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Amit Women honors Jeanette Nadoff Jewish community leader Jeanette Nadoff will be the recipient of the Amit Women's Humanitarian Award from the Kalah Franklin-Hatikvah chapter at a luncheon Sunday, May 16,12:30 p.m., at Beth Israel Synagogue.

According to Amit chapter president, Charlotte Kaplan, "Our honoree has I given a lifetime of | dedication and selfI less service to Israel I and the Jewish peoI pie. She has been involved in Zionism since growing up in Toledo, Ohio. It is very fitting to recognize her with this Humanitarian award."

Nadoff has served as the general chairman of two Women's division campaigns, has been named "Woman of the Year" by Israel Bonds, served as president of the Federation Women's Cabinet and as a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Federation and its executive committee. This effort on behalf of the community has been in addition to all the service she has given to. Amit Women. ; She and her husband, .thel&j;e_Rabtji; Isaac .

Nadoff, were married in 1948 and came to Omaha in "1965, when Rabbi Nadoff began his association with Beth Israel.

• V Speaking at the luncheon on behalf of National Amit Women will be Eleanor Greenberg, a member of the national board. Mary Fellman will serve as toastmistress. Entertainers will be Dr. Howard Gendelman and Don Gerber.

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For reservations, send a check by May 12 for $15 per person to Reva Ruderman, 1320 N.' 54th St., Omaha, NE 68132-1366.

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Mirni Waldbaum to receive NCJW Hannah G. Solomon award At its annual installation, the Omaha Section of National Council of Jewish Women will present Mimi Waldbaum with the prestigious Hannah G. Solomon award.

The award, which is presented to a woman who has changed the lives of others through her leadership efforts and service, is an 18" bust of the young Solomon, the founder, of NCJW. The award will be presented at a dinner meeting at the Regency Marriott Tuesday, May 18, at 7 p.m. Cost is $20.

Waldbaum has spent most of her adult life contributing to the Jewish and general community.

Her faith in the Democratic process has involved her in many political activities. She is a founding member of the Nebraska Humanities Council, the Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities and the Women's Fund of Greater Omaha. She continues to work part time for Senator Bob Kerrey.

In the Jewish community, Mimi has served on the Jewish Federation of Omaha board and executive committee, Jewish Federation Foundation, ADL board and executive committee and the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly National Conference of Christians arid Jews) board and executive committee.

In the Omaha community, she has most recently

been involved with Girls, Inc., Planned Parenthood, the United Way, League of Women Voters, the Omaha Community Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation andtheYWCA. She has been honored with numerous awards^including: Humanitarian of the Year by the Jewish F e d e r a ti on , Outstanding Woman of Distinction by the YMCA, Women of Achievement by the Girl Scouts and the Life Enrichment Award by B'nai B'rith Women.

For reservations, send check for $22, made out to NCJW, to: Stacie Brodkey, 208 No. 163rd St., Omaha, NE 68118.

Reception to honor two Jewish authors Dr. Harold Levinson and Dorothy Kripke wi\l sign their books in the'JCC Gallery on Sunday, May 2 at 3 p.m. during a dessert reception.

Dr. Levinson will present a lecture in the JCC Theatre at 2 p.m. on the topic of "Smart But Feeling Dumb", breakthrough research on dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and phobias.

An accredited psychiatrist and neurologist, he is credited with bringing a change in, the treatment of dyslexia, ADD and anxiety phobias. His book, Smart But Feeling Dumb, will be available for signing.

Kripke will introduce, her new book, Let's Talk About the Sabbath, the eleventh in her "LetfB Talk About...... ."series of Jewish children's books; Reading Let's Talk About the Sabbath to children and grandchildren is a way to introduce them to the meaning, practice and love of Shabbat.

Kripke's books are loved by an entire generation of Jewish children and their families.

The program is open and free to the public. For more information, call Gloriann Levy at 334-6403, or Edie Wolf at 334-6461.

Behind the Headlines

Foundation donors respond to Kosovar refugee tragedy

by Claudia Sherman, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator

In response to the dire Kosovar refugee situation, donations from approximately one-third of the Omaha Jewish Federation Foundation's donoradvised funds reached $15,300 in four days, according to Marty Ricks, Foundation endowment director. The reports of refugee annihilation and suffering continue even though NATO forces have stepped-up the bombing in Yugoslavia.

- "A memo was sent by the Foundation office to the 58 donors who have established a Foundation donor-advised fund informing them that UJA Federations of North America is accepting contributions to assist Kosovar refugees and that aid would be provided on a non-sectarian basis.

"Donations forwarded by federations to UJA Federations of North America will be designated as coming from that community," according to a press release from UJA Federations of North America.

To expedite the donor-advised fund donations, Ricks noted, "The Foundation effected a special mid-month process to approve the contributions for the Kosovar refugees and hastily mailed the $15,300 to New York on April 16.

"More donor advised recommendations for Kosovo have reached the Foundation office since' that date and another run of checks will be forwarded next week when we receive them from our Foundation trustee, Norwest Bank.

"The generosity with which our donors so quickly

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responded to the urgent call to help the refugees from Kosovo who are suffering this nightmare has amazed me," said Ricks. "As Jews, we are aware of the consequences of ignoring this crisis. I'm pleased the Foundation, through our donors' good will, can contribute some measure of aid for the thousands who are in such upheaval," he noted.

Ricks added that based on phone calls he has received, it is anticipated that many more members of the Jewish community, including those who have Foundation donor-advised funds, will respond to the humanitarian needs of the refugees by sending contributions to the Jewish organizations whose addresses were listed in the April 16 issue of the Jewish Press.

Checks from the community can be sent directly to those organizations or to the Foundation office at 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE, 68154, "for forwarding en masse to make a profound statement of our support," explained Ricks.

He went on to say that, "although this is not an official organized fund raising effort by Omaha, many in our community have expressed their appreciation for the Omaha Federation and Foundation taking the lead in publicizing this need for financial assistance."

Federation Executive Director Jan Perelman added, "It is no surprise that our donors are rapidly responding to the crisis in Kosovo. Our Jewish Community has always been one that puts caring into action."

As hate claims young victims, the search for answers intensifies in Colorado ~~

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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Steven Greene's son, Jonathan, was among the lucky ones oh April 20 as death and mayhem stalked Columbine High School where he is a senior, less than three weeks away from graduation.

Jonathan had the car that day, and decided to drive to his nearby family home in Littleton for lunch. It was a decision that may have saved his life.

"Normally he would have been in the cafeteria at lunchtime," a still-shaken Steven Greene told the Intermountain Jewish News last week. "But he left, he has a car. Thank God he wasn't there."

As the shocking and grisly reports of the massacre began to appear on television and newspapers, it became clear that the cafeteria was one of the most dangerous places to be.

Now that hate has once again claimed the lives of innocent students, dumbfounded activists, teachers, clergy and politicians are searching for ways to stem the tide of teenage violence.

"We need to sort out what's around in our world that's facilitating this kind of thing happening," Rabbi Fred Greenspahn, of Congregation Beth Shalom in Littleton, CO, said one day after two heavily armed students opened fire in their suburban Denver high school, killing 12 students and one teacher, before killing themselves. (continued on page 5)

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ParashatEmor Some time ago I was one of the speakers at a Lutheran-Jewish dialogue at one of the near-by colleges.

I was assigned the topic of "Jewish Spirituality the continuing relevance of Jewish religious insights."

"Jewish Spirituality" leaves many Jews with a questioning look: WhF.t is that supposed to mean?

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The fair is scheduled at the Industrial Training Ancient Israel was one thing. But after the time Center at the South Omaha Campus, 27th & Q St., of Jesus, when Jews persisted in remaining Jews from 1-4 p.m. The public is invitedtoattend. and not Christian, the standard Christian teaching Representatives from more than 90 local and about the Jew was that he was a body without a national companies will be on hand to discuss a soul, a zombie without God, without spiritual variety of job opportunities and provide career moorings, without faith, without hope. information.

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Member «f th* Union or American H«b*ww Congregations 7023 Caso Street, Omaha, NE 68132 S664BS6 li FRIDAY: Shabbat Family Service, 8 pan. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Blum will officiate. ' Dr. ^Jonathan D. Sarna, professor of American Jewish History and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience, will be the guest speaker. His topic will be "2000 and Beyond: Who Are We, Who Will "We Be?" The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood.

SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible: An informal Opportunity to learn Torah with the rabbis, 9:3010:15 a.m.; Shabbat service, 10:30 a.m. Aron Neesman, son of Maria and Steve Neesman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah.

SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service is available Friday evening and 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.

AOL will meet Sunday at 10 ajn. to attend the Scholar-in-Residence lecture.

Sisterhood Adult Education THURSDAY: Rabbi Stiel will teach "Biblical Scholarship-What the Scholars of Our Day Have to Say About the Bible," 10-1130 ajn.; "Beginning Beyond Midrash, 6:50-7:40 p.m.; "Beyond Midrash," 7:50-8:45 p.m., led by Don Schwartz.

TOT SHABBAT SERVICE Friday, May 7, 7 p.m. A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will be held for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families.

SHABBAT COMES TO YOU Rabbi Azriel will lead a Shabbat Service Friday, May 7,2 p.m., at the Rose Blumkin Home.

SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna Dr. Sarna's topic for the weekend is "2000 and Beyond: Who Are We, Who Will We Be?" Friday, 8 p.m., Sanctuary: "Roots of American Jewry's Identity Problem." Oneg Shabbat following.

Saturday, 5 p.m., Swanson Towers, 8405 Indian Hills Drive: "Intermarriage in America: Historical Lessons and Contemporary Challanges,' with Havdallah following.

Sunday, 10 a.m., Friedman Social Hall: "The Changing Face of American Jewish Identity: Old Assumptions Confront New Realities;" bagel brunch.

All events are open to community at no charge.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 p.m.

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

Kiddiish sponsored by Sisterhood. Shalosh Seudos sponsered by Sally and Leon Wintroub in memory of Sally's mother, Esther Gendler, and Leon's father^William.

Rabbi's class, 7:25 p.m.; Mincha, 7:55 pan., followed by Ma'ariv and Havdalah.

SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Beis Hamedfash, 9:45 a.m.; Mincha, 8:05 p.m.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 ajn* Mincha, 8.-05 pjn.

WEDNESDAY: Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Kutner, aoon, at the office of Joe Kirshenbaum, Noddle Development Co., 13710 FNB Pkwy, #100, on the topic of Business Ethics, II. Rabbi Kutner teaches Talmud Class at 7 p.m. at the synagogue.

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Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits.

FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Members of Men's Club will participate in Shabbat services; Kiddush following; TSS (Torah Study Skills) 10 am.; Sitter service, 10 ajn^ Shabbat Story Time (pre-kindergarten and under) 11 ajn.; K'tantan (kindergarten through 3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Humash with Rashi study session, 7:45 pjn. (1/2 hour before M/M); Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 8:15 pjn. • SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.

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

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FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 pan.

SATURDAY: Sabbath service, 930 a.m.; Torah study, 10-.30 ajn.

The congregation will host its second annual benefit dinner and auction at Misty's Restaurant in the Edgewood Shopping Center. Cocktails are at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. The auction begins at 8 p.m. Committee members include Linda Emery, ,Dave Rosenbaum, Linda Ungvarsky and Amy Zlotsky.

SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious School, 10 a.m.

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

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Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman.

FRIDAY: Services, 9:30 ajn..

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Mincha-Ma'ariv, 6:30 p.m., followed by Havdalah.

• WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.nfi^Mincha/ Ma'ariv, 7:30 p.m.

ANNUAL LAG B'OMER PICNIC Tuesday, May 4, 6:30 p.m., at Chabad House.

Food, fun and inspiration will be the ingredients for thiB family picnic. Cost is $5 for adults; $2 for children.

RSVP to Elizabeth at 330-1800.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: Learner's minyan, 9 a.m.

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: Classes Sunday and Tuesday at the JCC. ' SUNDAY: Rabbi Myer S.'Kripke teaches a class on megillot, 12:15 pjn. Open to all.

FRIDAY, April 30: Shabbat in the Home.

Samantha Misle Shrier, daughter of Linda and Howard Shrier, will cele-| bra'te her Bat Mitzvahl on Saturday, May 8, a t | Temple Israel.

A seventh-grade honorl student at Westsidel Middle School, she is al Student Ambassador for I People to People Inter-1 national to Australia. ^ She enjoys gymnastics, - .^_ dance and travel.

For her mitzvah project, Bhe collected clothing and toys for city shelters in Omaha.

Samantha has a sister, Sandra, and a brother, Jason.

Grandparents are Helen Misle and the,late Abram Misle and the late Pearl and Louis Shrier.

Ian Micha Fried, son .of Jim Fried and Lindy I Fried, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 8, at Beth El [Synagogue.

A seventh-grade honor I student at Westside Middle School, he is a Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax.

I creative artist and Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.I sculpts and draws. He 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

I also enjoys skiing, water 1 sports, basketball and | the electric guitar.

Ian has a sister, Ariel, and a brother, Zane.

SATURDAY: Services, 9 ajjL, led by Mark Levy.

Grandparents are Sam and Frances Fried, the Kiddush following services. late Magda Fried, David Rice and the late Esther Rice.

FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 pjn., followed by Oneg Shabbat.,The topic will be "What is the destiny of Jews in war-torn Central Europe and who will help?"

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Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosehbaum.

Mihyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 ajn.

FRIDAY: Family Service, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Learners Service, 10 a.m., Junior Congregation, 10:15 ajn.

BAT MITZVAH Aly Beth Bowers, daughter of Lucy and Kirk Bowers, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1. Oneg Shabbat and Kiddush luncheon' follows.

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William Goldfein, son of Jean and Mark Goldfein, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 8, at Congregation Beyt Shalom. " A seventh-grade student at Millard Central Middle School, he belongs to Boy Scouts and enjoys camping and travel.

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[ Notice anything different?

If readers looked closely at the

April 23 Jewish Press, they may have noticed photos on the front and back pages which didn't look the same as those in the rest of the paper. And in today's Press, photos on pages 14 and 15 ' may look a little different.

So far, 12 photos have appeared in these pages which were taken by our new digital camera. This piece of equipment was purchased recently by this paper to be shared with the Jewish Federation. A second • camera will be added to our inventory, this one for use with the other Centers of Excellence the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Senior Services, AntiDefamation League-Community Relations Committee, Jewish Family Service, and Jewish educational and Library Services.

These two cameras enable us to save photographs on a computer

disk for immediate transfer to the pages of the Jewish Press (or for those who attended the recent Women's Symposium, a slide show of the day's events).

Not only does this advanced technology enable us to more quickly create photo essays and meet last-minute deadlines, it will also save on film and developing costs and the cost of "shooting* photos at our printer.

Of course, we'll still use our "regular" cameras and well still accept good quality, clearly identified photos (even color) for announcements and other community events, but our 21st century technology will give us new options at a reasonable price.

The use of digital cameras around the Jewish CommunityCampus is just one more indication of the sharing of resources, both human and financial, among the Federation agencies.

The Kosovo analogy game

by David Twersky, Editor, The New Jersey Jewish News

WHIPPANY, N. J. - What should we think about the conflict in Kosovo? The question grows more acute as the war intensifies, refugee dislocation mounts and United States involvement escalates with the call-up of more than 30,000 reservists. At the same time, doubts persist that America has either sufficient will to win or an exit strategy to bring our troops home.

The Clinton administration, led by men and women who cut their political eye teeth opposing the Vietnam war, are haying a hard time articulating a coherent rationale for intervention. The one notable exception, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, has Munich on her mind: President Bill Clinton and his senior advisers, who in their youth derisively, dismissed the Domino theory in regard to Southeast Asia, are now applying it with vigor to the Balkans.

The combination of a European battlefield/scenes of refugees and mass graves broadcast nightly on our television screens, and a murky rationale for intervention that is neither wholly realpolitik nor moral have made the lure of the Holocaust impossible to overcome. When we ask why should we.bomb the Serbs, we are told, "Because it is happening again."

The prevalence of Holocaust-related rhetoric surrounding the conflict and the NATO response may not automatically lend American Jews a unique insight into the problems of the Balkans, but it does mean that we have a special responsibility with regard to the larger meaning of the war.

Ownership of the Shoah, the ability to mobilize the Holocaust for a contemporary political battle, is now a powerful weapon.

The Holocaust has been mainstreamed, currently as a de facto argument for United States/NATO intervention. The one attempt to employ a cold war-related image — someone called what the Kosovar Albanians were going through a "Great Terror," a reference to Joseph Stalin's most brutal period in the'30s — fell on deaf ears.

Although Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic is a product of an old communist regime --his wife remains an active and committed Marxist-LeniniBt ~ the singular aspect of the Kosovo crisis turns on its national/religious dimension and the brutal implementation of the Serbian decision to rid the province of its Albanian population.

In the current debate, "ethnic cleansing" is synonymous with genocide. But had the Nazis really done what they pretended they were doing, to wit, resettling Jews somewhere out of sight in Eastern Europe, that would have been "ethnic cleansing."

In comparison with what actually happened, what a blessing that would have been. The Jews were not resettled, but annihilated; with some casualties along the way, kosovars head for the relatively friendly territory of Albania, Montenegro or neutral Macedonia, but not to death camps.

That is not to say that the Kosovars should be thankful for small favors. By insisting that their encounter with brutality and injustice shouldn't be measured by Holocaust yardsticks; we are not trying to diminish the injustice being visited upon them.

So is the difference between the Holocaust and what the Albanian Kosovars are experiencing therefore merely a difference without a distinction?

We don't think so. The devil is in the details, and to conflate all evils perpetrated in the name of nationalism and/or religion opens the door to even more tragic consequences. .

The question "What shall we do about it?" must begin with an understanding of what it is we are looking at and why what appears to be so wrong is wrong. The excessive use of Shoah rhetoric can therefore be quite dangerous.

That the Serbs were ardent anti-Nazis has given many Jews pause, as has the fact that the Kosovar Albanians have an Islamic background. Of course, it emerges that Albania was the only continental European country to see an increase in the number of Jews from the beginning to the end of the war, so the Serbs have no monopoly on the question of who most befriended the Jews during the Holocaust.

But there are other reasons to discard the whichside-were-you-on-in-the;war argument. Once World War II began, Stalin was on the right side. That didn't mean that we should have adopted a sympathetic view of Stalin's regime or his policies.

Moreover, as Hebrew University scholar Shlomo Avineri has pointed out, being oh the anti-Nazi side half a century ago doesn't confer the right .to burn people out of their homes, rape and kill today.

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ture is so focused on the Holocaust. The Palestinians see the flight of the Kosovars as a replay of what their leaders pretend happened to them in 1948; as cast by the Palestinians, Israeli Jews become the Serbs. On the other hand, the Americans (Israel's allies in Palestinian eyes) are befriending the Muslim Kosovars and are bombing the Serbs.

Never one to let the Arabs confuse the situation by themselves, Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon refused to endorse the NATO campaign, arguing that an independent Kosovo or a Greater Albania would provide a new base for international Islamic extremism, a point echoed by Pat Buchanan in a Washington Post column.

Buchanan and Sharon weren't the only odd bedfellows to emerge from the Kosovo conflict. The Russian prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection as both Likud and the Yeltsin government pooled their anti-Clinton administration enthusiasms.

Sharon has expressed the fear that NATO could intervene next in the Middle East on behalf of Palestine, a point also taken up with gusto by farright Knesset member Rechavam Ze'evi; he told the Knesset that the NATO campaign was a "danger-; pus precedent" of.military intervention on behalf of an ethnic minority that wants to secede from a sovereign state.

"Couldn't it happen here, too, in a different variation today or tomorrow?" Ze'evi asked. Ze'evi's party, Moledet (Homeland), represents,-along with the remnants of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane's followers, the tiny Milosevic-ethnic cleansing faction in Israeli politics, supporting the "transfer" of.the Palestinians out of Greater Israel. What is extreme and marginal in Jerusalem is in power in Belgrade.

Other Israelis say Kosovo emphasizes the need of a people for its own state and army, a lesson the Jews understand well. Finally, former prime minister Shimon Peres told the Knesset that the lesson of the Kosovo crisis for Israel is that "whoever does not want ethnic cleansing must not bring about ethnic confusion" by building Jewish settlements in the Arab-populated territories.

Like the Holocaust, rhetoric borrowed from the Israeli-Palestinian theater doesn't always successfully migrate into the Balkan context.

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Hate claims young victims (Continued from page 1) "There's a suspicion that a little piece of this and his wife's own families. He asked the boy why "Who are these kids, and why do these things happen?" Greenspahn wondered in a telephone inter- bizarre culture they have created for themselves he was anti-Semitic, what he personally had may have some of the neo-Nazi or skinhead over- against Jews, and says he was amazed to discover view, as his community reeled from the shock. > In Denver, the Jewish community canceled its tones, but there does not seem to be a solid match. that the boy had apparently never considered the planned celebration of Israel's. Independence Day on' They're just coming across to me as troubled kids." seriousness of his threats and taunts.

Rosenthal reported last week that the ADL had April 21, choosing instead to hold a memorial service "I could see in his face that this kid was shocked," for the victims, none of whom were believed to be no previous knowledge of the Trenchcoat Mafia, Greene said. "I don't think he realized how scared Jewish. An Israeli youth choir visiting for the Yom • adding that its data bases reveal no linkage we really were of hun."

Ha'atzmaut event was slated to sing both at the between neo-Nazi activity and youth-groups which "There have always been misfits and outsiders at Jewish community-sponsored memorial as well as a identify with "gothic" or satanic themes. schools, but what we seem to be getting now is a vigil sponsored by the city of Denver; That Harris kept a website which apparently whole subculture coming together on-line and magPolice identified the perpetrators as Eric Harris and articulated some of his views is not, in itself, some- nifying the chances of mayhem," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Los Dylan Klebold, both of whom authorities said were thing that disturbs Rosenthal. : members of a group known as the Trenchcoat Mafia."

"The Internet is simply one more tool for these kids Angeles-based Wiesenthal Center. . The Jewish Community. Center in Columbus is to be engaged in. It does not create the isolation that "We can't blame the government or police for named after Leo Yassenoff, the greatgrandfather these kids feel. That gets built in other ways." what happened," Cooper said. "It's a matter of eduof Dylan Klebold. While Klebold was raised as a Rosenthal's concern has to do with the social cation, and also high time for Internet service Lutheran, he reportedly read the Four Questions at dynamics that led these two young men to commit providers to set standards for dealing with hate a Passover seder his family held earlier this month. the atrocity they did. groups using their services.

Klebold'B mother was raised in a Jewish home, Tve been haunted by this Columbine thing since it Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, family members have said, but a Lutheran minis- happened. The image that keeps coming into my agreed."Education is the only antidote we ter conducted a private funeral last weekend. mind is that there's a cancer in.these marginalized, have to racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism.

Classmates at Columbine High School told local isolated young people who find themselves joining one "There's no vaccine or silver bullet," he added. media' that members of the group had been or another anti-social, anti-mainstream groups. These ADL's World of Difference curriculum on tolerance obsessed with World War II Germany and had spo- are young people who just aren't finding a purpose in has reached 400,000 teachers, Foxman said, suggest.ken openly about April 20 being Adolf Hitler's their lives in mainstream values and culture. ing that tolerance education should be elevated to the birthday. Reports said that members of the group "Where were the people to touch the lives of these same status given English, math and science. wore Nazi symbols and painted graffiti, including terribly disturbed young men? Without laying Many others, like the local Littleton rabbi, are swastikas, in the school's bathroom. blame on anybody, there seems to be no connection searching for answers.

• Obviously relieved that'Greene was spared the anywhere here with an adult who made a differ"If s important for ustounderstand this does not only : anguish of hearing that, his son was injured or worse, ence in these kids' lives. How do kids' create a web happsnin places we associate with violence," said he remains a very angry man. The parent of one of site about making bombs without their parents Greenspanh, who said he plannedtohold a discussion what he described as relatively few Jewish students at. knowing about it? How do they dress in trench about theMooting during services this weekend. "This Columbine, he told the IJN last week that bis son has coats without their parents suspecting that this is not a problem of them, itfs a problem of us." endured more than a year-and-a-half of anti-Semitic might be a danger sign?

Greene doesn't blame the students, attributing their taunting and physical abuse from fellow students.

"Nobody-seems to care in these people's lives. I callous anti-Semitic behavior to parental influence.

Green said that his complaints to teachers, admin- think the' message to us is that every one of our Nor does he blame the Columbine student body, istrators and even the Jefferson County school board young people needs and deserves the contact insisting that the vast majority are "wonderful" kids. with other human beings that keeps them from did little to alleviate his son's situation.

But he remains angry that the school administration in what he claims was an effort to protect stuThe anti-Semitic climate at Columbine was generat- stepping off the abyss." .

Green's son was taunted, and sometimes physi- dents enrolled in its athletic programs paid no heed ed, Greene says, by a handful of students active in the school's athletic program, tjocks," as he calls them. cally assaulted to the point of being punched, to what Greene saw as serious and troubling Ironically, according to some reports, ^jocks' were bruised and pinned on the floor during basketball threats. And he wonders whether that same atmosgames in gym class, Greene said. phere might have contributed to the madness that among the primary intended victims of the killers.

That threat prompted Greene to take action. But he overtook the school on an otherwise pleasant April Although the students may have had neo-Nazi ties, they apparently did not target Jews in the says his complaints to athletic coaches,teachers,the day in Littleton.

(JTA correspondent Tom Tugend in Los Angeles and shooting. Aaron Cohn was hiding under a table in dean of boys and ultimately the principal at Columbine the Columbine High School library when one of the were not taken seriously, although he insisted that he Chris Leppek of the Intormountaln Jewish Nows confelt the threatening stutributed to this report.) perpetrators pressed a gun to his head.

"All jocks stand up. We're goingtokill every one of dents "were capable of you," the gunman said, according to Cohn. He told local doing this. media that his life was spared When the shooter shifted "They looked at me like his attention to a black student nearby and fired."

I was out of my mind," Doctors said/12 of the 15 dead, including the Greene said this week.

I U I O H I TO XOIT/A LOAN IN *» assailants, were found in the library where Cohn hid. "But look a t what hapAnother student, Jenni LaPlante, told the Denver Post pened. That was a war she had asked members of the six-member strong zone in there." group," "Why do you guys wear all that German stuff?

It was only when Greene Are you Nazis?' And they would say, "Yeah, Heil threatened the school Hitler." LaPlante told the newspaper that she never board with a discriminaknewwhether'thesusDects.werejokingornot..: ;> tion lawsuit that any . Saul Rosenthal, mountain states director of action was taken. The the Anti-Defamation League (and former board arranged a meeting Omahan), however, remains unconvinced that with one of the students neo-Nazism or skinhead, philosophy is central who had made the threats, to the identity of the Trenchcoat Mafia. apparently a leader in the "I don't thini that anybody has established that group that had been either Hiiier's birthday or neo-Nazism was a signif- harassing his son.

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TeamB from Swanson Elementary, Rockbrook Elementary and Westside Middle School placed first in the recent Odyssey of the Mind (OM) State Competition in Kearney, NE. OM is the largest world-wide creative problem-solving competition for children, from kindergarten through college.

Teams from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 18 countries (including China, Japan, Argentina, New Zealand, Morocco and Kuwait) will participate in the World Finals in Knoxville, TN, the last weekend in May. Among the members of winning teams were: Lexi Newman, daughter of Murray and Sharee Newman; Avigail Katzman; daughter of Michael and Carol Katzman; Ben Taxman, son of Jeff and Sherry Taxman; and Danielle Burr, daughter of Marilyn Burr. Among those participating in the State Competition were: Carolyn Ware, daughter of Barbara Gottlieb, and a fourth-grader at Aldrich Elementary School; Jacob Friedman, son of Susan and Andrew Friedman and a fifth grader at Cottonwood Elementary; Steve Patton, son of Linda and Joel Patton and a 7th grader at Westside Middle School; and Sandy McCreight, a teacher at North High School, who coached three . teams this year (she is th'e daughter of George and Julie Schapiro).

Omaha Steaks haB opened its 54th retail store at 78th between Dodge and Cass Streets in the new Tower Plaza, It's the first new store in Omaha in 13 years.,

BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD Cantor Leo Fettman will sign copies of his new book, SHOAH: Journey from the Ashes; at the Sisterhood luncheon on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. The event is open to the community. For reservations,, call Bernice Cohen, Luncheon chairperson, 5583423. .:

Members of the Swanson team presented the Odyssey of the Mind First Place trophy in Division One to principal Mary Drew, center.

The team included, first row: Lexi Newman, left, Avi Katzman, Tori Rafael and Drew Wilson; back row: coach Carrie May, Mrs. Drew, Jefjf May, coach Linda Rafael, Arvind Maheshwari, and Dara Chesmitt.

Central Mattress and Bedding has changed the name of its west Omaha stores to eariytobed, located at 129th and Maple in Eagle Run Square.

Glen Fineman, LCSW, has joined Associated Counseling Professionals, a multi-service therapy group. Fineman, a licensed clinical therapist, specializes in family mediation and working with children, adults and families on a variety of mental health issues.

Michael Fineman, son of Hollie and Glen Fineman, was elected president of the National Honor Society at Millard North High School. He was also chosen to represent the school at Boys' State, June 6-11, in Lincoln. Michael is a junior and an honors student at Millard North.

The Omaha Symphony musicians presented Harriet Sperling with the Helena Bell Outstanding Volunteer Award at its recent Masterworks Concert. The award is presented annually to a symphony supporter for their efforts to promote and serve the orchestra.

Sperling has worked on every facet of the ticket sales campaign, including serving as chairman of the 1997-98 campaign. In 1998, she was the recipient? of the National Audrey Bard Project Award, presented by the American Symphony Orchestra League in St. Paul, MN.' ;;:;' >: ,,;;;:.: : .; ;•••;::( '

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For transportation, call 330-4272.

Members of the Westside Middle School "OM" team, which placed first in Division Two, included: front row, James Kinkade, Sarah Amdor and Dani Burr; middle row, Hope Chapman and Ben Taxman; top, John Amdor.

- Bruce and Penina Richards of Atlanta, GA, Louise Abrahamson was nominated as an announce the March 16 birth of their Bon, Afden "Ageless Hero" by Patrick G. Hayes,; President and i Miles. They are also the parents of two daughters, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield who sponsors Nicelle, 5, and Marley, 3. .Grandparents, are Yale "and Ida Richards of the program in celebration of "the spirit and vitaliOmaha and Ed and Merna Siff of Worcester, MA. ty of our nation's seniors."

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WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. Come exercise with Michelle Streif at 10:15 a.m. in the adult lounge. Bingo starts at 10:30 a.m. in room 10. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30 a.m. At noon, enjoy the movie Ever After in the Blumkin Home auditorium. Popcorn will be served. For transportation, call 330-4272.

VISIONS Membership Luncheon Meeting on Friday, May 14, a t Caniglia's Venice Inn at 12:30 p.m.

Entertainers from the Omaha Community Playhouse will perform highlights to the musical The Secret Garden. For reservations, send form to Jim and Esther Wax, 118 S. 88th St., Omaha, NE 68114. Deadline is May 7.

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER The Aerobics and Fitness Department of the JCC will present two free workshops by former Lincolnite Arieh Breslow on Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m., and Sunday, May 9, at 2 p.m.

Breslow, who made aliyah to Israel, is the founder of the Jerusalem School of T'ai Chi and the author of two books: Beyond the Closed Door: Chinese Culture and the Creation of T'ai Chi Chuan and When Less is More: Using the Mind to Exercise the Body.

The workshops, entitled "Your Health and the Middle Path: Where Maimonides and Confucius Meet," will define the Middle Path from the perspective of both Western and Eastern Traditions.

Call Cindy Cook, 334-6434, for more information or to register.

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Teaching the Holocaust to teachers

by Joan K, Marcus

, In her opening speech at "The Legacy of the Holocaust—Teaching the Holocaust" workshop, Debbi Brown said, "The Anti-Defamation League has been committed to fighting hatred, bigotry, and prejudice since 1913. As we approach the 21st century, our world is challenged more than ever before to establish a global community with tolerance, respect, and communication among all people."

As educators, teachers have the power to warn young people about the power of hate and bigotry,.

Brown commended the 91 teachers and added, "This shows you are committed to raising the level of wisdom and education." ' Bob Wolfson, Executive Director of the ADL, also welcomed the group. He noted that challenges to teachers are different than there were 50 years ago, "We, as individuals, can make a difference in OUT; children, intimately what we're talking about is improving the critical thinking of our students.

Our challenges are difficult and we have a special responsibility."

Wolfson introduced Dr. Moshe Shner, who teaches Jewish Philosophy at Oranim Academic College of Education in Israel.. He is also the Education Director at The Ghetto Fighter's House Museum.

Shner presented a workshop on the unique and thought-provoking Jewish educator, Janusz Korczak who went to his death, at Treblinka, along with 200 of his students in an orphanage.

Dr. Shner said he has more than 15 years of experience to share with the teachers. Raya Kalisman, Director of the Center for Humanistic Education at the museum, also conducted workshops. The museum is located in the. Western Galilee, part of Omaha's Partnership 2000 Region.

Dr. Ben Nachman

These survivors sat around during the filming and told of their experiences during the Holocaust Spielberg decided to put together a group to record the stories of their lives. With the help of psychologists and social workers, a program was put together for the interviewers to follow. Fifteen hundred people were chosen to do the interviews along, with 1000 videographers.

Together, they conducted 50,000 interviews in 57 countries.

"It was a very satisfying, emotional experience," Dr. Nachman added "I fell in love with some of the survivors."

Dr. Nachman ended by quoting Elie Wiesel, author and Holocaust survivor, "For years I have tried to find answers to the numerable questions that deal with the Holocaust. None have been answered. The more I learn, the less I know. The more I study, the less I understand. I do not understand anything about it. I do not understand the killers, the victims, nor the bystanders. I do not understand God." Other presentations to the teachers included one from Holocaust survivor Bea Karp, and Yom HaShoah speaker Dr. Yaffa Eliach. Eliach addressed the group at the JCC, which also included some 70 academicians attending a conference on the Holocaust at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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Dr. Moshe Shner and Raya Kalisman Kalisman presented a workshop on the Holocaust. Her presentation focused on multicultural education and important insights on how to base education on the Holocaust. The museum is also working with the United States Holocaust, Museum in Washington, D.C. "The Holocaust represents the full range of human characteristics in the most extreme form," Kalisman said, "from the pure evil of the murderera and their assistants to the fear and struggle for., survival of the victims."

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To conclude her presentation, .Kalisman emphasized the viewpoint of Holocaust educators, "It is best to see the Holocaust today as an important component of Israeli identity. We must foster the basic attitude that the human life is valuable simply because it is a human life, be it the life of a Jew, a Gypsy, or a German."

Omaha and the Shoah Foundation Omahan Dr. Ben Nachman spoke about his experiences as an interviewer for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

This organization was founded by Steven Spielberg; Dr. Nachman is an accredited interviewer for the project. For the past 20 years, he has conducted research for authors who have written books about the Holocaust. Currently, he is working with the Swiss Council on a documentary about Carl Luetz, a Christian who was responsible for saving more, than 62,000 Jews in Switzerland.

Dr. Nachman, a retired dentist, lost 23 members of his family in the Holocaust. He started to study the Holocaust in the 1960s in order to better understand what happened to his family. Over the years, he has written to almost every author of the books he has read and he has meet with many of them.

When he was invited to become an interviewer, he was doubtful about his ability, but since then he has interviewed people all through the Midwest.

Steven Spielberg has funded the project after he bought the rights to make the movie, Schindler's List. During the filming of the movie, Spielberg used many people who were survivors of the Holocaust

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 Hadassah Meeting, 10:30 a.m., at Livingston Plaza Kids Lunch & Learn, 12:15 p.m., Bet JYG Dinner, 6 p.m., at Temple Israel JFS Parenting Program, 7 p.m.

Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class, 7:30 p.m. at Beth El Dance Recital Performance, 7 p.m.

B'nai B'rith Sports Banquet, 6 p.m., at Aksarben Board of Commissioners Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Beth Israel Beth Israel Talmud Class, 1 hour pri to Mincha, at Beth Israel THURSDAY, MAY 13 Walk-in Drop-in, 9:30 a.m .

Sisterhood Adult Education, 10 a.m., Temple Israel Dance Recital Performance, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 14 Russian Club, 10 a.m.

Visions Membership Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., at Venice Inn SATURDAY, MAY 15 Humash Class, 8 p.m., at Beth El

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FRIDAY, MAY 21 Shabbat Dinner, 7 p.m., at Beth El Grade 12 Graduation Service, 8 p.m., at Temple Israel SATURDAY, MAY 22 BESTT Graduation, 9:30 a.m., at Beth El | Humash Class, 8:05 p.m., at Beth El SUNDAY.MAY23 Religious School Play, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel Pan Tournament, 11 a .m.

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The International Conections and Prison Association for the Advancement of Professional Corrections (ICPA), in cooperation with the Nebraska Survivors of the Holocaust, have established a project to place a Holocaust memorial in correctional training academies throughout the world. The ICPA is an international association whose membership, though multi-disciplinary, is made up of corrections professionals, including heads of several national correctional systems.

Though no longer formally meeting, the Nebraska Survivors of the Holocaust established a' program, several years ago to place a Holocaust memorial in locations where laws are made, justice . is administered and corrections is carried out.

The reasoning, according to former president Joe Boin, was to pique the curiosity of people working in those areas so they individually would seek more information and learn that their actions can reduce violence and mistreatment of groups who are currently unpopular, marginalized or considered inferior. The group noted that if individuals sought information, what they learned would be much more meaningful and more likely to lead-to better decisions and behavior.

Ole Ingstrup, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada and founding president of the ICPA, noted the Association is particularly sensitive to the potential for abuse which can occur in prisons, where staff exercise considerable influence. '

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The Association, with members in 26 nations, is taking the survivors project one step further. It is working with national correctional training academies to develop a comprehensive training course for correctional staff intended to equip them with both the inner strength and the practical techniques as a means to intervene to prevent or stop abuse.

In accepting the project, the ICPA acknowledges the importance of this trainings The training will include issues relating to the various international obligations about humanrightp"aswell as practical, reality based training for staff to assist them in meeting real life challenges of their daily work, ThelCPAwasparticularlypleasedwitiitheNebraaka Survivor's Memorial because of its graphic depiction.

The memorial was designed by Philadelphia forensic artist Frank Bender, known internationallyforhis work in helping identify victims and fugitives. He has played a major role in aiding falsely accused individuals to be released from prison.

Previously, the Nebraska Survivors have placed the memorial in the Lincoln County-City Building, the headquarters of the American Correctional Association in Washington, D.C., and in Tifereth Israel Synagogue, also in Lincoln.

For more information, contact (on behalf of the Nebraska Survivors of the Holocaust group) me at: Gary Hill, P.O. Box 81826, Lincoln, NE 68501-1826 or phone: 402 464-0602; fax: 402 464-5931; e-mail: Garyhill@cega.com

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Synagogue's H.E.L.P. IMUN or "preparation booklets. These "how-to" for faith" iB a week-long manuals have been disinstitute the opportunity tributed to Beth El to fully understand the members as well as to religious service and relatConservative synaed programming aspects gogues, throughout North America. of synagogue life. Aimed at synagogue leadership Faculty at the Winter IMUN at Camp Ramah "It is typical for me to from Gonservative congre- ^ Ojai, CA, were: Hazzan Howard Shalowitz, receive requests from gations across North lef *» Hazzan Judy Sofer, Rabbi David oother th e r rabbis rabbis asking asking for for America, the institute Blumenfield and Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El's ?plan of action' results in a sense of Omaha's Beth El Synagogue. regarding a specific hoU"empowermenf for the 40 day or celebration," he attendees, who return to their respective communities explained; ; with a keener insight into Judaic studies and a higher An example of this type of learning experience is degree Of spirituality. : the recent Passover University classes offered on How to conduct a Ma'ariv service or a baby nam- two Sunday mornings prior to the holiday. ing are some examples of the "nuts and bolts" IMUn was the brainchild of Rabbi David taught to these lay leaders.

Blemenficld, Director of the United Synagogue One might ask why would congregants need to Department of Services to affiliated congregations. know this information? : • . "Attendees are both self-selected and highly moti" Rabbi Drazen explained "both smaller congrega- vated group of people," Rabbi Blumenfield said; tions who are ia.pt served by rabbis and larger syna- "These people bring back skills that can be taught gogues who meiy heed help beyond the availability of to other congregants so that the community takes clergy may be called upon to perform'these services." on a more active role in both services and learning.

Twenty-six of the attendees were first-time par"When'one has a question, the next question ticipants of the program; the remaining 14 had often becomes, "Where do I even begin to look for attended previous IMUN programs and noted that this information?'" he. added. thiB' type of informal setting and camaraderie fosRecommendation by the president or rabbi of a ters'friendships and the ability to share unan- Conservative synagogue, phonetic reading knowlswered questions. Only three.actually Worked at edge of Hebrew, and willingness to apply knowltheir synagogues; the rest were volunteers; ! edge gained at the IMUN, commitment to Jewish Participants spent an intensive week-studying learning and observance of mitzvot are the requiresynagogue skills,-learning to chant Torah'ahd/or ' ments for participation in this program.

Haftorah and to write a D'varTorah.. 'Graduates' . A summer program is scheduled for Aug. 1-9 at often decide to keep in touch with instructors and damp Ramah in the Berkshire Mountains of other "Imunis" with the assistance of e-mail and Wingdale, NY. For more information or to apply, return to their congregation with" a deeper under- contact Rabbi Drazen at 492-8550:

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If you were asked "Who was the most influential Yes, she loved color, and loved dressing up and well . person in your life," whose name would immediate- she should have because she was a beautiful lady. Of ly come to mind? Perhaps a teacher, or a spiritual course she had her moments when being far-pifczed to leader or maybe even an author whose work left a /the nines wasn't the order of the day. When she decidlife-long impression/Maybe. My guess is that per- ed to tackle a particular housekeeping chore that only son would be a parent, and the chances are at least she could do to her own satisfaction, her outfit looked like something out of a cartoon. ...

50-50 it would be your mother.

An old pair of slacks, sometimes rolled up a few I have written so many words about people who were So relevant to my life, I'd be hard pressed to inches, making my Dad's socks clearly visible with name the most influential. Certainly my,mom her "sensible oxfords," topped with her oldest blouse, sleeves'rolled up, often an apron covering would be right up there in the top two or three.

It's only a couple of years since I lost my mom, this get-up (protecting heaven knows what) and the and when I think about it, I realize hardly a day finishing touch was a kerchief wrapped around her • '•>,.• goes by when something doesn't remind me of her. hair, turban fashion.

Maybe somebody uses one of her favorite expresOh yes> I nearly forgot. Her face, when in this sions, or conversation includes the description of garb, would always be liberally anointed with her really excellent strudel. Maybe if 8 a vividly colored currently favorite cream or lotion, anything from garment-bright red or hot pink, or best of all, a olive oil to vaseline. shade of lavender. Any of those things call to my Why I would kid about that skin care I don't mind, the late Mary Wine. know, because her skin was flawless and virtually I mention colors deliberately,-because even without wrinkles right up to the day she died, at though I always thought the pastel tones were gor- 94. Unlike mine, I might add. geous on her, she favored the more dramatic, If I would walk into the house and find her in intense shades. A comment I heard many times that work outfit, I usually would make some was something like "you know me - the gypsy!" remark about how gorgeous she looked and her Included in her wardrobe was one dress in particu- answer would invariable be, "You're just jealous!" lar which I remember so well. It was red, no misSuch funny things I remember about a mom, taking that, but it was not "fire huh? All this came about because I engine red." It was softer than recently had that red dress in.my that, but nonetheless, red. hands. It should have been given away long ago but somehow, it hadIt was chiffon, made in what n't been. "I looked a t it and was ladies will understand as shirtinstantly transported back 19 years, waist style. Itfither as though it when she wore it to the wedding.! had been made to her exact meahave pictures of course, but even surements and she looked terrific without them, I'd never forget how when she wore it. That, was the she looked. dress she chose to wear at a granddaughter's wedding, which was a So often, when we reminisce about small, immediate family affair a parent, we recall what he/she was held in New York. The dress was like when we were children.. I the topic of more than a little fashremember those times, naturally, ion discussion between us. but when we were both adults, I had many opportunities to know what Now, if you knew her, you might my mom was really like. As two remember my mom had a great women, we had many wonderful sense of humor and more than a times together, either doing somecasual streak of maybe what you'd thing special or nothing more than call "daredevil."

When she decided she. would wear the red dress lunch in the coffee shop at the grocery store. at the wedding she said something like Veil, why One of the pictures taken at the "red dress wed-not? A Bobie should be able to wear whatever she ding" was of my mom and me, almost nose-to-nose, wants to a grandchild's wedding." y just looking at each other and kvelling. If I had to : That kind of summed up the way she felt and I write a caption for it, I don't think Tcould. decided she was right. She wore what she wanted Mom and I were just enjoying a special moment. to wear and, I might add, looked liked a fairy tale In remembering those special moments now, all Bobie; I, the mother of the bride, wore creamy beige these years later, I enjoy them again. and looked drab in contrast!

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Taking their lead from historical documents from the Spanish Inquisition, the authors have re-created foods from'600 years ago, medieval cooking in a modern kitchen using Old World foods and spices. The information is "from the trial testimony about the cook or about the person who turned him or her in to the Inquisition."

The book is dedicated to the memory of courageous cooks who defied the pressures of assimilation and the risks of disclosure thus affirming their pride in the preservation of family and religious heritage..."the role that culinary habits play in sustaining religioethnic ideality." Fragmented vignettes provide a glimpse of the "Iberian Crypto (secret-Jewish culture, a lobk at the Middle Ages.

Read of "converso", "Judiasring? and other terms. Wander back in time, through the history, the fate of the Iberian Jews and the cooking traditions of meals prepared between 1450, and 1677 in the Recipes, Stories and Commentary section, detailed and complete with numbered "endnotes." The chapters are Salads & Vegetables, • Eggs, Fish, Fowl, Beef, Lamb & Goat, Sausages, Meat & Fish Pies, Breads, Desserts & Snacks and Holiday Foods.

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Immanual Lifeline announces the waiving of the installation fee for Lifeline during the month of May, in honor of Mother's Day and Older American Month.

Lifeline is the personal emergency response system that enhances independence and provides emergency contact for those who live alone.

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When help is needed, specially trained monitors send family, friends or 911 to investigate the situation. A bonus feature of Lifeline includes the use of Lifeline like a speaker phone; the subscriber can answer any incoming calls by pushing the same small button. ."Lifeline is a wonderful gift to give your mother, aunt, grandmother or friends for Mother's Day," Kotok noted. "This valuable service is available for about a dollar a day."

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For seniors-and their peace of mind and independence—continuing to live in their homes they love is of paramount importance.

Nevertheless, as bodily debilitaIn a large pan, saute the onions and tion sets in due to aging, elderly bay leaf, if you're using it, in the olive folks are concerned about falling oil over medium-high heat 6-8 minand being unable to get up without utes, until the onion is golden. the assistance or some other reason.

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Carol Bloch was co-chairman of the Women's Symposium, along with Gloria Kaslow.

Initiated by Jewish Family Service, the event was co-sponsored by. every Jewish women's organization in Omaha.

Ozzie Nogg, right, presented "Celebrating Judaism at Home," a discussion of making Jewish ritual "familyfriendly." One idea to emerge was Nogg's suggestion to create a family Hagaddah prior to Passover, in which family members of all ages could contribute.

Barbara Gottlieb noted, "This is a realistic way to live your Judaism." Below left: guest speaker Esther Perel spoke of "Jewish women searching" and the intersecting cultures of being "American, Jewish and female." She also touched on the "collective-based cultures of the Jewish community" and contrasted it with the American idea of individualism.

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Omaha celebrates Israel's 51st

Wednesday, May 5: Kadimah program, 6 p.m. at Beth El Thursday, May 6: USY Elections at Beth El Sunday, May 16: Youth to attend Omaha Golden Spikes Game, meet atBethElatl2:15 Thursday, May 27: USY Final Banquet, 6:30 p.m., at Beth El Sunday, May 30: USY Rush, noon, at Beth El For more information about USY or Kadimah, call advisors Derek Altman or Holly Friedman at Beth El Synagogue, 492-8550.

Left photo: a member of OY VEY! ended the day's activities with a concert. Right: Cast members of "We're All Going to Israel" included, first row: Ruth Radloff, left, Kim Pitlor, Rebecca Murow and Chelsea Taxman; second row: Ben Taxman, Beth Radloff and Ryan Rubek.

YACHAD For more information about this youth group for physical and mentally challenged Jewish youth, call advisor Linda Novak, 492-8575.

NCSY Friday, May 7-Sunday, May (fc Mini-Shabbaton at Beth Israel Synagogue Sunday, May 23 Mitzvah Day, 3 p.m., followed by a barbecue at 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 27-Monday, May 31: Final Sr. Shabbaton, Camp Chi, Wisconsin Left photo: Julie Martin and daughter, Rachel, worked on arts and crafts together. Middle For more information about Jr. and Sr. NCSY, photoi Clowns entertained youngsters at Yom Ha'Atzmaut. Right photo: Friends and cast members of We're All Going to Israel, Rebecca Murow and Ariel Shukert. ' call advisor Beth Cohen, 558-234?. .

Left photo: Donning tefillan was one of the activities offered to members of the Jewish community. Right photoi Mollie Franklin, left, Ida and Irv Forbes enjoyed lunch in the Israeli cafe. .• Photo essay of Yom Ba'auzmaut by Michael Bellman and Jen date*

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