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A/lore than a vacation: theRafuls in Israel
Women's Symposium to address current issues
by Dinah Raful
The first Women's Symposium will be held Sunday, April 18, at the UNO Alumni Center, cochaired by Carol Bloch and Gloria Kaslow The purpose of the Symposium is to bring together women of all ages for a day of learning and discussion while exploring the issues and challenges facing Jewish women today. The Symposium is sponsored by Jewish Family Service (JFS) in conjunction with many other Jewish organizations and foundations. "The Symposium will allow us to look at the' issues that are important to all of us," said Kaslow, who is president of JFS. "The workshops will focus on the things that we are challenged with not only as women, but as Jewish women." Bloch added, "The Women's Symposium will be stimulating, inspiring and fun. Every woman should take some quality time for herself, and this Symposium affords the perfect opportunity." The Symposium will feature three sessions of concurrent workshops along with keynote luncheon speaker Esther Perel. Perel is a senior faculty
by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Touring the Old City of Jerusalem are Leah. Dinah and Sarah Raful, waiting to descend the steps near the Kotel, the Western Wall. (Editor's note: Sarah Raful is spending her junior year abroad at Hebrew University; her mother, Dinah, and her sister, Leah, are living in Jerusalem for six months during Sarah's second semester. What follows are excerpts • from Dinah's journal) I After a long but uneventful flight (thank goodi ness!) we arrived in Tel Aviv. It was dark and rainy \ on our way into Jerusalem but we didn't care.. .it > just felt great to be on land. • Sarah, who's studying at Hebrew University for 1 the year, met uswith a big smile and tears! We waited to fill up a sherut, a large van, with other people before the driver would take off for our new :. .home.. .we are finding out that patience is a key. We are living in an excellent location right in the '.' center of. Jerusalem. The apartment is quite "modern for Israel. Leah has her own room with a trunV die-bed. Adequate closets, 2 1/2 baths, a combination kitchen/dining/living room area. Appliances and utensils are more than enough. Sarah had stocked the refrigerator and brought beautiful tulips to welcome us. We had our first ..;' Israeli dinner with hummus, eggplant dip, fresh pita, rugalach, strudel. . .(I'm not sure about dieting during this adventure). We managed to stay awake till midnight talking, but our immediate thoughts were ones of being overwhelmed with what we were about to undertake. . .and that we really wanted Larry (Dean of Creighton Law School), and Anna, (a freshman at Emerson College in Boston), to be with us to share. Our immediate priority on our first day was to find the Anglican Internationalr.School for Leah. It is the only English-speaking high school in : Jerusalem comprised of students from all over the world whose parents are here for short periods. With Sarah's bus instructions, we caught the #9 bus about three blocks from our apartment to meet with the school's registrar. Leah had an interview with the high school coordinator. Her schedule is similar to hers at Central High School: English, biology and chemistry, math, Hebrew, drama, physical education, computer, music and religious education. It is a British Christian school but the religious
part is minimal, Leah is the only Jewish student in her grade, not unlike Central, but with several Jewish faculty. Now after two full weeks, Leah goes , off in the mornings by herself and enjoys the independence of the youth. She stops on the way home to grab a sandwich at Nathan's or a bagel from Bonkers Bagel or a sweet from one of,many of the indescribable bakeries. My goal was to find an English as a Second Language position teaching for children or adults. With Leah in school, I began to go to job contacts, from e-mails and faxes from last summer. I took my trusty map, and walked and walked all over.. It was a wonderful way to learn about the city. The weather was beautiful and it was very invigorating. The Association for Americans and Canadians have been very helpful in assisting me in my search. But after two weeks of interviews, my days will be filled with volunteering instead. Being here only four and a half months is just not quite long enough for a complete assignment. I visited the Evangeline de Rothchild School, a Jewish day school, a 10-minute walk from the apartment, and the principal was thrilled to have me offer my ESL services three mornings a week to their Israeli and native-English speakers whose • families have made aliyah. It felt great to be in a school again with beautiful little children, including many Ethiopians. Part-time volunteering will allow me to take classes also. I attended a Talmud class at the Conservative shul and really enjoyed it. We have become part of Sarah's life again and her many Hebrew University Rothberg international Program friends. We jumped on the bus up to campus to see her sparse dormroom and kitchen facilities and attended a production of Les Mis. Her friends are made up of college juniors primarily focused on having an international experience and many looking towards Jewish communal work for careers. We enjoyed our first Shabbat,' walking to the Koiel, the Wall, with eight of her friends. It was Leah's first experience and as with many, quite overwhelming. We had our little notes to slip into (Continued on page 12)
Carol Bloch and Gloria Kaslow,.Women's -Symposium Co-chairs. member of the couples program at the 92nd Street Y in New York and a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Medical School. (Continued on page 2)
JCC, Federation promote two, hire new BBYO Director by Carol Katzman
When Women's Division Director Cindy Kaufman announced her family's move to Chicago this summer, it created a cascade effect among job openings at the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Center. Kathy McGauvran, current Member Service Director at the JCC, will assume Kaufman's position in July, when she returns from maternity leave (she is expecting her first child in April) and Lisa Shkolnick will take over McGauvran's position. That promotion left an opening for a new BBYO Director, which Shkolnick has held since Alon Mor returned to Israel in November of 1996. Julie Corbin, who had recently agreed to become an adviser for one of the girls' BBYO chapters, will now become the BBYO Director. McGauvran, a native Omahan and daughter of, Linda and Harold Mann, started at the JCC as a "temp" filling in for another employee. "I came for two weeks," McGauvran said with a smiler"and stayed for ten years!" During her tenure, McGauvran overhauled the operation of the JCC's "basket room* into a centralized Member Service,Department, where all registrations for classes and programs are overseen. ' "I wanted to stay in Jewish,communal service," she added, "the opening for a Women's Campaign (Continued on page 12)
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Parashat Tetzaveh - Shabbat Zakhor Tliis Shabbat before Purim is known as Shabbat Zakhor, the Sabbath Remember, the Sabbath to remember the Amalekites and their ruthless attack on Israel aborning. During the centuries, it has become the Sabbath to consider anti-Semitism of all times, and for us, particularly, the Holocaust. At the moment I have nothing new to add to the subject of anti-Semitism., I turn instead to the Sidrah itself. It describes at length and in detail the vestmets of the priests. (If you want to know what they looked like, attend a Catholic mass some Sunday morning and see what the priest wears.) Near its end, the Sidrah sums up the daily sacri-, fices in the ancient Sanctuary. A particularly illuminating midrashic comment (Sh'mot Rabbah 38.4) offers a revolutionary interpretation of the sacrificial system. It gives its intention away at the very beginning by quoting a verse from the last chapter of Hosea: "Return, O Israel, to the Lord...Take with you words and return to the Lord." The Midrash then goes on to suggest that the poor might complain that offering cattle as sacrifices was way beyond their means. Then "take with you words." Worship the Lord by studying Torah. If even this fails you, then prayer will suffice.' The Midrash speaks particularly to our day. Many Jews cannot afford, generous as they may be, to support all Jewish needs in grand style. Then let them study Torah! . " But in our day, the demands of economic life being what they are, most of us are not, cannot be, serious students of Torah, that is, devoting large chunks of time to it. Then let them at least offer prayer! That will get God's attention! ' Alas, here too we fail. The Jew who doesn't study is likely to bethe Jew who doesn't pray; and if he does, now and then, he has not mastered the meaning and object of prayer. ' ;' > ,.' "Take with you words." There is no alternative. Study is a sine qua non. Adult Jews ought to repent for the omissions of childhood opportunities, and begin to understand Judaism in an adult fashion. They must seize every opportunity for study, for learning, for Torah. It may be true in some religions that devotion is enough. It is not true in Judaism.: Devotion is not enough. We must "take words" and confront Judaism and its history. We must study. Every subject in the vast sea of Jewish knowledge is Torah. A Jew must study. PERSONAL
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Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 5:55 p.m. SATURDAY: Ben G e r b e r Bar Mitzvah; Services, 8:45 a.m., Little People service, 10:15 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Babysitter service courtesy of Sisterhood; Kiddush sponsored by Maggie and Donald Gerber in honor of their son, Ben; Class with the Rabbi, 5:15 p.m.; Mincha, 5:45 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. •' •: SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Beis Hamedrash, 9:45 a.m.; Mincha, 5:55 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 aan.; Mincha, 5:50 pan. MONDAY: Women's Lunch & Learn, 12:30 p.m. at the JCC with Mrs. Kutner; in preparation for Pesach, a class on the Hagaddah at 7:30 p.m., and learn to chant the Haftorah at 8:30 p.m.; both classes with Rabbi Kutner at the synagogue. WEDNESDAY: Rabbi Kutner teaches a Talmud class at the synagogue at 7:30 p.m.
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, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush following services; TSS (Torah Study Skills) 10 a.m.; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (prekindergarten and under) 11 a.m.; K'tantan (kindergarten through 3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Humash with Rashi study session, 5:30 p.m. (1/2 hour before M/M); Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Men's Club Breakfast following services. . WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. ADULT BWAI MITZVAH CLASSES: Sessions continue on Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. PURIM Monday, March 1: Ma'ariv, 7 p.m.; family Megillah reading, 7:30 p.m.; complete Megillah reading, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2: Sharharit, including Megillah reading, 6:15 aan.; Minha/Ma'ariv, 5:30 p.m. USYflCADIMAH PURIM EXTRAVAGANZA Sunday, March 7, 11:15 a.m.-2 p.m.: Purim carnival-game and meal tickets may be purchased in advance.
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492-8550 FRIDAY: Shabbat Service, 8 pjn. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Blum will officiate; Special guest will be Mark Bloom, a composer and sound designer, who will present a Jazz Shabbat. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Julie and Mark Martin in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, David, and by the Temple Sisterhood; SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service is available Friday evening & Saturday mornings when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Cost is $2 per family with reservations. Drop-ins, $3 per family. No facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible: An informal opportunity to learn Torah with the rabbis, 9:3010:15 a.m.; Shabbat service, 10:30 a.m.; David Joseph Martin, son of Julie and Mark Martin, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah; Purim Pot-Luck and Costume Party, 6:30 p.m. Come in costume and join Temple's Sisterhood/Men's Club in the Friedman Social Hall for a night of food, frivolity and fun. Cost is one dish to share. The theme for the evening will be Hollywood Stars/Roles. SUNDAY: AOL (Adult Opportunities for Learning), 10 a.m. The topic will be "Human Rights in the Bible and the Talmud." ADULT EDUCATION Wednesday, March 3: Midrashah, 10 a.m.noon. . Sisterhood Adult Education: Thursday, March 4: Rabbi Stiel will teach "Biblical Scholarship-- What the Scholars of our Day Have to Say About the Bible," from 1011:30 a.m.; Beginning Beyond Midrash, 6:507:40 p.m.; Beyond Midrash, 7:50-8:45 p.m., both led by Don Schwartz. . PURIM BOX DINNER Monday, March 1, .6 p.m. The entire family is invited. Create your own masks and enjoy a box dinner; Reading of the Megillah, 7 p.m. Make reservations with the Temple office, 556-6536. FRIDAY, March 5: Tot Shabbat Service, 7 pan. A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will be hejd for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families. PURIM CARNIVAL ••' •'••' Sunday, March 7, noon-2 p.m. Fun for the ' 'whole family with food, games and prizes. Tickets will be sold at the door, good for both food and games. The Carnival, sponsored by the Temple Youth Group, is open to the entire community.
TIFERETH ISRAEL „ Member oftheUwitod Synagogue .,',, • of Conservative Judaism '.' , '-' : 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, WE 68502 , '•;•.</. ' .423-8569' Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. ' SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation, 10:15 a.m. SUNDAY; Purim Carnival, noon-2:30 p.m. Fun for the whole family-lunch, games, prizes, a cake walk, a raffle and so much more! MONDAY, March 1, Purim Party: Megillah reading, 7 p.m.; Ice cream social, 8 p.m.; wear your favorite costume (all ages). SATURDAY, March 6: Lunch and Learn, 12:30. 2:30 p.m. Irv Goldenburg will speak on "Let's Be Happy To Be Healthy," A dairy lunch will be served. Make reservations with the synagogue. Cost is $10 for the series or $3.50 per session.
B'NAI I i SNAGQSU, 618 Mynster s t , Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Phone: 3224705 FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. Zeph Telpner will speak on the topic "Spawning of Home-grown, Council Bluffs big-time gangsters ." Oneg Shabbat will follow.
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN SOtmt STREET TEMPLE Member of the Union ; -; • ' Of American Hebrew Congregations • 2061S, 20th St., Lincoln, m MmM Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Shabbat worship, 9:30 a.m.; SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious School, 10 a.m. TUESDAY: A Taste of Judaism, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Adult Education, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 pan. CANTOR WEISSER CELEBRATION, Saturday, March 13: UNL East Campus Student Center Ballroom; social, 6:30-7 p.m. (cash bar); buffet dinner and program, 7-9 p.m. Make reservations with the Temple or leave a message, 423-9579. .
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CHA8A0 HOUSE Ait Affiliate of the Worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement 1866 So. 120th St., Omaha, NE 68144 Phone:330-1800 E-MAIL*-chabad®aoLcom WEBSITE: www.chabad.centcrs.coim/omahn Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. Mincha-Ma'ariv, 4:45 p.m., followed by Havdalah. > MONDAY through FRIDAY: Services, 7 a.m. TUESDAY: Parshah Insights, 7 p.m. THURSDAY: Halachah 101 Class, 8 a.m. NOTE: Chabad House has Shmurah Matzohs available. Please order early. Cost is $12 per pound.
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Pre-Purim party at Chabad The Chabad Kiddie Kollege will host a prePurim family party on Sunday, Feb. 28, from 12:30-3 p.m. Kiddie Kollege children will perform parts of the Purim Btory, and a free buffet lunch will be served. Awards will be given to the children. In addition, there will be several opportunities for Purim crafts as well as the making and exchanging of Shalach Manot gifts. Shani Katzman, Director of Education, said, "We are excited to offer this program to the community as a preparation for Purim. Introducing our little ones to the joys of Judaism and the celebration of its holidays is one of the most thrilling aspects of our work here at Chabad House." For more information or for reservations for lunch, call Elizabeth at Chabad House, 330r 1800.
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Moral dilemmas We face them daily...the little moral dilemmas that make us stop and think before we act. How often do we do the reverse? Someone reveals confidential information to us; we tuck it away only to have it slip out and the secret becomes front page news. Sometimes that betraya] can lead to damaging another's reputation, breaking up a friendship, or worse yet, putting someone's life at risk. We think it's an innocent revelation, but if it's described incorrectly, or to the "wrong" person, the results can alter the future. A case in point: a nominating committee meets to discuss candidates for the next term. At stake are all the officers' positions as well as a full complement of board members. What should be the first item on the agenda? One national organization stated its 'ground rules' by first discussing the laws otLashon Hora, the Jewish laws we think of as gossip. "What cannot be said about the candidates?" members of the nominating committee asked. The chair-
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man replied, "Gossip, innuendo, personal attacks or third-hand stories, fabrications, and of course, lies, will not be tolerated." Is there a gray area? What if a member of the nominating committee had factual information about a candidate's performance in the area of finances - and that candidate was running for treasurer...then what is a nominating committee member to do? I n that case," the chairman replied, "when information directly relates to the integrity and honesty of a candidate and the information is true, it must be revealed."' The end result, at least for this one* nominating committee, was a discussion that never sunk to the level of gossip, slings and arrows. Candidates were chosen on merit, leadership qualities, integrity, their track-record and character. No personal attacks were allowed, and occasionally, the silence was deafening. The lesson here.-..every word has meaning, every careless thought can destroy a human being. The old adage, "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all," still holds true. •
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The holy in unholy expressions by Carl Alpert
Haifa-Israel has always had a gallery of outspoken and imaginative characters. The Hebrew language lends itself to colorful expression. Put the two together, and the result can well be a collection of unusual epithets, quotations, nicknames or literary idioms., And indeed, a journalist, Rafi Mann, has just published a volume in Hebrew of memorable quotes which made headlines in their day, and in many cases have become vivid classics of the vocabulary. He calls his book It's Inconceivable, published by Hed Artzi. Some of the expressions may lose something of their pungency in translation, but they still retain enough of the original vigor to indicate why they have become memorable in contemporary Israel. We present a few examples. "Odm Shmoom" can be translated as "the U.N. is a nothing." It was used by David Ben Gurion to indicate a belittlement of the U.N. when it took anti-Israel steps. "I can't go on," Menahem Begin in 1983, when withdrawing from the premiership. "My handkerchief is the only thing Ben Gurion lets me poke my nose into," Chaim Weizmann in expression of frustration when he found how limited were the powers of the President. "Excuse us for winning," Ephraim Kishon, the humorist, in an article answering jvorld criticism for Israel's reaction to Arab hostility >n the Six-Day War. "They can spin like propellers," Yitzhak Rabin's reference to residents of the Golan who objected to his plan to reach agreement with the Syrians for withdrawal.. • T h e y can run around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle," Rafael Eitan in 1983, picturing the reaction of Palestinians when he planned to build more Jewish settlements.
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"I did not betray", text of a note hidden in the garments of Uri Eilan, an Israeli soldier, whose body was returned to Israel after he had been captured by the Syrians, tortured, and then committed suicide in prison in 1954. "A stick with a blue and white rag," description of the Israeli flag by Jerusalem Rabbi Chaim Miller of Agudat Israel in 1997. Just before the Six-Day War, when the ^country suffered from a sense of depression because of the mobilizing of Arab armies on all sides, and threats of invasion, coming on top of a difficult economic situation, black humor gave expression to a sign supposed to have been hung at the country's airport: "Will the last one leaving please turn out the light." "If I were a young Palestinian, I would join the ranks of the terrorists," Ehud Barak, 1998, in a statement which the Hamas later exploited. "Ain Lee," best translated as "I ain't got nothing," Yigal Hurwitz, Minister of Finance in 1979, when asked for allocations from the treasury. "Peres's poodle," Rabin's description of Yossi Beilin in 1988. "The Palestinians have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity," Abba Eban in 1947. (My translation from the Hebrew.) *We shall never forgive you for having killed our sons, and no less, for having made us kill your sons," Golda Meir to the Arabs in 1977. "Fall out of weaklings," Rabin's description in 1976 of yordtm, Israelisiwho left the country. - "The Temple Mount is in our hands," report to headquarters by Gen. Motta Gur in the Six-Day War. "Israel will not the first to introduce nuclear weapons into our area," Rabin in 1974, and repeated many times since.
"No more war," Anwar Sadat in 1979, on signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.: "A New Middle East," slogan coined by Shimon Peresinl993. !'. "Nachash Tzejfa" (viper snake), code slogan on all broadcasts which alerted Israel that the Gulf 'Vv'ar had begun in 1991, and then used as code alarm for expected Scud attacks. "Netanyahu is good for the Jews," election slogan used by Chabad in the 1996 election, arid termed racist by the opposition. And many more.
To the Editor: Members of the National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, will visit Nebraska State Senators in Lincoln on Wednesday, March 3 for NCJW's Annual Lobby Day to speak with them about current bills in the legislature. Issues concerning the well-being of children and families, women's reproductive rights and health, domestic violence, child care and public schools are some of the items on the agenda. For more information about NCJW Lobby Day or any of these issues, please contact me at 393-8028. Carol Bloch, NCJW State Public Affairs Chairwoman Attend services on Shabbat
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Missing from mass Israeli rallies: the three contenders for premier by David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA) - On the face of it - a paradox. The universal cry among the Orthodox is against One of the largest outdoor mass gatherings in the judicial activism of the Supreme Court, and Israeli history, held at the height of an election especially of its president, Chief Justice Aharon campaign - and all three leading candidates for Barak. The Orthodox maintain that state-and-reli- • prime minister stayed away. gion issues should be settled in the court of public Last Sundays two opposing rallies in Jerusalem - opinion and in the legislature — not in the courts. - avast Orthodox prayer demonstration against the For their part, the non-Orthodox movements Supreme Court, that drew some 250,000 people maintain they must appeal to the courts because of and, nearby, a smaller counter-demonstration of an the inordinate political power of the Orthodox. estimated 50,000 in support of the embattled jusFor Netanyahu, as indeed for many inside the tices '•- Held the country spellbound and attracted Orthodox camp itself, a vituperative attack on the worldwide media attention. court last week by Rabbi Ovadia'Yosef, spiritual But Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and leader of the powerful Shas Party, was cause to Yitzhak Mordechai all cited pressing previous cringe. The rabbi, in a lesson with his students, engagements that made their appearance at either poured abuse and invective on the judges, calling or both of these mass assemblies impossible. them among things "oppressors of Jews." Though seemingly strange, their actions were The next day, Netanyahu spoke against intemunderstandable, given the complex, mine-strewn perate' language by both sides. He urged restraint. political ramifications of the Feb. 7 events. He urged, if at all possible, that the planned After all, a national election is set for May 17, and demonstration be abandoned or at least postponed. where the increasingly powerful Orthodox electorate If the state-and-religion strife did not abate, he throws its support remains a critical question. said, it would threaten the future of both the state The grievances that brought a quarter of a million and the religion. But that was as far as the prime mostly fervently Orthodox — but also many modern minister cared - or dared — to go. Orthodox — into the streets of the capital center mainWhile his minister of justice, Tzachi Hanegbi, ly on the ongoing battle for religious pluralism. attended and spoke at the pro-court demonstraThe Supreme Court, in a series of rulings, has tion, Netanyahu preferred to follow the proceeding sided with the Reform and Conservative move- from afar. He said later that he was engaged in ments in their struggle to gain official recognition ongoing steps to promote dialogue and conciliation. in Israel. The cases pertain primarily to non- He is trying to set up a forum, for dialogue that Orthodox representation on local religious councils would include past members of the Supreme Court, and to registration of non-Orthodox converts. More both Orthodox and secular. . such cases are pending. For Netanyahu, to alienate even part of the For the Orthodox, this is anathema, because it Orthodox constituency could be fatal for his re-elecmeans extending official recognition to denomina- tion chances. In 1996, when he won office by a margin tions of Judaism that they consider heretical. The of less than 40,00Qvotes, virtually the entire breadth and strength of such feeling accounts for Orthodox community voted for him as premier. . the unprecedented cohesion of the Orthodox camp. The same is especially true for Yitzhak Indeed, Hasidic rebbes were joined by the chief Mordechai, the leader of the newly created centrist rabbis of the state as well as the leading rabbis of party who seceded from Likud and joined the fray the National Religious movement on the prayer as a prime ministerial candidate. Mordechai, a podium. .• . • Sephardi born in Iraq to Kurdish Jewish parents,
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who is traditional in his private life, represents an attractive alternative for some Orthodox and traditional voters, especially Shas Party loyalists, who otherwise would tend toward Netanyahu. Which was why, no doubt, Mordechai chose to be in Afula on some urgent and undeferrable business on Feb. 7 just when the two opposing rallies were taking place. , Mordechai, too, had urged the Orthodox to call off their protest. But having apparently failed, he saw no profit in showing up on one side or the other — or both — of the great divide. The candidate who is being most sternly criticized for his absence on Sunday is Labor Party leader Ehud Barak. Critics say Barak himself should have led the pro-court rally. If Likud's Hanegbi and Rafael Eitan of the far-right party Tsomet could come — as well as large numbers of Meretz and other Labor politicians — why couldn't the Labor leader? He isn't going to get any Orthodox votes anyway, these critics contend. For the modern Orthodox, he is too soft on the territories. And he has alienated the fervently Orthodox by advocating that yeshiva students be forced to serve in the army. But Barak defended his decision. The battle for the soul of the state, he said, will be decided at the ballot box - and he intends to win it there. "I know what Fm doing," Barak assured friend and foe alike on Sunday, "and where it's best for me to be." Indeed, where he was was at a well-photographed meeting with Natan Sharansky, the minister of industry and trade and the Yisrael Ba'Aliyah leader, and Rabbi Yehuda Amital, the leader of the moderate Orthodox movement, Meimad. The agenda there, too, was dialogue and conciliation. Barak has not given up on the Orthodox, at least the moderates among them. He wants Meimad as part of his "One Israel" movement which, he hopes.will incorporate Labor with a number of smaller movements. Indeed Barak had another reason for his absence - one which nearly knocked the wind from his critics' sails. He had asked to speak at the Orthodox demonstration, but was told there would be no speeches, just prayer.
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Organizations Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. English as a second language for new Americans starts at 10 .a.m. Exercise with Michelle Streif, a Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor and Older Adult Fitness Specialist, at 10:15 in the adult lounge. Try your luck at bingo with Eileen Remer at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to share for the "YES Talk" discussion group at 11. The Purim Party will start at noon, with special entertainment by the Dancing Grannies. For transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. English as a second language for new Americans starts at 10 a.m.; exercise with Michelle at 10:15 a.m.; and play bingo at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30 a.m. At noon, enjoy the movie The Truman Show in the Blumkin Home auditorium. For transportation, call 330-4272. JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL The annual Donor Luncheon is planned for March 11, noon, at the home of Rosalie Greenspan, 8108 Howard. Guest speaker is columnist Michael Kelly of the Omaha World-Herald. Proceeds from the luncheon will help the projects of JWI, including the Children's Residential Center in Israel. For reservations or more information, call Mrs. Greenspan at 391-1954, or Esther Wax at 393-4442. BREADBREAKERS Breadbreakers will meet Wednesday, March 3, at noon in the conference room at the Rose Blumkin Home. Dr. Kenneth Wise, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Creighton University, will speak on "Where are we in the Balkans?" Cost is $7 and the event is open to the community. OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH Eva Meyerson Handleman will entertain residents of the Rose Blumkin Home on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2 p;m., at the monthly Oneg Shabbat, sponsored by the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah. A tea will follow in the main dining room.
VISIONS Reminder: Visions Board Meeting is Friday, March 6, 9:30 a.m., in the adult lounge. Membership Luncheon Meeting is Friday, March 19, 12:30 p.m., at Caniglia's Venice Inn. Guest speaker Susie Drazen, Executive Director ofCentral States Providence Region, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, will review the book'rfte Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Send reservations by March 12 to Dr. and Mrs. Jim Wax, 118 S. 88 St., Omaha, NE, 68114. Visions presents Branson '99 from May 3-6. Tour includes motor coach transportation, three nights at the Settle Inn, continental breakfast, three evening dinners, five shows, drive through Ozark mountains, shopping, visit to the Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery and College of the Ozarks, with an optional tour of the Truman Library. Cost per person double occupancy is $399; single is $489. Send reservation with $50 deposit by March 20 to Sam. and Rosaline Epstein, 9205 Western Ave., #325, Omaha, NE, 68114.
Leslie and Scott Goldman of Northbrook, IL, announce the Nov. 10, 1998, birth of their daughter, Marissa Celia. Grandparents are Sharon and Elliot Goldman of v Northbrook, Robert and Rachelle Plaus and Allen Rogoffof Green Bay, WI. Great-grandparents are Annette and Abe Schloff of Omaha, Bernice Goldman, Marian Berg and the late Max Frank, and Charles Goldman. Daniel and Jennifer Goldman of Nashville, TN, announce the Jan. 23 birth of a daughter, AriannaRose. ' Grandparents are Sharon and Elliot Goldman of Northbrook, IL, and Lillian and Arthur Sherman. Great-grandparents are Annette and Abe Schloff of Omaha, Bernice Goldman.and the late Max Frankel and Charles Goldman.
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TOKER/KATSKEE Rachel "Midnight" Toker and Richard Katskee * were married Feb. 14 on '• Amelia Island near Jacksonville, FL. Rabbi LeonFormer Iincolnite Arieh Breslow of Efrat, Israel, ard Cahan officiated at has published a new book, entitled When Less is the 5:30 p.m. ceremony More. It focuses on health and improving the quality at the Ritz Carlton of life through meditation, visualization and exerHotel. Dinner and danccise. It also has a Jewish content with the "Middle ing followed; Path philosophy" of Jewish philosopher Moses The bride is the daughMaimonides. Each exercise has a section of instructer of Drs. Karen- and tions for seniors or those with special heeds and Cyril Toker of Pohte comes with a companion video and cassette tape. Vedra Beach, FL, and granddaughter of Nedra Milton Marcus of Omaha, a trumpet player, will play the first movement of the Hummel Trumpet Harkavy of Patomac, MD, and Ponte Vedra Beach. The groom is the son of Judy and Milton Katskee, Concerto in B flat with the Iowa Western Community Band. The event is Sunday, Feb. 28, and grandson of Mabel Katskee, all of Omaha. Honor attendants were Jennifer Gardiner of • 7 p.m., at Looft Hall on the college campus. Other members of the band include J o n South Bend, IN, and Aaron Krauss of Philadelphia. The newlyweds will temporarily make their'home Bleicher, tuba, and Dik Weiner, percussion. in Cambridge, MA.. . .
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Regional Library goes online Yehuda Shavit, Mayor of the Regional Council of Mate Asher, and Dr. Avram Rosenkair, head of the .Dept of Education, and Yehuda Yiari, Moshav Municipal Coordinator, and I viewed the Library at Home program in the Regional Library of Mate Asher recently. This system was developed with the help of our partners in the Partnership 2000 project, the Ministry, of Education and the Regional Council of Mate Asher, including Omaha. The library of the Regional Council of Mate Asher consists of 36 libraries branches situated in most of our in our 31 communities and schools. The project will also service the library in Shavei Tzion, Nahariya hospital, , the Western Galilee College, the Ghetto Fighters house library, the Ort Acco high school library and the Western Galilee school library. Not all the libraries of Mate Asher are connected on line, but we hope that will happen in the near future. The Library at Home allows people to log on through their home computers to. determine if a book exists in one of the 36 libraries, and order it directly. If the book is in one of the libraries not on line, the main central library can arrange to have it sent to the user. The Library at Home offers a catalogue and that will soon show the cover, page and a book review. For more information you can contact the web site: w w w . s i f r i y a . o r g . i l and or send e-mail to: info@sifriya.org.il and press 'English.' You can also reach the web site through the Mate Asher site: www.matte-asher-region.muni.il
Master Violin course at Keshet Eilon Under the patronage of Maestro Shlomo Mintz, the Keshet Eilon violin master course was founded in 1989, with Prof. Itzhak Raskovsky as the musical director and Gilad Sheba as managing director. This distinctive project, located in Kibbutz Eilon (founded | n 1938), has gained prominence as a .'music center for the advancement of young violinists from all over the world. ;, ] '^Tfiefiills of tKe" Western Galilee resonate with the sounds of string music, from musicians whose sights are set on the concert' halls throughout the world. With a bow to the Jewish tradition in string instruments, these young people offer proof that this culture continues to run strong. About 45 young people, comprising Israelis, new immigrants and participants from around the world, take active part in the summer Master-course, many of them receiving scholarships. Their teachers are violin masters who also comefrom,all over the world. Participants have the opportunity to gain experience in solo ensemble performances before audiences in the kibbutz, throughout the Western Galilee Region, in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. All concerts and master classes are open to the public. ' Keshet Eilon is distinguished from other master courses by its unique combination of music and instruction in archery, as well as a workshop in violin and bow making. The Violin Mastercourse is intended for gifted young violinists of all nationalities, aged up to 25. This year, the Mastercourse will take place July 23-Aug. 10. For information: contact: Keshet Eilon, Kibbutz Eilon, 22845 Mobile Post Western Galilee, Israel, or call: 011-9724-985-8191; or fax: 011-9724-9806766. ;
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NEW YORK (JTA) - "People go for themes these days," says a mother from Manhattan's Upper West Side, explaining how the custom of giving gifts at Purim has escalated since her childhood in the 1950s. Back then, people followed tradition: Family members in every household gave two foods to two people. AN'EXCEPTIONAL ^RESTAURANT Called portions, these foods were often homemade, and homantashen were king. Today people hire comJoin Us For Lunch & Dinner panies to deliver Purim portions with pizzazz. Last year, this Manhattan mom received a break• Excellent Salads and Entrees fast basket from friends that contained bagels, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; 6 p.m.-closing cream cheese, cocoa, muffins and mini-cereal boxes. Quality Cuisine.'ffAftordably Fine!" Another couple selected a chocolate theme, sending 112129 W. Center Road in Westwood Square / 330-33201| a tin full of everything; chocolate syrup, cake, cookies, pudding and candy bars. Although these upscale offerings are creative, they are a quantum leap from Mordecai's intention after the Jews of Persia defeated Hainan. Overjoyed that they had prevailed over Hainan's wicked plot to annihilate them, Mordecai declared Purim to be a time to GREEK GYROS • STEAKS give charity to the poor and shalach marwt, or porPHILLIES • BURGERS tions of edible presents, to loved ones. Traditionally, people have exchanged a fruit and Home.of Omaha's OriginalGyro a baked good, presented on trays. In an attempt to preserve the spirit of the holilOuivDaily Lunelv& UinMT.Spccjajs are #1 day, the Manhattan mom wants her children to #1 Food in tlie Midwest participate in a meaningful shalach manot. Open 7 Days a Week Together they bake hamantashen, various cookies 4409 Dodge St. • 553-3326 and small cakes. They place pastries in Purim boxes, which can be purchased at Judaica stores or synagogue gift shops. Bringing boxes to two of their friends, each child also gives them to grandparents and family friends. While the personal gesture is waning in America, in other countries people bake sweets by the dozen at Purim, turning it into a virtual cookie exchange. Although the holiday's signature dish, hamantashen, remains popular, people throughout the world also stuff baskets with slices of cake and favorite cookies. Typical of Jewish culinary history, Purim baking has been influenced by local cuisine, and every country has its own customs. Russian Jews make streudels, teiglach and sugar cookies. In Morocco, people exchange small breads filled with hard'Dining boiled eggs. In Prague,* they bake huge challahs topped with oversized braids, symbolizing the rope 650 North H St. Omaha/Fremont used to hang Haman. Fremont, NE 68025 402-727-8321 Usually celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew 800-942-7245 month of Adar, Purim is observed the next day by people living in cities that were surrounded by walls in ancient times. Thus Israelis in Tel Aviv should observe Purim on a different day than people in Jerusalem. But the holiday is such an event in Israel that many people celebrate on both days. Shalach manot is taken seriously, and baking begins several weeks in advance. Israelis prepare everything from peanut butter cookies to favorite Hanukkah and Rosh Hashanah sweets. In America, Jews often exchange hamantashen, honey cake and our country's favorite treat - chocolate chip cookies. Although many Americans purchase pastries in bakeries, the recipes below take little time and no expertise. With help, children can participate, too. Inspired by English bread pudding, challah pudding squares are layered with creamy custard and golden raisins. This recipe serves a practical purpose, consuming every bag of leftover challah floating in the freezer. Back and Neck Pain As the last holiday before Passover, Purim should Relief Center be a baking bonanza that dwindles a family's supply of flour, a time to give portions of love and cookies.
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from page 1) We ran into Amanda Mack, an Omaha student spending the year at a women's seminary in Jerusalem. We ate our first falafel sitting next to two people on a UJA mission. We went to the Israel Museum for a marvelous special exhibit "The Joy of Color," a collection of 140 paintings selected from 78 artists. We visited the Lifeline for the Old, where senior citizens make and sell crafts, and attended a performance of the Israel Ballet Company, which offered classical as well as modern pieces. We have ventured out of Jerusalem, spending a weekend in Haifa visiting our Omaha friends, the Mors (parents of former BBYO Director Alon Mor). Devora and Menachem are doing well, both having administrative and' teaching positions. Carmit, their daughter, is finishing her English teaching credential, and Amir, their son, is in the army in administrative work for the military at a hospital. Alon and his wife, Rikki, just moved into a new apartment; Rikki continues to enjoy her job at a shipping company; Alon is running Dr. Lek's Ice Cream Parlor and will soon open a second store! We loved seeing them and sightseeing around Haifa. Leah and I received our introductory lesson from Menachem and Amir, fanatic Maccabai Haifa soccer fans! Mena-chem also gave me a good explanation of the political parties here and the upcoming election. We took the train to Tel Aviv and then the bus into Jerusalem so Leah could have a train experience!
Two promoted, BBYO director added (Continued from page 1) Director came at the right time for me." Shkolnick, who came to work at the JCC after completing her teacher certification in Nebraska, is also a native, • and the daughter of Dave and Phoebe Shkolnick. It will be her responsibility to oversee the move of the Member Service Department to the new Philip Sokolof Health and Fitness Center later this year, but has begun working alongside McGauvran. Julie Corbin, too, has already begun working with Shkolnick to make the transition between BBYO Directors. Shkolnick will remain responsible for the spring convention and the ARTZA '99 teen trip to Israel this summer. Corbin, who has a background in education and sociology, worked for several Omaha businesses since her graduation from UNL in 1992. When asked "why she was interested in the BBYO position, she replied that she and her fiancee', Tim Kushner, had just chaperoned the Temple Israel Confirmation Class trip to New York City. "Many of the girls were already members of BBYO and asked me to fill in for Deb Marburg, who was on materni: ty leave," Corbin added. "With a background in business, I l£u>w how organizations are supposed to work and I think that will bean advantage." Shkolnick added, "I'm excited about the new fitness center; in Member Services, our role is to be responsive to the needs of our customers." Jeff Aizenberg, JCC Executive Director, said of the three, "Kathy
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