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Jerold Rosen dies, directed Foundation

Jerold I. Rosen Jerold I. Roaen, executive director of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, died Monday in Tucson. He was 67. Graveside services will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. at Beth El Cemetery. Mr. Rosen is survived by his wife. Sheila E.; daughter, EUan Thurmond of Tucson; son, Steve, of Fairway, KS; brother, Edward of Omaha: sister, Irene Sajtzman, of Omaha, and three grandchildren. A native of Omaha, Mr. Rosen graduate from C^tral High School in 1943 and joined the Navy six days atter graduation. He was assigned to the USS California in Pearl Harbor in 1944 and was released from active duty in 1946. Mr. Roaen married the former Sheila Pradell in 1947 and worked briefly for his father-in-law, the

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late Abe Pradell, in the grocery business. Mr. Rosen attended the University of Nebraska at Lincob and was trained in insurance, pension funds, and estate planning. He was caUed back to active duty during the Korean' war and returned to civilian life in 1952. He-.was an agent with Massachusetts Life Insurance Co. and held the position of staff supervisor in the Omaha agency. Mr. Rosen was active in the Jewish community and was a member of Beth El synagogue. He served on the Board of Trustees from 1964 to 1973. In addition, he served as Beth El Men's Club president, treasurer, and membership chairman. Mr. Rosen was the president of Comhusker Lodge of B'nai B'rith, and cochaired the Men's Division of the Federation annual campaign in 1957. The Rosens resided In Tucson, Arizona from 1973 to 1981, when they returned to Omaha. In 1984, Mr. Rosen began his association with .the Foundation as a parttime job! It quickly became a full time endeavor and Mr. Roe^ was appointed director: During his tenure, the Foundation's assets grew from $8.4 million to almost $14 million. Memorials may be made to the Jewish Federation of Omaha.

Jerry Rosen-a tribute

By Howard Bloom. ' Fwkration executive director WA Rashi wrote that the departure of • wise man leaves his community collectively diminithed. The nxiwtlng of our Jewish community's needs was Dot • vocation for Jerry Rosen, but for the past eight years, the life of this Jewish commuoity has been his avocation and we are all the better for it. For^ht years, Jerry labored to develop and pro^ fessionauM ths Foundation of ths Jewish Fedsrattoo ofOnuJu. Before h« took ov«r as director, the Foundation was nothing more thsu t coUactioo of disparate funds. Jerry patiantly weUsd and built this nucleus into what is psrhsps ths finsst Foundation of aay Jewish Federation this sixe. Jsrry Rosen had many virtoes, but two stand out for ms. First and (oraowet, his loyalty as a friend snd a coUsagus. And sscond, his patisoos and attentivenaas to osUil, svsn under ths moat trying of drcumstsncee. These qusdUties have bean instrumental in establishing the credibility and stature of the Founds tioa Jsrry's passing is a kMS for all of us snd will, indssd. iMvsour commuBity coUactively diminishsd We will miss you, dssr friend Our rondotonfss go to Jerry's wife, ShiiU snd his (•m%. M^ ths Almighty consols th«n smong the nwuroTs of Zion and Jsrusslsm.

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Cantors plan concert with Sephardic music

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Chabad House dedication I Shani Katsman, (left), presents a plaque to Jona Kaiman in appreciation of the flnandsl support she and I her late husband, Ben, gave to Chabad House. The presentation took place at the dedication of Chabad I House Isst Potim evening. More than 100 adults and I children attended. Others participating in the program included Rabbi Mendel Katzman, Rabbi Allen | Gonsher, Rick Katzman, Murray Newman and son, Nick.

Cantor Emil Berkovits of Beth El and Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat of Temple Israel will present "Los Bilbilicos, The Nightingales Sing," a program of liturgical and secular Sephardic music in recognition of the influence of the Sepharad on the world Jewish community. The program is designed to highlight facets of the Sephardic iMeditenanean) tradition and will help acquaint the members of the community with the musical traditions of this little known aspect of Jevnsh culture, the cantors said. Tickets for the March 29 concert, 7 p.m., at Beth El'Synagogue, may be purchased at the door for $ 10. Previously purchased tickets may be picked up at the Jewish Community Center today, Friday. March 27, or at the synagogue prior to to concert

American Jews called angered and dismayed WASHINGTON-American Jews are "angered and dismayed" by the President's rejection of a compromise worked out by Senate leaders on Israel's roquest for loan guarantees for refugee absorption, Shoahana Cardin, chairman of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations, told a news conference here. "The President's unyiekling position leaves in question Israel's ability to rely on its chief ally, undermines the peace process and encourages further Arab intransigence in the peace talks," Mrs. Cardin said She continued 'Morth over, the Presiden

tion contradicts the understanding we had, based on his public statements and on our meetings with him and Secretary of State. Baker, that there would be no linkage between the humanitarian need for loan guarantees and the political issue of settlements. "We recall the President's statement at a news confermce on July 1,1991, in response to a question about such linkage, when he sakL 'I don't think it ought to be a quid pro quo.' "And the statement at a White Houas briefing by Martin Fitzwater on July 23. 1991, that there is no direct linkage.'

Richard A. Freund honored by UNO Rabbi Dr. Richard A Pteund asaocints professor of philosophy ana rsMgion St the University of Nsbraska St Omaha has bsen sward I ad UNO's Distinguished Rnui.urch and Creativity for 1992. It is ths reUgioa has rsniwd ths •ward. Ths swsrd is presented to one faotlty msmbar from the university par yssr snd csprsssnta an scadsmidnn's UDiquscoatributk»tohWharfydofsMy Dr Fmind teschss Judaic etudisa at ths univsraity. Dr. Frsund is ths sutkor of ths racantfy pubhshsd book Undwataadfea Jvwfah Kthks, a na« approach to undarstsnding ths dsvsk>offlant ol nia^v stUcsl issuas in Judaism. Dr. Frtund is also co-il: Hsthssida la ths Golan, s m«)or srchasotogi' liraal

Cantor Karen Webbe^Gilat wonderful site for such a program and the sanctuary has excellent acoustics, " Cantor Berkovits said. Emil Berkovits and his brother. Cantor Edward Berkovits, come from a cantorial family tradition —their father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all established cantors. Bom in Czechoslovakia, Cantor Berkovits immigrated to Canada with his •lunily after World Warll. Educated in Montreal. Cantor Berkovits studied at McGill University Conservatory of Music. As a child, he appeared in concerts with some of the renowned cantors of the Lime. Later he sang in operas and Yiddish theater and. with his father and brother, performed in concert throughout the United States.

Cantor ^mil Berkovits Accompaniment and additional musical selections will also be presented by Tuffy Epstein on fhite and Ron Bower on guitar. Shirley Schwartz will accompany the cantors on the piano. In keeping with the Sephardic theme. Darlene Golbiti. Karen Pollak and Beth Seldin Dotan assisted Lucy White in the Beth El kitchen in preparing the refreshments being planned for the reception whkh will foUow the coocert. Program co-chairmen are Judy Marburg and StanWidman. Ths concert is beiqg sponsored by the Jewish Cultursl Arts Council as part of 1492. The Other Event rhat Chsngsd the World'' its on-going ysarlong program commsmo-

rtting the «xfmWoa of ths Jews from ^tain in • "" Procasds will Iwi: portth».i''"' •.smuin progran> Soph arsJ '92. JCiiirauu to Ms. l)olan. JCAC mnctor. "I am vary happy that w« can prssen cart at B«th >

Kum Webber-Gilat. the eldest of three daughters, was bom and reared in Connecticut. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in English/theater dtoce from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. She comes to Omaha via the Hebrew Union College-Jewish In^ stitute of Religion in New' York City where she earned a Master's of Sacred Song

degree. While at Hebrew Union, Cantor Webber-Gilat spent a year studying in Jerusalem and rsceived the Roy B. Einhorn award for general excellvriLV She noted that I s. in theatw w«^ .._ a in college in both local and summer stock productions and continues today at Temple Isrssl as she aeatss movsfflsnt/music theater piecas based on Jewish texts as well as childrcr ' genera Cantor woDtJui wiui LI worked with youth and aorvsd as drama director at the UAHC Kuti Camp in upstate New York Shs attaiiMd (huncy in American Sign Language while s student at ths Na lional Thsstsr of lbs Dsaf ProfeiMional School.

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las JG©m/l®/2©.(o j Matthew and Kimberly Placzek announce the birth of a son, Aaron Michael, on March 20. Grandparents are Marshall and Barbara Kushner of Omaha and Gene and Claire Placzek of Grand Island. Greatgrandm9ther is Dorothy Kushner of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Stein announce the March 13 birth of a daughter, Rachel Michelle. Grandparents ard Mr. and Mrs. Jay Chasen and Mr. and Mrs. Art Stein. Great grandparents are Fanny Stein, Keith Peltz and the late Dorothy Pelu: CENTER SEEKS DATA LOS ANGELES (JTA) —The Simon Wiesenthal Center has asked the Vatican to make public its files to determine whether Catholic Church officials aided Nazi war criminals to escape to South America.

Dr. and Mrs. Blaine Hoffman announce the engagement of their daughter, Linda Beth, to Robert Todd Zimmerman, son of Teri Shrier and Mike Shrier. . Miss Roffman is a graduate of the University of Arizona. She is an assistant manager with Gap Kids. The prospective bridegroom, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, is a branch service manager with Beneficial Nebraska Inc. An August wedding is planned. NO MOVEMENT TEL AVIV (JTA)Despite the availability of cheaper, more spacious housing in the West Bank, fewer than one percent of householders in the Greater Tel Aviv area, Israel's most densely populated region, would con; sider moving there,' ac^ cording to a new survey by Marketast, a marketing research firm.

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r GAYLEM.WEZELMAN Graveside services for Gayle M. Wezelman, 83, a native of Omaha who died March 22 at Bergen Mercy Hospital, took place Tuesday at Golden HilJ Cemetery with Rabbi Mark Urkowitz officiating. She is survived by' brothers, Sol, of Bismark, ND, and Norman, of Tucson; nephews, nieces and cousins. Ms. Wezelman graduated from Technical High School and worked as a budget analyst for the Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha. She was a memb* of AM IT Women, Hadassah and Beth Israel Synagogue. CHARLES BERGER Word has been received of the death of. Charles Bergw,??, of Delray Beach, Florida. Mr. Berger is survived by his wife, Lillian; daughter, Gloria Bassik of Omaha; son. Dr. Paul Berger of Atlanta, and grandchildren. Mr. Berger was a World War II veteran and a graduate o.f St. John's University. He served as the treasurer for Fruit of the Loom Company.

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HYMAN LUBMAN Word has been received of the March 12 death of former Omahan Hyman Lubman, 63. Mr. Lubman is survived by his wife, Esther; sons, Dr. Jacque Medina and Jeffrey Lubman of Los Angeles; brother, Phil Lubman of Omaha; sister, Bess Levine of New Jersey; and two granddaughters. Mr. Lubman taught history at Central High School from 1967-1964. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. ELSIE RAPOPORT Graveside services were held March 20 in Chicago for Elsie Rapoport, 92Mrs. Rapoport is survived by daughter, Doris Abramson of Omaha; son, Dr. Leonard Rapoport, Chicago; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. DUTCH EDITOR DEAD AMSTERDAM (JTA) —Several hundred mourners attended the funeral here of Maurits Kopuit, 62, editor for 20 years of the Dutch Jewish weekly Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad.

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Russian immigrants in contest finals NEW YORK (JTA)-Two recent Russian immigrants and former clients of the New York Association for New Americans are among the 40 finalists chosen in the 1992 Westinghouse Science Talent Search. A third client is a semifinalist. High School seniors Michail Sunitsky, Igor Tsukerman and Natalya Yudovsky were selected from among 1,706 students nationwide who'entered the competition. Sunitsky, 11, a student at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, conducted an experiment, "Solving Pell's Equation in Gaussian Integers." Since arriving with his mother from Leningrad three years ago, Sunitsky,

an aspiring mathematician, has won over 30 math and physics awards, including a silver medal in the International Math Olympiad in Sweden in 1991. Finalist Tsukerman, 17, a student at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, conducted an experiment, "On the Highly Composite Numbers." He emigrated from Odessa with his parents and sister in November 1990. Semifinalist Yudovsky, 17, came to America from Leningrad 12 years ago. Her experiment was entitled "Histone Acetylation and Ubiquitination and Their Roles in Gene Transcription."

Jewish Chicago Here We Come! I! June 15-19,1992 with Mollie Delman for the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society • Transportation via Arrow Stage Lines • Four nights deluxe Chicago Hilton • Spertus Museum, Tours of Jewish Chicago sights and much morel 11 • "Spirit of Chicago" cruise, "Phantom of the Opera" Dinner Theater Cost: $S80 Double $730 Single SltX) Deposit due April 4. 1992 Balance due by May 11, 1992 ($600 and $7!i0 for non-members) Intormation sheets available at Nebraska Jewish Historical Society office, 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha, Hi 68154 or call 334-8200, Ext. 277

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7023 CaM Street Omaha, NE 68132 6664636 FRIDAY: Rabbi Auiel and Cantor Webber-GUat will officiate. The Temple Israel Quartet Sabbath Candlelighting for Friday, March 27,6:25 p.m. will join Cantor WebberGilat to celebrate the All single parents in the BLUMKIN HOME TEA Beth Israel sounds of Sephardie Music. community are invited to Beth El will host a tea for The Oneg Shabbat will be attend. If sitter service is Blumkin Home residents Synagogue sponsored by Gail and needed, reservations must Sunday, March 29,2 p.m. 1602No.62ndSt. Jerry Kohll in honor of the be made with the Temple U8Y Omaha ME 68104 Bar Mitzvah of their son, office. USY'ers and their par6666288 Jason Kohll, ents are invite(^to a mandaOffice Hours: Monday Beth El SATURDAY: tory meeting for potential through Thursday, 8 a.m. Shabbat morning servSynagogue presidents Thursday, April to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. ice, 11:15 a.m. 2,7 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 14606 California Sirocah B'Shabbat—An MEN'S CLUB 11 a.m. Omaha, NE 68164 alternative Torah Study SHABBAT Rabbi Mark Urkowitz 492-8650 Service will take place in Men's Club members will will conduct the services Office Hours: Monday the chapel. The regular Shabbat service will be through Thursday. 9 a.m. participate in the services assisted by Aron Zeiderto 5 p.m.; Friday. 9 a.m. to Saturday, April 4, and will man as acting Cantor. held in the sanctuary. sponsor the kiddush fol- FRIDAY: 4 p.m. SITTER SERVICE lowing services. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Kabbalat Shabbat serv-' Sitter Service is availaPASSOVER ice. 6:30 p.m. No late family ble for the 8:16 Shabbat Cantor Emil Bferkdvits" will SECONDSEDER service, evening service as well as conduct the services. Beth El will have a sec- SATURDAY: the 11:16 Shabbat morning FRIDAY: ond Seder Saturday, April Morning service, 8:45 service. Please make a reser- Services at 6 p.m. 18. Reservations must be a.m. The Shalosh Se'udos in vation so we may plan ac- SATURDAY: honor of the marriage of Services at 9:30 a.m- Kid- in by April 9. cordingly. There are no fatheir son, Hugo Kahn will duah will follow services. cilities for infants. Council Bluffs be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sitter service at 10 a.m. BAR MITZVAH Edward Kslm. TSS Program. 10:15 a.m. Lincoln Jason Kenneth Kohll, Women's prayer service Minha-Ma'ariv and Hav. son of Gail and Jerry Kohll, April 3 Shabbat service will celebrate his Bar Mitz- dalah services at 6:35 p.m. at 7:30 p.m. at the syna- meets in the library at 9:45 am., led by Eliane Freund. vah at the Shabbat morn- SUNDAY: gogue. Gueat speaker is Services at 9 a.m. and Shifra Shrago, diacussing All women are invited to ing service Saturday, join in this minyan. 5:30 p.m. March 28. the Holocaust and her exJunior Congregation, 10 WEEKDAYS: TOW periencea during the Walk a.m. Services at 6:55 a.m. and of Remembrance in EastTorah on Wheels (TOWl Babysitter service prowill be held Tuesday, 5:30p.m. em Europe. vided courtesy of SisterMarch 31. from 121:15 April 6, 10 a.m.-noon. JUDAICASHOP: hood. p.m., at Clarkson Hospital. Open Tuesday through Children's Holiday WorkRabbi Urkowitz'a study For more information or Thursday. 11 a.m. to2p.m.; shop at the synagogue. The group, 6 p.m. The class will to make your reservation, Friday and Sunday, 10 a.m. topic is Pesach. be on This Date in Jewish please phone the Temple of- ' to noon. History: "Parehat Porahfice. 65e-€5a6. PROJECT LINK The Reintroduction of the Chabad House ADULT EDUCATION Project Link Support Sacrificial Service." 1322 So. 119th Street April 2, "Israel: Past and Group will meet Monday. Mincha services at 6:30 Omaha, NE 68144 Present," 9:30-10:30 a.m. MarchSO. 7to9p.m. This p.m."followed by Ma'ariv. April 2, Adult B'nai Mitz- is a support group for shar- SATURDAY: '^1 Shalosh Seudos and Hav-' Davening at 9:30 a.m. , 10:30 a.m.l 2:30 p.m. ing feelings and concerns, dalah service. not a class or educational SUNDAY: P.E.P. SUNDAY: Tefillin and bagels, 9:30 arallel Education for program. Maggie Kenney Minyan at 9 a.m. a.m., breakfast and study . Parents will meet Sunday, conducts the session. . WEEKDAYS: to follow. Hosts for March March-29,10 a. m. They wiU LUNCli AND LEARN Daily services at 7 a.m.; attend the Passover UniFloating Lunch and Learn 29 are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sunday through Thursday, versity Program. with the Rabbi will con- Miale in honor of the en- 6:30 p.m. tinue on Thursday. April 2. gagement of their daughBAR MitZVAH PASSOVER lit the office of Alexander ter, Barbara. We will be celebrating UNIVERSITY Hosts for April 5 are and Alesander. 12120 ShamSunday, March 2t). 10 rock Plata. Please call the Rick and Julie Katunan. the Bar Mitcvah of Joel a.m. (•onoon. HrooksLein, sonof Mr. and PARSHA INSIGHT synagogue for reservaMrs, Larry Brookstein, on Khe cpngregation is in- lions. 'IVesdaiys at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. April 4. d to participate in Uua CHUMASH B'NAI MITZVAH iderful opportunity to PASSOVER SEDER FOR ADULTS Michael Lerner. so{i of enhance your Seder eiperBeth I arael Synagogue inWednefldaya at 10:30 ience. Three 40-nu«ute ses- Cheryl and Gary Lerner. a.m. vites the community to their . . sions will be taught by will become a Bar Miuv ah c'ongregaUonal Paaaover on Friday avanitig. March TALMUD Rabbi Aryeh Aui^, CanWedneadaya at 8:30 a.m. Seder on Friday, April 17. tor Kar«D Webber-Qiltt. 27. and Saturday morning. and Satuiday. April 18, fblAOVANCEID TALMUD k)wi&gthe7;46p.m. Ma'riv £lyce Aviel and Jeffrey March 28. Daniel Cohen, son of Thuradaya at noon. Taunkn. services. Enjoy a tradiI.ITTI ' \Ra PMWIilOI:tladmUad^ Y vette and William l^achtUooal Yom Tbv maal. and ing tka Siedar; A basic nai, will become a Bar an inapiring Sadar a^rvipe Mitavah at Minha-Ma'ariv Wedneadaya Ml 4.30 p. m. conducted by Rabbi Mark couraa on loading the Sadar, including an uver- aervkea Saturday. April 4 UrkoariU.-Adulta-«I8: TORAH CHALLENGE 810OURCLA88B8 vl«w of tba Sadar'a itnicckildi«n>13. 18.60; chilApril 12. May 3. May 3i. The rliasM fbcuaiiig on lura, ai damoostratkin of dren 6-9.16: under 6. fr«e. UM Sader oaramo^y, and Siddur will maet on TuesReaervationa for both MODEL8£DER guidtnw on aMwopriata day morning at 9:15-11:46. Hebrew/Rusaian/Eng- nighta, or for either night, w«y • (a acUl UM Hagiadah. M arch 31, and will ccntinue liah. April 12,7 p.m. are beiing taken now at PMMk Ml: HMt<»d^ oci April 7. Call for infornuBeth Iiniel Synagogue ofPROJBCt TALMUD Flaawjr: A courae on iha Uoo. fice. Call for information. May 10.10 am to 630 GROUNDS FOR raading and chanting of ti» p.m Blumkin Home DIS( tagtUof the Haggadah. "EvaryUu-^ ... _ .o alpMMk Ml: Uvotviag SATURDAY: ClOkbM b UM Paaaow «aya wantad to kaoir about Sarvicee are bald in the Lincoln Kvpariwcw StraUgiea for Paiao\-«r but never had the Goldatea Chapel at 9 a m ' giving your cldldren «foel- ovpertunity tojisk! Get the TIfereth lamel and are conducted bv ing of nariiripatiiMi • ^ ^ ^'^ (uuwara U» U)da>'a Four FRIDiAV: ChartaeQttaa.YataHafamB. Irteatkwi' Sadar. EartyKabbatalShaUMt Hairy NoodaU and Rabbi How do w« m raadyT Servk)e,6p.m Poater Kawalar, Membere ol thaoooiaMiaati^hnaugravp W hat CAB I cookT How can SATURDAY: nity afe iavitod u» join real- w. mmn at UM Jawiak we make ti» Sadar axire a«vioaaat9.SOa.i&. I OBwrniiaity Oairt<r THura- than a dinaart How can w« Junior Ooagngatioii at danU for tbe awvke aa well aatkelUdduabMkMiiag. d«y.Af(fla.1:l&p.aLQI«B involve UMkidaT 10:16a.iB. Join Rabha Draaw for [H—BtaawUibaUMiticU^ Aiiril a. OMI Shabbat "DavaJnytwgNfw eoffea in UM Social Hall boawtaf Uncobi public fMhaU^ UMM Sativday Suadax. March M. to a.m. Bchool tenchere. ofUwaMMh.

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Pareshat Shemini-Parashat Parah Wisdom from the past One of the distinguished Jews who was exiled from Spain in 1492 was Isaac Abrabanel. He had served as "Secretary of the Treasury" and financial adviser to the crown both in Portugal and Spain. After the exile he served in similar capacities in a number of the small states of Italy. He was also distinguished as a Jewish scholarl In a commentary on Torah, he offered an insightful word about the Jewish dietary laws, the subject of bur Sidrah. He condemned the attempts of other commentators to find the dietary laws basically measures to preserve health as nothing but foUy. The Torah would not rate even at the bottom of the totem pole, he suggested, if it were to make a claim as a "medical book." Moreover, he went on, from our own observation it is apparent that non-Jews, who eat all manner of foods forbidden to Jews, are just as healthy as Jews. So this cannot be the rationale of the dietary laws. He went on to say, as the end of the Sidrah itself makes clear, that the restrictions on foodstuffs imposed by the dietary laws had one purpose: the constant reminder that purity and holiness must be oiu' goal in life. Ahrabanel's imderstanding, of course, was not an original insight. It stands out, shining, in the insight of those who chose our Haftarot. On this Shabbat Parah, warning of the need for physical ritual purity before Pesah, our Haftarah takes us back to Ezekiel, ih the sixth century B.C.E. The prophet, bobtering the courage of his fellow-exiles in Babylonia, promises a return to the Holy Land—biit with a difference. Just ss the Torah text calls for physical ritual purity the prophet calls for spiritual purity. In a luminous passage, he calls for a "new heart and a new spirit." He envisions a new Israel, joyous and prosperous, for it will have a new covenant, a covenant of the liOrd engraved on the very heart of the people. How fortunate we are to have this continuing tradition! Where is there a better statement of the relation of ritual to purpose in religion? The Torah states it in the Sidrah; UM prophet ElaeUal emphaaiiiad i t in the Haftarah; and Abrabanel (among others) repeats the point in his studies in the 15th century. With Pesah approaching, with its special emphases on dietary laws, while we give full attention to the demands of the Pesah rituals, can we overlook the fact that they are meant to influence pur spirits, our moral selves, our w«v iif life?

Lincoln B'nalJeshurun ReUgious school every Sunday except the 29th. TUESDAYi Adult education at 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY; Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Sabbath evening eervke. 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: , Sabbath mdhiingaervioe andTorahatudyatlOa.ro.

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PERSONALS I want to thank my friends and fanaily for remembering me on my birthday. I truly appreciate all the kitidnees that was shown to me. Thank you. Anne Levinsoo We would like to thank Rabbi Draxen. Rabbi and Mrs. Nadoff, Cantor and Mrs. Fettman and all our dear trienda for thair comfort and aupport following the loaa of bur mother, Marion Lavine. Cheryl and Mlchaai Levlne and (aaiily I would like to thank datv at Beth Is^ real, my many retaUves and IHaBda. for UMtr prayere. viaita. cards, uowafe and gilta during my hoapital eUy UM

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My friend, Jerry Every Thursday afternoon, when I dropped a copy of the Jewish Press on Jerry Rosen's desk, his face would light up as he would quip: "You got anything good this week?" By good, Jerry meant was there anything in the paper about the Federation Foundation. I always enjoyed delivering the paper to him because, inevitably, I woujd walk away from our brief conversations feeling better about myself and the world. This ability to make people feel good certainly was a Jerry Rosen trait and it's the one that many of us long will remember. At any given time, if one had been predisposed to conduct a popularity poll at the Jewish Community Center (where Jerry's office is located) there would be no doubt as to the outcome. Jerry would have won with a golf club tied behind his back. He was that popular. Why? I haid plenty of time to consider the why of this man because I 've known him and worked with him for almost a decade. He was recognized throughout the Jewish Federation family as a man of integrity, a man who could be counted on for advice and help. Above all, he was kind. He responded to people with a warmness and cordiality that is rare in our society today. He spoke lovingly of his family and welcomed thie opportunities to enjoy sunny Tucson. I, like so maqy others, vill miss, our good friend.

By Robert Eisenberg Those who criticize Israel's morality are on shaky ground. After aO, Israel is a democracy, and it is the only place in the Middle East where there are freely electeid Arab mayors and legislators. And Israel didn't ask to take over the West Bank and Gaza, it was attacked by the combined forces of several Arab states, and the territories were its spoils. While this may exonerate Israel morally in the larger scheme of things, it does not justify the untold damage Israel is doing to its o?vn strategic, diplomatic and economic status. Mayor Teddy KoUek of Jerusalem has said repeatedly, along with Abba Eban and many other Israeli leaders, that there will be no peace until there is a Palestinian state. Not just any Palestinian state, but a demilitarized one which Israel has a right to surround militarily for a number of years in order to assure its own tenuous security. Who am I to agree with Teddy KoUek? What right, for that matter, does any American Jew have to criticize prevailing Israeli policy? If we care deeply about Israel, then we are under an obligation to voice opposition to its policies. This is the conclusion I've reached after having met many Israelis who have expressed frustration over Ameiican Jews' reluctance to offer c^unicms at odds with the government of Prime jifinister Yitzhak Shamir. They have all served in the Israel Defense Forces. '' Even the most ardent expansionist has to admit there has been a sea-change in the Arab world. It started with Sadat, but now even Arafat, who remains in my eyes the murderer at Ma'alot and Kiryat Shmona, has uttered words that a decade ago would have been suicidal: Israel has a right to exist. Kuwait has dropped its boycott of companies that do business with Israel. Jotdan has been cooperating surreptitiously over issues such as water. The chief Lebanese delegate to the peace talks has been quoted as saying he sees the Israelis as friends of the future. Acts of wild-eyed terrorism have

dropped off precipitously, and the Palestinian leadership is now comprised of a largely Western-oriented group of moderates. Yet Shamir persists in building settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. By doing so he has jeopardized 10 billion dollars in American loan guarantees to assist the settlement of Russian immigrants. In this age of scuds falling on Tel Aviv and nuclear proliferation, it is difficult to see how a narrow insect-infested strip known as Gaza is vital to Israel's security. Likewise with the West Bank. Jordan, Israel's neighbor to the east, has made its intention clear that it will recognize Israel if progress is made in this area. Shamir knows that an immediate resolution to this conflict would result in a huge inflow of international aid, not just from the U.S., but the European Commonwealth, Japan and even Saudi Arabia, which has pledged assistance to Israel. And that would facilitate the settlement of the hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews now in Israel and lead to a revival of the flagging numbers of immigrants seeking entry. Tourism, long a victim of security-related concerns, would blossom. Trade between Israel and its neighbors, including the heretofore reticent Egypt, would bring prosperity to both Jews and Arabs. Yet Shamir persists. Why? Does he know something that I don't—that Rabin doesn't, that scores of Israeli generals and security experts don't know? His policy is suicidal, and the result will be nuclear conflagration, if not in this generation then the next. Right now, Shamir is not supported by the majority of Israelis. His policy in regard to settlements is opposed by over two-thirds of American Jewish leaders. As for the silent majority of American Jews who strongly support Israel, now is the time to let Shamir and American poUticians know that they want a just and final resolution to this conflict. Otherwise, Shamir will drag his feet, kicking and screaming, literally and figuratively, all the way to Armageddon. ,'Ul"'

as seen by Bemie Moaow Stanley Feverberg, Rose's son, has been chosen general manager of Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative by the company's board of directors. Before his tenure at Virginia, Stanley had been employed by various power compamea, after obtaining both a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1974, and a law degree there in 1978. Stanley and his wife, Robyn, have two girls, Danielle and Amy. Rose, you must be proud of him, and rightly sol The town has been busy these days celebrating the impending marriages of two of our "daughters ". Barb Misle and Marsha Plotkin will be joining the ranks of the married before tong, and we wish both of them health and happiness in their new roles.

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I have known for yaart that the time and effcrt requind to help buiU our ootmnunity ia mudi greater than the effort lequired to damage it. Thia truth is operative in all wmmiinal afforte and in fact operates ifl our most intimate reiaUonahips as weU. Tbsre sre among us, tboea who have chosen a path that is unaUsrabty committed to ths buikUiig o( our Jewish community. The kMs of such an individual is a loss to our ooUoctive soul. I write with deep sadness. I have knows Jerry Roetn since my parsnts purchassd s life insigsnce policy bom Jerry at my Urth. He was present throumuNit my fgrmative years sad was my advisor at U.S.Y. His straagth ol character, his kindnoes. his leva of peopts imbosd ev«y word and action of thia gntlsman. Whta I cams to tim Jewish community as a profeeiioaal BBdioaBd •QTseif at aa oMee siMriBf a well with Jsrry, I kasw tkat hia ptisswcn was an anchor for ms paraeaaUy sad to the slfarts of thia Mountiaity. That view of him aavar (altered and hs wu ahrars there for a word of soeoanaiaMBt and wiadooL for all oi «a who wars atUacted to,Isamed frocn and awad by his spirit. As tits pain of hiM suddsa dsath tears at us. may we Had the strs^th to raoMBabar his character. Us Imicfatar and his wiadoek May hia sftou at bnfldiaf ths Jewiah ooaHBMitiir ad boAdiqc tti as iadividuak iaaplrs our daOjr work sad lives.

By Susan Paley, staff writer B'nai B'rith Youth Organization's International praskiant Wendy Smith was in Omaha this wsak to meet with ktcal BBYO wifiiffbfft Aa Intsmatiooal N'siah Ipreaident). Miss Smith's responsibility is to rspresant BBYO on thaintsmstional boards of B'nai B'rith and B'nai B'rith "I Bss my role as a communicator, educator, and movitvator," Mias Smith stated. "The focus is on reaching out to psopis and leapactiaf thsm as indir viifaials. TUa Is not obvlQus in ths world we live in today." Miss Smith fssU that BBYO lives tesns a ssnse of canllMDce. u wail ss sa ^tuiMiTi^ Jewish klsoAity. "Ths wcrid is becomiac dspsndsnt on how unfciue we caa be aa bMiividuals. BBYO teaches us to taks risks and to bs crsativs,"

BBYO has a membership 30,000 Jewish teens worldwide and the membership is increasing. "Many times BBYO is the only Jewish experience a teenager has," said Miss Smith. "We currently have a task f^rce in place wboee purpoee is to Inrainstorm briagiag Jewish contsnt into our many programs." BBYO focuses on isauee which Jewish tesns arc facsd with, Le. faitsrdsting, intermarriags, and Jawiah ideals. Ths goal, Miss Smith stated ia to buUd sscure reiationah^ with othn and to khntify hopss for the future and thsir effect upon society. "BBYO tedtfj ia ratUy what it's always basn, an organisation (or Jewish teens to make 6'isads and to grow as Jews. The h(^ is that ws will take our sidlls sad our committmsnt with us into our Jewish ooaununitites as we beMiss Smith

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Anti-Semitic acts hit high in Canada YES Next Young Energetic Seniors meeting will be held on March 30 at the JCC. Weekly discussion, bingo and English for older new Americans will be offered at 10:30 a.m. A hot lunch for $4 will be served at noon. Judy Vaughn, Yoga instructor at the JCC, will speak on the basics of Yoga and the older adult. AprU 12, YES and Oldtimers will be attending the musical play, "Haym Salomon, Patriot "76" at the JCC. Coffee and brownies will be available in the Adult lounge at 1 p.m. Play begins at 2 p.m. Cost is $4.26. Tickets will be on sale during YES and Oldtimers programsi

By Gil Kezwer TORONTO (JTA)-The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Canada last year was the highest since B'nai Brith'a league for Human Rights began tabulating such data in NCJW The National Council of 1982, according to the Jewish Women, Omaha Sec- league's annual audit of tion, will sponsor a com- anti-Semitic incidents, remunity forum on aging leased here. The report March 29, from 2:30 to enumerated 251 incidents 4:30 p.m., in the Jewish of harassment and vandalConimimity Center audito- ism, a 19-percent increase rium. The program is free over 1990 and a 42-[>ercent increase over the year beand open to the public. In addition to the panel _ fore that. This parallels the trend discussion, there will be 20 in the United States, display booths, staffed by representatives from busi- where a record number of nesses and agencies which anti-Semitic incidents was provide services to senior recorded last year by the citizens, according to Janet Klein. Residents transportation and admission. LuncI) on your own, Museum's Gallery Buffet or bring your own. Call Toni Kutcher, 391-7574.

Walk-In Drop-Io On April 2, there will be . MAMALOSHEN a guided tour through the Mamaloshen will meet Joslyn Museum. The exhibit is entitled "Art in Ger- April 6 at 2 p.m. in Room many." Meet at the JCC 10 at the Jewish Commuby 9:16 a.m. Cost is %2 for nity Center., Those attending may bring a personal Passover story, or a story of any Pulverente other holiday to relate. Items for "show and tell" Monument Co. along with the story are Frank L Cioiulla Jr. encouraged. Sam Kaplan, chairman, 60 Years Experience will play an audio tape enWith Jewish titled "Thank G-D I'm a Lettering and Memorials Jewish Boy." 1439 So. 13th Plans will be finalized for the annual picnic and 341-2452 popcorn theater.

Canadian league's U.S. counterpart, the Anti-Defamation League. While the overall number of incidents in Canada is far fewer than the U.S. number, the percentage increase from 1990 is larger. In Canada, the most serious anti-Semitic attacks noted were the spray-painting of neo-Nazi graffiti on a synagogue in 'Brampton, a suburb of Toronto; the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in Quebec's Eastern Townships; and a national speaking tour by Holocaust-denier David Irving.

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Theater mezuzah A mezuzzah in memory of Sam and Mimiie Nemeroff, strong supporters and patrons of the Jewish Community Center theater, has been designed by artist Annette Fettman. The original work of art was commissioned through donations by friends of the Nemeroffs. The mezuzzah is permanently affixed to the theater. Mrs. Fettman shows the mezuzzah, loving .hands encircling a "cbai." BETH DIN AWARD NEW YORK (JTA)Rabbi Herman Zwillenberg received the National Torah Leadership Award of the Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of America.

Joel Brookstein, son of Judy and Larry Brookstein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on April 4 at Beth Israel Synagogue. A seventh-grade honor student at Peter Kiewit Middle School, Joel is a member of the football team and journalism staff. He also enjoys collecting baseball cards, sport's of all kinds anci socializing with friends. Joel and his brother, Mark, are the grandsons of Rubin and Dorothy Ratner, Faye Brookstein and the late Irv Brookstein.

Aaron Marcus hai^ received the National Computer Graphics Association's 1992 Industry Achievement Award. He is a management consultant 8|}ecializing in user interface design, electronic publishing and information graphics. Bom in Omaha, Mr. Marcus is the son of Libbie and Nathan Marcus. Mr. Marcus presents Daniel A. Cohen seminars in the United Daniel Albert Cohen, States and abroad in comson of Yvette and William puter graphics and visual L6chtner, will celebrate his communication topics such Bar I^itzvah at Beth El as human computer interSynagogue on April 4. face design, electronic pubA seventh-grade honor lishing design, color, distudent at Peter Kiewit agramming, icon and symMiddle School, Daniel en- bol design. joys baseball, basketball, Mr. Marcus is a tutorial tennis, and is a baseball columnist for ''Computer card collector. Graphics Today." Daniel is the grandson A graduate of Princeton of Barnabas Riesa of New University and Yale UniYork and the late Klara versity Art School, he has Riess.

taught at Princeton, Uiilversity of California at Berkeley, Hebrew University and at Bezealel Academy of Art and Design in Israel, He currently works with Aaron Marcus and Associates, a company he founded in 1982. He has written "Graphic Design for Electronic Documents and User Interfaces." He coauthored "Human Factors and Typography for more Readable Programs." Mr. Marcus is married and has two children.

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Gorbachev will visit By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the nowdefunct Soviet Union, will nake iiis first visit to Israel in June, to accept a ace award presented by I Technion-IsraeJ Institute of Technology in Haifa Gorbachev, who will receive the prestigious Harvey Award, has been cited ^{or his |«le in "reducing reIppnal tensions in the ramework of hia overall world view." He was informed of hia ctiop last month by Israeli Foreign Minister ~)avid Levy, who was in

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Jewish groups dismayed by bombs linlced to Syria By Larry Yudebon . NEW YORK (JTA)Two pipe bombs planted here last week, apparently to publicize the plight of Syrian Jews, have upset mainstream Jewish organizations that have been trying in recent months to raise the issue's public profile. All three of the militant groups that succeeded the late Rabbi Meir Kahane's Jewish Defense L<eague have denied planting the explosive devices. One bomb exploded in , front of a building housing the Syrian Mission .to the

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