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The Igor Zinllov family was reunited with Mrs. Zinkov's parents at Eppley airport in Omah a last week tha fiks to the Operation Exodus Campaign undertaken by the Jewisl I Federation of Omaha. FVom left are: Mark Magalnik, daughter Mila Zigkov, ^iza Magalnik, Renata Zinkov, Mirel Birger, grandmother, and Igor Zinkov.
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By Lainie Blum-Cogan NEW YORK (JTA) —The German government and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany recently signed a historic agreement that re_ quires Germany to pay reparations to those Holocaust survivors who were, until now, unable to receive those funds. Thousands of victims of Nazism who lived after the war in the former Soviet 'Union and Eastern Europe never received indemnification because they were unable to file applications by the 1965 deadline stipulated In the 19S2 reparations agreement, said Rabbi Israel MiUer, president of the Claims Conference. Some 90,000 of those Eastern Europeans who made it to the West after that deadline received small nnotime payments, amounting td about 5 marks for'each (lay thvy were confimnl. "Now that their governments are free, they are tree U\ request what otliers have received in terms of compensation," Miller explained. Tlie new accord, signed the last week of October, provides for an additional one-time payment, as well as continuing hardship payment* to Jews imprisoned by the Nazis in concentration camp* or ghettoa or who livw) In hiding. Miller said. Tha payptenta will be made to tboae held more than •ix 1months in concentration campa, in ghetto* for at •» t 18 months and those who lived in hiding for at 118 montha. Iliia historic agraament with the German govamment will mak* it poaaible for some of UM moat lavaraly p4raacutad victims of Nailam — almoat ail of them •Iderly and naady — to liv* out thalr day* in dignity and ralative flnancial security," h« aald. Tha JMW accord wtU also placa at th« dUpofJ of the Claims Confaranca 30 million marks (approximately |19 million) for grant* to institution* and organization* that provida social cara to aldarly Jewish Nati victims. Mlllsr said he wa* '•atlsAsd" with th« Urms of ths accord. *Ws applaud th* Claim* Confsrene* on their sfArts,* said Rabbi Abraham Coopsr, associate dsan of tha Simon WlaoMithal Canter In Loa Angslss. "WaV* not Udking about charity bars,* ho eontlnuod. Ths agroomsnt "sands • romkiMior about tha contlnulilg rssponsibUlty of ths Oomuin nation te ths Jswish and other victim* of ths Nsil Holocaust," which to Mttma* »
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel for the first time, is publicly recruiting Arab citizens for its diplomatic service. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told Israeli Arab mayors the government would advertise its annual recruitment drive for a diplomatic cadet course in the Arabic as well as Hebrew press. The Arab municipal leaders reacted with "gratification" to Peres' encouragement of Arab university graduates to apply for the three-year training program, officials said. Briefing the Arab leaders on the peace process, Peres said the agreement reached with Jordan at the talks in Washington last week in fact went beyond its official designation as an agenda for further discussion.
It represented, rather, a blueprint "of the shat^e of the peace (that will be concluded) between Israel and Jordan," Peres told the Arab officials. He pointedly remarked that similar progress had failed to materialize in talks with Palestinian negotiators. Peres told the Israeli Arab leaders, many of whom maintain close contact with Palestinian leaders in the administered territories and overseas, that the blame lay ' with the Palestinian negotiators' unwillingness to discuss a plan for a transitional self-rule-authority, rather than for statehood. "They are nflt yet prepared to recognize that what is on the table is a proposal for ^an interim arrangement, based on autonoihy, which is not Separate sovereignty,'' he said.
- "Time is sho Peres. He said I ' • proposing "polit , tions" in the ten in contrast with limited munic proposed by the ., .1 [ Likud government — to be held early in 1993, following which the autonomous authority would start functioning. Regarding Syria, Peres said there was certainly progress — but not yet a clear-cut definition from the Syrians of their conception of the nature of the peace. He said the multilateral negotiations were intended to chart a course for regional progress. Peres said regional projects should be started without delay, so as not to lose precious time.' *A poor and frustrated Middle E^st" meant more opportunity for eruption of extreme fundamentalist forces," Peres said.
Prager says Jewish Law serves purpose By Deborah Fellnuui Dennis Prager, a Lo« Angeles radio talk show host and author of several 'books on Judaism, told about 90 people at the JCC that only logic and reason can keep American Jews Jewish. He said most Jew* are Jewish because of habit, loyalty to ethnicity, or faith. But he said none of these reasons convinces him. 'People go on doing Jewish thing* because of inertia," he said. "They keep kosher or go to shul because their parents did. Or they don't because their parents didn't," he said. He discounted tha theory that Judaism i* an eth-' nicity and (aid hs would liks to lee more people, especially Black psople, convert to Judsism. He also said h* hsd £sith thst God exists but said btith akms Isn't snough rsason to practice Judaism.
*/ don't think God gives laws that toe cant understand.' 'If I didn't think God wsrs behind Judaism, I wouMnt b* bars tonight," ho said. 'But I don't think Ood gives law* that w* cani undoratend." Hs pointad te tha shabbos gay as • Jswish tradlUon that dsflas rsason. things Ilk* that maks us took like Irrational ftm
from loft are) Polcy Alperaon, Dennis Praifi-r. Margie Alperson that he's Jewish." damentetist*," he *aid. Answering a question Beneath his cspiivHt Mr. Prager ssid he detrom the audience about , veloped hi* rstional rea- ing rhoteric, Mr. PrageKs kashrut, Mr. Prtger a- '• sons to bollsve in Judsism logical explanation of Ju- greod that chicken should altar attending yeshivs daism included argu- not be considered meat through ags 18 snd en- menU *uch as: but is because rabbi* long •That Iht human brain ago thought it would preduring skspticism snd and body art loo complex vent confusion and misquestioning lii his 20s. Still sn obssrvant Jew to txiat without being cre- Ukes. who davens snd kssps ated by Ood; Mr. Prager's visit to, •That Ood ehoee a Qmahs. his third since ; koshsr, Mr. Pragar ssl<) religion is vital te living s group ofpeopU to 'bring the early i970's, wss hsalthy lifs. He ssid hs the world to ethical mon- sponsorsd by Psicy snd has more ip common with otheitm.' that group Margie Alperson and Joel rsligious Christiana than bting the Jtuin Alpanon, who aa a coUsge •That Jewiih law, no studsnt, attended sovaral with non-religious Jsws. He criticised ths 'sb- matter how illogical- lectures by Mr. Prager. ••nc* of God* In public Meming, tervet the purMrs. Alpsrson said the school* snd univsrsltie* pose of offering people family sponsored ths Iscsnd sdvocstsd sanding guidelinee and porame- turs and a weeksnd rsJswish children te Chris- Ifre for living lifr. treat for taenagsrs, led by "LimlUtlons allow you Mr. Prager, bscause "he's tlsn schools ovsr public ones. to live happily in ths made us t\of and think." "Any rsllgton In school world," hs ssid, saplsin"Ws fssi that if has is bsttsr than nons," hs Ing that sslf-denlal in mads us qusstion how we said. "What's ths worst kashrut and other Jswish practice our religion, then thing that aan happen te s tradition servss to mske msybe he could stsrt ths Jowlah kM Bts ('hristmas obssrvsr* more spprscia> thought (Mrocess in soms of tiairi>ant? ITe'll rucni/nliit tlv* i\\V' UIIIH nil w«>U "
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especially poignant in light of the recent episodes of xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Germany. The new agreement follows "extensive and difficult" negotiations that began 16 months ago in Bonn at a meeting between Miller and German Chancellor Hehnut Kohl. It also comes 40 years after West Germany first agreed to pay indemnification to Jewish victims of Nazism under a compact signed by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Nahum Goldmann, then president of the Claims Conference. There are currently 160,000 survivors receiving monthly pensions provided under the original 1952 reparations agreements. They reside mainly in thtf Americas, Israel and Western Europe. To date, the Federal Republic of Germany has paid . out roughly $50 billion in compensation to Holocaust survivors. Prior to Germany's reunification, "difficult and protracted negotiations were undertaken by the Claims Conference with the East German regime," recalled Akiva Lewinsky, vice president of the Claims Conference and chairman of its negotiating team. "Regrettably, those talks ended in failure because the Communist regime never accepted its historic moral responsibility to the survivors of Nazi persecution," he said. The new compensation accord was reached under Article 2 of the implementation agreement to the German Unification Treaty reuniting East and West Germany. In that article, the German government agreed to negotiate with the Claims Conference for hardship payments to Nazi victims who had previously received no compensation or only minimal indemnification. The Claims Conference will issue a call in early December for applications from Jewish Holocaust survivors for benefits under the new agreement.
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Friday, Nov. 13 C U.AH.C. Bionnial. Tample L Temple Israel Cooficmalion Trip, Ihnj Nov. 15 Beth El Women's League New Mombera Shabbal Dinner. I 7 p.m., BelhE! Saturday. Nov. 14 P U.A.H.C. Biennial, Temple Hsathar Weilar. Bal MKzvah, Bam El Singlae, Bluitt Run Sunday, No». IS U.A.H.C. Biarmial, .Tampla Israel 8 Higih Holiday UmvarsHy, 10 a.m.. Templa Israel Jewish War Vals. 10 a.m. A P.t.P, 10 a.m.. Tampla Israel ~ V HaMtv^Am> Woman, 5:30 p.m., Belh Israel Mortday, Nov. 16 E YES. t0:30a.m. Boy Scouts. 7 p.m. KC EiacUivaComrnnaa. 7 p.m. NJHS Board MaaUng, 7:15 p.m. Adu* Lounge ColJL. 7:30 pin. Tuaaday.Npv. 17 Ok) Timers, 10:30 a.m. Food (or Thought, 11:30 a.m , Templo IsianI BBYONIgM. 8:15 p.m. NCJW Qanaral masting. 7 pni UTTO Bom), 7:30 p.m., Bath El lr«o 10 Judaism. 7 p.m., Tampla IsrasI JFS -tika FaaHngr program,? p.m., Beth El ORT, SaN Dafanaa program. 7:30 p.m. , Nov. 1( BraMbra***, Noon. Regency Wast JCC Biiklngs and Qrounds Meallna, 4 P m. Boy Soouls, 7 p.m. Begimlng Convarsaltonal Hebrew, 7 p.m Beginning Hatiraw, 7 p.m. HaCrawHitfi. 7:30 p.m. C Advanced ConvaraaHimal Mebrew, tpm. L Siddur Hahraw. Sp.m I Bath El Board ol Truelaea, 7:30 p.m., Belh El Nov. If 11turaday,Nov.1f P Id. 9:30 am., Tampla iFad Tampla Israel SMartiood Adu* t We** Drop*. 10:30 a.m. „,^ .^ Woman's'Sviakio Chel Qrand Qi«s Luncheon. Noon, Highland I unch • Learn with RatM, Noon, Beth El Ltxary Booli Oiacuaslan Oroup, 1 p m. BMiSun Hsn* Family WgN Omn*', • p.")Smglsa Commnee. 7 p^m. JCAC Ful Council meeting, 7:30 pm Tarr^ hraH Mini UMvaraHy USYNigN
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of the Jevdsh Federation of Omaha, 333 So. 132 St. LORRAINE (WOLK) BAIR Services were held at Golden Hill cemetery on Nov. 3 for Lorraine (Wolk) Bair of Seattie. A native of Omaha, she died at the age of 63, Survivors include a husband, Jean; sons Stephen, Stuart, Stanley; a sister, Esther DePorte of Omaha; and 16 grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Rose Blumkin Home. SYLVIA TRELLER Services were held at Temple Israel for Sylvia S. Treller, who died at the age of 80. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin. Survivors include daughter, Carol, and son, Edward, both of Omaha. Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity.
MELVIN SOLOTROVSKY Services were held Tuesday at Golden Hill 'Cemetery for Melvin Solotrovsky of Houston. He died at the age of 69. Mr, Solotrovsky's survivors include his wife, Shirlee; a son, Don; daughters Susan Babendure of Scottsdale, Ariz, and Barbara'Null of Monterey, Calif; and five grandchildren. ALBERT M. Memorials may be sent, NEPOMNICK Services were held Nov. to a favorite charity. 6 at Temple Israel for EVELYN FELDMAN Albert M. Nepomnick. Former Omaha resiHe was 67. Mr. Nepomnick's sur- dent Evelyn M. Feldman vivors include his wife, died Oct. 22 in ScotUdale, Jeanette; daughters, Ron- Ariz., at the age of 75. na Zien of Milwaukee and She was buried at Green Diane Nepomnick of Acres Cemeteiy in ScottsDallas; son, Steve.Nep- dale. Her survivors include omnick of Dallas; and sisters Harriet Marko of her daughters, Marsha Omaha and Ruth Wolpa Ferer and Linda Cooper; son, Michael; sister, Betty of Houston. The. family requests Goldstrom of Omaha; two that donations be made to brothers; seven grandchilthe Albert Nepomnick dren; hnd three greatScholarship Fund in mrp grandchildren.
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DR. MILTON 0. WALOBAUM Funeral services were held Nov. 8 at Temple Israel Synagogue for Dr. Milton Waldbaum, a family doctor and former owner of the Milton G. Waldbaum Co., and egg processing plant in Wakefield, Neb. Dr. Waldbaum died Thursday at Bergan Mercy Hospital after a long battle against Parkinson's disease and other illnesses, said his wife, Miriam Waldbaum, of Omaha. He was 72. Dr. Waldbaum was bom in Brooklyn, N.Y. He served as a naval officer during World War II and was discharged in 1946. He came to Nebraska in 1950 and later opened the Wakefield egg processing plant. He moved to Omaha two years later to attend medical school at the University of Nebraska. He graduated in 1956. He retired from practicing medicine in 1983 and sold his egg company in 1988, his wife said. In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, John of Omaha and Jerry of Seattle; a daughter, Susan Hughson of Scottedale, Ariz.; a sister, Roslyn Altschul of New York; and eight grandchildren.
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B*th laraal SynagogiM 1502 No. S2nd Street Omaha, NR 68104 556-6288 Office hours: Monday Candlellghting for Friday, Nov. 13,4:48 p.m. through ThurBday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. B'IMI J*8hurun TMitpl* Israel "Whose Baby is it to 2 p.m. 20th and South Streets 7023 Cass Street Anyway?" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday (when achoni in Lincoln. NE 68502 The community is invited Omaha, NE 68132 in session), 9 to 11 a.m. to attend the dinner. For 435-8004 566-6636 Services arc conducted reservations, call the synaServices are ofliciated b y Services are officiated by by Rabbi Mark Urkowitz gogue office. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink FRIDAY: and Cantor David Taul), . Nov. 21: Morning services and Cantor Webber-GUat. Sabbath dinner at 6:16 FRIDAY: at 8:45 a.m., "Evolution FRIDAY: p.m., followed by family Kabbniat Shahbal snr- and Creation" at 11 a.m. Shabbat service is at 8:15 service. Cost is $4 for vicc is at 4:50 p.m. B*th El Synagogm p.m. Rabbi Fink will speak adults, $3 for children. SATURDAY: 14606 California on "The Angels Among Us." Make reservations by callMorning Hcrvlcc is at Oiiialia,NE 68154 Oneg Shabbat will be spon- ing the temple. 8:45 a.m. in the Sanct492-8550 sored by the Temple Regular Sabbath evening uary and (loldstcin OfTice Hours: Sisterhood. service is at 7:45 p.m. Chapel. Monday through Thurs- SATURDAY: SATURDAY: A Kiddush Lunch follows day: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Morning service and Shabbat service is at services, hosted by Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 11:15 a.m. in the sanctu- Torah study are at 10 a.m. Sisterhood. ' Services are conducted ary. Simcah B'Shabbat, an TUESDAY: Class witli Rabbi on this by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Adult education is at alternative Tqrah-study week's Torah portion fol- Cantor Emil Berkovits. lows Kiddush in the FRIDAY: Services are at 6 service, will be held in the 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Chapel. Goldstein Chapel. p.m. BAT MITZVAH Choir rehearsal is at 7:30 Mincha is at 4:45 p.m., SA.TURDAY: Services are Jessica Anna Krieger p.m. followed by Talmud Class at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush will will celebrate her Bat with Rabbi at 6 p.m. follow services. Blumkin Horn* Mitzvah at the Shabbat Ma'ariv and Havdalah TSS (Torah Siddur SATURDAY: morning service next week. conclude serviceH. Skills) begins at 10:15 a.m. LECTURE Services are held in the SUNDAY: Sitter service starta at 10 At 10 a.m. Nov. 22, Dr. Goldstein Chapel at 9 a.m. Service is at 9 a.m. a.m. Members of the commuWEEKDAYS: Minha-Ma'ariv and Fred Rosner will discuss Services are at 7 a.m. Havdalah services are at "The Jewish Ethical View nity are invited to join resiof Contemporary Medical dents for the service and and 4:45 p.m. 4:46 p.m. Each weekday evening SUNDAY: Services are at 9 and Social. Issues' at the kiddush following. Special memorial seiTemple. A bagel brunch between Mincha and a.m. and 6:30 p.m. vices are held on the last Ma'ariv, we study Mlsh- WEEKDAYS: Services are will he served. Saturday of each month. ADULT EDUCATION nayes. The study sesaions at 6:66 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Introduction to Judaism are led by Rabbi Urkowitz. JUDAICA SHOP: Open B'nal lara«l VACHAD Tuesday through Thurs- class is at 7:30 p.m. 618 Mynster Street Yachad youth group will day, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Council Bluffs, Iowa have a Thanksgiving pro- and Sunday, 10 a.m. to Discussion on "Jewish in 51503 gram«at the synagogue noon. Hollywood," led by Rabbi Thursday at noon. Lunch 322-4706 Azriel, will be at 9:30 a.m. BAT MITZVAH will be served. Services are oRiciated by Heather Weiler, daugh- Thursday, followed by The SISTERHOOD ter of JoAnn Weiler, will Matriarchs and their congregation members. For Women's Book Discus- become a Bat Mitzvah to- Legacy,' led by Rabbi Fink, information, leave a mession Group will meet (for morrow at Minha-Ma'ariv at 10:30 a.m. sage on the synagogue anthe first time this year) at services. swering machine (322SHABBAT COMES TO 10 a.m'. Tuesday at the 4705). YOU LUNCH -n LEARN home ofEliane Frcund. Rabbi Azriel, Cantor FRIDAY: Lunch n' Learn with the JIWISH STUDIIS Services are at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi will continue at noon Webber-Gilat and the Supplementary classes on Thursday at Temple Youth Group will SUNDAY: in Jewish studies are at 6 Commercial Optical Co. lead shabbat services at 2 Children's workshop on p.m. Wednesdays at the This.week's topic will be .p.m. Nov. 20 at the Rose rituals of Shabbat is at 10 JCC. Program includes "Jews First Or People Blumldn Home. a.m. at the JCC. The worksupper and Mishna studies First." Reservations may shop is free and open to'the P.B.P. with Rabbi Urkowitz. be called into the office. Parallel Education for community. BMAKrAST CLUB EATING FEELINGS Parents will meet at 9:30 Breakfast Club mceta at Jewish Family Service a.m. Sunday. Discussion ChMbMlHoua* 9 a.m. Sundays for daven- and Beth El Synagogue's topic is "Jewish Children's 1322 So. 1 IBth Street ing, breakfast, Chumash workahop "Eating Feelings' Boblia too Good to Miss." Omaha, NE 68144 and Rashi. addresses beluviors and at,687-1U4 FOOD FOR THOUGHT TOPICS titudes that lead to overeatRabbi Azriel will lead SATURDAY: 'Topics of Interest for ing. Next session is at 7 Davening at 9:30 a.m., discussion from 11:30 a.m. Growing Young Jewish p.m. Tuesday. For more into 1 p.m. on Tuesday at followed by Kiddush. "Ladies* meets at 1 p.m. formation, call Alice Weiss Temple. Bring a sack SUNDAY: Sundays at the JCC. (330-2024). Davening at 9:30 a.m. lunch. Instructor is Devora SECOND SHABBAT WEDNESDAY: UrkoMflU. rAMILY DINNER Talmud class at 9:30 am TIfMWth ISTMl aCHOfLAR The congregational Chuma'Bh for adults at 3219 ShericUn Blvd. ^ Our next Scholar-in- Shabbat family dinner honUncoln, NE 68S03 10:30 a.m. Reiidence, Dr. Fred Roi- oring new.Beth El memTHURSDAY: 42S-8a6» tr, will be here next week- bers will be tonight followAdvanced Talmud at' Services are oRlciatod by end. Ills topics arc "Whoso ing 6 p.m. services. The ennoon. Baby Is it Anyway?" and tire oongregation is invited Babbi Eliahu MUder. ' Offiitt FRIDAY: fEvolutlon and Creation, to meet our new families. Capehort Chapel Services are at 8 pm ciencc and Tradition: Are KID8' KABBALAT aSthStrMtond Oneg Shabbat is hosted by ey in Conflict? SHABBAT Capohoft During Or. Rotn«r'» Kids' Kabbalat Shabbat Barbara ami Allan Kanyon. Omaha. NE 68123 SATURDAY: visit, the Shabbat aehedule wUlbeat7p.m. onNov. 21 a»4-«oai Services are at 9:30 a.m. will be: A shart informal service of Nov, 30: Shabbat ser- singinf and stories will be Junior Congregation la at FRIDAY: Servicea at 8 p.m. vices at 4:40 p.m.. dinner followed by an Oneg 10:15 a.m. at 5:aO p.m. Shabbat
Medical ethiclst to speak next week Prod Rosner, assistant dean at Albert Einstein ollaga of Medicine at Yaahiva UniverslQr In New York, give three locturos at Beth laraal Synagogue and ample Israel on Nov. 20,21 and 33. He will discuss medical ethics and how it relates to Judaism. , I Nov. 30, ha will diacuaa ethical quesUona raised by hof-the-art tachnology in a lecture callad "Whote ' Is it Anyway: a Study of New Ttchnology" at Both •I's #vM»ln|f s#rvi*» |r> "'>v. 21, he will discuss III IB and Tradition: Arif in » onriui
At 10 a.m. Nov. 22, he will discuss Th* Jewish Ethical View of Contemporary Msdical/Sociol losuse' at Temple Israel. Brunch will be oervad. Dr. Rosner is also director of medicine at Queens Hospito] Center in New York. He has writUn five books on Jewish medical ethics, including his newest, Modern Madloin* and Jewleh Btblea and MMUOIM and J«wUi Law. According to Rabbi Mark Urkowiu, Dr. Roener's mse••ge Is important In the 1980s because "as new technolnfrv iinriitiiH we im .Inws must be prepared to underlithe llfe-anddeath situations v •
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Sparks from TheWonl By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Vayera Right Religion and Religion on the Ri^t Our ancestors thought that the testing of Abraham by the duty to sacrifice Isaac was an important enough Torah passage to assign it for Rosh HaShanah, in addition to its usual turn in the annual schedule. It never fails to induce worry and puzzlement and to provoke thought. Testing of faith was perhaps a justified procedure. But such a t^st! We can hardly permit a just God to demand such a test! Some years ago a colleague of mine wrote a modem "midrash" on the subject. He pictured Abraham succumbing to the pressure of his surroundings. To the Canaanites, among whom he lived, child sacrifice was natural and proper. Abraham could not resist, finally, the pressure not to be different. He proceeded with the Akedah. Not God, but Canaanite pressure, obliged Abraham to take Isaac to the mountain. God'a part in the whole procedure waa to stop it. Stop it cold. "Do not raise your hand against the boy, or do anything to him . . ." And Abraham learned another lesson about religion, in addition to everything ,he had learned and intuited before. Tliis is the most important part of the story, the insistence that loyalty and faithfulness to a religious pattern do not demand extremism and certainly do not demand cruelty and injustice. Thus for the modem "midrash". There is religion on the right and there is right religion. I think of the virulent hatred in Pat Buchanan's religion on the right, freely expressed and roundly applauded. Not in ancient times, not among the Canaanites, but in the United States in 1992! And Buchanan is only a spokesman for a movement... I think of the Israeli Jews (who do not want to be considered Israelis!) who throw stones at those who violate the Shabbat in their neighborhoods. To be sure, it is extremely bad taste to flout their sensibilities: But to throw stones! To throw stones at cars to induce Shabbat observance! I think of the extreme right-wing of the Muslims, who use hatred both as principle and method, against Israel and the United States to be sure, but Against other Muslims as well. I think of the warfare that history records, warfare, bloodletting, massacres, brought on (or at least defended) by religious differences. The pages of history are full of this shameful human failing. It is not over. With the so-called "freedom" following the demise of the Soviet Union, we have seen both ethnic and reUgious differences again producing the poison of human hatred. . And there is the rebirth of Nazi bestiality, tolerated, and to some extent cheered on by Germans on the sidelines. No. If anything, religion demands love of fellow human beings, even those that differ from us. Religion demands compassion, justice, gentleness. Right religion demands maturity.
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1938: How American Jewish leaders responded to Kristallnacht
Editorial By Morris Maline
The election Americans!
Let's give ourselves a pat on the back, a symphony of rousing cheers, and a hearty wrell done. The United States of America — the mightiest nation in the world — has selected a new president who whether he likes it or not also is the leader of the free world. And what happened after a hard-fought campaign? A seasoned President Bush and fiery candidate Perot immediately pledged their support of Presidentelect Clinton and called upon the government and the American people to effect an orderly transfer of power. Let Hussein of Iraq and the other terrorist leaders of the enslaved countries know that America's democracy stands tall and that our flag flies proudly in the handsof a free people. - .
The polls During.the election campaign, voters were told time and again to ignore the polls. The polls were virrong, office-seekers warned. Yet, polling was right on the money. The election of Bill Clinton was predicted well ahead of election day and the figures offered turned out to be extremely accurate. The fact that American voters are told the results ahead of time is something to consider. This ability to forecast the vote-may not be in the best interest of the electorate, but the scientific validity of the process is something to marvel at.
The peace process How the election of a new American president will influence the Middle East peace process is something that will become apparent soon after a new cabinet is selected and installed. It seems to me, however, that the Palestinian delegation should waste no time in coming to grips with the reality of the situation. The Palestinians have displayed a knack for scuttling opportunities that have been offered to them over the years. Perhaps, only perhaps, will they now come to the realization that an accord with Israel should be reached while the mechanism exists.
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By Dr. Rafael Medoff MiamiJewish Tribune When the leaders of the General Jewdsh Council met in emergency session in New York on Nov. 13, 1938, the ashes of the Kristallnacht fires were still smoldering throughout Germany. The shattered glass of windows from thousands of Jevmh homes and stores still littered the streets, and Nazi stormtroopers were still smiling with satisfaction at the grievous blow they had dealt German Jev»rry. As a reflection of the heartfelt anguish of American Jews over events in'Europe, the General Jewish Council had been established sut months earlier in an attempt by the four m^or U.S. Jewish defense groups to put aside their differences and plan coordinated action. The Council's fu-st m^'or test came on Nov. 13, when the delegates from the American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith, and the Jewish Labor Committee faced the challenge of responding to Kristallnacht. As they examined possible strategies for protest, the Jewish leaders wrestled with the conflict between their sympathy for German Jewry, and theu- fear that public action by American Jews on behalf of German Jewry might arouse anti-Semitic sentiment in the Uni,ted States. Jewish demands for U.S. action against Hitler could provoke isolationists to charge that Jews were trying to drag America into a war with Hitler; Jewish complaints about the treatment of German Jews might lead to accusations that Jews were more concerned about their brethren abroad than they were about America's own unemployed and downtrodden. In retrospect, it might seem that the fears of American Jewish leaders were trivial in comparison to the violence that German Jews faced. But in 1938, it was the Jevrish leaders' fears that proved decisive in shaping their response to Kristallnacht. Should American Jews stage protest rallies? The General Jewish Council resolved "that there should be no parades, public demonstrations or protests by Jews." The problem, as Morris Waldman of tiie American Jewish Committee put it, was that 'great numbers of 'average' Americans are becoming irritated by this struggle." Should American Jews call for a loosening of America's tight immigration restrictions, so that more German Jewish refugees fcould enter? "On humanitarian grounds mass immigration of German Jews could not be opposed," the leaders of the General Jewish Council noted. Yet at the same time, they were worried that — as Stephen Wise, head of the American Jewish Congpress, put it — an effort "to waive the immigration laws will result in a serious accentuation of what we know to be a rising wave of antiSemitic feeling in this country." Therefore, the Council concluded, "at least for the time being, nothing should be done with regard- to this matter." Even if a public campaign for more immigration was out of the question, what about having Jewish leaders privately press the White House for action?
UJA tops list Of American charities By Labile Blum-Cogan NEW YORK (JTA) — The United Jewish Appeal topped the list of America's 400 leading charities for the fiscal year 1991, according to a national survey. Raising $668.1 million in donations, UJA pulled ahead of last year's leader, the Salvation Army. That organization ranked second wiih $649 million in donations, down from its 1990 toUl of $658.7 million. The Philanthropy 400, a list of the nation's' largest non- profit organizations, arranged iri order of how much they received from private donors, appears, in the latest issue of the Chronicle of I'hilanthropy. Combined, the top 400 non-profit charities raised $19 billion — up 5.8 percent from the previous year. Far above the curve, UJA raised 67 percent more than last year, an increase that can ba attributed to .1... (i,„„^,..,nn ExiduB campaign to raise money to help ii't Jews in Urael, ,,„,„ lan Lurie, executive vice president of UJA, explained that the dramatic increase was caused by the acceleration r,i ....u>i...nt on both the annual campaign and Operiu >. neceaaitated because of a cash crunch in Iw.... >..,.... U b^ the Persian Gulf War and increased immigration Said I-urio, "Wo did a wonderfiil Job last year. But now is the rwallly of 1992, and we have to worry consUntly about ral"' ' h We have a tremendoua cash need i <>M of the continuing maas immlRTBtldi ..wn lo Israel. The local U.)/ ">n of New York ranked aighth in tlie naiioiwu ii»i, with $23A.O mllli"" '" '' Uona.
Such "backstairs diplomacy" would have kept American Jews out of the limelight, while possibly helping to pry open America's doors for at least a modest number of Jewish refugees. But those Jews who had Roosevelt's ear were reluctant to speak out. One was Samuel Rosenman, a senior figure in the American Jewish Committee who was also an adviser to the president. When FDR asked him if more Jewish refugees should be allowed to enter the U.S. in the wake of Kristallnacht, Rosenman replied that he opposed such a move because "it would create a Jewish problem in the United States." Another well-positioned Jewish leader was Stephen Wise, who was a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, a group created by FDR in the spring of 1938. At the first post-Kristallnacht meeting of the Committee, Theodore.Achilles of the State Department called for the continuation of tight immigration quotas, despite the crisis in Germany. Wise declined to challenge Achilles, and joined his colleagues in a unanimous vote in favor of the State Department's position. But would a militant protest campaign by American Jews in 1938 really have ma'*e any difference? American public opinion was overwhelmingly antirefugee and could not have been easily svJayed. Congress, too, was passionately opposed to increasing immigration, and the few attempts made to introduce liberal immigration laws were quickly stifled. And the State Department, which has day-to-day control over immigration matters, did its best to block every effort on behalf of Jewish refugees. The question that remains unanswered, however, is whether or not vigorous Jewish lobbying of the White House — through quiet diplomacy, public protests, or both — might have persuaded FDR to override the State Department. The president had at his disposal a variety of methods for alleviating the Jewish refugee crisis. Even if he was unwilling to challenge the quota system, FDR could have authorized a loosening of the way in which the quotas were administered, so that the maximum number of refugees was granted entry (because of rigid bureaucracy, the quotas frequently went unfilled). He could have permitted large numbers of refugees to enter a U.S. territory, such as the Virgin Islands, on visitors' visas (both the governor of the Virgin Islands and its Legislative Assembly endorsed the idea, but ' the State Department sabotaged it, and FDR looked the other way). . He could have pressured' the British to open the doors of Palestine, which would have save^ countless Jewish lives. The reluctance of American Jewish leaders to forcefully press Roosevelt for such action was what moved Ben Halpem, the noted historiati, to write: "The history of our times will one day make bitter reading, when it records that some Jews were so morally uncertain that they denied they were obligated to risk their own safety in order to save other Jews who were being done to death abroad."
Jews back Clinton NEW YORK (JTA) — Nearly 86 percent of American Jewish voters picked Democrat Bill Clinton over President Bush in the election, according to prqjections made by the American Jewish Congreaa. On the basis of exit polls conducted among 3,076 Jewish voters in 11 states, AJCongresa put the vote at 85.6 percent for Clinton, approximately 10 percent for Bush and abotit 4 percent for independent presidential candidate Ross Perot. ' Tlie Jewish group also reported that 17.6 percent of the Jewish voters polled who supported Clinton said they had voted for Bush in the 1988 election, indicating strong disaffection with a president who has at times adopted a tough stance toward larael.
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By Boas Dvlr BERLIN (JTA) — An official of the German city of ataff writer Rostock has stepped down from his position afler being Miami Jewlah Tribune assailed for anti-Semitic comments he directed at the Pear overtook his shock when he returned to the Max GoldsmiUi, 68, will never forget his firtt sight of head of Germany's Jewish community. boarding school to discover that its director has been a burned synagogue. Or the second. Karl-Heinz Schmidt, the chairman of the Coihmittee arrested. Soon, his mother picked him up, leaving the After he awoke Nov. 10, 1938 in a Frankftirt Main for Internal Affairs of Rostock's City Council, resigned prized bicycle behind, and took him to grandma's boarding school, he heard descriptions of the unimagafter a row erupted over his insinuation that the inable — of a long night of terror that killed, wounded house. German Jewish leader, Ignaz Bubis, pays allegiance to Unlike his previous visits to grandma's place, and exiled Jews and destroyed their homes, businessea Israel rather than Germany. Goldsmith found no comfort here this time. He hid in a and synagogues. A night of broken (^ass. At a news conference, Schmidt demanded that Bubis back room as Nazi soldiers shook the house with vioKristallnachL publicly take a stand on the "Israeli terror against the In disbelief, the 14-year-old jumped on his bicycle lence. ""Ihey tore things fipom the dosets and broke dishes," Arabs." and rode to view the biggest warning sign since the Schmidt, a member of the ruling Christian he said. They killed someone we knew outside with an Old Testament's writing on the wall. Democrats, told Bubis, "You are, after all, a German ax. I was frightened." The next. Goldsmith's mother "From a distance, I could see dark douds," he said. Jew, and your homeland is Israel." Bubis shot back The synagogue was engulfed in smoke, not in flames. telegraphed the bad news to her sister in New Jersey, angrily, "Such political behavior as painting Jews as not before the cashier called her a "goddamn Jewish It had burned down. So I went to another synagogue. strangers lays the cornerstone for the attacks of the bitch." And it was the same situation.' Unfortunately, the world didn't care about this right-wing extremists. My home is in Frankfiirt and It was the same situation in many parts of Germany Judaism is no nationality." He added: "The fact that and Austria. In what is considered a turning point in atrodty, said Pamela Hope-Levin of Boynton Beach. There was apathy in the world," said Hope-Levin, a Germany's Jewish community no longer exists is the Nazis' campaign against the Jews, SS leader linked to questions like that." Reinhard Heydrich proudly reported 36 people, 815 Palm Beach Community College theater and speech The exchange was particularly notable in that the shops, 29 department stores, 171 homes and 267 syna- instructor. "Wot that we respond to tragedy today." Referring to the Serbs' recent "ethnic cleansing" of northern German port city of Rostock has been the site gogues destroyed in Germany. Muslims in Bosnia, she added, "If what we are hearing of particularly venomous attacks oh foreigners. A hostel for asylum-seekers was torched there two is right, we have to take action." months ago by neo-Nazis, and a French Jewish group Newspaper reports have drawn a somewhat vague "The numbers were impressive but shocking picture of a Serb massacre in May in that protested those activities was itself apprehended Kozarac that left as many as 3,000 Muslims dead in by police. from tiie Nazis'point of view." 'The incident occurred as Bubis and other German one day. The Serbs apparently "deansed" the city of its Muslim population by dividing families and loading Jewish leaders were visiting the refugee center. The Social Democratic mayor of Rostock, Klaus His numbers were inaccurate — at least 91 people, them onto buses. Since then, reports have indicted Kilimann, one of the first to demand Schmidt's resigthat the "ethnic cleansing" process has continued. 7,500 shops and hundreds of more synagogues were acThe big difference between today and the Holocaust, nation, apologized for what he called Schmidt's "provotually destroyed. But his numbers were 'impressive" Hope- Levin said, is the media's reporting of the atrod- cation." enough, from the Nazis' point of view. About 30,000 German Jews were deported to three ties. While the press has been paying attention to the concentration camps, including Dachau, where they "ethnic cleansing" story, it played down Kristallnacht. ASK FOR . . . The New York Times buried a small story on the were joined by 4,600 Austrian Jews. The Nazis created Dachau soon after their rise to power in 1933, but until back page," she said. Kristallnacht, they used it mostly to guard political MULTI MILLION DOLLAR CAREER SALES prisoners, according to Dr. Prisdlla Jones, director of OVER TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE "Ttie New Yorl( Times buried a documentation at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center t^t Florida International University smaii story on ttie bacii page." For Professional Relocation Services in North Miami. To and From Omaha "Crystal Night" (Kristallnacht in German) actually Soon after Kristallnacht, young Goldsmith was given began Nov. 8, 1938. That day, the Nazi newspaper ^^C3^S Res: 334-7257 VolWscher Beobachter published an anti-Semitic edito- a choice — to go to Switzerland or Belgium. Since he T %imW^m^ Bu,: 330-3500 loved "snow," he picked the first. 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By Gary Rosenblatt, Editor Baltimore Jewish Times Rabble have long bemoaned the fact that it is increasingly difficult to attract Jews to join and attend synagogue. If it's any comfort, those frustrations are shared by Catholic and Protestant leaders as well, whose congregational memberships in this country have been declining for the last 30 years. Last week, a three-day Think Tank on Congre. gational Affiliation brought to Brandeis University in Waltham, Ma. about 60 rabbis, Christian clergy, educators and researchers to share their findings — and their feelings — about how to bring people closer to ' their respective houses of worship. It was a unique experience, blending statistical charts with words of prayeir, the language of demography and the language of theology, and it shed light on the conflict between an American culture that makes few value judgments and traditional religions that represent absolute au^iority. One of the themes to emerge from the conference • was that rather than compete with the ultimate freedoms of our society, synagogues and churches should help people deal with existential questions about life's meaning and purpose, and provide members with a sense of caring and community. "Perhaps the best way to resist a decadent culture is to live a healthy one," observed Dr. James Davison Hunter, a University of Virginia sociologist. Dr. Dean Hoge of the Catholic University of America noted that • people join a congregation for four main reasons: their children's education, personal support in life, friendship, and inspiration and spiritual guidance. "These are commodities no one else is selling," he said. The message was clear: our religious institutions need to do a far better job of meeting people's needs rather than blaming tliem for staying away.
No one underestimated the seriousness of the situation. "Any human institution that does not replace its losses will die," said Rev. Loren Mead, president and founder of the Albin Institute in Washington, D.C., "and the churches represented in this room are not replacing their losses." Jewish leaders, it was acknowledged, feel this sense of crisis strongly since there are relatively few Jews in the world and assimilation is on the rise. In session after session, statistics were cited to chart the decline of religious affiliation, with estimates that about half of the American population is "unchurched." Dr. Gary Tobin of the Cohen Center for Modern JewisTi Studies at Brandeis, one of the sponsors of the conference (with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Lily Endowment), asserted that affiliation is even lower, considering that 50 percent more Jews say they belong to a synagogue than really do. There were discussions about the various categories of unafTiliated, from those who don't care at all (about 8 percent) to those who identify strongly with their religion but rarely if ever attend services (about 20 percent). Dr. Kirk Hadaway, a researcher for Homeland Ministries, suggested that the latter group should be targeted. Many of these people, he said, feel that regular church or synagogue attendance is optional and irrelevant. Churches and synagogues should "upgrade their expectations," he said. This message was brought home by Dr. James Scott of the Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., whose church attracts 1,000 people to Sunday services. His
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theme was that "without a vision, the people will perish." Dr. Scott emphasized that "if you don't demand anything, you won't get anything. We tell people, "if you aren't willing to give of yourself, don't join.'" He recommended that congregations identify and concentrate on a few key issues, noting that his church deals with social justice, moral education and politics, and tries to instill in members a sense of purpose. Rabbi Marshall Meyer of Cong. B'nai Jeshurun in New York City also emphasized that ""without passion, nothing happens — particularly when it comes to transforming spirituality." His deep commitment to social justice has helped transform his congregation from a membership of eight families in 1985 to 860 families today. The fu-st thing Rabbi Meyer did was create a homeless shelter at the synagogue, asserting that this showed the relevance of Judaism today and helped develop "a caring community" among supposedly hardened New Yorkers. "Most congregations," he said, "are not loving communities." A third clergyman whose congregation experienced remarkable grovrth after reaching out to the unaffiliated was Rev. John Steinbruok,,. pastor of the Luther Place Memc^ial Church in Washington, D.C. He described it as "going down hill before it opened ita doors to the homeless in our midst." Other speakers suggested that the key to congregational growth was to focus on those already affiliated. Dr. James Wood, a sociologist at the University of Indiana, asserted that congregations will grow "when clergy so vitalize the faith of the affiliated that the unaffiliated will become curious about what they're missing." A number of the conference participants acknowledged that worship services are often boring and mechanical, though they ciisagreed about how far to go to 'jazz up" the services. There was also disagreement about whether to try harder to reach 18-25 year olds — the age group with the highest drop-off rate in all denominations — or simply wait for them to come back. (Statistics show that about half of them return to church or synagogue eventually.) More compelling than the statistics, though, was a90-minute panel with four "real" unaffiliated people living in the Boston area, including Carole Goodman, a 53-vyear-old woman who said she "does everything Jewish except go to services." A mother of two daughters, both of whom married non-Jews, she talked of trying to instill Judaism into her young granddaughter without offending her son-inlaw. "There are so many times 1 bite my tongue," she said. .Perhaps most telling, she still sounded bitter over the fact that she never received a response from the synagogue from which she resigned a decade ago -- no phone call or letter of inquiry to find out why she and her husbaijid were dropping out. It was important for the clergyman and sociolagisu to hear from Uiese private individuals who gave life to tlie statistics and charts, and to be reminded of the oi goirlg need for personal contact. One could lose tl thread of humanity amidst the bleak numbers and dis cussidns about marginal members anH .T...III<I| affil at«8. But the glimmer of hope remains tor all oi u» wh care about strengthening religious affiliation. I came away with the realization that succesaful congregations, for all their diversity of beliefs and atyles, have something in common: a aetise of purpoae and vision than can touch, and transform, people'* live*, one iiyna gogue or church at a time.
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Outstanding Jewish high school juniora may apply By Deborah Fellman High school juniors repfor the Bronfman Youth Fellowship, a five-week jourresenting a gamut of :ney to Israel this summer. Bronfman Youth Fellows come from a variety of sec- races, religions and high ular and synagogue backgrounds nationwide and in schools convened last week at the Anti-DefamaCanada. They are selected on the basis of character, intellec- tion League's Prejudice tual interest, special talents and leadership qualities. Elimination Workshop at the JCC. Financial need is not a concern. , Through discussion and The trip runs from July 11 to Aug. 18. All Shabbat activities will be in the spirit of the day and all meals role-playing, the students described prejudices will be kosher. In Jerusalem, the fellows will interact with a diverse they've encountered in faculty of rabbis and counselors represenging a range their lives. They also lisof Jewish perspectives. They will study Jewish texts, tened to speakers who debate current politics and cultural ideas and consider told them they could overcome stereotypes. their own Jewish identities. Dressed in traditional The fellowship covers all expenses including air fare African robes, Ron Parkbetween New York and Israel. For an application, call (518)465-6575 Or write to er, a youth counselor with Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, 17 Wilbur St., the North Omaha Alcohol Albany, N.Y. 12202. All applications must be turned in Treatment Center, said society encourages groups by Feb. 1,1993. to notice differenoes. "It's hard to deal with equality," he said, "^e'te taught to push to be the Jessica Anna Krieger best. But the truth is that will become a Bat Mitzno culture is better than vah Nov. 21 at Temple any other." Israel. She is a daughter ADL Executive Director of Angle and'Stan Bob Wolfson said tjhe an•Krieger. nual workshop allows Jessica is a seventhkids "an opportunity to grade student at Westventilate how they're feelside Middle School, ing about prejudice. They where she is a member of don't get many opportunithe Future Problem ties to do that." Solving Team. Her hobIn one activity, 'kids bies include dance and holler out all stereotypes reading. they know. Her grandparents are "You hear things like Jessloa Krieger Ethel Krieger of Omaha that Jew$ Are stingy. and the late David Krieger and Bob and Veronica nior at Brandeis Univer- Blacks are all athletes, Hilton of Shenandoah, sity; Sarah, a freshman at and Catholics all come Tufts University; and from big families," WolfIowa. Jessica has three older Rachel, a. sophomore at son said. As the workshop prosisters: Stephanie, a se- Westside High School.
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Italian leader meets with Jews By Ruth E. Grubei- • ROME (JTA) — Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato met with Uie head of the Italian Jewisli community to express solidarity with Italy's Jews amid a spate of anti-Semitic incidents and a poll saying one in 10 Italians believes the Holocaust never happened. * Amato told Tullia Zevi, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, that the government was alert to the need for -attention to"a worrisome recrudescence" of antiSemitic, acta. lite meeting t4X>k place a day after 25 Jewish •hop owners in outlying dUtricts of Rome found
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yellow stickers bearing Stars of David and the slogan,"Out with Zionists from Italy," pasted on their shutters. It also emerged that a dozen gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Finale Emilia, near Modena and Ferrara in northern Italy, had been vandalized last week, and that the incident had been kept quiet in an effort to avert copycat attacks. Both incidents coincided with ttte publication in a major newsweekly, L'Espresso, of a controversial survey indicating that one in 10 Italians is anti-Semitic. Amato expressed tha support of the Italian gov-
ernment for Italy's Jews as"an integral part" of the national community and praised the Jewish community's'lncalculable ethical and civic" contribution to national and European culture. But anti-Semitic manifestations are alarming community leaders, "We are very concerned," Rabbi Raffaello Lattes of Modeh'a was quoted as saying."These episodes get repeated. If word spreads that this happened, it could spark off othef- incidents." The anti-Semitic action in Rome'had only one motive: to raise the level of anti-JIewish prejudice in Italy," said Zevi.
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Vince Vignieri "Maybe Westside isn't stuck up and North
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struggles that I encounter every day," she said. "I tend to think that everybody out there is asleep except me." Creighton Prep studer\t Vince Vignieij said learned that his preconceptions about other high schools may not be valid. "I go to Prep and people always think we're two things: rich and gay," he said. "That's definitely not true. So maybe Westside isn't stuck up and North isn't all Black," he said.
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Papillion High student Amy Mangeisen said she learned to watch what she says. "I think I'll think more about jokes that I tell," she said. "I never really thought about jokes as serious, but they are."
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Adoption helps create families
Platts married 60 years Max and Dorothy Flatt came firom California, inof Omaha celebrated their cluding Eugene and 60th wedding anniver- Phyllis Janoff of San •ary at Hi^Iand Country Diego, Harold and Lakey Club. The. anniversary JanofT of Laguna Hills, brunch was hosted by Geraldine and Hubert their daughter and son- Wolff of San Diego, in-law, Connie and Dr. Sherran and Lynn Platt Daniel Stilwell, aqd son of San Diego, Phyllis and daughter-in-law, Buchalter of Woodland Michael and Barbara Hills, Cheryl Buchalter and Barton Buchalter of Flatt. The Platts were mar- Los Angeles, Patricia Lynn and Randy Lynn of ried Nov. 14,1932. Guests included Mrs. San Diego, and Stephen Platt's sisters, Margaret Greenberg of Van Nuys. Yudelson and Ruth Bern- Bonnie Margolin came stein. Many relatives firom Denver.
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According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about one in 12 couples is unable to conceive in one year or carry a pregnancy to term. Some experts say that this percentage is even higher among Jewish couples. About 96 percent of couples who are unable to conceive adopt children. The rest choose to live without children. Infertility can create a feeling of loss, and according to Judaism, mourning is approprate after suffering a loss. But Judaism also teaches us to move beyond mourning and to go on with life. Adoptive parents are oft^n told that adoption presents unique challenges to families and that these challenges present opportunities for growth. The first challenge is often the two- to seven-year wait that most prospective adoptive parents must wait for a child. Project Dreidel, a Tzed- on the children's wish Outcomes of the adoption process include a greater akah project of ORT and lists or by donating mo- appreciation for and sensitivity to diversity in children. Jewish Family Service, ney to Jewish Family Adoptive parents may more carefully examine their excan make Chanukah more Service so that ORT vol- pectations of their children and of themselves as adopfiin for children in lower- unteers can shop for and tive parents. wrap gifts. income families. Last year several famiLastly, adoption may teach parents that at times, The project distributes Chanukah gifts to Jewish lies chose to donate mo- they must let go of control and be flexible. children in Omaha who ney or gifts tu Project Adoption has changed dramatically in the past 60 otherwise may not receive Dreidel in lieu of giving years. Years ago, many facts of adoptions were kept segifts in their own homes gifts, according to Shelly cret. Fox, who serves on the for one night of ChanuJewish Family Service kah. For more information, Tzedakah Committee. Individuals or Jewish call Alice Weiss at Jewish ZABIH/SHOHET Michael and Deborah organizations can partici- Family Service (330Jacqueline Shohet and Block of Overland Park, pate by bujring gifts listed 2024). Kan. announce the birth Jeffrey Zabin of Brookof a son, Zachary Andrew. line, Mass., were married Grandparents are ClifT Nov. 8 at Temple EmanuDynamic, out-going individual needed to fill and Barbara Levitan of El in New York City. the 20-hour per week position as Volunteer A reception was held at Omaha and Allen and Coordinator in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Gloria Block of Shawnee the National Arts Club. The bride graduated Home. Must enjoy working with the elderly. If Mission, Kan. Great-grandparents are from Brown University in interested, please contacts oily, 330-4272, to A! bnd Rose Garber of Providence, R.I. She is arrange for an interview. development associate at Omaha. Cultural Survival, a nonKaren and David Beck- profit human-rights orgaman of Omaha announce nization in Cambridge, the birth of a daughter, Mass. The bridegroom graduJessica Lynn. Grandparents are Mick- ated from the University ey and Tootie Simon of of WisoQnsin in Madison. Omaha and Frank and He is an electronic publishing specialist at Joey Becjunan of Omaha. Great-grandniother is Houghton Mifnin Co. in Rose Simon of Costa Boston. 'Lxfra ordituiry quotity, The bride is the daughMesa, Calif iophislkatid(Usigni, patterns, and ter of Mr, and Mrs. Ruben . colors that vnUbt as/res ft andt\citinj in Shohet of New York City. tfu ttt7(t untury as ifuy art todayMARIJUANA The bridegroom is the Satisfaction guaranteed son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
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Marcelyn Jill Marti and Charles P. Rogers, both of Omaha, will be married in the spring. Miss Marti is the daughter of Donald L. dnd Karolyn Kagan Marti of Lincoln and Arnol|ds Park, Iowa. > Mr. Rogers is the son of Charles and Patricia Rogers of Omaha. Miss Marti graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She is assistant aquatics dincbor at the Jewish Community Center and is studying for a master's degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mr. Rogers graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He attends the University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Medicine. Miss Marti is the granddaughter of Gertrude Perils Kagan of Omaha and the late Moses F; Kagan and Lloyd Marti of Lincoln and the late Pern Marti and Elizabeth Marti. Mr. Rogers is the grandson of Howard and Velma Carpenter of Mt. Airy, N.C. and the late Darwin and Vera of Omaha.
November 13,1992
Italian leader meets with Jews By Ruth E. Gruber ROME (JTA) — Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato met with the head of the Italian Jewish community to express solidarity with Italy's Jews amid a spate of anti-Semitic incidents and a poll saying one in 10 Italians believes the Holocaust never happened. Amato told Tullia Zevi, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, that the government was alert to the need for attention to "a worrisome recrudescence" of anti-Semitic acts. The meeting took place a day after 25 Jewish shop owners in outlying districts of Rome found yellow stickers bearing Stars of David and the slogan, "Out with Zionists from Italy," pasted on their shutters. It also emerged that a dozen gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Finale Emilia, near Modena and Ferrara in northern Italy, had been vandalized last week, and that the incident had been kept quiet in an effort to avert copycat attacks. Both incidents coincided with the publication in a megor newsweekly, LTIspresso, of a controversial survey indicating that one in 10 Italians is anti-Semitic. Amato expressed the support of the Italian government for Italy's Jews as "an integral part" of the national community and praised the Jewish community's "incalculable ethical and civic" contribution to national and Europeail culture. But anti-Semitic manifestations are alarming community leaders. "We are very concerned," Rabbi Raffaello Lpttes of Modena was quoted as saying. "These episodes get repeated. If word spreads that this happened, it could spark off other incidents." The anti-Semitic action in Rome "had only one motive: to raise the level of anti-Jewish prejudice in Italy," said Zevi. One shopkeeper whose shutters were defaced with the yellow ^tickers, said, "We.are having ugly surprises from our fellow Italians." Franco Carraro, the mayor of Rome, vowed official action. "This episode offends Rome and oife of its oldest communities, which 50 years ago paid an extremely high tribute with the deportation of 2,000 Roman Jews," he said. "I myself feel humiliated and indignisnt and I am in structing police to remove the stickers and make sure such actions do not occur again," he added.
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December brings snow, cold weather and usually, Hannukah. But it also brings Christmas. Tennple Israel's outreach program presents "Dealing with December: Surviving the Holidaze" in the Milder center at Temple at 10 a.m. on Nov. 22. Discussion will cover topics facing interfaith couples, such as dealing with extended families, whether to have trees, and how to help children cope with the coiiflict, A bagel brunch will be served and sitter service is available by reservation. For more information call the Temple office (566-6536) or Jeff and Sandy Passer (330-4289).
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Havdalah provided a time to celebrate and dance with friends at a Shabbaton held Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 at Beth Israel Synagogue. About 70 youngsters from Kansas City, Memphis, St. Louis and Little Rock (Ark.) joined 14 Omaha boys and girls for the weekend-long Jr. National Conference of Synagogue Youth (Jr. NCSY) event. Jr. NCSY is a social group for children in grades 5, 6 and 7. Phillip Paley returned to Omaha from his yeshiva in Memphis for the event. Among other activities, the youngsters rehearsed and performed a play called "Shabbos on Trial." They slept at the homes, of Beth Israel congregants. Pictured above are Omahans Scott Saltznuin (waving) on the shoulders of Phillip Paley and Adam Rich on the shoulders of Dr. Mark Tenenbe;rg.
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Love Notes By Sadye Newman Chanukah is coming and the LOVE GIFT SHOP has beautiful new and affordable jewelry. They also have ceramics, candy, greeting and LOVE cards. Exclusive this year are hand illuminated cards for ail occasions. Remember—when you purchase items at the LX3VE GIFT SHOP you are not only buying an item you want or need but also contributing to LOVE at the same time. You can also see their wares at the Chanukah Fair Sunday, Dec. 6. They need your support.
Old Timers By Sam Kaplan Our regular "stringer" was unable to attend pur meeting, and asked me to fill in. Our "Early Bird" discussion on Nov. 3 was pre-empted by our kickofT meeting for the Old Timers division of the annual UJA drive. We had a deli lunch. Dave Wine gave motzi, and Bemie Weiss gave bentschen. Norm Wohlner gave us the'"sunshine" report, and the list of Noveniber "birthday boys" was read. • After lunch we watched a video, the "Best of the Ed Sullivan Shows." At our next meeting, Nov. 17, we will install ofTicers. Wives and lady friends are welcome. Old Timers has establishefl a transportation committee, with.Harry Schulman as chairman, to arrange travel for members who need rides to our meetings. To arrange for the ride call Amy Potash at 334-8200, ext. 315, or Harry at 391-17,09,
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By Susan Paley, Book Fair publicity The Jewish Federation Library will initiate the 19th annual Jewish Book Fair on Dec. 2. As always, several exciting and interesting events will be offered and a broad assortment of Jewish books will be for sale, said Librarian Edythe Wolf Chairpersons are: Women's Luncheon, Rozanne Milner and Donna Olesh; Community Lecture, Joyce Cohen and Barbara Simon Goldstein; Festival of Lights, Marcia Lipsman; and Library Board president, Susan Silver. Staff co-ordinators are Mrs. Wolf and Dorothy Kaplan. • The community-wide celebration of Jewish Book Month will hegin with a noon luncheon featuring Gloria Goldreich, author of the best-selling Leah's Journey, Four Days, and Mother* and Years of Dreams. Sponsors for this event are Beth El Women's League, Beth Israel and Temple Israel Sisterhoods, B'nai B'rith Women, Hadassah, AMIT-Hatikvah and AMIT-Kalah Franklin Clxapters, NCJW, ORT, and Na'Amat USA. Cost for the luncheon is $9 and reservations are required. The JCC will sponsor the Chanukah Faire from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 6. Food, fun. and arts and crafts will be featured. Story hour with Marsha Greenhill will take place between 1:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. The "Festival of Lights," an all children's theater produc. tion, will begip at 2:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children. - The annual Edward Zorinsky B'nai B'rith Bible contest, sponsored by Henry Monsky Lodge for Omaha Jewish high school students, will be held on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Pre-registration for participants ia required. The community may attend without charge, Tlie Book fair itself will be ongoing. Hundreds of Jewish books for people of all ages will be featured, as well as an assortment of videos, games, puzzles, toys, 'and activity books. Included are books on Jewish art, Bible, customs; holidays, history, the Holocaust and Israel. In addition, fiction of all kinds for children, teens, and adults will be offered. l^e Book fair will also ii)clude a variety of Jewish cookbooks and books on Jewish hiimor. "We have lovingly chosen each and every item for sale at the Book Fair," said Mrs. Wolf, Federation librarian. "The Librar/s goal is to provide the Omaha Jewish community, with the largest selection of books of Jewish interest for sale at one time. "We want to educate people to the availability of good Jewish literature and help to stimulate the desire for a Jewish home library. There is definitely something for everybody!" T^e Omaha celebration will conclude with a community lecture by film critic Michael Medved on Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The topic will be "Hollywood and the Image of the Jew." Mr. Medved is the author of Hollywood vs. America: popular Ailture and the war on traditional values. The lecture Is co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council and is open to the public at no charge. A reception will follow. All Jewish' Book Month activities will be held at the JCC. llie Library receives ongoing support for the annual Book fair from the Morton A. Richards Endowment Fund. Balloon Tyoeotw Ml-S111 • Party DiconNng ProfwHonili • Btloon leuwiMi • IfivtiUoia MS AmnwunMnli forAIOcculom
Hadassah plans Tzedakalunch Evelyn Sondheim, national secretary of Hadassah, will discuss American and Zionist current affairs at a Tzedaka luncheon at noon Wednesday at Richland Park clubhouse, 116th and Burt streets. A salad buffet will be served. Mrs. Sondheim, who is listed in the Wok Who's Who of American Women, is also national coordinator of the executive division of Hadassah and vice Evelyn Sondheim president of the Jewish National Fund. • She has been to Israel several times and has served as Hadassah's representative to the World Zionist Conference and the World Jewish Congress. She has met recently with Jewish communities in Yugqslavia, Argentina and Brazil and has helped to secure the release of Russian refuseniks. Julee Katzman, president of the Omaha chapter of Hadassah, said Mrs. Sondheim's discussion is pertinent because "With new administrations in the U.S. and in Israel, it is vital for Jewish women to be informed and educated on all affairs pertaining to Israel and to American Jews." Cost is $6 per person or $4 and a donation of household items or clothing foir the Hadassah Bargain Box Donations of non-perishable Kosher food for the Family Service pantry will also be accepted. For reservationp, call Corinne Levin (391-6090) or Ellen Albin (493-4331).
YES journies to Minneapolis By Harry Paakowitz Editor's note: Mr. Paskowitz and 35 other members of Young Energetic Seniors (YES) went to Minneapolis last month for a four-day visit We boarded a most comfortable bus at the JCC and began the ride by listening to a tape of comedienne Granny. We played Bingo (Reva Oruch won the blackout pot; Charlotte Kaplan, Lucille Paskowitz and^Al Oruch also 'won), and then we .watched a video. We arrived in Bloomington, outside of Minneapolis and checked into the Crown Sterling Suites, with ite elegantly decorated rooms and free breakfasts and cocktails. That evening we took on the Mystic Lake Casino's slots and gaming tables and art almost overwhelming buffet. The next morning we toured St. Paul. We viewed the residence of rail magnate James Hill, the Ft. Snelling headquarters of the Veterans Administration and cemetery and the nation's largest Victorian bridge. For lunch, we joined the St Paul Jewish Community Senior Citizens. ^H They entertained us with their Russian SeniO^H Choir, and belted out songs in I^uesian, Hebrew^^ Yidduh and English. That evening we saw "Squth Pacific" at the Chankassen Dinner Theatre. The next morning we toured Minneapolis, and ate lunch at the fambus Lincoln Dell. I especially liked the king-sized maUo ball in my soup. We alsp visited th«^ new Mall of America, where we ran out of time. .^ That night we saw "Shear Madness" at St, Paul's Ordway Theatre. The next morning we checked out of our quarters and headed for home. On the bus we played qulz^ games (Sam Kaplan and Florence Kricsfeld won prixas), listened to Dr. Margolin's Jokes, and had a sln^ galong. Then we were kwck in Omaha.
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Lincoln News & Views By Bernie Mobow I received a phone call on the afternoon of Oct. 30 that really upset me. A friend called to tell me of the death of Estelle Rosenberg, my predecessor in writing this column. In the days when Estelle wrote the news about the goings-on here in town, it was Estelle who had the kindness and thoughtfUlness that helped light the sky over our community. She wasn't a very imposing woman to see. Small, slight, and bent, she was nevertheless an estimable woman of great character. Since her passing I have asked myself repeatedly why 1 never wrote this article before her death. Certainly Estelle should have been publicly acclaimed for her kindneas, thoughtfulness and devotion to the community.
Organizations BREADBREAKERS Newly re-elected state Senator Joi;n Lindsay will speak at noon Wednesday, chairman Myron Kaplan announced. Breadbreakers meets each Wednesday at Regency West Best Western. YES Seniors from Paxton Manor will join YES for lunch Nov. 16 at the JCC. Sylvia Ross and Susie Drazen, featured speakers, will discuss "Jewish Culture". "YES Talk" discussion, bingo, and English Ciass are at 10:30 a.m.; lunch is at noon. For transportation call 330-4272. OLDTIMERS Oldtimers will meet on Nov. 17. New officers will be installed. For reservations, call Harfy Paskowitz (556-6726) or George Schapiro (391-4869). Cps't • ••OUT •• ORT presents a'self-defense workshop for women at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17. The program is free and open to the community. Demonstrator is Mary Larson, director of Women Against Violence for the YWCA. For more information or for location of the event, call Cindy Shulewitz (493-6605).
JCCSIogUs Jewish Singles will go to the Bluffs Run racetrack on Nov. 14. Cost is $6 per person. Bring your favorite dish to a potluck dinner Nov. 22 at Helene Radcliffe's home. Singles committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. PRIME TIME Plans are under way for the Chanukah Dinner Dance on Dec. 19. Save the date! ADULT SERVICES Learn more about AIDS at a free program called "FacU Not Fear" at 7 p.m. on Dec. 3. Sponsored by the JCC's Adult Services and Health Services departments, BBYO and Jewish Family Services. Speaker is Bob Power of the American Red Cro^s Heartland Chapter. . WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will take a day trip to the casino at Onaw'a, Iowa on Nqv. 19. The bus leaves the JCt at 9:30 a.m, and returns at 4 p.m. Cost is $20.00 and includes transportation, snack, buffet lunch, and gambling booklet. For reservations, contact Fanny Cummers at 391-3997.
Boy scout troop 218 By Duaty NichoU Attorney Forrept Knitter told us about his duties and responsibilities for our law merit badge. Several scouts have advanced to the Tenderfoot rank. They will receive
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The Social Action Committee at Temple Israel is working with the Salvation Army to collect scarves, hats, mittens and gloves for children in Omaha. These items are needed as direly as coats, said Joie Simon, chairman of the project. "The Omaha community has been very generous in giving warm coats for children," she said. "But, there is still a need for accessories." Co-chairman Judi Goldstein said the committee Will also accept yam that could be knitted into warm outerwear. Knitters who would like to volunteer to help should call Mrs. Simons (393-1663) or Mrs. Goldstein (3970485). The project continues through January,
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A new novel by Jack Moscovitz of Omaha has been published. "A Dream of Flaubert's Woman" tells the story of a Midwestern ipan whose life changes when a-lovely lady moves to town. Tlie book is available from the publisher, Brandywine Books, at 2209 Highway 96, Burns, TN 37029. Cost is $10.95 plus $2.00 postage. ' Realtor Bobbi Leibowitz ha's completed an advanced course in marketing and.selling .new homes. Leibowitz. is a member of the Omaha Board of
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the Tenderfoot badge at Ttllie (Lerner) Olsen, a the Court of Honor on, native of Omaha, is the Nov. Iflth at the JCC. subject of a lecture at 2 lYie troop is selling pop- p.m. Nov. 22 in bailding corn throughout Novem- 10 on the Fort Omaha ber to earn money for ' campus of Metro Community College. Hastings awards.
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