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Community reception to honor Morris Maline
Ruth and Morris Maline A program featuring presentations, brief speeches and awards will highlight a reception for Morris Maline, former editor of the Jewish Press, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 5-7 p.m., at the JCC. The 30; minute program is scheduled for 6 p.m. Mr. Maline was hired in Marcht 1977, by Stanford Lipsey and the late Paul Alperson, cochairman of the Press committee. He was editor for 19 years before stepping down from his full-time position last July to become Editor Emeritus. Lloyd Roitstein, chairman of the event, is working with a committee of nearly a dozen volunteers. Mard Gallner is handling the reception, with assistance from Sylvia Wagner and Rose Schupack; Silvia Rofiman is in charge of flowers and decorations; MHrnhall Kushner, a former Press committee chairman, will act as master of ceremonies; Judith Marburg is in charge of invitations and ads. A Book of Memories, coordinated by Mary Fellman and Bert Lewis, will be presented to Mr. Maline, along with several awards from Bob Eisenberg and Steve Levinger, President and VicePresident of the Jewish Press Board of Directors. Howard Bloom, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation, and other community leaders will also make presentations. 'Anyone wishing to send letters, photos or memorabilia for the Book of Memories honoring Morris' long career with the Press should contact Mary or Bert," said Mr. Roitstein. "We want to help Morris celebrate the start of his retirement by noting his achievements during the past two decades.* Speakers for the program include Bob Eisenberg, Mary Feliman, Carol Katzman, Bert Lewis and Judith Marburg. Fred Tichauer has arranged for special presentations by two government officials. The event is free and open to the community. For more information, call Sheryl Friedman, 334-6467.
Congress' last bill Includes key issues for Jewish groups by Daniel Kurtaman WASHINGTON (JTA) - As the 104th Congress concluded its m^'or business last week, Jewish activists celebrated several last minute legislative achievements. The catch-all spending bill signed by President 'Clinton includes $3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel and a measure that eases admission standards for Jewish refugess fleeing persecution in the former Soviet Union. Both issues were legislative priorities for the Jewish community during the last year. But the enactment of immigration reform legislation drew a tepid response. Jewish activists said they won a reprieve as lawmakers and White House ofTicials worked out a compromise that tamed most of the legislation's most onerous provilioni Concerning legal immigrants and access to bderal beneflts. At the same time, the bill, aimed primarily at lurbing illegal immigration, contains a number of provisions tliat one activist called 'extremely prob(Contlnued on page 7)
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KlutznJck symposium features two international speakers on YIddisli topics David G. Roskies and Ori. Z. Soltes are the keynote speakers for the ninth annual Klutznick Symposium on Yiddush Language and Culture: Then and Now. The community lecture is Sunday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. at the JCC, announced Leonard J. Greenspoon, Chairholder of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at { Creighton University. The two-day symposium opens Sunday at the JCC at 12:15 p.m., and concludes at | 4:30 p.m. On Monday, Oct. 28, it runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at I Creighton. ^^- David Roakies "Both these men are outstanding speakers and have international reputations," said Dr. Greenspoon. "Their insight into the world we think of as our grandparents' will perhaps become more real to us after we've heard them speak." Dr. Roskies is a professor of Jewish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and Prof. Soltes is Director of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985, Dr. Roskies is the author of several books, many dealing with the world of East European Jewry, its achievements, its confrontatione, its destruction and its living heritage. His most recent publication is A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling His lecture will focus on Yiddish in the Twentieth Century: A Literature of Homecoming. In a review in Women's League Outlook maga-
language is a conduit for the treasures of Jewish thought and culture, the modem Yiddish story is the means by which Eastern European Jews and their descendents S}mthesized and reinterpreted the legacy of Judaism." Prof Soltes will follow Dr. Roskies on the Sunday night program with Art, Language and Identity: Yiddish and the Paintings of Marc Chagall and Shalom of Safed. "A distinctive aspect of art by Jewish painters during the past century has been a willingness to use texts in their works, as if in image we remain a people of books," Prof Soltes wrote recently. He holds teaching appointments at Georgetown University and the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. The Jewish Federation of Omaha co-sponsors the Klutznick Symposium, along with the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and the Center for the Study of Religion and Society. Additional contributors include Dorothy and Henry Riekes, the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, the Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith and the College of Arts and Sciences at Creighton University. The symposium is free and open to the community. A dessert reception follows the Sunday night lecture at the JCC. For more information, call JCAC Director Gloriann Levy, 334-6403 or Maryellen Read in the Klutznick office, at 280-2303.
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues statement on current negotiations JERUSALEM - Last Sunday, Israel and the Palestinian Council began high level continuous negotiations at Erez in order to resolve the remaining issues regarding the implementation of the Interim Agreement. Israel is not seeking to reopen the Interim Agreement for renegotiation, rather we seek to take into account those developments which now warrant further ampliflcation of certain points in the Agreement. Speaking to reporters, Lt. Gen. (Res.) Dan Shomron, who heads Israel's delegation to the talks stated: "The Agreement itself has a great deal of room for maneuvering which the two sides, by mutual agreement, can utilize in order to implement measures which will grant greater security to both sides. This is possible within the framework of the Agreement" These talks, which will simultaneously deal with the Hebron and security concerns, are an opportunity to cement relations between ourselves and the Palestinians, renew mutual trust and respect, and redouble our efforts to achieve peace even as we remain cognizant of the tragic events of the past two weeks. The talks would not be possible had it not been for the meetings which were held, under the good olBcea of the United States, in Washington, D.C. In the course of the Washington summit Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat were afforded the time and place to meet for a lengthy private conversation. Both parties came away from that meeting with a better understanding of the other's sensitivities. Prime Minister Netanyahu remarked afterwards, *I think this was the first step to break down certain barriers that were there of a lack of confidence in one another.
"I cannot say that we now know each other fully well. But we did spend several hours together discussing all the issues openly and in a very cordial environment And I think this will facilitate trust "I think we accomplished a significant improvement in that area. I say that when you have trust, all sorts of things that are problematic can be solved. And when you don't have trust everything becomes a problem." Israel reiterates its commitment to the peace process, a process which must be marked by negotiations and dialogue in an atmosphere free from violence or the threat of its use. Peace must be achieved by peaceful means. As Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated: "^e have accompUshed quite a few things. And I think the most important one is to cement the principle that the path to peace is throu^ negotiations and not through violence: that is, that the principle that we must cease any forms of violence and that if anyone has a grievance, he brings it to the negotiating table and nowhere else. I think that is a central principle by which we can guide peace." Our approach to the negotiations is one of respect for our interlocutors coupled with the realization that this cannot be a *win-lose" situation. Our goal is for each party to leave the table with an agreement which takes into account the other's concerns while realizing that there are overriding mutual interests which exist between the two sides, in other words-a "win-win" situation. Speaking to a live U.S. television audience. Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed Israel's commitment "It's not one of those elbow-bending exercises, 'I'll bend you or you'll bend me.' *We have to establish a different framework; I think we began doing it The test is now what we do (Continued on paffe 7)