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Beth El USY named Chapter of the Year Beth El USY (United Synagogue Youth) has been selected as 1994-95 USY International Chapter of the Year.

;Froin left, Shoshana Wees, Dan Parsow, Michael Levine, Jenifer Bearman (EMTZA :USY regioaal president), and Dayna Parelman, EMTZA USY reifional youth director.

The award was presented at the 45th annual international convention in Toronto. More than 1,000 members and staff participated. Two Beth El members, Dan Parsow and Shoshana Wees, as well as Michael Levine, youth director, were in attendance to receive the award.

One of the convention highlights included study of the convention theme ' 'Derech Eretz,' the path |to an ethical life." Keynote addresses included Irene Opdyke, a Polisn Catholic who hid Jews during World War II, and Habbi Jerome M. Epstein, executive vice-president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

Convention delegates also listened to a taped 'greeting from Mrs. Leah Rabin from Israel, who emphasized the importance of speaking out against »those in, support of violence. She said, "I say to you, the youth of North America, that silence is dangerous—we learned that here in Israel. Extremism must not be tolerated—we should fight for peace and cherish it—that is what my husband struggled for.'

USYers also participated in social action projects around the city of Toronto. They volunteered at 31 different projects, including working relief organikations such as The Scott Mission, The Good Shepherd Refuge and Chill Out. A group of 300 VSYers worked at the Daily Bread Food Bank, where they sorted and packed food supplies. The food bank services over 126,000 people a month.

Social time included sightseeing tours of Toronto, including the CN Tower, the Ontario Science Center, the Hockey Hall of Fame and the world's •econd largest shopping mall. In addition, USYers attended a country fair, a USY fashion show sponsored by ROOTS Canada, an awards ceremony (where Beth El Omaha was recognized for its efforts) and a dinner/dance.

International USY is comprised of 17 regions With over 400 local chapters, and along with its pre-teen affiliate, Kadimah, includes 25,000 members throughout the United States and Canada. . 'It was quite an accomplishment to be selected as the best USY diapter in all of North America," said Mr. Levine. ' "Tlie chapter members should be very proud of tlteir efforts for thp past year,' he addnd.

Belh El USY members were recopnined with a trophy presentniion at their USY Shabbnt service Ian. 13 at Beth El SynaROijuc The Intprnalionnl Chnpter n! v, ,,

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By Bariwra Chandler, Federation communications director The Maimonides Society and the Cardozo Society will sponsor a dinner and program Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Highland Country Club.

Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Cost for Maimonides members is $25 per person; cost for all other guests is $30 per person.

4. * The event is open to the Dr. Gadi Woifsfeld community.

Speaker for the evening will be Dr. Gadi Woifsfeld. Currently on sabbatical at Harvard University, Dr. Woifsfeld will talk on Israeli politics and the role of the press in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Maimonides Society is an affinity group for Jewish physicians and dentists. The Cardozo Society is for Jewish attomesrs.

This is the furst time we've held a joint event for Omaha's medical, dental and legal professionals," remarked Lori Rabb, Federation assistant director.

"We feel the information Dr. Woifsfeld has will be of interest to both groups. He is uniquely qualified to address the politics of the current Arab-Israeli situation and is a dynamic speaker. Having personally heard Dr. Woifsfeld speak, I know the evening will be interesting and provocative. I'm thrilled that Omaha has the opportunity to hear him."

Reservations for the dinner may be made by calling the Federation office at 334-6430.

The Jewish Federation of Lincoln has created a News Bureau to help disseminate information within the community and elsewhere, according to Herb Friedman, president of the Federation. The effort will be spearheaded by Chuck Kuba, head of the public relations committee, who is a former publisher of Performing Arts magazine, and music and theatre critic of the Lincoln Star newspaper.

Mr. Friedman said, "In Lincoln, we have no community center or any other organization to bridge the gap between the Jewish congregations. As in any other community, we do have a great need to communicate and our Federation accepts that it is our responsibility to get the job done."

He continued, "Along those lines, our board of directors recently vpted to purchase subscriptions to the Jewish Press for every member, not just those at a specific giving level as has been the policy in the past."

As part of the effort, the Jewish Press will concentrate news from Lincoln under the banner "Lincoln Center" every other week.

Anyone having information they would Uke to see appear in this section, should contact Chuck Kuba at (402) 489-5080, (402) 474-6400, or fax the information to (402) 474-0900.

The deadline is 10 days preceding date of publication. ,, .,» • Local organizations'and individuals may also contact him about important dates or events which should be covered by the Jewish Press and he will forward the information for consideration.

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Annual meeting awards nominations

Campaign update $2,268,174

By Barbara Chandler Federation communications director Nomination forms have been distributed for the awards to be presented at the Federation's annual meeting on Wednesday evening, June 12.

Award categories are Humanitarian of the Year, Community Service Award, Jewish Teen Leadership Award, the Justin Greenberg Memorial Young Leadership Award and the Lois Jeanne Schrager Memorial Young Leadership Award. • Nomination forms were sent to all Jewish organizational presidents, synagogue rabbis, youth directors and youth commission chairs, BBYO advisors, and Federation agency directors and presidents.

Nominations must be submitted to Barbara Chandler in the Federation office by March 29.

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By Beth Shyken The men of Chaim Weizmann AZA#1510'8 annual Sweetheart Dance, "Chaimstock; A Touch of Weizmann," will be held Saturday at the Jewish Community Center. The event is open to the entire community. The evening will include '60s entertainment by the band "The Persuaders."

The dance starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for couples, and $10 for singles.

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JAFI assists 10,000 immigrant students Immigration from the fonner Soviet Union (FSU), particularly of young adults is a first priority for^e Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI).

Young adults need help to get on their feet when they first come to Israel. They arrive with very little money, and if they want to study, they need help to cover expenses even if they are employed full-time.

Immigrants from the FSU place a high value on post-high school education and many have advanced their date of immigration in order to study in Israel.

The Jewish Agency provides financial and other assistance to all young adult immigrants accepted as students in post-high school institutions, and fosters their academic and social integration.

During the 1994-95 academic year, JAFI assisted more than 12,00() immigrant students, 10,179 of whom came from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 BBYO Chaimstock Dance, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 S Jewish War Veterans Meeting, 10 a.m.

A Temple Israel Outreach Program, 10 a.m., ^ Temple Israel MONDAY, JANUARY 22 YES Program, 10 a.m.

YES Creative Writing Workshop, 1:15 p.m.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 Oldtimers Meellng. 10 a.m.

BBYO Night, 6:15 p.m.

Fedaralion Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

JFS Focus on the Family, 7:30 p.m.

Temple Israel 'Torah on Wheels," noon, Temple Israel ADUCRC Board Mealing, noon. Temple Israel WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 CDC Pancake Supper, 5 p.m.

JCAC Hebrew Class, 7 p.m.

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By Rabbi David Kaye SARAR.KRASNB gueat columnlat Servicea foriSara R. Krasne, a lifelong resident of Chazal (our Sages) say that it was because of the Omaha, were held Sunday at Temple Israel. Burial righteous Jewish women in Egypt that we'merited was at Temple Israel Cemetery. She died at the age redemption from bondage. It is in the merit of of92.

Jewish women throughout the generations that I She was preceded in death by her husband, devote the following words. ' MillardH.' ' There areimany people, including many who ^urvivors include two sisters, Ruth Cohen and express commitment to Torah values, who wonder Bernice Kaplan; a daughter, Thama' Lee FViedman, subconsciously or even consciously, if perhaps some all of Omaha; a son, Robert E. of El Paso, Texas; of the Torah's views on women are antiquated, or eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. whether some of the Talmudic Sages were, to varyMemorials may be made to Temple Israel. ing degrees, male chauvinists, whether by circumstances or personality. Such voices and thoughts DOROTHY S. BRODKEY are not consistent with Torah MiSinai, a belief in Word has been received of the death of Dorothy S. the Divine origin and immutability of Torah.

Brodkey of Oakland, Calif., formerly of Omaha.

Present-day discussions on this theme often overShe was preceded in death by her husband, look an obvious question: How do men and women Edward D., who was involved in the operation of differ and what are their respective roles in G-d's State Furniture Co. and Ames Plaza Bank in eternal scheme? Once this matter is understood, Omaha. the differences within Jewish Law are seen to be a Survivors include three daughters, Barbara natural, organic outgrowth of the way the classical Kaplan of Denver, Nancy Polsky of Berkeley, Calif., Jewish tradition views the sexes. and Gail Brodkey of San Francisco; four grandchilThe quest for equality to the point of sameness dren; a sister, Pauline Abrahams of Omaha; and a has brought the dictionary to the chopping block. brother, Julian Saltzstein of Coconut Grove, Fla. Fires are doused by "firepeople" not firemen, a "chairperson" wields a gavel, not a chairman, not a JUUUSROTHKOP chair lady. In our society "equal" has come to mean Services for Julius Rothkop of San Rafael, Calif "indistinguishable." This urge to homogenize formerly of Omaha, \Yere held in Los Angeles. He mankind has spurred some women to see every died Dec. 8 at the age of 82. separation of role by sex as a Bastille to be stormed He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandy. and razed to the ground, leaving nothing intact, Survivors include his wife, Phyllis of San Rafael; including Torah and its laws. two sons, Alan and Michael; a daughter. Heather; Let's examine this issue: Being a person involves four sisters, Gertrude Brodkey of Omaha, Louise four levels of consciousness: physical, emotional, Meyer and Harriet Starr, both of Nashville, Tenn., intellectual and spiritual. In the '50s«and '60s, and Pauline Segal of Roseville, Calif.; a brother, women felt stifled and they were looking for ways Theodore of Santa Barbara, Calif; and nieces and to express all of these consciousness.' Was this nephews. good? Yes! But there is a big difference between Mr. Rothkop spent many years in the shoe busiidentifying a problem and thinking that you have ness in Omaha, Lincoln and various locations on the solution. the West Coast.

Clearly, there is a problem for women who devote themselves to physical endeavors such as children, A. LEON ROSENBLUM cooking and housework, and find that they are not Services for A. Leon Rosenblum, former rabbi of emotionally, intellectually or spiritually satisfied. Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln, were held But that the only possible solution has to be, there- Dec. 26 in Los Angeles. fore be a man, is ridiculous!

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Every morning. Observant Jewish men recite the Esther. blessing, 'Shelo asani Isha"- 'Blessed are You Survivors include his wife, Carla Nadina Mahne; Hashem who has not made me a woman.' This two sons, Murray and Sheldon; and a daughter, bracha has been attacked by feminists who erro- Sara Lynnette. neously interpret it as discriminatory towards During his time in Lincoln, Rabbi Rosenblum women. But this is simply not so! The man who taught classes at both the University of Nebraska thanks G-D for having made him a man is no more and the Cotner School of Religion. downgrading women than the Kohein who might He left the rabbinate in 1964 to head a convalesgive thanks for having been "sanctified" as a cent hospital in Saratoga, Calif., and in 1977, he Kohein, which is certainly not meant to disparage built and managed a retirement community. other members of Jewry.

The Kohein expresses gratitude for having to perRUTHKLASS form more Mitzvos than other Jews. Similarly, men Services for Ruth Mass were held Wednesday at are grateful to G-D for having commanded them Beth El Cemetery, She was 82. more Mitzvos, Mitzvos from which women are Survivors include a daughter. Sunny Greene; two absolved because of other equally important consid- grandchildren; a step-daughter, Carleen Dubin; erations. and two step-grandchildren.

Women recite the blessing, "She'asani kirtzonoMemorials may be made to the Ruth Klass "Blessed are You Hashem who has made me accord- Memorial Fund at Beth El Synagogue. ing to His will." The Jewish woman expresses thanksgiving on being n woman, in appreciation of being chosen by G-D to play a role that only a woman can, fulfilling a Divine purpose and sacred design. This sacred function, vital to the survival and the continuity of the Jewish people, relieves her of the time-bound Mitzvos.

Modern embryological research has shown that the differentiation of the male from the female begins about the sixth week of embryonic life and is completed by the end of the first trimester. In fact, all mammalian embryos are anatomically female during the early stages of fetal life. These female structures are transferred into male organs only under the influence of a male genetic code, the action of fetal androgens. It is the male, then, who must overcome his innate female anatomy and psychology. Female structures develop autiinomously, * NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! without the necessity of hormonal differentiation.

If, before the first six weeks of fetal life, the * tuli seta 'manicures 'pedicures gonada are removed from a genetic female, she will organic, non-yellowing develop into a normal female. If the fetal gonads are similarly removed from a genetic male, he will Call Marsha for an appointment develop into a female. Thus male development can be seen aa a deviation from the basic female pat402-895-4934 tern, 5906 So. 1S2nd Ave., Omaha (Continued on page 4)

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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14806 CalifomU. Omaha 68164,492-8860 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m'. to 4 p.m.

Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Bmil Berkovits.

FRIDAY! Services start at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services.

Sitter service starts at 10 a.m.

TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) will meet at 10 a.m.

Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday atll a.m.

Ktantan meets the second and fourth Saturday at 11 a.m.

Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 5:10 p.m.

SUNDAY: Services start at 9 a.m.

WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:56 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.

Adult Education Classes .

Classes continue Monday and Jan. 29.

Emet VEmunah Study Group The group, which defines the philosophy of Conservative Judaism, will be led by Rabbi Drazen Sundays, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and March 17, 10 a.m., in the sodsl hall. The classes can also be attended Saturday mornings after services Jan. 20, Feb. 17 and March 16. For information, call the synagogue.

Watch Out For Shabhat "Watch Out For Shabbat" Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27. Fellowship Shabbat Friday with services, 7:30 p.m., followed by an Oneg Shabbat.

Saturday-services at 9:30 a.m., followed by lunch (by reservation), afternoon activities and snacks, concluding with minha, ma'ariv and havdalah. For information, call the synagogue.

Women's League Shabbat Members of Women's League will participate in services Saturday, Jan. 27.

Men's Club Family Night Men's Club will sponsor a family night at the Racers basketball game Saturday, Jan, 27, 7:30 p.m. For information, call Glen Fineman.

7023 Cam street, Onudu 68132.6S6-65S6 FWDAY: Shabbat evening lerviee, 8:16 p.m. , Services will be conducted by students in sixthgrade, Ann Kibel Schwartz and Cantor Contzius.

Ms. Kibel Schwartz, director of education, will speak on "^Let My People Know."

The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple 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, 11:16 a.m.

This service will be conducted by the Omaha Temple Youth Group.

Outreach Sunday, 10 a.iii. to noon. This interfaith program will provide an overview of the topic "Death and Dying-Issues For Consideration." The program is open to the community.

"TOW Torah on Wheels (TOW) will be held Tuesday from noon to 1:16 p.m. at Noddle Development, 1125 So. 103rd St. Murray Newman is host.

Reservations are required. Call the Temple office at 556-6&36.

Adult Education Tuesday: Post Adult B;nai Mitzvah, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Thursday: Sisterhood Adult Education. Taking a New Look at the Jewish Holidays," 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., led by Hazzan Contzius using Arthur Waskow's book Seasons of Our Joy; "Modern Jewish Thought," 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., led by Rabbi Azriel; "Beyond Midrash," 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., led by Don Schwartz.

"ShabbAt Comes To You" Rabbi Azriel and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat service Friday, Jan. 26, 3:45 p.m., at Livingston Plaza.

Bar Mitzvah Ekldie Keniiel, son of Gail and Tom Kenkel, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, Jan. 27.

Annual Spaghetti Dinner Omaha Temple Yough Group (OTYG) will sponBETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE sor the annual family spaghetti dinner and auction 1602 No. 62nd St., Omaha 68104,656-6288 Sunday, Feb. 4, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $7 for Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman. adults, and $4 for children. Proceeds will benefit Office hours: Camp Rainbow (for terminally ill children) and the Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; OTYG travel fund.

For reservations, call the Temple office, 556-6536. Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service at 5:10 p.m.

CHABAD HOUSE SATURDAY: 1322 So. 119th St^ Omaha 68144,697-1124 Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the SATURDAY: Sanctuary and (loldstein Chapel.

Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush.

Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY: ,Rosh Chodesh luncheon-reservations required.

Davening is at 9:30 a.m.

Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood.

Talmud Classes Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood.

Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Mincha at 6:10 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday.

Ma'Ariv and Havdalah.

Chumaah Class SUNDAY: Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Morning services at 9 a.m.

Yiddish Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Kaye at 10 a.m. ^^jHooked on Yiddish* lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Evening services at 5:10 p.m.

English WEEKDAYS: "Think Jewish and speak English* classes on Services at 7 a.m. and 6:10 p.m.

Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Lunch & Learn Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.

Wednesday at 11:46 a.m. with Rabbi Kaye at the home of AJ and Willis Ann Ross, 676 N. 66th St. ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME Practical Judaism SATURDAY: Services, led by Steve Riekes and Albert A class with Rabbi Kaye Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Friedman, start at 9 a.m. in the Goldsten Chapel. at the synagogue.

Gemorah Class B'NAI JESHURUN Thursday al 7:30 p.m. at the home of Rabbi and 20tb and South SU, Lincoln 68602, 435-8004 Mrs. David Kaye, 12237 Turner Cir, Bellevue.

Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Cookbook Weisser.

'Happiness is Still Good Food," available at the FRIDAYi gift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 651-66S8.

Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m.

Sisterhood Gift Shop SATURDAYi Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment. Cell Torah study and service at 10 B.m.

Leah Siegel at 666-6466.

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B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE RECONSTRUCnONISt CONGREGATION 618 Mynster St., CounoU Bluflh, lowja 61603 S2S-4705-Synagocue 697-1660-Rabbi Ehrenstein FRIDAY: Shabbat services are held every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Ehrenstein and lay leaders. Oneg Shabbat follows.

SUNDAY: B'nai Israel participates in the River Cities Reconstructionist Religious School. Classes are held every Sunday at the West Side Community Education Center, 108th and Grover, from 10 a.m. to noon. The community may attend.

Call Rabbi Ehrenstein or Dr. Martin Rosenburg, director of education, for an appointment FRIDAY, Jan. 26: Potluck dinner and congregational meeting to discuss future plans for the congregation, 6:30 p.m.

TIFERETH ISRAEL 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln 68502,423-8569 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum.

Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m.

FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m.

Oneg Shabbat hosted by Lucy and Kirk Bowers.

SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m.

BEYTSHALOM RECONSTRUCTIONIST SYNAGOGUE P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124 For information, contact Mike Salmi at 291-3469, or Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein at 697-1660.

FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., at the Second Unitarian Church, 3012 So. 119th St., Omaha.

SATURDAY: Dancing and dessert fund-raiser, 9610 Oak Cir. Cost is $25 for couples, $12.50 for singles. For information, call Wendy at 391-6819.

SUNDAY: Religious School, 10 a.m. to noon, West Side Community Education Center, 108th and Grover. (Use the rear parking lot).

Bar Mitzvah Edward Thomas Kenkel, son of Gail and Tom Kenkel, will become a I Bar Mitzvah Saturday,] Jan. 27, at Temple Israel.

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High in CoOncil Bluffs, I he enjoys basketball, see- ["^"^H^ "^ ^\ cer and baseball. ^i*^K. ^: Eddie has a brother, \^ Matthew.

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(Continued from page 2) possible referendum Why are men and women different? In order that Perhaps this can help us understand these two The current budget battle between the we be mutually contributive.

The world is a place blessings in a very novel way. "Shelo asani Isha' says the man must suppress, and nullify the la'tent in which the Tzelem Elokim can be found through Republican Congrqss and the Democratic adminisda'as and/or binah. If a person perceives an experi- tration may have to be setiled by election referenbiological aspects of the female structure in man.

The bracha is not so much to praise what man ence differently than another, their feelings about dum, Charles Hagel told the YES group at the JCC. Mr. Hagel, a candidate for the RepubUcan nomiwas made th be, as it is to acknowledge .what he that experience will be different. There are two should not be; the perpetuation of female latent types of Mitzvos: Mitzvos Asei (Positive nation to U^e United States Senate, said this week traits originating in his early embryonic life, Not so Commandments) and Mitzvos Lo Ta'aseh (Negative that the budget battle is really on the role of govthe woman, who never had to undergo changes but Commandments). The function of the negative ernment and that voters may be called upon to continued in her normal fetal development. She can Mitzvos are to prevent us from harming Ourselves decide by their November election vote as to the thus say, 'She'asani kirtzono.' The woman's role is or others. Therefore, women, like men, must type of government that is wanted.

During his presentation, Mr. Hagel pointed out to not the object of discrimination; It's rather one of observe them, because nobody may harm themhis Jewish audience that as past president of the deflnition. As in the case of the Kohein, it is merely selves or others.

It is not good for a man to steal; it's not good for a USO, he visited Haifa on many occasions and that an assignment of different responsibilities. woman to steal. It is not good for a man to be an he considered the Haifa USO to be the most sucIf we look in the Torah to the creation of Adorn, the very first human, we can get some insight. This adulterer, it's not good for a woman to be an adul- cessful organization of its kind in the world. original Adorn was put here in order that the teress. The function of the positive commandments, Jon Chrlstensen predicts Tzelem Elokim (Diuine image) have dominion over however, are to give spiritual self-expression. If the the world. Hashem then blesses him, and the bless- selves that are being expressed are different, then embassy move by 2,000 ing is given in the plural, "Vayiuorech osam." obviously they should have different means of selfRep. Jon Chrlstensen told B'nai B'rith Chazal explain that this original Adorn had quali- expression. Two closing comments seem in order: Breadbreakers last week that he expects the ties and components of both sexes; that Adom, who The Maharal says: "Men generally have aggressive United States embassy to be moved from Te| Aviv was the collective soul and body of all future tendencies and psychological constitutions incom- to Jerusalem by the year 2,000. mankind, had all their qualities. Hashem then patible with the peace and serenity OfOlam Habah, He said that he helped circulate a letter with 250 says, "Lo lou heyos Ha'Adom levado."- "It is not the World-to-Come. This is rectified through con- signatures through the House of Representatives good for man to be alone." What is not good; you stant "Torah study, which sublimates their and that the reaction was favorable. have a self-sufficient perfect person?! aggressive drives and cultivates tranquility. Since He said also that the Republican Contract with The primary approach to understanding this is women are naturally disposed to peacefulness and America was carried out well by the House, but that self-sufficiency in and of itself is not good. serenity, they don't need to be constantly engaged weakened by the Senate.

When people feel independent, self-sufficient and in Torah study to merit 01am Haba." "^e lost on term limits, which wouldn't pass in self-reliant, they have no yearning, and yearning is The Holy Ohr Hachaim, Rabbe' Chaim Ibn Atar the Senate, adding that House Republicans continthe catalyst for the expression of the Divine image. notes that just as the portion of dough {challah) ue to "stand by their pledge."

Rashi quotes Chazal, that humans would say, we separated from the rest is holy and may not be He pointed out that he continues to favor a cut in are unique in this world the same way G-D is eaten, BO too are women holier than men, for they Capital Gains to stimulate the economy and unique in the supernal world; that is, we are selfincrease revenue. too were separated from original man as challah. reliant, self-sufficient and the center of the world just as G-D is self-reliant and the center of the FURNACE PROBLEiMS'' supernal world. So Hashem divided Adom into "Ish' (man) and "Isha," (woman) so that each one CALL FLOYD'S 24 HftS. EVERY DAYORNIQHT would have what the other one lacked and thus contribute to the other what they need.

FLOYD S FURNACE i AIR If you understand this, then you can understand 556-9706 what Judaism has to say about women and men.

Judaism says that the differences are one, real, and two, good; and therefore the worst possible Buying or telllog i bome? response to sexuality would be to try to erase the For booest loswers and barriers and to act as though they're not there. quaiifiod, pcnoail service call The physical differences between man and woman BOB LDPSEY are apparent. Judaism beUeves that since the body * CTR^ 490-3300 is the house of the soul, everything about the body '-"- S56-7MS is meant to be informative to us as to how the soul functions. The fact that there are different internal as well as external organs is meant to tell us something about the nature of being a man or being a woman.

MONUMENT CO. Let me illustrate this with the following example; Frank L. Ciciulla.Jr. The way of thinking which is described as specifically feminine is Billah. (The allusion to this in the 60 Years Experience Torah is the word Vayeeven.-See Beraishis-2'.22 With Jewish and Niddah-45b). Binah is the ability to draw forth Lettering and Memorials conclusions. It doesn't mean intuition like, "I knew it would rain." That is not an intellectual process.

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JCC Maccabi youth games scheduled for August

Bert's Eye View When you read this, the date 'will be Bometime in the new year. As I write, we're in the last days of December, and the very end of 1996. It's not so unusual to daydream' and let the mind wander > back over things in the past. In fact, way in the past, not just the last year.

The past is, of course, a conglomerate of good and bad, of sweet and bitter. I suspect it's a mark of the process of maturity (that sounds so much better . than Aging!) to engage in reminiscing, but it does-' n't matter. We all do it Something we see or hear triggers something way back in the mental computer; let me give you an example or two. During his recent visit, my brother and I howled when we recalled a relative (whose first language was NOT English), referring to somebody who had his tonsils and HEADNOISE removed. Come to think of it, that makes as much sense as ADENOIDS. The food section of the daily paper printed a recipe for Halvah not long ago. I was fascinated with some of the ingredients, since I can almost hear my late sister-in-law say "Halvah is made with equal parts of nuts, honey, schmaltz and sawdust." (She was a funny lady.)

A picture of a very old school building immediately called to mind that oddly-shaped fire escape on the grade school most all of my family attended. It was tubular and must have had an entrance from the top floor, where escaping children were expect' ed to enter, then slide to safety.

This is the time of year when I remember being stuffed into warm coat, scarf, sweaters, mittens and the inevitable galoshes. Remember those buckles-how hard they were to either open or close?

Then came the trudge to school, since my memory doesn't have a chapter on Mom's arrangement for carpooling. We didn't shlep for miles and miles, as in the old joke, but for short legs, deep snow was hard work.

The Jewish Community Center of Omaha is offering Omaha Jewish teens, ages 13 to 17 (as of Aug. 1), the opportunity to participate in the 1996.

Maccabi youth games. The event, open to members of the JCC, will be held from Aug. 11-16 in St. Louis, MO. i Competition for the teenagers includes the following events: basketbsll, girls' soflball, gymnastics, boys' baseball, bowling, table tennis, wrestling, dance, track and field, soccer, tennis, cross country, golf, in-line hockey, swimming, volleyball, art, water polo, racquetball aad chess.

Cost is $365 per participant ($265 registration fee which covers food, lodging, participation in social events and in the competition; $100 transportation fee covering transportation to St. Louis and back ).

The transportation cost is subject to change.

A limited number of need-based scholarships will be available.

For information, call Alon Mor, JCC Maccabi coordinator, 334-6404.

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GOLDKHAND/CHESKIN Dr. John and A,M. Goldkrand of Savannah, Ga., formerly of Omaha, announce the engagement of their daughter, Judith Ellen, to Barry Cheskin, son of Roslyn Cheskin of Madison, N.J., and the late Leon Cheskin.

Ms. Cioldkrand is a vice president for Corporate Finance for Citicorp Securities of New York City.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish literature from Yale University.

She is the granddaughter of the late Solomon and Dorothy Goldkrand and the late Julius and Joy Steinberg of Boston.

Mr. Cheskin is the president of the Collagen We can all be grateful for that automatic thermoProducts Division of Datascope Corp., a medical : stat on the wall. It sure is easier to turn it up or device manufacturer. He graduated Phi Beta down a notch than it must have been to "go down to Kappa with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical the basement and bank the furnace''-whatever Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of THAT meant. I never did know, but being a skinny Technology, a Master of Science in Mechanical little girl, I didn't have to know.

Engineering from Stanford University, and a Everybody can call on these foolish old memories, Masters of Business Administration from Columbia can't they?

University.

Didn't your family use the piano bench in place of He is the grandson of the late Harry and Rose two chairs when the seder table was crowded? Of ^ Cheskin and the late Samuel and Yetta Cohen of course they did, just as you may recall (if you're old New York City. enough) that cold, dark little basement area called A June wedding is planned in Savannah. 'the fruit cellar".

If so, you no doubt can still picture the pickles and other good stuflf on the shelves of that storage room. Those jars are as permanently fixed in my memory as the wine my Zada made for Pesach.

There's no particular point to all of this—only that it seems inevitable when one year is just over and another is beginning.

So tell me, did YOU ever have your tonsils and headnoise removed?

NCJW to host dinner On Saturday, Feb. 3, the National Council of Jewish Women-Omaha Section will present "Can We Talk . . .Heart to Heart over Dinner," during wnich attendees will be served a variety of foods and asked if they can tell the difference between high-fat, high-cholesterol fare and low-fat, healthier offerings, according to Laurie Remer-Phifer, chairman.

Featured speaker Tracy Krauth, dietary consultant for KB Foods, will present a multiple-choice questionnaire regarding food ingredients and the fat and calorie content of the meals being served.

Those receiving the three highest scores will receive a gift certificate at a local restaurant. Ms. Krauth will also lead a question-answer session regarding healthy cooking, Ms. Remer-Phifer said.

The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Parkwood Terrace Clubhouse, 9205 Western Ave. Cost is $10 per person.

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' Ellene and Stan Bdeiatein announce the YES , YES will meet Monday at the JCC. "YES talk" iJan. 3 birth of a daughter, Julia Hazel. They also and bingo both start at 10:30 a.m. YES choral hqve a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Sam. Grandparents are Helen and Harold Abrahamson group will practice at 11. Following lunch, students from Friedel Academy and Child Development of Omaha and Edie Edelstein of Denver and the late Haskell Edelstein.

Center will join YES in learning to juggle.

Great-grandmother is Jean Soshnik of Omaha, i The creative writing workshop will start at 1:16 Great-grandfather is David Kaplan, alsp of p.m. in the conference room. For transportation, Omaha. call 330-4272.

OLDTIMERS Oldtimers will meet Tuesday at the JCC. Earlybird discussion group will start at 11 a.m. in room 10. Following lunch at noon, the video "Bubbe Meices," will be shown.

WALK-IN DROP-IN The trip to Winnavegas is scheduled for Thursday. Participants will meet at the JCC no later than 8:45 a.m.

VISIONS Visions will attend the Omaha Community Playhouse-Fonda McGuire Theatre Sunday, Feb. 18. Dinner is at 5 p.m., and,the play 'Leader of the Pack," starts at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $26 and includes meal, show, tax and gratuity. For those who have a membership to the Fonda-McGuire series, cost for dinner is $9. All seats are reserved.

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Bart and Jordana Nissen of Omaha announce^ the Sept. 11 birth of a son, Aaron Nathan. They also have a son, Brett, 9, and a daughter, Sydney, 4.

Grandpuents are Stanley and Ellie Kurtzman of Sunrise, Fla., and John and Barbara Poldervaart of Oriando, Fla.

Midwest singles plan Shabaton Dr. Anita Turtletaub of Chicago's Midwest Jewish Singles, and Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg of Detroit's Bais Chabad are planning a Shabaton for Orthodox Jewish Singles over 30 in West Bloomfield, Mich., Feb. 16-18.

The keynote speaker will be Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, host of 'Awake, Alive and Jewish," a weekly radio program in Washington, D.C. He will speak on 'Judging Yourself and Judging Others' and 'I'm Angry and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore."

For information, call (708) 329-0632.

In the News Anna Rafiil is among 30 teenagers selected to appear in the Omaha Theatre Company for Young People's play "HaiSf. Homework and Other Traumas." ^^ V^ \^ %^ The play is scheduled to run Thursday, Jan.^, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 27, 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m.

BREADBREAKERS

Lee Terry Jr. will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Gary Javitch, chairman for January. Mr. Terry is an Omaha city councilman. Cost is $7.75 and the event is open to the community.

HADASSAH Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will host "Ask the Doctor" series Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the office of Dr. Eric Phillips, 11819 Miracle Hills. Dr. PhiUips, orthopedics, will speak about the spine and relate his talk to Hadassah Hospital in Israel. The event is also open to men.

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By Bemie Mosow On Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m., there will be a musical "happening" at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.

Our own Marina Fabricant at the piano will be joined by Michael Coren (Charlie's cousin) who is a cellist with the Dallas Symphony. The concert Will include not only a variety of classical music but also music of the Jewish tradition. .

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For the third year in a row, the course History of the Holocaust is full at UtjIL. According to Alan Steinweis, director of the Harris Center for Judaic Studies at UNL, students had to be turned away even after special consideration was given to expanding the class size.

Students will be able to take advantage of a series of special events that will take place at the University and in Lincoln in connection with the Holocaust Days of Remembrance in April. Nobel laureate and Holocaust writer Elie Wiesel will give a public speech at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on April 16. That same week, a mcuor conference on Genocide will take place at UNL. Among the participants will be Sybil Milton, senior historian at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., who will also be a guest lecturer in the Holocaust course.

faith, perseverance and understanding, they help him change his life."

In thanking the Weissers, Dr. Leach, a'nd the Interfaith Council, Herb Friedman, president of the /(fewish Federation, expressed his gratitude and I that of the entire Jewish Community.

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\ A discusilbn groiip focusing on books and authors deitiing/vi/m issues relating to women and their role in/Judaism is forming in Lincoln. The first i^ieeting will be held at Tifereth Israel Synagogue Sunday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. According to Nancy Tifereth Israel Drives Rivenburg, an organizer, they hope to explore Congregation Tifereth Israel has established broad ranging topics which are brought to the Project Beged (Clothing), a drive to collect and disgroup by participants. tribute warm clothing to those without the means At each meeting, a book, author or special topic to face the unpredictablie, and often bitterly cold will be selected for discussion at the next session. winter already upon us. The synagogue hopes to For information, contact Trina Derickson at 402serve as a central collection point for the entire 436-8906, or Nancy Rivenburg at 402- 476-9648. neighborhood.

Or, simply come to Tifereth Israel on Sunday.

Interfaith dinner proceeds Participants are requested to bring potential topics split with Federation Supplementing the congregation's regular collecJulie and Cantor Michael Weisser of for discussion and ideas. tion of food for the needy, the prpject was adopted Jewish women's studies are also a special focus of in response to an encounter that a member had Congregation B'nai Jeshurun were honored by the with a homeless person.

Rabbi Stanley M. Lincoln Interfaith Council at the annual Interfaith the Jewish Theological Seminary. A new masters Rosenbaum, spiritual leader of Tifereth Israel, Leadership Awards Banquet. The Reverend degree program in the Seminary's Graduate School recommended that the synagogue add a clothing Norman Leach, director of the Interfaith Council, has formed under the direction of Dr. Anne Lerner, drive to its social action projects. "This is in fulfill- has now informed the Jewish Federation of Lincoln the first woman vice chancellor.

Topics include : "Why Sarah's voice is absent ment of the commandment of'tikkun olam', of that the proceeds of the dinner will be split bringing the world closer to a state of perfection," between the two organizations in further recogni- from the story of the 'Akeidah,' the binding of he said. "It is what theiprophet Isaiah tells us that tion of Cantor and Mrs. Weisser's contribution to Isaac; Can a feminist perspective help uncover traces of Jewish social history; What were women God wants of us: 'Share your bread with the hun- the spirit of understanding.

According to Dr. Leach, the Weissers were recog- doing during the medieval period; and What else gry, take the homeless into your home. Clothe the naked when you see him, do hot turn away from nized for,". . .compassion they showed to someone can we learn about the role of women irt the ancient who hated them, Larry Trapp, and how through synagogue?" people in need'{Isaiah 58:7)." ^f•^.u'.uuv^.vvT-T-uv'-^.^-u^•v^.vvuvT-vv'^-T-^.T-^.T-T.TA^.vww-U'.^|'

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