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Vol. LXX No. 14 Omaha
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In the few years since these preschoolers made their earthly debute in 1988 and late 1987, the world has become a different place. On a global scale, the Soviet Union cracked into 15 sovereign republics, the Berlin Wall crumbled into thousands of souvenir scraps of brick, and Middleeastern children grew accustomed to the sound of Scud missiles overhead. In the United States, jobs became scarce, an animated film (Beauty and the Beaat) was nominated for the Motion Picture Academy's best-picture award, and a Democrat was elected to the White House for the first time since 1976. Jewish life in Omaha changed too: 205 immigrante arrived here from Russia; Beth Israel Synagogue and Temple Israel brought new i-abbis and cantors to their pulpits; and Beth EJ Synagogue moved westward, enabling Jews to attend services without venturing east of 72nd Street. For the 17 children pictured herfe, life becomes m6re fascihating each day. Now learning to write their, names, they also attend pre-school, help their parents take care of younger brothers and sisters, and make telephone calls, and peanut buttarwuidwichep all by thembelves, • • ' ' .• ' Inside this issue, on pages 4 and 5, parents descrtbe their own youngsters, the children who will become the fu-8t B'nai Mitzvah of the rtew millenium.
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Mormon choir in Israel By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) — The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed in Israel, for the first time ever, this W(tek. The five-concert tour included two shows performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Mormon Church council president Gordon Hinckly and other church
officials arranged the tour during a visit to Israel last April. "WeVe been waiting for this for 145 years," said Hinckly. The 325-member choir, founded in 1847, is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also headquarters of the church. The con(;erts are part of the Liturgica '92 annual religious music festival.
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More than 40 people attended the first-ever kosher event at the Dundee Dinner Theater recently. Chainnen Julee Katzman and Susan Paley, both of Beth Israel Synagogue, arranged the kosher pasta dinner served before a performance of 'Radio Days." Beth Israel members ffia and Dick Weiner are pictured above with caterers Nancy and Bob Matley and the theater's manager, Libby Dulane Shackleford.
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A good many of our friends wonder what one does in Israel. Tlie quick, easy answer is that one treasures it. But for those who are serious about making the most of a a lengthy stay in Israel, here are some suggestions. Let's start with music. A typical week's fare would include afler-Shabbat folk music concerts. Each week Vhere is is also at least one symphony concert, either the Israeli Philhannonic Orchestra or the Jerusalem .symphony, which 1 happen to prefer. Philharmonic tickets run about 45 to 60 shekel, or $17 to $23. The syinphony is about 20 percent less. Each Thursday, the Israel Broadcasting-Authority's Kol Yisroel sponsors a free chamber concert at the YMCA. On Fridays, Russian olim perform at the Ticho House, part of the Israel Museum. These concerts, which are a bargain at five shekel ($1.92), are superb. If one's appetite; for music is still not satisfied, there are also concerts each Wednesday at the Rubin .-Vcademy of Music. Then, of course, there is the Israel Chamber Orchestra s^nd the Israel Opei:a, which pcrfonrt in Tel Aviv. Ifone wants to spend time studying, there is more to study than anyone has h6ur8 for. The Israel Center (sponsored by the Union of Orthodox Hebrew, Congregations) has a tiill schedule daily of courses and lectures in Enghsh. The Conservative Center, through its project Oded also oflfers a full Schedule of courses. Both are free: The Buber Institute at Hebrew University runs a lecture aeries on Thursday mornings .tt a cost of 10 shekel ($3.84). There, are also dozens of lectures during the week by visiting academics, university scholars, poUUi^l figurea, and visiting dignitaries. ' • .• . • A gooid way to gel invited to non-publictzed events.is to become a member of the Jerusalem Friends of the Hebrew University (lOO shekel). A few weeks ago, there was a reception for Abba Eban. Tourism also provides r. .ms. Say you've Hlrt-adv b«M>n to MaHudn, li lie Golan, swam
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Candlelighting for Friday, Jan. 1: 4: 47 p.m. Beth El Synagogue Temple Israel B'nai Israel 14506 California 618 Mynster Street 7023 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68154 Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, NE 68132 492-8550 51503 556-6536 Office Hours: Monday 322-4705 Services Sire officiated Ser\'ices are officiated through Tluirsday: 9 a.m. by Rabbi Azriel. Rabbi by congregation memto 5 p.m. Fridiiy: 9 a.m. to Fink and Cantor Webberbers. For information, 4 p.m. Gilat. leave a message on the Services are conducted FRIDAY: synagogue answering by Rabbi Paul Drazen Shabbat service is at machine (322-47051 and Cantor Emil 5:30 p.m. Rabbi Fink and FRIDAY: Berkovits. Cantor Webber-Gilat will Services are at 7:30 FRIDAY: officiate. p.m. services. Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: SATURDAY: Chabad House Shabbat sen^ice is at" Services at 9:30 a.m. 1322 So. 119th Street 11:15 a.m. in the sanctuKiddush follows services. Omaha, NE 68144 TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) ary. Simcah B'Shabbat, 697-1124 an alternative Torahbegins at 10:15 a.m. SATURDAY: study sen-ice, will be Sitter service starts at Davening is at 9:30 held; the congregation 10 a.pi. • , a.m., followed by will study the Torah porMinha-Ma'ariv.and Kiddush. • tion for this week. Havdalah services are at SUNDAY: 4:50 p.m. Davening is at 9:30 SUNDAY: SITTER SERVICE a.m. Services are at 9 am There will be no sitter WEDNESDAY: and 5:30 p.m. service for the Friday . Talmud class is at 9:30 WEEKDAYS: a.m. evening service. Services are at 6:55 Chumash for adults is at 10:30 a.m. a.m. and 5:30 p.m. COLLEGE STUDENTS THURSDAY: All college students Advanced Talmud is at JUOAICA SHOP have been invited to noon. Open Tuesday through luoch at Teinple following Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 the 11:15 a.m. Shabbat Oftutt p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. service on Jan. 2. If you Capehart Chapel to noon. have not received your 25th Street and invitation, please call the Capehart LUNCH 'N LEARN Temple office. ' Omaha. NE 68123 Lunch 'n Learn with 29'1«051 the Rabbi resumes on TORAH ON WHEELS FRIDAY: Thursday at noon at Beth Services start at 8 p.m. •TOW" wiU be held El. Call the synagogue Tuesday, Jan. 5 from 12 office for reservations. Tifereth Israel p.m. to 1:15 at Idea 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Water, 609 N. 108 St. ADULT EDUCATION Lincoln, NE 68502 Reservations are Beth El Women's 423-8569 required; call the Temple League and the Adult Services are officiated office, 556-6536. Education Committee are by Rabbi Elihu Milder. offering Siddur Review FRIDAY: and Refresher classes at BAR MITZVAH Services at 8 p.m. two times: 7:30 p.m.' Travis Bet\iamin Lewis, SATURDAY: .Mondays and 9 a.m. Services at 9:30 a.m son of Lisa and Denny, Tuesday mornings. For Torah study is at 4:30 Lewis, will celebrate his more information call p.m. at Rabbi Milder's Bar Mitzvah at the home. 3311 StockweU, folMarcia Pitlor (496-4632). Shabbat Morning Service lowed by Havdalah seron Jan 9. SHABBAT HOW-TO "Making Shabbat PARENTING B'nai Jeshurun Shabbat," a dinner at Parenting Education 20th and South Streets Beth El, will be next Kickoff is Jan. 31 from 10 Lincoln, NE 68502 Friday following services. a.m. to 3;30 p.m. 435-8004 M .';; • . r-vations with . Services are ofiiciated h at 3502 \ Blumkin Home by Cantor Michael > i ij> 'Jill I. -i, Weisser SATITRDAY: FRIDAY; Services are held in the WOMEN'S BRUNCH 'ti ^erGoldjiten Chapel at 9 The Women's League a.m. brunrh .....I:.'., in .i \Q SAlHtUAY: Members of the coma.m. . u Morning servii.. munity irt' invited to join R/i,-ici' 'Ceareb he service wUl
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By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Vstyigash Judah and Joseph With nothing to lose, Judah steps forward and engages Joseph's attention, as our Sidrah begins. His presentation is masterful, and the results of his eloquent speech leave him and his brothers speechless. The man, the Viceroy, tlie feared official who has been playing cat-and-mouse with them identifies himself: It is beyond belief—it is Joseph. The brothers are speechless. No wonder that our liturgies chose a passage for the Haffarah that again unites Judah and Joseph. It is about 1,000 years later. The Joseph tribes and all of northern Israel have been in exile since 722. The Judah tribes perforce join them—in 586. And Ezekiel, perhaps about 570 B.C.E.. solemnly announces the Lord's intention to unite Judah and Israel and create once more a united Israel in the land of Israel, with a descendant of David on the throne! His announcement lacks the ecstasy of Deutero-Isaiah. who followed him, but Ezekiel's voice is nonetheless full of joy and tenderness and hopefulness. The exile is coming to a close! A time of peace and freedom is at hand, a time of human redemption. A time,of restoration and peacefiiliiess is about to begin, a time of loyalty to God. an era when man will have achieved humanity! , ' . Alas, the vision pf Ezekiel and Deutero-Isaiah was not to be. The restored Israel was only a tiny Jewish enclave aroUnd Jerusalem, a minor outpost of the Persian empire, and yet—history has no match unwhat those Jews achieved! In our own time, when we note the 500th anniversary of the exile of Jews from Spain, and the scattering of Jews east and west and north and south, we hear wonderful stories of still-existing communities and families, in Europe and in the New World, still observing Jewish rituals in secret, still dreading the murderous hand of the Inquisition, although they have been ostensibly Christian for many generations. How deep the faith of those ancient Jews of Eieklel's time! How brave the Jews who defied the lnc|uisition and its spies and executioners! How profound the instinct that Judaism was to be preservt^d, not merely at the cost of comfort, but if necessary, at the cost of Ufeitsein . Are Jews a people? A faith? A religio-ethnic entity? Call them what you will. But history has no parallel to a I shall we say) "group" that has been so buffeted by histoo'. so ill-treated by fellow humans, and yet survived with glory and distinction. Survival would be enough. But Jews have stuvived to give the world its fundamental moral foundations, and even more, to shine in all the disciplines in which human beings have achieved success. Is it hard to be a Jew? Yes, oh. yes! U it good to be u Jew'' Yes, oh, yes. It's a privilege unmatched aiui unparalleled in history.
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By Steve and Bunny Rothenberg, Mom and Dad It's very difTicuU to talk about Ian without mentioning Max and vice versa. They are truly a teaml Over the past tour years and eight months since their birtlis, we have made a concerted effort to treat tliem as individuals. We NEVER call them "the twins." We don't dress them alike. We make time for each one without the other. Despite everything we have done or tried to do, they have always gravitated back to each other. That special "twin bond" is something.that we "singletons" will never be able to comprehend. What lucky little boys! • Though they prefer to be together, they function quite well when apart. They may be identical, but as soon as you have been around them for a while, you can easily tell one from the other. Their personalities are very different and make life for all of us so much more interesting. Ian, the older of the two by one minute, is "happy-golucky" child. He takes things as they come and is very •• loving and caring. Ian has not yet learned the fine art of denial and when confronted about doing something he shouldn't have done, he readily admits his guilt. -Beezus," as we call Ian, is very creative. He loves to make up little songs and to draw. His current renderings of people are very' detailed and include,lots of body parts such as fingers, toes and belly buttons. He also . loves to write his name. His favorite color is blue. Basketball is his sport of choice At this point in time, he has aspirations of being a "mailman" when he grows up • ' Max is a "man of a thousand faces " We find it very difTicuh at tunes to keep a straight face when Max is, telling.us something that he perceives to be very serious. His expressions are just priceless. He is a very curious child and loves to dismantle things to find out how they work and what's inside. Maybe this curiosity • IS what'also makes Max slightly devilish Unlike his brother, he immediately denies any invorvement jn any wrong doing. He quickly points the finger ai his brother or sister! Though he. is quicker'to show his tamper than his brother, he. too. is a very caring child. "Max Man" also loves to talk! When atone with one of us. Max keeps up a non-stop, running conversation. His favorite cotor is red, a«d he adores football Like his brother, Max thinks he'd like to be a mailman when he grows up Both Ian and Max look.forward to beginning all-day kindergarten this fall at their sisters school Currently, they are completing their third and final year of p.the JCC They have toveu minute oi • wonderfUl teachers. The boys wiU continue their Jewish educatun ii ,th'.-v begin'Sunday sch-x)! ar, IfTTO next year T^iey^
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By Marti Harris, Mora Alexa Jillien Newman is a happy, entertaining, Leanne Gail Harris was bom on May 20, 1988. She delightful four year old with true "joie de vivre.'; She's is now four-and-a-half as she likes to tell ^veryone. full of life and loved by all! Lexi (her nick-name) loves her teacher, Carole Leanne's parents are Jim and Marti. She has a brother Greenberg, ahd enjoys playing with all her friends named Zachary, who will be two years old in April. The (she's very social and can't wait for slumber parties): family has two Shelties, Cassi (six years old) and Her favorite activities, next to eating, are drawing and Tammy (six months old). Leanne's grandparents are coloring. She loves to dress-up, play with Barbie's, Sid and Maureen Rosenblatt and Shelly and Janice trolls, her doll house, Muffy's and her kitchen. She Harris, all of Omaha. Her great-grandparents are makes up her own games, such aa "Katie wind-up" Aaron and Ann Epstein and Edwin and Ann (the current favorita). She also loves hearU and flow- Rosenblatt, of Omaha, and Joseph Rosen, of Shawnee Mission. Kansas. Leanne loves to spend time with famers. In addition to preschool, Lexi takes swim lessons, ily and friends, but she hates to say good-bye. Leanne goes to Montessori Educational Center three creative movement and tap classes. Given the option, she would prefer to be at home playing with her toys days a week. The other two days are spent with Zachary at Grandma Maureen's house. She is learning than running all over town from activity to activity. She adores her big brother, Nicholas (7 years old), a great deal at both places. Leanne knows her alphabet and will play with him at every opportunity. Play with and the sounds that go with each letter, she counts by tens, she has an unbelievable vocabulary, and she even Nick is strictly for his pleasure and at his direction. Lexi eiyoys very much her allotted one video tape a knows five of the seven continents on a map. Ujanne day. Her all-time favorite is a collection of "Ren and can retell quire a few stories, and what she can't Stiinpy" cartoons. She loves stories and looks forward remembeV, she makes up. Leanne etyoys "practical life" experiences, listening to bedtime readitig. • ^ to bedtime stories, and imaginative play She has at . Lexi also loves spending time ^ith her "Gramlnie, least five imaginary friends and many real friends, as whenever possible. " . • L^exi says she wants to get married when she's big- well. Leanne's best friend is her cousin, Jacob. They spend as much time together as possible and talk on ger so she can have babies of her own. Much to her Daddy's chagrin. Lexi still sucks her the phone quite often. Zachary adores Leanne. He imithumb She tells us one thumb is chocolate and one is tates hi* big sister (who only weighs three pounds more than he does), and she enjdys playing with him vanilla. Like mos^ girls, she prefers the chocolate one and helping Uke care of him. Like most siblings, they; have their little disagreements, but they usually end Sarah Mackenzie Spooner up giggling and hugging Leanne also likes to play with B> Jim Spooner, Dad. Sarah Mackenzie Spooner was born Nov. 30, 1988, and help take care of the dogs Once a week, Leanne participates in a gymnastics the same-day asher great-grandmother, Mrs. Sarah class Her favorite piece of equipment is the uneven Osoft In addition, Sarah was given the same Hebjew bars and she likes (loop exercises, also. She feels verjname as her late aunt, Ewie Rice Now it was no coinconfident walking across tire tallest balance beam cidence that Sarah Spooner was named after her Leanne also participates on the Tumble Bus once a great-grandmother and aunt; however, it was sheer we^k and takes an art class at Montessori. She likes chance that they were bom the same day. We don't the television show, "Reasonable Doubu," because she know what, if anything, this happenstance rneans, but fiixds the sign language fascinating She likes having we have been captivated by Sarah and the way she has friends over to play, playing games and drawing on the influenced our lives Gayle 9nd I jire always amazed computer, and cotoring and cutting out pictures as well and quite often surprised by her %ccompli»hments, as riding her tricycle, going to the p^rk, and swimming style and personality Sarah recently celebrated her fourth buihday and in wanner weather. . Leanne still sucks her thumb when she is tired, but had two parties. The first was with her frvends and the she IS going to work on kicking the habit before she second w*i with her family, She has been blessed, by turns five. 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[3y Jill Kuflhner Belmont, Mom By Jeffery and Sandra Passer, Dad and Mom _^ Ihe'a 41 inches of fun, 35 pounds of mischief and We thought you would like an up to the minute sweetness. Her hazel eyes sparklb from the minute she report about our youngest son, Aaron Passer, member wakes up in the morning and she crinkles her nose of the Class of 2001. Aaron is preparing for his Bar when making funny faces to make us laugh.-This is a Mitzvah by attending studies at the JCC preschool child who likes to "race ya" up the stairs and insists and Temple Israel Sunday school. His favorite activithat everyone at the dinner table put their forks in ties at pre-school are coloring picture^ and going to the their mouths at the same time. gym. At Temple, he eryoys singing witli Cantor WeberIxwk in the dictionary for the word "dickens," and Gilat, and giving Rabbi Azriel the high five hand there's Lindsay's picture right next to it. shake. It's hard to believe that almost four years have Aaron loves going to creative movement class and passed since I wrote my first article about Lindsay. learning the fine pointa of ballet and dance. He really Now, the baby fat is gone, the diapers have been dis- movea well, and will be able to at>ply these skills in carded, and I find myself with a beautiful four-year-old basketball or soccer, hia favorite sports. little girl with a wonderfully inquisitive mind, ai big Whenever he can, Aaron visits his grandparents, heart, and an often hysterical sense of humor. Stanley Passer in Omaha, and Richard and Dorlene Someone once called Lindsay "enchanting," and that Graham in New Market, Iowa He likes watching his word has never left me. I realize quite often that my zayde Stanley run around the indoor track at the JCC, child is indeed, very enchanting. and he can't wait to honk the car horn when we pick Her days are filled with coloring 'pictures, playing zayde up on the way to Temple for services. When he ' dress-up, friends, preschool, grandparents, hanging goes to New Market he insists on going fishing or sledout with Mommy and Daddy, and always waiting for ding with grandpa (even when the fish aren't biting or big sister Jessica to come home from first grade. In . there is no snow!) and,he can't wait to eat grandma's typical little sister fashion, Lindsay loves Jessica—she cookies. loves to play with her, tease her, copy her. drive her When he's home with mom and dad, Aaron is a non . crazy, and just be with her. . stop talker with a great imagination He always has a Pei'haps the biggest change in Lindsay's life came • valid reason why it should be done his way. Imagine ia^t April, when she became a big sister to baby brothwhat he'll be like at 13! His favorite babysitters are big er, Colin She slipped into that role easily and is brothers Sam, and Jeremy, or big sister Lyndi: He always kind, gentle and patient, despite bemg pulled can'l wait to see tliem and poked by the curious eight-month-old iwhom she Besides playing (and fightingi with hia older brother has lovingly nicknamed "Mr Man" and "the butter Joel, and riding bikes, Aaron loves eating all kinds of boy"). If she was ever jealous of this.baby, those feelr fruits istrawberries—not!i and vegetables, especially mgs must have been overshadowed by her sensitt-vity broccoli. His favorite loves 'besides momi are animals, and love for him. and the animals are also attracted to him. Since he So this is Lindsay in 1992 What will the next has no pels except for 2 goldfish, he likes to throw a *Lmdsay update" brin^? I certainly can't guess-what tennis ball over the fence to the neighbor's 2 black her interests, likes or dislikes might be. labradors and have them retrieve it Perhaps he will But I think 1 can safely say I'll still be writing about become a.veterinarian, who knows? No matter what a warmhearted, lovely child who will still have a big he does however, we know he'll do iJt well, because dimple in her right cheek—and that ever-present twinAaron is a kind and loving person who can-., about kle in her eyes i>.,-r, ,ti,-
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By, Errol and Lynn Saltzman. Dad and .Mom Brent Saltzman is an easy going child He has to be. because he must adapt to the schedules of the reat of hu family He is schleppt alang with his mother when she leaves for work at 7:30 am., driving the van for the JCC Kids Inn program When he gets home at 9 a m he u usually starving His favonte foods are hot rambled eggs, macaroni and cheese and any iruit Al 11 a m. he IS back on the mad ainni; .'k ills lunch box and preschool backpack If he doesn't go to prt-jchoo! at the J hp r van and watches ti their gym c!a-.s 1 school'. .vauiiT\ Brj^ni :. be seen listenint; U' hts walknian When he is .in the car. he insists the radio be turned on so he can »ing along or dance b> bobbing his head and clapping his hands and feet Brent turned four on Dec 13 and hu fav-ont.- t'if\ ».-.•. an electnc roicTophane with an amplifivr II . show off and entertain evertone in ear shot b. ... -. i> a nonstop talker and has long conversations Wit), anyone who can ..n,i.-r,-..i'vns;M Brent u a!' > at hftine ' has work to , ••- I-XJU ms... , ... •tantly Ukii. .nem He love* to cook. wasl. • • ^'•'• OnShabha JU^ ,n ,. .V. fa^
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Alex Drew Epstein By Lisa Epstein, Mom Alex Drew Epstein is a native of Omaha. He was born on October 11, 1988. Alex is the son of Lisa and Gary Epstein . The following interview was conducted by his mother, Lisa Epstein, on Dec. 14, 1992, in hopes of letting you, the reader, gain a de^p understanding of Alex Drew Epstein, Bar Mitzvah Class of 2001. Lisa: How old are you?, Alex: I am four years old. Lisa: What do you like about being four? Alex: Because it is so fun. Lisa: What is the saddest thing that has happened in your life? Alex: Throwing up. Lisa: What is the happiest time in your life? Alex: 1 always get to go outside and ride my bike. Lisa: What is the most important thing in the world? Alex: You can't tell people what tiieir presents are Lisa: What is your favorite holiday? . Alex: Hanukkah, because I always get presents, but nobody tells me what they are. And I always get decorations up to see. > Lisa: Wliat do you fee! like in synagogue? Alex: It's 30 boring. Lisa: What do you want to be when you grow up? Alex: Whiptever Jeffrey is," but I don't remember what thai is Maybe a McDonald'? guy. Lisa: Wiat wiU you look like at your bar mitzvah'.' Alei<: Tall, straight hair like Dad. big feet. I'll wear j green suit and have fur on my body Lisa: Wliat will you be like when you/e tliirlii-ii' .Mex: A big. big, big man and I wij ha', house Lisa. \N'ho will you invite to your bar mitzvah'.' Alex; No girls bttcause tlit-y will wear dresses Lisa Who will you marry when you grpw up'' Alex 1 will marry my mom, Lisa Lisa: What is your favonte sport'' .-Mex ' Football. bas£ietball, baseball u; . Lisa What is your favori^ movie? Alex: "Barney." Lisa: VSTiat is your favorite book? Alex: "Winnie the Pooh " Lisa: Wliat scares you ' Alex: Monsters scare me Lisa; Do you ever get in trouble? Alex- Sometimes because I always sa> Lisa What can you do by yourself? Alex: Play, dress myself, make castles. inaKe cfxikit-.-. clean the kitchen, put Aoes on, roll dough, lock the door, press buttons on tlie garage and then it open.-. Lisa What is your favorite song? Alex. I love you. you love me We are a happy family •ti a great big hug and kiss from me to you. won't
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor: On behalf of the parents of the children who attended the Shabbaton at the Chabad House Dec. 18 and 19, 1 would like to thank Rabbi and Mrs. Katznian for the excellent care they provided to our children during a fire warning. ' The fire occurred some distance away from the Chabad House, but the fire department advised Rabbi Katzman to vacate the premises anyway. Rabbi Katzman's kind, calm, unflappable demeanor during this episode was highly reassuring for the children. They continued the Shabbaton at their own Home. Our guests from Lincoln and Kansas City also expressed deep gratitude to the Kptzmans for the Shabbaton. We wish the Katzmans continued success in their future endeavors in Omaha Dr. L.S. Milner To The Editor: 1 was very sorry to read that Jody Goldstein would not be returning to the Friedel Jewisli Academy after the current school year. The Academy, and therefore our Jewish community, is fortunate to have had such a quality educator responsible for the Jewish education of our children. I have had the good fortune of working with Ms Goldstein on our Nebraska Jewish Educators Council and watching the Friedel Jewish Academy develop into an organized operation worthy of being called a Jewish school. On another level 1 consider myself lucky that M.s Goldstein has taught in our school, both as a classroom teacher and special needs instructor Having fulfilled the requirements to obtain her PhD in Education, Ms Goldstein is a blessing to our Jewish community. Jody Goldstein demonstrates all of the desirable qualities described in the Jewish Press article, for I do believe tliat "if you provide them a quality school, they will come." Stanley J. Mitchell, Director of Education United Talmud Torah of Omaha
BREADBREAKERS Speaker on Wednesday IS Omaha City Councilman Lee Terry, according to Bruce Brodkey, January chairman. Breadbrcakers meets for luncli each Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western. Cost is $7.50. Tlie program is open to the community. YES YES meets Monday at the JCC. YES Talk discussion group, Bingo and English class all meet at 10:30 a.ui. Monthly board meeting is at 945 am. Dr. Margolin will show slides of previous YES trips after lunch. For transportation, call 330-4272.
The annual "Better than Never" new year's party is Jan. 10 at noon. Limcli is at 12:^0 p.m. Angelo Emmy will perform after lunch! Cost is $7 for members and $9 for non-members. For reservations, call Fanny Gummers (391-3997); for transportation, call 330^4272. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-in Drop-In meets Thursday at Beth El Syna gogue. Exercise class is at 10;30 ^.m. Gloria Kaslow will lead a discussion on Jewish literature at 11 a.m. Lundi is at noon. Following lunch, storyteller Lisa Lipkin will perform. Cost is $4. Make reservations witli Toby Kagan at 397 1037.
Adult programs this month Adults can see a comedy cony tickets. Cost for duiner show and eat dinner out on is $7.50. pel" person. After Jaa 16 Meet for dinner at ^ show,' meet at the Jones 5:45 p.m at the Spaghetti Street Brewery. Rachel Works in the Old Market, Shapiro is hosting this . then it's ofT to see the polit- event For tickets to the ical-satire troupe Capitol show, rail Kalhy Mann • cxt. 245). For Steps at the Wither-spoon i rtn dinner, cull Hall in Joslyn Art Museum . I I 1)1 Tickets are $20 for general AlUlr admission and $15 for ba'l adull I'
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After the expulsion: Israelis' attitudes By Michele Chabin ' JERUSALEM (JTAi — The brutal murder nf Israeli border policeman NiBsim Toledann last week and the subsequent deportation of 415 Palestinians tVnm the administered territories have sent Shockwaves through Israel. The two incidents have struck a raw nerve among Israelis, who are divided on the question of how to combat terrorism. Human rights groups here have strongly condemned the expulsions,
while victims of Arab terror are openly applauding the unprecedented Israeli action. Somewhere in between stand most Israelis. Aaron Back of B'tselem, the I4raeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, kjelievea the expulsions are "a blatant and extremely grave violation of human rights and customary law." "We believe that the deportations are illegal, even accordingto Israel's own reading of the Fourlli
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Geneva CJonventirin," ha .said' Avigdor Feldman, dne of the lawyers representing the deportees, told Israel's High Court of Justice last.week that the expulsions "endanger the safety and welfare of thdse who have been deported. "The deportees have been sent to tlie middle of nowhere. We may as well have thrown them into the sea," he said. "You cannot just deport these . people, abandon them in no man's land in-freezing temperatures and without suitable conditions, and say they are no longer our responsibility," That point was brought home by the brother of one of the deported Palestinians, who called the way the expulsions were carried out "cruel and ut\just." Speaking on condition of anonymity, he related how the security forces "came to my brother's home last week and took him away without explanation. "It was a kidnapping," he said. "They wouldn't • let him bring any warm clothes, and now my mother is sick to death with worry." "My brother's only crime is that he goes to the mosque every Friday for prayers," the Palestinian maintained. "He's never been in prison. He runs a business and works from morning till night." But
the family ofthe slain border policeman believes Israel's harsh treatment of the deportees cannot compare to the cruelty visited on their loved'one^ Interrupting their shiva to participate in a special High Court hearing on the expulsions Sunday, two' of the Toleda no brothers expressed scorn at attempts to have the deportations rescinded. David ToledSno, unshaven due to the 30-day period of mourning, said, "The whole world that condemns us doesn't think about the fact .that they are killing people here, people who are not sitting in the rain crying and who will not be ableto come back. Nobody tliinks about that." This sentiment was shared by Eli and Juliette Azulai, who, along with the Toledano family, took part in the hearing. For the Azulais, whose 18-year-old daught^ Iris was stabbed to death two years ago, "expulsion is the only answer." Sitting in their home in the Baka neighborhood of Jerusalem, Eli recalled, Iris, the youngest of their eight children. "She had just left the house to go to her army base when an Arab stabbed her. We heard her cry, 'Mama, Mama,' and we found her dead, lying in a pool of blood." "If the government had adopted a policy of depor-' tatifln before this incideht, our dau^'hter would still -be alive," said Juliette, wiping tears froip her eyes
A new medical and health facility on-the caitipus of Immanuel Medical Center has been renamed the Ike Friedman Community Health Plaza in honor of the late president of Boraheim's Jewelry. Mr. Friedman died'in 1991 at the age of 67. The facility, at 7101 Newport Ave., will include 20 health agencies, including the Algoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Nebraska, the Amer-
ican Diabeteii Association, the Arthritis Foundation, the American Lung Association and.others. Jack Peterson, chairman.of the board of the Ike Friedman Community Health Plaza, said the facility was named for Mr. Friedman because of his generosity. Deenie Meyerson serv- • ed as chainnan ofthe dinner at Highland Country Club where the new name was announced.
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