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Neurim - Omahd's homeluna m Israel By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director There are few things in life more heartwarming ing the children celebrate not only Israel's indepenthan a smile on the face of a child who has lived in dence day, but their own freedom as well. About terror, or hope in the eyes of a child who saw no half of Neurim's 1,200 students live in dormitories future. The Jewish Agency rescues Jewish children on campus. The rest go to school there but live at from places of terror and brings them to safety in home in towns nearby. Israel through a program called Youth Aliyah. Last fall, a portion of Omaha's regular 1993 Approximately 14,000 students receive Youth UJA allocation was used to renovate five pre-fab Aliyah services in Israel. Half of them are Israelis buildings that house 36 of the resident students. from deprived backgrounds. The other half are Twenty of those students came to Israel from the immigrants from Ethiopia, the former Soviet former Soviet Union without their parents. The Union, Eastern Europe and other areas of the other 16 are Israelis who cannot live at home with . world where Jews are oppressed. their families. The Omaha Jewish community supports the In addition to a warm, caring environment, work of Youth Aliyah through the annual Neurim provides students with educational trainUJA/Federation Campaigns, but it is sometimes ing to prepare them for life as productive, responsidifficult to visualize how that support is really help- ble Israeli adults. Vocational training is offered for ing Jewish children. careers in construction, office work, automotive However, last fall, Alan Pakes, Director of mechanics, nursing, electronics, computer science Communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, and technology-related fields. The educational prohelped Omaha establish a personal connection with gram also prepares those students who choose to go Olga Dugatco, who is an Olympic runner, • one of the Youth Aliyah villages in Israel. on to universities. came to Neurim from Russia two years ago. It is called Hadassah-Neurim and is located on Some Omahans have already made a personal the coast of the Mediterranean Sea just north of connection with the students at Neurim. Those who Netanya. The village was founded jointly in 1948 went on the Women's Division Leadership Mission by Youth Aliyah and Hadassah. last October visited Neurim, and participants of Omaha chairmen for this Israel connection pro- this year's Family Mission also visited there. gram are Patty Nogg and Mike Platt Both have In anticipation of summer Israel trips for some '. been to Israel on UJA misions and have met chil- Omahans, Mrs. Nogg arranged for teens going to dren who were brought to Youth Aliyah villages Israel this summer to write to students at Neurim. from Ethiopia as well as from the former Soviet One Omaha "teen has already received a response Union and-Eastem Europe. (see page ??). On the 1993 community mission, which Mr. and A memorable visit to Neurim is planned for the Mrs.' Platt chaired, he was particularly moved by Shalom Community Mission in October when parthe young men he'ihet who had come from ticipants will be welcomed by ihe students v/ha ttve Ethiopia. in the renovated dormitories and everyone will cele"These children have overcome tremendous brate this personal link between Omaha and hardships and are building a new life in Israel. Neurim. Meeting them was a very moving, overwhelming Anyone planning to travel to Israel who would experience," he remarked. like to visit with our students at Neurim is encourMrs. Nogg, who chaired the 1992 community aged to contact Jan Perelman at the Federation mission with her husband, Steve, visited a Youth office at 334-8200. Neurim students Guy Pelinker from Haifa Aliyah village on Yom Ha'atzmaut and enjoyed see(See related story and photos on page 6) and Sara Sankez from Moshav Safririm.
Bomb kills, injures scores, levels building in Argentin^_ By Susan Bimbaum NEW YORK (JTA) — The Argentine Jewish community was left reeling after a bomb ripped through its communal offices in Bhenos Aires on Monday morning, wreaking death and havoc in the building and surrounding ntighborhood. "There is awful consternation and ei^rmous confusion," said a statement by representatives of the Latin American Jewish Congress, which is headquartered in Buenos Aires. The blast completely leveled the seven-story building housing the Jewish Kehilla, or Jewish community organizations. At least 17 people were killed in the attack, and 127 injured, according to government officials. The explosion took place as employees were arriving for work just before 10 a.m. local time. An estimated 100 people wore inside the buildioff at the time. The death loll was expected to rise as workers sifted through the rubble. Among those- killed were two police officers in a car stationt-d outside the building as a security measure. The blast echoed the one that demolished the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in March 1992. No one was ever triad for that attack, which killed 30 and injured 250. At the time of that bombing, the Islamic Jihad in Beirut issued a ttatament claiming responsibility. In this laiett attack, a group calling itself Islamic Command called a local radio station to take rMponsibility. Two fortignar.. were reportedly arrttted in con-
nection with the attack as they were trying to leave the country iVIonday, but Argentine officials declined to say whether they were members of any specific g^up. Argentine President Carlos Menem had sealed the country's borders in order to prevent the escape of any suspected bombers and had appealed on the airwaves for calm. Passengers who had already boarded p'anes were returned to airport terminals In Israel, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin called the attack "a coward|y, criminal, despicable act" and Foreign Minister Shimon Feres said, "We will do all we can to help those who have suffered in this attack." The blast cast a pall over the opening of talks between Israel and Jordan on Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in Israel, told reporters that the attack in Argentina was n reminder that "there are still enemies of pcacf" throughout the world. "We redouble our efforts," he said, "while commiserating with the Jewish people in that terrible incident in Buenos Aires." Jordan also condemned the attack, as did the Palestine Liberation Organization. Feyez al-Tarawneh, Jordanian ambassador to the United States who is heading the Jordanian delegation to the talks in Ein Avrona in the Arava, said Jordan condemned all terror acts. He said he hoped the peace process that was being discussed would end such acts. Meanwhile, UrBel's Foreign Ministry opened an •mergancy hot line to answer anxious queries fVom the tans of thousands of immigrants ftx>m
Argentina who have family in Buenos Aires. The blast sent ripples of fear throughout the Argentine Jewish community of 220,000, the largest in South America, which had barely recovered from the 1992 attack on the embassy. Observers noted the similarities between the two attacks, including the apparent use of car bombs in both incidents and the fact that each building was undergoing construction work when the blast occurred, with workers freely coming and going This time, the bomb struck one of the community's most important addresses. The building housed the DAIA, the umbrella organization of Argentine Jewry; the AMIA, the community's 100- year-old main social service agency for the poor and aged; a library of YIVO, the Jewish Research Institute, where the archives on Jewish life in Argentina are stored; and the Jewish Community Council, amonf^ other organizations. A spokesperson at Hadassah in Buenos Aires siiui the community was in "a stale of shock." '"They are really frightened," said Bernice Tonnenbaum, coordinator of Hadassah International, who was in touch with her col leagues in Buenos Aires. She said that '"a call was made for complete silence in the area" so that any cries for help from under the debris could be detected. The result was "eerie," she said. Tannenbaum said she hod been told there wera calls on Argentine radio for donations of ditfaraiit sorts, from money to blood to equipment, and civilian guards. (Continued on p«g« 11)
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Deaths ISADORE H. WEINER Services for Isadore H. Weiner,-90, were held Tuesday at Ciolden Hill Cemetery. Survii^ors include three daughters, Leta Levinger, Janey Dann and Bette Stem; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one nephew. Mr. Weiner had been in the hotel and restaurant business in Omaha for over 50 years. Memorials may be made to the Iz and Rose Weiner Trust Fund, c/o Jewish Federation, 333 S. 132nd St, Opaha 68154.
MATILDA "nLLTE" SOLOMON Services for Matilda Solomon of Denver, formerly of Omaha, were held June 21 at Emanuel Cemetery. She died June 21 at the age of 100. Rabbi Avi Schulman officiated. Survivors include two daughters, Sally Dworkin of Denver and Arlene Shattil of Chicago; a son. Jack of Chicago; 11 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Solomon moved to Omaha in 1908 and married Jack Solomon in 1917. She spent a number of years operating a bookROSE WILFSON KATLEMAN store in Omaha and was active in Congregation Services for Rose Katleman of Rockville, Md., Temple Israel and the National Council of Jewish formerly of Omaha, were held Friday, July 15, at Women. Mr. Solomon died in 1978. B'nai Israel Congregation in Rockville. Burial was Memorials may be made to Temple Sinai. at Judean Memorial Gardens. DR. ROBERT GRANT She was preceded in death by her husband, Word has been received of the July 1 death of Sidney. Dr. Robert Grant of Lincoln. Survivors include two daughters. Feme Survivors include his wife, Shirley; two sons. Dr. Katleman of Columbus, Ohio, and Matlee Yadin of Richard Grant of Bellevue and Michael of Walnut Rockville; two grandchildren; and six great-grand- Creek, Calif.; a daughter, Linda Perlman of York; children. and three granddaughters. Memorials may be made to charity of your Dr. Grant was a retired pediatrician and had choice. been a Lincoln resident for 50 years.
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Senate approves aid By Matthew Dorf WASHINGTON (JTA) - The Senate has passed a $13.6 billion foreign aid package that includes 13 billion in aid to Israel and $78 million to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. The House of Represantatives paassd a similar bill earlier this year. House and Senate nagotiaiora will meet latar in the summer to hammer out differeneas batwtsn the versions.
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Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7 p.m. vices. . . .Plus the centuries-old "teaching of contempt" SATURDAY: The Devar Torah will be given by David Skid. that was all unenlightened Christendom in Europe Morning services are at 8:45 a.ml in the Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Shabbat story time is thj»first and third knew of Jews. For centuries, no papal notice about Jews could appear without a hateful adjective like Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Saturday at 11 a.m. Mt> lb Babysitting .service also provided by Sisterhpod. Minha-Ma'ariv and HavdalV services at 8:45 "damned, condemned, rejected, cursed, evil, wicked, Satanic, devilish, or diabolic, etc., etc." Mincha is at 8:35 p.m, Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv p.m. Successive Church Councils, during the same and Havdalah conclude the services. Weekly Torah study, an English discussion of SUNDAY: the Torah portion with modern commentaries, centuries, always increased, never decreased, the restrictions upon Jews in various countries. It is no Services at 9 a.m. and 8:35 p.m. meets 30 minutes after services. wonder that anti-Semitism in European WEEKDAYS: SUNDAY: Christendom was deep, thick, multi-layered, Services at 7 a.m. and 8:35 p.m. Services are at 9 a.m. intractable. WEEKDAYS: With the Enlightenment in Western Europe, as Services are at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ^^^. TEMPLE ISRAEL early as the late 18th century, and continuing into Judaica Shop ^^Hp 7023 Cass Street Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 the 19th, and with Vatican II in our own 20th, and ^•^^ Omaha, NE 68132 with the general dawning of conscience in world p.m., and by appointment. ^m 556-6536 Catholicism and Protestantism after the Holocaust, Beth El Picnic Series FRIDAY: Beth El will hold a series of picnics for children the profoundly flawed theology of Christianity visPark service at 7 p.m. Bring a picnic supper at and their families. The first picnic will be a-vis Jews has begun to change. What horrors, they 6:30 p.m. (Meadowbrook Park — between 118th & Thursday, July 28, 7 p.m., at Beth El for children have begun to say, have our hatefulness, our super119th on Famam). entering the first and second grades; third and sessionism, our triumphalism, spawned? Alternative service in the Chapel at 7:30 p.m. It will take generations (I hope not centuries!) Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Jeffrey Taxman fourth grades will celebrate Aug. 4; picnic for fifth for this new attitude to take hold. But there are and sixth grades will be Aug. 11. For reservations will officiate. hopeful signs. The theme for the early services in July and and information, call Dan Fellman at 492-8550. Our Sidrah has it,".. .Laws and rules.. .Observe August is "Finding Our Way: the Road to Jewish them faithfully, for that will be proof of your wisSpirituality." TIFERETH ISRAEL dom and discernment to other peoples, who. . .will SATURDAY: 3219 Sheridan Blvd. say, 'Surely that great nation is a wise and discernShabbat morning service is at 10:15 a.m. Lincoln. NE 68502 ing people." Simcha B'Shabbat — The congregation, together 423-8569 Although excellent statements have come from with the Rabbis and Cantor, will study the Torah Services are officiated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. upper echelon Protestant sources, old ideas about portion for the weeek. Minyans every Monday and Thursday at 7:15 Jews still appear regularly in lessons for children Sitter Service a.m. in most Protestant circles in America, ideas that Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening FRIDAY: rise from the old theology. The Protestants are far service. Please make a reservation so we may plan Light candles no later than 8:34 p.m. behind Catholics in this respect. accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. Services start at 8 p.m. Catholics have made a sincere and comprehenShabbat in the Park SATURDAY: sive effort to improve teaching about Jews in Shabbat services will be held in the park this Services start at 9:30 a.m. American Catholic schools. There is a concerted Friday at Meadowbrook Park and also on Aug. 19 attempt to show the Jewish roots of Christianity at the JCC in back by the gazebo. For both events, B'NAI JESHURUN and the Jewishness of Jesus. The deicide charge bring a picnic supper at 6:30 p.m., services will fol20th and South Streets and the vilification of the Pharisees have been low at 7 p.m. Also, bring any sporting equipment to Lincoln, NE 68502 removed. The recognition that Judaism is a legitibe used for games, etc. 435-8004 mate faith (somehow Jews always knew that!) is Indoor alternative service will be held in the Services are officiated by Cantor Michael making headway, against the old view that Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Weisser. Judaism ceased to be of worth after Jesus FRIDAY: appeared. Shabbat evening service at 7:45 p.m. rB'NAI ISRAEL In general, European teaching trails far behind SATURDAY: The RECONSTRUCnONIST American efforts. Nonetheless, details of the recent Torah study and service at 10 a.m. CONGREGATION recognition of Israel by the Vatican and of the SUNDAY: Omaha-Council Bluffs Vatican by Israel includes a promise of the Church Hebrew school at 9 a.m.; Religious school at 10 to try to eradicate anti-Semitism. Perhaps our 322-4705 Services are led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and a.m. grandchildren, or theirs, will witness a view of TUESDAY: congregants. Judiism and Jews heralded in our Sidrah, that Adult education classes will NOT meet during "t'n.lgreat nation is a wise and discerning people." For information on any synagogue activities, call July. The class will resume in August with sessions 322-4705. Is iiot this a theme apt for our consideration on on the meaning and importance of the High Holy Shabbat Nahamu, the Sabbath of Comfort? FRIDAY: Family Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m., 618 Days. THURSDAY: Mynster St., Council Bluifs. Choir practice at 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, July 29: Temple Garage Sale Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m., 618 Mynster St., The annual Temple garage sale fund-raiser will Council BlufTs. be held in August. Donotions are greatly needed. Beth Seldin Dotnn, Jewish Cultural Arts direcBring items to the Temple during the month of tor, has received one of the 1994 Behrman House CHABAD HOUSE July. For information, contact Susan Hall at 489NATE Education Awards, it was recently ^K 1322 Sa 119th Street 9031. announced. This award is made to enable Reform ^B Omaha, NE 68144 Jewish Educators who are NATE members to con^^ 687-1124 ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME tinue and extend their professional education. I SATURDAY: SATURDAY: In notifying Mrs. Dotan, Karen L, Goodis, chairDnvcning it at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush Services are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 man, said, "We commend you on your commitment SUNDAY: a.m. to continuing education and professional growth Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Members of the community are invited to join and look forward to formally recognizing you at the Talmud Claatei appropriate time. Best of luck in your studies." Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced residents for the service and the kiddush following. Special memorial services are held on the last Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday, Saturday of each month. Chumaah Claaa Jews denied entry Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. By Dvorah Gotzler OFFUTT Yiddiah JERUSALEM (.ITA) — Fallout from the rioting" Capehart Chapel "Hooked on Yiddish' lessons, Wednesdays at 7 at the Flrei; checkpoint between the Gazn Strip and 25th Street and Capehart p.m, at Chabad House. Israel landed in Jerusalem on Sunday, when the fl Omaha, NK 68123 English Class local police chief forlwdn Ihp ullrnniitionnlist Bi'oup, 294-6051 "Think Jewish and speak Rnglish' CIOSSOH on FRIDAY: Faithful of the Temple Mount, to enter the Tempi Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Services htart at 8 p.m. iircn Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad Houst-,
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Among participants of the B'nai B'rith Bowling League in 1954 were: Back row, from left: Ella Belle Schloff, Dina Bloom and Edith Noddle. Front row, from left: Sonia Forbes and Doris Koom. The photo is among many that will be on display in the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society exhibit, opening Oct. 11 in the JCC gallery.
An experience in Israel
By Corey Kirahenbaum, JCC Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a twoweek Assistant Executive Directors' conference in Israel, sponsored by the Jewish Community Center Association of North America. My trip was made possible by a grant from the C,M. (Nick) Newman Bequest and the Jewish Community Center. Prior to my trip, I would often pick up the Jewish Press and read articles on Israel by members of our community. They described the different sites and the exotic beauty of the country. In the back of my mind, I asked myself, "Why would anyone want to go to Israel?" I couldn't understand wanting to go to a place where people walk around carrying guns and where your life could be in danger. I had never read anything on the measures taken in Israel to ensure the well-being of visitors and Israeli citizens. On my arrival at the airline gAte, a nice Israeli gentleman stopped me and told me he would like to ask me a few questions. Since this was my first trip to Israel, I thought to myself, "What!?! He's going to ask me questions! What happens if I don't have the right answer? Will he stop me from going?" He asked me why I was going to Israel, if I had packed my own luggage and if I had been separated from my luggage anytime since it was packed. He also asked if anyone had given me a package to take to Israel or if I had anything in my bags that could be used as a weapon. Then he carefully looked at my passport and finally let me through the gate. Later, I was told that my luggage was thoroughly searched. Their thoroughness gave me a feeling of well-being and allayed some of my fears. About 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time, they announced the gate number. Prior to my boarding the plane, they searched my carry-on. Upon my arrival in Israel, a similar procedure was followed before we were permitted to leave the airport. Seasoned travelers to Israel told me I would see soldiers carrying guns almost every-
Organizations YES YES will meet Monday at the J'^C. Activities will start at 10:30 a.m., and include discussion group on current events, bingo, and English class for older new Americans. Following lunch, the YES choral singers will perform. For transportation, call 330-4272. YES will take a day trip Thursday to the Federal Reserve Bank in Omaha. There will be no further programming at the JCC Thursday.
BREADBREAKERS Mcyor Michael Thomas will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western. Major Thomas is the recipient of the Ike Friedman Award, presented for his work with the Civil Air Patrol Squadron which the Lodge has contributed to. Cost is (7.50 and the public may attend.
Free books in the older adult lounge More than 100 novels and mystery books that were part of the Swanson Library book sale are now available at no charge in the Older Adult lounge at the JCC for all members of the community. The books were given by Friends of the Omaha Public Library, following the close of the Swanson Library book sale. Many of the remaining books were given to local hospitals and other senior citizen programs.
50th anniversary celebration of the American Jewish Press Association (third in a series) By Alexander M. Schindler, president. Union of American Hebrew Congregation A Jewish leader 1 know was informed that an article about his organization was featured in a Jewish newspaper. He was unimpressed. "Yes, but nothing appeared in the important press," he said. "1 mean like the New York Times-or Washington Post." That kind of perspective betrays a lack of understanding of the importance of the American Jewish media — the real communications lifeline of the Jewish community. While I do not demean the role of mtuor daily newspapers, it is the Jewish press that week-in and week-out tells American Jews what is happening to our people, locally, nationally and internationally — particularly in Israel, which remains the principle focus of Jews and Judaism worldwide. But the Jewish press does more than report the news. It also fulfills the crucial responsibility of helping develop and reflect Jewish public opinion. Its editorials help that opinion to crystallize. Its columnists add further depth and insight in the emergence of Jewish community policy. Its letters to the editor add a vital interactive dimension to the process. Because of its key role in dispensing information and forming opinion, the Jewish media must remain strong, vibrant and independent, free of control by vested interests and "spin artists" more concerned with managing the
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assistant executive director where in the country, even on the bus. I began my trip expecting to see armed soldiers on every corner and there were none to be found. 1 got on the bus and looked for the armed guard, but he never materialized. Finally, being very nervous to begin with, I asked the tour guide where the armed escort was and why there were no soldiers around. He told me we would have an armed guard when we ventured into certain parts of the country where caution was necessary. His assurance helped calm me down and I began to relax and enjoy the trip. That night, we took a late-night tour of Ben Yehudah Street. We walked about a mile and a half and returned at 1 a.m. As we walked, I remarked to one of my colleagues that I would never walk in Omaha for 45 minutes at 1 a.m., even with a group. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't think of taking this walk even in the safest American city. I would be looking over my shoulder every step of the way. Why didn't I feel this way in Israel? I can't explain it, but in Israel I felt safe. From the minute I arrived in Jerusalem until the day we left Tel Aviv, I felt as though I was in the safest country in the world. I didn't panic even when we were detained because someone discovered an unattended package on a street in Jerusalem. Even when we went through the check point on the West Bank where soldiers were chasing Arabs without proper papers, I felt well protected. During our stay in Tel Aviv, I often confidently strolled along the beach at night and felt thoroughly safe. Israelis live with pertain tensions but they get on with their lives, taking each day as it-comes. So, when it came time to leave and the lady at the check-in told me she was going to ask me a few questions, I smiled and said I'd be happy to cooperate. Why this long spiel? Well, if you're like me and ask yourself, "Why would someone want to go to Israel and put their life in danger?", take some advice from a seasoned worrier: don't waste your time - it's safe, you'll love it.
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news than presenting it truthfully and objectively. There is a current tension in Jewish journalism between those who argue that only independent ownership can guarantee an honest and indepen dent press and those who insist that the healthy state of the media can best be maintained by guar anteeing financial stability through ownership by local federations or subsidy arrangements with other communal organizations. My own strong preference, often stated in the past, is for independent management and control. However, I recognize that it has been possible in some communities to maintain editorial freedom in spite of federation ownership or communal subsidies by establishing carefully structured guidelines and the appointment of truly independent editors and editorial boards. The 60th anniversary of the American Jewish Press Association is an auspicious occasion, reminding us that for the Jewish community, the Jewish media are truly important media. As we hail this remarkable growth and increasing sophistication of American Jewish journalism in the last half century, let us continue to encourage selfcriticism by the members of the press — the editors and reporters who write and edit our community*! newspapers. In the final analysis, professional prido p-id selfcriticism arp the real keys to independence and excellence.
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Because I was a stubborn mule and insisted, that's why! After all, new is new, even if old is cooler. Right? There were alternatives to sitting in a hot synagogue, if your elders tended to be lenient. A person (witti a few friends) could always walk over to the other shul on 18th and Chicago. And walk was the definitive word — especially on yomtov. We didn't expect to ride because it simply wasn't done. Things are so different today, starting with the air conditioning.' And the arrangements made with neighboring property owners for extra parking. Not so many of us walk anymore, which is probably just as well. Most of us live more than "a stone's throw" from our synagogue these days, and few of us are Olympic walkers. I'm also grateful for the temperature control we enjoy these days. It makes it easier to concentrate on the matter at hand when you don't feel faint, let's face it. Wait a minute — some extra thought will probably need to go into the menu planning if we anticipate hot weather. Maybe that's the cue to skip the Karl and Cory Epstein eigoy a break while in hot soup altogether and proceed directly from cold Israel on family mission. fish to the next course. I can see that will take us Only one word — FANTASTIC! away from the usual stuff. By Kari and Cory Epstein And you know what? It's not a minute too soon to Family mission participants start thinking about it. * When we were asked about our mission to Israel, Talk to you later ... there was only one word to be said. FANTASTIC! We had the opportunity to meet new people, to visit our Jewish holy land, and to discover our roots, we By Kristie Schulman could go on and on! . Barton (Bucky) Greenberg recently particiWomen's American ORT recently held installaNot only was this mission educational but there pated in the World Masters swimming nnee( held at tion of officers at the home of Beth Michnowski. Jill were special activities to enhance the trip for us! the 1976 Olympic competition pool in Montreal, Goode, ORT Field Service Representative from Some of those included the treasure hunt around Canada. Competing tigainst 20 other swimmers in Munster, Ind., performed the installation. the Jewish Quarter, planting a tree with our famihis age bracket from around the world, he won gold Those who will serve on the 1994-95 ORT board lies, dancing on the boat cruise with the counselors, medals in the 50- and" 100-meter breaststroke. His are: floating in the Dead Sea, being able to share our Kathy Siref and Cindy Shulewitz, co-presidents; feelings on the microphones, and participating in times were approximately one second off from the existing world records. Beth Michnowski, treasurer; Robbie Gordon and the B'nai Mitzvah re-confirmation service. Joye Wees, corresponding secretaries; Dale Moss, The staff and guides added a great touch to the '•, Reilly Katherine Abranu, daughter of James parlimentarian; Robbie Gordon, Andrea Grossman, mission by sharing with us their knowledge, humor Abrams and Laura Reilly, has been selected as one Beth Michnowski, Marcie Meyer, Janet Klein, and friendship: of the 98 Texaco Foundation Scholarship winners Carol Nathan, Kristie Schulman, Nancy Rech, The mission was very well organized, and truly a nationwide, a program established to help finance Caiyn Rifkin and Claudia Sherman, event coordi- learning experience for the both of us. We know the college education of sons and daughters of nators. that we will never forget this mission to Israel, and Texaco employees who exhibit academic excellence. the friends that we made on it We feel veiy lucky She is a graduate of George Washington High to have gone on the UJA Mission. School in Denver where she was a member of the National Honor Society, varsity soccer team, copresident of the Key Club, a section editor of her Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Giller announce the July yearbook and named to the academic honor roll for four years. She is also a graduate of the 5 birth of a daughter. Abbey Pauline. They also have a daughter, Emily Rebecca. International Baccalaureate Program. Grandparents are Alvin and Doris Abromson Reilly is the granddaughter of Edith Abrams of and the late Oscar and Belle Giller. Omaha. By Bert Lewis It's July . . . somehow, Memorial Day has been and gone, the kids have been dismissed from school, the 4th of July has been celebrated and here and there I'm hearing talk about the High Holidays. Is this possible? I guess it is — I've been mentally fussing with myself about something I promised to have done before Rosh Hashanah. Ton add to the pressure, the holidays and Labor Day seem just about t^e same dates this year... early. I can never think about a really early yomtov without thinking back to childhood and the new clothes which were part of the holiday spirit. Naturally, the outfit which was intended to be worn to shul, was a nice wintery wool because it was purchased for the season when wool was appropriate. Yomtov in the first week of September was predictably hot. I mean Nebraska hot; make that No-Air Conditioning HOT. Since our charming shul (on 19th and Burt Street) had to depend on the breeze from the adjustment of a tallit here and there, or from the pages of the prayer books being turned, there wasn't a lot of air. I seem to remember somebody fainting now and then, and often there were those who would "go outside for a breath of air," but most of all I remember wearing the new wool outfit. Why, in such heat?
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Julia Dinkevitch came from Lvov, Ukraine, Iris Balili came from Jerusalem. lastfeU.
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Hello Brian! I'll be glad to meet you in Israel. I am also very glad that you are going on a trip to Israel this summer. I hope we will see each other this summer. You know my English is not so good so it will be very difficult for you to speak with me, but I'll try to do my best to learn speaking English. Now I am going to tell you about myself I am 16 years old. I came from Kamchatka. I also love to follow basketball. You know it's rather difficult for me to speak to you this way. I hope we'll have enough time to speak. I am waiting for your answer. Please write me back. Alexei
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Comet owes its discovery to Iteen eyes of a Jewish man ^ Bram D. Eisenthal The course that led Levy to be part of the discovMONTREAL, July 16 (JTA) — Like William ery of this and other comets began with his obserShatner, who portrayed Star Trek Capt. James T. vations of the skies over Montreal when he was' a Kirk on television, another Jew born and bred in boy in the suburb of Westmount, and to a book he Montreal has become a key player in a celestial was given to take his mind off a cast wrapped tale. around a broken arm. However, this player — David Levy — is of the Talking from his home in Tucson, Ariz., a non- flctional kind. And he is co-responsible for dis- favorite site for astronomers and the place he has < covering a comet, fragments of which collided big- lived since 197'9, Levy recalled the day in June time with the planet Jupiter this past week. 1960 "when I fell off my bike the last day before The event is being billed as the most awesome vacation and broke my arm." stellar event in history. Almost two dozen fragTo console him, "my cousin Roy Kaufman gave ments of a comet believed to be as old as the uni- me a book on the planets." Reading the book that verse itself— 4.5 billion years — will crash into the summer while his arm healed, he became hooked far side of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar on sky-watching. Levy recounted. system. He was further ensnared by a used 3.5-inch The noise that will be made by the impact of Skyscope reflector telescope his uncle gave him at these pieces, some of them 2 or 3 miles wide, is summer's end. "It was a good investment," Levy expected to be the loudest ever heard in the history said. "I still use it today." of the solar system, something like the sound that On Oct. 8, 1960, the young Levy paid his first would come from the explosions of several nuclear visit to the observatory of the Royal Astronomical bombs. Society of Canada, Montreal Center, situated on Levy, 46, an astronomer, author and columnist land owned by McGill University. That observatory would become his second for the magazine, "Sky and Telescope," discovered this eomet along with Carolyn and Eugene home, remaining so to this very day. In fact, Levy Shoemaker, prominent American astronomers with is its honorary president. whom he has discovered 13 comets. Levy made a habit of logging every stellar object Eugene Shoemaker, 66, founded the U.S. he saw. Geological Survey's branch of astrogeology and was "Observing and recording teaches you care and one of the scientists in the early moon exploration discipline at the eyepiece," he pointed out. "You program. Carolyn Shoemaker, 64, who joined her need a lot of both if you want to discover comets husband as an unpaid partner, is responsible for and other celestial bodies." 'discovering 28 comets, a world record. He certainly needed the minute attention to On March 23, 1993, the three astronomers were detail and observation and the tenacity to keep scanning the skies for undiscovered comets through going to forge his own career as an astronomer. He an 18-inch telescope. did not discover his first comet until Nov. 13, 1984, Carolyn suddenly saw something in the sky not afler 19 years and 917 hours at the telescope. far from Jupiter. Since then, Levy has discovered or co-discovered There was much deliberating on what they saw. 21 comets, all of them containing his name. Among Levy's many finds, Shoemaker-Levy 9 is Analyzing the film they had shot of the sky, they saw that the object was a streak, not a dot. AVhat arguably his most fascinating. On Saturday, telewould become Levy-Shoemaker 9 was subsequently scopes all over the Earth will be trained on Jupiter, determined to be a comet breaking up and on a col- some 300 times the size of Earth. ("Actually, if you opened Jupiter at the top, you lision course with the solar system's largest planet.
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Max Baer, a longtime 'activist with B'nai B'rith International, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Washington. He was 81. Baer retired as director of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization in 1977, having been in the post since 1948. He joined the group as a member in 1929 in Indiana and remained associated with the organization for 65 years, 43 of which he served in' staff and leadership posts. Even after retiring, Baer remained a B'nai B'rith consultant A native of Frankfurt, Germany, Baer was ' raised in Indiana. He went to Notre Dame University and the University of Arizona, majoring in economics; earned a law degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska; a master's degree in education at Columbia University in New York; and a doctorate in education from George Washington University in the capitol. In 1934, while in Omaha, he joined the B'nai B'rith staff as assistant executive secretary of its boys division. In 1938 he moved to Washington to open the organization's Vocational Service Bureau and was its national director for six years while simultaneously serving as the BBYO international director. As director of B'nai B'rith Youth, he hired professional social workers and trained them to be field directors and made the group the world's largest Jewish youth movement. He also developed leadership programs, including a Summer Institute. Baer was particularly active in resettling Jewish refugees firom Austria and Czechoslovakia in this country in the late 1930s. Many members of B'nai B'rith in Europe had been deported to concentration camps. But at that time, Jews could still escape if Americans signed affidavits of financial support As B'nai B'rith refugee director, Baer got several thousand affidavits, thus saving many Jewish lives.
After World War II, Baer initiated a national survey to expose and thus bring to an end the quota systems at various American colleges that were barring Jewish war veterans from attending. Baer authored B'nai B'rith's first code of personnel policies and practices. He also wrote several books on vocational guidance, including a college text, "Occupational Information." He also served as a consultant to the U.S. Labor Department and the Social Security Administration.
N.Y. posed to mandate human rights education By Abigail Pickus NEW YORK (JTA) — New York is poised to become the fifth state in the country to mandate the teaching of major human rights violations, including the Holocaust and slavery. The New York State Legislature last month passed the legislation. If Gov. Mario Cuomo signs the bill, as expected, New York will follow the lead of New Jersey, Illinois, California and Florida in mandating human rights education. "My most fervent hope is that making the study of human rights, the Holocaust and slavery mandatory will produce a generation of enlightened youth that will not be condemned to see history repeat itself," State Sen. Emanuel Gold, the Democrat from Queens who was one of the bill's sponsors, sitid in a statement. "Looking into the face of hate will generate the type of soul-searching that I hope will produce more thoughtful and sensitive young people," Gold said. He added that this kind of education is vital especially in light of recent atrocities in BosniaHerzegovina and Africa. Gold, who anticipates the governor's approval, is confident the new curriculum will be ready by the start of the school year. Both houses of the legislature passed the bill last month.
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By Elizabeth Bernstein JUF News CHICAGO (JTA) — In the latest of several recent incidents of vandalism at Jewish facilities on Chicago's North Side, a synagogue founded by Holocaust refugees from Tiktin, Poland, was hit this week by a makeshift bomb. According to bomb and arson detectives, a Molotov cocktail- type device was lobbed through a basement window of Mikro Kodesh Anshei Tiktin Synagogue between midnight and 8 a.m. Sunday morning. It was reported by congregation member Arnold Miller, who said he arrived at the shul that morning and "saw smoke coming from the basement." Miller said the bomb charred the window sill and side of the building and started a small fire, which caused minimal damage before burning itself out. Sunday morning services at the synagogue were canceled. Synagogue Rabbi Irving Miller said, "The Holocaust survivors in the congregation remember events like this in Europe and do not expect behavior like this in America." Even though the police called the incident "unusual" for the area, Arnold Miller said that he suspected his synagogue had fallen victim to the same anti-Semitic vandalism that has struck at other North Side Jewish institutions in recent months. "This is something that's been going on," Arnold Miller said. "It's not something that just occurred at our place." He also said someone broke one of the building's windows last Friday night. In January, four synagogues and the Chicago Community Kollel for Advanced Torah Studies, all located in a several-block radius in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of West Rogers Park, were the victims of arson. Three Palestinian-Americans were arrested in those cases, said Michael Sandberg, Midwest civi rights director for the Anti-Defamation League.
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Jews-Blacks push racial justice act By Matthew Dorf WASHINGTON (JTA) — Blacks and Jews have joined forces in an attempt to ensure Congress passes a crime bill that guarantees defendants the right to appeal death sentences if racial bias is suspected. The Racial Justice Act, included in the House of Representatives version of the crime bill, allows a defendant to challenge ^ death sentence based on his or her belief that the sentence was imposed as a result of the race of the victim or defendant. Both the House and Senate passed crime bills earlier this year that extend the death penalty to an additional 50 federal crimes. As members of Congress meet to hammer out the differences between the two versions, the House-passed Racial Justice Act has become a primary stumbling block. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have pledged to scuttle the crime bill if the final version comes before the House without racial justice provisions.
Most Jewish organizations have consistently opposed the death penalty over the years. But some groups, believing that national political opinion supports some form of the death penalty, have chosen to back the Racial Justice Act to ensure that racism does not factor into executions. , "It's a matter of simple justice," said Mark Pelavin, Washington representative of the American Jewish Congress. "If you're goingito have a death penalty you have to make sure there is no room for racism." In a letter to President Clinton, the American Jewish Congress called on the president to "end your troubling silence" and to ensure that "racism must not be allowed to play a role in' meting out justice in America." AJCongress and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism have joined with U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (t)-N.Y.), a Jewish member of Congress, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the
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By Suzanne Belling JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — South African Jews have expressed concern and anger over recent statements by Defense Minister Joe Modise that lashed out against Israel and compared Israeli policies toward Palestinians with the old apartheid regime. Local media commentators suggested Modise's remarks signaled an end to South Africa's special relationship with Israel. "Israel was the main partner of this country, the biggest buster of sanctions, including the arms embargo," Modise said in a recent interview with Reuters. He said that Israel had continued to supply the old South African regime with arms even after other countries like France and Italy had stopped doing so. Comparing Israel to the old South Africa, Modise said, "Politically they were more or less in the same trench." "The things the Israelis did to the Palestinians were not very different from what South Africa did to its own inhabitants," he said. "The only difference between Israel and South Africa is that it was not in the law books of Israel like it was in this country." Jewish groups reacted swiftly to the remarks. The comparison of Israel's policy toward the Palestinians and the apartheid years in South Africa are "not only absolutely untrue, but also a deliberately hurtful comparison," Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, said in a joint statement
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France inaugurates memorial to victims of Vichy regime By Michel Di Paz PARIS (JTA) — French President Francois Mitterrand was among the French and Jewish leaders who attended inauguration ceremonies here Sunday for a monument to the Jews in France who were deported to the Nazi death camps by France's collaborationist Vichy regime. The monument was located near the Vel d'Hiv, the now- demolished cycling stadium where French police held some 13,000 Jews during the infamous July 16 and 17, 1942 roundups. About 4,000 of the Jews, those without family, wers sent to the Drancy internment camp near Paris, from which they were deported to Auschwitz. The remaining 9,000, which included 4,000 children, were kept at the Vel d'Hiv for n wei'k ami then sent directly to Auschwitz. The inauguration of the monument took place on the day Mitterrand designated last year as a day of national commemoration for the 76,000 Jews in France deported to Nazi death camps during the war. Only some 2,000 survived. The monument was created by artist Walter Spitzer, who was himself a survivor of Auschwitz, where all his family perished. Along with Mitterrand at the inaug'-'^ation ceremony were French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac and Jean Kahn, head of CRIF, the umbrella organization of French Jewish organizations. Paris Chief Rabbi Alain Goldmann, who recited a prayer, was joined at the commemoration by other religious leaders.
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Bomb levels building; scores killed, injured (Continued from page 1) Jemardo Zelcer, the Buenos Aires representative if the American Jewish Joint Distribution yommittee, described the mood as laden with 'much perplexity and much pain." Elan Steinberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress in New York, said the Argentine [overnment has called for three days of official louming. Steinberg also reported that leaders of the DAIA leld a meeting late Monday with five government ninisters at a secret location. All indications point to Muslim fundamentalBts," he said, after speaking with participants in he meeting. WJC faxed Jewish communal offices around the ^orld urging them to take special precautions since he explosion appeared to be of terrorist origins. A pokesman for B'nai B'rith International said his Toup was doing the same. In New York, the American Jewish Committee leld a hastily arranged meeting with the visiting Argentine minister of the interior, Carlos Ruckauf.
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SILVER CIRCLE DONORS
Our Silver Circle Donors are tl^e foundation of our Jewish community's growth and strength. They are the individuals who have consistently contributed to the UJA/Federation Campaigns for 25 years or more. Because they make their annual gift a priority, our community has the funds to support the programs and services of the Federation and its family of agencies, as well as to help Jews in Israel and in depressed countries around the world.
We appreciate the many warm comments from Silver Circle donors, and will be printing all of them in future issues of the JEWISH PRESS.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. Ronald Brodkey The Jewish citizens of Omaha and of the United States have established an unprecedented level of giving and achievements in our community. I have been lucky to have had my grandparents and parents participate in tifiese efforts. They have passed this responsibility on to my generation and my role will be to instill this level of consciousness to my children.
Cari Sommer 1 am proud to be al^ to participate in the Jewish tradition of giving to charity, supporting our community arui taking care of our own. Geraldine LaPierre 1 sincerely believe that charity begins at home and I consider the Jewish Federation to be part of my home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Neff If s how we were raised, ifs what we believe. If not us, then who!! Harry Schulman I feel as every Jew should feel — that it is my duty to support our Federatioa Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wolfson If s the responsibility of every Jewish family to be involved in our conunimity affairs, to survive and prosper.
Silver Circle Donors Milton R. Abrahams Pauline S. Abrahams William S. Abrahams Alvin Abramson Doris Abramson Leon Alexander Margie Alperson Jeanette Ban Jane P. Batt Norman Batt Tom Bernstein Gerald W. Bemstien Harold Bloom Alan Blotcky Louie Blumkin Iz Bogdanoff Genevieve Bomslein Mel Bomslein Beth Brodkey Bess Brodkey Harold Brodkey Lucille Brodkey M. Ronald Brodkey Sylvia Brodkey Florence Brody Jack Brody Jane H. Brooks Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks Esther S, Canar Jay J. Chasen Jack B. Cohen Anne Cohn David Cooper Santa Cooper Janey Dann Jerold Dann Jack E. Duitch Jane Duitch David Dvorkin Jeanne Dvorkin Rorencc Eisenberg George Eisenberg Frieda A. Bcwitz Renec Engel
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