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Artza '99: the teen Israel
trip of a lifetime by Marcia Pitlor and Lisa Shkolnick
For teens entering 10th through 12th grades in the summer of 1999, the Jewish Community Center is offering the ultimate Israel experience. .. Artza '99. Teens: close your eyes and imagine you're a teen spending four weeks in Israel. You'll be experiencing all the breathtaking sites such as Masada, Shabbat at the Western Wall, kayaking down the Jordan, rappelling the Judean Mountains .. .Eliat, Tiberias, the Golan Heights. You'll be floating in the Dead Sea, tasting Israeli food, working on a kibbutz and, experiencing first hand, the history of the Jewish people. Parents: imagine what it would be like for your child to travel to Israel with up to 40 other teens from Omaha. Your teen will have the opportunity to make friends with other Jewish teens and to share the experience of Israel together. Plus,
prepare for this exciting adventure by attending five months of pre-trip educational workshops and activities. What makes this fifth Artza trip such a unique and exciting experience is that the Omaha JCC is working in cooperation with the JCC Association's Teen Israel program, Etgar, the premier Israeli teen program from the JCC movement. Etgar, meaning "challenge," will push teens to challenge themselves...mentally, physically and emotionally as they identify with their Jewish heritage, homeland, and people. The Artza experience offers the most innovative and exciting programs in Israel, placing emphasis on the entire Israel experience. One unique component offered through Etgar is mifgashim, where Omaha teens will have the opportunity to spend a week with Israeli teens and learn first hand what life is like for the typical Israeli teenager. (Continued on page 2)
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J ' m and Elaine Wolf establish endowment fund for ADL-CRC
Larry Raful, past president, congratulated Wolfson on 'the longest tenure ever of an AOL director' and thanked him for 'reminding us' to be vigilant.
Albion, Nebraska, ranchers, Jim and Elaine Wolf have donated $100,000 to the Great Plains Region of the Anti-Defamation League to establish an endowment fund for the Omaha office of the organization. In addition, they have challenged the community to raise an additional $100,000 by pledging a second gift of $100,000 to match the community's donations of an equal amount. That would bring the endowment from zero to $300,000, noted Ann Goldstein, president of the ADL-CRC. The gifts were announced last week at a tenth anniversary celebration for Bob Wolfson, Executive Director. (More on the ADL on page 10)
Elaine Wolf, left, Bob Wolfson, and Jim Wolf celebrate Wolfson's ten years as director of the ADL-CRC. The Wolfs, long-time supporters of the ADL on a local, state and national level, have challenged the community to raise an additional $100,000 for an ADL endowment by pledging two $100,000 gifts.
40 participants on the 1996 Artza trip were accompanied by four staff on the four-week summer trip to Israel.
Eight Israelis visit Omaha as part of Partnership 2000 by Carol Katzman
first it was the doctors from Nahariya; then came the Israeli young leaders' delegation from the Western Galilee. Two weeks ago, eight Israelis arrived in Omaha, on their way from Dallas, the newest city to join the Midwest Consortium of Partnership 2000. Now composed of 11 cities, including Omaha, and chaired by Bobbie Epstein, the Midwest Consortium is partnered with the Western Galilee. The region received some $600,000 of the total UJA/Federation overseas allocations in projects and programs approved by the joint AmericanIsraeli committee. Staffed by Ahuva Lifman, Director of the Western Galilee Region of P2K, the committee has implemented such projects as the Ghetto Fighter's Museum (where former Omaha Beth Seldin-Dotan serves in the education unit of Yad Layeled, the Children's Wing), the Virtual Knowledge Center of the Western Galilee College and Hospital, the
Saul Rosenthal, director of the ADL's Mountain States office in Denver, entertained the crowd of more than 400 people.
New Americans to share Russian culture with community by Linda Mirvish
On Sunday, Sept. 13, the word Exodus will have a whole new meaning—it is the name the Russian community in Omaha has only remaining Ethiopian absorption given to a program of traditional center, English-language summer food, music, and cultural exhibits to camps (to which Omaha has sent honor those who made the transiStephen Kotok, Lindsey Taxman and tion to their new home possible. Lincolnite Ariella Zinn, as counThe entire Jewish community is selors). '' • invited to enjoy the program which Accompanying Lifman were 'Haim will begin at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Asulin, department of education in Community Center and is sponAcco; Shmuel Kahane, orchestra con- sored by the New Americans ductor and Director of the Acco Cultural Society. Pianist, Svetlana Conservatory of Music; Zeev Avnon, Rodionva, will be the featured Director of the Mateh Asher Com- artist. munity Center; Nurit Cederboum, Currently there are 200 families head of interdisciplinary center at the from the former Soviet Union who Western Galilee College; Shimon identify with the Jewish communiLankri, Director of the Acco ty. The first of these new Americans Community Centers; Avraham began arriving in Omaha in 1976, Rozenkier, head of the department of eager to absorb the new culture as education for the Western Galilee; quickly as possible. They read only and Ron Ziv, managing director of English-language books, watched HaDerech, substance abuse center on only English-language films, and Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv. did not think much about preservIn welcoming the group to Omaha, ing their Russian heritage. And Jan Perelman, Jewish Federation they adjusted well to this new life. Executive Director, said, "PartnerHowever, after a time, some of the ship 2000 is still being defined. We older people in the community want to carve out a new relationship. missed Russian culture, movies, books, songs, and dance. In (Continued on page 6)
response, the Russian community with the help of Jewish Family Services, has sponsored several cultural events. The success of these events gave birth to the New Americans Cultural Society under the umbrella of the Jewish Federation in May. These New Americans consider themselves to be Jews who grew up in Russia. Their native language is Russian and the culture they know best is Russian culture. But now(*hey are coping with becoming Jews and Americans as well, without losing their their Russian traditions and culture. The mission statement of the New Americans Cultural Society captures the hopes and aspirations of these new Jewish Americans. They want their children to: Read Shakespeare in English; Read Pushkin and Tolstoy in Russian; Pray in Hebrew. Because they have the impression that there are many Americans who are fascinated by Russian culture, the Russians hope to share their knowledge by sponsoring other Russian music, literature, and poetry events for those adult and children members of the community who would be inter(Continued on page 12)
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Harold Civin died July 15 in Sun City, AZ. He by Rabbi MyerS.Kripke was 81. A former Omahan, Dr. Civin was a pathologist at Parashat Re'eh the Sun Health Institute, which will rename its lab As often as I read the opening verse of our in his memory. Sidrah, I realize that here is the essence of the reliSurvivors include his wife, Dorothy of Sun City; gious quest: "See, this day I set before you blessing three daughters and one grandchild; and his and curse." cousin, Marcia Gallner of Omaha. It calls upon me to recognize that my free-will is MARVIN SABES everything. The rabbis had it that even the power Marvin Sabes died Aug. 13 a t the age of 81. of Heaven cannot choose for me whether to be sin- Services were held Sunday at Beth El Cemetery. ner or saint. Here are blessing and curse; the He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose. choice is yours. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, A few verses later, the text admonishes, "Take Irene and Mark Baydarian and Ethel and Jacques care to observe all the laws and rules..." And the Hemsi, all of New York, and five grandchildren. Midrash connects with these verses another from a Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. later chapter: "Choose life..." MARSHALL L DENENBERG The recurring theme of Deuteronomy, that there Former Omahan Marshall I. Denenberg died is reward and there is punishment, is adopted by Aug. 14 in Los AltoB Hills, CA. He was 61. the books that follow: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Dr. Denenberg was a past-president of the Jewish Kings. I t is scrupulously adhered to in rabbinic Federation of San Francison's South Peninsula and Judaism as well - although the rabbis admit that Congregation Kol Emet and president of the South they cannot explain why it is frequently the case Peninsula Ear-Nose-Throat Society. . that the righteous do not have peace and prosperiSurvivors include his wife, Betty; daughters, ty, and, often, the wicked do. Laura Denenberg and Cheryl Bader; son-in-law, It will not solve anything by expanding the idea Marc Bader; sister, Ann Feinberg; brothers and to a national or imperial basis. Obviously the sisters-in-law, Norman and Eunice Denenberg, Roman Empire, for example, though eventually Lorraine Denenberg, Herbert and Naomi destroyed, massacred or enslaved people and Denenberg, Michael and Bernadine Denenberg, nations all through the known world. And Hitler's Daniel and Naomi Denenberg; brothers-in-law and empire brought murder to millions and wreaked sisters-in-law, Michael Erman, Fran Stein, Joe and havoc on hundreds of millions before its demise. Ruth Erman, Milton and Sue Erman. Before we say that reward and punishment is a Memorials to Jewish Community Federation, 655 theme that doesn't work, we ought at least to give Arastradero Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306. momentary attention to the idea that our human judgement of reward and punishment may not be (Continued from page 1) competent. We naturally see reward in terms of Throughout the week, Israeli teens will accompany good health, long life and prosperity. Perhaps reward ought to be defined in terms of the Omaha group for both educational and recreational the inner satisfaction of doing one's best, living in events, ending with a Shabbat weekend with an Israeli compassion arid truth. Such a definition gives more family. Mifgashim enables Omaha's teens to be a part of clout to the doctrine of reward and punishment. the true Israeli experience. Past participants and coordiBut, and a what a powerful "but" it is, that defini- nators agree that mifgashim is the,best way to learn tion does not satisfy us in the least. In a familiar about Israeli culture. In the past, Artza has served as the number one story, a "miserable sinner" was said by his wife to be "a sinner, yes. But miserable, no. He's having instrument in sending Omaha teens to Israel. The continued success can be attributed to many, facthe time of his life." In the long run, we are obliged to limit the effects tors. According to Omaha families, many teens preof this familiar doctrine to humankind as a whole. fer to travel to Israel with their peers, and parents Only when all humanity reaches a state of near- prefer to send their children to Israel with a staff of perfection will the rewards of righteousness be professionals they have come to know and trust. Ultimately, it is the emphasis on the highest qualiapparent. To bring tikkun ha'olam, an improvement of the ty programming, the comprehensive educational world, an infinitesimal step forward is our duty - components, and affordability which have been, and our reward. We must see our small lives and continue to be the reason so many Omaha families choose Artza. against the backdrop of human history. According to Lisa Pitlor, a participant on Artza The doctrine of reward and punishment doesn't work in our world. It works in the world-that- IV: 1996, "Artza gave me the opportunity to make real connections to Israel and my Jewish heritage. ought-to-be It's not just a place on the map.. . things hit home because I've been there. I am also much closer to Chabad visits small communities my local Jewish friends who went on Artza." in upper midwest Cost of of the trip is $1,999 per participant, which is scheduled to take place June 21-July 20, 1999. Funding is made possible by the Herbert Goldsten Trust, the Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation, the Carl L. Frohm Memorial Foundation, and the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Preparatory educational programming will begin in January. No Omaha program sends more teens to Israel than Artza, and no other experience shape's more lives and strengthens Jewish identity than a trip to Israel. Join us for Artza '99, and take the Etgar challenge. More information will be available at the first information meeting on Sunday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m., at the JCC. Those interested will have the opportunity to complete a preliminary application and place a small deposit to begin the registration process. For more information, Rabbi Eli Gutnick, left, of Melbourne, Australia, and Rabbi Yossi Roth of Los contact Artza '99 ChairAngeles, were two of four visiting rabbinical person Marcia Pitlor at I students in Omaha this summer as part of 496-4632; or Lisa Shkolthe Small Jewish Community Visitation nick, Director, a t 334-1 Hero's What We D Hook-up fn Program for Chabad-Lubavitch. The two vis- 6404. Clun i lot
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FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. We will continue discussing the summer Torah portions. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, lftSO aan. Simcha B'Shabbat~An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. SERVICE OF HEALING AND RENEWAL Tuesday, Aug. 25,7 pan., at Temple This inspirational service will provide a special structured time and place for prayer, reflection, meditation and communal connection for those who are looking for spiritual renewal and those who are coping with illness, grief or loss. The service is open to the community and will be held every other month throughout the year. ADULT EDUCATION THURSDAY, Aug. 27: "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz, 7:30-&30 p.m.
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. FRD3AY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 pan. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Little People service, 10:15 aan.; Jr. Congregation, 1030 aan. Kiddush sponsored by the Kohll family in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of Sandy and Marvin Kohll; Class with Rabbi Kutner, 7:20 pan., followed by Mincha, 7:50 pan., Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services, 0 aan^ Mincha, 7*0 pan. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 aan. and 7:50 pan.
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FRIDAY: Mincha, 7:30 p.m., followed by Kabbalat Shabbat service. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 aan., followed by Kiddush; Mincha-Ma'ariv, 7:50 p.m., followed by Havdalah. Akiva Werber, Aliyah Shaliach for the Midwest, World Zionist Organization, will speak. SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 aan. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m. THURSDAY: Talmud Class, noon.
FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. OFFUT AIR FORCE BASE Summer Book Club selection: Stalking Elijah 2G«» and Capcfaart, Omafaa, NE • by Roger Kammenetz. Now taking registration for the Beyt Shalom ;' 2&W05t " ' religious school. Please call 758-9233. School Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. resumes on Sunday, Aug. 30, 10 a.m., at the Office'hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.JCC. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 ajn.-2 p.m.
SATURDAY: Shabbat services, led by Harold Gottlieb, 9 aan. Kiddush following services.
Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. WEDNESDAY: Adult Education, 7:30 pan. THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 pan. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study, 10 aan.
Rose Blumkin Home announces film festival A Thursday evening film festival at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home is scheduled to start Sept. 10 and run through.Dec. 3. Relatives and friends of the residents, as well as community members, are. urged to join in viewing the films, which will start at 7 p.m. The schedule is as follows: Sept. 10, Yentl; Sept. 17, Itzak Perlman Plays Beethoven; Sept. 24, The Great Caruso; Oct. 1, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald; Oct. 8, The Chosen; Oct. 15, One Voice; Oct. 22, Jackie Mason on Broadway; Oct. 29, The Juggler; Nov. 5, Crossfire; Nov. 12, Julie Andrews in Concert; Nov. 19, Evening at the Pops; Dec. 3, Lies My Father Told Me.
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. .:•:••-'. SATURDAY: Services, 9^0 a.m. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 aan.; Shabba,t Story Time, first and third Saturday, 11 a.m;; ICtantan, second and fourth Saturday, 11 aoni; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah, &05 pan. ; "; • Sarah Linn, daughter of Michael and Patricia Linn, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. • • :--• > LJ, i ;• SUNDAY: Services; 9 a.m. BESTT classes resume at 10 aan., with* a barbecue following; weekday classes start Monday, A u g . 2 4 , 4:15 pan. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6^5 aan. and RSO pan.
Emily Alexandra Gordon, daughter of Peter and Gcnevieve Gordon, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Beth El Synagogue. :• . A seventh-grade student at Beveridge unior High, she participated in the math com• ^ petition. She enjoys * softball, basketball, golf and shopping. Emily has two sisters, Allison and Sara. Grandparents are Francis and Ilamae Rechner of Wisconsin and the late Thelma and Samuel Gordon.
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"Let 9ier 'Deeds (Praise 3ler in the C(mmuniiy'' FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Allen Kurland will review Sotah by Naomi Ragen, which deals with the observant Jew in Israel.
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Utotfat To Bubbe and Zayde...with love t)i On Sunday, Aug. 30, this com.mu,n.0x wjll pay tribute to (^andp^arents when L.Q.y.E. (the, League Offering Volunteers •for. the .Elderly), sponsors an afternoon of activities geared to .all. ages, f)\e event will include a classic, car show, mandelbread bake-off, photo gallery and an original show, written and directed by this community's musical maven, Joanie Jacobson. It's a tribue that should be welcome on all sides--by the children and grandchildren who are the recipients of unconditional love, by the bubbes and zaydes who deserve the attention and recognition, and by the staff and volunteers of L.O.V.E. and Jewish Senior Services who are putting so much of their hearts and souls into the planning and preparation of this special day.
A grandparent has a unique bond with a grandchild-all of the joy and little of the demands. Yet, there are responsibilities in grandparenthood. For one, bubbes and zaydes can teach their grandchild about history, because they've lived i t They can tell the stories of their own lives, growing up in Omaha or places ranging from Sedalia, Missouri to Davidivkov, Bylorussia. They can also relate historical events, like the Depression and World War n. Bubbes and zaydes can also tell their grandchildren about growing up Jewishly and living Jewishly in times and places when it wasn't as easy as it is today. They can teach Yiddish songs and Hebrew prayers; they can pass on recipes for Jewish foods and their grandchildren can listen...and learn...and create memories of people who shaped the lives of this community. To Bubbe and Zayde...with love, may their lives be for a blessing.
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Israeli rescue unit in Nairobi born after 1982 bombing
Terrorism abroad by Harry Allen
The terrible and inhuman terror attack on the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Saalam provide new evidence of the changing nature of terrorist groups since terror tactics exploded full force in the 1960s. Until fairly recently, terrorist groups were mainly political in nature, but two major events in the Middle East have turned terror from purely political goals into religious crusades. Even the PLO, with all of its rhetoric, sought mostly a political end~the expulsion of Jews from Palestine and the creatidn of an' Arab State in its stead. True enough, there were religious overtones, but secular'ends were'paramount." • : -So,.too, were" the objectives of groups like the Baeder-Manhoff gang in Germany, the Red Brigade in Italy/the Shining Path in Peru. The use of terror to gain political ends had its roots in the book by Franz Fanon, who wrote The Wretched of th&JZarth,. The powerless were to use the tactic because that was the only way to overthrow "corrupt^ and oppressive" government. The rise ;of so-called "liberation theology" within the Catholic and left-wing Protestant churches also fueled political terrorism. But fundamentalist Arab terror has at its root a religious objective. The overthrow of the Shah in Irani the victory of the Taliban rebels in Afghanistan, and the Gulf war all produced violent religious responses. In Iran, the forces of Khomeni began a worldwide effort of spreading Islamic fundamentalism around the world. Part of the effort was directed at Israel on a semi-religious basis and part directed at America in revenge for two policies in Iran -the overthrow of Mossadeigh and support for the Shah. The Gulf War and the stationing of American troops in Saudi Arabia added an absolute religious dimension to the terrorist mix. The attacks on American targets must be read in fundamental. Muslim religious terms. This wave of terror seems to be financed by Osama Bin Laden, a Saudi billionaire dissident who now lives with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He speaks of terror as a way of freeing the Muslim holy places from foreign occupation. While Israel is seen as an occupier, the main target is America,
because American troops are still in Saudi Arabia, the site of the two holiest places is Islam - Mecca and Medina. In the 60s, when terror was spawned, not one of the eleven known groups was religious. Today, of the 50 identified terrorist organizations, more than half are religious in nature. And this list only includes known organizations, not the free-lance groups which form from time to time. Perhaps Israel offers the clearest perspective on the shift in the orientation of terror. The PLO and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were entirely secular in nature'with political goals being of primary concern. Hamas',' on the other hand, is a religious organization whose political goals are secondary to what it considers its religious mission. Jewish terrorism as well has taken on a religious cast. Baruch Goldstein and Yigal Amir acted on what they perceived to be religious authority to achieve a political-religious goal. In his halcyon days as head of Lehi, Yitzchak Shamir acted out of nationalist, not religious, motives. In fighting the insidious nature of modern terrorist attacks on civil society, we must recognize that religious fundamentalism is basic to most of i t
To the Editor: Rabbi Harold Kushner once quoted a scholar in his book, To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking, "Being Jewish is the easiest way to be a human being." I agree. Being Jewish is a great joy to me. My Bar Mitzvah, as nervous as I was at the time, was one of the most joyous events that. I've ever celebrated. But, it wasn't the only one. When I was 14, I had the privilege to choose between two of the greatest groups in the history of BBYO: Mother Chapter AZA#1 and Chaim Weizmann #1510.1 remember entering the auditorium with all my friends and, with great pride and joy, chose Weizmann. I've never met a better group of guys than the original 22 with whom I signed. Nothing will ever replace the memories and friendships I've made in BBYO. There is no easy way to be human. But being Jewish, it's the only way I know. Adam Rosen
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JERUSALEM (JTA) - The Israeli military unit that name to the rescue at the site of the bombed U.S. Embassy in Kenya traces its origins to a 1982 tragedy in Lebanon. On Nov. 11,1982, a giant blast rocked the southern Lebanese town of Tyre. It decimated a seven-story building that had served as the Israel Defense Force command there, turning it into a 25-foot pile of ruins that buried some 127 Israeli security personnel and 33 Arab detainees. After intensive rescue efforts, the final death toll reached 89,76 of them Israelis. • ; *We= camerthere7 as' individuals,' civil defense' soldiers who happened to be in the vicinity," reserve Col. Gavriel Rappaport recalled last week. Although no efforts were spared to find survivors, rescue work . at the time lacked planning and organization. As a result, Rappaport was ordered to set up a new body, the IDFs Rescue Unit. "I interviewed 1,500 soldiers, and eventually selected 300 who became the skeleton of the new unit," Rappaport said. They included regular soldiers as well as reserve soldiers with engineering and technical backgrounds. A year after the Tyre tragedy, the rescue unit's new-found skills were called into use. A boobytrapped car had exploded in the yard of the same Israeli military headquarters, killing 29, wounding 31. This time, however, Israel had a rescue unit to cope with the disaster. The unit soon became one of the army's more popular reserve units. Senior engineers and technicians try to pull strings to do their annual reserve service in the rescue unit. The unit accumulated most of its professional experience during the 1991 Gulf War, when Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israeli population centers. Only one person died in those attacks. Word of this special Israeli expertise has spread and the unit has been called into action around the world the rescue of wounded in earthquakes in Mexico in .September 1985, in Armenia in December, 1988, and in the rescue operation after the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992. As the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv said in an editorial last week, "In operations like this in remote countries, the legend of the IDF is still in effect" JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE
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Israeli Arab stresses Holocaust education
Orthodox students lose bid for Yale housing exemption Focus on Issyes by John Woods, Connecticut Jewish Ledger WEST HARTFORD, CT, (JTA) - A group of Orthodox Jewish students h a s lost its legal bid to be exempted from Yale University's housing policy. AU.S. District Court judge i n Hartford ruled t h a t Yale's policy requiring some students to live in coed dormitories does n o t violate federal housing and antitrust laws. J u d g e Alfred Covello r u l e d i n favor of Yale's motion to dismiss the case based on t h e plaintiffs' inability to prove, among other things, t h a t the university should be held to civil rights laws normally applied to governmental agencies. Covello made no ruling on the allegations of religious discrimination brought by the four Orthodox students. He also did not r u l e on whether t h e students' civil rights had been violated. The students, known as the "Yale Four," filed suit against the university l a s t year, alleging t h a t t h e university's pn-campus living regulation conflicted with their religious beliefs. A fifth student originally involved in the suit, Rachel Wohlgelernter of Los Angeles, got married in order to escape the on-campus living requirement. The July 31 ruling was not made public until last week. The s t u d e n t s announced t h a t t h e y would appeal "the ruling to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. "We are extremely pleased that the court has decided this suit," said Dorothy Robinson, Yale vice president and general counsel. "Yale College's residential requirement is premised on an educational philosophy which values bringing people of diverse backgrounds together in a vibrant community. Yale's rule does not conflict with any legal requirement." N a t h a n Lewin, lead attorney for t h e students, said h e never expected t h e s u i t to be decided in District Court and t h a t while the ruling is a disappointment, it would be appealed.. "With all due respect to Judge Covello, the ruling is demonstrably wrong," said Lewin. "I'm disappointed, b u t I never expected the caBe to be deternvVed by a District Court judge." The suit brought by the students — two freshmen and two sophomores, claims t h a t dormitories which
feature coed living conditions and bathrooms as well as alleged sexual activity in the dormitories are in violation of their Orthodox beliefs. Yale requires that in lieu of a housing fee waiver, freshmen and sophomores are required to live in university dormitories. Covello dismissed the students' allegation that Yale violated the Fair Housing Act, ruling that because Yale had offered housing to the students, they had no grounds on which to sue. "The students could have opted to attend another university if they were not satisfied with Yale's housing policy," wrote Covelloln his decision. •••'>' The judge also dismissed the claim that Yale's housing policy is in violation of the Sherman AntiTrust Act: that Yale essentially holds a monopoly on the housing of its students and that it is illegal for the university to tie the purchase of one good or service with another - in this case, housing with education. Covello did not consider whether Yale had violated the students' civil rights because he determined that the Yale Four lawyers had not proven that Yale is a "state actor" or an entity with sufficient links to government to be held accountable to laws concerning civil rights infractions alleged by the students. "We believe the judge erred in not reaching the merits of the students' religious discrimination and equal protection claims," said Lewin. "He also failed to recognize that, because of Yale's long history of state sponsorship, as well as its close cooperation with and funding by the government, civil rights law requires it to respect the constitutional rights of its students." . Lewin said that he does not expect the Appeals Court to hear any motions until at least November. Jeffrey J. Berger 402/493-7850 Mobile 402/659-3186
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New Jersey Jewish News - Before she visited Ya^[ J Layeled, a museum at the Ghetto Fighters' House in the Western Galilee (part of the Partnership 2 W | ? Region paired with Omaha) that memorializes chi}^ dren of the Holocaust, the Shoah was j u s t a ' d ^ f ; school topic for Israeli Arab Hanin Elias : ' l ( "' '":.''|£••Elias, 17, a resident of the riorthem'is'raeBA^ab village of ReffaV Yassif, is riow k gui4e at tjijf mtise^:; urn's Center' for Humanistic tedf,iica;tf0rf|"a Holocaust study progriuri established t#o. years'a|fi' for Arab and Druse IsraehsV'11 ' ••'' I 10 ' 0 '- 1 "' "We can learn from the' Holocaust many''things'" said Elias, .explaining that "when I learned alftut'iti'it just completed my persb'hali^'^liasl bitter at Israel for the plight of the Palestinian' people, belie^Sd'uail the Jewish nation was my enemy," she said'.'Tioiir'-I knowexactly that viplehce isthie wrong way." ' : ; i '"'" This was but another step' in her journey toward understanding both herself arid I s r a e l i ' j W s . "When the bombs began, : I j u s t b'elieVed\tKey deserved it," Elias said, referring'to" the numerous terrorist attacks in Israel during the past fe'w years. But her hatred tow.ard Israel slowly dissipated after her parents told her that Jews have also suffered, and "they are people too." : '"" A visit to Yad Layeled was the next step in Elias' about-face. Designed for young visitors,-the museum's goal is to introduce youngsters in a "multidimensional approach to the inner world of phil- ••' dren who experienced; the Shoah. Impressed by "the point of view of children," Elias was .eager to learnmore. . . ; i .; •••}'< Elias then participated in a year-long seminar run by the staff of the Ghetto Fighters' House, founded in 1949 at the Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz by survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.. The Fighters' House, which has become a depository for historical documents related to Jewish resistance during the Shoah and itself serves as an international center to teach about.the: Holocaust, offers the students resources.such as exhibitions, films, ' testimonies, a library and archives, .• . Upon completing the course, Elias participated, fa a multi-cultural summer seminar with students from throughout Israeli society and received training to be a guide for future visitors to Yad Layeled. • "If everyone can learn the Holocaust in the same way that I learned, then other teens can effectively fight hatred and anti-Semitism, sheisaid.
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Eight Israelis visit Omaha for P2K (Continued from page 1) "Just giving dollars and not being a part of implementation (is something) we don't want and Israel doesn't want," Perelman continued. "We need to show our communities that we're connecting more people and looking for the most creative opportunities to partner in Israel." This is Omaha's third year participating in P2K and according to those involved, it has begun to bear fruit. Several months ago, a group of doctors from the Western Galilee Hospital in Naharyia visited Omaha's medical and Jewish communities. Beth Seldin-Dotan, in Omaha on a family visit, also explored ways of connecting Omaha's public schools to the Ghetto Fighter's Museum's website so that children can use the internet to learn about one another. This visit, too, included exploration of mutual interests. Ron Ziv, for example, shadowed Todd Ephraim, Director of Jewish Family Service, to see
how American therapeutic techniques could transfer to Ziv's 12-step program for recovering substance abusers. Rozenkier and Asulin departed for the CAJE conference in Kansas City, aimed at Jewish educators. And Kahane attended marching band practice at Millard North High School. "My expectation is that through music and tb< j . arts, we can send delegations from Israel, both stu dents and teachers, and the reverse-American«' public high school orchestras—back to Israel,"[ Kahane said. Asulin added, "I want to find out what you need here, not just tell you what we need in Israel." Cederbuom summed up the feelings of most of| the Israelis, "I didn't pay enough attention to Jews in the Diaspora. P2K is a great idea—the creative thinking can help us build bridges between our Ron Ziv, left, Shimon Lankri, Haim Asulin communities." and Nurit Cederbuom relax at a reception for "The challenge is not to build the bridges based the Israeli and Omaha Committees of P2K at the home of Chairman Bobbie Epstein. only on dollars, but on people," added Lankri.
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The $4 cost includes lunch, admissions to parks and trans- Gornish of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate portation. Call Lydia Linde at 697-9169 for reser- in computer science from the University of Illinois at Champaign after graduating from the vations. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He works as a software design engineer at Hewlett-Packard VISIONS Fall Luncheon Meeting is Friday, Sept. 18, at Corporation in Cupertino, CA. The wedding is planned in the San Jose, CA, Caniglia's Venice Inn. Cost is $7 per person. Guest speaker is Dr. Richard Shugrue, a Professor of Law area for late spring of 1999. at Creighton University. For reservations, mail form by Sept. 11. Send to Vera Lewis, 5424 Lafayette Ave., Omaha, NE 68132. Join Visions for a trip to Martin Orchards in OKINGAflKULLY Council Bluffs on Sept. 16. Tour starts at Jennifer Lynn Ockinga and Jeffrey Michael 10:30 a.m. Cost is $1.75 per person. Meet at the Kully were married June '' orchards by 10:15 a.m., or at the JCC by 9:30 a.m., 6 in Hastings, NE, at the! if you need transportation. Ride through orchards Hastings College French[ with tour guide, pick apples and watch cider being Memorial Chapel. & made. Bring a sack lunch and buy drinks and The bride, daughter of desserts from the restaurant. For reservations, Douglas and Debora mail form by Sept. 11 to Rosalie and Maurie Ockinga of Red Cloud, Meiches, 5036 Parker St., Omaha, NE 68104. NE, is employed at Aliant Cellular in Grand BREADBREAKERS Island. She is a graduate. Nebraska State Senator Kate Witek, a candidate of Spencer SchooFofjA for the position of State Auditor, will speak on Business in Grand! Wednesday at noon at the Highland Country Club, Island. according to chairman Ron Gordon. Cost for the She is the granddaughter of Kenneth and luncheon is $7.75. LaVonne Bundgaard of Hastings and the late Alvin Ockinga and Hannah and Floyd Weber. The groom, son of Louis and Debra Kully of Hastings, is employed at Kully Pipe and Steel Supply. He attended Kansas State University, and is currently attending Hastings College. He is the grandson of Milton and Marian Cackin of Omaha, The Jewish Community Center will start a new and the late Yale and Sarah Kully. Maid of Honor was Kelli Ockinga, sister of the program of classes and trips for adult members bride. Bridesmaids were Jennifer Kully, sister of this fall. All classes will be held at the JCC. Beginners Bridge will be offered in eight sessions the groom, and Kami Kudrna and Lisa Hendricks, on Wednesday evenings starting in September friends of the bride. Best man was Nathan Friesen, friend of the with Ma^y Ann Ryan-Higgins, Certified American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) instructor and a groom. Groomsmen were Nathen Rutt, Joshua Yost and Chris Hoisington, friends of the groom. director of Omaha Bridge Studio. There will be Mah Jongg lessons in two sessions Following a honeymoon cruise, the couple live in on Wednesday afternoons in October with Mah Hastings. Jongg maven Charlotte Kaplan. Paintings from Schrager Beginners Computer classes will be held on Tuesday evenings for four sessions in October and collection on exhibit at UNO November with Denise Baccus, computer graphics The Great Western Sky, a 102x120" mixed media teacher at the College of St. Mary and expert in on canvas painting by artist Philip Taafe, is one of designer graphics and layout. Finally, for novice artists, Beginning Watercolor the pieces from the collection of businessman Phil in four sessions in October with Corinne Kuhlman, Schrager to be exhibited at the University of trained in watercolor and T-shirt design. All the Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery from Aug. 28 through Sept. 25. classes are open to all JCC members. The Gallery is located in the Weber Fine Arts A Renaissance Festival trip to Kansas City is planned in October, which includes round-trip bus Building. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, to Kansas City and a free ticket to the Kansas 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by appointment, 554-2796. City Renaissance Fair, which features 16th Century characters, carnival games, jousting shows, juggling acts, entertainment, spinners, BBYO sponsors carwash glass blowers, crafts, dragons, rides and Harvest Festival and chocolate festival. 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The 1998 Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation Ball Committee has selected Nikki Cohn, Deb Goldstein and Jennifer Hoberman as Princesses. The Queen, selected from the 21 princesses, will be announced at the annual scholarship ball on Oct. 17. Nicole Rena Cohn, daughter of Marvin and Susan Cohn, is a junior at,the University of Colorado at Boulder and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Deborah Lynn Goldstein, daughter of Donald and Ann Goldstein; is a junior at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, and a member of Phi Eta Sigma, academic honor society. Jennifer Leigh Hoberman, daughter of Gerald and Cookie . Hoberman, is a sophomore at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a member of Chi Omega and a volunteer at Belvedere Elementary School.
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Rachel Shukert, daughter of Martin and Aveva Shukert, has been nominated for the Outstanding Youth Actress Award by the Theater Arts Guild for her role as Madeline in Quilts at the Blue Barn Theater. A 1998 graduate of Central High School, she will attend the Tisch School of Performing Arts at New York University this fall. Richman Gordman 1/2 Price Stores escrowed the final payment of the $1.6 million required under its 1993 plan of organization, according to President and CEO Jeff Gordman. In addition, the company will introduce a new design concept for its stores with the opening of its 32nd store, located in St. Louis, MO. "(Our) improved financial condition and financing capacity have allowed the corporation to escrow the creditor payment, which represents the last in a series of required payments totalling $25.4 million over the last five years," said Gordman. . The company, which operates stores in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota, generated sales of $193 million in 1997. Gordman is the great-grandson of the company's founder, the late Sam Richman, and grandson of the late Dan Gordman, who built Richman Department Stores in a 15-store chain and started the 1/2 Price Stores in 1972. Following the company's reorganization in 1993, Richman Gordman stores were closed and the 1/2 Price Stores expanded.
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A time to pause-a time to reflect by Bob Wolfson, Executive Director of the ADL-CRC
The last week has offered me an incredible time and where is the right time to expose and the right to pause, look back at the 10 years I have been at time to just handle the problem. How much information is enough so that you, our community, the ADL/CRC and to reflect on the decade past. It has paradoxically been a busy time in our know the problems and when is that exposure office and that too has offered material for these counterproductive. After 10 years, I am no closer to . a definitive answer. days leading up to the Yom Tovim. I can say this, however; the recent incident in The business of ADL/CRC is to fight AntiSemitism. Most days, we do not have to go out and Council Bluffs has shown again the strength of confront the bigotry of haters or expose the com- America. Most people may not know Jews well, but munity to the unending display of ignorance and they do not wish their neighbors ill and will stand hatefulness that we see in our offices. Most days, up when they know of injury to our community. we watch out for the worst kind of offenses and The reactions of the news media, the non-Jewish intervene with a strong and quiet hand. Most days, and Jewish communities to the events at B'nai Israel in Council Bluffs prove that most Americans these methods work. Our job is to watch out, but not j u s t for the da net approve of damage to anyone. They abhor it, haters who openly express themselves. They are condemn it, speak out against it, tell their neigheasy to find and sadly remain on the landscape of bors about it and in general act in the best tradi' America, even here in the Midwest. But some mis- tions of America. Do we all do this every time? Sad to say-no. But takenly think that is our only job, or at least our the recent example should show us one thing. main job. It is not. Our work is like a smoke alarm. Hatred and big- Speaking out and speaking up is the only hope in otry will always be with us and we will always fight the everyday fight against hatred and bigotry. ' i t But the hatred that is the most dangerous, is like Silence doesn't work and makes us accomplices. So when someone asks you "What does ADL/CRC smoke. You can't always see it so clearly. It isn't always overt. Hate can grow from the extreme do?" You tell them. ADL/CRC is the address in that fringes to the mainstream. It is not the hater we has as its main focus the protection of the pluralistic fear-it is the movement of hate from an extreme, and democratic nature of society. We do this through discredit notion to a mainstream and accepted pat- education and intervention,"24/T'-everyday, always. tern. This is the centrality of our work. It is a large Fm proud to be part of this effort and to have been job indeed and one that needs you all to help-every here for 10 years. To all those who have support us and celebrated with us-my deepest thanks. May we day, in our everyday lives. This topic causes much debate in our work—when continue in this noble effort Shalom.
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Postcards from Israel by Gary Marshall
This is my third trip to Israel and the first time with my.wife and daughter. I have many cousins here, as much of my father's family emigrated to Israel from Iraq. So, a good part of this trip has been spent catching up with family members and eating foods that are typical to the region. We also spent time at an archaeological dig site called Bethsaida. There we visited with faculty and staff from UNO who are conducting research and unearthing remnants of the past. If you've been to the Afgani Kabob or the Mediterranean Bistro on 120th Street, you are probably familiar with Middle Eastern fare. Appetizers always include an array of- hummus, • olives,. pickles and eggplant fixed in a variety of ways. Main meals consist of chicken, lamb, beef or fish prepared with the cumin, tumeric, paprika and other native spices. Of course, mounds of piping hot pita bread are available with every course. Desserts are also fabulous. Turkish coffee or tea is served with a mouthwatering platter of pastries made with philo dough and ground nuts soaked in sweet syrup. Hold on, I have to answer a call Middle Easterners love to talk. They use their hands to express themselves and constantly interrupt one another. It is as if a moment of silence is an opportunity wasted. So, for Israelis there is no better way to extend the capacity to talk with one another than the cell phone. Israel ranks number two in the world for per capita use of cell phones. Everyone seems to have the latest model Nokia strapped to their belt and every other person you see is immersed in a conversation via the cell phone. Cell phone rates are very reasonable here. The rates are comparable to basic phone, service in the U.S. Visiting a traditional marketplace In Israel, change is everywhere. The economy once fueled by agricultural exports is now dominated by high-tech industries. Similarly, the open air marketplaces that we traditionally think of (the
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middle eastern bazaar) have been replaced by supermarkets which import everything from pate to kosher potato chips. Nevertheless, one can still find people shopping at open air markets. There were rows and rows of stalls. Half of the market was reserved for vendors selling jewelry and clothes. The other half of the market was reserved for vendors selling fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices and prepared foods like falafel and melawach (fried dough topped with baked eggs and freshly grated tomatoes). As we strolled through the market, one could see how such places are precursors to the malls of today. Yet, open air markets have something that places like Westroads lack: human contact. The market was teeming with people. The more aggressive vendors shouted their prices for everyone to hear. And, as always'in the Middle East, negotiating is a must. As we walked past the food stalls, we bought some freshly roasted seeds and nuts and couldn't pass up a delicious falafel sandwich. Falafel is ground chickpeas formed into small spheres and deep fried. The falafel sandwich consists of a fresh pita pocket stuffed to the gills with fresh vegetables, falafel, pickles and an exotic blend of sauces. Bethsaida: civilization through the ages In 1987, archaeologist Rami Arav successfully located the "lost city of Bethsaida" in the north of Israel close to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament, Bethsaida is discussed at length in the Book of Matthew. The site has special significance to Nebraska because UNO-through the work of Dr. Richard Freund and other faculty of the Department of Religion and Philosophy has taken the lead in the site's development. There were approximately 50 volunteers helping with the excavation. Many in the group we met were from Omaha but others hailed from Kansas, Montana, California or places outside the U.S.A. There were many students but there were equally as many-including a former judge and several physicians- who just came for the experience.
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The excavation work was tough. One had to begin early (5:30 a.m.) to beat the relentless sun. The physical work ended a bit after mid-day. JJater.ire the afternoon after rest, everyone would gather to exam; ine the shards of pottery and other items found.' The items were sorted and marked by time period and site location. The finds have been substantial. ^ The walls of Bethsaida contain artifacts, from tmi Middle Ages (ca. 500-1500 CE) the Early Hellenistic and Roman periods (333 BCE.-.67//CE), and the Babylonian and Persian periods (586.-333 BCE). The deepest levels of,the site contain remains all the way back' id" 3050 B^Esf^oBi the Iron Age and the Early Bronze Age. J ' VtJ ' ' t ; ' ; Jerusalem: city rich with contradictions ' It is said that every hotel, in Jerusalein, ll^bm-i pletely booked for the up^niijig]c^le|pt4i|iS&id year 2000. After spending several nays in tna^ beautiful city, I am not surprised. It is truly one of the cradles of civih'zatibnV'A^raeht buildings, espej dally in the Old-City, Bear tfie*~fetars and triumphs of the past. Its history, is an^ndless story of con j quest, spiritual-awakening-andday-to^ay.JiKing_J In 1998, that stpry.cQjitinueja. to unfojdjas.i Muslims and Chris tiaflsiiVcJuiite orie'iaSMn an ongoing process.-0f arid nbisfe "areeveryRriiefe. Beg Jerusalem is higher in altitude than other, pai*j$ of Israel, and so the temperature, ^rops.^p'pr^cla^ in the evening, providing a respite from-the/beati^f the day. Because it is truly "the city on the hiilij there are impressive vistas on all sides of th,e city.'"; A closing comment . •',::> Our experience in Israel has been a full one. \Ve'V& had a great time and enjoyed the richness of the culture. Life is much more intense and aggressive here mostly I think because the stakes are higheri . \-i
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'To Bubbe and Zayde' features musical
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by Jill Belmont
Esther Wax at the piano accompanies "Bubbe Boogie," featuring Eadie Tsabari (left), Barbara Gottlieb, Nancy Rips, Pam Monsky and Debbi Brown.
The Magic of Mishpocha, a musical revue written and directed by Joanie Jacobson, will be dedicated in memory of Rose Blumkin on Sunday, Aug. 30. The show will be presented at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p . m . in the Jewish Community Center Theater. The show is part of "To Bubbe and Zayde with LOVE...a fun-filled family affair" sponsored by L.O.V.E. (League Offering Volunteers to the Elderly), the auxiliary for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The community event is a celebration of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren and will include a variety of activities for all ages to enjoy, from 1-4 p.m. The 80-member cast and crew for the show range in age from eight to 78. Beth Friedman is Production Coordinator; accompanist is Esther Wax. •"Everyone's doing a great job in rehearsal," said Jacobson. "We have a lot of talent in our Jewish community and this is a wonderful way to show it off.
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"In my research for this project, I learned that being a grandparent is 'the best of the best...an extraordinary feeling, a tremendous source of unconditional love.' Of course, it's not without humor," she added, "and we offer a little of that, too! "It's exciting and important that our Jewish community will recognize this special relationship in such a big way," Jacobson noted. "It's long overdue." Highlights include musical numbers: "A Bissel Yiddish", "Bubbe Boogie", "Zaydes on Patrol", "Memory Makers", and "From Generation to Generation". Also on the program are medleys sung by Stan Widman, the Bubbe and Zayde Swing Choir, and Mark Sanford. Special appearances by Molly, Sophie and Joe Goldberg, Jeffrey Malashock, Mary Fellman, Bette Kozlen, Jodie Levine, and Harold Zabin are also part of the show. Tickets will go on sale in the JCC gallery, Sunday, Aug. 30, 12:45 p.m. Admission is $1 per person. For more information, contact Lois Wine, 334-6530.
One of the first groups to arrive from Minsk to Omaha was in April of1980. The three-generation family consisted of, back row: Moses Beckerman, left, Vadim Pesetsky, Edward Pesetsky, Sofiya Pesetsky, Inna Pesetsky, Gene Beckerman, Maya Beckerman; front row: Tanya Beckerman, Basya Beckerman and All Beckerman. (Continued from page 1) ed. They realize there might be a language barrier, but by bringing the Russians closer to the rest of the Jewish community, they hope to become more involved and integrated. The Jewish Family Services helps new immigrants establish themselves in Omaha, learn English, find jobs and find a home within the Omaha Jewish community. The Russians are grateful for the help they have received and know they can turn to Jewish Family Services when they need help or advice.
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