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20-minute city to Rabbi Mark Urkowltz
Welcome Boris Yegudkin Jrina Y«g«ttfai dbowa to wia ywaid mm, Boria. to wUUvaa waiUag lot lw» i«J tiirhaatiMil. fth-rr-'T. at thaahpwt laat WML The iMwootfloviat Jewlali fni«ytolw»aaa«tf«diaOlMlMaapart«ltli»Opawtt>MlfiKodaaCaaBpaipiwaagiWtod 1^ Alauaite^ ilatarrZiiui CMdb««. aad Ua motliw, Eogmia EgoodUaa.
welcome Hke none other HrBy Mary lUfanan ^It wa» 2:16 a.m. Friday morning in Jenualem and the walmiip caUa were being rooelVBd in every Laromnw Hotel room wlwre our UJA MisaioB members were sleeping. It was time to get iq>, draas in a few minutes and get on the bus to the Ben Quiion air. yettrWe ircre on our way to greet a 4 a.m. plane load of Soviet Jews and we w#t ntrvous and exdted. Suddeodty we wen there, and as we rushed out of the bus someone shouted that the plane had landed and was taxiing over to the tarmac area wfaere we Kiabwlr Bofaiaaaa otitn a toodi oi fendiicw u> unviag wtM by th«i waving our pappjr at afapart la bracL IsrasU flags and wiping away the tears. The portable stairs were quickly > raOedont, the doors opened . and thijr b«fan to descend, an 360ot than with thafr parents and their -Jon <3] to Isrofil chlldran, thair packages '^ and their pet dogs and , cala.Thay seemed atartled others received upon en- them came from the same ^, at ibi reciptioa, aston- tering Qalveatoa in the towna and mejor dtiea s ishi^ as voices greeted eaiiy 1990a, not the wel- where our families came I. tEiteover the loud speak- come my father and many from. It didn't matter. er era, amiaed by the pleth- others nmived upon arriv- Theae were our Jewa com' on of Isradl flaga oeing ing at Ellis Iriand. This ing home to Israel ead to waved at them. We sang waa another generation of tlie new free life and oppor"Havenu Sholom Alei- Jews leaving their homes tunities it offered. For , ohem" and cheervd for in Ruaala and thair fami- their children and the I tbam tkraigb teant We Uaa to come to latael, to youagv people it wiO be i hugged them, kissed thorn, •tart a new life and to leaa difficult For the older \. held them dose and tried regroup with relatives who generation it will have to substitute actions of had come before them. many problems. For the I love for the words we Tlwy ware only a small Omshans who were there ; oouki not express. They part of the more than it waa a "magic mount of i •nllsdatus,thsycrisd.too, 18,000 who arrived during mirada"—an eaperiaBoe to ', and they buoM us back the two wok period I was be chsriahed forever and in lareeL Maybe aome of ' and thf''''t^ us. ItwMauralynotUkathe than wire our Mood rela(CeatiaMd en Peg* S) [ weiGomtJny OMtto and tivaa. Certainly aome of
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By Morria MaUae Beth Israel Synegogue's new rabM ia looking forward to leading an Orthodox ctmgregatkm in Omaha—a 20>mimite city with an active Jewiafa Ufe. "The fact that there is a Jewish day school, a koato butcher ahop, kosher bakeries, a mikvah, a Jewish library—all within a short distance, is very appealing," said RiMri Mark Urkowitz. He pointed oat b an-in^ tervfew with the JewiA Frees last week that it's not uncommon for Jews residing in the Chicago area to travd 26 miles or more to fulfill Jewish needs. Rabbi Urkowitz, 39, and his wife, Devora, have three sons: Tzvi, five, who win be atten£ng the Friedd Jewish Academy; Arid, three, and Eitan, 16 months. Mrs. Urkowitz, a Hebrew adiool teacher, most rec^tti^ served ia fiiilndal dinetor for Bar Oan University in New York City. The Uikowitz famfly, scheduled to arrive in Omaha in mid-August, will reside at 1820 N«Mth 64th street. As spiritual leader of
RabU Mark UiAowita Caagregati(Hi Beth Israel, pointed out that he beRabbi Urkowitz succeeds came a rabbi because he RaU>i laaac Nadoff who likes to hdp Jews. retired |pi Noyembi;.}WB. VUwiaiiBkafioMtJiw "My hope," aaid Babbi profaaaions where thare is Urkowitz, "is to build so much job satisfactkai," upaa the success of Rabbi he said. NadofTs aocoamliahmenta RMA Urkowite painted and ease the difficulties ex- out that the appeal of perienced by the congrega- Omaha indinV^ the fact tion the past two years." that a thriving Orthodox A native of Brooklyn, (Caattanwl am Pagt S) N.Y.. Rabbi Urkowitz
Beth Israel dedicates new cemetery site August 4 Beth Israel has announced the dedication of its new cemetery, to be known aa "Beth Israel Cemetery." Located on a hillaide overkxiking northwest Omaha at 78th and Grown Point Avenue, the cemetery win provide a serene final noting place in an atBKMphere of dignity and raepect, according to Dr. Paul Shjrken, chait^ man of the Cemetery Committee. On Aug. 4, at 11 a.m., a dedication ceremony for the new cemetery will be coadacfad by Rabbi Isaac NadolT and Cantor Leo Fettman. The burial of "ahamea"—old prayer books and religious artklea-will be part of the dedlcatloa program. The nongragaMnii'a board of oomntaioaite haa invited the community to the canoMMiy aad to partidpate in thia mileatono event The new fadUtiea wU be the firat new Jewtell oametery atarted fai the area b over half a decade. In addition to Dr. Shyken, the Cemateiv Commlttaa coodata of Harry
Sidman, chairman emeri- give a uniform and dmple, tus; Maurice Katsman, dignified appeared to Joe Kirahenbaiun, Leon the oametery. It is our inWintroub, Rick Katiman tentkm to provide a place rrilectiBg ffignity and kive and Gary Parilman. "ReaUiing that the pres- for our deer departed to be ent cemeteriee of Beth Is- intoned here. "We m very proud of rael would one day be filled, and that there woukl the new Beth Israd Cembe a deaire for our mem- etery. Ilw devdopmsnt of bership to have a oametery the area and the opening in the western part of of the f acOitiee is due to Omaha, the board of Beth the dedicati(m and forelarael Synagogue pro- si|^t of a large number of vided for the purchaae of people who gave of their land at 7Btfa and Crown time and axpertiae over a Point Avenue. During the period of many years to past five yeara, the grounds plan and execute this projhave beoi architecturally ect. A ^wdal thanks is landacaped, and treee and due to Harry Sidman, the grass planted. The focal chairman emaritua of our point of the ground ia a coounittec, wboee leader'' 'mediUtion area' hxatad ahip waa inatrumsntal in,''f hi the center of the oame- the fruitful cea^iletiaa oCj our new Beth larad Cem-i1l tery," Dr. Shykan aaUL atery." Dr. Shyken contlnwed, Side of lametny kits toij "ItwiUbethepoUcyofthe Beth larad rasmbsrs haa Cemetery Committas to started; lots wiD be avail-' opsrate theee fadlitiea in able for purchaae by the strict adhtreaea to Jewtah laws and eoatoma. The I. PeceoBMl win be on grounda and individual hand after the dadieatkai graves wiU be malntelned ceremony on Aug. 4 to an* to the higfaeet standards. •war qoeeUoiu and aid b Each grave wiU have a the seieetkn of cemetery atandard-aiae maikar to lote.
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UTTO merit scholarships show increased interest ByJDl FooHlatlM piribUc relatfaHM dinetor The oomUnation of inGtMMd itadeBt putidpatioo and not aooocli ftrnding hu owted • "positive proUem" for United Taimad Torah of Omaha's Merit Scholarship Program, aooording to Ann Ooldstain, Urt program's diaimun. "It's a challenge," Ms. Goldstein said. "With more students woridng toward tlie sdiolarship, we need to liave a fund of money available to supp(Ht what we've offered for the past several years. With money being as tight as it is, well have to worit very hard to obtain outaide support." The Merit Schdarship Program was established four years ago as an incentive tcft high school stu-
dents to become more involved in their synagogue and the Jewish oonununity in general, said Stanley MitdMll. UTTO executive director. The program runa from the b«|^nning of the school year throu^ the end of the Bunmer, Mr. Mltchdl said. During that time, participants must fulfill requirements in the areas of synagogue attendance, youth group participation, community aervice woric and completion of a schdaatic |H«ject. After successfully completing the requirements, Btudoits are eUgible for a $600 scholarship, which may he used toward college education or an i^ proved trip to Israel, he said. Scholarships are available on an annual basis with the mooey to be
awarded at the time of hi^ school graduation. The number of partidpttits has more than doubled since the program's inception, with an anticipated 1^ students eligible for scholarships this year, Mr. Mitchell noted. Consequently, mote money is needed to sustain the program. "Funds are not plentiful," he said. "Our main source of funding has come from the Le^dnson Foundation out of Albuquerque, 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,
Isadora and Selma Tretiak, which will cotitribate 91,000 a year tbr the next four years; and the Mm> ray H. and Shares C. Newman Supporting Fooadation, which has donated tl,000 for the upcoming school year. "We want this jvogram to conttooe for years to come," Ms. GoMstein sakL "I hope that if there are people out there who value the objectives that this scholarship is attempting to achieve and hive the means to support it, they will want to step forward as the Newman Supp(Hi<ing 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 involyement a natural way
of life. We want these kids to see that there is nmch more to Jewish lifo than juat having a bar or bat mitsvah." David Skid, a 1991 graduate of Millard North High Schod and recipient of two Merit scholarsh^, calls the program, "very benefidal. It's very rewarding and gets you involved in things you wouldn't normally do, espedally the community service work. "It's a lot of work and 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 beounes 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 schotarshh) award toward various college expenses. In September, Holly Friedman will b^in her third consecutive year aa a Merit Seholarshhi Program partkdpant, and says she^ would encourage others to' take part. "I've eqjqyed the program and its benefits," ssid Ms. Frjedman, a seiiior at Millard North. "At the same time that you're helping the community, you're getting something back for it. It gives you a real sense of accomplishment." Anyone wanting more information about the Merit Schdarahip Program or wishing to tnaks a contribution, is encouraged to call Stanl^ Mitchell at the UTTO office, 666-3770.
Former Lincbinite compares Sand Hills with Negev By Caral Katsman If you fdd a num of the United States in half and in half again, yoQ wiU open it up to the state of NelH«ska. If yoa fold a map of Israd in half and half again, the Negav win be in the center, --lliia unique fact was illustrated by Avi Livne, a biddiiat at Ben Gurion Univtraity of the Negev who liyed in Lincoln 31 years ago while a student at UNL! "Hie Sand Hilla of Nebraska and the Negev of Israd may look like desert to yon, but to those of us invdved in deaert research, it'a beautiful," aakl Dr. Livne to the UJA Mission from Omaha, visiting Beer Sheva on the firat d^r of the trip. llie deasrt in land npreeanta 60-60 percent of the totd land area of the oountiy, a fact that cannot be ignored by Israeli scientists or the government. Rainfall ia not enough to even mahitain one crop per year sinoe it is lesa than eij^t inchee during the growing season, llioee two faete, phia the concerns for secure borders, have kng aiaoe prompted the devdopment of sophiaticatad agricuhurd tachniqnee. "Everywhere else the desert ia gnnring larger," aald Dr. Amoa Biriimond, djrsctcr ofthe Blaustdn Institute for Desert Raeearch at Ben Ourion University. "Only in Israd is growing smsller." The history of the Jewish people's relationship to the land goee back to the Bible, according to Dr. Menachem Parimuttar, farmer director of the Negev Engineering Division of the Jewish Agency's Bwd Settlement Depsrtment "After Ben Ourion had aettled at the Negev ssttlemant of Sde Bokar, Rev. Norman McLean came fram Great Britain to vidt him." add Dr. Perlmutter. "And hs add to Ben Gttrion. Ills Lord hisased us with fonats, • fertile land, rivers and lakes: ao why dkl Ha ghreua the daaertT' r "And Ben Ourion anawered. To be a partner with O-d in eraation.'" laraali experts are all over the worU sharing their :' tarhnokny. One of thoae, the <faip irrigation system, is ' now being exported not only to tlw United States and AurtraUa. but to ThJrd World coqatriea tryfaig daspsratdy to roU back the deasrt That system of irrigation :^ doublee the yisld and aavao wat«-, aocordfaig to Dr. ' • Perlmutter. [ Inl948,aHarvanlprolsssarsubmittadapapartothe IU.8. State Department predicting that the state of land would laat only aix montha. "We had eomstUng strong hsre." continued Dr. Perfanntter. "a rurd fafcaalnwtiiii. SettlsmsnU played I a criticd role in the imnlafumt and defense of the fi sUte. I "At ths turn ofthacantwy there were 19 settiemento [ hare; now thars art aun thaa MOOL" "HM araaa that ware labeled uninhabiubte by that Harvard nrofeeeoi ia the diffsreoce between the poad4ib and dw iiapoeaftle " sdd Dr. Parimuttar wiUi s aada. "Tba lnniiiiftlijuat takaa a littU longarl" Dr. ffwrlMtlta IdtwHiiiil the miadon group to Sude Fas. a wamlwr of Moahav Nativ Ha'Aaarah, the laat mttkmat Wars the Oaaa Strip. Me. Fox made dtonh to tared to yeara SCO, flnt aattfing hi Yamlt. a Boe&av in tiis Bind hflar part of UM territory given back to
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"If one billion Chinese buy just one dddcen a year," sdd Dr. Perlmutter, "well be vary richi" Dr. Parimntter's carser with the Rurd Settiement Department of the Jewish Agency goes back to the eniy days of the state. Bom in eiytem Cxedioalovakia, he was inqirisoned in Ausehwite as a young bay. After escape and re-arreat, he found ahdter in a convent in 1944. He was arrested sgaln in 1946 after attenqiting illegd entry into Palestine and was confined to a detention camp in Qypnu for 18 montha. Dr. Penmutter served in combat units in all of Israd's wars, but his training as an engfaieer brought him to the devdopment of ssttiemeots hi the Negev. Now retired, he often lecturee to UJA groiQM and visited Omaha two years ago as a guest speaker for the Maimoimdee Sodety of the Jewiah Federrtion. "It ia a privilege that a Jew with a number on Ua left arm from Auschwitz can be a boikiar," conduded Dr. Perfanntter. "I am a witiieea that the state of lanMl is a great victory of the Jewish people over the land and otiho- adverdty."
The last Jew MHian the OauhdUJA Mfanlen vidted Yad Vashem in Jeraaalees. the gronp met Cantor Leo Fettman of Beth larad Sya^pigne. and Caral Katamaa photop^ilied Mm looldng a* the laat picture taken of Ua bcothar aMi fathar-«t AwchwiU. cent work in agriculture-related activitiea, such as eqiort, malntenancs or development. "We have 70 famiUee hera, and 900 chikben. Moat are Conservative by practice, but the aynagogue is Orthodox. Ws like to call oursdvee 'conaervadoxl' " Ms. Fox aded aa tour guide through the moehav's greenhouses. Nearly 40 percent of the moahav'a tcmatoea, Ikmera, avocadoa and fruit are exported. The lateet eoqnrt is a seedlaaa tomato. The initid crop of tomatoes grown is a tUn-eUiuiad tomato packed with aeeda. The aeada are than harveated and add frir enort, producing a fleehy, aweet t<Rnato without aeeds. Becauss that tomato ia atarDa and can't reproduce, the hnpoifing countriea muat again buy aeeda frxim larad for continuing crops. "With drip irrigation," conduded Ma. Fox. "we grow 30 tone of tomatoaa par acre, three timee as much as willi conventiopd irrigation. In addition, we uae bnckish watef, water with a Ugh sdt oonfatat from bdow tha deaert. 'Wa kanied that the genetic reqionae to braddah water is to produee fruit and vafataUaa with a higher Bupr oontant tad thsrdora, a sweeter taatet" farad ia toMv the worid'a largaet avocado exporter and tiie Utiid fai the worid bcUwi HoUand and Columbte te flowar aaporta. Sdsatiale la laraal have created fkird variatlea that dkfai't aidst in natura, auch u the hiadi taUp and the rad and white Oertiar dai«y. lamd'a cUcksB waa voted bait by Cynaee diefo and adentiaU have Jiirt devale|wd« rad-foethnred cfakkan ipirillrely ior tlia r'
SIGHISOARA. Romania-Erich Hie Raducan is unique. The soft-spoken, retired lawyer is the last remaining Jew ia Sighisoara, an ancient town in oentrd Romania where, he aaid, about 300 Jewa lived before the war. "I come hare to the synagogue just about every day," aakl Raducan. "Thwe ia a lot to do." Sighiaoara'a aynagogue, built in 1904. is just outdide the town's bemitiful Medievd center. It is a shnple. charming buHdhig. Freacoes of palm tree* flank the Ark in the main sanctuary, but there are no Torahs or ritud objects: All have been removed to Bucharest. Thin cobwebs hang from aome of the pews. "Once a year,' tUe synagogue ia thoroughly cleaned." Raducan add. "I would like to get repairs made on the exterior, to get an eetimate for the work But it will need the approvd of the Federation of JWriah Communltlea." No services have been held In Sighisoara for seven yeara. "For tiie holidays, we few Jews from towns In this area gathsr in Mediae, where about half a doaen Jewa live," Raducan aakL "Wa can «tt togathar 16 to 18 people. Until 1964, we gathered hare in Sigliiaoara. Now we go to Mediae—I go there by train. Hut's where we had our Seder this year."< Raduean add Jewa settled in Sighisoara—wfaidt ia situated in Tranaylvania and wMch has hiatori*. cally had a large German population—in the late 18th and early 19th oenturlaa. "Tbara uead to be a Bdt Hamkbrasb (atudy hall), a koeher butcher," he aaid. ' Raducan Umeelf, however, ia not origfamlly from the town. He comae ihim Radauti, In the far north of the (SoontiyHe was deported to labor camps during the war, and whan he returned to RadauU afterward, he found "tvmryMag daetniyed."
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20-minute city appeals to Rabbi Marie Url(Owitz
Welcome Boris Yegudkin Iiiu Y«ga41±ialMma Wo9»7«aMMaoa, Boria, to triativva wtltiH f« Mr a^^ WhwhM^AIaMaJ«.attl»aiiiWrtlaatwa«kT1iaB>waat8o<<atJaidAiaaiIrtobanaatttMlfaOMMaapaKaftkaOpwatkaBiodMCMvdIlAWMgMtod fay Aleiaadw'a iiatar, ZIM GoUbafg, aad Ua oMthcr. Eugoia BBoodUaa.
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By Mary FtDauii It was 2:16 a.m. Friday moraiog in Jenisalem and tlM walmip calk mra being raorived in every Lalomme Hotel room wiiere our UJA Miesion members were sleeping. It was time to get up, drees in a few miniites and get on the bos to the Ben GuiioB air^ .jpaatrWe'were on cor way to greet a 4 a.m. plane load of Sovtet Jews and we %m nervous and excited. Soddndly we wen thwe, and as we rashed out of the bus someone shouted that the plane had landed and waa taxiing over to Jtha tarmac area where we •ymmby then wavhig our Israifi flaga and wiping sway the tears. The portstairs were «|oickly out, the doors opened thagr bttnn to descend, aU SB^T of thsm with ihiit psieoto and their jthOdnn, their paekagae .:|ld thalr pet dogs and 6MS. They seemed Btartlsd •t ibi raosption, astooiilied as voices i^Mtod tMinover the loud speakers, smaiad by the piethof Israeli flags being ived at them. We ssng avenu Shoknn Alaiand cheered fbr than tbmiCtt (Mrs. We bugged tham, kissed them. haUtham doss MKl tried to substitute aetkma of love (or the words we ooold not expnss. They •nOsd at OS, thsy oisd, too, «id thsy hucfsd us back and thanked us. It ww iwaly not tike the my mother and
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ByMoRiaMaline Beth Israel Synagogue's new rabU ia looktag fcn^ ward to leading en Orthodox congregation in Omaha—a 20«iBnto oity with an active itmUk Vk. "The fact that there is a Jewish day school, a kosher butdwr shop, koahar bakeriee, a mikvah, a Jewish library—all within a short distance, is very Kppealing," said RAM Mark Urkowitz. HepointM oat hi anitt^ tervfow with the JewiA Preilii hat weidc that it's not uncommon tot Jews residing in the Chicago area to travel 25 miles or more to fulfill Jewish needs. RabU UrkowitE, 39, and his wife, Devora, have three sons: TV^ five, who wfll be attendbig the Friedel Jewish Acadony; Ariel, three, and Eitan, 16 months. Mrs. Urkowitz, a Hebrew school teadtcr, most recenUy served as Baindel dbector tm Bar Dan University in New York City. The Urkowits family, scheduled to arrive in Omaha fai mkl-Augast, will reside at 1820 North 64th street. As spiritual leader of
Rabbi Mark Urkowito Congregation Beth Israd, pointed out that he beRabbi Urkowits succeeds came a rabU because he RabU laSM.Nadoff who likss to hdp Jews. retired in Novembe;: 1989. "IcantUnki^f "My hope," aaid Rabbi (Hofeeaiona where there is Urkowitz, "is to buUd so much job sstisfsction," upon the success of RabU hesakL Nadoffs aooonmlishments RabU Urkowitz painted and ease the difficulties ex- out that the appeal of perienced by the congrega- Omaha induded the bet tion the past two years." that a thriving Orthodox A native of Brooklyn, (Caattaaed oa Pag* 3) N.Y., Rabbi Urkowitz
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UJA ^ others reeeivad upon entmiag Oalvaalan in the early IMOs. not the welcome my father and many others raoaived upco airiving at BlUs Island. This was ^""tlMw gensratioQ of Jewa leaving their homea in Ruaaia and their families to come toJIsaal, to etart a new Ufa end to regroup with rslativee wlw had coma before them. Titey were only a amall part of the more than 18,000 who arrived during the two week period I waa in larasL Maybe aome of than wars our Mood t«Utivae. CsrUlnly aome of
them came from the eame towns and rn^or dtiee where our familieo came from. It didn't matter. Thaae war* our Jews coming home to larael and to the new (kee life and oppcT' tonitiee It ofteed. For their children end the yoongtr people it will be leee dlfScult. For the older generation it wHl have many problama. For the Omahana who were thare it waa a "magic momsBt of odrads'-an siperiica to be cherished forever and (Coktlmied on Pi«e 3)
Beth larael has announced the dedication of its new cemetery, to be known as "Beth Israel Cemrtary." IrfrratH on a hOlaida overiooUng northwest Omaha at 78th and Crown Point Avenue, the oemetety wiU provide a aersna final reeting place in an atmoaphere it dignity and respect, according to Dr. Paul Shyken, chairman of the Cemetery Comntfttee. On Aug. 4, at 11 aon., a dedication ceremony for the new cemetery ndll be coa^do^tod by Rabbi Isaac Nadott and Cantor Leo Fettman. The burial of "shames"—old prayer hooka and religious artldes-will be part of the dedieatloB program. Hie eoagragatka's board of commiaaiaHn haa invltsd the comminity to the ceremony and to partldpato in this milestone evaot The new fadlitiaa sill fas the first new Jewish eimatery started hi the area in over half a decade. In addition to Or. Shyken, the Cemetery Committee odoslst* of Harry
Sidmsn, chairman emeri- give a uniform and aimple, tus; Maurice Kataman, dignified appearance to Joe Kirahenbaum, Leon the cemetery. It ia our hiWintroub, Rick Kataman tention to provide a place and Oary Parihnan. reflectbg dignity and bve "Realizing that the pres- for our dear departed to be ent cemeteries of Beth Is- interred hare. "We are vary proud of rael would one day be the new Beth Israai Cemfilled, and that there wouU be a deeii* for our mem- etery. HM devefepmeat of barel4> to have a cemetery the arae and the opening in the weetom part of of the fadlitiee ia doe to Omaha, the boerd of Beth the dedkation and loreIsrael Synagogue pro- sight of a large number of vided for the purchase of people who gave of their Isnd st 78th snd Crown time and expertiae over a Pohit Avenue, During the period of many yeora to past five years, the grounds (dan and execute tUa projhave ben arcUtecturaOy ect. A apedal thanks is landacaped, and trees and due to Harry Sidman, the graaa planted. The focal chairman emeritus of our point of the ground b a conunittee, whoee leader 'meditotion area' k)cated ahip was inatrumental in in the canter of the ceme- the fruitful cosBiilstiea of our new Beth Iirasl Cemtery," Dr. Shyken saUL etery." Dr. Shyken contiimad, 8de of eameteiy hits to "It wiU be the polky of the Beth larael members haa Cemetery Committee to atarted; lote will be availopanto theee fadlitiee in iJiia for puchasa by the strict adheranei to Jewish bwa and citatoma. The 1. Peseonnel will be on grounda and individual head aHv the dedication gravee will be maintahied ceremony oa Aug. 4 to anto the higheet standards. swer mieetfatns luad aUl in Each grave will have a the eelection of cemetsiy atandar4-8iae marker to lote.
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Protest for Nazi ROSENBERCVZIV John Rtehard ftoa«ib«rg and Sydwy EU«n Zhr. both of MiooMpoUa, Minn., wara maniad June 30 at tiw Hyatt Ragcoey Hotel in Sacramento. Calil Rabbi JoaephMaUmed offidatad at the noon oenmooy. The Mdagroom is the son of Shirley and Millard Roaenberg. The bride is the dang^t^ of Maureeo and Robert Ziv of Sacramenta MiUard Roecnbetg awed aa beat man for Ua son. The wedding party alao included the bridegroom's sister, Jane Roeealwrg of Tustin, Calif., and the bride's brother, John Ziv ofBiloxtMiss. Following a hcmeymoon in Kauai. Hawaii, the couple will live in Bloomington, Minn, where the bridegroom is anqiloyed as a captain with Northwest Airihtee. The bride is a special educatioo teacher at Hopldna West Junior High School in the Hopkins, Minn, school district
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Parsow announce the birth of a son, Charles Jeffrey, bom OD July 5. Tlie Pai^ sows also have a son, Aaron Daniel Grandparents are Mr. and Mra. Warner Frohman, and Mr. and Mrs. Sol Parsow. Great grandmother is Mollie Parsowrior.
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By JsmnyJo SYDNEY.AustnliaUTA) —A 10-minute diacusaion with a self-proclaimed Nazi who maUgnod Jews oo Australia's most pbpular daytime television show has raised a storm of protest here. "The mother of all controversies" was how Ray Martin, host of "The Midday Show With Ray Ma^ tin," described the teUout fn»n the appearance of David Pabner, who styles himsdf "fuhrer of Australia."
Three Omaha reaidaots have been named to taitas on the National Board of Trasteaa of the National Confartnce of Christians and Jews. They are: Dr. Dd Weber. Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Protestant co-chair and presiding chair of the Midlands chapter of NCCJ; William E. Ramssy, president of Bill Ramsey Associates, Inc., mad Catholic c&«hair of tiie Midlands chapter; and Donald Yale, executive vice president of Bor-
sheim's and a member of the encutive committee of the Midlands ch^ter. The appointmenta were tenounced ^ Gillian M. Sorenaen. president of the National Conference of Christiana and Jews. The missimi of the Conference is to promote individual and group selfdignity, cooperation, mutual undcntandhig and respect, and it atrives to eliminate prejudice among all peofdea, Sorenson said. The Midlands chapter was founded in 1938.
Breakthrough reported for Jewish disease with 11 co-authors and fected by Gaucher's (proBy Soaan Birahanm NEW YORK (JTA)-A seven others who provided nounced go-SHAY's). The disease is named afto* Dr. breakthrou^ treatment elaboration. The disease, in which de- Hiilippe Gaucher, a French iHuch has been termed "miFBCuIous" has been re- fective genes do not allow phy^dan who discovered ported for Type 1 Ganch- for normal amounta of en- the disorder in 1882. er's disease, a genetic ail- zyme activity, is manifestAlthon^ the disease ment that |N«dominantly ed in a variety of symp- . strikes Jews most frequentafOicta Ashkenaiic Jews. toms, including severely ly, non-Jews also suffer On April 8. the Federal edarged liver and/or q>leen. from the ailment. Among Drug Administration ap- anemia, fatigue. Weeding the trial aubjects for the {ffoved Ceredaae, an en- problems, b«ie fractures, study was a young nonzyme replacement severely distended belly Jewish gjri from Germany. manufactured by Gen- and ctmsiderable pains of One in 10 Ashkenazic zyme Corp. of Cambridge, the bones and joints. Some patients also ex- Jews is a carrier of TVpe 1 Mass.. for treatment of the disease, which is the most hibit malformed Umba be- Qancher's, Brady said. prevslent of JewishVioot- cause of very weak bonea, The receraive gene must Brady eqilahied. Ihe h^ be preeent in both parents ic disorders. Repeated infoaions of vertebrae and femoral for the diseaae to be preaCeredaae, the trade name bonea, which go from hip ent ApphuJmately one hi for alghicerase, have been to knee, are often affected. The symptoms are caused 400 to 600 Ashkenazic shown to reverse the disorder's symptoms and by the failure of the en- Jews is affected by the disprogreeaion. according to zyme ghicocerebroeidase order. Of an estimated 16,000 to break down a fetty subDr. Roscos Brady. Brady, a plqrsidan and stance or s^yooUpid, ghico- people in the United neurogenetidst, haa been oerebroaida Hie subrtanoe States who have the disreseurching a treatment accumulates in certain ease in some manner, befor Gaucher's shice 1974 cells, which remain in the tween "2,000 and 3,000 at the National Institute liver, bone manow and are severely affected and must be treated," said for Neurological Disorders spleen. Brady and a team of 11 Brady. ' and Strcdu, a component "The othera would probinstitute of the National others modified the carboInstitutes of Health, in hydrate part of g^ucocere- ably, in nty opinion, benebroaidaae, so that it could fit from the treatment," he Bethesda, Md. The findings were pub- be targeted to the caDs af- added. lished in the New En^and Journal of Medicine. Brady wrote the study along
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Mrs. Wagner was a longtime member of the Omaha Symphony Guild and a member of the guild's board of directors. She coordinated the symphony's New Music and Young Artists conqietitians for several years. Mrs. Wag" ner was a former member of the Jewish Press board of directors. She is survived by her husband, Bennett D.; wm, Adam D.; mother, BiUie Glater of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; sister, Laurie Levy of Chicago, IlL The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society or the Cantor's Discretkmary Fund at Temple lanwL
took a poIitk»l risk by dredghig up an onsavtnry part of Austria's past in a July 8 speech to the Austrian Parliament. Some of his fellow dtizens did not want to hear it, eapecially members of the younger generation, who wondiwed why they should feel guilty about events that occurred before th^ were bom. "It isbteter late than never," wrote Michael Ungens of the financial weddy Wochenpreese.
Condemns blood libel ByTamar Levy GENEVA <JTA)-The president of the U.N. Human Ri^ta Commission has bdatedly condemned a blood libel accusation against Jews made by the Syrian delegate on the AQOI; of the Geneva-base^; commission.. Five months after he waa urged to do so by 30 member states, Enrique Bamalas Ballsateroa of Para observed, "Any declaration that could provoke rsdst or discrlminat(»y sentiments must not be tolerated hi the Commiaaian on Haman Righta." He added that "neither myself nor anyone hi the commisaian could share sudi aKtrens views, whkh unoquivocd con-
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damnation and rejection." Bernales Ballesteros made his statement in a July 3 letter addressed to Morris Abram, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, who had refused to let the matter rest. In February, the Syrian ddegate. Nabila Shaalan, addreasing her fellow ddegatea from the floor, recommended a book called "The Matzah of Zion." written by the Syrian diefsnae minister. Maj. Gen. Mustafa llaaa. The book preeente aa truth a blood libd agakiat Jewa in Damaacus 160 yaars ago, repudiated at the Uma by tfis aoltan of Turkey, A whkh Syria waa then a province. CORRECTION The phetoa of Lee Oeadler and Majw Orsea were miaidoBtlfied in laat weak'a paper.
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RHCHU R. HORN Oraveaide services were held on July 14 at Teaq[>le laraal Cemetery for Rhoda R. Horn, 77. Mrs. Horn is survived by her son, Myron of Milwaukee, Wise.; brothw, Stewart Gilinsky; two grandchildren. SOL KRIZESLMAN Graveside ssrvioSs were held on Juty 14 at Temple Israel Cemetery for Sol Krizdman, 84. Mr. Krizelman ia survived by his wife, Jeanette; sons, Allen of Atherton, Calif., and Shddon of NaahviUe. Tenn.; three grandchildren. The famQy suggests memorials to Tem^ Israel or the Rose Blumkin Home. GLORIA WAGNER Services were held at Temple Israel cm July 16
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A big wdlcome tiM story repeated again andagato. There were many other "nuHiunta to temember" for the Omaha UJA Missiooaires. The walks CD the beaches of the Mediterranean at 6 a.m. in Tel Aviv, the rare opportunity to meet and taUc with some of the "chahitzim" who have built the land and fought its wars, the joy of pla^big with Ethiopian cUlidrBn at tfae bemitiftil kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar where we fdso enjoyed the ddigfatful company of Amnon Dotan's charming parents, the Yiskor sa-vlce and recitation of the Kaddish prayers at the Yad Vasheth memorial with participation by many of our own including Cantor Leo and Annette Fettman. Together we shared the moment of entering Jerusalem and recited the "Shechechanu" on a hilltop ovettooking the golden dty, together we attended Kid)balat Shabbat serv-
tees at the Wall where our womsn lit Shabbat candles, together we chanted the Kiddush and broke "challafa" at a knrely Shabbat dinner, and together we doeed the Sabbath with the Havdalah service, with our aims around each other, before we daahed over to the final Yemenite dinner and a few predous moments for shqii^ng. Others will write more Rowing details about this short menuKy-filled stay in Israel during which six days we covered the land from the Lebanese bordoon the north to Masada and the Dead Sea on the south. They will describe the bumpy unusual Jeep Safari through the Hills of the Upper Galilee and our view of the controversial Golan Heights. They will have much to tell but mostly they will remember the rare and predous experience of Israd which they shared with 34 other Omaha men and women of all ages who had become their good friends.
Missions up 45%
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By Hugh Orgel
By TomTogend LOS ANGELES (JTA) —The Americsn Fihn Festival that was sunMsed to (qiMQ June 29 in Damascus but did not is this summer's puzzler for Hollywood mystery buffs. Intended as a token of improved relations between the United SUtee and Syria, the film fast was abruptly called off by the Syrian authorities sfter weeks of organizing woric by U.S. Ambassador Edward Djerejian and Najah Alator, the Syrian minister of culture. The two officials had agreed on 26 movies to be screened, induding dnema classics such as "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind." There were also to be three films produced by Cohunbia Pictures Entertainment: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Awskenings" snd "Glory." Three days before the opening, Alator informed Djerejian that on orders from top government authorities, the three Columbia films had to be withdrawn. The ambassador refused and the festivsl wss canceled.
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TEL AVIV (JTA)Partidpation in United Jewish Appesl missi(nis to Israel this sunmier are expected to be up 46 percent over last summer, according to Naftali Lavie, head of UJA's Israel operations. Lavie, who is Israel's former aqjbassador to the United Nations, ascribes the increase to the eoding of the Persian Gulf War, and increased interest in seeing the absorption of Soviet and Ethiopian immigrants. He said that some 2,220 people are expected on 20 miaskns this summer, compared with about 1,300 for the same number of missions in 1990. UJA currently has a 200-strong singles mission in Israel, with a similar trip due at the end of this month. A delegation of 260 American rabbis is scheduled to arrive in August.
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20-minute city upside-down and it's no loncer enoui^ to look for congregation existed in 'pure natural flavor'— this part of tte, country we're going to have to rdy and that the Jerah am&i- m the eoqMrts," itiee were supported with High on ths rabbi'a agenstrong coDununity involve- da are the needs of the ment and backed by the State of Israel, and he Jewish Federation of Oma- pointed out that while ha. fund-raising is most vital, In answering questions Jews also have to continue regarding public discus- to let elected officials sion about proUems en- know "our feelings." countered by Beth Israel "It is not too eariy to the past two years. Rabbi contact representatives in Urirowitz pointed out that Congress regarding the the issue of seating (men upcoming loan guarantee and women together) still issue so ^t Senators and is "unresolved." Representativas will know A rumor about dosing how important this is to the parking lot on Shabbat Americans and the future is strictly a rumor, ("your of the SUte of Israel" mentioning it is the first Rabbi Urkowitz said slI've heard about it...") so that, if time permits, he Rabbi Urkowitz said, add- would be available to help ing, however, that it the Omaha community in would not be outside the many areas of sodsl conrealm of possibility to cern. He e]q>lained that in chain a smaQ section of the the past he has worked for parking area as a symbolic fair housing, feeding the gesture. needy, snd in the f«inaIn discussing kashruth. tion of an interfaith Rabbi Urkowitz said that council as a boy growing up in Being a rabbi means Bro<^yn, it was easy to working in many dimendetermine whether a prod- sions with limited time uct was kosher. and one must recognize "If it was made with that "we don't live in a vegetable oil, it was ko- vacuum," said Rabbi Uraiar," he said, "but now kowitz. it's infinitely more comThere are rewards for a plex." rabbi, sometimes the type He told about one prod- that one cannot anticqiate, uct where the labd men- and recently the rabbi extioned "natural tomato perienced one: flavoring," but investiga"A friend called me out tion conduded that the in- of gratitude and said, gredient actually came 'Rabbi, what can I do for fnmi the fraction of pep- yoo?'" permint distillate that re"I suggested that he remained after processing. turn to his use of t'ffllin, "The whole world of and that made both of ua kaahruth has been turned bappy." (CeMiMMd IkMi Pag* 1)
Temple Sisterhood plans annual used book sale Temple Israel Sisterhood's annual used book sale will begin on July 21. For the first time, this event wiU be held at Tem{de Israd. The sale will be cochaired by Sandy Nogg and Jane Sawyer. They, along with Joie Simon and Sandy Passer, said th«y have worked very hard to
make this year's sale a sucSale dates and times are: Sunday, July 21, 12-6 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, July 22-23,10 a.m.-8 p.m; Wedneeday, July 24, 10 a.m-6 p.m. For further information call Sandy Nogg, 3920646, or the Temple office, 666-6636.
(^(STMs m©'^© Mg®mj SOLARZ HONORED NEW YORK (JTA)Rep. Stephen Solarz (DN.Y.) was honored at the 83rd annual B'nai Zion dinner with the AmericanIsrsd Friendship Award. HUS PRESIDENT NEW YORK (JTA)Ben Zion Leuchter has
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and fully expects to be able to service a ktan of two bflUon dollars par year for fl^ years thus erating very little risk t6 the United States. Aa a community politicd action project, Henry Monsky Lodge mailad copies of the background report to membws of the community as well aa a sample letter to mail to their representatives akmg with tlra addresses of the representativee. Henry Monsky Lodge is encouraging the members of the Omaha community to support this up coming legislation. Anyone who did not recdve a mailing and wishes to do so may call Lois Epstein in the B'nd B'rith office, 3348200 ext. 209.
To review case By Susan Bimbaum NEW YORK (JTA)Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has peraonally asked the top prosecutor's office in Moecow to review the case of Dmitri Berman, a 26-year-old-Jewi8h man who Soviet Jewry advocates say was falsely accused of the 1988 murder of a Moldavian soldier. Gorbachev intervened at the request of Canadian Jewiah businsssman Albert Reichmann, who met with him laat week, accordiiu; to tite Union of CouDcfla for Soviet Jews in
Washington, which quoted Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Vitaly Churkin. The rq>ort was independently confirmed. Barman haa been staying at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow since January, after bis case was reopened following an appeak court's dismissal of chargea against hiuL Soviet Jewry groupe, as weU aa the U.S. SUte !>»• partmsnt, are giving the caae hi^ priority and viewing it aa an act of antiSemitic harassment.
Jewish officiai fined ai^Hopriating a 1222,000 tax rebate from the con8tructi<m of a non-inofit housing project put up by the NCJW. The money waa to have been used for lowering rents for lowwas fined U.S.sa.OO0 July income tenanta or reduc4 for ei^t violatinu of ing the mortgage on the Ontario'a Elsctiwu Fi- project. Instead it was put into nance Act. Once a prominent fund- ths NCJW foundation's rdser for the Ontario capitd fund, from idiieh Uberd Party, Starr. 48, Starr made 126 bnpnptt created a shish fund by mis- politicd donations
TORONTO (JTAl-Patti Starr, former preskient of the charitable foundation of the Toronto section of the Nationd Council of Jewiah Women, jailed last month on fraud chargee,
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The power of religious faith • Ay Sea. J. Jamee Exon Edtteta Note: TUb la a eofanen wiittea by Sen. Jfan Exen (D-Nebr.) abont Us raHgkMS obairvatkMa while in the Sovfet Unioa and Eaatam Enope reeeeitly. Over the recent Easter recess, I had the privilege of refireeenting the Senate Armed Servicee C<nnmittee aa part of an official Senate delegation to the new democracies in Eaatam Europe and the Soviet Union. Our delegation visited Poland, Ciechoetovakia, Hungary, Russia and Latvia, where in addition to our official duties, we saw inefriring evidence of the power of reUgkins feith.
A new life It is tinw to lecvB one's burtbplace. It is time to say kst good-byes to longtime friends and much of one's fandly. Tlie decision has been made, poeseasions have been crushed into a few duffel bags, and the long flight to the United Statee of America is about to begin. What do these refugees from the Soviet Unkn think aboQt as thqr embark on this nxunentous adventure to a new laiul known to them only as Omaha, Nebraska? In moet cases, their thoughts are mixed. Thqr think of the wonderful on>ortunity for themsdvee and their children to begin anew—pursue careers, enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of hanuness—without being restricted by an autocratic government which wizdks at anti-Semitism. Upon arrival at Eppley Airfidd. they are tired &Y>m the long trq>, wppnAuaaivB about the people who will meet them, disturbed at thdr lack of understanding Engliah, and wcnried about tbtit ability to make it in tbenew worid. Often, the doubts reach critical mass wboi awaiting strangers wave flags, smile and greet the newcomers as long, lost brothers md sisters. "My first impulse was to turn around and get back on the plane," one of the refugees confided to me as he recalled his ezpertaice several months ago. Now, the procees of rseettlement begins. There is 80 much to do and one can only wonder how much more speed could be injected into the effort if the entire Jewish community pitched in to bel^. This is not to say that our eBbrt is meager because we do have the aUDs of Jewish Family Service, a resettlemsBt coordinator, and soms fantastic volunteers involved and tetting the job done. But, there'is a tendency on the part of the Jewish cornmuni^ to want more, and faster, for our new arrivals. Yet, maqy of these hidividnab are rebctant to caD upon their own reeonrces and ezpertiae to help. It ia easy to ddegate responsibility; however, reeettlemeot of Soviet Jews hi Israel, the United SUtes, and Omaha, is a mascive undertaking with plenty of (^iportunities for the entire community. Let's atop looking at resettlement as a minor interruption to our lives. Theee are fellow Jews, trying to make a new life in an imfaniniT setting and if you don't recognize them— look in the mirrorl
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In Poland, our delegation oMt with the Primate of Pdand, Cardinal Joseph Glemp. The Catholic Church in Poland helped sustain the Polish people through years of Communist repression. Durhig the daric days of Communist rule, the Catholic Church represoiteid the sole source <rf legitimate moral authority for tte nation. That rob placed the church at the center of the political and ectmomic change. Now that legitimate democratic institutions have won the reepect of the people, the Church is assuming a new rtde in Polish Society. The Church is now able to focus its attention more exclusively on the spiritual well-being of the Polish pec^le. The Cardinal tdd our delegation that democracy has given the Church new access to the nation's hoqiitala, j(^, police, the army, and to the cfaQdien from broken homes. The Church is now m«« deeply involved in educati<nial issues and rdigious instruction than it was under the Communist system. In reeponse to a question I posed, the Cardinal eoqxessed his appreciation for the assistance and cooperation of the American Archbishops and noted several useful theological and philoe(q>hical exchanges. The Cardinal also ex-
I his admiration for the organization of tht American Catholic Church. In the Soviet Union, our delegation learned of a dramatic renewal of religkius faith since the reforms of Olaanoot. One of the reforms of President G<H^achev was to permit the free exerdse of religion. Young Soviets have embraced this new freedom and as several had explained, it is now consklered very fashiooaUe to practice religion. Our ddegation also came face to face with the sorrow of past rebgious persecution. In Eastern Europe, the memoriae <rf the Second Worid War seem more vivid and recent than in other parts of Eurc^. I will slways remunber the moving axperisDce of visiting the area that was once the Warsaw Jewish g^to. Several sections of the ghetto wall remain there, standing as a grim reminder of man's inhumanity to man, and as a tribute to the thousands of brave patriots of th« Warsaw ghetto who roee up against their Nazi persecutors when unnierdfully attacked. In Budapest, Hungary, our official meeting took us along the very streets that Swedish Dqilomat Raoul Wallmberg walked when he was rescubig 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Second World War. Wallenberg's valiant actions should remind all of us that one person can stand up to the forces of evil. This is the dawn of a new era. America has long been a shining example that freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought can empowo- a nation, "nie emergence of Eastern Eun^ and the Soviet Union from decades of rdigious rqtression vividly illustrates the enduring and undefeatable nature of rdigious faith. And the ghosts of past religious persecutitm serve as a reminder that individuals as wdl aa nations have a re8p<m8ibility to respect the religious freedom of their friends and neighbOTS.
President Bush and the Jews By Marc Tanenbaom ICtrfil^ itU, Jnltk Tiliy^ilr Agmer. ImeJ
NEW YORK-The rdationahip of the Buah administration to the American Jewiah cmnmunity and to Israd becomes "curiooser and curiooser." After Secretary of State Jamee Baker's reomt q>pear^ ance before a congreeaiooal committee, there was substantial reason to believe that the Bush adndniatntion had become truly hoetik to Israel and decisively proArab. Baker's statement that "Israel remains the nuyor obstacle to peace in the Middle East" was so outrageous and und^tlomatic that Bush found it necessary to modify the excesses of his secretary. Tliat pattern of one^kled pressure on Israel by Bush's people was further reinforMd by the sharp attacks on West Bank settlement activity and cidls for massive arms salsa to Arab nations. At the same time, however, other developments indicated that Bush and his administration are the best friends the Jews and Israel have ever bad. It ia indiqmtable that Bush personally made possibls the exodus of Ethiopian Jewry both in 1984 and today. I can testify from my own experience in 1983 and 1984 with Bush'a refugee coordinator, that aa vice preaident he went to Ethiopia and peraonally made the po-
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litical and financial arrangements leading to the first major rescue of Ethiopian Jews. Bush also had a central role in the preeent heroic redenqytion of the remaining Ethiofdan Jews. He has been equally as invdved in the release of Soviet Jews. In the 1970s, when he served u U.S. ambas^ sador to the United Nations, I went to him to ask for assistance in getting two Soviet Jewish famiUea released. Bush ^ not heeitate fer a moment, and went beyond the call of duty to free these Soviet Jews. As Sovist Jewry eqierts freely acknowledge, Bush has confronted Mikhail Oorbwdiev consistently with demands for ths mass emigratim of Soviet Jews to Israel and elsewhere. The waiving of Jackson-Vanik Amendment sanctions for one year could well become additional Bush levei^ sge not only to save the Soviet econooqr but also to keep the doors open for Soviet Jewish exodus. In sum. Bush's relationship with Jews and Israel is coni]>licated and ambiguous. The taak at Jewish leadership in the months ahead, I believe, will be, in the words of an old song, to'' accentuate the poaitive" and "eliminate the negative." Marc Tanenbaum, for 30 years the director of the international rdations d^iortinent of the American Jewish Committee, is now a lecturer, writar and consultant
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Potemkin settlements— no bar to peace By Irviag GrMnbog NEW YORK-Much of the IsraeU natknaliat right is convinced that West Bank settlements will predude a land-ferpeeoe exchange. The Ard> governments and the Palestinians press for the settlement process to be stopped if th^ are to come to the table. ThaBush administration is furious and never misses a chance to pall the settlement policy an obstacle to peace. Can they aU be wrong? The answer is: yes. Everyone who wants peace should see throng these myths and exaggerated claims—lest th«y serve as a cover to^lerail the peace process. The ri^t is clutching at straws. After 16 years of intensive efforts, then are about 90,000 settlers on the West Bank (not counting East Jerusalem). Tliis number has not changed the fact that ahnost a milUao Arabs live on that same West Bank. Doubling the settlers in the next decade—an unlikely possibility—will have little impact on the basic equation. In fact, 90 percent of the settlers are young couples seeking affordable housing or a touch of suburbia. Non- idedogical, they are likely to accept either compensation to move or life under an Arab authority that respects their rights and security. Furthermore, negotiations are a process of give and take. The bulk of the settlers are located either within a few miles of Jerusalem or within the minimal border adjustments needed to loosen the noose around Jewish Jerusalem and pre-1967 Israel Yielding that territory is the minimum Arab concession needed to make the nuyor breakthrough to peace— an Arab admission that Jews have a legitimate right to live as an independent and equal group in the Middle East.
Instead of urjostifiably crediting the settlers with a veto on the peace process, they shoukl be given an award for the "most tacky poUtfcal behavior of 1991." How else can one catagorise the gratuitous insults offered a close ally: Potemkin villages—a grand total of 13 families in ths first two settlements—erected to cohuade with Secretary of State James Baker's visits. The only message the right is sending is that the Isradi government is so weak that the prime minister and foreign minister together cannot oontnd otiier miniaters' behavior. This message reduces Israel's chances of hdding on to aH the territories. Similarly, the absolute Arab opposition to the settlements (and to the Soviet Jewish immigratioo) shoidd be seen f<v what it really is: an unwillingness to admit that Jews have a ri^t to live anywhere in the Middle East. Judea and Samaria are rooted in Jewish history and memory. Just as Arabs have the right to live as equal citizens in Jewish Israel, so should Jews have the rij^t to live on the West Bank—even if it becomes a Palestinian state. Any state or autonomous authority that intends to live peacefully with its Jewish neighbors would aoc^t the right of a Jewiah minority to live within its bonders. An irredentist Palestinian autonomous region or state unprepared to live with a Jewiah presence is not ready for peace and has no moral right to emerge. By indulging absolute Arab antagonism to the settlements, the United States is keeping aUve Arab rejectionist fantasies. By lumping Jewish East Jerusalem nei^iborhoods with West Bank settlements, the United States implies that every inch of territcHy must be returned. This contradicts the legislative history of Resolution 242, and violates American bipartisan
Court nominee's remarks come under scrutiny NEW YORK (JTAHJewish organizational leaders are not entirely satisfied with a statemmt Judge Claremoe Tliamas issued last wedc distancing himself Ann aati-Samitic renunrks made by Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan. At least some Jewish groups are insisting that Thomas, who is President Bush's noniinse for the U.S. Sufneme Court, unequivocally repudiate Farrakhan, not mmply the anti-Semitism he has been spouting since 1972. Thomas issued a statement saying he could not "leave stau&ig any suggestion that I am anti-Semitk," and denied emphatically that ha was. The uncertainty arose when the Dallas Times Hersld disclosed that statements in praise of Farrakhan and his self-help IBOgrams for blacks were included in two speeches wepared for delivery by Thomas in the faD of 1983, when he wu chairman of the Equal Empkyment Opportunity Commission. The texts of the two speeches have Thomas describing Farrakhan as "a man I have admirsd for more than a decade." Thomas, a black caatwvative, currently sits oo the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Cahunbia Cir cult. Bush selected him to
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replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, a liberal who is the first and only black to sit on the nation's highest bench. In his statement, Tlxmus saki, "I sm and ahnQTs have been, unalterably and adamantly opposed to sntiSemitism and bigotry of any kind, hrhiding by Louis Fsrrakhan." He added: "I repudiate tlie anti-Semitism ol Louis Fairakhan or anyone else. While I siqiport ths ooocept of eoooomic sslf-help, I hiive never siqiported or tolerated bigotry at any kind." But Almdiam Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, maintained that it is "not possible to separate Farrakhan's message from Farrakhan the meesengw." He expressed "hope thst Judge Thomas, who has always eschewed bigotry, will publicly acknoiriedge the danger in attempting to distJngtiish elements of a bigot's program which might be considered positive from an overt message of vicious racism and antiSemitism. "Failurs to acknowledge this only legitimises Farrakhan's overall message of hate," he added. Henry Siegman, executive director of the American Jewish Coogress, stated that if Judge Thomu ex-
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pressed admiratioa for Farrakhan, "he has disquslified himsdf from service (m the Supreme Court" But Siegman acknowledged that at this point there is no hard evidenoe' whether or not Thomas actually made the remarks attributed to Imn. Armstrong WilUams, s Wsshington public relatioos c(»sultant who was Thomas' spokesman when he headed the EEOC, confirmed in news reports that two speeches prepared for Thomas in 1988 contafasd a quote by Farrakhan which Thomas could identify with because it promotsd black aelf-halp. Williams ssid Thomas abandoned the prepared text in a September 1983 speech to black journalists at the Capital Press Club in Washington, but used it in a speech the following month to the Association of Black MBAs in Atlanta. Williams pointed out that hi 1983, Farrakhan had not
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promises to support an undivided Jerusalem. Like moat American Jews, I bdieve that Israel's pdicyjdiodd be governed by Mcurity concerns and not by messianic hopes. For the sake of peace end tiie preser vatlOD of the Jewiah character'of Israel, moet Israelis wouU offer land as a bargaining chip—whan Arabs show a convincing willingness to nuke peace. But the administration's cold spot for Israd and constant emphasis on the settlonents is disturbing. Even congressional friends of Israel h»ve ssid off the record that the spedsl loan guarattMia^needed for Soviet resettlement (which come iq) fai^lptember) are a lost cause if the settlement process does not stop before then. I wish the settlements would stop. Thefr highest cost to Israel ia opportunity cost. The price of settUng Jews is higher on the West Bsiik because tiie infrastructure is less devel(q>ed. The needs of Israel's Sephardim and development towns have been neglected. The government is continuously distracted from its highest priority—absorbing the historic Soviet aliyah. American su^xHt for Soviet Jewish resettlement is being hurt by the perceived provocative nature of settlement activity. But it is the absence of a Sadat-type accq>tance of Israel—and not the settlements—that is the true obstade to peace. When an unequivocd commitment to peace is made, the most likely, if unintended, outcome of the settlements could be sn interweaving of Israeli and Palestinian populaticms, economics and security concerns. The resdution of this tan^ might be borough arrangemoita; boroughs on both sides of the Green Line could be part of an entity across the line. Arabs living in pre1967 Israd mi^t choose dtizenship in sn Arab authority on the West Bank or Jordan, while Jews living in Hebron or the Nabhia area might choose Israeli dtizenship. Some people mi^t choose dud dtizenship. The whole area could beconie a worldwide modd for peaceful coexistence of powerful nationalisms. By demythdogiring the importance of the settlemmita, the United States government can remove the cover behincf which Arab nations, Pdestinians and Israeli extremists avmd malring the deddons needed to live together. In a find settlement, the settlemants will end up being the security and diplomatic tripwire for both sidee. Accepting thefr presence will be the best proof of the peaceful intent of the Psieatinians. To encourage good treatmmt for the settlers, Israd will be bound to treat benignly the West Bank Arab's fledge ling autonomy. Thus, ironically, the settlements can serve not to block but to guarantee the peace.
The Senate panel ia exIrving Greenbeig is presklent of CLAL—The Natknd pected to hdd confirma- Jewish Center for Learning snd Leadership, and author tion hearings for Thomas of "The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays" (Summit in Septembw. Books). The views are sddy the autlur's.
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PERSONALS To my deareet family and friends: Thank you for all your visits, gtfts, cards and donations during my recant sui^ gery. Your lundness andccncem h^jwdme throui^ a very difficult time. Love to you alL iRathOredi Sincere thanks to my dear funily and friends for your thoughtfulness during my st«y in the hoqtitaL Your carda, calls, visits, flowers and gifts meent so much to me. BeesPaUak The fami)y of R«v. Ai^ thur Gendler thanfc^ their fainily and frianda for their donations, phone calla, paridaal greetings, coBdolaaca calla rad aioyan attendanea which helped ao nmch in their hoore of eorrow. M«y Ua name be inscribed for a blaaeing. SineHaly, The Oandlar Fei^iy BMMVw 11 In Rat
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Council Bluffs B'Nal Israel SERVICES: Friday night services July 19, 7:30 pan. Tlie synagogue is located at 618 Mynster in Council Bhiffs. For more infbrmatiaD contact Ellen Fennid( at 390-9062.
Temple Israel FRTOAY: Services at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Aijeh Asiiel and Cantor Karen Webber will officiate. "Psalms in the Summer" will continue with discussion of Psahn 27—Ambivalence. The brief Oneg Shabbat willfrdlow. Sitter service is available for the 7:30 p.m. service. Reservations are needed. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 10:16 a.m. SimeahB'Shabbat-The congregation, together with Rabbi Aarial and Cantor Webber, will study the Torah portion for the week.
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To our wonderful family and friandR How fci>tjm»t* Mwi bleaaed we are to have had your comforting thoughts, prayere, worda of cncouracmant and support during Marvin's hoqritaliaatkm. Knowing ypa were in our corner helped us enormouehr during those bleak hoim. Thank you for the lettere, donationa, carda, ftowers, food and, most of all, your love. Special thanka to RabU Pml Draatn. Thanks also to Kansae City's Rabbi Alan Cohen and the ladlas of the Sisterhood of Beth Shalom coagragatlon and to Kabbi Daniel Horowits of Congregation Ohav Shalom. Marvin and Dorothy Kaplan
Perashat Devarim Have yon read any good booka lately? When you haven't anything else to say, you might say, "Have you read any good books Iatdy7" There are thoee who call the Bible "The Good Book." That's not a bad qmdlatiai, but Jews are indhied to call the Bible "The Holy Scr^tnres" or "The Tanakh." The Bible actually has 24 "good books" from Genesis to Chroniclee. When we hear the Torah reading this Shabbat, we hear the beginning of Deuteronomy, the moot influential book of Torah, and the begfaming of Isaiah, perh^pe the moat inftaential, certaifily the most m^{eetic, book of the Propheta. The Isaiah chi4>ter is a devaatating huUctment, chosen to be read before Ttaha B'Av, read aa our Haftarah. But it is to Deuteronomy—Devarim—to which I should like to draw our attention now. It is not merely a "good book." It is a great book, earneet, articulate, demanding, captivating. In the Tonh narrative, it consists of addresses that Moeee delivered to his people—our people—just b^hre thqr entered the Pramised Laiid. He himself was not to enter, for he must die on the for side of the Jordan, his mission on the threehoM of accompHshment, but not quite, not quita I once heard a l«yman bUtheiy inform his hearers, on a btyman's Devar Torah Shdbbat. that the Rabbis of the Taknod thought that Deuteronomy was the "Book of Twah" found in the Temple in the days of King Josiah, This layman, a amgeon, had read somewhere the msny modem Bible critke think that that book was Deuterononqr, or part of it. But the rabUa? The "Book of Torah?" Of courae nott To the rabbis the Book of Torah was ths Safer Torah, nothing elael (If that lajman, a surgeon, dkin't know the difference between the rahUa and modem Bible critics, I hope he would at least know the difference between ny Uver and my aniendix.) But the critics'eiplanatian doee much to eq>lain the hietory oi Joeiah'e timeu It givee the motive for the widesweeping religione reformation undertaken by that good king. Deuteroncmqr stressee in irreeistiUe human language the theme never parted from in the {vophetic literature and in the Deuteronomiatic hiatory (Deuteronomy, Joehua, Judgee, Samoel and Kings)—the theme of Reward and Punishment. Indeed from Deuteronomy 11 we have taken the middle one of the three paragrapha of our Sh'ma: Do this, and eqjtqr the conaequencee of virtue; but do that, and aufhr the oonaequenoee of infideltiy. To be wre. thie powerful theme ia qneetkined-indeed denied—in certain later BibUeal booika, eqaedaUy Job and Eccleaiastaa. But it remaina the central theme of Judaiam and other reUgkns that are BiblelMsed. It is, so to speak, what religkn nudnty teachee. And it is only the eophisycated and the phikeophically incMned who give weight to Job and Eodssiaatee. So have yon read any good booka lately? Here is Denteronomy. Read it whole. Read it again and again. It is intoxicating, powerful, sweepfaig. Ite rush of oratory ia overpowariag. Not oiriy Jodah, but every reeder in every generation ia moved br it. llie man Moaee was the greataat of the propbete.
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Cookbook Review BjrteUViWhMa Mama LMli'a Jawiah KltdieB by LMh Loeb FJacber (Macmman. $19.96). Delidoua, old-worid radpee for authcDtk Jewiah cooldng: aioqpk, hearty food that ia eaay to prepare. Nothing "fangr-shmancjr" firom Mama Leah, thia ia comfort food that makea people himpy, cooked by a neighborhood "balabuata." A longtime New Yorlc City lestanranteur. Mama Leah aimpliflM techniquea and 225 diahea and alao explaina how nadxn who keep koaher can modify the redpea; there are no "trayfe" ingredicnta. Woven between the redpea, thia ftm-to-read codcbook namea brands, tella tipa and always gives just a little advice. H<»My kitchen philoeophy and lore go with evwytidng. One anecdote eiplaina a Hungarian Jewiah tr«ditioo of throwing bailey at the bride and groom to encourage tartiUty. This ia more than a cookbook, it'a like having Mama Leah at your elbow making commenta, telling atoriea, meaauring a "schit ardn", and giving potDters aprinkled with Yiddish worda. Ilie chtqitera indude graina and noodles, blintxee, kniahea. latkee and oth«r goodiea, stufiad vegetablea, Paaaover and breada and bagela. Among the mouthwatering redpea are Krupnik (vegetaUe-bariey aoup), Abbaa (diick-pea snadi) and Zemmd (roDa). The fdlowing ia a daaaic Jewiah diak Kaaha Vandahkea 1 cop BMAnu buckwheat groata legg 2 oqM boilfaig cU(&a atock 1 quart boOiag water 1 cop uMOoked varaiahkaa 3 tableapoona cora aU 1 Ifvga oaJoB, eoataely dMpped Mix groata with egg until each groat ia well coated. Cook in medium aaucqian over moderatdy hi(^ heat, stir oonatantly with a wooden apoon until gitMta separate and the egg begina to dry. Add dudun atodc, cover, cook over low heat fiv 10 to 16 minutes until all the liquid is abaorbed. Remove from heat and reeerve. Cook vamiahkee in boiling water about 16 minutea until tender. Drain. Saute the onions in the dl until gdden brown. Mix with the kasha qnd vamishkee and serve.
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Suggestion dismissed ByOOSedaa JERUSALEM (JTA)larael haa djamiaaad a auggaattoB by the aeven larg' eat hdduateial dentocxadea that it stop setUementbuilding in the administered tenitoriee as a "confidence-lniilding" measure to advance the peace proLeaders of the seven major eamomic powers alae called for an end to the Arab economic boycott of Israel in a communique releaaed Tueeday at the coochiaion of their aummit meeting in London. There was no official Israeli response to the communique. But political aources here insiated there is no connection between the two issuae it raiaed. Dnmty Ptveign Miniater Binyamin Netanyahu said the Araba should not be rewarded with territory fdr changing their stance on the boycott. Police Mfaiiater Ronni Mife told larael Radio that both iaauea lightAilly be-
long on the agenda of Arablararii nagotiotiona if and when thqr take place. The Oroop of Seven called on Paleatinians, the Arab natioM and larael to "adopt reciprocal and balanced confidancolmilding measures and to show the flexibility necesaaiy to aHow a peace confsence to be convened." The seven countries are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Statea. Thoy said they oidorse the U.S. proposal "of a peace conference starting parallel and direct negotiaticos between Israel and representative Palestinians, on the one hand, and Israel and the Arab states, on the other." The conference should lead to a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace," based on U.N. Security Council Raaoiotiana S42 aad838, "andtheptine^ of territory for peace," the communique stated. The notion of having a
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CoDunittee on Standarda for Protection against Radiatidn. Susan Modenstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Modenstein, was in Lincoln this weeii to attend her 20th graduating class reunion fi«m Southeast High School Susan, who reddas in New York City, is a free lance commercial producer.
Temple B'nai Jeahuran The Young At Heart Sisterhood has announced will meet July 24 at the the following officers for KnoUs Restaurant. An the coming year 199111:45 am. hmch win be fol- 1992: Sue Schreiber, presilowed by an afternoon of dent; Mary Bundy, vice Mah Jongg and bingo. pre^lent; Marda Wallen, Make reservations by Ju^ secretary; Elaine Mairier, 21 with Faye Unger. All treasurer; Bobbie Brocdcs, are invited to join this psst presidoit; Rita Babwonderful groiq> for an aft- bitz, gift shop chairman. ernoon of camaraderie and entertainment TheU Chapter of Sigma Ddta Tau Sorority, active from 1925 to 1972 at the University of Nebraska, will hold a reunion May 15, 16 and 17, 1992 at the Corahnaker Hotel in Lincoln. A lunche(Hi to help plan this event was beU at the Comhusker. Fourteen Ltocoln Ahimnae met with Ethelyn Lashinsky Roseman, and Maiiam Rubnitz Simon of Omaha. Mariam Simon is chairperson for this event. Any Theta Alumnae interested in helping with tha reunion, plMse contact Mariam Simon, 914 South 118th Plaza, Omaha. NE 68164. Joyce Davidson, radk>logical health apedaUst with the Nehraaka Dapartment of Health, win be hi WaahingtoB. D.C. the last week of July. She wOl a^ tend the Coofarenoe of Radiatira Control Program Directors, Task Force
Protest mall plan By David Kaator BONN (JTA)-Women from Berlin demonstrated against plans to build an enonnous shopping mall cloae to the memorial to victims of the Ravensbrudc concentratkn camp, throufl^ whkh 90,000 women inmates once passed. The cultural afbdra mimster of the federal state of Brandenburg, Heinrich Enderlein, called the plans a "scandal" The German Jewish cranmunity lodged a formal protest and urged Brandenburg to ban ths project, sUted for land fonnariy occupied by Soviet troops. The state government is aiamhiing the legality of the land ulee to developers. But Eberhard Dentzer, director of the memorial, said it was too late.
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Play down oil new well, known as KoBy Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTAI-Oil chav 32, could yield a total prospectors are playing of 360,000 barrels, Levy down tlie importance of said. the oil strike at a drilling He stressed that Koaite in the Heletz oil field, chav 32 is not a new oil near Ashdod. source but a further exploOil gushed at 6,118 feet ration within tht wider below ground. But the Heletc fisld, which conNafta Oil Prospecting Co., aiats of ssveral small, isowhich aperateo the fi^, is lated subterranean poola. reacting cautloualy. Oil was first found there According to its director general, Yossi Levy, the in 1966. The fiak) has afaice yielded 17 millioo barrels drilling is continuing. If dl is found at tluree or from 66 hoks out of 84 four different strata tar- drilled. The company hopes gated by the compaay to a to extract another two mildepth of 6,446 twt, the lion barrels from the field.
Sanford Friadman and Sandra Kohll, co-gsnsral chairmen for the 1B91 JCC's Maccabi Yonth Games Committee, have announced the schedule for the closing days' events and ceremonies of the Jewish Community Center's Maccabi Youth Games. On the final day of the JCC Youth Games on Aug. 21, after the conclusion of all sporting events inchiding the goU medal rounds of the baaketball competition, a very special evening program with ente^ tainment-and party has been planned for aU participants of theee games, the co-chairmen said. The closing ceremonies win be|^ with tlie atiiletes marching into the JCC gymnasium grouped by their respective sport.
After a brief ceremony with awards and recognition, the athUtes will be treated to a Orst-daas pod party. These closing di^ events are chaired by two longtime and active JCC supporters, Patty Nogg and Sheila Polikov. These two leaders have promised "a grand time for all involved." The co«hairmen invite the community to attend the ckMing awards cerem(my on Wednesday evening, Aug. 21. The ceremony will be held in the JCC gymnasium at 7 p.m. For additional information ooooeming the dosfaig ceremony or any part of the JCC Maccabi Youth Games, omtact Chuck Arnold, games coordinator, at 334-8200.
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kin Home; the reddents appreciated it, and the members enjqyed ddng it. AZA 11's 68th Annud Sweetheart Dance will take place on Sept 1 at the Maririott Hotel. Much planning is going into this dance. Ads are also now being sold for the ad book. For information about the dance or if you are interested in buying an ad, stop in the Senior High Lounge. We would also Uke to thank Beth Cohan, the new BBYO dfrector, for aU the hdp she has already given ua, and we are glad. she is here.
AZA #1 haa had many successful Bununer programs. On June 12 we had a Softball game against Chaim Weizmann. The Mother Chapter, after many tries, finaUy beat Weizmann at some sporting event. We also had a voy successhil Father's Day program. The men of AZA |1 todi their fathers to dinner. On July 6 the men of AZA 11 held servkes for the residents of the Blum-
Josh Zweiback, son of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Zweiback, was graduated with high honors from Princeton University. He wss also dectad to mamber> ship in Phi Beta K^n>*> thenatknaihonori A reUgkn majo juntoryearhewont dore and Helen i modal Prixe, awa the outstanding studsnt of Jewish studies. Mr. Zwdback wiU be a rabbinic intern at Temple Israd in Omaha for 190192, mwdaUzing in religious school, youth and adult education. He then plans to attend Hebrew Union CoUege as a rabbinic student.
With fewer, than four weeks remaining, plans and details are falling quickly into place for this summer's JCCs' Maccabi Yonth Games, according to Chuck Arnold, games coordinator. Two hundred youth, ages 12 to 16, will be in Omaha Aug. 18-22 for friendship, recreation and for the opportunity to reinfbroe positive Jewish values, Mr. Arnold added The tennis conqietitian, under the chafamniship of MoUene Oassman and Jerry Freeman, has attracted the largest group of Omaha athletes. They are Jafeon Hoberman, Jonathan Broder, Ruvane Kuriand, Josh Parilman, Lindsay Parilman, Andrea Friedman, Shoshsna Wees, Allison Gordon, Cor«y Itldn, J.D. Slosberg, Andi Gutnik, Michelle Kurs, Lisa Coren, Sarah Raful, Michael Kricsfeld, Dan Rosen, B J. Nathan and Jeremy Friedman. "The tennis event will be held at the Miracle Hills
Tennis and Ooif Csiter on Monday, Tnesdvy trnd Wednesday, Aug. 19. 20 and 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Madab will be awarded to the top three finishers in esch age groiq> for Singles and Doubles play. According to Mr. Ar^ noM, "We have been very fortunate to lineup the following sponsors for the tennis venue which includes the Alan and Mar da Baer Foundation, Sanford and Amy Friedman Family, Marvin and Sandra Koiill Family and the Racqueteer. Due to these very thoughtful and caring inctivi(taals and con^Mmies, the tennis venue will be played at a quality indoor > air-conditioned facility which win enhance play for all the tennis competitors." Indivkhials interested in vofamteering for the tennis competition should contact Chuck Arnold at 334-8200.
Bible-doll collection donated to museum By Soaan Binlwani NEW YORK (JTA)-A coUecticm of handmade dolls depicting biblical charactera, which had been believed lost, has been found and donated to the National Moaenm of American Jewish History in PhilsdelpMa, The doDs sre the handiwork of Diana Slavin Forman, a weU- known lecturer, mecUa personality, teacher and artist who was known aa the "Bible^kdl lady." Forman, who used
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Some time ago we used this qwce to discuss a subject I like to call "auf tsu lauchas." l^anslations is something like "wouldn't you know iti" There are, no doubt, better waya to tranalate that phrase, but I can't do it. Let me illustrate instead. In fact, that's what this is all about—my examples of: "auf tou lauchas." It all started this morning. I was in the kitchen, preparing something that called for an egg. Due to the cholesterol business, I use eggs sparingly. In this recipe r planned to use half an egg. I was going to beat it slij^Uy, then sllow only half to go into my mixture. I tapped the raw egg and broke it into a small bowl and . tlwre it was—a double ydk. Auf tsu lauchas, when I want as little yolk as possible, I get twol Wouldn't you just know it? It's like being in the store, having the clerk finish ringing up two basket^ full of groceries (after standing in a long line) and discovering I used the last check in my checkbook and hadn't put in a new one. Ills idea of suicide ocHnes to mind, but then I remember our rdigion frowns on it. The most common auf tsu lauchas is undoubtedly the one that goea like this: "I had my car washed late yester^ day at the $10 carwash and now it'a raining!" That's such a dnch it hardly counto as an example. Back in the kitchen, there's another one I grt cau^t in once in a while. I'm in the middle of a recipe and discover I'm conqiletdy out of an important ingredient Or, maybe even worse, I have only half as much as I need of that ingredient. What should I do? I don't want to stop hi mitten drimum and run out to the store. Do I dare use the half portion? What will happm if I do? Will I ruin the whde thing or will it be a way of discovering half is plenty? That started out to be a simple auf toy lauchas and turned into a nightmarol Life is full of theae kinds of frustrations. In fact, when I started to write this cohimn, I wanted to look through my files and see just how long ago I had first used this topic My files—that's just a alight exaggeration. I have coi^ of my columns but they antft m.very good order. So I looked and looked, stomingiioii^'ind then to rerasd something. I never did find out what I was looking for—auf... you know. (I did, however, promiae mysdf I'd sort out that mess very sooni) By now you know the tnnslaticms of that little phraae I started out with. It's something we all deal widi, now and then, andthere'snoway toavoidit. If youidana garden party with 60 guests in the middle of summer, you have to know that a rainatorm is just huUng around a cloud, waiting to ruin thin^ for you—auf tsu lauchas. Nothing much we can do about these things, ausept hope for tibe beet and cover yourself whenever possible. Maybe these are the little alips dropped into our lives just to keep things interesting. Maybe.
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By Howard WASHINGTON (JTA) —Israd is diverting water from Jordan and thereby depriving its population of an adequate water supply, Jordan's ambassador to the United States charged Monday. In a public address on Capitol Hill, Ambassador Hussein Hammami criticized Israel for using Jordan River water to replenish Lake Tiberias.
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Ms. Kushner said her future plans include naading the late piano woito of Brahms. Copies of the Chopin Mazurkas may be purchased at the Jewish Community Center through Beth SekHn Dotan. Jewiah Cultural Arts Council director.
that Jordan is how inaqM-r ble of meeting its inunadi* L ate water needs from thai] Yanndc," a river that^ flows into the Jordan, he ssid. An Israeli Embassy official here maintained that Israel is entitled to that wa-, ter tmder an agreement it signed with Jordan, through, the United States, in the 1960s. "All of the Jordan River is to be used by us," he said. Hammami spoke ior 76 minutes to Churches for Middle East Peace, which represents 14 mainline church groups, in a Senate room secured by Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.). The envoy called water one of the three biggest issues facing the Middle East, akmg with the ArabIsraeli conflict and absence of democratic governments.
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Bfr. Laahbafcy, oaater, viaita wHh Dr. Bflehel Mouot left, aikl Ava Growdat, on a dndae for Parlleaen'a anfferaa. He wiD Jaia theaa oai the Road to DigBity Walk II In iWvidaMse, RJ. July 2S. 820,000 reaearch prefect coodneted Jointly by the UnJvaraity of Nebraaka Medical Center and Crei^ ton Univeraity. Entitled, "Enviroomental Factora and the Prevalence of Paridnaon'a Diaeaae in Nebraaka," the study waa pmpoaed by Dr. Ronakl PMfCir and Danid StricUand,PhD.,ofUNMC and Dr. John Bertoni of Creigfaton Medkal School One* known aa "ahdking palay," the diaeaae is not alwaya accbmpanied by tremora, according to Mr. LaaUnalgr, who nraly haa tremors. Hia fir^ayiw; tom waa diificu4ki wii^, haudwrltingl • *• . "I can write my name and the teo numbara, but that'a it," aaki the man who had to ij^ up Ua aocceaaful 28-yaar-old mccounting •»MI conaulthig buaineas. He said it is also an effort to wash his handa, bniah his teeth and button buttooa. Mr.Laahfaiakyatillgoee tohlacrffice almoat every day but only to do peraonal thinga. He uaee a typawritar for ooneapoodeiice but, the once good
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Kansas bans discrimination by country clubs By Rick HeUaua KanaaaClty Jflwub vltfdHa6 OVERLAND PARK. Kan. (JTAH-Gov. Joan Fimi«y haa aigned into law a bill making Kanaas one of the firat atatea In the union to ban diacrimination by private country dubs baaed on a poaon'a race, rdig^ ion, sex or disability. liie bill, paased unanimously by the Kanaaa Legialature April 29, was signed by the governor May 9. Known informally a8the"BlochBill."itwin take effect on Jan. 1,1902. The impetua for the paasaga of the bin waa the Kanaaa City Coontiy Cbb's anub of Jewiah busiaeaaman Henry Bloch'a applicaticn far memberahiplaat year, brought to light by prof^ooal golfer Tom Wataon's subsequent resignation from the club. The biU, whose paasage had been advocated by ^ local chapter of the Amert can Civil libertiea Union and the Jewiah Community Relationa Bureau/ American Jewiah Committee, prohibita diacrimination in employment rdationa, houaing or pubfic aroommndations by reason of race, reUgian, sex or dlaabOity. To make it appUcable to country dnfaa, tiie bni waa amended, at the ACLU's requeat, to define country clubs aa puMic aocommodatiooa. Proponenta of the change argued that because bu^ieaa ia often tranaacted at country duba, they serve a public function. The bUl pravidea for a regulatory commiaaion and empowera it to faweatigate all^tiona of diacrimination. The commiaaiaa may isaue remedial ordera in
caaea where disoiminatian ia found. Penaltiee for violation of the public acconmiodations portion of the act include a fine of up to 82,000. David Goldatein, executive director of the JCRB/ AJC, teatified in favor of the biU before the Houae Judiciary Committee, and thia week he hailed its passage. "The JCRB/AJC welcomea the action of the Kanaaa Legialature," Goldatein said. "We are extremely proud that Kanaaa has become one of the first states in the United Statee to paaa a law banning diacrimination in caantry cluba and aimilar fraternal organicatkma." Gokbrtein aaid paaaage of the biU "ia an indication of the kind of progress that haa occurred in Kansaa aince the time when such oiganicationa universally banned Jews from membership." Sam Rabinove, legal dinctoT of the American Jewiah Committee, aaid in an interview from hia New York Cityiiffice that, while aoma dtieo have paaaod anti-dub diacrimination lawa, to the beat of hia knowledgB, Kanaaa ia the firat atate to paaa aucha law. "It'a an iaaue AJC has been concerned with for a long time," RaUnove aaid. "There haa been anti-dub (diacriminatiaa) legialatioo propoaed in a nund>er of atatee, and it'a not gottao anyplace. Maine, anumber of years ago. said that any dub that discriminates k not entitled to a liquor lioenae." That law waa aubaequentiy uphdd by the United Statea Supreme
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Daughters enraged NEW YORK <JTA)-The dafoi^tera of Leoo Klinghoffer are eeraaed at an Italian coot's aedaion to grant conditional parole to one of the Paleatiniana implicated in the hyaddng of the Italian craiae liner Achilla Laura. KOagtMfht, an ddariy Jewiah man confined to a wheeldudr, waa shot and thrown overboard by ter•roriata during the October 1985 Ujaddng. Hia body waahed iqi on the shore of Syria and waa turned over to the United Statea. At a meeting of the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, Klinghoffer'a daiigjitara, Liaaapd Ilaa, critidaed the dadakm by a court in Genoa to grant conditional Uberty to Baaaam al-Aahker, now 23. Ashker, who waa 17 at the time oi the crime, waa klentified after tiiehijackfaig by KUaghoffer'a late widow, Marilyn, and aentenoad by a juvenile oourt k Oeokmber 1986 to aarve 16 yeara and three montha inpriaon. Aa a raault of the parole, he ia to Uva with the priaon chaplain in a nearby CathoUc aanotuary and is to work at the Genoa office of the Bad Croaa, tha Italian newB agn^ ANSA reported. MagidalMuktl,tbaPdeatinian who shot KUng^ hoffer and ordered hia body dumped overbcNud, was givan a 80-year prison aentanoe. However, na^ ther he nor any other dafandaata ware convicted of murder. The KUnghoffer daughtan wars angered upM leaning of AaUcar'a ooodltkmdUiarty.Nothigt ha had Mtvad juat thfrdofhlaaant aaid Ua ralaaae la a "t earttafa of Juatica," ghnntbioanditkiMi wUohhahaabaani