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No. 40 Omaha, NE
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June 25,1999
Undercutting extremism by Leonard 2eskind, Special to The Jewish Press
Midwest activists put damper on Christian Identity meeting in Missouri Kansas City - At age 54, Everett Siliven announced he was changing his surname to Ramsey because he thought the uncle who had adapted him might secretly be a Jew. And a possible Jewish identification horrified Ramsey nee' Siliven, who runs an outfit he calls "Faith Baptist Church* in Houston, MO. The church is not Baptist, however, in any of the ways that term is usually understood. Instead, Ramsey preaches that white Christians are the real people Israel, racial descendants of the Biblical tribes. In other words, the man who broke with his legal father's name because he might be Jewish, adopted a religion whose believers claim they are the real "Jews." If this sounds too bizarre for X Files, please read on, because Everett Siliven Ramsey just held his 1999 "Super Conference" in Springfield, MO. In recent years, as many as 600 devotees have gathered for Siliven Ramsey's annual convocation. The large attendance signaled the remarkable growth of an explicitly anti-Semitic and racist theology called Christian Identity in the Missouri and Kansas area. This year, however, the Super Conference met unexpected opposition. As a consequence, attendance fell to less than 75 and Siliven Ramsey's future as a Christian Identity promoter may now be foreshortened. It would not be the first time his fortunes have fallen. In 1977, he was just plain Everett Siliven when he opened the Faith Christian School in Louisville, NE, with 17 students. He soon ran- afoul of the state after failing to operate with certified teachers, and authorities took legal steps to close the school down. At that time, Siliven was not yet a partisan of the Identity doctrine, but carried instead a mantle more akin to traditional fundamentalism. The case quickly became a national issue, and in 1981, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who then headed the Moral Majority, led a large rally in Omaha to support the embattled Siliven. In the first of several related jail terms, he was sentenced the following
year to .four months for contempt of court. The issue continued to simmer until 1984, when the Nebraska legislature changed its teacher certification laws. Siliven tried to turn his jailhouse notoriety into a campaign for Nebraska governor in 1986, and ran on promises to help economically distressed farmers. At a rally of 400 in Kearney that January, he spoke from the platform with several far-right radicals, including Identity adherents from Oklahoma and Virginia. The situation was so volatile that the Highway Patrol advised the lone Jewish family living in that area to leave town during the rally. Among the speakers that day was Richard Hoskins, a Virginia stock broker, who had written a book blaming.Jews for causing wars. Hoskins then donated $1,000 to Siliven's campaign for governor. The election bid was an unremarkable failure, except for the $13,450 contribution he received through a trust in Nassau, Bahamas, then an offsnore, banking site popular in 6ome tax-avoidance circles. By 1992, tax rebellion landed Siliven in federal prison on four counts of mail fraud and one count of defrauding the government. After his release, he resettled near Houston, MO, just 50 miles from his boyhood home. Siliven restarted his Faith Baptist Church, but with a difference. This time he openly advocated the core tenets of Christian Identity: Only white people were descended from Adam; Jews were Satanic; "race mixing" a sin. .. .; (Continued on page 10)
T h e Rev. E v e r e t t Siliven, now known as Siliven Ramsey, is shown with the book he wrote about his battle with the Nebraska Unicameral over his Faith Christian School in Louisville, NE. He is now associated with the "Identity" white supremacy movement.
ADL-CRC issues statement on Siliven's activities by Bob Wolfson, Executive Director, Plains States Anti-Defamation League
Out of the center of attention does not mean out of sight for us. We have watched for years as Siliven has drifted ever further to the extreme. His latest incarnation - the Identity Siliven - is the most disturbing yet. ;
We plan to continue our vigilance in watching the activities of these haters and continuing to expose them to the light of day. For more information about the Anti-Defamation League/Communicty Relations Committee and how you can help, call us at 330-1303.
Temple Israel celebrates at 128th annual meeting by Iris Ricks
More than 176 congregants attended the 128th annual meeting of Temple Israel on June 13 honoring outgoing president Larry Roffman and Religious School Director Ann Kibel Schwartz, who is moving to Baltimore to assume a position in education at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. Michael Walts, Marvin Parilman and Mitzi Delman gave tributes to Schwartz and presented her with a stained glass seder plate. In addition, a stone was placed on the Tree of Life in the Roz and Ike Friedman Social Hall with the inscription, "For devotional service and love to our children and parents." Co-chaired by Sue Meyers and Fefe Passer, the dinner also featured the musical talents of Cantor Jennifer Blum and the Kol Rina choir, directed by Will Wallace. Cantor Blum presented gifts to the volunteer members of the choir and to accompanist Julie Sandene. Dr. Jeffrey Passer began the meeting with the invocation after which Dr. Rofftnan led the congregation in a moment of silent prayer for the late Rabbi-emerituB Sidney Brooks. Past-president Jane Rips presented the president's plaque to Dr. Roffman in honor of his out-
Ajon and Carol Farber received the first Teihple Israel gave Ann Kibel Schwartz Pillar of Temple Israel Award. a stained glass seder plate. standing leadership during his term, 1997-99. while Mrs. Farber has been called "a devoted Temple Israel also presented Ajon and Carol . guardian of funds and supporter of youth." Farber with its first Pillar of Temple Israel Award. The Harriet Sperling Caring Award was preThis award, not necessarily presented each year, sented posthumously to Marilyn Mellen, in memohonors builders of the congregation "who have ry of her compassionate leadership in the caring gone above and beyond." service of others. Her sons, Doug and Jeff Mellen, Serving the congregation in many ways, Mr. accepted the award. Farber was described as "a dedicated builder, Other awards were given to Mike Walts and leader and lifelong champion of Temple Israel," (Continued on page 11)
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Parashat Balak We are not surprised to find two accounts in the Bible, accounts differing from each other, about the same event or career. . An example that most of us know is the history of David's life in Chronicles, compared with the biography of David in II Samuel. : .In Samuel, a pivotal incident of David's life is the adultery with BathSheba and the contrived death of her husband, Uriah...But, in Chronicles, this incident is totally omitted. Moreover, the subsequent unfortunate history of David's family, including rape, murder and palace intrigue for succession to David's throne, is also passed over in silence. And David is looked upon in Chronicles as the spiritual architect of the Temple, as well as the provider to Solomon of endless materials: gold, silver, copper, timber and precious stones for the Temple-to-be. Two different periods produced historians who emphasized different aspects of David's career. In the same way, we are not surprised to find that in the rabbinic Aggadah, there is a tendency to soften the language of Biblical passages, which may disturb the rabbis (and us) ethically. Less well-known is the practice to do the same in the Bible itself, part of a willingness of later Bible books to offer their own interpretations of earlier passages. The interpretations offered in later books are of many kinds, but for/ the moment we deal with this feature only: softening the meaning of the text, to make it less severe-in the eyes of the later text and our own. A prime example is in our Sidrah. After the account of Balak, King of Moab, and Balaam, the Midianite soothsayer, the text relates the shocking apostasy of some of the Children of Israel. They are seduced by Moabite women and, as a result, they eat of the sacrifices to Moabite pagan gods and bow down to them, specifically to Baal Peor. The Lord is incensed,.and a plague strikes the Israelites. One arrogant Israelite openly defies the implied command and brazenly joins a Midianite princess, in plain view of all the people. Phineas, grandson of Aaron the High Priest, asking no permission and consulting no one, indignantly follows them and with a single thrust of his lance, kills them both. The plague ceases and Phineas is regarded with a permanent "Covenant of Peace" with the Lord. All this is at the end of our Sidrah and the first few verses of the next. Psalm 106, however, a historical psalm, refers to this incident differently. There is no hint of Phineas' indignant execution of this Israelite sinner and the Moabite seductress. Instead, the Psalm softens the wording by saying that "Phineas stepped forth and intervened, and the plague ceased." Indeed, the word translated "intervened" includes "prayer* and "entreaty* among its connotations. If we look carefully, we find numerous, almost numberless examples of this tendency to "amend" Bible texts even within the Bible itself. And these tell us a great deal about how the Bible literature developed and came to us as a complete work.
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Graveside services for Marvin Belzer of Camarillo, CA, formerly of Omaha, were held June 20 at Beth El Cemetery. He died June 16 at the age of 89. Survivors include his wife, Frieda; Bister, Donna Mutterpearle; three children, Irvin Belzer of Tucson, Phyllis Salter of Los Angeles, and Maynard Belzer of Camarillo; and eight grandchildren. Memorials to Beth El Synagogue. EDWARD TRELLER Graveside services for Edward Treller, 54, were held June 21 at Temple Israel Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; daughter, Rebecca Bostick of Omaha; son and daughter-inlaw, Allen and Emily Cipinko of Vermillion, OH; two grandchildren; and sister and brother-in-law, Carol and Ron Urbach of Omaha. Memorials to Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or Temple Israel.
Workshop on 'Internet Sexual Addictions & Abuse' scheduled at the JCC A workshop, 'Internet Sexual Addictions & Abuse: Awareness for both Parents and Professionals,' will be held Thursday, July 1, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., in the Jewish Community Center Theater. The event is sponsored by Nebraska Board for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, Lutheran Family Services and Jewish Family Services. Bruce Stofko, a Special Agent from the Omaha FBI, will discuss sexual abusers and how they access children/victims through the internet. He'll also speak on specific cases involved with the internet and the FBI's role in monitoring and arresting. Fart of the discussion will be on how parents can better safeguard their children and computers from people who sexually abuse. MarlysOestreich, MS,LPC, CADAC, CAS, acertified Addiction Specialist and Licensed Mental Health Therapist in private practice, will also speak. She has specialized in the evaluation and treatment of sexual addiction for the past 12 years. She currently facilitates Sexual Addiction and Sexuai Co-Addiction groups and is a member of the Board of the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity. The schedule for the workshop is: Registration, 8:30 a.m.; Bruce Stofko, 9 a.m.-noon; lunch (on your own) noon-1 p.m.; and Marlys Oestreich, 1-4 p.m.
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Levanah: the Omaha Jewish Women's New Moon Group recently hosted a "Bye Tea" celebration to usher in the new moon of Tammuz and to hid farewell to Eliane Freund, project co-chairman for the past four years. The Freunds are relocating to Connecticut this month. At the most recent event, co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council at the home of Deidre Evans, were: Arlcne Richman, left, Gilda Pieck, Gloriann Levy, Eliane Freund, Mark Levy and Jeanette Gaudreau. Ellic Greenspoon will assist in coordination of upcoming events. For information, call Deirdre Evans.
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FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. Religious School is over for the semester. However, pre-registrations are being accepted at 758-9233. FRIDAY, July 2: Shabbat in the home.
A farewell kiddush will be held this Shabbos, June 26, to honor Mark and Glorianne Levy on their final Shabbos as residents of Omaha. Howard Gendelman and Dennis Paley are cochairs of the event, to be held at Chabad House, 1866 So. 120th St.
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Two Omaha rabbis appointed to Policy Boards Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Reform Movement's rabbinical association. He will serve a two-year term on the board which sets policy regarding programs and services. The board met most recently in Pittsburgh where the members debated the Principles of Reform Judaism, said to be a "work in progress," according to Rabbi Azriel in an interview last month. Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue has been appointed to the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. He will serve for five years on the committee. Lincolnite Norman Krivosha, former Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice, just completed his term on that committee. The Conservative Law and Standards committee and the Reform Board of Trustees meet quarterly. Each group has 25 members.
byTanyaSlena •• Resettlement and Acculturation Coordinator
A busy summer is in store for the Resettlement and Acculturation office at Jewish Family Service. Several Russian families will be arriving in Omaha during the next few months to begin a new life. Jewish Family Service provides the new families with furnished apartments, in addition to obtaining appropriate services and assistance for each family member. However, we are currently in need of specific furniture. If you have items that are in good condition that you would like to donate, it would be much appreciated. Items needed include kitchen and dining room furnishings, bedroom furniture, love seats, easy chairs, television sets, end tables, coffee tables, lamps, telephones and clocks. Comforters and bed linens are also needed: However, it is the policy of Jewish Family Service to look at any furniture before accepting it. Due to the arrival of new immigrant families, there will also be many opportunities to volunteer with transportation and other acculturation tasks. If interested in volunteering time or donating furniture, please call me at 330-2024. r
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Juat when we think it's safe and comfortable to be Jewish, the real world intrudes. Beatings in Russia, firebombs in Sacramento, and anti-Semitic rhetoric in Missouri in recent weeks and months have again shown that the Jewish community cannot be complacent. More than 100 FBI and ATF agents have descended upon California's capital to investigate the arson, bombings and threats which caused more than one million dollars in damage to three of Sacramaneto's synagogues. What's worse is the psychological damage to the young people in that Jewish community who may have never been subject to antiSemitism or never witnessed any anti-Semitic acts aB their parents and grandparents have. Healing those wounds may take loinger than rebuilding Btructures. Though President Boris Yeltsin has verbally condemned anti-
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Semitic rhetoric and acts in Russia, former communists and nationalists continue to spew their venom against the Jews. Outside help, much of it from dollars raised in Federation campaigns across North America, has helped rebuild synagogues, open community centers^ and' start Jewish schools in the former Soviet Union. Jealousy, as always, has turned anti-Semitic comments into hate crimes. And, closer to home, a minor player in the Christian Identity movement, the so-called Rev. Everett Siliven Ramsey, is parlaying his white supremacist views into an industry. What we can do as individuals include: 1) being vigilant in our own community; 2) alerting Bob Wolfson at the ADL-CRC to any suspicious documents or acts; 3) writing our concerns to our legislators and congressmen; and 4) organizing community efforts to protect Jews and other minorities:
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Dear President Yeltsin: We are writing to you to express our serious concerns over the rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric heard at both the national and local levels of Russian society and politics. We strongly believe that the first line of defense against the growth of antiSemitism in your country is exposing and condemning the hate-filled rhetoric at all levels of contact between our two governments. As you know, recent events and remarks in Russia have marred this decade's reemergence of Jewish life in post-communist Russia. The Russian Jewish community now numbers upwards of one million and the opening,of synagogues, schools and community centers has been a bright counterpoint to the centuries of violence and anti-Semitic laws against the Russian Jewish community. We strongly feel that the recent spate of anti-Semitic rhetoric, in particular those comments from Russian communist and extremist/nationalist political groups, should be disavowed. In particular, the fascist extremism exhibited by Alexander Barkashov's Russian National unity Party is alarming in its use of slanderous stereotyping and crude scapegoating. Recently, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommit-tee on European Affairs held a hearing on the rise of anti-Semitism in Russia. This was not the first hearing on this subject-in fact, the Senate held hearings and considered resolutions regarding the treatment of Jews in Tsarist Russia as early as 1879. Over the years, it has not been unusual for the United States to act on this subject, linking American foreign policy with what should now be regarded as a cornerstone of human rights policies in Russia, on this subject, linking American foreign policy with what should now be regarded as a cornerstone of human rights policies in Russia. While we support a strong effort to address the economic difficulties in Russia and encourage the development of a strong market-oriented economy, we want you to know that the United States also expects from Russia a strong commitment to human (Editor's note: what follows is the original rights and religious freedom. As your country enters letter signed by 99 of Sen. Hagel's colleagues an election cycle, there may well be temptations to in the Senate and his letter to President sound ultra-nationalist themes that attempt to To the Editor: Earlier this month, some of my Senate colleagues drafted a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin urging him to take action against growing incidents of anti-Semitism and religiouB persecution in Russia. Since being elected to the United States Senate, my policy has been not to sign letters to heads of state instructing them on how they should handle their country's internal affairs. I have found more personal appeals through quiet dialogue and persuasive statecraft to be more effective and more appropriate than open letters, public statements and media attention. Attempts by Congress to dictate to foreign leaders as to how they should conduct domestic affairs undermines the effectiveness of U.S. foreign policy. These actions are frequently counter-productive and send mixed signals. If we intend to achieve the goal of altering the behavior of a foreign government, then America must speak clearly and strongly with one voice. That said, I appreciate that many of my colleagues take a different view. It is the constitutional responsibility of the President of the United States to conduct foreign policy and negotiate with foreign heads of state. I believe a better way to accomplish our objective with the Russians is to have President Clinton appeal directly to President Yeltsin on this issue and encourage him to do everything possible to stop anti-Semitic acts and rhetoric in Russia. Last year, I helped draft the International Religious Freedom Act, which created policy tools the President could use to combat religious persecution abroad. The Act was to be used for cases such as Russian anti-Semitism. Since being elected to the Senate in 1996,1 have consistently supported and voted for legislation that expresses U.S. support for Israel and religious freedom around the world. In fact, I travelled to Israel last August and met with many Israel leaders and will continue to support Israel and oppose antiSemitism and all forms of religious intolerance. Chuck Hagel, United States Senator (NE)
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blame the small Jewish community for Russia's problems. - President Yeltsin, we believe it is imperative that you demonstrate, through your emphatic disagreement with those who espouse anti-Semitism in Russia, your understanding of the importance the Russian government places on religious freedom. The United States predicates its support for democratic institutions in1 Russia upon unwavering opposition to anti-Semitism at any level, in any form. While we are pleased by your administration's statements against anti-Semitism, the horrific explosions near two of Moscow's largest synagogues on May 1 and the recent attacks cm the only synagogue in Birobidzhan, are reason enough for further vigorous and more public condemnation. We hope you share our deep concern for further vigorous and more public condemnation and look forward to receiving your response. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR.) Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE.) signed by 97 Senate colleagues Dear President Clinton: Like many of my Senate colleagues, I am concerned with the rise of anti-Semitic acts and religious persecution in Russia. As you may know many of my colleagues are signing a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin urging him to publically speak out against anti-Semitism in Russia. Since being elected to the Senate, it has been my policy not to sign letters to heads of state instructing them on how they should handle their country's internal affairs. I believe a better course of action is for you to raise this issue directly with President Yeltsin. I recommend you issue a diplomatic demarche and take any other actions you believe are appropriate under the International Religious Freedom Act (P.L. 105-292). Congress passed this law last year as a means to deal specifically with problems like religious persecution in Russia. President Yeltsin should be urged to condemn anti-Semitic acts and hate-filled rhetoric at all levels of Russian society. He should also be (Continued on page 5) JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE Fred Tichauer, Vice-Chairman; Joanie Jacobson, Secretary; Howard Silber, Treasurer; Elyce Azriel; Jill Belmont; Steve Danon; Jean Duitch; Penny Endelman; Kip Gordman; Gary Kudym; Steve Levinger; Linda Saltzman; George Schapiro; Steve Simon. Editorials express the view of the writer and are not necesBarily representative of the views of the Jewish Press Committee, the Jewish Federation of Omaha or the Omaha Jewish Community as a whole. The Jewish Press reserves the right to edit letters and articles for space and content. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the Kashruth of any product or establishment.
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Letters to the Editor (Continued from page 4) advised of the United States' serious vering opposition to anti-Semitism concern over recent anti-Semitic and all forms of prejudice and intolerance within that government. events and remarks within Russia. I hope you will address this issue Anti-Semitism or any form of religious persecution should never be with President Yeltsin. Thank you. Chuck Hagel tolerated. The United States should U.S. Senator predicate its support for democratic cc: The Honorable Madeleine Albright institutions in Russia upon unwa-
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Display of Ten Commandments gets Congress' nod, Jews'rebuke by Daniel Kurtzman
WASHINGTON (JTA)--The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that many observers say takes a sledgehammer to the wall separating church and state. In a frenzy of activity last week regarding legislation to deter juvenile crime, lawmakers passed a series of amendments they said were aimed at instilling children with traditional values and addressing what House Republican Whip Tom Delay (R-Texas) called "the abandonment of God on the public arena." The most controversial measure, passed by a 248-180 vote, permits states to allow the display of the Ten Commandments in schools and other public places. The largely symbolic move drew swift condemnation from churchstate watchdogs, as did the House's approval of amendments promoting prayer in public schools, approving religious symbols or language for memorials in public schools and bypassing existing rules governing federal funding of juvenile programs runi'by religious institutions. None of the measures, however, stand a realistic chance of beeoming law because the Senate is not likely to approve them and President Clinton is likely to veto any such legislation. The Anti-Defamation League summed lip the day's activities this way: "With almost no warning, in a series of rapid-fire votes, following the barest of floor debates which occurred in the middle of the night, the House of Representatives has approved a number of constitutionally suspect amendments." Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, called the House's action an "insidious" effort to erode church-state separation "under the guise of advancing protection for our children." The amendments passed as lawmakers debated the causes of youth violence and proposals for stricter gun control laws and a ban on the distribution of violent entertainment. During heated debate over the Ten Commandments measure, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL.), its main sponsor, said he understood that "simply posting the Ten Commandments will not instantly change the moral character of our nation. However, it is an important step to promote morality and an end of children killing children." One supporter of the amendment, Rep. Bob Ban- (R-GA.), recently said that the Columbine massacre in Littleton, CO., would not have occurred if the Ten Commandments had been posted in the school. The American Jewish Congress rebuked the House for approving the
Ten Commandments measure while simultaneously rejecting gun control legislation. The group said the "spirit of Charlton Heston," the Hollywood actor-turned pro-gun lobbyist who depicted Moses carrying the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai in Cecil B. DeMille's classic 1956 film, "hovers over the House of Representatives." "This legislation does more than violate First Amendment church/state separation," the AJCongress said. "It pays homage to Heston's National Rifle Association through its absurd contention that gun control is not necessary in our violent society, and that a return to old-time religion •will do the job." Nathan Diament, director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Orthodox Union, said that the organization has not directly addressed the question of posting the Ten Commandments in schools, but "from a sincere religious perspective that takes the Ten Commandments and what they stand for very seriously, it's hard to see how posting the Ten Commandments on a wall has much value." "I do not think that Dylan Klebold would have stopped in his tracks if he saw "Thou shall not kill' hanging on the wall," he said, referring to one of the two Columbine High School gunmen who killed 13 people in addition themselves on April 20. Not everyone agreed with the reactions expressed by Jewish groups. Pat Robertson, head of the Christian Coalition, hailed the vote as a "courageous move toward bringing values back into our public schools after decades of banishment by the courts." Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who joined with other Jewish lawmakers in voting against the measure, raised constitutional questions: "Whose Ten Commandments? Which version? The Catholic version? The Protestant version? Or the Jewish version?" In 1980, the Supreme Court struck down a Kentucky law requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, ruling that it violated the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. Both chambers of Congress have previously adopted resolutions supporting an Alabama judge's defiance of an order to remove a posting of the Ten Commandments in his courtroom. But neither of those actions carried the force of law. For his^part, President Clinton told reporters the measure invites a court challenge, but said he supported the idea of schools helping to "build the character of children." He said he would speak to lawmakers about 'another option" that would avoid imposing one religion on students, but provided no specifics.
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Federal agents comb for clues in arson attacks on three synagogues by Tom Tugend
LOS ANGELES.(JTA) - More than 100 federal agents are searching for clues in last Friday's arson attacks on three Sacramento-area synagogues, considered one of the worst anti-Semitic hate crimes of the past 20 years. The predawn attacks targeted Congregation B'nai Israel and Congregation Beth Shalom, both Reform temples, and the Kenesset Israel Torah Center, an Orthodox synagogue. Total damage was estimated at close to $1 million. At two of the sites, arsonists left leaflets that blamed the "International Jew World Order" and the "International Jewsmedia" for the war in Kosovo. "We are Slavs, we will never allow the International Jew World Order to take our Land," read one flier. "We fight to keep Serbia free forever." Hardest hit was B'nai Israel in downtown Sacramento, whose gutted library lost 5,000 books, some hundreds of years old. Also destroyed were 300 videotapes on Jewish history, which the congregation had been collecting for its 150th anniversary celebration in October. Damages were estimated at $800,000. B'nai Israel is believed to be the oldest American synagogue west of the Mississippi River. Congregants defiantly held Friday evening services in a community theater and
applauded Rabbi Brad Bloom's injunction, "Do not be afraid." At Beth Shalom, vandals broke in through a side window and started a fire on the bimah, causing $100,000 in damage. Earlier this year, the temple's walls had been defaced by painted swastikas. Beth Shalom congregants held services Saturday morning at a nearby Conservative synagogue. At Kenesset Israel, it appeared that a Molotov cocktail was lobbed through a sliding glass door. Smoke damage was estimated at $30,000. Congregants attended services Friday evening in a private home. The synagogue attacks, at locations up to 10 miles apart, occurred within a 35-minute time span, leading officials to assume that more than one person must have been involved. Seventy agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and 30 from the FBI are leading the investigation. The ATF sent its National Response Team, a mobile investigative unit of chemists, structural engineers and police dogs dispatched for major incidents, such as the bombings in Oklahoma City. California Gov. Gray Davis ordered all law enforcement officials in the state capital to assist the federal efforts and called the "despicable hate crimes" an. "offense to all decent people." "This is one of the worst attacks since we began keeping records 20 years ago," said Abe Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.
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June 25,1999
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The OT/Y.E.S. meeting of June 14 was the second one convened at the Friedel Jewish Academy, due to construction on the Jewish Community Center campus. Necessity is the mother, of invention and although limited in space, the facilities are juBt fine. Our Early Bird talk session is meeting in the replica of the Kapulier Shul, which brought back endearing memories for me. I fulfilled my Bar Mitzvah obligations on its bimah so many years ago. A portrait of Rnbbi Grodinsky is prominently displayed there and, as I look at it, a surge of remembrance of his congratulating me on that notable day flows through my mind. Following lunch, we were addressed by Jones Eye Clinic representatives Michelle Babe and Debi Bell, who spoke about preserving eye health and sight. The Early Bird discussion group tried to analyze Russin'svsurprise presence with troops in Kosovo, causing NATO's nervousness as to what Russia's peacekeeping role is to be. We paused in reverent respect in memoriam for Milt Bloom and Gordon Bernstein. Oliver Wendell Holmes said it best, "To be 70 years young is sometimes more hopeful than to be 40 years old." Shalom.
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Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC in the Gordman . Center-Friedel Jewish Academy. Exercise with Michelle Streif at 10:15 a.m. in the school. Try your luck at Bingo with Eileen Reiner at 10:30 a.m. in room 4. Bring articles to share for the "YES Talk" discussion group at 11 a.m. in the Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum. Following lunch, served in the commons area of the school at noon, John Fullerton from Radio Talking Book will speak. For transportation, call 330-4272. Reminder: Monday is the deadline for the outlet mall to Gretna on Thursday, July 1. Cost is $3 for transportation. Make reservations with Maggie at 334-6521. Deadlines: July 8 for the Mystery Tour on July 15; July 15 for Bluffs Run on July 22. WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet at the Friedel Jewish Academy on Thursday. Exercise starts at 10:15 a.m. in the commons area of the school. For those going on the day trip to the outlet malls in Gretna, please meet at 11 a.m. at the JCC. For transportation, call Maggie at 334-6521. VISIONS Reminder: Visions board meeting will meet in room ,4 at the JCC on Friday, July 2, 9:30 a.m. Membership Luncheon will be held at Caniglia's Venice Inn on Friday, July 16, 12:30 p.m. Cost is $7 per person. Cantor Jennifer Blum will present a program of musical gems. Send reservation by July 9 to Jim and Esther Wax, 118 S. 88th St., Omaha, NE 68114.
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Karen Bunnood will speak at Breadbreakers on Omaha poets Susan Aizenberg and Erin Belieu Wednesday, according to Steve Riekes. Bunnood is are co-editing an anthology of contemporary poetry the Principal of Burke High School, and will speak by American Women for Columbia University on the subject of the public high school from the perspective of a principal. Breadbreakers meets Press. Publication is scheduled for the fall of 2000. every Wednesday at noon at Pastimes Restaurant, Jamie Endelman, daughter of Randy and 129th and West Maple. Cost is $8.50. Penny Endelman, graduated magna cum laude TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD from the State University of New York's Fashion Thousands of nearly new and used books will be Institute of Technology. She earned a bachelor's offered to the public. The sale includes hard cover, degree in marketing and will be the special events paperbacks, novels, cookbooks, children's books and education coordinator for Bumble and Bumble, and more at Temple Israel Sisterhood's Book Sale. Inc., in New York City. Also included are greatly loved and gently used Judaic items from the estate of Mollie Delman. Seven friends who grew up together in Lincoln Proceeds from the sale will benefit the youth and will celebrate their 50th anniversaries: Ruth education programs sponsored by the Temple (Arenson) and Harry Abrahams of Lincoln; Israel Reform Women of Judaism. Marion (Wolf) and Bob Chandler of Dallas; The sale kicks off with a brunch and private preSylvia (Neiden) and Bob Jacobs of Columbus, view on Sunday, July 11,10 a.m.-noon. The sale is NE; Charlotte (Bricker) and Floyd Kuklin of open to the public on Sunday, July 11, noon-6 p.m.; Las Vegas; Marcia (Tepperman) and Sheldon Monday, July 12,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesday, July 13, Kushner of Lincoln; Betty (Rosenberg) and 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and concludes Wednesday, July 14, Hyman Polsky of Lincoln; and Lorraine 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Davidson) and Fred Teller of Hastings, NE. For preview reservations, call Debbi Josephson, The couples' anniversaries range from November, 758-2772. 1998, through August, 1999. OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH Tuffy Epstein and his children will entertain resThe Omaha Theatre for Young People will pre- idents of the Rose Blumkin Home this Saturday, 2 sent Firebugs on Thursday, July 1, at 10 a.m., p.m., in the Home's auditorium. The monthly Oneg 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Hitchcock Theater at "The Shabbat is sponsored by the Omaha Chapter of Rose," 20th and Farnam St. The play, part of a Hadassah. A tea follows in the main dining room. month-long theater camp, features Rachel Katzman, daughter of Michael and Carol Katzman, and Igor and Inge Konfisakhar, children of Marina and Leo Konfisakhar. College students Anna Raful and Rachel Shukert are working with the teens as interns. Raful is a sophomore at Emerson College in Boston and the daughter of Dinah and Larry Raful. Shukert is a sophomore at New York University's Tisch School of Performing Arts and the daughter of Aveva and Marty Shukert. For tickets, call 345-4852.
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Mindy Colcher graduated cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in elementary education. She is a child behavior specialist at the Walker Home and School in Needham, MA. Daniel Colcher has completed his first year at the University of Miami and has been named head photographer and photo editor of the university's yearbook for 1999-2000. They are the children of Bonnie and David Colcher. ' " - • ' , . David Colcher has accepted a position as Director of Radioimmunotherapy for Coulter Pharmaceutical International in San Franciso.
B'nai B'rith bid farewell to Dr. Richard Freund at a recent Breadbreakers meeting. Adam Jacobs, right, President of Henry Monsky Lodge, presented Dr. Freund with a plaque. Freund will hold the Maurice Greenberg Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Hartford.
June 25,1999 ATteasiry ofYdCBshAinerican Cartoon Humor by Albert H. Small
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Review by Oliver Pollak ^
Books about Jewish humor comprise a small library. Books on Jewish humor are often given as Bar Mitzvah gifts. A new genre is emerging. In the last year, at least three books on Jewish cartoons have been added to the shelf. A Treasury of Yiddish American Cartoon Humor reprints 56 black and white cartoons that appeared between 1909 and 1927. There is nothing particularly Jewish about most of the cartoons other than the caption is in Yiddish. The story lines include the battle between the sexes,
the discord between the generations, and Americanization. Small provides a novel instructional method for picking up some Yiddish by adding a transliteration and translation of the caption, along with a glossary and pronunciation guide, It would have been helpful if the author had indicated where these cartoons first appeared. Albert Small has also produced books on French, Spanish, German, English and Italian cartoons. The book is available in the Jewish Federation Library.
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Undercutting extremism 1 am not an Identity preacher* Prom his new home in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, Everett Siliven Ramsey began building the Identity movement in the region. He was not the first to do so, of course. A militant Church of Israel had long existed near Schell City, MO, under Dan Gaymon's aging leadership. Additionally, 100 believers in a compound on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the Covenant Sword and Arm of the Lord, had stockpiled weapons and trained others in paramilitary eurvivalism until the FBI arrested its leadership in 1985. But Siliven Ramsey brought new energy to the Identity project, along with a strategy based on building local church fellowships rather than armored camps. He began holding meetings in the region, as well as speaking at events in Virginia and Florida. It was his 1995 "Super Conference," however, that put Siliven Ramsey on the national map.
(Continued from page 1) According to a report by Mike Reynolds, an investigator for the Southern Poverty Law Center, 600 people gathered at a Branson, MO, resort hotel on the same weekend as the infamous Oklahoma City federal building bombing. Many of the Identity movement's top leaders came to Ramsey's Missouri event from Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. In addition, one of the gun lobby's top officials, Larry Pratt, traveled from his Washington, D.C., suburbtocompare the Oklahoma City bombing to Waco. (Pratt was forced to resign his post in Pat Buchanan's 1996 campaign committee after his previous associations with Identity leaders were made public.) Siliven Ramsey followed up that super conference with meetings in S t Joseph, MO, and Wichita, KS, among other Heartland locales. Eighteen months later, he boasted that four new churches had been started as well as his own Saxon University in Houston. Only a couple dozen actually attended the "university," its goal being to indoctrinate a new generation of movement leaders. This year, things were different. When Siliven Ramsey announced that he was holding his super conference in Springfield on the May 14-16 weekend, the Center for New Community (CNC) quickly responded by informing religious leaders in that area. "We could not be silent,* said the Rev. Dave Ostendorf, a United Church of Christ minister who serves as the Center for New Community's Director in Chicago. "Siliven parades as a Christian, but he is a racist and an anti-Semite," said Rev. Ostendorf. Headquartered in Chicago, the CNC organizes to protect democratic rights in an eight-state region from Michigan to Kansas. Staffer Devin Burghart informed Springfield media about Christian Identity and Siliven's activities, leading some area ministers to speak out themselves against the racism and anti-Semitism of Siliven's "message." Backed into a corner by negative news coverage, Siliven Ramsey wrote an open letter to Springfield Council of Churches ministers claiming, "neither
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the. Faith Baptist Church nor I are connected to any so-called Identity group or organization," He concluded that, "All of you should be ashamed of your unwarranted and nonsubstantative (sic) attack.. .You owe us an apology." This wasn't the first time Siliven Ramsey had denied the Identity label. He once told bis followers, 1 am not an Identity preacher...! don't like the name Identity ... it is a slur put on us by the Edomites." (Edomites is Identity code language for Jews.) Instead of'Identity*, Siliven Ramsey said at the time, he preferred the appellation "Christian Israel." According to CNC's Burghart, however, Siliven Ramsey is drawing a distinction without a difference. Identity, Christian Israel and Kingdom Identity are all names for the same Bet of antiSemitic beliefs. "In fact," said Burghart, "Kamsey has stated he holds the more hardcore Seedline Doctrine.* The "Seedline Doctrine" is the belief by many Identity leaders that Jews are the offspring of a mating in the Garden of Eden between Eve and Satan. On other occasions, Siliven Ramsey has not eschewed the Identity label, but embraced i t For example, he produced a propaganda video statement of his beliefs and advertised it as an "Identity* videotape. Further, in an August 1996 newsletter, he averred that, "I was ordained as a Southern Baptist, then became an Independent Fundamental Baptist before I came to the Identity truth." And in a November, 1996, letter he said "... we preach the Identity message." Despite Siliven Ramsey's attempts to hide his beliefs from Springfield religious leaders, the negative publicity apparently took a toll on attendance at the Super Conference. With few "big name* leaders to draw attendees from around the Midwest, about 65 people, most from the immediate Ozarks region, sat through the two-day session. Three different collections were taken in an effort to recoup the costs of the event. By the weekend's closing statements, Siliven Ramsey's star had fallen in the Identity constellation. In the paBt year, the Christian Identity's antiSemitic doctrine has once again come to the attention of Kansas City's Jewish community. Its advocates spoke on the stage at the Heritage Festival in Carthage, MO, last July. Bo Gritz-who has twice visited the Kansas City area this year-promotes i t Topeka, KS, homophobe Rev. Fred Phelps has flirted with its leaders. And a new organizing drive in Moberly, MO, by Klan leader and Identity ideologue Thorn Robb reveals Identity's nastier edge. "Those opposed to hate group activity in the region must find new ways of working together in these times," the Center for<New Communities' Rev. Ostendorf told The Chronicle. "We are doing everything we can to build local groups in the Kansas and Missouri area to stop the hatred.*
Leonard Zeskind is president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights in Kansas City, MO.
Engagement KOOPER/SCHWARZ Lori Kooper, daughter of Sharon and Howard Kooper of Omaha, and Wayne Schwarz, son of Vivian and Morton Schwarz of Scardsale, NY, have announced their engagement The bride-to-be is an employee of Construction Market Data, Regional Desktop Unit in Denver. She is the granddaughter of Miriam Mayer, Sheldon Bernstein and the late Robert and Dorothy Kooper. Her fiancee' is a software engineer for 7thStreet.com, also in Denver. • He is the grandson of Beatrice Freund of Riverdale, NY, and the late Fred Freund, and the late Walter and Senta Schwarz. An October 30 wedding is planned at Beth El |Synagogue.
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Temple Israel celebrates (Continued Katby Laudin Beachaine. The President's Awards honored Walts for "commitment, dedication and leadership," and Laudin-Beauchaine for 'devotion to the Religious School. Rabbi Debbi Stiel presented graduating senior Jen Gates an award for her "outstanding leadership of the Omaha Temple Youth Group" as its outgoing president. ' " . ' . . • . ' ' / ' " " Beth Brodkey, Jim Farber, Jerry Dann, Steve Redler, Diane Graul, Jane Rips, Ann Noodel and Jen Gates were honored as outgoing board members. Jane Rips, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, introduced Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, who installed the new slate of officers and board members. They are: President Paul Epstein; Vice-presidents Dennis DePorte, Sally Kaplan and Michael Walts; Secretary Andi Willensky; Treasurer Spencer Brookstein. Trustees serving three-year terms are: Larry Gendler, Jon Meyers, Margo Rosen and Jeff Smedlund. Tim Zweiback will serve a one-year term.
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Additional funds boost Rebecca Friedman Scholarship Endowment by Claudia Sherman Foundation Communications Coordinator
"There is always a greater need financially than there are funds available" for scholarships, observed Michael Linn, HeadmaBter of Friedel Jewish Academy and acting director of Jewish Educational and Library Services. "So naturally, any additional funds allow the Financial Aid Committee to continue in its attempt to meet financial needs of applicants," he added. One of the Jewish Federation scholarships that has helped cover the cost of Jewish education for Omaha-area students, the Rebecca Friedman Scholarship Fund, was established in 1993 by two of Friedman's children, Dorothy Rosenthal and Sol Friedman. Recently, Roz Friedman, a daughter-in-law of Rebecca Friedman, made a significant contribution to the scholarship fund. "It had been on my mind for a long time," explained Roz Friedman, whose late husband, Ike, was Rebecca's oldest son. "My daughter, Susie (Colin),-and I talked about it and decided we wanted the scholarship to be worth more so it could be of more solid help," Roz Friedman said. She wanted the Financial Aid Committee "to have more to work with and to have a more substantial scholarship." The Friedman Scholarship is available to students in the Omaha area who wish to attend and
further their study of Judaism through a recog- dren. In their escape in 1922 across the Russiannized Yeshiva (or an equivalent) program. It is the Latvian border, Rebecca and her husband, Louis, only scholarship in the area that can be used for were able to evade being shot despite guns being students pursuing Jewish education on the high pointed at their headB. They eventually reached school as well as the post-secondary level, men- Hamburg, Germany. They came to the United States in July, 1923, and journeyed on to Omaha tioned Linn. "A Jewish education is extremely important for where members of their family had already settled. Louis worked hard in the packing house, a pawn the young men and women of our community," emphasized Steve Riekes, a past chairman of the shop, and eventually, explained Rosenthal, her Financial Aid Committee which matches scholar- father founded Nebraska Furniture Mart with Rebecca's sister, Rose Blumkin. Louis sold his ships to those who request them. Marty Ricks, Foundation Endowment Director, interest in the furniture store in 1947 and purmet Roz Friedman for the first time during the chased Borsheim's Fine Jewelry. Rebecca stayed home to raise her family', meeting to discuss supplementing the Rebecca Rosenthal said. Education was important to both Friedman Fund. ^ According to Ricks, "It was a very uplifting meet- Rebecca and Louis Friedman. An endowment fund ing with Roz and Susie. The Foundation benefits .to help Russian immigrants adjust to life here was through additional scholarship money in a category established in 1980, in honor of Louis' 80th birthday. Roz Friedman's additional contribution to the that needed additional funding." Rosenthal and her brother, Sol, established the Rebecca Friedman Scholarship, observed RiekeSj scholarship "as a remembrance" for their mother, "will help provide the necessary funding for a more who died in 1992. Rebecca's father had been a meaningful scholarship. In the future, more signifirabbi. According to both Rosenthal and Roz cant funds will be available." Ricks added that "Roz and Susie know in their Friedman, Rebecca was "very devout and very hearts that they have made another decision which charitable." Life was difficult for Rebecca in Russia, her will enhance the Omaha Jewish community, espenative land. Born in 1901, she was one of eight chil- cially the youth - forever!"
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