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Harry Alloy selected as United Way Volunteer of the Year
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by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Harry Alloy has been selected by the United Way as Volunteer of the Year in the Ethnic category. Alloy will be honored at the "Celebrate Volunteers" Luncheon on April 10, United Way's 45th Annual Recognition Luncheon. Alloy was nominated by Jewish Senior Services for his work with the Visions Social Club. He is the founding father of Visions, a club for newly-retired active seniors. He has built the club to 340 members over the pa8t
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years. Older Adult Program Director Margaret Conti said, "Harry is a I wonderful I volunteer. He never says 'no,' al| ways, 'yes.' He is always | willing to work. Visions wouldn't be Visions without him!" In addition to his work with Visions, Alloy volunteers for Jewish Family Service by helping an elderly woman write checks and riin errands and also delivering food baskets during the Jewish holidays. He is a board member of the Jewish Cultural Arts .Council and helps with various programs, especially Yom Ha'Atzmaut!
Seth Rich, right, a student at the Friedel Jewish Academy, acted in the school's Purim puppet show in the JCC auditorium last Tuesday. Along with Debra Flax, center, and Ariella Levine, students created the handmade puppets with the help of their Jewish Studies teacher Judah Goldscheider, and parent volunteer Julie Phillips. Following the
play, which was attended by residents from the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, children from the JCC's Child Development Center as well as the Friedel students, teachers and parents, the children staged a talent show in the Friedel Commons. More photos from the Purim Gala at the JCC can be found on page 19,
CDC dedicatibn set for Thursday evening The community is invited to the dedication of the Jewish Community Center's new Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center. The event, scheduled for
Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m., will feature champagne toasts, refreshments and entertainment by the CDC children.
The real definition of 'Pacesetter' by Carol Katzman
It's'no accident that Phil Schrager chose the name Pacesetter Corporation when he founded his company here in 1962. He wanted his business, manufacturing residential building products, to be a leader in the industry. But the name is more than just a slogan for how he wanted his more than 2000 employees to conduct business. It?s also the way he lives his life. His philosophy has always been to give back to the community; more than that, it's to lead, to "set the pace" so that others will take him up on his challenges. From leading the Annual Campaign for the Jewish Federation, as he did in 1995, or being among the,first to make a substantial financial commitment to the remodeling and expansion of the Jewish Community Campus, Schrager's philosophy has always been about being a pacesetter. According to Howard Kooper, immediate pastpresident of the Federation and co-chairman of the campus building campaign, along with Tom Fellman, "Phil's drive and determination in the early stages of this project gave us the impetus we needed to go back to the Federation Board for a goahead. Without the early significant gifts from Phil and his wife, Tern, and a handful of others, we would not have had the confidence to embark on this ambitious campaign." In a recent interview with the Jewish Press, Schrager discussed his philosophy and his projects. His most recent one, the remodeling of the Temple Israel cemetery entrance, was significant to him in many ways. "I've always been disappointed with the entrance
to Temple's cemetery," he explained. "The entrance was narrow, with only a single lane for cars. It certainly didn't offer any kind of spiritual enhancement to what were difficult situations for visitors." Over'the years, Schrager would buy flowers from a small nursery located south of the cemetery. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," he said he would think to himself, "if someday I could buy that property." And about three years ago, he had just that opportunity. Approaching the Temple's Executive Committee, Schrager presented a plan of an expanded and enhanced entrance to the cemetery. With the professional1 skills of architect Don Polsky, Schrager displayed a rendering of a wider entrance with double lanes both into and out of the cemetery, brick walls and wrought-iron gates. "I asked for just two conditions," Schrager said with a smile. "No committee and no more meetings!" Trusting his judgement, the Executive Committee gave Schrager the go-ahead to purchase the 21/2 acres, grade the land, remove utility poles and bury overhead lines, build the walls and gates. Some 18 months later, Temple has its new cemetery entrance. ' "I'm really pleased with the finished product," Schrager said, adding his appreciation to Donald Polsky who suggested placing a Mogen Dovid, a six-pointed star of David, on the brick wall. "It was great to be able to design this with Don, and create something special for the community." Said Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, senior rabbi at Temple Israel, "One more time, Phil has found a way to (Continued on page 23)
Schrager brothers to be inducted into Business Hall of Fame
Phil, left, and Harley Schrager Six outstanding business leaders will be inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame at a $125-aplate dinner this Tuesday, April 4, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Among them are the first brothers to be inducted: Phil and Harley Schrager, owners of Pacesetter Corporation. It is the largest independent, direct-seller and manufacturer of residential building and improvement products in the U.S. The other honorees include: John Kenefik, retired chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad; J. Joe Ricketts, founder and CEO of Ameritrade Holding Corporation, and the late (Continued on page 23)
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Kashrut—Ritually Edible and Ritually Inedible by Rabbi Myer S. Kripke
Parashat Shcmini Our Sidrah gives us the basic food laws of the Pentateuch: which animals, birds and fish are ritually acceptable and which are ritually forbidden for • food. It is at once apparent that the criteria are arbitrary. And various interpretations have tried to find the principles-assuming there are principlesl-bebind the prohibitions for food of this and that )ype of animal life. •• One of the favorite interpretations has been that the animal life permitted for food is likely to be BRUCE STEPHEN BLOOM more healthful than animal life prohibited. Dr. Bruce Bloom of Potomac, MD, formerly of In fact, the extension of kashrut laws to include Omaha, died March 27 at the age of 59. Services insistence on eating meat only if it is fresh and on were held March 29 in Washington, D.C. washing hands before eating did indeed result in Survivors include his wife, Arlene; son, Adam practices that were hygienic. Non-Jews, who Bloom of Washington, D.C; daughter, Lisa Bloom scorned Jews for religious eating habits, at times did of New York City; parents, Harold and Dina Bloom indeed endanger their lives by unhygienic practices. of Omaha; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dr. Bernard Ironically, kashrut helped to bring on massacres and Naomi Bloom of Dallas and Brent and Rebecca of Jews in the 14th century. Christian Europe was Bloom of Omaha; sister and brother-in-law, Beverly in panic when the Black Death struck—and and Richard Fellman, also of Omaha; and nieces responded with massacres, all but continent-wide, and nephews. when it was noticed that the dread plague did not Memorials to charity of choice. ' .-.' affect Jewish communities with as devastating HAROLD ORUCH blow as it did non-Jewish communities. Services for Harold Oruch were held March 24 at In general, however, excepting for matters of personal hygiene and for certain diseases associated Crown Point Cemetery. He died March 21 at the with improper cooking of some forbidden meats, age of 77. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; daughter and there is no evidence of the promotion of health son-in-law, Patricia and Jack Dunn of Omaha; son, through observance of kashrut. A famous biblical commentator'of the 15-16th Michael Oruch of New York City; son and daughcenturies, who was financial advisor to the crown ter-in-law, Richard and Terri Oruch of Piano, in Portugal, Spain and Italy, and who moonlighted Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer Rissien of Kansas as a Biblical commentator of great ability, vigor- City, KS, Adam Rissien of Missoula, MT, and Jason ously denied any health motivation for the dietary and Ryan Oruch of Piano; brother and sister-inlaws. If the Torah was promoting health by these law, Al and Reva Oruch of Omaha. Memorials to Temple Israel or Rose Blumkin laws, he argued, the Torah would be the least worthy and the least reliable of medical books. For Jewish Home. SALLY Z. MEYERS look about you, he insisted, and see that nonSally Meyers died March 24 in St. Pete Beach, Jewish individuals are as healthy as Jews, and non-Jewish nations are much more powerful than FL, at the age of 95. Graveside services were held the Jewish people.i(He knew this at first hand. He at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pinellas Park, FL. Suryjvors'include sons and daughters-in-law, was among the Jews banished from Spain in 1492. He offered his entire personal fortune to Ferdinand Howard and Kathe Meyers and Marty and Marcia and Isabella if they would rescind the expulsion Meyers; sister, Tibbye Lefitz; brother, Harry decree. They refused. They permitted him, their Wolfson; and four grandchildren financial adviser, to stay. Now he refused. He went into exile.)
Schrager applications due
No, we shall have to look for a different rationale for the dietary laws. Jewish tradition sees them simply as divine decrees, with no reason given for them. We are to obey them simply because God has so directed us. That reason was sufficient for many centuries for Jewish life. The challenges of modernism, however, oblige most Jews to seek different answers. Mordecai M. Kaplan, for example, saw them as "Jewish folkways." That is sufficient for many in bur generation. It is a view that permits some relaxation of some of the restrictions. But for those who think in terms of law rather than folkways, there is much thinking to be done. The Bible itself suggests that the purpose of the dietary laws is to render life holy. It is spiritual health that the dietary laws promote, not physical health. Many modern Jewish teachers continue this approach-that the dietary laws help us to sanctify life. Even the act of eating is consciously surrounded by regulations that help us to sanctify the commonplace and to recognize the dimension of the sacred in life.
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WILLIAM FRIED Graveside services for William Fried were held March 28 at Beth El Cemetery. He was 72. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; sons and daughters-in-law, Eric and Melody Fried of Lubbock, Texas, and Greg and Joan Fried of Agoura Hills, CA; grandchildren, Halil, Holden, Ari and Hannah; brother, Orville Fried of Omaha; brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Linda Fried of St. Paul, MN; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Marvin and Ethel Bernstein of Sunnyvale, CA. Memorials to charity of choice.
by Claudia Sherman
Applications for grants from the Phillip G. Schrager and Terri L. Schrager Foundation are due in the office of The Foundation of the Jewish Federation by Monday, April 24, according to Martin J. Lehr, President of the Schrager Foundation. Established in December, 1984, the Schrager Foundation supports charitable, educational and religious activities of the Jewish Federation of Omaha and other philanthropic organizations in the Omaha area that promote the spirit of cooperation and brotherhood among Jews and non-Jews. For a grant application, contact Marty Ricks, Executive Director of The Jewish Federation Foundation, at 334-6439,
Beth El plans Passover programs by Ozzie Nogg
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In anticipation of the upcoming Passover seders, Beth El Synagogue has planned two special programs. . The first, a Kids' Lunch and Learn, is scheduled for Friday, April 7, noon-l:15 pan. Designed for pre-schoolers and their parents, the session will provide lunch plus all a r t supplies for "The Definitely Not Crummy Passover Project." Cost is $3 for adults and $2 for kids. Reservations can be made with Marcy Noodell at 697-1262 The second program, "Matzoh, Maror and More," will be held on Sunday, April 9, 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 aan. Led by Rabbi Paul and Susie Drazen, the session will help participants make order of their seders and also provide tips for adding fresh, "pesachdickeh" spice to the proceedings. This program is offered at no cost. Space reservations would be appreciated, however, and can be made with the Beth El office, 492-8550.
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FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service, 5:30 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate at this special Shabbat Across America service. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 ajn.; Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m. Michael Andrew Belmont, son of Betsy and Ben Belmont, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. SUNDAY: Stereotypes and Misconceptions of Jews and Christians and What to do About Them, 10 aan. The entire community is invited. 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 WEDNESDAY, April 5: Midrashah, 10 a.m.noon. THURSDAY, A p r i l 6: Sisterhood Adult Education, 10 -11:30 aan. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel will teach "Scattered Among the Nations -Documents Affecting Jewish History-49 to 2000 CE." . • FRIDAY, April 7: Tot shabbat, 7 p.m.; a short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will be held for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families. Come enjoy a story with Rabbi Debbie Stiel and songs with Patty Nogg. • ANNUAL NEW YORK DELI NIGHT SUNDAY, April 9: two seatings; 5 and 6:30 pan.; take out orders available. Sponsored by Temple Israel's Men's Club and Women of Reform Judaism. Call the temple office for reservations. TIYPO ' Don't forget to RSVP by April 7 for the TIYPO (Temple Israel's Young Progressive Organization) event on April 15. It's a pre-Passover program at Lario's Pizza, 10801 Q St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Please bring items you can't eat on Passover to donate to a worthy cause. For more information, call the Temple office.
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^ . ' J3012 S. l l » t h S t , P.O. Box 241130, $?f\ \ '-' ' , Omaha, NE 68124-5130 , phorie:,758-9233 http://welconie.to/bevtshaloni/ FRIDAY: Shabbat in the home. SATURDAY: The entire community is invited to join us as we welcome Dr. Michael Fox of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for a discussion concerning Queen Esther, 5 p.m., at the synagogue. Pot-luck dairy-vegetarian dinner and havdalah to follow. No charge. . . .'• SUNDAY and TUESDAY: Religious School at theJCC. Rabbi Myer Kripke's'class will resume following Pesach. FRIDAY, April 7: Tot Shabbat, 7 pan. SATURDAY, April 8: Morning services at the Rose Blumkin Home, 9 a.m.
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''I c. Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America > 1502 No; 52nd Street^ Omaha, NE 68104-5013 ; -. ' ' ' '556-6288 • Bethlsrael@novia.net' Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Services, 6:35 p.m., at Beth Israel. West Minyan at the home of Donald and Maggie Gerber, 426 So. 126th St., at 6:30 pan. Beth Israel will host a Yachad Shabbaton this weekend. SATURDAY: Shabbos services, 8:45 a.m. Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood. Insights into the Parsha," 5:55 p.m.; Mincha, 6:25 p.m.; Havdallah, 7:32 pan. SUNDAY: Services, 9 aan. and 6:35 p.m.; WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 aan. and 6:35 p.m. SUNDAY: Torah TV is cancelled for this evening. TUESDAY: Class with Rabbi Shlomo Levin, 630 pan. WEDNESDAY: Ladies Lunch and Learn with Nadine Kutner, noon, at the JCC. A Bagel Bin lunch is available for $3. Please make your reservations with the office; Talmud class on Tractate Bava Metzia with Rabbi Kutner, 7:30 pan.
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'Member, of United Synagogues ''' of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Omaha, NE 68154-1980 , 492-8550 WEB-www.bethel-omaha.org', Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 aan. Thirteen adults will participate in the Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 aan.; TSS, 10 aan.; ICtantan, 10:45 aan.; Shabbat Story time, 11 aan^; Humash with Rashi study session, 6:10 pan.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6:40 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.
B'nai Mitzvah
Michael Belmont, son of Ben and Betsy Belmont, ""will become a Bar 'Mitzvah on Saturday, •,v ' , TIFERETH ISRAEL April 1, at Temple Israel. ; Member of the United Synagogue A seventh grade superi'',,' " „ of Conservative Judaism or honor student at 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Uncpln, NE 68502-5236 Kiewit Middle School, he -,." ' - ' 423-8569 • i enjoys football, basketball Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. |andbaseball. He was Minyan, Monday and Thursday, 7:15 aan. selected to participate in FRIDAY: Shabbat Across America Dinner and jthe Duke University Services, 6:15 pan. J Talent Identification ProSATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. jgram. For his Mitzvah ADULT EDUCATION project, Michael volunteered with the Nebraska PTA SUNDAYS: A Passover Seder course will be taught and helped with the 1999 State Convention. by Nancy Coren on Sunday mornings through April 9. Michael has a brother, David. Grandparents are Jim and Doris Woods and the late Joe and Florence Belmont.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME, FRIDAY: Services, 7 p.m., led by Nancy and Sheldon Rips. 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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CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURAN SOUTH STREET TEMPLE • Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
* 20618.20th S t , Lincoln,'NE 68502-2797v, 435-8004. ' •" jewishnebraska.org Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 pan. SATURDAY: Torah study, 10 aan. SUNDAY: Hebrew classes, 9 a.m.; Religious School, 10 aan. • TUESDAY: New Beginnings, 7:30 pan. WEDNESDAY: AA meeting in the library, 730 pan. PASSOVER WORKSHOP Tuesday, April 4, 730-930 pan.: Learn how to plan and conduct a seder. To register, call Audrie Berman at 474-8004. Kids older than 10 are welcome. . - B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE , 618 MynBte^ St," CoutncUBluffs,'lA:5.t50^0766 PhWeiS22-4705 > i K M A n o : docjeb@aol.cbm FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. Topic will be "A recitation of my favorite poem." An Oneg Shabbat, prepared by Peg DeLand and Sandra Kurland, will follow.
Benjamin Joseph Rabb, son of Lori and Stephen Rabb, will become a Bar f Mitzvah on Saturday, f April 8, at Beth El I Synagogue. A seventh grade honor t roll student at .Kiewit Middle School, he is a member of Kiewit Krew Show Choir and USYfe Kadimah. He enjoys basketball, golf, acting and computers. Benjamin is working on a Mitzvah Project which will benefit animals under the care of the Nebraska Humane Society. He is a participant in the Bonding with Israel Program. Benjamin has one sister, Courtney. Grandparents are Rhonda and Marvin Gottlieb of Boynton Beach, FL, and Eleanor and Warren Rabb of Chestnut Hill, MA. J a r e d Ian Waldbaum, son of John and Natha ' Waldbaum, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, April 8, at Temple Israel. Aa seventh grade honor student at Kiewit Middle School, he enjoys snowboarding, hockey and •sailing. For his Mitzvah (Project, Jared volunteered in a supplemental 1 Hockey program teaching lyoung and old how to skate and play hockey. Jared has two brothers, Adam and Matthew. Grandparents are Mimi Waldbaum and the late Milton G. Waldbaum and Lloyd and Laverne Mitchell.
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In the aftermath of the Pope's visit Pope John Paul II has now returned home to the Vatican after his much anticipated trip to Israel and to Jordan. Along the way, he made many statements regarding peace among people of different religious backgrounds. His words of sorrow at Yad Vashem, his hopes for reconciliation, his obvious piety at holy places of importance to him were thoughtful and moving. While he did not actually apologize for the Catholic Church's actions (or inactions) during World War II and the carnage of the Holocaust, that should not have been expected. According to its doctrine, the Catholic Church is "immutable," that is, it is never wrong. Therefore, any overt apology made by this Pope would have disastrous effects within the church itself. The fact that Pope John Paul II went to Yad Vashem, met with Holocaust survivors from Poland, and explicitly expressed his sorrow and hopes that it would never happen again, should be enough for us. After all, he is the first Pope to make such an historic visit and to
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refer to Israel by name, to reach out to Jewish leaders, in fact to leaders of all the world's religions, is how he should be remembered. The Pope also has to take careful steps with Christians. Fights among the sects which guard the Church of the Holy Sephulchre have created divisions between the Armenian Church and the Eastern Orthodox; neither has any love for the Catholic Church. (Gee, it almost sounds like the fights among the ultra-Orthodox, the modern Orthodox, the hassidim, Reform, Conservative and the Reconstructionist movements!) If anything, this visit, during which, thankfully, no violence erupted, has marked a turning point in the relationship between Catholics and Jews. Coming on the heels of expressions of sorrow from cardinals and bishops throughout the United States, (including Omaha's Archbishop Curtiss), we should use this opportunity to work on those issues of mutual interest to our two religious communities. . Peace in any form is always welcome.
Jewish papers duped by ad for Jesus movie by Julie Wiener
NEW YORK (JTA)-An advertisement that appeared in 80 American Jewish newspapers (indud-' ing this one) last week looks fairly innocuous. The title of a film, The Rabbi, appears in Hebrewstyle lettering, above a close-up shot of a bearded, yarmulka-wearing man praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. "The.unforgettable story of an Israeli rabbi and bis struggles in modern society," the ad says. "The drama of this family relationship will move and inspire you." What it does not mention is that The Rabbi, a one-hour, made-for-television film broadcast on stations throughout the country last weekend, is about a messianic Jew who gradually convinces his Orthodox family that he did not abandon Judaism when he took "Yeshua" into his heart - the name "messianic Jews" use for Jesus. Also omitted from the advertisement is the fact that The Rabbi was produced by Morris Cerullo, a San Diego-based Christian missionary who describes himself as a "servant of God." With this misleading ad and a Jewish-owned firm as his unwitting accomplice, Cerullo managed to infiltrate a world generally beyond the grips of "messianic Jews" and missionaries: the Jewish press. Jewish newspapers (including the Jewish Press) do not promote "messianic. Jewish" activities or print advertisements from them. Cerullo did not return phone calls from JTA. His strategy of going through the Jewish media indicates a departure from missionaries' traditional focus on Jews on the fringes and instead a desire to reach a highly affiliated group of Jews. The movie — whose production values and acting resemble daytime soap operas — conveys the idea, rejected by all streams of Judaism, that one can remain a committed Jew while believing in Jesus. It shows the yarmu/fea-wearing "messianic Jewish" son, Yochanan, enjoying a Passover seder with his family, where his young Bon, Ya'akov, sings the Four Questions and talks about attending synagogue. Yochanan cites texts from the Hebrew
bible that he claims prove Jesus is the messiah, and his reasoning wins over his atheist Holocaust survivor uncle, his sister and even his rabbi father. "I couldn't blindly accept the rabbis' interpretation," says Yochanan, later, noting "the moment Yeshua came into my heart I stopped hating." At the end of the film, Cerullo appears on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem explaining that "the purpose of this draina is to demonstrate why we need to trust Yeshua as the messiah. We're not betraying our Jewishness, but we're becoming a better Jew." Cerullo signs off with a "Shalom," and the program is followed by a special offer, promoted in a Yiddishaccented voiceover, for a free blessing plaque. Alerted on March 23 to the content of the film, the Joseph Jacobs firm—which links prospective advertisers to Jewish publications-said it was contacting all the newspapers to let them know about it, but that by the time it learned the truth about The Rabbi, most of the papers had already been printed. "In the future, if something comes through a little like this, we will delve into it a bit further," said Eli Rosenfeld, Vice-president of sales for the New York firm. . Rosenfeld said that the ad had come through an agency, Walter Bennett Communications in suburban Philadelphia, which had said the client wished to remain anonymous, something that is "not entirely unusual" in the industry. "Nothing in the ad screams missionary," said Rosenfeld, adding that had he known the content of the film, "the ads would never have gotten past our office." The sales representative for Walter Bennett was not available for comment. How could a Christian missionary, whose Web site includes "Jewish" as part of his "Seven Point Master Plan for World Evangelism," so easily dupe so many at once? "This was stealthy and well thought out and lots of knowledge of the Jewish world went into it," said
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To the Editor: I want to thank the Jewish Cultural Arts Council for bringing Richard Glazier to Omaha on March 4. When I bought tickets to Mr. Glazier's program, Gershwin: Remembrance and Discovery, I was expecting to attend a concert of Gershwin melodies. What I actually experienced was much more similar to sitting in the living room of a personal friend of George and Ira Gershwin for an evening. Mr. Glazier, a lifetime admirer of the men and their music, was able to share many stories and photographs with his audience, in addition to his heartfelt renditions of Gershwin favorites. It was an unusual chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at one of America's most famous composition teams. When the concert was over and I was waiting for my chance to leave, another member of the audience remarked to me, "This was simply wonderful! Do you know if they have these concerts often?" I told her I hoped so. . Allison Latenser JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE Fred Tichauer, Vice-Chairman; Joanie Jacobson, Secretary; Howard Silber, Treasurer; Elyce Azriel; Jill Bolmont; Jean Duitch; Penny Endelman; Kip Gordman; Gary Kudym; Steve Levinger; Linda Saltzman; George Schapiro; Steve Simon. Editorials express the view of the writer and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Jewish Press Committee, the Jewish Federation of Omaha or the Omaha Jewish Community as a -whole. The Jewish Press reserves the right to edit letters and articles for space and content. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the Kashruth of any product or establishment.
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by Douglas Davis LONDON (JTA) - A Beirut newspaper has broken a major taboo by demanding that Syria create a timetable for withdrawing its 35,000 troops from Lebanon. The front-page article in An-Nahar, described by Arab sources as "unprecedented" and "audacious," was published on the eve of President Clinton's meeting in Geneva on Sunday with Syrian President Hafez Assad. It is thought to be a message to the two leaders that Assad cannot be rewarded with continued Syrian control over Lebanon for resuming negotiations with Israel. The call, in the form of an open letter to Assad's son and heir-apparent Bashar, was written and signed by Gebran Tueni, managing director and chairman of the board of the newspaper. "I have to tell you quite frankly: Many Lebanese consider that Syria's behavior in Lebanon completely contradicts the principles of sovereignty, dignity and independence," wrote Tueni. "Syria's presence in Lebanon has never meant anything more than periodic military and political disputes. Our only knowledge of Syrian policies came from the political elite that Syria helped install in power, and which did more to distort these policies than serve them. "You must also undoubtedly realize that the Lebanese are utterly devoted to their dignity, liberty, independence and sovereignty, and that they are understandably angered when they feel that 'Syrian behavior" threatens those values." He asserted that "Syria needs Lebanon as much as Lebanon needs Syria - if both of us want to face the future together after peace is established, and not to pay its price. "That is why we say that a healthy and strong Lebanon will bolster Syria's position. "Therefore," he continued, "we demand that Lebanon Be made a full partner, and not just a mere stooge, in order that we may face Israel together."
A symposium and cultural event on the book of Esther Co-sponsored by Creighton University Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization & University of Nebraska-Lincoln In Omaha, Sunday, April 2. In Lincoln, Monday April 3.
Sunday, April 2, Creighton University Skutt Student Center:
Featuring a special opportunity to nourish your body and mind at Beth El Synagogue
The Different Books of Esther, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Deli Supper, 6:30 p.m., OriZ. So/tes''keynote, 7:30 p.m. 'Illustrating the Book of Esther: Why, When, Where?
Reading the Megillah: Celebrating the Holiday of Purim, 2:00 p.m.
Steven Denenberg and members of the Omaha Jewish Community Esther: Character and Characters, 2:30 - 5:30
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Monday, April 3, Nebraska Union, UNL Esther in Tradition and Folklore, 10:00 - 12:00 Esther: Reading the Book, Writing A Commentary, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Keynote Address at 7:30, Morrill Hall: Jon D. Levenson, Harvard Divinity School, "Commenting on Esther as an Ecumenical Problem'
All events, Including the dell supper, are five and open to the public For more Information, please call the Klutznick Chair Office at 280-2303 Major fundingforthis program was provided by the Nebraska Humanities Coundl, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. . COUNCIL
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L.O.V.E. is in the air at Mulhall's by Lenora Lancaster
The L.O.V.E. Auxiliary of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home has struck up a courtship with the Mulhall family. From April 1-June 15 at Mulhall's, customers who use the L.O.V.E./Mulhall coupon, will have 10% of their purchase donated back to L.O.V.E. John J. and Maureen Leyden Mulhall moved to the United States in 1953. He was working as the Head Gardener at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin where he met his future wife who was also employed there. U.S. Ambassador Francis P. Matthews, an Omahan, was instrumental in the Mulhalls move to America. The Mulhalls have four sons and nine grandchildren. Mulhall started Mulhall's Landscape and Lawn Service out of his garage in 1956. In 1974, he moved to his current location at 120th and Maple Street. The company now utilizes 300 acres at various sites and employees over 400 people during the growing season. Mulhall was selected to the Omaha Business Hall of Fame in 1995. He received honorary degrees from Creighton University in 1995 and 1997. Rotary International presented him with the Greatest Business Award in 1996; the Nebraska Nursery and Landscape Association in 1999 recognized him with the Distinguished Nurseryman Award. Some of the L.O.V.E. members who are involved in this endeavor are Marlene Sukiennik, Ellene Edelstein, Ellen Platt and Patty Nogg. Please check the April 7 issue of the Jewish Press for your coupon. For more information, call Ellene Edelstein at 333-7455.
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annual Pinewood Derby Boy Scout Troop 218 held its annual Pinewood Derby on March 12 a t the Jewish Community Center. Those who participated were: Tiger Cubs— Joshua Danon, Jordan Kohll, Joshua Moran, Cameron Stern and Christopher Turner; Wolf Ca6s~Daniel Pachman and Alexander Terry; Bear Cubs—Joey Kahn, Alec Lerner, Zachary Spooner and Nathan Wolf; Webelos—David Hirshman and Eugene Turetsky.
B*NAI BTUTH BREADBREAKERS A discussion of topics ranging from local B'nai B'rith and the introduction of our new president, to a discussion of world events will be held this week. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at noon at Pastimes Restaurant, 129th and West Maple. Cost is $8,50; open to the community. HADASSAH Hadassah's 'Coffee with the Rabbi' will be held Thursday, April 13,10 ajn., at the home of Faye Ruback, 9403 Harney St. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel will speak on Reform Judaism in the next millennium. OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Saturday, April 1,5 p.m., Rabbi Levin will host a class on the weekly Torah portion at his home, 2001N. 56th St. Tuesday, April 4, 6:30 p.m., "Preparation for Passover," at Beth Israel. Wednesday, April 5, 12 p.m., Lunch 'n Learn series; "The Riddle of the Four Sons." We will eat lunch together (please bring your own), followed by our discussion; A class in modern, spoken Hebrew, 6:30 p.m., hosted by Al Ross at his home, 676 N. 56thSt. Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m., Talmud, tractate Pesachim, at Beth El Synagogue. For more information, contact Rabbi Shlomo Levin at 551-1564.
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Former Omahan David Epstein, son of Steve and Judy Epstein of Las | Vegas, has been awarded a four-year scholarship to the University of Oregon in Eugene. The award | was given in honor of his outstanding academic I achievements. David is a senior at I Palo Verde High School in Las VegaB.
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When Ruthie Rotem, a school ings, they are engaged and aniguidance counselor, was forced to mated. retire at the age of 65, she took it "Israel's elderly population has prettyhard. surged in recent years by 50% in the last decade, and if s important "I was miserable; I thought the that they have as many of the world had come to an end," says same opportunities to voice their Rotem. "I didn't know what to do concerns that younger members of with myself." society have," added JDC's Dr. That all changed when Ruthie took Brick. "Through television, they notice of a new community television can not only do just that, but also production course for retirees. contribute their lifetime's experiSponsored by JDC-ESHEL - t h e ence and knowledge to the wider American Jewish Joint Distribution community." Committee's partnership with the Israeli government. The Tel Aviv group includes Community Television for the several former journalists, social Retired has provided the opportuniworkers, teachers and other proty for hundreds of individuals in 18 fessionals. communities throughout Israel to Yosef Florsheim, a former learn skills ranging from writing banker, signed up because he and editing scripts, camera techwanted to do something he'd nique to post-production and distribnever done before. Not only is he ution. ,. . . j . . j . j. , . . . . A . j. .. . trying to broaden his own horiT produce, and, air television about • T, • determined J * __• J to <_ broaden u J The innovative project began 10 Israeh .. seniors . crew • retirees i. edit capture ,, grace broadcasts . .two young .localtheir . dancers. , com- zone, he' is munity. A of the of ,., \ . „ , v. A. „ years ago when cable TV first came _ . . . j . .. , . . „ . . j . .. „ .z. • _*_ the horizons of his audience to Israel. According to the law, air The project is sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee, in partner- t h r o u h filjns o n c o o k i n g Photo by Avi Hayon A r e t i r e d p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s p r o f e s . time had to be devoted to community ship with the Israeli government. television and part of that was to be about the screen works in progress, share feedback and learn sional, Rivka Visnia, says she was always fascinatelderly. . " . . new techniques. ed by what went on behind the screen and how a On a recent morning in early spring, the group five-minute program can take a week to make. She Dr. Yitzhak Brick, Director of JDC-ESHEL, felt, "Who better to produce these programs than the viewed Rofcem's film on exercise for osteoporosis, explained that she is enchanted by the complexity, critiqued it, planned their next monthly television the creativity and the teamwork of film making. elderly themselves?" Said the newly-accomplished retiree Ruthie magazine, Transitions, and got tips from Shapira The project offers an opportunity for participants to Rotem, "I found new content in my life. I found a about how to most efficiently use their time in the work with their peers and to maintain such crucial place where I could express myself. I always editing room. skills as negotiation, the contribution of ideas and The work is demanding, and not everyone is improving the lives of others. worked, always thought about work. I never had the time to express all the things that were inside accepted. Out of 60 who signed up for a course in In addition to self-expression, participants have Jerusalem, only 30 were accepted. The program me. Now I can do that." actually effected change. In Rehovot, potholes were For other 'retired' film students, this program is appeals to a growing number of people who may fixed, and in Akko, lighting was added in a dark the fulfillment of an old dream. When Ora Terry not find their place in a social club for the elderly. was younger, she had a hard time choosing The sponsors are looking for intelligence, ability, neighborhood after shows produced by retirees exposed such problems on local television. between social work and art as a career. Social and the willingness to work with people. In addition to the Community Television for Noted Pnina Amit, a social worker, "These are work won put, but now that she is retired, she feels she can finally make room for her first love. • '--:; - people who did a lot and still do a lot. . .People Retirees project, JDC's ESHEL program, has In addition to drawing, sculpting and creative sometimes feel empty when they retire, and their recently sponsored a number of projects which writing, Ora is now producing short pieces for pub- feelings of self worth decline. Here, they feel that allow retirees to discover how computers and interlic television. "I feel the need to look into my roots, they are doing something, that they are still con- net access can enrich their lives. tributing to society." and this gives me the chance to do so." Activities of the JDC are primarily funded The retirees (they don't like the word elderly) . Rotem, Terry and 35 others between the ages of by the UJA Federation campaign of the United who take part in the community television program 55 and 75, all graduates of the initial course, meet Jewish Communities, including the Annual for four hours every two weeks with their instruc- become passionately involved in their new work. They commonly use words like fascinating' and Campaign of the Jewish Federation of tor, Eran Shapira, a television and film producer and director in a Tel Aviv community center. They 'exciting' to describe their experiences. In the meet- Omaha,
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Passover and the Internet by Mark Mletkiewlcz
Cleaning and cooking and so many dishes Out with the hametz, no pasta, no finishes Fish that's gefdted, horseradish that stings These are a few of our Passover things Today, a few of my favorite Passover on-line things (which is hard to choose consider how many Pesach resources are available on the Internet.) For an excellent overview of the holiday, start off at the massive Virtual Jerusalem site: www.vjholidays.com/pessach/indeK.htm. There's the VJ Haggada, insights intofreedom,then and now, and a large area for kids. Orthodox Union site: www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/ has an overview of holiday traditions, a selection of audio esBays and a copy of OU's 1999 Kosher for Passover Directory. It all started in Exodus where we are commanded to "Eat matzahs for seven days. By the first day, you must have your homes cleared of all leaven." (Exodus 12:16): http//bible.ort.org/bible/htm/ exodus/torah/12151215Jitm For something unconventional and thought-provoking, I highly recommend HappyPassover.com http://happypassover.com. You'll find articles such as Women's Passover Celebrations and on Families, Divorce and Passover. As the poem says) "no paBta, no knishes." Not only do people clean their homes for Passover but also they sell their chometz to a non-Jew so that they don't own any leavened products during the holiday according to Chabad's impressive site http://www.chabad.org/pesach/chomez.html. If your local synagogue doesn't provide this service, then visit Montreal's Beth Israel Beth Aaron http://www.shul.org/chometz.htm. You can fill out their chometz on-line contract and e-mail it directly to Rabbi Reuben Poupko, who will act as your agent in this sale.
Matzoh and karpas and chopped up haroset to any e-mail address, free of charge. Shankbones and kiddish and Yiddish neuroses I particularly like the postcards from Oreetz.com Tante who kvetches and uncle who sings http://www.greetz.com/jewish/ which even let These are a few>ofour Passover things. you to attach tuneB like Ma Nishtana and Dayenu If you want to prepare gefilte fish and karpas and to your postcard. . haroset like bubbe used to make, there's plenty of My favorite Passover kids' site is Nurit Reshefs help on-line. And if you want to try something a bit. From Pesach to Shavuot http^/www.bus.ualberdaring,there's that advice too. The Classic Jewish- ta.ca/yreshef/pesach/pesachframe8.html. (You Food Recipe Archives have a massive Passover sec- will need a browser which can handle Java in order tion with hundreds of suggestions: to enjoy this site.) http://wwwjewish-food.org/. How about Creole Dr. Reshef has created a "four room" virtual playPot Roast Piquant with Russian Potato and house. In the Library, for example, you can listen Mushroom Croquettes topped off by Very Fudgy to stories in Hebrew and English, learn about the Brownies? history of the holiday and click on an on-line Seder' When you've had your fill of chicken and plate and create some Billy holiday stories. When turkey and brisket, you may want to go meatless. you get to the Playroom try out the holiday Word Vegetarian Fatfree Passover Recipes: Search, complete the on-screen jigsaw puzzle. And http://www.google.com/search?q=icache:web. don't forget to play (and win) Passover Tic-Tac-Toe mit.edu/yaron/www/passover.html will help against the dumbest computer in the world. you out with Seven-vegetable Stew and There are many more Passover Internet sites. Strawberry-rhubarb compote. And at Beit Check out Maven's links: http://www.maven. Chatulim http://www.geocities.com/ co.il/subjects/idxl25.htm, the Mining Company Heartland/Hills/1259/pschrcpt.htm you'll find http://judaism.about.com/msubl6h.htm and recipes for Baked Eggs in Zucchini with Hareshiraa: http://www.hareshima.com/holiHollandaise Sauce, Banana Nut Matzoh Kugel days/pesach.asp. and something called Not-Chicken Soup. When the plagues strike Motzi and maror and trouble with Pharaohs When the lice bite Famines and locusts and slaves • When we're feeling sad with wheelbarrows We simply remember our Passover things Matzoh ballsfloatingand eggshell that clings And then we don't feel so bad. These are a few of our Passover things. Especially if you visit the Passover Songs site With Passover just weeks away, you might think where you will find all kinds of new things to sing it's too late to send off greetings cards to friends at your Seders: http://mail.med.upenn.edu/ and family around the world. Actually, you have -salem/passoversongs.html more than enough time-if you send your card via Have a kosher and happy Pesach. the Jewish Highway. Electronic Postcards Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-based televihttp://www.electroiilcpostcards.net/jewi8h.htm sion producer who writes, lectures and teach- • has links to several sites that let you send your es about the Jewish Internet. Be can be own personal message along with a Pesach graphic reittcAedafhighway@home.com.
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New kosher cookbooks offer tempting Passover recipes by Rahel Mualeah No mattor how lato Passovor falls on tho colondar, thoro's Btlll novor onough timo to proparo, Whon I got tlrod of scouring countora and measuring iholf papor, I lllto to tako a broak and poruBO now cookbooka for invontlvo dishes that will mako all tho donning worthwhile Horo arc now yearround koshor cookbooks featuring Pnssovor roclpos that promlso tomptatton. Kvolyn and Judl Roso havo collaborated to produce Mother and Daughter Jewish Cooking: Two Generations of Jewish Women Share Traditional and Contemporary Recipes (Morrow, $25), In tholr BuggoBtod monus for Passovor, British cookbook nuthor Evolyn fnvora updatod clnselo dishos Buoh as spiood molon cocktnil; halibut in a volvot lomon sauoo; slow-oookod chlokon on a bod of now potatooB, and flourlosa chocolato gateau with brandy frosting, Daughtor Judl, a froolanco wrltor and producer who now livos in Now York, offors smoked salmon roulado with a crushod pecan coating (dairy); "shades of groon" tosBod salad foaturlng mixod salad groons, avooado and groon poppor; and porfumod ponchos with musoatol, bananas and kumquats, garnished with odlblo roso potnls, panslos or soontod geraniums. Just tho rooipo ndmos aro onough to whot tho appotito, not to montion tho croativo combinations of flavors and ingrodionts. In Festivals of Lite (Polican), Gail AshkanaziHnnkin compllos hoalthy roclpos for all tho holidays, with an introduction to oach festival, rocommondod monus, and nutrition information for oaoh rocipo. Tho oxtonsivo Pnssovor Bolootlons highlight sodor foods as well fiB dinnors during tho woek. Intornational ouislnos inspiro many roolpos: Austrian-Hungarian oggplant (joulash; Coohlnstylo okra; oroamy potato ohlll soup; Italian butternut-squash lntkos; Moroccan chlokon with almonds and prunes; plstaohio lime oookios. Tho usual crowd pioneers aro updatod with a twist: gourmot matza bnlls with garlic and shallots in a flnvorod broth; applo-plum kugol, and cinnamon macaroonB. Hankln BUggOBts an around-thoworld "charoHot party," with roclpos from Rhodos, Grooco, Turkoy, Syria, and Morocco. Sophardlo foodB and trndltlons tako contor stago In Rabbi Robert Stornborg's The Sephardto Kitchen: the Healthful Food and Rich Culture of tho Mediterranean Jews (HnrporCollins, $30), Exporim'ont this Pnasovor with a bitter'horb
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and Saturday, April 14 and 15, thus enabling Jowish households to got an early start on Passover preparations. Tho Shabbat dinnor, following Kaballat services, is $10 for adults and $6.50 for children ages 4-12; tho Saturday luncheon following Shabbat services is $7 for adults; $4.50 for children. Tho price for both meals is $16 for adults and $10 for children; there is no choree for children under four. The Annual Pro-Pesach Dinner is open to tho community. Please mako your reservations by calling Lynno Snltunnn at 333-0778, no Inter thnn April 12, Mnko reservations for tho ProPnssovor Shnhbut dinner and luncheon with Uto synagogue office, 656-
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Lo/I; Lynn Jensen and daughters, Madison and Rights Nanoy Wolf, chairman of the Jewish Jordan, enjoy the Purim dinner at the JOC. Cultural Arts Council, organized the event Call Epstein, baby daughter of BUIe and Jeff Epstein, "clowns around" at the Purim feit.
Tops Too muoh Purim for Noah Grossman, son of Barry (pictured) and Stephanie Grossman. Jacqueline Grlbens danced with her ohllBottarm Tu«y Epstein and his group enter, dron, Allison and Nicholas. ,talncd some 2B0 Purim revellers.
Lefts 'Queen' Iris Ricks escorts her mother-Inlaw, Sally; rights Lorry Ratal and Jester Allan Gonsher celebrated Purim last week.
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A Jewish Child's Birthright by Jodl Lornor (Editor'* notai this D'var Torah wai delivered at Both El Synagogue and dedicated in memory of Juill Ahenberg Lerner, Jodl'tt mother.) Tills past yonr, I was blosBod with two incrodlblo opportunities I would like to sharo with you. Tho first was u olumco to upaml a month last suinmor at tho BrnndolsBnrdln Institute.in California, whoro my motlior, Judi Ateonborg Lornor, and my undo, Jeff Alzonborg, attendod somo 30 yours ago, 1 was part of the July '09 Aliyah, along with 01 othor Jewish oollogo Btudonts from around tho world, I truly bollovo that I would not tinvo ovon thought about going If clrcumstanoos woro different, But Qod was with mo whon I noodod Him tho most, Whllo at oamp, I loarnod countloss Israeli dances and songs, oxporlonood many traditional Israeli'moals, hoard NUhama Oarlbaoh and Dobblo Friodmnn sing, was taught by ro> nownod profossors and rabbis, wont horseback riding for tho first tlmo, hod spootnoular Shnbbnts thnt could novor bo duplioatod, and intornotod with throo natlvo-born IsraollB who spoilt tho month with us, I loarnod BO much about Israol and Its oulturo, It soomod llko ovoryono had alroady boon thoro and I was missing out on somothing. I oouldn't really rolato to what thoy woro talking about whon thoy told mo that touching tho Wostorn Wall was tho most Incrodlblo fooling, or soolng tho whole city of Jorusalom proparo for Shabbat. I could not ovon imagino this fooling until I was finally ablo to oxporlonoo Israol for mysolf. On Doo. 20,1090, it was my turn, This was tho socond incredible opportunity I was glvon. I embarked on a journoy to Israol
with 300 other oollogo studontB, I didn't know what to oxpoot ovor tho oourflo of our trip, but was oxoitod and, at tho samo tlmo, norvous, I didn't know anyono OIBO
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and had novor boon out of tho oountry, 'But tho most frightoning thing WOB all tho nows modla was warning AmorloaiiB not to travol ovor Now Yoar's, oBpoolally in big u~GUpo to tho Mlcldlo EnBt, whioh was oxaotly what 400 of us woro doing, Somo pooplo, "booniiso of this caution, dooldod to forfeit tholr spot on tho trip, Not mo, I waited 20 yoars for tho opportunity to go, So, putting nil my fours nsldo, I anxiously boardod tho piano, On tho long flight thoro, I kopt wondoring if I had mndo tho right doolsion or if I should havo stayod homo Just to play it Bafo. But thoro was no turning book, As wo touchod down in Tol Aviv, a calmnoss enmo ovor mo, At tills point I know I had mado tho right doclslon, All 400 of UB started clapping and ohooring, Wo had finally arrlvod at this inorodlblo plaoo family and frlonds had boontaSltegUB about all our Uvos, For 00% of us, It was our first tlmo in Israol. Wo all oamo with different hopoB and expectations, but loft with
tho samo lovo and passion for this country, Thoso 10 days groatly oxooodod our oxpootatlons and touohod our livos in many ways, I romombor saying to tho girl sitting noxt to mo on my bus that I was not going to bo roady to loavo this oountry aftor 10 dayB. Wo had not ovon boon In Israol for throo hourB whon I said this. I just stood atop Jorusalom and lookod out ovor tho olty, Tho Dome' of tho Rock was lit up so beautifully. It lookod vory surroal and, of courso, was tho porfoot Kodak momont. From thon on, I know I was hookod. Wo finally woro ablo to BOO, first hand, all tho placos wo had road about and disoussod in Hobrow Sohool OIOBBOS for so many yoars. Wo booamo oxplorors of this groat land, not just tourists. Evory plaoo wo wont was a now
advonturo. It was a ohanoo to connoot with my horltago, to loarn who I was, who I am now, and who I ohooso to bocomo. I could BOO tho groat lovo and passion our tour guldos had for this land, Thoy woro so willing and opon to sharo tholr knowledge and oxporloncos with UB. Some of those includod: placing a note in tho Western Wall and floating in tho Dead Soa, taking a bont rldo and swim in tho Rod Soa and walking along tho walls oftho Old City, Shabbat services overlooking Jorusalom and hiking up Masada to catoh tho first sunrlso of the nowcontury, All of this had a different, yot special, impaot on mo. I was now linked to ovoryono boforo me who had mado a journoy to this Holy Land, and will bo linked to thoBO who go in tho future. (Continued on page 21)
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Omaha volunteer and District 66 Board Member U s Karnea will be the featured speaker at a donor tea sponsored by the Women of Reform Judaism, The event. Tuesday, April 4,1 {MO, at Temple Israel, ia a journey of love, a journey of spirit, a journey of action and a journey of friendship,' Proceeds from the tea will benefll programs and project* of WRJ. Karnea will apeak about "Ten Thinea far a Friend in Need.' In
addition to her work lor District 66, she ia co-chairman of the National Conference of Community and Justice and a member of the Airport Authority, She ia active in drug and alcohol prevention among young people and. haa written several educational t«»tl«wA» Donor categories range froro |18 to Donor* may bring a guest To make a reservation, call the Temple
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Birthright, (Continued from page 20) I am forovor grateful to all the people who helped no small print, no life-commake this trip a reality, espeolally to the two bone- mitment of any sort. You footers! Oharlos Bronfman and Miohael Stelnhardt, just had to bo a Jewish colTheir vision of making certain that every Jewish logo studont who had student who wants to go to Israel Is glvon tho never been to Israol on an organized trip. opportunity, has bocomo a reality. I got an e-mail in midI was protty skeptical at first because someone who didn't know mo was offering to pay all my October. It was entitlod oxponsos in Israol for 10 days. What's tho catch? "Congratulations to someThis sounded way too good to bo true. I kept one at this e-mail addrossl" So I thought this was searching for tho small print, There was no catch, another scam, you know, saying that I have won a million dollars, and all I have to do is reply with my credit card number, I road tho 0-mail anyway. Tho minuto I saw the words "congratulations" and "Israel" I jumped out of my chair and started screaming. I was actually going to Israel. Over tho courso of Docombor and January, 4000 studentB from all ovor tho U.S, woro sent to Israel, thanks to a program callod Birthright Israol and tho gonerouB contributions made by Bronfman and Steinhardt. Some critics say that it Is a waste of money and tho millions of dollars that are going into this project could be spont moro wisely. They say those kids are going to go thoro becauso it Is a froo vacation, not because they are interested in thoir heritage or tho state of Israel. Without this program, I probably would novor have had tho chance to go, or wouldn't have boon able to go until I was much older. I know that I wouldn't feol the connection with the land and the
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poople like I feel today. Israel has changed me in many ways, and I know it touched everyone on my bus because my e-mail has been constantly flooded with messages since tho day I got back, And in several of those messages, poople Bay that thoy had the beat time ever and cannot wait to go back to Israel. They go on to say how much it has changed them spiritually and has changod their ways of thinking. The pooplo on my bus are oven having a reunion bocauso thoy miss Israel BO much and want to reminisce and bring back all tho great experiences we had together. These two incredible opportunities that I was so blessed to recolvo will forever be a part of me, and I will cherish the memories for years to come.
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Rabbi Eric Weiss returns to Omaha for bereavement sessions Calendar of events for April BBYO Every Tuesday night BBYO Night, 6 p.m., at the JCC. Saturday, April 1 Ediar's AZA #1 program, 7 p.m., meet at JCC Tuesday, April 4 BBG Council elections Tuesday, April 11 AZA and BBG Council elections April 18-16 Spring Regional Convention at Camp Sabra Tuesday, April 18 Program for 8th graders and parents, 6 p.m., Senior High lounge. For more information, call
USY Thursday, April 6 USY Night, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Kadimah Social, 6:15 p.m. April 18-16 USY EMTZA Region Spring Kalian in Wisconsin For more information, call advisers Derek Mtman or Holly Friedman, 492-8560.
NCSY Tuesday, April 18 Pre-Passover pizza party, 6 p.m. For more information on NCSY, call adviser Scott Lewis at 698-6822.
YACHAD For more information, call adviser Linda Novak, 493-8575
by Shane Kotok Director of Community Outreach Services, JSS
If you still miBB your loved one a lot; if there are things you wish you'd said or done before they died; if others don't seem to understand your loss and your pain; if you'd like to know your family is not alone; if you are ready to return to other parts of your life and wonder how. You will have an opportunity to join with others in the Jewish community to be part of a healing havurah (gathering). The weekend of April 7-9 will be the opening of a year-long series of programs focusing on grief and growing, Rabbi Eric Weiss, Executive Director, Ruach Ami, Bay Area Healing Center of San Francisco, and his colleague, Lee Pollack, L.C.S.W., will be the guest facilitators. They are part of a team of San Francisco Jewish mental health and spiritual leaders,who have created bereavement workshops and a successful bereavement retreat we will be recreating this next year. The schedule for the weekend is: Friday, April 7, Temple Israel, 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 8, Beth Israel Synagogue 5 p.m.; Sunday, April 9, Beth'El Synagogue, 10 ajn. The weekend is hosted by Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue, Temple Israel, Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Services.
Friedel shares Shabbat program Friedel students visit the Blumkin Home one Friday each month to participate with the residents in a Kabbalat Shabbat program. Following the program, they chat and have lunch. The event has offered students a way to perform the mitzvah of respecting the elderly.
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Chabad extends classes for women Due to the community's response, Chabad Women of Worth has announcement it will extend the discussions on the book, Toward a Meaningful Life, for another six weeks. The new session will begin this Monday, April 3, and continue through May 8, from 11:45 ajn. to 1 p.m. There is a registration fee of $36; the book may be purchased from Chabad. For more information, call Elizabeth at 330-1800.
Jewish Family Service sponsors Passover 'Project Tzedakah' by Jennifer Meyerson
Jewish Family Service is dedicated to helping families facing financial hardship this Passover. We, along with community volunteers, are once again preparing to purchase, pack and deliver holiday foods to Jewish families in need. The food project will take place on April 12 and 13. This Pesach, we expect to help approximately 45 families enjoy a more festive seder. If you, your family or your organization is looking for a way to help others, this is a wonderful way to reach out to individuals in our community, and to teach our children and grandchildren about the mitzvah of Tzedakah. Many Bar/Bat Mitzvah, as
well as high school students needing community Audrey Gerber reaches over to hug Molly service projects, have found this Project to be an Franklin. opportunity to make a difference in someone's life. Nonperishable kosher food, such as canned goods or matzo, can be placed in the Tzedakah bin in the front lobby of the JCC or brought to the Jewish Family Service office no later than April 11. Cash donations are also greatly appreciated and can be sent directly to JFS. If you would like more information about participating in Project Tzedakah, or if you are interested in volunteering, please call me at 330-2024. We thank you for your continued support.
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Our Kitchen Can Prepare Your Favorite Box Lunch to Your Any Occasion Party! (BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS) luncheons • parties Call and Ask for Our Catering Department The new entrance to the Temple Israel cemetery was completed last month. improve these surroundings. To uplift people in Foundation, Ono of tho first supporting foundations moments of sadness is a beautiful thing." of tho Foundation of the Jowlsh Fodoratlon, it Added Paul Epstein, current President of awards annual scholarships as woll as a $500 Temple's board of directors, "We're so grateful that stipend for tho Young Leadership Award wlnnor, someone like Phil Schrager recognized tho need to Schrager also established a socond foundation beautify a place we all need. For him to take on with his wifo, Torrl, for additional scholarship this challenge single-handedly shows his dedication awards, spocial education noods, and other prajocts to this community," aimed at youth. Schrager's generosity has deep roots in Omaha. Howard Koopor has called this past rociplont of Shortly after his first wife, Lois, died, Schrager tho Federation's Humanitarian Award, "a visionestablished the Lois Jeanne Schrager Supporting ary." It's Just anothor nomo for Pacosottor,
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Schrager brothers to be inducted(Continued from page 1) real estate magnate Byron Reed and the late Eugene C. Eppley, President of the Eppley Hotels Company. The Schragers are being honored, not only for their leadership in the building industry but for never losing sight of the needs of Omaha's residents, especially its young people. In 1982, Phil created the Pacesetter Leadership .Scholarship, a four-year, renewable program at tho ' University of Nebraska at Omaha as a way of induci n g bright high school graduates to stay in Omaha. : "We've had as many as 40 kids at one time in the program," said Schrager. "It's a big success." . Seven years later, his brother, Harley, formed a : youth baseball program which attracts the best • players in the nine-14-year-old age group. "Baseball is Harley's love," Phil noted, adding lihat Harley's son, Tony, is now playing minor-league ball for the Chicago Cubs baseball organization. As if these two programs weren't enough, Phil added Pacesetter Academy to his list of projects. Aimed at keeping at-risk teens in school, the academy offers an after-school tutoring program and life-skills training. High school graduates receive a four-year scholarship to the college or trade school of their choice. The $2000 a year scholarships are increased to $3000 annually for students who graduate high school with honors. "We've now graduated two classes from the Academy," Schrager noted with pride, adding that there are now about 100 teens in the program. Past inductees into the Business Hall of Fame
. include the following mombors of Omaha's Jowlsh community: 19D3--Roso Blumkin, foundor of Nebraska Furniture Mart; 1994-Samuol L, Greenborg (posthumously), co-owner of Philips Department Store; 1995-Abo Bakor, foundor of Baker's Supermarkets; 1996->Iko Friodman, (posthumously) prosidont and CEO of Borshoim's Jewelers; 1998-Lcstor Simon (posthumously), second-genoration prosidont of Omaha Stoaks International. Milton It. Abrahams, founding partnor of Abrahams Kaslow and Cassman, was honored at last year's ceremony. :.r J' Proceeds from the dinner bonofit Junior Achievement, the Omaha Business Hall of Famo Scholarship Foundation, Omaha 2000, and a permanent display at tho Durham Western Heritage Museum. Since its beginning, this event has contributed $395,000 to Omaha charitable organizations. This year's sponsors are KMPG Peat Marwick, Midwest Express Airways and U.S. Bank; it is hosted by tho Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. For moro information, call the
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On hot- first trip to Omaha, Talpora Htunon, the Consul Goncnil of Israel, noted how "Impressed" BIIC WUB with "tho activity hero." Mooting with members of tho boards of dlrootors of tho Antl-Dofamution Louguo-Oominunity llolatlons Committee, tho Jewish Federation of Onuilui, and other loadors of tho Jowish communl* ty, Ramon Biild tho consulate is "looking to how wo can onhanco relations and (begin to) work with tho youngor tfcnorutlon of Jews," In her two-dny trip hero, slio also mot with Bill Protoxter in tho Economic Development oflloo fur tho city of Omaha, Oovornor Mllco Johanns In Lincoln and tho stato's economic development offlco, ns well as with members of tho state capital's Jewish community, "Qov, Johanns and I spoko about his visit to iBraol wlion ho WUB mayor of Lincoln," Ramon Bald. "And wo disoussod tho possibility of futuro joint vonturos, agricultural exports to Israel and additional visits." In Omaha, Ramon mot briefly with Senator Chuck Hagol and with tho editorial board at tho Omaha World-Herald, Ilamon told tho staff thoro about Israel's plans for Popo John Paul II'B visit to Iuruel im woll as updates on tho poaco process and
Leonard Groompoon, left, in ooitumo at MoglUa GoriUai and EUlo Greonapoon, right, ui Cannon Miranda Vashtl, display a poster announoing BsthorSOOO to poodlo-slclrted Dlordro Evans at a Purlm partyi BstheraOOO, a symposium and cultural two-day event, begins this Sunday, April 8, in Omaha, and April 3 in Linooln. Groonspoon Invites the
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At tho University of Nobruska at Omaha, Ilamon mot with Prof, Tom Qoutlorro, head of tho Department of International Studios, tho day boforo ho loft for Israel, Qoutiorro was part of a delegation which presented a roplioa of tho koy found at tho Bothsuida oxoavatlons to tho Popo. Ramon oxpeots to visit Omaha again in tho futuro as sho tours other Jewish communities in tho Midwest.
community to "Join In the fun as scholars and performers oxtond this year's Purlm rev dry and unmask fascinating facts about tho Dook of Estheri" For moro information about tho day and evening sessions, opon to the publlo at no charge, BOO page 5 of this issue, or oall 280-2304 in Omaha, or 472-4478 in Lincoln.
Consul General of Israel, Talpora Ramon, met with Gary Javltoh and members of the ADLCRC board durlne her recent visit here.
Friedel sponsors raffle for new computers by Jordana I. Nissen During his 1996 State of the Union address. President Clinton proposed the creation of a Technology Literacy Challengo to provide all of America's children with the skills they need to excel in the 21st century. However, while public schools are receiving state funding and grants to accomplish these goats, private schools such as Friedel Jewish Academy must depend upon donations from the local community. According to Michael Linn, Headmaster of Friedel Jewish Academy, the computers students have available to them are older Macintosh that ore not connected to the Internet. Friedeta goal ia to. provide a state-of-the-art computer system to, enhance the akilU of all students. la order to realize the coat* of having; modern computers connected tot the Internet, educational software a» an integral park of the curriculum, audl teachers who have the training and ability to use ami teach this technology to our students, t'riettol JvwUh Academy t* having ix fundraiser to assist in meeting then* objectives. Ntuvy beak spoiwurs have ttuppurttKfc thi* pruyoaals mA haw duiuiteil gift wuititwutcs from hotula ttuch u* th« Cruwuw k't.uu ixwi Ctmutcy. lua & Suite* wui iucludivu tk'VorUio'ii ami the Kr«ixch (.hue a <l»t<ux pruvii uu*i cvctUU-uW* will be on, tiMi for | 4 each by wulfc-. WHT.
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