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Olympic silver-medalist to speak on drunk driving by Jennifer Meyerson, Jewish Family Service
Olympic silver-medalist Dennis Hall Dennis Hall is the 1997 United States National Champion, the 1996 Olympic silver-medalist and 1995 world champion in his Greco-Roman wrestling weight class. • Outsidethe ring, however, he fights an even more challenging foe—drunk driving. Hall will speak to Jewish teenagers and their parents on the dangers of irresponsible use of alco-
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hol at the Jewish Community Center, Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. In 1988, Hall's brother, Dan, died in a crash associated with drunk driving. Since then, Hall has become an active crusader against drunk driving. He has made many personal appearances at schools and before community groups where he talks about the impact of his brother's death on his family and community. Hall was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the U.S. national competition in 1993, '95 and '96. In 1994 and '95, he was selected as the U.S. GrecoRoman Athlete of the Year. •::.'._ '•_.:':• "By sharing my story, I hope I can make people stop and think about the terrible consequences before they get in a car when they've been drinking," said Hall. . The event is co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service and the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, along with Sentry Insurance. Hall serves as a spokesman for the company in anti-drunk driving presentations. He is also a Sentry Payback autopolicyholder which rewards good drivers by returning half their premium for claim-free driving. Spokespersons for JFS, BBYO and Sentry all noted that bringing in someone like Dennis Hall could have a strong impact on teens' attitudes and behavior. Pre-registration is requested. For more information, contact JFS at 330-2024!
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Once every two years, the UJA Young Leadership Cabinet holds its Washington Conference. This conference is the largest gathering of young American Jewish leaders^ drawing 3,000 participants to Washington, B.C. It is one of the most dynamic events to take place in the organized Jewish world, and has a huge impact on decision makers in Washington, . . .: Susie Noddle has attended the conference twice before. "Legislators pay attention when 3,000 young Jewish leaders come en masse to Washington and to Capital Hill.The goal of the conference is to motivate, educate, empower and engage participants. I guarantee you will not forget this event," she said. Noddle also added that the Conference sells out every year. An informational meeting for interested participants will be held Monday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at die home of Murray and Sharee Newman.
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While political issues are an important focus of the conference, other key areas are explored in a variety of sessions. Some of the programming offered include the American Jewish community, Jewish living and spirituality, the Mideast peace process and the changing global environment. Past speakers have included some of the biggest names in politics and Jewish issues; Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush; Vice-president Al Gore; Senators Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy and Jack Kemp;. members of the McLaughlin Group, Larry King arid Marlee Matlin; Prime Ministers Shamir, Rabin and Netanyahu. Other speakers have included Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Elie Wiesel and Henry Winkler. For more information or to reserve a space for the meeting, contact Sharon Kirshenbaum, YJO Director, 334-6485.
NJHS to honor Vera Lewis, Javitchs The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will present the "Shirley Berman Recognition Award" to community volunteer Vera Lewis on Sunday at its annual meeting. The organization will also honor Karen arid Gary Javitch for sponsoring a performance of From Generation to Generation as a benefit. ' The meeting is from 24 p.m. in the JCC Auditorium.
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A former kindergarten teacher herself, Dr. Ruth Westheimer visits to "Preparing for First Grade," in Gedern. It is one of 45 summer education programs for Ethiopian children held throughout Israel by the JDC-lcd Coalition for Ethiopian Education.
Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, director and founder of the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP), will speak at Beth Israel Synagogue on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1
i, It *9>'ii I •tliiiiiin ltuilivald NJOP's focus is making Judaism accessible to all Jews, regardless pf affiliation, knowledge or background, through programs like "Turn Friday Night into Shabbos" and "Crash Course in Hebrew Reading and Basic Judaism," Accordingto a recent article in the New York Times, Rabbi Buchwald has earned national recognition for his non denominational approach across Reform, Conservative and Orthodox boundaries. "We're not an Orthodox organization," he stated, "I don't care where you are (Jewishly) as long as. you're on the way up." NJOP has been introduced at more than 1800 locations across the United States, in 27 countries and has reached more than 250,000 Jews. Omaha's "Turn Friday Night into Shabbos" begins at Beth Israel oh Friday, Oct. 31 at 6:15 p.m. with Rabbi Buchwald's Beginner's Service. "Rabbi Buchwald teaches the basics of how to participate in services," said Julee Katzman, a sponsor of the weekend, along with her husband, Richard, and son, Jacob. The family is honoring the memory of Richard's parents, Julius and Ann "Jan" Katzman. ."You need no background for this," Mrs. Katzman continued. "Everyone is enveloped by his warmth and inclusiveness. A Shabbos celebration will follow, complete with a dinner and singing." Rabbi Buchwald's topic during Shabbos morning services is "Finding Joy in your Judaism." During lunch, lie will speak about the "Movement of Jewish Return, a Revolution Gaining Momentum." Saturday night at 8 p.m., Beth Israel will host a Melava Malka (after-Shabbos party). "This will be a relaxed, heimimhe evening," said Rick Katzman, president of the synagogue. "Rabbi Howard Kutner will entertain us and there will also be singing and dancing." Rabbi Buchwald's topic for Saturday evening is "Who is a Good Jew?" "I think people will be pleased to hear his message," Mr. Katzman noted. "Rabbi Buchwald is passionate, dynamic speaker." Cost for the Friday night dinner is $9.50 for adults and $6.50 for children; lunch is $6.50 for adults and $3.50 for children. For both dinner and lunch, cost iB $15 for adults and $9 for children. Reservations may be made by calling the synagogue office, 556-6288.
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For another publication, I wrote a short piece on a verse at the very beginning of our Torah reading for today: (MoBes said to the Lord) "Pray let me know Your ways" (Exod. 32.13). Torah Tots at Temple The reader is struck by the fact that the text seems to read (Your way," in the singular, but the Masoretes pointed the word to read: "Your ways," in the plural. Samson Raphael Hirsch suggested that the singular-pluraldiscrepancy meant to tell us that Moses asked of God to tell him what is the: unifying factor in all you do. Then I might understand this world and human life and its meaning.: But Moses wasn't given to know. Nor are we. The. meaning of life eludes us-except that the Torah and rabbinic literature give us quite enough to go on, to live our lives meaningfully. We know, that compassion-is better than indifference, that truth is better thain falsehood, that order is better than chaos, etc., etc. : : , Louri Sullivan and her daughter, Rachel, Some would add that the natural is better than enjoy a Parent/Toddler class at Temple Israel. the artificial, as though to say that what God has A new class called Torah Tots, designed for threegiven us is better than what man's techniques have given us. Sukkot, one might say, is a case in point. and four-year-old children who are ready to experiIt emphasizes the gifts of Nature in the Liilav and ence classes independently of their parents, begins the Etrog, and the sukkah itself requires us to Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6 and 7, from 9:30J '—*•• in terms of primitive protection against the11:30 a.m. at Temple Israel. Sisterhood has also scheduled their Education wind and rain, rather than the fine homes that we class to run concurrently with Torah Tots oh have learned to build. But there is a balance to this line of thought. Our Thursday mornings. Classes will be held in nearby ancient liturgists chose precisely for this day the classrooms, separate from Parent/Toddler classes. Toys and activities in the Torah Tots classes are reading of Ecclesiastes, the most cynical of all Biblical books. The brilliant Ecclesiastes sweeps geared toward preschool children. Stephanie aside all questions of the natural versus the prod- Grossman will be the teacher. She has 16 years ucts of man's ingenuity. He focuses our attention experience as an educator in a variety of public on the existential questions of human existence: school systems. The class is also ideal for *big brothers and siswhat point is there in human striving, in learning, in research, in worship, in love, in anything, since ters' who have siblings in the group. Classes are open to families with at least one Jewish parent; death puts an end ,tp everything? ~ This puts us back to our first question, the plea of participants need not be members of Temple . For more information, or to register, call the Moses to know God's ways or God's way. Even though we don't know God's way, we answer Temple office, 556-6536. Ecclesiastes with our confidence that doing our, Freund to speak best to achieve order and justice is not negated by death~for we add to the collective achievement of on Jewish mysticism mankind. Each generation stands on the shoulders and spirituality of the preceding. Dr. Richard Freund, Professor of religion at the It is true that "life is not fair" and that our lives are precarious—like the precarious life in the University of Nebraska, ' sukkah. But that does not relieve us of the duty to will speak at Temple ' Israel Sunday, Oct. 26, strive. . As Rabbi Tarfon put it, we are not obliged to com- 10 a.m. plete the task; but we are obliged to strive. His lecture is entitled "Jewish Mysticism and Modern Jewish Spirituality." The event is sponsored by Temple's Outreach Committee and is free and open to the commuDr. Freund nity; CORRECTIONS y In the Sept. 26 New Year's issue, Jennifer Babysitting is available; call the office at 556Friedman was incorrectly identified as a sopho- 6536 for reservations. more at Central; she is a freshman. Also Sarah Needelman's name was misspelled. The cover art What are you doing was drawn by Alison Sherman, daughter of Mike and Patty Sherman. She is a freshman at the December 25? University of KansaB and a member of Temple by Lenora Lancaster, JSS Administrative Assistant Israel. Sadie Kohn's name was misspelled in the obituThe list we are making and checking twice ary in the Oct. 3 issue. involves who is coming to the Rose Blumkin Jewish The Jewish Press regrets the errors. Home to volunteer on Christmas Day and what time they will get there! We hope "Switch Day '97" will be as successful as EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE last year's when so many non-Jewish staff momDue to Ihe upcoming holiday and the closing of bers were allowed their day off in order to be with the Jewish Press office on Shemini Azeret and their families for their holiday. ; . .;.' Simchat Torah, thedeadllnes for copy, ads and Dietary, housekeeping, laundry and activities are photos Is noon, Tuesday, Oct. 21 for the Oct. 31 four of the departments that can use volunteer I : help. Licensed nurses are needed, as well. < The" Jewish Press office will b e c l o s e d on The hours!for volunteering are 7:30 a.mThursday and Friday, OcU 23 and 24. All photos 7:30 p.m. Plan to volunteer for two- and three-hour from the New Year's Issue must be picked up. shifts. The RBJH will supply food and drink and Other photos may be picked up one week after the company of 119 residents! publication or may bs returned if submitted with a Make this a family affair and bring the children. stamped, self-addressed envelope. For more InforPlease sign up today with Lois Wine, Director of mation, call 334-6448, Volunteers, 334-6530.
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Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 7023 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68132 656-6536 FRIDAY: Early worship service, 5:30 p.m. Rabbi Stiel and Hazzari Contzius will officiate using the Union Prayer Book. Shabbat family service, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Azriel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate, recognizing the National Observance of Children's Sabbath. Guest speakers will be congregants Dr. Stacie Bleicher, President of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; and Dr. Magda Peck, Associate Chairman of Pediatrics at UNMC. The topic is "Stand for Healthy Children." Oneg Shabbat sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Morning service, 10:30 aan. Alex Henry Angalet, son of Jeanne Angalet and Steven Angalet, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Simcha B'Shabbat--An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. Regular Shabbat service will be held in the Sanctuary. SUNDAY: AOL (Adult Opportunities For Learning), 10 a.m. Rabbi Azriel will lead a discussion on "Yitzhak Rabin and the Ethics of Jewish Power." "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" Tuesday, Oct. 21,11:30 ajn.-l pan. Rabbi Azriel will lead the discussion. Bring a brown bag lunch; Temple will provide the drinks. EREV SIMCHAT TORAH WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22: Erev Simchat Torah Service and Consecration, 7 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate. New Religious School students in kindergarten and first grade will be called to the Bima. A special reception with food and dancing will follow. Tuffy Epstein and his group will provide music during the service and reception. >: : 1: ; ' ' ' SIMCffiLTTORAH' ' " " " " ' " THURSDAY, Oct. 23: Yizkor, 10:30 a.m. SHABBAT COMES TO YOU Friday, Oct. 24, 3:45 p.m.: Rabbi Stiel and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat service at Livingston Plaza. .
Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 1502 No. 52nd St., Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288
TIFERETH ISRAEL Member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502 423-8569 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. FREDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma'ariv (Shabbat), 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, 9:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22: Hoshana Rabbah—-Services, 7:15 a.m.; Shemini Atzeret, 6:20 pan. , THURSDAY, Oct. 23: Shemini Atzeret, morning service (includes Yizkor), 9:30 a.m.; Simchat Torah, 6:20 p.m. FRIDAY, Oct. 24, Consecration: Morning service, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma'ariv (Shabbat), 6:20 p.m. SATURDAY, Oct. 25: Shabbat services, 9:30 a.m.
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Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Mincha service, 6:25 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m.; Little People's Service, 10:30 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m.; Class on Mussar with Rabbi Kutner, 5:45 p.m., at the synagogue; Mincha, 0:15 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (Hoshana Rabbah): Morning service, 6:30 a.m.; Eruv Tavshilim, prior to candlelighting; Mincha, 6:20 p.m.; Class with Rabbi Kutner on "The Laws of Shemini Atzeret," followed by Ma'ariv. THURSDAY, Oct. 23 (Shemini Atzeret): Morning service, 8:45 a.m.; Yizkor, 10 a.m.; Mincha, 6:20 p.m.; Class with Rabbi Kutner on "The Joy of Simchas Torah;" Ma'ariv and Hakafos,
BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California, Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 WEB--http://oniahnfreenet.org/bethel
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to4p;m'.''-' '" Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkoyits.. .>•..;! •.•'"•. FMDAY: Service, 6 p.m. h SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddish following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS (Torah Siddur Skills), 10 aan.; Shabbat Story Time, first and third Saturday at 11 aan.; K'tantan, second and fourth Saturday at 11 a.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6:30 p.m. Michael Hellman, son of Esther and Joel ' Hellman, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening and Saturday morning. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. SUKKOT SATURDAY, Oct. 18 : Services, 9:30 a.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv, 6:30 p.m. : WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22: Hbshanna Rabbah, 7:14 p . m . An ice cream social will follow the ser- 6:15 a.m.; Shmini Atzeret/Simhat Torah: vice. .•...:•••• • . . • . • ••••. Minha-Ma'ariv, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (Simchas Torah): r MorAingg service,, j r Morning service, 8:45 a.m.. A luncheon will foli 9:3tk a.m. (Yizkor and,de'dication of memorial low services; make reservations. Mincha, 6:15 p.m. plaqu'es); Minna-Ma'ariv/ 6:50 p.m.; Hakafot, 7:30 p.m. (Presentation of miniature Torahs to CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN kindergarten students. Reception follows). SOUTH STREET TEMPLE Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2061 S. 20th St. Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 435-8004 Matthew Picker, son of Steven and Bonnie -"P-ickerrwill celebratehisBarServices officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. '' Mitzvah Saturday Oct. 25, FRHJAY: Services, 7:45 pan. '' at Beth El Synagogue. THURSDAY, Oct. 23: Simchat Torah; 6:30 p.m. An eighth grade student at SUNDAY, Oct. 26: Memorial service, Mount' ;• Anderson, Middle School, he Sinai Cemetery in Hastings, 2:30 p.m. enjoys music and sports and - hopes to'become a'lawyer. Matthew has two'brothers, OFFUTT ill Michaelarid Caleb, ?;-.'-;'•;: 25th and Capehart, Omaha, NE Grandparents ar'eJSernice 294-6051 and Solomon Herih'er of New Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office York and the late Helene hours: M-Th, 7:30 a;m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 Epstein and Leo Picker. a.m. to 2 p.m. Starting Friday, October 31, evening services begin at 7 p.m. Preschoolers celebrate New Year . Friday, Nov. 14, •'Shabbat dinner, 6 p.m. Adult Education and discussion begins Nov. 21,
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ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME FRIDAY: Services, led by Nancy and Sheldon Rips, start at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, led by Don Schwartz, start at . ; THURSDAY, Oct. 23: Shemini Azeret services, led by Mark Levy, start at 9 a.m. FRIDAY, Oct. 24: Simchat Torah services, ledt by Don Schwartz, start at 9 a.m.
An Affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124-5130 758-9233 http://pwl.netcom.com/~Batmim FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat services* 7:30 p.m., at 3012 S. 119th St., Omaha. CHABAD HOUSE SATURDAY: ; An Affiliate of the Worldwide Sukkot and Sinchat Torah celebrations at the Chabad-Lubavitch Movement Tuttle's farm in Logan, Iowa, 4i30 p.m. Potluck 11923 Pacific, Omaha, NE 68144 dairy-vegetarian dinner. Bring lawn chairs and a 697-1124 jacket. Call 768-9233 or see web site for directions. E-MAIL~chabad@aol.com Religious School classes held at the Jewish SATURDAY: Community Center on Sundays from 10 a.m.Davening starts at 9:30 a.m., followed by noon for all grades, and on T u e s d a y s from Kiddieh. • 4-6 p.m. for grades four and higher.
Preschoolers and their families recently celebrated "The World's Biggest Birthday Party" at the Chabad House. Rabbi Mendel Katzman demonstrated shofar making and a local beekeeper taught the group about honeybees and the honeymaking'process. Coordinators, of the event were. Susan Lite and Julie Phillips, parents involved in Chabad's educational programs for preschoolers. PERSONAL
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The results are in
Now for the bad news: Only 100,000 The results of the recent elections to the World Zionist Congress were American Jews voted in the tabulated just prior to Yom Kippur American Zionist Elections. Even worse, some 50,000 more had and the overwhelming victor was registered, but didn't vote. pluralism. There are two possible reasons for ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America, was the winner, the low turnout: either American garnering, nearly 48% of the votes. A Jews aren't interested in even makdistant second; butstill gaining over ing an impact in Israel, or, they just their last vote, .waa.Mercaz, the don't get it. In either case, organizations which Conservative;' Movement's Israeli are trying to make a case for pluralarm, with 26%;b'f the votes. The Religious Zionists of America ism in Israel will have to try harder. did pull almost 11% of the votes with It's not solely up to Reform, the remaining 15% divided among -Conservative and Reconstructionists rabbis to cajole their congregants into the other seven slates. If ARZA and Mercaz join forces on actively participating in this the substantive issues of funding process...if s also up ,to us as individthrough the Jewish Agency for ual American Jews to get involved. To quote ARZA president Philip Israel, the two organizations will possess nearly one-third of the total Meltzer, "Religious pluralism has votes. Add to that, American Friends been placed at the center of the conof Meretz, American Zionists for cerns of American Jewry." For Israel to get the message, howUnity and Tolerance and the Labor Zionist Movement, and the forces for ever, more voices will be needed than pluralism will pick up almost enough the mere 2% of the American Jewish population who voted in this election. votes for a majority. Any suggestions? That"s the good news.
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Our man Famous guests in our sukkah in Israel by Carl Alpert^J-^' HAIFA - Each year we look forward to the reassembling of our sukkah on our Mount Carmel terrace, overlooking the city of Haifa, the bay and the hills of Galilee. One of the ceremonies connected with the sukkah is the Ushpezin, the formal welcome to sages of old to come visit us. "Enter, exalted holy guests," the prayer begins, and we are told that on each of the seven days of the holiday we shall have the honor of entertaining Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph and David, respectively. Obviously, they have many places to visit on these nights and cannot tarry long with us; Hence, we have added a custom of our own, now traditional in the family, of inviting other guests from out 1 of the past, and within the limits of time, engaging them in conversation. Our first invited guest this year will be Rabbi Abraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook, who was-Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi here fronTl921 until his death in 1935. We should like to hear his views on the present religious-secular confrontation in Israel, in view of his own well-known attitudes. In his time, he was subjected to severe criticism by religious zealots because of his tolerance, even love, of the secularists. Rigidly Orthodox himself, of course, he recognized the role of secularists, as another and necessary aspect of Jewish life. He preached that the secular provides the matter of life, and the sacred gives form to the matter. He even felt that the secular must become strong, for this enhanced the significance of the sacred. He urged his son to engage
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in secular studies and to attend university, to gain a better understanding of the wholeness of Jewish life. We are prepared to spend long hours with him. Alas, how little impact his teachings have had on the succeeding generations of the Israeli rabbinate. Our next guest will be from a different world entirely—Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Mr. Roosevelt," we want to ask him, "In the early years of your incumbency as President, you were regarded as a great friend of Zionism and the Jewish people. And then rumors began that your actions were belying your words. "Is it true that you encouraged the British in their policy of keeping Jewish refugees out of Palestine? "Is it true that you came to a secret agreement with Arab leaders that you would do nothing to help the Jews? Mr. Roosevelt, perhaps you can speak frankly now." That will be a tense evening. Our next guest will be Louis D. Brandeis, former member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a Zionist leader. In his day, he was chief exponent of a school of thought which urged that the Jewish homeland could best be created by building a strong modern economy, with large scale investment and economic development. Chaim Weizmann headed the opposing philosophy which taught that philanthropic funds should be sought from the Jewish people and that growth could come about only by adding one dunam (acre) after another. . The historic record has shown that both were right. There are still more nights to be accounted for, but we shall be exhausted by these. Enough for this year.
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Is the media anti-Israel? by Gary Rosenblatt, New York Jewish Week
NEW YORK- Natan Sharansky, here on a brief stopover from South America to Israel last month, looked at the Page 1 story from Israel in the New York Times and shook his head in wonderment: The headline read: "Netanyhau Adding Housing For Jews In The West Bank." The story noted that the Israeli prime minister, defying U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's call for a "time out" on new Israeli housing in the West Bank, announced plans to build 300 units in Efrat, a town south of Jerusalem that is part of the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Sharansky, Israel's trade minister and former Soviet refusenik, questioned the news value of the story, noting that the late Yitzchak Rabin had approved of the Efrat construction when he was prime minister and that the U.S. had never protested. . "There's nothing new," he said. What would he consider the Page 1 story of the day from the Mideast, Sharansky was asked. He thought a moment, then replied: "Shin Bet Was Right, Arafat Could Have Prevented Terror Attack." He was referring, of course, to the news that Israeli intelligence had identified four of the five suicide bombers, responsible for 20 Israeli deaths and hundreds of wounded in Jerusalem bombings this summer, as West Bank residents who easily escaped from a Palestinian jail. Establishing their identity proved that Yasir Arafat had lied in insisting that the suicide bombers were from abroad, and that Netanyahu was correct in asserting they were
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they were from the territories. That story was reported the day before, but it did not make Page 1 and lacked the urgency of the settlements story. Is the media biased against. Israel? It's a question as old as Mideast reporting, but bears asking, particularly at a time when it is being asked with increasing intensity by supporters. , • I recently took part in a panel discus-. sion on the subject and found, not surprisingly, that most of the audience of national leaders seemed convinced that the media is indeed anti-Israel. The tone was set by the program moderator, Sidney Zion, the Daily News columnist who referred to New ' York Times columnists Anthony Lewis and Thomas Friedman as among the "lying bastards" who take the Arab side in the Mideast conflict. The other participant, Daniel Seaman, a spokesman for the government-press office in Israel, emphasized the double standard in Mideast reporting, asserting that "the Palestinians are always forgiven" for blatant violations of the Oslo Accords while Israel is faulted for disobeying the spirit - if not the letter. — of the agreement. He added that some foreign journalists covering Israel are blatantly antiNetanyahu, reflecting the "left-slanted Israeli press," but that most foreign correspondents "try to be objective in doing their jobs." I suggested that the media is more guilty of insensitivity and lack of historical perspective than outright bias. The fact that the press tends to favor the underdog, thrives on controversy and is more interested in symmetry than history adds up to coverage today that has inverted Israel from David to Goliath.
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Organizations YES . Members .will meet Mpnday at the JCC. English Class and. exercise both start at 10 a.m.; bingo starts at .10:30. Bring articles to share at the "TfES Talk" discussion group at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, Dr. Rami Arav, an Israeli archeologist, will speak. For transportation,.call 330-4272. .. ..,-, -,,. .,,;.,, „ AyA^LfcJN,DROP-IN .,. ;'. ,.;-, There will be no meeting due to the holiday Shemini Atzeret.; 16r;i;il , . ,,,, ;_•:•_ , . :.. .... Flu Sjiots will be given in the, JCC.Auditorium from %}}., a.m. on .Wednesday, Oct. 22. .Cost is $6.50. The Influenza Immunization Program will bill. Medicare for persons who have Medicare, Supplemental B .coverage. Bring your Medicare . Card, Persons 65 and.plder are eligible..-..;. ;, ; , '''
The exhibit "Treasures of Ancient Egypt in Groups may make appointments for guided Nebraska" opened last week at the University visits by contacting Bethsaida Excavations of Nebraska at Omaha.'The exhibit features Project coordinator Wendi Chiarbos, 55481 antiquities from the collection of Carl 2902. The exhibit is located in the Biblical Rominger, a Lincoln minister, including'the Archeology Museum in Arts and Sciences hawk sculpture, left, and a mummy, right. H a l l , R o o m 3 4 3 . '. •:"..:.'' '.''','••.•••.•••.• '•'.''. "',
•'•.]" BREADBREAKERS .,, •.,-',,;, '_-'. Bob Eisenberg, author of the bestseller Boychicks in the Hood, will speak at Breadbreakers on •Wednesday, according to Steve Riekes. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at noon . The Nebraska State Personnel Office will sponsor • at the Highland Country' Club. Cost is $7.75, and the Second Annual Nebraska State Job Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Lincoln, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. the program is open to the community. „ The'event will take place at the State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South (14th and M B"NAIB'RITH ••/• • ; ; Henry Monsky Lodge B'nai J^'rith w^y_,sponsor Streets). community-widemembership drive* MekVoffon$)ct. ; The purpose.of the job fair is to assist and inform -28 at theScoreCai-d^S&North'ifi$Jp -t^, / , job seekers about employment opportunities within According to 'RfcfoaWl 'Diamond Me'mtfersliip' state government. Participants will have the opporVice-president, a buffet dinner will be served at the tunity to visit with various state agency represen6:30 p.m: event. Dave Webber, WOWT Channel 6 tative and learn about job openings and the state's hiring process. , Sports Anchor, will be!the guest speaker. Representatives"will also be available to adminisAll prospective members are invited to be guests of the Lodge as wellaB-all" B'nai B'rith members. ter tying tests and assist applicants with job applications. There is no charge fortheevening. For a current job listing, call 1-402-471-2200 or For further information, call Richard Diamond at log on to the State Personnel site on the internet 493-1169, or the B'nai B'rith Office at 334-6443. at: http://www.state.ne.us/personnel/per.html
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Nearly 100 members of Young Energetic Seniors celebrated Rosh Hashanah at their annual party. Joe Taylor entertained with songs and s t o r i e s . Left photo: from left, Sonia Mulnick, Cele Cohen, Betty Kelberg,
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The first in a series of panel discussions will be held Sunday, Nov. 16,10 a.m., at Temple Israel. Entitled The. Pulpit, the Pew and ihePub'lic Square: Religion and Politics, the Social Action Committee.hopes to stimulate discussion on this thought-provoking topic. , Paul Landow will coordinate the first panel discussion, featuring John, Gottschalk, G. Michael Fenner and Denny Hartfor,d. v .-.•:,.;.,.-. . ; . .Gottschalk is publisher of the Omaha WorldHerald and has a long-standing .commitment to maintaining the integrity of the press, according to discussion's organizer^. Hechairs,the newspaper's foundation'and has been recognised for his civic contribufaoris by& number o^local organizations. Fenner is Professor of Law at Creighton University and teaches constitutional law with an' emphasis on the First Amendment and freedom of speech. He has taught at Creighton since 1972 and is a member of the House of Delegates, Nebraska State Bar Association and the Nebraska Civil Liberties Union. Hartford is Director of Vital Signs Ministries and an international speaker and radio personality. He is a Christian activist who has led one of the most 'pro-life' agencies in the nation. The Temple Israel Social Action Committee poses the following questions to the community: Given the religious and political passions and realities of 1997, is it still possible to maintain a society that, separates religion and state? And, is it even desirable? For more information about this program, contact the Temple office, 556-6536.
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Deadline approaches for Israeli science contest Teenage science buffs can apply for entry in the 1998 Olympiyeda, Israel's international science contest for ninth and tenth graders. The deadline is Nov. 1. Sponsored by the Israel National Science Museum in Haifa, the contest is open to teens in Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia and England. The 50 teens who score highest on a series of exams will be selected from among the non-Israeli entrants and will receive three-week stays in Israel next August for the final round. Their families will be asked to contribute only $500 towards airfare, while the expenses for room and board will be borne by the Olympiyeda sponsors. Known as the Olympics of the Mind, the contest was created to promote interest in science and encourage youngsters to pursue careers in science and technology, according to the founder of the Olympiyeda, Dr. Zvi Dori. He is professor of chemistry at Technion, the Israel Institute of -Technology, in Haifa and director of the Museum. Now nine years old, the contest is a three-stage event, which, until three years ago, was limited to Israeli students. Ninth and tenth graders are given a multiple choice general science test; the qualifiers then take a second exam of one subject. The theme this year is Chemistry, Secrets of the Elements, in honor of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, who was a chemist. Top scorers will travel to Israel next August to attend a three-week summer camp, where they will join their Israeli peers in science and technology workshops, meet with Israel's top scientists, and tour historic, cultural and religious sites. For a contest application, e-mail israelsci@aol.com or israelscience@msn.com or contact Judith Rubin Golub, American Friends of the Israel,National Museum of Science, 511 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York City, NY, 10017; or phone or fax 1-212-578-1756.
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by Saul Friedlander, (New York: HarperCollins) 436 pages. Saul Friedlander has been recently called "the last of the grand old men." A Holocaust survivor and a prolific author he divides his time between Tel Aviv University and the University of California at Los Angeles. It has been rumored that he was asked to fill the Holocaust Professorship at Harvard University. That fact that Priedlander personally experienced the loss of his parents in the Holocaust and that he was raised by and as a Christian in Nazioccupied France, accounts for his interest, but does not interfere with his historical objectivity. His lifelong passion in search of understanding may be read in seven books that precede this offering. In this first volume of a two-volume series, Friedlander distinguishes his approach from Daniel Goldhagen's recent contribution, Hitler's Willing Executioners. Friedlander identifies the L.O.V.E., the League offering Volunteers for Representing the home's auxiliary are, from Nazi worldview as "redemptive anti-Semitism" a the Elderly, recently donated a new van for left: George Schapiro, Helen Shukert, Elaine joining of murderous rage with an "idealistic" goal residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Feldman, Charlotte Slutzky and Edith Rogert. of racial purity. It is a combination of biological and racial anti-Semitism, eugenics, racial anthropology and the mystical sacredness of Aryan blood. The attitude was clearly more important than accuracy. Jews comprised about,one percent of German's population, though most lived in cities. Ordinary German citizens, in the main, passively accepted the dismissal, segregation, humiliation, impoverishment, expulsion and violence perpetrate ed against Germany's Jews. There was little opposition or sympathy for the Jews. The special value of this book lies in the numerous vignettes of the application of Nazi racial politics, pseudoscience, ideology and moral corruption. The complexity of Nazi bureaucracy and the Nuremburg laws is reflected in their application to, Jewish veterans of the First World War and mixed marriages. This book can be followed by reading the 1996 publication, Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire, Why so many-German Jews made the tragic decision to remain in Nazi Germany by John V. H. Dippel. Volume two will be subtitled The Years of Exterrjiitiatipn. . ' Debbie Brookstein (left), interviews Helen Brodkey, videotaped by Mike Mohring. Volume one is available at the Jewish Federation . Guest speaker at the first Jewish Senior Services about the various activities at the Home, and library. Family Council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at become acquainted with staff members. Guest 7 p.m., will be Ben Nachman, Director of the Video speakers will present topics of interest to family Oral History Project for the Nebraska Jewish members at each meeting.. If you wish to become involved in the oral history Historical Society. The meeting will be held in the project, contact the Historical Society at 334-6442. auditorium of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The purpose of the Family Council is to give fam-r For information about the Family Council, please " ily members of residents an opportunity to learn • call Bert Benson at 334-6518. ;
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'Male Claim to the Ownership of Sacred Texts' the topic of Nebraska Wesleyan University Forum LINCOLN, NE--Dr. Naomi Goldenberg, an author and a professor of religious studies at .the University of Ottawa, will address the Nebraska Wesleyan University Forum on Thursday, Oct. 30. Goldenberg's lecture; titled "A Feminist, Psychoanalytic Reflection on 'The Cat "in the Hat Comes Back:' Exploring'the Male Claim to the Ownership of Sacred Texts," will be held aVil a.m. in McDonald Theatre, located in the Elder Memorial Speech and Theatre Center, 51st Street and Huntington Avenue. The University Forum is free and open to the public. Goldenberg will use Dr. Seuss' popular children's book as a way to discuss "how patriarchal religions insist that important texts can only be written and interpreted by men." Goldenberg.received her B.A. from Rutgers University, and M.A, M.Phil, and Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale University. She has been a faculty member at the University of Ottawa since 1977.
She is the author of four books including her latest: Resurrecting, the. Body: Feminism, Psychoanalysis and Religion, and has published articles in a variety of publications,-including Pastoral Psychology, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and the International Journal of Women's Studies. She currently serves as co-chairwoman for religion and social sciences for the American Academy of Religion. ' The University Forum series has brought speakers of regional, national and international acclaim to the Wesleyan campus for more than three decades, providing students and the general public with the opportunity to hear opinions and perspectives on a wide variety of social, ethical, political and global issues. Selected Forum presentations are broadcast on Omaha public radio station K1OS (91.5 FM).For information, call 476-7565. •...,'
Harris Center features author Paula Hyman at UNL Reconstructing Jewish Womanhood: Gender, Religion and the Public Sphere will be the focus of Paula Hyman's lecture on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Professor Hyman is the Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University and one of America's foremost authorities on modern Jewish history. ,° Her presentation is the 1997 Henry Wald Lecture, sponsored by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies at UNL. In her lecture, Prof. Hyman will examine the ways in which Jewish women have adapted the cultural legacies of central and eastern European Jewry to the various socio-economic conditions of America. Tracing the social history of Jew's in
America from the last quarter of the 19th century, she will highlight the interplay of gender and ethnicity in the expansion of Jewish women's roles in the Jewish community and in the larger society. Ms. Hyman is the author of The Emancipation of the Jews of Alsace; From Dreyfus to Vichy: The Remaking of French Jewry, 1906-1939; and Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History. ; She is also the co-author of The Jewish Woman in America, co-editor of The Jewish Family: Myths and Reality, and co-editor of the forthcoming Jewish Women in America: an HistoricalEncyclopedia. The lecture will take place at the Wick Alumni Center at 1520 "R" St., Lincoln. A free vegetarian buffet dinner will be provided following the lecture.
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Onthe Brink of Peaceairs October 28 on PBS _ Births After a half century of violence and war between Arabs and Israelis, the 1993 Oslo Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank finally gave the world hope for peace in the Middle Bast. Four years later, these hopes are still in the balance. Yitzhak Rabin is dead, assassinated by a Jewish opponent to the peace process. Terrorist bombings by Arab extremists have taken many Israeli lives. Right-wing Jewish settlers have vowed to make no concessions. Did the historic handshake between Rabin and Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn open the door to eventual peace in the region? Or will the spark of hope be doused by the newly rising tide of violence and hatred? Against a backdrop of persistent hopes but faltering communication and recurring violence, writer and former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban takes a penetrating look at the turbulent aftermath of the historic Oslo Agreement in On the Brink of Peace, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). On the Brink of Peace is produced and presented nationally on PBS by Thirteen/WNET in New York. "Few places have been as explosive in the past nor represent such hopes for the future as Israel, the West Bank and Gaza today. And few events have aroused such intense reactions as the Oslo peace process and its roller-coaster fluctuations," says Abba Eban, who has dedicated much of his life to finding a peaceful solution to the ArabIsraeli conflict. "Is that elusive goal really within reach, or slipping from our grasp?" On the Brink of Peace explores this critical question by looking not only at the events and policies that have characterized the peace process from
Rabbi Mendel and Shani Katzman announce the July 21 birth of their son, Yosef.. He has seven sisters and one brother: Esther, 11; Batsheva, 9; Chaya Mushka, 7; Chana and Rachel, 6; Devorah, 4; Miriam, 2; and Levi Yitzchok, 3. Grandparents are Rabbi Zelig and Sarah Katzman and Rabbi Eli and Leah Lipsker, all of Brooklyn, N.Y. Great-grandmother is Fay Bakatman, also of Brooklyn. Rabbi Chaikel Chanin is the greatgrandfather. Dr. Lance and Shelli Meyerson of Lakeland, FL, announce the July 17 birth of their first child, Carli Sheat named in memory of her great-grandmother, Sara Adehnan, and cousin, Bruce Fellman. Grandparents are Larry and Deenie Meyerson of Omaha, and Harvey and Marsha Wolf of Fannington Hills, MI. Great-grandparents are Leo and Helen Meyerson and Irving and Sonia Forbes, of Omaha; Irving and Dina Adehnan and Eva Wolf, of Southfield, MI. Abba Eban 1993 through 1997, but also the passions and emotions that distinguish one of the most provocative and complex political situations in modern history. Filmed in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, Egypt, Jordan and Norway, the documentary interviews Chairman Arafat, Prime Minister Netanyahu, former Prime Minister Peres, King Hussein and President Mubarak, as well as Arabs and Israelis representing diverse viewpoints. In a series of in-depth segments covering the major events and issues in the region since 1993, On the Brink of Peace considers both the positive and negative results of the Oslo Agreement.
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The first-ever seminar sponsored by the Human Resource Development Committee of the Jewish Federation was held last week. Chairman Margo Riekes called the program "an incredible success. "We are so proud to offer high-quality programming to the entire community," she added, "because working together is the only way to accomplish our goals." The program focused on board development, volunteer/staff responsibilities and relationships. Information gathered from participants will be used to plan future seminars tailored to specific needs. For information about HRD, call 334-6431.
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mony. She explained to the children the special words inside and the importance of respecting each other whjle playing in the house. Mr. Greenberg affixed the Mezuzah to the doorpost with the help of all of his grandchildren. Patty Nogg, Judaic music teacher, concluded the ceremony with Shabbat, leading the CDC children in the blessings and singing favorite Shabbat songs. Above, Don and Nancy Greenberg with their grandchildren.
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The more things change, the more they remain the same." Some things are changing. I now spend more time corresponding regularly with the Medicare office; I get senior citizen discounts at the movies. I suffer from CRS (Can't Remember Stuff). I wear pants with elastic waists. Get the picture? I'm not a kid anymore! But a long time ago, I was a kid. I was raised in Omaha in a traditional Jewish home. I went to Lothrop Grade School, Central High, Creighton University and the City Talmud Torah. The JCC on 20th and Dodge was my second home. I was a Jewish teen leader - president of a girls' club, chairman of the Youth Philanthropies Campaign, president of the Roundtable of Jewish Youth. • I gave my parents reason to be proud of me and I gave them grey hairs. I was the typical Jewish teen growing up in Omaha in the 1940s. My parents worried about iriterdating, intermarriage and assimilation. Fast forward to the 1960s. My parents were breathing easier. I was a Jewish adult - teaching ninth grade at Temple ISrael and serving as adviser to the Temple Youth Group. As Editor of the Jewish Press from 1964-74,1 interacted with teens through the teen columns in , the paper. I knew a lot about Omaha Jewish teens in the sixties. A good part of that knowledge came first hand dealing with my own three teenagers. I did my share worrying about interdating, intermarriage and assimilation. And I got my share of grey hair. On to the 1990s/ My children are grown with children of their own. Now.thfeydo the worrying about interdating, intermarriage and.assimilation. (They fioJex their hair.) They also have new worries that weren't prevelant before: gangs, drugs, AIDS and crime. In spite of that; my grandchildren are active leaders in the Omaha Jewish teen community. It was, therefore, with more than casual interest that I read every word in the' New Year's edition of the Jewish Press. It was a spectacular issue! I was struck by how many of the teen writers are children of the teens who wrote for the Jewish Press in the 1960s. In spite of the dire predictions about the "vanishing American Jew," we're still
here. Omaha Jewish life exemplifies strength, continuity, history and future. We have a right to be proud. ' . ' Palestinian land purchases Our kids write about positive experiences in center on eastern Jerusalem Israel. When I was a teenager, travel was pretty by Gil Sedan ' much limited to an occasional convention in Lincoln or Sioux City. No trips to Israel. In fact, JERUSALEM (JTA) — For sale, preferably to there was no Israel until I was out of my teens. Palestinian customers, is a $3.5 million piece of Identification with Judaism came from the nega- • real estate^in, predominantly Jewish western tive aspects of the Holocaust. How different is the Jerusalem. • positive influence of the Israel experience! . The man who made this offer, Yoram Yazdi, is a The teen writers are to be commended for their Jewish businessman from Jerusalem. thoughtful articles and the hope for the future they "I received the property as a gift from a relative," project. The Jewish Press editors are to be con- Yazdi said.'"Its market value is $2 million, but I gratulated for their sensitivity and vision in mak- would have'to pay $1.5 million in taxes." : ing teens the theme of this year's Rosh Hashanah Yazdi said the property could be used for housing edition. The result was electrifying. and business purposes. He contacted Faisal You are to be congratulated for the best special Husseini, the Palestinian Authority official in edition ever (and it's not easy for me to admit that charge of Jerusalem affairs, assuming that the either!). self-rule government could easily find someone to We say it frequently and I believe it is true: pay the tax in order to gain a foothold in western Omaha is special and the Omaha Jewish communi- Jerusalem. But Husseini turned down the offer. ty is particularly special. I know of no other comThe Palestinian Authority seems to be more conmunity where the commitment is so strong and so cerned with preventing Jewish inroads in the part constant. of Jerusalem that Palestinians envision as the capIn spite of that, I predict that when the teen ital of their future state rather than staking claims writers of the 1997 New Year's edition stand in to western Jerusalem, which has been part of the line in their elastic waist pants to get their senior Jewish state since 1948. discounts at the movies, they, too, will be worrying about interdating, intermarriage and assimilation. Congress may link Israel's aid "The more things change, the more they stay the samei1'
Mickey Greenberg Scottsdale, AZ To the Editor: I'm still tingling from, perusing your best edition of the Jewish Press. That's right. Reading the Press gave me goosebumps, I kept saving, "These are our kids' kids - our future." And I kept levelling. This generation of writers is truly magnificent; their writing and thoughts are from the heart, from big hearts. I wish I couldjsqueeze and hug each and every one of them rip thanks. Their Judaism is deeper than ours ever was. I am proud I am from Omaha. My hat is off to you. Celia Blank Ayentura, FL.
Letter from Israel The temptation to write about the failures of the Netanyahu government is very strong, but virtually everything that can be written has already appeared in print or broadcast. Similarly, the great divide between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox worlds has been discussed from hundreds of Reform and Conservative pulpits over the High Holidays, usually to the detriment of the historic achievements of the, Zionist movement and the State of-Israel. Both represent the most shining success of the late 19th and early 20th century revolutionary vision. , • Communism failed; fascism has failed, but Zionism has triumphed - not without its mistakes, but triumphed it surely has. To have created a new country, brought in millions of Jews to have resurrected a language, to have created a dynamic modern economy, to have
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WASHINGTON (JTA) - A grizzly murder in suburban Washington is threatening to open a diplomatic row that could cost Israel tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid. Samuel Sheinbein, 17, fled the United States to Israel after police named him the chief suspect in the dismemberment and burning of his 19-year-old friend. A former classmate of Sheinbein's at.the Charles E. Smith Jewish day school, Aaron Benjamin Needle, surrendered to police days after the Sept. 18 attack. ••;. ; Israeli law prevents Sheinbein's extradition as he is an Israeli citizen. Sheinbein's father was born in British-mandate Palestine and received Israeli citizenship--which extends to his children.
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built schools, highways, medical and social services - all of these and more are enormous accomplishments. (Between 1970 and the year 2000, there will be more than one million immigrants brought here, financed in large part by donations to the United Jewish Appeal), To be certain, there are large problems which we have not solved. The question of religion looms large and our political culture still has its primitive aspects, but we will get there. -This was our first High Holiday period in Jerusalem since 1986; we usually are with family in America. Our Conservative shul on Agron Street was filled to overflowing, not with American tourists - there are hardly any around - but with our members and neighbors who came to see what we were like. They were treated to a magnificent rendition of our traditional liturgy and inspiring
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sermons. Many will return to.our Beit Knesset. . Yom Kippur in our secular state was a special day. Not a car was seen on any street in Jerusalem; people strolled in the middle of normally traffic-jammed King George Street. A special sense of piety descended on the city. Even Tel Aviv lacked its frenetic atmosphere, though the day after we were back to our normal back-biting. But for 26 hours, the country could contemplate what it should be like and which, hopefully, some day will be. • So we, as Jews, prayed we should all be inscribed in the Book of Life for good - Jews in the Diaspora and Jews in Israel. I hope we also offered our communal thanks for the many blessings in our lives...not the least of which is the triumph of Jewish will and spirit which created our State and which, in the end, will perfect it.
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Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
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by Bert Lewis
I mention the use of a computer often in these power to visualize that which isn't before her and columns—probably because using this electronic how to remedy any situation. I don't want to brag, wonder figures more importantly in my life all the but this kid has brought the machine back from the time. The more I learn about it, the more in awe I am dead-long distance! Not long ago, she laboriously walked me through of itfB capabilities, Of course, the machine doesn't automatically respond to a voice command....I mean, I the steps it took to download maybe 1O0 pages of can't sit down in front of it and tell it what I want, but material, then to print it so I could then proof read I'm convinced that it really is a lot smarter than I am! it for her. I have to admit, I've had children with That's more than a little intimidating, but I'm becom- less labor, but even though I kept screwing up, my faithful P.T. hung in there until the assignment ing more sure of myself all the time. The reason for that is my personal trainer; well, was complete. you might think that term applies only to, people • This is only an example of her efforts to (as she who direct your physical fitness program but I give says) bring me into this century, ^e'vediscussed' it broader meaning. My personal trainer is my the wondrous things which can be accomplished by youngest daughter, who happens to be (I say in all long distance. Tve reminded her that I've'instructed modesty) a computer genius. She sits at her desk in her, one step at a time, how to iron a shirt..;.fan the far-off New Jersey and makes her computer do telephone. I've also taken her thrbugh'the steps of turning on the automatic oven cleaner in her kiteheh. everything but tap dance! I even recall one early Thanksgiving morning, When I get in trouble with my machine (which happens with some frequency since it's inhabited teaching her the how-to of stuffing and trussing a by an evil spirit), I try all the tricks I know and, big turkey, on the telephone: As you can see, her talents lie in different areas when desperate enough to scream, I pick up the phone and call her-in New Jersey, no matter what than mine. Having said all that, I must come to the time of the day or night. As you might guess, iny conclusion that what we have here is a wonderful long distance carrier holds me in very high regard. joint effort between us-my P.T. and me. I mean, Back to my personal trainer....and you must con- we've taught each other some pretty amazing / centrate and really picture this scene: P.T. says, things over the phone. ; The latest accomplishment belongs to her and I "OK Mom, what have you done now?" I try to tell her what the problem appears to be and she usual- give her full credit. Without her, I'd probably still ly asks a few questions then says something like, be trying to figure out where the "on" button is on '..'•'. ; "OK, let's try this" and instructs me what to click the computer. and any other pertinent information. She has the See how great it is. to have a Personal Trainer?
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The American Israeli High School has announced Following a program last month on Jewish genetits upcoming semester program in Jerusalem, ic diseases, Jewish Family Service has instituted a new service for the community. With the use of "Project Discovery," from Feb. 8-June 10,1998. The Ramah Programs in Israel, for qualified 10th numerous pamphlets, brochures and articles, as well as a list of names and addresses of physicians and 11th graders who desire to combine Judaic and counselors working in the field of genetics," JFS -studies and- a semester of living and traveling in can now serve as a resource.and first step in learn- Israel, will be held at the Dr. Israel Goldstein ing more about the link between genetic diseases Youth Village, San Simon, Jerusalem. No Hebrew i3 required. and the Jewish community. Cost is $6500 plus airfare. JFS will provide educational information, initial Project Discovery offers accredited academic counseling and referrals to genetic counseling and screening. The organization also has obtained courses with traditionally oriented and Hebrew Internet addresses for organizations studying vari- studies. All classes are in English and are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and ous genetic diseases. For access to these materials or for more informa- Schools. The program is sponsored by the High tion, contact Social Worker Alice Weiss at JFS, School Division of the Joint Authority, for Jewish Zionist Education. •330-2024. For more information, please contact Chana Hirshberg, American Israeli High School, 110 East ; 59th Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10022. Phone: (212) 339-6081/6082; Fax: (212) 318-6199 e-mail: AEBS_NY@compuserve.coin
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Need is great in the former Soviet Union by Susie Noddle
For three short days last month, I had the opportunity to visit the former Soviet Union with 15 others on a fact-finding mission. We were guests of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). These two organizations are the overseas administrators for 38% of our UJA/Federation Campaign dollars. For Omaha, that means one million of our total dollars raised are distributed by the JDC and JAFI. My interest in how our money is spent overseas was one of the reasons I participated in the mission. One function is the care of the elderly in the FSU; those who are unable to care for themselves are helped by the work of the JDC. I visited with a woman named Gida, a Lithuanian who receives support from the JDC. She is a 78-year-old widow with no children. (Many elderly are lucky to have children overseas who regularly send money to help support their parents.) When communism fell in 1991, the Lithuanians changed their currency. Gida's savings were converted from rubles to lita and she was given 120 lita, equal to about thirty dollars. (Everyone was given 120 lita, regardless of the value of the amount of savings.) Gida's only income is the state pension she still receives: 120 lita, or $30. She spends her monthly pension as follows: $12 for rent; $8 for heat (which is still regulated by the state and cannot be turned off); and $12 for food, clothing, electricity, healthcare and daily necessities. State-run healthcare also disappeared with the fall of communism. As a result, many are left with no healthcare at all; Gida is one. She has a neurological disease which has left her partially paralyzed/Though it took months, JDC was finally able to obtain a walker for her. The agency also provides her with clothing, a television,
The JDC staff built a railing for Gida's building so she could use her JDC walker to go in and out of her apartment. The gesture proved to be futile as the steps are crumbling beneath her building.
It was apparent that the visit we made to Gida was as special to her as it was to us. We brought her a small package of food which •. she refused at first and later accepted graciously.
cleaning of her apartment, and, once in a while, a haircut. They also provide food. Every other month, JDC sends Gida a food package. It contains pasta, sprats, condensed milk, buckwheat, sugar, rice and, sometimes, split peas. We spent an hour with her, hearing her stories. As we got iip to leave, she began to cry and said that never before had she had so many nice visitors. It was as hard for us to leave as it was for her to let us leave. While it is important that we continue to increase our gifts and continue to support the United Jewish Appeal/Jewish Federation Campaign, this experience meant far more to me. Many of our families, mine included, come from the former Soviet Union. Even though those with whom I spent time may not have the same names as mine, they are all part of my family - our family. Their plight is similar to many of the elderly in
this community, but those in the FSU do not have the contact, the resources, the care and the love that we are able to give our seniors here. It is an entirely different world and I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it first hand. A woman like Gida is fully dependent upon the JDC and she is not alone. There are so many others, but the numbers are getting smaller as groups like the JDC help them become self-sufficient. A final note: the JDC budget for the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is approximately $5 to $6 per person. The cost of a single JDC food package is $17. Editor's note: Susie Noddle will speak at the Lincoln Jewish Federation Women's Campaign opening event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Knolls, at noon. For more information or to make a reservation, call Faye, Ungar, 1-402-489-2882. ...':
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They say the danger from anti-Semitism is behind us.
'**_...— . _.- .». say pitting it behind IIS An illegal leaflet was sent to all the parents of children in Jewish schools in one city in the former Soviet Union. It said,' "Kikeslll Clear Out Prom Our Placel!! Very soon, you will pay for everything you1 have donel!" Every month thousands of Jews leave behind the threat of nationalism to start new lives .', In Israel. The power to give them that start is yoursJ Safe Immigration is at the heartof the TWA/Federation Cam$aigh^. at the heart of a sacred Jewish trust to build, strengthen and care for our community in Omaha, in Israel and in 60 X countries around the world. Keep that trust. Jffake your increased gift today.
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