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In the corridor adjoining the Jewish Press office, Jo Carroll arranged the display for the cover photo. Here she is at work. At the last minute, however, the cover was changed so the photo she took will have to run another time.

Free-lance writer/photographer Jo Carroll provided the bulk of the stories for this special edition. She conducted interviews in person, by telephone and by mail.

litor's note: When Jo Carroll and I discussed the conversations she had with the college students represented in this issue, I invited her to editorialize on the conclusions she had reached as a result of the interviews. Her comments follow:

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, By Jo Carroll I don't know what makes a young person follow his or her Jewish heritage. I thought 1 had some good ideas but after interviewing almost 30 students I haven't n clue. A strong family background is usually a prerequisite, but not alway.s. Participation in Jewish activities during high school years would seem to be ^ plus, but not always. Attending a university where a large percei)tagc of the students are Jewish might make activities more available, but not always. 1 concluded that parents need to help theif children ' be strong, active Je\wsh adults. Along the way the community should help also. But after these.children "become adults, they make the choices. Omal\H never looked better nor came out shining so brightly as it did in the mtorvicws I conducted. I would name thix edition, "11ie Omaha Kxpress." ' 'Virtually no one ruled out the poHsibility of starting his adult life in Omaha. For some it was the first choice, others wanted to settle here only after they'd .tried their wingM somewhere else.

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Most felt a sense of comfort here, a sense of safeness, and family became an important factor. We need to make sure there are jobs available for those who want to come back. Those returning are also concerned about recreation in Omaha and being able to connect with Jewish people in their same age bracket. Being accepted in their hometown for whom they are and not at the status level their parents hold was also a concern. Different career choices were mentioned in the interviews. One reccurring theme was psychology. If it weren't the student's m^or, then it seemed to be a large part of the curriculum. I perceived that they wanted to know more abOut themselves and others around them. • i It turned out to be a given that all plan to finish their undergraduate degree and many will go on to graduate Hchtxils. Don't worry about your grandchildren not being Jcwith. Wliile the students may not be dating other .Jews now they had strong feelings about their children being Jewish. I concluded that by in laige nothing on today's typical college campus entices college students to get involved in Jewish activities. Hillel isn't there for the student on most eampuseH. MoH.1 students had only been to an opening Hillel. pic nic and never returned. Some went to Hillel Hcrvices on the High Holy Days thair first senieHtor on campus

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if they had no other place to go. Ihey said Hillel meetijigs w£re too hard to get to or they didn't know when the meetings were or what the organization did. This sounds to mtf like there wasn't anything to interest the student. The students probably could have had more incentive, but when it gets down to keeping young adults interested in their heritage, let's not split hairs. Connecting with college students needs to be a joint effort by the community, not just an individual endeavor by a synagogue or temple. Look at the marvelous job we do welcoming immigrants to our community. There needs to be that same kind of spirit and energy directed at keeping in touch with the future, the college student. • At the same time they can't be told what to do. If We smother them I think its easier for the fire to go out. ^ Helpful reminders such as a Challah or an occasion al box of matzah should be sent to Boston University, Norlhweste'rh or the University of Arizona. Contacts should be made with Jewish families in col lege towns to call an Omaha student and invite them for services or perhaps to a family meal. Let's take advantage of that marvelous Jewish network thai eidBts. All I interviewed were proud, intelligent, polite adults who answered my questions, knowing the flnswors would be published, I appreciate their willing-. nesH to be involved. ]

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By Jo CarroU "I wonder if keeping kosher is for He was in the hospital so much health reasons or just because someone while he was growing up that he called made it up and said you should do it." it his second home. Many was the time He is close to his parents./They call when he would go to the hospital, •me a commuter student,'' he laughed. expecting only to be there a few hours "I come home about once a month for a and end up spending the night. weekend, and I call home regularly." But Asher Stoller, the son of two He vacations with his parents at Vail, Omaha physicians, Dr. Lilly and Dr. Colorado. And he takes trips with them Herschel Stoller, W£IB not ill. His parto Chicago. "We go downtown, to the Art ents took him with them while they Institute and sometimes camp on the worked. Young Stoller remembers getNorth Shore. It's pure enjoyment." ting tired of waiting for therti at a hosParaphrasing Frank Sinatra's famous pital. He would lie down on the nearest line about New York, young Stoller says, bed and go to sleep. Asher Stoller "If I can make it at Michigan I can make His exposure to medicine has influit anywhere." He said Michigan hasenced Stoller'a life in more than one way. He is a opened up a wider spectrum to hin\. sophomore at the University of Michigan wh^re his Although his m^or is pre-med, his interests don't. m^oris pre-medicine. He credits his ability to speak to stop there. just about anyone comfortably to his parents' medical "I've always been interested in restaurants and art," profession. ' he said. "I would go to parties with them. Usually Td be the And he would like to go into politics when he is in only kid._ his early 30s, "depending upon how established I am." . I had to hold my own in adult conversations." He suggested that he would like to be in Congress or Stoller says he's a romantic who believes in love at in the Senate. "I know you have to work your way up. first sight. "If I love a non-Jewish woman she can al- The country needs new blood now. ways convert.l would want my child to be raised "The country is changing but not enough to elect a Jewish." Stoller says his parents are supportive of his Jewish president for a long time." attitude about marriage. Extracurricular activities on the campus for Stoller Stoller says most Jews are determined to give their include'being chairman for the Learning Disability children an education. "Jews are more motivated to Society. Two reasons prompted him to get involved: give their children an education. They would sell their Discovering he had a mild form of dyslexia and his fiimiture to send their child to college. They seem to experience with BBYO in Omaha. have an inner drive." "I wanted to tell people with dyslexia that you can Stoller wants to return to Omaha to live. "Without a stiU be very successfiil, And BBYO taught me how to doubt this is the place I want to live. I miss the home- become involved in helping people, town feeling." He said at Michigan, "people are some"I always received good grades," he said. "But I wontimes surprised there are Jews in Nebraska." dered why it was so hard sometimes. If I had known Stoller is concerned about what he calls "the unpro- about this in high school I think I would have been ductive atmosphere for Jewish teens in Omaha. more outspoken. Sometimes it seems like people are just hollering at "Most people have misconceptions about learning you about your Jewish education. They don't take time disabilities," he said. Stoller says he would like to to Usten to you." change that. Stoller who kept kosher Until his Bar Mitzvah how He says he doesn't quite know what success is yet. has doubts. "Some people expect you to be wealthier than your parents or you're not successful."

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By Jo Carroll Tiffani Sherman still public policy at Duke calls Omaha home al- University in Durham, though her parents, Ellie NC, She explains'that and Mike Sherman public policy is like a moved to Gilbertsville, political science m^jor KY, several years ago. with more emphasis on "I really had to be out of journalism. the Midwest before I Last summer she was could appreciate it," Miss the co-editor of Leisure Sherman siaid. "I like the Scene in Benton, KY. The size of Omaha." publication has a tourist There's enough to do in readership of 1.5 million, Omaha without being she said. Her duties crowded. I also like the included writing, layout size of the Jewish commu- and advertising. "There nity," she said, recalling were three of us who cothe fun times she has had edited the paper." at the Jewish Community During the school year Center. Miss Sherman lives in an Miss Sherman is a arts dorm". "Everyone sophomore n^ajoring in here has artistic abilities

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is being away from her parents. A dream package from her parents would include Vic's popcorn and money. Miss Sherman is a registered voter and she'll vote for Gov. Clinton. "I wish it was Sen. Bob Kerrey I wets voting for. I really like him. However Clinton has ideas for the future. He has a'plan for what he wants." Miss Sherman dates non-Jewish men. "I'd like to marry a Jewish person, but I'm not looking to marry anybody . right now." Miss Sherman will graduate in the spring of 1995. Liby Sherman, her grandmother, will probably be excited if her granddaughter still wants to seek employment in Omaha.

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There are neighborhoods in Omahu where the people are so friendly they will walk your dog if you're not home. David Spizman, son of Dorothy Spiznian and the late Phill Spizman, grew up in one of those neighborhoods. While he was attending Westside High School he was also active in Jewish organizations. David was president of MoVFlTfMissouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth, and a member of OTYG (Organization of Temple Youth Groups) and A2^ 1. During this time he had a lot of non-Jewish friends; But his first four years at the Utuversity of Kansas all his friends were Jewish. "Jewish friends have this bond that I can't really explain," said David. "And it's not being active or having seders together. It's knowing and having this closeness." David chose KU because he wanted to attend college out of state where there was a big Jewish population. "KU was away from home, but not too far away.'' David says he's not the "frat type". "But I joined Alpha Epsilon Phi and really liked it," he s^d. "I wanted to have Jewish friends and it was the perfect opportunity." David worked at the information booth in the student union during his undergraduate years. "It was a great job and I got to meet all kinds of people from different countries." He msuored in broadcast journalism, but by the time he got to be a sophomore he knew he wanted to go to law school. "I would like to work with the elderly and be an advocate for them. I want to help people on welfare. They need lawyers the most." David credits his Jewish education with his interests. "I became interested in social welfare when I worked on social action groups in MoVFTY." "It's hard work. But you have fim meeting other stu• dents," David said in describing Ufe at college. He said the friends he made the first semester at col. lege were the ones who lasted the longest. "I found new friends at college. They were not the same ones I had in high school. By the end of my first semester my group of friends was stable." Now in his sixth year at KU he will graduate in the spring of 1993. He lives in an apartment with two ' other law students.

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From Haifa to Omaha to Texas By Jo Carroll One might find this college student sleeping in a Texas convent or sitting in his office at Temple Israel. Alon Mor, born in Haifa, Israel, came to Omaha five years ago with his parents Dr. Menahem and Devora Mor. Now he attends Creightoi) University and is involved in social justice. One of his classes at Creighton took him to Texas. With six other students, he drove 18 hoiirs to reach a small town . with a large population of Hispanics. "I tau^t math to 11th and 12th grade students who didn't know as much math as my brother who is in the fifth grade. "We lived in a convent with elderly nuns. We slept in sleeping bags and did our own cooking." Arriving in this poor neighborhood,, with all the people looking at the students from Nebraska, scared him at first, Alon said. "But when we were leaving it was like we were one big happy family." Another trip took him to Grand Coteau, Louisiana. "We attended a class in social justice for over two hours in the morning. In the afternoon we painted houses."

In this black, Baptist commvmity in the South, Alon learned Csijun dancing and made many friends. "I still get collect calls from Grand Coteau," he lau{^ed. Alon admits his Engiish was not the best when he arrived in Omaha. "My English was horrible. I had only studied it two times a week at school in Israel." He graduated in 1989 from Central ^igh School. Majoring in math and pre-med he will graduate mid-term froin Creighton. Alon said it was an easy choice for him to decide to attend Creighton. "I had enough upheaval in my Ufe moving from Israel. 1 didn't want to move again." Because his father holds the Chair of Jewish studies at Creighton Alon knew hia way around the campus. 'All through high school I was all over the campus because my Dad worked there. I also worked out in the fitness room on campus." His family wanted Alon to live at home while he went to school. He chose dorm life. "I have more freedom in the dorm and it is quieter. It's hard for me to study with my family

around." A typical school has a membership of 460 day for Alon starts at students. 8:30 a.m. He gets up has He eventually wants to his coffee, goes to class live somewhere in the and studies until 3 p.m. Midwest. "I would like to "Then I go to Temple live in Chicago, or maybe Israel to teach. Later, I Wisconsin." Alon has have dinner with my spent the last four sumfamily. My evenings are mers in Wisconsin as a filled with meetings con- camp counselor at Olincerning student board Sang-Ruby Union Instiactivities or community tute. service projects." "I met so many people Alon belongs to Aphtf from all over. I made a lot Phi Omega, a co-ed ser- of long lasting friendvice organization on cam- ships." Using his experipus. "We do everything ence from camp, Alon is from cleaning highways the new youth director to having parties." Alon for Temple Israel. Teenis the past president of agers are already crowdthe International Stu- ing into hia office there. dent Association which

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Sam Passer... a future politician? Bjr Jo Carroll A future politician? Sam Passer is keeping his options open. A sophomore at Drake University, Sam was elected to serve in the student senate. He recalled how he ran his campaign. "^ hired a professional photographer to take my picture. I had 40O fairly large posters made with my pictwK on them." He put the posters up around campus with the help of friends, then scheduled appointments to talk to every student organization he could. "I told them my personaUty and character were good for them. I would listen to them." And he added what he thought was the most important, T told them I really wanted and had a desire to succeed." Sam was elected as a representative at large for the 1992/93 school year. He wiU be active in planning the school budget and is a liaison between students and faculty. "As one of the 10 representative:: at large it gives me an opportunity to meet people." On the national level, Sam was Sen. Kerrey's liaison at Drake. He voted for Gov. Clinton in the primary and *Yeah I will vote for him in November. I think he's a brilliant person who haa been cheated by themedia." ' The oldest of five children, Sam is the first to go to college. He wanted to stay in the Nfidwest'at a fairly large school, so he chose Drake.In addition to his student council work, he is a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity. Sam described Theta Chi as the largest house on campus. "There's a lot of diversity with 120 guys. Some have 4.0 (grade point average) and some struggle to get by. Fm somewhere in the middle." The Jewish options on campus for Sam are few. He doesn't belong to Hillel. "My roommate is Jewish, but that's just by chance," he said. Sam Ukes Des Moines a lot It's a homey city with a nice Jewish community. When I'm ready to settle down it will probably be what Omaha used to be. I think rd like to live in Des Moines." Sam doesn't think he could get serious about any girl who wasn't Jewish. "I know how important it is to marry Jewish and have Jewish kids."

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One teacher, 17 different directions By Jo Carroll In 1979, he attended a YMCA camp just across the river in Iowa. This year he will be a counselor at the Jacob Family Camp in Utica, Mississippi. Micah Evans doesn't remember much about being Jewish while he was growing up. "I had a Bar Mitzvah and that was about it." He never got involved in studying for Confirmation. He recalls it was a time of change for Temple Israel: "One rabbi was going out and the other was coming in. I had one teacher and 17 different directions." Now, Micah is interested in his Jewish history. "Rabbi Azriel got an application for me at this Jewish summer camp." "I like the south, it's a chance to see another part of the country. So I said, Why notT When Micah graduated from Central High School in 1990, he wanted to see other parts of the country. 1 chose Boston College because it was the furthest I could get from Omaha in the continental United States. "I couldn't wait to get on the plane that took me to Boston College." He has not regretted his decision. He is majoring inhistory and political science.

"I have about 20 hours of homework a week, I hope to complete two years of German if 1 can stay awake." Most of his reading is spent devouring biographies, especially those of Huey Long, Earl K. Long and Mayor Daly. "I was introduced to reading early My parents have tons and tons of books. My earhest-memories are of my mother reading to me at bedtime. I began reading a lot of Shakespeare in high school." Micah pointed out that many politicians have graduated from Boston College. He enjoys touring the city and the nearby towns to visit historical sites. After testing dorm life for two years, he prefers to live in a boarding house this year. "Ihere is no on campus housing for juniors and boarding houses cost $200 less than apartments." Last year he worked on Senator Kerrey's campaign. Micah points out' that he is a registered Democrat "I'll vote absentee for Bill Clinton in November." Micah said he strongly believes in the party system. When he has time for recreation he and a friend drive to Cambridge, 'to

Micah Evans eat Cajun food on "Now I have to tiptoe Harvard square. Fd love around the house." He's to get my PhD at Har- also found himself a little vard. If not there, Tu- embarrassed at times. "It lane." has been so long since I've Jewish life is almost been back sometimes I non existent on this get lost in my own neighJesuit campus. borhood." According to Micah, Micah also found his litHillel is not active and tle brother changed. "Jerthere are less than 30 amy is 14, and a foot Jews on campus. taller than when I started 'There is no way to school." He wants his meet Jews." He would brother to pick the best like to marry a Jewish school when it's time for girl but doesn't make any him to go to school. "Don't big deal about it. 'I'll go where all your friends probably be more reli- go. You can always meet gious when I settle down. ilew friends," Micah said 1 don't call home often he would tell his brother. and when I do I usually And af^r traveling the want something he con- United States where fesses. I call my Dad would Micah like to live? when I want money." "I would love to come College students often back to Omaha to live. I find life at home changed can picture myself as a when they return for the distinguished professor writing brilliant works summer. Micah said at college he and shuttling between was used to staying out Tulane and Omaha." until 2 a.m.

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rolls around I feel kind of isolated," Silberstein said. Neil Silberstein rinds He says it's important himself the only Jew in in situations like these to most'of the clasaeg he know your priorities. "I attends at the University know what I believe in. I of Nebraska at Lincoln. won't lose my Jewish "I think Omaha Jewish identity." kids are scared to go to Silberstein admits he Lincoln because there never studied in high aren't many Jews. I just school. "At UNL you realwent," Silberstein said. ly have to hit the books," He admits it is hard to he said. "Fifty percent of meet other Jewish stu- the students don't show dents. up for class. Just showing At the beginning of up can improve you grade each year a religious pref- almost one point." erence card is handed out Silberstein is miyoring to all students. "Jewish in architecture. He visuwasn't even listed," alizes combining his hobSilberstein said. "The by of body building with only place you could write his profession. "I would it in was under 'other." like to design and build a According to Silberstein building that would house many of UNL's students a big gym and a sports cume from small towns bar." Silberstein would like where there are no Jewish people. He says he fre- to live in Texas or in quently gets asked, "Oh, California by the ocean you're Jewish. What's where it's "sunny and hot in the daytime and cool at that? "I went to a synagogue night." in Lincoln for the High But for now back at his Holy Days. I found only fraternity house at UNL old people there," Silbe- he says, "There's always rstein said. He said even someone to help me out in Omaha he only feels and great friends to go to comfortable going to ser- parties with." vices with his parents. Silberstein received a "I couldn't accept an- $1,000 scholarship this other religion, but I could year for having the highmarry- someone who had est grade point in his no religion. I want my pledge class. Silberstein explains his children to be brought up success so far by saying, Jewish." He is a member of Phi "I follow my dreams. Fm Kappa Psi Fraternity. the best I can be at what I "When Christmas time do.

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Jeffrey Steinberg and the geography of Israel By Susan Paley The Yachad program of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) was organized 10 years ago to fill a gap in services to the Jewish community for those with special needs.. ^ It is open to all young Jewish adults ages 18 and up, regardless of synagogue afliliation, "to let them know that they are Jewish and that we care about them,", â&#x20AC;˘said Rabbi Mark Urkowitz of Beth Israel Synagogue. This past summer, Omaha's Jeffrey Steinberg, 24, participated through Yachad in a trip to Israel with 12 other young adults from across the United States. Their group joined with the NCSY Israel Summer seminar for a four week tour, co-mingling learning with a sense of compassion and understanding, Rabbi Urkowitz said. "We have to learn everything!" Mr. Steinberg said. "Israel is our homeland. It feels great to be Jewish!" The tour included visits to the Kotel, S'fat (Safed), Mitzpe Gadot (a Golan Heights encampment), the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, the Knesset grounds, Galilee settlements, Sde Boker in the Negev (Ben Gurion's home), the Kinneret, and Tel Aviv. The group participated in an archeological dig and went to a dairy farm. Mr. Steinberg particularly liked the Old Synagogue in Safed. "The bima was painted blue and there were six Torah scrolls." At the Jerusalem HaKotel Museum, Mr. Steinberg saw artifacts frorfi Solomon's Temple and Noah's Ark.

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Job of choice.., delivering pizza! By Jo Carroll Noah, son of Karen and Oliver Pollak is a senior at the University of Kansas, and his part time job is delivering pizzas. Noah went to a Hillel function his freshman year. It was a barbecue, that he enjoyed, but he never returned to another Hillel activity. For that freshman event someone had phoned him and provided a ride. "I probably would have gone back if someone had called me," he said, "but transportation was also a problem.". Noah turned 21 in early June. His grandmother, Ruth Pollak, let him know about her gift to him early so he could make plans. Mrs. Pollak gave her grandson a trip to Europe. "Although I was born in England I didn't remember it. rd never been back to Europe," Noah said. Last summer with a monorail pass in one hand and a backpack in the other, Noah toured England, Amsterdam, Luxenburg, France and Switzerland. He stopped long enough in England-to study some history. This trip didn't take Noah to Israel. However, he did travel there with the help of the Jewish Federation when he was a senior in high school. ") remember being on top of Jerusalem and the wind blowing really hard." After Noah graduated from Millard in 1889 and went to KU, he found he didn't like associating with Noah PoUak clubs. . * "Alpha Gpsilon Phi wasn't for me. I was almost a "We should concehtrate more on the world, rather member of the KU anthropology club, but it conflicted than who lives in the world." with my schedule," When he wants to relax he watches T.V. "I just sit For language requirements he took Hebrew. "At around and watch old Simpson tapes. I also like to leaet I could pronounce the words," he says of his shop for music books and CDs." choice. Noah said he will not vote in the presidential race. "I During his freshman year, he lived in a dorm where might vote for Jeny Brown if he r4n as an independent. he says, "The food wasn't the best." Tliis year he is livint^n an apartment by himself "I like what Ben Franklin wrote about Presidents. Noah said he eixjoyOiis part-time job at college.- "I He didn't think they should have any salary." make lots of money and the bosses are great." Noah describes himself as easy going. "I am passive He likes the city of Lawrence and is considering liv- aggressive.. "I would neyer hurt any one, but 1 might dream ing there for a few years after graduation. An adverabout it." ' tisement for a postal carrier caught his eye recently. And what is he most' prpud ol? "Finishing a double Noah is concerned aboutthe atmosphere. He is mEyor in four years!" ated in environmental groups.

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Weed-out courses pressure freshmen By Jo Carroll Mike Levitan almost didn't make it his first semester at the University of Kansas. He graduated fVtim Burl^e High School in the spring of 1989, but by his own admission was not ready for college. He found this out when he took English 101 at KU. The teachers didn't give an inch. I was-ready to drop out. I think they tried to scare iis. It was a weed-out course," he said. According to most college students weed-out courses are traditionally given to incoming freshmen to see if they can withstand college pressure and make satisfactory grades. Four years later, college life is much easier for Levitan. Hb lives in an apeutment off campus. He came to college expecting to mtyor in journalism. 1t was all I knew anything about." Now his nuy'or is advertising. During his college career he has had two internships at radio stations. He worked with the promotion department of KUDL in Kansas City and also worked in a cooperative buying group for a national company. Levitan helped start the first national radio show with a call in program for college students. The program reaches out to 300 campuses. Ijarge cooperations sponsor the program," he said. Levitan says he still keeps in touch with friends he m^t in BBYO. He thinks he might want to live in the

Midwest, possibly in Kansas City. He definitely doesn't want to live on the East Coast 'I would be like a fish out of water in the East," he says. Levitan states he has no girl friends' because, *I have no money and no time. My career comes first." Marriage is a long time ofT for Levitan. "It would be nice to marry somebody Jewish. But my parents have told me not to worry about it" Mike Levitan He's a registered voter who will vote in November. *Ifs wrong not to vote. Fm leaning towards Clinton. Bush has had fpur years, what could he do with four more?" As a part-time job, Levitan takes pictures at Greek parties and weddings. The first time I took pictiues for this agency, it was for a wedding. I had to take the pictures up in finnt of everybody. When it came time tc change the film I was really nervous. I had never done it before." Levitan has always held one and sometimes two jobs while at school. He says his work ethic comes naturally. His advice to freshman this year is to "keep one step ahead of everybody else. Go the extra mile. Be willing to change, but don't let people define who you should be. Don't do anything without thinking.* Levitan says that some kids come to college thinking they can do whatever they want 'It's easy to jump at anything.* It's important to be stubborn he says. 'Sometimes you have to choose between basketball and studying. *I like basketball but I study a lot" Levitan says he will be so happy when he graduates. 1 have so many options. I have friends who have no idea what they want to do."

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Discussion produces yelling By Jo Carroll At Emory University, in Atlanta, Miki Fanner has stopped discussing controversial subjects with her close friends. An incident occurred when she was a freshman that halted her from discussing issues that might have religious overtones. "We were sitting in the dorm, discussing abortion," Miss Penner said. "When we just all started yelling at each other. We stopped the discussion because we realized we had different views. We couldn't change each other's convictions and we wanted to be friends. "Morals are so difTerent. Jews think along the same lines. Non-Jews were brought up with different ideas. I like to see the different life styles, but we're not the same." Miss Penner said her family tauj^t her charity was important. "You should always give to Tzedakah. I think charity and volunteering are more important to Jewish families." Last summer Miss Penner spent six weeks in Paris as an exchange student. She hved with a Catholic family who were raising tfaeir five children. She didn't tell them she was Jewish. 1 think it may have made the situation easier. And my being Jewish didn't play a part in being there." Miss Penner visited several schools before she choose Emory. "Indiana University was too big, Vanderbilt was too small and Tulane had too many Jews," she said. Miss Penner thinks her choice of Emory was perfect for her. She is a junior this year, meuoring in preschool education. She is assistant treasurer of her sorority. Delta Phi Epsilon, which is 90 percent Jewish. "Tve wanted to be in education since I worked at the Omaha Jewish Community Center. I worked at preschool and camp. Fve always loved children." She explained that children under five are easier to teach. "They don't sit still, they don't Usten. They're not perfect. But they love to leam. They're learning all the time." Miss Penner recalls helping one boy leam to tie his shoes. "When he first started it would take him 20 minutes to tie his shoes. But he had to tie them. It makes me feel good that I helped him with something he will do for the rest of his life." She wants to get a master's degree because of the better paying positions that it would open up. 1 can't be too choosy about where I live because of the job market," Miss Penner said. She confesses she does' more reading for pleasure than she ever did. "I never Uked to read in hi^ school, but now it is a great break. Text books can get so boring. It's nice if you have a fiction book to read sometimes." And what does 'she miss about Omaha? "My motfier's ft'esh baked Hallah."

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By Susan Paley Ueth Israel Synagogue has announced that two senior NCSY members, Simone Milner and Philhp Paley, will attend yeshiva high schools in the fall. Simone, 14, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. l,awrence Milper. She will attend the Cheder Lubavitch Girls High School of Chicago and will begin the ninth grade. The school has an enrollment of 40 • gifls from across the U.S. "i wanted a Hebrew education," Simone said. "I wanted to learn about Jewish things. I knew I wanted to have a strong Jewish background." The Milner family moved to Omaha four years ago from Johannesberg, South Africa. "1 attended the Torah Academy in Johannesberg from preschool through grade four when we moved to Omaha. I have been able to read Hebrew since kindergarten." Simone will take classes in Navi (Prophets), Chumash (Torah), Gemara, Chassidua, and a special course on Shabbat. In addition to her Hebrew studies, she will take language, history, math, and science. "I know it will be a lot of work and fhat I wi]l miss my family," she said. "But I'll probably be so busy! I will be staying with a really nice family and I know that my parents are just a phone call away." Simone, and her sister Ariella and brother Jonathan, have been taking Hebrew lessons via telephone to New York once a week for two years. Their teacher, lani Oppcnheinmer, is associated with Torah Umesorah, the Orthodox Day School movement in America. "Lani helped to encourage mo to go away to high school. Also, Rabbi Mondel and Shani.Katzman were very helpful in directing me toward the right school." Simone said that her parents encouraged her to do "whatever felt right for me. They're excited because they know that I'm going to bo very happy." Simone and her sister have attended Camp Gan Israel in Kalkaska, Michigan for three summers. "A Jot of my friends from camp will be going to this school. They helped to inlluence my decision to go away, a.s well. I saw that they were very learned and I wanted to be hke that, too.' Simone.'s family hii.s traveled extensively since coming to America. "We have had the opportunity to see many (religious) communitites. When we came to ' America, I wanted to go back to the kind of community • I grew up with - a large city with a big Jewish population, lots of shuls. Kosher restaurants and hakeriKR." After graduation, Simone would like to spend a year "or so" in "Yerushaliym" studying at a Yeshiva before going to college. "^1 chose this for myself..! wanted to have a strong Jewish background and you just can't get that kind of education in a public school,"'she concluded. Phillip Paloy^ 17, is the son of Dennis and Susan Paley.. He will spend his senior year of high school at • th«J David MargoUn Hebrew Academy (Yeshiva of the South) in Memphis. TN. The school hai( a combined (boys and girl^) population of 45. "If 1 had stayed at Burke, I would have gotten out of school everyday at . noon. 1 didn't feel that public school was going to properly prepjire me for life," Phillip said. I've come to a [wint in my life where I need more

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She was very surprised last spring when the phone rang. It was a Pepsi spokesman who said they would be in the area and wanted her to help them. "I couldn't beUeve they called after such a long time," Miss Wisnia said. "They were coming to Lincoln to do a mtyor production by Pittick. They also do the Niki commercials," she said. She drove them around the back countiy roads of Nebraska and Iowa looking for just the right spot to film. "I think they were looking for an old barn with a basketball hoop on it." Miss Wisnia's title was production assistant in craft services. "That means you get the Pepsi and the sandwiches," she said as she laughed. "After all the time and money they spent here, they went back to New York to film," she said. "Before theater I was very shy," Miss Wisnia

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Job opportunities? By Jo Carroll Stacy Katelman says she would consider coming to Omaiia after graduation, if there ie a job opportunity here. Miss Katelman is a sophomore at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, majoring in preschool handicapped education. By working in special education, Miss Katelman believes she will be able to give everyone a better functioning society. "In behavior disorders if a child really knows they have a,problem they can decide if they want to handle it." "I believe jn mainstreaming, but the child needs.a resource hour. It must be done gradually. The child should be given u little bit at a time. One has to be very careful not to do too much too fast," Miss Katelman said. Main streaming is putling a handicapped child with children who are not handicapped. "My father encouraged me to go to UNL and now •I love it. "My mother and I became closer after I went to scliool." Miss Katelman attributes her success at school to not procrastinating. "Don't put things off. Go

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Wendy Sheldon learned from babysitter By Jo Carroll When Wendy Sheldon was 12, she noticed her babysitter was looking at material for Uie University of Kansas, llie baby sitter didn't go, but six years later Wendy did. Taking pictures of her family, her stuffed animals and her stereo she drove south to Lawrence to begin her freshman year at K.U. "And don't forget my Upes. 1 took all my tapes," Wendy said. She enrolled in a jire-med curriculum. "But I soon ran up against chemistry," Wendy said. "It Was hard. I had to hire a tutor at SIO an hour to get through it." Wendy said she knew she'd never get through medical school if she couldn't handle chemistry. "1 was confused. I always had a fondness and love for little kid.s. 1 thought my wilrk with them would he as a pediatrician." ' After regrouping, Wendy decided to enter the field of education. "I would Uke to be a school counselor. 1 had always given advice to my friends. It never crossed my mind il was something 1 could do as a professional. It is mandatory that freshman girls live in the dorm. Wendy said "1 would have anyway. It's fun and you meet so many people." Last year she shared an apartment with iwo other girls. "I didn't even have to use my car. .Hie bus came right to my door." Apartment living inspired iVendy lo try her hand at cooking. "'Hie first semester 1 cooked chicken, spaghetti and tacos." The newness wore off and second semester everyone was on thejr own. "I ate baked potatoes, salad and frozen dinners, I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted." Wendy pledged Sigma Delta Tau last year and is now livinir in the sorority house. "I went through rush

my freshman year but dropped out. I didn't know anything about the sorority houses. This year I was more comfortable. I found a house that I liked." Eventually Wendy would like to liv&in Kansas City. "1 love the area. It has a good Jewish population. I've been going to Kansas City as long as I can remember." She likes Omaha too. "If I found a job here I would Come back lo Otpaha." Wendy came home during the summer to go to school, studying "Introductions to World Religions" at UNO. While in high school, Wendy was active in Ediar. One year she was president. At K.U. she admits she is not very active in Jewish activities. "Hillel had a booth at registration and I paid my dues. But I don't know much about it," Wendy said. Although she would dale non-Jewish guys, Wendyintends lo man-y someone Jewish. For holidays Wendy and her friends travel to Kansas (^ily (or services. "We call Beth Shalom in Kansas City for tickets. Lawrence doesnU have a synagogue, just a Jewish Communit,y Center." In the summer of 1988 Wendy went to Israel with ARTZA. "It made me see that Americans take 80 much for granted." Wendy is not very worried about finding a job when she gi-aduates. "But reading the newspapers about the unemployment does bother me." Just as her baby sitter advised her years ago, now Wendy is giving advice. She tells her younger sister, Lisa, "College is the best years of-your life. Study and get goo(' —ad"i, but have fun." Lisa now is a freshman at K;U. Both girls are the daughters of Suzy and Norman Sheldon.

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Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization celebrates fifth year Creighton University has announced that the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civihzation will be cclebratjjng its five year anniversary this fall. The Chair lyas stablished by Philip M. and Ethel KJuUnick in 1987 ^s their gift to the Campaign for Creighton University. Mr. Klutznick,' a 1930 graduate of the Creighton University School of Law, has served as an advisor to seven presidents and was Secretary of Commerce during the Carter administration. He has been a recognized leader in world Jewish-affairs and is currently, sei'ving as the honorary president of B'nai B'rith International, and president emeritus of the World Jewish Congress. Dr. Menachem Mor of Haifa University is the first holder of the Klutznick Chair and has been with Creighton since the Chair was endowed. The Annual Klutznick Symposia, now in ita fifth year, was initiated by Dr. Mor. "Tlie purpose is to bring together national and international scholars to explore and discuss a variety of topics," explained Dr. Mor. "The topic for this year is Religion in tTie Age of Exploration: The case of Spain and New Spain, to coincide with the quincentenary comnfienioration of the expulsion of the Jews froin Spain in 1492." The papers presented at the symposia are gathered and published as Proceedings, which are listed in the catalogues and valued as scholarly reference material, and are distributed world-wide, said Dr. Mor. "The innovative Klutznick Symposia as a joint project of Creighton and the Jewish community is no longer a unique endeavor in mutual participation," said Dr. M.or. Other activities sponsored by the Chair

inclade guest lectures on a variety of subjects, including tHe Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeology, and Holocaust rescuers. "Also, the showing of the film 'Weapons of the Spirit' with producer Pierre Sauvage and topical conferences such as 'Surrogate Motherhood And, Reproductive Technologies; A ("hallenge to World Religions and Societies' provide opportunities for community interaction." Dr. Mor stated that not only do these activities bring national and international scholars, interdisciplinary experts, and exceptional people to Omaha, but these shared evpnts also strengthen tlie bonds of cooperation between the university and the community. Courses in upper division and graduate level classes are offered through the Klutznick Chair of Jewish Civilization. They include: Introduction to Jewish History; Studies in Ancient History; Jewish Hevolts; Seminar in Jewish History: The Hasmonean 3tate; Masada: History or Myth?; Hdnors Seminar: Tlion.e in Social Sciences, A Comparative study of Revolts and Revolutions. Graduate students attended piugTinms in Israel this past summer on the topic "The Holy l.,and and America." The Chairholder also teaches six-week mjiTi-seminars in adult education for the College of .lewish Learning of the Jewish Federation, sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. Courses include: The Maccabean Revolt; Ezra and Nehemiah: Historical Perspectives; Judaism and Christianity in the First Centuries; Kings, Prophets, and Messiahs in Jewish History; Kingship in Ancient Judaism; and the 1492 Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Dr. Mor noted that three years ago Creiglil«ii nnlialed the idea of sending students from the Omaha area to an archaeological excavation in Israel, "The first delegation to the site of Bethsaida included 12 students from Creighton and UNO. Recently, Creighton students took partin land and marine archaeology at one of Israel's most significant sites, Caesarea Maritinia. We hope that the coming years will see many more students from our area participate in this.exciting excavation." Through the efforts of the Klutznick f Ihair, cooperation between Creighton University and the Jewish community is now well established and is recognized as making a significant contribution to scholarship and to the eomnumily of Omaha as a whole. Dr. Mor commented. "The combination of academia and public audience has proven tb'be a vital elemenl for the success, of their mutual endeiivors. With the con-, tinuing enthusiaspi and 'support of both the Jewish Community and Creighton Univei-sity, these first five years of the Klutznick ('hair in Jewish Civiliza-. tion ura but a rehearsal for vigorous and creative ventures in the futun," l)r Mor concluded. Dr. Menahem Mor

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A Tale of Two Cities: Jerusalem and Omaha By Dr. Richard A. Freund The Jewish Students Organization is an umbrellaorganization for Jewish'university students at the local universities to get together Jewishly, socially, intellecluiilly and otherwise on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus. It has actually been around in different manifestations for years, but in the past three years a more systematic program has been started thanks to the elforts of some of the studenLs at UNO, a faculty advisor, (Dr. Richard Freund) and the financial backing of the Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith of Omaha. According to many trends nationwide, the student population at local universities wilt be increasing in the coming years as the costs of a- college education continue to grow. Also, with the excellent work/study possibilities for college*students in a city like Omaha, the numbers of students who come froni outside of Omaha has already begun to make local univer.sities a inecca for students. All this has contributed to giowing numbers of students, including Jewish students At universities like UNO. Thanks to local support, "the Jewish Students (Organization has begun to provide a program to meet these new challenges. In the past three years over 20 different events have been held at UNO and Oeighton, ranging from Friday night Shabbnt dinners and services, Passover Seders, lectures on Judaism iindarcheology, as well as movies, Sukkah. parties and just general get-togethers. There are some 150 university students attending local universities in Omaha and often places like the JCC, local synagogues and general universities activities do not have programs .specifically geared for Jewish university students. The Jewfish Students Organization fills in this gap. The other mafn purpose and focus of the Jewish Students (Organization is to provide activities of Jewish content for the general university public. These activities are geared to include Jewish faculty and students as well as the non-Jewish university faculty and students. These programs help combat antiSemitism, foster understanding on the college campus about Israel and Zionism, and help educate everyone as to the issues which face Jews in the modem world. This bridge-building is eapecially important given gihat m^ny univeraities have recently experienced

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Field of Dreams By Jo Carroll This year is a "Field of Dreams" for Mike Silverman. He's not major league yet, but he's coming close to it. Silverman, a sophomore at the University of Kansas, shares an apartment with his baseball buddies. Greg Greenberg, Phil Mulnick, Mark Brookstein and Silverman have enjoyed baseball, BBYO and Omaha. Now they are pursuing their collega careers together. Every spring Uiese four young men take off in search of baseball fame. Not theirs, but others. Tickets are bought for ajor league teams [ames across the country. They drive from Minnesota to Chicago and beyond, following their favorite teams or maybe just watching teame others prefer. This year Silverman and his three buddies drove to a spot in Indiana where "Field of Dreams" was filmed. "We played a little game there," Silverman said: "We all took turns taking pictures of each other. We took stills and videos." Silverman did not start out at KU with his friends. He is a transfer student from Bradley University. Bradley located in Peoria, IL, has about 5,000 students. The University of Kansas has about 26,000 enrollment "There are not as many rcsoiirces, not as many things to do at Bradley," Silverman says. "The class I wanted may have been offered only once in flve semestera "

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dad They are both very proud of my deci- • By Susan Patey sipn. My dad had been learning Torah lOililor.s iiDlii; This intiTviuw WUH Dblained through some of the proitranis that I have last hpiititj; bofuru .lonl\ li^l'l (or Israel. helped to estabhsh. It's lixcitingTor me to Wlial's a nicu .K;wi!ili boy doing jn rabbinical give something back to him." • • ' ticlionlV Ask.losU Zweiback, -A 1991 magn^ Mr. Zweiback. will speiid ofii^ year in Israel Liim Irtudu, f'hi Huta Kappa graduate of at the Mebrew Union (^illege in Jerusalem I'riiici'ton uiiivertiilj'. "I want my work to bt; where he will study ancient and modern niuaiiinifful," hu said. "I want to touch punplu ., Hebrew, Aramaic, Talmud, and source texts and participatu witli otlrer people's dlewishl lives in my work Judaism gives my life mean- Josh Zweiback .^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,,^ ^,„ ^^,^^,^„ ^^^ the U.S. for an additional four years of study, "'["he Union fiiels that it Mil has always worked in a Jewish atmosphere, is important to create a lifetime bond with Israel," ho IxtjiiiniiiUJis a camp cnunselnr and music specialist at stated, "As an American, one can never study enough (^aiiip Scliwayder in lil8(), four sunnners at the Hebrew. I'd like it to become my second l.an^Uage." ' Alter graduation, Mr. Zweiback plans to focus on "In Wil.sliui: liouli^vard Temple Camp as the program (lireclij!, leading ihi' wi^'kly Keform niinyan at the reach." "I feel that the major problem in world llillcl house while at I'rinceton. to his position as youth Judaism is a lack of education," Ije emphasised. "As the Reform movement matures, it is continuing to (liriclor at Temple Israel this past year. While at Temple, he coordinated "Torah on Wheels," emphasize ritual and observance. 1 am mqst interested a weekly Torah discussion group held at various loca- in touching Jews as a rabbi, to educate them about lioiis, "20 Something," an infnniial study/SHcial group, using Jewish values and traditions to help them to aiul the Mentor's project, "to create bonds between make sensitive and caniig choices about important life issues. ' liiimulei^s youth iiiid kids from Temple." "I want to find a way to have a liberal system of eduMul whya rabbi? "Through my summers at camp, 1 started to see a whole new generation of rahbis. llabbis cation wFiich is focused and knowledgeable. 1 would pieviously were not connected to the coihmunily; they like to see my kids (from the Keform Day .School movemaintained a distance," Mr. /weihack stated. "This ment, Pardes) have the knowledge of a yeshiva new Heiuratiiiii wore shorts, listened to the same jmisic bocher,' but grow up as free and liberal thinkers who f (lid, and talked lo me in a frank manner about life. I believe in egalitarianisin. We must begin to radically re-think the way we educate. We need to include alterrializecl I hat this w'ils somethijig exciting, ".My parents were labulous! 'lliey lold me I could do native educational programs like camp, family and lie whatever 1 wanted to. 1 had always thought retreats, etc. in our thinking about Jewish education ihat 1 would he a doctor and go into practice with my as well."

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Jewish Caravan across Iowa, Nebraska By Qlna Lewald Editor's note: StudenU from Temple Israel pprlicipated last nummer in the Omaha Temple Israel Jewish Caravan across' Nebraska and Iowa. Funded by the Murray H. and Sh6ree C. Newman Supporting Foundation and the, Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, the purpose of the trip was to expose the students to Jewish life in small communities. Led by rabbinic intern Jacques Cukierkorn and advisors RandiEpstein, Mark Kazor, and Aion Mor, the group visited the communities of Ames, Fort Dodge, and Sioux City, lewa, and Norfolk, Albion, Columbus, Hastings, 8uid Lincoln, Neb. Ms.Lewald's diary provides an overview of their experiencea:

shares land with a neighboring church. I was shocked at the small size of the Temple. When Mrs.Githchell told us more about the religious school and regular Shabbat services, I realized quality was better than quantity. Our next stop was Fort Dodge, Iowa. We arrived at the Weiss house, put our sleeping bags-in the basement, and went upstairs lor interviews.After discovering who was related to whom, we held a brief service outside in the fresh air. With a fuU day ahead of us, we went to sleep.

June 8,1092 Bright the next morning the spiritual leader's wife, Mni.Lebbie, showed us into the Temple at Fort Dodge. After services, we talked with Mr. June 7, Ua2 Schwartz, a congregationThis trip will offer a al mentor, about the Temtaate of the difficulties ple's history. Later on we and triumphs of Jewish held a "mini-camp" with rural life. We are expect- puppets, mezzuzah maked to document our trip ing, face painting and stowith interviews and pic- ' ries, for the Jewish kids, tures, and, of course, have ranging from teen-ager to fun! After driving three or toddler, in the communifour hours, holding loaded ty. We thanked our new cameras and notebooks, found friends and started we clamored out of the out for Sioux City. cars onto a church parkAs I entered Shaare ing lot. Mrs. Debbie Zion Synagogue my Gitchell introduced us -to mouth dropped. BeautiAil Ames, Iowa, Jewish Con- stained glass and decoragregation, which has a- tiona bri(^tened the sancround 55 families and tuary. Jim Sherman, the

In the sanctuary of Shaare Zion Synagogue, Sioux City. Top left, Mark Kazor; right, Jacques Cukierkorn. Middle row, Matt Goldberg and Dan Wigoitaky. Front row from left, Alliaou Boehm, Mindy Colcher, Alon Mor, Lindsey Taxman, Ghw Lewald. In front, Randl Epstein. spiritual leader for six years, told us his story and the history of the synagogue. He told us of the dwindling Jewish population, in a once vibrant community. Later Mr. Heegar, a congregant, showed us Mt. Sinai Temple, Sioux City. Bushes had overgrown a Biblical inscription on the wall. I wondered whether or not this had been done on purpose, when he told us that the Temple had been "egged" several times. . A yellow wooden and stained glass building housed the shrinking Orthodox community. Mr. Heegar told ua that soon

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the two synagogues would merge and the little yellow house would close. Last stop in Sioux City was 'the Mt. Carrael Cemetery which was breathtaking, but, unfortunately, had had problems with gang related anti-Semitism. We lay down to sleep at the Robinson's home in Norfolk after a nice home cooked meal and, of course, some interviews.

crops. The next atop was Columbus, Nebraska. At "Brody's," a men's clothing store, we heard brief • storiea of Jewish life in Columbus. As we drove into Hastings, a heavy rain was coming down. We had Chinese food and met Mr. Rosenburg. Following dinner, we-went to his home for cake, interviews, and fun with the Hastings Jewish community. 'The evening turned into a wonderful song session when Mr. Teller sang "UI Where a Rich Man." Later at the community college, our lodging for the night, we had our own friendship circle. We shared our feelings about each other, the trip, and sang a few songs.

June 9,1992 We packed our gear and headed to Albion, Nebraska, population 2,000. home of the Wolf f'amily. Following services, held in their living room, cake and soda, wi interviewed the family. Fanny Wolf, who has written a book entitled, June 10,1992 -A Child of Two Worlds." and her mother escaped At B'nai Jeshurun in from Germany in 1940 Lincoln, Mr. Griffon told via Asia. us the history of the Mr. Wdlf took us on a Temple dating; back totour of a portion of his 1393. He explained 9ntiranch which includes cat- Semitism was '\eiled" but tle feeding yards and corn definitely present. He

said a few months ago some college students painted swastikas on the . front door. Ruth Keller showed us around Tifereth Israel, Lincoln's Conservative synagogue. The final event of the Caravan was a trip to Cantor Weiaser's house where Larry Trap lives. Lahry Trap is an exGrand Dragon of the Klu -Klux Klan who has recently converted to Judaism. Although he is in very poor health, Larry talked to us about his life. He s£ud, "1 am honored to be a Jew...It's time for me to help my fellow man." Finally, the voyage was over and we headed for Omaha. We went to our respective homes With a better understanding of ourselves, each other, and ' our Judaism. Each of us parted with a better appreciation of life in such a vibrant community like Omaha, and a better perception of the struggle to maintain Judaism.

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Editor's note: It's really neat when a former Jewish Press intern exercises her writing skill to keep in touch with her home-, town publication. In this letter, Keri Saltzman earns her place in our college issue: Keri Lynn Saltzman

By Keri Lynn Saltzman Despite my New England location, I have never felt far from Omaha. Writing a brief article a-' bout my experience in Maine is definitely not easy. . While 1 have learned how to study, how, to cram, how to exist on little sleep, and how to find both Kreeport and the otean, 1 still have not learned the answer to one question that fascinates everyone: "Why Maine?" It was first posed to rae by my parents, my brother, my teachers and- my counselor. It explains both Jo Carrol's interest m talkrng with me and this self-authored answ(,;r I initially chose Bowdoin because it was an amazing-school. My brother, Kevin, had a good f'nend in college who livecl in Rocktand, Maine. ,b\it that was my onl-. ' ' edge of the state Kevin enjoveii IM> UH,;.Maine visit—-which ht liamed a Yankee, Rash 'Hashanah—and ijraised,. i.f - ^ ptKe'vi:

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my parents over how tnie it sounded. It is an accurate statement, however. No one sfeems to rush...everything gets done, A member of the admissions staff whom I worked with this summer calls Maine the Midwest of the East. I disagree. It is better. I think every slate has its little habits which characterize you as a resident. Wearing red, for e-xample, equals Nebraskan. In Maine, knowing hoiw to eat a lobster and steamers is a start. Worrying little about material possessions or class standing is second- • Knowing about Puffins and braving a \Yinter equals a Mainiac! Maybe wanting to do something different explains why I am in ^taine. I do know I'll miss when I graduate this >pring and begin a Master of Hospital Adminiitralion program. I tirraly buUeve that a good education can be gained at any univeFSity or college. [ touuid that "any" uni rsitv tucked away in

by a good New England school. Bowdoin has been everything I expected. I relish the lack of manipulative competition as the school does not believe in class standing, gpa's or multiple choice exams! The coed fraternity system has also been a fun, unique addition to social life. And, a similar High Holiday experience allowed me to understand why my brother raved about Maine. The falls are spectacular and bring foilage' watchers from all over the cJuntry (including Pc Edward Klima. former Burke principal), while the winters are cold, and the sumqiers are warm, wi'ndy and beautiful. Maine is quaint and rural. T-- • ' •• ••-sur> worlu The- city of Brunswick has changed little since the ITOOs. and,individuals' yalu'. ' Main '

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ers on the council, regional and international levels of BBYO. The basic curriculum for both programs is adapted by the regional directors, rabbinic staff and scholars-in-residence who participate in staffing the program. ""These programs are very unique," said Miss Goldstein, "atid provide a great opportunity for anyone." Miss Goldstein's most important role is to act as t^e liason between the youth participants and the adult staff. In this capacity, she is responsible tor helping to resolve problems and keep lines of communication open to share concerns between staff and participants. This role is vital in ensuring that the programs run smoothly. Omaha BBYOers Shifra Slirago, ' Gary Shyken and Leslie Golbitz participated this past siunmer in the Kallah program. "Although this is 6 larger delegation than some cities send,* Miss Goldstein explained, "I wish there were even more people going from Omaha. BBYO summer programs offer a lot of, . learning but also offer a lot of fun, fespecially in meeting BBYO members from around the world. These programs are a great opportunity for a wonderful summer experience.* Miss Goldstein plans td attend Northwestern University. She is the daughter of Ann and Donald Goldstein.

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new generation: the Soviet Jewish attorney

ny Susan Paley Alex Dobin, 27, is a student at Creighton Law School thanks to the combined efforts of Dean Lawrence IWful, friend Bob Eisenbei^g, and a positive attitude. Mr. Dobin is the first Soviet Jewish emigre in the Omaha Jewish community to be admitted to the Law School. "^e A.A. and Ethel Yossum chair in Legal Ethics was established at Creighton by Mr. Yossum shortly before his death," said Dean Raful. "In addition, Mr. Yossum endowed the university with a permanent scholarship for Jewish students. Requirements for schoUrship funds are based on need and merit Along comes Alex who can't apply for financial aid because he is not an American citizen. I wanted the committee to make an exception for him and they did!' Deiln Raful explained that the scholarship money is to help to increase the diversity of the Law School population. "It is important that the Law School reflect the community it serves. We want |o graduate a Soviet Jewish lawyer who will serve the Soviet population in Omaha. .Alex will be the first Soviet Jewish lawyer in Omaha. Alex understands that he is making a.committment to that (the Soviet) commimity.' Mr. Dobin came to Omaha from St. Petersberg almost three years ago with his mother Vera Dobin and his grandmother Esfir Lipshyts. He graduated from the Forestry Academy. 'H had wanted to study biology, but Jews couldn't get into the University of Leningrad. You had to put your nationality on your extrance examination paper. They would purposely downgrade the Jewish students' papers to keep them out."

He studied English at UNO and then worked as an insurance agent. "1 just didn't have the right personality,",Mr. Dobin stated. "The whole concept of selling someone something is so anti-Soviet. I discovered that people don't trust (other) people with a funny accent. I then went to computer school for eight months. I can now program in several languages. "It was then that my friend Bob Eisenberg'got the idea that 1 should go to law school. It was like snow from the sky. I decided it would be a very good field. I had thought about it in Russia, but in Russia, people twist the laws. You can't do that in the U.S. Bob was very supportive." E>ean Raful stated thdt "the thing that has impressed me the most about Alex is that he has a very positive outlook. He has a tremendous amount of barriers to surmount, but he has the selfcpnfidence to do these things. It'snot so easy to be a New American." Mr. Dobin says that "in America, you can breathe free. Ihe first thing I plan to do when I have a lot of money is to bring, all my relatives and friends to Omaha. There are a couple of companies in Omaha who do business with the former Soviet Union and hopefully, I can use my language (and law) skills to work for them afler graduation." Mr. Dobin's first year of law school will cost $10,000. He has received scholarship monies from the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Bruce M. Fellinan Memorial Fimd. "At the present time, all of Alex's scholarships barely cover his needs," Dean Raful said. "The community has been very helpful, but additional funds are still needed. I would like anyone who is interested in helping Alex to please contact me at 280-2872.

BBYO a major force in Jewish community By Susan Paley BBYO regional director Joe Wittenstein recently shared some thoughts with the Jewish Press about the importance and the future of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. Mr. Wittenstein asserted that "Many parents are no longer interested in a Jewish experience for their kids. There are more non-aifiliated Jewish teens today than ever before." He said that enrollment in BBYO internationally peaked in the early 19708 at 49,000 teens, compared to 30.000 today. A miuor .problem, according to Mr. Wittenstein. la that younj; people used to seek BBYO out. Today. They are more interested in cMbe at schooLTeenacers used to want to have a sense of belonging, (to a Jewish group) he said. "Today, we must convince them that a Jewish experience u aomething they might want. The Jewuh community m it* wuKkmi has left out the 13-18 year olds. It is afhM«f tpd^s teeoagen. We think if we shut.

ouc eyes they will go to college and come back to be Jews, but statistics have proven otherwiseMr. Wittenstein strongly stated that the Jewish community "needs to be paying attention because we are losing out on this generation. This IS all the more reason why 1 believe in BBYO. The community doesn't realise JocWittenstein what a major role we play." Ookahs, Mr. Wittpnslem awud, is in its own way more involved than many comrnunitied. The fact that your Federation continues to fund a BBYO program in Omaha speaks highly of thi:^ CP: ni to Its youth I am hopeful that nmunitx of America wi|l wake u^ r..•,,concliided.

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More like a job By Jo Carroll

Contest winners AMTT students Anton Levro and Kira Lisak are the first and second place winners in Israel's first special Chidon Tanach (National Bible Contest) for new olim.Botb student* are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

A year ago, Jon Felman was Uving in Lpndon and studying economics. Today he is a law student at Northwestern University. While attending undergraduate school at Colgate University he Was picked along with 14 other students to study economics in England. He attended four different classes, including one on the common market. "It was four months of intensive, hard studies,' he recalls. "The classes were two hours long and

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JoDFeUman Last summer, while in Omaha he played with the Coats, a bcal team. Fellman baa celebrated several holidays in a non traditional way while at college. "For a seder one year eight or nine of us guys got together. We cooked dinner, but none of the traditional foods. We more or less followed aHaggadab. "We dressed up and wore ties. It was important to us. We knew what it meant. A couple of firiends came wh9 weren't Jewish." But what most ignited bis interest about his Jewish traditions was a

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Journalism student warns of prejudice By Jo Carroll Amy Zuber warns that in this elecliou year-people should b'j ^ware that discrimiD^ ^On is still a problem in 4 e United States. Miss Zuber, a junior at Nortbwestern University, said, "People think that discrimination doesn't exist. That's not true." "Growing up in Omaha," she said, "I never felt Jewish people were discriminated against." However she cautioned that prejudice does occur in other parts of the country. She advises other students to read a newspaper to ke^p up on current events. "Jewish students have to be aware. If prejudice does not occur on their campus maybe it's somewhere else," she says. Miss Zuber has more than a passing interest in newspapers. She chose iMorthwestem because of its journalism rogram. She worked on the Burke newspaper while she «tt«nded high school. Last summer she had a journalism internship with Channel 6 in Omaha, "ll was very rewarding," she said. "1 worked in public affairs. I dealt with getting a lot of air time for fund raising." Eventually she says she would like to ork in print journalism. Although she ioesn't rule out coming back to Omaha to pursue her career, she says, "It's exdting to try out new places. "I know I want to live near a Jewish aimmunity where there are other people my age. I know how easy it is to me«t people in On:iaha at the Jewish Comunity Cenlef; It's a Miss HvheT plans l<< }iears to find out exactly what shti wania to do. Honesty and family are very signiHtant to Miss Zuber. "Honesty is most important to me. it's important for children to have honesty when they arc growing up." "Values have always been part of my family life. My family has be^n so Jmportitnl in nu' I fi!i'l a liiiln )iiiiiiH..<ii k

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Gl Bill for Icids Phil Baum, associate executive director of the Aiperican Jewish Congress, has condemned President Bush'^ announcement of an Education reform bill an "yet another assault on the wall of separation betw^n church and state."Mr. Baum noted that the President's decision had come "only 24 hours after the Supreme Court had reaftirmed the basic constitutional principle that religion and government don't mix." He concluded by noting that "while there is no doubt that a crisis in pulilic education does exist, undermining th(i separation of religion and government is nut the answer." Mr. Baum's statement follows: President Bush's "education reform" bill, despite its misleading name, is simp[y another attempt to channel federal funds to parochial schools. With the "CI Bill for Kids", the Bush Administration has made yet another assault on ihi; wall of separation between churcli and state. The announcement is especially striking oumiiig only 24 hours after the Supreme Court had reaf firmed tlie basic constitutional principle tliat reli-

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By Jo Carroll A Remington Heights diiihwaeher'B ambitionB will put him in his own ofiiu! some day. Jay Keriyon, a junior at the University of Kansas, plans to go to law school. He would like to epecializi in estat£ planning or gti latric law. "I've washed dishes at Remington Heights for years during the summer. I like being around older people. And they sometiipes need more help," said Kenyon. For his undergraduate degree, Kenyon ia majoring in political science and communication. "It really doesn't matter much what your degree is in when you apply for law school," he said. Kenyon says the hardest part about college is getting time and money organized. "The classes become harder as you advance, but anyone can cruise through college if he wants to." Kenyon is the alumni chairman at his fraternity. Lambda Chi Alpha. "Some of the brothers at my fraternity had never met a Jew before." Kenyon talks a lot about being Jewish to his brothers. "They have questions about my religion that I try to answer." He had not been to reUgious services in a long time. "To tell you the truth I haven't even thought about it. Then Rabbi Azriel came to visit "He took all the Omaha Jewish kids fWini Temple out to eat. I didn't reaUxe there were so many on campus. He also spoke to a()yone who wanted to meet privately with him.* Kenyon took a picture of his fraternity Just before winter break last y»ar. On the right a Christmas trs« stands in the window, while on the left, a paper garland with Hanukkah written on it adonui the wall. "Temple sent me the decorations. I thought it was kind vf neat to put it

Jay Kenyon up. Some day I want to make matzo ball soup for the fraternity," Kenyon aaid. He said guys try to set him up with girls from the Jewish sororities, "But it never works out." Kenyon is undecided as to how he's going to vote in the upcoming presidential election. It's a tough situation. I'm a member of the Young Republicans.' Last year Kenyon took sonie political heat when he reaponded to an editorial in the KU newspaper, "It was an article that stated homosexuals should be allowed to be Boy Scouts," h^ said. "I wrote a letter that said honoosexuals shouldn't be allowed to be Scout leaders," Kenyon said. He said he got a lot o( heat from the UberaUt on campus. "I eipected it If you express your political views you're always going to oAend someone. "1 think liberals take a hard view of (VatemiUes,* Kenyon said. 'They al-

ways think there's racist stuff going on." Although Kenyon doesn't like the lack of privacy in the fraternity house he stUI Ukes living there. "Ill be here for four years, I'm never going to live like this again, I might as well eivjoy it." Recently some girls took Kenyon bar hopping for his 21st birthday. "I drank beer at parties but 1 hadn't drunk in a bar before. It's not all what it's cracked up to be," he Kenyon eivjoys coming home. "I love it. At home there's free laundry and free food. I also get aldng great with my parents. Kenyon says he likes Omaha, "^ere would be no problem coming back hei^ if there was a job." But the former dishwasher also has ambitions to practice law in Ariiona. Kenyon says, "I will be anywhere the jot) is. Anywhere the economy is growing. Right now I'm taking it one year at a time,"

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September 25,1992

March of the Living 1992: a retrospective By Susan Paley Omaha teens Caren Friedman, Leslie Golbitz, Matt Goldberg, Becca Goldstein, Dan Kully, and Gary Shyken particpated vsrith 5,000 other Jewish teenagers world-wide in the annual March of the Living, a twoweek program in Poland and Israel open to high school juniors and seniors. The students went to bear witness, to remember, to pledge: "Never again!" The trip is co-sponsored by the Jewish National Fund. American Zionist Youth Foundation, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, and Jewish Federations and educational-agencies. The group visited concentration camps, villages and cities which had been emptied of Jews, isolated synagogues which had escaped destruction, and Jewish cemeteries. On Yom HaShoah,-the Day of Remembering the . Holocaust, they marched from Auschwitz to Birkenau. From Roland, they flew directly to Israel, \yhere on Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day they planted trees in memory of the soldiers who have died in defense of Israel. They also particpated as witnesses to the triumph of the Jewish people's survival as they celebrated Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day. "In a short period of time, the survivors will all be gone," BBYO Midwest director Joe Wittenstein stated. "We felt the best thing we could do was to bring kids over (to Poland) so they could sec these things for themselves. We knew that opce they saw, they would never forget. 'When we left Poland, we all cheered as the wheels of the airplane left the ground. When we touched down in Israel, there was tremendous applause. It was astounding! The March of the Living is the absolutely best thing this country has in terms of helping teenagers to understand what it means to be Jewish." Omaha BBYO director Beth Cohen explained that before they go, the teens take a pledge to come back and share what they have learned with the community. "The kids go through a rigorous application process. We need to make sure that the kids we send are emotionally and mentally prepared to handle this trip. They have three months of training prior tq their departure and they know that they are expected to come back and discuss the results of their trip." Mr. Wittenstein was in Omaha this past summer to wrap up the 1992 March with the Omaha group and the Jewish Presa obtained the following interview at that time. ' Pan Kully had already Ibft for his summer job as a camp counselor and was not available. Others in the group shared their feelings and experiences and also related his story as well. Their interview is as follows: Q. How has this experience changed your Ufe? Leslie: I have a greater appreciation for life and for everything I have. I try not to take all the things 1 have for granted anymore. Caren: I am much ipore conscious of what I say and the words that other people use. I'm more aware of what words mean. I've started changing the words I choose to use. I do correct myself and other people when I hear things that I thirik of better ways to phrase.

Matt: This was the greatest trip I will ever go on. I experienced the best and the worst I got a look at how people could be treated as sub-human beings. I feel such pride for my religion. To go to Israel and experience anything there gives you an incredible understanding and makes you feel proud of what you are. Gary: I am more appreciative of the things I have. Pm not taking things for granted. I am more appreciative of the Jewish religion seeing people who would not give up, who would fight till their death. I am becoming more conscious of kashrut (keeping kosher). I felt it was something I could do toward my appreciaAt Birkenau on Yom HaShoah. Wearing identition of my religion. Becca: Two years ago, I came back with all the same cal blue jackets with a white Magen David on feelings as the others. This time, I was more aware of the back, participants assembled behind bandifferent things in the world. This time I was able to ners showing their countries of origin and have a more objective view of anti-Semitism. For me, marched in silence to the site of the crematoria this was a factual, historical learning experience. I where dignitaries from Israel conducted serwas able to actually sit there and know what it was vices. After the ceremonies, the entire group gathered together to sing '^atikvah." about without concentrating on my feelings. Q: There is a fear that your generation will not be as committed to Israel as people previously have been (since for the most part you, as well as your parents, are growing up in a post-Holocaust world where soon there will be no survivors or witnesses to World War II and the rebirth of the State of Israel). How do you feel about this? Matt: Before I went (to Israel), I thought, "Oh, give back the West Bank to" the Arabs." Now, I feel that we must have all the land possible to save the Jewish reUgion. Even though people had guns in Israel, I felt completely safe and protected. Leslie: I was worn out when we left Poland. I wa.'; surrounded by death. I was so excited to get to Israel People are so excited to be there that they, kiss thi i iid l>>>ui« ui AaAitio lii. .\uuUuiLi<i«^ Thirteen tons ground. Had I not gone to Poland, Isfttel would not have meant so much. I fell in love with Israel the of human aahea are buried under the monument. moment I stepped off the plane. It was overwhelming. Caren: Everthing we experienced during the whole trip (Poland) was depressing. I couldn't wait to get to Israel. When I went, I had only thought of Poland. The difference between experiencing death and arriving in the Jewish homeland was amazing. Gary: Knowing that the land of Israel is a homeland for all Jews made me more appreciative of it. It made me feel proud that there is an Israel. Becca: I feel that today's teenagers have a wonderful appreciation of Israel, no matter what kind of trip they come on. They see the history and culture of the Jewish people. Every trip Fve been on to Israel, Tve seen large groups of teenagers tour the country and fall in love with it On Yom HaShoah, aU S,0O0 partlcpante Leslie: The Israelis wanted to know why we weren't all living there. I think we should be spread out There •ted the bwt march that Uiooaanda of victims of is a bond between Jews. In Poland, even though we Nail barbariam were forced to make from didn't know each other, we just stood together and Auachwlta to Birkenau. cried. Becca: (for Dan) This was Dan's'first trip. He had a great experience. I think it really gave him an appreciation for Israel and the Holocaust. He could never tolerate racism in any form or ethnic jokes. I think this trip strengthened his sense of watching out in the world for racism and prejudice.

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A new beginning

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Doing something right By Susan A. Drazen, Director, Bureau of Jewish Education

By Jo Carroll

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This fall marks a new beginning for Robyn Epstein. A new university, a new m^or and a new car. Miss Epstein graduated from Burke High School in 1990. That fall she followed her older sister to the University of Kansas. "It was where a lot of kids were going and I didn't really think about it too much. .Although it's , a big campus it always seemed like niy sister's school to me.'' To become more inr volved on campus Miss Epstein jointjd the Sigma Delta Tau sorority. "Sor.Rohyn ority life was not a wonderful thing for me," she said. "I'm just a different "It just seems like she kind of person." shouldn't be getting marShe did not know her ried." roommate her first year Her sister has settled in at KU. "My roommate St. Louis. Miss Epstein was a good Christian. She says she would come back was okay, but we had dif- to the midwest if there ferent thoughts and were a job for her. "Omabeliefs," she said. ha is a nice place to raise "With my secure home a family but there's nothlife, Pve always relied on ing here for me now," she religion." said. When Miss Epstein Her oldest sister is getting married in Decem- began to look at majoring ber. This has made Miss in special education, she Epstein take a look at her began to explore other age. "I'm really excited schools. $he is a junior ftbout the marriage. But it this year at the Universimakes me feel so weird. ty of Iowa in Iowa City. And for the first year on She isn't old enough. She is just two years older campus she is driving a th|uiiiie. car. A red 4x4 gives .her

Kp>ilrin a kind of independence she has not had before. "1 found out 1 would be better off to switch to the University of Iowa. It had a good program and it would take me less time to graduate. There is also a good Jewish population there and that is important to me." But Miss Epstein admits Iowa represents a great deal more to her. "The choice of Iowa represents freedom to me. I'm able to be me. "Maybe before nobody knew the real me. It's hard to grow out of the person people think they know you as."

As anyone who has filled out an application for a college scholarship or loan from the Financial Aid Committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education knows, we ask many questions. Among the information yielded by the application IS the student's year in school, where they want to go to school and why have they chosen a particular university. I am especially fascinated when part of the answer is "because of the active lowish life available on lampus,..", "a viable Hillel foundation...". "Jewish studies program...", and I always smile and think that as a Jewish community we're definitely doing something right. We're doing something right when BBYO. NCSY at Beth Israel, NFTY at Temple Israel and USY at Beth El involve our kids with their peers all over the United States and give them a sense that there is viable Jewish life both in and out of Omaha. As a community we're doing something right when we provide funds to enable our high school students to attend dut-of town youth group func-

tions. We're doing something right when we provide scholarship monies for kids to attend Jewish summer camps. (As a product of the Ramah camps, 1 can't stress highly enough the impact that this intensive Jewish educational experience ha.s on our kids. 1 We're doing something right as a community when we provide scholarships for Israel programs for high school students. We're doing something jight in this community when we provide day school scholarship funds so that parents who desire a more intensive Jewish education for their children can afford to do so. We're doing something right when we enable our kids with learning differences to receive a Jewish education. We're doing something right when our synagogues provide programs which enable their high school students to interact and role model for younger students in the congregation. We're doing

something right when our Jewish Community Center Preschool enriches its Judaic studies curriculum. We're doing something right when we provide financial support for our Jewish schools in Omaha to enable them to do what they do best, educate our children. As a community wt have chosen to.invest in dur children's Jewish education and we're doini; something very right. 1 know we're doing something right because when a freshman going off to college wants to make a Jewish presence on campus a priority, we've started them on the right road. As it says in Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of the Fathers, "It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it." Our children will complete th^r life tasks, each in their own way, but as a community we have done something very right because we have chosen to provide the basis upon which they will build their lives.

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What a way to spend Halloween

W The most remote place I encountered - a small.fishing settlement on an atoll of the Tiger Islands in Indonesia.

Elyse Kay Richroon

By Morris Maline "What a way to spend Halloween — in the jungles of Borneo...Unga told me to take his sons into the last remaining bits of primary forest to understand its beauty, its wisdom, and the skills required for survival, and sadly to hold memories of it before it disappears..." , The above is from a diary maintained by Elyse Kay Richmon, daughter of Harry and Arlene Richman>.and is only a fraction of the material that has been recorded over the past several years. Elyse, a graduate of Westside High School and San Francisco State University, where she majored in public health, not only satisfied her childhood dream of •sailing the South Pacific, but also has sailed, hitchhiked, and otherwise traveled to far-flung comers of the globe. Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Java, Borneo,, are among the many ports of call she has visited during the past couple of years. "My travels started fresh from the Yom Kippur cycle when I was at one with myself and 1 decided to go out and wander in the desert — looking for the Holy Land in me," she said in an interview here before heading back to California and then to Thailand. Before resuming her adventures, she loaned the Jewish Press some of her photos and they are presented on this page:

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The lure of the big city By Jo Carroll Chicago is just $1.50 and 45 minutes away from his college campitB according to one young man from Omaha. Alan Kricsfeld attends Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he is a junior. He sometimes finds the lure of the big city irresistible. "There's two baseball teams and a basketball team located in Chicago. There's every kind of restaurant - you can imagine. And last year I saw The Phantom of the Opera' at one of the theaters." Although Kricsfeld likes to visit Chicago he says, "I would never want to live there." As to where he wants to live he says, "It's way to early to tell." Meanwhile back on the, campus, Kricsfeld has changed his major from science to English because he found he had no creative outlets. Last summer he took a physics course at Creighton University. If he does pursue a medical career he will return to Creighton or the University of Nebraska for medical school. Kricsfeld chose Northwestern for his undergraduate degree because it "has a great reputation and a beautiful campus." A^jd it was the right distance from Omaha. "Far enough from home, but close enough." He also chose the University because of the large Jewish population. According to Kricsfeld, Hillel is very strong. "They hold services on Friday nights and Saturday mornings. They have outings where you can bowl or ice skate." "I attend services there but Tm not active in their programs." His extracurricidar activities have taken another turn. In his freshman year he joined Chi Phi Fraternity. "It is not a traditional Jewish fraternity. None of the fraternities on campus are more than 50 percent Jewish," Kricsfeld said, adding that he had met a great type of friend in the fraternity. This year he is rush chairman, next year he would like to be president of the fraternity. Both are elected positions. As for life after campus, "T. have no desire to go into politics." One of Kricsfeld's favorite classes at Northwestern has been a course about the Old Testament. "Ij was studying the Bible^from strictly a non religious point of view." He says he has always had a strong sense of Jewish identity.

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The Dennis Paley Family Alan Kricsfeld "I'm proud of my traditions." Kricsfeld goes out with groups of college students that aren't all Jewish, but says he would never date a non-Jewish girl. "I feel that it causes more problems than it's worth." He said he learned his leadership basics in AZA 1 during high school. The fraternity structures were the same. "Nothing was amazingly new," he said. He had planned to visit Israel after his sophomore year, but found himself improving his physics grades instead. Across the street from Chi Phi is Lake Michigan. "1 do a lot'of my studying on the beach. You can tan and study at the saune time. I do all of my reading at the beach." When Kricsfeld isn't reading for his classes at Northwestern he reads about anything but trash or romance. "I'm heavy into science fiction. And I also like authors like James Mitchner." On vacations when he's at home he feels pampered for the first" few days. Although like many college students he complains that there's nothing to do in Omaha, he admits it gives him plenty of time to get reacquainted with his brothers. "David has even begun to ask me for advice with his girlfriends." He drives whenever he's in Omaha, but back in Evanston he chooses not to have a car. "There's no place to park!" So for some time Alan Kreisfeld will find Chicago a buck fifty away. Definitely cheaper than trying to park

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AJ congress seeks postponement The American Jewish Congress has called on the .New' York State Board of Bar Examiners to postpone next year's , Bar Examination for one iday in order to avoid a /conflict with the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av i.july27, 19M). In a letter written to ••Board of Bar Examiners 'Chair. John E. Holt;• Harris, Jr., Marc Stern,

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Friends call her snow bird By Jo Carroll colleges in Arizona and warmer. Arid today she A lot of people call Wisconsin. All things wouldn't chang^'a thing. Jamie Zacharia a snow being equal she chose Not even the nickname of bird. She attends the Uni- Arizona because it was snow bird. versity of Arizona and when fellow students see her Nebraska licence plate they attach the nickname to her. Miss Zacharia is a senior majoring in family studies. She explains it is a combination of psychology and child development; the only difficult classes for her are the ones she is not interested in. "1 think it's hard to study anything if you have a boring teacher." Her interest in cliildren flourished by working at the Jewish Community Center Camp for five years. "I love working with small children. I like to Jamie Zacharia see their faces when little things make them go 'wow'!" Miss Zacharia would like to return to Omaha ,' and the JCC for a career. She says she would like t« be the youth director at iheJCC. But she has other plans for immediately after college. "Right after school I'd like to come home and work as a waitress, I might save my money for a trip to Europe," she said. "But who know's what I'll do. I just want to be free from pressure for awhile." A member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Miss 2^charia returned to school early for this fall session. She was a rush couijselor for woman rushing any sorority at the University of Arizona. She joined a sorority because she wanted to "do social things." She says, "It was a good way to meet people." • • Miss Zacharia went to Avenue Ltd. one Hillel function when she was a freshman a'nd Ann Taylor never went back. "It was Art Plus Gallery held in,a cement basement with a tile floor. It Bags & Baggage just didn't seem Jewish. • Banana Republic And then the Rabbi's name was Smith. The Bombay Company whole thing just ofrendod BOOK Category me," she said.' MISS Zacharia says she Brookstone doesn't n-ally think about marriage now. "I'm not Carroll Reed that serious. I want to Category One marry someone Jewish, but ! don't think I'll hold Chlcos myself to it. Until you Crabtree SEveiyn have kids it really doesn't latter." Miss Zacharia lys, "The most important thing to me now is my family, their happiness and mine." Her care packages from liome are often from her jtri-at kiriindmothcr. Rosr

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synagogue Activities Services will be conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. Friday, Sept. 25 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 26 9:30 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv & Havdalah 7:05 p.m. Roflh Hashanah Sunday. Sept. 27 Monday, Sept. 28 Morning Service Alternate Service Tashlich Service Minha-Ma'ariv Tuesday, Sept. 29* Morning service Minha-Ma'ariv

8:15 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 7:10 p.m.

ShabbatShuvah ;

Friday, Oct. 2 Saturday, Oct. 3 Morning services Minha-Ma'ariv

6:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 6:55 p.m.

Memorial Service (B«th El Cemetery) 11:00 a.m.

^^(ionday. Oct: 4

Yom KippiuTuesday, Oct. 6 Kol Nidre* Wednesday, October 7 Morning Service (includes Yizkor and MusaO > Alternate Service Study Session (Rabbi Jules Harlow) Minha-Ne'eila ,. Sounding of Shofar Approximately

6:15 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 3:30 p.m. ..4:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m.

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Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink, and Cantor Webber-Gilat will ofliciate. Rabbi Fink will give the sermon. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. Sitter service is available by reservation. Saturday. Sept. 26 Shabbat Morning Service Roeh Hashanah Sunday. Sept. 27 First Service Second Service Monday, Sept. 28 Morning Service Young Children's Service Family Youth Service

11:15 a.m.

6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 2-2:30 pm 3-4:00 pm

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7:30 p.m. 11:15 p.m.

Simcah B'Shabbat - The Congregation will study the Torah portion for the week. Memorial Service, Temple Israel Cemetery Sunday. Oct. 4 ...1:00 p.m.

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, Sept. 27 Erev Rosh Hashanah Monday, Sept. 28 Morning Services Jr. Congregation Mincha, Maariv Tuesday, Sept. 29 Morning Services Jr. Congregation Yom Kippur Tuesday, Oct. 6 Kol Nidre Wednesday, Oct. 7 Morning Service Yizkor „„ Jr. Congregation Mincha.., Neilah _ Tel<> I'l, Maariv, Havdalah

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6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 11:(X) a.m.

6:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

6:50 p.m. 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:50 p.m.

7:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. •....9:30 a.m. .10:00 a.m. 12:30 a.m. 4:;00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. 8:55 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

Yom Kippur Tuesday, Oct. ei • Yom Kippur First Service 6:30 p.m. , Tuesday. Oct. Second Service 8:30 p.m. Kol Nidre 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 Rabbi's Sermon 7:30 p.m. Morning Servici'. 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. Oct. 7 Medical Ethics Panel following morning service Shacharit (Morning Service). -''O a.m. Young Children's Service .1:30-2 pm Torah Reading 10:45 a.m Afternoon Service ,...3:15 p.m. Rabbi's Sermon and YizkorMemorial 12:30 pm Yizkor and Neilah Services , 4:30 p.m. • Musaf Service 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 Mincha 5:00 p.m. .Jennifer Ann Patton Rat Mitzvah Neilah :..^'. .•> 6:15 p.m Ma-ariv ...,...: 7:35 p.m. The Shofar will be sounded and the Yom Kippur f«Hl will ehd at '. 7:50 p.m.

B'nai Israel

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Monday, September 28, 7:55 p.m.

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Note: Rosh Hashanah morning services will end approximately 1:00. *There is NO Alternative service on Secpnd Day Rosh Hashanah or Kol Nidre. Yizkor on Yom Kippur is recited,earlier in the Alternate Sei^rice.

Rosh Ha«hanah Services Sunday, Sept. 27 Krev Rosh Hashanah Monday. Sept. 2h Morning Servii I Evening Servici

Friday, Sept. 25 .,..«. Saturday. September 26.....

Sunday, September 27, 6:66 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 25 "Shabbat Ciomes to You", Livingston Plaza, Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink Cantor Webber-Gilat and Temple Youth Group Shabbat Evening Service -.

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Each of us is unique

Rabbi Mark Urkowitz, Beth Israel Synagogue "As clay in the hands of the potter, who expands or contracts it at will, sso are we in the hands of G-d." niis beautiful poetic selection which we chant at the Kol Nidre service describes the strength of the artisan, and how we as human beings are merely like clay in G-d's hands; we can be molded and changed into any configuration which He wants. _ We understand that G-d wants his creation to be perfect. So, too. does the artisan. He takes pride in his work aod seeks to add his personal touch. Last year, Mr. David Richtman, a, member of Beth Israel,^ showed me an inner sole he plucked from the inside of a Polish child's shoes, after World War II, As expected the inner sole was small. The shoemaker, as was clearly evident, cut the inner sole very carefully. There were no jagged edges; the curves were clean; the cross stitches which went around the border were uniform jn size and width. Clearly, the shoemaker was an able craftsman who took great pride in his work. But there was only problem with the inner sole, and It explains the reason Mr. Richtman has saved it down to this day. The mner sole was cut from a SeferTorah. which most likely had been confiscated by the Nazi, and the Hebrew was still legible. How the shoemaker obtained the Torah,' we may never know. All loo often we look only at the bottom line, at the result of the action. Wc forget to investigate the means which were utilized to achieve the end. If the method of implementation was deficient, then the end product IS also deficient. During the decade of the 80'p, we spbke of the growth of the individual. The percentages of MBA's and business majors increased. But it was also the decade which pi-oduced record fines against those who sought oijy the payoff and pulled shtick. We all have tJie possibility of being artisans in oiu• field or another. Each one of us has a strength which makes us unique. As we develop our potential, we must always remember that following the proper path creates the more productive individual and the better

say to them? What advice fttim our rich tradition do we give? Many of our college age children will not be with us for tiie High Holy Days. Some of them will be too far B\/ay to return for Roah HaShannah and Yom Kippur. Man;, of our dinner Ubles will have fewer places sot, . a will take up less seats in the Synagogue, a favorite pie will go uneaten, someone else will dip apples into honey. Hillol services and home hospitality at colleges and universities across the country help to bridge the gap. Our sons and daughters will be searching out new friends, building new Jewish connections and community where ever they find themselves. How do we as Jewish parents help them stay connected? How do we help them to be aware of the richness of our tradition? That is our challenge. In addition to finding a Hillel service or nearby Synagogue, in addition to sending honey cakes from home, tell them they know how to swim. Remind, them that you taught them to swim. Yes, to swim. In the Talmud (Kiddushin, 29a and 30b) our tradition discusses the responsibilities of parenting. In part, the passage reads:...that a parent is obligated to teach her childTorah, and to teach her child a trade...some authorities say to teach him to swim, also...What is the reason? His life may depend on it... We may understand this passage as a 'done deal' after all, before they became Bar and Bat Mitzvah, we sent our children to Hebrew School. Now we are sending them to college to learn the 'trade' of their choice. And of course, when they were Uttle, we sent them to camp or to the 'J' to learn to swim. But on another level, the obligation to teach our children to swim, may refer to far more than water skills. Our rabbis add that learning to swim may save one's life. Learning to swim means learning survival skills. It means being able to recognize dangers of all kinds, external and internal, physical and emotional - and to swim through them, to rise above them, not to sink. What advice might we offer our college age children? "Go and swim. I've taught you, I trust you. I've taught you to swim, trust yourself Hppefully, pnce you learn to swim you never forget. If you need a refresher course, I'm here." Jewish parenting, our tradition suggests, means teaching our children to swim in the world, to survive. Our world of Jewish learning, the Torah, is called a sea. We as Jewish parents, do well to invite our children to swim in the.sea of Torah - to take courses in Jewish studies, to immerse themselves in the depth and breadth of the sea of Jewish thought. Oh, and don't forget to Bend a little honey cake - it cpuldii't hurt! • • Wishing you a good and sweet New Year(

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Rabbi Paul Drasen

Trepidation and hope Rabbi Paul Drazen, Beth El Synagogue From the time children learn to walk, we face, with a combination of trepidation and hope, the day our babies walk out^the door as young adults ready to (ace the world. Thathappens with each rite of passage. VVe want them to grow and go and yet we have mixed feel-J ings as we wonder if we have given them what they,] need to conquer the world. ] At some ages that question is easily i^wored. When| all a child needs are.clean clothes and how to say please and thank-you, Uanaitiona are relatively easy... As the child grows, what we need to provide for them Kabbi \ryeh Axriel grows as well. How quickly th«y move from pro-school, to grade school to middle school to high school and theni to college. At each step our children's needs grow, moral rapidly than we ever could ever have known. . At first, just being there is our m^jor responsibilityBy Rabbi Aryeh Aarlel Soon,- however, comae the time to teach family values, . Temple larael iynagogue done mostly by example. Hiere is also a Shared respon>J It was iaid not no much in coinpiiuiii .•;. sibility. shared between family and synagogue, to t^chr tioi». The implication was clear; "What is t livin^^ llie impact of feeling superfluou* >» ^luiwLinii. what our values aa Jews. For the leeaon to be oftectivoj It takes a eerious toll, subverting umotional, physical it needs to be 'taught as a combination effort. School^ and synagogUM alone cannot provide III ' ' Hadi^ and even mural otability. <tioiL Most often thew> thoughu are expreeaed by aging tion; the hooie need* help to provide i p.iunu whobel' • !ilren are increaa- skills and the social atmosphere of being witn olhel n,,;lv di«UncinK .asuigly visiting Jews ihom. The iacl is a »()(v^ug utuud of futility ami wurthlossnewi is not aulely axp<9rienoed by the agint; Though <wt aa articulated nor a* visible, (uch moods child's «yiM' after IIMVIUM luo also plague adoleeoente. Adolpucpnld oft*n sr» trouWed •ong, the fear and diiiben^f ' dent oi by fooling unneeded. Thi' chooti>>^ into u chasm of moral, em luitoayuungi ardy. In both the aging and young, life oan appear sier- growth and dev«l' But tending a ' tiouae to the " ilo. Uaihed by Baening negUgaaoe, becauae they fail to •ante a caring and understanding lympaUiy from place of ideas and intluenoee oi college is quite a difibr>| ent inaiiur That is the time when we really discover ..ii...r fluniiy membera. hat didn't. But, we must remember imber, are deeeribing a dieease, it seeui to me. what Lhat age ia baaed on what has al t an wmetimea reaponded to with dru^ or what li....... >lt«, but the underlying cauaea ar« almoit been learne<L It's too Ute to teach the lessons whaH aiwiiyn oTvrkwkad. The condition that prompta excee- they reach ooilege age.

Nobody needs me anymore

Rabbi Sheryl Lewart Schulewltz B'nai brael 8yna|(ogu«

Weren't we just there? By p-vi-i MH«ry| Lewui Shulewlu \ juat there? College studenta, crossing the i\ri.H v<ii«d. c»n'-'" ^ibility to iolvo the uniolvablB a»h Weren't we juat there? Idea! ''. iharinK-• unahiJtable f" Now our ionj) UJIU UBugnuim uru Huitiingdown uvutf ,t,viVntr pcthi • Nkiwtng their penonal QUMU. purMiinf t^ own viaiona. What do we M Je«Aih (MreoU

sive self-deprecation, to the tragic point by some adolescents of suicide, is an internal spiritual vacuum. Society unfortunately contributes to the spiritual vacuum. It values life on the basis of productivity, on costbenefit standards. And in our mechanistic environment the adolescent and aging frequently do not function at a level of significant cost-benefit. The tragedy is that so many of us buy into this pervasive devaluing of our humanUy. The amount of money earned, or the status conveyed by material position, are our criterion for judgment upon ourselves. And then, debased by this virulent genn, we are made sick unto death. Our humanity must not be so measured. Wisdom and character are witness to more than income by dollars can ever testify. And there are qualities in adolescents whose intelligible beauty are beyond material reckoning. But the issue is not resolved by merely re-ordenng perspectives. The real remedy for the disease of feeling superfluous is to become spiritually whole. A feeling of self-worth, of being personally valuable in this vast universe ultimately blossoms,from within. Life becomes resplendently beautiful when our eyes perceive a pulsating birth, gorgeously decorated by summer's flowers. To breathe in the scent of a warm, day's rainfall, Hid the aroma of new mown grass, is to inhale joyousni'^s. , Life is precious when we can laugh and hug. Life is cherished when we embrace family and friends with unselfish pleasure. We can be ourselves, the wellspring from which others drink to invigorate their spiritual wholeness. We can be the warm hand and gentle spiril i>ach of us so urgently requires. Sucli spiritual sensibilities confirm a sublime soul. To feel and see and hear the poetry .in simple life, is to live in God's presence. There we become but little lower than the angels, crowned with the glory and honor.

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Seo leptembcr 25,1992 What happens to our children as they enter "the real world" can never be guaranteed, any more than there are any other giiarantees in life. We can hope we built a strong enough foundation to withstand the mental earthquakes which come at college; enough to witliHtand the tornado of intellectual activity which is an integral part of higher education. We can hope we gave our children a good parachute and safety net, a firm grounding to return to when tliey've had the chance to look, think and compare their backgrounds with so many others. With luck, all that will come to pass. At the High Holy Days, at all other days, is the time we have to provide that grounding, that parachute and safety net for our beliefs and hopes, our dreams and goals. With that, and more than just a little bit of luck, our children will return a dividend of love and "nahas" from what we have invested in Ihem.

''This year we live in a world that has changed so rculically that it is nearly unrecognizable. w here is much to do Cantor Michael Weisser B'nai Jeshurun The High Holy Days are fast approaching. Soon we and other Jews from around the world will be gathering in our synagogues for self evaluation, prayer, worship, and repentance. The spirit will be that of a people who have come a long, long way in the worldt and there will be a sense of wonder, of awe, that we are still able to gather in our large numbers for the High Holy Dnys. This year we live in a world that has changed so radically that it is nearly unrecognizable. The world we knew just a year ago is gone. 'Hie Berlin Wall has been d£nio4i4jhed and we have witnessed the recreation of a unified (j^naany. The Iron Curtain has fallen of its own weight, and Jews are freer than ever to leave the countries of Eastern Europe. We have seen an outbreak of the democratic ideal in countries that last year were home to the harshest totalitarian regimes in the history of the world, from South Africa to South America, from the United StatM to Russia, from the countries of the Arab world to Israel. We have witnessed a reborn United Nations coKte into- being and we have heard the voice of the nations ' condemning the aggression of Saddam Hussein. We have watched with bat«d breath as our Secretary of State travelled in an attempt to bring the varioiis Middle Eastern factiona together aroUitd the table of peace and we have seen abme ghqamers uf hope that this will continue aqd thare will ba juatioe for all of the parties conceriHxI. And what does it all mean a* we approach the High Holy Days? Does it moan that we wil| ainiply go on as before? Or does U mean that we will seize the moment and move on with the prvces* of 'L'tkun Olaiu .- the Correction of the World? This Uosh' Hashanah whivn w« come into our synaes, we should realiae that there is so siuch to do, __ uch that' is yet undoiMh and we should not be discouraged. Remember theae words from Pirke Avot, spoken so long ago by Rabbi Tarfoh: I'll is nut yuur duty to Hnish the work, -but neither are you free to desist irwa it." We are not ftee to deaiat from tha work of making the world a better place. There are hungry to be fed, homeless to be sheltsred. the idi« to be employed, the fhghteniKi to be comibrted, the wortied to be eased. There la peace to be OMla - between individuaU and between nationa. Tl»4re ia peace to b* . made between pooplaa. A High Holy Day worship must focua oui igies toward the solution to all of these problems, even aa we strive to make atonement ' fijrouraelvea. Eluhenu, Vaylohay Avutenu - Our Qod and God of our <ii>< rHioiH. in Your kive grant that we torny And our ws> ' Your presence. May we be inspired to WOi!'-

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In loneliness, we experience the feeling of being distanced from G-d and from loved ones. In uselessness, we experience the feeling that our life was and continues to be a waste. Finally, in despair, the brieath of life continues to beat in our bosom, but the spirit is gone. One has no desire for life. As we approach this new year of 5753, let us all pray that we may be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year. , i

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Rosh Hashanah the cosmic holiday By Rabbi Elihu MUder Tifereth Israel Synagogue Although most of our holiday flow out of our historical Jewish experience, Rosh Hashanah is cosmic. It celebrates the birthday of the world. On this, the first of the month of Tishrei, the wbrld according to our tradition came into being. Other days of the year are also characterized by the Talmud as Rosh Hashanah: the first of the month of Nissan, Rosh Hashanah for festivals; the first of the month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah for the tithing of cattle; and the first or the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, Rosh Hashanah for trees. However, when the Talmud simply says Rosh Hashanah, it is the first of Tishrei that is meant, the birthday of the world. • On this day, according to the Mishna, all the inhabitants of the world are judged, passing in review before the Lord, as a legion of soldiers before its commander. The Gemorah develops this theme further. Mankind is divided into three groups: the wholly righteous; the completely wicked; and the overwhelming majority, the intermediate. For the wholly righteous and the completely wicked, sentencing is immediate with deat^ for the latter, and life eternal in the "world to come' for the former. However, for the intermediate group, which constitutes most.of mankind, sentence is postponed, suspended for ten days until Yom Kippur. How is this sentence to be averted? In the Bible, part of the ceremonies of Yom KippUr involved transferring the sins of the community of Israel to a goat through the medium of the High Priest. The goat, bearing the sins of the community, was then sent away into the wilderness. This.ceremoBy of the "scapegoat" fell into disuse with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E, Vestigial forms of this ceremoi^ seems to have siu-vived to the present One practice is Tashlik. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, between the afternoon and evening service, J^ws walk to a body of water, preferably one containing fiah, and there, while reciting certain verses from the book of Micah, empty their pockets of bread crumbs, symboUcally casting their sins into the water. . ' The otK^practice, shlog kaporee, is rarely performed today. K. too, involves the transferring uf sins, in this case to a live rooster just before Yom Kippur. The rooster is twirled around onv's head and later ritually slaughtered and given to the poor. Alternatively, coins are substituted for the rooster and given instead to the (K>or. The central religious approach to averting the sentence is to repair pne's spiritual soul by teshuva, tefilah, and tiedakah - repentance (turning to U-D), pr«k>er, and charitable Hi < us to ^epentance is the clarion call of the xl It is sounded during the high points o>' Hashanah service and again at theconclu Vom Kippur service. The Talmud civ ites that the sentence of unending death or made in cunnectmn with the High Holy Days, livs m the realm of th<come". However, the language of the HIK' prayer book is highly suggestive of a " ment of diath- "who by fir*, who by wet tkaai fkfiad, appareotty. with tke quoMi toes tba righteoiH persoa die during the yea> the decrae of death ia sealed fcr the wicked < not CM tba righteoua. I believe the answ' in tk« phrase "and Teshuvah. Tefilah. avOTt tha evil of the decrm." Take note. 'avert the dKree," it says "avert ths evil Death muat come to all: to the nut wicked, Neither acts uf goodness, noes, avert death. What may be a%' is aaaocuitod with death and dyini <oli niiMH. thff iivil (irijMnlu«Mfi(>MH. iliwl Lib

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The ultimate campaign By Rabbi Mendel Katzman It's an election year, and every poUtical campaign these days seems to bring with it "revelations." Whether leaked by the FBI or sold to the media for big bucks, many politicians make headlines during their campaign via these revelations. Jews are often involved in political campaigns. It's not unusual that 'we don't always see eye-to-eye on political issues. But there's one campaign Jews have been waging for many, many years. And, in this campaign, there ar^ no labels. Ever since our people were exiled from the Holy Land nearly two thousand years ago, we have all been campaigning to bring Moshiach. The revelations associated with this special campaign, ultimate campaign, we might say,'are only positive. They seem to be pointing to the fact that soon we'll be participationg in the Great Victory Celebration, a celebration which we will all attend .regardless of which political - —• r synagogue we belong to. Some interesting'revelations eomerning the ultimate campaign: in explaining one of the Torah portions read during the time of the Gulf War the Zc^ar speaks about a war that will take place among Arab nations. The nineteenth-century European Jewish leader. Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, Chief Rabbi of Tzanz, basing his comments on ancient texts, told one of his followers, "Before the Messianic Era, Russia wiH crumble into many pieces." The prophet Isaiah .said conifeming the Messianic Era. "And they shall beat, their swords into plowshares...neither shall they learn war any •y more". After the disarnianvent talks at the Unitedj Nations on January 'M, the United States and Russii announced that they >vould direct money previoual. allocated for weapons towartl priKluciiiK f<'<Hl Five hundred years ago. Rabt> 'ordovera de8cnht><) the period iromediutels . the final Kt'>l He said that the naUoiis uf ilw world will coin 1 to speak about peace The underlying goal uf,these talks would be i v Israel Nevertheless the Jews will be s«vi> 11 very sit' uation. There are a lot of great things about this age-old] campaign. It doesn't need massive iWtda. nor does it require elections. It's baakally a graas-roota movement whose success is enhanced when everyone gets personally involved.This can be done by giving extra Tcedaka, going out of one's way to be kind and generous to others, and atudying what theTbrah has to say about utu- hvce and especially about Redemption. \i KiiHh Hashonah, when all of us are aiaking reeo' enhance and improve our lives Jewiahly, let .-., .jider the above-mentioned seriously. Perhaps even just our reaolve to be better will be the catalyst to briag iRie peace ana f%daittption to the entiie wonni Beet wiahaa for a wonderftil New Year both materi' ally and spiritui^lly. See you soon at the. 'Victory Celebration.

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Rachel Shapiro Kogan, Brandeis University; Judith Levin, UNL; Scott Muskin, Grinnell College: and Flora Shtilkind, Creighton The Pureau of Jewish Education has University. In 1984, Phil Sokolof created and ' announced that Hcliolarships from 12 endowmiint funds have been awarded to funded tho Ruth Sokolof Special Kducation ScholarHhip Fund to honor 36 Omaha arua ailltr ' i These fund* «ro ii d for the and perpetuate the memory of his late Foundation of tlic .Irwiwli !• ('deration of wife. Ruth, who was noted in tho Omaha by tho Financial Aid Committoo Omaha community for her work with deaf and retarded preschool children. of the Bur«au of Jewish Education. The funtl is designed to benefit stuTho Livingston tcholarships wore creI ated in 1987 by the trustees of the denU in the fields of special and general ' Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston education. Recipients of the'Sokolof scholarship for tho coming year are: K Foundation. Livingston scholars for the 1902-1993 Pamela Gohn, UNO, U>igh Emas, UNO; [ academic year are: Adam Bessinger, Elton Fennick, UNL; Sucie Katelman, I University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Jbri UNI,; and Anne Kawaler, UNO. •A special grant from the Phillip O. • Bergcor. Bradley University; Amy Cohen. ' University of Kansas; Leigh Emas, and Terri f; Schrager supporting 'lie funds available to Univfcnrity of Nebraska at Omaha; Elie Foundati' rpiphton Univpmity; Oorbatov, Univemity of Illinois; Eugene Julie Dcii Kiorbatov. UNL; Zarina Kosinovsky. Tatyana i)v~ University of Illinois; Deborah Meiches, Friedmnn, Un ,NO, Methodist Colleg* of Nursing; Helen Knt. and Pisolsky, University of .Nebraska Mm ! Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Sam PHHMTT, I'' nimunity Thi- Omuli Rachel Shapiro. UNO; and Jennifer IIS estabWolf, Univenrity of Nebraska College of College SchnlarHli ! fbr resilished to provide fi Law. nity. In 1980, Phillip O, Schrager estab- dents of the Omiih;' •lowliHhod the Lois Jeanne Schrager Recipients of fund Memorial Fund as a thbuU to his late meat are: l)crt>k Allman, University of KansaaandM""!'"* Vnrvtv UNO wife. MaMi BerK' -. '• lite Lois Jeanne Schrager aeholara for t^ }992-1993 academic year or M'~ By Susan A. Draien, executive director, BJE

Student Athletic Scholarship for this Frank's family, is for students who have coming year. T\v» fund was established completed their freshman year of colin 1986 by the family and friondH of lege,. Naomi Marmon. a student at Braiideis University, is the first recipiBurton L. Robinson. The family and frieftds of Nancy and ent. Tho Bureau of Jewish Educationj Don Greenberg created a Hcholarship fund in their honor to benefit under- administers 16 HC.holarship and loan' graduate HtudenlH. Andrew Altman, funds for the Foundation of the .Jewiuli UNO and Mark l)niok»tcin, Univuruity Federation of Omaha to benefit Jewish of Kansas, arc recipients for thp 1992- students in a variety of educational j>urBuita: preschool, summer campH, Israel^ 1993 academic year. The Nato If and Beatrice,Sherman programs and university aludieH. Also, it administers Cunds for Scholarship Fund was endowed by the preschool scholarships through the Nate H. Sherman Foundation. Alex Dobin. CreiKhton Univer8ity l,aw Carolyn Kully Newman Fund, collegi School; Lcifih Kmas. UNO; Gina Lcwald, loans through the David .E. Bebe liidiana University; Wendy Novicoff Scholarship Fund and tho B'nai B'rith . Peppers. University of Virginia; and Dr. Abe Greonberg/Henry Monsky Vicki Wolpa, College of St. Mary, are . Lodge Endowment Fund. Day school scholarships, as wall a^ aid named Sherman Hcholars. The Sandra L. Feldman Scholarship for youth and Israel programs are pi Fund WHH eaLabliahcd to provide grants vided through the Esther K. Newma Mi'i

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In Memoriam Morri* Abrams Ruth Altman Solomon Balcer Nina Ida Becker Madelyn Konecky Begley Charies Beriger Dr. Robert H. Berger Bess Bernstein Stanley Bernstein Ruth A. Blank Sheila Ray Rotenberg Bloom Edwin E. Brodkey Rose Bromburg Regina Brown George Brown Edith Bufferd Wniiam S. Chesen Betty Chesler Lyman Cohn Anne Colcher Harvey L. Cooper Leonard Decker Bemard DenenbeiK BeMDePbrte Anni Pieck Disendk Raeben Dorinson HyEiaanberK AnaaEIIis Jack L Feinstein Reaa Fbllman Chariea Fisher BerthaPrank MyneFieed Helen Lemer Frenkel

Elizabeth Fried Morris Priedlander Mary E. Friednian Izadore Friedman ' Arthur Friedman Sylvia Gaynor David Gimple Hattie Glickaon Norman D. Goldenberg, M.D. Angela Goldman Rose Goldstrom Jerome Goodman Delma Goodman Fannie Gordon Charles Guss Roselle HafiiU Pauline Handleman Sadie Polack Hemleben Ricklie Hoyt Yenta (Janet) kkowicz Sarah Janal Nellie Kadis Marvin Kaplan AnneKatleman SamKatsman Aiiene (Artie) Katnnan Sophie Kenyon Jidian Klein Lany Kolnick Leo L Ktmigsbeig MaxKomay SaraKrasne Joseph Kricsfeld Robert Leeds

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I guess I ought to be able to address the subject of liege kids, if not with some authority, at least with, ime familiarity. I could start with my own personal experience (back at what now seems like the turn-ofIhe-century), go on to the events of my own children and finish with a grandchild entering the university. When I left, home for college, the country was in turmoil due to "the war." I use quotes because those two words were in the conversation of just about everybody at that time. As for me and school, I think I remember the preparations at least. I was going to the University pf Iowa, mostly (I think), to avoid the close-to-home U of N at Lincoln. Dumb reason, but what does an 18 year old know? Anyway, at that time, this was a distant school and whether because of gas rationing or some other reason, the idea of driving there never came up. After all, the train ran, didn't it? In many ways it was easier then. We worried more about superficial things, such as wprdrobe and having "the right clothes" than about entrance requirements. You wanted to go to. school, you graduated from high school after taking the college prep subjects, you apphed for entrance and if yovir dad thou^t it was ok, you went Not a bit like today. By the time my kids came along, everything had changed. Now we had to sweat out such things as SA.T. scores, A.C.T. numbers, and while it was pretty easy to get into the state school, a kid still had to demonstrate sincerity regarding further education. When ours left, one at a time, we reahzed how things had changed from when the room-mate and I went "away to school." "Hie first two went close to home - the Lincoln experience. Just close-enough but not too close, we thought, because both bebeve in the importance of learning independence from parental supervision. By the time the third one was going to college, she opted for more distance. Michigan State was her choice. Her dad told everybody it was because she had a football scholarship, but who knows the real reason? She later transferred. The last one left for the U of I, but this time it meant Illinois. Another complete change from prior experience for us. It was, as it turned out, an excellent choice for her. She graduated in the prescribed time and went on from there. All very different from those days in the 19408 when the two of us were going "away-to-school." As I said, it was war time- The world was very difierent then. To begin with, we knew we were fortunate to be able to go on to school. By the time the next generation came

along, it was almost automatic. That's what was expected - further education. Aside from the serious differences, such ais proving ability according to entrance testing, I remember thinking how different it was to send a kid away with a few pairs of jeans and umpty shirts, than it was when I went with all the coordinated skirts and sweaters. Three years ago, when the first kid of the next generation applied for school, it was even more changed than in her parents time. By how, she has put in time in the school of her choice (Drake) and also here at UNO. It appears as though she may finish, eventually, on the west coast. What's that old expression? The old order changeth...yeah. It's all different today, but what isn't? Meantime, it's an exciting time for the entire family, not just the student. For many adults it's realizing the definition of the term "empty nest." For the sibUngs of college-bound kids it's learning the joy of being "an only child." The feelings change radically between the first to leave and the last, especially if there are more than two. Parents get used to the idea...we relax a little. It's Uke anything elsc.you get better at it the more you do it. We've discussed the "going to_ school" business. I wouldn't want to finish without mentioning several of the most meaningful experiences connected with this entire subject. The end of the road, graduation. Always, always will I remember the day our eldest graduated from law school. My parents went with us to commencement exerdees, and I must admit I'm incapable of describing the joy and pride felt by them. It was the first such experience for them and they really gave new meaning to the word "kvell" by the time the day was done. We have since been blessed with other such occasions...we've sat with others at Illinois and watched our baby collect her diploma; we've seen her brother pick up his proof of his right to practice medicine. One of ours refused to participate in the outdoor ceremony of her graduation from NYU -1 still don't think there were zillions of kids and it would have taken three full days, as she claimed, however. And we weren't there to see the only PhD awarded, but you have to know how much pride was felt anyway. Just one thing. I won't deny that certain mtisic can affect me greatly...listen, who doesn't choke up now and then when they hear, for example. Sunrise Sunset? Still, the first strains of Pomp and Circumstance absolutely knock me out. I feel my hair stand up on end, a lump in my throat 1 can't swallow and tears inexplicably come to my. eyes. Yes, the subject of kids and college is a big one. Especially for us parents.

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friend's parents. "He just happens to be Jewish. I guess he's what you call a secular Jew." Although Miss Helfeld's family doesn't keep kosher ^e was surprised at some of the dishes her boy friend's family served. "They served milk with meat! I would never have milk with meat. "It wouldn't matter if I married someone who wasn't Jewish," Miss Helfeld said, "But it would matter to riiy mother. I think that if you love someone thaf s all that matters." Miss Helfeld said she has had some adjustments to make since entering college. "I didn't like the dorm room. It was small and there was a lack of privacy..My roommate's friends would walk in without knocking. "I moved to a larger air conditioned room this year," she said as she smiled. But she says the biggest adjustment for her was studying. "In high school I always thought I did well under pressure. Well in college I couldn't put off studying until the last minute. Tou have to study and not hang out," she said. "You have to keep up with

your studies day by day." Miss Helfeld plans to meyor in child psychology. "I like to work with children. I want to get a BS, then a PhD in clinical or research psychology. I haven't decided which yet." Math is her hardest subject. "I took the easiest math I could. I was happy with a 'B'." She observed a. harder math class, "Baby, it's not for me!" Like most college students. Miss Helfeld says funds- are a problem. "Money goes fast," she said. "There's food on Sunday night, mostly pizza, the bus to the mall and T-shirts." Her phone bill is now manageable. "At first my parents were paying it. I was calling a lot, but I wasn't calling them. I was calling all my friends. It's a lot less expensive now that I'm paying the bill." Her mother, Helen Siegal, makes snack time less expensive by sending packages that include bagels, trail mix, oatmeal cookies and apple juice. And because Drake University had the insight to invite Burke students for recruitment at another location two years ago, the zip code for the packages is 50311 instead of 02254.

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From creation to self creation "The creature is commanded to participate with the Creator in the renewal'of Creation" .(Joseph B. Soloveitchik, "Halakhic Man," W.Z.O. Hebrew Edition, pp. 84, 89, 88), Jewry shares this mission. "Knesset Israel (the Jewish People through the ages) understands its fate as intertwined with the fate of all Being ... A perfected and whole Creation — that is the hope of hopes of Knesset Israel" (ibid., 89,88)] When Clod's.Creation was estabhshed biit yet incom-. plete, what was left to humans to fill in? First and foremost: humans were to fill the earth with life (Genesis 1, 28). Then, they, were to increase the capacity of the world to sustain Ufe at the highest level (Genefeis 1, 28; 2, 15). _ Therefore, all constructive human labor — science to cure disease and improve hfe; agriculture to increase nutrition; business and trade to sustain a higher level of well-being; politics and law to assure the ethical balance of life and justice for society — is holy work. Properly done, these activities fulfill the human mission to be a partner with God. "The peak of ethical and . religious perfection, that Judaism seeks to achieve, is the human being (playing this role) as the creator (of the perfected world)" (ibid., 84). Repentance is critical to tikkun olam. Humans must repent and cease spoiling the world: "that we stop the look to your souls, improve your ways and actions; oppression we inflict (on others) with our own handslet each one leave his wrong path" (Maimonides, and return to You to observe Your desirable laws with "Mishneh Torah," Laws of Repentance, chap. 3, par. 41. But what is the connection of repentance and a whole heart" (Yom Kippur liturgy). But — here is Soloveitchik's brilliant contribution —: Creation? Is it simply that God is so awesome as Creator that humans fear divine wrath and scramble repentance is a much broader concept than turning from evil behavior to doing good. Sure, the indispenstp wfin approval? No, says Rabbi Soloveitchik. The purpose of the bib- able first step is to stop being wicked. But Solovei^hik lical acsount of Creation is "not to reveal the secrets of rejects a narrow definition of repentance as primarily cosmology" but to give all of humanity its mission. the purging of sin and guilt. He criticizes the excessive "When the Holy One, the Blessed, created the world, concentration of "rehgious man" on sinfulness, regret God left room for God's personal creation — the human and tears which in turn leads to asceticism and selfdenial. being — to participate. Repentance, properly understood, is broader; it is It is as if the Creator made flaws in all of Being so . that flesh and blSod mortals will fill in the flaws and nothing less than "the work of Creation — self-creupgrade it." In Soloveitchik's view, tikkun olam (per- ation." Overcoming past habits, developing new skills, fecting the world) is the prime calling of humanity. breaking out of routine are all aspects of repentance "The human being is obligated to complete what the (ibid,. 94fl", 92). Individuation is ano'^her facet of the process of Creator 'wpoiled.' " God, as it *ere, started the process by setting limits to chaos through natural law and repentance. Moving away from generic, species behavior, the huorder — but the human must complete the Creation man grows beyond social conformity and group-think both physically and ethically. By Irving Greenberg JERUSALEM (JTA) — There are two seemingly disconnected themes at the heart of the Rosh Hashanah Uturgy and rituals: divine creation of the world and. human repentance. Yet. in the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, these two concepts — Creation and repentance -^ are profoundly united. Together they teach a Jewish vision of the purpose of human life. First, the liturgy celebrates the New Year as the anniversary of Creation. "Today is the birthday of the world," says the traditional Rosh Hashanah prayer just alter the shofar is sounded lo proclaim dod as the Ruler of all God's Creation. The classic aleynu prayer opens: "We must praise the Lord of all Existence, iwe) honor the Creator of Creation." Another passage pleads: "Manifest Yourself in all the glor>' of Your overflowing power . . . so that every creature will know that You created it." The second theme starts with Rosh Hashanah as the first of the Ten Days of Repentance and climaxes in the repeated confession of sins and the divine proclamation of forgiveness on Yom {<ippur. The shofar blast is the call to repent. Maimonides writes: "(The shofar), as it were, says: awaken sleepers

and becomes a free, active individual who takes up the work of partnership and perfection in every aspect of life. • , . • Repentance also expresses and affirms free will; it proves that the individual is not a fixed product of past experience. A growing, self-creating individual breaks the "determinism" of past behavior — even of past trauma — and thus becomes fully human. Maimonides writes that the more humanS become individuals, exercising free will, the more divine providence focuses on them. Animals live and die randomly as species types but each unique human being lives out his or her own mission in the full glow of divine providence. Thus, repentance as self-creation draws down the fullness of divine spirit. This is at once the purpose and the fulfillment of the halacha, the Jewish way of life (ibid., 104fr, 102fr,

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The gourmet touch for a sweet year By Naomi Arbit Rbsfi Hashanah, the most sacred holiday of the year, begins at sundown on Sept. 27. The observance begins at home with lighted candles and prayers, followed by a festive dinner with some traditional foods. Many of the foods signify the desire for a sweet, happy and peaceful year. The meal begins with apple slices dipped in honey and ends with honey cake for dessert. • The traditional braided Sabbath challah loaf is baked in a round form and is dotted with raisins. For those of you who are still hesitant in your ability to bake bread, you can do almost anything to this bread and still end up with an edible loaf.

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Challah 4 1/2 cups bread flour ^ 2 packages quick-rise yeast 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 cup, water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil .) eggs, slightly beaten; reserve 1 tablespoon for glaze 1/4 cup white raisins • sesame seeds (optional) Combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt'in a mixer and beat with a dough hook, if available. Heat water to a temperature of 120 and add to (lour mixlure. , . Add eggs and beat at high speed for 'i minutes. Stir in 2 1/2 cups flour and raisins, mixing by hand until dough leaves the sides of the bowl. Place dough on floured surface and knead until .•smooth and elastic; about 5 minutes. Place in a git'ased bowl, turhing.to grease top. ' Cover and let ri.so in a warm place until double; 30 minutes. You can turn your electric oven on to 150 Tzimmes dcgr'eeK for 1 minute, turn it off and place bowl of 2 pounds carrots, sliced i/2-inch thick dough on rack with door closed. Poke 2 fingers in cen3 pounds sweet potatoes, sliced into 1 1/2 x 1/2-inch ter of dough. chunks If hole remains, raising is complete. 1 - 12 07,. package drifsd pitted prunes Shape dough into an elongated baseball bat about 34 1/2 cup sugar inches long. 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed On a greased baking sh?et, circle rope around itself 4 tablespoons margarine I large end under center i, until a round dome is formed. 2 cups water Cover and let rise in a warm place 15 minutes. Combine 1 tablespoon reserved egg with 1 tableCombine all ingredients in a 4-quart casserole. Cover sp(K)n water and brush over the surface of the challah; and bake in a 375-degrec oven for 1 hour. Uncover and .sprinkle with sesame seeds if you like. Bake in a 375. bake 1 more hour, stirring occasionally until tender degree oven for 55-60 minutes or until golden brown, and water has evaporated, (makes 10 servings) ('ool on rack.

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s of Asian Republics emerging from isolation By GU Sedan TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (JTA) — For the first time in centuries, the 170,000 Jews who live in the Asian republics of the former Soviet Union are emerging from isolation. Many of them have decided to make aliyah, prompted in some cases by political considerations — particularly the upsurge in militant Islamic fundamentalism in the region after the collapse of Communist rule. Others are leaving with the hope of a better economic future. The Jewish communities of Central Asia are in a state of radical change. On a recent trip here, it was possible to catch a ghmpse of these Central Asian communities as they stand at a crossroads in their history. • The region's Jewish communities are different from those found elsewhere in the former Soviet Union. In contrast to the Jewish communities in the West, they were spared the trauma of the Holocaust. Unlike the shtetls of Western Europe, their Caucasus villages have survived, their synagogues were not burned down and their cemeteries were left untouched. Uzbekistan, the first stop on the trip, is the largest of the six Moslem republics. With a populatioil of 20 million people, it is the third most popu-. lous republic of the former Soviet Union. ""Here in Uzbekistan there arc no Jews and gentiles, but rather Uzbeks and non-Uzbeks," said Vica Perlowitz, 19, the secretary of theJewish Agency office in

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Miles and miles in the desert - to school By Leslie Katz Northern California Jewish Bulletin BEERSHEVA — As a young boy. lamael Abu Saad would trek seven miles through the desert to school each day, then seven more home. Some winters, the air turned so bitter his frozen fingers could barely grip his pendL It was a struggle," he says simply. Those days seem far away now as the 33-year-old— the first Bedouin ever to receive a Ph.D. in Israel—sits in his tiny office at Beersheva's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Dressed in a bri^t green wiumup jacket, blue jeans and white Reeboks, he loqksmore like a streetwise Brooklyn kid than someone bom and raised in a oneroom desert tent. Though his modern appearance seems to belie it, Abu Saad is a Bedouin, one of the nomadic and semi- nomadic Arab herders who inhabit the deserts of the Middle East. ' His distant desert past has everything to do with his life today. The soil-spoken Bedouin—who holds bachelor's and inaster's degrees from Ben-Gurion University and a doctorate in education from the University of Mimiesota—is now a research fellow" at BGU's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Social Ecology. There he is working to develop educational programs for the country's Bedouins, who face a staggering hig^ school dropout rate of some 75 percent. • More than 120,000 Bedouins hve in Israel, concentrated in the northern Galilee and the southern Negev desert, where Abu Saad grew up. His research focuses on that area. Of an estimated 80,000 Negev Bedouins, 45.000 still live in isolated communities with inadequate educational facilities. Tribal schools often consist of only one teacher and ^Hce classroom. ^^HBecause Bedouins often rely on their children, par^oculeu-ly daughters, to help in the home, some Bedouin children never attend school. Of those who do, few complete high school. Even fewer pursue higher studies. Abu Saad's own advanced education stands out in the Bedouin community where, he observes, "there

absolutely lacks an awareness of the value of educaIndeed, Israel's Bedouins have faced mtyor changes tion, since the establishment of the Jewish state in 194B'. At "I was lucky," he says with a smile. "My parents that time, the Israeli government in its attempt to setwere very supportive." Even with family support, Abu tle the land intervened in Bedouin spatial organizaSaad achieved his education against inarguably tion, restricting Bedouin mobility and relocating many stacked odds. In addition to the journeys to and from to government-sponsored townships. school, the tent in which he and his 10 siblings were The townships—of which there are now seven in raised had no running water, radio or telephone. all—meant that for the first time. Bedouins had elecWith no electricity to illuminate his homework at tricity, running water and schools. night, he studied by the dim light of a gasoline lamp. While outsiders might argue that their Uving condi"They don't give a bright light," he says. "But they're tions are improved, many Bedouins have had marked better than a candle." difficulty adjusting to their new lives, both psychologiIn Abu Saad's eyes, the enhancement of Bedouin cally and financially. education needs to involve a two-track approach. For example, the move from goatskin tents to houses School facilities must be improved, he says, and has meant expenses once unheard of for these agrarian Bedouin communal leaders and parents—many unedu- wanderers. cated themselves—encouraged to take a more active As a consequence of that burden, and of losing their role in their children's education. land and shepherding ways! many Bedouins have -His model includes exposing children to basic read- become dependent on wage labor in the Jewish sector ing, writing and language skills, enhanced by career to support themselves. counseling and after-school activities. The dramatic changes also have translated to social As a start, the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute has problems previously unknown to Israeli Bedouins. begun providing computer training to young Bedouins, With the loss of independence and self-esteem, the shuttling them from a nearby township once a week to social ills of al<-ohohsm. drug abuse and domestic vioan IBM computer laboratory at Ben-Gurion lence havo become increasingly commonplace, accordUniversity. ing to Salman El Assam. ' . In addition, in cooperation with the U.S. Department "Few people' have had to change their lives so radiof Health and Hiunan Services, Abu Saad has devel- cally and so fast." says Assam, one of three social workoped an exchange program with the Pascua Yaqui ers in Rabat, a Bedouin township of 2i2;000 just down Indian Tribe from Arizona's Sdnoran desert. Like the the road from Beersheva. Bedouins, the Indian group faces a high school dropout A w • okda/ afternoon visit to Rabat illuininates that rate of nearly 75 percent. somi.' yearn for the days before the changes. Many' The hope, Abu Saad says, is that through the pro- Bedouin families have erected traditional tents on the gram the two communities can compare notes on the small plots of land behind their huts. problem, then work together to formulate solutions. Often, explains El Assam, it is the older Bedouins, Two American Indian graduate students will spend longing for the way of life they and their predecessors a month living in an Israeli Bedouin township observ- once knew, who pass their days in the tents. ing the Bedouin way of life. Similarly, two Bedouin "They want to drink their coffee, to break their students from Ben-Gurion University will spend a bread," he says. "They want the fire, the tent, the agrimonth learning from the Pascua Yaqui cpmmunity in culture, the laiid." Arizona. "Education is the key," says Abu Saad, who lives Bulletin writer Leslie Katz was in Israel earlier this with his American wife in a Beersheva apartment. year as part of a science press lour sponsored by the "Hie Bedouins and the Indians may have moved from Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and a consortents to houses, but they are quite unprepared for their tium of Israeli universities. Helga Abraham of World new way of life." Zionist Press Service contributed to this report.

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Community plans to combat Jewish illiteracy, assimilation By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — While anti-Semitism and ethnic exclusion are increasingly common features of campus life, somie of the most dangerous trends confronting Jewish college students come from within the Jewish community rather than from the outside. There is growing concern about whether today's Jewish college students are sufficiently Jewishly literate and committed to the larger community to ensure that they will be part of it once they graduate. Nearly everyone working with Jewish college students has a similar tale to tell of widespread apathy and ignorance of basic Jewish history, culture and religious practice :— crippling inabilities when it comes time tp refute the anti-Semites preying on college students.

Then there are the statistics in the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, which sent shockwaves across the organized Jewish community: more intermarriage than in-marriage among the youngest marrying Jews, and the widespread interdating that precedes it. An increasing percentage of Jewish college students are the children of intermarriage themselves. The impact of accumulating assimilation is revealed ,in the way Jewish students identify .themselves. They "don't identify as Jews religiously, but as ethnic Jews, which is a much softer, elective category," said anthropologist Ruth Cernea, director of research at B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. "People change their ethnic identity. It doesn't have the sense of shared national destiny, and it doesn't have the power to

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bring Jewish students adults with the aid of from one generation to research techniques, the next as Jews," she including focus groups. said. It found that while This crisis in continuity there were many different has prompted Jewish activities designed for organizations that in the young adults, both on and past did not deal much off campus, few of the with students to concen- 5,000 Jewish students in trate attention on the 90 the area were participatpercent of 18- to 22-year- ing. old Jews who attend colAtlanta's 3,500 post-college. lege young adults, ages 22 The Council of Jewish to 30, had even fewer ties Federations, the associa- to the organized Jewish tion of Jewish federations community. in North America, is in The federation discovthe early stages of ad- ered that graduate studressing the issue. It dents and those just out recently established a of college were falling Commission on Jewish through the cracks — Identity and Continuity feeling too old for Hillel under whose purview will and too young for "young fall a task force on ser- leadership" groups. vices to college students. The newly established One federation is well agency does not yet have on its way to addressing a name or a director, but the issue substantively. it plans to serve 18- to 30The AtlanU Jewish Fed- year-olds as a central eration has established a address for Jewish activinew agency designed ties that already exist and specifically to serve the to provide them with needs of college-age and year-round activities, on young-adult Jews. and off campus, to fill in It spent more than a the gaps. year investigating the The study found that needs of the area's young college students and

those between the ages of get will come from a vari23 and 30 have different ety of federation-funded needs. "Those just out of agencies, according to' college are heavily social, Billie Feinman, chair of and older ones are looking the new agency, for something substan"It has been hard to tive," according to Glenda compete for funding," Minkin, who chaired the Sarnat acknowledged. study committee. "But we'd better get on But 'the whole age the stick with this or well group is looking for some- be in worse trouble than place to volunteer in the we already are." Another community," Minkin said. effort is being undertaken •^And they're looking for by the Cpuncil for mentoring in business, Initiatives in Jewish ways into the organized Education, a body formed Jewish community with- after a two-year study of the state of Jewish educaout feeling like outsiders. "They know exactly tion in North Ainerica. CIJE is in the process what they want, and each one knows another 25 of selecting two or three unconnected," she said. lead communities in "They need direction." which it will support new, The agency will direct the experimental educational activities of Emory's structures and systems. Hillel House, which had CUE.requires that any been funded nearly whol- Jewish community applyly by the federation for ing to be a lead location the last decade and is the include a plan foir the colonly on-campu8 center for leges in their area, said Jewish students in the Seymour Martin Lipset, area, according to David the sociologist who is artaSarnat, executive vice lyzing the educational president of the Atlanta implications of the 1990 federation. National Jewish PopulThe approximately ation Survey on CIJE's $200,000 fust-year bud- behalf.

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CRCs helping Jewish students find a place By Debrm Nuaabaum Cirfiea NEW YORK (JTA) On. the ChampaignUrbana campus of the University of Illinois, Jewish students were specifically voted out of a student coalition on cul• ture and color. The University of Washington in Seattle recently decided not to : allow courses related to Judaism or Jewish history to fulfill an ethnic ' studies requirement. '. And the initial agenda of a University of Oklahoma-sponsored conference on multiculturalism, scheduled for San Francisco, failed to include any events about the Jewish experience. Jews are no longer regarded as a minority by other campus ethnic groups, contrary to the way in which Jewish students perceive themselves. This change has coincided with a heightened ethnic consciousness on college campuses everywhere as the multicultural ethic finds its way into the curricula and policies of m^or institutions of hi^er teaming.

Jews are simply not dents feel they can't be a legitimate partners in the part of it," according to multicultural debate, in Sandy, Edry, director of the eyes of those spear- the Jewish Student Press heading it. Jews are Service, viewed not as allies in "Jewish student? are oppression but as part of told they're Zionist pigs the white estabUshment. who control the media. The problem is that They're lumped in with Jews do not share the white frat types, 'the agenda of the white '«sta- oppressors,' when many blishment with which Jews would feel comfortable on the other side," he they are being lumped. said, . Ironically, Jews are Ultimately, the presbeing excluded as partners in the multicultural sure "plays out in a very enterprise just as the phi- dangerous way for Jews losophy of inclusivity that on campus. It's almost Jews have long favored like the only choice left for them is to melt into gains currency. the melting pot," said The net result is that Richard Joel, internationJewish students wind up al director of the B'nai ' in a vacuum of support, B'rith Hillel Foundations. bereft of allies when Others say that the curHolocaust revisionists and other anti-Semites rent trend pushing Jewish concerns to the mar' come to prey on college gins of campus debate is campuses. not maliciously intended The prevailing senti- and offers students opporment on college campuses tunities as well as obstahas also alienated Jewish cles. students who want to "Those incidents hapwork with their peers oh pen out of ignorance, and political issues. it opens a door for Jewish "Every time Jewish stu- students to say, 'Let me dents get inyolved with educate,'" said Rachel something,like apartheid, Weinberg, campus leaderor the Gulf war, the anti- ship director at the Zionism finger is pointing American Israel Public at Israel, and Jewish stu- Affairs Committee.

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"There is neglect," agreed Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller. Hillel director at the Ui>iver8ity of California-Los Angeles, "but it's a chance to promote the Jewish agenda. It's not that they've closed their ears, it's that we have Xo awaken them. We have to co-opt multiculturalism, rather than fight against it." To better do just that, students are being taught sophisticate ed intergroup relations techniques by Jewish community relations professionals. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations and Jewish community relations councils in five cities have established CRCs on nearby campuses, at Brown-University, Washington University, Rice University, Ohio State University and Brooklyn College. Several more are in the planning stages for next year, according to Melanie Schneider, director for campus and communitycoordination at the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. NJCRAC. the umbrella group for the- country's

113 CRCs, and national Hillel are cooperating to develop a model campus CRC at Brooklyn College, which they hope to perfect and repUcate on campuses around the country. Forty percent of the students at Brooklyn College are Jewish, and intergroup relations are particularly important because of the campus's complex ethnic makeup, said Shiomo Seidenfeld, the school's acting Hillel director. Specia^ attention i.p being focused on training the campus CRCs core committee members in human relations, intergroup affairs and public affairs skills.

"We try to pre-empt problems and be proactive, to form coalitions when we feel they have a problem, not just when we have one," said Eli Kornreich, a senior who co-chairs the Brooklyn College CRC. "Most groups are very receptive," said Kornreich, especially "when you go to them and they don't feel they have to be defensive." "It's been educational," he said. "We were surprised to realize that the Arab student group is willing to come out and talk to us, about Israel or a clothing drive for the homeless. 'Hiere is a willingness to agree to disagree." Kornreieh and a few other Jewish' students have also met their peers from other campus groups through Brooklyn College's Multicultural Action Committee.

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Jews watch warily for Islamic upheaval By Gil Sedan TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (JTA) — Uzbekistan le located at the southern edge of the former Soviet Union, sharing borders with four otiier Central Asian republics as well as with Afghanistan. Il is the most populous of the six Asian republics. It has a population of 20 million, mostly Moslems, among whom Jews have lived, largely untouched by ouUide influences, for centuries. But the outside world has begun to encroach on this formerly forgotten part of the world, and large numbers of Jews are immigrating to Israel, i Radical Moslem elements — stirred by neighlxiring Iran, and to an extent by Saudi Arabia — have been attempting to fill the power vacuum created in the wake of communism's fall. So far, the authqrilies have thwarted their attempts to seize positions of power. ^ The government has banned religious parlies, and rrL'.siclL-nt Islam Karimov has announced that religious iiirui.ils should not be allowed'to be members of parhameiii. l)unng a recent visit, however, the country came to a virtual standstill for one day when Moslems for (he firsl limL- olTicially celebrated the holiday of Id Al Adha. A few years ago, only a few dozen Moslems from this Central Asian republic made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. This year, thousands did. _ . Last January, the capital was plagued by a'wave of food riots and student demonstrations were brutally dispersed by the authorities. As a result, many residents of Russian origin began to leave. They said the Communist regime has not changed. Il may have a new title, but the s^ors «rp the same

But according to Boris Blinder, a professor of law at the University of Tashkent, there is definitely an air of greater political freedom than in the past. He notes, though, that it is marred by a high rate of inflation and a greater degree of economic uncertainty. Blinder is less alarmed by events here than by news of unrest in other parts of the former Soviet empire. He speaks in cataclysmic terms of the Moslem fundamentalist riots in Tajikistan and Kyrgyvistan, and of the widespread anti-Semitism in Moscow, Ijcningrad and Ukraine. But he says that currently there is no reason to worry in Uzbekistan. In his view, the Moslem fundamentalists are just not strong enough. And in the overall competition between Moslem- fundamentaliBt Iran aiid Moslem-secular Turkey over spheres of influence in Central Asia, the Turks have the upper hand. But the Fergana Valley — shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan — is a hotbed of militant Islam. The predominant religious sect is Wahabism, a conservative brand of Islam that originated in Saudi Arabia. This is one of the few regions of the former Soviet Union where women cover their faces with a veil. So far, says Blinder, there is no overt anti-Semitism in Tashkent. The Jews are but one community out of dozens living in UzbekisUn, where the people demonstrate high levels of tolerance. Despite the absence of open anti-Semitism, Jews here worry about their personal security. People hide their homes behind walls, protected with heavy gates. At least three locks decorate the door of each apartment. Such is the home of the Shdiomova family in I cishkent. But once past the various barriers, one inters a beautiful retreat. t)n a recent Friday night, the Shabbal table was neatly set in the middle of the courtyard. If there are food shortages in parts of th^ former Soviet Union, the Shalomovas seem rtot to have heard of them. The meal was a seemingly endless chain of courses: salad, stuffed pies, homemade bread, stuffed grapeleaves, and a huge plate of rice and lamb chops

It wa^ a traditional Shabbat dinner, with all the necessary blessings in Hebrew, But tbat WAS as far &» their Hebrew went. The rest of the conversation was held in Russian. There were no questions about Israel, no indication that they wanted to leave. They seemed to know enough about Israel not to substitute their luxury dwelling for what they might find in Israel. If they leave, they made it clear, they would go to America, Ashkenazi Jews and Bukharian Jews do not mingle here very much. But recently, as a result of perestroika, a new wave of Jewiehness has swept both commu-' nilies. Jewish babies undergo circumcision in religious ceremonies, the nufnber of intermarriages has decreased, and "intramarriages" between the twocom'niiinities have increased. An Orthodox Jew from Belgium has funded a lonii Talmud Torah of 80 students and plans to open a Jewish high school soon. "In the past we felt much less Jewish," said Pinhas Niyanov, president of the Hukharan community of Tashkent. "Now we all feel Jewish." A Jcwi.sh center began operating here four years ago. Its activities include charity work, Hebrew classes led by teachers whom the Jewish Agency had sent from Israel, a Jewish newspaper - - and a matchmak ing service. The center operates on fiinds provided by local donors, the Jewish Agency and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Unlike the Bukharian Jews, or the so-called mountain Jews, who have lived here for generations, the Ashkenazi Jews here consider themselves outsiders by . comparison and are more indined to leave for Israel. The Bukharian coinmunity is more torn on the issue of aliyah. Their lini.with Jewish tradition is stronger, but they feel more at home in their native land. They praj "next year in Jerusalem," but many, like the Shalo'mova family, plan to remain in Tashkent next year. They all hold the documents needed for making aliyah, but they stop short of getting the airline ticket

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HAIFA - This i8 the eeaBon when we present our annual Ust of the ten top names in Israel news during the past year — new names, not repeating those who made the list in previous years. Not all were "heroes" in the usual sense, but each emerged into fame or notoriety, warranting headlines. In alphabetical order: Yael Arad. 25 year old Israeli sportswoman, after a record of successes in international events, brought Israel its first Olympic medal, a silvei- in judo, only narrowly missing first place. She was subject of national adulation. When Oren Sma^ja thereafter won a bronze medal for Israel in men's judo, the jubilation increased. Hanan Ashra-wi Spokeswoman of the PIXl delegation to the peace talks, provided a far better image for the PLO than the gun-toting, scraggly bearded Arafat. Despite her. pleasant appearance and apparent moderation, which made her the darling of the international media, she still adheres, to the PLO Covenant, which calls for the destruction of Israeli, refuses to condemn the intifada death squads, and'calls fur creation rif n I'alesiinian «tui' will be judenrein

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Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, also known as Fuad, wae one of those who masterminded the Labor victory in the elections. He was appointed Minister of Housing in the new government, and emerged as one of the leading spokesmen of Rabin's policies. Amnon Dankner, newspaper columnist, gained universal contempt from his colleagues and from the public for his biography of the late Uahn Ben Amotz, prominent Bohemian personality, whose life of depravity and lecherousness he portrayed in painstaking detail. The book was termed treachery toward one who had been the autlior's friend. Emil Habibi, prominent Israeli Arab writer, was awarded the Israel Prize for literature, an actwhich won widespread approbation, but also criticism from many who pointed out that Habibi had also accepted a PLO prize for literature from the hands of Yasser Arafat. Avraham Halima, retired justice of the Supreme Court, served as chairman of the Central Elections Committee, and made his authority felt as he enforced decisidnsregarding what he termed improper, unethical or luiacceptable election pni-

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ly. Mikhail Gorbachev, invited to Israel to receive the Technion's prestigious Han/ey Prize for his contributions to peace, proved a gracious guest, participated in press conferences, toured the country, and received awards at the hands of other universities as welL David Ovitz, held in an Egyptian prison for almost three montlis on a charge of spying , for Israel, was released early in May, together with three Israeli Arjibs held on similar charges. All vigorously denied the charges, as did tlie Israel government. Egyptian authorities dropped the allegations without comment and sent the prisui;ers hack to Israel. Penina Rosenblooni, once Israel's leading sex symbol, has blnssuiiied out as a serious industrialist in the cosmetics business, and wilh skillful P.R. promotion has been gracing the newa with ever increasing fie quency. Her wedding waa a mtyor media event. Margaret Tutwiki. spokesperson for ihe US Stale neparlment. This year, more than ever before,, hers has been the thankless task of serving as a "front" for Secretary of State Baker in his pen odic attacks on Israel, with the result that she was the one to bear the brunt of the repercussions. Her frequent TV appearances won !i-' "•• friends in Israel. For those wiili I^MB meinurius, how m^ny.j)f the following names from last year's list can yi'u still identify? lilhud Barak, Rami Duian, Saddani Hussein, Yair 'Levy, Ronnie Liebowitz, Uri Lubrani.Ilinyaniin iBibii Netanyahu, Victor listriiwsky, Nachmaii Sli.n Rttthavam /e'cvi

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5752 in the Middle East: a turning point year By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) — The text of the Kol Nidre prayer, recited by Jews throughout the world op Yom Kippur Eve, varies shghtly between the different coismunitieti. In eoirie versions, the appeal to God is for absolution for vuws taken during the preceding year; in others, the words of the prayer relate Ui vows that may be made in tH^coming year. This variation itself seems to reflect the essential dualism of the HighHolidays iis a lime of introspection. Their per-

spective is both backward and forward, looking to the year past and to the year now beginning. MoBt years cannot be "wrapped up" and assessed on their last day. I-'rocesses that began during the year are often still underway or still reverberating. At New Year, the, jury is still out — and the verdict of history cannot be returned until long into the next year, or even later. Israel's 5752 has been one of those years. It may turn out to have been a milestone year, indeed a revolutionary year, in the

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history of the Jewish stale and the Jewish people. Surveyed from a more distant perspective, it may Tigure as the turningpoint between war and peace in the annals of Israel. The change of government that' occurred in Israel in 5752, with the Labor Party returning to power in June after 15 years of Likud domination, may signify a turnabout even more significant and lastingly influential than the 1977 "earthquake" that brought Menachem Begin's Likud to power.

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The peace process, launched largely by American perseverance at the Madrid Conference last October, stood delicately poised as the Jewish year ended. After limping along in desultory fashion for much of the spring and early summer, the negoliations seemed to leap ahead in late summer. The prospects were vastly more hopeful than they have ever been before. On the Golan Heights front, the new, Israeli government under Yitzhak Rabin pronounced the words Yitzhak Shamir and his Likud ministers had refused ever to say: that Resolutions 242 and 338 apply to that northern region. The resolutions call for the return of land seized by Israel in the 1967 SixDay War, in exchange for peace. Now the land-forpeace equation could form the basis for,'IsraeliSyrian negotiations. On the Palestinian frorit, the positions of the new government were not dramatically different from those of the Likud government. Rabin still envisaged a five-year autonomy period

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Israel and Syria, he said, had entered into a peace dialogue for the first time in their 44-year relationship. Rabin was more cautious, insisting that Israel has yet to be fully convinced of Syria's resolve to turn away from the military option and settle its conflict with Israel by peaceful means. But he was hard put to satisfy Golan settlers who demanded an unequivocal declaration from the new government that it would support continued Israeli sovereignty over the entire Heights. There seemed little doubt that if the talks progress in the new year, the tone of the criticism from the political right and the tenor of the domestic confrontation between the government and the settlers, would grow steadily inore strident and bitter. West Bank settlers- still soemed to be reeUng from the housing freeze as the year closed. israeU inedia reported a virtual cessation of home purchases throughout the territories, and predicted that the 11,000-odd homes still under construction would lie vacant once completed. But these settlers, spearheaded by the religious nationalists of Gush Emunim, have known lean times before. Indeed, they first cut their spurs battling the first Rabin administration, back in the 19708, when barely 3,000 Jews lived acrojs the "Green Line," wtvich marks Israel's pre-1967 borders. Today there are 100,000 Jews in the territories — enough, in the view of some observers, to thwart any policy of compromise or withdrawal. Others, however, belie.ve that if the peace talks produce tangible progress, the swing in public opinion which brought Rabin back to power will continueI to hold sway. "We have to frce.O' .elves of the neo-religioi dogma of Greater Israel, «l.^ Rabin declared in • speech shortly before ire Kosh Hashanah. "Th^j strength of a slate is m measured by territo alone." A(ler 26 years national debate, and o: dramatic, traumatic, ai ultimately successful peace treaty (withEgypt). Israel emerges from a year of m^jor change enter upon a year of d Unv

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Best family vacation By Barbara Chandler Federation public relations director Anne and Barry Broder eiyoy just like you would touring the Old City and ran into Mikhail Gornnd their children, Kim, for any family vacation." The trip began in bachev who was also tour20, and Kelly and Jonathan, 15, all agree that Jerusalem, described by ing the area: Jon and Kelly noted last June they took the Barry as "a gem of a hest family vacation ever. city-an interesting blond that he seemed to have Highlights included a of historical and cos- very few security people with him, "We were close jeep ride through a wild mopolitan." The family sampled a enough to touch him." animal preserve, snorkelSpeaking of security, ing with dolphins, white wide variety of restauwater rafting, exploring rants and agreed that the the family agreed they caves and getting to know pizza was great and Is- felt very safe while in rael has the best Chinese Israel. the native population. "At first it was strange Where did they have all food, especially in Tibecause I'm not used to this fun? First guesses berius. Touring the sights in seeing kids dressed like might be Florida or Hawaii or Colorado, but Jerusalem, the Oroders soldiers carrying guns, the correct answer is quickly discovered that but we got used to it," traveling in a van most, people in Israel remarked Kelly. "We picked up soldiers speak English and have through ISRAEL! A trip to Iirael usually many questions for who were hitchhiking and got to talk with them," brings to mind history, Americans. "At the Dome of the ' Jon added, sharing a phothe political situation, Jericho, Jerusalem, the Rock, an Arab lady sat tograph of himself with a Wall. Masada, Tel Aviv, down next to me and soldier who let Jon hold Ben Yehuda Street, the started talking," said his rifle. Describing just how Dead Sea and its mud Kim. "Her family lives in baths, £ilat, Tiberius and the United States, and secure they were, the chilthe Golan Heights. All of she wanted to know if I dren pointed out that they played at a trampothat was included in the liked Israel." One particxUarty memo- line park behind their Broder's (iamily vacation. "Anne noted, "We did rable encounter was hotel for more than an things the kids would when the Brodert were hour while Anne and

"This was just prior to Barry browsed in art galthe election," explained leries. In the evening, they Barry, "so it made good felt perfectly safe wander- sense that they would be ing Bon Yehuda Street stepping up security at and its shops. this particular time." From Jerusalem, the Ein Gedi, a nature preBroders traveled the serve near Masada, was a length of Israel. family favorite. Jon, a sports enthusi"Ein Gedi was a real ast, raced up the Snake surprise," Barry exPath to Masada in 20 plained. "This beautiful minutes, qnd said that park with wooded hiking wJiite water rafting down trails, and huge, magnifithe Jordan River "was the cent waterfalls stood in best experience 1 ever sharp contrast to the nearby desert area of had." Kim discovered a love Masada and the Dead for Israeli art when they Sea." Barry and Kim revisited Chemi Caiman's studio. Caiman, who cre- turned home after lU ates art for Carnival days while Anne, Kelly Cruise Lines and has his and Jon continued In Kibart on display throughout butz Hayeled Hashachar the United States, gave where they spent six the family a personal tour days. "People at the kibbutz uf his studio. "How many world could not have been more famous artists would take friendly," said Anne. "We time to kibbitz with a had our own house and family of uiunsls'.'" Barry they made us feel' very welcome. They brought remarked.. me flowers and food for the refrigerator. I left knowing I had made some very good friends." Jon.and Kelly enjoyed spending time with the Israeli teenagers and said, "They asked the usual queslions-Wheri•re you from? What kind of music to do you like'' What do- you do at Nobody knew wher< raska was." They went horseback nding.'toured the kibbutz

petting zoo, and watched movies with the kids their age. The beauliCui resort town of Eilat was the last stop for Anne, Kelly and Jon. "It was eerie," Anne remarked, "standing on the shores of Israiel viewing Jordan, Egypt and Syria-and knowing they were staring back at us." . "This was a wonderful trip for all of us, and H would encourage other families to take a vacation to Israel," she concluded. "Tourism 18 one of Israel's largest industries aiid they are very organized. Professional agencies in Israel and the United States work together to plan itineraries for any family in any price range. Tliey can even arrange for a Bar or Bat Mitzvali at the Wall as part of your vacation." Barry summed it up, "Israel ofTens the best of a dozen choice vacation spots. Within a few hours drive you have the historical city of Jerusalem, the bustling city of Tel Aviv, the vastness of the great desert iivith its fortress of Masada, and the beautiful resort facilities in Tiberius. Israel has sd many geographical ^ttracins and they're alt ".arcd for tourists t<> enjoy as they di.scover the many surprises Israel olTers "

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