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Women's Campaign kicks off with Beth El appoints Associate Cantor sculpture and life on the border by Pam Monsky Federation Communications Director
The 2000 Women's Campa gn of the Jewish Federation of Omaha will be chaired by Joan Kaiman and Nancy Noddle. The Women's Campaign will kick off with an Opening Rec ration for renowned Israeli sculptor Itzik Benshalom >n Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Beth E. Synagogue. More than 60 pieces of Benshalom's woj:k will be displayed and available for purchase. Benshalom was born in Hadera, Israel, in 1945, and works in the tradition of figurative sculpture in the round. He specializes in the 4,000-year-old "Lost Wax" method of caj ting sculpture. Benshalom's sculpture refers to human emotion and is often cast in pairs, male and female. The juxtaposition expresses the esse ice of Benshalom's concern with human interaction He says of his work, "The Twentieth Century artist has to work primarily w thin the psyche of alienation. The overlay of mode: n existence, which seems to be communicated n ore by electronic media than anything else, de lies basic human emotion, love, anger, under tanding, all are reduced to cypher. I see my woi [ a s a n attempt to remind people of a more primal brm of humanism. In a sense, I see a need to redefi ie emotion." (Continued on Pa fe 12)
Phil Klutz rick dead at 92
Nancy Noddle and Joan Kaiman, Women's Campaign co-chairs, pose with the sculpture "La Familia" by renowned Israeli sculptor Itzik Benshalom. The sculpture will be a gift from the Women's Campaign for the new entrance of the JCC.
by Diane Axler Baum
Hazzan G. Michael Horwitz has assumed the new poBt of Associate Cantor at Beth El Synagogue. Along with his wife, Heidi, he will be introduced formally to the congregation on Sept. 4, at a reception preceding Selicot Services. "I'm very enthusiastic that Hazzan Horwitz has come into our midst, bringing new ideas and 'new blood'," said Beth El's longtime Cantor Emil Berkovita. This will be onward and forward for us." The new Associate Cantor, a 1999 graduate of the Harvey L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, will take an active role as a clergy person and staff member. He will be especially involved with Beth El's youth. Horwitz said he was "impressed by the strong presence of the youth," during his first visit to Beth El, "When I came into the synagogue on a Saturday morning, I saw the energy and excitement and the looks on the faces of the young people. I watched (Continued on Page 7)
Jewish groups renew their call for gun control after LA. shooting
Private family services for legendary figure Philip by Daniel Kurtzman Klutznick, 92,1 were held Aug. I WASHINGTON (JTA) - This week's shooting ramPresident Clinton called the California attack 16 in Chicago. I page at a Jewish community center in California has "another senseless act of gun violence." But he The former Oma-1 prompted renewed calls for stricter gun control laws. stopped short of calling for new gun legislation, han, who gradu-1 Although few believe-sweeping changes can be saying only, "It calls on all of us not only to give our ated from I enacted, even in the wake of the string of assaults thoughts arid prayers to the victims and their famiCreighton Uni-1 across the country, some U.S. lawmakers and gun lies, but to intensify our resolve to make America a versity Law I control advocates say it is time for Congress to act safe place." School, was a I on pending legislation that would impose some Sen. Dianne Peinstein (D-Calif.) said in an interbusinessman,! restrictions on gun sales. view on the cable network MSNBC, "It's about time ambassador, cabThe Senate has already passed a juvenile justice that this nation come to grips with what's happeninet member and | bill that would subject individuals purchasing guns ing. I don't believe anymore that these are isolated civic leader. : at gun shows to background checks; ban the import incidents. As a young I of magazines with a capacity of more than 10 "What we have seen is a kind of trickle down of a man, Klutznick I rounds; and require that trigger locks or other safe- society that is awash in guns, and the guns are ridserved as the sec-I ty devices be sold with handguns. • dled throughout our society. They are easy to ond Grand Aleph But the House of Representatives, following a obtain, and anyone who is deranged or has a grievGodol (president) | _ fierce lobbying effort by the National Rifle ance can get one of these high-powered weapons and go but and do their thing." of the B'nai B'rith Philip Klutznick Association, rejected those proposals in June. Youth Organization's young men'i group (AZA) from "We have a crisis on our hands," said Sen. In the wake of last week's shooting at the North 1925-26. He went on to become tl e first recipient of Valley Jewish Community Center near Los Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). "The crisis is guns that the Sam Beber Award in 1951, es jablished in memo- Angeles, which wounded five, some Jewish activists are too easily obtained by people who shouldn't get ry of the Omahan who founded AZ A. are taking lawmakers to task. "Congress' inaction them. These mass shootings used to occur maybe In addition, Klutznick wi s International has left loopholes in our gun control laws, but more once every few years. Now they occur once every • President of B'nai B'rith, Presi lent of the World importantly it has fostered the culture of violence few weeks. Jewish Congress, founder of t ie Conference of that spawns tragic and potentially tragic events "I pray that this time Congress wakes up and Presidents of Major Jewish Ore uiizations, one of every week," said Rabbi David Saperstein, Director then stands up to the gun extremists to make this the creators of the Museum of tl e Diaspora in Tel of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. country safe again for children," he added. Aviv, and President of the Memo rial Foundation of Some gun control advocates are not optimistic. "We must both mitigate the availability of guns Jewish Culture and Vice-p -esident of the and work to mend our society, to create a nation "How many of these incidents do we need as a Conference of Jewish Materia Claims Against where violence is not tolerated," he added. nation to get out of our self-denial?" asked Tom Germany. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an umbrel- Diaz, a senior policy analyst at the WashingtonKlutznick established the Chair in Jewish la body, said in an advisory sent to its member based Violence Policy Center and author of Making Civilization at Creighton Univert ity; the funds also organizations that recent events "underscore the a Killing: The Business of Guns in-America. support the Klutznick Symposiun, an annual con- vital importance of enacting vigorous gun control Diaz, a former self-described "gun nut" who has ference held at Creighton ind the Jewish measures to keep arms out of the hands of individ- made a 180-degree turn in recent years while also Community Center. uals who threaten the safety of our children and all converting to Judaism, said he believes politicians The developer of the Oak )rook suburb of members of society." lag behind the public in their attitude toward guns. Chicago, Old Orchard Shopping Center, Water "Politicians are so paralyzed by indecision Jewish leaders slated to meet with President Tower Place, Klutznick was chai man of one of the Clinton on Thursday are likely to discuss the need because they're not confident that things have most successful development ompanies of the for gun control measures, as well as concerns about changed, and I think that the people in this country United States. the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks from are rapidly changing their view about guns," he said. "That's the only hope I see in this." California to Illinois. (Continued on pa e2)
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Parasha Ki Tetze The Sidrot of Deuteronomy are so rich that the reader is overwhelmed and the preacher is overcome by an avalanche of ideas. But the Haftorot before Rosh Hashanah are particularly rich as well. They rival the Torah passages for beauty, power and religious significance. These Haftorot, read between Tisha b'Av and Rosh Hashanah, are taken from Deutero-Isaiah. Prom early times, the work of this prophet, whose name we do not know, was appended to the Book of Isaiah of Jerusalem, so that the chapters continue as though they were the integrated work of one poet-teacher. It is no religious infidelity to recognize that these chapters come from the time of the Exile, not from Isaiah of Jerusalem. The prophet was a keen observer of the tides in the affairs of men. He recognized that Cyrus of Persia (whom he dares to call the Lord's Messiah!) and his men would soon bring Babylonia to its knees. Cyrus would become the overlord and Persia the new mistress of the Middle East. And this prophet knew that Cyrus would permit the exiled Hebrews to return to their land. Cyrus saw this as a ploy to maintain some strength in an outpost of his far-flung empire. But Isaiah of the Exile interpreted this event as the Lord's loving restoration of Judah. So much for the geo-political situation. But what is marvelous about these Haftorot and the chapters from which they are lifted is the elevated and elevating poetry in which they are written. The prophet speaks in the most tender and loving terms. He' consoles; he comforts. He offers the Lord's sympathy for the years of captivity and exile, and he promises return, return to the land of Israel, return to glory, return to honor among nations, return to the Lord's love. Seldom do we meet with poetry so exalted, so ecstatic, so rhapsodic. This is one of the great wordsmiths of history, this Deutero-Isaiah. He pictures the return (which in fact turned out to be paltry, mean and laden with economic and psychological difficulties) as though it were a second Exodus. And this time, he promises, there will be no great yawning desert to traverse, for the Lord will level the hills and raise the valleys for Israel's triumphant march. All nations, will assist; all crowned heads'will acknowledge Israel's superiority. What apicture! But his greatest promise is the Lord's love. Israel has suffered its punishment and paid its debt. Its' infidelity is no more, and the Lord's love is restored. . And in our Haftarah, he lifts his voice in joyous song, "For the mountains may move and the hills be shaken, by My loyalty shall never move from you, nor My covenant of friendship be shaken, said the Lord, Who takes you back in love." Who knows what the effect of these words were, in their time? At least this we know: some Hebrews (by no means, all) left Babylonia to return to Judah. There, they founded the Second Commonwealth, rebuilt the Temple, tried to rebuild their lives. And this we know: the cargo they carried back included the Scriptures they had, among them Deutero-Isaiah's words. Judaism was saved. And the Bible was saved as the foundation of the moral insights of the Western World.
NOTICE The front entrance to the JCC is now closed and construction has begun on the new library. The south entrance (by the canteen) is to be used until further notice.
Phil Klutznick (Continued from page 1) A native of Kansas City, Klutznick'a stint in Omaha's new office of urban renewal brought in so much funding" from the Public Works Administration that the city was able to widen Dodge Street and launch two housing projects. His success brought him to the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who put him in charge of building temporary housing -after- the Japanese attacked P e a r l H a r b o r . . . •-...-•• - ••-:.:.;:;-. ::•:
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He served seven U.S. presidents, from Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter, as Secretary of Commerce, Commissioner of the Federal Public Housing Authority and U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. ' Said his son James, who along with his brother, Thomas, guided UDIC (Klutznick's Urban Investment and Development Company), after the elder Klutznick's retirement, "He was a visionary... (and) probably led 10 lives. "The intelligence and energy was a very rare combination. Such men do not come along that often." Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Bettylu and Dr. Paul Saltzman; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Tina, James and Judith, all of Chicago, Robert and Dodi Klutznick of Boulder, CO, and Samuel Klutznick of Jackson Hole, WY; 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials to Alzheimer's and Related Disease Assn., 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Joseph Aaron, Editor of the Chicago Jewish News, and John McCarron and Anthony Burke Boylan of the Chicago T r i b u n e contributed to this story. . ' . : . . . '
Photographer returns to Romania to document her past by Carol Katzman
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The S-Bahn, 1994 by Sylvia deSwaan Born Jewish in Romania in 1941, Sylvia deSwaan and her family, fled in 1945, coming to the United States. She traveled back to the Czech Republic recently, in an attempt to document her exit route.by train and on foot. ; The result of that journey is a photographic exhibition, which will open at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts on Sept. 25; the show runs through Nov. 28. The images often include deSwaan-a hand, a self-portrait, and seem to convey images of the war years—women in babushkas; "trains and night scenes reminiscent of the round-up of Jews to be transported to the camps. : , !•...,.•:••'• The photographer has a degree from Hunter College in New York City, and .has. exhibited her works in Mexico City; New Orleans, LA; Toledo, OH; Syracuse, Albany, Utica and New York City, NY. The Bemis is located at 724 So. 12th St., at the edge of the Old Market. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. , " For more information, call 341-7130.
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FRIDAY: Shabbat service, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Afyeh Azriel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will lead a discussion of the Torah portion for the week. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Loye Sweeter and Stan Jaeger in honor of their forthcoming marraige. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible: An opportunity to learn Torah with the rabbis, 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Shabbat service, 1030 a.m. SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service is available Friday evening,Saturday mornings for Bagels and Bible and the worship service. Cost is $2 per family. Please make a reservation through the Temple office so we may plan accordingly. ADULT EDUCATION THURSDAY, August 26: Beginning Beyond Midrash, 6:50-7:40 p.m.; Beyond Midrash, 7:508:45 p.m., led by Don Schwartz.
Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; little People service, 10:15 a.m..; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Rabbi's class, 7:20 p.m.; Mincha, 7:50 p.m., Ma'ariv and Havdalah, 8:58 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Beis Hamedrash, 9:45 a.m.; Mincha, 7:55 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 7:55 pan. WEDNESDAY: Rabbi Kutner teaches a Talmud Class, 6:55 p.m. at the synagogue.
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1860 So. 120th S t , Omaha, NE 68144-1646 Phone: 330-1800 E-MADL~chabad@aol.com WEBSITE: www.eliabad.crntflr6.com/omaha Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. FRIDAY: Services, 9&0 a.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Mincha/Ma'ariv, 6:30 p.m., followed by Havdalah. WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma'ariv, 7:30 p.m.
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TIFERETH ISRAEL Member of the United Synagogue KH Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 423-8569 Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 aan. FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by a Kiddush luncheon.
PERSONAL I would like to thank my wonderful family, friends, Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits for visits, many cards and donations during my recent hostpitalization.
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'.., OFFUTAIR FORCE BASE 25th and Capehart, Owaltat, Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Aliyah Katskee, daughter of Sindie and Jerry Katskee, will become a Bat Mitzvah, Kiddush following; Sitter service, 10 aan.; Shabbat Story Time (prekindergarten and under) 11 a.m.; ICtantan (kindergarten through 3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Humash with Rashi, 7:35 p.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 8:05 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL PICNIC Sunday, August 22, 12:30-3:30 p.m., at Edward Zorinsky Park (north entrance.) BESST Classes begin Sunday, August 22, 10 a.m.noon. Weekday classes begin on Monday and Tuesday, August 23 and 24.
Bat Mitzvah Laura Rachel Shkolnik, daughter of Jerry and 'l|Lynne Shkolnik, willcelef" brate her Bat Mitzvah on -^Saturday, Aug. 28, at Beth El Synagogue. An eighth-grade student at Peter Kiewit Middle School^ she enjoys diving, gymnastics and playing Nintendo 64. She has received an award in dance and placed first in both diving and gymnastics. She has two sisters, Elizabeth Litwin and Jennifer Shkolnik; sister-in-law, Gemma Litwin; two brothers, Michael and Josh Litwin; and a future brother-in-law, Peter Mare. ' Grandparents are Alice and Bernie Bloom, and Nina Shkolnik, all of Chicago.
Jewish psychotherapist to speak at Chabad Registration open for Beth El High Holy Day youth prgram Beth El Synagogue will offer an array of programs and services for children of all ages during High Holy Day services on Sept. 11,12 and 20. Cbildcare is offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children 3-18 months, 18 months-3 years, and 3-4 years. State supervision ratios will be observed. Activities include stories, holiday appropriate activities and games. Lunch will be served. Programs for children kindergarten age and upward are offered hourly. Junior services will be conducted for the following groups: Kindergarten-third grade; fourth-fifth grade; sixth-seventh grade. Learning sessions will be held from 11 a.m.-noon for K-3rd grade. Activity sessions and lunch will be offered from noon-1 p.m. for K5th graders. Parents may enroll their children for any or all the programs, and are encouraged to bring their children into services with them. Programs are open to both members and nonmembers of Beth El. The deadline for program registration is Monday, Aug. 23, and pre-registration is mandatory. Those who register children are asked to volunteer a minimum of one hour to help in an area, or donate $10 to help cover costs of the program. . For more information or to receive registration forms, please call Cheryl Lerner at Beth El, 4928550.
Dr. Yisroel (Ed) Susskind, marital and family relationships expert and past president of the Maryland Psychological Association, will be in Omaha on Sept. 17 and 18 to deliver a talk to the Jewish community. His talk is entitled, "Moses versus Madonna: Who will determine your adolescent's sexual values?" The program, which will include dinner, begins at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House, 1866 So. 120 th St. "Dr. Susskind's uniqueness lies in the fact that he presents hot topics, 'Men are from Mars, women are from Venus' and so on, with a spin on them," explained Rabbi Mendel Katzman, director of the Chabad House. "He shows how contemporary psychotherapy has a complementary relationship with Jewish philosophy." • Dr. Susskind specializes in the synthesis of Torah and modern psychology, bringing together true Jewish values and contemporary approaches to' psychological and societal issues. "He stimulates, he educates, he helps us understand our relationships better, but in a totally new way—the traditional way blended with the best psychology and family therapy have to offer," added Rabbi Katzman, said of Dr. Susskin, a hassidic Jew and recognized authority in his field. For more information, contact Elizabeth Metzger at 330-1800.
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Enough is enough Does anyone really need an AK47 to . shoot deer? It's time for the United States Congress and our Nebraska Unicameral to outlaw semi-automatic and automatic weapons, except for authorized military, police and agencies like the FBI. Congress made an attempt to this when they outlawed the import of new manufacturing of these kinds of weaponsi Unfortunately, there were already a huge number of Uzis and others already in circulation, plus thousands of other guns which had been modified to accept ammunition clips with more than six bullets. Today, there are more than 220 million guns in circulation in the United States. That's enough for nearly every man, woman and child in this country to "bear arms." This call to abolish the sale and distribution of semi-automatic and automatic weapons is not a suggestion to eliminate the Second Amendment to our U.S. Constitution. Of course, citizens have the "right to bear arms." Hunting, while not a particularly Jewish pastime, has a long history in
this country. Law-abiding citizens who teach their children gun safety should still be permitted to purchase shotguns and rifles and even nonautomatic pistols. But while New Zealand has fewer than a dozen deaths a year from gunfire, or Germany, less than two dozen, or even Canada, with over 300, our annual gun deaths totalled more than 9,000 in 1996. Western democracies are shocked by the gun violence here as we should be, too. It's not just the latest shooting at the North Valley JCC, or the gunning down of Ricky Byrdsong in Chicago and wounding of six Jews walking home from services, or even the killing of students at Columbine High. It's all those and more. Gun violence was the topic of discussion at the White House last week, when NCJW National President Jan Schneiderman met with President Clinton and 12 Presidents of national Jewish organizations. Clinton now has public service announcements on television against violence. That's
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Violence strikes home the Headlines
by Rob Eshman, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Jewish Journal
LOS ANGELES - Whether you live in Colorado, Alabama or California, one thing is certain about life in America today: the violence that seems to be forever happening somewhere else will eventually strike home. You might have thought the shootings and bombings and beatings were always, thankfully, taking place elsewhere. But what they have really been doing is circling closer. As we go to press, there is one child still in serious condition. Two adults escaped with lighter wounds, as did two children. The scenes on television are BO familiar by now they unspool like summer reruns: the helicopters circling overhead, victims fleeing the scene, SWAT teams, ambulances, the tidbit-by-tidbit babble of the news anchors. It is familiar, but it is always worse with children. Always. The rest of the world should understand the setting of this latest attack. A Jewish community center in the summer is alive with noisy kids, enthusiastic young counselors and hovering older staff. It smells of sunscreen and pizza. Parents and staff come and go, waving as they tug their over-excited children through the ruckus. I know this, because at the time of the shooting at the North Valley, my boy, aged six,, was at his day camp across town at the Westside JCC. We parents find thousands of things to worry about in any given day. It never occurred to me to worry about him at the JCC. Now that joins the list. Repeat the new American mantra: No place is safe. No place is safe. Five years ago, during the Gulf War, L.A.P.D. anti-terrorism experts visited area synagogues and other Jewish institutions and encouraged them to beef up security. Some places took the advice. Those that didn't will now face complex and expensive issues of how to, in Police Chief Bernard Parks words, "harden the target" against the violence out there. JCC's have long functioned as campuses for pre-schools and camps, but have likely neglected the security responsibility that comes with being a school in today's world. .
: But will any security measures they now take make us worry less? No, not anymore. The damage has been done, the circle has drawn -tight.' ' An hour after the shootiag, long before Buford Furrow turned himself in, we received word that federal and local investigators were already investigating the attack as a hate crime. It didn't surprise us. • Last year the Journal reported on a series of white supremacist-linked vandalism in Granada Hills and other Valley communities. Hindsight is 20/20, but experts from the Wiesenthal Center to the ADL have long warned that the step from a swastika to a gun is not as great as we'd like to believe. But hate isn't the end of the story. At a press conference shortly after the shooting, Jeffrey L. Rouss, executive vice president of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, departed from his written comments to add a plea for gun control. So did Rabbi Marvin Hier and the ADL's David Lehrer. These men risked politicizing the moment, but it was a noble risk. Evidently, it can't be said often enough or loud enough by enough sane people for our representatives to understand: Hate and psychosis are not unique to our country, but easy access to firearms is. Perhaps it is time for Jews from across the religious and political spectrum to join in lobbying for saner gun laws. Suddenly, assault rifles are a Jewish issue. The Jewish community is stunned, outraged, anxious and grieving. We feel for the injured and their parents even more because we have walked those same halls, with our own children. "I'm in shock," one of our reporters on the scene of the story told me by cell phone. "My kid's Jewish day schoolis ten minutes away. It's all so arbitrary." • She's right to be in shock. But she's wrong that these sorts of attacks, in America, in 1999, are all so arbitrary. On the contrary, they are beginning to feel inevitable.
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Israelis, Palestinians disagree by Naomi Segal
JERUSALEM (JTA) - When exactly Israel will. begin withdrawing from more West Bank territory has, provoked, a?new- round of disagreement between Israeli and Palestinian officials. The dispute stemmed from a comment Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak made, when he said Israel would begin implementing the Wye accord in September. At first glance, it appeared that Barak meant the second of three withdrawals spelled out in the accord would begin next month. The comment had sparked hopes that the two sides were inching closer toward resolving earlier differences. Indeed, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, bolstering those hopes, subsequently accepted the timetable. Barak had promised to carry out the Wye agreement in August, Arafat told reporters if it began in September, "We accept this." •, ''.:.'• But it soon became clear that the two sides were not talking about the same thing. ' Barak's offer did not spell out when Israel would complete the withdrawals from the West Bank that are called for in the Wye agreement. And when.he and his.aides began issuing clarifir cations, the Palestinian side was less than pleased.
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It turned out that Barak expects the Palestinian Authority to begin meeting-its security obligations in September, including confiscating illegal, weapons and reducing the size of the Palestinian! police force. After that, Israel would begin-with-! drawing from West Bank land in October..: v ' Despite the disagreement, the two sides'continued this week to try to resolve the dispute'. ' Palestinian officials confirmed that Barak had met earlier in the week with a deputy to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, Abu Mazen, to discuss a possible compromise on the issue, and Israeli and Palestinian representatives were due to meet to discuss the issue. • Meanwhile, Barak and Arafat may meet in the coming days to finalize a timetable for Israel's next withdrawals from the West Bank. 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 necessarily 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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To the editor: To the Editor: celebrates diversity of our community and that our I was gratified to see the editorial in last week's I have never responded to an article in the actions contribute to the health of our world, but Jewish Press and the Omaha World-Herald edi- Jewish Press before, but I take exception to Bob the zoo failed in its responsibility to the Jewish torial on Aug. 13, 1999, which stated their opinion Wolfson's, "Endangered Species," on Aug. 13. community when relating to endangered species. I that.our heightened security response to the shootWe have had very close ties to the Henry Doorly personally do not know of any Jewish giraffes or ings at the North Valley Jewish Community Zoo. When the Lied Jungle was under construction, hasidic penguins. And I did not know I was on the Center in L.A., demonstrated "exactly the appropri- my wife, Sue, volunteered to help design and endangered species list. ate response. . .neither exclusionary panic nor install the plants. After working as a volunteer, The final inference, that, because of misbegotten blithe indifference, but heightened vigilance." she was offered a paying position. malice and hindsight, we might think again about Many thanks go out to our staff, members, security We, and dozens of hardworking employees and donating to the zoo as a "non-Jewish cause." This service, police department, ADL and other Jewish volunteers, helped to see the jungle go from a ster- veiled threat to withhold our donations to the zoo is agencies for helping us through those difficult few ile concrete and glass structure to a thriving misplaced. Because a few Jewish Omahans opt to days following the incident. ecosystem. When Sue was employed at the zoo, her spend time with the zoo does not make it a Jewish Now that our long-awaited building renovation is boss went out of her way to accommodate the High community cause. I find this part of the article exceptionally displeasing, thinking we can throw being implemented, I want to share with you some Holidays and other important dates and events. of our increased security plans that are included in We know the zoo depends Of generous donations our monetary weight around. I would hope that the project. from their patrons to survive. In Wolfson's article, kind of influence peddling would be the thing we as Our goal for the renovation is to tighten our nor- it stated that the zoo was informed earlier this Jews would avoid. mal security by making sure every entrance to the summer of the conflict of Zoofari, a gala fundraisIf I thought for a moment there was any intended Center is monitored either by a staff person, elec- ing event, and Rosh Hashanah. The zoo had con- anti-Semitism on the part of the zoo, I would be tronic device including locks, video camera or bar tracted commitments early and could not change signing letters of protest and more. But I do not the date. The article continued by criticizing the believe that to be the case. In a world where less code reader, or some combination. Specifically: : 1) The receptionist at the new front entrance will zoo for not changing the date, making inferences than a week before, a madman attacked a JCC, be much closer to the door so she can see every bordering on anti-Semitism. this article attacked the date of a zoo fundraiser; individual who is entering and control the doors as Even if the zoo had the foresight to check a calen- we might need to realign our focus. need by an electronic lock system. These doors will dar with the major Jewish holidays listed, it shows As for the date for Zoofari, it was known two be locked and will not be able to be used when a Rosh Hashanah on Saturday, Sept. 11. As Jews, we years in advance, yet the protest was made a few receptionist is not on duty, know holidays start on the prior evening. But is short months ago, according to the article. Maybe 2) The front south entrance to the facility will the gentile world expected to know that? Maybe we we should look two years into the future and see if have a bar code reader that limits access only to should write to all the calendar publishers to there might be a conflict. If there is, let us current full members of the Center. All visitors, change the notation and call the previous day, approach it now, while there might be time to change guests and vendors will have to use either the main • Rosh Hashanah Eve. front entrance or the new entrance to the Phil As the article continued, it stated that the zoo Thomas D. and Suzanne Friedman Sokolof Health and Fitness Center on the east side of the Campus. Can Barak play poker? 3) The new entrance to the Phil Sokolof Health by Harry Allen,. and Fitness Center will be monitored by our Member Services staff, who will be relocated to that area. They will be assisted by video cameras, a barcode reader and electronic lock system. It has been just over one month since Ehud based on the financial and educational elite, the 4) The new Child' Development Center will have Barak formed the new government in Israel and Russian Olim, the growing middle class and the a front entrance that will be monitored by a recep- the honeymoon is already over. The Israeli press is moderate religious world represented by Meimad. tionist with the assistance of electronic locks. The sharpening its editorial fangs. On the foreign policy or peace front, analysts see i CDGdoor that connects to; the rest of the Center Baraks strategy as follows. He is a security hawk The Labor party is fuming over Baraks bypassing will'be'-'Sri ^ut 1 only?' dobr.-'Entrance: into the Child > of the party in making major appointments. but; he well recognizes that the. Likud,policy of "ndj;' Development'Center from the Center will be moni- Yasser Arafat, expecting instant gratification with one inch" is not a viable alternative. He wants to tored, with very limited access. the Wye agreement implementation and not get- establish his credentials as a tough^pexgainer 5)^The>dobr between the JCC and the Rose ting it, has turned churlish. Secretary Albright is before starting down the road of final\B|egoJ;iaKqns / ^ •> Blumkjn Home will be one way into the Home only. probably wishing she had not fed the new prime with Arafat and Assad. Unlike Rabin, Barak is not demonizing the setEntry from the Home into the Center will be limit- minister those fancy breakfasts at her Georgetown tlers. Quite the contrary, he meets with them ed to authorized individuals only. townhouse. So what is Barak up to? These are a few of the measures that are already This is a man who keeps his own counsel - not a though they and he know full well that at the eiid in our plan. Bringing and using your membership person given to frequent press conferences and.not' of the day largei portions of the West Bankwill be ' card is one way all of our members can be helpful someone who could be bluffed at the Saturday night part of a new Palestinian state. But he will have in making sure we know who is in the building at poker game. Many political writers feel on the given the settlers the old college try. Barak is playall times. We will continue to evaluate our security domestic front he is committed to forging a new ing the Syrians off against the Palestinians-much and make any changes necessary to make sure our political party to replace the Labor party. His models to the consternation of the Palestinians. A deal Center is safe for all of our members and guests. are Tony Blair in England and Bill Clinton. The sta- with Syria first would suit Barak very well. We welcome any suggestions you may have. tism, which the Labor party historically represents, He is playing a very complicated game with very Jeffrey Aizenberg is not to his liking. Further-more the once solid base little input from the old hands. But Barak is a strategic planner who does not confuse short term JCC Executive Director of the party has evaporated like a pond in summer. The Kibbutz movement is no longer a bastion of tactics with longer range objectives. He is playing his own hand and one can only hope social engineering. The Histradut is hardly a major electoral factor and the blue collar working sector that he has learned the lyrics of the song, "know has defected either to the Likud or the Shas party. when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, and never Barak senses that he needs to forge a new reality count your money till the game is done."
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Princess Diana, the Musical, which was produced last year at Joslyn Art Museum, has received a total of 13 nominations from the Theatre Arts Guild for its annual awards event to recognize excellence in theatre. The categories for which Princess Diana, the Musical, was nominated include outstanding new script, best musical, best choreography, best costumes, best lead actress and actor, best supporting actor and actress, best child actor and actress, best ensemble and best feature actress and actor. Princess Diana, the Musical is a collaboration of Karen Javitch a n d Elaine Jabenis. Curtis Quinn Marti, son of Don and Karolyn Kagan Marti, Arnolds Park, IA, and Lincoln, NE, received his Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree ' summa cum laude from Creighton University in the school of Pharmacy and allied health professionals. Graduate recognition and the hooding ceremony took place May 15 and 16 in Omaha. Dr. Marti has accepted a position as an occupational therapist in Austin, TX, and will pursue the U.S. Masters diving program at the University of Texas and will also be cliff diving. ; '•••' During his undergraduate studies at UNL, he was a four-year varsity diver. • Harold M. Maurer, M.D., Chancellor of the • University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been honored by t h e Lincoln Medical Education Foundation, Inc., for his accomplishments in promoting medical education. The foundation presented him with the John C. Finegan Award, named after the organization's first Family Practice Program director.
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Beth El appoints cantor (Continued from Page 1) Hillel. them working in chevrutah—study Before studying for the cantorate, pairs— and immediately recognized Horwitz earned a B.A. at Indiana that Beth El is a congregation, a com- University and did Jewish communal munity, where I can make a contribu- work with youth and adults. From tion not only as a Hazzan on the 1991-94, he served as Youth Program Bimah, but also as a real part of peo- Coordinator for the Jewish ple's lives." Community Center in Houston, TX. He is extremely pleased that his In Houston, where he established appointment will allow him to fulfill and coordinated citywide programs for his personal identity. "I see myself," teens from all streams of Judaism, he he explained, "as a clergy person who rekindled the deep connection with Jewish music that he had enjoyed as a He looks forward to working closely boy. He became increasingly aware of with Cantor Berkovits. "I can learn a desire to utilize Jewish music in his and gain a great deal from his exper- programming. Coincidentally, he met Cantor David Propis, who inspired tise," he said. "Over time, I hope to make increas- him to apply to the Seminary's ing use of my own personality, inter- Cantorial School and helped prepare ests and background and, perhaps, him for the entrance exams. add some new melodies along the Horwitz said his arrival in Omaha way," he added. "I feel certain that I represents something of a "Midwest will have a lot to offer this communi- homecoming." The oldest of three brothers, he was raised in St. Louis, Among his duties, he will participate MO, where he attended the H.F. on Shabbat morning in the Torah and Epstein Hebrew Academy through 7th Siddur Skills program; help develop a grade. During high school, he served music curriculum and teach as needed as USY President for two years. in the Talmud Torah; assist with He has been a camper and counselor B'nai Mitzvah training; and work at Camp Sabra in Lake of the Ozarks, closely with USY. MO, and a tutor and fitness director He also will participate in Life Cycle at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. events and help plan and organize He is an avid sports fan and a both Shabbat and High Holy Day ser- marathon runner. Since 1987, he has vices. competed in 20 marathons. While a college student, Horwitz Horwitz brings a wide range of training and experience to the new took part in the Overseas Study post. While earning his Master of Program at the Hebrew University of Sacred Music and preparing for his Jerusalem, where he met Heidi cantorial investiture, he served as a Cohen, a Florida native attending the cantor in two congregational settings. University of Wisconsin. They married v.iHrom.1997 until coming to Omaha, in .1993. he was the cantor at Congregation Heidi Horwitz holds a Master's in B'nai Israel in Fair Lawn, N.J. Occupational Therapy from New York Previously, he provided periodic caii- University and a Master's in Special torial functions al Congregation B'nai Education from the University of Israel in Gainesville, FL; and served Florida. She has accepted a position as a High Holiday cantor, first at a as an Early Childhood Educator and synagogue in West Orange, N.J., and Occupational Therapist at the later at the University of Delaware's Westmont School in Sarpy County.
UJC Midwest Region offers Women's Roots Mission to NY by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
The Midwest Region of United Singles Shabbat Dinner at the 92nd Jewish; Communities (formerly UJA) StreetY. is coordinating a Women's "Roots" Joyce Mendelson, currently an Mission to New York City on Sunday instructor at the New School for Oct. 24, through Tuesday, Oct. 26. Research, is an urban historian who', Mothers and adult daughters of par- teaches courses on New York ticipants'are encouraged to attend Neighborhoods, New York Women, this extraordinary mission. and New York Settlement Houses. Highlights of the trip include a tour She is the former Director of Educaof Ellis Island, a walking tour of the tion at the Lower East Side Tenement Lower East Side, lunch at Ratner*s on Museum. Delancy Street, a visit to the Cost of the mission is $760 per perTenement Museum, a Broadway son based on double occupancy. show, scholarly walk through Boro A minimum gift of $1,000 to the . Park and a tour of the Museum of Jewish Federation of Omaha's 2000 Jewish Heritage. Annual Campaign is required for parParticipants will travel with two ticipation. exceptional scholars. The price includes two nights at the Joseph Schiff conceived and devel- Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, all meals, oped "Footloose in New York," a pro- entrance fees, programming, cultural gram of educational tours designed to activities, guides, buses and gratudeepen awareness and appreciation of ities. Airfare to and from New York is historic and contemporary Jewish life. not included. He also serves as the traditional and For more information or an applicaeducational leader of the Friday Night tion, please contact me at 334-6431.
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New community teacher reaches out to students by Diane Axler Baum
Guiding students toward "comfort with Judaism as a way of life, wherever they are and whatever they do," is a major goal of the new Community Teacher appointed by Jewish Education and Library Services. Judah C. Goldscheider, an experienced educator and youth director, comes to Omaha from Baltimore, MD. There, he was on the faculty at Baltimore's Beth El Hebrew School, pursuing his Master's in Jewish Education at Baltimore Hebrew University, and taking a class at Goucher College. Through JELS, Goldscheider is teaching Judaic Studies at Friedel Jewish Academy in the mornings. He is at the Beth El and Beth Israel religious schools in the afternoons. He expressed excitement about Friedel's new Mitzvah Assignments Campaign— a program he proposed — and other programs in the planning stage at the Academy. "It's a matter of making menschlichkeit a priority," he said. The Mitzvah Assignments Campaign actively involves students with 18 specific mitzvot. "Students will go to the library to learn about particular commandments, discuss them in class, write short reports, and personally perform various
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aspects of them," he explained. He prepared a bulletin board in the Friedel commons room for students to show what they've learned and what they've accomplished. Other programs aim at connecting Friedel students with residents of the Blumkin Home, for the benefit of both young and old. On Sept. 8, Friedel students will take part in a special Rosh Hashanah Seder at the home. At the Seder, the fruits and vegetables served, will be symbolic of the significance of Rosh Hashanah, with its prayers for a sweet New Year. The event will take about 40 minutes. In the planning stage are monthly Shabbat presentations; monthly Friday luncheons, an expansion of the Academy's weekly Shabbat luncheons; and "Adopt a Bubbe and Zayde,"a project which would link Blumkin residents with Friedel students and then-families, • Goldscheider said his excellent working relationship with Michael Linn, Director of Friedel, began with telephone conversations last spring. Their rapport, strengthened since his arrival, has been enhanced by positive interaction with Harris Finklestein, Director of the Federation library. "We share a belief in the importance of helping students learn how to utilize the library. We look forward to encouraging them to benefit from its resources and treasures," he noted. Goldscheider holds a B.S. in Jewish Education and a Hebrew Teacher's Diploma from the Isaac Breuer College of Yeshiva University in New York J u d a h C. Goldscheider prepares the Mitzvah City. A dean's list student, he was responsible for Assignment Campaign bulletin board a t t h e re-establishing a student Hebrew periodical. He FriedelJewish Academy. was the recipient of the Cooper Memorial Award , . .. for Jewish Education and the Histadrut Ha-Iyrit' number of KaBhrut organizations. He spent much of his childhood and youth living {Award for promotion of Hebrew Literature arid in Jerusalem, Israel. He has also lived in many Culture. He is about to receive his National License in parts of the United States and has traveled •• •'••••• • .• Jewish Education from the National Board of throughout Europe. His father, Dr. Calvin Goldscheider of Brown License for Teachers and Principals of Jewish University, is an internationally known sociologist)Schools in North America. He has been a member of the faculty at the Rocky and demographer who Btudies the Jewish popula-- •< Mountain Hebrew Academy in Denver, CO, and -tions of Israel and the United Statas^His.stepinothr served as Judaic Studies Coordinator for middle er, Dr. Fran Goldscheider, also: a sociologist at. and high school students; a faculty member at the Brown, concentrates in the area of Family ,., -, Beth Tfiloh Community School in Baltimore; a Dynamics. Goldsheider said his family includes many teachsenior counselor for several summers at the Beth Tfiloh Camp; and Director of Baltimore's B'nai ers and rabbis and has a deep commitment to Judaism. He has wanted to become a teacher since Akiva Youth Group. Goldsheider is certified through the National his early teen years. "I have a very positive impression of Omaha and Restaurant Association and the National Assessment Institute in six specialized areas in its Jewish community," he said. "Even though this food service management. A Kosher chef with is a diverse Jewish community with philosophical expertise in American and Middle Eastern cuisine, differences, I see a cohesiveness and a willingness he has worked in catering and food service manage- to work together to achieve the goal of educating ment and has been a rabbinical supervisor for a our children."
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by Patty Sherman, NCCJ Regional Co-ordinator
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), formerly The National Conference of Christian and Jews, will sponsor the Walk As One Walk-a-thon on the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 10. Walk As One is an event in which all facets of the community will come together as teams of diverse walkers representing community and religious organizations, corporations, businesses, schools, neighbors, friends and families. Included will be those of different cultures, abilities, races, ethnicities, faiths, ages, orientations and genders. They will Walk As One to show their united support of inclusion, to represent their belief in a better America, and to promote NCGTs work with youth. All proceeds will be used to implement and expand NCCJ Youth Leadership programs nationally and locally. The Midlands Regional Office in Omaha is one of the first 11, of 66 regional offices across the country, selected to initiate Walk As One. Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze) is the National Sponsor. Judith A. Owen, President & CEO Norwest Bank Nebraska, N.A., will serve as the Corporate Chair for the walk with support from the Norwest
Regional Diversity Council. Media Partner is WOWT Channel 6. Additional Local Sponsors (to date) include. Norwest Bank Nebraska, Conagra, Greater Omaha Packing Company, First National Bank, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, First Data Resources, I-Go Van & Storage, Larson, Dugan & Murray, Cookie & J e r r y Hoberman, Slosburg Company, Metropolitan Community College, Westside Community Schools and Omaha Public Schools. NCCJ expects at least 1,000 walkers to enjoy themselves on a three-mile route through the downtown Omaha area. There will be multi-cultural entertainment and ethnic foods to add to the festivities. Walk As One is not a race, but a walk of unity, with an almost parade-like atmosphere celebrating diverse communities. Walk As One will be a lively and meaningful event for the Midlands and an important opportunity to make a difference in the future for the young people of the area. NCCJ encourages individuals and teams in the community to Walk As One on Sunday, Oct. 10. For registration information, contact me at 391-4460.
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Hadassah to start two new groups by Sandra Kohll
The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah will begin two new projects at the end of this month: Ivrit and At Galgalim. • Hadassah Ivrit will be taught by Shoshana Ferenstein starting on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at her home, 5738 Lafayette. The class consists of reading, writing and.speaking Hebrew; there is no fee except for a small charge for materials. For information, call her at 561-9867. According to author Cynthia Ozick, "The Hebrew language.. .is a written language in which the idea of national commitment to Jewish principles is endemic, inseparable from the intellect. A Ian-. guage is the history of a people, and a civilization... - Hebrew is,the most fundamental expression of our Jewishness." - Hadassah Ivrit teaches not just a language, but the history of our people, which opens a door to experience the Jewishness of Judaism. MGalgalim means Training Wheels. It is a pro-' gram for children, ages two to five, along with parents and/or grandparents. It will meet nine times a yea*:, prior to Jewish holidays, with the first meeting at the Kohll home* 1617 So. 107th St., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Developed by Hadassah and the Whizin Institute of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, the programvc6mbines sbrigs, fun-filled activities and learning, experiences that enable children and adults'to experience together the joy of celebrating Shabbatarid the Jewish holidays. ; In a friendly environment of a small group setting, Training Wheels provides a support system for parents and grandparents who want to share concerns about raising children in the Jewish tradition. According to facilitator, Noa Levin, "Training Wheels is not only about kids, it's about families. It's also about parents and children spending quality time together and participating in Jewish rituals together." The ultimate goal of'MGalgalim is to enable families to replicate the experience at home. Cost of the classes is $50 for Hadassah members and $75 for non-members. "Children, especially young children, love to imitate their parents," said Levin. "When they see thenparents lighting candles, they want to light, too." For information about AlGalgalim, call Noa Levin at 55*1-1564. For information about Hadassah, call me at 391-5603.
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Robbie Epstein Ryan Tichauer EdiarBeau MZ Beau BBG's annual beau dance was held this past spring at DC Centre. The theme was 'Masquerade Murder Mystery. . . A Night of Intrigue,' and was planned by Jennifer Rifkin, Ariel Shukert and Whitney Taxman. Ediar #710 and MZ Yoshanah #2063 selected their beaus that night. Last year's beau for Ediar was Adam Kohn. Candidates for the 1999-2000 Ediar beau included Robbie Epstein, Matt Lerner and Andrew Shefren. This year's Ediar beau is Robbie Epstein. The Ediar honoraries include Jon Zoob and Ryan - Malashock. Last year's beau for MZ Yoshanah was 1 Michael Fineman. Candidates for the 1999-2000 MZ Yoshanah beau included Shane Cohn, Andy Finkle and Ryan Tichauer. This year's MZ Yoshanah beau is Ryan Tichauer. The MZ Yoshanah honoraries include Mark Javitch and Andy Novak. •
Funday, Sundae with Bubbe and Zayde Mark Sanford will entertain during "Funday, Sundae w i t h Bubbe and Zayde" on Sunday, Aug. 29,1 p.m., in the JCC Auditorium. The e v e n t is free and ' open to the community and will celebrate Grandparents' Day.
OCTL sponsors High Holiday Fair The Omaha Center for Torah Learning, a recently founded organization dedicated to enhancing Jewish educational offerings, will sponsor a community High Holiday fair on Sunday, Sept. 5, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the JCC. The spiritual leaders of each of Omaha's main synagogues will lead workshops at the fair along with OCTL director Rabbi Shlomo Levin and his wife, Noa. The goal of the fair is foremost to provide an opportunity for Torah study in preparation for the High Holidays. Also, bringing the entire community together for this event will enable the OCTL and its new director to learn more about the needs of the entire Jewish population and how the OCTL may be most useful to the community, according to Rabbi Levin. , "One of the most important aspects of this event is bringing together the different congregations. This will benefit not ,only communal unity but ,also. enable me to get a sense of what the needs and interests of all segments of the Jewish population might be," Rabbi Levin commented. The OCTL will run this fair, along with similar programs for other holidays, on an annual basis. Most other OCTL programming will consist of classes, individual study sessions, and lunch'n learns. ,
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Jennifer and Rick Lear of Altenstadt, Germany, announce the July 28 birth of their son, Aidan Thomas. Aidan has a brother, Joshua, 43/2. Grandparents are Martin and Edythe Wolf of Omaha and Donald and Janet Lear of Kearney. Great-grandmothers are Irene Stein of Pembroke Pines, FL, and Ruth Lear of Estes Park, CO. Rabbi Howard and Nadine Kutner announce the May 19 birth of their twins, Binyamin Moshe Leib and Chana Lieba. They also have another set of twins, Yechiel Michel and Eliyahu Meir, 2. Grandparents are Nat and Estelle Kutner of Forest Hills, N.Y.,'and Gerald and Marilyn Siegel of Omaha. Great-grandmother is Rose Siegel of New York City. •
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Baseball trio scores on and off the field by Gary Javitch
Have you ever been asked thiB riddle? Which encyclopedia has the fewest number of entries? Answer: The Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. That number could increase however, if the wishes of three standout baseball stars come true. The three play varsity baseball for their high school teams during the school year. In the summer, they play with their scholastic teammates in an American Legion league. The trio, Dusty Friedman, 17, Matt Kutler, 17, and Ryan Malashock, 18, share an amazing number of similarities. Their academic and sports accomplishments read like a list from Who's Who of American High School Students. The three shine academically, sporting memberships on honor rolls or in the National Honor Society. Their grade point averages are perfect or nearly so. . Their likenesses extend to the baseball field, too. On different ball clubs, each, coincidentally, wears the same number 11 on his jersey. All three play the outfield. (Ryan and Matt also pitch.) Showing versatility, they, .are adept with their gloves as well as at the plate: each maintains an envious batting average: Dusty, .369; Ryan, .388; and Matt, .405. At their high schools, they lettered in baseball each year they played. Additionally, they share a love for baseball over all other sports, enjoying its competitiveness and challenge. While they have other career goals, they would turn pro if the opportunity presented itself. , Another way the teens relate to each other is by their identification as Jews, all attending Beth El Synagogue. As Jewish players, they are in the minority on their respective teams. Yet, they all get along well with everyone. At the conclusion of every game, the ball players line up with their teammates. They file past their opponents, shake hands with them, and say "nice game." When the number ll's come together, Dusty and Matt perform their own ritual, giving each other a wink and a "shalom," as they go by. Occasionally, Matt is good naturedly referred to as "the Rabbi." Dusty While there are parallels in their lives, the young men distinguish themselves individually. Wanting to learn more about his Jewish roots, Dusty visited Israel with the Omaha teens' Artza contingent on their bi-annual trek to the Promised Land.
The Central His summer team record was 37-17. A team leadHigh senior er, Matt receives accolades for his play, evenfrom traveled the his opponents. "Matt really burned us," Ryan relatcountry, meet- ed, recalling his team's loss to Matt's club. ing other IsMatt wants to own a business or go into law one raeli teens and day. Of course, he would like to take his baseball occasionally playing as far as he can. For now, his first choice some Arabs. for college is KU. Gaining a Ryan number of inThe Burke high graduate placed first in the sights from his Nebraska Stater* c on t a c t s , Journalism in! Dusty felt that Sports Writing con-' hopes for peace test held recently. were improv- He wants to pursue, ing. Overall, that field when he he said, the begins classes at' trip "was Kansas University worth it," re- this fall. Attending' _ . . ferring to the on an academic, Dusty Friedman s u m m e r ' s scholarship, he aspires to be a sucbaseball season he skipped. As a centerfielder, Dusty enjoyed controlling the cessful walk-on in action in the outfield, directing who would take cer- the KU baseball ~ tain flys, for example. He led the league in the most program. A career highlight' times being hit by the pitcher, and joked that "Matt for Ryan occurred' never hit me." Although-a three-time letter winner in wrestling, in recent tournaDusty would like to play baseball, his favorite ment play when he Ryan Malashock sport, in college. He is considering attending slammed a homer Emory, Wash-ington University (St. Louis), or off Kyle Baker, 18, already considered a major league draft choice. use. . . • • • • Lessons learned? Working together, he has come Matt Like Dusty, Matt was accepted as a participant in to value his teammates. With his success, he has tried "to set a good example, and be a good team the highly regardleader." ed Boys State Student GovernInfluences ment program. A When asked who was their greatest influence on senior at Millard their lives, without pause or equivocation, each North, Matt has teen stated, "My parents." Dusty did add Sandy also earned two Koufax's name to that list. He met his boyhood idol letters in basketrecently at the Bob Gibson Golf Classic. ball. Parents of Dusty are Sanford and Amy Friedman.' At an early age, Matt's parents are David and Debi Kutler. Ryan's baseball was fun Dad and Mom are Dr. Neal and Jody Malashock. for Matt and he Maybe that Jewish sports hero book will increase fondly recalls his in size, after all. first homerun in Matt Kutler the 10-Year Old World Series.
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Jews shot in L.A. Gil Mann is the author ofi How to Get More when anti-Semitism in the U.S. was virtually built into many of the institutions of society (govern- Out of Being Jewish Even If : A. You are not ment, business, churches, etc.), today, individuals sure you believe in God, B. You think going are the main threat. And these individuals now to synagogue is a waste of time, C. You think must contend with those same institutions of soci- keeping kosher is stupid, D. You hated ety who today actively fight against anti-Semitism Hebrew School, or E. All of the above! and other forms of hatred and bigotry toward He makes no money from book sales (to order minorities. 'Dear Readers: call: 800-304-9925,) his work on America As I sat down to select an e-Mail of the week and In sharp, sharp contrast are the many individu- Online or this column. You are invited to his signed on to America Online, the front screen als such as yourself who write to me. You give me area of AOL (Keyword: Judaism Today,) for a screamed the news that five people had been shot hope arid some degree of comfort when headlines free download of the first 2 chapters of his at the JCC in L.A. It is clear this is a hate crime, remind me that Jews remain vulnerable just book and other Q&AwithGiL still, I read the news stunned and mortified and because we are Jewish. He welcomes your e-Mail comments and with no desire to write a column this week. I often end by saying thank you for writing. In questions about this column or any subject. In that mood I slowly brought myself to scan this case, I thank you on behalf of my "congrega- Write to DearGil@aol.com or send your letters some of the e-Mail I had set aside for possible tion'' of readers as well. Gil tothispaper. future columns. When I came across the following e-Mail from a non-Jew, I knew what I needed to write. The content and tone of this letter is typical of the many e-Mails I receive from non-Jews. While the events of late are horrifying, some comMuscular Dystrophy Association fort can be found in e-Mails like'this...
' On America Online, there is a popular feature called "Judaism Today: Where Do I Fit?" People anonymously send in E-Mail letters to the author of the feature,'Gil Mann and he selects one letter for a 'public response in his Jewish E-Mail column. Here is this week's edited E-Mail and Git's response:
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Dear Gil: Hello! I came to your area of AOL even though I am not Jewish. I was raised Catholic, am now married to a man who was born Muslim and we are trying to be Methodist. My best friends are all Jewish, and my children's Godparents are Jewish. I wish I could say I want to convert, but the truth is, I don't think I could. I absolutely love Judaism and revere it as I do my own religion and my father. I am writing because I just thought I had something to say to the Jewish community. I want them to know that they should always, always hold their heads up high. My friend expressed the memory, of being a bit embarrassed when she was a child during Christmas. I cannot imagine the difficulties a Jewish' child may'go through during the holidays, but I do know what I tell my children. Without the love of the Jews in this world, there would be no Christians, no Muslims, no Jehovah's Witnesses, " nb nothing. . Somehow, with all the terrible things people have done to the Jewish people, the Jewish people were • loving enough to allow the Christians and everyone else to have their religions. They are the fathers of all of us. Even though we chose a different path from our fathers, does not mean that we do not love them and respect them. Please give my best to your congregation. L DearL: With the terrible shooting at the Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, recent shootings in Chicago and the synagogue arsons in ' Sacramento as a backdrop, I have selected your letter for the Jewish e-Mail of the week. I am not a rabbi nor do I have a congregation but I have more readers than I could count and I wanted them to see your respectful and warm letter, especially in light of the violence perpetrated againBt Jews as of late. . My readers may be surprised to learn how regularly (a number of times per week) I hear from nonJews even though my area of America Online is called "Judaism Today: Where Do I Fit?" Almost 100% of these E-Mails that I receive are a pleasure to read. Most seek understanding of Judaism with sincere and serious questions. Some have asked for my advice on how to respond appropriately to a Jewish friend or acquaintance in some situation of life. Still others write from time to time with compassionate sentiments similar to those expressed in your letter. I share this information now because attacks • against us are frightening and make us feel alone. Lately, they have been especially shocking and frequent, But letters such as yours make me feel less alone and I think others will also find some consolation in reading your words and knowing about the many non-Jews who routinely write to me. Anti-Semitism today definitely exists. Only a fool would assert otherwise. But as opposed to the past,
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Women's Campaign kicks off with sculpture (Continued from Page 1) Working in scale from monumental proportions to elegant 'interior" size sculpture, Benshalom's works can be found throughout the world in both public and private collections. Honorary chairpeople for the Opening Reception are Roz Friedman, Andi and Larry Kavich, Karin and Mike Levine and Kim & Jay Noddle. The reception committee includes Joyce Cohen, Barbara Kushner, Lois "Ducky" Milder, Lee Needelman, Jeanie Neff and Andi Willensky. "We are quite fortunate to have an artist of Benshalom's stature come to Omaha. There will be something for everyone at the reception, for serious and amateur art collectors alike. This is a tremendous opportunity for the Jewish community and everyone is welcome to attend," said Ducky Milder, chairperson of the committee. This year's Women's Campaign Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 11:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m., at Beth El Synagogue. The featured speaker is Michael Ginsberg, who is head of security for Kibbutz Misgav Am on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Ginsberg will speak about life on the border, which is under almost constant attack from Lebanese armory. One of the most harrowing experiences for Gins-
berg was the bombing of the children's quarters fields and was also in charge of the absorption of new kibbutz members. He has performed a wide several years ago. Ginsberg made aliyah to Israel at the age of 14. array of duties on the kibbutz and is presently the He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1972 and general manager in charge of the tourist and proserved in the Yom Kippur War on the Egyptian duction company. Since 1983, Ginsberg has been in charge of security and holds the official title of Regional Military .Commander. He fought in the Peace for Galilee campaign from 1983 to 1985 and is very involved in security activities on the Northern Border of Israel and Lebanon, which has earned him the nickname "Sheriff of the North." Ginsberg is married to a fifthgeneration Sabra and is the father of three sons. The Women's Campaign Luncheon Committee is chaired by Mary Bernstein and includes Danielle Gordman, Lois "Ducky" Milder and Terri Zacharia. "Anyone who has ever heard Michael speak during one of Omaha's missions to Israel will want to see him again. And if you haven't heard him, you Mike Ginsburg on Kibbutz Misgav Am, locat- are in for something special!" said Bernstein. ed on the border of Lebanon and Israel. Benshalom's sculpture will be available for viewfront as an infantry and demolition sergeant. ing from 10:30-11:30 a.m., prior to the start of the Ginsberg also Berved in the Armored Corps and luncheon. Special Units until he was discharged from the For more information about the Opening I.D.F. in 1976, and returned to live on Kibbutz Reception and the Women's Luncheon, contact Misgav Am. Kathy McGauvran, Women's Campaign Director, On the kibbutz, Ginsberg worked in the cotton 334-6427,
Jewish 'Eagles' make history, next goal: high adventure by Morris Maline
efforts in bringing the Troop to its present position, Fresh on the heels of reaching a historic milestone the Boy Scouts, the Cub Scouts, and adult leaderin its number of Eagle Scouts, Boy Scout Troop 218 ship of the Troop and Pack jumped to their feet to is about to embark on "High Adventure." give their Scoutmaster a standing ovation." Dr. Mark Pilley, Scoutmaster, said the new program will be co-educational for boys and girls from Dr. Pilley told the Jewish Press that the suc14-21 and that he will outline the new venture, cess of the Eagle Scout program was due to the Aug. 29 from 5-7 p.m., during a Cub and Scout involvement and support of the parents and that recruitment program at the Jewish Community much of the credit should go to Steve Chasen who Center. has been involved since the beginning. "It's a brand new program, we're going to need Another factor in the success of the program, he adult leadership and it will provide additional contisaid, is the use of project management tools in nuity for the Scouting program." advancing the Scouts from Life rank to Eagle. Introduction of the new program follows a historic For information on the Scouting program, Dr. achievement culminating recently with the installaPilley can be reached at 573-8578 (home), or 351tion of four additional boys as Eagle Scouts. 2585 (work). Those involved in Scouting at the Jewish From left: Larry Radloff, Jake Pilley, Jeremy Community Center could not recall a time when so Chasen and Brad Lerner. many Jewish boys earned Eagle Scout ranking at the same time. The most recent inductees participating in the Court of Honor at Temple Israel recently are Jeremy Chasen, son of Steve and Debbie Chasen; Brad Lerner, son of Martha and Dick Lerner; Jacob Pilley, son of Karen and Dr. Mark Pilley, and Larry Radloff, son of Arnold and Ellen RadlofF. According to Dr. Pilley, this group of boys follow Ben Koval who became an Eagle in May. An additional two from the troop are expected to make Eagle before the end of the year, he said. He pointed out that there are currently 18 boys in the Troop ranging in age from 15-17, all buddies and all highly motivated with the support of their parents. Lloyd Roitstein, Director, Mid-America Boy Scout Council, told the Jewish Press that the Jewish Scouting program here is the strongest it has ever been. He attributed the historic success in Eagles to the leadership of Dr. Pilley and the involvement of parents. He-noted that nationally less than two percent of boys who enter Scouting ever reach the rank of Eagle. Allison Latenser, a Cub Scout parent, said Omaha The Industry's first luxury Sports Activity Vehicle, the X5 combines powerful has had a Jewish Scout Troop since 1992 and that acceleration and near-intultlve handling with advanced traction technologies the activity helps youngsters celebrate their Jewish and all-wheel drive. Created for the Alps as well as the Autobahn, the X5 refuses to fit neatly heritage and beliefs. Activities include Sukkot camInto any predefined category. It tackles snowy or muddy roads with the confipouts, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and Mitzvah dence of a rugged, sure-footed adventurer, then goes out for a night on the Day programs, and the opportunity to participate in town with the elegance of a luxury sedan. a national gathering of Jewish Scouts in the Fall. Preliminary specification highlights Include: a self-tuning 290-hp, 4.4 liter V-8; VANOS steplessly variable valve timing; 5-speed automatic transmisShe added that four Eagles in one Court of Honor sion with B M W s Adaptive Transmission Control; full-time all-wheel drive; is an "incredible achievement," one that the entire Dynamic Stability Control; All Season Traction; four-wheel ventilated, fadeJewish community can be proud of. resistant anti-lock brakes; Dynamic Brake Control; and advanced Independent suspension. Ms. Latenser said she attended the Court of The muscular new BMW XS Is exhilarating to drive: any road, any time, any Honor at Temple Israel and said she was quite reason. And it Is way ahead of the rest of the 4WD herd. taken when Martha Lerner presented Brad with his grandfather's merit badge sash and Eagle pin, a tribute to continuity in the Scouting program. Mr. Lerner said this part of the program was of "great Visit u on (ho web. emotional significance." Omaha com "One other memory I have of the evening," she at the Westroads • 716 N. 102nd Mon-Thur BW-8»FriSat-8 if-6 said, "is when Dick Lerner was thanking Mark Tho Ultimata "Vhlnjj Ma<-hlno www markalbimry com 393-9700 • 800-593-6060, Pilley,'the heart and soul of Troop 218'for all his
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