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Clinton refuses to accept summit failure by Gil Sedan

by Pam Monsky. Federation Communications Director

Failure at this week's U.S.-sponsored Middle Bast peace talks was not an option for President Clinton. Senior U.S. officials said as much after Clinton had invested more than 50 hours of his time, and canceled two crucial Democratic party fundraising trips, to try to convince Israel and the Palestinians to end 19 months of stalemate and get their 5-year-old peace process back on track. Just what kind of success Clinton could claim, if any, remained in doubt late Tuesday as negotiators continued working toward an accord. .'. '<• Presidential summits usually have preordained outcomes. But this session had many hurdles for the parties to clear before Clinton could declare success. In his efforts to secure a deal, Clinton had pulled out all the1 stops. ' ;, .'Xziyj-r • i^;-^' ;' " He stationed his Secretary of State at the Wye Plantation in Maryland, the site cf the talks that opened Oct. 15. Clinton also brought Vice-president Al Gore to the meetings, and he encouraged Jordan's King Hussein to literally get off his sick bed in Minnesota, where he has been' receiving chemotherapy for cancer, and join the talks. :;.: '• For the White House, the overriding concern is (Continued on page 12)

Rabbi Weiss speaks about Jewish healing Rabbi Eric Weiss^ Reform rabbi and "maven" on Luncheon was energizing, informative and so much fun! We are overwhelmed with the ' Jewish spirituality and its effect on healing spoke to the Jewish Press recently about his upcoming response of the women in our community!" visit to Omaha, his background, and future plans. (More photos in next week's issue of the Jewish press) What in your background -' education - training personal experience - led you to this position and this use of your rabbinic training? ; . ., ,. My formal background includes ordaination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute. pJT Religion, formal training in Jewish education, clinical chaplaincy and spiritual direction. •... •: i i;;-.. What draws me to this work is from my own life experience...it is where I have found I am most effective and helpful as a Jew and as a rabbi. For me, it is the place that has the most spiritual richness. What can Jews do, as individuals as Well as communally, to help others going through stressful periods due to life changes? All of us are fully able to respond to others in Preschoolers from Bettie Adam's afternoon need on many different'levels. We can study what • class at theJCC Child Development Center our tradition tells us about Bikkur Cholim, visiting made decorations for their succah. the sick. We can volunteer our time to do friendly visits to people; we can be available for the times of mourning. . : : And most importantly we can simply let others More than 30 students and staff members from the Beyt Shalom religious school braved know we are present for them. We need to reach the wind and rain to help decorate the succah. out to others in need rather than waiting for them . at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Students to come to us. It is also important to talk about life stress. It later entertained the residents. can vary for many of us. If we have a communal conversation about life changes, it becomes part of the common vocabulary of the community; it raises awareness-and. makes us more sensitive to the lives of those around us. On the property of Dr. Mark Pilley, . What is it in our tradition that promotes healing Scoutmaster of Pack and Troop 218, stands a and spirituality - and what's missing? . succah constructed entirely by hand by the In addition to the above,' our tradition promotes 30-some members and supporters of the pack wholeness which functions on many levels. American and troop. The group re-convened for a Jewish life has tended to focus our Jewish identity on Sukkot campout following Havdallah, when other aspects of Judaism as ways to speak to our the scouts and their families shared dinner inner spiritual needs. Social Action, for example, is a ' and a campfire. A lulav and.etrog were vital part of being Jewish. And so is attending.to our passed around as Steve Chesen led the blessinner spiritual yearnings. None of this is missing in ings. Joey Kahn, left, Zach Spooner, Danny Judaism, but we are in a place of adjusting some of Pachman, Ales Terry and Zach Helm prethe ways we have used our tradition to fully complepared decorations for the scout succah. For Succah decorating party at Beth El, from left: ment our Jewish wholeness. ' . more information, call Allison Latenser at Melissa DeBruin, Jessica Hasslinger, Jacob . (Continued on page 2) 553-8853, or Nancy Wolf at 330-6736. Friedman, Alec Lerner and Lydia Stern. . , _ , , _ _ Campaign Co-chairs Maxiue kifshenbaum, middle, and Jan Schneiderman (with Dr. Ruth), said, "The

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Uctober 23,1998 A Second Chance for Humankind

ROBERT BERNSTEIN Graveside services for Robert Bernstein were held Oct. 15 at Beth El Cemetery. He was; 79. Survivors include son,; Jeff Bernstein; daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Ray Metcalf; three ParashatNoah It ought not to surprise us that ancient man grandchildren, Marta Spiker, Ezekiel Metcalf and translated a vast, devastating flood into a world- Laura Bernstein; and two sisters, Eleanor • wide life-destroying event. Without world maps to Alexander and Sylvia Wagner. guide him, he saw a flood destroying as much as he DDAGELLER could see-therefore, all" the world. One who surGraveside services for Ida Giller were held Oct. vived left a record of what he saw and what he 16 at Golden Hill Cemetery. • 18 Yrs. Experience She died Oct. 13 at interpreted from what he saw. • Installation the age of 94. The Bible, in the Noah chapters of prehistory, Parts & Repairs She was preceded in death by brothers, Jake, (that is, history before Abraham), echoes other Sam and Oscar Giller, and sister, Rose Garrop. • Custom Work Near Eastern flood stories of a great world-flood. •Sandblast Designs Survivors include a brother, Hymie Giller of New But the reader who hasn't noticed one salient fact York, and nieces and nephews. Visit Our Showroom has missed the Biblical point of view. Although Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or Craft some Near Eastern accounts of the flood interpret- American Red Cross. 120th & Center Shower Doors ed it as an attempt of the gods to get rid of 333-6300 humans, who were disturbing their rest, the Bible 331-8768 would have none of that. 8925JSt. .Omaha,NE The Bible's interpretation is true to the whole Rabbi Weiss speaks in Omaha (Continued from page 1) Biblical approach to things. The Bible constantly And, finally, is part of your trip here to create a assumes a relation between events and their moral causes. That is to say, a calamity must have had a bereavement camp in Omaha? What's that all moral cause, and a victory must have had a moral about~and why here? The Bereavement Camp is called "Grief and cause. The so-called Deuteronomic history, including the Book of Deuteronomy and the books of the Growing: A Healing Weekend for Individuals and Former Prophets, assumes reward for virtue and Families in Mourning." It was the result of three punishment for wickedness and unfaithfulness— Jewish professionals in our community •who saw a thus explaining the eventual destruction of Israel need for those who are in grief to gain greater awareness of the impact their mourning has on and Judah. If we, in our confusion and sophistication, see their lives and the life, of their families and "to gain that all of that doesn't ring true in life and history, both insight and tools from both a psychological it makes no difference to the Biblical insistence and Jewish perspective. In conversations with some of the Jewish profesthat there is a causal connection between virtue • One-of-a-Kind Pieces for an International Market* and reward and between wickedness and punish- sionals in Omaha, they expressed in interest in a »Competitive Prices on Diamonds and Gemstones* presentation on the camp to better assess the ment. • New Pieces Designed Exclusively for You* Jewish community's interest. Should the communi, We must rest all of our reflections about the flood ..'.., ; «Re-Design Existing Jewelry story on this assumption, really the major princi- ty decide to host this camp, we would provide onple of Biblical theology. We quickly recognize, then, going consultation and on-site support. Kern VoowKkewer RhodaPricarmn Rabbi Eric Weiss, staff member of Ruach Ami, the that the Bible is telling us that humankind was not Jewelry Designer Artist Representative Bay Area Jewish Healing center, will be in Omaha destroyed by an angry God or a vindictive God, but iB88.638.9261 402.423.8134 by a just God. Humankind had become so corrupt from Oct. 28-30. He will share his insights on spiri(violent?), that the earth could not abide the entire tuality and healing from a Jewish perspective. CLIP & SAVE A graduate of HUC-JIR, Rabbi Weiss holds an species. . •. . . M.A. in Hebrew Letters and completed a residency Therefore the punishment. Therefore the flood. It is of no moment whether there was or was not in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Institute for a single survivor at any point in any great flood. Health and Healing at Cal-Pac Medical Center in FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 The Bible story does not depend on historical accu- San Francisco. He serves on the board of Camp Russian Club, 10 a.m. racy. The Bible wishes us to grasp this essential Tawonga (Bereavement Camp) and the AIDS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 fact about life: mankind was meant to be noble, Project Advisory Committee of Jewish Family and true, faithful (add your own adjectives!). Since he Children's Services in San Francisco. Amit Women Meeting, 12:30 p.m., His schedule includes the following events: was not, what point was there in his existence? at Livingston Plaza WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28: Only Noah deserved to be saved and give , RBJH.Intergenerationai Orchestra, The Reform perspective will be presented on "Are humankind a second chance! .., l j 3 C » p , m . Z ~ " . Z '..... - • . • • : . - • • . . " In, now, our second chance, the Bible implies that We All Created in God's Image? Educating Oneself MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 the family of Abraham and the people of Israel on Gay and Lesbian Challenges in the Jewish YES Program, 9:30 a.m. were to lead mankind aright. And the Bible texts Community," 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel's TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 that follow do not hesitate to make clear that High School Program*. Federation Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, OCT. 29: despite psalmists and sages, kings and thinkers, Boy'Scoats, 7:30 plm? ''•'•_J'•'•-' •• '••- '• "Spirituality and Stress" workshop and breakfast humankind is still ever-failing. We ought to know WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 better and to do better. We still dp not love our for Jewish Federation and Centers of Excellence staff, 8-9 a.m., at the JCC. , JCAC Bridge, 7:30 p.m. neighbors. "Tools for Spiritual Care: Prayer, Study and Temple Israel OTYG Dinner, 6 p.m., It is not that we disturb the sleeping gods with ... at Temple our international turmoil; it is that we profoundly Gemilut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness)," 10BESTT kigh School Dinner, 6 p.m., disturb the one God who had hoped for more than 11:30 a.m., Temple Israel Sisterhood Adult at Beth El we have delivered. We are still in amoral (if not Education, at Temple. "Gesundheit: The Chicken Soup of Jewish immoral) human infancy. We still have to grow up. •/ -•"• "THURSDAY; OCTOBER 29 We are still only children of God, not yet His ser- Spiritual Care," 11:45 ajn. -1:15 pjn., community :;_Walk-in Drop-in, 9:30 a.m. luncheon, $6 per person, in the JCC auditorium*. vants. "-•'.Temple Israel Sisterhood Adult Education, "Healing and Renewal Service," 7 p.m., at •'•'•" 10 a.m,, at Temple Israel ' Temple Israel*. '•'--The Gift that FRTOAY, OCT. 30: C ;f^ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 £ Gives Hope "Gesundheit: the Chicken Soup of Jewish L Beth Ei USY Staff Kallah, 6 p.m., at Beth El A donation in your / t I Spiritual Care" workshop for Jewish health care honorce's name. . . . p P SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 'professionals, 8-9:30 a.m.,-JCC. pr: Todd Ephraim, Sb&cutive Director of Jewish & & Beth El USY Staff Kallah, 9:30 a.m., atBethEl Family Service (JFS), will join Rabbi Weiss in this S S : CORRECTION! FULL-TIME discussion. Cost; is $10, and 1.5 professional Michael MiUer was POSITION Educational Credit Units are available upon request J* All events held at the JCC unless otherwise Indicated. v for a non-smoking " The Jewish Press Is not responsible for the accuracy of * among those named by forLMHP,MSW,CMFTandCPCprofessibnals. ; E the above events. To keep calendar accurate or for quos- E the Greater Omaha individual to help . Informal visits with residents and staff of the tlonstcallMartenoHert at 334^437. s -••• Chamber of Commerce' an older woman Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, 10:30-11:30 a.m. • • •'• with necessities... to its 1998-99 LeaderAll events noted with a star (*) are open to the ship class, a 10-month • light driving community and are sponsored by JFS, Jewish program designed to • help prepare Senior Services, Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel develop leaders for the meals Synagogue, Beyt Shalom and Temple Israel. community.'His name •laundry, etc. . PHARMACY &HOiViECARE For information or reservations, contact Shane was inadvertently omitPlease call Kotok, JSS, 334-6529; Nancy Rampey-Biniamow, from the article pre- i 384-6471 JFS, 334-6493; or Elyce Azriel at Temple Israel, Citywide Delivery 7 Locations . ted viously printed in the during 566-6536. business hours Jewish Press. by Rabbi MyerS.Kripke

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FRIDAY: Shabbat service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Blum will of&ciate. Rabbi Stiel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Betty Singer in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of her granddaughter, Megan Jodis. SITTER SERVICE: Sitter service is available each Friday evening, Saturday mornings when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Sunday mornings during. Religious School. Please make a reservation. Cost is $2 per family with reservations. Dropins are $3 per family. No facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, MfcSO aan. Megan Jodis, daughter of Susan Jodis' and Tom Jodis, will celebrate her BatMitzvah. Simcha B'Shabbat-An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the Sanctuary. ADULT EDUCATION Sisterhood Adult Education Thursday, Oct. 29: Rabbi Azriel will teach "Jewish Identity: Past, Present and Future," 1011:30 aan.; Beginning Beyond Midrash, 6:45-8:10 pan.; Beyond Midrash, 8:16-9:10 pan., both led by Don Schwartz, NOTE: A limited supply of the "1998 Cantors Concert" cassettes are now available. Cost is $12.

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: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6:15 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Little People service, 10:15 aan.; Jr. Congregation, 1030 aan. Babysitting courtesy of Sisterhood; Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood; Class with Rabbi Kutner, 5:35 pan.; Mincha, 6:35 pan., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services, 9 aan.; Mincha, 5:10 pan.; WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 5:10 pan. LADIES (only) LUNCH & LEARN Monday, 12:30-1:30 pan^ with Nadine Kutner at the JCC.

FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Topic will be "The Source and Saga of Jewish False Messiahs."

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Office Hours: Monday through.Thursday, 9-a-ni to5p.m.;Friday,9a.m. to4p.m. ''.' '•*12-":":;i1 Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. --':'-"•'•'- J-"• FRIDAY: Services, 6 pan. ... .. r Marissa Epstein, daughter of Harriet and Ronald Epstein, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning.- •.: .-;' ilZ\i S I SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 aan. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS (Torah Study Skills) 10 aan.; ShabbatStbry Time (pre-kindergarten and under) 11 a-nu;; K*tantan (kindergarten through 3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Humash with Rashi study session, 5:50 pjn. (1/2:^ hour before M/M); Mihha-Ma'anv and .Hayi&alpr services, 6:20 pjn. ; SUNDAY: Services, 9 aan. ; WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 aan. & 5:30 pan.

Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bryan Siegel, son of Nancy Siegel and David Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Siegel, will celebrate his Rosenbaum. Bar Mitzvah on SaturMinyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 aan. day, Oct. 31, at Temple FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. FRIDAY: Special Kabbalat Shabbat led by the Chai in Scottsdale, AZ. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. religious school, 7:30 p.m. A seventh-grade stuSUNDAY: No religious school to allow for dent at Desert Shadows , teacher in-service training. . Middle School, his ' Conservative movements There will be school Tuesday at 4 p.m. for mitzvah project includgrades 4-8. issues new gender-sensitive ed volunteering at Har Rabbi Myer Kripke will teach "An Introduction Zion Early Childhood prayer book to the Hebrew Scriptures," 12:15 pan., at the JCC. Center's summer camp ' -.'; This six-week class will run through Nov. 22, and (New York)—The United Synagogue of program. He enjoys the -.' is open to the public. (No class on Nov. 8). Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical "Beatles" and playing drums. . ', ' ~ Assembly have just released a new edition of Bryan has a sister, Erika.V Siddur Sim Shalom, the Conservative moveROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME Grandparents are Bobette and Sidney GullBr'ofSfment's prayer book, marking the first revision Louis, MO, Judy and Allen Siegel of Sail Jose, CA,. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, led by Mark since the siddur was published 13 years ago. and Judith Kutler and Larry Barash of Phoenix. Levy, 9 a.m., followed by Kiddish. The new prayer book includes gender-sensiGreat-grandparents are Lee Blumoff of St. Louis, tive language, a section on Shabbat and holiday Helen Siegel and Morris Kutler, both of Omaha. CHABAO HOUSE home rituals, more transliterations of Hebrew An Affiliate of lfa« Warldwidf prayers, and a new streamlined format. Crash Course in Hebrew reading CbabrnMUibnvitch Movtnnont In its gender-sensitive language, the book 188ft So. 120th Ht, Omaha, NE 68144 Rini Gonsher will be the instructor of a six-week adds the names of the Matriarchs—Sarah, Fboatt 330-1800 crash course in Hebrew reading with an emphasis Rebecca, Rachel and Leah—to those of the on prayer. The class, free to the community, will Patriarchs in the Amidah, the central devotionmeet on six consecutive Thursday nights starting Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. al prayer of each service. In addition, it Oct. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. To register, contact Michael FRIDAY: Mincha, 6:30 p.m., followed by excludes words implying masucline imagery, Linn at Friedel Jewish Academy, 334-0517. Kabbalat Shabbat service. such as Lord, Father and King and replaces SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by them with such phrases as "Sovereign of the Kiddush; Mincha-Ma'ariv, 6:10 pan., followed by Universe" and "God, our Guardian." Havdalah. Beth El Synagogue purchased a complete set SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 a.m. of the original Siddur Sim Shalom 13 years MONDAY through FRIDAY: Services, 7 a.m. ago, but has obtained ten copies of.this new ediTUESDAY: Parshah Insights, 7 pan. tion. According to Rabbi Paul Drazen, "because THURSDAY: Halachah 101 Class, 8 a.m.; the siddur contains only Shabbat and holiday "Women of Worth," noon. prayers and not the weekday service, these new copies are kept separately in the chapel for use CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN by request" SOUTH BWftB&t T3MPt.B The congregation is currently putting aside Wtatalsw osf th« tJnRoa funds for the purchase of the, new Chumash ot AJBssricfiia Hefceww Co»&n»gikt£s>sKi from the Jewish Publication Society to replace 2001S. 20th BU, Liawln, N S 68&02-S}7$7 the Hertz edition now being used. It is anticipated in two to three years "we'll retire the Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. Members of Beth El Synagogue recently colHertz Chumash," added Rabbi Drazen. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve Bervice, 7:45 pan. lected 2,300 lbs., of food and two truckloads Rabbi Jules Harlow, Beth El's guest rabbi for SATURDAY: Shabbat worship, 9:30 a.m.; of clothing for the needy. :• alternate High Holiday services each year, was Torah study, 10-.30 aan. the Literary Editor of the new JPS Chumash. SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious He also edited the original Siddur Sim Shalom. PERSONAL School, 10 aan. • . To see a copy of the revised Siddur Sim Bill and I would like to thank all our relatives and friends WEDNESDAY: Adult Education, 7:30 p.m. for the good wishes, kind thoughts and many phone Shalom or to purchase additional copies of this Topic will be "Should We Reach Out to the calls during Bill's recent hospitalization. We would also book or the JPS Chumash for the synagogue, like to thank Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Blum for the Unchurched? What about Jewish Proselytizing?" contact Rabbi Drazen at Beth El, 492-8560. graciousness and time spent with us. We appreciate THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m.

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United by the struggle against cancer From the Joint Distribution shared by others. Those who have Committee comes a story that defies completed treatment often express the odds against peace. It seems that "post treatment collapse" - a psychoa project of the Israeli-American logical battle that begins when the Women's Health Empowerment physical one ends. The two organizations are commitProject has brought together Jewish and Arab Israeli women, religious ted to helping people on a grassroots and secular, sabras and olim (native level. They hope these discussion groups will lead to the implementaIsraelis $nd immigrants). ;-, r.The:single unifying factor in the tion of educational programs on a lives .of all these women is the strug- local level within the diverse communities of Israel's population. gle against cancer. October is Breast Cancer Aware, ,.,The.project, co-sponsored by JDC and. SHARE (Self-Help for Women ness Month. According to research with Breast or Ovarian Cancer) done in the late 1980s, Jewish women brings together women of diverse ranked second in breast cancer incibackgrounds to educate one another dence among the 20 nations keeping on prevention, treatment, psycholog- cancer registries. For women all over the world, the ical effects, family relationships and all .the other factors that enter into key to survival is early detection. Learn breast self-examination and the battle against this disease. the factors which put some at higher : In ,discussion groups, the women have discovered that their feelings of risk; and schedule an annual mamfear, loneliness, even guilt, they mogram if you're over 40. assumed were theirs alone are (Thanks to Beth Lcbenson Praver at the JDC for information for this editorial.)

Ben & Jerry's denies boycotting Israeli company

More women than men in Israel - and other statistics byCarlAlpert

HAIFA - They may have many internal differences of opinion, but Israelis are united in their belief in the superiority of their country in many -areas; There was a time when they used to boast that Israeli chickens laid more eggs than chickens anywhere else; that Israeli cows produced more milk, etc. There are other records, too. For one thing, the fact that the Dead Sea is the lowest spot on the face of the earth is incontestable and apparently immutable. But Israelis are always on the lookout for new records. There was some disappointment when it was announced that purchases of duty free items on El Al planes, per passenger, while highest of any on Western world airlines, ran second to purchases on Far Eastern lines. There was similar disappointment at the report that among 27 of the leading developed countries in the West, Israel's health record ran second to that of Sweden. The index was based on longevity, : deaths at birth and mortality rate for illnesses like ricancer and heart attacks. 2 5 A record of a different kind, as reported recently: "Israel's per capita consumption of beer is one of the lowest in the world. Still looking for records, Israelis, have turned on an internal spotlight and have come up with some interesting information. What was the year of largest immigration? New arrivals in 1990 numbered 199,516, most of them from the Soviet Union. But that number was eclipsed by the 239,954 who came in 1949, the first year after establishment of the State. What was the record for number of passengers on one plane? A Boeing 47-200 normally has a capaci-

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ty of 460. But at the height of Operation Solomon WASHINGTON (JTA)-The conflict in the Middle in May, 1991, a plane of that size departed from East has given Ben & Jerry's several chilly licks Addis Ababa with 1086 Ethiopian Jews, and land- recently. ed at Ben Gurion Airport with an extra passenger Caught between groups opposed to Israeli settleborn in mid flight. ments and Jewish organizations defending Israeli What living Israeli has received the largest num- business operations in disputed territory, the ice ber of military decorations? Ehud Barak, leader of cream manufacturer has sought to appease critics from both sides. the Labor Party. The largest hotel in Israel? The Tel Aviv Hilton, Under a hail of protest from anti-settler groups, with 581 rooms. How many tourists come to Israel the company's Israeli franchise canceled a contract in a year? The record was in 1995, with 2,529,700 last month to purchase water from Mei Eden, a visitors in the 12-month period. mineral water company based in the Golan What city has the largest population? No, not Heights. • . . • ' • Tel Aviv. It is eclipsed by Jerusalem with 602,100 Bram Kleppner, the international products maninhabitants. ager for Ben & Jerry's, said on an Israeli radio Smokers? In the last 20 years there has been a show that the company, known for its social conmarked reduction, and the latest figures show that science, decided to "upset less people rather than 30% of the males and 25% of the females over the more." He added that many countries "have occuage of 20, smoke. Still too many. pied the Golan over the past 3,000 years, so who Population growth: Between the year of creation are we to decide who is right?" of the State, in 1948, and the year 1996, the popuBut after Jewish groups in the United States lation of the country increased six and a half criticized Ben & Jerry's for endorsing a boycott of times. That must be a world record. certain Israeli products, the company said that in Longevity figures for Israel show that the people fact the company was not boycotting Mei Eden. here live to an average age of 77.5, compared to "The company is not boycotting products from the 76.2 in the U.S. and 76.7 in Qreat Britain. But Golan Heights, nor would it join in such a boycott if among male Israeli Jews it is 76 years, and among one were organized," Avi Zenger, president of the Jewish women, no less than 79.5. American Company for Ice Cream Manufacturing, Women outnumber men among Israeli Jews, but the Ben & Jerry's licensee in Israel, said. the reverse is true among the Israeli Arabs. The Israeli licensee bought "roughly $750 worth And to wind up, 92% of Israelis are urban of water" from Mei Eden for a sorbet promotion dwellers (where are all the Jewish farmers?) and during the summer, the company said. Zenger 26% of us are overweight! added that he would consider buying from Mei Thanks to the weekly 7 Days for many of the Eden in the future. '•••'• above figures. . (Continued on page 5)

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Flowers oh Fridays

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by Teddy Weinberger

You can tell it's the eve of a Shabbat or holiday in Israel by the numerous flower stands that spring up all over the country. There are flower stands on sidewalks, in candy stores, in bus stations, and in the middle of highways. This past month was a particular busy one for the flower sellers. Not only were they open for business on the usual Fridays (Sabbath eves), but there were at least four holiday eves as well. Flowers in Israel are an excellent bargain. A nice bouquet costs 10 shekels, and beautiful floral arrangements can be yours for the modest price of 20 shekels (slightly under $5). Partly because of their abundance and reasonable cost, flowers are the standard gift to bring to a Shabbat table. Of course, the tranquillity that flowers provide makes them all the more appealing in a society that is often beset by political turmoil. The prevalence of flower sellers on Fridays is another reminder to me that to some extent almost all Israelis observe Shabbat. Flowers are a way to mark out special time. What people choose to do with this time varies widely, but all those flowers on Israeli Fridays signal to any observer that there is some out-bf-the-ordinaiy time ahead. Indeed, on Friday nights almost all Israeli Jews do mark the Shabbat-by a festive meal with family and friends. One of the radio stations has a weekly five-minute spot on Friday afternoons where they call up an Israeli woman and ask her what she is serving for Shabbat dinner (which she then describes in mouth-watering detail). It is apparently taken for granted by the radio station (one of the major stations in Israel) that having Shabbat dinner is something common to all Israelis.

On Saturday proper, many Israelis keep the basic biblical injunction prohibiting work in that they are not engaged in earning a livelihood. And its remarkable to find in this media mecca that the country can get along quite well without a Saturday newspaper (though many Israelis do buy two or three of the expanded Friday newspaper editions). Israeli society uses Shabbat to refresh itself. In this it is in perfect keeping with the biblical description of the first Sabbath, where God, it is said, "ceased from work and was refreshed" (shavat va-yinafa8h).

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Like many people throughout the world, Israelis see a benefit in taking one day a week off from their usual work routine, and even secular Jews in Israel find that the most appropriate day of the week for Jews to do this is on Shabbat. This brings me back to those flowers on Fridays. 'While it is true that there are many different activities that people engage in on Shabbat, there are not too many ways to buy flowers (the main variable here being one's willingness to bargain). The standard international procedure in this case is: you see a flower stand, you approach the stand, you ask the prices, pick out a bouquet, have it wrapped, make your payment, and go on your way. Only, in Israel something magical happens, towards the end of this process: one parly will say "Shabbat Shalom" and the other will answer in kind. This makes all the difference in the world, for with "Shabbat Shalom," it is possible to experience Friday flower-buying in Israel as a national religious act And this indeed is how I experience it.

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(Continued from page 4) But some Jewish organizations still consider the episode a slap at Israel. ' "Only when Ben & Jerry's buys another $760 worth of Mei Eden will we know some other issue wasn't at hand," said Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. Criticism of Mei Eden began in September, 1997, after an Israeli group, Gush Shalom, urged consumers to boycott goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and in the Golan. The group published a list of Israeli companies, including Mei Eden, that operate in those areas. Israel, which captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexed the territory in 1981—a move that is not recognized by other countries. Perry Odak, the chief executive officer of Ben & Jerry's, was inundated with letters and e-mails criticizing the company after the Mei Eden contract was revealed in Israeli newspapers in June. New Yorkers for a Just Middle East, a loose interfaith coalition, was one of the first groups to contact Ben & Jerry's, urging Odak in an Aug.' 13 letter to "terminate any existing contracts" with the mineral water company. •'•• •l:'":"i''1 Arab American groups also criticized the ice cream company. In an Aug. 24 fetter to Odak, the American-Arab Anti-Dist*imination Committee's president, Hala Maksoud, said it was.anpalling that a company that "Tias1 pTided itselT'on'promoting humanitarian and environmental issues is "essentially legitimizing Israeli violation of international law and illegal occupation of Arab land." J Maksoud threatened to recommend ai boiyfcotibof Ben & Jerry's products ifitdid not endrffieasater contract. • " : •'.:/;•:.'"-::" i'-ic' wwtai. lyaisl iarfi Foxman said succumtiihg'itaboycattteiijnly strengthens them. Although Ben & JeYry's.ffinay have been well-intended and are supporters oFthe peace process, this is a very serious xnatteir.vlt shows peace is not around the corner," he;said.'-! !•

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