton Syntempered with the renewal of our pditical soveragogue. dgnty in the State of Israel, events occur which re-

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Tech Hi|^ Schod ahimni of the xlaases of the 1920s wiOliold a two^iay reunion Aug. 8 and 9. S^Mosored by the class of 1926, all graduates from the early to late 1920s sD<e being invited. A pre^Mmqust reception win be held at the Swanson libraiy, 9101 West Dodge Road, from 2-4 p.m. on Aug. 8. A banquet wiU take idaoe Aug. 9 at the Best Western Regency Ballroom. 107 Avenue ai^ Pacific Sibeet, beginning at 11 ajm. The proptram wiU conclude at 6 p.m. AU interested alumni of this wa may caU Sylvia Ross, 663-1100, or FIo^ ence Young, 66&-3801, for more information OT reser vationa by July 26.

Doron Eisenscher, son of Eddie and Zevhavah Eiseoaeher of Nebraska City, win calelirate his Bar Mitsvah on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, Juty 18. An Oneg Shabbat wm fdlow the service Friday evening and a kiddush hmcheoo will ftdiow Saturday moraing aervicee. Tlie Eisenscbers invite the entire community to join them on this oocasiim. The Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation has annoonoed the following student acholarsUp red^jeots for the summer of 1991: Camp Jay-CC, Omaha —Mitdi and Adam Graham, Tom Harach, GabrieOe and Marc B«^|ar, laniv Eisenscher, Amy and liana SchwartablKh. Canq) Henl, Wisoooain -RaehalKalkr, Adrianne Graham. Han Weiaa, David Hersch, Joehna Cnen, Shannon SagUn. Camp Ramah, Wisconsin —Abl^Carca. Congratulations to Abby and Josh Coren. chfldrcn of Nancy and Chariie Coreo, who ware selected to represent Uncob at the National Bible Contest held recently in New York,

Creates projects By GO Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)The high proportion of scientists among immigrants from the Soviet Union has prompted Hebrew Univo^ty to establish programs in conjunotion wiUi local industiy that wiO help them develop research ooaospts with commercial applications. The s»€allad "Induatrial Incubator" project to eultivata ideas within small teams of emigre sdantista was announced by the university's Yiasum Reaaarch DevalopmsntCa YiaaomwiUestabliahlO leaaarch and devalopmant groups en^loying SO t^ cant immigrant sdsotists, : five to a groop. The flrat group has beai formed in tbe field of oomButar adaooe in ooi^unotiea wlth^dte. aiabnrii

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UTTO merit scholarships show increased interest JOI KMABHT BfliOMMlt FooMiatiMi pdiik nlirtioM dinctor The oondiiiuitioa of incraasad (ftudaot paiticipatkn and not aoou^ fonding has CTMted • "poaitiv« problam" for United Talmud Torah of Omaha's Merit Scholarship Program, aoeocdjng to Ann GoMstdn, tiie program's chairman. "It's a challflnge," Ms. Goldstein said. "With more students working toward the scholarship, we need to have a fund of mmiey available to support what we've offered for the past several years. With money being as tif^t as it is, we'll have to work very hard to obtain outside support." The Merit Schcdarship Program was established four years ago as an incentive for hl^ school stu-

dflota to beeome more invdved m tbefa-synagogue and the Jewish community in general, said Stanley Mitchell. UTTO executive director. The program runs from the btginning of the sdiool year throut^ the end of theattmner.Mr.MftcheU said. During that time, partic^liants must fulfill requirunents in the areas of synagogue attendance, youth group participation, community aervice work and completion of a sdiolastic project. After successfully completing the requirements, students are eligible for a $500 scholarship, which may be used toward college education or an approved trip to Israel, he said. Scholarships are available on an annual basis with the money to be

awarded al^ the time of hi^ school graduation. The number of partidpaats haa more than doubled aince the program's iqceptioo, wim an antidpated 1^ students eligible for scholarships this year, Mr. MitcheU noted. Conaequeo^y, more money is needed to sustahi the program. "Funds are not plentiful," he said. "Our main source of funding has come from the Levinson Foundation out of Albuquopque. New Mexico, and UTTO discretionary funds, but after next year the discretionary funds will be gone." He expressed appreciation of two recent contributions that have bolstered the program: the Kenneth Ray Tretiak Memorial Fund, established by Mr. IVetiak's parents.

Isadore and Selma Tretiak, which will codtiflMite 11,000 a year fior the next four years; and the Murray H. and Shaiee C. Newman Siqipmtfaig Foundation, which has dmated $1,000 for the upcoming school year. "We want this program to coothiue for years to come," Ms. Ooldatein safaL "I hqie that if there are peotde out there who value the objectives that this scholarship is attempting to achieve and have the means to support it, they will want to step fcH^ard as the Newman Supporting Foundation and the Tretiaks have." She added that, "I think the program is a very positive way to enable high school students to become involved in the Jewish community and make that involveinent a natural way

of life. We want these kids to see that there is much more to Jewiah lifo than just having^ bar or bat mitzvah." David Skid, a 1991 graduate of MUlaid North Hi|^ School and recipient of two Merit scholarships, caUa the program, "very beneficial. It's very rewarding and gets you involved in things you wouldn't normally do, especially the community service work. "It's a lot of work snd it teaches you discipline," he added. "I had to set aside a couple of hours every day to work on my project, get my volunteer hours in, go to services and be at youth group activities. It becomes a habit, and that habit can carry over." This fall, Mr. Skid said he plans to attend George Washington University in

Washington, D.C., and will use the schdarship award toward varioua cdlege expenses. In September, Holly Friedman will begin b# tUrd consecutive year as a Merit Scholarshfai Program participant, and says she would encourage others to take part. "I've enjoyed the program and ite benefits," said Ms. Friedman, a senior at Millatd North. "At the same time that you're helping the oHnmunity, you're getting something back for it. It gives you a real sense of accomplishment." Anyone wanting more information about the Merit Scholarshq) Program or wishing to make a contribution, is encouraged to call Stanley Mitchell at the UTTO office, 556-3770.

Former Lincoinite compares Sand Hiils with Negev By Carol Katsoun If you fold a mim <rf the United States in half and in half again, yoQ win opm it up to the atato of Nebraska. If yon fold a map of larael in half and half again, the Negev win be in the center. TUa unique fact was flhistrated by Avi Livne, a biologist at Beo Gniion Univaraity of the Negev who lived in Lincofai SI years ago while a student at UNLI "The Sand HiUa of Nebraska and the Negev of Israd may look like desert to jrou, but to those of us involved hi desert research, it'a beautiful," aaid Dr. Li vne to the UJ A Misai(« from Omaha, visitbig Beer Sheva on the first day el the trqi. lie deaert in lanel lepreaents 50-60 percent of the total land area of the country, a fact that cannot be ignored by laraeli adentisto or the government. Rainfall is not enough to even nuiintein one crop per year aince it ia leaa than eight inches during the growing season. Thoae two facts, JAOB the concerns for secure borders, have long aince prompted the development of sophisticated agricultural techniques. "Bverywhwe else the desert is growing larger," said Dr. Amos RichmoDd, dhector of the Bhuistein Institote for Deeert Reeearch at Ben Gurion University. "Only in Israd is growing smaller." The history of the Jewish people's relationsh^ to the land goea badi to the BiUe, according to Dr. Menadtem Perimutter, former director of the Negev Engineering Diviaion of the Jewiah Agency's Rural Settlement Department. "After Ben Gurion had aettled at the Negev settlement of Sde Boker, Rev. Norman McLeaa came from Great Britahi to visit him," said Dr. Perimutter. "And he aakl to Ben Gurion, The Lord falaasad ua with forests, fertile land, rivers and lakes; 80 why did He give us the deaert?' "And Ben Gurion answered, 'To be a partner with G-d hi creation.'" Israeli experts are aU over the workl sharing their technology. One of those, the drip irrigation qrateo, is now being aqtorted not only to the United Statea and Australia, but to Third World oountriea tryhig deeperatdy to roU badi the deatrt. That system of frrigation doubles the yield and aavea wat«-, acconfing to Dr. Perimutter. In 1948, a Harvard profeaaor aubmitted a paper to the U.S. State Department predicting that the sUto of larael would laat only aix montha. "We had someUiing strong hsr^" conUnued Dr. PMhnutter, "a ivral faifraatractan. SettlnNnte played a critical role in the devaiopmaot and dafanae of the stote. " At the turn of the centuiT there wwe 19 settlemante here; now there are more than lOOO." "Tha araaa that were labeled uninhabiufato by that Harvard Mtrfsaaor is the dUfanace bfltaraan the poaaiUs and the inpoasibia." saki Dr. Parfamitter with a smile. "The trnpoaalhla just takea a Uttla longvl" Dr. Firiinattar iBtrodaced the miaaion group to Suaie rm, a BMcabMr «f Moahav Nativ Ha'Aaarah, the laat aattlsBMBtlMiara tiM Oasa Strip. Ma. Vta made aUvah to laraal SO MMi ai^ fln* aittfing fai Yamlt. a modhav hi tha flbMd liter part of the tarritery given back to

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"If one bnUon Chineae buy just one chkken a year," said Dr. Perimutter, "we'U be very ridil" Dr. Perlmntter'a career with the Rural Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency goes back to the anfy days of the state. Bora in eastern Czeehoalovakk, he was imprisoned in Ausdiwitx as a young b<>y. After escape and re-arrest, he found shelter in a convent in 1944. He was arrested again in 1946 after attempting illegal entry into Palestine and was confined to a detention camp in Qyprus for 18 months. Dr. Perimutter served in combat unite in aD of Israel's wars, but his treinhig as an engfaieer Inrougfat him to the development of settlemente hi the Negev. Now retired, he often lecturee to UJA grovqw and visited Omaha two Shears ago as a guest spedrnr for the Mahnoinidee Sodety of the Jewiah Federation. "It ia a privilege that a Jew with a number on his left arm from Auschwitz can be a builder," oonduded Dr. Perimutter. "I am a witness that the steto of Israel is a great victory of the Jewish people over the land and other adversity." •'•

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The last Jew When the Oauhan;JA MiaaiOB vidted Yad Vaahem in Jemaalcat, the group met Cantor Leo Fettmaa of Beth larael Synagogue, and Carol Katamaa photo^aphed Urn iooUag at the hMt picture taken of hia brother and father-«t Aonchwits. cent work in agriculture-related activitiea, such as export, maintenance or development. "We have 70 families here, and 260 chikiren. Moat are Conservative by practice, but the synagogue is Orthodox. We like to caU ourselvee 'conaervadoxl' " Ma. Fox ac^ as tour guide through the moahav's grsenhouaea. Naarly 40 percent of the moahav'a tomatoee, flowva, avocadoa and fruit are exported. Ilie lateat export ia a aaadlaaa tomato. Ilie initial crop of tooutoee grown ia a thin-aidimsd tomato padced with eeeda. The sesda are than harveated and sold for a^xtrt, producingafleahy, awaat toipato without aeeds. Becauss that tomato is atarile and can't reproduce, the importing countriee must again buy aeeda fitim IsrasI for continuing crops. "With drip hiigaUon," oonduded Ma. Fox. "we grtm 20 tons of tomatoee per acre, three timee as much aa with conventional itrlgaUon. Ia addition, we use brackish water, water with a Ugh aalt content ftxm below the deeert. "We lewned that the genotk: response to braddah watar la to produoa fruit and vagatableo with a higher augu content and therefore, a sweeter taatel" laraai hi todw UM worfcl'a Jargaet avocado exporter and the Udrd Id tiw worid baUad Holland andOiiunibia hi flower a^Mrta. Sdaakiate ia larad hava eiMtad floral varioties tMt didn't ailst bi nature, such aa llw blaefc taUpawllkaradMM white Gecbw dalay. laraal'a dddua waa voted bast by Cidnaae chefs and soiantiste bays JIM* dsvatorada lad^sathaMd dddnn

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SIGHISOARA, Romania-Erich Ilie Raducan is unique. The soft-spoken, retired lawyer is the last remaining Jew In Sighisoara, an andent town in central Romania where, he said, about 300 Jews lived before the war. "I come here to the synagogue just about every day," aaid Raducan. "There is a lot to do." Sighiaoara'a synagogue, built in 1904, is just outside the town's beinitiful Medieval center. It la a almple, charming building. Frescoes of palm tresa flank the Ark in the main sanctuary, but there are no Torahs or ritual objecta: All have been removed to Bucharest. Thin cobwebs hang from aome of the pewa. "Once a year, the synagogue is thoroughly cleaned," Raducan aaid. "I would lika to get repaira made on the exterior, to get an eatimate for the work. But it wfll need the approval of the Federation of JsMah CommunitiM." No aervicee have been held hi Si^ilsoara for seven yeara. "For the hoUdaya, we few Jews from towns in this sraa gather in Madias, where about half a dMan Jewa Uva," Raducan aaid. "We can get tofsther 16 to 18 peo|de. UntU 1984, wa gatbnad har« in Sighisoara. Now we go to Medina—I go there by train. That's where we had our Sadar thla year." Raducan aaid Jswa aettlad in Sighisoara—which ia aituatad in Tranaylvania and wnioh haa hiatori* caUy had a large German populatlcn—in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. "Tbara used to be a Beit Hamidraah (study haU), a koahsr butcher," he aakt. Raducan himasif, however, is not origfaudly from tha town. He ooaasa (tnom Radauti, hi the far north of tha country. Ha waa dsportad to labor cat&pa during tha war. and whan hs ratumad to Bfdautl afterward, he

fbood "avanrtlilaf daatrarad."