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"Our holy city" By Rabbi Mark Urkowitz Beth Israel Synagogue .1 remember many years ago my first trip to Israel, getting everything ready ; at home, the packing, ElAl Security, davening on the plane, crying when the pUct announced, "If you look out the windows now, you will see Israel," kissing the ground and just feeling good about being in our coimtry. I also remember cursing myself for having left something on my bed at home. Tradition teaches us that the first time we see the Wall we tear a gar^ment just as we do when we lose a loved one. I had forgotten the jacket that I was going to tear on my bed. I told my sister who already lived there more than a dozen years of my predicament, and she said not to worry. Two days later she woke me from my Shabbos afternoon nap and said. "Let's go for a walk." About thirty min: utes later, we turned the comer and without warning, without fanfare, the Wall was in front of me. On Shabbat, I couldn't tear a garment, so she took care of my problem. When a person walks through Jerusalem there is, a certain mystical quality which fills the air. To be able to say its the architecture, it's more 'than that; to aay, it's the museums, it's more than that; to say it's the synagogues, it's more than that. Jen^salem is greater than the sum of its parts.
There is a mystical aura about the city which envelopes anyone and everyone, Jews or Christians or Muslims; black, white, or yellow. It is impossible not to be touched by the city. This Sundaju-May 31, the 28th of lyar, we celebrate the silver anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. For the first time in nineteen hundred years, we can proudly say that we, as a people control our capital, not a governmental capital, but a spiritual one. When she was divided for nineteen years, and we were denied access by the Jordanians to our holy sites; when we were denied the right to daven at the Wall; to put a kvitel in one of her many cracks, we knew that we were incomplete. Twenty five years ago, we became whole again. Just as Jerusalem is greater than the sum of her parts, we, too, have risen to greater heights. It can honestly be said that the spiritual uplift which we were given has changed the face of world Jewry. There are more young men and women studying in Yeshivot in Israel today than at any point in Jewish history. As the prophet Isaiah said so beautifully, "Upon your Walls Jerusalem, I have set watchmen: they will not be quiet any time during the day or ni^t for those who remember the liord do not rest." Jerusalem is truly the ear hakodesh, our holy city.
Yom Yerushalaym "Jerusalem ... has been, and will remain forever, the capitsd of the Jewish people." David B«i Gnrioa DM. S, 1»47 SM eov«nf« of the ZSth •••ivanvy of the rraaifleatkia of Jtraaalam on psge four.
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Gov. Nelson leaves for Israel Gov. Ben Nelson, flanked by his wife, Diane, and Richard Fellman, and surrounded by Kathy Wittier, Nebraska Com Board; ADL Director Robert Wolfson; Kathy Boellstorff, Grain Sorghum Board; Bryce Neidig, president, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation; Larry Sitzman, director, Nebraska Department of Agriculture and James Weyer, managing director, Nebraska Soybean program, left Omaha Tuesday for a business mission to Israel and Cairo.
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Federation picks teen leaders By Sheila Garsombke, staff writer Rikki, Epstew and HoUy Friedman have been selected by the Jewish Federation of Omaha to receive the Jewish Teen Leadership awards at the June 14 annual meeting at the JCC. They will each receive a plaque and a $500 stipend to use on a Jewish experience. The awards will be presented by Becca Goldstein and Derek Altman, last year's recipients. Mias Epstein was chosen because of her tremendous impact on MoVFTY (Missouri Valley Fedwa-. tion of Tempk) Youth). She served aa president, during 19911992, was a board membw, has served aa both houaing and decoraticma chairperami and was qtedal projtets coordinator in clurge of Camp Rainbow. "Every summer'1 go to Camp Rainbow, which is sponsorad by MoVFTY. I have bean both a oouosslor and ths camp's coordina* tor. The kkls are not neoessarily Jewish, but have somethintc in common; they are all seriously ill with cancer," she said. Miss ' quite Hi award. No one from Temple Israel has won the Jewish Tesn Leadership award recently. "It is good to know that my accomplishments have meant a lot to others as well as to me. It doesn't matter with which Jewish organiEatlon you are afflUated. It is important to be committed and involved so that Judaism will survivs and flourish,"
Holly Friedman Joah Zweiback, who nominated Miss Epstein sa;|d that she is a wo^de^ ful role model. "She is an ethical, moral, compasaionate. hard-working human b«ing. As preaident, she modMed appropriate behavior at functions through her energetic and attentive interaction and participation at all progranu even at thooe ahe did not (adliUte. Her hard work hs^^ make this past year an educational, spiritual, and enjoyable one for literally hundreds of Jewish tems across the Midwest," be said. Mias Epstein has also served as coordinat4» of Temple Israel's religious school junior studsnt council, treasurer of OTYG. coordinator of both Purim carnival snd the annual spaghetti dinner, and editor/historian of Bdiar HBG. Misa Friedman was aeUcted by the Jewish Federation of Omaha on the basis of her nominstiona by Beth Cohan, regional director of BBYO and Kn^.n fihaldon HHVO
Rikki Epstein advisory board chairman. They said she has exhibited outstanding dedication to her BBG chapter. MZ Yoshsnsh -2063 over the past four years. She has held every office in her chapter. As one of only B few seniors in MZ. she has taken a very active role in passing down the traditions of BBYO to the younger members. "When I was president." Miss Friedman said, "I triad to teach the younger members of my board the responsibilities of their officee. In my second term. I was the only ssnkv on the Board I t,ried to leave the legacy of own commitment to aa well as my enUtuaiasut (ur BBYO. When asksd how she felt ahoiil this award, Miss I said. "I am so V-,,..,. ..ri^i h
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due in part to the time ani energy she put into the planning of this Jewish studies weekend which focused on intermarriage, dating, and Jewish sexual ethics, the nominators said. "BBYO has increased my personal strength, has taught me how to better relate, to all kinds of people, and how to organize and plan my work. Although I have always had a lot of commitnient to Judaism, 1 have stronger, more intense Jewish values now," Miss Friedman concluded. Her role as a leader and her commitmmit to the Jewish community go beyond the offices she has held in youth group. She has been a teachera' aide for UTTO. and a JCC camp counselor. She is a graduate of the High School of Jewish Studisa mtu\ has psrtidpated in the UTTO merit scholarship prognun. She has led the junior congregstion st Beth El, tutoring them in their Saturday morning prayers and helping them prepare for Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
Bulletin . The Board of Directors ors • ion ^ of the Jewish P'edaration of Omaha approved a »2,988.072 budget for 1992-93 at its May meeting Tuesday night at the Jewish Community Csn* ter. The budget provides for local earvk)sa aa well as national and international needs. Last year'ii budget
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®M (^agAi©gg g©wa©^ ( By Henry Stern Next meeting Jutie 2 (Rosh Chodesh Sivan). The Board Steering Committee meets at 10. At the recent Earlybirds, chairperson Sam Rosenstein introduced Harry Lobel, who expounded on cholesterol, heart failures, syndromes, blood pressure, sclerosis, and on quotes from Ben Gurion U. Sam spoke on the exodus of German industry, especiaUy to the U.S., the Volvo auto merger plans and Art Grossman commented on welfare moms. Opinions were offered by Dave Dvorkin, Norm Korney, Chas. Fellman, and the venerable Abe Gendler.
Onward to Amy's for delicious food served up pronto by the guys and dolls (absentee Danny). Motzi, Doc Margolin, Benschen, Bemie Weiss, and Norm Wohlner told us that Joe Zweiback and Maynard Katzman are hospittdized, and Pres. Irv Nogg reported that Sam Rosenstein has donated playing cards to the JCC groups. Bravo, Sam. Irv presented a guest from Fremont, CA, Milt Goldberg, and welcomed back from sick bay Stu Fried and Joe Goldware. After Norm dropped his donation into the Mitzvah Box, treasurer Paakowitz gave us a financial report and asked for dues payments.
Beth El to honor "The Best" "The Best of Beth ElITS PEOPLE!" will be the focus of the synagogue's 1992 Annual Meeting to be held May 31, at 7 p.m.. Dr. Raymond Goldstein, chairman, stated.
service. Sherman Golbitz will receive the Selwyh Roffman Award, given to a member of the congregation for persona] religious growth. Allen Chandler wUl receive the President's Award, given to a nonboard member for outstanding service, and this year, a Special President's Award will be given to Judy Tully for her outstanding work as general chairman of the Beth El Dedication Weekend." Dr. Goldstein explained that this year, the annual meeting would also include the election of Women's l.ieague officers and the installation of Beth officers and board.
"We'll be honoring more than 180 members," said Dr. Goldstein. "The and men and women who have given their time and talent to Beth El outside of the board and board committees. Honorees include gabayim, TSS Tutors, simcha coordinators, Judaica Shop workers, Torah readers, minyan leaders, office volunteers and PR people. "Four prestigious recognition awards will also be given," Dr. Goldstein continued. "Hollie Fineman Sitter service will be will receive the Earl Siegel available with entertainAward, given to a board ment for children. A desmember for outstanding sert buffet will follow.
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By Sadye Newman Editor's note: Sayde New man is the new columnist for L.O.V.E. The residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home are most grateful and appreciative of the new patio awning, a generous gift from Al and Reva Oruch and Marvin Friedman. LOVE provided the beautiful flowers for the two Passover seders which were so ably conducted by Susan Bernstein. Thanks to the volunteers honored at the LOVE banquet, entertainment by the Tuffy Epstein Quartet. Entertainment during April was provided by Evert Yates Quartet, members of Beth El (with a tea), and the Temple Caring committee. Young people from Beveridge Junior High and
children from Columbian By Gil Sedan School contributed deJERUSALEM (JTA)lightful musical programs. Israel is resigned to diminLamb€)rt Bartek, an ac- ished aliyah from the complished accordianist, former Soviet Union at the entertained on Mother's present time. day. LOVE remembered Although the Jewish mothers with beautiful Agency will continue to corsages and a tea. try to increase the number Happy May birthdays of immigrants, it has to Ida Potash, Anita Win- learned to live with the troub, Morris Epstein, fact that for the time beMorris Roitstein, and ing, many Jews in the former Soviet republics have Clara Novick. decided to stay put, SimNew residents are: Eve- cha Dinitz told the World lyn Cohn, Jermy Wein- Zionist Organization Exstein, Zena Kutler, Tilly ecutive at its weekly sesSimon, Edwin Rosenblatt, sion here Tuesday. and Hy Shrier. Dinitz, who chairs the The gift shop has fine WZO and Jewish Agency jewelry as graduation Executives, said that in gifts. , -light of the situation, efLOVE has a new proj- forts will continue to be ect, a $5 contibution to made to improve the qualbenefit the programs of ity of Jewish education in the Rose Blumkin Jewish the republics. Home. A gold guardian He said the Jewish angel pin will be given to Agency recently conductall contributors. ed seminars for 400 teachers in Kishinev, Moldova; Riga, Latvia; Minsk, Belarus; Moscow, Russia; Kharkov, Ukraine; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Bill Levin, head of the WZO's Youth and Hechalutz Department, told the Executive that the department will operate 21 summer camps in the former Soviet republics, from Vilnius, Lithuania, in the west to the Birobidjan, Siberia, in the east. CORRECTION Temple Israel Sisterhood Board members, from left, Sue A JTA story on French Fretbicks, Solly Zipursky, Veronica Danon, Steve Evans, Sandy Passer, Julie Martin, Wendy Monvitz, President Francois Mitterrand's decision to visit Isand Morgo Paroow. rael erroneously stated that his trip would mark the first by an incumbent The Temple Israel Sis- member. Mrs. Seiner has French president. In fact, terhood paid tribute to been an active member of Mitterrand already earned outgoing president Debbi Temple Sisterhood for that distinction when he Friedman at the recent in- over 20 years, the an- visited the Jewish state in 1982. stallation service coordi- nouncement stated. nated by Elyce Azriel. In addition, the Yad Among Mrs. Friedman'a V'Lev, Hand and Heart accomplishments during award, was presented for her tenure as president the first time in eight was the development of a years to Mrs. Nogg, SisTemple Directory. terhood president in 1985Past president Sandy 86. HADASSAH Nogg presented Noni SeiA dessert reception folThe final meeting of ner with a special pin lowed the service which Rabbi Kripke's study recognizing her tarm as an was titled "More than group, sponaored by outgoing national board One." Hadessah, will be held June 3, at 10 a.m., at Livingston Plaza. The study group is open to both men and women, Ha. dasaoh and non-Hadassoh members.
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Julia Zuker Graveside services were held on May 26 at Fisher Farm Cemetery for Julia Zuker. Miss Zuker is survived by sisters, Elaine Zuker and Lorraine Hooks of Florida; brother, Meyer Zucker; nephews, great nieces, great-nephews, and cousins. Memorials may be sent to Beth El Synagogue or a charity of your choice.
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Janet Ickowicz Graveside services were held at Golden Hill Cemetery on May 24 for Janet Ickowicz, formerly of Omaha. Mrs. Ickowicz is survived by children Charles and Helen Ickowicz, Teaneck, N.J.; son Jacob of Denver; sisters. Pels Zeiderman and Hanka Stiassny, Vienna. Memorials may be sent to Beth Israel Synagogue.
Samuel L. Katzman Graveside services were held at Golden Hill Cemetery on May 26 for Samuel L. Katzman, 84. Mr. Katzman is survived by his wife, Anne; son, William; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister, Clare Wohlner, Dallas, Tex; brothers, Julius and Maurice Katzman. Memorials may be sent to Beth Israel Synagogue or the Rose Blumkim Home.
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7023 CasB Street Omaha, NE 68132 656-6536 FRIDAY: . Shabbat evening service, 8:15 p.m. Temple Israel's Adult B'nai Mitzvah will officiate together with Rabbi Azriel and Cantor WebberGilat. B'nai Mitzvfih are Veronica Danon, Earl Katz, Margy Schneider, Miriam Shrier and Leslie Wolpa. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Sharon and Howard Epstein in honor'of the Bat Mitzvah of Lei Brown and by the T^emple Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service, 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbat-An alternative Torah Study Service will take place in the chapel. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. SITTER SERVICE Sitter service is avaUable for the 8:15 p.m. Shabbat evening service as well as the 11:15 a.m. Shabbat morning service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. B'NOT MITZVAH Lei Brown, daughter of Debbi and Jonathan Brown, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service on May 30. Allison Sherman, daughter of Patty and Michael Sherman, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service on June 6. , L'CHAIM... TO LIFE Dick Garner, director of Seven Can Help,, will speak on May 31 at 12:30 p.m. The topic will be "Shams, Cases, Questions and Answers." Bring your own "bag lunch" at 12:30 p.m. Mr. Gamer will speak at 1 p.m. All interested members of le community are invite^ attend. CONFIRMATION The confirmation service will be held OD the Festival of Shavuot, June 6, at 7:30 p.m. Following the service, the parents of the confirnds will host a recepI in honor of their children. Confirmands are: Allison Boehm, Lesa Bournitein, David Christensen, sa Fish^, Eric Givner, Qreenberg, Julie , Duiei Horwkh. imberly Lipshutz, Jason Smith, and Daniel Wigodsky.
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Beth El 14606 California Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 Office Hours: MondayThursday, 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 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will follow services. Sitter service at 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 8:45 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-Thursday, 11-2 p.m.; Friday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon. BAR MITZVAH Daniel Parsow, son of Carol and Alan Parsow, will become a Bar Mitzvah on May 29 and May 30. PRE-B'NAI MITZVAH MEETING Parents of children celebrating B'nai Mitzvah for 1993 are invited to attend a meeting May 31,10 a.m., at the synagogue. ANNUAL MEETING Beth El's Annual Meeting will be Sunday, May 31, 7:30 p.m. All volunteers will be honored. A reception will f6llow the meeting. PROJECT LINK Support group for families involved in interfaith relationships begins Monday evening, June 1, 7-9 p.m., at Beth El. Call the office, 492-8560, or chairman, Ilerie Klein, 3341185, for more information or to register. The program will continue June 16, 22 and 29. SHAVUOT Saturday, June 6, 8:60 p.m., Erev Shavuot. Sunday, June 7, Services at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, June 7, Services, YLzkor and Dedication of Memorial Plaques, 9:30 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv at 9 p.m. Rejoin with JwsMlem, and be glad with ber, aU tboee wbo love ber. latJab
Jenmekm le deetlaed to iTURDAY: beeoatealaatentotheaaServioM u* held in the tkme. }oldateo Chapel at 9 a.m. Peelkte Kumi. t44b. I are conducted by Yale perin, Harry Noodeil, Jenumleia ehall be buUt Rabbi Foeter Kawal- tmkaeUhkaaeeimtoaU tLi^im... thegmteewith Membera of the commu- empphbeademtteid,mad are inviUed to Join aU the walle with pretioae ate for the aervioe. eteme. The towere ahall be llMtheUdduahfol- hullt with gold,... the ttreeUahett be paved with Spedal memorial MTV- emrbnmetm.. .imd aU her •re held on the latt homeahiMaaylUUn/^. 'Saturday of each month. ToUt, tS.I8
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1602 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 55&«288 Office hours: MondayThursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-ll a.m. Rabbi Mark Urkowitz will conduct the services, assisted by Aron Zeiderman as acting Cantor. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 p.m. No late family service. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Cantor Fettman will lead the Beginner's Minyan at 10 a.m. Jimior Congregation, 10 a.m. Babysitter servifce provided courtesy of Sisterhood. Rabbi Urkowitz's study group, 7:55 p.m. This week in Jewish history the topic will be "Mitzvot on the Moon?" Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffr man donated a mezuzah to the Jewish museum which he carried on the space shuttle Discovery. Mincha services will be held at 8:25 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv, and Havdalah services. SUNDAY: Minyan at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Daily services at 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, 8:15 p.m. BASIC JUDAISM CLASS Cantor Fettman's "Crash Course on Basic Judaism" will meet on June 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the JCC. KOSHER DINING CLUB The second Kosher Dining Club at the Red Lion Inn will take place on Sunday, May 31, at 6 p.m. Middle Eastern cuisine will be featured. Coat is $30. Call the synagogue office for reservations, 5586288.
20th and South Streets Uncoln, NE 68602 436-8004 FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Shabbat worship and Torah study, 10 a.m. ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting will take place on Sunday, May 31, at 7:30'p.m, TUESDAY: Adult education, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m.
TIfereth Israel 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Uncob, NE 68S02 423-8669 FRIDAY: Early Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6 p.m. There will be a special program for young children ages 2-6, followed by two dairy potLuck dinners at 7:15 p.m. Hosts for the dinners are Marina and Ilya Fabrikant and Barb and Stev^ Seglin. Call Shan Hochman for reservations, 475-1610. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m.
B'nai Israel 618 Mynster Street Council Bluffs, lA 51503 3224705 For information, call Ellen Fennick at 390-9062, or leave a message on the synagogue answering machine, 322-4705.
Chabad House 1322 So. 119th jStreet Omaha. NE 68144 6971124 SATURDAY: Davening at 9:30 a.m. with Kiddush following services. SUNDAY: Davening at 9:30 B.m. WEDNESDAY: Talmud class. 9:30 a.m. Chumash class for adults, 10:30 a.m. Little Scholars Program, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Advanced Talmud at noon.
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Parashat Behukotai The high cost of living—as a Jew The Sidrah rehunds us of the moral demands placed on Jews if they ^e to enjoy God's goodwill and grace. But we are not prepared for the ferocity of the punishments to be expected if the community fails in its religious duties. The reader is left awe-struck and with mouth open in astonishment. A sober study of the American Jewish community leaves us similarly awe-struck, .but for different reasons. We have noted often before, but without adequate figures, that there are large parts of the American Jewish community, particularly in larger cities with large Jewish populations, who do not participate in Jewish life. Families in this group may belong to no Jewish Center, to no Synagogue, to no Jewish organizations; they may send their children to no Jewish school, nor to any Jewish camp; they may contribute nothing to drives for Jewish fundis, including the United Jewish Appeal; they may never visit Israel, nor send their children on youth visits to' Israel. What's the matter with this group, perhaps a third of American Jewry? They simply can't afford to participate. A recent study by the American Jewish Committee indicates that the average American Jewish family has an income of about $40,000 per annum, quite respectable in the United States. And, at the same time, for full participation in American Jewish community life, as outlined above, it might take about $25,000 per annum! A huge percentage of American Jews are left out simply by the costs! The cost of living in the United States is very high. For Jews it is very much higher than for others. The truth is that Synagogues and Jewish Centers all through the country do have policies of special arrangements for families that cannot afford the full tab; but too often these policies are not well publicized, and families are reluctant to take advantage of them when they do know of them. If there are any answers to these problems, they lie in the willingness of our more affluent families to provide enough funds to make Synagogue and Center programs available to those who can't afford them. And somehow this will have to be increasingly- done without all the plaques, man-of-the-year awards, and public adulation that the affluent generally demand. If the American Jewish conununity is vulnerable to self-destruction, this is perhaps the most tender spot of vulnerability. It would be a oying shame before history if the great Jewry of America fell to mere economic problems, at a time when there is great wealth in this spot and that. Our best sociologists and economists and social planners ought to be collectively harnessed to ease this difficulty, if not solve it.
Chabad plans Shavuotluncheon In keeping with tradition, a dairy luncheon for Shavuot is being planned for June 7 at Chabad House. Services will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the children Eartidpating. The buffet mcheon will follow. It will include traditional foods, as wall as ice cream, the announcement stated. "When the Jews first received the Torah, they weren't quite sure of all the details of tUughtering and koehering meat, so
they just stuck to dairy," explained Rabbi Katzman. '"This is one of the reasons for this custom. Over the years the custom has been embellished by wonderful Jewish cooks and bakers who prepared delicious cheeee blintzes and cheese cakes to mark this special occasion." This event is open to the community. For information and reservations, cell Rabbi KaUman al6971124.
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Celebrating united Jerusalem By Shoahana S. Cardin, Chairman Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations "Rejoice witb Jeruamlem, and be glad with her, all those who love bet... For tbe Lord said, 'Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river and the glory •of tbe natioBB like a flowing stream.' " These words of Isaiah are especially timely today as the people of Israel and its friends across America and around the world mark the 26th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification and her development into one of the world's most beautiful and dynamic cities. Israel is a vibrant democracy, a spirited nation whose people express their opinions freely and openly and take Since Biblical times, Christianity has connected Jews pride in their differing views on political, economic, culWith the death of Jesus and the alleged villain at the tural, and religious matters. But on two issues there is universal agreement—the urgency of a genuine and seheart of the scenario is Judas Iscariot. Throughout the centuries, Jewish children have been> cure peace, and the necessity that Jerusalem remain a persecuted by Christian children because, according to unified city, the eternal capital of Israel. Under the enlightened administration of Mayor Teddy the Gospel writers, Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces Kollek, Jerusalem since 1967 has served as a model of of silver. This tragic connection continues today even though •wise and progressive goverance, a city of many differChristian and Jewish scholars alike find flaws in the ent peoples and many different faiths, of gardens and playgroimds, theaters and universities and museums. Gospel accounts. Recently, Hyam Maccoby, librarian at the Leo Baeck Here are Al Aksa Mosque and the Mosque of Omar, the College in London, tackled this very subject in his Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden of Gethsemane, the Western Wall and the Shrine of the Book. book, Jusas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil. Goneare the barbed wire, the armed sentries of the With the publication of this book, Maccoby apparArab legion atop the Old City walls; the mines of no ently has hit a nerve in traditional Jewish-Christian diaman's land that marked a divided Jerusalem from 1949 logue. to 1967. During all those years, when Jordan occupied He has thrusted his intellect into a well-written and the Old City, Jews were refused access to their holy logically-formatted account of the origin, development, places, including the Western Wall. Arabs living in and posthumous career of the shadowy Biblical figure Israel—both Christians and Muslims—were denied the called Judas Iscariot. right to visit their religious shrines. Jews whose famiAfter tracing the life of Judas showing that he was . lies had lived in the Old City for ^nerations were killed not marked out for any special role in the earUest accounts of Jesus' life and death, the author has the guts to come out with a forceful declaration as follows: "The Judas stocy is a total fabrication which has more to do with the internal quarrels of the early ChurchBy Joseph Cohen above all with the narrative requirements of a sacrifiEmeritus Professor of English, Tulane University cial myth—than with the actions of any supposed historJERUSALEM— "The number of accounts of visits to ical character." Jerusalem from ancient times to the present must be Mr. Maccoby points out that the mythical role of almost as numerous as the prayers said at the Western Judas as a "sacred executioner" is central to the under- Wall. Who throughout space and time has walked standing of the subsequent history of the Jews within through the Jaffa Gate into the Old City and not been moved to write down his or her thoughts, impressions Christian civilization. The role of Judas, he said, was transferred to the and feellngsl I am no different. I cannot conceive of bewhole Jewish people, who have been branded with pre- ing in Jerusalem without recording the special moments cisely those vices of envy, greed, and ultimate disloyalty of so extraordinary an experience. My wife Ruth and I were there only for a few days. displayed by Judas in the Gospels. Although the author does not identify Christian the- Given the brief time at our disposal, the possibilities of ology as the sole source of anti-Semitic prejudice, he special moments, as numerous as they are in so fabled maintains that s)rmbols of the Christian myth have had a place, might have posed a problem. What would we choose to see? How much could we manage in th^ time great power in the post-theological age. we had? Hebrew University, the Knesset, Yad Vashem, This well-footnoted and documented book has received the Dome of the kock, the Chagall Windows in the Hanumerous accolades from reviewers in London and I dassah Hospital, Rachel's Tomb, Motmt Herzl, Bethlewould like to offer the one written by Howard Jacob- hem, Ben Yehuda Mall? Innate priorities seemed to take son of The Sunday Times of London: over and save us from sonte agonizing deciaions. My pri"Much grief has been visited on the Jews because of orities automatically pulled me to what would be the their presumption that they were chosen. It is Maccoby'a most special moments among all the options. There powerful argument that it was the (Jhnstians who chose would be two of them: the sublime and moving pleasure them." of going to the Western Wall late on a Friday afternoon just before the beginning of Shabbat and of going on Shabbat morning to tbe Shrine of the Book to marvel over the Dead Sea Scrolls. We came to the Western Wall via a walking tour that began at the Jaffa Gate, moving leiaurely thought the (Founded In 1920) Armenian Section and on into the Jewish Quarter. Sheila Priluck Though I had seen the Wall dosene of times this past President, Jewish Press year on television—who has not?—I was not prepared Board of Directors Board Members: Scott Friedman, treaaurer; Howard Kaplan, secretary; Rabbi Sidney H. Brooka, Jack E. 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The number sevally aad la laraal. nant of Jenisslem (Amen- en flgures prominently in I Agmteim ol tha Fadvatlofi ara: Community Ral|itiona, Jaw- at Yenishalayim), which Judidsm: Shabbat is the ' Ian Community Cantar, Jawiah Education, Jawlih Praas, pays tribute to this unique seventh dsy, for example, Jawiah Family Sarvica, Library and Bureau for tha Aging. city. and historically there have The document is divided been seven gatee into the Into wvw aectkMis. aaeh of waUed dty of Jeruaalem. TtM iHMli PriM (Um tTMOl H ptiMMM tuMMy «n FiiMy tor l» pw eaundif which •ddreasee • theme The sections, like the Mw u s, nr torar. ty «M JMMI Mmwi of OnatM,» Sou» ixM a»M<. OinM.NIMtM Saeawd Um rmm tUt M Owhi. Nt WHTimrW Sart common to Jerusalem. getee, lead into the heart •adiMi ctitnoM tn TM JawWi ^TM. in Savti ISM »n1. Otnahi. Nf MiM. One portion deals with of the dty. To afflnn their conunit* Jeruul«n't centr«Uty to
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sh or expelled. Synagogues were destroyed. Jewish cemeteries were desecrated and plowed under, their headstones used for latrines. Ail this came to an end 25 years ago, when King Hussein of Jordan—despite pleas from Israel not to join the aggression by Egypt and Syria^declared war. Israel repelled an attack by King Hussein's troops and, in so doing, Uberated the Old City ol Jerusalem, which had been occupied by Jordan since 1949. Once more Jews could stand at the Western Wall. Once again Christians and Muslims from Israel could visit their holy places. And the shining city, Jerusalem of Gold, became an international model of urban beauty and dynamic growth. That the Government of Israel has invested so many physical, financial, and human resources in Jerusalem —new suburbs and new schools for Arabs and for Jews, new hotels, new roads, industrial parks, improved social and health services, a free press—should come as no surprise. Jerusalem has been the heart of Judaism, and its spiritual and symbolic center, since the beginning of Jewish history. Here, according to Jewish tradition, Abraham made ready to sacrifice his son Isaac. Here King David established the captial of his kingdom and bought the land on which his son Solomon would build his temple. Jerusalem served as the capital of every independent Jewish nation; it was never an Arab capital. For the Jewish people, the spiritual and the physical Jerusalem are inextricably boimd, its importance without compare. In all the years of the Jewish dispersion, in every comer of the globe, Jews at worship have turned toward Jerusalem; the devout Jew prays three times a day for the holy city. And twice a year, at the conclusion of the Passover Seder and the Day of Atonement, aU assembled repeat one of mankind's oldest prayers—"Next year in Jerusalem."
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for the grandeur of the approaches to it, coming along the restored Roman remains, the Cardo, and then into high stone winding walkways that suddenly bring one around'a comer and into the magniBcent view of the Wall on the square far below, with the Dome of the Rock glistening in the simlight behind it, the El Aqsa Mosque standing nearby. Being at the Wall was an intensely personal experience for me. Earlier in this series I wrote about my father's fervent wish to go to Palestine and to pray at the Wall, a wish that never came to fruition. Crossing the square, it was clear to me that I coming there for him, and in one of those rare and transcendent moments whMi one's whole life is illuminated by a sehse of the interconnectedness of human beings with each other and God, I said my simple prayers for my parents and my deceased brothers, and put the prayers I had written beforehand into a crevice between the stones, my little note placed among so many others, bespeaking so many losses, recalling so many blessings. In the meantime, Ruth had noticed that along the low retaining wall and the grassy knoll just to the right of and adjacent to the Wall, there were numerous loose pebbles and tiny stones. It would not have occurred to me to do so, but knowing intrinsically what 1 was feeling, she suggested that I might want to gather up a small handful of those pebbles and stones and bring them back with me. I did. When I am next in Nashville, Tennessee, where my parents are buried, I will take that little handful of pebbles and stones and place it on their grave. If my father couldn't go to the Wall, I have brought a bit of the Wall to him.
Jerusalem scroll unites Jews ment and identification with Jerusalem, major Jewish organizations throughout the world will hold a special signing ceremony on that date to coinddie with the national event taking place in Israel.
Rescheduled The viait of midwest Consul General Yitzhak Ben Gad to Omaha, which waa to have taken place place on June 8, MS bem reecheduled.Mr.BenGadwiU speak in our community after he returns from Israel In the fall.
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lo)®amft ®3 wa©\!;7 By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Rabbi Emeritus, Beth El Synagogue Rabbi Mark Urkowitz'a Point of View (last week's Press) was impressive. His letter is thouglitful, well-written, cogent. Especially touching is his admiration, in which we all share, of the great decisors in American Jewry. Their immense scholarship reached the whole Jfewish world. For these reasons I decided at first that I would not reply, being unwilling to enter into an intra-mural controversy. But the matter is too important for me to stand on the one sentence in my previous column that left my colleague "taken aback." There is one chief flaw with Rabbi Urkowitz's argument: His argument is irrelevant. It does not address the charge I made. My point, that somehalakhists here and in Israel purposely shun secular influence, is a way of saying that these halakhists are afraid that permitting normal 20th century intellectual influence destroys the one fundamental assumptions these halakhists make: The Torah, all of it, from the Pentateuch to the latest halakhic decision, is divine. They assume "halakhah I'Moshen miSinai," that all of Torah was revealed to Moses at Sinai, not merely the Ten Commandments, but all the Bible, all the rabbinic Uterature, all the decisions of later decisors. . This assumption, this traditional belief, is not possible in the modem world, except for those who compartmentalize their minds. Mutatis mutandis, and Vhavdil/elef havdalot, is the same kind of compartmentalization our Catholic friends manage at the election of a new Pope. After all the electioneering, all the horse^trading, all the behind-thescenes politicking, they are able to say that God has directed who must be chosen as the new successor to Peter. The fact is that we are desperately in need of a more creative, more progressive, more flexible approach to the halakhah. Some parts of American Judaism are working in this direction. Just see where a rigid approach to halakhah leads us, as though halakhah is to be preserved even at the expense of destroying Judaism. Why has the orthodox rabbinate of Israel not been able to find a way to liberate the Jewish woman? After three thousand years of Judaism, why is the equality of women so distasteful? The cop-out that the Jewish woman has her own role in Judaism remains only a cop-out. Why has the orthodox rabbinate of Israel not been able to recognize that there are sincere and loyal Jews who do not share their view of the divine nature of halakha? Why do they resort to the repugnant tactic, for example, of removing certificates of kashrut from hotels that permit conservative or reform services on their premises? Why have they not risen to an understanding of the truly historic circumstance of recent decades and eagerly embraced the Return of Ethiopian and Russian Jews, rather than find halakhic reasons to deny their recognition as Jews? And, most important of all. why has this all-or-nothing approach of the halakhists resulted in the-alienation from Jewish religion of about three-quarters of the Jews of Israel? What is so wonderful about an approach to LJialakhah, no matter what the level of scholarship at its 'base, that drives Jews away from Judaism? With all of the burdensome problems that history has laid on our generation, can we afford to let so dangerous an approach prevail unchallenged?
Right to die TfiSL AVIV (JTA)-A Tel Aviv District Court judge has upheld the right to die. But the ruling Lut Friday by Judge Moshe »Talkam will have to be fteatad in the courts. It is aure to be opposed I by Orthodox Jews and sol:dal conaervativea. The iMua aroM in the
case of Miriam Zadok of Ashdod. a 60- year-old victim of irreversible Alzheimer's disease, who, in a tape recOTding she made two years ago, asked to be allowed to "die wit|i dignity" if the time came when she could no longer live without artificial lifesupport systems.
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I M^m® Larry and Cheri Ginsburg announce the birth of a daughter, Chloe Ann, on May 2. Chloe has a sister, Stacy, and a brother, Cory, of Minnetonka, Minn. Maternal grandparents are Joan Larson and Leland Larson, both of Omaha. Paternal grandparents are Elaine Ginsburg of Scottdale, Ariz., and Joe Ginsburg, also of Scottsdale. Sari and Alec Slater of Portland, Ore., announce the birth of a son, Noah Inayat, on April 9. Noah has a sister, Elie. Maternal grandparents are Sally and Maynard Telpner of Council Bluffs. Paternal grandmother is Pearl Slater of Phoenix.
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In the din and tumult of the age,... the atiU amall voice at Jerusalem remaias our only music. Israel ZangwiU. 1921
Omaha's senior chapter of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) received the "Chapter of the Year Award" at a Midwest Regional Shabbaton for 8th12th graders held in St. Louis. Rabbi Joey Friedman, director of Midwest Region NCSY, conducted the Shabbaton. Beth Shyken, chapter president, was elected to the position of regional financial secretary. She also received an award for her work and dedication on behalf of NCSY regionaUy and locally, the announcement stated. Other awards went to: Evan Saltzman for personal development in Torah learning and for an expanding interest in Jewish heritage; Phil Paley, for his desire to learn the Halachas and for beginning to become a more observant Jew; and to Simone Mil-
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JERUSALEM (JTA)Supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization won control of .the Nablus Chamber of Commerce in a vote over the weekend widely seen as a prelude to the election of autonomous Palestinian institutions in the administered territories. The national list, dominated by Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah wing of the PLO, won 48.5 percent of the vote in the West Bank's largest city. The fundamentalist Islamic bloc got 45 percent.
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WISE/HOCKENBERG Chicago residents Loren Wise and Mark Hockenberg were married on March 21. Rabbi William Berk performed the ceremony at the bride's parents' home. A poolside reception followed.' The bride is a financial assistant in a graphic design firm. Mr. Hockenberg maintains his own financial systems consulting practice in Chicago. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wise of Scottsdale. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hockenberg of Omaha. A June honeymoon on a dude ranch in Wyoming is planned.
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Herzog unveils memorial JERUSALEM (JTA)Visibly anguished and tearful, President Chaim Herzog of Israel unveiled a rock from Jerusalem at the Auschwitz death camp Tuesday which will serve as a permanent memorial to the 1.65 million Jews
who perished there and the entire 6 million who died in the Holocaust. "In this dread place, I stand here brokenhearted," he said. "This ground on which we stand was drenched in the blood of the pure and holy."
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By Henry Stem JWV Epstein-Morgan Post 260 has scheduled a luncheon for members, wives, girlfriends and prospective members from the Iowa-Nebraska Departments on June 14, 12:30 p.m., at Valentino's, 2606 So. 132nd. Regular business meeting: June 21.r 10:30 a.m., at the J. Post 260 met May 17 with prayers and pledge of allegiance by Doc Margolin. Roll call included Doc, Jacque Dolgoff, Sam Rosenstein, Sam Kaplan, Harry Paskowitz, Morrie Ruderman, George Schapiro, Sol Mann, Les Waxman, Bill Pachman and Nate Marcus. Your stringer was called away. Thanks to Harry Paskowitz, who garnered notes, we have a column. We stood in memoriam for George Lerman. So long, kid. A letter was read from Beth Israel Synagogue to attend Shabbat services May 23 in honor of the 75th anniversary for the recruitment of Jewish Chaplains for military service. Guest Chaplain Elliot Marmon of Offutt Air Base will be an honored guest.
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Monday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m:, a memorial service will be held at Forest Lawn. Sol Maiw will read and list. Sol and Harry Paskowitz will lay the wreath. Sam Kaplan read a note from N.C., Al Cohen, who was unhappy about President Bush and his promised loan guarantee to Israel. Our National Mag showed a picture of members of Post 260 and included: Com. Sam Roscuistein, Sol Mann, Les Waxman, V A Chief of Police Bobbie McDohald (and Bobbie didn't run them in), VA Director Rod Turcotte. Sol read a list of VAVS honorees. Sam R. had 100 hours; Sol had 300 hours. Congrats, guys. Our post assisted the Vets Hospital bingo party. May 10, and it was appreciated. Quartermaster Nate Marcus gave a financial report. He said Vet's benefits are being cut because Vet hospitals are $3'/t million in debt.
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Nonnan and Bemice Harris expected to offer H4(oBy Claudia Sherman Editors note: The writer is caust studies, philosophy, Nonnan and Bemice Har- and Jewish history. In time, the Center is expectris's niece. The nation's first Judaic ed to broaden the Universtudies program at a land sity's curriculum,dramatgrant college has bepn es- ically. tablished at the UniversiOther major contributy of Nebraska at Lincoln tions to the Judaic studies thanks to a nearly $4 mil-. program include: Zella lion commitment. Rosenberg of Lincoln, "This Center can teach $100,000 to honor her late the truth about the his- husband with the Hymen tory, culture, language Rosenberg Professorship and beauty of the Judaic in Judaic Studies; Mr. and experience and its always Mrs. James Wolf of Alincontrovertible influence bion. $100,000 for the Col. for good in our world," Melvin H. Schlesinger said Norman Harris, who Professorship of Social with his wife, Bemice, has Justice in Judaic Studies; named the University as a Gretl Wald of Lincoln, recipient of $3.6 niillion $50,000 for the Henry W. trust agreement. The Cen- Wald Lectureship in Juter is a tribute to the Jew- daic Studies in memory of ish "reverence for knowl- her late husband; Mr. and edge and powerful desire Mrs. Milton Abrahams of The Holy One stdd: I to learn despite injustice, Omaha, $25,000; Mr. and will aot enter the heavenly. prejudice and the grinding Mrs. Norman Krivosha of Jerusalem until I can eater poverty our forebearers Lincoki donated $10,000 experienced." for a lectureship in Judaic the earthly Jerusalem. A 1941 Phi Beta Kappa studies. Taanit, Sa. graduate of the UniversiAs Jews around the ty, Mr. Harris retired from world conunemorated the retail merchandising in six million victims of the 1973. He then developed Holocaust at Yom Haseveral real estate partner- Shoah services, Lincoln ships and became a fran- hosted Dr. Ism^ Schorsch, chise holder in three na- Chancellor of the Jewish tional service businesses. Theological Seminary of Native Omahans, Mr. and America, in his first trip to Mrs. Harris haive lived in Nebraska to present the San Diego, California, Center's dedicatory lecsince 1965, ture. He told Mr. Harris In praising NU PTMI- the implications of this dent, Chancellor, deans precedent-setting Center and faculty as "coopera- would be far reaching. tive, dedicated and caring,'.' the Harrises see the "It's success," Mr. Colter as combatting "ha Hsrris believes, "will be tred and myths about dependent upon the JewJews" snd hope, the new ish communities of Omaprogram will "develop into ha, Lincoln and the rest of an educational leader in the state." He hopes the^ the university commu- Univaf sity will be I nity." "pre-eminent unong puhr"" John Peters, Dean of the lie educatknal institutions UNL CoUege of Arta and in bringing about Sciences, said "the Judaic juatke and decency i •tudies program (to be all peoples everywhere." named The Nonnsn and "It has started off far Benilce Hania Center for greater than we ever imJudaic Studies pending agihed," said Mrs. Harris.^ approval by the Board of "and we hope the prid Ri^ta) ia one of the most and enthusiasm ezhibitecT important seedenilc devd- the past few weeks indiopmaots at the Unl>'eraity cates the community's i of Nebraeka In decades." Ungneea to help ss the I In the fall, the Ceoter ia ture unfolds."
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One of my favorite syndicated colunmists wrote on a great subject the other day. She discussed the common problem in many households—who has charge of the TV remote control? Actually, what she talked about was the fact that mostly the "clicker" (as she calls it) is in the hands of the man. She went on to humorously suggest this is one of the last places where a male dares to display open 'chauvinism. She wrote in a humorous vein, but with some serious thought involved. I read the piece and wondered what she would think about the arrangement we have in my house. There are only two of us ... one husband, one wife. There are, in addition, three TV sets and, I have to be honest here and tell you there are three "clickers." We have worked out our own arrangement, a necessity in the name of harmony between people with diverse tastes. Early in the morning, usually between 7 or 7:15 and about 8:40, we are in the same room, drinking coffee and watching the television. We have, for all the years the Today Show has been on, watched, while we drink our coffee. But there are other channels and other news shows, and neither of us always wants to indiscriminately look at just one station. The earliest riser, invariably my room-mate, gets the clicker. He does have a habit of jumping hither and yon between channels and I usually don't object because I'm not very interested in conversation very early in the day. Mostly I tolerate his frequent search for something worth watching. After all, let's face it. There's only so much news to report and when it has been reported, either it's repeated over and over or they fill in with extraneous garbage. In the evening hours, however, things are different. I'm not greatly interested in the same entertaiiunent menu HE likes. Sometimes I'd rather have silence, so the answer is easy. Leave the room, right? Of course, and that's where the other TV sets provide us with individual choice. I hate to put it in print because it doesn't sound friendly, but the truth is simple thia: when we're finished with dinner and dishes, we each go separate ways. He settles in one room, I irr another. Does that sound odd? Well, there's a little more than wall and some space between us, and whenever one a wall ts Iup for a trip to the kitchen or someplace else, we ^Hg[et8 ._ on each other. On rare occasions one of us will stop off and ^^ff ai watch somethiiig with the other or just talk about this or that. If this seems shocking, please relax. We've shared our lives and household for 47 years now and only the first few didn't have television; it's saf^ to say TV haan't played a serious part up until now so I feel confident in thinking that separate rooms during the evening hours aren't very important. My colunuust friend had a wonderful punchline to her ory. She decided that may be the REASON for all the annel changing is the almost futile search for something worth watching. I guess that's why she's syndicated .. . she's a smart cookie.
By Mary Fellman As I was walking back to the Allen's apartment on Diskin from last mmute shopping, I realized I was not only walking briskly with a happy step, but was also singing to myself the beautiful touching melody of "Jerusalem of Gold." And I found myself smiling and saying aloud "Thank you, Dear God, again for allowing me the priviledge of being in Jerusalem." It was the last day of a wonderful stay. I remembered the first time Morfie and I had been in Jerusalem in October of 1966 when th6 Mandlebaum gate was the crossing point, when Mount Scopus was in ruins,'wKen there was no access to the Wall. How times have changed as we approached the celebration of Jerusalem's 25 anniversary. The city is glorious in its golden beauty, the Wall is accessibly to all (even though there are still guards all around), the tremendous building and construction that is going on has transformed Jerusalem into a Middle Eastern metropolis beyond the dreams of Jews the world over. I thought about the opportunity I had to observe Yom HaShoah, to remember the victims of the Holocaust in front of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt monument at Yad Vashem with thousands of survivors, Israelis of all ages. I will always remember watching Israeli flags being lowered to half-mast, of hearing the chief cantor of the Israel Defense Forces chant the "El Mole Rahamin" for the six million, and of Yosef Burg, chairman of the Yad Vashem International Ck)uncil, say that while "the world lives under the ABC threat of Atomic, Biological, and Chemical warfare, the ABC that Jews remember when thinking of the Holocaust is "A" for Auschwitz, "B" for Buchenwaid, "C" for Chelmno and so on to "Z" for Zemun, a detention camp in Yugoslavia! I remembered sharing Yom HaZikaron as Israel honored the memory of those who had died fighting for Israel in the many wars and of standing, again with thousands, at the Wall, as the Mourner's Kaddish was recited by the father of one of the men killed during the Lebanon War at the age of 19. While many in Israd visited the military cemeteries, the next day Harry AUen and I visited the museum and the grounds of Ammunition Hill, dedicated to the Reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day War, 1967. One the grounds are 183 olive trees in memory of each of the heroes who fell in the battle against Jordan for Jerusalem. Yom Ha'atzmaut, this year the 44th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, began with watching Israeli flags going up on all the buildings, apartment houses, cars, - wherever it was possible to proudly display the Israeli flag, even every balcony in the very tall HUton Hotel. On Kibbutz Na'an I watched, with families dear to me, as the Israeli flag was raised from half-mast, and as six veterans of the 1948 War carried the Israeli flags across the field where later there was joyous dancing and singing. And as we drove back to Jerusalem, we could see the Fourth of July type of fireworks in the sky from kibbutzim and moshavim. Add to that the dancing by young and old in the streets past midnight, the barbeques the next day all over Israel, and the joy of sharing these moments of both sadness and joy with fellow Jews. It is aU just 9 part of the glory of visiting Israel and es|>ecially being in Jerusalem. My wish for those who have not yet been to Israel ia that they go soon, and for those who have been, that they have the privilege of returning to this beautiful land. To have been in Israel.for the observance of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yoin Ha'atznnaut was to experience the sadness, the spirit, the exhiliration of that nation in its most tender and most exciting moments. How blessed I was.
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JERUSALEM (JTA)Reminding Syria that it is part of the current peace process, Israel has demanded that Damascus restrain Hezbollah and other "warlike" elements in Lebanon from attacking Israeli and allied targets or face a "dangerous situation." The warning was sounded Tuesday by Foreign Minister David Levy as the Israeli air force and Israel Defense Force artillery continued to pound Hezbollah targets for the sixth consecutive day. He said Israel demanded an "unequivocal statement" from Damascus as a first step, to be followed by concrete action.
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AMIT Women (American Mothers (and Fatlien) In larael) paid tribute to the Prienda of AMIT at iU annual Mother-Father-FaiaUyln-Iarael Banquet laat Sunday. Jack LeVey, Friends chainnan, was presented with a nursing scholarship award by national AMIT for his worli on behalf of the organisation. Certificates were presented to multi-generational families of AMIT, including Sylvia Ross, MoUie Franklin and Devora Urkowitz. Mary Fellman and Jack E. Cohen were recognized as recipients of last year's Humanitarian Awards. Keynote speaker Rabbi Joseph Radinaky of Houston said that AMIT "has always been interested in the special dignity of women. AMIT ia dedicated to the propoaitlon that the Jewish people have a unique mission in the world. Ties to our traditioa are what
give us the strength to peraevere... The Jewish way is to share our knowledge with others to help to briiig about a higher state. By supporting the work of AMIT Schools in Israel, we are supportlag the hoMaess and the redenaption of the world." Left photo, back row: Sam Kapiaa, Gertiwie Levey, Jack Levey and Sarah Lewis. Front row: Sylvia Roaa, Charlotte Kaplaa, Beverly Franklin. Middle photo: Gertrude Levey presents Jeanette Nadoff with certifkatea to 18 trees planted in Israel to be a "living memorUl" to Rabbi Nadoff from AMIT Wom«n. At right, RabU Joseph Radiaaky with his daughter. Rebbetsta Devora Urkowitz, and fUthgeaeration AMIT life member Atara Rnchama Urkowitz.
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Dir.ector8 of the Visiting. Nurse Association. Mr. Kurs currently serves as associate dean of the Creighton Um'versity School of Medicine. In addition, Mr. Kurs has recently been elected to the Board of Governors of the Federation of American Health Systems. Larry Gendler, Deputy Sarpy County Attorney, will serve as a board member of PRIDE-Oipaha, Inc. for 1992-93. PRIDE-Oma ha. Inc. is a non-profit organiztion of parents and community members dedicated to preventing the use of alcohol and other drugs by youth.
Rabbit r9v»n0 Assembly KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y:(JTA)-The rabbis of the Conservative movement have voted to alloi their collssguee to work i gay and lesbian coogrega tions, effecUvaly reversinij^ Rabbinical Assembly policy. They also have decided to create a commissic that will study human i uality over the next two' years and develop a Conservative perspective the issue, which will preeented.to the rabbinic body and the movemeot'i Committee on JewisI Latws and Standards. ETHIOPIANS CELEBRATE JERUSALEM (JTA)-' Ethiopians from ail over Israel converged on Jer aaicm on Monday to c« brate the ttn^ snnivs of Operatiiin %>1omoit, I airlift brought 14,000 ..viuvi/iMii Jews (4*
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Mission participants special guests in IHaifa This spectacular view of Haifa was enjoyed by members of Omaha's recent Spring . Chandler, Anne and Alan Cohen, Ruth and Joe Erman, Phyllis and David Hoffman Mission to Israel. As special guests at the city's Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration, the Joanie and Richard Jacobson, Audi and Larry Kavich, Jan and Shel Perelman, and group attended a nationally televised musical program and then joined Israelis Linda and Bob Schneider. They are joined by mission participants from California celebrating in the streets. Pictured above are Omahans Patty and Steve Nogg (mis- and Colorado, the group's bu^driver Uri (front left) and guide Gershon (front, third sion chairmen), Marvin Bittner, Laura and Howard Bloom, Anne. Broder, Barbara from left).
Jews leave Ethiopia without much fanfare By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK (JTA)Every week for several months now, 150 Jews have boarded commercial flights from Ethiopia and with neither fanfare nor secrecy made their way to Israel. Roughly 4,000 Jews
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This latest exodus lacks the drama of Operation Solomon, when 14,087 Jews were brought to Israel in a steady stream of military transports and El Al jumbo jets, while the Etldopian civil war parted like the Red Sea in the time of Moses. But this final phase of the 2,500-year saga of Ethiopian Jewry is also blessedly free of the chaos and uncertainty that led up to that airlift. Thousands of Jews had congregated in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa awaiting departure on the on- again-off-again flights that eventually led to the emigration of about 5,000 Jews between March 1990 and May 1991. That emigration was repeatedly stalled by the now-deposed government of Mengistu Haile Mariam in an effort to extract weapons from the Israeli government in exchange for Ethiopian Jews. Israel refused to accede to such a deal The current coalition government has placed no obfltactos to Jewiah emigration, according to representatives of Jewish groups facilitating the departures. In contrast to conditions under Mengistu's military regime, Jewish viaitfvs are now able to travel freely around the country. It has not hurt that the approximately $36 million deposited in Ethiopian government bank accounts by the Israelis to
encourage Mengistu to release the Jews was withdrawn by the new government. Some of the Jews who are coming out now were unable to leave last year because they had been drafted into Mengistu's army. But most are frona the remote Kwara region, in the western part of Gondar province, where most of the Jews had Uved. Heavy fighting continued there as lat»asJ4ovember. For most Jews in Kwara, a walk of several days is required to reacb the nearest dirt road. Once at the road, they are picked up by trucks eind taken to a place called Teda, where the Am^can Jewish Joint Distribution Conunittee, the organization funded by the United Jewish Appeal, maintains a camp where the Jews are given
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Siniigoga Mare in Bucharest, Romania showing-Menorah monument to the six million Jews killed during Holocaust, 400,000 from Romaaia.'The Menorah momument is inscribed in both Romanian and Hebrew and says "Jews were killed by the Fascist Germans, Romanians and Hungarians".
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Sinagoga Mare monument in lasi, Romania, to the approximately 2,000 Jews who perished over a twoday period in the streets of lasi in 1942.
A look at Jewish life in Romania
Editor's note: Staff writer Sheila Garsombke's husband, Dr. H. Perrin Garsombke, UNO professor, visited Romania recently and provided the following interview. By Sheila Garsombke, staff writer "Jewish life and observance remain intact in Bucharest and lasi. Romania, despite anti-semitism and few economic opportunities," according to Univer-. sity of Nebraska Professor H. Perrin Garsombke, who recently returned frorti an 1 l-day trip there. Dr. Garsombke visited synagogues in lasi and Bucharest and noted that "services were held on a regular basis, and Jewish youth remaining in the country celebrate Purim, Chanukah and other holidays." He also said that except for .specified times, synagogues: remained locked, but had a caretaker on duty. Dr. Garsombke. who is chairman of the Department of Professional Accounting, worked with students; faculty, and fledgling private buaineeeea at
Cuza University in lasi to promote the country's shift toward democracy and a market economy. Dr. Garsombke said that daily life throughout the country appears to be as difficult for the farflung Jewish conununities as for the general population. According to one Romanian official, after more than 40 years of Communist rule, and its central- ^ ized economic planning, Romania remains one of the poorest countries in Europe.'While the "revolution" of December 1989 promised democracy andincreased prosperity, ma' jor economic reforms have yet to b(e implemented. Thousands of Jews of childbearing age have emigrated to Israel aiid other countries where they can look forward to increased opportunities for an easier hie. Therefore, moat of the approxiiDiately 20,000 Jews who remain in Romania, especially in rural areas, are elderly. With the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, historic ethnic rivlubiea and anti-aemitian^
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Rabbi Moses Rosen, Romania's foremost Jewish leader, del^ated the extent of anti-semitism in Romania. An account of the debate by the Romanian newspaper, Adevarul, claimed that "authorized voices belonging to the Jewish community have themselves declared that there is no danger of antisemitism in llomanian society." Dr. Garsombke Dr. H. Perrin Garsombke, said that the government professor and chairman. recently reaffirmed Its comDepartment of Account- mitment to ii&temational ing, University of Ne- conventions concerning the prosecution of disbraska at Omaha. crimination on the basis of have reawakened. Ultra "race . . .ethnic origin or right-wing political parties religion." in many Western counDr. Garsombke said tries, such as. the United, that national elections States, France, Italy, and Germany have also gained planned for thi Spring increased visability in re- may determine the future cent years. Romania also direction of the economy. "Possibly, new leadership has a small minority party will improve the economic which eqxMues natiotialis- outlook, as well aa maWjng tk rhetoric and anti-aemita difference in the lives of ic sentiment, as well as Jews and the general newspapers which publish population." anti-semitic atatements. In lasi Dr. Garsombke watched a televiaed roundtable discussion which fh¥Mng Jewish dealt with anti-semitism. cuJtun ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA)-Reviving Jewish culture has displaced emigration aa the top communal priority for Jewiah 4ts in the former So: ....,. Unidta. according to a RuMian dtmographar who has bean studying the community for the laat three years. "The Jewish move ment's priorities hav changwL Profeaaor Vladi^ mir Shapiro said. "Tbe CVlKjlafiKMt iiaa »hift ed toward reconstructing Themoet -.
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The family of Ruth Altman would like to extend their warmest thanks and deepest appreciation to all the wonderful friends and dear family who, were so kind and helpful throughout her illness and so loving and supportive at the end. Your visits, cards and calls were the highlight-of her days. She was truly a "lady of valor" and was coinforted by all the pny* from across the count and especially appreciated the constant vigilance and prayers of Rabbi Mendel Katzm«m. Ruth, 76, passed away peacefully on May 16, at home with her family. The Methodist Hospital nursing staff and Bergan Mercjf, Family Hoapke are be conHnended for their tender and efficaaot care and guidance to tbe family. Memorials to "Chahad of Nebraska," 1322 South. U9th St., Omahau NE 68U4.
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