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oath of citizenship Several two-generation families will be among the dozens of New Americans taking the oath of cit. izenship at Offutt Air Force Base on Thursday, July 3, according to Rita Paskowitz, Resettlement Coordinator for the Jewish Family Service. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 9:45 a.m.

The event is open to the community.

Approximately 500 people from more than 50 countries will part of the largest swearing-in ceremonies in Nebraska on one day. Guests of honor include Gov. Ben Nelson, Sen. Robert Kerrey and Congressman Jon Christensen.

In addition the U.S. Post Office is establishing an on-site post office to accept and cancel mail with a special-issue commemorative cancellation stamp.

Offutt's Heartland Band, a 40-piece military v ensemble, will provide music throughout the ceremonies.

Among those who will become American citizens next week are: Elaine and Sam Bukengolts, Vera Dobina, Alex,- Anna and Michael Kuperman, Boris Litvin, Anna Litvina, Nataly Piesetsky, Sima Shapiro and Arthur and GaUna Yurikov.

AMIT National Board Member speaks in Omaha Rosalind Mordkowsky, a National Board Member of the Religious Zionist /women's organization, AMIT, waB in Omaha this week to speak at the -annual Mother-F^theriPan^^ She talked with the J e w i s h P r e s s about AMirs role in Israel arid theUnited States.' v. '•.'•/.'• "AMIT's responsibility in Israel is for the education of young people from dysfunctional and disadvantaged families," Mrs. Mordkowsky noted.

"We've built and maintained five group homes to give these children good values, a good secular education, as well as a good Torah education.

"But we also support dozens of secondary schools, ulpanot (advanced curriculum schools for girls), four junior colleges and three experimental elementary schools. Most of our graduates do enter the army; our schools help prepare them to become good Israeli citizens," she added. , , AMIT started with agricultural and vocational education in 1925, but now emphasizes techonology, science and computers. The organization is in the process of refurbishing their first children's home, Kfar Batya, built in 1948.

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Voluoteers honored at Jewish At its annual meeting and installation, the leadership of the. Jewish Federation of Omaha paid tribute Tuesday night to Executive Director Howard Bloom, who is leaving after a nine-year stint at the helm of the organization.

"It has been a real pleasure working with a mensch like Howard Bloom," said outgoing Federation President Tom Fellman, "and we wish him, his wife, Laura, and their boys success in New Haven.

"Their gain is our loss," Fellman added, noting that the Federation is currently searching for a : hew director.

The program included a special video presentation to Bloom, as well as installation of officers and board members of the Federation and, GenVertfTiof• ;Extelle*Cj6" and awards to Campaign leadership and other volunteers.

Art Grossman, recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year Award, shared his award with his late wife, Anne, and with all the men and women with whom he has volunteered in his more than 60 years of service to the Federation.

Nearly 200 attended the event, chaired this year by Anne Broder.

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Newly-elected Federation President Howard Kooper (right), congratulates Executive Director Howard Bloom on nine successful years in Omaha. Kooper was installed Tuesday night, along with his officers: Forrest Krutter and Bobbie Epstein, Vice-presidents; Robert Lcpp, Treasuer; and Jan Schneidennan, Secretary.

The Jewish Federation Library honored three young ladies as Volunteers of the Year, from left: Brittney Eshelman, Renata Yurikov and Talia Eisenberg. ..:•-•

Local teens selected Jenny Patton chosen for Maccabiah Games

Jeff Katzman elected NCSY National V.P.

Local swimmer Jenny Patton has been named as First Alternate of the United States Girls' Swim Team delegation to i the World Maccabiah 1 Games, July 14-24 in ! * * s Israel. Only five Amer- i ican swimmers were " y * • » It1>--*s named to the regular . " : &« >4. team; all are college stu-i dents. Patton could be called to replace one of v t the five up to two days before the start of compeJenny Patton n'tion. She is a senior at Westside High School and the daughter of Joel and Linda Patton.

The United States is one of 60 countries that will • compete at the world's fourth largest Olympic-style games. More than 5,000 athletes will take part.

Also competing in the games is Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug.

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Jewish Press wins Rockower Award

At last week's conference of the American Jewish At its National Convention in New York last Press Association, the Jewish Press received an Honorable Mention for its Special Edition on week, the National ConEducation, published on Dec. 27, 1997: It was one ference of Synagogue •of five awards presented in this category to newsYouth (NCSY) elected papers with circulation under 15,000, Jeff . Katzman as The 24-page issue covered a variety of topics, National Vice-president including formal and informal education in Omaha for Outreach. He was and opportunities for study in Israel for college stupreviously Vice-president j dents and graduates. of Education, on the This is the 16th year of competition in which the Midwest Region Board AJPA has offered the Simon Rockower Awards. and a former Omaha The purpose of the contest is to provide an incenKadimah Chapter Prestive to member publications to continually improve ident • Jeff Katzman the quality of Jewish journalism. The competition Katzman is a senior at Westside High School and the son of Michael and was created in 1980 through an endowment established by I. Budd Rockower, a Philadelphia philanCarol Katzman.

His responsibilities will include working with the thropist to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth regional vice-presidents to create programs that of his father, Simon, an Austrian Jew who founded will attract public high school students. NCSY is a successful clothing manufacturing business. The the youth group of the Orthodox Union and has awards were established during the term of the late Frank F. Wundohl of Philadelphia who served close to 25,000 members nationwide. .as AJPA Presidentfrom.1978-81. ,.T........

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Swanson Library donates books to JSS

by Mary Fellman

The Swanson Library has, again this summer, given more than 300 books to the Older Adults Program of the Jewish Senior Services to be distributed for their reading pleasure.

These books are a part of the June Book Sale, sponsored under the direction of volunteer Bess Brodkey and her staff of helpers.

The books were originally placed on tables in the older adult lounge and quickly picked up by senior citizens and others coming to the JCC. Any member of the community, young and old, who would like to select one or more books, is invited to stop in when the Center is open and pick up a novel, magazine, mystery or paperback.

Most of the books are of Jewish content or written by Jewish authors.

by Rabbi Dovid Kaye Guest Columnist

The central problem in the 20th century is that Jews seek unity while still living within the divisions created in the 19th century. The central questions that currently divide the Jewish world flow from the clash of very different perceptions of what it is to be a Jew. I use the opportunity of my last contribution to "Sparks from The Word" to express my sorrow over the recent infighting we have seen in the Jewish world.

I am especially saddened over the mistaken public impression that Torah Jewry (Orthodoxy) does not recognize non-Orthodox as Jews, so let me by crystal-clear (I do not address here the issue of conversion): Any child of a Jewish mother is part of the Divine Covenant. The obligation to live a Torah life makes every Jew my brother and sister regardless of the level of personal mitzvah observance.

No other religion and religious literature have so celebrated dialogue, debate and dialect than Judaism. Judaism begins with and is constituted by a covenant. A covenant is a binding relationship which, however unequal the parties,- respects the integrity of each.

Teen Calendar of Events for July Throughout the Biblical period, the mode through which the Divine Will was known was revBBYp elation. But throughout the later periods, it was BBYO Night: interpretation. Though interpretation, the Sages Every Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. at the JCC. Chapter Leadership Training Conference applied Torah to life: And because the entire (CLTC): Annie Nogg will attend session three; Jay covenantal community-the congregation of Israelwas involved in this process, argument was of its Kulakofsky will attend the Canadian CLTC. For more information about B'nai B'rith Youth essence.

Organization or JCC. Senior High Department pro- In revelation, there is no room for argument.

There are true prophets and there are false grams, call advisor Lisa.Shkolnick, 334-6404. prophets, but there is neither dialogue nor consenUSY sus between them. But in interpretation, there is Beth El USY and Beth El Kadimah are on always room for argument. The fact that the entire summber vacation from now until late August! community of Sages is engaged in dialogue with Please watch your mail and join us for our kick-off Israel's destiny is the ongoing activity called events.

Torah.

In the meantime, 'Kadimahniks' and USYefs are To be sure, there are large areas in which the spending their summer as campers and staff at Sages insisted on normative rulings. These make Herzl Camp, Camp Ramah, Camp Sabra, Camp up the territory known as Halacha (law) and for Bebery across America with USY on Wheels and in the most part they were arrived at through consenIsrael with USY Pilgrimage and Ramah Seminar. sus and the rule that "one must follow the majori. ':-'••••'• We hope everyone has a. safe and exciting sum- ty.-. ; mer and we will see you in late August!

But there were equally large areas in which no For more information on Beth El Kadimah and consensus was sought and in which the argument USY, call the Beth El Youth Department, 491-8550,was allowed to continue open-endedly. These were ext.126. ' the domain of, in its broadest sense, aggada: the literature in which the Sages explored Jewish valSR.NCSY - Sunday Belt Midrash Program through ues, attitudes and ideals.

Summer: 9r9:45 a:m:--Davming; -9:45-10:45 a.m.- : But the most momentous fact of modernity is that Jews have ceased to be a people held together Chevrusa Learning Sarihedrin.

The following seniors will be on Israel pro- by Halacha. Today they are linked by more tenugrams in July and August: Jacob Katzman, Jeff ous bonds: a common vigilance toward antiKatzman, Jeff Shyken, Zac Gonsher, Tiffany Semitism, a sense of shared history and ethnicity and concern for the State of Israel. Can we survive Eisenman, Scott Saltzman and Beth Shyken.

For more information on Jr. and Sr. NCSY, callas one Jewry on so slender a base? There is ceradviser Rabbi Allan Gonsher, 330-4014 or 558- tainly room to doubt whether Jews can chart a common future if they lack a shared language for 2767. discussion. ' OTYG For more information, call adviser Max Sparber, It is a measure of how far we have drifted from the Jewish sense of collective responsibility that 342-0754. the question first uttered by Cain, "Am I my brothYACHAD keeper?" asked anytime before in Jewish histoFor more information, call adviser Linda Novak,ers' ry would have invited the answer tyes,' while today 493-8575. there are those who are saying 'no!'

Because there is only one G-d and one revelaTeens to exhibit art tion, there can be only one Torah and one Jewish

by Harriet Slusky people. It is my heartfelt prayer that we always As Hilary Clinton confirmed that it takes a vil- remember that we are one nation and that we act lage to raise a child, so it takes that same village to towards one another with this realization. kvell over our children's accomplishments.

May The Almighty see fit to redeem us from this Of all the different areas for which we confer con- galus (exile) speedily. gratulations on our teens, one area almost never publicized is their artistic ability. We in the Village' we call Omaha, are lucky to have such talentCORRECTION ed young people in many artistic medium.

Wendy Katzman was incorrectly identified in a These young artists will display their works in an photo in last week's edition in the article "Three exhibition in the JCC Gallery from July 1-31. The Cantors and a Rabbi concert." show features pen and ink drawings, oil paintings, pastels, photographs, colored pencil, pottery, sculpture-and creative invitations from 12 Omaha-area artists.

Patrons are invited to browse during gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-lO p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-7 p.m.; and Sunday, 8a.ra.-6:30p.m. .

SYLVIA OBERMAN Services for Sylvia Oberman were held June 19 at Temple Israel Cemetery. She died June 17.

Survivors include a brother, Burton Oberman; cousin, Esther Siref; and family friend, Michael Abrams.

Memorials to your favorite charity.

BARBARASCUDDER Services for Barbara Scudder were held June 22 at Westside Chapel. She was 68. . Survivors include her husband, Charles; children, Michael D, Scudder, Steven B. Scudder, Aimee L. Yokel, Kevin R., Ellen B. and Melissa J. Scudder; and eight grandchildren.

Memorials to Visiting Nurse Association Hospice.

Three Omahans join JAR summer camp program

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When the Kefiada English'Language Summer Camp program began last week, three local volunteers were among the counselors from the U.S. and England . •_ . . _......

Stephen Kofok arid Lindsay Taxman of Omaha and Ariella Zinn of Lincoln joined four others from Louisville, KY, Toledo and Columbus, OH, cities from our Partnership 2000 Midwest Consortium, as volunteer counselors in the Kefiada English Summer Camp, June 18 to July 25, in" Israel's Western Galilee, Omaha's Partnership 2000 region.

The Kefiada (from the word "fun") program is run by the Israel Association of Community Centers and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). The summer camp is a three-week day camp for fifth, sixth and seventh grade Israeli children to help improve their spoken English.

Ariella Zinn is a 23-year-old student at Nebraska Weslyan, working towards a degree in Global Studies with an emphasis on Latin American studies. Before she left for Israel, she spoke about why the Kefiada Camp appealed to her. "After I saw the article in the Jewish Press, I thought it would be a good experience for me. I had done USY; and Camp Moshav, but I didn't learn about the heritage and the history of the Jews. I think this is stuff I should know.

"I love camp, any kind of camp, and I've never been overseas. I know 111 learn more about myself and Judaism," she added.

Lindsay Taxman, 21, just graduated from George Washington University, and plans to enter graduate school at Beyt Berl in Tel Aviv this fall to earn her Masters in Applied Linguistics. "This opportunity just really worked for me. I was looking for a summer camp and this was perfect. Til be teaching English at the camp and it will be a terrific preparation for my two-year program at Beyt Berl," she said.

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Steve Kotok was in Israel last year to participate in the Ramah Seminar. He said, "I'm really excited about this particular opportunity to go to Israel.

Hopefully, it will enable me to have a positive experience while at the same time, allow me to give something back to Israel." Steve plans to study history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison this fall. : Volunteers are between the ages of 19 and 25 and are housed with a family or in a Kibbutz in the Western Galilee. The camp is planned and implemented by the volunteers themselves with the help of a local Kefiada coordinator and junior counselors. The camp is conducted completely in English and the .children are forced to understand and try to communicate.

Partnership 2000 Midwest Consortium Co-chair Jan Schneiderman said, "We are thrilled to launch this first program connected to our Partnership 2000 region in the Western Galilee. This is what it's all about-connecting our people worldwide, especially the younger generation. The goal is to understand what we share in common as Jews, which is far more important than focusing on the issues that try and pull us apart."

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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Member of Ifiaited Syaegogues , of Cona©w«tiv» Judaism Ortliodos; J e w k b Cougregatioas of America 7023 Case SteeBt* Omaha, NK 68132 14500 CaMornia, Omaha, J^Ei 6815* 1502 No, WtoA Sfc, Gnw&a, NE6S1M W E B / l f Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.

FRIDAY: Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner.

Shabbat service, 8:15 pan.

Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Hazzan Contzius to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Cantor Emil Berkovits. will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg FRIDAY: FRIDAY: Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Scholar-in-Residence weekend with Rabbi Services, 6 pan.

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Yehudah Silver.

SATURDAY: Sitter Service Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 7 p.m., followed by Services, 9:30 aan.; Kiddish following services.

Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening dinner at approximately 8 pan. ' ' Devar Torah given by Susie Drazen. service and the Saturday morning Shabbat service SATURDAY: Sitter service, 10 aan/ . when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please make a Services start at 8:45 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, Shabbat Story Time-first and third Saturday at reservation. There are no facilities for infants.

1O&O a*nu; Rabbi Silver will speak from the pulpit Uaan.

SATURDAY: during the morning service.

Ktantan-second and fourth Saturday at 11 aan..

Shabbat service, 11:15 aan.

- Kiddush luncheon by reservation; Rabbi Silver Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 8:55 pan.

Simcha B'Shabbat-an informal Shabbat service will speak after lunch. that includes study and discussion of a variety of SUNDAY: Pirkei Avos class with Rabbi Kutner, 8:15 pan.

Jewish texts. .

Services, 9 aan. at the synagogue.

WEEKDAYS: ADULT EDUCATION Mincha, 8:45 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5^0 p.m.

July 1-7:30-8:30 pan., "Beyond Midrash," led by Ma'ariv and Havdalah.

Don Schwartz.

SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 aan. Bagels and coffee at the JCC; Rabbi Silver will speak at approximately 10 aan.

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WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 aan. and 8:45 pan.

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Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum.

• Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Services, 8 pan.

SATURDAY: Services, 9^0 a.m.

Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser.

TUESDAY: Adult Education, 7:30 p.m.

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SATURDAY: Torah study and service, 10 a.m.

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B'NAI SSRAEL SYNAGOGUE OtSfifeTosterSt, > Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503

Yael Sadovsky (middle), 1997 summer Shlicha (Israeli educator) conies to Omaha firom Tel Aviv. She is working with campers at the JCC Day Camp. From left: Efrat Tsabari, Ben Susman and Josh Perrih. The summer Shlicha is funded by the Livingston Foundation and the Carolyn Kully Newman Foundation.

FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 pan. The discussion topic is "Does JudaiBm believe in life after death?"

OFFUTT 20th and Capehairt Omaha, NE 26I-6051 FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, led by Scott Bresler, start at 9 aan.

Members of the community are invited to join residents for Bervices and Kiddish.

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SATURDAY: Davening starts at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddisji.

WEDNESDAYS: Talmud classes, 9&0 aan.; "Hooked on Yiddish" lessons, 7 p.m.

THURSDAYS: Advanced Talmud, noon

Scholar-in-Residence at Beth Israel Synagogue Rabbi Yehudah Silver will be featured at the Scholar-in-Residence program this'Shabbos at Beth Israel Synagogue. . He will begin this evening with a lecture following Shabbos dinner, a t approximately 9:15 p.m. HiB topic is "Building Self-Esteem Through Torah." The community is invited.

On Shabbos morning, he will present the sermon, discussing this week's Torah. portion.

Following a Shabbos lunch a t the synagogue, he will speak on "Family.Values."

A special session is scheduled for the community Sunday morning at the JCC in room 10.

Rabbi Silver will present "Hey,. Jew!" a lecture on the subject of anti-Semitism. A, complimentary continental breakfast will be served a t 10 a.m., with the lecture to follow.

As part of the Jewish Community Center's 3day Day Camp Staff orientation, counselors worked together to complete a High Ropes Team Challenge Course (an obstacle course 15 feet above the ground). From left: Jamie Epstein, Mike Ruback, Katie O'Brien and L i s a L e w i B .

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June 27,1997

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Our seniors make an impact Americans tend to throw things away at the first sign of wear. It doesn't pay to fix a hairdryer, we say, when it costs so little to replace it. So, too, sometimes is our attitude toward the elders in our community.

"He's been here long enough; it's time for retirement. Her ideas are outdated; she can't even use a computer. He's slowed down; we need someone frisky." Those are the comments others say; we would never make those statements, we say, a bit self-righteously.

Let's take another look in our own community.

Recently, Rabbi Myer Kripke and his wife Dorothy have made it possible for the Jewish Theological Seminary to rebuild their famed tower, remodel classrooms and study spaces and endow programs. Through their generosity, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College can now offer thousands of dollars in aid to scholarship students.

Rabbi Kripke now comes into the office of this paper to type his weekly column on one of our computers. He is assisted by another 'retiree,' Editor Emeritus Morris Maline.

As readers may recall, Maline stepped down last July as editor of the Jewish Press, but he still writes, proof-reads and helps to paste-up the paper.

He's also plowing his way through a software program and a three-year backlog of papers in order to bring our index up to date. It's a tedious job, but one he's happily prepared to perform.

Art Grossman is another senior who's still active in our community. Year after year, he chairs the Senior Division of the UJA/Federation Annual Campaign. And if donors haven't paid their pledges,-they're likely to get a friendly reminder call from this dedicated volunteer. On Tuesday, the Federation honored him with the Humanitarian Award, and it's well-deserved.

Recently, Mary Fellman marched into this office (and marched is the correct verb!). She dropped off several stories and had an idea for another. No one says "no" to her. After all, if she's still creating new programs and projects, what excuse could we possibly offer?

Rabbi Sidney Brooks and his wife Jane are still reading, still hosting discussion groups, still offering to teach, still speaking up on the issues of our day. Got an hour? Rabbi Brooks will debate on prayer in public schools, the role of the synagogue today or politics in Israel.

Miriam Grossman, herself a 'newcomer* to this community nearly 50 years ago and a survivor of the Holocaust, teaches English to newer arrivals from the Former Soviet Union: Many of these new members to our Jewish community have been diligently studying, through Jewish Family Service, to become naturalized Americans; those who've passed will take their oaths of citizenship on July 3 at Offutt Air Force Base.

Some 15 years ago, the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, published .Our Story, an award-winning book chronicling the early history of Jewish Omaha. Out of that experience, Mary Fellman and Dr. Oliver Pollak created the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society.

We'd like to suggest that i t s time for Part Two: Jewish Life in Omaha, 1920...

Our seniors, whether born in Omaha or 'newcomers' of any era, continue to make an impact on this community; let's not let those memories-in-themaking be lost to future generations.

THE JEWISH PRESS (Founded In 1920)

Should Israel accept all olim?

HAIFA-There can be no doubt that the immi- tions, they do not know the language nor can they gration into Israel of over 700,000 personsfromthe ever learn. They tend to become permanent burformer Soviet Union during less than a decade, has dens on the local authorities. life is far from pleasI: been a boon and a blessing to the country from ant for them.

Questions are being asked: Is such an ally ah every point of view, economic, cultural and national security. Once again, the Zionist movement has really of benefit to the unfortunate and unhappy justified its basic philosophy of providing a safe men and women who are brought here or as indihaven for any Jew, anywhere in the world, who cated earlier, sent off by their families who don't want to be burdened with them? requires or wishes for a home.

We posed questions to The Jewish Agency. Is The cost has not been small, but Israelis bear the heavy burden and world Jewry has risen to the there a policy to. encourage or discourage aliyah by. challenge generously. Who measures costs when "hardship cases?" Are the shlichim, the Jewish; Agency emissaries, given a free hand in encourag-j there are lives to be saved?

The pace of the immigration has tapered off con- ing and promoting such aliyah, perhaps to inflate siderably, but the financial needs dp not appear to the statistics?

The replies, from official sources, did not sidestep have diminished much. Why? Social workers to whom we have spoken in vari- the problem. "Jewish Agency, policy regarding ous parts of the country tell us that in recent world-wide immigration is strictly non-selective. months there has been a marked increase in the According to the stipulations of Israel's Law of number of olim suffering from physical, medical, Return, every Diaspora Jew has the right to come . mental and social problems. At the moment, there "home' to Israel."

Once the eligibility is confirmed, The Jewish is urgent need to provide adequate, modest flats for over 14,500 elderly immigrants-that is, men Agency assists their aliyah and initial resettleand women who are far beyond productive age, and ment. Once they are in Israel, the Government have no families with whom to live. Indeed, one Ministry of Absorption assumes most responsibility observer commented that, it seems as if the for their welfare. healthy, able-bodied younger Jews in Russia and Furthermore, the "shlichim are instructed to be the neighboring states, now beginning to adjust realistic in preparing all potential olim for the themselves to the new atmosphere there, find it changes and difficulties they can expect in uproot-j convenient to ship the old and ailing members of ing themselves from their families and native landi their families off to Israel, where they know they and re-establishing themselves, socially, profes will be well cared for.

•• sionally and personally in Israel.

As for the feeling that those coming now are thi Israel's medical services have become famous in Eastern Europe, and many come here hoping for elderly, Jewish Agency statistics do not bear thii miracle cures; Health facilities where they come out. The percentage of immigrants from' the FS from have for some years been in a depressed aged 65 and over, actually dropped from 14% i: state, lacking much of the modern equipment. The 1995 to 13% in 1996 and 11% thus far this year. No]j result, as a survey conducted by the JDC- figures were made available on health condition.

Brookdale Institute of Gerontology has revealed, is To the question, is this aliyah beneficial to Israel, that new immigrants arrive here with chronic con- or to the sick and aged olim themselves, the only ditions that have been long neglected and with reply appears to be a humanitarian and Jewish health damaged by years of inadequate preventive one: It is their right to come home. medicine and unhealthy diets. * One is reminded of Emma Lazarus' famous words The same survey reported that nearly half of the inscribed on the base of the American Statue of older olim said they had a chrome disease, a handi- Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your hudcap or other limitation, compared to 30% of veteran dled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched' refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the home1 Israelis. '..'•• n These immigrants live under depressed condi- less, tempest-tost, to me....."

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June 27,1997 BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Senate seen as key to save deal on renewing immigrant benefits

Senate action gives new life to law aiding Russian emigres

Jewish Press, Omaha, NE

PageS Last kibbutz children's house closes

by Naomi Segal

JERUSALEM (JTA) - One of the last traditions of kibbutz living, the children's house, is now a

by Daniel Kurtzman thing'of the past. The 80 children at Kibbutz WASHINGTON (JTA) - J e w s from the former Baram in the lower Galilee have moved into their WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Jewish activists are rowing a vigorous fight to restore federal benefits Soviet Union seeking refuge in the United States parents' homes.

Among Israel's kibbutzim, Baram was the last o immigrants after House Republicans retreated have won a reprieve.

A key Senate subcommittee agreed last week to a holdout to the principle of children's houses, where rom a budget deal that would renew certain assisone-year extension of legislation that allows such boys and girls of the same age group lived together, ance eliminated by the welfare reform law. refugees to immigrate under eased criteria. The visiting their parents during the day.

At the same time, the pending expiration of legis- move came after a House committee deleted the The decision to do away with the children's housation that eases entry for refugees from the former measure from its foreign operations bill, citing budes was made more than a year ago.. But kibbutz Soviet Union has raised concerns among Soviet getary concerns. Following that setback, Jewish members said time was needed to expand the parewry advocates, who fear that Congress may not immigrant advocates leaned heavily on the Senate ents' homes, adding that a delay was also necesenew the Lautenberg Amendment. to include the measure as part of its foreign aid sary to enable residents to adapt to the change.

The landmark welfare reform law enacted last bill. rear cut nearly all federal aid to legal immigrants The provision, known as the Lautenberg vho are not citizens. President Clinton recently Amendment, was enacted in 1990 under the sponvon concessions in negotiations with congressional sorship of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in The entire Phone: 330-8260 STOP SMOKING MANUAL eaders to fix* the law. ' " Toll Free: is available for a limited time But a House panel altered the terms of a budget 888-333-4997 on our web site Fax:330-8606 www.frt.com igreement struck between Congress and the White ! '-'•!

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402-397-6811 lew Republican plan would cover far fewer immiThe legislation, set to expire in October, has [rants than the budget agreement. enjoyed strong support over the' years. Last year, it In a letter to Shaw, the White House accused passed both houses by wide margins.

This year, however, efforts to extend the measure Republicans of abandoning the most vulnerable mmigrants,' while also arguing that the new plan for a period of two years were dealt a setback after ould protect 75,000 fewer immigrants over five the Congressional Budget Office issued a cost • We Appreciate Your Patronage assessment claiming the provision would add hunrears than the budget agreement.

Jewish immigrant advocates, for their part, dreds of millions of dollars to the federal budget in • Every Party or Event is Equally Important to coming years. ixpressed outrage at the legislative move.

A M Rents (from 5 to 500) Immigrant advocates dismissed the budgetary "It's a bait and switch and a scaling back of the • We Specialize In Party Planning and Arrangements, greement," said Diana Aviv, director of the concerns as "bogus," and. last week the CBO clariTrade Shows, Exhibitions and Special Events fied its assessment, saying a one-year extension of Vashington Action Office of the Council of Jewish the measure would incur no additional costs.

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Jewish activists hailed the Senate move and and Touch to Your Entertaining "It looks to me like we practically have to go back expressed optimism that both houses ultimately o square one," said Micah Naftalin, national direc- would agree to an extension of the refugee provi• •." • • JACKIE LAW 6T of the Union of Council for Soviet Jews.

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Meanwhile, in a separate development affecting The Union of Councils staged a Capitol Hill rally Jewish immigrants, the Senate Finance Committee arlier this year to draw attention to the plight of agreed to a plan to restore cuts in immigrant welrnmigrants. The group also delivered a petition to fare benefits that goes further than both a compet'pngress containing 100,000 signatures urging ing House plan and the original budget deal struck jwmakers to restore immigrant benefits. between Congress and the White House.

Immigrant advocates face a tough battle in trying' The landmark welfare reform law enacted last j.mitigate the impact of the welfare law, particu- year cut nearly all federal aid to legal immigrants jrly since the 'fix' the White House negotiated only who are not citizens. The Clinton administration and some lawmakers, however, have sought to mitmounted to a partial reprieve to, begin .with.

The uncertainty surrounding renewal of the igate its impact by restoring some of the benefits.

The Senate plan would cover all non-citizens now efugee provision comes as a congressionallyppointed commission called on the White House to collecting benefits and give disabled immigrants ake charge of immigration and refugee policies until Sept,.30 to sign up .for Supplementary Security Income and Medicaid. In addition, it nd criticized key measures of a new law.

• In its annual report to Congress, the bipartisan would spend $200 million to allow immigrant chili.S. Commission on Immigration Reform called for dren to qualify for Medicaid.

Altogether, the plan would allow $700 million immediate correction" of measures, in an immigra* ion law Congress passed last year that it said more in aid for legal immigrants than the budget ould wrongly return refugees to face persecution agreement. It also goes further than the House plan, which would deny disability benefits to immirdeath. grants who were not on the rolls as of Aug. 22,1996 The commission said provisions of the new law - the day the welfare law went into effect. imed at curbing abuse of the asylum system could ' The competing welfare "fixes* will be reconciled lSOth&Center arm people with bona fide claims and undermine between both houses in coming weeks.

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Organizations YES Members will meet Monday at the JCC. English (Jlass starts at 10 a.m.; bingo and exercise both ([tart at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to share at the tfES Talk" discussion group at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, Carl Winkler will entertain. We will also celebrate Dr. Milton and Ann Margolin's 68th Wedding anniversary.

WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise and English class both start at 10 a.m.; bingo starts at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45 a.m. At 12:15 p.m., come play "Wheel of Fortune." | VISIONS .; Ralston Community Theatre presents the musicdl Fiddler on the Roof Sunday, July 13, at 2 pjn.

Performance will be held at the Ralston Senior High School, 8969 Park Drive. Dinner follows at Farmer Brown's Steak House, 83rd and Highway 370 (across from the Sarpy County Court House).

Cpst per person is $20, and includes show, dinner, tax and gratuity. Transportation is on your own.

Space is limited. Reservations must be received by July 1. No refunds after July 1. Send reservation form to Maurice and Rosalie Meiches, 5036 Parker Street, Omaha, NE 68104. Make check payable to Jewish Senior Services.

• Visions Summer Membership Luncheon Meeting is1 Friday, July 18, 12:30 p.m., at Caniglia's Venice Inn. Cost is $6.50. A performance will be presented by the Ralston Community Theatre. See musical highlights from Fiddler on the Roof.

HADASSAH •. The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will host the monthlyjQneg Shabbat Saturday at 2 p.m. in the audit&nyttrat-.the Rose Blumkin Home. A tea in the m'aia dining room will follow. " J E W I S H SINGLES At the Midwest Regional Jewish Singles Conference to be held in Kansas City on Labor Day weekend (announced in the June 13 issue), a scramble-format golf tournament at Brookridge Country Club is planned, paving tribute to the late Mike Milder, an organizer of earlier Singles conferences. '

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fVfarrsage SPECTOR/SKED Johanna Rae Spector and David Aaron Skid were married Sunday, June 22, at The Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, GA. Rabbi Phillip Kranz officiated.

The bride, daughter of Dr. Robert H. and Lauren Spector of Atlanta, is Director of Teen Services and Teen Hotline at the Atlanta Jewish Community Center. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Criminal Justice from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is the granddaughter of Charlotte Spector of Hollywood, FL, and the late Charles Spector, and Mr. and Mrs. Morton Epstein of Aventura, FL. The groom, son of Stephen R. and Nancy Skid of Omaha, is an accountant with Deloitte and Touche LLP. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Accountancy from George •Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Skid and the late Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bowen.

Lauren Abes of Atlanta, friend of the bride, was maid of honor. Allison Skid, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid.

Ari Riekes of Chicago, friend of the groom, was best man. Groomsman was Zachary Spector, brother of the bride. .

Following a Caribbean cruise, the newlyweds live inAltanta.

Births Mike and Karen Prescott announce the April 14 birth of their daughter, Sarah Jeanne. They also have a son, Benjamin Osias.

Grandparents are Lila Lutz of Omaha and the late Harry Lutz, and George and Pat Prescott, also ofOmaha.

Andi and Kenny Jacobs of Tampa, FL, announce the June 4 birth of their son, Ryan Maril.

Grandparents., are Dodi and Steve Redler of Omaha and Kay and Maril Jacobs of Tampa.

Great-grandnjother is Sylvia Shapiro, of .Omaha.

Cory Tichauer recently received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology from Cornell University.

His area of concentration was Nuerobiology.

Jayme Tichauer was honored for her "outstanding achievements in Hebrew Studies" recently by the faculty of the Hebrew Studies Program, University of Minnesota.

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Among students who competed at National History Day at the University of Maryland in June was Rachel Cotton-Group Projects, junior division. Students entered papers, display boards, performances and video or slide projects on the theme "Triumph and Tragedy." Her group has now qualified for the national competition. : Dr. Steven H. Zuber, the son of Mr. and Mrs., Robert Zuber, has graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He has returned to Omaha where he has accepted a residency in internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Frieda Z. Krizelman has received the "Good Citizenship Certificate" in recognition of her outstanding serviceto-the community as a member of the Election Board of Douglas County for a period of 21 elections. The award was to acknowledge her contribution in protecting and administering the right to cast a ballot in a free election.

Marlene E. Post, National President of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization, of America, was among the recipients of the first-ever Guardians of Jerusalem Award.

The award, established this year by the International Forum for a United Jerusalem to. commemorate the,30th anniversary of the reunifi-; cation of Jerusalem, was given to 14 individuals from eight countries.

Temple Israel celebrates 125th Anniversary

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'Rome and Tuscany by air, bus, taxi, train, trolley and bicycle'

by Oliver B. Pollak

This was a family vacation. Karen and I, and our two sons, Noah and Aaron, converged on Rome having started from Omaha, Kansas City and Madison.

We deferred jet lag by going on a walking tour led

by Omaha-bprn Morris Gene Lerner, who has h'ved in Rome since the' 1950s. Although retired, he directs the Anna Magnani Foundation.

My request of him was: "If you had three hours, what would you show us?" What a tour. Within a few blocks, we drank Campari and soda and ate tartufe di ciacolote in the Piazza Navona.

Refreshed, we went to the Pantheon, built by Emperor Hadrian between 119-128 CE. It was the world's largest, free-standing dome until 1960. We then gazed, glassy eyed, on the Spanish Steps and the Keats Shelley Memorial House.

We threw coins in the Trevi Fountain, which has a special place in Gene's career. He was the agent for Anita Ekberg, who was cast in the classic "La Dolce Vita." It incorporated the fountain in its script.

matic weapons. An attack on the synagogue in 1982 left one child dead and 45 people injured.

Monday we visited the synagogue and its Museum. Internal security was tight with thick glass, questioning gate keepers, and reinforced concrete. The synagogue was dazzling and the museum, a very active teaching center on the Jewish role in Rome and Italy, is used frequently.

Then we were off to Tuscany on our cycling tour.

In Siena, we walked by the 1786 synagogue on Via delle Scotte but could not enter. It is directly behind the magnificent Piazza del Campo. The Siena Jewish community dates back to 1229. Their main business was money lending. They were active in business for 350 years. The community now numbers only 100.

San Gimignano, a city of 70 towers in the Middle Ages, has about 10 today, marking this town of 7,000 as one of the most picturesque I have ever seen. Jews had lived there as early as 1330, but there is no remaining visible trace, even in street names or old buildings. ', If Rome is the city with statues of Moses, Florence is pre-eminently the city of David with remarkable works by Michelangelo and Donatello.

Jews in Florence date from the twelfth century.

A magnificently stunning synagogue, designed in 1872, was built between 1874 and 1882. The aim was to build an 'emancipation synagogue.' Its configuration complemented the grandiosity of Florence's exquisite city lines.

The synagogue holds 1,300. The Italian

Karen visits the synagogue in Siene, which1 dates to 1786. ' Saw Another Butterfly, it revealed the anguish' within Hitler's 'model' concentration camp.

The Nazis used the Florence Synagogue as a garage for military vehicles and destroyed a small part of the structure which has since been repaired.

Rome, Siena and Florence all commemorated the loss of coreligionists who were taken during the German occupation, September 1943 to June 1944,, to Auschwitz. . • ; • ' . : . . • ' . : ,,j ' Florence was devastated by the flooding of the Arno River in 1966. It row Hirer- In flvt1 nu-tri>s,

The Pollake stop for a rest at the famous Trevi fountain in Rome. From left: Noah, Aaron, Karen and Oliver.

It is a small world. At the fountain, Professor Haller, from UNL, recognized us/as fellow Nebraskans; at the Florence train station, Noah met a classmate from the University of Kansas. .

Jewish sites abound. Rome boasts the oldest Jewish presence in Europe, predating the introduction of Christianity. The first Jews arrived in 161 BCE as ambassadors of Judah Maccabee. At the height of the Roman Empire about 40,000 Jews lived in Rome. . ••..

We visited the synagogue in the Ghetto, a term that carries little negative connotation in Rome.

Its narrow streets are among the quietest in this very noisy city.

On Sunday a wedding was underway and the: bride and her father were delivered to the synagogue gates in a chauffeur-driven Excalibur. The synagogue is guarded by Italian carabiniere (policemen) wearing bullet-proof vests, carrying auto-

A wedding party arrives at the synagogue in Rome in a chauffer-driven Excalibur.

Rabbinical School was transferred from Rome to Florence in 1899. Today, Florence, a city of 408,000, has about 1,000 Jews. In the Palazza Vecchio, home of wondrous Renaissance collections, including Cellini, Vasari, Michelangelo and Donatello, was a haunting traveling exhibition from Prague, Terezm." Based on the book I Never

scouring all art work to that level. While much has been restored, the synagogue and other buildings clearly show nature's impact.

After two weeks of delightful sights, food, gelato, wine and company, Karen and I winged back to Omaha. Noah and Aaron, Eurail Pass in hand,' struck out for Vienna, Cologne and Prague.

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At Federation Annual Meeting

Howard Bloom bids farewell to the community I would like to say how much I appreciate having had the opportunity to be the Director of this Federation for the past nine years.

There is an old Yiddish adage which is Skver Tzu zein o Yid (It is hard to be a Jew). We Jews often anticipate impending calamity. Thus, we are often very disappointed at the way in which the world works out. It seldom meets our expectations.

But in truth, today in Omaha, it is not particularly hard to be a Jew. In fact, it is really relatively easy. And it is my intention to recall some of the accomplishments and achievements that we have attained together to point in the direction of a future full of promise and hope.

Hie Campaign as the Pursuit of Righteousness through the Building of Community The torah tells us tzedek tzedek tirdof. We should pursue righteousness. One means of being righteous is to engage in and support the campaign that sustains Jewish institutions and services. We have achieved nine increasing campaigns. In this country over the past nine years, this really is a record.

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Omaha encourages its sons and daughters to look Israel in the past 10 years. It is these young people beyond a commitment to specific institutions, syna- who have an effect on their parents, not the gogues or agencies and to appreciate the need to reverse.

In addition, we are partnering with the synamake a statement and a commitment to the wider gogues and families in a "Passport to Israel community. , • Program" where, beginStrategic Planning; ning in grade 3 through The Communal Vision Come to Life grade 10, the Federation } * > matches contributions -_, Over the past two years, we have engaged in an made by families so that - I 1 elaborate, community students can have a fully wide strategic planning funded Israel experience .. , Sy process. In a sense, the after the 10th grade. lesson of this process is Jewish Experience Grant: that the "journey" is at InfonnalJewish Education least as important as the The Federation has also "arrival." It has produced introduced a Jewish the merging of the Library Experience Grant. Since and the Bureau of Jewish *, •" V • * * • " ! ? " " J / f t ' 1994, the campaign has ' Education, and a closer provided a grant of $350, relationship be-tween the increased this year to Press and the Federation. $500, for each Bar and •afa....^ It has prompted a refocus- Howard Bloom congratulates Humanitar- Bat Mitzvah student ing of the Jewish Family whose parents send them ian of the Year Art Grossman.

Service and an expectaJewish camp. We must be tion that Centers of Excellence and the Federation committed not only to formal Jewish education, but ' will look for areas of cooperation and collaboration to informal Jewish education, as well. in future projects.

Gordman Education Center There have been many other accomplishments in We must focus on the "community and the community must be supported and unproved. We have this community during the last decade, but one that we are especially proud of is the construction built the infrastructure; we. now need to extend it. of the Gordman Educational Center which houses Rescue and Resettlement We have also had the privilege to participate in the Friedel Jewish Academy. The location of the rescue and resettlement. Operation Solomon in school on the campus is a concrete, example of the 1989, Operation Moses in 1990, the Original importance of full-time Jewish education for our .

Exodus Campaign in 1990 and Continuing Exodus children. ' Major Event Fundraising in 1992 represent the finest in the community's Finally, it is. necessary to mention the fact that responsibility to our fellow Jews. We continue to help rescue and support Jewish communities in we have pioneered major event fundraising as a over 58 countries throughout the world. We have means of pulling the entire community together. resettled over 700,000 Jews in Israel in the past We have had unique events with Abba Eban and Elie Wiesel.The Elie Wiesel event attracted.over seven years. Our work is not yet done.

In the future, we will continue to have the 1,400 people in our community. The role of the responsibility of rescuing the imperiled and caring Federation is to emphasize what unites us rather '"" for the vulnerable.-. jThis js neither a chore-nor a than what divides us.

Israel's 50th Anniversary! burden. This is a challenge and a privilege.

The Hefocusing of the Israel Relationship We have also resettled over 300 former residents and Intimations ofa Positive Future of the Soviet Union in Omaha. They are now conWe can now look to our future with anticipation. tributing, vigorous members of our community.

Nevertheless, the battle is not over. There are no 1998 will represent the 50th Anniversary of the Orthodox, Reform, Conservative or Reconstruc- establishment of the State of Israel, an opportunity tionist little kids who need to be rescued. There are to bear witness to and participate in celebrations and activities honoring the State of Israel. only people in need.

Our Israel relationship cannot be held hostage to Financial Resource Development how we may feel about one political issue or other.

Financial Resource Development is not merely another development slogan, but it is a method, Do we ever hold back either our emotional or finanand hopefully a model, to encourage members of cial support from our children because they disapthe community not only to give to the annual oper- point us or seek to find their own way?

The holding of the community's relationship to ating campaign but also to endow the future. This approach must encourage us to think about Israel at ransom is a monumental failure of perbequests, insurance policies, supporting founda- spective and responsibility. It is plainly wrong and tions, outright gifts and other instruments which "unJewish." We need Israel now more than Israel support specific aspects of the community into the needs us. This brings me to Partnership 2000.

Partnership 2000 . future.

Partnership 2000 is an opportunity for us to work This kind of giving is not only the job of the wealthy. All of us can think of making modest long out the reshaping of our relationship with the term gifts. The Foundation and the Federation -State of Israeli We will be trying to create new conremain two sides of the same coin with the annual nections between us and the Western Galilee.

This summer, we are sending three teenagers to campaign taking care of annual operating needs and the Foundation looking at longer term and Israel from Omaha and Lincoln to work as camp counselors and English tutors. It is but a glimpse of more specific needs. ' • . . t h e f u t u r e . ••'•.••' __i_ Missions and Israel Trips YdO In 1990,1 staffed the first community mission Finally, Young Jewish Omaha represents the from Omaha to Israel since 1987. Little did I real- future. Young Jewish Omaha is a way of engaging ize that we would be starting a trend that would those between 20 and 40 who want to become send over 500 people to Israel in the next six or involved in the organized Jewish community. seven years.

With the help once again of local private foundaI want specifically to make mention of the Frohm tions-the Livingston, the Frohm, and the Goldsten, Foundation, Livingston Foundation and Goldsten among others, we have made it easier to develop Foundation. "Without their generous support, we programs to engage young Jewish Omahahs. could not have got this program off the ground. ,: Conclusion Mission participants are people who have seen We have built a firm foundation. The approach first hand where, our dollars go. We have concrete which will succeed here is one which has integrity evidence that missions inspire people to become and is genuinely inclusive. The community is a more involved in Jewish communal life. diverse, ever changing organism that needs to be Israel Teen Trips and Passport to Israel Program cherished and nurtured. I have been privileged to As part of our commitment to building a new have participated in its building. relationship with Israel, we have implemented a As our sages have said, "We are not required to program of grants for Artza and other teen trips to complete the task, yet we are not free to withdraw Israel. We have literally sent hundreds of them to from it." May we all go from strength to strength.

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Outgoing agency presidents included, from left: Bob Lepp, Jewish Senior Services; Nancy Rips, Federation Library; and Bob Eisenberg, Jewish Press.

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Barb Platt (left), and Linda Mann were presented annual campaign gifts for their leadership of the '97 UJA Women's Campaign.

Mary Fellman (left), and Marcia Lipsman accepted Honorable Mention awards for their organizations' community services: The Wall of Synagogue History, sponsored by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, and the Svetlana Rodinova Concert in memory of Marilyn Pred, sponsored by the JCC Theatre Committee.

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ffl® §ti® fey It happens every Friday. A group of women gather at a chic Phoenix/Scottsdale restaurant for lunch. Not unusual for the Valley of the Sun where the primary activities are recreational pursuits.

Many women "do lunch." What is unusual is the make-up of this particular group.

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Margie Somberg (left), and Mona Crandell The size of the group varies with the season. In winter, as many as 20 to 25 can be present. During the hot summer months the size dwindles to six or seven. Former Omahans now living in Arizona and winter visitors from Omaha compose the core of the group. There is a smattering of non-Omahans who are a part of the group, but there is no question— the Omaha roots bring these women together.

At a nearby restaurant, the spouses of the women also gather. The draw is the same-Omaha roots.

The conversation IB similar. What's happening in Omaha?

At a recent Friday luncheon, with the temperature hitting the three digits (where it will stay for the next four months), the talk centered on the mystique of the Omaha connection. The winter visitors were gone. The small group of eight womennow full-time Arizona residents-talked about what drew them and keeps them together. All had known each other when they lived in Omaha, but not until they moved to Phoenix did they become close friends.

Mona Crandell, with 16 years of Arizona residency, still talks fondly about her Omaha roots.

She and her husband, Sol, moved here to be near their daughters, who preceded them to the Valley of the Sun. Mona's father, Bob Feinberg, was a leader in the Omaha Jewish community-past president of the Omaha Jewish Federation and a patriarch of Beth El Synagogue. His widow, Frieda, lives in Phoenix, close to her daughter.

In Omaha, Mona held leadership positions in many Jewish organizations, particularly Hadassah.

She is involved in the Phoenix Jewish community— but not to the same extent. "It's not the same here," she says. "Missing is the feeling of unity and the sense of belonging that one felt in Omaha." Mona is active in the Jewish Federation Women's Division, Brandeis Women, ORT and the Kivel Home for the Aged. An important participant in many Jewish community activities, she avoids prominent leadership roles.

The Omaha women comment about the large number of Jews here who are uncommitted and unaffiliated. Disproportionate to their numbers, the Omaha transplants are among the largest contributors to UJA campaigns and other Jewish causes.

"It's part of our Omaha training," they say.

Fran Sachs, one of the non-Omahans, is a regular participant in the luncheon group. A transplant from Indianapolis, she has lived in Phoenix for 16 years. She met Mona shortly after Mona moved here, and they have been friends ever since. It was through Mona that Fran became involved with the rest of the Omaha group. "I feel I'm an Omahan by osmosis," Fran jokes. "The women from Omaha have become my closest friends in Phoenix. They are loyal, caring, supportive friends. There must be something special about Omaha that produces special people like these."

Most of the group had been winter visitors for many years before making the permanent move to Arizona. Phyllis and Leonard Friedel seem to have made the best adjustment to their new home.

They retired here 13 years ago and Phyllis is "completely happy" in her new home. Active in the

Women's Division of the Jewish Federation and in local theater projects, she is delighted with escaping the brutal Omaha winters. The added bonuB is their daughter, Randi, and her family, who have also made Phoenix their home. Their ties to Omaha include the Friedel Academy, which they endowed, and a number of friends.

Margie and Marlon Somberg moved to Phoenix four years ago to be close to their daughter, Beth, and her children. Their ties to Omaha are strong. They return often to visit family and friends. Margie misses her Omaha friends, although she notes, "As the temperature goes down in Omaha, the number of Omaha friends visiting Phoenix goes up." For the present, Margie has chosen to keep a low profile in the organized Phoenix Jewish community. Duplicate bridge and her •grandchildren take up the bulk of her time.

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Although they had been winter visitors for many years, the permanent move came only recently.

A former president of the Omaha Jewish Federation, Saranne notes the difference. "I miss the support system that was so much a part of Omaha Jewish life. People here seem to be so much more independent and unattached from each other and. from the organized Jewish community. Many

have chosen to become inviBible-something that could never happen in Omaha," she says.

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Climate and health were the motivating factors that directed Velma and Kenny to pull up stakes and move to Arizona. "We love the weather. We've made new friends here, but we miss all our old Omaha friends," Velma said. "We miss the sense'of community that we felt in Omaha," she added.

There is no question that the kind of friendships everyone had .in Omaha is what has drawn the Omaha group together in Phoenix. .

During the winter season, the luncheon table expands to include Lyra Ann Monassee, Beverly Seldin and Gigi Osten, who have Phoenix homes and afe regular winter visitors. Others includeSylvia Wagner, Ida Richards, Jeannie Elkon, Bert Lewis, Barbara Frankel, Sandy Belgrade, Rose Pitlor, Fefe Passer and many other winter visitors.

There are many Omaha transplants in Phoenix.

The lunch group is a very small part of that migration. But every Friday they meet, they talk, they laugh and they remember that their roots are in Omaha and that Omaha is special.

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