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By Ana Kibel-Schwartz Jewish Educator and author Joel Lurie Griahaver cartooning, debate and theatre. He calls this learning experience "performance rabbinics,' and it is an will serve as scholar-inopportunity to enter the universe that is Talmud. residence at Temple A transcription of this process will soon be a book Israel Dec. 15-17. Mr. Grishaver is a' of the same name (to be co-published by Jason teacher of Jewish texts Aronson and Torah Aura Productions) for which Adin Steinsaltz has already written the introducto adults and teenagers, tion. a writer, a cartoonist, and an innovative Sunday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m., Mr. Grishaver will lead a session entitled "Heart-Pointing.' The secret Jewish thinker. He has degrees from Boston to meaningful Jewish prayer is knowing where to point your heart. University and the Drawing on his books, You Shall Be a Blessing University of Chicago, and has done extensive «'''*' Lurie Grishaver and Shema is For Real, he will reveal the secret course work at the Hebrew Union College and the patterns and hidden original stories that the spiriUniversity of Southern California. His more than tual architects who designed the Siddur embedded 50 published books include Learning Torah, Shema in its structure. He will help to unlock both the is For Real, And You Shall Be a Blessing, and 40 Keva (the fixed form) and the Kavanah (spiritual Things You Can Do to Save the Jewish Times, direction) of Jewish worship, connecting rabbinic Jewish Education News, Jewish Family, and material to common experience. Manna. The public may attend the following events: He is the creative chairman of both Torah Aura Friday, Dec. IS: 8:16 p.m. , "After Numbers Productions and Alef Design Group, the creator Comes Deuteronomy: Stories from the Yukon of and co-editor of Learn Torah With. . .A facsimile Jewish Life' (Oneg Shabbat following). Dialogue on the Weekly Torah Portion, Bim Bam, Saturday. Dec. 16: 11:16 a.m. —Simcha C. Ha and <shabbas.doc>. He is a faculty member B'Shabbat worship service in the Chapel; 4 to of the Los Angeles Hebrew High School, the 5:30 p.m.- "Learning Talmud: An Introduction for Department of Continuing Education of the Absolute Beginners.' Includes refreshments and University of Judaism, and a consultant to the Havdalah. Sunday, Dec 17:10 ajn.-Bagel brunch; 10:15 to Whizin Institute for Jewish Family Living. Saturday, Dee.18, BiSO pjn., Mr. Griahaver 11:30 «.m.- 'Heart Pointing: The SlCI'tl to will lead a session on 'Talmud For Absolute Meaningful Prayers;' 11:30 ajii.-Worship assemBeginners.' Imagine being able to both read and bly for parents and students; 12:30 pjiL-Teacher join the actual debate among the rabbis with a workshop at Temple Israel, co-sponsored by the solid understanding of what's going on. Five yeais Bureau of Jewish Education. There is no charge for the workshop, however, of research, development, and experimentation RSVFs are required. Call the Bureau at 334-6445. have lead to this fusion of traditional text study,
Carviile, Matalin to address Leadership Conference By Barbara Chandler, Federation communications director ^^^^^^ "We hope to take a Omaha's Jewish adults ^^^^^^^^ very large delegation between the ages of 22 ^B ^^B from Omaha to this and 45 are invited to participate in the 1996 ^>^ .^^'fBh Washington ^^ •• Conference,' Ms. UJA Young Leadership orelman added. Conference in One highlight of the Washington, D.C., from i:onference will be an March 17 to 19. Jeff address by James Gordman and Robyn Carviile and Mary Kooper are co-chairmen Matalin. Mr. Carviile of the Omaha delegation. was deputy campaign Susie Noddle is the manager for George chairman of Capitol Hill Robyn Kooper Jeff Gordman Bush, and Ms. Matalin visits for Nebraska. Those who attend will join 3,000 delegates from led the Clinton campaign. Following the election, all over North America for an insider's spotlight on the rival campaign managers "sparked the romanevents shaping the world. The conference will tic imagination of the country" by getting married include personal appointments with members of and documented their story in the book "All's Fair: the Senate and House of Representatives, briefings Love, War k Running for President.' Today, Mr. Carviile is gearing up for Clinton's refrom Israeli officials and top White House and State Department ofTicials, and dialogues with election bid; Ms. Matalin is set to become a CBS Radio talk show hoet. renowned Jewish scholars from around the world. Those who choose to extend their experience can Registration coat for the conference is $376, which includes all meals. Participants must make join a "Capital to Capital* Israel trip that will depart from Washington on March 19 for five days their own hotel and air arrangements. Jan Perelman, Federation Young Leadership in Israel. Participants will fly to Israel with several director, remarked, "This conference is for people U.S. Congressmen and Senators and will engage who see themselves as future volunteers making in interactive meetings with these U.S. governdecisions and taking an active part in our Jewish ment legislators and members of the Knesset. Cost for the Israel trip is $1200. For information eommunity. During the past year, we have seen tremendous interest among our young adults in about the Washington Conference or the Capitol to strengthening their Jewish connection and broad- Capitol Israel trip, call Jan Perelman at 334-6427. •ning their Jewish axperianoia. ,. ijfc£irbtyi^fciiei«sfcy»::ajs^^«5S!»;ai,:i.;
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Dr. John Calvert will be the College of Jewish Learning's featured , speaker Monday, Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. He will discuss Islamic fundamentalism and its threat to the world. Dr. Calvert's specialty is the history of the modern Middle East, a region in which he has Dr. John Calvert much personal experience. He has spent time in Iran and Turkey, and in 1987-88, he spent a year in Cairo, Egypt, conducting research on Islamic social movements. He is currently preparing a study on the influential Islamist ideologue, Sayyid Qutb. Dr. Calvert received his Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and came to Creighton in the fall of 1994 to take up the position of Assistant Professor of History. He currently resides in Omaha with his wife, Im, and son, Sean. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, call Gloriann Levy, Jewish Cultural Arts Council director at 334-6403.
The Rose' opens with It's a Wonderful Life
The premiere production at The Rose,' the new home of the Omaha theater company for young people, form^ly the Emmy Gifford Children's Theater, opens Nov. 24. The opening show is It's a Wonderful Life, the stage version of the fihn starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. The theater's new home, the former Astro Theater, was donated by Rose Blumkin, along with funds to restore its original decor. > The production runs Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 24-Dec. 23, with afternoon and evening performances. Cast members include Ariel Shukert as ZuZu Bailey, Stephanie Wilson, and David and Vic Gutman. The play is double cast, so attendees are encouraged to check with the theater box office for the availabiUty of specific cast members, 345-4849.
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Helping Sarah Osaff celebrate her 100th brithday are, from left; Gayle Spooner, granddaughter; Sarah Spooner, greatgranddaughter; and FVan Milder, daughter. Seven-year-old Sarah's birthday la Nov. SO, the same day as her great-grandmother. Mrs. Osoff has II grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She resides at the Montolair Nursing Home.
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By Sergio Kieman BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A German law firm Parashat Toledot has decided to represent former SS Capt. Erich Has the Bible Given Up on Mankind? Priebke for free when he goes to trial on war I crimes charges in Italy. I am always uneasy when I read this Sidrah. ' Heinrich Wirtz, a partner in the Berlin firm of Here are twin sons, doomed—yes, doomed, I say- Anwaltsburo Andreas Schultz, recently arrived in to a lifetime of rivalry, hatred and fear of violence. the Andean resort town of San Carlos di Bariloche, We Jews are not happy with the vignettes of where Priebke has lived openly under his own Jt^cob, our Father, as crafty, a deceiver, a sup- name since 1948. planter. It is only later that Jacob becomes the' "We think Mr. Priebke is innocent," said Wirtz. Champion of God and the rightful heir to the spiri- "We shall help him free of charge as a matter of tual heritage of Abraham. The text supports humanity." Jacob'« aggression in acquiring the birthright and "We are not Nazis," Wirtz said. "We do this the blessing of Isaac by making it clear that the because this might be the last case involving Lord Himself had chosen Jacob over Esau. Germans in relation to the war." Wirtz said The larger picture, the sweep of history, shows a Priebke'had contacted the Berlin l4w firm on the continuous enmity between the Israelites (descen- 'recommendation of his many friends in BerUn." dants of Isaac and Jacob) and the Edomites Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that (descendantsoflshmael and Esau). . Priebke be extradited to Italy to stand trial for his Even our'Haftarah returns to the theme that the involvement in the 1944 massacre of 335 Romans Lord favored Jacob over Esau. And the prophet — 75 of them Jewish — at the Ardeatine Caves (Malachi) uses this as the basis for the Lord's indig- south of Rome. The massacre is regarded as the nant reproval of the Israelites over their repeated worst war crime conunitted on Italian soil. infidelity. The Argentine Supreme Court decision overAll of this is depressing. When one considers that turned an api>eals court ruling three months ago this enmity between brothers, or relatives, is a conrefusing extradition. Legal disputes delayed the stantly repeated theme in the Torah, one wonders formal ruUng to extradite Priebke for more than a whether the Bible has given up on mankind! year. Here are Cain and Abel; here are Abraham and Priebke, 82, has been und«;r house arrest in Lot, unable to share pasture lar^d; here are Isaac, and IsTimael; Jacob and Esau; Jacob and Laban Argentina since May 9. He is awaiting the arrival (nephew and uncle); here are Joseph and his broth- of an Italian police unit that will accompany him ers. What a history! And then the historical books to Italy. According to local reports, Priebke's health is show constant warfare between Israel and its neighbors, and, finally, the rueful enmity between deteriorating. His doctor maintained that he fell the two elements of the fragmented Israelites, into a state of depression in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, adding that Priebke has Judah and Israel. high blood pressure and is suffering from senility. Has the Bible, to repeat, given up on mankind? We shall have to say that the answer is No: the Priebke, in a rare interview granted to the EnglishBible is only reporting what has happened, what language Buenos Aires Herald, said he was aildoes happen among men. The distasteful and dan- ing "in bed and feeling down, down." Priebke has admitted taking part in the masgerous situation in contemporary Israel disturbs us, frightens us. Humankind, alas, has always sacre, but said he was just following orders and would have been killed himself if he had refused to acted this way. But the Bible itself, and rabbinic Judaism follow- participate. In the interview, he maintained that he was ing it, is hopeful, hopeful that mankind may yet rise to true human status. charged in the Ardeatine massacre "because I'm It is in the classic period of prophecy that we the only one left alive after 50 years." come to see what Judaism sees, what religion sees, Argentine Justice Minister Rodolfo Barra, who as the goal and attainable status of humankind. It was in Italy recently to meet with Italian officials is perhaps nowhere better slated than in the vision about Priebke's case, dismissed reports that of Isaiah and Micah, 'And they shall beat their Priebke was too ill to be extradited. fwords into plowshares and their spears into prunPriebke's lawyer Pedro Bianehi has launched a ing hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against last-ditch effort in Buenos Aires to block the extranation; they shall never again know war." dition, but Barra said before the appeal that it And note this: Even Malachi of our Haftarah, would be "very difficult" for Priebke's lawyers to whose recognition of Jacob over Esau was noted block the extradition. above, declares to the Israelites of his day, long Italy's military prosecutor, Antonio Intelisano, after the classic period of Israel's prophecy, that all said he would charge Priebke with "multiple murthe nations of the world, who pray differently from der, cruelty to prisoners and conspiracy to kill." Israelites, who speak of gods different from the God Intelisano reportedly said a preliminary hearing is of Israel, are, in reality recognizing and praying to scheduled for Dec. 7. the God Whom Israelites worship-for, after all, Tullia Zevi, president of the Union of Italian there is only One. Mankind is one, the prophet is Jewish communities, said the extradition would be saying, under the One God. •'positive for the image of both Italy, which seeks justice for its victims, and for Argentina, which in the past showed too much tdlerance in accepting and supporting tens, if not hundreds, of Nazis and escaping fascists." I
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Synagogues Candleliffhtinc 4:40 pan. I TEMPLE ISRAEL 7023 Casa Street, Omaha, NE 68132 656-6536 FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service, 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Jeff Taxman will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Israel Sisterhood. 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, 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'shabbat-The congregation will study the Torah portion for the week. "TOW" Torah on Wheels (TOW) will be held Tuesday from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Fraser, Stryker Law Firm, 500 Energy Plaza, 409 So. 17th St. Bob Freeman is host. Reservations are required. Call the Temple office at 556-6536. Adult Education Thursday: "Beyond Midrash," 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. Tot Shabbat Service Friday, Dec. 1--A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will be held for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families.
CHABAD HOUSE 1322 So. 119th Street, Omaha, NE 68144 697-1124 SATURDAY: 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.
NoTaabar 14,1990 J»wUk Pnm Pk(* t BETH ELEIYNAGOGUE ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME 14506 California, Omaha, NE 68154 SATURDAY: I 402-8550 Services, 9 a.m., led by Harry Noodell and Albert Office Hours: Monday through T^iursday, 9 a.m. Friedman in the Goldsten Chapel. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the community are invited to join Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Di-azen and residents for the service and the kiddush following. Cantor Emil Berkovits. , Memorial services are held on the last Saturday ^lUDAY: of each month. Services start at 6 p.m. B'NAI (JESHURtiN SATURDAY: 20th and South Streets Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Lincobi, NE 68502 Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. 435-8004 TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) will meet at 10 a.m. Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Shabbat story time, the second and fourth Weisser. Saturday at 11 a.m. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:45 p.m. ICtantan meets the Rrkt and third Saturday at 11 a.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:50 p.m SUNDAY: SUNDAY: Services start at 9 a.m. Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to noon; or by appointment. B'nai Mitzvah Zachary Leeds, son of Beth and Steve Leeds, Zachary Perelman, son of Sheldon and Jan will celebrate his Bar Perelman, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday Mitzvah Saturday, Dec. evening and Saturday morning. at Beth Elj Zachary Leeds, son of Steven and Beth Leeds, 2, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, Dec. 1, Synagogue. An honor-roll student! and Saturday morning, Dec. 2. at Beveridge Middle School, he enjoys basBETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE ketball, football and! 1602 No. 62nd Street, Omaha, NE 68104 water skiing. 656-6288 Zachary has a brother, Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman. Jason Hoberman. Office hours: Grandparents are^ Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Barbara and Stanley Malashock and Helen and Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p:m. Milton Leeds of Highland Park, III. FRIDAY: Great-grandmother is Mrs. Myrtle Fox of North Kabbalat Shabbat service at 4:45 p.m. Miami Beach, Fla. SATURDAY:
Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Kiddush sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heisler in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. Mincha at 4:45 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah. English SUNDAY: "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Services at 9 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and WEEKDAYS: Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. Services at 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Lunch & Learn TIFERETH ISRAEL Wednesday, 11:45 a.m., with Rabbi Kaye. Call 3219 Sheridan Blvd.. Lincohi. NE 68502 the synagogue for location. 423-8569 Practical Judaism Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. A class with Rabbi David Kaye will be held Rosenbaum. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the synagogue. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. Gemorah Claaa FRIDAY: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Rabbi and Services start at 8 p.m. Mrs. David Kaye, 12237 Turner Cir., Bellevue. Oneg Shabbat hosted by Gerry and Sandy Cookbook Schuchman. "Happiness is Still Good Food,' available at the SATURDAY: gift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5658. Services, 9:30 ajn.; Jr. Congregation, 10:15 a.m. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment. Call OFFUTT Leah Siegel at 556-5455. Capehart Chapel, 25th and Capehart Omaha,NE 68123,294-6051 FRIDAY: BEYTSHALOM Services start at 8 p.m. RECONSTRUCTIONIST SYNAGOGUE P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124 B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE For information, contact Mike Salmi at 291-3469. REC0N8TRUCTI0NIST CONGREGATION FRIDAY, Nov. 24: 618 Mynater SL, Council Bluffs, Iowa 61503 "Shabbat in the Home* weekend. All families are invited to celebrate a special home shabbat. No 323-4705-SynaKoKue synagogue services this night. 687-1660-Rabbi Ehrenatein Religious School: Beyt Shalom co-sponsors the FRIDAY: Shabbat services are held every Friday night at River Cities Reconstructionist Religious School. 7:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Classes are held each Sunday at the West Side Community Education Center, 108th and Grover, Bhrenilein and lay leaders. Oneg Shabbat follows. from 10 a.m. to noon (use the rear parking lot). B'nai Israel participates in the River Cities SUNDAY: ileconstructioniit Religious School. Classes are No religioua school. leld every Sunday at the West Side Community tducation Centar, 108th and Orover, from 10 ajn. D noon. The community may attand. Call Rabbi Ehrenstein or Dr. Martin RMenburg, Brector of education, for an appointment.
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JEWISH BOOK FAIR Calendar of Events Wednesday, Dec. 6, noon-Community luncheon. Robert Eisenberg, author of "Boychiks in the Hood," will discuss his book. Sunday, Dec. 10, 1 p.m.-Lecture/slide presentation. Dr. Richard Freund will speak on "Digging up the Past." 2 pjn.-Bible Quiz contest Monday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.-Lecture/reception. Paul Wilkes will speak on "An American Rabbi and His Congregation." Sunday, Dec 17~*3 to 4^0 p.m.-Storytelling festival; book talks. 'Note time change. BOOK SALE Through Sunday, Dec. 17 Hundreds of books, gifts and games
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Scholarships Stretched to meet student needs By Claudia Sherman Foundation public relations director "One of the ways to create better Jews, along with support from synagogues and families, is to send our kids to Jewish summer camps, to Israel, and to college," recommends Spencer Brookstein, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bureau of Jewish Education, an agency of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Last year, BJE's Financial Aid Committee award' ed $45,000 in scholarships to 47 college undergraduate and graduate students from the Omaha metropolitan area. There are 18 scholarship endowment funds established for the benefit of Jewish students in our area. Some award more than one scholarship. Applicants are screened and evaluated by the Bureau's Financial Aid Committee. The funds are administered by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation. "The need is growing faster than the available dollars," noted Mr. Brookstein. "There's not enough money to help families who can't afford to send their children to college." Financial need is the first basis for awarding scholarships. Also taken into consideration are scholastic merit, participation in Jewish activities, and a family's membership in the Jewish Federation. "The amount is not a factor," explained Susan Drazen, director of the Bureau, "only the involvement." The Bureau has college scholarships available for freshmen through graduate students. There are funds for students who wish to enter the fields of professional service to the Jewish community; physical education, health and recreational science;
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or special education. There is also aid for students who want to study in Israel, seek a Yeshiva education, have immigrated from the former Soviet Union or have only one parent. "We have no lack of applicants," mentioned Mrs. Drazen. In fact, she said that sometimes applicants are turned away for lack of financial need or other missing criteria. Sometimes it can be difficult to find an applicant for a specific scholarship. "I would like to see the creation of scholarship funds that are as inclusive as possible," Mrs. Drazen said. "The problem is finding enough dollars to help as many students as possible. They're all our kids. Helping them go to college is another way to show them they are valued members of our community." Steven Riekes, chairman of BJE's Financial Aid Committee which makes the final decision on awarding scholarships, expressed his gratitude to those who have donated the monies Jewish students have used to attend college. "Even more pressing," Mr. Riekes added, "is the need for funds to help families afford to send their youngsters to Jewish summer camps, Friedel Jewish Academy, the Jewish Community Center preschool, Israel, and Jewish youth programs." He emphasized that assistance for these activities come solely from the Jewish community. Sheldon A. Bernstein, endowment director of The Jewish Federation Foundation, welcomes any inquiries regarding the establishment of new scholarship funds. He can be reached at his office in the lower level of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home by calling (402) 334-6440.
A book review By Oliver B. PoUali
Rachel Calof's Story Jewish Homesteaders on the Northern Plains, editRelations with her in-laws were stormy and ed by J. Sanford Rikoon (Bloomington: Indiana unsentimental, yet respectful. This is not cozy nosUniv. Press, 1995, 158 pages). talgia "Little House on the Prairie" reading. Her story, in its matter-of-fact realism, is unique Rachel Bella Kahn came to the United States in and representative. It is a woman's point of view, 1894 at the age of 18 to marry Abraham Calof, the heroism of every diy life. She ran the domestic whom she had never seen. He was a hpmesteader household. and she spent the next 23 years on ,. farm north of Keeping kosher on the Northern Great Plains and Devils Lake in rural northeast North Dakota. observing the Jewish celebratory cycle in Ramsey In 1936, at the age of 62, she purchased a writing County, North Dakota, was difficult. It took at least tablet and filled 67 pages in Yiddish about her life two days to get to town and back. If the weather was story. She died in 1952. Around 1980, her children bad, the horse went lame or the wagon broke down, translated it into English. it took even longer. Sanford Rikoon, a rural sociologist at the Rachel had nine children, and declared, "The most University of Missouri, saw the card catalog entry dependable state of affairs I knew during the many "My Story" at the American Jewish Archives in years I lived on the prairie was pregnancy." The Cincinnati. Her story gripped him, and now it is told task of providing education, building a one-room in her own unadorned and unromantic no-holds- schoolhouse, hiring teachers and providing the chilbarred words. dren with Ufe skills was a constant concern. Rachel's story is reminiscent of the hardship Rachel's adversity did not sap her creativity. It described in "Old Jules" and "Giants of the Earth." steeled her and^he entitled her memoir, "I'chaim," As she said, "The winters dominated our lives." Was "to Ufe." ' there enough food, adequate clothing, firewood and This book is available at the Jewish Federation money to make it to spring. Library. PROJECT WARM-UP f >imr ( ii;its. ||;iis. (;i(nis. Mjiruns
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor. The effect of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin still reverberates in our community. This event will remain a dividing point on the time line-before the assassination and after it. The coming together that occurred at Beth El Synagogue on Sunday, Nov. 6, a mere 29 hours after the news of Rabin's senseless murder reached us, showed us a mirror of who we are. The energy and commitment that went into the community gathering, in keeping with great Omaha tradition, was extraordinary. When we set our collective minds to do something, we can accomplish much. The Jewish Press covered the program and I will not repeat their excellent coverage in this paper. I do wish to take advantage of this platform to acknowledge those who contributed to this coming together in our community, over 500 Jews and nonJews alike, to recoi^miit ourselves to the dream of peace. First and foremost I want to thank Beth El Synagogue and their entire staff for hosting the event. A particular thanks to Rabbi Drazen who put together and co-ordinated the program content. Thanks to all the leaders in our community who worked ii^ the preparation and participated in the evenings program-Rabbis Drazen, Ehrenstein, Airiel and Stiel; Cpntors Berkovits, Fettman and Contzius; Tom Fellman and Howard Bloom. I also wish to thank the untold many individuals who late into Saturday night and all morning • Sunday helped call as many people as we could to let them know of the event. I want to give special thanks to Rebecca and Sibby Wolfson for their work and support that evening. And I wish to thank you, the Jewish community of Omaha. You remind me once more of the strengths of this community. In today's unsure times, we here are blessed with a forward-looking leadership and a participating community. Our collective minds have much work yet to be done. We prove ourselves in the crucible of adversity. We should all be proud and challenged by this tradition and legacy. Bob Wolfson ADIVCRC director
To the EditoR I recently had the privilege of going on the Women's Mission to Israel. I want to thank everyone here in Omaha nnd in Israel for the Outstanding job that UJA does on these missions. It takes lots of hard work and planning to make them run like clockwork. Not having been to Israel in 15 years, I saw many new changes. We spoke to many dynamic women and men. We saw beautiful children in homes, met other UJA missions, covered many topics and saw many of our UJA projects at work. As the "senior member" of this group, it was my pleasure to be with wonderful younger, intelligent, kind, religious young women of Omaha who really care about Israel and Omaha. I would like to suggest if anyone has an opportunity to go on a Mission for UJA, please do. It is an experience of a lifetime. HI never forget it. Also, visiting Jordan was an added plus.
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{Editorial: R TEEN'S LOOK INTO THE flSSHSSINHTION OF RABIN |By RIeH IDolfson ^mmi^ I am a 14-year-old teen who is inlerI ested and involved in political Issues. I One issue that particularly interests me I Is the assassination of Prime Minister I Yit2hal< Rabin. Prime Minister I Rabin was a great man.,.the pillar of the peace process [between the Palestinians, the I Arabs and tlie I Israelis. The I Jewish community I owes Rabin a great debt of gratiI tude for keeping with the peace I process. "'**^ When the extremist Jew Yigal Amir I shot and killed this great man on November 4, he was saying to the world that the Prime Minister was a traitor to the nation of Israel. In the weeks before the assasination, Insane pictures of this beloved man in Arab and Nazi uniforms painted the streets I of this torn country. "It's nothing! It's nothing! They aren't I real bullets! They're fakel" yelled Yigal I Amir as he was assassinating Rabin. I In his own mind, he was trying to justify I this horrible act. Amir's views, along with countless other Israelis and Jews,
say the peace process is a waste of time, because Palestinians, Arabs and Israelis were never meant to live together in a peaceful society. These extremists definitely do not stand for the views of all Jews. However, it makes me wonder what kind of Jewish society I can expect to raise my children In and whether I can be sure, when I send my kkls to Israel, that they will be safe. I recently went to hear a speech on Middle East conflicts by Linda Scherzer, a former news reporter for CNN during the Persian Gulf War and then for Israeli television. I asked her if she thought Prime Minister Peres will be a fitting successor for Rabin. She told me Peres would do everything in his power to continue the peace process. Even if he isn't as aggressive as Rabin, I think he will be just the person we need to lead on. In conclusion, Jews are a family of people. The last thing we need is a Jew killing a Jew. When you think of Israel, you think of our homeland, not a nation of Jews fighting amongst themselves. We need to stay focused on the prime directive, and that prime directive is peace. We need to stay together as a nation, as a people, and as a family. Alex Is a tmshman at Central, a member of USY and Beth El Synagogue.
R STICKV MIND GRME By Rachel Shukert I^^M Once on an Indian Summer, Thursday evening, the kind where the air is sticky and filled with tension, and you can hear the soles of your shoes scrape like flatirons on the'pavement, I was leaving a place I didn't want to be and approaching a place I didn't want to be, at least in my present status, battling a flippy stomachache and peeled grape eyes. I found myself in my friend's basement, seated on the exceedingly ugly green velvet couch, my heart sinking along with the springs. We were watching "Seinfeicf' with forced laughter that always seemed loo little or loo loud. I don't, in my pastel fog memories, know who started it. Out of boredom, like two mice desperately gnawing at the trap, we started the game—a macabre game of bizarre theories, maybe hoping to stumble across the meaning of life. I once had a moment of clarity, wearing my gym suil-everything in my life was a "Kids in the Hall' sketch. It was something like that, but, forgive me, I had other things cluttering my mind, penguins and 7-11's and ugly green couches. The game. Stretches of the mind.
Who can outdo who in absurdity: What II, we're all really dead, and this is the afterlife, and when someone dies, they are really being born into the real world? What II. we're all living in one huge body? What If, your entire life is a dream, and when you wake up in your real bed in your real room, none of this happened? Before I soundl too way out, I please keep inl mind that this is| fun. Try il sometime and you'll Rachel see. It's much more interesting than "who's-datingwho-and-why" or '\vho-wore-what-lastnight." Since that muggy stomach night, the game is played often, Someday I'll prove a theory. We're only confused because we don't know... Rachel la a aophomore at Central, a rrwmtwr of UZ Yoahans, USY and Beth El Synagogue.
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Baking lor Klnnua at Beth El are, from left: Rachel Shukert, Sara Jacobton, Laynle GIniburg, Jenny Kay and Lsuren Zucker. The major arynual USY Regional Convention is being hosted in Omaha this weekend. The chairmen of the event — Jeff Shapiro, Allison Gutnik, and Michelle Lee — have worked extremely hard to make this the most incredible convention they could. SHOSHANA: What support did you receive from the community? JEFF: The community was very supportive. We received a lot of help from Scott Littky, Rabbi Drazen and the parents of our USYers. Parents were more than willing to assist in staffing. Many have volunteered to be doctors, floor monitors and discussion leaders. They also helped cook. Many gifts were donated for the events. We owe a huge thanks to everyone who gave their time or money to help make Kinnus a success. SHOSHANA: What were your goals and how did you accomplish them? ALLISON: When I first found out I was chosen as a '95 chairman, I wondered if I was getting in over my head. Soon after, all three of us — Jeff. Michelle and myself — met with our USY Director Mike Levine to devise a schedule and to organize and plan Kinnus. Theuniversal goal was to make this the besl Kinnus that Emtza Region USY ever had! Under Mike's guidance, we began calling the
appropriate people and locating useful supplies during the winter and spring of the '94-95 school year. This helped us to be more organized and allowed time for changes and improvements. The way things look, we will have successfully reached our goal by the end of Kinnus weekend! SHOSHANA: What are you most proud/most excited about? MICHELLE: i can't wait to see over 400 people come to our city to experience what we've tried so hard to plan outa trip to the zoo, Mini-Olympics, a Saturday night program, discussion groups, religious services and social action projects--using tried-and-true Shoshana ideas as well as innovative ones. I know not everything will go exactly according to schedule, but I'm really excited to see ail of our plans fall into place. Our goal was to make this the best Kinnus ever: I'm really proud of everything we've accomplished! Shothana It a junior at Central, a member of USY, Ediar BBG and Beth El Synagogue.
MAKING THE TERMl By Josh Cohen i^^^^"" Playing football at the varsity level for your high school can be a dream come true. Many students try out every year, but only the very dedicated and gifted stick with the program. Running on to the field under the vibrant soft gtow of the lights ... hearing the roar of the crowd when you get to the sidelines ... there is no feeling In the work] that can lop the one that you gel when you hear the cheers tiecause deep inskje, you know they are meant for your team. This past football season, as a junior. I was second-string center on the Central High Eagle varsity football team The second string helps prepare the first string tor next week's game. It's our job to run the opposing school's offense and defense during practice. Although I dkin't start this season, I was always proud to be part of this team. I always had my eyes up and head high, ready, waiting to get my chance to show the coaches what I was capable of in a game situation. I was very much recognized as part of the team by the players as well as the coaches. Given, Central dkl not have the best football season this year, going 3-6 We did have one major accomplishment — making the stale playoffs
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(although we lost in the first round to Columbus). This was the first time Central made the playoffs since 1984, when the Eagles won the state championship. Playing for the Eagles has been a major accomplishment in my high school career. I also hold atxive a 4.0 grade average, am in honors classes I at one of the most academically challonging schools in the state, all while playing football, working parttime at the Hitchcock Ice Arena C and serving as sports editor of the Register, Central's student-produced newspaper. Ail things considered. I think playing varsity football has been one of the most fun and rewarding experiences of them all! Joth It a junior at Central, a member or Chalm Weltmann AZA and B0th Hrttl Synagogue,
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JCC art exhibit features Ann Kibel Schwartz iHandms^de Paper Art by Ann Kibel Schwartz will be on exhibit at the Jewish Community Center art gallery from , Nov. 28 - Dec. 31. A reception for the artist, open to the public, is planned for Sunday, Dec. 10, from 1 to 4 p.m. Ann Kibel Schwartz uses handmade paper as a unifying element for collage, drawing, Ann Kibel Schwartz painting and printmaking. Her work incorporates life-worn objects such as garments, found objects and dried (lowers. Life is the central theme of her artwork which explores the human condition. Ms. Kibel Schwartz received her BFA from Memphis State University and her MFA from Ohio ' State University. She served as an Artist-in-theSchools for the Ohio Arts Council. She was Visual Arts Director of the Columbus Institute for the Contemporary Arts. Judaism has been a mtyor influence on her life and art. She came to the United States as a very young child with her parents, who .survived the Shoah (Holocaust). For some years, she was a teacher and principal of Religious Schools in t Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. She came to Omaha to take the position of Cultural Arts Director at the Jewish Community Center. For eight years Ms. Kibel Schwartz has been the Director of Education at Temple Israel, where she has incorporated Jewish Arts and culture into the curriculum. She holds the title of RJE, Reform Jewish Educator, conferred by NATE, the National ' Association of Temple Educators. Also, she serves on the Board of NATE as National Chairman for Family Education. Gallery hours are: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 1 to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. For information, call Gloriann Levy, Jewish Cultural Arts Council director, at 334-6403.
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.^on Mor, BBYO Regional Director, recently attended the International B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) Staff conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he received an award for having the largest percentage of outstanding BBYO chapters in the BBYO order. Among participants in the recent Prejudice Elimination Workshop held recently at the JCC were area students Mike Kricsfeld, Jay Lewis, Cory Itkin, Jeff Shapiro, Lance Polikov, Andi Gitnik, Allison Gordon, Bret Katelman, Andrea Friedman, Lei Brown, Karen Kazor and Shosbana Wees.
By Naomi Sega! JERUSALEM (JTA) — EgypUan President Hosni Mubarak has invited the Israeli bodyguards who escorted him when he attended the Jerusalem funeral of Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem to visit him in Egypt. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem said Mubarak had extended the invitation to the seven bodyguards from the Shin Bet VIP protection unit, in a gesture of appreciation for their work and to offer his encouragement. A state commission of inquiry is now examining how members of the same unit who were protecting the late prime minister allowed an assassin to get within point-blank range of Rabin on Nov 4. Mubarak made his first visit to Jerusalem last week when he attended Rabin's funeral
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State Senator Pam Brown is scheduled to speak at National Council of Jewish Women State Public Affairs Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center. Senator Brown serves on the Appropriation^ Committee in the Unicameral and is currently working on the "behind the scenes" networking and compromising necessary to try to get important bills passed. One such bill, LB 532, which NCJW strongly supports, would require the treatment of OB/GYNs as "primary care" physicians for insurance purposes. (This bill was introduced in the '95 session and is still in committee.) The meeting is open to the public. For information or to make reservations, call Carol Bloch, NCJW State Public Affairs chairman, at 393-8028.
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By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli troops have completed their withdrawal from Jenin, the first West Bank town to fall under Palestinian self-rule as the result of an agreement signed in Washington in September. Israel moved up the withdrawal by a week to demonstrate its continued commitment to the peace process in the wake of the Nov. 4 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. As Israeh troops left the building that had served as their headquarters, thousands of cheering Palestinians lined the streets to welcome buses bringing an advance guard of Palestinian police to the town. A Palestinian flag was raised at the former army headquarters. At a gas station on the outskirts of the city, Israeli and Palestinian officers shook hands to mark the formal transfer of power. Israel began its withdrawal from Jenin on Oct. 26. Located in the northern West Bank, the town has some 40,000 Arab residents. M^. Gen. Ilan Biran, commander of the region that includes the West Bank, said joint Israeli and Palestinian police patrols would begin operating in the area this week. Israel Radio quoted a senior Palestinian police ofllcial as saying that the Israeli redeployment firom the West Bank town of Tulkarm would begin next week with the opening of a liaison office.
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By Alice Weiss Jewish Family Service Jewish Family Service and Wohien's American ORT are preparing for Chanukah in order to help local Jewish families in need, and are asking the community for help. For the food distribution proJ ject, members of the community are asked to donate honperishable kosher food appropriate for the holiday. Food can be placed in the Tzedakah bin in the front lobby of the JCC by Dec. 11. Also, Prdject Dreidel is less than one month away, and there is still time to donate gifts to local Jewish children in need. People can respond by either buying gifts for the children or donating money to Jewish Family Service so volunteers can shop for and deliver gifts. If purchasing a gift, it is requested that the gift be wrapped and tagged with the child's age range, sex and the gift contents, and brought to the Jewish Family Service ofBce by Friday, Dec. 15. For information, call 330-2024.
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Organizations YES YES will meet Monday at the JCC. "YES Talk" discusBion group starts at 10:30 a.m. in the adult lounge. Bingo also starts at 10:30 in room 10. The YES choral grout> will rehearse at 11. Following lunch, Students from the Friedel Academy and Child Development Center will join members in the *Learn to juggle" workshop for students and seniors. i OLDTIMERS Oldtimers will meet Tuesday at the JCC. The Earlybird discussion group will meet at 11 a.m. in room 10. Following lunch at noon, Barbara Chandler, Federation communications director, will speak. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise will start at 10 a.m., and bingo will start at 10:30. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30. At noon, the movie "Shell Seekers," starring Angela Lansbury, will be shown in the Blumkin Home auditorium. Popcorn will be served. VISIONS Visions board meeting will be held Friday, Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m., in the adult lounge.
BREADBREAKERS James Wilson Sr., father of slain police officer Jimmy Wilson, Jr., will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency y^est Best Western, according to Leon Polikov, chEiirman for November. Mr. Wilson will discuss the James B. Wilson Memorial Fund for which he is the president and CEO. Cost is $7.50 and the public may attend.
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By Beth Cohen The' third annual Channukah Theatre will be held at the Jewish Community Center Dec. 16 and 17. ' The Channukah Theatre is a creative children's production sponsored by the JCC Dance, Theatre and Youth Services Departments, An original script, written by Rachel Hauben, JCC Theatre manager and co-artistic director/actor at the Blue Barn Theatre in Omaha, is based on the experiences of children acting in the Channukah play. The play is accentuated by dance numbers done by youth enrolled in JCC dance classes. Performances are Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. A dessert reception will follow both perfonnances. Tidijete are $5 for adults and $3^ for children 12 and under. For tickets, call JCC Member Services at 334-6426. The Channukah Theatre is made possible through generous funding from the Esther K. Newman Foundation, the Mort Richards Foundation, United Arte Omaha, and the Nebraska Arts Council.
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Births Joel and Susan Stem of Los Angeles announce the Nov. 1 birth of a daughter, Anna Rae. Grandparents are Henry Stem of Omaha and the late Ann Stem.
HADASSAH Hadassah will meet Wednesday at the Livingston Mike and Jane Snyder of Omaha announce the Plaza social room at 7 p.m. Dr. Ira Priluck will Nov. 2 birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Marie. speak on Macular Degeneration and other eye Grandparents are Barry and Fran Snyder of afflictions, and relate his talk to Hadassah Hospital Omaha and Robert and Letha Pitlor of Lincoln. in Israel. Great-grandmother is Sadie Silver of For reservations', call hostesses Miriam Grossman at 691-0807; Beth and Joe Ginsberg at Johannesburg, South Afirica. 345-9699; Sandy and Marvin Kohll 391-5603; or Sherry Taxman, 397-5816.
German neo-Nazi arrested By David Kantor BONN (JTA) — A leading German neo-Nazi already convicted of inciting racism has been arrested on new charges of Holocaust-denial and racial incitement. Gunter Deckert, the former chairman of the extreme right-wing Nationaii Democratic Party, was arrested recently at Frankfurt airport upon his arrival from Spain. Police officials said Deckert . was arrested in connection with a book he co-published, "The Case of Gunter Deckert." Police may charge him with writing anti-Semitic portions of the book and with its distribution, both of which are illegal under Germany's laws against provoking racial incitement. In April, Deckert was sentenced to two years imprisonment for translating and circulating a speech delivered at a 1991 neo-Nazi rally by Fred Leuchter, an American Holocaust denier. Deckert was expected to start serving the twoyear sentence by the end of the month. The case, which has been the subject of three trials in as many years, created a stir here and abroad last year, when a state court in the southwestern dty of Mannheim gave Deckert a one-year suspended sentence, describing him as a dedicated nationalist who resented the moral and financial demands Jews have made on Germany in the wake of the Holocaust. Twojudges who issued the sympathetic statement were removed from the bench amid an international outcry, and another trial was held at which April's verdict was reached. That verdict was upheld in October by a federal appeals court. In a related development, neo-Nazi activist Mainolf Schonbom was sentenced last week to 27 months' imprisonment. A court in the western German dty of Dortmund found the 40-year-old •xtramift guilty of relaunching a neo-Naxi oivanilatlon that bad been banned Iqr the authoritiea.
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By Alon Mor, BBYO director Following the success of "Schindler's List', Academy Award-winding director Steven Spielberg is creating a-list of his own, and B'nai B'rith Youth Organization's BBYO University is on it. Saying that the profit from the 1994 film is "blood money" and should rightfully be put back into the Jewish community, Spielberg has instituted the Righteous Persons Foundation with the earnings from 'Schindler's List". The Foundation will distribute more that $40 million over the next decade to a number of Jewish causes, including outreach to Jewish youth, supporting the arts, and promoting tolerance and understanding between Jews and non Jews. "BBYO U.," established last year in conjunction with Brandeis University's Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service, will receive a grant of $150,000 over the next two years to support its efforts to strengthen BBYO staff membert' skills as informal Jewish educators. Administered over a three-year period, the first-of-its-kind program addresses such topics as Judaic studies, adolescent psychology, organizational culture and morality. Participants must attend a yearly week-long seminar, participate in a mentoring program and complete a research project. Graduates of the BBYO U. program receive a certificate ofcompletion from Brandeis University. "BBYO U. offers a creative approach to learning," says Audrey Brooks, chairman of the B'nai B'rith International Youth Commission. "This opportunity will equip the staff with the skills to provide informal Jewish education to thousands of BBYO members, BBYO advisors and board members." "To have an impact on young people and help create a vibrant Jewish future, IJewishI educators need support, high quality training and a sense of significance in .Jewish life. BBYO U. works toward each of these goals," says Margery Tabankin, executive director of the Righteous Persons Foundation. So far, the Foundation has allocalad nearly $10 million through 30 grants.
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Tree for Rabin set near White House I By Daniel Kurtunan WASHINGTON (JTA) — Looking out a<^ro8B the South Lawn of the White House,' a tree now stands visible at the tip o^ the Ellipse — an American Elm, planted recently in memory of Yitzhak Babin. On a gray, biting fall day — reminiscent of the coldnesq Noa Ben-Artzi referred to in her moving eulogy to her grandfather — members of Congress, local dignitaries and Jewish community leaders joined leaders of the Jewish National Fund to honor Israel's slain prime minister. 'Let us hope that the tree we are planting today, like the seeds of peace that were planted by the late Prime Minister Rabin, will grow tall and strong like the trees that the JNF has planted on the once-barren hills of the state of Israel," said Shlomo Gur, deputy chief of mission of the Israeli Embassy. The 300 people gathered for the ceremony filed past the tree, each staking a yellow flag into the cold earth, symbolizing groves of trees the JNF intends to plant in Israel and Washington in Rabin's honor. Invoking Jewish tradition, Moshe Rivlin, world chairman of the JNF, said the world began with two trees — the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. "The tragedy is that when Yitzhak Rabin reached his peak in the tree of knowledge, a human snail cut off his tree of life," he said. "We are here today to plant a tree which is a combination of life, knowledge and hope, and we pray for peace in memory of a great soldier, a great human being, a great leader," he added. Sens. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) and Charles Robb (DVa.) both attended the ceremony. "Not too many feet from here is the Washington Monument," Simon told the gathering. "We said of George Washington that he was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country. That really is an apt description of Yitzhak Rabin. He was a hero of war, he is a hero of peace." Originally intended as a celebration of Jerusalem 3000 — the 3,000th anniversary of King David's founding of Jerusalem as his capital — the treeplanting ceremony was instead held in memory of Rabin.
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By Matthew Dorf WASHINGTON (JTA) — Legislation requiring the United States to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by 1999 has become law without President Clinton's signature. The law was delivered to the national archives last week after Clinton allowed the deadline to veto the measure pass. The president has 10 days, excluding Sundays, to sign or veto a bill passed by both houses of Congress once it is received by the White House. The measure, which overwhelmingly passed both houses of Congress, ofBdally became law Nov. 8. Citing concerns that the move would negatively impact the peace process, Clinton has vowed to enact a provision of the measure that would allow the president to delay the move in six- , month intervals.
Sculptor of eternal flame dies By Gil Kezwer TORONTO (JTA) — Kosso Eloul, an internationally acclaimed Israeli Canadian sculptor, died here on Nov. 8 of a heart attack. He was 75. Eloul's best-known work is the eternal flame at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Located in a stark Yizkor building of the memorial to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, the flame is encased in the floor that is inscribed with the names of Nazi concentration and death camps. Born in the Soviet Union, Eloul arrived in Palestine as a child. He graduated fi-om the Bezalel Academy of the Arts in Jerusalem, and became a co-founder of New Horizons, an artists movement in Israel that broVe with post-Impressionism. Eloul was awarded the Israel Prize for art, the country's highest civilian distinction.
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International Leadership Reunion The following photos are Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's last appearance before a Jewish organization in the United States.
From left: President Bill Clinton, Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister Rabin, ILR Chairman Stanley Chesley and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher eiyoy a light moment at a gathering of leaders of the United Jewish Appeal and UJA counterparts in other countries. The event, the International Leadership Reunion, raised $31.8 million, including $18.4 million as part of the UJA Federation campaign across America.
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Jewish Agency Chairman Charles Goodman of Chicago (left) presented Prime Minister Rabin a gift of a series of photographs taken at various peace treaty signings while President Clinton, Lea Rabin and Secretary of State Warren Christopher looked on. The event, a meeting of top leaders of UJA and its sister organizations in other countries, wa« a part of the International Leadership Reunion.
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