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i^ SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. LXIX No. 14 Omaha, Nebr.
29 KUIev, 6752—Friday, Dae. 6, 1991
Jewish attorneys inaugurate Cardozo Society in Omaha
Loolcing toward a bright future Galla and Anya Zeldinah of Gomel, USSR, rescued from the toxic area around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, try out their' handmade Hanukkiyot io preparation for their first Hanukkab in Israel. The girls are part of the group of 527 Children uf Chernobyl evacuated to Israel by Chabad Lubavitch to receive medical care.
Army praise By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTAI-A ihineH:learing device developed by Israel woii a commendation from the VS. Army after it used the device successfully on its Abrams tanks during the
Persian Gulf War. Israel Aircraft Industries', which designed and built the tank-mounted blade system, was pre: sented with a certificate of appreciation by Col. Richard Johnson of the I' "-^
Army Ordnance Corps. It stated, "In recognition of the outstanding success and system performance of the M- I'lAbrams tank) qiine-clearing blade system during Operation np.iPrt 5^t iirm *'
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Federation, Mr. Cooper .By Barbara Chandler conjpiented, "The Cardozo Federation public Society is a good mecha' relations director Judge Lyie Strom, chief nism for Jewish lawyers to judge United States Dis- get to know one anothier in trict Court of Nebraska, an informal social setting will address Omaha's Jew- rather than a work enish attorneys on Dec. 17 at vironment. Throughout his: a cocktail reception from 5 tory, members of the legal to 7 p.m. at the Imperial profession have provided Palace, announced Harvey community leadership and Cooper and Harold Zabitl., the Cardozo Society offers co-chairmen qf the Jewish an opportunity for us to diF'ederation's Cardozo So- rect those efforts to the Jewish community." ciety. Members of the Cardozo "We are honored to have Judge Strom at thisfirst Society Steering Commitmeeting of the Cardozo So- tee include Truman Clare, ciety," said Mr. Zabin. Michael Gallner, Robert "His address will provide Lepp, Lisa Lewis and Jerour members with an in- ry Slusky: Lori Rabb, assistant dirside view of the workings of the Federal Court." ector of the Federation Judge Strom, highly Re- and staff director for the garded in the legal commu- Cardozo Society, noted, nity, is immediate past "The affiliation of profespresident of the Nebraska sionals with their peers Bar Association and past creates a cohesion that is president of the Omaha beifeficial for the individuals and strengthens Bar Association. The goals of the Cardozo the local conxmunity. The Society are to foster and Cardozo Society offers a maintain fellowshipamong connection for people who Jewish attorneys, promote might not otherwise be incommunity leadership and volved in the Jewish comfocus on the Jewish per- munity. Special interest spective in matters per- groups, such as Cardozo', taining to the leg&l com- is one way in which the Federation strives to enmunity. Discussing the impor- rich Jewish Communal life tance of a professional so- in Omaha." ciety for attorneys sponThe Cardozo Society for' sored by, Ihfe Jewish Jewish attorneys is the
second professional society to be established in Omaha under the sponsorship of the Jewish Federation.'The first is the Maimonides Society for Jewish doctors and dentists. Similar societies have been established throughout the United States. Cardozo Society programs are open to all Jewish attorneys. For more information or to make a reservation, .please call the Federation office, 33482D0, extension 223.
Honored PRAGUE (JTAI-A groiip of elderly veterans of the Czechoslovak army and air force were honored at the Israeli Embassy here last week for having trained recruits for the Haganah 43 years ago. "We want to thank Czechoslovak friends who helped the State of Israel to be bom and to survive," Israeli Ambassador 'Voel Sher tol4 a group of retired generals, colonels and< other officers who trained the - pilots, parachutists and other soldiers of-what would ul'timatety become the IsraeU army.
A letter from France dated Aug. 9, 1944 Editor's Note: Nearly 50 years ago, during the terrible days of World War U, the late Morritt Fellman of Omaha, wrote a letter to hin family here deticribing his' participation and feeling as. a Jew aomewherv in France. Hia wife, Mary, a founder of the Nebraaka Jewiah HIH torical Society, made' the letter available to the Jew Lt. Col. Morria FeUniao iah Preaa. Dear Folks. During the past year there have beea mAoy tncideuls which I thoaght would be worthy of writing about but the nature of txvy work or my whereabouts prohibited me. However, I believe last night I witnessed an event which will probably remain as a memory as long as I live. In order to clarify any thought you n^y have, as to my location the place I refer to is not Paris.. .'since Paris is in the public eye at ttte monwnt no doubt aimi lar events look place tiMre which were publicized' Last night 1 attended services in a small temple HOHH^ where in France. .Attending servux. i, ti.ii mivthing new or different but the locality u ances are such that the event is notewui'...., . •. .. .uv boys attached to this headquarters located a temple in a small town which we are occupying at the momant. Last min ut« arrangementa were nuas to hold Friday evening serricM. A chieckup of the local population disclosea only a small number of our people left-even those few
were hving under assumed names, etc. The Germans had occupied this place four years ago—in fact they came on the Day of Atonement... the temple has been closed for the four years and the services last night were the first since that day .. ..I can't very well describe the emotions of those present... The temple somehow escaped, the wrath of the Nazis .. , aU the prayer books, sefar torahs, bibles etc. were burned or carted ?way to Germany. The rooms showed evidence of struggles with articles of clothing all over but the staineoglasaj marble ark were not touched. The Germans bnx^lht in an elderly Jewish man from the 'east' and he was allowed to act as caretaker The man really took a beating and one look at himwas enough to convince everyone present that our present sacrifices are toerely nothing compared to some of the sufferings that took place. No Jewish chaplain was present but our boys conducted the service in very good style... you know one realizes how fortunate we are to be in a country where freedom of religion is exercised . . here in the middU< of war with all its hall... a group of boys met-t out any leaders arrange and h(ud service tian Chaplain was present and at the t.ume of the boys he cwlivered a very af MTmon... three of the k)cal population aL> one in GuriUiUi. one iu Eiu<liiih and the thlA ii '1 rmande.si cUi-
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Beatings, lack of food and clothing, medical attention .. .just a few of the many things ... separations of fanulies ... the old man had a wife aqd two children^ and the last he saw or heard of them was four years' ago ..'. not even a letter or a word as to their whereabouts ... the same for the others . . girls taken off to brothels .. .'women and children burned alive ... per: haps some people back home can disnusa all this as mere propaganda but those of us who were present and heard the tales from people who have suffered kriow nther' wise... I magine yourself being allowed to go out on the street for two hours daily . .. wearing a badge which to yotu^ sell lot but to others a signal for more beat in*; >'tc 1 diiu'l bull' Id be right if I didn i utetothem«i> ui istians who helped > , out here . . often pt^ymg the death penalty theti for their deeds ... quoting the people present thi existence can be traced to the help which they receiv( from such sources... Tomorrow we hope to be able to meet again and if pus sibU' find nut hoM mum fuinilifs mv stiu aruutid at on< sol
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(o[(B^i^M IDASINTON RAPPAPORT Graveside services were held on Nov. 25 at Emanuel Cemetery in Denver, Colo., for former Omahan, Ida Sinton Rappaport, 93! Mrs. Rappaport is survived by daughters, PhVllis Pried and Dorothy S. Steuer, Denver; sons, Walter Sinton, Houston, "Texas, and Melyin Sinton, St. Petersburg, Fla.; seven grandchildren and 12 great:grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the. Betn El Synagogue Building Fund or your favorite charity. HARRY MIJLNICK Graveside services were held on Nov. 21 at Beth El Cemetery for Harry Mulnick, 80. Mr. Mulnick, a resident of the Rose Blumkin Home, died Nov. 18. Mr. Mulnick is survived by his wife, Sonia; sons, Howard and Thomas; brother, Ben in the Rose Biumkin Home; two granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Phil. THEODORE A NEWMAN Uruveside services weiK held at Beth El Cemetery
on liec, 2 for Theodore A. Newman, 86. Mr. Newimah was retired as vice president of the Hinky Dinky grocery stores. Mr. Newman is survived by a daughter, Wendy (Mrs. Anthony) Sofio; sisters, Helen and Sadie Newman; iour grandchildren. SARA KRASNE Graveside services were held at Bikur Cholim Cenletery in Council Bluffs on Dec. 1 for Sara (Honey). Krasne, 99. Preceded in death by her husband, Frank. 'Mrs. Krasne is survived by daughters, Lucille (Mrs.' Abe) Katelman, and Marge (Mrs. Ted) Schoenberg of Beverly Hills, Calif.; sister, Moliie Solomon, West Los Angeles, Calif.; five grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. ANGELA GOLDMAN Graveside services were held on Pec. 4 at Temple Israel Cemetery for Angela Goldman, 91, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Mrs. Goldman is sur vived by a daughter, Kay Kulesh.
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promises made. by the Syriflin regime and entreaties made by American and Eiirupean officials, Israeli representative Ilan Mor told tin panel. Mor said the estimated 4,500 Jews remaining in Syria are subject to "continuous surveillance, intimidation and harassment" from the Syrian secret police. AWARD TO KAPLAN NEW YORK (JTA)The Ket'onstructionisl Rabbinical College presented its Keter Shem Tuv award to Mendel Kaplan, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, and Ambassador Uriel Savir, Israel's counaul general.
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I don't remember the exact number, but for the last ? years, at this,particular time in the calendar. 1 've been astonished to realize that Dec. 7, Pearl Harlwr Day, had l)een practically overlooked. Maybe overlooked is an exaggeration, but it certainly is true that very little notice had been taken of the date. 1 could never believe such 'a significant date in history could be given so Uttle notice. It was, after all, the act of aggression that really-engaged this country in World War II. Last year, when 1 was the most disturbed about the obvious oversight, I finally began to see little blurbs of news, telling that "next year, 1991, would mark the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor." With that information came reports there would be appropriate observances. I was aghast that such an occasion was given publicity on certain years only, but so be it. So here we are, exactly 50 years later—Dec. 7, 1991. Fifty years since that frightening Sunday when whatever we were doing was interrupted by the radio bulletin telling us what had happened. Later it was learned that many Americans didn't actually know where Pearl Harbor was and how much of our navy was involved. I certainlj[ remember, very clearly, even though I was young enough to not grasp the full impact at first. I was a student at Central High, and when I got to school the next day there were already many changes occurring. The usual noisy hall conversations still were heard, but serious talk was also heard. The transistor radio hadn't yet come on the scene so there was a lot of hurrying to get to a radio to hear the latest. And, atnong the older boys, there was another message to be heard—that of patriotism. Oh yes, I most certainly do remember what, happened on that fateful day in December, 50 years ago. What will never cease to surprise me is that everybody apparently doesn't remember. What are newspapers and television for, if not to keep us aware of the important things in our history? My gosh, isn't the act that caused a war important enough to note every year? I guess 1 sound like I'm on a soapbox—maybe. But I'm serious about this, I'm appalled that such a date gets 80 httle notice. Oh well, here we are on the SOth anniversary. .' The television news shows will broadcast specials from Hawaii; they'll show footage of the ships that were bombed;.the devastation caus^ by, to quote FDR, an act of iofamy. ' . • The people .who are regulars on those programs will get a lovely vacation while they prepare for the big event. 1 'm just wondering if they won't mention it again until the 75th anniversary or, worse yet, the 100th.for sure, I WQi^'t be wori-ying about it then.
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That fateful day On Dec. 7, 1941,.i was collating newspapers at the corner drug store where I worked and I remember my neighbors coming in and talking about the'devastati^n at Pearl Harbor. ' ' Later, I recall hearing President Roosevelt on radio asking for a declaration of war and soon my teenage years were entwined with World War 11. In those days, the American people got theif news from radio, newspapers, and film clips at the movie houses. • ' Different names . . . Saipan, Tinian, Guadalcanal, Iwo, Jima, Corregidor, the Bataan Death March .. . and •on the homefront, feat of the unknown, news of atrocities, clips of suicide pilots diving into our ships, panic at -impending invasion rumors, and the rounding up of Japanese Americans ... Because of the milestone anniversary associated with Pearl Harbor, I went into the archives to see how the Omaha Jewish Press covered the entry of America into the war. I skipped the issue of Dec. 5,1941, because that came out before the fact. So, let's look at the front page of Dec. 12,' 1941. Here's what we find; A banner headline announcing the dedication of Beth El Synagogue, Chanukah to be celebrated in the synagogues, Manny Segal planning a sports program at the JCC, Louis E. Lipp and Harry Dworsky. participating in a men's club program ... The only stories related to the war were lend lease to Turkey and Egypt, and the formation of four Jewish divisions from Palestine being organized to help Britain. Perhaps news was slow in coming t'o our paper. So let's look at the issue of Dec. 19, 1941. Surely, the devastation at Pearl Harbor must be available by now. Correct (but marginally so). Omaha's B'nai B'rith through its president, Milton R. Frohm, and the national office through Henry Monsky pledged its resources to President Roosevelt. Other front page news included dedication services at Beth El, announcement of "Hay Fever " by the Center Players' Build, Helen Canfield of the Sinai Club winning an oratorical contest and gymnastics at the JCC. An editorial in that issue referred to a pledge of loyally to the president from American Jews. On Dec. 26, news of the Japanese launching an anti-Jewish drive to appease the Nazis . '
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he claims, involves "group fantasies of martyrdom and heroics." CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA)-Now that David Duke Buchanan has mocked the concerns of Jewish surhas been defeated in his Louisiana gubernatorial bid, a vivors of the Auschwitz death camp by stating that "To far more dangerous national candidate is sending up a orthodox Catholics, the demand that we be more 'sentrial balloon. . sitive' to Jewish concerns is becoming a joke." Seeking to capitalize on the feelings of some reactionIt should ,come as no surprise that Buchanan has ary voters that President Bush is not far enough to th6 allowed his column to bo featured in Spotlight, a pat'right, Patrick Buchanan has now taken a leave of ab- ently anti-Semitic and anti-black publicatidn that chamsence from the Cable News Network to consider whether pioned David Duke. to challenge Bush in the New Hampshire Republican priWhen Buchanan has been accused of anti-Semitism, mary. as he recently was by New York Times columnist Abe Duke has announced that he would consider support- Rosenthal, his answer has been that the accusations ing Buchanan for President, as has Gordon Liddy, who were part of a "pre- planned, orchestrated smear camhas written of his admiration for Hitler's "German paign" in response to his criticism of Israel. approach." It is a diversion unsupported by the record. It is precisely because he was never a member of the Until recently, Buchanan was stridently pro-Israel Klu Klux Klan or a Nazi sign carrier that Buchanan, and anti- Arab. But when he Btartei} being accused of whose view's on many issues'are almost indistinguisha- anti-Semitism, he cleverly began to turn against Israel, ble from Duke's, is so much more dangerous. thus permitting him to claim that the accusations When Duke argued that the Holocaust never hap- against him were being made in revenge of his anti-Zipened, he was castigated by the media for such ahistor- onism. During the weeks leading up to the Gulf War, ical nonsense. Meanwhile, Buchanan is the author of super-hawk Buchanan uncharacteristically opposed similar nonsense. In a 1989coluinn, Buchanan expressed •American intervention, blaming it on the Israeli lobby doubts about whether Jews were gassed at Treblinka, in Washington (which he called Israel's "Amen corner citing as evidence the following: "In 1988, 97 youths, in the Uftited States"). trapped 400 feet underground in a DC. tunnel while two Despite the fact that the majority of Jewish senators locomotives spewed diesel exhaust into the car, emerged and representatives voted against American intervenunharmed after 45 minutes " tion in the Persian Gulf War,'Buchanan repeatedly Asked by the kew Republic where he got his misin- referred to Capitol Hill as "Israeli-occupied territory"— formation about Trebhnka—Jews were killed by pump- a not-so-subtle illusion to the canard of Jewish dual loying a variety of gases, including Zyklon B, into airtight alty and undue Jewish influence. ' chambers—Buchanan responded, "Somebody sent it to Buchanan's bigotry is not limited to Jews. It extends me." The New Republic, aftei investigating Buchanan's to other minority groups, especially gays, who he besources, concluded that "much of the material on which lieves cause "decay of society." About gay bashing, he Buchanan bases his column is sent to him by pro-Nazi, once wrote: "Amidst the moral erud of the Weimar Reanti-Semitic cranks." public, the Nazi bullies must have had a certain appeal." 'Buchanan takes his Holocaust mininuzation to its logAs the New Republic has pointed out, Buchanan ical conclusion, by defending virtually every Nazi war seems to have an "affection for fascism." He has decriminal tried for murdering Jews. This law-and-order fended Franco, calling him a "soldier-patriot," and citchampion, who never supports the rights of ordinary ing him as someone with whom he identified by the time criminal defendants, has championed the rights of such he reached political consciousness. convicted murderers as Klaus Barbie, Karl Liimas, John Furthermore, while Buchanan acknowledges that HitDemjanjuk and the SS killers buried at Bitburg. ler was "racist," he has also referred admiringly to the It was this synipathetic tendency towards the per- genocidal mass-murderer as "an individual of great courpetrators of the Holocaust that led former Justice age, a soldiefs soldier in the Great War, a political orDepartment official Alan Ryan to comment: "Great ganizer of the first rank" and "a leader steeped in the numbers of people are asking themselves: 'Why is Pat history of Europe." Buchanan so in love with Nazi war criminals?'" Buchanan's uniform may be different than Duke's, Not only does Buchanan support Nazi war criminals, but his affinity to fascism is quite similar. he berates their victims. He has accused Holocaust survivors of exaggerating their suffering as a result of what Alan Dershowitz is a professor of law at the Harvard he calls their "Holocaust survivor syndrome," which. Law School. By Alan Dcrshowitz
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New strategies on intermarriage By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA)-UntU recently, most American Jewish communal institutions had one approach to intermarriage: Try to discourage it.
And a recent survey of the major federations revealed that ohly two have put outreach to the intermarried on their agenda, according to David Sacks, president of the UJA-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York.
But about a year ago, the Council of Jewish FederaIn other places, the outreach is conducted by federtions made public the findings of its 1990 National Jew-- ation- funded Jewish family and children's service agenish Population Survey, and the results stunned many cies.and Jewish community centers. But few of these profus.sionals working in ihe.Jewish eslablishmenl. efforts are coordinated nationally, and in most places Even those Jewisji conununal leaders who had con- programs are scheduled only sporadically..fronted the issue of intermarriage in their own families were shocked to leam that, according to the CJF study, •I'l percent of Jews married in recent ye«rs had chps«m. spou.sc.s who were not born Jewish That means that for every marrin : two, Jews in the United States today, two u. uutween a Jew and a nun-Jew take place. The findings of t^ie CJ F survey have now convinced many in the Jewish communal world that the long-favored tactics of persuading people to .seek Jewish mate.s through admonition and guilt, supplemented by efforts to strengthen Jewish identity, have failed to stem the tide of intermarriage. "Any effort to stop inlermarriagt has ebaentially failed," according to sociologist Kgon Mayer of Brooklyn College. He believes the Jewish community must now accept the reality of internuu-riag« and leam to adapt to it, Indeed, the data confronting Jewish communal organltatlons are forcing them to reevaluale their approach. Jewish leaders are beginning to realize that they must accept the intermarried and include them in their planning, if they hope to meet the needs of the Jewiahly ffiliated community of the 2l8t century. The way Jewish urgaaiaattoos apfwoach inlermarriage IS shifting from trying to curb it to trying tu bring the intermarried closer to the Jewish community, in part by persuadiiii ' rt. Butcurreiii ' direction is sparse and Iru^muilud. According to Mayer, just u hnndful of the 189 federa• rica havtr' i>d programs to vrmarried o« Angeiee, San FraucuKo. Denver. MetroWeet, N.J„ aitd. most recently, Boston.
Likew.ise. synagogue efforts have generally been planned and executed independent of diriHtinn frfiiii their national coordinating bodies. The exception has been the Refurfti HUH ^ ....^... „ ,„v,. hus made outreach to the intermarried a national priority, through comprehensive programming. The Commission on Reform Jewish Outrruch, which' was established in 1079 and I > of about$50(.',U00. employs two li. . iime professionals around the country to deal with intermitrriage. One reason why there is nut more progranmiing of this , kind is that Jewish individuals and mi'iiiii/iiiions alike -particularly consensus bodies, sii ixations—find intermarriage a difficult isauv ... —lund with. Facing the r*"'-'" "• '"termarriage "triggers a tretnendotis amount < about survival and a tremendous amount ui f^um. niM>ut where we have failed," according to Mayer, the sociologist. The issue also brings to the surface several concerns: *If making intermarriage an object of programming appears to acknowledge that it is a legitimate form of Jewish faaoily life, will it take away Uw community'BN ability to say "no " to intermarriage? *At a time of great financial strain in the Jewish community, does it make sense ton i Tows who deviate from historical JewiHf uus? *8ii m issue ihui divuleti American Jev, ml linM. will lukirensing it hindet 'osensus crii iwrlance of 111' ' 'iiuiualung m the face of J thc-.i.... ,
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Our first blizzard of the season fell on Oct. 30 which is early, even for us. But that's.okay, because Hanukkah falls "early" this year, too, and I can't remember a Hanukkah without snow. ' Snow in drifts as tall as a man. And that man—my poppa-the-rabbi, trudging home from shul in the evening darkness to light the candles. Poppa with a wool muffler pulled up over his nose, galoshes flopping on his feet and his head warmed by a fur hat which he claimed belonged originally to one of Tsar Nicholas' cossacks. (Poppa went to. his grave insisting he had once shook the Tsar's hand-he called him "Nikkie"-but that's a story for another day ...) The candles we lit when I was a child were CANDLES. Fat, smooth, sturdy and orange. Not just plain-Jane orange, mind you, but ORANGE. And when those candles sto«d in the window, their flames melting the ice until it puddled on the sill, well—anyone passing by knew he was looking, at candles that meant business. By today's standards, our menorah was nothing special. It was. just your regulation issue, no-nonsense brass . Chanukkiah with two lions on its front and a heavy base that kept it from sliding off the wet window sill. But like the sturdy orange candles, that simple menorah had an air of strength and purpose about it. Don't mess with me, it said, if you know what's good for you. Maccabean, in a way. Poppa sang dozens of different melodies while the candles burned—in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, English. I loved the singing, really I did, but mother never started frying her latkes until the songs were finished and the candles had burned to nubs and, frankly, having to wait so long for those latkes was a real test of character. Patience never was my long suit. My mother's latkes, please forgive me, were thq real miracle of Hanukkgh. According to Poppa, their wondrous flavor came from the little piece of her knuckle that invariably was ground in along with the potatoes. Mother's latkes were random in size, sometimes burnt, always crisp and oozing with oil and (for the stout^ hearted) accompanied by thick smetana- (In our house, applesauce was for babies.) The smell of those frying latkes stuck in our clothes for weeks after the holiday, like a precious souvenir of a special time. There was no Hanukkah-Christmas rivalry in my •^ yoiith. Poppa never thought it unfair that there was no Hanukkah program at school. He also never thought it , unfair that there WAS a Christmas programat school. ' (It sort of came with the territory . . .) In fact, Poppa. ; -xather liked the Christmas season. He loved listening i to carols on the radio, and a children's phorus angelically piping "Oh. Little Town of Bethlehem" could easily transport him. When my grade-school choir gave its Christmas pageant. Poppa always let me participate. He made just one request. "Tochter," he said. "You may sing the carols but when you come to a particular name, just move your lips." My wise poppa. Certain that his teachings had been understood by his children, he never worried that 1 would be corrupted by this close encounter with the "profane." Could it be we were more secure in our Jewishn^s, back then? If so, it seems ironic, since "back then" was Hitler and WW II and pre-Israel...
Yes, it's still good to gather with family and celebrate the Festival of Lights. But MY Hanukkah is gone. Today's candles are washed out, pastel imitations of the real thing. Electric Chanukkiot (and those made to look like nine little Chassidim with candles in their shtreimels) let's not even talk about. Sad to sayl Hanukkah gelt is not a big thing with my four-year-old grandson. My latkes don't taste like my mother's. I've forgotten most of my father's Hanukkah melodies. And, our early snow (as of this writing) has melted. But all is not lost. I still have one of Poppa's 1923 silver dollars.
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My faniily were strangers to Hanukkah "shopping." And a gift every night? Never. We got one present and one present only—Hinukkah gelt that Poppa took from . his trquser pocket and put, unwrapped, in our palpis. The gelt was always a silver dollar—an uncirculated, 1923 silver dollar that Poppa had somehow gotten his hands on the year he came to America. He kept a stash of them in several black, lisle socks hidden behind our stove, I knew where the treasure was, of course. All of us knew. But that "^secret" was part of the magic and part of the ritual. And it lasted until the day when the socks vanished, stolen by some sort of non-sectarian Grinch. We wept. Poppa fumed and immediately went to the bank and laid in a supply of hew silver dollars. The dates, obviously, were different. Perhaps a child more perceptive than I would have gotten a clue, right then, that, that things were changing and Hanukkah would never be quite the same again.
Reverend Rainer Graupner, associate director of the Protestant Academy in former East Germany, will speak in Omaha on Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center auditorium. The Protestant Academy is the central organization in the former Communist state for educating about Judaism. For nine years Pastor Graupner has organized and delivered lectures on the Holocaust in German
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By Bemie Mosow Cantor Michael Weisser award is further enhanced of Congregation. B'nai by the fact that he is bnly Jeshurun has been named two years out of the Ph.D. vice president of the Lin- program. Good going, coln Interfaith Council. Stevel We're all proud of you, Cantor. Sunday night was not only the first night of Zella Rosenberg has en- Hanukkah, but it was also dowed a Chair in Judaic the rededication of the Studies at the University Congregation Tifereth Isof Nebraska at Lincoln in rael building. Services for memory of her husband. the lighting of the first Hymen. This position will candle were held at 5 p.m., be available to people of di- followed by a gala dinner verse backgrounds and and a lovely recital by should help in building a Cantor Emil Berkovitsof bridge of understanding Beth El Synagogue of that will stand for many Omaha. Cantor selected a. generations to come. varied repertoire of musical selections, which ,- Dr. Steven M. ^ommer pleased the-crowd. There won the Best Paper Award were prayers in Hebrew, at the Western Academy English show tunes and of Management Regional wonderful Yiddish songs. Conference at Santa Bar- There was something to bara, Calif., for the spring delight all—and a delight _ of 1991. The fact that it was! Thank j^ou. Cantor. Steve won this prestigious
Yield Napoleon's soldiers By Hugh Orgel TEL AYIV (JTA)-Excavations for a modern housing development on the outskirts of Acre have unearthed the bodies of a score of French soldiers who died nearly 200.years ago in Napoleon's ill-fated attempt to take the city. The soldiers, whose failure to take the city ended Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign against Syria, are to be reburied with full nulitary honors in a Haifa cemetery. The French consul in Haifa has accepted responsibility for the reburial. in a Haifa cemetery where .other French soldiers lie interred. The recently discovered
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Blumkin Home SATURDAY Morning sen m j u „, The residents and staff of the Rose Blumkin Home invite the families, volunteers arvd friends of the residents to attend services in the Herbert Goklsleo Chapel. Kiddush toUows swvkes od Sh<t •b«t.' CARPOOL N«ad »om«oii« to con\plel» your rdswi' MUwOO-tT-YOURSElF lo(m-b|Ck |Mg«
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Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Sitter service available at 10 a.m. TSS Program, 10:15 a.m. K'tantan Program, 11 a.m., for children ages,6^9. SST Program, 11 a.m., Shabbat Story Time for children under 6 yearsold. Minha-Ma'ariv services at 4:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 4:40 p.m. Family service will be at 8 p.m. Story Time Shabbat, 7 "p.m. Story Tiine Shabbat for pre-sichool through second grade children will be led by Rabbi Urkowitz and Shirley Goodman, followed by a special Oneg Shabbat for the children and their parents. Oneg Shabbat following services sponsored by Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m. Babysitter service provided by Sisterhood at 10 a.m. Hanukkah kiddush following services will be sponsored by Julee Katzman in honor of her husband Rick's birthday. Rabbi Urkowitz's study group. 4:10 p.m.. The topic will-be "This date in Jewish history: The'Printing of the 1st Siddux in 1489 in Lisboii." Mincha services will be held at 4:40 p.m. followed by Ma'arjv, Shalosh Seudos and Havdalah'service. SUNDAY: Minyan at 9 <i Following servicfs liitfif will be a light breakfast served, followed by class with Kabbi Urkowitz on. I he Talmud using the, Sttiusaltz " edition of the Ttdraud. WEEKDAYS: Services and 4:40 p.m. SISTERHOOD Dec. 10. U:30 a.m., Sislerhoodiuiicheon and binkH' Diirty.
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Offutt Air Base FRIDAY; Services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
Council Bluffs B'Nai Israel SERVICES: Dec. 6, 7:30 a.m.-at the synagogue. Hanukkah and Shabbat service with Rabbi Shulewitz, -to include Hanukkah party and Community Naming Ceremony. Dec. 7, 5-6:30 p.m. - Second session of the adult education course. 6:45 - Pot luck dinner followed by Havdalah service. Dec. 8, 8-9 a.m. - Ritiial committee meeting., 9-10:30 a.m. - Board meeting and elections. The synagogue is located at 618 Mynster in Council Bluffs. For more infoi;mation contact Ellen Fennick at 390-9062.
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Parashat Miketz—Shabbat Hanukkah Hanukkah, homogenized mild and homogenized nations More than a generation of Americans have grown up without knowing that homogenized milk is relatively new. Once upon a time people had to shake the nuUt bottle (yea bottle, not cartoni) to make sure that the cream, on the top, and the milk b^ow would mix. To be sure, homogenized milk is an advance. Homogenized people, however, homogenized nations, are not an advance. People must be allowed to be who they are. They should not be, they catmot be, forced into a mold. One of the nasty skinheads of present-day Germany was quoted recently as saying, about black immigrants to Germany, "There is no way a persori who is black can be a German." Shades of Hitler. And shades of Antiochua IV. This ambitious king of Syria had visions of a homogeneous empire, one people, one language, one loyalty. He included one more dimension: one religion. The Jews of Palestine, then "southern Syria," had been subject to Syrian power since 198 B.C.E. Until then the Ptolemies of Egypt governed Palestine. But now the Seleucid kings of Syria governed. And Antiochus FV wanted to "homogenize" his. empire. This ambitious king took vigorous steps in pursuit of his purpose. He decreed the end of Judaism. He insisted on the Greek pantheon of gods for everybody. If it was good enough for him to worship the Greek gods, why wasn't it good enough for those stubborn Jews down there? There followed the war of the Maccabees against the Syrian-Greek forces. It is one of the "miracles" of history that Antiochus was forced to grant freedom of worship to the Jews of Palestine. The remembrance of all of this is the festival of Hanukkah. Americans—particularly American Jews—must be aware that this whole situation is not only a situation of the past. There is a movement—and not a small one—of the rehgious right, to declare America to be a "Christian nation." Now there is no disputing that the overwhelming majority of Americans are Christians, really or nominally. But it is quite another thing to say that this is a Christian nation, even though people like Justice O'Conmir have made stupid—perhaps inadvertettt remarks on the.subject. I'm tempted to say—but I will not—that Jews are the small amount of cream on top of the milk bottle But kN I' should stoutly refuse to be homogenized.
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Rnmiiiiuss building of Beth El By Jill Kushner BelmoAt Beth El Dedication Weekend publicity Maurice N. "Moe" Finegold, chi^f architect of the new Beth El Synagogue, will deliver the guest sermon at tonight's 8:15 p.m. Shabbat service, according to Dr. Raymond Goldstein, Beth El president. Mr. Finegold, a member of the firm of Notter Fine- gold & Alexander, Inc., in Boston and Washington, D.C., will address, "From Vision to Reality: The Architect's Concept," as part of Beth El's Dedication Weekend celebration. "Building a synagogue was Moe's dream," said Dr. Goldstein,'He noted that Mr. Finegold had in the past designed parts of different synagogues, but "Me had a real emotional attachment to building a complete synagogue." Dr. Goldstein said he realized that Mr. Finegold was unique when he ar; rived in Omaha and preSTOPS CARTOONS SYDNEY, Australia (JTA)-The editor of Australia^s major English; language Moslem newspaper has agreed to stop printing cartoons that depict Jews' negatively.
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sented no pet blueprint for a building, no definite plan. "He told us that he wanted to daven with- us, to get a sense of who we were before he could develop the building's concept." "This building means a great deal to him."
Album complete The Beth El Dedication Album has been completed, according to Dedication Weekend chairman Judy TuUy, who expressed her appreciation to the following people who made the commemorative program possible: Sherman Goldbitz, editor; Marlene Hechtman, advertising; ad copy chairman. Rocky Stern; ad copy committee, Diane Baum, Dora Shefren, Deenie Meyerson; Carol Gendler, historian; Mark Silberstein, family album; Susie Silverman, bookkeeper; Carolyn Magid, graphic artist; Amy Gendler, cover design.
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By Joyce R. Cohen Book Fair publicity chairman The Community I.«cture and Reception, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center on Dec. 9, will feature Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. He will apeak on Jewish Uteracy, which is the title of his recent book.' It deals with "the most important things to know about the Jewish religion, its people, and its history." As it says on the dust jacket, "All the answers are here, Jewish Literacy, written by an esteemed rabbi, is a compendium of 346 short chapters on the essential trends, concepts, and personalities of Jewish history, reUgion and culture." Rabbi Telushkin is the author (with Dennis Prager) of two of the most influential Jewish books of the last decade: The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism and Why the Jews'^ The Reason for Anti-Semitism. He also is the author of the 'Rabbi Daniel Winter " murder mysteries. An Eye for an Eye has just been released. In it he confronts one of the more pressing moral questions of our time: Do people ^hb deny others the right to live forfeit that right for themselves? He is currently working on his next book. The
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Jeremy Nichbia, a ninth grader at BrowneU-Talbot Ih-ep School.was named to the Headmaster's List and achieved sununa cum laude (or Ihe first quarter. Jeremy also played varsity football on ' the BrowneU-Talbot Raiders team and participated in .Mock Trial for BrowneUTalbot. Jeremy is the son of Barbara and Dennis Nichols.
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By Dusty Nichols We made dreidel gift tags and sold them at the Chanukah Eaire so the troop could "adopt" two needy Jewish children to buy Hanukkah presents for. Thanks to the support of the Jewish community, we passed our goal and "adopted" three needy childreh! Boris Davidson is wrapping the presents to turn in to Jewish Family Services. ' Thanks to everyone who bought popcorn from us. We'll be calling you the week of'Dec. 15 to let you know about picking it up. Parents and the troop committee are invited to a short ceremony to install the troop on Dec. 11. at 7 p.m., at the JCC. At 7:30 p.m. the parents and troop committee will have a meeting, and we will have our regular troop meeting to begin working on the Scholarship merit badge with Jody Goldstein, director of the Friedel Jewish Academy. This would be a good meeting for Jewish boys, age 11-18, to come to if they are thinking about joining Boy Scouts. You can call the Scoutmaster, Barb Nichols, at 896-1171 if you need more information.
USY region elects officers Andrew Altman, son of Prancee Altman and .Paul Altman, was elected president of EMTZA Region United Synagogue Youth on Nov. 29. With him is Andrea Kotnk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. David Kotok, who was elected vice president of communication. Not pictured are Robert Shapiro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shapiro, and Andrew Rich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rich. Both Robert and Andrew were appointed to the EMTZA Region general board
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Joshua P. Finkler has been Awarded a Fulbright grant to study and conduct research in Hungary, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the United States Information Agency (USIA)have announced. Mr. Finkler was graduated from Reed College in Portland, Ore., in May 1991. He participated in the Mathematics Institute at Etvos University during his junior year and has been invited to return to do research with the faculty in the Institutes of Philosophy and Computer Science at Etvos.
NEW YORK-The New York Federation of Reform Synagogues has called on the Bush Administration to siop the forced return of Haitian refugees—a policy, it says, that is reminiscent of the denial of sanctuary to Jews felling the Nazis a half century ago. The federation, an affiliate of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, said in a statement that the turning away of those feeling the upheaval of Haiti was "abhorrent to.' the Jewish community.
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resentation and was the guest of honor at a state dinner. The exhibit, called "The Courage to Remember," is a 60-panel photographic display designed by the Los Angeles-based Wiesenthal Center. Since its inaugural opening in Vienna in 1988, it has toured Western and Eastern Europe, including several exhibits in the Soviet Union; South Korea; New Zealand; South Africa; and the United States. The display in Shanghai.
which has descriptions in English and Chinese, is now on permanent loan to China, and there are plans to display the exhibit in Beijing, Nanjing and other Chinese cities. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Wiesenthal Center, said in a telephone interview from Shanghai. Also opened was a companion exhibit by the Chinese Institute for Peace and Development Studies. Titled "To Cherish Their Memory Forever," the 20panel display recalls the presence of some 25,000 I^uropean Jews who found refuge in Shanghai between 1938 and 1945. Fifty international scholars, currently participating in a conference in Shanghai on Israel and Judaic studies, also participated in the opening.
Prime Time plans gala evening Prime Time committee members met at the home of Esther and Jim Wax to address invitations to a New Year's Eve Dinner Dance at the Holiday Inn Central. Guests will be given the choice of prime rib or poached salmon as the entree of a delicious gourmet meal. Music of the Big Band era for dancing or listening pleasure, and other special treats are promised for the special occasion. Committee members are, standing, from left, Jim Wax, Sally Masnek, Esther Wax, Ted Pittelman, Marvin Abramson, Mick Simon; seated, from left, Harriet Marcus, Gail Abramson, Tootie Simon. For information call Helen Rifkin, 334-8200.
Free Nathan NEW YORK-Leaders of the Reform Jewish movement have called on the Shamir government to release peace activist Abie Nathan for meeting with FLO leaders just as charges against Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi have been dropped in spite of a similar breach. A- statement issued by Rabbi Alexander M.
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NEW YORK (JTA)Dr. and Mrs. Phil Itkin; Frpm the Kremlin in MosElizabeth Kaplan, daugh- cow to the Western Wall ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary in Jerusalem and the headKaplan; David Kricsfeld, quarters of the Lubavitchson of Dr. and Mrs. Barry er Hasidic movement in. Kricsfeld; Sarah Krieger, Brooklyn, Chanukah medaughter of Mr. and Mrs. norahs were lit simultaneStan Krieger; Michelle ously Sunday, in a cereKurs, daughter of Mr. and mony witnessed by milMrs. Matt Kurs; Gina Le- lions around the world via wald, daughter of Mr. and satellite broadcast. Mrs. Alfred LewaJd. The ceremony this year Also, Evan Saltzman, Those participating are son of Mr. and Mrs. Errol did more than usher in the Maria Caplan, daughter of Saltzman; Bobby Shapiro traditional Jewish "FesMr. and'Mrs. Allan Cap- son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry tival of Lights." It celelan; Dan Cohn, son of Mr., Shapiro; Gary Shyken, son brated the demise of 70 and Mrs. Jeff Cohn; Min- of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Shy- years of Communist rule dy Colcher, daughter of ken; Lindsey Taxman, in the Soviet Union, where Mr. and Mrs. David Col- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. . religious freedom has been cher; Alex Cooper, son of Jeff Taxman; and Onie restored. Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Coop- Tsabari, son of Mr. and More than 7,000 people er; Rikki Epstein, daugh- Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Eitan crammed into the Kremlin ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Tsabari. Palace of Congresses for Epstein; Jason Flatowicz, The contest, which is the first Jewish festivities son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran- held in conjunction with ever held with the official cois Flatowicz; Josh Gon- Jewish Bc»6k Month, will blessings of the Soviet sher, son of Rabbi and take place Dec. 15 at 2 government. Mrs. Allan Gonsher; Greg p.m. in the theater of the The Lubavitcher Hasi-. Greenberg, son of Mr. and Jewish Community Cendim hailed the historic ocMrs. Andy Greenberg. ter. The community may casion as heralding the imAlso, Jason Itkin, son of attend. minent coming of the Messiah. "Moshiach's on the Way" read a banner Chicago City Limits, a New York Times called across Eastern Parkway, a comedy group, brings its their show "ingenious." grand boulevard slicing Smprovisational comedy The Washington Post said through Brooklyn's trourevue to the Jewish Com- "it's hilarious and amaz- bled Crown Heights neighmunity Center stage for ing" and the Newhouse borhood, where the Lubaone performance on Jan. Papers described them as vitcher rebbe. Rabbi Men18 at 8 p.m. "six actor-writer, psy- achem Schneerson, makes "Creating their off-the- chopaths who will have his home. wall brand of comedy from you rolling in the aisles!" In his remarks, broadsuggestions called out by Tickets are $15 per per- cast and telecast worldthe audience, CCL is fast- son which includes des- wide, the rebbe said the paced, non-stop comedy sert. For ticket reserva- technology that has ampliwithout a net," the an- tions call the JCC at fied an ancient message nouncement said. The 334-8200, was a manifestation of God's will. On this Chanukah, "'the PARTY HELPERS fulfillment of divine intent You Enjoy Your Party While is achieved when modern technology is put to (he We Do The Work! use oT spreading godliness "the finishing touches" "bartending" around the world." he. said. "serve and cleanup" "vaiet pairicing" ".It was extremely movCall Us For Your Holiday jEntertaining ing to see all the countries, especially from the Krem"Now" lin for the first time," said BE V HOPKINS 571-1135 Zalman Shmotkin, a Crown ,Heights rabbinical student who helped coordinate the event. Balebusta of the Month Henry Monsky Lodge trustee Steve- Riekes has announced that 19 Omahaarea students have signed up to participate in the Sixth Annual Edward Zorinsky B'nai_ B'rith Bible Quiz. This year's contest is based on the entire Book of Exodus and the First Book of Samuel, Chapters 1-7.
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Jewish communities prepare 'Sepharad '92' By Barbara Simon publicity coordinator As 1992 approaches, the world is preparing to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. But Jews have another event to commemorate: 1492: The Other Event that Changed the World; the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Accortling to Andre Sassoon, co-president of the International Committee for "Sepharad '92," "few people know that the very day Columbus set sail for the Western Hemisphere, approximately 200.000 Jews living in Spain,(half the Jewish population there) began a forced exodus under the edict of expulsion signed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella." Before this edict, Jews had lived peacefully in Spain, prospered and flourished, especially during the 11 th and 12th centuries—the Golden Age of Judaism in Spain—but all this changed in 1492. Under the edict, Jfews were forced to convert to Christianity or leave their homeland of more than
1000 years. As Bassoon sayd, "no parades are held for the ex-, pulsion, nor is it something a particular group can take pride in; yet it i^ an event that must not be forgotten or go unnoticed from year to year: it was a Holocaust in its time." The Omaha Jewish community, along with Jews around the world, will present year-long programming devoted to events which resulted from the Spanish exile. Programs coordinated by the Omaha Jewish Cultural Arts Council will mark 500 years of Sephardic history. The story will be told of what happened to the Jews of Spain, around the Mediterranean and Near East during that period, and connect Sepharadic Jewish history and culture to our American roots by learning about it along with the Columbus event. ("Sepharad" is the Hebrew word for Spain and "Sepharadim" refers to Jews of Spanish origin whose ancestors were expelled from Spain.I
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Tot program at B'Nai Israel Claudia Case-Jacobs, left, tells the story of Hanukkah to Anna Clark, Alex Clark, Alex and Eli Bloom and Rebecca Bloom at B'Nai Israel's first Holiday Tot-Spot workshops. The workshops are designed for children three to nine years old and featitee arts and crafts, music, stories and refreshments. The children's art will be on display in the social at at B'Nai Israel's annual Hanukkah party Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. The next Tot-Spot on Jan. 12, 10 a.m.-noon, will focus on Tu B'shvat.
Spanish visitor By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez of Spain participated in ceremonies here Monday marking the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Spanish Jewry. He was the guest of President Chaim Herzog at the presidential residence following talks with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister David Levy. Gonzalez, on the first official visit'to Israel by a Spanish head of government, told the gathering that one "must learn from the past in order to build a more just future." He spoke' of Spain's yearlong program of seminars, exhibitions and cultural events commemorating the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus' voyages of discovery. Columbus' expedition^ coincided with the expulsion of the Jews.
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Metzger sentenced LOS ANGELES (JTA) —Jewish groups here have hailed the conviction of white supremacist Tom Metzger, who was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for participatipg in a cross-buming ceremony in a Los Angeles suburb eight years ago. Organizational leaders say the sentence shows a toughening attitude toward racist hate crimes, although at least one official criticized the lightness of
the sentence. It is the first jail sentence, in recent years for Metzger, the founder and leader of the White Aryan Resistance, or WAR, who has been engaged in extensive racist and anti-Semitic activities for decades. But a judgment of $9 nullion was rendered last year against Metzger, his son John and WAR for inciting the 1988 killing of an Ethiopian man in Portland, Ore.
Newspaper job opening The Jewish Press has an opening for an editorial/advertising assistant with newspaper experience. Please contact Morris Maline at 334-8200 ext. 239.
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NOTICES COUNCIL THRin SHOP IS MOVING! No donations will be accepted after Friday, Dec. 13, until furttier notice.
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FOR SALE UNIQUE STUFF wittt a Jewisti flair. One-of-a-kind jackets, sweats., shirts, skirts, warmups, • purses: Jewelry, belts with semiprecious stones. Call Monica, MondaySaturday, 558-2380. 49-52
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HELP WANTED TRANSCRIBER NEEDED to woff< from cassette tapes of oral history interviews. Contact the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, 334-8200, ext. 277.
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COLLEGE STUDENT will be home for the holidays (Dec. 23 through Jan. 10|. Available to house sit or babysit. Lots of experience!!! Robyn, 330-1134.
LET'S PARTY! Home, and office holiday entertaining Interesting menus, superb food and service 72 seated, 100 buffet style. We'll cook You cavort. Bread Winners. 3936910. . 46-49
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DO YOU NEED a break from housework? Call Linda at 572-1842 or 453-8846. We'll make it shine. QUALIFIED HAfJDYMAN, prompt, reliable snow removal. Seasonal regular maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, change furnace filters. No job too small. Leave message. All calls returned. Terry, 556-2624.
49-52 QUALITY MAINTEIJANCE AND repair—inside/outside, home and business. Fix anything from antique victrolas to retaining walls, References. Call Al for dependable service, 895-5665. 46-49 PERSONAL ERRAND SERVICEGroceries. prescriptions, cleaners, post office, library. You name it— we'll do it. Also, small home repairs and painting. Reliable. Call Cathy, 551-5203. 47-50 TOTAL FIREPUCE care and repair. Cleaning, sweeping, firebox and crown repair Screens and caps installed. Save money and call an experienced, certified sweep. James, 558-9177. 47-50 ERRAND EXPRESS-Busy schedule? Dislike going out in the cold? Let us do your errands. Groceries, pre- , scriptions, dry cleaners, shopping, etc. Dependable. Call Diane, 8960820. 47-50 C.C. CUSTOM UPHOLSTERINGResidential. commerical and medical furniture. Experienced, quality wot1(manship. free estimates, excellent references. Call 496-1251 ' . 46-49 WALLPAPERING. PAINTING, window regiazing, varnishing Free estimates, Insured, guaranteed, 30 years' experience. Howard L. Medlnger, 333-7362 48-51
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AWARENESS MASSAGE-Therapeudc massage for health enhancement. Swedish, ShiaUu, Neuromuscular pain relief therapy Gift certificates available. 96th & West Dodge Road. Marilyn Katz,L.Ms.T.C-NMT, 3974694. 47-50 COMPUTER TUTOR-Setup, repairs, business and personal applications. Individualized and group Instruction, $10 10 $25 hourly. Free estimates. Call Jerry, 393-0806, leave message. 48-51 THAT SPECIAL DAY is coming, like a birthday or such. Why not top it off with a personal touch? Raps/ poems, $30. Performances, $70. 451-1812 evenings. 46-49 DAD'S WALLPAPERING & painting. Complete service at reasonable rates. 10 years' experience Insured. Ceilings painted free when papering or painting small rooms. Excellent references. 334-0506 46-49 CLEANING-Windows. carpets, light fixtures, upholstery and construction cleanup. One call, we'll clean it all. Quality work at quantity prices. Call J.S. Stiles Co.. 8956235 ' 46-49 WORD PROCESSING, laser printing —All types, 20-t- years' experience List management. Labels lo novels,term papers lo dissertations, resumes, transcription. Business or personal D & D. 333-7485. 45-49 NON-SURGICAL fool and hand care —trim corns and callouses. Painfree care of Ingrown nails. Licensed manicurist since 1966. Available, acrylic-fiberglass. Excellent leferences. Monica's. 558-2380
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• Establish a Philanthropic Fund with THE FOUNDATION of the Jewdsh Federation of Omaha with a nunimiun gift of $5,000 or more...
• Afford you the maximum tax deduction for charitable giving. • Charge no fee to establish the fund. • Assume all bookkeeping responsibilities. • Write every check fpr every approved charitable gift. • Send a quarterly transaction statement for your convenience.
ATHE FOUNEVVnON of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Terold I. Rosea Endowment Director 334-8200, Ext 275
Joseph Kinhenbaum, Chairman
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