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Donations needed for Hunger Relief Initiative .
by PamMonsky Federation Communications Director
The elderly Jews of the former Soviet Union are in crisis. The facts of life for these people, many of them Holocaust survivors, are: • 32% of the Jews in the former Soviet Union are over 65. • Many have no relatives and live on less than $20 a month. • Many make choices between buying food or medicine daily. • Presently, we provide food and home care to the 175,000 most needy. • 125,000 are not being reached due to lack of funds. Nationally, Federations are uniting to raise funds to provide the minimum necessities so that these elderly Jews may live in dignity. The Jewish Federation of Omaha has accepted the responsibility to raise an additional $110,000 this year to help take care of the elderly Jews who cannot take care of themselves; This money is in addition to the regular Annual Campaign, and 100% of the contributions will go to help ease their plight. The Hunger Relief Initiative Drive officially begins Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center Theater with a community event featuring renowned photojournalist Sharon Faulkner. For the past 10 years, Faulkner has worked closely with United Jewish Communities (UJC, formerly-UJA) and other Jewish organizations on a variety of projects. Recently, the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) sent her to document the poignant dignity of elderly Holocaust survivors now living under appalling conditions in Ukraine. The bold honesty of Faulkner's work, along with her passionate commitment to improving the lives of these unfortunate people, has helped UJC focus needed public attention on a compelling human tragedy. Faulkner's work has appeared in Life magazine and other national and international magazines, newspapers and books. Combining photography with social action is a special part of her heritage. As a daughter of world-renowned photographer Douglas Faulkner, she spent much of her childhood traveling throughout the world and experiencing many different cultures. • Her program in Omaha will showcase her photography and Faulkner will narrate her photos with the stories of these very proud and dignified people. • Event Chairs Phyllis and David Hoffman saw Faulkner's presentation when she was in Omaha ' in October to speak to Campaign workers. 'The photographs are artistically breathtaking," said Mrs. Hoffman. "But what makes this program so unique and important is Sharon's personal stories of these wonderful people. She makes tKem come alive. They are individuals with stories and heartache, and they -have survived unspeakable horrors. I will never forget em
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JCC presents Hanukkah Theater by Corey Kirshenbaum, JCC Assistant Director
This year's Hanukkah Lindsey Scott, Lindy show at the Jewish Dinklage, Tiffany ThomCommunity Center on as, Taryn Thomas, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2 p.m., Melissa Padgett, Jen"The ABC's of Hanuknifer Cooper, Sarah Edelkah," is an original prostein, Rachel Katzman, duction written and Nicole Long and Sara directed by M. Michele Hilkemann. Phillips. The JCC's Youth Featuring actors from Services Department has the JCC Youth Services provided these actors for Department, dancers the Hanukkah show:; from the JCC's Dance Sam and Rachael MonDepartment and stu- D a n c e r 8 prepare their number for the annual Bky, Chet Wallace Ryan and Justin King, Alycia dents from the Omaha Jewish community, local Hanukkah performance at the JCC. Noble and Seth Rich. storyteller Rita PaskoAlso in the play are: witz will emcee the show. Special Alena Senik, Becky Doty, Jon seasonal music will be performed by Gates, Nate Joseph, Mitchell the Temple Israel and Beth El Sanford, Sarah Littky, Audrey Synagogue Youth choirs. Gerber, Molly McVay, Alex Sloan, Jenna Herse, Amy Schweid, Zach Find out the answers to such and Sarah Spooner, Marty Kaplan, questions as "Who will Barbara Ben and Debbie Flax and Arielle Walters interview this year?" "Who Levine. will win the exciting quiz show— *Who or What am I?"* "What"s cookThe JCC Hanukkah Theater is ing in the kitchen with Desmong?" Rehearsals are underway sponsored by the JCC Dance and And "What does the letter *Z* have for t n e Hanukkah play, Youth Services Departments. The to do with Hanukkah?" . starring youngsters from performance will be followed by a Dancers from the JCC'B Dance the JCC Youth Department dessert reception in the JCC Gallery. Department include: Lauren Davis, . . . . . . v : Tickets are $5'for adults; $3 for Ellen JDajnford, Alison Coyle, Madison'jDahl, children under 12, and are available from the JCC Elizabeth Dudley, Elizabeth Gray, Kyle Gussling, ' Members Services Desk (now located in the Phil Madeline Moore, Cygne Cooper, Madisen Stoler, Sokolbf Health and Fitness Center on the east side of the JCC Campus.) For more information, call Lura Walker and Frederike Hofler. In a number entitled "Blessing," the dancers are: Member Services at 334-6325.
Temple Israel hosts Dr. Ruth Langer by Iris Ricks
Synagogue: Connecting and Dr. Ruth Langer will be the Rededicating Ourselves to Scholar-in-Residence at Jewish Sacred Space." Dr. Temple Israel, Dec. 10-12, Her Langer will look at the Ner theme for the weekend is "To Tamid, the ark, the menorah, Worship God Properly." the synagogue orientation, as Dr. Langer. is Assistant well as the activities that take Professor of Jewish Studies in place in the synagogue to the Theology Department at show how it connects to Jews Boston College. She received everywhere and at all times. her PhD in Jewish liturgy and her rabbinic ordination Saturday, Dec. 11,, from Hebrew Union College9i3O aan.: During Bagels and Jewish Institute of Religion in Bible, Dr. Langer will discuss Cincinnati, OH. the Torah portion of the week. At the 1O&O aan. Shabbat serAt Boston College, Dr. vice, the topic will be Langer is involved in the "Celebrating Torah!" Dr. development of a Jewish Langer will discuss the meanStudies Program and is the ings embedded in Torah ritufounder and coordinator of the als and what this says.about Intercollegiate JewishDr. Ruth Langer the ritual reading of Torah. C h r i s t" i a n - M u s l i m "Creating Sacred Time in Judaism" will be the "Trialolgue." Dr. Langer's research interests and publications topic for the afternoon lecture, reception and focus on the differences between law and custom or Havdalah, starting at 5 pan. Sunday, Dec 12> 10 aan.: "Pray for God's Sake" "what happens when the dictates of rabbinic traditions conflict with the actual, practices and. under- is the topic for Sunday morning's lecture, followed by a bagel brunch. Join Dr. Langer to learn the standings of the community. . She has published numerous articles and reviews answers which Judaism provides to: Why do Jews as well as a book, To Worship God Properly: pray? Is it primarily to fulfill human needs or is it because God somehow asks this of us? If the latter, Tensions between Liturgical Custom andHalakhah in Judaism. Her current research focuses on the how do we know what God wants? development and interpretation of the liturgy surFor more information, contact Temple Israel at rounding the reading of the Torah 556-6536. : ' Dr. Langer's schedule for the weekend follows: Dr. Langer's visit is made possible by the Friday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m.: the topic at Friday Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Jewish evening Shabbat services is "From Temple to Learning and is open to the entire community. '
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Parashat Vayetzei We humans are a quirky sort. When things are going well, we seem to feel comfortable drifting away from religious belief and observance. Once we have reached a pinnacle, we might stop to say thanks to the Almighty for reaching such a plateau. But on the way up, as we live our lives, we often find ourselves so consumed by our own journeys that we don't bother to stop and consider our good fortune. We do the same things as our fortunes decline. The journey down may be treacherous, tearful, terrifying, yet we struggle and trudge through alone. Its only when we reach the bottom-when things are definitely bad, no longer just on a downward . trend, that we Buddenly find ourselves reaching out to God. In simpler terms, it is not the pregnancy that connects us with our Creator, rather, it is the birth. And, often, it's not the feeling weak or ill, but rather a diagnosis from an oncologist, or even more common, the death of a loved one, that causes us to reach out to the Eternal. Yet we learn in this week's Torah portion that God is not present just in the ultimate highs and lows. Our ancestor, Jacob, learns, and teaches us, that God is with us on the way up and on the way down as well. . Our Parasha this week opens with an intriguing image. After stopping to camp for the night, Jacob, once he is asleep, experiences a fascinating dream. In the dream he sees angels going up and down a ladder. God soon comes to Jacob to tell him of his inheritance and his eventual role, as the father of a 'great nation. God also assures Jacob that the Divine will always be present. Jacob, like any mortal, is stunned. The; next morning, Jacob arises, recalls his dream, and utters one of the most understated, yet loaded comments a human has ever spoken. Jacob says,"Surely God was in this place, and I did not know it!" (Genesis 28:16) How could Jacob know that God was in that place? How can we know that some sort of Higher Power is always present? The brilliance of Jacob's response is in its honesty. Jacob, like all of us, lived a life focused on the humans around him. After all, this dream scene takes place just after Jacob fraudulently received the blessing from his ailing father, Isaac. Jacob had been focused on winning the blessing of the first born, and after receiving it, found himself facing the wrath of his older brother, Esau. Shortly thereafter, Jacob also found himself on the run, fleeing his brother in order to aave his own life. And then, one night, while camping out in the desert, Jacob has this incredible, amazing, even awesome dream. Jacob realizes that God's protection is constant. While many of us would wait until the great tragedy or great exultation is upon us, Jacob, in a . dream, realizes that God is with us on the journey as well. Going up, and going down, just as the angels ascended and descended the ladder, God is with us. The dream changed Jacob's life, and it can change ours as well. Just as Jacob concluded that the place where he had been sleeping was none other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven (Gen. 28:17), so too can we learn that the places where we exist-are also the places of God, and the gates of heaven. Jacob teaches us that God is with us always, wherever we may be on our own journeys. And Jacob teaches us that the gates of heaven are everywhere, if only we would realize that God is with us all of the tune, going up, going down, just, like those angels on the ladder.
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ZALMAN FRIEDMAN Zalman Friedman died Nov. 16 at the age of 84. Services were held Wednesday at Beth El Cemetery. . . ;-He was the owner of Friedman's Bakery for more than 27 years. . . He is survived by his wife, Mania; son, Morris Friedman and Beth Friedman; daughter and sonin-law, Rose and Harvey Cooper; grandchildren, Jennifer Cooper and Alan and Michael Friedman; sister, Guchia Manela of Philadelphia; brothers-inlaw and sisters-in-law, Carl and Rachel Rosenberg and Joe and Bluma Polonski of Omaha. Memorials to Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue and the Kidney Foundation.
CORRECTION' . In the AZA story in last week's issue, Howard Borden and Jeff Cooper were inadvertently listed as members of AZA #1; they were members of Chaim Weizmann #1510 during high school. The Jewish Press regrets the error.
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NORMAN A. ABRAHAMSON Norman Al Abrahamson died Nov. 14 at the age of 8i. Services were held Nov. 15 at Beth El Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Louise; sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh and Ann Abrahamson and Steve and Holly Abrahamson; two granddaughters, Jill and Nicole; one great-grandson; sister.and brother-in-law, Lucille and Jack Epstein; brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Helen AbrahamBon; and sister-in-law, Harriet Miller. Memorials to the Hospice House, 7405 Cedar St., Omaha, NE 68124, or charity of choice.
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Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 FRIDAY: Early Worship Service, 5:30 p.m. a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Jeff Taxman will officiate using the Union Prayer" Book. Shabbat evening ser- 10 a.m. to noon. Services conducted by Rabbi vice, 8 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Howard Kutner. FRTOAY: Services, 4:45 p.m. Jennifer Blum will officiate. Guest speaker Jerry SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 aan.; "Insights into Kaye, Director of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, wjll speak on "Get off your High Horse: Making the Parsha," taught by Rabbi Kutner, 3:55 p.m;; Mincha, 4:35 pan.; Havdalah, 5:46 p.m. Judaism Come Alive." SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 4:50 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Debbie Torah TV, 7 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Home and Scott Friedman in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of auditorium, a series of video presentations of outAngela Friedman, and by the Women of Reform standing rabbinic personalities of our time. Judaism. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m.; Mincha, SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9-^0-10:15 a.m.; 4:45p.m. Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m. Angela TUESDAY: Rabbi Shlomo Levin teaches a Friedman will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. Chumash class on Sefer Bamidbar, the book of SUNDAY: Temple's Outreach Committee will Numbers, 7 pan. present "December: a Dilmma or an Opportunity?" WEDNESDAY: Talmud Class with Rabbi Kutner at 10 ajn. in the Milder Center, led by Rabbi Stiel on Tractate Bava Metzia, 7:30 pan. Talmud class and Sally Kaplan, LCSW. encourages group participation, and beginners are SITTER SERVICE invited to attend. Sitter Service is available each Friday evening, THURSDAY: Thanksgiving minyan at 9 a.m., Saturday mornings for Bagels and Bible and the Mincha, 4:45 p.m. Office will be closed. worship service. Cost is $2 per family. Please make a reservation through the Temple office. ADULT EDUCATION TUESDAY, Nov. 23: Chumash Bemidar, 10; :; ., BEYT SHALOM ;• / "»• 11:30 aan. Rabbi Shlomo Levin will use classic and ^- 1 -. , 1 AnAfflitaieofthe ' "-. t modern commentaries to study central stories of *•' ' "Jovrfsn pecoriJrtructfantBt Federation r "" the Book of Numbers from an original Midrashic P.O. Box 2 4 1 1 % Omaha, N E 68124-5130 perspective. Advanced Prayer Class with Rabbi • -i '• ,758-9233 ; . Azriel, 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. ' http://come.to/beytshalom/ bloodmobile FRIDAY: Trope class at 6:30 p.m., followed by TUESDAY, Nov. 23: The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Temple from 1-7 p.m. P l e a s e call Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30 pan. SUNDAY: Religious School, 10 aan, at the JCC, Matthew Ferer, 342-2436, to make an appointfollowed by Rabbi Kripke's class on "The Prophets," ment and make a contribution "from the heart." 12:15. COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING TUESDAY: Religious School, 4 p.m., at the JCC. ENTERFATTH SERVICE WEDNESDAY: Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. Temple's clergy will join neighborhood clergy and their con. CHABAD HOUSE gregations in an hour of choral singing and mes- An^flSltaWaftho VoridwWo Ctabrt-Lubavltch Movement sages of Thanksgiving designed for both children ""'— Sol i20th;St:i Omaha; NE 68144,1646 . ••"• ,~ ..PllAt.U%11i.1ll/lA' ' ' >' '•.•• and adults. This year's host is First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St. Each family is asked to bring a can(s) of food as a donation to the Omaha Food Bank. A dessert reception hosted by Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. the participating congregations will follow the serSATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by vice. To volunteer baked goods, call Sandy Passer, Kiddush; Mincha/Ma'ariv, followed by Havdalah. 330-4289. •• . MONDAY: Rabbi Laibl Wolf speaks on "Just what is Kabbalah: Demystifying Mysticism* at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House. .. • • ,v)
Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 ajn. FRIDAY: Services, 8 pan; SATURDAY: Services, 9-.80 aan. ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAYS: Jewish Thought & Philosophy/Rabbin. ics-Tirkei Avot: The Ethics of the Fathers," by Rabbi Rosenbaum, 10-10:55 a.m.; Jewish Practices and Observances-Beginning Hebrew Reading with Nancy Coren (no class on Sunday, Nov. 28) and Tanach/Bible-Perek Yomi (A Daily Chapter), with Rabbi Rosenbaum,llK)5-noon. WEDNESDAYS: Basic Judaism with Rabbi Rosenbaum, 7:15-9:15 pan. SHABBATSEDER Sundays, Dec. 5,12,19, from 11:05: ajn. to noon. Learn how to "make Shabbos" through the meaning and practices of the Shabbat rituals. Designed for members who want to find a way to bring their families and friends together for a meaningful experience. Led by Nancy Coren.
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FRIDAY: Services, 7 p.m. led by Sheldon and Nancy Rips. SATURDAY Services, 9 a.m, led by Phyllis Hoffman. All services followed by Kiddush. A memorial service is held on the last Shabbat of each month, in memory of residents who have died. Members of the community are welcome to attend services.
Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 pAi,
, Member of United Synagogues >t. » v< ' of Conservative Judaism ' ( 14506 California , ' , Omaha, NE 68154-1980 '% ' ' " . 492-8550 ' f '' WEB-www.bethel-omaha.org 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 Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz. FRTOAY: Services, 6 p.m.; Family Friday Night service, 7:15 pan. Robert Mosenkis, son of Anna and Igor Mosenkis, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening and Saturday morning. SATURDAY: Services, 930 aan. Kiddush following services; Sitter service and Torah Study Skills (TSS), 10 ajn.; KTtantan (K-3rd grade), 10:45 ajru; Shabbat Story Time (pre-kindergarten and under), 11 ajn.; Humash with Rashi study session, 4:25 pan.; MinhaMa'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:55 pan. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; the Perek Yomi, "Read a Chapter a Day" group at 10:15 a.m.; Men's Club will host a breakfast following minyan. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ADULT B>NAI MITZVAH CLASS The adult classes continue on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 7:30 pan. HANUKKAH FAMOLY FUN Hanukkah decorations will be made at a craft session on Sunday, Nov. 21, noon-l:30 p.m.
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2061S. 20th St., Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 ' 435-8004 Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. THURSDAY: Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, 10 aan. FRTOAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Sabbath service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah study, 10&0 aan. Potluck-Game Night," 5 p.m., in the Social Hall; kids are welcome.
Naomi Rennard, daughter of Stephen and Barbara Rennard, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 27, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh-grade honor student at Lewis and Clark Middle School, Naomi was selected for the Duke Talent Identification Program. She plays v \ soccer, golf and Softball, and enjoys drama, math and getting togething with her friends. Her siblings include Rachel Witherspoon, Emily Chrysler, Sarah, Hannah, David, Rebecca and Dena Rennard. Grandparents are Doris and Alen Oglender and Mimi and Marvin Rennard. Jacob Kalman Finnicum, son of Debbie and Doug Finnicum, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 27, at Temple Israel. A seventh grade honor student at Kiewit Middle School, he plays
football and basketball, and enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, riding BMX bikes, music and computers. For bis Mitzvah Project, he helped in the construction of three homes in North Omaha fbrJUabitat for FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 pan. Harris Finkelsteui, Humanity. new director of the Jewish Federation Library, will Jacob has a brother, Joshua. speak on "How the Medieval Scribes have Altered Grandparents are Barbara and Ray Kalman of the Torah Text." Oneg Shabbat, prepared by Peggy Columbus, OH, and Barbara Finnicum of Deland and Sandra Kurland, follows. Clearwater, FL.
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Help from unexpected places ' Another earthquake devastated parts of Turkey this past week. One of the first rescue teams on the scene was from the State of Israel. They were in Turkey last August, as well, not only pulling the wounded from the wreckage, but also setting up medical tents and working from field hospitals. Israel does this for people in need, not just neighbors with whom they've built close diplomatic and military ties, but for any country where disaster strikes. Though Turkey is a Moslem country, not one Arab country sent rescue workers, doctors or aid. Though Kosovars have a Moslem majority, only Israel, in the Middle Bast, opened its doors to fleeing refugees. . Again, not one Arab country in the Middle East sent aid, doctors, medical supplies or offered to take in refugees during the conflagration. Regardless of the internal politicaland religious struggles among various factions in Israel, all Israelis agree that extending a hand in need is a priority. It doesn't matter whether the victims are not Jewish; it doesn't matter what race, ethnic group or nationality the victims are...it only matters that help is needed and that Israel should lend its expertise. It's easy to criticize Israel; it's even being done by two of its historians Benny Morris (see Harry Allen's column below) and Avi Shlaim. Both
men have recently published books describing Israel's history of its early days as a state as "a myth." According to both books, The Iron Wall, and Righteous Victims, Israel had better armed and better trained soldiers; and Arabs extended a hand in an offer of peace (supposedly including Nasser, head of Egypt in 1948). Some of this revisionist history is hard to believe - after all, the quotes from Nasser, a man who did speak publicly about "pushing the Zionists into the sea," is hardly a credible source for a claim of pursuing peace with Ben Gurion. According to Ethan Bronner's review of both books in lait Sunday's New York Times Book Review, "For anyone who has taken an interest in the Israeli-Arab conflict, both the Shlaim and Morris books are most compelling in their early sections. Recent history has already been amply documented...That said, the story of Israel's monumental.- success is still beyond simple explanation...Traditional Zionist history (and Zionists) will be pleased to learn that even in new history there remains a sense of wonder." Israel, however, is a free country, and these recent books will be available for Israelis to read. Israelis will make up their own minds about their history...and continue to send help where it's needed.
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To the Editor: - > Thank you so much for sending me copies of the Jewish Press featuring the "Where are they Standing there, one wonders about the new revi- now?" article about my sister, Dr. Elayne Raskin As I write this, it was just four years ago today that Yitzchak Rabin "zl" was gunned down by a sionist intellectuals who seem dedicated to the Savage (Nov. 5). It was nice to be reconnected fanatic in Tel Aviv. In'Oslo last week, his memory deconstruction of Zionism, Israel and our great reli- again with' Omaha's Jewish community through was observed by the usual litany of speeches and gious and cultural history. the pages of the JP! .. What exactly motivates a professor Benny Morris pledges to advance the cause of peace. The article was absolutely wonderful; it was a story Here in Jerusalem, Annie and I made a quiet pil- to lay the blame for the Arab refugee problem on that I know Layni wanted to. share for many years grimage to his grave. As one walks the flower-lined Rabin's capture of Lod and Ramie in the 1948 War with her fellow 1959 Central alumni and all Omahans. pathway to his grave, one is struck by the serenity of Independence? Kudos to Carol Katzman for allowing that to happen. of the Mount Herzl cemetery. The rose gardens set Perhaps some Arabs fled at the Palmach's urging While reading Che article, my mind did a somer•alongside the tall pines with the beautiful purple - others fled out of terror; others left after being sault back to the late 1950s, where Omaha was a bougainvillaea in the background envelope one's told that the Jews would soon be crushed and they terrific place to grow up. My two closest friends senses. would return in triumph. But there did not have to back then were Larry Kavich and Jerry Slusky Far off to the left, Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital be a war - the Arabs could have accepted the parti- both of whom had siblings that were friends of sits solitary on its mountain - juBt visible through tion plan. Layni's as well. Although I have not seen either in the softly swaying pines. Up the hill, the black So what purpose does Mr. Morris serve 51 years nearly 40 years, I do know from occasional Omaha marble monument, with the name Herzl embossed after the event? contact, that both Larry and Jerry have conin gold Hebrew letters, marks the final repose of Just this week Haaretz, clearly the major intel- tributed to the growth of Omaha's business and its the father of modern political Zionism - "if you will lectual newspaper in Israel, devoted much space to nonprofit community. it, it is no dream." '. an article by a Hebrew University archeologist who Ironically, this issue of the Press also announced - In the same area as the Rabin grave are those of insists that the Bible record is unsubstantiated by the Bat Mitzvah of Naomi L. Wolfson, the grandIsrael's presidents and Prime ministers. Here archeology. It's old stuff and matters not a bit to daughter of Beatrice and Alan Wolfson - who are Shazar is buried; just to the right lies President our understanding of the Bible as a great and also our Omaha cousins. Alan's name was menHerzog and all the others whose lives were fash- inspiring religious and cultural treasure. With' the tioned in the "Where are they now?" article - offer-. ioned by the great Zionist cause. These were the Bible it is the message that counts. ing to counsel Layni following the plane crash'and giants of their days - builders, defenders of the So what purpose does all this serve as we desper- the deaths of our mother and grandmother. Jewish people and the State of Israel. ately try to make peace with our neighbors? . What a coincidence! A wonderful story about a Who can forget that day at the United Nations The new revisionists are weakening the Israeli teenage girl that-shares some of her deeply held when Herzog stood at the podium and in a scathing spirit and lessening our historicity. And so one secrets 40 years later, and, the Press announcement speech denounced the Zionism is racism resolution thinks of these modern day "intellectual pygmies" of a related teenage cousin celebrating her Bat and then contemptuously tore it up and flung it in standing at the graves of our builders and yearns Mitzvah along with her family's nochasl Mazel Tovl the faces of the assembled anti Israel delegations. for new Rabins and Herzogs and Ben Gurions and What better way to end this letter. Again, And as one stands there, sorrowful, remembering prays that Barak can stand with them. thanks so much! ' _ „ ,. 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John Cornweli's Hitler's Pope: another view of Pope Pius XII by Abraham Foxman, National Executive Director, Anti-Defamation League
John Cornweli's Hitler's Pope may not be the definitive book on Pope Pius XII, but ft surely provides a new dimension to the questions surrounding Papal activity during the Holocaust. Past books and articles have focused on Pius XTTs anti-communism and how it may have muted his reaction to Hitler, or the long history of anti-Judaism hi the Church and how this played out during the reign of Pius XII. Cornwell has something to contribute on both issues, but brings added depth with his examination of the institution of the Papacy itself. His approach views the activities of Pius XII before ascending to the Papacy and during his tenure - as primarily a product of his larger vision for Vatican control over national churches. Cornwell traces this theme from the 19th century forward, showing how the Vatican sought to strengthen central control over Catholic clergy outside the Vatican and how, even before he was to become Pope, this became the dominating theme of Eugenio Pacelli's career. . By showing that Pacelli began working on this idea as far back as 1917, some twenty-two years before becoming Pope, Cornwell provides a consistent and plausible theory on the Pope's conduct in the early Nazi period and during the war. He in no way portrays Pacelli as a lover of Nazism, though he describes him as clearly ready to tolerate Nazi abuses if he saw an imminent threat from the communists. But in his tunnel-vision approach to getting Vatican control and Canon Law accepted, Pius XII was, according to Cornwell, more than ready to accommodate Hitler's control over German life, including allowing the demise of the strong democratic Catholic political party hi Germany. It is Cornweli's lengthy description of Pacelli's activity and thinking leading up to the Concordat between the Vatican and Germany that lays the groundwork for Pius XH's dubious record toward the Jews during the war. Clearly, what was desperately needed during the war was a clear condemnation from the Vatican lead-
ership of the Nazi's Final Solution as reports of atrocities began trickling out of Germany and Eastern Europe. Instead, Cornwell depicts a Pope who was not ready to fully accept the information and who, whenever it came time for forceful public action, chose to rationalize inactivity on the grounds that to be strong would cause even greater harm. Coming together to produce this Papal response were several factors, the most significant being Pacelli's lifelong obsession with identifying people of God with Papal allegiance, as manifested in his centralizing efforts. Cornwell argues this was critical for reducing Pacelli's sense of responsibility for the Jews. It was the prism through which Pius XII viewed wartime events. Together with other assumptions and goals that Pius XII held dear-including his aim to unite Christians under Papal leadership, his desire to be a peacemaker at the end of the war and his hatred and fear of communism-they affected his reactions toward Nazi activities in Eastern and Southern Europe. What could the Pope have accomplished had he been bold and forthright? At the very least he could have provided an alert for Jews in many places as to the true dangers that lay before them. Cornwell demonstrates that the Pope could have been a force to diminish atrocities committed by the Fascists against Serbs and Jews in Croatia. And in Rome, his refusal to speak out may have prevented many Jews from being saved. Cornwell asserts that the Pope remained silent out of fear that a communist uprising in Rome would result if the Nazis left too soon. There is no doubt that Catholics and Catholic clergy all over Europe saved many thousands of Jews, including myself. The story of Roncalli in Istanbul (later to be Pope John XXHI) is but one. And it may well be that Pius XIFs secret activities played a role hi these activities on behalf of Jews at risk. Cornwell, however, makes the case that saving Jews was never a central part of the thinking, the strategy or the theology of Pius XII. And what was
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Y.E.S./O.T. members have listened to after-lunch topics running the gamut from A to Z. Tuesday, Nov. 23: Weekly class on stories from Nevertheless, now and then we have a speaker the book of Numbers, 10 a.m., hosted by Temple who latches ontoan unusual subject of interest. . Such was the case on Nov. 8 when our lunchIsrael, and 7 p.m. at Beth Israel. Parents, are you disappointed with The Wednesday Lunch 'n Learn will be cancelled bunch became bird watchers. Actually, the hobby is called 'birding.' , • this week due to Thanksgiving. the start of the school year... Eunice Levisay,a retired Omaha elementary For information about OCTL events, please conschool teacher and member of the Audobon Society, ' tact Rabbi Shlomo Levin at 551-1564. as well as a knowledgeable ornithologist, amused us with a colorful slide show of birds of Nebraska. can make the difference. There are 435 species of feathered friends whose • LD/Dyalexia & Gifted LD habitat is in our state, but fly south in the winter, • Grades 1-8, Co-Ed not to escape our climate, but in search of food. • Success-oriented to enhance self-esteem Previous to lunch, we held our regular bird ses• One-on-One Educational Therapy sion—that is, the Early Bird Discussion Group. • Educational Assessment There were 53 days remaining to the millennium • Small Group Educational Therapy byGHCohen • Parent Training Looking for some more involvement in Temple with its awesome foretelling of sinister events pos•School Meetings Israel activities, or just looking for something else sibly happening. One such dire occurrence is sup(I.E.P.s, Parent-Teacher Conferences, etc.) posed to happen in Israel where racists, religious to do? Became a part of TTYPO. • Language! by Jane Fell Greene ' extremists, cults and other groups are preparing TIYPO (Temple Israel Young Progressive • Salute to Syllables and Spelling for violence to bring about an .apocalypse as New Organization) a Temple Israel-based group, was •Writing formed for single and married Jews between the Year's Eve nears. •Math Maybe we should rename it Ulennium for those ages of 21 and 40. The goal of our group istocom•Gifted : •Study Skills bine various programs: religious, educational and fringe folks. Early Bird co-host Norm Zevitz reviewed • • ACT/SAT/GED/PPST Preparation social activities to enrich our lives as Jews. The next event, "Hanukkah Around the World," Tuesdays with Morrie about Morrie Schwartz, a Case School is dedicated specifically to will be on Sunday, Dec. S, 4-7 p.m., at One victim of Lou Gehrig's disease. Schwartz eloquentstudents with specialized learning needs Pacific Place Clubhouse. The party will feature a ly philosophizes, "Live your life and love everyCASE School admits students ol any race, color,religion,sax, tasting of wines from around the world, sponsored body." national and athnlc origin to all right*, privileges, programs and We greeted new member Anne Skolkin. activities generally accorded or made available to students at the by Nebraska Wine and Spirits, with hors d'oevres school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, relifrom Spirit World. Cheryl Lerner will lead Israeli gion, sex, national and ethnic origin In administration of lit educational policies, admission policies, or scholarship, loan or other dancing and the group will light the Hanukkah school programs. lights. Suggested donation for the Hanukkah Lynne M. Popp, M.S., A.E.T. | Celebration is $5 per person or an unwrapped DIRECTOR child's gift for Project Dreidel. Call the office at 556-6536 to make reservations. Any young adult member of the Omaha Jewish community can join TTYPO by calling Temple.
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Jewish Worid Israel sends teams to Turkey to help victims of latest quake , by Naomi Segal
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel has joined the international rescue effort battling the cold to reach survivors of the second devastating earthquake to strike Turkey in three months. Over the weekend, Israel dispatched a 300-member rescue team to search for survivors. It also sent a medical team to set up a field hospital. At least 374 died as a result of last Friday's • earthquake. Thousands are still missing. Israel's Foreign Ministry said there were no reports of any missing Israelis. The American Jewish J o i n t Distribution Committee sent thousands of sleeping bags, blankets and other aid for the quake's victims. An Israel Defense Force official, Col. Shalom Ben Aryeh, told Israel Radio over the weekend that Israeli crews working in the city of Duzce had made contact with at least one survivor trapped in the rubble. "There are dozens of collapsed buildings," Ben Aryeh said. He said that unlike the Aug. 17 earthquake, when Turkish authorities were criticized for responding Blowly, the Turkish army is helping us immensely." Despite the earthquake, Prime Minister Ehud Barak planned to take part in a security conference later this week in Istanbul that will bring together members of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact. President Clinton was also scheduled to attend the conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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WASHINGTON (JTA).-. A U.S. commission is looking into whether the Library of Congress has Nazi-looted books in its collection. "Books came to the Library of Congress after World War II from Europe," Stu Loeser, spokesman for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States, told JTA. "Undoubtedly these books are there." Members and staff of the commission met with Library of Congress officials last week, Loeser said, adding, "They are working cooperatively with us. They know their collection better than anybody else." . Asked if the commission knows whether books looted from Jewish victims are in the library's collection, Loeser said, "Part of the resolution will be a definitive statement about this." s He said questions being pursued include whetherany of those books held at the library are from Holocaust victims and whether ownership of the books can be traced. Helen Dalrymple, a spokeswoman for the Library of Congress, said library officials are "cooperating fully with the commission" in its work investigating Holocaust assets in the United States.
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Rekindling Hanukkah: Eight Values for Eight Nights
Of latkes and light: authors share Hanukkah Memories
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When Hanukkah came to Calcutta, India, where I was born, we didn't spin dreidels, fry latkes, eat jelly donuts, unwrap chocolate gelt, or choose from a rainbow-colored array of candles; we didn't even get presents. It's not that the Jewish community of Calcutta was deprived. We just didn't have those customs, many of which stemmed from Eastern Europe and were carried to America with waves of Jewish immigrants. We did, of course, light our version of a hanukkiah: brass menorahs mounted on the wall, fitted with nine glasses of olive oil and floating wicks. And, living in harmony with our Hindu and Moslem neighbors for centuries, we focused on the message of religious tolerance. The values inherent in the Hanukkah story are strong, thought-provoking and inspirational. How can we as parents not be excited about transmitting the values of freedom, conviction, dedication, hope, miracles, continuity, peace, rebuilding, community, family? But for children, all that pales in comparison to the holiday's commercialization. Few would dream of giving up presents. • . Whatever your Hanukkah traditions, keep them. Children—and adults-look forward to familiar customs: the same latke recipe; the same spot for the hanukkiah; the same songs. Still, broadening your celebration to incorporate one or two new customs that fit into the spirit of the holiday (but no Hanukkah bushes) can infuse it with a renewed sense of joy and creativity.. , • The multiple nights of Hanukkah offer perfect opportunities for varying and deepening an understanding of the holiday. Focus each night on a different value, match it with a family project and even create a gift around that theme. Here are ideas to make each night special. First night: Freedom. The Maccabees fought for freedom of religion and national independence. Project:
Just about this' time every year, I celebrates a group of people who start to feel like a Maccabee-besieged, stayed true to themselves. That's an not by the Syrian army, but by important lesson in today's world." Hanukkah itself. As the 25th of Kislev David Adler, author of 150 books, inches closer, the pressure increases to including Chanukah in Chelm squeeze more commercialization out of (Lothrop), The Kids' Catalog of Hanukkah than the oil from a latke. Jewish Holidays (JPS), and One So here's my vote to simplify Yellow Daffodil (Harcourt): "I grew Hanukkah and restore its inherent up as one of six children. Along with values: freedom, conviction, dedica- our parents, our grandmother lived tion, hope, continuity, peace, rebuild- with us. We called her 'Mutti/ which ing, community; famUy. To help is German for mother. On Hanukkah achieve Hanukkah's miraculous we all lit candles together, made and retransformation, we need help-lots ate latkes together, and played dreiof it! That's why I asked children's del together. The most fun was authors who've written Hanukkah watching my brother, Eddie, and stories to describe the simple joys of Mutti. Eddie was strict about doing Make a list of people who are still their own celebrations and offer some everything the right way and, after a struggling to live in freedom. How suggestions on how to make few rounds of dreidel, he often complained, 'Hey, Mutti's cheating.' He can we help them? Gift: A biography Hanukkah more meaningful. Jane Zalben, author of over 40 was right. She did cheat. She cheated of someone who fought to free themselves, others or entire nations, like books, including Pearl's Eight Days of to lose. She wanted us, her beloved Martin Luther King, Harriet Chanukah (Simon & Shuster), Beni's grandchildren, to win." Adler says he, Tubman, Mahatma Gandhi, Golda Family Cookbook for the Jewish his wife and three sons-now 22, 15 Meir, Anne Frank, Yoni Netanyahu Holidays and Papa's Latkes (Holt): and 10~each have their own (Commander of the Israeli raid on "When my children were young, we hanukkiot, but light the candles all fought over who would set up the together and follow the family tradiEntebbe). Second night: Giving. We give candles. I still love to pick out the col- tion of making latkes together. Hanukkah gelt in commemoration, of ors of the candles, setting them in the "Whatever you do," he advises, "do it the coins minted by the newly inde- menorah each night and watching together. Instead of just serving pendent Jewish state after the them glow in the window. My hus- latkes, make it a family project." Eric Kimmel, author of close to 50 Maccabee victory. Receiving gifts is band, the architect, made a modern fun, but it's also important to give menorah out of brass plumbing parts books, including Hershel and the something back. Project: Contact your and another one out of copper tubing. Hanukkah Goblins, The Chanukkah synagogue or JCC before the holiday They stand alongside the one from Guest and The Magic Dreidels to locate an elderly person who may Israel with oil and wicks, and the (Holiday House), also remembers his be alone and would like to celebrate homemade ones from hair curlers and grandmother, who lived with the family in Brooklyn: "Hanukkah was my with a family. Take the celebration to empty spools of thread. "A tradition that was a holdover favorite holiday, bright and warm.; them! Gift: A tzedakah box. Third night: Conviction. The from my parents was 'the search for My grandma spoke Yiddish and told Maccabees stood up for what they the presents.' They would leave little stories about Galicia as if it were thought was right. So should we. notes throughout the house until we Paradise Lost. Her old brass menorah Project: Think of something in your finally found the little gift. Our tradi- had these two big lions standing on town or city that you'd like to change. tions have also evolved: one year, we their hind legs holding up the Is the town tearing down a beloved did a latke bake-off, where everyone shamash candle. She used old-fashplayground? Would you like to beauti- made their own personal recipe. My ioned orange candles that gleamed off fy an unsightly area by planting flow- husband's blackened Cajun latkes the polished brass and then flowed ers or trees? How can you put your with bits of jalapeno peppers were a down into rivers of melted wax. I'd ideas into action? Gift: Stationery, hit-and turned into Papa's Latkes. gobble down her latkes, made with pens, markers; crayons-to write let- Since the children are now 18 and 22, shmaltz (chicken fat). "Hanukkah is a tune to touch base ters protesting the problem and offer- Chanukah has less significance than Passover and Rosh Hashanah, when with who we are. If s a roots holiday. ing solutions. . they return home. To me, Hanukkah (Continued on page 12) ' (Continued on page 12)
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Family lore on my mother's side tells of how my great-grandmother brought three special items with her when she immigrated to America from Eastern Europe: brass Shabbat or Sabbath candlesticks, her samovar and a mortar and pestle. These were eventually bequeathed to her three grandchildren. My mother received the candlesticks and they are prominently displayed on my parents' living room mantle. (I think she really wanted the samovar, but my uncle wouldn't trade). I never knew my great-grandmother, but I do know my mother saw her frequently, taking the subway to her house virtually every weekend of her childhood. I suppose there are other treasures that were passed down too, but I have never seen them. I actually know very little about my parents' families from two or three generations ago. My childhood was rich with family occasions, visits and celebrations, but nobody ever talked much about the immigrant generation. While my father told some stories that his father had shared about "the old. country," I've never heard full accounts about what brought my ancestors to America, what they left behind in Europe and how they chose what to bring here. . As Thanksgiving approaches, images of Americana loom large. Our children come home with school lessons about Pilgrims, the Mayflower, native Americans, difficult winters and a celebratory feast. They .appropriately embrace the Thanksgiving story as their history, a part of a shared American culture to which we are proud to belong. After all, our immigrant parents, grandparents or great-grandparents hope that their progeny be wholly American, that their children enjoy a better life than they would have faced had they stayed in their country of origin. .% Our immigrant ancestors (as well as subsequent immigrants) were pilgrims too. They almost invariably left a country where their views, lifestyles or religious beliefs were not tolerated. tThey left behind lives of hardship in search of better opportunity. They left their families, their villages and all that was familiar to come to a "New World" where, they hoped, things would be better. They brought little with them. My great-grandmother chose a few things that were special, things she wanted to give to her children and grandchildren. As much as she wanted her descendants to be Americans, she also wanted them to have a little bit of her home. . . There are a number of craft projects that simulate family heirlooms. Ritual items such as candlesticks, kiddush or wine cups or spice boxes seem especially appropriate as they are used every week but are also special in their holiness. The following, project is a Havdalah spice box. In Hebrew, the word havdalah means to separate and is the name of the ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, a time when holy time is separated from real time. As you work with your child, consider these thoughts for discussion. The Conversation There are many different kinds of pilgrims, not just those who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. While American history is very important, personal family history is important too. Share stories of your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, as far back as you know. Together with your children, you can identify where the gaps are. Make a plan to ask other relatives what they know about family no longer living, about their journey to America, their life before they immigrated, their struggles when they arrived. If the extended family will be gathering for Thanksgiving, it is an ideal time to try to get these
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(Continued from page 8) Fourth Night: Wonder/Miracles. Project: Before Hanukkah, research But if it's the only Jewish holiday Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of and create a list of organizations that families celebrate in a year, it's meanihe small defeating the mighty, the tri- offer help to individuals, families, ingless. Copying presents is the umph of spirit over military power. even animals, to rebuild their lives. Christmas spirit, not the Hanukkah Project: Write a poem or draw a picture Share the list and choose one to spirit. To families I say, "Nobody can of other wonders or miracles that sur- which you will send a contribution. make you do anything you don't want round us in everyday life. Gift: Frame Gift: Many organizations sell prod- to do. Think about why you're celea baby picture along with a recent one ucts to raise funds, such as Myriam's brating Hanukkah. Is it as a Jewish of your child, showing the miracle of Dream, which sells crafts made by holiday or as a substitute for the elderly, or the North American Christmas?" life and growth. Joanne Rocklin, author of 20 books, Fifth Night: Continuity. We Conference on Ethiopian Jewry, describe the miracle of Hanukkah as which sells pillows and mezuzahs. including The Very Best Hanukkah one that took place ba-yamim hahem Contact the Ziv Tzedakah Fund for Gift (Random House): "Good food and good stories have nourished my family ba-z'man ha-zeh: "in those days and in ideas. Phone: (201) 763-9396. Eighth Night: Family. As we recite during Hanukkah. The power of stoours." The Maccabee victory enabled Judaism to continue its legacy to our the blessings over the Hanukkah can- ries gives us strength from the past, lives today. Project: Invite a grandpar- dles, we remember that every holiday helps us enjoy the present and enables ent or another older relative to cele- is also about sharing the blessings of us pasa down our tales to future generbrate the holiday with you. If that's family. Project: What blessings do you ations. Creating rituals that are indinot possible, call them to tell them you share as a family? What makes each vidual to your particular family reinwish they were with you. Gift: Pass member of your family one-of-a-kind? forces family memories and togetherdown an heirloom that symbolizes the Draw or write down your ideas. Gift: ness. Siblings can craft handmade A camera or picture frame. Take a gifts for each other or write 'promises continuity of your family. Sixth Night: Peace/Accepting picture of your family as you cele- to share,' like helping with math Differences. This is what Antiochus brate this Hanukkah and, frame the homework, making the bed, or sharand the Greek army did not do. They photo as a keepsake. Treasure the ing the top bunk-the favorite-as I did. Make latkes from unusual vegetables, could not tolerate people who were memories! Hopefully, these ideas will give you like zucchini. Invite neighbors and different than they were. Project: What is your wish for peace? Create the impetus to create your own holi- relatives to enjoy our festival of light, your own symbol for peace by draw- day customs. As you infuse the especially non-Jews." Judye Groner and Madeline Wilder, ing, painting, or sculpting it from clay Hanukkah celebration with values or play-doh and put it in your win- beyond the superficial, its signifi- founders of Kar-Ben Books, which has dow. Gift: A tape of music from differ- cance will begin to transcend the published over 150 books for Jewish children and their families, including ent countries, or games from other boundaries of eight nights. cultures around the world, to show Rahel Musleah is also the author of All About Hanukkah, which they that there is much to unite us despite the forthcoming Why On This Night? wrote together. "Get away from the our differences. A Passover Haggadah for Family. gifts and go towards the mitzvot," Seventh Night: Rebuilding. On Celebration (Simon & Schuster), and Wilder suggests. "It's tough, but try Hanukkah, the Temple in Jerusalem offers programs on the Jewish com- going from getting to giving. One was desecrated. It had to be cleansed munities of India. You can contact year, for example, my family went to and rededicated just as the entire her with your favorite Hnnnkkah tra- a nursing home on Christmas so others could celebrate their holiday." Jewish community had to be rebuilt. dition at Rahehnus@aoLconi. Groner tells the story of her son Ben (of Kar-Ben), who- moved from day school to public high school at the age of 16 and decided to have a Hanukkah party: "His guests included an African-american and a boy from India. While I served teenageboy-portions of latkes (the house•• smelled of oil for weeks), he regaled his friends with the history and customs of the holiday, taught them dreidel, and led them in song. I realized the Jewish tradition had become a
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ideas come from them. "We think of Hanukkah for kids-but that doesn't have to be. When the empty nest came, we did a grown-up party and had the classic latke hamentaschen debate: our guests argued the merits of the two holiday delicacies from the points of view of medicine, physics, economics and art. We laughed and sang a lot, but the latkes-a local attempt baked on a waffle iron-needed oil to be the real thing!" Rahel Musleah, author of Sharing Blessings: Children's Stories for Exploring the Spirit of the Jewish Holidays (Jewish Ldghts)-oops, that's me. We didn't have latkes in Calcutta, where I was born, but to reflect the miracle of the oil, I often make the classic Indian delicacy of piaju: thinly sliced onions and cilantro coated with chickpea flour and deep-fried. My most beautiful image of Hanukkah is symbolized by my Indian hanukkiah: Shaped like a Magen David, it has nine brass holders that encircle the red glass cups we fill with oil. As is our custom, after the blessings we chant Psalm 30, Mizmor Shir Hanukat Ha-bayit LejDavid, "A Song at the Dedication of the House of David." As I watch the flames dance and shimmer in the red glasses throughout the evening—for the oil usually burns until midnight—I think of my favorite line from the psalm, addressed to God: "Hafakhta mis'pedi le-mahol It You have turned my mourning into dancing." May Hanukkah be a holiday of light, blessing and dancing.
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Why are adults aurally deprived on Hanukkah? by Charles Davidson All over the world, as the Festival of Lights 1821 for the only other major work on Hanukkah, approaches, kids and parents alike gleefully sing a Yehudah Makkabie, an oratorio in Hebrew and hodgepodge of holiday tunes culled mostly from German by M.H. Miro. Yiddish folk melodies. There are some good CDs available for adult Though educational and certainly entertaining, their Hanukkah enthusiasts, including "Lights" by the musical sophistiZamir Chorale of cation matches Boston, and "The thatofthe4-to-10Chanukah Story" year-old set Lyrby 'Western ics describe dreiWind.' Both are dels made of clay artfully arranged that tire and drop, and performed invitations to light with an enthralcandles that will ling depth of flicker in a row, musicality. and the four needBut it would be ed to prepare soufprovidential if ganiyot (jelly docontemporary nuts) and latkes Jewish composers (potato pancakes), could find signifitraditional holiday cant inspiration fare. in the story to Songs from write music of Israel depict the quality about the holiday as a holiday that could time to plant Hanukkah, by Arthur Szyk, 1948 ~"~~*~" k vineyards, build photograph by Suzanne Kaufman e n c e ftfavbe an houses and pave Courtesy of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary g^lu _j • roads. Some pieces speak to the issue of freedom from tyranny; on the civil war between the Maccabees and the Jewish there are even arrangements for the liturgical text Hellenists; perhaps a work highlighting the values and Al Hanissim. struggles of being Jewish in a non-Jewish world; or what But there is a serious dearth of music written for adults of a composition emphasizing the rabbinical insistence focusing on the less superficial aspects of the holiday. on miracles as the essential theme of Hanukkah? Only a few musical pieces fit the bill. The oratorio Until that music exists, let us wish one another a Juadas Maccabaeus by George Frederic Handel, joyous and freilich Hanukkah, in any key. written in 1747, can be savored in its entirety or in sections ("See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes,'* or Cantor Charles Davidson is Nathan "Hallelujah, Amen"). Cummings Professor of Liturgy andNusah haIn 1919, American composer Abraham Wolf Tefillah at the Jewish Theological Seminary Binder wrote Judas Maccabee. And we reach to in New York City.
The Crab that Played with the Sea by Rudyard Kipling will be the featured story at the W. Dale Clark Library tomorrow at 2 p.m. as University of Nebraska at Omaha students present a family story hour and craft project to celebrate National Children's Book Week. The program is free. Local songwriter and producer Karen Sokolof Javitch has just released another compact disk, Everything Happens at Westside High School. Consisting of 22 songs performed by more than 60 Westside High School students, the CD also contains songs from her two musicals, From Generation to Generation and Princess Diana, the Musical. Her original song, "The Donna Reed Festival," will be used as a promotional piece for the week long dramatic arts festival in Denison, IA, next June, the birthplace of the late actress Donna Reed. The introduction to that piece was sung by Danielle Burr, daughter of Marilyn Burr. Others who performed are: Rachel, Mark and J e n n y J a v i t c h , children of Karen and Gary Javitch; Whitney Taxman, daughter of Sherry and Jeff Taxman; Rachel Jacobson, daughter of Nancy and David Jacobson; and J i m m y Friedlander, son of Pam and Bruce Friedlander. Orchestrations are by Chuck Penington, who also plays piano for the recording and arranged all the songs on the CD. He is the keyboard player and music conductor for 'Mannheim Steamroller.' • Proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the WHS music department. It is available at Westside and by calling JMR Productions, 393-3893. J i l l Canfield and M a r i s s a E p s t e i n were named as Peace Artists for the upcoming Up with People* workshop and performance in Omaha. They are eighth grade students at Beveridge Middle School.
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Beth El convention delegates to USCJ Biennial give information, gain inspiration by Ozzie Nogg
versity of Judaism, Los Angeles, and this When the United Synagogue of year's Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the Conservative Judaism 1999 Biennial Jewish Theological Seminary. The session Convention met in Fort Lauderdale, PL, Oct. was coordinated by Susie Drazen, Central 31-Nov. 4, Beth El delegates found themStates and Provinces Regional Director. selves doing double duty. Some presented ses"The discussion dealt with real concerns facsions while others attended workshops and ing the family, the clergy and physicians," she breakout groups where lay leaders compared said. "We addressed questions of fertility notes and gave one another tips to take back treatment, artificial insemination, sperm and to their congregations. ; egg donors, and saw how our ancient Jewish During a session devoted to "President and ' laws, halacha, can impact our decisions Clergy Relations," Rabbi Paul Drazen facilitataround these modern, pertinent issues. And ed the discussion with Ray Goldstein, a past we found that the answer is not always, 'No.** president of Beth El who now lives in For Mike Abramson, current Beth El Rochester, MN, and currently serves as Central President, the Biennial stands out as one of the States and Provinces Regional President. best conventions he's attended in many years. "Being a co-presenter with Ray felt like oldhome week," said Rabbi Drazen. "We always Delegates to the USCJ Biennial include, front row: "I've gone- to lots of conventions that were got along well when he was President of Beth Howard and Faye Ruback, 'and Susie Drazen, Director of informational,'' he said, "but these four days El, and I think the positive nature of our past t h e Central States/Provinces Region; back row: former w e r e inspirational." working relationship helped delegates see Omahan Ray Goldstein, President of t h e Central r aMmu c n o f the inspiration came from a prothat rabbis and congregational presidents can States/Provinces Region; Mike Abramson, Beth El S featuring Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of Timberland, and Paul Silberberg, CEO of the actually be friends.' President; and Rabbi Paul Drazen. CMS Companies. At another session, Rabbi Drazen led a disa model J ^ ^ architecture, and today men are observant, committed Jews cussion devoted to "Creating a Space for Tefilah, dur- <** who also happen to be extremely successful busiing which the design of Beth El's building was used According to convention delegate Howard Ruback, nessmen," explained Abramson. "They spoke on as a example for other congregations to follow when a Beth El past-president, "Since the Biennial was a Power, Piety and Living by Jewish Ethics and creating sacred space that's easily accessible to all. meeting of Jewish leaders, the discussions sprang stressed the importance of applying Jewish values "Ten years ago, when Beth El planned its new from a Jewish perspective, but many of the topics we to our business lives plus the need for all of us to building, we dreamed of a totally accessible worship debated were of global concern." give back to the community. They made us think space," said Rabbi Drazen. "Those dreams became issue under discussion was the environment about how we live our lives and what we can do to part of the building's construction. The ramps and asOne relates to the testing and use of toxic chemi- make our lives more meaningful, all within the conwheelchair cut-outs, the hearing stations and the calsitand hazardous materials. The subsequent res- text of Conservative Judaism. From a personal extra room between pews were in the plans from the olution passed by the USCJ expressed the Jewish standpoint, these speakers forced me to think beginning and were so well designed as to be com- concept of tikkun olam by stating that, about what's really important to me and examine pletely unobtrusive. Because of this sensitivity to the "Humankind has a solemn to future gen- how I deal with my family, conduct my business physical as well as the spiritual needs of our mem- erations to live within the obligation ecological limitations of and approach my religion. Their message was powbership and the larger community, Beth El is consid- the earth so that all people can live,.work, study erful and moving." . and play in environIn other business, the Biennial delegates called ments free of dangerous air, water or land pollu- for action on behalf of the Jewish mentally ill, expressed support for the enforcement of laws that tion." protect the safety of physicians and other reproducThe Biennial also took tive health care workers and urged passage by the a look at another subject United States Congress of the Hate Crimes of world-wide concern- Prevention Act. Medical Ethics Issues in "The Biennial is a great place for us to meet, netReproductive Bioethics. work and share," said Larry DeBruin, Beth El's The session was led by Administrative who also attended the 1 Dr. Sander Mendelson, a convention. 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Workers patiently lowered the skylight dome over the entrance to the new Child Development Center last week. The 20,000square-foot facility is nearing completion on the campus of the Jewish Community Center. Made to look like a family home, the facility will boast state-of-the-art technology and furnishings for children and their staff. The ring road and entrance to both the new CDC and the Phil Sokolof Health and Fitness Center
The Book of the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski, $26 Review by Oliver B. Pollak
Henry Petroski, a Professor of Civil Engineering 'arid History at Duke University, has the knack for seeing everyday things and probing their evolution to the form we find familiar. Among his eight books is The Pencil.. The Torah represents an early form of writing committed to a flexible medium rather than stone or clay tablets. For centuries, there was a debate over storing the Torah horizontally or vertically.' Most synagogues store them vertically in the Ark. Scrolls or rolls presented some difficulty if you wanted to get from page 4 to, say, page 67. Codexes or bound volumes as we know them .emerged early in the Common Era. Shelving these bulky hand-written tomes was fore-edge out, spine to the wall. Our familiar spine with title out format did not become convention until the 16th century. Printed books were sold loose and the purchaser would bind them to match his library. Leather was the typical binding material, and cloth emerged in the 1830s. As volumes accumulated, libraries such as the
Library of Congress, the British Museum and Harvard University pioneered new fire resistance technology: iron, The book stacks sometimes used the uprights to actually support the building as well as the bookshelves. Crowded libraries placed shelves on rollers. Books on the history of the bookshelf, potato, corn, toilet, underwear, things we take for granted, have their own intimate and interesting history. The book is well illustrated, and Petroski's factual, humorous and quirky style would make technical manuals fun to read. An Appendix lists 25 ways to put your books in order, including the author's last name, and size. ' Although the Jewish Federation Library does not have Petroski's book in its collection, it does have more than a half-mile of bookshelves in the library and basement. We look forward to the configuration of the shelves in the new library, no doubt an improvement over the graduate student's bricks-andboards.
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Beef for All Seasons IB the second in a series of cookbooks Fred Simon has published; The Steaklovers Companion came but prior to Father's - Day in 1998. But Simon, a third generation owner of OmahaSteaks, largest purveyor of gourmet - meats in the world, has plans for eight1 more books. "We've been working h a r d to establish OmahaSteaks.as an authority on beef and meat," said Simon in a recent interview. "One of the ways we build that reputation is by publishing cookbooks." 7 : - • • '•••;• ; -;';••:•-/, The two books Simon is currently writing with co-author John Harrison are due to be published next year and in 2001. , : . "We're working on a more comprehensive. cookbook right now on red meats and game," Simon continued. "And we'll follow that with a book on grilling, both recipes and tips." Simon's favorite recipe in Beef for All Seasons is the':Beef Filet en Croute with Green Beans and Walnuts. It's suggested as a New Year's Eve dish and as elegant as it appears in the four-color photo (one of 30 in the book), if s little wonder. Simon also has several recipes from worldfamouB chef and author James Beard. He's one of 10 celebrity chefs in the book. The 80 recipes are .culled from 16 countries and divided seasonally, 20 V recipes each. According to Simon, "the book presents a great "••variety of cooking methods arid cuts of meati".i Local cookbook connosieur and reviewer for the - J e w i s h Press, Lois Friedman, read the book cover-to-cover; what follows is her review and an . unusual, but.easy, recipe. "The book is available at local .bookstores, as well as in the Jewish Federation Library.
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My calendar tells me it's a week until Thanksgiving, a fact I should have known, since cranberries are now featured in all the markets. In addition to that seasonal item, all the foodies (folks who concentrate all efforts on eating, finding good stuff and inventing new menu ideas) are spreading the word on the latest methods of roasting a turkey.. Same drill every year, with few new ideas on the old subjects. Actually, I shouldn't say that, because just last Thanksgiving I was introduced to two very new kitchen tricks, both having to do with turkey preparation. The first, you may remember, had to do with immersing the bird in a special vat of bubbling hot cooking oil and deep frying until done. I had some serious criticism about all that grease - and was subsequently invited to a wonderful dinner party in the home Of friends who took great pride in their deep fried turkey. I had to admit later, it not only wasn't greasy, it was delicious. The second new trick I learned last year came with my daughter, when she and her family arrived to spend the holiday with us. She had written instructions for doing the turkey in a 500° oven, at (if memory serves) seven minutes per pound. I was skeptical but since I was just back up after a pinched nerve episode, I was more than willing to let her and my son-in-law show me. The result? The best darned turkey ever to come out of the oven. Since that blows away the original comment about "few new ideas," let us go on to other things. Such as those earlier mentioned-cranberries. I don't know about you, but I happen to love fresh cranberries—I've loved them since the bag they come in was a full 16 ounces, not the present day 12ounce size. I've cooked and enjoyed them since the time when the price was somewhere around 89(2 a package, which is a far cry from the nearly $2 they sell for today. I even remember when all we did to them was put sugar and water in a pan and cook them, just like that,
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serving all your Hanukkah and Judaic gift heeds HOURS: Sunday, 10-1 Monday, 10-5 ' Tuesday-Thursday, 10-6 Friday, 10-4
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HAPPY HAN HAPPY HANUKKAH!
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HAPPY HANUKKAH! Livingreen Companies over 500 tropical plants in-stock custom'containers custom floral events interior plantscaping services outdoor grounds maintenance fresh, dried and silk arrangements award-winning staff short-term rentals custom holiday decorating
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HANUKKAH IS DECEMBER 3 HAVE A HAPPY HANUKKAH1
FOR YOUR FAMILY VACATION CONITACT BOB LOHRMAN
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Give your home a fresh new look., Davidsons has thousands ofgifl idnns. It is tlioso nccossnrios Hint mnkn » IKHIHO n homo- So givn n ' gift thai will l)o appreciated mid enjoyed by all members of tlio family for yearn and generations In come.
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We have elegant Chanukah gifts and great Thanksgiving treats!
Visit our website or call! Remember Chanukah Is December 2ndl
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Unique, distinctive & just plain fun! Toys - Gifts - Collectibles
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ENJOY THL BLESSINGS o r & JZoie's Candy Shoppe Chocolate HwiHahflfftt'frfaffrtotoflypflaM* lOftf Diovoari Sired
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A Love Like Ours $13.88 CD A love lice Ours, Barbro Streisand's first all new studio recording in two years, is a romantic four de force of love songs. The album features the most memorable love song) ever written, performed as i !' • •only Barbra can. "Happiness makes t you want to sing You know all those corny things they say In every love song you've >nr heard? Well, they're^tniil >love Is what life U oM afrouf. lov» Is the answer, I 1 — *"»Jal6iiin inspirit yvur own laying iplrit.l.ahd may you be blessed with some'ipadaltnalaWlfkeoun.*
The Downtown Merchants wish everyone Happy Hanukkah!
Our fins food, superior service and professional planning will make your anniversary party, birthday or bar milzvah a real hit. Call bur Catering Director, Mario Ciethul at 346-7600.
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November 19,1999
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Countryside fVillage A Small Town In The City. Pacific at 87th
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IT'S NOT FICTION that the Bookworm has over 5,000 fiction books and books-on-cassette. Next time you're looking for a good read (or listen!) shop the Bookworm. With over 50,000 books, we're bound to have what you're looking for. The
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8702 Pacific St. 391-0100
8722 Pacific St. 391-0312 Anderson O'Brien Fine Art Gallery 8724 PACIFIC
O M A H A NE 68114
YOUR NATURAL FOODSOURCE
402-390-0717
HANUKKAH GIFTS
We now offer one of the largest selections of organic and all natural foods available. For a healthier alternative, shop the Broadmoor Market.
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Now Is The Time To Order Stationery And Gifts For Holiday Giving
H
APPYHOLIDAYS!It's time again for The Dance Shoppe to give you a few more shopping days, because now we're OPEN SUNDAY! See us for Dance and Exercise wear that will make great gifts! And don't forget our SUPER SALE RACK! You'll love our selectlonPLUS the convenience of shopping Sundays! All our best to you thla holiday season a n d . . . .
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HANUKKAH IS DECEMBER 3
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HANUKKAH IS DECEMBER 3 GRAND PIANO SALE Digital & Acoustic
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Complimentary features include: • Continental "plus" breakfast • In-room coffee & weekday morning newspaper • Local telephone calls anil long* distance access. • Fresh-baked cookies acolfeejn tlic lobby You'll appreciate tliese extras: • Spacious guest rooms & suites • Indoor pool & whirlpool • Golf courses, shopping S entertainment neaiby • Special group rates for out-of-town guests for Bat/Bar Hitzvabs, weddings and reunions
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HAPPY HANUKKAH! P A L O M A PICASSO'S DAISIES By Raloma Picasso, from our collection of Tiffany jewelry. "Daisy" designs in sterling silver and eighteen karat gold. Starting at $125.00
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includes library, activities center, beauty and barber shop, exercise room and much more.
7825 Dodge Street
3219 Oakview Dr.
(Next to Gateway Computers)
(Behind Oakview Mall)
Phone:397-8800 Fax:397-4800
Phone:333-3633 Fax: 333-6266
Professional Services... providing weekly housekeeping and laundry, dietician and nutrition services, activities, transportation arid more.
Assisted Living Service. assistance with activities of daily living provided on site.
Affordable Retirement. all services included in one low monthly rental.
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Peace of Mind... Remington Height's 24-hour staff emergency call system means assistance is just seconds away.
12606 West Dodge Road Omaha.NE 68154
(402)493-5807
November 19,1999
Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
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