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-' ithia Mann tion, many doubt he will slowed pace, and that States Newa Service be able to take on what they will continue to WASHINGTON (JTA) has become Baker's per- reflect Baker's distinct — The anticipated depar- sonal mission to bring imprint.. It is all but certain ture of Secretary of State peace to the conflictrridBaker will give up his James Baker from his dled region. post leaves a. cloud of Perhaps the only con- portfolio sometime after uncertainty hanging over sensus on the impact of next week's visit by the immediate fate of the the change is that it will Israeli Prime Minister be disruptive to the peace Yitzhak Rabin and will Middle East peace talks. While analysts predict process. But several move to the White House Deputy Secretary of State experts believe the peace so he can help .the presiLawrence Eagjeburger talks will stay on their dent put his floundering will assume Baker's posi- current course, albeit at a re-election campaign on :—-W^r:
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track. • Of courte, the timing of the shift is almogt painfully ironic. Following the Israeli election of a more flexible leader in Rabin, the Arab-Israeli peace ^ talks appear uniquely ripe to bear fruit and testify to George Bush's foreign policy acumen. But at the same moment the man most responsible for cultivating them is poised to leave the Held and the. fate of the talks in doubt The uncertaintyBaker's move injects into the peace process was illustrated in the response he found on his trip to the region last month. In the Arab capitals,' in particular, he'and his entourage were peppered with anxious questions about his plans and. suggestions that meaningful action would be suspended. Baker sought to quell the anxiety, denying any change was imminent But most observers agree that the 'secretary's shift will disrupt the process and some say it could hurt the president . 'Baker's leaving will cause an enormous vacuum in the process,"'said Stuart Eixenstat, a policy adviser for the Carter
administration. "There will be a severe interruption at a tiine when Israel wants to move rapidly. Baker's credibility with the Arabs has been developed and can't be built (by a successor; overnight." Eizenstat said it proves the president's political desperation. "George Bush said he would do anything to get re- elected. That evidently includes imperiling the peace process'just when the parties are ready to move. It's a travesty and a tragedy," he said. . Some, however, believe Baker is so loath to relinquish his role as peace broker he will manage to ke«p a hand in it, even if he caiuiot travel far from the embattled Oval Office. As evidence, they point to the fact that the next round of talks in late August Vvill be in Washington, rather than Rome, as had been initially planned. "This is one area of foreign policy where he will be miss^," said Robert Hunter, vice president for regional programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. But ail signs indicate Baker will not give up his
negotiating role, said. Hunter, though ''wearing two hats will be a problem and (eventually may become) an intolerable role." "Baker has invested a lot in the process and illustrates what can be done with personal intervention at the highest level," said Robert Satloff. deputy director of tin Washington Institute fui Near East Policy. "He has proven his abil ity to twist arms vel vetly." Satloff also doesn'i believe Baker will depart the scene. "I don't believe Raker could divorce himself from the process, he said "Jf Baker were to drop out, there would he a loaa of momentupi," sai'i Alfred Moses, presidtiii of the American Jewish Committee. "No one else can carry the freight quite like he can. He is in a unique position because both sides know he speaks for the pTwdant" Moasa said with Baker occupied with presidential re-election politics and unable to travel, the talks, would continue but at a slower pace than they would otherwise
Iran, Syria, Libya amassing huge arsenals By TUB Tuffend LOS ANGELES iJTAi — iran, Syria and Libya are amassing large arsenals of fhwnifal i««apans and are detannined to obtain or pndnca nudsar artas and tha Bfiisaflsa to dcUvtr them to distant taivsts by tha end of this decade. Tbcsa daims ara contained in a nport by tha Simon WWManthal Canter. Tha 140-paga raport, "Wcavoas of Mass Osstructian: llil Casaa of Im, Syria, and Libjra,'also aaa«t» that, in a raittay of tba rtaadntina faiM^ tuiUap of toioanvantknal waapcsia, tiw thiweoualriss hafmhma§^ ting mucb «f thair taduMlagy aad aquipaiaat from Weatam natioas. China aAd Nortb Kara* ara now aofiac into tlia Uad a* tha oMin supfban, I WUh 10 kffi aad tmAj Ustift I oa to ««• soil, tha nyart Mlaa, Im will ba iif •uafcitiiiim liirlrnr irnr ^"^'' ' T— >ifiJlfciii!p I iiliiliiawitdt Hw wpart. IwrtniHin siha-ttw iMit wrf —«<r «M coaipiM.by Kaaaath TtaaMnBaa, sa ininUpll 11 rapattar Mag >• Paiia wb» I to Mifla laat •MBCiky taNH. I yMn afl«. n advaM* af Op«r«tt«a Owart
In an overview of the situation, Timmerman con Iran^ for example, will begin producing missiles capabia of hitting Israel later this year, thanks to man- dudes that "the age of proliferation (of weapons of ufacturing equipment from China and North Korea. mass destruction) is upon us- It is not for the distant Gemian, Auatriaq and Swedish ccnipaniaa have helped fiiture; it is not even for the yeair 2O0O It is now.' The (cport proposes a number i^ steps to reverse the Iran boiid tba larfsst conventional waapons mannfKproliferation of dual-use and weapona lech: ' tahng base in tba ngioa. It urges Washingtan to set up a fedt lug Tha U.S. Dapartmant of Commerce has approvsd salsa to Iraa of high-tfch equipment worth man than agency, separata from the Commerce beiiHrunent, 1334 million, half of which was classified by U.S. which now has contradictary responsibilities for both nudaar cxpefts as paiticulariy uaeftil to weapons pn>- promoting US trada abroad and limiting certain iacporta. Roughly the same system' exists in Britain and Tbesa davelopments, tha rsport warns, will 'make Iraa tba dominant pewar in tba Ptraian Gulf ngkan, Baigiuia, whara tnibrcamant is even more haphazard or dalibtrataly icnorad. with innaasing coatral <n«r oil pr^cm aad aappbm Anotbar racommandation ,calla for creation of an In Syria, says TimnariDan, *»iiphisriwtsd dMOd^ and biolacical weapons capability baa produced a tntarnattanal proUfmitisa control agency, with comstackvOaafafaw tbouaaad aarial bonba with daadly mon iUndafda of aaftrcaniant aad atrhanga of tnfcrIf asad daring tba early haura of a war agaiaal IWOBldtaBllltlllcfl
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Israel celebrates iflrst Olympic medal By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis are walking t4ill this week, after the country garnered the first Olympic 'medal in its history. And it won not just one medal, but two. •ifael Arad's silvermedal victory in the judo competition' kept Israelis giii^l to their televisions, leaving movie-theater owners with plenty of empty seats. Arad's match against the German, Frauke Eickoff, kept viewers at the edge of their seats. The match was so closej' in fact, that the Israeh TV anneuncer judged Eickoff the winner. , But when the judgesdeclared Arad the victor, one could hear the cheers from every open window. About 11 p.m. Israel time, Arad faced off against Catherine Fleury of France. Arad, 25, comjpetes in the half-mid.dle weight (134 1/2 pounds) division. Again, the match was very close, but the Israeh seemed to be ahead. Viewers were therefore more than a bit disappointed when the judge's split decision gave the gold to Fleury and the silver to Arad. The next day, newspapers and radio were filled with praise for the; counlry'8."t)est athlete." Hie headline in Ma'ariv exclaimed, "Arad Equals Silver, But for Us She is CnM" Yediot Ahronot ran a Iieadline in the national colors of blue and white that screamed "After 2,000 Years " Arad's mother, a wnuir
Creative dramatics Artist-in-residencc Sherry Cole-Webber teaches creative dramatics to the JCC campers and the residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The goal was to stimulate interaction between the residents and the cainpers through dramatizations, storytelling, and puppetry. JCC Child Development Center director Dina Kuful said that one of the Center's goals "is building relationships between the seniors and the children. This residency was a unique and special addition to our program." Ms. Cole-Webber's 20 hour resitiency'was co-sponsored by grants from the Blumkin Home and the Nebraska ArU Council. Above, Ms. Cole-Webber creates a "ball of sar.d." Back row, (from left) Lena Grossman, Aryeh Bloom, and Jacob Finnicum "imagine" wfith Ms. Cole-Webber.
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Frances Schneider,77, a resident of the Rose Hlumkin Jewish Itome, died on July.29. Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery. Mrs. Schneider was preceded in death by her husband, Nathan. She is survived, by sons Harold of Auburn, Calif, and Edward; brothers Meyer Komfeld of South Bend, Ind. and Edward Komfeld of Indianapolis; sisters Gertrude. Zavatsky, Elkhart, Ind. and Mitzi Monovitz, Frempnt, Neb.; one grandson and nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Rose Blumkin Home.
Pressure on Israel fitted with Americanmade jet engines. But now the Beijing authorities have protested the deal, which they fear wall strengthen their traditional enemies, the Taiwanese. The mainland Chinese are reported to have threatened to downgrade, or even cancel, their recent diplomatic recognition of Israel', which involved the mutual exchange of ambaasadors. Israel's national airline, El A], is scheduled to start making direct flights from Tel Aviv to Beijing at the beginning of September
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B«thEI 14506 Califorma Omaha, NE 68164 402^660 Office hours: Monday Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.na.; Friday, 9 a.ni.-4p.ni. 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. The Devar Torah will be giveil by Marty Shukert. Sitter service at 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 8:25 p.m. SUNDAY: Services-at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 am and 5:30 p.m. JUDAICASHOP Open Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.in. or by appointment. Call Lili Berkovits, 496-2983. TISHAB'AV Services Saturday, "August 8, 8:36 p.m. Sunday, August'9, 9 a.m. Special Minha, 1 p.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 5:30 p.m. BABMITZVAH Steven DeBruin, son of Hanna and Larry DeBruin, wijl become a. Bar Mit^^yah on Aug.'14 and 16.
Chabad House 1322 So. llSth St. Omalui, NE 68144 607-1124 SATURDAY: Davening at 9:30 a.m. with Kiddush following services. SUNDAY: Davening ai a .ju urn. WEDNESDAY: Talmud class, 9:30 am Chumash for adults, 10:30 a-m. THURSDAY: Advanced Talmud at noon. fl Cain Believe Wt^
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7023 Caas Street Omaha, NE 68132 666-6636 FRIDAY:. Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. . Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Karen WebberGilat will officiate. "Minor Prophets and more" will continue with the study of Hosea. • SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service, 10 :15 a.m. Siracah B'Shabbat The congregation will study the Torah portipn for the week. SITTER SERVICE Sitter service is available for the 7:30 p.m. Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants.
618 Mynater Street Council Bluffs, Iowa .61603 322-4706 For information, call Ellen Fennick at 390•9062, or leave a message on the synagogue answering machine, 322-4705. FRIDAY: Shabbat service at 7:30 p.m. at the synagogue.
We welcome visitors to Omaha to come and worship With ua. Services are conducted by Rabbi Mark Urkowitz FRIDAY: ^bbalat Shabbat service, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning servide, 8:45 a.m. Beginner's Minyan in the Library at 9:45 a.m. Services are conducted by Cantor Fettman. Following the Kiddush, Rabb) Urkowitz will lead a class in the Goldstein Chapel on "Topics of this week's Sedrah." Babysitter service is provided by Sisterhood beginning at 10 a.m. Rabbi's clasa, 6:15 p.m. Mincha at 7:16 p.m. We observe the Fast of Tisha b'Av at sundown Saturday. Mariv will be followed by the recitation o-f Eicha, the Book of Lamentations. SUNDAY: Services at 8:30 a.m. We do not dnn the tsllit.ot tephilin at hiorning services. Kinos are recited following the moniing services, lamenting the destruction of the Temple. Mincha service at 2 p.m. Tallis and tephilin are worn and the Torali is read as part of the I'isha b'Av mincha. There will also be a regular Mincha at 8:10 p m f<il|..>-...i i.v Manv WEEKDAYS: Dully serviced at 7 a.m. Sunday-Thursday, 8:10 p.m. BOARD IflEBTINU
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The Board uf Cummissioners will hold iu next meeting on Aug. 12 at 7:3U p.m in the social hall. KOSHER UlNlNti CLUB Aug. 33 is tha next dalu for our dining club at Miixiiis'i. For infurma' <rll the olTIca, fi66-
Offutt Capehert Chapel 26th St and Capehart Omaha, NE 68123 284-«061 FRIDAY: Services at 8 p 11.
TIfereth Israel 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68602 423-8669 Minyans each Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Early Kahbalat Shabbat service at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Kiddush luncheon hosted by Letha and Robert Pitlor in honor of the naming of the daughter born to I»ri and Howard Feldman. TISHA B'AV Saturday, August 8. Services begin at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, August 9. Services at 9 a.m.
B'nai JeshfJivn 20th and South Ste. Lincoln, NE 68602 436-8004 FRIDAY: Sabbath evening service, 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service and Torah study at 10 a.m. TUESDAY: Adult education at 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: CtiDir I'l!. •
Abortion statement By D.ebra Nu.eabaum (^ohen NEW YORKiJTA)In an unusual public statement, Jews . and Catholics in Chicago have together addressed the topic of abortion, one of the must divisive issues debated in political and religioue circles t/idny The 21 .) ,d Catholic fuliiji IMS who signed a jouit staUtment uhuut abortion trt iiilly around . thi iu:lory posilions held by Judaism and Catholicism, which differ fundamentally on the point at which human life" begins and whether abortion is always wrung.
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Sparlcs from The Word By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke
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Parashat Devarim, Shabbat Hazon The Vision, the Future of Judah, the Future of Mankind The metier of the prophet is nowhere more clearly illustrated in the prophetic bbokc than in the opening chapter of Isaiah, that great chapter which is our Haflarah and which gives the name to Shabbat Hazon. The first word of the title in Hazon — the Vision — the Vision of Isaiah. The new JPS translation, more prosaically, translates "The prophecies of Isaiah...who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem..." But it is "Vision" that sets our minda to wondering and wandering. Vision implies ponderijig and analyzing, meditating, worrying, agonizing, and reaching to resolution. "Vi.sioii" Hfismcs u.s'of the great mind and the greatheui And leaiali uix:t> um uibapijoiiii us. Nowhere elsf ib there such arresting thought, arresting thought amched in soaring language. What is the thought? That awesome punishments are about to be inflicted on Judah for awesome infidelities. The reproach is. without limit; and the threat is likewise unlimited.- Judah faces the ultimate in destruction. The metier of the prophet, however, is not finished with warning and threat. The prophet is not the Greek oracle speaking of what will happen, what will happen no matter what. llie prophet offers hope. All your sins can be forgiv-' en, he promises, if only you will do thus and so! Change your ways, lie pnx^laims, and the conaequenceti will also be changed! "Wash yourselves clean...Cease to do evil...Devote yourselves to justice...Uphold the rights of the orphan; defend the cause of tlie widow!" In a society of righteousness, made up of individuals who practise righteousness, one need not fear the wrath of an angry God, but rather expect the grace and love of a forgiving god. This 1^ tiie prophet. He ie not a pulpit preacher. He is in tlie midst of society, on the street with the widow and the orphan and the stranger. He knows the phglil of the homeless. In Isaiah's day, boUi in Israel and in Judah, tiiere was an unemployed proletariat. Their farms in tlie hinterland had fallen away to the wealthy whose loans had fallen due and were unpaid Such men as Amos and Isaiah could not stomacii this lack of consideration for the poor and the deprived. They considered the righting uf these social wrongs to be the very essence.of tiie Hebrew reUgion, tlie religion that worships a God of righteousness and purity. "Were they not right? Was not their Vision clear L-ytdV Wiis not tlieir threat justified? Was not tlieir promise the best eta'tament of truth ihe-world'haa known?
Picnic Heth El's Project Link oommitlee will host a picnic "celebrating the end of summer" on Aug 23 on the Beth El grounds AcLivitieu will start at 3 p.m , followed by a barbeq'ua dinner, the announcement staled. The cost IS to 60 for adulU and |4 for (children. Freii siller sorwk'o IS availuhli "Project Link supports Ihe nends uf fuinilies ilnd/or individuals uf inl*!'fiiiiL
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Editorial By Morns Malim
A New Jewish Press If We were in the bueineM of marketing soap, this column would start out with the words, new, improved, better than ever! Our business, however, is pubUshing a newspaper — a newspaper for the Jewish population residing in the greater Omaha area. So, we'll be content to say that thia week marks a dramatic change in the way the paper is produced. This issue was laid out with the use of page makeup software on a computer — several computers to be more accurate. Here's how it works: The Jewish P/ess staff gathers the cotomunit/s news, publicity articles, and advertisements with the help of volunteers and aides at the various organizations, syiuigogues, and Federation agencies. This material isinput into computers in our office at tJiii Jewish Community Center and then dispatched to KR Printing in Omaha where ads and copy are arranged in pages. We indicate (yhere all the items are supposed to go and KR Printing takes it ftom there, arranging witli its own suppUer to'actually print and mail the paper. This procedure is markedly different from the way we have performed our function in the past and we have had to invoke strict deadlines to make certain that all of the information is processed in tinne. If the reader understands that we work with many thousands of words in scores of articles and advertisements weekly plus many more thousands for special issues that are worked on simultaneously, 'then the scope of the effort can be appreciated. Keeping track of the data is a monumental task, offering botti opportunities and difficulties. At the outs«t, the arrangement is like trying on a new pair of shoes. We're attracted by the shine on the leather, but are not quite certain of the comfort. Only Usage and time will determine the comfort level. Mtiunwiiile, we ask ail of the people we depei^l on to bear witii uis while we move ahead into the 2l8l century of digital communication and technology. An important feature of tha new vsntun is that (he fewish Press will save money on production — a most aiMjrtant advantage during tliese pressing oamomic "times. '
Pro^lsrael activism needed The striking, improvement in U.S.-Israel relations following the installation of the Rabin government has generated considerable excitement in the American Jewish community. Mr. Rabin's extraordinary success within days of asBuining office to turn President Bush and Secretary of State Balier from bitter antagonism toward Israel to. . warm acclamation of the Jewish state has led many in the community to beUeve that the Israeh government and the U.S. Administration can resolve the outstand^ ing issues between the two nations all by themselves. THat is a mistake. What we need is a four-way partnership between the Israeli government, the Administration, the U.S. Congress, and the American Jewish community. Without pro-Israel activism., key issues such as loan guarantees and foreign aid may well Call short of successful resolution. There is no question that certain key issues will be decidad by Mr. Bush and Mr. Rabin alone during the Israeli leader^s Washington visit next month. In particular, these two top officials will coordinate their governments' strategies in the peace process with little or no participation by others. Given Israel's decision to revoke all new housing contracts in the.territories, and Mr. Rabin's oft-declared diitermination to redirect Israel's resources from settlements to the absorption of Aliyah and to engage in continuous negotiations for Palestinian autonomy, chances are good that the two leaders will succeed in forging an agreement on a joint strategy in the peace process. But other, equally important issues will require the participation of Congress and the American Jewish community as well. Foremost among them is the vexing problem of loan guarantees for the absorption of Aliyalt from the former Soviet Union. No one doubts that a Bush-Rabin agreement on the issue of settlements is a necessary condition for approval of the guarantees; neceasaiy — but not sufficient: , Even Presidential support would not ensure Congressional passage of the guarantees at a time of growing penny-pinching isolationism in the general public and In Congress. As a key Senator has told me, "I know the importance of the loan guarantees but my constituents don't always understand. '
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Your work is invaluable in educating the public — and even some of my own colleagues." To secure approval of the guarantees, a massive community-wide effort to explain to Senators^ Representatives, and their constituents, the nature and the benefits of the guarantees will be absolutely necessary. Even the basic foreign-aid package for Israel cannot be definitely secured in a d^al between the two heads of government. The strong anti-foreign aid climate may generate pressures to cut the aid even if the President supports the full package. Once again, our community efforts in Congress will be critical for passage of the bill.
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Letter to the editor TotheEditon We in the Jewish conununity are constantly being asked to give money to this or that charity or organization. I am asking the Jewish community for help but I am not asking for money. I, and a few others, have been trying to find jobs for our recently arrived Rusiiian friends, along with the employment committee at Jewish Family Service. Many of them are not employed and most of those who do have jobs are working at levels beneath their abilities. I have had little success. Here we have bright, eager, well educated, healthy people who will consider virtually any. kind of honest work. Sending them out for interviews rarely works vnthout some explanation because most of them have poor language skilk. There are countless jobs which do not require great language skills, jobs in which our Russian friends would be happy to participate. We need your help. Do you have openings in' your businesses - openings that require dexterity, brains, and honesty? I know many peopfe who would be happy to work for you! And it would be simpler if you hired thein because you, at least, understand their predicament. Most of the time interviewers don't have the patience to cope with the language problems. They don't care to take the time to speak slowly or to listen carefully. It follows that the prospect's true skills will not be revealed. My wife Joan and I have adopted a couple of Russian families. Each Tuesday night we meet to discusa matters of the day, the news, theii- personal difficulties in acclimatizing. We call this our "Weekly Conversational English claas" and in it we are atUunpting to help them with pronunciation and vocabulary. In a few weeks we can already see a difference. Perhaps you might care to adopt a family in this way. It is quite interesting • and gratifying. When tlie Russians first began arriving, it was quite fashionable to meet them at the airport, to entertain them, to help them find a place to live, to help furnish - their apartments. That was a wonderful thing which the Jewish community did - and it was well publicized but unfortunately it was only the beginning, only the first step or two of perhaps ten more steps that need to be'laken if we are to help our friends become integrated into our community. I'toase call nrui at my office, 330-9895, or call JPS at .VM-'M'M if you have any kind of work for a Russian Iruind Normaii D. Klpa
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Itamar Rabinovich heads negotiations r David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) :One of Israel's leading academic Arabists, Professor Itamar Rabinovich, will bead its negotiating team in the peace talks with Syria. He takes over from Yoaef Ben-Aharon, former Prime Minister Yitzhak " Shamir's closest aide. Rabinovich, 49, rector of Tel Aviv University, is a specialist in the modem history of the Middle East, with particular reference to Syria. He has been director of the Dayan Center for Middle Eastarn Studies at Tel Aviv University. Among the books he has authored is "The War for Lebanon; 1970-1985." His latest book, 'The Road Not Taken," chronicled diplomatic efforts to reach negotiations between Israel and the Arabs in the early years of the State.
Top government sources welcomed his appointment as "representing the changed thinking in Jerusalem on peacemaking." These sources said he would introduce a "new tone" into the bilateral negotiations with Syria, which have failed ,U> make tangible progress thus far.
Israel ready By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) — After an initial reluctance, Israel appears ready to accept the resumption of the Middle East peace talks in Washington toward the .end of August. The final details will likely be.announced during Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's visit to the United States in the second week of August, according to highly placed sources in Jerusalem.
Hail start An organization of prominent Catholics and Protestants — the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel — has hailed the agreement between the Vatican and Israel to initiate negotiations for the creation of formal diplomatic relations. In a statement released by its executive director, Sister-Rose Thering, a Roman Catholic nun, the conference urged the newly-created VaticanIsrael Commission to "pr^sB forward since a full authentic relationship is long overdue." The president of the Christian leadership group is The Rt. Reverend John H. Burt, an Episcopalian.
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By Hugh Orgel TKL AVIV (JTA> McDonnell Douglas Corp., the giant U-.H. aircraft manufacturer, has unnuunced it will step up its purchases in Israel to the tune of some $650 million. The St. Louis-based company is not dcmandinK • quid pro quo, but is clpnrly hoping thnt lanisl Mi its aircraft.
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By Mlchele Chabin JERUSALEM (JTA) — Immigration officials say they are "guardedly optimistic" following the release of July's aliyah statiatics. During July, the overall aliyah rate rose an impressive 36.6 percent over the June immigration figures, while aliyah from the former Soviet repubUcs rose 25 percent Tisha B'Av may truly be deacribed as our national In all, 6,676 immi- day of mourning. The Mialuta tells us that five tragic grants arrived in Israel events occured on this day: during July, including 1. It was decreed on Tisha B'Av that the exodus from 4,872 from the Soviet successor states. Only 4,812 Egypt would take 40 years to allow the generation people immigrated in which had complained about Eretz Israel to die. 2. and June, among them 3,898 3. The first and second Temples were destroyed. 4. The Bar Kochba revolt of 132-135 C.E. was brutally from the republics. While the July figures surpresaed by the Romans. 5. The Romans plowed are encouraging, they are . under the Temple Mount. still 40.7 percent below (This year as we remember the 50Oth anniversary of the July 1991 statistics, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, we should also when 11,101 immigrants recall that the edict of expulsion took effect on Tisha arrived, including 10,325 B'Av.) from the former Soviet As we review the many tragedies, there is a common Union. thread which works it way through them. The inabihSince the beginning of . ty of Jews to work together. Aa we study the first inci1992, 39;884 people have dent, it was the complaints of Jews about Israel. The made aliyah, compared to pleas of Joshua and Caleb to ignore the negative 105,611 during the same reports went unheard. period last year. When we delve into the deatruction of the second Temple, the Talmud related the argument which pitted one Jew against another. Bar Kochba was unsuccessful in his revolt because too many Jews sat on the sidelines, even during his early successes.
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The investigation team, headed by Maj. Gen. (ResJ Amos, Horev was told by IMI management that the installation had contained a total of 230 tons of low-grade explosives stored in seven separate bunkers that were lined vyrith reinforced concrete. The plant was almost completely destroyed by the blast and will probably not be rebuilt. But some work continues in unaffected parts of the plant. Virtually all the cottagevstyle houses in Nof Yam, just north of Tel Aviv, were damaged by the explosion, as were hundreds of houses further away ,in Kfar Shmaryahu, Herzliya Pituach and Herzliya. In the wake of the explosion, government officials and local residents have demanded that the government speed up implementation of its decision last year to move IMI.jnstallations away from residential areas to remote sites in the Negev.
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Steven Mark DeBruin, son of Hanna and Larry DeBruin, will become a Bar Mitavah on'Aug. 15 at Beth El Synagogue. Steven will be entering eighth grade at Peter Kiewit Middle School. He is in Honor Chotr and Computer club. He eryoys playing the trumpet and piano, traveling, bicycling, reading; collecting baseball cards, and rtusic. Grandparents are Tauba Szmerlak and Cantor Gerald and Belle DeBruin of Buffalo, N.Y. Steven also has a sister, Melissa.
By Hugh Orgel TEL AVrV (JTA) — A team of experts investigating the massive blast at the Israel Military Industries plant at Nof Yam is trying to establish why. construction elements used for the building of underground storage bunkers failed to contain the ejcplosion. "It seems unlikely that this was sabotage," an IMI official has been quoted as saying. ""But there are some very peculiar things I cannot explain, which is why we must investigate the possibility (of intifada-style sabotage)." The explosion killed .two workers and ii\jured 40 otliers, including nearby residents. It was composed of a series of successive blasts that occurred in a number of separate underground bunkers built for the storage of low-explosive raw materials prior to their use in artillery shells and mortar bombs. Each bunker had been designed according to U.S. safety standards. But the blasts had spread from one bunker to anoth-
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Organizations BREADBREAKERS Don Smithey, director of the Omaha Airport Authority, will speak at the Aug. 12 Breadbreakera luncheon, according to Howard Kutler, August . chairman. Mr. Smithey : will discuss the inner workings of the Airport Authority. The community is invited to attend.
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Challenge class • Et-Gar (The Challenge), a class for special needs students who cannot be mainatreamed into religious school classes, will take place on Sundays from 10 a.m.noon at Temple Israel. The Et-Gar class is part of the Special Needs program of tjie Bureau of Jewish Education. Created in 1988 as a pilot program of the BJE with a grant from the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund, the program has provided instruction for special needs children in Jewish history, hoUdays, Jewish
Rachel -Shukert has received a nomination for OLDTIMERS Best Young Actress fi-om Oldtimers will meet on Omaha's Theater Arts Aug. 11 at the JCC. Guild for her role as Earlybird discussion on Brigitta in "The Sound of current events will begin By Hugh Orgel Music," which was staged at 10:30 a.m. Carol TEL AVIV (JTA) — this spring at the Dimdee Robinson of the Omaha The nephew of Israeli Dinner Theater. Rachel, Recycling program will Foreign Minister Shimon a 1992 graduate of speak. Peres was one of two Friedel Jewish Academy, WALK-IN-DROP-IN Israelis killed in the isthe daughter of Marty Walk-In-Drop-In will crash of a Thai Airways and Aveva Shukert. meet on Aug. 13 at the • Airbus in the Himalayas. Uzi Peres and Dr. JCC. Exercise class and Sherry Josand Fletcher bingo begin at 10:30 a.m. I^afael Sharon were is currently playing the Sandwiches will be avail- among the 113 people role of Olive in the proable for $2.25 or bring •aboard the plane who duction of "The Big Band your own sack lunch. were killed when it Boys Grow Old" now The video "lO Most slammed into a forested through Aug. 22 at the Important People of the mountainside in Nepal Circle Theater at Vidlak's 20th Century" will be while enroute from Cafe, 6064 Maple St. For shown. For transporta- Bangkok, Thailand, to ticket information, call Katmandu, Nepal. tion, tall 330-4272. 553-4715. There was no sign of survivors. Peres was born in ASK FOR . .. Israel but lived for the
identity, and Hebrew language. The class will begin on Sept. 20 and will be taught by Felicia Littky, who will be assisted by Anne KaWaler. The class is open to children of the Omaha Jewish community in grades K-eight. Members of Beth El, Beth Israel, and Temple Israel will be admitted free of charge and parents wishing to enroll their children should contact their religious school director. A nominal fee is required of non-member families who must contact Susan A. Drazen, 334-8200, ext. 246.
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past 20 years in Paris, where he worked as a film director. He had, however, recently switched to .commercial affairs, and had been on a business trip to the Far East. He had planned to return to Israel to join his wife and three young children for their annual visit home with their families. Sharon, 57, was head of the blood bank at Hadassah- University Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. He had been sent to the Far East by the Foreign Ministry to advise the Nepalese and Burmese health authorities on setting up blood banks.
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Police force By Gil Sedan . JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian delegation, headed by Faisal Husseini, has reportedly discussed with Jordanian ofTicials the possibility of" establishing a 20,000member- police force as one of the first steps toward creating Palestinian autonomy. According to an agreement in principle between the Palestinians and senior Jordanian security oflicials, the proposed police force would undergo a three-month training course in Jordan before le&ving for the territories. It would include only Palestinians, mostly supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization. No other residents of Jordan, such as Bedouins, would be included. This is the first instance of Palestinian-
Jordanian coordination in planning for Palestinian autonomy. The agreement leaves open many questions such as what arms the policemen would be entitled to use; what their powers would be; and what their connections with the Tunis headquarters of the PLO would be. Also unclear .is the force's proposed relationship with the Israeli police and military authorities, with whom the Palestinians have not even begun discussing the plan. The Hamas Moslem . fundamentalist organization is also likely to oppose the proposal. The Jordanians have reportedly demanded a veto over the selection of the policemen, but this, too, remains a controversial issue.
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August 7,1992
A Sephardic Concert
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The Jewish Cultural 500 years ago," stated Arts Council will sponsor Beth Seldin Dotan, a concert in Sephardic Jewish Cultural Arts music on Aug. 30 at the director. This has been a JOG. The Boston-based challenging theme which, group The Voice of the hopefully, has touched Turtle will recall the five and educated many in our centuries of Jewish dis- community. This propersal (to Sephardic coun- gram is titled 'Paths of tries) through their Exile, A Quincentenary music, the armouncement Concert,' and is a celebrastated. The group takes tion of the sorrows and its name from the bibUcal joys of a people trying to reference to the turtle preserve their heritage in dove, the symbol of exile, foreign lands." Mrs. Dotan noted that as well as peace. "The Voice of the the group has collected Turtle's concert brings to melodies from all the a conclusion an entire countries around the year of conlmemoration of Mediterranean where the the Spanish expulsion Sephardim took refuge.
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"A few of the songs are in Turkish, although most are sung in JudeoSpanish (Ladtno), which is surprisingly close to modem Spanish in tone and meaning. The music is exotic and reflects the harmonies and rhythms of the Middle East' "This special concert promises to be a refreshing and . spellbinding experience not to be missed," commented Darlene Golbitz, JCAC chairperson.
The Voice of the Turtle concert is sponsored by the JCAC, the Morton A. Richards Foundation, the Sharee C. and Murray H. Newman Supporting Foundation, and the Nebrsfska Humanities Coundl, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Tickets may be purchased at the JCC. Cost is $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. For information, contact Mrs. Dotan, 3348200, ext. 272.
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