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Foi U.^ r^dst two years, Brian SifT (left) has attended Camp Rainbow as a counselor for termi: nally ill children firom 4 to 14 years of age. In this ^. photo, Brian is with lO-year-old Victor GrifTith, who has sickle-cell anemia. Coinddentally, Brian, an accompUshed cross-country runner, is the subject of a feature article on page 11. The article is titled, "A chip off the old ihoc."
Coming in September A four-part series of articles on American Jewish Life in 50 years. Author is Yosef I. Abramowitz, journalist, lecturer, consultant, and editor ot Jewish Family A Life, a parenting and lifestyles magasine.
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To show their appreciation to the donors who purchase patron dinner tickets for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home fundraiser, Sol and Lee Jane Parsow will host a cocktail party on Sept. 9 at the Regency Lake and Tennis Club. Comedian Shecky Greene, a friend 'of the Paivows, will be a guest at the party. He also will perform on stage at the Orpheum on Sunday night following the patron dinner at the O.P.P.D. Atrium. Patron tickets, according to the announcement, are $260 per person and these tickets include dinner at the Atrium and preferred seating for the show at the Orpheum. Tickets for the Shecky Greene show are $46, $36, and $26 each. All tickets and the patron dinner are partly tax deductible. Orpheum theater tickets are available at any Ticketmaster outlet, through the Omaha Civic Auditorium box ofBce, or by phone, 422-1212. Tickets also are available by sending a check, payable to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and mailed to 'It's a LOVE Affair, c/o RBJH, 323 South 132nd St, Omaha, NE 68164. This first annual benefit for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home is being sponsored by L.O.V.E. (League Offering Volunteers to the Elderly). Mr. and Mrs. Parsow are being honored for their de^ad^jif suoport and volunteerine at the home.
Ten-jrear-old Samantha Oroaao, of Santa Barbara, CA, granddaaghter of Lorrie Bernatein (left) and Sheldon Bernstein, •bows her $5 allowance to Babe DobroCAy, a resident of the Rose Bluiakin Jewish Home. Samantha visits the Home whenever she comes to Omaha, and when she heard about the Home's need for money, she offered to donate her allowance. She told the Jewish Press that she loves to talk with the residents, play games with them, and keep them company. BIrs. Bernstein is one of the key fignrea in developing the fundraiser.
Partnership program changing UJA philanthropic style
^^ By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK (JTA) - ^ Israel is-no longer the needy cousin of the Diaeltora, ^%a a neWj:«la4|fcship baaed on mutuality continue to attract hundreds of millions of dollars annually in philanthropy? With Partnership 2000, the United Jewish Appeal is making a limited gamble that the answer will be yes. The program, launched last year, twins American communities and Israeli regions. Worlcing together, the Israeli and American partners will allocate roughly a sixth of the money sent to Israel by each American federation to help its matched Israeli locality. But in keeping with the emerging new IsraeliDiaspora relationship, and in marked distinction firom the Project Renewal program launched in the 1970s by then Prime Minister Menachem Begin, helping Israel's impoverished citizens is not the central goal of the UJA program. Instead, as the name indicates, it is about partnership. In Baltimore, which is matched with the central Galilee town of Karmiel and the surrounding region, the federation's Partnership 2000 committee has identified six areas of action. They include job creation and economic development; education; peer relationships between Israelis and Americans; regional cooperation between Karmiel and its rural neighbors; and promoting good relations between the area's 50,(XX> Jews and 160,000 Arabs. Social services also are a concern, but under the Partnership 2000 program they are treated differ•ntly from the Pngect Renewal experience. Iliese are not Pntject Renewal neighborhoods," paid Martin Waxman, who serves as a consultant io both the national UJA aitd the Baltimors federktion for the Partnership 2000 program. "Ilisse are largely sueoessfbl peopls." Reoognising that both Israali and American commonitiss have social problama, Waxman said, "We Blink ws can Isam from thair (social service] proIhssinnsls, and they can Isam from oun.*
Hs noted the potential ootential of exnortin? exporting Baltimore's Big Brother-Big Sister League to Israel and of looking to Karmiel's expertise for Baltimore's new domestic violence initiative. Waxman summed up the Partnership 2000 concept as "equal partners with both sides gaining and both sides gaining. No longer are the Diaspora partners simply the benefactor; we should be the beneficiary as well." Arik Raz, who as head of the Misgav Regional (^undl near Karmiel, is one of Baltimore's partners, agrees. "For the first time we see a place where we can help the Jewish community in the U.S., in programs where we build together," Raz said in a telephone interview from Baltimore, which he visited in July. Waxman said the Diaspora benefit would come through personal, family and community friendships created with the residents of the Karmiel region. Baltimore youth on Israel programs will spend time in Karmiel and Israeli youth will come to Baltimore, enhancing "the Jewish identity of our children for continuity,' he said. Reflecting the hope of a broad community wide partnership, Baltimore is involving heads of member agencies, such as Jewish Family and Children Services and the Jewish education bureau, in the process. So far, $600,000 has been allotted by the Jewish Agency for the Baltimore-Karmiel programs, reflecting the size of past Baltimore UJA campaigns. The actual spending decisions are made by a joint committee of the twinned Israeli snd American communities. More than s third was devoted to economic development programs, such as funding for business development centers and high- technology "incubators' designed to help flsdi^ing oamnMrdal concerns in Karmiel and the sumraoding ngion. A medical service program, aimed at turning Kannlal into a m^jor rsgional medical osntsr, was
allocatAH iflR 000 A program nrncrrnfn to fn help ha with the allocated $86,000. abaorpticn of elderly immigrants received $60,000. And $30,000 was allocated to bring kids from Pittsburgh and . Baltimore up to the region when they visit Israel. Another $15,000 was allocated to a Jewish-Arab youth choir. So far, the allocations process has followed along the lines of that in Project Renewal — the Diaspora partners participate with the steering committees of local ofifidals. Waxman hopes, however, that Partnership 2000 will incorporate programming suggested by the Diaspora partners as well. One idea that has come up: a program of e-mail communication between schoolchildren in both countries. In Detroit, similarly, the Partnership 2000 program has already involved parts of the community not usually affected by UJA programs. Detroit chose to twin with a nearby Galilee region that includes the towns of Upper Nazareth and Migdal Ha'emelL Tlie region can claim the title of Israel's automotive capital on the beisis of the country's sole Jeep assembly plant. But the regional leaders have not been on the forefront of the UJA and Israel Bonds lecture circuits. After an initial visit to Israel last year, Detroit's Partnership 2000 committee decided that its Israeli partners needed a crash course in American Jewry. The Detroit federation sponsored a weeklong, fact-finding tour of Michigan. The nine-member Isrseli delegation included three mayors and one regional council head. "They basically were taken on a mission," said Tova Eiorfman, difector of Partnership 2000 for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The first goal of the visit was " to spend time in our agencies and understand how federation functions,' Dorflnan said. After that came a focus on economic derelopmeQt and partnerships.
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Orthodox Jews ruffled by ads against AIDS By Rubin E. Vis AMSTERDAM (JTA) -- Some Jews here have voiced their opposition to an outdoor advertisement campaign against AIDS. The advertisement depicts a nude black man and a white woman, who is in her underwear and is holding a condom. In the ad, 'the woman is saying tp ithe man: "If you put something on, I lake something off." The Dutch health minister, Elizabeth Borst, said she would not take any steps to thwart the campaign. She said public health is more important than some people feeling offended. "The freedom of choice is a very important right to me," she said. !'For the cause of public health we need to have an open eye for people who like to have changing sexual contacts." Anonymous Orthodox Jews who found such a poster in a bus shelter in front of an Amsterdam 'synagogue put a sticker over the nude bodies with a text promoting monogamy between husband and wife. The Central Israelite Ponsistoire for the Benelux, the umbrella body for Jewish groups in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, filed a complaint at the district attorney's office in Amsterdam. Also, individual Jews hfive complained to the city government. In addition, Christian political parties here have deemed the advertisements offensive. Fervently, Orthodox Jews in Israel and in the United States have complained and even attacked similar kinds of . billboards in outdoor advertisement campaigns.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 14 YES Program, 10 a.m. VISIONS, Black Hills S.D. Trip, thru Aug. 18 USY Leadership Training InstKute, Camp Ramah, Wl, thru Aug. 21
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By Rabbi Myei- S. Kriqke ^ Parasbat VaEth^mnan ~ Shabbat Nahamu ' Two Jews: Three Opinions! A Jewish friend of mine attended a service at a certain church with a Christian friend. He was astonished to hear the congregation solemnly repeat the Apostles' Creed. 'Even if people believe it sincerely," he asked me, "why would they want to express it openly? We have nothing like that in Jud^sm, have we?" ' , He was referring to our frequent boa^t about freedom of thought in Judaism. But I asked,him a simple question: "Have you ever sung 'Adon 01am'?" "Of course," he replied, 'what's that got to do with it?" I insisted that he go home and study it. It is a philosophical-theological poem, a kind of "creed." Another such brief creed is quoted, from our Sidrah, in Alenu. Three times every day of the year an observant Jew recites "In truth He alone is our King, as it is written in His Torah, 'Know this day and take it to heart that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.' " (Deut.4-.39) ' It so happens, of couf^e, that in all oUr congregations we sing these words, gaily misaccenting many words, including the two verbs, thus changing their tense. But that doesn't seem to disturb us. In certain other periods of Jewish life, however, some Jews looked more carefully at the words they were reading and the words that they recited or chanted in prayer. Some of our commentators interpreted "vahashevota el levavekha - and take it to heart" to mean that the Torah requires us to apply philosophical thought to' the idea of God, One must not rely only on our.received faith, on the teaching of parents and school. One must turn the thought over and over in our minds, in ever more sophisticated thinking. It astonishes us sometimes to recognize that in the words quoted here (quoted as Moses' admonishment to the Children of Israel), ancient Israelites were told to confront the thought that only our Lord, YKCK, is God, implying that the gods of all the other nations were null and emptyof meaning. To the modern world that is taken for granted. In the time of Moses that was a thrilling, radical, entirely new idea. -v" -— There is a corollary to this. If Jews are totjiink through, for themselves, the idea of the oneness of God, the only one "in heaven above and on earth below," different minds will produce different results. The difference between the rationalist and the mystic is obvious. So is the difference between the poet and the scientist. But there are numerous other differences in the profundity of thinking and the range of interests of different people. Hence: different conceptions of God. They may be quite different from each other and still be Jewish! Are we not fiercely fond of our vaunted freedom of thought? Do we not jest, "two Jews, three opinions?"
JOSEPH BUCHEISTER Services for Joseph Bucheister, 85, were held Friday, Aug. 4, at Golden Hills Cemetery. , Survivpra include his wife, Freda; a son, Arie Bucheister of New York; two daughters, Paula Katskee of Omaha and Dr. Anne Mass, also of New York; two brothers, Dave Richtman and Roman Amster, both of Omaha; and five grandchildren. Mr. Bucheister, a survivor of the Holocaust, was bom in Rudnik, Poland, and fought with the Polish Partisans against the Nazis from 1939 until the . end of World Wair II in 1945. During the Holocaust, he lost his father and five brothers and sisters. Mr. Bucheister was co-owner of the Nebraska Kosher Meat Market, and an active participant in Beth El Synagogue. Memorials may be made to Beth El Synagogue or an Arthritis related foundation. BEVEKLYSWARTZ Word has been received of the death of Beverly Swartz of Dallas, formerly of Omaha. Services were held Aug. 3 in Dallas. She died Aug. 1 at the age bf 83. ' She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob. Survivdrs include two daughters, Rita Cooper of Dallas and Mulene Levinson of San Francisco; two sons, Clark Swartz and Jeff Swartz, both of Dallas; 12 gran(^children; and five great-grandchildren. EDNABLATT Services for Edna Blatt of Monument, CO, formerly of Omaha, were held Wednesday at Fisher Farm Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Sam of Monument; a son, Dr. Lee Blatt of Colorado Springs; and tliree grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society or charity of your choice. KHAYAGOPENKO Services for Khaya Gopenko, 82, were held July 14 at Beth El Cemetery. Survivors include her son, Leonid Nakimovich; two grandchildren and one great-grEmdchild, all of Omaha. Mrs. Gopenko emigrated from Minsk, Belarus, in the former Soviet l|nion in 1993 with her son, daughter-in-law, grandson and sister-in-law. They came to be reunited with a granddaughter, who had arrived in 1991 through the Resettlement Program of Jewish Family Service.
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The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare lias announced it has bestowed its prestigious 'Award for Outstanding Service' to Chabad's Children of Cbembyl for its **unique humanitarian mission to rescue boyi and girls from the contaminated area and bring them to Israel." According to the announcement, the Children of Chernobyl Project is the only program in the world to pensuuiently evacuate ekildren fh>m the region and provide them with ongoing, state^>the-art medical education and K«.i«iMg.
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Synagogues CmdlnHghtiin (kll pjn. I TEMPLE ISRAEL P702S CaM StT«et Omaha, NE 68132 B56-6S36 FRTOAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Contxius will officiate. The summer theme, *A Summer Stroll Through Gatesof Prayer* will continue. ' Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: , Shabbat morning service at 10:16 a.m. Simcha B'shabbat--The congregation will study the Torah portion for the week. Adult education : Tuesday: *Beyond Midrash,' 7 to 8:15 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. Shabbat in the Parlc A Shabbat service in the park will be held Friday, Aug. 18, at the Frohm Pavilion behind the JCC. firing a picnic supper at 6:30 p.m.; services will start at 7. The regular service will be held in the Temple Chapel at 7:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the outdoor service will be canceled. Boole Sale Sisterhood's annual used book sale will be held at Temple Israel Sunday, Aug. 20, through Wednesday, Aug. 23. Hours are: Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A special preview will be held Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $10 and includes a light brunch.
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CHABAD HOUSE 1322 So. 119th Street Omaha, NE68144 687-1124
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Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Chumash Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish ''Hooked on Yiddish* lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. English Think Jewish and speak English* classes on i' Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdasrs at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. ISRAEL 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68802 423-8869 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 ' a.m. FRIDAY: Services start at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services start at 9 a.m. TIFERETH
B-NAIJE8HURUN ^_^ 20th and South Streeta H| Lincoln, NE 68802 ^ 438-8004 Servicte are offlciated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m. ROSE BLUMHN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services wUI be held in the Oolditen Chapel at 9 t.m. Members of the community are Invited to Join retidenU for the Mrvie* and the Uddush foilowinc. Spedal memorial lervicMi are held on the last Satiuday of each month.
BETH EL SYNAGOGUE I 14606 Califoniia Omaha, NE 68184 492-8680 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday: ^ a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services start at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: ' Services start at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. The Devar Torah will be given by Semyon Mogilevakyi Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services start at 8:20 p.m. SUNDAY: Services start at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to'2 p.m., or by appointment. Bar Mitzvah Jonathan Linn, son of Michael and Pat Linn, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, Aug. 18, and Saturday morning, Aug. 19. BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1002 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Joseph Friedman. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Super Shabbos--For children of all ages, starts at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Mincba at 8:15 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY:) Morning services at 9 a.m. Evening services at 8:15 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Practical Judaism A class with Rabbi David Kaye will be held Wedne8day,7:30 p.m., at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Kaye, 12237 Turner Cir. Cookbooli "Happiness is Still Good Food,* available at the gift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5668. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood giil shop is open by appointment. Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455. B'NAI ISRAEL The RECON8TRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION 322-4708 Services are led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and congregants. NOTE: Services on the first and third Fridays of each month are held in Omaha. All other Friday night services are held in Council Blufis. For information on any activitiea, call 322-4705. FRIDAY: Shabbat service, 7:30 p.m., B'nai Israel Eest SATURDAY: Services at 10 am. OFFUTT Capehart Chapel a6th Street and Capehart Oaaha,NRaeU8 FRIDAY: Servioea start at 8 p.m.
Births Robert and Karen Mbdine of Alexandria, VA, announce the Aug. 7 birth of a daughter, Robin Elise, in Washington, D.C. Grandparei^ts are Morris and Ruth Maline of Omaha and Harry Ga^son and the late Rosalie Gasson of Mulberry, FL. Great-grandparents are Sarah Ginsberg of Denver, and Charlie Weiss, also of Mulberry. Wendy and David Goldberg announce the July 26 birth of a daughter, Sophia Rose. They also have a daughter Molly, 3, and a eon, Joe, 5. Grandparents are Nancy and Don Greenberg and Manny and Carol Go^erg, all of Omaha. Great-grandparAm are Fanny Wintner of Omaha and SaraJi and Irving Becker of Hollywood, Fla. Pam and Justin Kohll announce the June 23 birth of a son, Noah Isaiah. Noah also has a sister, Talia Eisenb^rg-Kohll, 9, and a brothiert Zev Eisenberg-KohU, 7. Grandparents are Sandy and Marvin Kohll and Gerry and Dwight Kuster of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Great-grandparents are Leona Cohn of Omaha and Jeanette Kuster of BurUngton, Iowa.
Bar Mitzvah Jonathan Linn, son of Michael and Pat Linn, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18 and 19, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh-grade student at Morton Middle School, he ei\joyB playing the oboe, cello and violin. He also enjoys soccer, swimming and sailing. Jonathan has a sister, Sarah, 10. Grandparents are Herbert and Ronnie Linn of Cedarhurst, N.Y:, and Eugene and Margaret Heithoff of Templeton, Iowa.
Kosher catering now available
Georgia Ann Steinberg of Beth Israel Sisterhood, and Nancy Mattly of Culinary Services have announced the availabiUty of kosher catering services through the Beth Israel Synagogue kitchen. Ms. Mattly has served aa caterer for Beth Israel for a number of years. She has seven years of experience in the catering business and also operates Hillcrest House, a restaurant in the Ralston area. She offers full line catering for all occasions with "Heart Healthy Recipes* and specialty desserts available. All kosher catering foods will be prepared in the Beth Israel kitchen and transported to the site in disposable dishes and pans. This is an exciting service for the Jewish community,' said Ms. Steinberg. "Beth Israel Sisterhood is happy to be a partner in this service,* she added. Ms. Mattly is enthusiastic about the addition of kosher catering to her line. She said, "After working with Beth Israel for so many years, this is a natural step forward. 1 look forward to working with people throughout the community for their special events.* " For information, conUct Ms. Mattly at 339-6461.
B'nai B'rith Women cancel event B'nai B'rith Women have announced the cancellation of the luncheon "Hanukkah in August,* which was scheduled for Aug. 24 at Regency West. However, donations for the Children's Home in Israel may still be seqt to Beverly Franklin or Corinne Levin, according to the announcement
PERSONAL We would like to express our warmest thanks to all who remembered us with cards, flowers and good wishes during our HIness. Jo« and Ully Boln
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I think I may have confused a number of people with my article last week on 'Race and Religion." A quote in my story read The Puerto Ricans, the French, the Germans, the blacks, the whites, the Jews,* and seemed to have caused some controversy. For the record, that quote was taken from a talk show, not from my mouth. Firtt,let me say that I fiilly understand the differences between nationality, race, and religion. When I heard the quote &t>m above used on a talk show, I was annoyed that Judaism was the only religion in the bUnch. I may have related being Polish and Protestant a little too closely, and it may have caused a few readers to scratch their heads in confusion, but it was all used in order to set religion aside from other cultures and colors. How can you compare countries of origin and culture with a religion? It just can't be done and I was trying to convey the fact that this mistake is made all too often in our society today. Canadians, Christians, and Caucasians are, in fact, not comparable-and although I am confident that I understand the differences, my "Race and Religion* article may not have conveyed that. On an overall scope, I was simply trying to express the anger that I experience when uneducated people compare Judaism with other walks of life that are not a religion. Shana Novak, Syracuse University JewUh Prets intern To the Editor: Boy, from reading recent issues of the Press, I've sure missed quite a huUaballoo while on vacation! My first thought: Bravo, Rabbis Kay, Friedman and Shafran, who have very eloquently, specifically and kindly stated the Orthodox view toward socalled Jewish Pluralism. Myra Oberman goes on to quote Rashi, another valid and kind perspective. The Rambam was just as accurate, however not so kindly "P.C." when he wrote, "We are obligated to believe that this entire Torah, which was given to us through our master . Moses, of blessed memory, emanates entirely from 'the Almighty. This means that the TorahY in its entirety, emanates from G-d. Outdated or not, antiquated or not, difficult or not, fun or not, a Jew is obligated to believe' in •fivery single word and every letter of the Torah, whether it be in the Written or the Oral Law, or he (or she!) is halakhically branded a "kofer" or ; heretic. Yes, a Jew is a Jew. I only pray that those who so vehemently argue their Jewishness spend as much time actually BEING Jews the way Hashem desired when He made the covenant with klal Yisrael FOR ALL TIME and therefore continues to desire. Mary Beth Tober L
On Oct. 1, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel will iasue its first-ever Conservative Stamp--the Duck Stamp of Jirael. Designed by noted Israeli artist Walter Ferguson, it is limited to an edition of Just 60,000, according to the announcement.
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Jewish Community must mal(e youth a priority, report says By Susanne A. Shavelson, Brandeia University The Jewish community needs to make teens a ongoing dialogues with parents and teens to find higher priority, market more effectively to them, out about their needs and interests,' sAid Amy and provide greater resources for teen services. Sales, Cohen Center senior research associate and This is the conclusion of a new policy report, co-author of the report. 'Teens respond to everMpving Toward the Future. Action Steps f^r changing cultural and social fads, so youth-serving organizations must work hard to stay in touch with Revitalizing JCC Youth Services. . The report, from the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen this group.* ' Only one in four centers said their you^ budgets Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University and the Jewish Community Centers were adequate. Few centers do a good job p{ identiAssociation of North America, looks specifically at fying potential funding sources for teens. Of all the dollars received from Jewish federaJewish Community Centers but has far-reaching implications for all Jewish organizations serving tions, on average only 14% are targeted specifically for youth. teens. "Youth programs need to have their own firm 'An effective response to the challenge of serving Jewish teens in the 1990s requires creative think- financial base,* Tobin said. "Centers must allocate ing and decisive action," said Gary Tobin, co-author monies to their Youth Departments at a level that of the report and director of the Cohen Center for acknowledges the importance of teens and their Modern Jewish Studies/Institute for Community special programming and service needs." The report found that programs associated with and ReUgion at Brandeis. A nationwide study of 130 Jewish Community Jewish organizations are ofl»n perceived by Jewish Center (JCC) youth professionals determined that teens as outdated, irrelevant, and/or boring. "JCCs the greatest challenges in youth work are: identify- must expand the Jewish content of programs and ing the Jewish teens in a comniunity, discovering package them attractively,* Sales noted. The report is the result of three years of extensive what they need and want, and attracting them to Jewish sponsored programs. A study of 124 JCCs work in the JCC movement undertaken by the JCC found that about 60% of centers have done some Association and the Cohen Center. The work was needs assessment, marketing, of feasibility studies conducted under the aegis of the Youth Development Project, supported by a grant from for their youth services. The report concludes that centers need to: pro- the DeWitt Wallace Readers' Digest Fund. The changes called for by the report are supportvide adequate budgets for youth services; support and reward youth professionals; encourage strong ed by two other new publications of the Youth volunteer committees; provide relevant, diverse, Development Project. Personnel &. Practices conage-appropriate programs; actively market to tains the result of a survey of current practices in teens; cultivate teen leadership, and reach out to planning and fund-raising for youth programs in the uninvolved. It also calls for greater collabora- JCCs. Fund-raising for Youth Programs in Jewish tion among youth-serving organizations in the Community Centers is a manual for developing Jewish community and for the establishment of a and implementing a fund-raising plan. Information on these publications is available national commission on Jewish youth services. from the JCC Association or the Cohen Center. "Youth programs need to do more to establish
A state gone mad By David Isaac Americans for a Safe Israel Reacting to the latest acts of suppression by the Rabin government, Herbert Zweibon, chairman of Americans For a Safe Israel, said, 'The State of Israel has gone mad." Ra;ently, the Labor government evicted Jewish residents from the Dagan hill near the town of Efrat, five miles southwest of Bethlehem. Initially, Efrat planned to build 500 new houses on another hill, Givat HaTamar. However, the government halted the construction, following joint demonstrations by Peace Now and Arab villagers from the town of Al-Khader. In hope of placating Efrat's angered residents, Rabin offered an alternative site, Givat HaZayit, closer to town. Fearing reports that 80% of state lands in Judea and Samaria are to be turned over to the Arabs, the people of Efrat also decided to build on Dagan hill. 'In typical fashion, Rabin orders their removal by force, resulting in the arrest of 71 children,* said Zweibon. The government also shut down Channel 7, a radio station critical of Rabin's policies' that broadcasts from a ship off the Israeli coast. When the ship docked at the port of Ashdod for repairs, police and Communications Ministry officials boarded her and confiscated the broadcasting and communications equipment. "This suppression of opposing viewpoints is unworthy of a democratic society and is incompatible with Israel's proud tradition of free speech," said Zweibon. He added, "If the People of Israel continue to dc nothing in response to the current government's violation of basic freedoms, they will soon find themselves led with no freedoms at all.*
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By Barbara Chandler Parallel Joumeys, by Eleanor Ayer—The overFederation communications director whelming account of the nightmare that was World War II, told in alternating faahion from two drastically different perspectives: Alfons, a member of Hitler's Youth Group, and Helen, a young Jewish girl forced to flee Holland and shipped to Auschwitz. Their paths cross four decades later and they realize they share a common goal: to show young people that if peace and understandiijg are possible between a Jew and a former Nazi, then the same is attainable on a larger scale. The Hunted, by Peter Carter.—The story of one sol^i^r's efforts to save a Jewish' boy from the Nazis, and the quiet heroics of ordinary people caught up in times of war.A photograph exhibit of Israel is on display in the Drummers of Jericho, by Carolyn Meyer— Pazit Tnyillo moves from Denver to live with her JCC gallery, and it is drawing lots of attention! father in Jerico for her freshman year in high The photographs were all taken by participants of school. Problems arise when she joins the band and the 20'8 and 30*8 Mission during their 10 days in learns that the band Will play hymns and march in Israel last spring. The photographs illustrate the many facets of a the formation of a cross. Hostility," threats, and, ultimately, friendship follows in this teen-age mission to Israel — the elnotion, the spirituality, the fun and the friendship. novel. Mission highlights captured in the photos include The Baghdad Mission, by Sidney and Dorothy Rosen—This story takes readers on an exciting the celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut, King Solomon's adventure through the year A.D. 800 — a time of Mines, Beit She'an, planting trees, Akko, Yad vast kingdoms and empires and struggles for con- Vashem, the climb to Masada and some heartwarming photographs of the Israeli people. trol of the known world. A videotape of the mission is also part of the display. The exhibit continues through Thursday, Aug.3L
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YES YES wiU meet Monday at the JCC. Bingo, TES Talk* discussion group and English class all start at 10:30 a.m. YES choral group will rehearse at 11. Following lunch at noon. Rabbi David Kaye frwm Offutt will speak. For transportation, call 3304272. Deadline is Tuesday for payment for the WinnaVegas trip Aug. 24. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. E^erdse class starts at 10:16 a.m.; bingo starts at 10:30; and English class is at 11. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45. At 12:15 p.m., the video *Bubbe Meises" part 2, will be shown. Transportation is available. VISIONS Visions will travel to Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Nov. 1, to see "Treasures of the Czars." Cost is $40 per person, and includes motorcoach transportation, admission to the exhibit and coffee and donuts. Lunch and dinner is the responsibility of each individual. Transportation will leave from the JCC at 7 a.m., and return at approximately 10 p.m. For reservations and information, call Betty Sanford at 399-2001. First come, first served. BREADBREAKERS Maggie Kalkowski, manager of the program "Opportunity Pathway," will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakei-s Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Bob Birt, chairman for August, 'Opportunity Pathway" is a national program based on the 10% concept for wealth accumulation. Cost is $7.60 and the public may attend. JEWISH WAR VETERANS Next meeting of the Jewish War Veterans will be Sunday, Aug. 20, 10:30 a.m., at the Jewish Community Center.
Scouting news Troop 218 has announced the Eagle Court of Honor for Eagle Scout Ben Gonsber will be held Aug. 17, 8 p.m., in the older adult lounge at the Jewish Community Center. Harold Karp will speak. Refreshments will follow. Also, the Scouta completed many merit badges and rank advancements at Camp Cedars this year. Ben completed the ordeal and became a member of the Camp Cedars Tribe, Nani Ba Zu. His tribal name is Spiritual Star. The annual fall school night for scouting will be held during the first two weeks of September.Exact date will be announced. AUJCC and Jewish boys ara welcome.
Health and PE department announces programs The health and physical education department at the JCC has announced programs and sports activities for youth and adults, which are scheduled to start in September and October. September Fit Kids, ages 3-6, Thursday, 9:30 to 11 a.m., starts Sept. 21 for 12 weeks—Geared towards fitr ness and nutrition through activities centered around aerobics and nutritional education. Pee Wee Gymnastics, ages 4-6, Sunday, noon to 1 p.m., starts Sept 24 for 10 weeks— Basic introductory class on tumbling, and concentrating on stretching, flexibility and safety. Watch Me Grow, ages 2 1/2 to 3 1/2, Friday, 9:30 to 11 a.m., starts Sept. 29 for 11 weeksCooperative activities and low organized games to promote spatial awareness, eye-hand coordination and development of motor skills. • Octol)er Toddler Time, 18 to 24 months; Two's on the Move, age 2 to 2 1/2; Sporting Chance, Swim & Gym, Pee Wee Soccer, 4 to 5 years; Might Mite Soccer, first and second graders; Midget Volleyball, fifth and sixth graders; Walleyball/Racquetball league. Coed Volleyball league, and men's basketball league, adults. For information, call Linda Beacom at 334-6424.
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UJA Conference raises awareness of young women, provides new ideas for Women's Campaign leadership Kane, National UJA Women's Campaign Chairman, speak with us. She was informative, knowledgeable and 'down home." Next was the opening luncheon where Betty Kane presented the 1996 'Case for Giving" which was so powerful and impressive. We are lucky to have her as our national representative. We also heard Richard Joel, International Hillel Director, who raised an important point - he reminded us that our community is focused on Jewish continuity. While that is important, we already *do Jewish." What we need is to have pos—=— . , . n c --.m- ^ itive and fan Jewish experiences that UJA Women's CampaiKii Coniervnce delegateg from Omaha were, front gj^g^jg ^y osmosis. SHARON KIRSHENBAUM: ^^ ^^ j^^, B^^bie Epstein, Julee Katzman, Linda Mann and Bobbi This past year has provided ^^^^^^^^^ BOC* roir fhmi left. Susie Norton. Jan Perebnan, Barb Platt and After lunch, there were breakout sessions: Stand Up and Be Counted; many new opportumtiea for me to g,^^^ Ki«henbaum. Raising Jews, Not Just Monejr; Under become mvolved in the Jewish com 40'B, Working Women & Intermarrieds; and munity, and the UJA Midwest Region Women's ence for me. . Susie Norton and I chose to participate in a group Preparing for the 21st Century. During those sesConference can now be added to that list. The condiscussion targeting the "under 40's," intermar- sions, we joined other delegates firom intermediateference was held in Chicago on July 17 and 18. It was very interesting to be with 130 Midwest rieds and working women. The session was excel- size cities to discuss our common goals and probwomen from different size communities and to lent and the only problem was a shortage of time. lems. We were then presented with 'The Israel learn what Women's Division is doing; what works However, later that evening the young women were and what doesn't. We got some excellent program- invited to Betty Kane's suite for a special session Experience." There were two young women who with her. spoke about how meaningful their very different' ming ideas. She wanted to hear about the issues we felt were trips to Israel were to them. Their experiences The conference featured some excellent speakers, among them Betty Kane, the UJA National important, and as a small group, we were able to either created or reinforced their commitment to Women's Campaign Chairman. She presented the express our thoughts on many issues including the Israel and the Jewish community. We, in Omaha, realize the importance of sending 1996 UJA Campaign Case for Giving by sharing positives and negatives about the conference. It some very emotional stories about how the JDC was of great benefit to have her take time to listen teens and young adults to Israel and that it must (Jewish Joint Distribution Committee which is sup- to us. But even that was not enough! The next continue with even more emphasis. These young ported by the Annual Campaign) is helping people morning, this same group of young women got people are our fature. together for breakfast and continued the discusAt the Spertus Museum of Judaica, we saw an in need in countries all over the world. unusual Sulcluh exhibit, heard Rabbi Sandy Sasso 'One of her most moving stories was about an sion'. The conference included dinner Monday evening speak about 'Sukkot: What Jewish Women elderly woman living in the former Soviet Union who, due to crippling arthritis, has'not left her at the Spertus Jewish Museum where Paulette Harvest," and we eiyoyed a deUdous dinner. The next morning's meetings centered around an apartment for six years. She shares the apartment Fink and Fanny Schaenen were honored for their with three non-Jewish women and the environment more than 50 years of work as UJA volunteers. important new donor concept called Perpetual is somewhat hostile. As part of a JDC-sponsored These women worked closely with Golda Meir in Annual Campaign Endowment/Lion of Judah Endowmeijt — PACE/LOJE. program, a Jewish teen-age boy brings some food the early years of Israel's establishment. It was wonderful to be with our contemporaries, We, in Cnpaha, will be hearing a lot more about and visits her every Friday. Just before Passover, he brought her ^ box of matzoh. When she saw it, and at the same time, join in honoring women who this in t^ future. The morning also included she went to the cupboard and showed him a tiny have been dedicated to UJA and the Federation for breakout sessions on: Worker Training; Programs, piece of matzoh wrapped in a napkin. 'I have been so many years. They serve as wonderful role mod- Ideas & Speakers that Work; and Involving Women saving this piece of matzoh for years. Every els for the young women who look forward to fol- Through Outreach & Education. The next presentation was an experience none of Passover, I take it out. Now I can throw this away. lowing in their footsteps. us will quickly forget. Elsie Roth, a 63-year-old You have not forgotten me." BOBBI LEIBOWITZ We often talk about where the money goes, but grandmother of three and a nurse, spoke to us Where do I begin to tell 3rou about how informa- about her visits to Sarajevo. She reminded us that • when Betty Kane says, "We went into Sartgevo and ...* or *We are helping elderly Jewish people in tive and enjoyable my recent attendance at the we were there tlirough our contributions to UJA, Morocco..." the emotional impact is tremendous and UJA Midwest Region's Women's Campaign helping the devastated Jewish community and Muslim community, too. gives us a much better sense of what we are sup- Conference was? The conference was entitled *A Harvest of Ideas Through slides, she brought home to us the horriporting. Other excellent speakers included Elsie Roth, a to Strengthen Our Foundation." And it certainly ble conditions under which these people are forced field nurse working with Hadassah and the JDC, did provide the attendees with a lot of ideas to help to live — just to survive, which is one of the miswho spoke about medical assistance being provided us help our communities. After all, that is why we sions of UJA - survival of Jews. The conference concluded with an Israeli lunto people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, in need all volunteers raise money each year~for the betterover the world. Richard Joel, International ment of the Omaha Jewish community and the cheon and an address on 'Jerusalem 3000: City of History, City of Dreams." We all felt lucky to have Director of Hillel, also gave an excellent presenta- Jews abroad. First on die agenda was a Campaign Chairs had the opportunity to attend the conference, to tion. Breakout sessions were a highlight of the confer- meeting where we were privileged to have Betty learn and to grow, and to represent Omaha. Tht UJ^A Midwest Region Women's Campaign Conference was held in Chicago on July 17 and 18. Delegates from Omaha were Julee Katzman and Bobbi Leibowitz, 1996 Women's Campaign Chairmen; Linda Mann and Barb Platt, Chairs-elect; Bobbie Epstein, National Women's Campaign Board member; Susie Norton, Perspectives Chairman; Sharon Kirshenbaum, Young Women's Campaign Liaison and Jan Perelman, Women's Campaign Director. The following articles provide highlights of the conference from two Omaha participants.
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli police closed the Temple Mount complex to visitors Sunday, after angry Muslims confronted Jews who tried to visit the site. The incident took place on Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, the day marking the destruction of the First and Second temples: As thousands of Jews fasted and prayed at the Western Wall, about 200 tried to visit the Temple : Mount complex above it. The mount, holy to both Jews and Muslims, was the location . of the ancient Jewish temple. The Dome of the Rock, where the Koran says the prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven on a white steed, stands on the site today. After riots on the Temple Mount in October 1990 resulted in the deaths of 17 Palestinians, police barred Jews firom worshiping at the site during Jewish holidays. Last week, however, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that Jews could tour the site, as lon^ as there was no threat to public safety. On Sunday morning, police made two attempts to escort Israelis onto the Temple Mount, but they ; were forced to leave when they encountered dozens of angry Muslims. *We tried to get in, we were allowed to get in by the police," said Gadi Servitman, one of the four Israelis who tried to enter the Temple Mount. 'After 1 meter the Muslims came and pushed us back, screaming in Arabic something that means [like. The visit is forbidden," he said. Police oSBdals said that after the first attempt by Israelis to enter the Temple Mount, area mosques began calling on Palestinians to go to the site to prevent Jews from worshiping there. Large numbers of Palestinian youths amassed at gome of the other gate entrances to the mount and were prevented from entering by Israeli security forces. Jerusalem Police Chief Arye Amit closed the Temple Mount to visitors after consulting with Police Commissioner Assaf Hefetz and meeting .with members of the Waqf, the Islamic Trust that runs the complex, and Palestinian official Faisal Husseini. *We received reliable information that hundreds of youth were getting ready to Might up' the eastcm part of the dty if there were any visit," Amit said. That was when I decided to use the authority fpven to me by the High Court ruling to close the nte to visitors." Opposition parties condemned the police action. In written statements, they charged the police mith backing down and damaging Israel's sover;eienty over the area. Police Minister Moshe Shahal backed Hefetz's claim that the police had used their best judgment to accomplish their main aim: to prevent Arab and ijewish bloodshed. Gershon Solomon, who heads the Temple Mount Faithful movement, which seeks to restore the temple, said the day marked "the real battle for the Temple Mount" T'he decision of the Supreme Court was very dear Jews, including the Temple Mount Faithful movement, will be today inside the Temple Mount," said Solomon, adding his regret that *a ireak" government 'decided to close the gates of the Temple Mount before the Jewish nation."
Parkinson's symposium A three-day symposium on Parkinson's disease irill be presented Aug. 18-20 at the HoUing Center ind Ike Friedman Center at Immanuel Medical Crater, 6901 North 72nd St Co-sponsored by Nebraska Chapter of American 'arkinson's Disease Association, NebraskaParkinson Action Information Network and mmanual Medical Center, the program will Cdude preaentationa by health profcaaionals who so will anawar queationa from tha floor. Ditpbiyi by pharmaceutieal enmpanlaa and aduitkmal institutions also will be availabla, For registration and coat information, call Ann Imith in Omaha at 673-8681, or Carolyn Ebo-ly in ineoln at 4884686.
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Summer camps in Slovakia ' vitai to sustaining Jewish iife ByDeboriBhKaiia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (J^A) — For young Jews here, summer camps are the lifeline to deepening their identity and to sustaining contact with Jewish youth in the other half of the former Czechoslovakia. Maintaining the connection is the Czechoslovakian Union of Jewish Youth, the only Jewish organization that did not split when the oountiy divided ip 1993. For 10 days in July, some 60 Jewish students from Slovakia and the Czech Republic came together at a summer camp organized by the union in the central Slovakian town of Liptovsky Mikulas. Every day, the youths swam, hiked and relaxed in the sun. But they also worked with students from the Christian Union of Slovakia to reconstruct both the town's crumbling synagogue and an old church. Once, 6,000 Jews lived in this town, filling its enormous ornate synagogue. Today, no Jews remain. 'Summer camps take on a great importance here because there is virtually no other form of Jewish education," said Fero Alexander, the executive director of Slovakia's Jewish community. Tbt camps have a big impact on their Jewish identity." Each year, the Czechoslovakian Union of Jewish Youth holds summer campe dedicated to repairing the Jewish community both spiritually and physically. While the camps are taking place, the youths live in towns throughout Slovakia and the Czech Republic. As they clean and fix neglected synagogues and cemeteries, they learn about the Jewish history of these once-great centers of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. The students estimated that before the Holocaust, Slovakia's 100,000 Jews Uved in some 220 towns and villages. They believe that up to 800 Jewish cemeteries and 100 former synagogues still stand.
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By Barbara Chandler, FMeration communicationa director The letter at right was received from Maya NEURIM Kadosh, a ninth-grade student living at Neurim My name is Maya and I would like to tell you Youth Aliyah Vijlage in Israel. Many of Neurim's about my beautiful boarding school, Neurim. It is situated near the sea. The view is Ijerrific, students are part of Na'aleh 16, a Jewish Agency program to bring children living at risk in the for- The place is great. Here 800 boys end giris live and study. There are houses for all age groups. mer Soviet Union to safety in Israel. My group's name is Alon. We are 26 girls who hve together. We have a very nice instructor who helps with all our problems and guides us around the school. After school during our spare time we like to sing, danbe, go in for sports, etc. We have a new library which we like very much. Pupils oilen come there and read books, newspaji pers or magazines. The atmosphere is very pleasant there. So we can do a lot of things according to " our wishes. Everybody takes good care of us and W makes us feel welcome. Although we miss our home, we like to live with our Mends. i^ I want to tell you one more thing. We see and n watch the best performances and concerts that you can only dream about. So, if you want your dreams to come true, please Part of Omaha's 1994 UJA allocation to Israel come to Neurim! You are always welcome here. It was used to renovate the buildings which house can be like a second home for you, the home that Maya emd her fellow students. The students dedi- you will never want to leave. cated the buildings Batey Omaha (Omaha's houses). A display of photos and letters from other With all my love, Neurim students is on display in the JCC gallery. Maya Kadoah
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One of my favorite magazines devotes the last page of each monthly issue to words in our language. Definitions, differences of opinions regarding proper usage er sometimes explanations of why something once considered improper is now acceptable. I read this page because Vm nearly always fascinated by at least some of the information it contains. And because words in general can always get my attention. Maybe that's why I get so upset with some of the dreadful speech habits that each generation manages to invent. I don't mean slang necessarily or even the easy use of words like ain't. I mean something, for example, like the following which we all hear regularly. Imagine somebody is relating a conversation he had with a friend: 'So I go, have you seen Joe's new wheels?" and he goes 'yeah-neat, huh?" And they go and go and go instead of ask or say or otherwise express themselves in decent English. Fm a crank and that drives me to distraction. We're all taught how to use our language correctly while we're still quite young, so why can't we do that? I won't listen to one particular tv station because whoever writes the news which the anchor people read ('anchor people"...there's a phrase which conjures up a picture), keeps mixing tenses. They report an accident which happened last night like this: "a car speeding over 90 miles per hoiu- hits a guard rail and seriously ii^jures all passAigers. The police arrive and arrest the driver who escapes unhurt." This was last night...why not say *a ciar hit a guard rail* and 'iiuurED passengers." A few sentences later, the listener might hear "the driver was ticketed." Wait a minute...one minute we're hearing the present tense then suddenly, it becomes past tense. Didn't ANYBODY pay attention during English class? Stilted language and made-up words often make me cringe, such as "visually disadvantaged' when the word "blind" is meant. The phrase 'vertically disadvantaged* is supposed to be a joke, but I wonder how funny it sounds to short people? More seriously, I wonder when the 'Personnel Department" became "the Office of Human Resources* in so many businesses. That at least sounds reasonable, even if it's a little unnatural. Kind of like the sign I saw in a shop window recently. It read: Staff Aasodate Position Available. I remember when that sign might have said "clerk wanted.* As usual, my complaint this time iin't of major importance, but it makea me feel better when I can tell you about it. I with 1 could tell the well known actor (beard doinc an 1 go and he goes" buainaM) that since hia rich voice and natural talent have made him a tueeeaaful actor, the least he could do is ipeak decent Bngliih. He probably thinkt he doee already.
20-week course explores Judaism By Gloriann Levy, Cultnnd Arta director
Rabbi Ruth Ehrenatein, left, talks with Allison and Chris Wilszewski during last year's Derech Torah Shabbat dinner. The '90s have seen a deeper interest in things spiritual. Community, God and family are becoming more important for many people as we approach the challenges of the 21st century. For Omahans interested in exploring the Jewish path, there is a new opportunity. Derech Torah (the Way of the Torah, which is the Jewish word for the five books of Moses) is a program developed by the 92nd Street Y in New York to help Jews and non-Jews learn about the Jewish approach to life. It is a 20-week course which delves into Jewish texts and Jewish experience. The class will cover the theological and intellectual underpinnings of Judaism, the Jewish holiday cycle and the Jewish Ufe cycle. The course has already been offered three times in Omaha. Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein, teacher of the last two offerings, commented, It is really amazing to watch what happens to families and individuals when they take this course. There are many Jews who just have never learned some of the basics of Judaism, and wonder what Judaism has to offer. Derech Torah gives them an opportunity to find their own answers. "There are also some people already registered who are either planning to convert or are in the process of doing so, and this course will be a solid foundation for them. Whatever the motivation for participation, the course allows people who are in the process of exploring Judaism to form a community with others who are also engaged in that search. This is really important because Judaism is not something that should be explored in isolation." Although the course is filling up, there are a few spaces left. This is the only offering scheduled for the coming academic year. The class will meet 20 consecutive Thursday evenings fh>m SepL 7 through Feb. 1, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the homes oftha partidpants. For informatioa, oootaet Mrs. Levy at the Jewish Community Center at 8S4-6403.
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Bjr Leon Cohen Th« WiMMMwIn Jewiab Chronicle MILWAUKEE — Three Milwaukee Jews are among the 14 plaintifiB rhwllenging the expansion of the Milwaukee School' Choice program to parochial schoola. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a complaint in the Dane County branch of state circuit court seeking an iqjunction against the expansion in the coming academic year and asking that the expansion be declared unconstitutional. The expansion would enable qualifying low: income City of Milwaukee parents to receive more than $3,000 per child in state funds to subsidize tuitions at private or parochial schools in the city. Previously, the program applied only to nonsectarian private schools. The Jewish plaintiffs are Rabbi Isaac Serotta, j director of education at Congregation Shalom; his wife, Ceilanne Libber; and Colleen Beaman, an attorney and board member of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations. Called unonstitutional, the ACLU complaint argues that the School Choice expansion violates Article 1, Section 18 of the Wisconsin Constitution, which states: "The Tight of every person to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of conscience shall never be infiringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, without consent; nor shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship; nor shall any money be drawn firom the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or theological seminaries." The complaint also charges that School Choice expansion violates the part of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment stating f"Congres8 shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." Wisconsin ACLU legal director Peter Koneazny $tdd the ACLU filed its complaint in state coutt
because the state constitution "has specific language prohibiting the use of tax money for the support of religio,us organizations.' Mordecai Lee, executive director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council, agreed that 'the state constitution is stricter on separation of church and state than is the federal.' Therefore, raising the issue in a state, instead of a federal, court *is a logical decision." The council will file a fiiend-of-the-oourt brief in support of the complaint, Lee said, but he did not now when. ^ blearing for the iqjunctioo is scheduled for in the courtroom of Dane County Circuit ourt Judge Paul Higginbotham. Plaintiffa speak Libber said Lee approached her and Serotta about being plaintiffs. They agreed to participate because, she said, "public schools are the only place where egalitarianism and true democracy are left... School Choice will undermine the public schools." Beaman said she voluntereed to be a plaintiff because *I am opposed philosophically and on a practical basis to the mixing of t(tx dollars and religious education." Serotta could not be reached for comment. Though the state Department of Public Instruction and Superintendent of Public Instruction John T. Benson are the named defendants in the suit, Gov. Tommy Thompson was a chief proponent of expanding the choice program. The proposal was contained in the state budget bill that Thompson signed into law last week. Up to 1,650 students would be allowed to participate in this program in the coming school year, and up to 3,300 in years after that, according to the ACLU complaint. That means the state could be paying $6 million to private and parochial schools in the 1996-6 school year and $10 million in the following years, the complaint says. The check would be written to the parents, but sent to the school, where the parents would endorse it to pay the school.
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Rabbi Soiovelchii( spealcs out vs. peace process By Todd Winer and Joseph Aaron Chicago Jewish News Proudly proclaiming his commitment to Zionism, Chicago Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, widely regarded 1^8 the leading authority on Jewish law in the United States, lambasted the peace process. *I am sure it will collapse," he said. 'It's a question of time." In an hour-long interview in his North Side |home, the 78-year-old rabbi, who moves about with great pain as the result of a stroke, said he 'definitely" supports the recent rabbinic ruling that an Israeli witiidrawal from the West Bank is forbidden under Jewish law. But he emphasized a point not made in the ruling p— that any resistance to the peace process must be bon-violent. 'No violence," he said in a raised voice. 'G-d forInd, no violence." ' Soldiers, he said, should disobey orders to evacuate settlements and 'allow themselves to be put in |>riBon by the Israeli police." Amidst such a spectacle, 'the world will not remain silent as thousands of settlers — Holocaust lurvivors and children of survivors — are put in nison. Not President Clinton, no one." Rabbi Soloveichik said settlers 'should not lose heir temper, and should oppose the government nth dignity. In a peaceful manner, with passive fesietance." While one settler was recently quoted as saying bat if one's hair is pulled by a soldier a settler ihould do the same, Rabbi Soloveichik disagreed. 'Just scream and put yourself on the ground and It the police arrest you. The world will not remain ilent Passive resistance. With dignity." Rabbi Soloveichik said he has been in constant Duch with Rabbi Avraham Shapira, head of the Jnion of Rabbis for the Land of Israel, and expects lim to shortly issue a statement calling for passive Bsistanca. Rosh HaYeshiva (head) both of Chicago's 'eshivas Brisk and New York's Yeshiva Jnivsrsity, Rabbi Soloveichik condemned those rho personally attack Israeli Prime Minister itwKair y^f^^p i^yy^ ifyJRff with nonft of thft 'PHHT
heard fittm some who oppose the peace process. 'He is so confused by the bloodshed that he thinks the peace process will put a halt to it," he said of Rabin. "But he is making a mistake. He's wrong. °G-d forbid," he replied when asked if he thought Rabin was a traitor, a charge leveled at him by some in the anti-peace process camp. Those among, the settler movement who think Rabin should stand trial for war crimes, of be assassinated. Rabbi Soloveichik said, are "mishagoyim" (crazy) and 'fanatics."
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Hillary piinton to address UJA Women's Lion of Judah conference First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will addiresB the United Jewish Appeal's National Women's Campaign Lion of Judah Conference in Washington, Sept. 1820, Susan K. Stern of New York, Conference Chairman, has announced. 'Today's UJA Women's Campaign milary Clinton consists of women who are committed to their families, their careers and their communities," Mrs. Stem said. "We invited Mrs. Clinton to'speak because we believe she represents the continuing effort of women to balance these roles. "We also are intrinsically and deeply committed to the concerns of the Jewish people, including support for Israel, and Mrs. Clinton has spoken eloquently on this subject as well." The UJA Lion of Judah Conference h^is become a central convention of North American Jewish women. Lion of Judah membeirs contribute at least $5,000 a year to the annual campaign of UJA and American Jewish federations. When the first Lion of Judah Conference was announced for October 1993, only 300 were anticipated; however, 1,100 from over 80 communities enrolled in the first weeks. ' "We tapped into a deep reservoir of enthusiasm and commitment, beyond our expectations," said Carole Solomon, UJA Women's Campaign President. Lois Zoller, Conference Vice Chairman, reported nearly 1,000 women from 100 communities have already registered for the upcoming Conference. In addition to Mrs. Clinton, speakers will include Alexandra Lebenthal, President of Lebenthal & Co.; Evelyn Lauder, Executive Vice President of Estee' Lauder, Inc.; Elizabeth Swados, a Broadway choreographer who will adapt her musical presentation, Bible Women, for Conference participants; all eight women U.S. senators; and experts on Jewish and Israeli affairs. Avraham Burg, newly-elected Chairman of the Jewish Agency, which receives the mtyority of UJA/Federation Campaign funds applied overseas, will make a mcyor address. Prior to the Conference, $25,000 and over contributors will meet with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and William Zabel, tax attorney and author. Betty Kane of Southern New Jersey is Women's Campaign Chairman and Michelle Rosen of Seattle is Conference fund-raising Chairman. For more information, telephone Gail Reiss, UJA National Women's Campaign Director at (212) 8801275 or fax (212) 338-0030.
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Denier of Holocaust still wants visa
By Jeremy Jones SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — An appeal is under way here to reverse a decision banning British writer and Holocaust denier David Irving from the country. The appeal involves a May 1994 decision made by Nick Bolkus, a senator and federal minister for immigration, not to approve a visa for Irving. Bolkus' decision reaffirmed a 1993 decision by then-Immigration Minister Gerry Hand. In a federal court last week, the prosecution said Irving had been refused a visa to Australia because he was considered a liar, unreliable and a threat to the national security of another country, rather than because of the views he espouses in his lectures. I "The deportati6n order was in fact a culmination of a series of events indicative of Mr. Irving's bad character," said Stephen Owen-Conway, representing the government. He was referring to Irving's deportation from Canada, expulsion from Germany and lying to British and Canadian authorities. Irving, whose books are available in Australia, has said the facts of the Nazi Holocaust are myths created by the Diaspora and the State of Israel for propaganda purposes.
Police free soccer players By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Five members of an Israeli soccer team were released from police custody in London after being questioned about their alleged rowdy behavior on a flight from (jermany to England. Scotland Yard investigators released the five Sunday, saying that they found no proof to press charges of endangering air safety. The incident occurred when members of the Hapoel Haifa soccer team were flying to England for games. Officials from the airline said the five refused to fasten their seat belts and insulted a flight attendant, causing the plane to abort its first landing approach. The plane later landed safely at Stansted Airport, northeast of London. The team members were arrested when they first arrived in England. They were released on bail and reappeared for questioning. Members of the Israeli team said the plane crew was At fault, adding that their behavior came in reaction to a jibe made by a flight attendant about kosher food. One of the Israelis questioned, Hapoel Haifa trainer Avraham Grant, said he intended to sue the airline. He also said the team members were provoked by a flight attendant, who in response to a request by team members for kosher food, referred to the food as "disgustine." OPEN
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Thanks for asking ... responses to "Target Trends" By Howard Bloom, Federation executive director Many of you have »hare|d comments about the Federation through our Targeting Trends" survejrs. I The supportive words of thanks and encouragement which you have provided in your responeesi are very much appreciated by both the leadership and staff. In additibn, we welcome your questions and concerns. Your interest in the programs and services offered by the Federation is truly valued. The following issues were raised in responses to the surveys and we have attempted to provide concise answers to them. In addition, we are glad to discuss any of these issues or other questions in detail at any time. 1. If the campai^ is raising more dollars every year, why aren't there more funds for agencies? It is true that our community has been generous in sustaining the annual campaign, resulting in a modest increase each year — generally 2 per cent to 4 per cent, enough to cover inflation. In addition to campaign funds, agencies receive funding from endowment income and, in some cases, from program or service fees. While the campaign has increased at about 4 per cent over the past five years, the interest income from endowments has decreased over the past several years due to a decline 'in interest rates. Therefore, the total funds available for allocation 1. have not increased beyond inflationary costs for existing programs. As a result, funds for new programs are only ' available by re-evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs and making adjustments accordingly. The budget and allocations process is a complex one and the committee works very thoughtfully and diligently to ensure the best possible programs ; with the limited resources available.
2. Why doesn't the Federation campaicn support the Home? ' The Rose Blumlcin Jewish Home for the Aged receives funding from three sources — Medicaid, endowment funds and patient fees. i i Since its estabUshment, these funding gourcea have been adequate to allow the Home to operate self-suffidently. In fact, at the close of fiscal year 1994-96, the Home used only $11,000 of the $166,000 endowment ii^come available. The Campaign does fund certain capital costs that directly benefit the Home such as roof and parking lot repairs, maintenance of the campus heating system, and replacement of the Home's soft water unit. In addition, our Campaign's ability to sustain the .campus appropriately goes a long way toward contributing to the attractive environment and warm atmosphere that residents of the Home ei\joy.
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Such benefits include interaction with JCC preschool children, holiday celebrations, theater events and other campus activities, all supported by the Sustaining Campaign. Through the Bureau for the Aging, the Sustaining Campaign does directly support the more than 90 percent of our Jewish senior citizens who live independently. They are assisted through congregate meals, transportation, Meals-on-Wheels, counseling and many more social services programs. Additional funding for the Bureau for the Aging can only come from two sources — a substantially increased campaign or the redirection of the subvention from other agencies. With shifting policies and initiatives at the national and state government level regarding Medicaid reimbursement, the ability of the Home to operate self-sufBdently is at risk. The Federation is working with Jewish agencies, as well as other non-Jewish organizations who also depend on Medicaid, to discuss how we can prepare for potential change in funding sources.
3. I underatand that advertlalagfaiaiUngi are a key link to the conunnnlt^, but with ever increaiinf postage rates, I'd like the Federation to reduce the number of mailings. We are very consdous of the vdume of mail individuals receive each day and try to keep Federation mailings to i minimum. The same is true of the seven Federation agendes, but since all of us use the sajne return address, 333 South 132 Street, it may seem as though you are getting an overload of mail. As much as possible, we use the Jewish Press and personal contact to relay our messages, to the community, but in many cases, mailings are the necessary and effective method of communicating our message. We appreciate your concern and will continue to use mailings only when appropriate. 4. Why ii the Federation subsidizing trips to Israel? Missions are an important part of the Federation's efforts to strengthen our Jewish community. We have documented proof that missions result in increased gifts to the Sustaining Campaign well beyond the amount of subsidy. Jn addition, mission partidpants remain at their higher giving level resulting in increased dollars for allocation to local services as well as to Israel. In short, missions are a great investment for our community. And more importantly, missions encourage involvement and leadership in our Jewish community organizations and 83nnagogue8. More than 60% of mission partidpants volunteer for campaign leadership positions, and serve on Federation, agency and synagogue boards and committees. We have a great deal more information about the positive effects of missions and would be glad to share them with yoii at any time.
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