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Sarah Spooner See pages 4, 5 and 6 for updated stories on some of the youngsters who will become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in the next centiury.
Temple Israel to host Scholar-in-Residence
Gloriann, Mark Levy enrich Omaha with background and skills
Roberta Louis Goodman, a specialist in nurturing By Diane Axler Baum, freelance writer faith development, has been invited by Temple Israel to serve as i Since their arrival in Omaha eight months ago, SchoIar-in-Residence for Mark and Gloriann Levy have made an impact on the weekend of March the Jewish community with their educational back24-26 and to lead grounds, experience, and special skills. Temple's 65th Annual The most unusual of these skills is Mr. Levy's Jae and Charles accomplishment as a ventriloquist and puppeteer. Rosenstock Institute on A doctoral candidate in the Jewish Theological Judaism for Clergy dur-1 Seminary's Graduate Division, Department of ing the day on March 24. Education, he is exploring in his thesis "The Use of Ms. Goodman will Ventriloquism in Jewish Education." speak at 8:15 p.m. One presentation he has developed uses ventriloShabbat services on quism spiced with humor to teach issues of reliFriday. March 24, when gious tolerance. she will examine "how "People relate to a puppet in a way that they we make meaning Roberta Goodman can't relate to human beings. They'll quickly get throughout our lives." into the illusion of the puppet as a 'separate perOn Saturday morning, in addition to discussing son'," he said. "God's Top Ten" at the 11:16 a.m. Simcha According to Mr. Levy, a puppet is free to make B'Shabbat service, she will lead workshops for stu- foolish, intolerant, or even anti-Semitic remarks. dents in Saturday morning religious school, and Such remarks can then be refuted with logic or their parents. clarification, and oAen the end result is a powerful Saturday aflemoon, from 3:30-6:30, adults will learning experience. It was his appointment os director of United participate in a discussion and Havdalah with Ms. Ooodmon. Her topic will be "A Spiritual Pirkei Avot Talmud Torah of Omaha that brought the couple v-Emahot (Sayings of Our Fathers and Mothera): here from Hartford, CT. Coincidentally, Beth Inner Thoughts You Want to Share with Your Saldin Doton, JCC Cultural Art* Director, moved Orandchitdrsn." tampororlly to larael, and tin. Levy moved aoiily (Continuad on page 10) into that poaitioQ.
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Mark and Gloriann Levy "We are tremendously fortunntp that two educators with so much to offer have joined our community," said Margie Outnik, an active Jewioh leader and longtime UTTO faculty member. "Mark and Gloriann are continually providing opportunitiai for informal and formal Jewish learning to both dur ndult« and our youth." (Contiatnd on page 1)