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Beyond Schindler's List, the impact of the Holocaust: lessons and healing 50 years later

by Ellen Platt

It is not often that the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church comes to speak at a Jewish Synagogue, but such will be the case on Sunday, J a n . 30, 10 a.m.-noon, at Temple Israel.

The Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Learning, together with Temple Israel's Out- Archbishop Curtiss reach Committee, will host "Beyond Schindler's List: The Impact of the HolocaustLessons and Healing 50 Years Later." Archbishop Elden Curtiss will share his perspectives along with Holocaust survivor Bea Kar'p, Creighton Professor Dr. Bryan LeBeau, Temple Israel's Rabbi Debbi Stiel and Holocaust historian Dr. Ben Nachman. ADL Director Bob Wolfson will serve as moderator.

"This will be a wonderful opportunity to view our past from the unique perspectives of our panelists" said Wolfson. "It is important for our community to be able to participate in a dialogue on some of the issues surrounding the Holocaust."

Elden Curtiss has served as Archbishop in Omaha' since June of 1993. He n'as Bpokeii'on;the' relationship-between the Roman ^Catholic ^Church' and the Jews at Temple, which welcomes him back

Todd Ephraim toleadJFCS in Kansas City

by Carol Katzman

i Rabbi Debbie Stiel BeaKarp for his thoughts on the Holocaust.

Karp survived the Holocaust as a child. She spent time in two separate camps in Prance. She was smuggled out by an underground organization led by a French group of Catholic Nuns who helped hide her for approximately two-and-a-half years.

Representing the perspectives of the Righteous Gentile will be Holocaust historian Dr. Nachman.

As part of his involvement with the Spielberg Foundation, Nachman has interviewed scores of survivors as well as those who tried to help as the horror of the Holocaust unfolded.

Creighton Professor LeBeau will also share his thoughts on the impact of the Holocaust. Dr. LeBeau has authored seven books and dozens of •articles'and'essays-on^American religion'and cul-: ture. He also hosts the nationally broadcast public radio program "Talking History."

] Completing the panel is ' Rabbi Stiel. "I am looking • forward to this program as , a time for honest discussion, an opportunity to learn more about the Holocaust from so many different angles and for all of us to leave with a better understanding of each other as Jews and Christians," she said.

Bob Wolfson Outreach advisor Rabbi Aryeh Azriel hopes a better understanding between the two communities regarding the Holocaust will. "lead to a common consciousness that will help overcome some of the pain that will always be associated with the Holocaust.

• "As we move into the new millennium, we cannot leave the past without taking with us the lessons of the Holocaust" said Azriel. "We must cross the bridge into the new century with a spirit of healing and hope."

This promises to be an unforgettable discussion with the unique views and knowledge of these speakers.

Information on Outreach at Temple Israel can be found at: www.templeisrael-ne.org/outreach; -you-can.send e-mail to: 0utr.3ach@netscape.net, f or call" the .Temple office at 556-65361

Henry Davis honored Martin Luther King's with city of Omaha relationship with Jews 'Living the Dream' award detailed in a new book

Businessman Henry Davis was honored Monday night for his contributions to the city of Omaha through the policies established at his business, Greater Omaha Packing Company. He was one of four Omahans presented the "Living the Dream" award in memory of the late civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A third-generation member of the company, Davis employs more than 500 members of the Hispanic community/Greater Omaha Packing employs former. Child Development Center Director Dinah Raful as a teacher of English as a Second Language to assist foreign-born workers.

The company also assists with the naturalization process and has equipped a local church as a gym for the use of South Omaha residents.

Speaking at the event was Dr. E.V. Hill, Senior Paster of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Rabbi Debbie Stiel of Temple Israel gave the invocation.

When Dr. Todd Ephraim, current Director of.

Jewish Family Service in i Omaha, takes over next I month as Director of the same agency in Kansas City, hell be going from a staff of six and a budget of $3bO,000 to a man-1 agement team of six, 76 I employees and a budget f "of more than $1.8 mil-] lion.

"While this is a won-1 derful opportunity for Dr. Todd Ephraim Todd, we will miss him greatly," remarked Gloria Kaslow, immediate past president of JFS and co-chairman of the search committee which hired Ephraim about two-and-a. half years ago. "Todd envisioned a future for JFS and brought it to reality," she added.

During Ephraim's tenure here, the agency introduced many new programs, including the popular Women's Symposium (which is scheduled again for April of 2001), and will add several"new ones, such as the Men's Porum in the Fall of 2000. In addition, JFS took over the administrative responsibilities for Yachad, a group aimed at mentally and physically-challenged young Jewish adults and teens, after Joe Kirshenbaum raised funds for an endowment.

- Ephraim. also instituted a newsletter three times Jane Batt, Executive Director of National Conference of Community and Justice, and a year, and tribute cards, and increased funding Mayor Hal Daub presented the 'Living the from the United Way by 20% for the year 2000.

Dream'award to Henry Davis.

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by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

NEW YORK (JTA)~To honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., school children all over the country are learning about his fight to win civil rights for black Americans through nonviolent protest. They are learning about the marches he led, the people he rallied and the stirring speeches he gave.

As students observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Rabbi Marc Schneier also want ed them to learn about the close relationships King had with Jews in his inner circle of advisers, the rabbis who participated in making the civil rights revolution a success and the sense of common cause that King felt with Jewish concerns such as the oppression of Soviet Jewry.

Schneier, a modern Orthodox Rabbi in New York, is President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and of the New York Board of Rabbis.

His new book, Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King Jr. and The Jewish Community, details relationships between King and the Jews and provides information that was, until now, little known beyond experts in the field and the players themselves. It examines.the complicated, sometimes ambivalent, connection between the two groups.

Some today believe that in the 1950's and '60s, Jews universally supported the idea that black Americans should enjoy the same rights as white Americans—that it was a halcyon era in blackJewish relations, and only the emergence of antiSemitic black nationalists poisoned the atmosphere, say experts in the field.

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From violence to love

by Daniel J. Fellman, rabbinical student, HebrewUnion College, Cincinnati

Parasha Beshalach For a people sd focused on names and heritage, we Jews have difficulty with conceptualizing God. We name our children after our ancestors, teach them about our roots, and paint images of life in the past. Yet, when it comes to God, we become tongue-tied like Moses, and find ourselves unable to enunciate a character sketch, much less a name.

Some of us refuse to use the word 'God' and instead speak of 'HaShem,' the name. Some of us have difficulty with the whole notion of God, and instead use phrases such as 'a higher spirit.' And some of us will use the word God, but will abbreviate it, as in 'G-D.' Beyond the question of a name for God, many, if not most of us, have real difficulty describing God. This week's parasha, Beshalach, offers a clear, yet deeply disturbing, image of God. The image is cloaked in some of the most distinctive and descriptive poetry to be found in the Bible. The verses, which comprise Shirat haYam, or the Song of the Sea, became a part of the daily morning service and, today, are sung with beautiful tunes and great fervor. The words, though, create a troubling image.

After a difficult time in. Egypt, which we recall each Passover as we retell the story of the Exodus, the Israelites find themselves on the other side of the Sea of Reeds as a free people. The Israelites, like any newly.liberated people, are relieved. So, they sing a song of thanksgiving.

The song acknowledges the miracle of newfound freedom. It also talks of Pharaoh's troops and horses drowning and dying in the sea, and calls God a "man of war." [Exodus 15:3] To the modern mind, the image can be harsh.

How many of us really picture God as a warrior, involved in killing and maiming, engaging in horrific battles? Even if the rea'son for such action is to save the Israelite people, the image is difficult.

Yes, sometimes the end can justify the means. But when life is lost, can we still accept such action?

Some argue that the poem Shirat haYam shows the multifaceted nature of God. Hence, they argue, we have many names for God—Lord, King, Father, Almighty. Each represents a different side of God, a different set of characteristics.

Others, including Rashi» argue that calling God a "man of war* acutally implies a sense of caring.

But the image of a warrior, a soldier in battle, seems clear in this parasha. The connection between God and violence is drawn, and we are left to make sense of such a hard picture.

Shirat HaYam concludes on a very different note r- one of joy, thanksgiving, love. The Israelites sing but "Mi Chamocha b'eilim Adonai (Who is like You, o God!)" The poem moves from violence to love and protection. And this move, maybe even more than the image of God as warrior, is painful.

Understanding God is among the most difficult tasks for any human being. Conflicting images of war and peace, violence and love, do not make the task any easier. Such images do, however, make it more essential. Shirat haYam challenges each of us to consider our own image of God. It challenges us to struggle with difficult concepts, even painful images. Above all, as an anthem of sorts for the struggle for freedom, Shirat haYam challenges each of us to create an understanding of God as our own personal benefit of living as free people.

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DH.MORRIS E. ROITSTEIN Graveside services for Dr. Morris Roitstein were held Jan. 19 at Beth El Cemetery. He was 86.

Dr. Roitetein graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry in 1939 and practiced until his retirement in 1984. He was an active Scout leader . and board trustee of Mid-America Council of Boy Scouts of America for more than 40 years.

Survivors include his wife, Ann; daughter, Lorraine Levy of Edwardsville, IL; sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Betty Roitstein and Lloyd and Debbie Roitstein, all of Omaha; sister, Sonia Forbes, also of Omaha; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Beth El Synagogue or Mid-America Council of Boy Scouts.

JACK E. BROWN Former Council Bluffs resident and graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, Jack E. Brown, a prominent attorney, died on Jan. 6. He was 72.

Services were held Jan 16 in Phoenix.

Brown served as lead counsel in important antitrust and computer law cases during the formative years of technology-related litigation. On behalf of Apple Computer, Brown successfully prevented an attempt by Franklin Computer Corp. to produce a clone of the Apple II personal computer.

He was also involved in the landmark case involving Apple Computer in the company's lawsuit against Microsoft over the "look and feel" of Microsoft's operating system.

Brown has been listed in the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the United States.

Brown was the recipient of awards for distinguished professional achievement from Arizona State University School of Law and Northwestern University School of Speech. In 1992, he received an award from the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona in recognition of .his "commitment to safeguard First Amendment rights." In 1994, he was the recipient of the Learned Hand Human 'Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee.

In 1972, Mr. Brown was the Democratic Party candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in a new Arizona Fourth Congressional District.

Brown is survived by his wife, Suzanne; two sons, Charles and James; two daughters, Abigail and Amanda; brother, Milton; and five grandchildren.

Memorials to Kids Voting USA, 398 South Mill Ave., Suite 304, Tempe, AZ 85281; Reading is Fundamental, Inc., Smithsonian Institution, 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20024; or the Phoenix Public Library, 1221 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 850O4.

Increased aliyah from Former Soviet Union in '99 -

by Shai Franklin, NCSJ

WASHINGTON~The National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) today reported that, aliyah (emigration to Israel) from the former Soviet Union continued to increase during 1999.

"Nearly 66,500 Jews left the former Soviet Union for Israel last year," NCSJ Chairman Denis C. Braham of Houston confirmed. "These numbers continue the trend since 1998, when FSU aliyah was 46,373, and marks an upswing since October, 1998, immediately following the Russian financial crisis of August, 1998. Nearly half of all olim from the FSU in 1999 arrived from the Russian Federation (31,000), with most of the remainder coming from Ukraine (23,000)."

NCSJ President Howard E. Sachs of Atlanta noted, "Despite this increase, there remains an estimated one to one-and-a-half million Jews in the former Soviet Union, with more than twothirds Living in Russia and Ukraine. The fact that aliyah.has increased is a tribute to the openness that these societies have achieved in the past 10 years and. the continued attraction of Jews for Israel, as well as an indication of the remaining economic and political uncertainties in post-Soviet societies. But most of those making aliyah,do so only after months of planning and preparation."

Updated statistics for 1999 and previous years may be found on NCSJ's website www.ncq.org.

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Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate at this special musical service in honor of Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of Song. The Kol Rina choir will participate, along with Julie Sandene on keyboard, Kris Salhaney on piccolo, Cynthia Nichols on bass clarinet, Darcy Griffith on English horn and Calin Mureson on cello. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Women of Reform Judaism.

Special recognition1 will be given to Jeff Taxman, Will Wallace and Mike Walts for their many hours of service in enriching worship through music.

SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m.

SITTER SERVICE Sitter Service is available each Friday evening, Saturday mornings for Bagels and Bible and the worship service, as well as Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Cost is $2 per family.

Please make a reservation at the Temple office.

ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAY, J a n . 23: Jewish Spirituality, 10:1511:45 a,m. Mimi Rogers will lead this group in readings, discussion, Jewish meditation and Jewish yoga.

TUESDAY, J a n 2 5 : "Mystical Places in the Heavens on Earth-Introduction to the Kabbalah," facilitated by Professor Guy Matalon, 7-8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, J a n . 27: Sisterhood Adult Education, 10-11:30 ajn. Rabbi Debbi Striel will teach "The Sages of the Middle Ages - Learning About the three R's of Judaism."; "Ancient Israel: An Historical Perspective," facilitated by Dr. Mike Walts, 7-3:30 pan.

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FRIDAY: Services, 5:15 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbos services, 8:45 aan.; Insights into the Parsha," 4:15 p.m.; Mincha, 5:10 p.m.; Havdalah, 620 pan.

SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 5:15 pan.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 aan.; Mincha, 5:15 pan.

TUESDAY: Stories from the Tanach, taught by Rabbi Shlomo Levin, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Rabbi Kutner's weekly Talmud class is canceled.

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY; Services, 9 a.m, led by Marty Shukert. Members of the community are welcome.

All services followed by Kiddush. A memorial service is held on the last Shabbat of each month, in memory of residents who have died.

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Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser.

FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m.

SATURDAY: Sabbath service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah study, 1030 a.m.

SUNDAY: Hebrew classes, 9 a.m.; Religious Sqhool, 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: AA meeting in the library, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Rehearsals for the "Megillah >•!•* *! :L ' \' BE YT SHALOM:." 1 - \ ; 1 & According to Broadway, 7:30 p.m. f&' -l'V*''1" "Ar(AffiH8teof!the^~. i .«;> \ ; \ ^.* ^'-JewishRcconstructlonlstiPederatldn '''• •

^ ^isdia a i i 9 t h Bu, P.O. Bo? 241130/ - * . / Y - . Omaha, NE 68124-5130 ', phone^758-9233 http^/come.to/beytshalom/ FRIDAY: Shabbat in the Home. We invite everyone to spend a special stress free evening with friends, family and Shabbat. . SATURDAY: Tu B'Shevat seder at the Synagogue, 5:30 p.m. The seder will include potluck dairy vegetarian dinner, followed by havdallah and singing; no charge; everyone is welcome.

SUNDAY a n d TUESDAY: Religious School at theJCC. TUESDAY: Young J u d e a Summer Camp Preview, 5:45 p.m., in room 5 at the JCC. Young Judea provides summer camp services for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, ages 8-14.

Rabbi Myer Kripke conducts our adult education class on Sunday, 12:30 p.m., at the JCC. Open to the community at no charge. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch and drink.

NEXT FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat at the synagogue, 7:30 pan. Trope class, 6:45.

Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman.

FRIDAY: Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, 5:15 pan.;, Kiddush, 6 pan.

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha, 4:30 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudah; Ma'ariv/ Havdallah, 5:30 pan.

SUNDAY: Services, SsSO aan.

MONDAY: Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, 11:45 aan.-l pan. ' .. .

TUESDAY: A Tale of Two Souls, 930-11 aon.

WEEKDAYS: Minyan, 7 aan.

OFFUT AIR ^ 25th and Capehart, Omaha, NE 68113^5000 , 294-6051 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.

. f : B'NAI ISRAEL SyNAG OlSMynsterSt, Council Bliiffs,f Phorier3224705 • E M ^ ' d 6 FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 pan. Discussion topic is "A 13-year-old's perspective on his recent trip to Israel. An Oneg Shabbat, prepared by Peggy Deland and Sandra Kurland, follows.

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Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz.

FRDDAY: Services, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS, 10 a.m.; (Ctantan, 10:45 a.m.; Shabbat Story time, 11 aan.

Humash with Rashi study session, 4:45 pan.; MinhaMa'ariv and Havdalah services, 5:15 pan.

SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Perek Yomi "Read a Chapter a Day" group, 10:15 aan.

WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS Classes will continue on Wednesday, J a n . 26, 7:30 p.m.

ALEF/ADULT LIFELONG EDUCATION The ALEP program for adults who want to study and celebrate Judaism will continue on Monday, J a n . 24, and run through Feb. 28.

CANTORS CONCERT Saturday, J a n . 22, 8 p.m. Beth El will present a concert "To Recreate the World," featuring Beth El Millennium Chorus, Cantor Berkovits and Hazzan Horwitz.

KTOS LUNCH AND LEARN Sunday, J a n . 23, noon. Preschoolers and students in kindergarten through 3rd grade (with parents) will meet to eat Tu b' Shevat treats and make crafts.

Special service at Beth El

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Beth El Synagogue will observe Sisterhood Shabbat on J a n . 29 with a special service, Kiddush luncheon and inter-active program. According to Phyllis Hoffman, chairman, the traditional liturgy of Shabbat morning will be followed with attention also being given to modern English interpretations of prayers and psalms plus sacred poetry written by contemporary Jewish women.

"There's a long history of personal prayers being written by and for women," Hoffman said. "In preparing for this service, we found many beautiful examples that express women's feelings about family, community, Judaism and faith. The words are sometimes ordinary, sometimes spiritual, but always moving. By including some of these in the service, we hope to give the congregation new ways of thinking about the meaning of Shabbat."

"We encourage everyone to join us," she added.

Following services, the Beth El Sisterhood will sponsor a Kiddush luncheon and inter-active session titled, "Women at Sinai: Reaching the Heights While Staying Well Grounded," facilitated by Marti RosenAtherton, MS, LPC. The luncheon and inter-active session are open to the community at no charge.

Seating reservations would be appreciated, however, and can be made by calling the Beth El office; 4928550. Free sitter service will be provided.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum.

Minyan, Monday and Thursday, 7:15 aan.

FRIDAY: Early Family service, 6 pan., followed by Family Shabbat dinner.

SATURDAY, TU B'SHEVAT: Services, 9:30 aan.

Junior Congregation, 10:15 aan.

ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAYS: Jewish Tjwtight & Philosophy/Rabbinics: Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Rosenbaum, 1010:55 aan.; Jewish Practices and Observances: The Shabbat Seder (Jan. 23 & 30)-leam how to "make Shabbos," led by Nancy Coren; Tanach/Bible-Perek Yomi (A Daily Chapter), with Rabbi Rosenbaum, 11KW aan-noon^ ; WEDNESDAYS: Basic Judaism with Rabbi Rosenbaum, 7:15-9:15 pan. " .

Courses continue at Temple; new ones added Professor Guy Matalon will continue teaching an Introduction to Kabbalah class "Mystical Places in the Heavens on Earth," Tuesday evenings from 78:30 pan., through Feb. 29.

Also ongoing is "Ancient Israel, An Historical Perspective," meeting Thursday evenings from 78:30 pan., through Feb. 24.

Join Rabbi Ira Flax, Chaplain at Offutt Air Force base, on Sunday mornings, 10:15-11:45 aan., for "A Taste of Jewish History." The class starts Feb. 13 and continues through March 19. Child care will be available. • • ' : For more information about these or any other programs, or to receive a copy of The Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Jewish Learning brochure, call Temple Israel at 556-6536.

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Editorial King's message Monday night, communities all over the United States celebrated the life and deeds of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. His vision transcended the color of his skin and his alliances built bridges across racial, religious and ethnic lines.

Though a member of our own Jewish community, Henry Davis was one of five recipients of the "Living the Dream" award, the most extraordinary moment of Monday evening's program was the presentation to Pastor Ty Schenzel of Trinity Church in Omaha.

His voice cracking with, emotion, Pastor Ty, who is white, spoke openly about his early racial prejudice and how his life has changed.

He, his wife and four children live near downtown, close to the location of the Eppley Boys and Girls Club. There, Trinity Church has established a program for the mostly black teens and pre-teens in the area. Many of them were at the Music Hall Monday night, shouting and applauding as Pastor Ty received his award.

Coming on the heels of Gary Javitch's . interview with Jerry Hoberman in this paper two weeks ago, it is apparent that the presence of white males in North Omaha is not looked on with suspicion, but with hope and promise. Hoberman not only

offered an opportunity for jobs and economic prosperity to the community, he and his wife became regular volunteers, mentoring young children and teens. Their consistency provided new relationships for them and for black men and women in North Omaha.

That's really the key here: relationships. How many of us in mostlywhite-suburban Omaha have black friends? Hispanic friends? Asian friends? Do our children come into contact with anyone outside a small group of Jewish friends or school friends? Or do we live our lives sequestered in the same social groups as we had in high school?

The only way to make real progress in the fight against prejudice is to look at other people as more than stereotypes and caricatures.

Like Jerry Hoberman, Henry Davis did that by hiring hundreds of Hispanic men and women from his company's neighborhood, and then by providing opportunities for them to become full-fledged American citizens.

These good people — Pastor Ty, Henry Davis and Jerry Hoberman — are practicing King's dream, judging people, "not by the color of their skin," but by their deeds and actions. If more would follow, then King's dream would be a reality.

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Realizing our potential - one person at a time

by Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein

Like all New Year's celebrations, Tu B'ShevatRosh Hashanah La'Ilanot, the New Year for treesoffers us an opportunity to pause, do some serious thinking, and resolve to improve both ourselves and the world around us. Like the Yamim Noraim, Tu B'Shevat centers on the concept of "potential."

While the High Holy Days prompt us to look deep within ourselves so that we may learn to actualize our innate holiness, Tu B'Shevat (which we celebrate tomorrow, Jan. 22~considered by the Rabbis to be the date on which trees begin to form new fruit-focuses on a much more tangible possibility, that of a good harvest. Both goals are important, and neither can be realized without the proper nurturing, whether spiritual or physical.

The Tu B'Shevat seder, a special holiday meal first observed in 16th century Safed, celebrates our relationship to the earth and recognizes that the fruit we eat comes in many shapes and sizes. At the seder, we eat one kind of fruit at a time, paying tribute to its particular characteristics and placing it in the context of history and liturgy.

What a wonderful model for dealing with the diverse groups in our community, appreciating each in turn and taking note of their unique contributions to the whole. We can derive some important lessons from the ceremonies associated with the Tu B'Shevat seder.

There are three types of fruits commonly consumed at the special Tu B'Shevat meal: fruits with hard cores but soft, edible outsides; fruits with inedible outer shells but soft cores; and fruit that is edible inside and out.

The first type, fruits with hard cores but soft, edible outsides, might be taken to represent those members of our community who are outwardly involved in or profess concern about societal ills —

whether hate crimes, religious discrimination, or economic injustice-but who, in their hearts, are not committed to practice and live the ideals of equality and social justice. Many of these people will leave their social values at the door of their synagogue or at the entrance to the polling booth.

While we have failed to touch their souls, we nevertheless have a good chance of reaching those individuals, since they do show up at communal functions.

We must take advantage of the time we spend with them to educate, counsel and teach-whether formally or informally, whether through lectures or through drama-finding some way to penetrate the. "hard core" that prevents them from truly sharing those ideals that reflect the will of God and show true respect for their fellow man.

The second type of fruits consumed at the Tu B'Shevat seder are those with hard, inedible outer shells but soft cores. Again, we may draw a helpful analogy, recognizing that while some of our friends and neighbors may seem unapproachable—apparently disinterested in what our particular social or religious communities have to offer-they may, in fact, be potentially receptive, simply awaiting the right approach.

Seeming lack of interest may simply stem from the fact that no one has tried hard enough to identify the particular "lure" needed to draw them in.

Perhaps religion will become more meaningful to them if it is mediated by fellow Jews who extend their arms in friendship and in welcome. Perhaps we can succeed in engaging the human heart by demonstrating that religion is vitally connected to being God's partner in improving the world and enlivening the values of our tradition. The agendas, cares, and concerns of disinterested Jews may

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By demonstrating sufficient respect, we can create an atmosphere in which they feel free to express their priorities. Only then can we stimulate their Jewish growth. well differ from ours.

The third type of fruits eaten on Tu B'Shevat are fully edible, inside and out. Those engaged in the business of community outreach will recognize that this may present the greatest opportunity, and the greatest challenge. . .

People who are ready to take on the problems of the world may easily be misdirected, turning in too many directions at once. It is necessary to harness the energy and good intentions of these individuals so that they truly understand the issues and develop a real passion for causes that vie for then* attention. We must help them focus. This is a task that must be handled with the greatest care and sense of purpose; for ready followers need responsible teachers.

Let us recommit ourselves this Tu B'Shevat to reach out to all segments of the community.

Working together—each group contributing its unique interests and talents-we will enjoy a rich harvest indeed.

Rabbi Epstein is the Executive VicePresident of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the association of Conservative congregations in North America.

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Another side of Israel

Poverty levels in Israel spur debate

byCarlAlpert

by Avi Machlis

Haifa-From time to time, Israel June the Public Works Department makes headlines in the world press, reported that it was still cleaning up and overseas readers of these news all the discarded campaign literaitems think they know Israel. ture and posters, most of which had Behind such headlines, however, is been illegally pasted on walls, another Israel which seldom gets bridges, traffic lights, road signs and reported at all. These other reports, the like. though muted, perhaps give a clearBuses Strictly Observant. er picture of the real, everyday Pious bus riders in places like Bnai Israel. For example: Brak have at their disposal Egged Within Everyone's Reach. Tel buses which carry signs informing Aviv has a pub-cafe that offers a full them that "these buses never travel line of drinks and food, but the on Shabbat." menus carry no prices. The patrons More Olim Statistics. Of the of Brenner. 12 are invited to pay 57,000 immigrants into Israel in whatever they think the meal or 1998, 27% were university gradudrink was worth to them, and the ates. Among them about 4,000 were owners report that business is flour- engineers and 900 were physicians. ishing.

Average age was 30. About 10% Wrong Way Traffic? Most satel- were over the age of 65. lites in space are launched toward Relations With the Christians. the east in the direction of the spin- The projected visit to Israel by the ning of the earth, thus gaining speed Pope recalls a diplomatic faux pas in getting into orbit more rapidly. committed by an Israeli diplomat in Most, that is, except the Israeli 1993 when Israel and the Vatican satellite, Amos, which was launched agreed to establish diplomatic relatoward the west. tions.

Reason: Upon gaining altitude, the As told by Richard Oestennann in satellite drops the parts of the his fascinating collection of human propulsion rocket. If it were going interest stories, Born Again (Gefen east, these would fall in either Pub.j, the Israeli commented at the Jordan or Saudi-Arabia, possibly ceremony that a small country causing an international incident. (Israel) was signing a treaty with an By going the "wrong way," the parts even smaller country (the Vatican). fall into the sea.

The diplomatic representative of the Who Wants the City Refuse? latter acknowledged that Israel was The greater Tel Aviv area produces small, but added that "the Vatican is more than three tons of garbage and not smaller. It has influence over refuse a day. Disposition of it was a 975 million Catholics the world problem until Kibbutz Ruhama, in over." the northern Negev, agreed to recede it, and will,.be-paid about a . Israeli Communications Sysmillion dollars a year. The kibbutz tem. Prime Minister Ehud Barak has its own plans for recycling the and his wife, Navah, were guests at a well-attended dinner in New York waste matter.

This Little Piggie Didn't Go to not long ago. They were separated in Market. Kibbutz Mizra,. a major the crowd, and when the Premier producer of pork products, seeking sought his wife, he shrilled their ways of advertising its "delicacies," own family whistle to which she considered staging in the TeL Aviv responded from the other side of the area a new sport spectacle—a pig hall. race. After due thought, the idea A Flat Fee. Twenty years ago a was shelved on the grounds that it retired Canadian couple, touring the would prove too provocative. country by car, suffered a flat tare on A People's Army. Zahal, the the road to Jerusalem. A young man Israel Defense Forces, reports that passing by changed the tire for its personnel in uniform include sol- them, refused any compensation, diers whose families were immi- and revealed only that he was a stugrants to Israel from 72 different dent at the Hebrew University. countries. Whereas 4.9% of native Some months ago, after the death born Israeli soldiers are officers, of her husband, the surviving 8.4% of the olim hold officer rank. • widow, Fay Kaufman, presented the It Was a Dirty Campaign. University with a million dollars for Months after the national election in a student aid fund.

To the Editor: To the Editor.

When I read the news about the Haying lived in Omaha for nearly 50 years, my best and dearest $1.5 million gift from Pennie Davis for friends are still in this old town. I the Child Development Center, my recently won an airline ticket from memory took me back 70^75 years.

My parents (Esther and Abraham Southwest Airlines to anywhere theyfly.I, of course, chose to come to Lipsman) lived in South Omaha Omaha. I was surprised to see how where they raised a brood of nine. I . much the city has grown since I left remember the smells from the dishes my mom concocted from the here almost four years ago. "organs" from Greater; Omaha To my many friends, I extend my • Packing, just down the road, where heartiest and best wishes for a my dad would get liver, lungen and happy year 2000. ' kishke for free. It must have been If any of you ever visit Corpus 1000 calories a schtickell Maybe the Christi,,Au8tijri<>r.San Antonio,, origin of the $1.5 million was the please let me know. "free stuff" purchased by my folks; I Shalom, yall. would love to think so!

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JERUSALEM (JTA) - Sometimes a cies to combat inflation and create a rainstorm is more than just a rain- solid environment for the free market storm. When torrential rains swept to generate economic growth. This is through Israel earlier this month, why he was nominated by Barak. flooding out residents of poor neighbor- But critics — including several hoods in southern Tel Aviv and Jaffa, Cabinet ministers - say that Israel upscale districts just a short walk needs to implement an expansionary away were unaffected. economic policy by lowering interest As disadvantaged families aban- rates to break loose from a three-year doned their homes for shelter, some slowdown and conquer unemployment. observers could not help but draw a The data in the National Insurance parallel between Mother Nature's Institute report, which referred to unusual discriminatory behavior and 1998, showed that 16.6 percent of all recent reports of rampant poverty in Israeli families - more than 1 million the Jewish state.. people, including 440,000 children "How much longer can we close our lived below the poverty line. About 34 eyes to the immense poverty around percent of Israeli families would be us," wondered Iris Mizrahi, a social below the poverty line had they not commentator in Yediot Achronot, received any government support.

Israel's most popular daily.

Topping the poverty list were Israeli "These rains may be a blessing for Arabs and families with many chilthe farmers, but for the poor people dren, indicating that large fervently they are a cursed rain, and for all of Orthodox families are among the poorus, as a society, they are rains of est in Israel. embarrassment."

The report provided ammunition for Similarly, a tough poverty report critics of Prime Minister Ehud Barak released last month by Israel's National who say he has failed to deliver on his Insurance Institute was embarrassing campaign promises to improve the ecofor many Israeli policymakers. nomic lot of poorer people.

The report raised serious questions Even though the report referred to the about whether Israel's socioeconomic period before his election, unemploygaps are destined to grow wider as the ment has since climbed to about 9% country undergoes a painful transition from 8.5% in 1998, so it is assumed that from a labor-intensive economy to a the poverty situation has not improved. knowledge-intensive one, while simul- Despite the public ruckus, the report taneously implementing free-market actually showed very little change in policies to integrate Israel's economy poverty data from the previous year. into the global marketplace.

Shlomo Swirski, a sociologist who The questions come as a public argu- heads the Adva Center, a social ment rages over last week's expected research think-tank, said education appointment of David Klein, senior plays a big role in creating economic .director at^lie Bank of Israel, as,the disparities. "There is a widening gap central bank's next governor. between those who have academic eduLike Jacob Frenkel, the outgoing cation and those who do not." governor of the Bank of Israel, Klein is "In addition, one-third of Israelis who known to favor reduced government are working and bringing home wages spending and tough interest rate poli- are living below the poverty line."

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Fred and Ruth Hahn's generosity will support several Jewish organizations

by Claudia Sherman Foundation Public Relations Coordinator

When Ruth Hahn died in 1993 at the age of 90, she left clear instructions in her will "to fulfill a long-cherished dream to devise and bequeath my worldly possessions after my death to deserving causes which are dear to me, and to aid and assist in charitable and educational activities for the benefit of my people of the Jewish faith."

Ruth's husband, Fred, had died in 1973. The couple, who had immigrated to the United States with his family from a shtetl south of Kiev in the former Soviet Union, never had any children.

Ruth's parents stipulated that she. could immigrate with Fred's family if she would marry him first. So at the age of 14, she became a wife and left behind her own family. She never saw them again although she remained in contact with them until they all perished during World War 11.

Fred went into the grocery business in South Omaha and Ruth worked side-by side with him through the years. They kept kosher and closed their store on Saturdays when they were known to have picnics in the park.

Ken Sacks, who practiced law in Omaha and Council Bluffs for'39 years until he moved to Scottsdale, AZ, four years ago, knew the Hahns well. His mother and Ruth were "very good friends," he said.

"Ruth was very active in Jewish civic affairs," Sacks explained. She visited Jewish inmates at the state penitentiary, helped the poor, was active in Mizra.chi and Hadassah, and loved Beth Israel Synagogue, according to Sacks.

"Fred was jovial, easy going, hard working, and loved his customers," Sacks continued.

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they would like to have their remaining assets disbursed after their deaths. Sacks helped Ruth draw up her will and write the documents for a trust under the name of the Fred and Ruth Hahn Foundation.

That Foundation named several beneficiaries, including Beth Israel Synagogue, Beth El Synagogue, Hadassah, AMIT (formerly Mizrachi Women), the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and Friedel Jewish Academy.

The Fred and Ruth Hahn Endowment Fund, created in 1995 from the original trust set up by Ruth Hahn, will be used "to assist in expenditures for necessary major repairs and replacements or purchases of new equipment for exclusive use in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home."

Marty Ricks, Executive Director of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation, which will administer the Hahns' Blumkin Home endowment fund, said, "This gift will live in perpetuity and the Hahns' name will never be forgotten.

"As is always the case, when an endowment is established exceeding $5,000, a plaque is placed on the Wall of Recognition that is located on the north wall upon entering the main entrance of the Jewish Community Center," he remarked.

"It wasn't how much they made," noted Sacks, "it was what they saved.

"Jewish representation in Omaha was important to Ruth. She was active in it, believed in it, and wanted to help," he added. "Her greatest pleasure would be to see a thriving Omaha Jewish community and to know she has played some part to make it possible."

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The Robert H. and Dorothy G. Kooper Charitable Foundation Trust has announced the availability of scholarships for the 2000-2001 academic year. It will be based on financial need for a Jewish student wishing to further his or her post-secondary education. In addition, the Bruce M. Fellman Charitable Foundation Trust has announced the availability of scholarships-based on financial need for post-secondary education.

Robert Kooper had a long history of service to the Jewish community. He was elected B'nai B'rith president in 1929; headed Beth El Synagogue in 1941; was president of Highland Country Club in 1951; and was president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha from 1958-1960. He died in 1961.

Mrs. Kooper was a strong supporter and worked with the Jewish Federation and Beth El Sisterhood. She died in May, 1995.

"Awarding a scholarship to a young Jewish person is a very appropriate way of honoring my parents," Howard Kooper noted. He and his wife, Sharon, will fund the Kooper Charitable Foundation Trust. Tom Fellman will also act as a trustee of the Foundation.

The Bruce M. Fellman Scholarship Fund was established in memory of the son of Tom and Darlynn Fellman, who was participating in the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea at the time of his death in 1984.

He was a 1982 graduate of Westside High School and active in BBYO; he served as president, vicepresident, secretary and treasurer of Chaim Weizmann AZA. He attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Trustees for the Foundation are Darlynn Fellman, Terri Schrager and Howard M. Kooper.

Applications for both funds are available by calling Mr. Kooper's office at 392-1800. The completed; form must be received by April 1.

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Organizations V Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday in the "auditorium of the JCC. Exercise with Michelle Streif at 10:15 aon. in the auditorium. Try your luck at bingo with Eileen Reiner at 10. Bring articles to: share for the "YES Talk" discussion group, led by Art-Grossman, at 11. Following lunch at noon, Kate Cavanaugh, Omaha World-Herald columnist, will speak. Por transportation, call 3304272.

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Reminders: Membership dues for the year 2000 are now due. Please mail your check for $2 to Y.E.S., c/o Maggie Conti, 323 S. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154. , WALK-IN, DROP-IN There will be no meeting on Thursday.

RUSSIAN CLUB Members will meet Jan. 28 at the JCC in room 5. Exercise starts at 10 a.m.

At 11 a.m., join us for lunch with special guest Shane Kotok, Director of Community Outreach of Jewish Senior Services. Make reservations with Lydia Linde at 697-9169. . „ ' ' VISIONS Bon Voyage Visionaires, to those members going on the Panama Canal cruise on Jan. 26. Membership dues for the year 2000 are now due. Please mail your check and form to Visions in the amount of $5 per person to: c/o Selma Sadofsky, 7092 Charles St., Omaha, NE 68132.

B'NAI B'RITH BREADBREAKERS David and Livia Bardin, volunteers for the Bill Bradley presidential campaign, will speak at B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers on Wednesday.

Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at noon at Pastimes Restaurant, 129th and West Maple. The program is open to the community, cost is $8.50.

JEWISH SENIORS The Omaha Broadway Theatre will present The Phantom of the Opera on Thursday, June 29, at the Orpheum. A senior group rate is offered for the 2 p.m. matinee. Main floor seating is $47.50 per person. Limited seats-first come, first served. For reservations, call Maggie Conti, Adult Program Director, at 334-6521. Make check payable to Jewish Senior Services and send to Maggie Conti, 323 S. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154.

OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Tuesday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m.: Stories from the Bible, hosted by Beth Israel.

Wednesday, Jan. 26, at noon: Lunch 'n learn, hosted by Nancy Wolf, 16620 Vinton Cir. Bring your own lunch, followed by Torah study. Our topic will be "Tall Tales from the Talmud;" Modern, spoken Hebrew, 6:30 p.m., at the home of Al Ross, 676 N. 56th St. Thursday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.: Beth El hosts a Talmud class on Tractate Pesachim. For information, please contact Rabbi Shlomo Levin at 551-1564.

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In the News The Millard North Drama Department will present its winter play entitled All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

The play is directed by Jan Fischer, and features Beth Radloff, Sara Schweid and Matt Uehling. Courtney Rabb is the Student Director.

Performances are at Millard North High School on Friday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5. ' Child Saving Institute is recruiting volunteers for three of its programs: Mama and Me, Children's Crisis Center/Kids' Cottage, and Just You and Me. Volunteers will receive 15 hours of mandatory training at CSI, 46th and Dodge St., prior to being placed in a program.

For more information, call Marybeth Stranglen at 553-6000, ext. 144.

Temple Israel, a sponsor for the American Red Cross, is participating in a drive for donations to help raise

funds for victims of the Venezuelan floods. One of Temple's families is Venezuelan and would like to help their countrymen.

Canisters are at the front desk and the member services desk at the JCC and at Temple Israel. You may also send a check to the American Red Cross Heartland Chapter earmarked for "Venezuela flood victims."

Nominations are now being accepted for the Nebraska Medical Association awards recognizing physicians who serve their patients, communities and the science of medicine as examples of excellence. The two categories, Young Physician- of the Year and Physician of the Year, are nominated by the public.

To request a nomination form, call Kelly Madcharo, Associate Executive Director of the Nebraska Medical Association, at 402-474-4472, or write her at NMA, 233 So. 13th St., Suite 1512, Lincoln, NE 68508-2091.

Completed forms must be received by Feb. 25.

Fellowships available from Shalem Center The Shalem Center of Jerusalem is currently accepting applications for graduate fellowship grants of $15,000 for study there in the academic year 2000-2001.

Founded in 1994 as an educational and research institute for Jewish social thought and Israeli public policy, the Shalem Center published a journal of philosophy of politics, Azure: Ideas for a Jewish Nation, and original books.

For an application, submit request to: The Shalem Center, 1140 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 801, Washington, D.C. 20036; by phone to: 1-202-887-1270; or by e-mail to: fellowship@shalem.org.il Deadline for completed applications is Feb. 1. The fellowships are open to candidates who have completed a bachelor's degree in the humanities, social sciences or other relevant fields.

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Lincoln Center Jewish community participates in Freedom Breakfast Marcia Kushner gave the closing remarks at the Freedom Breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Governor Johannes, Mayor Wesely and Chancellor Moesser made presentations.

Eight hundred people attended the annual event last Friday, which was sponsored by the City of Lincoln, the Lincoln Interfaith Council, Lincoln Public Schools and the University of Nebraska/Lincoln.

South Street Temple to sponsor Shabbat retreat "Laugh, Love, and Live Shabbat" is the theme of B'nai Jeshuran's Shabbat retreat, May 19-21, at Camp Comeca in Cozad, NE. A project of the synagogue's Greater Nebraska Jewish Outreach Project, the retreat is for Jewish and interfaith families

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of all backgrounds. Staffed by directors of the Reform movement's OlinSang-Ruby Union institute, the retreat will include "a little bit of everything Jewish from Sinai to Seinfeld." For more information,: call Audrey Berman at 1-402-434-8004.

by Art Grossman

At the Jan. 10 luncheon, our speakThe inspirational influence of our Young Energetic Seniors was again er was Mary Fellman who reported apparent during an intergenerational that the next presentation of Storytelling Project with Temple "Elderhood--The Good Jewish Life" Israel Middle School seventh and would appear in the Jewish Press the third week in Jan. eighth graders.

Members of Y.E.S. met with the The Early Bird discussion group youngsters on Jan. 12. Partnerships latched onto the high cost of medicine were on a one-to-one basis.. Students and why the identical prescriptions asked questions of the seniors regard- :are less costly in other countries. , ing memorable events in their lives. - Also brought to task was the masThey polished the tales to share on ' 'sive expenditures around the country Feb. 2 at Temple Israel for an audi- for fireworks and other questionable ence of partners and guests. events for greeting the millennium The .seniors included: Millie.' when there are so many practical Altaian, Kay Ferer, Hilde Gottlieb,- necessities for folks in want. We Art Grossman, Sarah Lewis, Anne paused in memorium for Muriel Rosenblatt, Harry Paskowitz and Fried, Ben Simons and Morton Richards.

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With Kids' Super Sunday and Super Sunday back, as well as participate in the largest 'single around the corner, the Super Sunday Committee is day" fund raiser for the Federation."

Mark and Kim Schwartz said they like the conattending to last minute details for both events.

Kids' Super Sunday will be Jan. 30, 12:30-2 p.m, nection with the community, "Being Jewish is at the JCC Auditorium. This event, in its third about giving back. The opportunity to be involved year, features a moon walk, games, a magician, sto- in Super Sunday is our way to connect the Omaha Jewish community with jryteller and a free lunch the world's Jewish comsponsored by Zip's. munity."

Children are admitted free with donations colKevin and Patty lected with their tzedaGilinsky said, "The best kah boxes that they decpart of Super Sunday iB orated in religious that it's fun! It's the best school, the Child Develway for families and indiopment Center and the viduals to really make a Youth Department. Dodifference for Jews localnations will go towards ly and world wide." the Hunger Relief Fatty and Stephen Initiative, which proGoldstein stressed the importance of raising vides emergency food and medicine for the The Super Sunday 2000 Committee: front funds, "The Federation elderly Jews in the row, from left. Patty Goldstein and daughter, supports so many of our Former Soviet Union.

Alison, and Kim and Mark Schwartz. Back: Jewish community serSuper Sunday is Feb. Dan Marburg, Susan and Greg Bramhall, Deb vices and programs. It is 6, from 9 a.m.-noon. Marburg, Jim Zipursky and Kevin and Patty vital that everyone Calls are once again Gilinsky. Not pictured, Stephen Goldstein and become involved by donating something." being made from the Sally Zipursky.

Jim and Sally Zipursky summed things up by Omaha Steaks calling center. More than 1,400 donors in the Omaha Jewish community are con- noting, "The community really comes together on tacted that day, making it the single largest fund Super Sunday. Between our corporate sponsors, the volunteers and the donors in the community, we raising day for the Jewish Federation of Omaha.

Leading Super Sunday 2000 are Deb and Dan try to include everyone."

Many Omaha companies have donated goods or Marburg. They have been involved in many aspects of the Annual Campaign, as well as several other services to make Super Sunday and Kids' Super' Jewish organizations here. The rest of the conimittee Sunday one of the most anticipated 'events of the includes Greg and Susan Bramhall, Kevin and Patty year. This year, sponsors include Alamar Uniforms, Gilinsky, Stephen and Patty Goldstein, Mark and Ak-Sar-Ben Beef Co., Bag N Save, Bagel Bin, Baker's Supermarkets, Dazy Maze Restaurant, Kim Schwartz and Jim and Sally Zipursky.

"We have been very fortunate to work with a Dundee Cigars & Tobacco, Frito Lay, Gordman's, group of people who understand the importance of Hollywood Video, Ideal Pure Water, Jewish Super Sunday and Kids' Super Sunday, and have Community Center, Julio's, Krispy Kreme Donuts, been very enthusiastic about making them wonder- Mediterranean Bistro, Mid-Continent Bottlers, No Frills Supermarkets, Nobbies, Nogg Paper, Omaha ful, successful events," said the Marburgs.

Susan and Greg Bramhall also expressed their Compound, Omaha Steaks, Praxair Inc., Passport enthusiasm for Super Sunday, adding, "It's an Unlimited, Younkers and Zio's.

If you would like to volunteer for either event, honor to serve on this committee for the second. year in a row. After hearing the wonderful feedback or need additional information, please contact me .about Kids' Super Sunday, we're thrilled to bring it at 334-6431.

HIAS announces awards competition HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is inviting students to apply for its 2000 Scholarship Awards Competition.

Those eligible to apply for the scholarships are • HIAS-assisted refugees, or other HIAS-assisted migrants and their children who immigrated to the United States during or after 1985.

Fiorina Mosenkis, a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis, is a 1999 scholarship award winner. She is the daughter of Anna and Igor Mosenkis of Omaha. ' IThe scholarship program speaks to the heart of HIAS's commitment to helping promising young immigrants achieve their academic dreams," said Donald Fleishaker, Chairman of the HIAS Scholarship Committee. "It honors HIAS's 120 year tradition of giving, one generation to the next, and assists newcomers with the means to get the training to move ahead. We are very proud of all of the young people helped by this program. Their spirit, drive and determination continues to inspire and move us."

The awards are intended for high school seniors who plan to pursue post-secondary education and students already enrolled in post-secondary education programs. All applicants must demonstrate at least one year's attendance in an American high school, college, or graduate school; Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence, financial need, and community service, particularly Jewish communal activity. Last year, HIAS awarded 114 scholarships of $1,500 each.

Applications may be obtained only by writing to HIAS Scholarship Awards, 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001-5004. A stamped, selfaddressed envelope must be enclosed.

For information about the scholarships, please call 212-613-1357. Completed applications should be postmarked no later than March 15.

Reclaim personal history through HIAS location service For almost 100 years, the HIAS Location Service has been instrumental in helping people to re-establish contact with lost family members and friends.

Today, it provides an additional service-helping families reclaim a part of their personal history. .

After the Holocaust, HIAS assisted thousands of Jews in the Displaced Persons camps to leave Europe. It helped survivors locate family in the United States, secure visas, and travel to their new homeland. It also kept arrival cards-information on when the person or family arrived, where they came from, and where they were planning to live. Copies of these cards are now available upon request.

"The arrival cards offer a unique piece of family history," said Leonard Glickman, HIAS Executive Vice President. "They offer a testament to the endurance of what a family or individual went through to get here, and they begin the story of a family's legacy in the U.S. For children or grandchildren, they provide a tangible link with the past."

In addition to providing copies of the arrival cards, the HIAS Location Service can help initiate searches for families separated after the war (as well as more recently).

To begin a search, write to the HIAS Location Service at 333 Seventh Ave., NYC 10001, or phone: 212-613-1409 (outside of NYC dial: 1- 800-HIAS714). E-mail requests are also available at: location@hias.org. (A nominal fee is required for some services; a request of a donation for others.)

HIAS, the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United States. It is dedicated to assisting persecuted and oppressed people worldwide, and delivering them to countries of safe haven. As the migration arm of the American Jewish community, it also advocates for fair and just policies affecting refugees and immigrants. Since its founding in 1880, the agency has rescued-more than four-and-a-half-niillion people.

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Jewish people provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela

by Rivka Spiro

claimed, were almost insurmountable, given the disastrous conditions and the fact that it was Christmas Eve. But the obstacles were not enough to ^ keep Operations Manager Gadi Dror from accomplishing the Gad Ben-Ari goal. Dror is a veteran of 25 Israeli relief missions to Kosovo and Macedonia earlier this year, and he was formerly a military advisor to Ariel Sharon.

In fact, Dror and Ben-Ari didn't confine their work to logistics and to diplomatic and public relations. They also helped carry boxes to load the plane in Miami and unload it in Caracas. It was a grueling operation, with little sleep or food for those involved, and it also required the involvement of the diplomatic community in the U.S., Israel and Venezuela.

Israel's ambassador to Venezuela Arie Tenne, commented, "What the people of Venezuela need, no less than material help, is spiritual help. People halfway across the world summoned up aid, and that means a lot. It is a manifestation of some help."

Luis Miguel Fajardo Araujo, representing Venezuela's Foreign Ministry, also on hand to welcome the plane bearing aid said that he believed there were many more casualties than had so far been reported. "Yesterday, we saved 80,000 people from the coast and took them to higher ground.

They need everything; medicine, food, water, tents, money, of course. Everything you can carry." .

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worldwide counterpart of the United Jewish Communities, operating in 40 countries. Also participating in the rescue mission were the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Consulate General of Israel to Florida, the Israel Aliyah Center and the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

"The way we represent this is, it's on behalf of the Jewish people," said Ben-Ari. "It is a moral obligation. Israel should have a mission that goes beyond survival and maintaining Jewish life. We should be a light unto the nations. We should be there to help. It's a vision for the 21st century."

Shai Gold, who volunteered his time and efforts to help coordinate the procurement of the 10 tons of medical supplies in Miami said, "I think that it was a remarkable example of how a moral obligation was translated into deeds."

Gold is the director of the center for business and proposal Excellent Quality Construction development at the University of Residential and Commercial Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.

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The flag was everywhere: waving from the cockpit windows of the chartered plane loaded with relief supplies; glued to the cartons of medicine, water, diapers and infant formula; and plastered on the sides of the trucks that would deliver the life-saving goods to the victims.

The plane arrived from Miami, "because it was too difficult to send the cargo from Israel," explained Gad Ben-Ari, Director General of Keren Hayesod. BenAri and his colleague, Gadi Dror, Director of operations, with the co-operation of several Jewish organizations, were able to help make this dramatic relief effort a success.

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"The medicine on board included thousands of units of antitetanus vaccine for adults and children. Anti-tetanus vaccine was very important, because many people had. puncture wounds," he added.

The Jewish community in Venezuela, about 20,000 people, was spared from any serious harm, and is doing its utmost to help the victims, said community leader Dr. Abraham Levy Benshimol, who was at the Caracas airport along with other dignitaries to greet the plane from Miami.

"I think it's a very important day for our Jewish community, to be able to help at this moment of distress in Venezuela." Benshimol added that the Jewish community in Caracas set up the Hebraica, the Jewish community center, "with medicine, food, water, mattresses. Maybe 500600 people helped organize it, and there are homeless people being sheltered there."

The difficulties involved in . bringing the relief supplies "from the people of Israel to the people of Venezuela," as the signs pro-

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NJHS planning exhibit of 'Remembering the Old Market' GOLBITZ/EADES Leslie Golbitz and Brian Eades have announced their engagement.

The bride-to-be, daughter of Darlene and Sherman Golbitz, attended the University of Missouri. She is a 1999 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education.

Her fiancee, son of Shari and Robert V. Eades Jr., received his Bachelor of Science in Finance in 1994 from the University of Illinois. He is a 1997 Magna Cum Laude, Graduate of Creighton University Law School. He is associated with the firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, specializing in Real Estate, Corporate and Commercial Law. Grandparents are Cecily Golbitz, and Eve and Lou Roth of Pittsburgh, PA, Howard and Faye Ruback of Omaha, and Millie and Robert V. Eades, Sr., of Lake of the Ozarks, MO. A July 9 wedding is being planned at Beth El Synagogue.

SKID/GORDMAN

Allison Leah Skid and Jay Howard Gordman will be married Sept. 3 at Beth El Synagogue.

The bride-to-be, daughter of Nancy and Stephen Skid of Omaha, is employed by the Child Development Center of the Jewish Community Center. She is a graduate of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.

Herfiance",son of Ellen and Robert Gordman of Elkhorn, NE, is President of Exceeding Expectations, area developer of the Quizno's Corporation. He is a graduate of Arizona State University in Tempe.

Boy Scout Troop 218 In December, Boy • Scout Troop 218, the Scout Troop of Jewish boys that meets at the , JCC, held their scout : court of honor.

The boys received jawards, badges and 9recognition for their j scouting achievements.

The troop is led by Dr. Mark Pilley.

by Barbara Morrison-Bresler The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is continuing as the facilitator and organizer of the 'Remembering the Old Market project.

Kim Gale, local historian and writer, has been hired as Project Coordinator. George Eisenberg, a former wholesaler, broker and distributor in the Old Market and member of the Old Market Business Association, is Chairman of the committee, helping to identify possible sources of funding and giving us a broad overview of the picture, flavor and sounds of the Old Market.

We are in the process of securing the talents of a local artist and designer to coordinate the exhibit, which is scheduled for September in the Gallery of the JCC. In December, representatives of the Society met with the American Italian Heritage Society to request their participation. In January, Barbara Sommer, a professional Oral Historian, will train interviewers.

In February through April, the Society will focus on completing grant proposals for the project and securing stories, memories and memorabilia, from Old Market producers, vendors and buyers.

Please contact the Society at 334-6441 or 6442 if you have items or stories to contribute.

Ephraim to lead JFCS in Kansas City (Continued from page 1) out to the community," Ephraim noted, pointing to the for-credit workshops aimed at mental health professionals.

He has also formed partnerships with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, JewiBh Senior Services and the synagogues in bringing in guest speakers like Rabbi Eric Weiss (in : conjunction with JSS), Dr. Joyce Hunter (co-sponsored by Temple Israel), and Sue Silverman (in partnership with UNO).

"Rabbi Weiss will make a return visit April 7-9 to conduct bereavement services with the synagogues," Ephraim added, "and promote the bereavement camp program for the summer.

"We will also get the results back soon from the Teen Violence Survey to help us plan future programs with the ADL-CRC in that area," he remarked.

"With Kansas City and Omaha within driving distance, we hope to plan joint programs between JFCS in Kansas City and JFS here as well," Ephraim continued. "That opens additional possibilities for bringing in speakers to both locations and sharing costs."

In the area of Russian resettlement, JFS combined that position with an adoption specialist position when the agency hired Tanya Seina, a former Russian emigre who was resettled by the agency when she was a child. JFS board members have extended invitations for Shabbat to the resettled Jews, while Seina has assisted with enrollment

in the Derekh Torah class and provided English classes.

Future plans include a benefit concert by Joe Scruggs at the Rose Theater on Saturday, Feb. 20; Jay Noddle's company, Pacific Realty, has donated 100 tickets to JFS to use for those who may not be able to afford to attend.

Ephraim's last day is Jan. 28; his wife, Lisa, and children, Alex, 6, and Blake, 3, will join him later this spring.

While the agency looks nationwide for a new director, JFS therapist Nancy Rampey-Binamow will serve as interim director.

"At the forefront of any organization is its director," said Frank Flatowicz, current JFS Director. "For the past two-and-a-half years, Todd has directed JFS; his accomplishments are secondary to what is more important for our community: involvement and communication.

"Todd has touched many individuals and agencies here," Flatowicz continued. "But he has accepted a new and great challenge in Kansas City...they're getting a 'good one!'

"We'll misB him and his work ethic, his ability to network with all aspects of the community. And we'll miss Todd, the person," he concluded.

"We wish him and his family success and happiness in the future."

Kaslow added, "Todd has done such a wonderful job reaching out and making connections in the Jewish and general communities.

"We want to continue working on the vision he has provided for us."

Music at synagogues this weekend Tonight is a Musical Shabbat at Temple Israel, beginning at 8 p.m. And tomorrow night is the worid premiere of To Recreate the World at 8 p.m. at Beth El. For information, call Temple Israel, 556-6536, and Beth El, 492-8550.

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(Continued from page 1) "That's rosy-eyed nonsense," said Arthur Magida, the first time at a conference on religion and race author of Prophet of Rage: A Life of Louis in 1963 and became close, with King calling Farrakhan and his Nation, and the editor of Heschel "my rabbi." ^LOCKSMITHS Schneier's book.

They appeared together many times, most famously "We love to romanticize this particular past and when Heschel joined the march from Selma to say we all marched hand and hand together, we were Montgomery. In 1968, King spoke at the Conservative HOME APPLIANCE all beaten arm in arm together," he said. "Some of us movements Rabbinical Assembly convention. When SERVICE were and some of us weren't. Most of us stayed home he entered the hall, he was greeted by 1,000 rabbis and were cowards in our own fashion." singing "We Shali Overcome" in Hebrew. King was "Serving Omaha Since 1946" planning to join the Heschel Questions remain about the SERVICE PARTS family for a Passover seder that realistic possibilities of resurPROMPT AND DEPENDABLE recting some sense of fate year, but was assassinated ONE COMPANY REPAIRS ALL YOUR between Jews and blacks based before he could.

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Guardians of the land: ancient and historic trees of Israel . . .

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Every year I have a dilemma. As Tu B'Shevat approaches, I look outside my kitchen window to the frozen, barren landscape, and try to reconcile that with holiday thoughts of spring rebirth and the planting of trees. While some climates may not lend themselves to this traditional outdoor, observance of the holiday, it is still an opportune time to give our attention over to trees, in this case some of the ancient and historic trees of Israel.

These majestic and inspiring trees are scattered throughout the country. They sit proudly near roadsides, or tower over a lonely tomb. Some represent remnants of ancient forests while others were planted by unknown hands many hundreds of years ago.

The following trees are all located in the Galilee region of Israel. They can be visited in a trip lasting anywhere from a couple of hours to half a day.

Olive—gnarled survivor After the second Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians/there was widespread grief and mourning throughout the country. To demonstrate their extreme grief, all the trees of the country shed thenleaves. After the trees were bare, they noticed that the olive trees still retained then- leaves.

Representatives of the trees approached the olive and asked, "Why do you not shed your leaves in grief over the destruction of the Temple?"

The olive responded, "You, my brothers, show your grief on the outside for all to see. My grief will be carried within for all times." .

And so it is, that each year the olive eats away at itself in grief and sorrow until it is nothing more than a hollow strip of bark.

As you drive into the Galilee along the AkkoZefat road you will pass a Druse village by the name of Rama. Olive trees surround the village.

Two of these trees, located on the north side of the road, several hundred yards east of the main entrance to the town, stand out as remarkable.

Local legend places their age at close to 2,000 .years, though they are probably not nearly that old. As the preceding story describes, one of these trees is totally hollow, consisting of only a thick outer strip of bark.

Mount Tabor oak-sacred tree Approximately five kilometers east of Rama, the Akko-Zefat road begins its steep ascent to the historic town of Sefat. Just before this ascent is a junction for road 806, towards Kfar Hahanya and Tiberias. Shortly after this turn you will come to the well-kept tomb of Rabbi Abba Halafta and his two sons, Yose and Shimon.

Rabbi Halafta was a tanna, a sage, living during •: the Mishnaic times, and was also a leader of the Jewish community of Sepphoris in the early second centuryC.E. Towering over the tombs is a mighty Mount Tabor oak. It is reliably estimated to be around 600 years old. (The memoirs of a rabbi who visited the tomb in 1523 already refer to this tree as impressive.) Many Muslim and Jewish tombs have accompanying trees nearby. The oak and terebinth are two of the most popular trees to be found near these burial sites. Both these trees have aleph lamed-the name of God, in their Hebrew names.

This gives these trees the added association of strength and vitality.

This particular Mt. Tabor oak is the oldest of its kind in the country. The thick trunk and beautifully arching branches invite you to sit and contemplate the quiet countryside.

Mulberry-food for an industry The picturesque village of Rosh Pina is one of the oldest settlements in the Galilee. It began in 1878 when a group of young people from Sefat founded the settlement near the Arab village of Ja'ouni. Three years later, amidst drought and hunger, they were forced to leave. In 1882, the site was resettled by a group of Rumanian immigrants. The area of their original settlement is located at the top of the hill on which present day Rosh Pina is built.

• Shortly after this group of immigrants resettled the area, the-philanthropist Baron Edmund de Rptb^cljjld offered hjs support to the new, village.

One of his projects was the establishment of a new industry-silk production. Mulberry trees were

planted in Yesud Hama'ala, Metullah and Rosh Pina as food for the silkworm, and a factory was set up in Rosh Pina for spinning and weaving the raw silk. The silk industry was not successful, and . all that remains of that venture today are some of the mulberry trees.

There are scores of other trees throughout Israel that wait for a visitor to come upon them. Each tells a story and offers a special insight into the history of the country, Michael Brown wrote this article for Jewish

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S u s i e a n d Jeff R a i z n e r of Houston, TX, announce the Oct. 5 birth of their daughter, Sari Amanda. Sari has a sister, Kayla, 4, and a brother, Joshua, 2.

Grandparents are Maxine and Joe Kirshenbaum of Omaha and Al and Andi Raizner of Houston.

Great-grandmother is Claire Raizner of Houston.

Marcie and Alike Klein announce the Nov. 7 birth of their son, Griffin Alexander, in Santa Monica, CA. Grandparents are Suzie and Ray Somberg, Kay and Marty Sophir and Kathy and Jerry Klein.

Great-grandparents are Ruth Cohen, Audrey Sophir of Omaha and the late Alfred Sophir, and Lydia and Sol Klein of North Platte, NE.

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At their own expense and time, a Washington, long-time association with the lawmaker. Livia D.C., couple traveled to Iowa this week to campaign Bardin iB a past-president of the Charles E. Smith for Bill Bradley. For about 10 days, David and Jewish Day School, the largest independent day Idvia Bardin will help raise funds and get out the school in America. vote for Bradley's presidential campaign.

In their search for volunteers for the Iowa caucus -The former New Jersey Environmental Protection on Jan. 24, the two are slated to make a presentaAgency commissioner and his wife were invited to tion to Wednesday's B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers at join the former senator's campaign because of their noon at Pastime's restaurant, 129th and Maple.

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(Continued from page 14) , In 1971, Friedman arrived in Los Angeles.

With no industry contacts, he gave himself six months to find a job in television. Less than 24 hours. were left on Friedman's self imposed deadline when he managed to talk his way into a job as a part-time question writer on Hollywood Squares. ' That association marked the beginning of what would become a long and valuable relationship with HeatterQuigley Productions.

Over the next 11 years, Friedman— besides writing and producing thousands of segments of the popular game s h o w - The F r i e d m a n family i n Los Angeles: J u d y , left, Amy, Leslie a n d .

• , became heavily involved Harry. : in the development of several other of the compa- Buena VistalABC, Orion TV Syndication, Playboy ny's productions, including Gambit and High Channel, Laurel Entertainment, Vin Di Bona Productions, A&E Network, Krofft Productions, Rollers.

In 1975, Friedman and several other Heatter- Rosner Television and Four Star Productions—to Quigley staffers were invited to NBC to watch some just name a few.

Besides serving as Executive Producer for the two of the first tapings of a new game show Merv top first-run shows in syndication, Friedman is also Griffin had created: Wheel of Fortune.

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ADL buys Web names to curb hate groups

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NEW YORK (JTA) -- A leading Jewish organization is urging the U.S. government to immediately pressure Russia to help resolve the longtime mystery of Raoul Wallenberg's disappearance.

Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat employed by the U.S. War Refugee Board, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War II and was last seen being taken into custody by the Soviet Union on Jan. 17,1945.

It is possible that Wallenberg, who was 32 at the time of his disappearance, remains alive, although it is widely believed that he is dead.

At a luncheon here, and in an advertisement in The New York Times, the New York-based American Jewish Committee announced publication of a new monograph on Wallenberg and said the United States should "seek the cooperation of acting Russian President Putin to fully open the Soviet-era archives and reveal the truth."

William Korey, the author of the AJCommittee-published, The Wallenberg Mystery: Fifty-five Years Later, said that because Wallenberg was an employee of the United States at the time of his vanishing, America has a "responsibility" to find out his fate.

"In this era of accountability we deserve answers."

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Jerusalem Post Executive Editor David Makovsky announced his resignation Monday, only one week after the departure of the Vice-Chairman of the paper's Board of Directors, Hirsh Goodman, over differences of opinion with the Post's publisher, the Hollinger Group, and its Israel representative, Tom Rose.

Makovsky announced that he was resigning "due to irreconcilable differences regarding the paper's management." Word was that Makovsky left due to the desire of Hollinger Group co-owner David Radler to place David Bar-Illan, a former aide to Benjamin Netanyahu, in the position.

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ADL officials say that is the only way to keep such names out of the hands of those who want to recruit white supremacists and anti-Semites online.

The list of site names ADL bought includes kike.com, kike.net, "things with the word kike in the title," according to Jonathan Bernstein, executive director of the ADL Central Pacific region.

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The ADL is not alone in trying to grab the names before hate groups do. The NAACP has reportedly been shopping for potential Internet sites with anti-black slurs in the titles.

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