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Entertainer Shecky Ghreene came to Omaha last weetumd and with the help of Sol Pareow, Lorrie Bematein, Florence Brody and acores of others made it liappen: many thousands of dollars were raised for the Home and since the money is still coming in and some donors have not yet been acknowledged, a fkiU report wont be available in the Jewish Preu until Sept 29. In the photos, clockwise, Shecky arrives at the Home with Sol Parsow. Mrs. Bernstein and Mrs. Brody give a thumbs up to indicate success. Shecky sings "My Yiddishe Momma" for residents of the Home. Lee Jane and Sol Parsow, honorees for the event, welcome Shecky to the Saturday night party the Parsows hosted for patrons. More than 1,000 attended the Sunday evening performance at the Orpheum and provided Shecky and Marilyn Maye with a standing ovation. An estimated 360 patrons attended a dinner in the OPPD Atrium before the show. Mariljrn and Shecky greet Mrs. B at the Parsow party and talk about the old days in Omaha. (See editorial on page 4.)
Bible quiz scheduled Gary Epstein, president of Henry Monsky Lodge B'nai B'rith, has announced the Tenth Annual Edward Zorinsky B'nai B'rith Bible Quiz will be held Dec. 10, 2 p.niv, in the theater of the Jewish Community Center. '. The purpose of the quiz is to encourage Jewish youth to become more famiUar with their heritage, the Bible. It is also to honor the memory of the late Senator Edward Zorinsky, who had a special concern for Jewish young people. Four prizes will be awarded to those judged as winners by rabbis in the community. First prize is $500; second, $300; third, $200; and fourth, $100. The prize monies can be applied toward college tuition or a trip to Israel. The contest is open to all Jewish teenagers in the Omaha area in grades nine through 12, Mr. Epstein stated. "It is hard to believe that this is the 10th year for the contest,' suid Steve Riekes, a trustee of the Lodge. He thanked the Lodge and the family of Senator Zorinsky for their support He gave special thanks to Gloria ICaslow, Stan Mitohell, Ann KibelSchwartz and Lois Epstein for their "outstanding help and conunitment" He also thanked the dozens of teenagers who have participated during these 10 yean. Chosen for the contest are the Books of Exodus and Ruth. Prior to the contest, contestants will be asked to familiarize Uwfflselves with these entire Books. \ 'Any teenager, regardless of previous Jewish education, who thoroughly reads the required mattrial can eompeta,' said Mr. Hiekes. The quis la not hard, and sample questions will be givw ooo-
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Paraahat Ki Tavo AMEN..JUM[EN..JUMEN In oflering a word on our Sidrah, it is almost impossible to omit comment on the dreadful Tokhaha (Warning) which dominates the Parashah and brings it virtually to its end. But I do now omit it. In teaching adult non-Jews, whether in class or in a church study session, I often point out, if occasion demands it, that one can write words of one language in the alphabet of another. Jews who read "Yitgadal v'yitkadash" or "Sh'ma Yisrael" know immediately that they are reading Hebrew words transliterated into English (really Latin) characters. Transliteration literally means "carrying the letters acro88"-that is, carrying them from one language to another. So, in speaking to non-Jews, I point out that they know some Hebrew words written in English (Latin) characters. For example, Hallelujah, Canaan, Eden.Shalom, David. Probably the word most used throughout the world in other languages, derived originally from the Hebrew, is AMEN. Our Sidrah uses the word AMEN in what may be the most solemn passage in all of Scripture. Preceding the great and fearful Tokhaha, there is a scene Moses describes for the people to enact when they come into the land. Two groups, the one intoning curses and the other intoning blessings, were to take their places on mountains facing each other, with the people listening in the valley below. In impressive tones the curses were to come hurtling down the mountain-side to the people-anc] the people were to answer: AMEN! One curse after another-and to each the people were to bind themselves by answering AMEN. Presumably the blessings were to alternate, but the sacred text omits detailing them. The curses are a "Torah" in brief false worship, disrespect for parents, changing property markers for one's own advantage, ii\justice to the blind and the powerless, sexual offences, murder, accepting pay as a "hitman," and disdain for law in general are all prohibited and cursed. To each the people were to respond AMEN. It is a most impressive scenario. The Midrash analyzes the meaning of this unusual word, AMEN. It flnds three connotations, each supported by a proper proof-text (a verse from somewhere in the Bible). First is "shVua," an oath. One who says AMEN is, as it were, taking a solemn oath that what has just been said is true. The second is "kabbalah," acceptance. One who says AMEN has accepted the blessing or curse as true and proper, and he associates himself with it. The third is "amanah," a validation and strengthening of what has just been said. It is like putting a stamp of approval on the blessing or curse, a guarantee that the AMEN-sayer offers to its truth. Next time you answer Amen, give it a little thought, at least in passing. Fortunately, we never answer Amen to curses, only to blessings, benedictions. Your response, AMEN, means that you voluntarily and joyously join in the blessing. You bind yourself to its truth.
Jr. NCSYers plan apple-picking All Jewish students in grades 6-7 may join Jr. NCSY this Sunday to pick apples at Martin Orchards in Iowa. The event will be from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch and meet at Beth Israel Synagogue. For reservations or to arrange a ride to and from Beth Israel, call Sarah Grossman, Jr. NCSY president, 453-3352.
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Services for Freeda Gendler were held Moi^day at Beth El Cemetery. ^ She was preceded in death by her bUsband, Abraham. Survivors include two sons, Irvin and H. Lee, both of Omaha; a daughter, Goldie Silverman bf Seattle; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. ' ' , Memorials may be made* to Beth El Synagogue or Hadassah.
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The annual Tachlich picnic, sponsored by Beth Israel Synagogue, will be held Sunday, Oct. 1, 4:30 p.m., at Standing Bear Lake. According to Sheila Tomps, chairman, "The picnic attracts more than 125 members and guests and this year, we're planning for even more." The synagogue will supply the food and drinks for the Sunday afternoon picnic between Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. The "TaBhlich ceremony is a traditional casting away of sins of the prior year into a moving body of water. Special prayers are recited, asking forgiveness and requesting to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year. Cost is $5 for adults, and $3.50 for children ages 3-12. The community may attend. ' For reservations, call Ms. Tomps at 551-9727, or Beth Israel Synagogue at 566-6288.
BBYO international Convention By Beth Shyken, BBYO public relationa August 14,1 hopped on a plane and flew to New York for a full week at the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization International Convention (IC). We took a long bus ride to Camp Perelman in Starlight, Penn., where the convention was held. There 1 was, surrounded by 500 BBYOers from all over the world. There were people there from the states, Canada, Israel, France, England, Holland, Amsterdam and many other places. Throughout the week, we did things that effected BBYO throughout the entire international order. Business meetings were held and motions were passed on various things such as BBG Shabbat and the Mind Body Attitude program. It was rewarding to know that I, a BBG from Omaha, NE, had a vote and say on each proposed motion. I was able to contribute to BBYO chapters all over the world. I cannot wait to share the ideas I received with the Omaha Cornbelt Council. Being a participant at IC got me very motivated and excited for my term as council n'siah. I met with the newly-elected international officers and discussed with them what Omaha needs in order to be outstanding. It was a great experience at which I met many new people as well as saw many old friends from past BBYO programs. I hope that AZAs and BBGs of Omaha BBYO will definitely consider attending International Convention in 1996.
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A Jewish community treasure Months ago, when a group of dedicated supportera decided to launch a fundraiser for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, a modest goal and function were anticipated. Then, under the co-chairmanship of Lorrie Bernstein and Florence Brody, it was like 'Jack's Beanstalk' ~ it kept growing and growing. And even now, after a gala cocktail party, a gourmet dinner and an exciting stage show, the money keeps coming in, a thousand dollars here and a thousand there. At this point, it's real money that the committee is talking about and hopefully, the Jewish Pre»» will be able to announce a final figure on Sept. 29. Meanwhile, I believe its appropriate to thank some of the mtuor donors such as Pennie Z.,Sol Z. and Rose Davis; Shirley and Millard Rosenberg and the Marcia and Alan Baer Foundation. It's also fascinating to note that the donors included Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman, both of motion picture and television stardom. Committee people included: Leonard.Jacobson, Patty Nogg, Esther Canar, Marlene and Hyman Sukiennik, Susie Romanik, Lynn Rubin, Bert Lewis, Silvia Roffman, Joan Bernstein, Arlene Fredricks, Ann Belmont, Lori Sullivan, Ruth Fox and Rosemarie Lowe and volunteers: Sherre Behrend, Sandy Epstein, Elly Feldman, Lois Friedman, Marcia Gallner, Debby Greene, Marlene Hert, Kevee Kirshenbaum, Helen Lipp, Sue Meyers, Bette Muskin, Judy Roffman, Julie Roffaian, Edith Rogert, Sheila Rosen, Velma Sacks, Michbele Skolnik, Saudia Wadud, and Terry Zecharia. Yes, many, many people were involved, assuring the success of a most noble venture, again demonstrating that the Jewish community of Omaha goes way beyond honoring its biblical commandment to care for its aged. The comimixuty approaches its responsibility to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home with enormous measures of love and this outpouring of afTection for the elderly is something we can all be proud of As Sol Parsow pointed out to Mrs. B, the facility that she gave birth to will outlive us all and will enable future generations of elderly to live in comfort with care. Robert Lepp, president, Bureau for the Aging, said acoustics at the Saturday night dinner prevented him for expressing heartfelt thanks from the directors to all the donors, special contributors, and volunteers who demonstrated a love for the Home and its residents. We join Mr. Lepp in saying: Thank you.
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To the Editor: It is Peace, Love, Kindness, and Knowledge that I will greet you as you step inside the doorway of the I Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. , Upon entering, on either side are two plaques I with these two sets of words inscribed: Peace Love I Kindness Knowledge. I like the idea of passing by these inscriptions. I They serve as a reminder of how we should expect to be treated, and more importantly, how we should I treat others. ' The community within the Blumkin Home is I made up of residents, staff and volunteers. There is a feeling of gentleness in the air, it has the fragrance of compassion. It is a place that welcomes visitors of all ages. And if the truth be known, it is children who are most welcome. For it is the •Kinder,' the children, that have the magic within I them to light up a soul with a smile. My daughters have had the pleasure of visiting I residents in the Blumkin Home for about 13 years, since they were little girls. We took them, their JCC preschool teachers took them, and so did I Temple. i My girls have had the benefit of voices filled with history and contact with a generation of experience that will nojL soon pass this way again. It is enriching to know you have great worth all the days of your life. When you walk through the halls of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, there is a quiet echo . . . Debbi Brown To the Editor I am an ethnic Jew, not a religious on^. I have four wonderful children, two of whom are not Jewish in other people's eyes. I give and receive fi-om all people, no matter who they say they are. Hopefully, there are manyj)if\iB who think hke Saul Libowski. Phil Lubman
Terror attacks increase JERUSALEM (JTA) — The number of Israelis killed in terror attacks in the two years since the signing of4he Declaration of Principles in Washington increased by 73 percent compared with the two-year period before the accord. The monitoring group Peace Watch, in a report issued this week, said the number of Israelis killed in attacks between September, 1993 and September, 1995 was 149. A total of 86 were killed in the preceding two years. Peace Watch also found that the number of Israelis killed in attacks within Israel's pre-1967 borders tripled, fi-om 32 in the 1991- 1993 period to 90 during the past two years. In contrast, the number of Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli security forces decUned, from 114 in the 1991-1993 period to 45 in the subsequent two-year period. Peace Watch also reported that the number of deadly attacks against Israelis declined during the past year.
By Shifra Shraco, I As I am writing this article, many thoiights are going through my mind. The first is how grateful I am to G-d for giving me the opportunity to learn Torah in the fullest sense. I had the opportunity to spend this past year learning Torah in Jerusalem, the holy city. Each morning I woke up with excitement because I would have the chance to spend the day serving G-d by learning hi8 holy Tqrah. I spent most of my time learning the 6 Books of Moses, Jewish law, how to improve my character traits, and Jewish thought. The sights in Israel camei alive through stories of our sages and seeing the places where the greatest events in Jewish history occurred. It is a country where many miracles have happened for the Jewish people, and where many more continue to take place. I consider myself fortunate because I found my way back to Judaism. As I look back on my Jewish education, tears come to my eyes. All of the hours that I spent in Hebrew school watching the clock tick slowly by, could have been spent learning the beauty of our Torah and our religion. It takes more than a class on Jewish art, history, literature, the Holocaust, or one class on a topic pertaining to the Torah to interest today's Jewish youth in practicing Judaism. Children learn by the examples that parents, teachers and other role models set. If children learn about Shabbos, prayer and the ten commandments, and do not experience these things first hand, it is no wonder why the intermarriage and assimilation rates are so high today. We live in a period of time where it is relatively simple for a Jew to observe the Sabbath, buy kosher products (even instant meals), and to learn about Judaism without fear of persecution, yet the assimilation rates are higher now than in any period of recent history. The only way to change the frightening statistics is through education and example. If Judaism has no meaning to toda/s youth, there should be no bewilderment when they marry outside of the faith. Maybe we should be asking the question, "Why should you marry Jewish?" The Torah is alive and it tells us how to live our lives in order to better ourselves and all of Am Yisrael. It is the word of G-d, and it applies just as much today as it did hundreds of years ago. It only takes one step at a time to return to Judaism. If we do not act now, and fast, who will teach our children and grandchildren the ways of our religion? We are losing people to intermarriage quickly, but that can change with just one step in the right direction. Light Shabbos candles on Friday night, teach your children to say the Shma before they go to sleep, and show them that being Jewish is positive. I implore you to take action. We must not stand by and wait for someone else to act May we merit the coming of Moshiach with the coming of the New Year.
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'The European notion of a uniform, all-controlling kehillah (community) cannot strike root in American soil beiause it is. not in consonance with thi free and voluntary character of American religious, social, educational and philanthropic enterprises. The only power that the kehillah can exercise is moral and spiritual in its nature.' Rabbi Judah Magnes, 1918 By Yoaef L Abramowitz
"The organized Jewish community is in the process of self-destructing," says Dr. Sidney Schwarz, president of the Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values. "Although I bemoan this, centralized fund raising will be a 'thing of the past in 50 years, probably sooner." Not everyone is as pessimistic as Schwarz, but it is difficult to fipd anyone who thinks the UJA/Federation annual campaign is going to increase with time. 'To raise over $725 milUon dollars is nothing to be ashamed of, * says Marvin Lender, who admits that factors such as intermarriage have aifected the lack of growth in the annual campaign. But Lender, the former UJA chairman and president, hopes that this 'has bottomed out and that we will find new ways to reach out to the younger generation. We are the wealthiest Jewish community in the history of the world, and we still Tiave close to 900,000 contributors." These contrib' utors, however, are generally older. And half the time that they go to their children's weddings, they are welcoming a non-Jew into the family. ; According to most predictions, the m^ority of American Jewish households will be interfaith fam;ilie8 in 50 years. If their giving trends will mirror those of today's intermarrieds, then little money will be raised for Jewish institutions and causes. According to Dr. Gary Tobin, director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, 'Intermarried households are far less likely to contribute to Jewish philanthropies than ;are in-married households.' According to the 1990 CJF National Jewish Population Survey, only 27% of mixed households contribute to Jewish causes and only 13% percent donate to UJA/Federation as opposed Jewish couples of whom 74% give to Jewish charities and 59% to UJA/Federation. The future of fund raising depends partly on the Jewish community's ability to build the broadest .base possible, including intermarried couples," says Jobin.
Failure to do so, he warns, means declining revenues for the 260 national Jewish organizations and this can seriously compronfuse human services and erode the community as we know it today Emptier comi^unal coffers will come at a time when two issues will dominate and compete for limited dollars: care for the elderly and Jewish education. With 19 percent of the American Jewish community above the age of 65 in 1995, that number is expected to rise significantly with projected longer life-spans. Furthermore, according to U.O. Schmelz and Sergio DellaPergola, in a study for the American Jewish Committee, "Wh.en the large cohorts born during the baby boom reach the 65plus age range in the second decade of the next century, the proportion of elderly will receive a powerful boost." On the opposite side of the age spectrum, Jewish educational efforts for young people —day care, day schools, camps, youth movements, retreat centers, Israel programs, specialized programs — might finally be coordinated and well-funded says Rabbi Art Vemon, director of educational development of the Jewish Educational Service of North America. 'Otherwise there will be few Jews left in America." Whether or not American Jewry is strong in 50 years, Israel will probably be independent of U.S. government and diaspora financial assistance altogether. Few Jewish defense agencies will survive as antisemitism continues to recede. Even so, writes Leonard Fein in a recent symposium for the centenary of the Boston federation, "We do^not and will never have a neatly composed structure of organizations each with its clearly delineated and distinctive responsibiUties." The impending financial crunch has already spurred a handful of strategic studies by mE^or Jewish organizations, including UJA , the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF) and Hadassah, on how to restructure. With likely U.S. government cut-backs in social services to Jewish agencies in the hundreds of millions of dollars and sustained pressure for balanced federal budgets into the next century, who is going to foot the bill for Jewish life in SO years? The next generation of American Jewry is going to inherit $2.3 trillion firom their parents, but their giving patterns are dramatically different and starkly non-Jewish. That's the bad news. The good news is that mechanisms are being put into place now for long-term giving to Jewish causes. 'Within 20 years, my guess is that 20 to 30 Jewish privately
held foundations will throw off more money than our entire UJA/federation system," predicts Rabbi Brian Lurie, executive vice president of national UJA. He goes on to list three billionaires who have established foundations with Jewish interests as a hopefiil sign. ' Cheryl Sandier, CJF director of the National Foundations Initiative, predicts that there is $3-6 billion in Jewish foundations and that figure is growing quickly. She cailitions, however, that only a plurality of the monies in mokt Jewish foundations goes to Jewish causes and once the original donor passes away, it is possible that the children will refocus or reinterpret the mission of the foundation. The next generation might say that a Jewish foundation needs to be concerned with general social justice, while we would prefer that the money comes back into the community." According to Donald Kent, CJF director of planned giving and foundation relations, there is $3 billion in the basket of federation endowments, with the listest growing component coming from older Jews who are 'looking for a tool to deal with their generation's philanthropic values into the far future. The main selling point of this specialized endowment (a 'federation support foundation')— which has grown fivm having assets of $40 million in 1985 to over $800 million today—is that it gives the parent generation a way to have their Jewish concerns addressed after they pass away" because chey do not trust the Jewish sensibilities of their children and grandchildren. Federation endowments provided a whopping $355 million in allocations in 1994, and endowment campaigns represent a larger and larger portion of the annual campaign, like in Detroit where it brings in a third of what is raised annually. In addition to annual federation campaigns, family foundations and endowments, there will likely be a fourth, new revenue stream that will strengthen ties with Israel and help underwrite educational and elderly programs back at the local level. Charles Click, as a Wexner Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1994, prepared a 60-pag8 report with an original and powerful idea that could transform the relationship between Israei'and American Jewry and alter the structure of American Jewish fund raising. The Glick Plan, being quietly passed around to federation executives, is to have donors invest via the federation system into Israeli industry and the (continued on next page)
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WALOWrroPOLIKOV After the Flood by Arthur Geisert. Geisert, Sheila and Steve Walowitz of Northbrook, 111., known for his exquisite etchings, sheires his concept announce the engagefor the glorious time after the Flood. Idyllic scenes m,eht of their daughter, of family harmony and bountiful harvests are com- Jo^i Faye, to Kenneth R. bined with the adventure of starting anew, of find- Polikov, both of Chicago. ing a fertile valley and creating a comfortable Miss Walowitz graduhome. ated with a B.A. in Vfhen Solomon irfu King by Sheila MacGill- speech, language and Callahan. This is a story about young Prince hearing from the Solomon and his ability to communicate with wild University of Kansas. animals. His lessons of love, humanity and gra- She is currently pursuciousness are taught in the wilderness, forgotten on ing a masters degree at the throne, and later rekindled on an unsuccessful Northeastern Illinois hunt in which a ferocious lion nearly takes his life. University in special The Flower ofSheba by Doris Orgel. This story education, behavior disis about the Queen of Sheba end her tests for King orders and learning disSolomon, the wisest man of all. Easy to read and abilities. beautiful illustrations. She is the granddaughter of Mania Vogel of • Yettele't Feather*'by Joan Rothenberg. This Skokie, 111., and the late Rudy Vogel and Elaine story is about Yettele Babbelonski, who loves to tell and Sidney Walowitz, also of Northbrook. stories about all that she sees and h^ars from her Mr. Polikov, son of Sheila and Marvin Polikov of window — and if she doesn't have all the details, Omaha, is salps manager of Netcom of lUinois, a she's perfectly willing to make them up. This wise telecommunications firm. He graduated from the and funny story was inspired by an old Jewish folk- University of Kansas with a bachelors degree in tale. Psychology. Slrudel, Strutlel, Strudel by Steve Sanfield. He is the grandson of Ethel Goldston of Omaha This folktale takes place in the town of Chelm. It and the late Seymour Goldston, and the late explains why a teacher may not live on top of a hill, Bemice and Abe Polikov. why a teacher may not own a trunk with wheels, An August 18 wedding in Chicago is planned. and why a teacher may not eat apple strudel. The moral teaches the wisdom of folly in its fondness for the folly of us all. But God Remembered: Stories of Women from Creation to the Promised Land by Sandy Todd and JoEII Olsen announce the Sept. 8 Eisenberg Sasso. This collection of four stories gives voices and names to women from the Bible: birth of a daughter, Alyssa Renee. They also have a ' Lilith, Serach, Bityah, and the Daughters of Z. It is daughter, Jenna. Grandparents are Ron and Debbie Powers and a celebration of courageous and wise women from ancient tradition. Janice Fritz; And Twelve Chinese Acrobats by Jane Yplen. Great-grandmother is Bemice Gerber. Yolen reaches into her own family album of stories for this tale of her father's brother set in old Russia. It is a fun-filled short chapter book the whole family can ei\joy.
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Federation Library adds to music collection By Susan Silver, Library technician The Jewish Federation Library board, headed by Nancy Rips, has announced the expansion of it£ music collection with the purchase of 23 new compact discs and the promise of more to come. While the library already has a comprehensive : collection of 2500 albums, the board realized the necessity of advancing the availability of CDs for the Jewish Community Center and for home use. The new sound system in the gallery and fi-ont hall, as announced last week, is now playing CDs from the library collection on special occasions and holidays. CDs from the collection, which includes such artists as Richard Tucker, Theodore Bikel, Jan Peerce and Debbie Friedman, may be checked out for one week. Also included among the CDs are Klezmer music, 'Schlock Rock" and Israeli folk music. Albums and CDs are available during regular library hours Sunday through Friday. -
HOFFMAN/ROTH Piper Hoffman and Aviv Roth, both of Seattle, were married Sept. 3 in Chicago at the Blackstone Hotel. Rabbi William Frankel and Rabbi Debra Kamin officiated. A reception and bridal luncheon followed in the Crystal Ballroom. The bride, daughter of Aaron and Sarah Hoffman of Chicago, is a graduate of Brown University. She will attend law school next fall. The groom, son of Betty and David Roth of New York City, is also a graduate of Brown University. He is employed by Microsoft. He is the grandson of Nathan Roth, also of New York City, and Betty and Robert Perelman of Omaha. Babette Hoffman, sister of the bride, and Daphna Roth, sister of the groom, were attendants. The newlyweds reside in Seattle.
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^^P (continued from prooeding page) profits will be used to underwrite local community needs back at home. , This has several advantages over the current system: it creates jobs in Israel, helping Israelis and making Israel a more attractive option for the hundreds of thousands of Jews in Russia who hold permissions but have not yet emigrated; it gives a deeper and more direct (Connection for donors to specific projects where they can also give of their business expertise; it creates a community-stake in the economic and political well-being of the Jewish state; and it provides an additional source of ongoing revenue that can be used for local needs. While annual campaigns are not keeping pace with inflation and federations are forced to diversify their income streams, synagogue membership has remained steady at 40 percent over the past 40 years, despite the increase in intorfaith marriage. 'Synagogues have been around for 2,000 years and they will continue to play a central role into the future,' says Jerome Epstein, head of the congregational arm of the Conservative movement, which boasts 800 affiliated synagogues. There will still be a quest for religious life and reUgiouB meaning and synagogues will have a function but the synagogue itself will change and adapt. The days of the synagogues offering only one type of service for everyone will be gone. *There will be more market segmentetion to meet the needs of younger people, empty nesters, elderly, etc. But the synagogue will be the place that brings in people at a grassroots level into Jewish Ufe." The other institution likely to survive, perhaps even flourish in the 21st century is the revamped, re-Judaized Jewish community center. *AB Jews become more spread out, we will need a place to congregate and associate. JCCs will be the Jewish neighborhoods of the fiiture,* says Leonard Rubin, assistant executive director of the Jewish Community Centers
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Association. i ; *We have also finally linderstood that we need to I make the centers places where you not orily give your body a work-out, but also your soul.' The other breakthrough in Jewish organizational life will be a one-stop membership, modeled on an experiment in Chicago for young adults. For a single subsidized fee, people become members of the local synagogues, Jewish community center and other Jewish institutions. *We should makic it as easy as possible for people to walk through our doors,' says Rachel Tessler, program director of Anshe Bmet Synagogue in Chicago. *Onoe they are members, they will eventually see how importent it is to make Jewish life happen. They will eventually be generous.'
Decline in bias crimes By Howard Klauaner , The Jewish Standard , TEANECK, N.J. (JTA) — New Jersey has seen a drop in bias crime incidents, but it is too early to label it a trend, said Robin Parker, the state's deputy attorney general. Parker, also chief of the state's Office of Bias Crime and Community Relations, made the remarks in response to the recently released "Crime in New Jersey. Uniform Crime Report for 1994,' a collection of data on all criminal offenses reported in the stote. On a statewide basis, 1994 showed a decrease in reported bias incidents from 1993 — 1,029 compared with 1,326. However, Parker said, "We believe that only a fraction of the incidents that occur get reported. However, our figures are close to those of independent studies.' Jews continue to be targeted in disproportionate numbers, the report showed. Of 84 attacks for reasons of religious bias, 73 victims were Jews, mostly youngsters.
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My|irst college lesson I By Shana Novak It seems like only yesterday that I sat in a high school study hal^-working math problems and reading Huckleberry Finn. Today I ponder the existence of God in Philosophy and learn feminist views of atomic bombs in my^ International Relations class. My how times have changed. Greetings from Syracuse University? Sometimes I wondered if I would ever make it to college, but here I am. My classes are enlightening, my new friends are wonderful, I am thecrew team's newest addition, and the Orangemen won the season's first football game. What more could I ask for~bett^^ dorm food? But really, in all seriousness, my college experience has been one of the most challenging and invigorating experiences of my life. I can't say that I don't miss home because it would be the lie of the century-but there is one thing here at S3rracuBe that always seems to give me a littie taste of home. In Omaha, beiiig involved with other Jewish kids was very important. Although I am far away, my interest in meeting other Jefwish teens was something I did not leave at home. The best thing about Syracuse is that there are hundreds, even thousands, of kids who have the same interest as I do. Learning that "aburrido' meant boring in Spanish was not the most exciting thing Tve done here at college-meeting Jewish kids from across the nation was. It was intriguing to me how different yet the same Jewish kids were, no matter where they came fit>m. Tve met Jewish kids from New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts. Most of them stick to Jewish tradition very conservatively, which was a welcome sight. It was amazing to recognize how more intense our religion is on the east coast. Of course, the Jewish populations of Dallas, Cleveland, and Chicago are also represented here, constantly reminding me that the Jewish populations of middle America are aUve and well. Being around so maqy Jewish kids at one time gives me a familiar feeling in a place that is still somewhat unfamiliar. Each day I look forward to discovering something new about our religion from the people around me. I know I am in college to get a quality education, which includes homework and boring lectures, but one lesson I will always enjoy is learning that Jewish kids are everywhere, and they have so many different and wonderfiil things to share with the world.
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While children are the source of nachas, our immigrant grandparents dealt with midwives, the movement from breast feeding to pasteurized milk, beautiful baby contests, birth control and how to raise a Jewish child in America. Among the early fatalities were Kashrut, Sabbath observance and the Yiddish language. Bar Mitzvah was joined by incorporation of gender equality through confirmation and Bat Mitzvah. In the Jewish home, ritual objects like the kiddish cup, mezuzah, Menorah, pictures of Palestine, competed for pride of place with new mass consumer goods like fancy furniture, gramophone. Chanukah was the Jewish American response to Christmas. Personal involvement and the focus of the synagogue declined. They were replaced by caterers and hotels. Many derided these trends. Joselit quotes Rabbi Meyer Kripke's observation at a discussion at the 1948 Rabbinical Assembly of America, "It becomes almost pointless, therefore, to present a code of Jewish practice to our people. If you will tell them now that they may eat fish in an un-kosher restaurant, they will say they are already eating lobster and shrimp." This, Joselit's fourth book, is a welcome companion to Adapting to Abundance. Jewish Immigrants Mass Consumption and the Search for American Identity (1990) by Andrew R. Heinze. It is thoroughly researched. It relies on the wealth of literature^ available to American Jewish homemakers over the last century. The Maxwell House Hagadah, ubiquitous in the Jewish home, becomes for Joselit, a historical source. The Wonders of America is wonderfully illustrated and is available at the Jewish Federation Library.
Times to Remember' AZA #1 Sweethedrt Dance B^ Beth Shyken, BBYO pubUc relationa ' Tihe 52nd annual AZA #1 Sweetheart dance was held recently at Highland Country Club. Jay Lewis was chklrman, and Andy Itkin, Cory Itkin and Jeff Shyken were co-chairmen. Eryk Gilinsky was freshman representative. The men of AZA #1 began planning the dance this past April. "We wanted this dance to be the best so we knew that it was important to get a head start on it^ said Jeff. The theme was 'Times to Remember.' Dinner was served at the Highland, and a dance followed. According to the chairmen, everyone there was having fun. There was an open bar that served soft, drinks. As the evening progressed, it came time for procession and the announcement of the new 62nd AZA #1 sweetheart. Candidates were Jenny Epstein, Kari Epstein, Allison Gordon and Ali Lemer. Jayme Tichauer was honorary. Karen Kazor, out-going sweetheart, thanked the men of AZA #1 for a wonderful year, and then the new 1995-96 AZA #1 sweetheart was announced . . Miss Kari Epstein, daughter of Gary and Sandy Epstein. Kari is a sophomore at Westside High School and a member of Ediar #710. "I am so honored and ecstatic and I can't wait to spend my year with such a great bunch of guys," she said. The chapter raised $6,200 from selling ads. Because of their outstanding achievement, Joel Alperson, chapter advisor, is giving them a pizza party. "I thought the dance was great," said Melissa Katzman. "There were a lot of people there and I didn't see one frown, everyone was happy. Good job, AZA #1!"
Prague's non-Orthodox to fill shul with prayer By Ruth E. Gruber PRAGUE (JTA) - Prague's long-derelict Spanish Synagogue will resound with Jewish prayer this month when a new, non-Orthodox Jewish congregation in the Czech capital holds High Holiday services there. "Bejt Praha,* which organizers describe as an open Jewish congregation, plans to hold Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in the Spanish Synagogue. "We arJB expecting 300 people at services, but Fm probably underestimating,' Bejt Praha founder Lisa Frankenberg said in an interview. Frankenberg, 27, came to Prague in 1990. She is the president and publisher of Prague's weekly English-language newspaper, The Prague Post. She and friends founded Bejt Praha last year as an alternative to Prague's official Orthodox community. This year, the group formally became a member of the Federation of Czech Jewish Communities. Bejt Praha, which has a mailing list of about 300, mainly targets the hundreds of American and other Jews who form part of the large foreign community in Prague, Czech Jews also participate in services and events organized by the group. *We don't label ourselves Orthodox, Reform, Conservative or American,* Frankenberg said. "We are a Jewish organization-we are the open Prague Jewish community. Outreach is a main concern and focus of the group, she said. "We want to help Jews in Prague express their own identity." Frankenberg was involved in organizing nonOrthodox High Holiday services last year, whiirh were held in the historic High Synagogue.
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Jewish Cadets at the Citadel also oppose presence of women NEW YORK (JTA) — When a band of jubilant cadets cheered Shannon Faulkner's departure from The Citadel last month, David Abrams and other Jews on campus were among the gleeful voices. "As far ab the Jewish cadets are concerned, just like all the cadets, Shannon Faulkner's [departure] gave the right for males to have ^ single gelnder education," Abrams said in a phone interview. 'I think what's on trial here is all single gender education," said Abrams, who works in the The Citadel's pubUc relations office. As the past senior class president, Abrams was an' outspoken critic of Faulkner and her lawyers' effort to integrate the state- BU|>ported military college. Abrams, who graduated with a degree in English in May, was one of a handful of Jewish students attending the military academy. He drew no distinction between the Jewish students and the nonJewish students at The Citadel. The Faulkner case was just one issue that had Jewish cadets standing united with their classmates, said Abrams, who painted a picture of campus life as one of discipline, order and honor. He reported no anti-Semitic incidents during his four years at the Charleston, S.C, campus and said his fellow cadets were *the 30 or 40 people who I know will be there for the rest of my life." "This is a place that has tremendous tolerance," Abrams said. "I have had some of my Christian friends go to synagogue with me, and I have gone to church with them. If we want to go to services, we can go off campus and get overnights and leaves during the m^or holidays." But one person for whom the 162-year-old military college had no tolerance was 20-year-old Shannon Faulkner. Since 1993, Faulkner battled the school's administration in court to allow her admission into the
cadet corps. After 2 1/2 years, she was admitted as the first female cadet. On her first day, she became ill and was takep to the infirmary. She left later that week, citing mental and emotional fatigue, Not everyone in The Citadel's Jewish community was opposed to the campus going coed. Rita DeutzSerphos and her husband, a Citadel math professor, are the faculty advisers to the Jewish cadets. They support women being on campus. "No wonder Shannon [Faulkner] couldn't make it. The only way to make it is to bond with the other freshmen," Rita Deutz-Serphos said. "She had no one else to talk to. She of course was all by herself," she said. Faulkner lived in a special room, while her classmates lived in communal barracks. Her room was lockec( and wired with security cameras.' However Faulkner may have been mistreated, Jewish cadets are not. "I don't know if there ever was anti-Semitism here," said Deutz-Serphos, describing The Citadel's peer-led code of discipline. "TTiey are just nasty to everyone." Abrams said the school's honor system and other peer-imposed codes were part of the reason for his attraction to The Citadel. He and senior Josh Lee spoke nostalgically about enduring the upperclassmen's authority during their freshman year and later imposing the same arbitrary rules on younger cadets. Deutz-Serphos, describing the honor code, s^id first-year students are terrorized by upperclassmen in order to weed out about 100 cadets by the end of the first year because the school does not have places for all of them. She said freshmen are routinely harassed during meal times, denied basic rights such as leaving campus or using the telephone and subjected to midnight room raids and push-up drills.
"If I can give them some of my chicken soup and mbke i^t easier for them, I do," Deutz-Serphos said. "But they don't want to have more privileges than the other cadets. That can make it worse." For the most part, Jewish life at The Citadel consists of leaves of absence for synagogue services or Shabbat dinner at the Deutz-Serphos' home. Jewish activities are co-sponsored with the Hillel at University of South Carolina, also in Charleston. But a cadet's life isi regimented and often inflezi- , ble, making it difficult to attend events. Since the 1950s, the Jewish population at The Citadel has declined from an all-time high of 100 — or 10 percent of the student body — to the current five. As Ivy League schools lifted quotas on Jewish students, Jews from the South fled to prestigious colleges in the Northeast. According to Lee, who grew up in a Conservative home in Miami, where he gave Bar and Bat Mitzvah lessons, keeping Judaism's basic tenets is a struggle in The Citadel's environment. "On Saturday we had SMI (Saturday Mandatory Inspection) held right during the day. If anybody wanted to go to services they would have to miss inspection," Lee said. "And forget about keeping kosher, everything is pork," he said, adding thtft on Passover "you can get a ham sandwich." 'Sure you can take the bread off, but you're lefl with the ham. You might as well eat the whole sandwich," he said, explaining why Orthodox students do not attend The Citadel. Deutz-Serphos, who was hidden as a child during the Holocaust, said she was disappointed that . Jewish students did not support Faulkner. Thirty years ago they didn't want the blacks. And before that, they didn't want the Jews," she said. "If they do get girls, they will get exactly the kind of girls who are just like the boys coming here."
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By Rhea K. Zukerman, director of conununicationa Jewish Education Service of North America JESNA, the Jewish Education Service of North environment rarely achieved in part-time supple- gibility set by the school's scholarship committee. America, is submitting this article on behalf of mentary schools. Once bitterly opposed by the Committed to a day school education for all the Walter I. Ackerman, professor of Jewish studies establishment and championed only byi Orthpdoz children, my firiends choose a tuition payment plan, and holder of the Shane Family Chair in Education Jews, day schools today enjoy support in all sec- but at additional cost. Expenses of this order must at Ben Gurion University in Israel. tions of the community. The demonstrated correla- surely discourage many families from even considProfessor Ackerman calls attention to a critical tion between intensive Je|wish education and adult ering a day school education. issue at a time when the Jewish community is Jewish identification — ritual observance, synaFor most families, the kind of intensive Jewish seeking to maximize the impact of Jewish educa- gogue affiliation, volunteer work for Jewish causes education provided by a day school entails considtion. He notes that while Jewish day schools are in — places day schools in the front row of efforts' erable personal sacrifice. . the forefront of efforts to enhance the quality of designed to enhance the quality of Jewish life. Even though day schools have received increasJewish life by offering the most intensive form of Parents send their children to day schools for a ingly large allocations fonn local federations, the Jewish schooling available? the enormous financial variety of reasons. Whatever their motives, all of income from communal sources covers only a small obligation and personal sacrifice for families who them assume a considerable financial obligation portion of their operating expenses. Government choose a day school education for their children, upon deciding to enroll a child in this kind of funds, when available, are helpful but do not allevioften discourages even the most committed from' school. Tuitions in six elementary day schools-in ate the pressure of the ever mounting costs of considering this option. He calls for a united Los Angeles range from $6,400 to $7,300. Tuition maintaining a school. The consequence is higher national funding effort, similar to the loan guaran- payment plans generally mean.more money: $250 tuition^ fees and feverish fund raising campaigns, tee program for the resettlement of Soviet Jews in one school and $350 in another. A third school often in competition with one another. More sericoordinated by the Council of Jewish Federations, has a $500 new student fee. Fees on the east coast, ous, of course, is the fact that these schools, are which would allow every family which chooses to do particularly in the New York area, are even higher. becoming a preserve of the well-to-do. so to send their children to a Jewish day school. Expenses do not end with tuition. Parents are It is clear that present patterns of funding do not When the new school year begins, well over expected to contribute to a building fund, partici- permit day schools to completely play the role 170,000 children, more than a third of all those pate in annual fund raising events and cover the assigned them in attempting to secure the Jewish attending Jewish schools, will be enrolled in day costs of special programs. future. The task is beyond the ability of individual schools. These schools provide pupils with both a Last year a young couple of my acquaintance paid schools and communities acting alone. The appeal general and a Jewish education. Today there are tuitions totaling $ 17,500 for two children in day to government funds, based on promise implicit in more than 500 schools of this kind in the United school in a large eastern city. That was a manage- the school voucher plans under consideration in a States, almost double the number of thirty years able sum, but left little in the kitty for summer growing number of states is a questionable strateago, according to findings fi-om the 1986-87 census camp for the oldest child or a vacation for them- gy. A united effort of the entire American Jewish conducted by the Division of Jewish Demography selves, let alone badly needed repairs to their community, initiated by the Council of Jewish and Statistics, Institute of Contemporary Jewry at house. A third child is scheduled to enter the school Federations, would offer an alternative solution. the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and appear- this year. The loan guarantees provided for the resettleing in Trends (Fall, 1992), a publication of JESNA, Despite good jobs and higher than average ment of Soviet Jewry are an example of the ability the Jewish Education Service of North .America. salaries, this intensely Jewish couple felt that a of organized Jewry in this country to marshall' The increase is one of tlie most important develop- third full tuition was more than they could carry. extraordinary resources in time of need. The educaments in Jewish education in this country since the This particular school, unlike many others, does tion of Jewish children is no less critical than helpendofWorld Warll. not offer a reduction when a family has more than ing Jews from the former Soviet Union. Despite differences among them, day schools offer one child enrolled. For the first time in the history The intelligence which designed the loan program the most intensive form of Jewish schooling cur- of their association with the school, they applied for can surely be applied to the task of making it possirently available. The full day in school permits an scholarship aid. Their request was denied because ble for every family which so chooses to send their enriched curriculum as well as the creation of an their combined income was above the ceiling of eh- children to a day school.
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