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Federation supports CJF loan guarantees ByMflRbMidiM The JtmiA Fsdantion of Omaha will aiqiport the worldwide Jewish effort to guarantee loanajnade to Soviet tafiigeea being resettled in Israel. At its Tuesday nic^t meeting in the Jewish Community Center, tite Federatira's Board of Directors ^tproved partidpatioD in the Coimdl of Jewish Federations program. By a vote of 15-2 with two abstentions, the Board approved its "fair share" guarantee. Along with its approval, the Board autliorized the setting aside of 989,000 per year for an estimated eigiit years to fund its share of loan defaults. In addition, tlie Board approved a 92.6 million gMl for continuing the Operation Exodus Campaign. HW goal was set to
provide national UJA with 91.372,000 for Soviet resettlement; 9400,000 for Ethiopian resettlement, and 9728,000 for local resettlement over a threeyear period. With its vote of approval, the Federation committed the Jewish community of Omaha to full partidpation in the plan developed by the Council of Jewish Federations and the United Jewish Appeal to help an estimated one million Soviet Jews projected to enter Israel over the next seven years. The loan guarantee program will enable Israeli banks to lend 91,000 to each refugee, or 94,000 to each family under favorable interest terms and a long-term payback. Loans that end up in default wHI be cowed by the loan guarantee program.
Shamir upbeat orrSyrfan t&Iki By David LaMiaa
This program, developed by CJF and UJA, has no connection with the Ipraeli government's requeet to the United States (lor 910 billion hi absorption guarantees. These guaranteee would enable Israel to borrow from United States banks to help absorb the refugees. The Federation's poeitive vote came after months of discussion and consideration starting last April when a special meeting was called to consider the CJF loan guarantee program. At that meeting, the directors modified the CJF "fair share" request to cap the ctmmmnity's liidtilit^ at 91 n^oD. However, Omaha's repreaentativee were unable to present this plsn at the special mini Oeneral Assembly in Washington, D.C., April 16 because
"We, in Omaha, have not, and will not, retreat fhrnt our rsspnnsihiHty as Jews.
Additional information and darificatkm from CJF pronpted Omaha to reconsider and Charlee Goodman, CJF {Hwsident, was invited to attend the July Federatioo Board meeting to make a presentation and to answer questions. After almost two hours of discussion, the Board voted to approve the CJF plan and to set aside money each year to fund the commvmity's potential liability. Directors were advised last April that money set aside for the loan guarantee program would involve amuopriate reductions in the community budget. FoUowing the vote, Jsy R. Lerner, Federation IHiesidant, said:
es facing us heighteB the tenakm between balancing non-resettlement and resettlemmt needs in our ctnnmunity and throughout the world. "Operati(« Exodus has been a reaounding aucoeaa. Our challenge ia its continustion and expansion. The question is no longer only getting Jews to Israd. It is determining the quality of life that they will all have once they get there. Our actions will IM^ to determine that quality of life. "We cannot allow one Soviet immiAaat to aink into deqiair. We alao cannot turn our back on the equally important need to retain a stoong kieal comninnity. Qur reqMoae to CJF's national IMMI guar^
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By IfUdMl Di VM PARIS OTAl-dhimon more sanguine mood. PCree, leader of the Labor Knesset members de- oppoiition in Israel, diffcrs tected a "new tone" to his aharpty from the Likiid4ed rhetoric daring a briefing government on the k«y isto the Foreign Affairs and sue of Palestinian rmreseotation in peece talka. Security Committee. He alao believee Pred"We camut live fnrevar dant HaiM Aaaad of Syria by the sword, but we will isaerioBS about nsfotiatprotect our aecurity. lliat ingdfavetly wiHi Israel Cor is the mkUla way," tba prime minister reportedly said.
"^RUSALEM (JTA)Prime Minister Yitchak Shamir seemed cantiously upbeat over the chanoaa that a Middle East peace conference will materialize. He appeared especially pleassd at the pronecta of dinet talks with Syri*Boat obesrv<rs in fact sugi^ed that the tougfa A leading commentator, likud lewhr wooU be preparad to cot aome Uad of Dan Maig^ wrote hi the deal with Syria over the Israeli didy Ha'araU that Golan Heighto, notwith- Shamir has already taken standing promises to his a giant step by compering right-wing coalition part- Syrian PrMldint Haf« nan that he would not Aaaad to Anwar Sadat of avsD allow the subject on Egypt, the first—and so far only—Arab leader to theaganda. Shamir said he expected make paaea with Israel to 'Vrap up" atfllHwtAccording to Margalit ataading iaauee related to and other weerven, Shatlie U.S.-propoaed regional mir tDMy be prepared for peace conference when a deal over the Golan Secretary of State Jamee HdghU. Baker returns to the reThe form it might take gion. Shamir also made clear ia the aubject of vigorous that leraal's response to speeulation in the Jeruaathe American proposals lem political community, was eesantianiy poaitiva^ aa among Knesset members Defense Ministar Moahe end various pundits. They say the trick will Anna, Foreign Ministar David Levy and othara be for the Israel Defanae have indkated in recent Foroe to control the strategic heights while the daya. But Bakar would "atUl Syrians get sooa land have to talk with other bade. Israeli newapapars have parties," Shamir explained, while he himself publlahad laporta Cram the has to submit his position United Statee that Syria to the. Cabinet to "win the would be prepared to alkm agraament of the mini- Israeli aettleroanta to remain in place uadar posaistaik" Speculation eoatinuad, Ua future peace anangenwanwhila, over Shamir'a
CJF would not accept modificatians. Omaha was forced to vote no to the propoeaL
pragmati^xaasons. PalaetiBiaDa "living or woridng in Eaat Jeruaalam" would be acceptable to the Labor Party aa nagotiatingpartnan. Pares told the Paris weeUy Le Jouhud dtt Dimanchs hi an interview. He rajectwl the Likud view that tha preaence of an Eaat Jaraaalem Palee-
Maccabi practice Mard Marti ooaches MaoMU swfamlM hspdrols Brian Siff and Toal DelgMWlo at the Jewiah CoauHialty CMt«r poal wUa at tW Ugyrad CsMtry Clak, Max Newmaa deft) aadJaasnlaM practice pattfa^ hi prsfaration far the gaasa. TIM INl Jewish CowswaUy Cantara MaeesM Yoath CkaMa will take plaM la Omaha Aa|.lMl.
antee program succeesfully meats both obligathns. "I am proud of thia bpard—not for participating in or not participatin|(. in the loan guarantee program—but for its thoughtftil and reeponsible q>proach to the deddon-making process—for reaching a dedaioo which doee not indude an openended commitment beyond our I "A dedskn whidi balances our ability tOyset aside funds to cover poontial loan defaults with our ability to raise sny shortfall at a future date; a dednon which protects our ability to meet our obligaUoDs at home and overaeaa today, without leaving the burden of those obligations to others, tomorrow. "For this, I commend you and tlumk you aO."
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tiaiM at aafottotlMM would comproaniaa Israd's daim to aoverdgnty over ita own capital "If an American votee in Paria for the presidaat of the United Statee, thia doesn't imply that Paria ia or will become the capital dty of tha United Stataa," Ptteeaaid. "The Palaatinians of Je-
'Jboid Jordaoiao paaqxirta and their partichMtion in a Paleakinian delegation would not predet«ininB the future of the dty," he said. Aaked if ha thought Aaaad oouU be truatad, I^tree said, "It ia not a matter oT aiiwarity but a matter of intarast" for tb» Syrian (CoBtiaMd m Pi«e 101
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NJHS installs president LodM AbnauoiM%kt> ^»* iMtalM u pnaidMit of the Nflbnaka Jcwbk Hiitorical Society It tke NJHS board mMting Jnly 23. Loia Friadaua, Nomioatliig CaaunahtoB «^iainBan, WM tlw iMtaUiag offloer. Offiecn iastalM at a pwrlowa moetiag an: Salljr Malaahodt, vica proaiilaBt; SUrlqr Banua awl Dee FOE, daea aecntaiiea; Jany FNCBMB, aecretaiy; Rodqr Stan, treaaimr. New board BMnbcra Didt PeUiMB aad Jean Didtch were alao iwatalled,
mants—whether black, Hispanic female or Jewish—IMnhardt remoods that the makeup of the Supr«ne Cou^ should lie a balanced Mtaipoaite, reflecting the backgrounds, sensitivities and viewpoints of the populatim at large. "We don't want nine people oa the bench who are exactly the same," Reinhardt said in an interview. "We need a mix, and in the present one, no one represents the Jewish sensitivity."
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —If merit were ttte sole criteria for appointing a justioe to the U.S. Supreme Court, at least two or three Jews would be serving on the nation's highest bench, according to Judge Stephen Reinhardt, one of the hi^ieatranldng Jews in the federal judkiaiy. Reinhardt believes it is hi^ time to reinstate the "Jewish seat" on the Supreme Court To those who abhor quotas in judicial qipoint-
[ Sm'Slh© m©'^© Jack W. Baker and Henry M. Greenberg have been named to the.campaign cabinet of the 1991 United Way/CHAD Campaign. Mr. Baker is codudnnan of the Pacesetter Division; Mr. Greenberg will chair the Residential/Retiree Division. Fred M. Guss has been faiBtaUed as the Worshipful Master of Omaha Lodge # 288, A.F. and A.M. of Nebraska, for the 1991 term. His main project is to estafajiah a link with a Masonic lodge in the newlyfreed country of Yugoslavia in Eastern Europe and to assistance to that brother lodge.
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JERUSALEM (JTA)The High Court of Justice dealt a severe setback to U.S.-Israeli plans to build a powerful Voice of America radio transmitter in the Negev. With its president. Justice Meir Shamgar, presiding, the Hi^ Court ordored the government to conduct an extensive study of the possible effects the giant facility would have on the ecology of the region. Environmentalists estimate it will take at least 18 months.
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IRVING M. MANN SARA ZAf JEIN Graveside services were Oraveaide servicae were hdd on July 28 at Beth El held on July 30 at Fiabk Cemetery for Sara ZaUdn. Farm Conetary for Irving Mrs. Zalkin was pre- M. Mann of Elixabethceded in death by her hus- town, N.C. band. Eli M. ZaUdn. She is Mr. Mann is survived by survived by daughters, his wife, Ada; sons, LawSandra (Mrs. Eddiel Bel- rence Mann of Potomac, grade, Marda (Mrs. Jack| Md., Harold Mann of Cohen and Linda (Mrs. Omaha and Zachary Mann Harold) Mann; sisters, of Creve Coeur, Mo.; nine Roae Ptrefanan and PbyUis grandchildren and one Crandell; brother, Matnice great-grandchild. Katz; ten grandchildren. The family suggests The family suggests memorials to Beth El Syn- memorials to Cystic Fibroagogue. sia.
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Franlcie and Dennis Mash of Dallas, Texas, announce the May 24 birth of twin sons, Joel Barrett and Scott Jacob. They also have a son, Lee, two years old. Granc^ftarents are Sheri Wiener and the late Louis Wieotr, Betty Fantn. Miami, Fla., and Shawn Mash, Dallas.
SADOFSKY/KUZMINA Marina Kuzmina and Mike Sadofsky were married July 28 at Beth El Synagogue in Omaha. Rabbi Paul Drasen and Cantor Emil Beritovita officiated at the 11 a.nL cetemony which was foUowed by a brunch at the Highland Country Club. The bride, who amigratad from Russia to the United SUtea last year, is the nleoe of Sol and Lee Jane Paraow. The bridegroom ia the aon of Sarah Sadofsky and the late Jacob "Cowboy" Sadofaky. Moilia Paraowsky is great-aunt of the bride. Barry Sadofsky served as l>est man for Us brother, and Katya Kuunina, daughter of tiie bride, was the maid of hotunr. Following a honeymoon trip to Kansas City, the couple will reside in Omaha.
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Hundreds of teenage athletee from several states will join with their counterparts from this area to conqiete in a variety of spmte uid the community is invited to attend.
While there is no charge to obaervers, those planning to att^id are asked to call the Jewish Community Center for free tiduts because admission will be controlled. Plsnning for the Omaha games has been continuing for sewal months under the leaderahq) of Sandy Friedman and Sandra Kohll, Youth Maccabi co-chairmco. Scores of vohmteers have been active in recruiting qxnsors, host fami]ie< fadlitiea, and in making general preparatitxis for all of the activities associated with the event. An event of this scope is eipensive to produce and Omaha was fortunate to have the support <rf Esther and Dan Gordman, and the Omaha Racm & Idelman Telemarketing, Inc., as major sponsors. In addition, sport and special event sponsors include Hsri«y and Beth Schrager, IMiabPhia/WOTfcPlus, Nelson and Linda Gordman, Malbar Vision Centers, Lynn Roberts International. Alan and Marda Baer Foundation, Sanford and Amy Friedman, Marvin and Sandra KohU faunily, Raoqueteer, Omaha Lancers, oriental trading Co., Dcamis and Karen Bookshester, and James B. Skinner Co. The schedule of sctivitiee is now complete and will be puUiahed by the Jewiah Press Aug.9. The JCC also win prodooe and make available copies of the schedule end a aonvenir booklet. The opening ceremonies win take place at the Universi^ of NriiTuka at Omaha Flddhouae and qxirting events'wiU take place at the JCC, UNO. Highland Country Chib, Miracle HiUs Tennis and Golf Center, and Burke Hifl^ Schod. During the next few weeks, the Jewish population of Om^ win swaD ss hunheds of youthful visitors arrive along with many parents, coaches and friends. llMgreatevent is at hand, excitement is building, so let's get out thsre and root—not only for the home team, but fcr aU who have traveled to Omaha to be with us. Soon, the gamee wiU begin. It's Omaha's turn to celebrate.
Immigrant inventions invite interested industrialists HAIFA—The hundreds of thousanda of Soviet Jewa who have ponied into Israel arrive with what appears to be pitifully Uttle in the way of material poasMaions in a few battered suitcasee or dufOe bags. In some instancaa a wooden crate evantoaUy^atiives, bearing aome of their furniture or other belongiDgB. But the real treasures which th^ bring are storsd in their Ivains in their little Jewiah haada. How much wouU it have cost Israd to educate theee traiBed, aUnsd men sod women in fislds as divarse as medicine and mathematics, dectronics, iiigtiiew hift and the Me edencee? TTie answer would run into biUiona of doUars. Thouaands of than ooms too with origuial idess, sometimee already patented but never sufficiently devekiped or exidoited back there. In the Soviet Union an inventor who patenta his idea gets an inqtressive Inventor's Certificate which he can frame and show to his grandchildren, but the rights bdong to the Soviet Union. From the very beginning of the immigration movement, larad haa been alert to the poesibnities inherent in this great reservoir of brains, imagination and resouroefulnees, and there have already been many success storiee. Now even more is being done. Down south a General Council for Employment of (Mim in the Negev has gathersd a pod of about 2,000 patents and inventions registered with them, and approaches are being made on a systematic basis to local industry or research institutes. Half a year ago ambitious plsns were made for a Patents Fair in 'Tel Aviv, at which the new immigrant would be able to display his wares and offer them to potential inveetws or interested industrial r^resentativee. The war in the Gulf cast a paU over the fair, which q>ened at the very height of the rain of Scud missUes on Td Aviv. Nevertheless, during the three days of the exhibition at the ZOA House, as both exhibitors snd visitors kept their gas masks handy, deals were dosed amounting to 43 millian doDars. Of ths thoussnd patents shown, agreements were made for exploitation of dotens in the fields of electronics, computers, medicine and ag^ riculture. The promoters, a public committee, were so encouraged that tbey quickly nude arrangunents for another fidr, to be condaetad in a more peaceful atmosphere, and it win probaUy be taking place at about the time this appears in print. The committee helps the Soviet imHaigrants draw up their presentations in proper form, and mobilises lawyers and patent experts who give their advice in volunteer capadty. The ingenious ideas avaOable run a broad gamut Some are in early stages of development; others have paaesd the laboratory stage and have achieved successful confirmation hi pUot planta. The diversity of the ideaais •'"««'"g
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To ttM Bdltar. Ike Friedman boaata many accompUahmenta: a wonderful famUy, a successful businesa, and voluntariam Hia moat rsoant charitable efforts in the community have focused in flbna-Frands House, a homdeaa ahdter on IMh and Coming sttMti. Staui Hoose ahattars woman and cUUren. Franda Houao providat maala, shaiter, and rahaUUtatkn to the
Oca ia laMiiBg a 1600,000 capital campaign drive to oonatmct a new, largv Frauds House on its existing sit*. Thanks to Us gsnarodty and hard work over •400,000 haa been raiaed toward tiiat goid. Judith lUrbuis. Ma I command and thank Ike on behalf of the Sienak««p«r Sai^ Gardon, IVadnctloo Aaaistant; Frands Houae and the Jewiah community for this worSchapfao, Otflce Vohmtear. Sales RanrMtntaUvea: Bartiara PrankaL Diana Baum, thy project. Dewto MajrwaoB, Dora Shalran and Rocky Stem. Maria Goldberg Cohen, Bdltariala oprafi th* vtowa of tka WTttar Mad •!• not awMMifly Sieaa-Franda Hooae aeetetary i«|inHataMv* o( UM vtom o< tk* JawWi PMM Bowd, tiM JMrA Board of IMraetora rwfntiia of OuriM or llM OniiMi JMIUI OooMDBitjr M • WMB. TIM JfwUk n«« I* Ml mpawMt iar UM Kadnrtk << Mgr juifcil <* •iprtM riskia •• nMr««i «•< aStiwtMw ralM v* naUMorris MaUne Bdit«r4»CUef
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One Soviet Jew has invented a liquid ice which can run throufl^ P^iee like water, but poeseesss the tenqier^ ature of ordinary ice. It can be useful in food industries and in air conditioning where it win reduce the consump-. tii» of electridty during the heat of day. Another deh has a patent for manufacture of bearings for engines at a cost far less than the present method. Ideas to utilise sdsr pow« econotnieauy ^ipear frequently on the Usts. One musidan offers a revolutionary plan for the reoi^ ganization and placement of keys on the piano keybotud With aU the conqilaints about the difficulties of absorbing the new arrivals, little has been reported about the con^wniee which are springing up sU over the country to exploit these ideas. Wise ci^td is getting in on the ground floor of what wiU be flourishing industries of tomorrow. A group of six engineers and mathematicians from Baku, the center of the Soviet oil industry, an of them experts in measuring the flow of gases and liquids at aU ten^Mratures and aU pressures, are s^Aing up their own company. Between them they have 260 patents registered. The Satec Conqumy, organized by Prof. Yirmiyahu Branover, has been operating for several years and already sells its products to 30 countries overseas. Among their patented ideas: a sophisticated method of extracting predouB metals (gold, silver, platinum, etc.) from dectronic waste, like old computers and tdephones, as weU as from coal ash. Their digital power meters have been accepted on world markets, and new ideas will shcMtly be in production. Another inventor, with scores of patents to his credit in various countries, has a secret formula for producing a con4>08ite material out of which to make tanks, boilers and the like. They are li^t in weight, withstand great pressure, do not rust and have a long life span. The list is long. When the final accounting is made, perhaps some years hence, it may be discovered that what the Soviet immigrants have contributed to Israd will far outweigh what the absorption of that immigration has cost.
TathsBdlter It la hidswl good to learn that the Jewiah Culturd Arta Councfl haa ahown the Woody Alan flhn Orimes and Mb Jiwianars, and haa had a panal diacuaaton on it by three prominent community members. This even waa eo hnportantt Uaafy ni ralavant to Amarkan Jews with a 62 par Mat fattamnriaga rate and is aaalmllatinff into noMilngitasa at an aeeaiarating rate (sse Newsweek, July 22) and that the govemlAent of lanMl baa boxed itaelf faito a comer by falUng to annex the tarritorlea, and ia now being prsaaursd hy Bush and Baker to deal with thdr nd^ilMrlng Arab
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countriee on a land for "peace" basis... What's wrong with a peace for peace baaia? Perhiq;* the next time we can have an event equally as important, such as s pand discussion on the migratory habita of the Lemming? Paul Damewood TotbeEditoR Woody ABsn'a fihn Crime and Mlademeanera waa the aobjoct of a program sponsorsd by the Jewiah Culturd Arta Coundl on Wodneadey evenhig, July 24. Mora than 100 pweona attended. Unfortunately, electrical problema hi the neighborhood of the Jewiah Commonity Center caused some difticultiee. We know that a nundier of persona had to leave because the power interruptions diminla^iH both sound and aight. Althouf^ ndtbsr the Councfl nor the Center were st fsult, we do regret that thia happened, and are very sorry thst sH could not have enjoyed the show. The film was fdlowed by s pand diacuasion. The pandisU were Dr. Rkhard Fraund. Aaaodate Profeaeor of Philooophy and Religion at UNO; and Martin Shukert, an aaaodate with RDO/Wilscam Birge, Inc., an architecturs firm. Each of the pand members was outatandfaig in his presentation. Although each panelist MVB a dlffirent point of view of the film, vduable indgfate were gafaiad from each presentation. It was s vary stimulating evening. Cta behalf of the Cwndi, I wiah to convey our appredredation to each of the panelists, and for the patience understanding of thoae who attended. Steven J. RIekas. Chairman CoOsfs of Jewiah Learalag Jewiah Cnltural Arta Cooadl
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Polilidltjr CoudttM Seven local cUldon experts win anoommitted to the weU4Miiig of childno and fainiUea, wiU lead informational worlcshope at the fourth annual Chfld Care Fair on Aug. 11. Created and co-sponaored by the National Council of Jewiah WOOMDOmaha Sectica, the foir offers parents an opportunity to nMet with day-care providers, leairn about the various typee of care avaOabie in Omaha, and attend workshope addreeaingan array of child-care iamws, according to co-chairmen Vidd Sanfcntl and Mendy Halsted. Child Care Fair will be hdd from 11 a.m. to 4 pjn. at the Holiday Inn-Ceotral, 72nd and Grover Streets. In addition to NCJW-Omaha Section, the event's co-qwnsors are WOWT6-Tdevision and KKVU FM-Radio. This year's workshop preeenters and their topics are Cyndi Conard, M.Ed., early childhood coordinator for Educational Service Unit #3, 'Toy/Infant Stimulation;" Marie Ward, M.A., director of Therapeutic Foster Care for the Eastern Nebraska Community Office of Mental Health, "Behavior Management Techniques;" Janet Herzog, parent counselor for (^laha Child Care Referral, "Chikl Care Issues for Working ParAlso, Allan Gonsher, M.S.W.,A.C.S.W.,ofKid8, Inc., "Families in Crisis;" Theresa Fitzgerald and Christine Allely, R.N., cofoundera and directors of the Children's Reapite Care Center, "CUU Care for Spedal-Needs Children" and Lindy BuU of
the Omaha Children's MnsMon, "Rainy-Day Activities." Oifld Care Fair provklsa an ioportaBt avenue of informatiaa for parenta of qiedahaeeds chiUran, according to Ma. Fitageraki, who will be partid^ting in the fiir for the third consecutive year. Too often, she noted, parents are not made aware of reeoorcee available to their children. "We'n deal with what par ents shouki look for in a special-needs day care, what'a available and what our center does," she said, adding that the Chiklren's Reairfte Care Center is the only ^Mcialneeds d^y care center in Nebraska. In addition, "we'U also discuss special issues, such as various funding parents can tap into, and tranqxxtatiai, legidative and integration issues," Ms. Fitzgerakl said. The subject of "Behavior Management Techniques" may seem overwhelmingly broad, but "it does not have to be so complicated," said Mr. Ward. "I'm going to start from the premise that the parents'task is to provide opportunities for children to learn how the world works, because tiie family is a microcosm of the larger worid," he said. "In a f^ ily setting, you should learn how to be responsible for your actions, so that you can carry that reqKmsibility into adulthood." Other areas to be addressed will be communication tecbniquee, conaequences of b^vior and styles of parenting, Mr. Ward added. "No two par enta are going to do the aame thing in the exact aame way, but there are
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Library hours The Jewish Federation Library will resume its regular hours on Aug. 26. Hie UtHary, which is open to the entire community, will maintain the following hours of operation: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m to 5 pjn. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Satunlay, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Flowers sprout with LOVE Members of LOVE (League Offering Voluteera for theEUeaiy) aUgn themselvea at the ROM Bhmikia Jewiah Home flower garden their reeeat gift made poaaible. ProB left are: SheBa Roaen, Oiatea Coidan, MolUe Franklin, Deivitky Kotok, Mar ian and Irving Nogg, Helen Shnkert, Bemiee Horwkh. LadOe ZeUaakj, Elaine Feldmaa, George Schapiro, Chariotte SInttky and Lee Jaae Paisow.
Bashevis Singer remembered By Susan »'w»>fnm NEW YORK (JTA)Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature who died in a nursing home in Miami, was remembered for the salty blend of religion, sex and mysticism that permeated the pagee of his Yiddish proee. He put the world of Eastern European Jewry, both reiigkws snd profane, on the wcrid's literary m^>, most populariy throu^ the iSlms adapted from Us novels, "The Magidan of LubUn," "Yentl" and "Enemiee: A Love Story."
His fasdnaticm with the denizens of New Yoric cafeterias resulted in a critically acclaimed made-fartelevision Public Broadcasting Service drama, "The Cafeteria." He was known for his strictly vegetarian diet, which he adopted aboard the nna-koeher ship that brought him to America and never abandoned. For years following his arrival in America, Singer wrote stwiee for the Yiddish daily Forverts (Forward), laden with sex snd strange, otherworidly char acters.
"A lot of Yiddish readers did not like theee kind of stories," recalled Joseph Mlotek, managing editor of the Perverts. "A lot of readers even sent in protest letters about why these storiee are printed," said Mlotek, who first met Singer in the 19308 in Warsaw, at the Yiddish Writrn Unfon. At first, Singer dkl not write under his own name, and his shcKt stcniee and literary essays appeared under a variety of pen names, induding D. Segel and Y. Warshawsky. <ContinnMl on Page 7)
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The Book of Deuteronomy inevitably inquresses the reader with the powerful rhetoric of Moses' final addreaeee to hia peopi». He is a powerful preacherl But be is alao a skinful and effective teacher. He refuaee to leave only the inqxeeaion of powerful words. He carefuny builds up a background of hist(»ical remindara, and, if you will, of theologfeal underatandinj, hfffciwi iwlrhij 4^^mi«iiil« tm ttw iTWir«l.«»tllieal life of
hia people and on their loyal obeervance of ritual practicea. Thia ia one of our faiUngs in the typicel educatkm of American-Jewiah youngsters. Here ie what an American rabbi wrote (of aU placeel) tai the Jeraaalaai Post: "Bar Mitzvah is the reaching of age of a Jewish person. It happens on the 13th birUidey regardlees of what ia done or not done... There is no law that requires a Bar Mitzvah to be called to the Torah or to recite the Haftarah. "An the nwoua energy wasted on leeeona, cdebratkma and caterhig would be better spent on learning Jewish history, healing Israd, and gettfaig the famUy together every year on a lesa expensive basis." We reaUy have no right to pretiend that our kids are schdars of a sort becauae thqr have learned to mouth, even to chant, aome words of Siddur and Bible—unless, as a few of them do, they have some understanding of what those words mean. In short, they need to have some background of history and basic Hebrew knowledge b^ond the mere pronundation of Hebrew words. For most of our Idds, deapite the adulation tliey receive, Bar Mitzvah is a facMle with no building behind it. Surdly American Jews ouglit to do better. We have been spinning our wheels long enough Our Sidrah reminds us—Ekev—thi^ there are consequences to our choicea. If we limit Judaism to sacred cows, Uke the flashy American Bar Mitzyah ceremtay, or to superstitions that misinterpret the Mezuzah, the Shabbat candles, Yahrzeit candlea, the redtation of Kaddish aa a mourners' prayer, etc, etc, we are beUttling Judaiam. These and othir ivactices have values of their own; but they ouf^t not to be degraded by superstitious bdiefo. It never occurred to me, for ezanqde. that God needed to be rsB^nded about my deareet onee wlw are deceaaed. "Hiat ia not why I say Yizkor, even thou^ our anceetora phraaed the prayer in worda that refleded their own superstittons. EkevI There are coasequencesl If we are persistent in bt^tttMwg Judaiam, hciw can we expect the bri^ young mhida of our chiklren (even the B'nai Mitzvah thamselveel) to chorish Judaism? We need to get to the core of the ethical, humanistic, deeply reverent and life-affirming Judaism that is our heritage, so that we "may king endure..." (Dt. 11.9)
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Jan Schneiderman notes historic turning point By Bnban Chudkr «^ FMkntloa poUk nlraoaa diractor "This is a taning pdnt in Jewish histoty." said Jan Schneidannan, who attended the United Jewish Appeal Midwest Women's Division Leadership Conferenoein Chicago on July 22 and 23. "We are celebrating incredible events in Imid and we are securing our quality of Jewish life here in Omaha for future generatirais. It is a great tine to be a Jewish woman raiafaig doQan for the building m Jewish Ufe in Omaha, in Israel and for Jews around the world." Attending the conference with Ms. Schneider man, 1992 Women's Division chairman, were Zoe Riekes and Carol Katzman, 1992 Women's Division chairmen^lect, Anne Broder, Womeo's Midwest Regional Mission chairman, and Jan Perelman, Federation Women's Division director. Maifc TfeUaman, directs of the Coundl of Jewish Federations ddivered the keynote address at the conference. Commenting on his remarks, Ms. Riekes said, "He discussed the importance of preparing our children to be leaders of our local Jewish communities. Our children are ezpoaed to so many exciting opportunities in todf^'s world. We must he^ than see that leadersh^ ta the Omaha Jewish community is an important part (rf their future." Ms. Katzman added, "Mark also stressed the urgency of accelerating payments of Operation Exodus pledges. Those dollars are going directly
to buy plane tiekata far Soviet Jews. They can't tiak waiting until the interest rate ia better or buainees improvea. lliera is no recession in Jewish hearts." Ms. Broder, who is or ganising a Midwest regional mission to Ciechoalovakia and Israel in October, said, "I tUnk the overriding measage of this conimnoe was that we, as Jewish women, must lead the way ao our famiUee, frienda and pemile who might not otherwue be invoh«d win understand the historic significance of the reecue of Jewa from Eastem Europe and Africa and how theee eventa wiU affect us in our own Jewish community." The dodng speaker for the conference was Dr. EUen Cannon, political scientist She encouraged the women in her audience to "be alert to the rise of the weapon statee—countries the^ are manufactur ing and selling sophisticated weapons to Arab nations. It is no longer eoou^ f or us to aak poUtical candidstee where they stand on policies toward Israel We must also ask about their views on arms salee to Arabs." Dr. Cannon concluded, "For Jewish women, the time is ^w. We are the voice of our people in our Federations, in our communitiea and in the wcvld. Who among you will lead?" NEW DEAN NEW YORK (JTA)Dr. Frank Macchiarola, former chancellor of New York dty's public school system, has been named dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University. -
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Accepts Israei By Tanuf Levy GENEVA (JTA)-Israd scored a significant dipk?mwtic victory in the United Nations when its Ecooomie and Social Council, known aa ECOSOC, voted to admit the Jewiah atate as a full member of its Economic Commission for Europe. Israel is the fint nonEuropean member of that body. The overwhelmingly favorable vote—32-14, with four abstentioos— waa attributed to radicaDy changed attitudes toward Israd in Eastern Europe end msny Third World naticns. According to Yitzhak Lior, Israd's U.N. ambassador here, Israel's succees was due in large measure to divisions among the Arab countries and erosion of the Palestine Liberation Organization's strength and influence since the Persian Gulf War. Israel had been qiptying for membership in the ECOSOC pand. one of five regional commissi(«s of the U.N. council, since 1986. It was ahrays rejected because of objections from the Eastern bloc I PANEL URGES PRESSURE London Jewiah Chronicle LONDON (JTA)-The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Cotamons has urged the United Statee to exert economic leverage on Israel to advance Middle East peace.
AIPAC briefing David L Patron. Plains SUtes neld cooidbater, American IBTMI PnUic Affairs Comidttee, fatlefs Tom Fdbun Oeft) and Hariaa Noddle on a nationwide effort to persuade Congress to anthoriae $10 bilHoa in abeorptioa guarantees for Israel
Bashevis Singer remembered (ConttBoed ften Page &> "Many, many writers, when they wrote not poetry or novds, preferrecT not to write under their owns names," Mlotdi said. In later yeara, Anger's work—and name—appeered in Tbe New Yorker, bringing him world attentirai and, ultimately, the Nobel Prize. Fellow-Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel worked with Singer on the Forverts from the late 19608 until the late 19608. "I used to go home with him on the subway. "He sometimes used a self-deprecatmg humor, and that was his charm," be said. "I think he wanted to lead a doable life," Wiesel reflected, "living among
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July 84 at the houB o{ Delia and Dan Morimstetn to pun Pailor mietiBgs for Bond EdneatioQ. Thaae moatinca win be dsaignsd to he^ infom the oommunity about the importance of anpporting Israel throni^ Bonds. Jndga Norman Krivosha, regional Bond chair man. was schednled to meet with this group. On July 81. Davki Patron, AIPAC's (American Israel PubUc Affsits Committeel Plains Statee field coordinator, win addraaa a meeting at the home of Irene and Yale Ootsdinar. Mr. Patnm will diaeusa issues before Congress winch ere of nupor ccnoam to Ivaal, inrhiding additioaal loan gnaranteee to assist in the resettlement of Soviet and Ethkipjan Jews. How the Liooohi pro-Israel oomnnmity can significantly infhMOOs that relationship will be addresaed. Chairmen for the private, off-the-reoord brief-
ing and strategy eeesion are Yak Ootadiner and Jerry Grant Tif^reth lerael Sisterhood lias tanounoed the foOowincoCBoers for 199192: Reba KukUn andDaUa Morgenstern, co-presidents; Kitty Wiahnow, sscrataiy; GsOa HiB. treasunr, Irene Ootadiner, Eve Hoftnan. Gerty Schuchman. Donna Hersch and Dorothy Grant, bovd of dirsctors. CORBECnON A JTA story on an Israeli court case oonoeming the kashrut certification of AsMrican winee by Israel's Chief Rabbinate incorrectly reported that Manischewitz winee are produced by Royal Wines. In fact, they are direct competitors, lliecaae concerns Kedem winee, which are produced by the Rqysl -^H^ine Corp. Msnischewitz in not involved in the case.
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WASHINGTON (JTA) —Coocem i|>pear8 to be leesening among Jewiah organisations that Clarence Thomas, the black conservative nominated by Preddent Bush to take over Thurgood Marshall's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, is a supporter of the anti-Semitic views of Blai^ MuaUm leader Louis Fairakhan. Henry Siegman. executive diractor of the American Jewish Congress, said earlier that if Thomas had ei^ressed admiration for Farrakhan "he haa disqualified himself from service on the Supreme Court." But Siegman said now that he has since received numerous letters from Jews who have woriud with Thomas and qpeak very warmly about him and hia oppoeitian to Fai^ rakhan. They have said that he is sensitive to the isaue end is the last person to condooe anti-Semitism or any other bigotry, Siegman said, adding that while the AJCon^ees is still concerned about Thomas' views on many issues, the testimoniee to his lack of anti-Semitism are "reassuring."
By Hany Paakowhs All is relatively quiet on the front and world dltfsreneee are hopefidly getting settled. In Omaha, big news is Beth El Synagogue's new home and the scheduled mid-August arrival of Beth Israel's new spiritosl leader, Rabbi Mark Uikowitz. The Young Energetic Seniora organiration haa a classy weekly discussion groiq) with kical, national and worid events, much Israd rdated. Editorial and news d^ipings sre brought in and read by members. Yeoman leaders of the meeting are Joe Bcin, Toni Kutcher and Sally Venc^. Joe, with concentration camp and Israel background, has been exemplary—he has a marvdous sense of humor. Toni, whose son was an architect on the planning board of the municipality of Jeruaakm, has keen insight on what's going on in IsrasI; and Sally Venger is commiended for her organizational taknte. Much input is from Sarah Lsiris, who specializee in weekly tidbits from the Baltimore Jewish Timee, and Miriam Nschman and Ida Levitch. Ethel snd Sam Roaenstein and Charlotte and Sam Ki^ilan have bolstered the repartee. A steady member of the diacusskm group is Martha O'Malley, a Livingston resident. Al-
though not Jewish, she favors us with iier presence snd grsat interest. The YES group, through Dr. Margolin, had the following entertainment the past month: Esther Pilster, retired teadier and B^yd School prindpal, attind in colonid drees and bonnet, presented us with "Preddoitid Wives and Their Diaheo," with vignettes on lepreddents' idvee, from Msrtha to Barbara. Attorn^ Dick Fdlman, a former Douglas County Commissioner, discussed the poesible results of the recent census and redistricting of the 436 Congressmen. He even explained gertymandeiing. Sister Christine Mscshiso,, "The Fun Nun," who teaches at St. Mary's College and travels the country dispensing hn humor, regaled us witii anecdotes. John Andreson, of the American Cancer Society, qnke on nutiitiao and and cancer and aaid canco- is not genetic. Mary Fellman spoke about the recent UJ A Misdon to Israd. Rabbi Aiyeh Azrid of Temple Israd discussed dx traditiond Jewish omcepts of life after death. Cyndy Andrews, Henry Doorly Zoo, described with slidee the progress dnce 1988 of Rain Foreet, tiie result of a $16,000,000 . Lied endowment gift.
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Stm beginntag ita fourth year, Et-Oar (The Challenge), a dass for qwdal ne^ students who cannot be mainstreamed into religioas school daases, wiU take place on Sondajrs from 10 am.4ioon at Temple Israel, 7023 Cass S^t in Omaha. The EtGar class is part of the ISpedal Needs Program of the Bureau of Jewish Education.
I've done a lot of shopping at the groceiy store lately and it suddenly hit me that what I ate aa a teenager is a far cry from what you eat as a teenager today. Or if the food resembled something that was served in my youth, it is certainly packaged differently. Take, for instance, a simple Coca-Cola. When I was a teeo it was easy to qwt Bomsone drinking a Cdce. Coke came in a smaU bottle with white writii^ on the outside and a red metal top that had to be taken off with a bottle opener. The Et-Gar daas was Now it takes you nearly 10 minutes just to walk past all the Coca-Cola drink products in the store. There's cr'tatedinthefalloflOSS Classic Coke, plain Coke, diet Coke, diet Coke with no as a pilot program of the Bureau of Jewish Educacaffeioe and, plain Coke with no caffeine. The ways to package this liquid are also endless. In tion with a grant from the the late'608, anyone under 18 seen drinking out of a can Esther K. Newman Memowas subject to aireet. Only beer came in cansi Now Coke rial Fund, according to Suoccupies these little round cylinders. You can buy these san Drazen, BJE director. cans in aiximcks, I2-pack8 and even 24-pack8 that fit Since then, the Et-Oar into the frig. (If you can get your Mom to move the Program has provided inketchup and salad dressing all to one shelf, there might struction for special needs be room for it.} Coke also comes in large plastic bottles. And everyone tells you to recycle. It was much simpler for me to recycle my drink containers. The comer filling station ( with no self-help pumps!) gave me a nickel for each glass bottle I returned. If you saved the bottles, you could take them back to the store and the next carton of pop would cost you less. But somehow the nickel's worth of candy I bought overpowered my urge to lower my mother's grocery bill And I hate to sound like I gre^ up in the dark ages (maybe I did), but the first pizza I ate I hdped my sisterin-law make. And when I spent one summer of my high school years on a nearby cdlege campus (where the Jayhawks roam), I ate my first store-bou^t pizza. Of course I ate it in the restaurant because no body delivered pizzas! Now I suspect you decide where to order your pizzas from by what coupons your mother has in her kitchen drawer. And then there's potato chips. I used to like potato chipts. Plain, simple potato chips. I mean how could you go wrong? You just asked your mother to put potato ebtpF^b thi gKi6eryli8t*aiid shewotCfd come back with potato chips. Walking down the "chips" aisle at the food chain I frequent, nearly gives me vertigo now. How do you kids decide what bag to choose? There's potato chips, com chips, wheat chips all calling out to you from brightly colored bags. Some advotise that they're just right for dips, others have already beoi dipped. And don't forget the natural chips in the see-through bags. They advertise no chdesterol or preservatives, no sodium or fats. Maybe they should just say, no taste! Have you and your friends really tried all the junk food available? With the start of the school year right OPPD AND THI MO CROSS around the comer, I'm sure the machines at school will NIID YOUR HILP. provide you with new choices. But for now why not try Each day, the American Red Cross an apple, or a peach or maybe a banana. If memory servee me right th^'re all still the same. Even I could receives more than 25 calls from recognize them.
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The fommiaiinn's neomHMBdations, endonad Iqr the Cabinet hi liM7, Mrs widely crltidaed in larael at the time (or gtviag the internal security agHM7 known as SUD Bet a green light to inflkt "moderate" torture. Amneety International, whidi is privately opei^ ated, concentrates on the pnMems of political prisoners and so-called prlsonara of consdenoe. Its latast report, rdeaaed officially Tusaday, covers 140 coontrisa. The Justice Ministry oonqdained that deqiite larMl's openness and cooperation, the Amnesty report oa mOitaiy joatice in the administered territories '.'contributes little to a balanced understanding of larael's efforts to preserve security while protecting humsn rights."
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J W* had anotiMT DM d our mini-vaettioaa this put week. You know the Ufld I mean—it's whao tovad ones airive to speod s fsw days with the famOy. Loved ones who live (w enough away to make frequent visits very difficult. This time, we had a lovely simcha to eqjoy together and created a raaaon far them to intanupt their Bchedulaa far a trip to Omaha. The celebration waa a birthday obeervanoe—a member of the dan reached his 80th year, kayn aynhoreh, and tboae who live in CaUfamia thought they shouki be here to say "Ui hooodert und tivanaik." That was the reason to put our daily routinea on the back burner and just taiay the mini-vacstion. Thqr were marvelous days, with only one fault They were too faw, but we atuffad as much into the short time as we oookL This inchided talking well b«yond the time senaOile people ordinarily ait up and talk, but it was neeenaryl Just as it aeemed important to ait around the table and •hmoos long after the last bite was eaten, protesting with every mouthful "I can't swallow another morssL" There was time to recall and repeat some of the favorite old atoriee—you know the ones? Tboae that have been told ao often thqr gather little flouriahes and grow a Ut with each teiUng. 9oma are Just deikious family •oeodotes, Uke the fafatiiday boy explaining how he came to have his Urthdqr «n Job'28th. It seems iriMB he was old enough to enter school, he was aaked hia birth date. He couldn't answer but wmt right to his best source of infprmation as soon as he got home—his ddest brother [nv father, of bleeeed memoiy). Kg brotoer ahr^rs had an answer and this time he said "what date woaU you Uke for a birthday?" They knew July was the Hf^t month and somehow the little one cboM the 28th. Big Inxtther answered "Fine. From now on tliat's your birUidayl" (I should esplain that an adult search of the birth certificate changed the date by a few days, but notliing dilutee the flavor of the original story.) The actual birthday celebration was at services on Shabboe morning, when the celebrant Usteaed as he was praised frohi the pulpit and later toaated with the kiddish ciq>. Fandlly and friends droilated and the sound of the wiord "muai tov" was heard over and over. It was a joyous occasion, marking welMeserved recognition of devotkm to the qmagogue and all it embraoee. If there was a sad note it was for thoae conqiicuous by their abeeoce.'ITtere were too many empty places in the ^mily pew, but that wa beyond oar eontrd. Thoae absent ware remembered and rnineed, but life goes on. WeO, the visitors ars baik home, the oelebratkm is complete, the routine fa dnce again in romdng order. The few daya were a jay wad we'n all grateful for them. I gueea thare'e noUihig left to way but one laat Happy Birthday Unde Deve... bis hoodert nmi tzvansik.
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Grants Committee seeks Ciew programming ideas ByJmM Federation Dbeetfls Jewish organisations mtff^ institutions aponaoring programa daaignad for youth from the age (rf preschool through college, and for Jewiah young adults, may apply for funda from tiie Eether K. Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman Oranta Committee. The committee aDocatea funda from the Esther K. Newmsn Endowment Fund for programs designed to strengthen Jewish identity and vahiea through educational, religfcwa, caitural^ aodd or recreatianal activities. Particular emphaais is placed (» new and innovative programming. In addition, funds are available fnan the Carolyn Kully Newman Fund, which waa deaigned to provide programs for Jewish children of kindergarten
age or younger, and their famiUee. DiaMbutionsmay also be made to pttrdwse equipment, supi^ies and materials for such programs. New and innovative programa may alao be given consideratioii^. 8nunne Singer, committee chairman, said the deadline for Bttbmitting requeata is Friday, August 23,1991. Sponsoring groups are encouraged to partieqMte financially or in-ldnd. In addition, it is hoped organizations will work together to provide programs that meet the needs of s croes section of Jewish youth. AiqtUcsti(m forms have been mailed to all organizations snd institutions working with Jewish youth. Additional forms and assistance in completing the forms can be obtained by contacting Jerokl Roaen at the Foundation office, 334-8200.
Pfres offers view (Continoed from Page 1) leader to seek peace with laraaL "I think that Aasad understands fairly weO that there fa no more Soviet option in the Mkldfa Eaat, and that to chooee war would introduce very complicated problems," Peres ssid. "The cost of modem military technology fa very high." Therefore, he sdd, to Syifa no lees than to Israd and other countries in the region, "peace has become an essential necessity. Strategic kigic makee peace inevitable." Peres thought the Syrian chsnge of sttitnde did not happen ovemi|^ but fa "the result of processes started some time sgo.
"I tiiink it began wiUi Syria's partidpatkm hi the coalitim agahiat Iraq. I think that Aaaad beUevea he can win over the United States, and haa abeady had an important suecees," Peres said. The Israeli oppodtion leader sdd the option of a new war in the Pkirdan Gulf rests with the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. "If Iraq wsnU to hide its nudear potentid, that means that there fa a red threat. For thfa reason, an end must be put to the developmant of Iraq's nuclear power. If the Iraqfa don't do it themaelves, they may become again the targets of sn American strike," Peres sdd.
Iraq's superguns ByOilKcewer TORONTO (JTA)Iraq, responding to a gunrattiing United Nationsimpooed dwadHne to declare ita worth in nuclear arms, admitted that it was building superguns capable of firing chanical, biological or nuclear weapons a distance of 1,000 milee. The guns, whose payloads would be able to reach Td Aviv and l\sheran, were designed by Canadian arms inventor and dealer GeraU BuIL Bull was aasaaainated outakle hfa Brussels home in Msrch 1990, a time when giant pipes sppai^ ently deetined to form parta of the guna were beginning to turn iqi in ports throughout Europe. Iraqi Preddent Saddam Huaaein had contended all along that the pipea were meant to be uaed rar Iraq's' petrochemkd industry.
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The diadosure about the superguns, in a document delivered to U.N. officials July 18, fa the Istest admiaaian by Ba^idad of the existence of wespons it had earlier denied having. But Iraq did not fully disdoee its nuclear potential and the U.N. alliee have therefore not completdy ruled out using force againat Iraq to elidt that information, the British ambaasador to the United Natkna aaid. Under the tenns of the April 8 OuU War cease-fire agreement, Iraq waa to dfadose and destroy its weqrana of maas destruction. Tlie most recent report, s copy of which waa ^ven to the Associated Preee by a Western d^;>kmiat, reveds tiiat Iraq had "teeted" a 14-inch aupergun with a 170-foot barrd at a dte 108 milee north of Baghdad. The report alao admita that Iraq haa ated tubee which were intended to form part of an even more maaaive 40-inch siqiargua If completed, the cannon would have bean the largeet artillery piece in the worid. Other parts of the gun barrd, fabefad"petrofaum pipea," were hnpounded in an obecure English port by British Customs sgents on April 11, 1990. The parts had bean manufactured by Sheffield Forgemaatera, a Britiah firm reportedly unaware of thdr tnieuae. According to William Lowther's "Arms and the Man: Dr. Gerdd BuO, Iraq and the Supergun." released thia apring by Doubleday Canada, Britiah Customs were likely fai(ormed about the barrd sections by M16, the Britr ish intelliganoe agency, whkh had gotten ita information from the Moeead.
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BJE announces 1991-92 scholarship recipients Tha Bureau of Jawish Education haa announced the awarding of scholarships from 10 endowment funds to 26 Omaha area college students. These funds are administered for the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha by the Financial Aid Cominittee of the Bureau of Jewish Education. In 1984, Phil Sokolof created and funded the Ruth Sokolof Special Education Scholarship Fund •to honor and perpetuate the memory of his late wife, Ruth. The fund is
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in business. Todd Finkle, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, is the reequent of these funds. This fund was established to provide finandd aid for residents of the Omaha Jewish community. The Nate H. and Beatrice Sherman Schdarsh^ Fund was endowed by the Nate H. Sherman Foundation to provide annual scholarships to qualified college students. Shennan scholars for 199M992 are: Derek Altman, Kansas University; Jori Berger, Bradley University; Dd>bie Mdches, Methodist College of Nursing; and Shayna Rimnerman, University of Nebraska at Omaha. In totd, the Bureau of Jewish Education administers 16 scholarships and loan funds for the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. These funds are designed to benefit Jewidi atudnts from summer camping programs through graduate schod education. In addititm to the aforementioned, it administers funds for preschool scholarships through the Carolyn Kully Newman Fund. coUep kMns through the David E. Beber Schdarship Fund and the B'nd B'rith/Dr. Abe Oreenbcri/Hemy Monaky Lodge Endowment Fund. Day school scholarships, aa well as aid for youth and Israd programs are provided through the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund.
A qiedd grant from the PhilUp G. and Terri L. Schrager Supporting Foundation will make funda available to Tktyana Demidovich, Univerdty of Nebraska at Omaha; Anne Kawaler, University of Northm Colorado; Stade Katefanan, Nortfaweat Missouri State University; and Sam Paaaar, Drake Univerdty. Tatyana Demidovich, who win attspd the Univerdty of Nebraska at Omaha, and Edye Hoffman, Bradfey Univerdty, m redpients of scholarshins frnm the Murray H. and Sharee C. Newman Supporting Foundation. These funda were made available to aadst college atudenta in furthering thefr education. Named as Sandra L. Fddman Scholars for the 1991-1992 acadsmic year are Judith Levin, Univer dty of Nabradta at Lincoln and Wendy Noviooff Peppcra, Univinlty alVif ginia. The Sandra L. Foldmas Seholarahlp Fund was estabUahsd to provide grants for graduate education to worthy stodnta from the Jowiah eoanminity of Omaha, Neb. The family and frlMda of Nancy and Don Green* b«g eetabUshad a scholar^ •hip fund in thdr honor, which is spedflealiy designed to benefit oodar paduate atudenta. The Nancy and Don Greanberg Scholar for tha li>91-199a schod year is Andrew Beeskigar, who will be a studmt at the University of
Wandy Noviarff Peppars Nebraska at Lincoln. Caryn Sadofsky, Univtnttg of Kaiuas Meificd Center, is the redi^ant of tha Burton L. Robinson Student Athletic Schdai^ ship for the coming acadamic year. TUa fund was eatabUahsd in 1986 by tha family and friends of Bur* ton L. RoUnam to aaaiat atodanta pursuing a carssr in physical education, health or recreational sdenos. Thoee wishing to contribute to eiisting scholar^ ships and loan funda or wiaUag to endow new fuitds to provkle moniea for needa that have not now been addressed shouhl contact tbs Endoarmsnt Dtrsctor of the FooBdation of the Jewlah FMeration of Omaha. 8S8 South laind Street. Onmr ha, NebrMka 68164. Tilaphona 40S/334-8300, ezt 276.
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NEW YORK-IB the M of 1»41. toon than 160.000 Roounkn Jtwa mra nwiid«l iq> ud packed into cattU can far a tortnraua ioama^ to a wardevastatad oarMr of tlw occnpiad Sovtot Ukraine, whwe they wcra aiq>pooed to die of oold. starvatko and diaeaae. The plui waa devised hy Oeneral loo Antoneacu. aetf-prodaimed fuhrer of Romania and aDy of Hitler, who dedaied: "Let 08 take advantafB of this historic moBMBt and cleanse the sofl of Romania." On the evening of October 14. aome 6.000 Jews from the Romanian dty of Radauti were disengorged at the Dniester River, the border between Romania and occtqried Ukraine. They were dirty, dialwveled, devoid of bt^. One deportee, liowever, stood oat Tall and distinguislied kioking, he showed not a sign of having just spent two days oo a death train. His sidt was dean, his shoee were polished, he wwe kid ^ovea, and he pufiied on a cigarette from an eight<inch holder. Thus did Siegfried Jagendorf malce his oitranoe into Transnistria—the name given to the area of occupied Ukraine designated for the Jewish exiles. His arrival touched off one of the moot remarluble episodes <rf the Holocaust—the little-known story ot how he set up a foundry that emplqyed hundreds of Jews and ultimately aaved 10,000 livee. Aran Hirt-Manhwrnar, the soo of Holocaust survivors, is editor-inH±ief of The Holocaust Library and editor of Reform Judaiam, the magaane of the Unkm of American Hebrew Congregatiaas. In editing and arrangfaig far the publication oif tUa important memoir, he has added additional reeearch and commentary and illumined a critical chapter of World War II history. Thmsniatria, known to Holocaust hi^orians aa the "forgotten cemetery," deeervee to be remembered becauae it is yet anoUier important symbol of Jewish reeourcefulnees, resistance and herdsm during the darkest time of our people'e history—and becauae Romania's role in the Holocaust waa characteriied by savagery that matched and. in s<Hne cases, exceeded
The proftet boui^ the idea. He aaaigned Jagendorf in the Hdocanst oo such a large ecale. to organise the npah-of other buHdinga and fadlitiea Siegfried Jagmdorf waa ban fai the Bukovina diatriet fa the dty. With this authoriaatfao fa hand, the Jawtah of northara Romania. He waa 66 when he awf Ua wue laadw had Ua people expand the fbondry tato an allwere exiled to T^maniitria. An et^faiatr by trahdng; he puipoM repair Aop and f aetecy capable of fixing or had i|Mat moat of faia oamr in Vfania and later hi Buko- faahiflntnig any kind of machliiaiy or a<^u!|wiwnt raijuired. vhia aa a aalea and airvioe ancotive for Siemena- He alao peranadad the authorttiea to pay his workara Schukait Weriw, the giant German electrical manufac- for thair labor. Although the pay was aqnivalMit to only turing and eogteeering firm. a few cents a day, the principle of compiBnsation helped On Oct.l4,1941, when Jagendorf and thousands of restore a aense of sdf-eateem and dignity among the -^hers lift the cattle cars at the edge of the Dnieater Jewe of Moghilev. ]|ver, driven by the barked orders and stfaiging wh^M Jagendorf managed to extend the limita of hia assignxR their Romanian guards, they woe ferried acroas to ment to building living quartera for hfa people and setthe Ukndnian dty of Mogfailev. It was a dty in chaoe. ting vp a laho^racnllth^: offk», fastituttag bookkeepMany of the nea^ arrived Jewiah deporteee scrambled ing and adminiatrative prooedioree and eetaUishing to find food. Others, toiified by fear of an unlmown fu- h^pitals, schoola, i^prenticeah^ programa, aoup ture, sought to hide. Not Jagendorf. He found hia way kitdiena and even an orphanage. All thia waa aeoomto the kwal prefectUM and imperiously demanded an in- pliahed withfa a year. TIM end product waa a functionterview with the Romanian odood hi charge of the ing Jewish t^wtto community employing and caring for Mog^iilev district. His appearance and manner intimi- the needs of 10,000 ezileo who otherwise wouM have dated guards and lower officials into arranghig a been sent to primitive labor canqM, where Jewish depormeeting. tees were dying by the hundreds each day. The prefect recognised his Jewish visitor as a former feUow ttvay officer and confirmed what Jagendorf had The Mog^ev project survived until 1944, when the abeady suspected: Moghilev was (mly a way station Romanian government, recognizfag that the war was from which the Jewa would be sent on to concentration lost, rqMtriated the Jews days before the Russians reor labor camps throughout Transnistria. presumably to took the dty. Several months later, Romania signed an be worked to death, starved to death, or both. By the armistice with the allies and declared war on Gnmany. tune he left the colond's office, Jsgeodorf had arranged Jagendorf and his wifa Hilda eventually emigrated to a deal that was to save thousands of Romanian Jews the United States, settling fa Southern Califoniia near over the next four years. their dau^ters. He obtained work fa an engineering The agreement with the prefect called for Jagendorf firm and began writing his memoirs fa the mid-1960s. to selact Jewish engineers, electricians and mechanics Jagendorf died fa 1970 at the age of 86. to repair the dty's power station, which had been heavThis remarkable memoir, with ita excellent oommmily damaged during the Soviet retreat from Mog^iilev. tary by the editor, deeervee to become s standard of HdIn exchange, the workers and' their familiee would be ocaust literature. In making available to Hirtallowed to remam in Mo^iilev. Jagendorf also siranged Manhdmer the unpublished manuscript, Jagendorfs to overhaul an abandoned foundry so that the parts fsmUy assured him that thqr 'wanted the hero of needed to repair the dynamos and other electrical equ^ Moghilev dq>icted accurately, warts and all. Hirtment oouU be fabricated. Manheimer has done just that He has meticulously The renovation of the power atation was mmplft^ reeearched his subject and chadkad primary sources to m two wedu. Jagendorf used this suoceas to convince conmare the memoir with the recdlecdons of thoee who the colond to aUow the foundry to remain hi operatian, lived through Moghilev. Where neoeaaaiy, he has proso that the aUBed talent could be used to lebuihi ' vided corrective balance—although suriuising^y little Mogfailev, histeid of diaperaing the engfaieerB and criftr waa needed.
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