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conomic plan's impact on charitable giving not yet clear By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK (JTA) — Like much else about President Clinton's economic plan, its impact on Jewish philanthropy is unclear. Rajsing the top income tax bracket from 31 percent to an effective 39.6 percent may increase contributions to Jewish causes, since donors will get a larger deduction far their donation. Conversely, it could hurt fund-raising efforts, since, deduction or not, America's richest individuals — and biggest givers — will have less money in their pockets at the end of the year. The relationship between the top tax rate and charitable giving is unclear," said.Donald Kent, director of planned giving and foundation relations for the Council of Jewish Federations. "As the rate has gone down over the last 20 years, charitable gifts fix)m individuals have continued to go up." Besides, said Kent, "the charitable deduction is not the primary reason people give the gift they give." But Bob Smucker thinks the higher rates will mean higher giving. Smucker is director of governmental relations for the Independent Sector, an organization of 850 voluntary associations, foundations and corporate giving offices. "Research shows that as the marginal tax rate increases, people give more," said Smucker, "especially very wealthy people." And while Clinton, in his Wednesday night address announcing the plan, minimized the number of Americans to be affected by the income tax increases, the same wealthy minority whose tax rates will go up constitutes the financial backbone of federation and other charitable campaigns. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Study, the median annual income of Jews was $39,000 — a figure that naeans half of American Jews will feel any bite from the Clinton plan at the gas pump, rather than on their tax returns. But the 1.7 percent of Jewish households earning (200,000 or more, who will see their top tax rates rise to 36 or 39.6 percent, are the backbone of Jewiah communal institutions. They represented half of those responding to a 1991 survey of CJF board members and lay presidents of local federations. TTiey constituted a third of a broader strata of local Jewish leadership surveyed by the American Jewish Committee.
And they are basically the 1.6 percent of all federation donors who in 1987 gave $10,000 or more, representing 57 percent of the campaign. The news for their taxes under the Clinton plan, however, is not all bad. According to Kent and Smucker, Clinton's proposal restores a tax break for donors that was eliminated in the 1986 tax refonn under President Ronald Reagan, partially restored under President George Bush in 1990 and then allowed to expire last summer. At issue was the tax deduction for appreciated property dpnated to charity, such as real estate or stock. Until 1986, the appreciated value could be deducted from income. But under the current rules, taxpayers subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax can only deduct the price they paid for the item they donate, not its present value. "We know of several specific mtgor gifts that have been delayed because of this issue," said Kent. "We're talking a significant difference in the amount they can leverage gifts." The deduction is "very important for the Jewish community," said Smucker, "because the lead gift in almost any capital campaign would be a gift of stock.". Kent cautioned donors — and not just the very wealthy — that hand in hand with this provision will come a demand for better record keeping. Under a compromise worked out between the nonprofit community and the Treasury Department last year, and expected to be part of the current package, charitable deductions over a certain limit, perhaps as low as $100, can only be taken with a receipt. This is to curb the practice of donors improperly deducting benefits received in exchange for their donations, such as the meals served at benefit dinners. The Tretlsury estimates that such deductions cost $1 billion or more in lost tax revenue annually. Under the compromise, benefits would be listed on the receipt as subtractions from the total donation. One area where the Clinton plan holds bad news for philanthropies is the "3 percent floor." This provision eliminates deductions, including charitable ones, equal • to 3 percent of adjusted income above $ 100,000. For someone with an adjusted income Df $150,000, the result would be to disqualify $1,500 worth of deductions. For residents of New York and other high-tax states, that might not mean much. . But in states with low taxes, "that has clearly and directly had an effect on charitable giving," said Kent.
B Committee accepts applications for Newman grants By Claudia Shemuui public relationa director The PountUtlon The Esther K. Newman/Carolyn KuUy Newman GranU Committee Is currently accepting grant appllcationa from Jewish organizations and inatitutions providing pregramming for children, teeh•gera and young adult* (thoee individuals under thf ••• of 23 who are not attending a college or univeraltr). Meordlng to committee chalrpenon, Myra Obarman. Both Newman memorial fund* are adminlilared by The Foun•Uon of the Jewish Fed•Uon of Omaha. [Fund* trmu the Eather „. Newman Fund are lloeated for (hose pro^tma designed to strengthen Jewiah Identity and valuee through educational, rellglout, cultural, •ocial or recreational activities, Ms. Oberman •aid She added that the
committee is particularly interested in new and Innovative programming. Grants from the Carolyn Kully Newman Fund benefit progrsmmlng ifor families with children kiivdargarten age or yoiuiger, Ms. Oberman said. Money may also be allocated to purchase equipment and material needed for those pnijecU. Among the criteria for lelecting grant recipients are the community value of a program, including Ita special or unique featurea; an agtney's ability to GUiy out the purpoaii and goals of the program or service; and the costbenefit considerations of a propwnSponsoring organisation* are ancouraged to participate flnancially or In-kind, M*. Oberman noted, adding that she hopas orgsnitatlon* will work t<^th*r to provide programming that meet*
the needs of a cross-section of Jewish youth. The grants committee, responsible for the administration and allocation of monies (W>m both funds, is comprised of rerpreeentatives from the Budget and Allocations committee, the Buresu of Jewiah Education, the Jewish Community CenUr, Beth Israel and Beth El synagogues, Temple Israel, the Priadel Jewish Academy, B'nsi B'rlth Youth Organisation, The Foundation and the Jewiah IWeraUeo Beard. The deadline for submitting applleitlona Is Friday, March 19; the. committee will meet April 1 to determine ewsrds, Ms. Oberman said. Application forms are BvailabI* at The Foundation office. Psrson* needing asslsUnoe completing the forThe F< ment << in Bernit>U.
Smucker agreed, saying that the current floor, which is due to expire in 1995 but Clinton would make permanent, paves the way to ultimately eliminate the charitable deduction altogether. Smucker expects his group will fight to exclude charitable giving from the 3 percent floor.
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Ruling on Kashruth worries Orthodox By Debra NuHbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave standing a New Jersey court ruling that voided the state's kosher food regulations has some in the Orthodox community concerned about the implications for kosher consumers in New Jersey and around the, oouatry. The July 1992 decikion by the New Jersey StaU Supreme Court ruled that the state's kosher food regulations involved an '•ntanglemant" of government and religion and were thus unconstltutionsl. HM rsgulations defined kosher as food prepared according to Orthodox Jewish tradlUon which, dcnpltp Rnnaral consensus Jewish com> many normative aspects of kashrut, rnn varv in ntianm frorii
one segment of the observant Jewish community to the next The Supreme Court decision could have national implications if any of the 22 other sUtes with kosher regulations has them challsnged on constitutional grounds. But that Is unlikely, said observers, because of the very specific wording of the New Jersey regulations and the more gener' al phrasing of most other states' statutes — which leave the definition of kashrut to community consensus — and because of the higher sUndards of proof required to prosecute In other states. In New York snd Maryland, for exsmple, prosecution for abrogating standards of kaithrut n<qulrM pronf to sell non-koeIi< », according to Marc Htom, lotfat director of the
American Jewish Con'^ gress.This "much higher standard of proof means that the state is no? compelled to decide theological questions," said Stem.
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Cindy and Alan Greenberg of Scottsdale, Ariz., announce the birtli of a daughter, Jordyn Hannah. She was born Jan. 16. They have two older children, Zachary and Mari. Stephanie and Rodger Howard of Valencia, Calif, announce the birth of a son, Alexander Seldin Howard. He was born Feb. 15. Grandparents are Sarah and Ted Seldin of Omaha and George Howard of Van Nuys, Calif Great-grandrnother is Rose Nadler of Omaha.
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Services were held Wednesday at Beth El Synagogue for Morris Epstein. He was 102. Survivors include son Simon of Las Vegas, daughters Ida Richards of Omaha and Rose Gross of Vista, Calif., four grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Beth El Synagogue, or to a favorite charity.
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- Megan Adams Megan Rachel Adams will become a Bat Mitzvah oa March 6 at Temple Israel. She is the daughter of Bettie and John Adams. Megan is a seventhgrade honor student at Peter Kiewit Middle School., Her favorite subBetli Kaplan and Bruce jects are science and readSholk of Cincinnati, Ohio, ing. Megan enjoys campannounce the birth of a ing, mysteries, and spendson, Henry Spencer, on ing time with her friends Jan. 18. and family, including her Grandparents are Mr. cats, Max and Jake. She and Mrs. Yale Kaplan of ha,s been an active Girl Omaha and Mr. and M.rs. Scout for seven years. Norman Sholk.of Miami. Her grandparents iirc t;reat-grandniother is the late Janice and BerMrs. Sam Kaplan of nard Gordon, Rose AdWichita, Kan. ams, and the late Dr. Carl Adams. Lx)uis Friedman • Her great-grandparents Icwi.sh Funeral Home are the late Rachel and Louis Goldberg. 556-9392
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HAROLD WEINHOFF Services were held Feb. 19 in San Mateo, Calif., for Harold Weinhoff, a former longtime resident of Omaha. He was 66. Survivors include his wife, Elayne, and son Laurence, both of San Mateo; and daughter Maria, of New York. |i Before moving to|| California, Mr. Weinhofi*;: was general merchandiser manager for Goldstein-fChapman's frorri 1955 to; 1968.
Daniel Scott Redler and Dara Suzanne Grossinger, both of Atlanta, will be married Aug. 28 in Philadelphia. The groom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven By Deborah Kalb - States News Service Redler of Omaha', is a marketing representative WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a moving ceremony a(j for Pass & Seymour the still-incomplete U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum| Legrand. He is a graduate soil from 39 Holocaust sites was interred this week ir' of the University of Kanthe museum's Hall of Remembrance, where it will res^ sas, where he was affiliatbeneath an eternal flame. ed with Alpha Epsilon Pi The hour-long soil dedication ceremony Monday^ By Cynthia Mann fraternity. attended by several hundred people, including JERUSAI.EM (JTA) — Holocaust survivors and U.S. llio bride, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome ' Finance Minister Avramilitary personnel, is part of a series of events lead-j Grossinuer fif Allentown, ham Shohat told the ing up to the museum's long-awaited opening April 26. Pa., is n litigation associ- Jewish Agency's Board of Soil from concentration camp sites was mingled ir ate at the law fiiTn Alston Governors that a strong ' the ceremony with soil from the gravesiles of U.S. mili'j & Bird. She is a graduate economy is "the best and tary liberators of the camps, including Arlingtor of the University of main solution" for ab- National Cemetery, in a literal and symbolic joining o^ Pennsylvania, the Whar- sorbing immigrants and survivors with liberators. ton School of Business that the new governThe ceremony was dedicated to "the memory of those! and Duke University ment's policies are spur- without graves." Over the past year, survivors and ring economic growth. School of Law. others traveled to sites in Eastern and Western' But Shohat conceded Europe to gather the soil. It was placed in urns, one for Mr. Redler is a grandson of Sylvia Shapiro of that the government's each site. The names of the sites were read out as peoOnjaha, the late Jules best efforts to create jobs ple reverently spilled the ashes into the spot over and Ella Shapiro, and the have not yet made a dent which the eternal flame will burri. late Joseph and Beatrice in the nation's 11 percent unemployment rate. Roufa. "We're doing the best Ms. GroBsinger is a granddaughter of Frances we can," said Shohat. He By Sadye Newman Grossinger of Scranton, pointed out that 75,000 Pa., and the late Alex new jobs were created laSt Shabbat services bring joy to the residents of the Grossinger and William year and argued against Debroff of North Miami short-term quick fixes Rdse Blumkin Jewish Home. The Sabbath service conducted by Rabbi Aryeh Beach; Fla., and the late advocated by some politiAzrieland the Caring Committee of Temple Israel was cians here. Belle DembrofT. one of inspiration and meaning, followed by a delicious Friedel Academy greets new families tea.Those who assisted were Harriet Sperling, chairman, Families that are considering sending.their children Myma Kirshenbaum, Barbara and Wampr Frqhman, to the Friedel Jewish Academy can meet the school's and Editli Kass. >" A concert of music and aohgs by Dr.-Michael faculty and students at a reception Sunday at 2 p.m. at the home of Howard and Laura Bloom, 154^4 Cuming Yablonski, sponsored by Hadassah, was most enjoy-': able. Mary Fellman, chairman, was assisted by Rose, Circle. . . This "Parent Round-Up" will feature sample educa- Perelman and Lillian Hurwitz. The LOVE gift shop has interesting gifts forchil- ^ tional programs and activities typical of those used at school. Children are welcome. Light refreshments will dren. Please stop in to see them. , ' Thanks to Reva Oruch for her devotion to the resi- , be served. For more information, call Eliane Freund at dents; she does alKheir mending: 556-7065.
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Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) begins at 10:15 a.m. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Story time for children ages 2 to 6 is at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services are at 6 p.m. SUNDAY: Services are at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. JUDAICA SHOP Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.i;n. to noon. LUNCH 'N LEARN
Lunch 'n Learn with the Rabbi meets Thursday at noon at Beth El. Topic is "The Purim Manifesto of the People's Popular Purim Party." Cost is $5 for a Kosher Pickle sandwich. Call the synagogue office for reservations. ADULT EDUCATION
Beth El Women's League and the Adult Education Committee classes are on, hiatus during JCAC season. Tuesday morning classes meet Its a.m. . PURIM
Purim services . are March 6. Minha-Ma'ariv is at 6 p.m. Megillaii read•ing is at 7 p.m. Ice cream social follows services. Megillot will be given to all second-graders during services. Complete reading starts at 8 p.m. On Sunday, ShacKarit services and complete Megillah reading start at 9
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The USY Purim carnival' is March 7' from 11 ..m. to 2 p.m.
Synagogue Activities Candlellghting for Friday, Feb. 26:5:53 p.m.
Beth Israel Synagogue 1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday (when school is in session), 9 to 11 a.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Mark Urkowitz and Cantor David Taub. FRIDAY: ,Kabbalat Shabbat service is at 5:50 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service is at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Junior Congretation meets and Shabbat Juniors service meet at 10 a.m. Kiddush following services is sponsored by Sisterhood in honor of the members of the Omaha Chevra Kadisha. Talmud class with the Rabbi is at 5:05 p.m., followed by Mincha at 5:50 p.m. Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv and Havdalah conclude services. SUNDAY: Service is at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 7 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Each weekday evening between Mincha and Ma'ariv, we study Chumash. The study sessions are led by Rabbi Urkowitz. JEWISH STUDIES
Supplementary classes in Jewish studies are at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at the JCC. Program includes supper and Mishna studies with Rabbi Urkowitz. GEMARA Cantor David Taub leads a Gemara study session Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in the Blumkin Home's Goldsten Chapel. TOPICS "Topics of Interest for Growing Young Jewish Ladies," Sundays at 1 p.m. at the JCC with Devora_ Urkowitz as instructor. SISTIRHOOD
Sisterhood Board meets "Women, Can We Talk," Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. PURIM the study group led by Megillah Reading is 8usie Drazen, continues March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at March 6 at 7:16 p.m., folBeth El. The group dis- lowed by an ice cream eusses the experience of social. Puritn carnival is being traditionally-orient- March 7 from 11:30 a.m. •d Jewish women in an to 2 p.m. tgalital-ian Conservative B'nal Israel lynagogue. 618 My^ter Street Council Bluffi, Iowa Bliimkln Home 61603 SATURDAY; 322-4706 Services are held in the Services are officiated Ooldeten Chapel at 9 a.m. Members of the commu- by congregation members. IJity are Invited to join For information, leave a resident^ for the service meaaage on the lyfiand the kiddush follow- gogue anawering machine (322-4705). ftig. FRIDAY: Special memorial serServices are at 7:30 rioea are held on the last p.m., led by Martin laturday of each month. Roaenberg at the historic B Offutt Medlar Building, 414 S. npelMrt Chapel 14th St., flrat floor asth street and MEiSTINOS: Dapchart Ritual Committee Omaha, NE«8ia3 meeting if March 7 at 8 aM4061 a.m. at B'nal Israel. FRIDAY: Board meeting follows at •TUDY GROUP
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Omaha, NE 68132 556-6536 Services are officiated by Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Daniel Fink and Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat. Sitter service is available for evening and morning services;. please make reservations. There are no facilities for infants. FRIDAY: Shabbat service is at 8:16 p.m. Cantor Webber-Gilat and Storyteller Lisa Lipkin will interpret Midrash through movement and song in the performance "What Time Does Noah's Ark Openr The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Mary and John Siref SATURDAY: Shabbat service is at 11:15 a.m. Simcah B'Shabbat, an alternative Torah-study service, will be held in the chapel. B'NAI MITZVAH
Shawn Michael Siref, son of Mary and John Siref, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah tomorrow. Megan Rachel Adams, daughter of Bettie and John Adams, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on March 6. PURIM Purim Box Dinner is March 6 at 6 p.m. Open to the entire family, activities include making masks and eating box dinners. Megillah Reading is at 7 p.m. Make reservations by calling the Temple office (556-6536). Purim Carnival is March 7 from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door. The carnival is sponsored by the Omaha Temple Youth Group. ADULT EDUCATION
Introduction to Judaism class meets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. TOW Torah on Wheels meets Tuesday at noon at GraceMeyer Insurance, 10050 Regency Circle. Call the Temple office for reservations (556-6536). REMINQTON Rabbi Azriel, Cantor Webber-Gilat and OTYG will lead Shabbat services March 6 at 3:45 p.m. at Remington Heights.' ,
L'CHAIM
On Sunday at 12:^0 p.m., Yvonne Tixier y Vigil and Eugene Freund will discuss their experiences in Teshawar, Pakistan, where they worked with Afghan refugees. Bring a sack lunch. For more information, call Marcy Gallner (393-6775). P.E.P. Parallel Education for Parents meets Sunday at 10 a.m. Rabbi.Azriel will lead the discussion. DEBATE Which is better: the hamantaschen or the latke? Debators Michael Walts and Lisa Lewis will champion thfeir favorites March 6 at 7 p.m. at Temple. FAMILY CONCERT Rabbi Joe Black will perform tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. Cost is $3 for adults; $1 for children. This concert 14 recommended for children grades 5 and older. THEATER
Three new-Jewish plays will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday at Temple Israel. A wine and cheese reception follows. The event is free.
Tifereth Israel 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln. NE 68502 423-8669 Services are officiated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. FRIDAY: Services are at 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat follows. SATURDAY: Services are at 9:30 a.m. Junior .Congregation begins at 10:16 a.m. Next Friday, Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by Joyce, Steve and Carol Davldeon in honor of Sophia Davidson's special birthday. PURIM
Megillah reading is March 6 at 7 p.m. and March 7 at 10 a.m. Costumee are encouraged for both children and adults. A parade and carnival follow MTvioea.
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Sparks from The Word By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Tarumah Two sidas to a contract
During the prophetic period, there was an ongoing tension between the people and the prophets on an important point. The people seemed to think that God's promise to them was perm'anent and unconditional. The prophets insisted that Israel's obedience was of primary importance, a prime condition. The people did have a point The promise of an everlasting kingdom and a perpetual throne for the dynasty of David seems to be without condition: "I will establish a home for My people Israel and will plant them fuTO.-.your house and your kingship shall be ever secure before you; your throne shall be established forever." (I Sam.7.10,16) We know, of course, from many Biblical passages, . that both blessing and curse were offered to Israel, both life and death. In our endlessly repeated Shema, the second of the three Biblical passages clearly states the condition: Vliaya im shamoa: if indeed you will obey the commandments... And the prophets endlessly remind the Israelites of their times that the Lord's favor rests upon them so long as they do thus and so avoid doing thus and so... For the prophets the "thus and so" meant not only, establishing pure worship, without the entanglements and allurements of pagan practices, but additionally and especially the establishment of a just society. The prophets insisted on social justjce, attention to the needs of the poor and the deprived, the unfortunate, the hapless, the economically handicapped. All of this is beautifully stated in our Haftarah. Our Sidrah describes in astonishing detail the procurement lists for building a portable sanctuary in the desert. The Haftarah describes a more beautiful, more ele-. gant, more prepossessing permanent Temple, the Temple that Solomon built some centuries later. It was built at great cost. It took seven years to construct, since materials were brought laboriously all the way from Lebanon. Solomon must hav6 been deliriously happy. And the text, almost in a "by the way," pricks the bubble of Solomon's pride: "Then the word of the Lord came to Solortion, "with regard to this House you are building—if you follow My laws- and observe My rules and faithfully keep My commandments, I will fulfill for you the promise that I gave to your father David: I will abide among the children of Israel, and I will never forsake My people Israel." (I Kings 6.11-13) If. If If you do thus and so, then I will do thus and so. This is the very nature of a contract, of a covenant. It has two sides: what I agree to and what you agree to. It is not meant to be unconditional, no-matter-what. I will do only if you do. And Solomon, reveling in his new accomplishment, this Bpecial building the walls of which he could touch, the halls and passageways of which he could pace off, the architecture and artistry of Which he could admire and drink in, the aromatic cedars of which he could sniff in deep, Solomon is caught up short: Look here, Solomon. It's a very nice building and all that. But do you intend to be a good Jew and a righteous king?
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Editorial
Letter from Israel
By Morris Maline A spiritual •xpwianc*
Uziel Shalev is 90 years young. Every day he goes to his office in the city hall of Holon (a suburb of Tel Aviv) to preside over the activities of the " Association for the Aged in Holon." Hana Goldberg is 75 or thereabouts, and in Hod Hasharon she has a full schedule as chairperson of Amutat Chen, an organization which provides a halfway house and sheltered workshop for mentally disabled residents. Both of these remarkable people, and thousands like them, some perhaps older, most very much younger of course, are part of the volunteer social safety net in Israel. This safety net is not well known to American Jewish communities, and even within Israel the essential social services provided by non-government groups is largely unheralded. The Association for the Aged in Holon provides senior day care services to some 200 elderly persons who live at home, but need some organized activity and perhaps physical therapy or even medical care. The day care center is a beautiful, four-year-old building located in a good residential area. Its decor is lively, its colors cheerful, the staff dedicated and caring. The participants are picked up by bus every morning, given a good breakfast, a full lunch and provided vntii a fiiU schedule of activity until 2 p.m. After that, another group of 160 Russian senior citizens come to the center for a variety of programs. How is all of this financed? Partly by the City of Holon, partly by the Ministry of Social welfare, and partly by volunteer philanthropy from America channeled through PEF—The Israel Endowment Fund. And Uziel Shalev and his committee of Israeli volunteers plus a dedicated small professional staff manage the enterprise on a budget of about $250,000 which includes building maintenance, medical and dental care, transportation, food and refreshments. But wait, the budget covers three other programs as well. Shalev has started classes for seniors combined with hi^ school students in the same class to provide
By Harry Allen
The wedding of our son, Robert, was under way. Ruth and I escorted him down the aisle where he would await Karen Gasson, his bride-to-be. As we kissed him and watched lovingly as he went to Karen, it was as if the Earth stopped moving and all activity entered a slow-motion phase. As Robert and Karen joined hands' under the chupah, I felt completely isolated with my innermost thoughts. 1 visualized Robert climbing out of his crib, and careening onto our bed as only a new-walker could. Then, he appeared in that toy auto at the barber shop where he gave up his curls — but not without a struggle. Next came his graduation processional and my tears of pride and joy as he departed pre-school. A succession of events followed — his Bar Mitzvah, high school and college graduations, and now he was about to enter into marriage. I had trouble with misty eyes and quivering lips as Rabbi Jack Moline (no relation) of Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria, VA, the wedding location, and Rabbi Edward M. Maline (my brother) of Temple Emanu-El, Fort Lauderdale, co-officiated. Sue months ago, my brother also co-ofTiciated at our son, Alan's wedding. Both boys also had the honor of having their uncle participate in their Bar Mitzvahs. Before the ceremony, the bridal party which included several non-Jewish friends from college and the workplace was present for the signing of the Katubai. Rabbi Moline then extended a handkerchief from Karen's grandmother explaining that once Robert accepted the handkerchief, the Jewish religion would consider the couple married. TTie.actual ceremony was really the icing on the cake because, in all actuality, I had not recovered emotionally from Shabbat services the day before. Ruth and I were honored with an aliyah during the Torah service and we were followed by Robert and' Karen. During the reading of the Torah portion, my eyes wandered from the scroll to the faces of our son and daughter-in-law-to-be. At that moment, the importance of the synagogue in my life struck me so forcefully that I mentally thanked all of my fellow Jews for providing that house of worship. Nowhere else could I have experienced the full symbolism of standing with our children before the Torah literally linking Jewish continuity from one generation to another. The synagogue - most definitely - is the place for a Jewish wedding. Thanks to my children, I am fulfilled and completely at peace. I'm one happy dad!
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interaction between the generations. There are tyulim (trips) throughout the country and at no extra cost, the Holon letter carriers now check regulariy on the status of the elderly on their mail routes. Not too shabby an organization for a 90-year-old to direct.Hana Goldberg runs a smaller program—but in many ways a more difficult and emotionally draining one. In the city of Hod Hasharon, a garden city in one of Israel's loveliest areas, there is a large mental hospital. And as is the case the world over, there are sometimes people released who cannot fully function independently on the outside. Hana has organized a program to provide many of these people with a sheltered woi'kshop where they earn a small amount of money and a large amount of self-esteem. She wheedled an apartment from the city; it now houses the activities. Then she prevailed on one of the government ministries to provide some small fiinding after which she managed to negotiate a couple of contracts with nearby manufactures which pay the people in the program for performing simple tasks-in the workshop such as packaging and wrapping. She is now trying to raise money to build a kitchen in the facility to teach people simple cooking skills to" make them more independent in their own living. None of this, of course is revolutionary in either concept or design in more affluent societies and well established countries. But it is the thousands, and there are thousands, of, volunteer and social service, educational agencies which help mark Israel apart from other emerging nations in the past 40 years and certainly from its neighbors. In Israel it is possible to discover George Bush's 1000 Points of Light, or Bill Clinton's concerns. And the American Jewish community through its support of UJA/UIA campaigns, its contributions through PER, and the many other avenues through which American Jewish philanthropy has been funneled can take some small measure of pride in the Uziel Shalevs and Hana Goldbergs of this place.
and Views Philip Slomovitz dies News By Bernie Mosow ByAlanHitalcy, associate editor, Detroit Jewiah News The man who retained Detroit's Jewish history in his mind, and who helped more than most to create that history, died Feb. 17. He was 96. Philip Slomovitz, founder of The Jewish News and numerous Jewish organizations in Detroit, will be missed for the sense of history and the support for klal Yisrael the Jewish people that he brought to the community for 70 years, said friends and associates. Mr. SlomoviU turned 96 last month. Though he had physically slowed in the last year, he retained his active mind and Courtly sense of humor. As late as Monday he was still planning his weekly Purely Commentary column, which has appeared in The Jewish News and the Jewish Chronicle for 70 years. His final columns appeared in the Feb. 26 Jewish News. He told a friend last week, "From the shoulders down I'm not doing too well, but I think I'm still OK above that point." Though legally blind for most of hid life, Mr. Slomovitz typed his own material until two years ago. He relied on his nine file cabineta of dippinga, articles, peraonal lettera and background information, and hia aharp mind, to tie current events to previoua epiaodea in Jewiah hiatory. In 1992, he donated his files to the new Community Jewiah Archivea, now houaed at Wayne State Univarait/a Rauther library. In raoant yeara hia datariorating eyeaight forced him to dictat* hia coliunn to longtime aide Percy ICaplan, former executive director of the Jewiah National Fund. in Detroit. But moatly, he relied on hia memory. He could recall critical ntuuicaa <W>m hiatnry-making eventa of 50 or 60 yeara ago eventa which he lived through, influenced and reported. These Included Henry Ford'a anti-Semitlam, the broadcaat propaganda and Vatican aUandnc of Royal Otk radio priaat Father Charles Coughlin, the founding of the United Nationa, the enlisting of Unitad States support for the birth of the Sute of If reel, and a •''" to larael in 1961 to cover the aenaational trial of r a Final Solution' director, Adolf Elchmann. I ri summary, ha waa a /^loniat. Ha helped found a Zionist student organization at the University qf Michigan during the World War I era 30 yeara before larkal bacame a aUte. While a reporter at the Datroit News and than aa adifor of the Jewiah Chronicle in the 19aOa, he waa a eatatyat for the formation of the locAl Jewiah Nattonal F^ind tffort
I had some very interesting mail this past week. George Wolf, an associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, notified me that Lev Raphael is coming here March 9. Since Mr. Raphael is a writer of considerable distinction, I wanted you to know in time to make suitable arrangements to attend his lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the Union Building at 14th and "R" streeU. Mr. Raphael writes-from the heart about his personal background as the son of Holocaust survivors, his alternative lifestyle, and hia years as an academic. He concentrates on the time frame of his own life, that is, post-Worid War II. His literary efforts distinguish him not only in fiction, but also in essays. In 1990, Mr. Raphael i:eceived the Lamda literary award for "Dancing on Tisha B'Av." Many of his other essays and short stories have appeared in publications such as Commantary, Hadaaaah magazine, The Reconatructlonlat, and ttie Baltimore Jewiah Timea. He has lectured and given readings at Hillel at the University of Michigan, and at the Jewiah Community Center of PitUburt^. Mr. Raphael la a most accompliahed man and it will be a treat to hear him at the Union on March 9. Try to be therel
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Our four-year-old aon had oorracttre aurgery on both feet on Dec. 7. He waa in k>ng-leg caaU (up to the thigh) for alx weeka and ia now in ahort-leg caaU (to the knee). The aUfr of the Child Development Clentar haa baen overwhelmingly helpful. Joah haa baen able to maintain hia routine of attending praechool and childcare. Carole Greenberg and Randy Bowman have not only worked to include Josh in activities but have even developed curriculum that enhancea hia partidpaUon. TYM) children involved with Joah have baan «iuouragad to aak queatkona and be helpflil. Hiey t>ava learned an Inoradlbk laaaon in empathy aa well aa an acoepUnoa of other* wHh dUTarencea. Too oflan wa take the alafT at the JCC for granted. Dinah RafUl and her lUff, the youth dapn-' • it the *J' have provided an incredibly sup encouraging almoaphare for on < ' fit ward to not only continued pn: opportunity to t«tum the favor. With heartfalt thanka. Dtbbl* aAd Doug Ftnnlcum
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Bert's Eye View
Pianist Ax to perform tomorrow
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By Bert Lewis Do you ever catch yourself sa}dng (like a little kid) "I By Ilene Klein wish I had" or "If I had done this, instead of that...?" I The December dilemcan't imagine answering anything but "of course." ma. The naming of grandDon't we all wish we had made other choices or done children. Pressure to condifferently in our lives? vert. Double standards of There are people who don't let the years make them Jewishness between born regret things they didn't do. I'm thinking of a friend Jews and Jews by Choice. who recently had a 60th birthday, but who isn't intiini- There are many issues dated by her age. She always wished she could play that can cause tension the piano, and now she takes lessons. She's having the between adult children in time of her life, realizing a dream. interfaith relationships Whenever I see a movie or play that features danc- and their parents. ing, I find myself wishing I could dance like that. Tensions may arise in When I see a graceful ice skater, I think the same the healthiest of families. thing. And for that matter, like my friend, I too would Honesty is critical in love to be able to play the piano. making interfaith family I had my chance, and blew it when I was a kid. I had relationships function. some lessons but it was clear I wouldn't spend much There can be no subvertime practicing. And my Mom- was a "no-nonsense" sive acts committed by person. You don't practice? You don't take lessons. any of the participants. It Period. End of discussion. ' is important that grandTruthfully,.I'm guilty of lots of "I wish" stuff. When I parents not undermine go into a fabric store, I want so much to sew I have to decisions reached by their remember it won't do to buy this material'or that. It adult chifdren for their all tempts me. children. And visiting anyplace where art is displayed makes Education is. another me wish for the paints and brushes, not to mention the area important to making talent! these marriages work. Looking way back, I wish I had been more serious Conflicts don-t disappear about the reasons for going to school. At the time, I by magic; we must learn was certain it was just to have a good time. I guess about each other. Respect wishes like this caused the expression about hindsight for our differences can go being 20/20. We often do dumb things because we're a long way in reducing too inexperienced to know better. friction. » . Or too busy, or too selfishly preoccupied with the In our family, we have details of our own lives. We let time get away from us . found that a sense of and pretty soon we think "it's too late" to accomplish humor helps. Our daughsomething. I was at a gathering of women the other ter visits her non-Jewish day where I heard somebody say, "My sister would in-laws at Christmas. make a wonderful rabbi." It was said honestly, with When a famiy friend the conviction that comes from really knowing the per- asked if her parens didn't son's abilities, gifts and intellect. I remarked that it missjiavlng her at home, wasn't too late, but by then eight ladies were talking she laughed and replied at once and my thought wasn't heard. that "tliis was the one day Who is to say when "it's too late?" Unlike my friend she knew we didn't expect taking piano lessons, somebody in her forties or fifties her at home." would really have to be serious about the Rabbinate By the same token, our before making such a decision. But tlien anybody who son-in-law has learned to would make a drastic change in mid-life had better be eat gcfilte-fish with dollop serious! , of horseradish and a smile So we'll probably go on wishing we had done this or on his face. that, and wondering what might have been. I'd like to Do you have a story you think that if I could tap dance, it would bring me a lot would like to share? I oferyoyment. know there are many of At the very least, I'd probably be able to climb a us who have made a sucflight of stairs without getting winded. cess of these inter-family relationships.
Pianist Emanuel Ax will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Orpheum Theater. The program filatures Hungarian works, such as Brahms' "Hungarian Dances," Bartok's "Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin," and Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 2." A Music Talk will be held in the theater's lobby at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Omaha Symphony Box Office or may be charged to credit' cards by calling 342-3560.
School performs "Joseph" Students at Creighton Preparatory School will perform "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" next weekend, March 6 through 7. The musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, will be performed in the school's New Forum Theater, 7400 Western Avenue (use the west entrance). Show times are 7:30 p.m. on March 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. on March 7. Tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for students.
Senator hoids public meeting State Sen. Brad Ashford, who represents much of West Omaha, will meet constituents and answer questions at a "Town Hall" meeting on March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Swanson Library, 90th and Dodge streets.
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By Debra NuMbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi David Teutsch has been appointed president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, succeeding Rabbi Arthur Green, who annouitced last year that he would resign in order to pursue scholarly work. "Teutach, 42, is a deeply involved insider within the Reconstructionist movement, and haa worked as the college's executive vice president since mid-1990. Ordained' by the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, Teutsch has also served as editor of the Kol HaNeshama series of RMonstructionlst prayerbooks, which Includes an Erev Shabbat siddur and a book of songs and rituals for the home. He also edited an anthology of essays by Jewish thinkers on 'Imagining the Jewish Future: CpmmUnlty, Culture and Theology," which was published by State University of Now York Press.
By Agnes Bohm BUDAPEST (JTA) — After meeting with officials from the World Jewish Congress, the Hungarian Foreign Minister has agreed to set up a comniiittee to resolve the question of reparationa for Jewish property lost or confiscated during World War II. Israel Singer, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress, met with Foreign Minister Oeza Jeaiensky, when it was agreed to set up two committees to work on the issue: one consisting of Hungarian government officials and the other of representatives of the Hungarian Jewish community and world Jewish organizations. Singer readied a similar agreement recently with officials of the new Slovak republic. The Jewish state, as a primary recipient of repayments on behalf of world Jewry, has authorised the WJC to discuss the issue \yith various Eastern European countries,
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February 26,1993
We'll merry, merry be Purim carnivals, parties offer fun all around Omaha
Friedel Jewish Academy students dress in costume (ranging from a superhero to a hamantaschen) for Purim. Next Friday, they will see a Purim puppet show and play games all afternoon. Pictured are (from left) Anna Shtilkind, Arieh Bloom, Yoni Freund and Jason Rich.
Vaad's Nu? By Mary Fellman, Chairman Vaad Ha'Kashrut of Omaha Purim, the one-day holiday wliich occurs this year on March 7 is a day of remembering Queen Esther and Mordecai, who saved "Uie Jews from Hainan, who would have killed them all. It is also a holiday of a very special treat: the hamenlash, that triangle-shaped cookie everyone seems to enjoy, depending, of course, on the filling. There's poppy seed and prune, apricot and almond, strawberry, cherry, even chocolate chipand peanut butter. And others, depending on your own family traditions and new combina tions. This year hamantaschen made under Vaad supervision are , available avj at both the |HBa,gel Bin and tiic Vil ;e Baker/. For a great family endeavor, or fqr the baker in your household, here is my mother's recipe, Uie one used by our family and friends for many years.
Baking is fuii, but eating is l>etter fur ilelen llifkin, Harry Alloy and Doris Shukert, who baked hamantaschen together as a VISIONS event. Hamantaschen i ngredienta by kund, preferably nut wUh an electric htilli f
2cupa sugar ' 1 1/2 cup shortening (Criaco preferred over oil i 6eggs 4 tablespooiu orange juice I tcMpoon vsnilla 6 cups tor more) flour 4 leupoorU balling powder 1 teupoon salt Cnsam the augar, shortening, eggs, juioa uA vanills. Add bak ing powder and aaJt and ^dually add flour (Up to 7 U2 cupal tu get the right conaiaUncy to roll dough Roll tiia dough on a floured board or doth Cut circlee with the hin of a drinking glaaa. Pill with your flivarite fiUingi (check out Solo nilinga for any that are dairy), shape Into triangles, and bake on a greased cookie sheet about Ifi minutes at 350 degreea Ei^oy! If you make tliem smaller, yuu get many more!
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Purim baskets spread Joy Filled with edible treats and delivered to friends and relatives, Shalach Manot baskets are a Purim tradition. The "baskets" can be boxes, paper plates or gift bags, said Shani- Katzman, as long as they|re filled with treats and given to loved ones. _ Unsure what to put in the baskets? Start with iiamantaschen, then add candy, nuts, and fruit (both dried and fresh). For a more healtliful basket, skip the candy and include trail mix, raisins and sunflower seeds. , Giving gift baskets is one of four mitzvot for Purim, The other three are celebrating and having fun, hearing the Megillah and giving to tlie poor.
By Det>orah Fellman Get out your noisemakers and call the costume shop—it's almost Purim. Festivities begin next Saturday evening and continue all day Sunday for the Jewish calendar's big day of revelry and celebration. "Typically celebrated with costume parties, feasts and carnivals, the holiday features special food (hamantaschen), special songs, and the once-a-year chance to make as much noise as anybody can make. Events this year, include the Third Annual Hamantaschen-Latke Debate (March 6 at 6 p.m.) at Temple Israel. Debators are attorney Lisa L^wis, who will champion the hamantaschen, and Dr. Michael Walls, who will defend the latke. Both will attempt to prove that their own favored treat is more iniportant, historically speaking, than the other's. According to Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, who as, a rabbinic student defended the latke in a similar debate, the debate is a way "to inject humor into Jewish life." "In ancient times, Jews used to do this kind of debate, about other issues," he said. "For Purim, which . is the story of a bizarre anti-Semitic plot, it's good for levity." Enjoy dressing up in costume? Creative and original costumes can earn children and adults prizes in a competition at Chabad House on March 7 at 7 p.m. Tlie competition follows a Purim feast, which costs $25 per family, or $10 per person. Purim carnivals, replete with games, food and rafiHes (for such prizes as airline tickets and athletic shoeii at Beth El Synagogue), start at .11:30 a.m. at Betli El and Beth Israel synagogues and at noon at Temple Israel, all on March 7 following Sunday school. I'he carnivals are sponsored by United Synagogue YbuUi, National Conference of Synagogue Youth, and the Omaha Temple Youth Group, respectively. Megillah readings are March 6. At Temple, families can make masks and eat box dinners at 6 p.m. before the reading starts at 7 p.m. At Beth El, an abridged version will be read at 7 p.m., followed by an ice-cream social. Tlie full reading is at 8 p.m. in the Chapel and will be repeated at 9 am ' Sunday. At Beth Israel, Uie reading begins at 7:15 i lowed by an ice-cream social. Chabad House's Megillah reading is at 7:30 p iii Rabbi Mendel Katzman said he would also read tlie Megillah at old-age homes and prisons for any Jews who want to hear it. • "If anyone is in a oohfined situation, tlien we'll uiiutto them," he said. Older adults can dress in costume for a Yiddish dinner-and-movie party at 3 p.m. at the JCC. Sponsored by VISIONS for »du\ta ages 6&and older, the party features the film "Der Purim Slipieler" and deli sandwich^ es. Cost i& $8 for Visions members; $10 for non-members. Mne reservations by calling Doris or Nate Shukert (391-7^30).
Purim: a holiday that appreciates good humor While Jewish humor from village to village, today may Riean comedy performing the story of by Woody Allen, Mel Esther, Mordechal and Brooks, or even Jerry Haman in private homes, Seinfeld, historically it said Rabbi Richard meant tiie annual Purim Freund, an instructor of shpiel, the farcical dram- philosophy and religion at atization of the Purim ,UNO. story. What began as a 'k>ose As early aa the leOOs, dnunaUzed telling" of the yashiva students toured Book of Esther evolved
into ai) evening of buf-1 foonery and "a forum for) trying out Jewbih humor,| on a captive audience," said Actors In shpiels ui»d^ double entendres, word plays and "muted profanities" to get laughs, be said.
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Editor's no.te: Several young Torah scholars, all members of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, are writing Torah com mentary columns for kids as a group project. According to Jr NCSY adviser Alan Gonsher, the idea was entirely their own They're really committed to study," he said 'They're interested in upgrading their level of observance and haying fun in a very Jewish way." Today's column was written by Ben Gonsher, 13.
Having a ball A pink rubber ball entertain* Lydia Stem, 20 months, and the smiling toddler entertains Rose Blumkin Home.residents Frieda Lefkowitz (front) and Fanny Greenberg (back) in the adults' morning exercise class. Every weekday, JCC preschoolers amble down to the Blumkin home to visit the residents. Lydia is the daughter of John and Cynthia Stem.
Fundamentalist politicians threaten Jewish interests By Uebm Nuwbaum Cohen NEW YORK <JTA) — Debpite their innocuoussounding names, organizations of the Christian religious right threaten Jewisti interests, commu'nity leaders say. Groups such as Citizens Advocating Responsible Education (CARE) and Citizens for Excellence in Education (CEE), have produced candidates who have won seats on school boards, local Republican committees, water commissions and real estate zoning boards. Many cloaked their affiliation with the Christian organizations until they were safely in office. ""ntey bury their stealth message beneattt honeyed words," said Maxine Cohen, director of the Jew-
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ish Community Relations Council in San Antonio, Texas. While they have been particularly successful in California, Texas, Florida, Nfjnnesota and Mississippi, fundamentalist politicians are also making gains in Northeastern cities, including Philadelphia and New York. CEE, now four years old, has 925 chapters nationwide. In 1990 elections across the c6untry, 1,965 CEE members were el'ected to office, according to Jodyne Roseman, chair of the San Diego Jewish Community Relations Council. CEE has promised to get 3,500 more members elected in 1994, she said. Perhaps the most important group on the Christian religious right
is the Christian Ck>alition, which grew out of Pat Robertson's failed presidential bid in 1988. Founder and chairman Ralph Read decided, after Mr. Robertsoii's defeat, that the route to political success lay in winning local races. His group says it now has 250,000 members in 550 chapters nationwide. They want to "take over the Republican Party by the year 2000," said Beth Rickey, formerly a member of the Louisiana Stdte Republican Committee and founder of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism. They want to use the Republican party as "their vehicle for creating a Christian nation," she said.
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Shabbat Shalom and how was your week? With the weekend comes the weekly Torah portion, Terumah. This is the start of a number of sidrot . dealing with the construction of the Mishkan. To be able to build the incredibly expensive Mishkan, the priests needed the Israelites to donate Tzed^ akah, so these laws are brought about. Everyone, poor and rich, was, and is, required to give a tenth of their belongings. The Torah not only says that it is wrong to give too little but also to give too much. If one gives too little, then others will have to give more; but if one gives too much, then he deprives others the mitzvah of giving. Once, Rabbi Yechezkel Landau was asked to give
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labbis reveal opinions, personalities at JCC forum By Deborah Pellman Opinions poured forth, along with occasional interrabbi egging, in a four-way rabbinic debate on moral iasuea at the JCC last week. Panel members were Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel. Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue, Rabbi Mendel Katzman of Chabad and Rabbi Mark Urkowiu of Beth Israel Synagogue. They discussed organ donation, afterlife, euthanasia, circumcision for children who will also be baptized, adultery, abortion and homosexuality (whether gay people can be ordained as rabbis and how gays should participate in synagogue life). • A crowd of 150, ranging from teenagers to retirees, filled the auditorium for the two-hour debate sponsored by Jewish Family Service. Audience member Maggie Gerber said she eiyoyed seeing the rabbis "struggle" to answer difficult tfuesNancy and Mav* Skid porao* their own uiwerm.
tions completely. •^^^—^^li^M^^^— "It put them on a really human level," she said. "It put then on a "They exposed themselves really as individuals. ^They human level... stepped away from their They stepped books and just spoke." away A question that caught from their books the audience's attention and spoke." and apparently challenged the rabbis was; "Would you officiate at the bris of a baby who you were told would also be baptized?" Rabbi Katzman, taking a stand divergent from those of the other rabbis, said he would ofiiciate at the bris of any child whose mother is Jewish. "The fact that a little water is going to be sprinkled on him later doesn't make ^•••" ''"v less a Jew," he Dooald mad MMVIC G«rber UsUo inUntly. said. "The child needs a bri,-. The other rabbis said their uetibRnis would rest on whether the child would be raised as a Jew or as. a Rabbi Azriel said not only that gay people should be ordained, but that he would consider it "an honor" to Christian. • "If the rest of the child's life is going to be Jewish, work side by side with a gay rabbi. with a bar mitzyah and confirmation, then I would do "It's time to admit that Judaism is married to reality, it," Rabbi Azriel said. "Otherwise, no." not just to the Bible," he. said. Another question that riveted much of the audience: Debate listener Jordana Glazer, 28, who moved to Omaha a few weeks ago. with her husband, Jim, said • "Should gay people be allowed to become rabbis?" Rabbi Urkowiu said no, explaining that helerosexu- she was surprised at some answers. ality "is like any other mitzvah in the Torah," such as •'I took a class on ethics of religion in college," she keeping kosher, celebrating Shabbat, and remaining said, "and tonight was a lot different than what Itrue to one's spouse. "If you don't do it, you can't he 'earned in class. Tonight, even ih^ Ha.;i(iii' rabbi ordained," he said. •unded liberal." On the other end of tlie Jewish ideological speti In the middle of the deb<j<.i-, t.^ii.>.-..i<j......i. earned
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temporarily metaphysical. Discussing whether there is afterlife, the rabbis reve£(led that they are as much in the dark as the rest of the population. "God deals with that question," Rabbi Urkowitz said. "Nobody's come back to report on it to me yet." Rabbi Drazen said he beheves in "some kind of after-. Bfe" but said Jews shoulcf concentrate their energies on living "this life." , . "If we do that with the best of efforts, then we wiU have a place in the world to coftie, though I don't, know what that means," he said.
Closing event for Women's Division Scholarships By Barbara Chandler Director Federation public relations
As the 1993 UJA/ Federation Campaign draws to a close. Women's Division announced that their closing event will be March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the JCC. • Every woman who gave an individual minimum gift of $100 to the 1993 UJA/Federation Campaign is invited, and spouses are weicome to attend. The'evening will fea-' ture gueit speaker John LofluB. During the Carter and Reagan adminiairations, Attorney Loflua was a prosecutor with'the .Justice Department's
Nazi .War Crimes Unit and unfovered documents revealing that Nazis were working for NATO intelligence. He is author of The Belarus Secret and Unholy Trinity. Diane Malashock, chairman of the event, said, "We are pleased to have iAt. Loflus, a fascinating and well-known speaker, address our general divisions. This is a different type of closing event than in past years. In the past, we have held the closing event Tor Women's Division workers only. This year we wanted to do something for our Women's Division contributors as well." There will be an infer-
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DeConqlni challenges HUD By Vicki Cabot PHOENIX — Arizona Democratic Sen. Dennis DeConcini is intervening on behalf of a Holocaust survivor whose federal rent subsidy has been cut because she receives reparations from the German government. The matter presently is mired In Washington gridlock. In a letter t;o HUD Director Henry Cisneros, DeConcini expressed his "outrage and embarrassment" about a rent increase assessed to Fanny Schlomowitz, a 13-year resident of Kivel Campus of Care in Phoenix. Local representatives from the senator's oiTice here Housing and Urban Develophient oSicialfi say that ey are waiting for direction from Washington. "We're still awaiting a decision from headquarters," :jays Rebecca Flanagan, deputy roanajjer of the enix HUD office, ilomowitz, who has -Hved ift-the federaltv snbsrfse'cl Kivel Manor ap 1040 N, ;'•• joenix, sinci- 1980. •(! 'n \pit.her rei: I bttaJB gt Dm.' •
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Action doubted By GU Sedan JERUSALEM i JTAi — Israeli officials say they doubt a recommendation by the U.N. Human Rights Commission to send an investigator'to the administered territories will be acted upon by the U.N. General .Assembly. Political.sources hen; described the re&olution. passed in Geneva, as a "routine decision adopted by this foruVn, almost .fr>"year." •Vloreover •jijservers sa^ l:; was adopted th w
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"jeff Taxman to appear in "Cantorial" Jeff Taxman, who starred at the JCC in 'Fiddler on the Roor and "Jacq.ues Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris," will Join cast members nevy.to the Sa stage in the comedy "Cantorial." The production opens March 11 and runs three weekends. Featured in Cantorial are Patric Vendetti and' Jennifer Zindel as the yuppie couple who move into a new condominium and begin to hear haunt- ' ing Hebrew chanting. Mr^ Taxman plays the local grocer, who tells the young couple that their condo was fonnerly a synagogue and that the chanting is the voice of the former cantor who passed away years ago. Mr. Taxman, active at the Theatre at the J for more than a decade, directed "Brigadoon'< there in 1981 Recently, his roles .have included Garfinkle- m 'Other People's Money' at the Omaha Community Playhouse and Boulie in 'Driving Miss Daisy' at the Firehouse Dinner Theater. He has played in summer stock in Texas. Maine and New York. Mr. Vendetti. who holds a degree in speech-drains from Peru State College.
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Needlework made by the Omaha Needle Artists will be displayed at the JCC Art Gallery Feb.^26 to March 7. The xhibit of about 50 works will include crossstitch and pulled thread work. The exhibit includes approximately 50 works created by members of the artists' group, which is a local chapter ..of the Embroiders' Guild of America. Some of the
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and the Chanticleer Norton, Emmy Gifford and Circle Theaters. She Is also a playwright and performs on a regular basis with musician Earl Bates The set for "Cantorial," wtiich changes as the plot progresses, was constructed by Tim Comtts. Mr. Combs hais designed shows in many of Omaha's theaters, including the set for Theatre at the J's production of 'The Cemetery Club'
Mathematician tells of search for Torah's secrets According to Professor By Deborah FellinaA By flowing the text of Rips, the accurate futurethe Torah through word- t'eiling of these 'hidden search computer pro- codea* in a 3,305-year-old rams. Professor Eliyahu text attests to the Torah'i lips has found 'hidden divinity 'This shows that the jtodes' that tie together pfords whose relation- Book of Genesis has conthe time it l^hips are the basis of tai.'i ' wa -erything,' »orld history. he said- "hveryUung ' Professor Rips, who teaches algebra at Td some, the Hebrew Uaiversity in accuracy; of ttiese JemsaWm, described his . '^hidden codes" findings Sunday at attests to the Chabad House He is in Nebraska for two weeks. Torah's to Mrve as a consultant divinity. to the mathematics department at the For example, lie fliids University of Sebiraska the word* "Russian dkcta- at linctthi. To search the torah « tor,' and nt^;irbv h>' Qnda t4* word xt to text. Prefeeeor Ripe first Ihm wore ibec.* arraage* the text onto hell point out the word two-^fa^aaawnal tabke (a 'Haaukkah * Near the covpater removes all word "diabetes,' U« the space* and puoctuatioa, word* ^paacreas' aad thea n«w« the letter* onto T" and T* asa* et ["ijuulin.'
works are original de3igne. Artists will demonstrate their techniques at the exhibit all day on Feb. 28 and March 7. The exhibit-opening reception will tie Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Viewers can win needlework, including a challah cover and a cross-stitch afghan, by buying raffle tickets at the exhibit. The raffle will be held March 7
the word "AIDS,* and nearby the words 'immunity' and 'destroyed ' But they have not found a cure to the deadly viro*. "Maybe the name of the medicine i* here, but we don't know what the word i*. so we dent know what to look for,' Profeaeor Rip* said Sutiatically speaking, any text as iQOg as the Book of Genesis 175.951 letters I |«iU contain "hidden* examples of moat word*, especially short word*, he said He said sUtMtical odda <4 finding words and phrases of eight or more.latter* are sliib.
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ShalomI Well, OTYG has been busy as usual! Here is what we've been up to. On Jan. 30 we had a very interesting program on the Holocaust. Matt Goldberg and Leslie Golbitz showed slides from their 'March of the Living" trip to Poland and Israel. ,, It was a very emotional program in which we discussed various topics that affect our lives today. Also, the very talented Lisa Lipkin was there. She led the discussions and set the scenes for some improrisational skits. On Feb 12, seven enthusiastic OTYG'ers left early in the morning and set out for the OTYG ski trip! After a long drive, we Tinally arrived at our destination. Winter Park, Colo After renting skis and unloading our stuff, we bad Friday night services and went to bed Saturday morning was bright and sunny and after services we got geared up and headed toward the slopes. After we skied all day, we tiad
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