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Holocaust commemoration to feature Yaffa Eliach The communityEishyshok, which wide Yom Hawas published in Shoah Holocaust October, 1998, and •Commemoration nominated for a will take place on National Book Wednesday, April Award. 14,7 pan., at Beth The program at Israel Synagogue, Beth Israel will fea1502 No. 52nd St., ture a short service and will feature and a candlelightYaffa Eliach as ing ceremony. guest speaker. Yahrzeit candles Eliach is the crewill be available for ator of "The Tower the community. All of Life" exhibit at of the area rabbis the Holocaust Meand cantors will morial Museum in participate. Washington, DC, D r and founder of the - Eliach is seen here in the The program is first Center for ^°wer of Life'permanent exhib-free and open to the Holocaust Doc- '* at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, public. Sponsoredumentation and Research. She is a by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council member of former President Jimmy in cooperation with UNO's Peter Carter's Holocaust Commission and Kiewit Conference Center, the annual a national lecturer. commemoration also received grants A pioneering scholar in Holocaust from the Jewish Federation Library, studies, Eliach is Professor of the Mort Richards Fund and the History and Literature in the Nebraska Humanities Council. Department of Judaic Studies at Please call Gloriann Levy at 334Brooklyn College and author of 6403 for more information. Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust and Babysitting is available by reservaThere Once Was a World: A 900- tion; call before April 12'. Year Chronicle of JheShtetl of _

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Hundreds volunteer for Mitzvah Day

Photo by Howard Marcus

Margo Parsow, left, spent part of a Sundayvolunteering with residents of Quality Living as part of Temple Israel's annual Mitzvah Day. She was among more than 300 volunteers who participated at such non-profit agencies as the Humane Society, Ronald McDonald House, Sienna Francis House and the Rose Blumkin Home. At Child Saving Institute, volunteers helped children create stepping stones for their new garden at Kids Cottage. According to Susie Cohn, volunteers from the Jewish community are now connected to agencies in Omaha which serve diverse populations from babies and young children to the elderly. More photos ort'page 14. ..

ADL presents^ Millennium Mission 2000 bonds the generations The Courage to Share . by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director by Debbl Brown, Assistant Director, ADL-CRC

Four Omahans will be honored at a community dinner on Thursday, April 15, 6:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center for their "Courage to Share." Cantor Leo Fettman, Sam Fried, Miriam Grossman and Bea Karp, all survivors of the Holocaust, have shared their personal Btories of courage and survival with many. • According to Bob Wolfson, Executive Director of the ADL-CRC, "The honorees have contributed their time and energy toward educating people about a period in time that seems incomprehensible-the Holocaust. "Their stories have all had an impact on the listeners," he added. "And their living testimony is our best weapon against intolerance, ignorance or Holocaust denial. These remarkable individuals have chosen education as a way to ensure there will 'never again* be a Holocaust." The dinner is $50 per person and kashrut will be observed. For information or reservations, call the ADL at 333-1303. The ADL values education and recognizes the importance it plays in providing students with accurate, complete and unbiased information on historical and contemporary events. Students learn about the progression of hateful attitudes and behaviors that culminated in the Holocaust through the survivors' personal accounts. They also learn the meaning of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s prophetic words, "We can choose either to walk the high road of human brotherhood or tread the low road of man's humanity to man." UPCOMING EVENTS: Yom HaShoah commemoration, April 14, 7 p.m., at Beth Israel; Yom Ha'Atzmaut featur-

ing "OyVey", Sunday, April 25, 12:303:30 p.m., at the JCC.

The greatest mission to Israel of the century, Millennium Mission 2000, is scheduled for Dec. 26, 1999, through Jan. 4, 2000, and is tailored for multi-generational families. Leading the mission • are Howard and Lee INeedelman and their •children, Molly, Sarah land Josh, and Michael land Karin Levine and gtheir daughter, Arielle. Karin, Arielle and Spiritual leaders include Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of , Michael Levine Temple Israel and Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue. An informative "sign up" meeting is scheduled for Sunday, April 11, 4 p.m., at the Needelman home. Participants who submit their completed application forms with deposits will receive a $100 discount.of the total price of the mission. Reservations for this meeting can be made with Lana Reichardt at the Federation office, 334-6430.

Lee, Molly, Sarah, John and Howard Needelman "The thought of spending the turn of the century in Israel is an awesome one," said the Needelmans. "To be there with the ones you love and to see Israel through their eyes will be one of the most dramatic moments in our lives!" they added. The Levines look at the mission as a way to strengthen their family Jewishly. "We feel this will be one of the most defining experiences of our (Continued on page 7)

B'nai B'rith to host regional meeting in Omaha The annual meeting of the B'nai B'rith MidAmerican Region will take place June 26-27 at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Omaha. Highlighting the event will be the election of regional officers. All B'nai B'rith members who have paid their 1999 dues at this time are eligible to attend as voting delegates. Educational workshops will also be offered, as well as a special session for newly elected unit or lodge officers. Registration is $36 and includes a dessert reception on Saturday night and lunch on Sunday. Henry Monsky Lodge will sponsor breakfast on Sunday morning and host the Hospitality Suite.

"Monsky Lodge is thrilled to have the members of our region in Omaha," said host chairman Ed Joseph. "We promise to make their weekend unforgettable." Among the activities Joseph and his committee are planning include a visit to Henry Doorly Zoo and the IMAX theater and an evening of entertainment during the opening session. B'nai B'rith members in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska are eligible to attend. For more information or to register, call the Regional office at 1-314-569-4122 or send an e-mail to: midamerica@bnaibrith.org

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SUSAN BREWER Susan Brewer died March 15 in San Francisco. She was preceded in death by her husband, William C. Brewer. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Gary Brewer and Therese Terschuren of Omaha. Memorials to Temple Israel.

A blind man was invited to attend a seder. He was fascinated with the rituals and customs and paid rapt attention to the story and details. He picked up a piece of matzah and ran his hand over it back and forth. Then, with a puzzled look, GENER.KAPLAN exclaimed, "Who wrote this nonsense." Graveside services for Gene Richard Kaplan, 59, The seder and Passover itself is in danger of were held March 26 in Columbus, NE. becoming nonsense. Rituals and customs that have Survivors include his mother, Lena Kaplan of been designed to preserve, protect and educate suc- Omaha; daughter, Lareina of Columbus; brother, cessive generations of Jews are routinely discard- David of Ruidoso, New Mexico; and aunt, Mollie ed. We have, if you will, entered a realm of spiritu- Franklin of Omaha. al blindness. If we continue to strip away layers of commandments concerning Shabbat, Kashrut and SHIRLEYPASSER prayer; if we make Holy Days weekdays, we Shirley Passer, 100, died March 26. She was remove the essence of being Jewish from our lives. buried March 28 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Council Our future is rooted in seeing our past clearly. Bluffs. No one ever thinks that just because they ate She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis last week, they don't have to eat today. No one Passer. • thinks just because they showed up for work last Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Allen week they can take off today. Yet, Jewishly, we and Maxine Passer; daughters and sons-in-law, assume if we have performed a commandment, Alicesrfnd Victor Mashbein, Chickie and Melvin attended a service or observed some ritual, the Linsman of Omaha and Linda and Sheldon angels in heaven are singing dayenu. They are not. Widman of Dallas, TX; 11 grandchildren; eight To be a Jew first and foremost is about action; great-grandchildren; and sister, June Spritz of St. there are things that must be done. Second, it's Louis. about inaction; there are things that must be avoided. The opening part of Passover are Holy REBECCA WOLF Days and the closing part are Holy Days. It's in the Rebecca Wolf, 93, died March 25 in Laguna Hills, Torah. CA. Services were held at Beth El Cemetery March . In the midst of this festival of freedom and liberation, free yourselves from the drudgery of being She was preceded in death by her husband, like everyone else. Say dayenu to fitting in with Samuel L. Wolf. the rest of the world, it has little to offer you, your Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, children and your children's children. Audrey and Joseph Kirshenbaum of Palm Springs, Open your eyes to the possibility of a spiritual CA, and Marlene and Elliott Hechtman of life, so when your children ask you with wide-eyed Sarasota, FL; sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and wonderment, "what is this?" You can answer, "This Mrs. Albert Mann of Santa Monica, CA; nine is for what the Lord God did for me when he grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. brought me out of Egypt." Moadeem I'simcha. Mrs. Wolf was a president of Hadassah and chaired the Women's Federation Campaign. Memorials to Hadassah or chanty of choice. 3 0 .

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Kripke to lead dialogue on Gifts of the Jews by Diane Axler Baum

Rabbi Myer Kripke will make a rare appearance as leader of the Book Discussion Group on April 15, when he guides an interchange on The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill. The session will begin at 1 p.m. in the Federation Library "We extend an invitation to group regulars, former participants, and all readers to join us for a provocative meeting," said chairman Marilyn Berman. The book is available at the Federation Library. More information can be obtained at 334-6462. The Gifts of the Jews is the second book in a projected seven-volume series on the evolution of human sensibility. First in the series, the bestselling How the Irish Saved Civilization, received popular and critical praise. An exploration of the birth of Western civiliza? tion from the moment Abraham heard the voice of God, Cahill's new book' shows how the ancient Israelites transformed man's ideas about religion, faith, time, and history . "More than.anything else, this is an enthusiastic review of the Hebrew Bible," said Rabbi Kripke. "Jews who read this book may be surprised that a non-Jew could be so enthusiastic..." Cahill delves into the Jews' belief that "there's reason to strive to do" and that "it's possible to improve humanity," Kripke explained. "This world view is also the view of Christianity but Christianity seems to be more pessimistic." Cahill, who was a visiting scholar at the Jewish Theological Seminary during 1906 and 1997, previously studied with some of the country's most distinguished literary and biblical scholars at New York's Union Theological Seminary, Columbia : University, and Fordham University. He was formerly the director of religious publishing at Doubleday, now his publisher. ; . Rabbi Kripke, who served as spiritual leader of Beth El Synagogue from 1946 to 1975, has taught for over 20 years in tho Department or Theology of Creighton University.

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MILTON J.GREENBERG Milton "Mickey Greenberg, 81, died March .28. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Randy Matchett; grandsons, Brent and Damon DuPont, all of Wichita, KS; and sister, Helen Tarnoff of Omaha. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

A tribute to Mollie by Mary Fellman

Sometimes I think that Mollie Delman's middle name should have been "love." That was how she lived-her life, with a passion, day in, day out. And. her passion for life was contagious with people of all ages, in every walk of life. Mollie's daily position for 25 years was with the Senior Citizens programs of the Jewish Community Center and then Bureau for the Aging (now known as Jewish Senior Services). It was a 24-hour-a-day "love affair." She treated each man and woman with warmth and respect and constant attention. She was indefatigable, never too tired, never too afraid to smile. She acted silly if necessary, joked, cared deeply. • . , Mollie was unique and truly irreplaceable. In return; she was loved back, respected and always the •"mother figure" and substitute for dear ones no longer' among the living. Her passion for. life continued through her own pain and sorrow and stress. -.' ,;.;•. •' !' . The honors.Mollie received from co-workers and committees were only a small indication of the respect and admiration she earned from an evergrowing community, both Jewish and non-Jewish,: young and not-so-young. ' ' ' ; There was only one Mollie Delman, a vibrant woman of untold strength. She will be missed.

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SYNAGOGUES

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Moutfacr of lh« United Synagogue of Conservative iludaium 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502 423-0569 Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 ajn. ETODAY: Mincha/Ma'ariv, 8 pan. SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. TUESDAY, April 6: Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30 pan. WEDNESDAY, April 7: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, April 8: Shacharit, 9:15 aan.; Yizkor services; end of Pesach, 9 p.m.

CHABAD HOUSE An AffiUitto of th*Worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement • I8H6 So. 120th S t , Omaha, N» 68144 Pfaonct 330-1800 E-MAlL-chabad@aol.com WEBSITE; •www.ehubud.cvnlers.coiB/omaha Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. FRIDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush' Mincha-Ma'ariv, 6:30 p.m., followed by Havdalah. SUNDAY: Shacharit, 7 a.m. •". •' MONDAY: Shacharit, 7 a.m. TUESDAY: Shacharit, 7 ajn.; Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30p.m. WEDNESDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30 pjn. THURSDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m., followed by Yizkor at 11 aan^ Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30 p.m.

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

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CANDLEUGHTING; Friday, April 2:6:32 p.m. ..; Tuesday, April 6:7:36 p.m.; Wednesday, April 7; 7:40 p.m. BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

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Member of tlio Union of American Hebrew Congregations 7023 Cam Street, Omaha, NE 68X32 556-6536 FRIDAY: Tot Shabbat service, 7 pan. A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families. Shabbat service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. Guest speaker will be David Yomtoob, who.is waiting for a second liver transplant. His topic will be "Organ Donations Change Lives." The Oneg Shabbat is sponsored by Hilde Gottlieb in memory of Walter Gottlieb. 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 ajn. WOMEN'S SEDER AND LUNCH Tuesday, April 6, 11:30 a.m. Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Blum lead this women's journey. Call the Temple office, 556-6536, for information and reservations. Lunch will be served. SISTERHOOD ADULT EDUCATION: Thursday, April 8: Rabbi Stiel will teach "Biblical 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. "SHABBAT COMES TO YOU" Friday, April 9, 3:45 p.m. Cantor Jennifer Blum and the Youth Group will lead a Shabbat Bervice at Livingston Plaza.

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FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m.; Celebrate Passover with a special Oneg Shabbat of typical Pesach foods. Dr. Eugene Freund will relate the v story of the Exodus. '

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A CELEBRATION OF LIFE!

B'nai Mitzvah

Robert David Morse, son of Ellie Yager Morse and Denny Morse, was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on March 27 at Congregation EmanuEl in Houston, TX. He is a seventh-grade honor student at Lanier Middle School. Grandparents are former Omahan Pearl Yager and the late Dr. J.L Yager. First cousins, J.J. Friedman, son of Tom and Suzanne Friedman, and Stephanie Millward,

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Please join us in honoring j Richard and Billie Spiegal Chabad to sponsor on their H 67th Wedding Anniversary Camp Gan Israel and 90th Birthday (Richard) Chabad House will offer a two-week day camp 88th Birthday (Billie) for children, ages 5-11, from June 28 through July SATURDAY, APRIL 10 9, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kiddush luncheon at Camp Director Shani Katzman has planned a Beth Israel Synagogue summer program which includes educational . No gifts please activities, field trips, sports, music, art, crafts, No Individual Invitations will be issued drama, cooking and challah baking. The theme, A I Hosted by daughters and sons-in-law: Arlene and David Picture Perfect Summer Experience, also includes Beber, BJ (Bonnie) Hlnes and Connie and Mace Horoff. photography. . Based at the Chabad House, 1866 So. 120th St., the camp offers experienced counselors, and is priced at $175. For more information or to register, call Elizabeth at the Chabad House, 330-1800.

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Jewish Press, Omaha, NE Speaking out

April 2,1999

Editorial

Several weeks ago, Rabbi Mendel and Shani Katzman sponsored a Shabbat experience at the Chabad House with more than 120 in attendance. Featuring another Chabad rabbi and his wife, Rabbi Yisrael and Shifra Deren, the subject matter was difficult-dealing with loss. Too often in the Jewish community we tend to gloss over the pain and sorrow suffered by others. "We can't talk about it; it's a shanda, a shame." Yet the people who are suffering often need to talk...witness the growth in the support groups offered by Jewish Family Service. In the case of the Derens, their loss was devastating; two of their own children died of cancer. Yet, Rebbetzin Deren spoke candidly of "arguing with God," even yelling to make the point that this was "not fair." Rabbi Deren added that instead of "wallowing in our grief," we spent the last few months of our children's lives making them happy." . When you "do good" you "make good." That was the ultimate point of the Deren's speech. Spend your time in a valuable way by doing mitzvot, helping others. In the end, not only will you perform a much-needed service, but "doing good" will help you feel good as well. That was certainly the point of Temple Israel's Mitzvah Day just two days later. More than 300 volunteers gave their time during the weeks preceding Mitzvah Day as well as on that Sunday to more than 20 non-profit agencies in Omaha. Organizers hope to make this occur more often, not just annually. Then, just last week, Rabbi David Woznica, Director of the Bronfman Center at the 92nd Street V in New York City, spoke on the state of the Jewish community in this country. He talked of the need to "take Judaism one step at a time" and that "Judaism is not an all-or-nothing religion." As an example, he cited the family that began observing Shabbat by lighting candles at home, but going out for dinner. "Maybe some day," he said, "they'll add a Shabbat dinner, but for right now, just lighting the candles is okay'.* • -• . So what's the common' thread among these three?' For one thing, each has a strong Jewish component; for another, the act, whether it's learning or performing acts of loving kindness, cannot be achieved alone. They are the essential components of community. And, if this community, or any Jewish community, is to survive, those components must be present, supported and enhanced. A quick look at whafs happening in Omaha will reveal whether this Jewish community is serious about Jewish continuity. Temple Israel is looking for a program director, and now, with the resignation of Ann Kibel Schwartz, a new Education Director. The Jewish Federation of Omaha formed a Search Committee under the auspices of Jewish Educational and Library Services to refine a new job description and recruit nationwide for an Executive Director. And, Omaha's newest non-profit organization, the Omaha Center for Torah Learning, has interviewed candidates in Israel and by video and phone conference for its position in Jewish education. Though at first glance it may appear as though these positions conflict, in fact, they enhance the work each educator will do for each other, as well as for the community. After all, the above-named search committees are looking for dynamic individuals who are willing to work with and reach out to all segments of the Jewish community. Every new arrival will bring fresh ideas in education, programming and study to Omaha, an energized spirit, and motivation to "do good." And, like the Derens, each will "make good" because Omaha's Jewish community wills it.

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Shabbat 'R & R' by Teddy Weinberger

A reader of this column who is near and dear to me (namely, my brother), took me to task for claiming in a previous column that many secular Israeli Jews observe Shabbat. His point was that the secular Israeli is using Shabbat as a day off not because it's Shabbat but because it's the only day of the week available for recreational purposesand so rather than being observed by these secular Jews, Shabbat is merely coincidental to their recreational activities. In thinking some more about .this issue, I have reached the following surprising conclusion: The line between a recreational activity and a Shabbat activity that exists in America disappears in Israel. In America, in order for a recreational activity on Saturday to become a Shabbat activity, one must first participate in activities that are particularly Jewish—such as lighting Shabbat candles, saying Kiddush, having a Shabbat meal, and going to synagogue. Only if one has this particularistic Jewish framework to Saturday does it then become possible for ordinary leisure activities to become Shabbat activities. For example, consider a family that regularly goes to the movies on Saturday afternoons after a Shabbat morning synagogue service and a Shabbat lunch. It could be argued that this family uses part of its Shabbat to relax at the movies. Without the synagogue and the family meal, however, going to the movies on Saturday afternoon (despite the intentions of all those involved) loses its Shabbat context and becomes a profane leisure activity. In order for leisure- activities in

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become Shabbat activities, individual Jews must make an effort to incorporate specifically Jewish activities into their Saturday. In Israel, the context for Shabbat is provided, in part, by the state (all government offices are closed, all banks are closed, there is no mail, there are special Shabbat programs on television and radio, etc.). All leisure activities are thus subsumed into a context of Shabbat activities without the individual having to do anything particularly Jewish. Everyone in Israel, therefore, does have a Shabbat (whatever they ^choose to do on this day). It's easy to verify this. All one has to do is go to a Tel Aviv night club on a Friday night and listen to the greetings of the crowd: "Shabbat Shalom," they say to one another. Though I personally think that going to a nightclub on Friday night is not an appropriate Shabbat activity, thousands of Israeli Jews think otherwise—and enough goes on (or fails to go on) in Israeli society on Saturdays to make it apparent to all that this leisure day is Shabbat. Because one's choice of Shabbat activity in Israel says nothing about one's commitment to Jewishness (whereas I would argue that the same cannot be said for Jews in the Diaspora), theoretically, one would expect the level of religious discourse in Israel to be on a fairly high plane. People could talk about why they have made their specific Shabbat choices without having'to defend or attack one's right to make them. Ifs a nice theory.

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Lessons of Holocaust demand action in Kosovo, many Jews say

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - When President Clinton seized on the lessons of two world wars and the Holocaust as he made the case for U.S. military intervention in Kosovo, he was laying out an argument that many American Jews and Holocaust survivors would have been happy to have made for him. Explaining the rationale behind the attack launched by the United States and its NATO allies aimed at forcing Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to halt attacks on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Clinton invoked the appeasement of Hitler and the Allies failure to act sooner in World War II. ; "Just imagine if leaders back then had acted wisely and early enough, how many lives could have been saved? How many Americans would not have had to die?" Clinton said in a nationally televised address on March 24, amid the first wave of bombings against Serb targets in Yugoslavia. For American Jewish groups and Holocaust survivors, the moral imperative to end Serb atrocities against the ethnic Albanians is clear. "We must come to the defense of defenseless victims," Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel said in expressing his full support for the NATO action. "We cannot allow people like Milosevic to go on killing men and women arid children," he said in a telephone interview. "We should have done it earlier, but it's not too late." Although there can be no comparison between the atrocities committed by Serbia against ethnic Albanians and the Nazis' systematic extermination of six million Jews, Holocaust survivors and scholars say the Jewish experience and the lessons of the Holocaust helps to shed light on what is at issue in Kosovo. r "I don't like to compare anything to what we have been through, but if the world had reacted then the way we are reacting now, many tragedies would have been prevented," Wiesel said. Hyman Bookbinder, a longtime Jewish activist in Washington and a member of the Committee on Conscience of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, agreed. "As Jews we dare not be indifferent to mass tortures like we've been seeing here," he said. For its part, the organized Jewish community has declared unwavering support for U.S. intervention in Kosovo. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an umbrella group representing national Jewish organizations and local Jewish communities, expressed its hope that the action would pave the way for a diplomatic solution to the conflict and said it would urge local community relations councils to help build support for the action at the grass-roots level. The Jewish War Veterans of America, never an organization to take lightly the commitment of U.S. troops abroad, expressed support for the air strikes but made clear it would oppose any commitment of ground forces into a "civil war in a sovereign nation." "We should get in and get out as soon as possible and we should have a firm exit strategy," said Bob Zweiman, past national commander and international liaisons officer for the group.

Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said that if Jews remain silent in the face of atrocities committed against other ethnic or religious populations, "we will lose all our credibility. Otherwise, people will say Jews only cry when Jewish blood is spilled." At least one Holocaust scholar feels that an important lesson of the Holocaust was being ignored as NATO carried out the biggest allied military assault in Europe since World War II. Deborah Dwork, director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at Clark University in Worcester, MA, said she was troubled that there had not been a greater response to the humanitarian needs of the tens of thousands of refugees on the borders of Kosovo. Focusing solely on military action against the Serbs as a means of addressing the Kosovars' plight, she said, was tantamount to the argument the Allies made in World War II that the best way to rescue Jews was to win the war. "We don't think so highly of that rationale," Dwork said. In addition to the bombing campaign, she said there should be a simultaneous focus on humanitarian assistance because "I don't know whether this military intervention will ameliorate the lot of those individual people." The Clinton administration, meanwhile, made clear that it was well acquainted with the lessons of World War II and the Holocaust, summoning images of Nazism and referring to "genocide in the heart of Europe." As Secretary of State Madeleine Albright emphasized in an interview on PBS' The Newshour With Jim Lehrer, blood has been spilled before on the European continent because "free people did not understand well enough how to stop tyranny and evil and ethnic cleansing and genocide early enough." "We now have an opportunity," said Albright, who discovered in 1997 that her grandparents died in the Holocaust, "to gather together the lessons of the 20th century and stop this before it totally spins out of control."

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Jodi and Robert Fleishman announce the March 11 birth of their daughter, Andrea Sarah, named for her maternal great-grandmother, Ann Bernstein, and paternal great-grandmothers, Sophia Marx and Sophie Fleishman. . Andrea has a brother, Bradley David, 16 months old. Grandparents are Ellie and Al Feldman of Omaha and Carlene and Seymour Fleishman of Teaneck, NJ. Great-grandparents are the late Anne and Iz Bernstein, the late Fay and David Feldman, the late Sophia and Bernard Marx and the late Sophie and Herman Fleishman. . - Paula and Matt Boggust announce the March 14 birth of their daughter, Anna Susan. Grandparents are Nancy and David Friedland of Omaha and Marilyn and Jack Boggust of Del Mar, CA.

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For the past three years, a core of young Jewish women have played basketball together in the Parochial Athletic League of Omaha. Starting with a very limited knowledge of the game and almost no exposure to game conditions, these young women have progressed consistently over the years. Practicing one to two days a week from November through February, they have balanced schoolwork, music, dance lessons and Bat Mitzvah training to form a competitive team.

JCC Basketball Director is Bob Franzese (not pictured); coaches are Phil Wolf and Bruce Muskin. Team members include: Leora Azriel, Emily Gordon, Lindsay Itkin, Kate Josephson, Emily Muskin, Michelle Simon, Sasha Skulsky, Brittany Sukiennik, Hannah Wolf and Kylie Zacharia. This past season culminated three years of training, learning skills and the value of teamwork. This also was the first season the girls took particular pride in being a Jewish team. The "J ladies" were dominant in the league throughout the year, winning 13 games and losing only two. Among their accomplishments were winning the league championship,in the Parochial Athletic League, being undefeated in the Marion Basketball Tournament and finishing runner-up in the league tournament. '. Their fast-paced style of play, combined with an improved passing game, lead to many easy baskets on offense. Defensively, the team applied constant pressure on their opponents forcing turnovers that : gave the offense additional opportunities to score. All 10 young women contributed to the success of the team during the course of the year.

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The mitzvah of visiting the sick is called Bikur Cholim, a Jewish tradition for helping those who are ill or homebound and unable to easily access the Jewish community. During the past few months, several members of Temple Israel have been meeting for training and the formation of a committee of Bikur Cholim. The committee reflects one of the congregation's goals, stemming from its Caring Committee and the Temple's participation in the national Synagogue 2000 program, to extend spiritual caring to congregants who have difficulties in physically participating in synagogue life and activities. The committee itself, its structure, is new; however, the essence of the work is certainly not. Our rabbis, of course, are continually involved in providing this kind of support to individuals and families. Many individuals, several on this committee, in fact, have been doing exactly this kind of caring work, independently and out of their own concern and spirit of sharing. : . There are many organizations in which this kind of support is also provided. What makes our committee somewhat different, is that our purpose is precisely to provide care of a spiritual nature to care receivers. We have also attempted to provide a structure and training, and importantly, ongoing training and support for the caregivers. Members

Temple Israel's Bikur Cholim Committee includes, back row: Patricia Newman, Beth Walts, Gloria Bassik, Anne- Cohen; seated, Marilyn Mellen (holding Noah Stlel), Matt Ferer, Earl Katz and Shelly Fox. V are comfortable in reaching out to persons unfamiliar to them; they truly care about the well-being and feel at ease in offering their feelings of caring, as well as their own sense of Jewishness and prayer, with those who need this. Committee members were specifically selected with consideration of their experience and skill in this realm of caring. Rabbi Debbie Stiel serves as professional staff for the committee and Sally Kaplan is the Synagogue 2000 liaison.

Millennium Mission 2000 (Continued from page 1) Trip highlights include a hands-on kibbutz expedaughter's life. The impact of this trip will remain with her forever. We would like to encourage rience, Partnership 2000 tours of the Western everyone to find out about this once-in-a-lifetime Galilee, a visit to Masada, floating in the Dead Sea, an archeological dig, and tree planting ceremony. opportunity," they added. the children on the mission will enjoy age-appro- Also on the itinerary is a special Holocaust memorpriate activities with certified counselors, as well ial at Yad Vashem, a tour of Tel Aviv and Old as share experiences with the entire mission. Jaffa, a visit to Rosh HaNikra and more. Minimum age for children on this mission is seven Accommodations include four-star hotels,- breakyears old. ; ( fast daily, most lunches and dinners, touring in a Rabbi Azriel added, "More thanuever, our Israeli luxury coach with an expert guide, round trip brothers and sisters need a show of support from transportation from New York to Tel Aviv, all • American Jews as we begin the next 50 years of transfers and entrance fees. The minimum gift per adult to the 2000 relations between the Diaspora and Israel. A visit to Israel will strengthen the Jewish identity of UJA/Federation Annual Campaign is $500. In, addition, a $500 deposit for each person is your family." "For most people, New Year's Eve 1999, will just required. The deposit is refundable, minus a $50 be a time of celebration," said Rabbi Drazen. "For processing fee, up to four weeks prior to departure. For more information on this and other missions to those of us on the mission, it will be Shabbat in Israel, with a chance to bring a truly spiritual Israel, call the Federation at 334-8200, or visit the Jewish Omaha website at: wwwoewishomaha.com dimension to the time."

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LOS ANGELES - Hot on the trail of a man they believe is a skillful scam artist, officials in Canada are fairly certain the man and his partners have Author and historian Geoffrey Giles will be the found a new home: on Hollywood Blvd. featured speaker for the 1999 Henry Wald Lecture Over the past year, companies in Canada have Service on Monday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., in the Nebraska received invoices for ads placed in a publication oervi.ce Union Auditorium. called The American Jewish News. The invoices bill oennce Sponsored by the Harris Center for Judaic for amounts ranging from $1500-$3600. The hitch? Studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, The companies say they never placed these ads. 393-7800 the topic of this annual event is "Nazi Masculinity And there is no record of any publication called :LOCKSMITHB: and the Persecution of Homosexuality: Sexual The American Jewish News. Otherness in the Third Reich." According to the Toronto Star, police are investi-. 3706 S. 132nd Street Giles is a leading authority on the social and cul- gating the scheme, which they say appears like a Phone (402) 330-5050 tural history of Nazi Germany and a Professor at twist on a more common strategy of fraudulent Fax (402) 330-078? the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has billing for office supplies and equipment. This published extensively on issues of sexuality in group, however, uses religious symbolism to legitiDEADLINES HAVE NO MERCY 20th-century Germany and his book, Students and mate its claims. The letterhead shows a menorah Remember 2 things: 1. Sir Speedy National Socialism in Germany, is considered a superimposed on a Star of David. • 2. Online standard on university life in the Third Reich. OurBulletin Board Service is open 24 hours, 7daysaweek Several companies in Canada complained to police after receiving nasty follow-up letters to the Free BBS Software!« BBS: 330-3900 invoices. These letters threatened legal action. "The pressure tactics used were unbelievable," Attend services on Shabbat one recipient told the Star. After returning a message left by the Jewish ALICE A. WEISS LC.S.W. Journal, a man identifying himself as Freddy Communication • Relationships Fuks, the paper's publisher, called the charges, , Parenting • Women's Issues • Anxiety \ "Lies, all lies." Fuks said his lawyers have contactby Bert Lewis Depression • Aging • Grief/Loss ed the Canadian Jewish News and the Toronto Do you speak to strangers? By that I mean do Star and initiated legal action. "We are a regular Prairie Hills Counseling you make small talk or strike up a conversation paper," he said. Rockbrook Plaza with total strangers, under certain circumstances? Asked for his paper's circulation numbers, Fuks 10804 Prairie Hills Dr. For example, I've always found it almost second said he didn't know. He said the paper is distribnature to say hello or remark on the weather on a uted through the mail and a t newsstands, but (402) 384-8478 particularly nice day. Or maybe, while looking at could not name a newsstand where a reporter something in a store, commenting on the object to might find it. After promising to immediately send a person also looking at it. the Journal some sample issues, Fuks, who speaks I've found another place where it's nearly impos- with an Israeli accent, hung up. The promised • sible for me to not begin to talk with a stranger, issues never arrived. and that's in a bookstore. When somebody is lookAccording to Ron Csillag, a reporter a t the ing at a book I've already read, it's hard for me to Canadian Jewish News, Fuks, who told Csillag his mind my own business.. .especially if I really liked name was, "Jerry Gold," threatened legal action, it a lot. I'm almost compelled to say something like but na lawyers have ever contacted the CJN or the "You'll love it, it's really good." Toronto Star on Fuks behalf. Csillag said he is still It's easier to keep my mouth shut if I didn't like waiting to see the copy of The American Jewish Trays for all occasions the book somebody else is contemplating. I'm less News Fuks promised to send him a year ago. tempted to advise against it, and don't ask me "It simply doesn't exist," said Csillag. why. Of course, I could add don't ask me why I get •Variety Meats and Cheeses What does exist is a media kit Fuks distributes involved in these conversations, because I really to prospective advertisers. In the kit, the paper is • Croissants • Party Snacks don't know. Well, maybe I know—maybe it's called the "North American Jewish News." Its • Fresh Fruits and Vegetables because of my fondness for books and the pleasure motto is, "The Media Which Cares." Facsimile cov• 3-and 6-foot Sandwiches I get in discussing the merits and/or flaws in a best ers reproduce articles taken from the Jewish • seller. Telegraphic Agency, an international Jewish news Geri Kiger • 895-8080 A friend of mine has been a member of a book service to which many Jewish papers, including club for more than 25 years, a the Journal, subscribe. The kit lists names of JTA club I greatly admire. It's writers as its editorial staff. •'•.•'•'•'.• composed of a group of women None of these people ever contributed or worked who all maintain an above for such a paper, and the JTA has never had a con-; average interest in books. tract with the National Jewish News. They meet once a month, Officers at the Los Angeles Police Department have a little lunch, then who- bunko and forgery squad told the Journal they' ever was "assigned" to read have not received any complaints about the group. and review a specific book, Its current letterhead lists its address as 7095 begins the discussion. My Hollywood Blvd. #729, Hollywood, CA 90028. The friend doesn't live in Omaha phone number is listed as (323) 871-5836. anymore, but I'd guess she According to an official at the United States misses that bunch. Postal Service Postal Inspectors office, the address I love the idea of the read- is a box at Mail Boxes Etc. ing club, but in addition, I The group has been using Los Angeles as an • 21.000 sq. ft. greatly admire the dedication address on and off since 1992. By focusing on largConvention Center, of those people, to continue as er companies, the group has likely been able to get a group for all those years. some bills rubber-stamped and paid, said a Post • Seats Up To In fact, if I wasn't so lazy, Office inspector. If the initial invoice goes unpaid, I'd try to gather a few women i.the companies receive two more letters. The first • 9 Breakout I know who also love books alerts the company to the missed payment. The and reading, and see if I second, written in threatening legalistic language, • S Minutes 1b couldn't interest them in bears the title, "NOTICE BEFORE LEGAL Downtown Omaha. starting a club of our own. ACTION." Maybe it's many years later • 10 Minutes "We are one of the most respected Jewish publithan it should be for such an cations for many years," reads the letter. The letEppley Airfield idea, but then again, who ters are signed under various aliases, including < knows? 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Omahan. Scott Slutzky, son of Connie """""1 Slutzky and Bob Slutzky of by Pam Monsky Irvine, CA, was named an Federation Communications Director offensive lineman for the 1998 I California State Division The 10 workshops being presented for the April Champion Woodbridge High 18 Women's Symposium are conducted by "seaSchool Football team. They soned experts" from Omaha and the American j remained undefeated for 26 Jewish community. CALENDAR OF EVENTS I consecutive games. Esther Perel, the keynote speaker, will speak on Scott, a senior at WoodFOR APRIL "A Tale of Two Cultures: Jewish Women in I bridge High, is on the honor America Today." She will also conduct a workshop I roll and a three-year Varsity on the challenges of interfaith marriage. BBYO I football team member. He is Another presenter from outside of Omaha is Every Tuesday night also a lead player in a local production of Grapes of Susan Goldstein, a marriage and family therapist BBYO Night, 6 p.m., at the JCC. Wrath. Scott plans to attend college at Northern from Jewish Family and Children Services of Tuesday, April 6 Arizona University in Flagstaff in the fall. Greater Kansas City. Goldstein facilitates support Ediar and MZ "MIT program, 6-9 p.m., at the He is the grandson of Charlotte Slutzky Koom groups and makes presentations on parenting home of Melissa Shapiro. and Florence and Jack Brody of Omaha. issues, mental health, stress management and conSunday, April 11 flict resolution. Her workshop is entitled Stress BBG Chocolate Seder, 7 p.m., at the home of Management 101. "Judaism provides Jewish women â&#x20AC;˘ Steve and Sherri Idelman and Rob Goodman Whitney Taxman. have formed Monster Productions, a company with a road map for our lives today," said Goldstein. Sunday, April 18 which secures and promotes sporting and enter"I will show how Judaism can enrich the life of every Rush #1, 6-7 p.m., at the JCC tainment events. woman, and improve their mental health and emoThursday, April 22-Sunday, April 25 The Idelmans, former owners of ITI Marketing tional life." Spring Regional Convention, "Then and Now," at Services and the Omaha Racers basketball team, Ozzie Nogg will present Celebrating Judaism at ' will present their first promotion, the Arena Camp Carol Joy Holling Home. The daughter of a rabbi, Nogg is no To be Announced ; Football League exhibition game between the Iowa stranger to the concept. "My workshop will focus Barnstormers and the Arizona Rattlers on April 10 Chapter Board Training on seemingly ordinary things that can infuse your For more information, call Lisa Shkolnick, BBYO . at 7 p.m. at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. everyday life and make it more Jewish. I'm looking , Future plans include additional exhibition Director, 334-6404, or the BBYO Hot-Line, 334-6508. forward to an-open, give-and-take dialogue where games, festival and concerts. For more information, we can share creative and interesting ideas about USY contact Goodman at 344-4455 or via e-mail at: making a home more Jewish," she said. Sunday, April 11 rob@monsterpro.com Her traditional upbringing is the focus of many Kadimah program, noon of the tales she tells with "The Bright Chicks," a Larry DeBruin, Executive Director of Beth El Thursday- Sunday, April 16-18 local storytelling group. Her background also proSynagogue, recently returned from the annual Spring Kallah in Wisconsin vides material for The Spice In Our Sacred meeting of the North American Association of Wednesday, April 21 Seasons, a feature column she writes for Jewish Synagogue Executives, held this year in Israel. Kadimah night, 6 p.m. More than 80 directors attended the convention For more information, call advisers Derek Altman weekly newspapers. which included tours of the Negev, Jerusalem and or Holly Friedman, 492-8550. An additional workshop, Intimate Communication: Judean Hills, as well as sessions held with Israeli Modesty, Marriage and the Mikvah, has been added JR.NCSY to the program. This workshop will explain why the political leaders and academicians. Friday-Sunday, April 23-25 mikvah is essential for enriching sensitivity, love and : Kari Epstein was honored recently at the Regional Shabbaton in Kansas City. communication in marriage and how its use pre.,,;In4iana;lJnjyersity Founders F For more information on NCSY, call adviser Beth serves and sanctifies our personal identities. Day Ceremony. A Business I Cohen at 558-2347. Reservations are filling up quickly and are limited Communications major, she is I to 160; call Jewish Family Service, 330-2024. YACHAD a Dean's List scholar and will I Part II of the presenters will lie featured in For more information, call adviser Linda Novak be inducted into Alpha I next week's edition of the Jewish Press. at 493-8575. Lambda Delta and Phi Eta I Sigman, two national honor g societies for freshman. ..; She is the daughter of Paul I and Sandy Epstein and grand-1 daughter of Helen and Morrie I 1 Lipp and Etta and Haroldj , Epstein. . Joe Ginsberg was featured in a recent All Our Kids, Inc. newsletter for his work as a mentor with teens. The organization is devoted to "connecting one kid at a time" and offers training for volunteers interested in mentoring teens. For more information, call Bettie Denny at 556-2343. The National Writers' Workshop will be held April 24-25 at the downtown Embassy Suites. Sponsored by the Omaha World-Herald and the Poynter institute for Media Studies of St. Petersburg, FL, the workshop is $70 ($35 for fulltime students). For more information, call Jim Rasmussen, 444-1309, or e-mail him at: owhbiz@owh.com Mark Levy, writer, teacher and ventriloquist, was featured on the cover of Heart to Heart, a publication of the American Red Cross, Midwest Region. Levy, who underwent a stem cell transplant for leukemia, is completing his doctoral dissertation through tiie Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. The subject is an exploration of the uses of ventriloquism and puppetry as educational tools. CORRECTIONS Zach Muskin was inadvertently omitted from the list of basketball awards given at last month's JCC awards ceremony; the name of Shirley and Millard Rosenberg's daughter-in-law, Sydney Rosenberg, was omitted from the photo identification on page 32 of the Passover issue; also in the â&#x20AC;˘ Passover issue, Irv Yaffe was listed as the only..' Jewish varsity basketball player at UNL, but he should have been listed as the last one.

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This is the saga of Eliezer Fettman, born in 1925 in the Hungarian shtetl of Nyiradony. His father owned a store. Raised in an Orthodox home, he was soon recognized-for his melodious voice. All expectations of the future were shattered with the Nazi occupation of Hungary in 1944 and the Holocaust sweeping Jews to death and slave labor camps. Leiser, as his parent called him, survived Auschwitz, the selections of Dr. Josef Mengele, and his enslavement working for the Jank, Ackerman and Rabbinim Companies. He confines his tale to what he personally witnessed. This is a story of three generations, his grandparents, parents and brothers and sister, bound together by blood, faith, love and terror. More than 140 of his relatives died in the Holocaust, including his parents. Following liberation by the Allies, Leiser returned briefly to Hungary, then emigrated to Canada, where he obtained his cantorial and

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Henry and Mary Kay Davis establish adult Jewish education fund cally direct some of our financial contributions to education programs," he added. Howard Kooper, Federation president, mentioned that community leaders and staff frequently discuss what kinds of quality educational programming is going on inside the Jewish Community Center building. "Now that we are expanding the physical structures, the emphasis is on increased and enhanced Jewish educational programming for the entire community," he stated. "The Davis fund makes it financially feasible for those interested in conversion or in increasing their knowledge of Judaism to take the Derech Torah classes that we offer," said Michael Linn, Drector of Friedel Jewish Academy and Interim Director of Jewish Educational and Library Services. ^ He said there are other class offerings, some requested by Derech Torah students, including Darchei Noam (an advanced Derech Torah class), a Talmud course and an advanced class on Jewish holidays. Henry Davis, President of Greater Omaha Packing Co., believes the custodial fund is a good investment, "because of our belief in Judaism and in our community." The entire principle of a custodial fund can be spent in contrast to an endowment fund that requires that the principle not be invaded arid only the interest be available to spend. Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue thought the new fund is "a remarkable, forward thinking idea. We go out of our way to make sure kids have scholarships, and I think to have the same opportunity for adults is a wonderful thing." Marty Ricks, Endowment Director of The Foundation, worked with the Davis family to design the new fund and commented, "I hope this is just the beginning and that more donors will come forward to create funds to support adult education, programs to enhance Jewish learning."

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After making a contribution to the Jewish community's building expansion campaign, Henry and Mary Kay Davis wanted to contribute to the Jewish community's "spiritual development." "Along with many others, we've gotten a lot out of the Jewish Community Center," Henry Davis explained. The Davis children: Lauren, 7, and Cameron, 4, have benefited greatly from the Child Development Center, said their father, who is a new member of the Board of Trustees of The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. At a dinner in honor of Dr. Ruth Westheimer,' who came to Omaha in October to help kick off the Federation Women's Campaign, Henry and Mary Kay Davis won an auctioned luncheon date with Dr. Ruth in New York. The money the Davises bid at the auction will be used to establish a custodial fund with The Federation Foundation to subvent up to 60 percent of the cost of adult. Jewish education courses for Jews in our community and also for non-Jews"considering conversion to Judaism. . • The courses can be sponsored by the Jewish Federation, any of its Centers of Excellence, local synagogues, colleges or universities in the Omaha metropolitan area. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel was • "thrilled. Now that we've accomplished the goal to raise the money for the building expansion, it's time for new leadership to pay attention to the spiritual educational character of this community," he emphasized. "Not just the children," he stressed. "I'm talking about adult education for Jews and non-Jews." The Davis gift is "a blessing to this community." Mary Kay Davis, who was a special education teacher in Omaha for 12 years, "has always been focused on education and the continuing process of learning," according to her husband. "Recognizing the importance of the contribution we make every year to the Federation,,she also wanted to

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Mendel Schneerson. Visiting Chabad Houses in communities across the United States, she had the opportunity for personal interaction with many, from a newly-married 20-year-old named Goldie in Brooklyn to yeshiva boys in Postville, IA, home to • one of the largest kosher meat processors in the country. • . , "I've met many people who took the time to explain to me the many (Jewish) rituals," Kohll added. "I've not met one Hasidic Jew who did not' consider me a Jew... *We are just'more observant,' . they toldlino! My adventures (through these thriv-' ing communities has heightened my curiosity and touched my heart." ' Kohll's exhibit runs through May 1. Gallery hours are Friday, 6-9 p.m.; Saturday, 2-9 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

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Temple Israel volunteers bring service and smiles More than 300 volunteers from Temple Israel visited more than 1000 Omahans in 20 nonprofit agencies as part of the annual Mitzvah Day. Chaired by Susie Cohn, Sandy Epstein and Nancy Wolf, the event was underwritten by Baker's, The Bookworm, Borsheims, Deans Camera, Millard Lumber, Mulhall's Nursery, Nobbies, Sack's Hardware and Stamp, Inc. The day of gemillut hasadim (acts of loving kindness) ended with a free dinner for volunteers, given by Roz Friedman.

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New York meets Nebraska

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by Joan K. Marcus

Dov Poplack is 10 years old, lives in Flushing, New York, and is in the fifth grade at The Yeshiva of Central Queens. Each year, the class concentrates on one specific subject, and the project for his class was to assign each child with a different state to study. He had never heard about Nebraska until he pulled the name out of a hat for a class project Dov*s father, Yosef, promised his son if he got the name of a state which neighbored New York, he would take him to visit to help him do his research. "Since Nebraska isn't exactly around the corner, I told Dov that we would have to settle for getting information mailed to us," said Mr. Poplack. "He wrote to the Chamber of Commerce in Omaha, tried to get tourist facts, and called both United States Senators. 7 In the middle of j January, Dov received 1 a call from the office •i\ of U.S. Senator Chuck t\ Hagel from Nebraska, j Hagel invited him to come to Washington to spend a day, sit in on a briefing of the Senate Foreign Re- Poplack displayed his Nebraska project at his lations Committee, school in Queens, NY. I and attend a hearing. Dov visited with show an interest in government. It only makes I Senator Hagel, sat in good sense that we reach out when they ask quesIon hearings, then tions. "We talk about our young people and how it's Dov Poplack of NY visit- returned to New York ed Sen. Chuck Hagel in to prepare his presen- important that we prepare them and do things to Washington, D.C. tation. In addition to get them focused and these are the kinds of ways that we can do that. Every time we have a chance writing a report, each to reach out and help, we should take advantage of student had to present a visual project. He used ears of corn and farm animals to decorate his dis- the opportunity," the senator added. "It doesn't play. It even included a letter from Governor Mike matter if it's a young boy from Long Island or someone from Nebraska. It's a privilege to serve in Johanns and a replica of the Nebraska flag. public, but it's also a responsibility!" In addition to many interesting facts about Nebraska, Dov noted that our state legislature is NCJW presents the only Unicameral in the United States. In 1934, Nebraskans voted to eliminate half of the state legDomestic Violence happens islature and the change took place in 1937. The nuffiBeToT bills passed" increased. significantly; dur-" in Jewish Homes ing the first year of the newly formed legislature. by Ellie Epstein „ Some other interesting facts about Nebraska What is different about domestic violence in the include the fact that the world's largest porch swing is located in Hebron and 25 people can sit on Jewish community? Jewish women hesitate longer than non-Jews to it. It's also possible that few Nebraskans know ask for help, according to experts. Many Jewish that Johnny Carson's middle name is 'William!' Yosef Poplack notes that he was very impressed women feel a heavy responsibility for shalom bayit, that Senator Hagel took the time from his busy peace in the home. They feel they have the sole charge for keeping peace and promoting love, carschedule to meet with Dov. "Nebraskans should be proud that their senator ing nurturing and understanding within the famitook the time to meet with a child," noted Mr. ly. If a woman cannot fulfill this role because of an Poplack. "Senator Hagel was veiy cordial to us and abusive relationship, they may feel inadequate and seemed interested in what Dov was doing in may not admit to the violence. NCJW will offering women the opportunity to school." Senator Hagel also remembers spending time broaden their understanding of domestic violence at a program on Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at with Dov. TWhen I get a letter from someone like that, I the Georgetowne Club, 2440 So. 141 Cir. Jenny Kittrell will share her personal story of always try to answer. Of course, I give priority to and Mary people from my own state, but it think that it's abuse important that we also respond to others," the sen- Larsen, Director of the Women ator said. "When I learned that Dov had a specific YWCA's project,' I decided to invite him to come to Against Violence program, will present an Washington to witness something special." He recalls that they attended a hearing on the in-depth educational International Monetary Fund on the major crisis in piece, followed by quesAsia, Russia, and South America. He added there tions and answers. A •Louis Famous was "standing room only" at the meeting, in addi- dessert reception will Foot Longs tion to attendance by CNN, C-Span, and USA follow. * Great Daily Specials For more information, Today. 5702 N. Radial Hwy. Senator Hagel says it's particularly important or to make reservations, 551-5993 call 397-3375. that we pay attention to young people when they . THE LEGEND CONTINUES 31BJBLMJ

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Ann Kibel Schwartz to leave Temple Israel for position in Baltimore

Newman Grants Committee to meet May 10

After 13 years as Director of me. When I began this job, my perEducation at Temple Israel, Ann Kibel sonal goal was to watch a generaSchwartz has accepted the position of tion grow up." Educator at Baltimore Hebrew Past president Bob TPreeman Congregation in Baltimore, MD. She added, "Ann did more than watch a will begin her new position July 1. generation; she helped raise them." During her tenure at Temple Israel, "The babies born in my first year Schwartz focused on Family Education in at Temple Israel are now conductevery grade level as a means of involving ing worship services with poise and parents in Jewish Education. In 1996, skill," Schwartz continued. "It has she helped to found a Family School that been a pleasure and honor to meets weekly at Temple Israel. accomplish this goal. For the past five years, Schwartz has "It will be hard for me to leave so Ann Kibel Schwartz served ,as National Chairman for many people Don and I have grown Family Education for NATE, National Association to love, but we will stay in touch," she added. "And of Temple Educators. She is now in her second I do look forward to living within driving distance term as a member of the NATE board of directors. of our son, Mordy, and his wife, Esther." At the 1991 annual NATE conference and UAHC Like Temple Israel, "Baltimore Hebrew ' Biennial, she was awarded the title of RJE, reform Congregation' has a long history. Founded in 1830 Jewish Educator, which signifies achievement of as "Nidche Yisroel," an Orthodox synagogue, it was academic and professional standards of excellence the first Jewish organization to be chartered by the in Reform Jewish Education. Two years later, she state of Maryland in 1845. In 1892, the congregawon a NATE award for Religious School tion joined the Union of American Hebrew Administration. Schwartz currently serves as Congregations, the parent organization of Reform Editor of NATE News and was honored at the 1998 congregations in the United States. NATe conference for 18 years of service as a fullToday, Baltimore Hebrew is headed by former time supervisor in Jewish education. Omahan, Rabbi Rex D. Perimeter, who was raised Schwartz moved to Omaha in 1980 as Director of at Temple Israel and had a close personal relationCultural Arts for the Jewish Community Center. ship with the late Rabbi Sidney Brooks. A congreShe served in that capacity for six years and gation of 1700 families, the congregation boasts 740 enlarged the scope of cultural arts activities to students in its religious school and sponsors a include three additional positions: full-time theater Reform Jewish Day School for kindergarten director, dance director and assistant cultural arts through 8th grade, as well as a Reform preschool. director for film and art. Her department won sevRabbi Aryeh Azriel, senior rabbi at Temple eral awards from the national JCC Association. Israel, served as assistant rabbi at Baltimore Schwartz has a master's degree in fine arts and Hebrew Congregation, before coming to Omaha. served an artisMn-the-schools residency in Ohio; her "Rabbi Azriel encouraged me to take this opporart works has been on display in competitive exhibi- tunity to join the professional team there," tions and one-artist shows throughout the country. Schwartz said. "He speaks enthusiastically about When asked about leaving Temple Israel, his experiences there aitdthey, in turn, speak lovSchwartz replied, "This is a bittersweet time for ingly of him." J>

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As the new chairman of the Esther K. Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman Grants Committee, Bobbie Epstein hopes to continue "the good work that came before us" as committee members plan their first meeting since the former chairman, Myra Oberman, completed her term. Application forms have been mailed by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation to potential grant recipients. The deadline for submitting applications for grants is Monday, April 26. The committee, which convenes twice a year, will meet on May 10 at 7 p.m. to consider requests for funds.

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