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Rabbi tells Bush to go for pastrami By Susan Paley, staff writer "Two>veeks ago, President and Mrs. Bush came to the synagogue where I was performing for a campaign appearance. Although I would have loved an opportunity to perform my routine-for the President, still, he was the best opening act I've had. He really knows how to warm up a crowd. The dinner choices for the evening were corned beef or pastrami. The President couldn't decide. I said, "Take the pastrami," which he did. I started the evening as a comedian; now, I'm a presidential advisor!" The above story was obtained in a telephone inter view with Rabbi Bob Alper from his home in Vermont in preparation for his forthcoming visit to Omaha. Rabbi Alper is funny! His material comes from observation—weddings, board meetings, family, everyday problems, trips to Russia. "Nobody else is doing this stuff," Rabbi Alper told me. "1 strongly hfeel that helping people btugh is giving them an important spiritual exercise. There is a long tradition on the use of humor in the rabbinate." Rabbi Alper said that while people are laughing, they are also learning. "Even when I am telling :es, I'm still teaching," said. "I ialwayai use jokes and' funny sermons from the pulpit, ' Rabbi Alper "1 always dreamed doing stand-up comedy. ity yttrs in the rabhas given me a lot dence in front of a audience!"
Rabbi Alper says that he is not a humorist of the "Borscht Belt" genre. He describes himself as a 'Crossover Act.' "My monologue is drawn from things in my own life, but not so much as my experience as a rabbi as it is from being a father, husband, and a person who drives a car, uses an answering machine, and lives on the side of a mountain in Vermont." (His manager told me that he built his dream house on this mountain in Vermont; it overlooks a cemetery. It's funny!) Six years ago. Rabbi Alper was a finalist at a Jewish Comic of the Year contest in Philadelphia. One of the judges was a TV persontdity. She liked him and offered him a spot on her show. The rest is history. "My act was developed in comedy clubs. It was a tough and unforgiving testing ground," he told me. His schedule includes weekends (not on Shabbos or holidays!) with audiences of 200 upscale listeners to weekdays wi^h audiences of "four." comprised largely of drunks and hecklers. "When a joke really bombed, I would say that 1 told it on purpose," Rabbi Alper said. Rabbi Alper will be performing at the JCC March 15, at 7 p.m. For information call th6 Friedel Jewish Academy, 334-0517, or send a check to the FJA (patron tickets are $50 a couple, donor tickets $15 each or t30 per coupla). cio Rick Katzman, 1204 N. 127th Ave.. Omaha, NE 68154.
Dedication planned for funeral home The (Udicttion ceremony for UM nsw Louis Friedman Jswish Funeral HonM, 4415 Cumiog St., will take place on March 12 at 6 p.m. Msmbsnof the FrMman (unity will luve ben invited to afBi tht Manuuhs on Uw doorposts of thebuiUiag. A diMMT honoring tbs mentbMrt of b«lh the BM'S mad womea's Chevt«Kadisiu(Buritl)8aci» ttsewiHWiowtbedsdkattoo. March 13 is li» BovwtholAdarintlMHf bt«« calendv. Tbia d«r It traditionally obearved w the yaiimit of " ' uj f-riii ii-n
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Rabbeinu (Moaea) and hJstoricaHybaabeenaday when communities honor the pious, Rabbi Mark U^ kowiu eiplaiiied. Rabbi Irving Click. chsirinaa of the Funeral Standards Committee of the Rabbinical CeuadI of Chicaco. will speak. Rabbia Aryok Aariel. Paul Draaan. and UrkowHa m planniaf the fveafag'spapaaa.
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Beth Israel plans honor for Fettmans A retirement dinner honoring Cantor Leo and Annette Fettman is scheduled for Monday, March 30, at Peony Park. Cocktails will begin at 6 pja., with dinner at 7 p.m. FoUowlng dinner, a musical tribute to the Fettmans, written and produced by Elaine Feldman and Bette Kozlen, will take place. "It promises to be a delightful evening to honor Cantor and Annette on their 18 years of dedicated service. They have been an inspiration, not only to Beth Israel but to the entire community. It is our pleasure to honor them on their retirement," said chairpersons Cheryl and Barry Kricsfeld. Reservations can be made by calling Beth Israel Synagogue at 556^288. The cost is $25 per person and the deadline for reservations is March 15.
"Social Justice.. .An Integral Part of Reform' Judaism " will be the topic for Temple Israel's scholar-in-residence weekend, March 13-15. Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, D.C., will speak on "The Roots of Social Justice" at the 8:15 p.m. Shabbat service. On Saturday at 3:30 p.m.. Rabbi Saperstein will address the subjects "The Changing Supreme Court: What It Means For Jewish Concerns" and "Abortion Rights: The Time Has Come." Havdalah will follow. Sunday's session, a 10 a.m. brunch, will focus on "A Jewish Social Agenda For The 1990s." As the center director. Rabbi Saperstein represents the Reform Jewish movement to Congress and the Federal administration, provides legislative and programmatic materials to synagogues and coordiaatee social action education programs which train Jewish adults, youth, rabbinic and lay leaders. Both an attorney and an adjunct professor in comparative Jewish and American Law at Georgetown University Law School, Rabbi Saperstein has held leadership positions in national coalitions dealing
Rabbi Saperstein with issues as diverse as Israel, civil rights, energy and the environment, abortion rights and nuclear disarmament. Rabbi Saperstein has been a guest qfl network news shows such as "Nightline" and "McNeil Lehrer News Hours," and his articles on political and social justice issues have appeared in.the Washington Post and the New York Times. He also has authored and edited five books on social justice issues. He is married to Ellen Weiss, the executive producer of the National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." The Commurjity may participate in the weekend free of charge. The program, presented under the auspices pi Temple Israel's Adult Education committee, is made possible through a grant from the Carl Frohm Foilndation.
Israel silent JERUSALEM (JTA)Israeli authorities have remained silent about reports that a new airlift is being planned to bring out the remaining Jews in Yemen. The govemoMot of Yemen has dismissed the reports, which first surfaced when the Sunday Times of London wrote that Israel intended to mount a rescue operation with or without the co^ operation of the Yemeni authorities. Political sources in Jerusalem cautioned that any coinmsnt couU jeopardise quiH efforts on behall o< Ute 1,500 to 2.000 Jews atiO living in Yemso, a countiy that has rsitricted saigratiM HBtU BOW. But one ofBdal involved in thoaeeflofto toU the Jewish THagraphk AfMcy that an undsrtaking •long the liaee (rf Operar tion Solomon, which broi^ more than 14.000 Jewa out o( Ethiopia last Msy, wouki be "illogical" in the caM.o( Yemaa.
Herzl Shabbat at Beth El ol Omaha yaw^pUcs who atteaded Hsnl Caakp last sMmmer will ISMI asr«ieaa at Belh B gyai^egae tsmsrtsw at MO ajw. " A Henl Shabbat' wae Mf dad's idea,' iM Sarah lafal. "bat 1 was UM orgaaiaar. There will he kUb iMi ahaMatary to high eckaal age dolH tverytMH (*«• lawilH Masaf to re^hM Tmk ta ^viag the D'Vvr IWah. Thare'U be Uda (roai Temple larael, loo!" PartldMate iadttds: tliam Mt, hattMl AadI Oataik, Skaahaaa Wees. Aaaa fUfttI; ImiddW Heather Oleah. AUhma Qataih. Jaaaifar Javhch. lyaa Oloeh: (topi Sarah Katal Brlaa Negg. Jeff Negg. Jea Brwte. Net pktaied: Bobby Shapiro. Jelf Shaplim Laarto Bpetaia. Jaaoa Bpateia. Aaraa Shefnm. Stavs Kotok, OUa OrMMUaah Qaaahif, Andrea Callk Aaale Kotah. MeUaaa Katimaa. J«(( KaU maa, Heather Oaideteia aad Lance PoUwv.
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Ronald and Carol Urbach Yaacov (Jacob) Mirviss of Kibbutz Urim, Israel,, announce the birth of a who was education and son, Michael Bryan, Jan. program director at the 23. . Grandparents are Betty Jewish Cpnununity Center in 1927-28, announces the and Robert Urbach and birth of his 15th great- Sylvia Treller. grandchild, Shachar, who joins three sisters and parents, Chanan and Hadas Peleg of Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev. The great-grandfather is the husband of the late LilJoyce Klein, director, lian Margolin, sister of Dr. Meiitz Department of TheMilton Margolin aiid Minatre in Education in Israel, nie Cutler, will be in Omaha March 3-6 to discuss educational programming.
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Ms. Klein holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Washington and has done graduate study in educational psychology at California State University. She served as playwrightin-residence at the Hillel Foundation of University of California at Berkeley for five years, and is a former staff member of the Bureau of Jewish Educations of San Francisco and New York. A schedule of Ms. Klein's visit is available at the JCC.
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BERNARD DENENBERG Services for Bernard Denenberg, 67, who died of a heart ailment, were held Feb. 27 with burial in Northern California where he and his wife, the former Lorriane Wolfson, have resided the past 18 years. In addition to his wife, Mr. Denenberg is survived by sons, David and Barry; daughter, Diane Brown; sister, Ann Feinberg; and brothers, Norman, Hep bert, Marshall, Michael Shd Daniel. Memorials and notes of condolence may be sent to the Denenberg home, 1111-56 Morse Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. BESS DEPORTE Services for Bess DePorte. 81, who died Feb. 23, took place at Golden Hill Cemetery. Mrs. DePorte is survived by a son, Leonard; grandchildren and great grandchildren. ROSH BETH DIN NEW YORK (JTAIRabbi Gedalia Schwartz has been appointed rosh Beth Din (head of the rabbinic court) of the Rabbinical Council of America.
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Jenina Sadofsky Jenina Sadofsky, daughter of Jerry and Connie Sadofsky, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on March 14 at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh-grade student at Westside Middle School, Jenina plays tl>e flute in band. She enjoys reading, word puzzles apd needlework, Jenina and her brother, Jamin, are the grandchildren of Marvin and Selma Sadofsky, Don Rutherford and Bonnie Kolb.
The appoiotmaat of Corey KiralMnbaum aa aasistant executive director of the Jewiah Community Center has been announced by Jeffrey Aizenberg, executive director. Mr, Kirshenbaum, youth director the past three years, succeeds Uary Bernstein who will assume the poet of executive director of the Marblehead, Mass., JCC in April. \1r
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By Jeffrey Katzman At Junior NCSY's recent youth group meeting, members designed banners for an upcoming Shabbaton in May. Each banner was basedon a certain theme, such as a phrase from the prayer "L'cha Dixli." The members and advisor Rabbi Allan Gonsher, watched a video about la^ shon hara. Lashon hara means "the evil tongue," or, in other words, gossiping. The video talked about the meaning of lashon hara, stories that involved it, and the damage gossip can do. Kadimah also visited the Rose Blumkin Jewish HoiDe and had a "mitzvah day." About 15 members visited the mikveh, sang songs, passed out popcorn for a movie, and did lots of other mitzvot. A Shabbaton will be held in Omaha in May. It ia expected to be one ol the largest in Ontaha. For information call Rabbi Goniher or Ben Gonsher, president, at 658-2767.
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REBECCA K, GRALNEK Word has been received here of the Feb. 13 death of Rebecca Kirshenbaum Gr'alnek, 78, a resident of Newton, Iowa, since 1941. Services were held at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Des Moines and burial took place in Glandale Cemetery in Des Moines. She is survived by her husband. Max; daughtei-s, Frances Geraon of Philadelphia, Marcia Katz of Boston, Tamara Gorman of New Canaan, Conn., Minda Gralnek of Minneapolis, and nine grandchildren. The daughter of Joseph and Rachel Mittleman Kirshenbaum, she was bom in Omaha and graduated from Central High School. She earned a degree in speech pathology at the University of Iowa. Memorials may be made to the Iowa Jewish Life Center, 900 Polk Blvd., Des Moines IA 50312, or the Skiff Medical cdnter building fund.
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Beth Israel Synagogue 1502 No. 52nd St. Omaha, NE 68104 56fr6288 Office Hours; Monday .. through Thursday, 8 a.m.4:30p.m.;FViday,8a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, 9-11 a.m. Rabbi Mark Urkowitz and Cantor Pettman will conduct the services. FRIDAY; Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6:45 p.m. Late Family Service, 7:30 p.m. This will be the last ' Shabbat weekend that Cantor Fettman will conduct services' at Beth Israel before his retirement. The Beth Israel Choir will join Cantor in the services. An Oneg Shabbat in honor of Cantor and Annette Fettman follows the services, hosted by Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 am. Cantor Fettman will give the sermon, "A message to three generations. Women's Prayer Service meets in the library at 9:45 a.m., led by Eliane Freund. All women are invited to join in this minyan. Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. Babysitter service provided courtesy of Sisterhood. Cantor and Annette Fettman will host a kiddush luncheon following services in honor of Cantor's retirement from Beth Israel. The congregation and community are invited. Rabbi UrkoWltz's study group, 5:30 p.m. The cla^s will be on This dat« in Jewish Hiatory: "22 Adar, a three-year drought ended in larael." Mincha services will be held at 5:45 p.m., followed by Ma'ariv, Shalosh Seudos and Havdalah service. SUNDAY; Minyan at 9 am, • WEEKDAYS: Daily services at 7 a.m. and Sunday through Thursday at 6:05 p,m. SISTERHOOD BOARD MEETING Tuesday, March 3, at 9:30. the Sisterhood Board will meet. BETH ISRAEL ^HEBREW HIGH, ^HUbbi Urkowitz'a He^^w High class will meet' Sunday, March I, 9-11:30 a.m., and Wedqeaday. March 4, 6-7:30 p.m. BEGINNERS' RHEBREW CUSS tie beginner's Hebrew K wUl maet on Miuuiay. rch 2, from 7:30-9 pm.. at the home of Kick and Julw Katiman.
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Beth E\ Synagogue 14506 CaUfornia Omaha, NE 68154 492-8650 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits will conduct the services. FRIDAY: Services at 8:15 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Sitter service at 10 a.m. TSS Program, 10:15 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 6:05 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. JUDAICA SHOP: Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.iji.; Friday.and Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon. JEWISH CAMPING SHABBAT Services Shabbat morning focus on the importance of Jewish summer camp experiences. Featured will be students who have attended Herzl Camp. PROJECT LINK Project Link Support Group meets Monday, March 2, 7-9 p.m. This is a support group for sharing feelings and concerns, not a class or educational program. Maggie Kenney conducts the session. LUNCH AND LEARN Floating Lunch and lieam with the Rabbi will continue on March 5 at Beth El Synagogue. Please call the synagogue for, reservations: USY CONCLAVE ADARSHENI is coming and so is Omaha Conclave, March 6. 7 and 8. USY Night, March 5, wiU focus on last-minute Conclave preparations. WOMEN'S LEAGUE LUNCHEON . Women's Ivoague luncheon March 3, at noon, will honor 1992 Torah Fund bowiwtora and contributor*. Alan Paraow will speak. HAMENTASH BAKE-IN UamantMhen will be bak«d (or Jtwish remdwita in nursing and n homes throughod on Monday. March y, 9 a Ml Hi'liM'iv iliiv will be
Temple Israel FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Webber-Gilat will officiate at this early family service. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY; Shabbat morning service, 11:15 a.m. Simcah BShabbat-The congregation, together with Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Webber-Gilat, will study the Torah portion for the week. SISTERHOOD LUNCHEON Tuesday, March 10, 12:30 p.m., $6.50, Cella Quinn, vice president of Smith Barney Harris Upham and Co., Inc., will speak on "Corporate Power; How We Get it and How We Give it Away.", Please phone the Temple office, 556-6536, by March 6 for reservations. SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service is available for the 7:30 p.m. Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. SINGLE PARENTS The Single Parents group will meet at tht Jewish Community Cen ter,.Thursday, March :7:15 p.m. Mike Abramson of Frankel. Zacharia, t^issen and Stamp will answer questions on income tax' preparation. All single parents in the community are invited to attend. If sitter service is needed, reservations must be made with the Temple office 6536. BAT MITZVAH Melissa Paige Brown, daughter of Marcia and David Brown, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning senice Saturday, March 6. ADULT EDUCATION March 5, "Israel: l^aat and Present" 9:30-10:30 a.m. March 5, Adult B'nai Mitzvah, 10:30 a.m.-12;30 p.m.
Lincoln TIfereth Israel FRIDAY: Services at 8 p.m., Oneg Shabbat hoste^ by Barb and Steve Seglin. SATURDAY: 9:30 a.m.
Blumkln Home SATURDAY: Morning service, 9 a.m., conducted by volunteers. The residents' families and friends are invited to attend.
Offutt Air Base FRIDAY: Services in the Capehart Chapel every Friday at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service.
Council Bluffs B'Nal Israel March 1, Children's holiday workshop, 10 a.m.noon. Topic is Purim. March 6, Shabbat service, 7:30 p.m. The synagogue is located at 618 Mynster.in Council Bluffs. For information contact Ellen Fennick at 390-9062. or leave a message on the synagogue answering machine, 322-4705.
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Or was he, perhaps, responding to never-ending Chri.stian propaganda that God had rejected Israel and that now Christianity was the "True Israel? " (This piece of outrageous Christian theological propaganda has not yet-1992-disBppeared from the Christian worldll The task of the Midriishic homilist is not ended. W <-. too, must still cope with anti-Semitism in the highe.il places (including the United Nations) and with "antiJudaism " in high theological circles. And still we say, See how God dwells among us! On this Shabbat Shekalim, we remind ourselves that Jews the world over were expected to support the Temple in Jerusalem while it existed, and the idea of Jew ish religious expreasion in the post-Temple age. Perhaps it is our stubborn faith in Him that U loVes!
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Quite aside from the beauty of this appreciation of love, the Midrashic use of the verse is intriguing; Neither all the nations of the world, singly or in concert, nor all the kingdoms of the world can negate God's love for Israel. ' . So the homilist says. And the proof? Why, here it is in our verse! The Israelites in the wilderness, without proper building materials of beautifully dressed stone and fine cedar woods, had to use flimsy curtains for the Tabernacle! Yet God unhesitatingly accepted this meager substitute for a Temple and deigned to dwell among themj And now the question of the "Jewish condition" intrudes. Was the homilist responding to some overt event of physical attack in his time, and assuring his listeners that God's love still rests on Israel?
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Parashat VaYakhel-Shabbat Shekalim The "human condition"—the "Jewish condition" We speak often of the "human cohdition"—the gnawing uncertainties of human life, our unceasing efforts to find meaning iii our perilous existence. What is humankind? What does it mean to be human? , For Jews there is also another dimension to the "human condition." Why has Jewish life been plagued, historically, with never-ending threats td the very axis-. tence of Jews? Why this special burden, on top of the burdens of humanity itself? I was set to wondering whether, possibly, a homilist in our Sidrah's expansion in'Shemot Rabbah was chewing over something that happened in his time, and possibly felt the need of restoring the confidence of the people who might be listening to him—after some disastrous event. The comment is on a verse that is innocent enough. The Torah text has been repeating the instructions for building the Sanctuary of the Wilderness by saying, now, that each detailed task was now completed, exactly according to the plan. Our verse has it: "And every wisehearted man ... made the tabernacle with ten curtains ..." The Midrash takes off with a verse frorn the Song of Songs; "Vast floods cannot quench love,/Nor rivers drown it./If a man,offered all his wealth for love,/he would be laughed to scorn.",
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Buchanan must be taken seriously By Morris Maline
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The first obligation of any country is to protect its people from both external and internal threats to life. AU other pursuits of government are meaningless unless the population can be assured of safety. Thus, one cjrn readily assume that Israel's response to terrorists' attacks is understood and appreciated by civilized countries throughout the world. I wonder. During the Gulf war, Israel's mighty defense force stood by while Iraq rained Scud missiles on Tel Aviv and other population centers. In declining to strike back, Israel surrendered its feared ability to retaliate swiftly and powerfully. While token appreciation was wafted toward the Jewish State, her enemies swelled with enthusiasm and anticipation. Could it be that mighty Israd—is really a paper tiger? Could it be that terrorism again could be used to weaken that tiny Democracy sb that the ultimate dream of many of her enemies could be realized? Although peace talks started, many of Israel's ene, mies displayed a strong desire to kill the process so that the 'holy war' aimed at destroying the Jewish people would continue. Savage murders were perpetrated against I sraelis. To show that the lack of response evident during the Gulf War no longer existed, Israel replied by killing a leader of the terrorists. Then, the rockets came—again Israelis took to the bomb shelters in Northern Israel while the IDF conducted search and destroy missions to erase the threat. Why the Syrian Afn^y. the Lebanese Army, and the United Nations patrols were silent during the rain of, rockets, only they can say. At this writing, the rockets ^e still. Syria finally put pressure on the terrorists to stop—for how long is anyone's guess. So, all is now quiet. ReaUy? A news release from Rep. Nita Lowey in New York reminds the press that the newly independent state of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic, has recognized the Palestinian Liberation Organization. "Global security and stability is placed in jeopardy when a nation with 1,900 nuclear warheads (my emphasis) within its borders pledges its solidarity with a terrorist organization such as the PLO, whose charter calls for the destruction of Israel," Lowey said. I would like to know whether official Washington looks upon this cozy arrangement as an 'obstacle to peace.'
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By Alan M. Dershowitz CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA)-The sizable vote for Patrick Buchanan in New Hampshire demands that the media and the voters begin to scrutinize Buchanan's background and record as if he were a real candidate for President. Until New Hampshire, rio one took Buchanan seriously. That is not surprising, in light pf the fact that Buchanan has never held elected office, or a job that has prepared him for the presidency. He has been what serious journalists refer to as a "media personality"— someone seen frequently in the media, but not regarded , as a real journalist. His only stints in government have been in the area of partisan political propaganda. Many pundits still do not take Buchanan seriously, pointing ()ut that most of those who voted for him in New Hampshire have little positive feeling for him. According to an exit poll, more than half of the Buchanan voters said they would vote for the Democratic candidate if President Bush won the Republican nomination. Treating Buchanan merely as a protest candidate misses the point for several reasons. First, Buchanan's 37 percent of the vote in New Hampshire positions him as the only current contender. If President Bush were to become too ill to run, Buchanan—rather than Vice President Quayle—would likely get the Republican nomination. Even if President Bush is re-elected and serves out his entire term, Buchanan is now in a good position to beat out Quayle, James Baker, Robert Dole or other potential contenders for the 1996 Republican nomination. In other words, Buchanan now has a serious chance of becoming our President at some point in the future. That prospect is frightening. Here is a man who has expressed admiration for fascist dictators Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler. He has defended so many Nazi war criminals—even admitted hands-on participants in the Holocaust—that Assistant Attorney General Alan Ryan of the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations said: "Great numbers of people are asking themselves: Why is Pat Buchanan so in love with Nazi war criminals?" It is immoral for any decent American to support Patrick Buchanan for President,.even if one agrees with his poUtical program. It is too late in history for any moral person to say "I agree that Buchanan is a bigot and anti-Semite, and I disagree with him on those issues, but he is entitled to my vote on the basis of his positions on other issues." That is how Adolph Hitler was elected in Germany, it is how David Duke won election to the Louisiana legislatiu%, and it is how Louis Farrakhan maintains his base of support among so many African-Americans. The majority of people who voted for Hitler in the 1932 election were not anti-Semites—they voted for Hitler because they agreed with his economic policies. But they did not disqualify him, as they should have, because of his anti-Semitism. Many Duke voters do not share his support for the
[ImeoM Mgkte Temple B'nai Jeshrun Sisterhood sponsored an Oneg Shabbat and panel discussion last week about Lincoln's Human Service Needs/How Can We Meet 'Them, Moderator was Sue Schreiber. The discussion was the "kick-off" for the annual personal products drive for the Lincoln Action Program. An art show was held recently at the Lincoln Y.M.C.A. of Peacemakers: A Celebration of Women in the Arts. Among the visual artists featured was Sarah Bauman showing examples of her prints and drawings based on her response to the Holocaust. Temple B'nal Jeshrun Sisterhood is also aponaoring a family fun aftamoon on March 1, complete with piazza and folk music. Contact Barb Straus for reservations. The annual Madassah n.M.O. donor luncheon is scheduled for noon on March IH at the Eleven Club at the N.Fi.C building. Dr. Paul Collicott will speak on hia trip to Israel. Aiao Kheduled for tha aft* arnoon is a styla show of
fashions from Bragg's The donation for the luncheon is $40 plus S6.50 for lunch, or a partial donation of $22.50 and $6.50 for lunch. Associates and guests are $6.50 for th^' lunch. Clara Gaiter, Hadassah Associates chairperson, has recruited another associate member, Yale Gotsdiner. Marsha Plotkin has reported that her fiance, David Rosenberg from Hastings, had double bypass surgery on Feb. 7 here. Feb. 29 is the date for the "Nitepf 100 Dinners." sponsored by the Sisterhood of Congregation Tifereth Israel. The evening begins with Havdalah services at the Synagogue at 7 p.m., then off to dinner at the home you have HoUHted.' For choice of reservation, call Gerry Schuchman. March 13 and U are the dates set aside for Erin Mellen's Bst Mitzvah at the Synagogue. Rabbj Mark and Freda Bisman are planning on being ia Lincoln for the occasion.
Klan or Nazi party—they agree with his views on affirmative action and other issues. But they are willing to vote for him despite his bigotry. The same is true of most blacks who support Farrakhan—they do not gupport him because of his anti-Semitism, but rather because of his black self-help programs. "They simply refuse to disqualify him because of his anti-Semitism. I hear many of Buchanan's supporters making a similar argument. A variation on that theme was sounded recently by William F. Buckley, whose intellect I respect. He wrote a long essay on anti-Semitism for the National Review in which he assessed Buchanan's statements about Jews. This is what Buckley said about his old friend and fellow conservative: "I find it impossible to defend Pat Buchanan against the charge that what he did and said during the (recent) period under examination amounted to antiSemitism ... (Buchanan has) said things about Jews that could not reasonably be interpreted as other than anti-Semitic in tone and substance." Buckley ended his essay by asking why Buchanan has "survived" these legitimate charges of anti-Semitism—charges that have been documented by conservative New York Times columnists William Safire and A.M. Rosenthal as well as by several respected journals. Buckley concludes that Buchanan would not have survived ten years ago, but that he does today because of "a creeping culturalpolitical insensitivity to anti-Semitism that is both (morally) wrong and alarming." Two cheers for William F. Buckley. But hold the third. Shortly after publishing his comments about Buchanan, Buckley was asked the following question by talk show host Charlie Rose: "If you were a citizen of the great state of New Hampshire and you had an opportunity 08 a Republican to vote in the primary, would you vote for Pat Buchanan?" Buckley said that he Wotild. Then he explained why: "... on the grounds that I as a conservative have found out a way to finally register my disappointmeiit with George Bush ..." Think of what that means. Vi^illiam F. Buckley is willing to vote for a man whom he has found guilty of anti-Semitism. To be sure, it is only a protest vote. But a protest vote, in combination with other votes, could help elect Buchanan as President. Every vote for Buchanan helps to legitimate his anti-Semitism. Buckley himself is thus contributing to the "creeping cultural-political insensitivity to anti-Semitism" which he finds morally "wrong and alarming." I hope he will reconsider and declare that he would not—under any circumstances—cast his ballot for a man whom he cannot defend against legitimate charges of anti-Semitism. Distinguished Americans of all backgrounds and party affiliations must unite against Buchanan's dangerous bigotry. Alan Dersh6witz is a professor of law at Harvard University.
m'w® m®m^. "Shabbat Is Coming To You" was the theme of the service last Friday at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The Caring Committee from Temple Israel had the auditorium decorated with red balloons. Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Webber-Gilat conducted the Shabbat services. The theme of the service was a strong and lovipg heart, and cake with red hearts and punch were served. Dora Kirshenbaum kindled the Sabbath lights, CharUe Fellman chanted the Kiddush, and everybody recited Hamotzi. Edythe Kass, chairperson of the Caring Committee, and Ruth Altsuler, Warner Frohman, Bev Gilinsky, Sara Harding, Myma Kirshenbaum, Marilyn Mellon, and Helen and Mort Soiref participated. Other 8chediJ[led visits from the clergy during the month of February were made by Rabbi Kripke, Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits. We also received a visit from Stanley MiUhell. afl Attending the birthday luncheon thia ^onth will be ^ Ruth Shapiro, Pearl Gold, Maurice Newman, Fannie Rosenthal, Esther Kaplan, Ernie Priesman and Libby Sacks. A new volunteer helped with the sing-along last Tuesday. His- name is Brandon Scholtes, A warm welcome to our new reaidenU, Fan Rosenthal, Ethel Bleiweiss. Cookie Walker, Rose Fellman and Bertha Colnick.
Israelis visit Omaha Ten loraelia were recently brought to this country by the U.S. Information Agency In cooperation with B'nai U'rilh International to to study '"TolerBnce and Pluralism in Multi-Ethnic Dmnocnitic Sodetlce." The group spent three daya In Omaha, vialting with Dr. Richard Freund on the UNO rampua; Bob Wolfaon, ADL director, the Omaha City (-ouncil; Bob Armstrong, director of tha Omaha Houaing Authority, and Judg* Nomias Krivoaha. Alao on their agenda was lunch with B'nai B'rith BrMdbreakera.
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Jonathan Felknan, son of Beverly and Richard Fellman, is a recipient of the Dean's Award for academic ejccellehce during the fall semester at Colgate University where -he is a member of the Class of 1992. A 1988 graduate of Burke High School, Mr. Fellinan is majoring in economics. He spent the fall semester in London with the economics honors study group.
BREADBREAKERS John Miller, former city councilman, will speak at YES Young Energetic Sen- the March 4 B'nai B'rith . Bowdoin College has aniors will meet on March 2 Breadbreakers luncheon, nounced that Ken L. Saltzat the JCC. Discussion according to Al Abram- man,'93,12412 Pierce St., group, bingo, and English son, March chairman. Mr. has been named to the class for older New Ameri- Miller will speak on the Dean's List on the basis of cans ^ill be offered at riverfront development her scholastic achievements during the fall se10:30 a.m, YES board project. mester of the 1991-92 aca.Breadbreakers meets members will meet for their monthly meeting in^ Wednesdays at noon at demic year. Room 6. A kosher hot Regency West Best WestJeremy Nichols, a ilinth lunch will be" served at ern. Cost for the luncheon grader at Brownell-Talbot is $7; the community may noon, cost is $4. Melody Prep School, was named to Malech will entertain after attend. the Headmaster's list and lunch with harp playing. achieved summa cum laude HADASSAH Transportation is availafor the second quarter. STUDY GROUP ble by calling 330-4272. The next Hadassah study group, led by Rabbi WALK-IN DROP-IN March 5, Walk-in Drop- Myer Kripke, will discuss in for older adults will "Women's Roles in JudaDecorating Affiair meet at the JCC at 10:30 ism." Questions regarding 4.m. Ongoing English the participation of women hyUary class for older New Ameri- in the Torah service will be addressed. cans will meet at 11 a.m. FOR YOUR: Topics include: Should Bring a brown-bag dairy Wo;n8n be Called to the • Total Room lunch. The video "From Toledo to Jerusalem" will Torah for an Aliyah, and Decorations May Women Lead Servbe shown. • Centerpieces On March 12, YES, ices? BuUoons - Floiul Guests will be Hadassah Walk-in Drop-in group will Tlieme ' toke a day trip to Boys president Julee Katzman, • Balloon Sculptures Devora Urkowitz, Susan Town. We will meet at the • Backgrounds 8t JCC at 10:30 a.m., lunch at Paley, Pam Friedlander, Drops Patty Nogg, Phyllis Hoffthe Boys Town visitors' • Lighting & center, and tour Boys man, and Susie Drazen. The study group will beSiK'fial Effects Town sites. Make reservations by March 2 with gin at 10 a.m. on March 4 at the Livingston Plaza. Call us.aboul your Reva Orach, 391-8344. Continental breakfast will Company A Parly Events be served. Both men and Conventions—Birthdays BNAI B'RITH WOMEN women may attend. • Bar i. Bal Milzvahs The annual B'nai B'rith Weddingi STORM LASHES Women Donor luncheon ISRAEL will be held March 5 at the TEL AVIV |JTA)-A home of Rosalie Greenspan, 8108 Howard. Can- new winter storm.lashed 8827 Park Drive tor Karen Webber-GOat of Israel late Sunday night, Ask for Temple Israel will present blanketing the Golan Heights and much of "Man the Moon Ladv" a muflical program. Galilee and the West Bank
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The Cemetery Club 'a great plot' A review by Morris Maline This is a must-see for husbands, wives, and those who plan one day to be a husband or a wife. Thie Cemetery Club is about three widows who meet regularly to discuss their late huisbands and to visit their graves. Good taste abounds in this comedy as a. bevy of actresses and an eligible male caress the Jewish Conununity Center stage in a labor of love. Elaine Jabenis, dressed in a-slinky full-length fur, is dazzling as she twinkles her eyes and flows across the stage. Gail Ginsburg and Sherry Josand Fletcher along with Darcy Beck and Stan Widman fill out the cast generating an abundance of laughter ^nd yes—tears too. The Cemetery Club helps to answer the eternal, un• mentioned question: How will a wife live and behave after the death of her spouse? The answer is given in such a charming way that any husband could almost feel pretty good about the situatiori. At least, he's alive to laugh about it. This production deserves a four-star rating. The acting, sets, and direction by M. Michelle Phillips are professional in every respect. Performances take place tomorrow at 8 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 p.m., March 7 at 8 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m.
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