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Federation honors volunteers
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Seven volunteers who help the Jewish Federation of Omaha and its agencies will be honored at the Federation's annual meeting in the JCC theater on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Lee Bernstein, Anne Broder, Pam DePorte, Julie Frank, Yale Halperin, Judy Josephson and George Schapiro were named the Federation's 1993 Volunteers of the Year. Mr. Bernstein volunteers at the Anti-Defamation League of the Midwest, where he helps clip, sort and mount articles from newspapers and periodicals. ^Mi^Broder, who was nominated by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, played leadership roles in organizing several Federation-sponaored missions to Israel ft)r adults
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and teenagers. She also has served on the Women's the Aging, has assisted at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Division cabinet for six years and is a past chairman of Home since it opened in 1982; before that, he helped the division's campaign. Ms. DePorte, chair of the lead Shabbat services at the Dr. Philip Sher Home. He Bureau of Jewish Education's Special Needs commit- also recruits other volunteers to work at the Home. tee, was nominated by BJE, She has also served as a . Mrs. Josephson, vice president of the JCC, has held many volunteer positions at the JCC. She is a past teacher in BJE's special-needs program. Ms. Frank, vice president of the Jewish Family chairman of the Child Development Center, board Service Board of Directors and a boardmember since leadership development, patron membership, and 1988, is JFS' nominee for volunteer of the year. She membership committees. Mr. Schapiro spends several has served on other JFS committees, including Jewish mornings each week at The Jewish Frew, where he Family Life Education committee, which organizes files photographs, articles and invoices. He also prerabbi panels, parenting workshops and support groups. pares newspapers to be delivered to the Rose Blumkin Mr. Halperin,' a 17-year volunteer for the Bureau for Jewish Home and Livingston Plaza Apartments.
Temple honors elderly members Octogenarian congregants of Temple Israel were honored during the Temple's I22nd annual meeting on Sunday. The Temple's Caring Committee invited 86 congregants wito are 80 or older. Among the group were longtime congregants Lillian and Harold Farber, 86 and 90 respectively, whose children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are also involved at Temple. Mr. Farber served as Temple's president from 1958 to 1960. His son, James, served as president from 1989 to 1991. The Caring Committee also presented a tree to the Temple as a gift. "It symbolizes the Congr^ation's continued life and growth," said Harriet Sperling, the committtee's chairman. Also at the ninual meeting, past president Jerome Milder was honored. In the photo, flanking Lillian and Harold Farber are at left. Jay Noddle with his wife, Kim, and their daughter, Rebecca; Jay's sister, Susan Noddle and their parents, Harlan and Nancy Noddle; At right, Jim and Judy Farber with their daughters, Jennifer and Elizabeth and Rabbi Daniel Fink.
Women's Mission to Israel scheduled for October By BartMuw CluuuU«r Fedenitloii public reUtiona director Marcia Cohen and Zo« Rlakes will co-chair the Omaha Women's Dlviaion Miwkin to Israel Oct. 20 to 31. MlMfa>n pailidpants will b« joined by the women fttmi Dravtr'a FMUration. "iiif mlMlon itinerary indudaa • number of tidting and unkiue stops, such as an Israeli Arab viUags and OottAi, on* of the leading fashion houses in larael. PartidpanU Will also visit th« Roman theater and •qtiMhtct at OMMTM, tour Syrian stronghoUa In th« OoUn HaifhU, have lunch with Knasset mambara indodiDf YMI Dajfrnnand, oleourm, vlait Maaada and IhaOoMSa* Optional toun will ba oflarad Cor flrai-tliiMra uid lapwUn in order to oOar tha wiiml poaaibla Oparitnoa fcr araryooa Invohrad. Mrs. Cohan was last in ISTM) tan jraart afo, *My slttar Just raturnad from a Padaratlon Community mlaUon, and a* aha talked about what aha •aw. I raallsad that many thlnp hava chanfad in tha last Un yaan and ao many other thinp will navar changa.* (ha said. * I always Ilka to b* Involrad in
Women's Division In tome way, and leading this Women's Mission is an interesting perspective for my involvement in tha 1993 Campaign." Mrs. Riakes aaid aha want on the Federation's community mission this year thinking that nothing could top my previous vialta," aha said. "But what I found was that aach trip was batter than tha last' "lliara's always something naw to so*, aomathlng new to laam and new raaaona to bacoroa avan more oororoittad. Wbathar this is your first trip to Israel or your tenth, thia miaaion ofTars something new for IIM primaiy IMIU of the miaaion will ba to aaa, roaat and undaratand tha woman of Israel. Many of tha laaoaa lanMli woman oonfront art iaoiUiar to American Jawtah WOOMH. but IsraaU woman an fiwad with additional challwifai oncb as miliUry aarviea and religious law orar mattan of paraonal status. Intematlon asaatona about tha mlaalen will ba haM en Wadnaaday and Juna 34, both at 7:30 p.m. For mart information or to R.8.V.P. for information aaa•iona, call Jan Pieralman at Iha Padaratlon oflka, 384KiOO. SpMa on thia miaaion la Umltad.
Youth home renamed for Blumkins A home for developmentally-diiabled boya agea 10 to 21 was renamed thia week in honor of Louia and Franoaa Blumkin. Tha Blumkin* lad a campaign to rai** $200,000 to buy and AurnUh th* houaa at 6066 Country Club Rd. for Youth Car*, Inc., a private non-profit agency that wffintain* raaidanoaa for d*v*lopmantally-diaabladpaopla. Now aallad tha Loaia and France* Blumkin Home, tha houaa will ba home to aav*n boy* and • (Continumi on pag» 9}
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Deaths ROnf MILDER Services were held May 20 at Go^en Hill Cemetery for Rose Milder. She was 93. Mrs. Milder was preceded in death by her husband, WilliEun (Doc). She is survived by two sons, Edwin G. and Carl (Pete); a daughter, Phyllis Weinberg of Fremont; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and on% great-great-grandchild. ' Memorials may be made to the Robert Weinberg Scholarship Foundation, Dodge County Memorial Hospital or a favoijte charity. ^
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MAXZELEN Services for Max Zelen took place in Houston on June 4. A former resident of Omaha and Lincoln, Mr. Zelen was 85. , He is survived by his wife, Ann of Houston and daughter, Louise Knobler of Waco, Texas. Mr. Zelen, a former agent for the John Hancock Insurance Co., had moved to Texas about 50 years ago.
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'Pets offered for adoption through the Nebraska Humane Society at Baker's Supermarkets are not free, as stated in last week's Jewish Press. Cost is $35 per cat and $45 per dog, according to Beth Brown, the society's coordinator of education and development. All pets adopted through the society have been spayed or neutered, she*said.
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' OfTice hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.in. to Office Hours: 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman and a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cantor David Taub. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and FRIDAY: Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service is at 7 p.m. Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: SATURDAY: Morning service is at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services. Sitter Goldstein Chapel. Beginners' Minyan and Junior Congregation are at 10 a.m. Babysitter service is pro- service starts at 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services are at 8:50 vided by Sisterhood. Mincha at 8:35 p.m. Shalosh Seudos, a study session p.m. SUNDAY: with Cantor Taub, Ma'ariv and Havdalah conclude serServices are at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. vices. WEEKDAYS: SUNDAY: Services are at 6:66 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Service is at 9 a.m. JUDAICA SHOF WiXKDAYS: Open Tuesday through TTiursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are at 7 a.m. and 8:36 p.m. and by appointment. The shop will have a sale during QIMARA Cantor David Taub leads a study session between June and July. Many prices are reduced by up to 50 percent. Mincha and Maariv on weekdays. ^
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Cantor Leo Fettman will discuss "Shabbat" on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the school wing of the synagogue. Discussion continues June 16 and 23 on "Medical Halacha." MCSV SHABBAT Members of Jr. and Sr. NCSY will lead services tomorrow. A traditional Shabbat dinner will be served tonight and a luncheon will be served tomorrow after services. For information on cost, call the synagogue office (558-6288).
Justin Spiegal, son of Devra and Jeffrey Spiegal, will become a Bar Mitzvah on June 11 and 12.
THereth IsraBl 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln. NE 68602 423-8669 Services are ofTiciated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. FRIDAY: Services begin at 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat is hosted by Ruth and Irv Goldenberg. SATURDAY: Services are at 9:30 a.m.
B'nai Jeshurun 20th and South Streeto Lincoln. fiE 68602 435-8004 Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Sabbath evening service at 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service at 10 a.m.
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Services are led by congregants. For general information, leave a message on the synagogue answering machine. (322-4705). FRIDAY: 'Services are at 7:30 p.m.
Blumkin Home SATURDAY: Services are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 a.m. ' Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the kiddush following. Special memorial services are held on the last Saturday of each month.
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Alan Josephson, son of Debbi and Lany Jos^pihaon, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat Morning Service on June 12. Naomi Marie Leiserowitz, daughter of Bonni and Martin Leiserowitz, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat Morning Service on June 19. i COLLSOB STUDBNTS Temple Israel college students will meet at the Scorecard on Tuesday at 7 p.ni. For more infwmation or reservations, call the Temple office (666-6536). TOT SHABBAT SSRVICB A short service of song and prayer for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners and their parents and grandparents, will be today at 7 p.m. Cookies and juice follow the service. FOOD FOR THOUQHT
Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink, Cantor Webber-Gilat and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat Service on June 18 at 3:45 p.m. at Remington Heights.
Ben-Porat reappointed
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By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset, with support from both the ruling Labor Party and opposition groups, has voted to appoint Justice Miriam Ben-Porat for another five-year term as state comptroller. Ben-Porat, 75, who has earned the public's respect for her uncompromising critique of government affairs under both the Likud and Labor parties, was the only candidate. All parties, except for the Orthodox Sephardic Shas, had recommended Ben-Porat's appointment. The Knesset votft was 78-18, with seven abstentions.
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SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. Teen retreat planned for November SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. The second annual "Losing My Religion" weekend TALMUD CLASSES retreat for Jewish high school students will be Nov. 5 Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced to 7 at Platte River State Park. Speaker is Rabbi David Woznica, director of Jewish Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. CHUMASH CLASS studies at New York's 92nd Street Y. He will discuss Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. interdating, intermarriage, prejudice and the value of YIDDISH Judaism in teenagers' lives. "Hooked on Yiddish" lessons, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Cost is $100, which includes a $25 damage deposit. at Chabad House. The r^tfeat is limited to 75 participants; to reserve a ENQLISH CLASS space, send a check (written to "Losing My Religion") to "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Jewish 3306 South 157th St., Omaha, 68130. topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at For more information, call Joel Alperson (330-6370). 10:30 a.m. at Chabad Housu.
ByHughOrgal TEL AVrV (JTA) — Israel, • countvy plagued with one of the worst road accident rataa In tha worid, haa made it mandatory for back-seat pamngira to don seat balta in all automobUaa manuiacUu«d tnm 1987 on. I regulation, in aflact from Juna 1, albcta all paaI whathar in privata vahldaa or taxis. Israali drivara of cara carrying anbaltad passangira *in tha raar aaaU ars now liable for a flne of 190 shakala, •bout $78.
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FRIDAY: Shabl>at service is at 8:15 p%. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Daniel Fink and Cantor Karen Webber-GUat will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Harold Becker and June Goodblnder in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Alan Josephson. SATURDAY: Shabbat service is at 11:16 a.m. in the sanctuaiy. Simcha B'Shabbat, an alternative Torah-study service. Will be held in the chapel.
Rabbi Dan Fink will lead a group of adults and teenagers to Washington, D.C, July 22 to 25 to visit the Holocaust Museum. The trip, arranged by Temple Israel Sisterhood, costs $555 per person (limited to adults and children over 12). The cost includes airfare, transportation to the hotel, three nights at the Radisson Park Terrace hotel, tours and breakfasts. Tourists will celebrate Shabbat at Rabbi Fink's home congregation, Beth El, in Alexandria, Va. For more information, call Sandy Passer (330-4289) or Rabbi Fink (556-6536).
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Israel hopes release will improve talks By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is hoping its dedaion to release 280 Palestinians from prison early will be seen as a sign of good vrill in advance of the reaumption in Washington of peace talk< with the Palestinians. OfTiclally, the move, which was announced by the Defense Ministry, is a gesture timed to coincide with the Moalem Id al-Adha festival. But obaervera say tha govarnmant also hopaa tha step will Improve tha atmoaphere between Israeli and Palaatinian i tors in Washington.
Personals I wish 10 ttnnli al my iMTiy & Mtnditor VMir gMi Bid good wiihM during my raoani hoi|)IW M^r. A ipaciB thaiks to Cantor FBlman. Cantor Taub wd RBM UI1(0<MHZ. KaMi Mb Dear Family and Frtandi - It I could lay Ihank-you'1000 timaa InlOOO wayi It would not ba anough. So I say THANK YOU Iron) tha bottom o( my Improvad ha«t For all tha gHB, llowsrs, cards, donaUont, wondarlU food, and moat of all lor your prayers and good wishaa. I know that is why I am itl hara) Bav(B«vartyQlilnaliy) The iBiiy ol Bank (Ian) WUnIa would Ilka 10 (hank al thair W)ds and lamity for all ol tha many axprasstons o( sympaihiaa. A ^Mdal thank you 10 Cantor Taub and Rabbi Utkowlti lor thair kindnass and prayars.
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Penn 'water buffalo' Sparks from The Word brings larger issues By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke By Robert LeJterf^ewiah Ejcponent Panshat Slwlah Lakha PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Although the chaiges in Humor? In the Bible? the now-famouB University of Pennsylvania "water There is the well-knoWn story of "A" who accused "B" bufTalo" caab were withdrawn, the incident will likely of returning a borrowed object damaged beyond use. continue to generate heated debate about what consti- "B" gave three defenses: 1. 'I returned it in perfect contutee free speech, racism and political correctness on dition;' 2. "It was damaged when I borrowed it," and 3. college campuses. "I never borrowed anything from "A." i^or a proponent of free speech such as attorney Our Sidrah, describing an event of utmost seriousDeborah Leavy, executive director of the American ness, a decision to be made carrying implications of Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, speech codes fateful consequences, indulges in what I think is are the real culprit in Penn's 'Vadal harassmenf case. humor, humor of the kind in the story above. "Elliminat^ speech — even objectionable speech — Moses had sent a scouting party into the Promised does not get rid of the problem," Leavy said. Tenn has Land. After 40 days they returned, carrying.a huge a problem with racism, and they are not addressing it. cluster of grapes, to show the promise of the land, but When a speech code is used, attitudes dont go away; with a majority report that counseled against trying toonly language goes away." enter the land. They said there was no hope that they The ACLU, which has long been opposed to speech could conquer the people there and take possession of codes because of what the organization sees as the the land. chilling effect the codes have on the open exchange of Now here is what I consider humor: Hie ten scouts 6f ideas, became involved in the Penn caae on behalf of the painfiiUy pessimistic report offer two main reasons the defendant, Eden Jacobowitz. why the land is not worth the risk of an attempted The Jewish student was accused of racism when he invasion: 1. It is so bad a land that it devours its.inhabcalled a group of black aorority members *water buffa- itants; and 2. Everyone who Uves there is a giant comlo" in an attempt to quiet them down late on the pared to us. We are like grasshoppers next to themi . evening of Jan. 13. If you were really listening, you would say, "Wait a The women reportedly were making noise outside minute... If the land devours its inhabitants, as you the freshman's high-rise dorm while he was trying to study and his roommate was sleeping. At one point, according to Jacobowitz, the women said they were looking for a party. He said he told them if they wanted a party, there was a zoo a mile away. The swift close to the protracted case came at a news The Phillip G. Schrager and Tep-i L. Schrager conference on campus called by the black sorority Supporting Foundation will accept grant applications women. fi?om organizations and individuals in the Omaha area Accusing the media of having tried them even before until July 2, according to Foundation president Joseph formal proceedings began, the women — Colleen Kirahenbaum. Bonnicklewis, Ayanna Taylor, Nikki Taylor, Denita The Schrager Supporting. Foundation was estabThomas and Suzanne Jenkins — said it was now lished in December, 1984, to support charitable, educaimpossible for the school to bring together an unbiased tional and religious efforts. It supports activities of the panel of students and teachers to assess the case. Jewish Federation of Omaha and other charitable In their formal statement, the women accused organizations which promote the spirit of cooperation Jacobowitz and his adviser, history professor Alan and brotherhood among Jews and non-Jews in all Charles Kors, of trying "this grievance among students areas of the world. in the national media, making it an issue of freedom of For a grant application, contact Sheldon A. speech and political correctnesa, while blanketing the Bernstein, endowment director of the Jewish real issue, racial harassment. Federation of Omaha Foundation, at 334-8200, ext. Penn President Sheldon Hackney issued a stateqnent 275. announcing that the university's Judicial Inquiry Office had officially closed the case. The black women's adviser, anthropology Professor Peggy Reeves Sanday, charged in a formal statement that calling African American women water buffalo By Jed Sunden "reduces them to work animals and beasts of burden. ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) — Ukraine has become the Telling them they should socialize in a zoo not only - first of the Soviet successor states to establish a clear doubles the reference to animality; it also ostracizes legal process under which Jewish communities should them from campus and marginalizes the legitimate be able to reclaim hundreds of communal properties social activity of their sorority." In answer to this confiscated during the communist era. charge, Kors asked, "How can they say animal referIn contrast to the other former Soviet republics, ences only apply as slurs to blacks?" which so far have returned relatively small amounts of "What's the first thing you say about rowdy white Jewish communal property, Ukraine has already fraternity members? 'They're acting like animals.' returned some 30 buildings to the Jewish community. What about the term 'animal house' itself? That's Eventually, the Ukrainian statutes could lead to the almost synonymous with a white frat house," Kors return of hundreds of Jewish community buildings, said. such as synagogues and social centers, seized by the The implications of the case have come to trouble former communist government. Jews, many observers say, but not for the obvious reaWhile many of the buildings were destroyed, espeson that Jacobowitz is an Orthodox Jew. This was con- cially during World War II, many others were convertsidered by most participants in the events to be of little ed into warehouses, archives, factories or athletic consequence, since anti-Semitism appeared to play no clubs. part in this case The recent passage of a parliamentary law and a But Rabbi Howard Alpert, executive director of presidential decree now allows all established religious Hillel of Greater Philadelphia, has argued that speech communities to file claims. codea and the concept of political correctness may come to adversely affect Jews. "What we have to understand ia that much of what Jews stand for — especially relating to Israel — is now NASHVILL£ — The zealotry and rising strength of politically incorrect on many campuses," Alpert said. 'In a politically correct environment, the Interests the religious Right should serve as a "wake-up call' for and the forms of exprMsion that Jews hold dear" are moderates of all persuasions to join forces in addressgiven little ctedanos and "are possibly subject to oen- ing the real concerns of ordinary Americans, a spokeaman for Reform Judaism has warned. sure," the rabbi said. Rabbi Eric YoOlt, vice president of the Union of For this reason, Alpert opposes speech codes. The rabbi and Leavy of the ACLU made thsir American Hebrew Conipvfations, told members of the remarks before the Jacobowits matter concluded, at a UAHC national board of tnuteas st their semi-annual forum sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of meeting here that the efforts of Right-wing religious groups to li\{ect sxtramiim and intolerance into poliB'nai B'rith.
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say, how come everyone there is so big and strong that you were like gras^oppers next to them? You're being ridiculous! But the people weren't really paying attention. They' wept all night and then complained to Moses for having brought them to this dreadful place, this wilderness. Now, more himior! The Lord is so displeased with his complaining people that he threatens to kill them all off. Moses tries to thwart God's plan of exterminating this ungrateful people — and he cleverly attacks what he considers the Lord's most vulnerable self: What will the Egyptians think? Iheyll think that You were powerfiil enough to get those Israelites out of Egypt; but when You weren't strong enough to get theo£into the Land, You killed them all off in the wildemcasl The Good Lord (kiv'yakhol) must have dnfwn his lips in so as not to lau^ in Moses' facel How funny! You think that you can work that schoolboy [wychology on Me? Who cares what the Egyptians-think? But the fact is that I had no intention of giving up on the concept of Israel in the Land of Israel. That's too important for humankind and the who)e world. Those who were twenty or older when they left Egypt will die here. But their offspring will enter the Land. The World needs redemption!
Council quilt comes to Omaha A quilt made by members of National Council of Jewish Women in honor of the organization's 100th annivereaiy will be displayed at the JCC through July 7. Called "Fabric of our Lives," the quilt includes panels made by NCJW members in 85 sections nationwide. The quilt's name refere to the book, "Fabric of My Life," written in 1946 by NCJW founder Hannah G. Solomon. The panel made by Omaha Section members Barbara Rennard and Linda Novak depicts a vrindmill form against a blue skylike background. Eadi blade of the windmill is embroidered with the names of projects the Omaha Section participates in, such as mini-grants for teachers, the child care fair, the thrift shop, and othera. Also at the JCC through July 7, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will present an eidiibit on the Omaha Section of NCJW. At the NJHS annual meeting on Wednesday, Lillian Farber will be honored for 60 yeajv of service to NCJW. Exhibit chairwomen are Sally Malashock, Bev Gendler and Susie Kaplan. For more information on the quilt exhibit, call Debbie Friedman (330-5155).
In the news Scott Muskin graduated with honors in English from Grinnell College in Iowa. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa there and named outstanding male senior by the college's alumni association. He also received the Beulah Bennett Loring prize for excellence in English. Mr. Muskin is the son of Alan and Linda Muskin of Omaha.
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AZA. #1 is kicking off summer in full swing. With it comes the election of the new board: Kevin Saylan, Gpdol (President); Daniel Cohn, S'gan (Vice-President); Jeff Nogg, Moreh (Teacher); Bobby Shapiro, Mazkir (Secretary); and Andy Ruback, Gizbor (Treasurer). l^e summer term has been kicked off with rushing for the Upcoming freshman class. On pledge night we will have a hayrack ride. During the summer we will also have pool parties, baseball games and other exciting activities. Our 60th annual Sweetheart Dance is being planned for Sept; 5 at Maxine's in the Red Lion. A.Z.A #1 is looking for.'old alumni to help with it. If you have any information or would like to give a suggestion please call Dahny;Cohn at 334-2308. Our Candidates for this dance are Beth ShykeD, Kelly Broder; Laurie Epstein and Becky Perelmanl Our honoraries are Deb Goldstein and Shifra Shrago. A.ZA. #1 would also like to extend congratulations to one of our members, Jimmy FViedlander, for winning Ediar Beau.
Justin Alan Spiegal will become a Bar Mitzvah on June 12 at Beth El Synagogue. He is the son of Jeflrey and Devra (Dede) Spiegal. We raised money to adopt a snake-necked turtle aU, An honor student at the Henry Doorly Zoo's Lied Jungle. We had an Peter Kiewit Middle overnight campout at the zoo and presented our adopSchool, Justin enjoys bas: tion papers for the turtle to the zoo. We plan to build ketball, soccer, fishing, and sell 4iird houses io raise more money to adopt computers and bike rid' another animal from the zoo. ing. On Sunday we will leave town for a week at Camp Juatin Spiegal He has two brothers, Cedars. We have already chosen the merit badges we Joseph and Andrew. are planning to earn at camp: environmental science, Justin is the grandson of Arthur and Janette Salkin archery, nature, forestry, mammal study, rifle shootand Harry and Merrian Spiegal, all of Omaha. ing, and others. Some of the merit badges we earn at camp will help us earn the Hometown USA patch also. Jeremy Nichols has j«ceived approval from the scout office for his Eagle project. Other scouts in the troop will help him carry it out this summer. Dr. Joel Schlessinger, a dermatologist, has opened a At the JCC's board meeting this month, we presentprivate practice. Board-certified in dermatology and ed our troop charter to JCC president Margo Riekes. pediatrics, he specializes in skin diseases, las,er \ye thanked the JCC for being our charter sponsor and surgery, skin cancer and sclerotheraphy. Dr. for their support. Assistant Scoutmaster Dr. Mark Schlessinger is a graduate of Baylor Medical School in Pilley told the board about the troop and our activities. Houston, Texas. District Commissioner Roger Sullivan was there too.
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Meretz and Shas close to a deal By David Landau
Under the proposed accord, Aloni's role as culJERUSALEM (JTA) — ture czar would give her The crisis threatening the responsibility for just one stability of Israelis gov- of the two state-ruB ernment appears *to be broadcasting authorities. close to resolution, with The other would remain the ruling Labor Party's under the supervision of two feuding coalition her presumed successor at partners, Meretz and the Ministry of Education Shas, trimming their con- and Culture, Amnon flicting demands and Rubinstein of Meretz. inching toward a comproIn this way, the original mise. demand by the Orthodox The evolving deal, ac- Shas party that the cording to political insid- avowedly secularist Aloni ers, will see Meretz leader be removed from the Shulamit Aloni take over E^lucation Ministry would the Communications and be fulfilled. Science ministries, and hold responsibility, too, Thanks to you... for mtgor areas of Israel's it works... • ••^•••••1 Searles; "Jewish-American cultural life. The Jewish Federation —••^•••••" Fiction, 1917-1987" by Sanford Library has many new books, These insiders say the for ALL OF US Pinsker; "Modern Israeli Drama accord would have been including "Swing, Swing, in Translation," edited by Michael wrapped up before the Swing: The Life and Times of United Way Taub; "Alienated Minority: The Shavuot holiday had it Benny Goodman," by Ross Jews of Medieval Latin Europe," not been for the tragic Firestone; "Mazel Tov!: Music by Kenneth R. Stow; "Mystics and killing of four paratroopfor a Jewish Wedding and Other Joyous Occasions," by Velvel Pasternak; Missionaries: The Jews in Palestine from 1799 to ers by friendly fire in CARLJARL "Conversations with Philip Roth," edited by (George J. 1840," by Sherman Lieber; "^e World Must Know: Lebanon. The History of the Holocaust As Told in the United Political activity virtuSECURITY SYSTEMS States Holocaust Memorial Museum," by Michael ally stopped as the counThsmost 751- Dodgp • 391-5700 Berenbaum; The Terezin Diary of Gonda Redlich," by try mourned these four cohnpiat* Egon Redlikh; "Would God it Were Night: The Ordeal young men. •rswMl of t«st of a Jewish Boy from Cracow through Auschwitz, pr«p tools Mauthausen, and Gusen," by Zvi Barlev; "The Politics in tho world. of Antisemitic Prejudice: The Waldheim Phenomenon in Austria," by Richard Mitten; "1 Never Saw" Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942 to 1944," new expanded edition: "II Duce's Other Woman," by Philip Cannistraro; The Sephardic Journey, 1942 to 1992," Summer Yeshiva University Museum; and 'Poles and Jews: A cUsMsat Failed Brotherhood," by Magdalena Opalski.
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Wedding in Cordoba; rl first in 500 years By Judith Lew MADRID (JTA) — The centuries-old synagogue in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, long in existence as only a museum of a vanished Jewish community, briefly qamc to life to celebrate the wedding ceremony of a Canadian Jewish couple. Some 501 years after its closure following the expulsion of the Jews of Spain, Edward Mirsky and Rebeca Romero Vaao of Montreal were \tt|} in the small, ornate Moorish-s^le synagogue, built m 1315 and closed in 1492. The loo^ media gave the event wide coverage. The cottptr chose the site in Andalusia because it was the most cwivenient place to gather all their relatives. The faiaily of the bride, the former Maria Jose Romero Varo, is from Aguilar de la Frontera, a town near Cov^ba. She converted to Judaism from Catholicisi*L The synagogue in Cordoba — the city is the birthplace of th* great Jewish philosopher Maimonides — is one of thxa* in Spain remaining from the time of the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. The; other two are in Toledo. The small Cordoba synagogue consists of a single square room with a women's gallery. The upper walls retain a delicate artistry in plaster. Used as a hospital and subject to aperies of reforms after the expulsion, in 1885 the synagogue was declared a national monument and restored to its present form between 1928 and 1930. The family brought Rabbi Abraham Feffer of Montreal to preside over the ceremony. Some 60 guests — the maximum the small synagogue could accommodate — traveled from Germany, Switzerland, Ecuador and the United States to attend. Other guests included Israeli Ambassador Ya'acov Cohen and his Canadian counterpart, Jean-Pierre Juneaii. Invitations were sent to the Spanish royal family, who were unable to attend. The Canadian Embassy helped smooth out the details to use the synagogue with the regional government of Andalusia. Edward Mirsky works as a banker, and his new wife studies English and interior design. The couple returned immediately to Canada, apparently postponing their honeymoon because of the long trips that were required to plan the wedding.
Jesus play modified By Debra Nuasbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — After negotiations between producers, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League, a play about the life of Jesus opened here after a temporary delay in its schedule. The negotiations took place after Protestant and Jewish leaders protested the way the play portrayed Jews and Judaism, which prompted the producers to suspend its'.New York debut. liie New York performances were scheduled midway through the show's 32-city North American tour. "Jesus Was His Name," a $24 million spectacle, will change in several ways before another audience sees it, according to the ADL. Critics said that the play's visual effects, rather than Hebrew Letter Man (JefT.Taxman) talked alephs the script itself, contain grotesquely anti-Semitic with (from left) Ben Delman, Nick Newman and Adam images of Jews and Judaism. As a result of negotiations, the characters represent- Skog on the last day of religious school at Temple ing the Jewish Sanhedrin will no longer wear black Israel wHen all celebrated for two reasons: summer and Yom Yerushalayim, a day commemorating the robes and death masks, the ADL sJaid in a statement. An announcement will also be made before each per- 1967 reuinification of Jerusalem. Students ate picnic formance to "reinforce the ADL statement in the pro- lunches with their families, made arts and crafts program which stressed that virtually all Christian jects, competed in relay races, and maneuvered denominations reject the accusation of deicide against through an obstacle course. Hiey also watched magic tricks performed by Steve Kirshenbaum. The event the Jewish people," according to the ADL. Rabbi A. James Rudin, national interreligious affairs was coordinated by Sara Fine and Andrea Hamburg of director of the AJCommittee, saw the play with the Temple Israel Parents' Association, Elyce Azriel, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergy when it was and Temple education director Ann Kibel Schwartz. performed in Cincinnati and described it this way; "Hie most negative anti-Jewish elements of 'Jesus Was His Name' are visual, not verbal. "Hie priests wear large ominous black turbans that By Cynthia Mann JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbinic authorities reportare without historical basis. Giant grotesque death masks, accompanied by a frightening death rattle, are edly have suspended Pepsi Cola's kashrut license here, projected on the enormous screen, easily identifying citing the soft-drink company's "immodest" advertising the 'bad guys' of the play: the ghoulish and wicked campaigns and its sponsorship of a recent Jewish priests," Rudin said in a statement he prepared Guns'Nltoses rock concert in Tel Aviv. about the play. The Eda Haredit kashrut supervisory authority was "The followers of Jesus wear viewer-friendly pastel angered by Pepsi's sponsorship of the Saturday night 'humble tunics' while 'the powerful, insolent and vio- concert because it led to the violation of Shabbat by lent' Jewish religious leaders are menacingly portrayed thousands of ticket holders who arrived at the concert in colors of black and gold replete with velvet, satin before Shi^bat was over. and lush jewelry," he wrote in the statement. The international soft-drink company is now trj^ng "A false and dangerous dichotomy runs through the to work out an agreement with the religious authorientire production: Jesus and his followers are good, ties to reinstate, its kashrut license. true and rapturous while the Jewish religious and Also at issue was Pepsi's sponsorship of a Michael political leaders are villainous, cruel and corrupt," Jackson concert scheduled for next September in Tel Rudin wrote. f Aviv, also on a Saturday night.
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Old Timers Review By Art Grossman Our faithful scribe, Henry Stem, suffered a fall and broke his right elbow, that is, hi? WRITE elbow. Consequently, the chrwiicle of the Oldtimers meeting of June 1 has hopped in\o this correspondent's lap. Henry, what is there to say? Except as we age little by little our bones become more and more brittle. Yours truly served as moderator of the chattering Earlybird discussion. Utilizing Rabbi Myer Kripke's column on Parashot Naso, the group discussed his observations regarding a vexing problem in the United States: the acceptance of non-Jewish partners to marriages and influencing them to convert to Judaism or at the very least influencing them to rear their children as Jewb. Conversation then turned to the upcoming presentation of "Merchant of Venice" during the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. The play is notorious for its offensive anti-Semitic portrayal. We addressed the honeymoon of President Clinton's first 100 days and what confronts America ahead. Adjourning to the dining area, the Motzi was led by Norman Wohlner and the benschen by Keith Peltz. Sunshine Chairman Norm Wohlner reported that Ernie Priesman was in sick bay at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and that Nate Ostrow was hospitalized at Bergan-Mercy. We stood in respectful silence for a fallen Oldtimer, Sylvan Block, and also in deep respect for a woman of valor, Anne Katzman. It was a mournful loss for the community. Marshall Lewis, vice president of Kemper Securities, spoke after lunch on investments, particularly for seniors sitting on low-yield holdings.
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OLDTIMERS Next Oldtimers meeting is Tuesday at the JCC. Earlybird discussion is at 10:30 a.m..Following lunch, Rabhi Dan Fink of Temple Israel will speak. WALK-IN DROP-IN Next Walk-In Drop-In is Thursday at the JCC, Exercise class and Bingoare at 10:30 a.m. English class for older new Americans is at 11:30 a.m. Following a brown bag lunch at noon, accordion player Lucille Mittmus will perform.
Tifereth Israel board to meet The board of directors of Tifereth Israel Synagogue will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at the synagogue. The meeting had originally been set for June 7. Agenda items include election of new ofllcers apd campaign closing.
News and Views By Bernie Mosow A few weeks ago I had the occasion to travel to Nashville, Tenn., for the Bat Mitzvah of a grand-niece. It was quite a revelation for me, since I had lived in the South for seven years during the 50s and 608 and I considered myself (notice the past tense) an authority on Jewish live south of the Mason-Dixon line. What a misconception! The truth of the matter is that many of the young married Jews of Nashville (I understand it to be the same in other Southern cities) are an active shcolarly group. Tliey encourage vibrant Jewish lives by example and design. Let me give you the one I observed. The Temple to which our nephew and his family belong is one year old. The membership is primarily under 50 years of age. The religious school enrollment is approximately 50 students. The children attend school on Sunday and two weekday afternoons. They also attend services on Shabbat, accompanied by their parents. The Temple building is in a pleasant suburb and was originally a disco, (hence a broad open span to provide moire than adequate seating plus a Bimah and a social hall/kitchen). They have a bright, knowledgeable Rabbi. All members must serve on a committee; no one gets off without serving in some capacity. In other words, you can's substitute dollars for participation. I found it refreshing to know that many of the younger generation are so committed to participating and fiirthering Jewish education and life.
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I don't know about you, but I feel rather strongly about the separation of church and state, a subject always being argued aboi^t in this country. I don't think religion belongs in the schools, unless, of course, we're talking about a parochial school. Our public schools and institutions of higher learning ought to concentrate (in my opinion) on the business of teaching. I guess while on the 'topic I have to remember that when I graduated from fai^ school, the Baccalaureate service was held in a local church, as it had been since time immemorial. I can only recall a feeling of discomfort with the entire service, but at the time, that was the way it was done. Well, things are very different-these days, as we all •know. And as aware as I am that they are, I was surprised the other day to hear that a parent someplace was threatening to bring suit against a school system over the requirement to say the Pledge of Allegiance. I had ^0 pay close attention to the details before I remembereiJs,that the Pledge my generation grew up reciting made nS reference to anything religious. We said, if you remember, "...one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." My kids were taught to say, "...one nation, under God, indivisible..." So exactly when and why were those two very significant words added to the Pledge? I've made a weak effort to find out — which is to say I checked one source and couldn't find it, but I really would like to know. I guess what I want most to know is what insM^ gated the en^re notion? Under 'WhMe presidentj^al administration did thio happen? And wh^/eponsored the idea and sold it to the powers that be? And while I'm certain I ought to remember all this, I don't; I wonder how convoluted the reasoning was that sponsored the notion in the first place. This "religion in the schools" stuff always triggers my interest and usually gives me ammunition for an argument, so I'll want to hear the results of the Pledge of Allegiance challenge. Should the case make its way through the system and end up in Washington, I'll REALLY be interested in the decision of the Supreme Court judges. Should that really happen, I guess v^would learn a lot about the history of the added words to the original pledge. Personally, I like to believe that the people who composed the original wording very deliberately avoided any mention whatsoever of anything remotely religious. I don't know...maybe I'm out of line, but I never did like the addition of those two words to the Pledge. To tell you the truth, I have trouble hearing about prayer sessions in the locker rooms of public schools. As you can tell, when I get involved, I get involved!
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"The Jewish Cultural Arts Council will present a four-day film festival July 18 to 21 at the JCC theater. ^. Films include "Tl;ie Man Without a World," "Europa, •yi Europa," "The Quarrel," and "Cup Final," all recent releases that reveal aspects of 20th-century Jewish life. Cost is $5 per film or all four films for $16. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the JCC's memberservices desk or at the door just before 7:30 p.m. showtime. A historical exhibit on the Omaha Section of "The Man Without a World," directed by Eleanor National Council of Jewish Women was orgaAntin (1992), is a silent film shot in black and white. It nized by, from left, Sally Malashock, Susie Honorees will be Lillian Farber and Becca portrays a Yiddish filmmaker in the 1920s and the pasGoldstein. Kaplan and Bev Gendler. sion and madness in his small Eastern European vilThe Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will hold its wide in commemoration of the organization's 100-year lage. I 11th annual meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the anniversary. "Europa, Europa," an award-winning German film Honorees at the meeting will be Lillian Farber, a by Polish director Agnieszka Holland (1992) is the true JCC. New ofTicers and board members will be installed 60-year member of the Omaha Section of NCJW, and story of a Jewish man, Solomon Perel, who survived before a dessert reception. On display during the Becca Goldstein, international president of B'nai World War II by l>eing mistaken as an Aryan. meeting will be an exhibit on the 97-year history of B'rith Girls. "The Quarrel," a Canadian film directed by Eli Mrs. Farber served as president of the Omaha Cohen (1992) with producers David Brandes and Kim the Omaha Section of National Council oi]j|ewish Section from 1943 to 1947. She also has co-chaired the Todd and associate producer Joseph Telushkin, preWomen. "We hope the entire community will share this spe- the Women's Division of Philanthropies for the Jewish sents the story of two friends, one religious and one cial evening with us," said Louise Abrahamson, presi- Federation of Omaha and served on the boards of secular, whose friendship survives the Holocaust. directors at Temple Israel and Brandeis University. dent of ^e historical s(^ty. "Cup Final," an Israeli film directed by Eran Riklis Ms. Goldstein, daughter of Ann and Donald Gold- (1991), is the story of a Tel Aviv boutique owner who The NCJW exhibit, organized by Sally Malashock, Susie Kaplan and Bev Gendler, accompanies the local stein, served twice as a delegate to March of the looks forward to attending the World Soccer Cup display of a quilt made by members of NCJW nation- Living in Py>land. Finals in Spain in 1982 but instead ends up in the Army during the Israeli invasion of Lelumon. Hie film offers insight about war, politics and life in contemporary Israel. By Cynthia Mann Festival chairman Seth Bomstein said the films Vill give viewers an opportunity to learn alx>ut the Jewish JERUSALEM (JTA) — The fervently Orthodox will experiences at different times during this century." constitute a majority in Israel society within 20 years, The series is sponsored in part by the Morton A. according to Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, former chief Richards Endowment Fund. rabbi of the United Kingdom. For more information, call Beth Seldin Dotan, JCAC Jakobovits made the surprising prediction- at a director, at 334-8200, extension 272. recent speech here, despite statistics that estimate haredi, or fervently Orthodox, population as making up slightly less than 10 percent of Israeli Jews. Jakobovits, who was speaking at Hebrew University on^lected items as part of a Davis Institute for International Relations irfjune and July conference, referred in his speech to a "colossal reversal" in Jewish trends. Treat the bride, the The prominent rabbi observed that 50 years ago, the graduate, the bar or Orthodox compromised the "Vanishing tribe of our peobat mitzvah (or yourple." Now, he said, "the tables are turned,, and the self!) to exquisite oneOrthodox are the only element maintaining and Stephanie Krieger of-a-kind gifts...and graduated cum laude increasing their strength." • save money, loo! Jakobovits said "rahipant intermarriage assimilawith a bachelor's degree in psyfchology from Bran- tion," particularly in the United States, and "radical in the birthrates between the fervently The Judaica Shop deis University in Walt- differentials" Orthodox and other Jews will usher in "dramatic ham, Mass., last month. Spon^irud by In August, she will begin changes" in the composition of the Jewish people in the liclh El Synafiuguv work as an elementary next 15 to 20 years. Women's lfc^^•(/(• schoolteacher for the Brookline (Mass.) School 14605 California St. District. Ms. Krieger is a T, w, Th, 11-2 daughter of Angle and Sun., 10-Noon NEW YORK (JTA) — The International Forum for a Stan Krieger. Unified Jerusalem has for the first time established a presence in the United States. Nat Kameny is serving as the group's representative here and is being joined on the Honorary Committee by a number of prominent citizens, including New York Gov. Mario Cuomo; Anti- Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman and U.S. Sens. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), Howard Metzenbaum (DMoideO heel Ohio) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). cups ond The forum aims to present the case of Israel's right to oiches crodle Adiustable strops lot Jerusalem, based on history and religion, according to your tool, your personal comfort obscKti shock a statement by the organization. Nolutolaichancl and itToghten ciBfuon support The group has started a newsletter, The Jerusalem Adam Rich, 11, posing with Lt.Gov. Maxine Moul, yom posture Guardian, and will soon publish a book, "Whose won third place in his age category in the Nebrasica Fun gran leott^er nubuk Of suedss m Jerusalem?" with a chronology of 360 dates and 150 Aviation Art Contest sponsored by the Nebraska on popular coloa quotations, ranging from the Scriptures to Department of Aeronautics and the Nebraska Flying Shakeapeare to Mark Twain. Farmers and Ranchers. Adam, a son of Diane and Phil Copies of the newsletter can be obtained by sending a Rich, has graduated from the Friadal Jewish Academy. stamped, lelf-addressed envelope to Nat Kameny, iniJ, 85 Thames Blvd., Bei^nfield, N J. 07621.
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