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Jews will remember Gorbachev as man who freed Soviet Jews
America's Bill of Rights Congressman Peter Hoagland explains the Bill of Rights to Gregory Gorbatov and his twin song, Elie and Eugene. The Gorbatpvs are being resettled in Omaha from the Soviet Union through the Operation Exodus Campaign of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. They visited the Congressman at kis Omaha office recently to thank him for expediting the departure of the twins.
Scholarship established by David W. Frank family By Jill KuBhner Belmont Foundation Public ' relations director _ f A scholarship fund for Jewish college students has been established bv Carole Widman and Barbara Lashinsky as a memorial to their father. Da' yid W. Frank, according to Joseph Kirshenbautn, Board of Trustees chairma^ of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha
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By Susan Birnbaum NEW YORK (JTAIMikhail Gorbachev, whose resignation sounded the death knell of the 74-yearold Soviet Union, will be reipembered as the man who dramatically improved the lot of Soviet Jews, both thcise he allowed to leave and ttiose who remained behind.' For it was Gorbachev who t,hnist open wide the gates of Soviet Jewish emigration and allowed freedom of religious practice for the first time in the atheist nation's history. When Gorbachev entered office in March 1985, some 11,000 Jews were counted as refuseniks, and more than a score of prisoners of conscience languished in prisons and labor camps for the crimes of trying to emigrate or teach Hebrew. The first omens of the Gorbachev era were not good for Jews. The already paltry emigration figure of I, UO for 1985. slid even more frighteningly low, to 914. .in 1986. Soviet'Jewry activists in the West at first feared Gorbachev would' be even worse than bis reform-resistant predecessors. then the numbers -of Jews allowed to leave began to grow, reaching 8.155 in 1987. swelling to 18,965 in 1988, then surging to 71,217 in 1989 and 186.815 in 1990. Few Soviet Jewry activists wUl'ever forget the day of Feb. 11,1986. when the prison gates swung open; and nine-year refuseoik Anatoly Shcjaaransky took his first steps toward freedom. He was soon foUowed by other long-term refuseniks', suchas Vladimir and Maria Slepak. Ida Nudel and Yosef Begun. Emigration reforms .wereeventually' ' a long-delayed L^ by the Supreme: Soviet last sprmg. This led to the lifting of U.S. trade sane'ions against the Soviet II. mandated by the v'ackson-Vanik
By i«»a Cohen ATHENS (JTAI-'While (ireece is worried by ' reports that Turkey . is seeking nuclear weapons and know-how from the Moslem republics of the former Soviet Union, Israeli circles are pondering the possible effects of hav; ing a \toslen\ nuclear [tower as a nearby neighbor, ' even a non-hosXile one. According to the Greek daily Kathimerini, the Athens government is deeply disturbed by the news. Diplomatic sourceif said Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis has asked the Greek sect'et service for an assessment' of the situation. Animosity between Greece and Turkey goes back a long time and runs deep, despite their common membership in NATO. During the Cold War, '\\ukey was generally favored LD terms o( aid because of its contiguous borders with th Now. ; it may be m fi favor, sition to obtain n It. technology from' Kazakh luwl ware the Stan, the only one of the former Soviet Moslem chang«« Gorbachev anactrepublics knowp to have ed in the realms of amigranuciwar waapetta inwiil^ ita Ihdi. iiol wen the uoat '. of the
he is survived by his wife, Minnie, of Omaha. "I always wanted to do something to honor my dad, " Mrs. Widman said.' •The David W. Frank "He wasn't able to'go. to Memorial Scholarship college. Hft was a selfFund will be admixiistered made businessman and he the Foundation and will always wanted us to go to l«r an annual $1,000 school. He would be very holatship to students happy with this scholar- > who have completed tht;ir ship fund." . ' ihomore year and who Mrs. Lashinsky deid a tninimum 2.75 scribed her father as ".» _ ade point average. " Mr. very quiet, unassuming Kirsheabauui' said. He ad- person, very generous in a tM that applicants must quiet way. No one knew be full-time students and. about the things he did for kkow need for financial as- other people. ^ sistance. my mother Uu know." -A native' Omahau, Ox. '' Dad put several young, Frank co-owned Peter Pan people through college," fWnitum with hia brother. Mrs. Laahinsky noted, adMorion Frank. In the ding that "he enjoyed ^W70's and early 'SO's. he helping people and never owned the Dundee expected a 'thank you.' He eater. Mrs. Widman WMH :i vi>rv unusual man." Ue waa a nwmber of . scholar »h«p will .1 n,..l h,ll M, I'iiiu^I '^viia^oguu. I' I ia honM r,„M .1 W. (.'v
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1985 until even yesterday was the result of Gorbachev's response to the West," she said. "He did in five-and-a half years to six years what it took decades for us to try to do." The stalwart Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, perhaps the toughest aitic of the Soviet Union, remarked that even "though Gorbachev was late in breaking out of the human rights gate, "the "positive changes he ultimately initiated would have been unthinkable to us in the Soviet human rights advocacy movement a decade ago."
Plays Wagner By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) After weeks of controversy, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra played music by Richard Wagner. But the program took place in the guise of a working re hearsal, before aca'-**"'U screened audience The musicians .. ^^ dressed informaU>' as ihe> took their positions un stage at the Mann Auvl^ torium here. So was maestro Danid Barenboim, the Israeli concert, pianist and conductor who is oiie of the foremost exponents of Wagner's music.
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afii@iffffS@(il AMIT WOMEN Hatikvah and Kalah Franklin Chapters of AMIT Women will meet on Jan. 12, 5:30 p.m., in ' the recreation roorn at Beth Israel. There will be a $& charge for soup and sandwich, s^^ad bar and dessert. Reservations are needed' by Jan. 9 and may be madb by catling BeverlyFranklin, 334-7365, or Marion Strauss, 558-2646. Lisa Lewis, a delegate on a recent Federation/ UJA Mission to Israel, will discuss the problems of settling new arrivals. BREADBREAKERS Richard Diamond, B'nai B!rith Breadbreakers chairman for January, has announced that Leon Polikov, Chief Deputy Coun.-ael for the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office, will speak at the Jan. 8 luncheon. . Breadbreakers meets evety Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best'Western. Cost for the luncheon is $7; the community may attend. SINGLE PARENTS Sandy Aquila, massage therapist, will speak at the . Single Parents meeting on Jan 9, 7:15 p.m.. at the Jewish Community .Center. Her topic, "Summer in the V'in'w;" will discuss
the benefits of massage to relieve tension. For information or to make reservations, call Temple Israel, 656-6536. JWV POST 260 Members of JWV Epstein-Morgan Post 260, their wives and friends,' will "meet Jan. 12 for a noon luncheon at ValenMr. and Mrs. Bass tino's, 132nd and Center. • BASS/POLSKY On Jan. 19 at 10 a.m., The marriage of Susan members wiU meet at the Polsky and Dale S. Bass at JCC. Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln, Neb., has been announced. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Polsky of Lincoln. Robert L. Epstein was She is an account execuelected to succeed Howard tive at Advertising Pro' Kooper as Highland Coun- duction Services Inc. in try Club- president. Offi- Cleveland. cers are Sheldon Brodsky, The.groom is'president vice president; Richard of Bass Lock ^d Key and Zacharia, treasurer; and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yale Richards, secretary. Stanley Bass of BeachNew directors are Don wood, Ohio. Cireenberg, Charles Darr, Following atrip to HaStuart Kutler, Tom Watts, waii, the couple will reside Tom Fellman, Bobbie in Beachwood. PoweU;lrvYaffe, JoeKirshenbaum. Dr. Harris PVankel and Willis Epstein.
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GUTTED TEL AVIV tJTA)-One pf the worst fires in Israel's history destroyed the three-story Queen of Sheba Hotel in Eilat, routing its 250 guests, 25 o\ whom were hospitalized. -» CLIP AND SAVE-
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 B'Nai Israel (No Servic«sf SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 Foundation English Classes 9 am JCC Dance Registtalion, Noon Mamaloshen Society. 2pm MONDAY,JANUARY 6 YES; Iffam Tl' tANUARY 7 UTTOPeisoii -•-• 7 30 pm Temple Israel SotoitHKMl ^id. 7 30'p "< Temple Israel Beth Israel Sistertiood Board. 9:30 «m Beth Israel Temple Israel Rekgwus School Commttee. 7 pm Tempit'tecael WEDNESDAY, JANUARY a
Lee Ann and Jim Roseman of Dallas, Texas, announce the Dec. 11, 1991, birth of a daughter. .Allyson Sarah. Grandparents are Ethee and .Arnie Roseman of Omaha and Bessie and Irving Bodjy of Fort Worth, Texas
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By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)-The outgoing commander of Isl-ael's air force, Maj. Gen. Avihu Bin-Nun, has apologized publicly for sharply criticizing government decision-making on defense matters. Bin-Nun attacked the government's indecisiveness on defense issues in an as-yet-unpublished interview with the monthly air force journal, excerpts of which were printed by the local press recently. One example he cited, according to The New York Times, was the lastminute cancellation of air strikes that had been ordered against Iraq in response to its Scud missile attacks oh Israel during the Persian Gulf War. Bin-Nun hinted that Israel's poUcy of restraiint was its own decision, rather than a surrender to U.S. pressure in order to preserve Arab membership in the^ coalition against Iraq. The Israeli n>edia concentrated on the upbraiding given Bin-Nun, a niuch-decorated 52-yearold former fighter pilot; by the Israel Defense Force chief, of staff, Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak. Barak accused him of damaging relations between the military and political establishments in Israel, which is not tolerated in an active-duty officer. VIOLENCE BONN (JTA)-Neither the holiday spirit nor a strong appeal by German President Richard v,on Weizsacker were able to deter neo-Nazi violence agiUnst foreigners during Christmas week, and the ugly phenomenon is likely 10 spill oxei into the new vear, police said.
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S.®®&'k® EDWIN E. BRODKEY Graveside services at Temple Israel Cemetery were held^on Dec. 26 for Edwin E. Brodkey, 78. Mr. Brodkey and twp cousins founded the Ames Plaza Bank in 1962, In 1975, his family sold the bank and Mr. Brodkey joined U.S. National Bank as a special loan officer. In 1975, he was nanied a vice president of U.S. National. Mr. Brodkey is survived by his wife, Rae; son, Peter J.; daughter, Susan Weiser, Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren.
To figlit racism By Jeremy Jones SYDNEY, Australia (JTAI—Australia moved closer to enacting nationwide laws against racism this week. The government announced it would "take ultimate responsibihty" to ensure, "through national leadership and legislative action," that "no person in Australia is subject to violence, intimidation or haassment on the basis of race. " The parliamentary statement, made by Attorney General Michael Duff)', came in response to a National Inquiry into Racial Violence, which foimd that Australia's stability is being threatened jby racist groups. That conclusion was substantiated by reports from police in Victoria slate that there are more than lOO known neo-Nazi activists in Melbourne. .Australia's Jewish community has been at the forefront of non'gt>vernmental bodies urging changes in thelaw that would allow the prosecution of racists under criminal or civil statutes.
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DOROTHY PELTZ Graveside services were held on Dec. 27 for Dorothy Peltz, 83, at Golden Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Peltz i\ survivedby her husband^ Keith; daughters, Lorraine Stein of Omaha and Rita Thomas of Dundee, 111.; sister, Jennie Cphn of Omaha; U grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to- Beth Israel Synagogue or the Rose Blumkin Home.
Cooperation TEL AVIV (JTAI-An unusual secret coUabora. tion in -animal husbandry betweeri Israeli and Arab scientists from Persian Gulf states was reported by the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. According to the newspaper, scientists from .Saudi Arabia and Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates, have visited Israel on several occasions in recent, yearss although most of the meetings between Israeli researchers and their .\rab colleagues have been held in Europe. But Arab scientists came to Israel in the context of cooperation .with a research group at BenGurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, whjch is studying how to improve species pf ostriches, camels, sheep and goats, Ha'aretz said. The objective is-lo raise the quality and quantity of meat, milk and animal hide. The emirate of .Abu Dhabi h'as also requested Israeli assistajnce in breed ing a species of racing camels, the paper rvportetl FOnSALE Is It linally time lo g«t no . olyojrvw.hosit coHecl.on^ SM Ih* DO-n-YOUHSELF ClM««M lonn—back pm*.
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Jewish Family Services • "Russian resettlement program in Omaha" is considered to be important by the largest percent (73.6%) of respondents. This is followed by "Russian resettlement program in Israel" (67.6%), "family counseling" (61.3%), and "individual counseling" (60.6%). •
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The United States Committee Sports For Israel is the non-profit, largely volunteer organization that sponsors the U.S. team. The World Maccabiah Games are Olympic-style and sanctioned competitions for Jewish athletes held in Israel in the year following the Olympics. Over 4,500 athletes from 43 countries participated in the 1989 games. Swimmer Mark Spitz, gymnast Mitch Gaylord, Milwaukee Bucks basketball player Dan Schayes and tennis star Brad Gilbert have competed in previous games.
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lUaccablah Games The United States Committee Sports For Israel is now accepting athlete, coach and trainer applications for the 14th 'World Maccabiah Gafnes, to be held in Israel, July 5-16« 1993. A 700-member U.S. delegation, up from 500 in 1989, is expected to join over 5,000 Jewish athletes from more than 43 countries for the quadrennial two-we6k competition. The United States plans to participate in both men's and women's competition Z030 sports ranging from badminton to . yachting in four categories; open, masters, juniors and disabled. In preparation, posters announcing the games have been sent to the athletic departments of all two- and four-year universities.
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r The nuclear threat The thought that comes to mind is that little kid on television who casually shouts to the viewer, "They're back!" The rather frighteiiing vision that the child conjures is nothing at all like the real thing—nuclear warheads ..." ' And these devastating weapons are back, yes indeed. Just when the world breathed a gigantic sigh of relief at the sight of the disintegration of communism in the Soviet empire, just when we could begin reaping the economic benefits of the peace dividend^ the reality of the problem came into focus. The Republics o/ the former Soviet Union have thousands of nuclear weapons aimed and ready for launch at targets in the United States including Omaha—your home and mine. Ethnic rivalries and armed conflicts are emerging in several hot spots in the Republics and the kinds of governments that will emerge are unpredictable. With the eruption of turmoil, the euphoria of world peace may be sucked into a black hole somewhere because of the nuclear threat. Our secretary of defense spelled it out. Despite the lack of food and despite the horrendous living conditions anticipated for the Soviet people over the next months and years, the Republics still manufacture, assemble, and position nuclear weapons. And they continue to aim these doomsday death-carriers at your house and mine. If this news isn't enough to curl your toes, how about the possibility of thousands of nuclear scientists and engineers being out of a job in the former Soviet Union? This massive unemployment of brainpower is not going unnoticed in Iraq, Syria, Iran, and many other countries Avith a reputation for dedicated madness. When one contemplates that the atomic bombs dropped on Japan to open the nuclear, age are like specs of dust compared to what now exists—earthquakes on a Richter scale of 1,000 or so,- the ability of the Earth to tolerate such devastation becomes academic. . A nuclear confrontation will leave no winner.s. Let's start with the Soviet Republics. Continuing to _build, assemble and point nuclear weapons is totally iBcceptable-no, ifs, ands, or buts. Totally unacceptable is where we should begin, followed quickly by a complete ban on exporting the technobgy and brainpower to terrorist nations. •
I found a scrap of paper the other day yiith a few words scribbled on it—no complete sentence, just words like 'schlepper, steerage, rude, inconsiderate,' etc. It took me a few minutes to make sense of it, then it suddenly dawned on me when (and why) 1 had made this little note for and to myself. It was done on an airpltoe very recently. I had just entered the plane, found my seat, and as quickly as possible folded my coat and stowed it in the overhead storage and sat down.I knew I'd have to get up again, since I had the aisle seat, so I didn't bother to buckle up. 1 sat and watched others do (or try to do) what I had just done. Got on, find seats and stow whatever they were carrying. It wasn't long before I .was getting bumped, ducking overgrown bags, getting hit in the head with all kinds of junk people were carrying onto that plane. AH I could think of was 'Why don't people cljeck all that stuff'.' Where do they expect it to fit? And why don't they quit smacking into me?' Little by little, I remembered back when this sort of thing first began to happen. When people stopped trusting their luggage would arrive at the same time they did, and begail carrying everything with them. That was when 1 felt like we were traveUng steerage class—the schlepp shopping, lap-top computers and over-gized briefcases and tote bags and overnight bags, and heaven
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By Jo Carroll
Sometimes this column is about fun things. You read it for amusement or to see how one of your friends responded to my questions. At this, the start of a new year, I'd like to discuss a serious subject with you. Wait! Don't put the paper down. It's not about drugs or AIDS or staying out too late or doing your homework-On time. It's about David Duke. David Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and a former Nazi.. He recently ran for governor of Louisiana. He was defeated but he received over 55 percent of the white vote. What does that have to do with you? After all, that was over 1,000 miles away. Through the governor's race he gained national recognition and is now is running for president. He will be on the primary ballot in several states and is considered a serious caiididate. His platform is one of hatred, primarily aimed at Blacks and Jews. I'm sure you guys know the KKK is still a threat to Blacks in America. At tlie present moment they are very active in Iowa. It is important to remember the KKK has the same feelings for Jews. David Duke recently said on national TV that all Jews' should convert to Christianity. . .' But what can you do? Most of you won't be old enough to vote next November. You don't know anyone who likes David Duke and what he stands for. (Or at least anyone who will tell you they feel that way.) Talk
to people. Talk to your rabbi. Talk to Bob Wolfson at the Anti-Defamation League. (His office is located in the "J.") Talk to your non-Jewish friends. Write to your elected officials. (That soimds like something' your teacher would say!) But start with your council person or Mayor Morgan. Maybe some of your organizations can take on this project. Armed with facts you can inform a lot of people. Wouldn't it be great if you knew you changed just one person's opinion. My grandmother used to say, "There's something good in everything.'' I can't see any good in David Duke, but there can be something good that Omaha teenagers can gain from the experience of recognizing him as a real threat. You may have tags of Orthodox or Conservative or Reform. You may have been bom Jewish or you may have been raised in a family who converted.-You may eat different foods and slightly different versions of services may take part in your synagogue or temple. The congregation your family belongs to may interpret parts of the Bible slightly differently than your best friend's family. But you all use the Jewish Bible.
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To the Editor: I t-ecently received a letter from my colleague, Rabbi Baruch Mishulovin. director of Chabiad in Minsk, who wrote to me on behalf of Yaakov Landres. He is looking for relatives which he believes are living in Omaha. His maternal grandfather, Yaakov Gimmelsteih, had three brothers: Yossel, Yitzchok and Uizer. Their father's name was Velvel I.«ibka. They were all born in the city of (Jresk (which is in White Russia). Except far Yaakov, they all immigrated to the United States and settled in Omaha. In America they changed their nami from Gimmelstein to Gimmelfarb. Yossel had a son who is a doctor. Yitzchok had a daughter who is also a doctor. The last communication between the families was a letter which came to Minsk in the year of 1946-47. , If anyone has any information about the family or is] a relative of Yaakav Landres, please contact me at the' Chabad House at 697-1124 so that we can bring the family together. Mendel Katzman
You're all Jewish teenagers. And you must remem\ier that. In order to defeat a man like David Duke you' must emphasize your similarities rather than the srnall differences you have iq the way you worship.
The Jewish Press (Founded in 1920) Sheila Priluck President, Jewish Press ' • Board of Directors Board Members: Lynda Mirvish, vice president; Scoll Friedman, treasurers Howard Kaplan, secreiury; Jill Kushner Beknortt, Rabbi Sidney H Brooks. Jack K Cohen, Kith ard Fellman. Debbie Juoephsun, Carol Katzman, Kslher Meichts. Oliver f'ollak, Ro^ Schupack and Bonnie 8chw«i<] Morris Malinr Editor-in-Chii I Juiiiil, M • M«Kdilor; Sh^-ryl I rifdiiiiui. Uuok kei'iHT. Prwluclion Assi.stunl; (ieurKu Schupitu. Sales Keprestintalivt-a: harbaru Krankvl. Diane liaum, Deenie Meyerson, Dora Shefren, Rocky Stern, and Molline Caaamon.
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By Gil Sedan JEHU.SALEM (JTA)--lHr;aeli scientist,-* announced a simple, quick, inexpensive method of detecting the HIV virus which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, known as AID.S, as well as other viruses in the human system. According to Profeasor Alexander Honigman, who heads a team of researcher.s in the Department of Molecular Gcnotirs nl the Hebrew University-Hadassuh Med; I the new method is especially efftjctive in m ihe AIDS virus in infants Ixim to parents with the virus. The tM'hniquo is baaed on a gene found in a common firefly and the ease with which the presence of light ja d(^tt-l'ti-<I lldnu'jiiiin >'xuliiliii<d, The geni' s glow is isolated aiid, till ,.„ —„ „ ,jroceas, creates a row of cells in which the gene lights up in the preset,., ,,( ll,.. , ,.,,H<,g, ' up on sensitive film within a short Uii» i'> v«^i " "! a positive indicttion that the virus is in i In addition u> unviiion, the new mrt' ' - •" pt<r mit scientists to follow the progress i be ingtrf.i" '' •••••• ' vttluatethefiu<nvcncHH of All I 11 tissue cultures.
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Lincoln educator named to music Hall of Fame Professor Emanuel Wishnow, formerly of the'Unjversity of Nebraska music faculty, has been elected to the Nebraslia Educators Conference Hall of Fame. Professor Wishnow served as director of the School of Music from 1958-1972. During his tenure, he directed the development of the new West-' brook Music Complex ait the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Professor Wishnow is a former conductor of the Omaha Symphony, , the University Symphony, and guest conductor for the Lincoln Symphony. He has conducted festival orchestras in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas and has served as chairman of the Conunissions of Standards for the American String Teachers Association. He was first violin for 20 seasons of the Fine Arts Ensemble at Joslyn Art Museum. "My energies were always directed not only to the performance of music, but also toward the need to develop top echelon teachers of music. Our graduate students hold
Emanuel Wishnow performance and/or teaching assignments in many •different colleges and universities," Professor Wishnow stated. During 1974, Mr. Wishnow conducted the University Orchestra in a concert appearance with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Yalta and Hepzibah Menuhin which was broadcast nationally over public televi: sion. Prof. Wishnow led his orchestra on a tour of Nebraska presenting a musical centennial tribute to Nebraska author Willa Gather. Also in 1974, he conducted the University of Nebraska's Symphoi\y in a concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.
Amy Potash named to fill K older adult post Mrs. Potash received a e Bureau for the Aging has announced the ap- bachelor's degree in Hepointment of Amy Nach- brew and Jewish studies man Potash as the new from the University of Bureau for Aging's com- Wisconsin in Madison. In munity, group worker and 1988, she earned a masvolunteer coordinator fol- ter's degree in social work lowing the retirement of from the same school Mollie Delman. Mrs. Pot- and, following graduation, ash will assume her duties worked as volunteer superin mid-January when she visor and family counselor will take over the profes- for a non-profit social servsional leadership of the ice agency. This job, she senior groups, their pro- said, concentrated on programs and' projects and viding counseling and "in general, try to fill the services for teens and their very large void left' by families in times of crisis. Mollie," a Bureau spokes- . In 1990, with her husman said. band Alan, Mrs. Potash "Because volunteers are moved to Fsrael where she such a vital part of the out- worked for the World Zireach programs as well as onist Organization counan integral part of the seling teens studying in IsBlumkin Home, it was de- rael. Returning to Omaha cided to provide a person the following year, Mrs. trained in organizing the Potash continued working best cadre of volunteers with families in crisis with possible. Thus, the addi- Child Protective Services tion of the responsibilities through the Nebraska Deof volunteer coordinator." partment of Social Services, BABV SITTER Da yali need an after . school playmale tor your child? 8M the DO-IT-YOURSELF Cletillled lorm-tMck pig*
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200 thank yous for Mollie More than 200 frieiifds said thank you to Moltie Dehnan upon her retirement as the Bureau for the Aging's older adult worker at a party in her honor recently at the Jewish Community Center. At left, Jerold A. Dann, BFA president, thanks Mrs. Delman for her 22 years of service and presents her with a gift from the agency. At right, Toby Kagan (left) board chairman, older adult programs, and Mrs. Delman, share some of their thoughts on the many years they spent together.
Former KKK leader to speak In Lincoln An Interfaith Observance honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun at 20th & South Streets in Lincoln, Jan.20 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Lincoln Interfaith Council and the Coalition Against Racism and Prejudice, the program will feature, the Lincoln Community Gospel Choir, Cantor Michael Weisser, and Larry Trapp, formfer Nebraska Grand Dragon of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and former member of the American Nazi Party. According to the announcement, the Coalition Against Racism and Prej udice was formed as a di-
rect result of the renewed activities of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Donna Polk, a community activist, and Cantor Weisser becaime targets for hate mail ^d telephone messages in 1990 and 1991. In the fall of 1990, these organizations also targeted the Southeast Asian Refugee conununities in Lincoln and Omaha. Participants include: Phong Huynh, coordinator for the Refugee Resettlement Program of Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska; Dr. Norman E. I.«ach of the Interfaith Council; John Ways, president of the N.A.A.C.P. Tapes of Dr. King's speeches will be played for
the congregation, followed by a reading of Psalm 8 by Ms. Polk of the Lincoln Indian Community Center. "Hate is like a seed," Mr. Trapp said, "You feed it and water it and it grows into a tree beyond your control. You can't prune it anymore. You have to chop it do^n. Let
us join hands with our brothers and sisters of all colors, religions, and nations in an effort to put our country and our; world back on its feet. I had to learn the hard way that it is not hate, but rather love that is the answer," the former Klansman concluded. •
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Tempie Is^'ael FRIDAY: Shabbat evenin; service, 8:16 p-m. R^bbi Aryeh Asjriel and Cantor Karen WelfterGilat will officiate. Guest speaker will be youth director Josh Z>^[eiback. His sermon topic will be "Laving in Exile.'' The Oneg Shabl^at will be sponsored by "' Sisterhood. Sitter service is availabie for the 8:15 p tn. evening set-vice. ReseijVations are needed. Ther^ are no facilities for infanis. SATURDAY: ShabSat momirig service, ri:15 a.m. Sim'cah B'Sbabbijit-The congregation, together with Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Webber-Gi|at, will study the Torah portion for the week. [ SINGLE PARENTS The Single Ffarents ' group wiU meet at (•he JCC • Jan. 9, 7:15 p.mi, for a "Summer-in-Winter" evenii;ig with massajje therapist Sandy AquOa. All single parents in the community may attend. ADULT EDUCATION Jan. 9—"Israel: Past and Present," 9:30-10:30 a.m. ! , • Jan. 9—Adult B!nai Mitzvah. I0:.30 a m.12:30 p. Ill
FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER Family Shabbat Dinner will be held Jan. 10,6 p.m. . Puppeteer and storyteller .J^arilyn Price will l>e guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. Shabbat service foUowiag. For reservations call the Temple office, 556-6536, by Jan; 6. Adultsi, $6.50; children grade 6 jlutd under, $3.15. • • 'I , BAR MITZVAH Joshua Mitchelii Klein, son of Jackie an^ Bruce' Klein, will' celebijate his Bar Mitzvah Jam. 11. SISTERHCK{i>D • State Senator Jiessje - Rasmussen Awill sjpeak at ' the Sisterhood Liincheon Jan. 14, 12:30 pm. For reservations call the Temple office, 556-6536. Cost ^s $6.50. ' I "i
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Beth Israel Rabbi Mark Urkowitz and Cantor Leo Fettman will conduct the services. FRIDAY; Kabbalat Sljabbat sei^vice, 4:45 p.m. No family service. SATU^IDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Jr.' Congregation, 10 a.m. Little people's service, 10 a.m. Babysitter service provided by Sisterhood, at 10 a.m. A Kiddush limcheon will be served to the children following services, hosted by Sisterhood. Rabbi Urkowitz's study group, 4:15 p.m. The topic will be "This datte in Jewish history; Jewish Emancipation in Switzerland Jan. 4, 1866." Mincha services will be held at 4:45 p.iii., followed by Ma'ariv, Shalosb Seudos and Havdalah s^ervice. SUNDAY; Minyah at 9 a.m. Following services, there will be a light break- . fast followed by class with Rabbi Urkowitz on the Talmud using the "Steinsaltz" edition of the Talmud. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. SISTERHOOD , Jan. 7, 9:30 a.m.^Sistethood Board meeting. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Jan. 8, 7;30p.m.-Board of Commissioners meeting. NCSY Jr. NCSY Shabbaton will be held in St. Louis Jan. 9-}2. STORYTIME SHABBAT Jan. 10, 7 p.nii.. Story Time Shabbat will be held for preschool and small tots through second grade an*l 1 h*Mr fiari'rit**
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Joshua Klein Joshua Mitchell Klein, son of'Jackie arid Bruce Klein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at Jemple Israel on Saturday, Jan. 11. A seventh-grade honor student at Peter Kiewit Middle Schools Josh'also plays for the Omaha Junior Lancers hockey team and was a member of the Millard .All-S',ar baseball team. Josh and his si^ster, Elaynei are the grandchildren of Ruth and Julian Klein of Omaha and Charlotte Frank of Kansas City, Mo.
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Parashat Va'era . Slavery, liberation, population and peace Beth El The Midrash, the commentators over the centuries, Rabbi Paul Drazen and and Bible readers generally, have pondered the meanCantor Emil Berkovits ing of the four different verbs used in our Sidrah to will conduct the services. {iromise the liberation of the Hebrew slaves in Egypt. The first of them promises "1 am the Lord, and I will FRIDAY; biing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'' Services at 6 p.m.. Conimentators widely understood this to mean that SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30. the slave has no time—and no inclination—to indulge in any matter Other than his immediate dtities. If he is a.m. Kiddush following serv- to med^e bricks all year, and every day, and every hour, he has no time to consider observing the Sabbath andices. Sitter service available loving his fellow; He is programmed to do one thing. . If w6 were to translate this idea into the jargon of our at 10 a.m'. own times and places, we would be oUiged to see that • TSS Program-10;15 the deprived, the poorly housed, poorly fed, poorly edua.m. cated part of our population has little inclination, beK'tantan Program—11 cause of the very limitations of their lives, to worry a.m., children ages 6-9. much about democracy, world brotherhood, and peace. SST-11 a.m., Shabbat At its base, we can see that raw economics determines Story Time for children both politics and spirituality. '> under 6 years. Translated into global terms, the troubles that afflict Minha-Ma'ariv services large parts of the underdeveloped nations, particularly at 4:55 p.m. in Africa and Asia, stem from the stubbonmess and the SUNDAY: immensity of their economic problems. Huge populaServices at 9 a.m. and tions must grub for food on an on-going basis, with no 5:30 p.m. relief in sight. There is no "I will bring you out from WEEKDAYS: under" your burdens. Services at 6:55 a.m. and . It i3 one thing to complain that the leadership of many 5:30 p.m. of these countries is selfish and corrupt. It is quite anJUDAICASHOP other to recognize that the sheer numbers of peopleOpen Tuesday through men and women and children—combined with and conThursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; founded by the geometric increase in the populationFriday and Sunday; 10 insure that the problems cannot be solved. a.m.-noon. Cannot be solved! We aie probably only a generation SEDER TU BISHVATaway from global disaster of a kind never seen before 2ND SHABBAT DINNER in world history. Perhaps two generations—but no more. Seder Tu BishvatThis population problem must be addressed, ad-Second Shabbat dinner dressed quickly, immediately. The United States, bewill be held Jan. 10, followcause of the opinions of the Reagan and Bush adminising services at 6 p.m. trations, has simply refused to recognize that'the Reservations are being problem is real. The United Nations, following the taken by Joye Wees. United States, has neglected the problem, ^or theological reasons, the powerful voice of the Catholic Church SHABBAT DINNER has been on the wrong side of the issue. Beth El's annual Tu 1 do not mean to say that a smaller, controlled world B'Shevat Seder/Shabbat population would solve all problems of belligerence, hadinner will be held Jan. 10, tred, and war, just like that; I do mean to say t hat withfollowing Kaballat serv- out a controlled World population, mankind heads for ices at 6 p.m. doom. , Participants in this joint (With absolute justification, I have quite'different celebration of the Festival opinions about'Jewish population!) of Trees and the Sabbath will be Beth El chUdren who are in the fifth grade of United Talmud Torah ()maha. Traditional foods associated with the holiday • will be included. According to Joy Wees, chairman, reservations may be made until Jan. .7 by mail. Coat is $7.50 for adults and $3.50 for children between five and 12. \) E.NTKHTAIXMENT DUTCH AID ABSORPTION AMSTERDAM (JTA)THE ONLY CALL YOU NEED TO MAKE FOR The Dutch government has given Israel emerALL YOUR ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS. gency assistance in the Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs. Corporate. amount of $500,000 to Schools, Private Parties, Etc . . help resettle inunigrants from Ethiopia on condiTop Local & Regional Bands, D.J 's tion that inunigrants are Comedians, Magicians not housed or settled in Steye Eisenberg R J Hadley the administered territo203 S 72 St , Suite 3 3«9-7772 ries. •I I
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Beth El names director Larry DeBriiin has assumed his duties as executive director of Beth El Synagogue. Mr. DeBruin recently retired after 20 years in the United States Air Force. He is the son of a cantor and has been active in Jewish education and reUgious activities in both the military and dvilian communities where he has been stationed. Mr. DeBruin is married to former Omahan, Hannah Szmerlak; they are the parents of Steven, 12, and Melissa, 10. NO TRADE BONN (JTA)-Germany has no intention of releas-' ing the imprisoned Hamadi brothers in exchange for the freeing of two German hostages in Lebanon, a government spokesman has reiterated.
AWARD TO KISSINGER NEW YORK (JTA)Henry Kissinger received the Elie Wiesel Remembrance Award from the State of Israel Bonds Organization.
By David Landau ' JERUSALEM (JTAIIsraei's Labor Party, responding to severe pressure from within and outside its ranks, has backed off from an earlier endorsement of religious pluralism in Israel. It has also pulled back ' from backing a settlement freeze in the Golan Heights. The retreats occurred at the second session of the party's convention, which' reversed positions taken at the first session in November. The most contro.versial had to do with the relations bet\j;een the state and religion. A r«solution adopted in November called for the "separation of religion from politics." While that was retained, the resolution was revised to include a statement that the party "favors the mutual^ relationship of dependence between the state of Israel and'the Jewish religion." It specifically abrogated part of the earlier resolution that called for recognition of pluralism, meaning the'Reform and Con-, servative branches of Judaism, on matters of religious adjudication and personal status. Labor is now on record in favor of continuing the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly over those matters in Israel. It was apparently forced
into that position by its own Orthodox and traditional members, who threatened to quit the parly if it voted otherwise. Hut it also took into consideration the possibility of future coalition-building with the religious parties to replace the Likud regime with 9 Labor-led government: The Golan revision canie in response to determined lobbying by. Laborite settlers in the territory, which was conquered from Syria in 1967. The new resolution declares that Labor favors strengthening settlement throughout the Golan Heights, instead ' of only "existing settlements," which implied a freeze. Convention delegates who were determined to reverse the resolutions on the Golan and religion argued that they were passed by a minority of the Central Committee when most members had left the hall at the end of the session last month. A Can't Believe It<(^ . •
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Improv troupe in Omaha Above/three actors with the comedy improv troupe Chicago City Limits perform one of (he sketches they will briiig to Omaha at 8 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Jewish Community Center Theatre.. The neven-niember group, known for its audience interaction, opened its own theater in New York City (n 1980 after evolving from workshops at Chicago's Se<-and City. Tickets are $15 which includes dessert after the show. Call 3a4-82€0 for tickets.
Lawyer tells court evidence withheld By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM IJTA)John Uemjanjuk's lawyer leveled new charges that Israel had knowingly convii'lwi the wrong man for wartime atrocities eominitteti at the Treblinka death camp in Poland. Attorney Yoram Sheftel claimwl in court thai the United States and Israel had auppresseil evidenie allegedly proving Deinjan-
juk was not the brutal Treblinka guard inmates called "Ivan the Terrible." The justices, after five hours of arguments from Sheftel and rebuttals from Israeli prosacuttv Michael Shaked, agreed to hear new evidence from both sides. Hearings on Demjanjuk's appeal of his 1^88 death sentence have been adjourned until Jan. 1A
By Michel I)i Paz I'ARIS (JTA)-Troubling reports of • wide.spread anti-Semitism in the newly independent,' former Soviet repuhjfc of Estonia has promple<t H Jewish protest to the Kn Ionian Parliament. Shimon Samuels, Eurp,pean director'rtf llie Simon Wiesenlhal Center, wrote to Arnold Hutler, chairman of the Presidium of the Estonian Supreme Soviet, warning that these developments "not only threaten the Jewish community but also the credibility of Estonia's movement toward democracy." Efforts by the new Estonian regime to rehabilitate Nazi collaborators who helped murder and torture Estonian Jews during World War II were reported last month by the Jewish Cultural Society in Tallinn, the Estonian capital. The reports were accompanied by an appeal for Western assistance in lobbying the Estonian gov. ernment to halt such efforts. Samuels said there have lieen calls in Estonia for legislation to rehabilitate war criminals and collaborators. He cited reports that veterans of former SS units responsible for the mass slaughter of Estonian Jews have held reunion.meetings all over Eatcv nia recently.
DEPORTA'nON RKPRIEVE .NEW YORK(JTAI-A wartihie inemlwr of a proNaii killing squad in I,at via who had been slated of excjuding Orthodox. for denaturalixation proJews from its bdundaries. ceedings has agreed to . The federal suit accuses give up his U.S. citizen.Airmunt and its elected ship. In exchange, the U.S. officials of violating the government has agreed not to pursue deportation Fair Housing Act by enacting laws barring the efforts against Mikells Kirsteins, 74, of Utica, use of private honies as N.Y., who has admitted to houses of worship, a comserving during World War mon practice among Jews 11 as a memlier of the elite who do not travel on Arajs Kommando, the l.at Saturdays or holidays. vian Security Auxiliary "Creating a new coirunu- Police. The Eie<;utJV« Councd mty with the intent to exclude groups lierause of of .Australian Jewry has their religious boliefs and reconiinende«l higher pen 'PMCtii'es," the attorney allies fur crimes with rac general said in a IM-- •-• ••'!-riv.('ion8, I leii federal ment, "is whidly and il'al to basic fre««ii>ni:' ii<^i:<inii>Mi Aould suppleupon which this natiim ment rather than replace .Htate legislation was founded '
United States sues a New Yoric village •NEW YORK iJTA)The l).S attorney general has filed suit against a New York village and the _town from which it was rmed, charging that the Uage of Airnumt was created with tlie sole intention of excluding Ortho dox Jews. The lawsuit,' lUed Uec l7mU.S District Court id 'Manhattan, follows a suit Mvii in .•Vpril by Orthodox Jews against thM Kockland (.'{lunty village, claiming a violation of their civil rights ,\ttorl\ey Oenefaf Wil Uain Hart charged that AirmonI had t>etui formed froxn the town of Haiuapo "With th>' express purpo»«
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Purge texts ' By David Kantor HONN (JTAI-The Pro testant church in Cierinany has ackiu>wle<ige<l thitt anti;Jewish passages still exist in its texts and is determined to purge I hem, the church's centralorganization, EKU, announced in Hanover. A 6l)-page study publishetl by the EKD concluded that all texts must be scr^n^ anew for anti-' Jewish bias. An effort undertaken in 1975 apparently fell short of its goal, the study found. The population of united Germany is more "than 51) percent l*rote8tant In the former West Ciemiany, it was evenly divided between I'rolealants «nd Honian Cath olica KKK MEMtll':KS AHKESTEI) VANCOIIVEH, Hritish Columbia (JTA) Polii-e in Winni|>eg, Manitoba, say l|iey have broken the back of a. growing Ku Klux Klan chapter in the.Canadian province after arrest ing two of its leaders
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DROWN IN FLOODS TEL AVIV (JTA)Three Israelis drowned early Saturday morning in flash floods resulting from Israel's third torrential rainstorm of the season. They were among five traveling in a car that skidded off the road when raging flood waters inundatwi NahalSorek
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Uy Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)-The Greek passenger ship' Mediterranean Sky docked in Haifa last Friday with 447 olim from Odessa. Few immigrants have arrived by sea since those days when Israel itself had un active fleet of passenger liners bringing nlim and tourists from Europe and North America. For the last 25 to_ 30 years, virtually all arrivals have been by air, which is not only quicker but cheaper. This time, however, the Jewish Agency was not picking up the lab. The Mediterranean Sky .was chartered by the Ebenezer Emergency Fund, a Britisb-bii.sed society of evangelical Cliriatians who believe tb» return of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland will speed the coming of the Messiah. The Absorption Ministry, which is headed by an Orthodox Jew, had some qualms about the purpose of the assistance. But the Ebenezers pledged lo do no proselytizing during the four-day voyage.
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