March 12, 1999

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Host of'Up Close Prime Time' Symposium speaker Kashrut market niche to speak at Sports Banquet to focus on Jewish Women or a way of life?

by Pam Wonsky

Roy Firestone, host of ESPN's "Up Close Prime Federation Communications Director Time," will be the How do Jewish women in America balance their guest speaker and performer at the Jewish values with those of contemporary B'nai B'rith Charity America? Esther Perel will attempt to answer that i Sports Banquet on question in her keynote address for the Women's j Wednesday, May Symposium on April 18 12, at Ak-sar-ben in the UNO Alumni 1 Center. Her topic will be Coliseum.

Master of Cere- A Tale of Two Cultures: Women in | monies will be Jewish j Omaha personality, America Today.

Perel is a couples and David Goldstein, according to Jim family therapist who speFarber, Chairman cializes in cross-cultural of the Banquet. In ' psychology, intermaraddition, Don Lea- riage and Jewish identihy, former Athletic ty. She is on the faculty Director at Creigh- of the 92nd Street Y in Roy Firestone ton University and New York City.

Esther Perel The central issue of her topic is to help Jewish the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will be honored for his many dedicated years of service in pro- women balance the Jewish values of community and the importance of the mother in the home moting sports in Omaha.

"Roy Firestone is one of America's most versatile rearing children, with the culture which emphatalents," said Farber. "We are looking forward to sizes individual achievement and self-fulfillment.

"In many ways Jewish women in America today Firestone's fabulous performance. It will be an evening that will rival anything seen in Omaha in are experiencing similarities with their non-Jewish counterparts. They are more accomplished and the sports entertainment area."

This marks the 45th Annual Sports Banquet aware. Their specific concerns include searching sponsored by Henry Monsky Lodge B'nai B'rith. for a meaningful connection to the Jewish commuThe Lodge annually honors the Metro-area high nity. They see a decline in volunteerisnvand a lack school male and female student-athletes of the year of executive leadership in the.Jewish community, with The.Bert.Render and Earl Siegel'Me"morial-i^=and»ar;e.lo6king for their Jewish identity," said Awards. There will be a silent auction, held from Perel recently.

The Symposium is a day of workshops designed to 5:45p.m. to 6:45 p.m., during the social hour.

As it did last year, the auction will include sports inspire women of all ages and circumstances. memorabilia. Benefiting from the banquet will be Participants will have a choice of one workshop from various B'nai B'rith and local charities, including each of the three sessions during the day. Everyone the Don Leahy Scholarship Fund at UNO. Tickets will attend the luncheon where Perel will speak.

Co-chairs of the Symposium, which is sponsored are $90, and are available by calling the B'nai

by Jewish Family Service, are Carol Bloch and B'rith Office at 334-6443; "The best interviewer in the business," is how Gloria Kaslow. Tickets are $25 and include a Sports Illustrated describes Roy Firestone. He is kosher luncheon. Invitations will be mailed within recognized for his multiple abilities as an interview- the next two weeks.

For more information, call Jewish Family Service er, journalist, commentator and stage performer. at 330-2024.

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Creighton names Legal Clinic for Milt Abrahams Creighton University will name the School of Law Legal Clinic in honor of attorney Milton R. Abrahams of Omaha, a 1927 Creighton law graduate. ' The naming is in recognition of a $1 million gift from the Lozier Foundation of Omaha, which wanted to pay tribute to Abrams' exemplary, professional and civic record. The gift will endow the clinic program, which has been in operation since 1993 with the support of the Lozier Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education Clinical Experience Program.

The University will rededicate and name the clinic the Milton R. Abrahams Legal CLinic in a ceremony scheduled for Friday, March 26, 4 p.m., at the School of Law. , •..'• The clinic.provides legal services to clients referred by social service agencies and the courts.

The clinic operates as a small law firm, staffed by 12 third-year law students, Creighton faculty members and volunteer attorneys.

1 can't begin to say how pleased I am that we are honoring Milt Abrahams, a wonderful human being and a great attorney," said Larry Raful, Dean of the Creighton University School of Law. "It is fitting and proper that we use Milt as a role model in association with our legal .clinic, in the hope that students complete their clinical training molded in

Milt Abrahams his likeness."

Abrahams is a partner in the Omaha law firm of Abrahams Kaslow and Cassman. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Creighton in 1926 and completed his law degree in 1927. He has long been a civic leader here, haying served on the boards of the Omaha Library, where he was also president from 1965-77, the Omaha Public Library Foundation, the Joslyn Liberal Arts Society and the Nebraska Committee for the Humanities, among others. .

by Carol Katzman

There are many jokes about kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws. One goes something like this: And God said to the Israelites in the wilderness, "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk."

And the Israelites murmured, "Ohhhh. . .God doesn't want us to mix meat and milk together."

God sighed and repeated, "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk." .

And the Israelites scratched their heads and, exclaimed, "Ohhh. . .God wants us to have separate dishes for meat and milk!

So God repeated, a little louder this time, "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk."

And the Israelites looked bewildered and then smiled and said, "Ah ha! God wants us to wait six hours after eating meat before we eat dairy!"

And God yelled back, "Okay! Fine! Have it your way!"

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If kashrut has seemed confusing to Jews since biblical days, how much more so to the rest of the world. Luckily, today, keeping kosher is not so complicated. With modern kitchens, quick-frozen processing, and products made from non-meat sources, today's kosher cook can serve gourmet meals and guests will never be the wiser.

Yes, a kosher kitchen requires two sets of dishes, one for meat and one for dairy, plus all the usual utensils, pots and pans and cooking paraphanalia.

In addition, utensils used to prepare and cook pareve foods are needed, those foods which are neither meat nor dairy but which may be served at either meal, such as fishr-vegetables, fruit, some cakes, pastries, breads and pastas. \ Some cooks go so far as to have separate dishwashers, sinks and ovens for meat and dairy; others merely cleanse the appliances, use plastic tubs in their sinks, or only use a dishwasher for meat or milk, but not both.

And of course, when it comes to Passover, even more care is required. Surfaces, from couritertops to cupboards, must be scrubbed. All chametz (products made with foods forbidden during Passover, such as bread, grains, pasta, cereal) must be removed from refrigerators, freezers and pantries.

Dishes, pots and pans and utensils for Passover use only are used during the eight-day holiday.

The Jewish dietary laws do stem from several verses in the Torah, the Five Books of Moses. One, of them, mentioned in the joke above, is the basis for the whole body of Talmudic law for the separation of dairy and meat meals. Other verses describe kosher animals (those who chew their cud and have cloven hooves), kosher fish (those with fins and scales) and kosher birds (ducks, chickens, turkeys, geese). Though giraffes technically fit the description, the rabbis never agreed on where to cut its throat during shechitah, or the slaughtering process, so we're unlikely to ever see it at our local supermarket.

The laws of shechitah require that animals slaughtered for consumption be killed in as humane a manner as possible. The animal itself must be healthy and the knife used in shechitah must be extremely sharp and free of nicks.

Animals are not stunned or electrically-shocked first as they are in non-kosher slaughter houses.

Afterwards, the meat must be soaked and salted to remove as much blood as possible and shipped to packinghouses quickly. Washing in clear, cold water is required. .

Because of the expense in removing the sciatic nerve, traboring is rarely done and. only the, forequarter o f the animal is butchered for popular consumption.

Though it sounds complicated, keeping kosher in Omaha, Lincoln or Council Bluffs is quite easy in ; (Continued on page 11)

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DOROTHY KOVNAR Services for Dorothy Kovhar were held Feb. 28 1127 South 119th at Temple Israel Cemetery. She was 76.

Omaha, NE 6B144 Parashiyyot VaYakhel-Pekude Shabbat haHodesh K02) 33M765 She was preceded in death by her husband, Order your With the Torah reading this week, we bring to a Panovar Flowers close the Book of Sh'mot-Exodus. Surely there is Murray, and daughter, Sima Kovnar-Warren.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Dr. reason to use sermon time to sum the book up, and to offer some of the scholarly opinions on its com- Edward Kovnar and Linda Rabinowitz; grandchilposition, its historical basis, and the importance in dren, Michael Kovnar, Sarah Kovnar, Chris and LANDSCAPING history of its center-piece, the Ten Utterances, Camie Warren and Murray Warren; great-granddaughter, Cassidi Warren; brothers and sister-inknown widely as the Ten Commandments.

•20 Years Experience law, Robert and Gale Johnson and Warren Or, perhaps to use the sermon time on the spe18 Yrs. Experience •Personal Touch cial Sabbath before us, one of four that prepare us Johnson.

Installation •Creative Designs Memorials to Hadassah, c/o Temple Israel. for the great festival of Passover. That surely is Parts & Repairs •Professional appropriate.

• Custom Work MARLENE ROSE KRAGSKOW Installation The musing above comes from the fact that I am • Sandblast Designs Services for Marlene Kragskow of Omaha were Mention this art often asked, as rabbis are generally asked, "How is and receive Visit Our Showroom it that you find something new and different to held March 1. She died at the age of 61.

10% Discount Survivors include her husband, Burton; sons and speak (or write) on, week after week and year after Craft year?" (I make a silent assumption that the ques- ' daughters-in-law, Michael and Diana Kragskow MONTEMARANO Shower Doors LANDSCAPES, INC. . tioner has been invited to give a 3-minute (or 20- and Burton and Beverly Kragskow; daughter and minute) address at some meeting and has been son-in-law, Lisa and Gary Palmer; grandchildren, % 399-9191 8925 J S t . . O m a h a , NE Michaela, Michael J r . , Amber, Chelsie and working on the preparation.)

Well, here is a kind of answer: Here are a few of Victoria; sister-in-law, Caroline Anderson; brother. the topics that come to mind: We start with the in-law and wife, Jack and Joan Kragskow; cousin, Parasha itself. How is it that after we have had a Marie Tranisi; and nieces and nephews.

CETTHE SCOOP ON long and detailed list of the appurtenances of the sanctuary in previous chapters, we are treated to ..,.

JEWISH O M A H A AT the same list again, at length and in detail, exceptVsr^WJEWISHO/AAHA-ORC;? that this time it is said that the work is done.

Previously it was only described. Why this kind of writing, this kind of composition?

In celebrating the 20th anniversary of Reform And questions arise about how this slave people, Jewish Outreach Program, Temple Israel will welescaping to a desert, had at hand the materials for come Susan Frager, Midwest Regional Outreach construction and decoration, gold and silver and Director for the Union of American Hebrew copper, animal skins, fine fabrics and dyes, acacia Congregations. The celebration is March 26-28: Seeking High Holiday Position wood, and semi-precious stones.

• Experienced • Excellent Voice Friday, March 26: Outreach Dinner, Milder A dozen other topics come to mind. A few only Center, 6-7:45 p.m. Ms. Frager will give a brief • Traditional Nusach may be mentioned in the space available. One is introduction to the weekend. Cost is $7.50 for References Furnished that gold, at least much of it, came from the orna- adults; $4 for children in grade 6 and under. RSVP Cantor Victor Roth ments that the (slave!) women had, nose-rings and to Bonnie at Temple by March 19; Erev Shabbat P.O. Box 460057, Denver, CO 80246 bracelets and pendants. (Rashi, the famous com- worship in the Sanctuary, 8 p.m. This service will (303)837-1319 mentator, explaining a Hebrew word that cannot involve many individuals who have been touched be identified, thinks that it might be a decoration by the support of Outreach. Ms. Frager will speak that the women used to seduce the men slaves, on "Outreach at 20: Its Impact and Opportunities." . enticing them to indulge in marital relations, so CLIP & SAVE Saturday, March 27: Bagels and Bible, Milder that the Israelites might not wipe themselves out Center, 9:30-10:15 a.m. Ms. Frager will lead a disby abstinence!) Does this not lead to a discussion of cussion; evening program (Havdalah, wine, dessert the low population production of the American- and conversation) at the Bradin/Wilczewski home, Jewish community?

FRIDAY, MARCH 12 7-9 p.m. RSVP to Bonnie at Temple, 556-6536.

Russian Club, 10 a.m. g Or note that the last Sidrah of the book gives a Sunday, March 28: Brunch and discussion, Temple Israel "Shabbat Comes to You," 3:45 p.m., L detailed accounting of the gifts brought by the peo- Milder Center, 10 a.m.-noon'. Ms. Frager will at Remington | ple and how they were used. Even Moses had to speak to parents of adult children who have interShabbat Dinner, 3rd & 4th Grade, 6 p.m., Beth El P account for everything! And the International married. Her topic will be "Keeping the Channels & • SATURDAY, MARCH 13 & Olympic Committee hadn't yet been born! Shall we of Communication Open: How to be an In-law aiiddiscuss reliability and accountability—and fair- not an Out-law." . H u m a s h Class, 5:50 p.m., a t Beth El •, : , , S ness? Why the near-rioting in Israel about how : A '•••"."

SUNDAY, MARCH 14 A public money is spent on some students and not V Men's Club,-9:45 a.m., at Temple Israel V others? Why is the semester of the Hebrew E Social Justice Panel, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel E University so ludicrously delayed?

• Adult Education Class, 10 a.m., at Beth El The problem is not to find a topic, but to choose . 3rd Grade consecration, 11:15 a.m., at Beth El among so many! And this no-brainer is always a Camp Day, 1p.m. winner: the rabbi can always use 20 minutes ;.

MONDAY, MARCH 15 chastising those who are not present! , YES Program, 9:30 a.m.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Women's New Moon Group hosts celebration

JFS Parenting Class, 7 p.m.

Boy Scouts, 7:30 p.m.

Haggadah class, 7:30 p.m., Beth Israel Synagogue Skills I,.8:30 p.m., Beth Israel TUESDAY, MARCH 16 "Food for Thought," 11:30 a.m., at Temple Sisterhood Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., at Beth Israel BESTT Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Beth El C Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Temple I

Mitzvah Day at Temple Israel

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 ,

p TIGGS," Noon, at Temple Israel Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Beth El & Talmud Class, 7:30 p.m., at Beth Israel ' S THURSDAY, MARCH 18 A Walk-in Drop-in, 9:30 a.m.

V Sisterhood Adult Education, 10 a.m., at Temple E Kids Lunch & Learn, 12:15 p.m., at Beth El •

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All events held at the JCC unless otherwise Indicated. The Jewish Press Is not responsible lor the accuracy ol the events. To keep calendar accurate or lor questions, call Marlene Hett al 334-6437.

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Through March 15, congregants of Temple Israel are asked to bring items to Temple" to be distributed to agencies that will benefit from Mitzvah Day. Mitzvah Day, Sunday, March 21, will begin at 11:30 a.m. with an assembly and light lunch at Temple. At 6 p.m., Roz Friedman will sponsor a dinner at Temple for all participants.

Some of the Mitzvah opportunities include: Child Saving Institute, Boys & Girls Club, Rainbow House, Belvedere School, Quality Living, Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and the Nebraska Humane Society.

For further information, call Susie Cohn at 6971111.

EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE

Lynne Jensen, CDC teacher with her Passover Seder plate.

Due to Passover, the Jewish Press office will be closed April 1,2,7,8 for the first two days and last two days of the holiday. There.will be no regular news in the March 26 Passover edition. Deadlines for the Jewish Press are as follows: : .

Date of issue Deadline April 2 Wednesday, March 24 April 9 Monday, March 29 April 16 .

Monday, April 5 Questions? Call Maureen LaPour, 334-6449.

Hiddush Levanah-the Omaha Jewish Women's New Moon Group recently hosted a celebration to highlight the Jewish ceremonial arts. Participants created functional Judaica pottery items such as kiddush cups, platters, and candlesticks at'That Pottery/Place.' ; \ , ; : The event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. For information on upcoming events,, please contact. Deirdre Evans at 5519005, or ElianeFreund at 496-7118.

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FRIDAY: "Shabbat Comes to You," 3:45 p.m.

Rabbi Stiel and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat Service at Remington Heights; Shabbat Service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Stiel, Cantor Blum and Dr. Michael Yablonski will officiate. Religious School teachers will be honored and guest speaker will be Ann Kibel Schwartz, Director of Education.

Her topic will be "Educa-tional Perspectives: Looking at the World Through Special Glasses."

The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by 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 ajn.; Shabbat service, 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY: Chapel Prayer Service, 9:15 a.m.; Men's Club, 10 a.m. Join us for our traditional lox and bagels get-together and a special guest speaker. Non-Men's Club Members, $3.

"FOOD FOR THOUGHT" Tuesday, March 16, 11:30- a.m.-l p.m. Rabbi Stiel will lead "a discussion on current events.

Bring a brown bag lunch; Temple will provide drinks.

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ADULT EDUCATION Sisterhood Adult Education: Thursday, March 18: Rabbi Stiel will teach "Bible Scholarship-What the Scholars of our Day Have to Say About the Bible." 10-11:30 a.m.; Beginning Beyond Midrash, 6:50-7:40 p.m.; Beyond Midrash, 7:50-8:45 p.m., both led by Don Schwartz, ANNUAL NEW YORK TEMPLE DEI4. NIGHT Sunday, March 28 An evening of fun and food, sponsored by Temple Israel's Men's Club and Sisterhood. There will be two seatings, 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; take out orders will also be available. Call the Temple office for reservations, 556-6536.

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TIFERETH ISRAEL

-; '' Member of the United Synagogue '"'. '> of Conservative Judaism : 3210 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502 1 423.8669- , Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum.

Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m.

FRD3AY: Services, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. s

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by Alan Shulewitz. Kiddush follows.

On the last Shabbat of each month, there is a special Memorial Service honoring residents who have passed away.

CHABAD HOUSE An Affiliate of the Worldwide -, ' Chnbad-Lutrnvitch Movement' 1866 So. 120th St., Omaha, NE 68144 Phone; 330*1800 E-MAIL--chabad@aoi,«om WEBSITE; www.chabad.centors.com/omaha 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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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE

' Member of United Synagogues , Member of tile Union of of Conservative Judaism ' Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 1802 No. 52nd St., Omaha, NE 68104 14500 California, Omaha, NE 68154 .

556-6288 492-8550 Office hours: Monday.through Thursday, 8 a.m. Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. .

Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner.

Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6:20 p.m.

Cantor Emil Berkovits.

SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m., Little People FRDDAY: Services, 6 p.m. service, 10:15 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush followBabysitter service courtesy of Sisterhood; Kiddush ing services; TSS (Torah Study Skills) 10 ajn.; Sitter luncheon sponsored by Janet & David Kohll; Class with the Rabbi, 5:35 p.m.; Mincha, 6:05 p.m., fol- service, 10 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (pre-kindergarten and under) 11 a.m^ Ktantan (kindergarten lowed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah.

SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Beis Hamedrash, through 3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Humash with Rashi study session, 5:50 p.m. (1/2 hour before M/M); 9:45 a.m.; Mincha, 6:15 p.m.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 6:15 pan. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6:20 p.m.

SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Consecration serMONDAY: In preparation for Pesach, a class on the Hagaddah at 7:30 p.m., and learn to chant the vice for third grade students, 11:15 a.m., reception Haftorah at 8:30 p.m.; both classes with Rabbi to follow.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. & 5:30 pan.

Kutner at the synagogue.

KIDS LUNCH and LEARN WEDNESDAY: Rabbi Kutner teaches a Talmud Thursday, March 18, 12:15-1:30 p.m., for preclass at the synagogue at 7:30 p.m. school age children. The upcoming Passover holi. day will be the theme for the story and craft project CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN SOUTH STREET TEMPLE and is open to the community. Cost is $3 for adults, .

Member of the Union $2 for children. of American Hebrew Congregations For more information and reservations for either 2061S. 20th St., Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 event, call Kathy Weiner, 397-8028.

PASSOVER UNIVERSITY Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser.

The Holiday University will have two sessions on FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m.

SATURDAY: Sabbath service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Passover. The first is Sunday, March 14, 10-11 a.m, led by Rabbi Ira and Vicki Fla* The study, 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious second one is Sunday, March 21,10:15-11:30 a-m., led by Rabbi Paul and Susie Drazen.

School, 10 aan.

ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH CLASSES: Sessions TUESDAY: A Taste of Judaism, 7:30 p.m. continue on Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: No adult ed classes in March.

• THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m.

CANTOR WEISSER CELEBRATION "A Decade of Service," 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. Cost is $25 per person. Make reservaBradley Abramson, son of Sheri and Mike tions with the Temple or leave a message, 423Abramson, will celebrate 9579. his Bar Mitzvah on {Saturday, March 20, at Beth El Synagogue.

BEYT SHALOM An Affiliate of the A seventh-grade honor Jewish Beconstiuctionist Federation roll student a t Peter P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124-5130 Kiewit Middle School, he 758-9233 http://come.to/bfiyt8faaloni/ was a National English FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat at the synagogue, Merit Award winner and7:30 p.m. was selected for the RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: Sunday and Tuesday Duke Talent Search. He at the JCC. enjoys baseball, basketNOTE: Saturday morning Learner's'Minyans ball and football. are held once a month.

Bradley has two sisters, Erin.and Jaime.

Grandparents are Doris and Alvin Abramson and B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Roberta and Sidney Weissman.

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FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. Oneg Shabbat, prepared by Peg Deland and Sandra: Kurland, will follow.

Breadbreakers hold meetings atBlumkin Home

Don't be afraid of the Passover seder!

Members of YJO (Young Jewish Omaha) and Temple Israel's Outreach will host an informative program on how to lead a seder on Sunday, March 21,10-11:30 a.m., in Temple Israel's Milder Center.

A discussion will be held on how to prepare the seder plate, the history of the Passover seder and the multiple choices available for your family's Havdallah. Rabbi Stiel will review the major elements of the seder and new ways to involve the children. In addition, there will be a few traditional Passover foods to enjoy.

Pre-Passover pizza party planned

A pre-Passover kosher pizza party is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30, 6-7:30 p.m., in the . . „.'•:: -; OFFUT Atft FQttCE BASE:"". V , auditorium at the JCC. Orders for cheese pizza and veggie pizza, pre25th and Capchart, Omaha, NE 294-6051 pared by the Bagel Bin, are being taken by Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax.

Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.- Lynne Saltzman. Call her at 333-9778 by March 24. Cost is $15 for each pizza.

4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

B'nai B'rith leadership, members of t h e Jewish community and residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home have had the opportunity to attend weekly luncheons since Breadbreakers has been held in the conference room at the Home. Last week, Rabbi Ira Flax (center), spoke to a standing-room-only crowd about his experience while he was stationed in Saudi Arabia. With him were Steve R i e k e s , Marty Ricks (right), and Anne J o s p e h . The l u n c h e o n s c o n t i n u e every Wednesday in March, except March 31, the first night of Passover.

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Editorial

March 12,1999

Let it snow!

Eventually, this too shall pass. We No matter how many times we hear the predictions of snow, we shall celebrate spring as we sit down have come to understand that we to our Passover seders on March 31 really are not in control. This is and April 1. We will join with famiNebraska after all, and as the saying lies and friends and recite the goes, "If you don't like the weather, ancient story of our Exodus from Egypt. We will remember slavery wait a minute!"

We were lucky in December, and and freedom. And someday, God even in most of January. Mild days, willing, our children will recall the temperatures in the sixties, clear family sederim and decide to host skies brightened our outlook even as their own. we knew, deep inside, that the pleasIn two weeks, the annual Passover ant conditions surely couldn't last. issue will arrive, filled with 72 pages And they didn't. First one blizzard of heartwarming stories writtenon a Thursday (even if for only a few about and by the more "senior" hours), then another on a Monday, members of our Jewish community. followed by another one just this This Passover, we give thanks for week. At least, the children enjoyed their health and blessings for the riches they have given us. the "snow days"!

Tulips and daffodils keep trying to So, even if the snow continues to poke their little blossoms through fall, our readers, at least, will have the mulch only to be met by another the J e w i s h Press to keep them onslaught of snow and cold. warm!

SOUTHERN LEB4NOM

Purim in Israel

by Harry Al|en

Even though the kids parade in costume on Ben Yehuda and all the Shuls have the usual raucous Megillat Esther reading, there is always a foreboding about Purim in Israel ever since the mad man, Baruch Goldstein, murdered 29 Muslim worshippers at the Cave of Machpela in Hebron on Purim four years ago.

There have been incidents every year on Purim of one kind or another. This year was no exception.

The fighting in Lebanon intensified with the killing this past week of four army officers in one ambush and the death of a general and four other IDF soldiers in a road side bomb attack in the security zone of Southern Lebanon.

In its frustration at being unable to win this guerrilla war, Israel retaliated with massive bombing attacks on Hezbollah bases in the Baaka valley of Lebanon. .

While the prime minister, in his usual bombast, proclaimed that Israel will know what to do in the face of repeated Israeli casualties in Lebanon, the sad truth is that neither he nor anyone else knows what to do. Unless and until there is a peace agreement with Syria, the Lebanon problem will not be solved and coming to terms with the Syrians is not that simple a matter.

So the casualties and frustrations mount. Middle class and democratic societies, of which Israel is alone, simply lack the stamina to sustain continuing casualties in a long running guerrilla war.

All of this is taking place within the framework of a very divisive election-an election characterized by very weak leadership in all of the parties and go many splinter groups trying to win seats in the Knesset that it is hard to keep track of them all.

The Likud is not going to emphasize Netanyahu in its campaign, but only the party. They recognize that Bibi is riot much of a draw, but the Likud party as a party generally has a better reputation than its Prime Minister. Hardly a ringing endorsement of a potential second term Prime Minister!

Over at the Labor Party headquarters, Ehud Barak is fighting to include Meimad, the moderate religious party, and Gesher, David Levy's Sephardic Party, in his Knesset list. He is meeting much oppression from old time Laborites who are fighting much harder for a Knesset seat than they are for the party and the Prime Minister candidate.

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Natan Sharansky has beenvsidelined from major policy decisions by Bibi and his place has been taken by Mbshe Arens, the newly recycled defense minister who opposed Netanyahus continuance as Prime Minister.

Of all the political parties, only Shas remains solid and will continue to do Rabbi Ovadia Yosef s bidding in learning like fashion. So at a critical juncture for Israel, we are caught in a leaderless morass.

In another of his astonishing gaffes, our prime minister gave a speech in Tel Aviv which inferred in not unsubtle fashion that the new leadership in Jordan might not be as solidly in favor of peace with Israel as was King Hussein and might join with Iraq. This raised a storm in Jordan and Netanyahu quickly backtracked (as he usually does) but he managed to sow new seeds of doubt about Israel in a country which is extremely well disposed to Israel—at least on the official level.

So the Purim season continues with its ominous overtones for Israel. Purim spiels are not limited to satires in synagogues, but are the stuff of main line politics and policies.

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Jewish News Briefs (JTA) - Three Israeli judges received added security protection before issuing a ruling in the bribery and fraud.trial of the political leader of the fervently Orthodox Shas Party. Some, supporters of Aryeh Deri have threatened to riot in the streets if he is convicted. In a case dating back' to 1993, Deri is charged with committing financial misconduct arid breach of public trust while serving as a former interior minister.

(JTA)-The mother of a Maryland teenager called on the United States to recall its ambassador to Israel until the suspected murderer of her son is extradited to the United States to stand trial.

Others at a protest last Friday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington called on the United^ States to end aid to the Jewish state until Samuel Sheinbeiri is returned. Israel's attorney general recently asked the Israeli Supreme Court to reconsider its decision barring Sheinbein's extradition.

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To the Editor: Once again I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel to Israel and to study with one of my sons, who is presently at Yeshiva Derech Aitz • Chaim. Two years ago when our oldest son,. Josh, was learning in Israel, I had the same good fortune.

I continue to be impressed by two things: the blessed majesty of our city, Jerusalem, and the importance of study as it relates to our children and ourselves. For us, there is no other city in the world which has the holiness, sanctity and vibrancy.

Following my two-year absence, I experienced the marked growth and excitement of the city. I sensed cooperation and mutual respect among the.

Jews of this city and marveled at the increased educational opportunities for all Jews. Walking the streets, davening at the Wall and sitting at the Rebbe's table for Shabbos was overwhelming.

I was honored to teach at the Hebrew University School of Social Work, where I could share with its students the more challenging aspects of my work with children. Teaching interested Arab, Jewish, secular and religious Israelis is truly an exciting experience. They, like us, want to improve the quality of life for themselves and for others. : It was exhilarating to sit opposite my son, Ben, and to learn with and from him. It simply reinforces my belief that we are all on a "Jewish journey" learning how to become involved with our faith. ; .

To see a young man "experience" our sacred texts, to integrate them into his life and to perpetuate the continuity of our faith is inspiring, to say the least.

•:' It reinforces the drama that has unfolded in Rini's and my life regarding our children. The future of our religion lies in the continuing study of our holy writings and the practice of Shabbos and holiday rituals, and regular synagogue attendance.

Next year, God willing, all three of our boys will be learning in Israel. My wife, Rini, and I intend to visit Jerusalem again and take advantage of its thrilling educational and spiritual treasures.

My charge to everyone reading this letter: enjoy our Holy City and continue to impart the beauty of our faith to the next generation.

Rabbi Allan Gonsher JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE

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PBS breaks mold with Middle East documentary

by Andrea Levin, National President of CAMERA, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America

, • Living up ta its name, the, Public Broadcasting and the Arab war that ensued in an attempt to Service; PBS.'aired a live-hour documentary in late destroy the new state, included valuable interviews January entitled The. Fifty Years War; Israel and the and footage. It was also notably free of the discredArab's that marked a departure from an earlier pat- ited "new historian" perspectives that cast Israel as tern of severely biased Middle East documentaries. having possessed significant military might in "** ' The first major project of its kind in six years, the 1948 against far weaker Arab opponents. joint BBC-WGBH production traced, the turbulent Thus, former Israeli president Yitzhak Navon events of the last half century since the founding of tells of Israelis initially having no aircraft or tanks the modern nation of Israel. ': and virtually no guns in the face of the invading In the 1980's and early '90s, PBS came under armies. The PBS commentator also notes that intense criticism for a score of propagandists, anti- advancing Arab armies overran Israeli villages, Israel documentaries. Days of Rage, Letter from expelling or killing the Jewish inhabitants. What Palestine, Israel; The Covert Connection, and Journey is made clear explicitly is that Israelis were fightto the Occupied Lands were among broadcasts whose . ing for their survival. gross partisanship, inflammatory charges and indifThe documentary included maps of Israel and the ference to factual accuracy were documented and surrounding states that trace the routes of attack- • publicized by CAMERA and served to convince many ing Arab armies. Ironically, such basic historical viewers the network was incapable of producing data is often obscured or distorted in many referobjective programs about Israel. ences about the period.

•'•••• While Tf\e Fifty Years War was not without probNor was Israel cast, as it 60 often is, as the singular lems, its detailed account of a complex subject was, cause of Palestinian Arab difficulties and displacein the main, carefully rendered, factual and bal- ment. A lengthy segment on Deir Yassin, for instance, anced. Presenting events primarily from the vantage despite including a questionable claim of Israeli atrociof statesmen, military-experts and individuals ties, offered a more historically nuanced portrayal of ; involved in key.events, the.documentary gave view- the battle than is usually provided in media accounts ers a picture of competing regional and great power about this oft-cited episode. interests and the recurrent violence that made The Arab village strategically located on the Tel Israel's rebirth and survival precarious.

Aviv-Jerusalem road was overrun by Jewish forces Given this choice of perspective, however, the open- in 1948 and more than a hundred Arab villagers ing segment was startling for its omission of key were killed. While Palestinian Arabs have termed information. There was no mention of the legal foun-' the event a massacre and have focused on it as dation for Israel's reconstitution as a nation in the emblematic of alleged Jewish policy, the PBS modern era, which had been affirmed in internation- account includes interviews with Jews and Arabs al law by the League of Nations decades before the present at the village who tell a more complex United Nations partition vote. Nor was there men- story. That deaths occurred is undisputed, but the tion of the delays in Israel's establishment engi- calculated attempt by Palestinian Arab leadership neered by hostile British colonial policies, delays that at the time to magnify and distort the occurrences proved deadly for Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe, in an attempt to draw in neighboring Arab armies is also described. who might have been saved.

As Arab interviewees recount, instead of attractNevertheless, the producers' coverage"of the period leading up to Israel's declaration of independence, • ing those armies, lurjd and false claims of Jewish

atrocities frightened Palestinian Arab villagers throughout the area; who fled by the thousands.

While the documentary presented footage and commentary on Palestinian refugees, it made no reference to another group of refugees, the 800,000 Jews forced out of Arab countries where they had lived in centuries-old communities. Omitted as well were numerous atrocities against Jews during the 1948 war.

In covering the 1967 war, the producers seemed excessively at pains to exonerate Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser for the grand failure of his 1967 war-mongering. Underplaying his virulent rhetoric against the Jews and Israel that whipped Egyptian public opinion into war fever, PBS refers to "popular hatred of Israel which Nasser did nothing to discourage."

But the presentation of the war again provided valuable interviews and footage of key American, Arab and Israeli statesman. A view of Cold War maneuvering by America and the Soviet Union offered insight into the Vulnerabilities of Middle East nations during the period.

The documentary's coverage of the emergence of the PLO was generally balanced, though here too there appeared to be some tendency to downplay the group's terrorist record. Despite reporting some attacks against Israelis, including at Ma'alot, Kiryat Sheniona and Munich, there was no mention of the terrorism inflicted worldwide, against tourists at airports in Rome, Vienna, Athens and elsewhere. Similarly, the PLO's key role in destabilizing Lebanon was unmenn'oned.

In the period of the Oslo negotiations, The Fifty Years War offered detailed, behind the-scenes interviews with participants to the discussions.

The sensitivity of the meetings, and the ebb and flow of difficult debate, is made evident.

Despite the problems noted, as well as a number of others, it is clear the network undertook to present a serious, careful history. That is a refreshing change, and all too rare in today's media coverage of Israel and the Middle East.

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The Jewish Federation of Omaha brochure, Omaha: The Good Jewish Life has been awarded a gold recognition at the Heartland Gallery of Superb Printing. The brochure and accompanying map were printed by Business Printing Services and designed by Lovgren Advertising. The Gallery recognizes outstanding print production.

Renana Gross has been named a professional surveyor for McGill Smith Punshon, Inc., engineers, architects, surveyors, planners and landscape architects in Cincinnati, OH. She is the granddaughter of Fannie Sherman Chunovic of Omaha.

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The Marilyn White Gendler Memorial Scholarship Foundation has selected its 1999 scholarship recipients. The winners, were announced by foundation president Larry Gendler at t h e 10th annual Caring and Concerned Educators banquet last month. Two $50Q scholarships were awarded to Patreice Burkhalter and Jerry Washington of North high School. Madie Robbins of Burke High School was awarded a $2500 scholarship.

Founded in 1988, the foundation awards scholarships to graduating seniors who attended Lothrop School where Mrs. Gendler taught before her death. To date, the foundation has awarded more than $43,000 in scholarships. To contribute, contact Lothrop School, 457-5704.

Matthew Uehling, member of Boy Scout Troop 218, was featured in the March issue of the BSA Bugle, newspaper for the Mid-America Council of Boy Scouts of America. He addressed the crowd at Beth El Synagogue for the Duty to God reception in February. His topic was "Why I Value My Religious Emblem."

Matthew was the 1998 recipient of the Ner Tamid award.

Singer Memorial Fund grant requests due

by Claudia Sherman " Foundation Public Relations Coordinator

Members of the Grants Committee of the Lazier L. Singer Memorial Fund for youth will convene on Tuesday, April 13, to approve grant requests and determine allocations..

• , The Singer Memorial Fund provides funding for programs that address problems and issues facing Jewish youth who live in the Omaha metropolitan v area. " Organizations that deal with problems of alcohol and drug abuse, sexuality, eating disorders, intrafamily relations, violence and gangs, suicide and depression, and issues of Jewish identity must submit a letter of explanation and a detailed outline of expenses by Wednesday, March 31, to be considered for a grant from the Singer Fund.

Application request letters should be sent to Marty Ricks, Endowment Director, The Foundation of the Jewish Federation, 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154.

Programs that involve collaboration among Federation Centers of Excellence, synagogues, Jewish youth organizations, and other Jewish community groups will be given favorable consideration by the Grants Committee.

Harriet Singer established the Singer Memorial Fund in memory of her husband who died in 1996.

He was concerned about teenagers who are dealing with problems of drugs, street gangs, and alcohol that are prevalent today but were not issues that teenagers had to deal with in earlier generations, Mrs. Singer said.

In addition to Singer, other members of the Grants Committee include her son and daughter, Mark Singer and Sandy Kutler, as well as Fran Blumkin, Irving Veitzer, Gloria Kaslow and Elyce Azriel.

The Singer Memorial Fund is administered by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation.

Organization representatives who have any: questions or need assistance can call The Foundation office at 334-6439.

'Enigma' in the JCC Gallery

Jo Brown and Julia Noyes, two female Nebraska artists, will exhibit their paintings in a show titled "Enigma" at the Jewish Community Center this College students, seeking financial aid should month. submit their requests to Jewish Educational Both artists enjoy working in mixed media and and Library Services before March 22. The usually construct their work with intricate layers scholarships are for undergraduate, and/or gradu- of color and glazes. These paintings combine waterate studies. For more information, call JELS, 334- color, acrylic, colored pencil and watercolor pencil.

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Noyes combines poetic statements with her paintings and because each is "worked' from four Debbie Allen, a star whose energy and talent directions, they can be hung from any side. have provided her with success on stage, screen She signs her work, "No, Yes." The "Yes" is and television, will be the featured keynote speak- always above the "No," which she explained, "If you er a t the Take Our Daughters To Work Day have a positive attitude, you can overcome a negaluncheon hosted by the Great Plains Girl Scout tive attitude."

Council. The Third Annual luncheon will be held at , Brown's work is in the permanent collections of the Doubletree Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, April the University of Nebraska's Center for Plain 22, from 11:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m.

Studies, the National Museum of Women in the In a career that spans 20 years, she has acted, Arts in Washington, DC, Doane College in Crete, danced, choreographed, directed and produced. NE, and a t the Kahpa Elementary School in From being a producer o{Amistad to performing in Lincoln, where the children at the school voted on the one-woman show, Harriet's Return, at the Geffen its selection.

Playhouse, she has received two Emmy's, one Noyes and her husband, Rick, own the Noyes Art Golden Globe and several Tony Award nominations. Gallery in the Lincoln Haymarket area.

Her career began on Broadway as a member of .

Brown has a working studio in the Burkholder the chorus in Purlie where she received instant Project in the Haymarket and is a founding cooperrecognition. Receiving the Drama Desk Award for ative artist at the Noyes Gallery with Julia. her performance in Raisin, was followed by a Tony Gallery Hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.award nomination for her performance in the 1979 10 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-7 p.m.; production of West Side Story. Another Tony nomi- and Sunday, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. nation came for her role in Bob.'Fosse's Sweet For more information, call Gloriann Levy at 334Charity in 1986.

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Sculpture by Annette Sherman Fettman is UU^H fcl MASSAGE THERAPISTsSB A^^^Rgg being featured in an Exhibition of Jewish Art and' ^^I BBJiKuIyI TUSuI fHiM RTI^I ^ ON STAFF WBMmMI^^K ^ Judaica at the University of South Dakota I ••^••••••••••••TTiM

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Deadline is March 18 for Winnavegas Casino on March .21?.Donation cards are available for any occasion. Call Bess Rothenbergat 392-0862.

VISIONS Reminder: Membership Luncheon Meeting is Friday, March 19, 12:30 p.m., a t Venice Inn. Members will be asked to donate to Jewish Family Service for Passover items for the needy.

Visions presents Branson '99 on May 3-6. Cost per person double occupancy is $399; single is $489. Send reservation form with $50 deposit by March 20 to Sam and Rosaline Epstein, 9205 Western Ave #325 Omaha NE 68114 " ••=' 'i 1 El1C|aC|6nni©flt I .. . " . . V , /I HANDLEMAN/HYNES Gail Handleman of Chicago, daughter of Morris and Renee Handleman of Omaha, and Peter Lobin of Chicago, son of Marshall Lobin and the late Gloria Lobin, announce their engagement.

The bride-to-be graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in Journalism and is currently the Communications Director for'Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes • Her fiancee earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's from the University of Southern California in International Relations. He is owner and president of SolidWaste Solutions in Chicago.

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Omaha, Phyllis Angnsane of Las Vegas, NV, and H r Vd T y f" ! f T f p , , ^-fv, BREADBREAKERS ^ Great-grandparents are the late Paul and Edith Rabbi Myer Kripke will speak at Breadbreakers Goldstein and Al and Lucille Rosen.

Wednesday at noon, in the Rose Blumkin Home ' • ' • „ ' • ' , • conference room, according to Steve Riekes. Cost is Dana Wayne Gonzales and Edward Gonzales $7-75. ofWoburn.MA, announce the Nov. 26 birth of their daughter Geordana Morgan. She is named in LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING COIWMITTEE memory of her uncle, George Gonzales, and her Dr. John Calvert of Creighton University's histo- great-grandmother, Marguerite Greenfield ry department, will speak on "Jews in Egypt from Katleman.

•,„..,. „ , the Sixth to the 19th Centuries," on-Tuesday, ^Grandparents are Jan and Phil Wayne, formerly March 16, 1-8:30 p.m., in the Friedel Jewish of Omaha Rosemary Corse.and Anthony Zenllo of Academy Commons. On March 23; Qr. Joel Gordon Brooklyn, NY, and George Gonzales of Manhattan, will speak on "The 20th Century and Beyond."

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March 21, 2 p.m., followed by dinner at the Dundee Dell at 5 p.m. For more information, call Debbie and Brent Miller of Francis Creek, WI, Maxine Noodell at 493-7483.

• announce the Feb. 2 birth of their son, Zachary • William. Zachary has a sister, Lauren, 20 months.

HADASSAH NURSES COUNCIL v ^Grandparents ,are_ Bill and Jacque Miller of All Jewish nurses in the Omaha area are Beaver Lake, NE, and Fran and Barry Snyder of invited to attend a meeting of t h e Nurses Omaha. .•.,.,..••_• .• , Council on Thursday; March 18, 7:30 p.m., Great-grandparents are Sadie Silver-of a t the home of Darlene Golbitz.. ' Johannesburg, South Africa, and the late Sam " H e a l t h project k i t s for nutrition; oBteo- S l l v e r - . . / > • . , .;::; i I' ; porosis and breast cancer will be available.

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•[ announce the Dec. 2 birth of a daughter, Kayle Nurses attending are requested to bring Sommer ' „ , . .„ an item suitable for a first-aid k i t , to be Grandparents are Shelly and Arme Ban of donated to a local shelter.

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Shoah documentary honors survivors, crossed generations

Financial Aid Committee announces Green's retirement

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Jack Greenfhas recently retired from member-

Exceptional documentaries are distinguished by describes himself as a typical American with an ship on the Financial Aid Committee announced an adroit intertwining of information with emotion, average amount of information about the Holocaust, Aveva Shukert Chairwoman of the Committee.

The best ones, like The Last Days, also bring histo- until he saw Schindler's List. He and Beallor were The Committee, a division of the Center for ry to vivid life for new generations, working on some small projects with Spielberg at Jewish Educational and Library Services of the Nominated for the Academy Award for documen- thetime,drawing on the duo's experience producing Federation, administers a vast array of scholarship tary feature, The Last Days is the first theatrical promotional and "behind-the-scenes" films., programs, primarily for young people of Omaha, film produced under the auspices of the Survivors The Shoah Foundation was created to record the The programs provide assistance for those who of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which testimonies of survivors; more than 50,000 people need help in attending preschool, Jewish summer Steven Spielberg founded in 1994 with director in some 57 countries have been videotaped so far, camps, day sciool, colleges, universities, trips to' James Moll and producer June Beallor. , and make the material available through books, Israel, conven ions and a variety of other educaThe Last Days follows the Shoah Foundation's CD-ROMs and films. tional opportunities for Jewish youth, award-winning television productions, Survivors of "When the opportunity to work with Steven on Dr. Shukert jointed out that all members on the the Holocaust and T/te Lost Children ofBerlin. something so historically important arose," Moll Financial Ai^ Committee serve anonymously The Last Days recounts the Nazis' breakneck recalled, "I immediately jumped at the chance." because of the Btrict rules of confidentiality, implementation of the Final Solution'in Hungary in Interviewing survivors, the cleancut Moll, said, Recognition cin come only when tenure oh the 1944, although (or, perhaps, because) they realized .'"made me relate •the Holocaust to the world today and Committee ceases. : their chances of winning World War II were understand its relevance today. Racial conflicts around She said Green served on the Committee for doomed. Through the words offiveHungarian Jews, the world and hate crimes domestically all come back many years ana selflessly gave of his time and abilincluding Bay Area Cong. Tom Lantos, the film to the seeds of what ultimately led to the Holocaust." ity to make sure that the scholarship and loan proevokes life before the Nazi invasion along with the The Shoah Foundation has prepared a study grams were fairly administered and given to as tenacity and triumph of these particular survivors. guide to accompany the film into high schools, many of those in need as possible.

"I had a slight concern that Tom Lantos, a public Ultimately, though, historical information is just "Now that Ms years on the Committee are over, speaker who's often in front of cameras, would pre-• one of the guide's components. we can expresB our thanks and gratitude to Jack sent his public face," confided James Moll during a The Last Days doesn-'t have a lot of facts and fig- Green for the iutstanding service he has rendered publicity stop in a San Francisco hotel. "I felt it was ures and statistics about the Holocaust," Moll to the Commitpee, the Federation, and our Jewish important, for history's sake, that he be able to emphasized. "It's just human beings talking about community," Shukert said, speak on a very personal level in a very intimate their experiences with racial hatred and the ultiway about things that he's never discussed. And he ' mate of what can happen if we let racial hatred get r\ : was willing to do that." out of hand."

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(Continued from page 1) 1999. Given the vast number of kosher foods now other products in the greater Omaha area, available to consumers, even kosher vegetarians Products from pareve veggie burgers to spinach have choices! borekas (pastries) from Israel line the freezer space The main body of supervision of kosher products at their 78th and Dodge Street store. Frozen meat in Omaha is the "Va'ad HaKashrut of the Jewish and poultry, along with a dairy case of kosher Federation of Omaha, Dr. Paul Shyken chairs the cheeses and deli add to the offerings. committee and Federation Administrative assisOther supermarkets, realizing the potential of the tant Julee Katzman serves as staff. Rabbi Howard kosher market, have also expanded their supply of Kutner of Beth Israel Synagogue is the-flau kosher products. Several Baker's locations: 132nd HaMaeshir, the rabbi who makes the ultimate deci- and Center, 84th and Frederick, and 72nd and sions in kashrut for the community.

Blondo carry kosher products from Empire chickens Though Omaha no longer has its plethora of to Manishewitz koaher-for-Passover products. butcher shops selling fresh kosher meat, frozen HyVee's Peony Park and 132nd and Dodge Street meat and chickens are available from a number of stores also offer Yves vegetarian 'deli', Barney's national and regional companies. hors d'oevres, kosher cheeses and Tabashnick The community does still boast a kosher bakery, soups. No Frills 80th and Blondo Street store car. the Bagel Bin on 119th Street, just south of Pacific, ries kosher products all through the year, but, like Owned and operated by Joe and Sue Brezak, the the others, expands its offerings during Passover company bakes its own bagels and is a distributor season, according to Richard Juro, President and of Entemann's, an East Coast firm, known for its son-in-law of founder Harold Cooperman. donuts and pastries.

Consumers are finding kosher products in other "Bagel Bin is the 'flagship' of kashrut in Omaha," sections of supermarkets. Labels showing the O-U noted Rabbi Kutner about Omaha's longest-lived symbol, Circle K, Star K, Chaf-K, Triangle CRC, kosher operation. and others, are available on products from In addition, the Va'ad supervises the kitchen of Newman's salad dressing to Duncan Hines cake the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home for the Aged, the mixes, from Shurfine soups to Dannon yogurt. main kitchen of the Jewish Community Center, Why the upsurge in kosher products?

Roberts Dairy, and Herman's Nut House (owned According to the Orthodox Union's regional direcand operated by Norm and Harriet Fishel and tor, Rabbi Shraga Kaufman, "It's demand."

Eadie and Eitan Tsbari) and "is always looking to The O-U is the symbol consumers will find on expand its supervision in order to provide more. • more kosher products than any other. The news "This year alone, we have held two functions at that Oreos had become kosher made the front page the Alumni House on the University of Nebraska at in many metropolitan newspapers last year, Omaha campus and also kashered the kitchen at Kosher consumers, many of whom are ba'alei the Doubletree Hotel for two weddings and a Bar teshuva, or returnees to Judaism, have demanded Mitzvah," added Rabbi Kutner, "And we will do so that the same products they remembered from again for the NCSY dinner on March 14 honoring childhood, such as Oreos, be available as kosher Leon and Dani Shrago." items. Gourmet coffees, wines, pastas, ice creams The Shrago's, co-owners of Bag 'N Save ,. and other specialty foods are now standard fare in Supermarkets along with Jack and Helene Shrago, kosher kitchens. provide the largest selection of kosher meats and That market, along with the prominent ad cam-

paign initiated by Omahan Phil Sokolof which exposed the high-fat, high cholestoral products used in many of the most popular foods in America, spurred the elimination of animal fats by such manufacturers as Sunshine and Nabisco.

Rabbi Kaufman, who visits Nebraska and Western Iowa at least once a month for several days at a time is impressed with the level of kashrut available in the Jewish community here.

But it is the behind-the-scenes hashgachah, or supervision, that involves most of his time. Driving from West Point, NE, to supervise the WP Dairy's butter plant, to Lincoln, where he oversees the kosher run of cooking oils at ADM (Archer Daniel Midlands), Rabbi Kaufman spoke about his "unique congregation.

"AH but one of my 'congregants' are non-Jews," Rabbi Kaufman said. "But these business people understand that by offering kosher items, they have opened new markets for their sales force, "Kosher is no different than any other market...exceptfor the fact that a plant manager has to follow some additional rules and regulations and put up with a visit from me once a month," he added with a smile. "As the famous retailer, Sy Syms, said, 'An educated consumer is our best customer!"

Rabbi Mendel Katzman of Chabad of Nebraska works with Rabbi Kaufman in supervising Rotella's in Omaha, manufacturers and national distributors of breads and rolls. In addition, he has also assisted families in kashering their kitchens.

"The ultimate expression of Judaism is really in the pots and pans," Rabbi Katzman said. "We are what we eat, as the saying goes. We have to be aware of our special role as the 'People of the Bible' and eat the food as described there, "As to Pesach," he continued, "the rules of kashrut are even more stringent. Not only is kashrut observed, but the laws regarding chametz, or foods not kosher for Pesach, must be followed."

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Kashrut An Omaha food processor supervised by the Circle-K brand of kashrut is U.S. Mills, the makers of cereal products. Kosher year 'round, the entire plant is taken apart prior to Pesach, "down to the nuts and bolts," according to Rabbi Katzman, when a special run of kosher-for-Passover foods occurs.

Given the number of food processors and manufacturers in the Heartland, it is no wonder that many more are under supervision of kashrut organizations.

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"The reasons to keep kosher include an elevation and sanctification of the mundane act of eating," explained Rabbi Kutner, "to teach self-restraint and self-control, and to create a spiritual wellbeing.

"Keeping kosher can mean a healthy diet," he added, "but it's secondary that it's a healthy diet for the body, and primarily'one for the souL"

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Rabbi Kaufman notes that while keeping kosher is thought to be a healthier lifestyle and has attracted vegetarians and Muslims "who know that products with a hechsher (a symbol of kashrut) are free of meat" and lactose-intolerant consumers "who know that pareve really means no dairy," the laws of kashrut were not given to the Jewish people just to keep good health.

"Keeping kosher means there really is a higher standard," said Rabbi Kaufman. "Some of the laws of kashrut fall into the category we call chukim, which means therationale behind the law is because God said so."

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I'm still munching on a bagel while I write this story, but my calendar says Passover is just around the corner. Although the thought of a week's worth of crisp flat matza instead of warm doughy bagels doesn't exactly inspire me, I can turn my creative bent to making the most of Passover cooking.

Usually, my family looks forward to the same once-a-year favorites, but I always like to try a few new dishes. If I run out of my own ideas, new kosher cookbooks with extensive Passover sections, published within the last year, offer a delicious source of inventiveness. May they help free you from matza bondage as well.

How many ways can you make gefilte fish? Linda Amster's The New York Times Passover Cookbook: More Than 200 Holiday Recipes from Top Chefs and Writers (Morrow, $25, color photographs), features 11 recipes, from pate-like gefilte fish souffle to Wolfgang Puck's version, fragrant with tarragon, wrapped in cabbage leaves and poached,... ,., .How many\ways can you make haroset? Aipster, -the news research1 manager at The Time's, includes unusual blends from Egypt, Italy, Surinam and Yemen, as well as restaurateur Anne Rosenzweig's creation flavored with rhubarb, jicama and pecans.

The array of Ashkenazic, Sephardic and "nouvelle Passover" recipes from chefs as renowned as Craig Claiborne and Alice Waters (owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA) are complemented by Joan Nathan's introduction to Passover observances; personal reminiscences from food writers Ruth Reichl, Molly O'Neil and Mimi Sheraton, and an essay on kosher wines by Howard Goldberg.

And if the craving for bagels overpowers you, skip over the uninspired photographs and stop at Hanna Goodman's puffy golden rings dubbed, of course, Passover "Bagels." (The book is available at the Jewish Federation Library.)

For those who like to straddle Bast and West, rabbi and chef Gil Marks creates two separate menus for the seders-one Ashkenazic and one Sephardic-in The World of Jewish Entertaining: Menus and Recipes for the Sabbath, Holidays and Other Family Celebrations (Simon & Schuster, $30). Traditional chicken soup with matza balls, apple kugel, pate-stuffed veal breast, lemon-glazed asparagus and nut torte (the Ashkenazic menu) contrast with Moroccan lamb stew with prunes, Turkish leek patties, braised stuffed artichokes', salad of bitter herbs, and wine cookies.

A separate section details intriguing Passover desserts, from bananas flambe to chocolate sorbet.

When. Passover ends, you'll still find yourself reaching for this cookbook, which is distinguished by its focus not only on major holidays but on unusual celebrations of all sorts—like a Lag B'Omer picnic, a Middle Eastern wedding shower or a Southern Jewish family reunion.

Marks, who lives in New York City, is also the author of The World of Jewish Cooking and the founding editor of Kosher Gourmet magazine.

Marcy Goldman, a professional baker and restau-

rant bakery consultant, shares her successes in A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking (Doubleday, $25). Her trademark, caramel matzah crunch, aka matzah buttercrunch, is an easy confection—modest, sweet and nut-free, perfect for nibbling on after a sumptuous dinner. Other recipes promise to be as delectable as their names: espresso truffle torte, apple cherry kuchen, decadent fudge brownies, meringue mandelbrot, "I Can't Believe This Is a Passover Cake" Yellow Cake, and more.

In Cucina Ebraica: Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen (Chronicle, $29.95, color photographs by Ellen Silverman), chef, restaurant consultant and cookbook author Joyce Goldstein (The Mediterranean Kitchen; Back to Square One) translates her passion for Mediterranean cooking into a tribute to the Jewish culinary traditions of Italy.

Since she first offered an Italian seder at her San Francisco restaurant, Square One, (it closed in 1996), Goldstein began discovering the authentic and memorable dishes she featuresjhere,-AJpng with a history of the cornmunity,!an*Svervie\jr^fiits customs arid cuisine^;and recipes'ifor.'holidaysl and everyday, she delirieates two sedpr menus;' ' :.;.

Unfortunately, thev Passover recipes are not organized together; haroset made of chestnuts, walnuts, dates, prunes, raisins, wine and orange juice; is under."Sauces;" long cooked eggs forthe;sedei;! plate, brown from the onion skins in which ihey are simmered for hours, are in the "Appetizer"-section. . . . ' • ! ' - . • • • • • ; . ;/ Other tantalizing Passover dishes include roast chicken with orange, lemon and ginger; spring vegetable stew; potato croquettes; braised peas; almond pudding; carrot cake and caramelized fresh fruit.

The Sephardic Table: The Vibrant Cooking of the Mediterranean Jews (Houghton Mifflin, $18, paper) recounts Pamela Grau Twena's odyssey from an assimilated California Jew to the daughter-in-law of a proud Iraqi-Israeli family.

The recipes from the Middle East, North Africa and India-those she coaxed out of her mother-inlaw," extended family and members of the Sephardic community-include many that rely on vegetables and spices to tempt the palate, and thus can be used for Passover. Try lamb tagine with raisins and onions; chicken curry stew; okra in tomato sauce; fried leek and potato patties, or Iraqi nut cookies.

Judy Zeidler, the California-based.host of the weekly TV show, "Judy's" Kitchen" (on the Jewish Television Network) wins the prize for the most' kosher cookbooks—three—in one season. Master Chefs Cook Kosher (Chronicle, $24.95, color photographs by Michael Lamotte), is organized by chef and presents the recipes each prepared for "Judy's Kitchen."

The five British-accented Passover recipes created by Michael Franks and Robert Bell, owners of; Chez Melange in LA and four other restaurants, make you wish you were sitting down at the seder (Continued on page 13)

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Cookbook Review meal instantly: fried gefilte fish with horseradish aioli; chicken breasts with prune stuffing; ovenfried potatoes; roasted asparagus, and "Mum's English Matzo Pudding."

The only other recipes labeled specifically for Passover are two dazzling desserts-apricot macaroons and a three-layer chocolate-wrapped hazelnut cake, both created by Mary Bergin, the pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago, in Hollywood.

But many other recipes are appropriate or can be easily adapted for Passover-Jonathan Waxman's Endive Salad with Tangerine Sections, Beets and Olives; Patrick Healy's Roasted Eggplant Soup with Red Pepper Puree; Michel Richard's Pistachio Lace Cookies; or Michel Ohayon's Moroccan Carrot Salad. "Chefs Secrets" included.

Zeidler pares down the preparations in The 30'"Minute Kosher Cook: More Than 130 Quick and Easy Gourmet Recipes (Morrow, $22). To replace crumbly'matza sandwiches, Zeidler suggests popover rolls flavored with onion and rosemary, filled with leftover turkey or egg salad.

Veal breast with vegetable stuffing and candied sweet potatoes are among the other Passover recipes, but again, many of the other dishes are perfect for Passover: fennel "caviar" instead of chopped'liver; romaine lettuce soup, 30-Minute Chicken for a Crowd. Keep the recipes for Tagliatelle with Zucchini and Mint and Apple Pizza (dessert) handy for those post-Passoyer meals when you can't get enough of pasta and pizza but you don't feel like spending hours in the kitchen.

Zeidler offers a more extensive Passover section in The Gourmet Jewish Cook, a paperback reprint of her classic, first published in 1988 (Morrow, $15). Sample any of the nine types of harosefc create seder feasts from California, Italy and Persia or try the brunch, buffet lunch and dessert recipes.

Zeidler provides a step-by-step plan for entertaining; Mexican, Chinese, French, Italian, Brazilian, Moroccan, Israeli and Scandinavian menus, as well as menus for Thanksgiving, New

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Finally, when you want a down-to-earth approach Don't overlook two other reprints of classic cook- to Passover, peruse The Jewish Gardening books. Joan Nathan's Jewish Cooking in America Cookbook: Growing Plants & Cooking for Holidays (Knopf, $35), has been expanded with 35 new and Festivals, by Michael Brown (Jewish Lights, recipes as a companion to her new public television $21.95). series. In addition to the fascinating Passover secBrown suggests growing your own vegetables for tion, new hametz-free recipes feature horseradish- the seder table, and includes tips for planting, care crusted bass with borscht broth, spicy chickens and harvesting. He also offers alternatives to the from Cuba, Ethiopia and Persia, and matza brei traditional, such as using slender green chives-one with caramelized onions. of the first signs of life in a garden-for karpas.

For me, one- of the best parts of cooking for Passover is using fresh herbs and vegetables, so I was disappointed in the three recipes Brown includes-for horseradish, potato kugel and most surprisingly, for tabbouleh, a Middle Eastern salad whose main ingredient is bulghur wheat - hametz which he suggests eating with pita-more hametz] Save that recipe for after Passover.

In the meantime, refocus your thoughts of prePassover preparation. Instead of defining the time you will spend chopping, stuffing, mixing and bakIn The New Complete International Jewish ing as slaving in your kitchen, use'these cookbooks Cookbook (Robson Books, available in the U.S. to savor the joy of shaping a sensuous feast. through Parkwest Publishing, $24.95) Evelyn Rose Happy Passover!

• gathers over 1,100 recipes for all occasions. Rose, Rahel Musleah is a freelance journalist and the food columnist for three decades for the U.K's the co-author, with Rabbi Michael Klayman, largest Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, of Sharing Blessings: Children's Stories for offers a variety of Passover ideas and menus, as Exploring the Spirit of the Jewish Holidays well as alternative dishes for vegetarians, diabet- (Jewish Lights, 1-800-962-4544). She also preics-even coeliacs (people who cannot tolerate sents programs on Jewish India. gluten, which is also found in matzah).

Surprisingly, The Garden of Eating: A Complete Kosher Cookbook, a project of Women's League of Yeshiva Degel Hatorah Maamar Mordechai, available through Feldheim Publishers ($24.95), does not include separate sections for holidays.

With 450 recipes, you will find many traditional dishes from simple to gourmet, illustrated ideas for children's birthday cakes and bar mitzvah celebrations, tips on vegetable inspection and charts for quantity cooking, but even the index does not classify any Passover recipes.

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